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The Nigerian Army followed laid down rules in the appointment of Shuaibu Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), an investigation by the Senate has revealed.

A report from the Senate investigation notes that the appointment followed due process as laid down in the NYSC Act CAP L84 LFN 2004 which stipulates processes of appointing a new DG.

Mr Ibrahim’s appointment was announced via a statement signed by the Army spokesperson, Sagir Musa, on April 26.

The statement noted that the former DG, Sulaiman Kazaure, had been deployed to the Nigerian Army Resource Centre as Senior Resource Person.

The controversies
The announcement was followed by criticisms by Nigerians questioning the authority of the Army in appointing the DG.



The matter was brought to the attention of the Senate on Tuesday, April 30, by Dino Melaye (Kogi-PDP).

Mr Melaye said the appointment was an ‘infraction’ of existing laws.

He said, “There has been an infraction perpetrated by the Chief of Army staff in appointing a new Director-General for the NYSC. According to Section 5 of the NYSC Act, A Director-General is to be appointed by the President. The Chief of Army Staff through signal removed the DG of NYSC and through signal appointed his replacement.

“The Act gave authority to the President. Previous Directors-General were appointed by the President. We are not in a banana republic. NYSC is not a formation of the Nigerian Army but on the enactment of the National Assembly.”

Following the adoption of his prayer, the Senate Committee on Youth and Sports was mandated to investigate the issue.



The probe
Presenting the report of the committee on Tuesday, Chairman of the committee, Obinna Ogba, said the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) was invited to explain the appointment.

He said the COAS was represented by J.A.T Ochegbu, Army’s Acting Secretary, who made written and oral presentations.

Mr Ogba said the committee established that the Army nominated three suitable and qualified candidates to the president to choose from.

Their nomination was conveyed to the President through the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, via a letter dated February 13, 2019.

The Minister confirmed to the COAS the president’s approval of Mr Ibrahim via a letter dated 18 April 2019.

Based on this, the committee found out that the appointment was in accordance with the provisions of the NYSC Act as no law was violated.

“This is the same procedure used in posting previous DGs of NYSC. The committee hereby recommends that due process was followed in the appointment,” Mr Ogba said.

The lawmakers unanimously adopted the report of the committee.

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, commended the committee for its timely work and the Senate for quick intervention.

“That is why we are here, at all times to ensure that the interest of Nigerians and due process is followed. If there are many more like this, that affects Nigerians, we must play our roles in ensuring that we bring it to attention of us here and we do our own work,” he said.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/329154-nigerian-army-followed-due-process-in-appointing-new-nysc-dg-senate.html

Why MTN only?

be right back

Condemn FG Initiatives
Commend PDP Copy Copy

Hypocrites

Messi reached 600 goals in 683 Games

While Ronaldo reached 600 goals in 803 games

fairfora:
APC governors ecsept Lagos and Ogun cannot pay 30k miminum wage. It's pure scam. How much is oyo igr? The security vote you guys are shouting upon, how much is it , state by state? When the money comes, do they pocket it. Where do you think all those police vans and money spent to keep states safe come from? Before you cast aspercion, why not wait and see how many states governed by the apc would be able to eventially pay the disputed wage? When the wage was not yet reviewed and signed I to law, osun state was owing workers up to 8 months. What do you think would happen now that the wage is 30k and the allocation has not increased? Reason logically bro.

Should they wait on allocation

Workers or Political Appointees?

When APC is done with Atiku. ..Hmmmn

Post of the year

Reno Omokri Celebrates Buhari Govt.

Why would women wait for men to provide for their needs. When God provided the resources for all living things to tap. So much for the only creature that have seen the devil.

When is she going for Hajj?

;Dspotify

Amuocha:
APC Kenya Branch

My colleague[Archdeacon Mwangi] thrashed me with the shepherd staff until it broke into pieces, forcing me to take off for my life,” he said.

- Amazing scuffle

Dr Aliko Dangote

Biafra President

The Chairman of Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has donated students’ hostel worth N1.2 billion to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hostel consist of 10 blocks of fully equipped complex with capacity to comfortably house 2,160 students.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/dangote-donates-n1-2bn-students-hostel-to-abu/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Wrong ..Different Pronunciations .why not write them in Yoruba Language, you will know the wordings are different

semasir:
PH has one of the best road networks I have seen in Nigeria probably aside Abuja.

It is a lie...PH has only one main road. ..Aba RD

Nawa o

Suntai was the Pilot

Ipob over to you

Teach them young

This seems to be a season of international commendations for the microcredit scheme of the Federal Government.

In recognition of its impact driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) and its products have earned recent recognition from the United Nations, African Leadership Institute andOxford University.

GEEP, a microcredit initiative of the Federal Governmentstarted in 2016, includes MarketMoni, FarmerMoni, and the TraderMoni scheme which generated some controversy during the elections. However, with about 2 million Nigerians at the bottom of the pyramid accessing credit in 3 years and being brought into financial services of bank account and mobile wallets, there is consensus on the scale of impact the initiative wields. GEEP is today the largest public microcredit scheme in the world. 54.2% of its beneficiaries are women.

In a March session of 62ndUnited Nations Commission in New York, GEEP was commended for pushing the envelope in technological innovations for successful last-mile delivery of credit at massive scale. This was in recognition of the programme’s pioneering roles in building a completely digitised loan operation, positioning of Bank Verification (BVN) as digital collateral to aid financial inclusion, use of facial recognition for de-deduplication, GPS-based mapping and profile of candidates to markets, and exhaustive data capture to truly formalise the informal sector.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/geep-tradermoni-get-global-recognition.html

soberdrunk:
When we tell them Dangote is not a "seasoned" entrepreneur, they will say it's "bad belle", "jealousy", they will say "what do you have", "are you rich" but isn't it becoming very obvious that all the sectors of of his business where he doesn't have "government induced monopolistic power" keeps packing up. First it was juice, then noodles, now flour......

You are ignorant and lazy. It took amazon 14 years to make profits. Don't equate profitability with liquidity

soberdrunk:
When we tell them Dangote is not a "seasoned" entrepreneur, they will say it's "bad belle", "jealousy", they will say "what do you have", "are you rich" but isn't it becoming very obvious that all the sectors of of his business where he doesn't have "government induced monopolistic power" keeps packing up. First it was juice, then noodles, now flour......

You are ignorant and lazy. It took amazon 14 years to make profits. Don't equate profitability with liquidity

New born son

President @MBuhari receives Emir of Qatar, HH @TamimBinHamad at the State House, Abuja. The Emir is in Nigeria for a State Visit-BA

He died in service

Everything in Lagos is so different. See their Jesus drinking pure water on the cross