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Halting new tariff puts 50,000 jobs on line –Discos

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ssociation of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, has warned that

suspension of the new electricity tariff would come with dire consequences as it may result in loss of employment for about 50, 000 Nigerians. Senate had on Tuesday

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Court gives EFCC nod to arrest Kingsley Kuku •Dokpesi re-arraigned over N2.1bn arms deal

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ustice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday declared that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has statutory obligation to investigate aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Dr. KingContinued on Page 2>>

Members of Operation Save Our Education Sector with Coalition of Civil Society Group protesting the sack of 13 vice-chancellors in Abuja, yesterday. PHOTO: ROTIMI OSASONA

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sley Kuku over alleged financial misappropriation. The court also held that the anti-graft agency has right to arrest Kuku if he refuses to honour invitation sent to him. The judge noted that the current travail of the embattled ex-special adviser has nothing to do with his political affiliation. Justice Abang gave this verdict in the fundamental rights suit filed by Kuku against EFCC and Director of State Service, DSS. Kuku in the suit prayed the court for his protection from arrest and detention by operatives of the antigraft agency and DSS. The applicant, who is currently outside the country on medical treatment, alleged that there was purported plan to arrest him at the airport in Lagos, on his return to the country. Kuku averred that unless the court intervenes, he might be arrested and detained by the anti-graft body. He alleged that his arrest was being instigated by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. However, EFCC in its submission challenged the court jurisdiction to entertain the suit. The anti-graft agency also asked the court not to grant any order to stop probe of any alleged improper financial transactions. EFCC said it had received petition from one Dada Olabisi on behalf of ex-militants complaining of malpractices in the disbursement of the amnesty fund. The commission added that as a law enforcement agency under sections 6 and 7 of the EFCC Establishment Act 2004, it had power to investigate financial crimes and allegations. Delivering his Judgment, Justice Abang first dealt with the issue of jurisdiction, contending that the court had jurisdiction to entertain the suit. On the substantive suit, the court held that the petition that led to the issue raised by the applicant was not authored by the ruling party. “It is in my humble view that the invitation sent to the applicant is lawful and constitutional. The court cannot stop statutory in-

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Court gives EFCC nod to arrest Kingsley Kuku stitution from performing its constitutional duty,” the court held. The court, however, restrained the respondents from arresting the applicant unlawfully, noting that his arrest must follow due process. In a related development, erstwhile Chairman, DAAR Communications Plc., Raymond Dokpesi, was yesterday re-arraigned by EFCC before Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, over alleged N2.1 billion fraud. When the six-count criminal charge were read out, Dokpesi pleaded not guilty. The embattled Dokpesi had earlier been arraigned before Justice Gabriel Kolawale in the same court on December 9, 2015. He had pleaded not guilty to the six-count charge before Justice Kolawole and the matter was slated for February 17, 18 and March 2 and 3, 2016, to begin full hearing on the substantive charge. Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, however, re-assigned the case file to Justice Tsoho but gave no reason for the action. After Dokpesi pleaded not guilty, his lead counsel, Chief Wale Olanekpekun, SAN, prayed the court to allow him continue to enjoy the bail earlier granted by Justice Kolawale. The prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, raised no objection. Justice Tsoho, who granted the prayer in a short ruling held that Dokpesi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should continue to enjoy the bail with the same conditions that was accorded to him by Justice Kolawale. Dokpesi was arraigned alongside his firm, DAAR Investment and Holdings Ltd., owners of African Independent Television, AIT, and Raypower FM. Specifically, EFCC, in the charge signed by its Deputy Director, Legal & Prosecution, Mr. Aliyu Yusuf, alleged that Dokpesi received about N2.1 billion from the office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, for PDP’s presidential media campaign.

According to the charge, the funds were released to the accused between October 2014 and March 19, 2015. The funds were allegedly transferred from an account in the office of NSA operated with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to a First Bank of Nigeria Plc. account owned by DAAR

Investment and Holding Company Limited. The prosecution maintained that the transaction was in breach of section 58 (4) (b) of the Public Procurement Act 2007 and punishable under Section 58 (6) and (7) of the same Act, as well as under Section 17 (b) of the EFCC Act, 2004.

Some of the charges against him read: “That you Dr. Raymond Dokpesi and Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited between October 2014 and March 19, 2015 in Abuja, conducted procurement fraud by means of fraudulent and corrupt act, to wit: receipt of payment into the account of Daar

Investment and Holding Company Limited with First Bank of Nigeria Plc of public funds in the sum of N2,120,000,000 from the account of the office of National Security Adviser, NSA, with the Central Bank of Nigeria for the funding of media activities for the 2015 presidenContinued on Page 3>>

L-R: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Kayode Fayemi; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffery Onyema; Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire and Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, at the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, yesterday. PHOTO: NAN

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suspend forthwith the implementation of the 45 per cent increment on electricity tariffs and revert to status quo. The lawmakers also directed its committees on labour and power to organise a public hearing, involving all stakeholders on the matter with a view to arriving at an appropriate pricing of electricity tariffs in the country. House of Representatives last December also passed a similar motion, asking NERC to halt the proposed new tariffs. But last week, Power, Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, stated that the National Assembly could not stop NERC from the proposed tariffs increment because the act setting up the Commission, gives it the mandate to do so. The Discos, in a state-

ment signed by Executive Director, Advocacy and Research, Sunday Oduntan, yesterday, stated that a market priced tariff is a fundamental requirement under the agreements signed between operators in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, and the Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE. He stressed that the absence of a market priced tariff creates the possibility of performance failure by operators. According to ANED, the suspension of the new tariff order would not only raise concern on the sanctity of the contract, but would also bring about failure of the industry, a price, the group noted, the government could ill-afford in these times of dire economic challenges. ANED in the statement also reiterated that mar-

ket priced tariff was critical to address decades of under-investment such as the 5 million metering gap in the sector. “World-wide, electricity reforms have always been tied to increased investment, resulting in improved production efficiency. Such investment is predicated on access to capital which will be jeopardised in the absence of a market priced tariff. “The absence of a market priced tariff will endanger the viability of the entire value-chain of distributors, generators, transmission and gas suppliers, resulting in the failure of the sector. “As the upstream operators will not receive required payment (DisCos only receive 25 per cent of the revenues associated with the tariff). “Failure of the sector

will result in, amongst other things, loss of employment and livelihood for approximately 50,000 Nigerians, indirect job losses from factory and other business closures, possibly in the millions; and a related outcome of discouraging further investments in the development of gas reserves and production for local consumption; “And expected performance improvement, with appropriate investment, on the other hand, will lead to a reduction of tariffs in subsequent years. This is empirically supported. “Fellow Nigerians, suspending the implementation of the tariff will leave us in continued darkness, with diminished and no future prospects of growth of our economy,” the statement said.

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Nigeria was pariah state under Jonathan –Lai Mohammed Rotimi Fadeyi AbujA

inister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, yesterday said Nigeria was almost a pariah state under former President Goodluck Jonathan. Briefing State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Mohammed explained that foreign investors were not willing to come into the country because of the problem of corruption and terrorism. Mohammed, while justifying Buhari’s frequent foreign trips, said the trips were necessary to attract foreign investors to the country. “You do not run a country by being isolated and the personal presence of the President at many of these fora is very important because, before now we were almost a pariah state and the two things that have been driving investments away from this country were terrorism and corruption. “One thing that nobody can fault this President on is his determination to fight these two ills. Mr President’s presence at these fora is very crucial even to the economy back at home,” he said. Explaining how the country almost became a pariah state, Mohammed said before the present administration, the level of corruption was very high that nobody

was ready to risk his investment in Nigeria. “The cost of doing business was so high that most international businessmen didn’t want to come here. Who is coming to invest in a country where there is insecurity? These are the twin problems that Mr. President has addressed in the last nine months,” he added. Also at the briefing, Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, said Buhari had put leadership on a strong footing. The minister said the foreign trips of the President had attracted a number of investments into the country. According to her, “the President’s travel was worth the investment we are getting from those visits. We hope to see the President going out and advocating for this country to get more investment so that we can take everyone out of poverty. That is really what is important. We see it as an investment with a worthwhile return,” the minister said. Mohammed further explained that even when the President is out of the country, activities of government still continue as the Vice President and members of the cabinet are in charge. “The President doesn’t stand alone, he has a Vice President and a cabinet. The cabinet stays with the Vice President here as much as possible to try to address those challenges that we are talking about on a daily basis,” she said.

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (left), with former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, during his visit to the elder stateman’s residence in Minna, yesterday.

We trust Sheriff’s ability to reposition PDP, says Governors Forum

eoples Democratic Party, PDP’s, Governors Forum has expressed confidence in the ability of newly appointed National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, to reposition the party and make it more inclusive. This was contained in a statement signed by the Coordinator of the forum, Mr. Osaro Onaiwu in Abuja yesterday. The governors, according to the statement, said the emergence of Sheriff, ex-governor and senator, was one done after careful deliberation given the battle

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tial election campaign for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 58 (4) (b) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and punishable under Section 58 (6) & (7) of the same Act. “That you Dr. Raymond Dokpesi and Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited between October 2014 and March 19, 2015 in Abuja, entered into a purported contract on presidential media initiative and received payment in the sum of N2,120,000,000 into the account of Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited with First

Bank of Nigeria Plc, from the account of the office of National Security Adviser, NSA, with the Central Bank of Nigeria on account of the purported contract without a “Certificate of No Objection to Contract Award” duly issued by Public Procurement Bureau and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 16 (1) (b), (4) & (5) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 and punishable under Section 58 (6) of the same Act. “That you Dr. Raymond Dokpesi and Daar Investment and Holding Company Limited between January 22 and March 19, 2015 in Abuja, knew that an aggregate sum

of N2,120,000,000 directly represented the proceeds of criminal conduct of Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (retd) and Shuaibu Salisu, who were National Security Adviser and the Director of Finance, office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, respectively to wit: criminal breach of trust in respect of the said amount, used the said property and you thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 17 (b) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004.” It would be recalled that Dokpesi was on December 1 arrested and detained in connection with

ahead. “Sheriff is coming on the job with immense wealth of experience and will no doubt use his vast network to rebuild the party. “He will restore members’ confidence and act as a counterforce to the many antics of the present APC regime,” the statement said. The governors urged the

new national chairman to avoid all diversionary tactics and work toward uniting all aggrieved members and fashion out modalities to woo new party faithful. “We urge you to shun all diversionary tactics that might be thrown at you and concentrate on how to bring all aggrieved party members together; as well as fashion out ways to woo new members especially

the youths. “The forum is solidly behind you and will deploy its support to ensure that the shared vision for our party is realised as we prepare for 2019,” they said. The governors said the situation in the country was an opportunity for Sheriff to show that the PDP remained the only truly national party that could reunite the country.

Health: JOHESU threatens indefinite strike at midnight

oint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, said it will commence an indefinite strike by midnight (February 17) if the Federal Government failed to meet members’ demands. National President of the Medical and Health Workers Union, who also doubled as JOHESU National Chairman, Mr. Biobebelemoye Josiah, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja yesterday. Josiah explained that members are demanding for improved working conditions, including the implementation of skipping of Grade Level 10. According to him, JOHESU is asking for adjustment of the 2009 CONHESS salary table and allowances as was done for the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, in January 2014.

He described government insensitivity to the demands as “provocative, insulting and unjust in the worst dimension in a democratic dispensation.” Josiah lamented that members of the union were being subjected to discrimination and industrial marginalisation in the health sector in favour of NMA members. On the issue of skipping of Grade level 10, he noted that rather than paying them the money, government went ahead to pay medical doctors, which he claimed were not entitle to such allowance by law. Josiah also explained that the court ruled in their favour that they should be paid, adding that government failed to respect the court injunction. However, Josiah called on the Federal Government to give priority at-

tention and capture the financial implication of the demands in this year’s health sector budget. According to him, JOHESU comprised more than 99 per cent of service deliverance in the health system, noting that government’s failure to meet the demands would have negative impact on the country’s healthcare delivery. “JOHESU members and doctors are treated differently, even when it is not the right of doctors to earn specific pay; they accord them the pay which is part of the problems we are passing through. “This now brings disharmony because there is no fair administration of the health system which is part of the things that is causing disharmony and turbulence in the system, to avoid that the President should change such act,” he said.

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L-R: Acting Director, Nigeria Railway Coporation (NRC), Engr. Fidet Okhiria; Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and outgoing Director; NRC, Engr. Adeseyi Sijuade, after a meeting at the NRC headquarters, Ebute-metta, Lagos, recently.

L-R: CEO, Flykite Promotion, Jenkins Alumona; Public Relations Manager, GOtv, Efe Obiomah and General Manager, Marketing and Sales, MultiChioce Nigeria, Martin Mabutho, at a press conference to announce the partnership between GOtv Boxing and Lagos Boxing Hall of Fame, in Lagos, yesterday.

L-R: Director, International Labour Office/Liaison Office for ECOWAS, Mr. Dennis Zulu; Managing Director /CEO, Siemens Limited, Mrs. Onyeche Tifase; President, Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility and Children’s Right, Mrs. Toyin Olakanpo and Vice President, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Ibrahim Dikko, during the launch of CEO Forum Report on Youth Unemployment in Lagos, yesterday.

L-R: Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Church, His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan; Benefactor of St Gabriel Chaplaincy, Sir Dr Obiorah Okonkwo and his daughter; President, Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), His Grace, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama and Papa Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Augustine Kasujja, during the First Sod Turning of the Chapel of St. Gabriel Catholic Chaplaincy and Guest House of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Nigeria in Durumi District, Abuja, yesterday. PHOTO: ROTIMI OSASONA

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Groups protest at NASS, Education Ministry over sacked 13 VCs …accuse minister of sectionalism Regina OtOkpa AbujA

coalition of civil society groups yesterday grounded activities at the National Assembly and Ministry of Education in Abuja over the recent sack of vice-chancellors of 13 universities. The protesters, armed with different placards, chanted solidarity songs, including “Adamu must go”, “reinstate sacked VCs now” and “Nigeria needs a better administrator in the Education Ministry”, among other invectives. The protesters also delivered a petition to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, which was received by National Assembly Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, Dennis Maaji, on their behalf. The group gave the Minister of Education, Mallam

Adamu Adamu, 48 hours to reverse the sack or resign his appointment, saying “he doesn’t seem to understand the working of university system and administration.” Chairman of the coalition, Bassey Etuk, describing the sack as illegal, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve Mallam Adamu of his appointment “because he knows nothing.” According to him, sack of the VCs and their replacement with people mostly from the north violated the federal character principles. He said: “The minister does not have any right to call for the sack of 13 vice chancellors. The tenure of nine of the 13 sacked was to expire this last Monday. Four still have their tenure running; some have two years, some have one year and six months. “What he did, which is

most disrespectful to the laws of the land, is that he appointed six people, his friends from one university. “He appointed six professors from one university, Bayero University, Kano, and he posted them to different tertiary institutions. Not only that, he also appointed two professors from Katsina State, making it eight friends from just two states in the north. “We came here to tell him that Nigeria is not a sectional country; we are one indivisible Nigeria, nobody should separate us. Nobody should play sentiments with our economy and education sectors. “The academic community has been here even before the minister was born; he cannot come and change it. Our appeal to him is to honourably reverse the decision. “Let’s agree with him that what he did was wrong, that he did it in haste. We are here

to tell him that he should please reverse that decision within 48 hours with immediate effect. If he does not do that under 48 hours, we will call for his resignation.” He further disclosed that the coalition would be heading for court to stop the sack as the tenures of five of the VCs were yet to expire. It would be recalled that the Federal Government last weekend sacked VCs of 12 Federal universities established by the immediate past administration and the VC, National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, without reason. Their sack was contained in a short statement signed by the minister. The statement also stated that the president had approved the appointment of their replacements. The affected universities are Federal University, OyeEkiti (Ekiti), Federal University, Birnin Kebbi (Kebbi), Bayero University (Kano), Federal University, Dutse

(Jigawa), Federal University, Dutsin Ma (Katsina) and Federal University, Gashua (Yobe). Others include Federal University, Gusau (Zamfara), Federal University, Kashere

(Gombe), Federal University, Lafia, (Nasarawa), Federal University, Lokoja, (Kogi), Federal University, NdifuAlike, (Ebonyi), Federal University, Otuoke (Bayelsa) and NOUN.

Middle-aged woman found dead at MMIA toilet

n unidentified middle-aged female passenger was yesterday found dead at one of the toilets of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. A reliable source told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos that the woman was scheduled to travel with a foreign airline for medical attention outside the country before her demise. The source said the passenger, who was feeling unwell, went into the toilet where her corpse was later discovered. General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, confirmed

the incident. He said, “A middle-aged woman was discovered dead in the bathroom of the international airport this morning around 6:30am, so, we called the relevant people and the corpse has been taken to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital for autopsy.” He said the identity of the passenger would not be released until her family has been duly informed of her demise. “Our procedure is that the family needs to know first. It is not proper for the family to find out on the pages of the newspaper,” Dati said.

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APC inherited a battered country —Dogara george opara ABUJA

peaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said yesterday that the All Progressives Congress, APC, inherited a battered country and should not be blamed for the prevailing economic challenges. Dogara stated this when unemployed aeronautical

engineers and pilots from Bauchi State visited his office. “We have sowed in the wind and we are now reaping whirlwind, and as long as the earth abide, there will be seed time and harvest time,” he said. Disagreeing with those who said the present government should refrain from blaming past administrations, Dogara said there

was need to blame those who brought Nigeria to its current state of woos. He, however, noted that APC’s campaign focused on change and the need to fix the country, adding that government has not relented in its efforts to sanitise the rotten system perpetrated by past administrations. “You know that we are facing challenges in the country at the moment,

even though people do not want to talk about it in the sense that we campaigned on the grounds of change. “But you must put the blame where it is while you face the issues and find solutions to it,” he added. The Speaker urged the unemployed youths not to despair, promising that the present administration was doing everything possible to create job opportunities.

“Investment in education, skills and the knowledge is never a wasted investment,” he said. In his reaction, Bala Jibrin, former commissioner for education and leader of the group, said the state government spent about N1bn to train 20 youths,

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L-R: U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle; Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai and Commander, US Africom, Gen. David Rodriguez, during the inauguration of United States of America training assistance to selected units of the Nigerian Army in Jaji, Kaduna, yesterday. PHOTO: NAN

Boko Haram: Troops sack insurgents

...terrorists set Borno village on fire, kill elderly woman Ubong Ukpong ABUJA

igerian Army yesterday said that it has successfully destroyed all remaining camps and enclaves of Boko Haram around Alagarno and Sambisa forests. In an operational update, Director of Army Public Relations, DAPR, Col. Sani Usman, said while some terrorists were killed during the operations, others were captured, injured and weapons seized. Usman said the operation was conducted on Tuesday by troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion patrol team, who cleared the Boko Haram camps located at Komala, Dole, Kumshi and Moadori near the fringes of Alagarno forest. “The troops killed two Boko Haram terrorists and captured two notorious terrorists; Mustapha Busuru (50 years old) and Usman

Abubakar (56 years) at Dole village and brought down all Boko Haram terrorist flags hoisted in the village and destroyed them. “They also recovered two Toyota pick-up vans, 40 motorcycles, Improvised Explosives Devices, IEDs, stockpile of foodstuffs and fuel dump. The patrol team also recovered horses and donkeys used for transportation by the terrorists,” Usman stated. In another development, the spokesman said in re-

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resident Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, requested the National Assembly to grant an extension of time up to March 31, for implementation of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, 2015 budget. This was contained in a letter addressed to the House of Representatives

sponse to a distress call of an attack by terrorists on Kuda village along Butuku road, troops of 143 Battalion swung into action, adding however that the terrorists fled after setting the village on fire, which led to the death of an elderly woman. “The escaped insurgents regrouped and attempted to cross through Magar Bridge but they were pre-empted by elements of the Battalion who killed two terrorists and wounded several others. “Sadly, three soldiers and

four locals sustained injuries, while the troops recovered a Toyota Buffalo vehicle mounted with an Anti-Aircraft Gun with registration number 081375, one General Purpose Machine Gun, GPMG, with registration number 132042, a loaded G3 rifle magazine and 30 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunitions link,” Usman said. He added that both the wounded military operatives and civilians were receiving treatment at the unit’s Regimental Aid Post.

Buhari asks NASS to extend FCT 2015 budget to March 31 Speaker, Yakubu Dogara. From the communication read at the plenary, Buhari said he was desirous of securing an extension to enhance the continuation of projects in the territory before the 2016 budget was signed into law. He recalled that the

2015 appropriation bill for FCT was assented to on May 28, 2015, allowing only seven months to execute. However, the House did not debate on the request. Fifteen bills also passed first reading as the House adjourned plenary to Tuesday, to enable committees continue with budget works.

drawn from the 20 local government areas of the state, regretting that after their training in the United States as graduates in 2011, they have been unemployed. Thus, he requested the Speaker to facilitate their employment.

fforts by a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from probing her failed yesterday as a Lagos High Court struck out a fundamental rights enforcement suit she filed. Justice Okon Abang struck out the suit for lack of jurisdiction to entertain it and ordered the senator to pay N15, 000 to the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF. The respondents in the suit were the AGF, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, and the Inspector General of Police. Oduah had filed the suit last year August, praying the court to restrain agencies of the Federal Government from questioning or prosecuting her over the purchase of two armoured BMW vehicles at a cost of N255m by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority under her watch as aviation minister in 2013. Oduah claimed to have already been probed and exonerated by the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation and EFCC and urged Justice Abang to declare that any further probe would amount to violating her fundamental rights. Oduah alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, intended to use the respondents to persecute her, being a prominent member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. She claimed that the Federal Government had perfected plans to try prominent members of the PDP on trump up charges in a special Lagos State High Court, so as to turn the country into a one-party state.

She begged the court to restrain the respondents from unleashing repression against her. But EFCC denied doing the bidding of APC, claiming that it was independent. It furnished the court with a petition dated October 18, 2013, written by a lawyer from the chambers of Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, calling for Oduah’s investigation. According to EFCC, the said petition was captioned: Request for Investigation of Economic and Financial Crimes of the sum of N255m by Aviation Minister, Ms. Stella Oduah. But in his judgment, Justice Abang dismissed the EFCC’s objection for not complying with Order 8 Rule 1 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure. The judge however upheld the preliminary objection filed by the AGF, who challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Lagos to entertain Oduah’s suit. Counsel for the AGF, T.A. Gazali, had contended that since the rights violation that Oduah alleged did not happen in Lagos, it would be a violation of Section 46(1) of the constitution and Order 2 Rule 1 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure to entertain the case in Lagos. “The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos cannot assume jurisdiction to entertain alleged breach of fundamental rights that did not take place in Lagos State,” Gazali had argued. Justice Abang upheld Gazali’s argument and dismissed Oduah’s case. The judge also held that if the Federal Government had any valid reason to arraign Oduah in a Lagos State High Court as she alleged, it would not amount to a violation of her right.

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NNPC runs without renewal of expired contracts –Ex-GMD george opara AbujA

here was another twist from the adhoc committee of the House of Representatives on crude oil swap probe yesterday as Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha, another former Group Managing Director, GMD, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,

NNPC, disclosed that the multi-national oil company had operated for more than a year running contracts long after they had all expired. “In the course of initial briefings I received as GMD on assumption of office, it became clear to me that one of the key reasons responsible for the looming scarcity was the shortfall in products

against the already lifted crude under the offshore processing agreement and crude oil for products exchange arrangements. ‘‘Consequently, I directed the immediate reconciliation of total crude lifted and products delivered to determine and ascertain the performance status of the contracts. However, I was told that for the reconciliation to take place

there was need for renewal of the expired contracts.’’ The oil companies involved in this illegal transaction with NNPC were reportedly Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage, Trafigura B.V and Duke Oil Incorporated with Aiteo Energy Resources, Ontario. Within the period of the illegality, it was reported that the total volume of crude lifted was 210,000

barrels per day. Apparently worried about the situation, Dawha said he got a legal advice and secured approval from Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, for renewal of the contracts. Under the renewed contracts agreement, Dawha further told the house committee that Societe Ivoirienne de Raffinage lifted 60,000 barrels per day from October 3, 2013, to December 31, 2014. Trafigura B.V also had 60,000 barrels per day from September 30, 2013, to December 31, 2014, while Duke Oil Incorporated with Aiteo Energy Resources, Ontario, and got 90,000 barrels per day. Grilled to know the owner of Duke Oil, a company said to lack contractual capacity yet was getting juicy contracts, Dawha said it was an NNPC-owned subsidiary. Not only was Duke Oil

spoilt with juicy contracts but was revealed to be collecting commission of whooping sums of money from other subsidiaries for work done. The lawmakers said this was a transaction at the expense of the federal government even as the company was said to be evading tax payment over the years. Citing certain irregularities, Dawha said NNPC under his administration recommended that all third party processing contracts to migrate from swap to Offshore Processing Agreement, OPA, in 2015 because according to the minister, ‘‘It delivered the highest yield for premium products per barrel of crude oil than the crude oil swap. ‘‘I actually ended the swap arrangement and ensured complete migration to the OPA owing to its obvious advantage,’’ Dawha stated.

Reps demand investment of pension funds in infrastructure

…seek utilisation of N350bn NRF to develop solid mineral Ubong Ukpong L-R: Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University, Prof. Abdul Rasheed Na’Allah; Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed; President, Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), Prof. Olatunji Oloruntimehin and Foundation President, NAL, Prof. Ayo Bamgbose and other NAL members, during a courtesy visit to the governor at Government House, Ilorin, yesterday.

Invest in Nigeria, EU charges foreign companies olUsegUn koiki

uropean Union has called on European companies around the world to take advantage of Nigeria’s huge economic potential by creating more investments in the country. This is as Lagos State government declared that its decision to improve infrastructure development is a deliberate policy aimed at improving quality of life of the citizenry. Speaking during commencement of a three-day Africa Build Lagos exhibition in Lagos during the week, Head of Delegation and Ambassador of the European Union to Nigeria and West Africa, Mr. Michel Arrion, said Nigeria was the economic hub of West Africa, and that the country was not aid dependent, but investment dependent. Arrion noted that Nigeria has the ability to surmount the current economic challenges caused by dwindling oil revenue and depreciation

of the naira. He added that because of the current unfriendly business environment in the country, there was need to diversify the economy and the source of revenue for the government, stressing that the construction industry could play a pivotal role in this. Arrion also commended the Federal Government for merging the Ministries of Power, Works and Housing and appointing former Lagos governor, Babatunde Fashola, to oversee their affairs. He added, “I think it was a wise decision. We know the minister has already identified strategic priorities in each of the sub-sector, which will give impetus to the economic development of the country and help create employment.” Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Johnson, at the event explained that the decision to improve infrastructure development in the state was a deliberate policy

aimed at improving quality of life of the citizenry. He stressed that Lagos contributes 13.32 per cent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, and was accountable for 56 per cent of the non-oil GDP, even as it provides dynamic leadership in terms of policy orientation by adopting best practices in pursuit of the developmental objectives. Ganiyu was represented at the occasion by a director in the Ministry, Mrs. Ebaide Omokore. He said despite Lagos State being a sub-national entity, it remained a hub for social economic activities within the nation and West Africa subregion as a whole. He pointed out that there was a huge infrastructure deficit conservatively estimated at $50 billion. He stressed that the state government had consistently devoted a substantial percentage of its yearly budgetary resources towards infrastructure renewal and expansion, adding that it also recognised that its resources alone would

not be sufficient to achieve its desires. On his part, the Regional Industry Director, ITE Build and Interior, Mr. Darryl Pawsey, said being Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria was also expected to become one of the world’s top 20 economies by 2050. Pawsey said, “Overall Nigerian imports increased from $32 billion in 2009 to $55 billion in 2014 amounting to 70 per cent. “With imports of construction equipment and building material machines worth $537 million in 2014, Nigeria ranks among the top four African importers of these technologies, together with South Africa, Algeria and Egypt. “Nigeria’s construction industry is currently worth $69 billion and employs five per cent of its 180 million population. Its construction industry has averaged 9.5 per cent growth in the last five years.” he said. About 90 exhibitors from 17 different countries participated at the event.

AbujA

ouse of Representatives yesterday resolved to ensure that pension funds are channelled into the development of infrastructure facilities in the country. Accordingly, it directed its committees on Pensions, Finance, and Capital Market and Institutions to interface with the National Pensions Commission, NPC, and other stakeholders on the viability of investing pension funds in infrastructure facilities. This followed a motion brought by Hon. Yusuf Ayo Tajudeen (Kogi PDP) on the need to invest pension funds to meet Nigeria’s infrastructure challenges. He said there was a growing concern about the infrastructure decay in all sectors of the country as a result of neglect, ineptitude and lack of planning by successive governments, which have far-reaching consequences on the economy of the country. Tajudeen noted that in over one decade of the implementation of the pension reform Act, the National Pension Commission had accumulated about N5trillion which is mainly in the

vaults of commercial banks as free funds characterized by low investment returns and sharp practices by various Pension Funds Administrators. The lawmaker observed that in most countries of Europe, Asia and America, pension funds were usually invested in provision of infrastructure as a means to regenerate the funds, grow the economy, sustain meaningful development and met the needs of the citizenry. He added that the huge infrastructural deficit in all sectors of the country’s economy could not be achieved through budgetary allocations, thus if no concrete and proactive investment strategies are put in place to comprehensively address these infrastructural challenges, the nation may be thrown into deeper economic crisis. The motion enjoyed a wide range of support and was passed by the House presided over by Speaker Yakubu Dogara. In a related development, the lawmakers also yesterday asked the executive to utilise the N350 billion Natural Resources Fund, NRF, as a finance window to develop the solid mineral sector of the country.

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I remain Ikere-Ekiti substantive monarch – Olukere ABIODUN NEJO ADO EKITI

Officials of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) sealing up a fish cold room at 114, Oba Akran Road, Ikeja, in Lagos yesterday. PHOTO:NAN

Osun, Globacom disagree over taxes BOLADALE BAMIGBOLA OSOGBO

sun State government yesterday sealed the Osogbo office of telecom giant, Globacom, and its four base stations in the state over unpaid taxes amounting to N532 million. Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service, OSIRS, Mr. Dayo Oyebanji, and his team, before sealing the office, declared that the action was aimed at ensuring remittance of all outstanding tax due to the state.

He added that the revenue agency had already secured warrant of distress from Osun High Court against Globacom to carry out the closure. Oyebanji, who was accompanied by security men, ordered workers of the communication outfit out as the agency officials locked the telecom office located at Fakunle area of Osogbo. Oyebanji told newsmen that the revenue agency had tried all possible ways to resolve the matter in the last two years, saying

Globacom refused to yield to the agency’s appeals. According to him, the House of Assembly at a point, intervened in the matter by inviting Globacom, adding that representatives of the firm at the meeting promised to remit the outstanding liabilities within two week but failed to do so. He threatened that the company will not be reopened until it remits all outstanding tax into the state’s coffers. “Before this time, the state government had been lenient with Globa-

com because of the importance of its business to both the people and government. We engaged them in a series of meetings with the assistance of House Committee on Communication, but are yet to get reasonable response from the company. “It is only Globacom Limited we are sealing because others, especially those invited by the Assembly, have responded to our calls. It is only Globacom that did not show up. They were giving one excuse or the other,” Oyebanji added.

Protest: Legal advice stalls suit against ABUAD students ABIODUN NEJO ADO EKITI

bsence of legal advice from the Directorate for Public Prosecutions, DPP, stalled further hearings into the criminal case against students of Afe Babalola University, AdoEkiti, ABUAD, at an AdoEkiti Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Chief Magistrate, Adesoji Adegboye, adjourned the matter till tomorrow following a request by the police prosecutor, Caleb Leramo, for advice from office of the DPP. Leramo, who moved the application after the court resumed from recess while awaiting the legal advice, said: “There

is no legal advice yet. I will therefore request for a short adjournment, hoping the advice would have arrived by then.” The police prosecutor hinted that there were peace moves between parents of the students and the university authorities. Earlier, defence lawyer, Mrs Oluwatoyin Abegunde, had requested a short stand down of the matter, saying: “The court can’t work at their pace, whatever they want to do, they better hurry up.” This was as founder of the university, Aare Afe Babalola, said he had decided not to impose financial sanctions on the generality of the students, to prevent innocent students

paying unjustly for the sin of the guilty. The ABUAD founder, who spoke in Ado Ekiti during a meeting between the school management and ABUAD ParentTeachers Consultative Forum, PTCF, said: “I know for sure that the Almighty God that provided the resources for me to establish the university is still very much on the throne. He will provide the money to replace and/or repair the facilities the students damaged.” The PTCF Vice President, Prof Olusegun Oladimeji, praised Babalola for his magnanimity, stating that a general penalty would have been unjust, unfair and inequitable to innocent students.

The forum also praised the university authority for not closing down the institution following the disturbances, urging other institutions of higher education, public and private to take a cue from such uncommon maturity and understanding by not closing down their institutions at the slightest of provocation. The properties destroyed included seven motorcycles, 29 vehicles, shops, Vice Chancellor’s office, FESTO Mechatronics laboratory worth N350 million, cafeterias, souvenir shop and boutique from where they carted away valuables worth millions of naira.

lukere of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin, has insisted that he represents the face of royalty in the ancient community and that nobody can take away his domain from him. Obasoyin, who spoke barely a week after a riot erupted in the ancient town over the destruction of a billboard bearing his portrait, said his stool was the first in Ikere and cannot be obliterated by anybody no matter how highly placed. The monarch, who spoke at Ikere Ekiti yesterday while addressing his subjects at the celebration of this year’s Osooro Festival to mark the beginning of the new planting season in the community, said he was the owner of the land and that “a tenant cannot chase away the landlord from his property.” Obasoyin, who used the occasion to offer royal blessings on Ikere farmers, and other indigenes of the town and elsewhere,

told the people: “I am your symbol here and I am the face of Ikere royalty. This is our home; this is my home. Nobody can take my father’s house from me because Olukere is the owner of Ikere land.” The Olukere and the Ogoga of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Adejimi Adu, have been at daggers drawn over rulership of the town. Adu, who is recognised by the state government, said he was the authentic monarch, adding that the Olukere was the community’s chief priest. But Olukere, who described Ogoga as a stranger in the community, said he is the “face of royalty in the community.” At yesterday’s ceremony, chiefs, women and representatives of different age groups accompanied the Olukere to the farm to perform his first major traditional assignment for new planting season where yams were planted in four heaps representing the three sections of the town - Okekere, Odo-Oja and Uro while the fourth heap was for the Olukere.

N1.5bn subsidy fraud: Court dismisses application to quash charge MATTHEW IRINOYE

ustice Lateef LawalAkapo of a Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, yesterday dismissed the application of three oil marketers, Mahmud Tukur, Alex Ochonogor and Abdullahi Alao, to quash the N1.5 billion fuel subsidy fraud charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The presiding judge in his ruling, dismissed the application filed by the defendants and their firms, Eterna Plc and Axe Energy Limited, for lacking in merit. It would be recalled that the defendants were charged to court by the EFCC on a nine-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretences, forgery and altering. The anti-graft agency also claimed that they obtained the money from the Petroleum Support Fund for a purported importation

of 80.3 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit. Counsel to the defendants, Messrs Olaniran Obele, Ebun Adegboruwa and Aderemi Oguntoye, however, argued that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the charge. The lawyers maintained that the proof of evidence did not support the offences alleged against the defendants. According to them, the criminal charge against their clients was an abuse of court process and should be struck out. The defence lawyers further argued that the EFCC failed to obtain a valid fiat from the Attorney-General of Lagos State to empower them to prosecute the defendants before the state high court. They said the issues in dispute related to fuel importation and revenue of the Federal Government hence the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the charge.

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Komfota College takes on formidable opponents at Spelling Bee

Professor Felicia Ogunsheye, Nigeria’s first female professor in Library studies, holding a walking stick; Olubukola M. Akande, representative of Oyo State Ministry of Women Affairs, in wheelchair; Kikelomo Laniyonu Edwards, coordinator of Dementia Friends Nigeria (fourth right) and others at the launch of Dementia Friends Nigeria in Ibadan, recently.

Man kills niece for rituals in Ondo OJO OYEWAMIDE AKURE

ndo State Police Command on Tuesday night arrested a 42-year-old man, Samuel Omosaba, for beheading his three-yearold niece, Adunbarin Kola. The incident occurred at Ilepa quarters in IkareAkoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was said

KEMI OLAITAN IBADAN

amily of Lowo Oyediran, who was allegedly killed by his wife, Yewande, who was arraigned at an Ibadan High Court yesterday, has kicked against her prosecution by Oyo State Ministry of Justice. It would be recalled that 28-year-old Yewande, a lawyer, was a staff of the ministry before the alleged offence. The family of Lowo (a French national) from Gbongan in Osun State, in a petition dated February 15, sent by their lawyer, Mr. Kehinde Adesiyan, to Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General in Oyo State Ministry of Justice, applied for a fiat to prosecute the criminal case, saying they lacked sufficient trust in the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, to prosecute the case without bias. According to Adesiyan, the petition was not directed to the Attorney-General and Justice

to have contacted an herbalist in Ipe-Akoko for money rituals. It was learnt the herbalist requested Omosaba to look for the head of a baby with which to prepare the rituals. An eyewitness, who spoke with National Mirror said, “The deceased (Adunbarin) had always been put in the care of her grandmother at Ilepa quarters in Ikare anytime her mother, Bunmi, who is a trader, goes to the

market to sell her goods. “On the day the little girl met her untimely death, Bunmi took Adunbarin to her mother-inlaw. But she met only her husband’s elder brother at home. “He promised to take care of the child until her grandmother returns home. When she returned from the market, Bunmi met her daughter’s lifeless body in the room of Samuel.” The suspect was said to

have confessed to family members that he killed the girl for ritual purposes. He was nearly lynched by aggrieved youths in the community before he was rescued by the police. State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident, saying the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department, SCID, in Akure for further investigation.

omfota College, one of the leading secondary schools in Ketu-Alapere, Lagos State, is set to challenge NigerianTurkish International College, NTIC, and other reputable secondary schools in the country at the intra school Spelling Bee Competition organised by NTIC. The 2016 Spelling Bee contest, wherein contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with varying degrees of difficulty, will take place on Wednesday, February 24 at the NTIC premises, Isheri, Ogun State. Known for its academic excellence and performances that earned it invitation to the prestigious competition, Komfota College will join other Nigerian schools such as Redeemer International Secondary School, Mind Builders School, Supreme Education Foundation School and

Honeyland College at the competition. On its invitation to the spelling competition, Ag Principal of Komfota College, Gbenga Ogunleke, said the school keeps achieving a consistent track record of above average results at both internal and external examinations, which had brought the college to the forefront of leading centres of academic learning in Lagos. “We believe in the culture of continuous improvement on a daily basis. Beyond the benefit of quality teaching, which is one of the reasons for the good results we are getting, one other strength of the school lies in our motto: ‘Fear God’. ‘‘We breed God-fearing, patriotic and visionary future leaders in the school and we believe the students would be ready to take on any challenge the Spelling Bee competition will bring their way,” Ogunleke said.

held brief for family of the deceased, told the court he was not in the know of the charge or information preferred against the accused and needed to be availed it. His appearance was, however, kicked against by the defence counsel, who urged the court not to allow him. Justice Abimbola nevertheless overruled the objection, thus allowing Alliu to take brief of the deceased’s family. The judge later doused the tension created by the failure of service of the information by DPP, when he directed that the defence be immediately served in the court. After serving the papers, the DPP counsel informed the court that eight witnesses were already listed and ready to testify against Yewande. Since the defence team needed to study the information filed for the accused to confirm the charge, Yewande’s plea could not be taken and

the court had to adjourn till March 24 for commencement of trial in agreement with the parties concerned. Abimbola, however, later appealed to all concerned parties to exercise restraint in the matter, saying, “This is a sober situation that calls for sober reflection.” Explaining to journalists why Yewande was veiled in the court, the deceased’s family lawyer, Alliu, said, “There is no noble accused. Covering the accused person’s face could be done outside the court room for protection purpose, but certainly not in the dock. But in her case today, I observed that she opened her face to the court. I saw it. Nevertheless, according to Lord Denning, justice is not about what the judge rules on but what the litigant goes home with, and what the public feels about it.”

Lowo: Family rejects state prosecutor Commissioner because “we are aware that there is no sitting Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice currently in Oyo State, hence this letter to your office as the present administrative head and accounting officer of the Ministry of Justice.” The petition read in part, “The family felt that for there to be justice to all stakeholders in this case, it will be fair and appropriate for impartial, independent legal practitioners to prosecute this case on behalf of the government of Oyo State. This became necessary because the accused is herself a legal officer not only in the Ministry of Justice of Oyo State, but also in the Directorate of Public Prosecution that is statutorily saddled with handling cases like this. Needless to say, the refusal of this application for fiat to prosecute this matter will violate the latter

pillar of the principle of fair hearing and natural justice ‘nebo judex in causa sua’, meaning, you cannot be a judge in your own case. “In view of the above explanation, we most respectfully apply for the fiat of the Ministry of Justice as private legal practitioners to prosecute this case on behalf of the Ministry of Justice and the Government of Oyo State.” Meanwhile, the trial of Yewande could not continue yesterday as her plea was not taken to disclose the charge preferred against her by the DPP. While appearing in the same attire she wore on Monday with her face fully covered, the accused, who was given VIP treatment and sandwiched between armed security men, was escorted into High Court 1. But when called into the dock, her plea could not be taken because copies of the charge

had not been served on the defence counsel and counsel holding brief for the family. On being called into the dock, she slightly unveiled her face for the judge to identify her, and the lead prosecuting counsel from DPP, Mr. Tajudeen Abdul-Ganiyu, applied to the court for a date for commencement of hearing. The presiding judge, Mukthar Abimbola, who considered the application a misapplication of the court procedure, directed that such application could only be honoured after the accused person’s plea had been taken. The defence counsel led by Chief Abioye Asanke, however, notified the court that the information filed against the accused person had not been served him for her to know what she was being charged with. Also, Chief Michael Abayomi Alliu, who appeared as counsel that

29,400,000,000.00

15,487,920,000.00 7,855,680,000.00 6,056,400,000.00

=N=

22,945,628.49 5,294,123,118.19

5,271,177,489.70

Less Deductions =N=

2,801,196,386.10 1,400,598,193.05 4,706,009,928.64 2,778,250,757.61 142,272,902,501.43

130,586,847,236.03

Net Statutory Allocation =N=

4= 2-3

38,247,018.95 19,123,509.47 64,254,991.83 38,247,018.95 2,014,852,958.25

1,854,980,419.04

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

120,166,923.85 60,083,461.92 201,880,432.07 120,166,923.85 6,330,393,548.39

5,828,095,806.70

NNPC Refund to FG =N=

595,884,383.45 8,938,265,751.70

147,000,000.00 294,000,000.00 493,920,000.00 294,000,000.00 15,487,920,000.00

8,342,381,368.25

VAT =N=

=N=

Total

3,106,610,328.90 1,773,805,164.45 5,466,065,352.55 3,826,549,083.85 175,044,334,759.76

160,871,304,830.02

Total Net Amount =N=

9 (4 + 5 +6+7 + 8)

180,338,457,877.95 113,519,826,955.17 85,404,887,564.59 28,229,667,373.77 3,457,587,444.84 1,544,238,100.09 4,528,109,992.60 148,797,827.02 417,171,573,136.03

Table II

14,259,000,000.00

7 Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 =N=

8,938,265,751.70 29,794,219,172.32 20,855,953,420.62 2,482,851,597.69 62,071,289,942.33

=N=

VAT

Table I

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Kemi Adeosun Hon. Minister of Finance Federal Ministry Of Finance, Abuja. Nigeria.

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The above information is also available on the Federal Ministry of Finance website www.fmf.gov.ng and Office of Accountant-General of the Federation website www.oagf.gov.ng. In addition, you would find on these websites details of the Capital and Recurrent allocations to all arms of Government including Federal Ministries and Agencies. The Budget Office website www.budgetoffice.gov.ng also contains information about the Budget.

2,801,196,386.10 1,400,598,193.05 4,706,009,928.64 2,801,196,386.10 147,567,025,619.62

2 Share of Derivation & Ecology 3 Stabilization 4 Development of Natural Resources 5 FCT-Abuja Sub-total

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

135,858,024,725.73

Beneficiaries

S/n

6,330,393,548.39 6,330,393,548.39

=N=

NNPC Refund to FG

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015

Distribution of Revenue Allocation to FGN by Federation Account Allocation Committee for the Month of December, 2015 Shared in January , 2016

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2,014,852,958.25 1,021,960,346.33 787,888,590.36 526,344,069.54 4,351,045,964.47

=N=

147,567,025,619.62 74,847,967,436.53 57,704,645,553.61 27,703,323,304.23 3,457,587,444.84 1,544,238,100.09 2,045,258,394.91 148,797,827.02 315,018,843,680.84

Exchange Gain Difference

Statutory

1 FGN (CRF Account)

Total

FGN (see Table II) State (see Table III) LGCs (see Table IV) 13% Derivation Fund Cost of Collection - NCS Deductions: Cost of Collections - DPR Deductions: Cost of Collections - FIRS Customs Duty Refunds

Beneficiaries

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

S/n

Summary of Gross Revenue Allocation by Federation Account Allocation Committee for the Month of December, 2015 Shared in January, 2016

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

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Total (States)

74,847,967,436.53

27,703,323,304.23

102,551,290,740.75

1,964,186,283.89

1,960,012,030.57

1,901,315,326.34

2,175,314,004.26

7,061,127,561.12

2,061,146,259.93

2,213,827,396.04

1,800,147,226.93

3,035,800,697.25

1,833,763,761.61

2,338,023,401.34

1,820,244,800.27

2,644,171,909.03

1,756,989,406.30

2,181,521,776.57

2,084,193,863.13

2,426,288,426.38

3,130,809,714.93

2,586,139,446.79

2,207,326,258.39

2,358,105,238.80

1,859,168,152.18

1,984,997,488.61

1,764,857,824.55

2,570,414,486.67

1,765,854,285.83

8,675,394,702.32

1,984,826,184.71

2,452,332,528.77

2,213,582,821.49

6,520,360,386.18

2,360,992,210.60

1,962,532,384.08

10,763,032,848.94

1,966,215,858.01

2,166,273,787.93

1,470,608,306.54

0.00

15,845,287.55

23,859,115.36

11,261,467.46

22,112,425.47

26,034,815.95

12,375,064.50

68,547,813.45

59,589,105.17

31,772,680.64

45,263,062.46

19,798,421.47

16,173,086.07

332,597,566.97

16,858,507.54

15,884,102.50

23,984,392.30

10,991,528,898.65

0.00

488,822,936.86

0.00

609,914,612.08

99,912,935.00

945,881,467.00

725,882,360.59

0.00

503,071,387.00

101,637,860.22

2,000,000,000.00

0.00

246,132,000.00

0.00

24,611,921.63 66,107,061.75

0.00

499,551,677.82

0.00

499,654,808.01

520,000,000.00

0.00

1,098,907,642.20

633,134,951.92

0.00

472,247,451.38

1,241,107,428.57

305,669,380.00

0.00

Contractual Obligation (ISPO) =N=

8 Deductions

110,674,396.98

14,023,883.71

28,166,592.54

21,214,806.95

25,791,432.48

25,674,526.04

30,994,228.04

19,664,731.60

13,440,317.17

146,582,035.77

11,553,061.14

13,766,429.78

18,040,190.54

32,206,763.25

19,471,259.86

74,089,239.58

16,848,426.46

15,730,086.41

External Debt =N=

17,285,051,005.71

423,088,717.97

179,945,191.18

426,818,259.11

90,812,669.21

1,702,188,295.85

513,591,504.36

369,624,176.55

1,399,460,245.87

342,122,965.17

1,254,658,714.33

73,377,064.63

34,331,521.02

477,468,771.60

72,804,102,529.86

1,036,429,341.51

1,756,207,724.03

1,463,235,599.77

2,062,388,909.58

5,332,904,449.32

925,265,078.99

1,675,742,471.04

(604,783,591.11)

1,936,022,690.85

533,841,984.82

1,741,776,528.24

1,668,102,332.96

311,574,342.06

1,262,662,127.16

1,908,746,564.03

1,783,226,209.91

276,983,260.92 10,759,110.04

2,230,302,000.42

2,781,289,124.69

2,068,955,176.27

2,013,357,183.50

1,751,781,249.01

975,474,143.18

1,752,737,677.24

881,849,270.25

1,527,231,536.46

1,542,791,585.00

6,163,344,071.46

432,256,755.75

2,245,004,020.69

1,448,767,146.47

3,475,135,706.48

1,859,992,001.18

129,879,364.21

324,908,668.61

406,509,873.54

179,945,191.18

578,157,397.25

362,927,524.23

206,468,378.89

357,679,220.25

492,188,722.17

203,397,969.24

1,399,702,671.49

772,852,441.27

195,775,446.94

278,801,793.86

1,786,077,060.59

163,124,066.17

9,637,463,978.98 1,746,066,926.57

196,994,197.65

1,619,010,262.41

330,357,169.14 1,051,479,630.38

1,857,949,950.68

1,548,304,415.88

26,818,637.35

26,761,642.86

25,960,208.89

29,701,336.31

122,244,297.99

28,142,510.98

30,227,191.06

24,578,878.31

48,248,193.20

25,037,872.28

31,922,940.42

24,853,286.87

36,103,035.69

23,989,609.39

29,786,096.09

28,457,198.71

33,128,094.80

42,747,498.56

35,310,671.15

30,138,425.73

33,843,765.02

25,384,739.14

27,102,789.70

24,097,043.32

38,714,955.23

24,110,648.82

154,345,452.86

27,100,450.75

33,483,696.17

30,223,851.69

112,605,391.86

32,236,552.31

26,796,055.31

195,841,212.14

26,846,348.78

31,413,836.14

=N=

Distribution of Exchange Gain

Net Statutory Allocation =N=

10=6-(7+8+9)

292,593,750.84

Other Deductions (see Note) =N=

704,311,481.79 711,515,439.62 744,926,105.02 529,337,716.08 698,065,025.96 684,630,573.69 606,787,266.95 772,783,244.23 567,923,287.18 677,389,063.92 571,996,090.05 657,509,873.06 568,298,312.07 686,990,705.35 714,189,228.14 847,421,339.59 1,122,043,841.67 811,612,300.94 627,514,580.05 645,251,395.94 584,263,869.06 5,785,458,132.05 541,613,074.61 685,520,855.34 677,508,546.37 652,012,761.45 646,483,029.55 914,397,592.80 649,233,229.31 1,006,396,206.40 659,577,417.49 593,081,177.24 564,479,546.33 624,952,851.91

208,282,218.50 205,977,889.93 247,798,302.66 183,300,311.71 232,326,927.43 257,384,939.88 208,317,739.23 210,342,789.61 185,335,509.72 193,705,311.26 185,230,925.96 208,335,718.46 195,129,281.00 215,388,459.83 231,670,268.89 271,428,665.68 328,594,617.91 254,651,477.10 218,746,889.29 228,961,955.51 184,405,094.92 277,519,471.71 191,044,074.58 245,387,607.74 192,462,959.25 192,844,249.92 188,934,730.65 232,352,596.79 216,327,924.54 223,415,557.80 228,310,417.80 199,552,844.18 205,713,365.84 206,151,475.26 7,855,679,999.96

642,131,718.83

206,364,489.53

29,794,219,172.32

616,612,292.28

193,982,939.91

=N=

Gross VAT Allocation

Distribution of $150 Million being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015

=N=

14=6+11+12+13

15=10+11+12+13

141,749,494,328.92

2,822,109,248.41

2,756,966,585.61

2,719,909,556.64

3,092,903,175.86

8,413,183,623.31

2,954,849,924.75

3,390,804,776.68

2,660,143,865.44

3,928,905,901.83

2,728,773,139.51

3,300,854,804.83

2,577,755,236.33

8,743,252,548.48

2,549,647,979.68

3,085,521,224.11

2,958,912,531.18

3,525,680,299.21

4,624,195,673.07

3,740,300,123.21

3,183,324,181.15

3,294,328,168.99

2,647,980,484.39

2,877,945,869.84

2,546,181,883.89

3,480,223,817.09

2,543,223,731.55

9,812,866,189.01

2,827,031,641.63

3,427,831,738.51

3,174,198,626.58

7,345,603,805.83

3,385,953,170.60

2,906,821,768.95

11,871,467,761.37

2,841,558,415.15

3,008,282,856.26

=N=

Total Gross Amount

112,002,306,118.02

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

1,894,352,306.03

2,553,162,279.07

2,281,829,830.07

2,979,978,081.18

6,684,960,511.51

1,818,968,743.81

2,852,719,851.68

255,213,047.40

2,829,127,895.43

1,428,851,362.72

2,704,607,931.73

2,425,612,769.02

6,410,654,981.51

2,055,320,700.54

2,812,746,011.57

2,657,944,877.96

3,329,693,873.25

4,274,675,082.83

3,223,115,852.69

2,989,355,106.26

2,688,004,179.20

1,764,286,475.39

2,645,686,058.47

1,663,173,329.59

2,437,040,866.88

2,320,161,030.71

7,300,815,558.15

1,274,462,212.67

3,220,503,230.43

2,409,382,951.56

4,300,379,126.13

2,884,952,961.18

2,690,356,311.44

10,745,898,891.41

2,494,352,819.55

2,699,959,019.01

=N=

Total Net Amount

* Other Deductions cover; National Water Rehabilitation Projects, National Agricultural Technology Support Programme, Payment for Fertilizer, State Water Supply Project, State Agricultural Project and National Fadama Project

Note :

1,964,186,283.89

1,901,315,326.34

1,960,012,030.57

4,932,451,190.00

1,198,404,044.26

305,910,084.80

724,813,745.55

6,671,274,082.95

4,773,897,220.45

8,778,545,101.48

2,175,314,004.26

2,128,676,371.12

2,061,146,259.93

2,213,827,396.04

1,800,147,226.93

1,837,396,653.00

1,833,763,761.61

2,338,023,401.34

1,820,244,800.27

2,644,171,909.03

1,756,989,406.30

2,181,521,776.57

2,084,193,863.13

2,426,288,426.38

3,130,809,714.93

2,586,139,446.79

2,207,326,258.39

2,052,195,154.00

1,859,168,152.18

1,984,997,488.61

1,764,857,824.55

1,845,600,741.12

1,765,854,285.83

2,004,120,619.37

1,984,826,184.71

2,452,332,528.77

2,213,582,821.49

1,746,463,165.73

2,360,992,210.60

1,962,532,384.08

1,984,487,747.46

1,966,215,858.01

318,027,834.74

=N=

Gross Total

6=4+5

S/n

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37 FCT

26 NIGER

34 TARABA

25 NASSARAWA

24 LAGOS

23 KWARA

33 SOKOTO

22 KOGI

32 RIVERS

21 KEBBI

20 KATSINA

19 KANO

31 PLATEAU

18 KADUNA

30 OYO

17 JIGAWA

16 IMO

29 OSUN

15 GOMBE

14 ENUGU

13 EKITI

27 OGUN

12 EDO

28 ONDO

11 EBONYI

9 CROSS RIVER

8 BORNO

10 DELTA

7 BENUE

5 BAUCHI

6 BAYELSA

3 AKWA IBOM

4 ANAMBRA

2 ADAMAWA

1,848,245,953.18

=N=

13% Share of Derivation (Net)

Gross Statutory Allocation

No. of LGCs

1 ABIA

S/n Beneficiaries

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4 ANAMBRA

5 BAUCHI

6 BAYELSA

7 BENUE

8 BORNO

9 CROSS RIVER

12 EDO

13 EKITI

14 ENUGU

15 GOMBE

16 IMO

17 JIGAWA

18 KADUNA

19 KANO

20 KATSINA

21 KEBBI

22 KOGI

23 KWARA

24 LAGOS

25 NASSARAWA

26 NIGER

27 OGUN

28 ONDO

29 OSUN

30 OYO

31 PLATEAU

32 RIVERS

33 SOKOTO

34 TARABA

35 YOBE

36 ZAMFARA

37 FCT, ABUJA

25,148,921.95 28,282,344.08 45,027,915.74 34,280,518.69 21,634,686.94 22,361,033.66 15,822,773.52 26,954,034.37 14,116,641.10 26,128,813.76 18,640,201.27 17,802,571.28 24,114,032.91 30,417,971.03 19,067,992.26 23,635,833.47 23,804,942.57 17,841,884.09 17,938,450.84 16,208,589.49 7,158,836.08

1,841,896,995.13

2,071,387,580.32

3,297,826,557.65

2,510,691,492.07

1,584,515,826.95

1,637,713,170.58

1,158,853,610.32

1,974,102,707.77

1,033,897,153.90

1,913,663,880.00

1,365,200,892.88

1,303,853,207.72

1,766,102,135.46

2,227,800,044.94

1,396,532,134.27

1,731,078,999.84

1,743,464,482.21

1,306,732,462.29

1,313,804,972.21

1,187,110,617.81 524,310,294.28

787,888,590.36

23,937,808.78

1,753,195,550.87

57,704,645,553.61

12,238,418.57

22,975,722.38

1,682,732,727.33

896,336,886.16

17,930,779.60

1,313,243,133.24

17,861,071.36

27,813,953.19

2,037,082,818.37

1,308,137,729.90

25,618,444.22

1,876,284,618.81

13,958,790.21

9,582,868.92

701,845,491.17

1,022,336,217.74

23,543,015.16

1,724,281,023.91

13,264,035.15

20,739,128.77

1,518,925,504.40

17,579,537.41

27,474,823.97

2,012,245,129.60

971,452,634.91

20,627,654.73

1,510,761,190.76

1,287,518,295.63

=N= 16,353,548.83

Exchange Gain Difference

=N= 1,197,727,382.20

Gross Statutory Allocation

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Total LGCs

11 EBONYI

3 AKWA IBOM

10 DELTA

2 ADAMAWA

No. of LGCs

Beneficiaries

S/n

1 ABIA

(673,887,700.41)

(71,978,076.34)

(83,690,561.46)

(82,028,645.40)

(47,177,126.82)

(115,776,950.33)

(39,238,127.25)

(53,983,557.43)

(40,476,156.86)

(139,538,498.52)

=N=

Deduction

6,056,400,000.18

55,029,068.04

124,593,378.51

137,890,604.08

137,148,307.74

182,985,584.46

181,685,664.22

146,573,246.16

233,819,098.33

185,361,522.86

136,846,115.10

143,284,870.90

200,848,888.53

108,512,835.71

207,192,255.03

121,627,659.94

171,886,439.15

166,303,103.73

263,510,013.86

346,123,896.49

217,402,803.94

193,316,584.11

184,006,910.21

94,075,176.56

137,295,797.78

107,299,455.85

135,131,681.85

101,958,961.55

176,611,473.73

137,831,636.22

213,802,342.31

196,925,742.40

73,662,302.07

180,972,181.55

159,419,061.25

211,195,498.82

158,562,174.46

125,707,662.68

20,855,953,420.62

334,794,257.73 1,162,843,482.51

333,298,509.54

334,734,185.87

478,989,694.01

678,189,821.06

387,197,791.96

768,551,780.70

563,480,035.98

404,916,015.65

448,385,059.58

522,337,689.00

262,462,944.52

3,206,208,627.69

330,814,470.38

440,038,476.01

430,234,703.93

729,781,557.62

1,066,708,106.24

603,420,530.38

568,662,678.20

549,898,463.86

254,823,049.03

392,407,212.32

324,464,127.24

415,983,128.95

279,662,048.54

570,063,358.92

375,153,010.11

550,938,321.43

504,873,214.49

186,913,730.42

493,762,157.22

484,648,600.27

612,796,409.82

437,220,463.18

=N= 366,295,706.30

Value Added Tax

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 =N=

37 84,730,999,864.36

36 1,749,341,680.91

1,662,706,843.54

1,802,932,536.68

1,796,456,839.99

2,357,266,626.91

2,614,590,318.60

1,949,371,164.66

3,176,898,333.54

2,457,029,081.80

1,816,240,782.93

1,859,734,074.30

2,662,979,271.29

1,379,751,447.98

5,414,457,624.87

1,627,118,514.16

2,271,999,119.39

2,202,688,321.54

3,538,263,582.24

4,755,686,476.12

17 2,629,025,179.38 2,920,493,258.72

S/n

2,511,038,733.72

1,203,489,972.89

1,855,701,811.36

1,468,058,591.04

1,856,212,643.84

1,325,861,523.29

2,452,383,282.36

1,844,158,559.17

2,829,637,435.30

2,464,163,521.40

972,004,392.58

2,422,558,377.85

2,183,732,294.69

2,863,711,862.21

2,127,171,483.12

1,706,084,300.00

=N=

Total Net Amount

9 (4+5+6+7+ 8)

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S/n

Local Government Councils

1 ABA NORTH 2 ABA SOUTH 3 AROCHUKWU 4 BENDE 5 IKWUANO 6 ISIALA NGWA NORTH 7 ISIALA NGWA SOUTH 8 ISUIKWUATO ABIA 9 NNEOCHI 10 OBIOMA NGWA 11 OHAFIA 12 OSISIOMA 13 UGWUNAGBO 14 UKWA EAST 15 UKWA WEST 16 UMUAHIA NORTH 17 UMUAHIA SOUTH ABIA TOTAL 1 DEMSA 2 FUFORE 3 GANYE 4 GIREI 5 GOMBI 6 GUYUK 7 HONG 8 JADA 9 YOLA-NORTH 10 LAMURDE ADAMAWA 11 MADAGALI 12 MAIHA 13 MAYO-BELWA 14 MICHIKA 15 MUBI NORTH 16 MUBI SOUTH 17 NUMAN 18 SHELLENG 19 SONG 20 TOUNGO 21 YOLA-SOUTH ADAMAWA TOTAL 1 ABAK 2 EASTERN OBOLO 3 EKET 4 EKPE ATAI 5 ESSIEN UDIM 6 ETIM EKPO 7 ETINAN 8 IBENO 9 IBESIKPO ASUTAN 10 IBIONO IBOM 11 IKA 12 IKONO 13 IKOT ABASI 14 IKOT EKPENE 15 INI AKWA IBOM 16 ITU 17 MBO 18 MKPAT ENIN 19 NSIT IBOM 20 NSIT UBIUM 21 OBAT AKARA 22 OKOBO 23 ONNA 24 ORON 25 ORUK ANAM 26 UDUNG UKO 27 UKANAFUN 28 UQUO 29 URUAN 30 URUE OFFONG/ORUK 31 UYO AKWA IBOM TOTAL 1 AGUATA 2 ANAMBRA EAST 3 ANAMBRA WEST 4 ANIOCHA 5 AWKA NORTH 6 AWKA SOUTH 7 AYAMELUM 8 DUNUKOFIA 9 EKWUSIGWO 10 IDEMILI NORTH ANAMBRA 11 IDEMILI SOUTH 12 IHIALA 13 NJIKOKA 14 NNEWI NORTH 15 NNEWI SOUTH 16 OGBARU 17 ONISHA NORTH 18 ONISHA SOUTH 19 ORUMBA NORTH 20 ORUMBA SOUTH 21 OYI ANAMBRA TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N= 61,360,553.88 102,372,090.66 72,030,036.93 73,390,806.36 66,800,007.45 68,987,141.25 66,936,004.91 65,266,778.64 70,413,559.81 71,455,515.62 78,142,321.96 75,237,164.80 57,452,758.60 54,285,009.38 56,526,595.62 84,262,925.58 72,808,110.75 1,197,727,382.20 74,667,093.34 91,216,859.61 77,671,182.09 68,002,239.05 67,290,652.39 71,943,404.04 78,363,616.19 81,974,879.58 71,273,079.15 63,815,669.32 64,850,989.18 63,493,293.29 73,621,838.59 71,372,012.39 68,106,072.58 63,449,318.30 60,299,504.72 68,309,411.93 85,982,280.05 73,667,972.07 71,389,822.88 1,510,761,190.76 68,551,106.69 53,524,599.88 70,667,635.16 54,174,769.01 72,801,993.76 63,455,138.49 71,969,178.71 57,665,236.67 66,922,502.41 72,808,584.46 56,035,502.72 66,279,930.49 66,298,617.66 68,377,161.49 62,469,237.90 63,784,238.84 59,538,795.45 73,971,273.28 61,723,550.74 64,943,466.70 67,550,638.01 58,061,541.38 60,627,544.05 62,099,656.33 73,167,151.85 54,502,702.24 66,875,260.73 54,522,111.32 71,105,585.98 58,836,371.95 88,934,045.27 2,012,245,129.60 100,031,032.19 65,786,099.95 67,675,293.07 81,798,794.22 62,123,523.00 71,518,027.78 66,281,078.17 59,263,519.55 65,823,247.60 104,134,750.53 72,373,777.37 88,484,209.25 65,013,308.79 64,461,082.52 77,367,414.14 73,926,753.51 61,930,199.73 64,170,966.24 69,299,194.89 70,129,033.01 67,334,198.90 1,518,925,504.40

Exchange Gain Difference =N= 837,805.69 1,397,769.65 983,484.84 1,002,064.54 912,074.98 941,937.71 913,931.87 891,140.56 961,413.76 975,640.43 1,066,940.86 1,027,274.38 784,449.37 741,197.51 771,803.71 1,150,510.45 994,108.52 16,353,548.83 1,019,490.72 1,245,458.18 1,060,508.00 928,490.03 918,774.16 982,301.97 1,069,962.37 1,119,269.89 973,149.48 871,327.38 885,463.45 866,925.72 1,005,219.01 974,500.30 929,907.76 866,325.29 823,318.32 932,684.12 1,173,986.20 1,005,848.91 974,743.48 20,627,654.73 935,984.17 730,815.02 964,882.86 739,692.31 994,025.00 866,404.76 982,653.90 787,350.51 913,747.51 994,114.99 765,098.42 904,973.95 905,229.10 933,609.16 852,943.46 870,898.24 812,931.73 1,009,990.13 842,761.98 886,726.12 922,323.96 792,761.58 827,797.31 847,897.26 999,010.80 744,169.85 913,102.48 744,434.85 970,862.56 803,340.97 1,214,289.06 27,474,823.97 1,365,805.27 898,231.28 924,025.97 1,116,865.65 848,223.13 976,493.96 904,989.62 809,173.17 898,738.49 1,421,836.68 988,178.21 1,208,147.08 887,679.73 880,139.73 1,056,360.41 1,009,382.26 845,583.53 876,178.54 946,198.43 957,528.89 919,368.74 20,739,128.77

Deduction =N=

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N= 6,440,106.42 18,899,782.78 10,744,478.61 33,041,182.84 7,559,923.66 21,703,263.36 7,702,743.43 22,682,411.96 7,011,005.12 20,263,349.46 7,240,556.09 20,966,968.64 7,025,278.74 20,118,924.48 6,850,084.85 19,210,625.03 7,390,266.06 21,422,638.16 7,499,624.69 22,205,375.95 8,201,439.48 25,052,975.20 7,896,528.26 23,912,594.51 6,029,963.17 17,788,099.35 5,697,491.56 16,726,345.56 5,932,757.59 18,053,481.92 8,843,828.39 23,958,545.88 7,641,586.53 20,289,141.23 125,707,662.68 366,295,706.30 7,836,696.32 22,133,705.91 9,573,679.60 23,342,209.07 21,411,178.73 8,151,990.94 7,137,185.51 19,887,273.95 7,062,500.83 20,621,870.08 7,550,831.11 22,023,476.26 8,224,665.46 21,636,420.90 8,603,686.17 21,607,231.95 7,480,477.04 22,938,123.09 6,697,783.44 19,118,795.40 6,806,445.61 20,103,263.27 6,663,948.41 19,047,812.15 7,726,991.46 20,921,358.58 7,490,860.59 21,018,491.19 7,148,083.39 20,829,411.14 6,659,333.02 19,839,981.59 6,328,743.84 18,131,824.33 7,169,424.89 20,739,877.49 9,024,283.51 22,690,039.33 7,731,833.40 16,402,702.88 7,492,729.90 22,775,415.90 158,562,174.46 437,220,463.18 7,194,792.01 20,332,259.28 5,617,682.66 16,821,225.94 21,828,226.70 7,416,932.59 5,685,921.27 17,449,347.20 7,640,944.52 22,727,183.90 6,659,943.88 18,827,128.41 7,553,536.28 21,681,924.33 6,052,263.83 17,484,436.53 7,023,861.59 20,243,351.42 7,641,636.24 22,591,832.98 5,881,214.85 17,375,324.37 6,956,420.36 20,011,046.69 6,958,381.67 20,016,365.96 20,510,477.29 7,176,535.57 6,556,468.52 18,549,006.40 6,694,484.64 19,793,314.08 6,248,903.48 18,764,280.52 7,763,666.43 22,073,136.77 6,478,204.82 18,969,854.79 6,816,151.59 19,846,864.41 7,089,787.66 20,743,094.92 6,093,858.05 18,766,292.01 6,363,173.26 19,629,712.89 6,517,679.04 18,024,454.52 7,679,269.75 21,832,562.57 5,720,339.54 16,496,482.07 7,018,903.33 19,793,314.08 5,722,376.62 16,962,387.84 7,462,897.78 19,402,950.93 6,175,180.53 17,295,758.77 9,334,086.48 27,952,811.26 211,195,498.82 612,796,409.82 10,498,772.46 30,723,401.10 6,904,590.29 21,030,656.89 7,102,870.85 21,660,253.24 8,585,205.09 26,916,321.15 6,520,183.96 19,210,347.90 7,506,185.68 22,627,243.50 6,956,540.82 21,257,687.06 6,220,011.86 18,485,049.33 6,908,489.13 21,249,685.80 10,929,478.85 33,432,699.25 7,596,000.99 23,460,179.14 9,286,873.86 27,683,190.51 6,823,481.89 20,813,147.78 6,765,522.88 21,220,094.54 8,120,108.91 24,621,255.83 7,758,993.85 24,094,737.16 6,499,893.69 19,761,674.94 6,735,073.70 20,285,556.32 7,273,307.73 21,883,260.43 7,360,403.50 22,544,504.22 7,067,071.26 21,687,654.20 159,419,061.25 484,648,600.27

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Total Allocation =N= 87,538,248.77 147,555,521.75 102,276,708.79 104,778,026.29 94,986,437.02 98,136,603.69 94,994,140.01 92,218,629.08 100,187,877.80 102,136,156.70 112,463,677.50 108,073,561.95 82,055,270.48 77,450,044.01 81,284,638.85 118,215,810.29 101,732,947.04 1,706,084,300.00 105,656,986.30 125,378,206.47 108,294,859.76 95,955,188.55 95,893,797.45 102,500,013.39 109,294,664.92 113,305,067.58 102,664,828.77 90,503,575.54 92,646,161.50 90,071,979.57 103,275,407.64 100,855,864.47 97,013,474.86 90,814,958.21 85,583,391.21 97,151,398.42 118,870,589.09 98,808,357.26 102,632,712.16 2,127,171,483.12 97,014,142.15 76,694,323.49 100,877,677.31 78,049,729.79 104,164,147.18 89,808,615.54 102,187,293.21 81,989,287.53 95,103,462.93 104,036,168.66 80,057,140.36 94,152,371.49 94,178,594.40 96,997,783.50 88,427,656.28 91,142,935.79 85,364,911.18 104,818,066.60 88,014,372.33 92,493,208.81 96,305,844.55 83,714,453.03 87,448,227.52 87,489,687.15 103,677,994.97 77,463,693.69 94,600,580.62 77,951,310.63 98,942,297.25 83,110,652.22 127,435,232.06 2,863,711,862.21 142,619,011.01 94,619,578.42 97,362,443.13 118,417,186.11 88,702,277.99 102,627,950.93 95,400,295.67 84,777,753.90 94,880,161.00 149,918,765.31 104,418,135.71 126,662,420.70 93,537,618.19 93,326,839.69 111,165,139.29 106,789,866.78 89,037,351.89 92,067,774.79 99,401,961.47 100,991,469.62 97,008,293.09 2,183,732,294.69

State

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 ALKALERI 2 BAUCHI 3 BOGORO 4 DAMBAN 5 DARAZO 6 DASS 7 GAMAWA 8 GANJUWA 9 GIADE 10 I/GADAU BAUCHI 11 JAMA'ARE 12 KATAGUM 13 KIRFI 14 MISAU 15 NINGI 16 SHIRA 17 TAFAWA BALEWA 18 TORO 19 WARJI 20 ZAKI BAUCHI TOTAL 1 BRASS 2 EKERMOR 3 KOLOKUMA/OPOKUMA 4 NEMBE BAYELSA 5 OGBIA 6 SAGBAMA 7 SOUTHERN IJAW 8 YENAGOA BAYELSA TOTAL 1 ADO 2 AGATU 3 APA 4 BURUKU 5 GBOKO 6 GUMA 7 GWER EAST 8 GWER WEST 9 KATSINA ALA 10 KONSHISHA 11 KWANDE BENUE 12 LOGO 13 MAKURDI 14 OBI 15 OGBADIBO 16 OHIMINI 17 OJU 18 OKPOKWU 19 OTUKPO 20 TARKA 21 UKUM 22 USHONGO 23 VANDEIKYA BENUE TOTAL 1 ABADAN 2 ASKIRA UBA 3 BAMA 4 BAYO 5 BIU 6 CHIBOK 7 DAMBOA 8 DIKWA 9 GUBIO 10 GUZAMALA 11 GWOZA 12 HAWUL 13 JERE BORNO 14 KAGA 15 KALA BALGE 16 KONDUGA 17 KUKAWA 18 KWAYA KUSAR 19 MAFA 20 MAGUMERI 21 MAIDUGURI METRO 22 MARTE 23 MOBBAR 24 MONGUNO 25 NGALA 26 NGANZAI 27 SHANI BORNO TOTAL 1 ABI 2 AKAMKPA 3 AKPABUYO 4 BAKASSI 5 BEKWARA 6 BIASE 7 BOKI 8 CALABAR MUNICIPAL 9 CALABAR SOUTH CROSS RIVER 10 ETUNG 11 IKOM 12 OBANLIKU 13 OBUBRA 14 OBUDU 15 ODUKPANI 16 OGAJA 17 YAKURR 18 YALA CROSS RIVER TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

113,532,738.84 137,102,739.58 59,961,398.71 70,864,576.40 89,894,633.57 59,526,856.54 94,967,475.41 95,866,898.68 67,431,752.28 77,229,036.12 59,757,386.23 92,540,539.57 76,110,177.43 88,872,755.49 113,888,470.47 85,379,924.63 83,977,702.53 118,098,659.18 65,728,752.26 73,548,549.99 1,724,281,023.91 83,519,839.87 95,881,209.20 63,809,046.57 78,679,437.14 82,685,228.84 81,292,415.53 112,311,032.65 103,667,281.36 701,845,491.17 82,604,005.68 72,885,536.38 70,574,868.61 83,665,584.23 108,584,902.00 88,715,225.89 84,154,673.19 72,318,528.95 91,356,954.36 86,434,035.46 98,961,202.03 75,996,374.25 91,289,507.88 67,435,924.75 70,842,865.89 64,617,333.19 81,760,666.28 76,618,052.46 89,733,842.71 62,192,529.85 85,037,297.47 82,802,358.40 87,702,348.90 1,876,284,618.81 73,652,409.30 71,219,189.13 99,917,437.05 57,555,464.94 79,661,439.48 57,387,736.58 96,200,465.23 63,662,152.21 75,608,459.22 64,445,781.65 92,853,325.56 65,760,208.01 75,871,963.26 67,066,862.36 61,720,261.93 90,437,459.11 93,204,994.97 51,896,586.83 69,914,796.83 82,736,585.66 120,484,239.18 75,237,479.13 70,062,590.98 68,387,731.68 78,212,914.88 67,986,500.70 65,937,782.53 2,037,082,818.37 69,902,807.03 87,866,980.41 84,114,574.40 54,272,196.32 64,832,024.00 74,584,434.77 85,507,121.60 67,734,803.28 72,196,951.28 56,533,026.47 77,138,517.47 66,568,983.84 73,369,078.68 69,461,178.79 78,789,481.36 74,048,596.20 74,340,512.55 81,981,864.79 1,313,243,133.24

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

1,550,155.08 1,871,975.53 818,701.88 967,571.86 1,227,404.75 812,768.72 1,296,668.40 1,308,948.96 920,700.71 1,054,471.02 815,916.33 1,263,531.46 1,039,194.33 1,213,452.22 1,555,012.18 1,165,761.75 1,146,616.07 1,612,497.32 897,448.26 1,004,218.34 23,543,015.16 1,140,364.49 1,309,144.35 871,236.96 1,074,274.53 1,128,968.87 1,109,951.65 1,533,474.13 1,415,453.94 9,582,868.92 1,127,859.86 995,165.67 963,616.24 1,142,354.46 1,482,598.23 1,211,301.34 1,149,032.39 987,423.86 1,247,371.01 1,180,154.38 1,351,198.01 1,037,640.48 1,246,450.11 920,757.68 967,275.43 882,273.15 1,116,345.06 1,046,128.76 1,225,209.34 849,165.34 1,161,083.58 1,130,568.13 1,197,471.70 25,618,444.22 1,005,636.42 972,413.68 1,364,254.26 785,851.71 1,087,682.61 783,561.57 1,313,503.41 869,231.29 1,032,343.96 879,930.82 1,267,802.19 897,877.75 1,035,941.80 915,718.57 842,717.08 1,234,816.39 1,272,603.82 708,586.43 954,603.74 1,129,670.09 1,645,069.59 1,027,278.67 956,621.70 933,753.48 1,067,904.72 928,275.14 900,302.32 27,813,953.19 954,440.04 1,199,719.55 1,148,484.89 741,022.56 885,204.50 1,018,362.12 1,167,498.47 924,838.51 985,763.86 771,891.52 1,053,235.09 908,920.63 1,001,767.87 948,410.13 1,075,777.05 1,011,045.88 1,015,031.65 1,119,365.27 17,930,779.60

Deduction =N=

(6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (6,066,891.24) (139,538,498.52) -

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N= 11,915,846.17 14,389,639.23 6,293,257.89 7,437,602.57 9,434,905.17 6,247,650.43 9,967,326.06 10,061,725.19 7,077,309.98 8,105,585.43 6,271,845.71 9,712,606.64 7,988,155.44 9,327,653.80 11,953,182.03 8,961,063.20 8,813,892.76 12,395,063.05 6,898,571.37 7,719,299.44 180,972,181.55 8,765,837.71 10,063,227.14 6,697,088.35 8,257,812.49 8,678,240.98 8,532,058.05 11,787,621.81 10,880,415.54 73,662,302.07 8,669,716.20 7,649,712.75 7,407,196.25 8,781,134.34 11,396,545.19 9,311,120.26 8,832,466.74 7,590,202.39 9,588,383.27 9,071,697.56 10,386,488.27 7,976,211.22 9,581,304.42 7,077,747.91 7,435,323.95 6,781,922.20 8,581,203.38 8,041,459.54 9,418,029.34 6,527,426.59 8,925,102.71 8,690,534.34 9,204,813.60 196,925,742.40 7,730,200.02 7,474,821.01 10,486,850.05 6,040,742.72 8,360,878.70 6,023,138.76 10,096,734.71 6,681,671.03 7,935,497.53 6,763,916.98 9,745,435.15 6,901,872.81 7,963,153.64 7,039,012.92 6,477,859.64 9,491,877.51 9,782,344.67 5,446,814.30 7,337,918.32 8,683,631.14 12,645,441.96 7,896,561.27 7,353,430.08 7,177,644.95 8,208,848.58 7,135,533.70 6,920,510.16 213,802,342.31 7,336,659.93 9,222,092.53 8,828,258.17 5,696,146.77 6,804,455.11 7,828,020.89 8,974,413.17 7,109,116.76 7,577,442.18 5,933,432.54 8,096,085.03 6,986,758.00 7,700,462.99 7,290,308.77 8,269,362.21 7,771,781.87 7,802,420.00 8,604,419.31 137,831,636.22

29,028,489.67 36,376,507.11 18,067,702.21 21,049,490.19 25,549,640.18 18,323,742.53 27,104,790.10 25,499,174.13 21,319,789.74 24,584,080.31 19,572,654.28 27,533,103.35 20,901,802.13 26,081,120.52 31,610,706.35 24,763,684.01 24,136,724.94 29,966,290.98 19,431,268.88 22,861,395.62 493,762,157.22 22,118,400.01 25,927,178.56 17,301,686.21 19,699,337.51 21,889,403.06 22,212,135.44 28,124,440.76 29,641,148.88 186,913,730.42 21,747,026.75 18,914,893.62 18,076,415.22 22,857,324.50 29,795,400.29 22,315,473.81 21,066,025.66 19,210,895.54 23,795,885.70 23,838,529.29 24,867,741.64 21,308,119.65 27,044,665.45 18,169,837.75 19,504,215.48 16,946,270.77 21,360,552.49 21,647,122.75 25,447,453.04 17,304,405.38 23,447,763.85 22,169,841.94 24,037,353.90 504,873,214.49 18,010,650.36 19,705,263.58 25,600,940.59 17,062,925.70 21,403,005.79 16,487,505.48 23,883,888.08 18,266,735.38 20,361,769.20 17,808,070.97 25,883,711.37 18,910,635.66 22,973,398.33 17,556,277.13 16,250,239.07 20,531,002.55 22,645,301.98 16,058,164.13 18,159,858.22 19,800,921.11 36,843,202.55 19,315,436.83 18,747,034.48 18,442,941.90 24,129,647.45 17,993,619.75 18,106,173.78 550,938,321.43 20,140,221.24 20,422,857.92 25,798,900.03 15,115,206.48 18,397,823.96 21,230,046.49 21,988,065.29 21,686,386.50 22,233,422.37 17,252,347.49 20,926,088.01 18,599,062.35 21,375,812.46 20,824,306.62 22,269,807.98 21,351,540.48 22,448,875.29 23,092,239.17 375,153,010.11

Total Allocation =N=

156,027,229.76 189,740,861.45 85,141,060.68 100,319,241.02 126,106,583.67 84,911,018.22 133,336,259.96 132,736,746.96 96,749,552.72 110,973,172.88 86,417,802.55 131,049,781.02 106,039,329.32 125,494,982.03 159,007,371.03 120,270,433.59 118,074,936.29 162,072,510.53 92,956,040.78 105,133,463.39 2,422,558,377.85 115,544,442.09 133,180,759.24 88,679,058.08 107,710,861.67 114,381,841.74 113,146,560.67 153,756,569.36 145,604,299.72 972,004,392.58 108,081,717.26 94,378,417.19 90,955,205.08 110,379,506.29 145,192,554.46 115,486,230.06 109,135,306.74 94,040,159.51 119,921,703.10 114,457,525.45 129,499,738.71 100,251,454.36 123,095,036.61 87,537,376.85 92,682,789.50 83,160,908.08 106,751,875.97 101,285,872.28 119,757,643.20 80,806,635.92 112,504,356.36 108,726,411.57 116,075,096.86 2,464,163,521.40 100,398,896.09 99,371,687.41 137,369,481.95 81,444,985.06 110,513,006.58 80,681,942.40 131,494,591.43 89,479,789.90 104,938,069.92 89,897,700.42 129,750,274.27 92,470,594.23 107,844,457.03 92,577,870.98 85,291,077.71 121,695,155.56 126,905,245.43 74,110,151.69 96,367,177.12 112,350,807.99 171,617,953.27 103,476,755.90 97,119,677.24 94,942,072.01 111,619,315.63 94,043,929.29 91,864,768.79 2,829,637,435.30 98,334,128.23 118,711,650.41 119,890,217.49 75,824,572.12 90,919,507.57 104,660,864.27 117,637,098.53 97,455,145.06 102,993,579.69 80,490,698.01 107,213,925.61 93,063,724.83 103,447,122.00 98,524,204.30 110,404,428.60 104,182,964.42 105,606,839.48 114,797,888.53 1,844,158,559.17

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN JANUARY, 2016 State

DELTA

EBONYI

EDO

EKITI

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 ANIOCHA NORTH 2 ANIOCHA SOUTH 3 BOMADI 4 BURUTU 5 ETHIOPE EAST 6 ETHIOPE WEST 7 IKA NORTH EAST 8 IKA SOUTH 9 ISOKO NORTH 10 ISOKO SOUTH 11 NDOKWA EAST 12 NDOKWA WEST 13 OKPE 14 OSHIMILI NORTH 15 OSHIMILI SOUTH 16 PATANI 17 SAPELE 18 UDU 19 UGHELLI NORTH 20 UGHELLI SOUTH 21 UKWUANI 22 UVWIE 23 WARRI SOUTH 24 WARRI NORTH 25 WARRI SOUTH-WEST DELTA TOTAL 1 ABAKALIKI 2 AFIKPO NORTH 3 AFIKPO SOUTH EDDA 4 EBONYI 5 EZZA NORTH 6 EZZA SOUTH 7 IKWO 8 ISHIELU 9 IVO 10 IZZI 11 OHAOZARA 12 OHAUKWU 13 ONICHA EBONYI TOTAL 1 AKOKO EDO 2 EGOR 3 ESAN CENTRAL 4 ESAN NORTH EAST 5 ESAN SOUTH EAST 6 ESAN WEST 7 ETSAKO CENTRAL 8 ETSAKO EAST 9 ETSAKO WEST 10 IGUEBEN 11 IKPOBA OKHA 12 OREDO 13 ORHIONWON 14 OVIA NORTH EAST 15 OVIA SOUTH WEST 16 OWAN EAST 17 OWAN WEST 18 UHUNMWODE EDO TOTAL 1 ADO EKITI 2 AIYEKIRE 3 EFON 4 EKITI EAST 5 EKITI SOUTH WEST 6 EKITI WEST 7 EMURE 8 IDO-OSI 9 IJERO 10 IKERE 11 IKOLE 12 ILEJEMEJI 13 IREPODUN/IFELODUN 14 ISE/ORUN 15 MOBA 16 OYE EKITI TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

57,408,717.93 62,573,224.73 53,489,795.58 76,874,508.25 69,943,857.11 71,646,341.37 75,958,342.29 71,439,932.18 67,219,711.51 75,166,640.61 63,163,145.30 65,143,231.88 59,669,794.55 58,438,511.33 63,412,525.14 52,368,764.16 65,962,506.97 69,352,744.59 90,572,665.83 71,798,351.76 56,942,468.95 66,906,642.81 83,145,718.80 68,424,054.18 65,710,529.54 1,682,732,727.33 74,618,707.05 70,066,848.67 70,670,027.08 68,145,653.22 67,924,516.83 70,600,197.75 82,490,952.76 73,068,288.18 66,109,294.93 91,825,524.67 71,236,870.85 78,604,414.90 86,091,338.02 971,452,634.91 89,381,105.52 84,892,601.05 56,174,989.00 57,833,806.29 69,247,013.22 58,857,457.81 58,911,593.89 68,342,360.25 75,219,155.89 54,732,973.90 93,915,679.21 96,654,175.27 75,758,245.20 72,248,760.52 78,853,577.46 69,170,967.99 56,729,586.28 70,594,246.89 1,287,518,295.63 82,949,742.21 63,119,148.62 60,183,220.71 62,142,442.65 65,820,956.53 67,098,427.06 55,289,520.55 68,112,266.36 72,877,417.68 63,637,989.62 68,198,598.66 47,859,068.15 60,658,139.37 59,192,465.24 63,484,717.42 61,712,096.92 1,022,336,217.74

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

783,848.05 854,363.27 730,339.81 1,049,630.36 955,000.53 978,245.93 1,037,121.20 975,427.66 917,805.55 1,026,311.45 862,417.94 889,453.68 814,720.37 797,908.66 865,822.93 715,033.45 900,639.91 946,929.59 1,236,662.48 980,321.46 777,481.97 913,530.96 1,135,256.31 934,249.42 897,199.45 22,975,722.38 1,018,830.07 956,679.83 964,915.52 930,448.18 927,428.83 963,962.08 1,126,316.26 997,660.93 902,644.12 1,253,768.78 972,655.10 1,073,250.19 1,175,475.26 13,264,035.15 1,220,393.13 1,159,107.92 767,002.94 789,652.13 945,485.95 803,628.88 804,368.04 933,133.99 1,027,028.49 747,313.93 1,282,307.37 1,319,698.29 1,034,389.11 986,471.25 1,076,652.21 944,447.64 774,575.31 963,880.83 17,579,537.41 1,132,580.49 861,817.22 821,730.60 848,481.45 898,707.20 916,149.55 754,912.92 929,992.33 995,054.82 868,901.38 931,171.09 653,458.89 828,215.05 808,203.01 866,808.63 842,605.59 13,958,790.21

Deduction =N=

(3,112,466.34) (3,066,947.76) (3,072,979.54) (3,047,735.80) (3,045,524.44) (3,072,281.25) (3,191,188.80) (3,096,962.15) (3,027,372.22) (3,284,534.52) (3,078,647.98) (3,152,323.42) (3,227,192.65) (40,476,156.86) -

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N=

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

6,025,340.88 6,567,382.49 5,614,029.76 8,068,375.91 7,340,968.34 7,519,652.84 7,972,219.56 7,497,989.13 7,055,055.22 7,889,126.40 6,629,297.69 6,837,117.98 6,262,652.52 6,133,423.00 6,655,471.39 5,496,371.75 6,923,105.12 7,278,928.03 9,506,068.15 7,535,607.12 5,976,405.64 7,022,197.04 8,726,571.78 7,181,457.19 6,896,658.80 176,611,473.73 7,831,617.94 7,353,876.94 7,417,183.63 7,152,237.57 7,129,028.17 7,409,854.68 8,657,850.71 7,668,893.49 6,938,511.27 9,637,562.14 7,476,676.80 8,249,938.53 9,035,729.69 101,958,961.55 9,381,007.76 8,909,916.08 5,895,854.66 6,069,956.09 7,267,830.98 6,177,393.58 6,183,075.45 7,172,882.99 7,894,638.14 5,744,507.75 9,856,934.65 10,144,353.91 7,951,218.34 7,582,879.83 8,276,089.42 7,259,849.64 5,954,062.50 7,409,230.10 135,131,681.85 8,706,003.03 6,624,680.01 6,316,539.24 6,522,169.68 6,908,248.67 7,042,325.79 5,802,920.18 7,148,733.46 7,648,860.64 6,679,135.04 7,157,794.46 5,023,055.90 6,366,384.41 6,212,554.34 6,663,048.34 6,477,002.67 107,299,455.85

20,155,206.19 21,759,615.27 19,347,615.33 24,846,671.22 24,450,005.41 24,575,164.78 23,684,074.74 22,742,563.35 21,918,344.17 25,653,323.39 20,086,368.54 22,149,442.02 21,286,915.13 20,629,247.32 22,161,868.55 18,501,135.67 23,158,003.07 21,882,852.55 29,824,527.72 25,021,447.35 20,856,053.99 24,033,403.49 29,037,319.96 21,611,927.21 20,690,262.52 570,063,358.92 20,820,987.24 21,039,479.75 21,060,086.34 19,708,588.60 20,548,139.80 19,993,236.78 23,631,753.88 20,790,814.89 19,444,055.33 24,501,969.12 20,682,552.03 22,815,223.06 24,625,161.71 279,662,048.54 26,834,281.07 30,311,431.97 19,825,356.13 20,452,762.19 22,615,113.87 20,743,131.94 19,345,504.03 21,644,011.23 23,951,100.79 18,230,870.41 31,706,377.89 31,865,732.60 23,285,431.72 21,995,038.58 21,168,405.61 22,018,997.66 19,471,244.50 20,518,336.76 415,983,128.95 27,413,438.69 20,242,342.96 17,504,392.26 19,784,706.65 21,005,993.94 21,659,281.17 17,814,742.81 20,730,509.22 23,514,902.99 20,204,884.55 21,147,200.53 15,563,930.27 19,391,080.42 18,702,927.36 20,166,487.44 19,617,305.99 324,464,127.24

Total Allocation =N=

84,373,113.05 91,754,585.75 79,181,780.48 110,839,185.74 102,689,831.38 104,719,404.92 108,651,757.79 102,655,912.32 97,110,916.45 109,735,401.85 90,741,229.46 95,019,245.56 88,034,082.58 85,999,090.31 93,095,688.02 77,081,305.02 96,944,255.06 99,461,454.76 131,139,924.18 105,335,727.69 84,552,410.55 98,875,774.30 122,044,866.84 98,151,688.00 94,194,650.31 2,452,383,282.36 101,177,675.95 96,349,937.43 97,039,233.02 92,889,191.78 93,483,589.19 95,894,970.04 112,715,684.81 99,428,695.34 90,367,133.43 123,934,290.20 97,290,106.80 107,590,503.26 117,700,512.03 1,325,861,523.29 126,816,787.48 125,273,057.02 82,663,202.73 85,146,176.69 100,075,444.02 86,581,612.21 85,244,541.41 98,092,388.46 108,091,923.30 79,455,665.99 136,761,299.12 139,983,960.06 108,029,284.37 102,813,150.18 109,374,724.70 99,394,262.93 82,929,468.59 99,485,694.58 1,856,212,643.84 120,201,764.41 90,847,988.80 84,825,882.81 89,297,800.43 94,633,906.34 96,716,183.57 79,662,096.45 96,921,501.37 105,036,236.14 91,390,910.59 97,434,764.75 69,099,513.20 87,243,819.25 84,916,149.94 91,181,061.82 88,649,011.18 1,468,058,591.04

State

ENUGU

GOMBE

IMO

JIGAWA

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 AGWU 2 ANINRI 3 ENUGU EAST 4 ENUGU NORTH 5 ENUGU SOUTH 6 EZEAGU 7 IGBO ETITI 8 IGBO EZE NORTH 9 IGBO EZE SOUTH 10 ISI UZO 11 NKANU EAST 12 NKANU WEST 13 NSUKKA 14 OJI RIVER 15 UDENU 16 UDI 17 UZO UWANI ENUGU TOTAL 1 AKKO 2 BALANGA 3 BILLIRE 4 DUKKU 5 FUNAKAYE 6 GOMBE 7 KALTUNGO 8 KWAMI 9 NAFADA 10 SHOMGOM 11 YAMALTU/DEBA GOMBE TOTAL 1 ABOH MBAISE 2 AHIAZU MBAISE 3 EHIME MBANO 4 EZINIHITTE MBAISE 5 IDEATO NORTH 6 IDEATO SOUTH 7 IHITTE UBOMA 8 IKEDURU 9 ISIALA MBANO 10 ISU 11 MBAITOLI 12 NGOR/OKPALA 13 NJABA 14 NKWANGELE 15 NKWERRE 16 OBOWO 17 OGUTA 18 OHAJI/EGBEMA 19 OKIGWE 20 ONUIMO 21 ORLU 22 ORSU 23 ORU 24 ORU WEST 25 OWERRI MUNICIPAL 26 OWERRI NORTH 27 OWERRI WEST IMO TOTAL 1 AUYO 2 BABURA 3 BIRNIN KUDU 4 BIRNIWA 5 GAGARAWA 6 BUJI 7 DUTSE 8 GARKI 9 GUMEL 10 GURI 11 GWARAM 12 GWIWA 13 HADEJIA 14 JAHUN 15 KAFIN HAUSA 16 KAUGAMA 17 KAZAURE 18 KIRI-KASAMMA 19 KIYAWA 20 MAIGATARI 21 MALAM MADORI 22 MIGA 23 RINGIM 24 RONI 25 SULE TAKARKAR 26 TAURA 27 YANKWASHI JIGAWA TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

77,305,028.70 65,135,042.37 88,167,183.46 82,880,391.20 80,135,793.56 77,048,023.64 77,794,304.27 84,198,119.63 76,614,087.29 71,647,005.18 75,009,598.33 72,829,061.57 94,323,162.07 64,718,956.67 71,633,418.81 81,338,791.92 67,359,761.25 1,308,137,729.90 107,473,685.29 78,050,882.57 78,556,498.47 85,597,905.37 83,255,677.72 90,654,857.15 71,081,785.17 76,248,307.97 69,514,250.26 65,925,466.30 89,977,569.88 896,336,886.16 70,335,122.23 66,188,895.35 60,807,048.33 64,672,986.63 69,349,251.60 69,581,465.72 62,279,081.69 65,966,446.10 74,217,587.05 65,597,959.75 80,912,330.24 68,718,468.49 62,078,485.22 60,412,477.60 53,817,941.20 58,337,945.37 68,486,655.27 74,128,745.46 64,947,628.11 57,699,164.67 63,461,152.58 61,733,937.49 59,712,648.43 61,771,948.60 62,337,648.53 66,316,661.66 59,325,867.49 1,753,195,550.87 61,952,708.74 73,272,164.60 90,932,754.55 68,779,998.93 59,019,239.01 57,896,306.18 81,270,519.15 68,207,827.63 59,745,530.43 63,117,900.83 87,800,662.30 64,916,609.04 54,800,199.61 75,321,125.66 84,716,983.91 62,089,391.49 65,702,345.94 68,526,398.22 70,797,814.74 71,409,981.17 66,896,833.87 61,361,730.89 75,304,251.23 55,688,130.60 69,895,253.81 63,569,379.10 58,904,953.54 1,841,896,995.13

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

1,055,508.61 889,341.86 1,203,818.47 1,131,633.58 1,094,159.35 1,051,999.51 1,062,189.09 1,149,625.60 1,046,074.62 978,255.00 1,024,167.22 994,394.58 1,287,871.06 883,660.70 978,069.49 1,110,584.87 919,717.76 17,861,071.36 1,467,425.88 1,065,692.36 1,072,595.95 1,168,738.02 1,136,757.67 1,237,784.70 970,537.59 1,041,080.34 949,134.76 900,134.16 1,228,537.15 12,238,418.57 960,342.79 903,730.97 830,248.23 883,033.03 946,881.89 950,052.50 850,347.10 900,693.69 1,013,353.25 895,662.45 1,104,762.04 938,269.30 847,608.19 824,860.83 734,820.25 796,535.55 935,104.16 1,012,140.22 886,782.94 787,813.76 866,486.88 842,903.80 815,305.49 843,422.80 851,146.76 905,475.47 810,024.46 23,937,808.78 845,890.86 1,000,444.62 1,241,579.06 939,109.42 805,837.81 790,505.49 1,109,652.68 931,297.10 815,754.46 861,800.18 1,198,814.05 886,359.41 748,231.82 1,028,420.76 1,156,710.08 847,757.10 897,087.72 935,646.81 966,660.31 975,018.72 913,397.03 837,821.76 1,028,190.36 760,355.47 954,336.91 867,964.58 804,277.37 25,148,921.95

Deduction =N=

(4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (4,907,596.13) (53,983,557.43) -

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N=

8,113,561.24 6,836,258.44 9,253,600.37 8,698,724.27 8,410,664.60 8,086,587.25 8,164,913.24 8,837,026.68 8,041,043.37 7,519,722.52 7,872,644.00 7,643,785.42 9,899,702.06 6,792,588.11 7,518,296.56 8,536,925.49 7,069,754.16 137,295,797.78 11,279,917.27 8,191,842.46 8,244,909.44 8,983,941.40 8,738,112.53 9,514,694.56 7,460,399.76 8,002,652.95 7,295,878.89 6,919,217.52 9,443,609.77 94,075,176.56 7,382,033.63 6,946,865.75 6,382,013.15 6,787,763.32 7,278,561.43 7,302,933.50 6,536,510.64 6,923,518.56 7,789,518.34 6,884,844.02 8,492,166.13 7,212,357.49 6,515,457.01 6,340,600.94 5,648,470.34 6,122,868.09 7,188,027.50 7,780,193.95 6,816,588.35 6,055,824.76 6,660,575.08 6,479,294.95 6,267,150.25 6,483,284.41 6,542,657.54 6,960,275.48 6,226,555.60 184,006,910.21 6,502,256.14 7,690,291.38 9,543,861.32 7,218,815.44 6,194,373.36 6,076,515.77 8,529,759.91 7,158,763.09 6,270,601.38 6,624,549.04 9,215,132.10 6,813,332.75 5,751,563.43 7,905,340.40 8,891,484.16 6,516,601.69 6,895,799.89 7,192,198.73 7,430,595.59 7,494,845.63 7,021,167.55 6,440,229.96 7,903,569.33 5,844,756.36 7,335,867.18 6,671,934.02 6,182,378.51 193,316,584.11

23,374,587.85 20,495,430.56 26,993,258.25 25,462,872.01 23,400,916.02 22,104,399.01 23,871,381.17 26,114,550.05 21,103,571.01 21,152,159.67 21,168,206.89 21,075,276.06 28,358,568.22 20,176,452.95 22,495,432.65 24,977,879.43 20,082,270.52 392,407,212.32 28,702,424.83 23,101,364.05 22,636,262.88 22,861,817.95 24,153,507.39 25,580,011.35 20,296,721.28 22,330,248.21 19,777,309.88 20,373,381.40 25,009,999.80 254,823,049.03 22,597,799.11 21,491,479.65 19,704,784.88 21,254,168.53 20,932,911.24 20,998,754.01 19,249,428.26 20,526,590.27 22,735,653.22 21,203,881.28 24,470,853.84 21,001,123.10 20,338,583.01 19,594,868.13 17,434,974.94 19,131,867.85 20,244,624.08 22,011,606.24 19,763,162.79 18,288,517.17 20,231,616.45 19,216,305.73 18,850,616.86 19,104,064.59 19,538,591.11 21,692,315.74 18,289,321.76 549,898,463.86 19,762,601.86 23,164,254.84 27,869,889.70 20,224,261.15 17,455,780.50 18,214,648.61 24,864,723.74 20,666,967.74 18,652,259.42 19,003,465.56 26,046,541.12 19,428,068.73 18,583,734.66 24,102,637.25 25,978,418.67 19,581,791.27 21,080,932.37 22,423,221.95 21,591,359.11 21,895,406.99 21,077,311.68 19,602,710.76 22,445,616.54 17,340,678.58 19,711,107.72 19,751,695.12 18,142,592.57 568,662,678.20

Total Allocation =N=

109,848,686.40 93,356,073.22 125,617,860.54 118,173,621.06 113,041,533.54 108,291,009.40 110,892,787.76 120,299,321.95 106,804,776.30 101,297,142.36 105,074,616.44 102,542,517.62 133,869,303.41 92,571,658.44 102,625,217.51 115,964,181.71 95,431,503.70 1,855,701,811.36 144,015,857.14 105,502,185.32 105,602,670.61 113,704,806.61 112,376,459.19 122,079,751.64 94,901,847.68 102,714,693.34 92,628,977.66 89,210,603.25 120,752,120.47 1,203,489,972.89 101,275,297.76 95,530,971.72 87,724,094.59 93,597,951.52 98,507,606.17 98,833,205.73 88,915,367.69 94,317,248.63 105,756,111.86 94,582,347.50 114,980,112.24 97,870,218.38 89,780,133.43 87,172,807.51 77,636,206.72 84,389,216.86 96,854,411.02 104,932,685.88 92,414,162.19 82,831,320.35 91,219,830.98 88,272,441.96 85,645,721.04 88,202,720.40 89,270,043.94 95,874,728.36 84,651,769.30 2,511,038,733.72 89,063,457.59 105,127,155.44 129,588,084.63 97,162,184.94 83,475,230.68 82,977,976.05 115,774,655.48 96,964,855.56 85,484,145.69 89,607,715.61 124,261,149.58 92,044,369.94 79,883,729.52 108,357,524.07 120,743,596.81 89,035,541.54 94,576,165.91 99,077,465.71 100,786,429.75 101,775,252.50 95,908,710.13 88,242,493.36 106,681,627.46 79,633,921.00 97,896,565.62 90,860,972.81 84,034,201.99 2,629,025,179.38

Thursday, February 18, 2016

National Mirror www.nationalmirroronline.net

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN JANUARY, 2016 State

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 BIRNIN GWARI 2 CHIKUN 3 GIWA 4 GWAGWADA 5 IGABI 6 IKARA 7 JABA 8 JEMA'A 9 KACHIA 10 KADUNA NORTH 11 KADUNA SOUTH KADUNA 12 KAGARKO 13 KAURA 14 KAURU 15 KUBAU 16 KUDAN 17 LERE 18 MAKARFI 19 SABON GARI 20 SANGA 21 SOBA 22 ZANGON KATAF 23 ZARIA KADUNA TOTAL 1 AJINGI 2 ALBASU 3 BAGWAI 4 BEBEJI 5 BICHI 6 BUNKURE 7 DALA 8 DANBATTA 9 DAWAKIN KUDU 10 DAWAKIN TOFA 11 DOGUWA 12 FAGGE KANO 13 GABASAWA 14 GARKO 15 GARUN MALLAM 16 GAYA 17 GEZAWA 18 GWALE 19 GWARZO 20 KABO 21 KANO MUNICIPAL 22 KARAYE 23 KIBIYA 24 KIRU 25 KUMBOTSO 26 KUNCHI 27 KURA 28 MADOBI 29 MAKODA 30 MINJIBIR 31 NASSARAWA 32 RANO 33 RIMIN GADO 34 ROGO KANO 35 SHANONO 36 SUMAILA 37 TAKAI 38 TARAUNI 39 TOFA 40 TSANYAWA 41 TUDUN WADA 42 UNGOGO 43 WARAWA 44 WUDIL KANO TOTAL 1 BAKORI 2 BATAGARAWA 3 BATSARI 4 BAURE 5 BINDAWA 6 CHARANCHI 7 DAN-MUSA 8 DANDUME 9 DANJA 10 DAURA 11 DUTSI 12 DUTSINMA 13 FASKARI 14 FUNTUA 15 INGAWA 16 JIBIA 17 KAFUR KATSINA 18 KAITA 19 KANKARA 20 KANKIA 21 KATSINA 22 KURFI 23 KUSADA 24 MAIADUA 25 MALUMFASHI 26 MANI 27 MASHI 28 MATAZU 29 MUSAWA 30 RIMI 31 SABUWA 32 SAFANA 33 SANDAMU 34 ZANGO KATSINA TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

110,287,055.42 112,142,782.86 92,807,108.31 71,460,145.69 117,477,253.55 78,699,162.84 68,625,515.21 91,438,999.50 100,866,728.14 95,288,888.13 101,735,793.92 87,917,434.57 76,168,825.40 78,428,889.21 90,789,116.97 70,419,085.43 97,982,737.94 65,904,572.93 86,960,999.92 72,910,455.99 92,934,233.86 103,974,671.63 106,167,122.88 2,071,387,580.32 68,129,578.90 69,782,593.58 63,627,977.10 69,027,558.63 83,663,673.39 66,655,260.14 107,588,839.93 73,301,975.11 78,796,777.86 79,348,648.17 73,545,230.43 72,051,078.97 75,283,190.70 67,152,943.93 66,802,523.62 72,198,221.16 82,445,363.60 99,121,725.02 68,148,634.56 65,665,748.21 95,675,673.66 63,675,878.02 64,262,004.70 82,905,718.15 84,711,260.72 64,958,274.17 63,615,826.84 63,673,413.31 75,463,561.47 76,053,911.22 131,495,196.97 65,863,040.72 65,182,744.55 78,025,396.11 64,378,472.34 81,482,725.43 71,554,895.59 74,406,618.10 58,576,872.13 64,583,081.76 79,633,233.42 93,104,921.91 60,760,455.61 71,445,837.72 3,297,826,557.65 72,599,426.13 74,809,452.36 81,385,616.73 76,307,109.73 71,363,797.56 66,752,605.98 66,971,056.05 71,705,900.22 67,256,725.16 81,090,999.69 66,925,789.24 74,332,595.83 81,005,678.02 80,816,270.03 70,573,243.58 79,506,073.22 82,073,020.34 78,566,445.14 86,157,068.38 68,608,811.40 94,492,465.78 66,488,960.40 62,814,442.16 76,412,827.37 76,039,939.11 72,129,346.79 73,644,227.03 62,031,606.26 74,224,741.47 66,955,184.33 69,371,440.34 74,434,131.40 72,140,694.87 70,703,799.95 2,510,691,492.07

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

1,505,839.12 1,531,176.88 1,267,171.14 975,703.65 1,604,012.76 1,074,543.86 937,000.13 1,248,491.24 1,377,215.71 1,301,056.91 1,389,081.77 1,200,408.44 1,039,995.10 1,070,853.59 1,239,617.86 961,489.21 1,337,838.24 899,848.89 1,187,349.46 995,505.92 1,268,906.89 1,419,650.99 1,449,586.32 28,282,344.08 930,228.71 952,798.67 868,764.67 942,489.56 1,142,328.37 910,098.63 1,468,998.18 1,000,851.65 1,075,876.68 1,083,411.81 1,004,173.02 983,772.15 1,027,902.80 916,893.91 912,109.34 985,781.20 1,125,693.79 1,353,389.76 930,488.89 896,588.02 1,306,338.01 869,418.70 877,421.56 1,131,979.39 1,156,631.93 886,928.30 868,598.77 869,385.04 1,030,365.55 1,038,426.08 1,795,411.17 899,281.81 889,993.18 1,065,344.37 879,011.79 1,112,550.11 976,997.35 1,015,934.24 799,797.81 881,805.49 1,087,297.49 1,271,237.44 829,612.06 975,508.29 45,027,915.74 991,259.18 1,021,434.47 1,111,224.20 1,041,883.21 974,388.13 911,427.77 914,410.45 979,059.14 918,310.92 1,107,201.56 913,792.39 1,014,923.56 1,106,036.59 1,103,450.45 963,594.06 1,085,561.26 1,120,609.89 1,072,731.76 1,176,372.73 936,772.06 1,290,182.70 907,828.01 857,656.81 1,043,326.66 1,038,235.31 984,840.80 1,005,524.70 846,968.11 1,013,450.93 914,193.74 947,184.86 1,016,309.91 984,995.75 965,376.65 34,280,518.69

Deduction =N=

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N=

11,575,194.97 25,726,072.52 11,769,963.13 30,906,195.50 9,740,584.40 27,248,725.70 7,500,110.64 19,401,277.66 12,329,843.32 33,676,642.94 8,259,882.80 23,113,951.69 7,202,601.57 21,390,820.01 9,596,994.33 26,904,895.02 10,586,483.05 25,364,496.03 10,001,059.99 30,434,344.66 10,677,696.00 32,432,245.87 9,227,387.94 25,215,601.07 7,994,310.86 24,394,734.38 8,231,516.19 22,044,822.43 9,528,785.82 27,052,851.28 7,390,846.01 20,658,414.17 29,248,325.50 10,283,793.42 6,917,024.65 20,983,247.45 9,127,005.21 27,268,572.40 7,652,328.18 21,120,654.56 9,753,926.89 27,554,606.27 10,912,677.75 28,587,171.10 11,142,786.81 32,691,862.17 217,402,803.94 603,420,530.38 7,150,550.50 22,494,330.85 7,324,042.90 23,210,242.47 6,678,084.19 21,989,670.38 7,244,798.10 23,152,400.96 8,780,933.79 27,096,709.23 6,995,813.14 22,349,235.38 11,292,003.33 33,429,684.14 7,693,420.15 24,006,568.99 8,270,128.02 24,785,283.79 8,328,049.64 25,790,402.96 7,718,951.03 21,468,202.78 7,562,132.13 23,598,013.03 7,901,358.92 24,144,557.20 7,048,047.61 21,974,159.55 19,917,701.64 7,011,269.19 7,577,575.46 23,695,816.14 8,653,065.90 27,318,867.11 10,403,335.98 30,894,402.23 7,152,550.48 22,934,623.65 6,891,958.76 21,586,523.09 10,041,655.12 31,049,331.65 6,683,111.63 21,031,307.17 6,744,628.64 20,822,514.51 8,701,382.47 26,546,097.38 8,890,883.48 27,940,641.00 6,817,705.71 19,672,925.67 6,676,808.95 21,174,078.26 6,682,852.95 20,817,463.44 7,920,289.77 24,651,631.46 7,982,250.02 24,266,989.88 13,801,098.74 41,381,416.76 6,912,665.63 21,211,536.67 6,841,265.05 19,394,535.46 8,189,167.51 24,890,462.36 6,756,852.53 20,995,547.35 8,552,032.05 26,049,035.87 23,773,012.65 7,510,055.13 7,809,358.10 24,605,501.29 6,147,944.68 19,079,133.84 6,778,327.33 21,758,706.63 8,357,918.34 25,069,261.47 9,771,841.48 31,234,031.13 6,377,123.01 20,467,195.99 7,498,608.94 22,988,352.78 346,123,896.49 1,066,708,106.24 7,619,684.00 20,525,515.48 7,851,637.64 22,099,126.41 8,541,839.99 23,189,935.06 8,008,824.50 22,673,518.54 7,489,998.41 20,658,944.32 7,006,030.09 19,999,935.51 7,028,957.55 18,930,627.46 7,525,903.85 20,363,165.90 7,058,940.00 19,467,561.18 8,510,918.41 23,670,144.75 7,024,206.57 19,213,666.45 7,801,589.10 21,432,920.95 8,501,963.46 22,611,385.85 8,482,084.12 23,931,638.44 7,407,025.69 21,436,586.33 8,344,572.21 21,436,362.83 8,613,986.54 22,917,534.62 8,245,953.40 22,091,348.65 9,042,628.44 24,833,143.53 7,200,848.41 20,617,731.12 9,917,471.37 28,083,711.27 6,978,359.13 19,104,509.59 6,592,699.49 18,285,877.89 8,019,920.12 22,841,276.80 7,980,783.57 22,025,148.28 7,570,346.75 21,759,005.81 7,729,341.24 21,587,716.27 6,510,536.82 19,003,666.90 7,790,269.21 21,524,242.59 7,027,291.72 20,720,987.61 7,280,890.24 19,930,069.76 7,812,245.77 22,063,545.39 7,571,537.78 19,985,363.39 7,420,728.27 20,765,642.68 263,510,013.86 729,781,557.62

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Total Allocation =N=

149,094,162.03 156,350,118.37 131,063,589.55 99,337,237.64 165,087,752.58 111,147,541.19 98,155,936.92 129,189,380.09 138,194,922.92 137,025,349.70 146,234,817.56 123,560,832.03 109,597,865.73 109,776,081.43 128,610,371.94 99,429,834.82 138,852,695.10 94,704,693.91 124,543,926.99 102,678,944.65 131,511,673.91 144,894,171.48 151,451,358.18 2,920,493,258.72 98,704,688.96 101,269,677.62 93,164,496.33 100,367,247.24 120,683,644.77 96,910,407.29 153,779,525.59 106,002,815.90 112,928,066.35 114,550,512.59 103,736,557.25 104,194,996.28 108,357,009.62 97,092,045.01 94,643,603.80 104,457,393.96 119,542,990.41 141,772,852.98 99,166,297.58 95,040,818.08 138,072,998.44 92,259,715.51 92,706,569.41 119,285,177.39 122,699,417.14 92,335,833.84 92,335,312.82 92,043,114.74 109,065,848.25 109,341,577.20 188,473,123.65 94,886,524.84 92,308,538.23 112,170,370.36 93,009,884.01 117,196,343.46 103,814,960.73 107,837,411.74 84,603,748.46 94,001,921.21 114,147,710.72 135,382,031.96 88,434,386.67 102,908,307.74 4,755,686,476.12 101,735,884.80 105,781,650.88 114,228,615.98 108,031,335.97 100,487,128.42 94,669,999.37 93,845,051.51 100,574,029.10 94,701,537.26 114,379,264.41 94,077,454.64 104,582,029.43 113,225,063.92 114,333,443.05 100,380,449.66 110,372,569.52 114,725,151.38 109,976,478.95 121,209,213.09 97,364,163.00 133,783,831.12 93,479,657.13 88,550,676.35 108,317,350.94 107,084,106.27 102,443,540.15 103,966,809.24 88,392,778.09 104,552,704.21 95,617,657.40 97,529,585.20 105,326,232.46 100,682,591.78 99,855,547.55 3,538,263,582.24

State

KEBBI

KOGI

KWARA

LAGOS

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 ALIERU 2 AREWA 3 ARGUNGU 4 AUGIE 5 BAGUDO 6 BIRNIN -KEBBI 7 BUNZA 8 DANDI KAMBA 9 DANKO /WASAGU 10 FAKAI 11 GWANDU 12 JEGA 13 KALGO 14 KOKO/BESSE 15 MAIYAMA 16 NGASKI 17 SAKABA 18 SHANGA 19 SURU 20 YAURI 21 ZURU KEBBI TOTAL 1 ADAVI 2 AJAOKUTA 3 ANKPA 4 BASSA 5 DEKINA 6 IBAJI 7 IDAH 8 IGALAMELA 9 IJUMU 10 KABBA/BUNU 11 KOGI 12 KOTON KARFE 13 MOPA-MURO 14 OFU 15 OGORI/MAGONGO 16 OKEHI 17 OKENE 18 OLAMABORO 19 OMALA 20 YAGBA EAST 21 YAGBA WEST KOGI TOTAL 1 ASA 2 BARUTEN 3 EDU 4 EKITI 5 IFELODUN 6 ILORIN EAST 7 ILORIN SOUTH 8 ILORIN WEST 9 IREPODUN 10 KAI AMA 11 MORO 12 OFFA 13 OKE-ERO 14 OSIN 15 OYUN 16 PATEGI KWARA TOTAL 1 AGEGE 2 AJEROMI/IFELODUN 3 ALIMOSHO 4 AMOWO-ODOFIN 5 APAPA 6 BADAGRY 7 EPE 8 ETI-OSA 9 IBEJU-LEKKI 10 IFAKO/IJAYE 11 IKEJA 12 IKORODU 13 KOSOFE 14 LAGOS ISLAND 15 LAGOS MAINLAND 16 MUSHIN 17 OJO 18 OSHODI/ISOLO 19 SOMOLU 20 SURULERE LAGOS TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

56,609,976.18 92,498,459.35 77,910,689.61 64,328,394.94 85,672,882.22 104,815,588.83 71,407,960.09 75,860,586.73 94,242,661.77 65,621,859.23 69,313,809.67 76,468,198.35 63,638,244.12 73,029,044.08 84,487,689.03 67,691,011.80 66,707,381.23 69,225,537.99 83,753,640.06 64,358,882.15 76,873,329.53 1,584,515,826.95 82,111,751.49 72,605,318.10 91,631,430.03 72,552,827.83 99,202,251.16 77,130,476.30 64,719,474.37 75,838,386.61 74,375,000.22 78,631,249.24 69,218,194.10 88,371,372.32 58,330,379.87 84,803,613.98 56,628,492.67 82,098,408.61 102,677,361.10 77,560,066.51 73,437,434.39 78,742,684.45 77,046,997.23 1,637,713,170.58 66,541,832.19 109,424,185.51 83,866,769.54 51,072,996.92 88,616,979.54 76,165,166.87 76,986,015.53 90,783,402.79 65,630,448.36 87,277,147.73 69,187,156.93 61,454,304.00 51,419,850.66 51,201,805.75 58,463,944.41 70,761,603.58 1,158,853,610.32 99,300,633.88 127,637,840.39 205,840,357.63 80,451,367.02 67,639,170.28 75,618,096.94 69,428,965.75 83,758,661.00 55,928,721.24 95,364,100.76 82,437,547.46 113,347,538.91 122,634,713.20 66,016,162.29 79,659,102.14 119,255,660.68 115,716,033.89 118,155,747.72 91,382,422.75 104,529,863.85 1,974,102,707.77

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

772,942.18 1,262,956.91 1,063,778.19 878,328.04 1,169,761.74 1,431,132.72 974,991.12 1,035,786.46 1,286,771.93 895,988.77 946,397.98 1,044,082.68 868,904.85 997,125.10 1,153,579.33 924,240.59 910,810.28 945,192.73 1,143,556.76 878,744.31 1,049,614.27 21,634,686.94 1,121,138.71 991,339.63 1,251,118.65 990,622.93 1,354,489.25 1,053,125.30 883,667.77 1,035,483.35 1,015,502.54 1,073,616.58 945,092.46 1,206,606.42 796,432.25 1,157,892.91 773,195.00 1,120,956.53 1,401,937.76 1,058,990.85 1,002,701.19 1,075,138.09 1,051,985.49 22,361,033.66 908,549.91 1,494,057.65 1,145,101.41 697,341.28 1,209,959.90 1,039,945.14 1,051,152.86 1,239,539.84 896,106.04 1,191,666.08 944,668.68 839,085.74 702,077.16 699,100.01 798,255.92 966,165.89 15,822,773.52 1,355,832.55 1,742,743.54 2,810,506.29 1,098,468.13 923,532.76 1,032,475.55 947,970.30 1,143,625.31 763,640.45 1,302,083.85 1,125,587.07 1,547,626.40 1,674,431.76 901,372.51 1,087,650.69 1,628,294.80 1,579,965.39 1,613,276.79 1,247,718.75 1,427,231.49 26,954,034.37

Deduction =N=

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N=

5,941,508.80 9,708,190.11 8,177,128.49 6,751,596.63 8,991,810.60 11,000,936.34 7,494,633.50 7,961,959.61 9,891,253.15 6,887,352.39 7,274,841.62 8,025,731.58 6,679,161.76 7,664,774.61 8,867,418.48 7,104,520.62 7,001,283.52 7,265,577.06 8,790,376.25 6,754,796.43 8,068,252.19 166,303,103.73 8,618,051.58 7,620,302.38 9,617,190.92 7,614,793.28 10,411,787.62 8,095,241.08 6,792,642.44 7,959,629.60 7,806,039.65 8,252,754.93 7,264,806.27 9,275,031.05 6,122,074.03 8,900,576.42 5,943,452.22 8,616,651.18 10,776,518.31 8,140,328.78 7,707,637.28 8,264,450.62 8,086,479.51 171,886,439.15 6,983,908.30 11,484,632.31 8,802,249.77 5,360,374.29 9,300,808.80 7,993,926.88 8,080,079.17 9,528,186.08 6,888,253.85 9,160,186.54 7,261,548.77 6,449,945.99 5,396,778.39 5,373,893.45 6,136,092.33 7,426,795.05 121,627,659.94 10,422,113.39 13,396,249.28 21,604,006.57 8,443,785.66 7,099,079.58 7,936,509.07 7,286,927.85 8,790,903.21 5,870,007.59 10,008,953.95 8,652,245.54 11,896,408.47 12,871,145.29 6,928,736.53 8,360,633.39 12,516,496.32 12,144,994.23 12,401,054.77 9,591,056.32 10,970,948.02 207,192,255.03

16,542,728.66 21,819,850.16 22,331,841.40 18,836,452.98 24,224,117.03 25,592,064.29 19,023,029.85 20,042,721.15 25,448,265.11 19,011,899.61 20,344,265.84 22,236,541.47 17,411,245.31 20,504,559.24 21,446,875.22 19,170,762.61 17,613,914.10 19,277,148.08 20,308,997.72 18,053,759.90 20,993,664.19 430,234,703.93 23,013,780.88 19,443,475.64 25,926,373.61 20,233,410.09 25,611,642.49 19,703,091.95 17,543,466.95 20,592,215.20 19,336,553.78 20,477,157.97 19,156,458.38 22,703,877.33 15,944,198.35 22,565,665.62 15,746,848.84 22,915,664.87 28,291,304.68 21,134,512.88 18,821,299.46 20,637,049.07 20,240,427.96 440,038,476.01 19,703,323.87 23,414,478.10 23,057,326.89 16,503,490.38 23,261,738.97 23,184,318.96 23,380,148.68 30,352,196.30 20,694,541.41 19,601,810.68 18,914,685.72 18,060,115.39 16,627,264.06 16,721,982.89 18,264,795.67 19,072,252.43 330,814,470.38 160,724,454.12 170,744,624.19 197,278,813.75 154,387,232.73 149,881,316.47 150,942,086.86 148,274,225.41 153,029,208.82 145,416,658.10 159,291,334.59 154,165,074.84 164,107,333.20 169,908,201.98 149,527,070.74 154,367,296.63 168,460,644.42 166,898,923.63 167,946,596.99 158,164,676.73 162,692,853.48 3,206,208,627.69

Total Allocation =N=

79,867,155.81 125,289,456.53 109,483,437.68 90,794,772.60 120,058,571.59 142,839,722.18 98,900,614.56 104,901,053.95 130,868,951.95 92,417,099.99 97,879,315.11 107,774,554.09 88,597,556.04 102,195,503.03 115,955,562.06 94,890,535.63 92,233,389.13 96,713,455.86 113,996,570.78 90,046,182.79 106,984,860.18 2,202,688,321.54 114,864,722.66 100,660,435.75 128,426,113.21 101,391,654.13 136,580,170.51 105,981,934.62 89,939,251.54 105,425,714.75 102,533,096.19 108,434,778.72 96,584,551.21 121,556,887.13 81,193,084.50 117,427,748.94 79,091,988.73 114,751,681.19 143,147,121.85 107,893,899.02 100,969,072.31 108,719,322.24 106,425,890.19 2,271,999,119.39 94,137,614.27 145,817,353.57 116,871,447.61 73,634,202.87 122,389,487.21 108,383,357.85 109,497,396.24 131,903,325.01 94,109,349.66 117,230,811.03 96,308,060.10 86,803,451.12 74,145,970.26 73,996,782.09 83,663,088.32 98,226,816.95 1,627,118,514.16 271,803,033.94 313,521,457.41 427,533,684.23 244,380,853.54 225,543,099.09 235,529,168.42 225,938,089.30 246,722,398.34 207,979,027.38 265,966,473.16 246,380,454.91 290,898,906.98 307,088,492.23 223,373,342.07 243,474,682.84 301,861,096.22 296,339,917.15 300,116,676.28 260,385,874.55 279,620,896.83 5,414,457,624.87

National Mirror www.nationalmirroronline.net

Thursday, February 18, 2016

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN JANUARY, 2016 State

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 AKWANGA 2 AWE 3 DOMA 4 KARU 5 KEANA 6 KEFFI 25 NASSARAWA 7 KOKONA 8 LAFIA 9 NASARAWA 10 NASSARAWA EGGON 11 OBI 12 TOTO 13 WAMBA NASSARAWA TOTAL 1 AGAIE 2 AGWARA 3 BIDA 4 BORGU 5 BOSSO 6 EDATI 7 GBAKO 8 GURARA 9 KATCHA 10 KONTAGORA 11 LAPAI 12 LAVUN 26 NIGER 13 MAGAMA 14 MARIGA 15 MASHEGU 16 MINNA 17 MOKWA 18 MUYA 19 PAIKORO 20 RAFI 21 RIJAU 22 SHIRORO 23 SULEJA 24 TAFA 25 WUSHISHI NIGER TOTAL 1 ABEOKUTA NORTH 2 ABEOKUTA SOUTH 3 ADO-ODO/OTA 4 EGBADO NORTH 5 EGBADO SOUTH 6 EWEKORO 7 REMO NORTH 8 IFO 9 IJEBU EAST 10 IJEBU NORTH 27 OGUN 11 IJEBU ODE 12 IKENNE 13 IJEBU NORTH-EAST 14 IMEKO-AFON 15 IPOKIA 16 OBAFEMI/OWODE 17 ODEDA 18 ODOGBOLU 19 OGUN WATER SIDE 20 SAGAMU OGUN TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

68,394,024.89 77,092,415.29 78,935,789.79 93,133,474.99 66,501,309.08 62,533,462.63 71,450,097.64 111,802,173.10 103,612,054.45 79,261,644.16 75,868,710.51 80,605,059.37 64,706,938.00 1,033,897,153.90 71,150,087.20 61,087,201.12 69,957,527.26 113,880,577.83 68,357,466.23 71,994,899.72 68,192,682.04 60,934,481.92 65,751,813.80 72,411,217.16 70,730,893.58 82,303,940.87 84,309,775.44 93,353,297.15 110,151,086.38 69,762,230.49 94,688,337.32 63,959,937.41 73,610,521.30 84,901,492.43 79,869,423.61 94,417,896.16 69,050,178.36 56,195,885.03 62,641,030.20 1,913,663,880.00 70,328,008.54 72,602,907.87 111,593,072.87 73,373,382.22 65,755,659.66 50,018,672.66 48,727,026.09 109,414,472.09 65,115,216.35 81,355,095.80 62,765,492.01 56,705,876.48 51,134,976.61 58,786,149.46 61,573,679.23 74,658,271.28 62,674,127.75 58,249,081.92 55,327,436.05 75,042,287.95 1,365,200,892.88

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

933,839.40 1,052,605.62 1,077,774.72 1,271,627.29 907,996.61 853,820.37 975,566.46 1,526,526.26 1,414,699.89 1,082,223.87 1,035,897.38 1,100,566.62 883,496.60 14,116,641.10 971,470.17 834,073.38 955,187.18 1,554,904.41 933,340.24 983,005.09 931,090.31 831,988.18 897,763.14 988,689.41 965,746.58 1,123,762.83 1,151,150.13 1,274,628.71 1,503,982.62 952,520.63 1,292,857.10 873,297.19 1,005,064.49 1,159,229.32 1,090,522.38 1,289,164.54 942,798.40 767,288.25 855,289.08 26,128,813.76 960,245.66 991,306.72 1,523,671.24 1,001,826.63 897,815.65 682,945.73 665,309.83 1,493,925.03 889,071.16 1,110,807.48 856,988.45 774,251.58 698,187.54 802,655.25 840,715.66 1,019,370.27 855,740.98 795,322.22 755,430.61 1,024,613.56 18,640,201.27

Deduction =N=

(3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (3,018,317.48) (39,238,127.25) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (5,788,847.52) (115,776,950.33)

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N=

7,178,305.47 8,091,246.36 8,284,718.02 9,774,838.26 6,979,655.18 6,563,209.23 7,499,056.06 11,734,214.38 10,874,619.20 8,318,918.12 7,962,812.25 8,459,916.48 6,791,326.70 108,512,835.71 7,467,568.40 6,411,416.64 7,342,403.10 11,952,353.66 7,174,468.44 7,556,235.85 7,157,173.49 6,395,387.98 6,900,991.79 7,599,930.50 7,423,571.87 8,638,222.84 8,848,745.52 9,797,909.74 11,560,924.31 7,321,905.69 9,938,029.10 6,712,925.13 7,725,803.66 8,910,849.27 8,382,707.71 9,909,644.89 7,247,172.15 5,898,047.80 6,574,499.01 200,848,888.53 7,381,287.01 7,620,049.43 11,712,268.22 7,700,914.68 6,901,395.44 5,249,717.53 5,114,152.56 11,483,612.83 6,834,177.61 8,538,636.67 6,587,561.92 5,951,574.05 5,366,879.39 6,169,909.40 6,462,475.03 7,835,770.42 6,577,972.78 6,113,541.41 5,806,899.60 7,876,074.94 143,284,870.90

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

18,852,985.53 18,814,722.52 20,023,091.58 22,967,465.85 17,325,281.28 17,924,749.98 18,688,445.66 28,565,442.34 22,268,271.95 20,448,722.85 20,437,324.41 19,105,405.17 17,041,035.40 262,462,944.52 19,771,410.86 16,396,845.94 22,242,146.30 21,517,294.73 20,417,412.03 20,996,810.53 19,528,199.38 17,897,015.14 19,291,737.56 20,622,360.50 18,753,149.96 23,213,740.64 21,950,346.16 22,744,974.09 23,441,933.00 22,834,328.94 24,779,126.81 18,463,674.20 20,896,906.53 21,962,683.30 21,700,027.41 24,353,003.84 23,511,485.85 17,564,895.80 17,486,179.49 522,337,689.00 23,086,356.91 25,274,366.27 37,624,333.38 22,214,577.17 21,634,552.87 16,552,456.50 16,765,003.94 37,547,092.17 19,012,732.19 26,796,751.25 20,972,191.59 19,394,423.58 17,110,220.31 17,762,077.15 20,811,004.19 24,316,584.16 18,979,341.46 19,769,365.31 17,347,173.82 25,414,455.36 448,385,059.58

State

Total Allocation =N=

92,340,837.82 102,032,672.32 105,303,056.63 124,129,088.92 88,695,924.66 84,856,924.72 95,594,848.34 150,610,038.60 135,151,328.00 106,093,191.52 102,286,427.07 106,252,630.17 86,404,479.21 1,379,751,447.98 99,360,536.64 84,729,537.08 100,497,263.84 148,905,130.62 96,882,686.93 101,530,951.19 95,809,145.22 86,058,873.22 92,842,306.30 101,622,197.56 97,873,361.99 115,279,667.18 116,260,017.25 127,170,809.68 146,657,926.31 100,870,985.75 130,698,350.33 90,009,833.93 103,238,295.98 116,934,254.32 111,042,681.12 129,969,709.43 100,751,634.76 80,426,116.88 87,556,997.78 2,662,979,271.29 95,967,050.61 100,699,782.76 156,664,498.19 98,501,853.18 89,400,576.11 66,714,944.91 65,482,644.90 154,150,254.60 86,062,349.79 112,012,443.68 85,393,386.46 77,037,278.17 68,521,416.33 77,731,943.74 83,899,026.61 102,041,148.60 83,298,335.45 79,138,463.35 73,448,092.57 103,568,584.30 1,859,734,074.30

ONDO

OSUN

OYO

Gross Statutory Allocation =N= 1 AKOKO NORTH EAST 72,334,732.67 2 AKOKO NORTH WEST 76,518,546.37 3 AKOKO SOUTH WEST 77,902,178.54 4 AKOKO SOUTH 57,781,382.44 5 AKURE NORTH 60,547,895.97 6 AKURE SOUTH 93,047,877.51 7 IDANRE 65,531,905.31 8 IFEDORE 66,023,694.73 9 IKALE/OKITIPUPA 79,376,602.84 10 ILAJE WEST 86,133,354.87 11 ILAJE/ESE-EDO 65,904,874.20 12 ILEOLUJI/OKEIGBO 68,215,864.75 13 ODE IRELE 63,394,121.26 14 ODIGBO 79,282,999.39 15 ONDO EAST 52,617,628.23 16 ONDO WEST 86,962,617.57 17 OSE 70,068,277.46 18 OWO 82,208,653.61 ONDO TOTAL 1,303,853,207.72 1 ATAKUMOSA EAST 51,376,563.07 2 ATAKUMOSA WEST 51,520,681.44 3 AYEDADE 64,186,114.95 4 AYEDIRE 56,739,106.89 5 BOLAWADURO 53,692,997.83 6 BORIPE 61,153,687.28 7 EDE NORTH 51,255,875.94 8 EDE SOUTH 53,231,858.54 9 EGBEDORE 52,356,174.17 10 EJIGBO 59,434,603.64 11 IFE CENTRAL 62,931,178.03 12 IFE EAST 72,733,939.49 13 IFE NORTH 67,798,522.85 14 IFE SOUTH 59,099,313.77 15 IFEDAYO 46,441,496.96 16 IFELODUN 59,844,264.15 17 ILA 52,760,901.06 18 ILESA EAST 55,003,810.55 19 ILESHA WEST 58,287,229.49 20 IREPODUN 57,683,827.04 21 IREWOLE 62,411,726.87 22 ISOKAN 56,648,993.43 23 IWO 69,657,887.01 57,764,743.57 24 OBOKUM 25 ODO OTIN 76,104,330.85 26 OLA-OLUWA 52,091,639.97 27 OLORUNDA 63,007,322.32 28 ORIADE 63,209,346.16 29 OROLU 55,701,693.54 30 OSOGBO 61,972,304.58 OSUN TOTAL 1,766,102,135.46 1 AFIJIO 60,992,528.90 2 AKINYELE 70,830,521.32 3 ATIBA 70,554,938.83 4 ATIGBO 75,591,315.78 5 EGBEDA 76,694,972.85 6 IBADAN NORTH 78,826,820.72 7 IBADAN NORTH EAST 85,459,336.35 8 IBADAN NORTH WEST 62,894,935.30 9 IBADAN SOUTH EAST 74,643,014.83 10 IBADAN SOUTH WEST 78,147,806.52 56,519,290.43 11 IBARAPA CENTRAL 12 IBARAPA NORTH 58,942,859.86 13 IDDO 57,781,873.19 14 SAKI WEST 85,821,333.79 15 IBARAPA EAST (IFELOJU) 58,522,131.98 16 IREPO 61,410,670.77 17 ISEYIN 80,234,077.13 18 ITESIWAJU 69,376,415.54 19 IWAJOWA 63,688,563.82 20 IYAMAPO/OLORUNSOGO 57,507,141.56 21 KAJOLA 71,020,981.13 22 LAGEMU 65,784,222.72 23 OGBOMOSO NORTH 68,103,196.38 24 OGBOMOSO SOUTH 58,301,302.72 25 OGO-OLUWA 53,351,433.94 26 OLUYOLE 70,720,364.47 27 ONA ARA 77,051,813.71 28 ORELOPE 59,014,363.86 29 ORI IRE 70,971,611.75 30 OYO 59,923,720.98 31 OYO WEST 60,185,314.79 32 SAKI EAST 59,893,058.97 33 IFEDAPO 69,038,110.06 OYO TOTAL 2,227,800,044.94 S/n

Local Government Councils

Exchange Gain Difference =N= 987,645.10 1,044,770.12 1,063,661.98 788,936.34 826,709.81 1,270,458.56 894,760.55 901,475.35 1,083,793.50 1,176,048.95 899,853.00 931,406.84 865,571.64 1,082,515.45 718,431.39 1,187,371.55 956,699.34 1,122,461.80 17,802,571.28 701,486.12 703,453.88 876,385.38 774,705.30 733,114.29 834,981.17 699,838.28 726,817.98 714,861.55 811,509.12 859,250.70 993,095.80 925,708.53 806,931.13 634,103.64 817,102.55 720,387.61 751,011.89 795,843.08 787,604.34 852,158.21 773,474.91 951,095.95 788,709.16 1,039,114.50 711,249.65 860,290.36 863,048.76 760,540.65 846,158.42 24,114,032.91 832,780.74 967,106.88 963,344.13 1,032,109.89 1,047,179.02 1,076,286.88 1,166,846.02 858,755.85 1,019,161.96 1,067,015.74 771,703.97 804,794.94 788,943.04 1,171,788.67 799,050.40 838,489.98 1,095,501.29 947,252.79 869,591.91 785,191.91 969,707.38 898,205.65 929,868.49 796,035.24 728,450.64 965,602.82 1,052,051.26 805,771.24 969,033.30 818,187.44 821,759.19 817,768.78 942,633.63 30,417,971.03

Deduction =N= (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (47,177,126.82) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (82,028,645.40) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (2,536,077.62) (83,690,561.46)

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N= 7,591,903.06 21,790,910.43 8,031,015.88 23,506,621.94 8,176,235.20 24,208,140.23 6,064,453.93 17,634,591.12 6,354,813.78 19,832,076.83 9,765,854.37 29,738,620.07 6,877,911.26 19,717,511.30 6,929,527.10 21,831,944.82 8,330,983.63 24,390,470.62 9,040,139.58 26,940,592.86 6,917,056.27 20,877,649.30 7,159,606.64 21,677,417.69 6,653,539.79 20,439,055.09 24,246,805.54 8,321,159.46 5,522,491.32 17,291,833.23 9,127,174.98 26,630,242.32 7,354,026.90 20,427,209.65 8,628,221.96 23,734,322.60 136,846,115.10 404,916,015.65 5,392,235.13 17,087,615.10 5,407,361.09 16,749,952.99 6,736,663.63 20,404,115.00 5,955,061.75 17,071,925.47 5,635,356.90 16,845,252.91 6,418,394.71 19,910,897.67 5,379,568.39 17,428,853.19 5,586,957.95 17,080,373.73 17,008,854.09 5,495,050.36 6,237,968.01 19,610,649.27 6,604,951.53 21,157,842.63 7,633,801.87 22,089,073.07 7,115,804.46 20,551,713.67 6,202,777.62 19,731,204.57 4,874,274.49 15,338,110.55 6,280,964.00 18,006,240.20 5,537,528.53 16,455,202.66 5,772,933.45 18,445,996.60 6,117,545.18 18,310,511.58 6,054,214.99 19,023,115.41 6,550,432.45 20,100,469.42 5,945,603.87 18,293,615.06 22,236,135.34 7,310,954.31 6,062,707.59 18,889,641.88 7,987,541.82 19,676,313.25 5,467,286.13 17,105,316.21 6,612,943.25 19,571,313.47 6,634,146.71 20,324,772.90 5,846,179.87 18,289,145.08 6,504,312.82 20,685,812.99 185,361,522.86 563,480,035.98 6,401,480.30 21,712,927.42 7,434,028.32 25,163,124.36 7,405,104.52 23,301,065.78 7,933,698.23 20,667,801.95 8,049,532.74 28,301,674.46 8,273,281.17 29,429,092.22 8,969,397.86 30,484,185.74 6,601,147.66 22,547,069.95 7,834,169.18 27,607,621.03 8,202,015.12 28,346,910.64 5,931,990.86 20,318,562.60 6,186,356.98 20,234,214.12 6,064,505.44 20,331,167.94 9,007,391.37 28,142,051.56 6,142,199.41 21,000,100.09 6,445,366.45 21,193,516.02 8,420,979.97 27,199,959.07 7,281,412.43 21,466,139.96 6,684,443.07 20,318,607.30 6,035,670.94 19,370,033.34 7,454,018.06 24,699,945.28 6,904,393.27 22,329,069.14 7,147,781.51 24,598,163.89 20,221,832.28 6,119,022.25 5,599,508.01 18,629,134.55 7,422,466.79 24,777,186.49 8,086,985.03 27,563,502.35 6,193,861.68 20,383,913.67 7,448,836.49 22,448,462.24 6,289,303.41 21,251,312.83 6,316,759.03 21,805,143.06 6,286,085.27 20,642,367.78 7,245,905.52 22,065,921.56 233,819,098.33 768,551,780.70

Total Allocation =N= 100,084,239.78 106,480,002.82 108,729,264.47 79,648,412.35 84,940,544.90 131,201,859.02 90,401,136.93 93,065,690.51 110,560,899.10 120,669,184.76 91,978,481.27 95,363,344.43 88,731,336.30 110,312,528.35 73,529,432.68 121,286,454.92 96,185,261.86 113,072,708.48 1,816,240,782.93 71,823,611.23 71,647,161.23 89,468,990.78 77,806,511.24 74,172,433.75 85,583,672.66 72,029,847.62 73,891,720.03 72,840,651.98 83,360,441.87 88,818,934.71 100,715,622.05 93,657,461.32 83,105,938.92 64,553,697.45 82,214,282.72 72,739,731.69 77,239,464.31 80,776,841.16 80,814,473.61 87,180,498.77 78,927,399.08 97,421,784.43 80,771,514.02 102,073,012.24 72,641,203.78 87,317,581.23 88,297,026.35 77,863,270.96 87,274,300.64 2,457,029,081.80 87,403,639.75 101,858,703.25 99,688,375.63 102,688,848.23 111,557,281.45 115,069,403.36 123,543,688.36 90,365,831.15 108,567,889.38 113,227,670.39 81,005,470.24 83,632,148.28 82,430,411.99 121,606,487.77 83,927,404.26 87,351,965.60 114,414,439.84 96,535,143.09 89,025,128.48 81,161,960.13 101,608,574.23 93,379,813.16 98,242,932.64 82,902,114.88 75,772,449.52 101,349,542.95 111,218,274.73 83,861,832.83 99,301,866.16 85,746,447.04 86,592,898.46 85,103,203.18 96,756,493.14 3,176,898,333.54

Thursday, February 18, 2016

National Mirror www.nationalmirroronline.net

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN JANUARY, 2016

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for Local Government Gross Statutory Exchange Gain 2015 Value Added Tax State S/n Councils Allocation Difference Deduction =N= =N= =N= =N= =N= 1 BARKIN LADI 81,436,439.03 1,111,918.12 8,547,174.06 22,252,635.49 2 BASSA 82,149,316.54 1,121,651.62 8,621,994.23 22,770,795.30 3 BOKKOS 81,791,341.98 1,116,763.90 8,584,422.95 22,395,093.68 4 JOS EAST 62,095,374.77 847,838.80 6,517,229.67 18,244,630.05 5 JOS NORTH 108,037,477.51 1,475,123.80 11,339,090.16 33,607,853.79 28,128,376.40 9,805,428.04 6 JOS SOUTH 93,424,930.66 1,275,606.78 7 KANAM 82,012,468.13 1,119,783.12 8,607,631.28 21,833,843.29 8 KANKE 72,430,239.03 988,949.13 7,601,926.93 19,845,865.43 31 PLATEAU 9 LANGTANG NORTH 74,289,937.81 1,014,341.11 7,797,111.91 20,704,950.44 10 LANGTANG SOUTH 70,474,772.34 962,249.55 7,396,690.63 19,170,049.52 11 MANGU 97,370,038.02 1,329,472.55 10,219,487.39 27,601,589.53 12 MIKANG 65,554,605.49 895,070.50 6,880,293.76 18,772,489.70 13 PANKSHIN 87,516,666.84 1,194,936.43 9,185,325.30 22,986,516.42 14 QUAN-PAN 87,390,088.80 1,193,208.16 9,172,040.28 23,220,922.05 15 RIYOM 69,062,313.33 942,964.09 7,248,445.78 20,298,808.27 16 SHENDAM 87,997,930.80 1,201,507.52 9,235,836.44 23,716,553.17 9,813,117.34 21,646,819.43 17 WASE 93,498,193.20 1,276,607.09 1,396,532,134.27 19,067,992.26 146,573,246.16 387,197,791.96 PLATEAU TOTAL 1 AHOADA 62,209,637.41 849,398.92 6,529,222.11 26,862,405.81 2 AHOADA WEST 77,726,110.59 1,061,257.98 8,157,755.96 30,558,093.92 3 AKUKUTORU 71,602,051.49 977,641.21 7,515,004.38 26,382,285.51 4 ANDONI 76,433,755.34 1,043,612.40 8,022,116.61 28,840,907.32 5 ASARITORU 70,949,647.28 968,733.40 7,446,531.20 29,247,272.98 6 BONNY 70,937,791.71 968,571.53 7,445,286.91 29,035,306.64 7 DEGEMA 76,880,334.17 1,049,709.91 8,068,987.37 30,573,649.45 8 ELEME 74,482,501.02 1,016,970.34 7,817,322.41 27,941,324.32 9 EMOHUA 71,043,399.68 970,013.48 7,456,371.00 28,433,781.75 30,559,390.22 8,743,795.08 10 ETCHE 83,309,820.33 1,137,496.93 11 GONAKA 74,195,750.26 1,013,055.09 7,787,226.45 29,637,412.63 32 RIVERS 12 IKWERRE 71,011,697.85 969,580.63 7,453,043.73 27,889,561.97 13 KHANA 84,303,228.16 1,151,060.73 8,848,058.36 32,560,286.31 14 OBIO/AKPOR 103,238,446.23 1,409,598.71 10,835,407.10 40,184,816.56 15 OBUA/ODUAL 83,348,866.23 1,138,030.05 8,747,893.15 32,058,352.52 16 OGBA/EGBEMA/NDONI 84,106,314.10 1,148,372.10 8,827,391.20 32,104,035.69 17 OGU/BOLO 57,784,794.62 788,982.93 6,064,812.07 22,747,165.60 18 OKRIKA 71,104,436.61 970,846.87 7,462,777.15 29,333,364.75 19 OMUMMA 56,357,276.75 769,491.87 5,914,986.71 23,895,189.96 20 OPOBO/NKORO 60,959,941.66 832,335.80 6,398,060.10 26,181,360.02 24,892,933.67 859,651.39 6,608,031.57 21 OYIGBO 62,960,524.30 22 PORT HARCOURT 116,925,868.49 1,596,484.25 12,271,972.62 43,596,571.70 23 TAI 69,206,805.56 944,936.96 7,263,610.98 24,674,351.76 1,731,078,999.84 23,635,833.47 181,685,664.22 678,189,821.06 RIVERS TOTAL 1 BINJI 64,840,758.27 885,323.76 (3,129,481.58) 6,805,371.82 18,335,321.04 7,746,793.45 21,481,246.60 2 BODINGA 73,810,509.56 1,007,795.09 (3,129,481.58) 3 DANGE SHUNI 79,543,093.53 1,086,066.73 (3,129,481.58) 8,348,457.69 22,336,800.32 4 GADA 86,364,893.35 1,179,210.33 (3,129,481.58) 9,064,440.73 24,738,117.01 5 GORONYO 81,243,879.68 1,109,288.95 (3,129,481.58) 8,526,963.97 21,789,228.06 6 GUDU 73,616,151.05 1,005,141.35 (3,129,481.58) 7,726,394.52 17,911,433.06 1,148,014.85 (3,129,481.58) 8,824,645.04 23,982,288.49 7 GWADABAWA 84,080,149.04 8 ILLELA 71,746,492.62 979,613.38 (3,129,481.58) 7,530,164.24 20,367,462.28 9 ISA 81,211,685.60 1,108,849.38 (3,129,481.58) 8,523,585.03 20,171,409.06 10 KEBBE 73,322,845.70 1,001,136.62 (3,129,481.58) 7,695,610.62 19,212,822.35 11 KWARE 67,992,796.73 928,361.11 (3,129,481.58) 7,136,194.50 19,625,892.99 33 SOKOTO 12 RABAH 80,953,697.13 1,105,326.85 (3,129,481.58) 8,496,507.80 20,308,279.77 13 SABON BIRNI 84,936,764.23 1,159,710.92 (3,129,481.58) 8,914,551.22 22,920,266.50 14 SHAGARI 76,532,524.23 1,044,960.97 (3,129,481.58) 8,032,482.92 20,632,263.75 15 SILAME 68,530,187.11 935,698.54 (3,129,481.58) 7,192,596.40 18,306,310.89 7,992,685.67 24,048,801.76 16 SOKOTO NORTH 76,153,340.74 1,039,783.67 (3,129,481.58) 17 SOKOTO SOUTH 75,538,136.10 1,031,383.78 (3,129,481.58) 7,928,116.76 22,353,249.84 18 TAMBUWAL 84,581,298.25 1,154,857.45 (3,129,481.58) 8,877,243.25 23,695,003.03 19 TANGAZA 77,980,548.35 1,064,732.03 (3,129,481.58) 8,184,460.51 18,729,841.27 20 TURETA 70,963,436.81 968,921.68 (3,129,481.58) 7,447,978.48 16,696,761.34 7,677,719.88 21,669,566.76 73,152,384.96 998,809.18 (3,129,481.58) 21 WAMAKKO 22 WURNO 70,383,961.11 961,009.63 (3,129,481.58) 7,387,159.52 20,895,724.23 23 YABO 65,984,948.05 900,946.31 (3,129,481.58) 6,925,460.43 18,781,603.61 1,743,464,482.21 23,804,942.57 (71,978,076.34) 182,985,584.46 478,989,694.01 SOKOTO TOTAL Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Total Allocation =N= 113,348,166.70 114,663,757.70 113,887,622.52 87,705,073.28 154,459,545.25 132,634,341.88 113,573,725.81 100,866,980.52 103,806,341.26 98,003,762.03 136,520,587.50 92,102,459.46 120,883,445.00 120,976,259.29 97,552,531.46 122,151,827.93 126,234,737.05 1,949,371,164.66 96,450,664.25 117,503,218.46 106,476,982.60 114,340,391.67 108,612,184.86 108,386,956.79 116,572,680.89 111,258,118.08 107,903,565.91 123,750,502.56 112,633,444.43 107,323,884.18 126,862,633.56 155,668,268.61 125,293,141.95 126,186,113.09 87,385,755.22 108,871,425.37 86,936,945.28 94,371,697.59 95,321,140.93 174,390,897.05 102,089,705.26 2,614,590,318.60 87,737,293.31 100,916,863.12 108,184,936.70 118,217,179.84 109,539,879.08 97,129,638.40 114,905,615.84 97,494,250.94 107,886,047.48 98,102,933.71 92,553,763.74 107,734,329.98 114,801,811.29 103,112,750.30 91,835,311.36 106,105,130.26 103,721,404.90 115,178,920.40 102,830,100.58 92,947,616.73 100,368,999.20 96,498,372.91 89,463,476.83 2,357,266,626.91

State

S/n

Local Government Gross Statutory Councils Allocation =N=

1 ARDO KOLA 2 BALI 3 DONGA 4 GASHAKA 5 GASSOL 6 IBI 7 JALINGO 8 KARIM LAMIDU TARABA 9 KURMI 10 LAU 11 SARDAUNA 12 TAKUM 13 USSA 14 WUKARI 15 YORRO 16 ZING TARABA TOTAL 1 BADE 2 BURSARI 3 DAMATURU 4 FIKA 5 FUNE 6 GEIDAM 7 GUJBA 8 GULAMI YOBE 9 JAKUSKO 10 KARASUWA 11 MACHINA 12 NANGERE 13 NGURU 14 POTISKUM 15 TARMUA 16 YUNUSARI 17 YUSUFARI YOBE TOTAL 1 ANKA 2 BAKURA 3 BUKKUYUM 4 BUNGUDU 5 GUMMI 6 GUSAU 7 KAURA NAMODA ZAMFARA 8 KIYAWA 9 MARADUN 10 MARU 11 SHINKAFI 12 TALATA MAFARA 13 TSAFE 14 ZURMI ZAMFARA TOTAL 1 ABAJI 2 ABUJA MUNICIPAL 3 BWARI FCT-ABUJA 4 GWAGWALADA 5 KUJE 6 KWALI

65,494,843.73 112,076,760.34 76,976,118.24 91,909,945.52 99,294,493.01 68,786,306.81 66,160,603.13 102,690,304.11 73,098,991.65 67,492,131.98 100,719,725.03 79,722,918.60 68,520,784.91 98,146,292.88 65,062,482.39 70,579,759.95 1,306,732,462.29 72,939,984.82 80,715,314.50 67,582,117.86 75,667,332.82 106,129,222.86 87,953,714.95 80,976,362.34 70,351,849.53 92,782,832.63 65,435,518.71 62,676,823.12 67,199,139.34 73,087,011.89 80,423,942.30 74,592,402.12 77,738,067.64 77,553,334.79 1,313,804,972.21 72,998,660.18 70,680,947.87 83,415,095.84 92,065,930.71 80,133,581.05 111,270,094.37 84,504,809.32 76,668,871.03 82,881,217.70 109,396,448.14 68,304,950.70 78,893,347.04 83,584,907.65 92,311,756.22 1,187,110,617.81 60,978,447.12 155,663,542.42 87,681,016.59 75,143,793.66 71,399,381.24 73,444,113.25 524,310,294.28 57,704,645,553.61

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

894,254.52 1,530,275.42 1,051,017.73 1,254,921.45 1,355,748.70 939,195.55 903,344.68 1,402,114.48 998,080.15 921,525.13 1,375,208.55 1,088,522.03 935,570.16 1,340,071.39 888,351.14 963,683.03 17,841,884.09 995,909.10 1,102,072.02 922,753.78 1,033,147.81 1,449,068.84 1,200,903.81 1,105,636.32 960,571.18 1,266,839.69 893,444.51 855,777.79 917,524.66 997,916.58 1,098,093.68 1,018,470.90 1,061,421.24 1,058,898.93 17,938,450.84 996,710.25 965,064.63 1,138,934.34 1,257,051.24 1,094,129.14 1,519,261.35 1,153,813.08 1,046,822.63 1,131,644.86 1,493,678.93 932,623.20 1,077,195.21 1,141,252.92 1,260,407.70 16,208,589.49 832,588.47 2,125,401.31 1,197,180.43 1,025,999.50 974,873.99 1,002,792.38 7,158,836.08 787,888,590.36

Deduction =N=

Distribution of $150 Million Being part of NLNG Dividend for 2015 Value Added Tax =N= =N=

6,874,021.45 18,378,586.84 11,763,033.73 23,832,585.35 8,079,040.40 20,487,969.28 9,646,422.55 18,417,028.64 10,421,468.88 25,433,463.14 18,250,432.58 7,219,477.47 6,943,896.33 20,744,277.80 10,777,876.75 23,247,420.58 7,672,115.98 18,584,652.80 7,083,647.15 18,810,788.97 10,571,054.32 24,525,521.28 20,543,307.61 8,367,331.26 7,191,609.58 19,511,681.47 10,300,959.36 25,290,289.76 6,828,642.90 18,489,844.58 7,407,709.63 20,186,335.19 137,148,307.74 334,734,185.87 7,655,427.39 19,749,630.67 8,471,488.32 18,379,224.93 7,093,091.63 17,435,612.65 7,941,676.63 19,620,582.42 11,138,809.01 26,945,311.27 20,532,457.85 9,231,195.75 8,498,886.63 19,316,311.04 7,383,789.24 18,128,280.38 9,738,036.56 23,741,365.40 6,867,794.98 18,283,925.00 6,578,255.66 16,255,180.95 17,427,074.99 7,052,896.07 7,670,858.64 20,234,623.24 8,440,907.31 22,704,017.69 7,828,857.11 16,952,408.06 8,159,010.91 19,125,577.09 18,466,925.89 8,139,622.24 137,890,604.08 333,298,509.54 7,661,585.67 19,865,589.22 7,418,329.81 21,860,316.74 8,754,844.29 22,965,652.81 9,662,794.00 25,034,537.26 22,648,552.60 8,410,432.40 11,678,369.96 30,632,960.75 8,869,215.33 26,082,747.02 8,046,793.21 21,489,934.39 8,698,811.02 22,930,742.28 26,553,569.76 11,481,721.14 7,168,956.66 19,569,185.00 8,280,263.45 23,124,113.52 8,772,666.90 25,396,203.15 9,688,594.66 26,640,153.23 124,593,378.51 334,794,257.73 6,400,002.35 185,950,985.74 16,337,691.17 218,140,322.80 9,202,574.65 193,495,056.40 7,886,728.48 190,390,835.73 7,493,733.11 187,690,835.13 7,708,338.27 187,175,446.71 55,029,068.04 1,162,843,482.51 (673,887,700.41) 6,056,400,000.18 20,855,953,420.62

Total Allocation =N=

91,641,706.54 149,202,654.84 106,594,145.65 121,228,318.17 136,505,173.73 95,195,412.40 94,752,121.94 138,117,715.91 100,353,840.59 94,308,093.23 137,191,509.18 109,722,079.50 96,159,646.12 135,077,613.38 91,269,321.00 99,137,487.80 1,796,456,839.99 101,340,951.98 108,668,099.77 93,033,575.92 104,262,739.67 145,662,411.98 118,918,272.36 109,897,196.33 96,824,490.34 127,529,074.28 91,480,683.20 86,366,037.53 92,596,635.06 101,990,410.36 112,666,960.98 100,392,138.19 106,084,076.89 105,218,781.85 1,802,932,536.68 101,522,545.31 100,924,659.05 116,274,527.28 128,020,313.21 112,286,695.19 155,100,686.43 120,610,584.74 107,252,421.26 115,642,415.88 148,925,417.97 95,975,715.56 111,374,919.23 118,895,030.62 129,900,911.80 1,662,706,843.54 254,162,023.68 392,266,957.69 291,575,828.08 274,447,357.37 267,558,823.47 269,330,690.62 1,749,341,680.91 84,730,999,864.36

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Weaning Nigeria from crude-oil dependency (2) CRITICAL STROKES

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Continued from last Thursday Many of the states in Nigeria today are not viable, having no self-sustaining economy to meet the exigencies of their own existence, yet they maintain huge bureaucracy. These states go to Abuja every month to collect federal allocations. Many such states have been collecting money for decades and if the one for the next month is not paid, they would simply be insolvent! As a matter of fact, many of them are and can no more pay workers salaries! Our inordinate reliance on nature give oil obtained with its attendant prodigious petrodollars has predisposed our leaders to a culture of taking things for granted, and seeking for gains without pains. This mentality became viral, percolating from the top to the bottom as the followers also caught the “easy-money-for-little-or-no-work” bug. Our people have become indoctrinated on the philosophy of easy lucre with the rigorous discipline of working-to-earn principle relegated; there is now little or no premium on

work ethics or dignity of labour. What matter to most people is just how to make easy money from anywhere. This disposition arguably is behind the emergence of 419 practices on the part of the many youths, who could no longer be weaned from easy money syndrome. The only way out of this self-inflicted vicious circle is to redefine our national philosophy on economics and sustainability. And there is no two way to move forward in a positive direction concerning this than to diversify our revenue base. More than any other thing, we should invest on human resources. All achievements humanity has posted from dawn of civilization to the present era are attributable to this unique ability of Homo sapiens to analyse, infer, imagine and project. The economists have also told us that of all the factors of production, comprising land, labour, capital, and entrepreneur, the latter, which represents human mental inputs in the mix, is the most potent and influential. But this fact with all its implications seems to have consistently eluded most of our past political leaders, at least, as far as their practical policy thrusts and guiding visions over the years have shown. It is really sad that in this country, government after government has settled into unfathomable fixation of construing human resources as a burden, nay, a curse, rather than a blessing. Investment in the people brings the highest return on dividends. But here we have entrenched a philosophy anchored on a warped logic. Subsidised healthcare deliv-

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INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOTHING BUT TEMPORAL EDIFICE THAT WOULD BECOME SHAMEFUL RUINS WITH TIME…

ery for Nigerians is too expensive, quality education is unavailable for lack of funds, good roads, potable water and regular supply of electricity are unaffordable luxury! In summary, social provisioning has been non-existent in spite of trillions of petro-dollars earned over the past five decades. Nigeria will do well to focus on human resources development in all ramifications. We have millions of able-bodied men and women who roam the street in despair of what to do, hundreds of thousands of our youths have taken to crimes, no credible attempts is being made to harness their energies and coopt their contributions into national productivity pools. Government’s allocation to education sector and youth development, with the sole exception of the evanescent Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s free education project in the old Western Region, has always been dismal. Rather, billions of naira are routinely frittered away on non-productive ventures The country, now, is scheming to be among the top 20 developed economies in the world by the year 2020! Will the

expected growth occur in a vacuum? If you like, you can build hundred millions skyscrapers and architectural masterpieces all over the landscape, if you don’t build human capacity, you have only succeeded in erecting potential liabilities. For instance, Abuja is reputed to be the best purpose-built city in Africa, but it would have paid us more to have the best mentally developed peoples in Africa. Material infrastructure is nothing but temporal edifice that would become shameful ruins with time in the absence of proper maintenance administered by, sentient, competent, human agents. We are, perhaps, the only nation that would set such gargantuan targets without any credible blueprints on human resource development and capacity building that would serve as the spring board for the explosive growth. Well, maybe we are hoping to achieve the greatness through prayer warfare and night vigils, or some other ritual observances, goodluck! Every kobo spent to improve the lot of any Nigerian is a potential million, nay billon, the country will reap in concrete term in future. Every naira expended to rehabilitate the area boys, the almajiris, the illiterate sellers of fake merchandise and the youthful kidnappers will go a long way in building human capacity for a renascent Nigeria. Concluded Ketefe may be followed on twitter @ Ketesco

Mark and Onjeh’s titanic contest in Benue South MICHAEL JEGEDE

ormer Senate President David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one-time President of West Africa Students Union (WASU), Comrade Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will slug it out on Saturday in the rerun of Benue South senatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the former as winner with 99, 538 votes in the March 28, 2015 contest, as against the latter’s 50, 115 votes. Dissatisfied with the outcome Onjeh proceeded to the tribunal, which affirmed Mark’s victory. He headed for the Court of Appeal, which quashed the judgement of the tribunal and ordered a rerun. The rerun holds the prospect of a dicey affair with many political watchers predicting a tough task ahead for the former number three citizen, especially now that APC controls both the state and Abuja. Onjeh and his supporters have argued vehemently in different fora that Mark had done nothing meaningful for his constituency in the over 16 years he has spent in the Upper Chamber, eight as Senate President. They see his 16 year sojourn as in the Senate as “a complete disaster”. The United Idoma Citizens (UIC), one of the groups queuing behind Onjeh, has insisted that it was necessary for Mark to step down. Coordinator of the group, Sunday Ogbe, dismissed Mark’s 16 years

THE BENUE SOUTH RERUN HOLDS THE PROSPECT OF A DICEY AFFAIR in the Senate as a “complete disaster”. On the contrary, Mark’s loyalists believe his emergence as the Benue South senator in 1999 remains “a great blessing” to the people of the zone. According to them, his achievements are there for everybody to see. They even alluded to the fact that Onjeh himself benefited directly from the largesse of Mark. The Idoma Youth Vanguard, an umbrella body of youths in the nine local government areas (LGAs) making up the senatorial district, believes that no sincere Idoma man would say Mark did not do anything to better the lot of his people in his 16 years as a member of the highest legislative body in the country. The group through its president, Mike Ocheibi, said: “If people like Onjeh loaf around with mischief that David Mark has not done anything for the Idoma nation, we dare ask, who made Professor Jerry Agada , Abba Moro, Grace Ogwuche among others ministers? Who brought the Otukpo study centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)? Who brought the multi-billion Otobi water dam? Who facilitated the construction of multimillion naira Oweto Bridge now nearing completion? Can Onjeh in all honesty deny profiting from Mark’s education programme! Ev-

ery year, since 2005, over 1,000 students benefit from David Mark Scholarship Foundation (DMSF). At least 20, 000 Benue sons and daughters, who ordinarily would not have had access to school, are today graduates on account of Mark’s benevolence.” The Benue State chairman of PDP, Dr. Emmanuel Agbo, averred that nothing can stop the immediate past Senate President from emerging victorious in Saturday rerun election. Agbo who is also the Coordinator of the Conference of PDP Chairmen, in an interview, said his party remained dominant in Benue South, stressing that there was no reason for them to fear, even though APC is at the moment the governing party in the state and centre. The PDP stalwart added that no amount of propaganda would work for any other candidate, as according to him, the people of Benue South are solidly behind Mark. On his part, the APC chairman in Benue, Abba Yaro, maintained that the PDP would go nowhere in the contest, noting that the good work being done by the ruling APC government in the state would give Onjeh an added advantage in the rerun. Hear him: “We are fully prepared to take on our opponent in the election and we will demonstrate to Nigerians that the era of dominance of David Mark has ended...Barnabas Gemade won the Benue North Senatorial election; Sen. George Akume also

won the Benue North Central polls; and this election will not be an exception.” For the Director General of Mark’s Campaign Organization, Comrade Abba Moro, the Saturday rerun election is about the Idoma nation and only the people can decide who their senator will be. Moro, the Minister of Interior under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, said the Idoma folks were not in a hurry to dump PDP, despite the recent defection of some major stakeholders in the party to APC. “Let no one be in doubt that this Benue South Senatorial District rerun election will be determined only by the votes of the people of the senatorial district. The people are resolved to resist any external infiltration that will truncate the democratic expression of the political will of the people. We wish to make clear that the people of Benue South Senatorial District are determined to revalidate the votes and mandate freely given to the PDP and its candidate, Senator David Mark”, was how he put it. Jegede, a media professional, wrote from Abuja and can be reached on 07065574368 Send your views by mail or sms to PMB 10001, Ikoyi, or our Email: mail@ nationalmirroronline.net mirrorlagos@ yahoo.com or 08164966858 (SMS only). The Editor reserves the right to edit and reject views or photographs. Pseudonyms may be used but must be clearly marked as such.

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FG and realities of kerosene subsidy swindle

little over a year ago, January 2015 to be precise, this newspaper reported that petroleum products marketers and their agents in the country might have been swindling Nigerian kerosene consumers to the tune of N800 million on daily basis. That report merely supported countless bribery and corruption scams trailing kerosene and other petroleum products’ supply in the country in recent years. Kerosene is a petroleum product of premium value to Nigeria’s poorest of the poor, the down-trodden and low income groups. It is their major source of energy for cooking, especially. But never in the country’s recent history had its price been bearable for the aforementioned groups, despite the generous subsidy the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) hitherto paid purportedly to crash the pump price for consumers. Official information indicated, for instance, that national daily requirement of kerosene as at January 2015 stood at eight million litres, while the official supply price to the market was N50 per litre. But consumers paid between N130 and N200 per litre, depending on their locations. A market survey this newspaper conducted in Lagos and its environs also showed that major marketers did not have the product in

their retail outlets. The Executive Secretary of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Mr. Thomas Olawore, was quoted as saying that major marketers did not sell the product because they did not have allocation from the NNPC. Another national newspaper published a similar report earlier in February 2014, alleging that oil marketers paid over N195.5 billion in bribes to officials of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the NNPC before getting allocations/approval to lift kerosene between 2010 and 2012. The report said the NNPC charged marketers a bribe of N25 per litre as ‘mobilisation fee’; and the racket explained why it was impossible to sell kerosene to end users at any price below N170 per litre. An analysis of figures obtained from the official website of the NNPC showing the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company’s (PPMC) kerosene sales revealed that 2.996 billion litres were sold in 2010; 2.869 billion in 2011, and 3.123 billion in 2012, at which time NNPC imported the product at N156.46K per litre and sold to marketers at N40.90K per litre. It was then reasoned that with a total of 8.988 billion litres of kerosene sold in those three years, about 7.819 billion litres must have been lifted by oil marketers, who had to pay a N25

THIS HAS RESTED THE FRAUDS AND CONTROVERSIES TRAILING KEROSENE SUBSIDY THAT ENDED UP SUBSIDING SMART CROOKS bribe for every litre of kerosene they lifted between 2010 and 2012, based on the fact that marketers controlled about 87 percent of retail outlets in the country, while the NNPC retained 13 percent, with 37 mega stations, 12 floating mega stations and a little over 500 affiliate stations at the time. If marketers lifted about 7.819 billion litres of kerosene, but paid N25 bribe on each litre so as to be able to lift at N40.90 per litre from NNPC, the amount that must have been paid to corrupt petroleum ministry and NNPC officials would amount to N195.5 billion for the three years – 2010, 2011 and 2012. But NNPC’s acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs, at the time, Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, in response, dismissed the bribe claim as a blanket accusation against the oil behemoth, demanding instead, information on where the bribe thrived in the corporation’s 22 depots in the country and the officials in-

volved? Ibrahim, however, admitted that the NNPC actually sold kerosene to marketers at the subsidized rate of N40.90k per litre; and wondered why they (marketers) were selling at between N120 and N130 per litre to Nigerians. Curiously, nonetheless, no known marketer, to public knowledge, was molested or prosecuted for infracting official kerosene pump price. It is, therefore, commendable that the Federal Government, at last, officially terminated the payment of subsidy on kerosene late last month. Instead of N50 per litre, the regulated pump price that never was, the product will now sell for N83, according to the PPPRA’s latest pricing template. This, hopefully, may rest the frauds and controversies trailing kerosene subsidy that ended up subsiding smart crooks in the oil industry and their private sector allies, instead of ordinary Nigerians. That the formal removal of the subsidy is least felt by common people appears the strongest confirmation as yet of the inherent fraud it had been. The FG should now seek better, honest and workable ways of truly assisting the weak, poor and vulnerable in the country to enable them survive the prevailing, grinding economic and living conditions.

ON THIS DAY February 18, 1979

February 18, 2004

Snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history. The Sahara is the world’s hottest desert and the third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic. At over 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it covers most of North Africa, making it almost as large as China or the United States. The Sahara stretches from the Red Sea, including parts of the Mediterranean coasts, to the Atlantic Ocean.

Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, died near Neyshabur in Iran when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer caught fire and exploded. The incident began in the city of Nishapur, where 51 railway wagons carrying sulphur, fertiliser, petrol and cotton wool broke loose from their siding at Abu Muslim Station, and rolled down the track for about twenty kilometers, until they derailed.

February 18, 2013 Armed robbers stole a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium. The robbers hid in a construction site outside the airport prior to the robbery. They were armed with Kalashnikovtype assault rifles and dressed as police officers. Entering the airport through a hole they created in the airport security fence, the robbers drove in with two vehicles, a Mercedes van and an Audi.

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AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI (ABUAD)

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In ABUAD, You Get It All —Dr Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State Governor.

Rage persists over sack of 13 vice-chancellors Stakeholders insist on reversal

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his is not the best of time for the nation’s university system according to stakeholders in the sector. For many of them, the Federal Government has got it wrong again with the termination of appointment of 12 vice-chancellors of federal universities and that of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, Prof. Vincent Tenebe by a mere announcement via a terse press statement by the Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, last Saturday. They argued that the development was not only politically motivated as the affected universities out of the 40 federal universities nationwide are those established by the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan, and that the status of respective governing councils and that of the affected VCs was relegated to nothing in the matter including their replacement with the new ones. They argued further that the action was capable of throwing the university education which is already in a mess into fresh crisis that could further pull the system down. It will be recalled that the minister did not give reason for the action, though nine of the affected vice-chancellors claimed to have completed their single term five-year tenure in office and already in the process of handing over to their successors. Their claim has however been affirmed by both the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie and the Secretary-General of Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC), Prof. Michael Faborode, which invariably connotes that using the word ‘sack’ in their case was totally unfair on the part of the minister who announced the development. But, like other stakeholders, both Okojie and Faborode could not say categorically at least publicly the reasons for removing the remaining four. The nine VCs are those from the Federal University in Dutse, Jigawa State; Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State; Kashere, Gombe State; Lokoja, Kogi State; Ndufu-Alike Nkwo, Ebonyi State; Otuoke, Bayelsa State; Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State; Lafia, Nasarawa State, and Wukari, Taraba State. All the universities were created in 2011. And for the remaining three universities established in 2013 and located in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State; Gashua, Yobe State and

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I WONDER WHY MR. PRESIDENT, MUHAMMADU BUHARI WHO CLAIMS TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW AND CORRUPT-FREE NIGERIA APPROVED SUCH DECISION OF THE MINISTER. Gusau Zamfara State as well as the 14-yearold NOUN, with a students’ population of over 150,000, their VCs tenures of office are still on. Although NOUN’s VC was in his sixth year in office having got his tenure extended for another two years last October apparently because of his expansion drive and hope to grow the students’ population of the university to half a million by 2017. One of the strong stakeholders in the sector, lecturers, under their umbrella body, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was and is still not happy about the

development. Although, they are yet to make their position on the matter public, National Mirror gathered that many of them at their last NEC meeting condemned the deed and threatened to take action that would lead to it reversal. ASUU argued that although the union went against the establishment of those universities when established on the premise that the Federal Government should have diverted the resources to expand and equip the existing ones, many of which were (and are still) with poor infrastructures, the manner

by which the minister took the matter without recourse to due process was to them antidevleopment. Sharing this view, the Joint Action Front (JAF), a coalition of workers’ unions that include all the staff unions in the universities such as ASUU, SSANU and NASU has also declared its readiness to protest the development to a logical conclusion. The National Publicity Secretary of SSANU, Mr. Olayiwola Salaam, for instance, said the action of the government in this regard ran foul of autonomous status granted the universities as contained in the FGN-Staff Unions Agreements of 1999, noting that the matter should have been left to the governing councils of the various universities to handle. Like Salaam, the former South-West Coordinator of Parent- Teacher Association, Deacon Olusoji Adams equally blamed the CONTINUED ON PAGE 22

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Scholar calls for urgent review of education system Saidat alauSa

takeholders in the education sector have been called upon to review the nation’s education system which is fast dwindling and has almost reached a point of collapse. An educationist and founder, Fola Ogunsola Foundation, Mrs. Fola Ogunsola, stated this at the 5th Distinguished Lecture of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji, while delivering a lecture, titled: “Packaging the Next Generation of Leaders: The Role of Nigerian Higher Institution.” She identified parents, teachers, community, government, professionals and other regulatory bodies as the stakeholders in the education system that must rise up and save the nation’s education system from total collapse. According to her, “We can no longer wait for gov-

ernment; we must wake up to create tomorrow’s change makers. Higher institutions must break the two basic problems that have infected our education system since early 90s which are attitude and skills gap.” The lecturer noted that studies have shown serious gap in terms of what Nigerian graduates can offer and the basic skills that the society expects them to have. “Education being the bedrock of good leadership must be taken with all seriousness if Nigeria would come out of its plagued economy, as an uninformed and uneducated leader who is not well trained in terms of character and learning can only be an incompetent, unprepared, corrupt and unskilled leader,” she maintained. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Sola Fajana described Ogunsola as an exemplary icon that Nigerian women must emulate, noting that her lecture was a wakeup call for the nation .

NUC, others commend EKSU on devt Saidat alauSa

t was commendation galore for Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, EKSU from the National Universities Commission, NUC; Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), recently during the familiarization tour of the institution’s Vice- chancellor, Prof. Oye Bandele and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development) Prof Victor Adeoluwa as well as the Registrar, Mr. Emmanuel Ogunyemi to the headquarters of the three agencies. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie while receiving the EKSU team told them that the university no doubt was in the category “A” of how university should run commending the leadership for the smooth transition from former Vice-Chancellor, Prof Oladipo Aina to the incumbent vice-chancellor Prof. Oye Bandele. He said the university was moving in the right direction and assured that NUC would help in ensuring quality. On his part, immediate past Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Sulaimon Bogoro commended the

impressive and judicious use of funds given to the university under its various interventions which now ranked the university ahead of many other universities on the responsibility scale of the organisation. He congratulated the new vice-chancellor on what he called deserved appointment as the 7th substantive Vice-Chancellor of EKSU. Bogoro, who was delighted that EKSU had a record of timely completion of projects, assured the university of more support of TETFund as resources permits. Receiving the delegation, JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde said he admired the hard work and energetic concentration of Prof. Bandele whom he said he had no doubt would succeed as vice-chancellor. Expressing his appreciation for the recommendation, EKSU’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oye Bandele said the purpose of the visit was to build on their existing relationship for better mutual relationships. He however told the NUC leadership of the university’s intention to to present some new courses including Bachelors degree in tests, and measurement, Marketing and Insurance for accreditation.

Some of the officials and participants at the opening ceremony of the 12th Canadian Education Fair held in Lagos, recently.

Lagos adopts 360 education initiative tunboSun ogundaRe

agos State government has restated commitment to implement the new policy initiatives which it called 360 degree initiatives in public schools in the state. The state Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule disclosed this during the 6th anniversary of Uniformed Voluntary Organisations in the state’s public schools, last week. She explained that the initiatives would facilitate the expansion and improvement of a comprehensive and total education of students through equitable access to appropriate functional education and life skills programmes.

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i c e - C h a n c e l l o r, Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State, Prof. Rotimi Ajayi has said Nigerian universities all together could only admit 40 per cent of their applicants annually. He stated this while addressing the 330 newly admitted students into his university during their ma-

According to her, “Government will faithfully improve schools’ infrastructure, teaching methods and staff quality to achieve better performance outcomes including the introduction of technology-based teaching learning tools for the senior category of students. This explains why a huge percentage of the budget is committed to the education sector.” Adebule who doubles as the state’s Commissioner of Education noted that government was convinced that to achieve better education delivery, the cooperation and partnership of all stakeholders including teachers, parents, the media, corporate organisations, individuals and all educational agen-

cies is imperatives hence she called for the support of all the stakeholders. According to her, the rejuvenation of uniformed voluntary ogranisations in public schools in the State was informed by the commitment to the continued provision of an all-round and a holistic education to the children. “We believe that it is our responsibility to help them not only to develop mentally but physically, emotionally and socially. The effect of this will be total and wellrounded individuals for the challenges of the global society,” the deputy governor averred. She explained that since the re-launch, the uniformed clubs in public schools had

Nigerian universities admitted only 40 % of applicants —Crawford VC triculation ceremony which was the 11th edition in the series, last week. The vice-chancellor, who disclosed that admission into the nation’s universities in the recent time had become so competitive due

to limited space, argued that the situation had forced many parents and guardians to seek oversea studies for their children and wards. He however advised the new students to study hard and be law abiding and to

Vice-Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Prof. Oye Bandele (left) with the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie during Bandele’s visit to NUC, in Abuja, recently.

helped to achieve these goals as manifested in the students’ sterling virtues such as discipline, obedience, honesty and leadership traits necessary to prepare them for leadership roles in future. Adebule added that the voluntary clubs had also enhanced the extracurricular activities in public schools as many student have now become more interested in them which accounts for the increase in membership.. The deputy governor however urged all stakeholders including the media and corporate organisations to support and encourage the students to further stimulate their interest and be active in the activities of the clubs.

also participate in all church activities expected of them so as to leave the university in a record time and as wellrounded graduates. “Our interest as a university is to create an atmosphere that will prepare you well for future challenge by being useful not only to yourselves but also to the society as solution providers,” he added. Lamenting moral decadence in the ivory towers, especially in the publiclyowned institutions, Prof. Ajayi asked the students to shun all forms of bad behaviour such as exam malpractice, hooliganism, sexual assault, truancy among others, saying Crawford would not tolerate any of them from them. “It is in this context that the university will in addition to sound academic training also provide you with sound moral training that will make you to always put God first in your undertaking now as students and after your graduation,” he said.

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Ogun to boost French study —Commissioner

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he Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Modupe Mujota has lamented students’ lacklustre disposition to the study of French language, saying the state government was ready to reverse the trend. She stated this while addressing participants at a – one– day workshop organised for teachers reaching French in both public and private junior secondary schools in the state, assuring to put all necessary measures in place to achieve the objective The commissioner, who was represented by the ministry’s Director of Education, Secondary Department, Mrs. Bosede Ogunleye observed that the workshop was part of the proactive steps taken by the Ministry to encourage the teaching and learning of French language. Another step, she added was the consideration of the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education to make French language compulsory from the primary school level to tertiary institution. ‘’Government at all levels

are making efforts at making the study of French compulsory in all our public schools even up to the tertiary institution’’. Mujota said. She added that the present administration would always be ready to promote the teaching and learning of French language as well as to give necessary support to the development of its manpower through organisation of workshops and seminars on regular basis. The commissioner, in a press release by the Press Officer in the ministry, Mr. Kayode Oduyebo advised participants to take full advantage of the workshop by asking questions on ‘’grey’’ areas. Speaking earlier, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Kolawole Fagbohun charged participants to be worthy ambassadors of their various schools by contributing their quota to the effective learning and teaching of the French language. The permanent secretary whose address was read by the Director of Education Support Services, Mr. Martins Akinsolu added that solutions proffered at the workshop would be realistic and practical based on a foresight and effective management principles.

FUNAAB VC calls for quality teaching in tertiary institutions saidaT alausa

he Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, FUNAAB, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, has challenged academic staff on the need to adopt the use of modern technologies to enhance quality teaching and effective learning in the nation’s Ivory Towers. He stated this at a 2-day Capacity Building Workshop, organised by the Centre for Innovation and Strategic in Learning and Teaching (CISLT) FUNAAB, on “Modern Methods of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.” Prof. Oyewole, who was represented by FUNAAB’s Chairperson, Committee of Deans and Directors (CODAD), Prof. Bolanle Akeredolu-Ale, called on the management of higher educational institutions in Nigeria to put emphasis on the development of teaching and learning policies in their institutions for better performance.

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The Vice-Chancellor commended the organisers of the workshop for hosting it as the 2015/2016 academic session was commencing and assured that the university would continue to play a pivotal role in the advancement of quality teaching and effective learning. The Director, Centre for Innovation and Strategic in Learning and Teaching, Dr. Olusegun Folorunso, had earlier disclosed that CISLT was established by the Senate of the university to widen the scope of the then webometrics unit to improve on the standards of teaching, learning, research, among others. He stated that at the end of the workshop, it was expected that the university would harvest inputs that should enhance the realization of the teaching and learning policy in FUNAAB, ensure that the university management appreciates staff productivity backed with annual award, stating that the university may inaugurate a committee on the award of innovative teacher or lecturer of the year.

Why enrolment in agric education is low —Director, OFFERCentre Rev. Fr. Macarius Olatunji is the director of Oluponna Fish Farming Education and Research Centre, OFFERCentre, a Catholic agriculture training institute, until recently when it was granted a monotechnic status. Olatunji in this chat with BOLADALE BAMIGBOLA speaks on the new status of the institute, among other sundry issues. Excerpts: When did the farm start? It started in 1984 when Emeritus Arch Bishop of Ibadan, Felix Alaba Job bought it from a family here in Oluponna and he tried to make it a place for training and empowerment of youth. Unfortunately, that vision could not be realised until 2003 when I tried to bring in some other partners. There is one we call DCC, Delegation of Catholic Corporation. Together we started re-organising the centre to the one that could with time become a training institute not only in agriculture but also in other vocations. We eventually inaugurated it in 2006 with the support of French Embassy which gave us the initial capital.

When did the institute become a monotechnic? Last year, we approached the National Board for Technical Education, NABTE, for approval for a monotechnic status and this was granted. Now we run an OND programme in agriculture and a certificate programme which is purely a practical exercise. We also run a catering institute where we teach our young girls skills in hospitality management and other vocations like bead making and wire works, photography and videography, tie and dye, knitting.

What exactly is the mandate of your institute? The focus is primarily to train agric business farmers and not just people, who are engaging in agriculture. We want people to be proficient in farming. Like farm hands or supervisors. That is for the certificate programme. For OND, we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will eventually culminate in affiliation with the University of Ibadan, such that our ND graduates can secure admission through direct entry into the institution. Our goal is to make a difference.

What are the challenges? As a new establishment, many people do not know we are offering OND programme. People are yet to fully key into our programmes. Also, economic situation of Osun State, which is supposed to be our immediate catchment area, is unfavourable. The flow of money that is not there, though the economic downturn is national and even goes beyond the shores of Nigeria, businesses are feeling the harsh impacts of the economic crises particularly in Osun. Another challenge is that youths are not interested in agriculture and that is why enrolment to study agriculture is usually low. This may be because many generations have engaged in it with little or nothing to show for it, they don’t want to go into it. The society too does not encourage our youths to go into farming. But those we have trained over the years, we have been able to re-orientate them. I believe with the institution status, we can be better. Lastly, quality

Olatunji of people you employee can constitute a challenge. Many graduates are not very proficient. So, the task is there. You have to be on ground all the time to get things done and this came about as a result of our educational system that does not give people holistic approach to life. If we continue to complain, no one will do it. That is why at OFFERCentre, we decided to do things differently and set standard.

How do you think your facilities will be able to support the new status of the school? Before we were given approval as a monotechnic, team from the NABTE as well as Federal Ministry of Education visited. The team comprises of rectors of polytechnics and head of Marine Research and Oceanography in Lagos. They were happy with the facilities we have and of course, the development is ongoing. We have to build more infrastructures. But what we have now can cope with the number of students we want to take.

How many students are you starting with? Our regulators approved that we can take 30 for OND and 30 for the certificate programme. OND is four semesters and certificate course is just two semesters. L-R: HOD, Computer Science Lagos State University, Ojo, Prof. Benjamin Aribisala, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. ‘Lanre Fagbohun and his counterpart from Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State, Prof. Isaac Ajayi, during the Quality Assurance Retreat programme organized by LASU for members of staff in the university, recently.

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Women group wants improved participation of undergraduates in activities TunBosun ogundare

he Nigerian Girl Guides Association (NGGA) says it would intensify efforts in popularising the activities of the association among girls in universities nationwide. The Chief Commissioner of the group, Mrs. Maria Goretti Sule gave the assurance in a chat shortly after a three-day workshop organised by the association for its leadership in Lagos on Monday. The workshop was funded by the United Parcel Service. According to her, the strength of the association lies in the number, adding that as the biggest girls movement in the world there is need to explore avenues for more volunteers. `There is this acronym that where there is no volunteer, there are no guides. And that means we will not be able to do what we are supposed to do which is primarily to assist girls and young women to achieve their fullest potentialities,’’ the commissioner said. She noted that a lot of girls who are active members of the association tend to reduce their involvement in the activities of the guides as soon as they gain admission into tertiary institutions. ``This is what we want to fight against. We want to see how we can popularize our activities in these institutions around the country

in order to further boost our numerical strength. ``Those in the universities must strive to take up the challenge in sensitizing more girls about the activities and modus operandi of the association ``We on our part are working round the clock to see how to re-strategize and attract people in their productive years to join guiding. ``However, we are not solely focusing on how to increase the number of our membership but also guiding them into our succession plans. ``We are equally working on our leaders and that is why we are also using the opportunity of the workshop to build capacity for leaders, numbers will follow when you get good leadership in place ’’ she said. In her remark earlier, the UPS Strategic Project Manager, Mrs. Olufolake AdeleyeMatuluko also pointed out that the workshop would among other benefits accelerate the organisation’s set goals which include the development of the girl-child and young women. Adeleye-Matuluko, who is also a member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) the association’s body at the world level however said the workshop was expected to bring about less prostitution, teenage pregnancy, girl-child trafficking, drug abuse and other vices in the country.

Monarch admonishes peaceful environment for education to thrive Williams aTTah GOMBE

he newly appointed Chancellor of the Federal University Kashere, Gombe State, Och’Idoma iv, of the Edoma Kingdom, Dr. Elias Obekpa has called on traditional rulers in the country to create a peaceful environment for youths to acquire knowledge and skills for the development of Nigeria. The traditional ruler who made the call during his conferment of honourary doctorate degree at the maiden convocation ceremony of the school, said as royal fathers, they must bring to bear the virtues of peace and harmony in their domains for development at all levels to thrive.

According to the Royal Father, “we must support government policies and programmes by sensitizing the populace on the need to maintain peace and be engaged in profitable jobs. Speaking with newsmen at the ceremony, the Och’Idoma expressed satisfaction with the rate of development in the university which started in 2011. He said it is a sign that the university will achieve greatness within a very short time. He commended the management of the university under the leadership of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mohammed Kabiru Farouk for ensuring the accreditation of most of the courses of the institution.

L-R: Tutor General of District VI, Lagos State Alhaja Amidat Anifowose; Special Adviser on Education to the Governor Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh and Birch Freeman Old Boys Association (BIFOBA) Global President, Mr. Feyi Dinyo, during the schools 56th Founder’s Day celebration, recently.

Restructuring: Ospoly commences vocational programmes Boladale BamigBola OSOGBO

n line with the vision of Osun State Government and consequent upon directive of the Governing Council of Osun State Polytechnic, management of the institution, has announced commencement of Vocational and Technical Education and Remedial Programmes in the institution. This is disclosed in a release signed by the Media Officer of the institution, Mr. CONTINUE FROM PAGE 19

Federal Government to have discharged the role meant for a body that it constituted. He however cautioned the minister not to cause another crisis capable of taking the country’s education further backward, adding that picking four VCs from Bayero University Kano alone, which is currently ranked 29th and 19th in the country by the Webometrics World Universities Ranking and the home’s NUC respectively could never be by merit. He asked rhetorically of what happens to the deputy vice-chancellors of the affected universities and to many renowned academics and administrators from the first generation universities like the University of Ibadan; University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; University of Lagos ,Akoka and University of Benin to mention a few? Does that mean all the high profile professors in those universities are not qualified to become VCs in any of the affected universities? I wonder why

Tope Abiola, copy of which was obtained by our correspondent in Osogbo. The release stated that the Rector of the Institution, Dr. Olusola Agboola declared that: “The commencement of the programme was part of the institution’s drive to complement the efforts of the state government in its bid to improve the vocational and entrepreneurship skills of people in the state”. Agboola added that the programmes were specifically designed for artisans

and young school leavers in the state to enrich their knowledge and skills in their various vocations. According to him, such programmes include: Welding and Fabrication, Brick Laying & Block Making, Interlocking, Arts and Design, Electrical Installation, Printing, Bread Making/ Wire works, Soap and Dis-infectants, Computer Training, Video and Photography, and Agricultural related courses He further explained that the Center for Entrepreneur-

ship and Vocational Training of the institution had series of state of the art equipment that would be used to train the applicants in their various disciplines, adding that the center is open to members of the public who desire apprenticeship in the listed vocations. Agboola also disclosed that “At the end of the programmes, the trainees who would have acquired livingable skills would be awarded certificates in their various course(s) of choice”.

Rage persists ... Mr. President, Muhammadu Buhari who claims to be passionate about the rule of law and corrupt-free Nigeria approved such decision of the minister. To make the office of a vice-chancellor a target to settle political or personal friends without allowing merit to come to play according to him would not take us anywhere as a country that wants to grow its high level manpower. All these are in addition to the position of the Coalition of Civil Society Groups which had already petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari few hours after the announcement of the decision, demanding it reversal. Both the President of the group, Etuk Bassey Williams and the Secretary-General, Ibrahim Abubakar, in the petition, quoted the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act No.11 of 1993 (as amended) by decree No.25, 1996 and further amended in 2003 and 2012 respectively, and other agreements as contained in the 2009 FGN-

staff union agreements to support their argument. Interestingly, one of the affected VCs from the Federal University, NdufuAlike Nkwo, Prof. Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe had not only confirmed the expiration of his five-year single term and consequently handed over to his deputy since two weeks ago connoting that he was not sacked as claimed by the announcer, he told National Mirror that the action was simply out of order. To show that he is vast in university administration having governed UNILAG as VC for five years between 2002 and 2007, he reaffirmed that only the governing councils are empowered by law to remove and appoint their VCs. Although, Ibidapo-Obe, a Professor of System Engineering and researcher had already gone back to his former place of employment, UNILAG, he believes the action would need to be corrected to prevent recurrence. His counterpart from the

university in Otuoke, home town of former president Goodluck Jonathan,, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, also appears to have a lot to say on the matter. When contacted for his reaction, he simply asked National Mirror to send email contact via Short Message Service to enable him forward his ready-made opinion on the matter. But surprisingly, he neither sent the mail nor answered his phone calls till the time this report was being filled. However, Aluko, a Professor of Chemical Engineering who was a lecturer and researcher in a US university when he was nominated by the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for the post had earlier told this reporter how passionate he was to lay a solid foundation for those coming after him. Now, the deed has been done but Nigerians are waiting for the outcome of the action and only the time will tell.

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Need to review state funding of SSCE now

ike many other actions of State Governments intended to ameliorate the hardship imposed on Nigerians by virtue of the festering economic condition, the practice of States shouldering the burden of the Senior School Certificate Examination fees of candidates has run into troubled waters. This is evident in the indebtedness of 19 State governments to the West African Examination Council to the tune of N4 billion in the May/June 2015 edition of the SSCE. Consequently, some state governments have opted out of the initiative completely, while others are reassessing their level of involvement and commitment. Many others appear to be bearing their yoke with fortitude, even in the face of the unprecedented decline in revenue, accumulating debt of unpaid salaries, and generally declining conditions of living. At the other extreme, Oyo state not only withdrew support for the scheme but also slammed an annual Education Development Levy (EDL) of N3, 000 on every secondary school student in the State! What really went wrong? Was the idea of paying the Senior School Certificate Examination fees for candidates in Nigerian public school system intrinsically flawed, or was it a good idea that has gone awry? According to Dikko Raddah, the Chief of Staff to the Katsina State government, only a small proportion of the candidates sponsored by the government secure the necessary credits for admission into tertiary institutions. To put it more succinctly, the government does not get value for the huge amount of money dedicated to the registration of candidates for the SSCE conducted by the West African School Certificate Examination and the National Examination Council respectively. The Osun state Commissioner for Education, Laoye-Tomori recently revealed that the State spends about N500 million per annum as WAEC fees for candidates in the public schools in the state, adding that it could no longer bear the burden.

Her Lagos State counterpart Mrs. Olayinka Oladunjoye reported that the state government also paid WAEC the sum of N535 million as examination and administrative charges for 42,995 candidates registered for the May/June 2015 SSCE in the state. These investments amount to colossal loses to the states given that only 19.54 and 45.88 percent of the candidates secured the credits required for admission into tertiary institutions in the May/June 2014 examination. The situations in the North East and the North West were even more appalling with eight of the thirteen states in the two geopolitical zones recording less than ten percent success rate in that examination. A less than 10% pass rate in the SSCE translates to more than 90% loss of government investments on examination fees alone. It should be obvious to government that something has gone wrong with the processes that prepare these candidates for the SSCE. In many cases, the course assessment scores presented to the examination bodies have been inflated by the school administrators and most often, do not reflect the candidates’ actual performance. Such manipulations would not have been necessary if teaching had been adequate. Serious problems with the quality, number and distribution of teachers have been identified in virtually every part of the country in the past. The geographical north and the

rural areas are the worst affected with only few poor quality teachers accepting deployment to the rural areas. The dearth of science and mathematics teachers as well as English language teachers would require deliberate effort to remedy. Another significant problem with teachers is their generally poor level of commitment to the job. Absenteeism and lateness are twin evils that could render even the most qualified crops of teachers ineffective. The prevalence of these twin evils is only possible because of ineffective and corruption plagued internal and external supervisory machineries. Many teachers use official work hours to attend to their wares in the markets or simply convert the staff rooms into mini markets on the pretext that their salaries are just chicken change! To crown it all, many of the schools have no facilities for teaching science at all. Most schools in the rural area have no laboratory spaces let alone equipment. Teaching of science under these conditions is only rudimentary at best and most often, just a charade! The conduct of science practical examinations by WAEC and NECO could easily be classified among some of the greatest acts of deceit in our national examination systems. It is inconceivable to expect a government sponsored candidate to put up an excellent performance in an examination when he has not been properly tutored, or taught by poorly qualified teachers in a decrepit facility without the necessary teaching aids or appropriate equipment. The one sensible thing the state governments could do is provide the facilities, materials and qualified personnel to train these highly intelligent Nigerian youths, and afterwards put up those who are found worthy in character and learning for our national examinations. We must sow a new type of seeds if we expect to reap a different kind of fruits; we must begin to do things differently.

Dufil awards N5.4m postgraduate scholarship Saidat alauSa

s part of its efforts in the training of high level manpower in nutrition and dietetic fields in the country, Dufil Prima Foods Plc has awarded 12 post-graduate students scholarship to study Nutrition and Dietetic. The recipients were selected based on merit from pool of applicants from five universities in the country. While the scholarship worth N5.4million, according to the company, each recipient would receive N450, 000 to cover their tuitions, research and accommodation. Speaking during cheque presentation, the Brand Manager of the company, which produces Indomie, Mr. Amber Yadav said the the scholarship scheme served as a way of contributing to the production of highly trained nutritionists that would drive development in the food sector of the economy. Also speaking at the event, the Group Public Relations and Event Man-

ager, Mr. Tope Ashiwaju re-emphasised that Dufil was a socially responsible brand that is committed to the development of manpower in the field of nutrition and dietetic in which the brand is a major player. According to him, “It is the hope of the Dufil that in the nearest future, Nigeria can boost the quality manpower in the area of nutrition and dietetics as very few universities offer nutrition at the first degree and Master level at the moment, a situation which has led to shortage of manpower in this sector. The coordinator of the Dufil M.Sc. Nutrition Award, Prof. Tunde Oguntona, of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, commended the company for giving out the scholarship which he said had been recorded huge success and growth since its inception in 2009. He noted that the scheme was also helping in promoting the study of nutrition in the country.

Muslim school proprietors rise against exam malpractice tunboSun ogundare

T L-R: Social Media Manager, Dufil Prima Foods, Kenneth Irunonagbe; Group Public Relations and Event Manager, Tope Ashiwaju; one of the Dufil Msc Nutrition Scholarship awardee, Adepeju Ajayi; Brand Manager, Dufil Prima Foods, Amber Yadav and Coordinator, Dufil Msc Nutrition Scholarship, Prof. Tunde Oguntona during the cheque Presentation to 2015 Dufil Msc Nutrition scholarship beneficiaries in Lagos, recently.

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he Provost, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos State, Dr. Ladele O. A. has advised the newly admitted students into the college to behave responsibly and respect the constituted authorities in and outside the college. She gave the advice while addressing them during their matriculation ceremony held on campus last week. Ladele, who was recently appointed as the 8th provost of the college, also asked the students to take their studies very seriously by not missing lectures, tutorials and all other academic activities so as to be able to graduate not

Behave responsibly, AOCOED provost tells freshers

only in record time but also with good grades. “So, you are expected to make efficient use of the library and other facilities provided by the college. Quality is our watchword in AOCOED and that is why you will need to lay a solid foundation right from now,” She stressed. The provost further told the students to uphold the principles of cleanliness and environmental protection in the college, advising them to always make effective use of the trash cans and bill boards as provided round the campus. “So, help us keep our environment clean and always

maintain a high level of personal hygiene as these will help you greatly in your studies,” she added. She also sued for peace while condemning all forms of unruly behavior since they have decided to become students of AOCOED. While using the opportunity to appreciate Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for appointing her, she sought the continuous support and cooperation of the governing council, members of staff and other stakeholders of the college, saying to reposition and transform AOCOED to a strongly competitive teacher education institution of global reckoning required collective efforts.

he proprietors of Muslim primary and secondary schools in the country have been asked not to encourage their students to engage in examination malpractice. The Registrar of LEAMSP Examination Council, an organ of League of Muslim School Proprietors (LEAMSP), Mr. Yekini Raji gave the advice in Lagos while addressing participants at this year’s edition of the annual seminar/workshop organised by the league for exam invigilators and other officials who are members. The training, which was 10th edition in the series, was themed: “E-marking: A reliable means to enhancing equity and integrity in examinations.” Raji spoke on “Stakeholders’ responsibilities in enhancing the value of tests,” saying school owners, administrators and teachers as well as invigilators should not by any way encourage cheating of students in either internal or external exams.

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Bida Poly sensitises school community on dangers of Lassa Fever

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n a bid to curtail the spread of Lassa Fever, a medical expert at the Federal Polytechnic Bida Medical Centre, Dr. Kingsley Okeke has advised residents of Bida and its environs to cultivate good health practices as these would go a long way in curtailing the spread of the disease. He gave the advice in an interview with Campus News in his office recently, urging people to always sanitise their environment and properly dispose their refuse away from residential areas so as to rid them of rodents that are carriers of the Lassa virus. Corroborating him, a consultant Physician in the institution’s Medical Centre, Dr. Tosin Kpelusi in a separate interview, stated that people should avoid close contacts with rodents as the disease could be transmitted via contact with their feaces and urine. Similarly, an Abuja-based Dermatologist Dr. Frank Osaretin warned on the dangers of buying sliced fruits by the road side. According to him, majority of these fruits are usually exposed. For him, caution should be employed in this very aspect as no one knows which has been infested by rodents. He further enjoined residents to avoid rats as food for the main time while urging the school authority to always fumigate the premises also to curtail possible spread of the dreaded disease.

CMDAS conference: Jubilation as UNIBEN gets hosting right eddy uwoghiRen.

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he Christian Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria Students (CMDAS), UNIBEN Chapter went into jubilation as the school won the hosting right of this year’s national conference of the association coming up in November 2016. The students expressed their happiness when the immediate Past President of the association, Rex Uwaifo inaugurating the local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the event at the University’s School of Medicine, recently. Speaking shortly after the inauguration, the chairman of the 15- man committee, who is also a 500- level medical student, Victor Emorire. thanked the association for giving him the privilege to serve in the LOC, calling on members of the group from UNIBEN to give his committee maximum support so as to make the conference a huge success.

FCE Umunze gets new admin block eMeka ChukwueMeka

s part of his commitment to fulfill the objective of his administration, the Provost, Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, Anambra State, Prof. Josephate Ogbuagu has inaugurated a new administrative building at the permanent site of the college. In his address, the provost reiterated his determination to re-position the college by providing adequate infrastructure and facilities that would support teaching and research activities. He added that his administration would sustain the current infrastructural development of the college and the quest for excellence. In their separate remarks, Chaplain of Christ the King Chaplaincy, Rev. Boniface Obiekezie, and Chapel of Ascension, Rev. Tochukwu Akaegbobi blessed the new building and the users, noting that the structure would ease office accommodation problem confronting the college.

Cross section of students, University of Lagos, Akoka, during the orientation Lecture marking the 2016 Freshers Week organised by the Social Science Students Association (SOSSA), recently.

Lecturers, students advocate undergraduates’ participation in politics Miftaudeen Raji

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niversity teachers and student leaders have urged students to take active participation in politics in a bid to make a positive turn around in the sociopolitical and economic systems of the country. This was emphasised recently at an orientation lecture marking the 2016 “Freshers Week” organised by the Social Science Students Association (SOSSA), University of Lagos branch. Speaking at the event, the Dean, Faculty of Science, Prof. Iyiola Oni noted that the need for students to imbibe the right political attitudes that would engender national development in the country is now.

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he delegation of Ekiti State University to the annual oratory contest held at the University of Lagos, Akoka, has emerged winner defeating six universities from the south west. The competition known as Prof. Femi Raji Oratory Contest is an annual competition among students of the English Departments of the southwest universities to test their oratory skills and presentation prowess. EKSU team led by Anjorin Gideon discussed the topic “NYSC: A tool for National Unity” and the presentation was adjudged to be the best ahead of University of Lagos, Bowen University, University of Ibadan and other contestants. A statement by the Deputy Registrar, Informa-

He said students at the moment should be more concerned about how to build impeccable characters through their conducts to ensure a crisis-free society while in school. Oni however, advised students to eschew violence, alcoholism, thuggery and cultism while playing politics in order to achieve great results in life. Also speaking at the occasion, the Deputy Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Franca Attoh added that the most difficult thing after admission was to stay within the university and graduate with an outstanding result. She however said staying focused in school does not mean refraining from other extra-curricular activities. The Speaker of the university’s Students’ Union (ULSU) Parliament, Adeonipekun Adeyanju, in his remark

argued that students could not detach themselves totally from politics if they were aspiring to become future leaders. “Politics is just too important that we cannot but contribute to it with our active participation. Taking part in politics now will consequently make us great and make significant impacts in the lives of people and the society,” he said. In his own submission, the chairman of the Progressives, the ruling political group on campus, a 400 level Psychology student, Sirajudeen Adebakin, pointed out that active participation in politics would help students build a reputable personality. He argued that when students were able to combine academic activities with politicking; they would likely become better leaders tomorrow.

EKSU emerges best in oratory contest tion & Corporate Affairs of Ekiti State University, Ajibade Olubunmi stated that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oye Bandele commended theaward winners for making the institution proud.

Professor Bandele said that the success was a correct measure of the quality of training received in Ekiti State University. The Vice-Chancellor assured the team who had qualified to represent the

South West region at the national competition scheduled for Abia State University in March that the university would give them all necessary support to excel.

L-R: Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, Nnamdi Azikwe University, Akwa, Prof. Charles Esinome, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, his wife Dr. Gladys Ahaneku and the registrar, Dr. Hyacinth Isidienu during the institution’s matriculation ceremony for the newly admitted students, recently.

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Rector urges fight against religious fanatic on campus

Police caution students against social vices

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he Rector, Federal College of Education, FCE, Kontagora, Niger State, Dr. Nathenial Odediran has called on stakeholders in education to come together and fight religious extremism among students. He made the call in an exclusive interview with National Mirror on Tuesday, saying the purported claim by the security agent that a former student of Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna, Abdulkareem Enesi Yunusa was recruiting for the ISIS was totally condemnable. He attributed the development to the unhindered exposure of many students to information and communication technology. Odediran said though, it would be difficult to stop the trend, but educational institutions as well as stakeholders in the society could help in stemming the tide of fanatic indoctrination by educating, sensitising and reorientation students of the dangers inherent in joining such groups. According to him, many young students are lured into such groups and in the process engaged in nefarious activities for different reasons, saying, “We can’t rule out the possibility of Nigerians reading information about ISIS, or probably have a desire to travel out of the country. So, that may be a veritable platform for them to get out.”

Babcock student, 2 others for Unilever contest in UK Tunbosun ogundarE

400-level Mass Communications student of Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Jennifer Ikeokwu will join two other colleagues from Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti and Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo to represent Africa at this year’s World Unilever Idea Contest holding in the United Kingdom in April. Ikeokwu’s team mates-Olamide Popoola from ABAUD and AdekunleAdepoju from AU respectively – qualified for the world event due to their emergence as the winner of the Africa edition held earlier. The contest, according to Babcock University’s spokesman, Mr. Godwin Ugbaka, was aimed at discovering youthful, future leaders and entrepreneurs in participants. He noted that the team for their brilliance performance in the regional edition held in Johannesburg, South Africa last month went home with branded Lenovo Idea pad, laptops and Infinix phones. He added that South African team, who came second would also be at the UK event as another African representative.

Bida Poly gets CIBN accreditation uzoma chima

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epartment of Banking and Finance, Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State has been accredited to start Microfinance Diploma, certificate and other linkage programmes this academic session. Chairman, Capacity Building and Certification, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, Mr. Deji Olanrewaju who led the team that included Akin Morakinyo, Deputy Director, CIBN and Dr. Ugbuagwu, Senior Lecturer, Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, disclosed this during a two- day certification and accreditation programme, recently. Olanrewaju confirmed that the major reason the team came to the polytechnic was to accredit the banking and finance programme as well as initiate linkage programme to boost capacity building in the institution. “Our mission here is to see how to develop a crop of bankers that would be able to succeed people like us in the nearest future” he said.

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he Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Division ‘A’ Police Station in Bida, Niger State, Mr. Kumar Ango has called on students to shun all forms of immoralities on campus. He made the call in an interactive ses-

sion with the campus journalists in his office recently. Ango, a chief superintendent of police noted that in a bid to reduce crime in the country, the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase had stepped up efforts for increased surveillance by members of the police force nationwide. Speaking on the security situation in Bida metropolis, the police chief said

there were no serious crimes like armed robbery, insurgency, murder and arson in the community, among others. He however disclosed that the relationship between the students and the police under his jurisdiction remains cordial while urging the students to always report criminal activities in their areas.

Deputy Provost, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos State Mr. Wole Ajose; Provost, Dr. Omolola Ladele, and the librarian, Mrs. Omotayo Oluwole during the 2015/2016 matriculation ceremony of the college, last week.

11 FUNAAB students get scholarships

s part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), has awarded scholarships to eleven students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State. The scholarship scheme

is for selected community students, who have secured admission into higher institutions during the 2015/2016 academic session. Beneficiaries include, Ajayi Toheeb, Water Resources Management, Salako Samuel, Crop Protection, Lasaki Adeola, Plant Physiology and Crop Production,

Olaotan Blessing, Economics, COLMAS; Kolawole Abimbola, Mathematics ,COLPHYS; Ajayi-Oyelayo Motunrayo, Nutrition and Dietetics, COLFHEC; Soaga Mojeed, Electrical/ Electronics, COLENG; Jimoh Toheed, Environmental Management and Toxicology, COLERM; Jolaosho

Abayomi, Crop Protection, COLPLANT; Ayandeji Toheeb, Business Enterprice Management, COLMAS and Isiyemi Samson, Chemistry, COLPHYS. Each of the beneficiaries would get N119, 700 each for their school fees, accommodation and other related expenses.

UNIBEN - 300L medical students win soccer maiden edition Eddy uwoghirEn

400L, MED AND SURG, UNIBEN

or two weeks last month, academic activities were suspended at the College of Medical Sciences of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, Edo State as students trooped to the medical hostel football pitch to participate and watch the maiden edition of ‘The Definition Tournament’ the soccer game was instituted by the Director of Sports , University Medical Students Association (UBEMSA). The event, according to Director of Sports, UBEMSA, Anthony Adams, was to foster friendship among the

students, cool off academic stress and recruit students to represent the school at the next National Medical School games to be hosted by the university. The football tournament,

which included both male and female categories, saw the various classes in medical school represented except 100 level. The game which began with female categories was

full of exciting moments. Four days into the tournament, the 300 level and 400 level girls met at the final which was keenly contested. The games ended 2:1 in favour of the 300 level girls. Winner of the maiden edition of ‘The Definition Tournament,’ organised by the University of Benin, Medical Students Association, 300 level female football team with the trophy after the tournament.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

HIS column is today dedicated to two language legislators! “The feeling is that many don’t want to be seen to take a position which would be interpreted as confrontational and as such they have resulted (resorted) to lobbying prominent figures outside government to….” “These 17 luxury cars and SUVs of the former governor which will make any Arabian Sheik grin (green or green with envy) are parked in his GRA Jos adopted home. “The actual name of the person expected to chairman (chair/preside over) this occasion is….” Wrong: atimes; right: at times (two words) “Those who have the power to release the suspect but are passing the bulk (buck) to the courts should be informed that it is against the national interest to refuse to release….” “The former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, explained that it was not the first time that banks would be liquidated and that the history of bank failure in the country dated (dates) back to 1958 or 1959.” Note: dates back to or dates back from is a stock expression. “In reaction to the leaflets being circulated, the Kano State Commissioner of Police…made a radio and television broadcast telling the people to ignore the leaflets which he described as the handiwork of mischieve (mischief) makers.” Special note: make-believe (not make-belief). “When the storm rages, men can do nothing about the storm, but when the storm has seized (ceased), its destruction can be redressed.” Theoretical linguists, curriculum experts and “educationalists” (educationists or educators), working together or separately, have been busy putting forward suggestions for language education reform. Note especially: “educationalist”, like “unwieldy” or “invitee” or “indisciplined”, is not in any respected dictionary. These comic words were invented by Ni-

English language universalism gerians. “Armed robbers again jolted the commercial city of Lagos last week Friday (last Friday/Last Friday week or on Friday, last week).” “Students write exams half naked (half dressed/half clothed/half covered or half clad, or naked/bare to the waist).” “I stood up, took another coin out of my pocket and put it near my half–empty (half–full) beer glass.” Special note: in editorial English, we say or write: half clothed/half covered/ half dressed/half clad (‘clad’ is obsolete as a participle) naked or bare to the waist or clothed from the waist down or naked/ bare, or fully dressed: half-full (not half-empty); semi-literate/ half or sub-literate/half lettered (not semi illiterate); half sighted (not half blind); half alive (not half dead); employment problem or unemployment (not unemployment problem). Unlike other intellectual leaders of Nigerian progressive movement, such as Professors Ikenna Nzimiro, Eskor Toyo, Akin Oyebode, G.G. Darah, Doctors Edwin Madunagu, Ola Oni, Segun Osoba, O. Onoge, Bala Usman, Dr. Tunji Otegbeye is not an “academician” (academic) in a formal sense. Special note: ‘an academician’ is not synonymous with ‘an academic’ just as ‘presently’ is not synonymous with ‘at present.’ ‘Presently’ always means SOON and ‘at present’ always means NOW. Another note: an academician is somebody who works in or is a member of an academy—for instance, the Nigerian Defence Academy, the French Academy or the Russian Academy. It does not mean the same thing as a university don/guru/ intellectual or scholar—such a person is called an academic. Its plural is academics. “But the selfsame (same) Britain did rule this country, Nigeria, for “a whole 100 (good 100 or all of 100) years.” Special vironment. It provides the dual benefit of assisting the worker in his or her work and making the worker more visible to others. Determining the right combina-

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Light, illumination and workplace safety

n the beginning God created the heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. ............and God said let there be light and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good...... Genesis 1; 1-4 (The Holy Bible) Darkness is everywhere and always around, that is why obscurity takes over immediately we put out light. Light is good! Without it there would be no sense of sight and nothing will be visible to the human eye. Life on Earth would be difficult as there would be no green plants (primary producers) to support sustainability and propagation through the

food chain. Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The word usually refers to visible light. Other forms of electromagnetic radiation that are not visible to humans are sometimes also known informally as “light”. Knowledge of light and illumination safety is needed to help employees and employers examine the health risks associated with light and illumination in their workplace. And may guide them in identifying hazards, minimise the degree of risk and find possible solutions. Light is an invaluable tool in any construction en-

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Contrast: is the relationship between the brightness of an object and its background.

tion of lighting solutions for your workers and the jobsite is critical to getting the job done while minimizing incidents and re-work, and maximizing worker visibility.

Illuminance is the amount of the reflected from a surface. The unit of measurement is candela per squre metre (equals 0.29 foot lamberts_

note: ‘whole’ is used for a SINGULAR NOUN (e.g. a whole year, the whole country, a whole university graduate) and NOT for plural nouns. “How is the programme fairing (faring) in Bauchi State?” Note: How did you fare (not fair) in your examination? Ebere, you have become, like Ndaeyo Uko, a man wellknown for his sardonic wit and wisdom and for his penchant for the use of irony and pun. Truly, some Nigerians, including journalists, writers and columnists, are trying their hardest to un-English the English language beyond recognition, just like the people of Virgin Islands! These people’s variety of English is called ‘Calypo English’ just as the African–Americans have ‘South or Black English.’ And Nigerians have ‘Nigerian English’! But English, like truth, is one. It should be noted that although “still yet” is not accepted as a standard phrase, “yet still” is quite accepted. “Yet still” is used by modem writers, particularly British journalists and writers. Example: “At home (in the U.S.A) the terrifying problems of crime, racial violence, social disharmony refused to yield to oratory, however inspiring, or to law, however comprehensive yet still the Kennedy magic advanced. He was not really a radical; if anything, he was a careful conservator. Some select people called “speech writers” are very fond of mechanical errors that result in failed, fractured or diseased English. It is very sad. Yes, it is our moral duty to ensure that some folk are not allowed to kill this universal language. Please note that while ‘general consensus’ is unacceptable, ‘broad consensus’ is and while ‘heavy downpour’ is not allowable, ‘great downpour’ is. Baba Bayo Oguntunase from Ikorodu, Lagos, 08056180046, contributed the foregoing. As the illumination of the task is increased, the ease, speed, and accuracy of accomplishing it are also increased. Poor lighting can affect overall productivity and the quality of work, specifically in situation where precision is required. Poor lighting is uncomfortable and possibly hazardous. The desirable quantity

of light for any particular installation depends primarily upon the work that is being done. Poor lighting can be a health hazard. Excessive or insufficient light strains eyes and may cause eye discomfort and lead to headaches, burning sensation, etc. More so, natural working posture may not be possible under poor lighting, thus resulting in musculo-skeletal strain.

General choices for light

Dangers of poor illumination in occupational tasks

lare, diffusion, direction, uniformity, brightness, color, and brightness ratios affect visibility and the ability to see easily, accurately, and

quickly; Poor lighting can be a safety hazard resulting to misjudgment of the position, shape or speed of an object; and which can lead to accidents and injury.

here are three general choices for lighting solutions: Personal, Task and Area. Each offers a primary benefit as well as certain drawbacks. Personal lights move with the worker, offering the greatest mobile solution but with the lowest luminosity. Area lights are semipermanent and fixed once set up, but push out the greatest power to flood an open area. Task lights fall in between, providing local lighting for a specific location or a specific task, and can be moved to another location with some effort.

It is preferable to provide uniform illumination over the entire workplace by combining both natural and artificial lighting. Localised lighting may be required in certain cases to cut costs and improve illumination. Modern building designs generally make adequate provision for cosmic rays to complement artificial lighting; and this goes a long way in minimizing cost and maximizing illumination. Engr Timothy Iwuagwu is a Fellow of ISPON and Specialist, Industrial Safety Planning and Control Mgt

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Nigeria, Germany to partner on hydro-power projects Regina OtOkpa, AbujA

he Federal Government and Germany have initiated discussions targeted at possible partnership on dam development to boost power supply. Meeting with the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu in Abuja, the German Trade Delegation led by Uwe Beckmeye MdB, said Germany was ready to forge additional trade ties with Nigeria, in order to further strengthen the cordial relationship existing between both countries. A statement by the Director, Information of the Ministry, Mrs. Margaret Umoh, the Envoy disclosed that Germany had over 80 companies in Nigeria and was interested in scaling it up to 100 companies in the future if their trade mission to Nigeria succeeds. “Nigeria and Germany will continue to engage bilaterally on further steps to increase the scope of German business in Nigeria.” Speaking on the importance of the Water sector, Beckmeyer had stressed that the only solution to boosting agriculture and power supply in the country was to take water seriously. He said: “Water can be the backbone of agriculture and power. If the sun is not shining for solar energy, you can use water to generate it. Also, you can use water to boost the agricultural activities of the nation with irrigation facilities of the sector.” Responding, the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu restated the federal government’s willingness to open Nigeria’s economy to more foreign investors stating that the nation’s dams and irrigation facilities have both power and agricultural potentials in varying degrees that Germany can explore in their quest of renewable energy and small hydro power generation. Adamu noted that with the

feasibility study, Dansi Hausa Dam situated in Adamawa state has the potential to generate about 300 mg of electricity and about 10,000 hectare of irrigable land to support agriculture. He further added that the Kashimbilla multipurpose dam in Taraba state which was at

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about 90 percent completion has shown so far by foreign

the potential of hydro power component of about 40 megawatts, irrigation potentials of about 2000 hectares of land and a capacity to contain 500 million cubic meter of water. The minister maintained that with the ongoing discussions

investors in the Nigerian economy, Nigeria would soon become the economic hub of the continent even as it would continue to provide the enabling environment for investors in the water sector.

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Dana Air Executive Director, Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman; Executive Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu and the Regional Corporate Executive, South South and South East, Sterling Bank, Mr. Emmanuel Emefienim, during a courtesy call on the Governor by the Executive Management of Sterling Bank in Aba at the weekend

FCMB Millionaire Promo: Customers, CPC, laud bank on initiatives

…3 winners get N5m star prize each at end of ‘Season 2’

he First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited Millionaire promotion, tagged ‘’FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 2’’ was concluded yesterday nationwide with winners, customers and the regulatory bodies commending the Bank for sustaining its empowerment support to the populace and the society. The promotion ran for six months between August 2015 and the end of January 2016. It was designed to give extra value to customers of the Bank, while encouraging financial inclusion and savings culture. At the end of the electronic selection exercise held at the three regions and 25 zones of the Bank nationwide and witnessed by thousands of customers, three lucky customers were each rewarded with the star prize of N5 million, while three others won N1million each. A total of 640 other account holders smiled home with LED television sets, generating sets, decoders, tablets, smart phones and other consolation prizes. Okafor Innocent won the star prize of N5 million at the Lagos/South-West Regional draw which took place at Matori in Lagos, while Odulawa Tolulope received N1million. At the Abuja/North Regional draw held in Abuja, Umaru Augustine emerged as the star prize winner of N5 mil-

lion, just as Aikay and Franscisca Oduoza (a joint account) smiled home with N1million. Eke Michael won N5 million at the South-East/South-South draw held in Enugu and Stella Taribi was rewarded with N1million. Speaking on his wining, Umaru Augustine expressed gratitude to FCMB for being a true partner in progress. He enthused: ‘’I am very proud to identify with FCMB. This money will help me to further develop myself and my occupation. I have no doubt that I will continue to grow with FCMB, because it has proved that it stands for the progress of the people. The Bank should keep up the good works it is doing to empower people, especially the less privileged’’. Another N5 million winner, Eke Michael, described the Bank as a, ‘’friend in need’’, adding that he will be “forever be grateful to the Bank and continue to do business with it” In his remarks, a Director of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Engineer Shamm Kolo, hailed the Bank for conducting the exercise with integrity.

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Katsina distributes 23,000mt of fertilisers to farmers JaMes DanJUMa, Katsina

atsina State Government has commenced the distribution of 23,000 metric tons of fertiliser for this year’s irrigation season to farmers in the state. The State Deputy Governor, who is also Commissioner of Agriculture, Mannir Yakubu, who flagged off the distribution in Jibia town, said state government approved the sale of irrigation inputs on subsidy to farmers across the state. He said the state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, had approved funds for mainte-

nance of irrigation schemes towards realisation of increased food security and economic empowerment to the people. Yakubu said that work had reached advanced stage in developing the Jibia irrigation site following the release of funds, adding that a committee has been inaugurated for the distribution and sales of inputs to farmers irrespective of political party differences. According to him, the committee is headed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry with membership drawn from irrigation farmers association for successful

distribution. He however said that the committee would ensure that only genuine farmers get to benefit from the inputs. The commissioner said inclusion and participation of stakeholders would serve

as launch pad for rapid and sustainable restoration of agricultural production in the state. Yakubu said the state has under studied an acclaimed successful agricultural development initiative called KATASHI, which centres on

massive rice and wheat production. He said with overriding objective of increasing productivity in the sector, same would lift people out of poverty and provide employment opportunities to people in the state.

Minister pledges commitment to strengthen research in S & T Regina OtOkpa

he Minister of Science and Technology Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has pledged his commitment to strengthen the capacity for creative innovation and research in the science and technology sector. Speaking in Abuja during a meeting with the President Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Oyewale Tomori, he disclosed that the ministry has commenced the re-engineering process in the sector with a view to setting standards in programme implementation, and changing the national consciousness of Nigerians to embrace the sector. Stressing on the important role of Science and Technology in shaping the future of youths, he encouraged parents to support their wards to develop interest in science and technology as this was one way to secure the future of the nation. Onu further assured Nigerians of the Buhari administration’s determination to harness both the human and natural resources to build a better Nigeria by diversifying the economy, wealth and job creation, security and the rule of law through the application of innovations in the Science and Technology sector. The minister however noted that there had been no effective coordination of all national efforts in the sector. According to him, the National Research and Innovation Council (NRIC), which was established over 30 years ago to appropriately move Nigeria forward in technological advancement, had its first meeting only last month.

The NRIC chaired by the President with the Secretariat domiciled in the ministry has 15 Ministers as members with the opportunity of researchers and innovators from both public and private sectors drawing from the National Research and Innovation Fund when eventually established. The President of The Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, noting the importance of science and technology to national development, said the correct and rightful application of science and technology was a panacea in all facets of the economy. While assuring the Minister of support from the Academy to complement his efforts in the sector, Tomori urged him to collaborate in harnessing the human and expertise available in the industry. Meanwhile, the minister has called on the organised private sector to partner with the ministry to commercialise the numerous research findings and innovations resident in its agencies. Making the call in Abuja during a meeting with the management of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, he noted that the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) one of the agencies under the supervision of the ministry, has more than 250 innovations ready for adoption and commercialisation by entrepreneurs. He maintained that henceforth, all ideas and innovations emanating from agencies under the ministry would be market driven to ensure that the resulting products would be beneficial to the citizenry.

A team of seed inspectors, led by the Director General of the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC), Dr. Philip Ojo (right) on a sensitisation tour of seed markets in Ogunpa area of Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday

5,000 MSMEs to acquire skills in business technology sYLVa eMeka-OkeReke

igeria’s information portal, ConnectNigeria has concluded plans to empower 5,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs with necessary skills, knowledge as well as insights to build and grow businesses, using modern technology. Tagged, e-Business fair, the organizers said of the event said, the platform would afford 5000 business owners an unparalleled reach to other business concerns across the country. Backed by some leading brands in the country, the business expo would also engage operators of fast-growing busi-

nesses on how to promote their brands while engaging customers. To achieve this, the organizers have lined-up seasoned speakers for the event and they include, the Country Manager of OLX Nigeria, Lola Masha; the Chief Executive Officer of Hotels.ng., an online hotel booking agency, Mark Essien, and the Co-Founder of SureGifts, one of the gift card aggregators and retailers in Nigeria, Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi Other speakers include, the Co-Founder, YourBudgIT, Oluseun Onigbinde; the Founder, Avienti Limited, Shade Ladipo as well as the Chief Executive Officer, Printivo, an online printing company, Oluyomi Ojo

among others. A premier technology event for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and top brands in the country, the event billed to take place next week Saturday, would among other things, ensure serious synergy as well as seamless relationship between business owners and their customers. It would also bring notable entrepreneurs together to brainstorm on ways to improve businesses through the uses of technology while also building strong business networks. The organizers however, revealed that the previous events paid-off as the participants got high returns on their investments.

madu Buhari. He described the present situation as unacceptable, adding that “we need to do something urgently to bring up the facilities to an economic state to yield good dividends for the economy.” Shittu who was accompanied by the Acting Post Master General of the Federation, Arc. Enoch Ade Ogun, reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to reposition Postal Services in the country, saying that that “NIPOST facilities will be upgraded in line with our vision to meet up with today’s eco-

nomic realities. He added: “With post offices in 550 local governments out of the existing 774 spread across the country, they have the potential when upgraded, to bring about economic revitalization by becoming the economic hub of the nation’s economy”. Barrister Shittu visited the NIPOST idle large expanse of land behind the Ikoyi Post Office, Bourdillon Road; NIPOST Headquarters Annex, Lafiaji, Obalende where he inspected the operations of the Bulk Post System and later the Lagos Island Territory General Post Office, Marina.

FG to upgrade NIPOST facilities nationwide isaiah eRhiawaRien

he Federal Government has said that it looking at NIPOST facilities in the country, has plans to refocus them to become income generating by upgrading their status. Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, made this know after the end of a two day tour of all NIPOST facilities in Lagos said that the upgrade of NIPOST facilities across the country, is essential to serve the so as to serve Nigerians better and in line with the Change Agenda of President Moham-

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Global News

Thursday, February 18, 2016

U.S. housing starts fall; producer prices nudge up

UK unemployment still at 10 year-low, falling by 60,000 U U nemployment in the UK fell by 60,000 between October and December to 1.69 million, according to the Office for National Statistics. The rate of unemployment was unchanged from a month ago at 5.1 per cent, maintaining a decade-low rate. More than 31.4 million people are in work, the highest figure since records began in 1971. But ONS statistician Nick Palmer said that growth in people’s earnings was still slow. “While the employment rate continues to hit new highs and there are more job vacancies than ever previously recorded, earnings growth remains subdued and markedly below the recent peak of mid-2015,” Mr Palmer said. Pay increased by 2.0 per cent during the period, very similar to the growth rate between September to November 2014 and September to November 2015, which was 1.9 per cent. The number of Britons in work increased by 278,000 in the three

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months to the end of December, to 28.28 million, while for non-UK nationals, the figure rose by 254,000 to 3.22 million. The economically inactive rate for women fell to 27.2 per cent, a record low. Wales, the North East and the North West recorded the largest drops in the rate of unemployment, all falling more than half a percentage point. The North East still has the highest rate, at 8.1 per cent, and the South West the lowest, at 3.7 per

cent. There were 5.35 million people employed in the public sector in September 2015, according to ONS, down 59,000 on a year earlier. It is the lowest figure since comparable records began in 1999, the ONS says. Last month, Bank of England governor Mark Carney signalled that a rise in interest rates would not be imminent as global economic growth slowed. Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said the US economy added 151,000 jobs in January, helping to push the country’s unemployment rate down to 4.9 per cent. However, the US number was lower than expected and was a sharp slowdown from December, when 292,000 jobs were added. Unemployment in the eurozone dropped in December to its lowest rate in more than four years, despite worries about the global economy. Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, said the jobless rate in the 19 country eurozone had fallen to 10.4 per cent from 10.5 per cent in November.

.S. housing starts unexpectedly fell in January likely as bad weather disrupted building activity in some parts of the country, in what could be a temporary setback for the housing market recovery. Other data on Wednesday showed producer prices rose last month and there were signs of an uptick in underlying producer inflation. Inflation is being watched closely for signs of whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year. A shaky economic outlook and a sharp stock market sell-off have reduced the chances of the U.S. central bank tightening monetary policy further after it hiked its key overnight interest rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade. Groundbreaking fell 3.8 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.099 million units, the Commerce Department said. Starts dropped in the Northeast, which was blanketed by snowstorms

last month, and also tumbled in the Midwest. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast housing starts rising to a 1.17 million-unit pace last month. The dollar rose against the euro after the data, while prices for U.S. Treasury debt extended losses. The housing starts data came on the heels of a survey on Tuesday showing confidence among homebuilders fell in February amid concerns over “the high cost and lack of availability of lots and labor.” Builders were also less optimistic about current sales. Still, the housing market fundamentals remain strong, with a tightening labor market starting to push up wage growth. Though residential construction accounts for a small fraction of gross domestic product, the decline in starts at the beginning of the year suggests that an anticipated rebound in economic growth will be modest.

Electronics sales: Airbus excludes border security unit defence

irbus Group (AIR.PA) has excluded its border security business from the planned sale of its defense electronics unit, whose sale may now go ahead within weeks, defense and space workers at the European company were told on Wednesday. The company had planned to sell defense electronics and border security activities in one package, but missed its goal of reaching a deal by early 2016 because of delays with a border project in Saudi Arabia, according to a letter to staff. “For this reason, Airbus Defence and Space has decided to remove the Border Security business from the joint package and to retain it within Airbus Defence and Space,”

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Bernhard Gerwert, the unit’s chief executive, said in the letter, seen by Reuters. “This means that the sales process for Defence Electronics shall continue as planned and can be finalised shortly,” he said. The defense electronics arm has been valued at up to 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) and taking out border security will not lead to a lower price, a person familiar with the matter said. “The border security ops are losing a high double-digit million euro amount each year and their enterprise value is zero at best,” the person said. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, which first reported the letter’s con-

tents, said Airbus Group hoped to be able to take advantage of new opportunities for border security presented by Europe’s refugee crisis, citing an unnamed manager. “The move is not linked to a new boom in border security but has only been done to facilitate the sales process”, an Airbus Group spokesman said. “The clear focus of the border security entity staying within Airbus is on executing existing projects not on exploring new opportunities.” Europe’s largest aerospace group is currently selling several businesses to focus its defense division on warplanes, missiles, launchers and satellites. The group had originally planned to pick a buyer for the defense electronics unit by the end of last year as part of its plan to dispose of assets with combined annual revenues of around two billion euros ($2.2 billion). Airbus Group short-listed Carlyle (CG.O) and KKR (KKR.N) for the defense electronics unit, after they put up significantly higher offers than rivals, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters in December.

Housing estate in U.S

Australia’s Woodside profit tumbles 99%

oodside Petroleum - Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company - has posted a 99 per cent fall in profits for the 12 months to December. The Perth-based firm put the dramatic decline in profits down to the global fall in oil prices. In 2015, Brent crude prices fell more than 45 per cent. Woodside’s net income came to $26m (£18.18m) from $2.41bn a year earlier. However, the firm’s chief executive said it would be able to withstand the current oil price landscape. “Woodside, with its low cost

Coleman

of production, is well positioned to withstand this commodity cycle,” chief executive Peter Coleman said. “A strong performance from our operating assets, disciplined financial management and productivity gains reflect our ongoing commitment to delivering value for our shareholders.” He added that the company had maintained strong levels of liquidity and low levels of committed capital expenditure. Woodside’s Sydney-listed shares finished the day down seven per cent on the profit report. Over the last 12 months, the firm’s shares have shed close to 22 per cent. Woodside has a long history of liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations and concentrates much of its domestic production in Western Australia. Its exploration operations span the Asia Pacific region, SubSaharan Africa, the Atlantic margins and Latin America. The company has a Singapore office that supports its trade and shipping activities as well as interests in Canada and TimorLeste.

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Stock exchange daily equities summary Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016

Equities as at February 17, 2016

Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027

Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027

Daily Summary (Bonds) No Debt Trading Activity

1st Tier Securities

1st Tier Securities Sector

Company name

Daily Summary (Equities) No Of Deals Quotation(N)

Quantity Traded

Value of Shares(N)

Activity Summary on Board EQTY AGRICULTURE Crop Production OKOMU OIL PALM PLC. PRESCO PLC Crop Production Totals Livestock/Animal Specialties LIVESTOCK FEEDS PLC. Livestock/Animal Specialties Totals

No. of Deals 18 6 24

Current Price 29.00 34.00

Quantity Traded 102,425 4,018 106,443

Value Traded 3,111,551.45 143,052.66 3,254,604.11

Symbol LIVESTOCK

No. of Deals 9 9

Current Price 1.29

Quantity Traded 211,416 211,416

Value Traded 272,265.40 272,265.40

317,859

3,526,869.51

Quantity Traded 177,000 1,954,022 1,289,207 3,420,229

Value Traded 135,805.32 2,212,157.94 25,173,308.51 27,521,271.77

3,420,229

27,521,271.77

Symbol AGLEVENT

Real Estate Development UACN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CO. LIMITED

No. of Deals 4 69 47 120

TRANSCORP Daily Summary (Equities) UACN

Activity Summary on Board EQTY

CONGLOMERATES Totals CONSTRUCTION/REAL ESTATE Building Construction ARBICO PLC. Building Construction Totals Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © Infrastructure/Heavy Construction JULIUS BERGER NIG. PLC. Infrastructure/Heavy Construction Totals

Symbol ARBICO

No. of Deals 1 1

Current Price 5.04

Quantity Traded 1,000 1,000 Page

Value Traded 5,040.00 5,040.00 11 1 of

Symbol JBERGER

No. of Deals 11 11

Current Price 41.50

Quantity Traded 106,487 106,487

Value Traded 4,634,698.62 4,634,698.62

No. of Deals 10 10

Current Price 5.23

Quantity Traded 115,477 115,477

Value Traded 610,949.75 610,949.75

222,964

5,250,688.37

Quantity Traded 78,000 1,585,210 4,000 2,840,516 4,507,726 Quantity Traded 1,000 Quantity Traded 1,000 885,224

Value Traded 222,790.00 183,561,409.82 77,620.00 272,331,771.94 456,193,591.76 Value Traded Value5,040.00 Traded 5,040.00 150,371,084.19

885,224 Quantity Traded 106,487 106,487 Page Quantity Traded 115,477 115,477

150,371,084.19 Value Traded 4,634,698.62 4,634,698.62 2 of 11 Value Traded 610,949.75 610,949.75

Symbol UAC-PROP

Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 CONSTRUCTION/REAL ESTATE Totals

Beverages--Non-Alcoholic Totals Infrastructure/Heavy Construction JULIUS BERGER NIG. PLC. Infrastructure/Heavy Construction Totals Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © Real Estate Development UACN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CO. LIMITED Real Estate Development Totals

Symbol No. of Deals Current Price Daily Summary (Equities) CHAMPION GUINNESS INTBREW NB

Symbol ARBICO Symbol 7UP Symbol JBERGER

Symbol UAC-PROP

6 46 3 127 182 No. of Deals 1 No. of Deals 1 29

29 No. of Deals 11 11 No. of Deals 10 10

CONSTRUCTION/REAL ESTATE Totals CONSUMER GOODS Beverages--Brewers/Distillers Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 CHAMPION BREW. PLC. Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 GUINNESS NIG PLC INTERNATIONAL BREWERIES PLC. NIGERIAN BREW. PLC. Beverages--Brewers/Distillers Totals Beverages--Non-Alcoholic Activity Summary on Board EQTY 7-UP BOTTLING COMP. PLC. Beverages--Non-Alcoholic Totals CONSUMER GOODS Food Products DANGOTE SUGAR REFINERY PLC FLOUR MILLS NIG.Exchange PLC. Published by The Nigerian Stock © HONEYWELL FLOUR MILL PLC P S MANDRIDES & CO PLC. NASCON ALLIED INDUSTRIES PLC N NIG. FLOUR MILLS PLC. TIGER BRANDED CONSUMER GOODS PLC Food Products Totals Food Products--Diversified CADBURY NIGERIA PLC. NESTLE NIGERIA PLC. Food Products--Diversified Totals Household Durables NIGERIAN ENAMELWARE PLC. Daily Summary as ofNIG 17/02/2016 VITAFOAM PLC. Printed 17/02/2016 VONO14:36:27.027 PRODUCTS PLC. Household Durables Totals Personal/Household Products P Z CUSSONS NIGERIA PLC. Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 UNILEVER NIGERIA PLC. Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 Personal/Household Products Totals Activity Summary on Board EQTY CONSUMER GOODS Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © CONSUMER GOODS Totals FINANCIAL SERVICES Banking ACCESSGOODS BANK PLC. CONSUMER DIAMOND BANK PLC CONSUMER GOODS Totals ECOBANK TRANSNATIONAL INCORPORATED FIDELITY BANK PLC FINANCIAL SERVICES GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC. Banking SKYE BANK PLCPLC. ACCESS BANK STERLING PLC. DIAMOND BANK PLC UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC ECOBANK TRANSNATIONAL INCORPORATED UNION BANK NIG.PLC. FIDELITY BANK PLC UNITY BANK TRUST PLC BANK PLC. GUARANTY WEMA BANK PLC. Daily Summary as ofBANK 17/02/2016 SKYE PLC Banking Totals Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 STERLING BANK PLC.

Activity Summary on Board EQTY

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC Insurance Carriers, Brokers and Services UNION BANK NIG.PLC. AIICO INSURANCE PLC. UNITY BANK PLC WEMA BANK PLC. Banking Totals

Activity Summary on Board EQTY

Insurance Carriers, Brokers and Services AIICOSERVICES INSURANCE PLC. FINANCIAL

Insurance Carriers, Brokers and Services CONTINENTAL REINSURANCE PLC EQUITY ASSURANCE PLC. Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © GUINEA INSURANCE PLC. LAW UNION AND ROCK INS. PLC. AXAMANSARD INSURANCE PLC N.E.M INSURANCE CO (NIG) PLC. UNIC INSURANCE PLC. Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © Insurance Carriers, Brokers and Services Totals

Current Price 0.77 1.11 19.50

120

Real Estate Totals Daily Summary as Development of 17/02/2016

CONSUMER GOODS Beverages--Brewers/Distillers CHAMPION BREW. PLC. GUINNESS NIG PLC Activity Summary on Board EQTYPLC. INTERNATIONAL BREWERIES NIGERIAN BREW. PLC. CONSTRUCTION/REAL ESTATE Beverages--Brewers/Distillers Totals Building Construction ARBICO PLC. Beverages--Non-Alcoholic Building Construction Totals 7-UP BOTTLING COMP. PLC.

2.85 115.42 19.14 95.08

Current Price 5.04 Current Price 170.00 Current Price 41.50

Current Price 5.23

Symbol CHAMPION GUINNESS INTBREW NB

222,964

5,250,688.37

No. of Deals 6 46 3 127 182 (Equities)

Current Price 2.85 115.42 19.14 95.08

Quantity Traded 78,000 1,585,210 4,000 2,840,516 4,507,726

Value Traded 222,790.00 183,561,409.82 77,620.00 272,331,771.94 456,193,591.76

Symbol 7UP

No. of Deals 29 29

Current Price 170.00

Quantity Traded 885,224 885,224

Value Traded 150,371,084.19 150,371,084.19

Symbol DANGSUGAR FLOURMILL HONYFLOUR MANDRID NASCON NNFM TIGERBRANDS

No. of Deals 36 61 9 1 19 4 23 153

Current Price 5.50 19.00 1.42 5.35 7.00 6.65 1.15

Quantity Traded 550,392 Page 415,457 84,200 980 315,280 102,600 1,895,301 3,364,210

Symbol CADBURY NESTLE

No. of Deals 20 49 69

Current Price 17.86 650.00

Quantity Traded 119,977 184,175 304,152

Value Traded 2,147,835.64 120,500,662.06 122,648,497.70

Symbol ENAMELWA VITAFOAM VONO

No. of Deals 1 5 1 7

Current Price 29.78 4.69 0.90

Quantity Traded 600 32,700 1,300 34,600

Value Traded 16,980.00 145,842.00 1,118.00 163,940.00

No. of Deals (Equities) 13 30 43

Current Price 21.90 27.98

Quantity Traded 74,508 316,030 390,538

Value Traded 1,673,548.80 8,843,525.70 10,517,074.50

Daily Summary

Activity Summary on Board EQTY

Symbol Daily PZ Summary UNILEVER

Daily Summary (Equities)

Page 9,486,450

483

Symbol ACCESS DIAMONDBNK ETI FIDELITYBK GUARANTY Symbol SKYEBANK ACCESS STERLNBANK DIAMONDBNK UBA ETI UBN FIDELITYBK UNITYBNK GUARANTY WEMABANK SKYEBANK

No. of Deals Current Price 84 4.14 46 1.66 483 25 15.00 23 1.26 246 Current16.18 No. of Deals Price 21 1.11 84 4.14 7 1.75 46 1.66 203 2.99 25 15.00 18 5.25 23 1.26 8 0.63 246 16.18 15 1.01 21 1.11 6967 STERLNBANK 1.75 UBA 203 2.99 Symbol No. of Deals Current Price UBN 18 5.25 AIICO 14 0.84 UNITYBNK 8 0.63 Daily Summary (Equities) WEMABANK 15 1.01 696 Symbol AIICO

Symbol CONTINSURE EQUITYASUR GUINEAINS LAWUNION MANSARD NEM UNIC

Value Traded 24,436,378.66 6,170,675.00 756,048,891.77 6,268,818.04 407,766.68 269,116,225.56 Value Traded 1,731,355.67 24,436,378.66 2,803,588.35 6,170,675.00 248,370,554.19 6,268,818.04 1,430,254.47 407,766.68 556,073.39 269,116,225.56 238,055.86 1,731,355.67 561,529,745.87 2,803,588.35

82,763,714 Quantity Traded 272,195 536,462 877,553 239,498 114,323,831

248,370,554.19 Value Traded 1,430,254.47 448,451.97 556,073.39 238,055.86 561,529,745.87 Value Traded 448,451.97

No. of Deals 14

Current Price 0.84

Quantity Traded 536,462

No. of Deals 11 1 1 2 44 9 1 83

Current Price 0.94 0.50 0.50 0.67 2.05 0.74 0.50

Quantity Traded 770,000 6,520,598 Page 13,000 200 1,184,706 3,309,653 185,688 Page 12,520,307

Daily Summary (Equities)

No Of Deals

Quotation(N)

No. of Deals 8 8

Current Price 1.08

Quantity Traded 3,066,657 3,066,657

Value Traded 3,038,781.61 3,038,781.61

Mortgage Carriers, Brokers and Services RESORT SAVINGS & LOANS PLC Mortgage Carriers, Brokers and Services Totals

Symbol RESORTSAL

No. of Deals 3 3

Current Price 0.50

Quantity Traded 108,000,000 108,000,000

Value Traded 54,000,000.00 54,000,000.00

Other Financial Institutions AFRICA PRUDENTIAL REGISTRARS PLC CUSTODIAN AND ALLIED PLC FCMB GROUP PLC. STANBIC IBTC HOLDINGS PLC UNITED CAPITAL PLC Other Financial Institutions Totals

Symbol AFRIPRUD CUSTODYINS FCMB STANBIC UCAP

No. of Deals 29 5 121 43 27 225

Current Price 2.59 3.99 0.86 14.15 1.35

Quantity Traded 666,782 541,662 24,920,906 5,009,140 2,110,284 33,248,774

Value Traded 1,721,327.50 2,160,845.76 21,813,831.64 71,572,580.16 2,853,886.89 100,122,471.95

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HEALTHCARE Totals Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 ICT Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 Computers and Peripherals OMATEK VENTURES PLC Computers and Peripherals Totals IT Services COMPUTER WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC Activity Summary on Board EQTY Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 TRIPPLE GEE AND COMPANY PLC. Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 Totals ICTIT Services

Quantity Traded

1,015

Value of Shares(N)

271,159,569

728,077,898.22

Symbol EKOCORP

No. of Deals 4 4

Current Price 3.72

Quantity Traded 32,606 32,606

Value Traded 115,425.24 115,425.24

Symbol EVANSMED FIDSON GLAXOSMITH MAYBAKER NEIMETH

No. of Deals 1 25 17 21 2 66

Current Price 0.50 2.70 21.93 0.88 0.78

Quantity Traded 980 836,590 62,330 416,538 200 1,316,638

Value Traded 490.00 2,180,417.00 1,431,465.35 366,088.66 150.00 3,978,611.01

1,349,244

4,094,036.25

Symbol OMATEK

No. of Deals 2 2

Current Price 0.50

Quantity Traded 200 200

Value Traded 100.00 100.00

Symbol CWG TRIPPLEG

No. of Deals 1 1 2

Current Price 2.67 1.69

Quantity Traded 1,000 2,099 3,099

Value Traded 2,540.00 3,379.39 5,919.39

Symbol ETRANZACT

No. of Deals 1 1

Current Price 3.10

Quantity Traded 1,395 Page 1,395

Daily Summary (Equities)

ICT Totals

Value Traded 4,324.50 11 of 4,324.50

4,694

10,343.89

No. of Deals Current Price Quantity Traded 30 Current Price 24.00 Quantity Traded 627,268 No. of Deals 9.30 7,000 13 3.10 1,395 16 35.78 111,482 1 1,395 21 9.00 424,020 56 4,694 3.90 12,983,725 34 80.00 709,095 110 14,862,590 No. of Deals Current Price Quantity Traded 30 No. of Deals Current24.00 Price Quantity627,268 Traded 31 9.30 7,000 1.45 2,000 163 35.78 111,482 50.00 1,340 211 9.00 424,020 9.83 1,380 65 3.90 12,983,725 4,720 34 80.00 709,095 115 14,867,310 110 14,862,590

Value Traded 15,055,473.70 Value Traded 63,640.00 4,324.50 4,125,500.60 4,324.50 3,596,623.80 10,343.89 50,541,527.50 56,727,992.68 130,110,758.28 Value Traded 15,055,473.70 Value Traded 63,640.00 2,900.00 4,125,500.60 64,220.00 3,596,623.80 14,076.00 50,541,527.50 81,196.00 56,727,992.68 130,191,954.28 130,110,758.28

Symbol AVONCROWN BETAGLAS VANLEER Symbol BOCGAS

No. of Deals 1 3 1 No. of Deals 5 3 115 3

Current Price 1.45 50.00 9.83 Current Price 3.79

Quantity Traded 2,000 1,340 1,380Page Quantity Traded 4,720 3,964 14,867,310 3,964

Value Traded 2,900.00 64,220.00 11 7 14,076.00 of Value Traded 81,196.00 15,737.08 130,191,954.28 15,737.08

Symbol ALEX

No. of Deals 1 1

Current Price 9.84

Quantity Traded 50 50

Activity Summary on Board EQTY

INDUSTRIAL GOODS ICT Building Materials ASHAKA Systems CEM PLC Processing BERGER PAINTS PLC E-TRANZACT INTERNATIONAL PLC CAP PLC Processing Systems Totals CEMENT CO. OF NORTH.NIG. PLC ICT Totals PORTLAND PAINTS & PRODUCTS NIGERIA PLC LAFARGE AFRICA PLC. INDUSTRIAL GOODS Building Materials Totals Building Materials ASHAKA CEM PLC Packaging/Containers BERGER PAINTS PLC & CONTAINERS AVON CROWNCAPS Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 CAP PLC BETA GLASS CO PLC. Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 CEMENT CO. OF PLC NORTH.NIG. PLC GREIF NIGERIA PORTLAND PAINTS &Totals PRODUCTS NIGERIA PLC Packaging/Containers LAFARGE AFRICA PLC. INDUSTRIAL GOODS Totals Building Materials Totals Packaging/Containers Activity Summary on Board EQTY AVON CROWNCAPS & CONTAINERS BETA GLASS CO PLC. NATURAL RESOURCES GREIF NIGERIA PLC Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © Chemicals Packaging/Containers Totals B.O.C. GASES PLC. INDUSTRIAL ChemicalsGOODS Totals Totals Metals ALUMINIUM EXTRUSION IND. PLC. Metals Totals

Symbol ASHAKACEM Symbol BERGER ETRANZACT CAP CCNN PORTPAINT WAPCO Symbol ASHAKACEM Symbol BERGER AVONCROWN CAP BETAGLAS CCNN VANLEER PORTPAINT WAPCO

Daily Summary (Equities)

Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange NATURAL RESOURCES Totals © OIL AND GAS Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 Integrated Oil and Gas Services Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 OANDO PLC Integrated Oil and Gas Services Totals Petroleum and Petroleum Products Distributors CONOIL PLC ETERNA PLC. Activity Summary on Board EQTY FORTE OIL PLC. MOBIL OIL NIG PLC. OIL AND GAS Petroleum and Petroleum Products Distributors TOTAL NIGERIA PLC. Petroleum and Petroleum Products Distributors Totals Exploration and Production SEPLAT PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD Exploration and Production Totals Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © OIL AND GAS Totals SERVICES Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 Courier/Freight/Delivery Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 RED STAR EXPRESS PLC TRANS-NATIONWIDE EXPRESS PLC. Courier/Freight/Delivery Totals Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 Hotels/Lodging Printed 17/02/2016 IKEJA14:36:27.027 HOTEL PLC TRANSCORP HOTELS PLC Activity Summary on Board EQTY Hotels/Lodging Totals SERVICES Printing/Publishing Road Transportation ACADEMY PRESS PLC. ASSOCIATED BUS COMPANY PLC LEARN AFRICA Activity onPLC Board RoadSummary Transportation TotalsEQTY Printing/Publishing Totals SERVICES Transport-Related Services Road Transportation AIRLINE SERVICES AND LOGISTICS PLC ASSOCIATED BUS COMPANY PLC NIGERIAN AVIATION HANDLING COMPANY PLC Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © Road Transportation Totals Totals Transport-Related Services Transport-Related Services SERVICES Totals AIRLINE SERVICES AND LOGISTICS PLC NIGERIAN AVIATION HANDLING COMPANY PLC EQTY Board Totals Transport-Related Services Totals Daily Summary as of 17/02/2016 Printed SERVICES 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 Totals

Activity Summary on Board PREMIUM EQTY Board Daily Summary as ofTotals 17/02/2016

FINANCIAL SERVICES Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 Banking ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC Activity Summary Banking Totals on Board PREMIUM

Value Traded 723,700.00 4 3,260,299.00 of 11 6,500.00 128.00 2,406,055.18 2,448,920.64 11 4 92,844.00 of 9,386,898.79

Symbol NPFMCRFBK

Pharmaceuticals EVANS MEDICAL PLC. FIDSON HEALTHCARE PLC GLAXO SMITHKLINE CONSUMER NIG. PLC. MAY & BAKER NIGERIA PLC. NEIMETH INTERNATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS PLC Pharmaceuticals Totals

Processing Systems

11 3 of 756,048,891.77

Quantity Traded 5,951,145 3,715,050 9,486,450 419,688 326,516 16,606,472 Quantity Traded 1,548,875 5,951,145 1,603,125 3,715,050 82,763,714 419,688 272,195 326,516 877,553 16,606,472 239,498 1,548,875 114,323,831 1,603,125

HEALTHCARE Healthcare Providers EKOCORP PLC. Healthcare Providers Totals

Value Traded 3,071,232.60 2 7,897,462.90 of 11 119,599.00 5,243.00 2,204,476.80 683,150.00 2,173,539.32 16,154,703.62

Micro-Finance Banks NPF MICROFINANCE BANK PLC Micro-Finance Banks Totals

Company name

FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SERVICES Totals Symbol OKOMUOIL PRESCO

AGRICULTURE Daily Summary as ofTotals 17/02/2016 Printed 17/02/2016 14:36:27.027 CONGLOMERATES Diversified Industries A.G. LEVENTIS NIGERIA PLC. TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION OF NIGERIA PLC U A C N PLC. Diversified Industries Totals

Sector

FINANCIAL SERVICES Other Financial Institutions FINANCIAL SERVICESPLC Totals Banking FBN HOLDINGS Activity Summary on Board PREMIUM ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC Other Financial Institutions Totals INDUSTRIAL GOODS Banking Totals FINANCIAL Building SERVICES Materials DANGOTE CEMENT PLC FINANCIAL SERVICES Totals Other Financial Institutions Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © FBN HOLDINGS PLC Building Materials Totals INDUSTRIAL GOODS Other Financial Institutions Totals INDUSTRIAL GOODS Totals Building Materials DANGOTE CEMENT PLC BuildingBoard Materials Totals PREMIUM Totals Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange ©

Current Price 3.60

Quantity Traded 6,395,253 6,395,253

Value Traded 23,374,065.63 23,374,065.63

Symbol CONOIL ETERNA FO MOBIL

No. of Deals 22 12 20 3

Current Price 17.42 1.91 342.00 159.60

Quantity Traded 67,913 282,746 30,122 1,740

Value Traded 1,141,951.47 559,774.86 9,786,637.80 264,198.80

Symbol TOTAL

No. of Deals 8 65

Current Price 140.00

Quantity Traded 11,159 393,680

Value Traded 1,594,530.31 13,347,093.24

Symbol SEPLAT

No. of Deals 4 4

Current Price 274.37

Quantity Traded 10,270 10,270 Page 6,799,203

Value Traded 2,817,779.90 2,817,779.90 11 8 of 39,538,938.77

Current Price 3.80 1.21

Quantity Traded 11,160 1,111 12,271

Value Traded 44,528.40 1,410.97 45,939.37

Symbol No. of Deals Current Price Daily Summary (Equities)

Quantity Traded 500 40,900 41,400

Value Traded 1,375.00 235,916.00 237,291.00

Daily Summary (Equities) Symbol No. of Deals Current Price Symbol No. of Deals Current Price

Quantity Traded Quantity Traded 100 20,000 333,111 20,000 333,211

Value Traded Value Traded 57.00 10,000.00 260,015.46 10,000.00 260,072.46 Value Traded Value4,180.00 Traded 10,000.00 9 2,211,607.22 of 11 10,000.00 2,215,787.22

Daily Summary (Equities)

220

Symbol REDSTAREX TRANSEXPR

No. of Deals 1 1 2

IKEJAHOTEL TRANSCOHOT

1 2 3

ACADEMY ABCTRANS LEARNAFRCA

0.55 0.50 0.78

Symbol Symbol AIRSERVICE ABCTRANS NAHCO

No. of Deals No. of Deals 1 1 16 1 17

Current Price Current Price 2.19 0.50 3.70

Quantity Traded Quantity Traded 2,000 20,000 598,462 Page 20,000 600,462

Symbol AIRSERVICE NAHCO

No. of Deals 27 1 16 2,114 17

Current Price 2.19 3.70

Quantity Traded 1,007,344 2,000 598,462 308,638,880 600,462

Value Traded 2,769,090.05 4,180.00 2,211,607.22 1,697,046,187.46 2,215,787.22

1,007,344

2,769,090.05

2,114

308,638,880

1,697,046,187.46

Current Price 11.40

Quantity Traded 15,209,857 15,209,857

Value Traded 174,243,236.90 174,243,236.90

Current Price Current Price 3.79 11.40

Quantity Traded 26,710,546 Quantity Traded 11,500,689 15,209,857 11,500,689 15,209,857 Quantity Traded 262,601 26,710,546 Quantity Traded Page 11,500,689 262,601 11,500,689 Quantity262,601 Traded 262,601 262,601 26,973,147 Page

Value Traded 218,561,366.71 Value Traded 44,318,129.81 174,243,236.90 44,318,129.81 174,243,236.90 Value Traded 36,758,466.37 218,561,366.71 Value Traded 11 10 of 44,318,129.81 36,758,466.37 44,318,129.81 36,758,466.37 Value Traded 36,758,466.37 36,758,466.37 11 10 of

Daily Summary (Equities)

Daily Summary (Equities) Symbol ZENITHBANK

No. of Deals 418 418

Daily Summary (Equities) Symbol Symbol FBNH ZENITHBANK

Symbol DANGCEM Symbol FBNH Symbol DANGCEM

No. of Deals 679 No. of Deals 261 418 261 418 No. of Deals 54 679 No. of Deals 261 54 261 54 No. of Deals 54 54

VETIVA GRIFFIN 30 ETF Exchange Traded Fund Totals

ETP Activity Totals

ETF Board Totals 11

Current Price Current139.83 Price 3.79 Current Price 139.83

733 54

262,601

2,847

Daily Summary (ETP) Symbol VETGRIF30 Daily Summary (ETP)

Exchange Traded Fund

ETFName Board Totals

2.89 5.51

1 1 3 1 4

Exchange Traded Fund

Name VETIVA GRIFFIN 30 ETF Exchange Traded Fund Totals

of 11 16,204.58

No. of Deals 151 151

INDUSTRIAL GOODS Totals

PREMIUM Board Totals

Symbol OANDO

Equity Activity Totals

Page 4,014

Value Traded 467.50 467.50

Symbol VETGRIF30

335,612,027

255,319,833.08 36,758,466.37

1,952,366,020.54

733

26,973,147

255,319,833.08

2,847

335,612,027

1,952,366,020.54

No. of Deals 1 1

Current Price 10.88

Quantity Traded 1,980 1,980

Value Traded 21,542.40 21,542.40

No. of Deals 1 1 1

Current Price 10.88

Quantity Traded 1,980 1,980 1,980

Value Traded 21,542.40 21,542.40 21,542.40

1,980

21,542.40

1,980

21,542.40

Page 1,980

11 11 21,542.40 of

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Info Tech

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NCC rallies stakeholders for affordable broadband availability

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The significant role that broadband plays in national development have been a major reason why stakeholders continue to clamour for affordable access to this essential communication asset. Recently, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, assured of its readiness to create enabling environment, through policy and investment initiatives, to provide what is termed the citizen broadband, writes Isaiah Erhiawarien.

n the last few weeks, the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has been traversing the North West, North Central and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of the country feeling the pulse of the citizens on critical issues in the telecoms industry, and consequently has realized the importance of citizen broadband to national drive for improved internet penetration. Stakeholders in the sector have often advised government to make access to broadband not just available but affordable and reliable to all considering its importance to national development and the growth of the economy, particularly as it relates to our Gross Domestic Product, GDP. That particularly was the major reason the NCC licensed two infrastructure companies, Infracos, for Lagos and North-Central even as Danbatta has promised to issue licenses for North-East, North-West, SouthEast, South-South and South-West this year as part of its plan to make broadband internet very readily available especially in the major cities. And according to the founder of Paradigm Initiative, Gbenga Sesan, broadband holds the key to liberating the young growing population of Nigerian youths from the grip of unemployment say that there are so many things that the youths can do for themselves when broadband is readily available to them. He acknowledge that the youths are the

most vibrant class of the Nigerian citizenship group noting that the successes recorded by the Chinese economy revolves around what the citizens have been able to do with technology and dynamic broadband internet services. To the NCC, those postulations have since captured the attention the Commission as listed by the head of the regulatory body during his tour of the country, where he highlighted the relevance of citizenship broadband to the national economy. He noted that citizenship broadband is a global factor that offers local ICT opportunities for Nigerians stressing, “The global and indeed local ICT market is growing exponentially and creating whole brand new and exciting opportunities. Nigeria’s economy is strengthening, and the world is taking notice.” And such, he promised to make these opportunities real for all Nigerians, especially the young people who are already shaping

the future through innovation. “We believe that Nigeria has the potential to gain a global competitive edge in innovation. What we need is to work together to gain the extra momentum that is necessary and invaluable for the successful realisation of our Vision as an industry,” Danbatta said. According to him, the NCC fast-track the provision of the infrastructure necessary to provide ubiquitous broadband services to all citizens at affordable rates, saying that broadband still remains the next frontier in the ICT industry. Key areas that the NCC will be addressing as it absorb the quest for citizenship broadband will be the promotion of innovation, investment, competition and consumer empowerment in and on top of communications platforms of today and the future-maximizing the power of information and communications technology to grow the economy. Danbatta expressed excitement of the power of broadband to create jobs and enhance national competitiveness through the deployment of broadband infrastructure to facilitate roll-out broadband services that will hold out opportunities and higher network quality of service for all Nigerians. According to him, “The broadband penetration agenda would be achieved through the national broadband plan, while the role of the NCC in the plan is to prioritise the broadband infrastructure within the cities and subsequently in the rural areas.

We believe that Nigeria has the poteNtial to gaiN a global competitive edge iN iNNovatioN. What We Need is to Work together to gaiN the extra momeNtum that is Necessary aNd iNvaluable for the successful realisatioN of our

visioN as aN iNdustry

Indeed the history of broadband in Nigeria, according to the former President of Institute of Software Practitioners, ISPON, Chris Uwaje has largely been driven by the GSM operators and Internet Service Provider saying that the intention of the NCC in driving broadband has largely been welcomed by stakeholders. “In the ten years since the introduction of the GSM in Nigeria, it has significantly impacted our economy in a variety of ways, enhanced personal and corporate communications and generally improved the quality of life across the country. The associated growth of our telecoms industry has seen it become Africa’s largest telecoms market and one of the fastest growing telecoms markets on the planet”, he said. He said that much of what is needed in the country now is the speed of broadband internet access, which needs to be understood saying that until July 2010, broadband was defined as 200 kbps in each direction but to keep pace with the ever evolving world of technology, the United States FCC (their equivalent of our NCC) increased the minimum speeds required for broadband to 4 Mbps down and 1Mbps up. He said what we need is a customer centric definition of broadband that is easily understood by all noting that to do that, “we must understand the nature of the Nigerian data services consumer and their needs which are fortunately not too different from those of their counterparts worldwide. The NCC boss has however also noted that data transmission speed is yet to meet the required standard, assuring Nigerians that there is little to worry about. “We have put in place measures to improve internet connectivity in the country through pervasive broadband availability” stressing that its recently launched 8-point agenda is primarily geared towards making that possible.

Info Tech

Thursday, February 18, 2016

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MTN Nigeria enhances online transactions with digital security StorieS iSaiah erhiawarien

TN Nigeria has become the first mobile network operator in Africa to introduce digital security into its SIM card as part of a strategy to improve security and convenience in the online economy. The telecoms company through a project with Gemalto, a digital security company, will be rolling out the first commercial SIM based services delivering convenient mobile authentication for all mobile users in Nigeria. The solution, known as LinqUs Mobile ID, will be operated for MTN in SaaS mode by Gemalto Allynis Services, and it is compliant with the latest GSMA standards. By this project, the ‘MTN Token’ is now available immediately to MTN Nigeria’s 70 million subscribers and positions the operator as the country’s foremost provider of secure digital identification and authentication.

It was learnt that the MTN Token offers their users a universal digital ID combined with a mobile-based second factor authentication, for easy and secure web service access, payments and financial transactions validation. According to Gemalto, when using MTN Token for eCommerce, banking, insurance, ePublic and corporate networks services, the user’s mobile phone number is employed as the username adding that depending on the level of protection required by the service provider, the process is completed by simply pressing OK on the handset, or entering a unique user-selected PIN code. Gemalto said that any service provider in Nigeria can now easily adopt MTN Token services to dramatically strengthen protection of online services against identity theft and cybercrime saying that it also enables the operator to offer a convenient digital journey to its customers, removing complex registration and log-in

Vodacom, Etisalat partner on enterprise solutions

odacom Business Nigeria and Etisalat Nigeria have gone into a partnership agreement that enables Vodacom provide mobile voice and data services to its customers and equips Etisalat to provide improved enterprise solutions to its customers. This strategic partnership brings together two forwardlooking companies focused on delivering superior telecommunication services to businesses in Nigeria. With this Partnership, Vodacom is to offer a fuller package of custom-made enterprise class Mobile Services to businesses in Nigeria through its Enterprise Mobile Voice Solution. According to both companies, it is aimed at improving productivity and response time for corporates, especially those businesses with large number of staff on the move adding that large cooperates in Nigeria would now have access to high performance easy to manage mobile communication solutions for their business. The partnership is also to enable Etisalat to provide point to point and point to multi-point connectivity solutions to its customers, thereby offering them a one-stop shopping experience while Vodacom and Eti-

processes, while sparing them the hassle of remembering new username/password combinations. MTN Token leverages the secure SIM vault, creating a trusted environment for sensitive data and transactions, without the initial infrastructure investment required by inhouse implementations. General Manager, Products

and Innovation at MTN Nigeria, A’isha Umar Mumuni said that with the launch of MTN Token, “we are the first private provider of secure online identity and positioned as a warrant of digital ID and authentication in Nigeria.” She said: “As our network of service providers adopting MTN Token grows, the solution will deliver significant reduc-

tions in fraud whilst easing the frustration often experienced by consumers on their digital journeys.” President for Middle East & Africa at Gemalto, Eric Claudel, said that the long-established partnership between MTN Nigeria and Gemalto is the perfect foundation for this groundbreaking project.

Marketing Manager, Lenovo Technologies West Africa, Mr. Bolade Oyekanmi;Sales Manager, Organised Retail, Lenovo Technologies West Africa, Mr. Dayo Odusote; Slot brand ambassador and ace entertainer, D’banj; Representative of Kia Rio grand prize winner (Vivian Onyemaechi), Mr. Nnamudi Marcellinus and Head of Marketing, Slot Systems Limited, Mr. Jonathan Uzomba at the final draw of the Lenovo National Promo in Lagos.

Remita saves FG N3trn on e-government services

salat customers will be provided with a single billing platform to negate the trouble of dealing with multiple communications service providers. Speaking at the signing of the agreement on the partnership, Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher said, “In the fast paced telecommunication market of today, the successful companies will be those who build the right strategic partnerships to accelerate innovation, growth, and offer customers more value for their money.”

he electronic e-payment software, Remita that was developed by SystemSpecs, IT solution company has enable the Federal Government to save about N2 trillion in the areas of e-government. The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of SystemSpecs, Mr. John Obaro who made the disclosure when the Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu paid him visit said that software holds the key to the growth of the economy. According to him, Nigeria has

the capacity to influence the global software technology landscape and reap the huge attendant benefits if the government makes a conscious effort to actualise the prosperous future that beckons the country in software technology. Obaro advised government not to quit focusing on agrarian initiatives at the basic levels, while concentrating on the potentials of software technology wherein the future lies adding that government delegations should no longer embark on foreign trade

TOUCH, consumer electronics providers in Middle East and Africa, has gone into partner with retail outfit Yudala and Airtel Nigeria to introduce its device into the country with installment payment plan. Through this offer, consumers can enjoy installment payment option as an alternative method of getting the XTOUCH E1, the highly cost-effective sleek smartphone with powerful 3,200mAh large battery. Customers will also get the full cash-back on Airtel data plans. The three months zero percentage on interest installment payment plan will make customer

shopping experience easier and more enjoyable by allowing customers to purchase the XTOUCH E1 with a flexible repayment option, catered to their budget and lifestyle. Founder and Vice President, Yudala, Mr. Nnamdi Ekeh while confirming the partnership said that partnership is meant to elevate the shopping experience of Nigerians to an even higher level saying that though the country is experiencing a currency crisis at the moment, “we are still not afraid to take the risk of fixed pricing and testing the integrity of our esteemed consumers.

Also speaking on the development, the Executive Director of Airtel, Mr. Tawa Bolarin noted that the mobile web is growing at a phenomenal pace, and Airtel is working to create optimal value for its customers through business excellence and innovation. According to him, Airtel Nigeria wants to make mobile internet more accessible and affordable for all saying that the partnership with XTOUCH and Yudala is to give customers full cash-back on data plans when they purchase XTOUCH E1, which “will greatly help us deliver on our vision. This is one important step we are taking.”

Yudala , Airtel unveil XTOUCH smartphone X

missions without the inclusion of Nigerian software entrepreneurs or products. He requested that the federal government should not receive foreign software as aids donated to the country in areas where the country has demonstrated local competence that can be polished. “No longer should our young and virile tech talents be allowed to succumb to foreign exploitation that retains them on foreign soil rather than become a blessing to their fatherland,” he said. He said that the present situation in the country may be a time of divinely orchestrated providence, expected to jolt the country from oil dependency to harnessing the huge potentials presented by software technology. “While our currency is struggling and the naira’s exchange rate against major currencies have almost doubled in less than a year, we still have to source enormous foreign exchange to service the huge foreign-owned software assets in use by government at all levels and across the private sector. The beneficiaries are those countries that have nurtured their software industry and caused us to be dependent on them even in critical areas of our national life.”

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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Brands & Marketing

Creativity Festival: CHINI replicates Cannes Lions in Nigeria STORIES: DAVID AUDU

s the international festival of creativity, Cannes Lions, launches its communications campaign for 2016, the official representative in Nigeria, CHINI Productions, has also rolled out plans for the pre Cannes local events in Nigeria. The Cannes Lions festival communications themed “Thank You Creativity”, is a one week event where the worlds bests in marketing communications will convergence in Paris to compete in advertising, public relations, films, designs, prints, cyber and media categories and other side attractions. Managing Director of CHINI Productions and Cannes Lions representative in Nigeria, Mr. Nnamdi Ndu, while briefing the media on activities lined up for the mini festival in Nigeria said it include the Roger Hatchuel Academy competition, the Young Lions competitions, the Miami Ad School Scholarship competitions, the Lions Edit and the Lions Award Night. These activities, he said, are scheduled to take place in the month of April, two months before the global festival in Paris in June begins. He also said entries for the Roger Hatchuel Academy, the Young Lions and the Miami Ad School Scholarship competitions are already open for participants. Ndu explained further that the Roger Hatchuel Academy is the oldest academy in Cannes Lions, named after the first festival chairman. Roger Hatchuel He said the academy is a high profile intensive training for students in the university who intend to work in advertising on graduation, noting that CHINI Productions has been partnering with the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria, APCON, for the past nine years to promote the programme in Nigeria. “This year again, the programme will see talented students gather from campuses around Nigeria to learn from leading professionals in Lagos and visit organisations

Cannes Lions

THE BEST ACADEMY STUDENT AS USUAL WILL BE SPONSORED TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY IN CANNES AND THE FIRST RUNNERUP WILL BE SPONSORED TO ATTEND A SISTER REGIONAL FESTIVAL, THE DUBAI LYNX in the industry during their 3-day intensive residential programme. He also disclosed that companies such as Noah’s Ark Communications and STB McCann have already indicated interest to host the students. Explaining further, Ndu said, the Roger Hatchuel Academy Awards categories this year will feature the best teacher and best school awards. “The best academy student as usual will be sponsored to attend the international academy in Cannes and the first runner-up will be sponsored to attend a sister regional festival, the Dubai Lynx. Speaking on the ‘Young Lions Competitions’, which will hold in Film, Design, Print, Cyber and Media categories, he said the competitions are meant for young professionals of 30 years and below working in agencies in Nigeria. “The winners from each category will represent Nigeria in their respective catego-

ries at the international competitions during the Cannes Lions Festival in Paris.” Besides, this year, he said CHINI is also partnering with Miami Ad School to offer talented Nigerian creatives scholarships to study at Miami Ad Schools around the world for the certificate, first degree and master’s degree programmes respectively. He said it is the sixth consecutive year of the scholarship programme, adding that earlier beneficiaries are already contributing to the industry both locally and internationally. However, Ndu disclosed a new introduction to the local offering of the pre Cannes programmes, the Lions Edit. “This is a platform offered to agencies, digital companies, production outfits and brands to connect their practice to the creativity essence of Cannes Lions to make top notch presentations that will educate, inspire, enrich and

grow the industry. Several companies have already indicated interest to be part of this. “Special roles are expected to be played by communications experts in health, technology as well as Nollywood and music in line with the new specialized festival extensions in Cannes – Lions Health, Lions Innovation and Lions entertainment. The Managing Director of CHINI Productions said for many in the industry, this is as close as they can get to Cannes Lions. “This is our own creative carnival! There is no reason in the world why any major brand or agency in Nigeria should not be at the forefront of this. More than ever before, we need creative solutions to get out of the present challenges we find ourselves in as a nation. Here is an open invitation for all hands to come on deck. If we don’t build our industry, no one else will.” He said all the pre Cannes Lions national activities for Nigeria will come to a head at the Lions Night & Awards in April 2016 at the MUSON Centre Onikan, Lagos. “This event will feature a colourful graduation ceremony of the Roger Hatchuel Academy, the Roger Hatchuel Academy Awards, the Young Lions Awards, the Miami Ad School Scholarship Awards and other exciting activities.

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Training key to growing creative economy

PP Global Client Operations Director, Alec Graham, has identified training as key to achieving rapid growth for the creative industry and national economic development. Graham, who said this during the launch of WPP Africa Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa recently, noted that the core mission of WPP is to develop talent and to work together to grow talent to the benefit of the people, agencies and clients. “The Academy makes good business sense, and is good not

only for our employees but also for our suppliers and clients, as well as the broader economy.” He said the idea of a WPP Africa Academy came about in the middle of last year, during a meeting of the WPP South African CEOs where they discussed common issues and themes, and training came out as a priority, he reflected. It was clear, he adds, that there were challenges in developing talent and training as well as issues with submissions and transformation. “It was felt that we could maximize benefit from the group by sharing and applying knowl-

edge in an efficient and effective way. While this would be cost effective, this is not the end goal - the end goal is the development of talent for the region and continent. “What is key throughout this is our support of the transformation agenda. This is about more than the scorecard or a tick box to obtain a ratings certificate at the end of the year; it is about fostering an attitude and approach to business, employees and talent development that will lead to transformation.” Chairman of Burson-Marsteller and a member of the Academy steering committee, Robyn de Vil-

liers, also emphasises the need for transformation. “From a South African perspective transformation is important and a clear way to make a contribution is to up skill and train staff.” However, while the Academy started off as a South African initiative, WPP says, the Committee very quickly realized that it needed to go beyond South Africa, to be an Africa wide initiative. This, says de Villiers, is very exciting. “By 2040 Africa will have the biggest group of working age people on the plant; greater than China and India. But this will only be an advantage if

our people are skilled.” The result is a training academy that will provide and promote training across Africa, including all WPP companies and affiliates across the continent, with training hubs in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria. Giving insight into the nature of the training, Graham explained that the academy comprises online training, in combination with real individual tuition support through a tutor that engages with the student to assist them as needed. The Academy also includes training WPP has developed elsewhere.

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CSR: UAC Foods donates products to needy children DAVID AUDU

s part of its Corporate Social Responsibility thrust of giving back to the society, and in line with the global celebration of St. Valentine’s Day otherwise known as Lovers’ Day, UAC Foods Limited, recently reached out to some special children’s homes by donating products to them in the spirit of the season of love. The company’s team visited Modupe Cole Memorial Childcare & Treatment Home School, Akoka, Lagos and Down Syndrome Foundation, Masha, Surulere, Lagos with a special celebrity appearance by Harrysong, one of the Musicians under the Five Star Music Group who was recently named as the Face of the Gala brand. Mrs. Folasade Abiola, the Senior Brand Manager, Snacks, UAC Foods Limited who led the company’s delegation to the homes, said the gesture expresses love and care to the children in

these homes especially during this auspicious celebration of Valentine. She added that the CSR initiative is in tandem with the corporate philosophy of the UACN of Nigeria Group, which is the rationale behind the ‘Doing Good’ mantra of the group. “Children with special needs are the most appropriate people who require all the love and care especially during this season of celebration of love. This donations is our little way of showing them love and affection, we do this on a quarterly basis and we would continue to do so’’ she said Also speaking during the visit and products presentation, the Proprietress of Modupe Cole Memorial Childcare & Treatment Home School, Mrs. Florence Kayode expressed her profound appreciation to UAC Foods Limited and the entire UAC Group for their support for the home over the years. “For many years now, we have received tremendous support from UAC Foods Limited and other UAC Group subsidiaries, we

are extremely grateful for your care, love and kindness to the homes and we urge you to continue to support us and God will continue to bless your company’’, she noted. The highpoint of the CSR donations to the homes was the appearance of the Gala Brand Ambassador –Harrysong, as it created a lot excitement not only among the children but also among workers who scrambled for photographs with the music star. Emotionally touched by the gesture of the brand and the numerous needs of the children in these homes, Harrysong who was moved to tears thanked the UAC Foods Limited and promised to support the homes in his personal capacity. “This visit is very touching for me and as a very emotional person, I can feel the situation of these children and I can relate with it. I want to say a big ‘Thank You’ to UAC Foods Limited and on a personal note I will be back here to give my little support”, he said.

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Fanta launches “Play It Better” communication campaign

igeria’s fruit flavoured soft drink, Fanta, has launched the “Play It Better” campaign. The new campaign, which kicks off in February, is scheduled to run for an 11-month period on multiple media platforms - television, radio, out of home, digital and print. The campaign will feature different television ads, cinema materials, outof-home executions and radio ads rendered in the five major Nigerian languages – English, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, and Pidgin. Beyond traditional media, the Fanta brand will also connect with consumers nationwide through its digital and social media platforms and experiential sampling activations. Speaking at the media launch in Lagos, Marketing Director, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Patricia Jemibe-

PepsiCo says it’s difficult to get ‘high-quality’ online advert space

episCo will bet more of its increased marketing budget this year on digital but it is finding it harder to know where to spend that money due to a dearth of quality platforms. The big constraint on moving more to digital is “identifying highquality properties to advertise on,” admitted chief financial officer Hugh Johnston on the company’s quarterly earnings call last week. His attitude is similar to the one held by many of his peers that marketing needs to do more for less by focusing on cheaper albeit more effective digital activations. “It’s not just a matter of going for pop-up ads anymore. It’s really more sophisticated digital advertising,” continued Johnston. “And that is probably - more than anything, the rate-limiting factor is finding highquality assets to invest in.” That said, the business is actually L-R: Category Manager, Konga.com Yele Adeeko; Head of Communications, N&N Retail Solutions Ltd Anju Kamlani, getting more sophisticated in terms and Manager, PR & Communications, Konga.com, Oluwayemisi Mafe, at a press conference presenting the new mi- of its ability to measure the returns Tribe A-500, a product of Konga.com and mi-Fone held in Lagos recently. it gets on its digital investment via

Guinness launches ‘Africa Special’ herbs extract DAVID AUDU

uinness Nigeria Plc has introduced its new product -Guinness Africa Specialinto the market Guinness Africa Special, is a new product made from herbs, spices and ginger grown in Africa to specifically cater for the drink needs of young Africans. The company stated that the product was the first innovation by Guinness Nigeria on its’ flagship stout brand Guinness in ten years. The New Guinness Africa Special, which has been dubbed #TheSpecialOne, was launched recent-

ly in Port Harcourt, Abuja, Enugu and Ibadan. Speaking on the rationale behind the unique launch of Guinness Africa Special, Portfolio Marketing Manager, Guinness, Ms. Liz Ashdown, said that the new product was created to satisfy the needs of young Nigerian consumers who constantly crave for something special and relevant to them. “The level of acceptance this new beer has received since its introduction a few weeks ago has been amazing. It is a product that says more about our vibrant youths than their usual lager, with a taste they love and at a price of only N200 they can afford,” she

said. Guinness Africa Special is the most recent innovation and is brewed in line with Diageo’s high quality standard from the heritage of Guinness stout with African herbs and fruits. Guinness Africa Special is a five percent ABV stout made with herbs and spices grown on African soil for a vibrant, refreshing taste that is alive with the African spirit and the distinct Guinness quality.” Guinness Africa Special packaging is proudly African and the advertising has been developed by a young Nigerian graffiti artist Osa7. This beer proudly projects our vibrant young African spirit.

won, said, “the key attributes of the Fanta brand are Play, Fun and Excitement. Our new campaign brings these attributes to life in a unique way and connects even better with Fanta consumers.” She clarified: “The new campaign prominently features the well-known Fanta characters, who are now aged up and in their teens. In the different executions of the campaign, we see their playful, fun personalities come through as they navigate through typical teen tension moments. You will also observe that they always take advantage of opportunities to engage in their fun interests anytime they meet up with their friends.” According to the Fanta brand team, the new Fanta “Play It Better” campaign commenced on multiple media platforms across the country on February 15, and is scheduled to run till the end of 2016.

an expansion of its big data efforts. Without going into all the details, Johnston cited the fact that PepsiCo has been able to sustain four per cent to five per cent revenue growth in what has been a challenging environment. It’s why the business was able to sign off on nearly half (40 per cent) of Pepsi’s advertising budget for the Super Bowl this month going on digital. From Snapchat to Twitter, mobile to content marketing, the brand spread itself across several platforms over the weekend in order to generate added value beyond its TV buy. As it has done over the last two years, PepsiCo will continue to invest in advertising in 2016. The snacks business increased advertising and marketing spend as a percentage of sales by 40 basis points for the full year in 2015 and 85 basis points in the fourth quarter. Total revenue slipped seven per cent to $18.6bn in the three months to December, due to a hit on from foreign exchange rates on international sales.

Volvo kicks off global campaign

olvo Cars has created an ad to highlight its 2020 vision that no one should be killed or seriously injured in one of its new cars, in the first work since appointing the agency behind the “epic split” to its global account. The ad, by Forsman & Bodenfors in Gothenburg, follows a young girl sitting in the back of a new Volvo talking about car manufacturers. In the new ad, as images of people in car crashes appear, the girl says it seems as though car makers produce cars for race tracks “instead of city streets”. She adds, “What if a car mak-

er thought differently, thought about the crowded streets?”. The ad features the new XC90 SUV which has received the Euro NCAPs 2015 Best in Class award for both Large Off-Road and Overall Performance categories. Volvo Cars named Forsman & Bodenfors as its global strategic creative agency in December. When the company moved the account out of Grey London in last year it was suggested that following a change in strategy, Volvo would work with Grey New York, Grey Shanghai and Forsman & Bodenfors on global campaigns rather than having a dedicated shop.

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Digital dividend will create wealth for Nigeria –Chairman, DigiTeam Leonard okachie

s Nigeria prepares to migrate from analogue to digital broadcasting, Chairman DigiTeam Nigeria Engr. Eddy Amana has said that the digital dividend will create wealth for the country, and also assist in the achievement of the country’s broadband programme. He stated this recently at a two-day training workshop organised by the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC in collaboration with TYMAG Communications, for Information Officers in Plateau State in the move towards the Digital Switchover. According to the statement posted on NBC’s official website, the training workshop with the theme: “DSO: The Role of Information Officers,” featured several presentations. In his presentation entitled, ‘Comparative Analysis of Analogue and Digital broadcasting,’ Amana painstakingly, detailed the differences between analogue and digital broadcasting and what digital broadcasting was all about. He talked about how digital broadcast signals could be received on an analogue television. He stated further that to enable an analogue television receiver to receive digital signals, one needed a processor that would convert the signals from digital to analogue. “That intervening unit is the set-top-box,” he revealed. Amana’s paper also focused on the advantages of digital over analogue television signals which he pointed out included more efficient use of the vary scarce spectrum; provide the opportunity for more entrants into the television industry, thus providing more jobs; providing multiple platform for content delivery, and so much more. Amana told participant how spectrum will be better put to use with the coming of digitization. Using Jos, Plateau state, as an example, he pointed out that “One TV station in Jos right now uses 8MHz for its transmission. This frequency will accommodate the four TV stations in Jos presently and have room for more. In all, he maintained that digitisation would help to improve the social wellbeing of the populists. Similarly, in her presentation entitled, ‘The digital switchover: Spreading the message,’ Director, Technology, Federal Ministry of Information and Chairperson, Publicity sub-Committee of DigiTeam, Dr. Veronica Adeyemo stated that migration from analogue to digital broadcasting requires enormous capital all over the world, adding, “No country has been able to do it without sinking in

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so much.” She stressed the need for the information officers to understand the issues that may arise from their interactions with the public such as where to buy the Set-Top-Box, how to operate the box among others. “As an information officer, one is expected to have answers to the basic questions on DSO like, what is a set top box? What is the meaning of DSO? What is the switch over date? The digital message affects everybody. So as information officers, we should use all available media for disseminating the message of DSO,” she said. Adeyemo noted that the success or failure of the assignment given to information officers is hinged on the manner of approach to the campaign even as she pointed that the value and commitment attached to the campaign from the officers would determine its success or failure. She charged the Information officers to be committed to this national project. Also in his presentation on the ‘Role of Information Officers in the digital Switchover in Nigeria’ Director Public Affairs, NBC, Mallam Awwalu Salihu outlined what he described as the articles of faith of the transition. According to him, digitisation has come to stay; -Nigeria cannot afford to be left behind; Everyone has role to play; In order for this transition to succeed, we must all come together; and Information is key. Awwalu stated further: “When the rest of the world moves on, the problems, the dangers, the issues that will follow, when

we are still analogue are many. Even the digital programmes or the digital systems that we have will not work because very soon we would run out of spare parts for your television sets, run out of spare parts for your transmitters, and most of the things that you are using in the analogue era because no one is producing them anymore. “So you can see that whether you like it or not, you cannot afford to be left in the digital darkness. Therefore, everybody: the general public, government, the regulators, the broadcasters themselves, the business community, and the Information officers, all have a role to play. And we must all play it successfully so as to achieve the goal of transiting.” Awwalu identified Information officers as a crucial link in the DSO process, stressing that they must have the ability to lead. He insisted that they must be able to mobilize and show other people the way to do certain things, and where to go for things. “As information officers you should be passionate, knowledgeable, information literate, up-to-date, have vision, be ready for change, inquisitive. You must be creative, a good organiser and vibrant”, he remarked. The highpoint of the workshop was the presentation by, CEO, Cable Channels Nigeria Limited (CCNL), Mr Rajiv Mekkat, who demonstrated to participants the functionality of the Set-Top Box (STB). Exhaustively, he explained the basic features of the STB detailing its advantages and method of operation. Mekkat carefully showed participants

how to connect the STB and what to expect after it was properly connected. He noted that there was a unique number which one needed to call to activate the STB after connection. Earlier, in his opening remarks, the Chairman of the occasion and the Director General, NBC, represented by the Director, DG’s office, Dr. Armstrong Idachaba, warmly welcomed everyone present to the workshop. He thanked the Plateau State Government for its support towards a smooth transition in Plateau State since the Commission proposed the idea of the state as the pilot state, and Jos, the pilot city for the digital terrestrial television transition. He expressed his delight at the attendance and the ability of the information officers, whom he noted, were carefully selected to participate, even as he expressed confidence at the capacity of the participants to further spread the message to the grassroots, where it is most needed. The Director General explained that the digital transition was a technological innovation which promised a whole new TV experiences for Nigerians. “At the end of the day, the people at the grassroots, who will be the end users, will have to be equipped with how to manage the issues that would crop up,” he stated. He pointed out that the digital phenomenon was one that comes with lots of opportunities, stressing that it was for such reason people with wider technical knowledge were brought in to educate the participants on the entire gamut of the process.

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Ex-NBC boss commends staff for commitment Leonard okachie

mmediate past Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission, Mr. Emeka Mba has commended staff of the Commission for their support during his tenure as Director-General and applauded their exceptional commitment to duty. He made the commendation while addressing members of staff shortly after handing over supervisory responsibilities to the Director, DG’s office – Dr. Armstrong Idachaba, following the Federal Government’s directive to some Heads of Parastatals under the Ministry of Information, Culture and National Orientation, to hand over the mantle of leader-

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ourth edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), the marketplace of ideas, products and services in Africa’s largest creative and entertainment industry is set to hold on April 20, 2016 at the Landmark Events Centre, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. A statement released by Nigerian Entertainment Today (NET), convener of

ship in their respective organizations. He urged staff of the Commission to extend the same support he enjoyed as DG to the incoming Director-General, adding that “there is great work to be done especially with the Digital Switchover project”. It would be recalled that the Federal Government had on Monday, February 15, 2016 directed the Chief Executives of six parastatals under the Ministry, including the National Broadcasting Commission to hand over the mantle of leadership to the most senior officer in their respective organizations, in the on-going re-structuring exercise. Emeka Mba has been at the helm of affairs of the Commission since May 15, 2013.

Prof. Pat Utomi peaking at the previous edition of NECLive

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of knowledge on offer, previous editions of #NECLive have immensely contributed to shaping the direction of our industry. The goal of this year’s conference is to do even more” the statement said. The theme for this year’s conference is “Entertainment Industry As ‘Last Hope’ For Africa’s Largest Economy’, as the conference works to set the agenda for the entertainment industry to become a key contributor to the economy of Nigeria and being the standard for other significant industries.” Organised annually since 2013, #NECLive brings together practitioners from all sectors of the entertainment industry for one day of conversations, workshops, exhibitions and master classes. It serves as a platform for discussing challenges, exchanging ideas and finding a strengthened path for the entertainment industry in Nigeria to thrive. Prof Pat Utomi delivering his speech on Business at the conference.jpg The conference will be hosted for the fourth consecutive time by TV personality Tee-A. A full list of lead speakers, panelists and moderators at #NECLive4 will be announced in the coming weeks.

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Burundi’s media targeted in ongoing political crisis

“witch hunt” to eradicate Burundi’s independent media is escalating, observers say, making it impossible to report on the ongoing political crisis. This month the government publicly listed the names of seven journalists currently living in exile and demanded they be repatriated for their alleged role in a recent coup attempt. Clea Kahn-Sriber from Reporters Without Borders described the demands as a clear attack on people “who were just doing their jobs” by covering the recent violence. “The government is rejecting any peacekeeping mission and insists the situation is normal,” Kahn-Sriber said. “But what kind of normality accepts the disappearance of all independent media?”

Violence broke out in April last year in response to president Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for a third term in office. Since then, the UN has registered at least 439 deaths and the exodus of more than 237,000 refugees. In this climate of fear and intimidation, journalists who refuse to align themselves with forces loyal to the president have faced a campaign of censorship, intimidation and physical violence. Matters were made worse in May when an attempted coup was announced by plotters on African Public Radio, a local independent radio station. Since then, journalists say they have faced retaliatory attacks, forcing at least 100 to flee to neighbouring countries. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The

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NET set for 4th NECLive

NECLive said ‘#NECLive4 is set to be the most incisive edition of the conference yet. “We are bringing together some of Nigeria’s most important entertainment personalities and creative industry enthusiasts to provide genuine insight and share their best practices for the benefit of all. Apart from the priceless exchange

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Radio RPA was bombed in May after coup plotters announced their plans to overthrow government live on air. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images The government’s response to the widespread opposition from the Burundian public has been violent, with testimonies from witnesses and human rights organisations pointing to evidence of arbitrary detention, systematic torture and assassinations. When the attempted coup failed, the government held disputed elections that saw Nkurunziza and his CNDDFDD party sweep to victory. With his power restored the president’s inaugural speech in October warned civil society against further political interference, followed by a series of ominous tweets.

logans like “Bassi hai hai”, “Narendra Modi hosh mein aao” ,”Supreme court open your eyes” and “Long live press freedom” were ringing in the air as a large group of journalists marched protesting the assault by lawyers of the Patiala Court on Monday. The attack on media persons and JNU students by lawyers outside and inside Patiala House court on Monday has been widely condemned by the journalist fraternity. A delegation of journalists that included journalists like Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai, Siddharth Varadarajan, Ravish Kumar, Suhasini Haidar, Sankarshan Thakur and Sagarika Ghose on Tuesday took part in the march. A memorandum was submitted to the Supreme Court by the media asking the court to punish those lawyers and others responsible for the violence. The placard-wielding journalists shouted slogans against the incident in which they were manhandled. On Monday, a group of lawyers, chanting ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ and ‘Vande mataram’ had attacked students, faculty and the media present at the court premises on Monday. The protesters also demanded Police Commissioner B S Bassi’s sacking due to alleged inaction by the security personnel at the Patiala House Courts. A separate delegation of journalists met Home Minister Rajnath Singh demanding his intervention in ensuring “accountability of the Delhi Police who watched silently as the assault happened”. “We demand the intervention of the highest court of the land to take appropriate action against the advocates involved in the assault,” the memorandum said, urging the court to direct the bar council to cancel the licences of the errant advocates. No arrest has been made even 24 hours after the assault where Delhi BJP MLA OP Sharma was also seen beating up a CPI activist. On Monday JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar was presented before the court after he was arrested and charged with sedition by the Delhi Police for allegedly raising anti-India slogans. The opposition parties including Congress, AAP and the Left have condemned the arrest and termed the sedition charge excessive. Students have refused to attend classes in protest while several teachers have also joined the strike. The Chief Justice of India on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court will hear a PIL filed by the journalists on Monday’s incident where a bunch of lawyers assaulted journalists. Source: The News Minute

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UN expert urges FG to protect lives of children Leonard okachie

orried by the scourge of insurgency in the north-eastern part of the country, the United Nations human rights experts have reminded the Federal Government to ensure the right to safety and security, among others, of children, under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which it has ratified. The experts’ appeal came after a series of brutal attacks by Boko Haram on villages in north-eastern Nigeria that included an attempt to storm an informal IDP settlement near the village of Dalori, where more than 90 people, predominantly women and children, are believed to have been killed. Child rights expert Benyam Dawit Mezmur, who currently heads the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, reminded the Nigerian authorities that they must ensure the safety and security of civilians on its territory, and to address human rights abuses by third parties. “The Nigerian authorities are legally obliged under international human rights law, in particular under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which it has ratified, to take all necessary steps to respect, protect and fulfil the right to life of children, as well as ensuring their right to safety and security which among others, entails protecting them from violence, intimidation, sexual abuse and slavery,” Mr. Mezmur said on behalf of the Committee. They urged the Nigerian Government to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for the displaced persons to return. They also called for camps, both formal and informal, for internally displaced persons (IDPs), to be adequately protected, and stressed that all returns should be voluntary and coordinated. In addition, according to reports, two female suicide bombers have attacked the site for internally displaced Nigerians at Dikwa, located some 90 kms west of the Borno capital, Maidugiri, killing more than 50 people and injuring dozens. “We call on the Nigerian Government to plan carefully for any IDPs return, given the relentless attacks by Boko Haram in ostensibly safe areas,” said Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, UN Special Rapporteur on sale of children, who two weeks ago visited the Dalori camp, together with Urmila Bhoola and Dainius Pûras, the UN Special Rapporteurs on slavery and on health respectively to examine the efforts to reintegrate and rehabilitate women and children abducted and abused by Boko Haram. “These attacks put yet another strain on already depleted resources to cater for the need of the existing displaced individuals and add enor-

Internally displaced children at Bajabure, Adamwa State

mous anguish to women, men and children who are already traumatized by the horrendous abuses and unspeakable cruelty at the hands of Boko Haram which has caused immense suffering,” Ms. de Boer-Buquicchio said, underlining the IDPs’ extreme level of vulnerability. “We urge the Nigerian authorities to do more to stem the wave of recent violence,” she underscored. While noting the Government’s announcement to reinforce security measures around IDP camps and civilian sites, Chaloka Beyani, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs, condemned the cynical attack on people who have already lost so much, stressing that they must not be returned to areas lacking adequate security. The UN experts also stressed that countering terrorism and addressing the Boko Haram threat will require more than military action, and urged

the authorities to publicly pledge to hold to account all those who have committed human rights violations - including, but not limited to, Boko Haram. The conflict in northeast Nigeria, including Boko Haram attacks, has in recent years forced more than 2.5 million people to flee their homes, including more than 2.1 million displaced within the country. About 10 per cent live in camps and the rest with host

families. About 1.6 million of these internally displaced people are in Borno, where many live in sites like Dikwa, which is home to 70,000 displaced people. Dikwa, one of the hardest hit of the 27 local government areas of Borno, has so far remained inaccessible to the UN refugee agency and partners because of insecurity.

Gidi Fest returns to Eko Atlantic

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clipse Live Africa, organisers of what is best known as “Africa’s Biggest Beach Festival”, officially announced the third edition of Gidi Fest which returns to Eko Atlantic on March 26, 2016. The one-day beach festival opens its gates at noon with day activities ranging from beach sports headed by celebrity team captains, to tasting the very best of African dishes at the food court, and of course live music from some of Africa’s best artists. Speaking on the 3rd edition of Gidi

Fest, Founder Chin Okeke says, “We are really excited to be back this year, having learned a lot from previous editions. We genuinely feel this one is going to put us on the global festival map and show the world that Lagos is the continent’s melting pot for music and culture. It’s about curating an experience for our people so there are some exciting upgrades that will surprise our guests! “Gidi Fest is creating a tradition of youth empowerment and celebrating African music, culture and people in every form. In the strength of this, we chose to continue with last year’s theme of Africa on One Stage.” The 2nd edition of Gidi Fest, which held in April 2015, saw thousands of

people at Eko Atlantic throughout the course of the day. Festival-goers enjoyed the fun daytime activities, beach sports, the Fayrouz art installation, The Melting Pot food court and last year’s hit, the silent disco. As the night went on, the main stage lit up with various artists from across the African continent including Congo’s Awilo, Kenya’s Victoria Kimani, Ghana’s EL and Efya, Rwanda’s Urban Boyz, Tanzania’s Vanessa Mdee, and Nigeria’s finest, such as Burna Boy, M.I, Waje, Falz, CDQ and more. Gidi Fest 2016 is organisd by Eclipse Live, Eko Atlantic, Lagos State and Heineken with support from Red Bull, Mikano, Eko Hotel and Hyperia.

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CHYDAN faults Senate leadership Leonard okachie

ounder of Champions Youths DevelopmentAssociation of Nigeria (CHYDAN), Chief Umaru Zekeri Bameyi has faulted the Senate leadership under Dr. Bukola Saraki for lack of direction and competence. Addressing newsmen shortly after the official inauguration of the National Working Committee of United Women Ambassadors of Nigeria (UWAN) in Lagos, Bameyi noted that since inauguration of the present Senate, Nigerians have witnessed all sorts of drama and incidents at the Senate which shows their lack of seriousness to the plight of people. The youth leader who contested as a Chairman of Idah Local Government Area of Kogi State in 2012 under the platform of the then All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) regreeted the exchange rate has gone beyond 300 naira per dollar but the National Assembly is not doing anything about it. He said: “There is corruption revelation day in day out and the National Assembly has not even thought of how to empower the president to successfully fight corruption. The CBN governor is giving conflicting signal every day on our falling economy and the National Assembly is doing nothing about it. At the end of the day, the budget was declared missing from the custody of the National Assembly. “This is the same National Assembly that proposed to buy vehicles for every committee member worth of billions of naira. Look at the kind of embarrass-

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ment this country is being put to. Today, Nigeria has become pot of jokes on social Media. Nigerians should be more worried with the leadership of the 8th Senate under the watch of Dr. Bokula Saraki. “Bad enough, the Senate President is facing about 13 criminal charges. The Senate will be shut down anytime Saraki goes to court for his trial to enable some of the senators who are loyal to him accompany him to court to distract and intimidate the judge. How can any responsible number three citizen allow something like this to happen around him? What will people say when an ordinary citizen goes to court with 50 thugs to disturb court proceedings? What kind of

example is the Senate setting? “This is a complete immaturity and irresponsibility. This is exactly what you get when you elected SSCE graduate politicians parading themselves as lawmakers. The National Assembly is not a play ground for anybody.” Bameyi lamented that the shocking revelation was the missing 2016 budget proposal which was submitted to the Senate President by President Muhammadu Buhari, adding, “One would have thought that with the seriousness that goes with the budget, he (Saraki) should have made copies for the principal officers at the Senate. Not only does Saraki admitted that the budget was missing but

also set up a committee. What for? “In all honesty, we have a very serious capacity problem at the National Assembly and Saraki should be held responsible for bringing Nigeria, a country with over one hundred and sixty million people to ridicule. In fact, Dr. Bokula Saraki should honourably step aside for now and face his trial at CCT. The Supreme Court has done credibly well for empowering the CCT to continue with Saraki’s trial. It is an “insult for Nigeria as a nation for Saraki to face trial and continue presiding at the Senate. If Saraki is convicted by the court, he should be jailed for 14 years to show that no one is above the law. While describing the present Senate as the most controversial and non performing one, he urged the electorate to put into consideration the qualities of leaders they elect to ensure proper representation at all levels and never hesitate to vote out the non performing leaders. Bameyi said he is in support of President Muhammadu Buhari anti-graft war provided he is not selective and bias. “Buhari meant well for Nigeria, only that the upper chambers are trying to frustrate his efforts because of their own selfish interest. PMB should therefore be wary of his movement, the food he eats and those who come around him,” he cautioned. In a related development, the CHYDAN founder expressed displeasure over non inclusion of youths in Buhari’s cabinet, stressing “I expected him to include young graduates into his administration and do away with all these ‘padi-padi’ politics in Nigeria. We have millions of young graduates who can perform better than all those over aged ministers.”

Texting at night affects teens’ sleep, academic performance –Research

Schoolchildren in Abuja

esearch has found that students who turned off their devices or who messaged for less than 30 minutes after lights out performed significantly better in school than those who messaged for more than 30 minutes after lights out. The study, published in the Journal of Child Neurology, is the first of its kind to link nighttime instant messaging habits of American teenagers to sleep health and school performance. “We need to be aware that teenagers are using electronic devices excessively

and have a unique physiology,” says study author Xue Ming, professor of neuroscience and neurology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. “They tend to go to sleep late and get up late. When we go against that natural rhythm, students become less efficient.” The American Academy of Paediatrics reports that media use among children of all ages is increasing exponentially; studies have found that children ages 8 to 18 use electronic devices approximately seven-and-a-half hours daily.

Ming’s research is part of a small but growing body of evidence on the negative effects of electronics on sleep and school performance. But few studies, Ming says, have focused specifically on instant messaging. “During the last few years I have noticed an increased use of smartphones by my patients with sleep problems,” Ming says. “I wanted to isolate how messaging alone - especially after the lights are out contributes to sleep-related problems and academic performance.” To conduct her study, Ming distributed surveys to three New Jersey high schools - a suburban and an urban public school and a private school - and evaluated the 1,537 responses contrasting grades, sexes, messaging duration and whether the texting occurred before or after lights out. She found that students who turned off their devices or who messaged for less than 30 minutes after lights out performed significantly better in school than those who messaged for more than 30 minutes after lights out. Students who texted longer in the dark also slept fewer hours and were sleepier during the day than those who stopped messaging when they went to bed. Texting before lights out did not affect academic performance, the study found.

Although females reported more messaging overall and more daytime sleepiness, they had better academic performance than males. “I attribute this to the fact that the girls texted primarily before turning off the light,” Ming says. The effects of “blue light” emitted from smartphones and tablets are intensified when viewed in a dark room, Ming says. This short wavelength light can have a strong impact on daytime sleepiness symptoms since it can delay melatonin release, making it more difficult to fall asleep - even when seen through closed eyelids. “When we turn the lights off, it should be to make a gradual transition from wakefulness to sleep,” Ming says. “If a person keeps getting text messages with alerts and light emission, that also can disrupt his circadian rhythm. Rapid Eye Movement sleep is the period during sleep most important to learning, memory consolidation and social adjustment in adolescents. When falling asleep is delayed but rising time is not, REM sleep will be cut short, which can affect learning and memory.” Ming notes some benefits to early-evening media use, such as facilitating collaboration for school projects, providing resources for tutoring, increasing school readiness and possibly offering emotional support systems.

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Fashola accuses past govts of failing to develop Nigeria Priscilla Dennis, Minna

inister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has accused past administrations of failing to develop the country, when there were adequate resources to do so. Speaking during a courtesy visit to Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, on Tuesday night at Government House, Minna, Fashola recalled how years back the country had money, but those sad-

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dled with its leadership did nothing. He said, “It just tells you the situation in which this administration inherited the country and what we failed to do at the time the nation was earning over $100 per barrel of crude oil a day, and what we failed to do then, we now have to do a lot more with less resources.” Lamenting the poor state of roads in the country, he assured of the commitment of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to fix them and afterwards shift focus on maintaining them periodi-

cally. “Look at the deplorable state of Ilorin- Jebba highway, for example, and the time being wasted driving through it and the increasing rate at which goods are damaged there due to its bad state. We are making 60km journey that should take 40 minutes, at one and a half to three hours,” he added. The minister decried the indiscriminate parking of trailers and heavyduty trucks on road shoulders, resulting in quick depreciation of the roads. He also said his ministry was currently looking

into ways of supporting irrigation farming in Niger State by taking advantage of the water bodies that abound and the expanse of farm land all the way from Ilorin to Minna. Commending the governor for intervening in the compensation settlement that stopped construction work at the 700mw Zungeru Hydro Power Dam for the past two years, Fashola expressed delight at the commencement of work again, adding that the 886 persons engaged to work at the dam site would help boost economic activities of the state.

North should replicate law on street begging James DanJUma, Katsina

atsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has called for the replication of law on street begging across states in the north. Masari was speaking when Commander General of Kano State Hisbah Board, Shiek Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, paid him a courtesy visit. Masari said the law, which operates in Kano State, should be replicated in all states of the north to ensure blanket compliance. He said Katsina State would study the law establishing the Hisbah Board, with possible replication. He said the board had

contributed in improving the lives of Almajiri and stabilising marriages in Kano State. The governor, however, said northern state governors have collective responsibility of repositioning the Almajiri system through gradual process. Daurawa had told Masari that the board was able to repatriate over 60,000 Almajiris to their states, with 30,000 from Katsina State. He said the board had been able to reconcile marriages, business transactions, as well as fight against drug abuse. He called on Katsina State government to establish similar board due to its significance to societal development.

Katsina to expend N1.3bn on UNICEF programmes James DanJUma, Katsina

L-R: Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Ahmed Shehu; Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Ronke Sokefun; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh and Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, OFR at the 41st National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development meeting in Kano, recently.

LG workers rebuff strike in Nasarawa igbawase UkUmba, Lafia

ocal government workers in Nasarawa State yesterday rebuffed the ongoing strike called by organised labour in the state and consequently resumed work. The workers, including Concerned Primary School Teachers in Nigeria, Concerned Local Government Workers, Leaders of Primary Healthcare Clinic Centres, School Based Management Committee and Casual Staff, staged a peaceful demonstration in Lafia, the state capital, to express their decision.

During the demonstration, spokesman of the groups, Abdulganiyu Abdullahi, told journalists that the reasons for their peaceful demonstration was to tell the world that they were not party to the strike. He said, “The so-called strike embarked on by labour in the state was politically motivated and full of sentiments. “It is because of this that we dissociated ourselves from the strike and since resumed work. Moreover, the strike is illegal as the union is insensitive to the feelings of the masses of Nasarawa State.” Abdullahi claimed that

civil servants constituted only 1.5 per cent of the state’s population of three million people, adding that the remaining 98.5 per cent has more stakes in the utilisation of the state’s resources. Meanwhile, permanent secretaries, directors,

principal officers and casual workers on the payroll of the state government have also resumed work following a directive from the Head of Service, HOS, Mr. Joseph Ancho, to that effect. The HOS expressed satisfaction with com-

bout N1.3bn is to be expended this year in Katsina State for implementation of UNICEF programmes. To this end, the state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, on annual work plan for implementation of UNICEF programmes in the state. The MoU was signed by Governor Aminu Bello Masari, while state Chief Field Officer, Mrs. Padmavathi Yedla, signed for UNICEF. According to the agree-

pliance to his directive by the affected workers when speaking to journalists in Lafia shortly after he undertook a monitoring visit to ministries, departments and agencies of government to see the level of compliance.

ment, the said amount would be spent this year as against the N915m expended last year. Speaking after signing the MoU, Masari assured of the state’s commitment to prompt payment of counterpart funding of UNICEF programmes and other development partners. The governor also promised to address issues raised by UNICEF on funding of malnutrition programme in some selected council areas in the state. He said the contributions of UNICEF in the improvement of various sectors in the state have assisted in transforming the lives of people. Earlier, Mrs. Yedla had told the governor that the amount would be expended on various programmes as contained in the agreement. She, however, requested for prompt release of the state’s counterpart funding to ensure success of the MoU.

Benue South re-run: Mark sues for peace

ormer President of the Senate, David Mark, has charged his supporters and voters in Benue State to be peaceful ahead of Saturday’s rerun election for the South senatorial district seat. This was contained in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mr. Paul Mumeh,

in Abuja yesterday. Mark urged eligible voters among his supporters to come out en masse and vote during the exercise. He advised them to comply with the rules of the game by being lawabiding, adding that those fanning the embers of war should think otherwise.

He said being in politics was a call for service and not a do-or-die affair, adding that the welfare of the people was paramount. Mark decried the series of unprovoked attacks on his supporters in the build-up to the election and urged the people of Benue South not to be de-

terred by the antics of the opposition. He told the supporters to remain calm even if the opposition may deliberately provoke them to disrupt the election. “You must stand tall and exercise your franchise within the ambits of the law,” he said.

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I could make a good president with what I learnt from OBJ —Ita-Giwa I went Into

Senator Florence ItaGiwa was elected Senator for the Cross River South constituency in April 1999 on the platform of the All Peoples Party, APP and was appointed to committees on Rules and Procedures, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Women, Niger Delta and Drug & Narcotics. After leaving the senate in 2003, she joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and became Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters to the then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. As she clocks 70, the fashion conscious senator popularly called Mama Bakassi, speaks with journalists on her lifestyle and politics among other issues. AYO ESAN brings excerpts.

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bakassI people and to also use that same platform to help the underprIvIleged for the purpose of contesting and winning election, I went to use the platform and today I am celebrating my 10 years of service to humanity. That is why sometime, I ask Nigerian politicians what they do outside contesting for elections. Some people come out to contest election, if they lose, they disappear if they win they sit.. In fact, once, they finish their term in office, they disappear. But am not in office. I am a politician, am not holding party office, am not holding government office yet I am very busy as you can see. I work round the clock which means that is a wonderful platform for me to address issues for the downtrodden and also take part in the development of my country. So it is a fantastic platform for me.

How do you feel attaining a ripe and glorious age of 70? I feel very fulfilled and I give Glory to God that am celebrating 70 and by the grace of God in good health, both physically and mentally and I feel very settled in my mind. The most interesting thing is that I am very certain that am in the right place that I should be. I feel very fulfilled with my family, with my work, with my charity and the position I rose to in my career as a politician is very fulfilling. But you don’t look 70. What is the secret? I think the answer I always give first is that probably because the year run so fast, the number of the years you are carrying or you have attained doesn’t allow your body the time to adjust to the number, because by the time you know it, it is Christmas and by the time you know it, it is a new year. So I just feel that with that, it will be difficult for the body to catch up. However, naturally in my family, we age well and from where I come from as an Efik woman, from the time you come into this world as a female you are made to appreciate the fact that it is beautiful to be a female, so whatever your aspirations are, whether you aspire to be the president of a country, a Doctor whatever you want

Ita-Giwa to be, the number one thing is that you must not lose your feminity. That is why I always tell people that I am a Calabar woman and I am not scared of age because from the time you are born, you are taught how to look after yourself, so we age gracefully. The idea is not to look young, I don’t want to be young but the idea is to age gracefully. So for that reason, knowing that my body is very receptive to food, I have a tendency to be fat, all my life, I have battled the possibility of weight, so I have always watch what I eat and it has turn out to be very healthy to me, and as I grew up, I took a career that is very stressful. I made it a ritual at the end of every day to find at least one hour where I now relax my mind, relax

my body and then settle back and pamper myself from a rough day because politics is very rough both mentally and physically. it takes it all round so I relax myself and take a very good dinner at the end of the day, I listen to news, I watch Television, I play music and then before I go to bed, I prepare myself by giving myself like 30 minutes of pampering. Why did you venture into politics? I went into politics because I needed a platform to address the issue of my Bakassi people and to also use that same platform to help the underprivileged, to speak for those who have been trampled upon, to be the voice of the people. I think I did not go to politics

What Is your take on the seeming fall of the PDP at both the national and state levels? It calls for people to learn a lesson. That first of all, if you have been in power for so many years you should never take power for granted. For the past 25 years that I won election to the House of representative, I have not stopped working. Every time I am interacting with my colleagues as if I am going for election tomorrow so you can never take the masses for granted, you can never take people for granted. We had a very good man and perhaps, if he had been given a second term, he could have completed all his projects. Nobody ever does well in the first term until the second term for you to learn well on the job as the president. But then the party itself didn’t CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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I could make a good president with what I learnt from OBJ —Ita-Giwa a lot of people that next to God look up to me. That again is indeed inspiring. That again is very energizing.

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strategise well, we sat down and watched people leave the party in anger without trying to massage their ego to bring them back. It is democracy. You cannot do politics through dictatorship, you have to be nice to people, you have to accommodate people, you have to learn to think of peoples’ ego, but nobody is there to work for each other. Some people including governors, became terrorist and bullies and unfortunately, politics is about who is the crowd puller, so if you watch, the crowd pullers leave the party, how can you win? And we thought we could perform magic. politics is spiritual .We don’t take it for granted, if you play with power God can take that power away from you, power is spiritual.

Seventy is a ripe age. How much more are you planning to dedicate to God and humanity giving your penchant for charity? For as long as I am alive and for as long as I can walk which is what I pray to God but if it gets to a point that I cannot walk, from my bed I will be involved in charity even though that will not happen because I believe that by the grace of God I will live a healthy life till the day I will go. For as long as I am alive, I will continue to serve humanity. When would you call your best moments growing into womanhood? Do you mean growing into womanhood as a baby? My best moments in life was discovering myself as a woman, discovering those things that makes a woman, discovering what aspects of career I wanted to pursue at the beginning of my own independence. Also meeting my husband, falling in love and getting married, having children and most recently would be adopting my children who today are doing amazingly well and remaining my source of pride. Anytime I look at them, I feel many inches taller than I am. All these are the things that makes growing up get really exciting. Discovering yourself and your body has been great and also knowing what you have to do in the midst of all God has created.

Do you sometimes feel intimidated by the male folks? I look at myself as a human being and I don’t allow myself to be intimidated and I don’t go out of my way to intimidate people, I just know that all of us are in the business of nation building, so for me it is not an issue. It is for you to show your political strength what I always tell people is that lets meet in the field as human beings, if you are good and nice to the people, it does not matter what gender you are, so I don’t see politics as a gender thing that is why I don’t play gender politics and then again the terrain I come from is difficult for you to play gender politics so we address each other as human beings. People see you as a very tough woman. Do you think you are one? It depends on their definition of tough but I know that like I said if there is anything as reincarnation, I want to come back a woman because there is nothing as amazing and as sweet as being a woman, so whether you have to be a tough woman to survive is what I don’t know, but I do know that I am a good strategist, because I spend too much time on my own, so I strategise a lot on how to survive in a country like Nigeria, if that is called being tough, so be it. What are your regrets in life so far? Absolutely no regrets. I thank God for every good things and every bad things that has happened to me but am very grateful because God has compensated me with good things for the bad things that happened to me. If I come back, I will still do it the same way. I have enjoyed everything that came along with what I choose to be in life. From my career as a nurse, as a medical professional, I have enjoyed it, from venturing into politics, I have enjoyed it, I have enjoyed the liberation I got from being in politics, it has allowed me the opportunity to speak freely, speak my mind, everything that comes with politics, I have enjoyed it up to the point of still dancing in the street at age 70. It’s all part of it because politics is liberating and so I can dance in front of a crowd of 1million people because it is my work, so I am totally liberated. You worked with former President Olusegun Obasanjo and perhaps, late Yar’Adua. What did you learn from them? I think with Obasanjo, initially, we didn’t take off well. While I was at the senate and he was the president, I think in the course of my struggle for separation of powers, be-

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To be candid, obasanjo was a sTraighT forward miliTary man and his desire To geT Things done as aT when due is noT negoTiable. cause we were the guinea pigs of this democracy because I joined the Okadigbo group to fight for separation of powers. To be candid, Obasanjo was a straight forward military man and his desire to get things done as at when due is not negotiable. Eventually we became very good friends with due respect, because today he is my friend, he is my father, he is actually my mentor and I like him tremendously. I still do not know any human being who is more committed to the success of this democracy, development of this country and feelings for the masses like former President Obasanjo. For four years that I worked with him, he refused to go to sleep and I saw that. It was pleasantly and excitingly tiring, because he worked round the clock, and from that four years I got to know my country, so that is what he did to my life, I got to know my country and got to know Nigerians and I know them. I know how Nigerians are, I got that opportunity to know my country, having worked with Obasanjo for four years. I could make a good president because of what I learnt from him so by the time I went to work for two years, it was like transferring my experience. Obasanjo believes in speed, efficiency and superior arguments and i think till today I am very impatient with anybody that does not use speed in things they do. In this part of the world, it is obvious women find it difficult to break even in politics, why do you think this is so and

what is the way out? I think it is not only in this part of the world but generally everywhere. The rise of women can be very meteoric because it has been so. You know women were seen as the weaker sex, as people that came into the world to have children but that has changed tremendously and it can change a lot more if women conquer fear and develop more confidence in themselves because it is for you to develop the confidence and say yes I can do it. It is very rough especially in the terrain of politics and as long as a woman is in the terrain of politics, there is a lot of antagonism and so a woman will have to put in a hundred times more than her male counterpart to be able to succeed in politics and so it just for a woman to develop that inner strength. Try to get rid of fear and move with that confidence that yes she can do it. What is it that really inspires you about life and keep you staying strong? I think my inspiration comes from first of all the environment in which I grew up. I grew up in an environment of very strong women. I grew up amongst my mother and even my fathers’ mother. Also my terms of responsibility helped me. I grew up knowing that I don’t have a choice than to do what I have to do just like the Americans would always say. That alone gives me a lot of strength and courage. Also looking at a lot of people that look up to me really inspires me. There

Would it be right to say that you are done with politics? I am not done with politics. Politics remains my number one platform to continue in doing my service to humanity. To speak on behalf of the downtrodden and to be able to participate in the development of my country. You don’t need to have a political appointment, you don’t have to be in government or contest elections but there are other aspects that can keep you busy and I am very busy though not in government. I presently do not hold any position in my party called the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and yet I am politically very busy and also I am a leader of my people. Sometimes you ask people what do you do when you are not contesting elections and ninety per cent of them don’t have a means of surviving when they are not in government but I can survive when I am not in government and I can tell you that currently I am very busy. As the foremost champion of the Bakassi people resettlement move, what is the state of things now in Bakassi? Well, it is unfortunate that up till now the Bakassi people are still refugees in their country. It is unfortunate that up till now, this country has still not settled the Bakassi people and they have become refugees out of no fault of theirs but basically out of a wrong decision but what is giving me hope today is that the new government is very passionate about the issue of Bakassi. The new governor is probably in a way might have grown up as been trampled upon and so he’s vehemently against the trampling of the common man and I have seen a lot of passion in him and I believe that with such passion and enthusiasm, the Bakassi people will be resettled and all the issues will be solved. I believe so and I intend to work closely with him.

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Bolanle Olafunmiloye is the Chairman of the Ondo State Wealth Creation Agency, WECA. In this interview, the legal practitioner spoke about the mandate of the agency, its achievements as well as challenges. Excerpts:

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Agriculture is the way to go in Nigeria —Olafunmiloye challenge and we’ve really been working on it. The second challenge was funding. It is still a challenge but let me tell you it has come in different stages. We were able to get out of that problem because we are collaborating with the federal government to provide specific funding. It can never be enough because we have over 400 youths and still have 2000 that want to be involved in the project. With collaboration, we are able to have funding for some of our projects. But it can never be enough. Climate is affecting us. There was a change in climate in 2014 and 2015. It rained all the way to December in 2014. The rain stopped sharply at the beginning of November in 2015 without any notice. It started late in 2015, about late June or July. Rain is supposed to start as far back as March, I mean the one that will allow farmers to crop. So, we have a challenge in terms of climate change. A lot of farmers cannot plant at the right time. The major challenge now is the sustainability of the project. You are aware the administration is winding up and we need to make sure we have a sustainable system in place.

You are a legal practitioner, a woman and you are here heading an agency in charge of wealth creation. How would you describe yourself ? You’ve described part of it. I am a woman. I am a lawyer by profession. I’ve been a lawyer for 16 years and an agriculturalist for two years. I am passionate about youth employment and empowerment. I think this is what has really driven me to try and perform. What’s the mandate of the Ondo State Wealth Creation Agency, WECA? Our main focus is looking at the opportunity of how our people can create wealth through agriculture. Our key mandate is to see the opportunities in the agricultural sector and to ensure that not only that the youths are attracted to the sector but they are retained and make a living in it. We look at all the opportunities, especially the value chain available. When we talk about agriculture, we are not just talking about farming. We are talking about the value chain, the different agricultural products, production, packaging, marketing and all sorts of things that deal with agriculture. What have been the achievements of the agency since you became its chairman? The agency was established in 2009. It is one of the first agencies that Governor tried to put in place to be able to tackle the issue of unemployment. Several youths have benefited from the programmes that he put in place. Since I was appointed chairman of the agency on November 15, 2013, a lot of things have happened and we’ve had quite a number of achievements. The agency has four agro cities. These are farm settlements that we run. They spread across the state. We have one at Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area, southern senatorial district of the state. We have one in Epe, Ondo East Local Government Area which is in the central senatorial district. We have two in the northern senatorial district, one at Ishuada in Owo Local Government Area and the other one in Auga in Akoko Northeast Local Government Area. Basic agricultural facilities were put in place. The idea is that the youths will be trained and whatever is learnt will be translated up there. We restructured the existing programme and called it pro-farmer, Agropreneuor Sustainance Scheme. Graduates are engaged, trained for a period of one to one and half years on agricultural best practices in key areas such as cassava cultivation, maize cultivation, vegetable cultivation, broiler production, fish farming and cattle rearing. We also have sericulture, bee-keeping and honey production. We launched the programme in 2014 and started with 280 young graduates. But as at now, we have 400 young graduates within a space of one and half years. We have several collaborations. We have collaboration with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, IITA, for technical training. We also collaborated with USAID on best practices, especially on agric business and agric entrepreneurship scheme. We collaborated with SURE-P Graduate Internship Scheme. Under this scheme, they had the opportunity of getting a monthly stipend of N20,000. Apart from training programmes and collaborations, we’ve also done enough in terms of production. Mr. Governor was able to clear a thousand of hectares of land just for cultivation of cassava and maize. As I speak now, the harvest and milling of the maize is going on. We’ve been able to cultivate 500 hectares of cassava, 300 hectares of maize just between 2014 and 2015. We’ve also been able to produce 15,000 broilers, both life and frozen. We’ve been able to set up a chicken processing plant, the first that is functional in Ondo state. We’ve also been able to produce 40,000 catfish in three circles. We have both life and smoked catfish. We have 100 cows.

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What’s your relationship with the Ministry of Agriculture? We work together. In fact, 90 per cent of the staff of WECA were deployed from the Ministry of Agriculture. But we have clear roles. The role of WECA is to develop the mindset of the youths and their skills for agriculture so that we can have a new crop of agriculturists. But the Ministry of Agriculture deal with everybody interested in agriculture.

Olafunmiloye There is so much attraction to agriculture. We now have youths coming to us that they are interested in agriculture. With a lot of sensitisation, we’ve let them see how attractive agriculture can be. Infrastructural development is another key one. We’ve provided hostels, poultries, dams, fish ponds. We’ve provided a lot of facilities. What have been the challenges? The initial challenge was that a lot of our youths didn’t want to go into agriculture. We spent a lot of time on publicity, advocacy, adverts encouraging youths that agriculture is the way to go. They were not really interested in agriculture because of the perception we have about it. The perception is key and that is a major challenge for us. We need to change the perception of what agriculture should be. It does not encourage us. It is not attractive. We are trying to change the face and perception of agriculture into something that is modern and attractive. It is a

What’s your advice to the teeming youths that want to become pro-farmers? I keep saying that 2016 is the year of agriculture. Anybody that really wants to know about agriculture, this is the time. People will always eat. You might decide not to buy fuel in your car, park it and take Okada. You might decide not to buy kerosine but opt for firewood. But you must eat at least once in a day. It means that provision of food is still constant irrespective of the economic situation. The youths have the opportunity to understand the agricultural sector. You don’t have to be a farmer. You can produce, you can package, you can market. Agriculture is the only sector that gives everybody the opportunity to play. It is the only sector that does not discriminate in terms of educational qualifications or statues. You don’t have to have a degree of knowledge before getting into the field. But it is the only sector that is underutilized.

Saraki’s trial: Northern youths urge CCT to be wary of selfish politicians KADUNA AzA Msue

pan- northern youth group under the auspices of Arewa Youth Network,has called on the Code of Conduct Tribunal,CCT to be diligent and sincere to its cause in the lingering trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The group said that as the country is already making democratic gains it is imperative for the nation to support top government functionaries at the helm of affairs rather than engaging in acts that

will distract them. In a communiqué signed by its president, Dr. Aminu Ibrahim, at the end of an emergency meeting in Kaduna, the group said CCT should not allow itself to be politically motivated or induced by any politician, group or individual in the case of the Senate President. The group added that the case of senate president should not be different from that of other cases including former governors and other office holders. The group said it is aware of moves by some politi-

cians to disrepute the Senate President using any available means and that the CCT could be one of them. The communiqué called on the Arewa Consultative Forum, the entire people of the North and well-meaning Nigerians to rise to the occasion and stand against people engaging in acts that can truncate the nation’s nascent democracy. “The Arewa Youth Network has been lately bothered on the lingering case of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). We

are particularly worried because as the nation is beginning to make some political gains and as the executive’s relationship with the legislature and judiciary is waxing stronger, anything that can overheat the polity and bring misunderstanding among the three arms of government is not needed right now. The CCT must sincere in Saraki’s trial immediately because his case before them is not any different from that of former governors which they have handled and we all know what happened”, it said.

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Again, ex-President Jonathan’s father kidnapped

unmen yesterday kidnapped Chief Inengite Nitabai, foster father to former President Goodluck Jonathan at Otuoke, Ogbia

Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Chief Nitabai, 72, was first kidnapped on February 28, 2014. Our correspondent

gathered that Chief Nitabai was abducted at his residence by seven heavily armed kidnappers at about 3:30am. The whereabouts of

the septuagenarian is unknown as at press time as his kidnappers are yet to get in touch with any member of his family.

Police Public Relations Officer, Asini Butswat, confirmed the incident. He said the police was on the trail of the kidnappers. Mr. Oru Solomon, a relation of the victim, who also confirmed the development, appealed

to the kidnappers to free the old man, given his age. It would be recalled that during his kidnap in 2014, Chief Nitabai was freed by security forces at Akipli community in Ogbia.

Oshiomhole disbands EDSTMA, accuses officials of extortion

G Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson (left) with MP, Head, Wesminster African Business Group/Member of British Parliament, Hon. Laurence Robertson, who was on the United Kingdom Parliamentary Trade Mission to Nigeria, after a breakfast meeting in Abuja, yesterday.

1,500 militants in Arepo to lay down arms, says PAP Olufemi AdeOsun, AbujA

pecial Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), yesterday said over 1,500 militants involved in violent activities in Arepo, Ogun State, have indicated readiness to lay down their arms. Apart from Arepo, the PAP coordinator also stated that several militants in Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Delta states are also making efforts to submit their arms and ammunition to the Federal Government. Although the Federal Government is battling the vandals at Arepo, through a Joint Military Task Force code-named Operation Awase, their unscrupulous activities have continued to lead to loss of lives and valuable assets. Boro disclosed this in Abuja while acquainting journalists with the recent activities of the amnesty programme and various strategies being put in place to exit it.

He said some of the contact persons to the militants in the other states in the South South had been linking up with the office on disarmament. According to him, PAP is perfecting plans to write the Presidency for permission to receive the arms and ammunition from the willing militants. He said it would be in the best interest of the country to ensure that such dangerous weapons are taken away from them. According to Boroh, the readiness to embrace peace is anchored on the success story of the Amnesty Programme. He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his commitment to peace and stability in the Niger Delta by sustaining the programme. “Since my appointment, I have come up with pragmatic steps towards ensuring stability in the Niger Delta region. “For example, I am making a letter to the appropriate higher authorities to allow for disarmament at Arepo. There are also some elements that want to do the same in Delta, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers

and others. “Some of those persons were displaced from Bakassi, some were armed and ready to disarm as well. It is more so because the Amnesty Programme is succeeding. Also, it is in the interest of the country that more people are disarming. “A total 1,500 are to disarm at Arepo. The figure is huge and frightening. In Delta, I am not too sure of

the exact number; verification has to be made. But there is a point of contact with them. It is also the same in the other areas.

“We must appreciate the President for the sustenance of this Programme,” he said. Giving update of the programme, he added 17,000 out of the 30,000 ex-militants were trained from 2009 to August 2015.

overnor Adams Oshiomhole has disbanded the Edo State Transport Management Agency, EDSTMA. The governor said the move was aimed at sanitising and ridding the roads of unwholesome activities of some officials of the agency. Speaking during an unscheduled visit to the premises of the Ministry of Transport yesterday, Oshiomhole said government had received series of complaints on activities of members of the agency. “I have received a lot of complaints from members of the public. Even some of our commissioners have observed a lot of extortion going on. All of these young men and women just go and put on T-shirts, unauthorised, unemployed. “They just take over some strategic streets and extort money from members of the public. Whether you are guilty or

not, they take you to this place, issue fake receipts, and we have seen a number of the fake receipts. One was shown to us this morning, and we find a similar example here now. “So, I want to once again publicly announce that these men called EDSTMA have since been disbanded. They have no business on the roads. “Henceforth, anybody they harass, the person should report them to the nearest police station. We are going to set up a monitoring squad made up of policemen, both plain clothes and uniformed policemen to arrest anyone that decides to turn our highway to extortion point. Anyone that harasses motorists in the state will be sent to prison,” he said. The governor ordered the immediate release of over sixty vehicles illegally impounded from motorists for allegedly contravening traffic offences in the state capital.

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ross River State government has expressed commitment towards prudent exploration and exploitation of solid mineral resources so as to turn around the fortunes of the state. To achieve this, the state plans to partner with reputable local and international investors to establish three quarries, cement, ceramic and salt processing factories and a tarpaulin manufacturing factory in various parts of the state. Commissioner for Solid Mineral Resources,

George Oben-Etch, who made this known in Calabar yesterday, said one quarry would be sited in each of the three senatorial districts of the state. He added that a cement factory would also be located in Akamkpa to tap the rich limestone deposit in the area, stressing that more than four cement factories can still be established, bearing in mind the large deposit of the resource. Oben-Etch stated that Cross River was the second largest state with the deposit of 28 different solid mineral resources. These include limestone, granite, tantalite, zinc,

gold and salt. He said the establishment of a tarpaulin manufacturing factory would be profitable, bearing in mind the numbers of trucks that come in and out of the state on daily basis. The commissioner further disclosed that Yala Local Government Area has over three billion cubic deposit of salt, even as he disclosed that a salt processing factory has been earmarked for the area. The state government is also planning to establish a ceramic industry, the commissioner added. He added that the focus

on solid mineral resources was Governor Ben Ayade’s commitment to diversify the economy of the state, even before the current glut in the world oil market, which is Nigeria’s main commodity and number one foreign exchange earner. He said the Federal Government has given a go ahead to states to explore and exploit solid mineral deposits in their domain, adding that Cross River is taking advantage of this window of opportunity to develop the sector to create employments for the people of the state and equally generate revenue.

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bonyi State Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Emmanuel Onwe, yesterday attributed the failure of former President Goodluck Jonathan at the 2015 general election to internal distraction. Onwe stated this while interacting with newsmen in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. He also alleged plot by some politicians in the former administration led by Martin Elechi to pull down the present administration. He noted that the Jonathan administration was a victim of internal contradictions and personal ambitions, which made him to fail. At the state level, he raised the alarm that some ‘‘failed’’ politicians in the state have resorted to using fetish ways to attack Governor David Umahi and other Executive Council members with the aim of bringing down the government. He said, “Those who want to distract the government, for example, those who go to

rural shrines and organise community meetings to attack exco members or create scenario to distract members of exco are warned to desist from such acts, as this government will resist it.” The Information commissioner maintained that the state government would not allow the bad influence of the previous administration to distract it, restating that such influence would be vehemently resisted. He said empires rise and fall but one of the greatest and most consistent parts of history is that empires fall because of conspiracies. He argued that during the administration of Governor Elechi, the state had more than five de facto governors, with each at every point in time asserting his own authority and priorities, a situation he said killed government’s good objectives and intentions. According to Onwe, the governor again, warned his appointees during the State Executive Council meeting that this kind of development was in the past, as his government would not tolerate any internal contradictions and clash of interests.

Cultism: Police take campaign to Enugu hinterland

olice in Enugu say they have begun a campaign aimed at eliminating cultism and other related social vices in schools in the state. Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, yesterday in Enugu that the campaign would be taken to all nooks and crannies of the state. “Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices, in short form – POCACOV - is taking us to the communities, to schools and colleges where we are telling students about the need for one to become a champion by following the road map (we are showing them). “This road map of becoming a champion talks about the need for one not to be involved in crime and criminality, because as soon as you get yourself involved in crime and criminality, the road to becoming a champi-

on would be dimmed. “You are not going to be a champion because somebody that is arrested and perhaps sentenced would have his future ruined and would no longer become a champion. “So, to be a champion, you better shun acts of cultism and other vices. “This is exactly what we are doing. “We have taken it (campaign) to schools, from school A to school B, and school C; we are taking it one after the other. We are also taking it to the rural communities. “We circulate our distress call numbers; we also circulate our Twitter and Facebook (sites) and all that. We interact with members of the public and they tell us what is happening. “I can tell you that the level, the tide has gone down with the level of sensitisation the command had involved itself with,” he said.

Sector Commander of FRSC in Anambra State, Mr. Sunday Ajayi (2nd-L); Assistant Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Ayuba (3rd-L); Commander Anthony Okore (3rd-R) and Others, during a Strategic Partnership visit of officials of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to the state command headquarters of the FRSC, in Awka, yesterday. PHOTO:NAN

Flooding: NEMA mobilises South-East communities EmmanuEl EzEh ENUGU

head of 2016 rainy season, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, is set to embark on aggressive sensitisation campaign in Anambra communities to forestall flood-related disasters. The South-East zonal coordinator of NEMA, Ejike Udeinya, at his maiden press conference on assuming office in Enugu, also disclosed that the agency would take the campaign to all coastal areas in the zone. Recalling the magnitude of havoc wreaked by

flood in Anambra State and other states in recent past, the South-East NEMA boss called on Nigerians to be proactive in management of disaster and emergency situations. He, however, blamed the worsening cases of flooding on construction of houses on drainages, calling on relevant government agencies to stop giving approvals for such structures. He said, “By the time we do such audience segmentation and sensitisation, they would be able to respond appropriately in any case of disaster.” While unveiling his blueprint, Udeinya, who was

transferred from NEMA headquarters in Abuja, said in line with the agency’s vision, his major thrust would be building disasterresistant communities, stressing that “the communities will be properly trained on best measures to mitigate disasters.” He added that to achieve the set goals, “we shall partner with the State Emergency Management Agencies, SEMA, and local government emergency management committees and all other government agencies. “We will collaborate with the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, especially in training drivers on

basic first aid, how to bandage wounds, reduce bleeding, among other things. “We also intend to mobilise all the non-governmental organisations in the field of disaster management, and other professional groups, including the road transport workers, to partner with us in this regards. “Within this period, we shall also target postprimary and tertiary students with messages on basic things they need to do on disaster management. In so doing, we shall make disaster risk-reduction clubs in schools very active.”

Imo re-run: Senatorial aspirants shun peace briefing Chris njoku OWERRI

ll senatorial candidates for Saturday’s re-run election in Imo North failed to attend a peace accord meeting organised yesterday by the police command to ensure violence-free election. This is as Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, has warned trouble makers to stay away from the election zone as anybody caught fomenting trouble would be arrested and prosecuted. Saturday’s senatorial rerun election will take place in Okigwe zone, while election for the House of Assembly would hold in Isiala Mbano, Oru East and 11 polling units of Owerri West Local Government Area.

Top senatorial contestants, Senator Ethan Achonu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his APC counterpart, Benjamin Uwajumogu, were neither present nor represented at the security meeting. Apart from absence of the senatorial candidates, other contestants for House of Assembly, including their party chairmen, attended the meeting. Addressing stakeholders at the Command Headquarters, Owerri, Lakanu said thuggery and electoral violence will not be condoned before, during and after the poll, adding that the police would prevent ballot boxsnatching by providing adequate security during the election. He said as part of its prep-

aration, human and vehicular traffic would be restricted in election areas, adding: “As a result, nobody will be allowed there unless assigned to do electoral jobs. So, people should stay 200 metres away from the polling station after election.” He further disclosed that the police have set up a committee to look into complaints that may arise from the re-run. Also, acting Resident Electoral Commissioner, Chinedu Evurulobi, said the gathering was to ensure peaceful election on Saturday, adding that unlike before, accreditation and voting would take place simultaneously while electoral process will start by 8am and end 2pm, except where there is late arrival of electoral materials.

He said card reader would be used for the election, adding that collation for constituency elections would take place at ward and local government levels while that of senate would be at the ward and local government area and senatorial. According to him, in the event of a malfunctioning card reader, the incident forms would be used as a replacement. Meanwhile, the state chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Hilary Ekeh, has expressed fear on the use of card readers during the rerun election in the state. He said 80 per cent of the problems that usually emanate during election were from use of card readers because of its unreliability.

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agos State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, has said that employing 1,300 teachers to fill vacancies in more than 1,000 public primary schools in the state is “grossly inadequate.” The union’s Chairman, Mr Segun Raheem, told the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Lagos that 1,300 teachers amounted to one teacher per school. He was reacting to NAN’s findings in the Alimosho Local Government primary schools where most of the classes have no teachers. “1, 300 (teachers) that is ongoing is for primary schools, not secondary CHANGE OF NAME

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Recruitment of 1,300 teachers inadequate for Lagos State primary schools, says NUT to a school and of course, this is grossly inadequate “We have over 1,000 schools in Lagos State, if you are now recruiting 1300 (teachers), the statistics is like one (teacher) to

a school and this is grossly inadequate. “In fact, between last year and this year, more than 2,000 teachers would be retiring in that sector. “Even the 1,300 they are

planning to recruit will not even be enough to replace those that are retiring between last year and this year,” he said. The chairman, however, appealed to the state

government to recruit more teachers into the public primary and secondary schools so as to meet the UNESCO’s standard of 25 pupils to one class.

ndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it will be conducting 22 re-run elections in eight states of the federation on Saturday following the judgments of the Court of Appeal. This was contained in

the commission’s daily bulletin issued yesterday in Abuja. The states, according to the bulletin, are Benue, Kaduna, Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi, Taraba and Imo. The commission stated

that preparations were already on to ensure hitchfree mini general elections. “A breakdown of these elections shows that the commission will conduct four senatorial elections, three federal constituency elections and 15 state con-

stituency elections. “The senatorial elections will be conducted in Benue South Senatorial District, Imo North Senatorial District, Kogi Central Senatorial District and Kogi East Senatorial District,” it added.

It further said the federal constituency elections would also hold in Okene/ Ogori Magongo Federal Constituency of Kogi, Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency of Nasarawa and Kurmi/ Sardauna Federal Constituency of Taraba.

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schools. “Even the 1,300, like we have said, we have over 1000 schools in Lagos. “That is, we are (recruiting) 1300, the statistic is like one (teacher)

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MOUNTAIN OF THE WORD AND POWER CHURCH This is to inform the general public that the above named Church applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Rev. Lucky Onovughakpor – G.O 2. Mr. Moses Onovughakpor – Secretary 3. Pastor Mrs. Augustina Onos 4. Mr. Augustine Kpokpo 5. Pastor Lawrence Evbuomwan

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This is to confirm that i LAMINE SOU MOHAMMED is also known to be the same person as SOU MOMAMADOU LAMINE . All former documents remain valid. General public to take note. Date of birth is 3rd August, 1965.

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HOST OF HEAVEN RESCUE MISSION This is to inform the general public that the above named Church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Apostle Dr. Benjamin Ehidiamhen 2. Obere Charles 3. Sunday Obika

– G.O – Secretary - Member

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ. 2. Propagation of the gospel of the lord. 3. To live a wholesome life style that glorified God

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ. 2. Propagation of the gospel of the lord.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Cresent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar- General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Cresent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: REV. LUCKY ONOVUGHAKPOR – G.O

SIGNED: APOSTLE DR. BENJAMIN EHIDIAMHEN – G.O

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I formerly known and addressed as Mr MIKE FEMI now wish to be known and addressed as Mr AYINDE MICHAEL OLUWAFEMI. All former documents remain valid, Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and the general public should take note CONFIRMATION OF NAME That on some of my documents, my name appears as BABALOLA ELIZABETH, while on others it appears as ADEWOLU ADEREMI ELIZABETH. But now wish to be known, called and addressed as ADEWOLU ADEREMI ELIZABETH. That all documents bearing both names are mine and remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note

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I hereby declare that my name was wrongly written on my International passport as Ibrahim Zumaila instead of Ibrahim Ishmail. While my correct date of birth is 25th of February, 1954. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and general public take note.

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I, Ajiko Daniel, hereby notified the general public that my date of birth was wrongly written as 3rd day of April, 1993 instead of the correct date of birth - 10th day of April, 1993. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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Who wants to be a football manager? Well, people like me who are too old to play, too poor to be a director and too much in love with the game to be an agent. –Steve Coppell (1993)

NFF gives Oliseh final warning

...sacks his PA, Babangida

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he Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reviewed the Super Eagles participation in the 4th African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Rwanda, and the outbursts of Coach Sunday Oliseh after Nigeria’s ouster and has consequently given Oliseh a final warning. At the end of its Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday, in Abuja, the NFF said it had acknowledged Oliseh’s apology for his diatribes, but added in a statement yesterday, “the Executive Committee made it clear that similar infractions would not be tolerated in future.” Also, in a direct signal to Oliseh that henceforth, he should toe official line, the coach’s Personal Assistant, Tijani Babangida, was relieved of his appointment with immediate effect. “The immediate disengagement of Mr. Tijjani Babangida as Personal Assistant to Super Eagles’ Coach, Sunday Oliseh, as

Oliseh

recommended by the Technical and Development Committee, was unanimously approved and General Secretary was therefore mandated to follow the due process in effecting his disengagement,” the NFF said further. To prove to Oliseh that he is still hanging unto his job because of the intervention of the Youth and Sports Minister,

Solomon Dalung, an angry NFF Establishment ruled: “In line with global best practices, the Committee decided that Coach Oliseh MUST henceforth report to the NFF General Secretary and the Technical and Development Committee, and should be ready to defend his entire programme before the Committee, including invitation of players

and training programmes.” Meanwhile, Coach of the Chile 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup winning Golden Eaglets, Emmanuel Amuneke, has been promoted to head the technical crew of the U-20 Flying Eagles. He will be assisted by Kabiru Baleria and Emeka Amadi as Assistant Coach and Goalkeeper Trainer respectively.

Similarly, former Super Falcons’ Captain, Florence Omagbemi, will take over the coaching job of the senior national women’s team in the interim until an expatriate coach is appointed. Omagbemi will be assisted by Perpetua Nkwocha, Ann Chiejine and Bala Mohammed. Ganduje makes Ramat Cup commitment

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deputy, Prof. Abdulahi Umar, the championship which was initiated in honour of late Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed, has over the years produced talent who later represented Nigeria at the various national teams and commended YSFON for its consistency in organising the annual tournament. National President of YSFON, Yusuf Gawuna, who also doubles as Kano State Commissioner for Agriculture, while expressing his appreciation to Kano State Government for sponsoring the championship, commended all the teams that took part for their

maturity and discipline throughout the duration of the week-long tournament. “I am particularly grateful to Governor Ganduje for not only accepting to host the championship but also promising to continue its partnership with YSFON as a mark of honour to late Gen. Muhammed who was an indigene of Kano State,” Gawuna who was accompanied by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Youth and Sports, Mohammed Garuba, stated. Meanwhile in the final decided at the Kano Pillars Stadium,

Katsina State defeated their Kaduna State counterparts by 9-8 penalties after their game ended 1-1 at regulation time to emerge winners of the tournament, just as Lagos State recorded a 5-2 penalty victory over Bauchi to win the third place. Receiving the trophy on behalf of the winning team, Katsina State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Alhaji Abdul Abu Dakum, noted that apart from Katsina State Government hosting the victorious team at a later date, the state government will also sponsor the team to a tournament in Norway.

Ganduje makes Ramat Cup commitment

overnor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says his government will continue to support the Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria (YSFON) in its bid to use the annual Ramat U-16 Football Championship to discover hidden talent at the grassroots. The governor stated this during the final of this year’s championship decided at the Kano Pillars Stadium Kano. According to the governor who was represented by his

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Diversifying Nigerian economy: The Innoson example

y friends all, our economy remains in dire straits. Oil, the meal ticket we have always been so stupidly complacent about is in limbo and our nation now groans pathetically about what was, but is no more. But then, have we expended our redemption quota as a nation? Thankfully no. In spite of the scandals and the betrayer wrought on the land by those in whom we entrusted our commonwealth, and despite the foolish sole dependence on a dying, monetarily fickle mineral, it is still a blessed nation. If we look inwards, we can verily find the elixir of our nagging ailments. We can find efficacious balms in the long abandoned but copious human resources neglected in favour of the ephemeral oil. Beyond the seemingly accursed oil wealth that had turned a once produc-

he adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of FIFA chaired by Jack Kariko has imposed a sanction of a warning and fine of CHF 7,000 on Germany legend, Franz Beckenbauer. The sanction comes into force immediately. FIFA said the decision was made

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tive and circumspect people into spoilt, lazy drones, our nation is still blessed with abundant human talents, people highly skilled and endowed with the intellectual and material answer to the Nigerian question. We have seen it in the industry of Dangote. The Dangote example is of course over flogged, but there is an even more refreshing example nesting in the east of the land. Its name is Innoson! For decades we have pined about the Nigerian car. We have wasted so much national wealth in the form of foreign exchange sunk into importing the Toyotas, Hondas, Chevrolets, Kias, Mercedeses, Mitsubishis, Jaguars, Bentleys, and even the Bugattis of recent craze. Irked by the waste, we have dreamed of a day when we would manufacture our own car (Sedan) or truck or SUV. That dream has since come true but, scandalously, we have refused to acknowledge it. Innoson Motors has been the answer to the decades-long question of self sufficiency. It has been around awhile but our leaders and the long-suffering people have refused to embrace it. Why? Simply because it is owned by one of us, inspired by one of us and innovated by our own engineers! I have never been to Nnewi. Nor any of Innoson offices nationwide. I made an effort to speak with the General Manager of Innoson Motors twice but got no response. In spite of this, I must do my job. I think it’s time we started buying Nigerian cars. If what I have seen from

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NIGERIAN GIRLS LIKE FOLAKE, AMAKA OR FATIMAH our streets is anything to go by, I think it’s time we woke up from the death sleep and embrace companies like Innoson wholeheartedly. How do we grow if we keep draining our hard earned money into the coffers of foreign firms? I am irked by this Nigerian tendency to believe it must be bad if it is made in Nigeria. Why not let our revolution begin with national initiatives like Innoson? If you don’t know it, Nigerians, be informed that Ghana, and even Uganda have already taken the bull by the horn. While a Ghanaian manufacturer has rolled out top class SUVS, its Uganda counterpart also recently unveiled its own innovation, the solar powered bus! And these nations are so proud of these breakthroughs! So what’s wrong with us? For how long do we continue to court poverty in plenty’s midst? Or is there something in our star that makes us eternal squander maniacs, ever steeped in the pro-slavery schizophrenia that makes foreign things attractive, while we consign our own inventions into the dustbin of neglect? The Innoson example is no fluke. I have seen the vehicles and even once

took a ride in one of their SUVs being used by the National Orientation Agency and I think it was not a bad ride. I encourage Nigerians to stand by companies like Innoson if our dream of home grown wealth must be fulfilled. Do we know what India has done with Tata? That’s India, a fellow sufferer of the colonialist mal-adventure. Beyond our slothful indulgence in the moribund oil, organizations like Innoson are our best path to sustenance and true wealth. On its part, Innoson should also make its marketing more attractive to the Nigerian fancy. They may in fact start with the names of the cars. I think the current names like IVM are too technical and market-shy for my liking. In a cutthroat world of competitive marketing, analogue vehicle christening is simply inimical to customer attraction. Why did those brands name their cars, Sorento, Serena, Rio, Accord, Jaguar, Panther etc? Why won’t Innoson consider such local fancy names as Olobounboun, Farioro, Egbin, etc? You can also name the sedans after Nigerian girls like Folake, Amaka or Fatimah and the SUVs after our own Zaki, Ogidan, Enyi etc. Funny? I don’t think so! The name often sells the car! Nevertheless, kudos to the Innoson guys. I am happy that the Senate is taking some steps forward. I also applaud Senator Ben Murray Bruce’s symbolic gesture in personally purchasing two Innoson vehicles and making a show of this. So what’s your take, President Muhammadu Buhari? And what are you up to, state governors? Why can’t a Lagos State with such enormous vehicular needs look beyond China and give Nnewi a chance? Imagine the enormous foreign exchange that LAMATA would have saved had at least some of the vehicle supply contracts been awarded to competent companies like Innoson! Ojewusi wrote via solaojewusi@yahoo.com

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FIFA warns, fines Beckenbauer based on investigations carried out by the chief of investigation, Vanessa Allard, member of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee. “In the present case, Mr. Beckenbauer failed to cooperate with an Ethics Committee investigation con-

ducted by the then chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee regarding the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bids despite repeated requests for his assistance. “The present case did not look into the matters related to the awarding of the 2006 FIFA World

Cup to Germany. “As Mr. Beckenbauer subsequently demonstrated a willingness to cooperate, he has been sanctioned with a warning and fine of CHF 7,000. Mr. Beckenbauer had been previously provisionally banned for some time in regard to the present case.”

Beckenbauer

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