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Yobe: NULGE protesters back LG autonomy

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The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, in Nangere Local Government Area of Yobe State, has demanded full autonomy for local government administrations in the country.

The union made its position known during a peaceful rally it organised at the headquarters of the local government in Nangere on Friday.

According to reports, the protesting members of the union gathered at the entrance to the local government’s secretariat with banners and placards containing different inscriptions calling for full autonomy for local governments across the nation.

Speaking to journalists, the NULGE chairman, Umar Inusa, said the protest becomes necessary as the only language the government understands.

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“We are demanding the scrapping of the joint account committee and illegal deductions from local governments’ allocations in adherence to the Fourth Schedule on Local Government in respect of revenue sources, among other things,” he said.

Inusa noted that granting autonomy to local government administrations will result in massive food production in communities.

“All of us can recall that the issue of autonomy and independence for these three arms of government to operate independently has been an issue in Nigeria. And that has led to a lot of challenges,” he said.

He expressed optimism that autonomy for the local government would strengthen democracy at the grassroots.

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“Abolish JAC and credit local government funds directly from the federation account,” he said.

He then called on the Federal Government to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct local government elections in 774 local governments across the country, saying this would provide employment opportunities for the youth.

NULGE’s protest is coming as Yobe State prepares to conduct a local government poll on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

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Just in: Gov Soludo reveals those behind kidnapping in SE, says it’s now a lucrative biz

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… better than oil and drug peddling

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State on Saturday disclosed that arrested Finland-based self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa “has continued kidnapping for ransom.

Soludo said kidnapping is currently a business that is more lucrative than drugs and oil.

The governor who spoke in Awka, the state capital, said before he became governor, eight local government areas in the state were being controlled by gunmen.

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Soludo also recalled how his father was kidnapped in 2009.

 

He said: “Kidnapping is not new, my father had been kidnapped as far back as 2009. GU Okeke, Pokobros and many others have fallen victim too.

 

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“Before I assumed office, about eight local government areas were being controlled by gunmen.

“They killed policemen and collected guns, attacked and burnt down police stations and went into the bush to label themselves liberators.

We came in and went to work and cleared them and we recovered the eight local government areas that were under siege. These gangs claim to be Biafra freedom fighters. IPOB has dissociated themselves from it, but one Simon Ekpa has continued kidnapping for ransom.

 

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“Kidnapping for ransom is now the most lucrative enterprise, even more lucrative than drugs and oil. For every one naira reported as payment for ransom, five to six naira was not reported.

 

“With a culture that celebrates wealth without craft, even the kidnappers amongst us are now celebrated. Idolatry which these criminals have converted to have become the fastest growing religion in the South-East. Nothing is sacred to them anymore.”

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Just in: Obi angry over exorbitant charges by POS operators despite hardship

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Ex-governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has protested the level of hardship faced by the poor in Nigeria.

The former governor spoke during a visit to the Archbishop Province on the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, His Grace Alexander Ibezim.

He said: “The hardship in Nigeria is too much, how can the ordinary people survive. The woman who sells pepper by the road side has to pay huge charges to get her own money. How much is her profit margin and how much will remain after paying charges?

“No country is run like that. Don’t bother to interview me on that, I will write officially to the President on this and state all these things.

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“These (POS Charges) is too much, no country is run like this,” Obi told journalists who approached him to speak on the matter.

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Oborevwori expresses sadness over Edna Ibru’s passage

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Delta State Governor, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has commiserated with the Ibru family of Agbarha-Otor in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the State on the death of their wife and mother, Mrs. Edna Ibru.

Mrs Ibru, who reportedly died after a brief illness, was the wife of late Olorogun Senator Felix Ovuodoroye Ibru, first Executive Governor of Delta State.

A former Miss Nigeria, Mrs Ibru in 1964, died in London after a brief illness on Wednesday.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sir Festus Ahon, the governor described the demise of Mrs Ibru as sad and painful, adding that she was a loving wife and mother who supported her husband and family in all his noble endeavours.

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He said, “On behalf of the government and people of Delta, I mourn the passing of a great woman of substance, a caring mother and loving wife, Mrs Edna Ibru.

“The news of her death came to me as a shock, especially now that the family members needed her motherly and wise counsel.

“She was a woman of faith who devoted her time in supporting her husband’s political career which culminated in his election as the first Executive Governor of Delta State.”

Oborevwori prayed to God to accept the soul of the deceased and grant fortitude to the family and friends she left to bear the loss.

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