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Nasarawa Gov: N8,000 palliative is a lot for some families
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has defended the N8,000 palliative the Federal Government is proposing to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy among the poor.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, he said N8,000 is a substantial amount for many impoverished families who do not usually receive such in a month.
He recalled how many families benefited from the previously distributed N5,000 as palliatives, arguing that the current move is justifiable.
“We were sharing only N5,000 and believe me there were so many people that were waiting for that N5,000 every month. Indeed, there were some communities that were able to do some kind of contributions and they were able to do a lot in their various communities.”
“So, N8,000 may not be so much money to some people, but it is a lot to so many other people who are from very poor families that don’t see N8,000 every month. So, the only thing is that let us identify those families.”President Bola Tinubu had ordered a review of the N8,000 palliatives following nationwide outrage.
Parents face tough times as schools raise fees
Amidst escalating cost of living in the country, some educational institutions have announced significant increases in tuition and other fees, while others are planning to do so in order to cope with the effects of the removal of subsidy on petrol.
This is putting parents on the edge as the current academic session draws to a close for primary and secondary schools, while the calendar of tertiary institutions has been impacted by incessant strikes and crises.
on Friday, primary and secondary schools in Lagos and some other states brought the academic calendar to a close and some informed parents and guardians of pupils to prepare for a significant rise in fees when the next academic session begins in September.
Lawmakers sucking Nigeria dry
This is scandalous. It is nothing but sheer insensitivity that as Nigerians are groaning under the weight of the current economic realities, a presiding officer of the National Assembly could appoint 400 aides to himself alone who are being paid for virtually doing nothing by the Nigerian tax payers.
The number of aides to be engaged by Presiding Officers in the nation’s National Assembly is open ended as the President of the Senate and the Deputy Senate President can each engage over three hundred persons.
Each federal lawmaker is entitled to five aides who are paid by the National Assembly Service Commission.
But the number of aides to be engaged by Presiding Officers is left to their discretion, which invariably is exploited by those who want to use the office , appointing aides for political reasons especially in election years.
World Youth Skills Day: Lagos Innovation Hub transforming young Nigerians to entrepreneurs
The United Nations set aside July 15 every year to mark World Youth Skills Day in celebration of the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work, and entrepreneurship.
In commemoration of the day, IJEOMA THOMAS-ODIA visited the Community Innovation Hub (CIH) in Lagos State and interacted with trainees and experts at the Hub on what they are doing to help young people retool and bring themselves up to speed with the demands of modern-day workplaces.
The report also sheds light on how educational institutions can upskill to produce graduates that are job creators and not job seekers.
Twenty-year-old Titilayo Daniyan is one of the students of the Community Innovation Hub (CIH) located in the Ipaja area of Lagos State.
The outfit focuses on coding, robotics, web development, 3D and virtual reality in its efforts to raise a community of problem solvers and innovators.
Although not from a privileged background, Daniyan’s smartness and openness to learning have helped her gain new skills and she is now hoping to become a software engineer.
Declare me winner because of 21 states’ results
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) to declare him winner based on the submission of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) that he won 21 states during the polls.
Atiku, in his final written address through his lawyers, claimed that the commission did not dispute, retract, debunk or claim an error in pronouncing him winner in the 21 states.
He similarly asked the court to nullify the declaration of President Bola Tinubu as winner of the election because he failed to secure up to a quarter of the votes cast in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, canvassed a similar position.
He argued that Section 134(2) of the Constitution is clear on the issue of winning at least 25 per cent of the votes in the FCT and 24 states as a condition for emerging as Nigeria’s president.
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