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The State and Local Governance Reform Project (SLOGOR) has today trained 65 officers drawn from the National Project Coordinating Unit (NPCU) and the State Project Coordinating Unit (SPCUs) of the six States of the SLOGOR project, on Project Management. SLOGOR is a European Union funded and World Bank managed Project whose Project Development Objective is to Improve Transparency, Accountability and quality in Public Financial Management (PFM). In his opening address, The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Mr Ernest Umakhihe, represented by Mr. Joel Adeoye Christopher, buttresses the relevance of the training as one that will help in enhancing the capacity of officials and speeding up the process of implementation, not only of the SLOGOR Project but for the Management of other donor funded projects. Mr. Umakhihe stated that the training provides opportunity for the successful implementation of the project across the participating states, while stres...

Jumoke Olasoji   The subject of minimum wage is an hot topic generating views and controversy in the Nigerian media. The topic has generated reactions from across the country as it affect every sector of the economy and almost every resident of the country. On #TVCTHISMORNING, the subject was up for discuss and callers called in for their views. A caller by the name Kennedy from Port-Harcourt suggested that labour should go on strike not for minimum wage but for the outrageous amount politicians collect without justification. Another caller, Comrade Ayo from Osun State stated that labour should agitate higher standard of living, lower cost of living. With this in place, he argued, even fifteen thousand naira minimum wage would be enough. But because we buy basic amenities such as education, transportation, healthcare, housing that are supposed to be supplied by government at such outrageous amount, even hundred thousand naira minimum wage cannot be enough. Mariam from ...

Jumoke Olasoji In a statement signed by its CEO, John Irvine, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions has reacted to the L agos State H ouse of Assembly’s take on the quality of service it renders in the state a s well as validity of its contract with the state government.  The statement issued on Thursday reads: “We have been made aware of statements being attributed to the Lagos State House of Assembly concerning cancellation of our service contract with the Lagos State Government. “We would like to believe that there is some misinterpretation of the statements being circulated, despite our continued efforts in meeting the performance matrices of our valid and subsisting contract. “We will nonetheless continue to fulfill the terms of our service contract in the face of a sustained negative sponsored media campaign, as well as persistent and systematic sabotage of our efforts and our assets. “We remain open to dialogue, levelling the competitive playing field a...

At its plenary session on Thursday, the Lagos State House of Assembly has ordered the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state to call on the Private Sector Partnership (PSP) operators in their areas to go back to refuse packing job with immediate effect. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, also ordered the Clerk of the House, Mr. Azeez Sanni to invite the Commissioner for the Environment, Hon. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti to appear before the House on the matter next week. This followed an Urgent Matter of Public Importance raised by Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu (Eti-Osa Constitueny 1l on heaps of refuse scattered all over the state. Speaker Mudahsiru Obasa emphasised that the Lagos State Government does not know about Visionscape. Obasa stated that there are three arms of government including legislative, executive and judiciary, and that the state government ought to have consulted the House on Visionscape before they star...

- Jumoke Olasoji Ademola Ogunbanjo, ANN Governorship Candidate, Ogun State The governorship candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), Ademola Ogunbanjo has  described the ongoing minimum wage discuss in Nigeria as one that requires application of  appropriate science of structure. In an interview with myrepblog , Ademola, extensively discusses  Vote Buying, Minimum Wage, Executive and Legislature Relationship, Place of reputation in Nigerian Politics among others. Enjoy.    Let's meet you for the purpose of our readers My name is Ademola Ogunbanjo. I am from Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. I am 44 years old. I am father of three, two girls and a boy. I am running for governor of Ogun State on the platform of ALLIANCE FOR NEW NIGERIA, ANN. My intention is to turn Ogun State into the wealthiest state in Nigeria by year 2025 and I believe this is achievable because we have the natural resources required to create such wealth in Ogun State. We w...