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Why Buhari has not signed Electoral Amendment Act — Presidency

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The Presidency has offered reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari has not signed the proposed Electoral Amendment Act.

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, offered the explanation on Monday in Abuja.

Adesina, who spoke on: “Politics Today,” a programme of Channels Television, explained that President Buhari was consulting widely to do what was best for the country.

He said: “It is work in progress.

“The President still has a number of days within which he should sign the bill into law.

“Be rest assured that the President would do whatever is good for the country at any given time.

“So it is work in progress and there’s still a window of days.”

Asked about the communication between the President and the Independent National Electoral Commission, Adesina said: “You would rather get the feedback from the Independent Electoral Commission, but what I can tell Nigerians is that the President is consulting widely and he would do what is best for the country.

“We can’t preempt him.

“He will do it at the appropriate time.”

On if Buhari had consulted the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Adesina said: “There are certain things that never get done without the counsel of the Attorney General and this falls right at the purview of the Attorney General.

“So you can be sure that every bit on the way, the AGF is carried along.”

On if the President would sign the proposed bill, Adesina said: “The President is there to make sure that things go well in the country and to ensure that processes are enhanced and the new law would enhance our electoral process in different ways.

“So the President would look at that critically and would do the best for the country.

“Those mounting pressure on the president before are the same people.

“It could be because maybe they had some sinister motives in the previous law which could have served their purpose and that one was not signed for legitimate reasons.

“And one of the reasons the previous one was not signed was because of the short time within the election and there was a minimum time in which it should be brought.

“But this one was brought in good times.

“All I am saying is that as long as it would serve our democracy well, serve our electoral processes well and serve Nigeria well, the President would do what is needed.

“In terms of casting his image on democratic values, that image is made already.

“Under President Buhari, one election after the other has been better.

“The ruling party has lost several elections, he didn’t do anything about it.

“It used to be that whoever was in power won all the elections either by hook or crook but not under President Buhari.

“So whether the electoral act is signed or not, it wouldn’t detract him from that reputation.”

 

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Tinubu Seeks Senate Nod For Seven New Ministers

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Tinubu Seeks Senate Nod For Seven New Ministers

 

President Bola Tinubu has written to the Senate to approve the nomination of seven individuals who have been appointed as ministers in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Tinubu’s request is detailed in a letter directed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, which was presented during the plenary session on Thursday.

Tinubu, in the letter, listed the nominees to include: Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, Muhammadu Dingyadi, Bianca Odumegu-Ojukwu, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Mukhtar Maiha, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata and Dr Suwaiba Ahmad.

Akpabio, thereafter, referred the request to the committee of the whole for expeditious consideration.

The nominees are expected to bring valuable experience and expertise to their respective roles, contributing to the country’s development and progress.

Recall that the president had on Wednesday reshuffled his cabinet.

President Bola Tinubu made a major shake-up in his cabinet by nominating Bianca Ojukwu for ministerial position while dismissing six Ministers from his cabinet.

In conjunction with this shake-up, he has also submitted seven ministerial nominees to the National Assembly to fill the newly vacant positions.

The Ministers that were relieved from the cabinet were Prof. Tahir Mamman, (Education), Uju Kennedy Ohanenye (Women Affairs), Mohammed Gwarzo (State for Housing), Jamila Ibrahim (Youth Development), Lola Ade-John (Tourism) and the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, who has been replaced.

 

 

 

 

 

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Tinubu, FEC Scrap Niger Delta, Sports Development Ministries

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President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council (FEC) have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry, and the Ministry of Sports Development.

The decisions were taken on Wednesday at the meeting of the FEC in Abuja, as seen on the X handle of the Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga.

There will now be a Ministry of Regional Development to oversee all the Regional Development Commissions, such as the Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, and the North East Development Commission.

The National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports.

The FEC also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.

Despite the announcement, Onanuga did not state what would happen to the ministers in charge of the scrapped ministries, or how they would function henceforth.

The Niger Delta Ministry is being headed by Abubakar Momoh, with John Enoh being in charge of the Ministry of Sports Development.

The development comes following recent clamour for a reduction in the number of ministries and political officers in the country to reduce governance costs.

 

 

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Immigration Arrests ‘Fleeing’ Bobrisky At Seme Border

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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the arrest of controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye also known as Bobrisky at the Seme Border.

The Service in a statement on Monday night said the social media sensation was arrested while trying to flee Nigeria.

A spokesman for the Service, DCI KT Udo, described Bobrisky as a person of interest over recent issues of public concern.

Udo said, “He is undergoing interrogation and will be handed over to the appropriate authorities for further action.

“The Service assures the public that it will continue to be civil and professional in its statutory responsibility of manning the country’s borders.”

A blogger, Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, had alleged in viral videos that some officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) collected ₦15 million from Bobrisky during his naira spraying ordeal in April for the anti-graft agency to drop money laundering charges against him.

After that, a court sentenced the crossdresser to six months imprisonment and he was released in August.

The blogger also alleged that Bobrisky paid some millions of naira to secure a choice place in prison.

Bobrisky has since denied the allegations while the EFCC and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) had ordered investigations into the allegations by the blogger.

The House of Representatives also waded in and invited those involved for a probe while the Federal Government suspended some NCoS senior officers.

On September 30, 2024, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, inaugurated a committee to probe allegations of gross misconduct against the NCoS.

The panel submitted its report on Monday saying the social media sensation served his six-month jail term in prison but he enjoyed several privileges including access to television and a fridge.

 

 

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