Clarification on misleading headline by @channelstv on replacing NYSC Khakis with Adire. The media have a duty to inform and not deliberately confuse the population
My attention has been drawn to some media reports following my brief appearance earlier this morning on Channels TV regarding the ongoing reforms of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), particularly on the issue of the proposed uniform.
For the avoidance of doubt, yes, I mentioned Adire during the discussion. I also mentioned Ankara. My intention was simply to cite examples of some of the proposals that have been put forward in the course of our consultations. It was not an announcement that any particular fabric has been adopted or approved to replace the current NYSC uniform.
For the record, what we are considering are different options that tick all the right boxes in terms of professional outlook, a unique national identity, durability, functionality, cost-effectiveness, and the projection of national pride. No final decision has been taken on the fabric or design.
As with every aspect of the ongoing NYSC reforms, any eventual decision will be guided by extensive stakeholder engagement and what best serves the interests of the Scheme and the nation.
I respectfully urge Nigerians to continue to engage with the ongoing NYSC reform conversation based on its broader objectives and the immense benefits it holds for our young people and our country. The reforms are designed to make the Scheme more relevant to today's realities by improving employability, promoting entrepreneurship, strengthening national integration, enhancing service delivery, and creating a smoother transition from education to productive careers.
While conversations around the uniform are understandable, they should not overshadow the far-reaching reforms aimed at empowering millions of Nigerian youths and positioning the NYSC as a stronger platform for national development.
I appreciate the constructive feedback and assure Nigerians that every proposal will continue to be carefully considered in the best interest of the nation.
Perhaps, but still indicative of administrative complacency. An indictment. It would make any enlightened mind question, procedurally and administratively, the vetting and auditing protocol of this administration.
This response is one of the best I have seen, because it refuses to be distracted by politics, scandal or the sensational.
It focuses not on individual criminality but on the institutional failure that has corrupted the budgeting process.
An appropriation item does not magically appear in a nationโs budget. It travels from an MDAโs submission, through the Budget Officeโs review, into the Executive proposal, across the floor of the National Assembly, and onto the Presidentโs desk for assent. Every stop is supposed to be a checkpoint. In this instance, every checkpoint appears to have failed.
The State House statement identifies none of these as the point of original failure. It does not say whether the line appeared in the Executive proposal, was inserted during legislative review, survived reconciliation, or was smuggled in after transmission from the National Assembly to the Presidentโs desk.
For the sake of the integrity of our public finance system, this question must be answered.
A non-existent agency somehow has a line item in the budget, multiple bank accounts, and is even listed on the TSA portal.
Opening a domiciliary account, which requires stringent documentation even for an individual, is something an entire agency was able to do without any hiccups.
I have never seen anything like this.
Q: I hope the new uniforms of the NYSC will be produced in Nigeria.
โItโs Ankara, itโs Adire. So, Adire is being produced in Nigeria. We have them in Ogun, we have them in Kwara, we have textile industry. Letโs put our money back into the country.โ
- Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande
JUST IN: Federal High Court affirms Sen. David Mark and other ADC National Executive Committee (NEC) members as the duly elected leadership of the party.
Throwback Thursday. 21 years ago today (in 2005) then Governor of Lagos State, @officialABAT, chaired the Sir Michael Otedola Scholarship Scheme Award Ceremony. Today His Excellency now serves as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In the ceremony I donated N200,000,000 (two hundred million naira only) to the scholarship scheme founded by my late father in 1987, continuing our familyโs commitment to investing in the education.
True wealth is not measured by what we keep, but by the lives we change ๐๏ธ โฆ F.Ote๐ฒ
@thecableng The presidency is aware of the CoS collection habits, he reports these collections as campaign funds.
The same person was involved in Ministerial appointments scandal.
Betta Eduโs scandal.
Appointment into DACs
The President still appointed him to oversee APC primaries.
No individual or entity can freely walk into the Central Bank @cenbank and open an official govt account without proper authorizations and approvals. Rather than lie to us that he did it fraudulently, tell us the truth that he refused to play ball by sacrificing certain percentage of his agencyโs budget for your #ThiefOfStaff.
Politicians like noisemakers. They donโt even know who a comms person is. They believe once youโve worked for a newspaper/media house or can speak carelessly on tv, you are good to go.
Nothing concern them with depth or policy articulation.
The appointment of Kenneth Okonkwo as Spokesman for Atiku Campaign organization/ Atiku is bad optics.
Kenneth is not a communication strategist.
What new thing will he be bringing to the team?
I have no idea
2027: Era of ballot box snatching, result changing over โ INEC Chair, Amupitan
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, has declared that the era of electorates snatching ballot boxes or changing results are over.
Amupitan informed Nigerians that the technology used now is strong enough to make sure every vote in the 2027 general elections is protected.
Amupitan made the declaration on Wednesday in Abuja when he received the Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, on a courtesy visit to INEC headquarters.