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777 jilibet Blue Square X Expands Art Curation Services at Art Basel MiamiIn the second edition of the SMF Fest Confidence Index, published yesterday, biodiesel topped the poll, pushing the 2023 winner, LNG-biomethane, into second place, while LNG e-methane retained its third position in the rankings. Apart from the three frontrunners, confidence levels appear to have dropped across the candidate fuels year on year. Confidence in green methanol has fallen from 53.5% in 2023 to 40.6% and green hydrogen, from 42.7% to 29.2%. Moving to the bottom of the Index, confidence in blue hydrogen dipped from 34.5% to 18.8%, and grey hydrogen, from 33.2% to 13.9%. In 2023, confidence levels in methanol-fuelled shipping were very measured, in spite of a clear upswing in orders that year for methanol fuelled-vessels. However, last year’s confidence levels in this fuel now look to have been quite bullish in comparison with 2024 voting, as green methanol has retreated from the ‘quite confident’ category into the ‘little confidence’ zone. Among the green fuel variants, green ammonia moved up the pecking order, swapping places with green hydrogen, while there was little movement year-on-year between the blue fuel variants. For the grey fuel variants, methanol retained its 2023 position, ammonia moved up two places from the bottom of the Index, while grey hydrogen dropped into last position. The first SMF Confidence Index was launched at the inaugural Sustainable Marine Fuel Fest held in Valencia in November 2023, with the intention to provide a ‘moment in time’ indication of how confident shipping and marine fuel industry stakeholders are that the groundwork required for maritime’s energy transition, including its infrastructure and technology, is in place. It is not a forecast of how likely it is that the shipping sector can meet the IMO’s decarbonisation end of decade milestones, out to 2050, but it does fill an information/perception gap that currently exists in the sector. The Index charts and compares changes in industry confidence in shipping’s energy transition according to four key criteria (Technology, Infrastructure, Commercial and Environmental Credentials) and across five deep sea vessel segments: containerships, dry cargo, gas carriers, passenger vessels and tankers. These criteria/vessel segments are considered in relation to the use of 12 marine fuels (including grey/blue/green variants). The new edition of the Index shows that the dial on shipping’s decarbonisation has moved in some important respects as industry stakeholders are become more informed about the energy transition process and its challenges. There is increased awareness of the environmental credentials of the alternative fuel options, and the conversation is moving on to focus on the commercial landscape for these energy sources, in terms of their availability, scalability and cost. Voting for the 2024 Confidence Index and discussing its outcomes was a key element of this year’s ‘by industry for industry’ Sustainable Marine Fuel Fest (SMF Fest) which took place in Porto in October. The framework for the Index was developed by the event’s industry partners who represent companies that that are proactive in delivering shipping’s fuel transition. The industry partners involved in the 2024 event were Bureau Veritas, GTT, Hapag-Lloyd, SGMF and Wärtsilä. The participants in this year’s Fest represented a wide range of stakeholders across the marine fuel value chain. The results of the 2024 Confidence Index can be seen as a fair reflection of the tenor and tone of the many conversations in Porto. There was close discussion about the production processes for the new fuels in shipping’s energy mix as well as the availability (and cost) of green variants of these fuels. ‘No-one will pay more than they have to for the new fuels’ was an oft-repeated phrase in conversations. Some participants also questioned the near- and longer-term future of the blue iterations of ammonia, hydrogen and methanol. A lack of demand signals for fuels from shipowners was a key topic and a strong element of ‘uncertainty’ among different stakeholders was perceived as stymying progress in the development of a robust, global fuel supply infrastructure. Shipowners are unsure about future fuel choices because they are not getting clear messaging from charterers about fuel preferences and routing schedules. Owners may also be ‘buying time’ and opting for the cheapest fuel solutions while they decide on future fuel strategies, but there was consensus in the room that those owners and operators who can pass through fuel costs are better placed to take earlier and bolder decisions on new fuels. Concern was also expressed over the future volumes of low and zero carbon fuels, particularly over the time taken for final investment decisions on production projects to be taken and the fact that only a small percentage of such projects stay the course and move to commercialisation. The increasingly complex landscape of regulation and legislation also loomed large in discussions, particularly in relation to compliance obligations and cost implications, with the consensus being: We don’t need any more regulation – work with what we have. A key takeaway from SMF Fest 2024 was that decision-making on future fuel strategies remains slow and cautious – while there are some (large and small) first movers at this stage in the energy transition, there are still not many ‘close followers’. The Confidence Index will be fully updated at the next SMF Fest which will take place in autumn 2025. Source: SMF Confidence IndexSamuel Chukwueze: Arsenal set to swoop in for Super Eagles star in player swap deal

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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja When President Bola Tinubu transmitted four executive bills, intended to reform tax administration to the National Assembly, on October 3, it was taken for granted that the bills will be passed in matter of days, by the House of Representatives. The reason is simple. The House has always be beholden to the Executive. Since, the inception of the present administration, the Presidency has always gotten whatever it wants from the parliament with dispatch. However, with the four tax reform bills, which include the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Bill, 2024, The Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, 2024, The Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, 2024 -and the Nigeria Tax Bill, 2024, it has become a different kettle of fish. The tax reforms bills, since their transmission to the National Assembly have been trailed by controversy. First, the National Economic Council ( NEC), after a meeting, called for a pause to allow for further consultation. The NEC which is chaired by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has governors of the 36 states as members. Also, northern leaders,including Governor Babagana Zulum and the Northern Elders Forum( NEF), have also kicked against the proposed legislations, arguing that it is skewed against the North. However, the Presidency has continued to push for the bills. Three weeks ago, the Senate passed the tax bills for second reading and referred them to its Committee on Finance for further legislative action. However, the bills have been stalled in the Green chamber, owing to stiff opposition by members of the northern caucus. Contentious provisions The controversy trailing the tax reform bills stems principally from the proposed increase in the Value Added Tax ( VAT) and the distribution of revenue to the states. For instance, Section 146 of the Nigeria Tax Bill provides for an increase in VAT from the current 7.5 percent to 10 percent in 2025, 12 . 5 percent in 2026- 2029 and 15 percent in 2030. Also, Section 77 of the Tax administration bills states that revenue accruing from VAT shall be distributed on to the three tiers of government as follows: Federal Government- 10 percent; state government- 55 percent and local government 35 percent, “ provided that 60 percent of the amount standing to the credit of states and local governments shall be distributed among them on the basis of derivation.” However, this provision, especially Section 77 of Tax Administration Bill, has not gone down well with Northern leaders, who believe it will affect the region adversely. The League of Northern Democrats(LND), a political pressure group consisting of eminent Northern politicians, in its technical report on the tax bills, says the proposed increase in VAT seems hasty and would impose more hardship on the people. The LND, which is led by former Kano Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, in the report, which was presented in Abuja last Thursday, noted that “records indicate that VAT was introduced at the rate of 5% in 1993, and was revised to 7.5% in 2020, a 2.5% increase after 27 years. “The proposal to increase VAT rate to 10% after only Four years appears too quick and hasty. This has the potential to exacerbate the current burden on households through direct increases in prices in a period of sustained high inflation. “This long-term plan for periodic increment in VAT rate is clearly unscientific apart from being technically unpredictable. Appropriate VAT rate should be determined by the economic situation in that period.” Politics of geography The tax reform bills , which has kept the parliament on the edge, since they were transmitted, have polarised the House into North/ South divide. At least on three occasions, in the last three weeks, the issue was a source of rancour in the Green Chamber. In one occasion, members of the House, shouted down the chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Akin Rotimi, for what they considered a subtle attempt to push for the tax bills. Rotimi, while proposing a motion for the consideration of reports of the House Committee on Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring, on behalf of the chairman, , Boma Goodhead, had said he is from Ekiti, “the first state whose National Assembly caucus has unanimously endorse the tax bills.” Immediately, the members shouted him down, as the House erupted in protest, with members shouting no. No. The speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, in a bid to calm frayed nerves, cautioned Rotimi to stick to the subject matter. Abbas said “Mr Rotimi, you know this is a controversial issue. I don’t want you to be mentioning things that are not relevant to the subject matter. On your behalf, I withdraw that statement that you have made.” But aggrieved members were not swayed even after the spokesman retracted his words. Also, same day, a New Nigeria Peoples Party ( NNPP) member from Kano, Ghali Mustapha Tijani, while speaking under matters of privilege, asked for the resignation of the deputy spokesman of the House, Philip Agbese, for allegedly misrepresenting issues with respect to members position on the tax bills. The week before, the House had gone into an executive session as part of efforts to build consensus around the bills, preparatory for their second reading where the general principles will be debated. However, the session did not yield the desired fruits as some of the northern members pointedly told the leadership that the bills are against their people. Analysts say the three incidents reflects the disposition of members, especially those from the Northern part of the country to the tax reform bills. Amid rising tension, the leadership suspended deliberations on the bills, in the Green chamber to enable more consultations by members. Tijani, who represents Albasu/ Gaya/Ajingi Federal Constituency of Kano State, told journalists, in Abuja, that the tax reform bills came at the wrong time. According to the lawmaker, the bills, if passed into law, will impact negatively on the masses, especially as regards the payment of Value Added Tax ( VAT). According to him, “the four bills, to me, came at the wrong time. For simple reason, the policies of the current government have not helped the Nigerian poor. Similarly, there are two major areas of concern, the derivation as well as the increase in the VAT system. “You see, if you take the VAT, Section 146 talked about the increase in the VAT from 7.5% to 10% to 12% and to 15% by 2030. And nobody will tell you that this will not be transferred to the final consumer. No matter what, yes, you have talked about exemption, exemption for some certain cadre or scale or income, but the final consumer or the companies will transfer the VAT or the tax to the final consumer.” Tijani, who wondered why the government is pushing for the hasty passage of the tax bills, said the proposed legislations should be jettisoned all together. “The Executive should understand that this bill is generating serious concern, serious issue. I can tell you, if this bill is being implemented, the current problem we have today will multiply. The bills, I think, are not debatable. They should be completely discarded or put aside.” Daily Sun gathered that the Executive, as well as the proponents of the tax bills in the House, have stepped up efforts to woo those opposed to the proposed legislations, so that whenever it comes up for second reading, it will have a smooth sail. Two week ago, the Southern caucus in the House, openly expressed support for the bills, stating that they are open for dialogue. The chairman of the caucus, Nicholas Mutu, who disclosed this at a press briefing, in Abuja, said the Southern lawmakers have met over the bills and are in support of them. Mutu said “ The southern caucus of the House of Representatives has met. We welcome the bills and are we are open to dialogue. “ The lawmaker added that “we are open to dialogue. And at the right time, we will capture the people elements that is missing in the bill. The bill is good for Nigeria and it is people oriented bill. And we are happy to have the bill.” The chairman of the Bayelsa State caucus, in the House, Fred Agbedi, who also spoke at the briefing noted that there is no division in the House over the bills. According to him” Mr President has sent Executive Bills , what the Southern caucus is saying is that we are ready to take up our official responsibility of making laws for the nation. We welcome the bills and that as we process them, inputs are made from our various states and Constituencies. “Some states have already received those inputs. So we are in consonant with our constituents and the states that we represent. So we are ready to work to ensure that we give a better tax law to Nigerians. That is what is what we are interested in. There is nothing like Southern or Northern divide.” Like host communities fund, like tax bills The controversy trailing the tax reform bills, is reminiscent of what obtained in the House in the 9th assembly with respect to the Host Communities fund provided in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The Host Community Fund, which is part of the key provisions of the PIA, had generated controversy prior to the passage of the Act. The House had recommended 5 percent as Host Fund, while the Senate settled for 3 percent. However, a conference committee of both chambers adopted 3 percent. The development sparked a row in the Green chamber, with Southern lawmakers, who stated that it was against the interest of their people, staging a walk out, after protesting on the floor of the House. Regardless, the parliament eventually adopted 3 percent as Host Community Fund. For the chairman, House Committee on Defence, Babajimi Benson, there is nothing unusual about the reaction to the proposed legislations on tax reforms.Benson, who represents Ikorodu Federal Constituency, recalls that similar controversies had trailed the 13 per cent derivation fund for oil-producing state, as well as the host community fund in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). “At every point in time, there’s no bill that has a national outlook that there won’t be interest colliding one way or the other. Our job is to sit down with our brothers, find the middle course and move ahead, “ he stated. Inside sources say the House leadership is working a tight rope over the tax reform bills. It was gathered that why the leadership does not have issues slating the bills for second reading, it is been careful to ensure, it does not incur the wrath of majority of members over the proposed legislations. Besides, there are fears that if the bills are slated for second reading without adequate consultations, it might scale through. In recent times, several bills had been killed on the floor, when they came up for second reading. For instance, recently, the House has rejected at least three bills, members felt strongly against. They include a bill seeking for rotation of governorship and presidential seats among the constituent part of a state and the country respectively, as well as a bill seeking to make it compulsory for a presidential candidate to secure more than 50 percent of votes in a election to be declared winner. Ironically, both bills which were sponsored by Ikeagwuono Ugochinyere and 32 others, and Awaji–Inombek Abiante were rejected even before the sponsors had the opportunity to lead debates on them. Similarly, another bill seeking to raise the educational qualifications for persons seeking to hold the office of President, was stepped down by the sponsor, Adewunmi Onanuga, after a very stormy debate on the general principles. Proponents of the tax reform bills are concerned that if there is no consensus on the proposed legislations, things may go awry. Consequently, both the Executive and their foot soldiers in the House are intensifying their engagements with those opposed to the bills. Interestingly, the House was unable to find a common ground on the bills, before proceeding on its Christmas holiday, on December 19. Expectedly, the four executive bills would be on the front burner, when the House resumes plenary on January 14, 2025. The question is can lawmakers find a common ground on the tax reform bills, especially on the contentious formula for sharing the proceeds of VAT amongst states and local government? 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By Uditha Devapriya In his address to parliament last Thursday, Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake called for a political culture free of racism and divisiveness. He said that democracy does not mean forcing everyone to unite under a single umbrella, but rather letting diverse viewpoints and ethnic interests flourish against the backdrop of multi-party politics. “We do not advocate for one-party rule,” he declared. “It is the responsibility of our government to represent and address the needs and aspirations of all citizens – regardless of whether they voted for us or not.” There are things this government can and cannot do. In the realm of foreign policy particularly, it is constrained by factors far beyond its control. In terms of economic policies and reforms, too, it is not free to pick and choose. What we have seen in the last three months is a party demonized unfairly as left-wing, fringe, authoritarian, and communist positioning itself to the centre on issues like the IMF agreement. Yet as President Dissanayake’s meeting with the IMF last Monday shows, it is possible to negotiate for better terms within an existing agreement framework. The NPP has the mandate for this, and it seems willing to honour that mandate. The NPP’s wins across all but one of Sri Lanka’s 22 electoral districts shows that it can go where previous governments have not. It can show that it is serious about reconciliation, without the half-baked rhetoric that governments both nationalist and reformist have touted for the last five or so decades. Here, of course, some caution is called for. The NPP’s victory in the north and east does not signal a post-racial moment or the end of the ethnic politics in Sri Lanka. As analysts have noted, ITAK’s defeat paved the way for other independent groups and candidates to emerge in these regions, many of whom hold hardline positions on issues like post-war justice and accountability. The NPP cannot ignore these. And yet, it is evident that the old politics has been rejected, in both the south and north. While we have yet to see what drove the people of the north and east to vote in such large numbers for the NPP, they seem to have grown tired of the rhetoric of reconciliation that traditional parties parrot, whether in Jaffna or Colombo 7. We need to respond to these shifts accordingly, by approaching minority concerns from a radically different perspective – one which accounts for more concrete issues, what you and I could call “bread-and-butter problems.” More than any other party, the NPP succeeded in linking popular calls against elite politics with socio-political demands. In the run-up to presidential elections in September, the Ranil Wickremesinghe government used statements by Kristalina Georgieva to show that it had done well on the economic front. Almost like a mantra, supporters of Wickremesinghe stated that he had saved if not stabilized the economy – despite the slew of austerity measures his government imposed on vulnerable groups. That the NPP managed to galvanize opposition to the IMF agreement in terms of the elite’s complicity in such measures without calling for a complete exit from it shows how pragmatic it has become. However, pragmatism can only take you so far. Like I said, there are things the government can and cannot do – things it should and should not do. People voted in large numbers for a change – in terms of removing the privileges granted to the elite, restoring welfare measures cut off by previous regimes, and searching for new partners and alliances globally, in light of a second Trump presidency. There are no shortcuts to these reforms. If they cannot be achieved overnight, they should be achieved as soon as possible. And people need to ensure they are. Governing a country is different to winning an election. The NPP is perhaps the best example of how challenging it is to administer a system that has been captured by interest groups for so many decades. With more than 150 of its 159 MPs entering parliament for the first time, there is naturally an expectation that it will honour fundamental pledges made in relation to draconian and outdated laws. Three, in particular, were discussed and debated by opposition parties before elections: the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA), and the Online Safety Act (OSA). As many commentators, even those critical of the NPP, have noted, it is unfair to expect miracles from a government that has been given the task of cleaning the parliament and the system overnight. Perhaps this explains why the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government failed so abysmally. People voted in large numbers for a man they saw as a complete outlier, a maverick they thought would achieve what they wanted overnight. Yet the then government merely took this as an excuse to push through bad policies and worse reforms. The NPP, fortunately, does not have this issue – its parliamentary group is almost completely occupied by newcomers who seemingly see, and frame, issues from a different perspective. Yet as it goes about the difficult task of governing a country – a bankrupt economy that will have to start repaying its debts by 2027 – the NPP would do well to remember the promises it made in relation to these laws. The NPP – or rather, the JVP – has been at the receiving end of those laws for so long. It is not enough to backtrack on them once they get power. Over the last few months, Sri Lanka has achieved many things. To mention just one, it has elected its first woman prime minister since 1994 – and that from outside the political Brahmin class. She is also the first prime minister in this country to hail from a social science background – specifically, anthropology. The parliament itself has several MPs from trade union and social science backgrounds. These are fields which question the existing social order, which seek to overturn if not improve it. It would be a pity if, having been elected to high office, they turn back on the same issues and concerns they were voted in to resolve. We cannot forget or trivialize that mandate. And it is essential we remind them of it. Uditha Devapriya is the Chief International Relations Analyst at Factum, an Asia-Pacific focused foreign policy think-tank based in Colombo and accessible via www.factum.lk. 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