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beerfraud:
I stop supporting Tinubu if he released Nnamdi Kanu from DSS gulag

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to release the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in a bid to heal the country.

Mbah made the appeal on Thursday while listing out the decisions reached at the end of his first security council meeting with the heads of all the security agencies at the Government House, Enugu.

He said, “I call on our newly sworn-in president, President Bola Tinubu, to consciously work towards the release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. We believe that his release will expedite the healing process Nigeria needs at this time.

“It will also be a pointer to his administration’s extension of brotherly hands of fellowship to Ndigbo,” he said.

On the every Monday sit-at-home, the governor declared that effective from Monday, June 6, 2023, there would be no such restrictions, adding that such orders were restricting creativity, entrepreneurship, and productivity in the state.

Mbah, however, expressed his government’s readiness “to engage in dialogue with people, who have genuine grievances towards bringing lasting peace and security to Enugu State.”

At the meeting, which also had the deputy governor, Mr Ifeanyi Ossai, in attendance, the governor reminded the people of Enugu that he had hit the ground running on the day of his inauguration by signing three Executive Orders for the good governance of the state, including Executive Order 002 for the removal of “Unauthorised Street Barriers Across the State Within 100 Days”.

He said, “There is no time to waste. The clock has started ticking on the mandate you gave me and the deliverables I promised,” he reiterated.

“A time comes in the lives of a people when they must decide whether they genuinely want to move forward or remain stuck with the conditions of their underdevelopment.
“The creativity and sense of industry of Ndi Igbo are remarkable. Our DNA is wired with commercial and entrepreneurial prowess.

“If this is what we are known by, then it becomes inconsistent with reality that the spirit of entrepreneurship, commerce and creativity are killed every Monday in our land. Our restless spirit of industry abhors laxity and indolence.

“The idea behind sitting at home on Monday, the first working and business day of the week, is abominable and antithetical to greatness and the spirit of the industry we profess to have inherited from our forebears. This cannot be us. Tufiakwa (God forbid). It does colossal damage to us,” he further added.

Mbah reminded the people of the direct connection between the lofty promises he made to them and the vibrancy of commerce in the state.

“For us to transit from a public service economy to a private sector-driven one, we must free our markets from the shackles of restriction to commerce. If indeed we aspire and anticipate an influx of private sector practitioners and investors in Enugu State, we must know that this will not happen where the perception of us is that of unproductive people.

“Therefore, those that strike on Mondays, putting restrictions in the way of our Igbo spirit of creativity, cannot be our true representatives. In fact, they kill our spirit.
“We know that our land is a fertile ground for commerce. However, businesses, entrepreneurship and commerce require a vibrant workforce and big markets where they can flourish and make money.

“To this end, therefore, from Monday, June 6, 2023, there will be no observance of any sit-at-home in all nooks and crannies of Enugu State.

“Government will enforce this with all the powers at its disposal.

“My charge to all of you – market men and women, the corporate world, industries, schools, civil servants, and all strata of workers in Enugu State – is for us to take back our sense of industry, pride of place and re-enact our glorious past.

“By heeding this call, you would have set us on the path of actualising our mandate,” he stated.

Mabizeka:
Nigeria is gone. State capture activated.

HacheNoire:
Chai!

Pepper dem gang

Real gang shiit

PoliteActivist:
What feat?
OP can you please patiently explain this "record" to me without insult?
Record usually implies EXCELLED in something - did something better than everyone else, or did something no other person can do.
ANY Shaolin monk and some men can cook three times longer than Hilda did.
Please patiently explain without insult

The Special Adviser to Taraba State Governor Darius Ishaku on Media and Publicity, Bala Dan-Abu, on Sunday said report that N2bn had been approved for the purchase of luxury vehicles for the governor, his deputy, and their wives was untrue.

He described the report that the State Executive Council approved the money as just the imagination of social media writers.”

Dan-Abu said,”We don’t want the traditional media to give credence to it.

“There is nothing to it. The story is just the imagination of the social media writers.”

But the opposition Action Alliance Party in the state described the alleged N2bn luxury vehicles as outrageous, at a time when government owed backlog of pensions and gratuities.

The AA Chairman in the state, Moses Kugba, in an interview with our correspondent, said, “Already there is outrage over the N2bn approval. The people of Taraba are not happy. Just imagine, how many schools and township roads these billions will repair in Taraba State. Imagine how much impact the N2bn will make in Taraba State University.

“The governor is entitled to official vehicles but the timing is wrong. The governor has some uncompleted projects and we expect him to complete some of these projects and not remove such a huge amount of money to buy cars.”

Efforts to get the main opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress, to react to the development failed as the chairman of the party in the state, Ibrahim Tukur-Elsudi, did not pick up calls made to his line or reply to a text message sent to his phone.

Also, the APC publicity Secretary in the state, Mr Aaron Arthimas, could also not be reached as his line indicated it was switched off.

But some residents of Jalingo, who spoke to our correspondent, including Lamini Ayua, Tanko Uba, Yusuf Mohammed and Livinus Agyo, also kicked against the alleged N2bn car gift.

One of the residents, Uba, told our correspondent: “I want to advise Governor Ishaku to rescind his approval on the project because the state needs such funds for better developmental activities.

“We are in a serious economic crisis as a state, the debt profile of the state is huge, salaries and pension are not paid, yet the governor (allegedly) approved such an amount of money for himself days before leaving office?

“The state cannot afford that for now. Governor Ishaku should not be self-centred. With the current situation of things, it’s greed that made the governor to (allegedly) approve such an amount of money for himself, his deputy, and their wives.”

Premium Times had reported that barely 18 days to the end of his tenure, the Taraba governor had approved N2bn for the purchase of luxury vehicles for himself, his deputy and their wives.

The online newspaper quoted a source as saying, “Governor Darius Ishaku in our last SEC meeting asked the council to approve a memo he presented for the purchase of vehicles for himself, his deputy and their wives and it was speedily approved without any argument.”

According to the report, the memo presented by the governor indicated that he would get two Toyota Land Cruiser SUVs, two escort Toyota Hilux vans, and a utility vehicle while his wife will get a Land Cruiser SUV worth N1.3bn.

The Deputy Governor, Haruna Manu, according to the memo, will receive two lower versions of Land Cruiser SUVs and one escort vehicle while his wife will get one SUV and a utility vehicle.

Checks by our correspondent revealed that the governor and his deputy have not changed the Lexus 570 SUVs they have been using since assumption of office in 2015

garriAndsugar:
Animals are meant to be eaten and not kept a pets except it's a security dog

yinkus6750:
Waooohhh
Finally, Dangote refinery is ready.
PMB wants to take glory for it, hence ensuring he commissions it before leaving office.
Hope they will start refining immediately after commissioning?
How will it's functioning affect subsidy and petrol price?

Femisol:
Power is sweeter than sex

lhordspy:
CNN, BBC, and other propaganda media would have ran 24hrs non-stop news about how 250 people were killed. They will litter all our front-page with fake photo-op crime scene about how children, pregnant women, and dogs are feeling vulnerable and unsafe

US have been going around the globe trying to push democracy on the countries not practicing them, especially in Africa. You wonder why they are quiet about 'voice suppression happening in UK.

riverbird:
Every country get em own wahala.....but how can one family just put every other person under Thier feet just like that, no election not even by selection?.....not only that but also claim ownership of all natural resources of value

aimmoney9:
Point of correction, there are no good people in APC, just demons........

Saga16:
Or simply because he himself is so desperate for power, he doesn't believe in order or internal democracy.

Christistruth03:
Gate Crashed out of APGA after swearing never to leave it

Gate Crashed into PDP

Gate Crashed out of PDP

Gate crashed into Labour Party

Another Gate Crashing loading

Horokrox:
True👍! Though Switzerland 🇨🇭that is Rich in GDP is actually poor in Natural Resources unlike the USA 🇺🇸

KingKO22:
PDP taught APC how to rig and APC have mastered the rigging methodology better than PDP 🤣😂😀


As for the LPDP they have been reduced to only IPOB party will forever remain IPOB party just as APGA 😀😂🤣

Horokrox:
If you meant richness measured in Natural Resources then Russia 🇷🇺 is richer than the USA 🇺🇸 in overall Natural Resources also Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 has more abundant natural resources than Qatar🇵🇰

Cromagnon:
Smh
For your mind you think senator salary of f20 million per month can win election in today's nigeria
Your even more stupid than I thought

tolexy007:
they must have changed Thier VPN, b4 dey can access Facebook.

tctrills:
What are you saying? Facebook, Amazon, Google, Whatsapp, Instagram, Pinterest, are all banned in China. They have been banned for many years now. Please do your research