autonomy

LG Autonomy: States Responsible For Delay – Gbajabiamila

April 13, 2021 1:52 am

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has shifted the blame for the delayed autonomy for local governments in Nigeria to the state Houses of Assembly declaring that the National Assembly should be held responsible.

While answering questions from journalists in Abuja on Monday, Gbajabiamila recalled how the 8th National Assembly passed a bill to grant autonomy to the LGs but the proposal did not get the nod of two-thirds of the states to scale through.

The Speaker spoke at a leadership training sponsored by the Minority Leader of the House, Ndudi Elumelu, for council chairmen and …

To Register With IPPIS Violates Varsities’ Autonomy -UNIBEN

November 27, 2019 10:53 am

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INEC Seek Financial Autonomy For State Electoral Commission

October 25, 2019 2:46 am

Explains misappropriation of funds

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called for financial autonomy for State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) for timely conduct of credible council elections across the country.Yakubu made the call yesterday during a parley with members of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions of Nigeria (FOSIECON) at INEC headquarters, Abuja.

The 1999 Constitution empowers SIECs to conduct council elections while INEC conducts elections into federal, state legislative and governorship seats.

Political watchers have described elections conducted by SIECs into the councils in most states as mere appointments and not democratic

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Telcom Operators; ACTON Seek NCC’s Autonomy On USSD Prices

October 23, 2019 2:34 am

Telecommunications operators under ACTON have called on the Federal Government to allow the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) independence to enforce the legal determination of the USSD pricing that was approved to be effective from September 1.

The operators, under the aegis of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), said the banks should only be allowed to apply a cost recovery charge to the consumers using the USSD platform or any other telecom related platform used to gain access to the consumers’ mobile device or the Subscribers Identification Modules (SIM).

Speaking with The Guardian, the President of the ATCON,

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