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Kwara Govt Bans Preaching In Public Schools

January 14, 2020 5:32 am

Kwara State government has kicked against preaching by religious groups in public schools.

The government in a statement on Monday, signed by Hajia Fatimoh Bisola Ahmed, Hon. Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, banned preaching in all public schools henceforth.

The Ministry directed that prayers should be said silently on the morning Assembly across public schools in the state.

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The statement read: “It has come to the notice of the Kwara State Government that some religious organisations have been going to public schools in the state to

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‘Power Is Transient’ – Keyamo Tells Public Officers

January 10, 2020 1:06 am
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment has issues a message to public officers in Nigeria.

Keyamo warned public officers to make good use of their time in office, adding that power is transient

According to him, ‘no one can annex public office as a personal chattel’ , hence reason he stays back from the razzmatazz of public office.

The minister said this in a terse statement on his official Twitter page on Thursday morning.

The post read: “Public officers must always bear in mind the cliche that power is transient. They have limited time to make their

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Abdulrasaq: Kwara Won’t Spare Public Funds Looters

December 1, 2019 3:49 am

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said his administration would not tolerate any attempt to create distractions in attempts to unravel the case of the N5bn alleged to have been shared among former lawmakers in the state.

Abdulrazaq also said no government official would be spared if proven to have committed infractions against the law.

“A few days ago, some former Kwara lawmakers were alleged to have shared N5bn of taxpayers’ money among themselves. This of course followed a pattern of systemic looting of the treasury which has been discovered since we assumed office,” the governor said in a statement …

Blocking Bank Accounts Of 200 Public Officers

November 24, 2019 5:17 am
The focus on the fight against corruption by the Buhari administration appears to have been further dramatised by a recent pronouncement by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on plans to block the bank accounts of certain senior public sector officials. The pronouncement by the CCB came during a recent Special Town Hall meeting organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), the Ministry of Justice, the Nigerian Police Force and the CCB. According to the disclosure, the CCB has
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Eid-ul-Mawlud: FG Declares Monday Public Holiday

November 8, 2019 11:49 am

The Federal Government has declared Monday as Public Holiday to mark the 2019 Eid-ul-Mawlud in commemoration of the birthday of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Interior, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

He said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, congratulated the Muslim faithful on the occasion and enjoined them to live within the virtues and teachings of the Prophet.

He said imbibing the Prophet’s virtues of love, courage and perseverance would guarantee peace and security in the country.

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Misplaced Public Expectations

Misplaced Public Expectations

November 7, 2019 7:29 am

People in places of authority should do what is right

One distinctive feature of democracy is the right of the people to expect and demand good governance from elected officials. It is also the duty of the latter to perform creditably. That, in a nutshell, is the whole essence of public trust. In Nigeria, however, this noble relationship has for long been misapplied such that public expectations of office holders in the country seem to be at conflict with national aspirations. It is then little surprise that many of the overpaid politicians and public officials have continued to fleece the …

Public Officials Must Patronise Nigerian Hospitals – Obi

Public Officials Must Patronise Nigerian Hospitals – Obi

October 23, 2019 4:49 pm

Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential general election and former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has said political office holders in Nigeria should visit hospitals in the country for their personal health needs instead of going abroad for medical tourism and encouraging capital flight.

Obi made the call while speaking during the installation of the 13th President of Onitsha Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (ONICCIMA) at Patterson Hall, All Saints Cathedral, Onitsha.

Using himself as an example, he said he visits local hospitals like Holy Rosary Hospital, Waterside, Onitsha for …

Sell Public Enterprises To Fund 2020 Budget, BPE Tells FG

Sell Public Enterprises To Fund 2020 Budget, BPE Tells FG

October 21, 2019 10:41 am

The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr.Alex Okoh, has advised the federal government to consider the privatisation of federal government-owned enterprises to fund the ₦10.33 trillion 2020 budget, which has a total deficit of ₦2.28 trillion.

He decried a situation where state-owned enterprises place undue pressure on the lean public purse by way of subventions.

A statement by BPE’s Head, Public Communications, Amina  Tukur Othman quoted Okoh as saying that there was no justification for the ritual of yearly budget deficit with local and external borrowings when there are national assets that could be converted into …

Obesity: Ban Snacking On Public Transport - UK Doctor

Obesity: Ban Snacking On Public Transport – UK Doctor

October 11, 2019 9:02 am

Snacking should be banned on public transport and extra taxes placed on unhealthy foods to tackle child obesity, England’s outgoing chief medical officer says. In her final report as CMO, Dame Sally Davies also called for tighter rules on advertising and takeaways.

She said children needed more help as they were “drowning in a flood” of unhealthy options. If ministers were not bold, she added, they would fail to cut obesity rates. A target to halve rates by 2030 has been set.

Will we see radical action to tackle child obesity?

Dame Sally said: “The unavoidable fact is that over …

Wike removes fees in public primary, secondary schools

Wike removes fees in public primary, secondary schools

June 25, 2019 5:20 am

State-owned primary and secondary schools in Rivers have been directed to stop collecting fees and levies from pupils and students with immediate effect.

Gov. Nyesom Wike gave the directives on Monday during a meeting with the Heads of Primary and Secondary Schools, Senior Secondary Schools Board and Universal Basic Education Board at Government House, Port Harcourt.

He said that the abolition of all forms of fees and levies in public primary and secondary schools across the state was intended to create access to quality education.

Wike also stated that the state government would be sending direct allocations  to all primary  …

New York county bans unvaccinated kids from public areas

March 27, 2019 10:48 am

Unvaccinated people under age 18 are banned from public places in Rockland County, New York, as of midnight Wednesday, according to John Lyon, director of strategic communications for County Executive Ed Day.

Day announced the order Tuesday.
The declaration is an effort to contain an outbreak of measles that began in October; 153 cases have been confirmed in the county.
“We’re not punishing the people who are doing the right thing already and following the rules. We just want to encourage everyone to do the right thing so we can stop this outbreak,” Lyon said. The step is “extremely unusual.
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