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The Federal Government of Nigeria is eager to stop the migration of its people

The Nigerian Federal Government intends to stop the mass migration going on in the country. The Minister of State for Science, Technology, and Innovation, Henry Ikoh made the announcement.    Nigeria in the past few years has developed a migration problem. Nigeria's Federal Government announced on Thursday it is trying to find ways that to prevent the near-parasitic level of migrations. The spokesperson for the Nigerian government also disclosed that the government has plans to procure employment opportunities for its people, seeing as that’s the number one reason people are leaving the country. The Minister of State for Science, Technology, and Innovation, Henry Ikoh, made the announcement in Abuja while receiving the Secretary-General of the Digital Cooperation Organisation, Ms. Deemah Yahya, who paid him a courtesy visit in connection with the upcoming Digital Nigeria Day Conference. He noted that the government is doing all it can to make sure to remedy the self-inflicted damag

We have met yearnings of Nigerians with high impact projects - President Buhari

President Buhari while addressing the Ministerial Performance Review Retreat of his administration, organised to evaluate the level of progress made in the implementation of the Nine Priority Agenda of his Administration At Abuja on Monday disclosed that his administration has implemented high-impact projects across the country, which met the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians, NAN reports. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari noted notable success made in the areas of agriculture, economics, infrastructure, security, health, and anti-corruption among others while speaking during a retreat held to assess the degree of progress made in the implementation of his administration’s nine priority agenda. Over 3,800 kilometers of new roads have been built throughout the nation, he informed retreat attendees and visitors, including the retreat’s keynote speaker and immediate past Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta

Asiwaju group warns Osun Assembly not to impeach Aregbesola

UNPAID SALARY: Asiwaju group warns Osun Assembly not to impeach Aregbesola  A group under the aegis of Asiwaju Grassroots Foundation has warned the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam against impeaching Governor Rauf Aregbesola. A Judge in the state had earlier called for his resignation over his inability to pay workers’ salaries. The Speaker of the House also confirmed on Wednesday that the Assembly had received a petition from Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, calling for the impeachment of Aregbesola on the grounds of alleged financial recklessness. In a letter dated June 24, 2015 and signed by the AGF coordinator in Osun State, Adeboye Adebayo, the group, which acknowledged that Oloyede’s views should be respected, however, urged the Assembly to disregard the petition because “Aregbesola has made meaningful achievements.” The letter read in part, “Mr. Speaker, you know that before now, workers’ salaries, pensions and other emoluments were being paid as and w

PDP Urges Aregbesola Not To Create Additional 39 LGA’s

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has urged the Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola to cease plans of creating 39 new local council development areas. This disclosure was made known in a statement issued by Director of Media and Strategy in Osun State, Diran Odeyemi , in Osun. The statement said, ”The reality in Osun calls for serious planning because the economy of the state now or even in near future cannot cope with 69 local government councils when the state could not generate fund to develop the present councils”. ”This is a poorly conceived idea lacking the understanding and needs of the people of Osun State and its proposed execution at this time shows that governor Aregbesola has lost ideas of what is next in the state. ”The rest of the country must be astonished about a governor that has not been able to fulfill its financial obligations to the workforce and plunge the state economy in crisis, but interestingly planning to create new councils to make Osun as