BREAKING: Major legal victory for Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki as the Court of Appeal in Ilorin quashes the charge against him, declaring it an abuse of court process and unconstitutional.
The court consequently discharges Saraki, marking a significant development in the long-running legal battle.
Justice prevails as the court sets the record straight.
When government buys Nigerian, it invests in Nigerians.
That is why I welcome the directive that ministries, departments, and agencies should purchase their vehicles from licensed local assemblers.
This takes me back to June 2016, when the 8th Senate passed a bill to amend the Public Procurement Act, making a preference for Nigerian-made goods mandatory. At the heart of that effort was a simple but significant change in Section 34: replacing โmayโ with โshallโ.
We believed then, as I still do now, that public spending must help build domestic prosperity. When we buy what we produce, we support jobs, reduce pressure on foreign exchange, and give manufacturers the confidence to invest, expand, and employ more people.
I hope that this directive will be consistently implemented and its underlying principle embraced across every arm of government.
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