President Muhammadu Buhari used the occasion of this year's Children's Day celebration to reaffirm his promise for a better Nigeria.
"We remain fully committed to fulfilling our promise of a better Nigeria for all of our people," he said.
Friday, 27 May 2016
The Nigerian Air Force, NAF has announced the redeployment of 10 Air Vice Marshals AVMs and 2 Air Commodores and the appointment of new Air Officers Commanding.
Those affected by the exercise include AVMs Auwal Muhammed as Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command (AOC TAC) Makurdi; Emmanuel Agwungwu as Air Officer Commanding Mobility Command (AOC MC) Yenagoa; Nurudeen Balogun as Air Officer Commanding Training Command (AOC TC) Kaduna, and Sani Ahmed as Air Officer Commanding Logistics Command (AOC LC), Lagos.
Others are AVMs Wakili Ahmed as Director of Policy, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force; Uko Ebong as College Secretary, National Defence College, Abuja; Emmanuel Akogu as Commandant Air War College, Makurdi; and Benjamin Nweze as Director of Electronic Warfare, Defence Headquarters (DHQ).
The new postings were contained in a statement signed by Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, Director, Airforce Public Relations.
“Other AVMs affected by the redeployment are AVMs Olusoji Amomodu appointed Director of Plans (HQ NAF) and Isiaka Amao as Director of Operations (HQ NAF).
"The 2 Air Commodores are Dahiru Sanda appointed Deputy Director Transformation (DHQ) and Ibrahim Lawal appointed Commander 339 Base Services Group, Kano," the statement said.
The redeployment, is a routine exercise aimed at ensuring effective and operational efficiency of the Nigerian Air Force in line with the vision of the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique B Abubakar.
Thursday, 26 May 2016
The Senate Committee on Procurement was on Thursday told that Nigeria presently has 19,000 abandoned projects spread across the country.
Speaking at a public hearing on amendment to the Procurement Act 2007 organized by the committee in Abuja, the immediate past Director-General of the Bureau for Public Procurement, BPP, Emeka Eze said that nonpayment for certificates of work done was responsible for the situation.
He said that for efficient service delivery among agencies of government involved in procurement and disposal of public assets, there was a need to merge the Bureau for Public Procurement, BPP; Bureau for Public Enterprise, BPE, and Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, into one strong commission.
“It is my humble opinion that now that the nation’s resources are dwindling, the right thing to do is for the legislature to be courageous enough and merge all the three agencies involved in procurement and disposal of public assets into a strong commission. I want to assure that the nation will be better for it if BPE, BPP and ICRC are merged," he said.
In a similar development, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, NIQS in its presentation at the public hearing, called for the synchronization of project funding with project cycle to help avoid project abandonment and ensure continuity of projects up till completion.
Senator Stella Odua has just been made President of ECOWAS Parliamentarians.
The Anambra-born politician announced her election into the position via her Twitter handle.
Delighted to announce that I was just elected president of ECOWAS female parliamentarians. Will channel my energy to improve quality of life
Senator Stella Oduah
@stellaoduah
I will ensure we advocate for laws that will empower women, especially those in rural areas also increase participation in politics
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