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Dec212023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

GOV DIRI INSISTS BAYELSA IS ONE OF NIGERIA’S RICHEST STATES, FAULTS ECONOMIC VIABILITY REPORT

Law, News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has again made a case for the practice of true federalism and restructuring of Nigeria in order to determine the real viability of states. Governor Diri spoke on Wednesday during the 124th state executive council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, against the backdrop of a recent report on the economic and financial viability of states in the country. It could be recalled that the Economic Confidential, in its 2022 Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) report, listed Bayelsa among six states that were allegedly financially insolvent. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, the Bayelsa governor faulted the report, saying it focused on only federal allocation and internally generated revenue to determine a...

Dec202023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Apapa Traffic: Oyetola sets up committee to review E-call . Meets stakeholders in Lagos

News Feature

As part of efforts to reduce the Apapa gridlock and strengthen the E-call up system, Marine and Blue Economy minister, Adegboyega Oyetola has set up a committee to review the E-call up system and come up with measures to ensure the current abuse of the system becomes a thing of the past. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the minister's spokesman, Ismail Omipidan, on Wednesday morning, in Abuja. The committee is to review the Standard Operating Procedures for Truck Traffic Management along the Lagos port corridor. Omipidan Ismail who noted that the committee was expected to meet with other critical stakeholders in Lagos on Thursday for the review, quoted the minister as saying "every possible abuse of the system by human should be x-rayed and solutions provided with a vie...

Dec192023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

I will build on the Foundation laid by my Predecessors….Shippers Council Boss.

Maritime, News Feature

The new helmsman of the Nigeria Shippers' Council, Barr Pius Akutah, has promised to build on the solid Foundation laid by his predecessors. Ukatah who said he was very proud of the landmark achievements he inherited seven weeks ago as Executive Secretary of the Council, vowed not to let the Minister of Marine and Blue, His Excellency, Gboyega Oyetola, down on the performance bond he signed with the Minister. Speaking when a delegation of the League of Maritime Editors paid him a visit in his office Monday, he promised to raise the stakes of the marine and blue economy in its contribution to the nation's GDP from its current paltry 2per cent by ensuring that the Council took its pride of place as the Maritime economic regulator by growing the sector.. "We have taken concrete steps to activ...

Dec182023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

BUHARI HOSTS FORMER CABINET MEMBERS IN COUNTRY HOME

News Feature

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2015 – 2023), H.E. Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, on Sunday 17th December 2023 hosted some of his former cabinet members who had paid a surprise visit to him to felicitate with and pray for him, on the occasion of his 81st birthday, at his residence in Daura, Katsina State. The birthday visit was led by his Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, CFR, accompanied by Abubakar Malami, SAN, CON, former Minister of Justice/AGF; Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, CON, former Minister of Transportation; Engr. Suleiman H. Adamu, CON, former Minister of Water Resources; Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, CON, former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy; Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, CON, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Alh. M...

Dec42023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

At COP28, Diri Seeks Global Attention For Coastal Erosion-ravaged Bayelsa Communities *Offers To Host Summit On River Conservation

News Feature

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Monday, took his campaign against the threats of ocean surge, coastal erosion, environmental pollution and their related impacts to the global stage. Speaking during the United Nations Convention for Conserving River Deltas (UN-CCRD) unveiling session of the ongoing Climate Change Summit (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Governor Diri solicited global concerted efforts to address the effects of oceanification and climate change on Bayelsa coastal communities. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that in the past few years, no fewer than 20 coastal communities in the state had almost been submerged or lost substantial amount of land to ocean surge and rising sea waters. He said the...

Dec42023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Gilbert Chagoury listed as Tinubu’s ‘confidante’ in Nigeria’s delegation to COP28

News Feature

Gilbert Chagoury, the Lebanese-Nigerian businessman, is in the country’s delegation to COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In a list published by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the billionaire was named as a “confidante” of President Bola Tinubu. The Nigerian State House is listed as Chagoury’s “organisation” while it was indicated that he is in a “paid relationship/contract with the nominating entity”. A check through the delegates list of the 198 participating countries showed that no other country has a “confidante” of its president in the delegation. Chagoury was born in Nigeria to Lebanese immigrants. He co-founded the Chagoury Group in Lagos in 1971. The conglomerate owns construction, real estate, hotel, glass and flour milling busi...

Dec12023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Diri Presents N480.9bn 2024 Budget To Bayelsa Assembly *Infrastructure, Education, Health, Environment Top Appropriation

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, presented the 2024 budget of N480.99 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and passage. Presenting the appropriation bill christened: "Budget of Sustainable and Shared Prosperity," Governor Diri recalled that in October 2023, the assembly approved the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF and FSP) for the state. He explained that the budget proposal was predicated on the assumptions contained in the approval of the assembly. His words: “Mr. Speaker, I wish to present the 2024 budget estimates to the House. We are guided by the desire to prepare a realistic, implementable and prioritised budget, which is a reflection of the aspirations and wishes of critical stakeholde...

Dec12023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Bayelsa To Investigate Palliatives Diversion

News Feature

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has ordered investigation into the distribution of palliatives with a view to bringing to book culprits who diverted food items. Governor Diri gave the directive during the state's executive council meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, following complaints that some individuals diverted items meant for each ward in the state. The state government had procured more food items in addition to the five trucks of rice allotted to each state by the federal government as part of the measures to cushion the effect of the removal of petrol subsidy on people of the state. Each ward was allocated at least 150 bags of rice apart from maize. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, the governor condemned the action of thos...

Dec12023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

Nigerian Shippers’ Council will continue to promote seamless movement of cargoes – Akutah Pius

News Feature, Port News

The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers' Council ( NSC), Barr. Pius Akutah has said that Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), as Port Economic Regulator will continue to promote seamless movement of cargoes at the nation's ports. Barr. Akutah stated this when the management of Lekki Deep Sea Port led by the Managing Director, Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (LPLEL) promoters of Lekki Deep Sea Port, Mr. Du- Ruogang paid a courtesy visit to the NSC's Headquarters in Lagos on Thursday. The NSC boss, who appreciated the management of Lekki Deep Sea Port for the visit, expressed the Council's readiness to partner with the port in the areas that will boost their operations in the country. Stating their mission to NSC, Mr. Du - Ruogang, said that Lekki De...

Nov292023 by Asu BeksNo Comments

PAP: Kuku Urges Ndiomu To Revive, Complete Vocational Centers In Niger Delta

News Feature

Kingsley Kuku, former Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has urged the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Major General Barry Ndiomu (rtd) to revive and complete all Vocational Training Centers in the Niger Delta region. Kuku who also served as Chairman of the PAP under the Jonathan administration, made particular reference to the vandalized Vocational Training Center in Kaiama, Kolokuma Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, carried out by hoodlums in 2019. Making the passionate plea at the Presidential Amnesty Office in Abuja on Wednesday while he paid a courtesy visit to the Interim Administrator, Kuku regretted that the facility will undoubtedly cost billions of naira to revive. “Bring back the cent...