Tag: Politics

Partisan Politics: NLC faults Head of Service, urges her to withdraw circular

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHSF) to withdraw the circular that `claims’ to prohibit civil and public servants from engaging in partisan politics. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said on Monday in Abuja. Wabba was reacting to a circular issued by the OHSF entitled, “Re- Clarification on the Provision of Public Service Rules (PSR) vis-a-vis the Supreme Court Judgment as it relates to Participation of Civil Servants in partisan Politics”. The NLC president described it as “ill-conceived…

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“Grant full financial waivers for women contesting for positions”, Amaechi urges political parties

Aminu Imam

Political parties have been urged to grant full financial waivers to women contesting for political positions in 2023. The wife of the Minister for Transportation, Judith Amaechi, who made the appeal yesterday, identified finance as a major challenge facing the participation of women in Nigerian politics. According to a statement issued by her media aide, Dike Bekwele, the former First Lady of Rivers State, spoke at a two-day APC Progressives Women Conference, which was held on Tuesday, in Abuja. She called on political parties to, as a matter of policy,…

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‘Nigeria plagued by leaders greedy for power, money’ – Attahiru Jega

Aminu Imam

Professor of political science at Bayero University, Attahiru Jega, said Nigeria’s development has been truncated because it has the misfortune of having leaders who are greedy for power and money. Jega, who was chairman of INEC between 2010 and 2015, said this in Lagos at the weekend during the first memorial workshop in honour of the first Civilian Governor of Lagos, Alhaji Lateef Jakande. The workshop, which featured Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra and Pastor Poju Oyemade, as co-chairmen, was organised by Federal Social Democrats, (FSD). It has the…

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NSCDC deploys 7,079 personnel, 60 dogs for Ondo governorship election

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) says it has deployed no fewer than 7,079 personnel and 60 sniffer dogs to provide adequate security for the  Oct. 10 Ondo State governorship election. Mr Hillary Madu, Deputy Commander-General(DCG) in charge of Operations  disclosed this known while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Akure. Madu, who explained that the personnel were drawn from seven commands in the country said that four Assistant Commander-Generals (ACG) and seven Commandants were also deployed. He explained that the deployment was part of the plans of the…

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