Peoples Daily Newspaper, Wednesday, July 11, 2012

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Vol. 8 No. 78

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

FOI: Ex-SSG drags Shema, 4 others to court

. . . putting the people first

S/Court awards 76 oil wells to Akwa Ibom state

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Shaaban 21, 1433 AH

No mass transfer of corps members, NYSC insists

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Edo guber poll: INEC deploys 8 comms, 10 RECs

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Outgoing CJN declares:

Salami saga my biggest regret By Maryam Garba Hassan

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utgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, has described the failure to resolve the issue of the suspension of former

President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, as something “I regret very much”. Justice Musdapher for whom a valedictory Supreme Court session has been planned for Friday in Abuja, believes “there was no reason for the matter to

have arisen in the first place.” Speaking to some editors Monday night at his official residence in Abuja, the retiring CJN said he felt personally hurt because the two protagonists – Salami and then CJN Aloysius Katsina-Alu - were both close to

him. “I felt very sad about it; I wasn’t happy. The two were classmates of mine and they worked under me at one time or another,” he said. About Salami, in particular, Justice Musdapher described him as a “close family

friend.” However, what appears to hurt him the most was that the two former colleagues of his misrepresented his role in the whole matter, which had to do with governorship election Contd on Page 2

Bauchi goes broke From Ahmed Kaigama, Bauchi

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L-R: An elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, representative of FCT Minister, Hajiya Jamila Tangaza, Niger state Deputy Governor, Hon. Ahmed Musa Ibeto, and Chairman of the occasion, former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, during the book presentation, titled: "The Story of a Humble Life of Tanko Yakasai", yesterday in Abuja. Photo: Mahmud Isa

ith their total dependence on monthly handouts from the federation’s purse, it was only a matter of time before the bubble bursts in some states. And it did yesterday…in Bauchi State. In a development that might soon hit other states of the federation, especially those in the North, the Bauchi state government yesterday fell short of declaring itself bankrupt, as it announced a massive cutback on statutory official commitments on grounds of financial incapacity. A letter by the Secretary to the Bauchi state government, Ahmed Ibrahim Dandija, sent to all state government offices yesterday in Bauchi stated: “The current downturn in the nation’s economy is telling on the state government as a result of dwindling resources at its disposal. This has made it very difficult for the government to meet the competing Contd on Page 2


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