Tag: Presidency
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Presidency warns appointees against using ‘Buhari’s name’ for corruption
The Presidency on Tuesday issued a stern warning to political appointees, government officials and party men against influence peddling for corrupt pecuniary gains and other forms of extortion. A presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, told State House Correspondents in Abuja that complaints of extortions of innocent people by what he called “self-serving name droppers and…
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We have created N12m new jobs – Presidency
The Presidency has put the total number of jobs the Muhammadu Buhari led administration has created since it was elected into government at 12 million jobs. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this when asked about National Bureau Statistic (NBS) data indicating millions of jobs have been lose when he…
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Buhari remains best president Nigeria ever had – Presidency
The Presidency has declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the best president ever in Nigeria. Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President was globally known to be an honest leader, adding that his principal was the best leader Nigeria has ever had. Shehu, in a statement he personally signed to…
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2019: We no longer take Obasanjo’s utterances serious – Presidency
The Presidency on Wednesday dismissed the recent utterances by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, as a sign of confusion not worthy of attention. Obasanjo has been against the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari for second term. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said that whoever Obasanjo chooses to support at the…
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Boko Haram still not ‘in charge’ despite Metele massacre – Presidency
The Presidency has said the killing of over a hundred Nigerian soldiers during an attack on an army base in Metele, Borno State on November 18 is an “isolated” incident and does not mean the insurgents are now in charge. Recall that fighters of the terror group killed about 118 soldiers and went away with…
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Corruption allegations: Direct your anger at Transparency International, not me – Jonathan tells Presidency
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has told the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to leave him alone and face Transparency International, who claimed that Nigeria was more corrupt today than under the last Peoples Democratic Party government. In a statement released by Jonathan’s media office and signed by his former media aide, Reno Omokri, the…
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Presidency explains why 2019 budget presentation to NASS is delayed
The Presidency has said it has yet to present the 2019 budget to the National Assembly because it is expecting the passage of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper by the legislature. he Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) Solomon Ita-Enag, stated this during an interview with journalists in…
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Presidency replies Patel, says proposition on Nigeria lacks substance
The Presidency has condemned a statement credited to Ms Priti Patel, former Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom, calling on investors to be wary about investing in Nigeria. The government made the condemnation in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in…
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Minimum wage: Stop tongue lashing Buhari, he never endorsed N30,000 – Presidency
The Presidency on Thursday warned those critising President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly reneging on his promise of paying N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. The presidency insisted that reports of endorsement of the N30,000 recommended by the National Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee were not correct. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and…
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Presidency backtracks, says Buhari did not endorse N30,000 minimum wage
The Presidency on Tuesday said reports that President Muhammadu Buhari endorsed the N30,000 new minimum wage was misleading. It insisted that the president’s remarks when he received the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage was misinterpreted by the media. Recall that Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja received the highly…