Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo has appealed to delegates at the National Conference to make recommendations that will lead to legislation for sufficient and sustainable power supply. The Minister made this call while making a presentation to the Energy Committee of the ongoing National Conference in Abuja. He also called for the understanding and cooperation of all Nigerians, for the full actualization of the reform of Nigeria’s power sector. Prof. Nebo explained that the privatization exercise was necessitated by the huge volume of funding required for the sector, and the need to speed up efforts for power supply to…
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The management of Code of Conduct Tribunal has refuted a report in the media on the recent invitation of the Honourable Chairman, Code of Conduct Tribunal, by the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC), which was acting on a petition on alleged ₦1.8 Million paid to the Chairman through his Personal Assistant’s account. Through a statement issued in refutation, the Tribunal’s management wanted the public to note that the Honourable Chairman like any other Public Officer in Nigeria, is not immune to being invited by Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), or any other institutions with similar mandates, for questioning on…
Nigeria’s diplomatic relations with her West African neighbours received a boost when a delegation of students of Ghana Armed Forces Administrative Staff School on study tour of the country, visited Federal Ministry of Finance. The delegation comprising senior officers of Ghana Armed Forces and other officers from several West African countries were in the Ministry to exchange ideas on Nigeria’s economic policies, economic developments and how the country is coping with trans-national crimes, such as religious insurgency, drug peddling, economic crimes and militancy in the Niger-Delta. The leader of the team, Air Vice Marshal Issifu Kadri said, the students were…
MINNA (Water Resources Ministry Report) The Nigerian Government in partnership with the Japanese International Cooperation (JICA) has provided a complete set of drilling equipment to five States namely- Niger, Taraba, Kebbi, Ondo and Enugu. This is in addition to the 788 hand pump boreholes earlier provided to rural communities in Oyo, Kano, Yobe, Katsina and Bauchi. The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Reng Ochekpe made this known lately in Minna, Niger State during the commissioning and handing over ceremony of the drilling equipment to five States comprising: Niger, Taraba, Kebbi, Ondo and Enugu. Sarah Ochekpe said that the Federal Government…
Report from Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs. As part of efforts of the Federal Government to improve the functionality of Local Government Administration in Nigeria, the committee to review the Scheme of Service for the employees of Local Government in Nigeria has been inaugurated on Monday. While inaugurating the committee, the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Alhaji Kabiru Tanimu Turaki said, the review of the scheme of service for Local Government employees has been long overdue and that the re-establishment of the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs by President Goodluck Jonathan in…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has expressed willingness to partner with construction companies from Turkey to construct more dams and development of irrigation facilities in Nigeria. The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Reng Ochekpe made this known when she received delegation from Turkey led by the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mustapha Pulad. The Minister was responding to the Turkish Ambassador’s request when he said that the essence of their visit was to explore possibility of partnering with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in the construction activities in the water sector. Ochekpe said, “Let me say that we have…
The need for Geo-information products for use as essential ingredients to infrastructural development has been stressed. The Surveyor-General of the Federation (SGOF), Prof. Peter Nwilo said, the office is seeking for partnership from various agencies to improve service delivery nationwide in the area of infrastructural development and crime prevention. The SGOF made this appeal at a press briefing in Abuja recently. He pointed out that the Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation (OSGOF) is responsible for undertaking vital surveys and provision of geospatial data required for planning and development, adding that it generates plants for the exploitation and management…
Report from Federal Ministry of Women Affairs.The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Zainab Maina has renewed call for the speedy release of abducted school girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State. Maina, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja said that the call became necessary as the delay could have untold effect on the abducted girls, their parents and the nation. While describing the act as a crime against humanity, the Minister said, “The Nigerian women and children are saddened about this incident, they don’t want violence. Abduction of innocent children and killings…
Abuja (National Conference Report) – The National Conference’s Committee on Civil Society, Labour and Sports has on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 denied the allegations that it has substituted its chairman due to absence from duty. The Committee said that it had demanded the Deputy Chairman to take over proceedings as the Chairman in the absence of the Chairman, Ogunrinmade pending her return from casual leave. According to the report from the Committee recently, Ogunrinmade was said to have duly obtained permission from the National Conference Secretariat through the Confab Chairman, Idris Kutigi (Justice Rtd) for absence from…
ABUJA (Power Ministry Report) – “The Nigerian Government has lined up series of incentives to strengthen investors’ confidence and guarantee return on investment in the power sector,” the Minister of State for Power, Mohammed Wakil disclosed this recently in a Power Africa event organized by the United States Department of Commerce in Miami Florida. While speaking in a keynote address, Mohammed Wakil said that Nigeria has provided a $300 million partial risk guarantee which is domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the World Bank as a major push to protect investors. The Minister, who attended the event…
GOMBE (Industry, Trade and Investment Ministry Report) – President Goodluck Jonathan has on Friday, April 26, 2014 performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the N100bn Expansion Project for Ashaka Cement 2.5 million metric-tonnes capacity cement production line in Gombe, North East Nigeria. The project which will be completed within three years will serve to increase the company’s current production capacity of over one million metric tonnes to about four million metric tones, while creating a lot of jobs. The report from the Press and Public Relations Department of the Ministry has indicated that President Jonathan, who was represented at…
ABUJA (Vice President’s Office Report) – The Office of the Vice President of Nigeria has announced the death of Yusuf Sabo Sambo (Capt.) after a ghastly motor accident along the Bill Clinton Drive, Airport Road, Abuja on Sunday April 27, 2014. According to the report from the office, Yusuf Sabo Sambo, the immediate junior brother to Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo was a qualified pilot who worked with the former Nigerian Airways and the Presidential Air Fleet before retiring to private practice. He was born in 1956 and died at the age of 58. He is survived by his wife,…
Abuja (NEMA Report) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has presented a mobile intensive care ambulance to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to support the activities of the organization on disaster management in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. While presenting the ambulance at the NSCDC Headquarters in Abuja on April 24, 2014 the Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi said that the gesture aims at enhancing the capacity of NSCDC towards prompt response to emergency medical aid during disasters. The Director General of NEMA, who was represented at the occasion by the Director…
ABUJA (Office of Head of Service Report) – The Nigerian Government will review the Group Life Assurance Policy for federal civil servants for effective utilisation towards achieving its desired goals. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Bukar Goni Aji stated this recently in his office during a meeting with the Underwriters on the Group Life Assurance Scheme for federal civil servants. Represented at the occasion by the Permanent Secretary in the Common Services Office, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Yemi Adelakun, the Head of Service said that the current Group…
ABUJA (Presidency Report) – The Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Ajadi Suleiman has called for a robust and peaceful relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government to create the conducive atmosphere that would enable workers benefit from the process of law making by the legislature and it’s implementation by the executive. While speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Joint Implementation Committee on Centenary Parliamentary Workers Day Celebration, Ajadi Suleiman said that whatever it will take to promote peace and understanding between the two arms of government must be encouraged. He pleaded with…
The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Laraba Mallam has pledged to cooperate with Turkish construction Companies operating in Nigeria to have a full comprehensive environmental impact assessment is carried out on every major construction project involving Turkish Companies with a view to ensuring full compliance with local environmental regulations. The Minister also stated that appropriate monitoring mechanisms have been put in place to ensure that every environmental impact assessment certificate issued for any project, is monitored to ensure full compliance with the specifications in the certificate. She added that the era of merely issuing E.I.A certificate is over. Mrs. Mallam…
ABUA (Federal Civil Service Commission) The Acting Permanent Secretary of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Mustapha Suleiman has called on staff of the organization to be good ambassadors of the Commission by delivering prompt and selfless services to the public. Mustapha Suleiman stated this during a one day sensitization workshop organized by the SERVICOM Unit of the Commission recently. He informed staff that as nobody will be in the service forever, it is imperative to have a service that is responsive and dependable. He also urged them to ensure that they all render quality services in their respective places of…
ABUJA (Youth Development Ministry Report) – The Minister of Youth Development, Boni Haruna has said that the Nigerian Government is willing to partner with the Sri Lankan Government towards harnessing the rich potentials of the youth.He disclosed this when he received in audience the High Commissioner of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, A. S. P. Liyanage on a courtesy call to his office recently. Boni Haruna expressed the interest of the Ministry to collaborate with Sri Lanka in the area of capacity building and entrepreneurial development, in order to empower and uplift the teeming youths in Nigeria and Sri…
Abuja (Federal Project Management Unit Report) – The National Coordinator of the Rural Access and Mobility Project, Ubandoma Ularamu has re-affirmed the commitment of the project to transparent procurement processes in the on-going procurement of Consultants and Contractors for the construction/rehabilitation of 800km first phase of the RAMP II roads in Adamawa, Enugu, Niger and Osun States. Ubandoma Ularamu made this assurance at the opening ceremony of a two-day training session for Procurement and Finance Management officers organized by the Federal Project Management Unit in collaboration with the World Bank and the French Development Agency at the Nicon Luxury…
The National Coordinator, Rural Access and Mobility Project, Engr. Ubandoma Ularamu has re-affirmed the commitment of the project to a transparent procurement process in the on-going procurement of consultants and contractors for the construction/rehabilitation of 800km 1st phase of the RAMP II roads in Adamawa, Enugu, Niger And Osun States. Engr. Ubandoma made this assurance at the opening ceremony of a 2-day training for procurement and finance management officers organized by the Federal Project Management Unit, in collaboration with the World bank, and the French Development Agency at the Nicon Luxury Abuja. The National Coordinator said that the transparent selection…