Sanwo-Olu promises 60-day miracle
Ahead of his May 29 inauguration, Lagos State governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has assured that the Apapa gridlock will be resolved in his first 60 days in office. Sanwo-Olu spoke at the weekend, in Lagos, during a congratulatory dinner organised in his honour by the 1999/2000 MBA class of University of Lagos (UNILAG).
He blamed the Federal Government for the gridlock, saying it is playing politics with the road.
He said: “If the government had been forward looking, it would have known that the volume of imports coming through the Apapa Wharf has since out-grown the port. The Apapa trailer issues is very serious. It was a campaign issue, it is a very serious issue. There is a lot of politics being played around it, but we cannot give excuses. I believe we are going to solve it in the first 60 days. We will take them out.”
LOL. If the government had been forward-looking? You see this yab ehn, I’m sure you’ll find who owns it at Oshodi Transport Interchange.
Trouble sleep, NUPENG wake am
In a statement signed by the president of the union, Williams Akporeha, NUPENG accused the minister of singling it out for persecution because of its role in the protest staged against him by the Nigeria Labour Congress over Ngige’s failure to inaugurate the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund with Frank Kokori as its chairman.
“It is shameful that the minister had to condescend so low by issuing a directive to NUPENG to produce its only outstanding financial returns for 2018 within 72 hours when the extant law stipulates 30 days, and even when such returns are supposed to be due by June 31, 2019,” Akporeha said. “We are by this press statement putting all our members in every oil and gas installations, including petroleum tanker drivers and all other members in the value chain of the industry on red alert while we watch out for any further infantile and ignoble antics from Ngige.”
LOL. Una don force Ngige to chuk eye inside una matter. Oga has decided to land the first punch. Let the battle begin.
See how SERAP surprise Tanko Al-Makura
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Makura, has said he can’t give account within seven days of how he spent security votes allocated to him between 2011 and 2015. He, therefore, asked for more time.
The group quoted the attorney general as stating in the letter that he was “directed to draw your attention to the fact that the information being requested covers a period of eight years and will require more than seven days to process. We shall revert to you as soon as the information is ready.”
Hmmm. This reminds one of those years when we [yeah, you and I] read for an examination only after the dates are announced. I see we are in good company.
INEC go soon commence ‘Operation Clear Road’
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will wait for the conclusion of election petitions currently before tribunals across the country before initiating the process of de-registering political parties based on their poor performance during the last general elections.
“The commission has yet to take a decision on that (de-registration of political parties),” Oyekanmi said. Okoye gave further insight, saying “the commission will wait for the conclusion of all petitions and possible bye-elections arising from the conduct of the 2019 elections before triggering the other sections of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fourth Alteration, No.9) Act, 2017 relating to de-registration of political parties.”
Abeg make una hurry de-register most of those village meetings.
What it means to do yourself
A man [name withheld, why sef?] has been banned from Virgin Active, a gym in South Africa, after he was caught masturbating in view of other gym users. He was sat on one of the black mats at the time, while reaching his hand inside his shorts to touch himself.
Video of what happened was filmed by a woman using one of the exercise machines. She posted it online saying: ‘I want this man’s face to go viral. This was at the Virgin Active in Stellenbosch. Absolutely abysmal behaviour.’
Asked what they had done about the situation, Virgin Active South Africa responded: “We commenced our investigation as soon as we received the video. We have identified the member in question and have terminated his membership with immediate effect.”
SMH. Seriously, this one is beyond me.