Senate Queries N4 Billion Earmarked For First Lady Patience Jonathan’s House

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The upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria has expressed concerns over the N4bn budgeted for the construction of a mission house for the First Lady, Patience Jonathan listed in the 2013 Budget of the Federal Capital Territory. Senators described it not only as scandalous but an endorsement of illegality.

It also queried the expenditure of N7.5billion for the management of  the city as well as the spending of N150million for the renovation of the Guest House of the Vice President in Asokoro, Abuja.

It considered for second reading on Thursday the budget of the FCTA totaling N253.199billion, of which N48.034billion is for personnel cost; N49.504billion is for overhead, while the balance of N155.66billion is for capital projects for the service of the FCT

Senate Queries N4 Billion Earmarked For First Lady Patience Jonathan’s House

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The upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria has expressed concerns over the N4bn budgeted for the construction of a mission house for the First Lady, Patience Jonathan listed in the 2013 Budget of the Federal Capital Territory. Senators described it not only as scandalous but an endorsement of illegality.

It also queried the expenditure of N7.5billion for the management of  the city as well as the spending of N150million for the renovation of the Guest House of the Vice President in Asokoro, Abuja.

It considered for second reading on Thursday the budget of the FCTA totaling N253.199billion, of which N48.034billion is for personnel cost; N49.504billion is for overhead, while the balance of N155.66billion is for capital projects for the service of the FCT

Senate Queries N4 Billion Earmarked For First Lady Patience Jonathan’s House

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The upper house of the National Assembly of Nigeria has expressed concerns over the N4bn budgeted for the construction of a mission house for the First Lady, Patience Jonathan listed in the 2013 Budget of the Federal Capital Territory. Senators described it not only as scandalous but an endorsement of illegality.

It also queried the expenditure of N7.5billion for the management of  the city as well as the spending of N150million for the renovation of the Guest House of the Vice President in Asokoro, Abuja.

It considered for second reading on Thursday the budget of the FCTA totaling N253.199billion, of which N48.034billion is for personnel cost; N49.504billion is for overhead, while the balance of N155.66billion is for capital projects for the service of the FCT

Jonathan’s visit to police college meaningless — House C’mitte

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The House of Representatives Committee on Police Affairs has criticised President Jonathan’s visit to the Police College Ikeja. The Chairman of the committee, Mr. Usman Kumo, described the President’s action as “meaningless.” Kumo stated that the visit might be counterproductive because Jonathan seemed to suggest that he was not aware of the dilapidated state of police formations and barracks in the country.

Kumo noted that whatever aim Jonathan wanted to achieve with the visit had been defeated, as “he simply displayed that he has not been in touch with what has been happening to the police.”

He added, “Who does not know that all police colleges in Nigeria are in a dilapidated state and uninhabitable?

“Why did he go to Lagos? Was it because a television station aired the poor state of affairs there.

Burial Of President Jonathan's Younger Brother - Jonathan's Brother

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Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioa
and other national assembly members.

Burial of late Innocent Jonathan Junior brother to President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday Saturday after a funeral church service at St. Stephen Anglican church, Otueke in Ogbia local government of Bayelsa state.

Jonathan’s foreign trips gulp N3.3b Travelled 20 times in 2012

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Billions of naira of taxpayers’ money have been expended on the foreign trips of President Goodluck Jonathan despite his January promise to cut down on such trips.
This newspaper’s findings show that the President and his entourage have spent not less than N3.354bn on foreign trips since 2010. Our correspondent learnt that in the first 11 months of 2012, the President had travelled out of the country at least 20 times, including his trip to Sierra Leone in October and the D8 Summit he attended in Pakistan in November.

PDP frets over Jonathan’s feud with Obasanjo

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There are indications that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party is not comfortable with the cold war between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo.