Laolu Akande Resumes As VP's Spokesman

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KnT8nLltHBXbO3e-edbBUXcQAM_I5lbZMJtp1a2focLalHqA9OtLnocMCkQscBGIabn0GeVOlwi6FKeYGcTUe87Nj4uFt4rsvcs7rIIQQfmlBvASd6FPJbVVFmZ5hSGPk-nU0as8W91t/s1600/PYO+Office.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KnT8nLltHBXbO3e-edbBUXcQAM_I5lbZMJtp1a2focLalHqA9OtLnocMCkQscBGIabn0GeVOlwi6FKeYGcTUe87Nj4uFt4rsvcs7rIIQQfmlBvASd6FPJbVVFmZ5hSGPk-nU0as8W91t/s1600/PYO+Office.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>A former North American Bureau Chief of <i>The Guardian</i>, Laolu Akande, has resumed as the spokesman of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Pastor Akande was in the Aso Villa on Monday as President Muhammadu Buhari and his V.P officially relocated to the seat of power.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As a journalist reporting for the leading Nigerian newspapers including <i>The Guardian</i>, Pastor Akande is regarded as the longest serving African correspondent at the United Nations, and the only Nigerian journalist so far to have interviewed a sitting American president in the White House when he interviewed former President George W. Bush. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He has also exclusively interviewed American folk hero, General Colin Powell, billionaires like Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Donald Trump and several African leaders and presidents.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Vanguard</b></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: '';"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE  </span>=============================================================</b></div> </div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><u>DUBAI VISAS IN 7-DAYS</u></span></b><br /> <b>Do you need Single-Entry or Multiple-Entry Visas to the UAE (Dubai Visas) for 14-Days (Single-Entry Only), 30-Days or 90-Days? Processing within 7-working days! We guarantee you affordable prices. Contact <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Rukky Travels and Tours</span> at <span style="color: red;">rukkytravels@gmail.com</span></b><br /> <b>*********************************************************************</b><br /> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue;">YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS PLACED HERE. CONTACT US AT </span><span style="color: red;">tnn.ng1@gmail.com</span><span style="color: blue;"> FOR AD PLACEMENT DETAILS</span></b></div>

Laolu Akande Resumes As VP's Spokesman

A former North American Bureau Chief of The Guardian , Laolu Akande, has resumed as the spokesman of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Pas...

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Bailout For States: FG To Look Into Excess Crude Account For Lifeline

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-uOwbrlglVKl3ct37ss8IgRWTcbd3oJWx0ZofCsvQyjnZxJ0hoe3iU4z6xG4UhLSRnM80GpEbntkX3Hkj69VMR7hnnz4q-ZK_ItcC9dYX4FV04hssz_ICGAHS1-S64fz1Q52nYyuvO29/s1600/Government.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-uOwbrlglVKl3ct37ss8IgRWTcbd3oJWx0ZofCsvQyjnZxJ0hoe3iU4z6xG4UhLSRnM80GpEbntkX3Hkj69VMR7hnnz4q-ZK_ItcC9dYX4FV04hssz_ICGAHS1-S64fz1Q52nYyuvO29/s1600/Government.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja assured State Governors that the days of impunity, lack of accountability, and fiscal recklessness in the management of national resources are over in Nigeria.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Speaking at a meeting with the Governors in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari also vowed that funds stolen by government officials who abused their offices in the recent past will be recovered and systemic leakages stopped.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "There are financial and administrative instructions in every government parastatal and agency. But all these were thrown to the dogs in the past. Honestly, our problems are great, but we will do our best to surmount them.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The next three months may be hard, but billions of dollars can be recovered, and we will do our best", the President told the governors.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Expressing surprise that the governors had tolerated the atrocities allegedly committed with the Excess Crude Account since 2011, President Buhari promised to tackle the issue decisively.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President declared that the payment of national revenue into any account other than the Federation Account was an abuse of the constitution, adding that what he had heard was going on in many agencies and corporations, particularly the NNPC, was clearly illegal.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On the refund of monies spent on federal projects by state governments, President Buhari assured the governors that the Federal Government will pay, but insisted that due process must be followed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The President promised special assistance for the three North Eastern states badly affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He also said that a comprehensive statement on the economic and financial situation inherited by his administration will be made to the nation within the next four weeks.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "We will try and put the system back into the right position. What happened in the 2nd Republic has apparently happened again, and even worse, but we will restore sanity to the system," President Buhari assured the Governors.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> On an immediate lifeline for states that owe salaries running into many months, President Buhari said that a committee headed by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, will look at the Excess Crude Account and see what can be shared immediately.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The governors, led by Chairman of the Governors Forum, Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, had presented a wish list to the President that included:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <ul> <li>Obedience of extant Supreme Court ruling that all monies go into the Consolidated Federation Account;</li> <li>An order from the President that all revenue generating agencies must pay into the Consolidated Federation Account;</li> <li>Review of the Revenue Allocation Formula;</li> <li>Refund of the monies expended by states on federal projects;</li> <li>A special consideration for the three states of the North East under Boko Haram infestation;</li> <li>Full details of the amounts that accrued into the Excess Crude Account from 2011, and how the money miraculously shrank without official sharing.</li> </ul> </div> <br /> <br /> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b>=============================================================</b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="font-family: '';"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: large;">PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERTS HERE  </span>=============================================================</b></div> </div> <div style="font-family: ''; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><u>DUBAI VISAS IN 7-DAYS</u></span></b><br /> <b>Do you need Single-Entry or Multiple-Entry Visas to the UAE (Dubai Visas) for 14-Days (Single-Entry Only), 30-Days or 90-Days? 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Bailout For States: FG To Look Into Excess Crude Account For Lifeline

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja assured State Governors that the days of impunity, lack of accountability, and fiscal reckl...

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