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Says reports of FG spending N14.6b on Nigeria Air embarrassing
The AfDB and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) are mobilising 25 billion dollars for this programme to which the bank committed 12.5 billion dollars. “The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAA-P) is the largest effort globally for adaptation. But we need money. “The African Development Bank Group put down 12.5 billion dollars out of 25 billion dollars so we are not begging. “We are saying we didn’t (create) the problem. We have come to the conversation with commitment, meet us halfway,,” the AfDB president said. Speaking during the recently concluded Africa Climate Adaptation Summit held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Adesina said Africa does not contribute more than three per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions but suffered disproportionately from its negative consequences. “Africa does not have the resources to tackle climate change. The continent receives only three per cent of global climate financing. “If this trend continues, Africa’s climate financing gap will reach 100 billion dollars to 127 billion dollars per year through 2030. “The current climate financing architecture is not meeting the needs of “NewAfrica.estimates by the African Economic Outlook of the African Development Bank shows that Africa will need between 1.3 and 1.6 trillion dollars between 2020 to 2030, or 118 billion dollars to 145 billion dollars annually, to implement its commitments to the Paris Agreement and its nationally determinedAccordingcontributions.”tothestatement, the programme is an initiative of the AfDB and the GCA which aims to mobilise 25 billion dollars, over five years, to accelerate and scale climate adaptation action across the Thecontinent.AAA-P was endorsed at the Leaders’ Dialogue on the Africa COVID19-Climate Emergency in April 2021 which was the largest gathering ever of African Heads of State and Government solely focused on adaptation. In Glasgow, the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Summit, held as part of the COP26 World Leaders Summit, saw several global leaders make commitments to support adaptation in Africa, including through the AAA-P.
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu during the hybrid FEC Meeting held at the Council Chambers State House Abuja. PHOTO: State House
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Electricity Consumers Protection Advocacy Group has called for electricity protection policy for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Okorie, who is also the National President, Association for Public Policy Analysis (APPA), made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. Okorie said that the group had developed a document on the policy and submitted it to Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Federal Ministry of Power and other agencies of government.According to him, the group is expecting these agencies to set up a committee to look into the document and come up with suggestions.“What prompted us to put the document in place is that MSMEs are contributing to social development of the country. The survey we carried out shows most of these people are not making enough profit. “We found out that they are not making enough profit due to the high cost of diesel and fuel as well as estimate billing. Okorie also said that corrupt practices in the electricity sector was affecting MSMEs adding that unfortunately they do not even know the provision meant for their protection in the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSR), 2005.
AfDB to provide $12.5bn for Africa adaptation programme
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“Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) that are supposed to explain their mode of service delivery to them are not doing that. “ `And the local government councils where these MSMEs pay revenue and levies don’t know if they are making profit or looking at how electricity is affecting them.”That is why we are educating them to know their right and ensure that a policy is put in place,” he said.(NAN)
The AAA-P is Africa’s own programme, supported by African Heads of State, to mobilise more resources for climate change, to advance the objectives of the African Adaptation Initiative.
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says the bank will provide 12.5 billion dollars to support the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Programme (AAA-P). The AfDB president disclosed this via his verified twitter handle @akin_adesina on Wednesday.
The UK Government announced an important commitment of 20 million pounds to support the upstream work of the Also,AAA-P. the AAA-P would be implemented through two mechanisms: First, an AAA-P Upstream Financing Facility, housed at the GCA, to support the evidence-based knowledge, project design and preparation, and policy work needed for the success of AAA-P operations. The upstream facility provided resources to strengthen adaptation and resilience components into multilateral development bank projects in the pipeline.Thefacility, which also needed capitalisation of 250 million dollars, would help to mainstream solutions on climate adaptation. Second, an AAA-P Downstream Investment Facility, to be housed at the AfDB, would be developed under the direct leadership of the president of the bank.The facility was expected to use the resources to unlock financing from African national governments, impact investors, foundations, and other innovative sources, such as resilience bonds and debt for climate adaptation swaps, in a coordinated programme.Thedownstream facility, to be capitalised at 1.75 billion dollars, would help leverage additional adaptation finance by a factor of four times, to deliver seven billion dollars of additional adaptation finance. The AAA-P upstream facility at the GCA has helped to generate three billion dollars of mainstream climate adaptation investments by AfDB, from agriculture, to energy, transport, water, and sanitation. (NAN)
Group wants electricity protection policy for MSMEs
Reps blast AGF over record of 25% of N6bn income generated by SEC in 2020
The commissioner said this is to ease the stress off the farmers in the state by repairing five kilometres rural roads across the 33 local government areas. He said, “rural roads are routes that link farms and villages to urban centres.”According to him, this is to facilitate easy transportation of agricultural products from the farm sites to urban areas. He added that the state government, through its Road Maintenance Agency, has begun palliative work on some of the township roads, pending when full rehabilitation would begin.(NAN) not withholding LGA allocation- Oyo Govt
“The state government has taken it upon itself to be paying all the salaries of the entire workforce, both local and state governments workers.“So, salaries of all local government workers and that of the primary schools teachers are being deducted before sharing the remaining allocation among the 33 local“Thegovernments.allegation that local governments in the state are not receiving monthly allocation is untrue,” the commissioner said.
The House of Representatives Committee has tackled the office of Accountant General of the Federation (oAGF) for failing to provide evidence of 25 percent of the N6 billion internally revenue generated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for 2020 fiscal year.The lawmakers expressed the concerns during the interactive session with SEC Director General, Mr. Lamido Yuguda on the review of the 2020 to 2022 budget defence and 2023-2025 Medium term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Policy paper (FPP), chaired by Chairman House Committee on Finance, Hon. Abiodun James Faleke. Trouble started when Hon. Faleke requested for AGF’s evidence of the N738 million representing the 25 percent of the SEC revenue in 2020, saying: “where is it in your own record? I want to see your own record, not their own record. If you are referring me to their record then you are not suppose to be here.” The AGF in his response, said: “We have their record but not here but the receipts are issued by us so we can confirm it. Because they are not part of the schedule we are suppose to haveHetoday.”however reversed himself saying, the AGF delegation did not know that SEC is part of the agencies that would appear before the House Committee on Finance today.
“The plan of the state government is to be grading the interlinking roads so as to make movement of inputs to the farms and produces back to the markets easier for farmers,” he said.
Piqued by the development, Hon. Faleke said: “Accountant general honestly, are you happy with your job, are you satisfied that you are doing the right thing and you are presenting the necessary information to Nigerians through this Committee?” While responding, the leader of the oAGF delegation who answered in affirmative said: “We are happy to be part of the Committee.” In a swift reaction, Hon. Faleke said: “It’s rather unfortunate honestly. At least I can see the laptop in front of my brother, it’s no longer manual.” While responding to inquiry on the evidence of the 25 percent remittance of the N6 billion revenue generated in 2020, the SEC Director General observed that the money is deducted from the source automatically, adding that the system is too effective. While responding to question on the period when the Commission makes marginal profit, Yuguda affirmed that the Commission makes operating surplus in its operation. Speaking on the actual revenue remitted to the Consolidated Revenue Fund as provided by law, Mr. Yuguda who explained that the Commission is self-funded, acknowledged that the Commission is expected to remit 25 percent of its revenue at source, that’s where we receive them and then another 15 percent of our revenue at the end of our financial year. “We are expected to remit 25 percent of our revenues at source, that’s where we receive them and then another 15 percent of our revenue at the end of our financial year, when we are auditing financial statement.” When asked to give details of the N6 billion revenue accrued to the Commission in 2020, Yuguda said: “page one we have our audited financial statement. Pages 3 to 19 we have a schedule that shows all the remittances that we have made for the 12 months in 2021 and then for the six months in 2022 from January…” While acknowledging the N6 billion income, Hon. Faleke asked: “Where is the remittance? No don’t rush us. N6 billion income where is the 25 percent, tell me where it is, 25 percent of the N6 billion? While the SEC helmsman disclosed that “It’s 1.588 billion Sir. Page 3, Hon. Faleke who frowned at the non-presentation of the evidence for the remittance of the 25 percent of the N6 billion purportedly generated, said: “where is it, which page? 1.588?”
“You can see all what have been displayed in terms of some of the equipment that you saw. “What we are trying to do or what the army is trying to do is to tell the world that it has the capacity and the capability, but more importantly it has the skills to do all these things in order to promote national confidence and national pride. “We cannot continue to rely on the West. You will recall that when the Boko Haram thing started, a number of countries abroad refused to provide Nigeria the requisite resources that it needed in order to counter it. “Now these have shown very clearly that until we look inwards we cannot solve our problems and we must understand it from that perspective,” he said.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian Army School of Artillery (NASA), Nigerian Army Armour School, and Nigerian Army School of Infantry, among others, displayed various innovations from their research and development efforts.Some of the equipment displayed included Vulcar M1A latest variant produced by NASA, as well as and earo snipe and Shilka developed by its Air Defence Wing, among others. (NAN)
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Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, the state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, made the clarifications in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in OlatunbosunIbadan.explained that the state government was only deducting salaries of local government workers and the primary schools teachers from the local governments’ allocations.According to him, the state government has centralised the salary payment of the entire workforce in the state.
Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism.By David Adeoye Oyo State Government says it is not withholding the monthly allocations to local governments in the state.
On deplorable condition of roads, Olatunbosun said that the governor had directed local government chairmen to submit their proposals on five kilometres roads each from their respective council area for rehabilitation.
In his intervention, the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Hon. Saidu Abdullahi said: “oAGF you’re suppose to know, this was actually in the new and you’ve been part of us since we started this session. If you look at our newspaper advert you will see that SEC actually suppose to appear today, so you are suppose to know.”
In an effort to develop local capacity to tackle contemporary security challenges, the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) on Tuesday in Abuja, showcased the research and development efforts of army schools. TRADOC had on Monday commenced a two-day Research and Development Conference and Curriculum Harmonisation Workshop for Nigerian Army Schools. During the opening of the programme, the Chief of Training (Army), Maj.-Gen. Abdulsalam Ibrahim, reiterated the commitment of the army to research and development to effectively address the contemporary security challenges confronting the nation.The theme of the event is “Research and Development Efforts Amidst National Security Challenges” He said the army had been leveraging research and development to enhance its operational efficiency. The Dean, Faculty of Arts, Federal University of Lafia, Prof. Okpe Okpe who was a resource person at the event, said the question of knowledge management had become critical in the face of the current security challenges. Okpe said that the conduct of research for developmental purposes remained an important part of knowledge management, which according to him TRADOC Nigerian army had been driving. He delivered a paper titled, “the Prospects of Research and Development in the Professionalisation of Nigerian Army.” The Don said the idea was to see how innovations and inventions by army schools could be harmonised and deployed for the purposes of dealing with the security challenges facing the nation.He said that the Nigerian army had been relying on the importation of its weapons and equipment, adding that it was time for the nation’s army to look inward for its needs. “From what we have seen in the exhibition, It is clear that the Nigerian army has the capability to indigenise technology that will begin the process of self-reliance for Nigeria.
The SEC Director General said: “2021 is 1,367,361,909.56, an explanation which Hon. Faleke faulted saying: “Oga, 2020 – 6 billion, where is the remittance?
Hon. Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. (Sen.) Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora (left) with the Ambassador of Republic of Cuba to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Mrs. Clara Pulido Escandell during a Courtesy Visit by the Ambassador to the Hon. Minister, yesterday in Abuja.
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“It’s on the last page, honourable chairman. That is the MTEF document from 2017 to 2025 and we have a figure at the very bottom, second to the last of 738,258,000, that’s 2020 column number 5.” Unsatisfied with his presentation, Hon. Faleke asked: “What’s the 25 percent of the 6 billion? He however noted that the implementation started in June. While instating to know the 25 percent of the 6 billion income, Yuguda said: “It’s 1.5 billion honourable chairman. When asked to show him the evidence of the 1.5 billion remittances, Yuguda said: “the implementation started in June 2020, the 25 percent deduction, so this is really for the 7 months.While responding to the question on the income for the 6 months, Yuguda said: “about 3 billion Sir.” Hon. Faleke further asked: “What period of the year did you make more money? First half, second half,” as well as the sources of income? Mr. Yuguda responded saying: Actually, it would be in the beginning of the year. We have market transaction charges on the capital market. And we have registration of securities. We have registration of operators and then we have penalties.”According to him, most companies file the fees at the beginning of the year “when they file their accounts, however reversed himself, saying; they do it at the end of the financial year.” He also affirmed that the Commission gives a grace period of two months to the companies to file their accounts, adding that ‘they do not file at the very beginning of the year.”He however disagreed that the Commission makes more money at the second half of the year, Mr. Yuguda said: “If you look at our income, these are transaction charges. So, when the market is actually more buoyant, when there are more transactions on the market and that is when you actually get those transaction charges and for penalties, it’s when those penalties are accessed and paid by different operators. Registration of securities is when those securities are actually issued and there is not time frame,” he noted. While speaking on the reforms initiated to reposition the Commission, Mr. Yuguda who applauded the Committee’s engagement held “last year and year before the last, which was a particularly difficult time for the commission. We came at a time when the commission was really running deficit and we promised you at that time that we are going to take certain actions to really make this deficit a thing of the past. “I think our story this year, is that we have actually turned a corner. If you look at our 2021 and 2020 compared to 2022, the budget and the actual for the six months in 2022 you’ll see that there is actually a tremendous improvement in the way we manage the financials of the commission.”
Insecurity: Army showcases local research, development efforts We’re
…As Commission gives account of N2.5bn surplus against projected N1.5bn deficit
.... Party’s NEC meeting takes final decisions today
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says about 21, 352 of 34,242 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for new registrants are still uncollected in Lagos State, four months after release. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this at the State Level CSO Engagement Visit organised by the Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF) powered by the EU-Support Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) in collaboration withTheINEC.News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the engagement is: “Women’s Political Participation and Inclusion and 2023 GeneralSpeaking,Elections.Agbaje, who decried the huge number of old and new PVCs lying fallow at INEC offices in the 20 local government areas, said the staggering amount of the PVCs belonged to women, being important stakeholders in elections.“Permanent Voter Card (PVC) is the sole instrument required from the Voter to participate in an election, it is an important eligibility instrument for voting without which no citizen would be allowed to partake in an election. “However, the total number of uncollected old PVCs in the state is 928,362 as at 5th Sept. 5, no doubt, the uncollected PVCs for women may be in the neighborhood of 436,451 (47 per cent).“Meanwhile, the total number of uncollected New PVCs is 21,352 out of 34,242 received PVCs, while the rest of the new PVCs for the 2021/22 registration exercise is being awaited. “The implication of this is that the commission is having a staggering number of PVCs that should be collected by the women and other eligible voters to enable them massively participate in the forthcoming 2033 general elections,” Agbaje said.
Galadiman Buratai, Alhaji Lawan Maina Barka, being assisted by Alhaji Hassan Sarkin Bakan Buratai making a presentation of Warriors’ apparels to the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai at a reception in his honour in Buratai town in Borno State on Tuesday
The FRSC boss warned all drivers to desist from the act of overloading as this was an offence FRSC would never overlook. Mohammed advised drivers to ensure their vehicles were in good condition before hitting the road adding that sound mind was also needed in driving safety. The Sector Commander, FCT command, Mr Oga Ochi said that activities of ember months had started in the territory adding that the essence of the meeting was to ensure that all union members were carried along.
It is not too good, we have to continue to improve through this kind of engagement so that in future elections, we will have more women coming out for elective positions,” he added.
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
Agbaje, who expressed dissatisfaction over low number of women flag-bearers in the forthcoming general elections, said women needed support, encouragement and needed to be bold to fight like men to take leadership and political positions. “We have fewer women than men going for elective positions (in 2023).
Yesterday’s meeting between Atiku and former presidential aspirants did not however record much turnout as only five of the aspirants attended. Those present at the meeting, which was held behind closed doors at the Asokoro, Abuja home of Atiku, were Alhaji HatyatuDeen Mohammed, Otunba Dele Momodu, Charles Ndukwe, Diana Oliver and Chikwendu Kalu.
21,352 of 34,242 new PVCs still uncollected in Lagos— INEC CONTINUES ON PAGE 6
Ochi said that one of the major problem facing road safety in FCT was“Weoverloading.havetold the unions to engage their members and tell them we cannot allow overloading in FCT.“We are looking at ensuring zero crashes in the FCT during this ember months and that is one of our major objectives this year,” he said.Also speaking, Mr Shehu Shugaba, President of Painted taxis, FCT, said that it was important for the union leaders to go back to the drivers to sensitise them against overloading of vehicles.“What we need is to help the FRSC because drivers understand our language better and when they listen to us, they will adhere strictly to those rules and regulations. “Enforcement will start from our place before FRSC. They need to understand that no one will rescue them when they engage in such. I, personally will not go to rescue anyone that is arrested,” he said.NAN also reports that stakeholders’ at the meeting were National Union of Road Transport Workers, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, Road Transport Owners, among others. (NAN)
The Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, his Sokoto, Akwa Ibom and Bauchi counterparts, as well as former President of the Senate Anyim Pius Anyim, were conspicuously absent.
PDP crisis: NWC members divided over Ayu’s resignation
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) would commence full enforcement on overloading of vehicles by drivers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Niger by Sept. 29. The Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of FCT and Niger, Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Shehu Mohammed, said this during a stakeholders meeting on `Ember Months’ on Tuesday in Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme for this year’s Ember Months campaign is, ‘Avoid Speeding, Overloading and Unsafe Tyres to ArriveMohammedAlive’. said that aim of the meeting with the stakeholders was for the Corps to restrategise and demonstrate its results. He said that the meeting was also to find ways to reduce Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) during the ember“Themonths.Corps is looking on how to create a safe motoring environment for all road users in FCT and MohammedNiger.” decried increase in the rate at which motorists overload their vehicles in the FCT and Niger especially during ember months.“Different categories of vehicles still violate the warnings from the corps on the need to avoid overloading of vehicles,’’ he said.According to him, we have agreed that we will start enforcement on overloading of vehicles by Sept. 29 and as regards the political campaigns coming up, we want to strategise with the union“Wemembers.alsoresolve to doing this with safety and security in mind. Some of the drivers do not listen to us when we urge them against overloading of vehicles.
“So enforcement will begin and we will arrest anyone who go against the law by overloading their vehicles,’’ he said.
....Atiku met southern presidential aspirants behind closed door .... Wike, others absent
According to him, it is imperative that women folk, particularly the Nigerian Women Trust Fund under the Gender Election Watch (GEW) and other stakeholders rise up to the challenge to ensure the PVCs are collected without further delay.
The INEC boss urged stakeholders to mobilise women for PVCs’ collection and encourage them to vote in the 2023
Ember Months: FRSC vows to go tough on overloaded vehicles
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Members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, met behind closed doors for severally hours yesterday, apparently over the leadership crisis rocking the party.This is even as the presidential candidate of the party and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar also met with presidential aspirants of the PDP from the southern part of the country, who contested with him at the May this year’s presidential primaries in Abuja. Reliable sources within the NWC meeting, which held at the Wadata House headquarters of the party, explained that the crisis rocking the PDP took a new twist, with 15 out of the 19 NWC members of the party demanding the resignation of its National Chairman Dr. Iyorchia Ayu. The embattled National Chairman presided over the Wednesday’s NWC meeting. One of the sources at the meeting said that all pending matters were amicably resolved, including the composition of the membership of the presidential campaign council to be presented to theNational Executive Committee, NEC, members at a meeting today in Abuja, until when it got to the issue of Ayu’s continued stay in office. It was gathered that no formal motion was moved for vote of no confidence on the National Chairman.According to the source, the National Chairman left the meeting immediately the matter wasAintroduced.meeting,it would be recalled, was held on Tuesday where 15 members signed that Ayu should vacate office. The source said, “It was unanimous that he should leave. Only four members are not in support; 15 of us signedg that he shouldHowever,leave.” the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, dismissed the claim that Ayu was told to leave by the NWC committee.structurecouncil,meetingmeetingmatter“WhatAccordingmembers.toOlogunagba,IcantellyouisthatsuchwasnotraisedattheasatthetimeIwasthere.“Whatwediscussedatthewasthecampaigntheorganogramortheandthereconciliation“Thepresidentialcandidate met with the aspirants and we feel as a party that we have to do something.“Butabout the issue of the National Chairman resigning, such did not come up at the meeting,” Ologunagba stated.
The meeting was part of the reach out by the presidential candidate to key stakeholders preparatory to the commencement of theAtikucampaign.had met with PDP governorship candidates and former presiding officers of the House of Representatives. A crucial meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party as well as Board of Trustees, BoT, meeting has been slated to hold today in Abuja. The NEC meeting of the PDP is expected to take final decision on the various issues discussed by members of its NWC. As at press time yesterday, a meeting of the National Caucus of the party was on going at the Akwa Ibom Governor’s lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.
President, FCT Original Inhabitants with Disabilities Multipurpose Co-Operative Society FCT, Yàkubu Festus (6th left standing), the officials of the Resource center for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) and Government Representative with the person’s with Disabilities, during the flag- off ceremony of the skills acquisition for Persons with Disabilities, organise by CHRICED and Sponsors by Mac Arthur Foundation, held yesterday in Kwali Areà Council of FCT, Àbuja.
The Federal Government has vowed to deal decisively with foreign airlines selling tickets to Nigerians in dollars, insisting that such practice is a violations of NigerianAviationlaws.Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this to newsmen while briefing them on the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. According to him, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had been instructed to swing into action by protecting the interests of Nigerians against the reported airlines operations' malpractices, warning that no violator, no matter how highly placed, would be spared. Sirika said findings at government’s disposal revealed that some of the airlines are rejecting naira and charging their ticket fares in dollars in violation of the country's laws, while some others have blocked local travel agencies from accessing their websites for transactions, choosing to release expensive tickets. "I want to use this opportunity to say that reports are reaching us that some of the airlines are refusing to sell tickets in naira. That is a violation of our of local laws, they will not be allowed. The high and the mighty amongst them will be sanctioned, if they're caught doing"NCAAthat. had been directed to swing into action and once we find any airline violating this, we will definitely deal with them. Also, they blocked the travel agents from access. They also made only the expensive tickets available and so on so"Ourforth.regulators are not sleeping, we have a very vibrant Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Once they found any airline guilty, that airline will be dealt with because we need to protect our people. It is according to our agreements, to what we have signed and this is according to international convention.
DSS confirms terrorists negotiator, Manu in custody
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• Says reports of FG spending N14.6b on Nigeria Air embarrassing remitted over $600 million to their home countries in 2016 while over $265 million has also been released this year out of about $484 million due to them. He said government is trying to make the airlines happy by ensuring that their money does not pile up again, saying that while the country needs their services, the airlines also need the Nigerian market.Sirika, accordingly, warned the airlines to refrain from using the social media to press home their demands instead of the diplomatic channels.Also, Sirika described as irresponsible, embarrassing and lies, media reports that the Federal Government's Nigeria Air project has already gulped over N14.6 billion of government’s funds despite having only five percent stake in the airline. He noted that government has only spent N651 million (N352 million and N299 million) for what he called transactional advisory services approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which has not been disbursed as the consultants were yet to finish their work.Sirika said on Nigeria Air: “So Nigeria Air is, of course, we are going to come very soon to council for approval of the full business case. And the activity is a Public Private Partnership, which is guided by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, regulations.“Wehave diligently followed that. And I want to seize the opportunity to say that we have been reading newspaper reports, especially those that I have maximum respect for like the Guardian, which put out a sensational article on the front page. That the federal government of Nigeria has spent N14 billion on national carrier and they did nothing.“This is absurd. This is unbecoming of a paper of that caliber, to dish out lies on purpose to mislead the public. The entire amount of money spent on national carrier is around the transaction advisory services. And we came here with a memo with approval, which we dished out to the press as to the quantum of money to be spent. It was N352 million in today's rate. And another contract of N299 million. That's it. “I’m very embarrassed with this statement, it is not factual, is the true, is meant to mislead people. Federal Government is committed to establishing this career, we’ve gone very far. We’ve found partner. We are negotiating, we will come to council and get the full business report approved. And then we will come here declare.” On alleged secrecy in the project, the minister said: “There's also accusation as to secrecy in what we're doing. Nigeria, I'm very proud to say is the first country and maybe perhaps the only to put up a portal where all public private partnership activities is being uploaded on daily basis. “People should not be pen lazy, not to research, not to ask questions in view of the Freedom of Information Act in place. “Every single query to me on my desk, using Freedom of Information Act, I had always obliged. There's nothing secret about government work anymore. And we're not keeping anything in secrecy.
"So going forward, they should desist from doing things that are outside of the law. They should also desist from writing us and putting things in social media. They should go through diplomatic channels if they want response from federal government", he warned.
“If anybody wants anything to do with a national carrier or any other project on civil aviation, you should go to our own website, to the website of ICRC and to the portal, everything is uploaded there. “We have project delivery team in place by law, Project Steering Committee in place by law, and they're all members of very many ministries and agencies and parastatals including Labour. “The Law didn't say we should include Labour. But for maximum transparency, for fairness, we included Labour in this activity, and they participated fully. “So there's nothing secret about it. If you want anything come and ask us don't just be pen lazy and go out there and write what you want. It is not accepted by us and by government. And they will deliver this Nigeria Air for the benefit of people.“Nigeria is 215 million people at the center of Africa, equal distance on own location with traveling public, rising middle class, propensity to fly this high. Nigeria is certainly the candidate for national carrier, it will happen and it will ease our transport needs, inshallah.”
On the importance of a national airline to the country’s economy as well as that of the continent, the minister said: “Now, do you understand that the African continent under the AU agenda 2063, is looking for integration and interconnectivity? To go to Niami in Niger Republic, you have to fly to Paris and fly back. That is the case of Africa. We want to integrate Africa, we want to connect Africa. And certainly we cannot do it by road, by rail, or by sea. By sea, most of the countries are landlocked. By rail, the quantum amount of money to spend to interconnect Africa and to maintain it is huge, and prohibitive. It can happen but much later. By road is also worse. “So the easiest, the fastest, the most efficient way to do it is to develop civil aviation, of which we are doing. And that's why we're working on the single African Air Transport market in Africa. And so therefore, Nigeria was there before we started the Yamoussoukro decision and declaration and it rose through Single Africa Air Transport market to boost civil aviation.
According to the Minister, the foreign airlines made over $1.1 billion from Nigeria in 2016, when the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration cleared the $600 million it inherited from previous government, saying if it was retained in the country through Nigerian official airline, it would have created jobs. He recalled that the airlines
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“The key thing there is to have a very robust carrier, private, nonprofit, whatever kind of carrier that can match the kinds of carriers that come into Nigeria. 95% of the airlines that do activity in Africa, are not African, we are exporting the money out there.”
By Tobias Lengnan Dapam, Abuja & Femi Oyelola, Kaduna T he Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that the self acclaimed terrorists negotiator, Tukur Manu is in their custody. Mamu was arrested in Egypt on Tuesday and detained by Interpol at the Cairo International Airport, while awaiting a connecting flight to SaudiDSSArabia.ina statement issued yesterday by Peter Afunanya, its Public Relations Officer, said, “This is to confirm that Manu, as a person of interest, was intercepted by Nigeria’s foreign partners at Cairo, Egypt on 6th September, 2022 while on his way to Saudi Arabia. “He has since been returned to the country, today, 7th September, 2022 and taken into the Service’s custody. The act followed a request by Nigeria’s Military, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community to their foreign partners to bring back Manu to the country to answer critical questions on ongoing investigations relating to some security matters in parts of the country. The public may wish to note that the law will appropriately take its course. “
“The Kaduna State Government received the feedback with satisfaction and praised the troops for their swiftness in responding to intelligence reports. “The Government conveyed its appreciation to the troops and other security forces while encouraging them to sustain the determined efforts to rout all criminal“Sinceelements.manyof the bandits escaped with gunshot wounds, the Government hereby appeals to communities in the general area to report any questionable persons seeking medical attention. The security operations room can be reached at 09034000060 and 08170189999”, the statement said.
“To transform the run-offthe-mill purchasing function into a value-driven strategic asset”, this workshop will offer participants the opportunity to update their skills and also acquire new ideas that abound in the field of Procurement.” He said the specific objectives of the workshop are: “To impart management and focal staff with cutting edge procurement skills and techniques to effectively manage spending and achieve value for money in line with 2007 procurement act. To introduce tools for managing procurement risks as well as support the strategic objectives of the different organisational operations. To ensure synergy between the procurement, general service and other departments.”
The former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Imo, Chief Fidel Onyeneke, has advised journalists in the state to always abide by the ethics of the Onyeneke,profession.whoretired from the News Agency of Nigeria , gave the charge at a workshop on investigative journalism in Owerri.The event was organised by an Owerri-based media outfit, called Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative (IMCAI). It was organised in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation and Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.Thetheme was “Reporting in treacherous and insecure environments”.Onyenekespoke on the subtheme: “Ethical Issues: What kind of news is this? ” He urged journalists to be guided by the principles of accuracy, independence, fairness, impartiality and accountability. He further admonished journalists to shun bribery and demand for gratification in order not to be unduly influenced by newsOnyenekesources. said: “In the face of the harsh economic situation, employers of journalists must pay them enhanced wages with improved welfare packages.
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” Another veteran journalist and public affairs analyst, Mr Charles Ogugbuaja, advised journalists not to be in a hurry to beat deadline at the expense of the facts of the Ogugbuajanews.said: “Do not distort facts, always crosscheck your facts and sources of information to confirm their veracity.“This is the only way to present your story in a simple, attractive manner that will be irresistible to your target audience.
He added that, “ To achieve these set objectives, I urge participants to display commitment and dedication by giving full attention to the content of the workshop because the Commission expects much from you in terms of output.”
Manu said that critical stakeholders like wives of governors, CSOs, religious and traditional leaders, INEC and others should step up games to bring in more women in politics.
21,352 of 34,242 new PVCs still uncollected in Lagos— INEC CONTINUES FROM PG 4
By Tobias Lengnan Dapam In its fermi nation to ensure a hitch free 2023 census, the National Population Commission (NPC) has organized a 3-day capacity building workshop on Procurement Skills and Project Management Techniques for Members of the Commission, DirectorGeneral, Directors/HOUs and Staff of Procurement Department.Theworkshop was to enable them handle procurement issues related to the processes leading to the 2023 Population and Housing Census and beyond.Speaking at the workshop, the Chairman of the Commission, Nasir Isa Kwarra said,“as part of preparations for the conduct of Nigeria’s first fully digital Census in 2023, the Commission is leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that the procurement processes leading to the next census is transparent. “A good procurement function is pivotal in deploying an effective plan, leveraging robust forecasting, market analysis, purchasing processes, and cost reduction methodologies.“Theconduct of this workshop therefore, underscores the determination, commitment and readiness of the Commission to equip the principal personnel in the Commission with new techniques in procurement processes.Inanever changing world of new procurement techniques
“The media practitioner must also be conscious of existing cultural and religious differences, with the aim of enhancing peace, unity and progress in society.
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According to her, average women participation in politics is 25 per cent globally, about 22 per cent in Africa and 4.8 per cent in Nigeria. She said that Nigeria could not have a strong and balanced democracy because of marginalisation of women in politics, saying the just concluded political parties’ primaries had shown a decrease in women as flag-bearers. Manu highlighted barriers against women to include lack of effective government will to implement international conventions, money politics and system of god-fatherism, exclusion of women in parties’ leadership positions as well as patronage-based political system. “Nigeria should be able to ensure 25 per cent of women representation in Africa. By 2027, we want to see more women being elected as candidates of political parties,” she said.
Speaking, Mrs Victoria Eta-Messi, the Deputy Director, Gender Relations, Gender and Inclusivity Department, INEC, said “the commission plans to enlighten stakeholders on the INEC gender policy, the objective of the policy and the implementation of the policy which is mandatory for the commission and other stakeholders in the electoral process.”Eta-Messi said that not much was achieved during the party primaries by women as many could not clinch tickets to contest the 2023 elections. “So, already, it is not very promising outlook with regard to women candidates. What we want to achieve now is to ensure and to see that many women turnout to vote. “Beyond 2023, we also hope that those lapses that were noticed for the 2023 general elections would have been bridged and all barriers would have been addressed and taken care of so that many more women will participate in the electoral space.” One of the stakeholders, Mrs Hilda Nwanekwu, Executive Director, Initiatives for Sustaining Gender Empowerment, stressed the need for more bonding among women to take over leadership and political positions. Also, Dr Angela Daniel, Executive Director, Women Entrepreneur Association of Nigeria as well as STAGE for Women Development Initiative, decried that political parties had continued to refuse to admit women, urging stakeholders to give opportunity to women.NANreports that the event had in attendance, various women leaders advocating inclusion of women and People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) in Nigeria. (NAN)
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“On entering the area, the bandits sprang the ambush and came under intense fire as they were stoutly repelled by the troops. Two of the criminals were thus neutralized.
2023 census: NPC organizes workshop for procurement staff general elections, saying that INEC had taken a number of measures aimed at ensuring the smooth conduct of the generalAgbajeelections.saidthat the just-concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) captured 12,298,944 out of which a total of 6,224,866 were female while male registrants were 6,074,078. In her welcome remarks, Mrs Mufuliat Fijabi, the Chief of Executive Officer, NWTF, said the main objective of the engagement was to build synergy and cooperation between the group, INEC and other critical stakeholders like CSOs, religious and traditional leaders.Fijabi said the engagement was to see how all stakeholders could work together to improve women political participation in the country. “There is need for more synergy in advocating for more women in leadership and political positions and the commitment to achieving this vision,” Fijabi said. On the overview of the project, Malliya Manu, the NWTF Programme Manager, said the EU was worried about the low participation of women in decision making processes in Nigeria, saying the project wanted to ensure increase in women representation.
From:Femi Oyelola, Kaduna T roops of the Nigerian Army yesterday repelled bandits around the Fondisho general area, along the KadunaZaria road in Igabi local government.Thiswas contained in a statement by the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, Samuel Aruwan and made it available to the media in Kaduna.Thestatement stated that the troops, responding quickly to credible intelligence, set up an ambush position at the location.
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Okehi Federal Constituency and the central senatorial district of the state. A press statement issued on Wednesday by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo said the governor said he did not make any such statement alluding to his proficiency in the use of firearms.The press statement confirmed the governor’s tough stance against crimes and criminality as the chief security officer of Kogi State. “He did not and will not engage in personal threat of violence against anyone. He is also neither a security agent with training in firearms handling nor a mugger”, the statement said.
The WFI Chief Executive Officer, however, said he would continue to create awareness on GBV and other related issues militating against Girl-Child in the society. From Adama John, Lokoja G overnorYahaya Bello of Kogi State has denied media report credited to him as threatening to inflict violence on anyone murmuring against his administration with better handling of firearms.
“While as a Government, we continue to respect the media and promote the freedom of the people to be informed, we totally abhor injurious falsehood capable of causing a breakdown of law and order.”
Earlier in his welcome address, Chairman MDCAN UATH Chapter who doubles as Senior Lecturer and Consultant General Surgeon, Dr. Samuel Ali Sani lauded medical workers in the hospital towards effective management of Covid -19 cases. He explained that MDCAN is non-profit association saddled with the responsibility of providing quality services to patients even as he pointed out that UATH Gwagwalada had the highest conglomerate Consultants in the FCT.
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The Police Public Relations Officer PPRO SP Mohammed Ahmed Wakil stated this in a statement distriuted to journalists on Wednesday in Bauchi as part of effort of the Command to combat crime and criminality in the state. He said “ detectives attached to ‘C’ Divisional Police headquarters, Bauchi acted on an actionable and credible intelligence report available at their disposal, swung into action and arrested three suspects for being in possession and production of counterfeit currency. “A suspect who was identified as one Yusuf Mohammed ‘m’ 25yrs of Yakubu Wanka area of Bauchi was arrested on 21st august, 2022 at about 1930hrs near Ogbunna Hotel in Bayan Gari area of Bauchi with the sum of seventyfive-thousand-naira (N75,0000) counterfeit notes.
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The Governor had talked tough when he made a public presentation of the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the Adavi/
Police arrest 3 for production of fake currencies in Bauchi
The commissioner said that unfounded story allegedly transcribed from the video and used as a headline is totally the figment of the imagination of those behind Sahara Reporters. “We urge Nigerians to dismiss the report including the subtitle in the video as false, spurious, defamatory, malicious and irresponsibly reckless,” he said. He gave Sahara Reporters seven days to withdraw its publication and apologize to the government, or face criminal and civil courts.
From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi Bauchi State Police Command has arrested three suspects for being in possession and production of counterfeit currency.
“The suspect reveals that he got the counterfeit notes from one Shehu Shagari ‘m’ 42yrs of Inkil area of Bauchi who is equally at police facility for his involvement in the case. As the investigation continues, the said Shehu Shagari indicted one Malam Yusuf ‘m’ of Durum village of Bauchi now at large; believed to be a prime suspect. Later, an investigation was extended on a search warrant to his house at Durum village where another suspect Rabiu Samaila ‘m’ 35yrs of Durum village was apprehended at the house while producing counterfeit naira notes.”Wakil said “a discreet investigation commenced in earnest, the following exhibits were recovered from the suspect, One 3-in-1 black printer The sum of seventy-five-thousand-naira notes (N75, 000), Five pieces of calabash containing charms Twenty-two (22) pieces of perfume bottles and one dried chameleon.”
The Chief Executive Officer in charge of WFI, Dr. Francis Eremuthan made the appeal in an interview with newsmen in Kuje after a one day media dialogue with media professionals on the occasion of Gender Based Violence and Substance Abuse prevention and response in the FCT.Dr. Eremuthan who was represented by Dr. Vera at the occasion, also called on the religious leaders as well as the royal fathers to remain committed to wage war against Gender Based Violence and substance abuse in their various communities He disclosed that his leadership had sensitized a lot of girls/boys on GBV in secondary schools in the FCT and charged the other NGOs to do same for the betterment of the society.
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“The Government of Kogi State has remained most committed to the security of lives and property of its citizens and those of other Nigerians and will continue to fight against violence and criminality” said the information manager.
The Women Friendly Initiative (WFI), towelltoTerritoryCouncilOrganisationNon-GovernmentalabasedinKujeAreaoftheFederalCapital(FCT)hasappealedtheNigeriangovernmentasastheinternationaldonorssupporttheorganisation financially in order to curb the problem of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and substance abuse in the society.
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) Gwagwalada branch has organised Scientific Conference with a theme” Human Capacity Development in the Health Sector in a Dwindling Economy” for its members. Speaking at the event the Chief Host and the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Hospital, Prof. Bissalla Ekele appreciated the contributions of all Consultants in the 8 hospital in the area of providing quality health care services to patients. He equally recognised the efforts of union leaders towards ensuring the hospital move forward.Onhis part, the Chairman of the occasion, who is the immediate past President of West African College of Surgeon, Prof King-David Terna Yawe expressed optimism that the discussions would in no small measure help to cement relationships amongst various professional health unions in the Hospital . He commended the efforts of the current CMD for introducing new innovations in the hospital just as he enjoined other medical practitioners to emulate and tap from the experience of the CMD.
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As part of effort to increase participation of teeming youths into the process of democracy,The Organization for Community Civil Engagement with support from National Endowment for Democracy, organized a town hall meeting with newly registered voters in the state. The town hall meeting which comprised all the relevant stakeholders in Jigawa was held at Manpower development Institute Dutse.Speaking on the purpose of the meeting, the Executive Director OCCEN comrade Abdurrazak Alqali said, the meeting will enlighten the new registered voters on what to do before, during and after the elections.Comrade Alqali said, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) registered over 12 million people, saying eight million are youths that need to be sensitizes on the election process.
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From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi The Bauchi State Head of Civil Service, Alhaji Yahuza Adamu Haruna, Wednesday warned the 3,000 civil servants who will participate in the 2022 promotional examination against malpractice and unethical conduct during the examination.AlhajiYahuza Adamu who sounded the warning at the opening ceremony of a 2-day sensitization workshop at Multipurpose Indoor Hall, Bauchi, ahead of the examination, observed that the workshop is a continued demonstration of government’s commitment and concern towards the upliftment of Bauchi State Civil Service as well as human capital development.According to him, due to the high premium government of Governor Bala Mohammed attached to the civil service, it has sustained supporting the system despite the dwindling financial resources.
He said based on the genuine factors coupled with the present administration’s ongoing reinvigoration and repositioning the Civil Service as a veritable tool in the realization of its objectives, the government did not only sustain the examination policy, but also doing everything within its reach to strengthen the service for the benefit of civil servants and the service.“The importance of this workshop cannot be overemphasized because according to the tenets of the examination policy, the main thrust of the examination, apart from paving way for promotion, it acquaints civil servants with regulatory, professional and general knowledge which contributes immensely in boosting their capacity and reading culture as well as increase effective performance of their duties for efficient service delivery. “It is my belief that, with the current commitment of His Excellency, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, and the reciprocal commitment of the civil servants, our goal of improved quality service delivery will be achieved. I therefore, have no iota of doubt in my mind that the Consultant handling the examination would take you through a period of two days of rigorous training at the end of which you are expected to be refreshed on the subject that will assist you to prepare for the promotion examination and provide you with more intellectual boost.“In his bid to improve the working condition of the state civil servants, the Governor has renovated the State Secretariat for the first time since its construction 35 years ago. In addition to the above, the Governor also presented official vehicles to 22 recently appointed Permanent Secretaries for the effective and efficient discharge of their official responsibilities.TheHosstated that the untiring benevolence of Governor Bala Mohammed to the civil servants and the service generally is a testimony to his civil service friendly prosture and therefore called on the entire civil servants to appreciate the gesture by remaining law abiding, respect constituted authorities and carry out their duties with the fear of God.Also speaking, the Chaiman, Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Abubakar Usman assured that the commission will continue to pursue excellence in service, rewarding hardworking staff, while as usual, those who chose to pursue the path of indiscipline and indolence would be sanctioned within the ambit of the “Welaw. are aware that the state Civil Service was afflicted by indiscipline and total lack of focus before the advent of the Bala Mohammed administration, but the service is now a proud place to serve with a clear focus. The Civil Servants of Bauchi State are lucky to have Alhaji Yahuza Adamu Haruna as their captain. He is one year on the seat of Head of Civil Service, but the year spent is more meaningful and advantageous to the growth of the Inservice.”a welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, Establishment and SERVICOM Matters Bureau, Barrister Mohammed Sani Umar said the participants of the workshop are expected to apply the knowledge gained from the entire process in the day to day discharge of their official responsibilities. “As we all know, the Promotion Examination has the main merit of keeping public officers abreast of the Civil Service Regulations, Procedures and general knowledge, which is vital for ensuring effective, efficient and productive Public Service. The policy has impacted positively on progression in the Service by elimination of supercession and determination of progression and I am therefore happy to inform you that the success recorded over the years and indeed the last edition of the examination in 2021 is a further indication that the policy is a worthwhile one.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has celebrated the Emir of Suleja, Alhaji Mohammed Awwal Ibrahim on his 81stGovernorbirthday.Bello in a statement, applauded the Royal Father for his continuous contribution and service to humanity. He observed that the traditional ruler has remained committed and relevant in the development of the state and the nation at large. Governor Bello acknowledged that the foundation the Emir has laid as the first elected Governor of Niger State, is still standing strong.
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T he Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola. on Wednesday in Ibadan, inaugurated the first set of Oyo State Multi-Door Courthouse (OYSMDC) certified mediators. Abimbola, represented by Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, said that the judiciary was dedicated to effective administration of justice.The chief judge said that OYSMDC was aimed at efficient administration of justice through the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to create an enabling environment for human capacity and economic development.“Itisnecessary to kit the stakeholders with the knowledge required for effective use of the various ADR services rendered by OYSMDC.“Earlierthis year, OYSMDC, in collaboration with Lagos State Multi-Door Courthouse (LMDC), organised a Mediation Skills Training (MST) for 12 participants.“During the training, the participants were taken through a rich blend of legal and therapeutic discipline that equips participants with knowledge of all ADR spectrums with particular attention to mediation, conciliation, and conflict management,” Abimbola said.The chief judge said that the MST was structured to build participants’ capacities and enlighten them on professional mediation concept and processes in line with international best practices.“Itgives me joy to inform you that the 12 that partook in the training were successful and today they are certified mediators. “They are qualified to practice as mediator across the globe,” he said.
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R-L Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service, Isa Jere Idris and the Comptroller General of the Federal Fire Service, AbdulGaniyu Jaji, at the World Press Conference on Security and Safety of the Nation organised by the Hon Minister of Information and Culture, Alh Lai Mohammed at the National Press Centre on Tuesday in Abuja.
Mr Martins Odeomenem, Director of Procurement, FMITI, explained that the projects approved through the Ministerial Tenders Board had been completed.
“It is not all about awarding contracts and executing contracts; there is also the need for every office that has the duty of awarding contracts to know that government is seriously after value-for-money. “NEPZA abhors shoddy execution of its projects because of the strategic nature of the free zones in attracting foreign investment.
The Police in Jigawa have arrested two suspects with a stolen vehicle in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state.The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP. Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Wednesday. Shiisu said the suspects, aged 22 and 28, are residents of Makani village in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa and Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. He said the suspects were arrested in Gwaram town in Gwaram Local government area of Jigawa with a Honda Civic car (white color), with number plate FM 454 AA. The spokesperson said that upon interrogation, the suspects could not give satisfactory account of theHevehicle.saidthe suspects mentioned the name of their accomplice, who resides at Samamiya village in Birninkudu town, now at large. They said that he was the one who stole the vehicle from a place not known to them. Shiisu said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Aliyu Tafida, had directed the case be transferred to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) in Dutse.
Authorized Money Market Dealers can submit multiple bids. A bid may be for authorized Money Market Dealers own account, non – Money Market Dealers or interested members of the public. The result of the auction would be announced by 1.00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15, 2021. The Bank reserves the right to reject any bid. Allotment letters would be issued for successful bids on Thursday, September 16, 2021, while payment for the successful bids should be made to your account with Central Bank of Nigeria not later than 11.00 a.m. on Thursday, September 16, 2021. The Bank reserves the right to vary the amount on offer in line with market realities prevailing as at the period of auction of the Nigerian Treasury Bills.
Earlier, PANDEF National Publicity Secretary, Mr Ken Robinson, said that the visit was part of the forum`s contribution to strengthen Nigeria`s democracy.
Others are: consulting services for master plan and architectural design; consulting services for engineering and infrastructure design; quantity surveying for feasibility studies at Kwara SEZ; and the development of initial 5MW power plant and electrical reticulation within the Ilorin SEZ.
The statement quoted Hajia Zainab Aliyu, Director of Monitoring and Compliance, NEPZA, expressing satisfaction with the level of projects execution across the four zones during the tour in Calabar, Aliyu added that the Federal Government had always ensured value-for-money in the execution of itsShecontracts.saidthe approval for the inspection of the projects indicated government’s priority toward adequate provision of infrastructure in the free tradeShezones.added that the development showed the commitment of the Prof. Adesoji Adesugba ledmanagement to the interpretation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s policy for a profitable and competitive zone scheme. “As part of the statutory responsibility of NEPZA as provided in Section 4 of the Authority’s Act 63 of 1992 is the provision that ensures that all zones provide some of the basic infrastructure.
Notice is hereby given by the Central Bank of Nigeria on behalf of DMO that the Federal Government of Nigeria Treasury Bills of 91, 182 and 364-day tenors amounting to N1,605,535,000; N5,913,188,000 and N148,361,351,000 respectively would be issued by Dutch auction on Thursday, September 16, All2021.Money
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“The Authority has, however, decided to carry out the task jointly with our supervising Ministry, which is the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and so far, we were encouraged by the progress of executions,” she said.
“We have gone around and I can say with all sense of responsibility that we are satisfied with what we have met on ground,” he said.Hon.
He said that the body had resolved to engage all presidential candidates from Southern Nigeria, to ensure that the country gets the best leader in 2023. “We are also interested in who will be able to frontally deal with the concerns of the Niger delta people,“he said. He said that the forum was yet to endorse any presidential candidate, adding that they would engage Nigerians who believe in the unity of the country.(NAN)
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Some of the projects, the statement said included: erosion control works and rehabilitation of collapsed perimeter fence, construction of emergency exit gates and access road to the jetties and re-asphalting of the exiting dual carriageway road network at CTFZ.
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The presidential candidate said that while he believed in rotation of power, competence should not be sacrificed. “Rotation of power from one unjust man from the north to another unjust man from the south, or to an unjust man from the south, unjust man from the West is just a rotation of suffering,“he said. Adebayo to look into the challenges confronting the Niger Delta and other regions of the country.Hesaid that with or without oil in the Niger Delta region, it still remains a valuable component of Nigeria.Hesaid that before the discovery of oil in Olobiri, the region had contributed much resources to the growth of the country.
Police confirm arrest of 2 suspects with stolen vehicle in Jigawa
It said out of the 112 ongoing projects, a total of 76 had been completed with the CFTZ accounting for 28; KFTZ 38; Lekki SEZ 5; and Ilorin SEZ 5, while others were at different levels of completion.
“They also include: construction of roads with associated drainage work at KFTZ; construction of four standard size factory building and associated external works at KFTZ.
“Also is the purchase of property at No.38 Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos; and the re-furbishing and furnishing of the newly acquired NEPZA new Lagos zonal office among others,” it said.
“We are also obliged to constantly monitor and evaluate both new and old infrastructure.
“The reasons for these monitoring and evaluation exercises were to ensure the right quality of materials were used and the right quality
“We are sure production and competition among the enterprises in the zone would increase significantly if the Federal Government finally divests its equity to the private sector as planned,” he said.(NAN)
Richard Gbande, Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Commerce, at the Kano tour, expressed satisfaction with how the authority had managed the special economic ecosystem, describing it as a vital economic gateway that should fast track the industrialisation of the Northern region. Gbande explained that the zone was lucrative going by the presence of 75 enterprises functioning night and day to increase production for the country’s highly competitive markets.
The Joint Projects Monitoring Committee of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) and the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) have concluded the inspection of 112 approved projects for the Authority. Mr Martins Odey, Head, Corporate Communications, NEPZA, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.
bid must be in multiple of N1,000 subject to a minimum of N50,001,000.
The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr Adewole Adebayo has expressed his commitment to the unity of the country if elected President of AdebayoNigeria.stated this when the leadership of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday.Adabayo said the purpose of his public life is to have a united Nigeria where there would be peace.“No matter the problems that we face, no matter the difficulties, we will keep and make sure Nigeria prospers.“Not a single square inch of Nigeria territory will be negotiated away,” he said Adebayo said that problems confronting Nigeria as a country could be solved with the enthronement of justice for all Nigerians.Hesaid that when government of justice is enthroned, the concern of who becomes the president of the country would not be irrelevant.
Ministry completes inspection of NEPZA projects of jobs are done, just as we also checked the percentage of work done in line with the amount assigned for the project.
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According to the statement, the projects captured under the NEPZA Tenders Board of 2017-2021, are located at Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ), Kano Free Trade Zones (KFTZ) and the newly approved Lagos and Kwara Special Economic Zones respectively.
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Don’t drink from contaminated streams, Oyo Govt warns communities
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From Yakubu Mustapha Minna Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has charged religious leaders to promote interfaith harmony and to ensure the betterment of Nigeria towards 2023 general elections. Governor Bello gave the advice at the inauguration of the new Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter, Most Rev Bulus Dauwa Yohanna and other executive members yesterday in Minna. Represented by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Nasara Danmallam said “the government will work closely with religious leaders in the state so as to promote unity.In his acceptance speech, the State Chairman of CAN said the association is non- partisan and pledged to defend Christians’ rights and to work with other faith groups to promote peace in the state.
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Aisha Abdul-Ismail spoke on the intersection of Social Norms VAWG, Reverend Mike Akinboboye spoke on VAWG Accountability and Communities, while Dr. Mansur Isa Yelwa and Engr Basheer Adamu delved on Consensus actions to reduce prevalence and encourage actionable consequences and Migration strategies for VAWG respectively.
“They command respect, trust and loyalty enabling them to excercise acceptable albeit limited sanctions for social deviations by members in their domain or congregation, including functions of councelling and arbiteration relating to family life,” she Justicesaid.Fati also appealed for support to survivors of violence in.private and public spaces by strengthening their ability to speak out, seek help and access justice in order to achieve zero tolerance to
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which indicated that 85 percent of women and girls experience one form of violence ranging from physical, economic,. Psychological to sexual.Thefounder of WRAPA, Justice Fati Abubarka made the call at a one day National Dialogue with 100 Inter-Faith and Culture Leaders with the theme “ Moving from Rehtorics to Action, held at Tahir Guest Place, Kano state. She said the call became important because Religious and Traditional Leaders and Institutions are deeply rooted at all sociial levels in all communities.
O yo State Government has warned residents of five communities in Oke-Ogun area of the state against drinking water from the contaminated streams in their localities. Mr Abiodun Oni, the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, gave the warning in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. Oni said a truck conveying chemical substances had an accident and emptied its content into a drainage channel, which eventually flown into the streams that passed through the five communities.According to him, the communities are: Ijaye, Ido, Olowo-Igbo, Iseyin and Ibarapa.
Oni said that when they eventually found their ways into the streams, rivers and the food chain process, they would pose threat to all humans.
From Gambo Ahmed Lafia Mada community of panda development area in Karu local government council of Nasarawa state have declared their support to the administration of governor Abdullahi sule ‘s continuity in 2023 general elections.Spokesman of the community Mr Luka Maichibi Abdul stated this on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting in Jemage Mada in preparatory to the general elections.Hemaintained that the governor deserves second tenure in order to enable him accomplish developmental projects.
Oni said the truck was involved in an accident on IrokoOyo Highway, while conveying a substance presumed to be soap making chemicals. He said that the soap making chemicals, which fell off into the drainage, ended up contaminating the streams that pass through the five communities. Oni said that this, however, impaired the quality of water and rendered it toxic to humans and the environment at large. The commissioner advised farmers who planted cash crops within the affected areas, as well as fishermen, to suspend every activity within the vicinity, until the waters have been tested and considered safe for human consumption.“Government is on top of the situation, as the Ministry has dispatched some of its staff members to the affected areas to continue to monitor the situation, while also conducting a water sampling until the water can be ascertained safe for consumption.“Thestate government will continue to ensure that the ecosystem is protected in the state,” Oni said. The commissioner urged the citizens to also take responsibility by properly handling and disposing of chemical substances and other biodegradable items by ensuring that they do not end up in theHestreams.advised them to jettison the bad culture of dumping wastes into the drainage channels.
Violence Against Women and girls and its “Theconsequences.supportoffered by palaces, mosques and churches often fill the gaps in the needs of Survivors violence” She said the Dialogue was designed to provide an avenue for sincere conversations to correct perceptions and mis representation that allow narratives justifying some forms of violence against women and girls in different social settings.She commended the Ford Foundation and the Bayero University Kano Center for Islamic Civilization and Interfaith Dialoque, CICID for supporting the Professorevent.
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Violence against women: Group urges religious, culture leaders to check menace L-R: Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye; Winner of the IFF Hackathon, E-Procure and the Regional Director, Ford Foundation, West Africa Office, Dr. Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye, during the presentation of award to the winner of the demo hacking solutions on corruption and IFF organized by the ICPC, NITDA and Ford Foundation recently in Abuja.
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The law, they say, is blind!
An intriguing aspect of the crisis is the political implications for Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election, who is from Adamawa state. This implies that Atiku is facing two crises — one on the home front and the other, at the national level — from the Governor Nyesom Wike’s ‘distraction’. Many legal experts believe Wazir’s case has merit, and this may be why the Federal High Court’s only option is to claim no jurisdiction over the case.
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The Adamawa PDP Legal Tussle All eyes are on the legal tussle surrounding the May 25th, 2022, Gubernatorial Primary Election of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, which produced Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as the winner — Politicalunopposed.punditsare observing how the PDP will come out of this thorny issue, while legal experts are watching how the judiciary will steer itself from controversy in handling the case. The latest of intra-party legal skirmishes in Nigeria, the case is similar to many legal tussles that led to the nullification of countless secondary and primary elections in Nigeria, because the political parties wrongfully disqualified aspirants or refused to adhere to their own guidelines, the electoral act or the Constitution.Anaspirant for the Adamawa PDP— 2023 gubernatorial ticket, Ambassador Mohammed Jameel Wazir, a 2014 contestant for the same position and a former chief protocol officer to former president Goodluck Jonathan, has approached the Federal High Court Abuja, to challenge his exclusion from the May 25th, 2022, Adamawa PDP Gubernatorial primary election. Waziri was reportedly disqualified in Bauchi by the Gubernatorial Primaries Screening Committee chaired by Abubakar Sadiq on the premises that the committee has ‘instructions from the party Headquarters not to clear him.’ The aspirant was issued neither a disqualification nor qualification certificate in Bauchi, in contravention of the party’s rules which gives disqualified candidates the fair chance to appeal before the Appeal Panel. Above notwithstanding, the aspirant submitted a petition to the 12-man appeal panel in Abuja. He was appropriately rescreened by the panel, which cleared him to contest the primaries. Still, the National Working Committee (NWC) denied the aspirant the right to contest the gubernatorial primary election, because it was reported that, the NWC said, the party need to enhance the chances of the incumbent governor. But why did the party go ahead to sell nomination & expression forms to its members? The party is prepared for the consequence of its actions? Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja has ruled that his court lacks jurisdiction on the case brought by Ambassador Waziri against the PDP, over the former’s unlawful disqualification from the May 25th, 2022 primaries. The Judge further said- ‘It’s a family affair’. But if a son feels his father has cheated him, or a wife feels her husband has cheated on her, didn’t they have the right to seek justice from the courts of law?
Section 84(3) of the Electoral Act 2022 and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) are explicit on the disqualification of a candidate or an aspirant. Furthermore, the first article in the PDP electoral guidelines for the gubernatorial primary election says – “in Compliance with section 84(3) of the Electoral Act 2022, the qualification and disqualification criteria shall only be as stated in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
Zayyad I. Muhammad writes from Abuja, 08036070980, zaymohd@yahoo.com
Governor Nasir el Rufai of Kaduna state is not one to keep quiet in the face of imminent danger.
Equally, on August 29, 2022, The Court of Appeal in Abuja reinstated Sheriff Oborevwori as the duly nominated governorship candidate of the PDP in Delta State, who was disqualified by a Federal High Court. Political parties should learn to respect their own laws and that of the country.
And because he is a governor and a member of the ruling party’s inner caucus his alarm registers instantly. Late July, El Rufai warned that “terrorists are consolidating their grip on communities in Kaduna state”, forming “a parallel government” and setting up “a permanent operational base.” In a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari, the governor said the overexercisingauthority,”parallelandcommunitiesterroristsdescribedBokobroke2012Birninshort,Ansaru,belongingterrorists,toformovedtoGwariinwhentheyawayfromHaram.Hehowtheoverranformed“agoverningcontrolsocialand economic activities and dispensation of justice.ElRufai noted that in the countdown to next year’s general elections, the group had promulgated a law banning residents from partisan politics. “The insurgents enacted a law, banning all forms of political activity or campaigning ahead of the 2023 elections, especially in Madobiya and Kazage villages.” He said, “According to actionable intelligence, members of the Jama’atu Ansarul Musulmina Fi’biladis Sudan (aka Ansaru) are hibernating in Kuyello district of Birnin Gwari LGA, which recently conducted a nuptial ceremony during which they married two yet-to-beidentified female residents of Kuyello village. The ceremony was attended by various Ansaru members and witnessed by residents of the area. After the marital rites, insurgents in attendance reportedly conveyed the brides to the dreaded Kuduru forest in the same Rufai,toBuharijustnation.confrontingsecurityBuhariwithcorrespondenceconfidentialRufai’smemoThedistrict.”JulywaselsecondPresidentonthedirechallengetheIn2016,ayearaftercamepower,elhimself elected governor for the first time, warned the president that he was losing the battle against terrorists. This is not politicking because the two men are in the same governing All Progressives Congress (APC). It is why the president must listen to el Rufai and do the needful in the fight against terror. He is at the tail end of his presidency but he still has time to do something to write his name in gold. His information Minister Lai Mohammed, last weekend, said the reign of terror was over. True or not, time will tell.
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Article 4 said: The decision of the National Executive Committee of the party on all primary election matters shall be final and binding. And, Article 5 section (f) of the same guidelines also stated that: “Only aspirants cleared by the Gubernatorial Screening Committee or whose appeal the Gubernatorial Screening Appeal Panel has upheld shall be qualified to participate in the primary election as contained in the final list of cleared aspirants. The Court of Appeal will commence proceedings on the case on September 2, 2022. All eyes are on the judiciary and the judges who will preside over the case, because the case is similar to that, which led to Zamfara APC losing all elected seats in the state to the PDP in 2019. The case also has a 2020 antecedent in the governorship position in Bayelsa state which affirmed PDP as the winner against the APC. Another is the Supreme Court nullification of November 6, 2021, APC primaries that produced Andy Uba as the party’s governorship candidate. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, held that the gubernatorial primary election that produced Uba was conducted in breach of guidelines that were set by the APC.
And, all eyes are on the Court of Appeal Judges that will preside over Wazir’s case against the conduct of the Adamawa PDP Gubernatorial primary elections, to do justice to the case. Rule Number 3.1 of the National Judicial Council, states that - ‘A Judicial Officer should be true and faithful to the Constitution and the Law, uphold the course of justice by abiding with provisions of Constitution and the Law and should acquire and maintain professional competence.
Opinion PAGE 12 PEOPLES DAILY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
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Even space science is going way beyond the imagination of astronomer, astrophysicist and science communicator Carl Sagan and that of H.G. Wells, one of the most significant science fiction writers.Digital technology has provided humanity with services and devices that are almost beyond imagination. Maybe the reawakening of the energies of Nigerian youths may lead to novel political “revelations” in 2023 and beyond. You will need to cross more than your fingers as thingsRightunveil.now, the major disadvantage of the Nigerian youths is that though they have the numerical advantage over the oldies, they are the minority in the most senior levels of government decision-making. They are also the mostThatunemployed.mustbe why they are insisting on playing a major and significant role in deciding who runs Nigeria after the 2023 presidential election. It’s a most crucial election for their political and economic emancipation.TheNewNigeria of the dream of the youths will be made or marred by whoever emerges as the President of Nigeria after the February 2023 presidential election. To borrow a phrase from American President Barack Obama, “It’s a defining moment.”Theyouths may be focusing on the presidential election because the leadership of the Federal Government is critical to the existence and progress of Nigeria. Nigeria’s President is exceedingly powerful; a military magistracy decked in civilian garments. The Federal Government has near-absolute powers, privileges and patronages. If you check the Nigerian Constitution you will discover that the 68 items listed under the Federal Exclusive Legislative List pretty much make Nigeria a unitary state. Worse is that the general provisions of the Nigerian Constitution strangulate economic and social progress. The structural booby-traps written into the Constitution are convoluted and cumbersome and are not easy to amend.Nigeria must get it right and break out of the vicious cycle of failures, disunity, political instability, near economic ruin, even hunger and famine, and insecurity that the Constitution says is Job Number One of government. By their actions and rhetoric, Nigerian youths seem ready to travel the road to correct whatever they think is wrong with Nigeria once and for all. It’s interesting that they are not quite big players in the separatist agitations of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Oduduwa Nation protagonists. They are focused on their intention to get Nigeria to run in a way that they will prosper as individuals, who will no longer have the wish or desire to migrate out of Nigeria, or to “japa,” as it is said on the Theystreets.are investing, not only their energies in the project of righting whatever is wrong with the Nigerian state, they are investing their resources, making posters, jingles, online videos, audios and visuals, and staging roadshows in support of their candidates. It’s okay that the youths want to shake the political table in 2023. But they should be regrouping to become a critical mass of political party delegates, in order to influence the outcome of the 2027 party primaries.Theyouths must go beyond emotionalism and theatrics; approach the presidential candidates to extract a social contract with favourable terms. Also, they could adopt VOMO, “Vote Or Miss Out,” Michelle Obama’s advocacy for the electorate to register and vote.
The analogue telephone, radio, television, and fossil fuel-powered automobiles are rapidly giving way to the digital iPhone, android phone, drone, electric car, social media platforms and biotechnology.
Section 842 also confers arbitrary powers on the commission to make determinations over where (i.e., what association) the funds/property of such a dissolved association should be transferred. Although it provides that the association to which the funds/property is to be transferred must submit a memorandum to the Commission indicating its willingness to accept the amount/ property, it is unlikely that any such transfer would not be accepted. An appropriate drafting of this provision would incorporate the power of the court to ratify the suitability of an association to receive any such transfer and place an obligation on such association(s) to make an application to the Commission if interested in receiving such funds/property. This recommendation is in line with the legally recognized role of the courts in determining the suitability of any person or group for vesting property. Also, one consideration for ratifying the suitability of an association for receiving the funds/ property of a dissolved association should be that they have similar objectives. This recommendation is in line with the provision of section 850(4) which deals with the dissolution of an association and the transfer of its funds/property.
An overview of Section 842 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020
Two interesting cases in point: Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, now in a United Kingdom gulag for an allegation of human organ harvest, was once heckled in Nuremberg, Germany a few years ago. Also, former Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, currently serving in the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) as Minister of Internal Affairs, was harassed by a Nigerian youth in an American food hall. The hope of the youths of Nigeria, like a restless wanderer, is desperately searching for a political home to rest its troubled soul. Their votes are also looking for a safe harbour on presidential election day.Some youths may have found succour in the presidential candidacy of Peter Obi of the Labour Party, while others prefer Bola Tinubu of the APC. It doesn’t look as if they are looking in the direction of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party. One needs to add that the nearfrenzy around Obi is almost akin to the adoration by the followers of Muqtada Al-Sadr, an Iraqi cleric and politician who promised his dedicated followers that he would form a theocracy of Islamic democracy.Whenhe announced that he was quitting politics, his followers went on a rampage. He had to appeal to them to vacate the Green Zone, the Iraqi version of China’s Tiananmen Square in Bagdad. And they obeyed, if reluctantly.Butit’smorning yet on creation day of the political campaign and the jury is still out as to where Nigerian youths will eventually lay their weary, weeping and wailing political heads. The tea leaves are not definitive yet. The resurgence of the energy of the youths is akin to the renaissance of 15th century Europe when the creative energies of the people of the Old World in all spheres of human endeavours, like culture, art and the sciences, were kindled. It eventually ended in the ground-breaking Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, whose first major inventions were the textile weaving looms invented by Edmund Cartwright in 1786 and the steamship, invented by George Stephenson in 1814. What transitioned from the renaissance to the First Industrial Revolution, and now the Fourth Industrial Revolution, sometimes called the New Economy, is still birthing new ideas and products for the human race, even at the turn of the first quarter of the 21st Century.
They are generally a brash lot and never fail to express their love or disdain for Nigerian politicians. They could go to the most extreme depending on their moods, whim, intention or interest.
The approval of the minister is not deemed very appropriate for this purpose because he merely ratifies the determination and decision(s) of the Commission without being directly involved in the process leading up to the decision(s).
Conclusion The provisions of section 842 confer a lot of arbitrary powers to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) with respect to dissolving an association and transferring its funds/property. The provisions of this section clearly negate the principles of natural justice which provide for hearing from both sides and that no one acts as a judge in their own case. It also negates the principle of checks and balances as many of the powers conferred on the Commission are not checked by the courts or other relevant institutions. This section has the potential to be abused by the Commission if it is not reviewed in line with basic principles of existing laws.
By Joshua Gbenga Dada
The Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 is the foremost legislation in Nigeria dealing with the registration of legal entities like companies, business names, and incorporated trustees. Whilst it has introduced many laudable innovations and has been celebrated for its progressiveness, there is still a lot of skepticism surrounding the intent of the law as it relates to incorporated trustees provided for under Part F of the Act. Specifically, my legal opinion here would be based on the provisions of section 842 of the Act - its potential for abuse and its possible impact on the rights of CSOs and other bodies governed by it.
Big ups for Nigerian youths’ momentum
Some argue that the Risorgimento — just a big word for the revival — of the political energy of Nigerian youths is coming on the heels of two separate movements whose dreams were cut short by Nigeria’s ancien regime politicians.Thefirst is the spontaneous #EndSARS, the highly profound youth protest against police brutality. In September 2020, its chugging train spluttered to a halt in blood and broken limbs at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos. The other movement is the youth energy gathered by the presidential aspiration of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, whose flame was extinguished at the 2022 presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress political party that Bola Tinubu won. Unfortunately, the youths are splintered into two almost irreconcilably distinct groups: The educated, urbane and articulate versus the roughneck, gruff and nearly always violent vanguard. The latter group is malleable by the malevolent machinations of the ancien regime politicians. One wing of the urbane youths resides abroad—North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. Unfortunately, the Nigerian Electoral Act does not empower them to vote though they send huge diaspora remittances backSometimeshome. some root for one presidential candidate. And the other wing makes a lot of hay associating with another candidate. They sometimes indulge in exaggerated gestures of photo-ops with the presidential candidates.
clearly spelled out that guide the Judge in determining whether the response from the association is satisfactory.
Also, the term ‘reasonable inquiries’ used in subsection (3) of section 842 is nebulous as it is very subjective and left largely to be determined by the Commission. In this case, the section ought to clearly stipulate and define steps that must be taken by the Commission for the purpose of locating any association.
Joshua Gbenga Dada is a legal officer with the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC). He is also a chartered arbitrator with the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators.
By Lekan Sote
Overview of Section 842 of CAMA This section falls under Part F of CAMA 2020 and deals with the power to direct the transfer of credits in a dormant bank. In a nutshell, this section imposes an obligation on banks to disclose to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) any dormant account that it holds for an incorporated trustee. The CAC in turn is vested with the power to request from the affected association evidence of its activities – which the Commission will then review to guide it in determining whether or not such an association should be dissolved, and its funds transferred in line with the guidelines provided by the Act.
Legal Issues Arising from Section 842 of CAMA Section 842 of the amended CAMA does not stipulate any timeframe for notifying CAC of an association’s account being dormant, leaving the determination of such timeframe at the discretion of the bank. Although Section 482(1) of CAMA 2020 provides that the bank shall notify the commission ‘without delay’, the section does not provide a set timeframe and the banks are under no obligation to construe these wordings to mean a week, a month, or even a year and cannot reasonably be faulted if they determine a later time as being the appropriate time to notify CAC. Furthermore, the timeframe stipulated for an association to respond to the request on its activities by the Commission is limited and can be deemed to be inadequate time to receive any appropriate response from the association. At 15 days from the time of making the request, the relevant association may be ill-prepared to submit any satisfactory report of its activities to the Commission. This clearly negates the principle of ‘audi alteram partem–hear the other party’; as the association can rightly argue that they were not given enough time or opportunity to be heard. It is a well-known principle of law that every ‘defendant’ should be given adequate ‘time’ and ‘resources’ to prepare for his defense. Although the association, in this case, is not a defendant in a criminal trial, it is still a quasi-defendant because it seeks to defend its interest and that of its stakeholders, thus making the legal principle apply. A timeframe of 3 to 6 months is a more realistic timeframe to submit this report, especially when it is weighed against the need for the report to be ‘satisfactory’ in the estimation of theSectionCommission.842subsection (2) provides that the CAC would review the response of the association to determine whether or not it is satisfactory, and where it deems the response to be unsatisfactory, it will then proceed to dissolve the association. From this provision, it is clear that there is no defined or apparent set of rules or principles that guide the Commission in determining whether or not a response is satisfactory. This thus makes the determination of satisfaction clearly arbitrary and entirely at the behest of the Commission, without recourse to dueThisprocess.section defeats one of the age-long pillars of justice to wit ‘nemo judex in causa sua – you cannot be a judge in your own cause’ because it gives the CAC unlimited powers to prosecute and make determinations concerning the association in question without recourse to any neutral third party. A more appropriate approach to dealing with this is to subject the findings of the CAC based on the response of the association, to a court of competent jurisdiction to determine whether the response is satisfactory. Furthermore, there should be a set of rules which are
“The transport sector for example has a huge role in connecting populations to where the work is,” says Ms Marchal. Infrastructural investments help stem economic losses arising from problems such as power outages or traffic congestion. The World Bank estimates that in Sub-Saharan Africa closing the infrastructure quantity and quality gap relative to the world’s best performers could raise GDP growth per head by 2.6% per year. This is an important issue Governor Okowa led administration in the state and of course the Federal Government must not to allow go with political winds unaddressed. Utomi of Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA), Lagos, com/08032725374.via;Jeromeutomi@yahoo.writes
Cough is not the disease, tuberculosis is
“ PEOPLES DAILY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
According to latest data from the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), that recorded a total of 4,486 cases of oil spill, amounting to 242,193 barrels of oil, from 2015 to 2021. The reported figure of oil spill cases is equivalent to 38.5 million litres of crude loss, representing an average of about 62 cases and 3,362 barrels of oil spills in a month, per data from NOSDRA’s satellite website on April 16. Making it a reality to worry about is that the same way rivers, lagoons, seas and oceans are daily polluted by human activities, even so has the government at all levels failed to device an environmental remediation roadmap that is both achievable and sustainable.
Maclawrence Famuyiwa is a Public Affairs Analyst.
Tuberculosis is potentially a serious infectious disease that mainly affects the lungs. It is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis which is spread through tiny droplets released into the air from an infected person to an uninfected person, when the infected person coughs, sneezes, laughs, and even talks. It is then the previously uninfected person can inhale TB bacteria along with these droplets.
If the treatment is stopped or dose(s) skipped before the end of the recommended six months of treatment, there is a high likelihood that the TB may become resistant to the TB drugs and often other antibiotics as well.
Generally, cough is a spontaneous reflex that helps the body to clear the respiratory tract of mucus or foreign irritants and like other reflexes such as sneezing or blinking, helps in protecting the body.So, rather than being a disease, cough is most times a symptom of a disease and at other times just a mere protective reflex of the body. Most coughs will resolve after a few days, even when not treated, but when it lasts for more than two to three weeks, then it is oftentimes, a sign of a serious problem. For example in tuberculosis, which this article is all about, a cough of more than two to three weeks is most times the first symptom of active TB.
Aside from killing the patient, untreated or poorly treated TB disease can damage the lungs and cause lung collapse. It can also cause damage in the other organs of the body that TB affects. So, it is not uncommon to find TB causing heart disorders, liver or kidney problems, meningitis, joint damage, spinal pain etc.
By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi G oing by recent commentaries about the oil rich city of Warri, the economic life wire of Delta state, it is evident that a once organized town has finally lost its battle to poor sanitation, environmental pollution and deplorable road network.Outof many examples of such reports/comments, two stemmed this piece. First is an investigative account, Titled; Warri NPA Waterside: Where Poverty and Pollution Reigns Supreme,by GbaramatuVoice, a leading multimedia organization based in Warri, and focused on poor state of sanitation/ environmental pollution of two commercial points in warri metropolises- (NPA waterside and Sand fill 2 (Warri Corner), Warri South and Warri West Local Government Areas of the state respectively. Concluding that except something theatrical is done to arrest the situation, the once bustling city, which formerly prides itself as the second most sought tourist destination in the whole Niger Delta region, after Port Harcourt, may be preparing to play host to epidemic and other communicable diseases. The second stemmed from another statement, this time around, from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Warri branch, signed by the Chairman, Chief Oghenero Okoro and Secretary, S.G. Ediagbonuvie, Esq, it states in part; “the very bad and deplorable state of the Effurun Roundabout, Effurun, is not only worrisome but embarrassing”, urging the state government to declare a state of emergency on the failed portions and save Deltans and motorists from untold hardship posed by the dangerous scenario’. Beginning with the referenced poor sanitation situation in the city, aside from ringing apprehension of outbreak of epidemic and other communicable diseases in the state, it more than anything else, in my view signals how the people of the Niger delta region now suffer pollution from dualFirstsources.and very ‘traditional’ is the pollution resulting from crude oil exploration and production in the region and exacerbated by the inability of the regulatory agencies/agencies to monitor, check, deter or punish offenders. Another that is nascent but acute stems from this reported refuse dump, majorly made up of plastic products and other delicate waste products that are harmful to human health daily dumped into surrounding and adjourning rivers which sadly provides daily water needs of the resident as a result of the state failed water projects.There is also an account which says that Nigeria has about 139 gas flare locations across the Niger Delta, and a similar report added that Nigeria is a country with the highest burden of fatalities from air pollution in Africa and 4th globally-with pollution now responsible for the death of 150 per 100,000 Nigerians; a position that barefacedly revealed that the nation’s environment like Warri city is sick and the ecosystem troubled.Ifthis line of reasoning is correct, it will necessitate the posers as to; how long would deltans stand this test? Or must they allow such grief like good and evil go on together allowing residents to reap whatever fruit that comes from such situations? Which level of government is in charge of ensuring environmental sanitation in the city; Local Government authorities, state or the Federal Government? While answer (s) to the above questions is awaited, it is important to underline that there are two reports that makes the urgent need for action against environmental degradation/ pollution a compelling excurse.
The second is Nigeria specific. It has to do with unimaginable volume of crude oil that are daily, in the name of crude oil exploration and exploration emptied into the surrounding Niger delta region resulting in pollution, degradation and destruction of aquatic lives.
By Maclawrence Famuyiwa
Addressing Warri poor sanitation and deplorable state of Effurun Roundabout
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The cough of tuberculosis often starts as a dry irritating cough and continues to get worse as it persists longer than three weeks, producing lots of sputum which sometimes may be blood-stained.
Very important also, the key for the solution to the challenge, it has become eminently desirable that residents takes a cue from countries like China, Germany, and Rwanda who are among the world’s leading recyclers of waste and cutting down the use of plastic. Nigeria must move from the open landfills in every state of the country that has become eyesores to generating wealth from the recycling of these wastes. Arresting these monsters will also require both the state and Federal Government to among other things embrace, and work towards total environmental remediation of dastardly devastated Niger delta region through ecological rehabilitation and environmental resuscitation, adopt a coherent and friendly oil and gas policy that comprehensively enumerates oil companies responsibilities to the environment and host communities, focus on environmental protection and pollution control In the same line of thinking, the nation policy makers must jettison payment of lip service to, but activate positive action that will appreciate the 2030 sustainable agenda which was formulated to among other aims promote and carter for people, peace, planet, and poverty As to the current state of the road in warri city, this piece calls on the state Government to recognize that infrastructure enables development and also provides the services that underpin the ability of people to be economically productive.
The implications of the resistance of TB bacteria to TB drugs is that TB cure may no longer be possible using those TB drugs. Subsequently, such patients have a minimum chance of survival because TB may eventually kill Thethem.limited chance of survival of such patients is because there is a second line of treatment, though not as efficacious as the first line, and the fact that somehow some people have an inbuilt way of surviving TB disease. But the bottom line here is that anyone who is careless enough to allow the TB disease to develop resistance to the first-line TB drugs does so at his own peril. Aside from killing the patient, untreated or poorly treated TB disease can damage the lungs and cause lung collapse. It can also cause damage in the other organs of the body that TB affects. So, it is not uncommon to find TB causing heart disorders, liver or kidney problems, meningitis, joint damage, spinal painItetc.isadvisable that those on TB treatment should never equate TB cure to merely the cessation of their presenting symptoms which most oftentimes is cough.
The first says that plastic pollution has become endemic to our environment in recent times; revealing that about 500 billion plastic bags are produced every year, with more plastic produced in the last decade exceeding that of the last century; that about 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute in addition to the world’s usage of 500 million plastic bags each year, with at least 8million tonnes of plastics ending up in the oceanan equivalent of a full garbage truck every minute.
The cough of tuberculosis often starts as a dry irritating cough and continues to get worse as it persists longer than three weeks, producing lots of sputum which sometimes may be blood-stained. Other general symptoms of tuberculosis are fever, sweats, poor appetite, malaise, weight loss, chest pains, breathlessness, etc., and symptoms relating to the body organ affected by TB. Since, TB can spread from the lungs to affect virtually, any part of theHowever,body. cough is especially significant when treating TB patients. This is because, in most patients, the cough of TB and its other presenting symptoms may subside as early as two weeks after starting treatment meanwhile the present recommendation is that for TB cure to be ensured, TB treatment should be for six months. It, therefore, becomes difficult to make TB patients continue to conform to treatment after the person’s presenting symptoms have stopped.This is because most patients lose the motivation to continue using the prescribed TB medications, once the symptoms that made them seek medical assistance, in the first instance, have cleared up. Though their chances of infecting others after two weeks of taking the medications are practically very low they pose more dangers to others if they failed to complete their treatment and achieve a cure. However, the best way of ensuring that TB bacteria are killed is by uninterruptedly using the medications for 6 months.
Erena in an interview in Minna described as factional marketers strike that can not get the desired results.He said that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC is indebted to the markers through Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF) to the sum of over N600 billion, adding that the strike was not well planned to get the desired outcome. The chairman lamented over the inability of the NNPC and federal government to refine PMS in the country and the imported refined product are being sold to the private depots in the country at unofficial price. Erena challenged the federal government to immediately remove the petroleum subsidy before the forthcoming general elections.
R-L: Former Minister of Youth and Sport / Social Democratic Party (SDP) Chieftain , Barr. Solomon Dalung, SDP Presidential Candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, National Publicity Secretary, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) Mr. Ken Robinson and the Delta State Chapter Vice Chairman of PANDEF, Prince Malkpobi Okareme, addressing journalist after the PANDEF Leaders consultative meeting with the presidential Candidate of the SDP on his agenda for Nigeria, held in Abuja.
Okene made the call during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja.
Minna Depot not part of IPMAN strike—Chair
ASUU strike: APC chieftain wants FG to find common ground
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Founder of KAONISM Movement, Dr. Khalifa Abdulrahman Okene, has called on the Federal Government and the leaders of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to find a common ground to resolving the Hestrike.added that, the 6-7 months strike action has negatively affected students, which in turn has ripple effect on everyone.
From Yakubu Mustapha Minna Chairman, Minna Depot chapter of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Alhaji Adamu Erena has disassociated his chapter from the ongoing Northern Petroleum Marketers 3 day warning strike over unpaid bridging claims.
Photo: Justin Imo-owo.
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The Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has approved the dissolution of Kebbi State Executive Council members. This was contained in a statement signed by the Sercertary to the State Government Babale Umar Yauri and made avilable to newsmen yesterday in Birnin Kebbi.The statement stated further that the dissolution took effect from Wednesday 7th September ,2022. “I sincerely appreciate all the dissolved cabinet members for their contributions”.
By Abubakar Yunusa, Abuja.
Kebbi gov dissolves executive council
Atiku appoints Charles Aniagwu campaign spokesman NBTE accredits 37 programs in Fed. Poly Bida From Yakubu Mustapha Minna National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has granted accreditation to 37 programs of the Federal Polytechnic Bida and also approved additional streams for 13 out of the 37 accredited programmes. According to a letter signed by the Board’s Director of Polytechnic Programmes, Architect Ngbede Ogah and addressed to the Rector, the accreditation would last for a period of five years after which they would be scheduled for reaccreditation.TheRector of the Polytechnic, Dr Abubakar Abdul Dzukogi expressed delight over the outcome of the accreditation exercise and pledged to improve the quality of programmes.Dzukogidescribed the stride as a landmark achievement that, “for the very first time in recent history, the polytechnic is granted accreditation in all the programmes it presented for accreditation without any hitch.”
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja P residential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has appointed the Commissioner for Information in Delta State, Mr. Charles Aniagwu as one of his spokesmen for the 2023 presidential campaign This was confirmed in a press statement signed yesterday by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe in Abuja. The statement pointed out that Aniagwu’s appointment takes immediate effect, with the responsibility, among others, to keep the electorate up to speed with happenings in the presidential campaign. Aniagwu is a veteran broadcaster with over two decades experience in the media“Heindustry.joinsother appointees who had been announced earlier as spokespersons to the campaign”, the statement said.
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21,352 new PVCs uncollectedstill in Lagos - INEC
Presidential candidate for All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday held a marathon meeting with the Party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, on how to reconcile the grievances arising from the composition of Tinubu-Shettima 2023 Campaign Council.This was disclosed by the Presidential candidate of APC during a peace meeting between the party National Working Committee (NWC) and members of the TInubu camp, which was held at the National Secretariat of the Speakingparty. at the meeting, Tinubu dismissed the claims that he and Adamu are fighting over the composition of the APC Campaign Council, saying that both of them have come a long way since their days as Governors of both Nasarawa and Lagos States. On this note, he expressed confidence that Adamu will work for his victory in the 2023 general election, saying “The big masquerade dances not in the cage, but in the market square. And that is what Adamu used to be; full of wisdom. “We were governors together, before God put us together on this project again. He is going to deliver as the Chairman of the party for me to become the president of Nigeria. And I am very confident of that”, he Respondingsaid. on the issue of alleged rift between him and the APC NWC, Tinubu said “They can say whatever they want to say, throw all the jabs that they want, we are a party strongly determined to fulfil our dreams of turning Nigeria to a very progressive, highly developed, prosperous country.“What we came here to do today is to discuss the campaign, which is a few days away. When INEC lifts the ban, how do we work out the details, work together, implement all we have been saying, who are the members of the campaign council, who will not be “Andmembers.Ibeg you not to be angry if you are left out because we are going to give you another responsibility. Not every member here can be a member of the presidential campaign council.
By Christiana Ekpa
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By Musa Baba Adamu
The theme of the engagement is: “Women’s Political Participation and Inclusion and 2023 General Elections. Speaking at the event, Agbaje, who decried the huge number of old and new PVCs lying fallow at INEC offices in the 20 local government areas, said the staggering amount of the PVCs belonged to women, being important stakeholders in elections.“Permanent Voter Card (PVC) is the sole instrument required from the Voter to participate in an election, it is an important eligibility instrument for voting without which no citizen would be allowed to partake in an election. “However, the total number of uncollected old PVCs in the state is 928,362 as at 5th Sept. 5, no doubt, the uncollected PVCs for women may be in the neighborhood of 436,451 (47 per cent).“Meanwhile, the total number of uncollected New PVCs is 21,352 out of 34,242 received PVCs, while the rest of the new PVCs for the 2021/22 registration exercise is being awaited.
Kogi Central PDP campaign council flays Gov Bello over alleged threats of violence
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The Kogi Central Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council has slammed the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, over his alleged threats of violence against opposition in the zone, even as it urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and save the State from impending crisis. A statement issued yesterday by the Kogi Central PDP campaign council alleged that the Governor made the threats while addressing the people of Ihima and other guests at the Technical College, Ihima, Kogi State, on Sunday. It said the the governor threw caution to the wind by issuing threats to his political rivals in a manner unbefitting of the holder of that office in a democratic and free“Insociety.hischaracteristic manner, he turned the entire occasion into an avenue to issue death and security threats to his perceived political opponents in Ebiraland.
Agbaje, who expressed dissatisfaction over low number of women flag-bearers in the forthcoming general elections, said women needed support, encouragement and needed to be bold to fight like men to take leadership and political positions.
Tinubu, Adamu meet to reconcile grievances over Campaign Council
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that about 21, 352 of 34,242 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for new registrants are still uncollected in Lagos State, four months after release. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos State, Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this at the State Level CSO Engagement Visit organised by the Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF) powered by the EUSupport Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) in collaboration with INEC.
On behalf of myself, the team of the presidential campaign council, let me commend the DG and Secretaryof the campaign that have worked very hard to bring this report about the organisation structure. If they (report) need panel beating, you do so. It is not a red card that we brought. We are going to bring brighter hope and confidence to the country.” He also admitted that democracy is “a challenging, very hard and difficult system to manage”, but vowed that APC is determined to ensure that it democratised Nigeria fully and remained a beckon of democracy as the largest nation of black race in theAlsoworld.speaking, the National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Adamu said “There was a gap in time before this meeting due to tradition and practice. We had a brief meeting before we came to the mines field. “We had some briefs from the presidential candidate. These briefs are very useful and important. I wish to welcome him and members of his entourage.”
Whereas we condemn in its totality the vile, evil and destructive utterances of Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, we enjoin the security agencies, the international community, the civil society and all peace-loving people to wade into the matter in order to check the excesses of the governor and to save the good people of Kogi Central from the calamity that he is capable of unleashing on them. “If left unchecked, the utterances of the governor are capable of plunging Kogi Central and indeed the entire state into chaos. Time and time again, he has demonstrated his love for violence which, combined with his puerile arrogance, is a deadly dose of disaster that portends danger for the country, especially at a time when the prayer on the lips of well-meaning Nigerians is for peace and security to prevail over the current challenges that the country is grappling with”, the statementPointingsaid.out that such statements leave much to be desired of the Chief Security Officer of a State, the PDP group said anyone holding such a position ought to be one leading the charge for peaceful conduct as against one who instigates crisis by making divisive remarks which are capable of overheating the polity.“But that is not the case in Kogi State and we as concerned citizens will not fold our arms and see the peace and security of our people being threatened. This remark was captured in a video which has since gone viral. In that video, he was also heard saying that act with “fierce fire” and that those refusing to heed to his calls will be dealt with. He also made utterances claiming that: “if I cannot do it so that we win all our positions one hundred per cent when the time comes, when we shall handover to the person we like, then that is failure and I am not a failure…”
“We have fewer women than men going for elective positions (in 2023). It is not too good, we have to continue to improve through this kind of engagement so that in future elections, we will have more women coming out for elective positions,” he added.
“The implication of this is that the commission is having a staggering number of PVCs that should be collected by the women and other eligible voters to enable them massively participate in the forthcoming 2033 general elections,” Agbaje said. According to him, it is imperative that women folk, particularly the Nigerian Women Trust Fund under the Gender Election Watch (GEW) and other stakeholders rise up to the challenge to ensure the PVCs are collected without further delay.
He said those governors referred to as “Children” in the party that are carrying out projects, could be used to campaign in their states.
The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olawale Fapohunda (SAN) told the panel that he attended the sitting out of courtesy and respect for the tribunal and wishes them a fruitful sitting.
The issues agreed to by all the Counsels were conveyed to the Tribunal by Fagbemi, which he emphasized were all subject to the convenience and approval of theThepanel.lawyers said they had agreed that during the course of the hearing, examinationin-chief for ordinary witnesses would take five minutes, crossexamination would take 10 minutes and re-examination would take three minutes each. They also proposed a time frame of fifteen minutes for star/expert witnesses, and fifteen minutes for their crossexamination while their reexamination would take three minutes.They equally suggested that sittings on Mondays to Thursdays should commence at 9.30am and end at 5pm with a break allowed between 1.30pm and 2.30pm while on Friday, a break should be observed between 1pm and 3pm to allow Muslims attend Jumat prayers. Party supporters thronged the premises of the Ekiti State High Court complex to witness the sitting of the tribunal. SDP candidate, Oni filed the petition at the tribunal having expressed dissatisfaction with the return of Oyebanji as the winner of the June 18 governorship election.
Ekiti election petition tribunal postpones hearing of suits by SDP candidates
“The Governor is sincerely appreciative of the individual contributions of each member of the Cabinet and thanked them for their dedication to duty and ensuring peace and steady development of the state during their respective tenure in office,” the statement said. He thanked all the members of the dissolved council for their performance, adding that a new State Executive Council would be announced soon. The statement revealed that some of the members of the dissolved council might be reappointed.
By Christiana Ekpa
“If a PDP state is not doing well, don’t think you will be voted for because APC is not doing well. “That’s why the party should respect us and know that we are the ones campaigning for the party because we have what we can use to campaign. “It’s not to abuse people on the pages of a newspaper or go on television and bring people who have some mental problems to defend something they cannot defend”.In another development, Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu, on Wednesday, dissolved the state’s executive council.This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Babale Yauri.The governor said the dissolution of the executive council is with immediate effect from Wednesday, 7 September 2022.
After consultations with the two other judges on the panel, Justice S.I. Zadawa and Justice J.A. Atsen, the Chairman, Justice Kpochi adjourned sitting to September 15 in view of the pending applications. He said: “There are several pending applications which have to be responded to, therefore the tribunal will adjourn to September 15.” Before the three-member panel of judges commenced proceedings, Counsel to all parties had met outside the courtroom on modalities to be adopted to ensure seamless hearing and determination of the petition within the time allowed by the law.
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R-L: Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Abdullahi Adamu, APC Presidential Candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice Presidential candidate Senator Kashim Shettima and Speaker House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila during the Tinubu’s meeting with APC National Working Committee to discuss on the campaign mondality at party’s National Secretariat, yesterday in Abuja.
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Respondents in the suit are the Governor-elect, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji (1st), All Progressives Congress (2nd), Mai Mala Buni and APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (3rd), Independent National Electoral Commission (4th) and the Deputy Governor-elect, Mrs. Monisade Afuye (5th).
The SDP candidate, Oni’s pre-hearing information sheet dated September 2 was adopted by his counsel, Obafemi Adewale (SAN).Counsel to the 1st and 5th Respondents, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Counsel to the 2nd Respondent, Lasun Sanusi (SAN); Counsel to the 3rd Respondent, Shaibu Aruwa (SAN) and Counsel to the 4th Respondent, Charles Edosomwan (SAN) all moved and adopted their answers in response to the petitioners’ prehearing information sheet.
By Musa Baba Adamu Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde has declared that the governors in the camp of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike will continue to fight for their space in the PDP. Makinde made the declaration on Wednesday during the commissioning of the Emohua campus of the Rivers State University where he was the special guest of honour. The Governor who spoke about the outcome of the PDP presidential primaries said his camp lost the battle while standing for the truth. He said, “even the fight that we lost, we did not lose with our heads“Webowed.lost knowing that we stood for the truth and we stood for what is good for this country. “What I will say to you (Wike) is Aluta continua. We will continue to fight for our space within the PDP and we will continue to ensure that what is right for our people is given to our people”.
he Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday adjourned to September 15 to give room to parties before it to respond to applications already filed at the registry.TheChairman of the threemember tribunal, Justice Wilfred Kpochi, adjourned sitting in a short ruling after being informed by all Counsel to the parties of several applications waiting to be moved.Theruling came after the petitioner and candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Segun Oni had adopted the pre-hearing information sheet earlier filed before the Tribunal.
The Niger state House of Assembly Committee set up to look into contract financing loans to the twenty-five local governments has recommended the suspension of fifteen chairmen in theThisstate.decision was taken by the House to pave way for smooth and uninterrupted access for the committee to effectively discharge their of the committee, Abdulmalik Madaki Bosso while presenting the report said the fifteen councils Chairmen include Mokwa Gbako Suleja Gurara Tafa Paikoro Bosso Agwara Borgu Kontagora Wushishi Magama Mariga Mashegu and Rijau. He said the move was in line with the provisions of sections 128 and 129 of the constitution of Nigeria 1999 as amended and the provision of section 90 subsection 1a, b and c of the local government law 2001 as amended. The chairman of the committee alleged that most of the suspended Councils Chairmen have collected the loan without following the due process which he noted is unacceptable by the House. “The problem had added an extra burden to the smooth running of local government administration in the state,” he explained. However, Bosso further instructed the deduction of N8m each from local government councils for loan repayment to be suspended for the failure of the ministry to obtain the house’s resolution as provided in section 97 subsection 1 of the local government councils law 2001 as amended. We’ll continue to fight for our space in PDP – Makinde tells Wike
The tribunal was told that Oyebanji, Oni, the APC, Buni, CECPC and Afuye had filed various applications which are pending at the Tribunal Registry and must be responded to.
Wike explains why PDP must respect his camp, as Bagudu sacks cabinet Niger loansover15suspensionrecommendsAssemblyofLGChairmenreckless
By Musa Baba Adamu R ivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has explained why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must respect him and other governors in his camp, just as the Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu also yesterday sacked his cabinet. Wike claimed the governors are the ones campaigning for the party with the projects they have executed in their various states and so deserve to be respected. He made the assertion during the commissioning of the Emohua campus of the Rivers state university on Wednesday.
According to Wike “the only states you can see commissioning or flag off of projects are those states according to them that the children are in charge.
PHOTO: State House By Christiana Ekpa
ADC
Kwankwaso deplores mass suffering, says Nigerians now like orphans
SGF Mr. Boss Mustapha, and Minister of State Works and Housing, Alh Umar Ibrahim El-Yakub during the hybrid FEC Meeting held at the Council Chambers State House, yesterday in Abuja.
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi Achieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has cautioned Nigerians about the presidential candidacy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar. Igbokwe warned that Atiku’s candidacy would endanger Nigeria’s unity. He stressed that Atiku’s candidacy is like putting a knife on the things that have kept Nigeria together since 1960. The Special Adviser on Drainage and Water Resources to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, disclosed this via his Facebook page on Wednesday. He maintained that the South must produce the country’s next president.“Those who are still pushing Atiku Abubakar to contest in the 2023 are constantly putting a sharp knife on things that have held us together as a nation for 62 years.“Power is zoned to the South in 2023,” Igbokwe wrote. The 2023 presidential election will be Atiku’s fifth attempt at rulingAtikuNigeria.had run for the Presidency under several parties in theThepast.75-year-old secured the ticket of the PDP in 2019 but lost to President Buhari of the APC. However, Atiku will face top contenders like Bola Tinubu of the APC, Peter Obi of Labour Party, LP, Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, among others.
Presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has deplored what he called mass suffering across the Kwankwasocountry. said in Yola on Wednesday that Nigerians have become helpless orphans, lacking even some of the basic needs of life, including household needs and security of life and property. He attributed this to poor governance, which he said must change.Kwankwaso, who was in the Adamawa State capital where he commissioned the state secretariat of the NNPP, said the country urgently needs an alternative political platform and leader to bail it out of ineffective leadership.“Today, Nigerians are like orphans. Everyone is forced to be on his own. NNPP is the alternative platform to change the narrative,” Kwankwaso said. The newly-commissioned NNPP state secretariat is in Yola Town, near the Lamido Adamawa Palace, in Yola South Local Government Area. This makes the NNPP different from most other active political parties in Adamawa State which have their secretariats in the Jimeta axis of the Yola capital city.NNPP is currently the third most prominent political party in Adamawa State after the big two: All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Its governorship candidate is a former deputy governor of the state, Sa’ad Tahir who was a former governorship aspirant under the PDP and later defected to APC, from where he defected earlier this year to the NNPP upon its reinvigoration at the national level by Rabiu Kwnakwaso.
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By Ikechukwu Okaforadi
A frican Democratic Congress (ADC) has appointed Mani Ahmed, a presidential aspirant in 2015, as Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT). This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the party’s National Chairman, Chief Ralph Nwosu, and National Secretary, Alhaji Said Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Abuja.Itsaid Ahmed emerged as the party’s BoT chairman at the end of an emergency National Working Committee (NWC) and critical stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday.Itsaidthat the party also suspended Alhaji Ibrahim Manzo, former National Vice Chairman, North-East, and 17 state chairmen for anti-party activities and utterances aimed at bringing the ADC to disrepute. According to the statement, the activities of the suspended officials contravene Article 15 of the party’s constitution. “The party’s former chairman in Abia was expelled; replacement for the suspended state chairmen will be announced in due course,” it added.The statement urged all ADC executives at the ward, local government, and state levels to continue structuring the party at the grassroots for campaign take-off.Itencouraged the party candidates at all levels not to be distracted by the activities of a few members, but to remain focused ahead of the 2023 general elections.
By Musa Baba
Drama
There was rowdiness during an All Progressives Congress, APC, ward meeting held in Shawo South West, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State as party members openly declared support for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against the wish of APC. Video footage, which emerged from the APC ward meeting, showed how the ward chairman and his vice tried to stop members from chanting PDP during the meeting but were utterly resisted by angry Reportsmembers.saidthey shouted at the ward chairman telling him to his face that PDP must return and that Offa is now fully PDP. Not so pleased with the turn of events, the APC chairman who tried to persuade the angry members, told them they must not allow PDP to come back to power.The development is coming barely four days after Oyun people angrily chased away Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s commissioners.Theyalso disrupted the APC ward meetings, noting that Governor Abdulrazaq-led government has failed Oyun people since his three years in office in the state. appoints new BoT Chairman, suspends 17 state chairmen as APC members declare support for PDP in Offa, Kwara
Kaduna Electric Board Chairman Calls for Improved Customers’ Response to Payment of Bills
L-R: Director, New dawn Properties, Nuru Saidu; Chairman, Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited, Engr Akpa Achema Stephen and director Dimalo Homes, Mr. Obialor Obidimalor during an interactive session with journalists on New Dawn smart homes for civil servants and low income earners in Abuja yesterday Lekki, Sangotedo to experience 12hour power outage as TCN maintenancebegins work Abubakar Yunusa, Abuja The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it will carry out 12-hour maintenance work in Aja Substation from Wednesday to Thursday. In a statement, Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s spokesperson, said the maintenance work would be done between 7 am to 7 pm daily.
The Chairman of the firm,Engr Akpa Achema Stephen,stated this during an interaction session with journalists in Abuja , yesterday, saying that the essence of mass housing is the affordability of house by the masses.Healso revealed that “We have other estate in Guzape, Lugbe and Katampe with 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom, 3 bedroom and 4 bedroom,he said that and you can own a house as cheap as 10 million Naira and you can pay installment within 24 month while we are building for you, we did those design and everything. While speaking on Federal Capital Territory,he said “We met with FCT minister and discussed our vision with him which is community development and the passion for creating job for the youth that would be engaged with us here be it engineer or labourer
TCN added it would lead to an outage in Badare Sangotedo, Jakande, Chevron, Agungi, Lekki and some parts of Victoria Island.Itsaid the rejig includes the “relocation of Egbin/Aja 330kV Line 3 to a spare Omotosho 330kV Line 2 bay as well as the repair of gas leakage on one of the isolators in the“Duringsubstation”.this period, Aja, Lekki Transmission Stations and the Alagbon/ Aja 330kV transmission Line would be out of service, to ensure safe workspace for the engineers,” the transmission company said. “Similarly, the Alagbon Transmission Substation would receive power supply through the Ijora/Alagbon 132kV transmission line. “The maintenance work will affect bulk power supply and expectedly cause an outage in Sangotedo, Jakande, Chevron, Agungi, Lekki and some parts of Victoria Island.“TCN regrets any inconveniences this may cause electricity consumers within the affected areas and assure Nigerians of its determination to continue to deliver bulk power supply to distribution load centres nationwide.”A
“We are public, approved by the government and certified by FCT minister and all the properties here are secured with building approval.
The Chairman, Board of Directors of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, Alhaji Abbas Muhammad Jega has stated that the new agenda of the Company is to ensure sustainable improvement in electricity supply in its franchise while being honest and truthful to itsThecustomers.Kaduna Electric boss made the assertion today in Birnin Kebbi when he led Management of the Company on a courtesy visit to the Governor of Kebbi State, Senator AtikuAlhajiBagudu.Abbas Jega described Kebbi State Government as the most supportive State Government in the Company’s franchise pledging that Kaduna Electric will not take the gesture for granted.
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“The Minister welcome us and promised to give us another land at Kurudu which is 50,000 units and is a clear place, we also bought another one in Burum district closed to Apo here which is 5,000 hectare , we are unveil that by SpeakingDecember.onpartnership,he said we are partnering with Casa Cubana who is into hospitality ,TajBank and Jaiz Bank noting that there is know age limitations to this, because is a generalWhilepartnership.explainingthe organization aim,he explained that “Part of our aims is to impact into people’s lives and not profit making and the agenda is not only in Abuja but across the Nigeria and our portal is open for marketers and it attract 5% of each plot. Speaking on Golf City Resort,He said Golf city is a destination that comes with time limit of 24 month that can be revoked and reallocate if the land not built on, because is not a site and service but a resort and we are building to sell.
The oil marketers commenced a threeday warning strike on Monday to protest the non-payment of outstanding haulage claims.
Unemployment: We would create jobs, community development, others -Stephen
The federal government says it has paid oil marketers N103 billion as bridging claims between December 2021 and AugustThe2022.Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said this in a statement on Tuesday after the Northern Independent Petroleum Marketers Forum said the government owed its members more than N70 billion since 2019.
He commended the Kebbi State Government for what he described as its “timely intervention in order to address the power supply challenges in Argungu town”. Alhaji Abbas Muhammad Jega, who disclosed that the team is on four days working visit to Kebbi and Sokoto States, said that visit shall also accord the leadership of the Company the opportunity to engage all critical stakeholders with the view to finding ways to improve customers’ response to payment of electricity bills, an exercise he described as critical to the survival of the Company in particular and the entire power sector in general. “Our quest for the provision of sustainable and efficient electricity service begins with all stakeholders coming together and appreciating the fact that the industry must generate adequate fund to finance its operations and this fund only comes from payment of electricity bills”, he stated.Inhis response, the Executive Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Atiku Bagudu described electricity as an essential ingredient for socio-economic development of any society and pledged to partner with Kaduna Electric to ensure sustainable improvement of electricity supply in the State.Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and his team also visited the Emirs of Gwandu and Argungu, Alhaji Muhammad Iliyasu Bashar and Alhaji Sama’ila Muhammad Mera respectively.
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He also revealed that he is 29 years old and 90% of the workers here are below 29 years and the remaining 10% are below 35 years because we don’t employ people above 35 years because is a camp of young people and it required enough energy.
IPMAN said the warning strike was in compliance with a resolution reached by IPMAN branches in nine states in the north. Members of the union are meet on Wednesday at the expiration of the warning strike to take a decision on the next line of action.Reacting, the NMDPRA in its statement said it met with the Northern Independent Petroleum Marketers Forum (NIPMF) on 5th and 6th September 2022 with the participation of the NNPC Ltd. “The authority would like to reiterate that payment of bridging claims is an ongoing process and payments are disbursed as it is received from Marketers,” the agency said.
“We employ more than 1,000 people here everyday and we pay them daily for their job and is something government should be proud of by giving us more land and also partner with us to make house affordable for everyone.
L-R: Kaduna Electric’s Chairman, Board of Directors, Alhaji Abbas Jega, the Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu and the Kaduna Electric’s Managing Director, Engr. Yusuf Usman Yahaya during a courtesy call on the Governor at Government House, Birnin Kebbi, Tuesday.
firm, Zoe New Dawn Nigeria Limited, has revealed that it aims to create job opportunities, community development for the youths that would be engaged in the company.
“The MTEF proposal has a total of N19.76 trillion, with a proposed deficit of N12.42 trillion. We face critical fiscal challenges which we need to address.”
At the end of the day, it was passed and they signed it into law,” he said. “We were engaging with customs and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) about implementation. On the rising fiscal headwinds, Akabueze said that Nigeria will seek relief from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if it is unable to address its problems before they escalate.
Suspension of 5% excise duty on telecom services will affect 2023 budget, says Akabueze
“Even though I said we should not cut expenditure in total, we need to get more efficient in our spending. If we don’t do that again, it is tantamount to continuing to dig.”
“NCAA had been directed to swing into action and once we find any airline violating this, we will definitely deal with them. Also, they blocked the travel agents from access. They also made only the expensive tickets available and so on and so forth.“Our regulators are not sleeping, we have a very vibrant Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Once they found any airline guilty, that airline will be dealt with because we need to protect our people. It is according to our agreements, to what we have signed and this is according to international convention.“Sogoing forward, they should desist from doing things that are outside of the law. They should also desist from writing to us and putting things on social media. They should go through diplomatic channels if they want a response from the federal government.”
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Speaking on taxes, Akabueze said companies operating in Nigeria are not over-taxed, compared to 21 other African countries with higher taxes. According to him, the average effective tax rate (AETR) in some African countries, for the telecoms sector, which measures the percent of the income that an individual or a corporation pays in taxes, is currently over 90 percent.Headded that the matter had been extensively deliberated upon before it was released to the “Thispublic.wasn’t something that the ministry of finance woke up and introduced. The finance bill went through the FEC. It went to the national assembly as an executive bill from Mr. President.
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“Essentially, there are two ways countries end up with the IMF. One is voluntary when they ask IMF for help, or when things get to the grind where they simply have no other option.“Idon’t see Nigeria going to the IMF voluntarily. It’s a hot issue here in Nigeria. But the truth is that if we don’t address our fiscal challenges sensibly and sustainably, we may end up unwillingly with the IMF, but Nigeria isn’t in that kind of desperate situation yet. “If we continue to fund regressive deficits, it is tantamount to continuing to dig. If we continue to pass on reasonable opportunities to increase revenues by introducing taxes, it is tantamount to continue digging.
Abubakar Yunusa, Abuja T he federal government says it will penalise foreign airlines selling tickets to Nigerians in dollars, insisting that such practice is a violation of Nigerian laws. Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, disclosed this to state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.According to Sirika, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had been instructed to swing into action by protecting the interest of Nigerians against reported airlines’ operations malpractices, warning that no violator, no matter how highly placed, would be spared if caught in Accordingviolation.tohim, findings at the government’s disposal, revealed that some of the airlines are refusing naira and charging their ticket fares in dollars in violation of the country’s laws, while some others have blocked local travel agencies from accessing their websites for transactions, choosing to release expensive tickets.“I want to use this opportunity to say that reports are reaching us that some of the airlines are refusing to sell tickets in naira. That is a violation of our local laws, they will not be allowed. The high and the mighty amongst them will be sanctioned if they’re caught doing that,” Sirika said.
Atiku, Obi, Tinubu to speak on economic blueprint for Nigeria at LCCI forum
Abubakar Yunusa, Abuja B en Akabueze, directorgeneral of the budget office of the federation, says the suspension of the five percent excise duty on telecommunication services will affect the 2023 budget. Akabueze said this on Tuesday during an interview on AriseReactingTelevision.tothe suspension of the planned 5 percent telecoms tax as announced by Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, Akabueze said it would harm the government’s financial projections for next year’s budget. He also said the federal government may need to rework its recent medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) due to the Akabuezedevelopment.addedthat the MTEF document had already gone through a long process before its official endorsement, arguing that tampering with it would only negatively impact the government’s plan. “I don’t know about the suspension. This is the law now. So, beyond what I have read in the media, we haven’t been advised in terms of the suspension. For instance, recently the Federal Executive Council (FEC) passed the MTEF for 2023-2025,” he said.“The framework that the FEC passed includes projections for this tax. That framework is currently before the national assembly. Over the last two weeks, we have been holding meetings with agencies of government on this. “If we are formally advised that this is no longer applicable, then we will have to rework that Medium Term Expenditure Framework.“Whatthat means is that the projected revenues will decline and the deficit will increase, which means that we either have to cut back on expenditure or increase debt.”
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Abubakar Yunusa, Abuja The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is set to hold the 2022 edition of its private sector economic forum ahead of the 2023 presidentialAccordingelection.toa statement issued by the chamber, the forum is scheduled to hold on three separate dates at the Commerce House, Victoria Island, Lagos. LCCI said the forum would provide a first-hand opportunity for presidential candidates of the three leading political parties to speak to the organized private sector on their economic blueprint for Nigeria.Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is expected to speak on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 9.30 am; Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) is scheduled to speak on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 9.30 am while Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), would speak on Friday, October 28, 2022, at 9.30 am.As part of its public policy advocacy, the chamber said it will continue to explore ways of creating a conducive business environment in Nigeria through positive engagement with governments at all levels. “The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has over the years offered a platform where governorship and presidential candidates from major political parties in Nigeria present their plans for private sector development in Nigeria,” the statement reads. “The LCCI has hosted this series of forum successfully over the last four political transitions (16 years) in the country. “While the LCCI is nonpartisan, private sector operators are however interested in the economic agenda of the candidates and their plans to make a better Nigeria in the next dispensation.”LCCIsaid the event would be streamed on social media platforms and would also provide an opportunity for participants to ask questions from the presidential candidates on their manifesto.
Shortly after Putin’s threat, the European Union (EU) proposed a price cap on Russian gas ahead of the energy ministers’ emergency meeting on Friday. “We will propose a price cap on Russian gas… we must cut Russia’s revenues which Putin uses to finance this atrocious war in Ukraine,” Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission president, toldForreporters.Nigeria, unprecedented levels of crude oil theft and underinvestment cut short the chance of high revenue on rising oil prices.Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO), Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) Limited, had said Nigeria loses 700,000 bpd to crude oil theft and production shut-in.InJuly, the country produced 1.08 million barrels per day (bpd), lower than 1.79 million barrels per day as allocated by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
for private placements is often less stringent compared to initial public offerings, the transaction could launch not long after the meeting is concluded.
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The bigger picture is its quest for a place among the cohort of tier-1 lenders by 2025, a group distinguished by banks with enormous capital base particularly derived from assets like disclosed reserves and robust equity capital. That aspiration is the pet project of CEO Nneka Onyeali-Okpe who, after taking office last January, unveiled the course of action for joining the Big 5 banks – FBN Holdings, United Bank for Africa, GTCO, Access Bank and Zenith Bank.Fidelity Bank, Nigeria’s sixth biggest lender, has assets worth N3.7 trillion, setting it miles away from the smallest of that group, GTCO, whose own valuation is N5.7 trillion.
Fidelity Bank to raise new capital through private placement of 3 billion shares
Fidelity Bank’s board of directors hope to obtain approval for other resolutions at an extra-ordinary general meeting coming up on 29 September after which attention will turn to regulatory authorities to endorse the deal.As the regulatory approval process
F idelity Bank is on the verge of sourcing new capital allowing for issuance of over 3 billion shares, the tier 1-aspiring lender said Wednesday, a move that could further expansion plans and shoot its outstanding shares above 32 billion units. It will take the route of private placement whereby a limited number of individuals, usually high-net-worth, and institutional investors are allotted all the shares and the transaction itself is conducted away from the open market. To hit the starting point, the capital raising requires the sanction of shareholders, including their need to “waive their pre-emptive rights in respect of the 3,037,414,308 unissued ordinary shares of 50 kobo each,” according to a regulatory.
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Abubakar Yunusa, Abuja B rent crude, the global benchmark, plunged 3.16 percent to $89.67 a barrel on Wednesday amid imminent recession across western countries.Thenew price is the lowest since January 23, 2022. On the other hand, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell over 3 percent to $83.52 a barrel.
“Will there be any political decisions that contradict the contracts? Yes, we just won’t fulfil them. We will not supply anything if it contradicts our interests,” Putin“Wesaid.will not supply gas, coal, heating oil — we will not supply anything.”
The financial institution announced last week a binding pact with Nigeria’s second oldest lender Union Bank for a full buyout of the latter’s United Kingdom subsidiary, easing the path to its first ever operation outside Nigeria.
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The development comes after Vladimir Putin, Russian president, threatened to halt all oil and gas supplies if price caps are imposed on the country’s oil and gas exports.
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FCTA facilities would be achieved “in the next few months.
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Attah, who decried that the people that are building under extreme electricity high tension transmission wires, as it is hazardous to their health, said it is unacceptable that beautiful neighbourhoods are littered with shanties.According to him, “building under high tension wire, is unspeakable, as it is extremely high tension transmission now, you just go under you build beer parlour, build whatever, the radiation alone is hazardous to your health, the risk factor alone, should there be any accident is frightening, because it is death outright. We have block industries, restaurant, game center, etc all under high tension wire.
The FCT Legal Services Secretariat has bolstered the capacity of its lawyers with modern skills required in resolving matters in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).
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Tafida, who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday, explained that the two committees were key in providing oversight function, as well as technical support to FCTA’s Drug Revolving Scheme, which were integral part of how well FCT health care system works and how well services are been delivered.
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He said: “With the support of our technical partners, we have succeeded in planning for all our commodity needs for all the total 247 health facilities within the FCT.“At the initial stage, we intend to to take 82 Primary Health Centres, as well as our 14 main tertiary and General Hospitals, by providing them all they need, in terms of drugs, consumables and commodities at affordable prices and of good“Andquality.at the same time, we have succeeded in harmonising the cost of the drugs across board in all our public health care facilities, and we are quiet happy that the FCTA is very supportive in giving us all we need in order to ensure that at least, 80 to 90 percent supply needs of all our facilities are met.
The Secretary, who noted that the FCTA’s main medical store could currently provide only between 50 to 60 percent of drug needs, expressed confidence that, at least, 80 to 90 percent supply needs of all
“It is unacceptable that you have already rented your house and you are not satisfied and start renting the front of your house for shanties”.
“Let us ensure the streets are free. We will keep coming to remove the shanties. And if they refuse to stop we will serve them abatement notice and take them to court.
According to a statement from Head, Public Relations of the Secretariat, Emeka Iwuagwu, the training was organised by the FCT Legal Secretariat, in partnership with the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA). It added that participants were trained in modern ADR as a new concept in legal jurisprudence as way of assisting in decongesting the various courts across the Territory.Speaking at the three-Day training, the General Counsel / Secretary of the FCT Legal Secretariat, Mohammed Babangida Umar, said the training is critical for an efficient and effectiveUmar,workforce.whowas represented by the Director, Advisory Services, FCT Legal Services Secretariat, Aminu Basha, said the Administration is interested in improving the capacity of its legal officers to ensure that, they are knowledgeable in modern-day legal practices to enable them to discharge their duties effectively. He said the participants drawn from Legal and Administrative Officers of the Secretariat were trained properly on the concept of Alternative Dispute Resolution to enable them to adjudicate on issues involving government, private entities as well as individuals, without necessarily going to court.This, he said will assist the government in reducing the number of cases in courts. The General Counsel, therefore, advised members of the public to embrace the ADR as a way of resolving minor conflicts.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has inaugurated two committees to facilitate the delivery of effective healthcare services in the Territory.
“We have reviewed the cost of services to be provided, and have also standardised the cost of the drugs, which are very critical in ensuring that transparency and accountability is being considered in what we offer to the people of the FCT”. According to him, key aspects of the reforms include central payment of locum staff which is now centrally done, with efforts to recruit them into the main system, as well as arrangements for the provision of diesel to major facilities to reduce their expenditure in running the hospitals.Headded that the FCTA has graciously granted mostly overheads to all the facilities available based on their cadre, “ thereby removing a lot of encumbrance and financial commitments for the hospitals. “They can now look inward, set up structures and provide the needed quality services to the people of FCT.
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Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Ikharo Attah, made this assertion yesterday, during the removal of illegal structures in Kubwa and Dutse, in Abuja.
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“People who don’t know will think we are wicked but one-day they will thank us because we are saving their lives”. He however, explains that, “we came to Dutse and Kubwa to remove shanties. It is really worrisome that you see very beautiful neighborhood and you just found make-shift structures made of woods and containers on the streets and the FCTA is really worried about this, we want to warn residents not to encourage illegality on their fence and gates, it harbours criminals. “We want to task residents to discourage this, the first containers that comes up ensure they remove it so that we have beautiful environment and not have safe haven for criminals.
“A strengthened Drug Revolving Fund system would essentially improve the quality of services to be provided to the people, and ensure that all drugs and consumables are accessible to the at the hospitals at affordable cost and of good quality”.Similarly, Ikwu, who doubles as Chairman, FCT DRF Sustainable Health Supply Chain Committee, noted that the DRF was the backbone and main machinery put in place to ensure sustainable supply of drugs in the health care services. According to him, the mechanism involves buying and selling of drugs, in a manner that revolves the money within the system, without allowing it to go out. He also disclosed that, the Administration was also working on establishing Drug Management Agency (DMA), which would enable the FCTA deal directly with drug manufacturers thereby offering residents the best, at lowest price and an on time.
C’ttees on boosting healthcare delivery
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The first leg of the training, which was also aimed at keeping the legal officers abreast with modern trends in legal practice, was held at the Auditorium of the FCT Internal Revenue Service, Gudu District, Abuja.
The FCT Administration has warned property owners against encouraging proliferation of makeshift structures and other illegal attachments shanties within their neighbourhoods.
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The committees are : FCT Change Management Team and FCT Sustainable Health Supply System (SHSS), chaired by the Secretary, FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS), Dr. Abubakar Tafida and Director, Pharmaceuticals in the Health Secretariat, Boniface E. Ikwu, respectively.
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The quality of life for Europeans was being sacrificed while poorer countries were losing access to food, he argued: “Now we are seeing how production and jobs in Europe are closing one after another.”
Russia launched its invasion on 24 February and now occupies around a fifth of Ukrainian territory. Six months on, it has been pushed back from areas around Kyiv and the north and now faces a Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south and east.
EU plans Russian gas price cap despite Putin threat
Source: BBC Zaporizhzhia: Ukraine suggests UN peacekeepers for nuclear plant
Vladimir Putin has said he trusted the report from the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but criticised the agency for not saying Ukraine was to blame for shelling the Thearea. Russian leader described the IAEA as “a very responsible international organisation” which was under pressure. “Our servicemen are there - are we shooting at our own?” he asked, in response to claims that Russia could be responsible for shelling at the plant. Shelling continued while the 14-strong IAEA team visited the site and its head, Rafael Grossi, warned of a very real risk of nuclear disaster. Although most of the team left the plant after two days, it said two of its officials would remain there on a permanent basis. In an emergency session of the Security Council, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres set out steps for the creation of a demilitarised zone around the plant.
The generators require four tanks of diesel a day, Oleh Korikov said, and it would be very difficult to replenish stocks across the front line.
Last week, the G7 group of nationsannounced a price cap for Russian oil - a move it said would reduce both Moscow’s revenue for its Ukraine invasion, and inflation in theFinnishWest. researchers recently estimated that Russia has made €158bn (£136bn) from surging fossil fuel prices during the six-month invasion - with EU imports accounting for more than half of that.
The IAEA’s report says that there were Russian military vehicles stationed in two turbine halls and under the overpass connecting the reactor units and includes a photo showing Russian-flagged military trucks with the Z insignia parked inside a largeOnbuilding.Wednesday Mr Putin denied that there was any Russian military equipment on-site at Separately,Zaporizhzhia.theheadof Ukraine’s nuclear security agency told a news conference that the site is currently disconnected from the electricity grid following shelling and that Ukraine was considering shutting it down for safety reasons.
While the nuclear plant is currently able to generate the electricity it needs to run its own cooling systems, should that cease to be the case it would be reliant on back-up diesel-powered generators.
There was an urgent need for “interim measures” to prevent a nuclear accident caused by military action, it added, saying all relevant parties would have to agree to a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” being set up to avoid further damage. The plant lies on the southern bank of the River Dnieper, across the water from Ukrainian-held towns and military positions.Meanwhile, the UK’s Ministry of Defence says fighting has continued in Ukraine on three fronts over the past 24 hours: in the east, in Donbas; in the north around Kharkiv, and in the south around Kherson.Theredeployment of Russian forces to southern Ukraine around Kherson has enabled Ukrainian forces to make progress in the Kharkiv region. according to the USbased Institute for the Study of War. The institute suggests Ukrainian forces may have taken a town near Balaklia as Russian troops retreated, blowing up bridges.
The Russian leader said Western currencies were falling while Russia was not losing anything
Although he acknowledged inflation in Russia was rising, he minimised the effect that sanctions were having on Russian companies: “I am sure that we have not lost anything and we will not lose anything.” Russian companies have struggled to source much-needed imported parts. But Mr Putin asserted that confidence in the dollar, euro and pound was being lost before people’s eyes - while Russia was emerging from the war with its sovereignty strengthened.
Western nations responded to the war with several rounds of sanctions. The European Union has attempted to cut its reliance on Russian gas and oil and Moscow - and on Friday EU energy ministers will try to decide how to protect consumers and businesses from the threat of enormous bills over the Aheadwinter.ofthe meeting, Ursula von der Leyen said Europe had weakened Russia’s grip on its gas requirements. Gas storage was already up to 82% and supplies had increased from the US, Norway, Algeria and other countries.Before the invasion, Russia accounted for 40% of the EU’s imported gas, but today that proportion was now down to only 9%, she said.As well as a price cap on Russian gas, EU ministers have been looking at how to separate the cost of gas from the price of electricity, which are linked in Europe’s market. The Commission president outlined several other plans: • A mandatory target for reducing electricity use at peak hours • A cap on revenues for companies making unexpected profits from low-cost electricity such as renewable energy • A “solidarity contribution” from fossil fuel companies • Helping struggling energy companies cope with the volatile energy market with “liquidity” support The plans will go before energy ministers on Friday, and one diplomat told the BBC he was sceptical: “Good luck getting that through council complete and intact.” U member states have already responded to the crisis with a series of packages to help consumers. At the weekend Sweden and Finland announced liquidity guarantees for power companies, while Germany said it would spend €65bn (£56.2bn) with help for the vulnerable as well as tax breaks for energy-intensive businesses. In Vladivostok, Mr Putin went on to accuse Europe of cheating the developing world out of Ukrainian grain exports in the wake of a UN-led deal to lift Russia’s naval blockade. For months ships were unable to leave Ukraine’s three Black Sea ports but shipments resumed last month. Mr Putin told his audience that only two grain ships had since gone to Africa - which is not the case. He said he wanted to discuss revisiting the deal, in remarks rejected by Ukraine as groundless. Other ships have left for Yemen and Sudan while several vessels have gone to ports in Egypt.AUN-chartered ship carrying 23,000 tonnes arrived in Djibouti last week. The grain has now reached Ethiopia in 60 lorries, with the aim of feeding more than one and a half million people in a country blighted by drought and civil war. Under the agreement all cargoes are approved by a joint centre in Turkey. The centre says 2m tonnes have been authorised so far, including to Turkey and the Middle East as well as ports in the EU.
Tuesday’s report from the IAEA detailed the damage to the plant and said that while continued shelling had not yet triggered a nuclear emergency, it did present a constant threat to safety that “may lead to radiological consequences with great safety significance”.
Inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog visited the Zaporizhzhia plant last week
UN inspectors observed damage at the power station during a visit last week. The inspectors recommended that a security zone be set up immediately to shield the facility, which is Europe’s largest, from the fighting.
Speaking to an economics forum in the far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday, Russia’s leader condemned sanctions as economic aggression, and a “fever” posing a threat to the entire world.
Ukraine’s nuclear chief has suggested that United Nations peacekeepers could secure the Zaporizhzhia power station.The plant has been occupied by Russia since the early days of the war and come under repeated attack, with both sides blaming each other.
The European Union’s executive body has proposed capping the price of Russian gas, within hours of Russia’s leader condemning the idea as stupidity. Energy prices have soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, forcing the EU’s 27 states into action. “We must cut Russia’s revenues which Putin uses to finance this atrocious war,” said European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.But Mr Putin said Moscow would react to a cap by halting supplies completely. “We will not supply gas, oil, coal, heating oil - we will not supply anything,” he said, if it went against Russia’s interests. European leaders have accused Moscow of “weaponising” its gas exports in response to Western sanctions on Russian individuals andWhilebusinesses.theKremlin denies that is the case, the big Nord Stream 1 pipeline into northern Germany has been shut indefinitely, with Moscow directly blaming sanctions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed calls by the IAEA for a safety protection zone at Zaporizhzhia. Petro Kotyn, who runs Ukraine’s nuclear agency Energoatom, suggested a UN peacekeeping contingent could set up a security zone at Zaporizhzhia and Russian troops withdraw. In its report, the nuclear agency highlighted the “extremely stressful conditions” facing the 907 Ukrainian staff working there under Russian military control.However, the IAEA was careful not to apportion blame to either side.
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The UK’s new chancellor of the exchequer, or finance minister, who has become the first black person to take on such a high-profile role in British politics, is trending in Ghana. Conservative politician Kwasi Kwarteng was born in the UK in 1975, but his parents came to the UK from Ghana in the 1960s as students.Despite his Ashanti name meaning born on a Sunday, he was actually born on a Monday, he has previously told the BBC. Described by a previous colleague, Rory Stewart, as “incredibly intellectual”, Mr Kwarteng, 47, attended the prestigious Eton College after gaining a scholarship, and later went on to study at Cambridge University and Harvard. He also holds a PhD in economic history, in the tradition of his father, who was an economist. His appointment has been reported widely in Ghanaian media and some Ghanaians online have been celebrating the historic“Congratulationsmoment. Kwasi Kwarteng .... Ghana is really proud of you,” one person tweeted“Ifeel proud to have a Ghanaian, Kwasi Kwarteng, in the helm to scrutinise UK public expenditure”, another said. However, Mr Kwarteng has come under criticism in other quarters for what some view as his right-wing politics including his views on a low-tax economy. Source: BBC
The Somali people are known as “a nation of poets” and there is no greater poet of modern times than Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, who has died in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, at the age of 79.
The government’s decision to give the event the go-ahead has angered some MPs. One lawmaker questioned whether the government had taken into consideration its capacity to handle emerging health concerns like a global outbreak of monkeypox which mostly affects men who have sex with men. Nyege Nyege has been a big draw for music fans in the region and beyond and showcases artists from across the continent, along with those in the diaspora. The festival, which would be taking place for the seventh time, has often attracted controversy. At least 8,000 people are expected to attend the festival in the city of Jinja, east of the capital, Kampala.
In 2018, it was cancelled on grounds that it was promoting promiscuity but it was allowed to proceed later after a public outcry.
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The popular Nyege Nyege music festival in Uganda will go ahead as planned after the government and organisers agreed that strict guidelines would be Critics,implemented.includingseveral MPs and the speaker of parliament, had called for its cancellation saying the annual festival was promoting immorality. Some said it was a “breeding ground for sexual immorality” and “homosexuality”.
The Comboni Missionaries said Maria De Coppi, 84, who had been in the country for nearly 60 years, was shot in the head during the attack in the city of Chipene in Nampula province. A jihadist conflict began in 2017 and has recently spread from the oil-rich Cabo Delgado province to Nampula.
Tens of thousands attended his funeral. Many travelled from across the region, including Djibouti, Ethiopia andTheKenya.vast crowds at his graveside were testament to the respect and affection people have for the man known simply as Hadraawi or “master of speech”, a nickname he was given as a young boy growing up in Yemen where he was sent to live following the death of his mother. Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said: “Hadraawi’s death is felt in every Somali household.” When I made a documentary about him in 2017 almost everybody I spoke to immediately started reciting one of his poems or singing one of his songs. Schoolgirls, waiters, millionaires, beggars, soldiers and government ministers all knew his poetry by heart. ‘He keeps us together’ “The only thing Somalis can unite behind is Hadraawi,” said his personal assistant and editor of a recent collection of his work, Muhammad Suleiman. “Somalia has fallen apart; the nation has fragmented into pieces. The only things keeping us together are our language, our religion and HadraawiHadraawi.”wasmore than a poet. He wrote plays and collaborated with musicians to produce more than 70 much-loved songs. He was regarded as a philosopher and moral guide, and played an important role in preserving the Somali language which was not written down until 1972. He was a fierce critic of the dictatorship of former President Siad Barre who led the country from 1969 to 1991. In 1973, Hadraawi was jailed for five years for using his poetry to speak out against Somalia’s leaders. A poem that particularly annoyed them was The Killing of the She-Camel, which attacked corruption and authoritarianism: Hadraawi was a committee member of the rebel Somali National Movement whose victory against the government led to Somaliland declaring itself independent in 1991, although it remains unrecognised internationally.In2003,he sought to bring an end to Somalia’s seemingly endless conflict by leading a peace caravan of singers, poets and other cultural figures through war-torn areas.He addressed issues of social justice, focusing on marginalised groups, including minority clans and women, especially mothers. In later years, he became a source of spiritual inspiration for Somalis all over the Theworld.Scottish poet and Professor of Poetry and Writing at the UK’s Newcastle University, Bill Herbert, worked with Somali scholars to translate into English some of Hadraawi’s poems. “He had an unshakeable moral core and spoke for the people on behalf of the people with the authority conferred on him by the people,” he said. “His use of satire is like a hot needle. Hadraawi had piercing vision which saw through Somali crises, political, humanitarian and spiritual.” ‘He gave Althoughshelter’hiscriticism of authority and attacks on injustice were fierce and fearless, Hadraawi was gentle and kind. He had a radiant smile. The managing director of the Somali cultural organisation, Kayd, and a confidante of Hadraawi, Ayan Mahamoud, said: “His heart was big enough to accommodate everyone. He was known as ‘geed’ which means ‘tree’ in Somali because, like the branches of a tree, he gave shelter to everyone, no matter who they were.” Hadraawi’s poetry and character inspired many people including the CEO of the Dahabshiil business empire, Abdirashid Duale.“Ifell in love with Hadraawi before I met him,” he said. “His poems taught me to treat people equally. Before I left to live in the UK, he gave me a sheet of typewritten poems which focused on the world beyond the Horn of Africa. They inspired me to make my business global, which is exactly what I did.”Hadraawi is as well known for his love poems as his political ones. Love Written in Blood is one of his most famous along with Amazement:Somalis’ love of poetry verges on the fanatical, no matter their age or position in society.Hadraawi’s recitals were more like rock concerts than poetry readings. At one event in Hargeisa, hundreds packed the large hall while children leapt up and clung onto window frames to peek inside and try to catch a glimpse of their hero.The crowd was so large that giant screens had to be set up outside so everyone could see and listen to Hadraawi speak. “Many young Somalis have told me that his poems have taught them everything they need to know about life,” said Said Salah, a retired professor from the University of Minnesota in the US, who co-wrote four plays with Hadraawi. Hadraawi’s final words to me were: ‘One poem follows another, just like life.’” Hadraawi’s assistant, Muhammad Suleiman, spent many years collecting and preserving his work, a crucial task given Somalis’ largely oral culture. “Hadraawi’s body is gone,” he said. “But he is still with us and will always be with us because his literature will live forever.” The last time I was with Hadraawi, he seemed to know his death was not far away. His final words to me were: “One poem follows another, just like life.”
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The Comboni sisters said two other nuns, one Italian and one Spanish, had escaped to hide in the forest with a group of young girls.
Hadraawi’s final words to me were: ‘One poem follows another, just like life.’” An Italian nun has been killed during a suspected jihadist attack in northern Mozambique in which a church, a hospital and two schools were destroyed.
Iran’s conduct, she warned, “disregards norms of responsible peacetime state behaviour in cyberspace”, including one on refraining from damaging critical infrastructure providing public services. Earlier this month, US cyber-security firm Mandiant said it had concluded “with moderate confidence” that “one or multiple threat actors who have operated in support of Iranian goals” were involved in theMandiantattack. noted that the disruption had come days before the start of a conference in Albanian town of Manez that was affiliated with the exiled Iranian opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK). The event was subsequently postponed following warnings of “terrorist” threats. The firm likewise cited a video featuring the Albanian residence permits of purported MEK members that was posted on the Telegram channel used by a group named “HomeLand Justice” to claim credit for the cyber-attack. It said a ransomware sample also included the text: “Why should our taxes be spent on the benefit of DURRES terrorists?” Manez is a town in Durres County and is the location of a camp where about 3,000 MEK members have been allowed to live since 2013 at the request of the US and United Nations. “This is possibly the strongest public response to a cyber-attack we have ever seen,” John Hultquist, Mandiant’s vicepresident of intelligence, said following Albania’s announcement. He added that the attack was “a reminder that while the most aggressive Iranian cyber-activity is generally focused in the Middle East region, it is by no means limited to it”.
Pakistan’s climate change minister, Sherry Rehman, told the BBC that richer countries needed to do more to help poorer countries faced with the devastation caused by climate change. “Richer countries have got rich on the back of fossil fuels… and have been burning their way to kingdom come,” she said in an interview with BBCTheNews.disaster has highlighted the stark disparity between countries that are the largest contributors towards climate change and countries that bear the brunt of its impact. Pakistan produces less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions but its geography makes it extremely vulnerable to climate change.
Albania has ordered Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave within 24 hours
Manasseh Sogavare: Solomon Islands
PM accuses Australia of interference Pakistan floods: Biggest lake subsides amid race to help victims
Water levels in Pakistan’s biggest lake are starting to recede, officials say, after last-ditch attempts to prevent it from bursting its Mancharbanks.Lake, in Sindh province, is dangerously full after record monsoons that inundated swathes of Pakistan. Its banks were deliberately breached to protect surrounding areas and more than 100,000 people have been displaced.
Towns that became virtual islandsMehar (pictured here) west of Lake Manchar, and Johi to the north-east
Teams are racing to rescue thousands still stranded in Pakistan’s worst climate-induced disaster in years. “We see the water is now starting to come down,” provincial minister Jam Khan Shoro told the BBC. “If we didn’t make the breaches, several towns with big populations would have been destroyed and many more people in danger.” Floods in Pakistan have affected some 33 million people and caused at least 1,343 deaths, Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Agency said. Officials have said a little over a quarter of a million people are in shelters, a fraction of those who need Damagedhelp.infrastructure is also hampering aid and rescue operations, which cannot keep pace with demand. Some connecting roads in Sindh province have either collapsed, are flooded or are backed up for days with queuing traffic. Manchar Lake straddles two districtsJamshoro and Dadu - with an urban population of more than 1 million. Johi, a town near the lake, has been surrounded by water and now resembles an island. Its residents have built an improvised dyke to slow down water coming into the area, as they did during floods in 2010. Authorities told the BBC they do not know yet if the measure will work this Meanwhile,time. the UN children’s agency Unicef has said more children are at risk of dying from disease in Pakistan because of the shortage of clean water. This year’s floods - Pakistan’s worst climateinduced natural disaster in years - have been caused by record torrential rainfall and melting glaciers in the country’s northern mountains.
Mr Hultquist also warned that it showed major critical government systems in Nato countries were “vulnerable and under attack”.
Low-emission countries like Pakistan, Ms Rehman said, “are now feeling the heat - quite literally of other people’s development and greed”.“We have made an appeal to the developed world that this is the time to actually do more.” She acknowledged flood aid from countries including the US, Qatar, Turkey - but said international support would be needed to help make Pakistan’s infrastructure climate resilient.
“We neither have the money or the technical capacity.”Source: BBC
Mr Rama said in a televised statement that the goal of the hacking groups had been “the destruction of the digital infrastructure of the government of the Republic of Albania, as well as the theft of data and electronic communications of governments systems”. But he added: “The said attack failed its purpose... All systems came back fully operational and there was no irreversible wiping of data.” The prime minister nevertheless said the Albanian government’s decision to sever diplomatic relations with Iran was “proportionate to the seriousness and danger posed by the cyber-attack”. US National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said American experts had also concluded that Iran “conducted this reckless and irresponsible cyber-attack” and that it was “responsible for subsequent hack and leak operations”.
Relations between the Solomon Islands and Australia have soured in recent months
The leader has been under pressure after signing a controversial security pact with China in April. He has repeatedly criticised countries including Australia over their reaction to the deal, and threatened to ban foreign journalists after “demeaning” coverage.
Prime Minister Edi Rama said a probe had found “incontrovertible evidence” that Iran “hired four groups to mount the attack on Albania” on 15 July. The hackers tried to paralyse public services, delete and steal government data, and incite chaos, he added. Mr Rama described Albania’s response as “extreme... but entirely forced on us”. The United States said it strongly condemned the cyber-attack on a Nato ally and vowed to hold Iran accountable for actions that threatened Albania’s security and “set a troubling precedent for Therecyber-space”.wasno immediate comment from the Iranian government. But relations between Tirana and Tehran have been tense since Albania offered asylum to thousands of Iranian dissidents.
The Solomon Islands’ prime minister has accused Australia of interference over its offer to help fund an election he controversially wants to delay. Manasseh Sogavare is seeking to defer the vote - due in mid-2023 - by seven months, a move critics say represents a turn towardsAustraliaauthoritarianism.saysthereis nothing unusual about its offer of assistance. Relations between the two countries have soured recently as Mr Sogavare’s government grows closer with China. Australia regularly offers financial and logistical support to Pacific countries for elections, including in previous polls in the Solomon Islands. But Mr Sogavare says it is timed to influence how MPs will vote on a bill to change the constitution. If passed, the bill would allow the election to be deferred.
Albania severs diplomatic ties with Iran over cyber-attack
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“This is an assault on our parliamentary democracy and is a direct interference by a foreign government into our domestic affairs,” Mr Sogavare said in a statement. Elections are usually held every four years, but the government is trying to delay the next poll until after the country hosts the Pacific Games in late 2023.
Mr Sogavare says the nation does not have the capacity to host both events in one year.The country’s opposition has called the proposed delay a “power grab” and asked for help from Australia, its largest aid donor.
Protesters have called for Mr Sogavare to step down twice in recent years, including at the last election.
A lbania has severed diplomatic ties with Iran and ordered Iranian embassy staff to leave, accusing it of orchestrating a major cyber-attack.
Sir Kashim Ibrahim served as Chancellor of the University of Ibadan from 1966 to 1977, and then as Chancellor of the University of Lagos from 1977 to 1984. He did not return to politics. He acquired little material wealth and had to sue for his pension as former Governor of the Northern Region. When he died on 25 July, 1990 his reputation was shown by the great gathering at his funeral in Maiduguri, and by the appointment of his son, an architect, as Shettima of Borno soon afterwards. He is remembered as an ardent educationist who in spite of his strong traditional upbringing clearly perceived and promoted the values and virtues of modern education.
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inflating population figures while the southern leaders labelled the Northern head count as over-inflated. The controversy generated by the head count led the cancellation of the census results and official figures were never publicly acknowledged.Afterthe military coup of 1966, Waziri went into private business. During the Nigerian Civil War, he was involved in arms dealing and consultancy and afterwards, he established a defence consultancy firm. Waziri established a group of companies under the corporate name Herwa which included a tin mining venture in Jos and a soap and flour mill in Maiduguri. He opened a 5 million naira Herwa clinic in Kano. He was the father to Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim (55). In 2016, she was made the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs by President Muhammadu Buhari. In October 2018 she defeated her step son to clinch the ticket of her party to run for Federal House of AlhajiRepresentatives.DipcharimaZanna Bukar Suloma was born in 1917 in Dipcharima village in the Borno Province of northern Nigeria. Dipcharima attended the Maiduguri Middle School and later trained as a teacher at the Katsina Higher Training College, the former Northern Nigeria’s highest institution of learning at the time. He began his teaching in 1938, working at various schools until 1946 when he embarked on a political career. He first joined the National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC) being led by Dr. Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, GCFR (16 November 1904 –11 May 1996) and was in the party’s delegation to Britain in 1947. He left the NCNC to become a manager for John Holt. Dipcharima reentered politics in 1954, this time as a member of the Northern People’s Congress (NPC) on whose platform he was elected to the Borno Native Authority. An extremely popular politician, Dipcharima soon rose to become president of the Borno Province branch of the NPC and head of the Yerwa District in 1956, taking the traditional title of HeZana.won a seat in the Federal House of Representatives in Lagos in 1954 and was Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Transport. In 1957, he became Minister of State without Portfolio and later Minister of Commerce and Industry, before taking the portfolio of Transport in 1964. Dipcharima was holding this office when the federal civilian government was overthrown in the military coup of 15 January 1966; he made the headlines when, in the absence of the abducted Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (December 1912 – 15 January 1966) , he presided over the Cabinet that handed power to General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (3 March 1924 – 29 . Dipcharima died in an air accident in 1969. There are other prominent Kanuris who equally flew the flag for the Kanuris. They include Air Marshall Al-Amin Daggash, Alhaji Kam Salem, Engineer Bunu Sheriff, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, Major General Abba Kyari(rtd.), Alhaji Abba Habeeb, Alhaji Mohammed Goni, Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, Colonel Kur Mohammed, Lt-Colonel Abogo Largema, Hajiya Ammuna Ali, Alhaji Goni Aji, Dr. Baba-kura Kaigama, Dr. Buka Shaib, Professor Nuhu Alkali, General Sani Abacha. Even in Niger Republic, the former Prime Minister of that country Mamane Oumarou and the former President of Niger, Tandja Mamadou are both Kanuris. We also have Major General Mohammed Shuwa(1 September 1939-2 November 2012), Professor Mujammed Mala Daura, Professor Babagana Umaru Zulum, Amina Dawaram(Singer), Alhaji Modu Gobama, Alhaji Yusuf Saida (Chemist)Alhaji Garba Daya, Alhaji Umar Ali Adamkolo, Alhaji Ahmadu Ngariya, Alhaji Bukar Koo Muhammad, Alhaji Zannah Ali Yirima, Alhaji Baba Shehu Abubakar Garbai, Galadima Mai Duboma, Alhaji Shuwa Mamman, Dr. Gona Abdullahi, Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidah, Alhaji Muhammad Aliyu, Sheikh Abubakar El Miskin, Professor Muhammad Waziri, Mohammed Shettima Kubari, Alhaji Imam Ahmad, Shehu Umar Ibn Muhammad, late Shehu Sunda Kyanmi, Alhaji Ibrahim Maina Damcida, Abba Ali Monguno, Bunu Ngamdu, Buba Ahmad Talib, Bukar Bolori, Ambassador Abba Ahmed Zoro, Mustapha P. Jango, Alhaji Bukarr Kuya Monguno, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, Sheihk Awad, Alhaji Modu Tela, Asheik Jarma, Maina Maaji Lawan, Alhaji Mala Kachalla, Alhaji Abba Kyari, late Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Ibrahim Talba, Alhaji Buba Galadima, Alhaji Adamu Ciroma, Alhaji Liman Ciroma, General Alkali Idris, Garuba Talba Adamu, Adamu Waziri, and many too numerous to mention. The Kanuris are mostly found in Chad, Cameroun, Niger Republic and in Yobe and BornoAfterstates.theHausas, Yorubas, Igbos and Fulanis, the Kanuris, in terms of population are in the same bracket with the Ibibios, Tivs, Ijaws and Igalas. The greatest gift God gave to the Kanuris is Lake Chad. Their wish and prayers over the years is that oil be found in Lake Chad. Unfortunately, Lake Chad once a source of livelihood for over thirty million has shrunk by ninety percent since the 1960s.LakeChad is shrinking while the population is exploding, hence part of the emergence of Boko HaramThetoday.Kanuris are extremely proud of their heritage like the Binis. Some of them are tall with tribal marks. They are warriors. They constituted the El Kanemi Empire and that empire was comparable with the Bini Kingdom, the Oyo Empire, the Ashanti Empire, Mali empire, Songhai empire and the Sokoto kingdom. In the past the El Kanemi Empire produced outstanding leaders like Gwoni Muktar, Muhammed el Amin el Kanemi, Mai Dunma, Mai Ibrahim, Abul Bukar and Shehu Umar. The El Kanemi Empire fell because of internal rivalry in 1893. In that year, Rabeh with a welltrained and disciplined force invaded Bornu. Ealier, as the Mahdist state expanded along the Nile , he had marched west and defeated the state of Wadai--- Bornu’s great rival—for the control of the Lake Chad region. Then in 1893, Bornu an easy prey to Rabeh as the Bornu army fled before his rifle-armed troops. The Bornu capital Kukawa was ravaged and burnt down. Rabeh established a new capital at Dikwa and took over the government of the kingdom. He left local rulers in charge of their various districts but they were made subordinate to his own officers. He carried out some reform of the public treasury, erected good buildings and stocked large quantities of food for future campaigns.
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The pick on Senator Kashim Shettima Mustapha (56), a Kanuri, as APC’s Presidential running mate has put spotlight on the Kanuris again. We know the Kanuris as dogged fighters. In the first Republic, six prominent Kanuris were identified as flag bearers. They are Sir Kashim Ibrahim (1910-1990), Alhaji Zaana Bukar Suloma Dipcharima (1917-1969), Alhaji Waziri Kolo Ibrahim ((26 February 1926 – 1992), Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno (1926-8 July 2016) and Alhaji Ibrahim Imam(1916-April 1980). Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim rose to become the governor of Northern Region in 1962. Although he was not as powerful as late Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu (1910-1965) or Alhaji Aliyu Makama Bida (1905-1980) or even Alhaji Isa Keita (1912-1994) but he was loyal to the end to the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello (12 June 1910- 15 January 1966), the Sardauna of Sokoto. Shettima Kashim, as he was always known then, naturally became one of the most prominent Northern Region politicians. Among the founders of the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC), he was elected to the Northern Region House of Assembly in 1951 and from there to the Federal House of Representatives, where he served from 1952 to 1955; later he was in the Federal Senate. He was Federal Minister of Social Services in 1952-1953, and Federal Minister of Education from 1953-1955. In 1955 he joined Sir Ahmadu Bello’s Northern Region Government in Kaduna as Minister of Social Welfare, Cooperatives, and Surveys.In1956, however, he returned to Maiduguri to assume the traditional office of Waziri (prime minister) under the Shehu. He carried out very necessary reforms in the traditional local government. He was chairman of the Provisional Council of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, for the two years before the new university opened in 1962. In 1962, he was appointed the first Governor of the Northern Region. He was knighted by the Queen of England the same year. Though greatly respected, he had no real power in that post in the last years of Sir Ahmadu Bello’s rule over the Northern Region. When that rule was ended with the killing of the Premier in the first coup of January 15, 1966, Sir Kashim was briefly arrested. On his release he was appointed Adviser to the Military Governor of the Region, Lt-Colonel Hassan Usman Katsina (31 March 1933-24 July 1995) which however was soon afterwards abolished with the creation of states in 1967-1968.
While working as an engineering assistant for the Borno Native Authority, he entered the political arena as the founder of the Borno Youth Improvement Association in 1949. In 1951, he contested and won a seat to the House of Assembly defeating Waziri Mohammed. A year later at the inception of the Northern People’s Congress, which later became the dominant party in the region, he was nominated as the party’s secretary-general; he joined a large number of his colleagues from the regional house who enlisted on the political platform of the new NPC. As the general secretary of NPC, he became one of the party’s prominent campaigners and was involved in political tours, traveling for thousands of miles while providing support for the extension of the party through the establishment of branches in various towns and cities in the region. After leaving the Native Authority, he became a building contractor to supplement his income as an honourable member of the House. In 1954, however, Imam resigned his position from NPC and left the party, citing the lack of a revolutionary platform for political reform of the local government in the north and also NPC’s movement towards a reactionary and imperialistic political union. A year later, he joined Aminu Kano’s Northern Elements Progressive Union and in 1956, he became the patron of the Borno Youth Movement, a young organization that had grown out of its member’s disappointment with the native authority in Borno and the scandal of Waziri, Mohammed. In 1956, he encouraged a fruitful alliance of the movement with NEPU particularly in Borno where the alliance later won two regional seats. But in a few years, Imam an ambitious politician was in need of resources to organize the alliance in Bornu and in the Northern region left the merger due to the inability of NEPU to contribute enough resources to strengthen the party in the region. He left NEPU and established an alliance with the Action Group of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (6 March 1909- 9 May 1987) and later became the leader of opposition in the regional House of Assembly.Alhaji Shettima Ali Monguno, CFR (1926 – 8 July 2016), was Member of Parliarment. in 1959, education secretary and councilor for education, works and social welfare Borno, local Government 1959-65. Federal minister for Air Force and internal affair 1965-66, federal commissioner for trade and industries 1967-71 minister mines and power, petroleum and energy 1972-75. Shettima Ali Monguno was also President, OPEC, 1972/1973. he was Presidential Candidate during the Option A4 Elections in the early 1990s in Nigeria.Inpolitics, Alhaji Ibrahim Waziri was initially a member of NEPU; he organized the Damaturu branch of the association in 1950 and was the branch chairman in 1951. However, towards the end of the 1950s, Waziri joined NPC and was appointed the Federal Minister of Health in 1958. In 1960, he was part of the Nigerian delegation to the United Nations when the country was accepted as the 99th member of the organization. In 1962, as minister for Economic Development, he presented to the Nigerian Parliament an ambitious capital expenditure budget over a sixyear span based on a projected 4% annual growth in GDP and investment of resources in productive projects to foster development. Among the major planks of the budget, was the development of the Kainji Dam. However, close to half of the capital expenditure resource was to be obtained through foreign aid. In 1962, Nigeria conducted a controversial census that was rejected by political leaders from the Eastern and Western region; the office of the census officer was under Waziri’s ministry. Accusations of over counting were made on all sides, with Waziri accusing the Eastern region of
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Alhaji Ibrahim Imam was the secretary of the Northern People’s Congress and later became a patron of the Borno Youth Movement. He was elected into the Northern House of Assembly in 1961, representing a Tiv district. Prior to his election in 1961, he had represented his district of Yerwa in 1951 after supporting a strike of Native Administration workers. He was born in 1916 into an aristocratic family and his half-brother was the district head of Yerwa. He attended Katsina College and after completing his studies joined the Borno Native Administration as an assistant and later became the supervisor of works in 1950.
‘Taken away by the river’ Every one of the doctors has encountered a story which has particularly affected them. Biologist Yamilka Díaz says she decided to work in the Darién Gap after meeting Delicia. The five-year-old girl was found next to her mother’s body in the middle of theDeliciajungle.was taken to the institute where Dr Díaz worked testing blood samples for tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue.When Dr Díaz asked Delicia what she remembered about what had happened to her, she just said that her family had been “taken away by the river”. Dr Díaz says that tending to the migrants has changed her life and put more mundane things like the rising cost of living into perspective.“You see everything differently,” says the doctor, who left the makeshift clinic barefoot because she had given her shoes to a migrant whose trainers had become infected with fungus.
The Venezuelan man recalled how he tried to stop the desperate Haitian from doing the same with his other child, but failed. He also failed to stop the Haitian man from jumping into the void himself, he told Dr ChenCamaño.While the BBC has not been able to independently verify the account of the migrant, figures from the International Organization for Migration suggest dozens of migrants die each year crossing the Darién. Wading through infected watersDr Williams says that it is frustrating that all the team could do at the makeshift clinic was the bare minimum, relieving some of the symptoms without dealing with the causes.
The adults had become infected while wading through the many streams which crisscross the Darién Gap but the children had been spared because their parents carried them aloft to prevent the currents from sweeping them away. While the rash rarely leads to complications, it is the drinking of the cercariae-infested water which can have serious consequences, warns Dr Suárez. But, he explains, the migrants crossing the Darién often face an impossibleCarryingchoice.bottled water would weigh them down on their arduous journey, drinking from rivers infested with larvae will cause gastritis, and not drinking will cause dehydration.
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Many of the migrants come from Haiti but others come from as far away as Africa and Asia Patients were arriving with a rash on their legs
But it was one of Dr Suárez’s colleagues, paediatrician Rosela Obando, who noticed that while many of the adults had the rash, the children seemed to have avoidedSpeakinginfection.tothe migrants, they found out why.
Dr Suárez assumed they were the man’s grandchildren, but the migrant told him they were not related to him. The migrant said that the children’s mother, a Haitian woman whom he had met in the jungle, had asked him to take them to San Vicente because she no longer had the strength to walk.“The degree of desperation is such that a parent can hand over a child to a stranger,” explains Dr Suárez.Harrowing accounts of deadly crossingDrRoderick Chen-Camaño, a Panamanian epidemiologist with experience working with indigenous communities in the jungle, says he thought he was prepared for what he would encounter at the makeshift clinic.
“I didn’t think I would see anything new,” he says, before recalling how a Venezuelan migrant burst into tears when he told Dr Chen-Camaño what he hadThewitnessed.mansaid that he had been part of a group of migrants scaling the mountain range which separates Colombia from Panama when a Haitian woman collapsed. What happened next left the manThescarred.moment the woman’s husband realised she was dead, he threw one of their children over the cliff edge, the migrant said.
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“We only see a small part of what the migrants are experiencing,” she ponders.
The larvae die but the more a patient scratches the affected area, the worse the rash becomes as the broken skin can easily get infected by bacteria.
‘Too dehydrated to cry’ - a lethal trek for migrants
But Dr Suárez, who is from Venezuela, is happy he could at least offer some help to his fellow countrymen.Whilemost of those braving the Darién Gap last year were Haitians, it has been Venezuelans crossing in 2022. Many of them left Venezuela in recent years amid their country’s economic crisis and tried to eke out a living in other South American countries. But the strict lockdowns imposed during the Covid pandemic made it even harder for these migrants to get by, meaning that many of them are now heading north in search of new opportunities.Oneof the Venezuelan patients Dr Suárez treated at the clinic had an unusual rash on his feet and legs. The itchy, red lesions reminded the 67-year-old doctor of something he had not seen since he was a teenager visiting the Unare Lagoon in his native Venezuela.DrSuárez diagnosed the migrant, and more than 20 others who arrived shortly afterwards, with cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer’s itch. It is caused by parasitic larvae that are released into the water by snails. The tiny larvae burrow into swimmers’ skins, causing a rash.
Dr Yesenia Williams was so shocked by what she saw at a migrant reception centre just north of the notorious Darién Gap, she could not talk about it at first - even to her colleagues. “I did not expect so much suffering and so many difficulties,” recalls the paediatrician. In her nine days at the makeshift clinic in San Vicente, she and her colleagues would treat hundreds of exhausted migrants who had trekked through the dense jungle between Panama andThroughColombia. their tales, the doctors caught a glimpse of the struggle to survive on what has been described as the most treacherous part of the world’s most dangerous migrant route at the end of which, they hope to find sanctuary in the US. Warning: This article contains descriptions from the beginning which some readers may find upsetting.Itwasthe plight of the children who made the crossing which moved Dr Williams most. Some were so dehydrated that their eyes appeared sunken. When they cried, there were no tears, she recalls. Others were so disoriented that they could not remember their own names. “They have witnessed things they shouldn’t have,” she says of the violence and attacks some of the migrants suffer during the crossing.Green hell The Darién Gap is an expanse of 575,000 hectares (1.42 million acres) of thick rainforest which forms a natural barrier between South and Central America. There are no paved roads or marked paths to help navigate its lawless expanse, in which robberies and rapes are common. Despite the dangers, more and more migrants set off on foot on the 97km-trek (60 miles) across swamps and mountains, which can take more than a week to complete.Ofthe 133,000 migrants who are estimated to have crossed the Darien Gap last year, 30,000 were children. Many of those embarking on the dangerous crossing are families from Haiti, Cuba and Venezuela but Dr Williams says that she also saw children arriving on their own. In the nine days that the doctors spent in San Vicente, they treated some 500 of the migrants who made the crossing, 70 of whom they interviewed in depth. Handing children to strangers Dr José Antonio Suárez, an infectious disease specialist on the team, recalls tending to a 60-year-old Venezuelan man who was travelling with two children, aged four and five.
Parents often carry their children to prevent them from being swept away by the currents
In the Presidential election held on June 12, 1993, Alhaji Baba Gana Kingigbe (77), a Kanuri, my former boss, was elected as the running mate of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola GCFR (24 August 1937- 7 July 1998) and the duo were believed to have won that election.
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Thus, in 1900, Rabeh was defeated and killed by the French who were scrambling with the British and the Germans for the part of Africa. The ancient Bornu Kingdom was eventually partitioned between Britain, France and Germany, and today parts of it are found in the modern states of Niger, Chad, Cameroun and Nigeria but the Bornu kingdom survived to be part of Northern Nigeria. On May 27, 1967, General Yakubu Gowon (87) created North Eastern state along with Kano, Mid West, Lagos, Kaduna, Kwara, Cross River, Rivers, Benue/Plateau, East Central, Kaduna, Western and North Western state. The creation of North Eastern state by General Yakubu Gowon GCFR in 1967 was the greatest human gift given to the Kanuris. With that action, the Kanuris were able to cut off complete reliance on Kaduna. The Kanuris had an advantage here. The federal Permanent Secretary who headed the committee on creation of states by General Gowon was a Kanuri—Ibrahim Maina Damcida(May 15, 1933- June 12, 2012). Alhaji Damcida was born on the 15 May 1933, in Biu, Borno state. He had his education at the Westminster College, London, UK, 1954-1956;North-Western Polytechnic, London, UK, 1956-1958;Economic Development Institute of the World Bank, Washington DC, USA,1965; trainee Manager, John Holt, 1951-1953, accountant, Ministry of Trade and Industries, former Northern Region, 1959-1961, deputy Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industries, 19621965, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Trade, 1966-1971, Ministry of Defence, 1971-1975. General Gowon, GCFR, appointed Brigadier Musa Usman(1940-1991), son of a Kanuri soldier, Usman Karagiwa, who fought in the Burma war and whose mother was Igala as governor of the new state. Brigadier Usman who served as Governor between 1967 and 1975 later handed over to Colonel Muhammadu Buhari GCFR in 1975.When General Gowon GCFR, created the north eastern state, he did not name Maiduguri as the capital of the state; he gave that assignment to Brigadier Musa Usman. At that time, the state comprised of four provisional headquarters namely Bauchi, Maiduguri, Mubi and Yola. Upon his arrival to the state, Brigadier Usman then set up a committee to find a suitable capital for the new state. At a subsequent meeting of the indigenes of the State the position was fully explained. It was then decided that there was no alternative but that one of the existing provincial headquarters must be selected as the State’s permanent capital. Having regard to the basic necessities that are required in any capital of a state the committee unanimously agreed on the following criteria for selecting one of the four provincial headquarters to be the state capital:- Maximum availability of housing facilities; Maximum availability of communication, i.e., roads, rail, airport and telecommunication; and Maximum availability of water and electricity supply.
Rabeh’s rule was however short-lived. His reign fell within the period when the European scramble for and partition of Africa was at its climax. Rabeh’s main preoccupation therefore was to organize united resistance against European penetration. But his appeal for a joint jihad against European advance received no response either from the Sokoto caliphate which he had alienated by co-operating with a pretender to the Sokoto Sultanate or from Wadai which he had antagonized by his seizure of Baghirmi.
General Sani Abacha GCFR (20 September 1943- 8 June 1998) and Alhaji Bashir Tofa (20 June 1947- 3 January 2022) are both Kanuris. General Sani Abacha ruled Nigeria from 17 November, 1993- 8 June 1998) while Alhaji Tofa was the Presidential candidate of the National Republican Convention (NRC) in the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Alhaji Bashir Tofa’s running mate was Dr. Sylvester Uzor Ugoh from Umuokrika, Imo State. He was born on April 20, 1931, in Umuokrika, Imo State. He had his education at the Family College, Abak, 1947-1951, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA, 1955-1959, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 1959-1961, 1963-1964; Lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1961-1966, deputy Director, Economic Development Institute , University of Nigeria, 1966-1972, executive Director, SKOUP and Company( Management Consultants), 1973, member, Constituent Assembly, 1977-1978, Minister of Science and Technology, 1979-1982. In retrospect, it was in June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, that the spotlight was more on the Kanuris than at any period. Both the Presidential Candidate of the NRC, Alhaji Bashir Tofa and the running mate of the SDP, Alhaji Baba Gana Kingigbe were both Kanuris. Incidentally, thirty years after the annulment of that election, another Presidential election will, hopefully, hold next February, with a Kanuri as running mate again.”
The committee was served by Mallam Yahaya Abubakar of the Ministry of Education, Kaduna as Secretary. Mallam Yahaya Abubakar later became Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, Lagos.
Alhaji Bashir TofaAlhaji Waziri Ibrahim
The Military Governor accepted the above advice and, in order to achieve maximum fairness and neutrality, appointed the following experts all of whom are non-indigenes of the state:Mr F. Fraser of the United Africa Company (Chairman);Mallam M. T. Usman, Chief Civil Engineer, Ministry of Works, Kaduna (Member); (iii) Dr M. Shamsuddin of the World Health Organisation (Member).
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The committee then advised the Military Governor to appoint a body of experts to carry on with the exercise of selecting a state capital using the above criteria as their terms of reference.
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Alhaji Ibrahim listed the aims and objectives of the party as to promote and sustain the unity of Nigeria and uphold her territorial integrity, to work for the integration and equality of the peoples of Nigeria without regard to ethnic affiliation, religion or sex, to work for equal opportunity for all Nigerians to participate in every aspect of national life and to promote political, social and economic equality of all sections of Nigeria, to work for full employment of Nigeria’s manpower and natural resources with a view to building a self-reliant economy, to promote the just and equitable distribution of the fruits of economic development among persons and states of Nigeria, to work towards free and high quality education at all levels and to work for a secular state which upholds democracy, the rule of law and freedom of worship.
A few days later the NPP broke up. The breakup was not caused by political ideology but by Presidential ambition. The Zikists in the NPP especially Chief Adeniran Ogunsanya, Chief Olu Akifosile, Chief Raphael Ben Keshi Okafor alias Nwanmadu and others wanted Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe to be the Presidential candidate of the party. On the other hand, Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim, having invested so much in the party, wanted the Presidential ticket of the party. In the end, he opted out and formed his own party, the Great Nigeria People’s Party, GNPP. Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim played the card of regionalism and concentrated his efforts on Gongola and Borno state. He had followership in the Cross River state thanks to Chief Matthew Tawo Mbu (20 November 1929-6 February 2012) from Okundi in Cross River state. Chief Obiekwe told me later that they wanted Dr. Azikiwe to be the Presidential candidate so as to secure the Igbo votes for Chief Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo (82) to be the governor of Anambra state and Chief Samuel Onunaka Mbakwe (1929-2004) from Avutu, Etiti to be governor in Imo state. In the 1979 general election, the GNPP had eight senators--Alhaji Idrisa Kadi, Mr Bukar Sanda, Mr Jafaru Manga and Mr Umaru Lawan Barma(Borno), Mr George Daniel and Prince Joseph Ansa (Cross River), Pastor Luka Zanyasing, Mr Bitrus B. Kajal and Alhaji Mahmud Waziri(Gongola state). In the House of Representatives election, the GNPP had forty-four seats, twenty-two in Borno, one in Bauchi, eight in Gongola, four in Cross River, one in Kaduna, one in Kwara and six in Sokoto.In the Presidential election, Alhaji Ibrahim Waziri scored 1,686,489 votes out of a total of 16, 846,633 votes. Those elected on the platform of GNPP for the House of Representatives were Alhaji Abba Ali(Bama), M. Bulama Ali(Fune), Ibrahim M. Ali(Maiduguri), Alhaji Gambo(Gujba), Omar Bukar(Ngala East), Alhaji Muhammadu Dagari(Nguru Central), Alhaji Kachalla Damaturu(Damaturu), M. Barde Gadaka(Fika South), , Alhaji Jidda Haruna(Munguno), Mohammed Zanna Waziri Juggal(Dambo’a), Alhaji Sanda Konduga(Konduga), Tijani Lawan(Ngala West), Umar Lawan(Miaduguri), Bukar Limambe(Kukawa North-West), Maina Ma’aji(Kukawa South-East), Audu Mbicho(Gwoza), M. Bukar Mele(Matchina), Paul K.D. Mshelia(Biu South), Hamza M. Nganjiwa(Biu North), Lawal Omar(Kaga), A.A. Suleiman(Bade), Alhaji Idrissa Madi Tikau(Fika North), Agwana Apagu Waba(Askira Uba) and Kolo Lawan Yusuf(Geidam North).
In addition to the criteria as terms of reference the experts felt that it was necessary, for the purpose of completeness, to include issues of health and commercial and industrial considerations in the exercise, In the course of carrying out their assignment the experts studied documents for facts and figures and visited all the four provincial headquarters, namely, Bauchi, Maiduguri, Mubi and Yola. After carefully considering the facts and figures the experts came to the conclusion that Maiduguri was the best suited for state capital and recommended accordingly.
The written statement distributed at the launching ceremony by Chief Mo Obiekwe, my friend, had 42 names and their states of origin. The names listed included Mr Solomon Lar-Plateau, Mr. Matthew Tawo Mbu-Cross River, Chief J. Edewor-Bendel, Alhaji Yusufu Dan TsohoKaduna, Chief Adeniran Ogunsanya- Lagos, Dr. Obi Wali-Rivers and Mr Joe Asogwa-Anambra. Others include Alhaji Ado Ibrahim-Kano, Dr Ben Nzeribe-Imo, Alhaji Megida Lawal-Kwara, Chief Theophilus Benson-Lagos, Chief Basil OkwuAnambra, Mr Paul Unongo-Benue, Dr. Omo Omoruyi- Bendel, Chief Kolawole Balogun-Oyo, Mr Sam Mbakwe-Imo, Chief Olu AkinfosileOndo, Chief Samuel Onitiri-Lagos and Alhaji Jafaru Mango-Borno.
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At an early stage of the exercise one of these ad hoc committees recommended that a central and virgin place, like Dadin Kowa or Buni, should be the site for the state capital. This was because for sectional reasons the committee failed to agree on any of the provincial headquarters. The Military Governor considered this recommendation and, after discussion with the authorities concerned including those of the Federal Military Government, found that it was impossible to implement. On the question of finance alone he was made to understand that it would take many years before the North-Eastern State could afford the money with which to build such a capital. On 18th March, 1968, Brigadier Usman accepted the experts’ recommendation and selected Maiduguri as the permanent capital of the State.TheKanuris no doubt fought hard to make sure Maiduguri was the state capital. Top Kanuris that fought hard to make Maiduguri the state capital include Kashim Ibrahim, a famous business man, Alhaji Mai Deribe, who died on March 13, 2002 and Alhaji Musa Daggash, a top civil servant at that time. He used all his contacts in government to make sure Maiduguri was made the state Alhajicapital.Musa Daggash attended Higher College, Katsina, 1934-1938, University of Oxford, England, 1950-1951, University of Manchester, England, 1960-1961; joined Department of Forestry, 1938-1959, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Mines and Power, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transport, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence, retired, 1969, later chairman Defence Industries Corporation, General Manager, Chad Basin Development Authority, member, Constituent Assembly, 1977-1978, and Commissioner, Local Government Service Board, Borno State, 1978. Alhaji Daggash was a detribalised Nigerian; his best friend was Chief Amusa Matthew Tiamiyu, a top civil servant from Iperu in Ogun state. Borno state became a state out of North East on February 3, 1976 following the directive of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed (8 November 1938 – 13 February 1976), ten days before he was assassinated. He created Borno, Bauchi and Gongola out of North Eastern state. Borno State has been inhabited for years by various ethnic groups, including the Dghwede, Glavda, Guduf, Laamang, Mafa and Mandara in the central region; the Afade, Yedina (Buduma), and Kanembu in the extreme northeast; the Waja in the extreme south; and the Kyibaku, Kamwe, Kilba, Margi groups and Babur in the south while the Kanuri and Shuwa Arabs live throughout the state’s north and centre. On September 20, 1978, General Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR lifted the ban on political activities. Less than twenty-four hours after, Chief Obafemi Awolowo (6 March 1909- 9 May 1987) launched his Unity Party Of Nigeria, whose cardinal Programme was free education at all level, etc. A new party was however formed on September 22, 1978. Called the Nigerian People’s Party, it is a fusion of three groups. The groups are the National Union Council, Club 19 and the Council for National Unity and Progress. Although the party has not picked a leader, Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim read a written statement to reporters at the launching ceremony at 8, Ojuelegba Street, Surulere- the party’s offices. “We of the Nigerian People’s Party offer our services to this country in the firm belief that programme will fulfil the hopes and aspirations of our people”.
I have personally worked with many Kanuris in the central government including Dr. Buka Usman, Dr Kaigama, who were both Permanent Secretaries in the central government at that time. There are other notable Kanuris whom I have not captured in this piece and who have rendered notable services to this country.
The party believes that ultimate power belongs to the people and in respect for the sanctity of human life. It also believes that every state in the Federation”shall enjoy the same and enjoy the same and equal status and opportunity as well as in the principle of creation of more states in the country. He announced that the party “is open to every Nigeria citizen” and added that “this is a momentous opportunity to usher in a new era of hope, stability and progress.”
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As part of its efforts to empower Nigerian youths in the game of football, a high rising football club in Abuja, Paul E Football Club has formally unveiled its Women team. The team according to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the club Somtochukwu Chikebebe is aimed at removing the girl child from the street and empowering them using the game of football. He said that girls who are within the the ages of 15 to 18 years will be encouraged to combine the game with their education to ensure that they are properly positioned for the future.He said that the team will be professionally managed alongside the male team that are already participating in the NLO Division 2 League. He promised to ensure that the team participates in various developmental programs within the country and outside. “this is the major reason why we have brought in quality hands in Women Football to thinker the team. We have Jumbo Lastborn as the Head coach, National U.17 Assistant coach Adanna Nwaneri and National U20 Assistant coach Bilikisu Tijani as the Assistants. Ngozi Ezeh will be Team Manager of the team” he concluded.
By Uche Nnorom, Makurdi V ice Chairman, Lobi Stars FC,Makurdi Mr. Dominic Iorfa has frowned at the attitude of staff who embarked on protest last weekend. It could be recalled that some staff mostly coaches, carried placards to Government House, demanding payment of owedDuringsalaries.ameeting held at the mainbowl of the Aper Aku Stadium yesterday, Iorfa who doubles as the Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the club, said after the protest,he called the chairman of the team, Engr. Benson Abounu (Deputy Governor) and then conveyed a meeting of all aggrieved staff asking them to present their letter of appointment. He regretted that most of those who protested refused adamantly and deliberately to attend the meeting, even as they mutilated their letters of appintment. Iorfa particularly decried over the manner one of the media officer (name withheld)who spearheaded the protest, had in a text message to him, acknowledged the payment of his salary uptil August. However, three others said to be coaches of the feeder teams who attended the meeting with their letters of appointment, claimed that they are been owed between five and six months, maintaining that no letter of disengagement was ever served to them.But Secretary of the Club Mr. Saawuan Terhemen read a letter dated 20th April, 2022 terminating the appintment of staff on assumption of the Iorfa administration, Saddened by development in the club, Principal Special Assistant to Governor Samuel Ortom on Sports and Youth Affairs, a former Super Eagles coach Chief Godwin Uwua lauded the chairman for rescuing the team from relegation. He said ‘It is unfortunate what is happening in the club at a time when it should focus on recruitment of quality players for the next season. I urge VC fires back At Protesters, vows to terminate appointment of staff fail to attend meeting
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The team’s performances have cut the attentions of the stakeholders in the tournament with many believing that the club is established for future greatness. In an interview in Abuja on Monday, Motivator Suleiman Yunusa said he was not surprised with the attitude and performances of the players adding that the club is established to bring a new face to handball “I want to first and foremost commend the players and technical crew for the great job they are doing there in the competition.
“We keep growing along in the competition and will continue to push ahead,’ he said. The Abuja boys ha e this recorded a draw, win and a loss in their there games so far. They drew against Benue Buffaloes, won Nasarawa Ambassador 30-21 before their narrow defeat on Monday.PovertyFighters will continue their fairytale show at the ongoing 3rd edition of the North-Central Handball Championship on Tuesday with a clash against Plateau Vipers by 7:30amMeanwhile, the Managing Director, Poverty Fighters Handball Club, Abuja, Motivator Suleiman Yunusa has lauded the team’s performance at the ongoing championship in Makurdi, Benue State. The club, established in January 2022, made their official competitive debut on Saturday when they took on Prudent Energy Handball Premier League side, Benue Buffaloes in the opening match of the championship.Althoughthey drew the match 20-20, they defeated Nasarawa Ambassador 30-21 on Tuesday and narrowly lost 29-27 against another Premier League side, Niger United.
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poor finishing, hard luck and dodgy officiating by Costa Rican official Marianela Araya saw the Nigeria U20 girls bow out of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup with a two-goal defeat by The Netherlands in their quarterfinal match in Alajuela,” NFF said.“Flourish Sabastine, who scored Nigeria’s three-point winner against France in the opening match of Group C, was cynically stopped in the Dutch’s box in the 7th minute, but just as she did all night, Araya looked away unimpressed,” the NFF said.
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Four minutes later, the Dutch were ahead, when Zera Hulswit rammed a perfect dipping shot beyond Omini Oyono as the conquerors of USA pulled away on the counter-attack.
Abuja-based handball club and debutants in the ongoing 3rd edition of NorthCentral Handball Championship, Poverty Fighters on Monday morning showed gallantry and stoicism as they lost narrowly to Prudent Energy Handball Premier League side, Niger United on Minna, Niger State In a match watched by a handful of spectators and officials in Makurdi, Benue State, the Poverty Fighters lost the grip of the game, out of respect though, in the first period with a score of 17-10.
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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has blamed the exit of Nigeria’s female U-20 football team, the Falconets from the ongoing 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica on “litany of factors” including bad refereeing and poor finishing The Falconets who were optimistic of a semi-final berth succumbed to a two first-half goals by the Europeans and got their already flourishing campaign punctured. In a release after the match signed by its head of communication, Ademola Olajire, the federation noted that poor finishing, hard luck as well as unfavorable decisions by the Costa Rican official Marianela Araya saw the Nigeria U-20 bow out of the tournament “A litany of factors, including South-East Badminton in collaboration with Community Sport and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative recently held a two-day badminton clinic at St Theresa’s College Nsukka ( Enugu State). The grassroots outreach training was coordinated by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria zonal representative in the South East, Obiageli Edoga Solaja, and some badminton coaches in the Nsukka zone. The clinic had in attendance students from 10 secondary schools and 12 games masters and mistresses from secondary schools in the Nsukka zone of Enugu State. It is the first training event that is jointly held by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) and CSED Initiative, as part of the two years’ grassroots badminton development programme that was signed in April 2022. The goal of the two-day training event is to build the capacity of the games masters/ mistresses at the grassroots level and to provide Nigerian children/ youths with access to learn the basic skills and technicalities that is required to develop their talent in badminton. Students from five boys’ schools and five girls’ schools in the Nsukka zone attended the event. The boys’ schools are; St Theresa’s College, Nsukka High School, Urban Boys Secondary School Nsukka and Community Secondary School Nru. The girls’ schools are; St Cyprian’s Girls Secondary School, St Cyprian’s Special School, Urban Girls Secondary School and Queen of the Rosary Secondary School Nsukka.
In the 15th minute, Sabastine again pulled away and let fly, but the ball was tipped away by impressive goal-tender Claire DinklaOn the half-hour, Nigeria nearly got the leveller that their endeavour deserved when Deborah Abiodun seized the ball as the Dutch defence fell into confusion, but her own dipping shot from 25 metres rocked the crossbar and was then tipped away from the head of Chiamaka Okwuchukwu. Only three minutes later, the deficit doubled against Nigeria, when the Dutch broke through the right once more, and with captain Oluwatosin Demehin and Omowumi Oshobukola in a fumble, Ziva Henry bundled the ball past SubstituteOyono.JoyJerry came close to pulling one back when her head met the ball from Rofiat Imuran’s cross in the 62nd minute, but the ball floated away. Sabastine, forever unstoppable, was hacked severally in the Dutch penalty area as she darted in whenever she had the ball, but Araya saw no reason to award a penalty kick to Nigeria.The federation further noted that “In the second minute of added time, a Dutch defender handled the ball in the box as Nigeria poured forward. But after consulting the Video Assistant Referee, Araya overturned her own decision to award a penalty kick.”The “defeat meant elimination for a team that had won all three group phase matches, scoring five goals and conceding only one.”
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However, the Fighters grew in strength and resurgency in the second period to the dismay of their established opponents. Through determination and classis tactical manoeuvring, the Fighters clawed back into the match with mesmerizing display. From 17-10 down in the first period, they narrowed the scoreline to 29-27 in the final whistle to the utmost relief of the Minna based opponents. In his post match reaction, Coach Abdullahi Jibrin said the result was disappointing but added that Niger United’s experience came handy in the latter stage of the “Itgamewas a disappointing result for us. The boys deserve a draw in this match but our opponents hand the upper hand in the closing stages due to experience.
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Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU ) has gone for broke with its declaration of indefinite strike, ending its roll-over strategy since its February 14, 2022 call out of lecturers in public universities.
The Lecturers are being backed to the wall as federal government negotiators, its spokespersons and critics, mainly on social and print media, project ASUU members as self serving, over indulged and lacking empathy for their students. The broadcast media are not left out as the ASUU strike has been subject of discussion and phone-in programmes on radio and television stations. Editorial writers and Columnists are having a field day, pontificating on the face-off. The initial groundswell of support for ASUU is gradually giving way to a weariness-induced attitude of ‘ e don do ‘ (enough is enough) by a growing segment of the public. It is understandable. Those who have been largely parents, in absentia, are being compelled to be parents, in situ, for six continuous months and many are not finding it easy. It has occasioned frayed nerves at the family level. Yet, neither the federal government nor ASUU is yielding substantive ground.
It was expected but Cameron Smith’s departure to LIV Golf remains a sickening blow to the PGA Tour and those seeking to preserve the sport’s status quo. The Australian’s defection is the most significant since Dustin Johnson’s springtime change of heart.Having pledged his future to the established circuit, the American was swayed by LIV’s millions in time for their opening event in June. This prompted the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Patrick Reed to also abandon the preeminent tour in men’sButgolf.Johnson is 38 and has not won since collecting his second major at the 2020 Masters. DeChambeau and Koepka have been beset by debilitating injuries and Reed’s form and popularity are in decline.European recruits such as Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia are well past their prime. Paul Casey, in his mid-40s with a dodgy back, decided to cash in while he Smithcould.is different. The Australian is 29 and number two in the world. He is at the height of his powers.The Queenslander is popular with fans; a modest, down-toearth figure with endearing larrikin qualities and a game of a quality that is only very sparingly conferred by golfing gods. How the PGA Tour would have loved to have celebrate fully its newly incentivised calendar at its opening event next year. But it cannot.Itwill be a Tournament of Champions without its defending champion, even though the Hawaii event is now worth $15m (£12.9m). Smith, who shot a record-breaking 34-under-par to take that title this year, will instead be living the LIV life.
The union of academics must have decided to force issues, considering that in recent times, a momentum has been building up against the six month old strike by ASUU that has grounded academic activities in publicly owned universities across the nation.
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DEADLOCK, STALEMATE. Then, ASUU, apparently to bring issues to a head, decided to declare a comprehensive, indefinite strike, apparently for issues to be resolved, once and for all. It is A DARE, a SHOWDOWN - literally taunting the federal government : bring em on ! FGN – ASUU are in a vice-grip, as it were. What gives ? Will it be a sledge-hammer response from government or a compromise ? Does ASUU have a strong case and an appropriate strategy ? Yes, ASUU has a strong case but its strategy has come under attack. There is general consensus that ASUU’s agitation for better funding of universities is a laudable cause . What has been largely contentious is the strategy. Retired Prof. Jide Osuntokun, a distinguished academic and administrator, described a situation where ASUU has continued to deploy the strike weapon, futilely, for decades as ‘’ madness ‘’. Prof. Funso Famuyiwa, a professor of medicine, in an 11-item reaction to Osuntokun’s prognosis, had pointed out that as at 2010, the federal government owned 37 universities and many other tertiary institutions but noted that (President Goodluck) ‘’ Jonathan went on to establish several more as (President Muhammadu) Buhari after him has also done. ‘’. ‘’ Isn’t there some Madness in All of this ? ‘’, asked Prof. Famuyiwa. Of course, it is madness to establish many more universities when you cannot properly fund existing ones. And that is the crux of the matter, funding. So, it is ASUU ‘madness’ versus governments’ ‘madness’, because state governors, who also frivolously establish new universities, are part of this ‘madness’. But there is some rationality to ASUU’s ‘madness’ of repetitive adoption of strike action because it has never been a precipitate first option. Over the years, the federal government, starting from the Obasanjo military regime, has avariciously gobbled many institutions, without the capacity to run them effectively because, according to Prof. Famuyiwa, ‘’ it wants to CONTROL everything ! ‘’. Yet, ministers of the federal government could still be prancing around, in the public arena, in self righteous indignation, trying to demonise ASUU. Where is the sense of responsibility for the problem they, ab initio, created ? There is the laughable incitement attributed to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that students should sue their lecturers for going on strike ! That is ‘ alawada ‘ (comedian) talk. Many, like Prof. Osuntokun, have had sweeping condemnation of ASUU’s deployment of strike as weapon of negotiation, implying it had been a failure. I think that is specious, uncharitable and a spurious generalization. First, it is not the case that successive ASUU executives just wake up one day and precipitately declare strike. They first engage government in dialogue, sometime protracted dialogue. It is when dialogue is deadlocked, agreement reached but not signed or terms of agreement not substantially implemented that strike becomes the last option. That has, often, been the sequence. And, really, has successive, anti-quality education Nigerian governments been amenable to reason ? To conclude that the strike option has been a failure is an exercise in mischief. There has been gains. The tertiary education funding agency, TETFUND, is a standout achievement from ASUU strikes as that agency has been instrumental to the limited infrastructure development in federal and state universities and academic manpower training through scholarships for postgraduate studies and for research. Still on the contentious efficacy of the strike option, isn’t it the norm that government officials often come into Presidentsometotherefore,aasarroganceandnegotiationinteraction/relationship/withorganizationsthepeoplewithbloatedandcondescension,iftheyaredoingthepeoplefavour?Strikeormilitancy,seemtobethelanguagespeaktogovernmenttogetunderstanding.(apologytoMuhammaduBuhari)WhyisASUUshowdownwith
Why ASUU showdown with government is justified
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government, with its indefinite strike, justified ? It is justified on the basis of the tottering state of Nigeria’s education system, in totality, from primary to tertiary level. It is a dilapidated house due for reconstruction, sparing it outright demolition. This strike may be the opportunity for such re-building. Now, let us look at a few indices of the decadence in Nigeria’s education system. Nigeria, the giant of Africa, is conspicuously missing from the World Education Forum’s list of the top 10 African countries with best education system in its 2022 report. That list has Seychelles as number one, South Africa, second ; Ghana 7th; Namibia 9th and war-torn Libya 10th position ! Nigeria is also not on the list of the top 10 African countries with highest literacy rate, topped by Equitorial Guinea with 95.30 percent ; South Africa, second with 94.3 percent literacy rate ; Libya, fifth at 91.00 percent ; Zimbabwe, whose late president, Robert Mugabe, Nigerian illinformed commentators like to disparage, has 86.50 percent literacy rate , placing it 8th in Africa. Nigeria’s literacy rate is put at 62.00 percent, but with 10.5 million out of school children, aged 5-14, the highest in Africa and second highest in the world , after India !!. The cake is with university ranking that justifies ASUU’s agitation. Nigeria is listed as having the highest number of universities in Africa – at 262 – followed by Tunisia, 204 ; Morocco , 153. Others in the top 10 are 4. Kenya, 129 ; 5. South Africa, 123 ; 6. Algeria, 104 ; 7. Ethiopia 73 ; 8. Egypt 70 ; 9. Ghana 70 and 10. Uganda 69. However, while Nigeria has the highest number of universities in Africa, in the Times Higher Education’s World University Ranking 2022, it is only the University of Ibadan that is ranked among the top 10 universities in the continent – and that in the 10th position ! South Africa, which has less than half the number of Nigerian universities - 123 to 262 – has the top three best universities in the continent : 1. University of Cape Town ; 2. Stellenbosch University and 3. University of Witwatersrand. In fact, among the top 10, South Africa has five – the additional two being 5. University of KwazuluNatal and 9. Durban University of Technology. Ghana’s University of Cape Coast is ranked fourth. This graphically shows that for Nigeria, university education is long in quantity, but very short in quality. And this is what ASUU struggle is all about – restoring quality to university education in Nigeria, particularly federal and state owned universities .
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