December 8, 2013
Author: Alaba Rotimi
Members of the National Good Governance Tour have added their voice to the call on the Association Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its lingering strike, saying that the Federal Government has consistently demonstrated its commitment to the progress of the nation’s tertiary institutions especially in the area of providing necessary funding for infrastructure development through direct budgetary allocation and its various agencies. The Team was concerned that despite the huge interventions made by the Federal Government especially through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund which accumulate into billions of Naira, ASUU still insisted on continuing with the strike.…
President Goodluck Jonathan has conferred the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award on Professor Seth Sunday Ajayi, NNOM in the area of Science, Prof. Francis Abiola Irele, NNOM in the area of Humanities and Prof. Hilary Inyang Inyang, NNOM in the area of Engineering Technology. The Award is the highest and most prestigious of its kind bestowed on outstanding, creative and talented Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora who excelled themselves in their various fields of human endevours. While speaking at the presentation of the 2013 NNOM award, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan who was ably represented by the Vice President…
Stakeholders at the just concluded First International/Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) urged Federal Government to sustain the ban on importation of vegetable oil in Nigeria in order to improve the production, processing and marketing of oil palm oil along the entire value chain. This was one of the decisions reached at the 3-day 1st International Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) jointly organized by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) from 2nd – 4th December, 2013 at the Le-Meridien Ibom Hotel…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youth Development, Senator Helen Esuene has called on youths of this country to imbibe principles of ethics, moral value and team spirit in order to effectively take on the leadership challenge before them as they contribute positively to nation building. Senator Esuene made the charge yesterday at the National Assembly when some selected youths paid an advocacy visit to the Committee as part of concerted efforts to galvanize the legislative arm of Government to contribute significantly to the attainment of the development agenda for the youth sector. While stressing on the importance…
The 22nd edition of the National Council on Water Resources (NCWR) meeting is scheduled to hold at the National Water Resources Institute, Kaduna, Kaduna State, from Monday 9th to Friday, 13th December, 2013. Stakeholders in the water sector will converge and discuss issues related to water management in the country. The technical session of the meeting which is expected to begin on Monday, 9th December, 2013 will be chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Alh Baba Umar Faruk. The meeting proper would take place between Thursday, 12th to Friday, 13th December, 2013 and will be chaired…
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo has assured a visiting trade and investment delegation from South Africa, that Nigeria’s fledging power sector still offers a lot of business opportunities to South-Africa. Prof. Nebo also assured the South Africans that there are more opportunities in power generation though they may be hidden due to the on-going privatization. The Minister told his visitors that Transmission, metering and even manufacturing of parts like circuit breakers, cables, power lines and switches, require investment from South Africa. Another area of interest, he hinted, is renewable energy – solar, biomass and wind, “our doors are…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji has called on the private sector in Nigeria to get more actively involved in the implementation of the Transformation Agenda of the Federal Government. The Head of Service said this when a delegation of the Executive Council of the Institute of Directors (IOD), Nigeria, led by its President and Chairman of Council, Chief (Mrs.) Eniola Fadayomi paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. Alhaji Goni Aji explained that the main aim of the Transformation Agenda was to effectively change the country’s economy into one that is private…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has reacted to the recent designation of Boko Haram and Ansaru as foreign terrorist organisations by the United States, saying such description should not affect Nigerians who are travelling to that country for legitimate engagements. Namadi Sambo made this call on Wednesday December 4, 2013 when he received in his office at the State House, Abuja a senior United States delegation led by the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield. While speaking at the occasion, the Vice President expressed hope that such designation would create more opportunities for cooperation between…
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar has appealed to the Code of Conduct Bureau to refer cases involving high ranking public officers who are alleged to have engaged in corrupt practices to the tribunal. Danladi Umar made the appeal recently at the 2013 Ministerial Press Briefing of the Code of Conduct Bureau tagged: “Transformation Rule of CCB’’ which held at the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja during his presentation of a goodwill message. “I would passionately appeal to the Code of Conduct Bureau to refer cases involving high ranking public officers at the federal level…