July 13, 2021

Senator Onyewuchi’s Colossal Failure From 2011 – 2021 (II)

Senator Onyewuchi’s Colossal Failure From 2011 – 2021 (II)

July 13, 2021 12:02 pm

Continues from part I.

CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS: Given that the legislature possess power to provide constituency services, an understanding of this function is instrumental in appraising constituency funds with respect to legislative oversight. While different nomenclatures of constituency funds exist across national cases (Pork Barrel in the United States, Constituency Development Fund in Zambia), a defining feature of its operation in Nigeria opens a vacuum to be filled to ensure probity in the management of the fund. One of the measures put in place by the government to facilitate development is constituency fund.

Constituency funds have evolved as a form of …

There’s Been A Lot Of Differences In Nigeria – Buhari

Petrol Subsidy Would End Once Buhari Signs PIB – Minister

July 13, 2021 6:57 am

The assent of the Petroleum Industry Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari, will put a nail to the coffin of petrol subsidy in Nigeria, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has disclosed.

Sylva made this announcement while speaking at the Nigeria/Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries: 50 Years of Partnership press conference in Abuja.

He insisted that it was best for Nigeria that the Federal Government discontinued subsidy on petrol, stressing that the recently passed PIB had no provision for subsidy.

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The minister said, ‘This (subsidy removal) …

Obaseki: I Will Not Accept Any Opposition In Edo PDP

Obaseki Opens Up On Alleged Plan To Return To APC

July 13, 2021 6:46 am

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has insisted he would never return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Obaseki had defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2020.

His decision came after the party disqualified him from seeking the ticket for re-election.

It was on the platform of the PDP he was eventually re-elected for a second term.

Read Also: Supreme Court Dismisses APC’s Case Against Obaseki

Obaseki, speaking in Abuja on Monday, said: ‘Nigerians must key into the e-registration exercise of the PDP as the party …

Buhari Govt Hails Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s Position On Kanu, IPOB

Buhari Hails Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s Position On Kanu, IPOB

July 13, 2021 6:35 am

The President Muhammadu Buhari administration has praised Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s decision to form a legal team to monitor the trial of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, who was rep0rtedly abducted from Kenya, late June will return to court on July 26.

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami said Ohanaeze’s position is in line with the doctrine of the right of fair hearing rooted in Section 36 of the constitution.

A statement on Monday said the body demonstrated their belonging to Nigeria and succumbed

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