FG to Punish Airlines Selling Tickets in Dollars Says report of govt spending N14.6bn on Nigeria Air embarrassing, false Stresses only N651m transactional advisory services approved but yet to be disbursed Deji Elumoye in Abuja The federal government has reacted formally to the issue of foreign
airlines selling tickets to Nigerian passengers in dollars, saying such practice was in violation of the nation's extant laws.
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday, after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC)
meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja, said the Nigerian government would not
hesitate to punish identified erring international airlines selling tickets in hard currency. He added that Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority (NCAA) had been instructed to swing into acContinued on page 40
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DSS: FG Requested Mamu’s Arrest, Extradition Says he has critical questions to answer Identifies intelligence gathering as key to winning terror war Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna
The Department of State Services (DSS), yesterday, said the Nigerian government made the request that
led to the arrest of media consultant to Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, and negotia-
tor for the release of the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers, Tukur Mamu. DSS said Nigeria
made the request through its military, law enforcement, and intelligence community.
Mamu was arrested in Cairo, Continued on page 40
Oil Workers Begin Nationwide Rallies Against Massive Oil Theft Today Vow to declare total strike if menace continues Say security officials now pay to be deployed in Niger Delta Reveal about 300,000 barrels, $1bn lost daily to shut-ins Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Oil workers in Nigeria yesterday declared that they would begin nationwide rallies today in protest against the current massive theft of the country’s crude oil and destruction of oil assets, in a bid to force government to act and halt the menace. Coming under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), the oil workers noted that having engaged the leadership of the security agencies, the regulatory bodies, as well as captains of industry to find ways of curbing the menace without appreciable results, it became necessary to declare an emergency. National President of PENGASSAN, Mr. Festus Osifo, who addressed journalists in Abuja, stated that since engaging within the four walls of offices was not giving the desired outcomes, the union would now rework its strategy. Despite the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Continued on page 40
CAMARADERIE AT FEC... L-R: Minister of interior, Rauf Ogbeni Aregbesola; Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari; Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, PHOTO: GODWIN OMOIGUI at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja…yesterday