OSINBAJO TO NIGERIANS: LET US EXPRESS CONCERNS GRACIOUSLY NOT WITH SCORN

*OUTCOMES OF ACTING PRESIDENT'S CONSULTATIONS ON ETHNIC AGITATIONS WITH POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, TRADITIONAL & MEDIA LEADERS.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has again assured Nigerians that the Buhari administration is not deaf to grievances in parts of the country, disclosing that the government will address them, while urging that such grievances be expressed with grace.


This emerged from the Highlights of the series of consultations the Acting President called to interact with leaders from the North, Southeast and the media over the last two weeks between 13 June to 22 June 2017.


A updated statement from the presidency today noted that "the meetings were convened to provide a platform for frank and open discussions between the concerned stakeholders and by extension the Nigerian public on issues relating to the unity, peace and security of country."

Prebendalism: Why Buhari Is Not Fighting Corruption and Why He Can Not Fight Corruption

President Buhari

When next someone tells you President Buhari is fighting corruption, look the person in the eye and call the person an ignoramus.

Let me explain to you why Buhari is not fighting corruption and why he cannot fight corruption.

First, if we are to judge an administration as fighting corruption based on how much EFCC recovered under the administration, then Buhari administration has not done anything special.

Before Buhari came into power in 2015, the EFCC had recovered over $12billion in the name of 'fighting corruption'.

BUHARI'S SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES IN TOP GEAR ACROSS THE NATION

*MORE STATES RECEIVE FUNDING FOR HOMEGROWN SCHOOL FEEDING 

*PAYMENT OF N-POWER BENEFICIARIES IN VARYING STAGES OF PROGRESS IN 34 STATES
*PAYMENTS OF CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER IN PILOT STATES CONTINUE

As the Buhari administration proceeds with the implementation of its Social Investment Programmes, the Federal Government has now released over N375 million this year to feed almost 700,000 primary school pupils in 5 states, while virtually all States of the federation, except two, are now being processed for the payment of N30,000 monthly Stipends to 200,000 graduates, the N-Power Beneficiaries.

Giving a Media Update in Abuja on Sunday, the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the President, Office of the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande said the Buhari Social Investment Programmes, SIP, are proceeding at different stages of implementation.

According to him, regarding the Homegrown School Feeding Programme, the Federal Government last week released money for this year, to the States of Anambra, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ebonyi to cover the feeding for 10 school days.

UPDATE: NPOWER VERIFICATION OF 200,000 GRADUATES COMPLETED IN 13 STATES, MORE FORTHCOMING

As the Federal Government prepares to commence the payment of monthly stipends to the 200,000 graduates engaged under the N-Power job creation programme of the Buhari administration, 13 states of the federation have now submitted verified lists of the graduates and more expected later this week.

Disclosing this on Sunday while giving a news update on the programme, Mr. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity in the Office of the Vice President stated that also in some states the graduates have also been deployed to their primary places of assignment, noting that payment of the N30,000 stipends for the graduates will commence this month once verification and deployment have been done.

BUHARI’S HOMEGROWN SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME KICKS OFF IN ANAMBRA

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

PRESS RELEASE

BUHARI’S HOMEGROWN SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME KICKS OFF IN ANAMBRA

*FG releases over N53m for 1050 primary schools to serve meals to 76, 690 pupils in the State

*More than 3.4m pupils to be fed across total 17 states under 2016 budget

*No fees required to benefit in the Social Investment schemes

In another rollout of one of the Social Investment Programmes of the Buhari administration, the National Homegrown School Feeding scheme has entered implementation stage with the feeding of primary school pupils in Anambra State today.

Surviving Buhari's second coming is like Friday the 13th, everyday By Viola Ifeyinwa Okolie

As I drove out of the compound this morning, the steering wheel felt a bit wobbly in my hands. I got down and checked and lo and behold, I had picked up a nail and the tyre was as flat as a pancake.

The spare was emmm, well, I do hope my FRSC and VIO friends are not reading this post today.

So I wasted close to two hours trying to sort out the car problems.

Consequently, someone got to school a bit late and I had to go in and obtain an excuse slip blablabla.

WHY WE OPPOSED GEJ's FUEL PRICING IN 2012 AND SUPPORT PMB's IN 2016 - Ekujumi

"President Buhari may not be abundantly blessed with the intellectual capacity to change Nigeria as he hopes to, but his weaknesses cannot become anointing oil for making the former President a saint overnight. No, it can’t."

FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW WHY WE OPPOSED GEJ's FUEL PRICING IN 2012 AND SUPPORT PMB's IN 2016 - Read this Enlightening Piece on the New fuel price regime - "My take on fuel-subsidy removal by the Buhari Administration" - by: Nelson Ekujumi - May 13, 2015

Flashback to 1 January 2012
Goodluck Jonathan removed fuel subsidy on New Year’s Day in 2012. This took fuel price from N65 to N141 at filling stations. This led to massive protests by civil-rights groups, labour unions, and Nigerians generally. APC, the opposition party at that time, took political advantage of the situation by identifying with the suffering and criticizing the Jonathan administration for removing subsidy. Goodluck Jonathan eventually backtracked. Fuel subsidy was restored.

Compliance by public officials to assets declaration Under Buhari Administration greatly increased– CCB

Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) said that more than ever before, the rate of compliance to assets declaration requirement by public officers has increased since the inception of the Buhari administration. CCB’s Head, Press and Protocol Unit, Mohammad Idris appealed to public official yet to comply to do so.

“Since the inception of the present administration under President Muhammadu Buhari, the rate of compliance by public officials in responding to assets declaration has greatly increased.

IT’S A NEW DAY IN ASO ROCK, OUR PROBLEMS ARE TEMPORARY & RESOLVABLE, VP OSINBAJO SAYS

• UNVEILS PACKAGE TO STIMULATE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NIGERIA

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has restated the resolve of the Buhari administration towards instituting a new culture of probity and accountability in governance saying “it’s a new day in Aso Rock”.

"Nearly a year on- there are many problems and many have asked where is the change? Is this the change we voted for? Even some fifth columnists in our midst have suggested bring back corruption," according to the Vice President while speaking today at The Platform, a public engagement forum organized by the Covenant Church led by Pastor Poju Oyemade.

Continuing, Prof. Osinbajo then declared matter-of-factly that "the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is completely and irrevocably committed to change. "

President Buhari, senators for talks to resolve budget crisis, Senate raised a committee ahead

SENATORS yesterday resolved to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari next week to end the budget row —amicably.

The meeting is to take place either Monday or Tuesday, depending on the President’s choice.

Ahead of next week’s meeting, the Senate has raised a committee to review the disputed items in the budget and harmonise them in line with what was presented to the National Assembly by the President, who has sent a list of the grey areas and mutilated items to the National Assembly. One of such areas is the Calabar-Lagos rail project.

The senators’ decision to meet with the President was the highlight of yesterday’s Executive Session.

Most senators were disturbed by four things at the closed door meeting, a source said. These are: breakdown of communication between the Presidency and the National Assembly; loss of public sympathy by the National Assembly; the proposed Occupy National Assembly protest; and negative effects of the budget impasse on the economy and the wellbeing of Nigerians.

It was gathered that most senators at the meeting were unhappy that public opinion was weighing against the National Assembly.

A committee comprising the chairmen of the Appropriation Committee (Danjuma Goje -Senate and Abdulmumin Jibrin-House of Representatives) and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo-Udoma and others was formed.