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Ogun State Ambulance Controversy: What No One Is Saying By Gbolahan Adetayo

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The hatchet workers don’t want you to know this, but the tricycle ambulance of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state currently generating a backlash is an initiative recently launched by Governor to provide quick and efficient emergency services to rural areas where traditional ambulances are not easily accessible due to poor road conditions and failure of past administrations to fix them

To the naysayers and short-sighted critics, the tricycle ambulance initiative is a well-thought-out plan aimed at improving emergency healthcare services in rural areas. It is not a permanent solution but rather a quick and temporary alternative to reach areas where traditional ambulances cannot access.

Governor Abiodun’s administration is committed to providing quality healthcare services to all residents of Ogun state, and the tricycle ambulance initiative is just one of the several innovative approaches the government is using to bridge the gap in emergency healthcare services.

Let me use this opportunity to urge some of my colleagues in the media to be objective in their reportage and avoid sensationalizing issues that are intended for the betterment of the people. It is important to note that the Governor’s administration is listening to the yearnings of the people and working hard to deliver on its mandate of providing quality governance to the people of Ogun State.

In conclusion, I commend Governor Abiodun’s efforts towards improving healthcare services in Ogun State, and we call on all citizens to support the tricycle ambulance initiative and other innovative healthcare initiatives of the government. Together, we can build a better and healthier Ogun State.

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BREAKING: Reps Suspend Implementation Of Cybersecurity Levy

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The House of Representatives on Thursday ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop enforcing the cybercrime levy in accordance with the terms of the cybercrime Act.

This came after the PDP Rivers Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda’s urgently important proposal was adopted.

According to Chinda, the Cybercrime Act’s section 44 (2a) identified the following entities as required to pay the fees: stock exchanges, insurance firms, banks and other financial institutions, GSM and telecom businesses, and Internet providers.

The lawmaker explained that the circular from the CBN has raised apprehension across Nigeria, stressing that it has given the impression that the levy is to be paid by Nigerians in an era when they are still battling with an increase in the price of petroleum products, among others.

The House subsequently asked the apex bank to withdraw its earlier circular on implementing the levy immediately and issue another circular in line with the provisions of the Act.

 

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Alleged Fraud: Court Grants Sirika, Daughter, Two Others N100m Bail Each

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A Federal High Court located in Abuja has granted N100 million in bail to Hadi Sirika, a former Minister of Aviation, along with two other individuals and his daughter.

They are on trial for allegedly defrauding the N2.7 billion. The court orders them to submit two further sureties, both of whom must have acquired properties in Abuja.

The court ruled that the sureties had to be law-abiding citizens as well. A means affidavit must be deposed to by the sureties.

The accused were also prohibited by the court from leaving the country without authorization.

Justice Oriji ordered that the defendants should be remanded in prison custody if they failed to meet their bail conditions.

The sureties must own landed properties within the FCT with valid titles. The trial will commence on the 10th, 11th and 20th of June.

 

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JUST IN: Former Aviation Minister, Sirika, Daughter Arrive Court Over N2.7bn Fraud Case [PHOTOS]

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Hadi Sirika, Former Minister of Aviation, alongside his daughter, Fatima have arrived at the Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja where they will be arraigned for an alleged N2.7bn fraud in connection with the botched Nigerian Air project.

Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has slammed six counts on the former minister, his daughter, and two others.

The anti-graft agency accused Sirika of conferring undue advantage on some entities between April 2022 and March 2023 in Abuja.

It added that that embattled minister abused his office by awarding consultancy N1.3bn contract for the Nigerian Air Start-up to Tianero  Nigeria Limited.

 

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