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Trump Takes Over White House and Removes Four Key Officials Appointed by Biden
Donald Trump, on his first day back in the White House as the 47th President of the United States, made headlines by dismissing four senior officials who had been appointed during Joe Biden’s administration.
Staying true to his no-nonsense style, Trump announced the decision with his trademark phrase, “You’re fired,” signaling his intent to realign the government with his vision to “Make America Great Again.”
Among those let go were Jose Andres, a world-renowned chef and humanitarian who served on the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition; Mark Milley, a seasoned military officer on the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; Brian Hook, a diplomat and foreign policy expert at the Wilson Center for Scholars; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former Atlanta mayor who had been serving on the President’s Export Council.
Trump’s return to the presidency also came with immediate policy changes. He ordered a freeze on all new federal regulations, effectively putting a pause on Biden-era policies, and signed an executive order requiring federal employees to return to full-time, in-office work.
TV anchor Rufai Oseni makes headlines as he speaks on fuel subsidy in Nigeria. He shared that Nigeria can have fuel subsidy without the long queues at filling stations.
“When we were still paying subsidies, there were no long queues. We were subsidising. So you can still have a subsidy regime going on, and there will be no long queues because production was close by. Dangote had it. That’s just it. That argument also falls flat.
“The biggest beneficiaries of subsidy are not Nigerians. They are crony capitalists that have big infrastructure, and they do contracts. They have been the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy,” he said.
Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, speaks to those in the electricity sector about the usual blackouts in the state.
He speaks on ways things can change in the state and how electricity can be provided.
“We need to drop corporate egos, abandon long-standing excuses, and confront the harsh realities obstructing progress in the power sector.”
“We, state governments, used to give excuses that everything is centralised, so the Federal Government has unbundled it now. What have we done in a year and a half?” Sanwo-Olu asked.
“We take two steps forward, we go five steps backward,” he said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Thursday, August 20, a work-free day for public servants in the state to mark the Isese Festival.
Speaking on the celebration, he said “Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is not a relic. It is a living expression of our traditions and a celebration of Yoruba spirituality as an important part of Nigeria’s cultural and religious landscape,” he said.
He added “When the drums sound in Lagos on Thursday, they answer drums in Havana, in Salvador, in Port of Spain. Fifty-five million people and counting. Lagos is not observing a local holiday. Lagos is standing at the centre of a global heritage,” Aregbe said.
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