The meeting came 24 hours after the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, were suspended from office
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Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who spoke on the incident in Abuja on Thursday, described the reports as “unfair and uncharitable”
Sani believes Buhari does not need the committee to fight corruption
The party made the call in a statement
Jonathan stressed that the step taken by President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend Lawal and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke, would send strong signals on his unwavering commitment to tackle corruption and ensure good governance
Lawal was accosted by the newsmen after he met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, shortly after his suspension was announced via a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina
Fayose slammed the Federal Government for setting up a three-man committee to investigate the crime and sidelining the anti-corruption agencies such as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Department of State Services
President Buhari on Wednesday ordered the immediate suspension of Lawal and Oke pending the outcome of investigation of allegations levelled against them
The statement that conveyed the suspension of the two top government officials was signed by Femi Adesina
The minister’s clarification came on the heels of speculations on the President’s health condition as being reported in the social media and some traditional media organisations
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria made the call at the presentation of the report of the Technical Committee on Minimum Wage and Palliatives to Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to Government of the Federation
This was revealed on Tuesday by the police, which paraded some of those already arrested
Lawal was reacting to reports that he had been invited by the Senate to explain how 20 ghost companies got contracts worth N1.3 billion, largely for grass cutting
The Senate said its investigations so far in locating the companies have not yielded fruits
A few hours after the report went viral, Abdullahi denied it
In another letter to the Senate less than 24 hours after he wrote one saying he would not honor the Senate summons, Lawal asked for another date to appear
This was contained in a letter signed by Chairman of the committee Senator Shehu Sani, dated March 15, 2017 and addressed to the SGF
Magu was not confirmed by the Senate largely on account of the report by the Department of State Services, which accused him of some unwholesome practices
CSNAC’s position was contained in a petition
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the launch of the NEPAD stakeholders meeting on Skills Initiative for Africa on Youth empowerment