Tuesday, 23 June 2015

Janet Jackson – No Sleeep

8:12 am – by 0

Listen to Janet's new single, which will live on her upcoming album, slated to drop this Fall. It will be the 49 year old's first project since 2008's Discipline.

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Nigeria’s Treasury Virtually Empty Says President Buhari

8:07 am – by 0

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said that he inherited a "‎virtually empty treasury" with debts running into hundreds of millions of Dollars and appealed to the media to explain the true position to Nigerians so that "they won't match on us".

The President who spoke while meeting with members of the State House Press Corps said it was a disgrace that Nigeria is not able to pay workers salaries adding that this was as a result of bad management.

According to him, there was ‎already a lot of pressure on his government due to the huge expectations of Nigerians on what they desire from the administration.

While calling on the media to cooperate with his administration‎, President Buhari said he choose Femi Adesina to be his Adviser because he is 'one of the best'.

President Muhammadu Buhari attending to some files in his office as he resumed duties at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida

"It is not by accident that I got the best of you to be the special adviser, one of the 15 aides I had to get clearance from the Senate‎.

He is one of the best President of the guild that I can have as special advisers. I brought one of the best of you so that he can consistently defend me against you.

"Whether my job is a difficult one or easy it is up to him, but I'm here to thank you in advance for ‎what good and ill you are going to do to me.

"I have to quickly come and see you and welcome you to this place. I hope ‎what happened of recent between the former president and one of you (the seizure of the accreditation of the Radio Germany reporter) will not happen between me and you.

"I hope we are starting and this culture developed, of 100 days is bringing so much pressure with treasury virtually empty, with debts in millions of dollars, with state workers and even federal workers not paid their salaries. It is such a disgrace for Nigeria.

I think Nigeria should be in a position to even pay it's workers. This bad management that we find ourselves in, we really need your help to protect us from people before they match on us" he said.

For members of the State House Press Corps, it is a first time that they would be meeting the president, starting from President Obasanjo up to President Goodluck Jonathan.

Chairman of the State House Press Corps, Kehinde Amodu who spoke on behalf of members of the Corp pledge to work with the government in the interest of Nigeria.

Source: Vanguard

Buhari To Meet State Governors Tomorrow Over Unpaid Workers Crisis

8:04 am – by 0

President Buhari is scheduled to meet with Governors of 36 States tomorrow to address the dire economic troubles of the issue of unpaid civil servant workers across the country.

State governments not paying workers has been a major issue in recent months, most notoriously in Osun State where workers have been without pay for months.

This meeting was called after an appeal by the 36 State Governors for a Presidential intervention into the empty accounts and inability to pay civil and State servants. The focus of the meeting will be the sourcing of funds to enable the affected States to pay their debts.

Governor Aregbesola of Osun State has been under intense pressure by the civil servants in his State. His spokesman, Semiu Okanlawon, told SaharaReporters that "this issue [financial instability and inability to pay workers] didn't start today, we gave enough notice to Nigerians that this was a problem."

He added, "we are not surprised about this issue."

Mr. Okanlawon also told SaharaReporters that "[Governor Aregbesola] is optimistic that the result from these meetings" will be good for the people of Osun State.

He also admitted that the federal government giving money to States to pay workers will need to be part of the solution. Mr. Okanlawon also said that "States need to raise revenue so we don't rely on the federal government."

Another government official from a State in fiscal crisis told Vanguard that "the President has graciously accepted our overtures to him to help us. Some of us are owing workers over nine months salary arrears and this has brought activities in the public service to a standstill."

The 18 States that are currently indebted to their workers are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Ekiti, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, and Zamfara.

A source from the executive government reported that resolving this issue may force the Federal Government to draw from depleting external reserves.

Source: SaharaReporters

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