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Balarabe Musa Urges FG To Reverse N145 Petrol Price

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Former governor of Kaduna state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has urged the Federal Government to reverse the N145 new petrol pump price introduced on Wednesday.

Musa, who is also a national leader of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna.

He said that the government’s action would inflict more pains on Nigerians.

“We are in trouble; the already bad situation will get worse and it will worsen the poverty level of Nigerians,“ he said.

The politician said that he would support the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) planned mass protest to compel the Federal Government to reverse the decision.

He alleged that the proceeds from the new price of the product may only benefit some persons and caucuses within government.

The former governor also urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and well-meaning Nigerians to join in implore the government to reverse the decision “for the sake of the masses”.

NAN recalls that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, announced the new price of petrol on Wednesday.

He explained that the action was taken to ensure availability of the commodity and reduce the suffering of Nigerians due to lingering scarcity of the product.

 

(NAN)

Balarabe Musa Urges Hitch-Free National Census In 2016

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Alhaji Balarabe Musa, National Chairman of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), has called for a hitch-free national census in 2016.

 

The former Kaduna State Governor made the call in a telephone interview on Thursday.

 

He recalled that the previous exercises had been marred by controversies and stressed the need for the forthcoming national census to be done with efficiency and in the overall interest of good governance.

 

“There is need for a national census. It is an essential thing for the proper administration of the affairs of the country.

“Proper administration of the affairs of the country requires to know how many people we are.’’

 

Balarabe stressed that it was only through a census that development projections could be arrived at.

 

“This is very necessary for planning purposes, how to plan to take care of the welfare of the people in particular.

“Unfortunately, we have never held a reliable and acceptable census in this country and one of our problem is how we can have accurate, reliable and accessible census for the purpose of planning.

“Every census is disputed. I hope we can now have a census which is not disputed.

“But then, if we cannot avoid unnecessary dispute, if we cannot get a realistic census, it is better we pay attention to other problems.’’

 

NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had, in August 2015, said that Nigeria would require a total of N273 billion to successfully conduct 2016 national census.

 

Nigeria held its last census in March 2006.

 

(NAN)

Utomi, Balarabe Musa, AYCF Task FG On Looters List

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A Political Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Monday urged the Federal Government to expedite action in publishing the list of those who returned stolen public funds to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

 

Similarly, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) urged the Federal Government to ensure that the list was holistic.

 

It will be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said the CBN would soon publish the names of officials of the last administration that returned stolen funds.

 

Utomi told News Agency of Nigeria on telephone that it would be proper for the president to mention the looters as long as there were concrete evidences backing it up.

 

Alhaji Yerima Shettima, the National President of the AYCF said that it would be unfair to mention some names and protect others.

 
Yerima said that there was nothing wrong in mentioning the names of the looters but hoped that those names would be all encompassing.

 

“The CBN must be seen to be fair and must not shield anyone for any reason whatsoever,’’ he said.

 

 

According to Shettima, Nigeria will only have problems if the list is not holistic and does not include all found wanting.

 

 

The Founder of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Alhaji Balarabe Musa, told NAN that government would win the confidence of the citizens by publishing the looters.

 

 

“It will be a good thing if the president will do so; he will win our confidence,’’ he said.

 

 

Musa, a former governor of old Kaduna State, urged the president to also investigate, discover and recover the looted funds from Abacha.

 

“We want to know the truth about it and know who collected the loot and where the funds have been transferred to. This is because we suspect that all those talks about Abacha’s loot may be false.’’

 

 

(NAN)