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Imperative of a Presidential Assent to the Port and Shipping Economic Regulation Bill : An Open Letter to President Bola Tinubu. BY ASU BEKS.

Imperative of a Presidential Assent to the Port and Shipping Economic Regulation Bill : An Open Letter to President Bola Tinubu. BY ASU BEKS.

Misc, News Feature
Congratulations, Mr President, and happy Democracy Day. I listened to your June 12 address to the National Assembly, which was very impressive and bold. I must thank you most sincerely for remembering the heroes and heroines of the June 12 struggle, particularly Kudirat Abiola, who died on the line of duty. Mr President, with due respect, my greatest disappointment, however, was that you failed to use this great opportunity to redeem your democratic credentials by recalling Sim Fubara , Governor of Rivers State , whom you sent on compulsory leave. This ,without doubt, cast a huge question mark on your democratic credentials. Now, Mr President, let's now look at the main reason behind this open letter to you . Your Excellency, sir, you shocked the maritime community in 2023 when ...
League Cautions Tinubu Administration Against Merger of FIRS, Customs, NIMASA · Points out massive job losses  · Argues merger should be for agencies not doing well

League Cautions Tinubu Administration Against Merger of FIRS, Customs, NIMASA · Points out massive job losses · Argues merger should be for agencies not doing well

News Feature, Press Release
The League of Maritime Editors (LOME) on Monday advised the administration of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu against the proposal to merge the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as one single agency to be known as the Nigerian Revenue Service (NRS). The League described such proposal as ill-conceived and misleading to the administration of Tinubu which should not be allowed to see the light of the day. Describing the proposal as anti-people, the association added that those behind the idea failed to consider the obvious dire consequences associated with merger which include mass sack of employees in all the agencies involved. In a statement signed by the President of the League, Chi...