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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J kaduna—THE Kaduna State government yesterday sacked 4776 district and village heads as well as their staff as it began the implementation of the recommendations of the committee it set up to review the number of such personnel in the state. According to the government, the essence of the sack is to shore up the finances of local government councils in the state. Addressing the press in Kaduna yesterday, Commissioner  for Local Governments, Alhaji Jafaru Sani said the move was to reduce the burden that a bloated payroll imposed on local councils to enable them undertake capital projects and deliver public goods. With the implementation of the report, 4766 district and village heads will be dropped as the state government said it would now recognize only the 77 districts and 1,429 villages that existed in the state prior to 2001. The number of districts in the state increased to 390 with the 313 created, while village units increased to 5,882  from.1,42...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J kaduna—THE Kaduna State government yesterday sacked 4776 district and village heads as well as their staff as it began the implementation of the recommendations of the committee it set up to review the number of such personnel in the state. According to the government, the essence of the sack is to shore up the finances of local government councils in the state. Addressing the press in Kaduna yesterday, Commissioner  for Local Governments, Alhaji Jafaru Sani said the move was to reduce the burden that a bloated payroll imposed on local councils to enable them undertake capital projects and deliver public goods. With the implementation of the report, 4766 district and village heads will be dropped as the state government said it would now recognize only the 77 districts and 1,429 villages that existed in the state prior to 2001. The number of districts in the state increased to 390 with the 313 created, while village units increased to 5,882  from.1,42...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Former Minister of Aviation and aspirant in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State, Osita Chidoka, is to now actualize his aspiration on the platform of the United Progressive Party, UPP, his campaign manager announced yesterday. The move leaves his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with only one visible aspirant contending for its ticket in the forthcoming election. Chidoka, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP until recently, is to formally register for the UPP on Wednesday, Director-General of Osita Chidoka Campaign Organisation, Bright Nebedum, stated in a statement made available to Vanguard. No reason was given for the announcement but it is apparently not unconnected with the crisis that has bedevilled PDP in state and national levels. Chidoka had until recently been quietly working to help resolve the crisis but with judgment on the leadership tussle between Senator Ahmed ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Princewill Ekwujuru PRESIDENT, International Coach Federation (ICF), Nigeria Chapter, Ajibola  Ponnle, has called on public and private sector executives in Nigeria to key into benefits of coaching in order to optimise the human capital of the country. Ponnle made the call during a conference organised by the ICF chapter in Lagos, in commemoration of the 2017 International Coaches Week. In  her keynote address, she lamented the rate of misconception about coaching in Nigeria. According to her, coaching helps unlock potentials needed for development, but Nigeria seems not to be moving with the ongoing silent global revolution. “In our environment, people are still very confused about what coaching is. When you talk about coach, they think of a football or athletics coach. But we tell people that we are life, executive and leadership coach. There’s still a lot of misconception about what it is and what we do. So the aim is to tell people about wh...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J General Leader, Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Ayo Ni O, Surulere District headquarters, Lagos, Special Apostle Sunday Korode has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, restore the country to the path of glory. Making the call during the church’s 44th  Anniversary Choir Day themed: “He restores my Soul,” Korode said it was pertinent for the government to ensure that the country recovered from economic recession as soon as possible to end the hardship Nigerians were going through. He said: “Those who are in government should deliver on their mandate with integrity and not put additional burden on the people. The reason for our problem today was as a result of bad leadership, so  all elected political office holders that will not deliver the dividends of democracy to the people should be removed so that government can really uplift the lot of the people.” While speaking on the Choir Day, the cl...