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Recognising Indices of Development
Physiologically, there are diversities of humanistic concept of development in a given society. Human development in a wider scope would be extended to human capital growth and conscientisation of an individual beyond the ethnographic norms of socio-economic, political, cultural and welfare development.
In a book “An Introduction to Educational Journalism” Dr. Bright Amirize, an educationist, philosopher, anthropologist and author from humanistic perspective described human development “as a process of recognizing and identifying areas of felt-needs and deficiencies in the individual, community or nation and the ability to address, and correct them effectively.” The author further asserts that development is not· confined to upward mobility of individuals and the improvement of the standard of living of the masses p.31.
Human development is not the provision of social amenities, either by the government or the multinational oil companies operating in an area, neither the organisations of the Community Development Committee (alias CDCs) and or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) per se.
Take for instance, when some social amenities such as potable drinking water, road networks, health facilities, educational institutions, libraries and so on are provided for the rural communities, the minds of the people are buoyed up in ignorance as if much has been provided for them.
In fact, a good percentage of developmental ventures have been carted away by these agencies without challenges. The reason behind these ugly situation is because a lot of people are wallowing in abject poverty and ignorance as a result of mass illiteracy that has led to low mental, physical and moral development, hence the rise of restiveness, notable amongst the society.
Ironically, even those social amenities so provided for the sustainability of the community, if not properly taken care of by the developed minds, could be destroyed over a mild misunderstanding or rivalries within the rank and file of leadership and contending factors. Obviously, the destruction of the infrastructural facilities may not have any bearing with the dispute, but because of undeveloped and unregenerated conscience of the individual. However, a lot of educational opportunities were made available for the individual to enroll and enlightened, but they would rather choose labour transaction in order to make quick economic gains thereby bemoaning the intellectual development required.
Of course, gone are the days when literacy could be found only in the domain of the wealthy in the society. Education has been so simplified even up to adult education as a long-life programme according to the popular adage “that the sky is the limit for attainment of literary education.” Because of the importance of education, the Federal Government has been been propagating the War Against Mass illiteracy that has ravaged the economy for decades and has equally poised for the eradication of illiteracy come 2015 based on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Truly, human development would primarily mirror on the intellectuality and socio-political awareness for the enlightenment and total emancipation of mankind from the shackles of ignorance, shame, inferiority complex, social retardation, and ethnographic and racial or regional discrimination. Evidently, there are a lot of setbacks in the society because of narrow mindedness and underdevelopment of the psychological, socio-economic, political, cultural and moral attitudinal approaches to issues that border in the existence of human environment.
In the light of these, and in order to enhance adequate and appropriate socio-economic and political standard of development in a given society, the need for human capital development in all ramifications cannot be over emphasised.
Really, when the human psychological, physiological, sociological, moral and mental developments are harnessed, it would definitely boost the economy of the society due to the right understanding, awareness and self actualisation realised which would equally enhance effective change of approach to issues of life. Therefore, adequate economic growth cannot be achieved in the absence of non-development of the individual mind.
G. N. Ominyanwa
The Nigeria Immigration Service has officially ended passport production at multiple centres, transitioning to a single, centralised system for the first time in 62 years.
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this yesterday while inspecting Nigeria’s new Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS Headquarters in Abuja.
He stated that since the establishment of NIS in 1963, Nigeria had never operated a central passport production centre, until now, marking a major reform milestone.
“The project is 100 per cent ready. Nigeria can now be more productive and efficient in delivering passport services,” Tunji-Ojo said.
He explained that old machines could only produce 250 to 300 passports daily, but the new system had a capacity of 4,500 to 5,000 passports every day.
“With this, NIS can now meet daily demands within just four to five hours of operation,” he added, describing it as a game-changer for passport processing in Nigeria.
“We promised two-week delivery, and we’re now pushing for one week.
“Automation and optimisation are crucial for keeping this promise to Nigerians,” the minister said.
He noted that centralisation, in line with global standards, would improve uniformity and enhance the overall integrity of Nigerian travel documents worldwide.
Tunji-Ojo described the development as a step toward bringing services closer to Nigerians while driving a culture of efficiency and total passport system reform.
He said the centralised production system aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s reform agenda, boosting NIS capacity and changing the narrative for better service delivery.
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N2.225 trillion as federation revenue for the month of August 2025, the highest ever allocation to the three tiers of government and other statutory recipients.
This marks the second consecutive month that FAAC disbursements have crossed the N2 trillion mark.
The revenue, shared at the August 2025 FAAC meeting in Abuja, was buoyed by increases in oil and gas royalty, value-added tax (VAT), and common external tariff (CET) levies, according to a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting.
Out of the N2.225 trillion total distributable revenue, FAAC said N1,478.593 trillion came from statutory revenue, N672.903 billion from VAT, N32.338 billion from the Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), and N41.284 billion from Exchange Difference.
The communiqué revealed that gross federation revenue for the month stood at N3.635 trillion. From this amount, N124.839 billion was deducted as cost of collection, while N1,285.845 trillion was set aside for transfers, interventions, refunds, and savings.
From the statutory revenue of N1.478 trillion, the Federal Government received N684.462 billion, State Governments received N347.168 billion, and Local Government Councils received N267.652 billion. A further N179.311 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) went to oil-producing states as derivation revenue.
From the distributable VAT revenue of N672.903 billion, the Federal Government received N100.935 billion, the states received N336.452 billion, while the local governments got N235.516 billion.
Of the N32.338 billion shared from EMTL, the Federal Government received N4.851 billion, the States received N16.169 billion, and the Local Governments received N11.318 billion.
From the N41.284 billion exchange difference, the Federal Government received N19.799 billion, the states received N10.042 billion, and the local governments received N7.742 billion, while N3.701 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the oil-producing states as derivation.
The Governing Council of Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, has decried the inadequate power supply and poor state of infrastructural facilities and equipment at the institution.
The Council also appealed to the government, including Non-Governmental Organisations, agencies, as well as well-meaning Rivers people to intervene to restore and sustain the laudable gesture, dreams and aspirations of the founding fathers of the polytechnic.
The Chairman of the newly inaugurated Council, Professor Friday B. Sigalo, made this appeal during a tour of facilities at the Polytechnic, recently.
Accompanied by members of the team, Prof Sigalo emphasised the position of technology, technical and vocational education in sustainable development.
He noted that with the prospects on ground, and the programmes and activities undertaken in the polytechnic, there is no doubt that the institution would add values to the educational system in our society and foster the desired development, if the existing challenges are jointly tackled.
This was contained in a statement signed by Deputy Registrar, Public Relations, Kenpoly, Innocent Ogbonda-Nwanwu, and made available to The Tide in Port Harcourt.
The chairman who restated the intention of his team of technocrats to ensure that KenPoly enjoys desirable face-lift, said the Council would deliver on its core mandates, accordingly.
Earlier, the Rector, KenPoly Engr. Dr. Ledum S. Gwarah, commended the appointment of Professor Friday B. Sigalo as Chairman of the KenPoly Governing Council.
He described him and his team as seasoned technocrats and expressed confidence in their ability to succeed.
The Rector pledged the management’s support to the Council to ensure that KenPoly resumes its rightful place in the comity of polytechnics in the country.
Facilities visited by the Governing Council include KenPoly workshops, laboratories, skills acquisition centre, library, hostels and medical centre.
Chinedu Wosu
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