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Good journalism promotes better governance - Buhari IPI 67th World Congress begins in Abuja Joseph Inokotong, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the perception of Nigeria as safe place might have informed the decision of the International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress 2018 to host the event in Abuja.

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to host such an array of senior journalists who showed up for the IPI conference in Abuja.

The President stated this on Thursday at the opening of the IPI World Congress 2018 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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Good journalism promotes better governance - Buhari Continued from page 1 global terrorism threats, explained that new technology and change in media landscape have made profound impact on the practice of the journalism profession.

The President also commended the theme of the conference titled: “Why Good Journalism Matters. Quality Media for Strong Societies”, stressing that “good journalism promotes good governance”.

He said “Our country has a rich history of robust relationship with the IPI, prominent Nigeria journalists and media operators were and continue to be in the leadership of the international body.

“The changing landscape, the explosion of the social media and the rapidly evolving new technology have had profound impact on media business and practice. It is therefore, that you have chosen an appropriate theme for your conference”.

The event was launched

by Buhari shortly after his returned from Bauchi State where he went to assess the level of damage caused by windstorm.

Speaking during a panel discussion, Minister of Interior, Gen Abdulraman Danbazzau (rtd) said that the close family affinity between royal fathers in Nigeria and its neigbouring countries was posing serious challenge to securing the country’s porous borders.

Danbazzau said the problem of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East which has been effectively tackled by the Federal Government did not affect only Nigeria.

Danbazzau, who however assured that the Federal Government was using technology to monitor Nigeria’s borders, blamed State governors over poor governance which he explained is contributing to the insecurity challenges of Nigeria.

He said, “You will agree that with the situation whereby, you have half-brothers that have virtually common cultural affinity, it is extremely difficult. I have

visited some towns and I have requested to meet with the leadership of border communities and when they came, and we started discussing the security of our borders and coincidentally, the chief of the community that is in Nigeria and that of the Niger Republic are brothers, same father, same mother. So, they did not like me to talk about borders because as far as they are concerned, there is no borders”.

The minister of Interior also noted that it was unfortunate that some people in the country were taking undue advantage of the insecurity to politicise it to their advantage.

Danbazzau, heaped substantial blame for insecurity in many states of the federation on the inability of the governors to deliver good governance to their citizens.

His reactions in this regard came against the background of latest comments by Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, that he is handicapped from performing his role as the chief security officer of the state.

“Realising that insurgency is a regional issue, the first thing President Buhari did was to seek partnership with the neigbouring countries and he went and visited all the neighbouring countries,” he explained.

He continued that “it is very important and at the same time, we are also concerned about the security at the borders.

Efforts have been made to ensure that we have effective relationship both at bilateral and multilateral levels to ensure that we do not breach border security..”

According to him, because of the huge gap in security architecture, the Nigeria Police as it were presently cannot effectively secure the entire areas affected.

He said the Military will continue to fill in the gap until normalcy returns in the country.

“Because of the porous borders, government was able to provide a lot of logistics to the

immigration department so that it can enhance its ability to cover the borders, but that is not adequate because it is extensive. You cannot cover such extensive places.

“So, part of what we are doing now, the major aspects of it e-border. We have introduced the use of bio-metric processing, secondly, we are also using technology for monitoring our borders and also providing the capability to respond to emergencies. These are what the government is tackling.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment Okechwuku Enelamah and the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed told the gathering of journalists from around the world that Buhari deserved a second term in office since his government has achieved a lot in all areas that it promised Nigerians during the campaigns.

The four ministers who took part in the “Conversation with the Government of Nigeria” were asked to respond in one sentence why they think Nigerians should re-elect President Buhari with barely nine months to the election.

Adeosun, in response said “Nigeria is well positioned. Nigeria is on the path of sustainable growth, recovery and we have never had it so good.”

Danbazzau said “Continuity, Nigeria can’t get anybody better than President Buhari.”

On his part, Lai Mohammed said “Because we have delivered on all our promises. We promised we were going to fight insecurity, we have fought insecurity.... We promised we were going to fight corruption, ...”

Enelamah said “The most important thing under the leadership of the President, is thst we have changed the conversation of Nigeria; we are now talking about the importance of security, of fighting corruption and of a good economy.”

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Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential hopeful of Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar and Governor Nyeson Wike during Atiku’s consultative visit to Rivers State in Port Harcourt on Thursday.

L-R: Author of the Book, Mr. Dele Ogun; Wife of the Author, Mrs. Esther Ogun and Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, during the launch of ‘’A Fatherless People” Book in Abuja on Wednesday, 20th June, 2018.

L-R: Benacer Boulaajoul , president La-prevention Routiere Internationale (PRI), Jean Todt, president of the international automobile federation and Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, FRSC during an international conference on road safety in paris, france

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow as part of activities marking his parliamentary visit to Russia.

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N9.12trn 2018 Budget: FG gives breakdown, to finance deficit with N1.6trn loan Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Federal Government has said that it will borrow N1.643 trillion to finance the shortfall in the N9.12 trillion 2018 Budget, adding that the projected deficit is within threshold stipulated in the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) 2007.

Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, disclosed this on Thursday while giving breakdown of the budget details in Abuja.

The budget, which was signed into law on Wednesday by President Muhammadu Buhari, provides for aggregate expenditure of N9.12 trillion, which is 22.6% higher than the last year’s appropriation.

Udoma said that the budget deficit is to be financed mainly by borrowing N793 billion from domestic sources and N849 billion from foreign sources.

He did not mention either of the sources where the loans would be sourced from, but noted that a total of N306 billion is expected from privatisation and N5 billion from sale of government property to partly finance the deficit.

Udoma said, “We have grown the size of the budget from 4.7 percent in 2015 to 5.9 percent in 2016, 6.7 percent

in 2017 and 8 percent in 2018. This is very low compared with South Africa (20.7%) and Ghana (19.2%) as at 2015)”.

The Minister also noted that the ratio of capital spending in total budget increased from 12 percent in 2015 to 30 percent in 2016, 32 percent in 2017 and 32 percent in 2018.

Ministries that have the highest allocation both capital and current expenditures are: Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing N715 billion, Ministry of Interior N577 billion, Defence - N576 billion, Education - N542 billion and Health - N356 billion.

From N520 billion Statutory Transfer, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) got N115.86 billion, National Judicial Council N110 billion, Universal Basic Education (UBEC) - N109 billion, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) got N45.5 billion, National Assembly - N39.5billion, Public Complaint Commission - N7.48 billion while the National Human Rights Commission received N3.01 billion.

Udoma said that the government plans to continue to spend more on ongoing infrastructure projects that have potentials for job creation and inclusive growth, saying “we will continue to leverage private capital and counterpart funding for the delivery of

infrastructure projects.”

He said as with 2016 and 2017 budgets, the 2018 budget has been prepared on the Zero Based Budget (ZBB) Principles.

He said that the government would deploy new technology to improve revenue collection and improve its own enterprise - GOEs’ revenue performance by reviewing their operational efficiency and cost-to-income ratios and generally ensuring they operate in more fiscally responsible manner.

The Minister listed some key projects and initiatives to include: agriculture, defence, education, health, housing, mines and steel development, Niger Delta, power, transport, water resources, and works.

Projects under agriculture and rural development are to cost: N4.2 billion for rural roads and water sanitation programme, over N25.1 billion for promotion and development of value chain across more than 30 different commodities.

Others are N5.30 billion for National Grazing Reserve Development, N3.53 billion for Agricbusiness and market development, N4.08 billion for food

and strategic reserves, N2 billion for supply installation and commissioning of water rigs nationwide, N1.13 billion for youths in Agricbusiness.

Others include N2 billion for livelihood improvement family enterprise (LIFE) programme as well as N22.1 billion for veterinary and pest control services and N1.56 billion for extension services.

Transport has N162.28 billion counterpart funding for railway projects including Lagos-Kano, Calabar-Lagos, Ajaokuta-ItakpeAladja (Warri), Port HarcourtMaiduguri, Kano-Katsina-JibiyaMaradi in Niger Republic.

Regional interventions also has N65 billion for reintegration of transformed ex-militants under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and N45 billion for federal initiative for North East (pilot counterpart funding contribution).

Also SDGs got N11.3 billion for intervention programmes, and N36.4 billion for other SDGs projects.

A total of N500 billion is set aside for the Federal Government special intervention programme including the home grown school feeding

programme, government economic empowerment programme, N-Power job creation programme and the conditional cash transfer.

Special economic zone project under the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment got N44.2 billion for ongoing and planned special economic zone project across the geopolitical zones to drive manufacturing export amongst other areas.

The 2018 Budget proposal seeks to continue the reflationary policies of the 2016 and 2017 Budgets which helped put the economy back on the path of growth, the minister said.

Earlier in his remarks, the Director General of Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, said that the Buhari administration placed greater emphasis on explaining the inflows and outflows of funds.

Akabueze added that “we have attempted to make this year’s Citizens Guide to the 2018 budget more userfriendly by using easy -to -read charts and inforgraphics”.

He therefore, urged citizens to participate in the implementation of the budget.

Police arrest waiter for kidnapping boss’s grandson Joy Anyim Detectives from the Antikidnapping Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a waiter, one Meshack Felix, for allegedly kidnapping his boss’s grandson.

Younger brother of the suspect, one Chinecherem Felix, was also arrested for allegedly providing a bank account for the ransom of N600, 000 to be paid into.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Imohimi Edgal, while parading the suspects at the state command Ikeja on Thursday, advised parents and guardians to be cautious of persons they employ.

He said: “On the 4th of June 2018, the command received a complaint from one Mary Chidi of Dog Kennel Railway Compound Ebute Metta Lagos that she suspected that one Meshack Felix who worked as a waiter in her restaurant abducted her three year old son and took him to unknown destination.

“She also stated that two days after the disappearance of her son, the said Meshack texted her a Diamond Bank account number 0081873532 belonging to one Chinecherem Felix, demanding a ransom of N600,000 else the boy would be killed”.

CP Edgal added that following the compliant, he directed the Officer-inCharge of the Anti-kidnapping Squad to investigate the kidnapping of the boy.

He said: “The Squad went into action immediately and covertly located the suspects at Lokpanta Autonomous Community of Umu-Nneochi LGA Abia State where the two suspects were arrested. The police rescued the boy unhurt and he has since been

reunited with his family”.

Telling how his son was kidnapped, Mr. Chidi said: “The boy is my only child. He is staying with his mother in my mother-in-law’s house. My mother in-law has a restaurant and my boy stays with her and my wife.

“Sadly, when nobody was paying attention, Meshack took my son away.

He kidnapped him and took him to Abia State. This is a young man I felt needed help and as an Igbo man like me, I decided to help him. I gave him my clothes and shoes to help him look good but look at the way he repaid me.”

Grandmother of the kidnapped boy said: “This is a boy (Meshack) I helped because he came into my restaurant and begged for a job.

“I made a mistake by not asking for a guarantor or do any due diligence.

I pay him N800 every day but he had ulterior motives against me and my family”.

Speaking, the suspect blamed himself for the kidnap. He said: “My brother Chinecherem does not know anything about the kidnapping. I kidnapped the boy alone and demanded for the ransom so that I can get money to buy equipment for my welding job. I am a welder by profession but there is no money for me to start on my own business.”

The other suspect, Chinecherem said: “I am a trainee Fashion designer in Imo State. My elder brother, Meshack, called me to send my bank account to him so he can send me N4000 for feeding. That was how he got my bank account. When I went to the village and saw the boy with him, he told me that the boy is his son. I don’t know anything about the kidnapping. “

L-R: Commissioner for Wealth Creation, Cooperatives and Employment, Emmanuel Usoh; Public Affairs and Company CSR Manager(East/Central), Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd, Ekuma Eze; Executive Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki and Public Affairs and CSR Manager(Lagos West), Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd, Ifeoma Okoye during the 2018 NBC/CCHBC Youth Empowered Workshop.

Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee demotes convicted Nwobike Andrew Orolua, Abuja.

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has suspended Joeseph Nwobike from the use of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and all the privileges attached to the rank.

A statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of the Legal Practitioners Committee, Hadizatu Mustapha, said the committee took the decision to suspend Nwobike at its 132nd plenary session on Thursday.

The LPPC said, “This is to notify the general public that the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee at its 132nd plenary session which was held today, the 21st June of 2018, has suspended Joseph Nwobike Esq from the use of the rank of Senior

Advocate of Nigeria”.

It added that Nwobike has also been suspended from “all other privileges attached to the rank in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 25(2) of the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee Guidelines.”

Though, no reason was given in the statement for his demotion, the development might not be unconnected with Nwobike’s conviction on April 30, 2018 by a Lagos High Court.

The court subsequently sentenced Nwobike to one month in imprisonment on 12 counts charge for attempting to pervert justice.

He was sentenced to one month in prison for each of the 12 counts.

But because the sentences are to run concurrently, he would spend only one month in prison.

Nwobike, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was convicted by the Ikeja Division of the Lagos High Court.

But Justice Raliat Adebiyi found the lawyer not guilty on offences of offering gratification to a judicial officer and making false declaration to an officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The lawyer faced the criminal prosecution for allegedly bribing Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a Federal High Court judge, to refrain from exercising the duties of his office.

The defendant had admitted in his statement to the EFCC that he gave N750, 000 to Justice Yunusa to assist the Judge in treatment of his ailing mother who allegedly suffered from kidney disease.

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Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (3rd right), Permanent Secretary, Works & Housing, Mr Mohammed Bukar (2nd right), Director Human Resource, Mrs Morayo Alimi (left),former Assistant Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles, Bonfrere Jo(3rd left) and former Super Eagles player, Benedict Akwuegbu (2nd left) in a group photograph shortly after the handing over of the keys of the Federal Government allocated House to the Coach in fulfillment of Government’s Pledge 24 years ago for Winning the 1994 African Cup of Nations at the Ministry of Power,Works & Housing Headquarters, Mabushi, Abuja.

DSS arrests 2 suspected ISIS commanders in Abuja The Department of State Services (DSS) said it had arrested two Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) commanders in Kukuntu village, Gwgwalada, Abuja.

The suspects are: Bashiru Adams and Rufai Sajo.

A statement issued by an operative of the service, Mr Tony Opuiyo, on Thursday in Abuja, said the suspects were arrested on May 5, after special operations on identified targets.

He said that in a related operation on April 28, the service also arrested one Umar Dogo, a suspected member of ISWA at Muda Lawal market in Bauchi.

Opuiyo said the suspects were discovered to have concluded plans to

perpetuate the ideals of the group in the area, and in collaboration with Boko Haram, carry out heinous violent attacks on innocent persons.

The operative also said that following intelligence reports, two experts in Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), Adamu Hassan, aka Bale and Abubakr Abubakar aka Alhaji or Buba, were arrested.

He said that two other members of Boko Haram, Mohammed Saleh, aka Azrak and Iliyasu Abubakar, aka Ruwa, were also arrested on April 12 and 19 at at Gassol and Ardo Local Government Areas of Taraba.

Opuiyo said in furtherance of the service`s operation, two members of the

2019 race: Why DSS arrested ex-Gov Suswam Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Indications emerged on Thursday that former Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam was arrested by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) for allegedly attending the defection of All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week Friday in Adikpo Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State.

A top anonymous aide to the former governor, who confided in The Daily Times, said that Suswam had officially received thousands of APC supporters alongside the party chieftain, Chief John Akpereshi Gum, who defected to the PDP. According to him, some top political bigwigs in the state who felt threatened with the popularity of Suswam, petitioned the DSS allegedly linking him with the killings in the state.

He said: “He was invited by the agency on Tuesday over a petition by a high ranking politician, alleging that he (Suswam) was habouring Mr. Terwase Akwaza, a.k.a ‘Ghana”.

The Police had declared Akwaza wanted, following the killing of about 17 people in Zaki Biam, Benue State, in March last year.

He had also been alleged to be part of those behind incessant killings in many Benue villages.

It was gathered that working on the petition by the top politician, the DSS, which had arrested Suswam in February last year, placed him on a closer watch until he was invited on Tuesday and had since been held in custody.

The aide told our correspondent that since his arrest on Tuesday, he was allegedly denied access to his lawyers, family members, associates, with no written statement or interrogation but has been kept in detention.

The aide wondered why the DSS, a government security agency has allegedly been turned to arena of politics which is been used to intimidate and harassed political opponents.

He further claimed that the recent arrest of Suswam has nothing to do with Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, but some political bigwigs in Benue North East Senatorial District who are threatened that Suswam will win the senatorial district in 2019.

He described as unfortunate that the DSS has rebuffed attempts by Suswam’s lawyers led by Mr. Joseph Daudu, SAN, to see him.

The Daily Times recalls that Suswam was on Tuesday invited by DSS for some interactions and has since then been kept in custody.

Suswam’s lawyer, Joseph Daudu (SAN), it was learnt, will be visiting the DSS office to see the Director General of the DSS, Lawal Daura today.

The DSS had arrested the former Governor in 2017, after it said it uncovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from a property allegedly belonging to him at No. 44 Aguiyi Ironsi Way, MaitamaAbuja.

According to a statement by the DSS spokesman, Tony Opuiyo, last year, the DSS had been informed that some incriminating items were stashed in the boots of cars parked at the property.

dreaded Basalube kidnap group, Usman, aka Siddi and Ibrahim Muhammed, aka Ganaja, were arrested on June 17 at Karu village in Abuja.

He said that during one of the operations, one of the group`s notorious members, Tambaya Umar was arrested on April 24 at Odigie village, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo. Opuiyo said that Umar was arrested alongside Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Mohammed, Aliyu Manu and Umar Mohammed for their complicity in the group’s numerous criminal acts.

He said that on March 27 the service also arrested five members of a kidnap syndicate at Calabar.

The suspects are: Simeon Paul, Emmanuel Etim, Eric Out, Famous Oleke and Felix Eshet.

He said that items recovered from them include: one AK47 Rifle, three empty AK-47

Magazines, 38 rounds of live ammunition, two live rounds of 9mm ammunition, one Mossberg pump action rifle and 15 live cartridges of ammunition.

Opuiyo added that between May 9 and 29, several associates of the dreaded kidnapper, Terwase Akwasa, aka, Ghana were also arrested at various locations in Benue.

He said that the during the operation, three suspects, Ada James, Tikaa Desmond and Joseph Ikpa were arrested with a Toyota Venza Sport Utility Vehicle.

He said that in another operation in Katibu village, Lau local government area of Taraba, a joint team of the service, military and police encountered 100 armed herdsmen, adding that “during the confrontation, 10 herdsmen were killed and several others escaped with bullet wounds.”

He said that items recovered from them include: two AK-47 Rifles, one G3 rifle, three Dane guns, two cutlasses, and four motorcycles.

The operative said that the service also arrested suspects in connection with kidnapping and cultism across Nasarawa, Edo, Delta, Osun, Lagos, Kogi and Ondo states.

Opuiyo said that with the arrests, calm would return to the otherwise volatile areas where the criminals had held sway. “ The Service is therefore poised to consolidate on these successes and bring about an atmosphere in which law abiding citizens will pursue their legitimate businesses,“he said.

He called on members of the public who have useful security information not to hesitate to volunteer same to the appropriate security agencies and formations. (NAN)

APC national chairman: Oshiomhole emerges consensus candidate as Ebri steps down Tom Okpe, Abuja Ahead of the elective convention of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja tomorrow, the former Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole may coast home to victory as the national chairman of the party unchallenged.

This is as the last contender and former Cross River State Governor Clement Ebri suddenly pulled out of the race barely 24 hours to the actual contest, citing party concerns and “desire to ensure rancor-free convention” The Daily Times recalls that other contestants as Prof.

Oserheimen Osunbor and Chief Ibrahim Emokpaire had, in a similar manner, backed out of the race and pledged allegiance to the candidature of Oshiomhole.

In a statement made available last night, Ebri said “Following deep consultations with my family, friends, associates, party leaders and other stakeholders in the APC, I have reached the decision to withdraw my

candidacy from the race of the national chairmanship of the APC.” He added that his decision was taken out of the over all interest of the party and his belief that participants must “row in the smart rancour free direction as we approach the general election”.

Candidates To Emerge Through Affirmation, Voice Votes Also, as a buildup to the elective convention, candidates who have been cleared for the contest for various national offices were on Thursday given certificates for participation at the party’s convention secretariat in Abuja.

Giving an idea as to how delegates will emerge, Secretary of the convention committee, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), said “There is a contest clearly. Where there is one candidate, they will either vote by affirmation or through voice vote.

“Everybody has a right to vote and to present himself to be voted for. So, the issue of consensus cannot come from us. The issue of consensus can

either come from the candidates themselves or stakeholders front their different zones.

“I think 20 positions are unopposed but as we get close to the convention, there will be a lot of horse trading and I believe many more zones will be able to agree on a few positions.

“Court cases will not prevent delegates from certain states, we have a number of court processes which we are reviewing and I am sure by this night a clear position will emerge.

Eyes On National Secretary Position On the flip side, the race for the position of the national secretary seems to be the cynosure of all eyes as contestants continue to battle for the office despite the reported “anointed candidate” and incumbent, Mai Mala Buni.

Two contenders for the office of the national scribe, Arc Waziri Bulama and Hon. Abdulrahman Terab have punctured the idea of anointing any candidate for the office insisting that a true democratic process should be allowed to play out.

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Work to begin on N180bn Abuja-Kano Road next week Henry Omunu, Abuja Managing Director of Julius Berger PLC, Wolfgang Goetsch on Thursday, said that the rehabilitation of the Abuja—Zaria—Kano expressway expected to gulp over N180 billion is expected to commence next week.

Goetsch, who disclosed this at the company’s 48th Annual General Meeting held in Abuja, disclosed that the rehabilitation work will commence to enable enable the company meet

up with the three - year completion time frame.

According to him, the road rehabilitation work will be executed with modern and sophisticated materials that meets international standard.

He however, regretted that the late passage of the 2018 budget, unstable exchange rates and poor release of funds for capital projects execution were responsible for various debts and job cuts facing the construction industry in Nigeria.

Meanwhile, the

construction giant declared a profit after tax of N636,353,000 million for its 2017 financial year as against the N3,656,210 billion loss it recorded in 2016.

Chairman of Julius Berger, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu in his address to shareholders, said that in light of the successes recorded by Julius Berger Plc, the company has returned to the path of profitability.

“Consequently, the board of directors are pleased to recommend a dividend of N100 per 50 kobo ordinary share

resulting in a total gross dividend payout of N132 billion,” he announced.

Sunmonu stated that notwithstanding these positive achievements and forward moving developments by the firm, Nigeria continues to face an array of issues ranging from socio - economic and political problems.

He added that ‘’in 2017, in place of quarterly capital releases, only two releases were made to the company, the second of which was executed at year end in December.”

“Such unpredictability limits financial planning which normally results in cash flow problems and is the main reason for increased losses due to tight interest rates from induced utilization of bank overdrafts as a means to bridge payment gaps’’.

He promised shareholders that performance planning will be upwardly adjusted marginally to reflect incremental growth targets in direct operational resources butnot in overheads.

7 News Ex-ANAN president wants quick implementation of 2018 budget A former President, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Nzekwe, Dr. Samuel has advised the Federal Government to ensure quick implementation of the 2018 Budget.

Nzekwe gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday against the backdrop of Wednesday’s signing of the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Nzekwe further urged the government to immediately begin with capital expenditure and release funds for meaningful developments.

Fulani herdsmen kill 4 family member in Plateau Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

President Muhammadu Buhari welcoming the Grand Khalifa of Tijaniya, Sheikh Ahmed Tijani Inyass while the Chairman BOA, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu (r) and others looked on during an audience the President granted a delegation led by the Sheikh at the State House, Abuja.

Kogi set to domesticate UN resolution on peace, others Kogi State Government on Thursday said it had concluded plans to domesticate the United Nations Council Resolution (UNCSCR 1325) on peace and security for women and children.

The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Bolanle Amupitan, made this known at a “Gender Sensitive Coverage’’ workshop for journalists, in Lokoja.

Amupitan said that the document would be launched on Thursday, adding that it would be an advocacy tool for women’s full participation in various aspects of the society.

“The document will

also enhance women’s representation in peacemaking, peace-building, decision-making, governance and all matters relating to women development.

“We are all aware that women do not have their fair share of political patronage in spite of their numerical advantage.

“This is apparently due to their ignorance as well as the media which have not done enough to balance the report.

“Awareness creation on the benefits of women active participation and adequate representation in policy formulation and in politics generally will enhance their

roles in governance.

“This should therefore be a forum where gender image publicity would be addressed,” she said.

Amupitan, however, said that the role and active participation of the media was decidedly important in the quest to reposition women in the scheme of things.

In his remarks, Prof. James Apam, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kogi, said that the commission was working towards mainstreaming women participation in politics.

Apam said that there was need to go beyond making

policies and laws on women participation in politics in the country, to making it a culture.

He said that the difference was that when it became a culture for the nation to have a place politically for women, “naturally women will grow’’.

He urged Nigerians to change their political culture and imbibe the habit of mainstreaming women as part of the political culture.

According to the REC, to achieve this, the media will have to play a key role in channelling the course for women in politics.

He urged the media to take up the challenge, adding that with increased campaigns

and advocacies around issues of women in politics, the narratives would change.

Ms Idayat Hassan, Director, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), said that the training was organised to address topmost issues on women participation in politics.

Hassan said that as the 2019 elections approached, there was need for stakeholders, especially the media, to begin to support women in politics to enhance their participation.

According to her, there need to enhance women representation in political offices and prioritise them so as to see more women in politics.

Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday at about 8pm, broke into a house, shot and killed four persons in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Plateau State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Mr Tyopev Mathias Terver and made available to our correspondent.

The statement read that “at about 10:30am, one MAREN MAHAN of Kai village reported at the Barkin Ladi Police Division that yesterday 20/6/2018 at about 8am, unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani Herdsmen invaded the house of his elder brother one Dauda Mahan ‘M’ of the same address, shot and killed the followings persons; DAUDA MAHAN. ‘M’ AGED 54YRS, MANGAI AGWOM ‘M’ AGED 46yrs, CHRISTIAN MANGAI ‘M’ AGED 15YRS and JOHN MANGAI ‘M’ AGED 10YRS. “On receipt of this information, a team of detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Barkin Ladi Division visited the scene of crime for an on the spot assessment: the bodies were recovered to the General Hospital Barkin Ladi, where they were confirmed dead by the doctor on duty and the corpses deposited in the hospital’s mortuary.

“Investigation is ongoing to track and arrest the perpetrators to face the consequences of their actions”, the statement read.

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Nigeria in perilous times, says PDP Tunde Opalana, Abuja Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said that the nation is in perilous times following continuous clampdown on opposition leaders and perceived opponents of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration by the All Progressives Congress led federal government.

The national working committee of the party at a press conference in Abuja, said that safety, personal freedom and wellbeing of Nigerians, particularly, opposition members are no longer guaranteed as there are fears and trepidation everywhere.

It accused the ruling APC), of. deploying all wicked machinations to cause confusion, heighten political tension, hounding and arresting of opposition leaders, making spurious allegations and attacking influential Nigerians, including former heads of state, all to instill fear on the polity, These, said the PDP was as

a result of APC’s realization of the fact that it stand no chance in the 2019 general elections.

“Having failed in their corruption smear campaign against the PDP and many notable Nigerians, the APC and the Presidency cabal have now devised a devious machination to rope in, frame up, implicate and ultimately incarcerate marked opposition leaders and other dissenting voices over fabricated security charges.

“Part of this design, as already exposed by the Special Adviser to President Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Arise TV, is to link such opposition leaders and dissenting voices with the widespread killings in various parts of the country, while forgetting that President Buhari had earlier blamed the attacks on invaders from Late Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, while his Director General of State Security Services (DG. SSS) blamed it on herdsmen from neighbouring countries”, the party alleged..

The PDP berated the arrest and detention of former Benue

State governor, Hon. Gabriel Suswam, who was said to have been kept incommunicado without access to his lawyers, while the Federal Government is not forthcoming with the details of the reasons behind the arrest and detention.

It, however, said Suswan’s arrest and detention was intended to put him out of circulation, so that he will not take part in the mega meetings of the party planned for the North Central states.

The party further alerted that there are already fears that other opposition leaders and dissenting voices have been placed under watch and will be dragged in and framed up on security charges, so as to keep them out of circulation ahead of the elections.

“Nigerians are already aware of the alarm raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo of alleged plots by the Buhari administration to frame, arrest and detain him indefinitely on trumped up charges, ostensibly following his criticisms and open rejection of the

administration for its failures and manifest misrule.

“The world is also aware of the numerous alleged plots by the APC and its Federal Government to frame up and humiliate Senate President Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremmadu, Senators Dino Melaye and Shehu Sani, as well as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his Ekiti state counterpart, Governor Ayo Fayose. “ Also, there are concerns about the safety of former Chief of Army Staff and former defence minister, Gen. Theophilus Y. Danjuma (rtd), following the fear expressed

by Rivers State Governor Wike that Gen. Danjuma’s life might be in danger after his comments in March, this year, on possible complicity of the State in the killings in Taraba state. “ These attacks, threats and intimidation targeted at influential Nigerians, particularly, past leaders, show clearly that the APC and the Buhari Presidency are very

scared of their inevitable defeat in the 2019 general elections and now seek to apply all machinations to overheat the polity and ostensibly frustrate the process.

The PDP wants the APC and the Buhari Presidency to know that despite their machinations, the 2019 general elections must hold as scheduled, as Nigerians will never be cowed into allowing them to stay a day beyond May 29, 2019, no matter the intimidation, threats and harassment.”, stated the party.

The PDP therefore, charged all Nigerians to stand firm, remain united in condemning and resisting the intimidations and all anti-democratic tendencies of the APC administration.

It as well assured that the PDP will urgently hold an enlarged National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting to take farreaching decision on the next line of action, within the ambit and the provisions of the law, regarding the harassments and intimidations of citizens under the Buhari administration.

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (rights); Chairman on the Association, Chife Inuolaji Aboaba (2nd right); Chairman of the Occasion, Prof Olu Aina (2nd left) and Head of Service, Mr Festus Olowogboyega (right); at the Presentation and Launching of a Book Titled: ‘The Civil Service as a Cornerstone of Development in the State of Osun: The First 25 Years’‎ organized by the Association of Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries, State of Osun, held at Atlantis Civic Centre, Ring Road, Osogbo. . . on Thursday.

APC Convention Committee advices Govs on consensus candidates

Tom Okpe, Abuja

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention Committee has asked states governors under the party to meet with aspirants from their states with a view to exploring the possibility of a consensus by reducing the number of aspirants.

Chairman of the convention and Governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru, told

journalists shortly after a closed door meeting of the Party Governors at the Imo State Governors Lodge on Wednesday night that where a consensus could not be reached, the aspirants would have to go for election on Saturday.

“What we asked is that the governors should meet with the aspirants to see if we can reduce the number of people contesting the elections by consensus. This is agreed in our party, but no list has been

developed yet; it is not a list, it is just to reduce the number of people contesting. For example, there are positions that we have eight persons contesting, while some positions are unopposed and there are some positions that we have four or five persons contesting.

“There are also positions where we have two persons contesting; so we will discuss with those that have two persons contesting to see if we can have some agreement for

one to come unopposed”, he said.

Badaru noted that the party would come out stronger from the convention saying that the governors were given the necessary support to make it successful and rancor free.

On aspirants disqualified from the race, he said: “I cannot say off hand, but it is somewhere around 15 or 16, I am not sure, because I do not have the correct figure, but some have been screened out

of the contest and most of them are for the position of youth leader who were screened out because of age limitation”.

He, also said that the APC Screening Appeal Committee was looking at petitions received against the current members of the party`s National Working Committee seeking re-election adding; “the report will be submitted to the general committee to look at and adopt before the national convention”.

Gov Dickson partners Army on development

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson on Thursday, said his administration would continually collaborate with the security agencies particularly the Nigerian Army for the enthronement of peace, stability and development.

Dickson stated this when the Nigerian Army, Course 2 of 2018, paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa, the state capital.

In a press statement by the Chief Secretary to the Governor, he described peace as pivotal to the development and growth of any society, noting that, his administration, since its inception is anchored on security and development.

According to him, the state government is currently working with the Nigeria Army Corps to build a Forward Operations Base at Agge, in Ekeremor local government area to stabilize the western flank of the state.

Governor Dickson also stated that, the Nigerian Navy is working to support the establishment of functional naval base and outposts towards securing the maritime frontiers in the eastern and central senatorial districts.

He said, “This government is founded on security and stability and then development follows. Not only are building schools, roads connecting our communities, model health care facilities but we are first of all, working with all institutions to establish security that has enabled security to thrive.

“Our dream for Bayelsa is to make it the safest state so that people can come here for tourism and enjoy the beauty of our state.

Governor Dickson urged the Course 2 participants to provide a feedback on the findings and recommendations of their study tour to enable the state government strategize on its development initiatives.

Commending the security personnel for their gallant efforts in safeguarding the nation’s territorial integrity, Governor Dickson particularly lauded one of the participants who is a son of the state, General Charles Nengite for his outstanding performance in the Army.

The Governor said a date would be set aside in the near future to honour him as a worthy ambassador of the state whose contributions would serve as a role to young people.

Speaking earlier, the Commandant, War College, Jaji, Kaduna State, Major-General Eneche John-Eneche, said the Course 2 participants are on a study tour of the state, which comprises Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigerian Navy.

He noted that they are the operational commanders in their various units being projected for the future.

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Group warn party leaders against sabotage Tom Okpe, Abuja A Group under the umbrella of Chuba Okadigbo Rainbow Organisation (CORO), has warned leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against allowing the people they described as saboteurs for fear of hijacking the party.

Leader of the group, Chief Melville Ebo, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, alleged that some politicians from the South-east were claiming to be the loyalists of late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo were already parading candidates for the APC convention in the name of the group.

He disclosed that the only candidate for the impending APC convention who was in the Okadigbo Campaign Organization was Chidi Nwogu who is currently running for the position of National Organizing Secretary of APC. Further, Ebo noted that the group would soon disown those whom he said were using the name of the late Senate President to obtain favor and government patronage.

He insisted that most of those people actually worked against Okadigbo and Buhari in 2003 when the duo ran for the Vice President and President respectively adding that “Their attitude is disrespectful of Dr Okadigbo and democracy”.

He pointed that former members of the Chuba Okadigbo Group who were in the House of Representatives were already supporting Nwogu for the National Organizing Secretary position.

“The Group is prepared to lead a delegation to President Buhari and APC leaders to protest against those who were trying to capture party positions with Okadigbo’s name; members of my Group had resolved to work with President Buhari in the 2019 Presidential election as they did in the past”.

He expressed the view that Okadigbo would have still worked with Buhari if he were alive saying; “it would be counter-productive to allow Buhari’s enemies take over the commanding positions in APC, especially in the South-East, since it is very clear that the President would stand election again. For us, the President would not need to look over his shoulders once Chuba Okadigbo’s men are there.

“A man like Nwogu who belongs to the Okadigbo ‘Political family’ would never betray President Buhari since he knew that Okadigbo and Buhari once shared a common vision”.

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APC Convention in Abuja Edebiri urges support for Oshiomhole’s chairmanship ambition Titus Akhigbe, Benin Ahead of Saturday National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Solomon Edebiri, a member of the party’s merger committee, has

called on aggrieved members to accept the candidature of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for the party’s national chairmanship seat.

Edebiri, who made the call on Thursday in Benin, said the party at this time

required the services of a man with the requisite experience and political skills to pilot the affairs of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections.

The party stalwart told journalists that ``for the good of our party and Nigeria, our

country, Oshiomhole should be supported as APC national chairman.

“There is no doubt that at a time like this in the history of our Party the APC and our nation Nigeria, there is need to have a tested leader as

FCT deploys 900 personnel, 100 patrol vehicles

Idu Jude, Abuja

As part of preparations for tomorrow’s national convention of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Transport Secretariat, says it has deployed over 900 vehicle control personnel to man traffic effectively.

Also 100 hundred patrol vehicles have been released for special traffic management.

Secretary of the Transport Secretariat, Comrade Kayode Ope Ifa, in a press statement on Thursday, said the action is in view of expected large influx of people into the city which will attract huge vehicular movements.

According to Ifa, major routes across the city will experience vehicular diversion, in this vein he said that vehicular movement from Shehu Shagari Way, will be diverted at Ralph Sodeinde Street by Bullet Building to link central business district amongst others.

The Secretary said in addition officers of the Directorate of

Road Traffic Service and other relevant traffic enforcement agencies would be deployed to the venue to ensure effective traffic management.

Meanwhile motorists and other road users had been advised to be mindful of the event at eagle square and perhaps use alternative route to avoid traffic jam.

APC National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu presenting APC Ekiti governorship candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the July 24 election

Chairman of the ruling party.

“Such a leader will combine forces with Mr. president, to consolidate on the good works of Mr President and the Party in trying to reposition our nation over the last three years.

“One of the ingredients of democracy is constant disagreement amongst individuals and groups in a Political party.’’

“APC is not exempted from the taste of this bitter experience as different kinds of disagreement exist across the Country.

“Therefore approaching 2019, we need a tested leader to resolve issues, harmonise affairs and unite everyone or groups within the Party in order to have an easy ride for the Party come 2019 general elections.

“This is where the personality of His Excellency, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole comes handy.

“Everyone recognises the fact that Comrade Oshiomhole possesses a lot of unique characters required of a leader in the capacity of the national Chairman of a Political Party as APC that is in serious need of reconciliation and unification across the nation.

“As a man who appreciates the values of additions and multiplications for a Political party to grow, it becomes a round peg in a round hole as National Chairman of a great and ruling Party.

“The need to foster a more united Nigeria cannot be overemphasised at this critical stage of our nation where there are so many fragmentations across the various regions coupled with threat of insurgencies masquerading in different identities across the Country.’’

Aspirant kicks over endorsement of NWC members Tom Okpe, Abuja Ahead of the Saturday National convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), an aspirant vying for the office of National Organising Secretary, Bar. Emma Ibedori said that the endorsement of the present National Working Committee members from the zone for re-election is null and void and of no effect, describing it as premature.

He emphasised that the zone cannot endorse some people

and will still sell forms to other intending aspirants from the zone.

Recall that the South-east caucus of the party had endorsed Senator Osita Izunazo and two others for re-election at the convention.

The aspirant, speaking with journalists on Thursday at the party National Secretariat Abuja said that he has produced himself for the prestigious position in the party hierarchy to write the wrongs of the APC when elected.

He said: “It is very obvious.

For me to be running for this position, you don’t expect me to tell you that the current occupant of the seat has done very well. If he has done very well, there is no point for me to run. I will simply say that I will endorse him to continue. I know that there are certain things that we can do better than what he has done.”

Ibediro, also said the party had derailed because personal interests had been allowed to override the party guidelines pointing that, “the conduct of parallel congresses in over 24

states was an indication that the current occupant of the position of national organizing secretary had failed.

“By the time you bring in personal attachment, you are bound to get it wrong. APC as a party at state and national level has guidelines for the conduct of any exercise within the party.

If you follow the guidelines, you won’t need to make a lot of explanations and mistakes.

There are crises in over 24 states not just in Imo State. It is not normal and good for the image

of our party that has stayed in power for more than three years. The occupant of that seat has not done too well because he has allowed personal interest to care of his judgment.

“I have experience in party administration. I’m the pioneer state secretary of the party in Imo State. I think our party and this government needs a serious rejigging. A lot of things have gone wrong as we have crises in a number of states because of activities of certain individuals.

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Farmers/herdsmen crisis threatens food security, GDP – Lawmaker A member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Mohammed Okpoku, has said that incessant farmersherdsmen clashes may cause food shortage in the state and the country at large.

Okpoku, lawmaker representing Udege/Loko Constituency in the Assembly, made the call while speaking

with journalists in Nasarawa, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday.

He underscored the need for effective collaboration among all stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the incessant crisis between farmers and herdsmen in order to boost food production in the country.

He said that such

collaboration should fight food insecurity, poverty, hunger and unemployment in Nigeria, while improving the citizens’ living standards and the country’s socio-economic development.

According to him “the main occupation of my constituents is farming and if they are not allow to farm during this rainy season, what are they going

to eat during the dry season?

This will eventually affect our country’s food security and its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

“We condemn in strong terms the recent attacks on Agatu communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen, while led to wanton destruction of lives and properties, as no

society can achieve any meaningful development in an atmosphere of strife and confusion.

“Peace is priceless and it is the necessary requirement for the development of any society but the incessant farmers-herdsmen crisis has negatively affected the lives of many Nigerians and the nation’s socio-economic

development at large.

“If nothing tangible is done to stop the crisis, we may experience food shortage and it would affect the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), thereby creating more hardship and poverty for the people,” he said.

The lawmaker said that he would continue to collaborate with other stakeholders to promote the peaceful coexistence of people in the area, irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political affiliations.

Okpoku called on farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the Agatu area to co-exist peacefully and be lawabiding, adding that they should also not to take the law into their hands in the interest of development.

Northern youths wants Oshiomhole to reconcile APC members

R-L: Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and Head of Service of the Federation Winifred Oyo-Ita, having a chat during the public presentation and breakdown of the 2018 Budget in Abuja. . .on Thursday.

HYPREP lauds communities for donating land for Ogoni clean up Project Coordinator, Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP), Dr. Marvin Dekil, has commended Ogoni communities for donating several hectares of land to the body.

Dekil, gave the commendation at a ceremony to mark handover of the expansive land to HYPREP in LumeneBangha, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers on Wednesday.

Represented by Mr Isa Wasa, HYPREP’s Head of Communication, Dekil said the expansive landed property would enable HYPREP to fast track cleanup of oil impacted sites in Ogoniland.

According to him “the landed property will be used for the training of Ogoni women and youths for creation of wealth on agroallied skills in fish farming,

feed mills and cropping, among others.

“We pledge to carry everyone along in the clean-up process and in the livelihood restoration programme that is slated to commence soon.”

The Project Coordinator told traditional rulers in the area that the project would soon provide potable water to hydrocarbon impacted communities as recommended by United Nations Environment Report (UNEP) on Ogoni.

He explained that companies have submitted bids for the water project and clean-up exercise and assured that the best companies would be hired for the jobs.

“We thank the NyoKhana and Ken-Khana kingdoms for giving us the land. This gesture is not just for us (HYPREP) but for the Federal Government.

“HYPREP’s mandate is to

clean Ogoniland and restore its livelihoods; and we are committed to carrying out this mandate,” he assured.

Dekil urged other communities in the area to emulate Nyo-Khana and Ken-Khana communities to enable HYPREP fast track the clean-up process.

For his part, Dr Melford Eguru, Gbenemene of KenKhana Kingdom in Khana LGA, said the land was big enough to accommodate any project that would be sited on it.

He urged the Federal Government to accommodate traditional

rulers in the clean-up exercise due to the role they play in maintaining peace in the communities.

Besides, the Gbenemene of Nyo-Khana, HRM Suanu Baridam, pledged to support and cooperate with authorities to fast track the remediation process.

PDP urges FG to exercise caution on establishment of cattle ranches Tunde Opalana, Abuja Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the Federal Government to exercise caution on its plan to establish cattle ranches in some parts of the country as well as hold enough consultations, so as not to escalate problems the idea aims to be address.

The party noted that the situation has already generated discordant tunes and acrimony

among major stakeholders, groups and states across the country, particularly relating to issues of funding and land ownership.

According to its spokesperson Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP is particularly worried by the lack of adequate consultations by the Federal Government resulting in the disagreements that have trailed the plan, especially along ethnic divides.

The party called on the Federal Government to get its acts together and follow all due processes, as stipulated by the laws and 1999 constitution (as amended) regarding this issue, in order to eliminate the current disagreements being generated.

The PDP holds that the nation has witnessed enough disagreements, violence and bloodletting, as such all measures must be put in place to avert fresh crisis.

Coalition of Northern Youth Forum, on Wednesday expressed support for the election of Mr Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC).

National Secretary of the forum, Abdulrahman Aliyu, expressed optimism at a press conference in Sokoto that Oshomhole has the experience to reconcile all APC members.

Aliyu pointed out that “Oshiomhole’s experiences are good for the leadership of the party and the country in general, this, especially at a time when the party has a lot of crisis in the states which requires much reconciliation.”

He therefore urged APC delegates to the party’s national convention to elect the former labour leader and governor of Edo to lead the party.

According to him, the coalition delved into the issue of the APC because, as youth, they believe that a stable APC would “will have an effect to the future of Nigerian youth who constitute more than 65 per cent of the population.”

“As such, we hereby declare our full support to Oshiomhole and urge all stakeholders and delegates to ensure that he emerges as chairman in the interest of the country,” he added.

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PDP will field nationalist from the North as presidential candidate – Enoidem Emmanuel Enoidem was a commissioner under the administration of ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State. Today he is the National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He speaks with ISAAC JOB on various national issues, especially about the prospects of his party reclaiming power in 2019.

Following the successful conduct of the PDP national congress last December, which produced your executive; will you say your party is stable and prepared enough to reclaim power at the centre next year?

Well, let me thank Nigerians for believing in democracy in the hope that the present government at the centre will not destroy the fundamentals of democracy by the time they leave office in 2019. Again, I want to thank Nigerians for the confidence reposed in our party during our trying times. We lost election in 2015 as a political party that was in power for 16 years, the longest the in the history of Nigeria. Before the build up to 2015, many people thought the PDP was not doing well. They thought they were tired of the polity, tired of the government. Apparently this is the first time that we have been in opposition for 16 years. Secondly, human beings like variety; they like to compare things.

And so, they had their government in 2015; the current government of APC. And between 2015 and today, Nigerians have also had the opportunity in the past 3 years to compare the APC government within the 3 years and the PDP government for 16 years and the difference is very clear. They can see that the prices of the common goods in the market are in the high heavens.

The common man cannot afford these common goods again because of the bad governance of the APC. The price of fuel is very high and sometimes you don’t even know the price you are buying it. The price of the dollar to the naira has increased geometrically.

Things have just turned upside down in the country. And this was why we were able to put together a successful national convention on December 9th and 10th of last year. You can see the kind of enthusiasm and acceptance the party is receiving all over the country. We went to the North East, the excitement was perfect. We went to the North West, Katsina State specifically and Buhari was in town that day; the excitement was perfect. So you can see that this is the only political party that has national spread; this is the only political party that is organic; that belongs to the people. This is the only political party that has a foothold in every unit, ward, state and the whole country. So the political party is bouncing back. And it is bouncing back for the good; it is bouncing back because Nigerians have been able to compare the government of APC for just 3 years and the government of PDP for just 16 years. So there is the likelihood that we are coming back to power in 2019 because the party offers Nigerians a better deal.

Would you say the PDP has cured

that the party apologises to Nigerians for the wrong doings of the party; that the party apologises to Nigerians for not obeying the constitution of the party; for not allowing the people to own the party; for the imposition, for the impunity the party exhibited over the years which of course were the reasons why the party lost power in 2015, no other reason. As new leaders and managers of the party, we are very apologetic to Nigerians for the limitations of the party, and we are saying that we are turning a new leaf.

We are now saying that we are going to do things the way they ought to be done; we are saying that we are going to respect the constitution, the rules and guidelines put together by our party for the conduct of every activity in the party.

Emmanuel Enoidem itself of impunity, lack of internal democracy and imposition, and other factors which caused the party to lose the 2015 election?

Yes, if you are in a school and you

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took exams and failed on account of an obvious reason, when you take that exams again you won’t want to repeat that mistake. Like the National chairman of the party said when we had our retreat

We decided that we have zoned the Presidency to the North to correct that injustice and equity that took place in 2015 which was the reason why we failed the election. As a party we have corrected that. We are going to field a nationalist from the North; a truly panNigerian, somebody that believes in the unity of Nigeria, somebody who believes in the cohesiveness of Nigeria, somebody who is not a tribal or religious leader.

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Most Nigerians believe that your party is responsible for the economic and security challenges faced by the country today. So how will your party change that perception?

We don’t need to educate Nigerians to see that what is happening in Nigeria today, especially in last 3 years, are due to the ineptitude and cluelessness of the Buhari administration. Nigerians cannot debate that. There is no way you will come and take over an economy that was booming in 2015 and one year after that economy went into recession and you blame the PDP. It is as a result of wrong choices; it is as a result of the demarketing of Nigeria that the President embarked upon as if that is what he was elected to do. So that is the cause of the collapse of the economy. So Nigerians know who is responsible for the collapse of the economy. Nigerians know that the Buhari and his lieutenants are responsible for the negative differentials in the foreign exchange. They know they are responsible for the high cost of fuel; they know they are responsible for the high cost of rice, beans, garri, salt etc. Nigerians know that their suffering is due to the mismanagement of the economy, the wrong choices, the wrong decisions the APC is taking, and the incompetency of this government. We don’t need to explain ourselves because Nigerians are very educated people.

The only set of Nigerians blaming the PDP for Nigeria’s woes is a tiny cabal within the APC. For instance, when the PDP took over power in 1999, the cost of crude oil per barrel was between 8 and 9 dollars. Go and check the records.

The price of crude oil was like that for 2 years of the Obasanjo administration, but we weathered the storm as a party and as a government and we brought Nigeria out of the woods and out of the negatives indices the military handed over to us and we grew the economy.

As at the time Jonathan handed over to

Buhari we had the most robust economy in Africa, the highest GDP in Africa. The growth rate of our economy was six points something percent of the GDP, but that is not what is happening now.

The PDP in 2015 didn’t give its presidential ticket to the North, a factor which led to the massive loss your party suffered in that election. Has your party learnt its lesson?

Yes, we have learnt our lessons. It has been my opinion that the major reason why we failed election in 2015 wasn’t because of anything but because the PDP abused it’s zoning formula by denying the North the opportunity to bring out the president in 2015. And I attribute 75percent of the reason why the PDP lost election in 2015 to that fact. The truth is that it was their turn to produce the president. We cannot run away from zoning in the country for now until things are put right in such a way that anybody can contest election from any part of the country. The fact also remains that the zoning arrangement is between the North and the South, and if you keep one section of the country far away from power for too long, the same thing that happened in 2015 will repeat itself. And I still reiterate that the major reason why we failed election in 2015 was because we fielded Jonathan as against somebody from the North. As a party after we lost that election, we set up a committee to look at the reasons why we failed the election and the committee came up with a report.

When we received the report we decided that we have zoned the Presidency to the North to correct that injustice and equity that took place in 2015 which was the reason why we failed the election. As a party we have corrected that. We are going to field a nationalist from the North; a truly panNigerian, somebody that believes in the unity of Nigeria, somebody who believes in the cohesiveness of Nigeria, somebody who is not a tribal or religious leader.

The interplay of forces during the last national convention of your party seemed to have pointed to the direction that the PDP is largely in the firm grips of the South-South. Against this background would you say the PDP is truly a national party as at today?

Yes, the PDP is the only true national party in Nigeria today. Please note that we have 24 positions in the national executive of the party. We have 19 members in the National Working Committee of the party and all of these persons are coming from different sections of the party. For instance, we have the national chairman who is from the South-South. We have two deputy national chairmen, one of whom is from the South West, the other one is from the North East. We have the secretary of the party from the North West. The publicity secretary is from the North Central. We have the national legal adviser from the South-South in the person of my humble

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2019: Agbakoba, Tafawa Balewa lead NIM to adopt Alliance for New Nigeria as political platform Stories: Patrick Okohue The Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM), one of the new political movements, comprising of Nigeria professionals determined to rescue the nation from its present political leadership, has adopted the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) as the political platform that it intends to use to pursue its political agenda come 2019.

The group at a media parley jointly addressed by Dr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, Dr Abduljalil Tafawa Balewa, Co Chairmen of Nigeria Intervention Movement, (NIM) and Dr Jay Osi Samuels, Chairman of Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), the group noted that majority of Nigerians were overwhelmed by the reckless pursuit of self serving, exploitative political class which has continued to ensure that little or no governance, properly so called, is going on in Nigeria.

“What we continued to have instead is that recycled and spent forces who form the entrench power in Nigeria continue to massage their over bloated ego and greed for our common resources. But for us in NIM, the whole essence of political leadership is the welfare and wellbeing of the citizenry.”

According to the group, what has become notoriously evident in the nation today is the increasing impoverishment and pauperisation of the generality of the citizenry, compounded by general insecurity, deepening ethno-religious animosity which has continued to push the fragile unity of the nation to a dangerous edge, thereby endangering the national resources and beneficial commonality. “it is against this debilitating background and the need to restore hope back to Nigerians that the Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM), was birthed on 28th November, 2017 by a new breed leaders of conscience

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towards breathing a new life of sustainable popular constitutional democracy and good governance trajectory that will engender a new Nigeria that works for all Nigerians.”

The group noted that its understanding of the importance of political parties’ roles in

nurturing democracy and good governance and the role the leading political parties in the country have played in the nation’s quest for good governance and the delivery of good governance and also considering the time constraints in registering a new political

platform, it decided to align with the ANN towards the 2019 elections.

“It is against this constrains that Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) was compelled to scan the whole gamut of registered political parties in Nigeria, held very serious consultations and negotiating sessions with 17 political parties and found the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) to be the appropriate vehicle to actualize the political vision and agenda of NIM on a credible democratic alternative for fresh breed political leaders,” they said.

Also speaking at the sideline of the event which was attended by many of the new breed presidential aspirants including Dr. Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, Dr. ShinaTagbenro Byron of Kowa Party, Fela Durotoye, Elishama Ideh among others, the Son of former Biafra warlord, Ikembe Odumegwu Ojukwu, Debe Ojukwu, said the determination of the new Nigeria movement to unseat President Muhammadu Buhari from office in 2019 is achievable and the President will indeed be defeated by the new youth movement.

Ojukwu said however, that to achieve that the set of young presidential aspirants jostling

to contest the election must be ready to work as a team with a unity of purpose and a focus towards changing the old order in 2019.

According to him, victory in 2019 is achievable, “It is achievable. It can be achieved.

It depends. Because what I have noticed; I have gone round the registration centres. The youths, they have been given the verve to register, which shows that a lot of people are keying into it.

“It is progressive. I am so much keyed in on it. What we need to do is that at this point we must make sure; because it is after this event that disparity sets in, when the different presidential aspirants start having different ideas. We must have a way of coalescing them, making them all accept. Like one of the speakers said: that the drive is for the nation and not for the individual.

Those are the things.

“So, it is the youths. As they are telling you that about 70m Nigerians didn’t vote in the last elections. When you vote, the next problem is the umpire. You will make sure that the umpire is straight, then that is all. We will get it done. But if we only emphasis on voting and leave a lacuna, we might not make it,” he said.

South West APC Youth endorses Oshiomhole, Fashogbon ahead of convention A youth group in the All Progressive Congress (APC), South West - Progressive Youth Movement (PYM), has endorsed he candidature of former Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Dr Fashogbon Oluwatayo Solomon ahead of the party’s national convention.

Oshiomhole is aspiring for the position of National Chairman, while frontline youth advocate, Fashogbon is eyeing the Deputy National Youth leader of the party.

PYM Coordinator Ogbeni Ayokunle Oloye in a statement at the weekend said the party needs experienced and faithful leaders who could lead the party

to victory and provide adequate political leadership for the party.

The group said it had resolved to reach out to delegates from the other parts of Nigeria to ensure a positive support for Comrade Oshiomole and Dr Fashogbon at the convention.

“The future of our party lies on a very successful convention and electing capable leaders who could peacefully interfaces with all stakeholders and propagate developments and achievements of the Buhari led Federal Government.

“If quality will be brought to bear in achieving the ideals of the APC, we believe the duo of Oshiomhole and Dr

Fashogbon will be leaders the party deserve to have to make our party grow,” Oloye said.

The group said Fashogbon like Oshiomhole are in the race to provide credible youth leadership together with a new set of party leaders which would take the party to the next level.

“These are men of integrity capable of helping to create a new brand of APC that will take the country to the next level of greatness.”

“After meeting in Akure, the Ondo State capital over the weekend, stakeholders in the APC endorses the candidature of Comrade Oshiomhole and our very own Dr Fashogbon at the

general convention. Fashogbon has been consistently galvanizing youths in the interest of the party its creation.”

The group also warned against jeopardising the interest of millions of youths in the APC as party leaders negotiates a rancorous free party convention.

“We understand that there is a unity list being put together, and party leaders especially governors are having their way as usual, but let it be known that interest of APC youths should not be traded, we appeal to South West delegates and political leaders to support Oshiomhole and Fashogbon in cause of negotiating the future of our party.”

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self. So the party positions have evenly been spread. And let me say that the best decision the party took was bringing Chief Uche Secondus as the national chairman of the party. I have worked with him in the last five months and so I can attest to the fact that he has capacity, he has experience and he is a proper Nigerian. He is a man that believes in the unity of Nigeria. He knows everybody everywhere. At the time we had that problem, we needed to hand over the party to somebody who understands the problems of the party so that he would be able to fix them. It wouldn’t have been proper to go and bring a new person who

will begin to learn the history of the party and its problems and begin to proffer solutions.

2019 election is just months away; what efforts is your party doing to strengthen its membership and reconcile members and leaders of the party?

If you remember, three weeks ago, the party set up what is called National Contact and Integration Committee, a 22-man committee. Incidentally, I am a member of that committee. So that committee has been working assiduously, day and night to ensure that we bring back our members to the

party, especially those wandering about in APC and other political parties. They went to these other parties and saw that the experience they had in PDP is far better than where they are now and that in fact, they took the wrong decision.

So there is a re-thinking now; we are trying to connect back to them; they also connecting back to us. I don’t want to say how many people we have brought back to the party because these are still part of the strategies our party is adopting to return to power. The committee is working and doing everything possible to bring back our members who are truly Nigerians; who truly believe in the unity of Nigeria and are not satisfied with what

is happening in the APC led government; who know that the Buhari government is not the type of government that Nigeria deserves at this point in time.

Would you say that the tempo of development during the Akpabio administration is still being sustained by the current administration of the governor of Akwa Ibom state, Mr. Udom Emmanuel?

Governor Udom Emmanuel is doing very well. My prayer when I was a commissioner in Akwa Ibom State was that let us have a governor that truly loves the state; that has a passion for the state; that has capacity to continue with

what was happening in this state. The current governor has left no one in doubt that he has capacity. He has left no one in doubt that he has experience and is committed to the Akwa Ibom project.

And if he continues like this in the next four years, Akwa Ibom would be the state to beat. The forthrightness and sincerity of Governor Udom Emmanuel is unprecedented. He is touching areas the previous administration could not touch; areas like Ikono and Ini. He is fixing them. The general hospitals in Ikono, Etinan, Itu Mbang and even the Saint Luke’s hospital that was taken over by the Catholics, he has gone there to fix them.

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Editorial Commentary OUR POSITION

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Ex-Governors, convictions and judiciary

he conviction and sentencing of former Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame and his Plateau State counterpart, Joshua Dariye, within two weeks interval represent a sad reminder of the pervading corruption of our time.

It is painful that their convictions came approximately 10 years after they were charged to court. But the good news is that they made the list of former executive governors convicted of corruption practices. Others include former Adamawa State Governor Bala James Ngilari, whose case is pending on appeal at Supreme Court, Chief James Ibori of Delta State, who served his sentence in London and Chief Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State who wriggled out of severe sentencing in a controversial plea bargain in 2011 with N500 million and three properties.

We commend the courage of Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory High Court who on 30th, May, 2018 convicted and sentenced Nyame to 14 years imprisonment without an option of fine for misappropriating N250m and N180m.

Equally commendable is the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the prosecuting agency which appears to have jettisoned the plea bargain policy after the unfortunate Police pension fraud trial episode in which a pension thief, Teidi Shuaibu, was asked to pay a ridiculous fine and became a free man.

Nyame, a two term Governor of Taraba State

was found guilty of 27 out of the 41- count charge filed against him on May 13, 2007 by the EFCC. The court found that Nyame has breached the trust reposed on him by the people of Taraba State who in three separate occasions elected him as the governor of Taraba State.

Therefore, the court imposed a maximum of 14 years imprisonment for each of the count on criminal breach of trust, two years jail term for misappropriation, seven years jail term for gratifications and five years for obtaining property without appropriation.

But all the sentences are running concurrently, which implied that the convict would spend 14 years in prison.

Similar fate befell Dariye, who also served a two - four- year term as the executive governor of Plateau State. He also perpetuated corruption in his own state.

According to documents in court and in his own hand writing at the back of his complementary card, Dariye authorised the diversion of N1.16 billion Ecological Fund meant for Plateau State, to his personal use, including transferring N176.8million to Ebenezer Retnan Ventures (an unregistered company managed by him) and Pinnacle Communications Limited.

Justice Banjoko, in a landmark judgment delivered on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, convicted Dariye, a serving senator on 15 out the 23 counts preferred against him in July 2007.

His offences includes criminal breach of

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trust and criminal misappropriation. He was sentenced as provided for under sections 315 and 309 of the Penal Code Act. Evidence of impunity and corruption on the part of the convict were so overwhelming that judge exclaimed while reading the judgment “I can’t imagine such a brazen act. Is it the transfer of as much as about half a billion naira from the state’s Ecological Fund into a personal venture account? Everybody is a victim here,” the Judge said.

The public has received the judgments with relieve that at last after 13 years of trial, justice appeared to have been done while in certain quarters protests are still ongoing over the verdicts. It is not our habit or culture to praise sing convicts rather we see them and their acts as disgraceful. They should be look upon with disdain.

Any convict who is not satisfied with lower court’s judgment has a right of appeal against his or her sentence.

We are of the opinion that 13 years trial of Nyame and Dariye and many ongoing high profile cases have exposed the inherent weaknesses in our criminal justice system delivery that is bugged down by delays and technicalities.

We therefore call on every judicial official in the temple of justice to faithfully implement the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015 and endure speedy dispensation of cases as justice delay is justice denied.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

Libya returnees: What Abia is doing differently

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Newman Ubani

couple of months ago, the media was flooded with horrible headlines like, “Libya returnees tell tales of hell”, “We drank urine, fuel to survive “, “Returnees: we saw hell in Libya”, “Dressed like a madman to evade arrest” - all in connection with the terrible and hash experience our brothers and sisters who were rescued from Libya underwent.

However, for sometime now not much is being heard of what has become of those returnees. What are our governments doing to assist them? Are our wealthy politicians doing something for those vulnerable ones, or are they sniffing and scanning for unscrupulous elements to be used against the wish of the masses come 2019 elections?

Well in Abia State, there is a revolution going on.

One of the characteristics of good and dedicated leaders is to care for one’s subjects or followers.

This is one of the characters of the Abia State Governor, Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, Ph.D.

In line with his oath of office to do good to his good people of Abia State, Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has not relented in living up to expectations of the people that voted him into power.

Apart from the quality infrastructure he is building, his style of agrarian policy as well as his strategic narrative changing of the Aba artisans through promotion of Made-inAba products, the Governor has ensured the promotion of Small & Medium-Scale Enterprise. Hence, the Governor has established multiple skill acquisition centre in the state. This centre trains youths in various skills, including modern brick laying and building, modern carpentering, fabrics making among others.

Following the recent repatriation of about 20 Abia State indigenes by the government of Libya, Governor Ikpeazu swung into action to ensure the returnees do not waste.

The Governor has decided to train the returnees in various skills to empower them for life. So far, these youths have been inducted, and they are currently undergoing series of trainings at the multiple Skills Acquisition Centre.

Interestingly too, the Chinese government has indicated interest to support Governor Ikpeazu in his decision to create jobs for the teeming Abia youths. Of course, Governor Ikpeazu’s vision to empower Abia youths through skill acquisition is very much commendable. With the skills of these young people and the assurances of the Governor, these returnees can fend for themselves and contribute to the development of the state and unemployment would become a history in the state, even as those who hitherto were dreaming of leaving the country for foreign lands may stop such dreams, since Ikpeazu has restored their hope in Abia State.

Apart from giving great hope to the repatriated youths, who are now empowered for life, the Governor is returning the people’s confidence in the ‘can-do spirit’ do spirit’ of the Igbo man.

Indeed, Abia State government under the able leadership of Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu is gradually growing the economy of the state.

This is not farfetched, as these youths are graduating, they will start producing modern fabrics and furniture works as well as

engage in state-of-the-art building processes, the state skilled workers would be sought for in all parts of the country, Nigeria. The Governor has always assured graduates of this skill acquisition centre of government patronage in contracts and connections.

The Abia State Commissioner for Special Duties, Vulnerable Women, Mrs. Precious Achumba and her team, the Education for Employment Coordinator/CEO Kiara De-Luck Academy, Mr. Endi Ezengwa, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Job Creation, Mr. Chinenye Nwaogu, and the Chairman, Kiara De-Luck Academy, the manager of the multiple skills acquisition centres, all deserve commendation for their efforts in bringing the Governor’s dreams to reality in that regard.

There is therefore, an increasing need for all to join hands to support this genuine effort of the Governor in changing the narrative of empowerment in Abia. In addition, Abia people should not allow themselves to be deceived by unscrupulous politicians, who do not mean well for the state but remain resolute in the leadership of Dr. Okezie Victor Ikpeazu till 2023.

2019: Why Katsina North needs Salisu Ingawa in Senate

T Austin Asadu

he institution of the senate is indeed a hallowed one all over the world as it is regarded as the ultimate destination for many a politician, statesman, activist, technocrat or corporate mogul desirous of contributing his or her own quota to the crucial legislative oversight and representative functions atypical of parliaments all over the world.

In the United States, a citadel of the democratic ideal since 1960, four senators have emerged as presidents of the United States (Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Obama), while 8 senators have also emerged as vice presidents (Johnson, Humphrey, Agnew, Mondale, Quayle, Gore, Biden and Pence), further proof that the Senate is indeed a highly regarded and well defined institution in the American political system.

Coming nearer home, as the 2019 elections draws nearer, quite a number of seasoned technocrats, consummate administrators and veteran politicians have indicated interest in contesting for the exalted seat in their various senatorial zones cutting across the country with the innate desire to bring their wealth of experience and depth of knowledge to bear in the onerous duties and function that have a direct bearing on the delivery of crucial democratic dividends to the people. One of such shining exemplars of renowned agriculturist, food scientist, a seasoned, tested and trusted technocrat, veteran administrative paragon, bureaucratic avatar and all rounds super achieving public servant par excellence is no other esteemed personality than Dr Salisu

Ingawa former Executive Director of the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) who has left indelible footprints throughout the length and breadth of the nation’s vast MDA bureaucracy.

For instance, Dr. Salisu Ingawa, seasoned technocrat and public officer relinquished the reins of executive power at the NFRA a few years ago after turning the establishment around and increasing the country’s food reserves, many an observer hailed his resounding performance at the agency and expressed regret that such a patriotic, and resourceful public officer had left office at a time that the nation needed his services most.

At the NFRA, Dr. Ingawa initiated bold, reformist and visionary polices aimed at placing Nigeria solidly in the forefront of nations that were resolutely committed to the building and construction of numerous silos and food storage facilities which in turn translated into a massive reserve of strategic food and grains that was kept for the rainy day in case of natural disaster, pestilence, emergency and civil disorder where supply of needed consumables is a sinequa-non for political and socioeconomic stability in the affected areas. Another bold policy initiative which the dynamic Dr Salisu Ingawa shepherded to fruition is the acclaimed National Fadama III programme of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources designed as a step towards the realization of the National Food Security programme, which was fundamental to the 7-point Agenda of the Yar’Adua administration.

The Federal Government approved

additional N70 billion to support the programme to cover all the states and as the Executive Director, National Food ReserveAgency, Dr Salisu Ingawa, ensured that the funds disbursed were actually utilized for the purposes intended without any whiff of diversion, fraud or misappropriation whatsoever.

Having excelled in superlative terms in his storied public service career there is little doubt that the resilient Dr Salisu Ingawa is set to perform with even more vigour and dedication if and when elected as a Distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing Katsina North Senatorial Zone as he has been delivering pivotal dividends of democracy to his beloved people even before being elected to representative office. For instance in his various official capacities in the MDAs, Dr Salisu Ingawa has facilitated the employment of numerous graduates in key ministries, agencies and parastatals in order for them to be able to serve their fatherland and also actualize their various dreams and aspirations. Also he has initiated critical funding that has assisted the health, education, power, pipe borne water, agriculture, manpower development and women and youth empowerment sectors in his senatorial zone and throughout Katsina state as a whole. Indeed rather than blow his trumpet as many a public officer or politician is wont to do, Dr Salisu Ingawa is a redoubtable silent achiever who has embedded his awesome footprints in the democratic sands of our epoch to the extent that his beloved people in Katsina state

and beyond are eagerly clamoring for the consummate technocrat to represent them in the 9th Senate in 2019 and beyond. The hundreds of thousands of youths, professionals, market women, artisans, activists, farmers and trade unionists who are solidly backing the historic candidacy of Dr Salisu Ingawa are aware that here is a political supremo who is driven by an almost missionary zeal in ensuring the total political, economic and social liberation of his beloved people.

His legion of teeming supporters are also aware that Dr Salisu Ingawa is possessed of a razor sharp intellect and a forthright and straight talking disposition that has no truck for undue grandstanding and semantic distinctions or doublespeak and one eminent figure that holds personal honour and integrity as a standard that others may do well to emulate.

One of the reasons for the extremely high regard in which Dr Salisu Ingawa is held among his peers is his unequalled reputation as an epitome of rectitude and integrity, a standard bearer of truth, respect and honour who does not engage in rumor, speculation or meddlesome hearsay.

In fact Dr Salisu Ingawa can be best regarded as a facilitator, a conciliator, a uniter, an arbiter, an interlocutor, an administrator, a negotiator, a super achieving public servant and a political plenipotentiary par excellence in our present democratic continuum and with his experience, dynamism resourcefulness, competence, patriotism and commitment to excellence and exemplary performance, he is best placed to represent Katsina North Senatorial Zone in 2019 and beyond.

To God be the glory.

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

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Dangerous road to APC convention Times Columnist Azu Ishiekwene

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Of course, that’s not what you would hear at the convention.

You would also not hear anything about bribe-sharing among delegates, an embedded form of corruption, which APC’s Senator Shehu Sani said everyone, including his own party, knows about but no one talks about

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s members of the All Progressives Congress ( A P C ) gather for the party’s elective convention in Abuja this weekend, the APC can hardly look in the mirror and recognise itself as the vibrant coalition that swept the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from office three years ago.

I still remember Lai Mohammed shelling PDP. The party was a band of thieves, a criminal enterprise with an incompetent captain at the helm, determined to drag the country down. Impunity and violence were the PDP’s official languages, while the smell of money and the desire to share it were the only things that kept the PDP’s heart beating.

Mohammed wasn’t too far out. The public was fed up with excuses and the PDP had become not only a danger to itself but also a much greater danger to the country.

Change was inevitable. But is this the change the APC promised?

As the APC gathers in Abuja for its first convention in three years, not a few, even inside the party, might agree that parts of Mohammed’s harsh words may well be describing the APC today. The party is in chaos.

APC is not PDP, of course.

But it’s looking like PDPlite, a modified version of the excesses that destroyed the former ruling party long before its dream to rule Nigeria for 60 years crashed.

It’s proving easier to get former President Goodluck Jonathan out of power than it is for APC to manage its affairs, never mind governing the country. And in these three years, the biggest obstacle to APC transiting from a campaigning party to a governing party has been the APC itself.

President Muhammadu Buhari abandoned the party immediately after his

inauguration on May 29, 2015, barricaded himself inside Aso Rock and left everyone to themselves.

Frustration set in and before Buhari could reach the stable as leader of the party, the horses had bolted, and demons filled the vacuum.

The bad habits from the legacy parties which were overlooked or underestimated in the effort to remove Jonathan from office infected the APC, making it, to a large extent, indistinguishable from the original parties.

When the public expressed outrage at the killings and violence during APC’s recent congresses, for example, former Abia governor and former PDP/PPA chieftain, Orji Kalu, reminded us that killings were a routine part of PDP’s operations.

In other words, since both political parties are equal opportunity transgressors, the APC should never really be ashamed of its awful congresses. We have to accept them for what they are.

The parallel congresses, the lip-service to internal democracy, the rebellion and chaos in the party hierarchy, not to mention the shambolic state of the party organs, have left the party looking more and more like the PDP. Of course, that’s not what you would hear at the convention.

You would also not hear anything about bribe-sharing among delegates, an embedded form of corruption, which APC’s Senator Shehu Sani said everyone, including his own party, knows about but no one talks about.

With those who had thought Buhari would die during his illness now forced to line up behind his re-election ticket, the convention would be a coronation party.

Speaker after speaker will tell us how lucky we are to have been saved from the hands of

the PDP. All those who have opposed Buhari’s re-election will take a serious beating, the heaviest beating coming from those who still whisper that they frankly don’t know what to expect from Buhari’s second term – or worse, if he would finish his course.

The APC would remind us that all our misfortunes in the last three years, including last week’s loss by the Super Eagles to the Croatian national team, were caused by the last administration, which not only stole everything from the treasury, but also ensured we didn’t have enough competent players left to send to Russia.

They will not reflect on the legislative-executive infighting that has drained governance of energy, clarity and focus, even though both branches of government are controlled by the ruling party.

They will not talk about how and why the country is still plagued by insecurity and the deadly attacks by herdsmen and bandits when the party pledged security as priority.

They will not talk about the deepening poverty, the rising wave of migration or the resurgent nepotism, religious and ethnic politics, that have left the country more divided than at any time in its recent history.

Or why, for example, it is that virtually all those who contested against Buhari for the party’s ticket in December 2014, particularly RabiuKwankwaso and Atiku Abubakar, have been hung out to dry. Even the “OnyeIberibein-Chief”, the incorrigible RochasOkorocha, has become something of an eternally disgruntled politician, while Sam Nda-Isaiah has the unenviable position of watching in anguished silence transgressions he won’t have spared under Jonathan.

But that is at least better

than the mass of internally displaced politicians (IDPs) under the flag of the nPDP. With one foot out of the door already, it would be interesting to see if the APC might need the help of the United Nations’ refugee department to manage the IDPs. If they decide to leave because they’ve been left out of the spoils these past three years, they may potentially face another four years of “spoil-less” living, something our politicians are not used to.

The nPDP will hardly be any serious concern for the convention. The threat of defection would be brushed aside and the APC will remind us of the gains in the fight against insurgency; the N1.5 trillion highest earmark ever for capital projects; the efforts to create more jobs (in spite of the unemployment figure rising by an average of nearly two million yearly in the last three years); efforts to recover stolen funds; and the leakages that have been blocked.

They will warn us that if we let our guard down for a moment, the PDP thieves, in company with hordes of internally displaced politicians, will return with a more destructive appetite than anything we have ever seen.

That may be true, but the real threat lies within. As it was with the PDP, the APC is its own worst enemy. The brazen manipulation and concoction of results and the bloody trail from the congresses, have fomented over 20 court cases across the country with a few more post-convention court cases that could potentially undermine the outcome of this weekend’s event and pave the way for more chaos and defections.

Our politicians have become quite good at wresting power, but they still have miles to go in creating a truly democratic culture; a culture that encourages accountability and transparency, and which also derives its legitimacy from its members.

Parties should be interest groups that create a real sense of purpose, shared values and community, not private assets in the hands of tin gods who treat the rank-and-file like serfs.

The convention will come and go. It’s the day after that could prove even more interesting.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

Enugu Govt to probe monarch’s death Moses Oyediran, Enugu

Enugu State Government has announced its decision to constitute a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to find out the immediate and remote causes of the recent civil disturbances that occurred in Ogbozinne Akpugo Autonomous community in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state, which led to the death

of the Traditional Ruler, HRH Igwe Stephen Nwatu and destruction of property.

In a statement by the Commissioner for Chieftaincy Matters, Barr. Emeka Okeke, the state government expressed grave concern over the ugly and unfortunate incident, declaring that it “will not fold its arms and watch lives and property of its citizens being destroyed with brazen impunity”.

Barr. Okeke stated that the panel of inquiry will also ensure that the culprits are brought to book as well as “prevent a reoccurrence of this ugly incident”.

According to him, “government assures that further measures will be put in place to avoid a repeat of this sad incident in the said community or any other community in Enugu State as this is not in

accordance with the peace and secure environment which this government has been working for assiduously”.

It would be recalled that Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi had during his recent unanimous endorsement for re-election in 2019 by all the traditional rulers of the 450 autonomous communities in Enugu State, observed a minute silence in honour of the slain traditional

ruler.

The governor, who regretted the Igwe’s untimely death, disclosed that his administration will set up the panel to unravel the circumstances surrounding his demise to ensure that the culprits were brought to justice, and make recommendations that would deter future occurrence of such dastardly act.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo acknowledging crowd in Ekiti State at the flag off of the Governorship campaign of APC candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, for the July 14, 2018 Governorship election.

Army wants returnee IDPs to reclaim communities, farms Andrew Orolua, Abuja Nigerian Army said on Thursday that Operation “LAST HOLD” launched by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has led to the returnees from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to start clearing their farms, open water ways in the Lake Chad and clear roads to their communities.

The Commander Operation LAST HOLD Maj Gen Abba Dikko, stated this during an operational assessment visits to the Task Force Brigades on Operation LAST HOLD. A statement signed by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General

Texas Chukwu said Dikko deeply appreciated the locals who turned up massively for the road clearance, water ways clearance.

He advised them to take initiative in reclaiming and reoccupation of their communities and farms.

He urged them to continue to support the troops deployed in their various communities and also reiterated the Chief of Army Staff directive especially, in regards to respect for human rights.

He assured them the Federal and State Governments commitment towards their wellbeing and called on them to always provide timely information to the troops.

Herdsmen still intruding on our premises -UNIJOS VC Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

Vice Chancellor of University of Jos, Professor Seddi Sebastian Maimako, has said that herdsmen still encroach the University premises.

Maimako, stated this on Tuesday during a parley with Journalists on the occasion of the 29th and 30th combined Convocation Ceremonies of University of Jos, held at the Senate Chambers of the institution, in the State capital.

Maimako said, “University of Jos still have some insecure boundaries totalling up to over 199 hectares of land which are regularly

encroached by herdsmen and the excuse they give for invading our property is that Unijos is a federal University and therefore the grass belongs to the federal government.

“We have had several meetings with them and on each occasion they will promise to stop grazing on our property, but you will come the next day to see them graze on the same land.

“We are only pursuing the part of peace through dialogue: our only challenge is lack of funds to secure the University property; if we have funds to fence the land, that will put a stop to herdsmen encroachment.

“We are also faced with issues of acute infrastructural deficit, inadequate funding and manpower, to the security breaches and frequent encroachment into University property among others.

“University of Jos has had it’s own share of difficulties: it behooves on our stakeholders including our Alumni, various tiers and agencies of government, beneficiary communities and especially our proprietor and the federal government to join us in a concerted effort to squarely address these challenges so that going forward ours will be a pleasant tale to narrate”, he said.

Ayatse collapses factional association into Mzough U Tiv The consistence leadership crisis between the two dominant Tiv sociocultural organisations, the Tiv Development Association, (TIDA), and Mzough U Tiv (MUT), in Nasarawa Sstate, the highest ruler in Tiv land, Tor Tiv, Professor James Iorzua Ayatse has directed that TIDA be collapsed into the Mzough U Tiv, marking an end to the existence of later in the state.

The traditional ruler took the decision recently at a meeting he personally convened at his palace in Gboko town, Benue State, where the two groups, led by Barr. Gabriel Akaaka and Engr.

Moses Utondo, both serving in Governor Tanko Al-Makura’s cabinet as commissioner and Special Adviser respectively were in attendance.

According to a press statement signed by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Tor Tiv, Freddie Adamgbe and made available to newsmen in Lafia, yesterday, the monarch mandated that the existing executive committees of the two associations be dissolved to give way for a new executive committee of the united Mzough U Tiv, Nasarawa state chapter.

The statement directed that all petitions standing against any Tiv person be withdrawn unconditionally, just as threats to life in whatever form should be stopped with immediate effect.

“The two groups (TIDA/ MUT) should collapse into Mzough U Tiv (MUT) which is a universal sociocultural association of the Tiv nation worldwide” “That the existing executive committees of the two associations be dissolved to give way to new executive committee of the united MUT” Also, the state commissioner of water resources and rural development, Gabriel Akaaka should immediately host a meeting with the Special Adviser to the governor, Engr.

Moses Utondu and the Personal Assistant to the governor, Tabulo Pevkyaa to workout modalities for the emergence of new leadership for the Tiv community in the state.

Accordingly, the statement directed the trio under the leadership of commissioner Akaaka to collectively convey to the Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura and the Emir of Lafia, HRH, Alhaji Isa Mustapha Agwai, peaceful resolution of their differences by the Tor Tiv. The Tor Tiv commended governor Al-Makura for considering his subject in the state worthy of political appointments and patronage and appealed for more of such gestures just as he appreciated the Emir of Lafia for his fatherly role to Tiv indigenes of the state.

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2019: Don’t be deceived by politicians, PFN tells voters Moses Oyediran, Enugu Ahead of the 2019 general election, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, (PFN), has advised Nigerian voters to be wary of deceptive politicians.

Chairman of the PFN in Enugu State, Bishop Dr. Godwin Madu, who spoke during the inauguration of the State officers of the Christian group, said this was not time for a game of change.

He was re-elected alongside a 29-member exco to serve for another four years.

While asking Nigerians to ignore the assertion that politics is a dirty game, he said, “Let us not make the mistake of saying that politics is a dirty game, when your cloth is dirty you take it to the laundry house, if politics is dirty, let us become a laundry house, that is the truth and the reality.

“So, we have played a

game of change in the past, now let us be wise, you must not hear everything from me, but let us work and make sure we reposition the nation and reposition the State.

“We are into critical security situation in the country and that is why we have to be very careful in our choices.

“Let us not sale our credibility through vegetable gifts. I maintain that the government is not the problem, the church is the problem. If

we are able to stand, we are not to run to government, government will come to us.

“I pead with everybody here, in case you have not obtained your PVC, please do, that is your ticket to the voting hall, that is our power for tomorrow.”

Madu, however, said the PFN would do all within their powers to ensure the reelection of Governor Ifeanyi of Enugu State, who he said had ended all manner of

discrimination against some section of Christians.

“In Enugu State, the Governor is a good man, we have a governor that believes in everybody, that recognises everybody.

“The PFN was not carried along by the government of Enugu State in the past, but under this very administration, we have not been left behind.

“I want everyone to ensure that we vote rightly, when we see something good, we

need to say keep it up. Enugu State needs to go on and the PFN is saying that Governor Ugwuanyi should go on; we will not disappoint him,” he further stated.

Meanwhile, Rev. Chinedu Nwoye, a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ugwuanyi on religious matters, who was at the event, assured that the government would continue to treat all the residents of the State with fairness.

APC National Leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu meets former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at the airport in Akure, Ondo State. Former Ogun state Governor and Director General, Atiku Campaign Organisation, Gbenga Daniel looks on

Sex-for-mark scandal: CPC lauds OAU for dismissing lecturer Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

Consumer Protection Council (CPC), has commended the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), for taking prompt action to disengage the lecturer accused by a student of sexual harassment.

The CPC had on April 30, 2018, issued a release condemning what appeared to be credible allegation of sexual harassment of a student by a member of faculty at OAU. The Council in a statement by its Director

General, Babatunde Irukera noted that the prompt action of OAU in dissociating the institution from such inappropriate conduct and its commitment to a timely and fair investigation.

The Council further encouraged OAU to ensure that the investigation was broad and transparent.

CPC said that it noted OAU’s responsiveness to the sensitivity of this issue and the written inquiries of the Council.

The Council further welcomes OAU’s decision to dismiss the member of faculty involved, and

commends Ms. Monica Osagie for speaking up and demonstrating courage by securing credible evidence to substantiate her allegations.

Her bravery and the appropriate response of OAU would embolden other victims to resist harassment and speak up when confronted, the CPC stated.

“Both the approach of OAU and the outcome of its investigation convey the institution’s intolerance for this despicable behavior, and inspire confidence that, going forward,

such allegations will be thoroughly investigated, and when established, penalised to the full extent of the law.

“This exemplary response by OAU sets the standard and sends the appropriate message to other institutions, that learning and scholastic communities must be devoid of unacceptable behaviour, and that when such occurs, it will not be without consequence,” the DG said.

The Council encouraged OAU to pursue, support, and cooperate with the

criminal law enforcement authorities and any judicial process, to ensure that the full course and weight of the law apply in this case.

According to the CPC, this will serve as a deterrent to what appears to have become a pervasive pattern of behaviour on many campuses.

It added that, as a further deterrent, OAU and other learning institutions should commit to eradicating sexual harassment, by establishing or institutionalizing effective redress mechanisms, including secure whistleblowing opportunities for

such cases, to protect both students and faculty.

The Council reemphasizes the need for learning institutions to assiduously address sexual harassment and other ancillary conduct in order to promote or restore institutional reputation, and ensure that students, being consumers of educational services, can pursue scholarship on campuses that provide safe and liberal environments where the relationship between faculty and students leads to robust and confident knowledge sharing.

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National Hospital trains experts on IVF services

National Hospital, Abuja, has said that it has commenced the training of medical personnel from across the country in In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) services at its IVF Centre.

Dr Rais Ibraheem, the Coordinator of the centre, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.

He spoke on the sideline

event to mark 13 years anniversary of IVF centre at the hospital.

He said the centre, which had focused on sustainability and provision of IVF services at an affordable rate to Nigerians in 13 years, had achieved great success since its inception.

Ibraheem said moving forward, the centre would become a national training centre for the country which

would engage in training experts such as doctors, nurses and scientists in IVF services.

He said the vision was aimed at training home grown experts that would be adequately trained to provide IVF service to Nigerians and the West African sub-region.

“There are a lot of collaboration going on presently especially with the training institutions in

Nigeria and the West African sub-region.

“We have commenced training with the West Africa College of Surgeons, the National Medical Post Graduate College and many others that we are yet to engage.

“Training experts from other states means IVF services will be available, accessible and more affordable to any couple that desires to have their children

without having to travel outside the country,’’ the coordinator said.

Also speaking, Dr Ibrahim Wada, Consultant Gyneacologist, and Pioneer of IVF National Hospital, said no fewer than 100,000 people were in need of IVF services in the country.

He added that there would indeed be an increase in future, hence the need for the National Hospital to train experts from all over

the country that would help childless families.

Wada said there was need for the hospital to advance the programme to the next level through training and breaking through the levels of technological science.

“IVF is a cutting edge scientific technology management of infertility that open doors to other aspects of health diagnosis.

“Parental diagnosis of sickle cell diseases, genetic abnormalities, gender diagnosis, among others, can be treated early through scientific knowledge.

“Also embryo testing and selection can be done at the centre, so that women at risk of sickle cell babies can be helped and also have the desired genotype for their babies.

“This will go a long way to wipe away tears from childless mothers in our country,’’ Wada said.

Adamawa records 12 new cholera cases -Ministry

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in a handshake with Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike during a recent visit to the state

FG urges states to obey resolution on HND-degree dichotomy Federal Government has urged State Governments to adhere to the National Council of Establishment (NCE) resolutions on the abolition of dichotomy between Higher National Diploma (HND) and degree holders.

Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.

Oyo-Ita said state governments were involved in the resolutions and it was wrong for them to foot-drag in the implementation of the process.

NAN recalls that the NCE in 2016 at its 39th meeting in Minna, Niger, abrogated the dichotomy between HND and degree holders in the country’s public service.

The NCE is the highest decision making body of the civil service saddled with the responsibilities of handling establishment matters.

Its members are drawn from the federal and state civil service.

She said the implementation of the resolutions would boost the morale of civil servants and enhance service delivery.

“The NCE handles establishment matters in the

civil service and whatever is decided is approved at that level.

“Circulars are issued by the office of the head of civil service, in line with whatever has been approved.

“We expect the state government to implement the resolutions of NCE, but in a situation where states decided not to abide by the resolutions, it truly calls for concern.

“I’m aware that some states have failed to implement these recommendations, while others implemented immediately there was a resolution.

“I want to appeal to states to try and go along with the

resolutions that have been passed because NCE is the highest ruling body for public service,” she said.

She said failure to adhere to the resolutions would create unnecessary labour unrest in the states, adding that it was not healthy for the growth of the service.

Oyo-Ita further said salaries of staff of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that failed to enroll on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) would no longer be paid.

According to her, this is in line with the implementation of

the Human Resource Module of IPPIS which is part of the eight priority areas of the 20172020 strategic plans.

“We have issued circulars on all print and electronic media inviting all MDAs to come on board to the IPPIS platform and update their staff records.

“Any MDA that fails to comply will be completely cut off from the salaries and wages section of the appropriation and will not be receiving salaries and wages for their organisations,” she added.

NAN recalls that May 28, was the deadline earlier set for the update of MDAs on the IPPIS platform.

No fewer than 12 new cholera cases have been recorded in Adamawa, the State Government announced on Thursday in Yola.

The Information Officer of the state’s Ministry of Information, Malam Mohammed Abubakar, made the announcement in a statement, saying the 12 new cholera cases were recorded on June 20 but with no death.

Abubakar said that so far a total of 1,349 cases were recorded with 25 deaths since the outbreak started in May in the affected Local Government Areas of Mubi North, Mubi South, Maiha and Hong.

Putting the fatality rate of the outbreak at 1.9 per cent, Abubakar said that active case search by health officials had been intensified “in hotspots settlements to ensure cases are not missed”.

According to Abubakar the epidemiological summary of cases reported as at June 20 in the affected local governments indicate that Mubi North has 549 cases with 13 deaths, Mubi South has 788 cases with 12 deaths, while Hong and Maiha have seven and five cases, respectively with no death.

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Police exonerate inspector over fraud Joy Anyim & Benjamin Omoike, Lagos Lagos State Police Command on Thursday debunked allegations raised by a masked lady in a video on the social media accusing a police inspector, Marcel Nnabugwu, of living in opulence and above his means.

The lady in the said video, which had since gone viral on the internet, had alleged that Nnabugwu owns a property at No. 27, Remi Fani-Kayode Street, GRA, Ikeja, worth N250million, as well as an exotic car with a customised license plate number titled “MCON”.

The lady had further alleged in the video that the moment the officer in question enters into any night club, the club shuts down to all customers to attend to his needs.

She had also estimated the officer to worth over N2billion, claiming that he spent millions of naira during his 30th birthday party recently, and thereafter, requested the police authorities to investigate the source of wealth of the officer whom she further alleged to be serving in Mopol 18 Owerri.

However, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Lagos Command,

CSP Chike Oti, the police said after being aware of the serious allegations and as a responsible and accountable institution, the Inspector General of Police ordered investigation, following which the Command swung into action, and the outcome revealed that there was no iota of truth in the claims by the masked lady.

According to Oti, investigation conducted by the police to verify the veracity of the allegations revealed that there indeed exists one Christopher Marcel Nnabugwu, alias MCON in the police, and that the said officer was enlisted into the Police

Force in the year 2000 and was trained at the Police College Oji River, Enugu state.

Giving further details on the investigation, Oti said: “He (Nnabugwu) is presently an Inspector of Police serving at Ogudu Police Division, where he is attached to Divisional Crime Branch (DCB), and not a police sergeant serving at Mopol 18 Owerri as alleged.

“That Inspector Marcel Nnabugwu has never served in PMF (Police Mobile Force) since his enlistment into the Nigeria Police.

“That his picture in Police Mobile Uniform down loaded by the masked woman from his wall on the Facebook as

attested by the alleger, was the uniform he wore when he went for Mobilisation exercise into the PMF for which he was unsuccessful. According to the Inspector, his love of the PMF uniform made him to wear and take photograph to remember the day he went for the exercise even though he failed.

“Investigation revealed that he does not own a car nor landed property in any part of Nigeria or anywhere else in the world. The Inspector is a proud tenant at No. 125 Old Ota Road, Oke-Odo, Agege, Lagos, where he occupies a room and parlour.

“It was also discovered that Inspector Christopher Marcel

Nabugwu is currently single owing to his financial status as he is still gathering resources for that purpose. It was shown in the video where he was singing and dancing. Well, that’s his hobby so says the Inspector,” Oti said.

The police said investigation further put a lie to the claim that the officer was worth N2billion, adding that the said officer owns the following bank accounts number with corresponding balance as at June 20, 2018 - FCMB (2288247017) balance of N15,000.00 and ACCESS (0041131987) balance of N5,000.00.

The police said it was clear

that the lady in question was out to cause mischief, and that the development again brought the need for people not to believe whatever they see on social media hook, line and sinker.

“From all intent and purposes, the lady in the mask was out to cause mischief.

Her evil machination was not only targeted at the poor, innocent officer but an attempt to malign and dent the image of the Nigeria Police and bring the entire organisation into public opprobrium.

“Already, we are on her heels. As a matter of fact, we are closing in on her. It’s a question of time,” Oti said.

Aisha Buhari seeks vigilance against illicit drugs proliferation The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called on relevant stakeholders to be proactive and vigilant in the fight against the spread of illicit drugs in Nigeria.

She made the appeal while declaring open the 2018 biennial Conference of Association of Lady Pharmacists of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.

The conference was organised in conjunction with the National Centre for Women Development.

Represented by the former Deputy Governor of Plateau, Mrs Pauline Tallen, Mrs Buhari, decried the devastating effect of drug abuse and urged Nigerians to remain resilient in the fight against drug abuse in the country.

She called for support to ensure the manufacture and use of natural medicines in the country.

In her farewell speech, the outgoing chairman of the Association, Zainab Sherrif, said the association had mounted vigorous campaign against drug abuse, especially among women and youths.

Sherrif advised women and young girls against drug abuse, saying that it was dangerous to their health.

President Muhammadu Buhari (middle), during his visit to Azare Central Market where fire outbreak destroyed shops in Bauchi State...on Thursday.

Court docks 2 women over child trafficking in Rivers Memoye Oghu, Port Harcourt A Rivers State Magistrate Court holding, in Port Harcourt has arraigned two women for allegedly stealing and trafficking three babies.

The suspects, Mrs. Precious Obase who claims to reside in the United States but only came to Nigeria to be delivered of her babies naturally because she had earlier been told to undergo a caesarean section in the US. According to her, “I live in the United States of America with my husband, I came to Nigeria to deliver my babies because I don’t want to deliver through operation, so I came to Nigeria and lodged in a hotel from where I went to a maternity in Igwuruta and

delivered my twins and three days later I had my third baby.”

Her accomplice, Mrs Esther Igwe however claimed to have been invited by Mrs. Obase who is her relative to assist in caring for her babies in the hotel were they lodged. “I am a widow and I left my children back in Owerri to help her after she called me to come to Port Harcourt. Before I came, she had already delivered her three babies.”

Meanwhile, the vice chairperson of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA), Rivers State branch, Mrs. Uchendah Vivian Okogbule while speaking to newsmen said her group was interested in the matter to ensure that the babies involved in the matter are not stolen or trafficked and to ensure that

their rights are not infringed upon. “FIDA is not here to witch-hunt any body, we are here to ensure that the babies involved in this matter are not stolen or trafficked. We want to be sure that some mothers had not been denied of their babies.

“If the court finds that the babies belong to the accused, they (the babies) will be given back to her,” she said and explained that investigations proved that the babies were not hers and that the maternity she claimed to have delivered the babies does not exist.

She went on, “some tests carried out on her by doctors, showed that she is not the biological mother of the children. Also, upon investigation, it was revealed that some days earlier, before the babies came in, she had

deposited the sum of N100,000 into one Chikodi’s bank account and also the maternity she claimed to have delivered in Igwuruta was only a residential apartment which hightened our suspicion.”

Magistrate F. N. Amanze who presided over the matter, adjourned it to June 28, 2018 for mention and ruled that the charges be amended and the accused remanded in prison custody pending the next adjourned date.

It would be recalled that stealing and trafficking of little babies in the country have been on the increase. Last June 4, vigilant crew members of Air Peace aborted the trafficking of a three months old baby in their Lagos - Banjul flight P47560.

Luck ran out of the two suspected female traffickers

when the baby cried inconsolably and her fiddling in her attempt to console the baby by giving it water to drink drew the attention of the Air Peace crew members who helped in calming the baby. But the baby expressed fright and unwillingness when the crew member who helped to calm the baby attempted to hand over the baby back to the supposed mother.

When the crew members interviewed the two women separately in the deck and observed contradictions in their accounts, they alerted the Banjul Airport security who whisked the women away as soon as the plane landed in the airport.

Meanwhile, the two suspects are currently telling the Gambian Police how they came about the baby in Nigeria.

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2018 Budget: NASS will soon address media on Buhari’s concern -Senate Leadership of the Senate has said that it had delegated its Chairman Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje to hold a media briefing to clarify concerns raised by President Muhammadu Buhari on the 2018 Budget.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sen. Aliyu Abdullahi, made this known in a statement on

Wednesday.

Abdullahi said the senate was in agreement with the statement issued by the House of Representatives, in response to the issues raised by Buhari on the budget.

He said, the leadership of both chambers have directed the chairmen of our committees on appropriations to provide item by item, detailed explanations on all points

raised by the President for the benefit of members of the public.

“They will therefore address a press conference on Friday, June 22nd, 2018.

“It should however be noted that the action of the National Assembly while working on the budget was informed by the provision of the Constitution on the need for inclusion, balance and the fact that the first

responsibility of government is the security and welfare of all citizens,” he said.

It would be recalled that President Buhari in his speech while signing the 2018 budget on Wednesday, had raised concern about some changes made to the budget by the National Assembly, saying “the logic behind the Constitutional direction that budgets should be proposed by the Executive

is that, it is the Executive that knows and defines its policies and projects.

“Unfortunately, that has not been given much regard in what has been sent to me.

The National Assembly made cuts amounting to 347 billion Naira in the allocations to 4,700 projects submitted to them for consideration and introduced 6,403 projects of their own amounting to 578 billion Naira.

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (left); Chairman on the Association, Chief Inuolaji Aboaba (middle); and Chairman of the Occasion, Prof Olu Aina (right); at the Presentation and Launching of a Book Titled: ‘The Civil Service as a Cornerstone of Development in the State of Osun: The First 25 Years’‎ organized by the Association of Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries, State of Osun, held at Atlantis Civic Centre, Ring Road, Osogbo, on. . .on Thursday.

NCC plans fresh directives on data roll over N i g e r i a n Communication Commission (NCC) says it will soon issue fresh directives to service providers on Data Rollover plan.

Alhaji Ismail

Adedigba, the Deputy Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, said this on Thursday at the 39th edition of Consumer Town-Hall Meeting held at Akpabuyo in Akpabuyo Local

Government Area of Cross River.

Adedigba disclosed that the operation would take effect from June 26.

He explained that the Data Roll-over would enable consumers to

Katsina fixes June 30 deadline for 2018 Hajj fare payment Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board has fixed June 30, 2018, as deadline to complete payment of hajj fare by intending pilgrims in the state.

The state government approved N1, 463, 410.00, as fare for each intending pilgrim from the state.

The deadline was announced in a statement signed by the board’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Badaru Bello, on Thursday in Katsina.

Bello said that the deadline was in line with the directives given by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to the state pilgrims’ welfare boards. ‘’The board advises intending pilgrims to obtain bank draft payable to the Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board, e-passport and other necessary documents on or before June 30. ‘’The intending pilgrims must also abide by the rules and regulations guiding the

conduct of the hajj registration to enable them perform the pilgrimage,’’ he said.

NAN reports that the state was allocated with 4,930 hajj seats for 2018 annual pilgrimage, but as at May 23, 2018, only 2,225 persons indicated their interests to perform the hajj by depositing either complete or part payment.

Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam mandated on every Muslim with the means to travel once in a lifetime.

roll-over unused data from one to seven days, depending on the data plan.

He said this was sequel to the earlier directive to service providers on forceful subscription of data services and Value Added Services (VAS), which had been in place since May. ‘’The commission also developed 622 Toll Free Line through which you can easily lodge complaints for any unresolved service issues to the NCC. ‘’I need to emphasise that failure of the operators to comply with the above directives will attract appropriate penalties, ‘’ he said.

Mrs Felicia Onwuegbuchulam, the Director, Consumer Affairs said that

telecom consumers remained the target beneficiaries of its activities.

“This is why the commission is having regular interactions with the consumers and service providers,’’ he said.

According to her, the theme of the meeting‘’Using Information and Education as Tools for Consumer Empowerment and Protection, ‘’ is carefully chosen as one of the cardinal objectives of the NCC. Onwuegbuchulam, who was represented by the Deputy Director in the Department, Mr Philip Eretan, added that Information and Education were necessary tools to fortify consumers.

BetKing launches 100% welcome bonus for online users Mutiat Alli, Lagos Nigeria’s fastest growing sports betting company, BetKing has increased the frenzy towards the football festival in Russia by unveiling a new 100 percent welcome bonus for online users on the platform.

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LOCATE LOVE TAKE AND TRANSFORM INITIATIVE CAC/IT/NO. 104532 THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED INITIATIVE HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION UNDER PART “C” OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990.

OLD TRUSTEES 1. ONYEKWELU JULIET NNEOMA - RETAINED 2. JUMBO VICTORY NNENA. - REMOVED NEW TRUSTEE 1. BARR. CHIDINMA OSAROBO - APPOINTED TRUSTEES AFTER THE CHANGE 1. ONYEKWELU JULIET NNEOMA 2. BARR. CHIDINMA OSAROBO NEW AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO OPERATE AND MANAGE CHARITY HOMES FOR THE OLD. 2. TO PROTECT AND CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. 3. TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT EDUCATION OF INDIGENT CHILDREN. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. CHIDINMA OSAROBO

LIVE FOR AFRICA NNEKA SUCRE AZODO MCOKOLI 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. AZODO REJOICE CHIAMAKA (CHAIRPERSON) 2. OKECHUKWU OKOLI 3. AZODO HAPPINESS IHUOMA 4. AZODO CHUKWUEMEKA OSMOND 5. AZODO KELECHI EMMANUEL 6. REV. FR. PASCHAL EBURUOH OJUKWU. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO GIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE OUT THEIR FULL POTENTIALS BY IDENTIFYING THEIR PECULIAR CHALLENGES IN THEIR VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THOSE CHALLENGES. 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

ISI NZE NA OZO ASSOCIATION, IKENGA COMMUNITY 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.

PRINCE DIM SUNDAY PATRICK CHAIRMAN 2.

EZEOGBUEFI UDOYE 3.

EZENWEKE SUNDAY CHARLES - SECRETARY 4.

OKOYE GODWIN 5.

EZEOKAFOR JOHN OKEY 6.

OKONKWO BENEDICT 7.

DIM NONSO 8.

EZEOKAFOR MARCEL NZE 9.

EBOM OLIVER NDUBUAGHA 10. ONWUCHEKWU JEROME OKEKE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE NZE NA OZO CHIEFTAINCY TITLE TAKING IN IKENGA 2.

TO SUPERVISE ALL ACTIVITIES RELATING TO NZE NA OZO CHIEFTAINCY TITLES 3.

TO PROMOTE UNITY AND PROGRESS IN IKENGA COMMUNITY 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

AMALGAMATED TRADERS ASSOCIATION LAGOS

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. MR ANTHONY UGHAGWU -CHAIRMA 2. MR. DOMINIC AGUZUE- SECRETARY 3. MR. ELOKE BETRAN 4. MR. OKECHUKWU NWAOGU 5. MR. OKECHUKWU ANORUE 6. MR. CHRIS EZE 7 . MR IKENNA OKOLI 8. MR EDWIN ONYE 9. MR. ODINAKA VIRGINUS OZOEMENA 10. MR REMIGIUS ALAOMA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO FOSTER THE COLLECTIVE INTEREST OF MEMBERS AND ENSURE HARMONY .

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

KUNLE & AISHA 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)ADEKOLU ADEKUNLE MATTHEW .

(2)AISHAT BLESSING ADEKOLU AIM AND OBJECTIVE: YOUTH AND WOMAN EMPOWERMENT, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, RURAL 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: SECRETARY

KIKI’S ANYA - OLE 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. ZAINAB ADA AJEEIB ...CHAIRPERSON 2. KATE OMMI ECHE ...SECRETARY 3. RT. HON. MARIA AIKULOLA ...METRON 4. ANNA ITODO .....PRESIDENT 5. OYEFE EDEH ....TREASURER 6. HELEN ONYIBE .....GRANDMETRON AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE 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, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

CHIMAMANDA GHANI HARRY CHILDREN FOUNDATION 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.

GHANI-HARRY NSEFI FRANK - CHAIRMAN 2.

HARRY GHANI CHARLES - SECRETARY 3.

HALLIDAY CECILIA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL FIRST AID SKILLS FOR CHILDCARE WORKERS IN CRÈCHES AND ORPHANAGES IN NIGERIA IN A BID TO REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY. 2. TO ENGAGE PROFESSIONALS WHO SHALL OFFER FIRST AID TRAININGS TO CHILDCARE WORKERS IN CRÈCHES AND ORPHANAGES ON ALL CHILD RELATED INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT. 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: UKAGA O. K. ESQ. 08033155820

FLAMING FAITH CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY

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.

CHINE CHIGOZIE HENRY 2.

PASTOR MADUCLEM CHIEMEZIE 3.

MADUKA UCHECHUKWU 4.

NZEH CHINYERE 5.

BENEDETH OGOCHUKWU IFEZUE 6.

PASTOR SUNDAY UZOMA IFEZUE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD 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: UCHE CHIMEZIE ESQ

ASSOCIATION OF ERUDITE INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS OF NIGERIA 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. IBRAHIM MOHAMMED UMAR 2. NJOKU CHUKWUEMEKA NNAMDI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CREATE AWARENESS AND CARRY OUT ENLIGHTENMENT PROGRAMS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE; 2. TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE YOUTHS IN THE COUNTRY ACTUALIZE SELF INDEPENDENCE AND SELF SUSTENANCE THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 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: SECHAP A. TSOKWA, ESQ.

THE DIRECT SELLING ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (“CAC”) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT CAP C 20 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. HANNA EINARSSON - CHAIRWOMAN 2. JOHN AKOSILE - SECRETARY 3. ABIODUN SOBOWALE 4. BIEN WAPANIO 5. IKECHUKWU DANIEL AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ACT AS AN ASSOCIATION OF ENTITIES CARRYING ON THE BUSINESS OF DIRECT SELLING; 2. TO PROMOTE, ADVANCE AND PROTECT GENERAL WELFARE, SERVICE AND REPUTATION OF ITS MEMBERS; 3. TO PROMOTE ETHICAL TRADING PRACTICES, REPRESS TRADING MALPRACTICES, SETTLE DISPUTED POINTS OF PRACTICE OF MEMBERS; AND 4. TO DISCOURAGE PRACTICES OF MEMBERS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BRING THE METHOD OF DIRECT SALES INTO DISREPUTE ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA OF THE CAC WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

UCHE CHINA 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) OGU AUGUSTINE UCHENNA (2) IKWUNZE VICTORIA NNEDINMA (3) STEPHEN MIRACLE OLUEBUBE (4) ASAGWARAM GABRIEL C. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE QUALITY HEALTH CARE. 2. TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE LESS PRIVILEGED. 3. TO PROVIDE VOTER EDUCATION AND PROMOTE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES. 4. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. 5. TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND DISABILITY WELFARE AND RIGHTS. 6. TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PARTICIPATION. 7. THE ENSURE THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS ARE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED. 8. TO ADVOCATE FOR THE OPPRESSED IN THE SOCIETY. 9. TO UPHOLD EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THE PEOPLE. 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: NNENNA UKPAI IRO. 08032773398

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FIRE OF GOD REVIVAL INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY

HERDSMEN & FARMERS AMBASSADORS OF PEACE 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: 1. OGUNFOLAJI JAMES AKANBI 2. YISA TAWAKALIT AYOKA 3. AROWODASA SUNDAY AIMS ANDOBJECTIVES: 1. TEACHING PEOPLE TO LIVE THE WORD OF GOD DAILY. 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: TRUSTEES

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

KINSLEY IKEM-IFUDU 2.

AHMED RUFAI RAJI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.

TO ENGAGES AND ASSISTS ALL PARTIES AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS TO EMBRACE DIALOGUE TO UNDERSTAND ALL POINTS OF VIEWS. 2.

TO DELIVERS THE PROPOSED HAGUE MEDIATION CONFERENCE BETWEEN HERDSMEN AND FARMERS IN NIGERIA. 3.

TO USES RELEVANT EXPERTS AND MEDIATORS TO IDENTIFY COMMON GROUNDS FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTIONS AND AGREEMENTS. 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

STREAMS OF LOVE AND DIVINE MERCY FOUNDATION

SOLUTION HOUR FOR ALL WOMEN INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY

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. OKON EFFIONG VICTOR -G.O 2. EDET BLESSING UDOH. -TREASURER 3. ONAH ROMEO CHUBA -SECRETARY. AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR 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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. ANIRETO GODWIN EDIRI 2. ANIRETO CHIKA IJEOMA THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.TO CATER FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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) OMOGBALE MERCY SOLUTION ===GENERAL OVERSEER (2) OMOGBALE EMMANUEL ODIAN ===SECRETARY .

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. 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, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

LAST DAYS SANCTUARY OUTREACH INTERNATIONAL

THE CHRIST’S WAY AND LIGHT 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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) OBINNA ONWUANAKU (2) OBIALO FRANCIS CHIDIEBERE (3) AFUBERO ANOZIE VICTOR. (4) OKEKE IZUCHUKWU PAUL. (5) IFEANYI AJULUCHUKWU. (6) ONUORAH CHINEDU INNOCENT. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION EMPOWERMENT AMONGST THE INDIGENTS IN OUR SOCIETY BY SENSITISING THEM WITH ENLIGHTING SEMINARS ON SOCIO- CULTURAL VALUES; PROVIDING THEM WITH READING AND WRITING MATERIALS SUCH AS BOOKS, PEN AND PENSILS ETC. (2) TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS IN OUR SOCIETY THROUGH SOCIAL WELFARE BY ORGANISING SEMINAR TALKS ON BUSINESS, FAMILY MATTERS, HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG OTHERS. (3) TO COLLECTIVELY AID OUR SOCIETY IN TAKING CARE OF THE ORPHANS AMONG US

BY PROVI DING THEM WITH FOOD AND FOOD STUFFS VIA THE ORPHANAGES. 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

MOUNTAIN OF PECULIAR TREASURE MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

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. IGBOKE GOODNESS ANGEL 2. ONWUHA GODSWILL 3. NWEKE CHRISTIAN 4. SAMUEL MGBEORUKWE 5. OBASI FRIDAY JOSEPH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD 2. TO OFFER UNDILUTED PRAISE TO THE LORD MOST HIGH 3. TO BE A TOOL OF REVIVAL FOR THE END TIME BELIEVERS 4. TO PROVIDE BIBLICAL LEGAL DEFENSE FOR THE BELIEVERS 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

CHRIST RESOLUTE ARM 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 ARE 1. ADEYEMI GABRIEL OLAREWAJU. 2) ADEYEMI DOLAPO ADEBIMPE 3) FAYEMI MARY ANIKE AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF THE 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, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

AMALGAMATED TRADERS ASSOCIATION LAGOS

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. MR ANTHONY UGHAGWU -CHAIRMA 2. MR. DOMINIC AGUZUE- SECRETARY 3. MR. ELOKE BETRAN 4. MR. OKECHUKWU NWAOGU 5. MR. OKECHUKWU ANORUE 6. MR. CHRIS EZE 7 . MR IKENNA OKOLI 8. MR EDWIN ONYE 9. MR. ODINAKA VIRGINUS OZOEMENA 10 MR REMIGIUS ALAOMA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO FOSTER THE COLLECTIVE INTEREST OF MEMBERS AND ENSURE HARMONY .

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

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. OKEDAN FEMI -CHAIRMAN 2. EVANGEIST ESTHER AYINKE OKE - VICE CHAIRMAN 3 PASTOR DR MOSES OLUSEGUN OLORUNGBON -ADVISER 4 REV DR ENOCH OLUWASINA OLUWATOSIN - ADVISER 5. EVANGELIST KEHINDE SOLOMON OLUWAFEMI - TREASURER 6. EVANGELIST ADEBUKOLA ELIZABETH ADEDOYIN -SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1 TO RAISE PURPOSEFUL POWERFUL KINGDOM AMBASSADORS TO THE DOMINION 2 TO PREPARE SAINTS FOR THE SECOND COMING OF 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

MISSION OF HOPE AND SUCCOUR

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

TRUSTEES MEMBERS 1. OLAYERA OLUWAYEMI ISRAEL -PRESIDENT 2. MRS. OLAYERA OLUWAYOMI ESTHER - VICE PRESIDENT 3. MRS. AKINTAYO ADESOLA ESTHER - SECRETARY 4. DR. ADEDEJI ADEDAYO ADEKUNLE 5. DR. OMOBOWALE MOBOLAJI OLUYIMIKA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MISSION AGENCY IS TO PROPAGATE THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH MISSION OUTREACHES, DISCIPLESHIP AND SELFLESS SERVICE TO THOSE WITH LOST HOPE OF SURVIVAL. 2. TO RE-AWAKEN THE NEED FOR REVIVAL OF THE LOST HOPE OF SURVIVAL. 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: PRESIDENT

HUMANITARIAN AND EMPOWERMENT LEAGUE PROJECT INITIATIVE

CITY OF GRACE & GLORY INTERNATIONAL GOSPEL 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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. IBIRINDE FOLU FRANCIS 2. IBIRINDE DAMILOLA FOLUKE 3. ALAUSA PAUL GANIYU 4. ODEYEMI JOSEPH OLUFEMI 5. OLA-MICHEAL OJEWUNMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO EMPOWER THE YOUTH THROUGH TRADING AND PROVISION OF NEEDED MATERIAL. 3. TO CREATE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN THROUGH COLLABORATIVE WITH GOVERNMENT AND NONGOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES .

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

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. UGWU EZEH EJIOFOR 2. NZEKWU IBEM 3. UGWU EZE PRECIOUS 4. REGINA ANENEH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2. TO TAKE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO EVERY PART OF THE WORLD 3. TO RAISE PEOPLE THAT WILL MAKE POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR SOCIETY 4. TO BE AN UMBRELLA WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER TO WORSHIP GOD IN TRUTH AND IN SPIRIT 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

GOSPEL OF FREEDOM EVANGELICAL MINISTRY INT’L.

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THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. OLADEJI FAMILUSI - CHAIRMAN 2. OLOPADE JAMES KAYODE - SECRETARY 3. BALOGUN WILLIAMS 4. JOHNSON OLUBI OLUYOMI 5. JOHNSON SARAH TOKUNBO 6. FAMILUSI DORCAS TITILAYO 7. BALOGUN MARY OLUWAYEMISI 8. OLOPADE FUNMILAYO ENIOLA 9. SOGBETUN OLUSEGUN OLUWATOSIN 10. JOHNSON OLUBI JOSHUA 11. JOHNSON OLUWADARA ADETUTU 12. JOHNSON MOYINOLUWA OLUWASEYITAN 13. JOHNSON LTUNUOLUWA ADEDAYO AIM AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO FORM A CHARITY ORGANIZATION AIMED AT HELPING, SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF POOR INDIGENES OF OYO STATE OF NIGERIA 2. TO SUPPORT EDUCATION & EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, TO PROVIDE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN OYO STATE ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUNYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

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TRUSTEES: I. PATIENCE OBONG ISRAEL ( PRESIDENT ) 2. JOY CHINYERE ONUOHA 3. OBONG MICHAEL ISRAEL ( SECRETARY) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO TEACH CHILDRN TO FULFIL GOD’S PLAN. 2. TO ENHANCE QUALITY TEACHING OF MORALS IN CHILDREN. 3. TO DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IN CHILDREN. 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. SIGEND: SECRETARY.

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TRUSTEES: I. AKPELU GODPOWER DIMPKA 2. DIGITEMIE AYEBANOA 3. AMBILLE BEAUTY. E 4. AYEBANOA DIGITEMIE CONSTANCE ENUVIOZAK AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: I. TO PROVIDE PLATFORMS FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE PURSUIT OF PEACE AND PROGRESS AND SOCIAL COHESION IN ALL AREAS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY. 2. TO PURSUE CHILD EDUCATION BY UNDERTAKING SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. 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: EBERE OKONKWO FCIS (SOLICITOR)

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1,MR.EBHOYAE MOSES .O. 2,MR.OLADIPUPO SEGUN PETER 3,MR.AGHATOTIKOLO OGBEIDE 4,MR.OBIKWELU MOSES NDUBISI 5,MRS.OKORO OSAGBEMWERUE 6,ORAKWUBE PETER SABINUS 7,IGHODALO JAMES ODIJIE 8, EBHOAYE JACINTA NNENNA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1,TO PROVIDE A COMFORTABLE CARE HOME WHICH IS FRIENDLY AND INFECTION FREE. 2,TO LIAISE WITH MEDICAL AID SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS FOR ATTENTION ON BEHALF OF THE POOR ELDERLY CITIZENS OF NIGERIA. 3,TO LIAISE WITH THE CHILDREN OF THE AGED CITIZENS IN DIASPORA FOR ASSISTANCE AND ATTENTION TO THEIR AGED PARENTS. 4,TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE AGED PEOPLE PHYSICALLY AND PRAYERFULLY TO THEM ENJOY GOD’S LOVE FOR HUMANITY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION,PLOT 420,TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET,MAITAMA,ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

NAFDAC decries abuse of prescription drugs National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed concern over abuse of prescription medicines and other psychoactive substances.

The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, made the agency’s position known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

Adeyeye stated that the fundamental objective of drug control conventions was to achieve balance between ensuring availability for medical and scientific purposes and preventing diversion to illicit use and abuse.

She noted that NAFDAC would continue to raise awareness on consequences of drug abuse and

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“The commission recommends review of the regulatory and administrative mechanism to ensure availability and access to controlled medicines.”

She stated that the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through the NGA V16 Project, Response to Drugs and Related Organised Crime in Nigeria had assisted NAFDAC in developing data collection mechanisms for the estimation of national needs, as well as development of documents.

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MRS OTAMINAGUO nnamanI IsaIaHEKEIN I, I FORMERLY formerly KNOWN knownAND and ADDRESSED ADEMEIsaIaH addressed as AS nnamanI EKEIN NOW WISH BE To anInwannaJI, now TO wIsH beKNOWN knownAND andADDRESSED addressed as AS MRS OTAMINAGUO nnamanI IsaIaH Henry.EKEIN. all ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS former doCUmenTs remaIn REMAIN VALID, GENERAL valId. banks and General PUblIC PUBLICPlease TAKETake NOTE sHoUld noTe.

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“Tramadol use disorder is associated with physical withdrawal symptoms and compulsive behaviour`.”

The NAFDAC boss stated that the lack of due diligence to ensure the integrity of the distribution chain had led to unauthorised

distributors distributing the products to illicit channels and to traders with little or no knowledge of public health.

The director general reiterated the agency’s determination to implementing the recommendations of the UN General Assembly (UNGASS)

2016 outcome document on safe use of controlled medicines for pain and palliative care.

According to Adeyeye, it is important to develop early warning systems that look at the emergence and consequences of non-medical use of narcotics and psychotropic substances.

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mrs UGwUoke CHIoma oGboede saraH WANTED PERSON free free free space space space odoH romanUs

I, formerly known and I, formerly known and I, formerly known and addressed as odoH okafor addressed as mIss IJere addressed as IkeCHUkwU odoH, now wIsH To be known CHIoma GlorIa, now wIsH To blessInG amaka, now wIsH To THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC and addressed as odoH be known and addressed as be known and addressed as romanUsTHAT okafor. all formerGERALD mrs UGwUoke CHIoma GlorIa. oGboede saraH blessInG. all HON. I. NTIWUNKA, THE AREA doCUmenTs remaIn valId. banks all former doCUmenTs remaIn former doCUmenTs remaIn ADMINISTRATOR OFGeneral THEPUblIC MOVEMENT THE and General PUblIC sHoUld valId. sHoUld valId.FOR banks and General PUblIC Please Take noTe. Please Take noTe. sHoUld Please ACTUALIZATION OF THE SOVEREIGN STATETake OFnoTe.

BIAFRA (MASSOB) OBIGBO PROVINCE, RIVERSof name ConfIrmaTIon name ConfIrmaTIon mrs UGwUoke of CHIoma oGboede saraH I STATE was formerly known andNOVEMBER Is To CerTIfy and ConfIrm and THaT Is To CerTIfy and ConfIrm and THaT I,THaT formerly known and I,THIs formerly known formerly known ON 07 2005 WASI,THIsARRESTED, addressed as nwaka UCHenna, THaT I aGUbo PrIsCIlla as nwITe, mIss emeka aZUGo IdaH IbIda, IdaH InnoCenT and IbIda addressed as odoH okafor addressed IJere addressed as IkeCHUkwU CHARGED FELONY. now wIsHnow To add lIvInUs former WITH PrIsCIllaTREASONABLE and aGUbo PrIsCIlla refersTo as InnoCenT IdaH refers as wIsH one and odoH, wIsH To To bemyknown CHIoma GlorIa, now wIsH blessInG amaka, now To nwaka lIvInUs odoH romanUs

name THaT I now wIsH To be and one known and THe same Person now wIsH Toas be THe known same Person wIsH To as be and addressed asknown odoH be and addressed be and now addressed addressed asokafor. nwaka lIvInUs UCHenna. knownUGwUoke and addressed as emeka aZUGo known andsaraH addressed as IbIda IdaH romanUs all former mrs CHIoma GlorIa. oGboede blessInG. all all former remaInbanks valId.TOOK PrIsCIlla. all former doCUmenTs remaIn HOSPITALIZED. InnoCenT. all former doCUmenTs HE doCUmenTs HOWEVER ILL AND WAS doCUmenTs remaIn valId. all former doCUmenTs remaIn former doCUmenTs remaIn banks and valId. banks and General PUblIC sHoUld remaInbanks valId.and banks and General General PUblIC sHoUld Please and General PUblIC sHoUld valId. General PUblIC sHoUld valId. General PUblIC HE THE AND TILL Please Take noTe. PUblIC sHoUld Please noTe. Take noTes. Please Take noTe.ESCAPED FROM Please Take noTe. HOSPITALsHoUld Please TakeTake noTe.

DATE IS STILL DECLARED WANTED BY THE nwaka lIvInUs ConfIrmaTIon of name ConfIrmaTIon of name GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE NIGERIAN POLICE. I was formerly known and THIs Is To CerTIfy and ConfIrm THaT THIs Is To CerTIfy and ConfIrm THaT

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THaT addressed as nwaka UCHenna, THaT I now wIsH To add lIvInUs To my former name THaT I now wIsH To be known and addressed as nwaka lIvInUs UCHenna. all former doCUmenTs remaIn valId. banks and General PUblIC sHoUld Please Take noTes.

odoH romanUs

I, formerly known and addressed as odoH okafor odoH, now wIsH To be known and addressed as odoH romanUs okafor. all former doCUmenTs remaIn valId. banks and General PUblIC sHoUld Please Take noTe.

nwaka lIvInUs HEART OF EVE FOUNDATION

IloCHI GabrIel

THaT I was formerly known and THaT I was formerly known and addressed as IloCHIPUBLIC GabrIel, IS THaT I addressed asTHAT nwaka THE UCHenna, THaT I THE GENERAL HEREBY NOTIFIED ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS To APPLIED CORPORATE now wIsH To add IfeanyICHUkwU nowTO wIsHTHE To add lIvInUs To my former COMMISSION, REGISTRATION UNDER myAFFAIRS former name THaT I now wIsHABUJA To be FOR name THaT I now wIsH To be known and PARTand “C” OF THEasCOMPANIES ALLIEDasMATTERS ACTS OF known addressed IloCHI GabrIel AND addressed nwaka lIvInUs UCHenna.

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IfeanyICHUkwU. all former doCUmenTs all former doCUmenTs remaIn valId. THEvalId. TRUSTEES remaIn banks andARE: General PUblIC banks and General PUblIC sHoUld Please (1) BEATRICE NKIRUKA CHIEMELU sHoUld Please Take noTes. Take noTes. (2) CHUKWUNETA UGBOGU CHIEMELU (3) OBIANUJU ROSEMARY CHIEMELU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 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

aGUbo PrIsCIlla nwITe, emeka aZUGo PrIsCIlla and aGUbo PrIsCIlla refers as one and THe same Person now wIsH To be known and addressed as emeka aZUGo PrIsCIlla. all former doCUmenTs remaIn valId. banks and General PUblIC sHoUld Please Take noTe.

WHEREABOUTS. mrs UGwUoke CHIoma

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss IJere CHIoma GlorIa, now wIsH To be known and addressed as mrs UGwUoke CHIoma GlorIa. all former doCUmenTs remaIn valId. General PUblIC sHoUld Please Take noTe.

IdaH IbIda, IdaH InnoCenT and IbIda InnoCenT IdaH refers as one and THe same Person now wIsH To be known and addressed as IbIda IdaH InnoCenT. all former doCUmenTs remaIn valId. banks and General PUblIC sHoUld Please Take noTe.

oGboede saraH

I, formerly known and addressed as IkeCHUkwU blessInG amaka, now wIsH To be known and addressed as oGboede saraH blessInG. all former doCUmenTs remaIn valId. banks and General PUblIC sHoUld Please Take noTe.

ConfIrmaTIon of name CIRCULAR BROTHERS CLUB OF NIGERIA

ConfIrmaTIon of name

THIs Is To CerTIfy and ConfIrm THaT THIs Is To CerTIfy and ConfIrm THaT NOTICE IS HEREBY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE aGUbo PrIsCIlla nwITe,GIVEN emekaTOaZUGo IdaH IbIda, IdaH InnoCenT and IbIda NAMEDand ORGANIZATION APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART PrIsCIlla aGUbo PrIsCIllaHAS refers as InnoCenT IdaH refers as one and “C” OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. one and THe same Person now wIsH To be THe same Person now wIsH To be THE TRUSTEES ARE: known and addressed as emeka aZUGo known and addressed as IbIda IdaH 1.

ABALENNE PrIsCIlla. all former CHUKWUEMEKA doCUmenTs remaIn InnoCenT. all former doCUmenTs 2.

OPARAJI CHIBUNDU APOLLOS valId. and General PUblIC sHoUld remaIn valId. banks and General 3. banks AZORO KELECHI AUGUSTIN Please noTe. ONYEKACHI MALACHY PUblIC sHoUld Please Take noTe. 4. Take OSUALA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.

TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER 2.

TO ASSIST ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF NEED 3.

TO FOSTER UNITY, PROGRESS, LOVE, SECURITY AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AMONG MEMBERS. 4.

TO ASSIST CHARITABLE HOMES AND THE LESS PRIVILEGE 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: ABALENNE CHUKWUEMEKA

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mrs alaBI BlessIng

I formerly known and addressed as okpo BlessIng moudu now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs alaBI BlessIng moudu. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

oladosu oluwafunke

I formerly known and addressed as oguntoyInBo oluwafunke olayInka now wIsh to Be known and addressed as oladosu oluwafunke deBorah. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

mathew francIs

I formerly known and addressed as mathew francIs IdImeh now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mathew francIs IdImeh aBuZa. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

confIrmatIon of name

In some of my documents my name was wrItten as leonard etoh-wIllIams whIle In some other documents It was wrItten as leonard etoh . I am the one BearIng all the names. henceforth I wIsh to Be known and addressed as leonard

asaJIBolade Joy

formerlyyama Joy cecIlIa now to Be addressed asaJIBolade Joy cecIlIa. former documents remaIns valId. general puBlIc should take note.

aZeeZ yusuf

formerly known and addressed as aBdulaZeeZ yusuf now wIsh to Be known and addressed as aZeeZ yusuf. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc take note.

utaZI nathanIel

I, formerly known and addressed as ogBonna nathanIel chukwueBuka, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as utaZI nathanIel chukwueBuka. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

maZelI IfeanyI

I, formerly known and addressed as IfeanyI Ifeatu maZelI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as maZelI IfeanyI JunIor. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

oluwaBamowo tolulope

I, formerly known and addressed as oJo tolulope dunsIn, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as oluwaBamowo tolulope margretmary oluwadunsIn. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

godwIn sylvanus

I, formerly known and addressed as aBugu sylvanus onuorah, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as godwIn sylvanus. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

sulaImon kudIrat

I formerly known and addressed as adepoJu kudIrat adeyInka now wIsh to Be known and addressed as sulaImon kudIrat adeyInka. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

otusanya comfort

I formerly known and addressed as comfort kIke IBItoye now wIsh to Be known and addressed as otusanya comfort. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

osenI kIfInu

I formerly known and addressed as Isumafel kIfInu now wIsh to Be known and addressed as osenI kIfInu. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

correctIon of name

mr chukwu hIllary

I formerly known and addressed as John okafor IfeanyI now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mr chukwu hIllary IfeanyI. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

John nnagoZIe

I formerly known and addressed as nnagoZIe John chInedu now wIsh to Be known and addressed as John nnagoZIe ogBonnaya. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

happIness Joel

I formerly known and addressed as happIness Joe now wIsh to Be known and addressed as happIness Joel. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

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25 Change of Names

mrs. godwIn mercy

I formerly known and addressed as mercy IBIam now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs. godwIn mercy. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

mBanefo shedrack

I formerly known and addressed as mBanefo oZoemena, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mBanefo shedrack oZoemena. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

adepate adeyele

I formerly known and addressed as adepate ayInla adeyele now wIsh to Be known and addressed as adepate adeyele alaBI. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

correctIon of name

yInusa yesufu

In some of my documents my name was wrItten as JulIet olIver also appears as IfeanyI olIver. I am the one BearIng all the names now wIsh to Be known and addressed as JulIet olIver. all documents BearIng the names are valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

marIam temItope

change of name/ correct date of BIrth

I formerly known and addressed as marIam temItope kehInde now wIsh to Be known and addressed as marIam temItope ogunmeru. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

dom annor

I formerly known and addressed as nwagwu chInedu samuel now wIsh to Be known and addressed as dom annor samuel. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

dosunmu toke

In some of my documents my name was wrongly wrItten as JImoh moBolaJI yIusa Instead of JImoh moBolaJI yInusa . all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

In some of my documents (fIrst Bank account) my name was wrItten as IsaIah theophIlus whIle In some other ones (dIamond Bank account) It was wrItten as theodore osara IsaIah . I am the one BearIng all the names. now I wIsh to Be known as theodore osara IsaIah aBhllumen theophIlus. all documents BearIng the names are valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

In some of my documents my name was wrongly wrItten as BaBaIdrIs shettIma Instead of IdrIsa BaBa tahe. I was Born on 01/10/1994 not 09/02/1994. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as amusa toke now wIsh to Be known and addressed as dosunmu toke alImo .thIs due to marrIage. I was Born on 13/07/1964 not 13/07/1965. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note

olatoye damIlola

emmanuel amarach formally aBIakam amarachI florence now emmanuel amarachI florence.former documents remaIns valId. general puBlIc should take note.

oluBunmI uwem formerly progress oluBunmI omotoye osIkoya now oluBunmI uwem nkanang. former documents remaIns valId. general puBlIc should take note.

chukwuma edwIn formerly edwIn nneke chIweZe now to Be addressed as chukwuma edwIn chIweZe. former documents remaIns valId. general puBlIc should take note

formerly olowookere damIlola now to Be addressed as olatoye damIlola. former documents remaIns valId. general puBlIc should take note.

ganIyat amoke

formerly known and addressed as olatunde amoke sanusI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as ganIyat amoke sanusI. all former documents remIn valId, general puBlIc should please take note.

egBo chrIstIan

I, formerly known and addressed as egBo sunday chIaZo, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as egBo chrIstIan sunday. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

peter chIagoZIe

I, formerly known and addressed as sunday emeka sImon peter, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as peter chIagoZIe vIctor. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

oluwaBamowo felIX

I, formerly known and addressed as ogunBamowo felIX adewale, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as oluwaBamowo felIX motunrayo. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

IgBoJI frIday

I, formerly known and addressed as IgBoJI sunday offIa, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as IgBoJI frIday aBraham. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

asanIBaBa-Bossman

formerly known and addressed as anIBaBa folashade olanrewaJu (mIss) now wIsh to Be known and addressed asanIBaBa-Bossman folashade olanrewaJu (mrs). all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc should please take note.

nwankwo regInald

I, formerly known and addressed as nwankwo sunday kenechukwu, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as nwankwo regInald kenechI. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

mrs uZongwa monIca

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss anI monIca oluchI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs uZongwa monIca oluchI. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

Igwe sussan

I, formerly known and addressed as eZe sussan ogayI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as Igwe sussan ogayI. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

elom emmanuel

I, formerly known and addressed as omah emmanuel nwafor, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as elom emmanuel John. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

dIke Joshua

I formerly known and addressed as dIkenwIewe Joshua, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as dIke Joshua chrIstopher. all former document remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

oZIoko uchenna

I, formerly known and addressed as unegBu uchechI JulIet, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as oZIoko uchenna JulIet. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

mrs chInwe mary

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss chInwe mary ogodo, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs chInwe mary eZenyI. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

nwIBo george

I, formerly known and addressed as nwIte nwIBo george, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as nwIBo george. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

mrs Ihere-serg JulIet

I, formerly known and addressed as Ihere JulIet, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs Ihere-serg JulIet nkechInyere. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

confIrmatIon of name

I formerly known and addressed as yusuf kolade yInusa now wIsh to Be known and addressed as yInusa yesufu. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

Irole chInomso

I formerly known and addressed as IBeh chInomso stella ,now wIsh to Be known and addressed as Irole chInomso stella. all former document remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

mrs chIme lorreta

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss okechukwu lorreta IJeamaka, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs chIme lorreta IJeamaka. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

sochIma Joy

I, formerly known and addressed as oJunta sochIma Joy, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as sochIma Joy Ikechukwu omeJe. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

JIdauna Jonathan

I, formerly known and addressed as Jonathan JIdauna yIrumso, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as JIdauna Jonathan elkanah. my correct date of BIrth Is 5th aprIl 1978. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

mrs eZe nkechInyere

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss IlochI nkechInyere olIvIa, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs eZe nkechInyere olIvIa. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as salamI nIyan ola now wIsh to Be known and addressed as salamI aBIodun olanIyan correct date of BIrth Is 18th aprIl 1987. all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

yakuB sarah

I formerly known and addressed as yakuB sIkIrat Bola olarInke ayInke now wIsh to Be known and addressed as yakuB sarah Bola . all former documents remaIn valId, general puBlIc to please take note.

eshIo sunday In some of my documents my name was wrongly wrItten as eshoI sunday Instead of eshIo sunday. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc to please take note.

edun aJov

I formerly known and addressed as francIs aJov now wIsh to Be known and addressed as edun aJov. all former documents remaIn valId general puBlIc should please take note

adewunmI funmIlayo

I formerly known and addressed as adewale funmIlayo funke, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as adewunmI funmIlayo funke. all former document remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

mrs danIel JulIet

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss agu JulIet, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs danIel JulIet .n. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

mrs chukwuka-anInwoyIa

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss neBo Jane ngoZI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs chukwuka-anInwoyIa Jane ngoZI. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

onu anthony

I, formerly known and addressed as onu mIchael onyedIkachI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as onu anthony onyedIkachI. my correct date of BIrth Is 12/5/1995. all former documents remaIn valId. Banks and general puBlIc should please take note.

mrs agBo Ifeoma

I, formerly known and addressed as mIss nwangwu Ifeoma stephIne, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs agBo Ifeoma stephIne. all former documents remaIn valId. general puBlIc should please take note.

Change of Names 26 InIobonG UdUak

I Formerly known and addressed as PaUl UFoT ekaeTe now wIsh To be reFerred To as InIobonG UdUak UsenIdeh.all Former docUmenTs sTIll remaIn The same,General PUblIc and oTher aFFecTed InsTITUTIons kIndly Take noTe.

mrs. olUwaTobIloba Grace

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owoJorI sTella

Formerly known and addressed as davId sTella ayoo now wIsh To be known and addressed as owoJorI sTella ayoo. all Former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General PUblIc and aUThorITy concerned shoUld Please Take noTe.

JaleyemI ToyIn

I, Formerly known and addressed as baloGUn ToyIn adewUmI now wIsh To be known, called and addressed as JaleyemI ToyIn adewUmI all docUmenTs and cerTIFIcaTes bearInG my Former names remaIn valId. relevanT aUThorITIes and The General PUblIc Please Take noTe.

TaIwo mercy

Formerly known and addressed as TaIwo TemIToPe olUsola, now wIsh To be known and addressed as TaIwo mercy IFedolaPo. all Former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General PUblIc Take noTe

kamorU bose

Formerly known and addressed as akande JUlIana bosede, now wIsh To be known and addressed as kamorU bose JUlIana. all Former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General PUblIc Take noTe

addITIon oF name/ declaraTIon oF aGe Formerly known and addressed as ImaobonG PaUlIna, now wIsh add edem To my name. henceForTh, I wIsh To be known and addressed as edem ImaobonG PaUlIna. ThaT my daTe oF bIrTh Is 19/05/1980. all Former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General PUblIc Take noTe

mrs onIFade adeToyosI

Formerly known and addressed as mIss adePoJU adeToyosI olUwaToyIn, now wIsh To be known and addressed as mrs onIFade adeToyosI olUwaToyIn. all Former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General PUblIc Take noTe

clark moses

Formerly known and addressed as madU moses, now wIsh To be known and addressed as clark moses lawan. all Former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General PUblIc Take noTe

oJoawo adedamola

I Formerly known and addressed as FasakIn adedamola JosePhIne now wIsh To be known called and addressed as oJoawo adedamola JosePhIne. all Former docUmenTs remaIn valId. General PUblIc Take noTe

oleGU chIneme

I Formerly known, called and addressed as oleGU chInerem emerIe now wIsh To be known called and addressed as oleGU chIneme eGbere my daTe oF bIrTh Is 7Th aPrIl 1987. all docUmenTs bearInG my Former names remaIn valId. banks and The General PUblIc shoUld Please Take noTe.

mrsaIna esTher

Formerly known and addressed as mIss olaIya esTher adeTUTU now wIsh To be known and addressed as mrsaIna esTher adeTUTU.all Former docUmenTs remaIn valId.oGUn sTaTe TeachInG servIce commIssIon and General PUblIc Take noTe.

adedIre olUwaseyI

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mrs. danIel caTherIne

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PUBULIC NOTICE FOR CHANGE OF NAME AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP C20 LFN 2004, PART ‘C’ TO CHANGE ITS NAME AND AMEND IT CONSTITUTION TO REFLECT THE NEW NAME. THE OLD NAME IS: ASSOCIATION OF FAST FOOD CONFECTIONERS OF NIGERIA THE NEW NAME IS: RESTAURANTS & FOOD SERVICES PROPRIETORS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: REMAIN THE SAME

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TRUSTEES: 1.EZENAGU CHUKWUEBUKA FRANK -PRESIDENT 2.IFEDIBA EMEKA GABRIEL- SECRETARY 3.UBA FABIAN IZUCHUKWU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.TO PROMOTE FRIENDSHIP AMONG MEMBERS 2.TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MEMBERS

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TRUSTEES: 1. OWODUNNI OLASILE OLUWOLE 2. JEGEDE AYOKUNLE MOSES 3. ADEFILA OLUWATOSIN ADEYEMI 4. ALAMU IBRAHIM ABAYOMI 5. OGUNFOWORA MARY FUNKE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.TO ORGANIZE SEMINAR AND SYMPOSIUM. 2.TO ENLIGHTEN AND EMPOWER THE LESS PRIVILEGE .

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YUSUF OLADIPO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS YUSUF KHADIJAH -KUBURAT TITILAYO,NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS YUSUF -OLADIPO KHADIJAH TITILAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE .

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 15, 2018

Foreign Affairs

Pope to Europe: Stop exploiting Africa, share resources Europe should stop exploiting Africa and invest in ways that benefit the continent more, including by sharing mineral wealth more equitably, Pope Francis has said.

“We must invest in Africa, but invest in an orderly way and create employment, not go there to exploit it,” he told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview, while discussing the migration of Africans to Europe.

“When a country grants independence to an African country it is from the ground up but the subsoil is not independent.

And then people (outside Africa) complain about hungry Africans coming here. There are injustices there!”

Touching on the reasons for hunger in Africa, the pope said that “in our collective unconscious there is something inside us that says Africa must be exploited.”

His comments follow moves in some African countries to win more generous terms from international mining companies.

In Democratic Republic

of Congo, for example, the government has enacted a new mining code that is designed to earn extra money for the state from copper, cobalt and gold produced there.

Mining companies say the government should reconsider the law in order to respect exemptions that were granted by its predecessor.

The pope said Europe needed to focus on education and investment in Africa if it wanted to stem the flow of migrants, which is also an increasingly divisive issue in Italy, where the new governing coalition is taking a hard line.

“And there’s a problem,” he added. “We send people back to those who have sent them here. They end up in the jails of traffickers.”

The pope then showed Reuters graphic photographs that he said showed victims of human trafficking who had been tortured and killed in an unspecified location in Africa.

Source: REUTERS

planned activities also aim to teach women how to park, while social media users shared photos of femaleonly parking spaces around the kingdom.

Using a hashtag bearing the same name as the campaign, social media users shared tips for female drivers including advice on how to avoid having an accident or endangering pedestrians and other drivers.

The long awaited decision to allow women to drive was first announced last year, as part of the then newlyappointed Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman’s plans to reform the socially conservative country.

In a reversal of the long-standing rule, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud signed in September 2017 a royal decree that said women would be allowed to drive “in accordance with the Islamic laws”.

Prior to the royal order, Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world that did not allow women to drive.

According to Arab writer and analyst, Hana al-Khamri, the government’s launching of the educational campaign is a good iniative, but not the first of its kind ahead of lifting the ban.

“There have been many campaigns launched by the government, some which were organised by female driving schools,” said al-Khamri.

“It’s also been interesting to see billboards [across the kingdom] about

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, has been charged with fraud over alleged misuse of state funds, the Justice Ministry has said.

Sara Netanyahu was charged on Thursday along with Ezra Saidoff, a former deputy director general of the Prime Minister’s Office.

“The Jerusalem district prosecutor a short time ago filed charges against the prime minister’s wife,” the ministry said.

The allegations concern the misuse of around $100,000 in official funds for catering services at the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem.

Sara Netanyahu has long faced allegations of abusive behaviour and living extravagantly in a manner out of touch with the general public.

Prime Minister Netanyahu also faces several police investigations into alleged corruption. He has denied any wrongdoing, dismissing the accusations against him and his wife as a media witch-hunt.

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA NEWS

Algerian PM seeks 5th term for President Pope Francis

S’Arabia launches awareness campaign before female motorists drive A mixture of excitement and fear has enveloped the kingdom of Saudi Arabia as it awaits the lifting of a decades-long ban on women driving on June 24.

In only three days the Saudi kingdom, which has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on women, will see women driving sideby-side as their male counterparts for the first time.

In preparation for the historic event, Saudi Arabia launched on Thursday a three-day campaign called “place your trust in God and drive” to encourage female motorists and raise awareness about driving techniques and safety regulations.

In a statement on Twitter, the ministry of information announced that educational events will be held in Riyadh, Damam, Jeddah and Tabuk during the evening hours of the next three days to “introduce women to road safety regulations and help break the barrier of fear”.

The events will depend on electronic simulators, educational stations and competitions to help “familiarise women with the techniques of using a car,” the statement said.

The ministry hopes the activities it has set up will help “instill the principle of safety first” and “showcase [to female motorists] the importance of using seat belts”, according to the statement.

Leaflets shared online said the

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driving, now including messages that target women by using female pronouns instead of only male.”

Referring to previous campaigns, al-Khamri said that while they were generally useful, “some messages indirectly reflect an entrenched patriarchal society, that women are looked down upon and that there is a reluctance that women will drive.”

Al-Khamri, who previously worked as a journalist at a local newspaper in Saudi Arabia, also said that although the move is being celebrated, other considerations need to be taken into account.

“The move may contribute towards breaking social norms, but many women simply can’t afford to drive.

“There is a high unemployment rate among women in the country.

Many have reported that driving courses cost six times more than those for their male counterparts.”

Fear and skepticism Mixed sentiments have flooded social media and public discussion in Saudi cities ahead of Sunday’s lifting of the ban. While many Saudi men and women are excited and enthusiastic about the move, others are worried about its impacts.

“I honestly don’t think society is ready for this decision. People still worry about the recklessness of male drivers. What will happen when women start to drive,” said a 28-yearold Saudi woman, who did not wish to be named.

While Omar, a businessman in Jeddah, agreed that “people are scared about their mothers and sisters driving and potentially getting harassed”, he believes the move is a step in the right direction.

“My mother and sister have already issued their licenses, but driving [in Saudi Arabia] is a little wild. Adding women to mix will be worrying, especially for the first few months.”

Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia started issuing driving licenses to women, with ten Saudi women swapping their foreign licenses with national ones at the General Department of Traffic. The ministry of information said at the time that it expected about 2,000 licenses to be issued in the coming weeks.

But the arrest last month of a number of women’s rights activists - who staunchly advocated for the right to drive - has dampened the mood among observers and citizens alike and cast doubt over Riyadh’s commitment to effecting change as part of its much-touted Vision 2030.

“June 24 will be historic moment for women in Saudi Arabia but it will also be a sad day because the people who have been fighting for it for decades wont’ be able to witness it,” al-Khamri said.

The activists were branded threats to national security and face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

SOURCE: AL JAZEERA

Algeria’s prime minister has called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to seek a fifth term in April 2019, despite his age and partial paralysis.

Bouteflika, who uses a wheelchair, hasn’t yet made known if he’ll run next year, by which time he’ll be 82.

Ahmed Ouyahia said Thursday at the opening of his party’s national council that Bouteflika twice saved the North African nation, with his policy of reconciliation that allowed extremist insurgents who nearly brought down the state in the 1990s to rejoin civilian life and by protecting Algeria against the Arab Spring chaos that toppled leaders in Tunisia and Libya.

Ouyahia heads the National Democratic Rally, the No. 2 force in the governing coalition after the FLN, whose chief last October also called for Bouteflika to run.

Bouteflika, head of the ruling National Liberation Front (FLN), has led Algeria since 1999 and won a fourth term in 2014 despite suffering a stroke the previous year.

The president made two rare public appearances in a wheelchair in April and May, at the inauguration of a mosque and for the extension of the Algiers metro.

In late May, a group of academics and political figures urged him not to seek a fifth mandate, citing his “advanced age” and “dramatic state of health”, and warning against “unhealthy forces” trying to convince him to stand. AP

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Brexit: 3 ‘simple’ questions for EU citizens to stay in UK EU citizens will have to answer three “simple” questions online if they want to continue living in the UK after Brexit, the home secretary has said.

Sajid Javid said the government’s “default” position would be to grant, not refuse, settled status.

People will be asked to prove their ID, whether they have criminal convictions and whether they live in the UK. Their answers will be checked against government databases and a decision given “very quickly”, said Mr Javid.

The scheme will operate online and via a smartphone app, Mr Javid said, and would be “as simple as people can reasonably expect”, with most decisions turned around within two weeks or sooner.

Speaking to a House of Lords committee, Mr Javid said there would have to be “a very good reason” why an application would be refused.

The Home Office said the criminal record checks would be about “serious and persistent criminality, not parking fines”.

Who needs to apply for settled status?

The £170m scheme will be compulsory for all EU citizens living in the UK - the government expects a total of 3.5 million applications.

EU citizens and family members who have been in the UK for five years by the end of 2020 will be able to apply for “settled status”, meaning they are free to go on living and working in the UK indefinitely.

Those who have arrived by December 31, 2020, but do not have five years’ residence, can seek to stay until they have, at which point they can seek settled status.

The scheme also includes citizens of Switzerland, Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway.

How much will it cost?

Applications will cost £65 for adults and £32.50 for children and be free for EU nationals who already have residency or indefinite leave to remain.

Applicants will be asked to provide their biographical information, declare whether they have any criminal records, and upload a facial photograph.

The process requires verification of the applicant’s identity and nationality using a passport, ID card or other valid document, which can be done using a smartphone app or through secure post.

When will the scheme start?

The government hopes to start trials within a few weeks, with people allowed to start registering in the autumn.

Mr Javid told the Lords EU Justice sub-committee he wanted it to be fully operational by the “start of next year”, adding that he wanted to avoid a “surge” of applicants when the UK leaves the EU in March.

The scheme would run for at least two years after Brexit day, probably to around June 2021, said the home secretary.

Other details of how it will work • Applicants without smartphones or computers will be able to fill in their application online at libraries and special contact centres • Those without access to computers, or who are unable to use them, will be given assistance and may be visited at

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Council President Donald Tusk during an EU leaders summit

home by immigration officials • Help with translation will also be offered • People from the Republic of Ireland will not need to apply for settled status but can do so if they wish to • Those with pre-settled status will be able to obtain settled status without additional charge The hope is that most applicants will not have to provide supporting documents because their answers will be checked against HM Revenue and Customs and other government databases.

Applicants with Android phones will be able to download an app which can read the chip in their passport to verify their identity - and they will be able to take a “selfie” that can be checked against Home Office records, said Mr Javid.

But he said there was an “an issue at the moment” with Apple device users, who will not be able to make use of this app, and instead will have to send in their passport to prove their identity.

The home secretary said he had raised the issue with Apple on a recent visit to Silicon Valley and the company was “looking at it actively”.

‘A hugely complex project’ What the Home Office is embarking on is a hugely complex project within a tight timescale.

When challenged about the potential for it go wrong, officials point to the Passport Office as an example of a service successfully processing millions of cases every year.

But unlike the biometric passport system, the EU registration scheme is being built from scratch.

For hundreds of thousands of EU nationals, who have a straightforward and legitimate employment history in Britain and are comfortable using digital technology, their applications may well be resolved “within days”, the time officials rather ambitiously claim cases will take.

But for claimants hoping to bring in relatives, people unfamiliar with computers and those with a more sketchy background in Britain, perhaps involving some cash-in-hand work, the process may be a hurdle they’ll struggle with - or avoid altogether.

What are critics saying?

Labour MP Yvette Cooper, chair of the Commons home affairs committee, said “far more” answers were needed from the government “about what happens to those who aren’t registered

by June 2021 through no fault of their own, such as children”.

“At the moment it appears that if children aren’t registered within the next three years then they will lose their legal rights even though they may have been here all their lives.”

SNP home affairs spokeswoman Jo Cherry, speaking in the Commons, said: “There are potentially significant numbers of people who could fall through the cracks here.

“If just 5% of the estimated three million EU citizens living in the UK don’t register by the deadline there would be a population of nearly 200,000 left without status.”

Former Labour minister Hilary Benn, who chairs the Commons Brexit Committee, asked ministers if the scheme would still stand in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes said: “We have confidence that there will be a deal.”

Windrush ‘won’t be repeated’ Sajid Javid promised there would be no repeat of the Windrush scandal - which saw people who had lived in the UK for decades threatened with deportation because they did not have the right paperwork - for EU migrants, adding “lessons had been learned”.

The new “settled status” scheme would establish the right of EU migrants to remain in the UK, unlike in the case of Windrush families where there was only an assumption they had a right to stay, without any documentary proof, he told the committee.

What about British citizens in EU countries?

The home secretary accused EU nations, such as France and Spain, of failing to match the UK’s progress on plans for expats after Brexit.

There are about 900,000 UK citizens in the EU, according to ONS figures.

Both sides of the Brexit negotiations have resolved to secure the status of expats by the time the UK leaves the EU in March 2019.

But any deal they reach will have to be ratified by the European Parliament and agreed to by member states.

If the UK leaves the EU without a deal then the status of British citizens living in the EU member states is less certain.

The UK would expect member states to allow Britons living in the EU the same rights as it plans to grant EU citizens in the UK but it would be down to individual countries to decide what to do.

Source: BBC

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

Super Eagles will beat Iceland – Uzoho

Super Eagles land in Volgograd, set to battle Iceland Nigeria’s Super Eagles have arrived in the southern Russia town of Volgograd ahead of Friday’s must-win FIFA World Cup Group D encounter against Iceland.

A statement from the spokesperson of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ademola Olajire, read that they flew from their Essentuki base on Thursday morning and were settled in their Hampton-byHilton Volgograd Hotel a little after 1 pm.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that focus has been on the encounter with the Euro 2016 quarter-finalists since Eagles’ loss to Croatia in Kaliningrad on Saturday.

Victory against the feisty Scandinavians will renew hope for a place in the knockout rounds while defeat would mean early and unflattering elimination from the quadrennial showpiece.

The statement quoted Coach Gernot Rohr as

saying that he had been drawn to a plethora of suggestions in the media space on best formations, patterns and appropriate player-position-cumstrength postulations following the reverse against Croatia.

He was quoted as saying that he knows what is best for the team and will deploy same on Friday.

“We have watched the game against Croatia again to see our mistakes so that we can correct them. @It will be a tough game because we have to be at our best and be more professional with our defending especially from set-pieces.

“We have to be fully focused and not lose concentration all through the game and I believe with hard work we can get a good result. ”In truth, there is no need to add to the pressure we have now. More pressure on the team will not

necessarily translate to better results,” Rohr was quoted as saying.

According to the statement, all players in camp are fully fit, meaning Coach Rohr is presented with an opportunity to pick among all 23 players, and to cobble together the combination and formation that he believes will best guarantee victory.

The statement added that Nigeria’s number three man, Senate President Bukola Saraki, will be on the ground to support the Eagles at the 45,000capacity Volgograd Arena.

NAN reports that Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad and which is 940 kilometres to the south of Moscow, extends alongside the Volga River and has a population of one million people.

Victory for the Super Eagles on Friday would be a turning point in Nigeria’s 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign.

Enugu government opens viewing centres for ongoing World Cup Enugu State Government has opened viewing centres for the ongoing FIFA World Cup, “Russia 2018” in strategic locations in Enugu and Nsukka metropolises.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the viewing centres are located in large open spaces in the two cities and some educational institutions in the state.

The Commissioner for Sports, Mr Joseph Udedi, told NAN in Enugu on Thursday that the viewing centres were opened to encourage residents to actively support the Super Eagles in the Coupe de Mundial.

Udedi said that the

initiative would enable residents, especially soccer fans to participate and follow the World Cup matches.

He explained that many local government chairmen in the urban towns of Enugu and Nsukka had also set-up similar viewing centres in densely populated areas.

“Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is sports-loving and has deemed it fit to avail the citizenry of the opportunity to watch the World Cup and also support the Super Eagles.

“Ugwuanyi, who played football in his younger age, wants to stimulate the passion of the residents in sports, especially

football by providing the opportunity to them.’’

According to him, the viewing centres can be freely accessed freely and they are located in open and decent environment with adequate security.

Although the commissioner could not confirm the number of existing viewing centres, he said that more centres would be opened before Super Eagles second match.

NAN reports that Super Eagles would be locking horns with Iceland Friday, June 22, at 4 p.m. local time.

Super Eagles are at the bottom of Group D, after losing 2-0 to Vatreni of Croatia.

Goalkeeper Francis Uzoho has said the Super Eagles will give it their best shot to beat Iceland tomorrow in Volgograd.

Iceland held Argentina to a 1-1 draw in the first round of matches in Group D, while Nigeria fell 2-0 to Croatia.

“This is an important game for both teams and we will try our best to win it,” said Uzoho, who at 19 is the youngest goalkeeper at this

World Cup. “We have worked very hard in training and we hope to do something against Iceland.”

Coach Gernot Rohr again praised his young shot stopper.

“He has been working very hard in training and he is improving,” Rohr remarked.

“He has a great future with Nigeria.”

Nigerians in Russia task Super Eagles to beat Iceland Nigerians in St. Petersburg have urged the Super Eagles to go all out for outright victory against Iceland in their second group D encounter on Friday at Volgograd.

The Super Eagles had earlier suffered a 2 – 0 painful defeat in the hands of Vatreni of Croatia in their first match in Group D on Saturday at Kaliningrad stadium.

The Nigerians told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday, that the only way to redeem the team’s pre-tournament rating was for the Coach Garnet Rohr tutored side to come out strong against their opponents.

Celestine Okonkwo, a Nigerian who is in Russia to witness the Mundial said that for Nigeria to remain in contention, the Eagles must up their game and beat Iceland outrightly.

“Before the competition, a lot of people rated the team to do well, but since they fail to beat Croatia in the first game the only

option now is to go all out for victory against Iceland.

“It will not be too good for the Eagles to crash out of the competition in the first round of the tournament. It is better for the players and the coaching crew to work out a winning formula against their next opponents,’’ he said.

Mohammed Abdullaih, another Nigerian, told NAN that the match against Iceland must be won by Super Eagles to redeem not only Nigeria’s image but also that of Africa.

“After the exit of Egypt and Morocco from the competition, Nigeria must join Senegal to redeem the continent’s image by winning the match against Iceland tomorrow,’’ he said.

According to him, the team needs to be more aggressive in their opponent’s goal area unlike what happened against Croatia in their first game to achieve their

mission.

Festus Ennahirre, another Nigerian who spoke to NAN, said that the only saving grace for the Eagles would be for the team to win the game against Iceland.

“It will not only keep them in the competition but also enhance the team’s image and rating.

“Prior to the competition, a lot of Nigerians at home and abroad expected much from the team, but after the scandalous 0-2 loss to Croatia they appeared disappointed.

“So the only thing left now is for them to win,’’ the soccer fan said.

He stressed that anything short of total victory against Iceland would not be acceptable to Nigerians and the followers of the team.

NAN investigation in the team’s camp revealed that the technical crew led

by Coach Rohr have been working hard to ensure that the Eagles come out victorious on Friday.

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

Skipper Mikel Obi accepts defensive midfield role for Eagles to beat Iceland The target is victory against Iceland tomorrow in Volgograd and as such skipper Mikel Obi has accepted to revert to his more familiar defensive midfield role in this must-win World Cup showdown.

Mikel’s No 10 role in the Eagles has been heavily criticised by his former boss at Chelsea Jose Mourinho as well as former Nigeria captain Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha.

And now the Chinabased midfielder has said he is open to anything that is needed be done for the Eagles to get their World Cup campaign back on course after a disappointing 2-0 loss in their opening Group D clash against Croatia last weekend.

“Mikel has been very professional and has accepted to push back to a more withdrawn role and play as a

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screen for the defence against Iceland in a match we have to win,” a team official told SCORENigeria “Defensive midfield is his usual position and he said if that is what the team need to be victorious in Volgograd, he will play there.”

Officials and players have severally praised the leadership qualities of the former Chelsea star both on and off the pitch.

Sergio Ramos: Lionel Messi is better than Diego Maradona

FIFA fines Mexico, Serbia over fans’ misbehaviour The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has imposed a 10,000 Swiss Francs fine on both the Mexican Football Federation and the Serbian Football Federation for the misconduct of their fans.

FIFA said in a statement on Thursday that the disciplinary measure, which was in line with article 67 of its Disciplinary Code, was in relation to discriminatory and insulting chants by the fans.

The Mexicans committed the offence during the first half of the 2018 FIFA World Cup match played between Germany and Mexico on Sunday at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Group F opening match ended 1-0 in favour of Mexico.

“The decision was passed after a thorough assessment of the relevant match reports, the FMF’s precedents and the evidence provided.

“The evidence included videotapes of the incidents and examples of certain sustainable actions taken by

the FMF to raise awareness among its supporters.

“Moreover, the Disciplinary Committee gave a warning to the FMF, who may face additional sanctions in case of repeated infringements of this type,’’ the committee said in the statement.

The Disciplinary Committee, chaired by a Ghanaian, Yeboah Anin, also sanctioned the Serbian Football Association with a fine of 10,000 Swiss Francs for the display of an offensive and political banner by Serbian fans.

This reportedly occurred during the Group E match played between Serbia and Costa Rica on Sunday at the Samara Arena.

The committee added that it took its decisions after analysing all specific circumstances of each case.

“These, in particular, were the match officials’ reports, the position adopted by the association (if any), as well as the relevant evidence available.

“This included the report of the anti-discrimination

match observers, who have been deployed for the first time at a FIFA World Cup,’’ it said.

FIFA has a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination and has stated it would not tolerate such behaviour from fans in the stadium.

A series of measures to fight discrimination and promote diversity have been implemented, including an anti-discrimination monitoring system, which has been active since 2015.

“This has been in place to observe and report on all 871 matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and all matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup,’’ the committee said in the statement.

Furthermore, FIFA has published a Good Practice Guide on Diversity and Anti-Discrimination to support all of its member associations.

“In general terms, FIFA calls on all fans to come to the stadiums in a spirit of unity, peace and friendship,’’ the committee added.

Spain captain Sergio Ramos has responded to a putdown from Argentina great Diego Maradona by making an unlikely declaration of admiration for Lionel Messi.

Messi is his usual enemy as the talisman of Real Madrid’s arch-rivals Barcelona.

Maradona, his country’s 1986 World Cup-winning captain, remarked this week that “Ramos is no superstar, the real superstar defender

is Diego Godin” when comparing Spain’s serialwinner Ramos with the Uruguay captain.

Ramos was asked what he made of Maradona’s comments after Spain’s 1-0 World Cup Group B win over Iran, and chose to praise Messi, who has led Barcelona to numerous wins over Real Madrid.

“I respect Maradona because he is an all-time great; I think he was a star.

“But I’ll also tell you that Argentine football knows Maradona is light years behind their number one player, which is Messi,” Ramos said.

Messi, who lost the last World Cup final to Germany as captain of Argentina, missed a penalty in his side’s 1-1 draw with Iceland.

He is under pressure to propel his side to victory over Group D leaders Croatia on Thursday.

Australia salvage draw against Denmark with VAR-awarded penalty Mile Jedinak scored from a penalty given after a VAR review as Australia came from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Denmark.

The Socceroos offered an early threat on the counter when Tom Rogic held the ball up inside the area but Robbie Kruse failed to make anything of the resulting halfchance.

But with only seven minutes gone, Denmark were ahead with a goal of the highest quality as the Nicolai Jorgensen’s cushioned layoff was crashed into the roof of the net by Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen.

Rogic and Kruse linked once again as Australia looked for a route back into the match, but their efforts were undermined by a lack of quality in the final pass.

Denmark almost doubled

their lead when Aaron Mooy lost the ball after 21 minutes, Mat Ryan parrying Pione Sisto’s effort, before Rogic dragged well wide at the other end soon afterwards.

Jorgensen headed wide when he should probably have scored after a build-up down the right, and then Kruse wanted too much time

inside the area as Australia fashioned an opening.

But after 36 minutes came the incident from which they levelled, Mathew Leckie’s header adjudged, after a VAR review, to have been diverted away by a deliberate handball from Yussuf Poulsen, who was booked.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

Buhari to commission Africa’s first rice seedling factory in Calabar

Energy forum harps on need for regional integration in Africa

Dangote Sugar Refinery increases dividend to investors

Oil prices rise ahead of OPEC’s June 22 meeting Idu Jude and agency report Ahead 22nd June OPEC meeting in viaena, Asian market has shown Oil prices increase trading on Wednesday, supported by a drop in U.S. commercial crude inventories reported by the American Petroleum Institute (API) Brent crude was up to 50 cents at 75.58 dollars a barrel by 1335 GMT. While the U.S. light crude was 1.05 dollars higher at 66.12 dollars.

U.S. crude inventories fell by three million barrels to 430.6 million barrels up to June 15, according to an American Petroleum Institute report on Tuesday.

But analysts said trade concerns and disagreements within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) over boosting supply continue to loom over the market.

Looming large over markets, however, was a June 22 meeting in Vienna of OPEC together

with some other producers including Russia, to discuss forward supply policy.

De-facto OPEC leader and top crude exporter Saudi Arabia as well as Russia which is not a member of the cartel but the world’s biggest oil producer, are pushing for looser supply controls.

The controls were introduced in 2017 to prop up prices.

Other OPEC-members, including Iran, are against such a move, fearing a sharp slump in prices.

“Saudi Arabia and Russia continued to push for a relaxation in production constraints, going against many other members wishes,” ANZ bank said on Wednesday.

“Iran rejected a potential compromise, saying it won’t support even a small increase in oil production.

“This puts Saudi Arabia in a tough position, as unanimity is needed for any agreement to be reached as uncertainty surrounds the Friday meeting the report added.

L-R: Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma; Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed and Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, during the Public Presentation and Breakdown of the 2018 FGN Budget in Abuja... on Thursday.

Saraki assures Russian investors’ of conducive business environment President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has assured the Russian Government that Nigeria is conducive for investors especially in the oil, gas, agriculture, mining and power sectors of the economy.

Saraki stated this during a meeting with the leadership of the Upper Chamber of the Russian Parliament - Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - in Moscow, led by its Chairperson, Ms. Valentina Matviyenko.

“Russia could take a more active part in economic and business

projects in Nigeria. Your State must necessarily play its role on the African continent,” Saraki said. “Together we could consider new opportunities for mutually beneficial economic cooperation.”

He called for increased access for Nigerians willing to visit and do business in Russia, improved trade relations and military support to aid Nigeria in the fight against terrorism, human trafficking and irregular migration.

He said that there is greater need for parliamentary cooperation and collaboration between the two

parliaments in order to entrench better legislative practices, cross fertilize ideas and improve relations between both countries.

He said while Nigeria appreciates the assistance the Russian Government has rendered to Nigeria in the supply of military hardware to fight Boko Haram, more support is needed to fully restore security and normalcy in affected areas.

He said that the National Assembly is eager to work with the Russian Parliament to strengthen NigeriaRussia relations and by extension the African continent.

“Russia and Nigeria need to strengthen cooperation for the prosperity of our peoples,” Saraki said.

On her part, Chairperson of the Federation Council, Ms. Valentina Matviyenko, said the Russian Parliament will continue to build on the good relations between Nigeria and Russia while collaborating closely with the National Assembly.

She thanked the President of the Senate and his delegation for the visit Senate and said that Russia values the existing good diplomatic relations between both countries.

SEC takes financial inclusion campaign to rural areas Mathew Dadiya, Abuja In line with the determination of the nation’s financial authorities to achieve 80 per cent rate in financial inclusion by 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Thursday, took its team of campaigners to Kwali Area Council of Abuja to enlighten rural duelers in the area on the meaning and essence of financial inclusiveness.

The Acting Director-General of the commission, Ms. Mary Uduk, in her opening remarks, urged the residents who thronged the Council’s multipurpose hall to embrace the initiative which she said is to ensure that various products at affordable costs are made available to the excluded. The campaign had been done in Karshi, Bwari, Kuje Area Councils and University of Abuja by SEC. “I would like to invite all of you who are yet to enroll for E-dividend to hurriedly approach your Bankers/ Registrars to enable your dividends be electronically sent to your account,” Uduk, who was represented by Mr Frank Okafor, an Assistant director in the commission, said at the occasion.

In his goodwill message on behalf of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Hilary Ewubor of the Strategy Coordination Office in the financial inclusion secretariat of the CBN, said financial inclusion has direct link with economic growth and rural development.

Ewubor recalled how the CBN has been able to penetrate a larger number of the unbanked community through different intervention programmes (in its financial inclusion drive).

Ewubor encouraged people at the grassroots to go into formation of cooperatives to be able to access the many intervention funds of the CBN that include Accelerated Agricultural Development Programme – an advanced Anchor Borrowers’ scheme, targeted at the youth.

He said as part of efforts to make the campaign an all-inclusive one, the CBN is opening banking halls, using NIPOST as agents in its bid to bring banking operations to rural dwellers.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

Buhari to commission Africa’s 1st Rice seedling factory in Calabar Ladesope Ladelokun Part of Governor Ben Ayade’s economic vision for Cross River State will be crystallized next week as President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 commission the multibillion Naira automated rice seed and seedlings factory in Calabar.

The factory according to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ayade, Mr. Christian Ita, is the first in Africa.

The statement reads in part, “Cross River State Government is happy to announce that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, commission our ultra-modern, fully automated rice seeds and seedlings factory in Calabar, “ read the statement in parts.

The factory which is reputed to be the first in Africa, is also a seed multiplication centre that produces high-yielding, disease resistance and vitaminized rice seedlings.

The facility is one of many investments made in agriculture by the Ayade-led

administration in keeping with his commitment to decouple the state from federal allocation through non-oil sources.

Speaking on the project recently, Governor Ayade said the state was capable of generating at least N50 billion from the factory every year if given support by the federal government.

He said, “When I told Cross Riverians that my ambition was to restructure the state and free it from over dependence on federal allocation, I truly meant it because with projects like this; we are going to

generate more revenue for the state,” he said.

He assured that when it goes into commercial operation, the factory will produce seedlings that will be natural with no chemical added.

The governor expressed joy “that Cross River is on the path of independence even after we lost our oil wells unjustifiably. Now that we have a world class investment, we hope the federal government can support this our non oil export.”

L-R: Members of the Board of Directors Otunba Akin Doherty; Company Secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Olutekunbi; Chairman, Mrs. Aderinola Disu, Managing Director, Mr. Segun Balogun And Akin Odusami at the 38th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Lasaco Assurance Plc Yesterday in Lagos.

Data roll over: NCC to issues fresh directives to service providers

Ladesope Ladelokun

Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) says it will soon issue fresh directives to service providers on Data Rollover plan.

Alhaji Ismail Adedigba, the Deputy Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, said this on Thursday at the 39th edition

of Consumer Town-Hall Meeting held at Akpabuyo in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River.

Adedigba disclosed that the operation would take effect from June 26.

He explained that the Data Roll-over would enable consumers to roll-over unused data from one to seven days, depending on the data plan.

He said this was sequel to the earlier directive to service providers on forceful subscription of data services and Value Added Services (VAS), which had been in place since May. “The commission also developed 622 Toll-Free Line through which you can easily lodge complaints about any unresolved service issues to the NCC. “I need to emphasise that failure

of the operators to comply with the above directives will attract appropriate penalties, ‘’ he said.

Mrs Felicia Onwuegbuchulam, the Director, Consumer Affairs said that telecom consumers remained the target beneficiaries of its activities.

“This is why the commission is having regular interactions with the consumers and service providers,’’ he said.

Approach ICC for prosecution over projects cutting by NASS, SERAP tells Buhari Motolani Oseni Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has accused the leadership and members of the National Assembly of “apparently engaging in crimes against humanity against millions of Nigerians by unilaterally cutting funding for critical projects such as health, water, education, housing and security, and replacing such projects with their own personal projects totalling 6,403 projects and amounting to N578 billion.”

The organization said, “the National Assembly cut funding for over 4,000 critical projects amounting to N347 billion.”

The organization advised President Muhammadu Buhari to “instruct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar

Malami to open discussion with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to establish whether substantial grounds and the requisite elements exist to warrant the intervention of the Prosecutor in this case. We note that under the Rome Statute, the Prosecutor has power to intervene in a situation under the jurisdiction of the Court if a state party, such as Nigeria, refers a situation to the court.”

In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Timothy Adewale the organization said, “Indicting individual lawmakers suspected to be most responsible for the reduction of funding for critical projects would provide a much-needed measure of accountability for leaders who have traditionally acted with impunity, assured that they will never be held to answer for their actions. Cutting

funding for essential public services such as health, education and security constitutes a serious human rights violation and potentially rises to the level of crimes against humanity against the Nigerian people.”

According to the organization, “The deliberate and systematic acts of alleged budget padding and cutting of funding by the lawmakers coupled with the widespread negative consequences of such acts for millions of Nigerians across the country point to not only allegations of corruption but also crimes against humanity, that is, deliberately withholding access of Nigerians to essential and life-saving public services, which is triable at the International Criminal Court.”

The statement read in part: “Apart from pursuing a possible crime against humanity prosecution before the ICC, President Buhari should also

move swiftly to enforce the judgment delivered last month by Justice Mohammed Idris in suit no: FHC/L/ CS/1821/2017 ordering the President to ask anti-corruption agencies to forward to him reports of their investigations into allegations of padding and stealing of some N481 billion from the 2016 budget, and to ensure effort prosecution of suspects.”

“It is the failure to decisively address allegations of padding of the 2016 budget that has allowed the practice to continue with almost absolute impunity. Combating impunity of lawmakers for allegations of budget padding is important for ending the practice and deterring future lawmakers from using their legislative functions as a weapon for promoting personal gains and denying Nigerians access to critical and life-saving public services.”

Arik Air keys into NCAA automation platform Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The revenue collection of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA has received a boost as one of the major Nigerian carriers, Arik Air joins the automation platform of the agency.

The platform is meant to deduct at source the 5% Ticket and Cargo sales charges accruing to the NCAA. At the presentation of the signed automation Agreement at the NCAA headquarters, the Director General, NCAA, Captain Muktar Usman said the deduction was in line with the provision of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations NCARs. Captain Muktar while congratulating Arik Air for being fully complaint with the regulations said the automation system ensures transparency and urged other airlines yet to do so to urgently reconsider their decision.

He observed that everyone expects efficiency from the regulatory Authority and thus it was necessary to do what was expected of them to help the authority succeed.

Captain Usman explained that the 5% ticket and cargo sales charges were shared between 5 agencies namely, the NCAA, the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, the Nigeria College of Aviation Technology, Zaria NCAT, the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NIMET and the Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, adding the NCAA does not take money from government but generates its revenue internally from these charges.

He emphasized that the step taken

by Arik to join other airlines who had joined the platform was a sign of a continuous working relationship, stressing that there must be synergy between the operators and the regulatory agency.

According to Captain Usman, all airlines have the same level playing field, pays what was due and no exemption had been given to anyone, adding that no special waiver had been given to any airline on the charges because charges were splited in the Civil Aviation Act 2006.

“Coming on the platform means transparency, more efficiency, less time spent on reconciliation. we want to use this opportunity to encourage others that are not fully in complaint to do, we do not like to force people to come and do so. The 5% charges are meant to take care of 5 agencies, NCAA, NAMA, AIB, NCAT and NIMET. Of the 5 agencies, the Civil aviation Authority demands on the 5% as its internally generated revenue and does not take money from the federal government”.

“We depend on this to run this organization. I want to congratulate Arik for this bold step”, he added.

Responding, Arik Air Managing Director, Captain Roy IIegbodu said Arik Air was committed to associating with the future and believed that this was a step in the right direction.

He noted that automation was all about technology and the airline supports technology and would

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

B3 Business News NACCIMA calls on MDAs to accelerate N9.12trn budget implementation Ladesope Ladelokun

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (right), presenting certificate to one of the beneficiaries (left), during the 6th Forum for Wives of Ondo State Officials, (FOWOSO) Empowerment Outreach Programme for Women, Youths and Special needs people in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. 21st, June, 2018.

Dangote Sugar Refinery increases dividend to investors Motolani Oseni

Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has increased dividend payable to shareholders for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2017, to N21 billion.

The company’s Chairman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, made this known at the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos that the dividend payable to shareholders increased by 192 per cent or N1.75 per share from N7.2 billion or 60k paid in 2016.

He said, “the board of the company has recommended to shareholders for approval, at this meeting, the payment of a final dividend of N15 billion, being 125 kobo for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017.”

The board had earlier approved the

payment of an interim dividend of N6 billion, being 50 kobo per share, which brought the total dividend for the year under review to N21 billion.”

Dangote said that the hike was in line with the company’s resolution to deliver enhanced returns on investments to stakeholders.

He explained that the company forged stronger to achieve a group turnover of N204.42 billion, 20.4 per cent increase over N169. 73 billion recorded in the comparative period in 2016.

He noted that the company posted a profit before tax of N53.59 billion during the period under review, compared with N19.61 billion achieved in 2016, an increase of 173 per cent.

He said that profit after tax rose by 176 per cent to N39.78 billion against N14.39

billion achieved in the comparative period of 2016.

On the company’s backward integration project, Dangote said that the firm spent N121 billion on equipment, land acquisition, compensation to landowners, consultancy and related services.

He pointed out that Savannah Sugar company remained the only company producing sugar from its own grown sugarcane in the country, with over N30 billion spent to date despite major setbacks that hampered progress.

The chairman added that the major setbacks were flood, community relation issues and most recently clashes between host communities and herdsmen.

Alhaji Abdulahi Sule, the company’s acting Managing Director/CEO, said

Dangote Sugar would continue to pursue its target to achieve 1.08 million tonnes of refined sugar annually in six years and 1.5 million tonnes in 10 years.

According to him, the company will continue to leverage on its strengths to maximise every opportunity to generate sales, increase its market share and create sustainable value for stakeholders.

He said “though the business terrain remains challenging, we remain resilient in the face of the situation and we are focused on increasing our market share and customer base, as well as the creation of sustainable value for our stakeholders.

“Our priority in the current year is the achievement of our Sugar for Nigeria Project goals and sustenance of our leadership position by improving efficiency and growing our markets.”

Budget minister inaugurates aid transition working group Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Budget and National Planning Minister, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma has inaugurated the Technical Working Group for the Nigeria Aid Transition Plan (TWGNATIP) with the mandate to develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing the funding gap that may arise with the scaling down of development partner funding to Nigeria.

The Minister who inaugurated the group on Thursday in Abuja, said that the initiative was in line with the resolve of the current administration to drive effective planning as the bedrock of its developmental strategy and be proactive in the face of emerging challenges.

He drew attention to the fact that the country’s relationship with international development partners is evolving because of thegraduation of the nation to a middle-income country, with the implication of the country being at risk of losing access to some concessionary funding windows.

“The funding gap created by the withdrawal of donor funding to critical programmes of government would therefore require additional government expenditure to cover the shortfall. In view of the potential fiscal and other implications of these changes, including larger debt burden to ensure sustainable development in Nigeria, it is important for us to seek an orderly aid transition”, he explained.

While appreciating the significant amounts development partners have been contributing every year to the growth and development of the Nigerian economy, the Minister said Nigeria has to be proactive and plan for how to cover the funding gap that might result following the evolving development.

He commended the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government involved for the work already being carried out to ensure effective management of development assistant programmes in Nigeria and charged the TWG to consolidate on the

efforts and develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing the challenge of Aid scaling down in Nigeria.

Among others, the strategy must recognize efforts already being made by MDAs as well as carry out critical review where there is none; including reviewing all development partner funding arrangements and recommending a credible and realistic path towards ensuring a smooth graduation from those under transition, the Minister stated.

He added that the strategy would serve a dual purpose with the inclusion of a credible decision framework for mainstreaming affected programmes into the budget. “It would also serve as a medium to make a case for delay in aid transition where feasible”.

The TWG-NATP which is chaired by the Director General, Budget Office of the Federation, will report to the Budget and Planning Minister and be responsible for the following tasks related to the development of the transition plan: document an overview

of the development partner network in Nigeria identifying all development partner-assisted programmes with focus on key sectors such as education, health, social development and agriculture.

It would also prepare an analysis of the potential impact of the withdrawal of critical development partner funding on socioeconomic outcomes and fiscal indicator and make a case for delayed transition from development partner programmes utilizing the analysis in (b) and other compelling information; amongst other things.

Members of the TWG are drawn from the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Debt Management Office (DMO).

The Minister stressed that to accomplish the objectives of NATP, each member must act as a representative of their respective MDA and participate in the relevant activities designed to achieve the objectives of the Plan.

The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has urged ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to expedite the implementation of the 2018 budget to make up for lost time.

Alaba Lawson, the national president of the association in a statement said the budget was a fundamental framework for strategic planning and decision making by both the public and private sectors, and its delay had far reaching implications on the economy.

“NACCIMA reiterates its long-held and well known position that the act of late passage of annual budgets is neither good for the economy or our nation’s developmental aspirations for inclusive growth and sustainable development,” the statement said.

“It is particularly not helpful to the private sector which government has acknowledged as the engine of growth and development of the economy,” Alaba added.

She said the private sector was concerned with deductions in the allocations to some key projects in health, security and infrastructure, which had been earmarked for implementation in the 2018 budget.

“While we acknowledge the statutory role of the legislature in reviewing the budget, we counsel that these projects be reconsidered for approval as soon as Mr President presents the supplementary budget to the legislature as promised in his speech,” she said.

She urged the legislature and executive branches of government to devise consultative mechanisms that would ensure quick passage and assent of the yearly budget toward aiding economic stability and growth.

President Muhammadu Buhari on June 20 signed the 2018 Appropriation Bill of N9.12 trillion into law after seven months of its submission to National Assembly.

Buhari, however, noted that the National Assembly made cuts amounting to N347 billion in the allocations to 4,700 projects and introduced 6,403 projects of their own amounting to N578 billion.

The President said “many of the projects cut are critical and may be difficult, if not impossible, to implement with the reduced allocation.

Money Market B4

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

How frauds consume N12.30bn in Nigeria’s banks in 4 years Motolani Oseni Not less than a whopping N12.30 billion has been lost to various fraudulent activities in the Nigeria’s banking industry between 2014 and 2017, Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) said on Thursday.

Managing Director, NIBBS, Mr. Adebisi Shonubi, disclosed this at the third Annual Banking Security Summit organised by MAXUT Consulting in partnership with OneSpan, a global data security company in Lagos.

Shonubi said the figure was lost in

41,461 fraud cases between 2014 and 2017.

Specifically, he noted that 2014 fraud volume stood at 1,461, 10,743 (2015), 19,531 in 2016 and 25,043 in 2017.

Speaking on “Industry fraud overview with focus on mobile & payments related frauds,” Shonubi said the industry lost N6.22 billion in 2014 on attempted fraud value of N7.76 billion Shonubi who was represented by Mr Olufemi Fadairo, Head, Industry Security Services, said the sum of N2.26 billion was lost in 2015 on attempted fraud value of N4.37 billion in 2015.

According to him, the industry lost the sum of N2.19 billion in 2016 on attempted fraud value of N4.37 billion.

Shonubi said gender fraud analysis during the period showed males accounted for 73 per cent, while females accounted for 23 per cent.

He said more fraud cases were reported in 2017, with an increase of 28 per cent compared with 2016 but with a less financial loss.

On fraud channel, Shonubi said the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) accounted for the highest fraud in 2017 with an actual loss of N497.64 million

with a fraud volume of 9,823.

According to him, mobile trailed with N347.65 million loss on 5,055 fraud volume, while across the counter transactions accounted for N259. 02 million loss in 314 fraud volume.

He said that “while fraud trend is generally on the decline, mobile fraud trend alone is on the increase.”

Shonubi said mobile fraud would overtake ATM fraud by 2020 with the rate of increasing fraud in the channel.

He listed the top three mobile threats in Nigeria to include phone theft, sim swaps and kidnaps.

L-R: Regional Sales Director, Nigerian Bottling Company Limited, Mr. Goran Slavic; Legal, Public Affairs and Communication Director, Nigerian Bottling Company Limited, Mrs. Sade Morgan; Representative of 1st Place Winner (Lightning Class), Mr. Paul Gillett; Representative of 1st Place Winner (Hobie Class), Lynn Obray and National Sales Director, Nigerian Bottling Company Limited, Mr. Dan Fratila during the NBC 2018 Lagos Yacht Club Boat Racing Competition.

Unbanked Nigerians population stands at 37% – CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the country’s unbanked population currently stands at 37 per cent.

Mr Dipo Fatokun, Director, Banking & Payment Systems, CBN, stated this at the third Annual Banking Security Summit organised by MAXUT Consulting in partnership with OneSpan, global data security company on Thursday in Lagos.

Mr Fatokun recalled that the bank in 2010 in Mexico made a commitment to reduce the population of unbanked Nigerians to at least 20 per cent by 2020.

“We made a commitment in Mexico then to reduce the number of unbanked to at least 20 per cent by 2020, then in 2010 we observed that over 46 per cent of bankable Nigerians didn’t have access to financial services.

“This was a major concern to the CBN and we made a commitment that in 10

years time, we would reduce the figure to far below 20 per cent.

“Today it’s not a good story because we have not done much, less than two years to 2020, at the last count we are just 37 per cent. A lot of work needs to be done,” Mr Fatokun said.

Mr Fatokun, who was represented

by Musa Jimoh, CBN Deputy Director, Banking & Payment Systems Department, said the bank was still committed to reducing the country’s unbanked population.

He said the move was part of the bank’s financial inclusion strategy aimed at ensuring greater participation in the nation’s financial sector.

Delivering a key note address on “Preparing for Open Banking in Nigeria,” Mr Fatokun said the survey conducted then showed banking penetration was relatively low due to

lack of access to financial services and cost of banking services.

He said people were afraid to bring their monies to banks because of banking charges, and that complex experienced in opening of accounts contributed to the trend.

According to Mr Fatokun, the bank had introduced several policies to promote financial inclusion in the country such as mobile money to enable banks provide banking services to the poor.

He said the CBN also had a review of bank charges to reduce with a view to reducing them as well as the introduction of super agents.

Mr Fatokun said the bank also reviewed Know Your Customer guidelines to tone down the requirements for opening Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 bank accounts to promote financial inclusion.

He noted that no nation could progress or truly develop if majority of its population was under-banked or had no access to financial services.

Speaking on open banking, he said the concept had been democratised, and that the investments of Nigerian banks in technology was good enough to designate them as technology companies.

Mr Fatokun promised that the CBN would continue to work with other countries to understand how to grow the country’s financial system.

He stated that the bank would support FINTECH to enable it provide a very suitable banking ecosystem.

“For our system to be recognised we have to key into global trends. Right now, as we speak, we have set up some committees to look at open banking innovation and others,” he said.

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

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UACN pays N1.86bn dividend, promises improved performance • Records profit growth of 8% Stories: Motolani Oseni Despite the difficult operating environment in 2017, UAC of Nigeria (UACN) Plc concluded it financial year with a respectable performance, just as it paid a total dividend of N1.86 billion for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The dividend, which translates to 64.58 kobo per share, was approved by the shareholders at the annual general meeting (AGM) held during the week in Lagos.

Also, the company unveiled plans to implement initiatives that would help restore the firm on the path of consistent growth trajectory and drive future profitability.

The company noted that notwithstanding the improvement

in the overall economic climate in 2017, the company’s performance was disappointing, with tepid growth, declining margins, which result to poor share price performance.

Speaking to shareholders, the chairman of the company, Dan Agbor explained that group’s revenue grew from N82.6 billion in 2016 to N89.1 billion during the period under review representing a growth of eight percent. However, profit after tax declined from N5.6 billion to N963 million during the period under review.

Agbor however assured shareholders that the board would tackle the causes of the declining performance and implement initiatives to drive future growth and profitability this year.

Furthermore, he announced that decision to wind up the Warm Spring Waters Nigeria limited due to weak operational performance as earlier approved by shareholders.

He added that the management is currently conducting a detailed review of the business strategy to enhance value creation.

On the company’s rights issue, he noted that the 960.43 million shares were issued at the price of N16n which recorded 104.5 per cent subscription level reflecting shareholders strong confidence in the company, adding that some of the subsidiary companies also undertook successful rights issues during the financial year He assured that the proceeds of the rights issue are already being applied for the intended purposes

and will ultimately improve shareholders value.

He added that the 2018 financial year is a transitional year, in which the board will begin to tackle the root causes of the company’s historical declining performance and implement initiatives to drive future profitable growth.

The chairman stated that the company will focus on specific areas, which are capital allocation and portfolio composition, human capital, operating company and most importantly reinforcing a Group-wide of accountability and responsibility, saying that “we will also seek to better link employee compensation to the creation of long-term shareholder value.”

He also noted that the company went through a smooth leadership

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Dividend excites CAP’s shareholders as firm expands distribution channels Shareholders of Chemical and Allied Products plc (CAP) at the 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM), in Lagos, applauded the board and management of the company for recording outstanding performance and paying them dividend of 205kobo ordinary share despite the difficult operating environment in the year ended December 31, 2017.

He explained that the business recorded a sales turnover of N7.11 billion, representing a growth of four per cent over the previous year, while the operating profit was N1.98 billion, a decline of seven per cent over 2016.

Ettah stated that the successful commissioning of the company automated in-plant tinting factory was an achievement in 2017, saying that the factory will ensure emulsion paints are promptly and readily available to customers.

The chairman further said that the company retained its ISO 9001:2008 and achieved re-certification of ISO 14001:2004 on Quality and Environment Management systems, respectively, adding that “we will continue to offer high quality products and services to customers, while complying with regulatory requirements and conduct our

operations on a healthy and safe manner, ensuring minimal impact on the environment.”

He pointed out that the recovery recorded in the Nigerian economy in 2017 is expected to be sustained in 2018, noting that the outlook for the Nigerian real estate market will be largely dependent on the overall performance of the economy.

According to him, the company is closely following developments at all levels and is prepared to key into opportunities that will be created.

He added that “we equally poised to take advantage of other structural reforms of the federal government,

which might impact the housing and real estate sector.”

He added that the business will respond appropriately to the emerging paint market trends and different economic scenarios by growing its market share, increasing product and services offerings, expanding trade channels, implementing impactful and aggressive marketing initiatives and continuing to build people capacities.

CAP, a subsidiary of UAC of Nigeria Plc, operates in the coatings business and provides a wide range of quality products and services and its brands have become household names.

succession at the end of 2017, saying that Mr. Larry Ettah, who had led the company as Group managing director/chief executive officer since 2007, proceeded on his preretirement leave with effect from January 1, 2018, saying that after a rigorous selection process, the board appointed successor in Mr. Abdul Akhor Bello, the immediate past executive Director/chief financial officer of the company.

Total Nigeria investors excited over returns on 2017 investments Shareholders of Total Nigeria Plc have expressed their excitement over returns gotten as dividend for the financial year ended December 31st 2017.

The shareholders at the 40th annual general meeting of the company held in Lagos on Thursday approved a N5.8 billion dividend earlier recommended by the board of directors.

One of the shareholders who identified himself as T.O Adeboye thanked the company’s management for declaring the same dividend as last year, despite profit not being as commensurate as last year.

“I commend the board for the dividend they’ve declared, we thank you for this beautiful performance and report, where we have the same dividend as last year even though profit is not as high as last years’ this shows you are shareholder friendly.”

He however cautioned the company on rising administrative, finance cost as well as cost of sales observed in the company’s financial report, but commended an 847 percent year on year increase in the finance income of the company.

In the same vein, he urged the company to ramp up it’s solar power initiatives as a source of building up revenue streams.

Commending the company on its consistent dividend paying policy, Ayodele Ogundeji of the independent shareholders association of Nigeria said “Despite the challenging operating environment you are able to keep the ship afloat, and this is what has made Total a destination for investment.”

Ogundeji also commended the company on its vast geographical spread of donations, and urged the company to not rest on its oasis of steady improvements.

Esther Funke Augustine who represented the God-gift shareholder association of Nigeria adjudged Total Nigeria as one of the best oil companies in Nigeria. She said “We shareholders appreciate the staff of the company, we urge you to keep it up.”

The company recorded a marginal decline in Revenue from N291 billion in 2016 to N288 billion for the financial year ended 2017.

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Energy forum seeks regional integration in Africa A panel of speakers at the 2018 Africa Energy Forum, in Mauritius, on Wednesday, agreed that Ministers of energy in Africa and other stakeholders should focus on regional power integration, and what would work accordingly, rather than debating country-specific suitable energy resources and generation methods.

The panelists comprised independent power producer Globeleq East African business development head Christian Wright; energy project developer Access Power MD Vahid Futahi; Central African Republic State-owned power utility Enerca CEO Thierry-Patient Bendima; energy powersource manufacturer Wärtsilä energy solutions manager Jyrki Leino; economic development programme New Partnership for Africa’s Development regional integration, infrastructure and trade programme head Symerre Grey-Johnson; and global association International Gas Union director Rafael Lázaro.

Grey-Johnson pointed out that more projects such as the Zambia–Tanzania–Kenya transmission line are needed to provide universal energy access,

especially as Africa’s population is anticipated to double by 2050.

He further suggested that power pools be formed between Southern and Central African countries.

Wright, meanwhile, noted that States and project developers often think of megawatts, but not necessarily how they fit together in a diversified energy mix.

“Before regional integration, there is a need for increasing baseload and gas supplementing on the grid,” he said, as gasis the most effective short-term power access solution to supplement grid power.”

Futahi, however, stated that the cost of increasing baseload is mammoth. He added that $250-billion is needed to provide power for 80% of Africa’s population.

He believed reducing transmission losses was the first step towards sustainable and long-term energy access.

Lázaro said gas could contribute towards a sustainableenvironmental approach for energy, stating that “switching from coal to gas is the

easiest way of reducing [a country’s] carbon footprint”.

He believes gas can match the increase in demand from a growing African population.

Leino, however, commented that Africa has a golden opportunity around introducing renewables because it does not have the burden of an existing energy fleet – ageing infrastructure that has become ineffective and troublesome to maintain – as the majority of African countries lack energy infrastructure.

Bendima argued that the decision around the energy mix for each country or region lies with international decision-makers, since they provide the funding, as well as the technology and solutions.

He said it is not as simple as picking an energy source out of the best comparable options, but rather that the energy mix will be influenced by international players.

Wright concluded that “we need to learn to walk, before we can learn to run,” in terms of system integration with regions and planning.

L-R: Chief Technical Officer, Comercio ltd, Mr. Aderemi Adejumo; Managing Director, Mrs. Comercio Ltd., Mrs. Aderonke Adeyegbe; and Cloud Architect, Mr. Olumide Rotimi, during the launch of Comercio public Cloud platform in Nigeria, took place in Lagos...on Thursday.

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Car shares slips over Daimler profit warning Shares in big European carmakers have fallen after Germany’s Daimler warned of lower earnings this year because of US-China trade tensions.

Daimler forsees lower sales of MercedesBenz cars due to a tax on the import of US vehicles into China.

The US is putting tariffs of at least $50bn (£38bn) of Chinese imports. China said it would retaliate with its own tariffs from 6 July in return.

Daimler has big factories in the US that export to China.

The Trump administration has threatened further levies on up to $400bn worth of Chinese goods if China continues to hit back.

In late morning trading in Frankfurt, Volkswagen was down 2.4%, while Daimler was more than 4% lower. On the Paris market, Peugeot-Citroen was 1.3% down, while Renault had lost 1%. § What is a trade war and why should I worry? § EU to launch tariffs against US on Friday Mercedes-Benz had record sales in the first three months of this year, led by China, where sales increased by 17%.

But Daimler, the owner of MercedesBenz, said this year’s earnings from car sales were expected to be “slightly below the previous year”.

“From today’s perspective, the decisive factor is that, at Mercedes-Benz Cars, fewer than expected SUV sales and higher than expected costs - not completely passed on to the customers - must be assumed because of increased import tariffs for US vehicles into the Chinese market,” the company said.

“This effect cannot be fully compensated by the reallocation of vehicles to other markets.”

Earlier this month, Daimler was forced to recall vehicles in Germany found to be fitted with illegal software that masks diesel emissions.

Daimler said the recall of diesel vehicles and declining demand in Latin America was also affecting overall earnings. BBC

Allies impose retaliatory trade tariffs on US Turkey and India announced on Thursday retaliatory tariffs worth hundreds of millions of dollars on goods imported from the United States, joining the growing list of Washington allies that have taken similar measures.

It would be recalled that the US is the fifthlargest market for Turkish exports and trade volume amounted to $20.6bn in 2017 Ankara said it is imposing $266.5m of levies on imports of US automobiles, coal and several food items, in response to the “ill-advised” and “unsupportable” additional steel tariffs enacted by Washington, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said.

The tariffs will also affect US products such as walnuts, almonds, tobacco, unprocessed rice, whisky, cosmetics, machinery equipment and petrochemical products.

“The total tariff burden today being imposed

by Turkey on the US is commensurate with the additional costs Turkey faces due to the tariffs imposed on it by the US,” Zeybekci said in a statement.

“They are proportional, measured and designed to protect Turkey’s interests while encouraging dialogue.”

The US is the fifth-largest market for Turkish exports and trade volume amounted to $20.6bn in 2017, official data showed.

US President Donald Trump decided in March

to impose import duties of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium, drawing criticism from other countries for heightening the risk of a global trade war.

In New Delhi, officials also announced on Thursday that India is imposing $240m worth of duties on American food products. The tariffs are expected to take effect on August 4.

“The tariffs would affect volumes of trade.

The greater impact is in terms of the uncertainty created, with exporters on both sides not sure what will be covered next and by how much,” New Delhi-based leading economist Jayati Ghosh told Al Jazeera.

“For global trade, the consequences are serious: if this continues, we will increasingly see unilateral protectionist moves,” she added.

India had, for months, threatened to hit American goods and had filed a complaint before the World Trade Organisation against the US for violations of global trade rules.

India’s commerce ministry named some varieties of apples, almonds, chickpeas, lentils and walnuts that would carry higher import taxes.

Ghosh said the world economy is in for a really rough ride as the risk of contagion could hit capital flight and exchange rate instability. Sharp selloffs could hit consumer and business confidence, she said.

The consequences of the escalating trade

conflicts are already visible, according to some of the most powerful central bank chiefs who had gathered in Portugal to discuss the state of the global economy on Wednesday.

“What’s happening is very disturbing. Can anyone think of a country that’s made itself wealthier or more productive by building walls?”

Philip Lowe, head of the Reserve Bank of Australia, said at the meeting.

In recent weeks, Washington has also imposed tariffs on close allies like Europe, Canada and Mexico, as well as China.

‘Unjustified decision’ The European Union said retaliatory trade tariffs on a list of US products will come into force on Friday.

The tariffs will initially target a list of US goods worth $3.24bn, most of which will be hit with import duties of 25 percent.

They range from agricultural products such as rice and orange juice to jeans, whiskey, motorbikes and various steel products.

“We did not want to be in this position.

However, the unilateral and unjustified decision of the United States to impose steel and aluminium tariffs on the EU means that we are left with no other choice,” EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said.

The commission formally adopted the new tariffs, allowing them to come into effect on June

22.

Meanwhile, Canada responded by imposing dollar-for-dollar tariffs on steel, aluminium and maple syrup.

Mexico also imposed tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon.

Mexico is the largest export market for American pork producers.

China has also been affected by the trade tariffs.

Earlier this month, Washington imposed tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese goods.

President Trump said he ordered tariffs on $50bn in Chinese goods.

China hit back by raising import duties on tens of billions of dollars of US goods including lobsters, soybeans, electric cars and whiskey.

Beijing said it was responding in “equal scale” to Trump’s tariff rise on Chinese goods.

Mihir Sharma, economist and author, said that “the Trump administration’s tariffs are a scattershot attempt to restore the US economy to the 1970s”.

“They may succeed in saving a few thousand industrial jobs, but at an enormous cost to American competitiveness and American consumers,” said Sharma, the author of “Restart: the last chance for the Indian economy”.

“America’s farmers, in particular, will discover how it is global integration and trade that has allowed most of them to stay in business.”

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SON partners business owners over proliferation of substandard goods Stories: Ladesope Ladelokun The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has partnered the Balogun Business Association (BBA) to combat the preponderance of substandard, counterfeited, fake and life endangering products in Nigeria.

The Director General, SON, Osita Aboloma, explained that this move was the agency’s resolve to work together as a team to surmount the menace of substandard goods edging out quality products in the market.

Aboloma, while receiving members of the BBA who sought collaboration with SON to such end, said, “We have agreed to work together and they have agreed to collaborate with us by imbibing the culture of quality assurance and reporting to us whenever they

see something unwholesome.

“Some of these traders are law-abiding; what we intend to do is to beam the search light of quality assurance on the market to take out the non-conforming and substandard goods.”

He noted that SON decided to partner with the association because it is the biggest single market in West African region, pointing out that the association is the best and the most reasonable place to start our fight against substandard goods.

“We want to them to know that if they certify and register their products, they will not be affected by the wrath of the law.

We are coming against the perpetrators of substandard goods with all the laws available to us as an agency.

It is no longer going to be business as usual.

It is either you close your shops, move away

from our markets or you have us to contend with,” he warned.

In his response, the Chairman of the Board, BBA, Trade Fair Complex, Okey Ezibe, expressed the association’s willingness to support SON in its fight against substandard goods.

In his words: “We have to realise that the present Director General has new ideas to combat the menace of substandard goods.

Any country without standards is doomed to fall and we have listened to him and he is committed to fighting the preponderance of fake and substandard goods.”

He added: “We will give him our maximum support. We have decided to turn a new leaf and we will sink this message into the minds of our people.

We have extended our invitation to the Director General to visit the trade Fair

complex and see firsthand on how we do things.

There are local arrangements to check the excesses because we are the losers at the end of the day. If people go overseas to bring in substandard goods only for it to be destroyed, then we have lost revenue and businesses.”

He however called on the managers of the economy to bring SON back to the nation’s seaports, adding that this is the easiest and safest way to stop these goods from coming into the country.

“These goods are better checked at the ports not in the markets.

Dealing in fake and substandard products is a crime to humanity and poses great danger for the nation’s economy, as a result of this, we have decided to collaborate with SON to collectively fight this battle against a substandard goods.

We were not doing this before, but the SON boss has convinced us that this is the only way out to stamp out these goods.

We have seen his desires and commitment to fighting this war and we would contribute our own quota by lending our support,” he added.

Smile360 bags nomination at upcoming 2018 NHE Award

L-R: Company Secretary, Julius Berger Plc, Barr. Cecilia Ekanem Madueke; Managing Director, JBPlc, Engr. Wofgang Goetsch; Executive Director of Administration, JBPlc, Alh. Zubairu Ibrahim Bayi; Chairman, JBPlc, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu and Director, Jbplc, Mr. George Marks during the 48th Annual General Meeting of JBPlc in Abuja yesterday. Photo:Temitope Balogun

Rumour of fake Pepsi-Cola in circulation misleading – Seven-Up Seven-Up Bottling Company, the manufacturer of Pepsi-Cola, Mirinda and Mountain Dew soft drinks in Nigeria has dismissed the news that there is fake Pepsi in the market as misleading and mischievous .

Speaking on why it was easy target of the purveys of fake news,

the company said the it was understandable that consumers expressed concern over the circulation of Pepsi-Cola in white caps as against the traditional blue caps, but maintained that there is no cause for alarm.

The company explained that the switch from blue caps to white caps

was only temporary because the cap suppliers could not get imported materials to make blue caps, noting that the use of white caps was only temporary measure until blue caps can be supplied by the manufa cturer.

The spokesperson of the firm, Mr. Mike Nzeagwa, says Pepsi-Cola in white and blue caps are the same and

of very high quality.

“The sugar content and taste are both the same. It is only Pepsi Light that has less sugar and of course the HO factory water which does not contain any sugar. Seven Up Bottling Company is noted for high quality and customer satisfaction is our priority,” he concluded

Commitment to high-quality nutrition for all birthed Hollandia soya milk – Chi Limited Chi Limited, the producer of Hollandia Soya Milk, has said its commitment to ensuring more consumers have access to highquality nutrition and a healthier dairy alternative in ready-to-drink form informed the launch of 100ml sachet recently.

The company had in a statement said the sachet pack design was evident in the traditional strong blue icons that typifies various sporting activities.

The company added that it was an effort meant to resonate with healthconscious consumers that depend daily on nutritional soya milk drink

without a cholesterol build up. It, however, said the move was targeted at making the product more affordable and accessible while offering the nutritious benefits of soya milk.

It further added that the Nutrition Society of Nigeria had described the drink as a healthy drink,noting that

Hollandia Soya Milk is cholesterol free and a powerhouse of protein, calcium, vitamins A, C and D. According to Chi Limited, the new Hollandia Soya milk 100ml sachet offers competitive pricing and can still be described as high-quality product that is affordable and valuable.

Leading dental and orthodontic clinic Smile360 has been nominated at the 2018 Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award, scheduled to hold on the 22nd of June, 2018 at EKO Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The clinic was nominated in the ‘Dental Service Provider of the Year’ category along with a handful of other reputable clinics. Smile360 Clinical Director Dr. Amy Traore Shumbusho, has since taken to social media to share the news; posting a short video in which she expressed her enthusiasm along with the caption; “Winning an award goes beyond mere recognition - it spurs a lot more than the feeling of gratification that comes with it. It’s quite fulfilling, in the sense that; it’s a proof your works are making a considerable amount of impact, and as such; on behalf of the entire Smile360 team, I am proud to announce to you we have been nominated at the upcoming Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award 2018.

To help us bag this award, we need your unyielding ardent support; by voting for us in the Dental Service of the Year category. We’ve done this before, and I’m confident we can do it again.

Click the link in @smile360ng’s bio; register, log in and vote.”

In the video, Dr. Amy can be seen urging lovers and supporters of Smile360 to register and vote – further appreciating them for being there over the years.

Smile360 had made headlines in the past, for their two consecutive wins at The Nigeria Healthcare Excellence Awards, both in the Dental Services Provider of the Year category back in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Using an array of ultra-modern equipment, Smile360 offers a wide variety of word-class dental care treatments, including, Hollywood Smile, Invisalign, endontic treatment, Digital Smile Design, cosmetic dentistry, Implants and several others. Some of the state-of-the-art equipment at the clinic include; ultra oral scanner, 3D x-ray, sophisticated dental chair and more.

Dr. Amy has described Smile360’s mission as a tireless effort to change the perception of dental health in Nigeria and Africa at large.

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Feature Creating aggressive campaigns to end plastic pollution Deji Abdulwahab Some environmentalists have called on the government and other stakeholders in the environment to start aggressive campaigns to change the public attitude and behaviour toward the use and disposal of plastics.

They proffered solutions to plastic pollution in line with the theme of the 2018 World Environment Day which has its “Beat Plastic Pollution’’.

Mr Richard Inyamkume, the Senior Programme Officer, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative, said that the government and citizens should evolve practical strategies that would reduce the menace of plastic waste in communities.

Inyamkume said that other methods of tackling the environmental issue involved public activism and legislation.

“I believe in change of attitude as it can increase public consciousness about the impact of plastics on the environment while prompting alternative considerations for the use of plastics in the country.

A campaign against improper plastic waste disposal can begin in the home-setting before going into the streets; it should make high impact and encourage plastics reuse, recycling and substitution,’’ he said.

Inyamkume, however, underscored the need for the citizens to understand their specific roles in the campaign for a plastic-free environment.

He noted that they should also be encouraged to organise regular community cleanup activities to clear plastic waste.

“Besides, government and policymakers ought to review national legislation and policies so as to discourage the production of single-use disposable plastic materials, while encouraging the production and importation of environment-friendly products.

“Plastic pollution occurs where plastic materials are indiscriminately dumped in an area in such a way that it begins to impact negatively on the ecosystem,’’ he said.

He said that the global community was planning to achieve clean, sustainable and pollution-free cities by 2030 and as such, efforts were underway to address plastic pollution.

“In Nigeria, plastic pollution has increased over time due to the proliferation of plastics producing factories and a corresponding increase in the demand for plastic materials by the public.

“These increases have come with attendant environmental consequences such as plastic pollution, mostly in urban and commercial areas, and there has not been enough public awareness or sensitisation on the proper methods of disposing plastics.

“What usually constitutes plastic pollution includes but is not limited to single-use plastics such as plastic bags, water bottles, straws, cups, utensils, dry cleaning bags, take-away containers or disposable plastic materials,’’ he said.

The environmentalist said that if not properly managed, plastic waste could affect life on land and in oceans or rivers.

Inyamkume said that Nigeria should to join the global crusade to end plastic pollution because of its hazards to the environment.

In his view, Mr David Michael, the Executive Director, Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation, a non-governmental organisation, called for a total ban on single-use plastics if they could not be re-used or recycled.

“We are advocating for a total ban of single use of plastics in Nigeria because plastics do not decay; they remain in the soil, river and ocean for years,’’ he said.

Michael urged producers of plastic packages to use biodegradable materials such as paper bags and leaf to package consumable products.

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He said that his organisation organised the neighbourhood clean-up in Jabi community, in collaboration with the Government Secondary School students in the FCT, to sensitise them to the need to control plastic waste in the country.

“Plastics here in the Jabi community run off to Jabi Lake. If you see the quantity of plastics in Jabi Lake, you will never believe it.

“That is why we chose this community that is very close to the Jabi Lake because all the wastes of the residents overflow to the lake; we want the students to understand that it is important to dispose waste safely.

Clara Okpala, a student of Government Secondary School, Jabi, underscored the need to ban the production and utilisation of single-use plastics, observing that waste could harm and kill fishes and other marine creatures.

Martins Obi, another student of the school, said that plastic waste often blocked water channels, thereby causing floods which displaced people from their homes.

Oyedepo Joshua, a student and member of EcoClub in Government Science and Technical College, Garki, said that the re-use of plastics through environmental creative arts would assist in the efforts to reduce plastic pollution in the country.

Joshua, who used plastic bottles to create a chair, said that the re-use of plastics would assist in the efforts to address plastic pollution in the country.

Vincent Davies, a student of Model Secondary School, Maitama, said that indiscriminate dumping of used nylon and plastics had been rampant on the school premises, calling for the erection of waste-bin stands to promote healthy environment.

Expressing concern about water pollution, Mr Sunday Agbontaen, the Head of Reservoir and Production Department, FCT Water Board Lower Usuma Dam, said that pollutants coming from

Mpape community had increased the cost of water treatment.

Agbontaen said pollutants in the water attracted toxins which were dangerous to human health, observing that the dam’s facilities had the capacity to screen the solid pollutants and disinfect the water for human consumption.

“When the water comes in, even at the catchment area up the Mpape zone, we monitor the water quality; we also monitor non-water quality to know the type of treatment the water will go through.

“So, in the treatment process, we will be able to understand that this amount of pollutant is higher in the water.

“We need the number of chemicals to treat it in accordance to World Health Organisation and Nigeria Standard Organisation,’’ he said.

The dam official said that a new plant would be designed to address the emerging pollutants such as plastics, steels and other pollutant substances.

In efforts at checking pollution, the Ministry of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril, said that the Federal Government was developing a national plastic waste recycling programme to establish plastic waste recycling plants across the country in partnership with state governments.

“At present, a total of eight plants have already been completed and handed over to the states while 18 others are at various stages of completion.

“In addition, the Federal Government is also collaborating with state governments to establish plastic waste recycling plants under the communitybased waste management programme in the ministry.

“Therefore, two plants have been completed in Ilorin, one in Lokoja, while work on another is ongoing in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State,’’ he said.

Jibril advised officials of Food and Beverages Companies Alliance and some waste management

stakeholders to implement the Extended Producer Responsibility policy.

He explained that the policy was designed to promote the integration of environmental costs associated with goods throughout their life cycles into the market price of the products.

Jibril also said that the implementation of the policy would go a long way in supporting efforts to clean the environment and make it pollution free.

He urged food and beverages companies to set aside a certain percentage of their profits for a campaign to sensitise Nigerians to the need to collect and recycle plastics and plastic bottles.

The minister urged the companies to encourage the recycling of plastic bottles and devise strategies that would motivate consumers to return the used bottles for recycling.

Also, Mr Clem Ugorji, the Director, Public Affairs and Communications, West Africa Business Unit, Coca-Cola Nigeria, said that Food and Beverages Companies Alliance was working to create a framework that would ensure effective collection and recycling of bottles.

Ugorji said that the alliance was working to become Extended Producer Responsibility-compliant, while making it mandatory for all food and beverages companies to discharge their social corporate responsibility.

In the same vein, Prof. Oladele Osibanjo, the National President, Waste Management Society of Nigeria, said that the society was collaborating with the alliance to organise a workshop to proffer solutions to the menace of plastic pollution in the country.

Osibanjo, who said that the workshop would be held in Lagos, said that it would attract relevant stakeholders in the waste management sector.

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Feature L2 Ese Ekama In 2015, former Minister of Solid Minerals Kayode Fayemi paid a day official visit to Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. to take a holistic view of the company and ensure it worked for the development of Nigeria’s industrial sector.

According to him, President Muhammadu Buhari is very passionate about the completion and effective operation of the company which is located in Ajaokuta, about 38 kilometres from Lokoja.

“We are looking at the entire steel complex and we are not going to segment the plant.

“We are told that the captive power plant has been reactivated; after taking the one needed by the company, we will be happy if Kogi and its environs could benefit from the remaining megawatt,’’ he said.

In the light of this commitment by the present administration, concerned Nigerians note that Ajaokuta Steel Company was envisaged to serve as the bedrock of the nation’s industrialisation and it ought to have been performing the role effectively.

Established in 1979 during former President Shehu Shagari’s administration, the company occupies 24,000 hectares of land.

The company has the billet mill which produces billets, the light section mill that produces round, square, strip and angles metals, the wire rod mill, producing wire rods and bars and the medium section and structural mill to produce parallel flange channels, equal angles, unequal angles and standard channels.

Between 1980 and 1983, the plant had reached a significant level in infrastructural development as the light section mill was commissioned earlier than the scheduled date, while the wire rod mill was also commissioned in April 1984 instead of December 1984.

By 1994, equipment erection work at the company had reached a substantial percentage of completion and the public had expected it to roll out steel for the much expected industrial development of the country.

Observers, however, note that even with the level of its completion, Ajaokuta Steel Company has yet to contribute to the development by having multiplier effects on all sectors of the Nigerian economy.

They hold the belief that the company has the capacity to become a major producer of industrial machineries, auto-electrical spare-parts producer, shipbuilding, railways and carriages.

Besides, they draw the attention of the stakeholders to the effect that the steel plant’s first phase has the capacity to provide direct employment for 10,000 technical staff and indirect 500,000 for unskilled upstream and downstream employment if it is in operation.

According to them, South Korea, which started its steel construction around the same time with Ajaokuta Steel Company presently has a revenue base of more than N60 billion dollars per annum and employs more than 65,000 workers.

They also observe that Ajaokuta Steel Company would have done better than South Korea if it has started production.

They recall that the Federal Government has spent more than 10 billion dollars within 34 years and it will only require additional two billion dollars to complete the plant.

In a bid to make the company productive, former President Olusegun Obasanjo conceded it to Messrs Solgas Energy, U.S. on 10-year tenure in 2003 but the same administration, alleging Solgas of non-

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performance, terminated the concession agreement in August 2004.

Further to this, in 2004 and 2005, the government granted another concession of the steel company and National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, Kogi, to Global Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd. of India.

But former President Umaru Yar’Adua revoked the contract in April 2008 resulting in legal action between the government and the Indian company.

In 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari settled the legal bottleneck surrounding the companies out of court with a modified concession agreement enabling Global Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd. to retain the National Iron Ore Mining Company.

The modified seven-year concession agreement was signed on Aug. 1, 2016, while the Federal Government took over the Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. Stakeholders in the Nigerian Metallurgical Society have, therefore, expressed concern about the news that the Federal Government was considering the concession of the company, pleading with the government to complete the remaining two per cent and operate the plant for few years before concession.

They want the government to provide clear and articulated plan for the development and growth of metal production sector as the struggle for a functional steel company in Nigeria for industrial development.

The Sole Administrator of Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd., Mr Sumaila Abdul-Akaba, pleaded with the Federal Government to complete the construction and equipping of the company before putting it up for reconcession to raise its value.

He said that a technical audit committee had been constituted by the Federal Government to ascertain the real cost of completing the plant.

“We are not against the concession of the company but there is the need to complete the plant as this will place high value on it,’’

he said.

Irrespective of Akaba’s view, some stakeholders insist that any attempt by the government to re-concession the steel plant will lead to corruption and mortgaging security of the country.

But former Minister of Solid Minerals Kayode Fayemi said that government would not incur further expenses to put the plant to use.

He said that the government would rather consider concession to a capable company with good history of competence and financial buoyancy.

“After completion of the audit, the ministry will declare it open for concession and only a competent bidder will be allowed to operate the company.

“The position of the government is clear on Ajaokuta; only a company that is verifiable, competent and financially buoyant will get the concession on Ajaokuta after the technical audit is completed.

“The rumour going on that Ajaokuta is at 90 per cent or 98 per cent completed is not true; that is why the technical audit is going on to ascertain its level of completion and other information needed,’’ he said.

However, following the former minister’s declaration, the House of Representatives came up with a bill to stop the government from initiating or concluding any concession plan on the steel plant.

Speaker of the House Yakubu Dogara said recently that the National Assembly would resist any move to concession the plant.

“You cannot concede your future; it is never done. I am yet to see a nation that even conceded its bedrock and still succeeded.

If you see one, just tell me; and that’s why previous attempts to concede it were not possible,’’ he said.

Sharing similar sentiments, Prof.

Benjamin Adewuyi, former President, Nigerian Metallurgical Society, said that the concession of the plant would result in putting the future and security of Nigeria in

the hands of foreigners.

He commended Dogara for speaking the minds of Nigerians; especially stakeholders in the sector that had long been canvassing that Nigerian government should revive and complete the steel plant.

“What Nigeria is spending on importation of iron and steel is far more than what will get if the government should complete the steel plant,’’ he said.

But Mr Anthony Madagua, former, Managing Director of Delta Steel Company, Aladja, said that he would stand with a caution on Dr Kayode Fayemi’s view on concession of the steel plant.

He said that the concession should be structured on a win-win situation for Nigeria, adding that it should not be like the previous concessions.

“Ajaokuta is a special and strategic project that should not be toyed with; it is supposed to be the heart beat of the nation in terms of industrialization,’’ he cautioned.

In his view, Alhaji Abubakar Bwari, Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, said 652 million dollars would reactivate equipment and machines at the Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. According to him, the estimated amount is part of recommendations contained in the Technical Audit Report presented to him.

Bwari said that with the completion of work by the Technical Audit, the next line of action was for the ministry to appoint transaction advisers to advise the Federal Government on the best strategy to adopt in operating the steel plant.

Irrespective of any decision on the company, concerned Nigerians note since a viable steel industry such as Ajaokuta steel Company Ltd. will continue to serve as a stimulus to national development, stakeholders should agree on profitable methods of sustaining the company.

Ekama is of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

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How technology is improving financial inclusion around the world

One-fifth of the world’s population are unbanked. Historically, it hasn’t been economically viable to provide financial services for these individuals, as they didn’t meet the minimum profitable threshold for most financial institutions. A number of reasons have combined to produce this situation, not just in developing economies but also in developed ones such as the US and UK. The introduction of new technologies has the potential to lower the cost of overcoming the hurdles that stop people entering the banking world ¬– be they geographic or regulatory inaccessibility, product mismatch, or a lack of trust – transforming the formerly unbanked into valued members of the formal economy and supporting economic growth for all.

Emerging markets are already embracing innovative technology and developing policy to increase financial inclusion. This is no surprise when you consider the estimated US$200 billion opportunity they represent. But the i ndividuals classed as unbanked don’t all share the same situation. Some lack access to banking institutions, while others simply have needs that existing products don’t address. Even given a conducive environment, banks operating in these markets need to tailor their existing offerings to successfully achieve profitable financial inclusion.

One problem is onboarding people

who have never had access to banks or credit. How do you get them to trust banks with their money, and vice versa?

Banks are now able to offer emerging markets innovative solutions, such as PNB MetLife Insurance’s JKB Family Protection Savings Bank Account that bundles low-cost insurance protection with the benefits of a savings account.

The bank expects this product to generate new business prospects of up to US$2 billion and foster trust among customers – many of whom will use credit products in the future.

Channel innovation is also key. Digital channels can provide greater convenience for customers as well as lowering the cost for banks, and have been instrumental in helping providers overcome challenges related to infrastructure and geography.

In Kenya, Musoni, a digital microfinance institution, uses a mobile platform to disburse loans within 72 hours and collect payments. In Bangladesh, the payment company bKash allows people to exchange hard currency for e-money through a network of community-based agents. This can then be used to transfer money to others, receive money, and buy mobile airtime.

Effective financial inclusion will likely require a “bricks-and-clicks” distribution model, including physical branch presences to build trust and confidence, perhaps supplemented by agents (such as

post offices and supermarkets). This may take a nontraditional form, such as the Colombian telecom company Tigo Une’s conversion of 13,000 pay phones into “payphone banks.” The transformation allows under-served customers to deposit coin-denominated daily earnings into their own microsavings accounts, at effectively no cost to Tigo Une. In Indonesia, Bank Rakyat’s floating bank branches allow inhabitants of the country’s remote islands to access financial services. The bank has even gone so far as to launch its own satellite, BRIsat, to provide reliable connectivity and reduce operating costs.

Technology is also allowing financial institutions to overcome the lack of credit histories in many of these emerging markets. Many financially excluded individuals don’t have the financial track record that banks traditionally rely on to support lending decisions, nor do they necessarily have formal proof of identification. Pioneers in this space are developing new underwriting and credit scoring analytics for individuals and businesses to assess lending risk.

In Mexico, the lending platform Konfio measures creditworthiness of potential business clients through a proprietary algorithm. By looking at cash flow and willingness to repay through analyzing the online application, social data, e-commerce platforms, and other

data sources, they are able to create a credit rating for business that would be previously be turned away. In China, the agriculture fintech company Nongfenqi does the same through conversations with customers’ business partners, customers, and fellow villagers. These new ways to calculate risk save financial institutions money while allowing them to expand their customer base significantly.

There has never been a better time for banks to seek revenue growth through financial inclusion, as the room for growth is broad. Banks that seize the opportunity opened up by new, cheaper, technology will be well positioned to capture market share and play a lucrative and transformative role in the growth of emerging markets. EY’s FinTech Adoption Index indicated that 69% and 52% of the digitally active in China and India respectively are FinTech users.

These new entrants have already gained significant market traction in emerging markets from their ability to tap into tech-literate but financially underserved populations. Incumbent banks that don’t start targeting this customer segment will find the FinTechs and digital disruptors swiftly stepping up and owning the space.

This article was written on behalf of EY

by Quartz Creative and not the Quartz editorial staff.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

For the Record

NASS has powers to add, reduce, review budget estimates – Court Federal High Court, Abuja, has ruled that the National Assembly has the power to increase – or review upward – budget estimates laid before it by the executive.

This followed a suit by popular advocate, Femi Falana, in which he listed the President, the Attorney-General of the Federation, the National Assembly and the Auditor-General of the Federation as respondents.

The Plaintiff (Falana) had asked the Court to determine four questions whether; 1. By Section 81 of the Constitution, the National Assembly can increase or review upward any aspect of the estimates of the revenues and expenditure of the Federation for the next financial year prepared and laid before it by the Executive; 2. By Section 85 of the Constitution, the National Assembly can audit public accounts of the Federation, appoint auditors for statutory bodies or conduct periodic checks of all government statutory corporations, commissions, authorities, agencies, including all persons and bodies established by an Act of the National Assembly in any manner whatsoever and howsoever; 3. By virtue of sections 88 and 89 of the Constitution, the National Assembly can summon corporate bodies and private individuals while conducting an investigation into any matter, and; 4. By virtue of section 214 of the Constitution, NASS can probe or investigate the allegations of corrupt practices, fraud, murder and other criminal offences committed in statutory corporations, commissions, authorities, agencies, including all persons and bodies established by an Act of the National Assembly in any matter howsoever.

He, therefore, prayed the court to declare unequivocally that by virtue of the stated sections, the legislative arm cannot increase budget estimates, or audit accounts of the Federation (or appoint auditors to do same), summon corporate bodies and private individuals while conducting an investigation into any matter, or probe/investigate allegations of corruption, fraud, murder and other criminal offenses committed by public officers, corporate bodies and individuals in Nigeria.

He also sought an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Parliament from increasing budget estimates laid before it by the Executive, auditing or appointing auditors to audit accounts of statutory bodies and public accounts of the federation or from conducting periodic checks of the accounts of government statutory corporations, commissions, authorities, agencies, including all persons and bodies established by an Act of the National Assembly, and restraining NASS from probing or investigating allegations of corruption, murder and other criminal offenses committed by public officers, corporate bodies and individuals in Nigeria.

Judge Gabriel O. Kolawole, in his ruling, stated that the questions as

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posed by Falana’s counsel, bordered on interpretations of the specific provisions of the Constitution which relate to the exercise of the National Assembly’s constitutional legislative powers, and that the essence of the suit is that NASS, under the guise of exercising oversight functions, usurps executive powers; an assertion which the judgment subsequently nullified.

He stressed that the Nigerian Constitution, which is modeled largely after that of the United States, has “as its underpinning principle, the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers”, and that sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Constitution clearly state that the machinery of the government of the federation at both federal and state levels, is predicated on three equal and coordinate arms of government, i.e. legislature, judiciary and executive. He also observed that the drafting of the Constitution makes cooperation between all the arms compulsory, as, by design, none can operate by standing aloof of the others, and his gives rise to the need for checks and balances, which would help prevent dictatorship, as certain powers by an arm of government are subjected to review or ratification by another.

The judge, in his verdict, further noted that the whole purpose of sections 81, 85, 88 and 89 is to ensure that Executive and agencies under its control are subjected to some form of oversight by Parliament, and that since the National Assembly is constitutionally empowered to appropriate funds to be expended for the running of government, it

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therefore has powers of oversight to ensure those appropriated funds are properly administered.

“The legislature and the executive are subject to the interpretative jurisdiction of the Court as to the constitutionality or otherwise of the exercise of their respective powers”, he said, stressing the fact that it is the Judiciary which has the constitutional responsibility of preventing both arms of government from committing infractions of provisions of the Constitution.

Addressing questions put to the court by Falana, the Judge stated that “the National Assemby was not created by drafters of the Constitution and imbued with the powers to receive ‘budget estimates’ which the first defendant is constitutionally empowered to prepare and lay before it, as a rubber stamp parliament. The whole essence of the budget estimates being required to be laid before Parliament is to enable it, being the Assembly of the representatives of the people, to debate the said budget proposals and to make its own well informed legislative inputs into it.”

With regard to the question concerning the powers of the National Assembly to audit public accounts or appoint auditors, the Judge stated that while the Constitution does not explicitly grant this power, “in so far as that duty is vested in the Auditor-General of the Federation, Parliament still retains legislative oversight powers over the AGF even in respect of these matters.”

On whether legislators can summon private citizens, the Court also ruled that “when Parliament exercises powers to summon

private corporate bodies in contrast to public bodies, or where it summons a private citizen, the inquiry it is going to conduct must be such that it is within legislative competence”, i.e. relating to matters contained in the Exclusive Legislative List, on which Parliament can legislate and/or amend existing laws.

On investigative powers, the court ruled that Parliament can, via resolutions, “direct agencies of government to conduct investigations, and where this is done in the legitimate and bona fide exercise of its constitutional legislative powers, to turn its reports to such agencies to aid them in their own investigations with a view, not to merely expose corruption, but to prosecute those found culpable.”

All seven reliefs sought by Falana against the National Assembly were, thus, not granted.

The judge further stated that; “no Court of law created and established pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution, 1999 as amended, in the legitimate exercise of its undoubted jurisdiction as the guardian of the Constitution and on the basis of the doctrine of separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution, can prospectively grant the restraining orders sought by the plaintiff (Falana) against the 3rd Defendant (the National Assembly) as the Legislative Arm of the Government of the Federation.”

The case, with number FHC/ABJ/ CS/259/2014, was initiated in 2014, and judgment was issued in March, 2016 and was not appealed by any of the parties.

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

L5 Public Discourse

We need regional cooperation, good governance to tackle terrorism – Osinbajo It is a special pleasure to welcome you all to Abuja, on behalf of His Excellency the President and Commander-inChief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, and the people and government of Nigeria.

Your presence at this all-important meeting, as participants, experts, speakers, and observers, is an indication of your individual and collective commitments to the aspirations and ideals of the Community.

Let me specially welcome the representatives of the United Kingdom, China, Saudi Arabia, and all Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council, the representative of ECOWAS, as well as other nations and organizations with Observer Status; and commend you for your continuing support for CEN-SAD. We count on this cooperation and support well into the future.

The theme of the meeting, Consolidating the Achievement of the Fight against Terrorism through Development Actions, is especially apt, as it focuses attention on the role of non-military components of the fight against terrorism and extremism. If there is one thing we have learned from our experience fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria, it is that the battle is as much social and economic, as it is a military one. It was Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, former UN Secretary General who said famously, that “bullets may stop terrorists, but only development, good governance and respect for human rights can prevent terrorism.”

Indeed, the military aspect of the fight against terrorism is the short-term one; enduring victory will only come from swiftly and diligently building on military victory by implementing, over the long term, policies that comprehensively tackle the poverty, illiteracy and frustration that predispose individuals and communities to imbibing extremist beliefs and ideologies.

But the narrative is worsened by the fact that violent extremism and terrorism do not walk alone, they are usually to be found interlinked with human trafficking, drug trafficking, illicit trade in drugs and arms, and other various forms of transnational organized crimes.

Within the community, the security challenge has assumed new dimensions since the Arab Spring, with the collapse of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, proving to be a watershed moment. Countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria, have since then, experienced an escalation of the twin global threats of violent extremism and terrorism, among others. This escalation of threats and vulnerabilities in the region has become an immediate and urgent security threat to the community.

But it is also encouraging to note that significant progress has been made to contain the terrorist challenges through the individual and collective actions of our respective States and through our respective regional economic communities.

The successes of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, in combating the Boko Haram menace in the sub-region, has significantly resulted in the degrading

of the Boko Haram group in particular, in terms of membership, and of recruitment and combat capabilities. Similarly, the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), with the support of the United Nations and other strategic partners, has made impressive progress in the fight against Al-Shabab terrorists in Somalia and the Horn of Africa generally.

In this ongoing fight against terrorism and violent extremism, the importance of intelligence sharing by member states of the Community has come strongly to the fore, considering the achievements recorded by the Regional Intelligence Fusion Unit (RIFU) of the MNJTF, in the joint fight against Boko Haram, as well as the gains made through the Sahel Fusion Liaison Units, which have arisen from the Nouakchott Process and the Djibouti Process.

Also the countries of the Horn of Africa and East Africa have recently launched the East African Fusion Liaison Unit (EAFLU) in Kampala, Uganda.

Besides, there have also been the Sharm-El-Sheik declaration of 2016 by the Community of Defence Ministers of CEN-SAD, reinforcing the cooperation of member states in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism and the Cocody Declaration which addressed inter-alia, the control and regulation of the movement of small arms and light weapons through the borders of member states.

But, your Excellencies, Honourable Ministers, as the theme of this meeting so clearly outlines, and as I mentioned earlier this is not a battle for militaries and intelligence agencies alone. If it were there would be no serious cause for alarm.

This is a fight that cannot and will not be won, without a collective and determined focus on all those elements that entrench poverty, want and conflict amongst the people of the Community, and that sow the seeds of criminal exploitation and violence.

These elements include the ecological threats of desertification and drought, as well as the phenomenon of forced human migration. Africa has historically been susceptible to desertification, due to the preponderance of semi-arid, arid and hyper-arid lands. Climate change and other factors collectively exacerbate these natural geographical conditions, to make more than 319 million hectares of Africa vulnerable to desertification.

In the CEN-SAD Community, the Sahara Desert is advancing southwards at an alarming rate of approximately 600 meters annually. A typical example is the shrinking of the Lake Chad due to climate change and human overuse. From about 25,000 square kilometers in 1963, Lake Chad, one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes, has shrunk by 95 percent to a current size of about 1,300 square kilometers. There are alarming predictions that the Lake may indeed, dry up completely in 20 years.

The Lake Chad Basin which straddles 4 nations in the Community previously supported more than 30 million inhabitants in its vicinity. The shrinking Lake Chad provides a graphic example of the notorious nexus between the environment and human conflict. There are strong

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indications that much of the violent conflicts in the Community can be linked to the passive and active resource conflicts associated with the shrinking Lake. People whose ancestors made a comfortable living off the land and water, as farmers and fishermen, are now confronted with displacement and vastly diminished opportunities.

In acknowledgement of this nexus, the Nigerian Government is spearheading a collective plan to recharge Lake Chad with water from the Congo Basin by constructing a 2,500 kilometers navigable channel from River Ubangi.

This project requires unprecedented levels of political cooperation of member states of the Community, and technical collaboration and financial partnership, from international partners, governments, development institutions and investors.

The planned recharging of the Lake Chad is just one of the many serious interventions, to mitigate the worst effects of climate change in our region and on the continent.

The great Green Wall, put forward as a panAfrican initiative to combat desertification in the Community, is another such initiative, and it is wholly deserving of our support and praise. Under this initiative, trees are being planted in a land strip, stretching 7,775 kilometers across the entire region of Africa from Senegal to Djibouti, to stop the desertification.

Another serious contemporary security threat is the issue of forced migration of people from the Community. With over 13 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 19 countries, Africa remains the continent most affected by internal displacement.

Forced migration of people, particularly young people from member states of the Community to Europe through illegal, unregulated and highly risky routes, has

lately become a serious, protracted and expanding global problem. That it is also big business for the powerful transnational criminal syndicates that organize it further, simply makes it more complicated.

We are confronted by the serious challenge of keeping our young people at home, and providing them enough social and economic opportunities, to deter them from falling for the false hopes of greener pastures as illegal migrants in distant countries.

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, as governments, we have our work cut out for us. As leaders in the national and security and defence establishments in our member states, I urge you to promote the agreements and partnerships that will enable the Community fully bridge our development gaps, and meet the rapidly growing needs of present and future generations of our people. It is certainly in our collective interest, to act proactively in this regard, by enabling and catalysing the jobs and prosperity without which these battles cannot be lastingly won.

Finally, I wish you fruitful deliberations today and hope that at the end of the meeting, we shall have outcomes capable of bringing enduring peace, security and development to the CEN-SAD Community.

It is now my special pleasure and privilege to declare the 7th meeting of Ministers of Defence of Member States of the Community of Sahel-Sahara States open.

Thank you very much for listening.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, delivered this piece at the 7th meeting of the Ministers of Defence of Member States of the Community of Sahel-Sahara States (CEN-SAD), in Abuja on Thursday, June 21, 2018.

Public Discourse L6

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

NASS’ cutting of 2018 Budget, crime against humanity – SERAP Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described as a crime against humanity the decision by the National Assembly to cut down some of the life-changing projects listed by the Presidency.

President Muhammadu while signing the budget on Wednesday revealed that the National Assembly had cut the proposals for some major projects are easing Nigerian’s difficulties.

He accused them of instead, inserting their own projects.

Buhari accused the lawmakers of replacing the projects with their own personal projects totalling 6,403 projects and amounting to N578 billion.”

The organization said, “the National Assembly cut funding for over 4,000 critical projects amounting to N347 billion.”

The organization advised President Muhammadu Buhari to “instruct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami to open discussion with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to establish whether substantial grounds and the requisite elements exist to warrant the intervention of the Prosecutor in this case. We note that under the Rome Statute, the Prosecutor has power to intervene in a situation under the jurisdiction of the Court if a state party, such as Nigeria, refers a situation to the court.”

In a statement today by SERAP deputy director Timothy Adewale the organization said, “Indicting individual lawmakers suspected to be most responsible for the reduction of funding for critical projects would provide a muchneeded measure of accountability for leaders who have traditionally acted with impunity, assured that they will never be held to answer for their actions. Cutting funding for essential public services such as health, education and security constitutes a serious human rights violation and potentially rises to the level of crimes against humanity against the Nigerian people.”

According to the organization, “The deliberate and systematic acts of alleged budget padding and cutting of funding by the lawmakers coupled with the widespread negative consequences of such acts for millions of Nigerians across the country point to not only allegations of corruption but also crimes against humanity, that is, deliberately withholding access of Nigerians to essential and life-saving public services, which is triable at the International Criminal Court.”

The statement read in part: “Apart

Saraki from pursuing a possible crime against humanity prosecution before the ICC, President Buhari should also move swiftly to enforce the judgment delivered last month

by Justice Mohammed Idris in suit no: FHC/L/CS/1821/2017 ordering the President to ask anti-corruption agencies to forward to him reports of their investigations into allegations of padding and stealing of some N481 billion from the 2016 budget, and to ensure effort prosecution of suspects.”

“It is the failure to decisively address allegations of padding of the 2016 budget that has allowed the practice to continue with almost absolute impunity.

Combating impunity of lawmakers for allegations of budget padding is important for ending the practice and deterring future lawmakers from using their legislative functions as a weapon for promoting personal gains and denying Nigerians access to critical and life-saving public services.”

“Crimes against humanity invoke criminal responsibility.

Although the authorities bear the responsibility for violations of the rights to health, water, education and security, it is possible to hold individuals responsible for massive and grave violations of these human rights through the operation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to which Nigeria is a state party. Nigeria deposited its instrument of ratification on 27 September 2001.”

“Those suspected of using legislative powers to allocate resources for personal gains and as an instrument to violate Nigerians’ human rights should be as guilty as those who commit traditional

Dogara systematic and widespread crimes against the population, particularly the socially and economically vulnerable sectors of the population.”

“Crimes against humanity in article 7 of the Rome Statute are committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack.

Crimes against humanity are also committed as “other inhumane acts of similar character intentionally causing great suffering, as described in article 7(1) (k) of the Rome Statute.

“SERAP notes that the Office of the Prosecutor’s Policy Paper on Case Selection and Prioritization, 2016, states that the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC will select cases for investigation and prosecution in light of the gravity of the crimes, the degree of responsibility of the alleged perpetrators and the potential charges. The impact of crimes may be assessed based inter-alia on the suffering endured by the victims and their increased vulnerability, the terror subsequently instilled, or the social and economic damage inflicted on the affected communities. The Office will give particular consideration to crimes such as the illegal exploitation of natural resources.”

“Crimes against humanity can be committed in peacetime.

The requisite intention to inflict inhumane acts is satisfied when the alleged perpetrator had the intention to inflict serious physical or mental suffering or knew that the act or omission was likely to cause a serious attack upon the human dignity.”

“Justice Idris has stated that ‘the allegation of budget padding is worrying, and if proved, criminal and therefore deserving of prosecution by the relevant agency of government. The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000 makes it an offence for any person to corruptly enrich himself or in possession of unexplained or illicit wealth and allows criminal penalties and forfeiture during an investigation there are reasonable grounds to believe that corruption has been committed, that is, the stealing and padding of the 2016 budget.’”

“Justice Idris also stated that ‘there is no doubt that stealing, and budget padding are offences which fall within the class of corrupt practices envisaged in the ICPC Act. To this extent, President Buhari is under a legal duty to give effect to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the ICPC Act by instituting and undertaking criminal proceedings against indicted officers of the National Assembly who are alleged to have stolen and padded the 2016 budget.’”

The judgment by Justice Idris read in part: “By Section 16 of the 1999 Constitution, the Nigerian State shall harness the resources of the nation and promote natural prosperity and an efficient, a dynamic and self-reliant economy. It shall also control the national economy in such a manner as to ensure the maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every citizen based on social justice and equality of status and responsibility amongst others.”

“Nigerians are guaranteed the right to their economic, social and cultural development with due regard to their

freedom and identity and in the equal enjoyment of the common heritage of mankind. The State therefore has the duty to ensure the exercise of this right.”

“For those in governance, they should always remember that sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government derives all powers and authority. That Nigeria is based on the principles of democracy and social justice and it has declared that the security and welfare of the people shall be primary purpose of government.”

Buhari had said that “Many of the projects cut are critical and the budget may be difficult, if not impossible, to implement with the reduced allocation. Examples of projects from which cuts were made are as follows: The provisions for various Strategic Interventions in the health sector such as the upgrade of some tertiary health institutions, transport and storage of vaccines through the cold chain supply system, provision of anti-retroviral drugs for persons on treatment, establishment of chemotherapy centres and procurement of dialysis consumables were cut by an aggregate amount of 7.45 billion Naira.”

“The provision for security infrastructure in the 104 Unity Schools across the country were cut by 3 billion Naira at a time when securing our students against acts of terrorism ought to be a major concern of government. The provision for the Federal Government’s National Housing Programme was cut by 8.7 billion Naira. A total of 5 billion Naira was cut from the provisions for Pension Redemption Fund and Public Service Wage Adjustment.”

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 15, 2018

L7 Religion

How to pray for your daily bread After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11Give us this day our daily bread.

As we read this prayer our Lord gave, remember it is the model prayer. The Lord did not say “Pray this prayer,” but “Pray in this manner.” He taught us something wonderful about prayer: it’s not the length of our prayer, the logic of our prayer, or the language of our prayer, but the faith, the focus, and the force of our prayer that causes it to be heard in heaven.

“Bread” in this prayer is really symbolic of any need you have. Do you have a need today? God delights to meet your need.

Here are four important steps to follow when praying for “daily bread.”

A Proper Priority Notice the priority in this prayer: Thy name Thy kingdom Thy will First comes God’s name, His kingdom, and His will. Only after that comes our need, “Give us this day our daily bread.” If you don’t get that priority straight, you’ll never have power in prayer.

God is not a heavenly bellhop,

running around to meet your needs.

Prayer is not the way man gets his will done in heaven. Prayer is the way God gets His will done on earth. It’s important we understand this. Jesus Christ summed it up in Matthew 6:33 “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

If you don’t establish that priority, you’re not going to get your prayers answered.

Answered prayer is not for rebels.

Why should God answer your request for daily bread if you’re not going to use that strength to serve Him? You must pray “Thy will” before you pray “our bread.” Give Him first place. The one place God will not work is second place.

Is the burning, consuming desire of your heart that His name be glorified, His kingdom come, and His will be done? Matthew 6:33 will remain only an unreached promise if you’ve not put it to practice.

Your Prayerful Petition Another reason some people don’t have their needs met: they don’t ask.

It’s that simple.

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to

them that ask Him? Matthew 7:11 You simply say, “Lord I have a need.”

Many people have not because they ask not. (James 4:2) You deny yourself when you don’t pray. Prayer is the key that unlocks heaven’s treasury.

God answers prayer. The One Who created the universe, the great eternal God, says that I can call upon Him and He will answer me and show me great and mighty things. (Jeremiah 33:3) A Proper Perspective This doesn’t mean you have the key to Fort Knox or you’re going to get everything you want. It doesn’t say God’s going to meet our greed. God is going to meet our need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

(Phil. 4:19) “Give us…our daily bread,” may be also translated “give us this day bread sufficient for us.”

Our Lord taught us to pray for bread, not for cake. Sometimes we want things we don’t need. And sometimes we need things we don’t want. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and God will delight to meet your need.

Your Personal Part Prayer is not a substitute for work or diligence. If you pray for bread, do you know how to say Amen? Work for it.

“In the sweat of thy face shall thou

eat bread.” Genesis 3:19 “…if any would not work, neither should he eat.” 2 Thessalonians 3:10 “The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold. Therefore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing.”Proverbs 20:4 “He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread, but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.” Proverbs 28:19 Too lazy to plow? Then you won’t have anything to eat. God doesn’t bless laziness and or indolence.

Don’t sit back and say, “I’m going to show my faith by doing nothing.” To the contrary! You will show your faith by doing something, for faith without works is dead.

Jesus is heaven’s bread for earth’s hunger. He became the Bread of Life so you and I could have our deepest hunger met.

Do you know Jesus? Friend, if you had bread to spare and died and went to hell, so what? If you don’t have Jesus, there’s a hidden hunger never satisfied until it’s satisfied in the Lord Jesus Christ. “Man shall not live by bread alone.” (Matthew 4:4) When you go to bed tonight, have that Bread in your heart. His name is Jesus. He’ll be sufficient for tomorrow.

Source: biblestudytools.com

Foreign Feature L8

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, June 22, 2018

Is Gaza now centre of Trump’s peace plan?

US President Donald Trump reaches to shake Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s hand before a meeting Osama Al Sharif All eyes will be on Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, and Jason Greenblatt, the White House special envoy to the Middle East, as they embark on a fivestate visit at the end of this week. What makes this visit different from previous ones is that it will mark the first solid step toward the launching of Trump’s proposed plan for a comprehensive settlement of the Palestine question. And it appears that salvaging the Gaza Strip will be the main focus.

The two emissaries will visit Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Israeli reports have suggested that the Trump administration will ask for hundreds of millions of dollars from Gulf states to be invested in economic projects in Gaza in an attempt to calm the security situation there and generate momentum before the White House presents its Middle East peace plan. These projects will include building a solar energy project near Al-Arish in northern Sinai

to tackle Gaza’s endemic electricity shortages. Another strategic project, which will take years to complete, is dedicating a sea port, either in Israel or in Sinai, to facilitate the flow of goods. The Israeli government has been discussing the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza as part of US-sponsored efforts.

The focus on Gaza is not new. In March, the White House hosted an international meeting on Gaza, which was attended by 19 nations including representatives of Arab states and Israel, but not the Palestinian Authority (PA). The White House subsequently issued a statement that said: “The situation in Gaza must be solved for humanitarian reasons and for ensuring the security of Egypt and Israel. It is also a necessary step toward reaching a comprehensive peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians, including Palestinians in both Gaza and the West Bank.”

Ironically, the Washington meeting came two months after the US slashed its annual funding for the UN Relief

and Works Agency by half; raising questions about the future of Palestinian refugees and making the lives of two million Gazans, including 1.3 million refugees, even more difficult.

The PA had suspended ties with the Trump administration following the latter’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the US Embassy there. President Mahmoud Abbas had rejected all offers to talk with US emissaries, while Palestinian officials accused Washington of taking steps to create a Palestinian state in Gaza as part of Trump’s “ultimate deal.”

Efforts to reconcile Fatah and Hamas, under Egyptian auspices, have failed and Abbas has stepped up what is seen as collective punishment against the beleaguered Gaza Strip. On the other hand, the Hamas leadership has been working with the Egyptians to normalize ties and open the Rafah Border Crossing in an attempt to alleviate worsening conditions in Gaza. Some reports suggested that Hamas and Israel were engaged in indirect talks to reach a longterm truce that would ease the

11-year economic blockade.

The US placed Hamas on its terror list back in 1997 and, earlier this year, it designated the group’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, a terrorist. But how will current US efforts to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Gaza be reconciled with its official position on Hamas, which remains firmly in control? Despite its hardline position against Israel and the US, Hamas’ leadership has taken steps to adjust its charter; recognising the 1967 borders but not Israel and severing ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.

But Hamas is in no position to bargain. Various international agencies have warned of the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the strip. Hamas has become increasingly unpopular and the same can be said of Abbas, but the PA’s refusal to meet its responsibilities toward its employees in Gaza has done little to loosen Hamas’ strong grip on power or force it to cave in.

If the US emissaries are successful in their bid to secure Gulf funding, along with Egyptian and Israeli

commitments to providing generous economic incentives to Gazans, it will be interesting to see how Hamas reacts. With Abbas under pressure and with limited options at his disposal, Hamas would not hesitate to step in as an alternative to the failing PA. That would require it to abandon its ties with Iran, Turkey and Hezbollah and adopt a pragmatic position on Israel and a final settlement.

That is easier said than done.

There will have to be a price exacted in exchange for an economic lifeline and political recognition.

The fear is, of course, that Kushner and Greenblatt are following a far-right Israeli playbook; one that limits Palestinian statehood to Gaza and paves the way for the annexation of most of the West Bank. And this may end up being the only thing that Trump’s “ultimate deal” will deliver.

Source: ARABNEWS Al Sharif, is a journalist and political commentator based in Amman.

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