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Newspaper Headlines: PDP postpones NEC meeting as n’central insists on chairmanship position

Ayodeji.oluwafemi@thecable.ng'byAyodele Oluwafemi
November 22, 2024 7:06 am

The arrest and prosecution of Simon Ekpa, the Biafra agitator, permeate the frontpages today.

The Punch reports that the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has suspended Mamman Osuman, its chairman, after the group criticised the economic policies of President Bola Tinubu. The newspaper says the north-central caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opposed the indefinite postponement of the party’s 99th national executive committee meeting (NEC) initially slated for November 28.
Daily Trust reports that the national economic council (NEC) has set up an electrification committee to address the challenges in the power sector. The newspaper says the house of representatives has rejected the second reading of a bill which sought a single six-year term for presidents and governors.
Vanguard says a survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that two-thirds of households in Nigeria lack money to eat healthy food. The newspaper says Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has presented a N3 trillion 2025 budget proposal to the house of assembly.
The Guardian reports that neglect of sporting facilities in Nigeria has robbed the country’s youthful population of the prospect of competing on the global stage. The newspaper says Bode George, a former deputy national chairman (south) of the PDP, has asked the party to address its internal conflict or face defeat in 2027.

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