Vp sets record straight and clarity's that the 2nd Niger Bridge cost N2bn and not $2bn

Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, had reiterated the Buhari administration’s commitment to keeping its promises to the Nigerian people.

One of these promises is the construction of the second Niger Bridge. 

In the official press release from the Vice President’s remarks during the campaign rally in Onitsha ,  quoteing  the VP he said that “the Sovereign Wealth Fund paid N2 billion for that same project (Sum paid to the contractor: Julius Berger for early works). We will definitely see our second Niger Bridge, we will not make promises we cannot keep”.

However, a short video clip from an event captured on the news segment of a television channel quoted Prof. Osinbajo as mentioning “$2bn”, and not “N2bn”, which was what he had actually meant to say. Mentioning the dollar currency was inadvertent.

As it happened, the excerpt from the video, which was shared online, was what was quoted in the headlines of some media houses, and in comments on social media.

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Your ambassadorial nominee is too old says the U.S to Buhari

President Buhari’s 82-year-old Ambassadorial nominee to United States may be rejected for not being a “dynamic, energetic person”, Matthew Page, a former U.S intelligence community expert, has said.

Recall that Sylvanus Nsofor’s nomination as Ambassador to the U.S had sparked controversy when President Buhari sent his name to the Nigerian Senate.

The Senate had rejected him after a report by the Department of State Service (DSS) advised that the ambassadorial nominee “will not be able to perform the duty of an officer due to his advanced age.”

Regardless, the Presidency sent the 82-year-old’s name back to upper legislative chamber for reconsideration, after which he was confirmed on June 7 for the job.

But Mr Page, in an interview with Osasu Igbinedion on The Osasu Show, said the US is uncomfortable with posting Nsofor to resume at its Washington DC office.

“This chap made headlines when he was nominated as an ambassador by Buhari. He is a very well respected Nigerian but his disadvantage is that he is 82-year-old,” Page said.

“What I am hearing is that the US government is very uneasy about agreeing to have this ambassador posted to Washington because that is an extremely arduous drop.

“You have a growing schedule and its one of Nigeria’s largest overseas embassies to manage. This is something that needs a very dynamic and energetic person with an enormous constitution.

Police arrest man in possession of $880,000 fake Dollar notes

The Niger state Police Command has arrested a 37 year old man, Abubakar Suleiman with 88 bundles of $100 dollars fake currency. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abigail Unaeze, said that he was arrested when he took the money to one Engineer Abdullahi Sambo of Shango area in Minna. 

The suspect was reported to the Chanchaga police division by Mamman Manya, one of the relatives of Sambo. The suspect confessed that he was in possession of the fake dollar notes but he was given the money to deliver to Engineer Sambo and he do not know the real owner of the money. 

According to him, he said that an intermediary called Khalifa gave him the money while referring to the owners of the money as ‘genies’. “I am on errand. The whole thing is just like a mystery. 

I was called by some unknown persons to contact Kahlifa who will give me something to take to Engineer Sambo in Minna. The people promised to help me financially. When I got to Minna, I went to Sambo’s house, on getting there, his relatives called the police that I brought take notes for their father.” 

When asked what the money was meant for, Abubakar said, “I do not know what the money is meant for. I was only told it was meant for Engineer Sambo. I am on errand and it was not my business to know if the notes are fake. I was doing what I was sent.” 

He said that all efforts to call the Khalifa prooved abortive as he no longer picks his calls. Meanwhile, the Police said that Abubakar is part of a syndicate who specialises in the circulation of fake currency notes adding that the police is on the trail of the other members of the syndicate.

Source: NewTelegraph