Day: February 12, 2021

Nigeria’s major oil marketers advocate post-deregulation National Dialogue

Tade Salako

  The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, has called for a national discourse among all stakeholders including Government, Labour, Civil Society Organizations, the Organized Private Sector and Operators. The dialogue, they said, is not on the merits or demerits of petrol subsidy removal but on the initiatives that can be taken to ease the impact of the subsidy removal on the most vulnerable in our society. Speaking at a virtual press briefing, Chairman of MOMAN, Mr. Adetunji Oyebanji, maintained that the group “remains committed to the sustainability and…

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INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY LATEEF JAKANDE, LAGOS GOVERNOR ON 1ST OF OCTOBER, 1979

Lateef Jakande

  Here, Platforms Africa reproduces the inaugural speech of Lateef Jakande read on 1st of October 1979 as first civilian governor in the history of Lagos state. Here is one of the reasons, even in death, Baba kekere remains a Giant.      INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR JAKANDE TO THE PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE — 1ST OCTOBER, 1979. FELLOW Citizens of Lagos State, On Saturday, 28th, July 1979, you elected me, by 559,070 votes to 126,805, the first Executive Governor of Lagos State. Today, as a result of that election,…

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NIN AND NIGERIA’S NATIONAL DATABASE CREDIBILITY QUESTION

Waheed Ogunjobi

  This article, originally christened “NIN: TOWARDS A CREDIBLE NATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM IN NIGERIA” by Waheed Ogunjobi, takes a deeper look at the National Identification Number (NIN) and the question repeatedly asked on the credibility or lack of it about Nigeria’s National Database   Ever since the Federal Government issued the new order on the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) with the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card by all Nigerians, there has been flurry of activities around the offices of the National Identification Management Commission by Nigerians who…

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Court orders arrest of popular Nigerian Pastor over EKEDC’s power theft

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Utility firm, EKEDC, reads riot act to Customers, begins clamp down on illegal connection   A Nigerian Court has ordered the immediate arrest and arraignment of the Pastor of the Power & Life Christian Mission, a Church in the Amukoko area of Lagos, over an unlawful re-connection of power supply from Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) to the Church premises The leading electricity utility firm in Nigeria, EKEDC, which confirmed this in a statement made available to Platforms Africa on Friday, warned its customers to refrain from engaging in…

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