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  • N30bn to state governments from unverified report: I’ve very high regards for govs- Akpabio

    N30bn to state governments from unverified report: I’ve very high regards for govs- Akpabio

    The President of the Senate President Godswill Akpabio has apologized to state governors over an unverified report.

    This was contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon Eseme Eyiboh.

    Read full statement below:

    The office of the President of the Senate has been drawn to various misconceptions in the public domain on the statement credited to the President of the Senate in plenary of Wednesday, February 21, 2024, during the presentation of a report of the joint Committees on Finance, Agriculture/Food Sufficiency, Banking and Insurance. During the session the President of the Senate commented on the payment of an unverified cumulative sum of about #30b to the sub-national governments by the Federal Government for various interventions to ameliorate the food situation of our citizens at the sub-national governments.

    The unfortunate conjectures to take away the kernel in the material facts of FAAC payment are rather regretted. In considering the well-intended motive of urging state governments to collaborate with the Federal government of President Bola Tinubu to facilitate strategic interventions to mitigate the prevailing economic situation in the country remains the underpinning motivation in the comment.

    The President of the Senate is not oblivious to the fact that State governments are functional partners in all the efforts of the current administration of President Bola Tinubu and are also valuable Stakeholders’ in the various legislative engagements of the legislature in creating the nexus between the legislature and the people.

    The President of the Senate has always demonstrated commitment to team building and shall not do less in the circumstance.

    He therefore urges the sub-national governments not to be distracted by any misunderstanding of the context and true meaning of the statement. The President of the Senate recognizes and appreciates the current efforts of the governors at ameliorating the adverse effects of the current inclement socio-economic environment and therefore invites more hands on the plow to complement the renewed hope agenda.

  • Insecurity, funding hamper effective PHCs operations – CSOs, others

    Insecurity, funding hamper effective PHCs operations – CSOs, others

  • Leadership tussles: Probe Nwabunwanne, stakeholders tell Soludo

    Leadership tussles: Probe Nwabunwanne, stakeholders tell Soludo

     

    In recent times, communal crises bothering on Igweship and town union leadership tussles have been rocking various communities in Anambra State.

    Some of these included, Ifite-Dunu, Nawfia, Ideani, Azia, Abacha, Oba, Ojoto and many others.

    The most notorious is the alleged persistent recognition of and public fraternity by some notable officials of the State government led by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs, Mr Tony Collins Nwabunwanne with the court dethroned traditional ruler of Alor community, Idemili South Council of the State, -Chief Mac-Anthony Elibe Okonkwo.

    This is currently rocking the peace and cohesion in the area.

    Consequently, Gov Chukwuma Soludo has been called by citizens to investigate and probe the Commissioner as he was accused of having a hand in most of these crises.

    He was also alleged to being key participant in their instigating, dating back to when he was an aide to former Gov. Willie Obiano on Chieftaincy and Community Affairs. Hence was presently seen as working at variance with the progress of the State and against the public interest.

    The immediate past President General of Alor People’s Convention, Chief Uzoma Igbonwa while responding to a question from journalists on the tense atmosphere in the hitherto peaceful Alor community pointed out that Mac Anthony Okonkwo was formally dethroned vide an Anambra High court judgment of Feb 17, 2022. His motion for stay of execution was declined by the High Court, but surprisingly, he has continued to parade himself/passing off as, dressing as and presenting himself as a traditional ruler of Alor both in private and in public. He refused to heed to the subsisting court judgment that dethroned him and the State Attorney-General’s recent advice and legal opinion notwithstanding. However, it was doubtful if the initial certificate of Recognition issued to him has been formally withdrawn, little wonder he was going around town parading as a monarch.

    It would be recalled that Alor is the country home of the former governor of the State and immediate past Minister of Labour/Employment, Senator Chris Ngige.

    This unwholesome situations, Igbonwa stated, “has elicited tension, confusion, agitations, and restiveness in the community, especially among the youths.

    According to the February 17, 2022 court judgment, Okonkwo was ordered to desist thenceforth from parading or presenting himself as a traditional ruler anywhere at all.

    It was on the strength of this court verdict and the absence of any other impediment that the community had in 2022 elected and enthroned HRM Igwe Collins Ebelechukwu Chukwumesili as Ezediohamma 111of Alor, Igbonwa added.

    Instructively, he pointed out that, “Igwe Chukwumesili was chosen from Uruezeana village in Ifite Section, the rightful and appropriate area whose turn it was to present the new Igwe, as was copiously outlined in the operational Constitution of Alor and consistent with the judgment of the High Court.”

    Chief Mac-Anthony Okonkwo’s surprising illegitimate and unfortunate emergence had remained tenuous and troubled because he hail from the last and youngest Umuokwu Village of Ifite Section of Alor. It was actually a journey to nowhere which had brought nothing apart from darkness, gloom and crises to Alor since he bulldozed his way and fouled the Chieftancy selection arena, when he knows that his Umuokwu village was not in reckoning as far as the Alor Igweship stool was concerned presently, until it gets to her turn in many generations to come.

    When contacted, one of the old and experienced Ichies, Ichie Ifeanyi Obiazi (Ichie Idee 111 of Alor) bemoaned “the ugly situation Okonkwo had brought upon a once sure-footed progressive Alor community.”

    Referring our Correspondent to copy of the verdict of court that removed him, Ichie Obiazi expressed shock that he was still clinging to his traditional rulership claim and illusion.

    Throwing more light to the conundrum, Ichie Obiazi rhetorically asked, have you ever seen it anywhere in global history where anyone mounted the throne while his father is alive. Would he be breaking kola nut for and or in the presence of his own father, as the traditional ruler? That will be opprobrious.

    Mac Anthony Okonkwo’s father is very much alive and strong. It’s even under his father’s roof that his son, Mac-Anthony, is still living and carrying on as “Igwe” while the folly lasted.

    In all these community crises, our investigations disclosed that it’s people of Nwabunwanne’s ilk that provided the offensive manure that nourishes such festering malady all over the state.

    However, apparently reacting to the legal counsel of the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Okonkwo, through one Emeka Ikegwuogu as his spokesman, at a press conference in Awka at the weekend insisted that he “remains the authentic traditional ruler of Alor”.

    More so, in a letter to the immediate past President General of Alor(Igbonwa), dated August 22,2023, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice had cautioned Okonkwo and those prodding him on to be guided by the court verdict in Suit HID/354/2019, save and until contrary is established. “In the interim, Mac-Anthony Chinedu Elibe Okonkwo is not the Igwe of Alor, and he must stop disturbing the peace of Alor community with his childish behaviour. No reasonable Alor man or woman pays Mac-Anthony any attention. For him, Alor Igweship stool is a business venture and he must not rule Alor people by force”.

    The State’s Chief law officer also pointed out that, “Having been satisfied that the judgment and orders delivered in the suit are the extant and subsisting orders of the court between the parties and on the same subject matter, save and until the contrary is established, Mr Mac Anthony Chinedu Okonkwo should not conduct or superintendent over the new yam festival scheduled on Saturday, August 5, 2023 in the purported capacity of traditional ruler of Alor town is unlawful and against the public peace of the town, therefore he is restrained from doing so to avoid total breakdown of law and order in the community.”

    It needs highlighting here too that Alor community cannot in anyway be seen as inconsequential, having produced a State Governor, Senator, Ministers, incumbent Clerk of the Senate, Senior Advocates of Nigeria, Judges, Magistrates, and top business moguls in different areas of discipline, members of the State Assembly and different top government appointees at the Federal and State levels.

    Prof. Elo Onyeka, a respectable indigene of Alor, wondered why none of the distinguished well-read citizens was in the motley crowd of Okonkwo’s praise singing press conference.

    While blaming these communal crises on Nwabunwanne who was alleged to be sitting on most official letters concerning these communities and Chieftancy issues, Chief Max Oruche from Ifite-Dunu community accused Mr. Nwabunwanne of being too young, inexperienced and immature for the office he occupies, and evidently not sound in the general customs and tradition of most communities in the State and/or working against Gov. Soludo’s vision for democracy to thrive in Anambra communities.

    Nwabunwanne in reaction to the leadership/rulership crises ravaging the State, especially as he was accused of instigating some blamed those who never liked his rising profile and face. But vowed to overcome all their antics and come out without any blemish.

    Records revealed that while trying to paper the heavily cracked walls of the traditional rulership/community leadership mess he allegedly actively participated in during the immediate past administration of Chief Willie Obiano, -Nwabunwanne was visibly attacking Soludo’s efforts and the hope for reelection later 2024, as he is creating enemies for Gov. Soludo.

    This should be a wake up call for the governor to x-ray Nwabunwanne’s activities and some other officials who have become heavy baggage to the administration.

  • Stakeholders decry public infrastructure vandalism in South-south

    Stakeholders decry public infrastructure vandalism in South-south

    Some stakeholders in the South-South have decried the unabated vandalism of public infrastructure by unpatriotic elements in the region.

    In separate interviews during a survey conducted, they lamented that government’s efforts to provide critical infrastructure for the people were being thwarted by criminal elements.

    According to them, the infrastructure that were worst hit by vandalism included, power installations, telecommunication, oil and gas installations, roads and bridges fittings.

    Mr Obeten Obeten, Head of Administration, Cross River Infrastructure Safety and Regulatory Agency, said valuable assets of the state were being destroyed on daily basis.

    He particularly condemned theft of gully inlets, manhole covers and other flood containment infrastructure in Calabar and other cities.

    To forestall the trend, Obeten said

    the state government instituted a ban on the movement of scrap materials in the state to stop evacuation of the stolen items by vandals.

    He, however, regretted that the law lacked enforcement by the relevant security authorities.

    On the efforts by his agency, he said they established a synergy with the Cross River Water Board, the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, (PHEDC) and telecom operators on protection of their assets.

    “When we noticed any form of vandalism, we draw the attention of the agency or operator concerned.

    ‘’In areas where we cannot get the operator, we go in and salvage the situation within our means,” he said.

    Obeten advocated community participation in projects building in order to instill in them a sense of ownership and willingness to protect the assets.

    He also urged the government to implement laws protecting public property in order to curtail the rate of infrastructure vandalism.

    Speaking in same vein, Supt. Solomon Eremi, of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, (NSCDC), said vandalism of telecommunications and power installations as well as road infrastructures was rampant in the region

    Eremi the Public Relations Officer, NSCDC, Cross River command said in spite of inadequate staff strength, the command had tried to reduce the menace of vandalism.

    He said some of the arrested culprits by their officers, always blamed the devil, unemployment and poverty as causes of their unpatriotic acts.

    He appealed for more information from the public in order to niche activities of vandals and other criminal elements in the bud.

    The NSDC image maker urged the government and philanthropists to assist the Command with patrol vehicles.

    He called for recruitment and deployment of personnel to the command for more effective operations especially in remote places of the state.

    Mr Henry Ekini, a lawyer and National Legal Adviser of Committee of Human Rights (CDHR) in Port Harcourt equally condemned the rampant vandalism of government facilities in the state.

    He said, it was disturbing, the rate at which pipelines, telecommunications and power infrastructures were being vandalised and destroyed by hoodlums.

    Ekini, specifically, condemned the incessant removal of manhole-covers and steel protectors from roads in Port-Harcourt.

    “This anti-social behaviour is condemnable as it has over the years led to avoidable accidents, causing injuries and sometimes death of the victims,” he said.

    Ekini listed; poverty, greed, drug use, high unemployment rate and poor security network among the reasons for the rising rate of vandalism in the state.

    “Although, these factors are no justification to commit crime, the implication is that, if they are not addressed, more persons, particularly youths will take to crime,” he said

    The lawyer suggested multi-dimensional approach including, more employment opportunities, improved access to education and community sensitisation to the dangers of vandalism as measures to curtail the menace.

    He added deployment of technology, such as CCTV, drones and security control rooms on the streets to checkmate crime.

    Ekini also urged the government to improve funding for maintenance agencies to preserve public facilities before they decay.

    “Above all, residents have a huge role to play, as they must be vigilant and look out for suspicious behaviors around public property,” he said.

    Mr Onayesemi Berida, Federal Controller of Works, Akwa Ibom, said that replacement of iron and steel components with concrete would protect some of the public infrastructure from vandals.

    According to him, iron elements are always attractive and easily disposable by vandals, while concrete elements are not attractive and difficult to be taken away and sold.

     

  • Anthrax: Stakeholders seek strict supervision of abattoirs

    Anthrax: Stakeholders seek strict supervision of abattoirs

    Stakeholders have called on the Federal Government and state governments, to ensure strict supervision of abattoirs across the country to check the spread of Anthrax.

    Recall that the Federal Government had reported the outbreak of the disease in some neighbouring countries and recently in Niger.

    They stakeholders who spoke on Sunday, called on the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to ensure that only healthy animals were slaughtered for the consumption of the citizens.

    Mr Isa Yeah, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Nasarawa State, said government had set up machinery in motion to ensure that butchers adhere to standard practice in all abattoirs in the state.

    According to him, the state government was working assiduously to improve facilities at the two abattoirs in the state located at Karu and Lafia.

    He said that abattoirs are under the control of the state government, and veterinarians are assigned to ascertain the health of animals.

    Yeah said that efforts are being put in place to check the proliferation of unhealthy slaughter slabs across the state.

     

    He said that proposals from private investors willing to construct and operate private abattoirs were being considered by government.

    Mr Ezekiel Baba, a Lecturer with the College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Lafia, said that there are only two abattoirs in the state.

    He commended the state government for ensuring that animals and their products are examined before slaughtering and selling to consumers.

    Baba appealed to veterinarians to also ensure that animals taken to the abattoirs for slaughtering, were certified for human consumption.

    Mr. Kuje John, urged the state government to build standard abattoirs with modern facilities in all the 13 Local Government Areas of the state.

    He said that private sector should also be allowed to build and manage abattoirs to complement the efforts of the government.

    Mr Ahmed Mohammed, a meat seller appealed to the state government to build more abattoirs in Lafia town, to cater for the ever growing population.

    Mr Salawu Tawara, Director of Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Kogi said that before now, the state government had built abattoirs in all the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.

    He said that the abattoirs are being manned by Veterinary Officers, who would certify the cows before they are slaughtered and sold to the public.

    Tawara said that there are four abattoirs in Lokoja metropolis that serve the consumers, adding that all are being manned by Veterinary Officers.

    He said that any cow that is confirmed to be sick be killed and buried immediately.

    The director said that any cow slaughtered outside the abattoirs without the supervision of the veterinary officers would be seized and buried.

    “So, it is mandatory that butchers bring their cows to any of the approved abattoirs to slaughter so that it can be inspected by our vet officers.

    “Any butcher who slaughters cow without the approval of our vet officers would be sanctioned and the cow would be seized and buried,” Tawara said.

    He recalled that some butchers who slaughtered their cows outside the abattoirs in April 2022, were arrested and their meat were sized.

    “We went round the markets to identify and seize those meat and buried them to ensure the safety of the consumers. Since then we have not had any issue of such in Kogi,” he said.

    He said that the state government would always compensate butchers, if it was discovered at the abattoir that the cows has diseases and it was slaughtered there.

    “So, no butcher will be compensated for slaughtering a cow with diseasein an unauthorized abattoir, rather the meat will be confiscated and destroyed”, he said.

    Tawara advised the public to patronise buy meat from authorized abattoirs where the butchers’ cows had been fully inspected and approved by veterinary officers.

    “Buying meat at an unauthorized place is a great risk because most of such meats are not good for consumption,” Tawara said.

    Dr Tolu Omotugwa, a veterinary doctor with the state government, said that all functional abattoirs in Kogi, are manned by veterinary doctors.

    “The meat being processed at the abattoirs are of high quality for human consumption. This is largely due veterinary doctors who are always on ground to inspect the cows brought for slaughtering.

    “I can tell you authoritatively that the meats being sold in the markets are healthy and very safe for consumption.

    “Recently we intercepted some carcass from going into the markets due to the measures put in place by government to checkmate unhealthy meat infiltrating our markets.

    “The meat that are condemned, we do condemn them, and those meats that are healthy and safe, we allow them to pass to the markets, ” he said.

    Tolu urged government to complete the new abattoir with modern facilities for ease and seamless slaughtering of cattle.

    Mrs Helen Momoh, a business woman, said that she had never had cause to be afraid of buying meat in any market in Lokoja metropolis.

    “I think we should commend the government and butchers in the various abattoirs in Kogi for their efforts at providing healthy and quality meats in our markets.

    “Health is key, and any meat being sold must be safe for consumption by the populace, ” she said.

    Mr Victor Kunle, said that beside the incident of April 2022, “we never had any cause to fear buying meat in the markets.”

    Mr Seun Babalola, a Sanitarian with Kogi Ministry of Environment, said the ministry had put everything in place to ensure that the abattoirs were kept clean.

    He said that the Kogi State Sanitation and Waste Management Board (KSSWMB) are collaborating with the department of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Agriculture, to ensure clean and safe environment at the abattoirs.

    Babalola said that the team still embark on inspection to some of the abattoirs located in Lokoja, and that the same thing was happening in all the 21 local government areas of the state.

    Dr Adamu Ibrahim-Kato, Director of Public Health, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Niger, said that veterinary officiakls were always on ground to inspect animals before slaughtering.

    “These strict inspection help us to ascertain animals that are sick or infected so that we don’t kill them but place them on treatment for recovery.

    “When they recover fully and are certified healthy and fit, they may be slaughtered for consumption. But if they have a relapse, we continue with the treatment, ” he said .

    He further said that there were occasions where relevant authorities have compensated owners of such sick animals most especially when they (owners) did not know the animals were sick.

    According to him, the compensation was not 100 per cent, as the liability was usually shared between the government and owners of the animals.

    Ibrahim-Kato who expressed concern over the state of abattoirs in the state, said more is required to be done to improve on the status.

    “As officials, we wrote to the last administration but unfortunately it couldn’t do anything before the end of its tenure in May 29, ” he said.

  • Nasarawa assembly crisis: We only have one speaker, says stakeholders forum

    Nasarawa assembly crisis: We only have one speaker, says stakeholders forum

    Following the Speakership tussle at the state house of assembly, a group under the aegis of Nasarawa stakeholders Forum, has said the state does not have two speakers but one in the person of Hon. Daniel Oga Ogazi.

    Recall that the immediate past speaker, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi and Hon. Ogazi, both emerged as speakers from two different gatherings on Tuesday, June 6.

    The forum in a press conference on Friday, explained that the process said to have been used to return the former speaker Abdullahi, was faulty, adding that it cannot stand due to the violence it can cause to the politics of Nasarawa State.

    Comrade David Manga, the convener of the group said the purported sitting was held outside the Assembly complex without the notice of many members and those that allegedly elected the former speaker are in the minority as they were only 10 in number.

    “It is to our utter shock, that the peace in Nasarawa State would be disturbed to the extent that it has now become a laughing stock due to the selfish and unpatriotic tendency of the Governor and a few to individuals to impose their wish on the people.

    “You are all aware of what led to the current impasse at the State House of Assembly, but it bears restating that it is due to the intrusion by forces outside the Assembly, who want to thwart the collective wish of the 24 member strong House to impose their stooges to leadership positions in the Assembly.

    Manga advised Abdullahi and his fellows to see the handwriting on the wall and give up their claims of electing him as speaker since it has never happened and lacks legitimacy to stand.

    “The election of Ogazi having met the requirements for convening a sitting for members of the House is the only one that be accorded due recognition.

    ” Upholding the election of Ogazi is the right and proper thing to do since he was elected by majority of the members and the election held at right place, which is in the Chamber of the state Assembly.

    ” We enjoin Governor Abdullahi Sule to as a democrat, recognise and extend his hand of fellowship to the new speaker, Hon. Daniel Ogah Ogazi so the House can resume sitting in earnest and make laws for the betterment of our people.

    The forum also called on the security agencies to stay clear of the state House of Assembly and stick to their responsibility of providing security for the people of Nasarawa State instead of been partisans in the matter.

     

  • Ebonyi: INEC seeks stakeholders’ collaboration over PVC collection

    Ebonyi: INEC seeks stakeholders’ collaboration over PVC collection

    INEC has called for effective collaboration with different stakeholders in Ebonyi to accelerate the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs) by their owners ahead of the 2023 polls.

    The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mrs Pauline Onyeka, made the call during an expanded stakeholders’ interactive meeting in Abakaliki on Tuesday.

    Onyeka said that the commission was poised to ensure that all registered voters in the state collected their cards within the stipulated time.

    She said that the interaction was meant to enable the commission to update the people on the PVC collection.
    She further said that the commission intended to use the meeting to seek the stakeholders’ support and cooperation to ensure a seamless exercise in the state.

    “This is in line with the commission’s policy of carrying the stakeholders along in its activities as this is a collective venture and shared responsibility.

    “I am particularly happy that despite your tight schedules in this festive period, you were able to spare some time to honour our invitation.

    “It is on record that my predecessor had held meetings with the leadership of the political parties, traditional rulers, media and members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).

    “At those meetings, the commission updated the stakeholders with the commission’s timetable.
    “I have equally had a meeting with the members of ICCES during which I expressed concern about the burning down of INEC offices in the state, in particular and South-East as a whole by hoodlums.

    “I had requested that security be beefed up in all the offices and the centres for the collection of PVCs.
    “Security agencies have assured us of adequate protection of INEC offices and staff members,” Onyeka said.

    The REC said that the exercise, which started on Dec. 12 in all INEC Local Government Area (LGA) offices, will last until Jan. 5, 2023.

    “Thereafter, the collection will be moved to the Registration Areas from Jan. 6 to Jan. 15 and then revert to the LGA offices, where it will last until Jan. 22.”

    “The exercise will commence at 9.00 am each day, including Saturdays and Sundays in all the 171 wards, and end at 3:00 pm.

    Onyeka appealed to the chairmen of the 13 LGAs to ensure adequate security for the INEC staff members and commission’s offices in their various councils.

    She said that the PVCs being distributed were for those who did fresh registration, transferred, made corrections or applied for replacement of defaced, lost or damaged ones.

    She further said that the leftover PVCs from the previous voter registration would also be distributed.
    “There will be no voting in the 2023 elections without the PVCs, and no collection of PVCs by proxy.

    “This is why we have invited you to this meeting for us to exchange ideas on how to encourage those who are yet to collect their PVCs to use this window period to obtain theirs.

    “As leaders closer to the people at the grassroots, we implore you to sensitise and enlighten your subjects and members on the need for them to collect their PVCs and safeguard them tenaciously,” the REC said.
    Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Mr Aliyu Garba, has promised adequate security before, during and after the election.

    He urged the public to report any security breaches within their localities.
    Garba, represented by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Dennis Anyia, implored the stakeholders to assist the

    police in securing INEC facilities domiciled in their areas.

    Contributing, Eze Charles Mkpuma, a member of the state Council of Traditional Rulers, pledged the support and cooperation of the royal fathers in mobilising the people to collect their PVCs.

    He, however, called for adequate security to ensure the protection of people’s lives and property during the exercise and election period.

    The meeting was attended by traditional rulers, security chiefs, leaders of political parties, community leaders and persons living with disabilities, amongst others.

  • Stakeholders back regulation of signage, advertisement in Kogi

    Stakeholders back regulation of signage, advertisement in Kogi

    Stakeholders in Kogi State have declared their support the regulation of signage and advertisement in the State.

    This was the submission of various speakers at a Public Hearing of a bill for a law to Regulate Signage and Advertisement held at the Assembly Complex, Lokoja.

    The Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service, Sule Salihu Enehe said the bill when passed into law will increase the revenue of the State.

    Enehe explained that with the current economic realities and the need for government to meet up its responsibilities, the Agency was making frantic effort in generating more money.

    A Lokoja Based Lawyer, Bamidele Suru on his part said while the bill is a good move aimed at generating more revenue to the State, it must be done in line with the nineteen ninety nine constitution as amended.

    According to him, collection of signage and advertisement are the sole responsibilities of the Local Government, saying the bill must not go against the constitution.

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    He explained that to avoid double taxation, Local Government Revenue Committee must be included in the law.

    Also speaking, the Publisher of Policy and Lawmaking, Friday Ogungbemi advised that the bill be stepped down pending the conclusion of the Local Government Autonomy in the Constitution Amendment.

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    Chairman of the House Joint Committee on Judiciary and Justice, Cosmos Atabor said the Assembly will not do what will ground the Local Government System.

    He assured that the Committee will ensure that the right thing is done to make the State a better place.

  • 2023: Police in Oyo begin sensitisation of stakeholders

    2023: Police in Oyo begin sensitisation of stakeholders

    The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command, has commenced sensitisation talks with political stakeholders in preparation for hitch-free campaigns ahead of the 2023 general polls in the state.

    The Command’s spokesman, SP Adewale Osifeso, made this known in a statement on Friday in Ibadan.

    Osifeso said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Adebowale Williams while addressing the stakeholders, enjoined them to embrace peace and shun acts capable of truncating the relative peace and tranquillity enjoyed by residents.

    Williams highlighted measures already put in place toward realising hitch-free campaigns and the general polls.

    The Commissioner of Police advised the political parties participating in the general elections to submit details of their campaign schedules including dates and routes for adequate security cover.

    He told the gathering that the command had formed a special crowd control unit to cater to cases of crowd management before, during and after the campaigns.

    Williams said that there would be regular patrols across the length and breadth of the state, intelligence-led stop- and-searchs and technology-aided surveillance during the period.

    He called on parents, guardians and leaders wielding various degrees of influence to prevail on their children, wards and protégées to avoid being used as cannon fodders by agents of mischief to disrupt the polity.

    Williams warned that heavy sanctions awaited violators in accordance with the laws and statues of the land.

  • Osinbajo meets with APC stakeholders in Enugu ahead of primaries

    Osinbajo meets with APC stakeholders in Enugu ahead of primaries

    Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on his quest to run for the seat of the president in 2023, has met with All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Enugu State.

    TheNewsGuru reports that the meeting held on Friday in Enugu was in continuation of his consultations with party stakeholders.

    Osinbajo had earlier on Friday, also met with party stakeholders in Awka, Anambra.

    TNG recalls that Osinbajo who, on April 11, declared his intention to run for the Office of the President, had on Thursday, picked the nomination and expression of interest forms of APC.

    A team of support groups raised funds and purchased the forms for the vice president.