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  • Reps order JAMB to remit N3bn to FG

    Reps order JAMB to remit N3bn to FG

    The House of Representatives has ordered the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to remit N3.602 billion to the Federal Government Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).

    Rep. Bamidele Salam, the Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, who gave the order during an investigative hearing in Abuja, said that the remittance demanded by the Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC).

    Salam said that the remittance was not one that is subject to personal interpretation.

    He said that it was a matter of law or regulation, and had nothing to do with the difference between the 25 percent and 50 percent as argued by JAMB.

    The Committee unanimously ordered that JAMB should pay the sum to FRC and provide evidence of the remittance within 30 days.

    NAN reports that the FRC had dragged JAMB before the committee over unremitted operating surplus.

    Mr Bello Aliyu, the representative of FRC, said that as of 2021, and in agreement with the record submitted to the Committee, the liabilities were N390.725 million.

    According to him, after the submission of that report, JAMB has submitted their 2022 audited financial statement; we have computed the liabilities and duly informed them.

    “The new liability as of 2022 is N3.602 billion. This we have notified them via our letter written on the  March 14, and another reminder, which we just submitted as of August 31.

    “There was no response to the letter from the board,” he said.

    Mr Mufutau Bello, Director, Finance and Administration, JAMB, while reacting to the allegation, said that the difference in remittances figure was that FRC wanted to move the board to 50 per cent of revenue.

    “As an organisation in 2019, because of our commitment to revenue remittance, the Federal Government reduced the cost of our registration from N5,000 to N3,500.

    This, according to him, is for the benefits of all Nigerians, as we have been following with passion a remittance of 25 per cent on a yearly basis, and we are in the education sector.

    “We have not increased any of our charges in the last 8 years; rather, we reduced the fee from N5000 to N3500, which is 30 per cent of our revenue.

    “The Accountant-General always gives us the concession to operate 25 per cent of remittances,” he said.

    He said that the FRC bbelieved that the board should move to 50 per cent, as against the 25 per cent concession given by the Office of the Accountant-General, which is the area of difference.

    “If you judge us on 25 per cent, we have overremitted over the years, and that’s what we have been doing,” he said..

  • Bandits attack NSCDC command in Nasarawa

    Bandits attack NSCDC command in Nasarawa

    Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Nasarawa State on Monday successfully defended their state command in Lafia against a raid by unknown assailants suspected to be bandits.

    According to reports, bandits, in large numbers stormed the NSCDC’s Lafia headquarters shooting randomly to intimidate the public.

    Confirming the incident, the NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Jerry Victor, in a statement said that the group of gunmen infiltrated the headquarters in the early hours of Monday in large numbers armed with guns and iron rods, attempting to damage a section of the command’s fence to enter the premises. In contrast, others positioned themselves strategically around the building.

    “The operatives of the NSCDC swiftly responded by opening fire on the hoodlums whose mission was to release some high-profile suspected criminals including informants of kidnappers in the custody of the command,” Victor noted.

    The NSCDC spokesperson, however, clarified that no lives were lost was  during the gun battle between the attackers and operatives of the command.

    He also ascertained that calmness had been restored the area as the event earlier scared residents.

    The NSCDC spokesperson explained further that the command has arrested and detained five notorious suspects for various crimes, including two informants of kidnappers of the 82-year-old father of a former state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Daniel Umaru Lagi who was killed by his abductors after payment of ransom recently.

  • Tinubu extols Nigeria’s first female Professor of Yoruba Studies, Prof Omotayo Olutoye

    Tinubu extols Nigeria’s first female Professor of Yoruba Studies, Prof Omotayo Olutoye

    Nigeria’s President,  Bola Ahmed Tinubu has eulogised the first female Professor of Yoruba Studies in the world, Prof Omotayo Olutoye, for her massive contributions to the Yoruba language, culture, and tradition.

    In a statement issued on Monday by Dele Alake, his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, President Tinubu said Omotayo’s works and seminar interventions helped deepen the knowledge and understanding of the Yoruba language.

    Professor Olutoye of blessed memory was the wife of Major General Olufemi Olutoye (retd), the Alani of Idoani, in Ondo State, and mother of renowned surgeon and pediatrician, Prof Olurotimi Olutoye

    She was also the Yeyeluwa of Idoani in Ose Local Government Area of the state.

    The President said: “Prof Omotayo Olutoye, who died recently at 87, made useful contributions to Nigeria and the Yoruba race, particularly to Yoruba language, culture, and tradition.

    “As the first female Professor of Yoruba Studies in the world, her works and interventions helped a great deal in spreading and deepening the knowledge and understanding of the Yoruba Language.

    “Her works have kept the Yoruba language alive and flourishing. Prof Omotayo Olutoye has etched her name in our memory, and this will remain indelible.

    “Importantly, a staunch member of the Anglican Communion, Prof Olutoye also made invaluable contributions to Nigeria by giving us the renowned surgeon and paediatrician, Prof Olurotimi Olutoye.

    “I offer my sympathy and condolences to her husband and patriarch of the family, Major General Olufemi Olutoye (retd), the Alani of Idoani, the entire Olutoye family, and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotili Akeredolu, for the loss of the illustrious woman.

    “May Nigeria be blessed with many of the ilk of Prof Olutoye. May she find comfort in the bosom of the Lord.”

  • Tinubu visits Buhari, presents Certificate of Return in Daura

    Tinubu visits Buhari, presents Certificate of Return in Daura

    President-elect, Sen. BolaTinubu, on Wednesday night met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, hours after collecting his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    Tinubu was accompanied by Vice-President-elect, Kashim Shettima and the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu.

    Others on the trip to Daura were the Governors of Kaduna, Nasir El-Rufai; Kebbi, Atiku Bagudu; Ebonyi, Dave Umahi; Zamfara, Bello Matawalle; Niger, Abubakar Sani-Bello; Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Ogun, Dapo Abiodun, Jigawa, Badaru Abubakar and Plateau, Simon Lalong.

    It was gathered that the President-elect used the opportunity to thank President Buhari for his support during the electioneering process.

    President Buhari had openly displayed his ballot paper, with thumb print of APC, before casting his vote during the presidential election on Feb. 25.

    Tinubu was declared the President-elect in the early hours of Wednesday by INEC, having defeated Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, among other presidential candidates.

  • Ex-President, Jonathan speaks on contesting for presidency again

    Ex-President, Jonathan speaks on contesting for presidency again

    President Goodluck Jonathan has given reasons why he will not return to contest the presidency of the country again.

    Jonathan explained that he cannot forget how he was chased out of office in 2015.

    He further noted that he will be diminishing himself if he chooses to run and start lobbying people again for election purpose.

    He stated this in a book, ‘My Time As Chaplain In Aso Rock,” written by Nathaniel Bivan, which detailed the accounts of the Chaplain of the Aso Rock Villa Chapel during Jonathan’s era, Obioma Onwuzurumba.

    The unveiling of the book was done on Tuesday in Abuja.

    But, commenting on the group that purchased the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential nomination form for N100 million, Jonathan said he enjoyed the drama because he can never become President again.

    A group, the Nomadic Pastoralists and Almajirai community had purchased the N100 million APC nomination forms for Jonathan ahead of the party’s primary election.

    Jonathan said, “I was enjoying the drama. At least they are not insulting me. After all, I was pursued out of the office that I was not good enough. So, if now, Nigerians are saying, ‘Oh, this man should come,’ that means they are cleaning me up. So, let me enjoy the drama.

    “If you wake up tomorrow and see that I’m President again, that means there may have been circumstances beyond my control. But not to go and pick one form and go and start lobbying people and running for campaigns, be it PDP power or APC broom and moving across Nigeria. I can’t do that again; if I do that, I will diminish myself.”