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HoR to hold Hearing on Bill to Regulate Corporate Social Responsibility
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The House of Representatives announces a public hearing on a proposed legislation titled “A Bill to Regulate Corporate Social Responsibility and Related Matters” (HB. 243), sponsored by Rep. Olumide Osoba (APC, Ogun).
This public engagement will be chaired by Rep. Lilian Orogbu (LP, Anambra), Chairperson of the House Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility, and declared open by Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, PhD, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The public hearing is scheduled to convene with details as follows:
*Date:* Tuesday, June 25, 2024
*Time:* 10:00 a.m.
*Venue:* House of Representatives’ New Building, Conference Room 236, National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
Expressing his views on the importance of this legislation, Sponsor of the bill, Rep. Olumide Osoba, stated: “This bill is a critical step towards ensuring that businesses in Nigeria are held accountable for their social and environmental impacts. It aims to promote ethical business practices and encourage companies to contribute positively to the communities in which they operate.”
Rep. Orogbu further emphasised the significance of this public hearing, stating, “This bill represents a crucial step towards ensuring that businesses in Nigeria are not only profitable but also contribute positively to the communities in which they operate. It is essential that we regulate corporate social responsibility activities to promote sustainable development and responsible business practices.”
The bill seeks to establish a regulatory framework for activities on corporate social responsibility in Nigeria, ensuring that businesses operate in a manner that not only upholds societal well-being but also fosters sustainability and responsibility in their operations.
Stakeholders, interested parties, and the public at large are invited to partake in this pivotal public hearing and contribute their invaluable perspectives to the discourse on this bill.
*Signed:*
*Rep. Akin Rotimi, Jr.*
House Spokesman / Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs
Bishop Godwin Elim, the Senior Pastor at Live for Christ, aka Lifting Assembly in Abuja has said God’s Kingdom is the birthright of believers as this is not negotiable.
Naijablitznews reports Bishop Elim made this assertion on Saturday in his sermon drawing vivid examples from bible passages and real life examples.
This is part one of the series to run through the week.
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The All Progressives Congress, APC has won all 20 Chairmanship and 236 Councillorship seats in the Ogun LG Polls.
Naijablitznews reports that the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) on Sunday, declared all the 20 chairmanship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winners of Saturday’s local government elections conducted in the state.
The Chairman of the commission, Babatunde Osibodu also declared all 236 APC councillorship candidates as winners of the election while presenting the official results of the polls at the commission’s headquarters at Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, the state capital.
Osibodu said the ruling party, APC, emerged victorious across all the 20 local government areas and 236 wards in the state by polling a total of 613,156 votes cast in the exercise which witnessed major political parties like the Accord Party (AP), African Action Congress (AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Democratic Party (ADP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), participating.
Other political parties that participated in the exercise included the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Action People’s Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Boot Party (BP), People’s Redemption Party (PRP), National Rescue Movement (NRM) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the guber election conducted in Ondo State on Saturday.
Aiyedatiwa, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.
He polled a total of 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival in the election, Agboola Ajayi, who is the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the election.
The APC cleared all 18 local government areas.
While the PDP polled a total of 117,845 votes, the Labour Party (LP) polled 1,162 votes and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) polled 2,692 votes.
Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi announced the result of the Ondo governorship election at the State headquarters of INEC in Akure.
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