The Chairman of Anambra State Local Government Service Commission, Mr Vincent Ezeaka, has disclosed that over 300 ghost workers have been drawing salaries from various local governments in the state without coming to work. Ezeaka made disclosure during an interview with DAILY POST on Friday, 5 July, 2024 in his office. Recall that Ezeaka had recently come under attack from workers in the local government system who accused him of unduly victimizing them since his appointment. Council workers accused Ezeaka, a legal practitioner, of working to impress his master, Governor Chukwuma Soludo, by trying to remove many people from the…
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has described the power sector as a critical factor in economic development. The Governor spoke on Friday, 5 July, 2024, during a visit to Power House, office of the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu. He commended the Minister on the improvement being witnessed in the power sector adding that no development can take place without the sector. Addressing some of the Ministry’s directors who received him in company of the Minister, the Governor charged them to further improve on their performance. ”The power sector is critical for economic turn around and the development of…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has stressed the importance of stakeholders’ engagements in the development of the Niger Delta region. Addressing newsmen during a World Press Conference in Port Harcourt, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, said it was imperative for Niger Deltans to have a conversation on development issues, hence the Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit taking place in the Rivers State capital from July 10-13, 2924. Ogbuku said that the stakeholders’ summit, with the theme: “Renewed Hope for Sustainable Development of the Niger Delta Region,” would provide a platform for…
Ogun State Head of Service, Mr. Kehinde Onasanya has said that the State is leading other states of the Federation in Ease of Doing Business, owing to the provision of requisite infrastructural facilities through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in the State. Onasanya made this known while delivering a keynote address at the launch of a book titled “Practical Guide to Public Private Partnership Arrangement in Nigeria” authored by Pastor Adebisi Sogunle and held at the Waterfalls Events Centre, Ikeja, Lagos. According to him, since the State passed the PPP law in 2019, the initiative has facilitated projects with…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of Transition Committee Chairmen in the state by another six months. This was the resolution of the House during its plenary session on Friday, 5 July, 2024. The extension of the tenure of the Transition Committee Chairmen is sequel to a letter sent to the House by Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo. Governor Ododo in the letter posited that the paucity of funds and the state’s high wage bill are some of the reasons why Local Government elections cannot be conducted in the state. Speaker of the State House…
A yet-to-be-identified 61-year-old man has lost his life after being electrocuted during the flood incident. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer,SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the sad incident in a post he shared on his X handle on Thursday, 4 June, 2024. According to Hundeyin, the incident happened on Wednesday, 3 July, 2024 during the downpour in the Orile-Iganmu area of the state “During the rain yesterday in Orile-Iganmu, a 61-year-old man, while wading through the floods, held on to a street light pole and sadly got electrocuted,” the state police image-maker said, just as he also urged the…
President Bola Tinubu has decried the growing deforestation in Africa which was largely due to subsistence and commercial agriculture, noting that there is urgent need for ambitious regional action to strike a balance between food security and sustainable forest management. Speaking at the ongoing 1st International Conference on Afforestation and Reforestation holding in Brazzaville, Congo, President Tinubu who was represented by the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawalsaid: “It gladdens my heart that the first ever International Conference on Afforestation and Reforestation is taking place right here in Africa where more than 15% percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions takes…
On 28 June 2024, Nigeria signed the Samoa Agreement at the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. The partnership agreement is between the EU and its Member States, on one hand, and the members of the OACPS on the other. Negotiations on the agreement started in 2018, on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. It was signed in Apia, Samoa on the 15th of November 2018 by all 27 EU Member states and 47 of the 79 OACPS Member states. The agreement has 103 articles comprising a common foundational compact and…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, 4 July, 2024, inaugurated the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) and launched the Economic Stabilization Programme to ensure food security, improved power supply, enhanced social welfare and healthcare, increased energy production, and overall economic transformation. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the 31-member Council held at the Council Chambers in Abuja, President Tinubu, who chairs the Council, underscored the need for innovative solutions to the country’s economic challenges, noting the importance of public-private partnerships in driving economic reforms. ”We have the challenge of energy security in Nigeria. We need to work together to…
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, has announced a new regime of rates for the mining sector to enhance ease of doing business and consolidate ongoing reforms. At a press conference today, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake stated that the review underscores the federal government’s commitment to increasing revenue from solid minerals to enhance service delivery and bolster mining’s contribution to economic development. Under the new regime, investors applying for a Mining Lease license will pay N3 million, while Small Scale Mining Lease (SSML) applicants will pay N300,000 for the first two…