The federal government dismissed the report that it was considering establishing foreign military bases in the country, describing it as false.
Legit. ng saw the minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, debunking the report in a statement on Monday, April 6.
Idris said the claims alleging that the federal government was discussing with some foreign countries that wanted to have foreign military bases in the country were false.
It was earlier reported that some northern leaders wrote to President Bola Tinubu and the national assembly, urging the federal government to reject any move by the United States and France to move their military bases in the Sahel to Nigeria.
The northern leaders alleged that the US and French governments have been desperate and lobbying the governments of Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, and Benin to agree on a new defence package with them.
According to the northern leaders, the defence pack would enable the two countries to redeploy their soldiers sent out of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to Nigeria and other countries.
But the minister, in his reaction on Monday, described the allegation as completely false. He added that the federal government urged foreign corporations to fight insecurity in the country and that its goals were to strengthen the relationship.
The statement reads in part:
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TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has disclosed that workers’ new minimum wage will take effect on Wednesday, May 1.
Tinubu’s minister of state for labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, announced the development while addressing the workers on Wednesday.
Onyejeocha expressed regret that the new minimum wage was not announced on the May Day celebration but assured that wide consultation was ongoing.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
