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OMNIBUS BILL ON BUSINESS FACILITATION

Omnibus Bill on Business Facilitation is poised to be 1 single encompassing Bill. • Our intention is to achieve three things in broad strokes: 1. Institutionalize some business climate reforms already achieved by the Office of the Vice President, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council . 2. Amend some provisions of the present legislative framework that have been identiļ¬ed by stakeholders as bottlenecks for the business climate reforms. 3. Introduce new provisions that would accentuate business climate reforms. Ex: Components of the Executive Orders such as the One-Government principle, Default Approval, etc. •There’s the need for contributions by lawyers, accountants, business operators and other stakeholders which is important so as to avoid a repeat of the condemnations that followed the enactment of CAMA 2020. •Submissions by all stakeholders will enrich the content & texture of the proposed bill. •All submissions must identify the current provision in need of...

THERE IS NOTHING MORE FRIGHTFUL THAN IGNORANCE IN ACTION

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Go through most of the comments on Twitter and you will wonder why there is so much ignorance growing among the Nigerian young population about the present Vice President of Nigeria. Since 1999, Nigeria has had four Vice Presidents but the attacks on one stands out.  Atiku Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan and Namadi Sambo were Vice Presidents before incumbent Prof. Yemi Osinbajo but none of them have suffered the insults and negative comments the latter has suffered. During the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, many atrocities were carried out but Atiku was never blamed for the actions of Obasanjo including the killings that happened in Odi, Bayelsa state. The President, Obasanjo, took all the fall for it. Similarly, when Jonathan was VP, he did not speak or act when his boss, President Musa Yar’Adua was flown abroad for treatment. In fact, when it was confirmed that Yar’Adua had died, Jonathan could not succeed him until Nigerians like Pastor Tunde Bakare put pressure on the cabal. The...