FOLLOWING the drop in the revenue from federation allocation to
states in the country, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has advised the
various ministries, departments and agencies of government to
prioritize the items on their budget proposals that will generate
revenue for the state.
Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriations, Mr. Usoro
Akpanusoh, gave the advice, yesterday, during the 2016 budget defence
organised by his committee for the 57 MDAs in the state. Gov Emmanuel Udom of Akwa-Ibom
This came as most of the MDAs demanded for increase in the vote
appropriated for them for year 2016 while making their presentations
during the budget defense.
Akpanusoh appealed to them to understand the current economic
situation in the country and ensure judicious use of the funds allocated
to the items in their proposals for the effective implementation of the
2016 budget.
He said, “My appeal is that you should prioritize items on your
budget. There is no need asking for more allocation of funds especially
when you are not sure that you will access all during the fiscal year.”
He said that with the drop in the oil revenue, the state was seeking
other ways of improving its internally generated revenue to fund the
2016 budget.
E NUGU— THE Enugu State Police command through operatives of the Udenu Division has commenced investigations into an alleged incident of murder in which a commercial sex worker was allegedly killed in a brothel after a marathon sex with a customer. It was gathered that around midnight on October 24, the customer, identified as Ikechukwu Oga had gone to a brothel at Obolloafor, in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State where he met with the sex hawker, Roseline and had a sex deal. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen, explaining that the suspect after a bargain with the deceased, agreed to sleep together for a fee. According to the suspect’s confession, ”we bargained and agreed. She told me to come back later as she was already servicing someone. But when I came back, I also discovered that she was still having sex with another customer. Roseline told me to exe...
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OHANAEZE Youth Council has condemned what it called molesting of Easterners travelling home for Christmas and new year celebrations at Onitsha Head Bridge, Anambra State allegedly by soldiers from the 302 Battalion of the Nigerian army in Onitsha. Army In a statement by the National President of the Council, Mazi Okechukwu, the council said: “The officers and men of the 302 Battalion of the Nigerian Army at Onitsha appear to have a different agenda in that town. They appear to be there for [alleged] ethnic cleansing. “In the past one month, these raw soldiers have [allegedly] killed more than 20 unarmed Igbo youths. This time around, they waylay Igbos returning home for Christmas and New Year holidays and rough-handle a lot of them. “We can no longer tolerate this brazen act on our own land. We are neither at war nor a conquered people. Mr. President should intervene in this matter before it turns into another thing. We have the right to protect the dignity of our...
