If you do know him, how many of his types do we have in this country?
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However, two of the G7 Governors, Babangida Aliyu of Niger and Sule Lamido of Jigawa, have since dissociated themselves from the merger decision, saying they are still members of PDP
The battle ahead came to the fore at a public hearing organized by the Senate, seeking to review the laws establishing the CAC, as well as to restructure the commission
Abati said that it was inconceivable that AfDB’s report came barely a
month after the United Nations gave an award to Nigeria for its
efforts at reducing poverty significantly in the country
The statement reads in full: “The Presidency totally rejects the false, hypocritical and self-serving claim by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu at a lecture in Kaduna on Saturday that Nigeria under President Goodluck Jonathan is a “sinking ship” in which the yearnings of the masses are being neglected by a tyrannical leadership
He said that it would be “hasty” for anyone to say that Jonathan was in breach of the constitution for not communicating to the National Assembly the decision of the executive arm of government on the state of emergency
Reacting to a criticism by the Congress for Progressive Change that President Jonathan ought to have visited Baga to see things for himself and commiserate with the victims, the Presidency said the call amounted to playing to the gallery
Osagie particularly took exception to the phrase “deepen the knowledge”, which he said meant they needed to be properly tutored
To conclude, Ladies and gentlemen, the 2013 Budget gives priority to our concerns for security, infrastructure, food security and human development. It is a Budget for everyone! For expectant mothers, children and the elderly – there will be increased access to healthcare; for smallholder farmers – there will be greater support from the government for access to market and extension services; and for tax-payers – the government will drive transparency and accountability
If oil at USD150 did not deliver food, water and basic infrastructure to the teeming masses, what benefit do the ordinary people expect to get with oil at USD75 or USD80? Does it make sense to anybody at this time that both parliament and the executive get engrossed in a shouting match on whether oil is sold for USD75, USD78 or USD80 dollars when the proceeds of sale are lost, squandered, frittered, pocketed or remain unpaid with the oil majors?
Owing to the position taken by Steve Orosanye and Bernard Otti at the submission of the report, the ACN on Sunday accused the Federal Government of deliberately sabotaging the work of the committee but the Presidency, also on Sunday, said the party was only finding fault where there was none
The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said the Presidency had nothing to hide and that accounted for why it set up the Ribadu committee in the first instance