Author: Abdulganeey Abiola Adeyemi

…queries N240m allocation for Grassroots Devt. projects Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) has called on the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi, to make public, details of the Assembly’s 2021 budget. The non-governmental organisation made this call via a statement issued in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Wednesday by its Executive Director, Mr Abideen Olasupo, saying it’s imperative, in the spirit of openness and accountability, for the legislative arm of government to make its annual budget open for public scrutiny. Olasupo disclosed that failure of the previous and current assemblies to publish…

Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) has requested the Kwara State Government to provide clarifications on some line items in its proposed 2021 Budget, which was presented last month before the State House of Assembly by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Mr Abideen Olasupo, the organisation appreciated the State government for addressing some of its observations last year, requesting the government to, in the spirit of transparency and accountability, make clarifications on some line items in the proposed 2021 Appropriation Bill. The organization called on the State government to justify the N400million it earmarked…

Iran has requested for the arrest of United States President Donald Trump through Interpol. It was the second Iranian request for an international arrest warrant for Trump and dozens of US officials in the Pentagon and US Central Command, among other organisations. Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili announced during a press conference on Tuesday that Iran has requested the international police organisation to arrest Trump and 47 other American officials identified as playing a role in the assassination of top general Qassem Soleimani last year. The Iranian top general led the foreign operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,…

…call for identification of ghost workers The idea of bringing government closer to the people and giving individuals an established platform to contribute meaningfully in the issue of politics and governance that affect their respective local areas without necessarily seeking national interference is historical in Nigeria. According to the 1963 Republican constitution, local government councils were established through an act called ‘Instrument to deal with specific matters’ like corporate bodies to address various issues solely to make the people at the grassroots level enjoy the dividend of good governance. Local Government Council has been crucial to our national democracy as…