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Protests On State Defense Minister, Politically Motivated, Truncating Efforts Against Bandits, APC

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From Muhammad Kabir, Kano

Persistent Protests on the State Defense Minister, Bello Matawale on the issues of Insecurities, more specifically in Zamfara State, clearly shows that is a politically motivated actions aimed at dragging his reputation in the mood because he is not the only Security appointee that is responsible for ensuring Peace in the Country.

This is the position of APC Chieftain, Dr Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, who insisted that, “the protests which are a staged managed ones, are sponsored to particularly target at Matawale reputation and show to the President Tinubu and the Nation that he has failed, whereas he is just a State Minister of Defense who has other Colleagues to report to, like the Defense Minister, the Security Adviser and indeed the President”.

“In any case why are you so particular about Matawale when the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawan is openly failing in his responsibilities of making peace in his State but rather collecting Billions of Naira Grants but only sponsoring fake protests.

Reports has it that some Hundreds of disgruntled women and youths from Zamfara State, on Tuesday, took their protest to the headquarters of the Department of Security Services in Abuja, over heightened insecurity in the state.

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The aggrieved persons blamed the immediate-past governor of the state and now Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, for the heightened activities of bandits, which they claimed was a fallout of his alleged romance with them during his administration.

However, Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, lamented that the same Protesters failed to also shows efforts of their Governor in making Zamfara peaceful who rather engaged in disrupting open serious interventions of the Defense Ministers of Badaru and Matawale who even relocated to Sokoto to ensure that the fight against Bandits achieved results.

He said, “we have seen the State Defense Minister, Bello Matawale coming out to the public swearing with holy Quran that he has nothing to do with Bandits and their activities and additionally killings of kingpins of Bandit’s after his declaration followed to further vindicated him”.

“But, we have not seen, Zamfara Governor or any of his Political godSons doing same or showing their efforts in tackling the problems of Kidnapping and Banditry in their State, what we kept on seen is consistent attacks of Matawale, which to every sensible Person’s knows that there is a missing gap in that”.

Kwankwaso, queried that, “or is it that Dauda Lawan is not happy with the daily elimination of Bandit’s through the renewed efforts of the two Defense Ministers and the Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu? Somebody should explained what else did he wants, because from the checks of available data Security has improved greatly not only in Zamfara but across the Country, courtesy of the President Tinubu appointees”.

He than called on the Governor and his cohorts to joined hands with the State Defense Minister and other Security Personal in tackling the problems headlong rather than truncating serious efforts put by the Government”.

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FG proposes N47.9trn as the 2025 budget

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The federal government has proposed N47.9 trillion as the total expenditure in the 2025 budget.

Atiku Bagudu, the minister of budget and economic planning, told journalists on Thursday, after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu.

Vaguely said the council approved the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) for 2025-2027.

He said the government pegged the crude oil benchmark at $75 per barrel and oil production at 2.06 million barrels per day (bpd)

The budget minister said the exchange rate was pegged at N1,400 per dollar, noting that the government is targeting a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 6.4 percent.

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Government Declares Public Holiday

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Ondo state government has declared Friday a public holiday to enable civil servants and others to travel to various communities to exercise their civic responsibilities.

This was contained in a statement on Wednesday evening signed by O.F. Ayodele, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Head of Service.

The statement reads, “The 2024 Governorship Election in Ondo State has been scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be held on Saturday, 16th November 2024.

To this end, the Ondo State Government has declared Friday, 15th November 2024 as Work-Free Day for Public Servants in the State to enable them to travel to various communities to exercise their civic responsibilities.

“All Accounting Officers are to note the content of this Circular and disseminate same to all staff of their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

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Atiku Has No Chance In PDP, Won’t Get 2027 Presidential Ticket ,Says Wike

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Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), recently cast doubt on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s prospects of securing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination for the 2027 presidential race.

During a live media interview on Wednesday in Abuja, Wike pointed out that Atiku’s policy proposals have been repeatedly presented to the Nigerian people and consistently dismissed by voters.

It can recalls that Atiku, the PDP’s presidential candidate in 2023, recently asserted that his administration would have provided relief from the current hardships faced by Nigerians under President Bola Tinubu.

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Responding to this, Wike questioned the viability of giving Atiku another chance, saying, “Did he (Atiku) not present his blueprint to Nigerians? Did they choose him?”

“He is lobbying for another chance, but that chance will not be there. In which party? How can we rely on one individual for so many years?”.

Drawing an analogy with U.S. politics, Wike compared the decision-making process to American voters’ choices, emphasizing that citizens often prioritize the nation’s welfare when casting their ballots, regardless of individual opinions on candidates.

He suggested that while criticisms are part of the democratic landscape, the Nigerian public had assessed Atiku’s vision in 2023 and opted for a different path.

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