There’s nothing bad in borrowing- Lai Mohammed

 

As Nigerians continue to express worry over the nation's increasing debt profile in China and other countries, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that there is nothing bad in borrowing, provided the funds are invested in infrastructure rather than services or consumption.   

 

According to a statement released by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister said this on Saturday, August 15, while speaking with journalists after he and Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, inspected the Lagos-Ibadan rail line.

 

Mohammed said the government does not borrow money for overhead but for capital projects.

 

“There is no better way to answer Nigerians as to what we have done with the money we have borrowed than this trip. On this trip, you have seen first hand the stations being constructed, the rail lines, and the people who are working on the projects.

Rather than arguing with critics, we opted to allow you (journalists) – the ears and eyes of Nigerians – to come and see for yourselves what we are doing with the money we are borrowing.

We didn’t borrow money for services or overhead expenditure. We borrowed money for capital projects: rail; roads; bridges; power – infrastructure generally.

There is nothing bad in borrowing, provided the funds are invested in infrastructure, especially when it will create jobs, create an enabling environment for the economy"  he said

 

On his part, Amaechi said $1.6 billion is being expended on the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line and the stations.

 

He appealed to the national assembly to approve a $5.3 billion Chinese loan request to enable the government execute the Ibadan-Kano standard gauge rail line.

Photos and videos from the welcome party of billionaire daughter, Adama Indimi and her husband in Kogi

 

 A welcome party for Adama Inidimi and her husband, Prince Malik Ado-Ibrahim, was held in Ebiraland in Kogi state on Saturday, August 15.

 

The welcome party was held in the palace of the Ohoniyi of Ebiraland, Alhaji Ado Ibrahim, on Saturday, August 15. Malik is one of the sons of the Royal father while Adama is the daughter of billionaire oil magnate Mohammadu Indimim

 

Adama and Malik got married in Maiduguri, Borno state on Saturday, August 9.

 

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DSS invites ex-House of Reps speaker, Ghali Na’Abba, over recent TV interview

 

The Department of State Service (DSS) has invited for questioning a former speaker of the house of representatives, Ghali Na'Abba, over his recent interview on Channels TV.

 

During the interview on Thursday August 13, Na'Abba who is a co-chairman of the newly formed political movement, National Consultative Front (NCFront), said Nigeria is now a failed state. He attacked the Buhari-led administration, describing it as incompetent. 

 

In a statement issued on Saturday, August 15, Yunusa Tanko, the spokesman of the NCFront, said Na’Abba would appear at the DSS headquarters on Monday, August 17.

“Please, be notified that the DSS, on Friday, sent an invitation to NCFront Co-Chair and Former Speaker of Nigeria, Rt Hon Ghali Umar Na’Abba after his very profound interview on Channels Television on Thursday, with regards to the NCFront agenda to bring about a new Nigeria that works for all.

However, our leader, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has decided to honour the DSS invitation and therefore shall be visiting the DSS Headquarters in Abuja, on Monday, at 12 noon.

“All NCFront organs, structures and allies nationwide are, by this notice, put on the alert as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”the statement read

 

Na'Abba's invitation comes days after the DSS invited and grilled former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Obadiah Malaifa, over his recent allegation that one of the governors in the Northern states is the leader of Boko Haram sect in Nigeria.

‘It’s an honour to run against you’ - Kanye West congratulates Kamala Harris on democratic VP nomination while calling himself ‘future president'

 

Kanye West has congratulated Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who was recently selected by Joe Biden as his running mate for the 2020 presidential election.

 

The Billionaire rapper, 43, sent his good wishes to Harris via his Twitter page and acknowledged himself as the 'future president.'

 

He wrote: '‘I know my mum and Kamala Harris would have been friends… 

 

‘Congratulations on being the democratic Vice President nominee… all love and respect from the future president.’

 

 ‘It’s an honour to run against you.’

 

I know my mom and Kamala Harris would have been friends ... congratulations on being the democratic Vice President nominee ?? ... all love and respect from the future president ? It’s an honor to run against you pic.twitter.com/5NYcyq9Gob

— ye (@kanyewest) August 15, 2020

 

Harris will be the first female, the first black and first Asian-American vice-president if Biden is elected on November 3.

 

Kanye West announced his presidential bid last month and is contesting for president under the 'birthday party'. His vice presidential candidate is  Michelle Tidball, a Wyoming life coach.

 

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'Don't talk to me unless you wanna wife me' - Chris Brown's babymama, Ammika Harris shares cryptic post as they unfollow each other on Instagram

 

Chris Brown and his babymama Ammika Harris seem to be having an issue. 

 

The couple who share an eight-month-old son Aeko reportedly stopped following each other on Instagram late July, and now Ammika has shared a cryptic post which reads: "I'm at the 'don't talk to me unless you wanna wife me' stage."

 

 

The post comes after Chris Brown posted a picture of his hand and legs on Instagram and wrote in his caption: "YOU GONE CRY ON MY BUS OR DA BUS !?"

 

 

Nigeria’s Labour ministry denies complicity in human trafficking

 

The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has denied complicity in human trafficking, following claims of illegal issuance of Recruiters’ Licence to Private Employment Agencies (PEAs). 

 

According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Charles Akpan, they've not issued any recruiters’ licence with respect to the placement of Nigerian citizens abroad in breach of the relevant provisions of the Labour Act CAP L1 2004.

 

Akpan noted that there is a Labour Migration Desk which seeks to ensure and create employment opportunities for Nigerians to work legally abroad, without fear of molestation, exploitation or any form of inhuman treatment or being subjected to unfair labour practices.

 

He said; 

 

“Furthermore, at no time did the Federal Government issue any moratorium against issuance of recruiters’ licence.

“The ministry is empowered by sections 23, 25 and 71 of the Labour Act Cap L1 LFN 2004 to licence fit and proper persons to operate as labour contractors and private employment agencies.

“As part of the strategies to reduce irregular labour migration whilst promoting regular migration, the ministry has put in place a Labour Migration Desk to address the associated problems with the movement of skilled and low skilled persons within and outside the country.

”It is apparent from Section 25 of the Labour Act CAP L1 2004 that persons who meet the requirements for International Licences are eligible to engage in domestic recruitment as well.

“Furthermore, a recruiting agency may recruit low, middle, or highly skilled workers for placement within and outside the country. 

“The recruited worker must be brought before an authorised labour officer and certified by that officer as duly recruited in accordance with the provisions of the law.

“It is therefore obvious that the possession of a recruiters’ licence for foreign employment does not confer or guarantee automatic clearance for a recruiter to recruit citizens for work abroad without first complying with the procedures provided in the Labour Act.

“This is before workers travel under a contract of employment with the recruiter.

“To set the records straight, at no time did any person, body or committee request the ministry to suspend its statutory duty of issuing recruiters’ licence to qualified PEAs as being peddled by some uninformed persons.

“It is therefore not true, but a Legislative misrepresentation, for the ministry to be accused or held responsible for the huge numbers of Nigerians trafficked through the Nigerian borders every year.

“The ministry should be commended for instituting a watertight licensing regime which guarantees regular migration of Nigerians to work legitimately in other countries, and for being the Secretariat of the Nigerian Task Force against Forced Labour, Child Labour and Human Trafficking.

“Those who for reasons best known to them have mounted an orchestrated campaign to malign the image of the ministry are therefore by this medium advised to discontinue as facts are sacred."