‘I’LL TURN OFF THE MIC’ — REMI TINUBU REINS IN ADELEKE’S SINGING AT OONI’S ANNIVERSARY. (VIDEO/PHOTO).
‘I’ll turn off the mic’ — Remi Tinubu reins in Adeleke’s singing at Ooni’s anniversary First Lady Oluremi Tinubu cautioned Ademola Adeleke, the Osun state governor, for prolonged singing during his remarks at the 10th coronation anniversary celebration of Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife. The moment, captured in a now-viral video, occurred as the governor mounted the podium on Sunday to pay tribute to the monarch and to congratulate the Remi on her newly bestowed chieftaincy title, Yeye Asiwaju Gbogbo Ile Oodua. Rather than proceed immediately with his formal message, Adeleke, popularly known as the “Dancing Governor” for his spirited public appearances, burst into a short musical chant, drawing laughter from parts of the audience. Remi, who had moments earlier received her traditional title from the Ooni, walked towards the podium, gestured lightly to the governor, and whispered to him to proceed with his statement. “Go ahead,” she was heard saying, in an attempt to steer the ev...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC,is to collaborate with the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN,to review laws of the Banking and other Financial Institutions Act,BOFIA,2004 to effectively tackle the emerging money laundering trends and other corrupt practices in the country.This was made known on Wednesday April 20,2016 by David Illoyanonmon,Head,North West Zonal Office of the EFCC during a courtezy call to the CBN,Kano Branch.Illoyanomon noted that ''At this point in time when the country is facing challenges in areas of fraudulent practices,the CBN remains pivotal in stabilizing the Nigerian economy through reviewing of some of its laws which due to emerging fraudulent practices have made them archaic''.In her remarks,the Kano branch controller,CBN,Ameena P. Abubakar stressed the need to review the archaic laws towards meeting the current global challenge of anti--corruption war.According to her,''The CBN is consistently working round the clock to ensure that financial institutions like the banks and Bureau de Change,BDC,adhere strictly to the laws of the CBN''.She reiterated that CBN is ready to partner with the EFCC towards ensuring that all stakeholders play within the rules of the agency and the law.The meeting had in attendance,Head,Public Affairs Department,EFCC Kano,Medard Ehimika and his counterpart in the advance Free Fraud unit,Aliyu Naibi.Others include Tijjani Zakirai,Ishaku Baba and A.J Bello,all from the Kano Branch of CBN.One more photo below.
Comments
Post a Comment