LCCI: Parameters, Assumptions for 2025 Proposed Budget Overambitious, Fragile Edun: Tinubu working to lift Nigerians out of poverty
Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos and Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), yesterday, described the factors and suppositions that
informed the proposed federal government’s 2025 budget as too optimistic and fragile to work with
in view of current economic realities in Nigeria. LCCI expressed its views in a
statement, titled, “LCCI Statement on 2025-2027 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework of Federal Government,”
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Governors Threatening Us over Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills, House Members Allege Oyedele: No region is targeted in tax reform Chuks Okocha and Juliet Akoje in Abuja
The deputy spokesman of the House of Representatives, Mr Philip Agbese, has disclosed that some governors
are threatening to deny some federal lawmakers return tickets in the 2027 general election if they did not
withdraw their support for President Bola Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills now before the National Assembly.
Agbese said the lawmakers and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, would engage the chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Continued on page 5
Presidency: Obasanjo Not Ideal Leader to Emulate, Unfit to Speak on Good Governance Accuses his govt of brazen illegality, assault on constitution through illegal removal of governors Says he made poor choices in economic management, which burdened successive govts Maintains he organised sham elections in 2003 adjudged the worst in nation’s history
Deji Elumoye in Abuja The presidency, yesterday, told former President Olusegun Obasanjo he was not the ideal leader to follow on issues of governance. The presidency was reacting to Obasanjo's recent criticism of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. In a release signed by the presidential adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the presidency declared that Obasanjo lacked the moral rectitude to sermonise on ideal forms of governance. It claimed that the eight years of Obasanjo’s government, from 1999 to 2007, was a study in brazen illegality and glaring assault on the country’s constitution. The statement alleged that Obasanjo’s eight years witnessed the illegal removal of four former governors that belonged to the same party with him, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The presidency further Continued on page 5
STRENGTHENING SECURITY OPERATIONS IN DELTA...
L-R: Deputy Governor, Delta State, Sir. Monday Onyeme; Governor Sheriff Oborevwori; Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, and State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olufemi Abaniwonda, during the inauguration of 31 security Hilux patrol pick-ups donated by the state government in Asaba…yesterday See story on page 21