Year: 2022

Leadership Governor Award : NPC DG congratulates Gov Dapo Abiodun

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.     Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state has been described as a goal getter on the award bestowed on him as “Leadership Governor of the year award”.   Chief Kashim Akor who is the newly installed Otunba Gbeluniyi of llaro, Yewa land bare his mind over the weekend while interacting with newsmen.   The Director General, National Productivity Center NPC said the flare of Ogun state Governor towards the infrastructural, socioeconomic development of his people deserved the honor.   He commended Prince Dapo Abiodun for championing…

NEPAD; Combining Proficiency of Service , To Additional Year Anniversary, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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The New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD under the leadership of Mrs Gloria Akobundu has redirected the 2063 agenda for Africa on a high pedestal. In line with Lusaka Zambia’s declaration of July 2001, NEPAD was convened as an economic development program at the 37th session of the African Union Development Agency AUDA , the program was domesticated in Nigeria under a robust leadership to drive the vision , policy framework to accelerate economic development, integration and cooperation among African nations. With renewed vigour under the current leadership, no doubt…

NCC committed to Gender Equality in Information Technology Space

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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has reiterated the Commission’s commitment to ensuring there is a balance in the representation of females in the information technology (IT) ecosystem. The EVC, speaking recently through the Head, Digital Media Management of the Commission, Nafisa Usman Rugga, at the ICT Quiz competition for Girl’s in Senior Secondary Schools organized by Nigerian Women in Information Technology (NIWIIT), said there was an urgent need to equip the girl child with adequate knowledge, access and use of Information…

2023 ELECTIONS: Society for Peace holds 16th Conference, bestow awards on prominent Nigerians

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The Society for Peace Studies and Practice (SPSP) in collaboration with the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, (NARC) Abuja is to hold its 16th International conference and Annual General Meeting in Abuja from Wednesday Nov. 30 to Dec. 1. In a statement by the Chairman, Local Organising Committee, Prof. Tajudeen Akanji said that the two- day conference will hold at Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja. According to him, the theme of the conference is “Elections, Democratic Consolidation and Good Governance in Africa” amidst 18 other sub-themes slated for the conference. Akanji…

Reflecting on Engr Kadi Amshi Administrative Wizardry At NASC, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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MTwo years down the line, Engr Ahmed Kadi Amshi FNSE, the Executive Chairman, National Assembly Service Commission NASC and his Commissioners representing the six geopolitical zones have made unquantifiable progress in the commission in recent times. The administrative acumen and wealth of experience of the new leadership had resolved many thorny issues that was yearning for solutions overtime. This ranges from major administrative decisions, appointments, promotions and payments of backlog of salaries and arears, that had boosted the morale of staffers of the NASC and by extension the National Assembly.…

CAC among World Best Public Service Agency By 2025, says BPSR

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The Alhaji Garba Abubakar-led CAC is one of the agencies identified as building the block that will take the Nigerian public service to be among the first 20 in the world by the year 2025.   The Director General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dasuki Arabi, revealed this at a lunch time seminar series organized by the Bureau in Abuja.   According to Rasheed Mahe, the Head, Media ,the event held at the Conference Hall, Engineering Building, FCDA, was themed “Current Reforms, Innovation, and Challenges of the…

Oluwo and the glorification of ignorance (1), by Tunde Odesola

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Welcome to Ìwó, the ancient Yoruba land where the parrot sings in paradox the poetry of truth and treachery. The parrot is not a treacherous bird. For the Yoruba, the parrot is a sacred bird of historic symbolism, bearing on its head the feathers of truth, trampling underfoot the evil of treachery.   Abomination! Even though they domesticate it, the Yoruba don’t kill the highly revered bird, whose prized tail feathers they use in ritual performance.   In Ìwó and many other Yoruba towns, the parrot is sentineled at home…

COAS flags off Combat Swimming Competition, …… tasks participants to use enhanced skills to improve Riverine Operations

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has flagged off Nigerian Army (NA)Inter Formation Combat Platoon Swimming Championship at the National Stadium, Surulere in Lagos, where he tasked participants to take advantage of the Championship to enhance their fighting efficiency to conduct operations optimally, especially in riverine and amphibious terrains towards fulfilling NA’s constitutional mandate.   The COAS represented by the Commander, Corps of Nigerian Army Engineers, Major General Kamil Kadiri gave the charge during the flag-off ceremony of the championship, where he reiterated that the Nigeria…

Niger Govt inaugurates State Ease Of Doing Business Council, State Saber Steering/Technical Committee

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The Niger State Government said it has attached a high premium to the development of the State’s economy, next to security.   The Secretary to the Niger State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane made the disclosure shortly after inaugurating the Niger State Ease of Doing Business Environment Council and the Niger State Saber Steering/Technical Committee held at the Conference Hall of SSG’s Office.   The SSG explained that the Niger State Ease of Doing Business Environment Council and the Saber Steering/Technical Committee has been constituted to consolidate the achievement of…

Osun Assembly turns down Adeleke’s move to rename state

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The Osun State House of Assembly, on Monday, kicked against the decision of governor Ademola Adeleke to rename the state from “State of Osun” to Osun State.   The Assembly in a statement argued that the anthem, crest and flag of the state was an enactment of Parliament assented to on December 18, 2012, and no person can exact force to alter it.   Recall that Adeleke during his inauguration on Sunday, November 27, 2022, reversed the name of the state from “State of Osun” to “Osun State” and also…