The vice president stated this on Saturday in Kaduna at the one-year memorial of the late governor, who died on December 15, 2012
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Julius Ogunro, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, disclosed in Abuja that Sambo will declare open the 14 sports picked for the Games
Tukur said Anambra State people had given the state to the PDP at the inception of the current democratic era and urged the people of the state to return the state to the party
But after the meeting, both the National President of ASUU, Dr. Isa Fagge, and the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, had no clear cut information for newsmen, who had been waiting since Monday morning for the meeting to commence and end
Prior to the meeting with Jonathan, the ASUU team had met with the leadership of the Senate, led by the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark
Sambo, who was represented at the occasion by Beks Dagogo-Jack, the Chairman, Presidential Taskforce on Power, said the handing over was in line with Federal Government’s commitment to restructure the power sector
The vice president, who is the chairman of the committee, also advised opposition parties to avoid actions that could truncate the nation’s democracy
At the expiration of the deadline for payment, the preferred bidder, EuroAfric, could only pay $180 million out of the $201 million it bidded for
In a bid to consolidate on the relationship, Jonathan, through Sambo, sources said, presented one of the latest BMW cars, a 760LI, to Babangida as gift
The teachers are insisting on the 2009 agreement, which they say President Goodluck Jonathan was part of
The President spoke when he received a delegation of the Muslim community in the Federal Capital Territory, led by Vice President Namadi Sambo
President Jonathan described the formal handing over as historic and a milestone in the country’s long journey from a government-owned and operated electricity sector to a private sector-driven industry
According to the Group Head, Project and Structure Finance of FCMB Capital Markets Limited, Robert Grant, FCMB has committed over $275 million to the power sector reform and the value chain opportunities
The approval was granted, having considered the report of the Governor Emmnauel Uduaghan-led committee on the criminal incidence of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta Region
To end the strike, the Vice President Sambo on Thursday night met with the leadership of ASUU at the State House
Rather, it was agreed that the reconciliation meeting should continue on October 7
The Vice President, who stood in for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, stated that the choice of Maiduguri was a signal that peace had finally returned to Borno State, emphasizing that the administration was doing everything possible to ensure the protection of lives and property of the citizenry
Those absent included former President Olusegun Obasanjo; the President of the Senate, David Mark; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal
The vice president emphasised that this was in line with the administration’s drive to redefine agriculture as a business and make it more competitive, adding that government was committed to diversifying the economy to create wealth and jobs
Speaking on Thursday during an audience with the new Exco members of the Association at the State House, Abuja, Sambo said the Transformation Agenda is highly commendable in terms of the results being recorded in key sectors of the economy.