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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, departed Abuja for Europe on Wednesday. The former Vice President has faced significant criticism for often leaving Nigeria soon after each election. In contrast to the post-2015 and 2019 elections, Atiku stayed in the country for several months following the 2023 election. During this
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The Senate on Wednesday stood down a bill for an act to prescribe standard and condition of licence for operation and practice of private investigations in the country. The piece of legislation, sponsored by Senator Osita Ngwu (PDP, Enugu West) was rejected by the majority of lawmakers during debate on the floor of the Red
Senate rejects bill on private investigators
The Senate on Wednesday stood down a bill for an act to prescribe standard and condition of licence for operation and practice of private investigations in the country.
The piece of legislation, sponsored by Senator Osita Ngwu (PDP, Enugu West) was rejected by the majority of lawmakers during debate on the floor of the Red Chamber.
Earlier in his lead debate, Senator Ngwu, who is the Senate Minority Whip, said the bill seeks amongst others, to provide a framework for the licensing and practice of private investigators in the country.
He added that it also seeks to provide for a system of regulation, control and conduct of the practice so as to maintain professional standards.
According to him, the practice of private investigators is well established in countries like the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada.
Senator Ngwu noted that while some private investigators are former law enforcement agents, others are former military and intelligence personnel.
The modern trend across the globe, he added, is the need to have them licensed so as to maintain ethical standards.
“The objectives of the bill include fraud prevention, detection, assessment and resolution; corporate fraud and risk management services; insurance fraud and claims investigation; aviation accident and loss investigation; marine loss investigation; occupational health and safety incident investigation; and witness location and bail bond defaulters etc.
“The bill defines the scope of the profession; ensures standards; provides penalty for professional negligence; prescribes offenses for operation without license and encourages industry-based training to maintain capacity.
“The bill essentially seeks to professionalise the industry and has no financial implication,” he said.
However, during debate on the bill, while the Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Olalere Oyewumi, and Senator Victor Umeh supported the bill, others like senators Adams Oshiomhole, Iya Abbas, and Mustapha Saliu kicked against it, describing it as recipe for personal fight.
Apparently flowing with the mood of the senators, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, called on the sponsor of the bill, to withdraw it for further legislative inputs, which he hurriedly did .
The National President of Junior Chamber International, Nigeria, Sandra Efemuaye on Friday described the planned national youth conference as announced by President Bola Tinubu during his October 1 Independence speech as an encouraging step towards carrying along young people in the task of nation-building. Efemuaye said that though, the youth confab may not necessarily solve
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The National President of Junior Chamber International, Nigeria, Sandra Efemuaye on Friday described the planned national youth conference as announced by President Bola Tinubu during his October 1 Independence speech as an encouraging step towards carrying along young people in the task of nation-building. Efemuaye said that though, the youth confab may not necessarily solve
The All Progressives Congress in Kano State, on Sunday, said it will closely monitor the state government’s use of the N3 billion flood relief funds provided by the Federal Government. The party’s Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, who disclosed this on Sunday stressed that the APC is committed to ensuring transparency and accountability in the funds’ utilisation.
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The All Progressives Congress in Kano State, on Sunday, said it will closely monitor the state government’s use of the N3 billion flood relief funds provided by the Federal Government. The party’s Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, who disclosed this on Sunday stressed that the APC is committed to ensuring transparency and accountability in the funds’ utilisation.