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Tinubu�s govt. spent N14.77bn on presidential jets in 11 months � Report

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu’s administration has spent a total of N14.77bn on the repair and maintenance of the presidential air fleet over the past 11 months, as revealed by a published� report yesterday. According to reports, the expenditure, which was disbursed in 11 payments from July 16, 2023, to May 25, 2024, was managed through the State House�s Presidential Air Fleet Transit Funds account. The significant spending comes amid plans by the National Assembly to authorise the purchase of two new aircraft. This decision follows the discovery that the President�s 19-year-old…

Hardship Allegations: Presidency denounce New York Times report, defends Tinubu�

June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Presidency has fiercely denounced a New York Times report on Nigeria’s economic situation as jaundiced, slamming it for painting a bleak and misleading picture and unjustly blaming it on President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In an issued statement by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday, the Presidency criticised the New York Times feature by Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal, titled: “Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation”, published on June 11.??Onanuga condemned the article, labelling it as a predetermined, reductionist, derogatory,…

Presidency debunk reports of N105,000 proposed Minimum Wage

June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Presidency has denied reports making the rounds that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Federal Government negotiating team have proposed N105,000 as the new minimum wage. After Organised Labour declared a nationwide strike, the Federal Government met with the union leaders and struck a deal. The negotiating team had subsequently briefed President Bola Tinubu, who directed the Finance Minister to present a new minimum wage template within 48 hours. Onanuga and his team reportedly met the president yesterday but did not…

‘NLC, TUC are Labour Party members trying to blackmail Tinubu with�strike’�- Presidency

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 Aminu Imam

Presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, says many members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliate unions enforcing nationwide strike are �supporters of Peter Obi�s Labour Party,� scheming to blackmail and sabotage President Bola Tinubu�s administration. Onanuga, in a post on X yesterday, condemned the union’s strike, which disrupted commercial activities nationwide yesterday. He said, �It appears labour is playing politics by other means. Many of the affiliates of the two central unions, NLC and TUC, are members and supporters of the Labour Party�. He added, �They logically bear ill-will…

Conflicting statements emerge from Tinubu’s media aides on his first anniversary today

May 29, 2024May 29, 2024 Aminu Imam

Conflicting statements from President Tinubu’s media aides on his first anniversary scheduled for today, Wednesday. Early yesterday, Magaji Tambuwal, Clerk of the National Assembly, had said Tinubu would today, Wednesday deliver an address on the �state of the nation� at the joint sitting of the Senate and House of Representatives. Tambuwal said the President will also inaugurate the National Assembly library. Hours later however, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, corroborated Tambuwal�s statement, noting that Tinubu�s address at the parliament is part of the…

Rivers Political Crisis: “Tinubu won�t take sides” � Presidency to Wike

May 13, 2024May 13, 2024 Aminu Imam

President Bola Tinubu, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has told the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike and others that he will not take sides in the on-going crisis rocking Rivers State. The Special Adviser made the President�s position known during an interview on a television programme yesterday, insisting that Tinubu won�t allow any attempt to frustrate the Rivers State government. Ngelale said that anyone with the belief that President Tinubu would take their side in the political crisis would be disappointed. �I…

Presidential Committee mulls increase on VAT rate

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms has proposed an upward adjustment of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate from the current 7.5 percent, according to reports. Taiwo Oyedele, the committee�s chairman, also recommended reviewing the VAT revenue-sharing formula during a policy exposure and impact assessment session organized by the committee. The proposal comes amidst opposition to various new taxes and levies, including the 0.5 percent cybersecurity levy and stamp duty on mortgage loans. Experts, chambers of commerce, and Organised Labour have expressed concerns that these measures would impose…

Outrage, as Presidency confirms awarding N15tr contract to Chagoury-Seyi Tinubu�s firm

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 Aminu Imam

The unfolding allegation that President Bola Tinubu awarded the Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project contract to Gilbert Chagoury�s company, in which hus son, Seyi sits on its Board, has sparked critical reactions online. In a recently posted statement, opposition leader Atiku Abubakar berated the Tinubu-led administration, accusing it of inflating the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project to favour his son and his ally, Chagoury. The Presidency, reacting to Abubakar�s criticisms on Monday, claimed the President�s son�s involvement with Chagoury�s firm is immaterial, condemning Atiku for complaining about the deal. A statement issued…

“Work together to address fuel scarcity, high electricity tariff” – CNG tasks Presidency, NASS

May 7, 2024May 7, 2024 Aminu Imam

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has tasked the Presidency and the National Assembly to work together to swiftly address the lingering fuel scarcity crisis and the recent rooftop electricity tariff in Nigeria, saying posterity would judge them in the end. According to an issued statement by the CNG National Coordinator Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, the group said it is deeply concerned about the persistent and debilitating fuel scarcity that has plagued Nigeria recently, causing untold hardship to citizens across the country. The statement read in part: �We are outraged…

‘More Buhari�s ministers, aides to get Sirika treatment’ – Presidency sources

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 Aminu Imam

There are indications that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), is not relenting in its determination to investigate allegations of corruption against some ministers and other officials, who served under former President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that last week, former Minister of Aviation under Buhari, Hadi Sirika, was invited by the anti-graft agency to answer questions on allegations of conspiracy, abuse of office, diversion of public funds, and contract inflation. It was alleged that the former Minister awarded aviation contracts amounting to over N8 billion to his brother, who is…