The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said all the nation’s international airports may resume international flight operations before the end of the year. Relevant stakeholders especially in the private sector were conspicuously absent from a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives on six executive bills on the aviation sector on Tuesday.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, slams his Ebonyi State counterpart, Dave Umahi, for calling him a dictator who controls the structure of the Peoples Democratic Party. Wike also said Umahi was wrong to have said he singlehandedly imposed Uche Secondus as the National Chairman of the PDP.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has reacted for the first times since the video of investigative report independently carried out by CNN about the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate was released. Buratai maintained that the Nigerian Army was professional in its conduct that night of October 20, 2020. Recall that soldiers deployed to Lekki toll gate were accused of shooting and killing End SARS protesters at Lekki toll gate.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. has said it would not call off its eight-month strike even if the Federal Government withdraws the Integrated Payroll and Information System as a means of paying them. The Coordinator, ASUU Owerri zone, Uzo Onyibinama stated this in a press briefing held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State.
The Presidency on Wednesday said it regretted the absence of its representatives from a meeting of South-South stakeholders fixed for Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State While attributing the development to an emergency meeting of the National Security Council held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on the same day, it said a new date for the meeting would be fixed after dues consultations.
The Senate Minority Leader and Senator for Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has vowed to remain in the vanguard for the agitation of Justice, equity, and fairness for the southeast in national affairs. He argued that giving up the agitation to accord the zone equal opportunities with other parts of the country would deepen their already existing pitiable condition and thus subject her people to second class citizens.
Relevant stakeholders especially in the private sector were conspicuously absent from a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives on six executive bills on the aviation sector on Tuesday. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, while declaring the hearing open, asked for identification of representatives of the private sector at the event.
Ebonyi State National Assembly members, on Wednesday, stated that the state Governor, David Umahi, who has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress is on his own. Senator Sam Egwu, the leader of the Ebonyi State PDP caucus in the national parliament read the position of his colleagues at a press conference in Abuja. He said none of the lawmakers would defect with Umahi.
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said all the nation’s international airports may resume international flight operations before the end of the year. According to Sirika, the Ministry of Aviation is working with the Federal Ministry of Health, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and other relevant bodies to ensure that the three airports meet all the safety and health requirements and protocols.
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