The Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) Dr. Joe Abah has said that his greatest achievement has been to demonstrate that with determination and the perquisite skills the needed change in the way government business is done in Nigeria is possible. Dr. Abah who made this known during a valedictory interview session anchored by Dr. Tolu Ogunlesi, Special Assistant to the President on Digital and New Media in Abuja recently, said that the recommendations made after the study done by the Bureau on constraints to obtaining Drivers Licence, International Passport, National Identity Card and Tax Clearance Certificate is yielding…
Author: Ade Adeojo
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to sanction any radio or television station that broadcasts hate speech, as part of efforts to stem the growing tide of hate speech in the country. The Minister issued the directive in Abuja on Thursday at the 3rd Annual Lecture Series of the NBC, which also coincides with the 25th Anniversary of the Commission. “As a matter of fact, the challenges facing the NBC have never become more daunting, considering the increasing propensity of some radio and television stations across the country to turn…
Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) Director General, Dr Joe Abah, has decried the depth of poor public service delivery by government agencies in Nigeria despite significant increases in funding to these institutions. Dr Abah who made this known in Abuja recently while delivering the keynote address at a Dissemination and lessons learning workshop to identify common constraints and incentive problems in service delivery in Nigeria, said it was the legitimate expectations of citizens to be served right and the responsibility of government to deliver services to the people through its Public Service promptly and at affordable rates. Having identified…
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has called on the Cisco Networking Academy to adopt one of the campuses of the proposed ICT University which would be named after them, noting that their early indication of the role they would play, the modus operandi in the structure of governance should be detailed and, in a way help government to know how to collaborate with them. He stated this in his Office during a meeting with Cisco Networking Academy. The Minister advised them to formally represent their proposal to the Ministry for necessary action. Barrister Shittu however, enumerated some of…
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has commended the Pan-African Students for honouring him with Award and a Certificate of Meritorious service as a role model of the younger generations, stating that the initiative would go a long way in the African Unity. He stated this in his office during a courtesy visit by the executives of the Pan-African Congress led by the International President Monami Coulibally Ahmed of Cote d’Ivoire. Shittu also charged the youths from various African Universities to live to their responsibilities because the future belongs to them. The Minister used the medium to thank President…
The speech delivered by Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed at the NBC Annual Lecture in Abuja on Thursday, 24th August 2017. PROTOCOL Let me start by congratulating the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for what I will term a double celebration today. This is because the Commission’s 2017 Annual Lecture coincides with the 25th anniversary of its establishment. There is no doubt that the regulatory agency has come a long way from its modest beginnings to what it is today, through the hard work of its successive chief executives and indeed the entire staff. 2. It is said…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the Federal Government is set to organize an Audience Measurement Conference to provide broadcast industry stakeholders the opportunity to contribute to efforts to establish a scientific Audience Measurement System for radio television broadcasting in the country. The Minister disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday at the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) 3rd International Summit on Digital Broadcasting in Nigeria, saying the event will hold 3rd Oct. 2017. “It is imperative that we urgently put in place an industry framework that will ensure that Content Producers receive their just due for…
Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan disclosed that Federal Government with tremendous support from development partners along with private sector have worked in collaboration to successfully provide round the clock care and support for the released chibok girls . Senator Alhassan said this at the Ministry Conference room when giving an update information on the released of 106 chibock girls with a particular focus on their health status, psychosocial well- being, education and training as well as progress on their community reintegration. Alhassan said that since the return of the girls they have received…
Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Dgbonnaya Onu has disclosed that the ministry will continue to deploy suitable technologies for the promotion of small medium Enterprises (SMEs), so as to ensure economic diversification and sustainable economic growth. Dr. Onu said this in a speech he delivered at the African SME Expo held at the federal palace hotel, Lagos at the weekend. In furtherance of this,. Dr. Onu said agencies of the Ministry like National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI), Federal Institute for Industrial Research Oshodi (FIRO), Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) and Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN).…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo yesterday expressed happiness with the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from medical vacation in London, United Kingdom saying that the President’s recovery was symbolic of the recovery of the country. Osinbajo, who was the Acting President since May 7, when the President left for London, stated this while addressing state House Correspondents shortly after conferring with Buhari at his residence. “”The message to Nigerians is that first the recovery and the recuperation of the president is in some sense symbolic of the recovery of Nigeria. “”Nigeria is going to recover. We are on the…