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April 10, 2024 President Tinubu, Pastor Umo Eno, Others Felicitate Nigerians at Eid El Fitr
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President Tinubu, Pastor Umo Eno, Others Felicitate Nigerians at Eid El Fitr

President BOLA AHMED TINUBU has felicitated the Muslim Ummah at Eid-el-Fitr, an auspicious occasion that signifies the end of Ramadan.

 

To mark the season, The President saluted the Muslim faithful in Nigeria and all around the world, praying that their supplications and sacrifices this season and after will receive the fitting rewards from Almighty Allah.

 

President TINUBU therefore appealed to all citizens to come together and rededicate themselves to the noble duty of building the nation.

 

IN THE SAME VEIN, Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor UMO ENO has held an Iftar with the Muslim community in the State, at Government House, Uyo.

 

Led by the leadership of the Akwa Ibom Council of Islamic Affairs (AKCIA) which comprises, the Chairman, League of Imams in the State, Imam ABUBAKAR SADIQ, amongst others, the Governor thanked the Muslim community for their support during last year’s election and for maintaining the harmonious relationship that has existed in the State.

 

He urged the Arewa community to ensure the herders in their midst conduct themselves and business appropriately to avoid destruction of farmlands as famers return to their farms in the state.

 

The Governor thereafter, announced a 200 million interest-free loan to the Arewa Community, saying the same interest free loan would be extended to the Yoruba Community; the Igbo and the Niger-Delta communities.

 

 

The state executive further used the opportunity to appoint Mr. EMMANUEL OGBOLE as the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Non-Indigenes’ Affairs and Alhaji IBRAHIM ILIYA as the Special Assistant, Arewa Community.

 

Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the League of Imams, Akwa Ibom State, Alhaji ABUBAKAR SADIQ had thanked the Governor for the love and cordial relationship that has existed with the Muslim community in the State.

April 9, 2024 Beware of Land Speculators Selling Akwa Ibom Government Lands – Cpt. Iniobong Ekong
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Beware of Land Speculators Selling Akwa Ibom Government Lands – Cpt. Iniobong Ekong

Akwa Ibom State government has raised the alarm that fraudulent land speculators are on the prowl around government-designated areas, disguising as land owners to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

The commissioner for lands, Capt. Iniobong Ekong (rtd), told journalists in his office in Uyo, the state capital, that the land scammers perpetrate their illegal businesses around the government earmarked housing development sites in Uyo, Ibesikpo Asutan and other locations, and warned the public to beware.

The problem assumed a worrisome dimension when the scammers started accusing government of stealing and converting their lands without compensation.

But the commissioner, who described the allegation of land grabbing against Governor Umo Eno, as laughable, expressed dismay that the perpetrators, who are the real thieves had gone “to the extent that the owner of the property is now labeled as a thief.”

He said, “Before you can wriggle yourself out of the accusations it becomes a very herculean task,” adding that the need to set the record straight informed the parley with journalists “to educate our people on the issue of land and landed property and procedures, especially as they affect Uyo Capital City.”

“I want to let Akwa Ibom people know that the ultimate reason behind the creation of Uyo Capital City Development Area (UCCDA) by the former Governor Victor Attah, who did a very painstaking job of redesigning what was hitherto a local government area into what we now enjoy as the state capital.
“Prior to that, he took time to acquire lots of places, some he designated as commercial areas, some he designated industrial areas, some were housing estates, scattered in a manner that gave sanity to an emerging town in consonant with internationally accepted best practices of a well-laid out and planned metropolitan area.

“And that gave rise to Mbiabong Etoi, as a residential estate, property acquired and compensated for, Ikot Eto-Ebeto Residential Estate, gave rise to Nnung Ette, residential estate; they’re all on ground. Iba Oku Residential Estate, Uyo Village Road, and Afaha Uku Residential Estate that consists of various plots from ‘A’, and to ‘J’ that I am very well aware of.

“It also gave rise to commercial layouts like Atan Offot; Banking Layout that you have at Udoudoma up to and including where you have the breweries, up to Numg Oku, where you have the Science Parks; it gave rise to Employment Centre Area. These were properly acquired and compensated for, and the layouts are there.

“Allocations to these acquisitions were made from 2001 up to about 2007 and some in 2010, and people have been given official letters as owners of these areas be it commercial, residential, industrial and even mixed. Now what happened by the evolution of time and of course, with lack of infrastructure in these areas, it becomes very difficult for anybody to move in, especially with their families accompany with insecurity around us and the need for a clean livelihood; people have not really been able to go in to establish residences or commercial properties as the case may be.

“So, that gave rise to charlatans who jumped up to have groups and gangs calling themselves all kinds of names just to be able to acquire these lands not knowing that we are fully in possession of these lands by documents, by status and in practice and so they began to act as owners of the land that had been acquired by the government,” he said.

April 9, 2024 Federal Government Adds Thurday April 11 to Eid-El Fitr Holidays
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Federal Government Adds Thurday April 11 to Eid-El Fitr Holidays

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced Thursday, April 11, 2024, as an additional public holiday.

This decision was disclosed through a statement issued by Dr. Aishetu Ndayako, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, on Tuesday.

The announcement, which was shared via the ministry’s official communication channel, highlighted the importance of recognizing Eid-El-Fitr and providing an opportunity for citizens to commemorate the religious occasion.

The statement said, “The Federal Government has approved Thursday, April 11, 2024 as an additional public holiday to celebrate this year’s Eid-El-Fitr.

“The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, while congratulating the Muslim Ummah for a successful completion of a month of spiritual rejuvenation, reiterates President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s firm commitment to providing a safe and prosperous Nigeria for all to thrive.”

Saudi Arabia, on Monday, said the crescent of Shawwal has not been sighted, indicating that the fasting will continue on Tuesday.

It also added that the Eid-El-Fitr would hold on Wednesday, April 10 to mark the beginning of the new Islamic month.

April 9, 2024 EFCC Probing 50 Bank Accounts over N30Bn Humanitarian Ministry Recovery
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EFCC Probing 50 Bank Accounts over N30Bn Humanitarian Ministry Recovery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission; EFCC, says it is currently probing 50 bank accounts where it had recovered N30bn in the alleged scandals in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, who disclosed this in an interview published in the March edition of EFCC Alert, an in-house magazine of the anti-graft agency, also called for special courts for corruption cases.

Olukoyode, said the recovered fund was in the Federal Government’s coffers.

The EFCC is currently investigating alleged scandals in the humanitarian affairs ministry involving the suspended minister, Betta Edu, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and Ms Halima Shehu, the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme, an agency under the humanitarian ministry,

In January, Edu was suspended by President Bola Tinubu following an alleged fraud in her ministry.

She was subsequently interrogated by the EFCC after a leaked memo revealed that the suspended minister directed the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to transfer N585m to a private account owned by one Oniyelu Bridget, who the ministry claimed currently serves as the Project Accountant, Grants for Vulnerable Groups.

The minister had claimed that the N585m payment was meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, describing the allegations against her as baseless.

The Media Assistant to the minister, Rasheed Olarewaju, said in a statement that it was legal within the civil service for such payments to be made into private accounts of staff members, especially project accountants.

Edu’s predecessor, Umar-Farouq, was also quizzed by the EFCC investigators in January in connection with the probe into the N37.1bn allegedly laundered during her tenure in office, through a contractor, James Okwete.

Apart from Edu and Umar-Farouq, the National Coordinator of the NSIPA is similarly being probed over alleged scandals in the ministry.

Shehu was arrested and questioned by the EFCC in connection with the movement of N44bn from the NSIPA account to some suspicious private and corporate accounts within the last four days in December 2023.

Giving an update on the probe, the EFCC chairman stated, “We have laws and regulations guiding our investigations. Nigerians will also know that they (Edu and Shehu) are already on suspension and this is based on the investigations we have done, and President Bola Tinubu has proved to Nigerians that he is ready to fight corruption.

“Moreover, with respect to this particular case, we have recovered over N30bn, which is already in the coffers of the Federal Government.

Olukoyode, in the publication obtained by The PUNCH on Monday, said the recovered fund was in the Federal Government’s coffers.

The EFCC is currently investigating alleged scandals in the humanitarian affairs ministry involving the suspended minister, Betta Edu, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and Ms Halima Shehu, the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme, an agency under the humanitarian ministry,

In January, Edu was suspended by President Bola Tinubu following an alleged fraud in her ministry.

She was subsequently interrogated by the EFCC after a leaked memo revealed that the suspended minister directed the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to transfer N585m to a private account owned by one Oniyelu Bridget, who the ministry claimed currently serves as the Project Accountant, Grants for Vulnerable Groups.

The minister had claimed that the N585m payment was meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, describing the allegations against her as baseless.

The Media Assistant to the minister, Rasheed Olarewaju, said in a statement that it was legal within the civil service for such payments to be made into private accounts of staff members, especially project accountants.

Edu’s predecessor, Umar-Farouq, was also quizzed by the EFCC investigators in January in connection with the probe into the N37.1bn allegedly laundered during her tenure in office, through a contractor, James Okwete.

Apart from Edu and Umar-Farouq, the National Coordinator of the NSIPA is similarly being probed over alleged scandals in the ministry.

Shehu was arrested and questioned by the EFCC in connection with the movement of N44bn from the NSIPA account to some suspicious private and corporate accounts within the last four days in December 2023.

Giving an update on the probe, the EFCC chairman stated, “We have laws and regulations guiding our investigations. Nigerians will also know that they (Edu and Shehu) are already on suspension and this is based on the investigations we have done, and President Bola Tinubu has proved to Nigerians that he is ready to fight corruption.

“Moreover, with respect to this particular case, we have recovered over N30bn, which is already in the coffers of the Federal Government.

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