BUHARI TO SIGN BUDGET BY WEDNESDAY

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 07:35

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to sign the 2018 appropriation bill into law tomorrow.

 

Consequently the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting for this week may also not hold due to the budget signing and Public holidays of Friday and Monday.

 

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, at the end of FEC meeting last week had told newsmen that President Buhari will sign the 2018 budget this week.

 

The Presidency had received the appropriation bill from the National Assembly on May 25 after it was signed by the lawmakers.

 

The National Assembly had increased the budget proposal of eight point six one two trillion naira by five hundred and eight billion, bringing it to nine point one two trillion naira from the original estimate.

 

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RIVERS PEOPLE HAVE REJECTED PDP - APC

Monday, 18 June 2018 09:17

The All Progressive Congress in Rivers State have picked holes in the just concluded local government elections conducted by the state government.

 

The APC said the low turn-out of electorates for the Local Government polls does not only indicate that Rivers people have rejected what they described as a sham election, but have also rejected the People’s Democratic Party in the state.

 

 

State Chairman of APC, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree in a statement said what transpired in the election have vindicated the APC.

 

Ojukaye maintained that APC have always insisted that the PDP could not have  won election in Rivers State during the 2015 election which led to the emergence Nyesom Wike as Governor if not for alleged used of Federal might against opposition parties in the state.

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Immediate past Caretaker Committee Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has joined the race to contest as Nigeria’s President in 2019.

 

Markafi who was a former Governor of Kaduna state made his intention known while briefing newsmen in Kaduna.

 

He said his decision was an outcome of wide consultations with party men and women as well as other major stakeholders.

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RIVERS LG ELECTIONS REACTIONS

Sunday, 17 June 2018 09:21

Rivers State Local Government Council elections have been concluded across the twenty three Local Government Areas of the state.

 

Our correspondent Uchendu Ejiowhor reports that the electoral material arrived late in some pulling units in Emohua, Ikwerre and Ahoada Local Government Areas.

 

Some electorates who spoke to our correspondent expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election.

 

A candidate of the People Democratic Party in Ikwerre Local government area Samuel Nwanosike and that of Emohua Tom Aliezi commended Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission and Security for conducting free and fair elections.

 

However, the state chairman of the All People's Party, APP, Kenneth Atata has called for the cancellation of the exercise alleging that sensitive materials for the election were hijacked.

 

Also speaking a councillorship candidate of the Green Party in Ibaa community in Emuhua Ikpendu Somba accused RSIEC of assisting the PDP to rig the elections.

 

Meanwhile reports from Ogu-Bolo, Okrika, Eleme, indicate that there was a low turnout of voters in the areas due to the rainfalls.

 

Our correspondent Vitor Ezeama who monitored elections in the areas reports that electoral materials arrived in some of the polling units around 9AM.

 

Some respondents who spoke with our correspondent including Navy CAPTAIN Erasmus Victor, Philip Oparaji, and Boma Iyayi described the election as widely peaceful.

 

A member of the Rivers State House of Assembly Evans Bipi called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to learn from the Rivers RISIEC.

 

Correspondent reports that there was full compliance to the restriction order with security presence in all the twenty three Local government areas of the state.

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has commended the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission for conducting credible Local Government Elections across the state.

 

The governor also commended security agencies for ensuring that the elections were peaceful by creating the right atmosphere for peaceful polls.

 

Speaking in an interview after monitoring the local government elections in Port Harcourt and Obio-Akpor Local Government Areas, Governor Wike said that the non-participation of the All Progressives Congress in the elections turned out to be one of the reasons why the process was peaceful.

 

The governor noted that the security agencies played their constitutional roles during the elections.

 

He said the message to the Independent National Electoral Commission is that they can conduct credible elections if they resist pressures from different quarters.

 

Governor Wike said that he was more interested in the peaceful and credible conduct of the elections than anything else.

 

The position of the Governor was contained in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu.

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The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Dakuku Peterside says the massive low turnout that characterized the controversial local government election in the state on Saturday is a clear sign that what he said it Governor Nyesom Wike’s treachery has expired.

 

In a statement issued by his media team, the APC stalwart said that several members of the People’s Democratic Party called him, accusing the governor of manipulating everything, including changing the names of some candidates at the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission.

 

He noted that despite only PDP contesting the election against some imaginary opponents, the RSIEC still connived with the ruling party to inflate figures even in the governor’s home local government where he claimed that voters chose to stay at home.

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Speculations about the prospect of shifting the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been dismissed.

 

The Secretary of the APC National Convention Planning Committee, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba says the ruling party has no plan to shift its convention from 23rd of June.

 

Senator Ndoma-Egba made the clarification against the backdrop of reports suggesting that the APC National Convention might be postponed due to paucity of funds for adequate preparations.

 

He dismissed the speculation and assured that preparation was in top gear for the convention, stressing that it would hold as scheduled.

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LAGOS AND ABUJA CELEBRATE JUNE TWELVE

Tuesday, 12 June 2018 08:17

 

Ceremonies are taking place in Abuja and Lagos to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the June 12 presidential election in 1993, which was presumably won by late Chief M.K.O. Abiola.

 

These events a holding in grand style this year, with direct involvement of the Federal Government, after President Muhammadu Buhari declared June Twelve as Nigeria’s new Democracy Day, instead of 29th May that had been celebrate previously.

 

At the Abuja event, late Chief M.K.O. Abiola would be conferred with a posthumous national award as Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, GCFR, while his running-mate in that election, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, would receive the title of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON.

 

Also to be conferred with posthumous award of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON, is foremost human rights advocate, late Chief Gani Fawehinmi; in recognition of the role he played in trying to actualize the June 12 election mandate.

 

Representatives of families of the awardees are already in Abuja and were treated to a special dinner last night, which was hosted by former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole.

 

President Muhammadu Buhari would be presiding over the main ceremony in Abuja, after returning home from Morocco where he spent two days on official visit.

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The Federal Government has dismissed claims that its new excise duty rates on alcoholic beverages and tobacco were targeted at local manufacturers.

                                                                                                                             

The Federal Ministry of Finance explained that the new excise duty rates approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, which came into effect from Monday, 4th June, 2018, were meant to achieve the dual benefit of raising revenue to support growth and reducing the health hazards associated with tobacco-related diseases and alcohol abuse.

 

A statement from the Finance Ministry, which was signed by the Director of Information, Hassan Dodo, noted that there is currently a sixty percent duty rate imposed on imported alcoholic beverages and tobacco as part of measures by the Government to encourage local production and protect the local manufacturing industry.

 

Dodo said other locally excisable products such as non-alcoholic beverages, cosmetics, perfumes, corrugated papers or paper boards and cartons have no excise duties.

 

The official said the approved excise duty rates followed all-encompassing engagements with key industry stakeholders by the Tariff Technical Committee, of which Manufacturers Association of Nigeria is a member.

 

He said the Federal Government remains committed to the industrialization agenda and shall continue to put in place fiscal policy measures to protect local manufacturers and stimulate the growth of the economy.

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WIKE PLANS TO FUND EKITI - FINEBONE

Monday, 11 June 2018 07:58

 

 

The All Progressives Congress in Rivers State says it is aware of a plan by Governor Nyesom Wike to pay six months’ salary arrears of civil servants in Ekiti State.

 

The Rivers APC alleged that Governor Wike intends to offer the bailout to his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayo Fayose, ahead of the governorship election in that state.

 

The spokesman of the APC, Chris Finebone, noted in a statement that the purported move was coming against the backdrop of imminent reduction of the number of civil servants in Rivers State and what he called a decaying secretariat complex where Rivers State civil servants endure untold inconveniences every working day.

 

Finebone also noted that pensioners in Rivers State are also suffering because of several months of unpaid gratuity and pension.

 

The State Publicity Secretary of the APC therefore called on Rivers people to protest the purported plan by Governor Wike to embark on what he called senseless and atrocious decision to spend billions of naira to pay six months outstanding salaries of Ekiti State civil servants while the workers and people of Rivers State are suffering poverty, indignities and penury.

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