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  • Agric policy journal launched in Abuja

    An agricultural policy research journal has been launched in Abuja. It was launched by Agricultural Policy Research Network (APRNet), with support from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

    The launch of Nigerian Agricultural Policy Research Journal (NAPReJ) coincided with this year’s APRNet National Stakeholder’s Forum with the theme: “Making Agricultural Research Work for End Users.”

    The forum brought together members of the agricultural research community.

    APRNet President Dr. Anthony Onoja said: “There could be no better time to do this than now when the Federal Government is shifting emphasis to growing an agrarian-led economy to diversify the economy and shift it from heavy dependence on crude oil.”

    Onoja also noted that although there were national mechanisms and frameworks for linking agricultural research and various end users, research communication and user uptake of research was short of its potential. He highlighted the need for a reassessment of the current system to “identify missing elements and gap-filling interventions” that would ensure that agricultural research make more impact on decision-making process and enterprises.

    This year’s APRNet Forum Chairman, Prof. Yusuf Abubakar, and the Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), pointed out that in Nigeria, the government and donor partners featured as the most dominant players and end users of agricultural research.

  • Councils’ budget/planning chiefs launch journal

    Councils’ budget/planning chiefs launch journal

    The Conference of Local Government Planners, comprising directors of Budget and Planning in the 57 local governments and local council development areas in Lagos State, have launched a journal called Planners’ Bulletin.

    The conference’s members said the journal was aimed at showcasing local governments’ activities to the public.

    The Chairman of the Editorial Board, Mr. Olanrewaju Olalere, who is the Director of Budget and Planning, Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government Area, said Planners’ Bulletin was established following the inauguration of a Planning Budget Committee by Mr. Ben Akabueze, the former Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget.

    Other members of the board, according to Olalere, included Adeyemi Adebola (Editor-in-Chief); Olusanya A. O. (Advert);  Tijani Waheed (Marketing/Distribution); Ajose Yetunde (Finance) and Balogun Toyin (Publicity/Press).

    Seriki Kehinde and Ogunbambi I. A. are in charge of Correspondence/Relationships and Operations.

    There was presentation of awards during the event. The Council Manager, Surulere Local Government Area, Mrs. Basirat Akinsanya,  received the Best Council Manager award while her Lagos Mainland counterpart, Mr. Lukman Salami, received the 2014 Overall Best Council Manager award.

  • Council managers launch journal

    Council managers launch journal

    Planners’ Bulletin, a publication put together by the Conference of Local Government Planners, comprising council managers in the 57 local governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs)  of Lagos State, has been launched.

    The journal, according to the members, is aimed at making the activities of local governments in the state known to the public.

    The Chairman of the editorial board, Mr. Olanrewaju Olalere, said Planners’ Bulletin was established, following the inauguration of a joint Planning Budget Committee by Mr. Ben Akabueze, the former Lagos State commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget.

    Other members of the editorial board, according to  Olalere, who is the council manager of Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government, are  Adeyemi Adebola (Editor-in-Chief), Olusanya A. O. (Advert),  Tijani Waheed (Marketing/Distribution) and Ajose Yetunde ( Finance).

    Others are Balogun Toyin (Publicity/Press), Seriki Kehinde and Ogunbambi I. A., Correspondent/Relationship and Operations respectively.

    The event also witnessed send-off in honour of Mr. Babatunde F. Salami, the former director of Planning, Onigbongbo LCDA and a member of Elders and Technical Consultancy to the Conference of Lagos State Local Government Planners, as well as presentation of award to Mrs. Basirat Akinsanya, the council manager, Lagos Mainland Local Government, as the best Council Manager in Lagos.

  • Journal on business and property makes a fresh comeback

    The Gravitas Review of Business and Property Law, has hit the news stand again after 22 years of being out of circulation.

    The journal, which was first published in 1988, was forced to suspend publication as a result of the socio-economic crisis of 1993.

    Addressing a press conference in Lagos last week, its Managing Editor and Chief Executive, Gravitas Legal and Business Resources Limited, Moshood Shehu, told journalists that the journal, which was initially a bi-monthly publication, would now be published quarterly, adding that the new publication came back well packaged than what it used to be 22 years ago.

    Shehu said the publication would be a platform for robust and in-depth analysis of business and legal issues by experienced practitioners and academics.

    He said the journal would be a resource material to practitioners, businessmen and students of law as it would publish well researched and peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of business and property law including on energy, international finance and transactions, economic crimes and sanctions, capital market and securities, maritime, taxation, project finance, land transactions and intellectual property, tourism and travel law, project finance, arbitration law, labour law, mining law, consumer protection law, estate, wills, trust and their administration, among others.

    According to him, the journal would serve as a permanent archive for lecturers and researchers as it would contain their works and business articles by legal luminaries including those of Prof, Yemi Osinbajo, Prof Akin Ibidapo-Obe, Prof. Akin Oyebode among others.

    He said articles  would also be sourced from other jurisdiction to engender international comparison and distillation of practices.

    Shehu disclosed that the publication would also be online full time, on stream as from next month for sale of digital copies to willing corporate bodies and other customers in line with technological trend.