From Abuja where PMB has just signed into law the historic Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022, we move to Lagos, where the VP is commissioning @KCCorp’s new $80m manufacturing facility, in Ikorodu. Host Governor @jidesanwoolu is also here. #InvestNigeria
Governor @jidesanwoolu says he looks forward to inviting PMB to Commission the new massive Rice Mill being completed in Imota, Ikorodu.
He’s now listing all the major road projects being undertaken by @followlasg and @NigeriaGov in Ikorodu.
VP @ProfOsinbajo now speaking: #Nigeria is potentially one of the largest diaper markets in the world. This new @KCCorp Huggies manufacturing plant being commissioned today in Lagos will produce 600 million (Huggies) diapers every year. #InvestNigeria
.@KCCorp says this factory investment is “a show of our commitment to the giant of Africa…” #InvestNigeria
.@IamJimiBenson, House of Reps Member for Ikorodu Constituency, says Ikorodu’s ambition is to be “the Miami of Nigeria.”
It’s a fast-growing urban area, home to a Lighter Terminal, largest power plant in W/Africa (Egbin), a growing industrial area, & new Lagos Uni of Sci & Tech.
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One can safely and boldly assert that no elected Nigerian President has signed into Law as many landmark reform parliamentary Bills as President Muhammadu Buhari has so far done.
A quick list of key ones (by no means is this a list of ALL):
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), 2021, which finally became an Act after almost two decades of false starts. Broken — one of the Greatest Jinxes Ever Liveth!
The Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Act, 1993 (Amendment) Act, 2019, coming almost three decades after the original legislation.
I will try to live-tweet highlights of #StateHouseBriefing, featuring Governor @elrufai this morning. Follow this thread. See previous tweet for livestream link.
A thread about Nigeria’s Conditional Cash Transfer program @HUPcct - one of the programs under the National Social Investment Programme; and whether N5,000 a month (current monthly payment, to 1.6 million Nigerian households) can make a difference in people’s lives or not.
HM @Sadiya_farouq was asked about the N5,000 at #StateHouseBriefing yesterday. A journalist, asking a question, spoke dismissively about the amount - that N5,000 cannot do anything.
Minister’s reply:
“Saying 5,000 cannot make a difference in ppl’s lives is an elitist statement. We know, ‘cos we’ve gone to the field. We’ve seen ppl, when you pay them this @HUPcct 5k, they cry ‘cos they’ve never seen 5k before. It goes a long way, changes their status.”