Browsing: President Muhammadu Buhari

Speaking while receiving the outgoing Ambassador/ Head of the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ketil Karlsen, the president appreciated the fact that the EU remains the largest trading partner with Nigeria, while members of the union equally remain the largest investors.

Mustapha, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja, said it was erroneously reported that the federal government had re-introduced nationwide curfew between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. as part of the COVID-19 safety protocols.

With the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in the Nigerian Telecommunications Sector now in place, Nigerian start-ups will have the benefits of handling more government contracts. It is in line with the eighth pillar in the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy Document, which President Muhammadu Buhari unveiled in November 2019. That was just three months into the tenure of Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami as the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the president had on April 30 and May 4 met with the same security chiefs and heads of intelligence community as part of ongoing critical engagements meant to provide solutions to security challenges in the country.

Despite the clear awareness of the strategic and fundamental importance of a legal framework for the nation’s petroleum industry, to guide and regulate the operations, which the Petroleum Industry Bill provides, Nigeria lawmakers for over 20 years have paid no serious attention to the draft document. This setback has stunted the growth of  the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.

Speaking when the appeals panel on the APC registration exercise visited him in Government House in Ilorin, the state capital, AbdulRazaq urged old members who are yet to revalidate their membership or members of the public wanting to join the party to do so, adding that the process will continue even after the congress.

SERAP said: “Any such investigation should establish whether public funds have been mismanaged, diverted or stolen in the guise of implementing the duplicated and mysterious projects. Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and any stolen public funds should be fully recovered.”

Launching the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in Nigerian Telecoms Sector and Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Cards registration, the President said proper identification of all Nigerians and legal residents in the country and ability to conveniently access a data base will provide impetus for more effective planning and security oversight.