₦airaland Forum

femi4:
Starring.. Olu Jacobs in The third Eye

I wonder....I just wonder

dfrost:
I still remembered her though. Never missed the sitcom at all. Such a loss to her family.



I could remember the way she helped her dad solve cases. She would casually say something and point her dad to another angle that no one took note of (hence the name 3rd Eye). Before you know it, her dad would start ruminating on that and boom! cased solved.

Buhari appoints Philip Obin as Technical Assistant

By Obeten Godfrey, Calabar

18/09/2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer of Potech Nigeria Limited, Mr. Philip Obin, as Technical Assistant to the Presidency (Office of the Vice President).

Obin who is the Manager of @APCNigeria, the official twitter handle of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is also one of the administrators of the official APC WhatsApp group.

Obin, one of the founding members of the APC in Cross River state is a social media influencer, digital marketer, SME and business development consultant with vast experience spanning across, Digital Media, Marketing and ICT.

Before the Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, CROSIEC, suspended indefinitely, the local government elections in 2016, Obin was the APC Chairmanship candidate for Biase local government area.

He was also the Chairman of the New Media team of the APC Cross River State Governorship Campaign Council in the 2019 election.

The appointment which was approved on Wednesday, September 18, 2019, takes immediate effect and Mr. Obin has since resumed work at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
PRESS RELEASE

REPORT INSINUATING VICE PRESIDENT DIDN'T FOLLOW DUE PROCESS IN SUPERVISION OF AGENCIES UNDER HIM IS FALSE

(Re: Buhari directs Osinbajo to seek approvals for agencies under him)


Our attention has been drawn to a sensational report by The Cable published on September 17, 2019, which claims that His Excellency, President @MBuhari, has directed Vice President @ProfOsinbajo, to seek approvals for agencies under him.

The report suggests, FALSELY, that agencies under the supervision of the Vice President do not normally comply with established rules where presidential approvals are required.

This is obviously misleading and aims only to plant seeds of discord in the Presidency, while attempting to create unnecessary national hysteria.

The agencies in question are established by law and the Vice President has always insisted on due compliance with the enabling statutes and other established regulations.


Depending on the particular scope of activity in question, agencies may require management approval only, at the level of the Director-General or Chief Executive Officer. In this category falls the great majority of their day-to-day activities.


However, other activities, or procurements,with value exceeding a certain threshold,require Board approval. These may get to the agency Board chaired by the VP. In a few cases where Presidential approval is required,the DG must seek such approval from the President,through the VP

These rules have always guided the activities of statutory agencies and the ones under the Vice President’s supervision have always been so guided.


The effective and mutually respecting relationship between the President and the Vice President is well known to Nigerians and it is futile to insinuate otherwise.


Even though the Vice President has a statutory role as Board Chairman of some government agencies under his office, with appropriate approval limits, which often do not include contract approvals; it is ludicrous to even insinuate that a Board Chairman approves contracts.

Evidently, the Federal Executive Council, which oversees Federal Ministries and agencies of government, is chaired by the President, and it is in its purview to approve or ratify award of contracts within the prescribed threshold.


The Vice President remains committed to the service of his fatherland and will continue to do so despite the purveyors of fake news.

We urge media organizations, as gatekeepers, to uphold truth, balance, fairness and objectivity in their reports. //