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CCB Begins Verification Of Political Office Holders’ Assets

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CCB Begins Verification Of Political Office Holders’ Assets

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has begun verification of political office holders and top government officials’ assets as part of renewed anti corruption crusade in the country.

The acting Chairman of the Bureau, Mr Murtala Aliyu-Kankia, stated this while monitoring the ongoing verification exercise on Monday in Katsina.

He said the exercise would cover senior public officers and civil servants including permanent secretaries, director-generals, directors and other top officials of government’s establishments.

“I briefed the governor on why we are in Katsina. He is also keen in fighting corruption,” he said.

According to him, the exercise is aimed at finding out the genuineness of assets declared by political office holders and other senior civil servants on assumption of office.

This, he said, would add value to the fight against corruption by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, adding that after the exercise its personnel would go to the field to authenticate the assets declared by the officers.

“You know, some people have a tendency of under-declaration, anticipatory declaration and even non declaration of their assets.

“To detect these three aspects, we go to the field to find out where someone under-declared, or in anticipation of getting something declared he has a property.

“All these are offences. The person found wanting would be referred to the CCB tribunal for prosecution accordingly.

“The punishment is either for him to forfeit the property, banned from holding public office for 10 years or be asked to vacate the office he is occupying.

“We are on course, we are doing it for the good of the country and the people,” he said. (NAN)

N800b Budget: “Take no further step” – Court To Fubara, Rivers Assembly

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N800b Budget: “Take no further step” – Court To Fubara, Rivers Assembly

The Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered all the parties to maintain status quo, owing to the political crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly.

In a ruling that was delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, the Court directed the parties not to take further steps, pending the determination of an application that is seeking to stop Governor Siminilaya Fubara from re-presenting before the legislative house, the already passed 2024 budget of the State.

The plaintiffs in the matter, led by a member of the Rivers State House of Assembly representing Bonny State Constituency, Victor Oko Jumbo, are; Senator Bennett Birabi, Senator Andrew Uchendu, Rear Admiral O.P. Fingesi, Ankkio Briggs and Emmanuel Deinma.

Their counsel, Olukayode Ajulo, SAN, has approached the Court, praying it to declare vacant, the seats of the 27 lawmakers in the State House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023.

They also alleged that the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly moved out of the Rivers State House of Assembly complex and began to hold their proceedings at a different location.

The plaintiffs approached the court challenging the constitutionality of a peace agreement they alleged that President Bola Tinubu compelled Governor Fubara to enter into with the immediate past governor of the state and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.

The plaintiffs maintained that the said agreement that was signed on December 18, 2023, was not only illegal, but amounted to nullification of the extant relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

They therefore prayed the Court to among other things determine whether President Tinubu, Governor Fubara and the Rivers State House of Assembly, have the rights and are entitled to enter into any agreement that has the effect of nullifying or undermining the constitution, particularly the provisions of Section 109 (I) (g) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

The defendants in the suit are President Tinubu, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Governor Fubara, Rivers State House of Assembly, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly and the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

Meanwhile, Justice Abdulmalik ordered substituted service of the Court processes on the defendants, stressing that in view of the circumstances surrounding the case, they should be put on notice and fixed February 28, 2024 to hear the application.

Forbes’ Top 20 African Billionaires 2024 (Full List)

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Forbes’ Top 20 African Billionaires 2024 (Full List)

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has retained his position as the richest person in Africa with a net worth of $13.9 billion, in the 2024 Forbes list of 20 of Africa’s Richest billionaires released yesterday.

According to Forbes, the fortunes of Africa’s wealthiest people rebounded slightly in the past 12 months, reversing the decline in their fortunes from a year ago, though they were still off their all-time highs.

The New Jersey-based media outfit pointed out that the 20 billionaires on the 2024 Forbes list of Africa’s Richest were worth a combined $82.4 billion, which was up $900 million from last year’s $81.5 billion

The Executive Chairman of Geregu Power Plc and a Non-Executive Director FBN Holdings, Mr. Femi Otedola, was named among the 20 richest persons in Africa. Otedola was listed as the 19th richest person in Africa with a net worth of $1.1 billion.

Here is a list of the top 20 richest billionaires in Africa

1. Aliko Dangote – $13.9 billion

2. Johann Rupert & family – $10.1 billion

3. Nicky Oppenheimer & family – $9.4 billion

4. Nassef Sawiris – $8.7 billion

5. Mike Adenuga – $6.9 billion

6. Abdulsamad Rabiu – $5.9 billion

7. Naguib Sawiris -$3.8 billion

8. Mohammed Mansour – $3.2 billion

9. Roos Bekker – $2.7 billion

10. Patrice Motsepe – $2.7 billion

11. Issad Rebrab & family – $2.5 billion

12. Mohammed Dewji – $1.8 billion

13. Strive Masiyiwa – $1.8 billion

14. Aziz Akhannouch & family – $1.7 billion

15. Othman Benjelloun & family – $1.4 billion

16. Youseff Mansour – $1.3 billion

17. Yassen Mansour – $1.2 billion

18. Christoffel Wiese – $1.2 billion

19. Michiel Le Roux – $1.1 billion

20. Femi Otedola – $1.1 billion

Cristiano Ronaldo says football’s individual awards are ‘losing credibility’ after Lionel Messi won FIFA’s The Best award

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Cristiano Ronaldo says football’s individual awards are ‘losing credibility’ after Lionel Messi won FIFA’s The Best award

Superstar footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo has said that football’s individual awards are losing credibility in the wake of Lionel Messi’s controversial FIFA triumph.

Lionel Messi picked up FIFA’s The Best prize last week and many were surprised he won it over the Treble-winning Erling Haaland. The Argentine superstar also won the Ballon d’Or after his World Cup triumph but FIFA’s prize was awarded over a period that did not include that.

Speaking after winning three prizes at the Globe Soccer Awards, Ronaldo, hinted that his arch-rival Messi was not a deserving winner.

 

Dangote Refineries Plan Supply To 150,000 IPMAN Stations

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Dangote Refineries Plan Supply To 150,000 IPMAN Stations

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is to supply fuel to about 150,000 retail outlets operated by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria following a meeting between the management of the refinery and executives of IPMAN.

Last week Monday, The PUNCH exclusively reported that IPMAN had scheduled a meeting with the management of Dangote refinery as regards the supply of products to independent marketers.

When contacted on Friday evening to confirm if the meeting was held, the President, IPMAN, Abubakar Maigandi, stated that the association had finally met with the management of the refinery, adding that the latter agreed to supply products to the over 30,000 members of IPMAN.

This came as it was further gathered that the regulator of the downstream oil sector was currently examining the refined products from the refinery before the facility would be given approval to dispense fuel to the market.

The PUNCH had also reported on Monday that seven major oil marketers in Nigeria had registered with the refinery for the lifting and distribution of refined petroleum products produced by the $20bn plant.

The report stated that dealers under the aegis of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria confirmed on Sunday that with the registration, they would commence the distribution of fuel produced from the facility once the commercial terms were sorted.

The seven major marketers include 11 Plc, Conoil Plc, Ardova Plc, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, OVH Energy Marketing Limited, Total Nigeria Plc and NNPC Retail.

Similarly, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria had also stated that PETROAN was engaging the management of the multi-billion dollar refinery for the supply of products from the facility.

On January 12, 2024, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery announced that it had commenced the production of Automotive Gas Oil, popularly called diesel, and JetA1 also known as aviation fuel.

Commenting on the outcome of the meeting between IPMAN and the Dangote refinery during a conversation with our correspondent on Friday, the association’s president said the management of the plant would be supplying products to the 150,000 stations of IPMAN nationwide.

“The meeting went well, so right now we are just expecting their reply in terms of products that they are going to give us. They have agreed to dispense products to IPMAN members,” Maigandi stated.

Asked to state the number of oil marketers that are members of IPMAN, he replied, “We have 30,000 members as of our last census, which was done two years ago. And they agreed to supply products to us. Also, our retail outlets are 150,000 stations across the country.”

Probed further to tell whether every member and station of IPMAN would be able to get supply from Dangote, Maigandi said, “What he (Dangote) is producing is for Nigeria’s consumption. He can supply Nigeria and can export some of the products.

“It is not a small refinery. It is a very big refinery. I was there to see things for myself and it is a massive refinery.”

When told that Dangote promised to get the products to the market in January, and whether this was realistic based, the IPMAN President stated that there was hope.

“There is hope since they have started production. Immediately when they finish production, the next thing is to sell. I can confirm this because I was there myself. And I know immediately he gets approval to sell, he can start selling at any time.

“So it is not a small project. It is a very good thing for Nigeria. They are to start with aviation fuel and diesel. You know that independent petroleum marketers also buy diesel.

“Therefore by God’s grace, our 30,000 members are ready to buy and distribute across the 150,000 retail outlets nationwide. So anywhere you go you will see fuel. The issue of scarcity of fuel will be no more once he (Dangote) starts,” Maigandi stated.

On whether IPMAN discussed pricing with the management of the refinery, he said, “No we didn’t discuss the price, but all that we know is that the price is going to be a little bit lower than what we have been selling.”

The Dangote refinery, located in Lagos, has so far received six million barrels of crude oil at its two SPMs located 25km from the shore. The first crude delivery was done on December 12, 2023, and the 6th cargo was delivered on January 8, 2024.

The refinery can load 2,900 trucks a day at its truck-loading gantries. The products from the refinery will conform to Euro V specifications, according to the firm.

“The refinery design complies with the World Bank, US EPA, European emission norms, and Department of Petroleum Resources emission/effluent norms, employing state-of-the-art technology,” the company had stated in a statement.

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Project, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited, is a 650,000 barrels per day crude oil refinery, located in Dangote Industries Free Zone, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria.

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is an industrial plant that transforms crude oil into various usable petroleum products such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, and kerosene.

Dangote Petroleum Refinery with a capacity to refine 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day covers an area of approximately 2,635 hectares in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos.

Regulators examine products

Officials of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources said the regulator of the downstream oil sector had been visiting the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to carry out the processes required to issue regulatory approvals before the release of diesel and aviation fuel into the market.

The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had stated on Friday that the products would be released to the market after regulatory approvals.

“We have started the production of diesel and aviation fuel, and the products will be in the market within this month once we receive regulatory approvals. This is a big day for Nigeria.

“We are delighted to have reached this significant milestone. This is an important achievement for our country as it demonstrates our ability to develop and deliver large capital projects. This is a game changer for our country, and I am very fulfilled with the actualisation of this project,” Dangote had stated.

When asked whether the regulatory approvals had been issued to the facility to release products into the market, an official of the petroleum ministry replied in the negative.

The official, who pleaded not to be named due to lack of authorisation, was, however, quick to state that the process was ongoing, as officials from the NMDPRA had been visiting the plant.

“There is no licence yet. But it is in the process because the licence is not just issued like that. There are things that should be done and these things must be completed, and they (regulatory officials) are there right now as we speak.

“The issuance of a licence goes through a process. So we have to go through that process. But it is said that the products are to be in the market before the end of this month and so before it comes to market, it is expected that they would have issued it,” the source stated.

Former President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the Dangote refinery in May 2023. The facility missed its crude oil refining target a number of times due to the non-supply of crude to the plant by oil producers.

It, however, started receiving crude oil batches of one million barrels each in December 2023 and got the 6th batch of one million barrels of crude this month. Officials at the plant had explained that the refinery required six million barrels of crude to commence production.

Dangote refinery officials did not answer calls nor responded to text messages when contacted on Friday to comment on the meeting between the company and IPMAN executives.

NNPC: Why We Adopted Lower Oil Price Benchmark For $3.3bn Crude-for-cash Loan

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NNPC: Why We Adopted Lower Oil Price Benchmark For $3.3bn Crude-for-cash Loan

 

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it adopted a lower price benchmark for $3.3 billion crude-for-cash loan to reduce the risk of default and ensure financial stability.

The NNPC spoke on the details of the facility in a document signed by Olufemi Soneye, NNPC’s chief corporate communications officer, on Sunday.

The document is titled, ‘Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Project Gazelle’.

BACKGROUND

On August 16, 2023, the NNPC secured a $3 billion emergency crude repayment loan to support the naira and stabilise the foreign exchange (FX) market.

In January 2024, TheCable reported that Nigeria would pay an interest of 11.85 percent per annum on the $3.3 billion “pre-export finance facility” (PxF) facilitated by the NNPC Ltd and arranged by Afreximbank.

The news has garnered significant interest as the NNPC had pledged over $12 billion worth of oil– about three times more than the facility taken.

To make the repayment, the NNPC will forward-sell 90,000 barrels per day of Nigeria’s share of offshore crude oil under the production sharing contract (PSCs) with the oil companies.

JUSTIFICATION FOR THE $65 OIL PRICE BENCHMARK

Giving details on the benchmark oil price, the NNPC said the facility, tagged, ‘Project Gazelle’ uses a conservative crude price of $65 per barrel to calculate the allocated crude to be produced and sold in the future. Brent Crude price is currently at $78.

“This provides a safety margin for price fluctuations in the future,” NNPC said.

“NNPC Limited has reserved up to 90,000 barrels of crude for Project Gazelle, ensuring sufficient cash flow for repayment and other financial obligations.

“If oil prices rise, more money will come in from selling the 90,000 barrels, allowing for faster repayment. However, if oil prices fall, the repayment may be slower.

“The quantity of crude earmarked (90,000 barrels) is sized to ensure enough cash is available for the repayment of the facility when it is due.

“This also ensures that NNPC Limited can meet other cash flow obligations, considering the expected future price of crude oil globally.”

‘LOWER CRUDE PRICE ACCOUNTS FOR VOLATILITY’

In the document, Sonoye said the lower crude price in the arrangement is due to the conservative pricing strategy that accounts for the volatility of oil prices.

This strategy, he said, helps in reducing the risk of default and ensures financial stability.

“Oil prices are highly unpredictable, meaning prices can fluctuate up and down within any given period,” he said.

“Lenders prefer a low price for safety to ensure a limited risk of default. On the other hand, Borrowers prefer a high price to minimise pledged volumes.

“The negotiated price sits in the middle and is usually a compromise between these two interests.”

The NNPC spokesperson said a lower price estimate also accounts for these incidental costs, adding that the facility’s “small size will not significantly impact future oil earnings relative to Nigeria’s oil production”.

“This project showcases NNPC Limited’s operational autonomy and financial acumen while ensuring immediate liquidity, minimising the impact on future earnings, and potentially enhancing Nigeria’s credit rating,” the national oil firm said.

NNPCL also said repayments are strategically planned and tied to future oil sales, with conservative pricing in oil sales contracts mitigating the risks associated with oil price volatility.

Industrial Court dismisses Level 14 promotion claim against NERDC

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Industrial Court dismisses Level 14 promotion claim against NERDC

Hon. Justice Oyebiola Oyewumi of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has dismissed the order of mandamus claim filed by Mr. Friday against the Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC) on Salary Grade Level 14 promotion claim for lacking merit.

Justice Oyewumi held that there is nothing before the Court to show that Mr. Friday after the confirmation of his BSC degree by the Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council took further steps to apply for lateral conversion in compliance with the due process.

Justice Oyewumi expressed that compelling the Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council to comply with the resolution reached by the Attorney General of the Federation between Mr. Friday and the Council simply means asking the Court to, in a disguised way, promote Mr. Friday to Salary Grade Level 14 as Chief Executive Officer (Accounts) and neither the AGF who issued the resolution nor the Public Complaints Commission is Mr. Friday’s employer.

The Court stated that an order of mandamus would not be made where it involves doing something that is in contravention of a rule or law, and mandating the NERC to comply with the purported resolution of the AGF is against the public interest.

From facts, the claimant- Mr. Friday had averred that he was an employee of NERC and that in 2014 he was invited for a promotion exercise and consequently participated in both oral and written test and interview but he was not promoted like his contemporaries with whom he participated in the promotion exercise.

In defence, the Respondents- Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council and Its Executive Secretary posited that Mr. Friday was not recommended for promotion in the 2014 promotion exercise because he did not possess the requisite academic qualification for the subsequent post of Chief Executive Officer (Accounts).

The NERC objected to the competence of the suit, that same be struck out on the grounds that the action is statute-barred having been filed outside the three-month window period under the Public Officers Protection Act and that the NERC-Executive Secretary is the agent of a disclosed principal and therefore, not liable to be sued in his capacity for an act undertaken on behalf of his employer.

Learned Counsel to the NERC, Ikechukwu Maledo Esq with Moses Ogianyor Esq argued that the Court cannot grant an Order of mandamus for the doing of an unlawful act and posited that Mr. Friday failed to take the advice given to him as to his career progression, and urged the Court to dismiss the case in its entirety for being incompetent and unmeritorious.

In opposition, Mr. Friday posited that all the issues canvassed by the NERC and its Executive Secretary were the same issues they canvassed before the AGF, and urged the Court to discountenance their submissions in the interest of justice.

Delivering judgment after careful evaluation of the submission of both parties, the presiding Judge, Justice Oyewumi dismissed the objection for lacking in merit and struck out the name of the Executive Secretary from the suit that the Executive Secretary has not done anything to make him liable personally and its joinder to the action is a misjoinder

The Court faulted the statement credited to the Office of the Heads of Civil Service of the Federation that if Mr. Friday decides to pursue litigation, his career from the date of appointment should not only be reviewed, but he should also be placed on appropriate Grade level on merit and be subjected to the disciplinary proceedings strikes like a threat and inhibition to his right to access the Court.

Furthermore, Justice Oyewumi stated that the AGF being the Chief law officer of the Federation only vests him the responsibility under the Constitution for bringing and defending actions on behalf of the State, and does not translate to the office being a body or authority vested with powers to deal with issues arising out of the subject matter within the jurisdiction of the Court.

Justice Oyewumi reinstated that Promotion in the Public Service is not automatic or as of right, and the Court will step in when the promotion is being denied vindictively after an employee has fulfilled the conditions for such.

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Governors Destroyed The Local Government System – Ex-lagos Speaker, Mamora

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Governors Destroyed The Local Government System – Ex-lagos Speaker, Mamora

Former Minister of Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, said governors destroyed the Local Government (LG) administration in Nigeria by imposing caretaker chairmen on the people at the grassroots, and failing to allow the conduct of free and fair polls at the local government level.

Mamora stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday.

He said, “If I would be very frank, the governors destroyed the local governments. That’s the truth. Don’t forget, I was very much involved. Local government chairmen were elected under Abdulsalami Abubakar in 1998 with a three-year tenure which should have terminated in 2001;

“…but towards the end of the termination of the tenure, the local government chairmen under the aegis of ALGON started making moves to the National Assembly, then headed by Anyim Pius Anyim as Senate President and Ghali Na’aaba (of blessed memory) as the Speaker of the House.

“They (LG chairmen) were asking for the extension of their tenure to be four years in line with the state and the federal. That was the beginning.”

Mamora, who was the Chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in 2001, said the move was challenged “because Section 7 of the Constitution has placed everything in the local governments under the state through laws made by the state house of assembly.”

“We challenged it because it was like trying to usurp the powers of the state houses of assembly,” he said.

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly between June 1999 and June 2003 said the National Assembly went ahead with the bill to make local government chairmen tenured for four years, and he and his then colleague-speakers went to court.

“While the case was then in court because of the interest of the governors, they came in to join, and because they joined, the case was taken straight to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court ruled that the National Assembly had no business in determining the tenure.”

The ex-Senator for Lagos East Senatorial District from June 2003 to June 2003 said then President Olusegun Obasanjo “invited us speakers to the Villa and appealed to us because their tenure was about to end and new local government chairmen were yet to be elected.”

“That was when he (Obasanjo) then persuaded us that each state should go and put in place a kind of stop-gap situation; that was what led to the state making laws for caretaker committees, which were supposed to be a temporary thing to take care of that lacuna, that is, the tenure of the local governments finishing and the new one yet to be elected.

“That is the genesis of caretaker committees, which the governors now abuse. You now see it all over the place; something which was supposed to be in the interim now contravenes Section 7 of the constitution that talks about democratically elected chairmen,” he added.

According to the chieftain, elections hardly take place in the local government and when elections are held, opposition parties don’t win, but the “governors’ linkmen and partymen”.

He said the abuse of the caretaker model gave birth to the issue of LG funds allegedly held by some Governors.

Sack Ganduje Now – APC Youth Tells Tinubu

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Sack Ganduje Now – APC Youth Tells Tinubu

Disregard sack call, they’re not APC members, says another Group

KANO — A group of youths under the auspices of Coalition of APC Kano Youths, have on Sunday called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack former governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman of the party.

The Chairman of the Coalition, Sadiq Ali Sango who made the call while addressing newsmen in Kano on Sunday, said Ganduje should be relieved of his appointment for failure to deliver the state to the APC in the last general election.

Sango added that besides Ganduje’s appointment violated the zoning arrangement of the party, which clearly shows that the position of the National Chairman should be given to the North Central zone.

He further called that the President facilitate the return of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP Presidential Candidate in 2023 general election, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso into APC just and the party leadership in the state be handed over to him for his popularity and in order to reclaim the state.

According to him, “We want to call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leader of our party and the father of modern Nigeria, to sack the APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, for his failure to deliver Kano State to the APC in the last governorship election.

Ganduje has proven to be incompetent, corrupt, and divisive. He has betrayed the trust and confidence of the APC members and supporters in Kano State.

“His appointment as the APC National Chairman has violated the zoning arrangement of the party, which clearly shows that the position of the National Chairman should be given to the North Central zone.

“Therefore, we demand that Ganduje should step down immediately and Tinubu should not give him any appointment again, due to his corruption records.

“We want to extend our hand of fellowship to Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano State and the national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). We recognize his immense contributions to the development and progress of Kano State and the nation at large. We also acknowledge his popularity and influence among the masses of Kano State. We believe that he is a man of integrity, vision, and courage.

“We therefore call on him to join the APC and be declared the APC leader in Kano State. We are ready to work with him and support him in his political aspirations. We are confident that with him in the APC, we can reclaim Kano State from the NNPP and restore the glory of our state,” Sango said.

In a swift reaction, another group led by one, Ahmad Tijjani Abubakar has called on members of the public to disregard calls for the sack of Ganduje, noting that they are not members of the APC.

He said: “the said Sadiq is not a member of our Party, therefore he has no audacity whatsoever to make a statement on behalf of any APC Member, his statement is full of lies and hatred statements against our Leader who has done so much in reshaping the fortune of our great Party APC in just few months.

“As the National Chairman of our great Party APC, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has stabilised the Party and enhance internal peace among all the Party Apparatus across the Nation and this earn him a special respect and recognition by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman was able to lead the Party to victory in the 2 States Governors off circle elections namely Imo and Kogi States.

“We are therefore calling all well meaning Kano State citizens to disregard the malicious statement as we are 100% in support of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as our leader whom we are so much trust and confidence in,” Tijjani stated.

Senate To Summon Wike Over Worsening Banditry In Abuja – FCT Senator, Kingibe

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Senate To Summon Wike Over Worsening Banditry In Abuja – FCT Senator, Kingibe

Following the deteriorating security situation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the Senate has revealed plans to summon the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

The Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, made this known while speaking on the security crisis rocking the capital city during a Channels TV program on Sunday.

She said that when the Senate resumes plenary, the Minister would be summoned to explain his plan to tackle the security crisis.

Senator Kingibe, elected under the Labour Party, LP, platform, lamented the recent surge in kidnapping, killing and other activities by the dreaded bandits in the nation’s capital.

“It is not that I am hoping. I know he will be summoned. But whether he responds or not is a different matter entirely. But as the chief security officer of the FCT, he should have a plan.

“He should be able to tell us, the committee, and specifically me, that this is the plan for protecting the people of the FCT. Between him, the police commissioner, and the head of the DSS, they must have a plan”, the Senator said.

The lawmaker further disclosed that there is a “disconnect” between her and the FCT Minister, accusing the latter of ignoring her messages and letters in the wake of insecurity in the area.

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