Tag: Acting President
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Ngige bars NECA’s acting President from NSITF board meetings, voids previous contributions
Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige has barred the acting President of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Mr. Taiwo Adeniyi, from further participating in board meetings of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). The minister also voided Adeniyi’s contributions in past board meetings of NSITF on the grounds that he lacked the legitimacy…
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A letter to the acting president [2]: SIGNING OF NECESSARY EXECUTIVE ORDERS – CAN YOU? – Etakibuebu
Godwin Etakibuebu My dear Acting President, I salute you most respectfully Sir. Last week I wrote a letter to you, saying that Nigeria restructuring could start from you. The type of restructuring that “could start from you”, according to that letter was for you to sign a few Executive Orders and the first of such…
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Drama as senators plot to declare Saraki as Acting President
A mild drama played out at the Senate on Tuesday after Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe raised an order that there was a vacuum in government because Acting President Yemi Osinbajo was not in the country. Abaribe said there was serious problem in the country because “we have nobody in Nigeria who is at the head of…
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Buhari’s Absence: Presidency dismisses report on political, constitutional crisis
Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu has dismissed an article speculating that Nigeria faces imminent political and constitutional crisis on account of President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence to attend to his health in London. The article was written by a Nigerian historian, Max Siollun, entitled “The Gentleman’s Agreement that Could Break Apart Nigeria,” published in the United States-based…
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Acting President, Osinbajo congratulates Edwin Clark at 90
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has felicitated with former Federal Commissioner of Information and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, on his 90th birthday, which comes up on May 25. Osinbajo, in a statement, joined family members, friends, colleagues and the entire Ijaw nation in commemorating the milestone in the life of the nationalist, whose…
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I will sign 2017 budget when satisfied with content – Acting President, Osinbajo affirms
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said he will assent the 2017 budget when the Senate transmits it to the Presidency and its content are satisfactory enough. This was revealed by the acting President’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande in apparent reaction to some newspaper reports quoting Minister of Information and Culture that the government was…
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Buhari relates with me like his son – Acting President, Osinbajo
The acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the relationship between him and President Muhammadu Buhari remains cordial because the president treats him (Osinbajo) like a son. According to a series of tweets posted on the Twitter handle of his spokesman, Laolu Akande, @akandeoj, on Thursday, the acting President spoke at the palace of the…
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Confusion after Buhari refers to Osinbajo as ‘coordinator’ of nation’s affairs not Acting President
President Muhammadu Buhari says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will “coordinate” the nation’s affairs while he is abroad for medical treatment. A letter sent by the president to the Senate, notifying lawmakers of his trip, however raised questions Tuesday about Mr. Osinbajo’s powers after Mr. Buhari failed to address him as “acting president”. Mr. Buhari left…