Perspectives
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Code of Conduct for Public Officers: Part 3, By Okoi Obono-Obla
The Code of Conduct for Public Officers contained in the Fifh schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999 (as amenddd) contains the following provisions in paragraphs 7-10 thereof thus: Prohibition Against Offering Any Property,Gift , Benefit or Bribe: – No person shall offer a public offer any property,gift, or benefit of any kind as an inducement or…
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Remembering my father, the notorious disciplinarian, By Emeka Oparah
Yesterday, while speaking to one of my older friends back in the village, he said to me: “Emeka, I hope you won’t be a notorious disciplinarian like your father. Children of nowadays can’t handle cane O!” And that really cracked me up! My father was indeed a notorious disciplinarian, if not worse. His notoriety was widely acknowledged beyond our community.…
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Code of Conduct For Public Officers – Part 2, By Okoi Obono-Obla
The Code of Conduct For Public Officers which applies to all categories of public officers including the President, Vice President, Ministers, Governors, Deputy Governors, Members of the National and States Assemblies, Commissioners at the States level; Federal and States Judges, local government Chairmen, Councillors etc., and all classes of civil servants at the federal, states and local governments levels are…
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The significance of Tinubu’s first week of 2024, By Tunde Rahman
There couldn’t have been a better predictor of what to expect from President Bola Tinubu in 2024 than the way and manner he began the New Year. For the President, 2024 started on a business like, work-filled note. While many were still savouring the New Year, the Nigerian leader cut short his Christmas/New Year holiday in Lagos on January 1,…
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Opinion: As ministers gear up to render their stewardship, by Kola Amzat
The present Federal Executive Cabinet (FEC) was constituted about five months ago, not quite long after the president got inaugurated. No doubt, the time is ripe for the ministers to start rolling out their achievements for the period they’ve been in the office, particularly as New Year commences. In accordance with the President Tinubu’s avowed commitment and promise to run…
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Code of conduct for public officers, By Okoi Obono-Obla
Undoubtedly Nigerians are tired of bad governance, corruption and therefore yearns earnestly for good governance and improvement in their living standard. This can be discerned from the outraged response to the scandal that broke out in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Allievation which is currently under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) by Nigerians. As…
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SUPA: the new frontier for shared prosperity, By Temitope Ajayi
With the increasing demand for blue-collar workers in Europe,, North America and Asia, the Federal Government, through the Industrial Training Fund, is now working to up the skills of artisans in Nigeria which, in turn, would boost the nation’s economy through skilled manpower and labour export. Of recent, Denmark, Germany, UAE, Estonia, United Kingdom, Ireland and many other countries are…
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Why Nigerians should give Betta Edu a second chance, By Olufemi Pedro
I first met Betta when she was introduced to me as a candidate for Women Leader of our party in Abuja in early 2022. Shortly after, she was in Lagos on a courtesy visit and I immediately liked her style, her carriage and comportment. She exuded confidence, was articulate, knew what she wanted and appeared to me as focused, determined…
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Tinubu’s big stick as sign of what to come, By Abdulaziz Abdulaziz
“I took an oath to serve this country and give my best at all times. Like I said in the past, no excuse for poor performance from any of my appointees will be good enough…Within the first quarter of this new year, Ministers and Heads of Agencies with a future in this administration that I lead will continue to show…
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Humanitarian ministry as cesspit of corruption; the ways out, by Kola Amzat
In response to the widespread hunger and poverty in the land, the immediate past president created the Ministry of Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation at the commencement of his second term tenure in office mainly to address the immediate needs of the downtrodden and less-privileged members of Nigerian society. Technically, the initiative was a creation of circumstance. Meanwhile, on assumption of…
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