Tinubu Off To Kenya For AU Meeting

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart for Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, July 15, to participate in the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU).

Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, in a statement on Friday, said the President as the Chairperson of ECOWAS will join Heads of State and Government, Foreign Ministers of the AU Member-States, and high-level dignitaries at the mid-year meeting which will take place on Sunday, July 16.

He said President Tinubu would present a report on the status of regional integration in ECOWAS, highlighting actions carried out during the period under review by ECOWAS institutions, member-states, the private sector, and other stakeholders to deepen integration through trade, free movement of persons, investment promotion, infrastructure development, peace, security and stability.

Alake added that the 5th MYCM, which is convening under the AU’s theme for 2023 christened “Acceleration of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation,” will bring together the Bureau of the AU Assembly, comprising the Heads of State and Government from Comoros, Botswana, Burundi, and Senegal, as well as the leaders of the eight RECs.

2023 presidential election remains in contest — LP DG

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The Director General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Balogun Akin Osuntokun has said that the February 25 Presidential Election for which Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn in as a winner is still in the contest.

He also said because the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to meet citizens’ expectations in spite of the huge resources expended to execute the watershed election, adding that the National Chairman of the Commission Prof Mahmood Yakubu should be sacked.“

It is now only logical, bolstered by the final Observer Group reports, that the International Community take immediate and appropriate punitive action against Prof Mahmud Yakubu, Barrister Festus Okoye and other top administrative and field staff of INEC, directly complicit, in the desecration of these elections.

“We also demand unequivocally, the immediate dismissal from Office and prosecution of Prof Mahmud Yakubu, and the commencement of forensic financial investigation, into the expenditure of budgeted disbursements and Donors’ funds received by INEC.

NYSC begs Oborevwori to provide ambulance for orientation camp

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The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Delta State on Friday appealed to the state government to provide an ambulance for the Orientation Camp at Issele-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.

The provision of an ambulance for the camp, according to the state coordinator of the NYSC, Mr. Also Olusegun, would facilitate the movement of emergency health cases to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Asaba.

Olusegun made the appeal during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members posted to the state.

The NYSC coordinator who thanked the government and people of Delta for their unflinching support to the scheme, stressed that the ambulance has become imperative in view of the growing population of corps members and the proximity to a tertiary healthcare facility.

He also appealed to the government to complete all ongoing projects in the camp.

Olusegun who said the camp opened on July 12, disclosed that as at the time of the ceremony, a total of 1,230 corps members comprising 540 males and 690 females had been registered.

Senate confirms appointment of service chiefs

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The Senate, on Thursday, confirmed the nomination of service chiefs newly appointed by President Bola Tinubu.

This followed the screening of the top brass by the upper chamber.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio said during the closed-door session, the service chiefs answered questions on defence-related matters and topical issues.

The President had in a letter read on Monday on the floor of the Senate requested that the red chamber confirm the service chiefs.

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