Month: October 2022

No single person benefitted’ from FG’s 774,000 jobs scheme – Senate

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The Senate Committee on Public Account has said the execution of the employment scheme of 774,000 Nigerians may have been cloaked in fraud.   The upper legislative body said this prompted it to commence an investigation into scheme aimed at recruiting Nigerians in every local government of the federation for the special public works programme.     In April 2020, the federal government approved the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians on special public works programme with the mandate of 1000 people per LGA.   The special public works programme, implemented by…

CURRENCY CHANGE? AT THIS TIME? By Mahmud Jega

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To folks old enough to remember the currency change exercise undertaken by the Buhari military government in 1984, Central Bank of Nigeria [CBN] Governor Godwin Emefiele’s announcement on Wednesday that the N200, N500 and N1000 notes will cease to be legal tender at the end of January next year was the sudden revival of a nightmare. He said new notes will be introduced in mid-December to replace the old notes. CBN and government might well have a good reason to change our currency notes. Emefiele said 80% of our notes…

Redesigning The Naira by CBN Will Be Counter-Productive to The Nigerian Economy.

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The major essence of keeping money outside the bank is for a transactional motive, precautionary motive, and speculative motive, it simply means most money kept by individuals is for this above except dollars that politicians, businesses or racketeers kept for profit motive.       Looking at the negative externalities, the targeted politicians, businesses, and dollar racketeers will choose to hold Dollars, not Naira, which will negate the aims of the Central Bank of Nigeria and increase inflation in the economy   Another negative externality is the Naira which is…

Dabiri-Erewa felicitates with Khadijah, Ayo for winning Councilorship seats in Canada

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Hon. (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has congratulated the duo of Nana Khadija Mamudu-Haliru and Hon. Ayo Owodunni for winning their respective elections as Counsellors in Canada. While Ayo Owodunni was elected City Counsellor in Kitchner, Ontario Canada, Nana Khadija Mamudu-Haliru got elected as Counsellor Ingersoll of Ontario County, Canada. In personal congratulatory messages to both of them, Dabiri-Erewa described their newest positions as a demonstration of dedication, honesty, determination and competence which most Nigerians are noted for especially in the diaspora. “This win is a…

Why Data Analytics is essential For Call Centres

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The process of interacting with customers comes with a lot of advantages if the customer data analytics is properly harnessed, in the customer service awards limited customer experience training Abuja Nigeria, the need for proper data analytics mostly takes the front burner.   Customer analytics according to customer service awards limited helps to identify gaps in service delivery, it also helps organisations to spend less time on repetitive activities that keep occurring over time by providing a lasting solution, more the best mystery shopping company in Nigeria, Nigeria mystery shoppers…

THE CRUCIAL IMPERATIVE OF A TINUBU PRESIDENCY By Tope Fasua

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Things are getting clearer now. The man whom many had disparaged, who has attracted so much hate from some quarters for no reason, of whom so many bad things have been said – totally unjustified – is becoming the clear choice for 2023. I signed on much earlier because I would rather someone who has laboured hard and planned over decades, than someone who woke up from a nightmare and decides to go about recounting Nigeria’s laundry-list of woes, with hardly any intelligible solutions and no deep thinking behind his…

Niger CP decorates 6 newly promoted Officers, charges them to be proactive

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The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command CP Ogundele J. Ayodeji , Tuesday 25th October, 2022 had his maiden conference with senior officers and DPOs in the State, having assumed duty as the 36th Commissioner of Police in the State on 17th October, 2022   During his lecture, he expressed familiarity with the terrain of the State, as he described his deployment to the State as homecoming, because he had served in the Command as AC SCID and Area Commander, Kotangora. He asserted that Niger State is the largest State…

PROMOTION: CP Babaji Sunday decorates 3 DCP,17 CSP …. charges them to live up to expectations

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Following the recent October 2022 promotion of senior officers from the Ranks of Deputy Commissioner to Commissioner of Police and Superintendent to Chief Superintendent of Police, the Commissioner of Police FCT Command, CP Babaji Sunday on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th of October 2022 decorated 3 Deputy Commissioners of Police and 17 Chief Superintendents of Police respectively.   The decoration which was held amidst celebration was conducted at the Premises of the FCT Police Command in the presence of friends, families, relatives of the Promo-tees, and invited guests from sister…

BREAKING: Former PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh dumps party

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Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday, resigned from the party. He also quitted partisan politics, citing the need to contribute to the nation’s building “without the hindrance of partisanship.”   In a letter dated October 25th, 2022 and addressed to the party’s National Chairman, Metuh said a copy of his resignation letter has been transmitted to his ward chairman in line with the provision of the PDP Constitution.   Olisa Metuh in the letter titled, “Resignation from the PDP,” stated that his decision…

JUST IN: CBN redesigns Naira

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The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced its decision to redesign the Naira.   The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who announced this at a press briefing in Abuja, said the exercise would affect the the highest denominations: 200, 500, 1000 notes.   He said that the action was taken in order to take control of the currency in circulation.   According to him, the bulk of the nation’s currency notes were outside bank vaults and that the CBN would not allow the situation to continue.       Details…