The Grand Khalifa of Tijjaniya Islamic sect from Senegal, Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani Ibrahim Inyass, has assured President Muhammadu Buhari that over 40 millions of its members are praying daily for his success.
Sheikh Ahmed Tijjani Ibrahim Inyass, who visited the President yesterday, Wednesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, commended Buhari for the good job he is doing in Nigeria, saying: ‘‘it is evident for all to see.’
‘‘More than 40 million Tijjanyia’s are praying for your success because we believe the Almighty Allah has chosen you to lead Nigeria at this time and to actualise the dream of a great country.’’
The Grand Khalifa, who is in Nigeria to commiserate with the late Isyaku Rabiu family, paid tribute to his soul, describing him as a great man and nationalist who was dedicated to knowledge, Islam and prosperity of Nigeria.
The Sheikh offered prayers for the progress, prosperity of the nation and good health, wisdom, strength and success for the President.
This was as President Buhari assured the visitor that he is committed fully to the rapid development of Nigeria, beyond ethnicity, religion and geographical lines.
Buhari, who acknowledged the overwhelming support of Nigerians and the confidence reposed on his administration, told the Sheikh: ‘‘we are very pleased with the prayers and support of the Tijjaniya to this administration and I assure you our interest is for all Nigerians, across ethnicity and religion.’
‘‘I know you are praying for the stability and prosperity of this country.”
President Buhari thanked the highly revered religious leader from Senegal for the visit underscored the importance of the religious group in promoting good governance in the country.
‘‘I feel highly honoured, on behalf of my country, that the Sheikh has found time to come and see us while he is here to commiserate with the families of late Sheikh Isyaku Rabiu.
‘‘The Sheikh is in Nigeria where he has vast followers and we have people across families who go to Senegal every year, as much as a lot of people go to Mecca, to visit the tomb of your great father.” [myad]
One Udo Ibe from Abia State has approached a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, asking that it (the court) should, among others, compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to recognize the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a political party under the 1999 constitution or the Electoral Act 2010 for any purpose stipulated under the said constitution or the electoral act.
Udo, who dragged the APC and the INEC before the court, prayed for an order of mandatory Injunction for the INEC to comply with his prayer.
The plaintiff, who is a member of the APC, also prayed the court for an order of perpetual injunction, stopping APC and its agents from excluding him as a contestant to the office of the chairman of Ania Ward, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, through the process of “guided Congress” or any manner inconsistent with the constitution of the party.
He said that the tenure of officers of Ania Ward had expired at the time they planned the congress and as such the ward congress was illegal and unlawful, even as he said that he was aggrieved with his alleged exclusion from participating as a chairmanship aspirant for Ania Ward.
When the matter came up Wednesday, counsel to APC, Ayotunde Ogunleye, informed the court that processes had just been served on the APC and that he needed time to peruse the papers and respond to them accordingly.
Ogunleye, therefore applied for an adjournment to enable him file his response on behalf of APC as required by law.
However, counsel to the plaintiff, Kalu Kalu, who did not object to the request for an adjournment, prayed the court to order parties in the matter to maintain status quo, pending the resolution of the originating summons of his client.
Kalu drew the attention of the court to the fact that the APC as the 1st defendant had slated its national convention for this Saturday and that the case of his client would be destroyed if status quo was not maintained by the parties.
But counsel to the APC urged the court to decline granting the request on the grounds that it would affect others who are not parties in the suit.
Ogunleye further argued that the order requested by the plaintiff was not related to the main suit.
Justice Oriji however disagreed with him on the request for status quo, adding that the order sought if granted would affect parties who were not parties in this suit.
The judge subsequently adjourned the matter till July 5 for hearing of the originating summons.
In a related development, the Abuja division of the Federal High Court also refused to stop the Hon. Babatunde Balogun led executive committee (Exco) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the forthcoming National Convention.
Justice Binta Nyako, who declined to stop the Balogun group, said that the principle of fair hearing will be breached since only one person instituted the court action.
Delivering ruling in an ex-parte motion filed by an aggrieved contestant in the May 12, 2018 Lagos APC Congress, Bunmi Tayo Church, Justice Nyako said that it will be unfair to stop the Balogun faction in view of the limited time to the convention, slated for June 23, 2018 in Abuja.
In declining to grant the exparte motion, the Judge held that the plaintiff was just one out of 1,885 aspirants vying for positions during the congress.
Justice Nyako said that the plaintiff did not help himself in his claim that he was prevented from participating at the state congress, adding that it is a law that anyone who did not participate in an election cannot challenge the outcome of that election.
The court held that, Church, having not participated in the May 12 Lagos State APC congress, cannot use the ex-parte application to challenge the outcome of the congress.
Besides, Justice Nyako said that hundreds of others who participated in the congress will be denied fair hearing if the application is granted because they were not brought before the court by the applicant (Church), who instituted the court action in his personal capacity.
Justice Nyako therefore ordered that the Originating Summons filed by the plaintiff/applicant, through his counsel, Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN), will be given accelerated hearing.
However, Justice Babatunde Quadri, who read the ruling on behalf of Justice Nyako, who was said to be bereaved, however, did not give a definite date for the hearing of the Originating Summons, saying that Justice Nyako will fix a convenient date for the matter to be heard.
Atiku Abubakar in a warmed handshake with Goodluck Jonathan
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has described former President Goodluck Jonathan as a hero of democracy in Nigeria.
Atiku who spoke today, Wednesday when he paid a courtesy call on ex-President Jonathan at his country home, Otuoke in Bayelsa State, recalled Jonathan’s exemplary decision to hand over the reins of power without qualms.
He said that that singular historic decision set him apart as a Democrat of unimpeachable credentials, reflecting on Jonathan’s action that doused tension in the country at that time.
Atiku said that the situation in Nigeria might have been different if he (Jonathan) did not voluntarily relinquish power.
“I want to say without equivocation that history will be very kind to you. As the democrat that I have always been, I want to say you have truly excelled! If you did not excel as a democrat par excellence, I wonder what the situation in Nigeria would be today.”
Responding, ex-President Jonathan commended Atiku for appointing former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel as Director General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization.
According to him, Daniel’s choice as DG was the right decision, adding that the same person was DG of his own (Jonathan’s) Campaign in the Southwest and that he performed creditably, leading to him electoral success in the zone.
He said that his relationship with Atiku dated back to more than 16 years ago when he was Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State during which time the Waziri Adamawa showed him friendship and support.
On his own part, Daniel paid tribute to Jonathan as the most educated President Nigeria has ever had, who made it through the ranks as Deputy Governor to becoming Vice President and subsequently President of Nigeria.
Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on caregivers to employ modern methods to raise children with special needs.
She spoke yesterday, Monday, at the commencement of a one-week training programme for teachers, health workers and care givers of children with special needs at the FCT School for Handicapped Children, Kuje, Abuja.
Mrs. Buhari, who was speaking through the Administrative Secretary of the Aisha Buhari Foundation, Mr. Saidu Suleiman, said that most of these children do not reach their full potential.
“There is the need to discover the individual qualities of each child with special needs so that this could be harnessed and the child could reach their full potential.”
She said that training can best be achieved through modern techniques.
Mrs. Buhari called on the caregivers to take advantage of the new methods and improve the way they teach and raise children with special needs. She also called on all institutions training such children to embrace such modern methods.
Speaking earlier, an administrator with Nika Project, Dan Philips applauded the partnership with Aisha Buhari Foundation saying the expertise they have to offer should be available to all schools in the country. He called on other well-meaning Nigerians to support initiatives like these.
“Children with special needs learn differently and therefore they require different tools in order to retain that knowledge and learn successfully” he said, stating that the modern methodology aims to reach kids in ways never believed possible.
The aim of Nika Project in this partnership, he said, is to “plant a seed and provide a new path of educating our kids.
The Principal of the School for Handicapped Children, Mrs. Musili Yusuf, thanked the wife of the President for this gesture and hoped that other well-to-do Nigerians will come in strong and assist.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to stop the Babatunde Balogun led executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the National Convention of the party, slated for Saturday in Abuja.
Justice Binta Nyako, who declined to stop the Balogun group, in her ruling today, Wednesday, said that the principle of fair hearing will be breached since only one person instituted the court action against hundreds of thousands others.
In the ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by an aggrieved contestant in the May 12, 2018 Lagos APC Congress, Bunmi Tayo Church, Justice Nyako said that it will be unfair to stop the Balogun faction in view of the limited time to the convention slated for June 23, 2018 in Abuja.
In declining to grant the ex-parte motion, the Judge held that the plaintiff was just one out of 1, 885 aspirants who vied for positions during the congress.
Justice Nyako said that the plaintiff did not help himself in his claim that he was prevented from participating at the state congress, adding that it is a law that anyone who did not participate in an election cannot challenge the outcome of that election.
The court held that, Church, having not participated in the May 12 Lagos State APC congresses, cannot use the ex-parte application to challenge the outcome of the congress.
Besides, Justice Nyako said that several hundred others who participated in the congress will be denied fair hearing if the application is granted because they were not brought before the court to defend themselves by the applicant (Church), who instituted the court action in his personal capacity.
As a way out, Justice Nyako ordered that the Originating Summons filed by the plaintiff/applicant, through his counsel, Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN) will be given accelerated hearing.
However, Justice Babatunde Quadri, who read the ruling on behalf of Justice Nyako, who was said to have been bereaved however did not give a definite date for the hearing of the Originating Summons but said that Justice Nyako will fix a convenient date for her to hear the matter.
President MuhammaduBuhari has approved the appointment of 29 Judicial Officers for the Court of Appeal, Federal High Court and the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.
A statement by the director of information in the Judicial Service Commission, SojiOye, said that 12 Justices were appointed for the Court of Appeal, nine for Federal High Court and seven for Federal Capital Territory’s High Court.
The breakdown is as follows:
The twelve (12) Justices approved for the Court of Appeal are:-
1. Hon. (Mr) Justice P. A. Mahmud
2. Hon. (Mr) Justice F. O. Ojo
3. Hon. (Mr) Justice I. A. Andenyangsto
4. Hon. (Mr) Justice G. O. Kolawole
5. Hon. (Mr) Justice B. B. Aliyu
6. Hon. (Mr) JusticeEbiowei Tobi
7. Hon. (Mr) Justice J. G. Abundaga
8. Hon. (Mr) Justice A. S. Umar
9. Hon. (Mr) Justice A. M. Talba
10. Hon. (Mr) Justice A. M. Bayero
11. Hon. (Mr) Justice A. M. Lamido
12. Hon. (Mr) Justice M. B. Idris
The nine Judges for the Federal High Court are:
1. Sunday BasseyOnu
2. Mrs.AdefunmilolaAdekemi Demi-Ajayi
3. Hon. (Mr) Justice Peter O. Lifu
4. ObioraAtuegwuEgwuata
5. Sa’adatu Ibrahim Mark (Mrs)
6. MobolajiOlubukola Olajuwon
7. AminuBappaAliyu
8. TijjaniGarbaRingim
9. Nkeonye Evelyn Maha
The Seven Judges for the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory are:
1. Binta Mohammed
2. ModupeOsho-Adebiyi
3. GabaVenchak Simon
4. Babangida Hassan
5. AkobiIyabeni Anna
6. Samirah Umar Bature
7. AsmauAkanbi Yusuf
The statement said that the Justices of the Court of Appeal will be sworn-in by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, National Judicial Council, Justice W. S. N. Onnoghen on Friday June 22.
It said that those who were appointed for the Federal High Court will be sworn-in on Monday, June 25 while the Judges appointed for the High Court of the FCT will be sworn-in on Tuesday, June 26 at the main hall of the Court room of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made available the sum of $210 million to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the foreign exchange market.
A statement from the bank said that $100 million was offered to authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment got boosted with the sum of $55 million.
The statement said that customers needing foreign exchange for invisibles such as tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others, were also allocated the sum of $55 million.
It will be recalled that the bank, last Thursday, intervened to the tune of $343.06 million to cater for requests in the retail segment of the forex market.
Meanwhile, the naira continued its stability in the FOREX market, exchanging at an average of N360/$1 in the BDC segment of the market today, Wednesday.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Yussuff Lasun
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Yussuff Lasun has said that no amount of intimidation by his opponents would stop him from seeking the mandate of the people of Osun State to serve them as the next governor of the state.
Yussuff Lasu, who spoke to news men in Lagos yesterday, Tuesday, stressed that irrespective of sponsored political blackmails, threats and politically inspired smear campaigns to muscle him out of the governorship race of Osun state, he is determined to enlist the support of the masses of the state.
“I am a man of the people,” lawmaker said, adding that he has a record of unflinching service to the party as a true progressive and that he is ready to continue the personal sacrifices “to make my people happy. The interests and welfare of the people of Osun state is uppermost to me and I am going to put all that I have to get the peoples mandate to become the next governor of the state.
“Those who are engaging in all sorts of blackmail against me are doing so because of my growing political acceptance anchored on my role as a party man and identity that is known to anybody who knew about our struggles of the past in our dear state”.
“I am prepared to keep serving my people and they are behind me and I will not abandon them for any blackmail no matter where the threats, smear campaigns or is blackmail coming from. I will not allow the blackmail to distract me from seeking the mandate of the people of Osun state in the next election.
“People are prepared to employ any means to pull you down” stressing however that those engaged in the pull down syndrome were doing so because “they are afraid of the salient records of my commitment to service dedicated to a better life for the people of Osun.
“Look at my track records, I have invested all I have in life in the state. All my investments are in Osun. Where a man’s treasure is, there his heart is. I know some of them who take whatever they have by way of investments and they situate them elsewhere.
“Check my records, I have the people of Osun in my heart and I am ready to do everything possible to take that state out of its present economic challenges.”
Yussuff Lasun advised all political actors in the state to as a matter of priority “put the interests of the people of Osun at the center of their campaign,” nothing that “the reason we are seeking to govern is to be able to improve the welfare and wellbeing of the people of the state and that’s exactly why I intend to do when am given the mandate to lead the state”.
Meanwhile, Legislative Writers Association (LWA) have urged the Deputy Speaker not to be distracted by political enemies who are bent on dragging his name in the mud
In a statement by its national coordinator and secretary, Austen Odey and Johnson Eze, the body urged Lasun “not to be distracted in his service to the House of Representatives and indeed Nigerians, asserting that the many projects and interventions using his legislative relevance to attract marks him high among other contenders.
They encouraged the Deputy Speaker to stay focused and take all the smear campaigns as a source of renewed strength in the pursuit of a better life for the people of Osun stressing that “in the fullness of time you will be vindicated.”
Senator Bala Ibn Na Allah has responded to Present Muhammadu Buhari by saying that he should not expect the National Assembly to rubber stamp the 2018 budget which the President just signed into law today, Wednesday. “Certainly, you wouldn’t expect us to just rubber stamp and just bring it back. We have to do the nitty gritty of budget consideration. Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well and we have done what we think is the right thing to do to deliver on the expectations and the mandate bestowed on us by the people of our constituencies.” Na Allah, who spoke to news men at the presidential Villa, Abuja shortly after President Buhari signed the budget, in reaction to President’s complaint of increased in the budget, described the job of parliamentarians as a very difficult one. “The way the budget came, if we had allowed it to go that way, we would have been in trouble with those who elected us. you have to balance between the six geo political zones. “It is the balancing efforts by the National Assembly that led to those observations and happily enough, he himself has said he is coming with a supplementary budget which will be dealt with as quickly as possible. I assure you about that one.” Senator Na Allah explained that supplementary budgets don’t normally last long, adding that the one it will be built on what has already been done by the National Assembly. I think that is the most important issue. “About the issue of delay, the president is right, but at the same time, if you remember, you were here, the president had to order some MDAs to appear before the Assembly for the purpose of defending their budgets. “It’s a very delicate issue, if somebody said he wants N500 million for the maintenance of bridges nationwide, then you expect the National Assembly to say Ok, that budget is approved because it came from the executive, then we have not done our work, we will be interested in knowing which of the roads are you going to maintain so that again, we don’t give another allocation in the next budget. “Those observations are correct but in the budgeting process those things are normal.” “I think some of these major concerns Mr President has raised are very critical and I am afraid if I should be in a position to respond on behalf of the House. But for me as an individual and a member of the House of Representatives, I want to belief that the president is at liberty to raise some of these observations. But the most important thing you have to know is that the budget has been signed and is now a law of the federation and we expect the executive to now implement the law to the latter. “Should the president however, brings about an amendments or a supplementary budget for the National Assembly to consider. We will also at the same time be at liberty to look at the president’s concerns and those things he wants us to now review and I want to belief the National Assembly is always in a position to work hand in hand with Mr President. “A lot of us in both chambers of the National Assembly have tremendous respect for Mr President and we cherish his moral integrity as a leader. “I want to believe we will always play in tune to his expectations to make him deliver on the dividends of democracy that he promised especially in this period of election. “Some of us that are in the APC, and even a lot of members that are in opposition are quiet aware of the enormous responsibility on the shoulders of Mr President. Now is the right time to cooperate with Mr President and give him what he desires as the leader of the government.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has appended his signature to the controversial 2018 national budget, complaining about the selfishness with which the National Assembly passed the budget. The President complained that the National Assembly selfishly added figures to it’s budgetary allocation while it reduced that of the executive.
“An example of this increase is the budget of the National Assembly itself which has increased by 14.5 billion Naira, from 125 billion Naira to 139.5 billion Naira without any discussion with the executive.”
President Buhari expressed concern over the increase by the National Assembly, in the provisions for Statutory Transfers by an aggregate of 73.96 billion Naira, adding that most of these increases are for recurrent expenditure at a time his government is trying to keep down the cost of governance.
The full text of President Buhari’s speech after signing the budget goes thus:
I would like to thank the leadership of the National Assembly, particularly the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as well as all the Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members, for passing the 2018 Appropriation Bill, after seven months.
When I submitted the 2018 Budget proposals to the National Assembly on 7th November 2017, I had hoped that the usual legislative review process would be quick, so as to move Nigeria towards a predictable January-December financial year. The importance of this predictability cannot be overemphasized.
While the Federal Government’s budget represents less than 10% of aggregate yearly expenditures in the economy, it has a very significant accelerator effect on the financial plans of other tiers of government, and even more importantly, the private sector, which mostly operates on a January-December financial year.
Notwithstanding the delay this year, I am determined to continue to work with the National Assembly towards improving the budgeting process and restoring our country to the January-December fiscal cycle.
I note, with pleasure, that the National Assembly is working on the enactment of an Organic Budget Law, so as to improve the efficiency of the nation’s budgetary process.
As I mentioned during the presentation of the 2018 Appropriation Bill, we intend to use the 2018 Budget to consolidate the achievements of previous budgets and deliver on Nigeria’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) 2017-2020.
It is in this regard that I am concerned about some of the changes that the National Assembly has made to the budget proposals that I presented. The logic behind the Constitutional direction that budgets should be proposed by the Executive is that, it is the Executive that knows and defines its policies and projects.
Unfortunately, that has not been given much regard in what has been sent to me. The National Assembly made cuts amounting to 347 billion Naira in the allocations to 4,700 projects submitted to them for consideration and introduced 6,403 projects of their own amounting to 578 billion Naira.
Many of the projects cut are critical and may be difficult, if not impossible, to implement with the reduced allocation. Some of the new projects inserted by the National Assembly have not been properly conceptualized, designed and costed and will therefore be difficult to execute.
Furthermore, many of these new projects introduced by the National Assembly have been added to the budgets of most MDAs with no consideration for institutional capacity to execute them or the incremental recurrent expenditure that may be required.
As it is, some of these projects relate to matters that are the responsibility of the States and Local Governments, and for which the Federal Government should therefore not be unduly burdened.
Such examples of projects from which cuts were made are as follows:
The provisions for some nationally/regionally strategic infrastructure projects such as Counter-part funding for the Mambilla Power Plant, Second Niger Bridge/ancillary roads, the East-West Road, Bonny-Bodo Road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Itakpe-Ajaokuta Rail Project were cut by an aggregate of 11.5 billion Naira.
Similarly, provisions for some ongoing critical infrastructure projects in the FCT, Abuja especially major arterial roads and the mass transit rail project, were cut by a total of 7.5 billion Naira.
The provision for Rehabilitation and Additional Security Measures for the United Nations Building by the FCT, Abuja was cut by 3.9 billion Naira from 4 billion Naira to 100 million Naira; this will make it impossible for the Federal Government of Nigeria to fulfill its commitment to the United Nations on this project.
The provisions for various Strategic Interventions in the health sector such as the upgrade of some tertiary health institutions, transport and storage of vaccines through the cold chain supply system, provision of anti-retroviral drugs for persons on treatment, establishment of chemotherapy centres and procurement of dialysis consumables were cut by an aggregate amount of 7.45 billion Naira.
The provision for security infrastructure in the 104 Unity Schools across the country were cut by 3 billion Naira at a time when securing our students against acts of terrorism ought to be a major concern of government.
The provision for the Federal Government’s National Housing Programme was cut by 8.7 billion Naira.
At a time when we are working with Labour to address compensation-related issues, a total of 5 billion Naira was cut from the provisions for Pension Redemption Fund and Public Service Wage Adjustment.
The provisions for Export Expansion Grant (EEG) and Special Economic Zones/Industrial Parks, which are key industrialization initiatives of this Administration, were cut by a total of 14.5 billion Naira.
The provision for Construction of the Terminal Building at Enugu Airport was cut from 2 billion Naira to 500 million Naira which will further delay the completion of this critical project.
The Take-off Grant for the Maritime University in Delta State, a key strategic initiative of the Federal Government, was cut from 5 billion Naira to 3.4 billion Naira.
About seventy (70) new road projects have been inserted into the budget of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. In doing so, the National Assembly applied some of the additional funds expected from the upward review of the oil price benchmark to the Ministry’s vote. Regrettably, however, in order to make provision for some of the new roads, the amounts allocated to some strategic major roads have been cut by the National Assembly.
Another area of concern is the increase by the National Assembly of the provisions for Statutory Transfers by an aggregate of 73.96 billion Naira. Most of these increases are for recurrent expenditure at a time we are trying to keep down the cost of governance.
An example of this increase is the budget of the National Assembly itself which has increased by 14.5 billion Naira, from 125 billion Naira to 139.5 billion Naira without any discussion with the Executive.
Notwithstanding the above stated observations, I have decided to sign the 2018 Budget in order not to further slowdown the pace of recovery of our economy, which has doubtlessly been affected by the delay in passing the budget.
However, it is my intention to seek to remedy some of the most critical of these issues through a supplementary and/or amendment budget which I hope the National Assembly will be able to expeditiously consider.
I am pleased with the success recorded in the implementation of the 2017 Budget. A total sum of 1.5 trillion Naira has been released for the implementation of capital projects during the 2017 fiscal year. In response to this and other policy measures implemented, we have observed significant improvement in the performance of the Nigerian economy.
To achieve the laudable objectives of the 2018 Budget, we will work very hard to generate the revenues required to finance our projects and programmes. The positive global oil market outlook, as well as continuing improvement in non-oil revenues, make us optimistic about our ability to finance the budget.
However, being a deficit budget, the Borrowing Plan will be forwarded to the National Assembly shortly. I crave the indulgence of the National Assembly for a speedy consideration and approval of the Plan.
The 2018 Budget I have just signed into law provides for aggregate expenditures of 9.12 trillion Naira, which is 22.6% higher than the 2017 Appropriation. Further details of the approved budget will be provided by the Minister of Budget and National Planning.
I thank the Ministers of Budget and National Planning, the Budget Office of the Federation, and everyone who worked tirelessly and sacrificed so much to bring us to this day. However, the job is only partly done.
I am sure you will remain committed to advancing our Change Agenda, not only in the preparation of the national budget but also in ensuring its effective implementation.
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One Udo Ibe from Abia State has approached a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, asking that it (the court) should, among others, compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to recognize the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a political party under the 1999 constitution or the Electoral Act 2010 for any purpose stipulated under the said constitution or the electoral act.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to stop the Babatunde Balogun led executive committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from participating in the National Convention of the party, slated for 
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made available the sum of $210 million to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the foreign exchange market.
