News

Yoruba Group Rejects Jega-led Committee’s Report on Open Grazing

A Pan-Yoruba organization, Think Yoruba First, has expressed strong opposition to the recommendation by the Professor Attahiru Jega-led Presidential Livestock Reform Committee, which suggested a 10-year transition period allowing open grazing before phasing it out. The committee, co-chaired by former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Jega, proposed a hybrid model of […]

News

BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints Attahiru Jega As Co-chairman

President Bola Tinubu has named Professor Attahiru Jega, the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, as the co-chairman of the committee responsible for coordinating the implementation of livestock reforms in Nigeria. The announcement was made by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale during the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms at […]

Opinion

Nigeria Is A Failing State And If We Don’t Act, The Worst Will Happen – Attahiru Jega

By Abba Dukawa A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has warned that Nigeria is a failing state and the leaders and citizens need to safeguard the system in order to prevent “the worst” from happening. Jega, who presided over the 2015 general elections, noted that Nigeria has a […]