‘Violent lawmakers must face the law’

PUNCH

July 14, 2013 by ALLWELL OKPI and LEKE BAIYEWU

The Nigerian Bar Association and some civil society groups have said the Tuesday violence at the Rivers State House of Assembly should be investigated and lawmakers and security agents found culpable should be prosecuted.

The groups told SUNDAY PUNCH that if the incident was not dealt with through the due process of the law, it would encourage impunity and destroy the country’s democracy. Continue reading “‘Violent lawmakers must face the law’”

Trimming the Federal Civil Service

THE NATION

Posted on Tuesday, July 9th, 2013

By  Chukwudi Nweje

Last week, the Federal Government finally accepted the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies. The committee was headed by former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Steven Oronsaye.

The committee inaugurated by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 was set up due to recurring complaints that the cost of running government was too high, and that the duties of some of the agencies overlapped with other departments of government. In early 2012, the committee submitted an 800-page report in which among other things, it recommended that 220 out of the 541 federal agencies should be scrapped. Continue reading “Trimming the Federal Civil Service”

Recommendations of Steven Oronsaye

THE NATION

Posted on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

 

By Chukwudi Nweje

Analysts have at various times blamed the country’s seeming ineffective governance and poor state of infrastructure on bureaucratic bottlenecks. The argument is hinged on government spending much of the annual budgets on overhead cost due to duplication of functions in various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).  The belief is that if the Federal Government were to trim down on the number of MDAs, it would save huge resources from the cost of running government and thus have funds that could be diverted to infrastructure development and other areas of need.

This, incidentally, seems what would happen as the Federal Government has finally adopted the recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies led by former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Steven Oronsaye. Continue reading “Recommendations of Steven Oronsaye”

Development in North can stop killings – CACOL

THE PUNCH
July 9, 2013 by Sodiq Oyeleke
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Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders has urged the Federal Government to develop the northern part of the country as this can stop the killings of innocent citizens.

The group, in a statement on Monday, condemned the killing of pupils and teachers in Yobe State by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect. Continue reading “Development in North can stop killings – CACOL”

CACOL CONDEMNS YOBE KILLINGS, TASKS FG WITH SECURITY

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned the killing of some students and a teacher of a secondary school in Yobe State in an attack by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect.
Reacting to the news, the Executive Chairman of the Coalition, Debo Adeniran, condemned the killing of the innocent pupils and called on the federal government and well-meaning Nigerians to rise up to the security challenges in this country.   Continue reading “CACOL CONDEMNS YOBE KILLINGS, TASKS FG WITH SECURITY”

EFCC, ICPC MERGING: CACOL FLAYS FG

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned the Federal Government for the merging of its two anti-graft agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.
The merger of the two commissions came as part of the government’s decision to implement the recommendations of Steve Orosanye-led Presidential Committee on rationalization and restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies. Continue reading “EFCC, ICPC MERGING: CACOL FLAYS FG”