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NIGERIA BANS BURKINA RALLY
It appears that the 2 years Burkina Faso has spent under revolutionary leadership has sent jitters down the spines of Nigeria's leadership. Pan-Africanism is apparently now banned in Nigeria.
Or at least that's what Nigerian activist Kola Edokpayi discovered when he organised a Pan-African solidarity rally in support of Burkina Faso. The rally was to be held in the spirit of countless other rallies around the world that took place on the same day in defence of Burkina Faso and its leader Ibrahim Traore against attacks from the US. He immediately received a cease-and-desist order from the Edo State Commissioner of Police.
And cease he did, but that was just the start. The Department of State Services and the police stormed his office, detained about six individuals, and later released four, keeping Edokpayi and another associate in custody. The act has been condemned by the Edo State chapter of the Take It Back Movement, calling it a violation of constitutional rights.
President Bola Tinubu's government has maintained a position of hostility against the Alliance of Sahel States, which Burkina Faso is a member of. Following the popular revolutionary coup against Western favourite Mohamed Bazoum in Niger, Tinubu, who then chaired ECOWAS, pushed firmly for an ECOWAS invasion to reinstate Bazoum. Solidarity from Mali and Burkina Faso with Niger is credited with eventually giving ECOWAS cold feet. Since then, there have been no conciliatory moves from Abuja.
Let us know what you think. Why did Nigeria ban rallies in support of Burkina Faso?
BREAKING: A Federal High Court in Abuja has prohibited the CBN from disbursing any additional financial allocations to the Rivers State Government until a legitimate appropriation act is enacted by a properly constituted House of Assembly.
Senate Plenary Update: Wednesday, 23rd October 2024
Consideration of Bills:
The following Bills have passed second reading in the Senate and referred to the relevant Committees for further legislative action:
Between August to December 2023, a total of N190.3m was paid to GFLOX INVESTMENT LTD, GINOs VENTURES LTD, and C.H.M.S. LIMITED, for the Procurement and Installation of Medical Equipment at FMC Bida, Niger State.
We tracked and report that this project is ongoing. Medical equipment such as a phototherapy lamp, Infusion pump, Edan fetal monitor, Apnea monitor, Stethoscope, Microscope, Mobile screen, etc. have been supplied but yet to be installed.
We will keep tracking to ensure proper service delivery.
N84.5m was allocated to the Construction and Furnishing of Townhall in Dakaiya Ward, Kaugama LGA in Jigawa state in the 2023 FG Budget.
During our first visit in Jan 2024, we reported that this project just started.
N15m was allocated to the Rehabilitation of Water Works at Garu, Dutse LGA Jigawa state, in the 2023 FG Budget.
We tracked and report that this project has not been done.
We call on @bcdagov, the implementing agency, to provide the public with the details of this project and facilitate its execution.
This is what a secondary school somewhere in Edo state looks like.....
You know and I know that there is no state including FCT that does not have this type of school in Nigeria.
Yeaa....all your politicians FAILED.