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Ultimatum to Warri refinery: Ughelli North LG boss refutes media report
Delta Dep Speaker lauds Rotary Club of Asaba on humanitarian service
BY FESTUS AHON
BY TOMMY ANADUAKA
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GHELLI—CHAIRMAN of Ughelli North Local Government Transition Committee, Delta State, Chief Friday Akpoyibo, has dissociated himself from recent media reports, calling for the sack of the Deport Manager, Warri Refinery, Engr Ali Abdallah, over alleged non-release of 50 trucks of kerosene to flood victims in the state. A group, Almagamation of Oil Producing Communities Youths, AOPCY, had in a media report, accused Engr Abdallah of not releasing 50 trucks of kerosene approved for flood victims in the state by Managing Director of Petroleum Products Marketing Company, PPMC. Describing the group as faceless and non-existent, Akpoyibo, said that the group has no power to shut down oil facilities in the state. “I was shocked and embarrassed with the said publication made by this faceless group. At the time of sharing relief materials to flood victims in Ughelli North, I went round the affected communities and among their demand was kerosene. When I came back, I met with my other colleagues, who also confirmed that flood victims in their areas also needed kerosene as one of their pressing needs. “I wrote to PPMC in Abuja and my letter was approved by the Managing Director of PPMC and he sent an email and the approval letter to the Deport Manager, Warri Refinery, Engr Abdallah to release kerosene to flood victims in Delta."
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LECTURE— From left: Mr.HenryAwodele, Chairman, Ikeja PPCA; Mr. Abiola Popopla, Immediate Past President, PPCA; Mr.Victor Famuyiwa, President/Chairman of Council, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria and Mr.Anthony Arabome, Vice President, CIPMN, during the 2013 annual lecture and luncheon of Personnel Practitioners’ Consultative Association, PPCA, Ikeja, Lagos.
FG earmarks N1.03bn for revitalisation of adult literacy BY GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE
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ENIN—THE Federal Government has set aside $6.43million trust fund aimed at revitalising the adult and youth literacy project in the country. Executive Secretary of National Commission for Mass Education, Alhaji Jibrin Paiko, disclosed this in Benin, Edo State, yesterday, during the training of trainers of literacy facilitators in the state. He said that the objective of the programme was to strengthen national capacity for the delivery of quality literacy programme to the estimated 40 million illiterates in the country with a view to achieving the education for all and education
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ENAGOA—AS part of activities to mark this year’s medical week of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, the Bayelsa State chapter of the association will today commence free medical outreach in Gbarantoru community, Yenagoa Local Area of the state. Gbarantoru is one of the few communities in the state that can be accessed by land and water and is also host to the PHCN substation in the state. Chairman of the state chapter of NMA, Dr. James Omietimi,
fectively in contemporary society. “Nigeria, like other sub-Saharan African countries, is facing huge challenges of higher number of illiterates which comprises mostly of out-of-school children, youth and adults, who have never attended school. A huge percentage of these are girls and young women. “Hence, the on-going revitalization adult and youth literacy project focuses on the promotion of access, equity, quality and innovations in non-formal education through the integration of functional, vocational and entrepreneurial skills into basic education,” he said.
Oil spill in Nigeria among highest globally — NOSDRA BY EGUFE YAFUGBORHI
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ORT HARCOURT—NIGERIA currently ranks among countries with the highest
Bayelsa NMA embarks on free medicare BY SAMUEL OYADONGHA
related MDGs by the year 2015. On the training of the facilitators, the Executive Secretary said that the objective was to improve skills and knowledge of no fewer than 4,107 facilitators across the country with an average of 111 facilitators per state. He listed the specific objectives of the training to include enablement of grassroots field workers in adult basic education, improve the quality of programme delivery, update facilitators’ knowledge on current and most innovative ways of discharging their duties and equip the facilitators with skills and knowledge that will enable them function ef-
who briefed newsmen, yesterday, said that the free medical outreach was being sponsored by the Bayelsa State Post Flood Committee. He said that the committee had donated drugs and food supplements for malnourished kids as well as mosquito treated nets for distribution to the natives. He said that 40 medical doctors and other personnel would be on ground during the exercise, adding that patients with serious health challenges would be referred to the Federal Medical Centre and the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Where they would be treated free of charge.
frequency of oil spillages worldwide. Director General of National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Sir Peter Idabor, made the disclosure in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when the Minister of Environment, Hiaja Hadiza Mailafia, unveiled the agency’s first marine pollution response vessel named Recovery 1. According to the NOSDRA boss, most of the recurring spillages result from third party interferences, including pipeline vandalism, bunkering and artisanal local refining of stolen crude oil, aside operational failures among industry operators. He said, “from the unfortunate and even tragic devastation from these incidents, most spill
response efforts in Nigeria involve international support usually with great financial implication” in capital flight. With the acquisition of Recovery 1, capital flight suffered by relying on international responders will be significantly reduced while building local capacity and engendering efficient response to spills.” He said that the vessel, the first by the agency, also meant Nigeria’s fulfillment of the transnational obligation derived from the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response Cooperation in 1990 to which Nigeria is signatory. The vessel, Recovery 1 as unveiled has an oil recovery speed of six knots; a recovery rate of 50 tonnes per hour in addition to on board oil tank with maximum 48 tonnes.
EMBERS of Rotary Club of Asaba Metropolitan, Delta State, have been commended for their continued support towards humanitarian services to the people. Deputy Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Basil Ganagana made the commendation when he received in his office, Rotarians, who were on a thank-you visit to some Deltans that contributed to the sponsorship of little Miss Chizzy Ndibe, who underwent a surgery in America for a hole in the heart. The Rotary Club of Asaba Metropolitan members led by its president, Mr. Stanley Mebaghanje, the Charter President, Mr. Andy Uweyeyan and others, said that the visit was to present the little girl to some of those who supported the club to carry out the successful surgical operation carried out on the girl. Also speaking, the Past District Governor of the Club, Mr. Ben Udenze, expressed appreciation to the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, his deputy, Prof.Amos Utuama, Speaker, Mr Victor Ochei, for their support to the club, adding that the club was designed to assist the down trodden in the society.
Plumbing contractors console Fashola
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HE Lagos State Association of Plumbing Contractors has condoled the Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and his family over the death of their father, Alhaji Ibrahim Fashola, who died recently. The President of the association, Mr. Femi Awotoye in a statement, prayed the Almighty Allah will give the family fortitude to bear the loss. He also urged the governor not to deter from making the state the best among others in the area of development. He thanked the governor for declaring July 23rd of every year Enterprising Day and the attention given to the association on many occasions.