Aremu Hails Buhari’s Speech, Jan-December Budget Cycle
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By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
The new year speech of President Muhammadu Buhari had rekindled hope that the economic, security and health challenges of 2020 would be overcome in the new year.
Comrade Issa Aremu, a Member of National Institute and Vice President of IndustriAll Global Union made this observation in his 2021 New Year Message .
The labour leader said it was “presidential” and “a mark of statesmanship” for President Buhari to have agreed with most Nigerians that 2020 “was a tough year” with “..a lot of challenges ranging from security and economic issues”.
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Revealed: Kankara schoolboys say kidnappers demanded N344m for their release – Report
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The 334 released Kankara schoolboys has again made a shocking revelation that the gunmen who kidnapped them demanded 344 million Naira, (One million per hand), before they could be released, Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports.
The schoolboys according to WSJ said that 30 million naira was paid initially but their abductors threatened to release only 30 of them if N344m is not paid.
“Three boys said their kidnappers told them they were initially paid 30 million naira, equivalent to around $76,000, but decided not to release the boys because they had demanded 344 million naira 1 per head.
Our kidnappers demanded N344m, N1m per head, say Katsina schoolboys Our kidnappers demanded N344m, N1m per head, say Katsina schoolboys
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Abducted schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State have said that their kidnappers demanded a total of N344million naira – N1million per head – before they were released, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports.
It would be recalled that all the 344 schoolboys were released on Thursday, December 17, 2020, by the bandits who had kidnapped them on Friday, December 11, 2020.
Controversy has, however, trailed the claim that ransom was not paid by the Nigerian authorities to secure the release of the schoolboys.
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Those who voted Buhari brought us hopelessness - Fayose
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has said Nigerians who voted for President Muhammadu Buhari brought the nation into hopelessness.
Fayose spoke in reaction to the release of Kankara Government Science Secondary School students by Boko Haram.
The former governor, after watching a video of the boys’ release, said he grieved with the victims who are the future of the nation.
“I saw this video and I grief for these young boys and the future Nigerians.
“Those who voted this President can’t but agree with me that their votes brought us into this state hopelessness. This has nothing to do with tribe, religion or age but ineptness of a leader.
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The boys of Kankara Government Science Secondary School committed no crime known to law in a secular state. Their parents enrolled them in a government boarding school in search of education, knowledge and enlightenment. Like their compatriots in the rest of the country, they all aspired to become great scientists, teachers, doctors and leaders in different callings. They had no cause to be afraid because they believed, quite justifiably, in the government that inscribed its name on the signpost of the school. But on the night of Friday, 11th December, their dreams and aspirations were sadly interrupted by machine gunfire. The serenity of their school environment was disrupted by rough unschooled bearers of violence. The children cried desperately for help and protection. Their parents were far away. The school authorities who were acting in locus parentis were helpless. For a whole week of nightmare in uncertain agony, the Nigerian state failed these you