Unemployment benefits are payments made by back authorized bodies to unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are funded by a compulsory governmental insurance system, not taxes on individual citizens. Depending on the jurisdiction and the status of the person, those sums may be small, covering only basic needs, or may compensate the lost time proportionally to the previous earned salary.
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) is a major contemporary political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the centre-right of the political spectrum. It won every Presidential election between 1999 and 2011, and was until the 2015 elections, the governing party in the Fourth Republic although in some cases, amid a few controversial electoral circumstances. Currently, PDP controls 14 states out of 36 states in Nigeria.
The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature established under section 4 of the Nigerian Constitution. It consists of a Senate with 109 membersand a 360-memberHouse of Representatives The body, modelled after the federal Congress of the United States, is supposed to guarantee equal representation of the 36 states irrespective of size in the Senate and proportional representation of population in the House. The National Assembly, like many other organs of the Nigerian government, is based in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory.
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that he served as Vice-President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010 and as Governor of Bayelsa State from 2005 to 2007.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is the oil corporation through which the federal government of Nigeria regulates and participates in the country's petroleum industry.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a scheme set up by the Nigerian government to involve Nigerian graduates in nation building and the development of the country. There is no military conscription in Nigeria, but since 1973 graduates of universities and later polytechnics have been required to take part in the National Youth Service Corps program for one year. This is known as national service year. Ahmadu Ali served as the first Director-General of the NYSC until 1975. The incumbent Director-General is Brig. Gen. Sule Zakari Kazaure.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), set up in 1998, is the electoral body which was set up to oversee elections in Nigeria. The INEC has encountered several controversies in the run-up to elections in the country, most notably the April 2007 general elections, including criticism about its preparedness from Sada Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto and a dispute over its "disqualification" of Vice president Atiku Abubakar's candidacy. The Supreme Court ruled that the INEC can not disqualify candidates, so Abubakar's name was added to ballots at the last minute.
Farouk Muhammad Lawan is a Nigerian politician and four-term member of the House of Representatives for the Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State.
Femi Otedola is a Nigerian businessman, philanthropist, and chairman of Forte Oil PLC, an importer of fuel products. Otedola is the founder of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd, and the owner of a number of other businesses across shipping, real estate and finance. He has recently invested in power generation as part of the liberalisation of the sector in Nigeria.
Abdul Ahmed Ningi is the Deputy Majority Leader of the Nigerian Senate. A member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), he is the Nigerian Senator from Bauchi Central senatorial zone serving since 2011. Bauchi Central senatorial zone includes the local government areas of Danbam, Darazo, Ganjuwa, Misau, Ningi, and Warji.
Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga was the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria. He was first nominated by General Obasanjo and appointed by President Jonathan as Minister of Finance from 6 April 2010 to June 2011.
Rilwan Lanre Babalola was appointed Nigerian Minister of Power on 17 December 2008 after a cabinet shuffle by President Umaru Yar'Adua. He left office in March 2010 when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet.
Occupy Nigeria was a socio-political protest movement that began in Nigeria on Monday, 2 January 2012 in response to the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government of President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday, 1 January 2012. Protests took place across the country, including in the cities of Kano, Ojota, Abuja, and at the Nigerian High Commission in London. The protests have been characterised by civil disobedience, civil resistance, strike actions, demonstrations and online activism. The use of social media services such as Twitter and Facebook has been a prominent feature.
Ngozi Juliet Olejeme is a Nigerian Philanthropist, entrepreneur, politician and administrator. She presently sits on the board of numerous companies and Government establishments, most notably is the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust-fund (NSITF) Where she currently sits as the Chairman of the Board, Subsidy Re-Investment Program (SURE-P) and Trust Fund Pension, among others.
Akachukwu Sullivan Nwankpo is a Nigerian politician, Igbo political leader and peace-maker. He served as the Special Advisor on Technical Matters to President Goodluck Jonathan and Secretary/Member of the Presidential Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program (SURE-P) Committee until 1 August 2013. He is a member of the People's Democratic Party
Peter Esele was born on July 24,1972, in Edo state Nigeria. He is a unionist. Esele was the president of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for two terms from March 2007- June 2013. He also served as President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from April 2006- 2008. Acting President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from Dec 2005 to Apr 2006, as PENGASSAN Deputy President from April 2005 to December 2005. Peter Esele has served as board member of several Federal Government agencies and parastatals/my-plan-is-to-make-grassroots-people-access-good-governance-esele/|title=My plan is to make grassroots people access good governance - Esele - BusinessDay : News you can trust|date=28 February 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
Goodluck Jonathan, was inaugurated as the President of Nigeria on February 10, 2010, under special parliamentary procedures, succeeding Umaru Musa Yar'Adua who was unable to carry out Presidential duties, hence his assumption of the office. Jonathan, the People's Democratic Party nominee, was a former university professor and a Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, an oil-rich state in the South-South geopolitical zone in Nigeria. His running mate, was Namadi Sambo, an erstwhile architect and former governor of Kaduna state, inaugurated as Vice President of Nigeria later on the 19th of May, 2010.
The Ondo State Wealth Creation Agency (WECA) was established in 2009 by the Mimiko administration in response to the quest for economic diversification and the creation of employment in areas relating to Agriculture & Food Security. It was created from the defunct Accelerated Poverty Alleviation Agency. and is designed to develop policies and programs that foster youth participation in Agricultural entrepreneurship in Ondo State. In 2016 the Youth development programs of the agency earned the commendation of the African Development Bank.
