Tue 29 April 2014

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TheGuardian Conscience, Nurtured by Truth

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Vol. 30, No. 12,906

www.ngrguardiannews.com

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Confab panel seeks scrapping of councils, NULGE kicks From Terhemba Daka and Karls Tsokar, Abuja STENSIBLY to introduce O two tiers of government in the country, the Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government at the ongoing National Conference has recommended the scrapping of the 774 local councils from the constitution and transfer their ad-

• Govt raises committee on LGs workers’ welfare • Bid to decentralise police fails ministration to the states legislature. This came as members of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) yesterday stormed the National Judicial Institute (NJI), venue of the National Confer-

ence, to protest the decision of the committee. In a related development, the Federal Government yesterday inaugurated a 13-member presidential committee on the review of the scheme of service for local council em-

ployees. Meanwhile, arguments in favour of a decentralised police force in Nigeria yesterday suffered a major setback as the advocates failed in their bid to transfer police matters to the Concurrent Legislative

List. Similarly, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, yesterday cautioned a delegate representing Zamfara State and member of the National Conference Committee on National Security, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to stop telling lies against the Nigerian Armed Forces. Specifically, the committee, which continued its delibera-

tions with focus on local council administration in the country, yesterday recommended that the list of local councils as contained in the First Schedule, Part 1 of the 1999 Constitution be removed and transferred to the states to be covered by a law of the state Houses of Assembly in a move to rejig the grassroots administration in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Move to end the Queen’s role as head of Church - Page 5 Envoy denies diplomatic rift between Nigeria, Russia over Crimea - Page 5

Some inmates of Agodi Prison, Ibadan, Oyo State appealing to the State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Badejoko Adeniji for a review of their cases during the CJ’s visit to the prison… yesterday. PHOTO: NAJEEM RAHEEM

Court tells Reps not to probe Alison-Madueke over plane From Adamu Abuh, Abuja OVES by members of the M House of Representatives to probe Petroleum Resources Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison Maduekwe, for allegedly spending over N10 billion to maintain a chartered challenger 850 aircraft at the expense of the public have met a

brickwall. Yesterday, chairman of the House committee on media and publicity, Alhaji Zakari Mohamed told reporters that the House of Representatives had been served a notice from an Abuja High Court with an order that it should not proceed with the probe. Mohammed, flanked by the

chairman of the public accounts committee (PAC), Mr Solomon Adeola who was mandated to conduct the probe and initiator of the motion that led to the resolve to investigate the matter, Mr. Samuel Adejare, disclosed that the House was left with no option but to wait until it ascertained the legality of the

order which he said conflicted with the powers of the legislature to ensure good governance in the polity. Mohammed who faulted the notion that the leadership of the House was under pressure to drop the probe, said: “The truth is that we expected that she (minister) should be here today but of course we

have been served a court process today notifying us that we should not go ahead with the probe. The import of it is that as a legislature, our responsibility is to expose corruption but of course this is another demonstration of frustration that we face as an arm of Government. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Egyptian court sentences 683 Brotherhood supporters to death - Page 11 Weather Report NIMET predicts cloudy conditions with localized rain in central areas, thunderstorms in inland areas and localized rain in southern and coastal areas today .


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