NADECO Congratulates Tinubu, Seeks Return to Federal System Says deceptively choreographed 1979, 1999 constitutions which preserved all the grave damage military govts forcefully imposed upon this country remain bane of Nigeria Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Ayodeji Ake in Lagos The National Democratic Coalition
(NADECO) has written Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, urging him to immediately work towards returning Nigeria to a federal system
of government. In a statement by its General Secretary and Spokesman, Ayo Opadokun, the pro-democracy organisation
maintained that Nigeria is currently a country and not a nation, stressing that the struggle to make Nigeria a truly federal state must be vigorously
pursued. While congratulating the president on his inauguration, NADECO noted that it was without prejudice to the
democratic rights of his opponents who are contesting his victory at the Continued on page 10
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State Assemblies Inaugurate, New Speakers, Others Elected Segun James in Lagos, Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja, Igbawase Ukumba in Lafia, Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa and Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo Five states of the federation, yesterday, inaugurated their Houses
of Assembly for new sessions and elected presiding officers from among the lawmakers, as required by the constitution. Section 105 (3) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, provides that the person elected as governor of a state shall have powers to issue
a proclamation for the holding of the First Session of the House of Assembly of the state concerned after his swearing in. Upholding that constitutional charge, governors across the federation issued proclamations – some the night before and others on
the morning of the inauguration day – which necessitated the start of new sessions of the legislatures. Below were what transpired in some of the states, as the Assemblies were inaugurated and new leaderships were elected for new sessions, as captured by THISDAY.
LAGOS
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, was yesterday unanimously elected Speaker of the 10th Assembly of the state. The election of Obasa marked a three-term consecutive tenure as
leader of the Assembly. He was first elected as Speaker in 2015 and was re-elected in 2019 and, now 2023. Elected, also unanimously, was Deputy Speaker, Hon Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, from Apapa Constituency I, Continued on page 10
NLC: Why We Suspended Planned Nationwide Strike over Subsidy Accuses FG of weaponising ex-parte injunctions against workers KPMG report predicts 30% inflation rate, seeks cushioning measures Advises FG to implement Oronsaye report NESG advises government to mobilise public support via citizen education Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday, gave reasons why it agreed with the federal government to suspend the strike scheduled to commence today. NLC said it took into account a restraining court injunction procured by the government to stop the proposed nationwide strike. The union accused the federal government of exploiting ex-parte injunctions to silence workers. NLC’s explanation came as KPMG, a multinational audit, tax and advisory services firm, yesterday, predicted that the current withdrawal of petrol subsidy in Nigeria could see the inflation rate climb to 30 per cent from June. It recommended that measures be put in place to mitigate the effect of the new policy. Continued on page 10
BETARA VISITS PRESIDENT TINUBU... L-R: Vice President Kashim Shettima, President Bola Tinubu and a House of Representatives Speakership aspirant, Hon. Aliyu Betara, when Betara visited the president at the State House...Monday evening.
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