Is this really the current state of roads in some areas of Benin City, the capital city of Edo state - Western Nigeria.....
What is the 'active - governor' doing about this???
The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele disclosed that Nigerian states have started benefiting from the Special Intervention Fund of the Presidential Relief Package earlier approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr. Emefiele, while briefing the National Economic Council (NEC) in a meeting presided over by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo recently at the State House - Abuja, said that so far, 18 States have been able to draw from the fund, and a number of other States are currently being processed for the soft loan facility.
The financial intervention fund was approved by the president to help pay public sector workers in the states, following the financial bankruptcy declaration of most state governments since the inauguration of the present administration.
There is therefore now, no more excuses to further delay payments of workers salary!
Breaking report has it that Akure born Afenifere chieftain, ex- Secretary to the Federal Government during General Ibrahim Babangida's regime, Finance Minister, and Presidential Aspirant during the third and fourth republics, Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae CFR (Olu Falae) has been kidnapped.
He was kidnapped from his farm in Ilado village, Akure - North L.G in Ondo state at 12:30 pm on Tuesday, September 22.
Nigerian Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, September 21, hosted Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to a meeting, at the State House in Aso Rock Villa - Abuja.
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon has called on all warring parties across the globe to lay down their weapons and observe a global ceasefire.
This statement was released as the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), joins the rest of the world to mark the International Day of Peace.
"I CALL ON ALL WARRING PARTIES TO LAY DOWN THEIR WEAPONS AND OBSERVE A GLOBAL CEASEFIRE. TO THEM I SAY: STOP THE KILLINGS AND THE DESTRUCTION, AND CREATE SPACE FOR LASTING PEACE." - BAN KI-MOON