Ochefu: Elite consensus wanted to turnaround Nigeria’s economy – ITREALMS

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The elites in Nigeria must unanimously agree about the fundamentals of the economy including the norms of the social system, Professor Yakubu Ochefu, has suggested.

Ochefu, the Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), said that the current state of the economy requires elite consensus; a phenomenon which most developed social formations have in common.

'2023: Why PDP'll give Nigeria acceptable consensus option' - ITREALMS

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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde said on Tuesday that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 election would be someone that has everybody’s buy-in.

The governor, who was speaking while receiving leading presidential hopefuls of the party, who paid him a visit at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said that the party would ensure the presidential candidate emerges through a consensus arrangement.

Implement consensus policy for IGO, INGO identifiers

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is seeking all ICANN generic top-level domain (gTLD) contracted parties to as a matter of urgency implement the new consensus policy concerning the protection of certain specific names of intergovernmental organizations (IGO) and international nongovernmental organizations (INGO) identifiers in all gTLDs, reports ITRealms.

This policy, ITRealms gathered  is  related only to those identifiers specifically approved by the ICANN Board in April 2014 following the conclusion of a Policy Development Process (PDP) conducted by the Generic Names Supporting Organization. 

According to ICANN, this direction does not include IGO and INGO identifiers for which Board approval is still pending or for which GNSO policy work remains ongoing.

ITRealms also gathered that contracted parties will have until 1 August 2018 to complete implementation of the new requirements for certain specific names of IGOs, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement (RCRC). 

Further ICANN explained that for INGOs, the implementation period will be 12 months from the release of the INGO Claims Systems Specification which is currently under development by ICANN org.

The protections, ITRealms gathered is within this policy pertain to specific names of certain IGOs, INGOs, the IOC, and the RCRC, according to the recommendations adopted by the ICANN Board.

"The policy requires registry operators to withhold the specified names from registration for IGOs, the IOC, and the RCRC at the second-level and provides an exceptions procedure for registration. For INGOs, the policy requires claims notices at the second-level" ICANN said.

Just as additional information is available at the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization working group and IGO/INGO implementation review team wiki pages.

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ICANN aspires to support core consensus driven policy - Olive

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The Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support and General Manager, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Regional Headquarters in Istanbul, Mr. David Olive has said that the global Internet Protocol (IP) coordinator aspires to support core consensus driven policy, reports ITRealms.

Olive also described ICANN56 Policy Forum held in Helsinki, Findland as largely successful in a thank you letter to the community made available to ITRealms.

Stressing that ICANN welcomes advice development work that enables efficient and effective bottom-up participation and engagement in the multistakeholder model, asserting “Again, we appreciate your contributions to a successful ICANN56 Policy Forum.”

ICANN, he said hopes the innovative format fostered collaboration and substantive policy and advice development work, promising they will continue to evaluate and improve the Policy Forum format in line with the recommendations of the community-led Meeting Strategy Working Group, adding stakeholders feedback is important.

Also, Olive said that the Post-ICANN56 Policy Forum Report highlights from the week including summaries of the cross-community sessions and updates from our Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees

“It was a busy four days of robust debate, discussion, disagreement, and compromise,” he said.

ICANN, he said, congratulates and thanks Chuck Gomes and Keith Davidson, this year’s recipients of the Multistakeholder Ethos Award, emphasizing that this award honors members of the community who demonstrate dedication to ICANN’s multistakeholder model of Internet governance through many years of active participation and leadership.

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Pix: Mr. David Olive