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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The 36 governors have resolved to offset workers’ outstanding salaries and pensions in their states as soon as the next tranche of payment from the Paris-London Club loan refunds were made. Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Zamfara, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The statement by Mr Abulrazque Barkindo, Head of Media and Public Affairs, NGF Secretariat, said that the decision was reached by the governors after their meeting in Abuja on Thursday night. The governors met in anticipation of the release of the money, which had been approved for payment the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. Out of the N522.74 billion owed, N388.304 was paid to states in December, 2016. Yari said that the governors were not oblivious of the hue and cry over non-payment of backlog of salaries and pensions, and the precarious predicament of the Nigerian workers. He said that the governors deliberated on the matter...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J …Promises to expedite their recovery, rehabilitation By Soni Daniel Abuja – Health Minister, Prof Isaac Adewole,Monday visited the 82 Chibok schoolgirls freed by insurgents at the weekend in an Abuja hospital where they are receiving treatment and assured them of the resolve of the government to give them maximum treatment and care so as to quicken their recovery and reintegration into normal life. Prof Adewole asked the girls to be open with their caregivers and not hide any ailment from them so that appropriate attention could be given to them while in the health facility. The minister said, “We are happy for you. We thank God for your release. President Buhari has shown his commitment to your plight and has directed that we offer the best of medical services. We are going to take care of you so that you can go out and live productive lives again. We are at your service; it is our job to help you. Please, do not hide anything from us”, he said. Prof Ade...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J *warns that schools in the N/East may be attacked again By Evelyn Usman President of the Association of Industrial Security & Safety Operators of Nigeria, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, yesterday, commended President Muhammed Buhari on the release of 82 additional Chibok School girls, three years after they were abducted by members of the Boko Haram sect. Describing the release as a demonstration of the FG’s believe that Nigerians lives mattered, Ekhomu in a statemet made available to Vanguard said “ the willingness of government to negotiate and meet the terms of the exchange should not be mistaken for weakness.  Rather it shows strength and compassion on the part of our leader”. He called on the federal government to conduct a high level judicial probe of the Chibok mass kidnap that would determine what vulnerabilities resulted in the security breach. “ The culpability of the school authorities,the Borno State government and security agencies in the seizure of the...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J President Muhammadu Buhari who departed Nigeria for London Sunday night for follow-up medical consultation with his doctors has said that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will take charge in his absence and that Government will continue to function smoothly and efficiently. Buhari made this known on his tweeter handle. More soon The post Breaking: Osinbajo will take charge in my absence – Buhari appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qPODgE