Tag: Challenges
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JUST IN: INEC approves extension of voting time for polling units with challenges
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday approved the extension of voting time for some polling units which experienced delay due to technical challenges and complaints, including malfunctioning of card readers. The commission expressed confidence that most of these cases will be rectified. INEC Commissioner and chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee,…
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#2019Debate: Ezeksweli, Moghalu, Durotoye analyse, proffer solution’s to Nigeria’s challenges
…as Buhari, Atiku shun debate Presidential candidates of the three parties participating in the ongoing debate are reeling out solutions to some of the challenges bedeviling the country. Candidates of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili; Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Fela Durotoye; and the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu all…
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Restructuring not solution to Nigeria’s challenges – Presidential candidate
The presidential candidate of the Liberation Movement party, Kriz David on Friday said restructuring (as made to believe by candidates of the leading parties) is not the sole solution to the enormous challenges bedeviling the nation. Speaking with journalists in Lagos on Friday, David said no matter how well structured a country is, if the…
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Nigeria's power challenges can't be solved by magic – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said electricity supply in the country is improving slowly and that challenges in the sector cannot be confronted with magic. Fashola, who spoke on Thursday at the inauguration of the 2x100MVA, 132/33kV power transformers at the Ejigbo Transmission Substation, Lagos, commended the Transmission Company…
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Nigeria’s challenges not all about geographical restructuring – Osinbajo
The Vice- President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said that simple geographical restructuring is not the problem with Nigeria. He said that prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly were better ideas for Nigeria’s development challenges. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the…
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Stop blaming leaders for our collective challenges – Buhari tells Nigerians
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged Nigerians to resist the tendency of blaming leaders only for the country’s state of affairs. The Nigerian leader, who has lately been criticised for his alleged shoddy handling of the nation’s affairs, said the change that was desired in the country “starts with individuals.” Buhari said this in an…
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UN envoy praises Nigeria’s courage in tackling challenges
Nigeria is a courageous country that stands up to its challenges by addressing them tenaciously, UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has said. Mohammed stated this on the side event jointly organised by the Nigerian Government and UN-Habitat as part of the 2018 High-level Political Forum on sustainable development meeting in New York. The theme of…
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Commercialization of education and the storm ahead, By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo “Currently Nigeria’s out of school population is projected at 10 million while that of India is projected at 1.8 million, even though they have eight times our population. Why is it so?” “Without adequate investments in education” (and training in entrepreneurship) “there is no way the country can combat poverty”. (Atiku Abubakar…
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Nigeria @57: Our differences, challenges should not divide us as Nigerians – Ajimobi
Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has appealed to Nigerians not to allow their differences and the challenges confronting the various ethnic nationalities to divide them as members of a united country. The governor made the appeal in his goodwill message issued in Ibadan on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Mr.…
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Power supply, gas our major challenges in 2016 – Lagos Water Corporation
The Managing Director of Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), Mr Muminu Badmuson, on Tuesday identified power and gas as major challenges the corporation faced in water production and distribution in 2016. Badmus told the newsmen in Lagos that the incessant interruption in water supply in the state, especially the metropolis in 2016, was due to the…