Sanwo-Olu Receives Dangote’s Rice Support for Vulnerable Lagos Households This is extreme kindness, compassion, says governor, hails Dangote Foundation’s largesse Oluchi Chibuzor Lagos State Government has
received 80,000 bags of 10 kilogrammes rice to bolster its interventions aimed at amelio-
rating the current hardship on vulnerable households in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu,
yesterday, personally received fully loaded trucks laden with the 80,000 units of 10kg bags of rice supplied
by the Aliko Dangote Foundation for immediate distribution to various segments of the vulnerable
population. Continued on page 12
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LP BoT Ignores Outcome of National Convention,Takes over Running of Party Abure re-elected at controversial exercise Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja and David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka The Board of Trustees (BoT) of Labour Party (LP), yesterday,
stepped in to steer the affairs of the party, following the expiration of the tenure of the National Working Committee (NWC) headed by Mr. Julius Abure.
Obi, Otti, others boycott Anambra convention
The party said, in a statement by Chairman of the BoT, Comrade S.O.Z. Ejiofor, that the step was to avoid leadership vacuum. By that development, however,
the BoT ignored yesterday’s national convention of the party in Nnewi, Anambra State, which re-elected Julius Abure as its national chairman for a second term through
NLC: It's illegal, nullity
unanimous affirmation by delegates. The convention was held in the absence of key members of the party, including the party's presidential candidate in the 2023 general elec-
tion, Mr Peter Obi; governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti; and senators of the party from Anambra State, Continued on page 12
In Move to Revive Economy, Tinubu Heads 31-man Presidential Economic Coordination Council Edun, Cardoso, Elumelu, Dangote, Rabiu, Agbaje make list Minister of Finance to chair 19-man economic emergency taskforce Heads another 14-man economic management team
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DANGOTE'S GIFT OF RICE TO THE VULNERABLE IN LAGOS... L-R: Chairman, Geregu Power Plc, Mr. Femi Otedola; Managing Director/CEO, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou; President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide SanwoOlu; Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations, Dangote Industries, Fatimah Aliko Dangote and board member, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Mrs. Hajara Abiodun, during the flag-off of distribution of bags of rice to vulnerable households in Lagos, held at the Lagos House, Ikeja, ... yesterday
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