Ireti Kingibe: Most Of My Basic Salary As A Senator Goes Towards Palliatives
“I leave the bigger ones to the minister to do in terms of infrastructure, I’m just trying to do the little ones that will make a difference.”
“I leave the bigger ones to the minister to do in terms of infrastructure, I’m just trying to do the little ones that will make a difference.”
“Latest polls are now showing his approval at 27% across the country, down from 57%, and trust in him as a leader is now down to 4%.”
He attributed the recent improvement in the state’s security situation to Governor Uba Sani holding out an olive branch.
“The main focus is preaching the word of God, telling the people of what they need to do in order to gain the blessings of God.”
“It is our duty to protect civilians, not to harm them, especially our own citizens.”
Civilians have started raiding Hamas food warehouses due to food shortage.
“Good governance has taken flight in Ondo State, democracy seems to be something we are looking for.” he said.
He lamented failed pledges by developed countries to aid developing nations in their battle against climate change.
“If you don’t take care, you will end up discouraging production,” he said.
“The vision was to build an economic zone based on our heritage.”
He said summons by the National Assembly are too many and security chiefs should be allowed time to do their work on the field.
He claims that a $22 million program has been launched to support Nigeria’s Cocoa sector.
He said the currency for “settlement” in government is in dollars, which highly impacts the foreign exchange rate.
“The problem we are having in Rivers State is a pestilence of Godfatherism.”
“Nigeria’s FG expenditure is declining because of exchange rate pressures, failure to optimize growth.”
He said that a 10-year target is more feasible as it would only require a 7% GDP growth.
He said the professionals of yesterday seem to be more diligent than those of today.
If you look at the structure of the budget, I didn’t see any serious departure from the previous budgets.
“There was no way a statute would have envisaged the CBN lending directly to farmers, manufacturers, and the entertainment…”
“While CNG is cheaper when it is being used in the long run, LPG is more available.”
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