There’s No Tinubu’s Ministerial List In The Senate — Umeh
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ABUJA – The senator representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh, on Thursday disclosed that the Senate is not in custody of the ministerial list purportedly sent to it by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Umeh was reacting to report in sections of the media that the upper chamber had received the ministerial list from the executive.
He said that the Senate could not have been discussing ministerial list during their closed door meeting when they have not received the list.
Briefing newsmen on his motion to protect local meter manufacturers, Umeh said that they can produce world standard smart metres.
The upper chamber had sought protection for local metre manufacturers following the approved $155,000,000 World Bank loan for the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) of the Federal Government.
Palliatives: Buhari’s social register lacks credibility — NEC
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The National Economic Council, NEC, yesterday unanimously resolved to do away with the national social register used by the Buhari’s administration to implement its conditional cash transfer, saying it lacks credibility.
Consequently, it asked states to generate their own registers for such cash transfers.
This is even as the Federal Government announced that it would distribute 252,000 metric tons of grains to states at subsidised rates to cushion the effect of hardship occasioned by petrol subsidy removal.
However, most states yesterday could not give a definite date as to when they would be able to make the register available.
But the NEC meeting, presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, said the register had integrity issues as the criteria for its compilation was unclear.
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Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State said contrary to what the previous administration projected, it was not possible to digitally transfer money to the poorest of the poor, the majority of whom were unbankable.
He said it was agreed that states should generate registers that were comprehensive and ensure it was only for vulnerable people.
FG Unveils Plans For Implementation Of Emergency On Food Security
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ABUJA – Following the declaration of state of emergency on food security, the National Economic Council (NEC), presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima, has unveiled steps to implement the policy.
In the strategies outlined for achieving food and nutrition security, the meeting agreed that government should support smallholder farmers with agricultural equipment, other farm inputs such as seeds & seedlings, agro-chemicals and growth enhancers, among others, and build their capacity on good agronomic practices.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Ernest Umakhihe, said there would also be training and capacity building agents to strengthen agricultural extension services.
Transfer: Harry Kane gives condition to leave Tottenham this summer
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Tottenham Hotspur striker, Harry Kane will consider leaving this summer if the club decides to accept a transfer fee.
However, the England striker will not force a move away from the North London club, ESPN reports.
Kane has no intention of signing a new deal with Spurs, with his current contract running out in June 2024.
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