FG Alone Can’t Finance Education – Minister
News Source: Daily Trust
The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has said that the federal government alone cannot finance education in Nigeria.
He said this at an event in Abuja organised in honour of Dr Emeka Offor and his wife, Dr Adaora Offor who were awarded honourary degrees in business administration and social advocacy respectively by the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka.
The minister said though the government had spent so much in funding education, private individuals and philanthropists needed to emulate what Mr Offor and his wife had done through their foundation to support education.
He said, “The ministry is encouraged with this kind of recognition because the government cannot finance education alone; just as it has contributed a lot.
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Oluremi Pays Condolence Visit To Nana
News Source: Daily Post
Following the passing of the mother-in-law to the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, visited the family on Tuesday.
The wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, recently lost her mother, the late Hajia Maryam Albishir, who died on Sunday, June 23, 2024.
At the condolence visit, the First Lady took the time to extol the virtue of mothers, saying they are the ones who largely help shape the lives of their children.
She pointed out that though female children tend to gravitate towards their fathers, the role and influence of the mother cannot be overemphasised.
Obasanjo Visits South-East Govs, Moves For Nnamdi Kanu’s Release
News Source: Vanguard Newspapers
The South East Governors, on Tuesday, hosted former President Olusegun Obasanjo who paid the governors a solidarity visit while they decided to meet President Bola Tinubu to press for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Addressing the media, after over seven hours of marathon meeting, the Governors of the region who were all in attendance also set up a burial committee by Former Senate President, Anyim, Pius Anyim, for the late minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
According to the Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and Governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma, “The Forum commiserates with the family of Ebonyi, Abia, Imo and indeed the entire South East region and entire the family of Ogbonnaya Onu on the demise of His Excellency Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
FCT: Ignore Ireti Kingibe–Akpabio Advises Wike
News Source: Daily Post
Senate President Godwin Akpabio has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to ignore Senator Ireti Kingibe amid their verbal altercation.
Akpabio described Senator Kingibe as a distraction, which Wike must ignore.
He gave the advice while flagging off the construction of the Kugbo Bus Terminal in the Nyanya area of the FCT.
According to Akpabio: “A lot of people will say things. I saw a legislator on television mentioning that she was not carried along. Well, she is a member of the Senate, and when a decision is taken, she is bound by that decision.