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July 8, 2021 Gov Ortom To Invite Buhari To Commission Projects

Gov Ortom To Invite Buhari To Commission Projects

Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, says he plans to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to commission some of the projects executed by his administration.

He said some of the projects executed by the administration had already been commissioned, saying however, that a good number of them were waiting to be commissioned.

“I have performed very well since 2015 and that was why the Benue people renewed my mandate for the second time.

“I won the 2019 election because of my outstanding performance. If I had not performed my people would not have voted me in 2019.

“I want the projects commissioned in other to silence some people who are deceiving themselves that I did not perform,” he said.

According to him, in politics one should always expect to get attacks from opponent even when there is nothing negative to talk about.

“They will still castigate you in order to portray you in bad light.

“I cannot be distracted by baseless attacks. I will remain focus and committed to the cause which I believed in,” he said.

Ortom said he was also working on plans to privatize all the state owned industries, because government has no business running them.

The governor said government has no business owning industries, emphasizing that it was the function of the private sector to drive the economy and not government.

According to him, in politics one Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, says he plans to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to commission some of the projects executed by his administration should always expect to get attacks from opponent even when there is nothing negative to talk about.

“They will still castigate you in order to portray you in bad light.

“I cannot be distracted by baseless attacks. I will remain focus and committed to the cause which I believed in,” he said.

Ortom said he was also working on plans to privatize all the state owned industries, because government has no business running them.

The governor said government has no business owning industries, emphasizing that it was the function of the private sector to drive the economy and not government.

“I will commercialize and privatize them against all odds. I started the process in 2018, but some people were against it, so I dropped the idea.

“But this time, I am not going to give in, no matter the opposition. I will not relent.

“I have reconstituted the committee that will assist in driving the process,” he said.

June 30, 2021 President Buhari Welcomes Governor Matawalle To APC

President Buhari Welcomes Governor Matawalle To APC

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has described the defection of Zamfara state Governor, BELLO MATAWALLE, from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress as timely and wise.

 Chairman of the APC caretaker committee and Yobe state Governor, MAI MALA BUNI presented the APC flag to MATAWALLE yesterday at a rally organized in Gusau, the state capital.

 Meanwhile, Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE says his colleagues defecting from PDP to APC lack conscience and cannot be trusted.

 

May 18, 2021 Buhari Seeks Senate Approval For Fresh N2.3trn External Loan

Buhari Seeks Senate Approval For Fresh N2.3trn External Loan

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has asked the Senate to approve another N2.3trillion ($6.18bn) external loan.

This is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary on Tuesday.

Buhari said the proposed loan which is equivalent to N2.3trillion is to finance the 2021 budget deficit of N5.6 trillion.

Buhari said the loan would enable the Federal Government to fund critical infrastructural projects in transportation, health, and education among others.

This is coming barely a month after the Senate approved the sum of $1.5bn and €995 million external borrowings for the Federal Government.

The loans were part of the $5.5 billion and €995 million external borrowings Buhari had, in May 2020, asked the Red Chamber to approve to finance various priority projects of the federal government and to support the state governments facing fiscal challenges.

Details later…

 

 

 
 
March 30, 2021 I didn’t support tenure elongation for Buhari- Lawan

I didn’t support tenure elongation for Buhari- Lawan

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has debunked reports which alleged that he is favorably disposed to support a tenure extension for President Muhammadu Buhari.

Lawan in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, in Abuja, said he firmly stands by the constitutional provision for term limit for elected public officers and would not support any move to amend the section.

The statement reads: “The Office of the President of the Senate has noted a tweet by one Cmr Mayor attributing a fabricated statement to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.

“In the mischievous tweet, the Senate President was quoted as saying he “won’t mind a constitutional amendment to allow unlimited term of office for President if President Buhari wishes to remain in office beyond 2023.”

“Our initial reaction was to ignore the ignoble mischief especially since it is not new, having been posted two years ago on 27 March 2019.

“But because the tweet has been trending again on social media, it becomes necessary to issue a formal rebuttal of its purport.

“We therefore say categorically that the Senate President has never made any such statement, before or after 2019.

“The old tweet which was entirely the handiwork of mischief makers is now being circulated again on social media by purveyors of fake news

“The 1999 Constitution has a firm position on the tenure of the President that reflects the popular stand of Nigerians”

 

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