Tag: President Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari; Time to Cut to Size Our Greedy Farmers By Haruspice

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In this clime, it is difficult to have an equal society, those at the top are doing everything possible to remain there, while those under are striving very hard to get up there- so it’s a continuous movement to the top. in doing this, unholy alliances are entered into and many norms distorted. Typical example is the sordid tale of Nigerian farmers who Buhari fought so hard to make them relevant. First, he subsidized almost all the incentives that come with agriculture, introduced mouthful reforms for them and above all…

BREAKING: Buhari Jets out for medical checkup in UK

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President Muhammadu Buhari has again departed Abuja for London, United Kingdom for a routine medical checkup. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday, October 31, 2022, by his special adviser, Femi Adesina. According to him, the president is billed to return to the country in the second week of November 2022. This came barely six months after his last trip for the same purpose. The Nigerian leader, who coasted to a historic victory in 2015, took his first vacation only eight months after coming to office. He spent…

Let’s Take Nigeria Back! By Omoniyi Ibietan,PhD,fnipr

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In the preface to his classic and development treatise, FROM THIRD WORLD TO FIRST–The Singapore Story: 1965-2000, published 22 years ago, Lee Kuan Yew, founding Prime Minister of Singapore, stated that he wrote the book “for a younger generation of Singaporeans who took stability, growth, and prosperity for granted. I wanted them to know how difficult it was for a small country of 640 sq. km with no natural resources to survive…”. In the Foreword to Yew’s book, Henry Alfred Kissinger, PhD, one of United States’ most influential Secretary of…

Buhari tasks security agencies to be alert,urges citizens to remain calm

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President Muhammadu has advised the nation’s security establishment and entire citizens to continue being vigilant and careful with security, saying it became necessary to avoid panic.   He urged citizens to remain calm. He said the recent changes in travel advice from the US and UK governments should not be a cause for panic.   “Nigeria is no exception in having terror threats listed in foreign government’s travel advice to their citizens. UK and US travel advisories also state there is a high likelihood of terror attacks in many Western…

You Are the Faces Of Nigeria, Buhari tells Nigerians in South Korea

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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Seoul, Republic of Korea, reminded Nigerians resident in the Asian country that they are the “faces of Nigeria,” and should endeavour to project a positive image of the country through their actions, characters, conducts and general comportments. The President stated this during an interactive meeting with the leadership and select members of the Nigerian Community as part of his engagements at the end of the First World Bio Summit 2022, while urging them to remain good ambassadors of Nigeria at all times. According to President…

FAAC shares N760.235b Revenue to FG, States, LGCs for Sept 2022

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The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N760.235 billion September 2022 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils.   This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting for October 2022.   The N760.235 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N502.135 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N189.928 billion, Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of N8.172 billion and Augmentation of N60.000 billion.   In September…

Redesigning The Naira by CBN Will Be Counter-Productive to The Nigerian Economy.

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The major essence of keeping money outside the bank is for a transactional motive, precautionary motive, and speculative motive, it simply means most money kept by individuals is for this above except dollars that politicians, businesses or racketeers kept for profit motive.       Looking at the negative externalities, the targeted politicians, businesses, and dollar racketeers will choose to hold Dollars, not Naira, which will negate the aims of the Central Bank of Nigeria and increase inflation in the economy   Another negative externality is the Naira which is…

77th UNGA; An Encounter With SDGs Maestro, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire. By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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For Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals SDGs in Nigeria preparation for the yearly program of the United Nations General Assembly 77th UNGA, was a serious business, not different from other arrangements in the last seven years, in view of the importance, relevance to the development of SDGs not only in Nigeria, but across the globe .   Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire it was business unusual this year as it was an opportunity for her to consolidate the activities of SDGs domesticated in…

Buhari confers public service award on Ex- President Jonathan, Wike, 42 others

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President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred Nigeria Excellence Award in Public Service (NEAPS) on former President Goodluck Jonathan, Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, and 42 other prominent Nigerians. The event was held at the State House in Abuja on Friday, October 21, 2022. NEAPS was set up to recognize distinguished public service to Nigeria, either contributions to individuals, state or local community, or the public through excellence in leadership, service, or humanitarianism. To be eligible, the recipient must be a living public official or a private citizen excelling consistently in a…

Buhari to sell 25 Nigeria’s properties to fund N10.7trn 2023 budget deficit

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Federal Government under the leadership of President Muhammad Buhari has listed over 25 Nigeria properties that will be either sold or ‘concessioned’ to fund the N10.7trn 2023 budget deficit.   Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the 2023 budget deficit of N10.78 trillion would be funded by borrowing, as well as sales of national assets and project-specific loans.   The president made the revelation, on Friday, October 7, 2022, while presenting the Appropriation Bill of N20.51 trillion for 2023 to the Senate and the House of Representatives at…