PDP GOVERNORS' FORUM

Posted By Admin The PDP Governors Forum has congratulated all its members on the landslide victory recorded on the various post-election petition cases at the several Courts of Appeal across the country. In a press statement released on Friday and signed by the DG of the Forum, Earl Osaro Onaiwu, the forum said the Appeal Courts have by their judgments affirmed the wishes of the people who not only voted en-masse for their preferred PDP Candidates, but defended their votes and the mandates they granted the governors during the gubernatorial election of March 2019. In the statement, the forum urged the electorate not to relent their efforts in giving the necessary support, prayers and loyalty to their leaders. It also pleaded with the governors to reciprocate the love of their people with the resolve to continue to do more in delivering democratic dividends to the people who have not only put their hopes on them but have given them their wholehearted trust and undiluted loyalt...

By Tony Okechukwu In order to be able to access funds from the Kuwaiti Government for sectoral development, Bauchi State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a consulting company, Africa Energy S. A. Nigeria Limited. Under the MoU, the company will design, engage, advocate, facilitate, lead and make efforts towards assisting the State Government to be able to access the Kuwait Fund which is one of the Agenda 21 windows of the development fund from the donor basket. While speaking at the signing of the MOU held at Government House on Thursday, Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, said that the company in accordance with its policies, resources and programme, and given the mutual interest of both the State Government and Africa Energy S. A’s development goals and agenda, shall agree on priority areas of the project that is but not limited to natural resources, management, food and agriculture development projects, renewable energy and water rec...

By Admin Governor Bello Matawallen has expressed his confidence on the current Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Usman Nagogo, especially in the Commissioner's  drive to make the State free from all forms of banditry and criminality. Matawalle made this  known yesterday, Thursday, at the Government House while receiving firearms voluntarily surrendered by two repentant bandits, Sani Mochoko and Alhaji Shehu Bagewaye, who in the past had terrorized communities in the State but have now come to join hands with the State Government following the Governor's peace and reconciliation initiative. "I wish to declare that I pass a vote of confidence on the Commissioner of Police, Usman Nagogo, because he has shown the Government and good people of Zamfara that he is here to demonstrate what police work really means, which is the protection of people's lives and property while trying to show the irresponsible ones among us that all hope is not lost and that they c...

By Pat PA Okon Governor of Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Thursday urged Nigerian leaders to be closer to the people to strengthen the processes of good governance. He made the call in a keynote address at the 2019 edition of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Day celebration organised by the State chapter in Asaba. According to the Governor, leaders must be close to the people they lead and identify with them for good policies to be made. He said, "A godly leader, at whatever level, is empathetic with the pain and suffering of the people he is called to lead". "There are far too many leaders in our society who are disconnected from the reality on ground and that does not augur well for people-centred policies and good governance". Quoting some Bible verses, the Governor emphasised that Nigeria would experience great relief "if we will heed the divine injunction to repent, seek God's face and turn from our wicked ways". He commen...

- Set Fresh Agenda for Economic Diversification The PDP Governors Forum has begun the countdown to hosting the 2019 Edition of its annual IGR Summit in Abuja. Glimpses into the event show that an array of tested IGR experts are billed to make strategic presentations, aimed at boosting revenue generation initiatives in the PDP-governed States. The ultimate intention of the Forum in hosting the strategic event is aimed at increasing the economic well-being of the citizenry, and more access to dividends of democracy, a cardinal objective of the PDP. The summit is expected to parade finance and IGR experts like Dr. Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the PDP, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, a former CBN Deputy Governor, Mr. Akinyele Oladeji, an IGR Expert and Managing Consultant/Country Representative of Canadian Software Development Corporation (CSDC Consulting Nigeria) and a coterie of frontline speakers, session chairmen, faculty members amongs...

By Tony Okechukwu Government Ben Ayade of Cross River State has threatened to sack any Head of Local Government Administration in the State (HOLGA) that allows illegally logged woods pass through his or her domain. According to a press statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Christian Ita, the Governor is insistent that such an administrator would be sacked or or have his appointment terminated from the State Civil Service. “It should be noted that any HOLGA that allows illegally logged woods to pass through his or her Local Government Area, faces termination from the Local Government service", the statement added. It further said that the State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade, has approved the dissolution of the State Anti-deforestation Task-Force with immediate effect. Consequently, “His Excellency has approved the appointment of an interim task-force to enforce the anti-deforestation policy of the government". "The new in...

BY NELSON NSEABASI Economic planning and development has been the bedrock of thriving economies all over the world. The issue of income generation for a micro and macro level is vital to the well being of a particular economy, as it is with it that development is planned. In recent time, the nation Nigeria has witnessed a period of drastic decline in the economy, leaving the price of stocks very low in the trade market while unemployment rose to an alarming rate. Firms were forced to relocate resources, scale back production and lay off employees. To salvage the situation, it is recommended that government adopt strategic macroeconomics policies. Intermittently and constantly, there are series of discussions on how to continually improve the economy, as against inflation and deflation. It behooves of the leadership and persons responsible in various offices at federal and state levels, to see to it that they generate a tangible percentage of the resources required to meet the...