Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, says the federal government is confused. In statement on Wednesday, Fayose wondered why the presidency would suspend Lawal Babachir, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), at a time the government decided to investigate the $43 million found at an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos. The governor said the suspension of Lawal and Ayo Oke, director-general [...]
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Shehu Sani, chairman of the senate committee which indicted Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation, says his panel is not rejoicing that a "mighty mortal has been caught in the trap of his fate". Sani said this in reaction to the suspension of Lawal. President Muhammadu Buhari had suspended Lawal and Ayo Oke, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency [...]
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On December 14, 2016, the senate asked Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation, to immediately resign from office. This followed the recommendation of its ad hoc committee on the humanitarian crisis in the north-east, which had investigated the management of funds for internally displaced persons in the region by the Presidential Initiative on the North-East (PINE). PINE at the [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation, and Ayo Oke, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), for allegations of financial misappropriation leveled against them. While some are praising the president, other are saying he is too slow in taking key decisions. Here are the diverse reactions of Nigerians on Twitter: Today is April 19, 2017. [...]
Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation, has told reporters to ask the "presidency" why he was suspended. In an encounter with reporters on Wednesday shortly after his suspension was announced, a clearly shocked Lawal stalled on all the questions he was asked. Informed that his suspension was announced by the presidency, he retorted: "Who is the presidency?" He had been [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation, and Ayo Oke, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), pending the outcome of investigations. This was disclosed in a press statement on Wednesday by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is to head a three-man panel to probe the allegations. In December, the senate had called for [...]
BY MUSA ABDULLAHI While President Muhammadu Buhari was away on medical vacation in London and his vice, Yemi Osibanjo, was holding the fort in Abuja, Nigerians whose quality of life was tremendously impacted by the shibboleth of the stand-in leader in the state house felt that the government was working. In the little space of time Osibanjo functioned as acting president, [...]
Ama Pepple, former head of service of the federation, says that SERVICOM (Service Compact with All Nigerians), which was initiated by former president Olusegun Obasanjo in 2004, has failed woefully. Pepple made this statement while speaking at the opening of a two-day national policy dialogue on service delivery with the theme "Efficient and Effective Service Delivery in Governance: Imperative for Driving [...]
Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says he does not have the power to award contracts. Lawal said this while reacting to reports that he awarded contracts to 20 "ghost companies" through the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE). Sani Shehu, chairman of the senate ad hoc committee investigating the humanitarian crisis in the north-east, had said [...]
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, has said that some of the companies awarded contracts by the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE) cannot be traced. He said over 20 companies were awarded contracts by PINE which was headed by secretary to the government of the federation, Babachir David Lawal. The SGF has been invited by the senate to clear the [...]
Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has asked the senate ad hoc committee on the humanitarian crisis in the north-east to reschedule his appearance. The committee had summoned Lawal to appear before it on Thursday. The summons followed allegations of corruption levelled against him. But he wrote to the committee, saying that he would not appear before it [...]
Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation, has turned down an invitation of the senate ad hoc committee on the humanitarian crisis in the north-east. Hameed Ali, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), also did the same thing, though his was because of the compulsion to wear a uniform. Lawal was scheduled to appear before the committee on Thursday [...]
The Acting President Osinbajo has approved the reappointment of Latif Demola Busari as the executive secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC). According to a statement issued by Ahmed Waziri, spokesman of the council, on Thursday, a letter of appointment signed by Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), said the appointment took effect from Wednesday, and [...]
Babachir Lawal, secretary to government of the federation (SGF), says the current administration has laid a solid foundation for Nigeria’s future. Lawal said this at the 5th convocation of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuaghor, Owerri, on Friday. He said the government was working around the clock to fix the economy, and he asked for patience on the part of citizens. He said the president [...]
Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says those wishing President Muhammadu Buhari dead are responsible for the bad state of the economy. Addressing a pro-Buhari support group at the Unity Fountain in Abuja on Tuesday, Lawal said the government understood the challenges Nigerians were going through. He said Buhari did not anticipate the current problems, but that the [...]
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