FG: We Saved over N10trn Through Treasury Single Account Implementation Says IPPIS pegged federal civil service staff at 720,000 Declares aspects of Oronsaye report implemented Deji Elumoye in Abuja The federal government yesterday disclosed that over N10 trillion had been saved since the Treasury Single Account (TSA) was introduced by the Muhammadu
Buhari-led administration. The Director-General of Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dr. Dasuki Arabi, who made this known at a news briefing at Abuja, declared that government had succeeded in getting the
TSA deployed in all ministries, departments and agencies. According to him: "Challenges have come in the implementation at the initial stage, but we are overcoming that and government is able to save over N10 trillion
over the years because whatever you're generating now goes into a TSA that is managed by somebody else, not you. "And government, especially at the top is always able to see what has come into our TSA today
and what has gone out of that. So planning has been simplified. Budgeting has been simplified. Our distribution and allocation of resources have been simplified and streamlined." Speaking on the performance
of the Bureau in the execution of its core mandate particularly in ensuring the full implementation of reform policies and programmes for the government, he said Continued on page 5
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Ekweremadu, Wife Deny Allegations of Organ Harvest Lawyer says allegation serious, preposterous
Goddy Egene in Lagos and Sunday Aborisade in Abuja The lawmaker and his wife were
arraigned for conspiracy to arrange the travel of a child, child trafficking, potential modern slavery, and organ harvesting. The case was adjourned
till July 7, as their bail application was turned down. They were in court for less than one hour and the reason
for the adjournment was that the Attorney General had to rule on the jurisdiction of the case because two countries – Nigeria and England
– are involved. But in a letter dated December 28, 2021, addressed to the British High Commission in Abuja, in
support of the organ donor, Mr. Ukpo Nwamini David’s visa Continued on page 5
Buhari to Johnson: No 3rd Term for Me, First Person Who Tried It Didn’t End Well Promises British PM he won't stay a day longer than his tenure Says UK’s help on security should start by first fixing Libya Justifies detention of Nnamdi Kanu, argues he’s flight risk Begs Nigerians to be tolerant of each other, lays wreath at Kigali genocide memorial Lauds economic, political relations between Nigeria, Jamaica Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, reassured Nigerians and the world that he would not stay in office a day longer than May 29, 2023, when his second and final term as president will end. Buhari spoke in Kigali, Rwanda, during the 26th edition of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), a biennial gathering of Commonwealth countries hosted by different member countries on a rotating basis. The Nigerian president told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on the sidelines of the conference, that the first person, who tried to extend his tenure – an apparent reference to former President Olusegun Obasanjo – did not end well. Continued on page 5
BUILDING RELIGIOUS HARMONY... L-R: Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev (Dr) Olasupo Ayokunle and Secretary to Oyo State Government, Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun. during a courtesy visit of the leadership of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) to Governor's Office, Secretariat, Ibadan...yesterday
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