Tag: Governors
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SERAP to Buhari: Stop governors bid to borrow N17trn from Pension funds
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the Director-General and Board of the National Pension Commission to use their statutory powers to stop the 36 state governors from borrowing or withdrawing N17 trillion from the pension funds purportedly for ‘infrastructural development.” The organisation said this in a letter dated December…
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Killings: El-Rufai calls for decentralisation of police, says governors frustrated, helpless
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is unhappy with the security challenges in the country and dissatisfied with the roles of the state governors, as provided for in the Nigerian Constitution. Governor El-Rufai, made the remarks during an interview session on Channels Television, monitored by TheNEwsGuru.com (TNG). He stressed that the recent #EndSARS protest by youths…
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Borno massacre questions national security architectur – Governors
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) said the weekend massacre of 110 rice farmers in Borno state by Boko Haram has raised serious questions about the national security architecture. The forum, in a statement by its Chairman and the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Fayemi, described the attack as morally reprehensible. Fayemi said that the…
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‘Dictator’ Wike may push more ‘unhappy’ governors out of PDP – Umahi
Ebonyi Governor David Umahi has alleged the dictatorial tendencies of his Rivers counterpart, Nyesom Wike, were destroying the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Umahi was reacting to a statement by Wike, who said he the Ebony Governor left the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC) because of his desperation to be President come 2023. Umahi…
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EndSARS: Of governors and COVID palliatives, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, can’t thank enough #EndSARS protesters for coming to her “defence” against the charge of abuse of public trust in the administration of her portfolio. For months, Mrs Farouq was the subject of scorn and odium, in her attempts to convince…
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Governors respond to allegations of hoarding looted COVID-19 palliatives
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Monday denied allegations that governors hoarded palliatives meant for distribution to Nigerians in order to ameliorate their sufferings during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the forum, governors have held several meetings since the #EndSARS street protests started to address concerns of members of the public and…
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Governors, Government people part of Nigeria’s problem-Mr Eazi
Nigerian singer, Mr.Eazi has stated that former governors and other government officials who are now coming out to speak about the turbulence in the country are all part of the problem. In his tweets, the singer, while cautioning the youths not to get carried away, said the old politicians have been killing the country…
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Nigeria Governors’ forum begs #ENDSARs protesters to end protest
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has appealed to #EndSARS protesters to call off their nationwide protests. The forum made the call in a communiqué issued by its Chairman and Ekiti State Governor Mr Kayode Fayemi, in Abuja on Monday after its 20th emergency meeting. “The continuation of the protest has exposed the fragile economic fundamentals…
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#EndSARS: Governors tell IGP to halt creation of SWAT, call for review of police remuneration
The 36 state governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Adamu Mohammed Adamu to put on hold the creation of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team and embark on wider consultation with Nigerians. The resolution was contained in the communiqué issued after the meeting…
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J.P. Clark: Buhari, governors, Omo-Agege, others pay tributes
President Muhammadu Buhari, governors and other eminent Nigerians have paid tributes to literary icon, Emeritus Prof. John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, who died in the early hours on Tuesday. He was 86. The renowned poet and playwright was born on December 3, 1933, in Kiagbodo, Delta State. The family, in a statement, said: “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family…