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Wednesday, December 27, 2023
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Tinubu celebrates Atiku Bagudu at 62.
Tinubu celebrates Atiku Bagudu at 62.
President Bola Tinubu has celebrated the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, as he clocks 62 years.
In a statement issued by his special adviser on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu commended the former governor of Kebbi state for the expertise and diligence he has discharged in the services to the country.
He said: “President Bola Tinubu felicitates the Honourable Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu on his 62nd birthday.
“President Tinubu celebrates the consummate administrator and politician who served as the Executive Governor of Kebbi State from May 29, 2015 to May 29, 2023, and as the Senator representing Kebbi Central from 2009 to 2015.
“The president commends the Ivy League-educated financial expert for the diligence, rigour, detail, passion, and experience he brings to bear in the discharge of his duties.
“President Tinubu wishes the Minister good health, longevity, and strength in the service of the nation.”
Minister gifts Ondo APC N23m, four truckloads of rice.
Minister gifts Ondo APC N23m, four truckloads of rice.
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has gifted four trailers of rice, containing 1,200 bags, and N23m cash to members of the All Progressives Congress across Ondo State in celebration of Christmas and New Year.
According to a statement made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday, the minister gave N1m each to all the 18 local government secretariats of the APC in the state, while members of the state executive of the party were gifted N5m.
The statement said Tunji-Ojo ensured the smooth and effective distribution of the four trailers of rice across the state.
“More so, the interior minister has also reached out to his immediate constituency in the Akoko North West and non-party members across Ondo State by gifting them two trailers of rice and an undisclosed amount of money,” the statement said.
The APC chieftains commended Tunji-Ojo for the gifts, saying no past minister from the state had extended such a gesture to them.
“I am most glad that we now have a minister who truly sees the entire state as his constituency. Tunji-Ojo deserves all appreciation for putting smiles on the faces of members and non-members of the APC in Ondo State,” the statement quoted one of the party stalwarts as saying.
Edo crisis: Govt slashes deputy governor’s budgetary allocation.
Edo crisis: Govt slashes deputy governor’s budgetary allocation.
The rift between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, may have taken another dimension as N345 million was allocated to the Office of the Deputy Governor in the 2024 Budget as against the N19bn allocated to the Office of the State Governor.
An analysis of the budget which the governor signed into law on December 15, 2023, showed that the Office of the Secretary to the State Government got N8bn far higher than the N345m allocated to the deputy governor’s office.
The document also showed that while the House of Assembly got N13bn, the Office of the Head of Service got N968m.
A source close to the House of Assembly said the slash in the allocation to the deputy governor’s office was connected to his ambition to succeed his boss as governor of the state.
It was gathered that some lawmakers believed to be loyal to the deputy governor opposed the decision of the members of the assembly to pass the budget as presented by the governor.
Lawmakers in that category were said to have described it as an “unfair appropriation” but that they were overwhelmed other members.
An insider claimed that the budget has divided the lawmakers, but a principal member of the House of Assembly said there was no division in the House.
It was reported that Shaibu had last week said his office had not received any allocation in the last six months owing to the tension between him and his principal.
The deputy governor, who stated this at the unveiling of the Correspondent Office in Benin on Tuesday, said he had been running the office and doing other activities through goodwill and contributions from friends.
He said, “You know there is tension between the governor and me. And for six months, there has been no allocation to my office. So, whatever I am doing is contributions from friends and my goodwill; and I am still standing very strong.”