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  • Senate approves names of nominees for NASS commission

    Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday approved the names of 12 nominees for the board of National Assembly Service Commission (NASC).

    This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the Senate President, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja.

    The nomination and appointment of the members of the NASC is one of the demands of the striking National Assembly workers.

    Those nominated included Senator Joy Emordi (Anambra) who is being proposed as the Chairman, Nuhu Musa (Jigawa), Hon. Bilyaminu Yusuf Shinkafi (Kebbi), Barr. Femi Agge (Edo), Uthman Olakunle Taofeek (Lagos), Prince Adenekan Olateru-Olagbegi (Ondo) and Amb. Abdulazeez Sheikh Usman (Kwara).

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    Other nominees are Awalu Aliyu Ohindese (Kogi), Henry Odey Adagba (Ebonyi), Dr. Rufus Omeire (Imo), Hon. Bilyamini Bunbot (Bauchi), and Ahmed Ashemi (Borno).

    In line with the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of the National Assembly Commission Act, 2000, the names of the nominees will be presented to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment.

  • Joy Emordi returns to base

    Joy Emordi returns to base

    There is no such thing as the peak of accomplishments. An individual can always achieve more and become more. Senator Joy Emordi understands this fact and constantly strives to outdo herself. The former presidential aide on National Assembly matters and member of the Upper Chamber is busy pursing yet another passion. She recently opened a private school in Abuja.

    Named Brickhall School, It is strategically located at Games Village, along the Airport or Stadium Road and has already started running with intakes from pre-school to Primary Four. Emordi, who incidentally had her first degree in Education, has always nursed the dream of opening a school. The smart thing to do as her political career was beginning to show some ugly signs was to return her professional base.

  • Jonathan sacks two Special Advisers

    President Goodluck Jonathan has  relieved two of his Special Advisers of their appointment.

    The affected Special Advisers are Mrs. Joy Emordi, Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters  and Dr. Tunji Olagunju, Special Adviser on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) was also terminated.

    The President had on Wednesday 11th September, 2013 sacked nine ministers from his cabinet after the former Youth Development Minister, Inuwa Abdukadir was sacked seventeen days earlier.

    A three-paragraphed statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati on Friday  did not give any reason for the termination of appointment.

    “President Jonathan thanks Mrs. Emordi and Dr. Olagunju for their services and wishes them success in their future endeavours.” It stated

  • Presidency to NASS: Hold fast to your contract with Nigerians

    The Presidency on Tuesday urged members of the National Assembly to hold fast tenaciously to their social contract with Nigerians to deliver on good governance.

    It also said that President Goodluck Jonathan is ever committed to his promise to ensure that budget estimates are submitted and passed early with the target of implementation commencing right from the beginning of the New Year.

    The Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Affairs, Senator Joy Emodi, stated this in a statement to welcome Senators and members of the House of Representatives back to the National Assembly after about eight week recess.

    Emodi said, “Importantly, Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members should hold fast to their mindset that they have a social contract with Nigerians to deliver on good governance and partner with Mr. President to transform Nigeria and is right on track.

    “This social contract transcends partisanship. Therefore, party politics and intrigues should not be allowed to creep in to blemish the great work they have done so far.

    “Party platforms and intra-party interests may differ, but their social contract with the Nigerian people remains the same.

    “It is a contract that overrides party politics. The total loyalty and commitment of members of the National Assembly should as always, reside with the Constitution and the Nigerian people who elected them in the first place.

    “Party lines must be blurred, while the overall national interest must be accentuated.”

    The Presidential aide noted “with displeasure the mischief of those bent on overheating the polity by flying kites of imminent crises in the National Assembly and looming squabbles between the Executive and the National Assembly.”

    “I want to state categorically that such only exist in the realms of the imaginations of the peddlers. The stories are unfounded, fictitious, and fabricated to heat up the polity,” she said.

    According to her, “Such vendors of instability and disaffection are certainly not in tune with the overwhelming mutual support and efforts of the Executive and Legislative arms towards the speedy actualization of President Goodluck Jonathan Administration’s Transformation Agenda to give Nigerians a better deal for their votes and the nation’s immense resources.”