The President, General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd.), has said that the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission will be recomposed and inaugurated after the forensic audit of the organization, according to a State House statement on Thursday.
“The President has also directed that the Interim Management Team of the NDDC shall be in place till the forensic is completed and that the supervision of the Commission shall remain under the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs”, the statement signed by Buhari’s media aide, Mr. Femi Adesina,
said.
Stanbic IBTC gets CIPM’s recognition
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, has received recognition at the HR Best Practice Awards organized by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management in Lagos.
A statement said the financial institution emerged as the winner of the ‘Most Strategic Human Resources’ Award; and the ‘Best Diversity and Inclusion’ Award.
It stated that this followed its noticeable efforts at implementing notable HR practices and being unbiased in its approach to personnel management in the banking sector and in the country at large.
Stanbic IBTC prides itself on giving all employees a fair playing ground, without discriminating against their color, gender, race, and ethnicity, the statement said.
A former Chairman/Managing Director of Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc, Mr. Olu Onakoya, who was a special guest of honor at the event, emphasized the evolution that had taken place in HR practices in the modern age.
Lawan heads 10-member APC reconciliation panel
To resolve the lingering crisis in the All Progressives Congress, the party has raised a 10-member National Reconciliation Committee headed by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.
The National Executive Committee of the ruling party at its November 22 meeting had resolved to raise the committee.
The NEC had empowered the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to constitute the committee.
A statement by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, on Wednesday, said it was raised after due consultations with the party’s stakeholders.
The statement said, “After due consultations, the APC has appointed a high-level 10-member National Reconciliation Committee chaired by the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan.
“This is in line with the November 22, 2019 resolution of the party’s NEC.”
The First (Interim) APC National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, would serve as the Vice-Chairman.
Other members of the committee are Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase; Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura; Senator Kashim Shettima; Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor; Alhaji Nasiru Aliko Koki; Senator Khairat Gwadabe-Abdulrazak; Senator Binta Garba and Senator John Enoh (Secretary).
“The committee is empowered to address grievances of party members and resolve existing conflicts, all with a view to fostering unity and oneness within the party.
“The committee members will be informed of the date for the inauguration,” the statement added.
He stated, “Like water under the bridge are days when the HR profession was only saddled with the responsibility of hiring and firing employees. The contemporary HR oversees all things related to managing an organization’s most important asset — its human capital.
“It ensures that they are nurtured and supported through the creation and management of programs, policies, and procedures. Today’s HR is also responsible for fostering a positive work environment through effective employee-employer relations, engagement, and education.”
Kwara reduces ministries to 16
The Kwara State Government has pruned the ministries in the state to 16, from the 19 it inherited from the past administration.
The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Harriet Afolabi-Oshatimehin, told a news briefing on Wednesday that the state executive council ratified the merger of some ministries and the creation of one other at its maiden meeting held just before the budget presentation by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
Afolabi-Oshatimehin, who was joined at the briefing by two other commissioners – Dr. Raji Razaq (Health) and Mrs. Sa’adatu Modibbo-Kawu, (Tertiary Education) – said the measure was to cut cost and strengthen efficiency in service delivery to the people.
“Today, December 18, 2019, the inaugural council meeting of the state executive council took place. Council deliberated on the proposed 2020 appropriation bill. It was adopted for His Excellency’s presentation at the Kwara State House of Assembly.
The second thing that was deliberated upon was the restructuring (merger) of some ministries and the creation of a new ministry,” Afolabi-Oshatimehin told reporters.
She said the old Ministry of Culture and Tourism had been collapsed into the Ministry of Information and Communications to form a wholesome Ministry of Communications, while the Ministry of Industry and Solid Mineral and Commerce and Cooperative had been merged to become Ministry of Enterprise.
The old Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and Ministry of Finance are now Ministry of Finance and Planning, while the former Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has been collapsed into the Ministry of Works and Transport, she added.
Afolabi-Oshatimehin said the council also ratified the creation of the new Ministry of Special Duties.
The old Ministry of Environment and Forestry is now known simply as the Ministry of Environment, while the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development is now to be known as the Ministry of Social Development.
She commended the governor for walking his talk on women's inclusion in governance.
She said the ministries of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Justice, Energy, Water Resources, Education and Human Capital Development, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sports and Youths Development, Health, and Tertiary Education remain as they were before the new administration.
“What we are trying to do here is to ensure efficient service delivery and judicious allocation of resources to ensure that at the end of the day, we are able to improve the welfare of Kwarans.
Now, how do we go about this? Council agreed on the need to cut costs because a lot has to be done with limited resources,” she said.
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