Taraba Governor Approves ₦2 Billion For Luxury Cars For Himself, Deputy & Wives

Under the deal, the governor will get two Toyota Land Cruiser SUVs, two escort Toyota Hilux and a utility vehicle, while his wife will get a Land Cruiser SUV and an escort vehicle.

Barely 18 days to the end of his tenure, the Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, has approved N2 billion for the purchase of luxury vehicles for himself, his deputy and their wives.

A source, who asked not to be named for fear of being victimised, told PREMIUM TIMES the approval was made during the last State Executive Council (SEC) meeting chaired by Mr Ishaku.

“Governor Darius Ishaku in our last SEC meeting asked the council to approve a memo he presented for the purchase of vehicles for himself, his deputy and their wives and it was speedily approved without any argument,” the source said.

The source said it was argued at the meeting that since Mr Darius and his deputy assumed office in 2015, they had been using old vehicles inherited from their predecessors and that they therefore deserve new vehicles as they prepare to step down.

Our source disclosed that going by the memo presented by the governor, Mr Darius and his wife will get over N1.3 billion worth of exotic cars while his deputy and his wife will receive cars worth N750 million.

Darius Ishaku, the governor of Taraba state.
Our source further explained that by the proposal, the governor will get two Toyota Land Cruiser SUV, two escort Toyota Hilux and a utility vehicle while his wife will get a Land Cruiser SUV and an escort vehicle.

Similarly, the deputy governor, Haruna Manu, will receive two lower versions of Land Cruiser SUV and one escort vehicle while his wife will get one SUV and a utility car.

When contacted, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Lois Emmanuel, did not deny or confirm the approval.

She simply said “I am not in the state. I travelled out. I am not aware, I will confirm,” she said, while terminating the call abruptly.

However, she was seen a few hours later at the commissioning of a housing project by the governor in Jalingo, the state capital.

Mr Ishaku contested the last senatorial election to represent Taraba south but was defeated by the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, David Jim-Kuta.

His deputy, on the other hand, contested and won the Taraba Central Senatorial seat.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/nnorth-east/597968-governor-approves-n2-billion-for-purchase-of-vehicles-for-self-deputy-days-to-handover.html

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Tribunal: Prince Ade Omole Represents Mood Of All The BATist In Court - Garba

 Below are pictures that show APC bad behaviour at the tribunal.

APC, Obidients and Atikulators need to respect themselves, the Constitution, and the nation. 
Election no be war.

The man in Blue? That was Prince Ade Omole. He is in no mood of unprepared shenanigans of Peter Obi and his Obidunce gang. He is representing mood of all the BATist in the court.

https://twitter.com/adamugarba/status/1656323422522155013?t=oQ7sYFMW5eG9E-W02NfNpw&s=19

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Anambra Students Create Smart Walking Sticks For The Blind

Members of the visually impaired community have recorded a breakthrough with the new invention of ‘Smart Sticks’ by some students of Regina Pacis Secondary School, Onitsha in Anambra State.

In 2018, the school’s students had won the Junior Gold Awards in the World Technovation Challenge in the United States of America by developing a mobile application called the Fake Drug (FD) detector to help tackle fake pharmaceutical products in Nigeria.

Again, young ladies from the school have shone as innovators in robotics and coding, inventing smart sticks that can detect obstacles not less than 120 centimetres away from a blind person.

The Youth Coordinator, Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB), Anambra State, Chibuzor Obierika, speaking at the launch of the innovative product, said the invention was improved upon its first test.

“After building this project, we noticed it could only sense obstacles horizontally in front of the blind man, so we decided to advance this project. The Smart Sticks can now sense objects from an angle of elevation and an angle of depression,” she said.

“The Smart Sticks are designed with an input ultrasonic sensor that alerts a blind person of an obstacle not less than 120 centimetres ahead of him or her.

The move is in line with the state government mandate to support innovations among young talent.

Their invention was displayed during the pastoral visit of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Onitsha Diocese, Most Reverend Valerian Okeke.

While unveiling the innovation as well as distributing over 20 packs of the devices to several impaired persons, the clergyman, alongside the Obi of Onitsha Nnemeka Achebe hailed the students for the feet achieved.

The Smart Sticks were reviewed by some visually impaired persons at the event to show the product’s effectiveness.

“I feel very much elated. In today’s society, visually impaired people have gone past the era of being perceived as being incapable of contributing to societal development,” one member of the blind community said.

“These Smart Sticks would go a long way in helping them live a life of independence.”

https://www.channelstv.com/2023/05/10/anambra-students-create-smart-walking-sticks-for-the-blind

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Davido Reacts As Supreme Court Affirms His Uncle, Ademola As Osun Governor

Nigerian singer, Davido has reacted to the ruling by the Supreme Court affirming his Uncle, Ademola Adeleke, as governor of Osun state, IGBERETV reports.

In a post shared on his Instastsory, Davido congratulated Osun state indigenes and stated that the ruling marks ‘’Freedom time'' for them.

https://instagram.com/stories/davido/3098924579897402028?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

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Man Cries Out For Help After Losing N400k Belonging To His Mother On Sportybet

Here is what he wrote

Good morning sir, please help me, Iost over 400k of my mom's money. I keep chasing my lost. Please, I swear I will stop betting if you help me. Please I've messaged others no answer. I'm having panic already. I have all the evidence

Source: https://twitter.com/yabaleftonline/status/1656234019435036674?t=PQ1sY7xyP98vhxB9EaHj3Q&s=19

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Peter Obi Disowns Obidients Who Insult Paster Adeboye, Others

The use of subterfuge by people masquerading as Obidients to abuse and insult eminent personalities like Most Reverend Pastor Enoch Adeboye or anyone else is most unacceptable. Obidients are by and large, law-abiding citizens.

While differences of opinion are normal, calculated efforts to create ethnic or religious chasm all in the name of politics should not in any way be tolerated. As a person, I eschew name-calling, insults, and abuses, likewise most of my supporters.

The suggestion that some in the fringes engage in such conduct casually overlooks the fact that the political opposition deploys such methods to gain undue advantage and create confusion and bad blood. - PO

https://twitter.com/PeterObi/status/1656337956511141889?s=20

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Akeredolu Rubbishes APC Zoning Of 10th NASS Leadership Positions

Governor of Ondo State and chairman of South-West Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has faulted the zoning arrangement of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the offices presiding officers of the 10th National Assembly, describing it as a “skewed arrangement that reinforces injustice and enhances inequity”.

Akeredolu, in a statement personally issued in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Wednesday, noted that the “intentions and motives of the zoning formula represent early signs of steps aimed at attempts to cabin the hard-earned Presidency for our Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by a few individuals with eyes on Aso Rock Power Buttons.”

The governor disclosed that “it is trite to aver, that, it stands logic on the head that one geo-political zone, Northwest in this regard, will be favoured with two presiding officers positions out of four while North Central suffers the consequences for its innocence and shrewd loyalty by having none.”

According to Akeredolu, “the move to zone the National Assembly leadership positions on the behest of interested personalities with perceived closeness to the President-elect manifesting, lays the dangerous foundation of distrust, needless suspicion even as it structures nothing but a combination of booby traps. We must avoid all these.”

While saying that it was an insidious permutation that North-East will be deprived in the face of the unsavory generosity dispensed through two slots to a particular geo-political zone, Akeredolu noted that it is also self-repudiating for one to argue, therefore, that the Speaker of the House of Representatives cannot also emerge from the North-East.

“Let the North play a stronger, more robust, and all-inclusive role in the emergence of the positions zoned to the region, especially the Speakership.

“Furthermore, it strikes a huge ingratitude that the role of the Progressive Governors Forum appears unimportant. As leaders of the Party in their respective States, there cannot be a greater disservice to them that a consensus was yet to be reached when the NWC hurriedly released a dangerous tool for the opposition in the guise of a zoning formula. To me, even on this note, it’s unacceptable.

“Does it not also exude a serious discomfort that the aspirants to the Speakership were not consulted, approached, and effectively engaged before the purported zoning formula? It does, and so.

“It is in this regard that I salute the courage of the Speakership aspirants for their show of solidarity, companionship, and applaudable love for the Party in their rejection, resentment, and objection to the brazenly teleguided zoning arrangement that is skewed and targeted against some zones and identified individuals.

“Their action is commendable just as they are urged to ensure they pursue this to a logical conclusion. This is an unworkable arrangement that reinforces injustice and enhances inequity, and I join them in rejecting this zoning formula.

“I call on the NWC of our great Party to follow the path of purity and Justice. It is perhaps expedient that Mr. President-elect interrogates this skewed arrangement and gives direction that reflects our collective commitment to equality and fairness.

“In this particular case, and to avoid a repeat of untoward situations, it is advised that the APC NWC immediately summons the National Executive Committee (NEC)after robust National Caucus/Stakeholders parley to agree on terms that would strengthen our great Party,” the governor stated.

https://leadership.ng/just-in-akeredolu-rubbishes-apc-zoning-of-10th-nass-leadership-positions/

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