Is it easy to condescend low to marry a man you are higher than, academically, financially, etc? It takes only a humble woman to do that.

FG sacks NAFDAC, NDLEA, others from seaports


……disbands Customs taskforce

As part of efforts to make the seaports efficient, cheaper and more userfriendly, the Federal Government has announced the sack of some government agencies comprising of National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and Standards Organisation of Nigeria from the nation’s seaports.

Also affected in the shake-up, which reduced government agencies operating at the seaports from 14 to about six are Directorate of Naval Intelligence, Nigerian Plant Quarantine Services, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency and the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, among others.
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Director General, Dr. Paul B. Orhii
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This development puts paid to series of protests, accusations and counter accusations by most port users and other stakeholders for more than a decade, as they believe that these agencies, apart from helping to increase cost of operation, also constitute a major threat to the realisation of efficiency and timely release of cargo.

Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who paid an unscheduled visit to the ports in Lagos on Monday in company of Minister of Transport, Mallam Idris Umar, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Maritime Services, Mr. Leke Oyewole and some members of the Economic Management Team announced the sack of these agencies.

The minister, who addressed newsmen after inspection of the ports said; I am with a simple message from Mr. President and that message is that it is time for our seaports to start working and they must start working for honest and hardworking Nigerians not for those who are working to make things more complicated, make money out of our ports and make things more difficult for honest business person man or woman in this country.

“We must make our ports work for Nigerians who want to create jobs, that is really what Mr. President wants us to do and our being here today is a demonstration that we need to act and that this is no longer time for talking. We know that without an efficient port system, there would be high cost in the economy and so what we are doing now is to reduce those costs so that our business people would have the wherewithal to create more jobs’, the Minister insisted.

She noted that apart from the statutory agencies like the Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, government agencies allowed to operate in the ports are Nigeria Customs Service, State Security Service, Police and Port Health, bringing a total of six as against the former 13.

The minister had also announced the scrapping of the controversial Comptroller General of Customs taskforce, which had been accused of extortion and corruption. According to her, the objective of these fresh reforms is to reduce the time spent in clearing goods from about four weeks to one week or less as is the case in some sister African seaports.

She also disclosed that the reform was aimed at checking the increasing cases of extortion and corruption by dismantling all the unnecessary check-points in the process of cargo clearance and also reduce the cost of doing business at the seaports, make them as efficient as possible.

She had also disclosed that the second phase of the reform was to improve on the infrastructure, as she introduced 24-hour operation for the seven days of the week at the seaports thereby abolishing the former system whereby the seaports open at 8am and close 5pm.

Meanwhile, Chief Boniface Aniebonam, founder of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, who reacted to the sack of the agencies; said that that had been long over due. Another freight forwarder, Mr. John Ofobike, chairman of the Apapa chapter of the Association of Government Approved Licensed Customs Agents while reacting to the development commended the government for taking the bull by the horn.


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He explained that currently another 44 roads that will provide 77 kilometres of new roads are under construction and would be concluded within the next six months. [This equals to1.75 kilometer]

Governor Fashola also said in addition to this, another 60 new roads that would add 129 kilometres are under construction and would be completed beyond the six months timeline. [This equals to2.15 kilometers]

It is a pity that even the youths lack understanding and are deceived.

why should a person cry because he was removed 4rm a public office he did not context for. it goes 2 show that he has an ulterior motive. this is a true set of mind of an average Nigerian, stay put in power, steal money and die in power. Youths, even though there is no role model 2 follow, lets change our mind sets and think of how 2 better our course.

tnx.

pls i lke what u re doing and am interested in a masters programme in engineering economics there. pls, link me up 2ru ekwealiridam@yahoo.com

u will soon die and burn 2 ashes. idiot.

i think this american problem is a global problem. however, its another an opportunity for countries like nigeria to know the real meaning of economic diversification and work to actualise that. i think we can make it if we want.

baba, 1gbosa 4 u. i pray that God should give u the strenght 2 continue and u achieve all that u wish urself.
am sure u will not write GSE 2 get a job. hahaha,

other men and women, learn 4rm baba and his family.

even though there was a misplacement of priority by Ndi-Okereke onyiuke, i think that is not the work of Farida Waziri and EFCC to determine what she does with the fund she has raised, not stolen public fund. for those who have an idea of what Yar 'Adua is doing, i hope its not another "ARABA" of 1953, if it is, i think my Igbo brothers and the miltants of Niger Delta are realy sure that their freedom is at hand. however, am a Nigerian, and believes i the project Nigeria.

Ndi-Okereke, my sister, face the dwindling Nigerian Stock market, Farida Waziri, Nigeria has so many public rubbers from the North, name them, IBB, Abacaha and his family, Mustapha and co, Abubakar and our ex-governors all over the country, if you do not get these people and prosecute, Nigerian youths will still be seeing stealing of public funds as a norm and it will continue.

up my country Nigeria. it is our time to shine and no man, or country can take the llight away from us. Nigeria 2, Argentina 0.

i am an optimist and beleive firmly in the project Nigeria. atleast, Siasia's team shows that so many Nigerians are patriotic and do not accept bribe , and therefore do things the way they are suppose to be done. we will win again.

shame on those pple that will never c anything gud in Nigeria, we will be world power 1 day.

I GOT ADMISSION IN THE ABOVE SCHOOL TO STUDY ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT IN THE MASTERS LEVEL. I HAVE BEEN SENT UNCONDITIONAL LETTER OF ADMISSION AND OTHER ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS, AND I AM YET TO APPLY FOR VISA.

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YOUR URGENT REPLIES AND SUGGESTIONS ARE NEEDED.

THANKS

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THANKS.

if Nigeria must be good and leaders become role models to the younger generations, every past leader's antecedents should be probed, both his acquisitions illegally and his economics of affections using tax payers monies. No Person here has the right to condemn or set Ribadu free for all these accusations against him until he has been tried by a court of competent jurisdiction. we all know how hard he tried to terrorize the Atikus, the Uzoh Kalus , the Dariyes , the Alamesies, while allowing the Olobode Georges, the Odilis, the Imokes etc to move about freely as if they are saints.  Ribadu, please go and present yourself to the securities looking for you and clear yourself from any complicity or corruption charges.

This shows us that whatever we are doing somebody somewhere is taking note of it and ultimately God is watching all and can somebody to reveal our sins. infact, every past leader should be probed, our youths have suffered a lot. coming out of the university without jobs,go to NYSC and see how they are manipulating the posting of rich men"s children, go to government ministries and parastatals, oil companies and see the kind of evil done there to perpetrate the poor men's children to everlasting poverty.

I warn nairalnders, do not defend any of those people, massive promotion giving to Ribadu without due consideration to the constitution and police service act is fraud, how many armed robbers has killed since he became a police. if until now he has discovered no Sin against this country by IBB and the Abach's, it means he does not have a reason of remaining there and must be probed.

Let me stop here for now.