The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), has concluded preparations to hold a Stakeholder Dialogue on implementing sections of the Fiscal Responsibility Act that relate to lending by banks to governments and public institutions in the Federation. In a press release made available on Tuesday and signed by Bede Anyanwu, Head of Strategic Communications in the Commission, it stated that the event to be held in Lagos this weekend, will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders...
Stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology sector have commended Prof. Danbatta for his astute leadership and growth in Nigeria’s telecom sector. In a resounding chorus of praise, a stakeholder group in the Nigerian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has commended the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, for his remarkable leadership and the unprecedented achievements in the nation’s telecom sector. The stakeholders came under the auspices...
The Centre for Media and Society (CEMESO), International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) issued the call on Federal and State Governments in commemoration of this year’s International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI). Three freedom of expression and media development organisations today issued a joint call on Federal and State Governments to take urgent measures to facilitate access to the Internet for all Nigerians in accordance with the...
Concerned Benue Stakeholder, Laz Apir reaches out to Governor Hyancith Alia in Open Letter. He highlights fifteen (15) points and posers for the governor’s attention, including salary arrears, Local Government Councils, Annual Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Plan (AMELP) and key performance indicators (KPIs), amongst others. I have no desire to bore you with needless congratulatory pleasantries on your election as the Governor of Benue State and your first one hundred (100) days...
The Growth Initiatives for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT) notes that the huge public debt profile has been encouraged by a weak revenue mobilisation, poor remittance culture, and corruption in public expenditure. A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) has decried Nigeria’s public debt profile of N87 trillion, describing it as unsustainable and a clarion call to reform the public finance management system. Led by OrderPaper Advocacy Initiative, the group, operating under the...
Noting that those elections provide ‘the people’ an opportunity to exercise their power, Sani added that when democratic leaders make it impossible for people to vote their choices or violate the rules of engagement, the military finds an excuse to intervene under the guise that democracy is suffocated. Civil Rights Leader, Senator Shehu Sani, has identified the failure of civilian governance to address the issue of poverty and insecurity as the chief...
President of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria (CRCN), Senator Shehu Sani, calls on the Nigerian electorate to pay better attention to State and National Assemblies’ polls to stem the tide of electing lawmakers who are unable to check the executive arm of government at all levels. A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has called on Nigerians to direct their focus towards the functions of lawmaking and oversight over the executive arm...
Professor Remi Sonaiya who touched on the nature of democracy in Africa. noted that democracy is not inherently natural to any country but rather requires efforts to educate people on its practice. In an effort to bolster democracy in Nigeria, a former Presidential Candidate, Professor Remi Sonaiya, has advocated an urgent review of the provisions of the Electoral Act 2023 and the constitution to shorten the timeline for election petitions to be...
This International Day of Democracy (IDD 2023) special is the seventh episode (Year 2023) of the OrderPaper Parliamentary Engagement Nigeria (OPEN) Space; a virtual discourse hosted monthly by Nigeria’s foremost independent parliamentary monitoring organisation and policy think tank that bridges the gap between people and parliament on Twitter (X). With the practice of democracy facing a tough season on the continent of Africa, OrderPaper Nigeria is set to mark the 15th celebration of...
Taiwo-Sidiq cited the failure of effective oversight and representation by African parliaments as a major contributor to the worrisome wave of coups he described as a viral infection across the continent, while urging Nigeria’s youth to take governance and accountability more seriously Students of Nigerian tertiary institutions have been charged to prioritise the demand for accountability from their legislators as an important step in engendering good governance, sustainable development and creating...
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