The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has kicked against the proposed Tax Reform Bill introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, and told the National Assembly (NASS) to reject it.  A press statement on Tuesday signed by Comrade Israel Uwejeyan, National Coordinator, NDYC stated that the bill represents an alarming departure from the principles of equity and shared prosperity upon which our nation was built. Uwejeyan said, “This bill, while masquerading as a solution to Nigeria’s...

… Seeks Reform Of INEC, Police, Army, Others The Nigerian Youth For Atiku (NYFA), a support group of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the economic reforms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government requires holistic review and it is not working. The group also called for the reform of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the police, army and other security apparatuses. Mr. Dare Dada, the group’s Director of Communications...

The National Publicity Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Dr. Isuwa Dogo has said that security agencies in Niger Delta are in the region to protect oil thieves and not to prevent oil theft. Dogo in an interview on Monday noted that the actions of the military have confirmed that they collude with oil criminals to perpetrate criminality. It will be recalled that investigative journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo...

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed  support for the administrative and financial autonomy of local government councils across the country. This was disclosed on Monday by the Forum’s Chairman, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, during the National Dialogue on Local Government and Constitution Amendment. The programme was convened by the House Committee on the Review of the Constitution in collaboration with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), with support from the UK...