IN the face of various pension reforms, likethe Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), National Provident Fund, and more recently, Pension Reform Act 2004, pensioner s have had to live in misery because pension funds have consistently been diverted to private pockets. With the matter constituting an embarrassment to the country, not a few want an end to the hardship retirees go through in order to get their pension. CHARLES KUMOLU writes.
‘Toyin Ajao (33) has her first degree in Management and Accounting from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria. She was a Peace and Security (women) fellow of African Leadership Centre and King’s College London (2009/2010).
WHAT an irony! That we live in a city that is surrounded by water yet we find it extremely difficult to get potable water for drinking and other domestic uses”, exclaimed Pastor Chinonye Uzoma who resides at Amukoko, a sprawling slum in the Ifelodun Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos State.
Maxwell Ogaga is actively involved in youth development activities both within and outside the country. He has impacted positively a lot of young people in Africa and he is passionate about sustainable visionary leadership in Africa. He serves as a mentor, facilitator and chair of several youth projects and programmes in Nigeria and globally. This 28 years old change agent interacts with Saturday Youthful Vibes. Excerpts.
MALLAM Sani Abu (not real names) who hails from the northern part of the country, arrived Lagos two years ago in search of a means of livelihood. After a fruitless search which lasted over six months, Abu got a job with one of the PSP refuse collectors engaged by the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA.
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow-Orison Swett Marden
WITH the controversy over a more acceptable revenue sharing formula causing a ‘war’ of words, CHARLES KUMOLU asks if adoption of fiscal federalism for the federating states, among other measures, can address this unfolding conflict.
Nigeria is undoubtedly endowed with great natural and human resources. Interacting with 23 years old Chika Uwazie, a Human Resource Professional with experience in recruiting, human capital management and organizational development leaves you with a strong impression that she is indeed an asset.
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The recent Federal Government policy, which phased out the use of the analogue metering system in the country’s power sector, was widely acclaimed by most citizens, particularly electricity consumers, as very apt.
IF the refusal of entry into South Africa of 125 Nigerians, including a senator, aboard an Arik Air flight on account of alleged fake yellow fever vaccination card was meant to be a routine immigration action, unfolding events in the last one week have clearly proven otherwise.
THE rustic community of Ihiala in Anambra State recently was the destination of several dignitaries who came to grace the occasion of the dedication of a Catholic Church built by a son of the soil, Dr. Obinna Chukwudum Uzoh, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Gocuz Group of Companies, an indigenous outfit that deals on engineering, rural electrification, construction, building of power sub stations and oil services. Gocuz also has a subsidiary that deals on Finance, Agriculture and Legal Services.
