1. Covid-19 has taught us invaluable lessons - Buhari says.
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday, inaugurated the $2.592bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas pipeline project, admitting that the COVID-19 pandemic has thought his regime invaluable lessons.
He said the government also learnt from some oil-rich countries that have utilised their crude to achieve economic and industrial diversification.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President spoke while inaugurating the pipeline project virtually from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari was quoted as saying that the pandemic had further underscored his regime’s desire for projects that promote local manufacturing.
The statement read; "President Buhari announced that Nigeria had learnt invaluable lessons from the global COVID-19 pandemic and some oil-rich countries that have used their crude as a pathway to economic and industrial diversification.
On COVID-19, the President said the pandemic had further underscored the drive of his administration for export substitution initiatives and projects that promote local manufacturing."
2. Lawan and Gbajabiamila meets Buhari and Osibanjo over Electricity tariff.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja as part of efforts to resolve issues surrounding planned hike in electricity tariff in the country.
The two National Assembly leaders first met separately with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue before meeting again with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
At the end of the meeting with Osinbajo, they told State House correspondents that the earlier plan by the distribution companies to hike tariff from July 1 was untimely.
3. Federal Government must subside electricity for Nigerians - Senate tells Buhari.
The Senate has explained why the Federal Government should subsidise electricity for Nigerians today being Tuesday.
The electricity distribution companies of Nigeria had on Monday told the National Assembly leadership that the only condition to halt tariff hike, was for the Federal Government to bear the difference between the current tariff and the proposed one.
Addressing journalists on behalf of the red chamber on Tuesday, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam, and his counterpart in the Media and Public Affairs, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, said increasing the tariff at the moment would be counterproductive.
The upper chamber said the best thing for the Federal Government to do now was to take the challenge of subsiding power by paying DISCOs the balance of the current tariff and the proposed one.
Suswan specifically said there was nowhere in the world where such gestures were not being extended to the citizenry.
He said in a part of the statement; "The president has been doing well, he has spent so much money, and what we expect is that the spending will gradually reduce or diminish as the power sector becomes more efficient.
There are two things, one is to make it more efficient and second, the government will back out just like they have done in the oil sector where subsidy has been completely removed.
Even at that, the government is reducing the pump price. So, should they, in the same vein, increase tariff? It doesn’t make sense.
I think the executive will agree, even though it’s going to come at a cost. But what cost is more than lessening the burden on the people?"
4. Makinde can't surpass Ajimobi - Ajimobi's daughter-in-law says.
Fatima Ganduje-Ajimobi, the daughter of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, says Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, can never surpass the achievements of the late ex-Governor, Abiola Ajimobi.
Fatima, who is married to Ajimobi’s son, Idris, said this in a tweet in response to a post by Segun Awosanya aka @Segalink on Tuesday.
Awosanya had tweeted, "I don’t know how many people are glad to know that Seyi Makinde, the Governor of Oyo State cannot be guilt-tripped into endorsing a heist wrapped in emotions at the expense of the beleaguered people of Oyo State. I’m personally happy he saw through the shenanigans."
In her response, however, Fatima tweeted, "Lol. Face with tears of joy half-truth is dangerous sha! SM can never ever ever come close to Ajimobi. Not your mate!!!"
The Ajimobi family has been engaged in a feud with the governor since the death of their patriarch last week.
5. Testing positive for Covid-19 won't stop my victory in the Ondo State elections - Akeredolu says.
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, says his coronavirus status cannot stop his victory in the forthcoming October 10 governorship election in the state.
The governor announced that he tested positive for the virus on Tuesday, saying he has since self-isolate but remained asymptomatic.
In a video on his Twitter account, Akeredolu, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said, "I want to plead with my political associates that they should continue with the project because we are sure to win. My trust in God to get through this is unshakable."
He explained, "I had malaria a few days ago and I was treated and I did get over it. And at the time we had our party NEC, and my colleagues called on me and spoke with one of them who felt that malaria should not be treated lightly that I should go ahead and have a test of COVID -19.
Let me assure our people that as you can see me, there are many of us that don’t have the symptoms. This time, we would conduct another test and we will know the result. Let me assure our people that the work is going on."
6. Anambra State identifies 6 herbal drugs for Covid-19 Management.
The Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State on Indigenous Medicine and Herbal Practice, Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, says the government has identified six herbal drugs that could be used to manage coronavirus in the state.
Ibezim told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Tuesday, that the agency had forwarded the products to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control.
He said a team of medical experts was assembled to review the process before they decided to take the products to NAFDAC for its final confirmation and approval for public consumption.
"The six products are in capsule, powder, and liquid forms," Ibezim added.
He urged herbal practitioners in the state who peddle different types of herbal products without seeking approval from the government agency in-charge of herbal products to desist forthwith.
These are some of the breaking News in Nigeria this Night, Tuesday 30th of June 2020.
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