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Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Governor of Kwara, AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, on Friday said that the state governors are happy with the Supreme Court judgment that granted fiscal autonomy to local government areas. Speaking to State House correspondents before a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Governor Abdulrahman said … [Read more…]
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, believes Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment granting local governments financial autonomy is great for grass root development. Speaking with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa hours after the judgement on Thursday, Akpabio promised that the parliament will work with the office of the Attorney General to ensure real elections are … [Read more…]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights activist, Femi Falana has called on Nigerians, to be prepared to monitor the activities of the local government officials in the wake of the judgment by the Supreme Court. The apex court had on Thursday in its lead judgment read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, mandated the Federal … [Read more…]
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations. In its lead judgement read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court observed that the state governments’ refusal of financial autonomy for local governments has gone on for over two decades. Justice … [Read more…]
President Bola Tinubu will meet with the Organised Labour in Abuja on Thursday to further discussions on a new minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. Channels Television reports that the President invited the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to the meeting expected to be held at the Aso … [Read more…]
…slams N10 million compensation to each victim named in the suit The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice on Wednesday indicted the Nigerian Government over the human rights abuses in its response to the #EndSARS protest particularly its disproportionate use of force at the Lekki … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday justified the establishment of a new Ministry of Livestock Development attributing it to the need to enhance protein production, increase employment opportunities and government revenue. This, it stated, formed part of the reasons that informed President Tinubu’s decision to establish the new ministry on Tuesday. Attorney General of the Federation … [Read more…]
…We’re set to empower 20,000 more women – Mbah The Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the ActionAid Nigeria have commended Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State for the series of empowerment programmes initiated by the government to improve the standard of living of women, promote gender equality and protect both women and children from gender-based … [Read more…]
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says fuel stations are to operate longer hours for supply and distribution of petrol, calling on fuel stations to aid availability in view of the current tight situation. The NNPC Ltd. says the turnaround period of PMS trucking is also elongated to ease the situation being witnessed. The … [Read more…]
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has approved the release of the sum of N1,912,187,753.82 for the payment of four-year accumulated leave allowances owed to teachers of public primary schools in the state. According to the government, the approval was in fulfilment of Governor Mbah’s promise to ensure that teachers get all their entitlements … [Read more…]
The federal government has approved a 150-day duty-free window to allow the importation of maize, husked brown rice and wheat as part of measures to combat rising food inflation in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari disclosed this in a press statement as part of the implementation of the … [Read more…]
BudgIT said its open-source service delivery monitoring platform, Tracka, has discovered an allocation of N732.5 billion for empowerment projects in the 2024 budget by the federal government. According to a statement released by the organization on Monday, the amount allocated for the empowerment projects, which it described as vague, is higher than the N646.5 billion … [Read more…]