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  • SEC deploys over 50 mgt workers

    SEC deploys over 50 mgt workers

    Top management staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have been redeployed 48 hours after Arunma Oteh left office.

    Scores of SEC employees were moved from their positions to new ones, while some considered to be close to the former Director-General were moved out of the headquarters to Lagos and other offices nationwide.

    A source told The Nation that the redeployment exercise may be on for some time, saying that it is part of a strategic plan of the new helmsman to get optimal value from all employees.

    “I can confirm to you that changes are being effected in the various departments. We heard that at least 50 people were moved today (yesterday). As it is, it is most certain that some other top management staff will still be moved within the next few days”, the source confirmed.

    Oteh failed to get a tenure renewal for the top job of SEC and as such had to leave her office on Monday while the former Executive Commissioner, Operations, Alhaji Mounir Gwarzo, was appointed to act as DG.

    The Acting DG has however assured staff of the SEC of a breath of “fresh air that will return the  commission to its traditional core values experienced a decade ago.”

    Gwarzo spoke during the staff party organised by SEC. He spoke about rebranding the Commission because “the SEC suffered battered image in the past due to abuse of rights of its officials.”

  • Cash-less policy: Firm deploys innovative payment solution

    Cash-less policy: Firm deploys innovative payment solution

    As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy on cashless economy continues to receive attention in the business community, Teasy Mobile Money has deployed the first commercial Near Field Communication (NFC)/Contactless payments solution in Nigeria.

    Its Chief Executive Officer, Musa Ali Baba who spoke on the new service in Abuja yesterday said not only will retail payments be easier and faster, customer’s satisfaction will be guaranteed.

    “We are very excited with the market opportunity that this solution will bring us; we believe that retail payments will seriously drive up the volume of transactions as well as grow customer confidence in the mobile payments space,” Ali Baba said.

    To make the policy easier for people, Baba said: “We want to make smaller payments quick, convenient, and contactless can offer just that.

    “The company saw the gap and the need to enable wallet payments at existing PoS (Point of Sale) terminals.”

    Its Chief Technical Officer, Stanley Vandu, said the organisation has always been at the forefront of providing innovative solutions to drive the adoption of mobile payments as well as financial inclusion.

  • NSCDC deploys 40,000 officers

    NSCDC deploys 40,000 officers

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday deployed 40,000 regular and non-regular personnel across the country to maintain law and order during the New Year celebration.

    The corps’ spokesman Emma Okeh, in a telephone chat, told The Nation that NSCDC has asked senior officers to be part of the assignment.

    The Commandant-General of the corps, Dr. Ade Abolurin, said NSCDC would ensure a hitch free celebration, noting that the period is significant to Christians and Muslims.

    He assured of security, saying NSCDC in its friendly style of operation will not condone crime and lawlessness by anybody or group.

    Abolurin urged Nigerians to be vigilant and report any suspicious movement to the appropriate authority.

    He said some criminals are fond of capitalising on public holidays to perpetrate evil, adding that they would prevent this.

    He wished Nigerians a prosperous 2013.

     

  • LAGBUS deploys 40 buses on three new routes

    To meet the growing demand for its services, LAGBUS has added 40 new buses to its fleet through franchise agreement.

    Managing Director of LAGBUS Asset Management Ltd, Babatunde Disu made this known, over the weekend, at the launch of 30 buses at the organisation’s Mile 2 Terminus.

    He unveiled three new routes on which the buses would be deployed.

    The buses would be operated by Transmodal Nigeria Limited (TNL) and Lagos Integrated Cooperative Society (LASITCOS).

    Twenty of the buses, which will be operated by TNL will ply route No 203, Agbara-Okokomaiko-Mile 2; the other 10 buses will operate on route 105, Abesan-Ikotun-Cele Express-Mile 2.

    Disu said the creation of routes would serve commuters on that axis, adding that 10 buses were earlier acquired to ply the CMS-Ajah axis.

    Disu said LAGBUS management is developing better ways of serving the public to cushion the effect of traffic law restricting the operation of commercial motorcyclists, adding that more routes would soon be introduced with more buses to cater for the growing demand for LAGBUS service.

    He said:”This is a continuous improvement. We will try as much as possible to get the service to more routes so that more people will benefit from our services. We will improve in areas where we have been operating.”

    On efforts to curtail indiscriminate parking by LAGBUS drivers, Disu said management would soon address that problem.

    “We embark on regular monitoring of the buses and each time we see drivers dropping passengers at unauthorised bus stops, we correct them and hand them over to their captains for disciplinary action”

  • LAGBUS deploys 40 buses on three new routes

    To meet the growing demand for its service, LAGBUS Asset LAGBUS has added 40 new buses to its fleet through franchise agreement.

    Managing Director of LAGBUS Asset Management Ltd, Babatunde Disu made this known yesterday at the launch of 30 buses at the organisation’s Mile 2 Terminus.

    He unveiled three new routes on which the buses would be deployed.

    The buses would be operated by Transmodal Nigeria Limited (TNL) and Lagos Integrated Cooperative Society (LASITCOS).

    Twenty of the buses, which will be operated by TNL, will ply route No 203 Agbara-Okokomaiko-Mile 2; the other 10 buses will operate on route 105 Abesan-Ikotun-Cele Express-Mile 2.

    Disu said the creation of routes would serve commuters on that axis, adding that 10 buses were earlier acquired to ply CMS-Ajah axis.

    Disu said LAGBUS management is developing better ways of serving the public to cushion the effect of Traffic Law on them, adding that more routes would soon be introduced with more buses to cater for the growing demand for LAGBUS service.

    He said:”This is a continuous improvement. We will try as much as possible to get the services to more routes so that more people will benefit from our services. We will improve in areas where we have been operating.

    On efforts to curtail indiscriminate parking by LAGBUS drivers, the management Disu said would soon address the problem.

    “We embark on regular monitoring of the buses and each time we see drivers dropping passengers at unauthorised bus stops, we correct them and hand them over to their captains for disciplinary action”