Communiqué Issued at the End of the Two-Day Stakeholders’ Reflection and Presentation of Community Development Charter (CDC) 2021 Half-Year Performance and 2022 Influence of the 23 Local Government Areas, held on the 19th and 20th of November, 2021, at Zaria
PreambleThe Local Government Accountability Mechanism (LGAM) with support from the Partnership to Engage, Reform & Learn (PERL) organized a two-day Stakeholders’ Reflection and Presentation of Community Development Charter (CDC) 2021 Half-Year Performance and 2022 Influence. The objectives were to: facilitate reflection and review of the CDC process during the 2022 budget formulation of the 23 […]
LGAs Chairmen harp on people-oriented projects
Chairmen from some Local Government Areas of Kaduna State have promised to continue to implement policies and execute people-oriented projects that will change the narrative for the people of the state, especially those at the grassroots. The Chairmen made the promise during a Panel discussion on the Influence of Community Development Charter (CDC) and tracking of Procurement processes […]
How countries solve their problems: Between Nigeria and Malaysia
By Azuka Onwuka (Agunze) I count the Malaysians among the most reasonable and practical people on earth. Why? When they noticed that the Singaporeans were creating problems for them in the former Malaysia, on August 9, 1965 they convened the parliament and excluded the Singaporeans. (The State of Singapore was only one out of the […]
Sokoto correspondents’ chapel , Ganduje mourn veteran journalist Abba Kurmawa
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) Sokoto state Chapter commiserates with the families, friends and relatives of its former Chairman, Alhaji Abba Lawan Kurmawa who died on Monday night after a brief illness. Late Kurmawa who died at the Nasarawa Hospital in Kano was a […]
Lagos Gas Explosion: Many Feared Dead
At least five people have been confirmed dead as gas explosion rocked Ladipo Spare Parts Market in Lagos. The National Emergency Management Agency said the LPG domestic retailing Centre where the explosion occurred was located at Ojekunle Street, Ladipo Spare Part market. The agency said the fire had been put out already and recovery of […]
Insecurity: suspected bandits kill 15 in Illela, Goronyo communities of Sokoto state
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto A group of suspected bandits have unleashed separate attacks on residence of Illela and Goronyo local government areas communities of Sokoto state killing 15 people. The bandits were said to be a notorious group operating in the Eastern axis of the state. The disclosure was made on Monday by Governor Aminu […]
Tambuwal presents N188.5bn 2022 budget proposal to SOHA
By Suleiman Adamu, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state yesterday presented a budget proposal of N188.5 billion for the 2022 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly with the Education sector attracting the highest share of N37.3bn However, the Health sector is next in the sectoral allocation with N28.6bn , Agriculture has […]
FOI Act: ROLAC Trains Kano Permanent Secretaries, Desk Officers.
In furtherance of its commitment to supporting the implementation of Nigeria’s Freedom of Information – FOI Act, the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption -ROLAC programme of the British Council (funded by the European Union) has trained about one hundred Permanent Secretaries and Desk officers of public institutions in Kano State on the provisions and application […]
78% of girls in the northern region of Nigeria marry before the age of 18, a new report by Save the Children International reveals
… Child marriage is more prevalent in the North West and North East of Nigeria, where 48% of girls were married by age 15 and 78% were married by age 18 … 44% of girls are married before their 18th birthday and the country records as one of the highest rate of child marriage globally […]
KDSG Appoints New Chiefs For Chikun, Fadan Ayu and Kudaru Chiefdoms
Kaduna State Government has appointed Chiefs for Chikun, Fadan Ayu and Kudaru Chiefdoms, signifying the first set of appointments since the new traditional Institution Law was passed. It will be recalled that the new law specifies rotation amongst ruling houses as the succession pattern, except where there is a sole ruling house. A statement from […]