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Seventeen state governors have raised committees to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for workers across the country. The 17 states which set up the implementation committees are Ogun, Ekiti, Sokoto, Kebbi, Osun, Enugu, Borno, Zamfara, Kogi, Kwara, Gombe, Kano, Taraba, Delta, Rivers, Jigawa and Abia. The development is happening as the Federal Government commenced
A Kano State High Court has restrained the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) from withholding allocations for the 44 Kano State Local Governments. The court issued the order following a motion ex-parte filed on November 1 by the Chairman of
Court bars CBN, others from withholding Kano LG funds
A Kano State High Court has restrained the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) from withholding allocations for the 44 Kano State Local Governments.
The court issued the order following a motion ex-parte filed on November 1 by the Chairman of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Ibrahim Muhammed, and five other concerned residents of the state.
The others are Ibrahim Shehu, Ibrahim Abubakar, Usman Isa, Sarki Kurawa, and Malam Usman Imam.
The motion ex parte was filed through the applicants’ counsel, Mr. Bashir Yusuf-Muhammad and Usman Bala-Salisu, who highlighted concerns over the possible withholding or delay of allocations essential for local governance in the state.
The respondents are the Accountant-General of the Federation (as the 45th defendant), the Central Bank of Nigeria (as the 46th defendant), the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (as the 47th defendant), the 44 Kano Local Governments, UBA, Access Bank, and six other commercial banks.
Justice Ibrahim Musa-Muhammad granted an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the 45th to 54th respondents, either by themselves, their agents, officers, privies, or representatives, from interfering with the applicants’ rights generally in relation to this suit.
Court bars CBN, others from withholding Kano LG funds
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President Bola Tinubu and Federal Executive Council have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development. Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday. He said the decisions were taken at the meeting of the FEC in
BREAKING: President Tinubu scraps two ministries, merges others
President Bola Tinubu and Federal Executive Council have scrapped the Niger Delta Ministry and the Ministry of Sports Development.
Special Adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday.
He said the decisions were taken at the meeting of the FEC in Abuja.
According to him, “there will now be a Ministry of Regional Development to oversee all the regional development commissions, such as Niger Delta Development Commission, North West Development Commission, South West Development Commission, North East Development Commission”.
He also stated that the National Sports Commission will take over the role of the Ministry of Sports henceforth.
During the FEC meeting, the president also approved the merger of the Ministry of Tourism with the Ministry of Culture and Creative Economy.
BREAKING: President Tinubu scraps two ministries, merges others