Centre for Constitutional Governance

Nigeria Today is characterized by: Insecurity, poverty, manipulated elections, poor service delivery, comatose health and educational systems, poor infrastructures, self serving leaders, etc.

The hungry and suffering citizens say they want to protest.

The duty of the Police is to ensure that the protest is peaceful and anybody that wants to make it violent is arrested.

This illegality by the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigerian Police against Nigerian Citizens must stop.

Gov. Ahmed to FG: Reform LGs before autonomy | Centre For Constitutional Governance As part of activities marking the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of Kwara State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed held an interactive session with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kwara State Council where he spoke on issues that affect the State and nation. LAYI OLANR...

Kaduna NUT condemns agitation for local council autonomy, funding of education | Centre For Constitutional Governance The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kaduna State Wing, has said that local councils have no financial muscle to manage primary education with the meagre resources allocated to them.

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Tinubu seeks more power for states | Centre For Constitutional Governance All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that for the nation to develop as a federation, the Federal Government must devolve powers to the states.

Innovative public service: The challenge of doing more with less The impact of today’s rapidly changing economic and technological landscape has made government’s task of delivering public service more complex. More than ever before, governments all over the world have increasingly come under serious public scrutiny and fiscal pressure to deliver better outcomes

Tragedy of corruption in the civil service It is gratifying to note that just when the perception is growing that the Nigerian government has been fighting a few corrupt people without really fighting corruption, the presidency has rightly identified corruption in the civil service as “the nation’s greatest tragedy.” This declaration by Vice

Buhari orders payment of Paris Club refunds to states President Muhammadu Buhari has directed payment of the second tranche of the London-Paris Club refunds to the 36 states in order to ease their financial hardships. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari as giving the directive yesterday while

NULGE begins protest over local government autonomy The Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has begun its nationwide rally demanding for local governments’ autonomy in the country. The rally which started on Wednesday in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, for the North-Central had all the states in the zone and the Federal Capital Te

Akeredolu freezes councils’ accounts, stops appointees’ salaries The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has frozen accounts of the 18 local councils in the state through a circular signed by the state government. The 18 chairmen and 203 councillors of the councils were members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who were elected into the offices after

Reps seek increased budgetary allocation to judiciary The House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary has urged the federal government to prioritize funding for the Judiciary.At the consideration of this year’s budget proposals of National Judicial Council (NJC), Chairman of the committee, Hon. Aminu Shehu Shagari said in view of the critical role

THE OBAMAS SAVOUR VACATION The Former President of United States, Barack Obama, flips his hat to the back as he enjoys a laid-back holiday on Richard Branson's private island with wife, Michelle......The Obamas have returned from vacation to a rented apartment in Washington DC.

Court sacks senator, orders refund of allowances The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has sacked Senator Bassey Albert Akpan and declared Mr. Bassey Etim, winner of the 2014 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries of the senatorial district.  Akpan represents Akwa Ibom North East senatorial district in the Eighth Senate. Conseq