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Advertisement The project approval was conveyed in a letter dated December 10, 2020, with reference number FMA/PROC/AHS/SIP/2020/7742/1. Checks by TheCable, however, shows no information on the construction of the Friday mosque in the ministry’s 2020 budget. Also no information was available on the open treasury portal to reflect if payment was made to the contractor despite the eight weeks timeline. Advertisement The approval letter, signed by Musa Musa, the deputy director of procurement in ministry, was addressed to the managing director of El-Shukhur Multi-Buz Nig. Ltd, the contractor. Additional checks by TheCable revealed that the contractor has an “inactive” status at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). ....
Meanwhile, many Nigerians did not find the statement credited to Tinubu funny. They lambasted her on social media platform Twitter, saying she is more concerned about the 2023 elections than talking about tackling the insecurity in the land. However, this is not the first time the ordained pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God would be involved in a controversy since becoming a Senator in 2011.
2015: TAKING OVER DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT’S SEAT In 2015, Tinubu raised a storm at the senate when she sat on the chair meant for Ike Ekweremadu, the then Deputy Senate President. The former Lagos State First Lady, who wanted to second a motion on the approval of the Lagos state development policy operation loan, earned the rebuke of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators, when she stood up to speak while standing in the Deputy Senate President’s corner. ....
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is a study in controversy and likes to hug the limelight. He is not one to shy away from issues that may place him at cross-purposes with the norm and such storms place him in the news, sometimes for the wrong reasons. He has had his own fair share of run-ins with politicians from his state, including his famous spat with former Deputy Governor Edward Onoja, who he unceremoniously removed from office amidst allegations of age falsification and embezzlement, and his mortal enemy, former Senator Dino Melaye. The controversies surrounding Bello seem like something out of the classic politician’s playbook, with many believing he creates some of these issues out of nothing to make himself relevant in the scheme of things. ....