Tag: PRIMORG
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2023 elections fall out: PWDs score INEC low on equal access
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) have faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over poor inclusion and participation of the vulnerable population in the recently concluded 2023 elections.
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Vote Buying: Nigerians urged to reject ‘Greek Gift’ from politicians
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Nigerians have been urged to resist selling votes to politicians, warning that electing the wrong candidates is dangerous to the nation’s democracy and will further shrink the civic space. Vote buying has become a disturbing phenomenon in recent off-cycle elections in Nigeria and is now a major concern ahead…
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NMA declares Korean hospital in Abuja patronised by top Nigerians illegal
…but Facility Still In Operation The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has declared the operations of an elite health facility, ‘The Lilu Specialist Hospital’ frequented by wealthy Nigerians, as illegal over activities that fall short of standards in medical practice. After four years of operating in Abuja, the Irregularities around Lilu Hospital, purportedly run by North…
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Gender-Based Violence: PRIMORG takes campaign to school, urges Nigerians to speak up
As part of events marking this year’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, the Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development, PRIMORG, staged an enlightenment campaign on the effects of violence against women and girls at an Abuja secondary school. With the 2022 campaign having a theme, “UNITE! Activism to end violence against women and…
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Inadequate Manpower Crippling Primary Healthcare Centers, Nigerians Cry Out
… say situation breeding corruption Irked by the dangers of poor healthcare delivery, Nigerians have decried the worsening state of Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) occasioned by the shortage of health personnel across the country. An investigative report by the International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) uncovered that inadequate human resources and a rising…
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PRIMORG’s Constituency Project Tracking: Corruption Declining, Implementation Still Challenging Says ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has reduced the incidence of corruption in the execution of constituency projects through its projects tracking exercise across the country. The anti-graft agency disclosed that following the advent of constituency project tracking in 2019, there had been a decline in the incidence of…
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Nigerians Kick Over Criminalisation Of Petty Offences, Say ‘Poor Citizens Targeted’
Nigerians have frowned at the continued criminalisation of petty offences in the country while calling on the judiciary to use non-custodial punishment as arrest and prosecution of citizens for loitering, wandering or hawking persists. The call for the declassification and decriminalisation of petty crimes in Nigeria had been an age-long advocacy. However, a recent investigative…
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Corruption stinks in passport offices as Nigerians knock NIS for extortion
Nigerians have raised the alarm over the inability of the electronic passport application system of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to curb extortion of applicants across the nation, instead incidences of bribery are increasing. Passport applicants affected by the reign of corruption at immigration made known their plight during an anti-corruption radio programme, PUBLIC…
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1956 Audit Law too weak to combat corruption – Nigerians Tell Buhari
The existing Audit Law in Nigeria has been described as too weak and obsolete to tackle present-day corruption, implying that President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s avowed fight against corruption cannot be effective with the government still operating a 1956 audit law. The alarm was raised as a result of the urgent need for the strengthening of…
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Oil theft is high-tech fraud needing high-tech Solutions – Esele, Former PENGASSAN Boss
A former President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria PENGASSAN, Comrade Peter Esele, has dropped a hint on how the government can eliminate the unabated crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. Esele, who is a former president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), said one effective approach is…