September 2017 ~ JERABVOICE

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

BREAKING: Again, Supreme Court sacks House of Reps member Hembe

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The Supreme Court has reaffirmed its stance on the sack of Herman Hembe, the ousted House of Representatives member who represented Vandeikiya/Konshisha federal constituency of Benue State.

Mr. Hembe had approached the Supreme Court again to refer the case to a lower court for retrial after the apex court ordered him to vacate his former seat and return all monies he earned in the House of Representatives since 2015.

The Supreme Court also awarded the sum of one million naira against Mr. Hembe in favour of Dorathy Mato, the defendant.

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Neymar Wants Edison Cavani Gone And Has Told PSG To Sell Him

Neymar has reportedly demanded that PSG sell team-mate and forward partner Edinson Cavani.

According to Spanish publication Sport, Neymar has made his feelings abundantly clear to those in charge of the club.

He views the on-pitch relationship with the Uruguayan as ‘impossible’ following their penalty dispute and dressing-room bust-up in the aftermath of the 2-0 victory against Lyon on Sunday.

Neymar’s compatriot Dani Alves was also involved, while reports elsewhere claimed another Brazilian, captain Thiago Silva, was forced to separate the feuding pair in the dressing room after the game which saw Unai Emery’s men maintain a three-point lead at the head of Ligue 1.

Despite their success on the pitch, Catalan-based outlet Sport claims that Neymar is furious with the Uruguayan and believes he has attempted to undermine the superstar status he was guaranteed by Al-Khelaifi upon completing his world record move from Barcelona.

Sport also claims the 25-year-old has the support of the Brazilian enclave at PSG, which also includes the likes of Marquinhos and Lucas Moura, and has also garnered the backing of fellow new signing Kylian Mbappe.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday addressed world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA.

Buhari, in his address harped on the need to fight corruption both locally and internationally.

The President highlighted efforts being made in providing relief, humanitarian assistance to millions afflicted by terrorism, drought, floods in Nigeria.

Part of his speech which was posted on the President’s official twitter handle reads: “Frontiers of good governance, democracy, rule of law are expanding everywhere, especially in Africa.

“Individual national efforts are helping strengthen State institutions, promote accountability, and combat corruption.

“We shall also cooperate in addressing growing transnational crimes: forced labour,slavery, human trafficking, cybercrime

“We must collectively devise strategies to stop fleeing ISIS fighters from mutating and infiltrating into Sahel and Lake Chad Basin

“UN has responsibility to cooperate strongly with regional organisations such as African Union,in conflict prevention and management.”

Biafra: Nigerian Army didn’t declare IPOB terrorist organization‎ – Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, on Monday evening denied that the Defence Headquarters declared the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) a terrorist organization.

Speaking during the official launch of Operation Python Dance II in Abakaliki, Buratai insisted that what the Defence Headquarters did was a pronouncement on IPOB.

The Army Chief added that the statement of the military gave room for the right steps to be taken on the matter.

According to Buratai, the action of the Federal government concerning IPOB was right and that the military did not over step its bound towards the protection of lives and properties in the country.

“You have to get it very clear. First of all, what the Defence Headquarters did was to make pronouncement. It wasn’t a declaration per se. But this has given room for the right step to be taken. I think the government is doing the right thing.

“It is not that we are overstepping our bounds. We are still within the limits. And I ensure you that what the military said was to set the ball rolling and to bring the awareness to the public that this is what this organization is all about. I’m happy that the government has done the right thing right now,” he said.

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has dared the All Progressives Congress (APC), to label Senate President Bukola Saraki, as a sponsor of the Indigenous People of Biafra.

On Monday, Saraki came out to condemn the categorization of IPOB as a terrorist group.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose also claimed APC took side with Fulani herdsmen when they killed people in Oke-Ako, Ekiti State.

He said: “Now that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki has come out to openly say that categorization of IPOB as a ‘terrorist organisation’ by the military is unconstitutional, is the APC also going to accuse him of sponsoring IPOB?”

Governor Fayose added: “It is on record that on June 10, 2013, it was widely reported in the media that the current Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who was the National Publicity Secretary of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said that the proscription of Boko Haram was against the constitution, that it stifled the press and tampered with the fundamental human rights of Nigerians.

“It is also on record that in June 2013, President Buhari told the Federal Government to stop the clampdown of Boko Haram insurgents, accusing the government of killing and destroying houses belonging to Boko Haram members while the Niger Delta militants were given special treatment.

“Should we now say that Lai Mohammed and President Buhari sponsored Boko Haram because they spoke against the federal government’s clampdown on the insurgents then?”

He added: “Herdsmen have sacked a whole community in this country, they killed over 1,000 Agatus in Benue State and have destroyed people’s farmlands across the country, has any of the herdsmen been arrested? Has any conceited effort been made by the federal government to curb the menace of the Fulani herdsmen?

“If because I spoke against the wanton killings carried out by the military in the Southeast, the APC is saying that I’m funding IPOB, was I the one funding the people of Southern Kaduna when I condemned the killings there?

“Was I funding the Agatus in Benue State when I condemned their killings by Fulani herdsmen? Was I funding the Shiite Muslims when I condemned the killings of El-Zakzaky followers in Zaria and his continued detention?

“Mine is a mission for a Nigeria where no one will be treated like a second class citizen and we can only achieve that if we have leaders that will not be a champion of nepotism like President Buhari.”

Biafra agitator and leader of the Independent People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has said ‘I pity the APC Party and Nigerian Government led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari for choosing the uncivilized path of brute force and intimidation as opposed to referendum.” In a statement released by IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, the group continues to…

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The Chief Whip, House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, has condemned Senate President Bukola Saraki over his statement on IPOB's activities.
Ado-Doguwa said Saraki’s declaration over the Army's pronouncement of the IPOB as a terrorist group, was “a mere political statement” that portrayed the nation’s Number Three citizen as “a controversial leader.”

The lawmaker further said the Senate President obviously expressed his personal opinion, which sees him crying more than the bereaved.

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“I am sure the Senate President was only expressing his personal opinion, which I further believe was not a good one in the given circumstances. The Nigerian Armed forces in my opinion are doing their best professionally and in the best interest of a united Nigeria. Even the south-eastern state governors have declared the activities of Kanu’s IPOB as illegal and therefore proscribed. He (Senate President) can’t cry more than the bereaved.

“For me, the recent comment made by the Senate President on this matter was a mere political statement that would only portray him as a controversial leader. Considering the attacks meted out to innocent Nigerians by the IPOB group in the South-East and indeed the nationalistic conduct of the northern governors and the prompt action they took to stop possible reprisals in the North, the Senate President’s statement was to say the least unnecessary,” he said.

On Monday, September 18, 2017, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said the pronouncement by the Nigerian military that the Indigenous People of Biafra is a terrorist organisation is unconstitutional.

He also said the ban placed on the group’s activities by the South-East governors did not follow due process.

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared that he will not embark on an exile following threats of his rearrest by the federal government. Kanu also said that the IPOB is the most vibrant and intelligent mass movement in the world today.
He said the IPOB or himself cannot be intimidated into hiding by the federal government. In a statement released by the media and publicity secretary Emma Powerful, the IPOB said:
“Our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has made it abundantly clear to all and sundry that he is NOT going on exile as a result of these childish threats from Hausa Fulani dominated Nigeria Government.”
“IPOB family members worldwide under the command and leadership of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu remain nonviolent, irrespective of the well documented brutal killings of unarmed peaceful demonstrators, abductions, torture, illegal detentions and summary executions of detainees by the Hausa Fulani Islamic run Nigeria Police and Army.”
”IPOB remains impregnable and no man born of a woman can stop the agitation for Biafra restoration. Until the Hausa Fulani Islamic Nigeria Government fix a date for referendum to settle the issue of Biafra in a civilized and democratic manner, this raging agitation led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will continue.
”With the situation on ground today concerning Biafra freedom, we pity the APC Party and Nigerian Government led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari for choosing the uncivilized path of brute force and intimidation as opposed to referendum.
”We urge every Biafran, no matter where you are, to remain resolute and strong because Biafra is tantalizingly closer than we expect. It is crystal clear that IPOB led by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is ordained by (Chukwu Okike Abiama) God Almighty which no man can stop. We are winning this battle,” Powerful added.
He further added that contrary to claims that Kanu has gone into hiding for fear of being rearrested, Kanu fears no human on earth and await the federal government to carry out its plan.
“Major General Muhammadu Buhari and his APC band of thugs should be the ones hiding from IPOB not us from them. It is unfortunate that some people in Arewa North do not know who Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is hence they keep coming up with laughable fabrications designed to demystify our leader, to no avail.
”Mazi Nnamdi Kanu they privately acknowledge, knows no fear and is undeterred by side rantings of the vocal parasitic few, who cannot imagine their existence without crude oil money coming from Biafraland.
”This wicked lie and malicious fabrication is the work of the enemies of Biafra, who enjoy their perfect slave status and will remain servants to Arewa North all their lives,” Powerful said.
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Ex-Minister for Education and Youth Development, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has said that IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu showed a disposition for amicable resolution before the Army attack on him.
In a statement by the elder statesman on Monday, September 18, 2017, Kanu showed readiness for amicable resolution of issues concerning the Indigenous People of Biafra's agitation for Biafra during his meeting with South-East governors in Enugu on August 30, 2017.

Nwabueze said, “On 30th August, 2017, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Evangelist Elliot Ugochukwu-Uko and I met with the South-East Governors Forum.

“The meeting was chaired by the current Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, who, in his conduct of the meeting, exhibited his characteristic sagacity, candour and forthrightness, tempered with friendliness.

“Perhaps charmed by the things said by the chairman and the way he conducted the meeting, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on his part, showed an accommodating disposition for an amicable resolution of the crisis and more specifically a disposition to reconsider the threat to stop or disrupt the 2019 elections and the Anambra State governorship election on November 18, 2017, but emphasized that the decision did not lie with him alone and that the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra must be carried along.

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“Accordingly, it agreed to meet with the leadership of IPOB in order to try to secure their agreement and support. Regrettably, while the follow-up meeting was being arranged, the attack on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s home in Umuahia by soldiers of the Nigerian Army on September 10, 2017, occurred as reported in the news media, which, expectedly, triggered clashes between the IPOB supporters and the Army in Aba, Umuahia and other places, resulting in the death of, or injury to, several people.”

Reacting to this sad development, the IPOB leadership indicated its intention not to attend the planned meeting.

“Despite all this, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu made it known that, in the spirit of a search for amicable resolution of the crisis, he would still attend the planned meeting, now fixed for Friday, September 15, 2017.

“However, a day or so before that date, another attack on his Umuahia residence by soldiers, armed with guns and armoured vehicles, was reported in the media, which caused Nnamdi Kanu to renounce his intention to attend the planned meeting.

“It seems unreasonable and unfeeling to expect him to attend the meeting when the casualties included two of his cousins.”

Speaking further, Nwabueze said he boycotted the meeting with the governors on Thursday, September 15, 2017 because the IPOB leadership expected for the meeting were absent, especially Nnamdi Kanu.

Nwabueze urged the governors to reconvene the meeting with Kanu at a future date when the tension caused by these developments had quietened down.

Nigerian Army to conduct more exercises – Buratai
September 18, 2017Agency Report

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai [Photo credit: Naij.com]
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The Nigerian Army has confirmed that it plans to conduct more exercises to tackle emerging security challenges in the country.
The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, made the confirmation on Monday at the commencement of the second and third Quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja.
PREMIUM TIMES had on Monday reported that the army plans to launch operation “Crocodile Smile 2” in the South-south and South-west regions of the country.
The report was against the backdrop of a controversy over an exercise by the army in the South-east that raised tension across the region and ignited clashes between separatist agitators and soldiers.
But the Army Chief, a lieutenant-general, said on Monday that the army will carry out exercises only to sharpen personnel skills and prepare them to tackle security challenges.
Mr. Buratai explained that exercises were aimed at focusing personnel in real time operational scenarios as against simulated training situations.
Currently, exercise “Egwu Eke” – Python Dance II is underway in the five South East states – Enugu, Imo, Anambra, Abia, Ebonyi, and Cross River in the South South.
Mr. Buratai said: “I have given the necessary directives for officers to embark on mission specific training at home and overseas.
“This is in addition to effort in strengthening and exploring own local institutions.
“Commanders at all levels are to ensure that orientation cadres are conducted for young officers and soldiers posted to units in order to enshrine aspects of unit regimentation early in them.”
He charged formation commanders in theatre of operations to imbibe the spirit of in-theatre training, based on terrain and the changing “tactics of adversary.”
Mr. Buratai said that evolutionary and global security threats were being influenced by political, economic, social and technological factors.
“Therefore, the need for regular improvement on the existing capacity of the Nigerian Army to be able to deal with present and future security threats is imperative.
“To achieve this, it is paramount to carry out accurate threats assessment in the formulation of the nation’s security policies which would enhance the ability of the Nigerian Army to deal with these emerging internal security threats,” he said.
In an interview with journalist later, the army chief said exercises and training in the army were going on continuously, but only gets to public knowledge when carried out on large scale.
“Since 2015, we have been holding series of exercises,” he said, adding that the exercises were to reassure Nigerians that the army and other security agencies were concerned about their safety and security.

BREAKING: ASUU suspends strike, directs lecturers to resume tomorrow

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Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, has officially suspended its one month, six days strike.
ASUU said it was suspending the strike till end of October for government to fulfill its pledges.
The union directed university lecturers to resume duty from tomorrow, Tuesday.
The suspension of the strike was announced on Monday evening after a meeting with the government delegation.
At the meeting, a memorandum of understanding was signed with the federal government delegation led by the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige.
Mr. Ngige had earlier said both parties produced “collective agreement of action” after the meeting.
ASUU embarked on an indefinite strike on August 13, following government’s failure to implement the agreement reached with the union in November 2016.
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Biafra: Tension in Enugu as suspected IPOB members set mosque ablaze [PHOTOS]

Suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have set a mosque ablaze in Enugu State.

DAILY POST reports that the incident, which occurred at Ogrute, the capital of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, has thrown the residents into panic.

One of the Muslim faithful, who contacted our correspondent from the area said the attack was carried out early Saturday morning.

“I was sleeping in my house when I started hearing some explosive sounds. I reside very close to the mosque.

“As I rushed out, I saw thick smoke billowing from the mosque. The fire was too much; it was burning from every corner of the mosque,” he said.

Asked whether the inferno could have been from power surge, he retorted: “nothing like power surge in this matter. The entire local government has no light for several months now.

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“There has been a problem between the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC and Ikem community in Isi-Uzo, and this has disrupted power supply for several months. Prior to that, we don’t even light here; we were cut off as we couldn’t pay high electricity bill.

“We have the belief that it was carried out by IPOB supporters because they have done similar thing in other parts of the South-East since their confrontation with the Nigerian Military began last Monday.”

Meanwhile, the Chief Imam of the Mosque, who confirmed the incident to DAILY POST, lamented that, “we lost all our items to this unprovoked attack.

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“From our observation, they brought everything together, including our garments, Holy book, generators, and made sure they all burnt to ashes together with the mosque.

“This is so strange and provocative as we were not having problem with anybody prior to this incident. I’m from this community, just like so many of my members.

“We have been living together with our people peacefully. So, this attack is something we cannot explain.”

While lamenting that their lives were now at stake, they called on the Enugu State Government and the security agencies to intervene.

Also confirming the incident, the Police Police Relations Officer of the Enugu State Police Command, SP Ebere Amaraizu told DAILY POST that “it is true that there was an incident. It occurred around 2am.

“But for now, we are working to reveal identities of those behind the attack. We cannot categorically say that it’s Mr A or B.

“We are one, regardless of religious background and people must stop taking laws into their hands.

“The situation is under control, our men are on ground to maintain law and order.”

DAILY POST equally learnt that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has visited the area.

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Ugwuanyi donated the sum of N1million for rebuilding of the mosque.

Meanwhile, Umuahia Youth Movement, on Sunday gave Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, 24 hours to dethrone His Royal Majesty, Israel Okwu Kanu, the paramount ruler of Isiama Afaraukwu in Umuahia, and father of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State has endorsed the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Nasir El-Rufai in 2019.
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The chapter made the announcement at a stakeholders’ meeting with party leaders from the 255 electoral wards of the state.

In attendance were El-Rufai, two senators from the state, members of the House of Representatives, State House of Assembly, and political appointees at both federal and state levels.

Senator Shehu Sani, a vocal critic of El-Rufai, was absent.

Acting state chairman, Shuaibu Idris, said party supremacy is a non-negotiable principle for members.

Idris warned that the party would sanction “members working against our progress and unity”.

He said the leadership of the party would continue to embrace members who accept its discipline and uphold the APC manifesto.

In his remark, El-Rufai thanked party leaders and members for the endorsement.

He assured them that his administration remains committed to improving lives of the people.

Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi charged members to work hard for unity of the party.

The Presidency has reacted to comment by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the agitation by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

Obasanjo recently urged Buhari to meet and negotiate with the IPOB leader over his struggle for secession.

Reacting, Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina described Obasanjo’s remark as a personal opinion.

Speaking on Saturday with newsmen, Adesina maintained that Obasanjo’s comment was not a law or a rule.

“It is an opinion that he has proffered and when you proffer an opinion, it is not a law or a rule”, he said.

“It is now left for the person who was given the advice to consider it.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday afternoon left Abuja on his way to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The president left the country after a meeting with governors of Kano, Borno and Sokoto states, at the State House, Abuja.

Buhari, according to his Special Adviser on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina will make a stop by in London on his way from the UN event.

It was not clear however why the president is transiting through London on his way back to Nigeria, as Mr Adesina offered no explanations.

Recall however that President Buhari had on two previous occasions went to London for medical treatments.

On the first trip, he stayed for about 49 days, and spent 103 days on the second trip, which generated a lot of controversies, leading to protests in Nigeria and London with some Nigerians asking for his resignation.

The president’s media aide in announcing his departure made no mention of when Buhari is expected back in the country.

Viral Photo IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Kissing His Wife On The Streets Of London Surfaces Online.. See Here

Viral photo of IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Kissing his wife on the streets of London has emerged online.

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ASUU strike can’t be called off now – ASUU President

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU ) said on Friday said he could not determine when it would call off its strike until when the members of the union met to decide the next course of action. The Federal Government and ASUU had, after a 14-hour meeting, which ended on …

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A professor with the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, Adegboyega Fawole, has warned couples against engaging in oral sex.

Fawole warned that Human Papiloma Virus, HPV, was discovered in the throat of people engaging in the act.

Addressing journalists in Ilorin, on Tuesday, Fawole, who is of the Department of Gynecology, explained that HPV was mostly transmitted sexually.

Fawole disclosed that the virus was responsible for most cases of cervical cancer and could cause genital warts and anal cancer.

He warned that those engaging in oral sex stand the chance of contacting oral HPV infection than those who do not engage in the act.

He said, “Oral sex has been linked with an increased risk of acquiring HPV infection in the mouth and with an increased risk of developing oral cancers that are caused by HPV.

“However, sex in general has also been linked with these risks.”

Police in Jigawa have intercepted a vehicle fully loaded with 10 cartons containing 5,000 packets of tramadol capsules, along the Maigatari border town of Niger republic.

The drug, which is listed among the prohibited substances, was confiscated when the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) allegedly alerted the police that a Toyota Corolla car with registration number NSR 133 FL on top speed refused to stop and be checked at the border check point.

The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdu Jinjiri, told newsmen that the driver, who was the only occupant, abandoned the vehicle and fled but was given a hot chase by the police, who eventually nabbed him.

Jinjiri said that the police “have already traced the owner of the illegal substance to one Isa Habibu, 29, from Gabasawa Local Government Area of Kano state.”

He said the substance, which is estimated at over N3 million, has been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Dutse alongside the alleged culprit for prosecution.

He said the drug was intended to be sold in the open markets by special vendors that also purchase the commodity for onward distribution to other patrons.

ASUU strike: Varsities to get N220bn within one month

University lecturers are close to calling off their one month old strike after reaching a fresh agreement with the Federal Government on their demands.

Top of the agreement reached at a 15-hour meeting that ended early yesterday in Abuja,is the immediate release,by government, of N220 billion to the universities to fund the revitalization of federal universities in the country.

The sum is expected to be paid not later than next month.

The money is to enable the institutions buy working tools needed for effective discharge of their responsibilities.

Representatives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are scheduled to present details of the agreement to the National Executive Council of the union within the next one week for ratification, and possible calling off of the strike.

Besides, government at the conciliatory meeting, coordinated by Labour and Employment Minister,Chris Ngige, agreed to commence the immediate payment of the salary shortfall to the lecturers.

Ngige told reporters at the end of the meeting that government had also commenced the payment of the earned allowances of members of the union.

He said the meeting also discussed how to set up the National Universities Pension Management Company as well as the issue of university staff schools and the Treasury Single Account.

His words: “We also discussed the issue of university staff schools and treasury single account with a view to finding how the system could accommodate funds for research grants that need to be independent from the government. We also discussed the issue of how the Federal Government could be involved in the running of state universities.”

He said the meeting agreed to set up a seven-man committee on the implementation of the proposals.

The union and the federal ministry of education will each be represented by three persons on the committee, while government will be represented by one person who will serve as chairman .

Continuing, Ngige said: ”There’s the fund for revitalization of public universities and the issue of Earned Academic Allowances; the issue of University Staff Schools on which there is a court judgment; the issue of National Universities Pension Management Company; and the issue of salary shortfalls for lecturers and staff of universities. There is the issue of TSA exemption and the problems in the state universities. All are the issues that ASUU felt that government should address.

“Most of these issues stemmed from the 2009 agreement that government had with ASUU and also from the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding that the government had with ASUU. Government is a continuum. Most of those issues were not issues that cropped up from the Buhari administration, we inherited them.

“But be that as it may, we are to ready to address those issues.

“But ASUU has to take back this our proposal to their organs, so we decided that there’s an agreement for government to make some funds available in September and October to show that they are not repudiating their agreement and to also show sign of good faith.

“On the issue of Earned Academic Allowances, we have listened and payment has started in that direction and the same with staff schools. Government is though not appealing, we have agreed that the decision should be conveyed to the various universities.

“The Issue of NUPENCO was addressed and ways have been fashioned out for the registration of that company. Salary shortfalls for lecturers and university staff were also addressed and government has shown their commitment and evidence that payments have started in order to liquidate the outstanding allowances.

“The issue of TSA exemption was also discussed and an agreement or proposal was muted by which the Central Bank would open a special account.

”State universities which have been the concern for ASUU and everybody who has been looking for quality education in the country was also discussed and the Minister of Education was mandated to

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the immediate resignation of the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jumai Alhassan over what it tagged her ‎‘derogatory remarks’ against President Muhammadu Buhari.

Alhassan, famously known as Mama Taraba, has been under fire following her recent comment that she would support former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar even if President Buhari opted to contest in 2019.

She had said, “And again, Baba Buhari did not tell us that he is going to run in 2019.

“Let me tell you today that if Baba said he is going to contest in 2019, I swear to Allah, I will go before him and kneel and tell him that ‘Baba I am grateful for the opportunity you gave me to serve your government as a minister but Baba just like you know I will support only Atiku because he is my godfather. If Atiku said he is going to contest.”

Reacting to her assertion, while fielding questions from newsmen at the APC national secretariat Abuja on Friday, a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) and National Vice Chairman, Northwest zone, Inuwa Abdukadir, said Alhassan’s comment was crude.

“She must resign over her derogatory comment against the person and office of President Buhari. It is very obvious that she is beginning to bite the finger that is feeding her,” he said.

Reacting to Atiku’s claim that he was abandoned after he brought the APC to power, Abdukadir described the former vice president as a liar and blackmailer, labeling his attack on President Muhammadu Buhari and the party as ‘misleading.’

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday disclosed that his then administration built 165 model schools in the North despite getting the least vote from the region.

Jonathan made the disclosure while addressing an audience at the Peace Summit organized by the Junior Chamber International, JCI, in Malaysia.

The former president said his administration built 165 Almajiri integrated model schools despite the votes he got from the region.

According to Jonathan, he was inspired to construct the model schools in other to tackle the high rate of illiteracy in the region.

He said, “In Nigeria, there were 10.5 million (about 15% of the population) out of school children who were of school age, going by UNICEF figures, as at the time I became president.

“Over 80% of these children for which majority are known as Almajiri came from the northern part of Nigeria, where I recorded the least votes in the elections I contested.

“Knowing the value of education, I could see that the ugly situation was limiting the opportunities of these children and negatively affecting the development of my country.

“That was why my administration decided to build 165 Almajiri Integrated Model Schools which combined both western and Islamic education in its curricula.”

Jonathan had earlier revealed what influenced his decision to concede the 2015 Presidential election to his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari.

The all progressive congress, APC has warned party chieftain, Atiku Abubakar to watch what he says about the party – The party denied that Atiku has been sidelined since President Muhammadu Buhari came into power. The party zonal chairman said Atiku’s claim that he helped the party win 2015 presidential election was untrue The All…

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The Nigerian government has accused Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development for Minister, Aisha Alhassan (Mama Taraba) of spending N12m on ‘familiarisation visits’ to unnamed skill acquisition centres in 2015.

This is contained in a report from the Auditor-General’s office.

The report came days after Mama Taraba declared support for the presidential ambition of former vice president Atiku Abubakar.

According to Premium Times, part of the funds was spent on November 11, 2015, the day the minister was officially sworn-in.

The report which contains observations made on the underlying accounting records of ministries, departments and other agencies of government, is the latest from the Auditor-General’s office.

It said, “an audit investigation established that the purported acclaimed appraisal visits to skill acquisition centres were never undertaken.”

The audit committee observed that: ‘‘all the attached receipts for fuelling did not indicate quantity in litres, the rate per litre, dates of purchase and vehicle number of the fuelled vehicles.

“The International hotel receipt of 23/11/15 which was issued for the hiring of a mini-bus from a hotel to unnamed project sites rendered the receipts doubtful.

”Hiring of cars to Project Sites at ridiculous rates of between N75,000.00 and N77,000.00 for two days as appeared on receipts numbers 910 of 22/11/15, 107 of 24/11/15, 0416 of 27/11/15, 531 of 25/11/15, is contrary to exercise of the due economy in line with the provision of Financial Regulation 415.”

Reports of the investigation by the audit committee revealed that part of the expenses for the verification visits was made on the day Mrs. Alhassan was sworn in.

”Receipt number 5206 of 11/11/2015, the date the Minister was sworn in by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and receipt number 11622 of 8th of November, 2015 with amount N100,000.00 respectively are not clear. The two receipts were for servicing of a vehicle two times within 3 days,’’ the report noted.

Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said that as a member of the ‘Buharist group’, he has no ambition to contest for the presidency in 2019.

El-Rufai stated this while speaking with State House reporters, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday.

He also revealed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors and Ministers have decided to back Buhari to re-contest.

“My name has continuously been mentioned as a Presidential aspirant s‎ince 2007 after my years in the FCT, there is nothing new about that.

“What I want to say here very, very clearly is that I have never been a Presidential aspirant, I have never even been a gubernatorial aspirant.

“I am governor today by the grace of God because President Buhari called me and said go and run for Governor of Kaduna state.

“As far as 2019 is concerned, my position is the President (Muhammadu Buhari) is looking very well, he is recuperating very fast. My hope and prayer is he will contest in 2019,” he said.

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has said that governors and ministers under the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019 presidential election.

El-Rufa’i, who made this known to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, said the governors and the ministers made the call as members of the “Buharist Group”.

The “Buharist Group” is an association of APC governors and ministers, whose primary aim is to promote and defend the perceived socio-political interests of President Buhari.

The governor dismissed the assertion that he was being groomed to replace President Buhari in 2019.

According to him, as a member of the “Buharist group’’ he has no presidential ambition as being speculated since he left the public service as minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in 2007.

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“My name has continuously been mentioned as a Presidential aspirant s‎ince 2007 after my years in the FCT, there is nothing new about that.

“What I want to say here very, very clearly is that I have never been a Presidential aspirant, I have never even been a gubernatorial aspirant.

“I am governor today by the grace of God because President Buhari called me and said go and run for Governor of Kaduna state.

“As far as 2019 is concerned, my position is the President (Muhammadu Buhari) is looking very well, he is recuperating very fast. My hope and prayer is he will contest in 2019,’’ he said.

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On the recent political comments attributed to the Minister of Womem Affairs and Social Development, Aishat Alhassan, El-Rufa’i said Nigerians should not be surprised or shocked over her utterances, saying that in the APC she was never in the Buhari camp.

Aishat Alhassan had on Wednesday disclosed in a BBC Hausa Service interview that she would rather resign as minister than abandon the former vice president “if he decides to run for presidential elections in 2019’’.

However, El-Rufa’i said that Alhassan neither supported Buhari’s candidature during the APC National Convention nor voted for (Buhari) him during the party primaries.

“This has always been her position because from time she has never supported Buharism or what Buhari stands for.

“Being part of Buhari government is a different thing because government sets policies and if you are a minister you execute the policies. You can execute those policies while pursuing a different brand of politics,’’ he said.

The governor, who said he was in the Presidential Villa to wish the President “very happy Sallah’’ and also join him in performing the Juma’at prayer, said it was the President’s prerogative to either retain or remove the minister from the cabinet.

He said: “Look, you can retain a person in the cabinet even if he doesn’t support you if he adds value to the country. Because this is a government, it is not a political group fighting for some political progress.

“If Jummai Alhassan is coming as Minister of Women Affairs and adding value to the government and the people of Nigeria it is the President’s prerogative to retain her in spite of her political views.

“But if she is not adding value in spite of her political views she can be dispensed with…… people shouldn’t get worried about it. I have worked closely with the President, I know him and I know how he thinks. He doesn’t take these things personally…. What is primary to him is Nigeria’s progress… that is what matters ultimately.’’

On the ongoing debate on restructuring the country, El-Rufa’i, who is chairing the APC ‎committee on true federalism, said his committee would start public hearings on the matter from Sept, 18.

He said that the committee had started receiving a lot of comments and memoranda particularly from young people who had never been part of the restructuring conversation.

According to him, the committee will have 13

Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed that he would only support President Muhammadu Buhari for re-election in 2019 after a review of his performance towards the end of his current four-year term.

In an interview with BBC’s Focus on Africa on Friday, Obasanjo also rated Buhari’s administration, which is now more than two years old.

He declared that he was not disappointed in Buhari’s government.

According to him, the current president has performed well in his areas of strength, which includes fighting corruption and the Boko Haram insurgency.

“President Buhari, I have said, has not disappointed me because the areas which we knew he was strong, he has performed fairly well,” Obasanjo said.

However, Obasanjo admitted that not “everyone will be satisfied” with Buhari’s anti-corruption war.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that former vice president and chieftain of the party, Atiku Abubakar lied on his claims of being sidelined by the party.

The National Vice Chairman (North West) of the APC , Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, disclosed this on Friday during a press conference at the party secretariat in Abuja.

Inuwa also said by virtue of Atiku’s position as a former vice president and age, he is expected to act and speak with decorum.

He said, “He ( Atiku) is an elder statesman and so with this status, there are certain things that comes to terms which is nothing but to exhibit a high sense of decorum in conduct, guarding what you say, how and when you say it, because what is expected as a statesman, is nothing but facts.

Atiku had on Wednesday morning in an interview by the Hausa service of the Voice of America (VOA) said: “Honestly speaking, I am still a member of the APC; I was part of all the processes including campaigns until success was achieved, but sadly, soon after the formation of government, I was sidelined. I have no relationship with the government. I have not been contacted even once to comment on anything and in turn, I maintained my distance. They used our money and influence to get to where they are, but three years down the lane, this is where we are”.

But Inuwa said that as national leaders, majority of the people look up to them to provide good leadership with example in the sense that from what they say, “People learn a lot”.

He said: “Of recent, Atiku has made some statements to the effect that, or create an impression of the failure of the party and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. At that level, good party members, especially of his status should not be seen to be making public statements even if those criticisms are factual, whereas in this case, some of these statements were misleading and incorrect.

“As leaders, we shouldn’t be seen as joining issues in the public domain but since he has made a public statement, the public is entitled to get the other side or be told the truth.

“Yes, Atiku like many others made certain contributions in the 2015 elections and in building the party but the bigger picture which he gave is not correct. The North West zone which I represent had eight presidential campaign rallies which Atiku did not attend any.

“Yes, he added value by his personality, but there are so many other members of the party that made financial contributions and added electoral value. North West is the most populous zone in terms of the APC membership and in terms of electoral victory, not only to the president but we have seven state governors and 20 out of the 21 senators in the zone are from the APC.

“I think we are critical and major stakeholders in this party. So one of the reasons we are making this statement is in order to calm our members in these states and not to be distracted. APC is well on ground and efforts are being made to solidify those gains and we shouldn’t be distracted by such unfortunate statements that the party is neglecting a particular person or group of persons. Some involve processes, and you don’t expect everything to happen at the same time.

“More importantly, there should be some decorum in what we do. People who have attained those high privileged positions should know that they have attained certain status in the society which means, they cannot afford to talk anyhow”.

On the issue of consultation with the President, Inuwa said, “Though I am not in the Villa, it is an open secret that whoever visited the president is no longer a secret. Whoever is meeting the president of Nigeria more than 20 people will know and the information will be shared. As a matter of fact, several times, Atiku Abubakar has visited Mr. President and what they discussed, we don’t know but we know that he has visited. I am sure he is not just there to greet him. Could two leaders meet without discussing one thing or the other”, he queried.

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It appears the spat between the legislature and the executive may not end soon as the Senate is asking the President to rein in the chairman of the Presidential Action Committee on Anti-corruption, Professor Itse Sagay.

The Senate is accusing the Professor of Law of spreading falsehood and making hate speeches against the National Assembly.

The Senate spokesman, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, in a statement claims that Prof. Sagay is fond of using every opportunity to make public speeches to disparage the Federal Legislature.

Senator Abdullahi adds that prof. Sagay gave false details about the salary and allowances of the legislators and the various bills passed by the National Assembly.

“We believe that Professor Sagay should stop spreading rumours about the salaries and allowances of legislators when he could simply get the facts from the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMFAC) which is the body constitutionally charged with the responsibility of fixing salaries and allowances of all public officials.”

Meanwhile, Prof. Sagay in an interview with Channels Television stated that he would not join words with the lawmakers who are only reacting to his recent speech at a public lecture in Lagos organized by the Society of International Law.

Former minister of education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, says the solutions recommended by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the Federal Government in resolving the issues raised by the union are unrealistic.

This comes a day before the government held the third reconciliation meeting with the leadership of the union since ASUU commenced a nationwide strike.

ASUU has been on strike since August 14, over unpaid arrears and demands for improved infrastructure in government universities across the country.

A reconciliation meeting with the government on August 17 had failed to resolve the dispute, though fresh undisclosed offers were made to the lecturers.

Another reconciliation meeting held on August 29 also ended in deadlock, as they insisted on seeing the government act on their demands.

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Ezekwesili, who appeared on Wednesday during a special programme on Channels Television, said the solutions proposed by ASUU in addressing its demands were unreasonable, considering Nigeria’s present economic state.

“I think that the issues that ASUU raises concerning improving the university system are very germane to what you need to discuss in an economy and society like ours. I find the solutions, however, rather unrealistic,” she said.

“The reason that I maintained that the solutions proposed by ASUU are unrealistic is because I do not think that we have had the kind of conversations that would enable us to solve structural problems in a structural way.”

– Key Issues To Tackle –

On her experience as an education minister, she said conversations between ASUU and the government had completely broken down by the time she was appointed in 2006.

She, however, said, “One of the first priorities that I gave to myself, even though it was hardly a year before government was going come to an end, was a to work with ASUU in a strong partnership to really get a good grasp in an analytical and empirically driven manner, the issues we needed to tackle.”

“And some of these issues were clearly not just funding issues, the funding is the tail end of the story. The key issues that you needed to deal with; you needed to discuss issues of governance and structure of the university system in the country in terms of partnership, in terms of participation in the tertiary education in the country.”

Ezekwesili further highlighted the role of each stakeholder in the sector including the government, in order to develop Nigeria’s tertiary education system.

She said, “We needed to look at the issues of faculty, key to the performance of any university system is academic distinction and scholarship, as well as academic research.”

“We needed to get a grasp of what kind of quality of faculty did you need in an emerging economic environment, in order to enable the kind of learning outcomes that would make the product of education relevant to the widest society especially the economy.”

The former minister also stressed the need to invest in technology and infrastructure in the universities, noting that it would go long way in improving the tertiary education system.

“You needed to look at the deployment of technology, you needed to look at the physical infrastructure in the university system; you needed to look at issues of resource accountability and performance, and many other issues that are important.

“In looking at all of that, you will be guided by a lot in terms of benchmarking, in terms of analytical comparabilities, and you also need to understand that the conversation with ASUU has always been on the basis of a unionised approach,” she said.

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has frowned at the ongoing strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

TETFund said it has since 2016 increased funding for tertiary institutions in Nigeria by threefold to enable the institutions become world class in standard and to improve their global ranking.

He noted that the ongoing strike was unnecessary and uncalled for.

The executive secretary of the Fund, Dr Abdullahi Baffa, who stated this yesterday during a sensitisation workshop at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) headquarters in Abuja.

Baffa said, “There is no need for the strike because based on the sharing formulae enshrined in section 7(3) of the TETFund Act, the distribution of funds are in the ratio of 2:1:1 as between universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

“Therefore, for the 2016 interventions, universities received N1.009 billion, Polytechnics N 691.63 million and Colleges of Education N679 million as opposed to universities N337 million, polytechnics N250 million and Colleges of Education N227 million in 2015”.

According to Baffa, TETFund recently embarked on an access clinic and project proposal defence by beneficiary institutions, which was aimed at discussing, diagnosing and resolving all the difficulties impeding access to Fund’s interventions.

“It was observed that most of the institutions were not conversant with our guidelines or aware of the existence of some of our intervention lines, thereby leading to poor access to our intervention funds”, he said.

He noted that TETFund has success in its areas of mandate through the provision and improvement of the physical infrastructure in all its 202 benefiting institutions from 2011 to date as its jets litter all the campuses of Nigerian’s public tertiary institutions.

He said, “In 2011, the Fund launched the National Research Fund (NRF) with a seed fund of N3billion to support cutting edge research in areas of critical national need and development. So far, a total of N1.7billion has been accessed by lecturers to finance their research activities.

“TETFund also allocates funds on annual basis to institutions for their Institution-Based Research (IBR) for research projects that are not more than N2 million per project.

“Remarkable progress has been made in the area of academic staff training and development. As at May 207, a total of 17, 482 have been sponsored by TETFund for Masters and Ph.D courses in top ranked universities both in Nigeria and overseas”.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one of its driver, Nasiru Isa for allegedly “burgling” a sealed property belonging to former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh in Abuja.

Spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this, in a statement said Isa was part of a robbery syndicate which specialized in breaking into property sealed off by the Commission.

Uwujaren identified other members of the gang to include: a policeman, Aliyu Ismaila, Abubakar Jibrin, Abdulsalam Ado, Ibrahim Babangida, Reuben Dauda, Hassan Aliyu, Sani Yusuf and Murtala Mohammed.

According to the spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, the suspects were caught in the act of breaking into Badeh’s property.

Uwujaren said, “On August 30, 2016, operatives of the EFCC, as part of monitoring activities on the sealed property, had gone to the site to execute a search.

“However, members of the syndicate took to their heels on sighting the operatives of the anti-graft agency. A carpenter, Yakubu Muhammad, who was hired by the syndicate, was left behind and was subsequently arrested by the operatives.

“The carpenter, who has been cooperating with operatives, confessed that he was not in the know of the illicit activity, as he was only brought in by the syndicate to assist with the use of his carpentry tools to break into the property.

“Investigations revealed that one of those in the know about the goods was the brains behind the scheming to steal them. The syndicate decided they would need to subdue the security man at the property, which would mean they would need to involve security personnel in the syndicate.

“Subsequently, Isa was contacted. To further beef up the security aspect of the crime, he also contacted his friend, Ismaila, who came for the ‘operation’ fully armed. In perpetrating the crime, Dauda had posed to be a senior official of the EFCC, while Jibrin posed as an Intelligence police officer in the inspector-general’s office.

“However, on August 30, 2016, they were caught in the act of breaking into the property, having successfully overpowered the security guard at the entrance of the property.”

Badeh, who is currently facing trial at an Abuja Federal High Court for alleged diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms has had some of his properties in Abuja sealed off by the EFCC in January 2016.

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay, has reacted to a statement against him by the Senate.

He mocked the federal lawmakers, saying Nigerians buy clothes they wear.

Sagay further advised them to learn how to take criticisms in good faith.

Sagay insisted that he would not stop criticizing members of the National Assembly for their expenditure, which he said was adversely affecting the economy.

His words: “I criticize them for the huge amount of money they are taking out of the country.

“They are creating a situation in which Nigeria does not have enough funds; we have kidnapping, there is Boko Haram, we have militants, armed robbery and so on.

“That is basically what I said. I spoke the truth. They have wardrobe allowance, in other words, we are the ones buying clothes for them to wear.

“When they arrived Abuja, were they naked? What is their problem?”

The legal luminary had lamented that National Assembly allocated N125 billion to themselves alone this year and that while the United States President earns $400,000 per annum, a Nigerian senator earns over $1.7 million.

Sagay said besides a basic salary of N2.4 million per month, they earn allowances such as hardship (50 percent of basic salary), newspaper allowance (50 percent), wardrobe allowance (25 percent), entertainment (30 percent), recess (10 percent), and leave (10 percent), among others.

The total allowances, he said, amounts to N29.5 million per month and N3.2 billion per annum.

“Perhaps the most notorious example of the legislators’ resistance to the war against corruption is the rejection of the right of the executive to choose the persons who will spearhead that struggle,” he added.

“The clear impression is created that Nigerian legislators are in office for themselves and not for the populace.”

“Not surprisingly, the National Assembly has not passed a single bill for the promotion of anti-corruption war since it commenced business in July 2015.”

On Thursday, Senate lambasted the Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullah, said“Sagay could not even check the records before proclaiming that ‘the National Assembly has not passed a single bill for the promotion of anti-corruption war since it commenced business in July 2015’.

“This man talks like a man who is constantly under the influence of some substance and perhaps possessed as he employs the language of a tout with no civility. He is probably constantly excited and incensed by the fact of having his first opportunity to find himself in the corridors of power.

“He pontificates and talks as if the war against corruption of the Buhari administration depends solely on him to survive. He once publicly attacked the Attorney General of the Federation and accused him of not doing enough to prosecute the war.

“This is a man who cannot stand for councillorship election and win. We challenge him to state what his contributions are in the election of our amiable President, Muhammadu Buhari, and what new ideas he has contributed to making the fight against corruption more effective since his appointment.

“With an easily excited man like him as head of an advisory body, the nation has continued to lose anti-corruption cases in courts due to the failure of his advice. He needs to do more work and talk less because media prosecution cannot win the war on corruption.”

Senator representing Kaduna Central Shehu Sani has in an interview with Channels TV spoken about President Muhammadu Buhari‘s decision to not declare his intention for the 2019 presidency.

The senator said any decision the president makes will definitely change things.

If he says he will not contest, governance in the country will end, Sani said, as everything will be about 2019.

If he does say he will contest, the ambition of so many people will come to an end, which will also change things in the country.

Sani said the president’s decision to not say anything is a strategic one.

Immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan, has disclosed what influenced his decision to concede the 2015 Presidential election to his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari.

Jonathan said his decision to concede defeat to Buhari was informed by the fact that he was “inspired to lead by his conscience.”

He made this disclosure at the World Peace Summit currently holding in Malaysia.

Delivering a paper titled, “Conscience Based Leadership: The Secret to Global Peace and Security,” Jonathan recalled how he once declared that his “political ambition was not worth the blood of any Nigeria.”

Shortly before the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced the results of the 2015 presidential election in 2015, Jonathan had put a call across to his successor, congratulating him for the victory and conceding defeat in the process.

Jonathan said, “Since you specifically invited me to share my experience as a political leader and President, with the forum, I will, therefore, like to mention some of the things I did in office, to build a peaceful society.

“I can confidently say that in all my public life, I was inspired to lead by conscience. This is in agreement with my personal philosophy which I first proclaimed while running for the office of the Governor of my home state Bayelsa in 2006, and re-echoed when I ran for the office of the President of Nigeria in 2011 and 2015.

“Then, I made it clear that my political ambition is not worth the blood of anybody. Ever since I said that in November of 2006 in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, I have always lived by it. This philosophy informed my 12 decision to concede the 2015 Presidential election, even while the results were still being collated.”

ASUU Strike: Lecturers meet Nigerian govt delegation
The striking university lecturers, ASUU, have agreed to consider the federal government’s offer and suspend their strike.

The agreement comes after 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and a government delegation in Abuja.

The leadership of ASUU, however, said though it accepted the proposal presented by the government, it will take the proposal to its members and get back to the government in a week.

Biodun Ogunyemi, the national president of ASUU, told journalists after the meeting that the union will come back after one week to take its final decisions.

“Now we have some concrete proposal that we will take back to our members for consideration,” he said.

On his part, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said ASUU’s demands have been addressed and the union will get back to the government in a week after consulting with its principals.

The meeting started 1:38pm on Thursday and ended 2:15 a.m. on Friday.

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