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Senate Faults Plan By FG To Sell National Assets To Fund Budget
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The Senate has raised concerns over the plan by the federal government to sell and concession national assets for the purpose of funding the 2021 budget.
The Senate committee on privatisation on Tuesday, November 17, said the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) never consulted it over the issue, The Guardian reported.

Senate faults plan by FG to sell national assets to fund budget
The committee chairman, Theodore Orji said:
“The position of the Senate Committee on Privatization is that we are not aware of the arrangement by the BPE to either concession or put for outright sale some national assets in the country in order to fund the 2021 federal budget."Coronavirus: FG seeks another N285billion loan from World BankThe chairman said the committee has to ascertain whether due processes were followed in the arrangement to sell the assets.
Orji stated that the committee would scrutinise the papers to see whether the proposed sale of the assets is fair or ridiculous.
The panel pointed out that it is important for the assets to be sold to people capable of handling them to avoid a repeat of faulty sales in the past.
The Senate said:
“A good example is the situation we are experiencing with the paper mills. None of them is working again today because I don’t think the people who bought them are capable. If Nigerians who are capable of managing our national assets are interested, let us sell to them at a reasonable price so that nobody would feel cheated.â€profile/3696FB_IMG_166154600052001842.jpg
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The PTF Said COVID-19 Is Still Deadly And It May Suggest Another Lockdown If All Hands Are Not On Deck
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The federal government has issued a clear message on the possibility of imposing another lockdown following disregards towards the safety protocols issued on COVID-19.
Speaking during a media briefing on Tuesday, January 19, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 through its chairman Bosss Mustapha lamented low compliance to the safety protocols by Nigerians.
Mustapha said since schools resumed on Monday, January 18, there has been a clear disregard for the federal government's directives on the deadly virus, This Day reports.
The PTF said COVID-19 is still deadly and it may suggest another lockdown if all hands are not on deck. Credit: @NDDCgov
He stressed that to avoid the second lockdown, "citizens must keep their hands on deck" while striking a balance between "lives and livelihood."
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“Let me remind you that the pandemic is raging and all tiers of government and citizens must keep their hands on deck.
“We are in a difficult situation in which a balance must continue to be struck between lives and livelihood.
“We are considering all options while hoping that broad cooperation will be received. We must do everything possible to avoid a second lockdown in Nigeria.â€
Nigeria presently has total 113,305 cases of coronavirus as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, January 19, announced 1,301 new cases with Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) leading the packs with 551 and 201 infections respectively.
1464 deaths have been recorded according to the official data of the national disease control agency.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that despite the order made on Thursday, January 14, for the resumption of all private and public schools across the country on January 18, the federal government said it was against the decision.
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Speaking at the media briefing of the PTF on COVID-19, on Monday, January 18, the minister of education, Adamu Adamu, said the federal government did not agree with the states on the resumption date.
The minister, who noted that the PTF would monitor the COVID-19 situation on a daily basis, said schools' resumption could be reviewed again.
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