Good People, join me to thank Unyime Obot  for donating to Tekedia Institute Scholarship Fund. And he is doing this in perpetuity. Through his generosity, more young people will attend our world-class business education.  We thank Mr. Obot for funding the future. Visit here to read the testimonials and impacts of our programs.

Registration for another edition of Tekedia Mini-MBA (June 6 – Sept 3, 2022) opens. Tekedia Mini-MBA, from Tekedia Institute, is an innovation management 12-week program, optimized for business execution and growth, with digital operational overlay. It runs 100% online. The theme is Innovation, Growth & Digital Execution – Techniques for Building Category-King Companies. All contents are self-paced, recorded and archived which means participants do not have to be at any scheduled time to consume contents. Our programs are designed for ALL sectors, from fintech to construction, healthcare to manufacturing, agriculture to real estate, etc.

More so, the sector- and firm-agnostic management program comprises videos, flash cases, challenge assignments, labs, written materials, webinars, etc by a global faculty coordinated by Prof Ndubuisi Ekekwe. When we finish, we will issue a certificate from the Tekedia Institute, Boston USA.

Group Registrants/Corporate members: a new scheduling batch has been released for Tekedia Growth Hour this morning. Team moved my calendar around to make more space. I hope to welcome everyone in your team, including those not currently attending Tekedia Mini-MBA at the moment.

During Tekedia Mini-MBA, we schedule Tekedia Growth Hour with groups and corporate participants attending our program. We use the opportunity to discuss, at more specific levels, how some of the frameworks and business models we have studied could be applied in the companies. We do batch this throughout the program. I personally lead the Zoom session.

We’re co-learning with all. We also make special time for groups, companies, and all entities coming as a group, focusing on how we can deepen competitive market positions and advance your missions.

We invite you to register for the next edition of Tekedia Mini-MBA as a company or a group (of builders/makers/innovators) or as an individual here.

On Friday, the 17th of March, 2023, the president assented to some constitutional amendments passed and transmitted by the National Assembly to the president for his signature in January this year.

Under this amendment, the coverage of the concurrent legislative list was further widened thereby tightening up the exclusive legislative list with the aim of further promoting true federalism in Nigeria.

Exclusive legislative list are those lists/items that only the federal government have the power to legislate on; ie those ambits that are reserved exclusively for the federal government; for example, currency printing, minting and redesign, military mobilization etc while the concurrent list are those lists/items  that both the federal government and the state governments have the power to legislate on for instance; Education etc 

These are five major highlights of the amendments so you can arm yourself with the right and current provisions of the constitution.

1. States governments can now Generate and Distribute Electricity. Previously, the issue of electricity generation and distribution was in the exclusive legislative list thereby reserving anything to have to do with it strictly for the federal government but now states of the federation that are interested in generating and distributing electricity can explore that line now. 
2. Own Railway; before this constitutional amendment, it was only the federal government that had the power and legal rights to build railways and operate the rail transport system, but now states who deem so fit and are capable can build railway networks and operate it within the state. It should be noted that if the railway operates interstate it then falls under the jurisdiction of the federal government but inasmuch as the railway network operates intra-state or within the state, it is still within the jurisdiction of the state government. 
3. The President-elect and Governors-elect henceforth as a matter of constitutional requirement is to appoint its cabinet members not later than 60 days after they are sworn into office. This requirement has placed a clog on the wheel of a president or a governor waiting several months before appointing his or her cabinet members as we experienced with president Buhari’s first tenure. 
4. State assemblies and state judiciaries now have financial autonomy/independence. This implies that they will henceforth receive revenue allocation directly from the federal government allocation account and they are at the liberty to expend their resources on what and however they deem fit; the state judiciaries and the state house of assemblies will no longer be financially dependent on the state governments to function as it has always been the case.
5. Renaming of the Nigeria Prison Service to the Nigeria Correctional Service and Devolution of Powers for Correctional Services. State governments can now establish and operate their own correctional services (formerly known as the Nigerian Prison service) alongside the federal government. This is to say we can now have Lagos state correctional service or Ebonyi state correctional service. 

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended further collation of 2023 governorship election results in some parts of Enugu and Abia states due to security concern.

This was made known in a press release signed by the commission’s national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, Barr. Festus Okoye, on Monday. The press release reads as follows:

“The Commission met today, Monday 20th March 2023 and reviewed the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday 18th March 2023. Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to suspend forthwith further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu States.

“It will be recalled that our office in Obingwa Local Government Area was invaded by thugs yesterday Sunday 19th March 2023 and our officials held hostage in relation to the collation of results from the Local Government Area. Similarly, reports from Enugu State call for a review of the results for the Governorship election from the two outstanding Local Government Areas of Nsukka and Nkanu East.

“Consequently, the Commission hereby suspends the collation of results in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State and the two outstanding Local Government Areas of Enugu State which are yet to be collated. A review will be undertaken immediately before the process is concluded.

“We appeal for the understanding and patience of voters, parties and candidates in the affected States.”