OSINBAJO HAS NOT LEFT POLITICS- FORMER AIDE, AKANDE. (PHOTO).

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 Osinbajo has not left politics ~ Former aide, Akande. Mr Laolu Akande, a former spokesperson to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, says there is no reason for anyone to assume that Osinbajo has left politics or resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC. Akande made this statement during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Lagos. Recall that Osinbajo has not been active in many political circles since leaving office in 2023, sparking speculations that he may have dumped the APC and politics. The former Vice President contested the APC primary in 2022 but failed to clinch the party’s ticket, losing to President Bola Tinubu. He served as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State from 1999 to 2007 under Tinubu’s administration as governor. Meanwhile, some political watchers have attributed Osinbajo’s retreat from political activities to his loss in the APC primary, while others believe he is devoting less time to politics following h...

NASARAWA ASSEMBLY SETS UP AD-HOC COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE N1b SCHOOL PROJECTS.{PHOTO}.

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      The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has set up an adhoc committee to investigate N1 billion secondary schools' renovation contract awarded in 2018 by the state ministry of Education.
Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, Speaker of the House set up the committee when the Secretary to the state Government. (SSG), Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed Tijani and the Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Fati Sabo appeared before the House on Tuesday.
The speaker said that their appearances was to explain their roles on the utilization of the fund on renovation of secondary schools across the state which most of the projects were abandoned.
According to him, the invitation of the SSG and the Commissioner was not to witch hunt them but to ensure that the right thing is done for the purpose of accountability and good governance.
"After listening to the SSG, who was a former Commissioner for Education when the contract was awarded in 2018 without completion up till this moment.
"It is in view of this that we are setting up an adhoc committee to investigate the projects in the interest of our children and overall development of the state.
"The committee include the Chairman and members of the House Committee on Education, Chairmen of House Committees on Finance, Public Account and Works respectively.?
"I urge the committee to do a thorough job as it is sad and unfortunate that our children in some secondary schools are learning under the trees," he said.
Earlier, the SSG admitted that N1 billion was released in November 2018 by the state government to the ministry of Education for schools renovation.
"Yes, the renovation work is ongoing as the contract was given in 2018 when I was a commissioner for Education," said the present SSG
On her part, the Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Fati Sabo also revealed that N84 million was given to the ministry when she assumed office in 2019 to pay contractors for the same projects.
It would be recalled that on March 16th the House has summoned a former Commissioner of Education and now, the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa State (SSG), Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed Tijani and Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hajiya Fati Sabo over school abandoned projects awarded in 2018.
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