By Margaret Umoren The Commissioner for Finance, Dr Linus Nkan, has said the State Government followed due process in all its financial engagements and has never obtained any loan illegally. The Commissioner was responding to misleading report published by an Akwa Ibom State-based Civil Society Organisation which alleged that State Government flouted fiscal responsibility law in some of its financial transactions. Dr Nkan at a press briefing in his office on Wednesday 8th November, said the State government did not circumvent any procedure or process in the loans it acquired for projects. The Commissioner asserted that Governor Umo Eno’s administration…
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The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), says the company has not increase the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Mr Andy Odeh, General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, NLNG, dismissed the alleged report of the increase in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said the company cannot be blamed for any current surge especially as NLNG has so far delivered over 380,000 metric tonnes of LPG to the domestic market. He said “NLNG has noted media reports insinuating that a price hike by the company is responsible for the surge in the domestic LPG, commonly…
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) is reviewing novel regulations aimed at ensuring regulatory clarity and compliance by licensees and permit holders, to maintain ethical standards in the upstream petroleum operations. The NUPRC said the regulations when reviewed would ensure strict commitment and provide clarity on the implementation of the dual regulatory regime in the upstream occasioned by the preservation of licensees and leases. Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Commission Chief Executive (CCE), NUPRC, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja at the 2nd segment of the 4th Phase of its Consultation Forum with Stakeholders on regulations development. Komolafe said the…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says the highway to wealth on the continent is from the export of value-added agricultural products. Akinwumi said this at the ongoing 2023 Africa Investment Forum (AIF) Market Place in Marrakesh, Morocco on Wednesday. The theme of the Forum is: ”Unlocking Africa’s Value Chains”. He spoke during the inauguration of the Alliance for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs). According to him, Africa must help feed the world by becoming a global player in food and agriculture. ”To do so, Africa must end the export of raw agricultural commodities. We must recognise…
Britain has reiterated its commitment to strengthening and advancing bilateral relations with Nigeria in the areas of health, education, and security. British High Commissioner to Nigeria Dr Richard Montgomery said this at his residence in Abuja during the celebration of the 75th Birthday of King Charles III of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. According to Montgomery, Nigeria and the UK have exceptionally strong people-to-people links with a huge Nigerian diaspora population in the UK just as there’s a very big UK diaspora population in Nigeria with mutual interests in the creative arts, sports, and education. “Nigeria really matters to the…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has dismissed as spurious and unfounded, the allegations of controversial appropriations in the 2023 Supplementary Budget credited to Policy Alert, saying that his administration will remain focused on delivering dividends of good governance to Akwa Ibom people in line with the ARISE Agenda. The governor who was fielding questions from Government House Correspondents at the Victor Attah International Airport before departing for an official engagement outside the state, reaffirmed his resolve to pursue the implementation of his development blueprint and positively touch people’s lives. “The truth is that this government will not be…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abdu Mukhtar to serve as the National Coordinator of the Presidential ‘Unlocking Healthcare Value-Chain’ Initiative. In a statement on Tuesday, presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said with the appointment of Mukhtar, the President “seeks to unlock billions of dollars of new investment into the nation’s healthcare-delivery system”. Mukhtar will now head the initiative domiciled under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Through “cross-ministerial collaboration” Mukhtar is expected to restructure the ecosystem of Health Product manufacturing, Health Logistics services, Health Technology services, Health Retail services (e-Commerce), Health Provider facilitation, and Health Payor reform (Third Party…
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…
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…