Today's Headlines: Ministerial Appointments; Tinubu Not Fair To Igbos – Segun Showunmi; Tinubu Meets Wike. El-Rufai At Aso Villa
Ministerial appointments: Tinubu not fair to Igbos – Segun Showunmi
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Segun Showunmi, has slammed President Bola Tinubu over the manner in which he is constituting his cabinet, claiming he’s not being fair to the southeast zone.
Showunmi claimed that the administration has done quite a lot of things that could be considered as serious missteps.
He made the assertion on Wednesday while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.
Showunmi said he is a little bit uncomfortable with the fact that it’s beginning to seem that his people (southwest) would get larger positions in Tinubu’s government.
He said, “You know I am a Yoruba man. Ironically, I have known Asiwaju for years. So there must be some kind of soft spot there. But I have tried very hard to say “let’s wait until hundred days”. Why? Because there’s a tradition and culture of “let them take hundred days to settle down”.
Tinubu meets Wike, El-Rufai at Aso Villa
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President Bola Tinubu is currently in a meeting with former governors of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
The ex-governors arrived at the State House separately.
Wike entered the presidential wing of Aso Rock at about 1:40 p.m. while El-Rufai came in at about 2 p.m.
The two are ministerial nominees and have both been screened by the Senate.
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Tinubu moves to end overreliance on borrowing for public expenditure
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President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, expressed his administration’s commitment to break the cycle of overreliance on borrowing for public spending, and the resultant burden of debt servicing it places on management of limited government revenues.
Inaugurating the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, chaired by Taiwo Oyedele, the President charged the committee to improve the country’s revenue profile and business environment, as the Federal Government moves to achieve 18 per cent tax-to-GDP ratio within three years.
Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa, directed the committee to achieve its one-year mandate, which is divided into three areas: fiscal governance, tax reforms, and growth facilitation. He also directed all government ministries and departments to cooperate with the committee towards achieving its mandate.
The President, while stressing the significance of its assignment, informed the committee that his administration carries a burden of expectations from citizens who want government to make their lives better.
He said: “We cannot blame the people for expecting much from us. To whom much is given, much is expected. It is even more so when we campaigned on a promise of a better country, anchored on our Renewed Hope Agenda. I have committed myself to use every minute I spend in this office to work to improve the quality of life of our people.”
Acknowledging the country’s current international standing on tax, the President said the nation is still facing challenges in sectors, such as ease of tax payment and its tax-to-GDP ratio, which lag behind even Africa’s continental average.
Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, members mourn Odukoya’s passing
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President Bola Tinubu yesterday extolled the virtues of late Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, who died at 67, commending the revered clergyman for expanding the frontiers of charitable endeavour.
Odukoya, who was bereaved twice in space of weeks in 2021 from death of his wife from second marriage and twin sister, died on Monday in the United States of America.
In a condolence message to the family, friends and congregants of the Fountain of Life Church, over the passing of the Senior Pastor, President Tinubu also extended condolences to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and associates of the religious leader, whose teaching, outreach and good work expanded the frontiers of charitable endeavour with particular respect to the education and health sectors.
The President, in a statement by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, noted the worthy contributions of Odukoya to the development of the country, supporting the weak and vulnerable while providing a platform for many to realize their dreams through the teaching of the word of faith.
Also, Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed sadness at the death of Odukoya. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said the death of the cleric is a great loss to the entire congregation, body of Christ, Lagos and Nigeria.
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