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Tinubu approves continuation of Tax Credit Scheme – FIRS
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, on Friday, said that President Bola Tinubu has approved the continuation of the Tax Credit Scheme.
The development followed a closed-door meeting between the Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Zacch Adedeji, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Umar Ajiya, to discuss the tax credit agreement issued by the previous administration.
This was made known in a statement issued on the FIRS X handle on Friday.
According to the statement, NNPCL road infrastructure projects that have started will not be expanded but will continue, while all non-performing contracts will be terminated promptly and re-awarded immediately.
“A memo agreed upon by the FIRS, NNPCL and the Ministry of Works shall be written and sent to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the N2.73 trillion funding gap on the road infrastructure project and channelled through the National Assembly for approval.
“In the review process, the going rate for contracts shall be agreed upon by the contractors or otherwise have their contracts subject to termination.
“The FIRS, NNPCL and the Ministry of Works agreed that it is important that there be synergy amongst agencies and organisations to enable the fulfilment of the mandate of each organisation, agency, ministry and overall key into the mandate of the present administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” it added.
The chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue, Adedeji, had, while appearing before the House of Representatives, said the scheme violated the extant law in the country, noting that companies were not supposed to use their tax to directly fund construction.
However, Umahi, after a meeting with the FIRS boss on Friday, said the President approved the continuity of the scheme.
The month of March was a busy one at the Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency with numerous Programmes and Trainings approved and sponsored by Rep. O. K. Chinda.
The month of April is already showing signs of being busier as we have commenced a Free 3-day Medical Outreach.
Today, which is day 1, featured Health Talks and Sensitization, with some participants going home with 10kg of rice after being attended to.
The programme continues tomorrow and will include the following: –
• Vital signs checking.
• Seeing of Doctor/optometrist.
• Laboratory/ diagnosis
• Pharmacy.
The medical outreach is anchored by Dailystar Pharmacy Nigeria Limited
“I WIN, U WIN”
From
The Media Team
Obio/Akpor Federal Constituency Office
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
There was tension on Wednesday As vigilante operating at Dei-Dei community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mujahid Ibrahim (32), has reportedly shot himself while trailing a suspect in the area. Abuja Metro learnt that the bullets from his rifle injured him around his feet, with at least seven cartridges extracted from his body
He was said to be awaiting x-ray results for the possibility of more cartridges in his body.
The incident took place around 12 am in the early hours of Wednesday when the victim and his colleague intercepted a resident in the neighbourhood, they were guarding for working at late hours.
Speaking yesterday at the Kubwa General Hospital, where he was rushed to, Ibrahim said the suspect came around 12 am against the 11 pm, which was agreed upon by the members of the community.
“My colleague, who attended to him, tried in vain to make him understand the rule, but instead for him to cooperate, he resorted to violence and in an effort to scare him, I cooked my rifle pointing toward the sky. I later withdrew the rifle back to my shoulder, but forgot to pull it back and in the process of running toward him as the man was having a scuffle with my colleague, the gun fired out some bullets that hit me around my feet,’’ he said
Also speaking, his colleague, who accompanied him to the hospital, Ben Isaac, said following the incident, the resident in question disappeared but his elder brother has taken all the responsibilities including the treatment charges.
He added that a 24- hour warning was issued to him to appear or get arrested.
The Independent National Electoral Commission,( INEC) has rejected the petition to recall the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, inadequate.
The electoral umpire via its 𝕏 handle on Thursday, April 3, 2025, made this known in a terse statement where it disclosed that the group, who initiated the process did not meet the requirements of the constitution.
INEC in a tweet on its ‘X’ handle said; “The petition for the recall of the Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)”.
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