Our nation has long struggled with the problem of fixing the power sector in Nigeria and getting it to work in the optimal interest of all our people – Femi Gbajabiamila

The Speaker of House of Representatives speak on electricity supply.

He said on his twitter handler

”It is becoming increasingly, worrisome that successive governments have been unable to fix the issue of power in our country; with the current state of electricity supply dampening the hopes of landmark industrialization and national development.

”Our nation has long struggled with the problem of fixing the power sector in Nigeria and getting it to work in the optimal interest of all our people. We have not succeeded, despite the best efforts of many.

”The power sector is so integral to our national economic growth, to national security and even to social development, that we cannot ever stop trying to get it right. It is for this reason that the 

@HouseNGR on the 12th of May, 2020 resolved to set up this ad Hoc Committee...

”To undertake a holistic review of the power sector in Nigeria and to recommend legislative action to the House of Representatives," he said.

”In his remarks, the chairman of the ad-hoc Committee and House Leader, Alhassan 

@aadoguwa

He said ”the panel hit the ground running since being inaugurated, and that experts and relevant stakeholders in the sector have been interacted with before the public hearing.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

He added that

“While we appreciate the agency for generating 10,000 MWs, the greatest issue bedevilling the sector after the unbundling of the defunct National Electric Power Authority is the inability to effectively transmit & distribute electricity supply across the country”.

Final year secondary school students in Nigeria won’t participate in the forthcoming West African Examination Council(WAEC) examinations, the Federal Government has declared.

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, also said there is no date for school resumption yet.

Announcing the suspension after Wednesday’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the State House, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said Nigerian schools would not be reopened until the COVID-19 pandemic drastically subsides.

Consequently, he said Nigerian students would not participate in Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) scheduled to commence on August 4.

Adamu said the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) had no right to determine resumption date for schools in Nigeria.

He also said Nigerian students would rather be made to lose an academic year than to be exposed to danger.

NYSC fixes 2019 batch “B” stream II passing-out date

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday said the 2019 batch “B” stream II passing-out event will hold across the country on 16th July 2020.

Also, it said due to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be low-key.

The scheme, in a statement issued and signed by its Director press and public relations, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, in Abuja, said qualified Corps Members would receive their Certificates of National Service (CNS) at the Local Government level.

It further disclosed that distribution of the Certificate of National Service would be staggered for a period of ten days in the first instance, in keeping with the safety measures established by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

 

The statement quoted its NYSC Director-General(DG) Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim to have commended the outgoing Corps Members for their service to the nation, and;”…. for standing out to be counted in this time of national emergency, through the various interventions aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19.”

The NYSC DG charged the Corps Members to remain steadfast in rendering service to the nation and humanity, even after they have concluded their national assignment as that is the hallmark of the Corps.

“Finally, all Corps Members and NYSC stakeholders are advised to stay vigilant, in order to guard against the contraction of COVID-19.

Therefore, all must ensure strict observance of the safety protocols, predicated on consistent use of face masks, proper washing of hands with soap for at least twenty seconds, use of alcohol-based sanitizer, and observing social/physical distancing,” the statement added.

Breaking: Amotekun Commences Recruitment in Ekiti State

The Board of Ekiti State Security Network (AMOTEKUN) announces the commencement of its recruitment exercises with effect from 08-07-2020. According to a press statement from the Amotekun Corps Commander, Brig- General Joe Komolafe Rtd, all eligible Ekiti indigenes from the ages of 18- 60 with the minimum education of Primary School Leaving Certificate should visit the website www.amotekun.ekitistate.gov.ng to download, fill and submit their registration online free of charge. Applicants are also advised to print out their registration form for  record purposes. Registration closes on 28-07-2020