OBAFEMI HAMZAT LAMENTS HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF, SAYS HIS BILL ROSE BY 974% IN A MONTH. (PHOTO).

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 Obafemi Hamzat laments high electricity tariff, says his bill rose by 974% in a month Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state, says his electricity bill inexplicably skyrocketed from N2.7 million in March to N29 million in April. Hamzat said the electricity distribution company (DisCo) also frustrated his efforts to utilise the prepaid meter he procured. Punch reports that the deputy governor spoke on Monday during a roundtable discussion between the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Lagos state government in Victoria Island. Both parties were billed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the electrification of rural communities in Lagos. Hamzat, who represented Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, at the event, decried what he called ā€œcrazy billsā€ from DisCos. ā€œPeople that are trying to survive, and the common denominator for them is power. They don’t have power. There are billing challenges. In fact I’m a very good example,ā€ he said. ā€œLast month, in my...

FG TO ENROL OVER 10M OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. (PHOTOS).


FG to Enrol Over 10M Out Of School Children 

Federal Government says, its planning to enroll over 10million out-of- school children into schools so as to improve their living standard.

The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu stated this when he paid a courtesy visit on the Kebbi State Deputy Governor, Senator Umar Abubakar in his office at Birnin Kebbi.

He said federal government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was planning to revive the National Commission for Adults and Almajiris Education to make sure out of school children including Almajiris were given quality education with skills acquisition for better society.

The Minister condoled with the people and government of Kebbi State over the death of famous Islamic scholar, Late Sheik Abubakar Giro Argungu, who died recently following a brief illness.

He equally sympathised with TCN and  government of Kebbi state over the fire outbreak which destroyed 90MVA (330KV/132KV) and a 60MVA (132KV/33KV) transformers valued at 4 million US Dollars at TCN substation in Birnin Kebbi 10 days ago.

The Kebbi State Deputy Governor, Senator Umar Abubakar, thanked the minister for the visit and congratulated him for his well deserved appointment as Minister by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The Deputy Governor, lauded the federal government's initiative  to bring back out of school children and Almajiris  education programme in the country. 

He mentioned the effort he made to introduce Child Destitution Eradication Bill during his tenure in the Senate, which proposed the establishment of the  Almajiri system with Western Education and vocational programme that was later signed into law. 

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