Tag: Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila

Gbajabiamila Explains: How my security aide killed a newspaper vendor

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday admitted that his security guards killed one of the citizens who obstructed his convoy at the Eagles Square, Abuja on Thursday. Mr. Gbajabiamila said he was distraught by the incident and had immediately suspended the officer involved and asked police to thoroughly investigate it to bring justice to the family of Ifeanyichukwu Elechi. A video surfaced on Thursday showing a man who was shot by a police officer at Eagles Square, a few meters away from the parliament. Mr. Gbajabiamila, who affirmed…

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Reps to support Greek Consortium on job creation – Gbajabiamila

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the 9th House would encourage initiatives that would help create jobs for Nigerians. The Speaker said this while playing host to a delegation of the Greek Consortium in his office on Monday led by Mr Patrick Osobase.On the main focus of the consortium, which is to boost fishing in Nigeria, Gbajabiamila said it was a laudable initiative that the House would also support.“I was wondering what the Greek Consortium means, but we now know what it is. You…

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Gbajabiamila ends accreditation rift between ABU, NMCN

Jide Ige

Following the intervention of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, the full accreditation status of the School of Nursing Sciences of the College of Medical Sciences of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has been restored.  The speaker had mandated the House Committee on Health care Services, chaired by Hon. Dr Tanko Sununu to intervene and ensure the accreditation, which was withdrawn in May 2019 by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria is restored.  At the stakeholders’ meeting on Monday at the House of Representatives,…

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International Youth Day: Gbajabiamila seeks transformation of educational system

Jide Ige

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has urged governments at all levels to fashion out ways of transforming the Nigerian educational system to strengthen the capacity of the Nigerian youth. The Speaker in a message commemorating the International Youth Day with the theme ‘Transforming Education,’ said the essence of education is to proffer solutions to challenges confronting humanity. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, the Speaker noted that governments at all levels have the primary responsibility of ensuring…

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