Only one radiotherapy machine functional in North – Expert ‘Nigeria has only 90 cancer specialists’ By Ojoma Akor (Abuja) Zahraddeen Yakubu Shuaibu (Kano) Ado Abubakar Musa (Jos) Mohammed Ibrahim Yaba (Kaduna) Risikat Ramoni (Lagos) As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World Cancer Day, citizens suffering from cancer are lamaenting […]
According to him, of the 487 staff employed by Ari in 2019, only 90 were Muslims, and that this is just 18.48 per cent, while Christians were 81.52 per cent.
“In the first place, the appointment of the present director-general of the agency, Mr Joseph N. Ari, did not follow due process. He was first employed into the ITF in 2006 as deputy director on a permanent and pensionable basis after retiring as a permanent secretary in the Plateau civil service,” he said.
But in his reaction, the ITF’s director, Public Affairs Department, Suleyol Fred-Changu said, “The director-general is a devoted Christian, whose lineage, including his direct siblings is populated by both religions of Islam and Christianity. As a result of this, he does not believe in nepotism and tribalism and does not indulge in religious bigotry.”
President Muhammadu Buhari flagged off the exercise on Saturday in Daura, Katsina State, with a call on all members of the party to participate in the exercise.
Reports by our correspondents showed that top shots of the party in states who are nursing ambitions in 2023 are all out to hijack the exercise.
Ahead of the commencement of the exercise, Daily Trust reports that stakeholders’ meetings were held in states to iron out grey areas, yesterday.
Our correspondents report that the exercise will commence in Kebbi, Plateau and Ondo states, among others today.
In Lagos, Daily Trust reports that there is apprehension over a move by some aggrieved members who have vowed to take over the party’s structures from the national leader and former governor of the state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and conduct a parallel congress.