Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, on Tuesday, reiterated his administration’s commitment to enhancing professionalism among civil and public servants in the state. Sanwo-Olu said during a courtesy visit by Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), led by Chairman of its Governing Council, Mr Olusegun Mojeed, at the Lagos House, Marina. He said that his administration would continue to partner with CIPM to ensure professionalism in the human resources cadre of the civil servants in the state. ”I am not unaware that Lagos State public service sees the benefit of what the institute (CIPM) brings to the professional cadre…
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He also said that ethnicity, senatorial district, and other discordant sentiments should not be the major parameters for the emergence of any governorship candidate from the major political parties. He called on residents of the state to insist on the human quality index, saying they should not cede the 2024 governorship slot to a particular zone. Emwanta, however, noted that each of the three zones in the state had produced a governor without any form of marginalisation. It also said the faultlines of the past should not hold the state down, adding that people should do everything constitutionally possible to…
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has tasked journalists on effective reportage of Federal Government agenda on employment generation in the country. Mr Emmanuel Igbinosun, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this at a one-day workshop on Monday in Abuja. The theme of the workshop organised by the Press and Public Relations in the ministry is “Strategic Reportage on Job Creation/Employment Generation for Labour Correspondents”. Igbinosun said that journalists and the mass media have acritical role to play in the success of President Bola Tinubu administration. According to him, journalists have the task of educating…
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has vowed to deal decisively with any of its staff members caught extorting money from enrollees for their National Identification Number (NIN). The NIMC Acting Director-General, Mrs Abisoye Coker-Odusote, made this known during an unscheduled visit to the FCT office of the commission on Tuesday. She said the commission would not tolerate continued acts of extortion from its members, and harassment of Nigerians, saying all enrollment was free. According to her, modifications in signatures, enrollment errors and Date of Birth should be paid through bank remittances of N500 and N15,000 respectively, noting that all…
Recently, a security intelligence and risk management company, Beacon Consulting, released a rejoinder disclaiming a newspaper report on the security situation in the country. In the rejoinder, the organisation questioned the newspaper’s alleged increase in the activities of non-state actors and wondered why facts were twisted and to what end. “In its report (the newspaper cited) … our August 2023 Nigeria Security Report and the authorship of our Managing Director, Dr Kabir Adamu to link the 252-fatality figure in Borno State to an alleged increase in the activities of non-state actors in Nigeria’s North East state of Borno, calling into…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has assured that the Commission will remain steadfast in executing its mandate of fast-tracking development for the benefit of all the ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region. Ogbuku gave the assurance when he hosted a delegation from the Itsekiri Ethnic Nationality, led by Chief Ayiri Emami, at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt. The NDDC Chief Executive Officer stated that the Commission was open to all ethnic nationalities in the Niger Delta region, noting that its mandate was to serve the people and ensure sustainable development…
By Tosin Kolade WaterAid, an international non-governmental organisation, has called on all tiers of government to provide interventions to help communities mitigate the impact of climate change on water supply in the country. WaterAid’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Wainwright, who made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, said it was time to shift attention to those most affected by climate crisis. According to him, no one can be resilient to climate change if he does not have access to water, saying that adaptation strategies must be prioritised by all levels of government. “We are seeing the…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says it will work with International Oil Companies, IOCs, and other development partners to increase investments in renewable energy projects to reduce the impact of climate change in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the TotalEnergies Nigeria Limited at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, the Commission’s Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, reaffirmed the importance of sustainable partnerships in driving the development process. He observed: “Climate Change is real and the oil companies should help by reducing gas flaring and other forms of pollution. We need to…
Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta), says the destruction of vessels apprehended for carrying illegal goods/stolen crude oil by the military is to conceal/destroy evidence. Nwoko said this while speaking with journalists in Abuja. He stressed that destroying what should be used as evidence for crime committed did not make any sense, except those expected to prevent the crime were complicit and compromised. According to him, crude oil pipeline vandalism and destruction of vessels carrying illegal goods/stolen crude oil, did not make any sense. “What is the point? It does not make any sense. “You know,…
Over the years, climate change and its vagaries have featured conspicuously in global discourses. From CoP1 in Berlin, Germany in 1995 to CoP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, it has been intense advocacy and dialogue on how to mitigate the impact of climate change and achieve a just energy transition vis-à-vis phasing out fossil fuel. Worthy of note, CoP28 schedule to hold in Dubai in from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 is imminent and the contemporary climate change issues—energy transition, desertification, drought, floods, heat waves, disruption of food systems among others –will still ricochet. For Africa, where many economies are struggling…