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Boko HaramCoalition Against Corrupt Leaders has urged the Federal Government to develop the northern part of the country as this can stop the killings of innocent citizens.
The group, in a statement on Monday, condemned the killing of pupils and teachers in Yobe State by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect. Continue reading “Development in North can stop killings – CACOL”
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The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has called for an investigation into the alleged misuse of N4.9 billion from the contingency funds of the Federal Government by the Budget Office of the Federation.
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts had, last week, queried the disbursement of money from the fund.
CACOL Chairman, Comrade Debo Adeniran, who condemned this act in a press statement issued yesterday in Lagos, lamented that the endemic corruption pervading the Budget Office of the federation is very worrisome. Continue reading “Anti-corruption group slams Budget Office over N4.9bn spending”
Posted on Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
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Comrade Debo Adeniran, a human rights activist, is the Executive Chairman of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL). In This interview with Correspondent, TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, he speaks on federal government’s fight against corrupt practices, the agitation for a Sovereign National Conference, 14 years of democratic journey and the battle for 2015. Continue reading “FG paying lip service to anti-corruption crusade – Adeniran”
Comrade Debo Adeniran, a human rights activist, is the Executive Chairman of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL). In This interview with Correspondent, TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, he speaks on federal government’s fight against corrupt practices, the agitation for a Sovereign National Conference, 14 years of democratic journey and the battle for 2015.
Nigeria celebrated 14 years of Democracy on May 29. How will you assess the journey so far? Continue reading “FG Paying Lip Service To Anti-Corruption Crusade – Adeniran”
On June 13, 2013 · In News
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BY LAJA THOMAS
A rights group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, Wednesday described the June 12, 1993, election won by Late Chief MKO Abiola as a welcome aberration.
Speaking on behalf of the Coalition, its Executive Chairman, Debo Adeniran, averred that though the June 12 election remained the only free and fair election ever conducted in the country, it was a proceed of corrupt practices.
“Though June 12 remains the only free and fair election ever conducted in this country, but the processes that preceded it marred the credibility of the election. Continue reading “June 12, a welcome aberration – Rights group”
on June 11, 2013 in Politics [By WALE AKINOLA]
Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has lauded Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, for his effort at making education accessible to pupils of public secondary schools in the state. The commendation came on the heel of the launch of “Opon Imo”, the computer tablet stored with 53 textbooks, in the Senior Secondary School (SSS) curriculum, past Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Unified Tertiary Examination (UTME) questions dating back to the last 10 years, e-teaching videos and allied materials distributed free to Senior Secondary School pupils in Osun public schools. Speaking on behalf of the Coalition, its Executive Chairman, Debo Adeniran commended the innovation of the governor and his thoughtfulness at making education accessible to the children of the poor. Continue reading “CACOL lauds Aregbesola over computer tablet”
Posted by: Bukola Afolabi
Opinions are divided as to the propriety of some of the intervention funds declared by the Federal Government in recent times, with many arguing that such funds may not have been well-thought out. Bukola Afolabi takes a look at the contending issues
WHETHER on the airwaves or newspaper pages, Nigerians are continuously assaulted with stories and reports announcing one intervention fund or the other, but the irony, however, is that people hardly stand the chance to get the carrots being dangled, a development, which leaves many wondering if the futility of the exercise is worth the trouble. Continue reading “Much ado about intervention funds”
Yinka OdumakinSome civil rights groups have called for the scrapping of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum to forestall a breakdown of law and order in the country.
They said this would allow the members to pay proper attention to the administration of their states.
The groups – Save Nigeria Group, Campaign for Democracy and Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders – in separate interviews with our correspondent on Friday, said the forum had lost its value due to the crisis that followed its chairmanship election.
Continue reading “SNG, others want NGF scrapped”
Comrade Debo Adeniran, a human rights activist is the Executive Chairman of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL).
Has the country fared very well 14 years after the change of baton from military to civilian administration?
Since Nigeria’s independence from our colonial masters in 1960, the country has passed through the most difficult times in terms of the struggle to transform our political landscape. Talking about challenges, Nigeria has fought many survival battles including, but not limited to, a civil war that led to the loss of lives of millions of people. In the internal struggle for power and political control of the nation state, the country has witnessed a number of coups d’état. Continue reading “It has brought nothing but untold hardship –Debo Adeniran”
By ADEKUNLE YUSUF
It is celebration time, once again. Any moment now, especially by Wednesday this week, government houses at the state and federal levels will be agog with revelry of all kinds. Despite a menacing shadow cast on the horizon by the lingering insecurity challenges, the nation deserves to celebrate with fanfare its 14 unbroken years of democracy, the longest stretch of civil rule since independence in 1960. Besides the fact that the good news is worth going to town with, celebrating what is now looking like a feat also affords operators of the current dispensation an opportunity to mount the rooftops and trumpet their achievements in office. Continue reading “Democracy: So Far So Poor”