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Law School: NOUN graduates lament over degree certificates

Ï As fresh candidates withdraw applications Augustine Okezie, Abuja

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Scores of candidates who bagged LLB Degree in Law from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) have expressed disappointment over their inabil-

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ity to go into full legal practice as expected, following their ineligibility to attend the mandatory Law School and not being called to the Bar. Some of the graduating Law students of NOUN spoke with Continued on page 6

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Invasion of The Daily Times complex by Sen. Obiora, SARS: Time to stop the madness

ÏÏÏ On Friday, January 19, 2018, a de-

tachment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police from Abuja, at the prompting of embattled Senator Ikechukwu Obiora, swooped on the headquarters of Daily Times of Nigeria (DTN) on Lateef

Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos. The heavily armed men numbering about 10 with AK-47 riffles, arrived in a Coaster bus at about 9.30 am, broke into the office complex of the newspaper house where they met some

journalists who were preparing to go home to freshen up for the day’s work after sleeping over the previous day due to production of the newspaper. In a gestapo action, the intruders took the journalists and some administrative staff by the jugular, bundled

them into the waiting bus at gun-point and proceeded to cart away the company’s computers, other systems from the newsroom and documents from the admin office.

Farmers vs Herdsmen: Series IV

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Nigerian elite own most cattle not herdsmen -Investigation

Ï Active participants: Govs, ex-Govs, ministers, commissioners, perm secs, directors Ï Kaduna loses N37.5bn tax annually to cattle breeders

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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cattle rearing is one of the lucrative businesses in the country in which the tax authority Continued on page 5

Buhari won’t contest in 2019 if he has health challenge - Adesina 5 Economy remains strong despite MPC postponement - Emefiele B1 2019: My performance will enhance electoral fortunes of PDP in Rivers- Wike 9

Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel (third left); General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye and others during the arrival of Adeboye at Akwa Ibom International Airport to lay the foundation stone of the International Worship Centre, Uyo...on Sunday.

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Nigerian elite own most cattle not herdsmen -Investigation Continued from page 1 does not look into and most of the people behind the business especially in the Northern part of the country, are the elite: State governors, former governors, ministers, commissioners, permanent secretary and directors. Investigation by The Daily Times indicates that these elite buy the cattle and handover to the herdsmen to rear for them. This is because the cost of feeding the cattle is very cheap as most are shepherded on free grazing land moving from one place to another. One of the Fulani herdsmen, Sajo Mohammed from Dangoma, Kaduna State, told our correspondent that most of the cattle they breed do not belong to them. He said that some prominent people from the state and sometimes even outside the state owned the cattle. He said what normally happen is that, “The person would approach a Fulani man and discuss terms with you, then buy a certain number of cow and give to you, every two years, he gives you a calf or money depending on your agreement”. This has also put to question; the presumption that the herdsmen are the ones creating the problem. This development would also

compel one to ask why the government is so keen at providing free land for grazing or cattle colonies when cattle rearing or herding is a privately owned business. Mr. Friday Bulus, a farmer in Godo-Godo, a village in Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State where the suspected herdsmen have launched attacks on several occasions, killing tens of people and destroyed homes and farm produce, said he did not support the idea of establishing grazing reserves or cattle colonies for cattle owners. Bulus said cattle rearing is like every other business other citizens in the country do and as such, it should not be an exception, saying that, “What is sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander.” Dr. Ishaya Anthony, a farmer and lecturer at the Kaduna State College of Education Gidan Waya, said he totally disagreed with the idea of government proving grazing land for herdsmen. He described the decision as biased and complete injustice to other citizens of Nigeria. He said: “Where will the governor get the land from? Would the government go and take it from a farmer and give to them? When you want to rear fishes, you go and buy land. You don’t go to government to get you land; Kaduna State is supposed to be one of the

places. “Most of the cattle you see don’t belong to the Fulanis, but they belong to the politicians and other rich people in the country. It’s the elite and big men who employ Fulanis. Why would such big men not buy land but instead want the government to give them land? They only pay the Fulani to keep the cattle. “What would happen if you remove the availability of land? It would be cheaper for the government to buy all the 16 million cattle

heads and replace them with the breed that grows up to 700kg instead. “There is a cost to land. What is the cost of this land and that of the cattle? That way of life, moving from one place to another, has been done in all societies and would fade away with time. You cannot therefore come and create more problems by expropriating land. Isn’t it better for the cattle owners to get the land, grow the grass and keep the cattle there? When our correspon-

dent sought from the local people in Southern Kaduna who have been victims of herdsmen attacks on what should be done to address the incessant crises, one of the people simply said “taxation.” He said: “When the government keeps record of all cattle breeders or owners, it will be very easy to track anyone that commits crime. And because they know the government has their record, and they pay tax per cattle, they will not misbehave as they do. This

will help in checkmating their excesses. “The logic of moving these cattle by the herdsmen from one place to the other is also said to be another means of evading tax payment asides the reason of searching for lush grass.” Mr. John Kantyok also questioned the rationale behind government’s demands for cattle colony saying, “It is time that the Continued on page 7

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal turning on the switchboard to officially unveil the 80kw solar mini grid for Kurdula community of Gada LGA.

Buhari won’t contest in 2019 if he has health challenge - Adesina

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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politicking for the 2019 presidency is gathering momentum, the Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will not seek re-election if he considers his health as a challenge. Although Buhari is yet to speak publicly about his reelection bid, his supporters have been urging him to seek for re-election in 2019. The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on Friday, said all his colleagues in party have endorsed Buhari for a second term. Ministers and top members of the ruling party also witnessed the flagging off of the South-West zonal office of Buhari campaign in Ibadan on Saturday.

But Adesina, while speaking with State House correspondents on Sunday, said that Buhari would consider his health before taking any decision on 2019. He said, “Health is wealth. The president is not a frivolous person. If he thinks that his health cannot carry anything, he will not do it. “So, of course, his health will matter a lot. It will be very important but we need to give the glory to God for the way he is now. “Every day you see the president, you see a glow about him, you see a freshness about him. I think he’s even in a better state than when he came in 2015. It’s all to the glory of God. “So, once he assesses that his health can carry it, there’s nothing wrong if he steps into the fray. But he has the final decision.” The health condition of the president was a major issue last year as Buhari spent over 100 days at a Lon-

don hospital. Adesina also said free and fair election is one of the legacies Buhari intends to leave behind. He said the president has demonstrated that he respects the will of the people. He said, “The President has always said, he said it publicly before but those of us who are his aides when we talk we reiterate it that if it is the only thing he does, he wants to give free and fair elections to the country, elections that are acceptable. “And you would have noticed that since this government came, there have been some elections which the APC did not win. “It was not like that in the past when a certain party was in power. They won all the elections that held in states. “But you saw what happened in Anambra. Just this weekend, you saw a senatorial election there. Some months ago, in No-

vember, you saw the governorship election. If APC had wanted to overrun Anambra using federal might, it would have done so and win the election. “Election had held in Bayelsa under this administration, APC didn’t do it. Ondo, APC won fair and square. Kogi, it won fair and square. Where APC wins, it wins. Where it loses, it loses. That’s the attitude of the President. Your party doesn’t have to win by hook or crook. “So, he says if it is the last thing he does, he will leave free and fair elections for Nigeria. So, he will bequeath free and fair election to Nigeria and that is happening.” Adesina also advised those who have been endorsing Buhari to wait until the president make his position on the election known. He said, “Then, talking of his own personal ambition or lack of it, we have to wait

until he blows the whistle. You can’t start a race until the whistle is blown. So, when he blows the whistle and say ‘yes, this is my ambition,’ then, the race start. “So, for now, we just say that we keep waiting on him to tell us what direction to go. For those asking Buhari to tow the late Nelson Mandela option of four years only, Adesina said, “Of course, this is a democracy. People will always have a right to their opinions. You know one thing about democracy is that there is multiplicity of opinions. So, those who believe in the Mandela option, it is their right. And it is also the right of the president to run or not to run. So, you don’t abridge the right of anybody under a democracy. “ On whether Buhari has done enough to give him a second term, Adesina said, “I believe that if the president wants to run, he can run. I will support him. I will

always support him any day. “Then, has he done enough? “More than enough. In fact, a second term will give him chance to consolidate on what he has done. “The things he has done are apparent: security, despite the challenges of the moment, you can’t rule out what he has done in security. Economy: economy went into recession, stayed there just for one year, it has come out and the indices are good. Even the World Bank has projected 2.5% growth for Nigeria this year. So, in the economy, the government is doing well. The economy is like a plane with its nose up. As long as you have a plane with its nose up when it’s taking off, it’s good news. “Anti-corruption, no friend, no foe. That goes on. So, those three things he appointed for himself, one, to secure the country, two, to fight corruption, three, to revive the economy, they are going well.”

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Law School: NOUN graduates lament over degree certificates Continued from page 1 The Daily Times during an exclusive interview at the School’s convocation ground in Abuja on Saturday. The Daily Times recalls also that the case of nonadmission of NOUN law graduates into the Nigerian Law School has been lingering for quite some time because of the demand that certain legislative amendments needed to be made into the act establishing the institution by the National Assembly before the students could be admitted into the school. Only late last year, a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, dis-

missed a suit by a group of graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria. The graduates had approached the court over an alleged refusal by relevant authorities to grant them admission into the Nigerian Law School. Justice Hilary Oshomah, who ruled on the matter, held that gaining admission into the Nigerian Law School was tedious, insisting that studies should not be on part-time basis. Justice Oshomah, who made reference to the Legal Education Act 2004, section 1:1, also pointed out that relevant authorities had the statutory power to put rules and policies in place with a view to setting the

standard of admission for students into the Nigerian Law School. The judge further dismissed the relief sought by the plaintiffs, who claimed that the refusal by the relevant authorities to admit them into the Law school infringed on their rights, adding that the court would not grant the students’ request because admission into the Law School was guided by rules and policies. The development implies that NOUN will continue to churn out law graduates that will not officially practice, until the necessary instruments are in place for them to be admitted into the law school. Another investigation

carried out by The Daily Times shows that fresh candidates who intend to study Law at NOUN are withdrawing their applications, as they do not wish to suffer the same fate as graduates who could not practice after completing their programme. At a Cyber café in the Central Business District of Abuja, an applicant who simply identified herself as Chioma, told the The Daily Times that she is no longer applying for Law, but rather will go for Mass Communication. Meanwhile, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, bagged a Doctorate Degree in Theology at the seventh convocation

L-R: Former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson at the 7th Convocation Ceremony of the National Open University (NOUN) in Abuja where Obasanjo emerged the first PhD holder from NOUN...at the weekend.

of NOUN in Abuja. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Abdalla Uba Adamu, said in his address at the ceremony that Obasanjo was among other notable Nigerians in the list of the 14,769 graduands in which 41 of them made first class honours. Abdalla listed other outstanding graduating students which he described as NOUN Ambassadors

including: Chief Chika Okpala, popularly known as ‘’Chief Zebrudaya Okorigwe Nwogbo alias 4.30’’, who was among the graduating Masters Degree students. According to the V.C, the convocation marked the largest number of students so far graduated in the university while also commending Obasanjo for his successful completion of a rigorous course.

Herdsmen set Olu Falae’s farm on fire

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Suspected herdsmen have set a section of the farm owned by a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, on fire. The farm is located in Ilado village, Akure North local government area of Ondo State. The arsonists were said to have burnt down five hectares of Falae’s oil palm plantation but did not steal anything on the farm Confirming the incident, Falae’s personal assistant, Moshood Raji said, “At about 6pm, I got a message from one of the police officers attached to the farm that the farm has been burnt down by some hoodlums.There was no worker on the farm when the incident occurred because it was a Sunday “We are on our way to the farm now to know the extent of the damage. We have informed the commissioner of police. About five

hectares of the land were affected. The oil palm plantation was affected as well as some parts of the yam and cassava plantations.” The police had in September last year, debunked a report by Afenifere Group, on behalf of Falae which claimed that there was an attack on the farm by herdsmen. The Daily Times recalls that Falae was attacked and kidnapped in his farm in September 2015. The former SGF was released three days after, following the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari who ordered the former Inspector -General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, to secure his release. But Falae later contradicted police effort when he claimed that he was released after paying a ransom. Incidentally, the kidnappers were later arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to jail terms

Nigerian elite own most cattle not herdsmen -Investigation

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Nigerian leaders examine this issue with open minds and sincerity because cattle are reared everywhere in the world without this sort of problems. “Many African countries even have far more cattle than Nigeria (e.g Kenya), yet no lives are lost in that country as a result of herding-related conflicts. Also, Argentina has a population of 41 million people, but it feeds about 400 million people around the world with its beef, thereby earning billions of dollars from beef export. “It appears that there is more to these conflicts than meets the eye. I suggest

that the National Assembly should set up an inquiry into the matter in order to unravel the cause or causes of this crises with a view to finding a lasting solution.” Meanwhile, The Daily Times has beamed its searchlight into the economic advantage of cattle breeding and can authoritatively report that Kaduna State is losing over N7.5billion annually in terms of tax revenue from cattle owners or herdsmen in the state. Though, the activities of herdsmen have led to loss of lives and properties worth billions of naira especially the southern part of the state, the state government has failed to take advantage

of the large number of cattle to rake in billions in tax revenue. Our investigation revealed that there are over 200,000 cattle being reared or herded in the state either by the Fulani herdsmen or ranched by indigenous people. An economic expert, Dr. Steven Zankwan told The Daily Times that the state is losing a minimum of N7.5 billion in tax revenue annually to the cattle business owners. He said, “In advanced economies and even Kenya, farmers or cattle owners are required to value their livestock at the end of each year as part of determining their net income from primary production.

“You can choose to value livestock at cost, market selling value or replacement value. An additional option is available for certain horse breeding stock”. He explained that asides the normal tax on livestock, Ireland and Denmark, along with other European Nations have begun taxing cattle owners on cow flatulence. The “byproducts” of livestock like cows are responsible for approximately 18% of the greenhouse gases that are causing global warming, according to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN. Just $18 per cow in Ireland, cow flatulence will cost Danish farmers $110 per cow.

Zankwan said that the herdsmen should be taxed based on a stock value, saying that in Nigeria, a cow is sold at a minimum cost N150,000. The economist said, “If a cattle owner is taxed 5% per cow or cattle head at a minimum prize of N150, 000, that will amount to N7, 500 tax per cow each year and when you multiply it by 100,000 cattle, it will give you N7.5 billion. This is what Kaduna State government is losing annually in terms of tax revenue.” According to him, all that a cattle investor needs to do is to buy the calves or young cattle and give to any herdsman on agreed terms to rear for him.

Further investigation showed that the business of cattle rearing in Kaduna State is not done by the Fulani alone. Traditional rulers, ministers, politicians, directors, commissioners and permanent secretaries in the state and other top government functionaries are involved in the business due to its high return on investment. Speaking further, the economist noted that in the United States of America, “Environmental Protection Agency has just exploited a new avenue for more tax on cattle called “greenhouse gas regulation” or a “cow tax” on methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas emitted by livestock.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

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N40bn: Court okays SERAP’s bid to stop ‘double pay for Saraki, Amaechi, others’ Peter Fowoyo, Lagos

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in Lagos on Friday held that a non governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “sufficient interest to bring its suit to stop former governors and now serving senators and ministers from receiving double pay and life pensions.” Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo also held that the group can “seek recovery of over N40billion of public funds unduly received by these public officers.” The judge arrived at the decision last Friday while granting leave to SERAP in a suit marked FHC/L/ CS/1497/17. SERAP had claimed that the following public officers are receiving double emoluments and large severance benefits from their states: Senate President Bukola Saraki; Senators Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano); Kabiru Gaya (Kano); Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Theodore Orji (Abia); Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa); Sam Egwu (Ebonyi); Shaaba Lafiagi (Kwara); Joshua Dariye (Plateau), and Jonah Jang (Plateau). Other senators include Ahmed Sani Yarima (Zamfara); Danjuma Goje (Gombe); Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe); Adamu Aliero (Kebbi); George Akume (Benue); and former River State Governor Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers). The SERAP’s suit is specifically seeking to compel the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abuba-

kar Malami (SAN) to “challenge the legality of states’ laws that allow former governors who are now senators and ministers to enjoy governors’ emoluments while drawing normal salaries and allowances in their new political offices and to identify those involved and seek full recovery of public funds from them. In its ruling on an exparte application, the court held that “SERAP cannot be considered a meddlesome interloper or busybody in seeking to stop double pay and life pensions for former governors. “All that mattered was for SERAP to show sufficient interest in the application for leave to apply for an order of mandamus.” In reviewing and relying on Order 34, Rules 1(1) a, 2, Rule 3 (1) and (2) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2009, and quoting from several Supreme Court Judgments, Justice Oguntoyinbo held that, “The court shall not grant leave in mandamus application unless it considers that the applicant has sufficient interest in the matter to which the application relates. “The court is mindful of the fact that in an application of this nature, the judge should not delve into the substance of the main issue. “Having reviewed the papers filed by SERAP, the court is satisfied that the organization has met the criteria set by the Rules of the Court, and as such does not consider SERAP a meddlesome interloper.” Further hearing on the motion on notice has been

Only National Assembly Can Appropriate on General Subsidy -NNPC

Simon Ugwu

ÏÏÏ The Nigerian National

Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified a statement wrongly attributed to the Managing Director of Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Mr. Umar Ajiya, suggesting that NNPC does not require the National Assembly’s nod to subsidize Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol. For the avoidance of doubt, Mr. Ajiya who was a guest at the Channels Television programme, Sunrise, yesterday, explained that there was under-recovery in the importation and sale of PMS by NNPC, but the burden is categorized as business losses which the

Act establishing NNPC recognizes. Mr. Ajiya had made it explicitly clear that the losses from the PMS imports by NNPC could not be classified as subsidy since it was not appropriated for by the National Assembly. NNPC wishes to disabuse the minds of its numerous publics to disregard the statement incorrectly attributed to Mr. Ajiya as it represents neither PPMC nor the NNPC’s position on the subject. The corporation is alive to the critical roles the National Assembly statutorily plays in the administration of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector and would, therefore, not undermine the legislators in their legitimate business.

adjourned till March 22, 2018. The Daily Times recalls that SERAP had on October 4, 2017 initiated the action before the court wherein it is asking “The AGF Abubakar Malami, SAN to use his position as a defender of public interest to institute legal actions to stop former governors from enjoying emoluments while drawing normal salaries and allowances in their positions as senators and ministers. In the suit, SERAP argued that, “Public function should be exercised

in the public interest. Double emoluments promote private self-interest or self-dealing. By signing double emoluments laws, which they knew or ought to know that they would be beneficiaries, these former governors have abused their entrusted positions, and thereby obtained an undue advantage, contrary to article 19 of the UN Convention against Corruption to which Nigeria is a state party. “Senators and ministers should not be receiving salaries and pensions running into billions of naira from

states that are currently unwilling or unable to pay their workers’ salaries and pensioners’ entitlements. “National and international laws implicitly forbid public officials entrusted with public resources from granting to themselves emoluments for life while serving in other public offices including as senators and ministers. “Taking advantage of entrusted public offices and positions to enact laws to grant double emoluments and large severance benefits to serving public officials amounts to not

only an abuse of office but also incorrect, dishonourable and improper performance of public functions, as per the provisions of paragraph 2 of article 8 of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption.” Prior to this time, and consequent upon SERAP’s letter to the AGF, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki had last year made public that he had written a letter to the Kwara State government to stop the payment of the pension, “the moment I saw that SERAP allegation.”

L-R: Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole; former governor of Abia State, Dr.Orji Uzor Kalu; former Senate president, Ken Nnamani and Convener/ Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, during the commissioning of The South West Zonal Office of Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo(MBO) Dynamic Support Group at Ibadan, Oyo State...at the weekend.

Fuel scarcity: NNPC releases 250 trucks to Lagos Simon Ugwu

ÏÏÏ The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday said that it had released 250 trucks of petrol to Lagos metropolis for effective dispensing at filling stations to forestall any scarcity. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division (NNPC), Mr Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Lagos. According to him, there has been a slight change in the distribution network in Lagos, as Lagos is currently being supplied by members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN). “At the weekend there was a hitch in discharging of petrol by ships which has been ratified. “Today, 250 trucks have

been discharged to Lagos compared to less than 200 trucks usually allocated to Lagos at the weekend,” he said. The NNPC spokesman said that the ships which commenced discharging since Saturday night had finished discharging, adding that in a couple of hours the long queues will disappeared and normalcy will return to Lagos. Ughamadu, urged motorist to avoid hoarding of petrol and panic buying, as there is sufficient products in stock that will last for days. The NNPC spokesperson also acknowledged a slight hitch at the Port Harcourt refinery due to power problem. “Port Harcourt refinery is slightly down for now, pending when the problem will be rectified. A NAN correspondent who went round Lagos me-

tropolis however reports that fuel queues had started springing up again in most filling stations in the metropolis. The queues which were noticed in the early hours of Saturday had begun to increase by afternoon across the state. Many of the filling stations operated by major marketers were not selling while outlets owned by Independent Marketers were shut. At Ikorodu, Epe, Mile 12 and Lekki axis most filling stations who had products were selling above the official pump price. Reacting to the situation Alhaji Abiodun Lawal spokesman of NIPCO said the company was consistently loading and supplying to marketers, but the volume had marginally dropped. “I can confirm we are

currently loading but I don’t have the statistics; however I must say that we don’t have enough supply at the moment. I think that explains the resurgence of queue at filling stations”, he said. Also, Mr Olufemi Adewole, the Executive Secretary of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketing Association, (DAPPMA) noted that there was shortage of petrol supply across the country. Adewole said that what is playing out at the moment is the preference of NNPC deploying more supply to the major marketers. “The truth is that there is short supply at the moment, if NNPC can raise supply we will be able to get to inland areas and focus on major cities, but I can tell you there is no much supply from NNPC,’’ he explained.

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2019: My performance will enhance electoral fortunes of PDP in Rivers State, Wike says Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that the electoral prospects of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state have been enhanced following the outstanding performance of his administration. Speaking during a special appearance on Viewpoint, Rhythm FM Port Harcourt, a Phone-in Programme on Saturday, Governor Wike said that his projects and programmes rolled out

across the state have made the PDP more acceptable to the people. He said: “If elections are held 100 times in Rivers State, the PDP will win. The chances of the PDP are even brighter in Rivers State as a result of my performance. I have projects located in all local government areas of the state. I have reasons in each local government area why the people should vote for me.” He explained that if it is in terms of performance and projects delivery, the PDP would wax stronger in

subsequent elections. Wike said that though several groups had endorsed him for a second term, he would only declare after extensive consultations with stakeholders across the board. He said, “If I have the consent of stakeholders, I will win in 2019 because I have projects located state-wide. In all Local Government Areas, I have reasons why the people should vote for me.” The governor notes that the series of awards that he had won were testimonies that his administration had

done well. On road projects, the governor said all road projects were relevant to benefiting communities; hence the achievement could not be trivialized. He said, “How would anyone who lives in this state come out to tell the world that we are painting roads. They should be courageous to own up that they are surprised that we have performed excellently. For instance, can you say that the Sakpenwa-Bori Road is painting of roads? What about the Ogoni-Andoni-

Opobo unity road, the Diobu roads, the Isiokpo Internal Roads, the Okrika Internal Roads, the Township roads, the Elelenwo-Akpajo Road, the Igwuruta-Chokocho road, the Abonnema Ring Road. Are these painting of roads?” Commenting on the security situation in the state, Wike noted that his administration had invested in the security agencies and improved their capacity to fight crime and criminality. “If we do not work in synergy with security agencies, how would we have gotten Don Wanny. Whether we like it or not, it is incumbent on us to play our own part on Security. I reeled out the data on security infractions during Amaechi’s tenure to refresh the memory of the people. Don Wanny did not start today. He reigned all through the Amaechi

administration, what measures did Amaechi take to bring him to justice? We have tracked down Don Wanny and brought him to justice. “The State Government funded the operation that led to the death of Don Wanny. The President may have encouraged it, but the operation was funded by the Rivers State Government. Don Wanny accepted Amnesty, but refused to abide by the tenets of the Amnesty. It was at this point that the Security Council resolved to track him down.” The governor stated that all through his political career, he had never been involved in the arming of youths, alleging that it was the former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi that has links to rusticated cultists.

Maritime source growing our economy – AAMA boss ÏÏÏThe

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (middle), flanked by the Commissioner of Police, Edo State, Mr. Johnson Kokumo (left), and Commander of 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Major General Ibrahim Garba (right), at the Obu mine site in Okpella, Edo State, where they arrested officials of BUA Int’l Limited for violating a Stop Work Order...recently

We will resist imposition of candidate in Ekiti, Group Warns Buhari ÏÏÏAn

Ekiti-based prodemocracy group, Ekiti Democracy Vanguard (EDV) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against supporting the imposition of a candidate in the coming Governorship election in the state, saying “it will be resisted with unprecedented civil action ever to be seen in the state”. In a statement issued at the weekend, in Ado Ekiti, the State Capital by its Public Communication Officer, Iyabode Ogunleye, the group lamented what it called: “obscene name-throwing by a governorship aspirant who happens to be a serving minister in the Buhari government that he has been anointed as the next governor by the President.”

The group expressed shock and disbelief that the President has allowed the conduct of the aspirant go unchecked, a situation that has heightened tension within the State and which may further jeopardise the chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a credible alternative to the misery caused the by ruling party, the PDP , in the state. Ogunleye said: “The Minister and his aides have gone on rooftops to announce that the results of both his party’s primary and the governorship elections in the state will be written from Abuja. “He came to Ekiti during the yuletide period and lied that the President gave him N350 million to share as yuletide gifts. Since he is not surefooted and lacks the much needed support from

Ekiti people, the Minister has advertised photos from every dinner, every meeting he has ever had with the President as the Certificate to the governorship position and a confirmation of his wicked plot against the wishes of Ekiti people. “But we will like to remind those planning to impose a rejected candidate on our people that the chain of events that led to former President Jonathan’s exit from Aso Villa started from Ekiti. We are pleading that they should not allow such history repeat itself,” The group alleged that the Minister is currently parading a list of APC delegates “which is totally different from the one submitted to Abuja in 2014. Such a list, according to Ogunleye, “will

be resisted with every legitimate and legal means.” “We again plead that the APC should put its house in order and present a credible candidate and rescue our state. For the umpteenth time, no party will win by imposition in Ekiti. A candidate who is already seen as an enemy of the people, an album of photo opportunities with the president notwithstanding, will not fool our people this time. ‘”Lastly, Nigeria is already tension-soaked, we would like to admonish President Buhari not to cause another conflagration. We advise those behind this plot to stop and study Ekiti people’s political history and their history of resistance to injustice which dates back to the 18th century.

Chairman of the Association of African Maritime Administration, (AAMA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that the maritime sector is crucial to the growth and development of the African economy. The AAMA Chairman who stated this when the Secretary General of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), Ambassador Alain Michel Luvambano paid him a courtesy visit in Lagos, said that regional co-operation is required in order to achieve all the goals of the Lome Charter and the African Integrated Maritime (AIM) Strategy, geared towards repositioning the sector in Africa, in order to allow it compete favourably with its counterparts in the other continents. “Maritime is a sure source of growing our economy and from the highest point of government we are talking about blue economy; it is also our goal to realize the dream of our leaders aimed at the development of the maritime sector in Africa and collaboration is the key to realizing it” the AAMA Chair said. Dr. Peterside who is also the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) assured the Secretary General of MOWCA

that AAMA on its part will continue to champion the course of revitalizing the African maritime sector through various forms of collaboration and will support MOWCA since both bodies have similar objectives and shared vision of realizing a prosperous Africa through its maritime resources. Speaking earlier, the Secretary General of MOWCA who was accompanied by the Technical Director of the organisation, Colonel Mariko Mamadou expressed gratitude to the AAMA Chair for the support the organisation has been receiving from the association. He further stated that MOWCA as an organisation is seeking collaboration with AAMA, stating that both bodies have similar mandates of contributing to the economic growth and the development of the maritime administrations on the African space. Accordingly, he said, “promotion of the sector is based on performance and Nigeria is seen to be taking the lead in the region, hence the need to co-operate and partner together. Also, every other continent is getting united and it is good for Africa to also get united so that we can be a formidable force to be reckoned with in the comity of maritime nations”.

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DSS ‘uncovers’ Islamic state militants in Benue, Kogi, Edo ÏÏÏSecurity

service organisations, including the Department of State Service (DSS), have reportedly identified an Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) network operating within some north-central and south-south states. Benue, Kogi and Edo states were identified in a security report. According to NAN, this information is contained in a security report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by some security service outfits. The report indicated

that ISWA network was using foreign militants and recruiting young men to fight and kill innocent persons ostensibly to exacerbate tensions along the county’s ethnic, religious and regional fault lines. Quoting a presidency source, NAN said the discovery was made following the arrest of several suspected attackers made up herdsmen, government-sponsored militias, militants and other suspects in Benue state. The source was quoted

as saying among those in custody were many who spoke none of the languages native to Nigeria but the French language. “This is the first time that security officials have confirmed that the Islamic State in West Africa members are operating as a unit in Nigeria and the level of their penetration of the country,’’ the source added. The source said a “good number”of the Islamic State militants had been arrested not only in the Benue valley but signifi-

cantly in several towns in Edo, specifically in Akoko-Edo, Okpella and Benin as well as in Okene, in Kogi. “It is understood that the cell, which has members in different parts of the country concentrates on recruiting young men to fight for the Islamic State in West Africa by unleashing the cold-blooded murder of innocent citizens,” the source said. “There was intelligence that they had planned several attacks here, before and during Christmas and

the New Year. Their bombing targets included fuel depots, foreign missions and police and military establishments. “Their network is very wide. But so much was achieved by the DSS which had made a significant number of arrests in the last two months that helped to pre-empt those attacks. “This helped to save Nigeria from the spate of major terrorist attacks witnessed elsewhere that were syndicated by ISIS worldwide.”

The reports submitted to the presidency also revealed that “security officials now fear an influx of other ISIS members into many parts of the country”. “We are learning more and more about this complex and sophisticated network,” the source reportedly said. “This is the main reason why the secret service is not parading those suspects so far arrested. It has become clear to us by now, that the challenge facing this country is a serious one.”

Don’t be distracted by critics, group advises new NIA DG Doosuur Iwambe - Abuja

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Officials of the Cleaner Lagos initiative (CLI) evacuating refuse from residents and illegal dumpsites in Amukoko and Alaba Oro areas of AjeromiIfelodun.... on Sunday.

The newly appointed Director-General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has been advised not to be distracted by the criticism that followed his appointment. There has been mixed reactions since Abubakar was appointed as the NIA DG, A civil society organisation, Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET), at a press conference in Abuja, described the appointment of Abubakar as being apt as it shows the administration’s commitment to frontally deal with the security problems facing Nigeria from their respective international dimensions. Comrade Isaac Ikpa, the Executive Secretary of CESJET said it is disheartening to discover that agents of destabilization that have done all in their power to

PDP condemns herdsmen killings across nation Henry Omunu, Abuja

*Accuse FG of handling attacks tactlessly

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duty of any government is the security of citizens’ lives and property but it is deeply unfortunate, historically horrific and spiritually negative that under the APC government, the nation is witnessing endless rounds of senseless killings of men, women and children in Benue, Taraba and other states. “Within the past two years, unidentified herdsmen have displaced Boko Haram in terms of mindless killings; it is unfortunate that once again, just like they did several times before, rampaging herdsmen in utter contempt for Benue state’s anti-grazing law wantonly descended on Guma and Logo local government areas of Benue state in a new year attack

cratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives on Sunday expressed disenchantment with the Federal Government’s allegedly tactless handling of the situation that fosters possibilities of repeated mass killings by herdsmen in Benue, Taraba and other states. In a statement issued by the House Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, the caucus emphatically blamed the APC government for gross failure to explore realistic and effective options towards ending such crisis and saving human lives, adding that too many Nigerians are losing their lives to insecurity nationwide while the killers still roam free. “The first fundamental

that left scores of dead bodies. “Herdsmen now rank high on the Global Terrorism Index and nationwide, mindless killings, armed robberies and dastardly kidnapping have increased under the APC government which now repays the overwhelming votes from the people with long conspiratorial silence and numb promises while the number of corpses mount. “Security is one of the three major commitments that the APC government guaranteed the nation at its inception but in the usual pattern of elevating deceit and propaganda above all else, it has woefully remained unable to rein in worsening insecurity across the nation.

“Today, the result is that our gallant military personnel and other security operatives are immersed in tackling crises in all parts of Nigeria,” the PDP House caucus stated. Expressing deep regrets over recent attacks in Zamfara, Benue, Ogun and the incident in Katsina where a 14 year- old girl was abducted from her father’s home by audacious marauders, the PDP House caucus condemned the situation whereby big farmers in the north now avoid their own farms for fear of kidnappers, stressing that the APC has insensitively chosen a very wrong and unfair moment in history to announce plans for reelection campaigns. “Sani Bello, a member of the House of Representatives representing Mashi/

Dutsi federal constituency died few months after a kidnap ordeal on the way to his farm near Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State last year; the following month, an Assistant Commissioner of Police serving in Zamfara State was abducted along the same road and many more violent deaths and kidnappings have continued across the nation. “Two years of the APC government’s budgetary outlay for surveillance surpasses the entire amounts spent on surveillance by various successive administrations since independence; yet it is curious that government obtains no warning signals and seems unable to bring bands of rampaging terrorist herdsmen to justice. “Still, lost in pipe dreams, APC is focused on re-elec-

mess Nigeria up have immediately jumped on Mr. Abubakar’s appointment in their desperation to satisfy their perverted paymasters. “Nigerians might have been misled by the rantings of such noise boxes but for the antecedents of those making misguided comments against the appointment. CESJET condemned the comments of Senator Isa Misau on the appointment. ”We have also watched several other wannabe security pundits trying hard to make names for themselves by futilely casting aspersions on Mr. Abubakar’s capabilities. “We sincerely hope that Mr. Abubakar would not allow the activities of these charlatans distract him from the national assignment entrusted to him. “We assure him that he has the unwavering support of Nigerians to succeed in his assignment as he goes about working for the country.

tion and an APC minister with extremely lackluster political antecedent and who lacks neither the charisma nor goodwill to win a mere councillorship seat in Ibadan had the temerity to tell the nation that he is joining the APC re-election bandwagon by leading a presidential re-election group in South-West geopolitical zone. “A government that told us that it would defeat Boko Haram within three months and later gleefully announced that Boko Haram has been ‘technically defeated’ is now determined to spend a daily average of one billion Naira purportedly in pursuit of Boko Haram whileherdsmen continue an unchecked shooting spree and callous arson,” it added.

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

I deserve second term, says Gov Umahi Stories by Patrick Okohue The Ebonyi State governor, Chief David Umahi, has said that anyone who tries to truncate his second term bid will be smashed into ashes, as 29 political parties in Abuja, have already adopted him as their sole candidate in the forthcoming general elections. Umahi who said this while addressing the people of the old Ohaozara political bloc at a rally organised by Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo Local Government Areas to adopt him (Umahi) as their sole candidate for the 2019 election at Obiozara, headquarters of Ohaozara LGA, said, “The parties would storm the state in February to formalise the adoption and anyone who tries us would be injured because if the person falls on us, he will be grinded into granite and if we fall on him, he will be grinded into ashes. He noted that he and his deputy have accepted to continue this divine work and anyone who tries to terminate it would face God’s anger and might not be there during his swearing-in ceremony.

UMAHI “I will pay full attention to the politics of the general elections from January 1, 2019 and it would be like Tsunami, something that has never been seen before.” He noted that Ebonyi State would record more than one million votes during the elections, noting that the adoption of some candidates for other positions was irrevocable. “They must however work out their own salvation and take

care of the parties, empower the youths and widows in their constituencies as we would be watching them.” He noted that he was reviewing his support for some people whom he wanted to call their names but the state’s deputy governor begged him not to call their names. “We would withdraw our support for them, stop infrastructural works in their areas, tell their people that they

are the cause of the stoppage, so that they would be chased with brooms, umbrella and cocks.” Umahi noted that however, Hon. Linus Okorie, member representing Ohanivo Federal Constituency and the state House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Chief Obasi Odefa would be returned unopposed. He urged the people of Abakaliki bloc to continue supporting him and promised to hand over power to them when he finishes his second term in 2023. “You should allow me complete this my small second tenure because it is sweet and know that any member of opposition from the south who says he would serve a tenure will be deceiving the people.” Earlier in a remark, his elder brother and the South East Zonal Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Austin Umahi said that the PDP would use Umahi as a tool to take power from Aso Rock because he is a marketable product. “We should work harder to achieve this goal as the public office holders from the south zone would organise a megarally on March 17, to tell the world that only PDP exists in Ebonyi State.

APC chieftain explains why Benue people may not vote Buhari in 2019 A chieftain of the All progressives Congress (APC), in Benue State, Professor David Iornem, has warned that the people of Benue State may vote against President Buhari in 2019. Iornem said that the state may be compelled to vote against Buhari in 2019 unless sufficient efforts are made to resolve the crisis between Fulani herdsmen and farmers which had led to the loss of several lives in Benue State. Speaking with another newspaper, the former Senator stressed that the President’s action has so far shown that he is in favour of certain group. According to Iornem, “Nobody is talking about APC or any party at the moment in the state. If you belong to any party, you are a son of a farmer, you belong to a village that is being attacked. “It has nothing to do with APC, but the President is the one that will represent APC, he is an individual. If he allows the situation to continue like this, we may not vote against APC, but we will vote against Buhari. “If they think that because they are in power they can manipulate votes let the election come. Unless Buhari does something to significant to demonstrate that he is for justice we will not stand with him during election. At the moment there is no indication that he is for justice, he is favouring a certain group. Unfortunately the group is his tribe.”

2019: APC chairpersons reject party’s senator, endorse opponent The crisis in the Kaduna State wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), may have intensified as chairpersons in the six local governments that make up Kaduna Central Senatorial district of the state have endorsed a rival candidate as senator for the zone against the sitting Senator. The district is currently represented in the Senate by Shehu Sani, an activist and member of the APC, but Sen Sani has been having a running battle with the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai. Rising from a meeting in Kaduna at the weekend, the APC chairmen endorsed a political adviser to Gov. ElRufai, Uba Sani, for the ticket, come 2019. The six local governments whose APC leaders endorsed the endorsement are Chikun, Birnin Gwari, Kajuru, Kaduna North, Kaduna South and Giwa. Reading a communique after the meeting, the APC chairman of Kaduna North Local Government Area, Musa Sheriff, said that their decision

SHEHU SANI was based on the positive contributions by Uba Sani to the affected local governments including securing jobs for the youth. “The governor’s adviser has secured thousands of job opportunities for youth in the state through newly-created agencies like KASTLEA, KADIPA, etc. He has also secured employment for our teaming youths as forest rangers, sanitation workers

UBA SANI and so many empowerment programmes. “He has also secured jobs for hundreds of our teeming youths under the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). He was also instrumental to disbursement of support funds through various Anchor Borrowers Scheme under the Agricultural Intervention Programme,” Sheriff said. Also speaking with an online newspaper, Mr. Sheriff further

justified the decision. “Indeed we all agree to endorse Uba and that is because we deem him best for the seat come 2019.” When asked why they dumped the current senator knowing fully that he might want to seek reelection, Mr. Sherrif said, “I want you to know that the current senator is still not pardoned by the party and technically he is not recognised as a member of the party in Kaduna.” The Kaduna South APC chairman, Ibrahim Magaji, also said that the leaders took the decision unanimously. “It is a unanimous decision. We all agree that Uba should contest for the senate seat in 2019,” Magaji said. Uba Sani had earlier told the online news media that he would announce his political intentions to the public soon. “I will speak out about my intentions at the right time,” Mr. Uba said. When an aide to the incumbent Senator Shehu Sani was contacted, he said the senator’s camp will respond to the decision of the party

chairmen at the appropriate time. “We cannot respond to them now,” Chima Abdussamad said, “Because this is not the time to start campaigning for political seats or positions. “The Nigerian constitution is clear and as law abiding citizens, we will wait until the right time as stated in the electoral act that campaigns should start. “But as far as we are concerned, they are only speaking for themselves not for the people of their constituencies. When the time for campaigns and elections come, we shall see,” Mr. Abdussamad said. Also, some APC members from Kaduna North have distanced themselves from the stance of the party chairpersons. In a radio broadcast in Kaduna, the party members said they were not in support of the decision. “They are on their own. We as party members and loyalists were not consulted before the decision was taken. As far as we are concerned we are not aware of what they did and we stand by what we have for now.”

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Group kicks against Kwara candidate as INEC REC Stories by Patrick Okohue Group under the aegis of Zealous Kwara Youths has kicked against the nomination of the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWAISEC) Chairman, Dr Uthman Ajidagba, as resident electoral commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The group added that the antecedents of the University of Ilorin (UNILORI) political science lecturer showed “the people of Kwara State that he is incapable of organising free and fair elections. Already the group said it had petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi

Osinbajo and Senate President Bukola Saraki not to approve the nomination of Dr Ajidagba. Addressing reporters at the weekend in Ilorin, the state capital, President of the group, John Adegboyega said: “It is with sadness and concern to state the immediate and future danger if the nomination of Dr Ajidagba is given approval as a REC in INEC. for those who may not be aware, Dr Ajidagba from 2013 up till today holds the portfolio as KWASIEC chair. “We wish to make it public knowledge that his stewardship over the past years has been dogged with controversies. Elections that have been held

under his stewardship have always been trailed with disputes and controversies. In view of his antecedents, it becomes our responsibility as patriotic citizens of our country to inform of the situation before it becomes an issue. “Permit us to put the record that since the meritorious stewardship of Prof Attahiru Jega as the Chairman of INEC, the rating of electoral conduct in Nigeria has improved dramatically to the extent that our beloved country now exports expertise on electoral matters to other countries. “It will thus be a crime beyond quantification to lower the standard by allowing an individual

having a record of stage-managing highly flawed and controversial council elections in Kwara State to find a portfolio in INEC. “We use this medium to appeal to members of the National Assembly to use this our petition as a tool to take a cursory look at all the individuals so nominated by the Presidency and especially nomination coming from Kwara State. Especially as you were bold enough to stand against the nomination of Ibrahim Magu from being confirmed as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). We implore you all to put party affiliations and other sentiments aside.”

Ugborodo to Buhari: We’re not part of Warri Kingdom ...Commend lawmakers for passing bill establishing Nigerian Maritime University into law

Benjamin Omoike The people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, have maintained that they are not part of Warri Kingdom, insisting that they are an autonomous kingdom. They also commended the House of Representatives for passing the Bill establishing the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, into law and urged the Federal Government to step up the take off of the University. A group, Ugborodo Community Council of Elders, had in a recent open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, said the Community was part and parcel of Warri Kingdom. In swift reaction, however, the people of the Community in a petition to President Buhari, urged the Federal Government to count them out of Warri Kingdom, describing those parading themselves as Community Council of Elders as “fake and strange elements based in Warri”. In a petition to the President, signed by Pa Douglas Omagbemi (Ugborodo Community), Pa Pasco Oritsegbami (Elder, Ugborodo community) and Hon. Thomas Metseagharun (The Toritsemogha of Ugborodo Community), they insisted that they were not part of Warri Kingdom. “Ugborodo is in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, close to Gbararmatu kingdom and not near to the Olu and his Kingdom in Warri South Local Government. Those parading themselves as Ugborodo Community Council of Elders should be ignored completely. “Our Letter Head Carries Palm Trees, but that of other Itsekiris carries a Crown and Sword. We are on our own and we want the whole world to know this,” the petitioned read. According to them, “The Olu of Warri Kingdom and his numerous Chiefs should also allow the Ugborodo people to rule

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themselves without influencing and interfering in their affairs. All these palace meetings with the sole aim to invade Ugborodo when we do not have any strategy yet to handle other threats is laughable.

We are only good in fighting ourselves. “The word ‘Olaja’ means king or owner of a property or thing. According to historical facts, the Olaja Orori or the Eghare Aja is not installed by the Olu of Warri and none of them are answerable to him in any capacity. “The Ugborodo culture and traditions are very different from that of other Itsekiris in burial rites and even where they are buried. All the lands that have been given out in Ugborodo till date is through the Olaja Orori and the Eghare Aja, on trust on behalf of Ugborodo people. The Olu has never given out any land belonging to Ugborodo because he does not have such powers,” they informed the President. While commending the House of Representatives for the recent passing of Bill establishing the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, into law, they averred: “Mr President, let no one deceive you about the location of

the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko. The place where the University is located belongs to the people of Gbararmatu Kingdom of Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta and we the people of Ugborodo Community are in support of the University and its location. “We, the people of Ugborodo Community want to go to school and therefore, we need the Nigerian Maritime University Okerenkoko. The Federal Government should let the University get off the ground now. The University will bring rapid development to the entire Niger Delta Region. “We want to commend the House of Representatives for passing the Bill establishing the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko into law. This is a welcome development. The Federal Government should do the needful now for the smooth take-off of the University to put all controversies surrounding it to rest,” they stated.

INEC in C’ River moves to register IDPs in Bakassi

YAKUBU The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Cross River State has said that it is taking steps to ensure that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bakassi Local Government Area of the state exercise their franchise in 2019. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Frankland Briyai, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Sunday. Briyai said the commission had begun consultations with critical stakeholders in the area to ensure that eligible voters in IDP camps were registered in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). “We are strategising on how Bakassi returnees in different camps in the state are registered so that they can vote in 2019. “No matter their situation, they have the right to choose who leads them both at the state and national levels. “But because of the security situation in the area, we have to reach them through some critical stakeholders, including traditional rulers, youth leaders and political leaders. “We have decided go to the camps with soldiers, policemen and other security agents for safety reasons. We feel this is the best way of getting them to register,” he said. He urged the returnees to take advantage of the continuous voter registration to register and be ready to vote for the leaders of their choice in 2019 election and others in future.

Ajimobi assures of APC victory in Oyo LG poll Oyo State governor, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi has declared that with the strength of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, it will be difficult for any other political party to emerge victorious in the proposed local government election in the state. While addressing APC members at a meeting attended by top government functionaries, APC stalwarts and executive members of the party at the party’s state secretariat in Oke-Ado, Ibadan on Saturday, Ajimobi urged members to be more concerned about forging a united front and ensuring that the ruling APC remained a party to beat

in the forthcoming election. The governor in his address also warned them against divisive tendencies as he implored them to accommodate new members who recently joined the ruling party. He maintained that, “We want you to shun all differences and accommodate the new entrants into the party. What should be paramount is that APC continues to rule in Oyo State. “When the local government election holds, anyone who emerges as the candidate of the party will win the election. “With the strength of our party, I do not see how any other party will win any post in the local government

election.” Speaking further, the governor however declared that no government has achieve what he has achieved in the last six and half years since the creation of the state in 1976. He said “No government has done as well as we have done. So, before the electoral timetable is released, we want you all to work together to ensure that the party is united. “We realise that we have some new members joining the party, so let us embrace them as one. This will ensure that the party continues to forge ahead and remain the party to beat,” he said.

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Invasion of The Daily Times complex by Sen. Obiora, SARS: Time to stop the madness

t is not yet clear the motive of the Police in invading the office of this heritage newspaper or the reason for arresting the innocent staff who are oblivious of any disputes involving the owners of the newspaper. Also from all indications, the Police, it was gathered, did not invade the company on any order of court or exhibited any warrant of arrest to barge into the premises to commit this condemnable act of illegality. As at the time of this publication, five members of staff arrested on Friday, January 19, 2018 in Lagos have been moved to Area 10 Police Station, Abuja through the roads and are being detained there. Earlier last week, the management of Folio Media Group (FMG), publishers of The Daily Times, had raised an alarm over what it termed contrived arraignment and remand of the publisher of The Daily Times newspaper, Mr. Fidelis Anosike and the Group Managing Director, Mr. Noel Anosike, on Tuesday, through the connivance of Senator Obiora and the Nigeria Police at the Magistrates’ Court, Mpape, a suburb of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Folio Media Group in a statement last Wednesday said in carrying out the arraignment before the court, Obiora and his co-travellers, approached a court that lacks the jurisdiction over a matter that is currently pending before the Court of Appeal. “The attempt is to stop the heritage publication from further publication and kill the tabloid. The issue at stake is already being addressed by the court of competent jurisdiction and not a magistrates’ court that lacks the power to entertain such suit. “We also wish to inform the general public that no amount of connivance and court processes manipulation will deter the management from production in a desperate attempt to rubbish and discredit the owners of the newspaper. “The Daily Times is alive and it has come to stay after its reinventing, repackaging and being consistently visible on the newsstand,” the statement added. Furthermore, the FMG said: “We therefore wish to state that Folio

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Former vice president and chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Elder E. Ade Ogunbode, at the latter’s 90th birthday celebration, at the Eagle Club, Surulere, Lagos, weekend.

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Group is capable of defending the DTN and will resist any attempt by anybody to thwart the noble objective of ensuring that the DTN is alive and regular on newsstands. That is our goal and we intend to defend the objective.” For the avoidance of doubt, this is what Wikipedia says about Daily Times acquisition in 2004: “The Daily Times Nigeria is a newspaper with headquarters in Lagos. At its peak, in the 1970s, it was one of the most successful locally owned businesses in Africa. The paper went into decline after it was purchased by the Federal Government in 1975. What was left, was sold to a private investor in 2004. Folio Communications Limited officially assumed the ownership of the Daily Times of Nigeria Plc on September 3, 2004 after a colourful handover ceremony that was televised. The company was not and still not a consortium. It is a Private Limited-Liability Company. “The printing of the flagship title “The Daily Times” resumed after the assumption of ownership in earnest from 2006 till the year 2009 partially to satisfy the embedded requirements contingent upon the Enterprise Sale Deed while company turnaround and restructuring continued. “Although the flagship “Daily Times” has returned to the streets since December 2014, further efforts have been injected towards the return of the rest viable titles, especially the Sunday Times, the Weekend Times and the Lagos Weekend to the streets.” The Daily Times as publishing company is not in any court with anybody. One now wonders under what authority is the Police acting upon to stop the newspaper from publishing. We thought under this democracy, the freedom of the press is sacrosanct provided the media work within the relevant laws permitting their operations. We therefore call on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to call his officers to order and take urgent steps to get the journalists and other members staff of the newspaper out of detention and the undue interference of the running of the company. Enough is enough of this clampdown on the media at the slightest prompting of a former Senator Obiora.

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Ibrahim Babangida

Wole Soyinka

“The world can provide for the need of everybody but cannot provide for the greed of everybody.”

“The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.”

“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.”

Opinion

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

Dankwambo deserves higher calling

Junaidu Usman Abubakar

t is not only Nigerians but also bewildered foreigners who wonder aloud why a country so blessed with human and natural resources is not presently challenging at the top of the summit of global economic powers. Many reasons (or excuses) have been variously adduced to explain Nigeria’s relative underdevelopment, ranging from political instability to its heterogeneity. From colonial administration to parliamentary democracy and from military dictatorship to the presidential system of government, it has been a long running saga of missed opportunities. The ultimate irony however, is that several countries had made appreciative developmental progress under similar conditions Nigeria stagnated or receded. The point of convergence among informed commentators, however, is that the missing variable has been quality leadership. Historically, no country had stumbled on development. Societies that have developed faster than others have invariably been principally blessed with vibrant, visionary, selfless leaders, who worked hard to inspire their people to greater heights. As the legendry Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, once told a Nigerian admirer, the secret of his country’s historic transformation from obscurity to the industrial frontline was doing the ordinary things rightly and consistently. As 2019 approaches, the one question on every Nigerian’s lip is where we shop for that elusive leader most uncommon, a leader we can trust, a leader with a track record in transparent honesty, a leader dyed in integrity and self-discipline. Where do we shop for that leader who, based on his antecedents, can lead Nigerians to doing the ordinary things correctly and who can lead us to rewrite the national development storyline? Many Nigerians think we already have such a leader and it is based on his progressive antecedents as Ac-

countant-General of the Federation and two term governor of Gombe State Who served three Presidents as an accountant general of the federation served two governos in his state of origin that I will attempt to situate the Ibrahim Dankwambo Talban Gombe narrative.Young,vibrants,and a professional accountant of international recognition... For seven years, Talban Gombe,Durbin Tangale Matawalle Ikara in kaduna state the name his teeming supporters call him, to underscore their approval of his humility and political prudence, has governed Gombe State with an exceptional level headedness and sense of propriety that set him apart from his peers. During his days as the AccountantGeneral of the Federation, he started by innovating the single treasury account process and the completion of the Treasury House which was under construction to give all Public Accountants a pride to call theirs. Today the Treasury House stands out in Abuja as one of the most magnificent edifice in the nation’s capital’. ‘He brought up-to-date financial statements of the federal government which were in arrears. As at the time he left office, the financial statements of the federal government were upto-date. All arrears of financial statements had been prepared, audited and published’. ‘The revolution in the public sector towards a cashless economy began with Talban Gombe, bringing about the implementation of the e-payment system which was completely a new innovation in the financial services of the government’. ‘The Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) is yet another giant stride achieved by Dankwambo. salaries of staff all over the ministries departments and agencies are now being paid centrally using an automated system till date’. ‘Dankwambo also introduced the New Chart of Accounts, the Accounting Transactions Recording and Reporting System (ATRRS), which re-

moves the stress of having to prepare and carry hard copies of Accounts by ministries departments and agencies to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation for consolidation’. ‘The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) gap analysis is one effort by Dankwambo to upgrade the preparation and reporting of Nigeria’s Financial Statements up to International Standards’. ‘He also embarked on the upgrading of the Federal Treasury Academy to University Standard for the training of public sector accountants and affiliating it to a highly recognized public sector professional body in the United Kingdom, (the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) United Kingdom)’. ‘In order to solve the accommodation problem of the Federal Pay Offices, he embarked on the building of twelve Federal Pay Offices in twelve state capitals in Nigeria. Two of the Pay Offices namely, Gombe and Ilorin were completed and commissioned before he left office as the AccountantGeneral of the Federation’. Installed as the people’s own Governor and enjoying massive popularity rating, Dankwambo devoted his first four years rewriting the books of accountability and probity in public service. In his inaugural speech on 29 May, 2011, Talba announced a policy of zero tolerance toward corruption and as an accountant of repute, he has since laid the institutional framework for transparency and accountability in the state administration. In water supply, Governor Dankwambo was part an parcel of that started the drawing of water from Dadikowa to Gombe and 19 other villages in Gombe State he was the committee chairman for drawing water from Dadinkowa when he was the state accountant general in Gombe State he has rehabilitated and reticulated pipelines & extension to Kwami, Gadam etc. And provided extension of water supply to Baure, Dangar and many more communities not forget-

ting the construction of Earth dam at Boh, Shongom LGA. In education, He has renovated/ constructed over 502 classrooms, recruited of over 1,000 Degree/NCE graduates apart from training of over 5,000 teachers. He also established a School of Basic and Remedial studies in Kumo, College of Education In Billiri, State Polytechnic in Bajoga, College of Legal and Islamic Studies in Nafada as well as the university of sciences and technology and sponsored 25 Students in Maritime Studies in India & United kingdom. In health, Governor Dankwambo Talban Gombe upgraded the Urban Maternity to Children & Women Hospital Idi. Constructed a Dialysis Centre, in the Specialist Hospital Gombe. Constructed College of Nursing and Midwifery, Dukku. Constructed a Snake-bite Centre in Kaltungo as well as supply and installation of 4 Dialysis machines and 2 Dialysis chairs. In roads, labour, tourism, agriculture and empowerment, Governor Dankwambo Talban Gombe Durbin Tangale,has been recognized as the best labour friendly Governor for paying workers as at when due and prompt payment of pensions. The NLC themselves honoured him with that.Talban Gombe is the only Governor in recent time that completed all the abundant projects he inherited from previous administration without any political undertones Gov.Dankwambo Talban Gombe within the past four (7) years through the procurement of 225 tractor units, four markets were constructed to encourage cotton farm; restrained poultry farm among others. Talban Gombe,has trained over 320 youths in six different trades in 4 skills acquisition centre. Trained 330 supervisors of citizenship and leadership Training Centre, Jos. Recruited 1500 youths as Traffic, Environmental and Security Marshals.Trained 5000 youths in welding, fabrication POP and Tiling. Junaidu Usman Abubakar writes from Gombe

and achieve the hoped victory come 2019, Nigerians must learn to seek true Victory over aggression, a victory that respects the opposition’s basic humanity, rights/freedoms and renders further conflicts unnecessary’. This to my mind should be a very small beginning that will hopefully earn a big breakthrough. For us to survive as a people, we must understand that democracy will never guaranty development until it is mixed with the needed proportion of discipline on the part of the people. The discipline needed to vote and monitor the votes. A role that was conspicuously missing in the Delta LG polls. Important to realize also is that observing this local council poll availed me the unfortunate opportunity to learn that some of our youths are now self-declared enemies of democracy and the nation, refusing to change neither their minds nor their wrong political belief. They labored to get voters confused, caused mayhem and openly advertised party preference as against merit/capability. They vigorously argued that since Delta is a PDP state, it will be out of order if another party should be allowed to win in the state. I helplessly watched the leaders of tomorrow educate me with quotes on ‘power’ such as; power being the ‘ability to protect your interest’. Regrettably, they were medium in vision on some silent points. First, in postulating that Delta is a PDP state, they lost sight of the fact that APC on the other hands controls the government at the centre. Interpretatively, if

APC should tow this line of argument come 2019 using the federal myth, the political survival we all seek will again elude us as a nation. I waited for these lads to educate me more on the major function of power, which in my view is to ‘effect political and socioeconomic changes’, all to no avails. To my mind, it is our blank ability as a nation to understand that we cannot achieve good result using a bad formula that is responsible for all these multifaceted challenges we face as a nation. Until we recognize that ‘the end can never be cut off from means’ arguments/ opinions such as these shall continue to litter our political space. Having perceived the mind structure of our youth and our political adults, having faced the difficulty of the local council polls, it will be gratifying for all Nigerians to again sick real victory as we prepare for the 2019 general election Regardless of these temporal challenges we face as a nation, it is my conviction that ‘the destiny of the ship is not in the harbor but in sailing the high sea’’ and so shall our collective responsibility be, not to destroy this great nation but join hands to nurture and sustain it. If we are able to manage this situation come 2019 and other social menaces effectively and navigate out of dangers of disintegration, it will once again, announce the arrival of a brand new great nation where peace and love shall reign supreme. Jerome-Mario Utomi writes via; jeromeutomi@yahoo.com

Delta election as 2019 guinea pig

F Jerome-Mario Utomi

or the first time, I witnessed all the participants in a recently held Delta State Local Council polls ( winners and losers) alike, went home cold in smiles after the results were announced on Sunday 7th January 2018 by the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission(DESIEC). The reason for this odd reaction is simple. While the losers bemoaned their fate in their sorrows and their hardships, the winners on the other hands, suddenly discovered that they won the ballot boxes and the polling units without winning the votes, consciences or enjoy the support of the majority of Deltans. A development that made a feeling of guilt to descend like a pillar of cloud; adding to their moral burden, dividing their peace, subtracting their inner joy while leaving their worries multiplied, making the orchestrated ‘victory’ inorganic. Though the LG election has come and gone, leaving the entire deltans as ‘causalities’, not of a civil war but a deformed democratic process occasioned by the will of man. An outcome that has, in turn, left the proponents of disorder praying in their inner selves for courage and stamina to face deltans they have wronged. Coincidentally, while deltans were mourning this political regression which has become a reality to worry about, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja released the electoral timetable for the 2019 general election. This development has since shifted our attention to the bigger frame of a challenge but

not without the lessons learned from the Delta LG polls. Markedly, If nothing is done to solve this problem we face, if we have no collective responsibility to finding a lasting solution to impunity and rigging of election, if nothing is done to the mentality of party preference against credible candidates by party loyalists which is fast becoming a native, before 2019 election, then our journey to nationhood is bleak and the nation’s restructuring we seek becomes a mere hallucination. For a deeper understanding of this piece, I am neither for PDP nor APC but to objectively bring to the fore yet another opportunity lost in getting credible people to run the affairs of our councils. It’s also targeted at instructing us that no matter how beautiful or strong an institution such as democracy tends to be, we have deconstructionists positioned to undermine it. Exiting this state of a vicious political challenge will require on the part of the people, developing a clear expectation from our nation that will shape our demand structure. And in my opinion, Winston Churchill, a onetime Prime Minister of Britain seems to have provided an answer to what should be our preoccupation/expectation as we race toward 2019 general election. The answer according to his remark is victory; victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival’. Truly, for us to survive as a nation

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

15 Column

Between Buhari and Momodu

Guest Columnist FEMI ODERE

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It’s a wicked exaggeration to have insinuated that the Buhari government “almost literally promised heaven and earth.” The Buhari government did not promise “heaven and earth.” It’s probably pointless to educate Momodu here since a predetermined ulterior motive has been established, which must be followed by a particular narrative no matter what the facts are to the contrary

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hether its founder(s) had intended it to be integral to the foundation that gives it its enduring sustenance (now called a “dividend”) or it became one of its unintended consequences, the citizens’ right to express their displeasure----if not anger----through open letters or memos to their political leaders about the state of affairs in their society and/or how they’re being governed without the fear of any harmful repercussions, have become part of the fixtures of democracy. Perhaps because of the dynamism embedded in the world itself which compel humankind to continuously push the envelope to frontiers that were previously unimaginable, as witnessed in the social media phenomenon that has now enabled people to see through their societies’ iron curtains, they’re now embolden to not only challenge the dominant paradigms but also deliberately subvert them for the public good. Thus, they have become keenly aware of what politics ought to produce. Probably no one has exploited this “Open Letter/Memo” writing dividend in Nigeria’s representative democracy more than Chief Dele Momodu, publisher of “Ovation International” magazine and author of “Pendulum,” a weekly column in ThisDay newspaper. Were President Muhammadu Buhari to display in his office memos received from his fellow Nigerians, Momodu’s would most certainly constitute the most ‘memorabilia’ that guests and visitors to the nation’s Number One office----no matter how visually challenged----could not have missed. Or were there to be trophies dedicated to who writes the most open letters/memos to the Nigerian president----no matter how worthless----Momodu would have had more trophies than anyone by now. Besides the several motives (virtually all of which are patently ulterior in nature----if not sinister) which may have informed his newfound zeal in presidential memo writing and his penchant to always remind us mere mortals of his own sense of importance in these memos, it may also not be inconceivable that Momodu is probably more eager to go on record as the first person whose memo ushered in the New Year for President Buhari, judging from the last phrase in his latest memo. For someone who had boasted in a different (not for the public eye) letter to the presidency not long after the president’s inauguration that he “single-handedly” brought Buhari to power and therefore expected to be rewarded with not an existing portfolio, but suggested that a new portfolio be minted for him (which the presidency found not only laughable, but also quietly expressed its

Buhari concern if Momodu truly appreciates, from his vantage position, the extent and gravity of the economic ruin which Jonathan had plunged the nation), one doesn’t have to be a political scientist to figure out that Momodu’s mountain of open letters to the President Buhari may not be altruistic after all, as he wanted the Nigerian public to believe. Since he knew he had been kindly and gently rebuffed and laughed at for claiming that he “single-handedly” brought Buhari to power, Momodu’s next move was to set the stage in casting aspersions on Buhari, ‘weaken’ him politically and manufacturing alternative facts about his presidency by leveraging on his celebrity status, his weekly column and his other vast media platforms. Thus, Momodu’s so-called memo writings are integral to the grand scheme of the political class whose cause he’s cleverly championing (and his enlightened self-interest) to shout---until he’s overwhelmed----at the president not to present himself for re-election in 2019. Before one begins to interrogate his latest memo in order to show its empty and alarmist nature----if not its worthlessness----it is important to take a few extracts from a couple of his previous open letters since the Buhari presidency to buttress the point that the stage was insidiously being set by Momodu for a pre-determined narrative in which its end goal is to make Buhari a one-term president no matter his accomplishments, some of which are quite unprecedented in the annals of governance in this nation. In his June 2015----less than two months after the president’s inauguration----Momodu, after lecturing us about what he did to bring the president to power through his constant denunciation of Jonathan and his government (as if he was the only one involved in that enterprise) said that “the goodwill garnered during your [Buhari] campaigns and the jubilation that heralded your recent victory are fast fading and you need to, as a matter of urgency, convince the people of Nigeria that you’re now ready to hit the ground running. They are not going to listen to excuses since you had 30 years after quitting the high office to [onerously?] prepare for the job again. For them it is immaterial that you met an empty treasury or that you are mostly surrounded by selfish, cor-

ruptive influences and impostors…. Nigerians have become totally impatient and what they expect of you is tantamount to performing the miracle of turning water into wine or raising Lazarus from the dead.” Really? Though one is not a lawyer, but it beats the imagination why Momodu found it fanciful to approbate and reprobate in the aforesaid. It also beggars belief why, in less than three months, Momodu would want people with sound minds to believe the ridiculous claim that Buhari’s “goodwill” had all but evaporated and that it’s “immaterial” to them that the president “met an empty treasury.” If Momodu didn’t see the contradictions in this statement, one hopes that someone could have pointed out to him how ridiculous, if not unintelligent this statement. It’s only a mentally deranged that would admit that a country’s treasury was left ‘empty’ by someone, yet expected another person who took over to perform “the miracle of turning water into wine or raising Lazarus from the dead” in less than three months into his steering the ship of state. It doesn’t get any more asinine than this. In April 2016, almost a year into the Buhari administration, Momodu shot another memo to the president. Hear him: “While I do not want to sound like a doomsday prophet, I wish to alert you that there is fire on the mountain….The situation is very critical and may even get out of hand if not carefully and delicately managed. You are going to be against corruption is wonderful, it pales into irrelevance and insignificance where hunger, deprivation, poverty, unemployment, poor education, ignorance, diseases, insecurity of lives and properties and other complications are concerned. Many people are going to hail you for arresting the thieves but the same people will soon turn around to attack you when they can’t feel the effect of the war positively on their bodies and souls.” Again, it beats the imagination why Momodu was of the opinion that Buhari had ran into trouble with the electorate because the anti-corruption war “pales into irrelevance and insignificance” in the face of “hunger, deprivation, poverty, unemployment, poor education, ignorance, diseases…” as if all of this were added into the nation’s

misfortunes with Buhari’s advent. The onus is, therefore, on his presidency to solve these socio-economic maladjustments in not four years but one. Otherwise, “there is fire on the mountain.” Momodu’s crying wolf where there was absolutely none reeks of nothing but the basest ulterior motive that could only have come from an unthinking mind. It should be stressed, however, that the publicity that Momodu’s memos gained in the media is a reflection, unfortunately, of how society has elevated quantity over quality. In serious climes that demands that rigor and quality thoughts be brought into public discourse, Momodu’s vacuous and unintelligible memos would never have deserved any other place than the dustbin. In his latest memo entitled “Mr. President, Man Shall Not Live by Power Alone,” Momodu would rather want us to believe that he “definitely want [Buhari] to succeed” when he had all but condemned his administration with all the debilitating adjectives he could muster in both his previous memos and this latest one. After his usual reminder of how he helped drove out the Jonathan administration for Buhari and also his self-worth, Momodu’s first salvo to the man he has gotten used to kicking around was that he “never expected that our situation could ever get worse under the APC government that almost literally promised heaven and earth.” He added that “it has become evident that it is easier to govern by words of mouth than by force of action.” Nothing can be farther away from the truth. It’s utterly disingenuous if not outrightly fallacious for Momodu to have claimed that the country’s situation is worse under the APC government. If the country’s situation can be said to be worse, it’s because of the transparency and accountability that this administration brought into governance that made it possible for Nigerians to now see that what they thought was progress was nothing but fleeting illusion that the Buhari administration decided it would not paper over but take the economic road long abandoned for sustained growth and development of the nation and its people. If the country’s situation can be said to be worse under this government, then it is because it’s no longer business as usual for the big-time thieves and the unproductive political elite whose stock-in-trade has always been the cornering of the nation’s patrimony with reckless impunity. And these are people with whom Momodu is deceptively in cahoots. It’s a wicked exaggeration to have insinuated that the Buhari government “almost literally promised heaven and earth.” The Buhari government did not promise “heaven and earth.” It’s probably pointless to educate Momodu here since a predetermined ulterior motive has been established, which must be followed by a particular narrative no matter what the facts are to the contrary. Buhari promised the electorate that he would focus on three core areas like a laser beam out of the many afflictions bedevilling the Nigerian state. The president has performed beyond expectations in these three areas as can be attested to by the international community and even those who had been in his position before him with their commendations of the man. Femi Odere is a media practitioner. He can be reached at femiodere@gmail.com

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

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Daily Tim es Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

Firm sues Access Bank N200m over unlawful accounts’ freezing Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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Abuja based media firm, Image Merchants Promotion Limited and its promoter, Mallam Yushau Shuaib have slammed a N200m -suit against Access Bank Plc over an alleged unlawful freezing of their four different accounts with the bank in the past two years. The bank was dragged before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja by the two plaintiffs who are jointly claiming the N200m as damages for the hardships inflicted on them by the bank with the freezing of the accounts. In the suit with number FCT/HC/CV/0657/2018 filed on their behalf by Yunus Abdulsalam, the

plaintiffs are praying the court to declare that freezing of their accounts by the bank as unlawful and a clear breach of the duty of care owed them by the bank. They are also praying for an order of the Court directing the bank to unfreeze their private, salary, operational and domiciliary accounts of the company and its promoter with Access Bank Plc. The global award-winning media outfit and its promoter are the publishers of Economic Confidential magazine and PRNigeria, a public relations firm. They claimed that they have tried to no avail with the bank to unfreeze their accounts which met brick walls each time and later metamorphosed to their solicitors writing the final

letter to the bank. In the suit, Shuaib claimed that the inexplicable freezing of his account has kept him struggling to meet up with his responsibilities as the breadwinner of his family thereby putting his four children, wife and aged parents into a state of avoidable hardship. Also due to the inexplicable freezing of the accounts, the company claimed that its businesses have suffered the following catastrophic developments: Over 20 employees and volunteers in the payroll resigned their employment because of the inability of the company to access its salary account for the purpose of paying monthly salary. The first plaintiff claimed that it has also lost patronage as it can

no longer advise clients to pay into the operational accounts knowing fully well no withdrawal could be made to execute the job of its clients. In addition, the media outfit claimed that the freezing of its domiciliary account prevented its financial obligations to foreign partners, subscriptions to products, services and professional membership fees. It also added that for the first time since inception, the company’s monthly print edition of the Economic Confidential magazine could not see the light of the day. Their solicitors had written a letter dated 21st December, 2017 and addressed to the Branch Manager, Access Bank Plc., Plot 1244, Samuel Ladoke Akintola Boule-

vard, Garki 2, Abuja, and received same day, the bank was informed that failure to unfreeze their accounts within seven days will resort to court action as there has been no official explanation by the bank. The plaintiffs further claimed that since “the absence of their clients from the public service, Mallam Yushau Shuaib has been the alter ego of Image Merchants Promotions Ltd- the publisher of the widely read Economic Confidential magazine and whose subsidiary is a leading and multi-international award-winning PR firm, PRNigeria. They claimed that from the record of accounts in question, it was clear that the firm has been carrying out legitimate business of PR consultancy

with a vast clientele base especially from the security and financial sectors of the Nigerian economy. Plaintiffs claimed that they asked for an explanation from their mutual account officer as to the lawful justification upon which their accounts were frozen by the bank and that the response was rather evasive, opaque and vague. Therefore, the plaintiffs applied for an order of the court in directing the defendant to unfreeze the four accounts and also sought for an order of the Court in awarding the sum of N200m only being general and exemplary damages against the bank for unlawful freezing of their account and breach of duty of care owed to them by the bank.

Ukah berates Oshiomhole over comments on Delta Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, has berated the immediate past governor of Edo State and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, over his comments on Delta State. The former governor had at a mega rally of the party in Benin City, Edo State, on Friday declared that the party would extend its coast in the South South by installing an APC Governor in Delta State. However, Mr. Ukah, in a statement signed by his Media Assistant, Mr. Sam Ijeh, in Asaba at the weekend said that the choice of words, especially the use of ‘ by installing’, by the former labour leader is a manifestation of his limited knowledge of politics as against unionism were he claims to be a master. The Commissioner for Information expressed surprise that Comrade Oshiomhole, who is a leader of a party that has brought untold hardship to Nigerians, will be talking of installing a Governor in a state that is not his own instead of suggesting ways of how to make living bearable for Nigerians. Mr. Ukah posited that with the numerous developmental projects going on in various parts of the state, Deltans are

satisfied with the performance of the present administration and this was made manifest by the resounding victory recorded by the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently conducted local government election in Delta State. The Commissioner for Information advised the former governor to first join hands with others in his party to put their house in order by conducting a successful national convention that is long overdue instead of engaging in a wild goose chase. He said that Comrade Oshiomhole should not be deceived by fair-weather politicians who are leaving the PDP for the APC describing them as spent forces who feel uncomfortable with the reforms presently going on in the PDP. Mr. Ukah said Delta was in safe hands under the leadership of Senator Okowa adding that those who will attempt to flex muscles with the Governor would be be denounced and disgraced by the people. He said the likes of Comrade Oshiomole were responsible for putting Nigeria in comatose thereby taking the country that was on steady growth, several steps backward. The propaganda used to deceive Nigerians into voting APC into power and now regretting their actions will not fly in Delta State, the Commissioner for Information said.

Aggrieved grassroots politicians of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa, during their defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC) over the weekend

Cashier defrauds finance house of N48.4m

Peter Fowoyo

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cashier with a financial house, Global Trust Savings and Loans Limited, Patience Onyinye Okoli, has been re- arraigned before an Ikeja High Court, Lagos for stealing the sum of N48. 439, 800 million, belonging to the financial house. The cashier was re- arraigned on Friday before Justice Serifat Solebo, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on 100 counts charge bordering on fraud, forgery and stealing of the said sum.

The EFCC in a charge numbered LCD/2/2012, alleged that the cashier had between September 2007 and February 2009, while acting in her capacity, fraudulently forged and altered several withdrawal slips of the finance house in carrying out the heinous act. The EFCC for example in count one, alleged that the accused had between September 26, 2007, and October 9, 2008, with intent to defraud, stole the sum of N775, 000, by fraudulently deposited and withdrew the money from one Clara Obiejamu’s account.

She was alleged to have between January 21. 2008, and February 4, 2009, fraudulently withdrew total sum of N27. 734, 900 million, from the account of John Odu, a customer to her employer. The accused was also alleged in count 75 of the charge, to have sometimes in February, 2009, with intent to defraud and in order to facilitate stealing, fraudulently forged a withdrawal slip numbered 0081678, in the sum of N900, 000, which she claimed to have been signed by one John Odu. While in count 100 of the charge, the accused was of de-

frauding her employer N200, 000, by forging and altering a withdrawal slip of the company, which she claimed to have been signed by John Odu. The offences according to the EFCC prosecutor, Mr. George Yakua, are contrary to sections 390 (8), 467, 468, of the Criminal Code Law Cap. C17, Laws of Lagos state, 2003. The accused pleaded not guilty to all the counts charge. Her lawyer, Festus Afeleyedion, pleaded with the court to let his client continue with the previous bail terms granted her, when she was first arraigned sometimes in 2012.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

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Fulani herdsmen invades Olu Falae’s farm in Ondo , Set crops ablaze ‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure

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Fulani Herdsmen on Sunday set ablaze a local farm belonging to the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Chief Olu Falae. The farmland, located at Imafon in Akure South

Local Government area of Ondo State was razed around 6pm. Daily Times gathered that fewer than ten suspected herdsmen invaded the farm and destroyed Palm tree plantation and other food crops. The Personal Assistant to Chief Falae, Moshood

Raji, confirmed the destruction of the farm by the Fulani herdsmen to journalists in Akure. Mr. Raji said the invaders destroyed the Palm tree plantation farm adding that there was distress call from the policemen at the farm alerting about the fire.

“The security operatives stationed at the farm noticed the fire around 6:20pm and rushed to the scene of the incident. “Immediately they got there, they saw some Fulani herdsmen running away from the scene which showed they were the ones who perpetrated

the evil. “All the maize and cassava have been destroyed while the Palm Oil plantation was seriously affected” he said. Raji added that the farm which is over 40 hectares was completely destroyed and efforts by the security operatives to arrest the in-

vaders proved abortive. He said Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has called Chief Falae and confirm the incident with promises to visit the farm today (Monday). He later estimated the destruction at the farm to be running into millions of Naira.

2019: INEC deploys ICT for electorates, candidates to access information – REC Charles Onyekwere,

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deployed a website technology to ease its dealings with electorate, candidates, political parties and other stakeholders in the electoral process. The new INEC website is – http://www.inecnigeria. org INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Enugu State, Mr Emeka Ononamadu, said in an interview with newsmen in Enugu Sunday. Ononamadu said that the whole essence of the deployment of the websitetechnology was to make the electoral process less stressful and less cumbersome. He said people could get the information they wanted it instantly online. “The new website is interactive and user-friendly; while allowing visitors to subscribe to INEC’s newsletters.’’ The REC said the website had detailed information under the following heading – INEC Youth Ambassadors; Electoral Officials; INEC Citizens Contact Centre (ICCC); INEC LGA Offices; Political Activities and The Media. Others are Aspirants and Candidates; Election Management Bodies; Registration Area Centres Nation Wide and Check Your Voter Registration Status.

Ononamadu said Nigerians could use the website to update their knowledge as well as check their status and that of their aspirants and candidates. “The new website – http:// www.inecnigeria.org, which has improved features that is interactive and user-friend, is made to ease the electoral process by giving usable and up-to-date information concerning aspects of the electoral process and developments to Nigerians. “Like in the provision for Checking Your Voter Registration Status; you can check your voter status by entering your details in the form on this page through imputing your state of residence; surname; and Voters Identification Number (VIN) – last 7 digits. “We also have provision for our newsletters as well as important online news and articles on special INEC events nationwide or in some states as the case might be,’’ he said. The REC said that the commission would continue to do its best to evolve easier, far-reaching and better ways to enlighten and educate Nigerians on their electoral obligations. It would be recalled that INEC is one of the leading electoral bodies in Africa that had been introducing cutting edge technology to better the electoral process. The commission introduced the electronic voters’

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, during a condolence visit to Olori Ibidun Ibitoye, wife of the late Olomu of Omu-Aran, Oba Charles Oladele Ibitoye...on Sunday

Kaduna Dryport: FG holds one day seminar with operators Idu Jude, Federal Government through the Nigerian Shippers’ Council has said that it will be holding a oneday meeting with its stakeholders on the operations of the Kaduna Dry Port, just as it has reiterated efforts to decongest all ports across Nigeria and to improve the revenue generation.

The meeting which is expected to focus on the processes of documentation of the Kaduna bound cargoes, obligations of Terminal operators and shipping companies would hold January 25th 2018 at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. The meeting would equally look at the expected roles of other stakeholders in ensuring the smooth operations of the facility and how best to

Ekiti. Specifically, Fayose said “If you (Fulani herders) still want to stay among us, you must accept the responsibility to ensure that none of our peoples’ farms is destroyed by herdsmen any longer. None of our people must be killed by your men, either they are strangers or those herdsmen living among us. “If any killing or destruction of farms of our people occurs again in that area, I will ensure

that I use the law to fight you their leader on it. This is the last warning I am giving you” he said. The governor said the activities of the Fulani herders had continued to stain the names of President Muhammadu Buhari and other notable fulani leaders in the country. He said, “This killing is giving Fulani people a bad name. If there are no good people among them, how would General Buhari rise to be president? There are

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successfully operationalise the Kaduna Dry Port. The Inland Ports being facilitated by the Nigerian Shippers’ Council is an intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport and operating as a centre for the shipment of the cargoes to inland destinationRecall that President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari recently commissioned the

Kaduna Inland Dry Port for the commencement of full operations at the Dry Port. The 5000 TEU facility located on the Kachia Road in Kaduna gained its port status through official gazette having satisfied all requirements recommended by the Federal Ministry of Transportation and Nigerian Shippers’ Council in accordance with international best practices.

I ‘ll hold you responsible for any attack, Fayose threatens Fulani leaders

Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti

ÏÏÏFollowing the recent

attack alleged to have been perpetrated by Fulani herdsmen in Ekiti State, Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has told Serikin Fulani in the state, Muhammed Abashe, that he will be held responsible for any further attack in the state. The governor, who was furious about the recent killing of a Tiv woman in Orin Ekiti

by people suspected to be Fulani herders, said Abashe had failed in providing leadership by not stopping his kinsmen from destroying farms and attacking residents under slightest provocation. Fayose said this on Saturday at a peace meeting with Fulani herdsmen under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, farmers, local hunters, security agencies and representatives of the Tiv community in Ado

doctors, lawyers, engineers and other notable professionals among you. This is denting their names. The greatest of men are the peace makers. “Even though President Buhari does not send people to kill, it is spoiling his name. We are to make sure the killing stops. “We won’t be intimidated by the terror of the few. The moment you are caught, you will face the law. The killing by fulani is worse than Boko Haram. We want one Nigeria because

we have gone far. Anyone harbouring criminals will not know peace. Enough is enough! Life is sacred and must be treated as such. “I’m calling on the federal government to be firm, when actions are taken against this mindless individuals, this killing will stop. It is because they are taking it like a family affairs; this is not in the interest of Nigeria. Ordinary Nigerians can’t carry AK47 or pump action.

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Pay roll padding scandal rocks Enugu psychiatric hospital Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki ÏÏÏA major industrial unrest is looming at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu following a two-week ultimatum to the Minister of Health by the workers union in the hospital. This time, the workers have alleged that the Chief Medical Directors, Dr. Jojo Onwukwe, had refused to enlist them in the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System, IPPIS, owing to increasing number of ghost workers in the payroll. The hospital has not known peace for over four years now, with the workers pitching themselves against the Managing Director, Jojo Onwuekwe, who is being accused of monumental fraud. The Joint Health Sector Union, JOHESU, had earlier issued a 21-day ultimatum to the management of the hospital over a litany of issues. JOHESU’s ultimatum borders on withheld salaries and arrears from February 2017 till date; withheld promotion arrears, withheld teaching allowance and enrolment of the hospital into the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System, IPPIS. The ultimatum statement obtained by Daily Times was signed by Comrades Ozurumba Anthony, Onu Bank-Anthony, Sims Nwawgu, Ugwu Eric. A. Eze Mathew and Oduru Friday on behalf of the JOHESU affiliate bodies. One week to the expiration

of the ultimatum, another workers’ union, in a letter dated January 19, 2018 addressed to the health minister, has vowed to shut down the hospital if nothing was done to correct the anomalies allegedly being perpetuated by the Medical Director, Dr. Jojo Onwukwe. In the letter by the University Graduates of Nursing Science Association, UGONSA, signed by its president, Chief S.E.O Egwuenu and the secretary, Nurse Goodluck Nshi, the group alleged that there was escalating rascality, highhandedness, corruption and abuse of civil service rules by the medical director. According to the group, “the current situation in the hospital if not checked will result in a breach of peace and a breakdown of law and order.” According the letter, peace would not return to the hospital without the immediate implementation of the report of a panel earlier sent to the hospital by the minister. “The immediate implementation of the report of the panel will go a long way in restoring peace and harmony in the troubled hospital. We, therefore, call for immediate implementation of that report without further delay. “We are outraged that the Medical Director has boasted that he has an insider in the ministry who he settles with money and that is why the report has not been and will never be implemented. This appears to be the reason he gets away

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha , during a visit to the ongoing Amakohia flyover at Orlu Highway, Owerri, Imo State...at the weekend. with the embezzlement, corruption, violation of civil service rules and all other impunities in the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu.” The workers, among other things, accused Onwukwe of grounding activities at the School of Post Basic Psychiatric Nursing, of the hospital, simply because of his personal interest, stressing that owing to his actions, the school had already lost its accreditation. Among other alleged vindictive actions against the school, they further claimed that “he has refused to pay accreditation fee to the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, despite demand letters from the council in 2015, 2016 and

2017. Finally, the council has withdrawn accreditation to the school. “We demand that Dr. Jojo Onwukwe be held accountable for the closing (down) of the only school of Psychiatric Nursing in the South-East, Nigeria as a result of his vindictiveness.” Onwukwe was also accused of unlawful promotion of two nursing staff from the position of Assistant Directors of Nursing Sciences, ANDS, to Deputy Directors of Nursing Sciences, DDNS, refusal to pay electricity bills, thereby throwing the entire nursing school into darkness for over one year, wrongful engagement of his brother, illegal locum staff, severing of headship from seniority,

manipulation of posts, refusal to enrol in IPPS, among others. According to them, “Onwukwe has refused to enrol the hospital into IPPIS when all other hospital in Nigeria have entered IPPIS because he had ghost workers, retired staff, dead, staff, and relatives receiving money directly from the ministry and he is over 60 years and his age cannot fit into the IPPIS paying platform. “We demand that Dr. Onwukwe be instructed to enter IPPIS or henceforth no money should be released to him for payment of salary until he enrols.” Also in the letter, the workers alleged that Onwuke had perfected plans to install

his brother as successor upon his retirement early next year. “In a bid to further cement the plot to make Dr. Acho, his brother, the most senior consultant, which he is not, and reposition him to succeed him as the medical director, Dr. Jojo Onwukwe interdicted Dr. Bakari (the most senior consultant) on the flimsy excuse of abandoning his official duty without permission, despite the fact that Dr. Bakari took permission both orally and written before leaving for an academic conference. “Dr. Onwukwe did not see this permission letter because he does not come to work regularly and does not reside in Enugu”, the further alleged.

$3.2million debt: Igbinedion’s daughter, others file application to set aside judgement

Isiaka congratulates Obasanjo on PhD

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ÏÏÏ Two time Gubernatorial candidate in Ogun state, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, GNI, has congratulated former president Olusegun Obasanjo for successfully bagging a Doctorate Degree (Ph.D) from the National Open University. Prince Isiaka noted that Baba Obasanjo’s knack for acquiring knowledge stands him out among true African statesmen. Isiaka who is a First Class graduate from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) described the achievement as no mean feat because it is rare to see any African at

Peter Fowoyo

Governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbenedion’s daugther, Nosazena Enaholo, has filed an application before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos asking the court to set aside judgment of$3,286,629.92 and other orders made against her and others. Others in the suit include: a Nigerian business man Kennedy Uwagboe, and two limited liability companies, Jupiter Asset management company limited and Mid -Western Oil and Gas Limited. Justice Saliu Saidu, had in 2016 awarded a judgement sum against the defendants after the Plaintiff

Diamond bank Plc filed the suit on the 18th of June 2015 and requested the court to enter the suit for hearing in the “undefended list”and to mark the writ of summons accordingly. The facts upon which the bank believes the defendants have no defence to the suit are that Jupiter Asset management Company limited borrowed $3,500,000 from Diamond bank to acquire additional stake in a company called Eurafric Energy Limited. The loan was guaranteed by Mid-Western Oil and Gas Limited, Nosazena Enaholo (Mrs) and Kenedy Uwagboe, then the Bank and Jupiter Asset Management Company agreed that the loan be

repaid in quarterly installments of $437,500 and accrued interest. They also agreed that repayment should be sourced from proceeds from the quarterly dividends from Mid -Western Oil and Gas Limited. However the defendants have failed to repay the loan, despite repeated demands by the bank, as a result, the bank sued the defendants to recover the loan. Jupiter Asset Management Company admitted its default and has kept requesting for extension and additional days to pay back the loan as evidenced in its letter dated 4th September 2014 and 11th of November, 2014.

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

Obasanjo’s age and social status to submit him to the theoretical and empirical rigours required to attain that level of academic prowess. The Promoter of The Believe Movement (TBM), a sociopolitical mass movement said, “Our generation should be proud of an enigma like Chief Obasanjo whose life is an open book. If as an Octogenarian, he can still be acquiring knowledge and academic garlands, then he has sent a clear message to all of us that age should not be a barrier to go to school and learn more. “Besides, Baba is telling us with this achievement to take the issue of education very seriously in Nigeria

and especially in Ogun State where he comes from. That is why development of human capital is one of the cardinal programmes I will pursue in government from 2019, God willing”. The gubernatorial hopeful further stated, “At this moment, when the quest to acquire quick wealth instead of knowledge has become a norm in our society, I urge our youths to learn from Baba and know that there is no alternative to knowledge as a guarantee for sustainable success”. He prayed God to grant Dr Olusegun Obasanjo long life and good health to continue to play his fatherly role to Nigeria, Africa and the world in general.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

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MRS AJONS NKEM BLESSING

IBOSIOLA OLAYINKA DAVID

OGUNLADE STEPHEN ADELEKE

MRS ODIGIE EZIEGBE PATIENCE

I formerly known and addressed as MISS CHUKWUKA NKEM BLESSING now I wish to be known and addressed as MRS AJONS NKEM BLESSING.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note

I formerly known and addressed as IBOSIOLA OLAYINKA now I wish to be known and addressed as IBOSIOLA OLAYINKA DAVID. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as OGUNLADE ADELEKE AKANBI now I wish to be known and addressed as OGUNLADE STEPHEN ADELEKE. I was born on 27/07/1959.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as USIFOH EZIEGBE PATIENCE now I wish to be known and addressed as MRS ODIGIE EZIEGBE PATIENCE. I was born on 09/04/1973.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

AKOH ISREAL-LIGHT OLIVERVIC

IBRAHIM JIMOH

MRS OYENIYI PRECIOUS TOLULOPE

I formerly known and addressed as AKOH ISREAL OJONEKWU now I wish to be known and addressed as AKOH ISREAL-LIGHT OLIVERVIC .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AKANNI JIMOH now I wish to be known and addressed as IBRAHIM JIMOH .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS OLOGUNDE PRECIOUS TOLULOPE now I wish to be known and addressed as MRS OYENIYI PRECIOUS TOLULOPE .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

PRISCILLA RASHIDAT AKPABIO I formerly known and addressed as RASHIDAT ALABI now I wish to be known and addressed as PRISCILLA RASHIDAT AKPABIO. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

CHUKWUKEBE JOSEPH

CHARLES ISIENYI

OGENE EBENEZER AMARACHUKWU

I, formerly known and addressed as CHARLES NDIFE ANIEKWEZE, now wish to be known and addressed as CHARLES ISIENYI. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OGENE AUGUSTINE AMARACHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as OGENE EBENEZER AMARACHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

MRS ENE RUTH NKECHINYERE

OKOH KENNETH STEPHEN

that my correct name is ANAKWE IFEOMA BLESSING and not ONYEKAOMELU IFEOMA BLESSING as wrongly written in one of my documents, All former documents remain valid, banks and general public take note

I formerly known and addressed as MISS AZUORU RUTH NKECHINYERE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ENE RUTH NKECHINYERE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as OKOH KENNETH NNAJI now wish to be known and addressed as OKOH KENNETH STEPHEN. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OZOMADU EMEKA ANDREW, now wish to be known and addressed as CHUKWUKEBE JOSEPH. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public should please take note.

LOSS OF DOCUMENTS

MRS CHUKWU GLORIA ONYINYECHI

This is to inform the general public of loss of land documents at AKPUOGA NIKE Registered as 5/5/880,94/94/1607, 41/41/914,86/86/1572 registered at Land Registry belonging to Arch. Jake Ude are missing. All effort to trace thesaid documents has proved abortive. If found please contact the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development Enugu.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS NWANI GLORIA ONYINYECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHUKWU GLORIA ONYINYECHI. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and General public should please take note.

MRS EZEH ONYINYE IFEBUCHE

MRS IROEGBU OZIOMA JACINTA

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KARATU MOHAMMED I formerly known and addressed as Karatu Mohammed Laze.now wish to be known and addressed as Karatu Mohammed. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

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I, formerly known, called and addressed as MISS. FASHAKIN, IFEOLUWA ABOSEDE,I now wish to be called and addressed as MRS. OGUNLANA, IFEOLUWA ABOSEDE FELICIA. That all my former documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

MRS UGWU BENITA IFUNANYA I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ANEKE BENITA IFUNANYA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UGWU BENITA IFUNANYA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

EZENWAKA JOSEPH OGECHUKWU

OYETAYO AYISAT ATINUKE

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xxNWAFOR MADUABUCHI SOLOMON

xx OJIUGWO UZOAMAKA SUSSAN

I, formerly known and addressed as ORJINENE JUDITH, now wish to be known and addressed as ORJIANIAKPU OGOCHUKWU JUDITH. My correct date of birth is 25th December 1989. All former documents remain valid. First Bank and General public should please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

x JAMES BUKOLA TOYOSI

DEBORAH ABRAHAM PEPPLE

ASARE ISHMAEL KUNLE

MRS. OLANIYAN IBIRONKE VICTORIA

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CHINWE CYNTHIA MOKWUNYE

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ADEYI YEWANDE ANTHONIA

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DECLARATION OF AGE

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OFFURUM NGOZI IMMACULATE Formerly known as UZOMA NGOZI IMMACULATE Now wish to be known as OFFURUM NGOZI IMMACULATE. and my date of birth is 3rd December.1970.All former documents remain valid. General public and Bank authority concerned BVN should take note.

THAT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION, MY FATHER MR. JOSEPH TWALALAN, WHO KEPT RECORD OF MY BIRTH INFORMED ME AND I VERILY BELIEVE HIM THAT I WAS BORN ON THE 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1988 AT KAWO TOWN IN SHAMDAM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF PLATEAU STATE OF NIGERIA. THAT AT THE TIME OF MY BIRTH, IT WAS NOT OFFICIALLY REGISTERED HENCE THIS AFFIDAVIT. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

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MRS FRANCIS OPARA ANULI CHINENYE I formerly known and addressed as MISS CHINENYE ANULI NNENNA EZINWA and MISS CHINENYE ANULI NNENNA OPARA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS FRANCIS OPARA ANULI CHINENYE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as Jasper Ugbgja and Ugizaja Nnamezie. Now wish to be known and addressed as Ugbaja Kelvin Nnamezie. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

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AGBEJE ANGELA OCHUELE

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l , IGWE CHINEDU AGUECHETA wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as IGWE CHINEDU AGAECHETA. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

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UGBAJA KELVIN NNAMEZIE

GLORIA OLENLU OKOUGBO

NWANKWO GOSPEL KENECHUKWU

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NNAJI CHIBUEZE WISDOM

NWOSU CHIAMAKA JUDITH

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PUBLIC NOTICE

NJOKU IKECHUKWU GODSTIME

I, formerly known and addressed as, DEBORAH OYEMECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as, DEBORAH ABRAHAM PEPPLE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as CHINWE CYNTHIA ASONYE now I wish to be known and addressed as CHINWE CYNTHIA MOKWUNYE .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I, MRS YEWANDE OGUNDE executor of the estate of late Otunba Adedoyin Olayide Ogunde hereby declare loss of purchase receipt of their property situated at 104/106 Moyegeso Road and Moyegeso Club Road Odole Quarters, along Ilese/ Itele Ijebu East L.G.A Ogun State. VETERAN AND PENSIONERS AID ORGANISATION This is to notify the general public that the above named organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matter Act, 2004. THE TRUSTEES ARE: * Kola Ogunrinu * Leke Omoteso * Femi Adesanya * Sadiq Oyebola Emiola * Oduola Asimiyu * John Victor Longe AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. That all serving and former military and their dependants should have the opportunity to avoid hardship and enjoy independence and dignity. 2. That all serving and retired civil servants and their dependants should also have the opportunity. 3. We give a lifetime support to both serving and retired military civil servants and their families in need. 4. Liaise with international agency to support veterans and pensioners anywhere they live in Nigeria. Any objections to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Secretary

Change of Names 22 IBHADOUBHEBHOLO OSEMEKIAN

I formerly known and addressed as IBHAS KENNETH now wish to be known called and addressed as IBHADOUBHEBHOLO OSEMEKIAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. OYENIYI TEMITOLA OLUWATOSIN

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Formerly known and addressed as OKEAFOR - OZIOMACHUKWU. B., now wish to be known and addressed as OLOYEOZIOMACHUKWU. B. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. MRS OLABODE VIVIEN TAMUNOEMI GIBSON

EJIKEME EKPERECHUKWU CYNTHIA Formerly known and addressed as EJIKEME CYNTHIA, now wish to be known and addressed as EJIKEME EKPERECHUKWU CYNTHIA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME AND REARRANGEMENT OF NAME

WILLIAMS ALLEN DAVID I formerly known and addressed as GODWIN GOODLUCK GABRIEL now wish to be known called and addressed as WILLIAMS ALLEN DAVID. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. XX IBE OSAGIE BLESSING

That I Olasupo Akintola Biona my name was formerly written as Biona Olasupo Tola wish to be known and addressed as Olasupo Akintola Biona. All Documents /Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as EBOMA BLESSING, now wish to be known and addressed as IBE OSAGIE BLESSING. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

WAHAB RILIWAN ISHOLA

CHINWENDU TEMOFE BEDE-OKERE

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I, formerly known and addressed as CHINWENDU TEMOFE OKOLO now wish to be known and addressed as CHINWENDU TEMOFE BEDE-OKERE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OGUNTIMOJU OLUSGUN OMONIYI

ADEWUNI YETUNDE TEMITOPE

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OYIBO VIVIEN TEMUNOEMI GIBSON now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OLABODE VIVIEN TAMUNOEMI GIBSON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as ADEWUNMI OLUSEYI OGUNTIMOJU OLUSEGUN now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNTIMOJU OLUSGUN OMONIYI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

GABRIEL RISIKAT ATINUKE

DUROSINMI OLUWAYEMISI ADEYEMI

I, formerly known and addressed as LAWAL RISIKAT ATINUKE now wish to be known and addressed as GABRIEL RISIKAT ATINUKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

.I, formerly known and addressed as ADEWUNMI OLUWAYEMISI ADEYEMI now wish to be known and addressed as DUROSINMI OLUWAYEMISI ADEYEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

EMEKA SAMUEL NWOGBE I, formerly known and addressed as EMEKA NWOGBE now wish to be known and addressed as EMEKA SAMUEL NWOGBE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS CHIMERE STEPHANIE KENECHUKWU I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ANI KENECHUKWU UZOMA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHIMERE STEPHANIE KENECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OLOWOAKE BABATUNDE ABIOLA I, formerly known and addressed as OLOWOAKE BABATUNDE MUHAMMED now wish to be known and addressed as OLOWOAKE BABATUNDE ABIOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ADERINTO ORIRE I,formerly known and addressed as DAYOADERINTO ORIRE now wish to be known and addressed as ADERINTO ORIRE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. FUNMILOLA ELIZABETH LAWAL

EMMANUEL AYOMIKUN ESTHER

I formerly known as Funmilola Idowu Adeyemi wish to be known and addressed as Funmilola Elizabeth Lawal. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

I formerly known as EMMANUEL AWULICHUKWU ESTHER wish to be known and addressed as EMMANUEL AYOMIKUN ESTHER. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

ADEGBILE BALIKIS FOLASHADE

ELEH IFEYINWA PATRICIA I formerly known, called and addressed as ALXANDER IFEYINWA PATRICIA now wish to be known, called and addressed as ELEH IFEYINWA PATRICIA. All Former documents remain valid. General Public and Authorities concerned take note.

I formerly known as BALKIS FOLASHADE ADEGBILE wish to be known and addressed as ADEGBILE BALIKIS FOLASHADE. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME /CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

FAUSAT OLADUNNI BALOGUN

I formerly known as SAKARIYAU OLAJIDE SARA ENIOLA wish to be known and addressed as SAKA MUBINU OLAJIDE. MY corrected DATE OF BIRTH IS 15th AUGUST, 1971 wrong date of birth is 20th AUGUST, 1971. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as Fausat Oladunni Banjo ,now wish to be known and addressed as FAUSAT OLADUNNI BALOGUN. All former documents remain valid general public should please take note.

UKEH EMMAVWODUA

FUNMILAYO MARY AKINYEMI

I formerly known and addressed as Ukeh Gabriel Ageruno, now wish to be known and addressed as UKEH EMMAVWODUA. All former documents remain valid general public please take note .

I Formerly known and addressed as Emmanuel Funmilayo (first name) MARY (Middle name). Now wish to be known and addressed as FUNMILAYO MARY AKINYEMI. former documents remain valid general public please take note.

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ADESANYA AJARA ANIKE I, formerly known and addressed as KAREEM AJARA ANIKE, now wish to be known and addressed as ADESANYA AJARA ANIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note MRS ADENIRAN FUNKE VICTORIA

Formerly known and addressed as AROWOGBOLA FUNKE VICTORIA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ADENIRAN FUNKE VICTORIA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. OKHIMAMHE TAMUNOSEIPIRIYE

I, formerly known and addressed as Koko Tamunoseipiriye now wish to be known and addressed as Okhimamhe Tamunoseipiriye. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT I AM THE SAME PERSON BEARING THE FOLLOWING NAMES, MAKANJUOLA TEMITOPE OLUWATOSIN CHRISTINE, MAKANJUOLA TEMITOPE OLUWATOSIN, MAKANJUOLA TEMITOPE CHRISTINE. THAT ANY DOCUMENT/ID CARD BEARING EITHER OF THESE NAMES REFERS TO ME AS SAME PERSON & REMAINS VALID.

EDWIN MORRISON ABUCHI

Formerly OGUNKOMAIYA OLAJUMOKE OMOWUNMI Now BELLO OLAJUMOKE OMOWUNMI. Former document remains valid. General public should take note. EVANGELINE ADESANYA

Formerly Evangeline Njoku now wish to be known and addressed as Evangeline Adesanya. Former document remains valid. General public should take note. OWOLO ABIGEAL GIDEON

Formerly Owolo Abigail Onavayenro now to be addressed as Owolo Abigeal Gideon . Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

OSITA ABIGAIL IHECHI I, formerly known and addressed as EMELOGU QUEEN IHECHI now wish to be known and addressed as OSITA ABIGAIL IHECHI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ADDITION OF NAME Formerly Onwe Chinonso now Onwe Chinonso Nwachara. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

Formerly Nweke Friday Now Nweke Friday Egbo. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

IDURU OKIEMUTE PRISCILA

MRS. ADEBAYO OLUWATOSIN HANNAH Formerly FATOLU MUSTAPHA OLUWATOSIN HANNAH, Now MRS. ADEBAYO OLUWATOSIN HANNAH. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

Formerly Obah Okiemute Priscilla, now Iduru Okiemute Priscila. Former document remains valid. General public should take note. IJIDELE OPEYEMI ADERINSOLA

I formerly known and addressed as SALAMI OPEYEMI AOLAT , now wish to be known and addressed as IJIDELE OPEYEMI ADERINSOLA, all former document remain valid general public take note

ONYILUKA CAROLINE CHIKODI

OLOKO TAIWO TEMITOPE

I formerly known as Soyebo Taiwo Temitope wish to be known and addressed as Oloko Taiwo Temitope. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

ADEDIJI SAMSON OPEOLUWA

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

EMMANUEL SHEDRACK CHINWENDU

FORMERLY KENNETH CHIOKWE CHIBUKO. Now CHIOKWE EMMANUEL CHIBUKO. Former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

BELLO OLAJUMOKE OMOWUNMI

I, formerly known and addressed as ABUCHI MORRISON NWAFOR now wish to be known and addressed as EDWIN MORRISON ABUCHI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known as Agugeosi Caroline Chikodi wish to be known and addressed as Onyiluka Caroline Chikodi. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as ADEDIJI OPEOLUWA IMOLEAYO wish to be known and addressed as ADEDIJI SAMSON OPEOLUWA. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

CHIOKWE EMMANUEL CHIBUKO

That I George Ebenezer Ayodele my name was formerly written as George Ebenezer Ayodele Idowu wish to be known and addressed as George Ebenezer Ayodele. All Documents /Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

SMITH OKOUGBO FUNMILAYO

I formerly known and addressed as Ogbuji Shedrack Chinwendu, now wish to be known and addressed as EMMANUEL SHEDRACK CHINWENDU. All former documents remain valid general public please take note

I formerly known and addressed as Bankole Funmilayo Taiwo, now wish to be known and addressed as SMITH OKOUGBO FUNMILAYO TAIWO. All former documents remain valid general public should please take note.

KAREEM ADEMOLA TAJUDEEN I, formerly known and addressed as ADEMOLA TAJUDEEN, now wish to be known and addressed as KAREEM ADEMOLA TAJUDEEN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I FORMALLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OPUATUKU ABUKU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OPIRI GODGIVE EDEINBO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OPIRI GODGIVE EDEINBO

MRS MORENIKEJI DAYO ADEBANJO BUARI

I formerly known and addressed as Miss Morenikeji Dayo Adebanjo Now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Morenikeji Dayo Adebanjo Buari, all former document remain valid general public take note REMOVAL OF NAME I, GRANVILLE, FUBARA SAMPSON, wish to remove, ORIBO, from my name which was formerly, GRANVILLE, FUBARA SAMPSON ORIBO, in some of my documents. I now wish to be known and addressed as, GRANVILLE, FUBARA SAMPSON. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

OMASEYI PETER JONATHAN I, formerly known and addressed as EDJE PETER JONATHAN, now wish to be known, called and addressed as OMASEYI PETER JONATHAN. All documents bearing my former names remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

NJOTU DUBEM IFAMBI

Formerly known and addressed as Njotu Joseph Ifambi now wish to be known and addressed as Njotu Dubem Ifambi. all former documents remain valid, general public should please note. MRS. ONYEKA C. W. ANANABA

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ONYEKA CHRISTIANA NWOSE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. ONYEKA C. W. ANANABA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

NWEKE FRIDAY EGBO

RAHEEM OJO SHUAIB

Formerly Oyetunji Oyewole Shuaib, now Raheem Ojo Shuaib. Former document remains valid. General public should take note. AKPOVIRI ESE NYERHOVWO

I formerly known and addressed as Akopviri Nyrrhivwo Ese ,Now wish to be known and addressed as AKPOVIRI ESE NYERHOVWO, all former document remain valid general public take note

JOSEPH PETER I, formerly known and addressed as, JOSEPH TITUS, now wish to be known and addressed as, JOSEPH PETER. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

LOVE JOSEPH I, formerly known and addressed as, LOVE IKOGI, now wish to be known and addressed as, LOVE JOSEPH. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note. OGUNBANJO ADENIRAN ADEBOLA

I formerly known and addressed as ADENIRAN ADEBOLA CHRISTIANAH, Now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNBANJO ADENIRAN ADEBOLA. all former documents remain valid. general public should please take note.

MRS. NWAIWU HENRRIETTA .N. I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ONUNKWO HENRRIETTA NWASOLUCHI, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. NWAIWU HENRRIETTA .N. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

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AZMAN FOUNDATION

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ABDULMUNAFI YUNUSA SARINA 2. UMAR ABDULMUNAF YUNUSA 3. FAISAL ABDULMUNAF 4. MUSTAPHA ABDULMUNAF 5. USAMA ABDULMUNAF YUNUSA SARINA 6. MUHAMMAD HADI ABDULMUNAF. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS 2. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEDGED IN THE SOCIETY.

23 Companies Registration RIGHT SOLUTIONS AND CAPACITY BUILDERS INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. NIYI ABORISADE 2. SOLA THOMAS AGBOOLA 3. OLUSOJI TOKUNBO MAJEKODUNMI 4. OLUFEMI OLUJINMI 5. CHURCHILL TUNDE KAYODE. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO CREATE A MEMBERSHIP OF EXEMPLARY INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE SELF-DISCIPLINED AND LEAD BY GOOD EXAMPLE IN EVERY COMMUNITY IRRESPECTIVE OF FINANCIAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL STATUS IN OUR SOCIETY.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

GIRL CHILD CONCERNS

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. DR. MAIRO MANDARA 2. DR. HAMID BOBBOYI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE GIRL CHILD EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS AND IN ALL FIELDS AND ASSIST FEMALE CHILDREN MAKE ENLIGHTENED CHOICES ABOUT THEIR EDUCATION AND FUTURE CAREERS. 2. TO EDUCATE, SENSITIZE AND TRAIN THE GIRL CHILD ON HER RIGHTS AND ON HER DUTIES TO HERESELF AND THE SOCIETY IN WHICH SHE LIVES, THEREBY ENABLING HER TO RELATE TO OTHERS AS AN ENLIGHTENED PERSON AWARE OF HER RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

EBHOJIE FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH AND SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT

PURPOSE DRIVEN COMMUNITY CHURCH

TECHNOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT IN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. HABIBA BASHIR BETARA 2. SADIQ BASHIR BETARA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO STIMULATE AND PROMOTE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

COVENANT LIGHT PRAYER CHURCH OF GOD

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. MOSES AGHAOYIBO EMEKA. 2. OBI PRINCE OKOYA. 3. ACHAKORO NGOZI KATE. 4. UGOJI ELENYA. 5. GOD’SPOWER CHUKWUMA MARVELOUS. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. JOSEPH OLUWAFEMI ADEPOJU. 2. DEBORA OLUWAKEMI JOSEPH. 3. CALEB INIOLUWA OLUWAFEMI. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL.

GOD’S BELOVED PEOPLE’S ASSEMBLY WORLDWIDE

SOUNDING ALARM ASSEMBLY MISSION OF THE LAST DAY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EMPOWER THE YOUTH BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, FREE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT. 2. TO HELP THE NEEDY AND LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY.

TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR NNAMDI IKECHUKWU ECHEBIRI - CHAIRMAN 2. PASTOR MRS. IFEOMA ADAOBI ECHEBIRI - SECRETARY 3. MR. OLA DANIEL IGILIMA 4. BAR. IFEOMA EJEZIE 5. BAR UDOKA AMAKA OBIHAN (MRS) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EVANGELIZE, PREACH THE GOSPLE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE NATION OF THE WORLD. 2. TO MAKE THE PEOPLE OF GOD TO KNOW THEIR RIGHT IN CHRIST JESUS.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES : 1. OBIOMA ANTHONY 2. OBIOMA BEUTRICE 3. EKPERECHI ANNASTECIA NDIDI 4. CHUKWU GABRIEL AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: BARR. FOLAKE AYOADE.

SIGNED: BARR UDOKA AMAKA OBIHAN (MRS).

SIGNED: SECRETARY

DELIGHT SOLUTION GROUND ASSEMBLY

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

PLEASANT FAITH CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

HOLY LIFE INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL CENTRE

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROPAGATE THE BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS OF FAITH, LOVE AND HOLINESS. 2. TO TRANSFORM PEOPLE FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES ARE 1. ASEMOTA BLESSING ORIESO. 2) IKEKE DANIEL, 3) ASEMOTA CHARLES OMORUYI, 4) AYEMERE EVELYN OARHE, 5) OMENBIUYIE OSARETIN 6) DARE GBENGA ADEBOWALE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1) TO BRING MEN TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST 2) TO DEPOPULATE HELL BY ALL MEANS 3) TO BUILD CHRISTLIKE FAITH IN MEN WHO WILL IN TURN BUILD OTHERS.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

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 COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OGUZIE EMMANUEL CHINONYEREM (PRESIDENT) 2. EFFIOM SOPHIA ANYIN (SECRETARY). 3. OZIOMA OGUZIE ISREAL

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

GODS ROYAL WORLD WORSHIP CHURCH 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 COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OGUAJU VICTORY IKECHUKWU (PRESIDENT) 2. ODINMA ROSE NNEKA (VICE PRESIDENT). 3. ONEN GRACE BASSEY (SECRETARY) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO PROMOTE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY IN NIGERIA SOCIAL AND PUBLIC LIFE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PRESIDENT

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

GREAT KING’S FAMILY CHURCH

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 COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ABUNDANCE ORGANYRUH (PRESIDENT) 2. GLORY ORGANYRUH (SECRETARY). 3. DAVID SILAS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL NATIONS. 2. TO ESTABLISH AN INSTITUTION FOR THE VOICE OF THE COMMON MAN

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR MARKUS TINO 2. PASTOR SHABALA SARAH 3. PASTOR BULUS ISA TERI THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH TO LOST SOULS

SIGNED: SECRETARY

GREENWORD PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY

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 COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. UBAH PROMISE CHIJINDU (PRESIDENT) 2. DODOMI IMOMOTIMI (SECRETARY). 3. ANTHONY AKACHUKWU AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL NATIONS.

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

Companies Registration 24 JULIANA PLACE OF SUCCOR AND HOPE FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. MR FILANI KAYODE OLADIPUPO ( CHAIRMAN) 2. MRS MUSTAPHA FUNMILOLA 3. PASTOR FILANI ADENIYI 4. ADELEYE ADEKEMI A. (SECRETARY) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. SCHOLARSHIP FOR INDIGENT STUDENTS AND ORPHANS 2. EMPOWERING THE WIDOWS 3. HELP FOR THE AGED AND VULNERABLE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. ANNOUNCER: ADELEYE ADEKEMI (SECRETARY)

THE CITY CLUB LAGOS

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANISATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION OF THE FOLLOWING:1. TO LOCALIZE ITS NAME BY ADDING THE WORD “LAGOS” TO THE NAME TO READ “THE CITY CLUB LAGOS”. 2. APPOINTMENT/FILLING OF VACANCY IN THE NUMBER OF TRUSTEES TO WIT:I. ADE ODEDINA (RETAINED) II. ENGR. (CHIEF) OLUSOLA OGUNSOLA (RETAINED) III. CHIEF ADEDEJI ADEKOYA (RETAINED) IV. WOLE ADEBOLA (DECEASED) V. PROF. CHIEF ADEDOKUN ADEBAYO ADEYEMI (DECEASED) VI. SEINDE SILVA (NEWLY APPOINTED) VII. OLU FALOMO (NEWLY APPOINTED) AND 3. AMENDMENT OF ITS CERTAIN CLAUSES IN THE CONSTITUTION TO FACE SOME REALITIES. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE. SIGNED: BARR. GBADEBO WAHAB 08055919878

ASSOCIATION OF DIGITAL MARKETING PROFESSIONALS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA, FOR THE REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ‘ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADEKUNLE OLUWATOBI ADEYINKA - CHAIRMAN. 2. OLUDE OLUWABUSAYO OLUFUNKE. 3. EJIRIKA PRINCEWILL ONOME. 4. AYODEJI OLAKUNLE AKINTADE - SECRETARY. 5. BOLAJI OLAYINKA AHMED. 6. IGE TEMITAYO OLUWAPELUMI 7. OGUNDE JOSHUA OBASANJO. 8. UKUBEYINJE ORITSETIMEYIN. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, P.M.B. 198 GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY.

JESUS THE GREAT PHYSICIAN INTERNATIONAL CHURCH THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990. THE TRUSTEE ARE: 1. PST. MRS. BIBIAN KYRIAN - PRESIDENT GENERAL OVERSEER 2. PST. EKE KYRIAN EJIKE - SECRETARY 3. DICK-ABBEY OBARAOHOSA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD TO ALL NATIONS 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD 3. TO TRAIN PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ON THE GO FOR GOD. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. SAVIOUR MADUBUEZE

BE THE LIGHT FOUNDATION

TEVA ARK FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES 1. CAPTAIN USORO ESSIEN ( CHAIRMAN ) 2. MRS DAMILOLA ESSIEN 3. MRS NWANDO LAWAL 4. MR FISAYO OKUNSANYA 5. MISS YINKA AWORETAN 6. MR OLUWATOSIN OLUKUADE 7. GBENGA ADEGBOOLA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO SUPPORT, ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE MISSIONARIES 2. TO REACH OUT TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED, CARE, ASSIST, CATER AND EMPOWER THE ORPHANS, WIDOWS, THE NEEDY, THE DEPRIVED AND PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED IN THE SOCIETY. 3. TRAINING AND SUPPORTING PASTORS, EVANGELISTS AND GOSPEL MINISTERS TO BECOME MISSIONARIES AND CARRY OUT EVANGELISM ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

PURE FOUNTAIN EMPOWERMENT CENTRE

SIGNED SECRETARY

HEAVEN’S CRIBE ORPHANAGE FOUNDATION

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

TRUSTEES: 1) IFEOMA AKUANATA OFFOR 2) NKEM CHINENYE LAZ IGBONWA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO OFFER A PLACE OF SAFETY FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND TO PROMOTE THE HOLISTIC GROWTH OF THE CHILD: EMOTIONAL, COGNITIVE, SOCIAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL. 2. WE AIM TO GIVE THEM FIRST CLASS EDUCATION, ACCESS TO NECESSARY HEALTH SERVICES AND, ABOVE ALL, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW UP HEALTHY AND HAPPY IN A SAFE, CARING, WARM AND GOODL ENVIRONMENT.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED SECRETARY

MERCYHEART FOUNDATION

OASIS OF LOVE INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART “C’ OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES 1 OLADIPUPO ERIC ISMAILA . 2 ALABI ANFANA IDOWU AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE ONES IN THE SOCIETY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED SECRETARY

VOICE OF LIBERATION POWER MINISTRY INT’L

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990. THE TRUSTEE ARE: 1. AJOKU CLIFFORD ONYEJIRI. - CHAIRMAN. 2. AJOKU NGOZI. MIRACLE - SECRETARY. 3. IROANYA NNAMDI - TREASURER. 4. NWODI ALLOYSIUS OLISAEMEKA - ASST. SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO WORSHIP GOD IN TRUTH AND IN HOLINESS 2. TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE FROM EVERY SATANIC TRAPS BY PREACHING THE WORD OF LIBERATION AND DOMINION.

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PASTOR CLIFFORD ONYEJIRI. - CHAIRMAN.

THE GREATEST FAMILY CHURCH CAC/IT/NO. 42526

THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE : 1. REV. DR. JOSEPH OGBU AGU - RETAINED 2. PASTOR (MRS) COMFORT NKASIOBI AGU - RETAINED 3. PASTOR OKEKE ONOCHIE GODWIN - RETAINED . 4. DEACON LAMBERT OKWUEGBUNEM - RETAINED 5. SIS. CHIMERIRI NKIRU AGU - REMOVED

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROVIDE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED AND DOWNTRODDEN IN THE SOCIETY ESPECIALLY WOMEN..

THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE: 1.IFEOMA VIVIAN NDUKWU

SIGNED: KELECHUKWU IJEUDO, ESQ.

ABDULMALIK CARE FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. NAMES OF TRUSTEES ARE : 1. ZAINAB ABDULMALIK CHAIRPERSON 2. NIMATALLAHI .M. FASHIPE. 3. HYABATULLAHI .T. FASHIPE. 4. ABDULKAREEM .K. FASHIPE. 5. FAUZIAT .O. RAHEEM. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO HELP ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE. 2. TO ORGANISE FREE SCHEMES AND ACQUISITION PROGRAMME FOR WIDOWS AND LESS PRIVILEGED. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES ARE: 1. JOSEPH ANIETIE STEPHEN 2. ANIETIE-JOSEPH CHINASA 3. OLUA NKEM PATIENCE 4. JOSEPH PATRICK AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO GIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LESS PRIVILEGE PERSONS WITH A VIEW TO HELP THEM IN PERSECUTING PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES. 2. TO IMPLEMENT ANY SCHEME FOR PROVIDING LIVELIHOOD AND UPLIFTMENT OF THE NEEDY. 3. TO FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN HANDICRAFTS AMONG THE PUBLIC.

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDE PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR -GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART “C’ OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. SAMUEL CHUKWUEMEKA OKAFOR 2. OGE JESSICA OKAFOR.EUCHARIA CHIDI. 3. NDUKA FRANKLIN AZIKE. OBIORA EMMANUEL OKAFOR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1 TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE SOCIETY. 2 TO PROTECT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED SECRETARY

MAKING OF PECULIAR KINGS MINISTRY

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990. THE TRUSTEE ARE: 1. NKWO. BLESSING. NGOZI - PRESIDENT. 2. NWANEGWO. CHIDI. EKEMEZIE - SECRETARY. 3. NKWO. CHRISTIAN. UCHE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 2. TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE FROM EVERY SATANIC TRAPS BY PREACHING THE WORD OF GRACE AND DOMINION. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: NKWO BLESSING NGOZI. (PRESIDENT)

OLD NAME: DAUGHTERS OF COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE’S HOME NEW NAME: MISSIONARY DAUGHTERS OF THE COMPASSIONATE LORD JESUS HOME AND REHABILITATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR CHANGE OF NAME UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES REMAIN THE SAME. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : SECRETARY

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THE FOUNTAIN CARE REHABILITATION MINISTRY THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PST. ETIM DANIEL AKAN- CHAIRMAN/CEO 2. ELDER ENGR. CHARLES ETIM AKAN- SECRETARY 3. ELDER VICTOR ASUQUO ASUQUO- TREASURER 4. EVANG. ERIC EDET OKON-MEMBER 5. ENGR. RICHARD ETIM AKAN- MEMBER 6. JENNY ETIM AKAN- MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEDGED IN OUR SOCIETY. 2. TO HELP THE POOR, YOUTHS, AGED AND THE VULNERABLE. 3. TO SEEK PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT(28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY SECRETARY

PROPHETIC VICTORY VOICE OF FIRE MINISTRY INT’L THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. AMOS ISAH 2. MERCY OJOMA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 2. TO ORDAIN MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

25 Companies Registration THE HALLELUJAH SIDE BELIEVERS CHURCH

SIGNED: SECRETARY

PATRIOTIC WOMEN & YOUTH INITIATIVE FOR POVERTY ERADICATION & GOOD LEADERSHIP

COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH BYAZHIN KUBWA CAC/IT N0 62698

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. UDOH ANSELEM UDOH (CHAIRMAN) 2. UDOH LUCY 3. ANIDIARI SUNDAY GODSPOWER WILCOX 4. DEEUE ARMSTRONG 5. LEMON TONUBARI ROLAND AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. TITILAYO FAGBENRO BRANCO. 2) ABDUL WASIU MAJEKODUNMI BILAL. 3) MRS HALIRU ABIODUN AMINA. 4)MR.OGUDE BRIAN GBENGA. 5) LUKMAN MAYOWA FAGBENRO. 6) MEDUOYE SUNNY EGBONTOLORUN. 7) AYEOLOWO OLUWASEYIFUNMI.. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO ADVOCATE FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND TO ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN POSITIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: ENE IDOKO ( ESQ)

SIGNED: SECRETARY

LIFE CITY WORSHIP CENTRE

GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS FANS BASE ASSOCIATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CENTRE HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR CHUKS NNAMDI EZE 2. PASTOR IGBADIA ALASA PATRICK 3. OKWESILI BESILIA. 4. SAMSON VICTOR DUGGA. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1) TO REVIVED THE CHURCH THROUGH THE PREACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD. 2. TO TAKE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO THE UNREACHED SOULS. 3. TO TEACH THE UNDILUTED WORD OF GOD ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

SALMA ABDUL FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. OPARA IKENNA KENNEDY 2. OPARA LINDA NGOZI 3. UZOMA CHIDINMA VERONICA 4. NWOSU GLORIA MUNACHI 5. OGWUDIRE CLINTON AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE SPORTS AND PROTECT THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS 2. TO CREATE A UNIFORM PLATFORM FOR FOOTBALL LOVER FANS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PROF. ANDREW ZAMANI 2. MR. DAVID ISAAC ABWAMINAJE 3. BARR. HASSANA BARNABAS 4. MR. IFRAIMU DAUDA 5. DR. OMOKAYODE AYOADE 6. MR. VINCENT M. GODFREY 7. MRS. GLORIA DANJUMA JIMIKO 8. MR. SEGUN ABAYOMI EKUNDAYO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ENHANCE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES, SUSTAINABLE AND DISEASE-FREE ENVIRONMENT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE. 2. COMMUNICATING, TRACKING AND QUANTIFYING HEALTH RELATED AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. 3. TO ALLOCATE MITIGATION MEASURES AND VERIFY THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. 4. PROVIDING RESPONSIVE MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR VICTIMS ON THE EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN HOST COMMUNITIES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIQGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: OLUWAMAYOWA AJAYI

ESQ.

GARDEN OF FLAMES CHRISTIAN CENTRE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES ARE 1. MANFWANG HABILA 2. DALONG PHILIP TANKO 3. ELIAS VICTOR ABAH 4. LEKSHAK LARABA MATTHEW 5. IBRAHIM JOHN DUNG AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

ANDREW LAMAI EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION

COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE INITIATIVE

THE TRUSTEES (1) REV. ISUWA BAKO KANTOMA (2) MR. ADEBAYO ANTHONY JACOB (3) DEACONESS ESTHER ADEKANLU (4) MRS JULIANA TOPE ESUOLA (5) BARR ADEBAYO OLAWOYIN.

GARDEN OF FLAMES CHRISTIAN CENTRE

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, DECREE NO. 1 OF 1990.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO HELP THE ORPHANS AND WIDOWS

TRUSTEES 1. HASSAN I. YERIMA 2. AISHAT IBRAHIM

AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES ARE 1. MANFWANG HABILA 2. DALONG PHILIP TANKO 3. ELIAS VICTOR ABAH 4. LEKSHAK LARABA MATTHEW 5. IBRAHIM JOHN DUNG AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

GOD AT WORK CHRISTIAN CENTRE INT’L

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR DANIEL TIMOTHY SUNDAY 2. PASTOR DANIEL OYETAYO MARVELLOUS 3. DEACONESS ABIGAIL GAYUS BIYAM 4. MINISTER OYETADE OYEWUMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO TAKE CARE OF THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS. 2. TO ESTABLISH LOCAL BRANCHES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL WORLDWIDE. 3. TO EMPLOY AND DEPLOY, TRAIN AND ORDAIN MINISTERS FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE WORK OF THE CHURCH ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SOLID BRIDGE SPORTS FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES 1. OBOZUA OJEISEKHOBA- PRESIDENT 2. AGHEDO- OWEN OGBEWI LEE 3. ISOMO OJEISEKHOBA 4. ESEOGHENE EZIEMEFE 5. AGHEDO-OWEN JAHZEAL NOSAZIE 6. VIOLET EZIEMEFE- SECRETARY 7. AGHEDO-OWEN ADESUWA BECKY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE AN OUTLET FOR ENCOURAGING WIDER PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS 2. TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE DELIVERY OF SPORTING ACTIVITIES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY PRESIDENT

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES ARE 1. GABRIEL UCHE OFILI, 2. LAMAI IDANESI ANDREW, 3, GODSWILL ENYINNAYA. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1 . TO ASSIST THÉ LESS PRIVILEDGE IN THÉ AREA OF THEIR HEALTH AND ÉDUCATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BOLUWAJI JOHN SECRETARY

WRAPP’ER WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. FAITH OGALA -CHAIRMAN 2. FABIAN OGALA- VICE CHAIRMAN 3. JOY EGERE - SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF LESS PRIVILEGE AND VULNERABLE PERSONS IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

Companies Registration 26 ALTAR OF REDEMPTION CHAPEL INT’L THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

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LOGOS OF GLORY INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. MRS. KALU OWUTAMUNOPIRI BERTHA 2. REV. DR. STEPHEN IKECHUKWU OKUBI KALU 3. MR. SAMUEL GBOKO AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR MIRACLE CHRISTIAN OFFIA 2. MRS. AMARACHI ALICE OFFIA 3. PASTOR IKECHUKWU BLESSING OKARIKE 4. ENGR. EBUBECHUKWU GLORY OFFIA AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1.TO WINS SOULS FOR CHRIST

SIGNED: REV. MRS. KALU OWUTAMUNOPIRI BERTHA

SIGNED: PASTOR MIRACLE CHRISTIAN OFFIA

AWIYE MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1. OLORUNTELE ALABI DOKUN- CHAIRMAN. 2. ENGNR. AMINU ALABI IBIYEYE-SEC. 3. AYODELE MUFUTAU SHITTU. 4. OLUREMI FUNSHO ADEDAYO. 4. PROF. ADENIRAN JAMES OLANIYI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROMOTE LITERARY AND READING CULTURE AMONG ALL CITIZEN OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THAT ARE STUDIOUS AND WHO SEEK KNOWLEDGE: ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BY THE SECRETARY.

THE LIVING HOPE EVANGELICAL MISSION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OBETO BEATRICE, 2. OBETO AKOBA, 3. EGBADON JULIUS 4. AJEKWENEH JOHNSON TIMA. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

REIGNING GLORY RESTORATION MINISTRY

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION AS AN INCORPORATED TRUSTEE UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP. C-20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). FAITH CHUKWU PRESIDENT 2) CHUKWU CHIDINMA SECRETARY 3) OGECHI IBEH 4). WISDOM ENI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: I). TO TAKE THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION OF OUR LORD JESUS TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AND TO BRING SOULS INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST II). TO DELIVER PEOPLE FROM DARKNESS AND THE BONDAGE OF SIN, SICKNESS, POVERTY AND EVERY SATANIC OPPRESSION AND MANIPULATION III). TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY IV). THE PROMOTING OF HOLINESS AS A WAY OF CHRISTIAN LIVING V). THE QUEST FOR SALVATION AS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS IN DAILY LIFE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PRESIDENT

GRACED WOMEN INTERCESSORY MINISTRY

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TO PROMISELAND PROPHETIC MINISTRY INT’L THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION AS AN INCORPORATED TRUSTEE UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP. C-20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). EHIKIOYA JOHN PRESIDENT 2) GODSTIME AHERE EHIKIOYA SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES I). TO TAKE THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION OF OUR LORD JESUS TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AND TO BRING SOULS INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST II). TO DELIVER PEOPLE FROM DARKNESS AND THE BONDAGE OF SIN, SICKNESS, POVERTY AND EVERY SATANIC OPPRESSION AND MANIPULATION III). TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY IV). THE PROMOTING OF HOLINESS AS A WAY OF CHRISTIAN LIVING V). THE QUEST FOR SALVATION AS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS IN DAILY LIFE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PRESIDENT

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

27 News/Change of Names

25 vie for Aare Onakakanfo title –Aare Gani Adams

ÏÏÏ The new Aare Ona ka-

kanfo of Yoruba land, Gani Adams has revealed that twenty five influential sons of Yoruba land contested for the exalted position. The new Aare Ona kakanfo also revealed how a top pastor of the Celestial Church of Christ predicted his emergence as the 15th Aare Ona kakanfo. Aare Adams, while speaking at special thanksgiving service to mark his successful installation as Aare ona kakanfo also

said that twenty five people jostled for the exalted position. He also used the occasion, which took place at the Genesis parish of the Celestial Church, Alakuko to reiterate his commitment to the development of the Yoruba cultural values and identities. Are Adams also said that he was by far the least richest of all the people that contested and described his emergence as ‘an imposition on all of them by the Almighty God” Adams said “Genesis (Pas-

tor Israel Ogundipe) predicted my emergence as the Aare Ona kakanfo of Yoruba land. That is one the reasons I respect him as a man of God.” The new Aare also continued that “he was at my former office at Palm groove and he made three predictions which all came to pass in less than two weeks” Adams also continued: “I saw humility and the holiness of God in him. He is one of the few pastors that I respect.” ‘When we started jostling for

the post I told him to pray along with me and promised him that I would do my thanksgiving in his church if the Lord answered my prayers,” Aare Adams said. He also promised to always use his position as the Aare Ona kakanfo to forester religious harmony among the people of the Yoruba race. Pastor Ogundipe in his sermon at the occasion commended the new Aare for his humility and urged him to remain committed to God.

NYSC staff welfare is excellent under me –DG Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia

ÏÏÏThe

Director-General of the National Youth service Corp, NYSC Brig. Gen. Sule Zakari Kazaure has said that the welfare of the staff of the scheme is excellent and perfect under his administration. Addressing newsmen in Umuahia, Brig. Gen. Kazaure urged newsmen to verify from the staff of the scheme from across the nation to confirm this, stating “I am not in opposition to say this by myself. Verify from the staff and hear what they will tell you”. According to him, “they will bear me witness” and agreeing with newsmen that the condition of service for his staff is “perfect”.

Brig. Gen. Sule Zakari Kazaure who was at the NYSC secretariat, Umuahia to commission the staff conference hall built by the state Director of the scheme, Mrs. Francesca Ifon, expressed his coming back to the state to commission a project as like “coming back home”, describing Abia as his second home. The NYSC who was a commandant of the Nigeria Army in the state before becoming the DG of NYSC expressed his happiness over the secretariat which was the first since 26 years the scheme was established in the state, thanked state governments at all levels, especially Abia State for their assistance to the scheme, while thanking the state Director of the scheme, Mrs. Ifon “for a job well done”.

TIWA N TIWA L’OSUN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION This is to inform the general public that the above-named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under the Part ‘C’. of the Companies And Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADEGOKE RASHEED ADEKUNLE 2. RAHEEM MUIDEEN OLALEKAN 3. FANAWOPO SOLA PHILLIP 4. ABDULRAHMAN OKUNADE 5. ABOLUSODUN YEMI IBRAHEEM 6. BOLARINWA RASHEED RAJI 7. OMISADE AKINWUMI DAVID

He also appreciated the NYSC Quarter guard, the dance/drama group and the band for their brilliant performance. Also speaking, the Chairman, NYSC Governing Board and Abia state Commissioner for Youth Development, Iyke Anyatonwu thanked the state Director of the scheme, Mrs. Ifon for being an apostle and instrument of change, stating “the state coordinator came, she saw and conquered”, while describing the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu as one having the “burning desire to change the narrative” in all spheres of activity in the state. Earlier in her speech, the Abia state Director of NYSC, Mrs. Francesca Ifon disclosed that following her observa-

tion ‘with dismay” that staff meetings were being held under the canopies “because there was no place for meetings in the secretariat to accommodate the number of staff in the state”, “the idea of continuing with this trend disturbed me so much that I made up my mind to do something”. Mrs. Ifon who also disclosed that when she assumed duty in the state on the 4th of February, 2016, “the handing - and taking- over was done on the veranda” said she invited corps architects, engineers and builders who came up with the design, while she sought foir approval from the state government which she said was granted her, stating “with this motivation, I started”.

TAJUDEEN SADIAT OMOWUNMI

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MRS AJAYI ABIDEMI OLUFUNKE

WAHAB AJIBOLA ADESOYE

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IZUMB FRANK CHIKE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OHANOTU KENNETH CHIKE OR OKANOTU CHIKE KENNETH NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS IZUMB FRANK CHIKE. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS TO COMFIRM THAT ODIMARA CHIMUANYA LUCIAN RODNEY AND ODIMARA LUCIAN CHIMUANYA IS ONE AND SAME PERSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS ODIMARA CHIMUANYA LUCIAN RODNEY . FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

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OLUWASEUN SUNDAY

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CHIAMAKA PRISCILLA ANYAEGBU

Signed: Trustees.

Signed: TRUSTEES

OLUSEGUN OLUSEYE OLUSANYA

I WALE AGBAJE AND OLAWALE AGBAJE IS THE SAME PERSON,NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUSEGUN OLUSEYE OLUSANYA, ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC REMAIN VALID.

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Signed: Trustees.

Any objection to this change should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission. Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitaima, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

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AHMED -SALIU SUBEDETU

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

Aims and Objective: 1. To help alleviate and eradicate poverty through welfare and medical outreach. 2. To help bridge the leadership gap towards nation building.

WAHEED ABOLORE

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

Name of Trustees are: 1. ALLIYU RASAQ OYETUNDE - CHAIRMAN 2. LAWAL ABIODUN 3. AJAYI BUNMI 4. KILANKO AFOLABI KEJI 5. ADEGBITE OLADIPO

VICTORIA FUNKE

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OLUWATOYIN ESTHE THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT OLUWATOYIN EDWARD AND OLUWATOYIN OMOYAJUOWO REFERS AS ONE AND SAME PERSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS ABISOYE OLUWATOYIN ESTHE. MY DATE OF BIRTH IS 2ND APRIL,1974. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE.

This is to inform the general public that the above-named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under the Part ‘C’. of the Companies And Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ANYI MONICA UCHE 2. AMOWE ESTHER OLUWATOYIN 3. KEHINDE ELIZABETH MOTUNRAYO 4. NNAMEZIE ANASTASIA CHIAMAKA 5. AYENI ANTHONIA OLUWATOYIN 6. AZUGHARA CHINAZA CYNTHIA 7. ADIGBOLUJA ABIOLA ANTHONIA 8. ETIM ROSEMARY ASUQUO 9. FALOPE ANTHONIA ADEPEJU

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. Community mobilization for widespread development 2. Community sensitization for social economic and political awareness 3. Communal coordination for good governance

applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja, for registration under Companies and Allied Matters Acts No 1 of 1990 Part C.

I, formerly known and addressed as, NWOBI UGOCHUKWU CULBERTH, now wish to be known and addressed as, BENEDICT UGOCHUKWU AZUBIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

DAUGHTERS OF MARIEBALAVENNE HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS INITIATIVES

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To alleviate suffering, give hope to the hopeless and uplift the deprived and the poorest in the society, especially the children and the aged. 2. To empower the destitute, most especially the women and also disseminate the relevant information with the aim of promoting positive behavioural change in the society. 3. To provide basic needs to the poorest, such as shelther, food, clothing, water etc.

CHIEF SHEU ADEJARE ALLIYU JP LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

BENEDICT UGOCHUKWU AZUBIKE

ONELGA WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE & QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR’S THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ORIKE YOUNG IFEANYI ................... ...............PRESIDENT. 2. CHIBOR GODFREY AZUBUIKE .........GENERAL SECRETARY. 3. DAVIDSON GIFT CHIKERE...................VICE- PRESIDENT. 4. ELELU CHRISTIAN ........................FINANCIAL SECRETARY. 5. ESAU UDUAK CLETUS ...............PRO. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1.TO PROTECT THE COMMON AND MUTUAL INTREST OF MEMBERS. 2. TO FOSTER PROGRESS, PEACE, WELFARE AND PROTECTION AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: GENERAL SECRETARY.

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HENRY AMEH

I OGBOLE HENRY AMEH CONFIRMS THAT I AM ONE AND SAME PERSON AS AHMED AGBO AND AGBO AMEH. HENCEFORTH, I WANT TO BE ADDRESSED AS OGBOLE HENRY AMEH. ALSO MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 07-07-1994 AND NOT 0707-1984. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, TAKE NOTE.

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

‘PDP may go into extinction ‘ Titus Akhigbe,Benin ÏÏÏMember

representing Egor/Ikpoba-Okha federal constituency, Edo State, Hon. Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma at the weekend said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will likely go into extinction with the present level of performance of All Progressives Congress (APC) led government He disclosed this while fielding questions from newsmen in Benin City on reasons he pitched tent with the ruling party in the state. The federal lawmaker said he was attracted by what the government of the state is doing by ensuring that development cuts across the three senatorial districts noting that it would be a sin on his part not to have joined him to develop the state. “The interest of Edo State is what is paramount. That is what the governor was trying to tell Edo State people and Nigeria in general and that we must put this nation first and Edo State for me today is working and any reasonable human being, anyone that believes in the developmental stride, anyone that believes that when one is working, there is no need to try to hide, tell the story the way it is. “In my own constituency, especially my local government, he has been able to attract industrial estate to my local government in Ikpoba Okha that is going to give employment to thousands of youth. “Again, he has been able to build modular refinery in Ikpoba Okha. It will be a sin to God and to man-

kind to work against him but to support him. “All I want to do, is to bring my added value, queue behind him and support him so that Edo State can be among the best states in this country”, he said. Agbonayinma while thanking the state PDP chairman, chief Dan Orbih for playing a significant roles in his political career, said those who plotted his removal as the chairman of the party are still the ones parading themselves as the leaders of the party. “I thank them for the opportunity they gave me at a time. I must appreciate them especially chief Dan Orbih. My being in the House of Representatives today, he played a very significant role. He stood by me and supported me, may God bless him. “But unfortunately, the cabals who fought to remove him as the PDP chairman of Edo State, the same people are now parading themselves as the leaders of PDP in Edo State. “I cannot work with people who believed that they are the alpha and omega. We must be our brother’s keepers, we should not deceive ourselves. We should play democracy by the people for the people and by the people. And not democracy by you, for you and of you, it does not work. “So, I am out of there and I wish them the best of luck but as from today, let me tell you, Edo State under the able leadership of the governor and the APC leadership, PDP has no space to survive in this state, we are wiser”, he said.

Left to right, Mashood Lawal, Director, Food and Drugs Services, Federal Ministry of Health; Director General, NIPRD, Professor Karmiyus Gamaniel; Health Minister, Prof Isaac Adewole; and the Director General, NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye at NIPRD office Abuja

Why we defected to APC -PDP stalwarts Akam James, Yenagoa

ÏÏÏAggrieved

grassroots politicians of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa who defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC), has attributed their cause of defection to oppression, dictatorship and selfishness to the cause of their movement. The PDP on Friday suffered a setback following the defection of over 5000 persons led by known grassroots politician and prominent members Chief, Morris Idamikposi and Soda Igaki. According to the defectors, though they have participated in the campaign and election victories of the PDP, the Politics of the PDP in Bayelsa under Governor Seriake Dickson is oppressive, dictatorial and selfish.

Chief, Morris Idamikposi and Soda Igaki while speaking during an open reception organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Civic Centre in Opu Nembe, said they decided to dump the PDP due to the noticeable lack of internal democracy, and possessive oppressive, draconian, satanic and incredibly selfish. He likened the PDP in Bayelsa as Emperors and oppressors, and also said they have come to seek refuge in the APC for progress and development. He pledged the willingness of all defectors to work hard for the success of the APC in the state. Earlier the Chairman organising committee Chief Hon. KYPUS Livingston while welcoming the State Party Chairman to the occasion stated that the occasion was organised to welcome

those who have for long been under bondage under the PDP and have decided to leave before it was to late. While receiving the defectors the Acting State Chairman of the Party Hon Joseph Fafi, declared that the occasion effectively kick starts the silent but gradual inevitable death of PDP in Bayelsa state. He said thousands of PDP members are on standby in all the LGA’s to decamp to the APC promising that the train will soon move to Ekeremor local government Council where thousands are waiting. He described PDP a house divided against itself with irreconcilable differences saying that as at the last couple there where at least four camps with each camp planning to field candidates for the same elections. He advised all those with serious Political ambitions

to come to the APC as the party is willing to accommodate all those willing to work for the success of the Party in the state assuring that the APC will form the next government in the state. He thanked the leader of the Party in the state Chief Timipre Sylva, the Nembe LGA leader Chief Canthy Isere as well as House of Assembly hopeful and facilitator of the occasion, Hon. Gamage Difurotuogu, for their contributions towards ensuring the success of the ceremony. In his closing remarks Hon Gamage Difurotougu, stated that his love for the APC spurred has to embark on this project. He expressed his joy that his efforts and that of others have paid off with the massive defection being witnessed promising to do more.

South-East APC women endorse Buhari for second tenure Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East zone have endorsed the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Zonal Women Leader of APC in the SouthEast, Barrister Mrs. Sally Chinedu, announced the endorsement at the weekend in Amoli, Awgu LGA Enugu State. She spoke at a rally to receive Ambassador Ginika Tor Williams, a former Peoples Democratic Party

(PDP) chieftain who joined APC. Addressing the rally, Mrs. Chinedu appealed to Ndigbo to see reason in supporting Buhari for a second tenure, to ensure that an Igboman becomes President in 2023. She warned that if any other northerner becomes President in 2019, the person would seek a second term in 2023, denying Ndigbo the opportunity of producing the person that year. “Please, I want to appeal to our people again. Let us not talk about Mr. Presi-

dent as an enemy. Nobody gives power to his enemy” Chinedu said. She said APC has kept its electoral promises to Nigerians, especially in the war against corruption and lifting of infrastructure base of the country, to give a boost to the economy. Chinedu assured that if APC wins a second tenure in 2019, Nigeria, Enugu State, Awgu LGA and Amoli town would be better for it. Earlier, Chief Emma Eneukwu, the National Vice Chairman of APC in the South-East, who repre-

sented Chief John Oyegun, the national chairman, extolled the virtues in Ambassador Ginika, saying she has all the qualities of a good party person. In her inaugural speech, Ambassador Ginika, who was the Manager of the Enugu Cultural and Tourism Fiesta under the immediate past administration of Sullivan Chime in Enugu State, said she was happy with what APC was doing and decided to support the “change” going on in the country. “I joined APC, looking forward to progress. We

have a good President. We have good members. The former Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime belongs to APC. He is a man of honour. When he was Governor, he appointed me as Manager of Enugu Cultural and Tourism Fiesta. We knew what he did as Governor. “But today, Enugu is a dead zone. I went to Imo the other state and hotels were fully booked. About the same time in Enugu, hotels were begging for customers. During our fiesta in the past government, you will see expatriates, you

will see tourist from all over the world. But today in Enugu State, nothing is happening. “APC, progressives is the way to go. I want to see them in government in Nigeria and Enugu State. My people need deliverance. I have joined APC. I will never look back” Ambassador Ginika said. She told her people in Amoli community to support APC, because one of its financiers, Baywood Ibe, has been taken care of them whereas the government did not give their children jobs.

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Atiku hails Odidi over exploits in pharmaceutical sector Myke Uzendu, Abuja

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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha , during a visit to the ongoing Amakohia flyover at Orlu Highway, Owerri, Imo State...at the weekend.

Enugu to intervene in rehabilitation of Eha – Amufu Road Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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State Government has announced plans to intervene on the dilapidated and abandoned Eha-Amufu-Nkalagu Federal Road in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the state to rejuvenate the economic potentials of the people and make evacuation of farm produce from the mainly agrarian community less cumbersome. This facility abandoned since the early 1980s and coursing through Nkalagu (Ebonyi State) –Eha-AmufuObollo Afor-Nsukka-Adani(Enugu state) to Anambra State served as a connecting arterial road from the North to the old South Eastern Region of the country, now South East and South South geopolitical zones. Governor Ugwuanyi whose entourage arrived the

Enugu - Ebonyi border axis of the very bad road came face to face with the harrowing experience of the residents of the area and travellers alike on the dilapidated federal road. Distraught residents and community leaders who came out in their numbers to welcome the governor expressed surprise that he remembered the area allegedly long- forgotten since the 1980s when the defunct administration of Jim Nwobodo, former governor of old Anambra State last rehabilitated the road. While announcing that work will soon commence on the road, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who addressed the gathering explained that the 8KM portion of the 22KM stretch of the road will be asphalted with work going on simultaneously from the Ebonyi State border end and from the Federal College

of Education, Eha-Amufu end of it. The Enugu commissioner for works, Greg Nnaji who was on the governor’s entourage later clarified that while asphalt will be laid on the 8km portion aforementioned, remedial earthwork of grading and compacting will be done on the remaining 14 KM of the road to allow for safe passage during the rainy season. He explained that two contractors will be engaged to hasten work and effect completion of the work on the intervention before the rainy season sets in. Governor Ugwuanyi told the people that it is the policy of his administration to identify such neglected areas and put smiles on the faces of the people. Also while inspecting the Eha-Amufu Cottage Hospital which has not received any government attention since

2005, and the Ebenyi Bridge also under rehabilitation in the same council area, the governor announced that N20m would be released for immediate rehabilitation and provision of some vital facilities to make the cottage hospital functional, assuring that the 45M-span-concretedeck bridge would be delivered in March this year. Earlier, leaders of the council area, including Commissioner for Local Government Matters, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga; the Chairman of the Local Government, Mr. Benjamin Edeoga; State Chairman of PDP, Mr. Augustine Nnamani; member representing Isi-Uzo in the state House of Assembly, Dr. Ogbuabor applauded Gov. Ugwuanyi for the historic working visit to Eha-Amufu, stressing that he was the only governor of the state to do that in the past decades.

Ekiti records 15 fire incidents in 2018 Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti

ÏÏÏ Ekiti State recorded

15 cases of fire disasters within the first eight days of the New Year 2018. The State Commissioner for Public Utility, Chief Tunde Ogunleye who made this known in Ado Ekiti, listed the incidents to include the Government College, Efon Alaaye, Oja Olope, and Housing Estate under construction beside the NNPC Mega Filling Station along Iworoko road as well as the Government House among others.

Noting that the harmattan period is susceptible to fire outbreaks, Chief Ogunleye cautioned residents in the State to avoid acts that may lead to bush and domestic fire accidents. The Commissioner stressed that people in the State must refrain from bush burning and storing inflammable substances such as Petrol at home to prevent avoidable fire disasters that could lead to loss of lives and Property. He also warned against allowing under age children to handle fire, emphasizing that gas cookers, stoves and fire woods

should be properly extinguished after cooking while motorists and automobile mechanics should have functional fire extinguishers in their vehicles and workshops. The commissioner highlighted other common causes of fire to include careless smoking and faulty electrical wiring. Assuring that the State Government would not relent efforts at safeguarding lives and property in the State, Ogunleye said the state fire services responded to 125 emergency calls in 2017 and saved 19 lives and property worth

about N3.282billion adding that unfortunately nine lives and property valued at N105.23million were lost during the same period. He solicited the support of all stakeholders in the efforts to protect lives and property in the state, stressing those simple habits of switching off electrical appliances when not in use as well as handling inflammable materials withy care would go a long way in preventing fire disasters. He gave the emergency line of the state fire services as 08035785164 and 07069582302.

Vice President of Nigeria and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar have congratulated renowned scientist and pharmaceutical pacesetter Dr. Isa Odidi on his exploit as the first Nigerian and African to establish a high tech pharmaceutical facility in China. The former Vice President notes that Dr. Odidi’s achievements in Canada and recently in China are a welcoming addition to the glowing credentials that Nigerian professionals in the Diaspora have built over the time. Atiku in a statement on Sunday in Abuja singed by his Media aide, Paul Ibe, observed that Nigerian professionals in the Diaspora like Dr. Odidi have earned a reputation for entrepreneurship, hard work and are worthy ambassadors of the country. He described Smart Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Limited, owned by Odidi as a state of the art pharmaceutical manufacturing and R&D plant in China. “It is cheering news

that in spite of our current challenges at home, compatriots in the Diaspora like Dr. Odidi are making the country proud in their respective professions. “Our compatriots in the Diaspora are showing us the way that a new Nigeria is possible where the wealth of the country will not only come from the natural resource deposits inside our ground but also from the intellectual powers of what we have inside our heads. “Therefore, our responsibility is to endeavour to make it easier and convenient for the inflow of cutting edge technology to Nigeria, especially encouraging and creating an enabling environment for Nigerians in Diaspora to deploy their skills in Nigeria so that our people can benefit from it through jobs creation, skills transfer and revenue to the country. “I congratulate Dr. Odidi on his impressive achievements and urge Nigerian professionals at home and in Diaspora to continue to put daring challenges to the frontiers of knowledge because the greatness of our country is in the scope of their intellectual firmament” Atiku maintained.

Farmers, Herdsmen clashes: FCTA partners NOA to sensitise residents Ide Jude Abuja

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Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) the administration is to partner with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in a communitybased sensitization and enlightenment campaign aimed at forestalling the deadly clashes between farmers and cattle herders, currently rocking some parts of the country. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello made this known in Abuja over the weekend in a parley with the Director-General, NOA, when the latter paid him a courtesy visit in his office. Towards the success of this initiative, the FCT Administration, the Minister pledged would provide the necessary financial, logistics and manpower support.

Bello said it had become increasingly necessary for government to take pre-emptive steps to ensure that the city remains very peaceful and safe in the face of the influx of people with different characters. FCT Minister assured NOA Director, “We are going to give you full support on this programme. We are going to make available our facilities and establish a small group in the FCT Administration that is going to liaise with you on this. We will also give you monetary support.” He directed the Secretaries of Social Development, Agriculture, Area Council and the Head of the FCTA Information and Communication Department to liaise with the NOA to map out the strategies for peaceful coexistence, patriotism and national unity among residents of the Territory.

News 30 Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki

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of advice so far given to Ebonyi State government by relevant experts in the fields of engineering, architecture and housing construction were anything to go by, then Governor Dave Umahi’s administration may be left with no other option than to demolish some parts of the Abakaliki International Market, which is already near 75 per cent completion. This is even as critical stakeholders of Ebonyi have mounted pressure on the state government to jettison the project and use the huge resources it plans to inject into it, for other things that would add value to the lives of Ebonyians. This indication emerged weekend during an inspection tour of the project by the Deputy Governor of the state, Barr. Kelechi Igwe in Abakaliki, the state capital. It would be recalled that former governor Martin Elechi administration started the project with the sole

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Ebonyi may demolish N21bn Abakalilki International Market over shoddy jobs aim of moving different segments of trade and businesses within Abakalilki metropolis into the area in order to boost activities of local and international entrepreneurs, thus raising the standard of the state. Speaking on the project, the Deputy Governor, Kelechi Igwe stated that the essence of the tour was for Ebonyians to evaluate the shoddy job done by contractors that were awarded the project; take a decision with the state as regards what to do with the project; and align with the vision of the present administration in the fight against corruption. Igwe added that the visit to the project site was at the instance of the governor who advised that expert opinion of professionals who had seen the project be sought,

and see what could be done to either demolish or not to demolish it as has already been suggested by them. He noted that no responsible government would embark on a project that does not bring a positive turnaround in the lives of its citizenry and site same in a swampy area without following due processes with regards to engineering and housing construction. “It’s very regrettable that our tax-payers money running into billions of naira was used to site a project of this magnitude in this kind of place, without adequate care, taken to avert dangers it might pose to the citizens. “Some of the contractors that got the contract to execute this project only got huge amount of money without factoring in key en-

gineering and architectural principles required in housing construction. And some of these contractors are having over N1billion and some others N500 million, belonging to our dear state courtesy of this project, and Ebonyians will not allow any individual to run away with any of their kobo”, he said. Conducting the deputy governor, who was already disappointed with the lacklustre job done by the contractors and sights of unimaginable housing defects round the facility, the Commissioner for Lands, Sunday Idima, revealed that, JMK Limited, one of the contractors who got the contract to execute the job was still owing the state government the sum of N400 million, adding that all attempts to get the company to refund the mon-

ey had proved abortive. Idima, who wondered why a ‘leader’ could be so mean and hard-hearted to award contracts to people who were only interested in enriching themselves, pointed out that the cracked walls of the Lot 1 section of the facility suggested that it was not executed in consonance with international best practices. His words: “You can see cracked walls everywhere. You can see scrapped walls. All these factors have made it hard for market executives in the capital city to move their members here to commence their various businesses”. “You can see what someone could do to Ebonyians. This Lot 1 cost the sum of N7 billion and the same thing goes for Lot 2 and Lot 3. So, the total amount for the three lots is N21 billion. But you can also see that nothing has been really done to say this amount has achieved its said purpose”, he said. JMK Nigeria Limited was one of the companies, indicted in 2013 by the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation and investigated by the Public Accounts Committee, (PAC) of the House of Representatives for several abandoned road projects across the country put at over N200 billion allegedly not executed by the Federal

Ministry of Works. The company was allegedly accused of receiving about N2.2 billion from the Ministry as mobilization fees only for it to sub-let same contract. Also speaking, the Ebonyi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Barr. Onyekachi Nwebonyi, stated point-blank that it was important for the state government to prosecute the contractors and then directors of relevant ministries, department and agencies (MDAs) of the state government under Elechi who were involved in the award of the project. He added that while state government plans to address the engineering and structural concerns of the project, it was important it addresses the criminal angle to it. On his part, a former minister of culture and tourism, Ambassador Frank Ogbuewu, who is currently the Pro-chancellor of Ebonyi State University (EBSU), suggested it was better for the state government to jettison the project and commence a new one commensurate with the former, considering the level of structural flop that had been exhibited by the contractors.

RRS arrests 5 over New Year’s eve robbery in Lagos Joy Anyim

ÏÏÏFive Officials of the Cleaner Lagos initiative (CLI) evacuating illegal dumpsites across the State... on Friday night.

Ghost worker’ syndrome focus of this week’s Professor Johnbull ÏÏÏ

The vexed issue of “ghost worker” and its adverse effect on the citizenry is the thrust of this week’s edition of Professor Johnbull, the TV drama series powered by Globacom. In the new episode aptly entitled “Ghost worker”, the phenomenon is stretched to include idlers and malingerers who absent themselves from their duty posts, but still get paid at the end of the month. The protagonist and Nollywood veteran, Kanayo O. Kanayo (KOK), carries out a treatise on the matter, lamenting that in government ministries and agen-

cies, millions of Naira that could have been spent on other sectors of the nation’s economy are paid out to ghost workers, idle workers and those who refuse to do the jobs they are engaged to do. The erudite Professor defines the “ghost worker” phenomenon to cover fake job agencies which advertise spurious and non-existent job vacancies with the intention of duping genuine job seekers and applicants. The episode is scheduled for broadcast on Tuesday on NTA Network, NTA International on DSTV Channel 251 and NTA on StarTimes at 8.30 p.m.,

with a repeat broadcast on Friday on the same TV channels and time. In the programme, Samson (Ogus Baba) who believes he has unrivalled ‘street sense’ and Elizabeth (Queen Nwokoye), the daughter of Professor Johnbull, are duped by a fake job agent who advertised fictional vacancies for an international job and a high-paying domestic job. Find out what happens to Elizabeth as she applies for the fake international job without the knowledge of her father. What is the experience of Samson, who resigns from his store-keeping job to go for

the N80, 000-a-month domestic servant job? How did Flash (Stephen Odimgbe) acquit himself on the holiday job secured by Professor Johnbull? What was Ufoma’s experience whilst assisting Mai Doya (Funky Mallam) to hawk tubers of yam? Find out in this episode of “Professor Johnbull” which you cannot afford to miss. Another interesting scene in Ghost Worker is the poetic lyrics of Abadnego (Martins Nebo), who, while consoling Elizabeth on the loss of her N10, 000 which she paid as deposit to the fraudster, goes Shakespearean in an amorous twist of love and affection for Elizabeth.

suspected robbers have been arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for robbing a 58year old woman of her hand bag containing foreign and local currencies as well as other personal effects on New Year’s Eve. The suspects, Shola Oyedele, Adejuwon Adeniyi, Alex Ikoku, Salau Damilola and Mohammed Muritala were arrested by the operatives on Wednesday at Ikosi Road, Ketu area of Lagos. The suspects were alleged to have accosted their victim, simply identified as Alhaja around Ketu Bus Stop after alighting from a tri – cycle, at about 9:00 p.m. and dispossessed her of $800, 400 Qatari Riyal, N45,000, America Visa card, pouch containing gold trinkets valued at N110,000:00, a purse with unspecified amount and an Hawaii phone. According to Alhaja, ‘I boarded a ‘keke’ (tri – cycle) going to Ketu Bus Stop after crossing from Motorways. I

was going to Ikorodu after visiting my children. I got down close to Ketu Bridge on Ikorodu Road. I was the only one alighting as other passengers had gotten down before reaching the bus stop. ‘I was surrounded by five young men wielding knife and daggers. They collected my phone and hand bag containing $800, 400 Qatari Riyal, N45,000, America Visa card, pouch containing gold trinkets valued at N110,000:00 and a purse with unspecified amount’, she stated. Alhaja further disclosed: after collecting all I had on me. They were still using my line to call my husband that I should bring N25, 000 to collect my phone and all they took from me. At a point, I had to block the line when the harassment was getting too much for me’. She continued: ‘I reported the case at Ketu Police Station. I learnt it was referred to RRS. It was there that I was invited to come and identify them. I saw one of them, who gave his name as Shola.

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Tambuwal, German, EU Envoys unveil Sokoto community’s 80kw solar mini-grid ÏÏÏGovernor

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has inaugurated the 80kw solar mini grid electricity project that will provide uninterrupted power supply to Kurdula community of Gudu LGA of Sokoto State. The event was attended by the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Sulaiman Hassan Zarma, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ketil Karlsen, German Ambassador to Nigeria, Dietmar Kreusel and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. Speaking at the occasion, Tambuwal said more than 500 households, made up of 4000 inhabitants, are to enjoy enhanced access to electricity supply. “Today’s event marks the beginning of a great collaborative effort towards ensuring sustainable growth through renewable energy sector development. It has now become absolutely necessary to take advantage of the ongoing renewable energy effort to ensure selfsufficiency in energy for economic development. “Mini grid powered by renewable sources is the best option for us to expand electricity access in the rural areas where the national grid is not available,” Tambuwal added. While saying that his administration will continue to work closely with all stakeholders to expand areas of cooperation for the benefit of the citizen-

ry, Tambuwal tasked community leaders and residents to ensure adequate security for equipment and personnel handling the project. The Governor said the project, a key component of his administration’s rural development initiative, is co-funded by the European Union and jointly implemented by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and the German international development agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). It also has the supported by the Nigerian Energy Support Program (NESP). Also speaking at the occasion, both the EU and German Ambassadors to Nigeria expressed optimism that the introduction of solar mini grid would expand access to electricity not just in Kurdula, but in other areas of the country. Karlsen especially noted that over 1.5 billion people globally lacked access to electricity, and that many Nigerians do not have access to cheap, affordable and steady electricity. In his remarks, the Minister of State for Power, Works & Housing, expressed the readiness of the federal government to work with partners on energy solutions. He said the Kurdula mini grid electricity project is one of the six currently supported by NESP in six states of the federation.

L-R: Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuff Lasun; Clerk, House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulkadir Adamu; Member House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Datti and Chairman House Committee on Media and Publicity, Hon. Abdulrazaq Namads, during a capacity building retreat for Members House of Representatives Press Corps in Kaduna State... at the weekend. Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN

Renovation of GSS Chibok gulps N1.05bn - PCNI Myke Uzendu, Abuja

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The rehabilitation of Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State which was razed by the Boko Haram sect after about 200 school children were abducted in 2014, will cost the Federal government N1.05 billion. This was made known by the Vice Chairman Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI) Tijjani Tumsah during the weekend in Abuja while giving account of the expenditure of the Committee from December 2016 to August 2017. The PCNI boss also said that they spent N169.99 million on School fees under the Safe School Initiative (SSI) while SSI Exam Fees gulped N10.68 million and N95.47 million was spent on SSI Trans-

portation. Tumsah disclosed that the total budgetary releases under the period were N7.54 while actual expenditure was N6.15bn leaving a balance of N1.39 bn. Making further clarifications, he said that in 2016, the Capital budget proposal from the federal government was N3.2bn while N1.60bn was inherited from the defunct Presidential Initiative on North East (PINE) just as N45bn was budgeted in 2017. He said that out of the proposals, only N4.8 billion was released in 2016 while N10 billion was released in 2017 for capital projects. He reported that N289.58 million was received as grants from the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2016 while N250, 000 was also received from the Nigerian High Commission Mosque, UK in

2017. On the intervention activities going on in the North East, The Vice Chairman, stated that PCNI is a special purpose vehicle which coordinate all interventions going all in the North East where over 2million peoples have been displaced. He said, “We are having gradual increment of early recovery for resettlements, rebuilding of homes and structures that were destroyed which will helps in increasing local governance. “The food distribution has increased tremendously and the ticketing system is also on going. “The Chibok School has been reconstructed and we have ensured that at the resumption of the school and it was redesigned to meet international standards and we are hopeful that it will re-

sume very soon. “There are still security challenges around the area so a lot of efforts has been put into security, walling and fencing of the school.” He also made clarifications that donor agencies do not give money to PCNI but carry out their interventions directly while PCNI serves as a coordinator. “They come with their programme and they go about executing it. What PCNI does is to bring all donors to the table so as to know what each agency is doing and how it can be better coordinated to avoid duplication of efforts. Commenting on the N2.66bn spent on SSI he said, “SSI programme was about 2000 students in 43 Unity Schools in the country.

istration of Criminal Justice project supported by MacArthur Foundation, which aims to strengthen the Nigerian criminal justice system and promote wide-spread criminal justice reform across Nigeria. He added that: “The purpose of today`s validation public forum with stakeholders in Akwa Ibom state is to assemble key stakeholders, ACJ practitioners and members of the public at statelevel to validate the Akwa Ibom ACJ Law. The workshop is also

scheduled to take place in other phase1 states of Bayelsa, Edo, Ogun, Kano, Kogi, Jigawa, Bauchi and Adamawa. In his opening speech, the Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State, Uwemedimo Nwoko, Esq commended the executive Governor of Akwa Ibom and the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly for partnering together to enact and bring into effect the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Akwa Ibom State, which he said, came into effect on the 21st of March, 2017.

Implementation of ACJA ‘ll tackle emerging crimes, criminality - NBA

Doosuur Iwambe - Abuja

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The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has said the implementation of Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 in states across the country will help tackle existing and emerging areas of crime and criminality in the country. The association also said the implementation of the Act will also ensure the effective and efficient administration of the criminal justice system. At a oneday state validation Public forum with

relevant stakeholders meeting in Akwa-Ibom organised by NBA-MAC ARTHUR project team, the association said since the introduction of the ACJA 2015, only selected States of the Federation have successfully domesticated the Act; thus making it imperative for increased sensitization to promote the domestication and harmonized implementation of the ACJA 2015 across Nigeria. The 3rd Vice President of the NBA, Ben Orji Esq, who represented the President of the NBA, Abuba-

kar Mahmoud, SAN said, “the administration of criminal justice project supported by MacArthur Foundation falls squarely within the thematic areas set out in the NBA strategic plan and include: Justice sector reforms, rule of law and access to justice, elections and democracy, human rights, anticorruption and, lastly, conflict resolution and transitional justice” In her welcome address, Eno-Obong Akpan, Esq, Chairman of Uyo Branch of the NBA, noted that the state validation public fo-

rum is timely and entirely appropriate in providing a platform for participants to discuss elaborately, share ideas and best practices that will assist the various institutions in the criminal justice system to effectively implement the administration of Criminal Justice (ACJA) 2015, which has been domesticated by various states across the Federation. Delivering the opening remarks, Muritala Abdul-Rasheed, Esq, who gave the overview of the project stated that; “it is a three-year NBA Admin-

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Anambra East LGA targets open defecation free status by May

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UNICEF charges Anambra communities to promote healthy environment

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The Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha, Most Rev (Dr.) Dennis Isuzo (12th right); Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano (13th left) and other priests, during the celebration of the Feast of Blessed Iwene Tansi, at the Tansi Major Seminary, Onitsha...recently

Obiano pledges to jail corrupt officials Stories by John Ndu, Awka

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Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, says he will ensure that corrupt officials in government will face the full wrath of the law. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Strategic Communication, Mr. Oliver Okpala, made this known at the end of executive council meeting at Awka. Hde said: “Any official found culpable of corruption or fraud will be prosecuted and if found guilty, will be jailed; the era of

`business as usual’ is over. “I, therefore call for change of attitude by workers in the state. I will work harder during my second term to justify the confidence reposed in me by the people.’’ Obiano said that he had taken drastic steps to ensure that corrupt officials in his administration were fished out through checks and monitoring. “I will ensure that the welfare of the masses is given top priority like never before. “I charge permanent secretaries in all ministries to

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live up to expectation or be shown the way out.’’ He said he would embark

on regular visits to government offices to assess the level of commitment.

Nibo monarch lauds Anambra gov’s community dev’t projects ÏÏÏThe traditional ruler of

Nibo, Eze Michael Chukwuemeka Ngene, has commended the Anambra State government for ensuring government presence in the community. Eze Ngene, who spoke during a cultural forum in the community, expressed delight in the completed pavilion under the first phase of the choose-your-project initiative for all communities in the state, by the Governor Willie Obiano administration, the awarded Awka- Ifite Nibo Isiagu road and other three roads in the community. The royal father further acknowledged that three transformers have been approved for the community courtesy of the state government and urged his subjects to always

think home to enhance development in the town. Speaking during the occasion, the wife of the President General of the community, Engineer Mrs. Ethel Akuvue, used the forum to commend Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano, for assisting the Governor in enhancing development in the state and expects more women participation in the affairs of Nibo town. In their separate reactions, a retired Director in the Federal Ministry of Education, Sir Emma Obiocha and an indigene of Nibo, Professor Chikodi Anigbogu, described Governor Obiano’s good governance as exemplary while expecting Nibo indigenes to be more focused in the development of the town.

the UNICEF Water Supply and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) to borehole facilities across the state has ended with a call to communities to always maintain good and healthy environment. The tour which kicked off in Aguata Local Government Area and ended in Anambra East recently with a visit to Premier Primary School Aguleri, Primary Health Care Centre Otuocha, Community Primary School Nsugbe, Amumu Nsugbe water project as well as Umuanevili Eziagulu water project, Aguleri, among others, witnessed a great turn around in the health reform of the people, as both the pupils, nursing mothers and entire communities sang praises to God for the benefits of the projects by UNICEF. Welcoming the Media team to Anambra East Local Government Area, the Transition Committee Chairman of the Council, Honourable Pius Ifeadi, acknowledged that the activities of UNICEF are not hidden as it has continued to tackle the challenges faced by the rural dwellers and applauded Governor Willie Obiano who has remained committed to the payment of the state counterpart fund. While expressing delight with the people of Anambra East for maintaining good hygiene around their facilities, the State Consultant Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Anambra East, Mrs. Amina Omihie explained that the media help to ascertain the present state of all projects by UNICEF and level of impact in the host community and assured that UNICEF through WASH will do more to ensure that the Local Government is declared open defecation free. The UNICEF Media Consultant in Anambra state, Mrs. Franca Mmaduike, said that the tour has brought to light the various landmarks recorded by UNICEF in collaboration with Governor Obiano and reminded the people of the need to take ownership of all the projects in their localities. Speaking to journalists in CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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PPN inaugurates 30 newly Exco in Anambra ÏÏÏThe

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano (right); Chairman, Post Primary School Service Commission, (PPSSC), Lady Joy Ulasi, during offertory procession at Blessed Iwene Tansi Seminary, Onitsha...recently

Anambra East LGA targets open defecation free status by May Stories by John Ndu, Awka

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Transition Committee Chairman, Anambra East Local Government Area, Mr. Pius Ifeadi, has expressed optimism that the Council Area will achieve and be declared Open Defecation Free by the end of May 2018. The Chairman, who stated this while speaking during the World Toilet Day at the Local Government Headquarters Otuocha, noted that the celebration focused on the link between sanitation and water, adding that lack of access to clean water, poor sanitation practices and diseases associated with them are among the underlying causes of death among millions of children. Mr. Ifeadi called on Environmen-

tal Health Officers to complement the efforts of European Union, UNICEF and WASH Unit Staff of the Local Government on Routine house-to-house inspection. He appealed to all and sundry to join the world in the campaign against open defecation. Contributing, the UNICEF/ WASH Consultant of the Local Government Area, Amina Ominyi stressed on the need to stop open defecation due to health challenges associated with it. She disclosed that there is an implementation of water Safety-Plan which teaches people how to secure their water in order to drink clean water, adding that Anambra state has projected Nigeria to the world by being the only state that has

commenced the implementation of the water safety On her part, the WASH coordinator Anambra East Local Government Area, Mrs Helen Offor, taught the gathering how a household can build an affordable modern toilet facility and called on the communities to contact WASH Unit of the Local Government in event of damage on their boreholes for trained Local government Area Mechanics to repair them, and organize security operatives to guard the borehole against vandalisation. Demonstration of hand-washing after making use of the toilet and a practical lesson on building an affordable toilet facility within a household formed the high lights of the event.

Education is key to any meaningful development –Obidigwe

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Special Adviser to the Governor of Anambra State and a House of Representatives aspirant for Anambra East and West federal constituency come 2019, Chief Chinedu Obidigwe, has stated that education is the key to any meaningful development of every society. Hon. Obidigwe made the call at the weekend in Awka, the Anambra State capital, when he received the first set of his scholarship recipient from various universities in Nigeria. Recall that during the governorship campaign of Chief Willie Obiano in November, 2017 that Obidigwe had promised his ward/Enugu otu and Nkpunando community extraction of Aguileri that he will pay the school fees of anybody from the agrarian area as mentioned above who happens to gain admission into any university in Nigeria this year. This he said by recounting how the area had suffered in the past including himself years back when he got admission into Ebonyi state

university without a sponsor which made him to defile the admission for the next academic level to enable him provide the required funds through his then rice farming . His words: “I used myself as an example because i encountered the hard situation and i still believe that so many person(s) are still facing the same challenge today hence my resolve to assist the people of my agrarian community in their educational pursuits”. Obidigwe however emphasised the need to be focused and committed in whatever thing one has chosen to do in life and enjoined the fresh undergraduates to always pay attention to their course of study and never to allow unimportant things to dominate their academic activities. He further maintained that his interest is the greater happiness of the greater majority and assured that by the special grace of God that when he gets to the green chamber of the National Assembly come 2019 that he shall do more especially in

the area of education, youth empowerment, child mortality and health care development of his constituency (Anambra east and west). In their respective appreciation message, the recipients of this uncommon gesture expressed their gratitude to Hon. Obidigwe for his magnanimity and benevolence to mankind and described him as a rare quality in the field of politics. They all promised to make good use of the opportunity availed to them and equally thanked Engr. Julius Chukwuemeka (special assistant to the governor on works) who arranged their credentials for the process. It is said that some politician doesn’t keep their promise but in Obidigwe i found the quality of sincerity and honesty in action. “Let’s join hands in building a better society where the youth shall be the major decision makers in both National Assembly and at the state level, all thanks to Governor Wilie Obiano for his believe in what the youths can do”.

National leadership of Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) has inaugurated thirty Executive members that will pilot the affairs of the party in Anambra State. The inauguration which took place in Awka, was in preparation for the forthcoming 2019 General Election in the country. The newly elected executive members are the State Chairman, Sir Afam Fidelis, the state Secretary, Evan Chimdi Chiama, the Treasurer, Mrs. Ebere Anazodo. Others are the State Vice Chairman North, Ifeanyi Anazodo, the State Vice Chairman Central, Basil Onubeze, the State Vice Chairman South, Fidelis Ezeokoye among other members. Inaugurating the executives, the National Chairman of PPN, Hon Eyiowuawi Razak said the party had been structured to sweep major political positions in Anambra and at the National level, come 2019 general elections. Razak explained that the party which was formed in 2010 had occupied political positions at National Assembly within the three months of its formation. According to him “Leadership does not only depend on the efforts of the executives, but with collaboration of the party members. “We have to reach out to people to add strength to the party membership. To achieve this, we need absolute friendship and treat all with love to radiate the motto of

the party, which is love and equity,” Razak explained. He commended the State Chairman Fidelis, for his doggeddness and sincerity in piloting the affairs of the party even before the inauguration. In their separate remarks, the Deputy National Secretary and the National Treasurer, Nze Kelvin Nwosu and Nwonu Sunday respectively, described Anambra as a great State with strong human institution, saying PPN had every facility to take over the government of the state. The duo while urging the new executives to work harder to keep the status of the party, noted that the establishment of the party in Anambra would give another dimension in the politics of the state. In his acceptance speech, the newly elected chairman, Afam Fidelis, promised to use his position to win nothing less than 15 positions in the State House of Assembly and the National Assembly in general. The Chairman said “In as much as we lost in the last governorship election in Anambra State, we will support the present administration to achieve more things for the State till the next governorship election.” In his vote of thanks, the State Secretary Mr Chimdi Chiama promised to work harmoniously with the chairman and other executives to ensure effective service delivery.

Yul Edochie’s deputy, Okonkwo, declares for APGA ÏÏÏThe

deputy governorship candidate in the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State on the platform of Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) and a Staffordshire University of England trained Mechatronics Engineer, Emeka Okonkwo, has joined the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, with his supporters. Engr. Okonkwo who was actor, Yul Edochie’s running mate in that election, said he decamped to APGA because of Gov Willie Obiano’s achievements in the state, noting that he was convinced by what he saw on ground, saying that the present administration had done noble in uniting the people of the state and also making APGA party a brand. Okonkwo said he had decided to identify with a party he described as a winning team, stating that he had already instructed his supporters to follow suit. “I am here now; no going back. I want to contribute towards the development of my dear state. I want others to join too. APGA as a family is big enough to accommodate as many people as possible,” Okonkwo said. Receiving the new entrant, the

member representing Dunukofia State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Lawrence Ezeudu, advised him to take up a copy of the party constitution and study to enable him to adjust himself properly. The lawmaker urged Okonkwo to be obedient, committed and transparent, especially in his dealings with party members, noting that APGA would not condone any form of sharp practices, arrogance, overzealousness and dishonesty. Also speaking, the transition committee chairman of Dunukofia Local Government Area, Hon. Uchenna Umerie, urged the new entrant to liaise and work with older party members if he wanted to succeed in his new found family. The council boss called on him to contribute his quota to the party which he described as a moving train. Those who attended the event included the newly elected coordinator of NANS Zone B, Comrade Okeke Kenneth Chinedu; popular Nolloywood actor, Yul Edochie, who also joined the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, immediately after the gubernatorial election last November.

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Obidigwe seeks end to Anambra/ Anambra Central Senate poll: Anaocha Kogi boundary dispute Council boss congratulates Umeh ÏÏÏThe

boundary dispute between Anambra and Kogi states has continued to linger on with little or no efforts at all by the boundary commission to have it resolved. According to the Special Assistant to the governor on Political Matters, Mr. Chinedu Obidigwe, the crisis has lingered for over ten years with many youths of both state losing their lives to untimely death as they battle for the land. The 32-year-old Obidigwe, who is currently aspiring to represent the people of Anambra East and West constituency in the House of Representatives come 2019, said provision of lasting solutions to the crisis will be his focus once given the mandate. “My people have suffered in the past. I want to liberate them and give them sense of belonging at the National Assembly, House of Representatives to be precised. “If given the opportunity, I will attract more meaningful development from the federal government to consolidate the

efforts of Gov Obiano at the state level. It will be recall that the said land is where Anambra state government said it has oil deposit in reasonable quantity. Currently the orient petroleum company have been given license by the state government to explore the potentials of the land for the benefit of the state, however it has not been able to achieve more due to the unending crises over the land dispute between the two states. Obidigwe said resolving it on time is the best thing that will happen to the people of Anambra State, Kogi State, and Nigeria at large, it will give room for developmental projects. He said more importantly if the dispute is resolved the airport construction and the orient construction which is currently moving at snail pace will be fast track and achieved in the due time with out further delay, this will in turn provide adequate employment and the youth of the state will be greatly empowered.

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their respective communities, Obi Gabriel Anozie from Amumu Nsugbe and Mrs. Angela Nwabuo from Umuanevili Eziagulu Aguleri, recalled the ugly experiences the community passed through in the past noting that the projects have given the areas great upliftment as it recorded giant development, praying God to bless them.

When journalists visited Premier Primary School Aguleri, the students were seen using the tippy tap which they said have been their daily routine, but the case was different at Community Primary School Nsugbe were pupils are denied access to their tippy tap as they are facing challenges with water supply because the borehole facility has been vandalised.

Stories by John Ndu, Awka

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Transition Committee Chairman, Anaocha Local Government Area, Mr. Ikeobi Ejiofor, has congratulated senator-elect for Anambra Central Senatorial District, Chief Victor Umeh, on his victory at the polls. Ikeobi, who spoke at an interactive session with journalists at his office, confirmed that Sen. Umeh had since been sworn in by the Senate.

one of the major banks in Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of Anambra State, was gutted by fire on Wednesday, January 17, 2018. An eye witness told our correspondent that the fire started from one of the two electricity generating plants of the bank. The incident started at about 10:30am in the morning and lasted for an hour. It took hundreds of traders and passers-by as well as extra efforts to contain the fire, before the arrival of the Delta State Fire fighters to the scene. It was gathered that armed security men - police, members of the Civil Defence Corps, as well as members of Anambra State Vigilance Group had taken positions to stop people from enter-

ing the premises. It was gather also some angry youths numbering no fewer than 1,000, who tried to forcefully gain entry into bank, were kept at bay by security personnel. They had apparently wanted to gain entry into the bank to cart away money. However, it was an unpleasant experience as some members of the fire service from the neighbouring Delta narrowly escaped being lynched by the angry mob, who felt they arrived late at the scene. Meanwhile, the police and other security agencies faced difficulty in containing the surging crowed, mainly youths who were demanding compensation from the bank’s manage-

Ikeobi, then, commended Gov. Willie Obiano for standing behind Umeh during the political impasse that denied the central senatorial zone representation at the Assembly. According to him, the development and people-oriented programmes of Obiano administration have endeared the people of the state to APGA. “APGA is sure to win elections in other states in the 2019 General Elections.’’

National Chairman of Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN), Hon Eyiowuawi Razak (third left ); Anambra State Chairman of PPN, Sir Afam Fidelis (third right); and other members, during the inauguration of Anambra State Executive members of PPN, which took place in Awka...recently

Herdsmen attacks: Ex-lawmaker, others want police restructured ÏÏÏThe

ongoing controversy surrounding the activities of the Fulani herdsmen have continued to draw the attention of some stakeholders in the country, especially concerned citizens from the Southeastern part of the country.

Fire razes bank in Onitsha ÏÏÏA branch of

He thanked the people of Anambra State for supporting APGA during the election, saying he had no reservation regarding Umeh’s ability to give Anambra Central, qualitative representation at the National Assembly. According to him, Umeh’s vast exposure and experience will stand him in good stead to carry on his duties effectively for the area that had been denied representation for a long while.

ment. They demanded unspecified sum of money for sacrificing their time and effort to extinguish the fire. Meanwhile, traders at the Onitsha Main Market and passers-by have condemned the nonchalant attitude of the Anambra State Fire Service in fighting fire. The Anambra State government had provided fire fighting vehicles and boreholes in all the markets in the state to handle such emergency cases but on several occasion, they would not arrive at the scene until the damage had been done. Areas mostly affected by the fire incident include: the plant house and a nearby transformer.

Some of them include a former lawmaker in the Second Republic, Professor Nkwo Nnabuchi, the Immediate past Publicity Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Comrade Opalaukwu Opalaezeukwu and a private Legal practitioner, Barrister Okoli Akirika. The three stakeholders expressly stated that if the leaders in the country truly want the problem of herdsmen fixed the Nigeria police must under go serious restructuring. Speaking differently, the former lawmaker, Nkwo Nnabuchi expressed disappointment over non-challant attitude of lawmakers at the National Assembly and the States House of Assembly, calling on them to promulgate a law that would restrict the herdsmen from moving around with weapons of mass destruction. On his part, the chieftain of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Chief Opalaukwu Opalaezeukwu, called for maximum unity of Igbos to tackle and challenge. Opalaezeukwu said: “One of the solutions to the herdsmen attack is for Igbos to speak with one voice. Let us say no to

these herdsmen without fear of favour. Our lives are precious. We can’t fold our arms seeing our family being butchered and the leaders of this country are calm.” Also speaking, Barrister, Okoli Akirika, emphasised the need to restructure the Nigeria Police to have a reorientation. He said: “Is it appalling that State governors cannot give order to the police and it’s been executed. They wait until the order comes from above. This is an aberration. There is need to establish state police, to ensure adequate security of lives and property. “Those pointing accusing fingers at president Muhummondu Buhari are urged to desist from it, rather the accusation should be detected at state governors for failing to protect the lives and property of their citizens despite the chief security officer in the state.” he pointed. “Amist the controversies it is hope that government and the governed come to equilibrium on the way forward and provide lasting solution to the problem, he added.

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

Environment Commissioner showers encomiums on Ekwueme

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sioner for Environment, Ecology and Beautification, Dr. Romanus Ejikeme, has described late Dr. Alex Ekwueme as political juggernaut and a leader with many parts. Dr. Ejikeme, who spoke to media in Awka on life and times of the nation’s former Vice-President, said Nigerians had a lot to learn from him ranging from his love for Education, and hard work. The commissioner, who hails from Uga in Anambra South Senatorial zone, where Dr. Ekwueme hailed, said he was proud to be associated with elder statesman. He noted that Dr. Ekwueme was one of the architects of the development of Abuja capital territory and deserved to be immortalised.

Executive members led by Elder Major Joseph Ifeanyichukwu Nwankwo CNC aka Aburi, flanked by his vice, Major Christopher O Nwakanmuo, CNC and treasurer, Major Godwin Malife (CNC), with some members of the Nigerian Legion, Anambra State chapter after the wreath laying and parade to mark the 2018 Armed Forces and Remembrance Day at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka..recently.

Release our 2017 budget, Nigerian Legion begs Obiano Stories by John Ndu, Awka

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the Nigerian Legion has appealed to Governor Willie Obiano to intervene for the immediate release of the 2017 Budget of the organisation to enable them start resolving so many of their challenges. Speaking with a select newsmen on the sideline after the Wreath Laying and Parade to mark the 2018 Armed Forces and Remembrance Day at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, the state Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Anambra State chapter, Elder Major Joseph Ifeanyichukwu Nwankwo, said they are hopeful for the budget’s approval. He said the budget was approved by the Governor and passed by the state House of Assembly last year but the Legion has not gotten any kobo yet. He said: “It will us interest you to know that the 2017 budget approved the governor and the state Assembly for the legion has not been released till date and we passionately appeal to the Governor to kindly ensure that the money is released to enable the legion cope with other challenges and solve other problems’’. Major (Elder) Nwankwo, flanked by his vice, Major Christopher O Nwakanmuo, CNC, and treasurer, Major Godwin Malife (CNC), said about two hundred (200) widows of their fallen heroes from Anambra State will be empowered by the state chapter of the Nigerian legion to ameliorate their problems and take care of their immediate families. The widows, he revealed, will be empowered with grinding and sewing machines, farming inputs/ implements, consumables and financial empowerment among other items during this year’s Nigerian Legion Day on a date yet to be announced. Reactions trail Umeh’s victory as

Senator for Anambra Central Anambra State Chairman of Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Prof. Steve Ibenta says Sen. Victor Umeh has capacity to galvanise Governors and legislators from south east to plan for development of the zone. Prof. Ibenta, who spoke to the press at the Government House, Awka while felicitating with Umeh on his landslide victory, said the South East Zone has the potential to become the Dubai of Africa. “But the zone needs the political will and a properly articulated industrial development plan to provide enabling environment for teeming investors and business tycoons from the area.’’ He commended Willie Obiano, who was campaign Director-General for Umeh. Ibenta notes: ``Obiano’s four pillar of development is capable of transforming Anambra State into

an industrial economy in the near future, if sustained and supported with complementary economic and financial policies. The deputy transition committee Chairman for Awka South Local Government Area (LGA), Chief Obiora Okafor described Umeh as a dogged fighter, who was eminently qualified to fight the cause of the Igbos in the Senate. According to Okafor, who felicitated with Umeh on his deserved electoral victory, APGA as a party, made the right choice by identifying him as its standard bearer. He expressed confidence that Igbos will gain a lot from Umeh’s entry into the Senate. He requested widows of retired fallen heroes in the state to come and register with them so that they can be included in the forthcoming Fallen Heroes widows’ empowerment by the state Legion. The Anambra State Chairman of the Nigerian Legion however solicit-

ed for concerted effort and financial assistant from both the government and public spirited individuals to carry out the lofty project, which, he said, will be an annual ritual in the state. Nwankwo, literally wept over lack of an administrative office in the state, lamenting that only Anambra State Legion has no secretariat in the country. While decrying lack of secretariat in the state for the legionnaires, Nwankwo called on Governor Willie Obiano to come to their rescue by providing a land where the state secretariat would be erected. Elder Nwankwo regretted that non utilisation of the previous parcel of land allocated to the legion opposite the Government House by Group Captain Garba Rufai (rtd) by the previous administrations of the legion made the state, the only state in the South East that exists without a secretariat.

Reactions trail Umeh’s victory as Senator for Anambra Central

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Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, Prof. Steve Ibenta says Sen. Victor Umeh has capacity to galvanise Governors and legislators from south east to plan for development of the zone. Prof. Ibenta, who spoke to the press at the Government House, Awka while felicitating with Umeh on his landslide victory, said the South East Zone has the potential to become the Dubai of Africa. “But the zone needs the political will and a properly articulated industrial development plan to provide enabling environment for teeming investors and business tycoons from the area.’’ He commended Willie Obiano, who was campaign Director-General for Umeh. Ibenta notes: ``Obiano’s four pillar of development is capable of transforming Anambra State into an industrial economy in the near future, if sustained and supported with complementary economic and financial policies. The deputy transition committee Chairman for Awka South Local Government Area (LGA), Chief Obiora Okafor described Umeh as a dogged fighter, who was eminently qualified to fight the cause of the Igbos in the Senate.

APGA stalwart in in Anambra North set to unseat Sen. Stella Oduah ÏÏÏThe

struggle for Anambra North Senatorial district is about to take another dimension as one of the political bigwigs in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) plans to declare his intention. The APGA stalwart, Comrade Harris Chuma hails from Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that Chuma is under intense pressure to declare his intention to vie for Senate, since he has the potentials and political prowess to offer quality representation. Chuma, who was a governorship aspirant for the just concluded Anambra governorship election under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC), defected to APGA before the election.

Shortly after his defection to APGA, Comrade Chuma collapsed his Guber Campaign structure, and floated a formidable media Organization known as Independent Media Support Organisation (IMSO), a platform that revolutionised media engagements and strategic approach to Gov Obiano’s reelection bid. When contacted after his defection, he said he was blindfolded by unrealistic promises of APC, adding that APC has no political vision and strategies to transform the nation, especially in South East states. He said: “I was strongly opposing APGA government and was sponsored to vie against Gov Obiano under APC. But one day, I came to realise that I was about shooting myself on the leg.

“Obiano is my in-law from Anambra North and his wife, my sister from Ogbunike. By so doing, they are my family. So the best thing to do is to support my family. “Apart from family relationship, Anambra North has been relegated politically at the federal level. We have suffered enough of poor representation at the Red chambers. We had been denied of meaningful democratic dividend... “Anambra North alone has economic potentials to survive as a state. We have strong institutions, materials and natural resources. And Obiano has unveiled his strategies to harness all these resources. “If politicians can tell themselves the truth, Obiano administration has performed beyond expectations. He has transformed Anambra State and attracted fu-

turistic developments that would boost the state’s economy and make it fiscally independent.” It was gathered that after his defection to APGA, (where he vowed to deliver Obiano in his ward and town), his life became threatened by some APC loyalists within and outside the state. When some journalists contacted Comr Chuma on his intention to vie for Anambra North Senatorial seat, he said though he has been under pressure, but he must make proper consultations. According to him, “I respect the people of Ogbunike community. I can’t do anything without them. There is always a due process. “Secondly, APGA is our party and will do everything possible to ensure adequate unity and the principle of “Onye aghana nwanne ya “.

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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has allayed the fears of Nigerians and the international community over the inability of the bank to hold the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting earlier scheduled for today and Tuesday due to the non-confirmation of the MPC nominees by the Senate. A statement personally signed by Emefiele and made available on Sunday, explained that the MPC meeting would not be holding in January 2018 as a result of the Bank’s inability to form a quorum as stipulated in the

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Economy remains strong despite MPC postponement - Emefiele CBN Act, 2007. In spite of the statutory meeting not holding in January, the CBN Governor noted that key economic indicators continued to move in the right direction. According to Emefiele, the CBN will continue to maintain the key monetary variables as decided in the last MPC meeting of November 2017, which was to hold Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 14 percent, CRR at 22.5 percent, Liquidity Ratio at 30 percent and the Asymmetric

corridor at +200 and -500 basis points around the MPR. He cited the recovery in oil prices and boost in domestic production, Nigeria’s exit from recession in 2017, decline in inflation rate to 15.37 percent, and accretion to the country’s Foreign Exchange Reserves, which now stands at $40.78 billion, as positive indicators, stressing that these underscored the fact that the Nigerian economy remained strong. The CBN Governor also noted

that strong investors’ confidence in Nigeria had attracted inflows of about $13billion through the Investors’ and Exporters’ (I&E) window, opened by the CBN in 2017. According to him, these inflows have boosted FX supply and helped to stabilize the exchange rate. “We have also seen Market Capitalization of our Stock Exchange improve by 22.3 per cent from N13.21 trillion on November 30, 2017 to N16.15trillion as at 19 January 2018, while the All-Share

L-R: Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal , during the 9th meeting of the National Council on Industries, Trade and Investment in Sokoto State, on Friday.

Index (ASI) rose by 18.8 percent from 37,944.60 to 45,092.83 over the same period,” he added. Emefiele further assured that a revised schedule of the Meetings for the MPC would be communicated as soon as the Bank meets the statutory requirements of membership and quorum for the MPC. He also assured that the Management of the CBN would continue to sustain the gains recorded in the economy as well as its vigilance and proactivity to ensure overall macro-economic stability throughout 2018. The Daily Times recalls that President Muhammadu Buhari, last October nominated Mrs. Aisha Ahmad as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Buhari had also sought the confirmation of Adeola Festus Adenikinju, Aliyu Rafindadi Sanusi, Robert Chikwendu Asogwa, and Asheikh Maidugu as members of the CBN’s Monetary Policy Committee. But none of the nominees has been confirmed by the Senate, thereby preventing the committee from forming a quorum. The Second Schedule of the CBN Act (Section 12(5) and 54, stipulates that the MPC shall meet at least four times in a year and that the quorum shall be six members, two of whom shall be the Governor and a Deputy Governor or two Deputy Governors.

Jos Inland container depot to generate over 5,000 jobs – ED Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos Executive Director DUNCAN Group of Companies Mr. Bawa Larry Peters at the

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weekend said that the Jos inland container deport on completion would provide employment for about 5 000 persons . Peter’s made this known, in Jos in an interview after conducting Journalists round the Jos Inland dry Port. He said the project has reach 70 percent completion, and commend the Minister of transport Hon. Rotimi Ameachi for being in the forefront of pushing for its speedy completion . It could be recall that Duncan Container Dry Port Limited, located at Heipang, in Barkin Ladi

LGC of Plateau state was given a presidential approval for the construction of Jos International Inland Container Deport. He also appealed to the Northern business men to have confidence in the project as when completed will save exporters from the zone the cost of travelling to sea port to clear their goods and then create over 5000 jobs., the host communities will benefit while the state government will generate huge revenue as a result of activities within the terminal. Our correspondent recalled

that President Muhammadu Buhari had early this month inaugurated the much talked about inland container deport (ICD) in Kaduna otherwise known as the Kaduna Inland Dry Port. Speaking during the inspection of work at the Jos ICD site, the group executive director said its cover over 33,000 hectare of land adding that with the inauguration of Kaduna inland container terminal by Mr. President works has also commence at the Jos site in the last Five week and progress to the level of completion.

According to him, during the commissioning of Kaduna terminal Mr. President mentioned that in the next few weeks another ICD will be inaugurated stressing that they do not know which of the ICD is next . In his words, “In the next couple of weeks we are meeting with the Plateau state government on how to fast track the project forward. The inauguration of Kaduna terminal has motivates the Plateau state government to do everything possible at her disposal to ensure its completion.’

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2017

Send money abroad for less through FirstBank Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

L-R: Ex- Nigerian International, Nduka Ugbade; former Consultant, Sports Psychologist to the Flying Eagles of Nigeria, Prof. Oluwaseun Omotayo and Ex- Nigerian International, Mutiu Adepoju, during the 10th year Anniversary of Founder, International College & Sports Academy, Segun Odegbami Wasinmi, Ogun State… on Thursday.

Fuel scarcity: NNPC releases 250 trucks to Lagos Simon Ugwu The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday said that it had released 250 trucks of petrol to Lagos metropolis for effective dispensing at filling stations to forestall any scarcity. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division (NNPC), Mr Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Lagos. According to him, there has been a slight change in the distribution network in Lagos, as Lagos is currently being supplied by members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN). “At the weekend there was a hitch in discharging of petrol by

ships which has been ratified. “Today, 250 trucks have been discharged to Lagos compared to less than 200 trucks usually allocated to Lagos at the weekend,” he said. The NNPC spokesman said that the ships which commenced discharging since Saturday night had finished discharging, adding that in a couple of hours the long queues will disappeared and normalcy will return to Lagos. Ughamadu, urged motorist to avoid hoarding of petrol and panic buying, as there is sufficient products in stock that will last for days. The NNPC spokesperson also acknowledged a slight hitch at the Port Harcourt refinery due to power problem.

“Port Harcourt refinery is slightly down for now, pending when the problem will be rectified. A NAN correspondent who went round Lagos metropolis however reports that fuel queues had started springing up again in most filling stations in the metropolis. The queues which were noticed in the early hours of Saturday had begun to increase by afternoon across the state. Many of the filling stations operated by major marketers were not selling while outlets owned by Independent Marketers were shut. At Ikorodu, Epe, Mile 12 and Lekki axis most filling stations who had products were selling above the official pump price.

Reacting to the situation Alhaji Abiodun Lawal spokesman of NIPCO said the company was consistently loading and supplying to marketers, but the volume had marginally dropped. “I can confirm we are currently loading but I don’t have the statistics; however I must say that we don’t have enough supply at the moment. I think that explains the resurgence of queue at filling stations”, he said. Also, Mr Olufemi Adewole, the Executive Secretary of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketing Association, (DAPPMA) noted that there was shortage of petrol supply across the country. Adewole said that what is playing out at the moment is the preference of NNPC deploying more supply to the major marketers.

Sending money abroad through FirstBank just got more economical with MoneyGram ‘Naija Send’ as charges are now as low as N1, 500. First Bank of Nigeria Limited is committed to ensuring ease, convenience and affordability for its Customers and therefore sees this reduced fee as helpful in bringing loved ones closer as they do not need to worry about high cost of sending money to family and friends living abroad. According to Mr. Abiodun Famuyiwa, Group Head, Products & Marketing Support, FirstBank, “Outbound money transfer through FirstBank is the way to go in sending money to loved ones abroad as the money sent can be picked up within minutes either as cash in the currencies of the destination countries or as a direct transfer to beneficiary’s bank account over there.” Also, there are no hidden charges as the beneficiaries get the exact transfer equivalent in the destination country. For instance, when N355,000 is sent abroad, the beneficiary gets exactly $1,000. The money is received in the currency of the destination country. In addition, there is no risk of buying fake currencies. MoneyGram services are available at over 750 FirstBank branches nationwide. FirstBank also has dedicated money transfer branches that open every day of the year including Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Only National Assembly Can Appropriate Edo to verify, pay arrears of batch 40 pensioners from Jan 24 on General Subsidy-NNPC Simon Ugwu

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified a statement wrongly attributed to the Managing Director of Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Mr. Umar Ajiya, suggesting that NNPC does not require the National Assembly’s nod to subsidize Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise called petrol. For the avoidance of doubt, Mr. Ajiya who was a guest at the Channels Television programme, Sunrise, yesterday, explained that there was underrecovery in the importation and sale of PMS by NNPC, but the burden is categorized as business losses which the Act estab-

lishing NNPC recognizes. Mr. Ajiya had made it explicitly clear that the losses from the PMS imports by NNPC could not be classified as subsidy since it was not appropriated for by the National Assembly. NNPC wishes to disabuse the minds of its numerous publics to disregard the statement incorrectly attributed to Mr. Ajiya as it represents neither PPMC nor the NNPC’s position on the subject. The corporation is alive to the critical roles the National Assembly statutorily plays in the administration of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Sector and would, therefore, not undermine the legislators in their legitimate business.

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

In continuation of the phased payment of pension arrears in the state, the Edo State Government has called on pensioners in batch 40 to present themselves for physical and documentary verification from January 23 to 24 at Imaguero School Hall, Benin City. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary/Chairman, Pensions Bureau, I.D.S Juwobor, the state government said the exercise will also afford pensioners in batches 37, 38 and 39, who missed previous verification exercises, the opportunity to be screened and get their records taken to facilitate payment of their arrears.

According to him, “Affected pensioners are advised to check the list of pensioners in the batches at the office of the Head of Service on January 22 and 23. They are to come to the venue of the verification exercise with the following: pension authority, retirement letter, letter of first appointment, pension identity card, biometric slip and bank details including bank name and account number.” He said upon conclusion of the verification exercise, outstanding pension arrears will be credited into each pensioner’s account, “without delay after due process and documentation by relevant agencies involved in the payment process.”

Recall that the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration opted for the phased payment of pension arrears after it met a backlog of about N10 billion. The phased payment of the arrears has reduced the arrears by about N6 billion, providing succour to pensioners whose arrears accrued from 1996 to 2000.

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

Stories By Motolani Oseni Nigeria’s currencym Naira on Thursday dropped slightly at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) foreign exchange window at N 360.75 against N360.56 traded on Wednesday, Data obtained from the FMDQ OTC has showed. The autonomous FX window, had opened trading at N360.20, the same rate recorded on Wednesday before settling at a weaker closing rate compared to the previous day. Although, it traded high at N361.50. 50 which was not different from Wednesday figure. But the fourth consecutive days now, the Nigerian currency, Naira has been trading fat at N364 to the US Dollar at the unofficial foreign exchange market. The Daily Times checks showed that the Naira, on Thursday, remained unchenge against the three major foreign curren-

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Naira drops at investors window, stables at official, unofficial forex markets cies, Pound sterling and Euro, to close at N488 and N434, respectively at the parallel segment of the forex market. But the local currency at the inter-bank (official) market stabled at N305.70 against 305.75 to the dollar settled at the close of to yesterday trading activities. Meanwhile, the African Development Bank Group, (AfDB) has stated that it expects a stronger naira in 2018, just as it applauded the measures taken by the Central Bank of Nigeria to ensure price stability. The multilateral institution stated this in its African Economic Outlook released yesterday. On the country’s macroeconomic position, it stated: “Fiscal policy remained expansionary

in 2017 as in 2016. Although total spending as a percentage of GDP declined from 13% in 2014 to 10.3% in 2017, revenues declined more sharply, from 11.4% to 5.6%. “The budget deficit was estimated at 4.8% in 2017, up from 4.7% in 2016, and is projected to improve to 4.3% in 2018 and 4.1% in 2019, as revenue performance improves. At 14%, unemployment remained high in 2017, the same as in 2016, and is expected to decline only slightly in 2018, to 13.5%, as recovery eases production constraints in manufacturing and agriculture.” Also, it expects monetary policy in Nigeria to remain contractionary in 2018. It added: ” The policy rate has been kept at 14% since July 2016

to support the naira and control inflation. Inflation has remained stubbornly high and in the double digits—an estimated 16.2% in 2017, up from 15.6% in 2016—but is projected to ease to 13.7% in 2018 and 12% in 2019. “Foreign currency liquidity has improved following the introduction of administrative measures by the Central Bank since early 2017. “The measures include a trading window for portfolio investors at market determined rates and the introduction of the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Rate Fixing, which allowed commercial banks to quote forex rates that are close to parallel market rates. The naira remained stable for most of 2017

and is expected to strengthen slightly as the economy continues to recover.” Also on economic performance and prospects for Nigeria in 2018, it noted that the economy would continue to show signs of recovery from the 2016 recession. It stated: “GDP growth was estimated at 0.8% in 2017, up from –1.5% in 2016. The outlook beyond is positive, with growth projected at 2.1% in 2018 and 2.5% in 2019. “This outlook is anchored in higher oil prices and production, as well as stronger agricultural performance. Oil prices rebounded to an average of $52 per barrel (Brent crude) in 2017 and are projected to reach $54 in 2018, up from $43 per barrel in 2016.

Access Bank extends paternity leave to male employees For male employees of Access Bank Plc, surprises have started early in the just beginning year, as the lender approved an enhanced parental leave policy that extends paid benefits to all mothers and fathers,starting January 2018. The bank esplanade that in order to foster an inclusive workplace, the policy offers paid leave to all new parents at the Bank including mothers and fathers, as well as adoptive and surrogate parents. The new policy which is the first by a Nigerian bank, offers one week fully paid paternity leave to male employees and allows them to care for their offspring and spend some quality time with the new addition to their family while supporting the new mother who needs the break. Also included in the new policy is a surrogacy or adoptive leave with full pay for 3 calendar months for female employees of the Bank. These benefits supplement the 12 weeks of paid leave Access Bank currently provides to birth mothers. The policy also complements the Bank’s existing health and flexible workplace benefits, which support work-life balance. Head, Group Human Resources, Bolaji Agbede said paid parental leave allows parents to truly bond with their new child, balance their work schedule and help reduce conflict with parental obligations. “Studies have shown that fathers who take paternity leave are more likely to take an active role in child care tasks and will continue to play this role long after the period of leave has ended. It is important for the new father to take time off as it helps all parents, regardless of family structure. This new policy is an evidence of the Bank’s support to employees during this wonderful but challenging time in their lives,” she added.

L-R: Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education, Zakari Mohammed (middle) and other officials, during the presentation of the 2017 National Olympiads Awards in Abuja… recently.

FG, AfDB working to reduce poverty, create jobs, others As part of effort in ensuring more inclusive socio-economic development in the country, Vice President, Federal Government of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday has said that the largest economy in Africa is working with African Development Bank (AfDB) to further eradicate poverty, create jobs, among many others. In a document obtained by our correspondent, which was signed by Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) Office of the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande, the VP noted that while Africa has made significant strides in economic growth and in poverty reduction, much remains to be done. According to him, “I am particularly delighted that the Bank

is working closely with this administration in addressing the challenges faced by communities and people emerging from the insurgency in the North East and some of the militancy in the Niger Delta Region. “With its large market of over 185 million people, Nigeria will continue to be an important player in the Bank’s work, advancing efforts to boost regional integration within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in particular and Africa as a whole”, he stated. Osinbajo, in his address at the commissioning of AfDB Nigeria country office, in Abuja yesterday, said: “This building here in Abuja is, among other things, an important symbol of the special relationship between the AfDB

and Nigeria - a founding member and the largest shareholder of the Bank from inception to date. And since 1971, the Nigeria Country Office has served as an important convening point between the Bank, the Federal and State Governments, and the private sector. “We will continue to be a strong and committed partner of the African Development Bank, and to lead by example. We have already clearly demonstrated through the partnership that led to the establishment of the Bank’s Nigeria Trust Fund, established in 1976. The Trust Fund of more than $500 million has helped to transform the economies and improve the living standards of millions of people in other African countries”, he said. Also, the Minister of Finance,

Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said that African Development Bank (AfDB) disbursed a budget support of 600 million dollars to Nigerian government when the country faced economic recession. She said that AfDB-Nigeria Country Office over the years, under past and current leadership, had maintained an appreciable level of cooperation and collaborative engagement with the Federal Ministry of Finance. Adeosun that the improved relationship had led to an all time high portfolio level of close to six billion dollars spread over 73 projects across other private sector. She said that the Bank had made Nigeria the first regional member country to host the Bank-owned office complex.

Capital Market B4 NSE rally shows investors disconnect from real economy …Study Bonny Amadi A recent study has shown that te rally recorded by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2017 and still prevailing, demonstrates investors disconnection from Nigeria’s real economy. Titled “NSE record rally illustrates investor disconnect from real economy” the report noted that the main NSE index has surged 12 percent this year in dollar terms, the most among 96 major bourses according to Bloomberg, It added 1.76 trillion in the first two weeks of the year, pushing it to 15.37 trillion, the highest level since 2008. Such surge, the report maintains reflects major drift from the real sector of the economy which naturally drives economic growth. The largest company on the exchange, Dangote Cement has climbed to a record high. FirstRand Asset Management believes the advance will probably be sustained thanks to rising prices for oil, Nigeria’s main export, and as investors look to increase their holdings of what remain among the cheapest stocks in Africa. According to the report, New York-based Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF attracted record weekly net inflows last week, helping to increase the exchange-traded fund market capitalization to almost $90 million, double the level in May last year. It added that even as after the gains, Nigerian valuations are the least expensive among major African equity indexes, stocks trade at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 10.1, while South Africa’s are at 14 and the MSCI Emerging Market Index is at 13, suggesting further upside for growth.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

TransCorp, Diamond Bank, FCMB boost week’s turnover by 34.93% …As NSE ASI sustains up beat

Bonny Amadi Returns on investments and positive market sentiments drove shares of Transcorp, Diamond Bank and FCMB to emerge highly trade stocks for the week ended Friday JANUARY 19T 2018. Trading in the top three Equities, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria , Diamond Bank and FCMB Group measured by volume accounted for 1.751 billion shares worth N5.023 billion in 6,131 deals, contributing 34.93 per

cent and 10.96 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively Meanwhile, a total turnover of 5.011 billion shares worth N45.816 billion in 44,569 deals were traded last week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 5.021 billion shares valued at N68.974 billion that exchanged hands in the preceding week in 41,542 deals. The Financial Services Industry measured by volume) led the activity chart with 3.672 billion shares valued at N29.946 billion

traded in 28,608 deals; thus contributing 73.29% and 65.36% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively. The Conglomerates Industry followed with 864.180 million shares worth N2.440 billion in 2,561 deals. The third place was occupied by Consumer Goods Industry with a turnover of 210.994 million shares worth N7.731billion in 7,336 deals. Also traded during the week were a total of 1.947 million units of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) valued at N105.567

million executed in 15 deals, compared with a total of 777,535 units valued at N7.689 million that was transacted last week in 15 deals. The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 5.11 per cent to close the week at 45,092.83 and N16.154trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher during the week with the exception of the NSE Consumer Goods Index that depreciated by 1.31% while the NSE ASeM Index closed flat.

L-R: Flag Officer Commanding the Naval Training Command (NTC), Rear Admiral Adeniyi Osinowo; Executive Secretary, Joint Tax Board, Mr. Oseni Elamah and Coordinating Director, Support Service Group, Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS), Mr. Peter Hena, during the a visit to NTC in Abuja… on Thursday.

Union Bank named fastest growing retail bank in 2017 New Exchange rule to liberate Bonny ing at Union Bank said: “We are platforms also doubled within Amadi proud to receive this award which this period. The Bank’s recently investors/companies Union Bank, one of Nige- is a recognition of our commit- upgraded digital banking plat-

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The new pricing methodology rule to be introduced by the Nigerian stock Exchange (NSE0 has been described as a new rule step to a long way liberation process of investors and companies tied up by the per value pricing cap of 50 kobo. According to the report by Analysts Company, the new rule to be adopted soon, pints that more than two-thirds of quoted Nigerian companies will come under the pricing band of one kobo. The NSE, the report noted, is set for the implementation of new pricing rules that will remove the current stop-gap that has supported stocks at their nominal value and allow shares of quoted companies to trade for as low as one kobo. The NSE will begin the implementation of its amendments to the pricing methodology and par value rules on 29 January. Under the new pricing rules, share prices shall be allowed to trade as low

as a floor price of one kobo. The new rules effectively remove the rule which places minimum allowable price to trade for any stock at its nominal value, irrespective of the market forces. A classification guideline for the implementation of the new pricing methodology indicated that about 67 percent of quoted companies - including such companies as Africa Prudential, BOC Gases, Custodian And Allied, Eterna, Fidson Healthcare, Interlinked Technologies, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company and Nigeria-German Chemicals, will come under the immediate pricing band of one kobo, 27 percent will come under a band of 5.0 kobo while the remaining 6 percent will come under a band of 10 kobo. “This is a welcome move from the NSE. Market prices of stock should reflect market forces exactly as they are, and the best reflection is in the price of the stock without the safety nets that distort the market.

ria’s longest serving banking institutions, has been named ‘The Fastest Growing Retail Bank, Nigeria’ in the 2017 edition of the International Finance Magazine (IFM) Awards. The award was presented at the IFM Award ceremony which took place this January in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The IFM Award is a leading international award that celebrates excellence within the international finance industry. According to a statement released by IFM, the awards shine the spotlight on organizations and individuals who make contributions that raise the bar in the financial industry. Award recipients are selected using a combination of reader nominations and expert analysis which ensures a fair process that is not influenced by reputation or newsworthiness but rather by findings from meticulous research and analysis. Commenting on the award, Carlos Wanderley, Head Retail Bank-

ment and efforts to build a truly customer-centric bank. We place strong emphasis on innovation, quality customer service and continuous process improvement which has resulted in steady,organic growth across the Bank. We will continue to partner with our customers to support their personal and business ambitions and ensure we provide them with customer-driven solutions and exceptional, fit-for-purpose banking services always.” Union Bank is considered a trusted financial partner for Nigerians with over 100 years heritage of reliable banking services in the country. Following an extensive transformation programme which started in 2014 and involved the upgrade of its processes, platforms, technology and facilities, Union Bank’s active customer base grew by over 40 percent in the last two years. The number of customers on its online and mobile banking

forms - UnionMobile and UnionOnline and newly introduced USSD code *826# have also received very positive response from customers and the general public. Union Bank’s innovative savings products such as UnionKorrect, Union Goal and UnionFuture have reintroduced the saving culture to Nigerians across the country, helping them achieve their set goals while they stand a chance to win attractive prizes which has endeared the bank to its customers. Union Bank has earned several awards including the “Most Improved Retail Bank in Nigeria, 2016” by BusinessDay newspapers, “Best Brand Development to Reflect Changed Mission /Vision / Positioning” and “Best Visual Identity from the Financial Services Sector” at the 2016 Transform Awards MENA and “Brand Evolution” and “Iconic Brand of the Year” awards in the 2017 Marketing World Awards.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

B5 Business Features

Dangote’s multi-million naira UNIBADAN Business School ready soon Foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote has assured that the N250 million University of Ibadan Business School being constructed by him would soon be ready for commissioning. The business mogul is also constructing same type of project in the Bayero University Kano (BUK) and will be ready for hand over to the university management anytime from now. The UI project being undertaken by the Aliko Dangote Foundation was sequel to a pledge made by the business mogul last year during the convocation ceremony by the university when he was conferred honorary doctorate degree along with some other eminent Nigerians. The University of Ibadan management later requested that the pledged funds be used to construct the building complex within the premises of the Business School under Professor Nike Oshofisan as the Director. The University management has equally decided that the building, when completed, will be named ‘’Aliko Dangote Complex’’. The Chief Executive of the Aliko Dangote

Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou explained that all efforts are being geared towards timely completion of the project saying “construction is currently on-going and the project will be delivered to the University in February 2018.” This venture, is part of a N2 billion investment by the Aliko Dangote Foundation, across various institutions, in support of Tertiary education in Nigeria Mrs Youssoufou stated that the projects are in line with the Foundation’s mission to enhance opportunities for social change through strategic investments that improve health and wellbeing, promote quality education, and broaden economic empowerment opportunities. On the Bayero Business School, the Foundation boss explained that on commencement, the business school will be only the third accredited business school in the country and the first in the North, others being University of Lagos Business School and University of Ibadan Business School. She disclosed that the UI and BUK projects are complementary to the

Foundation’s other tertiary education support projects such as the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria “where we are currently constructing 10 units of students’ Dormitories and we expect that it would be ready by March. “We have constructed

and delivered students’ Dormitories in this University, Crescent University, Abeokuta; We have constructed and delivered units of Students’ Dormitories and provided power generating set to Kano University of Science & Technology, Wudil and

now we are in University of Ibadan. Presently, the Foundation is involved in N10 billion micro grants to women in all 774 local governments across the federation in an bid to ameliorate widespread poverty in Nigeria by em-

PIGB Passage: NEITI hails National Assembly

Myke Uzendu, Abuja

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has welcomed with excitement, the bold step by both chambers of the National Assembly to pass the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). The decision of the Senate and the House of Representatives to consider the Bill as priority resulting in its eventual passage is bold, courageous and progressive. This commendation becomes important when one recalls that the bill has been on this legislative journey for over ten years. According to a statement signed on Sunday in Abuja by its Director, Communications & Advocacy Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya

Orji, NEITI’s interest is in view of the urgency and strategic importance of a new law to replace the existing archaic legislations that have aided huge revenue losses, impeded transparency, accountability and investment opportunities in the nation’s oil and gas industry. NEITI recalls that as an anti-corruption agency in the sector, it boldly alerted the nation last year through a special Policy Brief “The urgency of a new petroleum sector law” that the current stagnation of investment opportunities in the Petroleum Industry was as a result of the absence of a new law for the sector. This, according to NEITI, has led to huge revenue losses to the tune of over $200billion. In that publi-

cation which was widely circulated, NEITI argued that the “revenue losses were as a result of investments withheld or diverted by investors to other (more predictable) jurisdictions.” The publication added that “The hedging by investors stems from the expectation that the old rules would no longer apply, but not knowing when the new ones would materialise.” NEITI Reports in the sector had also disclosed that over $10.4bn and N378.7bn were lost through under-remittances, inefficiencies, theft or absence of a clear governance framework for the oil and gas industry. The total cost to the nation in 2013 alone was N1.74 trillion largely as a result of the absence of a new law.

He is optimistic that with the new governance law for the industry, these huge revenue losses to the nation as a result of process lapses and outright stealing will be strictly checked if not eliminated. Furthermore, NEITI notes that the implementation of the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative which Nigeria is a key signatory, have over the years been frustrated by the absence of a dynamic law that suits modern business modules and trends in the ever evolving oil and gas industry. NEITI remains convinced that the PIGB when assented to by the President will provide a dynamic governance framework required to re-position the Petroleum

industry to fully embrace competition, openness, accountability, professionalism and better profit returns on investments to both companies and government. NEITI is encouraged that the National Assembly in this particular instance threw politics aside and dealt with the PIGB issue with the attention it deserves. The PIGB now passed and ready for possible Presidential assent is a product of this creative initiative. NEITI also commends the media, the civil society, development partners, industry, stakeholders and experts who have followed the bill in the National Assembly for their valued contributions to what has been achieved so far.

powering the women and the vulnerable in the society. The fund disbursement is meant to enable recipients to meet immediate family and livelihood needs by providing a onetime grant to start up enterprises that will boost their economic and consumption activities and help reduce their vulnerability. The fund has been disbursed in some states such as Lagos, Kogi, Jigawa, Kano and a host of others while Nassarawa, Niger and Osun states are being primed for the next round disbursement. Aliko Dangote stated that the grants which commenced disbursement in 2011, were intended as a cash transfer intervention – the Dangote Microgrants Programme- to provide cash transfers to select poor and vulnerable Nigerians. He said: “Our Programme provides a oneoff grant that enables recipients to grow or start a small business, invest in productive assets, improve the health of their families, and/or take on new activities that reduce their vulnerability and enhance their economic standing.

While hoping for early Presidential consideration and assent to the Bill, NEITI hopes to work with muti-stakeholders, development partners and the industry to set the stage for informed stakeholders’ engagements to ensure effective implementation when the Bill becomes law. He called on all the media, the civil society and above all the National Assembly to show similar coordinated attention to commence legislative process in the remaining legal frameworks in the industry especially the Petroleum Industry Fiscal Bill and the Host Communities Bill. These two key pending legislations will help complement and strengthen the provisions of the PIGB.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

B6 Interview

Cooperatives society has improved aviation workers status Richard Tella is the President of Airport Fire and Safety Cooperatives Multipurpose Credit Society (AFSCMCS) with over 4000 members. He spoke with CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO on issues of loan disbursement, acquisition of land for members and plans for members in 2018. Excerpts How will you describe the year 2017 as regard to your corporative society The year 2017 was a little bit fair. This is because, before i took the administration in 2015, we had some challenges we needed to handle but by the special grace of God, when we entered 2017 we were able to stabilise. We were also able to know what we can do to know how to move the corporative forward. So it was fair but we believe that by the year 2018 we will do better. . What are the remarkable things you were able to achieve in 2017? One of the things we achieved in 2017 was that we acquired a school property. It was school property in conjunction with Federal Ministry of Transport and Aviation Corporative Society. It was a joint acquisition which we acquired. We are planning to see how we can regurlarise the documentation of the school probably before this 2018 ends. We want to carry out some renovation works and do some jobs there before the school can commence in the next session. Another one is that we have it in mind to write to the former administration that we are going to have a guest house which will be operated by our staffs. We also acquired a property at Mafoluku. We bought the property, then demolished it and we are in possession of it. Though, we have some issues because we need to regularise the documents. That is being done in Abuja. When that is done, we will see how we can move forward from there. We are having issues with our Secretariat that we are using; already, we are having issues of accommodation. Operation has began and we need more space to operate effectively. This is coupled with the the structural defect we had on the property then. We have decided to work on it. To lift up one structure is more or less like a construction of the property itself. Work is ongoing now and I think it is up to 30-40% of completion. So it is still in progress. Those are the things we did in 2017. Apart from that, the members enjoyed all the benefits like loans; people who ought to get loan got loans. In addition, they all got their dividends of the year 2017 at the end of the year. How many people benefited from the loan? Almost everybody. We have almost 4000 members and almost 80% of them benefited

from the loan, but all of them got dividends. What are your greatest challenges Due to the economic recession witnessed last year in the nation, we had a lot of pressures in the corporative. People were faced with challenges and the only place they could go to is corporate. They come to corporative to ask for assistance, so we had a lot of pressures on us throughout the year 2017. But we do all we could do to see where we could assist. That was the only challenge we had How many members joined in 2017? Almost 200 members joined us, specially this new intakes that came in last year. Though, not alttl them stay in Lagos but most of the people that are in Lagos joined the society and we also had members amongst the directors too There is this case of fraud that almost tarnished the image of the association, but you were able to handle it. What measure have you put in place to forestall another occurrence in the future ? When things have not happened you may not know which area you have issues. We thank God that we are able to detect the fraud. We detected the fraud and during investigations, we later found out that it has been a long time thing among the staff that were doing it. I think it is about four staff that were involved and they were all arrested. The police handled them and did further investigations. One of them has been on negotiation, promising that he is going to pay back; he even dropped about one or two properties to cover some of the money they defrauded. The other three have been prosecuted in court. The case is in court and we have a lawyer that is sound that is handling it. But despite that, when that happened we have to change all our softwares in the system and some other security measures were put in place in order not to allow such thing to happen again. And we have been able to educate our members that on no account should they pay into personal savings account any longer. We have association account displayed at the secretariat. We have also been able to acquire POS; so instead of them going to bank to pay, they can remit the cash through POS. In addition, we have been able to put our account on web, so that instead of people coming

Richard Tella to the secretary to ask what is their statement of account, they can easily log in to the site to find out. They have to produce a password and an ID which are the items that can be use to access the website. They can easily check their statement of account to know if anything has gone wrong with the account because. If they have tampered with the account, they will know. So those are the measures taken internally in order not to allow such to happen again. What is the role of the management of FAAN in this corporation, have they been assisting?. Anyway they have assisted us. They allowed us to operate, if they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow us to operate we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been here. They have played a major role in the progress of the corporative. Where we are using today as secretariat was given by FAAN without taking any charges from us. They allow us to operate without any problem and also assist us by helping to deduct the money directly from each branch to make it easier for us. And if anybody is owning, we write FAAN at the end of their retirement and they will help us to deduct it from the FAAN benefits so that no body will go with our money. You know that members will come and go and you mentioned about 200 plus

came into corporative last year so how many people are you looking at that will retire this year, because definitely there will be some people that will retire Most of the staff were employed in 1978, 79-80 and if you look at the time of retirement, between last year and this year we are expecting that lot of people will retire this year. It happened last year and we are still expecting that a lot of people will also retire this year and we have also prepared for them because we know that some of them will definitely collect their savings which they have been doing. We have not been failing and anyone will be collecting their money as at June 12. In addition, what we will also do is that we will assist them by organising seminars for them. Like this year before the first quarter or half of the year we are going to get the list of the people that are retiring between now and December. This year we are going to organise seminar on post retirements programmes. In the process, we give them trainings; what can they do if they retire, what kind of vocational job they can do on their own with the little they have in savings with corporative. We will advise them that they can start something like fishing or farming; that is what we normally do and we are planning

another one this year. Now that you are engaged in a lot of projects, like that of the school, the old secretariat has been reconstructed and the hotel; what is the deadline of plans for completion of all the project? We are planning that the school project will commence as from next session, that will be around September. Before that time, the documentation would have been completed to enable us to operate. We are looking at completing the secretariat within the next three to four months. Since we commenced the work around late November last year, we are looking at concluding it around March or April. There is another project we embarked on upon last year and that was acquisition of properties that was about 200 plots for our members. It is about N2.5 million per plot and the property has all the infrastructural facilities including the road and electricity. So we are looking at, that by the next three years we should have completed the payment for the property because we are paying in installments where it takes members up to it 48 months to pay up. How about the guesthouse? The guesthouse may not be completed this year because of the documentation. We

want to make sure all the documents are available before we commence the project. Already, we have designed how we want it to be. You know that i have two years for my tenure and what i know is that before I complete my tenure the project would have been completed and commissioned. Do you have any other program, probably programs that will involve all your members aside the one for those who are retiring, maybe something like empowerment program. Is there anything you intend to do this year in that line ? We working on that too because some of them have been complaining, whether they need to wait till retirement before they start enjoying. So we are looking at how we can have a large number of people so that we can invite facilitators to come and talk to them to give them training before retirement. They can even start business before retirement, at least in a small scale so that, by the time they retire it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be as if they are starting afresh. We are trying to see what we can do. In our Ikeja area office, we have our supervisors there and they always organise seminars every year. We normally send more than 50 members to attend the seminars. We also have another large body; we call it Ikeja Multipurpose Corporative Union which are affiliated to. All primary corporative societies are under that union, and that union also orgainses retreat every year. We tap into it and we use to carry some of our members to attend such retreats. We also have also Lagos State Corporative Federation (LASCOFED) which also organises retreat once a year. So we take our members to the program To what extent has the corperative benefited your members? Corporative has helped a lot of people in many ways. We thank God that we have such in the society today. There is a little that the industry can do when it comes to welfare of the society. They cannot handle all. I know before the corporative started, there were lots of people that used to go to the management to ask for cash advance or something like that. They always ask the management to give them certain amounts; this amount they instruct should be deducted from their salaries. But the corperative has taken that responsibilities from the management.

CSR B7

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

Understanding the Economic Perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility Stories by Godwin Nyebe All over the world, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has attracted significant discussion and controversy since the times of Milton Friedman’s famous 1970 New York Times article stating that the only social responsibility of firms is to maximize profits. However, the conclusion that CSR automatically is in conflict with profit maximization or strategic firm behavior and therefore should be reduced either to a market failure or some form of altruism turned not to be correct. Quite the opposite: As a matter of fact, Analysts not only shows that CSR constitutes an economically important phenomenon that may well be strategic, but also argues that, when concisely defined1, CSR can be efficient. In other words, it can be a viable private channel of public goods provision and a formidable complement or even alternative to classic government intervention. Checks by Daily Times reveal that, edevelopment institutions such as the World Bank Group stress that the private sector has an important role to play in the development of an economy, however, the supply of environmental, social or other goods (or the curtailment of bads) with public character is believed to be government and rule rather than market-driven. But what happens when

governments and rules fail to provide these goods and services? While, it appears that markets and corporate behavior won’t be able to reach a social optimum e.g. when it comes to pollution or renewable energy levels, they often can do better than governments. In the short and middle term, CSR can be welfare optimal. Eventually improved public politics and CSR may even be mutually reinforcing elements in the longer run. Speaking on this issue, a brand management, Bernard Okhakume told Daily Times that, “given the fact that institutions and the formal regulatory environment in developing and emerging market economies often are limited or capacity-constrained, CSR may play an especially important role in the development context.” What, then, are the key incentives that induce firms to engage in the provision of public goods beyond legal requirements? He queried. Continuing, he pointed out that, “the main drivers of CSR identified in the empirical evidence are consumer markets as well as private and public politics (as opposed to induced innovation, moral hazard, labor markets or shareholder preferences). Whenever sufficient information about the nature and quality of both the production process as well the product itself is available, consumer preferences and their willingness to pay a price premium do the trick. On the oth-

er hand, in a dynamic environment, the threat of a consumer boycott, an activist campaign pointing out bad behavior and even expected tightening of regulation drive corporate strategy towards hedging against reputational and financial risks through CSR.” Also speaking, An expert in CSR Oluwabunmi Awolusi said; “ultimately, CSR may play an important role in an international context. Developing and transitional economies typically have limited formal regulation when compared to developed markets, while firms are becoming ever more global. Coordination problems across countries weaken the role of government provision of global public goods, suggesting that CSR may gain a comparative advantage. Disparate locations between production, consumption, and ownership establish an elevated role for preference-based CSR mechanisms. Consumers in developed countries may influence the environmental and social performance of firms operating in the developing world. A necessary condition for CSR mechanisms to operate across borders is information, and the costs of information acquisition and processing may be increasing due to geographic and cultural distance. There may be tradeoffs between cost-motivated outsourcing and firm reputation--such as the backlash from labor-related allegations toward Nike operations in Southeast Asia.”

According to her, “CSR results generally support a role for politics in developing country contexts. Community characteristics such as education, income, and voter turnout proxy for legal institutions, political organizational ability, freedom, information accessibility, and NGO presence and often drive CSR. A positive correlation between local income and education and firm environmental performance is evident.” In India, for example, she continued, voting rates and literacy turn out to be positively correlated with water quality. Public firm ownership shields firms from community activism, while the number of community complaints or firm-community agreements affects abatement expenditures in Korea. Capital markets in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and the Philippines react to citizen complaints and high profile environmental spills, while managers of Chinese firms report that community and NGO pressure is the most important driver of changes related to social behavior like innovation or greening of the supply chain. Also, expanding formal regulations with extensive monitoring and enforcement may drive environmental performance, e.g. Korean regulators appear to engage in a tit for tat strategy with firms, where facilities that perform well are rewarded with more lenient regulatory oversight and treatment.”

Cowbell Celebrates 20 Years of Support for Mathematics as 2018 Cowbellpedia Mathematics tv Quiz Show Opens The 2018 edition of Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz show and the search for the next inventor opened with enthusiasm on recently in Lagos as Promasidor Nigeria Limited marked 20 years relationship of Cowbell and Mathematics. Speaking at a press briefing, Mr. Anders Einarsson, Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, explained to journalists that Cowbell Milk, the company’s flagship brand, has been involved in the improvement of standard of education in Nigeria especially the subject area – Mathematics in the last two decades. The Cowbellpedia initiative comprises of Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show, Cowbellpedia Radio (a Mathematics class on radio) and Cowbellpedia Mobile App (Mathematics Q&A mobile application). “These platforms have been able to arouse and re-

awaken the interest of students in Mathematics at the secondary school level and further reinforced the importance of the subject,” he said. To further sustain the growing interest in Mathematics by the relevant groups, Einarsson informed that the company launched the Cowbellpedia Compendium, a compilation of solved questions from the past Cowbellpedia Secondary School Mathematics TV Quiz Show editions for each category. This is to improve proficiency of students in Mathematics and commemorate the 20th anniversary. The Cowbellpedia Compendium is also available in e-book format. Einarsson maintained that the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show is open to students in JSS 3 and SSS2 from 10 – 18 years of age attending full time secondary education in both public and private schools in Nigeria.

From Left to Right: Dr.IkechukwuAnyanwu, Director Quality Assurance, National Examination Council, NECO; Mr. Anders Einarsson, Managing Director, Promasidor Nigeria Limited and Mr. Festus Tettey, Commercial Director,Promasidor Nigeria Limitedat the press briefing marking the flag-off of the 2018 edition of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz show and 20th anniversary of Cowbell and Mathematics recently in Lagos

While entry into this competition is free, candidates have two stages to reach the final and win the ultimate prizes. Stage 1 is the Qualifying Written Examination while Stage 2 is the TV Quiz Show. “For the Stage 1, we are continuing with the ini-

tiative that we started in 2016 for mixed secondary schools to nominate minimum two girls for each category to represent such school. This is our own little way of encouraging the girl child to take interest in education especially the Science, Technology, Engi-

neering and Mathematics (STEM) courses,” he said. Einarsson also announced that the company has raised the bar with a 100 percent increase of the prize money for this year’s edition as winners in both categories would now receive =N=2,000,000 (Two

million naira) and an allexpense paid educational excursion outside the country, while the first and second runners-up would receive =N=1,500,000 (One million Five hundred thousand naira) and =N=1,000,000 (One Million naira) respectively.

B8 Enterprenuership

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 22, 2018

Private schools and the war against Exam Malpractices

Students in an examination hall

Recent public outcry on private schools that often share the habit of encouraging different shades of examination malpractices has reached a crescendo level. OUR CORRESPONDENT suggests the way forward. Every discerning patriot that has observed the dwindling integrity of publicly conducted examination in Nigeria cannot but admire the ingenuity and concern of ‘Tosin Adedayo’, an undercover reporter in one of the national dailies, who recently in the uniform of a private school and at great risk ventured into unravelling the ingenious roles of most private schools in Nigeria, who in the unholy attempt to market their schools and attract increased patronage of candidates, indulge in condemnable examination malpractices and risked blacklisting by Examination bodies. The many sins of private schools It is difficult to find any private school in the country that does not encourage examination malpractices in one way or the other. This, according to Mr. Emeka Nwabuiko, a vice principal in one of the private schools in the South East, is the only way they can survive and make ends meet. He said: ’’We must survive as we are not char-

ity organisation or government funded; there is no way we cannot cut corners, unless if the government begins to give us subventions and grants or a form of bailout.’’ Exam runs The beginning of examination malpractices in private schools often starts during registration for public examinations like West African Examination Council (WAEC); National Examination Council (NECO); National Board for Technical Education (NBTE); and Joint Admision and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and so on. During such registration, proprietors of the private schools through their point men usually cajole potential candidates with irresistible promises of one assistance or the other, including special assistance or seating arrangements in a ‘miracle ‘center arrangement, use of examination mercenaries to impersonate real candidates with an insider knowledge and approval of the school proprietor. The common belief shared by the private school proprietors and the candidates are that any school whose candidate can clear their number of subjects with many ‘A’s and ‘B’s deserves patronage and support and must be the destination of all eligible candidates. Another device commonly adopted by private schools to woo potential

candidates is the ‘doctoring of fake continuous assessment (CA) results especially for external candidates, to meet up with the standard requirements of examination bodies like NECO and WAEC. Ironically, these sharp practices are rare in public or government school because of the severe penalties usually imposed on perpetrators when caught. The public schools usually respect the congenital rules imposed by these examination bodies and are not commercial driven unlike their private schools counterparts. You can imagine what happens in an examination hall in a private school when a teacher will go round collecting at random a N100 fee from each candidate in the middle of general papers like English Language and Mathematics, in order to provide the answers. Typically, at the beginning of the paper, the external invigilator would begin by keeping an eagle eye on the candidates, but soon after the paper started, the invigilator would be beckoned on by one of the school’s exam coordinators and he would be gone for several minutes. Shortly after, the invigilator would return with a more relaxed disposition and the candidates would have a field day, albeit with varying degrees of freedom per invigilator, while

other invigilators at this special centre would allow the use of phones. One common liberty which the invigilator usually grants the candidates is the freedom for exam coordinators to write the answers to essay questions unhindered on the board. Way Forward Most stakeholders point out that poor enforcement of the relevant statutes on examination malpractices is responsible for the proliferation of the exam malpractices by private schools. The Examination Malpractices Act No. 33 of the 1999 stipulates a minimum punishment of N50, 000 and a maximum of five (5) years imprisonment without the option of fine for violators of offences stipulated in the Act. However, only a handful of examination malefactors are ever prosecuted. Despite the punitive measures put in place by such public examination bodies like NECO and WAEC, private schools appear undeterred in their nefarious act. Recall that NECO sanctions secondary schools for malpractice in different parts of the country every year. For instance, in September, 2012, the then registrar of NECO announced the blacklisting of thirteen (13) secondary schools in the country for alleged involvement in malpractice in June/July examination,

yet observers maintain that such measures needed to be stronger and massive to yield the desired result. Observers say examination bodies needed to strengthen their investigation, invigilation and monitoring of schools to have the desired impact. A situation where they appear handicapped in having the requisite number of invigilators to cover a wider area network cannot help in winning the war. Another school of thought is also urging examination bodies to review the guidelines for approving examination centers for private schools, arguing that a situation where approval of examination centers for private schools has turned all comers affair does not speak well for the integrity of the process. The resolve of newly appointed NECO boss, Professor Abdulrashid Garba, to sanitize the examination process by evaluating the performances of private schools in the conduct of NECO examination as well as overhauling the process of accrediting them as examination centers should be seen as most welcome, as it will not only eliminate the rotten ones but ensure that only those with proven integrity are retained as examination centers. Public confidence in the ability of NECO to deliver on its mandate and tame

the monster called examination malpractices has remained unwavering especially since the advent of the present management set -up in the commission and their prayer is that NECO remains unwavering. No doubt, Nigeria is under threat and until the cancer called examination malpractice is addressed, tackling all other corrupt practices in other sector of the economy will not be that easy. If Nigerians fight exam malpractice the way Ebola was fought, then victory is sure against exam malpractice. But unfortunately, some persons are in support of exam malpractice because they make their living through it and therefore see no wrong in encouraging it. They even give parents reason why their children should be engage on it. To those who don’t know about it, look at how you will know that your children are engaging in it. ”When your child requests that you give him/her money to enable them pass exam, you must be at alert as that’s malpractice.” It is high time Nigerians see exam malpractice as the cancer eaten up our economic leaders as students no longer respect their teachers because they believe with money and some forms of connections, good grades are sure. It would be a good development if exam bodies should work in conjunction with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) in the fight against exam malpractice. The ICPC and the Nigeria Police force (NPF) should help crack down on anybody involved in the malpractice. Government should as well encourage efficient learning environment through rehabilitation of schools, employing capable hands to teach, paying salaries of teachers as at when due and giving incentives to best performing teachers and students at least once in a year. Private should on their part justify their existence as centers of excellence and not centers of corruption.

Life &

TIMES Monday, January 22, 2018

What women lack in marriage now â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Bose Alao-Omotoyosi

Interview L2

Daily Times Nigeria

Monday, January 22, 2018

I express myself better when I speak Yoruba â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Bose Alao-Omotoyosi Nollywood delectable actress and Ntel brand Ambassador, Bose AlaoOmotoyosi, has carved a spectacular niche for herself in the entertainment industry as she has been able to pull her weight effectively in both the English and Yoruba segments of Nollywood. Bose broke into the movie industry with the movie Itakun. Since then, she has proven her mettle with every role she interprets. She began acting in 2003 and has since featured in a good number Olasubomi, Bomilashiri (2014) and Rivers Between and The Chauffeur (2016). Married to a Nigerian-born Beninese footballer, Razak Omotoyosi, in this chat with MUTIAT ALLI, Bose lead us into her world. Enjoyâ&#x20AC;Ś In terms of your work, how has the year been for you so far? This year has been a very great year because I started my year with my own personal movie production, The Chauffeur. The movie features heavy weights in the industry like Rita Dominic, myself, Yakub Mohammed, Ibinabo Fiberisima, Bobby Obodo and a host of others. I had a great start. I started at productions too.

The reasons marriages break is you journalists. think what women are lacking now in marriage is the when it comes to your home. Listen to yourself. I think married a footballer, I swim in millions. It is not like a bed of roses, but I talk to myself and I put my kids

What is the movie about? was gone until she employed a chauffeur or what we will call a driver and her past comes knocking again. And that was the beginning of her problems.

out for you? be together. Because I think there is something about and then you get to see, the love strikes hot. You was supposed to have but I fought was my kids; their

Majid Michel, Rachel Oniga and others. Then there is also Rough Day. It is a new movie which I just shot. I played the lead role alongside Michael Godson, Denrele Edun and others.

of the marketing challenge and all that.

not going to stay with him wherever he is because travel around. But at some point, we stopped when I felt we needed that stability. I was asked to choose between staying abroad or staying here, but I chose to stay in Nigeria, if not for anything, for my career. scold my child.

Are you saying your mission in mainstream No. when I went into movie, the opportunity that was

There was a fear initially but at this point, any other person that is coming in now will come and do

I wanted to do only Yoruba movies. I had to start somewhere. And then, about a year after, I had the opportunity to work with Royal Roots Production. other thing you want from a man apart from that. Of

my language. I enjoy it so much; I express myself the year? are you into? who want to be like me. I want more of scripts. I want time mum too .

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want to work for people as an actor.

Daily Times Nigeria

Monday, January 22, 2018

Mutiat Alli

Go flashy with tote handbag silver, customers can select handles and straps in their preferred hues. your fashion to another level. But this time, the step further. surprise the world.

friendly. This affordable and stylish alternative come in a veritable rainbow of shades, that the Chameleon follows suit. With a variety of shades available from classic black and tan leathers to any occasion.

Mutiat Alli

7 Better ways of wearing your crop tops Crop tops is a piece of cloth for women that does not cover the know, crop tops can also be called half shirt, belly shirt, tummy to expose the waist, navel or some of the midriff, and it is limited to crop tops: 1. Pair it with a pencil skirt: skirt that hit at the knees and above the belly button can be super chic below the waist, you can wear a riskier crop top, perhaps with some 2. Throw it over a dress: You can throw a loose, cropped tank over a bodycon dress. The contrast between the loose top and

warm weather. You can wear a lot of different types of crop tops on 6. Be business-ready in a blazer:

4. Flaunt it on a peplum pant trouser: Peplum pant are unique

summer cocktail or a nice dinner. The peplum adds some shape to

7. With ladies dungarees:

5. With high-waist short: top in different ways.

Fashion L4 Mutiat Alli

…With a bright polo

Daily Times Nigeria

Monday, January 22, 2018

Amazing ways to wear jeans …With a safari style topper

…With a white blazer

…With

a preppy topper

…With a rolled up button-down

…With driving shoes

…With a vest

...With a cool socks …With a motor jacket

…With a military-style blazer