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Friday, December 13, 2013
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ANA seeks review of National Library Law OLAIDE OYELUDE, Ibadan
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resident of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Professor Remi Raji, has urged the Federal Government to review the National Library of Nigeria, Decree 29 of 1970 to meet the contemporary issues evolving in the management of depository in the country. Raji spoke in Ibadan, Oyo State capital while presenting keynote address at a two-day workshop on legal deposit organised by the National Library of Nigeria.
He said most of the provisions of the decree have become obsolete, therefore, making it easy for publishers to evade obeying the legal deposit requirements. According to him, the National Library of Nigeria, Decree 29 of 1970 has fallen behind the tide of times in the world of library management and bibliography, stressing that provision of the decree on penalty of ÂŁ50 for defaulters is obsolete and must be changed for publishers and authors to take their obligations on the legal depository seriously. He also urged authors
and publishers to work hand in hand with the National Library of Nigeria to ensure they get their iY\m^Rf\PR^hSNO5PQRUYRUVPR national library towards including them into the national bibliography, insisting that the legal depository is the window
for intellectual works to be exposed to the world. However, Director and VOPWR oPXhUO_PR JXP\R of the National Library of Nigeria, Mallam Habib Abba Jato, said the workshop on legal deposit is geared towards achieving one of its (National
Library of Nigeria) core mandates as stipulated in the enabling Act 29 of 1970, which mandated publishers, state and federal agencies to submit copies of their published work to the library. Jato disclosed that though there have been defaulters
of the Act, National Library of Nigeria has embarked on sensitisation of stakeholders in the depository sector to abide by the stipulations of the Act, which he said has ONNPZ^PR SPZPcU^R UYR UVPR author, publisher and Nigeria.
Ekiti LP accuses APC of destabilising party RAPHAEL ADEYANJU, Ado-Ekiti
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kiti State Chapter of Labour Party (LP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration in the state of planning to destabilise the party by igniting internal crisis. VPR ^UfUPR VfO\NfZR YWR LP, Akin Omole, at a press conference in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, dispelled the rumour of internal crisis OZR UVPR ÉPQ]OZ]R df\UTgR stressing that the APCled administration is f[[P]PQ[TR NfmOZ]R f5PNdUR to use some people under the guise of aspiring for governorship to plunge the party into crisis. Omole disclosed that every member of the party, who has the requisite xhf[OcXfUOYZ^gR XfZR _OPR WY\R the governorship, adding that such aspirant must comply with the rules of the party and refrain from being used as agent provocateur.
Recalling the alleged invasion of Ado- Ekiti Local Government secretariat of the party by Adetayo Ogunyemi and intending governorship aspirant Wednesday, Omole said: “Every eligible citizen and member of the party is free to contest, but we would not tolerate anybody from being used as agent of destabilisation in our party. However, the state Director of Media and Publicity of APC, Segun Dipe, said that the allegation has once XYZc\NPQR UVfUR R fZQR its co-travellers are not politically savvy to run political party. Dipe said: “It is laughable pretention for them to allege that we are the one running their party for them. How can we sponsor member of LP against its own party? If we can do that, it means they are not dY[OUOXf[[TR^f__TRfZQRZYURcUR to be called a party.�
Assistant Corps Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Lagos Island Command, Mr Alao Saddiq Abdulrahman (third left); Unit Coordinator, Shell Special Marshal, Mrs Joko Olanitori (second right); Shell Special Marshal, Mr Shola Adeola (right); Head of Operations, FRSC, Amobi Modupe Stanley (second left) and Secretary, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos Island, Olayiwola Savage; during the FRSC/Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Limited (SNEPCo) ‘ember months’ road safety campaign for NURTW members in Lagos Island...yesterday. Photo: Padonu Segun
Lagos seeks public co-operation on Service Charter WALE AKINOLA
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agos State Government has sought co-operation of the public on the service charter to enhance its service delivery to people across the state. VPR^UfUPR]Y_P\ZNPZURNfQPR the plea yesterday at the media forum it organised on Lagos State Service Charter Initiative in partnership with the State Accountability and Voice Initiative (SAVI) and Lagos State Civil Society
Partnership, held at Alausa, Ikeja. Speaking on importance of the service charter to people of the state, Director-General, JXPR YWR \fZ^WY\NfUOYZR ` Y bgR YSfR Uh^fZTfgR disclosed that part of its objectives is to facilitate paradigm shift in the service delivery. Otusanya added that administrative problems h^PQRUYRVfNdP\RP&PXUO_PZP^^R of service delivery in the state, but emphasised that establishment of the charter
has helped to improve tremendously in terms of reaching to the people. “A Service Charter is a public document that informs the public about a ministry, department or agency’s (MDA) services and outlines citizen’s rights and responsibilities as well as relevant avenues for communication. It ^dPXOcP^R^UfZQf\Q^RYWR^P\_OXPR delivery in form of series of commitments, entitlements or promises upon which the public can expect and
Oyo N5.6b pension: Court adjourns accelerated hearing till Jan OLAIDE OYELUDE, Ibadan
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ustice Bolaji Yusuf of an Ibadan High Court yesterday adjourned accelerated hearing YWR fR ^hOUR c[PQR STR UVPR Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Head of Service in Oyo State, Mrs Kudiratu Adeleke and 11 others standing trial on the N5.6 billion state Local Government Uf&R PZ^OYZR Yf\QR f[[P]PQR fraud till January 10, 2014. VPR XYh\UR if^R PodPXUPQR to commence accelerated hearing on the suit, but could not because counsel to the defendants informed that they have appealed the ruling of the appellate court, which objected their bail applications. VPRXYh\URWh\UVP\R\h[PQRUVfUR they should be kept in Agodi Prison pending determination of the suit.
Some of the accused counsel also claimed that they have ZYUR\PXPO_PQRĂ‹d\YXP^^P^Rc[PQ|jR Standing trial alongside Adeleke are Muili Hakeem Aderemi, Iyabo Giwa, Adesina Jimoh Ayoade, Oguntayo Banji, Adebiyi Musediq Olasunmbo, Muili Adedamola, Adeduntan
Johnson, Johnson Bosede, Kareem Rasheed, Olujimi Adebayo and Adewale Kehinde. VPTR iP\PR OZOUOf[[TR arraigned by EFCC on November 7, 2013 on 213-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money through false pretence
and forgery. According to the charge, the accused allegedly withdrew the money in bits from accounts belonging to the Oyo State Local Government R Uf&R PZ^OYZR Yf\QR OZR Finbank (now First City Monument Bank), Zenith fZmR fZQR UfZSOX{ R SfZmR
between September 2010 and March 2011. VPR fXXYhZU^R iP\PR YdPZPQR UYR P&PXUR dfTNPZUR YWR UVPR pension and gratuities of retired local government workers in the state. VPTgRVYiP_P\gRd[PfQPQRZYUR guilty to the charges during UVPO\Rc\^URfddPf\fZXPj
demand quality services as a right and to which they can also complain when services fail. A Service Charter describes the service experience a customer can expect and contains vital information about a ministry or agency service delivery approach and the relationship the public would have with ministry or agency.� However, Lagos State Head of Service, Josephine Oluseyi Williams, emphasised that Service Charter is not duplication of other MDAs’ duties rather it was established to sharpen service delivery in the state towards P&PXUO_PZP^^RfZQRPJXOPZXTj “Service Charter is an opportunity for members of the public to hold MDAs responsible for their action/ inaction in terms of service delivery to them. It is a kind of holding one out and make promises/pledges that should be held on by members of the public.�
AA chieftain faults Oyo ex-interim chairman’s claim towards intimating it with his resignation as national ational leader of chairman of the party. Otegbeye debunked Ajadi’s Action Alliance (AA), Pastor claim, stressing that he has fOiYR UP]SPTPgR ceased to be the state interim has faulted chairman of the party since the claim of former interim 2006 as the claim is bordered chairman of the party in Oyo on deceit and desire to cause State, Dr Gani Dele Ajadi, who confusion in the party after his X[fONPQR UVfUR VPR Vf^R i\O5PZR exit. kfQORX[fONPQROZRfR[P5P\RQfUPQR to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) December 11 and addressed
OLUSAKIN BABALOLA, Ibadan
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to the Chairman of INEC that his resignation followed his involvement and contribution to the growth of the party as a foundation member. He alleged that the people who are now in the leadership of the party have derailed from the objective of AA, adding that he felt the need to leave before he was rubbished out of the party. However, Otegbeye
described Ajadi as a deceiver on his purported resignation, emphasising that he has been shown the way out of the party long time ago. “Our national chairman now and since April 13 this year is Senator Kelani Anifowose, while the state chairman is Pastor Olubunmi Owolabi. Ajadi has lost out as interim chairman after our convention. It is wrong of him to write INEC
informing the commission of his resignation.� He alleged that Ajadi did everything humanly possible to stop the conduct of the last party convention, stressing that he wondered why after his (Ajadi) defeat, he continued parading himself as the party chairman in one breadth and at another instance, National Chairman of AA.