The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has described Governor Benedict Ayade’s recent declaration to contest for president.
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Chairman of the party in the state, Venatius Ikem made the reaction in an interaction with DAILY POST in Calabar on Friday.
Ikem said the governor was desperate because he has failed in the state.
He said everybody in Nigeria and beyond know Ayade as a professional joker and would not be taken seriously.
Ikem said: “He is just grandstanding out of desperation for his doomed political future.
“The entire country has come to know him as a jester. He knows nobody will ever entrust him with political power again. Not even his village people, most of whose land he has used his office to grab by force.”
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has introduced “Self-Service Stations” in its offices nationwide.
The stations will enable taxpayers to file tax returns, pay taxes, apply for and validate tax clearance certificates, among other services by themselves.
Mr Johannes Wojuola, the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman, FIRS, on Media and Communications made this known in a statement in Abuja.
It said the initiative was aimed at supporting taxpayers in the optimised use of the TaxPro Max Solution.
The statement said to make it more convenient for the taxpayers, the Self-Service Stations have designated officers readily available to assist taxpayers with any technical difficulty or concerns that may arise.
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said no fewer than 30,000 members of the Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West African Province have surrendered since September 2021.
The governor, who disclosed this on Thursday during an interview State House correspondents shortly after a meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), stated that the repentant terrorists were not lured with money or other promised rewards.
He assured Nigerians that the 12-year Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East will be over before the 2023 general elections.
He stated “The ongoing, massive defection of Boko Haram members, this time around, has also started with a defection of ISWAP members. This is a welcome development.
The Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the All Progressives Congress APC has served a notice of proposed amendments to the Party’s Constitution on delegates to the February 26 National Convention.
The CECPC had last year established a Constitution Review Committee under the chairmanship of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Prof. Tahir Mamman to thoroughly review the Constitution in accordance with Article 30 which provides for Constitutional amendments.
Among key amendments are the decision to replace the Board of Trustees BoT with the National Advisory Council as well as the creation of zonal congresses.
Article 30 (iii) of APC’s subsisting constitution stipulates that the notice is served at least 14 days before the date of the National Convention at which the proposed amendments are to be considered.
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