ATIKU PLEDGES SCHOLARSHIP TO VIRAL NIGER TEEN MINER. (PHOTO).
Atiku pledges scholarship to viral Niger teen miner Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday said his “heart breaks” each time he watches a viral video of a teenage artisanal miner, Yusuf Aliyu, speaking at a mining site in Niger State after the deaths of 37 miners in the state. Atiku, in a statement posted on his X handle, said he was prepared to support the boy’s education, describing him as a child whose intelligence and confidence should be nurtured in a classroom rather than by working at a mining site. “I have watched Yusuf Aliyu’s video repeatedly, and each time, my heart breaks. A child with such intelligence, clarity and confidence should be in a classroom building his future—not struggling for survival in a community surrounded by gold but buried in poverty. “I cannot look at him and see an ‘illegal miner.’ I see a Nigerian child failed by the country that should have protected him. I see brilliance trapped by poverty and enormous promise abandoned by leadership,” ...
According to sources,the Governor of Lagos state Akinwunmi Ambode has issued 7 days ultimatum to all government agencies occupying rented apartments outside the state Government Secretariat to vacate them and relocate to the main secretariat.Over 15 government agencies are currently outside the Government Secretariat on rented apartments where they pay millions of naira on monthly basis in the midst of scare government resources.The governor took the decision because the cost of running the agencies have become unbearable,thus,ordering them to move back to their main ministries.The order to vacate the rented apartments is contained in a circular NO.072 dated July 24,2015 and signed by the Head of Service,Mrs Folasade Jaji and directed to all head of ministries and government agencies.The Governor has directed that all affected MDAs are to commence relocation to their new offices with immediate effect from 27 July to 3rd of August 2015.Some of the affected agencies are Motor Vehicle Administration Agencies {MVAA} situated at Lateef Jkande Road,Lagos Water Regulatory Commission,Allen junction,Law Reform Commission,Ikeja,Lagos state Safety Commission,Magodo,Lagos state Film and Video Censors Board Ikeja,Audit Service Commission,Ogba,State Valuation Office,Lagos state Christian Pilgrims Board,Ikeja,Lagos state Planning and Environmental Monitoring Office,Ikeja and Audit Service Commission.The affected agencies according to the circular are to be integrated into the mainstream ministries as they have been allocated offices in each of the existing parent ministries which the Lagos state Government uses to drive policy statement.
Comments
Post a Comment