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SERAP Partners Bureau On Transparency, Accountability In Public Service

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Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dasuki Arabi, has pledged government’s support to collaborate with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in enhancing accountability and transparency in government.
Arabi made the pledge when he received a delegation from Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) led by its Deputy Director, Mr Kolawole Oludare, in Abuja, at the weekend.
Arabi stated that the BPSR had set a foundation for good working relationship between government, state actors and non-state actors, unlike the belief that government did not open its doors to CSOs.
“Our mandate says we must provide information on government activities.
“We must work with the civil society groups and ensure that they have been given that right place that they deserve to ensure compliance with rules, regulations and guidance.
“This is how we should manage the human resources we have and the financial resources that have been entrusted onto us as government workers.
“We have worked with several civil society groups on a number of initiatives, which were created in our attempts to improve transparency, stop corruption and make sure that there is no space for it to happen”, he said.
Arabi assured SERAP of government’s support and commitment to tackle irregularities and further strengthen its Open Government Partnership (OGP).
“We are assuring you that this relationship will lead to better things in the sight of the citizens of this country to enhance the quality of life”, the BPSR boss said.

Earlier, SERAP’s Deputy Director, Oludare, had told the BPSR Director-General that the group was seeking partnership with the Bureau to promote and build the culture of transparency and accountability in public service.

Oludare said that the initiative was informed by the recent announcement of corruption in the service by the Auditor-General of the Federation.

“Our request is to ensure that members and officers of public institutions are aware of the roles they need to play to ensure that those things have been reported by the Auditor-General should not be that way.

“It is called corrective or preventive measures; the figures that the Auditor-General throws out every year that could not be accounted for.

“So we are here to engage this very important institution who has that oversight over all officers of public institutions in Nigeria”, SERAP said.

Oludare said that SERAP was not just critical as people think but it also proffered solutions to ensure that Nigeria was better for everyone.

He also said that SERAP was seeking partnership with BPSR to ensure that public officers understand the statutory law to drive the transparency and accountability.

 

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Council Boss Impeached 48 Hours To LG Polls In Katsina

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The Chairman of Malumfashi Local Government Council of Katsina State, Maharazu Dayi, has been impeached.
Maharazu Dayi was impeached yesterday by 11 out of 12 councillors, barely two days before the local government elections in the State.
The councillors reportedly took action following allegations of misconduct and poor governance against the chairman after a dispute over the distribution of the council’s Paris Club funds.
The development has sent shock waves across the local government area, especially as the impeached chairman is among those who failed to secure the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the forthcoming election.

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Association Tasks Fubara On Rumuwoji Market Phase Three

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The Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association,  Mile 1, Port Harcourt, has urged the state government to utilise the available spaces within the area to build phase 3 of the Rumuwoji Market in order to solve the ever increasing needs of traders.
The association, which said this at a media briefing in Port Harcourt, also described as a welcomed development the decision by the state Governor to open the phase 2 of the market for business.
According to the association, “We consider it as an answer to the various cries of the people, because he is a man on a mission who is out to place the interest of Rivers people first. It is a dream come true for the first time for the market to be dully allocated and open for business”
Chairman of the association, Hon Godspower Wobo, who briefed the press shortly after a meeting of the association in Port Harcourt, also urged the public to disregard the activities of some persons whose stock in trade is to cause disaffection in the market.
He said the attention of the association was drawn to the activities of some strange fellows who went about misforming the people about situation in the market, stressing that apart from his association, no other group exists in the market except subdiary unions.
Wobo  also tasked the reallocation committee to tread with caution so as to avoid being deceived by any group.
According to him, time has come for the state government to engage in robust discussion with aggrieved shop owners who went to court and those who paid monies to the state coffers and issued with allocation certificates for the overall interest of peace.
He also advised the public to deal directly with his association, stressing that the meeting was to review activities for the last year as well as unveil their new Constitution.
Also speaking, former Chairman of the association, Deacon Kenneth Eze urged the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara to open the phase 2 of the market, as it is long overdue.
Eze who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the association also urged the public to do business with only the Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association as it is the only union recognised by the traders.

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AfDB President Denies 2027 Presidential Ambition

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The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has debunked reports linking him with the race for Nigeria’s presidency in 2027.
Reacting to the report on his X handle yesterday, following a recent interview with Arise TV, the AfDB boss said his quotes were misrepresented and misinterpreted in several Nigerian media reports.
However, the AfDB president denied the media reports, stating that he never said that he wanted to contest for President.
“A segment of my recent interview on @Arise TV has been both misinterpreted and misrepresented in several Nigerian media outlets. What I said was, “I will be available to serve in any capacity, globally, in Africa, anywhere, including my own country.”
“A listen to the substantive and robust interview, which is available online, will show this to be the case. For clarity and for the record, I did not say that I am running for the office of President of Nigeria,” Adesina said.

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