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Atiku will ease Osun debt burden – Adeleke
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called on voters in the Osun East Senatorial District to support all candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election.
Adeleke, who spoke in Ilesa on Wednesday at the re-election campaign flag-off for Francis Fadahunsi, the current lawmaker representing Osun East in the Senate, also said the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, had promised to ease the current debt profile of the state, if elected president.
He commended the people of the senatorial district for supporting him in the July 16 governorship poll, and promised to show his gratitude through projects that would be implemented in the area.
He said, “You need to vote for all PDP candidates because these are the people that will work with me.
“Atiku has whispered to me that he will help us to ease the N402billon debt portfolio left for the state by the APC government.”
In his remarks after receiving the PDP flag from the governor, Fadahunsi urged voters in the area not to entertain fear but to come out and vote for all PDP candidates in the general election.
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Installation of e-gates at airports is to enhance national security – Minister
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo says the installation of e-gates at the five international airports in the country will enhance national security.
He also said it would ensure seamless processing of passengers coming into and going out of the country.
The minister made the remarks on Friday when he inspected the newly installed e-gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Tunji-Ojo said that from the preliminary test conducted, it will take less than 30 seconds to process passengers with valid passports, thus reducing the delays and inconveniences hitherto faced by passengers.
He said about 21 e-gates would be installed at Lagos airport by the end of April, while those in Kano, Port Harcourt, and Enugu would be ready by the third week of May.
“Having tested it on various scenarios, we saw that a Nigerian carrying a valid passport will only take less than 30 seconds to be checked in, which I think is a record time.
“We have also tested it with people carrying other people’s passport, and we saw that it is practically impossible for people to use another person’s passport to gain entrance into the country unlike in the past.
“With what we have also seen, it is practically impossible to enter into the country with an expired passport,“ he added.
According to him, the scanners will enhance the nation’s security architecture and enable immigration officials to work seamlessly.
The minister thanked President Bola Tinubu for his support towards making the project a reality.
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