Newspaper review: Over 40% of world’s poorest will live in Nigeria, Congo by 2050 - Report

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The newspaper review for Wednesday, September 19, leads with the pressure on Governor Ambode to drop his second term bid and the decision of the federal government to pay N50,000 to constables during 2019 general elections among other stories.

Vanguard reports that more than 40 percent of extremely poor people in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by 2050, a report by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed.

In the 2018 goalkeepers report released, yesterday, the foundation said by 2050, Nigeria will have 152 million people in extreme poverty, out of a projected population of 429 million.

It blamed this on the lack of investment in human capital to correspond with the increasing population growth.

Nigeria is currently the seventh most populous country in the world with an estimated population of 198 million.

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The Guardian reports that President Buhari, while refusing assent to the third version of the document, had listed about 14 contentious areas he wanted the lawmakers to address.

His observations were noted yesterday in the fourth version of the bill adopted by the joint committee of the National Assembly on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The affected sections, as announced by the chairman of the committee, Senator Suleiman Nazif (PDP Bauchi North), are 9 (1A), 9 (B5), 18 (1-4), 19 (4), 30 (1), 31 (1) and 31 (7). Others are 36 (3), 44 (3-4), 67 (a-d), 87 (2), 87 (14) and 1124.

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Punch reports that the federal government has paid each of the constables deployed for the Osun State governorship election a sum of N50,000 as special duty allowance.

A total of 18,426 police personnel have been deployed in Osun State for the governorship election coming up on Saturday, September 22.

Our correspondents gathered that the police had paid the money into the salary accounts of each officer participating in the exercise.

According to a source, while N50, 000 was paid to each of the policemen from the rank of constable to sergeant, those within the rank of Inspector, assistant superintendent of police and deputy superintendent of police were paid N120,000 each. Each of the eight commissioners of police deployed for the exercise was reportedly paid N250,000.

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The Nation reports that President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday urged Osun state residents to save the state from returning to the “dark days”.

Leading top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to a mega rally for the party’s candidate in Saturday’s governorship election, Gboyega Isiaka Oyetola, the president urged the residents to renew the party’s mandate in the state.

He told the crowd that the APC leaders were in the state to celebrate the eventful eight years of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.

He said: “We are here to thank Almighty God for the successful 8 years tenure of the APC Government in this state under the leadership of His excellency, Rauf Aregbesola, the Omoluabi of Yorubaland.

“We are also here to pray to Almighty God to safeguard and consolidate on this through Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola.

“You are fully aware of this great partnership story. Oyetola is a partner, a trusted advisor, a brother and a friend to Governor Aregbesola. They have seamlessly worked together for many years serving you.

“By electing Oyetola as your Governor, you are guaranteeing the consolidation of these successes.

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This day reports that The INEC has, however, clarified that it had not ban the use of Smartphone around the polling unit areas, but the moment a prospective voter entered voting cubicle to cast his or her vote.

The chief Press secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Abuja.

Oyekanmi said that Nigerians were fully aware of the challenge of vote-buying and selling that reared its ugly head in recent elections