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Lawmaker Presents Statistical Data Bill To RSHA
The Rivers State statistics bill 2010 sponsored by the Chief Whip of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Isaac Kamalu, has been presented to the House.
Hon. Kamalu during the presentation stressed that in order to keep adequate data in the state, a statistical system should be introduced to enable ministries and government parastatals check the cause of unreliable statistical duplication of data in the state.
The Chief Whip also noted that the passage of the bill would raise public awareness about the importance and role of statistical information to society, as well as promote the use of best practices and international standards in statistical production.
He explained that the success and failure in the administration of every state in the country lay in the management of information, asserting that any weakness in data collection and collation would affect the activities of government at all levels.
Hon. Kamalu thanked the Speaker and his colleagues for the privilege given to him to present the bill.
Also speaking, the House Committee chairman on Agencies and Commission, Hon. Onari Brown, member representing Akuku-Toru constituency 1, in his submission expressed satisfaction with the presentation of the bill.
He emphasised that ghost-workers, fake data by individuals and companies operating in the state are numerous, adding that this bill would help to reduce the proliferation of such in the state.
The Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Dumnamene Deekor who presided over the proceedings of the House described the bill as timely and comprehensive because it sought to raise public awareness and information dissemination in a coordinated manner.
Rivers
Perm Sec, NOA Director Task NGOs On Self Reliance, Networking
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs Uchechukwu Uriri, the Rivers State Director of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Barrister Young Ayotamunu and others have called on civil society organisations to improve their capacities with a view to becoming self-reliant.
They made the call at a one-day mutual capacity project for partners in Rivers State organised by Ofure Centre For Peace and Development in conjunction with Odudu Development and Peace Initiative in Port Harcourt.
They said time has come for civil societies to develop capacities for self-reliance in the event of a drought in external fundings.
Speaking with newsmen, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs Uchechukwu Uriri also called for networking among civil society organisations in the State.
She said networking will not only improve their capacities but enable them to attract the necessary fundings for their activities.
“Networking is paramount and giving back to the society is also important.
“We should network collectively for effective civil societies, “she said.
Also speaking, the State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Barrister Young Ayotamunu said financial independent has become important among civil societies review of the present economic realities in the society.
Ayotamunu also commended the organisers for building the capacities of both old and emerging civil society organisations in the State.
“The workshop is very important in several ways and talking about strengthening their capacities in such a way that their activities are sustainable in such a way that there is a future for them, ensuring that they are self-reliant, “he said.
The state NOA Director also said the workshop will instill in them the virtue of building resilience as they are not operating in an independent environment but in a global millieu “in the sense that they are taking about NGOs that are in partnership and there is this issue of donor fatigue.
“So it is important that NGOs begin to look inward, look at issues of self-reliance, issue of autonomy, so that when this funding gap begins to come their activities will still be sustainable”he said.
Also speaking, the Executive Director, Ofuru Centre for Peace and Development, Ambassador Sylvester Okoduwa said the workshop which was organised in conjunction with Odudu Development and Peace Initiative was to develop the capacities of emerging civil society organisations to improve their access to Oxfam Nigeria grant.
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