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More trouble for Betta Edu, others as panel reviews NSIPA’s regulations

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The Presidency yesterday announced the setting up of a Special Presidential Panel to audit financial dealings of the suspended schemes administered by the National Social Investment Programmes Agency (NSIPA).
The constitution of the panel, according to President Bola Tinubu‘s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, was in a bid to achieve a thorough house cleaning in NSIPA.

Tinubu had on Friday directed the suspension of the four programmes for an initial four weeks, following various allegations of sleaze against officials in the agency.

Ngelale said yesterday that the panel, consisting of six members, all ministers of strategic sectors, will be chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun.

The panel, among other tasks, will undertake a comprehensive review and audit of existing financial frameworks and policy guidelines of the four social investment programmes under NSIPA.

The SA said: “This Special Presidential Panel is tasked with immediately undertaking a comprehensive review and audit of existing financial frameworks and policy guidelines of the social investment programmes with a view to implementing a total re-engineering of the financial architecture of the programmes with detailed modification to procedures guiding the programmes’ implementation moving forward.

“The Special Presidential Panel, which is comprised of ministers representing strategic sectors and will ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to the reform effort, is made up of the following members:

“Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance – Chairman; Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare – Member; Honourable Minister of Budget and Economic Planning – Member; Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation – Member; Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Member; and Honourable Minister of State for Youth – Member.

“President Tinubu anticipates that this Special Presidential Panel will validate the confidence reposed in it by winning back all lost public confidence in these vital programmes over the years by ushering in a new era of operation based on open and accountable governance frameworks that will prove impervious to abuse and incompetence for the exclusive benefit of disadvantaged households across our nation.”

 

 

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Paternity fraud: UK court reverses ruling, orders deportation of Nigerian

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December 9, 2024

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A United Kingdom upper tribunal has reversed a previous ruling that stopped the deportation of 43-year-old Nigerian Olutobi Ogunbawo.

The decision comes after his wife, Maria Adesanya, claimed that in vitro fertilisation treatment was unavailable in Nigeria, a key argument in their defence.

Ogunbawo, convicted in 2019 for immigration offences related to conspiring with a British citizen to claim paternity falsely, had served a three-year prison sentence.

Following his release, he faced deportation proceedings. In January 2023, a first-tier tribunal judge ruled in his favour, citing the impact of deportation on his wife’s ability to conceive a child through IVF.

Maria testified that IVF, essential to their efforts to start a family, was not an option in Nigeria.

However, the secretary of state for the Home Department challenged this claim, arguing that the tribunal’s reliance on her testimony lacked supporting evidence.

The upper tribunal reviewed the case and, on November 4, 2024, ruled that the initial decision was flawed.

It was found that the first-tier tribunal judge failed to seek objective evidence to verify Maria’s assertion.

The upper tribunal noted that a simple internet search could confirm the availability of IVF services in Nigeria, undermining the couple’s argument.

The judgment criticized the earlier ruling, stating: “We conclude that the judge erred in exclusively relying upon Ms A’s (referring to Maria) personal evidence when finding as a fact that IVF treatment is unavailable in Nigeria,” the upper tribunal ruled, according to Daily Mail on Sunday.

The tribunal set aside the earlier decision and ordered the case to be reheard by a different judge.

“We observe the Secretary of State’s unchallenged assertion before us that even the most basic Google search reveals the existence of IVF treatment in Nigeria.

“The Secretary of State’s appeal is allowed to the extent that the decision of the First-tier Tribunal is set aside in its entirety.

“The appeal is to be remitted to the First-tier Tribunal to be heard by any judge other than First-tier Tribunal Judge Malone,” it added.

 

 

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Dr Abisoye Fagade honoured as Aare Asojuoba of Ibadan land (Photo News)

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Renowned Islamic Cleric Muhideen Ajani Bello Dies At 84

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December 6, 2024

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A renowned Islamic cleric, Alhaji Sheikh Muhydeen Ajani Bello is dead.

 

The news was confirmed through her daughter who runs a private Nursery school in Ire Akari area of Ibadan Alhaja Bimbas as fondly called.

 

” It is true ” Bimbas confirmed.

 

Our source confirmed that the octogenarian died on Friday morning at the age of 84.

 

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