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The Presidential Implementation Committee on Digital Switch Over (Digiteam) says it was starved of funds by the government after it was established in 2012.
Chairman of Digiteam, Mr Edward Amana, a critical stakeholder in the process of the nation’s transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, stated this in an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday.
He said the committee was not funded to carry out its assigned roles in the Digital Switch Over (DSO) White Paper and that accounted for the delay in the roll out process.
“By the specification of the white paper, the Digiteam is supposed to have an oversight over the whole specification for transition from analogue to digital broadcasting in Nigeria.
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Published 10 February 2021
Nigeria is a federation with shared powers between the centre and the federating units. There are three arms and three tiers of government. The three arms of government consist of the executive, legislature and the judiciary while the three tiers of government are the federal, state and local government. Constitutionally speaking, there is one Federal Government with the seat of power at Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, under the leadership of the President. There are 36 state governments under the leadership of the governors and thirdly, there are 774 Local Government Areas under the leadership of chairmen. We have a bicameral legislature at the centre consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives; at the state level, there is a unicameral legislature called state Houses of Assembly. At the Local Government Level, there is a legislative assembly made up of councillors.
Workers in the various state Houses Assembly under the auspices of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have given a 21-day ultimatum to the federal government effective from January 27, 2021 for a full implementation of financial autonomy for the legislature or face a total shutdown.
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WITH the country bogged down by an avalanche of challenges on all fronts, many argue that the National Assembly ought to serve as a pathfinder because of its statutory functions. OSARETIN OSADEBAMWEN and KEKINDE AKINTOLA write on the unfinished business of the National Assembly as the members reconvene for the 2021 legislative calendar after their Christmas break.
PUBLIC perception of the ninth National Assembly is a major subject of discourse across the country. Though there is no consensus on how most Nigerians rate the current legislature, quite a number of the citizens are suspect on the relationship between the executive arm of government and the National Assembly. Some believe that the latter has almost compromised on its statutory function as the main watchdog to keep the executive in check. In other words, it has not adequately acted to guarantee checks and balances in the scheme of things. But, the president of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has insisted that the
Dahiru Mohammed is determined to use the platform of the Presidential implementation committee to make a difference, writes Dike Aguonye
A banker and international trade expert, Dahiru Mohammed leads the next frontier of work to tackle one of Nigeria’s most challenging problems – hunger. Strongly believing that the state of the hunger challenge in Nigeria is a result of a multi-sectoral failing, Mohammed wants a framework for tackling the problem recognizing and utilizing multi-faceted approaches. He intends to pursue a pragmatic programme that connects the dots from multiple windows to arrest the obvious gaps. President Muhammed Buhari on December 10, 2020 inaugurated the Presidential Implementation Committee on the Bilateral Agreement between Nigeria-Czech Republic with Mohammed as chairman.