ATIKU FIRES BACK AT OBASANJO, SAYS HE STOOD BY EX-PRESIDENT IN PRISON AND AFTER RELEASE. (PHOTO).

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  Atiku Fires Back at Obasanjo, Says He Stood by Ex-President in Prison and After Release Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has responded to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent criticism, insisting he stood by the former military ruler during his incarceration and after his release from prison, and declaring that history cannot be rewritten. Obasanjo had on Friday described his decision to pick Atiku as his running mate in the 1999 presidential election as the biggest mistake of his presidency. He made the remark in Lagos during a fireside conversation with entertainer and activist Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, at the public presentation of Charly Boy’s foundation and memoir, *999: A Memoir in Tribute to Late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa*. In a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku described Obasanjo’s comments as “another failed attempt to rewrite history.” The former vice-president defende...

TARABA GOV. DIRECTS IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING SALARIES OF CIVIL SERVANTS.(PHOTO).




TARABA GOV. DIRECTS IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING SALARIES OF CIVIL SERVANTS



2nd June, 2023  


Taraba State Governor, Kefas Agbu has directed the office of the state accountant general to offset outstanding May salary of civil servants before end of Monday 5th 2023.


Speaking at the swearing in ceremony of Secretary to the state government (SSG) Timothy Gibon Katap at Government House Jalingo, the Governor said he received series of complaints by the civil servants after taking oath of office last Monday over pending salaries.


He reaffirmed his commitment to take the state to the next level of development as promised during his campaign.


The governor however charged the new SSG to leave above board, stating that the position of the SSG was so key in every government.


In his remarks the new Secretary to the Government of the State Gibon Kataps, said he is not going to take the trust bestowed on him for granted.


The SSG said he is aware that the tasks ahead is enormous and gave assurance of hard work to develop the administration frame work.

 

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