The Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, has condemned the marginalisation of youths and women in the Nigerian political space. Rafsanjani disclosed this on Wednesday during a town hall meeting on Strengthening Accountability Among Civil Society (SANCUS) project in Keffi, Nasarawa state. The meeting which was held on Wednesday, 11th and Thursday, 12th of May, centred on sensitising participants on the need for political integrity and the need to hold public office holders accountable as the 2023 elections approach. Thirty-two Civil Society Organisations, including CISLAC had demanded the immediate resignation of the…
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By Fadhlillah Abdallah Sokoto state government has explained that the claims by several news platforms that it did not enroll its students to sit for the West African Examination Council (WAEC’s) exams in the past two years because it is indebted to the body’s examinations is false. A statement by the spokesperson to the state governor, Bello Mohammed on Thursday, explained that the real reason was because the Council refused to furnish it with details of its Tax Identification Number (TIN), which made the government to look elsewhere. “Instead of supplying the state government with the required financial propriety code,…
By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has identified corruption, lack of funding and good leadership as major problems of local government system in Nigeria. The governor made the assertion while receiving participants of 44th course group 7 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Study, Kuru Jos. The group was led by the Director General, Prof Ayo Omotayo on a courtesy visit to the Governor in Maiduguri. According to him, other challenges include lack of qualified teachers in schools and most of local government staff are redundant. He suggested that the situation be addressed and…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chided the Buhari-led government of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the continued closure of public universities and called on Buhari to stop playing with the future of the youths. A communique signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba and issued at the of the 96th NEC meeting held on Wednesday in Abuja also stated that the nation’s security command and control coordination structure, under Buhari had collapsed and remained “absent”. The PDP opined that the President had “abdicated his duties as Commander-in-Chief and…
By Justina Auta The Ultimate Health Management Services, an Health Management Organisation (HMO), on Wednesday urged its newly appointed Board of Directors to improve health insurance services to ensure universal health coverage. The Managing Director of the HMO, Mr Lekan Ewenla, gave the task in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja after its Annual General Meeting (AGM). The new board members include Dr Minapuye Bob-Manuel, Medical Director of Valentine Hospitals in Port-Harcourt; Abdulaziz Mashi-Abdullahi, a retired federal permanent secretary; and Mrs Susan Giwa-Osagie, an Independent Nin-Exe utive Director of Regency NEM Insurance, Ghana. According to the statement, the new members…
Barely 48 hours after disassociating himself from moves by some groups to draft him into the 2023 presidential race, former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has finally made up his mind to vie for the top post. On Monday, Jonathan had rejected the expression of interest and nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC), bought for him by people described as nomadic Fulani pastoralists and Almajiri communities. He was quoted as saying that it was an insult for people to buy the form for him without his consent, but the former president has now made a U-turn on the issue.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, said it will suspend the online pre-registration on continuous voter registration (CVR) by May 30 to enable those registered complete the physical registration. A statement by its Public Affairs Officer, Mrs Geraldine Ekelemu, in Port Harcourt stated that the online pre-registration will be suspended on May 30 while the entire registration exercise will end on June 30. “Please note that the online registration will end on May 30, 2022, while the online physical registration will be suspended on June 30, 2022,” she said. She urged the public who registered online to complete…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The Emir of Dass and chairman Bauchi State Emirate Committee on Health, Usman Bilyaminu Othman has assured the state government of the traditional institution’s dedication to sustain the sensitisation of parents to access health services, especially immunization against vaccines preventable diseases. Speaking at the inauguration of the 2022 World Immunization/ African vaccination week that took place at his palace on Wednesday, Othman said over the years, traditional institutions had continued to be at the forefront in mobilising communities to access health care services. “Different platforms have been established to co-ordinate the activities of this institution like…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ordering political office holders who have interest in contesting positions in the 2023 general elections, to resign. The president during the Federal Executive Council meeting (FEC) on Wednesday ordered the resignation of all political appointees who want to contest in the elections. In a statement by CISLAC executive director, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani on Wednesday, the group commended Buhari “for taking this laudable step and listening to the call of Nigerians towards a free and fair…
Nigeria’s vice president and one of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants, Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, visited the Abuja residence of Sokoto political godfather, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko Tuesday evening. According to a source, Osinbajo and Wamakko met for hours discussing the former’s presidential ambition. The source who postulated Wamakko as Northern Nigeria’s political godfather said, “Wamakko has also been the Northwest Coordinator of Buhari for President since 2015 and has been at the centre of the 2023 political calculations in the country, as an influencer with millions of supporters and admirers. “He is respected by all politicians a cross…