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Reps throw out N5bn presidential yacht request after public outcry
Reps throw out N5bn presidential yacht request after public outcry
The House of Representatives on Thursday removed the budgetary allocation of N5.09bn for purchase of a presidential yacht in the N2.176tn supplementary budget.
The proposed sum was instead moved to students’ loan. This increased the allocation for students’ loan to 10bn.
Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abubakar Bichi Abubakar, disclosed this while addressing newsmen after the passage of the supplementary budget.
Bichi said, “Actually, as far as we are concerned, we don’t have that (N5bn yacht budget) anymore. We have increased the student loan. Initially, the student loan was N5bn in the budget but we have increased it to N10bn so that our students can access that facility in order for them to go to school. We don’t have the yacht anymore in the budget.
“As you know, the budget is about N2.1tn and the Ministry of Defence has about N456bn but currently, the Ministry of Defence has the largest share because we know how important our security is. As you are aware, we had an interaction with them yesterday. Currently, we have increased their budget from N456bn to N546, 209,099,671bn.
“For Police formations and command, we gave them N50bn while the FCT has about N100bn. You know FCT is very important to us, so we want to make sure that FCT can compete with any state in the world. That is why we gave them N100bn.
“On the office of National Security, their initial budget was N27bn but currently we have increased their budget to N50bn. For the State House, their initial budget was N28bn and we maintained that.
“The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, you know how important that ministry is, we maintained their initial figure of N200bn as well. For the Ministry of Housing, you know we have a serious housing deficit in the country and Mr. President’s agenda, he wants to build as much as he can, so we have approved N100bn for housing.
“Service wide votes initially was N615 but currently we reduced IT to N515bn.
“For INEC, initially their budget was N18bn, and yesterday we had an interaction with the INEC Chairman and he convinced us with his submissions and we maintained their N18bn.
“So far, we have approved N2,176, 791, 286, 33 trillion. We will continue to support the government so we can deliver democracy.”
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Minimum wage: Labour leaders storm out of meeting over FG’s N48,000 offer
Minimum wage: Labour leaders storm out of meeting over FG’s N48,000 offer
The organised labour on Wednesday stormed out of the minimum wage committee meeting with the Federal Government over the government’s offer of N48,000 new wage.
Labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress had made a demand of N615,000 as the new minimum wage and gave the government May 31 deadline to conclude negotiations on new living wage.
The Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage which included the private sector resumed negotiations on Wednesday.
A report by Vanguard quoted Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, who is one of the representatives of the NLC at the meeting, as saying , “We asked whether the N45,000 is for transport, food, clothing, housing or for what.
“So we just told them that since they are not serious, we better just leave, so we stormed out of the place,”
He said that the government offer was presented to them by the Permanent Secretary at the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
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BREAKING: Another Wike’s loyalist resigns from Fubara’s cabinet
BREAKING: Another Wike’s loyalist resigns from Fubara’s cabinet
Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Professor Prince Chinedu Mmom has resigned as a member of the State Executive Council.
Mmom is a known loyalist of former governor Nyesom Wike.
In the resignation letter dated May 15, 2024, Professor Mmom referenced a “toxic” working environment as his reason for resignation, stating that such an environment would make it impossible to achieve “my set targets for the Education sector in the State.”
He, however, thanked Governor Siminalayi Fubara for the opportunity to serve in his administration and wished him well.
The letter read: “It is a truism that a calm, safe and friendly environment would stimulate efficient service delivery and enhanced productivity.
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“It is however unfortunate to note that my current work space has become toxic and no longer guarantees a favourable environment to enable me realize my set targets for the Education sector in the State.
“There is loss of trust, animosity and sharp division among colleagues in the same cabinet which is unhealthy and very unfortunate.
“I want to thank Your Excellency for the opportunity to serve in your cabinet and wish your administration well.
“Kindly accept the assurances of my esteemed regards.”
Professor Mmom was among the Commissioners that resigned from the Fubara cabinet last year during the heat of the political crisis in the state, before the intervention of President Bola Tinubu.
He returned to the Fubara administration as Commissioner for Education, but has publicly shown that his loyalty lies with the former Governor, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
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