Tambuwal: North Not Opposed to Restructuring We cannot be stampeded, says Ango Abdullahi El-Rufai: More states will not address imbalance in country Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna Sokoto State governor, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal yesterday dismissed the
widely held perception that the North was opposed to restructuring because it is the biggest beneficiary of the current socio-political and economic structure in
the country. Tambuwal spoke at a twoday conference on “The North and Future of the Nigerian Federation”, organised by the Arewa Research and
Development Project (ARDP) in Kaduna. However, his position went against the grain of his colleagues such as the Kano State governor, Dr.
Abdullahi Ganduje and his Katsina State counterpart, Bello Masari, among others, who had at a recent zonal meeting organised by the All Progressives Congress
Committee on Restructuring, opposed the clamour for the restructuring of the country, saying that they were in favour Continued on page 8
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IMF Warns of Heightened Risks as Nigeria Seeks to Increase Foreign Debt Kunle Aderinokun, Chika Amanze-Nwachuku, Obinna Chima and Nume Ekeghe in Washington D.C.
IN RECOGNITION OF NIGERIAN HEROES... L-R: Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Aisha Alhassan; wife of the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola; most outstanding winner 2017 Indomie Independence Day Awards (IIDA), Chibuyim Nnakwe; Head of Tolaram Nigeria, Mr. Pawan Sharma; wife of Edo State governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki; and Chairman, Senate Committee on Land, Housing and Urban Development, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, at the 2017 Indomie Independence Day Heroes Awards ceremony, held in Lagos… recently
As the federal government continues to fine-tune plans to raise additional foreign debt from the international capital market (ICM) and multilateral donor agencies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Nigeria and other low income countries that greater reliance on foreign borrowing may at some point expose their economies to vulnerability, if the funds are not put to good use. The Financial Counsellor Continued on page 8
Intels Vows to Fight Back as NPA Terminates Pilotage Agreement Mulls withdrawal of multibillion dollar investment in Badagry Deep Seaport Eromosele Abiodun The management of Nigeria’s oil and gas logistics giant, Intels Nigeria Limited (INL), has kicked against the termination of its Pilotage
Agency Agreement by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), describing the action as “preposterous” and highly injurious to Nigeria. Intels, in a statement made available to THISDAY
yesterday, disclosed that following the letter from the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN) to the Managing Director of
NPA, Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman, directing NPA to terminate the pilotage agreement, NPA promptly ended the contract on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, without inviting it as the other party to the agreement for
negotiation or due recourse to the terms of the agreement that specify conditions precedents before a party can exit the contract. THISDAY had exclusively reported yesterday that Malami
had written to Bala-Usman on September 27, directing her to terminate the boats pilotage monitoring and supervision agreement that the agency had Continued on page 10
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