Today's Headlines: Boards: Obi kicks as Tinubu offers opposition gov slots; Amaechi Doesn't Merit Rivers Ministerial Slot, Says APC Chieftain
Boards: president bola tinubu kicks obi while tinubu offers opposition govs slots. source: punch newspaper.
in the last presidential election, the labour party and its standard bearer, peter obi, have slammed the labour party’s offer of board slots to state governors, including those elected on the opposition peoples democratic party and labour party.
Abdulrahman abdulrazaq, the governor of kwara state and chairman of the nigeria governors forum, told a meeting of the forum in abuja on tuesday night that the president had asked the governors to nominate competent people to serve in the boards and parastatals of federal government departments that were deposed last month.
Tinubu announced the dissolution of over 153 boards of directors, parastatals, institutions, and government-owned enterprises, according to the punch.
Former president muhammadu buhari’s 209 boards were among the 209 formed in december 2017. New candidates were supposed to fill up to 2,000 vacant positions on the boards.
Chief rashidi ladoja has dragged oyo state governor seyi makinde and the olubadan of ibadan, oba lekan balogun, to court for the recent elevation of ten ibadan high chiefs to beaded crown-wearing obas. Ladoja joined the recently-elevated obas as defendants in the lawsuit brought before the ibadan state high court.
Following olubadan’s advice, the punch exclusively reported on june 22 that makinde accepted the elevation of the ibadan high chiefs to obas.
It will also be remembered that the governor presented office staff to the new obas last friday. Owolabi olakulehin; tajudeen ajibola; eddy oyewole; lateef adebimpe; biodun kola-daisi; kola adegbola; olubunmi isioye; and abiodun azeez are the new obas. Ladoja, an ibadan high chief, had earlier denied the re-election and was absent from the crowning ceremony. Prof. oluwole soyinka is honoured at 89 by lagos state governor mr babajide sanwo-olu on his 89th birthday. Prof. soyinka was described by his chief press secretary, mr gboyega akosile, as “a quintessential scholar and literary icon” who has used his position and expertise to benefit literature, academics, and governance globally,” according to a congratulatory note sent on wednesday.
Prof. soyinka, a 1986 nobel prize in literature winner and the first sub-saharan african to be honoured in that category, clocked 89 on thursday, july 13 in a congratulatory note sent by his chief press secretary, mr gboyega akosile, on wednesday.
Sanwo-olu said the literary hero is worth celebrating as one of nigeria’s foremost advocates of good governance, adding that the nobel laureate has remained one of nigeria’s pride and world exports. According to apc chieftaina saechi, he doesn’t merit the rivers ministerial seat.
Chief tony okocha, the all progressives congress in rivers state, has stated that president bola tinubu has no reason or excuse to give the state’s ministerial seat to either former minister of transportation, rotimi amaechi, or senator magnus abe, citing both men as a threat to his election in rivers state.
Okocha instead asked tinubu to select nyesom wike, the state governor who just passed rivers state, as governor. Wike, according to him, supported tinubu’s presidential ambition both financially and materially.
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