Obasanjo: Tinubu’s Administration Yet to Find Right Way to Handle Economy Alleges two of president's policies wrongly implemented
James Sowole in Abeokuta
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
yesterday, said to engender investor confidence, the administration of President Bola Tinubu must change
its current transactional style of leadership. Obasanjo made the remark at the
weekend in Abuja while speaking on, “Nigeria’s Development: Navigating the Way Out of the Current Economic
Crisis and Insecurity,” at the Paul Aje Colloquium (tPAC). The former president concluded
that the Tinubu administration was Continued on page 5
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Ribadu to Kano Deputy Gov: Retract Your Defamatory Statement or Face Legal Action Northern ruling council seeks restraints, Bichi emirate thanks security agencies, judiciary Chuks Okocha in Abuja, Sunday Aborisade in Abuja and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano
The National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has asked
the Kano State Deputy Governor, Aminu Gwarzo, to either withdraw his defamatory statement against him
or face legal action. But the Northern Traditional Ruling Council, under the chairmanship of
His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, revered institution, and therefore has noted with concern, the situation Continued on page 5 in Kano, especially as it affects the
Tinubu: Today is My Day to Boast, The Deal is Done, The Dream is Realisable
Flags off Lagos-Calabar coastal highway FG directs sections 3 and 4 of highway to start from Akwa Ibom, Cross River Virtually commissions design, procurement for 1,000km Sokoto-Badagry highway, 461km Enugu-AbakalikiOgoja road, reconstruction of 330 roads, bridges across geo-political zones Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Bennett Oghifo in Lagos A visibly excited President Bola Tinubu described Sunday’s flag-off of the 700-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as his day to boast, saying the deal is done, and the project is realisable. Tinubu spoke from the Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, end of the project, which would traverse nine states along Nigeria's coastal shoreline, while linking the A1, A2, A3, and A4 highway corridors vertically crossing the western, central and eastern regions of the country, north to south. But Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced that the president had directed that sections three and four of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project should commence from Akwa Ibom and Cross River states, respectively. Former Vice President Atiku Continued on page 5
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON LAGOS-CALABAR COASTAL HIGHWAY... L-R: Minister of Works, Sen Dave Umahi; Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during the cutting of tape to officially flag off the construction of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in Lagos...... yesterday