Implementing four national budgets concurrently is recipe for disaster – Obi
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The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has described the approval given by the National Assembly to the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to implement four national budgets concurrently as a recipe for chaos and frivolity.
Obi said this in a series of tweets on his X handle on Saturday.
He noted that what the lawmakers and the executive have agreed to do is in flagrant disregard for fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability.
The former Anambra State Governor said, “All available evidence has confirmed that the Nigerian government is implementing four national budgets concurrently. This is in blatant disregard for fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability.
“It is also a recipe for chaos, confusion, and catastrophe.
Probe committee report: El-Rufai’s decision to go to court laughable – Lawmaker
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The member representing Zaria constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Mahmud Lawal, has described ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s decision to pursue legal action over allegations that he misappropriated N432 billion as “laughable”.
Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna, Lawal expressed disappointment at what he described as El-Rufai’s sudden interest in the judiciary after neglecting it for so long.
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He stated that El-Rufai seems to have conveniently forgotten the principle of separation of powers enshrined in the constitution, which mandates non-interference between the executive, legislature, and judiciary.
“Does he (El-Rufai) believe that by resorting to legal action, he can obstruct the legislature from carrying out its constitutional duties?”
The lawmaker noted that Kaduna State had never experienced such blatant misuse of public funds as recorded under El-Rufai’s tenure, “where funds were misappropriated under the guise of project implementation”.
ECOWAS Revisits Implementation of Community Levy on All Imports into Region
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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has revisited the implementation of community levy in the region as it tops the agenda at the ongoing 35th meeting of the Commission’s Committee on Administration and Finance.
The Commission had adopted a community levy of 0.5 percent on all imports into the region rather than the contribution from member states, but there are however challenges of implementation to the protocol adopted since 2014.
Members of the committee are drawn from 12 member states as three member states- Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger Republic had signified their intention to pull out of the 15 member regional bloc.
Members of the committee are in Abuja for the next five days to consider ongoing reform in the commission and the issue of community levy.
Nigerians suffering, need urgent solution – CONUA tells Tinubu
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The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has stressed the need for President Bola Tinubu to expedite action towards alleviating the excruciating hardship in the country as a result of various reforms of the administration.
The Union also described as illegal the refusal of the federal government to pay its members three months’ salary despite the union’s non-participation in the industrial action declared by its sister union, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
A statement issued by CONUA’s President, Dr ‘Niyi Sumonu on Saturday disclosed that since the fuel removal and naira floating policies of the present administration, Nigerians have been going through a very difficult time with urgent intervention.
“The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has, again, reviewed the state of the nation and noted the excruciating pains Nigerians have been going through as a result of the removal of fuel subsidy since 29th May 2023 and the subsequent policy of floating the Naira.