Daniel Epuyo Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 101.

• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope I will recover my one minute. I was talking about the reasoning behind the establishment of the NYS, of which I am a graduate. I went through what we used to call “pre-university training”, which took three months. The training is good, but it does not prepare one to become a military officer. The military have their own curriculum, programmes and philosophy that they instill in their recruits to ensure that they are able to perform particular tasks required of them. That is not similar to the NYS training. The trainings are ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: undertaking of many other civil works, even though there is the paramilitary training bit of it involving parade drills, instilling of discipline and order in the recruits, which is okay. However, that is not the kind of training that is given to recruits in the military. Therefore, we need to relook at our youth training programmes. Sustainability of the programmes is the challenge. I remember what happened in the mid-1980s and early 1990s. Middle-level colleges were turned into university campuses, leading to the collapse of middle- level training that used to produce technically qualified diploma holders just because we wanted ... view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The issue we should be dealing with as Parliament and a country is unemployment. We need to have programmes that are sustainable. After three months of training at the NYS, the servicemen and servicewomen need to be given something that will sustain their lives in the form of employment, but not necessarily transiting them to becoming military or police officers. The doctrines are different in those establishments. view
• 27 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I oppose. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak to the Presidential Address on the state of the nation. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak to the Presidential Address on the state of the nation. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I would like to appreciate the spirit and the conviction that His Excellency the President put in the delivery of his Address to this House. He was convinced; he believed in what he was saying, and he was positive on the state of our nation. Some of the positives included the expanded electricity generation in this country, power connection and the lowering of power tariffs. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I would like to appreciate the spirit and the conviction that His Excellency the President put in the delivery of his Address to this House. He was convinced; he believed in what he was saying, and he was positive on the state of our nation. Some of the positives included the expanded electricity generation in this country, power connection and the lowering of power tariffs. view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: The abolition of examination fees in this country will go a long way to actualize the Free Primary and Free Secondary Education programmes in this country. The infrastructure programmes that our country is undertaking are major. They are going to contribute in a big way to the growth of this economy. We have a forward-looking and optimistic economic status presently. This is the kind of information that this country requires at this time. As a country that is desirous of being recognized for its economic growth and entering into the league of nations that are respected, we would wish that ... view
• 1 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: The abolition of examination fees in this country will go a long way to actualize the Free Primary and Free Secondary Education programmes in this country. The infrastructure programmes that our country is undertaking are major. They are going to contribute in a big way to the growth of this economy. We have a forward-looking and optimistic economic status presently. This is the kind of information that this country requires at this time. As a country that is desirous of being recognized for its economic growth and entering into the league of nations that are respected, we would wish that ... view