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As news continue to make the rounds that Governor Ayo Fayose has approved the disbursement of N4 billion to fund his plans to elongate his tenure beyond the terminal date in 2018, Vigil360 has reliably gathered that the governor is currently meeting with his lawyers and other top legal luminaries in Lagos as at the time of filing this report.
Sources reveal that the governor who is bent on causing a constitutional crisis in the country is meeting with his team of lawyers to perfect plans on how to explore legal loopholes to further his devious ambition of tenure elongation.

The governor and his legal team are assembling documents as well as weighing the possibility of exploiting the judiciary to ignite a constitutional crisis by demanding for an elongation of his first tenure as governor which was truncated by his impeachment in 2006.

While in Lagos, the governor has been meeting with stakeholders in Ekiti politics, including members of the PDP, APC, as well as business men and women.

The governor who has already set up two teams of lawyers and mobilization groups in Lagos and Ekiti, has commenced massive disbursement of part of the N4 billion from the treasury of the Ekiti state government.

In the face of economic recession in the country and inability of the government to pay workers salaries, this attempt by the governor portends major threat to the wellbeing of the state.

Already, various groups and individuals have condemned the move by Fayose. Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana described the bid as abnormal, assuring that no court will grant Fayose’s criminal move to elongate his tenure.

According to him, “Tenure extension by a governor under any disguise is anomalous. No court can prolong the tenure of a sitting governor buying the two terms prescribed by the Constitution”. He further said that “in view of the settled position of the law on the matter, Governor Ayo Fayose cannot be granted his plea by any court of law in Nigeria.”

Similarly, renowned lawyer, and human rights activist Jiti Ogunye (SAN) noted that “..the constitution did not make provision for an extension when a governor’s tenure was truncated to allow such person to contest and make up for the lost time”.
Ogunye said, “Assuming he wins the election in 2018, will he then govern mathematically or arithmetically up to the month or the year when his first term was truncated?

He added that “ if you were elected into office twice and has taken the oath of office twice, the emphasis is on being elected twice and being sworn into office twice, so you will not be able to contest another term”.

“The constitution does not provide for a truncated tenure to enable a person, whose tenure was truncated, to come back and have another bite at the cherry.”

https://vigil360.com.ng/politics/538-imminent-constitutional-crisis-in-ekiti-as-governor-fayose-meet-lawyers-in-lagos-to-perfect-tenure-elongation-plans.html

Op hope your brains have not​been swapped out... Please get a functional RAM and ditch the 1MB RAM you're using.
4billion in which State?

Issokay! If e enta fp make una call me

Fayose just want to waste scarce resources on lawyers

TonyeBarcanista:
Fayose just want to waste scarce resources on lawyers

You must be fickle minded to believe this tales by moonlight

Be ready to face the wrath of law come 2018 when there shall be no immunity.

I think the news is true coz fayose said it last month on a programme titled "Meet your governor" that he's gonna approach the court of law to seek tenure extention in a bid for second term contest...Can you now see that our Governor has gone mad again! Fayose the Clown.

angels09:
You must be fickle minded to believe this tales by moonlight

The governor said it himself publicly that he will seek seven months extension to his tenure.

Fayose is just wasting his time and money anyway. He's not going to get an extra day once his tenure ends next year. The lawyers deceiving him just want to collect their share of stomach infrastructure and nothing else.

Where would ekiti get #4b?

4yrs just like 4weeks to him, cant believe his living office soon, magu go treat ir case wen u leav

TonyeBarcanista:
Fayose just want to waste scarce resources on lawyers

it could be same thing that's happening in @biafrasay.com maybe who knows

Mike Ozekhome will make another hundreds of million. Efcc alert

TonyeBarcanista:
Fayose just want to waste scarce resources on lawyers

The dumbest comment ever from you. You believe everything you read? I see how APC was able to deceive Nigerian youths

seunmsg:
The governor said it himself publicly that he will seek seven month extension to his tenure.

Fayose is just wasting his time and money anyway. He's not going to get an extra day once his tenure ends next year. The lawyers deceiving him just want to collect their share of stomach infrastructure and nothing else.

I need clarification as to your identity, I need to know whether you are the owner of Nairaland or not because your reasoning is way below....

angels09:
Op hope your brains have not​been swapped out... Please get a functional RAM and ditch the 1MB RAM you're using.
4billion in which State?

Shine ya eye

Finally, Nigerian govt. releases details of Paris Club refunds to states

The federal government has finally released a breakdown of the first tranche of Paris Club refunds paid to states to date.

The payments, totalling N516.38 billion, were made to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory upon the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari on November 21 2016, a statement by Salisu Danbatta, director of information in the Ministry of Finance said.

The payments were in partial settlement of longstanding claims by State Governments relating to over-deductions from their Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocation for external debt service arising between 1995 and 2002.

The debt service deductions are in respect of the Paris Club, London Club and Multilateral debts of the FG and States. While Nigeria reached a final agreement for debt relief with the Paris Club in October 2005, some States had already been overcharged.

The government had initially turned down repeated requests to release the payment details.

“The funds were released to state governments as part of the wider efforts to stimulate the economy and were specifically designed to support states in meeting salary and other obligations, thereby alleviating the challenges faced by workers,” the statement said.

The releases were conditional upon a minimum of 50 per cent being applied to the payment of workers’ salaries and pensions.

The Federal Ministry of Finance said it was reviewing the impact of these releases on the level of arrears owed by State Governments.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/233555-breaking-finally-nigerian-govt-releases-details-of-paris-club-refunds-to-states.html

kayez:
Shine ya eye

Finally, Nigerian govt. releases details of Paris Club refunds to states

The federal government has finally released a breakdown of the first tranche of Paris Club refunds paid to states to date.

The payments, totalling N516.38 billion, were made to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory upon the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari on November 21 2016, a statement by Salisu Danbatta, director of information in the Ministry of Finance said.

The payments were in partial settlement of longstanding claims by State Governments relating to over-deductions from their Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocation for external debt service arising between 1995 and 2002.

The debt service deductions are in respect of the Paris Club, London Club and Multilateral debts of the FG and States. While Nigeria reached a final agreement for debt relief with the Paris Club in October 2005, some States had already been overcharged.

The government had initially turned down repeated requests to release the payment details.

“The funds were released to state governments as part of the wider efforts to stimulate the economy and were specifically designed to support states in meeting salary and other obligations, thereby alleviating the challenges faced by workers,” the statement said.

The releases were conditional upon a minimum of 50 per cent being applied to the payment of workers’ salaries and pensions.

The Federal Ministry of Finance said it was reviewing the impact of these releases on the level of arrears owed by State Governments.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/233555-breaking-finally-nigerian-govt-releases-details-of-paris-club-refunds-to-states.html

Thanks for this information

angels09:
Op hope your brains have not​been swapped out... Please get a functional RAM and ditch the 1MB RAM you're using.
4billion in which State?

Ekiti. Paris refund, monthly allocation, workers salary being owed. Add everything, and see if it won't triple 4bn