The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has promised to comply with order of Federal High Court which directed the recovery of payment to former governors serving or have served as senators and ministers.
The order was made on Wednesday by Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Lagos division of the Federal High Court in a judgment in a suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).
SERAP had approached the court for an order of mandamus to compel the Attorney General of the Federation to file action to challenge states’ pension laws for
Governors under the platform of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) met in Abuja, yesterday, to review the deductions being made by the Federal Government over budget support facility to the states.
This followed their rejection of the revised N162 million monthly repayment the affected states have been made to cough out.
Following last month’s meetings of the NGF and the National Economic Council (NEC), Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, had said the governors kicked against the monthly deduction saying it was too high.
She said there was need to engage the states with a view to …
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State is confident of plans by his administration to leverage local resources to produce topnotch sports talents in the state.
He said this when he teed-off the Governor’s Cup Golf Tournament in Benin City, as part of events to mark his third-year anniversary in office. Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu and other golfers in Benin City joined him.
Obaseki said his government plans to leverage on the Egbabonelimwin traditional dance popular in Edo Central to produce world-class gymnasts, noting, “The state government will use inter-school competitions to harness talents in table tennis, lawn tennis, athletics and …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said there was no division among its governors over the 2023 presidential ticket.
National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, at a press briefing in Abuja, yesterday, dismissed media reports that the opposition party wanted to retain its presidential ticket in the North and South East as speculative.
Ologbondiyan said the PDP was yet to discuss the 2023 presidential election. He also said there was no plot to stop the ambition of any member in the 2023 election.
Ologbondiyan said the PDP, at present, was focused on working with governors and lawmakers elected on its platform …
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development was sequel to the notice given to the states by the Federal Government to recover the loan facility.
The governors, according to the meeting agenda, would deliberate on getting an update on deductions for budget support facility from the appropriate organ of government.
They were
The West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) and some other industry stakeholders have kicked against the planned bid by the governors of the 36 states of the federation to demand that their shares and those of the local governments of monthly allocation from the Federation Account should be given to them in dollars.
Speaking in separate interviews with newsmen, they said the move by the state governors did not make any economic sense and would resort to volatility in the system.
Journalists last week reported exclusively that worried by the intractable problem of fuel subsidy, which had …
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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) yesterday accused governors of the Niger Delta region of plotting to hijack the commission.
It made the allegation following last week’s order by President Muhammadu Buhari calling for a forensic audit of the commission from 2001 to 2019.
“With the amount of money that the Federal Government has religiously allocated to the NDDC, we will like to see the results on the ground. Those that are responsible for that have to explain certain issues,” Buhari said on Thursday when …
There has been a worrisome neglect of the southeast region by the federal government. This is, therefore, the time for the Southeast governors to synergize and make out a plan for the development of the region.
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), an umbrella body of the governors of the 36 states of the federation are mulling to make a demand from the federal government, that their shares and those of the local governments from the Federation Account be given to them in US Dollars.
This anticipated move cannot be far from their expressed worries over the intractable problem of fuel subsidy, which has affected the amount of money available for distribution among the three tiers of government.
One of the governors confided in our reporters at the weekend in Abuja that their efforts to resolve the …
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterday, foreclosed any plans of dialogue with governors of the South East, who they described as traitors.
It also indicated that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu and other members may storm New York, venue of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, if as they termed it, “the right conditions were put in place.”
IPOB said if it did not get the anticipated favourable condition, a later date would be slated and duly announced for the visit to the UN headquarters.
Director of Media and Publicity, Emmanuel Powerful, in an exclusive chat with …
