YEMEN FIGHTING PUSHES NEARLY 3,000 TO DJIBOUTI IN LESS THAN A WEEK- UN. (PHOTO).

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Yemen fighting pushes nearly 3,000 to Djibouti in less than a week: UN    Nearly 3,000 people have fled Yemen for Djibouti in less than a week as escalating violence drives growing displacement within the country and across its borders, the UN refugee agency said Friday. “Refugees continue to arrive by boat through Obock, Khor Angar, Moulhoule and Godoria after difficult journeys in small vessels,” UNHCR representative in Djibouti Sandrine Desamours told reporters in Geneva, Anadolu Agency reported. More than half of those crossing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait are women and children, while some families have been displaced for a second time after previously fleeing Yemen during the 2015 crisis and later returning. UNHCR is preparing for at least 10,000 new arrivals but warned that capacity is rapidly diminishing. Markazi refugee village, designed for 5,000 people, was already hosting more than 2,700 Yemenis and 1,500 Eritreans. More than 100,000 people have also been displaced ins...

LAWMAKERS CAN’T TREK TO WORK – UMEH JUSTIFIES OFFICIAL VEHICLES ALLOCATION. (PHOTO).


 Lawmakers can’t trek to work – Umeh justifies official vehicles allocation


Anambra Central senator, Victor Umeh, says members of the National Assembly cannot trek to work to carry out their legislative duties.


Umeh made this remark on Monday during an interview, while defending the provision of official vehicles to lawmakers.


The lawmaker dismissed criticisms surrounding the allocation of vehicles to federal lawmakers, insisting that receiving an official vehicle for official functions should not be controversial.


When asked if he got a vehicle from the National Assembly, he said: “Why won’t I get a vehicle for performing official functions? Are you not seeing people in the executive arm of the government having a fleet of vehicles?”


According to him, the National Assembly was often unfairly singled out for criticism over official benefits available to public office holders.


“Why is the National Assembly singled out for lampooning? You cannot be faulted for having one official vehicle, one, not two, not fleet. I’m not a principal officer in the National Assembly, I’m just a senator representing my senatorial district, and I’m entitled to an official car to do my work.


“If the only way Nigeria can be good is for senators to be trekking to work, well, I don’t think we’re being serious,” Umeh said.

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