Tag: Governor Nasir el Rufa’i

Kaduna State govt. sacks 233 teachers over fake certificates

Aminu Imam

233 public school teachers in Kaduna State will be sacked by the State government for presenting fake certificates at a certificate verification exercise conducted earlier this year. Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Tijjani Abdullahi, revealed this in a press conference on Thursday. He noted the Board had launched a certificate verification exercise in April 2021 as part of its responsibility to ensure that teachers in the State have the requisite credentials that constitute the basic qualifications for employment as teachers. He added that so far, 451…

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“Killing bandits only way to make schools safe” – El-Rufa’i

Aminu Imam

…Says governors are unanimous on ‘wiping them out’ Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, has said the only way to make schools safe is to kill all bandits and bombing the forests they are camping. The governor, who stated this yesterday in Abuja, at a conference on ‘Financing Safe Schools in Nigeria‘, stated that his colleagues are in agreement that bandits must be completely “wiped out”. Although some northern governors, particularly Bello Mattawalle, of Zamfara State, have advocated for dialogue with bandits, el-Rufa’i insists that they are all on the same…

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Kaduna: El-Rufa’i urges operators of almajiri schools to relocate

Aminu Imam

Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmed El-Rufa’i has urged those operating Almajiri schools in the State to relocate to other States. El-Rufa’i, who stated this during the inauguration of the Kaduna State Child Protection and Welfare Committee yesterday in Kaduna, said that the State government would not condone their operation in the State. According to him, “We are working on the almajiri system and many people do not agree with what we are doing, but we are very confident and sure of the rightness of our actions; so, my message to all…

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El-Rufa’i promotes KadInvest but demolishes business premises —A’isha Yesufu

Aminu Imam

Popular activist, A’isha Yesufu says it is ironic that the administration of Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i every year promotes KadInvest, an annual platform to showcase the rich investment opportunities the State offers across many sectors of the economy, yet the government unjustly demolishes the business premises of investors. Yesufu, who stated this in an interview yesterday, said it is pathetic how State governors take laws into their hands to oppress the masses. She lamented that “the emotional investment, the financial investment, everything invested in the business was brought down…

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State governors to borrow 17tr from Pension Fund

Aminu Imam

The thirty-six State governors, under the aegis of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), have endorsed proposals to borrow about N17 Trillion from the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and the Accumulated Pension Funds. The endorsement was part of resolutions at the end of the 22nd NGF meeting which was contained in a communiqué personally signed by the Chairman of NGF and the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. According to the communiqué, Chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC)’s Adhoc Committee on Leveraging Portion of Accumulated Pension Funds for Investment in…

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