Today's Headlines: Tinubu Is Not To Blame for Current Hardship — SLS; Obasanjo, Sanusi Blast Buhari over Reckless Spending
If I am to be Fair, Tinubu Is Not To Blame for the Current Hardship—SLS,
Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, said it would be unfair for him to criticize President Bola Tinubu over the country’s economic hardship Nigerians.
Source: Premium Times
Mr Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), speaking during a virtual religious event on Sunday, said Nigerians who expected him to speak about the economic hardship deliberately wanted him to oppose the president. He explained that he had to dete from the religious theme of the event to remind Nigerians about his stands on the badly managed economic policies of the immediate past administration of Muhammadu Buhari.
He said the Buhari administration ignored his advice on how to take Nigeria out of its economic woes. Mr Sanusi said economists with a fair sense of reasoning know that the current administration has made the right decision (fuel subsidy removal) to save Nigeria from the bondage of debts dug by the past administration. “I have been, over the years, talked about the pending crisis ahead of the current economic hardship. Any economist who has studied monetary policy in the last eight years knows that Nigerians will fall into this difficult situation. “The difficult situation Nigerians are facing is just the beginning (if the right decision is not put in place) because Nigeria is not exceptional; such situations happened in Germany, Zimbabwe, Uganda, and Venezuela.
Obasanjo, Sanusi blast Buhari over reckless spending
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo and 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi lamido Sanusi, yesterday took a swipe at the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari over the bad shape of the economy, While Obasanjo declared that the former president’s government was allegedly a reckless spender, Sanusi lamented that Nigeria led a false life under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Source: Vanguard
In an interview with TheCable, the former President also spoke on the increasing coup in Africa. On the current bad shape of the economy, Obasanjo said: “Tinubu said the other day that it was unacceptable that he would spend 90% of his revenue to service debts. I wasn’t spending 90% when I went worldwide to get debt relief. Do you think that anybody would give you debt relief today?
“Buhari was spending money recklessly. I know Buhari didn’t understand economics. I put that in my book. But that he could also be so reckless, I didn’t know. Who would you go to today and ask for a favor? Tinubu says he has trimmed the number of people attending the United Nations General Assembly. Is that news? He will meet with Justin Trudeau, and he will meet with Emmanuel Macron. That will not solve any problem.”
[BREAKING] Fuel subsidy: We played politics with 2012 Occupy Nigeria – Fayemi
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests.
Source: Punch papers
Fayemi said this in his keynote address delivered at a national dialogue organized to celebrate the 60th birthday celebration of the founding National Secretary of Alliance for Democracy and Fellow, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Professor Udenta Udenta in Abuja. The program was attended by Jonathan, former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; former Minister of Ation, Osita Chidoka, among others.
The PUNCH reports that on January 1, 2012, President Goodluck announced the removal of fuel subsidy and adjusted the pump price of petrol from N65 per liter to N141. The decision sparked mass protests, tagged ‘Occupy Nigeria’ across major cities of the country. The price was later re-adjusted to N97, after more than a week of protests.
Be entrepreneurs, actualize Nigeria’s industrial revolution, Bauchi Gov charges corps members
Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir, has urged Corps members posted to the state for the mandatory One-year service to remain focused and equip themselves to be entrepreneurs that would actualize the much-desired industrial revolution of the country.
Source: Nigerian Tribune
The Governor also called on the medical Corps members to post to their various places of primary assignment to help the state government provide quality medical services to the people of their host communities. Bala Mohammed made the call during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch B Stream II Orientation course held at the state Permanent Orientation Camp in Wailo, Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state.
He said that this is imperative as his administration is committed to improving the standard of living of the citizens of the state through the sustained implementation of people-oriented programs and policies. Represented by his Deputy, Rt Hon Muhammad Auwal Jatau, the Governor said, “You are therefore expected to brace up and be prepared to join hands with the Government in providing qualitative medical service ces.”
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