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Olawale Fapohunda, Ekiti state attorney-general and commissioner for justice, in a statement, said the governor sent the ‘Creation of Local Government Bill, 2021’ to the house of assembly on Tuesday.
He said the bill “seeks to create nineteen (19) new local government areas in addition to the existing 16 local government areas in the state as specified in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended)”.
He, however, said the newly proposed LGAs are undeveloped, and will, for the time being, operate as local council development areas (LCDAs) until the national assembly passes the bill into law.
NIGERIA (eTN) – The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), the private sector umbrella body for tourism in Nigeria, has elected a new set of executives at a well-attended annual general
NIGERIA (eTN) – The Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), the private sector umbrella body for tourism in Nigeria, has elected a new set of executives at a well-attended annual general meeting (AGM) held on Thursday, July 28, 2011.
The AGM, which was held at NANET Suites, Abuja, brought the federation into a new era, two months after the tenure of the former council led by Samuel Alabi ended on May 20, 2011.
Determined to stem local security challenges, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has directed the 68 newly sworn-in Development Area Administrators in the state, to relocate to their areas and take charge immediately.
Gov. Ugwuanyi also directed that the new Administrators must engage all Traditional Rulers, Presidents of Town Unions, Religious Leaders, Youth Organizations, Women Organizations, Neighbourhood Watch groups, Forest Guards and indeed all stakeholders in their respective Development Areas, to inspire a grassroots security architecture underpinned by robust intelligence gathering and communication of same to security agencies.
The Governor, who gave the directives when he swore in the Administrators, at the Government House, Enugu, on Tuesday, stressed that the grassroots engagement strategy “is the only means of fully reclaiming our neighbourhoods, and we expect no less”.
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Business owners in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have decried move by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA to impose levy on companies for using generators to power their businesses.
Some officials of AMAC believed to have been contracted by the FCTA, have been seen in some parts of the city distributing payment notices to several organizations including DAILY POST.
According to the notice signed by the Director Public Health, HoD Environment of AMAC, Ahmed Haruna, the Management of Abuja Municipal Area Council Environmental Services (ESD) Bodies, said industries, warehouses, Banks are to pay annual fee for using generator due to the discharge of harmful hazardous substance.