DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Rendezvous By Martins Yanatham Dickson The term “Country of Particular Concern” is not a casual diplomatic phrase; it is an international American classification reserved for nations where grave violations of religious freedom or systematic persecution persist unchecked.  When U.S. President Donald Trump declared Nigeria as such, it was not a hasty or ill-informed decision. It was a response born out of credible reports, consistent patterns of violence, and the glaring inaction of the Nigerian government to protect its citizens. Let us be clear: genocide refers to any deliberate and systematic act intended to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.  The killings, displacement, and destruction of predominantly Christian communities across Northern Nigeria bear undeniable genocidal tendencies. To deny this is to indulge in dangerous hypocrisy. Yet, the tragedy cuts both ways. Muslim communities in the North-West have also suffere...

Daily Rendezvous Hamisu Idris Medugu described the appointment of Ahmed Galadima Aminu a well development and a sound decision by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to give him the Executive mandate as Chief Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) for a term of four (4) years in the first instance. Idris said the good initiative of calling onboard Galadima by President is a laudable decision as is most qualified to head affairs of PTDF considering his tract record.  Idris congratulated him and extolled a seasoned technocrat who is excellent in managing the affairs of the organization.  Recall that this evening a press release from the office of the president said the new Executive Secretary / CEO of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund has most recently served as the General Manager of the Education and Training Department at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund. According to the statement signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale,  Spec...

Daily Rendezvous THE PROPOSED PALLIATIVE CASH TRANSFERS ROBS THE POOR AND PAYS THE RICH: WE REJECT IT  We have restrained ourselves from making further comments publicly on the vexatious issues around the recent but unfortunate unilateral hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the guise of the so-called subsidy withdrawal which has unleashed predictably as we had earlier warned unimaginable and unprecedented hardship, sorrow, anguish and suffering upon Nigerian workers and masses.  Our resolve is anchored on our strong and abiding faith in the outcomes of the processes of social dialogue and its mechanisms especially within a democratic setting which fortunately all the major stakeholders in the nation’s socioeconomic framework pleads to at this particular point in time though some have demonstrably shown that it does not go deeper than the rhetoric.  However, the government of Nigeria seems to have been misled into believing that resorting to impu...