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PUNCH
*Jonathan, Sambo, Others To Get N3.24bn Severance Pay
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-president Namadi Sambo, non-returning federal lawmakers, ministers and presidential aides will collect N3.24bn as severance allowances, investigation by The PUNCH has shown.
The severance allowances are contained in the Remuneration Package put together by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission.
According to the package, Jonathan, who will hand over to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on May 29, is entitled to 300 per cent of his annual basic salary.
The President’s annual basic salary is put at N3, 514,705 and therefore his severance allowance will be N10, 544,115 after May 29.
The severance allowance is without prejudice to his other constitutional entitlements as a former head of government.
Similarly, Vice-President Sambo, who leaves office the same day as Jonathan, is also entitled to 300 per cent of his annual basic salary put at N3, 031,572.50. This means that his severance allowance after May 29 is N9, 094,717.50.
For having held the office of vice- president, Sambo also has some constitutional entitlements and perks.
Also About 76 senators who are not returning to the National Assembly either because they did not stand for election or because they lost their bids to return, 290 members of House House Of Assembly, Ministers and Senior Ministers, president aids, advisors, senior special assistants et al are also entitled to their severances.
***Buhari May Consider Amnesty For Corrupt Politicians – Fayemi
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, may consider granting amnesty to corrupt politicians who are ready to return stolen funds.
He, however, said Buhari’s promise to extend hands of friendship across the political divide in his acceptance speech shortly after winning the poll, does not mean that he would not prosecute corrupt government officials who served in the President Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Fayemi said this during a programme on BBC titled, HardTalk.
**Engineer, Three Others Killed In Kogi Radio Station Bombing
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered increased security presence around media houses in the country.
Arase’s directive followed the bombing of the office of TAO FM, a community radio station, in Okene, Kogi State, on Monday night.
Three people believed to be security men and an engineer were feared killed and many others injured in the incident.
Arase said in a statement on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, that his decision was in consonance with the traditional responsibility of the police to protect lives and property.
****Senate Passes 2015 Budget Without Provision For Subsidy
The Senate on Tuesday passed N4.493tn budget for the 2015 fiscal year, about five months after it was presented by the Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
The national budget, which was earlier passed by the House of Representatives last week, was N51bn higher than the N4.425tn submitted to both chambers of the National Assembly by the Federal Government.
The Senate approval of the budget on Tuesday, however, confirmed the non-inclusion of fuel subsidy provision in the document but N21bn was budgeted for the funding of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.
The Senate, in passing the budget, slightly reduced the N2.607, 601, 000, 300 proposed by the executive to N2.607, 132,491,708 as recurrent expenditure and simultaneously scaled down the capital expenditure from N642, 848,999,699 estimated in the proposal to N556, 995,465,449.
***Yuguda Sacks 2,000 Aides
With barely one month to the end of his administration, Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda, has sacked about 2,000 political aides.
The sacking, which was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs, Government House, Hashimu Yakubu, on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government, stated that all Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Personal Assistants had been fired with immediate effect.
Although, the statement did not state the number of aides affected by the action, our correspondent learnt from government sources in Bauchi that those affected would be “well over 2,000.”
***Xenophobic Attacks: FG Suspends Perm Sec For Recalling Envoys
The Federal Government has suspended the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb Danjuma Sheni, for allegedly recalling Nigeria’s Charge D’Affairs in South Africa in the wake of the xenophobic attacks in the former apartheid enclave.
A top government official told journalists in Aso Rock on Tuesday that Sheni was suspended for embarrassing President Goodluck Jonathan for inviting the envoy without receiving the President’s approval.
The official said the Head of Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, acting on the order of Jonathan, had already queried Sheni and asked him to reply within 24 hours.
“There will still be further consequence,” the official, who asked not to be named, said.
***Don’t Scrap Amnesty Programme, Ex-militants Tell Buhari
The Niger Delta Salvation Group, on Tuesday, urged President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, to resist the temptation of scrapping any of the interventionist programmes including the amnesty scheme initiated by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua.
The national coordinator of the group, Victor Tamarapreye, said this in response to the outcome of the March 28 presidential election, which President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party lost.
*APC overrules Buhari's team over AIT ban
*We'll examine Suswam's administration -Ortom
*Envoy seeks Nigeria, Egypt pact against corruption
*Xenophobic attacks: FG suspends Perm Sec for recalling envoys
'Govs must pay salaries before May 29'
*'Mandela's death pave the way for xenophobic attacks'
*Fayose not crippling our business -Hausa community
VANGUARD
*NNPC Act gives it a 'Blank' cheque to spend without limit or control - PWC
*Rivers PDP alleges APC's plot to stop Wike's swearing-in
*Okada accidents up by 34% - LAGOS GOVT
*Buhari won't sideline Niger Delta region, APC group assures
*Industrial court summons MTN former boss over ex-staff's suit
*LASU students want school reopened
*How I journeyed into the world of perfumes -Belinda Brown
*NASS leadership: New members alter calculations
*UNILAG to honour Adeboye, Danjuma ,Onosode
*Police kill 4 cross-border robbers in Ogun, arrest 2
*Political appointments and the good of the state
*New research says poor app quality turns off 55% of customers
*Nike deal: NFF reads riot act to players, coaches
THISDAY
*Senate Presidency: Tinubu Withdraws Support for Akume, Lobbies for Ahmed
Lawan
*Military Rescues 200 Girls, 93 Women from Sambisa Forest
*Jonathan Suspends Foreign Affairs Perm Sec over S'African Spat
*Dozens of Soldiers, Civilians Killed in Fresh Boko Haram Violence
*Senate Passes N4.493tn Budget, Knocks Out Fuel Subsidies
*Indonesia Executes Nigerians, Other Nationals for Drug Offences
*Buhari to Inaugurate APC Transition Committee Today
*NNPC links crisis to collapse of supply chain
*Buhari to Attend G-7 Summit in Berlin
*Constitution Amendment: N'Assemby Served with Court Processes
*FG Declares Friday, May 1, Public Holiday
*IG Orders Water-tight Security Around Media Houses Nationwide
*Inciting Statement: ICC Confirms Receipt of Petition against Oba of Lagos
THE NATION
*Chibok girls: Anxiety as army rescues 293 women
*Dangote Group unveils massive gas supply plan
*Forensic Audit Report Prepared without Bank Statement, says PwC
*Outrage over bombing of Kogi radio station
*Impeachment as weapon against 'political irritants'
*Fayose, APC, PDP lawmakers hold peace meeting tomorrow
*Jonathan suspends permanent secretary
*'6000 die daily in work-related accidents'
*Senate okays N4.493tr budget
THE GUARDIAN
*HURIWA backs planned war against graft
*Stakeholders meet tomorrow on safety of journalists
*Nigeria, Korea partner on child devt initiative
*Okebukola tasks President-elect on graft, development
*Benin DISCO explains low power supply
*NATCOM takes over NITEL, Buhari urges review of deal
*ICC considers petition over killing of Nigerians in South Africa
*Malaria vaccine for children coming soon
*Asset manager, Oyebola, urges personal financial planning by Nigerians
*AIT free to cover Buhari's activities, says APC
*Burundi president sticks to third term bid despite protests
*WHO draws up plan to eradicate Ebola
Stella , I heard. TV presenter Nana Da Souza is dead.
ReplyDeleteSo sad
Oh she was a tv gal?. I knew her as a writer
DeleteSterra good morning to you too
ReplyDeleteAll I keep seeing is millions and billions, what's happening biko
Abi? I follow u see all those monies too *phew*
DeleteHow can we get our own share?
Hian!!!!
ReplyDeleteStella darling lol, U do well.
ReplyDeleteTalk talk talk. Too much talk.
ReplyDeleteno better news for paper self.
FUEL SCARCITY IS BACK IN LAGOS. They did not even report that.
yeye dey scent.
PUNCH:Buhari may pardon corrupt politicians.
ReplyDeleteI hope this is not a plot to overlook those politicians that sponsored his campaign with looted public fund like Amaechi and Tinubu.
THISDAY, Inciting statement:ICC acknowledge receipt of petition against Oba of lagos
ReplyDeleteThe Oba should go to the Hague and explain what he actually meant by those statements. Maybe he is being misunderstood.
@ Severance Package
ReplyDeleteNa wa o. After these crooks have bled the national coffers dry with pervasive corruption while in power? They would still exit with whatever is left of the treasury as severance package. Who sack them?
It looks like it keeps getting bleaker with each passing government. The outgoing Governors are not leaving without instituting jumbo pension schemes to enjoy the perks of office while out of office. The macabre drums of corruption get louder while Politicians waltz away with our collective resources. Pensioners who have have served the government for over 35 years keel over in queues for their peanuts while politicians are forever serviced after 4 years in office.
Buhari has a lot to grapple with on assumption of office post May. His posture on anti-corruption will be brought to test if he starts judgement from his home.
I am not going to toll sycophant path of trekking from one part of the country to another but make I lie down fuck if he stamps out corruption.
Bross true talk o. After milking us dry while in power, they'd still leave with d money that'd last them 20 more years. All these severance packages needs 2 b scraped asap and I expect d incoming administration to that and also reduce d number and ministers and public office holders. Dayumn. Too many pple doing one mans job, looting our monies and leaving with severances!
DeleteYour last sentence interests me
DeleteICC Confirms Receipt of Petition against Oba of Lagos, Ok oooo. Let see hw it goes.
ReplyDeleteMy oh my Nigeria,just imagine d money2b given2 those non returning political seats holders,chai.
ReplyDeleteBesides way2 go asap d malaria vaccines for kids,long overdue.
Seen!!!
ReplyDeleteMalaria vaccine for children? Welcome development.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you recall our envoy without the president's approval, perm sec for that matter. Everyone just acts with impunity, no respect whatsoever for anyone or the rule of law. Very embarrassing something.
Dangote what are u looking for in Biafra land
ReplyDeleteseverance pay in billions????? Na wa! I can understand GEJ/Sambo getting huge pay, but why that much please? We are this rich, yet the country is at a standstill?, who the hell cares about the unreturning others? You lose an election, you step aside, if your tenure is over, you step aside, yes with some benefits, but billions of naija? ??? Haba...Smh! This country has a long way to go....
ReplyDelete@ Irene B. same here. that last sentence interest me too.
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