“If it was not for the brain drain affecting our workforce, we would be talking about 3,000 today,” the CMD stated.
Mr Wike stated this while inaugurating the construction of a bus and taxi terminal for the Central Business District, Abuja.
The clash resulted in the death of two police officers and three sustaining serious injuries. Three patrol vehicles were set ablaze by the Shiites during the clash.
For weeks, the FCT experienced long queues at filling stations with a petrol price surge from N850 to N980 and N1,000 per litre in some locations.
The police said, “The proscribed organisation attacked the police checkpoint unprovoked, wielding machetes, improvised explosive devices” and knives.
“The suspect who came under NDLEA surveillance following intelligence had arrived in Lagos from his base in Onitsha, Anambra State, the previous day, August 7,” Mr Babafemi said.
Mr Maikalangu thanked FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for approving the distribution of the fertiliser bags donated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The minister stated that improved welfare would boost workers’ commitment.
Mr Tajudeen said women constituted approximately 49.45 per cent of Nigeria’s total population as of 2023, but it does not reflect so in governance.
The works minister said the Tinubu administration inherited 18,932.50 kilometres of ongoing road projects, totalling 2,064 contracts.
