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Is it a crime to save Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from dying of hunger. International organisations and local agencies running out of funds, and with food shortage at its crescendo, the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo approved N5.8 billion as acting president for supply of food to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East. He thereby saves hundreds of thousands of Nigerians who were going to die out of starvation. The noble action of the Vice President has been misinterpreted in some quarters even though he acted within the ambit of the law It is five months plus and National Assembly are yet to pass the budget and given that the law allows the Vice President to release such funds in an emergency and. It was an emergency and it would have been suicidal to go through the national assembly and Section 43 of the BPP Act empowered him to approve the funds in an emergency. The acting President needed to act and that was why he constituted the Pres...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has explained how the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC) would work with the National Economic Council (NEC) that he chairs. Presiding over NEC on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Prof. Osinbajo noted that both councils were designed to benefit the country. In a statement by Laolu Akande, spokesperson to the VP, he explained that the eight-man EAC can always brief NEC. In response to a request for clarification by members of the National Economic Council regarding NEC’s relationship with the newly announced EAC, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said both councils are for the benefit of the President. “If NEC want to be briefed regularly by the Economic Advisory Council, EAC, we will request the President to do that,” the VP said at the 97 th  NEC meeting on Thursday at the Council Chambers. He told the Council that interaction will promote synergy. Below are highlights of NEC deliberations: NEC (5 TH  IN ...

In response to a request for clarification by members of the National Economic Council regarding NEC’s relationship with the newly announced Economic Advisory Council, EAC, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said both councils are for the benefit of the President. Prof. Osinbajo spoke at the 97th NEC meeting today at the Council Chambers. “If NEC want to be briefed regularly by the Economic Advisory Council, EAC, we will request the President to do that,” the VP explained to the Council observing that such interaction will promote synergy.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over the monthly National Economic Council (NEC) at the State House. In a tweet by Mr. Laolu Akande, the spokesperson to the Prof. Osinbajo, NEC is the constitutional body that advises the President on the coordination of the economic affairs of the country. He noted that state governors, the Central Bank of Nigeria governor and some members of the Federal Executive Council were in attendance. “Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is now presiding over the monthly National Economic Council, NEC meeting with state governor, CBN governor and some members of the FEC,” he tweeted. He then added that, “NEC is the constitutional body that advises the President on the coordination of economic affairs of the Nigerian federation. NEC under the leadership of Prof Osinbajo between 2015 to April 2019 passed 173 resolutions in 38 meetings. Some of the resolutions include the approval of $650 million seed funding as the Federal Government establ...

The 24 th  edition of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinics will hold on Thursday in Kebbi with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance. Over 400,000 MSME participants have so far partook in the MSME Clinics across 23 states so far, with the Vice President attending 21 of those Clinics. The states that have hosted the Clinics since its inception include Bauchi, Plateau, Kwara, Sokoto, Cross-River, Eboyin, Ogun, Ondo, Edo,FCT, Kaduna, Kano, Niger, Oyo, Ekiti, Abia, Enugu, Anambra Osun, Katsina, Lagos, Kogi and Akwa Ibom States. Also since its inception, seven one-stop shops have been launched in the Federal Capital Territory, Osun, Cross River, Kwara, Abia, Plateau and Bauchi states by assembling relevant agencies together in one place so as to enable MSMEs access their services on an on-going basis with relative ease. Through the Clinics, about 300,000 new business names have been registered by the Cooperate Affairs Commission (CAC) at a ...

Federal Government and State governments decided on National Livestock Transformation Plan, NLTP as a ranching option for livestock breeding. States determine the implementation methods in their respective States, while both the Federal Government and the States will share the costs. National Livestock Transformation Plan was approved by State governors under the auspices of the National Economic Council (NEC) chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. NEC on January 17, 2019, approved the plan based on the recommendations of a Technical Committee of the Council chaired by Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State. Other State Governors on the committee and Working Group of NEC are those from Adamawa, Kaduna, Benue, Taraba, Edo, Plateau, Oyo & Zamfara - mostly the frontline States in the Farmer-Herder crises. The National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) 2019-2028 is a programme to be implemented in 7 pilot states of Adamawa, Benue, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarawa, Tar...

Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Former Head of Service in Lagos State, Alhaji Rafiu Tinubu is dead. Tinubu died in Abuja on Wednesday at the age of 75, after a brief illness. A statement signed by Mr. Gboyega Akosile, Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu described Tinubu’s death as a huge loss to the state and the nation in general. Sanwo-Olu sympathized with Tinubu’s family, the deceased’s friends and associates, saying: “Alhaji Tinubu’s demise came at a time the nation and Lagos in particular needed his wealth of experience the most.” “As experienced administrator per excellence, we certainly will miss the late Alhaji Tinubu’s counsel on matters of importance in the state civil service.” The Governor said people of the state would always remember the “laudable achievements” of the former top civil servant, who, he said, served the state meritoriously for 26 years before he rose to become the Head of Service. Sanwo-Olu said: “We can’t for...

The Federal Government has appealed to Nigerians not to attack South​ ​African companies operating in Nigeria in retaliation for the ongoing​ ​xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described as deeply disturbing the reports that some Nigerians, angered by the xenophobic attacks in South Africa, have started attacking South African companies in Nigeria. He said that targetting South African companies in Nigeria for attack is, for Nigerians, a classic case of cutting off your nose to spite your face, because the investors in such companies, especially MTN and Shoprite, are Nigerians. Alhaji Mohammed said the majority of the workers in the South African companies operating in Nigeria are also Nigerians, meaning that its Nigerian workers who will be hardest hit if such companies are forced to shut down for fear of attacks. He assured Nigerians that the ...

Here you can find the list of different collar jobs and their meaning. Black Collar Worker : It is used to refer to workers in the mining or the oil industry or sometimes also used to refer to people who are involved in black marketing activities. Blue Collar Worker:  This term is referred to a member of the working class, who performs manual labour and earns and hourly wage. Gold Collar Worker:   Refers to highly-skilled knowledgeable people such as doctors, lawyers, scientists and also young, low wage workers who also get parental support. Gray Collar Worker:  Refers to those who work beyond the age of retirement. For example, health care, IT professionals. Green Collar Worker:   People employed in alternate energy sources like, World Wide Fund for nature, Greenpeace and Solar panels. Open Collar Worker:  Refers to a worker who works from home, via Internet. Pink Collar Worker:  refers to those workers who are employed in low-p...