Imo House of Assembly has enacted a law to regulate gaming and betting, including pool, lotteries, casino and related activities in the state.
The chamber also repealed the existing Law No. 44 of 2019, which according to the bill sponsor and Deputy Majority Leader, Emeka Nduka, did not capture some of the important revenue sources in the industry.
During plenary presided over by Speaker Paul Emeziem at a temporary venue in Owerri, the capital, at the weekend, the representative of Ehime-Mbano constituency observed that the bill has the capacity to boost the economic fortune of the state. x
He, therefore, urged his colleagues to give the piece of legislation accelerated hearing and passage. Nduka said: “This bill is important to the government and people of Imo State, as it is geared towards enhancing the revenue generation of the state government.
By Onyebuchi Ezigbo
The federal government has disclosed that the striking judiciary and legislative workers may call off their strike Thursday (tomorrow), just as it stated that it has waded into the strike and picketing in Kaduna State by the two labour centres.
A statement signed by the Assistant Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr. Charles Akpan said the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has appealed to the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El- Rufai; President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba as well as President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Rasheed Olawale to immediately ceasefire.
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
State governors and the leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have finally entered into agreement on the modalities and timelines for the commencement of full financial autonomy for various arms of government at the state level.
The deal was brokered by the committee on the implementation of financial autonomy for the state legislature and judiciary arms of government led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige.
Speaking to journalists at the end of the meeting with the unions in Abuja which ended late last night, Ngige said that an agreement had been signed on the implementation of full financial autonomy for the state judiciary and legislative arms of government.
Autonomy for State Legislature, Judiciary begins next week as Presidency praises Ngige
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young
The Federal Government has said the implementation of financial autonomy for the state legislature and judiciary will commence next week.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige disclosed this in his office Thursday night after a conciliation meeting to resolve the strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN.
A Statement by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry, Charles Akpan quoted Ngige as saying the striking legislative and judiciary workers would call off their prolonged strike as soon as implementation started .
The Nigerian Police Force: Up the creek without a paddle, By Osmund Agbo
The house of Police does not need a make-over; it needs to be completely re-built.
On paper, Nigeria is a republic consisting of individual federating units. In practice, however, what obtains is a highly centralised system where the Force reports directly to the President. The governors, though constitutionally the Chief Security Officers of their States, have no control over the Police; the case of Generals without armies.
There is no worse time than now to be a police officer in Nigeria. With the wave of quotidian insurrections visited on the officers and men, especially in the South-East and South-South regions of the country, the members of Force could officially be counted among the endangered species of this world. Police officers today have been granted permission to show up to duty in street clothes, acting more like secret agents in the shadowy world of espionage. Once upon a time, it used to be tha