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‘Your loyalty should be to your country, not to Politicians,’ Sanusi tells Civil Servants
‘Your loyalty should be to your country, not to Politicians,’ Sanusi tells Civil Servants
By: Michael Mike
Former Governor of the central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Muhammadu Sanusi II, has asked civil servants to be loyal to the country and not to politicians.
He gave the advice on Wednesday in Abuja at the closing ceremony of the AIG Public Leaders Programme class of 2021.
The event was organised by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation in partnership with Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation and the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
He said that his late father, Aminu Sanusi, as a Permanent Secretary in the Ministtry of Foreign Affairs refused to nominate any worker of the ministry for sack during the military administration of late Head of States Gen. Murtala Muhammed and Olusegun Obasanjo.
“We all hear about how the Nigerian Civil Service was destroyed in the 1970s because of what was a purge and a massive retrenchment of civil servants, under the Murtala/Obasanjo administration, this is something that everybody talks about.
“And we all blame the political leadership. The question is, was the leadership entirely to blame? My father was appointed Permanent Secretary in this ministry in 1975, in the period of those purges. He was given a list 40 ambassadors to retire before they were due for retirement and he refused.
“He was a civil servant he was invited to Dordan Barrack to meet the Head of State and the Chief of Staff and he was told every ministry had contributed names and why was his ministry different?
“He replied that his ministry was not different but that he knows the rules of civil service and none of these people to the best of his knowledge was queried and none of them have gone through the same process and that he has no reason to retire them,” Sanusi said.
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He also said that, when his father was ordered to go back and bring a list, he requested that he will do a list on the condition that his name should be number one on the list.
“No one was retrenched from the ministry and my father was not sacked. If every Permanent Secretary has done that, would there have been a purge?” he said.
At the event, each of the participants awarded a scholarship worth £11,500 by the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation; bring the total to £563,500, to attend the programme delivered in partnership with the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
Speaking at the event, Chairman pf the foundation, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, the foundation’s mission of driving public sector transformation, and the role that partnerships like those with the Blavatnik School of Government and the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation played in actualising that mission.
On her part, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan expressed her pleasure in witnessing the new crop of public sector leaders being developed through the AIG Public Leaders Programme.
‘Your loyalty should be to your country, not to Politicians,’ Sanusi tells Civil Servants
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Investments in circular economy have the potential to increase forex earnings- NESREA DG
Investments in circular economy have the potential to increase forex earnings- NESREA DG
By: Michael Mike
The Director General of National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Prof. Innocent Barikor has affirmed that investments in the circular economy value chain have the potential to increase the country’s foreign exchange earnings.
Barikor made this statement recently during a meeting with the management of a plastic packaging recycling (rPET) company, Sonnex in Lagos.
He assured the team that the Nigerian government prioritizes circular economy, noting that the draft National Environmental (Plastic Waste Control) Regulations soon to be gazetted is one of the efforts to strengthen the legal framework for circular economy implementation in Nigeria.
He said: “Circular Economy falls under the Presidential priorities for the Federal Ministry of Environment, and the Minister is very keen on the success. Apart from tackling the problem of waste, green jobs have been created .
“The pellets and flakes you produce and export also generate foreign exchange. The Plastic Waste Control Regulations are awaiting official gazette and once gazetted, we would have connected the dots of the framework to implement circular economy in the plastic sector. We are deeply committed to ensuring the success of Circular Economy.”
Earlier, the Managing Director, Anil Mohinani intimated the NESREA boss on the process for the production of recycled PET bottles (rPET), whilst also highlighting the challenges faced by investors in the sector .
He listed some of the setbacks to include lack of a legal instrument to compel manufacturers in the food and beverage sector to embrace food-grade rPET, unfriendly policies by some foreign companies, and insufficient awareness .
“Europe and America create barriers to protect their international recycling business. There is unfair competition. In some countries such as Kenya, there is encouragement to invest in rPET recycling because there is a regulation in place,” he added.
Investments in circular economy have the potential to increase forex earnings- NESREA DG
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected ISWAP terrorists have killed the chairman of the hunters’ group in Garjang village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday.
The victim, identified as Habu Dala, 53, was abducted from his home by the terrorists, who took him through Mulharam to Forfot villages in Damboa LGA.
Villagers mobilised in search of Dala and later found his corpse bearing gunshot wounds.
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and the hunters’ group visited the scene.
The remains were evacuated to the General Hospital, Damboa, where he was certified dead and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
By: Zagazola Makama
Nine persons sustained machete injuries in a clash between Bassa farmers and Fulani herders in Gomoni Village, Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the fight, which broke out on Aug. 9 at about 3:30 p.m., followed alleged destruction of melon and maize farms belonging to the Bassa community by cattle.
It was gathered that the Nigeria army troops
along with joint team of operatives, and vigilantes were deployed to the scene following a distress call.
Six Bassa and three Fulani victims with varying degrees of machete cuts were taken to Rhema Foundation Hospital, Kwali, for treatment.
Authorities confirmed that the situation had been brought under control and normalcy restored, while investigation was ongoing.
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
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