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Anglican leader calls for part-time legislature, restructuring of Nigeria

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The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Calabar, Prof Nneoyi Egbe, has called on Nigeria to adopt a part-time legislature to save the country from excessive financial wastage and corruption.

He has also stressed that the country should adopt true federalism, especially as the nation considers political restructuring.

He spoke in an exclusive interview with DAILY POST on Saturday.

“I advocate for part-time legislators. I believe that it will add credibility to what they are doing.

“Part-time legislators will still afford them the opportunity to do their private work. And when it is time for sitting, they go for sitting and be paid for such sittings.

“I believe that will help us better than this current system because we have packed all the money to the politicians and left the populace empty.

“For me, a part-time legislative system will do us good; it will reduce and conserve the nation’s funds. This will reduce unnecessary flamboyance.”

Egbe, a lecturer at the University of Calabar for 31 years, said a part-time legislature would enable lawmakers to understand that they are purely into politics for service and to add value to the nation, not frolicking without vision.

He expressed pain that many lawmakers do not sponsor any bills yet draw significant financial rewards.

The clergyman called for a reduction in their payments if they cannot adopt a part-time legislature in Nigeria. “Better still,” he said, “they should all be on the minimum wage and then earn sitting allowances. We would have freed up so much money.”

He reasoned that the hefty sum saved could go into taking care of other areas of the economy, including paying other workers.

“I feel we all should look at the issues of the quality of the legislature objectively. We need to understand that it is not about me or those who are there but about the nation called Nigeria and the future of our children.

“Sometimes, these laws are made without considering the fact that these laws will catch up with us somewhere. We should make laws for the general good of the people, not with particular people or groups in mind.

“They should stop thinking of themselves. Let us divest ourselves of this self-centeredness and be objective about what we want Nigeria to be. That’s my take on it.”

He wondered why the Nigerian government should borrow money to put into people’s pockets.

On restructuring the country, Egbe advocated that states should be allowed to control the resources they produce, so that development in those areas will align with what they are producing.

“The centre can take care of foreign affairs, defense, and other such areas, rather than harassing us about who should take care of primary education, which should be the focus of the states and local governments.

“It is unfair for someone to produce something from one area and for the person who is sharing it to be from another area and then distribute it as they see fit.

“Let a percentage of the resources go to the federal government. The center will not be too attractive. People are killing themselves over too much money at the center.

“I think restructuring will do us good. If we restructure at all levels, it will work for us.”

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Alleged 20Billion Fraud: EFCC Arraigns Ex AMCON MD, Ahmed Kuru, Company in Lagos

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 arraigned a former Managing Director, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru before Justice R.A. Oshodi of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged N20 billion fraud.

He was arraigned alongside a company, Sigma Golf Nigeria Limited on an amended six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and dishonestly taking the property of another.

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BREAKING: Terrorism: Justice Nyako adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial indefinitely

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Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, “sine die.”

Kanu’s trial was stalled after Nyako of the Abuja Federal High Court entered a recusal order on September 24, 2024.

The judge issued the recusal order after Kanu asked her to step down from his trial because he lacked confidence in her ability.

Following her decision, Justice Nyako returned Kanu’s case file to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho.

However, Tsoho was said to have returned the file to Nyako to continue the trial.

Kanu is currently facing charges of terrorism leveled against him by the Federal Government.

The IPOB leader has been in detention since he was rearrested in Kenya and subjected to extraordinary rendition back to Nigeria in 2021.

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Gospel Singer Paul Nwokocha reveals why he divorced his second wife just one year after marriage despite marrying her one month after first wife left him.

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Gospel singer Paul Nwokocha has confirmed that his second marriage has hit the rocks.

Paul Nwokocha married a woman named Goodness in September 2023 just one month after his marriage to his first wife, Alice, ended.

At the time he married Goodness, he extolled her virtues with songs on their wedding day and stated that she was from his hometown, so his fans concluded this meant he knew her well.

He also explained at the time that he “decided to marry my new wife, Goodness, one month after my ex wife packed out of our matrimonial home because the Holy Bible said Paul Nwokocha should not be alone.”

Sadly, the second marriage ended after just one year.

Addressing his second failed marriage in a video, Paul Nwokocha claimed his wife Goodness was caught taking nud£ photos of herself and sending to men.

“I married a wife not a wh0r£, so I owe no one apology for this,” he said.

“Stop calling me names. He who wears the shoe knows how it pinches,” he added.

“Not even minding how long I married you, if I find that you are doing evil, you’re going out of my house,” he concluded his statement.

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