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National Assembly Passes N13.58trn budget for 2021
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By Henry Umoru & Levinus Nwabughiogu
The National Assembly, Monday passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill to the tune of N13, 588, 027,886, 175 trillion as an aggregate expenditure.
The approval was done during an emergency session convened for the purpose of passing the budget.
The approved budget figure by the National Assembly comprises total Capital Supplementation of N1,060,751,051,650 and total Capital Expenditure of N4,125,149,354,222, Statutory Transfer stands at N496,528,471,273; recurrent Expenditure of N5,641,970,060,680 and Gross Domestic Product, GDP growth rat
Ijaw Forum canvasses adoption of community-based initiative to tackle insecurity
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By Adesina Wahab
To stem the rising tide of insecurity in the country, the Ijaw Elders’ Consultative Forum has called for the adoption of the community-based initiative, expressing optimism that it will work.
This is just as the group promised to work with the relevant stakeholders in the Niger Delta region to ensure the safety of lives and property of the people.
The group stated this in a communique issued at the end of its meeting held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The Forum noted with concern the militarization of the region as well as the rising tension, stressing the need for a collaborative effort to promote the community-based initiative on security.
Alex Enumah in Abuja
The unavailability of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, at the swearing-in ceremony of 72 Senior Advocates of Nigeria yesterday may have confirmed the anxiety in some quarters about his health.
The 66-year-old CJN has not been seen in public for weeks.
The special session for the swearing-in of SANs, which was held at the Supreme Court in Abuja, also marked the beginning of the 2020/2021 legal year of the apex court.
The unavailability of the CJN is unusual as he is mostly known to carry out important functions such as this.
The CJN had inaugurated eight justices of the Supreme Court on November 6 but since then, there are conflicting details on when he was last seen in public.
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By Etuka Sunday
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has pledged to continually maintain high ethical standards in all its regulatory activities consistent with the Federal Government’s efforts to entrench the culture of accountability and transparency in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the commitment at the inauguration of NCC’s Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, December 10, 2020 in Abuja. The Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde in a statement said, ACTU is the initiative of the ICPC, approved by the Federal Government as an in-house mechanism for corruption prevention within MDAs, in line with global best practices of building strong institutions and institutionalising good governance in the fight against corruptio