The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Monday during a visit to the State Governor, Samuel Ortom.
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The governor stated this in a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Makurdi.
The development was confirmed by Olikita Ekani, a media aide to Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.
According to Ortom, the figure represents N23.7 billion or 18 per cent increase from the revised 2020 budget.
Performing the ceremony in Makurdi, Ortom said the constitution of the panel was part of the resolutions of the 108th National Economic Council meeting earlier held in Abuja.
The anti-graft agency said some of the cash withdrawals were made in bits of N10 million over the counter
In a statement jointly signed by their aides in charge of media, Yusuph Olaniyonu and Turaki Hassan, Saraki and Dogara also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the police to order and stop them being used to achieve political purposes
The policemen had last week also stormed the Assembly, with lawmakers who are pro-Governor Ortom jumping the fence to enter the House
The local government chairmen defected to the PDP on Friday, a few days after the State Governor, Samuel Ortom, defected from the APC to the PDP
Ortom, who was reacting to the statement by Oshiomhole that he was relieved the governor left the party, spoke in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase
The reaction of the APC was contained in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi
Ortom made the announcement on Wednesday shortly after some youths in the state stopped him from attending to the summon by the leadership of the APC for a reconciliation meeting with Senator George Akume
Gowon spoke on Saturday at the Benue People’s House, Makurdi when he visited Governor Samuel Ortom to commiserate with the government and the people of the state over the wanton killings and destruction of properties in the state
The summon followed the pronouncement by Ortom on Monday that the party had shown him the red card and he was shopping for another political platform
Ortom made this known on Monday in Makurdi shortly after swearing in a new Special Adviser on Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Jerome Shimbe, who replaced Titus Zam, sacked on July 8.
The policemen, who barricaded the Borno State Police Command headquarters, located on Maiduguri-Kano Expressway, demanded for the payment of their allowances
The airline’s Corporate Communications Manager, Chris Iwarah, said in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday that the deal was sealed in Abuja on June 28.
The soldiers were reportedly shot dead on Tuesday in an attack that also left the Unit Commander of the troops and another with serious injuries.
Ortom gave the warning on Tuesday in Makurdi while inaugurating the chairmen and members of 19 boards of various establishments.
This was disclosed on Tuesday at a session by top government functionaries with Editors