70 CHANGE OF NAME
CHANGE OF NAME
DEKE
ADIO
I formerly known and addressed as Miss Deke Comfort Msurshima, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Wendeh Comfort Msurshima. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.
AFOLAMI
I formerly known and addressed as Miss Olubunmi Lydia Afolami, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Olubunmi Lydia Abidoye. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.
KANU
I formerly known as Miss Ihedinachi Kanu, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Ihedinachi Onwuchekwa. All former documents remain valid. NYSC general public should please take note.
ADEBIYI I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Adebiyi, Aderonke Alice, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Adeparusi, Aderonke Alice. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
ONIPEDE
I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Onipede, Olayinka Rosemary, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Akinyemi, Olayinka Rosemary. All former documents remain valid. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State and general public should take note.
ADEYEMI
I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Adeyemi, Ramat Joy, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Akeredolu, Ramat Joy. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public should take note.
ALISIGWE I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Alisigwe Chinelo Cynthia, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Neboh Cynthia Chinelo. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
ABOEFI I, formerly known and addressed as Aboefi Vitalis now wish to be known and addressed as Nwachukwu Chukwuka Vitalis. All former documents remain valid. Passport Office and the general public take note.
CORRECTION Please note that Miss Adobi Chinenye Azozie as contained in insertion/slot No. 6 under CHANGE OF NAME column at page 67 of the Nation on Sunday of 06/11/2011 is not one and the same person and has no relationship whatsoever with one Mrs Adobi Chinenye Azozie as contained in the insertion/slot No 7 of the same publication of the Newspaper.
ALAGBE I formerly known and addressed as Dr. Miss Olusola Ayodele Alagbe, now wish to be known and addressed as Dr. Mrs Olusola Ayodele Oyegbile. All former documents remain valid. Nigerian Medical And Dental Council, NYSC and the general public should please take note.
AJEWOLE
I formerly known and addressed as Ajewole Femi, now wish to be known and addressed as Agbetiloye Jacob Olufemi. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.
NWOBODO I formerly known and addressed as Miss Blessing Ngozi Nwobodo, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Blessing Ngozi Ihemeje. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.
MOHAMMED I formerly known and addressed as Miss Husseina Mohammed, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Abdulmuminu Musa. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.
ADEFARATI
I formerly known and addressed as Miss Adefarati Mary Adebola, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Onasogun Mary Adebola. All former documents remain valid. Federal Civil Service Commission Abuja and the general public should please take note.
IGBATIGBI I formerly known and addressed as Mr. Igbatigbi Monday, now wish to be known and addressed as Mallam Igbatigbi Momolawal. All former documents remain valid. Nigeria Police force Authority and general public take note.
I,formerly known and addressed as Miss Adio Olufunmilayo Anike, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Adegoke Olufunmilayo Anike. All former documents remain valid. Local government Service Commission ,Orolu Local Government and general public take note.
SIMON
I,formerly known and addressed as Miss Simon Janet Funmilayo, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Adewumi Janet Funmilayo. All former documents remain valid. Nursing and Midwifery of Nigeria and general public take note.
OGUNDIPE I,formerly known and addressed as Miss Ogundipe Hellen Fayokemi, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Anifowose Hellen Fayokemi. All former documents remain valid. Broadcasting Service Ekiti State and general public take note.
FATODU I formerly known and addressed as Miss Fatodu Ayokunmi Kikelomo, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Aluko Ayokunmi Kikelomo. All former documents remain valid. Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission and general public take note.
AFOLABI I formerly known and addressed as Miss Afolabi Abimbola Olayemi, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Bamidele Abimbola Folasade. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public take note.
OLORUNFEMI I formerly known and addressed as Miss Olorunfemi Oluwakemi, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Kazeem-Jimoh Mariam Oluwakemi. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Nigeria PLC and general public take note.
OLOTIN I formerly known and addressed as Miss Olotin, Ibukun Victoria, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Adeniji Ibukun Victoria. All former documents remain valid. Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board and general public take note.
OLOWOYO I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Olowoyo, Oluseye Oyebamiji, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Olowokakoko Oluseye Oyebamiji. All former documents remain valid. Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission and general public take note.
ALAO
I,formerly known and addressed as Miss Alao, Oluwatoyin Ayotunde, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Akingbulugbe Oluwatoyin Ayotunde. All former documents remain valid. Ekiti State Local Governments Service Commission and general public take note.
ETONYEAKU
I,formerly known and addressed as Miss Etonyeaku Joy Chinasa, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Stanley Chikezie U. Joy Chinasa. All former documents remain valid. Isi-Alangwa North Local Govt. and general public take note.
IFAYEFUNMI
I,formerly known and addressed as Miss Ifayefunmi Iyadunni Doris, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Akindoyeni Iyadunni Doris. All former documents remain valid. NYSC, OOU and general public take note.
EFAKWU I,formerly known and addressed as Miss Efakwu Naomi, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Ojeh Efakwu Noami. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.
SAMUEL I,formerly known and addressed as Samuel Stephen Akinbola, now wish to be known and addressed as Sowole Stephen Akinbola. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
SAMUEL
I,formerly known and addressed as Samuel Oladiran Michael, now wish to be known and addressed as Sowole Oladiran Michael. All former documents remain valid. General public ADVERT: Simply produce your marriage certificate or sworn affidavit for a change of name publication, with just (N3,500.) The payment can be made through FIRST BANK of Nigeria Plc. Account number 1892030011219 Account Name - VINTAGE PRESS LIMITED Scan the details of your advert and teller to -gbengaodejide@yahoo.com or thenation_advert@yahoo.com For enquiry please contact: Gbenga on 08052720421, 08161675390, Emailgbengaodejide @yahoo.com or our offices nationwide. Note this! Change of name is now published every Sundays, all materials should reach us two days before publication.
THE NATION ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011
Essay
Bayelsa State: the path to greatness •Continued from Page 16 That was the real beginning of the process of disarmament and rehabilitation. Some of the militants readily accepted and took advantage of the state government’s policy of wealth creation and empowerment. Today, some of the former militants are participating in the state government sponsored ICT training programmes in India and Norway. While these frameworks were being put in place to provide peace and security, with the ultimate desire to usher in a new dawn of sustainable development, some professional arm chair and twisting critics came up with a cheap propaganda, blackmail and unfounded insinuations against the governor of cuddling militants. Sylva did not bother about the allegation, he rather took the allegation with philosophical calmness and remained focus in prosecuting his agenda for sustainable peace and security. The good news today is that, he has been vindicated as the Federal Government has borrowed the “Tripple E” principle which has formed the basis of the amnesty deal, an olive-branch offered by the federal government of Nigeria. On promoting political harmony in the state, one of the bold steps he took was to bring together all stakeholders and honored illustrious sons and daughters at a colorful ceremony on Saturday August 25, 2007. According to Sylva, “we consider it as a step in the right direction to achieving our corporate dreams of a peaceful, united and progressive Bayelsa State to recognize our talents and celebrate those sons and daughters of the soil that have excelled in their different callings and thereby making us proud as a people.” To achieve this intention of government of unity, out of the 19 members of his first cabinet he had only five, the others were given to different political groups. This is a rare benevolence, which cannot come by in Nigerian politics characterized by greed and thirst for power. To crown it all he did not mince words when he spoke in different fora on the need for leaders of Niger Delta to be honest and transparent in their service to the people. According to him, this will not only provide the panacea for peace but would also bring about the much needed sustainable development in the region. First, the state government keyed into the 7-point development agenda of the Federal government and went a step further to come up with its own 10-point development plan revolving around; fiscal discipline, infrastructural development, human capacity building and putting in place a framework for trans-
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parency and good governance. To achieve this policy essence, he set up the Due Process Office, the Bayelsa Expenditure and Income Transparency initiative (BEITI), the Multistakeholders Co-ordinating Committee, Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the bottom –totop approach to governance, which are key indicators of transparency and good governance. On infrastructural development, Sylva has proved himself as a good student of development studies. He identified lack of policy continuity as one of the bane of development in Africa and other developing countries in the world. He therefore preoccupied himself with the need to complete all abandoned projects, inherited from his predecessors, which are critical to the needs and development of the people. Among the projects he inherited which have been completed include: the new government house lodge known as the glory land castle, the State Secretariat Annex, Revenue House, the new Bayelsa State House of Assembly complex, the civil servants clinic at the new secretariat complex and the expansion and completion of a recreational park known as the Boro park. In addition to that, Sylva embarked on personal projects like the massive construction of about fifty internal roads to open up the rural nature of Yenagoa and its environs. Other key projects are the Opolo cottage hospital, rehabilitation of schools, upgrading of facilities at the state owned Niger Delta University, which has led to the accreditation of some faculties in the university, the procurement of a Gas turbine to boost electricity supply in the state, just to mention but a few. According to former President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere who aptly said, “While the great pow-
ers are getting to the moon, we in Africa are trying to get to the villages.” Sylva believes that we must first open up our rural areas with infrastructure and social amenities like roads, light and water before any meaningful investors can come in to do business. No doubt, Yenagoa the state capital is wearing an unprecedented new look. However, the question on the lips of those watching events in Bayelsa State is, what then is slowing down the pace of development in Bayelsa state, in spite of the enormous natural resources the state is endowed with? What is the problem of the state with people and characters that have demonstrated world class excellence in their various fields of human endeavor? It is a general consensus that the problem is nothing but the pull-down syndrome, which has become a common feature among the political class. In other words the political class take delight in running down its own leaders. The case of former governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha’s impeachment with the grand conspiracy of his own people is still very fresh in the memories of Bayelsans. One is not here redeeming Alamieyeseigha or sweeping his imperfections under the carpet. However, the manner in which his own people betrayed him with the Biblical thirty pieces of silver remains a sad reminder and black spot on the quest for a united Bayelsa State. One could also recall that when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was announced as Vice President Nominee, a group of persons under the aegis of concerned Bayelsans immediately went to the press. They took a full page paid advertorial in Thisday newspaper rejecting Dr. Jonathan’s nomination, stating and threatening that if the nomination was not reversed, militancy in the Niger Delta will assume
an unimaginable ascendancy. Like Hosanna in the highest as a political culture, the same characters who did not want Dr. Jonathan to be Vice President are flocking around him, and creating imaginary problems between the President and Governor Sylva. The same characters and methods have been employed to pulldown Governor Sylva. One is not saying Governor Timipre Sylva is an angel and perfect. What one is saying is that, to take the state to greater heights they must look beyond selfish and primordial interest and stop pulling down their leaders. They should rather see themselves as a people bound by a common history of deprivation and work together to attain the vision of their founding fathers. This is the time they must be reminded that there is unity in strength. What should concern Bayelsans is to rally round President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Timipre Sylva to build a greater Bayelsa State and anything short of this will render the state big losers. Remind those who belong to various political groups the political experience of Anambra State in the Second Republic. In that era, Anambra was fortunate to have Dr. Alex Ekwueme as Vice President and Chief Jim Nwobodo as governor of the state. Many development projects eluded Anambra as a result of the political difference between Dr. Ekwueme and Chief Nwobodo orchestrated by the booth leaking politicians that were lurking around the two political gladiators. Many Anambrarians regretted that episode. The reason is simple: rather than attracting development projects to the state by virtue of the vantage position of Vice President Ekwueme, the political class were busy dissipating their energies on who get what and who belongs where. No doubt, Anambra State missed that golden opportunity of attracting development, particularly to tackle the frightening erosion and dilapidated federal roads. Bayelsa political leaders should learn a lesson from that event, such a lesson will definitely help the state to reposition itself in the scheme of things. The current war drum over the PDP guber primary is quite unfortunate and shameful President Goodluck Jonathan is a fine gentle man with beautiful spirit, who mean well for Nigeria. This is the time Bayelsans have to redirect their God given energies and talents to ensure that Dr. Goodluck Jonathan succeeds in building a more united and prosperous Nigeria. The glory will not only go to Dr. Jonathan but to all the people of Bayelsa State. Jonah Okah is a lawyer and Journalist based in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.