At noon today, #StateHouseBriefing. Guest is the
Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons @naptipnigeria, Dr. Fatima Waziri-Azi.
DG @naptipnigeria says there are currently more than 20,000 Nigerian women and girls stranded in Mali (victims of human trafficking), that @NigeriaGov is working to rescue and repatriate. #StateHouseBriefing
Nigeria’s ICT & Digital Economy space has consistently been one of the most exciting sectors of the economy, in terms of policy rollout and implementation, government incentives, and public and private investment.
On a policy and legislation level, you have things like the extension of Pioneer Status to e-commerce companies, the N145 per linear meter cap on Highway RoW for fiber optic cabling, the new 5G policy and successful licensing of 5G rollout, and the new Startup Bill in NASS.
There’s also a new Data Protection Bureau, which is expected to develop “primary legislation for data protection and privacy.”
The NIN push has effectively doubled the database, from 41.5 million unique records in June 2020, to 80.7 million in April 2022.
Just In | Channels TV: “The National Judicial Council (NJC), has issued “Policy Directions” on political and election-related cases to heads of courts nationwide.”
DETAILS | "Concerned by multiplicity of litigations of political suits at different Courts of coordinate jurisdiction... resulting in conflicting orders on same issues & facts, the NJC at its 98th Meeting issued Policy Directions to remedy the situation." njc.gov.ng/50/news-details
These Directions seek to:
a. Prevent the multiplicity of litigations at different Courts of coordinate jurisdiction across the nation, resulting in conflicting orders on the same issues and facts;
This is the first Eid homage to the President in 3 years; the last one took place on June 4, 2019. (And then Covid happened). #AsoVillaToday
PMB speaking now at Eid Homage: “There is no denying the fact that Nigeria is facing security challenges, but we are strenuously tackling this monster.” #AsoVillaToday
You’ll never find the President or VP or anyone in @NigeriaGov suggesting APC has made Nigeria perfect, or that country still doesn’t have MANY challenges. What you’ll instead find is strong arguments for how the challenges are being tackled, and what is changing for the better.
Arguments like the following:
Building one of the largest Social Investment programmes in the world, because any country that seeks to truly develop must have a functioning social safety net. Hence efforts like @growthplat_me and @npower_ng etc.
Still on gas, Nigeria building its largest domestic pipeline system ever, the $2.8B, 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline. Will form part of Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP). Primary EPC Contractor is Oilserv Limited, whose Chairman, Emeka Okwuosa is from Anambra State. #Thread
My colleague @AjuriNgelale has produced a fantastic report on the #AKKGasPipeline project. It showed tonight on @channelstv, and you can find on YouTube here:
"When Pres. Buhari came to power in 2015, he made domestic gas infra devpt a cardinal project. This project has been on drawing board since 2008,2009. He made it happen. What this project shows clearly is the dedication of PMB to local content & capacity." vanguardngr.com/2020/07/how-aj…