Edo APC chieftains deny rifts over NDDC chairmanship, litigation
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By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state during the September 19th, 2020 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has denied reports that there is a crisis in the APC over his alleged ambition to submit himself for the position of chairmanship of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
A statement by Ize-Iyamu said he is focused on the legal quest of the party to obtain justice “and establish the truth in court over subsisting suits on issues surrounding the last governorship election held in the state.”
th January) directed the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to cite
Guidelines, Circulars, Notifications, office Memorandum Rules and Regulations, etc under which two different look-out circulars were issued, in October and November 2015, against
Vijay Mallya, who is an accused in loan default of Rs 9,000 crore.
The
Information Commissioner, Saroj Punhani was hearing the petition by RTI Applicant Vihar Durve who was denied information by the CBI pertaining to lookout notice/detention notice/circular (LoC) issued in October/November 2015 relating to Vijay Mallya.
The CPIO, on 30
th November 2018.
Arguments put forth
The Appellant (RTI Applicant Vihar Durve) stated before the Commission that the denial of the information sought for, citing Section 8 (1) (h) of the RTI Act by the CPIO & the FAA was not appropriate.
By Emma Amaize, ASABA
SECRETAY-GENERAL, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Mr Frank Pukon, yesterday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari administration of dividing Niger-Delta and bequeathing a strange legacy to the oil-rich region.
Pukon, in a statement challenging Mr President to openly declare his legacy to the region, stated: “The Niger Delta today has not been divided in any other time, then this time when you are the commander-in-chief with regard to the region’s socio-economic development and political advancement.”
“History will have it that it is during your presidency that Niger Delta parastatals started having strange names. Sole Administrator in the NDDC and Interim Administrator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme. We, in the Niger Delta, can only hope and pray to God when you finally sack the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio that you will not come up with a strange name for the ministry.
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