NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).
NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...
According to sources,a total of 4,116 buses valued N37 billion have been delivered to beneficiaries nationwide under the Federal Government's Public Mass Transit Revolving Fund {PMTF} Scheme.The Managing Director of The Infrastructure Bank,Mr Adekunle Oyinloye,state this in a paper he presented at a National Workshop for Chief Executive Officers of Mass Transit Companies in Abuja.Oyinloye said the buses were released to mass transit companies to provide cheap and affordable road transport services to Nigerians across the six geo-political zones and the FCT.According to him,the vehicles were provided under phase I and II of the N25 billion PMT scheme being managed by the Infrastructure Bank.He stated that the scheme has also empowered over 50,000 Nigerians,including bus drivers,bus assistants,auto-technicians and booking clerks,through direct employment.''In addition,the scheme has thrived in reducing poverty and enhancing regional integration,as more people are able to move easily across different regions of the country,and across the West African sub-region.The PMTF Scheme offers a single digit interest rate regime of five per cent per annum in Phase ! and zero percent per annum in Phase II.Thi has resulted in cost savings of about N10 billion when compared with the prevailing interest rate of about 25 percent per annum obtainable in other financial institution''.
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