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The Minister of Niger Delta, Abubakar Momoh, has announced that the forensic report on the N81.5 billion allocated to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between January and July 2020 is currently missing.
As the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests enters its fifth day, the Kaduna State Security Council has announced the immediate imposition of a 24 hour curfew across the metropolis of Kaduna and Zaria, citing apparent hijack of the protest in the state by criminal elements.
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday approved the appointment of 35 Nigerians as heads of agencies and programmes in the Ministry of Humanitarian Development and Disaster Management, federal commissioners of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and Board members of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) respectively.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pleaded with the organisers of the ongoing nationwide protests currently in its fourth day, to suspend all protests nationwide and engage the government in peaceful dialogue.
Read more: Hunger protests: Halt protests now, embrace dialogue, Tinubu pleads
President Bola Tinubu and the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, have been commended for their efforts at projecting that the mining sector is capable of generating more employment opportunities and income for the nation than the oil and gas sector.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has finally heeded the call of well meaning Nigerians to address the Nation following the nationwide protest dubbed #EndBadGovernance that has entered the third day.
Read more: #EndBadGovernance: Finally, Tinubu agrees to address Nigerians
All the 655 autonomous communities in Imo State have been mandated to key into the One Kindred, One Business (OKOBI) programme of the state government as a model for employment generation in the locality and food security for the people.
Read more: Uzodimma makes OKOBI programme compulsory for all communities in Imo State
Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation during the week told Nigerians to hold their State Governors accountable saying that all of the Governors have received well over 570 Billion Naira to ensure food security for Nigerians since President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.