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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) warns the Federal Government over alleged plans to impose a state of emergency in Anambra state ahead of the November 6 governorship election.
In a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the move to foist an emergency rule in Anambra state was a ploy by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to suppress the people, manipulate the process and rig the governorship election for the APC and its candidate.
The PDP charged the APC administration at the center to come clean on its role in the sudden rise in insecurity in Anambra state ahead of the election.
“This demand is predicated on apprehensions in the public space that the spate of insecurity in Anambra is contrived to heighten tension in the state so as to derail the democratic process to the advantage of the APC.

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“The PDP insists that the Federal Government has the capacity to ensure peace in Anambra before, during, and even after the election if it so desired. We, therefore, invite President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC Federal Government to be guided accordingly.
“Our party also charges the people of Anambra state to remain calm and alert, as well as to take steps within the confines of the law to resist plots by the APC to derail the electoral process in its excessive ambition to seize Anambra through the back door,” the statement continued.

The federal government has revealed that the projected 2022 Appropriation Bill’s N6.258 trillion budget deficit will be funded by local and international loans.

Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, disclosed this on Wednesday in a chat with journalists at the end of the weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. FEC also approved the proposed N16.39 trillion budget for 2022.

Despite protests from many quarters, Mrs. Ahmed explained that the country’s goal of completing many of the administration’s legacy projects would be impossible to achieve without borrowing, stressing that the produced revenues are barely enough to fund recurring costs.

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Despite worries voiced about the administration’s frequent borrowings, the minister assuaged fears that the situation was already spiraling out of control, adding that Nigeria’s borrowings are still within healthy and sustainable boundaries.

“If we only rely on the income that we receive, even though our revenues have increased, government operational expenditures, such as wages and other overheads, are hardly covered or swallowed up by the revenue,” she said.

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“As a result, we’ll need to borrow in order to create these projects that will allow us to develop in a sustainable manner.

“Nigeria’s borrowing has caused a lot of alarm and debate, but when you look at the whole magnitude of the debt, it’s still within healthy and sustainable bounds.” Total borrowing is 23 percent of GDP as of July 2021.”

Following the massacre of ten persons in Yasore Community in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State by suspected bandits, residents are fleeing to Batsari town and other safer settlements.

It was learned that a group of around 30 bandits riding motorbikes invaded the community and other nearby communities from their hideouts in the infamous Barnin Gwari forest in Kaduna State.

The marauding bandits who attacked the community on Tuesday around 6:30 p.m. inflicted injuries on 11 other citizens and destroyed many homes and businesses in the area.

On Wednesday, a resident of the region, Abubakar Jamilu, said that when the bandits arrived in the town, they began firing sporadically, killing ten individuals who were observing Magrib prayers on the location.

While the military and police onslaught against armed bandits may have been successful in other villages and communities, he claims that the impact on farming communities in the Batsari axis has been minimal.

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“About 30 criminals riding motorcycles attacked Yasore community yesterday (Tuesday), killing ten people and injuring 11 others, including children,” he claimed.

“All of the victims were buried this morning (Wednesday), and those who were injured are being treated at Batsari General Hospital.”

He went on to say that many members of the town who had survived the horrific assault had sought refuge in Batsari, the Batsari Local Government’s headquarters.

The 10 victims were killed by the outlawed Yan’sakai, according to State Police Public Relations Officer Gambo Isah, who verified the incident to journalists (Volunteers).

“The bandits were out for vengeance.” A total of ten persons were murdered, with another eleven injured. Yan’sakai members have been killing Fulani people in the community recently, and the bandits went there on a revenge mission.”

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“Any member of Yan’sakai caught from now on will be punished as bandits,” said Isah, a police superintendent. Yan’sakai was still an outlaw in the state.”

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly’s two houses, formally requesting permission to deliver the Appropriation Bill for 2022 on Thursday.

The budget presentation will take place by 12 p.m., according to Senate President Dr. Ahmad Lawan, who read the letter at the start of Wednesday’s session.

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In the letter, President Buhari requested that the National Assembly leadership provide him a 12-hour slot on Thursday, October 7th to formally present the 2022 appropriation bill before the joint session of the National Assembly.

Details will be provided later…

President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of a four-man board for the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURC) has been confirmed by the Senate.

Isa Ibrahim Modibbo, Chairman; Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive; Hassan Gambo, Executive Commissioner, Finance and Accounts; and Ms Rose Ndong, Executive Commissioner, Exploration and Acreage Management, are among the confirmed nominees.

Following examination of a report by the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources, the nominees were confirmed in plenary on Wednesday.

Senator Albert Bassey Akpan, Chairman of the Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), said the nominees demonstrated sufficient knowledge of the petroleum industry, particularly the upstream petroleum sector, as well as the economics of petroleum exploration and production, when presenting the report.

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He further stated that the nominees’ nominations complied with Sections 11 and 18 (1-5) of the Petroleum Industry Act of 2021.

“There are no adverse complaints against the nominees,” he says, “because record checks and other sorts of security agency investigations revealed no bad trace against them.”

The committee was satisfied with the applicants’ qualifications, experience, fitness, competence, and integrity to serve as NURC chairman, chief executive, and executive commissioners, according to Akpan.

The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, stated that the NURC’s founding will create a platform for the stabilization of Nigeria’s petroleum industry.

“As established in the Petroleum Industry Act, the Regulatory Commission has the great and huge responsibility of setting and establishing the commission,” he said.

“They have the unpleasant task of ensuring that they devote themselves and work hard to lay a solid and sturdy foundation for that subject, and that they do not waste time because time is of the importance.

“The petroleum business is undergoing change, and the process has already begun.

“This commission is one of the major pillars of the reforms that will bring Nigeria’s petroleum industry back into balance.

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“We expect nothing less than devotion and patriotism from them while the Senate confirms them.” As they take their seats in the Senate, the Senate bids them well and wishes them a long and prosperous stay.

“We anticipate that the additional regulatory authorities for downstream and midstream will be confirmed as quickly as possible, allowing them to get to work right away.”