This news summary highlights key events from Nigerian newspapers, including President Tinubu's message to governors on food security, Pope Francis' call for debt forgiveness, Peter Obi's criticism of budget allocations, and the National Population Commission's birth certificate registration figures.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Wednesday that governors are critical to food security and prosperity in the country. The President spoke when Vice President Kashim Shettima and members of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, paid him a New Year homage in his Ikoyi, Lagos residence. Tinubu reminded them that their leadership at the subnational level is central to achieving rapid national growth. 2.
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Wednesday boasted that he is still in power despite the protracted crisis rocking the state. He mocked the camp of his political opponents, saying he is still in possession of the red biro. 3. His Holiness, Pope Francis, yesterday advocated debt forgiveness for poor countries to enable the internationally indebted nations to come out of the woods and develop. Pope Francis said this in his 2025 World Day of Peace message with the theme: Forgive Us Our Trespasses, Grant Us Your Peace, sent out annually on January 1 to encourage peace in the world. 4. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has condemned the federal government’s decision to exclude the North Central from its 2025 fiscal budgetary allocations to the regional commissions. Obi registered his displeasure with the federal government’s action in a tweet on his X handle. 5. The National Population Commission, NPC, says over 10 million children have been registered and offered birth certificates in the last three months. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwara, stated this while speaking to journalists after the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, presented a birth certificate to the baby of the year in Asokoro general hospital, Abuja. 6. Kano State Government has strongly expressed opposition to the proposed tax reform bills before the National Assembl
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