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October 16, 2023

October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 IFMNEWS

Government Representatives Secure Official Vehicles Amid Economic Challenges

Amid the harsh economic reality that Nigerians currently face, worsened by the removal of fuel subsidies, the House of Representatives has announced its finalized plans to distribute official vehicles for members of the 10th National Assembly.

In a statement, the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs Chairman, Akin Rotimi, said the management is procuring and distributing the vehicles to the members over the coming weeks and months.

According to Akin Rotimi, this development is by extant procurement laws and has been practiced in previous assemblies.

He stressed that this is not peculiar to the Legislature, as unelected government officials in the Executive arm of government, from the Assistant Director level and above, in most cases, have official vehicles attached to their offices.

October 13, 2023

October 13, 2023 IFMNEWS

Tinubu Asks Supreme Court To Dismiss Atiku’s Appeal

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal filed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging his victory in the 2023 presidential election.

The President described the appeal as abusive in nature and prayed for its dismissal.

President Tinubu insisted that Atiku and his party failed to prove all their allegations and submissions at the Tribunal.

Recall that Atiku and the PDP had filed a petition challenging the outcome of the presidential election and the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, in its judgment on September 6th held that Atiku failed to prove all the averments in his petition.

Now, Tinubu submitted that the tribunal was correct in arriving at its verdict and affirming his election.

He urged the apex court to affirm the decision of the lower court while dismissing the appeal in its entirety, as the same is lacking in merit and bona fide.

October 13, 2023

October 13, 2023 IFMNEWS

Tinubu Appoints New EFCC Chairperson Whose Qualification Is Controversial

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Olanipekun Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for a renewable term of four years in the first instance pending senate confirmation.

In a statement, Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale said Olukoyede’s appointment followed the unannounced resignation of the suspended erstwhile Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa.

BAWA was suspended after weighty allegations of abuse of office levelled against him and has since been in detention at the Department of State Service (DSS) for four months now.

The statement said President Tinubu also approved the appointment of Muhammad Hammajoda to serve as EFCC Secretary for a renewable term of five years in the first instance pending Senate confirmation.

The new EFCC chair, Olukoyede, is a Lawyer, who served as Secretary of the anti-graft agency for two years during the time of Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the Commission.

He, along with Magu and a number of other officials, was suspended from office by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020 and was never recalled.

While Magu was replaced with Bawa in February 2021, Olukoyede was replaced with George Ekpungu, as the secretary of the commission in June 2021.

Meanwhile reactions have trailed the appointment of Olanipekun Olukoyede as Executive Chairman of the EFCC.

Speaking on our breakfast talk show, constitutional lawyer and social commentator, Fred Nzeakor questioned the qualification of the appointee based on the EFCC Act.

In a statement, Presidential Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale said Olukoyede’s appointment followed the unannounced resignation of the suspended erstwhile Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa.

The new EFCC chair, Olukoyede, is a Lawyer, who served as Secretary of the anti-graft agency for two years during the time of Ibrahim Magu as acting chairman of the Commission.

Nzeako said there are laid down guidelines for selecting the EFCC Chair.

He also said the lawmakers should do their due diligence regarding his confirmation

October 13, 2023

October 13, 2023 IFMNEWS

Reps Summon Tuggar, Dabiri-Erewa Over Incarceration Of 250 Nigerians In Ethiopian Prisons

The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri over the incarceration of Nigerians in Ethiopian prisons.

The development was a sequel to a motion moved by Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda and others at plenary.

Moving the motion, Chinda said 250 Nigerians are currently incarcerated in Ethiopia.

According to the lawmaker, some of the detainees were arrested while using Ethiopia as a transit point.

The House, therefore, resolved that Tuggar and Dabiri should appear before the committees on Foreign Affairs, Diaspora and Human Rights.

In another vein, the House of Representatives also passed for second reading, a bill that seeks to increase the retirement age of military personnel to 65 years or 40 years in service.

The bill, sponsored by Jonathan Gaza was debated and subsequently passed for second reading.

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