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Saturday, December 23, 2023
Nigerian student jailed 40 months in UK for terrorism threat.
Tinubu’s wife disburses N25m to 250 Delta senior citizens.
Reps meet minister on palliatives, loans for SMEs.
Reps meet minister on palliatives, loans for SMEs.
The House of Representatives Committee on Small and Medium Enterprises on Friday met with the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Economy, Wale Edun, on key aspects of implementation of the presidential palliatives grants and loans.
The committee’s Chairman, Mansur Soro, who led the team to ascertain the extent of funding and releases so far made to implementing Ministries, Departments and Agencies, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday through his Personal Assistant, Aleeyu Darazo.
The House Committee on SMEs had previously met with other top government officials including the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs Doris Anite; the Accountant-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Medein; as well as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, Charles Odii, in this regard.
The statement read in part, “The 10th House of Representatives under the leadership of Tajudden Abbas places a high premium on SMEs development, hence its decision to create a standing committee on SMEs to ensure effective oversight of the SMEs activities and programs of line MDAs.
“The presidential palliative grants and loans which come in three tranches of N50,000 grants to N1 million nano businesses, N100,000 – N1 million and N75 billion to manufacturers, are due for disbursement anytime soon.”
President Bola Tinubu had in July ordered the implementation of palliatives to cushion the effects of the removal of petrol subsidy across the agriculture, transportation, social safety and SME sectors of the economy.
Abiodun approves Christmas bonus for Ogun workers.
Procurement fraud: Emefiele meets bail conditions, regains freedom.
Friday, December 22, 2023
INEC to conduct rerun, bye-electionsinto NASS, state assemblies Feb 3.
INEC to conduct rerun, bye-electionsinto NASS, state assemblies Feb 3.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Saturday, February 3, 2024, as the date for the conduct of bye-elections and rerun elections into existing vacancies in both the state and National Assembly.
While the bye-elections will be conducted in two senatorial districts, four federal constituencies, and three state constituencies, the rerun election is expected to take place in 35 constituencies across the country.
National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information Voter Education Committee of the Commission, Sam Olumekun, said in a statement that details of the timetable have been uploaded and are currently available on the commission’s website.
The statement reads: “The Commission has approved the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for conducting bye-elections resulting from the resignation or demise of Members of the National and State Houses of Assembly.
“These vacancies were declared by the Presiding Officers i.e. the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Speakers of State Houses of Assembly.
“The vacancies occurred across two Senatorial Districts, four Federal Constituencies, and three State Constituencies spanning nine States of the Federation.
“Furthermore, the Commission is conducting re-run elections stemming from the 2023 General Election, as directed by various Election Petition Appeal Tribunals.
“Currently, 35 Constituencies are affected by these Court-ordered elections. While three cover entire constituencies, others involve only a few Polling Units.
“Both categories of elections are scheduled to take place simultaneously in all affected constituencies on Saturday 3rd February 2024.
“The Timetable for the elections, along with detailed delimitation data (i.e. registration areas, polling unit names, the number of registered voters and PVCs collected), has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms as a guide to political parties and candidates, and for public information.
“We urge parties and candidates to strictly adhere to the specified timelines for the seamless conduct of these elections.”
According to the timetable seen by The Nation, political parties are expected to conduct party primaries and produce candidates for the bye-elections between January 5 and 9.
The parties are expected to submit the list of their candidates to the commission between January 10 and 13, while the final list of candidates will be published on January 117, with campaigns starting January 18.