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Ondo Shifts LG Elections By Five Months

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3 months ago

February 13, 2024

The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission has postponed the local government election till July 13, 2024, against the initial date of February 17, 2024.

After the expiration of the term of the past elected chairmen in August 2023, the ODIEC fixed February 17, 2024, for another election to be conducted in the 18 local government areas of the state but the date has been shifted by the commission.

The commission’s chairman, Joseph Aremo, on Tuesday, said the postponement was in line with the provisions of extant laws.

The ODIEC boss said the decision to shift the date was to ensure that the election reflects the aspirations of the electorate, noting that the provisions of the election guidelines had not been heeded and as a result, the election had to be postponed.

He said, “We can’t conduct the election for ourselves, we will only conduct the election when parties comply with the guidelines, when we have valid nominations when parties and their candidates turn up for verification and other things that are required as may be specified by our guideline and the enabling laws.

“The commission, having met and appraised this situation, came up with this decision, that the election is further rescheduled as contained in the activity for the conduct of election to the 18 LGAs and 33 LCDAs of Ondo State and that the new election date is for the election into the office of chairmanship and councilorship to be fixed and to be conducted on Saturday, 13th of July, 2024,”

He added that with the new adjustment to the election time table, political parties now have between Monday, May 13 and Monday, June 3, 2024 to conduct their primary elections while submission of forms and list of candidates will close on Tuesday, June 1, 2024, followed by campaigns on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, which would close on midnight of Thursday, July 11, 2024.

The chairman expressed readiness of the commission to conduct free, fair and credible elections for the people of the state.

It was reported that the state House of Assembly had screened and approved the 51 names sent to it by the former governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to be caretaker LG chairmen and chairmen for the Local Council Development Areas but their inauguration was stopped by a court order preventing them from assuming office.

The matter is still pending in court.

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

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5 hours ago

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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6 hours ago

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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7 hours ago

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.

Details shortly…