Atiku Abubakar told the Economic Confidential that "as diverse as we are, we have the capacity to come together in less than 12 hours. In 2003 convention, it was within few hours that we decided that let us give it to this man within 12 hours, even at the convention ground states were calling to ask; should we still vote for this man or that man?So do not underestimate the capacity of the north to come together within 12 hours..."
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Hacker attacks National Assembly Website
As Nigerians enjoy a public holiday to celebrate Islamic festival of Eid-Fitr a hacker has defaced the official website of the National Assembly, the bicameral legislature and the highest elective law-making body in Nigeria. The Economic Confidential, an online economic magazine discovered that some pages of the website were defaced by a user named 'Navid Karimi' without giving his true identity and reasons for the attack.
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Hajia Yabawa Wabi: A Female Accountant for FAAC
Apart from having distinctions in WAEC and Upper Credit in Bsc Accounting, another interesting story of this new Finance Minister of State, Hajia Yabawa Wabi is that her sisters are wives to governors, minister, while her brothers are federal legislators.A female chartered accountant from the Northern Nigeria, she is a housewife and working mother.
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Federation Account: How They Share N607bn in July 2010
The Economic Confidential magazine provides here the distribution of a total sum of N607 billion being the Statutory and VAT allocations shared to all tiers of government in July 2010. From the table of net disbursements, the highest recipients are from the oil producing states with Akwa Ibom receiving N17.4bn, Rivers N15.7bn, Delta N9.6bn, Bayelsa N5.5b. The highest recipients from non-oil –producing states are Lagos N12.5n and Kano N9.4bn.
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Still on Reforming the Public Service
Unlike in the private sector where merit is the keyword for promotion, in the public service, it takes some hardworking staff many years to be considered. It seems without the death or termination of appointment of workers, vacancies for elevation may be elusive because the senior and aging civil servants consistently update their ages backwards to remain in the service by refreshing their birth documents and dyeing their hair. The attitudes of those true "Senior Servants" delay others' promotions and deny fresh recruitments.
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Goodbye to 'UP NEPA!'
"Up NEPA!" is the shout of joy which rends the air as soon as electricity supply is restored to our homes after power blackout. This kind of shouts are not heard in advanced countries or even smaller developing countries like Benin Republic and Ghana because they have steady supply of electricity, this explains why some of our indigenous companies and industries have relocated to Ghana and Benin Republic.
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Still on Universal Banking System
The decision of the apex bank to shut down the operation of the subsidiaries of some of the nation's deposit money banks has continued to cultivate fear not only in the mind of the banks' stockholders, but also the employees of the various subsidiaries. The action is seen as a measure to attain specialized and sound banking culture among the banks in Nigeria.
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Nigeria @50: A Quest for Economic Independence
The attainment of economic independence is a key marker of the contemporary transition for any nation into adulthood. It is fascinating to know that Nigeria is celebrating her 50th political independence anniversary amidst the illusion of economic growth and uncertainties as to the country's preparedness to truly gain an economic independence in the nearest future.
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Reassessing Impacts of MDGs in Nigeria
A Global Partnership for Development was adopted by 189 nations, signed by 147 heads of state and governments during the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000. Bill Gates has called them "the best idea for focusing the world on fighting global poverty that [he has] ever seen." The signing of the partnership was the beginning of the process towards the establishment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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National Cyber Security Summit in Tinapa
National Cybersecurity Summit for National Defense & Law Enforcement will take place in Tinapa Business Resort on 27-29th October, 2010. The Theme: "Harmonizing Strategies against National Vulnerability and Cybercrime: -A Strategic Stride towards achieving Vision 202020"
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