Today's Headlines: Labour faults N180bn palliatives, says govs will frustrate programme; Address Hunger–Oyo APC Tells Makinde
NLC Faults N180bn Palliatives
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The organised labour has knocked the Federal Government for releasing a N180bn palliative package to states to cushion the impact of the fuel subsidy removal.
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress insisted that the governors could not be trusted, noting that politicians and not the poor would benefit from the N5bn largess given to each state government for disbursement to the citizens.
The Federal Government on Thursday announced an N5bn palliative for each state of the federation and 180 trucks of rice as part of measures to assuage the pains of the subsidy removal.
The policy, which led to sharp and multiple increases in fuel pump prices, has driven up the prices of goods and services, pushing millions of Nigerians into poverty and worsening the socio-economic situation in the country.
Address Hunger–Oyo APC Tells Makinde
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THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State, yesterday, warned Governor Seyi Makinde to desist from further award of contracts at alleged inflated cost but rather find ways of tackling hunger in the state.
Reacting to an announcement that the state government had approved N3.35 billion for the purchase of Kia Rio cars as security vehicles and another N3.19 billion for the maintenance of street lights in the state, the party described it as a misplaced priority.
6,000 People Displaced By Flood, Banditry In Niger – Deputy Governor
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The Deputy governor of Niger State, Yakubu Garba says flood and banditry have displaced over 6,000 people in the State.
Speaking in Abuja on Thursday when he visited Engr Mustapha Habib Ahmed, the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Garba said there was the need for NEMA to assist the State in tackling the issues.
He said flooding was causing serious devastation in the State.
According to him, “Niger State has been having issues of insecurity of which I can’t disclose here.
“Aside from that, the weather forecast of this year showed adverse consequences of flooding, which we have been witnessing in Niger State.”
FG Showing Signs Of Disobeying Court Orders —Judge
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ABUJA-Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, noted that the Federal Government has shown signs of not being law-abiding and has no respect for the court.
The judge made the pronouncement, while striking out the firearm possession charge against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
The charge was brought against Emefiele by Department of State Services, DSS.
Justice Oweibo, struck out the charge for want of diligent prosecution, noting that the Federal Governnment had shown signs of not being law-abiding and had no respect for the court.
Meanwhile, the scheduled arraignment of Emefiele, on a fresh 20-count charge, was, yesterday, stalled following the absence of one of the defendants in the case.
Though Emefiele was brought to court by DSS, who are still holding on to him before an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, to enter his plea to the fresh charge against him, the court was told by the DSS that the 2nd defendant, Saadat Yaro, was unavailable.
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