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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12:43 am A possible postponement of the All Progressives Congress national convention, scheduled to hold in June, is already splitting chieftains of the ruling party, SUNDAY ABORISADE and LEKE BAIYEWU report All is not well within the All Progressives Congress over a likely postponement of its national convention, which is scheduled to hold in June. The convention was initially planned to hold last December but was postponed to June this year after a National Executive Committee meeting presided over by the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), held in early December at the Presidential V illa, Abuja. Another postponement, which is imminent, is already causing rancour in the ruling party which has witnessed various power blocs jostling to control the structure of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. ....
EromoseleAbiodun writes that the N50 billion modular floating dockyard acquired by Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency to put an end to the huge cost of dry-docking outside the country has generated more controversy than the purpose for which it was acquired To ensure seaworthiness of the ships, most ships are required to be dry docked twice every five years. Some ships may have dry-docking postponed or the intermediate dry-docking waived by performing an underwater inspection in Lieu of dry-docking. Dry-docking a ship is a complex task. The ship weighs a lot and the weight must be spread evenly to the dock. While a ship is floating the pressure holding the ship afloat is spread throughout the entire underwater hull. While in dry dock the load is spread among wood blocks. There are also interferences such as transducers and irregularities such as flare at the bow. In order to dry dock the ship the dock master must be aware of the characteristics of the ship� ....
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By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja President Mohammdu Buhari, has been called to sack the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and other Cabinet ministers who may be nursing the ambition of contesting one political position or the other. The right group, Yoruba Progressive Democratic Front, YPDF, insisted that the ambitions of some political appointees in the administration of President Buhari is making it impossible for is me f them to key in into the vision of the president for the country. The Publicity Secretary of the group, Comrade Rotimi Fashakin said the continuous retention of the current cabinet members who are not ready to make any sacrifice for the country but have their eyes fixed on luxuries and perks of office is not in the best of Nigeria. ....
Punch Newspapers Sections Our Correspondents Amid the controversies over where the ruling All Progressives Congress might zone its presidential ticket for the 2023 election, a chieftain of the party and Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said the founding fathers of the party won’t speak on the zoning arrangement until 2021. He said nine among those of them who founded the APC were still in the party and that they would speak at the appropriate time whether or not there was an agreement on the zoning of the presidential ticket of the party for the 2023 election. He said, “Nine of us are still in the APC. I can’t speak on the issue now. Most of us agreed that we are going to speak next year – from (Bola) Tinubu to Chief (Bisi) Akande, Chief Olusegun Osoba, myself; Tom Ikimi, Yusuf Ali; Ogbonnaya Onu; Danjuma Goje and Senator Wamakko.” ....