Ministers, others face sanctions over 6,000mw target flop – The Guardian
January 5, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
If indications from Abuja are anything to go by, some heads may roll over the Federal Government’s embarrassing failure to meet its last December target of 6,000 megawatts of electricity generation.
Expectedly, palpable fear now rules in the power sector. And the beleaguered petroleum sector remains as controversial as ever, with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) denying allegations of owing petroleum products importers.
Yar’Adua getting better, says FEC – The Guardian
December 17, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
With a charge to the citizenry “not to be apprehensive” on his health situation, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday announced that President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was responding well to treatment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
President honours 32 corps members – The Guardian
December 16, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, at the State House in Abuja, yesterday honoured 32 corps members who served in the 2008 service year, assuring them of their security anywhere they are posted.
Represented by Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, the President, who was himself, one of the pioneer corps members in 1973 and the first Nigerian President to have served in the National Youth Service Corps, said the scheme had continued to be relevant to the development of the country in areas like health, education, community service and legal aids.
Cash call crisis threatens 2010 budget – The Guardian
December 9, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
A Joint Venture Cash Call (JVC) crisis has joined the rash of obstacles to the successful take-off of the 2010 budget.
Already, the absence of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has been identified as a threat to the budget proposal, which is currently before the National Assembly.
Discord in PDP over 2011 bid for Yar’Adua – The Guardian
November 23, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Discordant tunes are still emanating from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over whether or not President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua would run for a second term.
The PDP had recently hinted that there was no vacancy at Presidential Villa after it emerged that some party chiefs were warming up for the job.
Yar’Adua calls off budget session over N’ Assembly rift – The Guardian
November 20, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The planned budget presentation by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to a joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives did not hold yesterday after all. Two separate Army Bands had, in fact, set up their separate bands at the two chambers of the two houses. But when information filtered in that the presentation was no longer holding, the soldiers dismantled their bands with a characteristic dispatch and vanished.
Senate, Reps feud threaten 2010 budget – The Guardian
November 19, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Their bickering over headship of the constitutional review panel they jointly set up in 2008, which stalled meaningful work, is about to scuttle a major constitutional function of the National Assembly – the presentation of the 2010 budget to their joint session by the President.
Yar’Adua, Mark charge senators on electoral reform – The Guardian
November 11, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday urged the 2009 Senators’ Retreat in Enugu to be focused on the issue of getting Nigeria’s electoral system right.
The Senate President, David Mark, spoke in a similar vein, decrying calls for removal of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof, Maurice Iwu, as unnecessary as it would not solve the nation’s electoral problems.
Why deregulation is essential for Nigeria, by Yar’Adua – The Guardian
November 6, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua yesterday said that deregulation of the petroleum sector was inevitable to curb corruption and other abuses in the system.
His Special Adviser on Petroleum Matters, Dr. Emmanuel Egbogah, spoke in a similar vein, saying that it was the only panacea for concrete reform in the sector and the sure guarantee for long term stability and lower prices for petroleum products.
Yar’Adua, Abdulsalami, Gamatie meet on Niger crisis – The Guardian
November 4, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and visiting Prime Minister of Niger Republic, Mr. Ali Badjo Gamatie, yesterday in Abuja examined economic and security matters between the two countries.
Yar’Adua told his guest that any threat to peace and stability of the neighbouring nation has serious implication for Nigeria.
