Today's Headlines: Jonathan, Osinbajo, Sultan Named Peace Icons In Africa; Kebbi CSOs Reject Bagudu Ministerial Appointment

Jonathan, Osinbajo, Sultan named peace icons in Africa

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan, former vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa and Rwanda President, Paul Kagame, have been named peace icons in Africa by an international peace-based organisation, Peace Ambassador Agency Worldwide.

Others on the list include Kenyan President, William Ruto, President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adeshina; Chairman of United Bank of Africa Group, Tony Elumelu; Chairman Geregu Power PLC, Mr. Femi Otedola; President of LoveWorld Incorporated, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome; and the Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammadu Abubakar, among others.

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Kebbi CSOs Reject Bagudu’s Ministerial Appointment

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Barely 24hrs after the former governor of Kebbi state, Senator Atiku Bagudu was assigned portfolio to serve as the minister of Budget and Economic Planning, a civil society organisation in Kebbi named Kebbi state association for Peace and Good Governance rejected his appointment as a minister.

The group secretary, Comrade Usman Muhammad Anache described Bagudu’s appointment as minister as a huge waste of time given his alleged shambolic performance for eight years as governor of Kebbi state.

Kaduna to vote 15% budget allocation to healthcare

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The Kaduna State Government has pledged to allocate 15 per cent of its annual budget to healthcare delivery.

Governor Uba Sani made the promise while hosting a delegation from the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III, represented by the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Samaila Mera, the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, and other key stakeholders at the Government House in Kaduna.

The Agency of Nigeria reports that the delegation was in Kaduna as part of an advocacy visit to discuss critical matters concerning public health and primary healthcare in Kaduna State.

Eti-Osa indigenes allege exclusion from Sanwo-Olu’s govt

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Community chiefs, religious leaders, political stakeholders, students and other indigenes of the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Thursday, protested the alleged exclusion of their indigenes in the government of Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The protest by the indigenous people of Eti-Osa is coming days after a group, Eti-Osa Heritage Organisation, alleged that outsiders had been listed as indigenes of their local government among the 39 commissioner-nominees sent to the Lagos State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation.

The protesters, who spoke at a press conference on Thursday, decried “a grand deceit where people not related to Eti-Osa would take their slot.”

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