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I’ll sack non-performing ministers anytime, President Tinubu declares
year into his government, President Bola Tinubu says he will fire any non-performing cabinet members.
“I thank the cabinet members for their efforts,” Mr Tinubu said on Thursday, “but I will relieve any of them of their duties anytime I feel that they are failing Nigerians.”
Mr Tinubu disclosed this while hosting members of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
On May 29, Mr Tinubu marked one year in office. His threat to sack non-performing ministers comes as Nigerians berated his government as a failure in the past year, trending #TinubuOneYearOfFailure and lamenting economic hardship characterised by hunger, spiking food prices, and insecurity under Mr Tinubu’s watch.
Though economic hardship predated Mr Tinubu’s presidency, his dual policies of fuel subsidy removal and floating of the naira have seen pump prices jump from N145 to N710 while the naira continues its free fall against the dollar, trading for about N1,500 to a dollar.
Economic experts and the International Monetary Fund have lauded Mr Tinubu’s dual policies as bold moves.
However, spiking food prices shooting through the roof under Mr Tinubu’s watch has seen Nigerians on different occasions hit the streets in Niger, Osun, Ibadan and Lagos States, Mr Tinubu’s home state, lamenting hardship in the country.
Different market surveys by Peoples Gazette showed that prices of food items have increased nationwide by over 100 per cent since Mr Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2024.
In March, a government-owned warehouse in Abuja was raided, and residents looted food items. While in Suleja and Zaria, trucks carrying foodstuffs were attacked and ransacked as widespread hunger ravaged the country.
In a statement on Wednesday, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar said Mr Tinubu, in one year in office, has exacerbated the horrible economic legacy, poverty, misery and joblessness of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Under Tinubu’s watch, “all the economic ills—joblessness, poverty, and misery—which defined the Buhari-led administration have only exacerbated,” said Mr Abubakar, who contested against Mr Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.
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Governor Fintiri Pardons Nine Inmates, Commutes Death Sentence to Mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary In commemoration of Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day celebration, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has granted pardons to nine inmates serving various terms in correctional facilities across the state. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, said the Governor ordered the immediate release of the pardoned inmates, noting that all legal formalities had been concluded with the Nigerian Correctional Service. “The Governor acted on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 212(1)(d) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended),” the statement said. According to the statement, those granted pardon and discharged include Abubakar Dajo, who was serving at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Jos; Zabadi Ayuba and Salvation Nyamso, both serving at the Numan Custodial Centre. Others are Amir Idris, Mohammed Saidu, Yaro Sambo, Buhari Salisu, Urube Samuel and Bamaiyi Amos, who were discharged from the Jimeta, Ganye, Guyuk, Yola Old and Kojoli Custodial Centres, respectively. In addition to the pardons, Governor Fintiri approved the commutation of the death sentence imposed on one inmate, Saidu Abdullahi of the Yola Old Custodial Centre, to life imprisonment. The Governor’s action, the statement noted, was in the spirit of the Independence anniversary and reflects the government’s commitment to mercy, justice and the rehabilitation of offenders. The pardons and commutation take immediate effect, the statement added.
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Governor Fintiri Pardons Nine Inmates, Commutes Death Sentence to Mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary In commemoration of Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day celebration, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has granted pardons to nine inmates serving various terms in correctional facilities across the state. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou, said the Governor ordered the immediate release of the pardoned inmates, noting that all legal formalities had been concluded with the Nigerian Correctional Service. “The Governor acted on the advice of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 212(1)(d) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended),” the statement said. According to the statement, those granted pardon and discharged include Abubakar Dajo, who was serving at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Jos; Zabadi Ayuba and Salvation Nyamso, both serving at the Numan Custodial Centre. Others are Amir Idris, Mohammed Saidu, Yaro Sambo, Buhari Salisu, Urube Samuel and Bamaiyi Amos, who were discharged from the Jimeta, Ganye, Guyuk, Yola Old and Kojoli Custodial Centres, respectively. In addition to the pardons, Governor Fintiri approved the commutation of the death sentence imposed on one inmate, Saidu Abdullahi of the Yola Old Custodial Centre, to life imprisonment. The Governor’s action, the statement noted, was in the spirit of the Independence anniversary and reflects the government’s commitment to mercy, justice and the rehabilitation of offenders. The pardons and commutation take immediate effect, the statement added.
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