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Black Sunday in Ondo as explosion claims 15 fuel scoopers
The commercial town of Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State was on Sunday evening struck by tragedy as a tanker explosion claimed multiple lives in the community.
DAILY POST gathered that residents of the area had besieged the scene of a crash to scoop petrol from a truck when the incident occurred.
Eyewitnesses recounted that the fuel, which had spilled onto the road, was ignited by a spark emanating from a mobile phone held by one of the individuals involved in the fuel scooping.
Kano losses two former commissioners
Two former commissioners in Kano State, who served during the immediate past administration of Abdullahi Ganduje, have passed on.
The two commissioners, Alhassan Muhammad Dawaki and Barrister Zubaida Damakka, who were commissioners for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, as well as Budget and Economic Planning, respectively, died on Friday.
Alhassan Muhammad Dawaki, according to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Ibrahim Garba Shu’aibu, died after battling a brief illness at the age of 79 and left behind wives and 15 children.
Committee chairmen: Reps leadership not under pressure – Ugochinyere
The Deputy Chairman, Special Ad-hoc Committee on Media in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, representing Ideato Federal Constituency of Imo State has said that the leadership of the Green Chamber is not under any external influence or pressure over appointment of chairmanship and deputy chairmanship of its standing committees.
Ugochinyere, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the reports and rumours over committees are false, assuring that the Selection Committee set up by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abass would do a fair, just and competent work without any external influence.
According to him, the 10th House led by Rt. Hon. Abbas is carrying along the interest of the 360 members in the selection of lawmakers that will head the various committees.
Workers kick as governors borrow N2.2tn from banks
Amid worsening revenue challenges, state governments’ indebtedness to commercial banks has risen to N2.2tn, findings by The PUNCH have shown.
The latest data from the quarterly statistical bulletin of the Central Bank of Nigeria, obtained by our correspondents, showed that states and LGAs owed banks about N2.21tn as of March 2023.
CBN data also revealed the states’ indebtedness rose from N1.97tn to the current figure, indicating an increase of about N240bn within the period under review.
Reacting to the development, state government workers and pensioners’ unions lambasted governors, saying the rising borrowing by governments had only worsened the finances of the states.
The National Union of Local Government Employees and state chapters of the National Union of Pensioners said the bank’s loans did not translate to better infrastructure and improved welfare for workers and pensioners.
Shettima to represent Tinubu at Rome, Russia summits
Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent President Bola Tinubu at two major international summits in Rome, Italy, and St Petersburg, Russia.
Shettima, who left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 3 pm Sunday, will join other global leaders for the first Stocktaking Moment Summit, with the theme, “Transforming Food Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity,” holding from Monday, July 24, to Wednesday, July 26.
“During the summit, the Vice President will chair a high-level session, with the theme, ‘Innovative Financing for Food System Transformation: The Case of Nigeria,’ and the side event on ‘Scaling up Multi-stakeholders Collaboration and Investment in the Implementation of Food Systems Transformation Pathways in Nigeria,” a statement signed by State House Director of Information, Office of the VP, Olusola Abiola, revealed on Sunday.
The event is being organised in collaboration with the Rome-based UN Agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Programme, as well as the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub and wider UN system.
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