Tag: George Akume

New SGF Akume promises not to disappoint Nigerians 

Aminu Imam

The newly sworn-in Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), George Akume has promised not to disappoint Nigerians in the discharge of his duties. He made the promise while addressing State House correspondents after his swearing in by President Bola Tinubu, yesterday. “To have been selected to serve in this exalted position out of over 200 million Nigerians, it is a challenge to serve in line with the oath I have taken today. I assure Nigerians I will do my best, I will not disappoint the President, I will not disappoint…

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Gbajabiamila appointed as Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Akume, SGF

Aminu Imam

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed outgoing Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, as Chief of Staff (CoS), and Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President. The appointments were contained in a statement signed by Director of Information at the Presidency, Abiodun Oladunjoye, yesterday. In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named former Governor of Benue State and immediate-past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, as Secretary to the Government of the Federation…

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‘Fulanisation’ of Nigeria theory: “Ortom not the propounder, but proponent” – Benue Tiv group

Aminu Imam

A group in Benue State under the aegis of MINDA (Masev, Ihyarev, Nongov Development Association), Strategic Contact Group (MSCG), has lamented that the state governor Samuel Ortom was being villified for being the propounder of the theory of the Fulani “revival of the1804 Sokoto Jihad” as well as the “Islamisation and Fulanisation” of Nigeria. The group however argued that the State governor, Samuel Ortom, did not propound the theories, but rather, he has always been an advocate of actions to be taken to address the farmers/herders conflict. MSCG, a self-acclaimed…

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Benue: Gov Ortom institutes N60 billion suit against Akume for libel

Aminu Imam

Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom yesterday instituted a N60 billion suit against Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, at the Makurdi High Court. In the suit, filed by Okon N. Efut, (SAN) and four other lawyers, Gov. Ortom is seeking N50 billion as general damages for libel and N10 billion as exemplary and aggravated damages. The writ of summons was backed by a 17-paragraph statement of claim. In the statement of claim, Governor Ortom is seeking a declaration that the text of Senator Akume’s press conference…

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Insecurity: Akume, APC leaders demand state of emergency in Benue

Aminu Imam

Minister for Special Duties, George Akume and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Benue have urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the State. Akume, who spoke on behalf of APC leaders in the State at a media briefing in Abuja, on Monday, said that the call was hinged on the fact that Governor Samuel Ortom had lost control of the security situation in the State. The party leaders condemned what it described as the governor’s “penchant for verbally attacking” the President, Muhammadu…

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