Yar'Adua Condemns Planned Unconstitutional Leadership Succession In Guinea

By Innocent Oweh, Correspondent, Abuja

President Umaru Yar'Adua who is also Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said he was disturbed by reports of alleged attempts to effect succession in the leadership of Guinea following the death of the country's president, Lansana Conte.

He said the act marks a clear violation of that country's constitution and a breach of the African Union Consultative Act as well as the Provisions of the ECOWAS Charter.

In a statement in Abuja by Minister of Information and Communication, Dora Akunyili, the President was said to have unequivocally condemned any unconstitutional take-over of power in Guinea and warned that any government that emerges through undemocratic means would not be recognised.

The minister said the President "received with great shock, the news of the unfortunate demise of President Lansana Conte and demanded that democratic order be restored in Guinea immediately and that succession through any unconstitutional means should not be allowed to evolve".

Yar'Adua assured that Nigeria is following developments in that country closely with a view to ensuring that the political situation does not deteriorate.


http://www.independentngonline.com/news/head/article02

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Pensioners disagree with FG over N2.116bn entitlement
By Oyetunji Abioye
Published: Wednesday, 24 Dec 2008
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners on Monday disagreed with the Federal Government over the N2.116bn approved as final payment to ex-staff of the liquidated Nigerian Airways.

Chairman, NUP, Nigerian Airways branch, Mr. Sam Nzene, in a press briefing at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, disclosed that about 1,000 pensioners, representing a quarter of the total number of pensioners, were yet to be paid.

The Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili, had last week announced that the money approved (N2.116bn) was the full and final part of the pensioners’ entitlement.

Nzene, however, said this was misleading, adding that about 1,000, out of the 5,000 ex-staff of the liquidated carrier were yet to receive any money.

He said, “The congress wants to alert the Federal Government of Nigeria and the public at large that the recent announcement by the new Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili, of the Federal Executive Council’s approval of N2.116bn for ex-staff of Nigerian Airways as “the full and final part of their entitlement” is not totally in the true perspective.”

“The Congress wants to make it known to the Federal Government that about a quarter of the total pensioners are yet to be paid. Also, hundreds of these pensioners that were short-paid in the last exercise are still awaiting various levels of approval by government.”

Nzene observed that the 1,000 ex-staff had not been paid due to human error during the verification exercise, saying that some had their names omitted while others were not aware that the exercise was going on.

He appealed to the government to look into the situation as the minister’s statement had scared pensioners.

The NUP leader, while appreciating President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua’s administration’s payment of pension entitlements to all servicemen of the military, ministries and parastatals, said he was laying a solid leadership example for civil servants currently in the service.


http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200812241111190

can't seem to figure out why this is of any importance.

just monitoring,
trying to see if shes living up to our expectations.

Muza:

just monitoring,
trying to see if shes living up to our expectations.

Good one but she needs more of our prayers. Am sure she must succeed and and later be moved to transform another ministry the way oby ezekwesili was moved from due process to solid minerals and later to education. Let's pray, watch and see.

essentialB:


Good one but she needs more of our prayers. Am sure she must succeed and and later be moved to transform another ministry the way oby ezekwesili was moved from due process to solid minerals and later to education. Let's pray, watch and see.

what is prayer going to do?

and all the prayers we do, the nation is still like this. lol
nigeria was rated as the most christain active nation, and yet DOOM! is still the case.
what if we never prayed?

MUZA leave this woman alone o.OYO is her case