APC wins 16 Chairmanship seats in Ekiti council poll

 

     According to Vanguard,  Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission  on Sunday declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress APC winners of all the 16 Chairmanship seats in the local government election conducted on Saturday.

   Results of the 177 Councillor-ship seats were, however, still being awaited as at the time of filing this report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chairman of the commission, Justice Jide Aladejana, had declared the results in Ado Ekiti.

President Buhari Depart Abuja For Egypt

      President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to depart Abuja Tuesday for Aswan, Egypt to attend the Aswan Forum designed to set “An Agenda for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa.”

Federal Government Launches Open Treasury Portal To Publish Financial Transactions

 

 

     Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris,  received a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday on the country’s daily income and expenditure. He was asked to  create an Open Treasury Portal (OTP) where information on financial transactions would be provided every day.

   Buhari spoke through the Minister of State for Niger Delta, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, at the launch of the Federal Government financial transparency policy/open-treasury portal in Abuja. The President told the AGF that the treasury was required to publish this information unfailingly. Though the idea of publishing accruals to  and withdrawals from the nation’s purse was muted in 2018, only a handful of government officials had access to the information.

Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege introduces new electoral bill

 

   Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, on Monday, said he had introduced a bill for comprehensive amendment of the Electoral Act No. 6 of 2010. Omo-Agege said this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Stakeholders Forum on Elections, organised by the coalition of more than 70 civil societies in Abuja.

He said the bill, co-sponsored with Sen. Abubakar Kyari of Borno North Senatorial District, was now making its way to public hearing, having scaled Second Reading with overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate. “It is a decisive response to a plethora of our Supreme Court’s decision inviting the National Assembly to make sensible amendments to the Electoral Act.

“And I believe it is responsible for us to take the apex court’s constructive guidance on issues that fundamentally affect our democracy. “This apart, Section 153 of the Electoral Act, 2010, as amended, specifically and expressly empowers INEC to “issue regulations, guidelines, or manuals for the purpose of giving effects to the provisions of this Act and for its administration thereof.

Fani-Kayode reacts to sack of Fowler by President Buhari

 

   Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the sack of Tunde Fowler as Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday. Buhari had announced Muhammad Nami, as Fowler’s successor and has forwarded his name to the Senate for approval. Reacting to the development, Fani-Kayode said he had predicted’s Fowler’s removal. He wrote on his twitter handle: