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Even his name, the dude no spell correctly?

THE annual salary of an Army General, Naval Admiral or Air-Chief Marshal in the Nigerian military is N20.69 million, or N1.72 million monthly, diligent search has revealed.


In a report on the Consolidated Armed Forces Salary Structure (CONAFSS) of all the rank and file of the armed forces, starting from a recruit or trainee to the General, Admiral and Air Chief Marshal, a recruit or trainee goes home with N122,848 annually, Private, Ordinary Seaman and Aircraftsman/Woman N639,990, while lance Corporal and Seaman also go home annually with N661,732.

Keneking:
But where is Mynd44 sef?
Day don break oh

​THE National Assembly has decided to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over the economic recession.



The NASS will ask the president to address the legislature on efforts being made by incumbent government on the current economic recession.

The Senate passed the motion on Thursday in agreement with the House of Representatives.

The summon was after a common yes vote after it was put into vote by Senate president Bukola Saraki who presided over yesterday’s plenary session.

ON Tuesday, October 4, 2016 The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice otherwise called the ECOWAS Court declared the arrest and continued detention of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki as unlawful, unreasonable and arbitrary. As reported by Premium Times, "the court also held that the further arrest of Mr. Dasuki by government on November 4, after he was granted bail by a court of law, amounts to a mockery of democracy and the rule of law."



Upon examination of the facts of the case and relevant local and international laws, a three-member panel led by Justice Friday Nwoke declared that the Nigerian government was wrong in arresting Mr. Dasuki, searching his residence and confiscating his properties without a warrant. The court accordingly ordered the immediate release of Dasuki and awarded N15 million damages in his favour

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Before proceeding to discuss the bindingness and enforceability of the judgment, some preliminary points about the status of the Court are apposite and worth noting. I urge readers to be patient in digesting this long expository

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The Court was created pursuant to the provisions of Articles 6 and 15 of the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). By virtue of Article 10 of the Supplementary Protocol of the ECOWAS Court adopted in January 2005 by the Authority of Heads of States and Government, individuals, corporate bodies and non governmental organizations have direct access to the court for the enforcement of human rights

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Significantly, the Court has held in a number of cases brought before it that the principle of exhaustion of local remedies which is well entrenched in customary international law is not applicable to it. Commenting on the effect of the non application of the principle of exhaustion a legal scholar, Prof. M. T. Ladan submitted in an op-ed titled: "The Prospects Of Public Rights Litigation Before The ECOWAS Court Of Justice" thus:
"The effect of this is far reaching because victims of human rights violations may choose to directly approach the ECOWAS Court of Justice without exhausting local remedies at the national courts..."
In the case of Valentine Ayika v. Republic of Liberia ECW/CCJ/APP/07/11, cited with approval by the learned professor of law, the Court ruled the case admissible notwithstanding the fact that it was alleged to be pending before the Supreme Court of a Member State, Liberia

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The consequence of this on the Dasuki's case for example is that the Court's jurisdiction was not ousted due to the pendency of criminal cases in different Nigerian courts against Dasuki. It is immaterial that Dasuki was granted bail by various courts and that he has not exhausted legal remedies in Nigeria.
The Court has both an advisory and a contentious jurisdiction. Under the former, the Court gives legal advisory opinion on any matter that requires interpretation of the Community text (laws). Under the latter, the Court examines cases of failure by Member States to honour their obligations under the Community law. It also has the competence to determine cases of violation of human rights that occur in any Member State and so on.
Is the decision of the court binding on Nigeria?
This is the crux of the matter. There is no simplistic answer to this question. I implore readers to carefully read this essay to the end before forming an opinion based on my submissions

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Article 15 (4) of the Revised Treaty of ECOWAS provides thus:
"Judgements of the Court of Justice SHALL BE BINDING on the Member States, the institutions of the Community and on individuals and corporate bodies." (Capitalised for emphasis)

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As a signatory to the Revised Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), subsequently referred to as the Revised Treaty, Nigeria is legally bound by the judgment of the court. This is consistent with the elementary principle of international law 'Pacta Sunt Servanda' (agreements are binding)

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The Federal Government in recognition of the legal status of the Court and the binding nature of its judgments voluntarily entered appearance and vigorously defended itself in the case brought against it by the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki

. Having submitted itself freely to the jurisdiction of the Court, it will be disingenuous for the same government to resile from its obligations under the Revised Treaty and the relevant Protocol and Supplementary Protocol relating to the Court.
However, that is not the end of the matter.
On implementation of treaties, Section 12 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) states as follows:
"No treaty between the Federation and any other country shall have the force of law except to the extent to which such Treaty has been enacted into law by the National Assembly"

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The National Assembly has not domesticated or enacted the Revised Treaty and the Protocols relating to the Court into law.
Does the non domestication of the Treaty imply that Nigeria is not under a legal obligation to enforce the judgment given by the Court in the Dasuki's case? The answer is in the negative within the realm and context of international law

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Under international law, Member States are not allowed to cite the provisions of their municipal laws, including their Constitutions, as a basis to evade their treaty obligations

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In Moukhtar Ibrahim Aminu v. Government of Jigawa State & 3 Ors, the ECOWAS Court was confronted with the question whether its jurisdiction over human rights violation could be activated in that case in view of the non domestication of the Revised Treaty and the Protocols relating to the Court by Nigeria as required under Section 12 (1) of the Constitution supra. The Court held as follows:
"“It is trite that the question of domestication is entirely a local duty of the State to comply with its domestic laws including its constitution. However, where the action of the State is indicative of the fact that it intends to abide by the contents of the Treaty and proceeded to enact into law the provision of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights contained in Article 4(g) of the Revised Treaty makes the objection of the 1st and 2nd Defendants a non issue and immaterial. As always, a State cannot approbate and reprobate in respect of domestication of Treaties, that it derives benefits from its application. It is common knowledge that the Revised Treaty was ratified by the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on 1st July, 1994. With such ratification, the Revised Treaty as far as the Community Law is concerned, become applicable in the institutions of the community – ECOWAS including this Court. The Protocols of the Court which are annexed to the Revised Treaty form an integral part thereof”

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The foregoing pronouncement of the Court is a strong restatement of the principle of international law which forbids Member States from relying on municipal or national laws as a shield to evade their obligations under international law

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Notwithstanding the obligations of Nigeria under international law, within the realm of Nigerian jurisprudence and legal system, Article 15 (4) of the Revised Treaty which declares the judgment of the Court binding on Nigeria does not enjoy the blessings of the Nigerian Constitution having regard to the mandatory provisions of Section 12 (1) Constitution

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Putting it more succinctly, the judgment given by the Court in favour of Dasuki is only binding on honour and does not have force of law in Nigeria since the National Assembly is yet to domesticate the Revised Treaty and Protocols relating to the Court

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There is an apparent conflict between the provisions of the Article 15 (4) of the Revised Treaty and Section 12 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution

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In the celebrated case of General Sani Abacha & Ors v. Fawehinmi (2000) 6 N.W.L.R. (pt. 660) p. 247 the Supreme Court was invited to determine when a treaty becomes law and binding on Nigeria and whether a treaty (The African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights) was superior to the Nigerian Constitution. The Apex Court held thus:



"...an international treaty entered into by the government of Nigeria does not become binding until enacted into law by the National Assembly. See section 12(I) of the 1979 Constitution which provides: "12(1) No treaty between the Federation and any other country shall have the force of law except to the extent to which any such treaty has been enacted into law by the National Assembly (AFRC):' (See now the re-enactment in section 12(1) of the 1999 Constitution). See the recent decision of the Privy Council in Higgs & Anor. v. Minister of National Security & Ors. The Times of December 23, 1999 where it was held that - "In the law of England and The Bahamas, the right to enter into treaties was one of the surviving prerogative powers of the Crown. Treaties formed no part of domestic law unless enacted by the legislature. Domestic courts had no jurisdiction to construe or apply a treaty. Nor could unincorporated treaties change the law of the land. They had no effect upon citizens' rights and duties in common or statute law. They might have an indirect effect upon the construction of statutes or might give rise to a legitimate expectation by citizens that the government, in its acts affecting them would observe the terms of the treaty."

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In my respectful view, I think the above passage represents the correct position of the law, not only in England but in Nigeria as well. Where however the treaty is enacted into law by the National Assembly as was the case with the African Charter which is incorporated into our municipal (i.e. domestic) law by the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Cap. 10 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990 (herein after is referred to simply as Cap. 10) it becomes binding and our courts must give effect to it like all other laws falling within the judicial powers of the courts." Per OGUNDARE, J.SC. (Pp. 30-31, Paras. C-F

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The Supreme Court further held that though the treaty in question has been enacted into law by the National Assembly, it is submissive to the Nigerian Constitution which is the supreme law of the land and the grundnorm

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In the Dasuki's case, though the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights was among the laws relied upon by the Court and has been domesticated vide African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act Chapter 10, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990 (now Chapter A9 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004), the judgment of the Court does not have the force of law in Nigeria. The reason is that it the Revised Treaty and Protocols relating to the Court that established the Court and clothed it with jurisdiction over cases of human rights violations in Member States and not the African Charter. The Charter can only have force of law from decisions of Nigerian courts until the National Assembly enacts the Revised Treaty into law

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Under Article 24 (4) of the Supplementary Protocol, each Member State is expected to determine a competent national authority that will be responsible for the enforcement of the court’s decisions, in accordance with her own rules of civil procedure. Interestingly, Nigeria is among the three Member States (others are Guinea and Togo) that have put in place appropriate mechanisms for the enforcement of judgments by the Court

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By virtue of Article 76 (2) of the Revised Treaty, the decision of the Court is final (not subject to appeal). Furthermore, Article 77 (1) of the Revised ECOWAS Treaty provides for the imposition of sanctions by the ECOWAS Authority against a Member State that fails to fulfill its obligations to the Community

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In conclusion, Nigeria can either follow the path of honour and responsibility not only as a member but as the 'super power' of ECOWAS by releasing Dasuki as ordered by the Court in consonance with her treaty obligations, or take refuge in the non domestication of the Revised Treaty and continue to detain him

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No matter how repugnant and grievous the alleged infractions of Dasuki are; irrespective of how majority of Nigerians feel about Dasuki and his unpatriotic mismanagement of defence funds, the judicial and legal process must run its full course unimpeded

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The Executive cannot and should never be the accuser, prosecutor and the judge. President Buhari should come to terms with the tenets of democracy

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In the final analysis, the path taken by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government will have far reaching implications on the image of Nigeria and the perception of not only Nigerians but the international community and investors on the inclination of the government on issues of human rights, rule of law and democracy

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President Buhari, the choice is yours

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Thank you

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Inibehe Effiong is a Legal Practitioner and Convener of the Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (COHRD) and can be reached at: inibehe.effiong@gmail.com

PRESIDENT Buhari with R-L: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon, Wife of the President Mrs Aisha Buhari, Chairman Yinka Folawiyo Group and book presenter , Mr Tunde Folawiyo and Executive Chairman BUA Group and Co-Presenter Mr Abdulsalamad Rabiu at the Public Presentation of a Book titled;'Buhari: The Challenge of Leadership' at the International Conference Centre Abuja.October 3, 2016.

Love is blind is an over-flogged phrase. But is it really blind? What is indisputable is that technology has significantly changed the concept of love and dating. Today, you can meet anyone, anywhere especially online. There is now social media and dating websites where you can chat up your preferred relationship choice and take it from there.

Since technology has simplified dating, some have engaged online with reckless abandon. That they get easily carried away and ‘blinded’ by the thrills of online dating. In other words, Jumia travel is stressing caution when starting the relationship. There is nothing wrong with dating someone you meet online. Here are reasons why you should never be blinded by the thrills of online relationships.

There are so many fake people online

It is very easy for anyone to fake their online identity. You can use a fake picture, post pictures posing in front of a car that is not yours and much more. In addition, you cannot verify the identity of the person you are chatting with. Hence, you should be very careful of these online playboys.

It barely lasts

Online relationships barely last because both parties may be in it for the fun. It is perhaps lust rather than love. And lust doesn’t last. In fact, itis difficult to build trust, romance, and compassion.

He may be an online player

There is very high possibility that you are not the only online beau that he is after. He has a bevy of online women whom he is dating. You wouldn’t want to join that number.



It is all about sexual innuendos

Your conversation always has a whiff of sexual innuendos. In other words, your chats with him or her are always driving towards sex. This is what many online relationships result in. So, if you don’t want to engage in the sexual innuendos. The relationship usually ends there! It is better you opt out if your tete-a-tete is always about sex.

It may not go offline

The best way to guarantee that you are dating someone you meet online is for both of you to take it offline. This means that both of you have to go on a date. But many people are scared because they don’t want something unsavoury to happen to them. Perhaps, it is better to abandon online relationships in its entirety.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of All Progressives Congress,Godwin Obaseki as governor-elect of the Edo State governorship Election.


Obaseki, pulled 319,483 votes while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, pulled 253,173 votes, official results from INEC says.

Announcing the results from the 18 local governments area, APC won 13, while PDP won 5.

The PDP has rejected the outcome of the election.

We have become aware that senior members of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), in collusion with certain staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have started writing fake & fictitious results as part of their plan to manipulate the Edo State Gubernatorial Election which is taking place today.

2. We are aware that these APC members are working in collusion with Amina Zakari, an INEC national official; Imoudu Sule, Edo State INEC PRO, the Delta State REC, and the National Deputy Director of Operations.

3. We are also aware that these officials have distributed millions of Naira to the Local Government Electoral Officers to get them to write false & fictitious results in favour of APC even before votes are cast.

4. It is necessary to warn the Nigerian public that our Party will resist any attempts by the Ruling Party to subvert the will of the people by any engagement in the substitution of electoral materials.

5. We urge all well-meaning Nigerians to counsel INEC and the Ruling Party to refrain from acting in a manner that may lead to the breakdown of law and other.

6. May God bless Edo State. May God bless Nigeria.

HungerBAD:
Source?

THE trial of the Senate president Bukola Saraki, his deputy Ike Ekweremadu and three others was today, September 28 stalled due to federal government’s unpreparedness.

The judge over the matter, Yusuf Halilu after listening to arguments and submissions from counsels from all parties adjourned the matter to Friday, October 7.

At the hearing, after counsel to FG Aliyu Umar said he not prepared for the matter, Ikechukwu Ezechukwu, counsel to the chief clerk of the National Assembly Salisu Maikasuwa, objected the call for an adjournment by the prosecution.

Ezechukwu said there was no need for an adjournment because the matter has been already scheduled for hearing today.

Also, Mahmud Magaji, counsel to the former deputy chief clerk Benedict Efeturi also objected to the adjournment.

“The act of prosecution is serious business, especially a criminal charge. The office of the attorney-general which is the chief prosecuting counsel was served months ago. They had all the opportunities to respond to our applications,” Magaji said.

“I urge your lordship not to allow us to descent to the internal working of the prosecution. In view of this, I’m objecting to the application for adjournment.”

Also, Paul Erokoro, counsel to Saraki, said that the application had no merit.

“On behalf of the third defendant I submit that the application has no merit. If the attorney-general has not deemed it fit to pass the entire case file to the counsel, then we should be allowed to move our motion. We are ready to proceed,” Enokoro said.

He said the defense team is ready for trial.

MadamExcellency:
Nigeria and her people are weild. Most of these people who supported Adesina to become African Development Bank President not minding that he served under GEJ administration will frown at Dr Ngozi Iweala becoming World Bank President just because of bigotry.
Her only crime is that she is Igbo. The same reason why Buhari has not seen the necessity in settling Oby Ezekwesili for her political patronage.

THE All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has expressed pleasure over the latest National Examinations Council results placing the state on top of other states in performance.



The APC attributed the feat to sound the education policy of the former Governor Kayode Fayemi, which provided incentives for good learning environment and provision of educational items that enhanced learning among the students.

It said the explanation became imperative as Governor Ayo Fayose was wont to claiming unmerited credits for Fayemi’s achievements.

The APC cited the 2014 budget by Fayemi that was adjudged the most effective and transparent in Nigeria by an organisation, but which Fayose celebrated as his achievement.

The National Examination Council on Friday released the results of the Senior School Certificate Examination it conducted in and outside the country between June and July this year, with Ekiti State having the best performance with 96.48 per cent, followed by Edo State, which came second with 96.31 per cent.

Reacting to the state’s performance, the APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement that the feat was attributable to the education policy instituted by Fayemi that put life into educational administration and management in the state.

He explained that Fayemi called an education summit to develop a roadmap for quality education, which the former governor implemented to the letter.

He said the foundation laid by the administration created the environment for learning as never before, resulting in the latest incredible performance by the students.

He also noted that the current success did not happen overnight but the result of long planning by Fayemi between 2011 and 2014.

Listing the incentives instituted by the former governor that had brought about the latest performance, Olatunbosun explained.

The statement added: “Fayemi gave a laptop per child that exposed them to study online and eradicated miracle centres while providing incentive to teachers, including renovation of schools to enhance good learning environment, and also approved special allowances for core subjects and rural postings for teachers.

“Fayemi’s giant strides in education made Ekiti one of the three states in the federation that benefitted from  the World Bank’s $50 million State Education Programme Investment Project.

“He renovated 183 secondary schools and 836 primary schools and provided other incentives, including establishment of remedial colleges to cater for out-of-school students in the 16 local governments, which made the state to record 52 per cent credit pass in English and Maths in 2013 while the state also won many firsts in various quiz competitions in the same year, topping it with a student from Ikere High School who won the best male student in WAEC.”

Olatunbosun regretted that while Fayemi introduced and sustained compulsory free education at primary and secondary education levels, Fayose had cancelled the policy, making pupils to pay taxes per term and teachers remained unpaid for seven months.

Olatunbosun said this also led to teachers’ strike that kept the students out of school for months, adding that this could not have resulted in this successful outing.

He said: “Fayemi administration of four years when the successful  students were in Junior secondary school, impacted well on them such that they had a solid educational background which translated into the latest success.

“Between 2011 and 2014, Fayemi was consistently rewarding best hardworking teacher with a brand new car and paid WAEC fees of students ranging from N86m to N140m, which Fayose has also stopped.

“Fayemi’s administration was continuously organising training programmes  for the teachers, while 400 motorcycles were distributed to teachers serving in rural areas, even as he distributed 20,000 sets of lockers and chairs to public schools across the state.

“He delivered books worth N6m to the State Library Board to encourage reading culture among teachers and students and promoted no fewer than 4,000 primary school teachers between 2010 and 2014, including Head Teachers and Deputy Head Teachers, some of whom were demoted by Fayose upon assumption of office.”

The APC spokesman added that teachers benefited from the relativity pay for all categories of workers in the public service and also benefited from the 27.5 per cent Teachers Pecuniary Allowance, while Ekiti was the first in the South West to implement the relativity pay, bringing the minimum wage from N7,500 to N19,300 without owing teachers salaries.

Noting that Fayemi also organised continuous capacity building programmes for teachers and established intensive statewide coaching programme for SSCE/NECO and JAMB candidates‎, Olatunbosun regretted that all the schemes had been cancelled by Fayose, who was also owing teachers six months salary arrears.

THE All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has expressed pleasure over the latest National Examinations Council results placing the state on top of other states in performance.



The APC attributed the feat to sound the education policy of the former Governor Kayode Fayemi, which provided incentives for good learning environment and provision of educational items that enhanced learning among the students.

It said the explanation became imperative as Governor Ayo Fayose was wont to claiming unmerited credits for Fayemi’s achievements.

The APC cited the 2014 budget by Fayemi that was adjudged the most effective and transparent in Nigeria by an organisation, but which Fayose celebrated as his achievement.

The National Examination Council on Friday released the results of the Senior School Certificate Examination it conducted in and outside the country between June and July this year, with Ekiti State having the best performance with 96.48 per cent, followed by Edo State, which came second with 96.31 per cent.

Reacting to the state’s performance, the APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement that the feat was attributable to the education policy instituted by Fayemi that put life into educational administration and management in the state.

He explained that Fayemi called an education summit to develop a roadmap for quality education, which the former governor implemented to the letter.

He said the foundation laid by the administration created the environment for learning as never before, resulting in the latest incredible performance by the students.

He also noted that the current success did not happen overnight but the result of long planning by Fayemi between 2011 and 2014.

Listing the incentives instituted by the former governor that had brought about the latest performance, Olatunbosun explained.

The statement added: “Fayemi gave a laptop per child that exposed them to study online and eradicated miracle centres while providing incentive to teachers, including renovation of schools to enhance good learning environment, and also approved special allowances for core subjects and rural postings for teachers.

“Fayemi’s giant strides in education made Ekiti one of the three states in the federation that benefitted from  the World Bank’s $50 million State Education Programme Investment Project.

“He renovated 183 secondary schools and 836 primary schools and provided other incentives, including establishment of remedial colleges to cater for out-of-school students in the 16 local governments, which made the state to record 52 per cent credit pass in English and Maths in 2013 while the state also won many firsts in various quiz competitions in the same year, topping it with a student from Ikere High School who won the best male student in WAEC.”

Olatunbosun regretted that while Fayemi introduced and sustained compulsory free education at primary and secondary education levels, Fayose had cancelled the policy, making pupils to pay taxes per term and teachers remained unpaid for seven months.

Olatunbosun said this also led to teachers’ strike that kept the students out of school for months, adding that this could not have resulted in this successful outing.

He said: “Fayemi administration of four years when the successful  students were in Junior secondary school, impacted well on them such that they had a solid educational background which translated into the latest success.

“Between 2011 and 2014, Fayemi was consistently rewarding best hardworking teacher with a brand new car and paid WAEC fees of students ranging from N86m to N140m, which Fayose has also stopped.

“Fayemi’s administration was continuously organising training programmes  for the teachers, while 400 motorcycles were distributed to teachers serving in rural areas, even as he distributed 20,000 sets of lockers and chairs to public schools across the state.

“He delivered books worth N6m to the State Library Board to encourage reading culture among teachers and students and promoted no fewer than 4,000 primary school teachers between 2010 and 2014, including Head Teachers and Deputy Head Teachers, some of whom were demoted by Fayose upon assumption of office.”

The APC spokesman added that teachers benefited from the relativity pay for all categories of workers in the public service and also benefited from the 27.5 per cent Teachers Pecuniary Allowance, while Ekiti was the first in the South West to implement the relativity pay, bringing the minimum wage from N7,500 to N19,300 without owing teachers salaries.

Noting that Fayemi also organised continuous capacity building programmes for teachers and established intensive statewide coaching programme for SSCE/NECO and JAMB candidates‎, Olatunbosun regretted that all the schemes had been cancelled by Fayose, who was also owing teachers six months salary arrears.

THE National Examination Council on Friday released the results of the Senior School Certificate Examination it conducted in and outside the country between June and July this year, with Ekiti State having the best performance with 96.48 per cent, followed by Katsina State with 72.59 per cent.



Since the assumption of office of Governor Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State has been witnessing steady improvement in the education sector, with the State coming from 26 per cent performance in the West African Examination Council examination in 2014, to 36.5 per cent in 2015 and 42 per cent in 2016, coming 11th in 2016 in the federation and second in the South West.

In NECO, Ekiti State came 10th with 74.5 per cent performance in 2015.

The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, who released the result in Minna, Niger State, said of the 1,022,474 candidates that sat for the examination, 905,011 recorded credit and above in five subjects.

Uwakwe said the results showed a remarkable improvement in the performance of candidates that sat for the examination.

“An analysis of the result across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory FCT indicated that Ekiti State topped all others with 96.485 of its candidates that sat for the examination coming out victorious, while Edo State was second with 96.31 per cent, while  Abias and Kogi were joint third,” the Registrar said.

TWITTER is a key tool for disseminating timely and genuine information to followers with it’s over 310 million monthly active users as at 2016. Many governments are taking advantage of these to reach out to their citizenry. The Nigerian government is not lagging behind as it is actively present on twitter and other social media networks.


On these handles, you can get information about the government. Hence, it is important for Nigerians to follow these twitter accounts. Jumia travel, Africa’s No 1 hotel booking portal identifies 6 of these twitter handles. Most of these accounts are verified. So, you don’t need to question the authenticity of the tweeted information on these handles.




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@Mbuhari


Nigerians have complained that President Muhammadu Buhari doesn’t regularly address them. This may be probably true. But, with over 662,000 followers on twitter, the handle of the president often dishes out information about government affairs. So, it is a good place to start hearing from PMB.




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@NGRpresident


This handle offers the latest information from the Office of the President, Muhammadu Buhari. So, if you want to know about the important things that are happening in the President’s office @NGRpresident is the handle to follow.





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@ProfOsinbajo


The Vice President is very active on social media with over 667,000 followers. You can get relevant information about the economy, Information, and Communication Technology and also the activities of the Vice-President.





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@AsoRock


This handle aggregates all the activities of the Federal Government of Nigeria as well as its ministries and disseminates the info to the public. The handle also has live tweets retreats and other governmental functions.




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@DigiCommsNG


@DigiCommsNG is where you get latest activities of government in the ICT sector. For example, the Aso Villa demo day was aggressively promoted on this handle which involved over 30 startups coming together to present their pitches.





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@GarShehu


This is the official handle of the spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari. For rejoinders, press releases and clarifications, this is the handle to follow.

recievesense:
Cos he is a dullard

THE Presidency has denied media reports that it had sacked a Director in its employ for plagiarising a portion of a speech read by President Muhammadu Buhari at the launch of the “Change Begins With Me” campaign.








The portion of the speech has been discovered to have been lifted from a speech by President Barack Obama of the United States of America.


But shortly after the Presidency issued a statement that a query had been issued to the Director, news emerged that he or she had been sacked.


But the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu told our correspondent that the Director had not been sacked.


Shehu said there are procedures in he clvil service for disciplinary measures.


He said despite the acceptance of guilt by the Director, he must still be given room to reply the query already issued to him.


He said: “The minimum time given for response to a query in the civil service is at least 24 hours.


“In some cases, 72 hours cab be given.
“There are cases where you can even give one week.”


“So inasmuch as the Director has accepted responsibility, we must give him the room to respond to the query.”