REMARKS BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI DURING THE COMMENCEMENT OF TRAINING FOR THE SECOND BATCH OF CANDIDATES FOR THE GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM OF THE SENATORIAL DISTRICT

The challenge of Youth and Graduate unemployment in Nigeria is a serious socio-economic malaise afflicting our country. It is estimated that over 60% of graduates of tertiary Institutions in Nigeria do not have gainful employment. This has bred many social dislocations, manifesting in social vices of all kinds. I realized the enormity of this problem to Enugu North Senatorial District early. Our District is disadvantaged in many ways. We did not have the leverages of political and economic reach of … Read More

BRIEF TO THE CENTRAL BANK’S DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON THE GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SCHEME OF ENUGU NORTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT BY THE OFFICE OF SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI

By letters dated February 1, 2016 and May 9 2016, Senator Utazi intimated the Central Bank of the need for a Graduate/Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Programme for his Constituency, Enugu North Senatorial District and his intention to guide constituents to tap into, and benefit from, the various empowerment schemes of the Central Bank. The programme is intended to meet a real need to impart specific skills on constituents with a view to make them self-reliant and creators of labour. He … Read More

BRIEF BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI TO THE INVESTIGATIVE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PLIGHT OF RETIRED JUDGES OF STATE HIGH COURTS AND THE NEED TO HARMONISE THE PROCESS OF PAYING THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS OF ALL JUDGES OF SUPERIOR COURTS OF RECORD IN NIGERIA

For reasons of the independence of the judicial arm of Government, Section 84 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, provides that the remuneration, salaries and allowances payable to judges of Superior Courts of record in Nigeria, as mentioned in subsection (4) of the Section, shall be a charge upon the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation. What this means is that salaries and emoluments of Judicial Officers of the category mentioned are paid from the Fund, through … Read More

REMARKS BY SENATOR CHUKWUKA UTAZI DURING THE COMMENCEMENT OF TRAINING FOR THE SECOND BATCH OF CANDIDATES FOR THE GRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM OF THE SENATORIAL DISTRICT

The challenge of Youth and Graduate unemployment in Nigeria is a serious socio-economic malaise afflicting our country. It is estimated that over 60% of graduates of tertiary Institutions in Nigeria do not have gainful employment. This has bred many social dislocations, manifesting in social vices of all kinds. I realized the enormity of this problem to Enugu North Senatorial District early. Our District is disadvantaged in many ways. We did not have the leverages of political and economic reach of … Read More