The PRP calls on the CBN and the Nigerian Government to rescind the policy and focus on implementing measures that address the citizens’ concerns, including economic growth, job creation, and equitable distribution of resources. The party emphasizes its solidarity with the citizens and its commitment to fighting for a fairer and more prosperous future for all.
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S’East Governors Move To End Killings
Governors and leaders of the South East geo-political zone yesterday condemned the growing spate of killings in the zone, vowing to bring the gruesome activities of unknown gunmen to a halt.
Rising from a one-day meeting in Enugu, the governors and leaders of the zone also deplored the weekly Monday sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Chairman of the SouthEast Governors’ Forum and governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, said the governors and people of the zone must do everything within the law to ensure that there is no further sit-at -home in the zone and people are allowed to freely move about in the zone.
Umahi disclosed that the meeting also agreed that the South East Ebube Agu security outfit be launched in all the Southeast states and laws passed in various states in the zone before the end of 2021.
He said they agreed to support the election in Anambra State and directed security agencies to ensure peaceful polls in the state come November 6th, 2021.
The meeting, he further disclosed, agreed to support security agencies to restore peace in the South East.
Accordingly, he noted that the governors and the leaders mandated clergymen, Bishops, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ohanaeze and traditional rulers to continue to dialogue with the youths.
Umahi stated: “The governors and leaders of the Southeast condemned the killings in the region and have agreed to join hands with security agencies to stop killings.
“The meeting condemned the sit-at-home orders which are mostly issued by our people in diaspora who do not feel the pains.
“In view of the information that even IPOB had cancelled the sit-at-home, the meeting resolved that the governors and all the people of the Southeast to do everything within the law to ensure that there is no further sit-at-home in the Southeast and that people are allowed to freely move about in the zone.”
Also present at the meeting were governors of Enugu, Ifeanyi Ugwuany; Imo Hope Uzodimma; former Enugu State governor, Okwesilieze Nwodo; former deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu; former president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nnia Nwodo; Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe; Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe; deputy minority leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu, and chairman of the Enugu State Traditional Rulers’ Council, Lawrence Agubuzu, among others.
Resolution of the governors and leaders from the zone came two day after the Igbo National Movement (INM) had challenged the five state governors of the zone to rise from their slumber and deal with those causing the destruction of lives and properties in Igboland.
National coordinator of INM, Anthony Olisa Okolo, alongside other leaders made the demand in a statement issued in Owerri on the continued killings in the South East region, especially the murder of Chike Akunyili, the husband to the former minister of Information, the late Dora Akunyili.
They said if nothing was done urgently, a time would come when Igbo sons and daughters would not be able to travel to the zone.
INM urged the governors to wake up from their slumber and take charge as chief security officers of their respective states.
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Just in: Tinubu lands in Abuja after Netherlands, Saudi trips
Just in: Tinubu lands in Abuja after Netherlands, Saudi trips
President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after his trips to the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.
According to the NTA, Tinubu returned on Wednesday.
On April 22, Tinubu left Abuja, the country’s capital, for the Kingdom of The Netherlands on an official visit.
Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, said the president was visiting The Netherlands at the invitation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
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After the engagements in The Netherlands, Tinubu proceeded to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to attend a special World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting between April 28 and 29.
Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser on information and strategy to the president, on Tuesday announced that the President and his aides will return on Wednesday in a post on his X handle.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, along with his aides, will return to Nigeria tomorrow from Europe,” Onanuga wrote.
Just in: Tinubu lands in Abuja after Netherlands, Saudi trips
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National clean cooking policy gets FEC approval
National clean cooking policy gets FEC approval
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the National Clean Cooking Policy to ensure access to clean cooking energy solutions for all Nigerian households and institutions by 2030.
During the policy’s launch, Minister of Environment Balarabe Abbas Lawal affirmed the government’s commitment to supporting policy domestication by implementing key recommendations, as stated by the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cooking (NACC).
“We will conduct extensive awareness campaigns to highlight the benefits of cleaner cooking solutions. Additionally, we’ll offer technical and business training to enhance the capabilities of local producers and distributors. Fiscal and monetary incentives will also be provided to encourage local manufacturing of clean cooking fuels and technologies,” he elaborated.
Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Kunle Salako, emphasized the ministry’s plan to organize regional and state launches to raise awareness about the policy.
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“Effective implementation of the policy relies on states and local governments aligning with its goals,” he emphasized, pledging adequate budgetary allocations from the Federal Ministry of Environment.
Dr. Salisu Dahiru, Director General of the National Council on Climate Change, highlighted the significance of implementing the clean cooking policy in achieving national climate change objectives.
“Development partners have allocated substantial financial resources to support the national clean cooking goal,” he noted.
Ewah Eleri, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cooking, praised FEC’s approval of the national policy and called for collaboration among government levels, the private sector, civil society organizations, and international development agencies to combat cooking energy poverty and mitigate climate change impacts.
Eleri thanked all partners, particularly the Clean Cooking Alliance and the Heinrich Boell Foundation, for their contributions to policy development.
National clean cooking policy gets FEC approval
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CBN cybersecurity levy will worsen Nigerians’ situation – PRP
CBN cybersecurity levy will worsen Nigerians’ situation – PRP
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has condemned the cybersecurity levy imposed on electronic transfers by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), describing it as ill-timed and insensitive, especially considering the current economic challenges faced by Nigerians due to the Federal Government’s unpopular policies.
The PRP, in a statement signed by its acting national publicity secretary, Comrade Muhammed Ishaq, and made available to WITHIN NIGERIA, called on the CBN to withdraw the policy and implement measures to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians.
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The statement questions the timing of the levy and criticizes the government for collecting money from Nigerians to fund the Office of the National Security Adviser without ensuring transparency or accountability in the utilization of the funds.
The PRP condemns the CBN’s directive and warns that it will further worsen the financial difficulties faced by Nigerian citizens, particularly impacting vulnerable groups such as hardworking individuals, families, and small business owners.
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