The Senate on Wednesday backtracked as it reamended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, it earlier passed on November 18, 2021. The lawmakers amended Clause 84(2) of the report where they approved direct, indirect primaries or consensus as procedure for the nomination of candidates by political parties for the various elective positions. They also approved the recommended Clause 84(3) that “A political party that adopts the direct primaries procedure shall ensure that all aspirants are given equal opportunities of being voted for by members of the party.They also said such a party shall adopt the procedure outlined below:(a) In the case…
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Not fewer than 106 Coalition of Civil Society Group, CSOs have commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Godwin Emefiele over the launched of the largest rice pyramids in Abuja yesterday. In a press statement jointly signed by the President, Coalition of Civil Society Groups, Bassey Etuk Williams and 36 other state coordinators in Abuja, he explained that the program has shown that President Buhari agenda on food security is yielding required results. Williams noted that the rice sufficiency goal was achieved effectively due to the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele that introduced Anchor Borrowers…
****Roots for Senator Sani 313 Ahead of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for February 26 in Abuja, a South-south Emerging Leaders’ Forum (SELF) has warned leaders of the party not to elect some former governors and individuals in the race who have been indicted for some financial crimes by anti-corruption agencies. In a statement released to newsmen Wednesday in Abuja, national coordinator of the group Barrister Preye Wilson, warned that the ruling party does not need a national chairman that will be dragging in and out of the anti-corruption agencies’ offices to explain their dealings…
The chief whip of the Nigerian Senate chief Orji Uzor Kalu on Wednesday declared that all those running to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare their ambition to run for presidency are not serious.He said they are all pushing, but they are unserious as they failed to wait for the party to decide on where to zone the presidency to.Kalu who is also a former Governor of Abia State spoke to newsmen at the foyer of the National Assembly just before the plenary on wednesday.The chief whip had visited the president on Tuesday where he said he discussed issues of national…
Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, an aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti Governorhip Election has hailed the party’s screening exercise for its aspirants, conducted in Abuja on Tuesday. Bamidele described the procedure of the seven-man committee led by Sen. Domingo Obende, as very fruitful, interactive and indicative of a level playing ground for all the aspirants who appeared before it. Recall that Bamidele and six other aspirants made individual appearance before the committee beginning from 2:30 pm. He revealed that the committee also demonstrated its concern for the development and progress of the party in Ekiti by raising issues…
The Senate on Tuesday indicated that it will develop a strategy of engagement with revenue generating agencies on how to make them achieve their targets and generate more revenues in 2022 to narrow the margins of borrowing by Government This was coming against the backdrop of incessant resort to borrowing to finance National Budget that has almost become a reoccurring decimal in recent times under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration,The president of the Senate Ahmed Lawan spoke at the floor of the Senate in his address at resumption of the upper legislative chamber after their Yuletide/ New year breakLawan said…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has promised Nigerians that the chamber would expedite action on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill having concluded all consultations on the President’s response. Lawan gave the indication on Tuesday in an address delivered at the commencement of plenary to welcome Senators back from the Christmas and New Year break. He recalled that the Senate postponed discussions on the consideration of the response of President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill in December last year. He said this became imperative to enable the chamber consult with its counterparts in the House of…
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to immortalise Chief Ernest Shonekan, Former Head of Interim National Government of Nigeria, who died on Jan.11 at the age of 85. Senate resolution was followed the adoption of a motion on the demise of the Nigerian Former leader. The senate leader Abdullahi Yahaya (APC- Kebbi) who sponsored the motion while making his presentation noted with grief the demise of Shonekan on Jan .11 at the age of 85. He said, Shonekan,an indigene of Ogun State, was a British trained lawyer,consumate administrator, renowned industrialist, a seasoned businessman and politician. He said Shonekan served…
The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), in its effort to deepen the fulfilment of its mandate, has recruited new staff members into different cadres of its operations.The general manager, Corporate affairs Mrs Ijeoma Oji-Okoronkwo in a statement said it is to further the reforms that have been initiated by the Fund under the Chairman of its reconstituted Management Board, Mr Austin Enajemo-lsire.It would be recalled that the Fund had, in the third quarter of 2021, embarked on a massive redeployment of staff, which placed them where their productivity would be enhanced.The statement said, “Thereafter, the NSITF in December 2021…
By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse The Jigawa State Hisbah commission has intervened, reconciled and settled a total of 4, 231 families and other communal disputes in 2021. This was contained in a press statement made available to newsmen in Dutse the state capital by the state Hisbah Commandant Malam Ibrahim Dahiru The commandant while reviewing the activities of the commission in 2021 stated that, during the period under review the commission reconciled 3,579 domestic cases that involved couples and 221 that involved parents and their children. The Commandant also disclosed that, the commission managed and settled 71 cases that involved Farmers…