Tag: good governance

Easter: Gov Adeleke felicitates with Christians, recommits Himself to Good Governance

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Osun state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has felicitated with Christians on the celebration of Easter, charged them to use the occasion to reflect on the very essence of the divine sacrifice by Jesus Christ.   Governor Adeleke, who noted that Easter impressed on humanity the unquantifiable power of love, tasked Christian faithfuls in a message to let the valuable lessons of Jesus’s sacrifice reflect on them all the time.   He charged Christians to hold to the message of love and compassion, which are the basis of the Easter celebration,…

SENATOR JIBRIN ISAH ECHOCHO: The Profiteer Of Good Governance, By Abdullahi Haruna (Haruspice)

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As the 2023 elections approach, several contenders and pretenders are employing various characters to engage in a charade with those with a strong likelihood of capturing power. Senator Jibrin Isa Echocho, a Senator representing Kogi East, is one of the strongest contenders with a good possibility of returning to the Senate due to his sterling qualities and outstanding performance over the last three years. Recently, the good people of Kogi East have unanimously agreed to return him back to the Senate so that he can continue with the good works…

Respect for Human Rights,Key to Good Governance In Africa – NHRC Boss

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged governments of Member nations of African Union (AU) to obey recommendations and decisions of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI’) saying that failure will affect the effective protection of human rights which is key to good governance in the continent and elsewhere.   The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu (SAN) who stated this at the 2022 African Bar Association conference in Lilongwe, Malawi noted that the major challenge of the recommendations of and decisions of the public inquiry mechanism of…

Engineer Sule: Delivering good governance to the people By Ali Abare

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The essential purpose of democracy is to deliver good governance, which is the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented. Good governance, which signifies actual growth and development, has eight major characteristics. Good governance is participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law. Also, good governance assures that corruption is minimized, the views of minorities are taken into account and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision-making. It is also…

NASS ‘ll provide legislative frameworks for good governance, peace in Nigeria – Gbajabiamila

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By Taofeek LAWAL, Abuja       The Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, has assured that the National Assembly will continue to roll out laws that will see to the peaceful coexistence among Nigerians as well promoting good governance.   Gbajabiamila stated this on Tuesday at a 2-day stakeholders’ national conference with the theme, “The role of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Advancing Peace and Harmony in Nigeria” organised by the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) at the National Mosque, Abuja.   According to…

Makinde swears-in 32 newly-elected LG chairmen …urges them to replicate good governance at LGAs

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Oyo State Governor, Engr.Seyi Makinde, has urged the 32 newly-elected chairmen of Local Government Councils in the state to replicate the people-oriented policies and good governance being implemented at the state level at the grassroots. The governor, who spoke on Monday at the swearing-in ceremony for the local government chairmen, held at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan, congratulated all the newly-elected chairmen, admonished them to make the people at the grassroots feel their presence in term of development and good governance. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to…

Lack of good governance, education, responsible for insecurity in Nigeria – Gov Sule

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Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has identified lack of good governance, as well as functional education, particularly in Northern Nigeria, as part of the reasons for rising security challenges in the country. Engineer Sule made this known while hosting participants from the Executive Intelligence Course 14, from the National Institute for Security Studies, Abuja, at the Government House, on Monday. According to the governor, Nigeria has been unlucky not to have witnessed good governance through the years, compared to most countries around the world that have entrenched good governance…

2021 : Gov Sani Bello reassures commitment to Good Governance

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Niger state Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has urged Nigerlites to support the present administration and work towards ensuring the progress as well as development of the state. In a New Year (2021) message to the people, Governor Sani Bello described the out gone year 2020, as challenging and difficult, and called on the people to remain hopeful, steadfast and prayerful for a better 2021. The Governor enjoined the people of the state to remain resolute in their support to his administration’s battle against insecurity, COVID-19 and determination to surmount economic…

NIGERIA @60 : Our nation still in dire need of good governance – Oyo Speaker

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Lack of good governance remains the bane of socio-economic development of Nigeria, the giant of Africa even as the country marks her sixty years of Independence. These were the words of the Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin in his Diamond jubilee Independence message to Nigerians. The Speaker said at sixty , the three tiers of government, the Federal , State and Local Governments were in need of quality and selfless leaders who will practice, promote and champion good governance for all round development. He expressed disappointment…

Oyo APC lacks knowledge of good governance -PDP

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The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop celebrating the maladministration represented by the immediate past government of Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The party in a statement on Sunday, which was signed by its State Publicity Secretary, Engr. Akeem Olatunji, said that APC in Oyo State was a party of individuals with little or no knowledge of what good governance entails, noted that in the last eight months, every right-thinking resident of Oyo State has been full of praises…