The Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has been held hostage by security agents in Odudu, Ondo State.
Governor Amaechi was said to have left Port Harcourt on Thursday morning for Ekiti to join the APC rally before the governorship elections.
The Governor was heading to Akure where his aircraft was parked but was rounded by soldiers and security personnel, who denied him entry into Ekiti, claiming they had orders to do so.
Meanwhile, the mega rally for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Governor Kayode Fayemi, at the governorship elections coming up in the state on Saturday had started in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.
Read full statement below.
The Rivers State Government is concerned about the safety of Governor Amaechi who is right now being held hostage commando style by soldiers and federal government security agents in Odudu, Ondo state.
The Lagos State government has threatened To Seal Buildings that Indiscriminately Hang Washed Clothes and this was made known by Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello after monitoring the monthly sanitation exercise in Egbe-Idimu area of the state.
According to Bello, He said spreading of washed clothes on fences and frontage of buildings was becoming the norm in some parts of the state and the practice constitutes a nuisance to the environment.
“We are telling residents who wash and spread clothes on the streets, major highways and other places outside their homes to desist from the practice as it constitutes a great environmental nuisance.
“This is not good for our people and our state. We have directed the officials of the Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA) to pack those clothes as refuse wherever they see them.
“We will not hesitate to seal up buildings or houses outside of which compounds residents hang their clothes indiscriminately,“ Bello said.
He also urged the residents to create spaces within the confines of their homes to spread their clothes rather than doing so in places “not friendly to the environment.’’
UNILAG & YABATECH take note, lol...
TO sanitise the federal service, the Federal Government Tuesday banned its workers from accepting chieftaincy titles and other sundry awards except after retirements or disengagement from the service.
This latest instruction is coming barely a month after a similar directive was given to prevent civil servants in engaging in any form of business except farming at weekend. The move, many may see as a welcome development from the part of government in view of making civil servants to be free from undue political interests or manipulations as enshrined in the civil service rules.
In a circular sent to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji said that it has come to the notice of government that some civil servants are in the practice of soliciting for chieftaincy titles and sundry awards, an act, he described as inimical to the principles of anonymity, integrity and political neutrality which are the core values of the civil service.
In a statement made available to The Guardian Tuesday, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, however, directed that where a civil servant must hold a traditional title bestowed on him or her by inheritance or receive any awards, due clearance must be obtained from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation through the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
