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Ex-CAN Youth President Advocates Regional Govt, Says Presidential Waste Of Resources

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1 year ago

March 10, 2023

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… Urges INEC To Conduct Rerun Election In Some Areas

Former National President, Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Chairman, City Gate Elders, Nigeria, Dr Dele Oluwatade, has urged Nigerian politicians to embrace regional parliamentary system of government, saying the system will take care of many ills plaguing country.

Oluwatade, who made the call in a media chat in Benin City, cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adhere to its rules, as against what happened during the presidential and National Assembly elections.

“Nigerian politicians do not understand politics, if they understand politics as service to the community, they will opt for a parliamentary system of government for the nation.

“Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso and others have been roaming around the whole Nigeria in order to be president, whereas, we will only choose one out of them. All the eighteen losers end up redundant until the next election or be knocked out for life as ex- presidential candidate specimens .

“But if we have eight regions, I know that Atiku will most likely win his North East Region, Tinubu the South West, Obi the South East and Kwankwaso the North West region,
And others like that. You see that out of the eighteen presidential candidates, only one will be chosen, the others will drown.

“The presidential system is a colosal waste of human and material resources. At the end, the man elected cannot cope with governance of the nation. Eight parliamentary regional heads are better than one presidential head.

“There are more vacancies for politicans to be of benefit to their communities in parliamentary system of government.
The presidential election has become the main issue, whereas it is not, the main issue is the restructuring of this nation and with that, politicians have better chances, when they run in their regions and benefit their community in particular and the nation in general,” he said.

He further said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should go back to BVAS records to get a credible result.

He maintained that the commission is not fit to conduct any other election until it properly accounts for the presidential election.

“INEC should please obey their rules or plunge the nation into avoidable chaos. The electorates and the international community will hold INEC responsible for any fall-out.

“A football match supervised by a bad referee takes the beauty of the match away. The beauty and credibility of an election is the performance of the umpire.

“These experiences are peculiar disadvantages of the presidential election process. Even USA will be better off operating Federal parliamentary System.

He continued: “My personal opinion is that INEC should rerun the election in areas without BVAS records. and this time around, every hand should be on the deck. The election should be repeated, after all, those who voted are still alive.” He concluded.

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Bauchi Commissioner Gifts 3 Students Cash For Prompt Resumption, Ability To Read

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May 17, 2024

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The Bauchi state Commissioner for Education, Dr Jamila Dahiru, on Thursday, gave a cash gift of N5,000 each to three Senior Secondary II students of Government Science Secondary School, Misau for their determination to succeed in Education.

Two of the students, Adamu Adamu, Mustapha and Haruna impressed the commissioner for their presence in school in the first day of resumption while Abdullahi Musa marvelled her for his reading ability and comprehension.

According to the commissioner, the gesture was to appreciate their determination to learn as well and motivate other students to emulate them.

While paying a courtesy visit to the Emir of Misau, Alh. Ahmed Sulaiman, the commissioner disclosed that the Bauchi State government was working with stakeholders from the Misau Emirate to fine-tune modalities of temporarily accommodating the students of Federal Science Technical College, Misau at its Science Secondary School Misau.

She said the college made the request in a letter to the ministry stating that the facility given to them could no longer accommodate their students population, hence the resolve to convene the stakeholders meeting to fine-tune ways of sharing the facility for the betterment of the state.

She disclosed that government science secondary school Misau, one of the best in the state in terms of befitting facilities has the capacity to accommodate up to five thousand students, but currently houses about three hundred students.

She appreciated the Emir for his continued support to programmes and policies of the government with more emphasis on the education sector.

Speaking on behalf of the Emir and other stakeholders, a retired Director with the Ministry, Muhammad Musa, expressed gratitude to the Commissioner for the honour and promised to assemble critical stakeholders from the emirate so as to arrive at an acceptable decision for the benefit of all and sundry.

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NDIC Obtains Order To Wind Down 96 Microfinance, Mortgage Banks

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May 17, 2024

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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has said that it has obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 microfinance and primary mortgage banks whose licenses were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria in May 2023.

The Managing Director, NDIC, Bello Hassa, revealed this at a sensitisation seminar for Judges of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday organised by the NDIC, to enlighten the judiciary on the intricacies of the banking industry.

Hassan said, “As at date, the Corporation had obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 Micro Finance and Primary Mortgage Banks whose licenses were revoked by the CBN in May 2023, in less than one Year of revocation.”

He added that the NDIC was committed to fulfilling its mandate of protecting depositors through bank supervision, failure resolution and liquidation so as to boost confidence in the financial system.

Speaking on the role that the judiciary plays in the fulfillment of the mandate, Hassan said, “We recognise the judiciary as one of our critical stakeholders. With this, when cases are brought before them, they can receive accelerated hearing and proclamation of Justice.”

Citing some of the achievements from previous editions of the seminar, Hassan said that instances where liquidation-related litigations experienced delays were reduced.

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JUST IN: 36 Speakers Back State Police

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May 16, 2024

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Speakers of the 36 Houses of Assembly in Nigeria on Thursday expressed support for the National Assembly’s ongoing efforts to alter the 1999 constitution to create state policing in the country.

The Speakers made their resolution known at the end of their meeting in Abuja.

The Senate and House of Representatives are currently working to amend various constitutional provisions, including those regarding state police, financial autonomy for local government, fiscal federalism, and mayoral status for the FCT.

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