Newspaper Headlines: Tinubu to restructure ministries, create new ones

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July 29, 2023

On today’s newspaper headlines, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) leadership was reported to have walked out of Aso villa after the presidential steering committee seemed “not ready” for a scheduled meeting. Newspapers also reported that leaders of states in the ECOWAS are expected to meet in Abuja on Sunday over issues bordering on the coup d’état in the Niger Republic.

Saturday Independent investigates how doctors harvest young girls’ ovarian eggs for profit in Nigeria. In governance, the newspaper says President Bola Tinubu has affirmed FG’s readiness to support Google to create one million digital jobs.

Sun reports that Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader, wrote a letter to Simon Ekpa, his self-acclaimed disciple, telling him to cancel all sit-at-home in the south-east. In politics, the newspaper says intense lobbying is ongoing in states yet to have nominees for FG’s ministerial positions.

Daily Trust says the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) walked out of a scheduled meeting with the presidential steering committee on subsidy palliatives at the presidential Villa. The newspaper chronicles how small businesses are shutting down due to poor power supply and the cost of fuel.

Tribune says former President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned about the fate of Mohamed Bazoum, the ousted president of Niger Republic as leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meet in Nigeria on Sunday. The newspaper reports that Ondo government has made a plan to create 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) out of the existing 18 local councils in the state.

Punch says President Tinubu will restructure some of the ministries of the federal government by merging some, creating new ones and scrapping others. The newspaper reports that a former party member said the Labour Party abandoned her, while she sold her property to support Obi in the 2023 presidential election.

ThisDay says Vice-president Kashim Shettima called on Russian companies to invest in strategic areas to derive maximum benefits in Nigeria. Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, described policies of President Bola Tinubu in the last two months in office, particularly the removal of subsidy on petrol, as insensitive.

Guardian reports that the Nigerian armed forces say its officials killed no fewer than 59 terrorists and arrested 88 of them on July 28. The paper says the federal government has unveiled a national digital literacy framework aimed at ensuring that 95 per cent of Nigerians become digital literate by 2030.

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