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Dec152021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

FINANCE MINISTER TEARS NEW CEMA BILL INTO SHREDS . * Says Nigeria Customs Service cannot be autonomous.

Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, yesterday in Abuja took a critical look at the proposed Customs and Excise Act ammendment bill and came up with a verdict that the bill if passed in its present form cannot pass an Integrity test in line with global best practices. Zainab who spoke at a Public hearing organized by the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise listed six critical areas that makes the bill draconian . Represented by a Permanent Secretary, Mr Aliyu Ahmed, she admitted that eventhough a review of the 1958 Act was imperative, any new law which does take cognizance of the Service's primary responsibility would be dead on arrival. She listed areas where the Bill would not pass the minimum Integrity test to include plans to create an autonomou...

Dec152021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

ANLCA REQUIRES URGENT REBRANDING..SHITTU

News Feature

PRINCE OLAYIWOLA SHITTU is the immediate past President of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents. He took a retrospective look at the Tony Iju Nwabunike led tenure of The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents and came up with the following verdict. He spoke Exclusively with Shipping World Shittu: I don’t think it is magic o. I think approach by individuals differ. When you think you’re doing very well, people who are looking at you might just think you have not done enough, and they needed a change. Anything in life that does not have change, just know that something is wrong somewhere. You cannot be a President of an organization or anywhere else forever. Buhari will not remain President of Nigeria forever. When we had that election, it was a very peaceful election...

Dec142021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Rejigs Bayelsa Security Outfits, Commissions 50 Patrol Vehicles, 40 Motorbikes *Signs Community Safety Corp Bill Into Law

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor Senator Douye Diri, has warned criminal elements to henceforth steer clear of the state. Governor Diri gave the warning on Tuesday during the re-launch of the state security outfit code-named Operation Doo-Akpo. He also commissioned 50 brand new operational vehicles, 40 motorbikes and security gadgets while signing into law the Community Safety Corp Bill to streamline operations of the state security outfits. The law brings the operations of security outfits such as the Operation Doo-Akpo, Bayelsa Volunteers and the Bayelsa Vigilantes under one umbrella. Speaking at the event at the Peace Park in Yenagoa, Governor Diri noted that the exercise was to reinvigorate the security architecture of the state to make it more efficient and effective in crime fighti...

Dec142021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

HAMEED ALI BOYCOTTS PUBLIC HEARING ON CUSTOMS AND EXCISE REPEAL BILL

News Feature, Port News, Press Release

Speaker of the House of Representatives , Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, monday tongue lashed the Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, for boycotting the public hearing on a bill to repeal the Customs and Excise management Act of 2014. A visibility angry Gbajabiamila expressed his displeasure over the apparent nonchalance of the Customs boss in his non appearance at the public hearing said it was totally unacceptable. The Speaker said ' this public hearing is more important than any event which may have prevented him from the public hearing. I had to delay the resumption of plenary to be physically present with you' , said. He explained that the bill when passed would reposition the Nigeria Customs Service in tandem with international best practices and make the Service more result or...

Dec92021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Wodu, A Homegrown SAN, Says Gov. Diri

News Feature, Press Release

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has described Barr. Kemasuode Wodu as a 'homegrown' Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Wodu, a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state, is among 72 legal practitioners in the country conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. Speaking at a reception in his honour in Abuja, Governor Diri said he had always referred to Wodu as a SAN in waiting. The Bayelsa chief executive noted that unlike other SANs the state had produced, Wodu largely practised in Bayelsa and Rivers states and showed that he also had the qualities for the exalted rank. He said: "At 25, Bayelsa has now produced five SANs. One is however late. "I had always called Wodu a SAN in waiting. But I see him as a hom...

Dec52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nembe Oil Spill: Opu-Nembe Kingdom Lauds Gov Diri On Visit, Succour To Ravaged Communities

News Feature

The Opu-Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa State has commended Governor Douye Diri for his response to the plight of the kingdom over the oil and gas spillage that has ravaged their communities. The Amayanabo of Opu-Nembe Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, King Biobelemoye Josiah, Ogbodo VIII, in a statement he personally signed, thanked the governor for also setting up a committee aimed at assessing the extent and effect of the spill. The monarch stated that the kingdom greatly appreciated the visit of the governor to have an on-the-spot assessment of the oil and gas blowout, which is yet to be contained after a month. He said: “We put on record the empathy shown by Your Excellency in providing immediate cushioning financial support to all segments of the Kingdom during your visit. “We further...

Dec52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri Tasks Ijaw Leaders On Justice, Equity *Advocates Devolution Of Power

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has charged the Ijaw nation leaders to relentlessly speak out on issues of injustice and under-development confronting the ethnic nationality until they are addressed. Senator Diri stated this on Saturday at the All Ijaw Summit with the theme, "The Nigerian State and the Ijaw Question" in Yenagoa, the state capital. The summit was organised by the Ijaw National Congress (INC). While commending the INC leadership for convening the summit, the governor maintained that the Ijaw people would continue to oppose the the three per cent allotted to the host communities in the Petroleum Industry Act until justice was done. In a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, the governor said: "The Niger Delta people vie...

Dec52021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nembe Oil Spill And Kabiru Yusuf’s Vexatious Meddlesomeness By Daniel Alabrah

News Feature, Port News, Press Release

Reading one Mallam Kabiru Yusuf's diatribe against the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on the current spillage in Nembe community (also in Bayelsa State) leaves you with a feeling of shock, nausea, outright revulsion or all of these. Since November 5, 2021 when it was first reported, hydrocarbon resources of gas and crude oil have been spewing unabated into the Santa Barbara River from the damaged Aiteo Exploration and Production Company Limited's OML 29 Wellhead 1 platform in Nembe. Mallam Yusuf, who claims to be President, Arewa Consultative Youth Movement and Convener, Association of Northern Youth Groups, might not have visited the spill site to see the wastage, the pollution and environmental disaster at first hand. He might also not have been to the oil-producing Ni...

Dec12021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

AITEO Spill, The Worst In My Lifetime – Gov Diri

News Feature, Port News

*Says Our People Are Endangered *Calls For Protection Of Fishing Routes An unhappy Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, returned from visiting the oil spill site in Nembe Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, describing it as the worst he had seen in his lifetime. The OML 29 Well 1 platform, which is operated by Nigeria's largest indigenous oil firm, Aiteo Exploration and Production Company Limited, has been spilling crude unabated into the Santa Barbara River for about one month. An estimated two million barrels of crude has reportedly been spilled into the river, polluting the flora and fauna of the area. Governor Diri said the continuous spillage has further endangered the lives of people of Nembe, Bayelsa and indeed the Niger Delta. In a statement issu...

Dec12021 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gov Diri assures Corp Members of their Safety in Bayelsa State

News Feature, Press Release

Corps Members Begin Orientation At New Site In Bayelsa *Governor Diri Assures Of Safety No fewer than 1,800 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, commenced orientation at the permanent orientation facility at Boro Town, Kaiama, in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area. The orientation exercise was the first at the new site being constructed by the state government. The project, which is almost completed, was conceptualised in 2006 but was started by the immediate past Senator Seriake Dickson administration and inherited by his successor, Senator Douye Diri. Speaking during the swearing in of the 2021 Batch C Stream 2 corps members at the permanent orientation site, Governor Diri assured them of their wellbeing and safety during t...