Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 06/01/2024 - 09:02
Ayo Akinfe
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 05/31/2024 - 20:41
[1] Pass a bill to bring back the 1958 Lancaster House Agreement under which the federating units will control all the resources within their domain, remitting 50% to the centre
[2] Pass a bill compelling our states to meet their own running cost at the very minimum. In 1959 for instance, the Balewa government passed a federal budget of £50m but the Awolowo government in the old Western Region passed a budget of £55m
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Mon, 05/27/2024 - 13:22
Ayo Akinfe
[1] I would set an income tax revenue target of $50bn by 2030
[2] I would forward proposals to the National Assembly introducing a regime whereby no public official will receive more than four times the national minimum wage
[3] I would peg the salaries of the president, governors, senators, ministers, commissioners, members of the House of Representatives, state assembly members, etc to grades in the Nigerian civil service
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 05/26/2024 - 11:12
ZAMFARA State is paying each of the 1,718 pilgrims going on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia this year a sum of $100 to augment their basic travel allowances (BTA) after currency fluctuations eroded the amounts paid them by the federal government's hajj commission.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sun, 05/26/2024 - 10:07
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Unveil a nationwide rail haulage network. You cannot run a modern economy moving all your goods by road. Trailers are also very accident-prone
[2] Peg lending rates for industrial purposes at 5% maximum
[3] Create a special industrial wing of the EFCC to combat corruption in business and industry
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 05/25/2024 - 21:20
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) football officials have announced plans to step up talks with Crystal Palace playmaker Michael Olise in a desperate bid to get him to play for the Super eagles following his omission from France's Euro 2024 squad.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Sat, 05/25/2024 - 20:38
Ayo Akinfe
[1] It is the rainy season in Nigeria again and as ever, we are once more subjected to annual flooding. Can we just put things into perspective, it is not as if we suffer from Monsoon storms or La Niña, it is just that there is no drainage to carry away excess water. Our villages, towns and cities only get something like a 20% increase in water during the rainy season
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 05/24/2024 - 23:11
SUPER Eagles head coach Finidi George has invited 23 players to camp for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Benin Republic taking place next month with the only major shock being the dropping of veteran goalkeeper Francis Uzoho.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 05/24/2024 - 22:19
Ayo Akinfe
[1] Elected officials and the members of their immediate families are barred from going overseas for medical treatment
[2] Exceptions may be made in the cases of rare specialist care. In such cases, affected officials need to write to the National Assembly seeking permission for such trips
[3] Any public official who needs specialist overseas care more than once during a four year tenure must vacate their office
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 05/23/2024 - 18:39
ALHAJI Lamido Sanusi is set to be reinstalled as the emir of Kano after Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf approved his appointment following passing of the Kano State Emirate Council Repeal Bill 2024 which he signed into law this evening.
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