Friday, 29 May 2015

Nigerians Have To Be Patient With Buhari – NACOMYO

The National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations (NACOMYO) has commended Nigerians over the perseverance and understanding showed during the hardship caused by the fuel scarcity in the country.

Speaking through its National President, Kamal’ddin Akintunde the group noted that such perseverance symbolizes patriotism. He therefore urged them to asking them to sustain such endurance when president-elect Muhammadu Buhari.

NACOMYO noted that such sacrifice would be needed to ensure Buhari’s success.

The organisation also commended PENGASSAN and the Independent Oil Marketers for reaching an agreement with the government to end the strike. It also commended Capital Oil for its initiative, placing national interest above company’s consideration.

It renewed the call for the new political-office holders to deliver on their electioneering promises.

NACOMYO also praised the outgoing government of Goodluck Jonathan for its people-inclined policies, programmes and projects including the revived ailing railway and other public transportation.

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Pres. Jonathan Promotes 72 Senior Police Officers At Last Minute

The Police Service Commission (PSC), Ikechukwu Anisaid the decision was made at a plenary.

Hours to the end of his tenure, President Goodluck Jonathan administration has approved the promotion of 72 senior police officers from the rank of deputy commissioners of police.

The press and public relations head of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, May 28.

He said the decision was made at a plenary, which had in attendance, the chairman of the commission and former inspector general of police, Sir Mike Okiro.

Ani said, “the Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 72 senior police officers. The promotion was part of the decisions of the commission at its 12th Plenary Meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday, May 26, 2015 and presided by its chairman, Sir Dr. Mike Okiro, a retired Inspector General of Police.

“The commission approved the promotion of 14 Deputy Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Commissioners of Police after they appeared before the commission’s Plenary and were interviewed.

“20 ACPs were promoted to the rank of DCP while two CSPs were promoted to the rank of ACP. Another three CSPs were appointed acting ACP, one SP promoted to CSP, 30 DSPs to SP, one ASP to the next rank of DSP. One Inspector was appointed acting ASP.”

All the promotions are expected to be effective immediately

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David Mark Urges Nigerians To Unite, Preserve Democracy

Senate President, David Mark, has urged Nigerians to persevere more for the continued sustenance of democratic government in the country.

He said “all hands must be on deck where everyone plays his or her role to ensure that our democracy endures”.

Disclosing this yesterday in a goodwill message to Nigerians marking this year’s democracy day, Mark said “All Nigerians deserves commendation. We have done well so far. We must strive more to make democracy a way of life.

“As an active participant in our democratic journey since 1999, I can say without any fear of contradiction that our democracy has endured.

“The successes recorded so far especially with the last general elections clearly shows the unwavering commitment of Nigerians to its fruition”.

He noted the challenges of the democratic experiment and expressed optimism that all the initial hiccups would be confined to history soon.

Senator Mark pointed out that the occasional disagreements between the Executive arm of government and the Legislature warranting the Judiciary’s interventions have been part of the learning curves for effective checks and balances between and among the three arms of governments.

Senator Mark, in the message issued in Abuja by his Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, expressed believe that despite its imperfections, democracy remained the best form of government that is not just representative but participatory.

He, therefore, enjoined Nigerians and the international community to support the new administration of Muhammadu Buhari, just as he implored them to build on the foundations of previous governments and make progress.

He reminded them to do the needful for citizens anchoring their actions on adherence to rule of law, respect for human rights, freedom of expression, equity and justice.

The president of the Senate said he anticipates an egalitarian society under the new government where all citizens would be safe and protected to live and carry out his or her legitimate duty without fear of molestation or harassment in any part of Nigeria.

He promised that the National Assembly will continue to cooperate and indeed lay solid legislative frame work for the Executive arm of government to deliver dividends of democracy to the citizenry without compromising the independence of the parliament.

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Inauguration: Lagos Cancels Restriction Of Movement For May Monthly Sanitation

The Lagos State Government has cancelled the restriction of movement during the May edition of the monthly sanitation scheduled, which is this Saturday.

The Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello, said the decision was to allow for a smooth inauguration of the incoming Governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, and the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.

The commissioner said, “The Lagos State Government has cancelled restriction of human and vehicular activities during the May monthly sanitation coming up this Saturday as the state prepares for the swearing-in/inauguration ceremony of the new governor.

“This cancellation is to allow for a hitch-free swearing-in and inauguration coming up both in Lagos and Abuja. The restriction of movement was lifted in order to allow full participation of our people during the state and national inauguration ceremonies.

“The restriction of movement was lifted to also allow easy transportation of fuel from the various tank farms from Lagos to other parts of the nation, as well as allow normalcy to return to our roads. The next edition of the cleaning exercise will come up in June”.

Mr. Bello said the government still expected Lagosians, who were not travelling for the inaugurations, to clean their homes, drainage channels and keep the environment clean.

He added that waste managers would be available to remove wastes generated during the cleaning exercise.

Bello said, “As we gradually approach the peak of the rainy seasons Lagosians should dispose their waste through accredited operators, and avoid dumping wastes in drains.

“The government is intensifying its mid-rain deflooding programme in order to reduce the incidence of flooding to the barest minimum in the state”

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Thursday, 28 May 2015

Governor Fashola Tells Lagosians GoodBye

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has wished Lagosians goodbye few minutes ago on his official Twitter page (see below), saying he is ready to leave office. We just hope the incoming Governor will work, we really hope so. God bless Fashola and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours.

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May 29: IGP Orders Traffic Diversion Around Eagle Square

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered the diversion of traffic on all roads leading to Eagle Square on Friday, May 29.

The Square is venue for the inauguration of the incoming administration led by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)

A statement yesterday by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, said the traffic diversion is part of measures to ensure hitch-free presidential inauguration.

The IGP also ordered tight security at Eagle Square, hotels, key and vulnerable places within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as well as the mounting of tactical operation points on all roads leading into and out of the FCT.

The statement conveyed the apologies of the Nigeria Police Force for the inconveniences the arrangements may cause motorists and members of the public.

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NLC Calls On Political Office Holders To Publicly Declare Assets

Mr Issa Aremu, Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Thursday said political office holders should publicly declare assets to facilitate easy tracking of ill-gotten wealth.

Aremu gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna.

“The President-elect has promised to publicly declare his assets. Let all public officers follow. We can then know who has what and who is having an eye on our commonwealth.

“Let nobody earn more than what is recommended by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission”, Mr. Aremu said.

He described Nigeria’s system of governance as most prohibitive with very low dividends for the people.

“Nigeria system of governance is the most prohibitive.

“Worse still is that it delivers low benefits to citizens; poor roads, lack of water, irregular electricity, insecurity and of late scandalous non-sale of petroleum products while government officials remain indifferent”.

Aremu attributed the situation to greed and mismanagement by public office holders.

“May be we should talk of high cost of misgovernance or high cost of no-governance.

“What is responsible is greed not the need of government officials.

“Why would a poor state build houses for two term governors in his state and Abuja and some state assemblies generously awarded governors pension benefits for jobs that are not pensionable”, he queried.

He cited the example of the National Assembly whose budget shot up from N15 billion in 2003 to N150 billion in 2015.

“A lot of what they earn are not salaries but self-awards.

“In the 2003 budget, N15 billion was allocated to the National Assembly and in 2015 they helped themselves to N150 billion.

“Can you see how office holders under-develop Nigeria?”

He insisted that the salaries and allowance of political office holders must be tied to their productivity and made public knowledge.

“It should be linked to their productivity and the income of workers in the country.

“We should discourage widening income gap between ruling elite and poor working men and women”

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