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Ethics, morals, key to positive economic growth – Shettima

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8 months ago

October 1, 2024

Shettima Calls for Education Investment to Tackle Poverty in North East

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that an ethical and morally upright society is essential for attracting investors and promoting economic development.

Shettima, who was represented by Bashir Maidugu, Senior Special Assistance to the President on Legal and Compliance Matters, Office of the Vice President, said this at a Webinar tagged: “Let’s Talk Ethics’’ on Tuesday in Abuja.

The theme of the Webinar is: “Community Engagement for Ethical Transformation, Leadership and Integrity.”

It was convened by the Civil Society for Ethics and Values Development Initiative (CSEVDI) to mark the Independence Day anniversary.

According to Shettima, the call was imperative because a nation’s morals are like the teeth, the more decayed they are, the more it hurts to touch them.

He said that President Bola Tinubu had a lot of agenda for the growth of the nation.

He said that the Renewed Hope Agenda of the current government could not be an effective transformative policy without a sincere ethical transformation, authentic leadership and uncompromising integrity at all levels.

He added that Nigeria was in dire need of a reorientation, a repositioning of Nigeria and Nigerians with respect to the values they should hold dear in order for the nation to be where it ought to be.

“I am impressed with the organisers of this webinar because this is a responsibility of all Nigerians, as mothers, as parents, as teachers, to ensure that ethics, morals, are imbibed in ourselves, in our youth, so that we have a better society.

“This is because without a morally upright society; without an ethically upright society, there won’t be a positive economic growth.

“Investors will be very unwilling to invest in such a society.

“So, it is our collective responsibility, not only for government, and the private sector, but the responsibility of every Nigerian, to ensure that we do things according to how they should be done.

“Not because people are looking at us; not because we want people to notice it, but because these are the right things to do. Do the right thing at all times, and then we will have a better society.’’

He reiterated that Nigeria’s seven national ethics as prescribed by the 1999 Constitution were discipline, integrity, dignity of labour, social justice, religious tolerance, self-reliance and patriotism.

“The teeth that are our morals are hurting because this code of national ethics has been observed more in the breach than in true and good faith.

“We have sunk into an ethical wilderness of despairingly unimaginable proportions.

“The totally negative value system that has resulted from abandoning the noble path of ethical conduct has had serious consequences for our individual corporate image and reputations both home and abroad,” he said.

Shettima said the first step towards the overhauling of the national ethics would be a revolutionary re-orientation of the value system of the society.

He said there was a need to embark on an authentic search for that genuine national culture that would reshape Nigeria’s core value system, national character and national image.

He urged Nigerians to be very patient with the government because it had positive programmes for the country but it required sacrifice.

Education

NUC grants ESUT full accreditation for Law, 7 other programmes

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1 week ago

May 21, 2025

Saadatu Sahabo

The National Universities Commission, (NUC), has given full accreditation to the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), for her Law programme.

According to the Public Relations Officer of ESUT, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, this is contained in a letter addressed to the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Aloysius Okolie, on Wednesday in Enugu by the NUC.

Ani said that in the letter, the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu said the report was contained in the result of the October/November 2024 accreditation of academic programmes in Nigerian universities.

Ani disclosed that other programmes in the institution accredited by the NUC include Master of Science in Business Management; Education Computer Science; Education Physics and Agricultural Engineering.

Other accredited programmes he said were Quantity Surveying; Urban and Regional Planning; and Applied Microbiology.

He said that the letter quoted Section 10 (1) of the Education National Minimum Standard and Establishment of Institutions, Act CAP E3, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 as empowering the NUC to lay down minimum academic standards for all academic programmes taught in Nigerian universities.

He said the session also empowers the NUC to accredit such programmes.

Crime

Court remands 2 over alleged attempted murder

Published

1 week ago

May 21, 2025

Saadatu Sahabo

Court discharges man accused of burning father’s house in Abuja

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Wednesday, remanded two persons, Olaitan Fasasi and Kehinde Tobiloba in a correctional facility over alleged attempted murder.

Fasasi, 40, and Tobiloba, 26, whose addresses were not provided, are being charged with conspiracy, attempted murder and membership of a secret society.

The Magistrate, Mr L.A Owolabi, did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction.

Owolabi directed the police to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.

He thereafter adjourned the case until May 31 for mention.

The Prosecutor, Josephine Ikhayere, told the court that the defendants committed the offences at about 5.02p.m on Feb. 15, at Mushin, Lagos.

She said that Fasasi, Tobiloba and others now at large, attempted to commit murder by shooting at a resident, Alfred Ademola.

“They armed themselves with a locally made gun. They belong to Eiye Confraternity, a group proscribed by law,”, she said.

Ikhayere said that the offences contravened Sections 230(1) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2012.

He said that the actions of the defendants also contravened Section 2(3)(a)(b)(c)(d) of the unlawful societies and Cultism Law of Lagos State Law.

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Plateau Governor Sets Up Committee to Probe Two Decades of Attacks

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1 week ago

May 20, 2025

Matthew Eloyi

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has inaugurated a 10-member fact-finding committee tasked with uncovering the root causes of the persistent attacks plaguing communities across the state.

Speaking during the inauguration ceremony on Tuesday in Jos, Governor Mutfwang charged the committee with conducting a comprehensive review of violent incidents from 2001 to date. “We thought that we should set up this high-powered fact-finding committee to look at the incessant attacks on our communities,” the governor stated.

According to Mutfwang, the committee is expected to perform an in-depth assessment of the recurring security breaches, determine the number of affected communities, and assess the extent of damage done over the years. “We want to understand the root causes and propose actionable recommendations for lasting peace, justice, and stability in the affected communities,” he said.

The committee’s mandate also includes establishing the number of casualties, identifying possible perpetrators and their motives, and uncovering potential routes used by bandits to access Plateau State. “Identify possible routes of bandits into the state and recommend measures to limit their access,” the governor added.

Chairman of the committee, retired Maj.-Gen. Rojas Nicholas, thanked the governor for the confidence reposed in the members. He pledged that the committee would approach its assignment with fairness and commitment. “We will do our best to produce a report that would befit its assignment,” Nicholas assured.

The committee is expected to submit its findings and recommendations in due course, with hopes that the report will provide a pathway to durable peace and security in the state.