Nigeria Today! Lassa Fever, National Assembly, Others In The News

‘WE WON’T SUBMIT TO BUHARI’S TREASURY SINGLE ACCOUNT’ – NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

National Assembly has said it would not be part of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) being implemented by President Muhammadu Buhari to reduce the level of corruption in governance.

President Buhari had during last Wednesday’s media chat, said he was having challenge with the National Assembly over the TSA.

TSA was introduced by the federal government to reduce the level of corruption in governance. Buhari shortly after assuming office directed all federal government agencies to key into the new system.

But both upper and lower chambers yesterday said they would not be part of the TSA, saying it amounted to, “surrendering of their autonomy to the executive.”

In an interview, the spokespersons of the senate, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, said they were in total support of the TSA but that they would not be part of it.

On the pledge by the Senate President Bukola Saraki to make the budget of the National Assembly public and transparent, he said, “when our budget is out, you will see the difference from previous ones.”

Also speaking, the spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Sa’ad Namdas said TSA is an executive policy, and that National Assembly as an arm of government was yet to be part of it.

He said though TSA was a good way of ensuring transparency and accountability in handling public funds, they as an arm of government should be allowed to operate with some level of independence. He maintained that they were yet to decide whether to be part of TSA or not.


DASUKI’S LAWYER BEGS BUHARI

Counsel to embattled former National Security Adviser Dasuki Sambo, Ahmed Raji SAN, has appealed to President Buhari to allow his client go and enjoy the bail granted him by an Abuja High court on December 21st last year.

In an interview with Daily Trust, Raji said “On the isolated case of my client- Sambo Dasuki, I plead with the President to allow him to enjoy his bail. I am too small to join words with the president of the country. I will only plead that he allows him to go on bail. In law, we have judicial review of administrative actions. We don’t have executive review of judicial decisions. That is why I would beg the president to allow all those that have been granted bail to go and enjoy it,” he said.

During the presidential media chat last week Wednesday, president Buhari had suggested that the former NSA who is standing trial for the misappropriation of $2.1 billion arms deal,  will not be released despite fulfilling his bail condition for fear of him running away and not facing the charges brought against him.

LASSA FEVER BREAKS OUT IN TARABA; ONE DEAD, TWO QUARANTINED

Taraba government has reported an outbreak of Lassa fever in the state.

According to the Commissioner of Health, Innocent Vakkai,  “One person died and two others quarantined and their blood samples have already been taken to Irrua Specialists’ Hospital in Edo State for further confirmation.”

Vakkai added that the state government had responded to the outbreak.


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