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WE’LL CREATE 20 MILLION JOBS IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS – FG

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May 27, 2019

WE’LL CREATE 20 MILLION JOBS IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS – FG

The Federal Government on Monday unveiled fresh plans to create about 20 million new jobs in four different sectors of the economy.

The strategy was disclosed in Abuja at a stakeholders’ meeting on job creation.

The minister said that with the huge level of unemployment in the country, it had become imperative to come up with a pragmatic approach to creating jobs for the people.He said the ministry had directed the Industrial Training Fund to come up with innovative solutions to create 20 million jobs in four sectors of the economy within the next four years.

The sectors, according to the minister, are agriculture, transportation, services and construction.

Enelamah who was represented at the event by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr Sunday Akpan said the need to focus on these sectors was borne out of the conviction that they held the key to the diversification efforts of the Federal Government.

The minister said with the huge contributions of these sectors to the Gross Domestic Product of the Nigerian economy, it had become imperative to explore their job creation potentials to reduce the level of unemployment in the country.

He said, “In order to sustain and build on the successes recorded in this regard in the first tenure of Mr. President, we are articulating and strategizing with a renewed impetus towards combating the twin evils of unemployment and insecurity.

“It is on this basis that the ministry charged the Industrial Training Fund to come up with revolutionary multi-faceted job and wealth creation strategies that would lead to a lasting solution to this hydra-headed problem.

“From the report, I have received, the ITF has been able to propose pragmatic strategies that within the tenure of the next level, will generate about 20 million jobs from four key sectors of the Nigerian economy.“These key sectors are the Agriculture, Construction, Transport and the Services sectors.”

BUHARI WILL NOT SIGN STUPID BILLS FROM NASS – PRESIDENCY

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May 27, 2019

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BUHARI WILL NOT SIGN STUPID BILLS FROM NASS – PRESIDENCY

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected a high number of bills because he has to analyse such documents closely so that he will not sign stupid bills into law.

Shehu, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said this in Abuja on Monday.

The President’s spokesman had accused the 8^th Assembly of frustrating Buhari especially in the area of delaying the passage of the budget in 2018.When challenged with facts showing that President Buhari had rejected more bills from the National Assembly than any other President in Nigeria’s history, Shehu said the President did it for the right reasons as he could not sign stupid bills into law.

Shehu was asked to react to claims by the Senate that it had passed 306 bills which is the highest number of bills passed by a legislative arm of government in Nigeria’s history while Buhari had the record for the highest number of rejected bills.

In his reaction, however, Shehu said Buhari was known to be meticulous with his work.

The President’s spokesman said, “Let me say that the President is very methodical in dealing with matters such as this. A President could sit in that powerful office and act like he knows it all and I think in this country, we have had such Presidents but President Buhari is different because whenever bills come for signature, he will ask that a long list of stakeholders be drawn up. For example, the minimum wage bill he which signed.

“Prior to that, labour groups had been demanding that he sign immediately but he refused and identified all stakeholders, ministers and even the judiciary were made to sign off on it and when this process is on, it takes a lot of time.

“Sometimes deadlines are issued and re-issued. However, the point is that at the end of it, a thorough job is done so that the President does not sign stupid documents and that is important for this country.”He said the seven-month delay in passing the 2018 budget should be featured in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Shehu said, “The delay which was experienced in 2018 in which the National Assembly held unto the budget for seven months is good enough for the Guinness Book of Records and the President lamented this.”

When asked if ministers who failed to appear before the National Assembly to defend their respective budgets did not contribute to the delay, Shehu said the parliament should have summoned such ministers if it were true.

He said the legislative arm of government had the power to order the arrest of persons without immunity but the fact that they did not enforce such powers showed that they were only looking for excuses.

The President’s aide, however, failed to explain why Buhari had failed to sign the Electoral Amendment bill 2019 into law.

Pastor Joshua Iginla Acquires Private Jet

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May 26, 2019

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Pastor Joshua Iginla Acquires Private Jet

Founder of Abuja-based pentecostal church Champions Royal Assembly, Prophet Joshua Iginla has acquired private jet, according to his church members “to further the cause of the ministry”

Brexit: Michael Gove joins race for UK PM

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May 26, 2019

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Brexit: Michael Gove joins race for UK PM

The prospect of a “no deal” Brexit was fast becoming the central battle of the race to succeed Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday, as environment minister Michael Gove became the latest candidate to declare.

May said on Friday she was quitting over her failure to deliver Brexit, potentially opening the way for a new leader who could seek a more divisive split with the European Union and lead to confrontation with the bloc or a possible parliamentary election.

President Macron suffers defeat as Le Pen edges ahead in EU votes

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May 26, 2019

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President Macron suffers defeat as Le Pen edges ahead in EU votes

Marine Le Pen’s far-right party edged just ahead of the centrist alliance of President Emmanuel Macron in exit polls as French voters led what pollsters expected to be a nationalist surge in an EU parliament election on Sunday.

The defeat for the president was narrow amid a sharply increased turnout that was matched across the continent in what Brussels is portraying as a positive sign, in spite of gains for anti-EU groups.

Lagos: Association warns traders over indiscriminate refuse disposal

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May 26, 2019

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Lagos: Association warns traders over indiscriminate refuse disposal

The Iyanoba Traders Association has urged its members at the Iyanoba Ojo Lagos Market in South west Nigeria to cultivate the habit of disposing refuse properly thereby avoiding sanctions from authorities in the state.

The leader of the association, Mr Basil Ezendu, gave the advice in an interview with Journalists in Lagos.

According to Ezendu, the leadership of the market and the local government have made provision for trash bins, but the bins are not being put to use in most parts of the market while the whole place is filled with leftover materials from produce sold at the market.

“Greater part of the market is occupied by those selling agric commodities and the quantity of refuse coming from such items are hug; so it becomes herculean to control.

“It becomes worrisome these days that the refuse is now spilling over to the Lagos Badagry Expressway, compounding the perennial traffic situation of the road that has remained under construction for years, ” he said.

He therefore advised the market dwellers to always obey the Thursday market environmental sanitation, adding that the exercise would go a long way toward making the market free of accumulated refuse.

Breaking: Trump arrives Japan on State Visit

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May 25, 2019

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Breaking: Trump arrives Japan on State Visit

President Donald Trump and Melanie have arrived in Japan on state visit.

President Trump will be first world leader to meet new Emperor Naruhito

French police begins manhunt after Lyon bombing

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May 25, 2019

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French police begins manhunt after Lyon bombing

Police in France were on Saturday hunting a suspect following a blast in a pedestrian street in the heart of the city of Lyon that wounded more than a dozen people just two days ahead of the country’s hotly contested European Parliament elections.

President Emmanuel Macron called the explosion that happened Friday, apparently from a package packed with shrapnel, an “attack” and sent his interior minister, Christophe Castaner, to Lyon.

Police issued an appeal for witnesses on Twitter as they sought the suspect, a man believed to be in his early 30s on a mountain bicycle caught on security cameras in the area immediately before the explosion.

Methodist cleric warns politicians against uprising by the poor

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May 25, 2019

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Methodist cleric warns politicians against uprising by the poor

The Bishop of Lagos Central, Methodist Church Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Samuel Nortey, on Friday called on political leaders at all levels to always consider the plight of the underprivileged in their actions.

Nortey said the fear that the downtrodden might rise up against the political class could come to pass if leaders do not have the interest of the citizens at heart.

Buhari receives Israeli Ambassador

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May 25, 2019

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Nigeria’s diversity will remain a source of strength for the development of the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari said this in Abuja on Thursday while receiving Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Mr Shimon Ben-Shosan.

President Buhari said Nigeria and Israel have enjoyed cordial bilateral relations, highlighting that many Nigerian Christians look forward to performing pilgrimage to the Holy Land in Israel.

‘‘I congratulate you on your appointment as Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria. Enjoy your stay in Nigeria and take time to go round to see the beauty and diversity of the country,’’ the President told the Israeli Ambassador.