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September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023 IFMNEWS

Tinubu Seeks Partnership With State Governors To End Extreme Poverty

President Bola Tinubu says he will work to ensure Nigerians are taken out of poverty.

Tinubu stated this while receiving a 62-person delegation from Rivers State, led by Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and other stakeholders from the oil-rich state, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting was also attended by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who is also the immediate past Governor of Rivers State.

At the meeting, Governor Fubara made a case for the rehabilitation of the East-West Road.

Speaking to Journalists at the end of the meeting which was held behind closed doors, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Onueze Okocha, gave the reason for their visit.

September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023 IFMNEWS

Jega-Led Committee, Kebbi, Others Demand Livestock Ministry

The National Livestock Reforms Committee has recommended that President Bola Tinubu should create a Ministry of Livestock Resources to, among other deliverables, reduce the decades-long gory conflicts between farmers and nomadic cattle herders nationwide.

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after he led the Committee in an audience with the President at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

This formed part of 21 recommendations captured in a document submitted to the President to enhance the Federal Government’s holistic response to the lingering cases of bloodshed.

Addressing the Committee, President Tinubu promised to address the menace of herders/farmers clash.

September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 IFMNEWS

FG Makes U-Turn, Says No Timeframe On Resumption Of Emirate Flights

The Federal Government has said there is no timeframe for resumption of Emirates and Etihad flights that were put on hold amid the diplomatic row between Nigeria and the United Arabs Emirates (UAE).

After a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and his UAE counterpart, Sheik Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monday in Abu Dhabi, Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential Spokesperson, had said the two leaders reached a historic agreement, which resulted in the immediate cessation of the visa ban placed on Nigerian travelers.

He added that Etihad Airlines and Emirates Airlines were to immediately resume flight schedules into and out of Nigeria, “without any further delay”.

But the UAE authorities were silent on the visa ban lift and resumption of flights by its airlines, sparking curiosity among Nigerians.

But speaking during the Aviation Africa Summit in Abuja, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said the terms of agreements were being finalized.

September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 IFMNEWS

FG Inaugurates 15-Man Committee For 63 Independence Anniversary

The Federal Government has inaugurated a 15-man Inter-Ministerial Committee to organize the celebration of Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day anniversary.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, inaugurated the committee in Abuja.

Akume who is the chairman of the committee, said the proposed activities for the celebration would be subject to finalization by the committee.

According to him, on October 1, there would be presidential broadcast by President Bola Tinubu, as part of the programmes lined up for the celebration, and Parade on October 2, 2023.

He said that there would be a world press briefing on 25th September, Juma’at Service on 29th September, Symposium/Public Lecture on 28th September, Church Service on 1st October.

Members of the committee are: Minister of Information and Culture; Minister of Interior, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister Foreign of Affairs.

Others include: Minister of the FCT, National Security Adviser, Inspector- General of Police, Director-General, Department of State Services and Commander, Guards Brigade.

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