Chief Olu Falae, was both a former Finance minister and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF under the former Military General Ibrahim Babangida. In this interview, he spoke with Saturday Vanguard on a number of national issues such as the new minimum wage, the N30b bill before the NASS, common currency for West African countries, proposed new visa policy, the hate speech bill and the nation’s electoral system amongst other burning issues.

Emboldened by the huge support from the people of the South West region in particular and across the states of the country in general, the South West governors have moved fast to give legal backing to the regional security outfit, codenamed Operation Amotekun which they launched on January 9 this year.

  The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Wednesday told the Federal Government that the Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named Amotekun, set up by the six Southwest States to combat crimes in the region, has come to stay. NANS said that the “tactical moves by the FG to shut down Amotekun and doom the […]

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan As six governors in the South-West zone of the country launched a joint security outfit tagged Western Nigeria Security Network (Operation Amotekun) last Thursday, the Soludero Hunters’ Association has called on the initiators to organise a parley where all the personnel would meet to identify themselves. Speaking through its National President, […]

By Dapo Akinrefon & Shina Abubakar While reacting to the Federal Government’s decision not to recognise Amotekun, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State said the decision to inaugurate the security outfit was a collective one among the South-West Governors, adding that any decision with regards to the position of Federal Government would also be collective. […]