Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has urged elected officials to start earning minimum wage, highlighting the urgent financial crisis facing Nigeria.
Soludo made this call on Wednesday at a special edition of The Platform, an event organized by The Covenant Nation to promote national development, stressing that Nigeria is financially strained.
He explained that Nigeria’s economic woes are exacerbated by the extravagant lifestyles of government officials, which are sustained at the expense of the nation’s wealth.
He proposed that these officials should be paid the minimum wage to understand the harsh realities faced by ordinary citizens, stressing that the current system is in a state of denial about the nation’s financial condition.
“Let’s come clean and straight with Nigerians. Nigeria is very poor and broke but the lifestyle of government and government officials does not show it, especially with the obscene flamboyance in public display,” Soludo said.
“The poor are hungry and impatient, let’s not annoy them more with our insensitivity.
“In this case, I agree with the reverend father Mbaka, who said elected governors should also earn minimum wage. I agree that we should be paid so that we can feel that as well.
“In Anambra, I have not received a kobo as salary since I assumed office. I have donated my salary to the state.
“It is symbolic. It is not much. I think generally, the system is in denial. There must be some signaling, it is just the symbolism of this,” he said.
Soludo called for a new code of conduct for public office holders to enhance fiscal prudence while performing the core duties for which they were elected.
Elected officials should earn minimum wage – Soludo
Elected officials should earn minimum wage – Soludo
MultiChoice Nigeria; A legacy of monopoly and non-transparency
Our attention has been drawn to an advertorial published on page 27 of Vanguard Newspaper of Thursday, 6 June, 2024. It is our intention to review the said advertorial, signed by one Suleman Saki, allegedly a “public affairs analyst based in Abuja”, against the true position of things in the broadcast industry in Nigeria so we can confirm if he is operating from an altruistic purpose or he is promoting a particular private narrative.
It is not in doubt that MultiChoice Nigeria is the biggest investor in the entertainment industry in Nigeria, given its diverse and rich range of content offering. The question Suleman Sarki struggles answer is whether MultiChoice’s massive investments in the Nigerian entertainment industry gives it the leverage to distort competition in the broadcast industry or abuse consumer rights. His advertorial is erected on two broad planks;it accused MultiChoice of “disregard for regulatory compliance”/lack of transparency and “monopolistic practices that threaten the integrity of the Nigerian media sector”.
The accusations are a call to Nigerians to hate MultiChoice. For the first, the advertorial stated that between 2014 and 2023, MultiChoice Nigeria failed to comply with a provision of the National Broadcasting (NBC) Act requiring broadcasters to remit 2.5 per cent of their gross annual income to the NBC. This, he claimed, has robbed the Federal Government of N30 billion in revenue. He equally alleged that MultiChoice, in disregard for the NBC Code, has repeatedly prevented “regulatory oversight” and concealed its financial position by denying the NBC access to its accounts.
For these infractions, Sarki wants MultiChoice Nigeria investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for economic sabotage, penalised by the NBC for refusal to hand its financial, tax and accounting information over; compelled by the NBC to submit its financial information for regulatory assessment and break the presumed monopoly.
One does not need to be a sleuth to locate the source of the calumny against MultiChoice Nigeria. Interests, for whom Sarki is fronting, we can confidently state, are those who run pay television services, with government encouragement, on content pirated from MultiChoice, StarTimes and Qatari broadcasters, BeiN among others. They are the ones whose business plans contain just one tactic: stealing content produced or paid for by others.
It is pertinent to ask what computational method was used in arriving at the N30 billion MultiChoice is alleged to be owing the NBC. While it is public knowledge that MultiChoice instituted an action at the Federal High Court to challenge the NBC audit of its annual levy remittances and its exparte motion for an order to stop the audit was declined. However, the Court directed all parties to maintain status quo pending the determination of MultiChoice interlocutory application. The effect of this is that NBC is restrained from taking further steps in the matter until the interlocutory application is argued and ruling given.
The sponsors of the cheap work of calumny masquerading as advocacy are claiming that MultiChoice is owing for nine years. Whereas, we are aware MultiChoice has never defaulted either in submitting its audited accounts or payment of the levy to the NBC.
As industry stakeholders and a major voice of opposition to the extant NBC Code at the time it was issued, we are aware that Section 2 2 (10) (d) of the Code requires broadcasters to submit the Certified True Copies (CTCs) of their annual audited accounts to the NBC for the purpose of computing their annual levy on income at the rate of 2.5 per cent. It is curious that the NBC, which has not stated that MultiChoice has defaulted in payment or submission of audited accounts, is demanding documents other than what the NBC Code provides for. The NBC Act (2004) has no provision empowering the commission to audit licensees’ accounts. Bizarrely, the NBC says it is investigating the pay television company for years 2014-2023.However,the 6th NBC Code, to which the regulator is alleging non-compliance only become operational, in 2020. What was in operation prior to 2020 was the 5th Edition of the NBC Code, issued in 2012 and replaced by the current one in 2020.
According to both editions of the Code, the NBC’s request for documents not listed in its code as requirements for the computation of annual income levy is an overreach of NBC power and an attempt by NBC to unlawfully assume the powers of the Federal Inland Revenue Service. What the NBC requires are annual audited accounts. No more. No less. The audited accounts have been submitted yearly to the NBC, as evidenced by the commission’s reticence on that. In any language, NBC’s demand for documents the law does not empower it to demand, spells abuse of power.
It is common knowledge that most broadcasters do not pay the annual levy and that NBC has threatened at various occasions (to no avail to revoke their licences). So, it is rather strange that NBC is chasing after the only operator that duly pays its annual levy, which far outstrips the totality of annual levies paid by the entire broadcast industry. It is therefore pertinent to ask Sarki and his sponsors what computational method was used in arriving at the N30 billion MultiChoice is alleged to be owing the NBC. It is equally important to point out that neither the 5th or 6th NBC Code provided its intended definition of “income”, leaving room for contestations over whether it is turnover or revenue minus cost of production, which puts a bold question mark on the fidelity of the N30 billion quoted by the advertorial.
The second plank of the position of the interests Sarki represents contains their real agenda: to continuously parasitize MultiChoice. This is obvious in the unfounded claims that MultiChoice stifles competition, is a monopoly and determines tariffs payable because of its dominant position-all cumbersome euphemisms for “we want to keep pirating content”. This is framed as concern for the consumer and the pay television ecosystem. Pricing is determined by various inputs, including domestic economic dynamics and everyone knows the shape of the economy over the last nine years.
At the heart of the second allegation are the exclusive rights to certain content and channels held by MultiChoice. Evidence declines to support the claim that MultiChoice is a monopoly or stifles competition. We recall that in 2022, the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) ruled that there was no evidence that MultiChoice had abused its dominant position. Also, importantly, we are aware that other pay television service providers operate, with some holding or having once held exclusive rights to content. StarTimes, we are aware, once had exclusive rights to the matches of the Italian football league, better known as Serie A. It currently has exclusive rights to the matches of the German football league (Bundesliga) and the Nigeria Professional Football League. For the first two, it outbid MultiChoice for the rights. The service provider is still in existence and does not pirate content to run its operations.
Before StarTimes, there was HiTv, which wrested the rights to matches of the English Premier League from MultiChoice and held them for three years until it was, as the founder, Toyin Subair, stated “collapsed essentially because of a clause in our original Shareholders Agreement, which allowed a group of founding shareholders to block the company raising money or selling off a subsidiary”. The collapse had nothing to do with MultiChoice.
After HiTv came Kwese, which operated for a little over two years until it was undone by its inability to meet multiple payments to third party partners because it could not quickly gain subscribers and the necessary cashflow. Its unfortunate collapse had nothing to do with MultiChoice. Neither did it pirate other operators’ content.
The campaign of calumny against MultiChoice did not just start. It manifests in a number of ways, with the issue of exclusivity a major one. Those casting covetous glances at MultiChoice’s success have been strident in falsely depicting content exclusivity as a crime and are emboldened to pirate content with encouragement from formal and informal quarters. Their hand was revealed in the now judicially-annulled amendment to the 6th edition of NBC Code, which sought to prohibit content exclusivity and compel sub-licensing to competitors on terms determined by the NBC and in flagrant indifference to the Copyright Act.
Some elements within the government of the time, cheered on by freebooters in the pay television ecosystem, promoted a variety of misguided beliefs about exclusivity. Notable among these were views that acquisition of broadcasting rights are anomalous; that some broadcasters are just handed exclusive rights; that the content market is closed off to Nigerian broadcasters; and that exclusivity stifles competition.
The truth about content exclusivity is that it is a widely accepted commercial practice required for a viable pay television ecosystem. Given that it is usually for a short time, three or four years in many cases, it cannot be considered anti-competitive, as other operators are at liberty to bid when the holder’s right to it expires. The grant of exclusive broadcasting licenses falls within the lawful exercise of copyright and it is widely accepted that, as far as the Copyright Law is concerned, a right owner has the right to refuse to license other users/firms, and to restrict exploitation of its intellectual property either to itself or to a licensee of its own choice. In the United Kingdom and the United States of America, there is no statutory prohibition of exclusive rights acquisition.There is equally no statutory requirement to sub-license sports or news content to competition or at rates determined by the regulator.
It is common knowledge that the sale of broadcasting rights is a competitive process, with rights owners seeking to extract maximum value from the property. As such, it is open to any broadcaster with the desire and means to acquire such rights. The proof of this, if any is needed, is StarTimes, which outbid MultiChoice for live broadcast of Germany’s Bundesliga. Other operators had, at one time or the other, acquired exclusive rights to matches of the French elite football division (Ligue Un) Copa del Rey and the Portuguese League, for instance. There are also numerous broadcast properties on the international content market for operators to bid for and acquire in addition to producing their own exclusive content.
Unfortunately, the desire of many operators is to wait for another operator to acquire the rights and/or finance production, invest in marketing and promotion, only for them to demand the property to be sold at prices that are close to derisory. It is akin to demanding subsidies. If the Federal Government is removing subsidies on various items and services, it is irrational to expect a private business to subsidize competition or anybody for that matter. It stands to reason that there will be no incentive to acquire or produce exciting broadcast properties if the only thing operators need to do is to leech on the one with more imagination backed by investment. To have such a system is to open the industry to hypocrites and parasites. Both have no place in the industry ecosystem.
Jacob Agunbiade
For: Association for the Defence of the Nigerian Economy (ADNE)
Former APC chieftain, Salihu Lukman, warns of impending doom for ruling party
Salihu Lukman, former Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) and ex-National Vice Chairman, North West, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), declared on Wednesday that the party’s fortunes are dwindling rapidly.
Lukman attributed this decline to the demobilization of party structures and the government’s policies, which have eroded citizens’ income value and worsened living conditions.
“Given a reality that the party structures have been demobilized and the government is implementing policies that have eroded the value of incomes of citizens, conditions of living are rapidly getting worse by the day. With that, both the APC and the governments it controls are getting more and more unpopular.
“It doesn’t require any investigation, at this rate, there is no way we can win election except through rigging. The popular saying in the country now is that President Tinubu is a one-term President. The hard truth is that the country will be lucky to get to 2027, without witnessing upheavals,” he stated.
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Lukman’s statement painted a dire picture, suggesting that the APC’s unpopularity is growing by the day, making it impossible to win elections without resorting to rigging.
He ominously predicted that President Tinubu’s tenure may be limited to one term, and that the country may face upheavals before 2027 if things continue on this trajectory.
This blunt assessment from a former high-ranking party official has sparked concerns about the APC’s future and the government’s ability to address the country’s economic and social challenges.
Lukman’s words have added to the growing chorus of criticism, fueling speculation about the party’s chances in upcoming elections.
The statement has also raised questions about the government’s policies and their impact on citizens’ welfare, as well as the party’s ability to reconnect with its base and regain lost ground. As the political landscape continues to shift, Lukman’s warning serves as a stark reminder of the challenges ahead for the APC and the government.
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EFCC should focus on budget padding, undisclosed subsidy payment not Bobrisky – Obi
The presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, should focus on investigating more important issues like the allegations of budget padding and return of fuel subsidy.
Obi, who spoke on Wednesday when he featured on an Arise TV programme, said arresting Nigerians over abuse of the local currency, Naira should not be the focus of the anti-graft agency.
According to him, the arrest of the controversial cross-dresser and social media celebrity Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky and others for abusing naira notes “are minor issues”.
He said, “If it is not budget padding today, it would be undisclosed subsidy payment, inflated contracts, and all sorts of things.
“These are issues I want our agencies like EFCC to start dealing with but not arresting Bobrisky and Cubana Chief Priest. These are minor issues.
“Our agencies should face budget padding squarely not arresting Bobrisky because he dressed like a woman and spent N500 notes”.
Recall that the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Mr Abdul Ningi had in an interview in March, alleged discrepancies in the 2024 budget.
The senator claimed that the National Assembly approved N25tn while the President signed N28.7tn.
Similarly, there are claims that President Bola Tinubu has returned part of fuel subsidy that was abolished on May 29 2023.
The presidency has, however, denied the claim, insisting that fuel subsidy is gone.
EFCC should focus on budget padding, undisclosed subsidy payment not Bobrisky – Obi
Lagos, FERMA join forces to fix roads, address drainage woes
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency has proposed signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Lagos State Government to fix some bad portions of the state’s federal roads.
This was disclosed by the FERMA Managing Director, Chukwuemeka Agbasi, during his visit to the South West 2 Zone (Lagos and Ogun states) on Wednesday.
During the inspection of federal road projects in Lagos, Agbasi stated that the agency considered signing an MOU with the Lagos Waste Management Authority due to the deplorable condition of the Moshalasi road in Mushin, which he said was caused by the blocked drainage system.
Agbasi, who visited different sites during the working visit, assured Lagosians of proffering solutions to the road.
“On arrival, we started with the drainage problem we have in Mushin. We have been able to assess what the problem is, which is primarily blocked drainage. We were also able to proffer solutions where we felt that closer collaboration would be needed with the Lagos State Environmental Agency.
“We are looking at having an MoU with them, with clearly defined outcomes on what each party will be responsible for. The MoU will commit the different parties to different tangible outcomes,” Agbasi said.
The MD maintained that immediate desilting work had begun on the road to put an end to traffic gridlock and ameliorate the plights of road users.
“We have started desilting existing drainages to allow the water to flow. Water is the worst enemy for our roads, once the drainage system starts overflowing it affects the people. The desilting work is ongoing, and we will continue to do that,” he added.
Our correspondent reports that Agbasi inspected the ongoing renovation work on the Ijora Causeway, following years of its dilapidated condition due to drainage problems.
The project, which aimed at reinstating critically failed sections, access slab and desilting of lined drain along the road, will be completed in two months and open for traffic, according to the FERMA boss.
Agbasi also inspected the Ile-Epo site, along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, where FERMA recovered the previously used road by clearing a section of the road of garbage and waste.
He stressed the need to collaborate with the local government to ensure the maintenance and safeguarding of the project.
The Chairman of Agbado-Oke Odo Local Council Development Area, David Famuyiwa, expressed his excitement about the fixed road and assured cooperation with the agency.
“I know they have not completed the Ile-Epo road, they are just starting, but for the part they have done, we are satisfied. I am sure various vehicles are plying the road without any hindrance. As soon as they complete it, we will take it as our responsibility to maintain the road,” Famuyiwa said.
JUST IN: EU fines Hungary €200m for breaching asylum laws
The EU’s top court fined Hungary 200 million euros ($216 million) and imposed a daily one-million-euro penalty for failing to follow the bloc’s asylum laws and illegally deporting migrants.
The fine and penalty were because Budapest “is deliberately evading” compliance with the European Union laws despite a 2020 ruling that it must uphold international procedures for asylum seekers, the European Court of Justice said.
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Constituents beat Osun lawmaker for allegedly abandoning them (Video)
It was a bad day for a member of the House of Representatives representing Ifelodun/Boripe/Odo-Otin federal constituency of Osun State, Hon. Olusoji Adetunji, after his constituents descended on him during a visit to his home town.
According to a viral video posted on X by a user with the handle @Tenibegiloju202, the incident which happened in Ada community in Boripe local government area of Osun State, shows the lawmaker and his entourage being assaulted by the people who accused him of failing them after they had voted massively for him.
Posting the video along with the caption “BREAKING!!! THE REVOLUTION WE AV BEEN WARNING AGAINST HAS STARTED IN OSUN STATE”, @Tenibegiloju202 said:
“D pple of Ada in Boripe LGA of Osun ambushed their HOR member and descended on him heavily for failing them. Unfortunately, Tinubu’s ancestral town, Iragbiji is d capital of Boripe, they are angry.”
Another user who corroborated the incident, said:
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“Seems like the poor have started eating the rich in Osun state as people of Ada in Boripe LGA of Osun ambushed their HOR member and descended on him heavily for failing them.”
JUST IN: Seems like the poor have started eating the rich in Osun state as people of Ada in Boripe LGA of Osun ambushed their HOR member and descended on him heavily for failing them. pic.twitter.com/w0gFfoCLt3
— DefenceTimesNG (@DefenceTimesNG1) June 13, 2024
Other commenters also chipped in:
@KhaleefaOomar: “When the masses are being pushed to the wall, they will surely bounce back. Not praying for, but more of it will happen.”
When the masses are being pushed to the wall, they will surely bounce back. Not praying for, but more of it will happen.
— Khaleefa Oomar (@KhaleefaOomar) June 13, 2024
@AmakaE10: “If we don’t all do these to the criminals that calls themselves “leaders”, then they’ll be no change.”
If we don’t all do these to the criminals that calls themselves “leaders”, then they’ll be no change.
— Amaka E (@amakaE10) June 12, 2024
@Lukman18073793: “I wish others will also do same in their states to their elected representatives.”
I wish others will also do same in their states to their elected representatives.
— Lukman Isah (@LukmanI80713793) June 13, 2024
@Eorcester777: “Very Good, until we start treating them like this they will keep disrespecting the people.”
Very Good, until we start treating them like this they will keep disrespecting the people
— Captain 1 (@eorcester777) June 12, 2024
@AmbroseAnochiwa: “It is unfortunate, that our leaders doesn’t know that the lead are angry with them.”
It is unfortunate, that our leaders doesn't know that the lead are angry with them.
— Anochiwa Ambrose (@AmbroseAnochiwa) June 12, 2024
@Solnlink: “One day Nigerians will rise up and start arresting the corrupt politicians.”
One day Nigerians will rise up and start arresting the corrupt politicians.
— Solution (@Solnlink_) June 13, 2024
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Kano anti-graft commission summons three perm secs
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested two suspects and invited three Permanent Secretaries for questioning over an alleged fraud involving the sale of employment forms in the Office of the Head of Service.
The commission’s Chairman, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Wednesday that the investigation was ongoing to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the scam.
He said that already, thousands of desperate job seekers have been affected by the fraud.
”Preliminary investigations have uncovered fraudulent activities at the office of the Head of Service, Civil Service Commission, Kano State Secondary Schools Board, and Health Service Management Board.
”The two suspects in custody are cooperating with the investigation, which has led to the shutdown of a fake employment portal.
”The commission is working to root out corruption and ensure justice is served in the employment fraud scandal that has defrauded thousands of job seekers,” Rimin-Gado said.
According to him, the ongoing investigation aims to expose and bring to justice those responsible for the fraudulent sale of employment forms.
Rimin-Gado said, ”The commission is working to prevent corruption and ensure that justice is served.
”The state government has mandated the commission to thoroughly investigate the matter and prosecute those found wanting.”
(NAN)
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Foreign Affairs Perm Sec reacts to sexual harassment allegations
Following the allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him by one Mrs Simisola O. Fajemirokun-Ajayi, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Adamu Ibrahim Lamuwa, has filed his response.
Recall that Lamawa was accused of sexual harassment by a married employee of the ministry, Mrs Simisola Fajemirokun Ajayi, who disclosed the alleged excesses of the permanent secretary to Ambassador Tuggar, through her lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), where the minister was asked to investigate the permanent secretary.
But in a response to the Head Of Service and leaked to the media, Lamuwa narrated his conversation and interaction with Mrs Simisola, stating that at the 4D retreat, his question to the woman was not personal. He also denied asking her to come to his room at anytime.
“I did not ask her to come to my room, when other staff directly working in my office escorted me to my room, by bringing my bag and other documents. They include my Personal Assistant and Driver. Mrs.”
He denied that Mrs “Simisola O. Fajemirokun-Ajayi came to his room with them or alone, at any time during the Retreat.
Speaking on the discussion about the woman being a nursing mother, he wrote that as for being a nursing mother, the discussion was held in public glare with so many other participants – “it was not a one-on-one discussion I had with her. I remember one of the participants jokingly said for women, when they say ‘my baby’, it could mean either the husband or any of her children. That was how the question of “how big is the baby.”
Denying having any inappropriate conversations with the woman, he said, “I also cannot remember any inappropriate conversations with her, as we were all busy and I was shuttling between the venue of the Retreat and my office.“
Also disclosing what transpired during a meeting with Galaxy Backbone team in late 2023, he said, “There was no any private discussion with Mrs. Simisola during or after the meeting, saying that he proceeded to prepare for his afternoon prayers, which was almost late by the time he finished the meeting. He denied inviting her to go to Hong Kong.”
Denying further, he said it would not have been possible to travel with her because she is an SA to the Minister.
On the aspect of ‘frontal’, hug, he said, “All these conversations were done in a very short period and I was eager to go for prayers. So, I would not have asked her for a “frontal hug” on my way to say my prayers. I am fully aware that she is a married woman and had once said in a group conversation, that she does not hug men, she does that to only children and women. I cannot precisely recall on which occasion she made this remark, as we have been meeting with her and so many groups of people in the course of our official engagements.”
Making clarifications on Mrs. Simisola O. Fajemirokun-Ajayi’s office allocation, he said he only assisted her with an office space on the 8th floor because she complained to him regarding her office space problem.
Recalling one of the issues he had with her, the Perm Sec said, “Meanwhile, before delivering her message from the Minister, I engaged her on an issue which I know has caused some misunderstandings between us (her trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos in February. We reviewed the whole trip and I assured her that we were looking at the best way to get her money refunded to her. That there was nothing personal or any attempt to deny her entitlements. However, I emphasized that I was only protecting myself, the system and even herself while complying with Due Process.”
“As to why I called her a big woman and laughed, it was a sarcastic response to her offer for me as Permanent Secretary to keep her Davos claims. At this point she said that she was not angry but that she was bereaved at that time and needed the money to cater for funeral expenses, as she lost her sister in-law. I interjected and said I did not know about her bereavement; I would have condoled her.”
Refuting looking into any camera or CCTV monitor when she made to leave, he said there was no such devices in the room and there would have been no possibility to do so before carrying out any act as being alleged.
On his last records in Canada, he denied ever attending any rehabilitation or being required to go for one. He said there was “no any charge on me. I left a clean record in Canada when I was recalled to Headquarters in 2007.
“It is important to state that, in my almost 32 years of Service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I have never had any stain in my records, no query, no report from any woman on sexual harassment,” he said.
He also denied the allegations connecting her to female directors, saying, “I have never had any incident with any female Director in any hotel room neither have I ever removed any female officers’ names from trips or postings because they refused to comply with any sexual demands. No four women or any number could have shared any alleged ordeal with me with her as no such incidents have happened in the past and it is untrue that any such common knowledge exists in the Ministry, as there is no basis for it.”
Raising an allegation against Simisola, he wrote, “From the foregoing, I believe, Mrs. Simisola O. Fajemirokun-Ajayi’s action might not be unconnected with my failure to pay her Davos bills, or give her access to policy files and financial records of the Ministry. For example, on 12th January, 2023, while in Davos, on a WhatsApp chat, she tried to know what I and the DFA were doing about payment of outstanding Nigerian Mission’s 1st Semester Allocation of about N12,957,103,477, claiming to know the Minister has spoken to the CBN Governor on the issue.
“It is clear that there are two issues that have been worrying Mrs. Simisola O. Fajemirokun-Ajayi and was therefore waiting for any opportunity to get back at me. But whatever happens, I believe, I was exercising my duty as the Accounting Officer of the Ministry by ensuring that Due Process was followed all the time, and that SA’s (Political Appointees) do not have access to policy files. All public expenditures are properly documented before payments are made.”
Foreign Affairs Perm Sec reacts to sexual harassment allegations
Big Win For Lecturers, Coaches As Their Intellectual Assets Can Now Be Converted To Generational Wealth
…. they can set up personalized class space to upload and preserve academic contents to earn even while asleep
As part of effort to create a stable income and build generational wealth for lecturers and other content creators through their intellectual assets, a technology solutions company, Mobile classroom Limited has enhanced its Mobile Classroom App with more features to create wealth for lecturers and the likes across Africa.
The newly enhanced myClass on mobile classroom app allows lecturers, executive coaches, content creators and facilitators to create their own class, upload, preserve academic and intellectual contents which allows them to earn even while asleep and as well guarantee a generational wealth for their family after their life time.
The platform is said to avail the lecturers the opportunity of exporting their intellectual asset and teaching beyond the shore of the school where they lecture as student of other institutions who desire a simplified and better teaching in a specific course can choose to consume such from other lecturers. And, international students from other countries would have the reason to appreciate and value the stuff Africa lecturers are made up of just the same way it has happened in music industry.
According to the media manager of the project, Basit sowole, the initiative is designed to create wealth for lecturers and the likes. It allows them to have their own space, name after themselves and preserve their intellectual materials and assets through the application without having to pay. ” it has happened in the music industry with Spotify, in movie industry with Netflix ,prime video and showmax ,wchich has helped the players in the industry in their desire for fortune and comfort. Myclass on mobile classroom app is a game change for Lecturers.
He explained that, ‘’This is where lecturers and other content creators can set up their own class space and allows to set up two different options of classes regular and premium thereby providing information like class name, class description, class focus/coverage and class owner image or identity. Under premium class, class owner determines price tag to their class while under regular class, a fixed priced has been fixed for all classes under the category.’’
He mentioned that, ‘’Once a class has been set up, it means you have created a class of your own, subsequently, you can go straight to update class with topics, upload materials to your classes in audio, video and Pdf document. Class material topics can be set in classes ahead, while uploading of audio, video or pdf document materials into each topic can be done later. Materials under a single topic can be a mix of different material formats.’’
‘’You can also set up your own partner account, where a partner referral ID code will be generated for you. For every class set up using your ID referral code, you earn from every subscription happening in such classes.
You can share your class link or you can ask people to share your class link among friends, while people can join your class through a click on the link. Subscribers to your class can initiate a whatsapp chat with you on your provided whatsapp number,’’ he added.
‘’Learners can join class by searching through class name or class focus. And, a learner has to click to join a class button. It takes the learner to a landing page where different options of classes available would be seen.
Regular, Premium can join class available on this page, is for you to indicate the category of class to join. Joined class is where the list of classes joined can be viewed. Search for the class by name, class focus or scroll. Then click on the class to view the materials in the class and as well subscribe’’, he said.
‘’MyClass is a game changer for lecturers and can be accessed through Mobile Classroom app which can be downloaded from Playstore, Apple store or through our website: www.myclassonmobileclassroom.com;