Today's Headlines: Senate Denies Padding Supplementary Budget, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu Hail Osoba At 84
Senate denies padding supplementary budget
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The 10th Senate said reports that it padded the supplementary budget, which was passed into law last week, were mischievous.
The upper legislative chamber was reacting to reports in some online news outlets that the sum of N70 billion was padded into the supplementary budget as a “gift” from the executive arm of government.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu and made available to newsmen in Abuja, he wondered how the purveyors arrived at such reports, stating that passing laws was exclusive to lawmakers, hence, they needed no gift from the executive arm of government before doing their works.
The statement asserted that the passage of the Supplementary Appropriation Act was to accommodate funding for the Federal Government’s Palliative for the Nigerian public, among other National demands.
Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu hail Osoba at 84
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Saturday, described former Ogun State governor, Olusegun Osoba, as an important statesman whose life is worth emulating.
“His life is worthy of emulation as it will serve as a useful beacon for many, particularly the upcoming Nigerians,” Tinubu said in his birthday message to Osoba who turned 84 on July 15, 2023.
The President’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, revealed this in a statement he signed on Saturday.
Tinubu said, “Today, I rejoice with the family, friends, and numerous associates of a prominent journalist, former governor of Ogun State and elder statesman, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on attaining 84.
Insecurity: Plateau people must stand together to preserve their heritage – Gov Mutfwang
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Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State on Sunday admonished citizens of the state to stand together, irrespective of tribe and faith, in defending the state’s heritage in the wake of security challenges confronting communities in Mangu, Barkin-Ladi, Riyom, and other local government areas of the state.
Mutfwang made the call during a thanksgiving service for the immediate past Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Ayuba Abok, held at COCIN Church, Jos Jarawa.
He said, “It is time for Plateau people to unite on a common front in preserving the heritage of the state.”
According to him: “We must forget the mistakes of the past where various ethnic groups were left alone to confront calamities that befell their communities. I am confident that God will grant us victory over those who troubled us, and Plateau will prosper again.
Zulum pays surprise midnight visit to hospital in Gwoza: What he saw shocked him
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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, was dismayed by the lack of electricity and other situations at the General Hospital in Gwoza town.
The governor paid a surprise visit to the hospital at midnight on Saturday.
Zulum was on a one-day working visit to Gwoza. He spent the night in the town which is the headquarter of Gwoza Local Government Area in southern Borno.
The governor has the habit of paying surprise visits at odd hours to hospitals and schools during classes in a bid to see realities for himself.
The governor has been to a number of hospitals in the middle of the night.
In his latest of such visits on Saturday, Zulum went round Gwoza general hospital to assess functionality of the hospital. He was at all wards and he checked facilities.
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