Tag: STATES

Alleged Subsidy Frauds: States poised for showdown, demand petrol consumption records from NNPC

Aminu Imam

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. to submit state-by-state consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, to its ad-hoc committee. The directive is contained in the FAAC Post Mortem Sub-Committee (PMSC) final report submitted to the whole house at its July 2022 meeting in Abuja. Consumption of PMS has been a major concern to members and it was raised severally at the FAAC plenary. “Therefore, in order to ascertain the consumption, the Sub-Committee also requested the relevant Agencies…

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States get legal autonomy to supply their own electricity

Aminu Imam

For the first time in Nigeria’s history, States now have the legal backing to supply electricity after lawmakers passed a constitutional reform Bill that gives them legal autonomy to activate innovative solutions to solve access to electricity challenges within their jurisdictions. According to tweets by both Houses, the majority of members of the Red and Green chambers voted to alter the provisions of the 1999 Constitution “to allow States generate, transmit and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid”. The new development is expected to change the dynamics…

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FCT, Kaduna, Kogi, 10 others get new Police Commissioners

Aminu Imam

The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has appointed new Commissioners of Police for 12 States and the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). The States are  Kaduna, Niger, Kwara, Nasarawa, Taraba, Benue,  Kogi, Jigawa, Enugu, Kebbi, Bayelsa and Cross-River. The appointments were announced in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, titled: “Enugu, FCT, Kaduna, 10 other State commands get new commissioners of police …as igp charges the new cps to up-scale the fight against crime in the country”. He said the posting of the Senior…

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Water projects: Kaduna, Ekiti, 5 others to benefit from $700m World Bank loan

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has disclosed that seven states will benefit from the first tier of the $700 million World Bank loan for specific water projects. The States are Kaduna, Bauchi, Delta, Ekiti, Imo, Katsina and Plateau. This was made known on Thursday by the water resources minister, Suleiman Adamu at the weekly ministerial press briefing organised by the presidential communication team at the presidential villa, Abuja. The World Bank in May approved a $700 million credit facility that will help deliver improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services to 2,000…

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FDI: Ekiti, Oyo, Borno, Delta, Kogi States, 21 others record no investment in 2020 – Report

Aminu Imam

26 States of Nigeria failed to attract any Foreign Direct Investments, (FDI), investments in the whole of 2020. The disclosure, which was made by the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS), in its report that was released recently shows that Ekiti, Kogi, Delta, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Gombe, Jigawa, Oyo, Ondo, Borno, Cross-River and 15 other State governments failed to attract investments last year. Others listed in the report are Bauchi, Benue, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Osun, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara. The NBS’s report, titled: ‘Capital Importation Report’,…

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COVID-19: States responsible for safe reopening of schools – PTF

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Government has said that the safe reopening of schools with respect to dates and modalities is the responsibility of the states. Boss Mustapha, Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, in a briefing of the taskforce in Abuja on Monday, said that the federal government would only provide necessary guidelines for the reopening. A debate on the safe reopening of schools had dominated the space of conversation by concerned Nigerians. He said, “We wish to reiterate that federating units have the responsibility of determining the dates and modalities…

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