African Development Bank Recruitment for Young Professional Program (YPP) 2011.

Graduate Recruitment at African Development Bank

The YPP targets motivated and talented young professionals under thirty-two (32) years of age, who are committed to making a difference on the African continent and who will spend between two (2) and three (3) years of their professional career in a multicultural, and professionally stimulating environment at the African Development Bank.
Position Title: Young Professional Program 2011

Objectives
The Bank seeks individuals skilled in the areas relevant to its operations, such as infrastructure, regional integration, health, education, agriculture, climate change and environment, gender, finance and risk management, governance and private sector development.

The Bank hires approximately twenty (20) young professionals each year. These YPs complete yearly rotational assignments in different organizational units and sectors in the Bank, during a minimum of two and maximum of three rotational assignments.

Selection Criteria
Graduate Recruitment 2011 at African Development Bank
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

The following established eligibility requirements guide the recruitment of the Young Professionals, and at no time will the Bank make an exception for any candidate:
Citizen of a member country (regional or non-regional) of the AfDB
A maximum of 32 years of age by December 31st of the selection year (i.e 2011)
A minimum of a Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Engineering, Social Sciences, International Development, Business Administration, Finance, Banking or any discipline that is relevant to the business of the Bank
Multi-disciplinary background and a minimum of three years relevant work experience
Outstanding academic credentials
Demonstrated commitment to African development (field experience on the continent and/or in other developing countries is an added advantage)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English or French with a working knowledge of the other language (working knowledge of a third language that is relevant to the Bank’s operation in the African continent is an advantage)
Ability/motivation to work in a multicultural work environment
Demonstrated leadership potential
Demonstrated strong analytical skills, dynamism, results-orientation, and problem-solving capability

Features of the Program
The program mandates completion of two (2) out of three (3) yearly rotations with a possibility of securing a regular staff position during the third term of the program.
Additionally, the program affords coaching and mentoring opportunities for each Young Professional.

Professional Experience:
The 1st rotational assignment will be a ‘stretch’ or ‘learning’ rotation, responsive to the Bank’s needs and priorities. It is intended to provide exposure to the Bank’s various departmental and developmental programs and processes. Individual work programs should reflect on-the-job learning that is central to the YPP.
Where possible, the 2nd rotational assignment should take place in the area of expertise or organizational unit in which the YP hopes to remain for the mid to long term if selected on a competitive basis.
The work program should provide a suitable bridge between the development focus of the 1st rotation and the specialist nature of the 2nd rotation and the level of responsibility required in a higher level position.
As required by their work programs, and at the request of the organizational unit hosting the rotation, YPs are expected to participate in missions and assignments in Field Offices for a certain period of time.

Application Deadline: 14th May, 2011

Method of Application
Interested candidates for the Young Professional Program 2011 should Click here to Apply Online

Sterling Bank Vacancy (Relationship Managers & Officers)

Job Title:

Relationship Managers & Officers

Department:

Lagos Mainland 1

Description:

Business Development

Liability generation

Risk asset creation

Remedial management

Recovery

Relationship Managament

Brand Ambassador

Mentoring

Job Conditions:

Normal Sterling Work Conditions

Reporting To:

Business Manager

Required Skills:

Good communication skills

Selling/Marketing Skills

Credit appraisal/analyses

Industry Analysis

Negotiation skills

Relationship Management

Accounting

Qualification:

B.Sc, B.A, HND

Location:

Type:

Any Type

Expiry Date:

Friday, May 13, 2011

follow this Link to apply

Jonathan seeks approval for new Justices

President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a list of three justices of the Court of Appeal for elevation to the Supreme Court. They are to replace three other retiring justices of the apex court.
The nominees are Ngwuta (South East), Mary Peter-Odili (South East) and O Ariwoola (South West).In a letter to the Senate dated April 19, 2011, President Jonathan stated that the appointments were necessitated by the recent retirement from the Supreme Court bench of Justices G. A Oguntade, J.O Ogebe and Niki Tobi.
Similarly, in a letter dated April 12, 2011, the President has written to seek the confirmation of Alhaji Lawal Inde Abdullahi (Katsina State) as a commissioner in the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) for a period of five years.
Another communication from the President to the Senate was for the approval of the 2011 budget proposal for the Federal Capital Territory which was conveyed through a letter dated March 15, 2011.
Also among the President’s communication to the Senate was a request for the confirmation of appointments of chairman and members of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON).

FCTA to investigate land allocations by area councils

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is set to reposition the six area councils to enhance efficiency and delivery of democratic dividends to residents.

The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed who disclosed this also said all land allocated by the area councils since inception of the FCTA will be investigated to determine their authenticity for subsequent issuance of Certificates of Occupancy.

He spoke while receiving the FCT elected political office holders in Abuja who paid him a thank-you visit in his office.

They also used the medium to send their congratulatory message to President Goodluck Jonathan on the success of the just-concluded general elections.

Mohammed stressed the need to reposition the area councils to make them responsive on delivering improved healthcare, qualitative education, sound environment, sanitation and well-coordinated transportation network.

The minister also disclosed that the FCTA had started issuing licences to new bus operators, adding that their services will be subsidised by the government to ensure effectiveness and sustainability.

He remarked that the administration has concluded plans to assist the FCT Command of the Nigeria Police Force by getting it re-positioned for greater challenges.

The Minister revealed that his administration had recruited over 1,000 informal informants who are usually paid stipends to nip criminal activities on the bud.

Senator Mohammed stressed that the FCT area councils will soon enjoy delegated powers to allocate certain categories of plots of land in the Territory to reduce the pressure on the centre.

NBA wants attack on Election Petition Tribunal in Bayelsa probed

The Yenagoa branch of the Nigerian Bar Association has called for the institution of a high powered investigative team with the required independence to probe last weekend attack on the registry of state Election Petition Tribunal within the High Court complex by suspected thugs who carted away documentary evidence before it and the sum of N70,000 belonging to the staff.

Chairman of the Yenagoa branch of the NBA, Barrister Stanley Ike Damabide who spoke to newsmen in Yenagoa at the end of the body’s deliberation condemned in strong terms what he described as the desecration and insult of the judiciary and the ignoble played by the state government security outfit, Operation Famou Tangbei which allegedly gave cover to the rampaging thugs.

He said, “it is with great concern that the Yenagoa branch of the Nigerian Bar Association is addressing you today, as an unprecedented crude and abominable conduct with desecrating effects on the sanctity of the judiciary in Bayelsa State, has just occurred.”

Akala stops Alaafin as Permanent Chairman of Council of Obas

The feud between the Alaafin of Oyo , Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III and the out-going governor Adebayo Alao-Akala has taken a turn for the worse with the signing into law a bill which stops the Alaafin from occupying the position of the state Council of Obas and Chiefs in permanent capacity .
The action of governor Akala came just less than two weeks after losing the governorship election to the opposition party , Action Congress of Nigeria { ACN} which was favoured by the royal father and this became evident in the victory of ACN in all the four local government covers made up Oyo town.
Before the election, there has been no love lost between the monarch and the governor , especially when the Alaafin raised an alarm that the governor was planning to terminate his life .
Adeyemi has hitherto been the permanent chairman of the council.
But a statement by Alao-Akala’s spokesman, Mr. Dotun Oyelade, on Tuesday indicated that the signing of the law tagged Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs Amendment Law 2011 supercedes similar law enacted in 2000 by the Alhaji Lam Adesina’s regime.
By this development, the chairmanship of the council has become rotational among the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Soun of Ogbomosoland and the Alaafin of Oyo in that order.
The council’s deputy chairmanship also becomes rotational among the Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, Eleruwa of Eruwa, Okere of Saki and Aseyin of Iseyin in that order.

NDLEA uncovers 3.2kg cocaine concealed in candles

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, have discovered 3.2 kilogrammes of high grade cocaine concealed inside some candles.
It arrested a 45-year-old suspect, Aina Fausat Olanrewaju, for carrying the drug, which street value was put at N30 million. NDLEA discovered the suspect’s “innovation” on Sunday during an inward screening of passengers on an Emirate flight from Brazil.
The drug was industrially packed inside six big candles, four of which were black and the other two green.
Answering questions from narcotic officers, Olanrewaju said the candles were meant for spiritual use.
But the curious NDLEA officers broke the candles and discovered that they contained cocaine.
The suspect was arrested following the discovery of the cocaine-laden candles in her luggage, which also contained female shoes, bags and clothes.
NDLEA said the single mother of two children might be working for an international drug cartel with stronghold in Brazil.
She has been taken on follow-up operations in Nigeria to arrest others linked with the crime.
Two persons have reportedly been arrested for the unlawful drug importation, but NDLEA said it has begun investigation to determine their level of involvement.
NDLEA Airport Commander, Alhaji Hamza Umar, said: “There is no limit to the tricks of drug trafficking syndicates. The candle mode of concealment is simply amazing.”
NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive Ahmadu Giade urged the officers to continue to expose drug barons’ tricks through meticulous search operations.

Nigeria budget office sees tighter 2011 budget soon

Nigeria's government is in talks with parliament over the country's 2011 budget proposal and expects to agree an amended version with a narrower deficit within weeks, the head of the budget office said on Tuesday.

President Goodluck Jonathan initially proposed a 4.226 trillion naira ($27.32 billion) budget in December but parliament inflated the spending plans, passing a 4.972 trillion naira version three months later.

Government has said the 2011 budget is supposed to mark the beginning of a period of fiscal consolidation in sub-Saharan Africa's second biggest economy and Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga described the amended version, which would push the deficit to over four percent, as "unimplementable".

He vowed in March to take the issue up with parliament.

"We are very, very deep in the negotiations, we have gone very far," Bright Okogu, director general of the budget office, told reporters on the sidelines of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) event in the commercial capital Lagos.

"We have both recognised in all our preliminary discussions that there is a need to come back to a more realistic budget deficit level," he said.

The original budget plan presented by Jonathan implied a deficit of around 3.6 percent. Okogu said the final version would push the deficit "back in that direction".

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Obi assists corps members, says aide

Senior Special Assistant to Governor Peter Obi on Media and Publicity, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, has assured the people of Anambra State that Obi would remain committed to the welfare of all the segments of the society, including the youth.
In a statement on claims by some people that he was not responsive to the plight of the stranded Anambra youth corps members in some parts of the country recently, Obienyem said it was statements made in ignorance.
According to him, once the post-election crisis started, Obi was the first to establish contact with security agencies and was working directly with the Director of the SSS and the State Commissioner for Police on the security situation as it affected not just the Corps members but Igbo people in the affected areas as the chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum.
He worked essentially with other South-East Governors. This, he said was his pattern, which saw him in the past visiting Jos twice to see Eastern victims of the crisis there and talk to them.
Obienyem contended that some people are making all sorts of claim, when they do not even know the genesis of the Dana flight that brought some of the corps members back.

Uduaghan assures workers on payment of minimum wage

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, basking in the euphoria of his victory at the April 26 governorship polls, has assured workers of the preparedness of his administration to implement the new minimum wage of N18, 000.
Uduaghan in his May Day address read on his behalf by his deputy, Prof Amos Utuama (SAN), told the workers at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) joint rally in Asaba on Sunday that once guidelines were worked out for the new minimum wage, he would start implementing it.
“The issue of N18,000 minimum wage has already become a law and we have approved it in principle but we are awaiting the necessary guidelines for its implementation.
“We have largely kept our promises to our workers having implemented promotion packages, employed new workers where necessary and paid salaries and allowances as at when due.
“We have fully implemented all salary structures, which include those of medical and health workers, the judiciary, colleges of education, polytechnics and universities and the main civil service. We will not let workers down believing that a worker is entitled to his wages. “Despite the tight financial environment under which we are operating, we will continue to meet our obligations to the workers of Delta State as at when due. All we expect from you in return is greater dedication, patience and loyalty to the government.” Uduaghan pointed out that his administration besides the major projects like the Asaba International Airport, the various road dualization, was working on its vision of creating a virile and strong Delta State that could survive without the vagaries in the international oil market.