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Obono-Obla Fingers Osinbajo In His Ordeal With ICPC

the suspended Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, OKOI OBONO-OBLA, has said the planned investigation by Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) would not be fair.

According to him, this is due to the closeness of the commission’s Chairman, Professor BOLAJI OWANSANOYE, to Vice-President YEMI OSINBAJO.

OBONO-OBLA stated this in a suit he filed to challenge the said probe for alleged certificate forgery and extortion.

Through his lawyer, Mr. FARUK KHAMAGAM, OBONO-OBLA also filed an ex parte application seeking an urgent hearing of the suit.

As sighted in the court papers, the plaintiff alleged that part of the reasons he was suspended as the SPIP chairman was that he was not taking instructions from OSINBAJO.

OBONO-OBLA also linked his travails to the investigations he launched against influential persons and organisations.

Ngige Promise Speedy Implementation Of New Minimum Wage

The re-appointed Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr CHRIS NGIGE, has pledged to promote industrial harmony, and speed up processes for the implementation of the new minimum wage.

NGIGE, while addressing newsmen at his residence after his inauguration as minister by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI on Wednesday in Abuja, said he was a man of his words.

He said he would follow due process to put smiles on the faces of Nigerian workers.

NGIGE pledged to resolve all impending disputes in the sector, noting that his track record had reflected in his efforts in the last three and a half years.

Recall that there was a face-off between the minister and NLC over the constitution of the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) shortly before NGIGE exited the ministry in May.

NIGERIAN GOVERNORS FORUM CALLS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL AGRIC ZONES TO ATTRACT $4BILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENTS

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said that the establishment of Special Agro-processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria has the potential of attracting between one to four billion dollars investments into the country.

The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ekiti, KAYODE FAYEMI, disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the forum’s 4th meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.

Mr. FAYEMI explained that all states were potential beneficiaries of the SAPZs initiative, which would bring together the farming and the processing community.

They also agreed to do everything to ensure effective polio immunisation in their states to prevent a re-emergence of the disease in the country to ensure that Nigeria is certified polio-free by the World Health Organisation.

The meeting comes hours after President MUHAMMADU BUHARI inaugurated his cabinet and assigned portfolio to ministers at a ceremony, which was attended by governors and other top government officials.

The new ministers, who pledged to deliver on their assigned mandates, also sought co-operation from workers to meet their targets, top of which is budget submission.

August 21, 2019 President Buhari Assigns Portfolios to Newly Sworn in Ministers

President Buhari Assigns Portfolios to Newly Sworn in Ministers

The Presidency has this afternoon released a list of Newly Sworn-in Ministers and their respective Portfolios in the new National Executive council.

1 Uchechukwu Samson Ogah (Abia) – Minister of State Mines And Steel.

2. Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) – Minister of FCT

3. God’swill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) – Minister of Niger delta

4. Dr Chris Ngige (Anambra ) – Minister of Labour and Environment

5. Sharon Ikeazu (Anambra) – Minister of State Environment

6. Adamu Adamu – Bauchi, Education

7. Amb Maryam Katagum – Bauchi, Industry, Trade and Investment, State

8. Timipre Silva – Bayelsa, Petroleum, State

9. Sen. George Akume – Benue, Special Duties

10. Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno, Agriculture, State

11. Godwin Jedi-Agba – Cross River, Power, State

12. Festus Keyamo – Delta, Niger Delta, State

13. Ogbonnaya Onu – Ebonyi, Science and Technology

14. Dr. Osagie Ehanire – Edo, Health

15. Clement Ikanade Agba – Edo, Budget and National Planning, State

16) Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo – Ekiti, Industry, Trade and Investment

17) Geoffrey Onyeama – Enugu, Foreign Affairs

18)Dr. Ali Isa Pantami – Gombe, Communication

19) Emeka Nwajuba – Imo, Education, State

20) Suleiman Adamu – Jigawa, Water Resources

21 Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed – Kaduna, Finance, Budget and National Planning

22) Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud – Kaduna, Environment

23) Mohammed Sabo Nanono – Kano, Agriculture

24) Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) – Kano, Defence

25) Hadi Sirika – Katsina, Aviation

26) Abubakar Malami – Kebbi, HAGF and Minister of Justice

27) Ramatu Tijani Aliyu – Kogi, FCT, State

28) Lai Mohammed – Kwara, Information and Culture

29) Gbemisola Saraki – Kwara, Transportation, State

30) Babatunde Raji Fashola – Lagos, Works and Housing

31) Adeleke Mamora – Lagos, Health, State

32) Mohammed A. Abdullahi – Nasarawa, Science & Tech, State

33) Amb. Zubairu Dada – Niger, Foreign Affairs, State

34) Olamilekan Adegbite – Ogun, Mines & Steel Devpt

35) Sen. Omotayo Alasuadura – Ondo, Labour, State

36) Rauf Aregbesola – Osun, Interior

37) Sunday Dare – Oyo, Youth and Sports

38) Dame Pauline Tallen – Plateau, Women Affairs

39) Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers, Transportation

40) Mohammed Maigari Dangyadi – Sokoto, Police Affairs

41. Engr. Sale Mamman – Taraba, Power

42) Abubakar D. Aliyu – Yobe, Works and Housing, State

43) Sadiya Umar Faruk – Zamfara, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development

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