inclusion

IPMAN Accuses FG Of Non Inclusion Of Fuel Pump Price

January 23, 2020 10:33 am

Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigerian (IPMAN) has accused the Federal; Government (FG) of non inclusion during upward review of fuel pumps price.

IPMAN Caretaker Committee Chairman, Comrade Robert Obi made this known during an interactive session with the Management of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Calabar, Cross River State capital.

Comrade Robert lamented the challenges faced by members of IPMAN since the review of fuel pump price. “So, when the federal government adjusted pump price to N145, IPMAN was not invited to take part in the meeting where the N9 margin was arrived at because of the …

Govt Wants Full Political Inclusion For Disabled Persons

December 3, 2019 12:12 pm

In commemoration of the 2019 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq, have advocated for the full inclusion of disabled Nigerians into the country’s political process.

The call comes as the Federal Government constitutes a peoples’ parliament for persons with disabilities, with the inauguration and first sitting of the special body’s elected executives.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq

Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the event titled …

NAF’s Remarkable Gender Inclusion

November 10, 2019 9:01 am

NAF commissioned two ladies into its fighter aircraft sections. Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni trained at the NAF Training School, Kaduna

It is cheering news that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recently registered itself on the side of global trends on gender sensitivity.For the first time in its 55-year-history, NAF commissioned two ladies into its fighter aircraft sections. Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni trained at the NAF Training School, Kaduna and the US Aviation Leadership Course received her wings to be the first female combat fighter pilot.

Tolulope Arotile trained in South Africa and was winged as a combat helicopter pilot. The

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Women Groups Laud Kwara Gov over 56% Gender Inclusion

October 26, 2019 3:38 pm

Nigerian Women Groups have commended the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, for ceding 56 per cent of slot of state’s executive cabinet to women include youths.

The women said the governor had set a precedence for other state chief executives, including the federal executive and corporate bodies to emulate.

Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on gender inclusion in the state, National President, Women in Politics Forum, Mr. Ebere Ifendu, alongside other women groups said they considered Abdulrasaq’s gesture as a “great achievement not only for the people of Kwara State but for Nigerians as a whole and …

Ogun State Cabinet: APC Youths Demand 40% Inclusion

October 25, 2019 10:18 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC) youths in Ogun State have called on Governor Dapo Abiodun to reserve 40 percent of his cabinet for them.

The youths, under the umbrella of the Youth Wing of Ogun APC, made the call at a press briefing to kickstart its Annual General Meeting in Abeokuta, yesterday.

Speaking at the conference, which also had in attendance, the Special Adviser to Governor Abiodun on Youths and Job Creation, Lekan Olude, Secretary of Ogun APC Caretaker Committee, Ayo Olubori, Consultant to the Governor on Political Matters, Biyi Adeleye and party chieftain, Afolabi Afuape, Rasheed Aroboto argued that …

IPMAN Demand Inclusion In Operation White, Other Committee

October 15, 2019 1:52 pm

The Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria IPMAN has called for all-inclusive and expanded membership of operation white inter-agency committee on downstream automation with full recognition of independent marketers in the membership.

IPMAN Chairman, Kano unit, comprises Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi and Yobe, Alh. Bashir DanMallam made the demand on Tuesday while addressing journalists in Kano.

DanMallam who applauded the recent launch of the automation of the downstream sector by Federal government and inauguration of the interagency committee in Lagos regretted the noninclusion of some major stakeholders, including IPMAN.

The IPMAN boss who stressed the importance of automation of the sector …