Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Bukola Saraki The Senate on Thursday, February 25 resolved to revolutionizing the relationship between the National Assembly and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to ensure robust public inclusiveness in budget preparation, monitoring and appraisal. This decision followed the consideration of the report of the Committee on Diapsora and Non-Governmental Organisations on the National Assembly interactive Session with CSOs on the 2016 budget proposal. The report headed by Senator Rose Oko representing Cross River north senatorial district, the Chairman of the committee charged CSOs to act as watchmen for future budget implementation. While relevant stakeholders were called upon to participate in addressing the needs of the public, the senate also called on CSOs to be committed to serving the interest of the public in a non-partisan manner. Sen. Oko said said the CSOs made robust contributions that would help in the preparation , monitoring and appraisal of the 2016 budget proposal and future budget proposals. She also said that the interactive session was aimed at ensuring that there is citizen participation in the decision making process of government. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the Senate President while giving his remarks said the interactive session would encourage public participation in budget processes and governance in general and give citizens the opportunity to air their views. He said the interactive session shows new development in the country which shows how democracy has evolved in the past years. “The budget is not only for us in parliament, with this effort, the general public will have the opportunity to participate fully. “It is therefore important for the executive to ensure early budget presentation so that as we are reviewing it, the public will also have the opportunity to make their contributions. “This is the first time in our democracy that the public has been given the opportunity to add their own comments and express their concerns in the budget process,’’ he said. Meanwhile, six bills passed first reading at plenary. Some of these bills include 2015 Federal Capital Territory(Amendment) Bill 2016 and Nigerian Air force Institute of Technology Bill and 2016 Postgraduate Physiotherapy College of Nigeria Bill 2016. Others are National Land Reform Commission Bill 2016, Foreign Exchange(Control and Monitoring) Bill 2016. and Credit Bureau Services bill 2016.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
First athlete to have 200million social media followers is Cristiano Ronaldo
He has; Twitter = 40.7 million followers. Facebook= 109,689,892 followers. Instagram= 49.9 million followers.Total = 200,289,892. followers Congrats to him!
Accident: Dangote Trailer Crushes Many To Death at Oji River in Enugu – Photos
Accident: Dangote Trailer Crushes Many To Deathat Oji River in Enugu – Photos
God Have mercy !!! many people died just few hours ago at Oji River in Enugu state as Dangote trailer crushes many to death the source who reveled that A Dangote trailer carrying chippings lost control killing many people. I was shocked to see human beings cut into two pieces, seeing about two lying lifeless and some who were rushed to d hospital still died. wen i saw them i vividly remembered that it is not my righteousness that made me alive but God’s mercy. Dose ones lying lifeless, I am not better than them. can u join me and say “thank u lord 4 keeping me alive an for your mercy” –
Photos Of Buhari, Lamido Sanusi In Mecca
Here are more photos of President Muhammadu Buhari, Emir of Kano -Lamido Sanusi and other delegates in their praying robes at the lesser Hajj (Umrah) yesterday, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Funke Akindele To Remarry As JJC Proposes
Reports reaching us are anything to go by, Funke 'Jenifa' Akindele is getting set to take another shot at marriage, and the lucky man is said to be JJC Skillz of the JJC and 419 Squad.
Nigeriafilms reports that Abdul Rasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz went down on one knee and made the surprise proposal a few weeks ago in Lekki on the set of her new TV Comedy Drama, Jenifa’s Diary.
And she said yes!
Funke Akindele, a Christian, has remained single after separating from her husband, Kehinde Almaroof in 2013 under very controversial circumstances.
JJC Skillz is a single father of three children, ages 18, 15 and 10 from three different women.
EFCC Begins Probe Of Ooni Of Ife
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reportedly begun the investigation of the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and his company, Metropole Interproject Limited, over an alleged N400 million forgery.
A frontline human rights activist, , Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman, Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), whose petition led to the investigation, disclosed that he has been invited by the anti-graft agency to come and shed more light on the petition.
The petition dated Monday, 2nd November, 2015 entitled “Request for Prosecution of Prince Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi and his Company named Metropole Interproject Limited for the Offence of forgery, Fraudulent Conversion and Obtaining the sum of N400 million by false Pretence” was forwarded to the EFCC Chairman and received on Friday, November 6, 2015. Copies were also sent to President Muhammadu Buhari, Transparency International (TI), Embassy of the United Kingdom (UK), as well as those of the United States of America (USA) and Republic of Canada.
The petition was supported with the series of evidence, including a petition letter dated 7th September, 2015 which authored by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Rotimi Jacobs of Rotimi Jacobs & Co Chambers.
Comrade Sulaiman said in a signed statement issued yesterday in Lagos that he received a phone call from an EFCC official advising his group to report at the commission’s Economic and Governance Crime (EGC 1) department in Lagos this week.
According to him, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited us and we are going to appear before it this week to substantiate our position on the subject matter. Our belief is that to every logical mind, the gold is gold, regardless of whether a Prince
or beggar, is holding it in his hand. There is need for inculcation of moral value to our society through the palace in every community in the land and anybody that would occupy the position of authority should come with integrity in order to serve as a good example to younger generation.
“It is also our belief that if you are preaching equity, you must come with clean hand. Worshiping of money and world materials increases the social vices in the country today which makes the corruption to be on the increase geometrically. We don’t have any personal grudge
against Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi because we believe that God makes a leader but we want justice to be done on any issue of this nature as it has been part of our stand. Anybody alleges of any wrong doing needs to clear his or her name first before occupying any exalted position. It is because Nigeria as a country has been eroded of moral values where brigandage takes the order of the day.”
Comrade Sulaiman urged EFCC to also “invite Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, who authored the first petition on the matter, and as well as Professor Gabriel Olawoyin, the head of Olawoyin & Olawoyin Chambers, to come and state their position on the mind-boggling issue.”
A frontline human rights activist, , Comrade Adeniyi, Alimi Sulaiman, Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), whose petition led to the investigation, disclosed that he has been invited by the anti-graft agency to come and shed more light on the petition.
The petition dated Monday, 2nd November, 2015 entitled “Request for Prosecution of Prince Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi and his Company named Metropole Interproject Limited for the Offence of forgery, Fraudulent Conversion and Obtaining the sum of N400 million by false Pretence” was forwarded to the EFCC Chairman and received on Friday, November 6, 2015. Copies were also sent to President Muhammadu Buhari, Transparency International (TI), Embassy of the United Kingdom (UK), as well as those of the United States of America (USA) and Republic of Canada.
The petition was supported with the series of evidence, including a petition letter dated 7th September, 2015 which authored by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Rotimi Jacobs of Rotimi Jacobs & Co Chambers.
Comrade Sulaiman said in a signed statement issued yesterday in Lagos that he received a phone call from an EFCC official advising his group to report at the commission’s Economic and Governance Crime (EGC 1) department in Lagos this week.
According to him, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited us and we are going to appear before it this week to substantiate our position on the subject matter. Our belief is that to every logical mind, the gold is gold, regardless of whether a Prince
or beggar, is holding it in his hand. There is need for inculcation of moral value to our society through the palace in every community in the land and anybody that would occupy the position of authority should come with integrity in order to serve as a good example to younger generation.
“It is also our belief that if you are preaching equity, you must come with clean hand. Worshiping of money and world materials increases the social vices in the country today which makes the corruption to be on the increase geometrically. We don’t have any personal grudge
against Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi because we believe that God makes a leader but we want justice to be done on any issue of this nature as it has been part of our stand. Anybody alleges of any wrong doing needs to clear his or her name first before occupying any exalted position. It is because Nigeria as a country has been eroded of moral values where brigandage takes the order of the day.”
Comrade Sulaiman urged EFCC to also “invite Mr. Rotimi Jacobs, who authored the first petition on the matter, and as well as Professor Gabriel Olawoyin, the head of Olawoyin & Olawoyin Chambers, to come and state their position on the mind-boggling issue.”
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