Emergency Rule: Tinubu Defiled Sacredness and Sanctity of the Constitution, Amaechi Insists Says national assembly weak, govt’s three arms now reduced to just the executive Queries coastal road project, declares it lacks due process Sunday Ehigiator Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi
Amaechi, has again condemned President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers,
labelling it as not just illegal, but a “defilement of the sacredness and sanctity of the constitution.”
Amaechi also expressed concerns over the award of the coastal road construction contract, questioning
the transparency of the process. At the same time, he criticised the National Assembly (NASS),
describing it as weak and ineffective, Continued on page 32
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IMF Urges Nigeria, Others to Enhance Fiscal Buffers Eromosele Abiodun and Nume Ekeghe in Washington DC
L-R: Mrs. Bola Obasanjo representing her husband and former President Olusegun Obasanjo; First son of the deceased, Mr. Wale Otegbola; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; His wife, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun; and Daughter of the deceased, Mrs. Fola Soyebo-Otegbola, during the burial service of Senator Ayodeji Otegbola at the St. Paul African Church, Ilupeju, Lagos State, on Thursday
Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, yesterday, called on Nigeria and other African countries to deepen fiscal buffers, adopt context-specific monetary policies, and advance regional economic cooperation in order to cushion the effect of global headwinds and unlock long-term inclusive growth. Georgieva made the assertion Continued on page 32
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SANWO-OLU AT HARVARD MARKETING LAGOS...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu speaking at Harvard Business School on”Building the Future: Lagos State’s Infrastructure-led Transformation”… on Wednesday. He was a guest in Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s course, “Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent.” (See story on Page 36)