***Engages stakeholders on benefit of Youth employment The Special Presidential Panel on Social Investment Programmes has earlier has met in Abuja to review progress on Direct Benefit Transfers following the introduction of alternate identity verification measures, including Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) and Voter’s Cards, for beneficiaries on the National Social Register without a National Identity Number. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had in January set up a six-member panel to review the policy guidelines of the social investment programmes. The panel is expected to audit existing financial frameworks of the social investment programmes. Director of Information and Public Relations, Mohammed…
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***Applauds House of Representatives on bill seeking 70 slots for women Political office holders across the various political parties in Nigeria should ensure they walk their talks on gender equity, the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has charged. This was coming as she lauded the House of Representatives for initiating and passing for second reading, the bill seeking for 70 out of the 360 legislative seats for women . Tinubu who gave the charge in her speech at the spotlight initiative of the ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA), held at the alternate Chamber of the Senate, National Assembly,…
***says its to work up his mob plotting to destabilise Nigeria The Presidency has again taken on former presidential candidate, Peter Obi for coming up with what it has described as misleading and half-truth statistics on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Obi had on Monday in an X post said when Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, it maintained an average GDP growth of about 6.72% for 16 years from 1999-2014. He said the impressive growth trajectory, unfortunately, was not sustained by the then-new government and the nation’s GDP growth collapsed to 2.79% in 2015 and then sank into…
***Says, Obi did nothing to trigger 40% food inflation’ “Says Nigerians did not expect good governance Alliance for All Labour Party(LP)Professionals and Stakeholders has called out Bayo Onanuga over his recent allegation against the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate in the 2023 polls of being the mastermind of the EndBadGovernance protest that is still loading. In a statement signed by the Convener of the group, Ambassador Blessing Elaigwu she took on Onanuga for his continued determination to gloat around and disinform Nigerians through his evil propaganda insisting it is a clear disservice to his employers and to every Nigerian. “Every Nigerian…
***Raises issues over luxury lifestyle of government officials **Says it has been nine years of Retrogression* The last nine years of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration has been a tale of retrogression with the country’s Economy declining to an all time fourth Position, the Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 poll, Peter Obi has lamented Writing on his X handle on Monday with statistics, Obi indicated that no effort is being made to address the growing poverty and unemployment in the land as the government fund its luxury lifestyle. According to him, “When Nigeria returned to democratic governance…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. GOVERNOR Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi has called for improved collaboration between the state and the World Bank Group in the implementation of development projects in critical sectors of the state’s economy. This is contained in a statement signed by Ismaila Isah, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, made available to newsmen on Monday in Lokoja. According to the statement, Ododo made the call when he paid a working visit to the new Country Director of the World Bank Group in Nigeria, Dr Ndiame Diop, on Monday in Abuja. According to the statement, the Governor…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja KOGI State government has called on people of the state to subscribe to the Not-In-My-State Movement Against Violent Protests and shun any form of violent protests against the Federal Government. Mr Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lokoja enjoined all well-meaning citizens to join hands with the government to revamp the economy. “As responsible citizens, there is a need to queue behind the efforts of the government at all levels to frontally deal with the issues challenging our well-being”, he said. Fanwo condemned…
***Advices Tinubu to carry Nigerians along in driving his policy objectives ***Describes Author of Tree of Life as someone who went overboard to achieve her dreams The CEO of Telesource GmbH, an IT company based in Frankfurt, Germany, Dominic Akahan has advised the Nigerian Government to be less aggressive in its approach to policy formulation and execution as it may be counter productive like the Fuel subsidy removal has proven to be. President Bola Tinubu at inauguration on May 29th, 2023 as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had announced the removal of Fuel subsidy which triggered inflation that…
By Naomi Sharang Rep. Jeremiah Umaru (APC-Nasarawa State), has advocated constitutional powers be given to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct local government elections in Nigeria. He made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja while reacting to the recent Supreme Court judgement that granted Local Governments financial autonomy. Umaru who represents Wamba/Akwanga/Nasarawa Eggon Federal Constituency believes that the INEC should be granted the constitutional authority to oversee local government elections to guard against interference of the electoral process. He said: The judgment by the Supreme Court which gave the local government…
The advocacy for legislature that will function on part time bases at both federal and state levels has received the endorsement of the chairman, Senate Committee on Privatisation, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Senator Kalu (APC–Abia North) said this would help the nation cut costs and enhance the citizenry’s trust in the polity. The former Abia governor gave the indication in a post on his verified Facebook page over the weekend. Speaking on the calls for part-time legislature, he said, “I think it will be a very good idea if my colleagues and other members of the Houses of Assembly will…