Tag: 2023 Election

Controversy over Local Govt’s fiscal autonomy lingers

Aminu Imam
Tinubu, AGF, Governors

…As Tinubu, AGF, Governors clash over implementation The debate over the fiscal autonomy of Nigeria’s 774 local governments continues, despite last year’s Supreme Court ruling affirming their independence.  Recent remarks by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during a New Year homage by State governors and Vice-President Kashim Shettima have fueled the controversy, raising questions about the autonomy’s implementation. Recall that President Tinubu, while emphasising grassroots development, has reiterated that there was no disagreement with the State governors over autonomy. However, he urged them to ensure local governments fulfill their mandate, calling…

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Fresh Disqualification Suit: S’Court decides Tinubus fate today

Aminu Imam
Supreme Court decides

The Supreme Court will today, Monday, December 16, determine the fate of President Bola Tinubu in a fresh suit seeking his removal from office as Nigerias leader. The new suit, marked: SC/CV/667/2023 is praying the apex court to sack Tinubu on two major grounds of alleged non-qualification to hold office as Nigerias President, and usurpation of the same office against the laws of the country. A candidate in the 2019 presidential election on the platform of Hope Democratic Party, (HDP), Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru, filed the fresh suit directly at…

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FAAC: FG, States, LGs share whopping ?1.727tr revenue for Nov.

Aminu Imam
FAAC FG, States, LGs share

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed a total of ?1.727 trillion among the Federal, State, and Local Government Councils as revenue for November 2024. A communiqu, issued after the FAAC meeting on Thursday in Abuja, detailed the breakdown of the distribution. The total distributable revenue included: Statutory revenue, ?455.354 billion; Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenue – ?585.700bn; Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) – ?15.046bn and Exchange Difference revenue – ?671.392 billion. The communiqu highlighted that a gross revenue of ?3.143 trillion was generated in November. However, deductions for cost…

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2023 presidential election wasnt rigged; Peter Obi couldnt have won – Doyin Okupe

Aminu Imam
Doyin Okupe

A former Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign, Doyin Okupe, says the 2023 presidential election was not rigged by the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). Okupe, a former spokesman for President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan, disclosed this in a statement yesterday, in Lagos. He said, If Peter Obi, or the Labour Party (LP), says APC rigged elections, how come Obi was able to win in the home base of President Bola Tinubu? How come APC lost election in the home base of the sitting President (Muhammadu…

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Nigeria’s External Reserves hit 22-month high, to $37.31bn CBN

Aminu Imam
CBN HQ

Nigerias external reserves have reached a 22-month high of $37.31bn, reflecting significant foreign inflows into the countrys economy. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revealed that as of September 18, 2024, the reserves hit the highest level since November 4, 2022, when they stood at $37.36bn. This marks a notable recovery in Nigerias foreign currency position. On a year-to-date basis, the countrys reserves surged by 12.99 per cent, or $4.29bn, from the $33.02bn recorded at the start of the year on January 2, 2024. Data from the CBN…

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‘How NPC was pushed to persuade INEC to annul 2023 election’ – AbdulSalami

Aminu Imam
AbdulSalami

The Centre for Reform and Public Advocacy, has described the silence of National Peace Committee (NPC) as deafening in spite of the avalanche of election petitions and likely far-reaching outcomes that could follow the decisions. The Centre stated that the NPC, led by General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), had, prior to the 2023 elections, engaged political leaders on the need for a peaceful and credible election. The NPC said it was inundated by requests to intervene in the 2023 presidential elections by halting the vote count or cancelling the election entirely.…

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2023 Election: Nigerians deserve Tinubus chaos – Amaechi

Aminu Imam

…Says  they had chance to vote wisely Aminu Imam Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nigerians deserve whatever they get from leaders at the helm of affairs whom they voted for during the election. Amaechi, who stated this during a television programme at the weekend, said citizens should not complain, particularly about the state of the nations economy, because they had had the opportunity to vote right.  Nigerians get what they want, what they deserve. You cant complain. I think(sic). Nigerians at all times had had opportunities to vote.…

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Enugu: Confusion over Appeal Courts judgment

Aminu Imam

Five days after the Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos, delivered judgment on the conduct of the Enugu State House of Assembly in Nkanu-East during the 2023 general election held on March 18, confusion still abounds as to who is the person declared winner of the appellate court’s judgment. Both the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Michael Okwy Nnaji, a surveyor, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Okey Mbah, are claiming victory. It was gathered that five days after the Appeal Court delivered its judgment, none of the parties has been…

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2023 Elections: INEC danced naked in the market Appeal Court slams electoral body

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja berated the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, INEC, while accusing it of being partisan. The appellate court, on Friday, slammed the Commission for appearing before it to act in favour of a party in an election dispute, by disowning documents that it not only issued, but also duly certified. The court lamented that the electoral body has continued to dance naked in the market, even though it was meant to assume a neutral stand in election litigations. The INEC, as an institution, should be…

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Tinubu may have spent N100 billion to clinch presidential seat – Ex-PGF DG, Salihu Lukman

Aminu Imam

Immediate-past vice-chair of the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-West, Salihu Lukman, has claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have spent N100 billion to clinch the exalted seat of the presidency in the 2023 poll. Lukman, who is the former National Vice-Chairman of the ruling APC, in a piece, titled: Resolving APCs Progressive Retrogression also alleged that the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Dr. Tajudeen Abbas may have spent not less than N50 billion each to garner the support required to…

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