Buhari Challenges National Assembly To Work With Him To Fix Nigeria

Speaking at an induction programme for new national legislators organized by the National Institute for Legislative Studies in Abuja, the incoming leader told them, “I need the support of the Members of National Assembly on the battle front. I need your support in many respects.”

Outlining those areas of concern, he noted, first, that appropriate policies need to be put in place that may have to be translated into laws.

Second, he said, the oversight functions of the legislature are critical in ensuring that policies are implemented effectively and transparently, stressing that his mission to bring integrity into governance would better succeed if complemented with a strong culture of transparent oversight.

“Thirdly, we need to collaborate on the budget process and restructuring of the public sector so as to collectively tackle the menace of high recurrent cost at the expense of capital and human

N25Bn Scam: Judge Convicts Igbinedion, Sentences Him Tomorrow

It would be recalled that during trial, a prosecution witness Mr. Ajoyo Sowale, an Accounts Officer with the Guaranty Trust Bank, identified various account statements and account opening documents of the convicts and confirmed to the court that several lodgements were made into the accounts, and that he printed the account statements and got them certified by the appropriate authority.

Public attention will shift to the Federal High Court Benin, Edo State, tomorrow, April 30, 2015 as Justice J. Liman sentences Michael Igbinedion, younger brother to Lucky Igbinedion, former Edo State governor and Charles Eboigbodin . The duo alongside their companies; Gava Corporation Limited; Romrig Nigeria Limited; PML Securities Company Limited and PML Nigeria Limited, were today convicted by Justice Liman of the charges of money laundering, misappropriation of

            Anambra awards N1.5bn anti-erosion contracts

Ekwulobia—The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP, in Anambra State, has awarded four erosion control projects in four different locations in the state at the tune of over N1.5 billion. The erosion control projects, under the supervision of the World Bank, were all awarded to reputable indigenous contractors, according to a press statement from the Head, Public Relations/Media, Ministry of Environment , Awka , Emmanuel Ifesinachi (JP).

Speaking in his office at Awka while signing the contract agreement documents on behalf of the Anambra State Government, the Project Coordinator of NEWMAP, Anambra State, Engr. Godwin Ebih disclosed that the Umudunu-Abagana gully erosion project, valued at about N570m was awarded to Agonic Associates Nigeria Ltd while the Neros Plaza / St Thomas

I did not ask anyone to bar AIT from covering my activities - Buhari

President-elect Gen. Buhari says he never gave the directive to anyone to bar AIT from covering his activities. In a statement released this evening and signed by the Director of Publicity for the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Garba Shehu, Gen Buhari said this is the era of change and that he along with his staff will ensure they do not make the same mistakes the outgoing government made.

"The time for change has come and we must avoid making the same mistakes that the outgoing government made" the statement read in part.The statement also stated that Gen Buhari instructed his staff to"steer clear of all dealings with the media, and leave all media affairs to his official media team. "I would like everyone to henceforth stay within his/her defined area of responsibility,” Buhari said.

source:LIB