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APC willing to receive Wike-led G-5 into its fold – Abdullahi Adamu

The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu said the party is willing to receive the former Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike-led G-5 into its fold.

Adamu disclosed this while speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Tuesday.

The APC chairman noted that the G-5 will be most welcome whenever they decide to opt for the ruling party.

Meanwhile, Adamu has rubbished the rumoured differences between himself and President Bola Tinubu.

Adamu said he deserved some commendation for leading the party towards a successful presidential primaries and the eventuual victory of Tinubu.

He said he misrepresented about his position on the recently elected principal officers of the national assembly, adding that what the APC had issues with was the manner the communication was handled by the lawmakers.

Adamu said those who have issues against him have always had the opportunity to air their views at their national meetings, explaining that Saliu Lukman, for instance, who has always accused him of running a one-man show, has always attended those meetings.

The APC chairman stated that the decision of Lukman to take the party to court was a grave offence even though he later signed a deal that his case had been withdrawn from the court and apologising for his misdemeanour.

No ministers’ list yet, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday described a purported list of ministerial nominees as mere speculation.

Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore, who appeared on Channels Politics Today, said the party was still consulting and that the list was not ready.

It was a reiteration of the presidency’s statement last week that the list in circulation was not genuine.

Omisore, who noted that it was the prerogative of the President to form a government of national unity, hinted that the cabinet will not be large.

The APC’s scribe also said there was the possibility of merging some ministries to meet the present realities.

Protesters March To Lagos Assembly Complex, Demand Speedy Trial Of BRT Driver Who Allegedly Killed Bamise

The protesters called for the speedy prosecution of Andrew Nice Ominnikoron, a BRT driver, for the alleged sexual assault and murder of Bamise, a 22-year-old fashion designer.

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and other concerned Nigerians protested at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday, demanding justice for Bamise Ayanwole.

The protesters, who displayed several banners condemning the slow trial of Bamise’s suspected murder, expressed their displeasure over the manner in which the state government is handling the case.

In a live coverage of the protest which was monitored by SaharaReproters, one of the inscriptions on the banners displayed by the protesters reads: “Delayed Justice delayed is dangerous, Arrest and Arraign Nice Ominnikoron’s accomplice now.”

Otti orders payment of workers’ April salary, June pension arrears

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In a bid to fulfill his campaign promise of clearing arrears of workers’ salaries and pensions, inherited from the previous administration, Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, yesterday, directed the state Accountant General to pay, this week, April 2023 arrears to only verified workers and, next week, June pensions.

Recall that the governor promised to settle arrears of salaries and pensions, as well as commence payment of monthly salaries and pensions on or around 28 of every month, which took effect from last month’s (June) salary.

The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu, said the payments were approved during the maiden state Executive Council (Exco) meeting, yesterday.

Kanu hinted that as soon as the ongoing verification exercise, in both local council and civil service, is completed, all workers in the state would be on the same page in salary and pension payments.

He said that Exco enjoined local councils and the Judicial Services Commissions (JSC) to cooperate with the verification committee to ensure speedy conclusion of the exercise so that local council and judiciary workers would be paid as their counterparts at the state level.

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