Tag: Committee
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Why Buhari didn’t join other African leaders to sign Continental Free Trade Agreement
…inaugurates FEC committee to review CFTA The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday raised a committee to review within two weeks, the content of the proposal for the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and report back to the Federal Executive Council. Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina listed the committee members from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies…
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House committee commends NIMASA on budget implementation
…As Dakuku assures Committee on Accountability The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has received commendations from the House of Representatives Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration for its performance in the 2017 budget implementation adding that NIMASA should strive to improve on its performance in 2018. The commendation was made by the…
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FG inaugurates National Steering Committee on Development of Nanotechnology
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST) on Tuesday inaugurated National Steering Committee on Nanotechnology development to produce policy that would guide Nanotechnology operation in the country. The FMST Minister, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu said the committee would need to engage in aggressive public awareness on Nanotechnology in all states of the Federation. Nanotechnology is…
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22 political parties raise committees on security, restructuring, 2019 polls
Twenty-two political parties, under the umbrella of Committee of Concerned Political Parties (CCPP) have constituted six committees on security, restructuring and 2019 general elections. Interim Chairman of CCPP, Dr Onwubuya Breakforth, made this known to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Breakforth, who is the National Chairman of Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said that the…
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Restructuring: El-Rufai led committee presents report, recommends establishment of state police, resource control, others
The Governor Nasir El-Rufai led committee on restructuring on Thursday presented its report to the National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun with some recommendations aimed at making the states and local governments more independent. Some of the key recommendations are resource control, making local government an affair of states, constitutional amendment to allow merger…
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FG sets up committee on data harmonization
The Federal Government has established an Inter-Ministerial Committee on harmonisation of data collection and evaluation for the country. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, who confirmed this on Monday in Abuja, said the committee would be chaired by the Statistician General of the Federation and Director-General of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Yemi Kale. The…
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Osinbajo inaugurates sanctions committee
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated the National Sanctions Committee. The committee comprised the Minister of Justice, Malam Abubakar Malami, as chairman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, and the National Security Adviser. Other members are the Director General of DSS, the IGP, CBN Governor and the Chief of Army Staff. The rest…
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Farmers/herdsmen clashes: Osinbajo, nine governors form committee to tackle menace
As part of deliberate attempts to end the farmers/herdsmen incessant clashes that have cost several lose of lives and properties across the country, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and nine state governors have constituted a committee with the mandate to end the killings. The Vice President is chairman of the committee. This was one of…
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UN appoints Adeosun into pension fund investment committee
The United Nations has appointed Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun into the Investments Committee of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF). In a statement signed by the Adeosun’s Special Adviser, Media and Communication, Mr Oluyinka Akintunde, on Sunday in Abuja, the minister would serve a one-year term effective from January 1, 2018.…
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FG, Stakeholders inaugurate committee on long-term solution to fuel scarcity
The Federal Government and critical stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas sector on Tuesday inaugurated a committee saddled with the responsibility of finding long-term solutions to petrol scarcity in the country. The Minister of State, Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, made this known to newsmen after a closed door meeting involving government officials, labour leaders…