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Another transport firm joins FG’s 50% road fare discount

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Another transport firm joins FG’s 50% road fare discount

Following the introduction of 50 percent discount for inter-state road travel by the Federal Government, a transport firm, ABC Transport, has joined the growing list of transport companies participating in the scheme.

Temitope Ajayi, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed the development on his “X” handle, THISDAY reported.

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During the week, President Bola Tinubu approved a 50 percent discount for inter-state road travel, and 100 percent for train trips, for Nigerians traveling to celebrate Christmas with their families.

Transportation companies that were earlier listed on the scheme include, GIG (God is Good), Chisco Transport, Young Shall Grow, God Bless Ezenwata, and Area Motor.

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We were given only one bag of rice, one wrapper after elections – APC women leaders lament

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We were given only one bag of rice, one wrapper after elections – APC women leaders lament

Women leaders representing the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) staged a protest at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday. Their grievance stemmed from the perceived lack of inclusion in the distribution of palliatives and appointments, alleging that they were utilized during elections but sidelined thereafter.

Led by their president, Mrs. Patricia Yakubu, the women expressed disappointment at being sidelined following their efforts during the 2023 election campaigns. They lamented that despite their sacrifices, they received meager rewards, with only one bag of rice and a paper wrapper distributed to state women leaders from the national secretariat of the party.

Yakubu emphasized the significant contributions made by the women leaders to secure victory for the APC during the elections. She recounted instances of personal sacrifice, including sleeping in open spaces, facing risks at the Women Development Center in Abuja, and enduring challenges such as demolished homes, kidnapped family members, detainment, accidents, and damaged vehicles.

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“Since after the elections, Your Excellency, you may note that, only 1 bag of rice and 1 paper wrapper was given to the states women leaders from the national secretariat of the party.

“Even the palliatives that was distributed was not given to the women leaders for onward distribution to the grassroots. We party women leaders waited and waited to no avail; very sad.

“Respectfully, we wish to notify you that the women leaders sacrificed so much towards the victory of our great party during the 2023 elections. The women slept on the grass in open spaces, took great risks at Women Development Center, Abuja, and almost in every state during electioneering period to ensure victory.

“The house of one of us was demolished on the election day by the opposition party in her state to distract her from canvassing votes for the party. The son of one of us was kidnapped a day to the presidential election.

“Another woman was detained in the police station for 3 days on the election day. Then one of us was involved in a ghastly motor accident during the campaign, because they did not want to hear of APC in her community and is still in and out of the hospital.

“Many of us got their cars damaged and some completely lost their personal cars during the campaigns and today, they are not mobile. The women have not been compensated for all their pains and sacrifices, we are feeling neglected,” she said.

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Some foreign embassies engage 3rd parties invoicing in dollars — EFCC

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Some foreign embassies engage 3rd parties invoicing in dollars — EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, alleged that foreign missions based in Nigeria use third parties to transact in foreign currencies.

EFCC’s acting Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in an interview on Arise Television.
On May 11, a report showed that EFCC sent an advisory letter, titled ”EFCC Advisory to Foreign Missions against Invoicing in US Dollar,” to Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs.

According to the report, EFCC banned foreign missions in Nigeria from transacting in foreign currencies and mandated the use of naira in their financial businesses.

Reacting to the report yesterday, Uwujaren said it was not the place of the EFCC to ban or direct foreign missions in the manner or way they handled their finances as against alarming headlines in the news.

He said it was against the law for foreign missions based in Nigeria to transact in foreign currencies, hence, the commission’s mandate on using the naira in financial businesses.

“We recognise as a commission that foreign missions are representatives of their home countries, enjoy certain diplomatic privileges by international law. The commission is not a place to want to interfere with some of the privileges that they enjoy under international law,” he said.

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“It is not within the remit of the EFCC to either ban or direct foreign missions in the manner or the way they handle their finances.

“What happened is that the commission over time, observed that a number of the foreign missions by the manner in which they handled consular services, a number of them have engaged third parties to carry out consular services on their behalf and those third parties have been invoicing in dollars.

“Some even went to the ridiculous extent of determining the exchange rate or the naira in the course of the transaction with Nigerians and some foreign nationals based in Nigeria.

“We thought that that practice conflicted with extant laws and regulations in Nigeria, and we felt compelled to bring this practice to the knowledge of the missions through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

Uwujaren further clarified that the EFCC never wrote any letter to any foreign mission in Nigeria.

“The advisory that we issued was to the ministry of foreign affairs, and what we did was essentially to bring this practice which we believe conflicts with Section 20, subsection 1 of the Central Bank of Nigeria act, that section of recipient Act makes the naira the only legal tender in Nigeria, which presupposes that is the only acceptable currency for doing business within the borders of our country,” he added.

Speaking on whether the ministry had responded to the letter, Uwujaren said the foreign affairs ministry has the protocol of engaging with foreign missions in Nigeria and within their competence to determine how to transmit the information to the various missions in Nigeria.

“Essentially, our focus is to discourage the dollarisation of transactions within the local Nigerian economy,” he said.

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BREAKING: ASUU threatens fresh nationwide strike over federal varsities’ condition 

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BREAKING: ASUU threatens fresh nationwide strike over federal varsities’ condition

University students may be forced to return home any time soon as their lecturers are threatening another round of strike.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says its members will embark on a nationwide strike over management, administrative and other issues affecting the universities.

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President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, spoke on the vexed issues on Tuesday at a press conference in Abuja.

He lamented the absence of governing councils in all federal universities across the country among other issues the government is yet to address.

He recalled that the Federal Government dissolved governing councils of the universities in May last year.

Osodeke therefore asked Nigerians to hold the government responsible for any decision it might take to protest the action of government.

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