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Probe panel okays Gwarzo’s dismissal from public service Ï Directs suspended SEC DG to refund N104m Ï We won’t reverse his suspension, Adeosun tells Reps Ï No, I’m being punished for taken action against Oando - Gwarzo

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L-R: Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola and the Interim Managing Director/CEO, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr Usman Gur Mohammed, during the submission of report on consultancy service on transmission expansion plan (Development of Power System Master Plan for TCN ) to the minister in Abuja ... on Tuesday.

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of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, from the Public Service of the Federal Government. The report and recommendations of the API headed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, were sighted by one of our correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. In the report, which has been submitted to the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, the panel also directed Gwarzo to refund N104,851,154.94 being the severance package he approved and received. The panel also recommended that Gwarzo should be referred to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission (ICPC) for further investigation over the allegation of using his position to influence the award of contracts to Outbound Investments Limited. According to the report, Gwarzo’s position as the director-general of SEC as well as a director in two private firms (Medusa Investment Limited and Outbound Investments Limited) was in breach of Public Service Rule 030424, 030402 and Section 6 of the Investment and Securities Act, ISA 2007. The panel further recommended that: “ Mr. Mounir Gwarzo should be referred to the ICPC for further investigation of the allegation of using his position as Director-General to influence the award of contracts to Outbound Investments Limited in view of the provisions of Sections 57 (12) (b) and 58 (5) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007; “Gwarzo should be dismissed from the Public Service of the Federal Government, in line with PSR 030402 (in relation to the allegation on Golden Handshake), having breached paragraphs 313 and 316(4) of the Financial Regulations (Government Notice No. 219 of 27th October, 2009) (engaging in extra budgetary expenditure without appropriate approval); “He should be discharged from service on the allegations of award of contracts to Medusa Investments Limited; award of contracts to other companies as mentioned in paragraph 5.1.1 and to which no relationship with Mr. Mounir H. Gwarzo was sufficiently established.” But the panel recommended that the cases of

two management officers of the Commission – Mrs. Anastasia Omozele Braimoh and Mr. Abdulsalam Naif H., be referred to SEC for appropriate disciplinary action in line with the provisions of the Staff Manual of SEC. The panel advised the Federal Government to reorientate public servants to the very fact that the Public Service Rules and Financial Regulations are ground norms of every Government Service Contract, be it at the Federal, State or Local Government levels. “Accordingly, all Government Extra-Ministerial Departments and Agencies should be made to understand that the PSR and FR are superior to whatever specific legislations and domestic arrangements that guide their operations, except when such issues were not covered by any provision of the PSR,” the report stated. In a related development, the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, on Tuesday, declared that the Federal Government was not considering reverting the suspension of Munir Gwarzo as the director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), insisting that the suspended chief executive is unfit to hold such a sensitive position. Adeosun disclosed this when she testified before the House Committee on Capital Market and other Institutions investigating the suspension of the SEC director-general and two other staff for alleged acts of misconduct. She confirmed to the committee of having received the report of the administrative panel of inquiry into the series of allegations leveled against Gwarzo, adding that she would forward her recommendations to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. Speaking at the one-day investigative public hearing held by the House committee, the minister maintained that due process was followed before Gwarzo was suspended. According to her, upon the receipt of documented evidence of the allegations against the suspended director-general, he was given fair hearing but that his response to queries issued to him contradicted evidence in possession of the administrative panel. The minister added that in spite of denials by Gwarzo that he had no interest in any private company,

the panel discovered that he remained a director and shareholder in two private companies, Medusa and Outbond. Dismissing insinuations by Gwarzo that his suspension was engineered by the minister because the SEC had technically suspended the shares of Oando Nigeria Plc, she said that Oando had petitioned the ministry declaring the suspended director general of being unfit to occupy his position. The minister said, “Gwarzo was given fair hearing be-

fore suspension. I think the decision to suspend him was the right one and was done to restore confidence in the capital market. “On his allegation of my attachment to Oando in any way, l want to inform this committee that l don’t nor any more of my family members owe any shares in Oando and l assure you the forensic audit ordered by SEC is ongoing contrary to claims by Gwarzo.” The minister’s position was supported by the Director, Legal Services in

Federal Ministry of Finance, Christopher Gabriel, who stated that Gwarzo’s suspension complied with public service rules. He said that Gwarzo’s interests in the two private firms contravened the Code of Conduct for Public Officers set out in the 5th Schedule of the Constitution, Section 311 of the Penal Code and Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act. Gwarzo had earlier in his testimony, accused Ad-

eosun of interfering in the internal administration of the SEC, especially as it concerns the punitive action against Oando taken by the regulatory commission under his watch. He also declared that the minister lacked the powers to suspend him from office, arguing that based on the law establishing the commission, “only the president has powers to suspend me based on the recommendations of the minister and subject to the approval of the Senate”.

APC National Chairman,Chief John Odigie-Oyegun in a handshake with the Head of West Africa Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London when the latter led a United Kingdom government delegation on a working visit to the Party’s National Leadership in Abuja.

Subject: Court strikes out Patience Jonathan’s N2bn rights suit against EFCC Andrew Orolua, Abuja

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the N2billion fundamental human rights enforcement suit brought by the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs Patience Jonathan against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a judgement delivered by Justice John Tsoho, the court held that the wife of the former President could not sustain her claims that her fundamental rights were violated by the antigraft agency. The court also held that the case of Mrs Jonathan was largely weakened by the EFCC’s deposition that investigations of the alleged crimes said to have been committed by Patience Jonathan are ongoing and in progress. EFCC had in its deposition averred that

bogus sum of money were lodged in the sealed bank accounts Patience claimed are her own. Justice Tsoho held that the law does not limit the period on investigation of a crime and further held that the case of Mrs Jonathan was not sustained. On the complaint by the former first lady that the EFCC violated her rights to private and family life, the court held that there was no evidence to show that the EFCC raided her houses. This is so, particularly as EFCC denied it took part in the raid. The court also held that “no verifiable evidence to prove that the applicant (Patience Jonathan ) is being hunted because of her views expressed during the 2015 general elections campaign’. On Mrs Jonathan’s alleged violation her rights to fair hearing before the

properties were sealed, the court held that her rights has not been violated as court has granted the antigraft agency an interlocutory injunction sealing the properties on a reasonable ground of suspicion that the properties were obtained by proceeds of crime. Justice Tsoho also justified the preservative order, adding that it does not amount to the violation of the applicant’s right. The judge also dismissed claims that most of the email exhibits annexed by the applicant are online publications. Justice Tsoho then said, “Having made out this, I hold that the applicant is not entitled to any of the reliefs sought. Consequently, the applicant’s suit is hereby struck out”. Earlier, while delivering the judgment, the judge had dismissed EFCC objec-

tion that Patience suit was an abuse of court process. He said “the suit is not an abuse of court process as Patience Jonathan was not a party in any of three suits in Lagos.” Patience Jonathan had, in her suit filed by her lawyer, Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), urged the court to order EFCC to pay her N2 billion as general damages/compensation jointly and severally for the violation of her fundamental rights. She also wanted the court to declare that her incessant harassment by the EFCC through negative media publications, denigrating and degrading her person as corrupt, without any invitation by the Commission, trial or conviction by a court amounts to a violation of her rights under Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

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on Friday at the official forex market. Also, at the parallel market, the Nigerian currency, stood steadied at N364 to the dollar, the same price it has been selling since last Tuesday, following a depreciated closing rate of N365 sold the previous day. But the Naira appreciated against the Pound sterling to close at N505

compared to N510 traded on Monday but declined further against the Euro with a new closing rate of N448 against N446 sold the previous day, but weaker than N505 and N445 sold respectively over the weekend at the unofficial forex market. At the Investors and Exporters (I&E) foreign exchange window, the Naira, declared no significant difference from what recorded on Monday as

trading began at N359.91 to the Greenback, which was slightly better than N360 seen on Monday before traded high at 361.50, but eventually closed at 360.39 compared to 360.37 exchanged on the first trading day of the week. Meanwhile, the apex bank, on Monday, injected fresh $210m into various segments of the interbank foreign exchange market, after the sum of $304.4 million Retail Sec-

ondary Market Intervention sales in the interbank forex market on Friday. At Monday’s trading, the CBN offered the sum of $100m as wholesale interventions and allocated the sum of $55m to the Small and Medium Enterprises forex window. Customers requiring forex for Business/Personal Travel Allowances, tuition and medical fees, among others, equally got

an allocation of $55m. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, confirmed the sales, reiterating that the bank would sustain its interventions in the foreign exchange market. He expressed optimism that the value of the naira would continue to spike in the face of accretion to the foreign reserves and the attendant reduction in the country’s import bill.

While also attributing the stability in the market to the bank’s transparency and cooperation of authorised dealers, he urged all dealers to continue to play by the rule, as the CBN would not hesitate to sanction any erring bank or dealer. Friday’s sales were in favour of interests in the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products, raw materials and machinery sectors.

Immortalise Ekwueme now, Enugu Assembly tells FG Moses Oyediran, Enugu, Olufemi Samuel and Jude Idu, Abuja

(Front Roll), President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (seventh left), Commandant of the National Defence College, Rear Admiral Adeniyi Osinowo (sixth left), Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali (eighth left), officials of the NDC, Senators and Course 26 participants when the President of the Senate delivered a lecture entitled: ‘Separation of Powers and National Security in Nigeria: An Appraisal’, to the participants of the college in Abuja...on Tuesday

Reps queries National Sugar Council over N9bn dormant funds

t 8BOU GVOET EJTCVSTFE UP MPDBM JOWFTUPST GBSNFST Henry Omunu, Abuja The House of Representatives Committee on Industry on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the nondisbursement of over N9 billion by the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) to investors to reduce the nation’s overdependence on imported sugar. The committee made its reservations known when officials of the agency’s appeared before it to defend its 2018 budget proposals. Executive Secretary of the Council, Latif Busari, had informed the committee that a total of N9.4 billion has been earmarked in the 2018 budget to be

deposited in two main development banks, namely the Bank of Industry (BOI) and Bank of Agriculture (BOA) for future investments in the sugar industry. According to him, the expected investment funds to be lodged in the BOI for the fiscal year would be N5.9 billion while N3.5 billion would also be deposited in the BOA to avoid wastage. But, bewildered committee members queried the rationale in depositing such huge funds in the two banks instead of giving out loans to potential investors. According to the committee members, the funds instead of lying unutilized should be loaned to local

investors and farmers. Chairman of the committee, Hon Usani Moriki from Zamfara State said that the aim of the funds would be defeated if they were not disbursed to investors. “The aim of lodging these monies are defeated since they can’t be used for the purpose they were meant for. “So, l urge you to look into the issue and identify the problems. These banks are there to fund farmers. Why can’t the funds be given to farmers. You can’t be telling us that giving out these funds are capital intensive,” he stated. Thereafter, the committee chairman directed the secretary to furnish the committee with details of

the funds, investors and what the banks had done within the periods the funds had been in their custody. Moriki further urged the council to on a monthly basis record the sugar levies collected by Customs and amounts released by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to it. “Provide this committee a statement of accounts for BOI and BOA investment and provide details of investors who have accessed the loans. “We need to know if monies meant for sugar development are being sidelined by Customs or CBN”, he stressed.

The Enugu State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to immortalise the late Vice President Alex Ekwueme as a result of his contributions to the development of the country. The House at a plenary on Tuesday, observed a minute silence in honour of the departed soul of the fallen statesman who would be buried in his country home, Oko, in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Pouring encomiums on the late Ekwueme, who was one of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the lawmakers argued that it would be nice that a man of such stature and status should be immortalised for life by naming an institution after him in Igboland or anywhere else in Nigeria. Speaker of the State Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi, while urging his colleagues to observe a minute silence for the late Vice President, said that they were not mourning him but rather celebrating him whom he described as an achiever. The Speaker said, “We are not mourning Ekwueme, we are celebrating him. He was a silent achiever. He guided the country until his death.” A member representing Nkanu East Constituency, Hon. Paul Nnajiofor, who suggested that Ekwueme be immortalised, said that the former Vice President rendered service to his father land, pointing out that he was among those that designed Abuja as the Federal Capital because of his profession as an architect. In his own contribution,

the member representing Udi South, Hon. Chuka Eneh, who said that he was not qualified to talk about the Colossus that Ekwueme was. He described him as a man of integrity, nationalist and an upright man whose legacies all should build on for a progressive and prosperous nation. In a related development, Speaker Ubosi mandated the House Committee Chairman on Education, Hon. Matthew Ugwueze, to investigate the allegations making the rounds that students of the State owned polytechnic, Institute of Management and Technology, IMT, is forcing students to pay hostel fee of N40,000.00 each, whether they are living in the hostel or not and report back to the House for appropriate action should the allegation be true. Meanwhile, the national summit on security being organised by the Senate has been postponed in honour of the late Ekwueme who will be buried on Saturday. The summit, scheduled to hold on February 1 and 5 at the Banquet Hall of the State House was to be declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement by the Chairman, Senate ad-hoc committee on review of security infrastructure, who is also the Majority Leader, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, stated that the postponement was to honour the late former Vice President, and to also enable Federal legislators, particularly those from the SouthEast, participate fully in the burial programme of the late elder statement. Lawan said a new date for the summit would be announced in due course, and extend the committee’s apology to the invited dignitaries.

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Confusion in Kenya as Odinga forms parallel govt Myke Uzendu, Abuja Confusion is now trailing the Tuesday’s action of the presidential flag bearer of National Super Alliance (NASA), Raila Odinga, as he was sworn in as the ‘people’s president’ in Kenya. Odinga took his oath of office at Uhuru Park Grounds in Nairobi at about 2.45 pm. But some of his supporters including his running mate, Kalonzo Musyoka, as well as Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula were absent at the ceremony. While taking the oath with a Bible on his right hand, Odinga said: “I, Raila Amolo Odinga, in full realization of the high calling assume the office of the people’s president of the Republic of Kenya, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the People and the Republic of Kenya; that I will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of Kenya, as by law established and all other laws of the Republic as adopted by the People of Kenya; that I will protect and uphold sovereignty, integrity and dignity of the people of Kenya. So help me God”. The Oath was administered by Ruaraka MP TJ Kajwang and former Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Miguna Miguna. After being ‘sworn in’, Odinga issued a brief address where he thanked his supporters for turning up in large numbers for the event. He said, “Today is a historic day for the people of Kenya. For the first time in our history, people have gathered here in their hundreds of thousands to say enough is enough with election rigging. Today is a one stop towards doing away with electoral autocracy and to establishing proper democracy in the country”. “I thank Kenyans for the courage, for the patience and fortitude you have shown the rest of the world that a people united cannot be defeated.” Odinga explained that his running mate,

Kalonzo Musyoka, would take his oath at a later date. Many of the attendees chanted pro-Odinga slogans, waving tree branches and blowing horns and whistles. “Odinga is the one we recognise as the president and that is why we are swearing him in,” said hairdresser Benta Akinyi, 32. Although the police had said they would prevent any illegal assembly, there were no uniformed police in the park and no anti-riot officers or vehicles were visible. On the edge of the crowd, a single tear gas canister was fired. Meanwhile, Kenyan authorities have shut down a private television and radio stations as thousands of people gathered to watch the country’s opposition leader being sworn in as an “alternative government”. Independently-owned Citizen Television and Radio stations said government authorities had forced them off air due to their plans to cover the gathering. Earlier on Monday, Linus Kaikai, chairman of the Kenya Editors Guild, said senior editors had been summoned by the authorities and warned not to cover the event or risk being shut down. “The Communications Authority of Kenya has switched off Citizen Television and Radio in most parts of the country over the coverage of the NASA ‘swearing-in’ plan,” the Citizen website said, referring to the opposition NASA alliance. A number of media outlets, including Citizen and television, NTV and KTN said that authorities had forced them off air. KTN had been showing a live video stream from the park. Rebekka Rumpel, a research assistant on the Africa programme at Chatham House, described the situation as a “showdown” between Odinga and President Kenyatta and added there had been a crackdown on freedom. “This is part of a wider

trend of the erosion of civil liberties in the wake of Kenya’s two elections last year: NGOs critical of the conduct of the elections were targeted by

the government; protests were banned in three cities; and President Kenyatta vowed to ‘fix’ the Supreme Court after it ruled the 8 August presidential

election was not conducted in accordance with the constitution,” Ms Rumpel told The Independent. But Kenya’s AttorneyGeneral of the Federation

had warned that Odinga could be charged with treason if the swearing in event went ahead, an offence that can carry the death penalty.

Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo (third left), Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (second left), his wife, Olufunso (left), Pastor Idowu Iluyomade of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David parish, Lagos and his wife, during the funeral service in honour of Mr. Ayodeji Tinubu, special adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Commerce and Industry in Lagos...on Tuesday

We’ll collate Ekiti, Osun guber polls electronically –INEC chairman Tunde Opalana, Abuja

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that the commission is fully prepared to deploy the electronic collation and transmission platforms in the conduct of governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states in July and September this year. He added that the development will be replicated during the 2019 general elections According to the INEC boss, in doing so, the commission will convinced that election results will be transmitted faster and more accurately from the polling units to the various collation and declaration centres. Yakubu, who stated this on Tuesday during a courtesy call on him by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in Abuja, said INEC is committed to deepening the deployment of technology in elections.

He said the new technology was piloted and tested in various re- run and bye- elections conducted since the 2015 general elections, adding that the technology was simultaneously used in some major elections recently. To achieve this, the INEC boss said it is imperative to discuss with NCC, hence, the reason for the visit on NCC to pave way for a larger meeting between INEC and telecommunications operators in Nigeria, which is expected to be facilitated by the NCC. The aim of the meeting according to him, include; “providing INEC with the combined network coverage map for all operators nationwide, including network strength that can help us deploy our e- collation system successfully; to discuss data security in the course of transmission of results in order to further safeguard the security of the process; and the provision, registration and exclusive use of SIM cards with special numbers for use in our Smart Card

Readers” He added that the numbers should be registered in the name of INEC instead of the current practice of using cards sourced from the open market registered in the personal names of INEC officials. He said, “ This will help in the management of database and dataset of the allocated numbers. It will also help to guard against the delisting of the SIM cards when they are not active for a prolonged period of time. Doing so will also enable the encryption of information thereby providing security in the course of transmitting both data and image”. Soliciting for NCC’ s help in facilitating discussion with the operators on ways of enhancing their corporate social responsibility to Nigeria’ s electoral process, Prof. Yakubu said an immediate area of interest to INEC is how the operators can help in voter education and publicity. “ Towards the 2019 general elections, we would

like the operators, in collaboration with INEC to have a bulk SMS and possibly voice messenger as well on the imperative of peaceful elections, the information on the location of polling units for easy access to voters’, he added. Responding, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, said the NCC is committed to free and fair election in Nigeria and will be ready to complement the efforts of government institutions such as INEC that is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring an acceptable polls in 2019. He said that the NCC is ready to deploy its own satellite dedicated to the coverage of national telecommunications network. The NCC satellite connectivity, he said, is independent of the satellite monitoring for overall security connectivity of the entire country which is domiciled in the Office of the National Security Adviser.

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AU leaders seek cooperation to combat transnational terrorism Myke Uzendu, Abuja

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African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) has pledged to join hands to combat transnational terrorism in the region. The AUPSC also urged all African countries to adopt methods that will ensure the menace is contained in their countries and rooted out in Africa. This was contained in a Landmark Communiqué with the theme: “Towards a Comprehensive Approach to Combat the Transnational Threat of Terrorism in Africa” issued at the749th meeting held on the sidelines of the just concluded 30th AU Summit, the AU Peace and Security Council. The communiqué which was made available by DR. Tope Adeleye Elias-Fatile, Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The African leaders, “reiterates its strong condemnation of all terrorist acts, methods, practices and incitements, regardless of the pretext under which they are committed.” They also reiterated their strong condemnation of violent extremist ideologies and narratives, and recognize the integral role of these phenomena in the ultimate execution of terrorist acts. They underscores the AU’s continued commitment to inclusive approaches and African ownership within the context of African solutions to the problems plaguing the continent, as well as Africa’s commitment to the international counter terrorism regime as outlined by relevant OAU/AU treaties and conventions, UN Security Council resolutions, and the UN. Some of the strategies to be adopted by the regional body is to “encourage Member States to develop their own comprehensive national counter terrorism strategies focusing on prevention, as well as on timely and swift responses to any terrorist acts”. In the same context, Council also encourages Member States to adopt holistic approaches in addressing the root causes of terrorism, violent extremism and radicalization, focusing particular attention to the plight of the youth and marginalized sections of society. They “Stresses the importance of coordination and complementarily of efforts among Member States and all relevant regional and international actors in preventing and countering terrorism, violent extremism and radicalization. In the same context, they

also stressed the importance of inter-regional continental and international forums of cooperation in the prevention and combating of terrorism, based on comprehensive and evidence-based approaches, within the overall context of practical steps of silencing the guns in Africa by the year 2020; “Further stresses the need for constructively engaging a broad range of actors in the fight against terrorism, violent extremism and radicalization, including leaders of various religious groups , community leaders, traditional leaders, educational institutions, civil society groups, the media and internet service providers, as well as the youth and women. “Expresses deep concern over the threat posed by the return of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs) from conflict zones outside the continent back to their countries of origin in Africa, or to other Member States, where they may seek refuge with other terrorist groups on the ground.” In this regard, Council requests the AU Commission and partners to continue to assist Member States in building and further strengthening their national capacities, in order to enable them to more effectively deal with this threat “Calls upon Member States to take the required measures to dry up the flow of terrorism financing, by cutting the links between terrorist organizations and organized crime, including trafficking, smuggling and illicit trade.” In this regard, Council underscores the need for continued enhancement of cooperation between and among national security and intelligence agencies of Member States, particularly financial intelligence units, in order to enable them to more effectively combat all forms of financial crimes, such as money laundering and the payment of ransom to terrorist groups. “In the same context, Council urges Member States to pay particular attention to the exploitation of charity organizations as a cover to promote terrorism; “Stresses the need to strengthen cross border cooperation and information

sharing between Member States’ Intelligence Units.” Prior to the adoption of the Communiqué, statements were delivered by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, of Egypt, Chairperson of the PSC, President Alpha Conde, of Guinea, the outgoing Chairperson of the African Union and other African leaders.

L-R: Chairman of the occasion, Femi Atoyebi (SAN); The author, Noruwa Edokpolo his wife Bridget and Director General of institute for National Transformation, Prof. Vincent Anigbogu during the launch of a book titled (On your Mark) on the occasion of the 50th birthday of Edokpolor in Lagos... on Tuesday. PHOTO: WALE AKINOLA

Tears, tributes, as Deji Tinubu makes final journey home

ÏÏÏLagos State Governor, Ï ƌƄ ƗƆè ƌ Ƒ è # Ƌ ƍ R ƈ Ƅ Ɖ ^ ƕ G Ɛ `Ɔ ƍƆƅƐ Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his counterpart in Ogun, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo on Tuesday led thousands of friends, family members, colleagues and well wishers to pay last respect to late Deji Tinubu who passed on last Thursday. At a well attended lying in state and funeral service held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Victoria Island, Lagos, tributes, eulogies and tears poured in freely for Tinubu, who until his demise was the Special Adviser to Governor Ambode on Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives. Deji had slumped while playing a novelty football match with some mem-

Ï6Ɔ z 1ƏƆ Ɛ ^Ə ƇƆ ƈ Ƌè d ƕ G d1 bers of the State Executive Council at the Jubilee Chalets in Epe on January 25, 2018. In a special tribute in memory of Deji Tinubu published in the funeral service brochure and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello described him as a great professional who devoted time to the service of humanity. “He was an engineer, but he was also an engineer of sports. He was both sports man and sports lover. But he was unforgettable as a sports administrator. Those who followed him knew him as a symbol of service to humanity. “We had seen him enliven us on television screens

and through radio waves. He was an enthusiast and an analyst. He probed the game and predicted. He pointed out weaknesses and strengths. He saw flair, he saw style, he celebrated goals. He delighted in them and infected all who listened or watched him with his full vigour and vitality about living,” the Lagos State Government said. Speaking at the service, Amosun described the late Deji as a man who had a deep passion for football and sports in general. “The last time I saw Deji was when he came to identify with Segun Odegbami’s 10th anniversary of his sports academy. Little did I know that Deji will answer the final call on January

25 which happen to be my birthday. Deji was full of life and had a deep passion for football,” Amosun said. He commiserated with Governor Ambode and the State Government, adding that Deji’s call to glory was an act of God. “God’s ways are not our ways, when it happens like this, we have to thank Him. With all what has been said about him clearly shows that we have to be thankful to God for his life in the 54 years he spent with us,”Amosun said. Wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Yemi Osinbajo who prayed for the family of the deceased, urged them to take comfort in God, while praying that God will sustain his wife and children.

...Ambode, Amosun, Dolapo Osinbajo pay last respects Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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wuanyi of Enugu State has stressed the need for peaceful co-existence among communities along boundary areas of Enugu and Anambra states. Ugwuanyi gave this advice when Enugu and Anambra state delegates met at the Government House, Enugu, to resolve the lingering boundary dispute between Awba Ofe Mmili in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State and Ibite Olo in Ezeagu Local Government Area of

Enugu State. The governor who was represented by his deputy, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, stated that both states have a strong socio-cultural affinity and should as a result enjoy an enduring peace especially at their border areas. “In approaching this matter of boundary disputes between Enugu and Anambra, we should have at the back of our minds that Enugu and Anambra people are bound together by sociocultural ties. We have lived together prior to the carving out of both Enugu and the new Anambra states from the old Anambra State in

1991. State creation exercise was not meant to divide, it is rather for administrative conveniences,” the governor noted. He informed the people of an existing legal boundary instrument with the National Boundary Commission which, according to him, clearly defined the demarcation. The governor commended the federal government for intervening in the matter in 2006 and 2011, and urged the communities to be lawabiding. Corroborating Gov. Ugwuanyi’s remark about the historical ties between

both states, the deputy governor of Anambra State, Hon. Nkem Okeke, noted that such conflicts would be avoided if the people always remember that human life is ephemeral whereas lands will remain in existence. Hon. Okeke who represented Gov. Willie Obiano, said: “I know as Igbos we do not play with land; we take land as if our life depends on it, we fight for it with everything we have. But when you die, the land will be there for generations after. The fighting and killings are not worth it.” He called for a mutually acceptable resolution and

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2019: Accord Party tasks INEC on proper election conduct Idu Jude, Abuja As the 2019 general election draws near, leadership of one of the leading political parties in the country, the Accord Party has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on the proper and exemplary conduct of elections devoid of rancour. Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Daily Times, the Chairman of the party in Imo State, Elder Ibe ThankGod, said that his party is at the moment crossing the Ts and doting the Is as well as evaluating the performances of the electoral umpire in readiness for the 2019 election. Elder ThankGod, said that the Professor Yakubu Mahmoud led INEC, should avoid the banana peel and get ready to write its name in the anals of history, unlike that of 2015 conducted by Professor Attahiru Jega which was marred by irregularities “We are still watching the umpire, the thing there is that they should be transparent, unlike what happened during the 2015 election, where voting materials where brought late to the voting venue, the failure of the card reader machine at various polling booths and the abuse of incident forms. We are also advocating for the timely arrival of voting materials, with proper logistics to make such a reality. “All these things should be able to get to the polling units in time and we would not have problems. We are also challenging the lack of result sheets at polling units, INEC should be able to write results at the polling units to avoid results being rewritten along the road to the collation centers, which amounts to election manipulation. “So if they should be able to tackle all these and for INEC to conduct a credible election they should be able to correct the flaws that was recorded in Edo State governorship election, where adhoc workers will come with a different result from what was declared at the poling units. Then we cannot give them credit and for people to trust them.” According to the state chairman, INEC, just have to start doing something to checkmate earlier flaws and win the confidence of the generality of Nigerian. He said that it is still early to fathom what the umpire is doing. “If people should start trusting them now, then we might be deceived on the long run. But what I am also saying is that we need to start monitoring them from the process of distribution of the materials from the distribution centre to the polling units and to the collation till the announcing of the result.” Elder ThankGod, speaking on his party’s manifesto, he observed that what the party intends to do in Imo State, is to bring government closer to the people, that is to bring government to the grassroots, through providing infrastructures, providing job opportunities and enabling environment. He said that as a political party, Accord came third during the 2015 Gubernatorial election in Imo State and because it fielded the best candidate and eventually emerged third in the election. Speaking about the 2019 general election, he said “We are putting our house in order and presently, we are doing our membership drive and I can stand tall to tell you that we can win the next governorship of Imo State.

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The party can only accept such if we lose election that was well conducted. And that is why we as a party, do not send just anybody to represent us as party agents. Our party agent should be trusted persons who protects our votes and cannot sign the result sheet he or she is not sure of. I can tell you this because rigging of the election begins from the polling both. If you do not trust your agent, be it at the local government level, ward level or state level, consider yourself having lost that particular election. In Imo State, people go to the best candidate and whoever provides the best candidate wins and we are not saying that it must be Accord, but if we can provide the best candidate, why not and as it stands in our party policy we have always provide the best candidates.” On the Permanent Voters Card (PVC), the Accord chairman said that it has kick started the sensitisation drive of all its members across the country to encourage the process and get the voting material as a weapon against their opponents. He stated that “When INEC announced the time table, we held a town hall meeting, we held meetings and we make consultations, we visited voters’ registration centers and units

for registration. We also tried to reach out to people by sensitising them through the media. And we are getting the responses while the process is ongoing.” On the party primaries, he stated that efforts are being made to ensure that the better candidates are selected to represent the party stating that the party is working towards that. For instance he revealed that the party last week held its National convention. “what we are doing is not to jump the gun, because the INEC has just released its time table to the nation, but not to the political parties, so we will wait as the process will run from late August to October, so there is pretty good time for all these and it is a process. “And we know we are going to chose a candidate within the time INEC lifts ban on electoral programmes and I know that we are going to do that. But we are working based on the time table and also with the party schedule, when the party will organise its primaries at the zonal levels it is within this period that we can now have to choose who becomes our candidate through election.” On grassroots mobilisation, the chairman said it remains the party’s priority, noting that Accord party, has a very good party structure in Imo State, “it is a unique state, all you need to do and all the people who vie for election in Imo State need to do is to sell their party manifesto to the people, their party ideas because over 80 percent of voters in Imo are not registered members of any political party. So they wait for the

candidate to emerge and sometimes they wait till three to four days to election before they chose after accessing the candidates. But all we need to do as a party is to sell our party product that is those who are keen to run to the electorates telling them what they will be getting from the party.” Whether his party will accept defeat if it happens, he noted that Accord party, will honourably accept outcome of any election, devoid of any gerrymandering. “Well I want to say something here, the party can only accept such if we lose election that was well conducted. And that is why we as a party, do not send just anybody to represent us as party agents. Our party agent should be trusted persons who protects our votes and cannot sign the result sheet he or she is not sure of. I can tell you this because rigging of the election begins from the polling both. If you do not trust your agent, be it at the local government level, ward level or state level, consider yourself having lost that particular election, because your agent must sellout because he or she must have compromised to sign the result sheet given to him there. So we as a party will work with the result monitored by our agent and these agents must be trusted. And I cannot be everywhere at the same time and also at INEC office or at Owerri or Orlu. If the party agent have a different number and at the INEC office the result sheet reads something else, then with confidence on your agent you can now challenge the result. So what we are saying is that we intend getting credible people as agents and that is the only way we can be CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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Group berates Police Command for stopping Kwankwaso’s visit to Kano Patrick Okohue A political group, the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Lagos State chapter has denounced the decision of the Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr Rabiu Yusuf for restricting and halting the intended visit of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to Kano State that was billed to take place yesterday, describing the action as spurious and tainted with political coloration. The group in a statement signed by its Lagos State Coordinator, Mr Ladipo Johnson, noted that “it is unacceptable the spurious reasons given by the police leadership in Kano because Senator Kwankwaso and his millions of supporters are law abiding citizens. Kwankwaso remains a hero in Kano where he was a governor and where he left a legacy of service to the people. As such, his visit after such a long time would naturally be a delight to the people of Kano in general and those of his senatorial district in particular.” They added that “the Nigerian Police is about to deal a major blow to our democracy under the watch of President Buhari, the Chief Security Officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is very unfortunate that our democracy is being threatened by the actions or inaction of those who are meant to uphold it. “The distinguished Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso intends to pay a visit to his home and senatorial district in Kano Central and the Police Commissioner, Kano State Command is “attempting” to stop him. We wonder why Senator Kwankwaso should be disallowed from visiting his senatorial district. It is now close to three years. “Could the strange behaviour of the Police be a confirmation of the report we have received that the Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje had gone to Abuja with a phantom programme of events which he apparently intends to carry out in Kano from 27th of January 2018 to 2nd of February 2018 thereby coinciding

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GANDUJE with the scheduled date of our leader’s visit? If so, then it is obvious that it was done merely to subvert the visit and ostensibly recruit some members of Mr. President’s staff and security agencies to help him fight his proxy “political” war against the distinguished Senator. “One is therefore tempted to ask, why is Governor Ganduje afraid of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s visit to Kano? Who else is afraid of the Senator’s popularity in Kano and beyond? Is there anything that they know which we don’t? Or have they kicked off their 2019 campaigns and shown their hands and undemocratic tactics early? Governor Ganduje as Chief Security Officer of Kano State must come out clean and openly convince everyone that it is unsafe for Senator Kwankwaso a former Governor and now a Senator of the Federal Republic to visit his home state. “Of course, everyone knows that the

KWANKWASO decision by the police is motivated by politics, a development that is a clear danger to democracy and the popular will of the people. We therefore reject in totality the fear mongering being dished out in Kano by the police command because it is partial, ridiculous, false and anti-people. “Therefore, we demand a letter from the Kano Police command clearing Senator Kwankwaso to visit his home state or they will not only risk throwing a major spanner in our present democratic dispensation but also will have to contend with the legal implications because their action certainly will infringe on Senator kwankwaso’s fundamental rights to assembly, movement and association as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which both President Buhari and Governor Ganduje swore to uphold and protect,” the group said.

Lagos Assembly set to decide age long kingship tussle soon Esther Taiwo The Lagos State House of Assembly has waded into the raging storm in IsheriOke Church town in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, over the kingship stool being contested for the past 18 years. It would be recalled that The Daily Times reported recently that some community leaders stormed the Governor’s Office and House of Assembly in Ikeja to register their grievances over the controversy surrounding the kingship stool in the last 18 years. Members of the community, in their hundreds, marched to the House of Assembly and converged in front of the complex chanting solidarity songs. They said they needed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to use his good office to ensure that justice prevail. However, four members of the State House of Assembly namely Hon Bisi Yusuf representing Alimosho Constituency 01, Funmilayo Tejuosho representing Mushin 02, Ibrahim Layode representing Badagry Constituency

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01 and Hon Kunle Solaja representing Ikorodu Constituency were present to listen to the two parties contesting the stool. Lawyer to the Olofin family, who claims ownership of the throne, Lekan Odunsi, described the people’s struggle to have their king installed by the Lagos State government as “long suffering and oppression”. “Our clients’ long and endless wait, hoping against all hopes seem to have been stretched to its elastic limit,” he said. Some of the inscriptions on the placards they displayed read: “Governor Ambode give us our right”, “we deserve our crown”, “please stop the injustice and give us our king”, “the kingship belongs to the Olofin family”, “we have waited for too long”, “we don’t need strangers as our oba”, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, stop embarrassing Ambode’s government”. Odunsi said the state government, in the last 18 years, had consistently refused to consider the yearnings of Isheri-Oke Church notwithstanding intrinsic judicial and historical facts presented before the constituted authorities. He alleged that a member of the state

House of Assembly in connivance with the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Musiliu Folami, was working round the clock in a bid to install a non-indigene of the community to become a king over them. He stated that the community was neither desperate nor begging to have their son installed as the Oba, but demanding what rightly belongs to them. Meanwhile one Chief Albert Bankole, who is presently acting as the traditional ruler of Isheri Church refuted the claims by Odunsi Royal family over ownership of the throne saying no king has ever been installed in the land since inception. Addressing journalists after the hearing from both parties, leader of the facts finding team set up by the House of Assembly, Hon Bisi Yusuf said, the four member team would report back to the House after which both parties would be summoned again to present their case before the full House which will be presided upon by the Speaker, Hon Mudashiru Obasa. He however urged the parties to maintain peace within the community until their fate is decided by the House of Assembly.

sure of the result.” Presenting a national candidate, Elder ThankGod noted that the party is discussing with a lot of people. And every political party would like to field a presidential candidate and a credible one. For example, he said that the party is working towards weighing some options. He said that Accord will surely present a candidate. “God willing we are going to present a credible candidate, the one that will be accepted by the generality of Nigerians. Till we get there. But I will assure you of something, we are working on credibility because the interest of the masses is our priority. For example, anyone who wishes to run as presidential candidate must not be a money bag, it has to do with who the person is and where the person is coming from. I can tell you that there are even some people who have the money but their wives cannot cast votes for them.” The background and thorough check of all candidates from the house of assembly to the National Assembly to governorship and Presidential election, remains a priority, he said, “we still have an input to say who is this person, does he have the interest of the masses as a priority. See, there are two different things here. If you go through the manifestos of the party’s candidates, there are two different things. All have wonderful manifestos but the difference now is who under which party is willing to do all they promised. “And at that point that is why I said that people should be checked, for example in Orlu East, where I come from, for Gods’ sake I have a family where I come from, I have a kindred and village at that level, we can ask questions and by so doing we can get what we want in a candidate. So we would not give a ticket to people who will mess it up. We will offer tickets to people who are trusted and when they are there then one rest assured.” He also advised intending candidates and the electorates, to eschew money politics since money is not everything. Also that people should do a thorough check before taking a token to sell their votes. For example in Imo State, Elder ThankGod, observed that what happens at other party levels is how much a candidate can buy vote. “But the narrative is changing and we have been telling them to look well before accepting money or selling their votes. And we are trying also to educate them. Because what people do not know is that when anyone gives away one thousand naira to a voter, the voter does not have any moral right to question him over non performance. “The voter has only succeeded in mortgaging himself as long as the person is in power. And we do not ask this questions, when you receive 5 naira or 10 naira from him or her then at the end of the month, the governor or senator will collect over 60 billion naira and some of them even go ahead to claim that they bought their votes, so we encourage people to not vote the name of political parties, but vote the tested candidate irrespective of the party platform. But with this kind of check, the people can boldly approach the person and demand the achievements to the people, this is the kind of governance I suggest and all my life, I have been an advocate of good governance and since I joined politics and that have been the dream in me to see that the dream of my people come true.”

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FIIRO’s readiness to create 5m jobs annually

gainst the backdrop of the high unemployment level in the country, the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos, stunned the nation recently when it claimed that it has developed a workable blueprint that could effectively curb the menace of unemployment by providing well over five million job opportunities annually in the country. The Director General of FIIRO, Prof. (Mrs.) Gloria Elemo told members of the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology who were on an oversight visit to FIIRO that the package was designed to stimulate economic activities through processing and value addition to raw materials of relative advantage in each of the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country. The institute said it has carried out a comprehensive survey on raw materials of relative abundance in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the country and has identified FIIRO technologies that are suitable for processing the raw materials in these LGAs for the establishment of micro, small, medium and large enterprises. It also claimed that it has developed over 250 technologies in its many years of existence and these technologies could be deployed in the 774 LGAs in the country for massive job creation and economic stimulation through processing and value addition to raw materials of relative advantage in each local government area. It is sad that FIIRO has developed such an avalanche of technologies over the years which it has not turned into massive use across the country. However, thanks to the members of the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology for embarking on an oversight visit to FIIRO and in the process, the country became aware of how the institute can positive-

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President Muhammadu Buhari being welcome by the Commander Guards Brigade, Brig General Umar Thamas Musa (second left), Presidential Movement, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP),

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; his wife, Bolanle; wife of late Deji Tinubu, Oluwayemisi; the children, Moyosore; Tamilore and other relatives during the funeral service of Deji Tinubu at the RCCG City of David, Victoria Island.... on Tuesday L-R: Suspended Director General of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Alhaji Munir Gwarzo; Counsel to Gwarzo, James Igwe (SAN) and Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, during a public hearing on the need to intervene on the conflict between Adeosun and Gwarzo by the House of Representatives Committee on Capital Market and Institution at the National Assembly in Abuja...on Tuesday. Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

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ly contribute to creating five million jobs annually through its technologies. Coming at a time when governments at both the federal and state levels are desperately looking at how to tackle the high unemployment problem in the country, particularly among the youth, it appears that FIIRO has got a major and somewhat right answer to the nation’s unemployment problem. It should therefore take the blueprint which it has developed on how the technologies can create about 5 million jobs annually through direct and multiplier effect to the federal government and the states for speedy study and implementation. In convincing the government that it can perform the feat as claimed, on its part, FIIRO must be ready to provide evidence of enterprises that have used its acclaimed 250 technologies over the years and the successes recorded with the usage of the technologies. Funding of the enterprises could be a problem. But, if governments at both the federal and state levels are convinced that the blueprint could indeed create five million jobs or so annually, both the Bank of Industry (BoI) and the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) would be brought in by the government to fund the projects. It is a good thing that FIIRO has over the years been collaborating with relevant stakeholders in the country such as the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Fabricators Association of Nigeria (AMEFAN), National Association of Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (NASME), National Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), among others. With the extensive collaboration with these reputable bodies which FIIRO has had over the years, effective technology diffusion across the country should not be a problem if the government accepts its blueprint for implementation.

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Wake up call for giant of Africa, Nigeria

Livinus Ukah

igeria is a gifted country with human resources and materials as well, but it does not want to grow because she has hangups with “this is the way we have been doing it”. Many schools of thoughts would say such thinking will bring divide especially when flexibility is absent. Life would be “Stand still” because of lack of renovation of thought. When we cling to ethnicity especially when in power, the tendency is to forget others and stick to what would profit our ethnic constituencies. That is what has been done in the past that brings imbalance in the country. When it continues; it brings economic woes and political stagnations in Nigeria. Nigerian economic and political stagnation bring us to what we are now; a butt of ridicule on the continental scale. “That is the way we have been doing it” has brought setbacks to Nigeria. Perhaps a light can be thrown into Nigeria to make tomorrow shine and bring prosperity and unity to people’s lives. Being the same all the time is monotonous and boring and of primitive time. Many Nigerians have suggested creative ways of bringing us out of this quagmire of Satan: “this is the way we have been doing it”. Old things refuse to pass away. And this is the cause of our stagnation, a way of marching in one spot. We cannot keep doing the same thing and expect to get a better result. We cannot use the primordial means to arrive at modernity. We cannot use old skills to solve modern problems. The World uses balancing for overpopulation but China was able to go inward to come up with optimal solution to their problems. China is the second largest economy. China isolated itself from the rest of the world as part of its inward policies. Today China has exploded industrially. Their products became top brands in USA, Britain and Germany and all over the world. This is part of restructuring. This is what some of us are afraid of in Nigeria. Some parts of Nigeria are afraid of moving out of their “comfort zone”. Life involves sacrifice, giving us certain things to go higher like; research. There is a serious disequilibrium in our resources, ‘There is need to restructure spending habits in order to balance the equation’. In budgeting, a certain percentage is earmarked for capital and recurrent expenditure.

In developed economies, the capital side goes by a given percentage every year, while there is a reduction in the recurrent expenditure side. When the capital expenditure begins to grow, the recurrent expenditure profile declines. This is good for the economy because there will be more for investment. Lack of it brings disequilibrium. That’s why Nigeria will continue and cannot get her budgeting right because of its inability to manage her resource. It looks outside. Looking outside entails conditionality. The western world cannot give money on your own terms, but on their own terms. That is the hemorrhage of Nigerian situation. This hemorrhage can only be cured through restructuring the political economy. One of the reasons Nigeria cannot be like China, Malaysia or the Asian Tigers is that, she lacks the political will to do what is right. It takes years to fish out what is right. Nigeria has inexhaustible natural resources but as long as the oil flows, she failed to open up the economy. Our so called leaders do not want to open up the economy as long as the oil outflows. Lavish expenses by the Nigerian leaders and inability to help its people, makes the youth look for greener pastures. We cannot quantify the number of Nigerian youths that died on their way to Europe via Libya. The colonial hang-ups are still in most of the African countries. Most countries in Africa still pay primitive loyalties to their former colonizers to get a bite from them. Nigerian bad governance is one of the setbacks. Unequal distribution of the resources, election malpractices and installation of leaders that lack integrity, make mockery of Nigeria. There is too much bloodshed, defective electoral system and riggings. There is war all over Africa. The world powers sell their arms to the economically vulnerable Third World thereby wounding them the more. Nigeria has witnessed civil war and since then there has been killings in Nigeria. Killings by herdsmen in Benue now are unimaginable and make people ask questions about Nigeria and her future. Nigeria does not speak with one voice. Unity is fragile. When a president makes policies that will only favour his zone, it creates a divide. Why would a group struggling for self identity be proscribed as a terrorist organization while the blood-shedding Fulani

herdsmen are allocated a Cattle Colony with an alleged millions of naira released by CBN to build ranches across the country? This is ridiculous! Why must the rest of Nigeria be “Yes men” especially the south-east. Why must the South-east keep mute over a degradation of the country while the South-west are raising great voices against what hurts the nation. Thirty-one years of military rule devastated Nigeria. The democracy they embraced now is not a genuine one. If it is, the President would not be acting contrary to Nigerian decisions. Governance in Africa makes a mockery of democracy. Africa has been destabilized by its colonizers and the psychological scar created is always with them. Nigeria, the so called giant of Africa was not excluded from Trump’s vulgar comments. To the amazement of the world, Trump said that certain “shithole countries” from Africa and Haiti came to America to rape them. Nigeria is not excluded from the comments. Trump wants America back to “white society”. Trump calls African people shitholes and never remembered that African slaves contributed to American development. He is accomplishing his goal on why he entered into politics to destabilize the American system of free world. Trump is not a renaissance man. He is Trump and acts like Trump. Diplomacy will not eradicate the imprint of Trump’s statement but it is already in the psyche of the world. Trump can be quoted, but reactions of those who read what he said will put him in the shithole of history. The African leaders should not create refugees. They should govern their people well. Nigeria, the giant of Africa should bring peace in its own country and other parts of Africa. Power should be used to create peace, bring unity and heal the wounded by injustice. It should be used to organize people, not to disorganize them. Those in power should not be indifferent but proactive. Nigeria should wake up and learn something from Trump’s vulgar comments. Global outrage erupted over Trump’s shithole remark. Trump is rubbishing Africa, rubbishing the giant of Africa; Nigeria. Still he spoke at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Memorial Day amid his racial remark. He rubbishes Blacks, He rubbishes Mandela, rubbishes the former

president of Zimbabwe; Mugabe, rubbishes our political Icons who fought for our freedom, rubbishes South Africa - the country of Black and White. But he refuses to see how black and white blend together and the tolerance of the Blacks; South Africa. Infact, we have to know what Trump is after. America First is portrayed in his manners and speeches. We have to remember what happened at Charlottes Ville where everybody knew Trump’s stance and his hidden political agenda. Since he came to power, he has been running Obama’s administration down. He claimed that Obama is not an American. Africans should not lose sleep because of Trump’s vulgarity because that is the way Trump is. Trump’s reality is not your reality, nor mine. Trump has made Africa to open its eyes to appreciate their environment, climate and be at home with what she has. Africa should develop and take up challenges so that our youth will not be victims of western siren advertisement. There is no place like home. Our weather is clement. We have abundant resources tapped and untapped but we have to develop them for the benefit of all. But the problems we have is; the political elite hijacked those things given to us by God. That is why we are poor. For others to overcome poverty created by our greedy leaders, we have to go to America the land of freedom and plenty, Britain, Germany and Australia, the countries that are developed. If we are developed, nothing will make us look outside and receive insults like Trump calling Africa, shithole countries. What Trump said, is it worse than the quit notice given to Igbos by Arewa Consultative Forum, the Igbos living in their country? Are they refugees or economic migrants? Pulling people down using; tribalism, racism, nepotism, xenophobia, are all these not found in the recesses of the whole world’s minds? Managing these behavioural attitudes or the old Adam in us requires high degree of tolerance for a civilized man, otherwise the world would be full of Trump’s cynicism, bigotry and the world created by God would be full of crises. Thinking globally and acting globally ensures hope for this tangled world. Very Rev. Msgr Livinus Ukah is a Catholic Parish Priest in Lagos.

Odimodi/Forcados Judgment: A Proof of Corporate Wickedness In the Niger Delta.

Jerome-Mario Utomi

t is agreed by many that War may be a lawful act and without sin, if it meets these three conditions; waged by the lawful public authority in defense of the common good, waged for a just cause, and waged with the right intention, not vengefully nor to inflict harm. But looking at the ‘legal war’ between the people of Odimodi Federated Communities and Forcados Community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta state all as plaintiffs and Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited as the defendant/respondent in a case that spanned for 17 years, one will discover without labour that Mobil Producing entered into that war neither qualified nor confirmed with the above preconditions but simply banked on its financial war prowess to crush the tiny but innocent communities whom they(Mobil)have wronged. The offense committed by the community is captured in their prayer to the federal high Court to enforce their fundamental/environmental rights against Mobil Producing in an oil spillage incident occasioned by the Mobil’s negligence which got their environment polluted, destroyed the eco-system and have the economic lives of the people disrupted. That prayer was recently answered after seventeen years of crisscrossing the federal high courts. A victory the community claimed to have expended over N500million to secure. But, this victory as currently savored may again be short-lived as they(the community) have cried out that Mobil legal team has signaled their willingness to apply, and obtain a stay of execution in order to prepare for another round of litigation at the appellate court, just the way Mobil handled similar cases involving some Coastal Communities in Lagos and other parts

of South, South. Developments that have since thrown these communities into a deeper depth of despondency while internalizing the age-long saying that, ‘if a man has no income or money, he has neither life nor liberty nor the possibility for the pursuit of happiness. He only exists Going by the records of the judgment, it was visible that Justice ShituAbubakar of the Federal High Court, Warri did a heck of a job by the comprehensive way he handled the issues. In his judgment in suit number No.FHC/WR/CS/33/20 a few weeks back were he among other conditions ordered the oil giant, Mobil to pay the sum of one billion, four hundred thirty million as compensation to the communities. Adding context to this discourse will necessitate first, a total condemnation of Mobil’s deliberate attempt to’ kill’ the community they are supposed to protect via a protracted litigation, without contemplating/recourse to alternative dispute resolution mechanism. Again, the situation points to the bigger frame of challenge faced daily by the Niger Deltans in the hands of these multi-national. A state of affairs orchestrated by the weak regulatory frameworks on the part of the federal government and its interventionist agencies; Ministry of the Environment, Niger Delta Ministry, Federal/state Environment Protection agencies, etc. While blaming the oil company for setting the stage for this debacle, the greater part of the blame goes to the government agencies for lacking in the political will needed to discharge their regulatory responsibilities. To this effect, while the FG and its agencies are busy shirking their responsibilities, they, in turn overlook some silent but vital points. First if the government should stand by and watch Mobil muscle their way through this situation without paying this ordered sum or the communities not adequately compensated for this spillage

and monumental environmental degradation, the fate of other communities in the region shall be hanging on a balance as they will now live at the mercy of these oil giants who have immense financial war chest prosecute legal battles against any case patterning to environmental degradation against them. In the same fashion, If the government should stand by and watch these helpless but innocent communities hand twisted, it will again lay credence to the belief by many that our leaders are the architects of our woes. Viewed through this prism, it will be pertinent to draw the attention of the Federal Government to this domestic truth. In the words of Daron Acemoglu, nations fail today because the extractive/ economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest and innovate. Extractive political institutions on the other hands support this economic institution by cementing the powers of those who benefit from the extraction’. Invariably, it is my view that the Federal Government as the extractive political institution is through its undeserving silence cementing the illegalities of these oil companies operating in the Niger Delta region. But such a silence on the part of the government can only amplify further agitations in the region and thereby disrupt the nascent peace as currently enjoyed. As recently canvassed, the fact is, the agitators/the Niger Deltans will continue to fight because they are tired of being perpetual victims of state-sponsored poverty and human degradation visited on them. From all indications, they may be ready and committed to peace by any means necessary, but may not want to be committed to becoming the victims of peace’ Catalyzing an end to this vicious circle of undeserving silence will therefore require the government, the ‘Oil Majors’ and all of us to learn from history, study the actions of eminent men, to see how

they conducted themselves in a time such as this, and to discover the reasons for their victories or their defeats, so that we can avoid the later and imitate the former. Our economy is at stake; hence, this matter should not be treated with levity but requires the full/immediate intervention of the federal government. To further illustrate the above, the information as reported in the news recently reveals that the youth in the communities are already threatening to short down the Forcades crude oil terminal. An exercise which they claim could lead to another round of economic recession in the country. This, to my mind, is not what the nation needs presently. This time is auspicious for all to learn that aggression has a way of bringing devastation to all, including he that employed it. Similarly, what the oil prospecting organizations should not lose sight of is that opting for a legal solution at all time without first exploring the alternative dispute resolution mechanism gives the management away as a group that is medium in vision in the affairs of public relations and reputation management. Apart from the action going against the tenets of corporate social responsibility (CSR), it will adversely affect the corporate visibility, identity, and image which are the amalgam of the organization’s value in the estimation of the right-thinking citizens. Keeping the issues where they are, a further analysis of the judgment reveals that Mobil will pay the plaintiff the sum of N980,000,000.00(Nine Hundred and Eighty Million Naira ) being fair and adequate compensation due and payable to the Odimodi federated communities for injurious effect, ecological damage, loss of means of livelihood and damage to fishing creeks, rivers, lakes, ponds, grounds, streams, Jerome-Mario via;jeromeutomi@yahoo.com

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Obasanjo and the extent of presidential powers

Times Columnist REUBEN ABATI

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The underlying principle in Obasanjo’s statement is that those to whom power is bequeathed must be accountable for the exercise of such power. In his only reference to advisers in his intervention, Obasanjo uses the word “socalled advisers.” It is most unfortunate that in the various responses from government and its agents to the Obasanjo statement, there has been no attempt to take on Obasanjo on the issues.

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ore than a week after President Olusegun Obasanjo released his state of the nation commentary and devastating assessment of the Buhari administration, it has remained the main subject in the public arena in Nigeria. It is a measure of the stature, influence and capacity of the elder statesman that whenever he intervenes as he has done, he sets the tone for public debate and the country’s future political direction. I have already commented at length on the appropriateness, timeliness, depth, brutal honesty and shortcoming of that statement on both television and radio, more than twice, but there is an additional aspect that the statement further throws up, namely the nature and extent of presidential powers to wit: should Obasanjo blame Buhari? It is common practice in Nigeria for political commentators, either on the streets or in formal situations to make excuses for Presidents, either serving or retired. You are likely to hear statements such as: “The President is a good man, it is just that he is surrounded by bad advisers and ministers”, or something like “Buhari is not the problem, the problem is that he has been hijacked by a cabal, or as the view was once expressed - “a cabal is now in charge!” The powers, style and limitations of the President are hardly ever placed in proper context. Proponents of the positivism of Presidential powers always speak in terms of “Good President, bad aides” in the Nigerian Presidential system, contrary to the norm that the buck stops at the President’s table. President Obasanjo’s various assessments of sitting administrations adopt a different orientation. He holds the President personally responsible for the performance or non-performance of his government. In his recent statement on the Buhari administration, he thus characteristically accused President Buhari of nepotism, lack of understanding of the internal dynamics of Nigerian politics, blame-passing, condoning of misconduct and outright incompetence. He more or less ascribes to the President of Nigeria the powers and the responsibility to provide leadership and ensure good governance. In his view, in areas where the President lacks capacity, it is his duty to recruit competent persons to assist him and where and when he fails, he is still the one to be held responsible. The underlying principle in Obasanjo’s statement is that those to whom power is bequeathed must be accountable for the exercise of such power. In his only reference to advisers in his intervention, Obasanjo uses the word “so-called advisers.” It is most unfortunate that in the various responses from government and its agents to the Obasanjo statement, there has been no attempt to take on Obasanjo on the issues. He has been called names by hired voices, or system sycophants, and all he got from the Minister of Information was an acknowledgement note and a patronizing “Baba-is-a-patriot”, tepid climb-down, without a word of defence on the substantial question about how the incumbent President has abdicated responsibility and failed the leadership test. For me, there are a number of projected questions: Can a President actually be held responsible for the failings of the government he heads? Should the blame for an administration’s

Obasanjo failures be heaped on the head of a past government and its officials? Who can be held liable in the circumstance – a cabal, former Ministers, or those exercising delegated authority? For whereas Obasanjo holds every President accountable, I have heard persons claim that he has no moral right to do so. It is even alleged that President Buhari cannot be questioned because he is answerable only to the people whose sovereignty he personifies. President Obasanjo, by heaping the blame and the responsibility, on the head of President Muhammadu Buhari is drawing attention to the full extent of the ascribed and inherent powers of the President under the Constitution. The Nigerian Constitution in letter and spirit makes the Nigerian President an Emperor with near-absolute powers. There may be checks and balances on his powers here and there, in terms of his having recourse to the National Assembly on certain issues and having to make consultations, but in totality, the Constitution confers on him a kingly prerogative, especially on matters of policy and its execution. His powers are extensive and expansive. Under Section 5(1) of the Constitution, he is empowered to either exercise his powers directly or to delegate. His relationship with those to whom he delegates authority is akin to that between an agent and a disclosed principal. Section 5(1) is instructive: “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive powers of the Federation – (a) shall be vested in the President and may, subject as aforesaid and to the provisions of any law made by the National Assembly, be exercised by him either directly or through the Vice-President or Ministers of the Government of the Federation or other officers in the public service of the Federation; and Section 148(1) adds: “The President may, in his discretion, assign to Vice-President or any Minister of the government of the Federation responsibility for any business of the Government of the Federation, including the administration of any department of government.” It stands to reason therefore that whatever is done by those agents, lawfully and within the bounds of Presidential approval, are within the scope of the responsibility of the President. In other words, the President cannot pass the buck. So, is it right to say Buhari is a good man, but the problem is the cabal? Or to hold heads of MDAs liable for acts that were carried out with Presidential authority and approval? The President is the custodian of the social contract with the people as defined in Section 14, and where there is a failure of consideration in this regard, the government is deemed not only to have lost legitimacy, the President is deemed to have failed. This is a key point in Obasanjo’s statement, which makes it notably different from similar interventions by him in the past. The term or the group known as “cabal” is unknown to the Nigerian Constitution but the Constitution knows the President. Section 148 also recognizes that Ministers are appointees of the President, exercising delegated authority. This is why the National Assembly cannot impeach Ministers; they can only be sanctioned or re-

lieved of their duties by their appointor, namely the President. Where the conduct of any government official is in question, it is important to establish whether or not such a person acted beyond the scope of the approval or directive given or whether or not such was ratified by the President. However, no public official is allowed under the law to carry out an unlawful directive, where such happens, such a person is personally liable. In practical terms, this has been a source of problem. Nigerian Presidents function like Emperors. How many appointees can stand in front of a President and query his authority, or turn down his directive? I align with the definition of responsibility in Obasanjo’s review of the exercise of presidential authority. For instance, there are cases in court against Ministers and advisers who served under the Jonathan administration over matters such as the spending of security votes and sale of oil blocks, but to what extent can they be held responsible for obeying presidential directives? Today, in President Buhari’s Aso Villa, the Chief of Staff in particular has been accused within the public domain of many things. Does anyone really believe that a Chief of Staff can act on his own without Presidential backing and not lose his job? When the matter of MTN’s underpayment of sanctions sum came up and the penalty sum was allegedly reviewed downwards after some consideration, the MTN Executive that was involved was sanctioned, and Nigerians asked that certain government officials should similarly be sanctioned, but to date, nothing has happened. Could that have been the case without the President’s knowledge? In the more recent controversial case of Abdulrasheed Maina, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami who was accused of protecting a man who had been sacked from service on the grounds of embezzlement, pilfering and corruption, had said that he acted with the knowledge and approval of the President. Can he possibly in the future be called to account for his action even when he was carrying out a Presidential directive, apparent or otherwise? Afterall, his explanation was further confirmed from the statement of the Head of Service to the Federation who said when the issue came up, she notified the President of the likely backlash. When the National Assembly summons a prominent government official and he or she refuses to honour the invitation, can it be assumed that any Presidential appointee can be so dismissive of the legislature without Presidential concurrence? When recently there was a face-off between the Department of State Security, the National Intelligence Agency and the EFCC, with the intelligence agencies insisting that they or their former bosses cannot be questioned by the EFCC, could they have gotten away with it without Presidential approval? It is noteworthy that the intelligence agencies report directly to the President and take directives from him. They relate to other departments of government only on a need-to-know basis. There is also that other matter between Dr Ibe Kachikwu and NNPC GMD, Kanti Baru, with the

latter insisting that he had Presidential approval. Can either party be arrested in the future for “alleged corruption” in the light of the revelation by the Vice President, then acting as President, that he only gave “non-financial approvals?” Our point therefore is that everything in our Presidential democracy revolves around the President. Whereas the Constitution, upholding the separation of powers, vests the authority of the other two tiers of government: the legislature (Section 4) and the judiciary (Section 6) in institutions, the 1999 Constitution vests executive authority not in any institution, but the person of the President. The Presidency is not a collegiate; technically, even the Vice President has no powers. He can only function to the extent of powers delegated to him by the President, and even the very limited powers assigned to him can only be exercised under presidential directive. This is partly why when President Buhari went on a medical vacation and Vice President Osinbajo acted as President, there were persons who accused him of becoming ambitious and trying to seize Presidential powers even when he had been granted delegated authority. The second time the President travelled, the Vice President was directed to act only as a co-ordinator! The President is granted immunity from prosecution; while in office, he is regarded as a Messiah, such that even the powers of the National Assembly to impeach him in the event of “gross misconduct” or “incapacitation” are difficult to execute. More than at any other time, the Buhari administration has further problematized the extent of the powers of a President by calling to question virtually every act and directive under the preceding Jonathan administration. If a President gave a directive and it was lawfully carried out, without the agent going on a frolic of his own, and without any willful act of criminality, should such agents become the target of a witch-hunt? By stretching the matter in this direction, the Buhari administration may have created the basis for the growth of a political culture based on vendetta and the source of its own lack of vibrancy. This probably explains why under this administration, delegated authority is being exercised with so much fear. The Ministers and heads of parastatals and agencies are so scared because they imagine that even when they carry out directives, they may be held liable tomorrow by a different government. Already, they are being told that they are the problem and not the President. Why shouldn’t a future government arrest and detain them and tell them that the execution of a Presidential directive is no protection? They may ultimately end up as victims of their current triumphalism. By demonizing former public officials, and undermining the powers of a past President to exercise power and authority through legitimate and lawful delegation, the Buhari administration may unwittingly make public service unattractive and set a disturbing precedent. Be sure, however that the Nigerian public in the future will still argue that “Baba is a good man, it was the cabal that caused his problems.” Good intentions alone do not guarantee good leadership: this is the underlying moral of the Obasanjo statement. Whether or not he can mount the high horse to say this is beyond the purview of this present commentary. But here is the long-term challenge: Can a President who has been given so much powers under the Constitution be allowed to abdicate responsibility? Section 5(1) and Section 148, and other relevant sections of the 1999 Constitution on Presidential powers present grey areas that throw up jurisprudential questions that should be clarified and resolved. It is an issue on which Nigerians must make a value judgment: do we need to preserve the status quo or is there a need to review the extent of Presidential powers? There are two ways forward: a constitutional amendment of Presidential powers to make Presidents more accountable, more institution-based and less omnipotent, or a resolution of the dilemma through the jurisprudence of our courts.

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Wood loggers vandalise transmission lines in Enugu – TCN Myke Uzendu, Abuja

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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the damage by wood loggers in Ukana town, by Nineth Mile-Nsukka road, Enugu. TCN reports that wood loggers damaged the transmission line between Oji River and Nsukka in Enugu State, cutting off electricity supply to the 2x7.5MVA 66/11KV transmission Substation in Nsukka, which supplies electricity to Nsukka town in Enugu State. In a statement signed by the General Manager (Public Affairs) Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, TCN said that when several attempts to transmit electricity through its 66kV transmission line failed, it dispatched its lines patrol team who discovered that loggers fell an Iroko tree which damaged three spans of conductors and cross arms of towers 60 to 64. TCN’s technical crew have already visited the site and assessed the extent of damage to the line and towers and materials are already being sourced from the company’s stores to repair the damage and restore service. Replacement works is however expected to be completed within four days. According to the statement, the incident has been reported to security agencies who are currently conducting investigations with the view to apprehending the culprits. While apologizing for the attendant discomfort to electricity consumers in Nsukka Town, TCN assured that it would do everything possible to ensure that the transmission line is quickly restored to service and appealed to those who have information about the loggers to report to nearest security agency or TCN office.

Left to right: Traditional Ruler of Batta Community, Homun Alhamdu Teneke; Leader of the delegation and Traditional Ruler of Bachama Community, His Royal Majesty, Homun Irmiya and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during their visit to Osinbajo in Abuja.

Amosun mourns death of educationist, Abayomi Jiboku

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State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has mourned the death of foremost educationist and High Chief of Egbaland, Chief Abayomi Jiboku. Amosun described the death of the proprietor of Taidob Group of Schools, as a great loss

to the education sector in the country, as it came at a time when his counsel would have been vital in efforts at reviving the falling education standard in the country. In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information

and Strategy, Otunba Adedayo Adeneye, the governor said the deceased was a force in the success story of private education in Ogun State. “Chief Abayomo Jiboku consistently championed the cause of quality education,

which is one of the hallmarks of our dear state”, he said, adding that he was also in the forefront preserving the Yoruba cultural heritage. “The Oluwo of Oke Ona Egba, an illustrious son of Ogun State, who was relentless

in efforts to preserve the Yoruba cultural heritage, which significantly curbed cultural degeneration in the land”, he added. The governor condoled with the family of the deceased, praying God to grant his soul eternal rest.

Decentralise, depoliticise security services, Wike tells FG Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

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Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has called for the decentralisation and depoliticization of security services as a way of resolving the deadly security challenges facing the country. The governor noted that the security services as presently constituted could not address the security challenges facing the country, where lives were wasted regularly, while governors seemed helpless. Speaking during the 9th General Assembly of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Governor

Wike said that the Rivers State Government had taken steps to improve her security through the setting up of a neighbourhood watch. He said: “For us in Rivers State, our position on State and community policing is very clear. While we join our voices to other well-meaning Nigerians to strongly and emphatically demand for the decentralization and depoliticization of security services, we are also not resting on the back of helplessness to do nothing. “Already, we have forwarded a bill to the State House of Assembly to establish the Neighbourhood Security Corps to cooperate, support, and complement the efforts of the regular security agencies in

policing our communities and advancing their security.” The governor noted that: “The reality before the nation is that centralized policing has flatly failed and is incapable of resolving the enormous security challenges of a vast and culturally diverse country like Nigeria “And even as we may continue to live in denial, the recurring bloodbaths in Benue, Taraba and other States have once again exposed the weaknesses of our country’s centralized policing system as well as the frustrations and near complete helplessness of state governors in their quest to provide adequate security for the communities and the people that they govern. “We can only imagine the

magnitude of the sufferings and pains ordinary Nigerians are going through when the daily pains of violence and insecurity are added to the unending pressure of poverty, unemployment and lack of development,” the governor said. Governor Wike said that at a time like that it would be ungodly for good men to remain silent while the nation was dangerously wobbling and urged all well-meaning persons to be counted among those who would work for the resolution of the security challenges facing the country. He said that Rivers State was peaceful, working and brimming with ample economic opportunities for investors to take advantage of.

The governor said the traditional institution must, therefore, wake up to their responsibilities by lending their strong and respected voices to the national agitations for true federalism, resource control, greater devolution of powers, as well as State and community policing and good governance in the country. He said: “In all these, our traditional rulers have significant roles to play to protect and defend the nation’s unity and advance the rights of our people to democracy, good governance and development.” Declaring the 9th General 9th General Assembly of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria open, President Muhammadu Buhari stated that his adminis-

tration would take steps to promote security of lives and property. He noted that security challenges seemed to be deliberate and an attempt to undermine the nation’s territorial integrity. Represented by the Minister of Interior, Lt General Abdulrahman Danbazzau, the President said that he was saddened by the wastage of human lives in different parts of the country. He directed security agencies to identify and bring to book all those involved in deadly crime. In a Keynote Address, Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris said that the police alone could not tackle insecurity without the support of traditional rulers and their subjects.

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CONFERENCE OF NIGERIAN SPEAKERS PROJECT Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, January 30, 2018

RT. HON. (BARRISTER) CHIKWENDU ENYINNAYA KALU:

AASPEAKER EXCELLENCE speaker per PAR excellence SPECIAL REPORT

herewith are many that into law which able security Judiciary and State Legislators. The Many are endowed wisdom and agencies in the state to live up are endowed with peacefulto atmosphere enjoyed in Abia State talents but only very few such their responsibilities and wisdom andutilized talents but they are that to the , the situation betweeneventually the House andwas the Executive has gifts to the glory offewGod and nipped at the board. utilize these attributes to the glory of God and the benefit On do the with state economy , Rt. nothing to the appendage of rubber benefit of humanity. Rt. Honourable of humanity. Rt. Honourable Honourable speaker said that stamp legislature for Barrister Chikwendu Enyinnaya kalu, the under leadership but the issue of the sake of the (Barrister) Chikwendu EnyKalu, Speaker of of Abia people human who capital voteddevelopment, them into power. Any Speaker of Abiainnaya State House Assembly State House of Assembly is a acquiring of prerequisite leader who thinks of the people first rather is one of those fewest personalities using skills and entrepreneurship man of many parts. Born on December 15th the people would be self willamong always their talents for in the benefit of others. Hon. 1966 to the family of Mr. supported inexcel. the stateThis by the is one factor that and Mrs. Nduaguibe Kalu HouseChikwendu of Assembly. Hon. Barr. Kalu possesses and kalu is a man of many parts. He is an astute of Umuala Village, Ngwaobi He noted that a number of makes things work him. politician of repute using his position to Autonomous Community in bills passed into lawfor which enIsiala-Ngwa South Local Govables the state to make sure It is on record that under his leadership, raise the standard of people of Abia State ernment Area of Abia State that they generate enough of Nigeria. workforces to beof able to max Abia State House Assembly has enjoyed through enabling laws with human face. He attended his primary the needs of this particular peace and succeeded agitations Others in same position the past education at in Ugwuakulu Pri- did not country and at the in endquelling of mary School, Ngwo, Enugu the day the economy of this that would have led to the breaking down deemed it necessary to treat people milk of State where he obtained his country would improve treFirst School Leaving Certifiof lawsmendously and orders. There have mutual kindness but as a good Christian with fear cate. Thereafter , he proceedThe youth at heart has supunderstanding rather than misconception of God, Barr. Kalu considered the needs of ed to St. Paul’s Secondary ported Not-Too-Young-To-Run bill in the National Assem, Enugu State where or suspicion that characterized other States others and deviseSchool means of mitigating their he obtained his West African bly, and Abia State House of Houses Assembly of Assemblies the federation. challenges as much asCertificates he canindo. School the year under his across watch 1983. would be equally be supportToday, ive Abia State is bill. one of the few States Barrister Chikwendu Enyinnaya His exploit in the educa-kalu has of that particular tional realm was capped with He also supportedwhose the state in the federation State’s House demonstrated uncommon characteristics government sponsoring about a LLB (Hons.) degree in Law, of Assembly not witnessed frequent that are very rare of Nigerian 1997 from University of politicians Job, 500 of themhas to China, for them Plateau State and Nigerian to go there and perfect their leadership changes as a result of mutual who use their political positions to hit back Law School, in Abuja. skills in shoe making. was called to NigeriaInstead, advised Abiansthe that pasuspicionHe between Speaker and his at those who gaveHe their mandates. tience and perseverance pay, bar in 1999. In furtherance House members. Hon. Kalu goes Barrister out of his waysKalu to ensure adding that they should trust Chikwendu is the Managing Solicitor of God. As a inlawyer with pedigree, Chikwendu that, the Abia State House of Assembly enact Chikwendu and Associates. On empowerment, the leadHe has maintained and manerbrought has touched his Kalu has to people bearlives legal experiences to responsible and responsive laws leading to aged this office as a private lethrough creation of various facilitate harmonious working relationship improvement in gal the life style ofthethe practitioner from yearAbians. skill acquisition and employ2000 till date. all neither is he opportunities. betweenment the State Legislature and other He is not a winner takes While in private legal The vibrant speaker has strata ofbethe State including every segment a self-centred person that is inaccessible able to achieves these and practice, he combined same other achievements through politics. For instance , of the State’s population the Council of after assumptionwith politicians heoffice. was the Nigeria Legal Adviser of his commitment to God as like he People’s Democratic Party always Rulers pray with and the entire Traditional the Youth. He has in the current the dispensation have been (PDP) for eight years. He was members of the House of Aswisdom in the wriggle his leadership described as being egocentric and myopic. platform of the People’s Democratic Party. applied sembly first before executhe Abia Central coordinator tive session and plenary. and mobilization Committee. situations that would have created This is one elected officer that the He is presently representing the good out of the He was appointed the weighs Abia He is the Chairman, Constitution Drafting Committee in handled them with utmost care. people of Isiala Ngwa South Constituency crises and pros and coins Central of hisRepresentative actions, therefore, the Abia State SURE-P Board of the PDP Speakers’ Forum The cordial relationship between the Abia very conscious of every action decision in Abia State House of Assembly. in the year 2012. In theor year and member of technical com2015, Hon. Barrister Chikmittee of of Assembly the Constitution and the two Arms In December 30, 2016 through the grace State House he took. He is like the Biblical Joseph that wendu Kalu, contested for the Amendment Bill that will be election into the House of Ascoming up. especially is a shining God enabled to be raised from the prison to of God, Hon. Barrister Chikwendu Kalu of the government sembly under the platform of trained lawyer turned for other States in the country to was elected the Speaker of the Sixth exampleto The palace. As the number three person the People’s Democratic Party. in Abia politician contributions , he represents theof office have been noted by various [6th] Abia State House of Assembly, the emulate. State, he carries Presently his paraphernalia good people of Isiala Ngwa organisations and commuRt. Hon. Chikwendu nities which have deemed it Kalu has been South constituency in Abia with caution, sense of belong and treat position he occupies till date. Barr. Kalu State House of Assembly. worthy to honour him accordplaying intervention has demonstrated political dexterity, everyone with equal assessment, right and By December 30, 2016 and ingly . Notable among role such as a mediator the grace of the Alare; “Ugwu Obodo” being a honours member of the House between 2010 doggedness and competence in piloting the open-door policythrough of accessibility. mighty God, Rt. Hon. Bar(The dignity of a community) the(ItState was battling with affairs of the House in the last three years. and 2011 He was born on December 15, 1966 andwhen “Osinachi” is coming rister Chikwendu Kalu was to the from God). elected speaker of the 6th the issue of insecurity culminated into He is displaying effective and qualitative family of Mr. and Mrs. Nduaguibe Kalu of Abia State House of Assembly He also has received severposition he occupies Rt. Hon. Chikwendu Enyinnaya of Abia State House of Assembly al medal decorations from This led to the the spate of and kidnapping. leadership to Kalu, theSpeaker discharging of his Umuala Village,which Ngwaobi Autonomous till date. home and internationally. enactment ofa hard anti-kidnapping laws in the factors that with havewhich endeared Community in Isiala-Ngwa South Local colleagues, working relationship laid the foundation for Under the leadership of accountability have become the After days’ job, the to tell The Isiala Ngwa South House of man passage his middle name is workhis middle names. And his executive and judiciary, the the governor to begin of the bills into law have and won him the accolades of the House State. Government Area of Abia State of Nigeria. Assembly representative, the kind of leadership has been man who trust is on God has the world exactly where the aholism gym a lot and attend has passed more than paying every member applied wisdom in battling state is as Abians with par- tothe people. enabled security agencies operatives in He had his house primary education atoff asmembers. 60 bills into law and a lot of of the house has accord him any friction that may arise ticular reference to Aba. The disciplinarian takes a State tofruits be very effective and nabbing Under his leadership, the House has the Ugwuakulu Primary School, motions numbering up to Ngwo, in the course of the running The development has crelot of and disciplines a full flagged respect. more than are on the way . It is on record that under ated thousand himselfsuspects. in terms of food. of the affairs government of of artiseveral Today, Abia State enjoyed peace, absolute confidence andand one Enugu State where he 50obtained his First Also, under his watch, his leadership, there is no agi- God’s own state. These amiable law maker sans in Aba that can make has less cases kidnapping coupled with or situation Through proper legislating areof football and he is 20 bills passed and tations, anything and imported to hobbies understanding. All these led to the passage School Leaving about Certificate. Thereafter, heconcerns, a fan of one of the premierplethora of motions. Aside whereby there will be mutual in the state, the PPP bill under Italy or Japan. cases that were strived more and thanhis60leadership bills into law whileHe motions proceeded to St.ensuring Paul’s Secondary harmonious passing School, suspicion of of members has metamorship clubs. played a major other role as a criminal of bills, he the speaker a these are some of the things up phosed which carries through member of the the Housein between Mr. Speaker is married to successes were the recent past. These numbering tointo 50law are going Enugu State where sat created for his West peaceful atmosphere that has that can heighten tension in the weight to be able to pro- 2010 and 2011 when the state Mrs. Gloria Onyinye Chikgoodis leadership and law their African School been Certificates in 1983. anyHis House ofprocesses Assembly or ofmote the leading made-in-Abato goods. waspassage battling issue ofattributed insecu- wenduto and the the marriage existing at the House of national Assembly. The House of Assembly was rity kidnapping and the anti- blessed with three boys and Assembly. visionary traits of Hon. Kalu. academic prowess was capped with Ensuring soonest. har monious able to lay a legal platform kidnapping laws was passed two girls. Transparency , probity and an LLB The Honourable Speaker has not left Aside ensuring harmonious passage of (Hons.) Degree in Law, 1997 from University of Jos, Plateau State. He thereafter bills, the Speaker has created conviviality, anyone in doubt that under his leadership, proceeded to Nigerian Law School, Abuja friendliness and participatory legislature the issue of human capital development, and after successful, he was called to Bar in in the House where he allowed and acquisition of prerequisite skills and technical-know-how encouraged individual member to brace entrepreneurship 1999. Chikwendu Kalu was the Managing up to the legislative duties and promote among the people of Abia State has been Solicitor of Chikwendu and Associates. good governance. Therefore, Hon. Kalu has supported and paramount to the House of He has led and managed the office as a been leading with the fear of God as a good Assembly. It is on record that the House private legal practitioner from 2000 to 2015 Christian, leading with a good example is prompted to pass the Public Private before he stepped aside to venture into the and embraces the tenets and principles of Partnership, PPP Bill into law. This is to mainstream politics. To the glory of God, democracy. He maintains transparency, facilitate sound economic footing for the he is a political figure in Abia State that is probity and accountability as his watch State. He noted that a number of bills have redefining the political framework for the words. These further endeared him to his fellow House members and the generality been passed into law which laid foundation benefit and progress of the State. As a lawyer with professional pedigree of Abia State people. He enjoys the respect for Abia State to generate workforces and he was the Legal Adviser of the People’s and supports of everyone as his followers maximize the potentials of the State for Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State for look up to as a leader with trust. Hon. its development in the areas of industrial eight [8] years. He was the Abia Central Kalu is very passionate about his people and house-holds needs of the country. Abia Coordinator and Mobilization Committee. especially those of his State Constituency. State following enabling laws in place, He was appointed the Abia Central His kind and responsible leadership has the State is contributing its quota to the Representative in the Abia State for the impacted tremendously on the activities National Gross Domestic Products, NGDP. The youth at heart has supported NotSURE-P Board in the year 2012. In the year of the House and the State Government. 2015, Hon. Kalu contested for the election This has promoted and forged cordial Too-Young-To-Run bill in the National into the House of Assembly under the relationship between the Executive, the Assembly, and Abia State House of

Assembly under his watch would be equally be supportive of that particular bill. He advised Abia youths to persevere, pray and trust in God towards the realization of their potentials [dreams]. Through proper legislation, the PPP bill under his Speakership has metamorphosed into law which carries the weight of promoting made-in-Aba goods. The House of Assembly was able to enact legal platform alluding to the economic potentials of the State, with Aba as an economic hub of South Eastern geo-political zone of the country. In Nigeria today through the legislative framework that paved the way for the economic revamping of the State, this has created economic and job opportunities for thousands of artisans in Aba. Given this development, the Aba artisans have been able to develop, promote and advanced their products to national, continental and international markets, leading to the export of the made-in-Aba goods to global markets and moving to compete favourably with hose products from Italy and Japan. The made-in-Aba products have redefined economic entrepreneurship of Nigeria as Aba is now the Asian Tiger of the West African markets. He also supported the state government sponsoring about 500 Abian youths to China for the acquisition of modern technical-know how to facilitate knowledge development in their respective business skills especially in shoes and bags making that the State is reputed for continentally. On empowerment, the Speaker has touched his people’s lives through creation of various skill acquisition and employment opportunities across his constituency. This further endeared him to his people who always look up to his political guide. Hon. Kalu has been able to achieve all these through his commitment to serving God as he ensures prayers before the commencement of the legislative duties on their sitting days at the executive and plenary sessions. He is the Chairman, Constitution Drafting Committee of the PDP Speakers’ Forum and member of Technical Committee of the Constitution Amendment Bill that is slated for the future date. The Honourable Speaker has contributed tremendously to various organisations and communities who have deemed it worthy to honour him with various chieftaincy titles. Notable among these titles are; “Ugwu Obodo” (The dignity of a community) and “Osinachi” (It is coming from God). He is one politician that embraces his people and gets closer to them unlike what others do by shying away from them instead of identifying with the people at their points of needs. Kalu is not a politician that surfaces when election is getting closer but very attentive and devises means to solve their problems. He engages in sporting activities to unwind after hard days’ job. His hobbies are football as he is a fan of one of the premiership clubs. He pays regular visit to the gym to keep shape, exercising and remain physically fit. The Speaker is a disciplinarian and this extends to his eating habits, which result in his taking of fruits and light food. Rt. Hon. Chikwendu Kalu is married to Mrs. Gloria Onyinye Chikwendu and the marriage is blessed with three boys and two girls.

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2019: Battle to replace Senator Ogbuorji rages Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki The battle to replace Senator Sonni Ugborji has taken a deeper twist as Dr Uchenna Okoro, the MD Ebenezer Hospital Abakaliki has declared his interest to contest for the plum post. Okoro in a press conference in Abakaliki, Tuesday said that the people of Ebonyi south senatorial district need a peaceful, experienced and people oriented personality like him to represent the people of the district. Senator Ogbuorji, member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is on his second term had been reported to have attended South- East zonal meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and two weeks later under controversial outing at the floor of the senate moved

to officially announce his defection to the APC. Dr. Okoro, the senatorial aspirant for the Ebonyi South district told newsmen that his people had suffered much hardship in the areas of ecological challenges that had led to the collapse of the greater portion of one of their local government headquarters, for which reason he had been invited to rescue them and generate friendship than enmity for his people. He stated that it was for the reason of the realization of Governor David Umahi that his people had suffered much that he agreed that the slot should go to Edda people. “We need a person, a personality who is close to the people, a person who will work in collaboration with our incumbent and people oriented Governor, David

Umahi. We don’t need trouble makers. We need someone who will make friends and bring in federal authorities to wade into the ecological problems, as well as grant us the rights to harness the solid minerals that abound in Ebonyi south. “I have the belief that our people will come together, join hands together and support Governor Umahi, with that, we agreed to give the slot for the senate to the lower Edda at least, for the fact that our kinsmen in the upper Edda had since taken the slots of elective positions. “I have stressed the need for unity of purpose amongst our people so that we can correct the errors of the past that even gave those in the Edda flank the wrong name of Afikpo south local government area”.

Stakeholders score Bayelsa govt. low on water security Chris Eze, Yenagoa Stakeholders in Bayelsa State have expressed concern on frequent attacks on residents by hoodlums, armed robbers and other criminal elements without sufficient response from government and law enforcement agencies. The stakeholders comprising representatives of the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO), Bayelsa Graduate Forum and youthbased groups, also lamented the lack of access to potable water supply, stressing that residents depend on water vendors popularly called ‘Meruwa’ for their water needs. The groups bared their minds on Monday after the Commissioner for Water Resources, Nengi Tubonah, and Dickson’s Special Adviser on Security Matters, Boma Spero-Jack, made presentations

on their agencies’ scorecards at the ongoing inter-ministerial briefing to mark the sixth anniversary of the Dickson administration in Yenagoa. They condemned the government for its inability to solve the challenge of acute water shortage in Yenagoa and its metropolis even as Bayelsa is adjudged to be 85 percent riverine. In their separate presentations, Tubonah and Spero-Jack had enumerated the achievements of the administration in the two sectors and highlighted efforts taken to ensure potable water supply and install robust security architecture of global standards. Spero-Jack explained that prior to 2012 “there was a culture of violence in Bayelsa” as corpses littered the streets of Yenagoa and cult-related attacks and clashes made residents live in fear and panic.

SPECIAL PUBLICATION ON THE CONFRENECE OF NIGERIAN SPEAKERS (PART 1)

By EDAFE OBAROIGHOROR

nder Presidential system of government, there are three principal organs namely; the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. Each of them is constitutionally recognized, work in tandem and ensure smooth running of government. Any encroachment on one another’s functions always leads to confrontation and break down in the system. This is why they stay clear of situations that are likely to create clash but maintain stability in the body polity. The Legislative Arm of the government is an important institution saddled with the responsibility of making laws. Since the advent of the current dispensation, the Nigerian lawmakers have been blazing the trail of true democrats through responsible and responsive laws that meet the yearnings of Nigerians. Legislature is an institution empowered by the Constitution of the Federal Republic to have oversight function on the activities of the two other Arms even though each of them performing very distinctive functions as prescribed by the Constitution. As important as the Legislative Arm is, very little contributions are credited to them. Their contributions have been overshadowed by the Executive overbearing. The public knows about the existence of this Arm but ignorant of what it contributes the governance. The Legislature being the foundation on which the Executive and judiciary depend to function effectively giving the enabling laws they enacted for the success and sustenance of democracy, the public ought to accord them respect. Give what is due to Cesar to Cesar and let every Arm takes credit of its performances. The only time when lawmakers are focused on is when the Speakers are impeached or the Executive and Legislature clashed. Nigerians have not really appreciated legislature’s achievements because they don’t make noise about it like the other Arms that interface with the media often.

The Nigerian Conference of Speakers, the umbrella body for the States Houses of Assemblies Speakers has brace up to blow their trumpets realising that if they failed to do so, the public will not attribute any contribution to them while the Executive take credit. This is not to create enmity between the two Arms of government but to celebrate one’s achievements. Legislature’s contributions to the thriving and development of democracy in the country are quite enormous. It is the foundation on which the system rested. Daily Times Nigeria Limited, the publishers of the oldest tabloid in the country, Daily Times newspaper is packaging a special publication to showcase the performances and the contributions of each of the Speakers of the States Houses of Assemblies. The publication’s focus and ultimate objective is primarily to acknowledge the contributions of the Legislative Arm of the government as against the myopic rubber stamp thinking notion in some quarters. Without the Legislature, democracy cannot survive and function. The institution needs to be very vibrant and live to the expectations of the people. It is the organ of government that monitors and serves as the checker on the excesses of the Executive and the Judiciary. However, this check and balances function is a vice-versa thing. Having considered the Legislative Arm of the government as the fulcrum on which democracy rested, it becomes imperative for us as a medium to focus on the importance and the contributions of this organ instead of aloof and complacency. Today, we begin highlighting the achievements of each Speaker in their respective States of Assemblies. Speakers under the aegis of Nigerian Conference of Speakers are the participants in the project. We are bringing to the public in this publication, Rt. Honourable (Barrister) Chikwendu Enyinnaya Kalu, the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and what his leadership in the State has been able to do as a Team Leader with the cooperation of his House members.

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Former Senate President Ebute condemns Obasanjo’s letter to Buhari Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja

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L-R: Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and Chief Executive Officer Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Garba Danbatta during a courtesy call of INEC on the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday in Abuja PHOTO: TEMITOPE BALOGUN

Lagos Assembly passes N1.046tn budget Alade Tasma

ÏÏÏThe Lagos State House

of Assembly has passed the state’s 2018 Appropriation bill of N1, 046 trillion into law. The passing of the budget was sequel to the adoption of the report and recommendations of the House Ad hoc Committee on Budget and Economic Planning, headed by Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu as the resolution of the House. In the passed budget, the House approved the sum of N347, 038, 938, 872 billion as total recurrent expenditure from the Consolidated Rev-

enue Fund and N699, 082, 242, 808 billion as the total capital expenditure from the Development Revenue Fund for the year ending Dec. 31, 2018. Presenting the committee report, Hon. Yishawu advised that effort should be made to reduce total overhead cost of the state. The lawmakers commended the ad hoc committee for a job well done but called for quick modification of the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) policy of the state government. The Acting Chairman, House Committee on Physical

Planning and Urban Development, Hon. Setonji David said: “There are so many arrangements going on in PPP that the House does not know about.” On his own part, the Deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Muyiwa Jimoh explained that PPP should be on its own and should not operate under any ministry. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa also commended Yishawu and members of the committee for its thorough scrutiny of the budget within a short time frame.

The House, following a voice vote conducted by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa thereafter, passed the appropriation bill on each sectoral allocation for Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The Speaker later directed the Acting Clerk of the House, Mr Azeez Sanni to send a clean copy of the bill to Gov. Akinwnmi Ambode for his assent. Recalled that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Dec. 11, 2017 presented a proposed N1.046tn “Budget of Progress and Development’’ to the Assembly.

Commissioner slumps at Gov Dickson’s pre-anniversary function Chris Eze, Yenagoa

ÏÏÏBayelsa

State Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Fred Obua, on Tuesday slumped at the venue of the ongoing inter-ministerial briefing to mark the 6th anniversary of Governor Seriake Dickson in office. The anniversary proper is on 14 February, 2018. The Commissioner, who was to make a presentation, suddenly slumped and was immediately rushed out of the venue at Cultural Centre, Yenagoa to an undisclosed private clinic. As inquisitive journalists wanted to get more information on what transpired, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson told them that Obua could not wait due to his health challenge. “What do you want me to say, the man was rushed out because he has health challenge; he cannot wait for the presentation. “He was to present but due to his health, he was rushed out.

“I don’t want this matter to be published and anyone, who writes the story, will be dealt with,” the Commissioner threatened. Following the development, out of the two Ministries scheduled to make presentation on Tuesday, only Commissioner

for Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Frank Ibegi briefed. In his presentation, Ibegi said that the present administration had performed creditably in terms of rural-urban development.

According to him, the sitting of health centres in the rural communities was a milestone in the history of the state adding that the focus for 2018 was to ensure adequate peace and infrastructural development in the communities.

Lassa fever scare: No such record –FMC Umuahia Nwakanma, Umuahia

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Federal Medical Centre, FMC Umuahia has come out to deny any incidence of the dreaded Lassa fever in the centre as speculated in different quarters in the state. Addressing newsmen in Umuahia, the Public Relations officer of the centre, Mr. Darlington Chikezie Madubuko said the rumour “is farfetched. There is no truth in the rumour and there is no case of Lassa fever in this centre”. Contacting the hospitals Head Doctor of Accident and Emergency, (A&E), Dr. Ugochukwu Onyeonoro on his speaker phone, the doc-

tor confirmed that there was no incidence of Lassa fever at the hospital, and so far no record of it. Madubuko, who confirmed that there is a standing committee on Lassa fever based on what happens around neighbouring states like Imo and Ebonyi over Lassa fever, stated that the hospital has trained doctors, nurses and other staff over such cases, stating that they are therefore careful and thorough with all cases before examination of the patient. “Mere taking precaution does not mean existence of Lassa fever. Our doctors, nurses, and other staff take precaution and are trained

in that regard. “On the committee, we don’t have to wait before first encounter with a victim. FMC has a committee for that as a reputable hospital with patients’ turnover of over 140,000 every month”. Efforts to reach Dr. Onyeonoro, the Head, A&E at the Community Nursing unit of the centre and the head of the committee was not fruitful as they were not in the hospital when newsmen arrived. In a radio announcement later, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. John Ahukanna allayed the fears by stating that there is no reported case of the scourge in the state.

dent, Ameh Ebute has joined many Nigerians who have condemned the bashing of the present administration by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his letter. The former Senate president in a letter addressed to Chief Obasanjo titled: “Re: The Way Out: A Clarion Call For Coalition For Nigeria Movement”, lampooned him for resorting to letter writing to his predecessors rather than seeking audience with them saying such action was a smack of mischief. The former Senator told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that he had cautioned Obasanjo when he wrote former President Jonathan in a similar letter that it was not in the interest of the unity and peace of the nation as it is an affront on decency and decorous behaviour by publicly attempting to ridicule, malign and assault the seat of power with a repeat letter to President Buhari. “In the current instance too, you have reeled out a torrent of subsisting problems and perceived deficiencies of the Buhari Presidency very hypocritically and in utmost contempt for the office and personality of President Buhari. It is all in veiled pursuit of your secret agenda for the absolute ruination and destruction of Nigeria, a foundation faultily laid by you between 1999 and 2007, when you served as President of the country”. Senator Ebute maintained that the new found love of the former President was rather exacerbating series of national problems which he (Obasanjo) failed to tackle in his 8 years reign. “The issues of poverty, insecurity, poor economic management as trumpeted in your letter have existed with Nigeria and aggravated under your reign as President. Precisely, poverty, hunger and disease are cardinal components of the Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs), which you claim to be spearheading efforts in the guise of “Zero Hunger” initiative; but gave no attention to it when you wielded power at Aso Rock. This is the pretence and deception that have become your trademark and up-

rooted or alienated you from Nigerians. “No one is surprised that you disparaged President Buhari’s efforts in curbing the monster of corruption and insurgency, which flourished under your administration and became untameable, with the reserved commendation by declaring that “it is not yet uhuru!” You display the lack of capacity to wholeheartedly appreciate the efforts of other leaders. Rather you preferred to flaunt the African spread of your Presidential Library, which Nigerians have severally and collectively accused you of corruptly funding it. “It is quite funny the failure to acknowledge that the EFCC under Buhari has unprecedentedly recovered looted public funds in assets and cash, trillions of naira never before known to the history of Nigeria’s anti-graft war. Today, you frequently accuse your former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as very corrupt, but could recover and publish any kobo you recovered from him back to national treasury. The foundation for the dubious sale of national public assets like NITEL, PHCN etc was laid by you”. The former Senate President chided Obasanjo for imposing on Nigeria leaders who could not tackle Boko Haram head on knowing that the seed of the insurgency was sown under his watch. “The seeds of Boko Haram insurgency was sown under your administration in Borno and exploded, soon after you were forced to relinquish power after the failure of the infamous third term bid. The subsequent leaders you imposed on Nigeria could not handle the problem, until President Buhari came on board. As clever and astute as you claim in leadership, you had no solution to the puzzle of militancy in the Niger Delta or the communal clashes that plagued most communities in Nigeria”. He urged Obasanjo to be retrospective in his view adding that no other person would have done better what President Buhari has done considering the state he inherited the nation. “No former President of Nigeria who knows the poor state of the economy President Buhari inherited in May 2015, would not appreciate the efforts and measures adopted in revamping the economy”, the read noted.

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2 Niger soldiers killed in gun duel with Boko Haram ÏÏÏAt

least two soldiers were killed overnight while fighting off an attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists in southeast Niger, a source in the security forces said Tuesday. “It was an audacious attack repelled by our valiant defence and security forces, which lost two men all the same,” the source told an international news agency on

condition of anonymity. The insurgents from neighbouring Nigeria “came aboard about a dozen vehicles” early Monday evening to attack a National Guard outpost near Chetimari, a village about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the main regional town, Diffa, the source said. “Since the Niger soldiers put up strong resistance, the Boko Ha-

ram elements withdrew to shell their positions from a distance,” he added. The arrival of reinforcements led by the head of the National Guard contingent in Diffa, Major Mohamed Alwata, enabled the army to drive the raiders back towards Nigerian territory, where Boko Haram first launched a bloody insurgency in

2009. The attackers “also lost several men” during fighting that lasted “for hours”, the source in the security forces said. In mid-January, seven soldiers were killed and 17 others wounded in an attack at Toummour, in the east of the Diffa region close to the Lake Chad basin, a strategic area where the borders of four countries con-

verge. Chad and Cameroon are engaged alongside Nigeria and Niger in the battle against Boko Haram extremists, who first took the conflict across the border into Niger in 2015, with numerous raids around Diffa. Between 2015 and 2017, UN monitors recorded 582 civilian casualties in 244 raids blamed on

Boko Haram in the Diffa region. In 2017, 141 civilians were “wounded, killed and kidnapped,” compared with 227 in 2016 and 214 in 2015, according to UN statistics with no further breakdown. The United Nations makes no estimates of casualties in Niger’s army, but the military is known to have lost dozens of troops since 2015.

Jonathan’s kinsmen hold pro-Dickson rally in Bayelsa Akam James, Yenagoa

ÏÏÏKinsmen

of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan at the weekend organised a solidarity rally for the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, over the six years performance of his administration. The rally was also to appreciate him for the N1billion earmarked for infrastructural development in Ogbia Local Government area of the State. The group which was made up of youths under the Ogbia Youth groups, commended the governor for his performance in the area of political appointments, education and infrastructural development, the decision by the administration to set aside N1billion development vote to Ogbia kingdom is welcomed and commendable. Leader of the Ogbia Youths and Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Youth Development, Hon. Osaanya B. Osaanya said the solidarity rally was an opportunity to thank Governor Dickson for appointing more of their sons and daughters into key positions in his government. Osaanya added that among other things, the completed model school and the N1 billion recently earmarked for the repair of internal roads in the area and other projects has further demonstrated the governor’s love for them. He assured Dickson that the youths of the area will continue to support his government and play their part to bring an end to all forms of crime and criminality, stressing that only an atmosphere of peace will attract meaningful de-

velopment. The youth leader therefore enjoined youths of the area to shun kidnapping, pipeline vandalism and other vices but rather avail themselves of the opportunity by embracing the various empowerment scheme he is set to introduce. “We have come out today to appreciate the governor, His Excellency, Hon. Seriake Dickson for what he has been doing for us. It is clear and evident for us to see. Our resolve to thank him is hinged on the fact that he has done well and will still do more. “Not just in Ogbia, Dickson has in the last six years made Bayelsa a centre of attraction, building significant and legacy projects. We will give him more support and work to maintain peace in Ogbia kingdom” he said. Secretary to the State Government, Kemela Okara lauded the youths for organizing themselves in such a peaceful manner and for coming out to show solidarity and support for the governor, adding that the restoration government will do more for them. In their goodwill messages, the Commissioner for Special Projects, Fred Obua and that of Chieftaincy and Community Development, Saviour Ibegi charged the youths not to be distracted as they are the future of Ogbia kingdom and gave them kudos for organizing the 10,000 mega unity rally. On his part, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson expressed delight at the way and manner they conducted themselves, noting that the unity of Ogbia people is not negotiable and their support for Gov. Dickson will remain unshakable.

L-R Consultant to the Ogun State Governor on Energy, Chief Taiwo Fagbemi, Secretary to the Ogun State Government (SSG), Barr. Taiwo Adeoluwa and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olumide Ayeni, during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with eight Independent Power Providers (IPPs) for the provision of electricity to residents of Ogun State held in Abeokuta.. .on Tuesday

You can’t probe states without assemblies nod, Court tells EFCC Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti

ÏÏÏFederal

High Court, Ado Ekiti has ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lacked power to investigate finances of a State. It pronounced further that the EFCC can only probe states finances with a report of indictment from States’ Houses of Assembly. The court made the declaration in a judgement delivered in a suit filed by Ekiti State Government against the EFCC, the Inspector General of Police, the Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, the Clerk and 13 others. The state’s Attorney General filed the suit after the commission sent letters of invitation to some government officials seeking details over some financial transactions of the state. The EFCC also sent letters to the banks seeking financial books of the state in their custody.

Justice Taiwo O Taiwo held that the financial institutions are not entitled to submit to release to or any manner whatsoever to disclose to any person, body or agency, including the EFCC and IG, or any other investigating body, any document, financial records etc. The court held that the EFCC cannot usurp the oversight functions vested in state assembly under Sections 128 and 129 of the 1999 Constitution to initiate a probe or criminal proceedings against a state official. According to him, only the state legislative is vested with oversight and investigation role over state finances, appropriation and implementation after receiving a formal report from the Auditor General or the Accountant General as the case may arise. Referring to section 125 (c) of the constitution, Justice Taiwo said, “It is unassailable that there is separation

of powers. Under a federal system, section 4, 5 and 6 of the Constitution provide separation of powers which guarantees independence and disallow encroachment of powers. “The power for control of fund, financial outflow and appropriation, are vested in the House of Assembly. “It is the Auditor General of the state that has the power to conduct check on all government corporations and to submit his report to the assembly. “Nobody including the court can read other meaning into the clear provision of the constitution. “The assembly has the responsibilities on the management of funds by the executives. They have the responsibility to ensure fund management, cut wastages, reject corruption, “The first defendant (EFCC) is bound to operate within the constitution and cannot operate like the lord

of the manor. It is statutory duty is not a licence to contravene the Constitution. “I can’t by any stretch of imagination see how the statutory functions of the (EFCC) can extend to a state in a federation under any guise to the extent that the eight to 18 defendants (banks) will be directed to submit bank details. “Yes, the first defendant can investigate any person or corporate organisation, what it can’t do is to usurp the powers of the assembly. “The Federal Government cannot impose its statutory duties on a state in flagrant disobedient of the constitution. The prosecution should not ride roughshod of the constitution. It is the duty of judges to ensure they don’t listen to sentiment of the public. I resolve all issues in favour of the plaintiff. I grant all reliefs sought by the plaintiff in view of the fact they are live issues.

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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

GLORIOUS KING OF GLORY LIGHT MISSION

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. ORAKWUENMA MARTIN - CHAIRMAN 2. LEVI DORIS JESICA - SECRETARY 3. AKACHUKWU NGOZI 4. ORAKWUE JOHNBOSCO 5. IJUO OTOR CHRISTOPHER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 3. TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN JESUS CHRIST.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. TOLUWANI PAUL 2. AKINYEMI OLUSEGUN 3. TOLUWANI ELIZABETH (MRS) 4. BABATUNDE ADETOLA (MRS) 5. OGUNDELE OYINLOLA (MRS) 6. ONAH IJEOMA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

ZION BETHEL OF GOD’S GLORY 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: 1. OBI ANTHONY BISONG 2. OBI GLORY CHINYERE 3. NKUMEH POLINIUS OKECHUKWU 4. KEKONG MICHAEL OBI 5. MARQUIS OLASUPO 6. AGHA JOSEPH IFEANYICHUKWU 7. NWOKEMODO IFUNANYA ROMANA. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

RAIN OF GRACE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH 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, 1990. BOARD OF TRUSTEES 1. ALEX OLUONYE NOAH – CHAIRMAN 2. OLUONYE JOHN 3. NWEKE SAMUEL CHINYEREUGO 4. EVIEBOR ODIGIE ANTHONY 5. NWAJEI NICHOLAS NDUBUISI 6. OSUNDE OSAREMWINDAMWEN AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: EFFIONG JOHN OBOHO 08038723535

DEZENATE CLUB

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR CHANGE IN TRUSTEE (ADDITION TO THE EXISTING TRUSTEE) UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PRINCE ADENIYI DAINI - RETAINED. 2. ELDER KUNLE AMOSUN - RETAINED. 3. MR. DELE AGEKAMEH - RETAINED. 4. OTUNBA OWOLABI OSIBODU - RETAINED. 5. ENGR. ABDULRAZAQ AYODEJI SHITTU - RETAINED. NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEE AS ADDITTION TO THE OLD TRUSTEES. DARAMOLA STEPHEN OLU. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME. 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.

LIETING HOUSE MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

SIGNED: SECRETARY

IDEAL SUPPORT FORUM

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. HON (DR) SUNDAY ETUK 2. CHIEF (MRS) MARY ODOT UDOH 3. MISS UDUAK MICHAEL ATHANASIUS 4. MR. YUKO UDOKPAN JONAH 5. MRS EKAETTE CARR 6. MR BASSEY UTIT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO SEEK PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH CELEBRAL PALSY 2. TO HELP THE POOR, YOUTHS, AGED AND THE VULNERABLE 3. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE IN THE SOCIETY 4. TO HELP THE ORPHANS AND WIDOWS ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARIKI ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: U. V. DUNCAN (ESQ)

PROJECT 2 MILLION CHILDREN BACK TO SCHOOL INITIATIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED INITIATIVE HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADENIYI OLUWATOSIN ABIOLA. 2. ADENIYI OLUSHOLA SOLOMON. 3. OLUSEYI ABIODUN AKINTOLA. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO ENSURE 2,000,000 PRIMARY /SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL OR NEVER ENROLLED FOR ANY FORM OF EDUCATION RETURN TO SCHOOL, FOCUSING ESPECIALLY ON THE “GIRL CHILD” IN THE NORTH WEST AND NORTH EAST PART OF NIGERIA. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OLADIPO DAYO ROMMEL SECRETARY.

VICTORY REAGAN HELP FOUNDATION

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

WORD GALLERY CHURCH

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. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1. MR. ABAYOMI OLAMIPOSI ADEWALE 2. MR. OLADOPUPO OLALEKAN SOLOMON 3. BARR. (MRS.) ABIMBOLA TOPE ABAYOMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. PREACHING OF D GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST 2. HELPING TO BUILD MEMBERS SPIRITUAL LIVES 3. REBUILDING LIVES AND NATIONS THROUGH D WORD OF GOD, CRUSADES, TEACHINGS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, RETREATS, CAMP MEETINGS ETC 4. SEEING TO D WELFARE OF MEMBERS 5. TRANSFORMING PEOPLE THROUGH SOUND BIBLICAL DOCTRINES WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MAKING HEAVEN. 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: BARR. (MRS.) ABIMBOLA ABAYOMI

CHURCH WITHOUT SPOT OUTREACH

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. ALOH SCHOLASTICA OLUCHI CHAIRMAN 2. ASIBE CHIDIEBERE ISAAC SECRETARY 3. OLIFI GLORIA 4. CHUKWU IFEOMA ESTHER AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 3. TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN 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 KOLAPO ISHOLA GOVERNMENT RESERVATION AREA IBADAN, MUSLIM ASSOCIATION 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. ALHAJI TAJUDEEN OLASUNKANMI AREMU (CHAIRMAN) 2. ALHAJI MOJEED ADEBAYO IMRAN (SECRETARY) 3. ALHAJI RAFIU ADEGBOYEGA QUADRI 4. ALHAJI LATEEF TIJANI 5. DR. FATAI ADEBAYO LASIS THE AIMS AND 0BJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE: 1. TO CREATE A FORUM FOR BRINGING MUSLIMS IN KOLAPO ISHOLA GOVERNMENT RESERVED AREA TOGETHER FOR EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND TO FOSTER UNITY AMONGST HUMANITY 2. TO PROPAGATE THE PRACTICE AND DOCTRINE OF ISLAM 3. TO PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OF ISLAM AND ENCOURAGE SEEKING OF ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT LARGE; 4. TO ENGAGE IN PHILANTHROPIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT PROMOTING THE COURSE OF ISLAM 5. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROPAGATION OF ISLAM TO NON- MUSLIMS THROUGH PERSONAL INTERACTIONS MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AS WELL AS EDUCATING THE NEWLY CONVERTED MUSLIMS IN THEIR QUEST FOR ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE 6. TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES REASONABLY INCIDENTAL AND ADVANTAGEOUS 7. TO THE REALIZATION OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY 08032146899

CHRIST PERFECT TABERNACLE INTERNATIONAL

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

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, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) ESAN JACOB ADEKUNLE - PRESIDENT. (2) OSAGIE OSAS EGHOSA. (3) ODIASE UYI HARMONY - SECRETARY. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO FOSTER UNITY AMONG MEMBERS.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OMOSHEHIN ROLAND BAMIDELE 2. OMOSHEHIN VALERIE ANWULIKA 3. IKEDIASHI HENRIETTA CHUKWUFUMNANYA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

SIGNED: SECRETARY.

22 Companies Registration SARDAUNA BADARAWA YOUTHS AND WOMEN DEVELOPMENT 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. USMAN IBRAHIM 2. ABDULBASIT IBRAHIM USMAN 3. AISHA USMAN IBRAHIM 4. IBRAHIM IBRAHIM USMAN 5. HUZAIFA IBRAHIM USMAN AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO EMPOWER OUR YOUTH AND WOMEN IN OUR SOCIETY.

FORWARD EVER GRASSROOTS FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION 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. OTUNBA LARRY ALAN-BALOGUN 2. FEMI OYEDOKUN AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS IN AFRICA

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

SIGNED: OJO ADESOJI

ODUDUABASI INYANG EDUCATION MOTIVATIONAL FOUNDATION

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MUSTERED ENDTIME RESTORATION MINISTRY

DIVINE PRINCE & PRINCESS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 8. OBASI EMMANUEL BUZIE 1. PRINCE OBASI ERIC CHIMA 9. ANORJI VICFRED 2. OBASI UGAH SIMON 10. ONU OBIAGERI ALICE 3. ANIUHA HELEN CHINASA 11. ELDER ANTHONY JNR UDEH 4. OBASI MMESOMA IMMACULATE 5. OBASI JULIET CHINAZAEKPWERE 12. OKOROEGO EMMAUEL UZOMA 13. UDEH CHINENYE JULIET 6. OBASI CHIDIEBERE GRACE 14. IGBOAMALU LOUISA NDIDI 7. ANIUHA DORATHY 15. EMEZINA CHRISTOPHER AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO EMPOWER THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN OUR SOCIETY. 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: BARR. ARTHUR EMEKA AMADI 08030666444

CHRIST ACHIEVEMENT CHURCH INT’L

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. REV. PETER CHIMCHETARAM ESOMSON -FOUNDER/GENERAL OVERSEER 2. PASTOR MRS AUGUSTINA ESOMSON 3. PASTOR IYKE FRANCIS NZEH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL JESUS TO ALL MANKIND 2. TO FEED CLOTH THE POOR IN THE SOCIETY. 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.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR CALEB OLUWATUYI AKOSILE -PRESIDENT/GENERAL OVERSEER, 2. EVANGELIST EUNICE JOLADE AKOSILE -VICE PRESIDENT 3. EVANGELIST VICTOR OLUWASEUN OLUWATUYI -PROVOST 4. OLOWU SUNDAY -SECRETARY 5. ELDER BAYO SHADRACK - FINANCIAL SECRETARY 6. MR. IDOWU NUPO SAMUEL - TREASURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS TO ALL MANKIND 2. TO FEED, CLOTH THE POOR IN THE SOCIETY 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: OSUJI GERALDINE, ESQ 08106237932

SIGNED: CS NOMINEES 08023246493

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. ODUDUABASI EBONG INYANG -CHAIRMAN 2. AFFIONG EFFIONG OKON -SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER SUPPORT TO STUDENTS OF HIGHER INSTITUTION AND POST SECONDARY SCHOOLS FROM THESE COMMUNITIES. 2. TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND ENLIGHTENMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AMONGST STUDENT OF SECONDARY LEVEL.

ADLA CHILD SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT 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. LIST OF TRUSTEES: 1. MOHAMMED BELLO; 2. RAHAMA MUSTAPHA BELLO; 3. BAHIRA NURADDEEN IDRIS; 4. AISHATU ALIYU BELLO; 5. SHUAIBU LAWAN YOLA; 6. JAMILA IDRIS NURA MAJOR AIM & OBJECTIVE: TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELL-BEING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL CHILDREN IN NEED, ESPECIALLY THE DEPRIVED, THE ABUSED, THE DESTITUTE AND THE HOMELESS.

HEALING WINGS INT’L GOSPEL CHURCH

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. LIST OF TRUSTEES: 1. PST CYPRIAN WISE; 2. ELDER SAMUEL OZONADI; 3. PST(MRS.) SARAH JOSEPH OGBE. MAJOR AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE AFRICAN CENTRE FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 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. LIST OF TRUSTEES: 1. MOHAMMED BELLO 2. AISHATU ALIYU BELLO 3. BAHIRA NURADDEEN IDRIS 4. ALKASIM MUHAMMAD ZANGINA. 5. SHUAIBU LAWAN MAJOR AIM & OBJECTIVE: TO UNDERTAKE AND CONTRIBUTE TO INDEPENDENT MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA AND AFRICA. 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

GINGER GOLF RESORT CLUB

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. COLONEL DE AMEGO-- CHAIRMAN 2. COMMODORE DANJUMA DOGONYARO -- VICE CHAIRMAN 3. CHRISTANTUS EBEDEN -- MEMBER 4. JAMES ADEYEMO--SECRETARY 5. COLONEL AJ ANETOR-- MEMBER 6. CAPTAIN (NN) JAMES OTACHE -- MEMBER 7. SAMUEL AKAU --MEMBER 8. SOLOMON MAIGIDA -- MEMBER 9. JELILI SAFIU --- TREASURER AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROMOTE UNITY AMONG MEMBERS 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 CITY OF GRACE BELIEVERS CHURCH 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 . ORJI CHIMAOBI EMMANUEL 2. ORJI IFEANYI 3. MRS ONWE DIVINE FAVOUR AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

PURPLE ADMIRAL FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. JEPHTHAH AYODEJI IGHODARO; 2. DR CHRISTOPHER OSARETIN UKPEBOR; 3. MR. PETER SAMSON AKAHOMEN; 4. MR. IFE PAUL ADEROJU; 5. MS. OMOLARA OLUSAIYE; 6. MRS JOY NGOZI UDUNENWU; AND 7. MR SEUN JOHN ONIJAMAH. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO SERVE AS CONDUIT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL PROJECTS FOCUSED ON EDUCATION, HEALTH, EMPOWERMENT & RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENT. 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

JESUS PRAISE PROPHETIC DELIVERANCE MINISTRY WORLDWIDE 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 FOLLOWS: 1. PASTOR. MRS ONWUKA CHIKA CYNTHIA . -FOUNDER 2. NDUBISI JUDE ONWUKA ....... . ASSISTANT PASTOR FINANCIAL SEC. 3. CHIKA .BLESSING EGBUONU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST AND SHOW THE POWER OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS 2. TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR FELLOWSHIP AMONG CHRISTIANS OF LIKE FAITH, APPROVING ALL SPIRITUAL TEACHING METHOD AND CONDUCT 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 QUEEN LILLIAN ADEBAYO FOUNDATION

NAMES OF TRUSTEES; 1 LILLIAN ADEBAYO 2 ADEWOLE ADEBAYO 3 ANTHONY OMUGBE 4 VIVIEN ISIRAOJIE 5 EFE UDIH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. ENHANCE COMMUNITY EDUCATION BY PROVIDING FREE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH PUPILS LACK ADEQUATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; 2. IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN 18; 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: BARR EBENEZER AKINBULI

SILVERRINGS EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE 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. LIST OF TRUSTEES: 1. ANNABEL CHINWE AZUBUIKE; AND 2. FELIX CHIMEZIRI AZUBUIKE. MAJOR AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO EMPOWER THE YOUTH AND WOMEN FOR A BETTER TOMORROW THROUGH FREE VOCATIONAL/ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. 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

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THE FLAMING FURNACE TRANSFORMATION MINISTRY

GREAT POWER DOMINION INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY

GRACIOUS FAITH CHURCH INTERNATIONAL

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

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 THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EGBUCHE BRIDGET - GENERAL OVERSEER 2. EGBUCHE PRINCE AZUBUIKE - SECRETARY 3. IHUNDA ESTHER - TREASURER 4. AKANI CHRISTIAN - P. R. O 5. EDWIN JOHNBULL OGIERIAKHI - MEMBER

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. APOSTLE IYAMU BILLY FRIDAY - GENERAL OVERSEER 2. PROPHETESS IYAMU IMADE RUTH - SECRETARY 3. THOMPSON OGHENETEGE - MEMBER

TRUSTEE ARE: 1. GBASAMWOKEM EMMANUEL - PRESIDENT 2. GBASAM IFEOMA JOSEPHINE 3. AMADI THANKGOD CHIDI 4. BEATRICE IWERIEBOR - SECRETARY. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD TO ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD

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

APOSTOLIC GRACE REVIVAL CHURCH

GRACELAND FOR BRIDE OF CHRIST CHURCH

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: APOSTLE IYAMU BILLY FRIDAY (GENERAL OVERSEER)

THE KINGDOM VOICE LAST DAYS OUTREACH

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED OUTREACH HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. REV. IGIETSEMEH OMOKHUDU SUNDAY - SENIOR PASTOR. 2. BLESSING IGIETSEMEH. 3. ROWLAND GODWIN CHIBUIKE . 4. DEEKAE RICHARD IKE. 5. OGUAMANAM CHIJIOKE .

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. PASTOR IKANWU-OJO EMMANUEL - PRESIDING PASTOR. 2. EMMANUEL DORCAS. 3. EKELE SAMUEL ABUH. 4. ETIM GLORY ODIONG 5. IKANI ADEJOH FELIX.

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. REV. GINA GINA ADE - PRESIDING PASTOR. 2. GINA EUNICE. 3. ISEKI SIMON PETER. 4. WORDU NWOBISI DAVID. 5. OGBEKENE OGAGA GODSPOWER .

AIMS AND OBJECT; 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 2. TO ESTABLISH CHURCHES AND OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP. 3. TO ESTABLISH SEMINARY TO TRAIN MINISTERS, EVANGELISTS, LAY WORKERS, ETC. 4. TO PROVIDE FOR THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF MEMBERS. 5. TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL CENTRES, SCHOOLS, CHARITY HOME AND OTHER TRAINING CENTRES FOR CHARACTER AND SKILL ACQUISITION . 6. TO PRINT AND PUBLISH TRACTS, RELIGIOUS BOOKS, MAGAZINES, ETC AND DISTRIBUTE SAME. 7. TO ESTABLISH CARE CENTRES FOR ORPHANS, AGED PERSONS AND LESS PRIVILEGED PERSONS.

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

SIGNED; BARR. OWOBU COLLINS EROMOSELE .

AYODEJI FAGBUARO FOUNDATION

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AYODEJI OLUWASEUN FAGBUARO 2. SANDRA BINDA FAGBUARO AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY AND ISSUES RELATING TO CHILD TRAFFICKING 2. TOUCHING THE LIVES OF THE NEEDY AMONG US 3. TO PROVIDE CHARITY FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY 4. TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIP AND PROVIDE LEARNING AIDS TO ASSIST LEARNERS AND POTENTIAL LEARNERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

SIGNED; BARR. OWOBU COLLINS EROMOSELE.

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

AIMS AND OBJECT; 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 2. TO ESTABLISH CHURCHES AND OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP. 3. TO TRAIN MINISTERS, EVANGELISTS, LAY WORKERS, ETC. 4. TO PROVIDE FOR THE SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF MEMBERS. 5. TO ESTABLISH MEDICAL CENTRES, SCHOOLS AND OTHER TRAINING CENTRES FOR SKILL ACQUISITION. 6. TO PRINT AND PUBLISH TRACTS, RELIGIOUS BOOKS, MAGAZINES, ETC AND DISTRIBUTE SAME. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREETMAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THE PUBLICATION. SIGNED; BARR. OWOBU COLLINS EROMOSELE.

CHRIST CENTRED FELLOWSHIP INT’L

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

TRUSTEES: 1.EVANG. PETER AKINOLA- SNR PASTOR/GEN. SUPRITENDENT 2. , BRO. OBINNA NKAULO SAMUEL - SECRETARY, 3.FLORENCE NKAULO - WOMEN LEADER 4, JUSTINA UDOKA AKINOLA - PRAYER SUPRITENDENT/PASTOR

TRUSTEES: 1) WODI,EMMANUEL=G.O. 2) YUSUF,LUCAS=SEC, 3) PAUL,ZEYINABA. 4) HABAKKUK,ISA. 5) ABRAHAM,SAMUEL

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED :SECRETARY

PRESENCE AND ARENA OF JESUS POWER CHURCH INT’L.

ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC SCHOOL PROPRIETORS OF NIGERIA

LOSS OF DOCUMENTS

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. PROPHETESS JOY ADEGBE SIMON, 2. PROPHET JOHN GARUBA SIMON,,, 3. PASTOR GEORGE ABI,,, 4. EVANGELIST NNAMANI SYLAVANUS CHIJOKE,, 5.PASTOR ROBERTA AMANDO. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED. VICTOR C ORIZU ESQ. 07030223944.

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990 TRUSTEES: 1,HUSSAINI AMINU ABDULLAHI, 2, LAWAL ABDULRAHMAN ADAM 3, MUHAMMAD AUWAL DANLADI 4,LAWAL USMAN ALIYU, 5,ABDULKAREEM KABEER IDRIS, 6,SALISU MUSA 7, ABDULLAHI ALIYU USMAN 8, SANI MUAZU SALISU 9, INUSA DANKAKA AIM/OBJECTIVES: TO EMPOWER AND ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BY ORGANISING, TRAINING, SYMPOSIUM, SEMINARS, ISSUING, SCHOLARSHIP FOR CAPACITY BUILDING, ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGN: SECRETARY

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC REISSUANCE OF R OF O IN RESPECT OF PLOT NUMBER 89 CADASTRAL ZONE B03 WITH THE NO IM 10109 ISSUED BY MINISTRY OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY , DATED 09/01/94 BEARING MRS VICTORIA N. OKOBI, BOUGHT BY CHIEF KANAYO UGHAMADU, OF PRINCE AND PRINCESS ESTATE, DRIVE 2. HOUSE 25 ABUJA GOT MISSING. ALL EFFORTS MADE TO TRACE THE SAID DOCUMENT PROVED ABORTIVE IF FOUND PLEASE CONTACT ABUJA GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM.

BATTLE AXE CONVENTUS OF GOD CIVITAS CHURCH INT’L.

SATISFIED EVANGELICAL ARENA OF FAITH CHURCH WORLDWIDE

DELIVERANCE IN TOTALITY OF CHRIST CHURCH INT’L.

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

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

TRUSTEE. 1. REV DANIEL E ADIKPE, 2. MRS RITA E A DANIEL. 3. MRS SALOMI NJOKU. 4. ELDER GEBRIEL ACHU. 5. ELDER TIMOTHY KENJI.

TRUSTEES . 1. OGAR FELICIA AGBO 2. IJEGU DOMINIC OGAR. 3. EGANA BAYO FIDELIX. 4. ALADETIMIRO OMOW.

TRUSTEES . 1. APOSTLE OSEJIE GODSENT LUCKY. 2. FRIDAY OKOSODO 3. EGANA BAYO FIDELIX 4. ALADE TIMIRO OMOWUMI OLUWAYOMI. 5. PROPHETESS GRACE AJIKE.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED. VICTOR C ORIZU ESQ. 07030223944.

AIMS. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED. VICTOR C ORIZU ESQ. 07030223944

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FAKOLUJO OMOTAYO

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS KUSIMO DAMILOLA OMOLOLA. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OYEWALE DAMILOLA OMOLOLA,ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID,GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FAKOLUJO OMOTAYO OPEYEMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNSAKIN OMOTAYO OPEYEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FALAKO ADESOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS FALAKO ADESOLA ALICE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS KEHINDE ADESOLA ALICE.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID,GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

PETER PROMISE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PETER PROMISE OMENAI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALIMAT PROMISE OMENAI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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

CHRIST ROYAL CHOSEN MINISTRY

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION AS AN INCORPORATED TRUSTEE UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, CAP. C-20, LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, 2004. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). NWANNENNAYA KINGSLEY NNAMDI PRESIDENT 2) NWANNENNAYA GERTRUDE AMAKA 3) UKAEGBU EMMANUEL AMAECHI SECRETARY 4) AGBARA AUSTINE ANYIGADI 5) AGBARA IJEOMA JULIET AIMS AND OBJECTIVES I). TO TAKE THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION OF OUR LORD JESUS TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD AND TO BRING SOULS INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST II). TO DELIVER PEOPLE FROM DARKNESS AND THE BONDAGE OF SIN, SICKNESS, POVERTY AND EVERY SATANIC OPPRESSION AND MANIPULATION III). TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY IV). THE PROMOTING OF HOLINESS AS A WAY OF CHRISTIAN LIVING V). THE QUEST FOR SALVATION AS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS IN DAILY LIFE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PRESIDENT

THE AMBASSADORS OF THE MOST HIGH MINISTRY INT’L THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES : (1)PASTOR OLUWALEKE IDOWU OWOEYE(SENIOR PASTOR) (2) DEACONESS OLUWALOSE DORCAS OWOEYE (3)MR OLAYINKA TAIWO OWOEYE (4) ELDER KESHIRO BONIFACE IBUKUN (5) EVANGELIST JOSEPH ADINOYI AJAYI. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 5. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. 6. TO ESTABLISH LOCAL BRANCHES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL WORLDWIDE. 7. TO EMPLOY AND DEPLOY, TRAIN AND ORDAIN MINISTERS FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE WORK OF THE CHURCH 8. TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST BIBLE COLLEGE, CAMPS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, HOSPITALS, CLINICS, ORPHANAGES AND MISSION HOMES AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CHURCH. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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THE SAVIOUR LIGHT DELIVERANCE ASSEMBLY 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 THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AKUNAMA IZONFADEI (PRESIDENT) 2. ATIN EREPADOU HANNAH (SECRETARY) 3. INEMOTIMI YOKU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST WORLDWIDE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PRESIDENT

OLAGOKE OLAJUMOKE I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OLAGOKE OLAJUMOKE OLAWUNMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS SOWOLE OLAJUMOKE OLAWUNMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ADESAKIN ADEOLA I Formerly known and addressed as Miss ADESAKIN ADEOLA BASIRAT Now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs KOLAWOLE ADEOLA BASIRAT. All former documents remain valid,General public and Authority concern take note.

OMOJOLA ADETUTU I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OMOJOLA ADETUTU OLUFUNMILOLA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ADEJO ADETUTU OLUFUNMILOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID,GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE.

ATUNBI OLUWATOBI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ATUNBI OLUWATOBI ADEDAYO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ATUNBI OLUWATOBI TEMIDAYO.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE.

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

NKOLIKA GLOBAL CHARITY 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)NKOLIKA CALLISTUS UGO - CHAIRPERSON , (2)HON.BARR.MBAKWE OBI, (3)CHIEF ENYINNA ONUEGBU (4)ALEX CALLISTUS-UGO (5)PATIENCE EJIMOFOR, -SECRETARY. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO MINISTER AND AFFECT THE LIVES OF WIDOWS, ORPHANS, FATHERLESS, LESS PRIVILEGE AND THE GIRL CHILD. 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

ANDREWS FOUNDATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

POWERFLOW LIGHT OF LIFE TABERNACLE

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. DR. ADEBISI OMOTOSO 2. DR. (MRS) CAROLINE OMOTOSO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER SUPPORT TO STUDENTS OF HIGHER INSTITUTION AND POST SECONDARY SCHOOLS . 2. TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND ENLIGHTENMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION AMONGST STUDENT OF SECONDARY LEVEL. 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: BARR. EBUBE IKECHUKWU SOLICITOR

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR OLIVER NWAKAPINTA EJIMEKE 2. EVANG. AUGUSTINA CHINELO UGWU 3. DEACON FRANCIS OBUMNEKE EJIMEKE 4. EVANG. MICHAEL NNANNA EZE 5. DEACON SYLVESTER IKECHUKWU EJIMEKE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. 2. TO ESTABLISH LOCAL BRANCHES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL WORLDWIDE. 3. TO EMPLOY AND DEPLOY, TRAIN AND ORDAIN MINISTERS FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE WORK OF THE CHURCH 4. TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST BIBLE COLLEGE, CAMPS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, HOSPITALS, CLINICS, ORPHANAGES AND MISSION HOMES AS MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE CHURCH. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED. UDEOGU OBINNA ESQ

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I formerly known and addressed as MR EJIMOFOR VINCENT ONYIBOR now wish to be known and addressed as MR ONYIBOR VINCENT ONYEDIKACHI . All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

DEBORAH UGWU

THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT OKHIAOFE ODUFA IMOMOH AND ODUFA OFE IMOMOH REFER TO SAME PERSON, AND NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED OKHIAOFE ODUFA IMOMOH ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I formerly known and addressed as Deborah Arekpitan Uwaifo now wish to be known and addressed as DEBORAH UGWU . This is due to my marriage with IKECHUKWU UGWU DAVID. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

ATILOLA FELICIA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ATILOLA FELICIA BUKUNMI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OJELERE FELICIA BUKUNMI ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL BUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

VICTORIA OLUREMI I formerly know and addressed as Victoria Oluremi Akinsete Now wish to be known and addressed as Victoria Oluremi Akinnifesi fadakinte,All former documents remain valid,General public take note

CONFIRMATION OF NAME THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT OSHOKHAI AKHIGBE IMOMOH AND OSOHAI OHIORENUA IMOMOHA REFER TO SAME PERSON, AND NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED OSHOKHAI AKHIGBE IMOMOH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT OKORIE CHIDI DABERECHI AND OKORIE CHIDI DANALSON REFER TO SAME PERSON, AND NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED OKORIE CHIDI DABERECHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

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

GRACEWORLD INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY

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

LYDIA BOSEDE ALASI 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. MRS ABIGAIL EBUNIOMO AINA 2. MR SAMUEL BAMIDELE BAMIJOKO 3. MRS ROSELINE ADUKE IGE 4. MRS ENIOLA OLUFUNKE AWOSIKA 5. MR TOKUNBO ADERINOLA 6. MR OLAOLUWA E. ALE-DANIEL 7. MR MOSES OLORUNTOBI ALASI 8. MRS ALICE BAMIGBOLA 9. MRS COMFORT IGE 10. MR SHOLA ABAJIDE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION, SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING AND GENERAL BASIC NEEDS FOR LESS PRIVILEGED/ VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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OPOGAH OLUWASEUN MAYOWA

. Formerly known and addressed as AHMED OLUWASEUN MAYOWA, now wish to be known and addressed as OPOGAH OLUWASEUN MAYOWA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS LAWAL AMINAT ADENIKE

Formerly known and addressed as MISS FOLAJIMI AMINAT ADENIKE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS LAWAL AMINAT ADENIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OSUCHUKWU LINDA SOCHIMA

Formerly known and addressed as IKEDUM LINDA SOCHIMA, now wish to be known and addressed as OSUCHUKWU LINDA SOCHIMA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ADEDIRAN ALIMOTU AMOPE

Formerly known and addressed as ADEDIRAN ALIMOT SHADIA, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEDIRAN ALIMOTU AMOPE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ESE UKALE

Formerly known and addressed as ESE OGHENEGARE, now wish to be known and addressed as ESE UKALE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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REMOVAL OF NAME

FORTUNE OSAGIE OBOT

MRS ATINUKE MODUPE BOSEDE IDIAGHE

GODWIN GAMANIEL DANBAKI

This is to inform the general public that I formerly known and addressed as ODOFIN RISIKAT ARIKE, now wish to remove ARIKE from my name. Henceforth, I wish to be known and addressed as ODOFIN RISIKAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MOHAMMED OSAGIE IBRAHIM, now wish to be known and addressed as FORTUNE OSAGIE OBOT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS ATINUKE MODUPE AIYELABOLA and MISS ATINUKE BOSEDE AIYELABOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ATINUKE MODUPE BOSEDE IDIAGHE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as NIFAM GAMANIEL, now wish to be known and addressed as GODWIN GAMANIEL DANBAKI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS ASORONA GBEMISOLA SIKIRAT

KOIKI OMOBOLANLE KOFOWOROLA

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Formerly known and addressed as KOIKI OMOBOLANLE MARGARET, now wish to be known and addressed as KOIKI OMOBOLANLE KOFOWOROLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ODUMOSU BOLANLE RUTH

MR IZI LAWRENCE AYIDE

SALAMI YEWANDE BINTU

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. Formerly known and addressed as MR OMALI IZI LAWRENCE, now wish to be known and addressed as MR IZI LAWRENCE AYIDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as AJAYI YEWANDE BINTU, now wish to be known and addressed as SALAMI YEWANDE BINTU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OLUKOTUN SILIFAT AYOBAMI

GIWA-OSAGIE MARIAM IMADE

FADARE OGECHI GERTRUDE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CORRECTION OF NAME

. Formerly known and addressed as LAWAL SILIFAT AYOBAMI, now wish to be known and addressed as OLUKOTUN SILIFAT AYOBAMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as GBAJUMO MARIAM IMADE, now wish to be known and addressed as GIWA-OSAGIE MARIAM IMADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

. Formerly known and addressed as MUODIEBERE OGECHI GERTRUDE, now wish to be known and addressed as FADARE OGECHI GERTRUDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

This is to certify that BARTHOLOMEW EZUMA ONYEADOR and TIMOTHY NKEMKA, refers to one and same person; Now wish to be known as TIMOTHY NKEMKA . All Former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public take note.

This is to inform the general public that my name was wrongly written, stated and called OYESANYA LEKAN TOBI instead of OYESANYA OLAMILEKAN TOBI. All former documents remain valid. General

OGUNDEJI OPEOLUWA DARE

CHINASA JULIET EMENIKE

AMOS NNACHI UKPAI

AKINWUNMI ONYEKA JOY

Formerly known and addressed as OGUNDEJI OPEOLUWA ALEXANDER, now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNDEJI OPEOLUWA DARE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as CHINASA JULIET MBADUGHA, now wish to be known and addressed as CHINASA JULIET EMENIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

. Formerly known and addressed as EMENIKE NNACHI UKPAI, now wish to be known and addressed as AMOS NNACHI UKPAI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OGWU ONYEKA JOY, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINWUNMI ONYEKA JOY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

DAVID JONES EFFIONG

OAMEN MARTINS TITUS

ARO FOLASHADE TOYIN

Formerly known and addressed as BAKARE MARTINS OAMEN AYOMIDE now wish to be known and addressed as OAMEN MARTINS TITUS. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ADUGBE FOLASHADE TOYIN now wish to be known and addressed as ARO FOLASHADE TOYIN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS. SUNDAY NKEMDIRIM CHINONSO FAVOUR.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS. MADU NKEMDIRIM CHINOSO FAVOUR, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. SUNDAY NKEMDIRIM CHINONSO FAVOUR. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS OBUTU-IDOWU OLUWATONI PHEBE

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FALEYE RABIAT

OGUNKANBI OLUWATOSIN OLANIKE

Formerly known and addressed as ABUBAKAR RABIAT, now wish to be known and addressed as FALEYE RABIAT. All former documents remain valid. First Bank, GTB and general public take note.

. Formerly known and addressed as OLADEJO OLUATOSIN OLANIKE, now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNKANBI OLUWATOSIN OLANIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ONABANJO GLORIA GRACE

MRS AKAMO ABIOLA MEDINAT

MRS SUNDAY NKEMDIRIM CHINONSO FAVOUR

ALOZIE TAYE MARY

AJAYI SAMUEL OLAKUNLE

OLUBUNMI TITILAYO GLADYS

Formerly known and addressed as ONABANJO YEWANDE GLORIA, now wish to be known and addressed as ONABANJO GLORIA GRACE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS SHOMUYIWA MEDINAT ABIOLA now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS AKAMO ABIOLA MEDINAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS. MADU NKEMDIRIM CHINOSO FAVOUR now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS SUNDAY NKEMDIRIM CHINONSO FAVOUR. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

. I formerly known and addressed as KEHINDE MARTHA ADAMS wish to be known called and addressed as ALOZIE TAYE MARY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

FORMERLY OSADIAYE UNWENI NOW AJAYI SAMUEL OLAKUNLE. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I formerly known as Titilayo Saidu, now wish to be known and addressed as Olubunmi Titilayo Gladys, all former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS ADELEYE BELLA IMAOBONG

AHMED SOLIU AHMED

UDOFIA OTOBONG IME

MRS. SANYANOLU, JULIANA OLAWUNMI

ATOKI ADEBOLA ESTHER

ABULSAHEED ADAMU

Formerly MISS SAMPSON BELLA USORO Now MRS ADELEYE BELLA IMAOBONG. due to marriage. I want Nigerian institute for oceanography and marine research Victoria lsland Lagos, Agricultural research Council of Nigeria, FCMB,, GTB, and general public to please take note.

FORMALLY BABATUNDE AKANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;O MUSBAUDEEN NoW AHMED SOLIU AHMED. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

Formerly UDOFIA UDOFIA IME NoW UDOFIA OTOBONG IME. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

Formerly Miss. OLAWOORE, JULIANA OLAWUNMI is now MRS. SANYANOLU, JULIANA OLAWUNMI. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

Formerly ADEYEMI ADEBOLA ESTHER. AND NoW ATOKI ADEBOLA ESTHER. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

GODWIN PETER OSARO PIUS ODOGBE

SHUHDA MUHAMMED

TAYO AJETUNMOBI

DESMOND OSAROBO OSAZUWA

EBOH ONYEKA CHUKWU

Formerly TAYO MUINAT AJISAFE NoW TAYO AJETUNMOBI. Former document remains valid. General public should take note

I formerly known and addressed as osarobo osazuwa now want to be known and addressed as DESMOND OSAROBO OSAZUWA all former documents remain valid general public please take note

I Formerly Known as GODWIN EMMA Now wish to b known as EBOH ONYEKA CHUKWU. My Date of Birth is 5th of Feb. 1991. All former Documents remain valid.General public take note.

AFOLABI OLUWASEYI OLUWAFUNMILAYO LEDUNSEN

FORMERLY PETER GODWIN ORIAIFOH now GODWIN PETER OSARO PIUS ODOGBE . Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

I formerly Shuhda Abduljabbar Now Wish To Be Known As Shuhda Muhammed. Former documents remain valid, general public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS TAIWO OLUWATONI PHEBE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OBUTUIDOWU OLUWATONI PHEBE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME During my BVN registration, my name was wrongly written as OHAJIONU KELECHI instead of OHAJIONU KELECHI NELSON. Now wish to be known and addressed as OHAJIONU KELECHI NELSON. All former documents remain valid. Banks and the general public should please take note.

ABDULKAREEM KEKERE

ONASANYA TITILAYO

I formerly known called and addressed as NUHU MONDAY KEKERE, now wish to be known called and addressed as ABDULKAREEM KEKERE. All former documents remain valid general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

.I formerly known called and addressed as ADEYEMI TITILAYO, now wish to be known called and addressed as ONASANYA TITILAYO . All former documents remain valid general public and Authorities Concerned should please take notes.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

AHIZE JOY AMAKA

MRS EZENKWU IFEOMA CAJETANIA.

This is to confirm and certify that AKUNARU CALISTUS OKEKE and Akunaru Chukwuemeka Calistus refers as one and the same person, now wish to be known and addressed as AKUNARU CALISTUS OKEKE. Former documents remain valid general public take note.

This is to confirm and certify that UMEH CHINYERE CALISTA, NGWUTA CHINYERE CALISTA, UMEH CHINYERE, and NGWUTA CHINYERE C. refers to be one and same person but now wish to be known and addressed as NGWUTA CHINYERE CALISTA, my correct date of birth is 2nd May, 1983. All former documents remain valid banks and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I formerly known and addressed as PRINCESS ALAKWE JOY SHINE SHINE now wish to be known asAHIZE JOY AMAKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OWUNNA IFEOMA CAJETANIA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS EZENKWU IFEOMA CAJETANIA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS OKEREKE MARVIS CHIJIMMA

I, formerly known and addressed as CHRIS OBI, now wish to be known and addressed as CHRISTIAN OBIANUKA. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities concerned should please take note.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS UKWUOMA MARVIS CHIJIMMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OKEREKE MARVIS CHIJIMMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I formerly known called and addressed as OLUWATOYIN BUSURAT, now wish to be known called and addressed as BAKARE OLUWATOYIN MOBOLUWADURO. All former documents remain valid general public and Authorities Concerned

NWOSU RITA MABE

CHINYERE FLORENCE CHUKWUKAELO

I, formerly known and addressed as CHINYERE FLORENCE OKEKE, now wish to be known and addressed as CHINYERE FLORENCE CHUKWUKAELO. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

Formerly ADAMU SAHEED BIO Now ABULSAHEED ADAMU . Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known called and addressed as LEGUNSEN OLUWASEYI OLUWAFUNMILAYO ,now wish to be known called and addressed as AFOLABI OLUWASEYI OLUWAFUNMILAYO LEDUNSEN. All former documents remain valid general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note .

CHRISTIAN OBIANUKA

I formerly known called and addressed as OKOH RITA MABEL, now wish to be known called and addressed as NWOSU RITA MABEL. All former documents remain valid general public and Authorities Concerned should please take.

Formerly known and addressed as DAVID JOEBOY EFFIONG now wish to be known and addressed as DAVID JONES EFFIONG. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

BAKARE OLUWATOYIN MOBOLUWADURO

Public Notice 26 FREEDOM LIGHT ASSEMBLY The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Removal of its Trustee under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990. TRUSTEES ARE 1.IMIRE CLEVER SAMUEL OKE-OGHENE 2.IMIRE CATHERINE ENIVWENAYE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. Any objection to this 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

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PILLAR OF DIVINE GRACE & DELIVERANCE MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Removal of its Trustee under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990. TRUSTEES ARE 1.ENOCH JACKSON SUNNY PRESIDENT 2.CONFIDENCE UGOALA 3.JOSHUA AKWEZE 4.GREAT TIMOTHY 5.PAUL LAWRENCE 6.RUTH AYANG 7.AGU CHIOMA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD Any objection to this should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B 198, Garki Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

TRUSTEES ARE 1.NWAZUE SAMUEL 2.NWAZUE HELEN CHINASA 3.UMOH UMOH ETUKUDOH 4.ETIM JOSEPH SUNDAY. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST Any objection to this 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

SIGNED: PRESIDENT

CHRIST ELECT GLOBAL RECONCILIATION MINISTRY The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Removal of its Trustee under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990. TRUSTEES ARE 1.MOSES TOMBARI BARIDULA 2.INWANG DEBORAH NELSON

LOVE FOUNTAIN MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Removal of its Trustee under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990. TRUSTEES ARE 1.PASTOR OKOH STEPHEN NKEMAKOLAM 2.PASTOR (MRS) OKOH PHILOMENA 3. PASTOR IFEYINWA AJAEGBU

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD Any objection to this 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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. Any objection to this 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 ELFRIDA FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACTS, DECREE NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES 1. MR EKENE A. UZODINMA (CHAIRMAN) 2. MRS CHIOMA UZODINMA 3. DR. MRS OGOCHUKWU NWOKE 4. MR CHUKWUEMEKA NWOKE 5. MR. SIMON IK. ANIOKE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO EXTEND MEDICAL MISSIONS TO RURAL DWELLERS, ORPHANS AND WIDOWS 2. TO HELP PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND OTHER CHALLENGES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: MR EKENE A. UZODINMA (CHAIRMAN). 08035841732.

THE IDEAL ISOKO WOMAN FOUNDATION. This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990. The Trustees are; 1. Monnitey Ewomazino - Chairman. 2. Oghenekome Adhekpukoli - Secretary. 3. Kome Efe Arugba - Member. 4. Shirley Oghale Onwo - Member. 5. Ewomazino Uyeri-Awoyemi - Member. 6. Oghogho Oteri-Bawo - Member. 7. Efe Okedi - Member. 8. Susan Igho Jordan Omagufi - Member. 9. Umukoro Ighozino Oke - Member. Aims and Objectives; 1. To provide a platform where Isoko women will collaborate towards promoting the rich values and culture of the Isoko people and be a pillar of support to one another. 2. To collaborate towards empowerment of the Isoko women and girl Child. 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; Oghenekome Adhekpukoli . MRS UKAMAKA. O. UGWU

MRS CHIGOZIRI FAVOUR EGODI

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

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OBIKA EGODI CYNTHIA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHIGOZIRI FAVOUR EGODI. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

ONYIA CHIBUZOR FRANCIS

NGENE ANDY CHRIS

I, formerly known and addressed as ONYIA CHIBUZO FRANK, now wish to be known and addressed as ONYIA CHIBUZOR FRANCIS. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public should please take note.

MASTERPIECE GOSPEL MISSION The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Removal of its Trustee under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990.

I, formerly known and addressed as NGENE NDUBUISI ANDY, now wish to be known and addressed as NGENE ANDY CHRIS. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

DESTINED DOMINION INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CENTRE This is to certify the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. TRUSTEES ARE: Eke Okoro Eberechi Eke Okoro Gift Lloyd Nlem Anyamele Rekx C. Eze Uchenna Patrick. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the whole world. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja with 28 days of this publication. Signed: EKE OKORO Snr. Pastor/Founder LOVERS OF PEOPLE PROGRESSIVE CLUB PORTHARCOURT CHAPTER This is to inform the general public that the above named NGO has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) PETER, EMMANUEL STEPHEN - PRESIDENT (2)ASUQUO, PAUL - SECRETARY AIMS & OBJECTIVES: (1) TO FOSTER PEACE AND UNITY AMONG MEMBERS (2) TO CREATE PLATFORM FOR SKILLS ACQUISITION (3) TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed PETER, EMMANUEL STEPHEN --PRESIDENT

ABAYOMI AND BUKOLA MORAKINYO FOUNDATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named organisation is to be incorporated at the corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990 The Trustees are: 1. Morakinyo Abayomi Olushola - Chairman 2. Morakinyo Bukola Titilayo - Vice Chairman 3. Oluwatomi Oluwamayowa M. – Secretary 4. Sobande Clement Taiwo - Publicity Secretary The Aims and Objectives are: To assist youths to acquire vocational skills. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, 420, Tigress Crescent, Off Aguyi Ironsi Street, Martial, Abuja within 28 days from the date of publication. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

CHRIST THE MERCIFUL EVANGELICAL MINISTRY. This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of 1990. NAMES OF TRUSTEES : 1. PASTOR AJETUNMOBI MOSES OLASUNKANMI ~ GENERAL OVERSEER 2. PROPHETESS AJETUNMOBI RACHAEL TAIWO 3. EVANGELIST AJETUNMOBI OLASUNKANMI OPEYEMI 4. POPOOLA KEHINDE MOTUNRAYO 5. OYEKUNLE RAFIU ABIODUN. . AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: A. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS., B. TO ASSIST THE NEEDY WITH THE WORDS OF GOD. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi street, Maitaima, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED: OTUNBA GBEMIGA ADEWUMI. 08062969700; 09059678067.

ONELGA MARKET WOMEN AND MEN ASSOCIATION. This is to notified the general public that the above named Association has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission, Port Harcourt for Registration as an association under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Decree No. 1990. TRUSTEES; 1.Mrs. Rosemary C. Obuah - Chairman. 2.Mrs. Ebiere E. Abulokwe - Secretary. 3. Mrs. Rejoice Ekueme - Member. 4. Mrs. Fyngirl Onyedbia - Member. 5. Mrs. Blessing Ohia - Member. 6. Chika Ossai Lukas - Member. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1. foster unity among market women/men. 2. To work towards actualization of infrastructural development in Onelga and its environs . 3. To help in peaceful resolution among market women and men. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 565, Ndola Square, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja within 28 days from the day of publication. Signed: Mrs. Rosemary C. Obuah (Chairman)

CHRIST ROCK OF FIRE MINISTRY This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the corporate affairs commission for registration under part’C’ of the companies and allied matters act,1990. TRUSTEES: 1, ONOTASA ERNEST. General overseer 2,BLESSING ONOTASA. Secretary AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1, To preach the gospel of jesus christ. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the registrar general, corporate affairs commission, plot 420,Tigris crescent, off Aguyi ironsi street ,Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed : general overseer

REVIVAL ADORATION RESTORATION CHURCH The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Removal of its Trustee under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No 1 of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE 1.PASTOR CHARLES CLIFFORD 2.BRO EBIYE MICHAEL INOKOBA 3.PASTOR MELFORD T. BOB-MANUEL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO EVANGELISE THE WORLD AS COMMANDED BY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST Any objection to this 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

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Osinbajo reiterates FG’s determination to end farmers, herdsmen clashes Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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challenges occasioned by the economic situation in the country,” he added. The chairman said other areas of achievements include payment of salaries, pensions and gratuities, revamping of the education sector, and the huge impact Tambuwal has made in the social sector. “When we lost our indigenes in Saudi Arabia during the Hajj stampede, Tambuwal paid N500, 000 to each of the families of the victims. That is the only support they got from the authorities. For that and many, we will be eternally grateful to the Governor,” he noted. Sulaiman described the leading opposition party in the state, the

Osinbajo has said that the Federal Government is determined to resolve the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the country. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday when he met with a delegation of traditional rulers from Batta and Bachamma communities in Adamawa state at the Presidential Vialla, Abuja. He said that the Federal Government is working to repair the infrastructure destroyed as a result of the clashes and rehabilitate the people. “President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to resolve the herdsmenfarmers clashes in Adama-

wa state and return peace and order to the affected communities,” he said. Much damage has been done, not just securitywise, but to the psyche of the people; due to the series of attacks, people are afraid. We are also looking at repairing the damage that has been done to the infra-

structure of the communities and rehabilitate the people.” Osinbajo asked the people of the affected communities should embrace peace and not seek revenge. He emphasised on the need to disarm anyone caught with arms, stressing “it is an offence for anyone to carry unlicensed firearms.” Speaking on behalf of the delegation, Hama Batta thanked the Vice President for his vist to the state last year. “We came to thank you for your visit (to Numan communities). You made promises of relief materials when you visited, and the relief materials were brought,” the traditional ruler said.

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state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has adopted Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as its candidate in the 2019 governorship election. Alhaji Usman Sulaiman, Chairman of the party in the state, said they are convinced of what Tambuwal has achieved as a governor so far, and will continue to support him to render more quality service to the people. “As a party, we will support him not only for second term but for third and fourth term if such would be allowed by the constitution. Governor Tambuwal has performed credibly well despite some

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a “mushroom” party in desperate need of salvation. “What do you call a party that cannot produce a single councillor? Is that one a party?” he queried. Reacting to the allegation that the APC is paying PDP supporters to defect, the chairman said that is not true, and that all the PDP members that defected did so having realized that the PDP has no future. “We don’t pay people to join us. They are the ones coming and pleading to join us because they know their former party is nonentity in the state,” he added.

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Students urged to lay more emphasis on practicals Esther Taiwo Acting Rector of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Dr Taiwo Oyelola has tasked students in the nation’s tertiary institutions to place more emphasis on the practical aspects of their training. This, according to him, would

enable them secure for themselves juicy prospects after graduation. The acting rector said this at the exhibition of photographs by final year students of Mass Communication of the Polytechnic, adding that industries were awaiting those graduates who can do rather than those

who can tell. She commended the students consisting of finalists in the Higher National Diploma, National Full and Part Time for documenting through photography, the events in the College for posterity. “You hardly could grasp the essence of these works beyond

their aesthetics, but I tell you, you have chronicled for the future generation and researchers who may wish to know what the College looks like in 2017 and that on its own is an achievement you should all keep up”, she said. The exhibition consists of framed works of students de-

picting the structures of YABATECH and novel ideas round the College in 2017 under the theme: YABATECH in 2017. The acting Rector also commended the Department for channeling young people towards creativity and especially the lecturers in charge of the project.

VC urges students to be 10 times better as Caleb varsity marks founder’s day Esther Taiwo The Vice Chancellor, Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Prof Ayandiji Aina, has tasked students of the university to strive to become 10 times better than they are now as the school marks 10th founders day anniversary at the University Chapel on Sunday with thanksgiving service. Speaking at the occasion, the VC said the University by all human logic does not deserve all that has been achieved in the last 10 years of its existence. He said the Marketing programme and Architecture have been fully accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Architects ‘ Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON). Adding that the accreditations had opened doors to international students. In her sermon titled Ten Times Better, Pastor Mrs Esther Omodiagbe, a motivational speaker read from the Bible in the book of Daniel chapter 1 from verse 17 to 20 as she told the students that to be 10 times better requires firm decision, commitment to work, being studious and having the fear of God. Corroborating her point, Pastor Samson Adegoke who also addressed the students said for them to be 10 times better requires the fear of God which is the beginning of wisdom, avoid cutting corners and engaging in cheap sex by cultivating the ability to restrain themselves. Earlier at the matriculation ceremony held on Wednesday the Guest Speaker, Pastor Johnson Kalejaiye of The Redeemed Christian Church of God urged the matriculating students to be diligent and refrain from joining bad peers. According to him, someone that is very hardworking can outshine a talented person if the talented person is lazy. He also implored parents to cooperate with the church in order to bring about positive change in the lives of the youths.

Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (middle), Prof. Ben Ogojafor ,Deputy Vice Chancellor (Management Services) right and Dr. Taiwo Ipaye, Registrar of the institution during a media parley held recently at the Senate Chamber of the University.

Don laments rising violence against women on internet Samuel Luka, Bauchi As violence against women online continues unabated, a university lecturer, Sanah Abdullahi Muaz, has expressed concern over the ugly trend, pointing out that addressing online violence against women requires collective efforts from individuals, corporations, and governments. The Lecturer noted that “Online harassment and cyber bullying are real and happening day in and day out especially to women”. She stated this on Tuesday in Bauchi during a 2-day Internet Safety and Security Training of Trainers for Women organised by Centre for Infor-

mation Technology and Development (CITAD) with support from Association for Progressive Communication. “A woman’s inability to feel safe online is a great barrier to her freedom, as well as to her basic human rights.The problem of online violence and harassment is often overlooked in discussions of violence against women”, Muaz, who is from the Department of Software Engineering, said. According to her, “achieving online safety for women takes multiple, concerted strategies by different actors. Social media companies need to take proactive steps to ensure their space does not enable these acts”. She thereby charged govern-

ment at all levels to include online violence against women as part of their plans to end violence against women. “We need to see this as a larger barrier for women and girls in exercising the full range of their human rights because the use of internet and its facilities for every woman across the globe is inevitable,” she added. ”We must demand a better internet where every women can make their voices heard free from violence. And this will require action and cooperation from governments, companies, and of course individuals”, she said. Muaz then charged government to implement policies that are based on the actual and current harms that wom-

en face online. Also speaking, the executive Director of CITAD, Yunusa Zakari Ya’u said Internet has created a new regime of rights that citizens have to demand for, adding that such right such as privacy, family, etc, can easily be derogated if certain principles are adhered with respect to how people access and use the internet. The CITAD Director who stated that participants were trained on different internet safety tools which includes malware and viruses, safe browsing, basic safety tools, safe mobiles, privacy issues among others, charged women to always be cautious while acceding internet and avoid sites that could harmful to their privacy.

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Striking Rubber Research Institute workers protest government’s silence Titus Akhigbe, Benin

Workers of Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria, Iyanomo, Edo State, under the aegis of Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Academic Staff Union of Research Institutes (ASURI), has held a peaceful demonstration to press home their reasons for embarking on strike action. They said the demonstration which is in conjunction with other Research Institutes across Nigeria, is to strengthen their ongoing nationwide strike which began on November 14 last year. Their demands include the payment of 12 months salary increase arrears, implementation of 65 years retirement age, payment of peculiar and earned allowances, poor funding of research, establishment of National Research Institutes Commission (NATIVISM), immediate release of Research Institutes’ Condition of Service and with-

drawal of non-profit skipping circular. The Unions in a joint statement signed by Comrade Elijah Obasuyi and Dr. Fredrick Akpobome, Chairmen of NASU and ASURI respectively,

frowned at what they called government’s unconcern and insensitive attitude to the neglect of Research Institutes in Nigeria. “We wish to express rude shock 5hat the Federal Government can remain

unconcerned and be so insensitive to a situation whereby activities in all the Research Institutes in the country have been paralysed without addressing the situation. While accusing the

government of double standards, the striking Researchers said by its attitude, the government has further confirmed that our government is paying lip service to research and technological development. “The attitude of government is a confirmation of the fact that the government does not believe in the popular saying that a country can attain technological development in a few years’ time. They therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently take a positive look at the memo sent to him and grant the needed approvals with a view to ending the ongoing strike action Research Institutes’ sector. “For the avoidance of doubt, the non implementation of the agreement we reached with the Federal Government in 2010 is the reason we decided to embark on this strike action,” the statement said.

Matriculating students of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, during the 11th matriculation ceremony of the institution, held recently

LASU don offers Nigeria’s Nyeneokpon Ekanem panacea to fuel crises wins ONE’s essay competition

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A Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, faculty of Science, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Lagos, Adenike Boyo, has urged the Federal Government to partner private industry to invest on solar energy research in order to find a lasting solution to incessant fuel crises raging the country. The first female Professor of Physics gave this recommendation while delivering the 65th inaugural lecture of the University titled The Burning and Shining Light at the Main Auditorium of LASU. According to her, government being the main regulatory body in the country has an important role to play in promoting renewable energy in the country thus research should be facilitated towards clean energy, utilities and generation.

She also said there should be a government policy and legislation on solar energy. Her words “The German government is paying back its citizens because most of the houses in Germany are solar powered and the solar energy is also connected to the grid so there is enough energy supply thus the government is paying back its citizens but the reverse is the case in Nigeria as the citizens are the ones paying back to government”. “Government should empower researchers by providing funds especially grants. Also government should develop a similar initiative to encourage energy users to opt for solar energy potential and its development for sustainable energy while creating awareness to educate Nigerians of the numerous benefits of accepting solar energy alternative not just for them as individuals and for the world in gen-

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has charged state governments and relevant stakeholders in the education sector to intensify the implementation of the content of the National Teacher Development Project (NTEP) towards improving the standard of education in the country. After a rigorous selection and public voting process, Nigeria’s Nyeneokpon Emmanuel Ekanem idea of “Connecting The Unconnected” has won the ONE campaign’s 500-word essay competition. In October 2017, ONE asked young people across the African continent to share their big idea which African leaders should adopt, to harness the power of the continent’s girls to trans-

form all our futures. This was in response to the African Union’s position at the July 2017 Summit that not enough engagement with the youth had been conducted to reach a decision about young people. Over 4 500 young people between the ages of 18 and 35 entered the competition. The top finalists came from Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia, Zimbabwe and a total of 19,000 people voted from across the continent. Ekanem’s big idea is to deploy virtual learning technology that will take formal education directly into the homes of Africa’s children, especially young girls. He will join ONE at the African Union Summit in January 2018, to encourage

African leaders to adopt strategic recommendations under the AU’s 2017 theme, “Harnessing the demographic dividend through investments in Youth”. Executive Director for ONE Africa, Rudo Kwaramba-Kayombo said: “We are excited to have Nyeneokpon join us as we head to the AU Summit to lobby governments to put young people at the centre. To sustain, replicate and maximise youth transforming power in society, African governments should find ways to listen to the voice of the youth and incorporate their input into youth training programmes. Where young people were given the opportunity to participate in the policymaking, they have demonstrated their transformational power.”

Wolves confirm permanent Jota deal

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iogo Jota, scorer of 11 Championship goals for league leaders Wolves, has agreed a permanent move to the club. Wolves have wrapped up a permanent transfer for joint-top scorer Diogo Jota, whose goals have

fired the club to a dominant position in the Championship table. Jota has hit 12 goals in 30 appearances in all competitions since his arrival at Molineux on a loan deal from Atletico Madrid, with Wolves 12 points clear and on track for promotion to

the Premier League. Wolves sporting director Kevin Thelwell said: “I am thrilled that Diogo has seen enough of the club and the city over the last six months to want to make this his permanent home. “He was a player that

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ormer Nigeria’s cadet team coach, Alphonsus Dike has said Super Eagles CHAN team must be 100% fit to overcome the Sudanese opposite, Falcons of Jediane in the on-going 5th African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco. Eagles will confront the East Africans in Wednesday’s CHAN semifinals clash at the 45,000 seats Grand Stade de Marrakech, Morocco. The West Africans overcame stubborn Angolan side, Palancas Negras 2-1 in the quarterfinals in Tangier while the Sudanese overpowered championship favourites, Chipolopolo of Zambia 1-0 in Agadir to pave the way for the last four clash. Dike said the handlers of the Eagles must strive to work on the players’ shooting accuracy to ensure that every chance is maximally used. “Sudanese live in high altitude area they are distance runners with a lot of stamina and they have the speed. “They are physical, too which have been quite helpful in their past matches. “Eagles must be 100% fit as fiddle to withstand the Sudanese in the CHAN semifinals clash on Wednesday. “Skill and technique are quite important at this stage of the championship.“Eagles can only underrate the opponents, Sudan at their own peril. “It’s an advantage for the Eagles to have moved to the semifinals stage of the championship. “It’s taken for granted that they are more composed now than at the start of the championship. “We noticed that the Eagles

was well known to us prior to the summer and so we were obviously delighted to be able to sign him for the season. “To secure his services on a permanent basis is a huge coup for the club and I have no doubt that he will help us to achieve our

goals both now and in the future.” During the January transfer window, Wolves have also signed striker Rafa Mir from Valencia, beating off competition from Real Madrid for the 20-year-old.

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Dike harps on fitness in Eagles’ CHAN tie with Sudan

Tears, tributes as Deji Tinubu goes home

are creating chances in the past matches but finishing has been the bane. “Picking target as well as accuracy has often let the side down

especially in the group matches and the quarterfinals clash against Angola. “Accurate shooting is key to be able to convert the numerous

chances coming on their ways. “I must congratulate the Eagles for getting to the semifinals of the championship but they must do more work on accuracy to over-

come the Sudanese. “I have confidence they will win against Sudan but it will not come on a platter of gold,” said the former Enugu Rangers and Heartland manager to frontpixs.com.

n a special tribute in memory of Deji Tinubu published in the funeral service brochure and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello described him as a great professional who devoted time to the service of humanity. “He was an engineer, but he was also an engineer of sports. He was both sports man and sports lover. But he was unforgettable as a sports administrator. Those who followed him knew him as a symbol of service to humanity. “We had seen him enliven us on television screens and through radio waves. He was an enthusiast and an analyst. He probed the game and predicted. “He pointed out weaknesses and strengths. He saw flair, he saw style, he celebrated goals. He delighted in them and infected all who listened or watched him with his full vigour and vitality about living,” the Lagos State Government said. Speaking at the service, Amosun described the late Deji as a man who had a deep passion for football and sports in general. “The last time I saw Deji was when he came to identify with Segun Odegbami’s 10th anniversary of his sports academy . Little did I know that Deji will answer the final call on January 25 which happen to be my birthday. Deji was full of life and had a deep passion for football,” Amosun said.

ships in Port Harcourt from 7-11 February, 2018. The list is made up of 30 Cadet (15-17yrs) , 30 Junior (18-20yrs) and 30 Senior wrestlers.

World silver-medalist and 2014 Commonwealth Champion, Odunayo Adekuoroye headlines the list which also has 7-time African Champion, Blessing Oboro-

dudu, who will be seeking her 8th continental title in Port Harcourt. Commonwealth Champions Aminat Adeniyi and Ifeoma Nwoye and 5-time African Champion, Amas Daniel are all part of the team, as well as All Africa Games gold medalist, Mercy Genesis, a two-time African Champion. Veteran Sinivie Boltic, a 2010 Commonwealth gold-medalist and 3-time African Champion, is also part of Team Nigeria contingent to the Championship, which will be hosted by Nigeria for the first time next month. Richard Seitoakumo (57kg) and Mercy Adekuoroye (53kg), younger sister of wrestling sensation, Odunayo, are also part of the team, and are expected to shine in the Junior and Cadet categories respectively. It is the first time a country is

fielding 90 athletes in the African Wrestling Championships. Below is the full list: FREESTYLE (Senior Female) 1. Mercy Genesis (50kg) 2. Bose Samuel (53kg) 3. Ifeoma Nwoye (55kg) 4. Odunayo Adekuoroye (57kg) 5. Bisola Makanjuola (59kg) 6. Aminat Adeniyi (62kg) 7. Hannah Reuben (65kg) 8. Blessing Oborodudu (68kg) 9. Winnie Gofit (72kg) 10. Blessing Onyebuchi (76kg) FREESTYLE (Senior Male) 1. Welson Ebikewenimo (57kg) 2. Victor Firstman (61kg) 3. Amas Daniel (65kg) 4. John Ogbonnaya (70kg) 5. Amos Assizecourt (74kg) 6. Ekerekeme Agiomor (79kg) 7. Melvin Bibo (86kg) 8. Robert Daufa (92kg) 9. Soso Tamarau (97kg)

10. Sinivie Boltic (125kg) FREESTYLE (Junior Female) 1. Gloria Ojei (50kg) 2. Gloria Ondeweraowei (53kg) 3. Ozioma Joseph (55kg) 4. Comfort Stephen (57kg) 5. Nkechi Dimejesi (59kg) 6. Precious Tiebri (62kg) 7. Keke Yanyagbiri (65kg) 8. Ebi Biogos (69kg) 9. Courage Mango (73kg) 10. Queen James (76kg) FREESTYLE (Junior Male) 1. Richard Seitoakumo (57kg) 2. Reginald Ikiofakemefa (61kg) 3. Joseph Anthony (65kg) 4. Emeka Nwafor (70kg) 5. Tari Padeiowei (74kg) 6. Clarkson Ebiboloukew (79kg) 7. Tarikebena Captain (86kg) 8. Yelekme Netco (92kg) 9. Izonna Ayaebi (97kg)

Wrestling: Nigeria names strong 90-man team for African Championships

he Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF) has named a strong 90-man team to represent the country at the upcoming African Wrestling Champion-

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Lemar is going nowhere – Vasilyev

iverpool and Arsenal have been told to wait if they want to sign Monaco star Thomas Lemar. Both Premier League clubs have made their interest in the 22-yearold known, but Monaco vice president Vadim Vasilyev insists Lemar will not be sold in this transfer window. With Wednesday’s 11pm deadline fast approaching, it seems both Liverpool and Arsenal will have to wait until the summer if they still wish to sign the France international. “He will stay at Monaco until the end of the season 100 per cent,” Vasilyev told RMC, a French radio station. “If Liverpool or Arsenal come with a big offer before the end of the market? This is not relevant. “We will say ‘no’ because the objectives are clear. Without important players like Lemar, we will not succeed.”

Giroud offers the height and aerial presence Chelsea seem to be searching for in a striker

Chelsea agree £18m move for Olivier Giroud

helsea have reached an agreement with Arsenal over an £18million move for striker Olivier Giroud. The two Premier League clubs were locked in talks all day on Tuesday, but a breakthrough has finally been made, with the France international now set to swap The Emirates for Stamford Bridge. Talks actually broke down around lunchtime with the Blues walking away from negotiations, Arsenal refusing to accept a deal worth an initial £15m with £5mworth of add-ons. However, Chelsea came back

with a revised bid, with a fee of around £17.6m reportedly agreed between the two clubs. Giroud is set to receive a pay-rise on his current £90,000-a-week contract at the Emirates, while it is thought he will sign an 18-month deal at Stamford Bridge. It is a massive climb down from the north London club, who originally asked £30m for the 31-yearold. However, a pressing need to push through the deal in order to secure the services of PierreEmerick Aubameyang from Borussia Dortmund forced their hand.

Riyad Mahrez hands in transfer request as Man City make bid

eicester City’s Riyad Mahrez wants to join Manchester City and have put in a transfer request Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez has handed in a transfer request but the club have no interest in selling him before the transfer deadline. It is understood Manchester City have made a bid of around £50m for the 26-year-old Algeria international. However, that figure falls far short of Leicester’s valuation. Pep Guardiola confirmed today that City will be without Leroy Sane for six or seven weeks due to the ligament injury he sustained at Cardiff on Sunday. Earlier this month, City backed away from an attempt to sign Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal as the overall financial package had exceeded

what they were willing to pay With Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus already injured, Guardiola feels his attacking options are too stretched and that Mahrez would fill them. Mahrez has a long-standing desire to join a bigger club and spent the 31 August deadline in a Paris airport waiting for a deal that never materialised. He asked to leave Leicester last May. Italian club Roma had three bids rejected but Mahrez has continued to be linked with a move away from King Power Stadium. The winger signed a new fouryear contract with the Foxes in 2016, after helping them to their remarkable title triumph and being voted the PFA Player of the Year. Leicester manager Claude Puel said earlier this month that talk of him leaving was speculation and

The Bundesliga outfit were unwilling to confirm the move without landing Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi, a transfer Chelsea refused to sign off on until they landed a replacement. The closing of the Germany transfer window at 5pm on Wednesday, a full seven hours before the English window, further emphasised the need to act swiftly. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte had earlier fumed at the three-way stand off created by the transfer window. Ahead of their clash with Bour-

nemouth, Conte said: ‘It is not the best situation to prepare a Premier League game. To have this situation with Batshuayi in the balance is not easy. We don’t make excuses, there is no alibi. ‘The coach has to speak with the player involved [Batshuayi] in this type of situation. It is not simple, Batshuayi’s situation. It is not the best for me or the player. Today he trained well and I prepared the game with him. But you don’t know what will happen on Tuesday night or Wednesday.’

Man City confirm Laporte signing

M suggested Mahrez was happy to stay with the club. “It is always the same thing about Riyad,” he said. “It is just rumours, noise about him and other players. “We can see Riyad smiling and enjoying his football and enjoying playing with his team-mates – and it is the same in training.” Mahrez joined Leicester from French club Le Havre for a reported £400,000 in 2014. He has scored eight goals in 24 league games this season.

anchester City have confirmed the signature of defender Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao for a club-record fee. The 23-year-old centre-back has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract at the Etihad, and will wear the number 14 shirt. The Frenchman had a release clause worth 65 million euros (£57.1m), which means City have broken their transfer record – previously £55m for Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg in 2015. Laporte, who comes in to bolster Pep Guardiola’s defensive options as City chase an unprecedented quadruple, told mancity.com he is delighted to have joined one of Europe’s best teams. “I am very happy to be here,” Laporte said. “City are a club with a lot of ambition and they are one of the best teams in Europe. “I am looking forward to working

under Pep Guardiola and trying to help the Club to achieve success. “It means a lot that the club have shown faith in me and I am excited to get started.”

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FCTA, ITF to collaborate on skill development AT4 FCTA pledges support for FOMWAN ÏÏÏThe

FCT Permanent Secretary, Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa (4th right) with DG, ITF, Sir Joseph Ari (4th left) when the latter led the Fund’s Management Team to FCTA on a courtesy call recently. Also present in the occasion were the Chief of Staff to FCT Minister, Mallam Bashir Maibornu (3rd right) and SDS Secretary, Alhaji Oladimeji Ali Hassan (2nd right) and other ITF and FCT officials.

Theatre, dynamic vehicle for promotion of peace, harmony in communities –Bello Stories by Idu Jude, Abuja

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hammad Musa Bello, has described theatre as a dynamic vehicle for promotion of peace and harmony in communities and accordingly has pledged to leverage theatre to promote peace and development in the country. FCT Minister stated this while receiving the Artistic Director/CEO of the National Theatre and the National Troupe of Nigeria, Comrade Tar Ukoh, when the latter paid him paid him a courtesy call in his office on recently. Bello, who was represented by the FCT Permanent Secretary, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, stressed that “without peace, there will be no meaningful development both in the Territory and in Nigeria as whole”. According to the minister, “we must all seek dialogue and resist the

temptation to perpetuate polarising agendas. This is the only way we will refocus our energies on development.” The FCT mnister described the “Green Grass” initiative of the National Troupe of Nigeria as a viable instrument of peace in the communities where they have been introduced while stating the FCT Administration would be very delighted to work with the National Theatre to seek ways together to promote peace and good neighbourliness in the FCT in particular and the country in general. In his presentation earlier on the occasion, Artistic Director/CEO of National Theatre and National Troupe of Nigeria, Comrade Tar Ukoh unfolded a series of programmes which he stated were designed to reclaim the cultural space and salvage our music from unwholesome foreign musicals. Tar Ukoh also stated that the approach of the agency is to mix cul-

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tural diplomacy with economic diplomacy. This would be by integrating Nigeria’s drive for foreign direct investment with cultural events. The National Troupe, he indicated, is being decentralised to show presence in the various geopolitical zones of Nigeria. This, he stressed, was with a view to reflect our diversity and promote inclusiveness. Through this, he emphasised, people would own their culture. He said: “For instance, the unique

fluting of the Kabulu dancer in Abuja could be used to represent Nigeria in foreign events where fluting is being showcased. We also plan to host an FCT indigenes carnival where we would give the local people the opportunity to showcase their culture and festivals to the outside world.” The Director further urged the FCT Administration to apply Green Grass Sharing Formula that was experimented in some communities in in the country with great success.

Igbos in FCT urged to involve God in pursuit of goals ÏÏÏIgbos

resident in the Federal Capital Territory have been enjoined to seek the face of God Almighty in all their struggles towards life endavours. The call was made by the President-General of Imo State indigenes in the FCT, Chief Ike Obasi, in his belated New Year message to the state indigenes. Chief Obasi urged the people to remain law-abiding as well as supportive to the government of the day and to avoid being tagged rebels in their own land.

He said: “The Igbos have come a long way and in a nation like ours, we should not be seen as rebels in own country. You can rule this country with your wealth and enterprenural nature. This is because anyone controls the economy, controls the nation”. Furthermore, he said: “2017 had come and gone and I want to thank God for having seen us through last year. Life is full of ups and downs and I believe that with the involvement of God in our lives, hardship CONTINUED ON PAGE AT3

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pledged to give necessary support to the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) to help achieve their mandate of providing succour to the less privileged women and children in the country. The Permanent Secretary, FCT Administration, Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa, made this pledge in Abuja when a delegation of FOMWAN led by its President, Hajia Halima Jibrin, paid the Administration a courtesy visit recently. The FCTA Permanent Secretary praised FOMWAN for starting the journey of building peace and empowering women and youths, saying their initiatives will have positive impact on Nigerians, especially women and children. His words: “I admire your thoughtfulness in evolving projects and programmes that would build the economic capacity of the beneficiaries. As wives, mothers and sisters, you are in a better position to understand the plight of the vulnerable segments of our society. We will partner with you in any area you feel we can be of help to make sure you are able to realise your mandate.” Earlier in her address, Hajia Halima Jibrin conveyed their appreciation to the Administration for giving them audience and accepting to host the commissioning of their Majid Mosque in Utako District. She explained that FOMWAN was established in 1985 as an umbrella organisation for Muslim Women Associations in the country with the vision to empower women to be role models and to make positive impact on society. Hajia Jibrin stated that FOMWAN, from a small beginning at her inauguration in Minna, Niger State, is now a household name in Nigeria with branches in all the 36 States and the FCT. “The establishment of FOMWAN in Nigeria inspired other countries around the world like the UK, Sierra Leone and Ghana to set up similar organisations. “The programme areas of FOMWAN include education, health, capacity building, advocacy, community development and humanitarian services, human rights, elections and good governance.

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Administration (FCTA) through its Education Secretariat has commenced a 7-day training of 150 teachers as part of preparations to takeover a secondary school to be donated by Korea to the FCT February. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 4th level training for teachers and administrators of the Nigeria/ Korea model at FCDA conference hall, last week, Education Secretary, Sen. Isa Maina, tasked all beneficiaries of the training and all other stakeholders to take their responsibilities to the operation and maintenance of the school with utmost seriousness and professionalism. Pointing out the importance of the training, Maina said: “You training is very important because you are going to form an elite corps of teachers. You are hereby called to live up to your calling as imparters of knowledge and molders of young minds. This 4th level training will further enhance and broaden your scope of knowledge and I urge you not to misuse this opportunity and even use it as a foundation for personal improvement. “For the 15o of you who are being trained on ICT usage in the classroom, I implore you to endeavor to further train your colleagues who did not have the opportunity to attend this training. South Korea is one of the most technologically advanced countries and the chance to be trained by some of their most

gifted minds does not come everyday. Use the knowledge being acquired effectively in your duties. Represented by Director, Administration and Finance, Mrs. Eunice Ugochukwu, Maina disclosed: “the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has taken a personal interest in the school having visited it even during construction”, adding that the Minister has set up a committee, chaired by the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Sir, Christian Ohaa and supervised by the Education Secretary to maintain the aesthetics and academic integrity of the school for the foreseeable future. This clearly underscores the premium position the FCTA has placed this institution. We intend to make the very best use of it.” On the standard of the $15 million School, Maina said: “I must confess that very few if any at all can match the Nigeria/Korea Model School in concept, design and construction. The quality of work is simply outstanding and I am sure it is comparable with some of the very best in the country. “Basic education is the foundation of all formal education and it is at this stage that the educational career of a child is charted and mapped out. It is therefore essential we get it right at this level because the effects of any shortcoming at this stage might not become apparent until several years later down the road when it might be too late be remedied.“

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a bid to curtail the rate of unemployment in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the country in general, FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has expressed the readiness of FCT Administration to collaborate with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to inculcate necessary entrepreneurial and vocational skills in FCT youths. The Minister gave this indication when the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, paid him a courtesy call recently. He said: “We are ready to partner with Industrial Training Fund to reduce unemployment in the Territory by ensuring that our youths acquire the necessary skills that would make them self-employed and employers of labour. This is especially very important now that there is so much influx of people

from every part of the country into the Territory.” Malam Bello, who was represented at the occasion by the FCT Permanent Secretary, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, lauded the enormous contributions of the ITF in repositioning the nation’s economy on the path of sustainable growth and development. “We know that Industrial Training Fund (ITF) is one of the foremost institutions that has helped Nigeria economy tremendously. In fact, your role is even more critical now that we are having unemployment issues,” the minister added. Earlier, in his remarks, the Director-General and Chief Executive Office of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, explained that given the position of FCT as the gateway of Nigeria, the Agency believed that partnership with FCT Administration, particularly in the area of skill acquisition would assist immensely to achieve the dream of President

Muhammadu Buhari of empowering young people with requisite skills. “We are here to synergise with FCT Administration being the gateway of Nigeria to achieve the dream of President Muhammadu Buhari which is hinged on empowering people with skills in different areas, he explained.” The Director General further remarked that the Agency has keyed into the policy of Federal Government concerning ease of doing business and other international trends. In another development, closing ceremonies for the nationwide National Industrial Skills Development programme embarked by the ITF in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry in the 36 states of the federation commence in Abuja on Monday. A major highlight of the event was the presentation of starter-packs to all graduands.

Buhari has tried, his best is not good enough –FCT PDP group ÏÏÏAs

2019 election year nears, members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have started opening up as an FCT PDP group has lashed on President Muhammadu Buhari saying that he has tried his best, but yet to meet the expectations of Nigerian, given the outlandish campaign promises. Coordinator of FCT Goodluck/ Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation, Alhaji Abubakar Sidi, told The Abuja Times that President Buhari does not have the capacity to do better that what he has done. Sidi said in spite of the tremendous respect he has for Buhari as a person, truth must be told that Buhari”s best is simply not good enough as Nigerians have seen worst moments under President Buhari. He pointed out that the likes of Sen. George Akume who led people into the APC are today seeing the kind of development the APC is bringing to their state: “Those who decamped into the APC, like Sen. Akume and others are today regretting their actions, Akume now sees the kind of development the APC is bringing to his state; they are all regretting it,” Sidi said. Though he agreed that President Buhari has tried in the area of Boko Haram insurgency, yet other killings across the country like Fulani herdsmen and farmers’ clashes as well as Fulani herdsmen attcks and killing of innocent women and children without commensurate response from the frderal government has taken the shine off the security

achievements of President Buhari. Still on security, the PDP campaigner said kidnapping, armed robbery and banditry are on the increase and that the government lacks the capacity to handle these vices. On agriculture, sidi said Buhari is trying, but that it was still better when under former President Goodluck Jonathan, then Minister of Agriculture, now head of AfDB introduced the envelop system which guaranteed direct supply of fertilizers to farmers. He said today, most farmers cannot access fertilizers as some politicians divert them and middle men buy them all off, like it happened in his community. One of the challenges, he said that is making life very difficult is the fuel price hike which has in turn increased prices of food stuff across the country. This he said is coupled with scarcity of petroleum products with the illegal subsidy regime that is being exposed. Comparing the standard of living of Nigerians under the PDP federal government and that of President Buhari, Alhaji Sidi said it is clear as petrol pump price under Jonathan was N86, per litre, but today costs N145 per litre. He said a 50kg bag of rice cost N15,000.00 during Jonathan, but today costs n25,000.00. Also, Hajj fare to Mecca was N250,000.and now it is N7000,00.00 but just like local transportation has increased astronomically. Alhaji said what Nigerians are experiencing now is not what they bargained for and that the successes of the present administration is definitely not good enough.

Permanent Secretary, FCT, Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa (centre) flanked by Hajia Halima Jibrin (5th left); Alhaja Okunnu - Former Dep. Gov. Lagos State (5th right); Chief of Staff to FCT Minister, Malam Bashir Maibornu (4th right;, SDS Sec. Alhaji.Oladimeji Ali Hassan (2nd left) and GM, AEA, Moh’d T Arabi (1st Left), when the leadership of Federation of Muslim Women’s Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) who paid a courtesy call on the FCT Administration ...recently .

FCTA receives motorcycles for disease surveillance ÏÏÏWorld

Health Organisation (WHO) has donated 853 motorcycles to the Niigerian government to strengthen disease surveillance across the country. Speaking during the occasion, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, said that the donation was to complement Federal Government efforts in improving the healthcare delivery system to the teaming Nigerian populace. The Minister, who was represented by the Secretary Health & Human Services Secretariat, Barrister Amanda Pam, assured the WHO Country Director and the Hon. Minister of Health, that the motorcycles allocated to the FCT would be distributed to the six Area Councils for disease surveillance. This, he said, would go a long way in checking diseases and bringing health care delivery to the door steps of every residence in FCT. Speaking earlier, the Country Director, WHO, Dr. Wondimagegnehu Alemu, said the motorcycles and other related items are to be distributed

to the 36 States and FCT, adding that surveillance was key in disease control and eradication. Alemu said that Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers (DSNOs) play a major role in surveillance at the field level through visits to communities and health facilities. They also facilitate timely investigation and response to outbreak of diseases where they occur. He said it was in recognition of their role in disease control in the rural communities that the WHO in partnership with donor partners have provided the motorcycles to enhance surveillance system in Nigeria. “You will agree with me that this group of professionals deserve to be provided with the most appropriate logistic to enhance their mobility across the country including the remotest parts of Nigeria”, the WHO Country Director said. Alemu called on the DSNOs to use the motorcycles for the purpose they were intended for and ensure good maintenance. In his remark, the Minister of

Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who appreciated WHO Country Director for the gesture, said that disease surveillance was quite critical to public health maintenance and the donation signified that 2018 would be a good year for all Nigerians. His words: “When we are able to detect and respond appropriately, we would be able to curtail the spread of diseases and maintain good health across the nation”. He assured that the DSNOs would use the 853 motorcycles in an appropriate manner and in a way that would help to detect the outbreak of diseases. “What is important is for us to get to know when and where there is disease. When there is no prompt information, diseases spread; but with good notification, we would be able to nip it in the bud. We will be able to send officers there; we will be able to investigate and make appropriate diagnosis and be able to respond. So, to me, it is an important step, a new year present from our International partners through WHO”, the minister added.

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FCTA threatens to revoke certificates of undeveloped plots ÏÏÏThe

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has threatened to revoke plots in the FCT that have not been developed two years after provision of infrastructure has been carried out. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Umar Shuiabu,who gave this warning while addressing journalists during removal of illegal structures around Zuba Interchange, specifically gave the owner of an empty plot of land, near Major Oil Ltd, Zuba to take possession of his property within one week or risk revocation. According to him, the law permits the Administration to revoke any property which has not been developed within two years of infrastructural provision, adding that such undeveloped plots of land constitute insecurity by harbouring criminals and miscreants. Shuiabu, who led a team made of his men and those of the ministerial taskforce on environmental sanitation on the cleanup exercise, said: “The aim of this exercise is to make Abuja clean at all times. It is a minis-

terial directive that we should clean up the city and make Abuja safe for residents to go about their legitimate businesses with ease. “There are designated motor parks and markets across the city but they are all empty, people insist on using illegal ones; even if they are informal parks and markets, let the people use them and stop conducting businesses in illegal places in the FCT. “We want to give Abuja a clean environment and Zuba is an entry point and whatever any visitor sees here (Zuba) he or she carries that picture and impression of the city. “This is a new era. Abuja is not only the capital of Nigeria but of the entire black race because in every four black persons you meet, at least two are Nigerians. That is why we want to ensure that legal ventures take place in legal places, and we will leave no stone unturned to stop all illegal activities wherever they take place.” The AMMC Coordinator disclosed that after Zuba, other places like Area 1, Nyanya, Giri and a host of others would follow in the cleanup exercise.

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FCTA seeks partnership on quality animal health services Stories by Idu Jude, Abuja

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Agriculture & Rural Development Secretariat of the FCT Administration will not relent in its efforts to promote the delivery of quality Veterinary Health services in the FCT. The Secretary for Agriculture & Rural Development Secretariat, Honorable Nzekwe Stanley Ifeanyichukwu, stated this when he received Dr. Erik Mijten, the Veterinary Affairs Manager, Zoetis ALPHA Project South Saharan Africa, in his office recently. According to him, the FCT Administration will continue to provide the enabling environment for well meaning organisations to operate in the FCT, stressing that the world has become a global village and the need for nations to share ideas for mutual benefits has become imperative.

While commending Zoetis Incorporation for the Alpha project initiative, he noted this will help boost the livestock subsector and its value chains in the FCT. He urged them to ensure that their interventions reach out directly to the rural communities. Nzekwe also urged the company to explore the possibility of setting up subsidiary companies in the FCT to enable livestock farmers have access to medicines and technology which will help them raise healthier animals and secure more sustainable revenue. Speaking earlier, Dr. Erik Mijten, who is spearheading implementation of the African Livestock Productivity and Health Advancement (A.L.P.H.A.) initiative in Africa, disclosed that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation would give the company a $14.4 million grant over the next three years to develop veterinary diagnostic networks and animal health infrastruc-

ture in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Uganda. He informed the Secretary that Alpha initiatives involves three areas of intervention which includes the provision of Veterinary medicines, Veterinary education and supply and veterinary diagnostic services. Zoetis Incorporation, he said, has identified Nigeria as having one of the largest livestock population in Africa which is why it will be investing a substantial amount of the grant in the country. He therefore solicited for the cooperation of the Agric Secretariat to ensure the success of the programme. On the entourage of Dr. Mijten were the National President of the Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Dr. Honourable Godgin Abonyi, the Chairman of the FCT chapter of the NVMA, Dr. Bala Muhammad as well as other officials of the NVMA, FCT chapter.

Farmers, herdsmen clashes: FCTA partners NOA to sensitise residents ÏÏÏThe Federal Capital Territory

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

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

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will be a thing of the past, more especially when the people are finding it difficult to be included in the scheme of things with the present administration. I know that we can certainly make it because tough time doesn’t last, but tough people do. Now that we are in 2018, I want to thank God for making it possible for us to witness this New Year. I urge my people not only to continue to involve God in their dealings, but also to be law abiding and supportive to the government. I pray and believe that this 2018 will be great to all of us.”

While speaking on the performances of South East governors, he said that people should be able to throw weight behind their leaders just as they are not perfect. He said that the likes of Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi of Enugu State as well as others, have done well. While commenting on the Nigeria’s unity, he said that his leadership is making appropriate arrangements to secure lands to build estate for the Igbos in diaspora. “I will build leaving houses colony for the Igbo citizens in the FCT,” he added.

Permanent Secretary, FCT, Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa (left), and Chief of Staff to FCT Minister, Mal. Bashir Maibornu sharing some humour when the National Theatre and National Troupe boss, Comrade Tar Ukoh (centre) paid a promotional visit to the FCT Administration... recently.

FCT minister tasks public officials on selfless service ÏÏÏMinister of

the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has called on public officials to always emulate models of selfless service of the likes of recently retired president of the FCT Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Moses Bello. Malam Bello gave this charge at a dinner organized by the FCT Administration in honour of the outgoing Customary Court President, who bowed out of the Bench after more than 35 years of service, including 26 years as head of the Federal Capital Territory, Customary Court of Appeal. The FCT Minister, who described Justice Bello’s tenure as exceptional, noted: “Your tenure as President, FCT Customary Court of Appeal has not been matched anywhere in this country because a person must be God chosen and be an exceptional person to be able to hold an exalted public office continuously for 26 years as a head of an organization. That is unsurpassed and I congratulate you for that.” The Minister used the occasion to encourage public officials, particularly the younger officers to always put in their best in the service to fill the void created by the exit of such veterans as

the retiring Justice. “If we don’t hold on to the historical beginning of this city, we will never appreciate what this city is and we’ll never appreciate why we all need to put in a lot to make sure that we protect this city, we defend this city and uphold the unity that this city stands for and we do all that based on justice, hard work and fair play. Malam Bello while acknowledging the crucial role the judiciary has played in helping to rapidly transform the FCT beyond expectations, said the FCT Administration, in particular, has enjoyed tremendous support from the judiciary. He recalled that the FCT Customary Court of Appeal, was established as a Superior Court of Record pursuant to Decree No. 30 of 1991 and enshrined in Section 265, of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended. It was charged with the mandate to exercise appellate and supervisory jurisdiction over issues of Customary Law and Chieftaincy matters in the Territory. Consequently, the FCT Minister commended retired Justice Moses Bello (rtd), for the able way the Court, under his watch, discharged its mandate creditably. He pledged to extend the good relations between the Court

and the FCT Administration to the new leadership of the Court. While wishing him a successful retirement, the FCT Minister, said: “We will always be available to listen to you if there are any areas you think the administration will need to look at. Whenever we call upon you to support us in any kind of venture, we hope you will always be available to support us.” The FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mr. Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa, in his welcome address at the event said Justice Bello has made vital contributions to the development of the FCTA, having started his law practice as a staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration Development Authority during which he acted as Head of Department of Legal Services between 1984 and 1985. In his response at the occasion, Rtd Justice Moses Bello urged all public servants, especially the up and coming ones, to have patience. His words, “If you know what you are doing before God, stand by it. Nothing will happen to you irrespective of the challenges that comes with standing for the truth. If you give honest advice with due respect to your seniors, you will save yourself and you will save the institution.”

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No case of Lassa fever yet in Abua, says FCTA

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about ten states of the country withcases of deadly killer diseases, Lassa fever, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has claimed it has not yet recorded any case of the disease in the nation’s capital. FCT Director of Public Health, Dr. Humphrey Okoroukwu, dismissed the speculation on the reported case of Lass fever in Asokoro General Hospital as “false”. Okoroukwu explained that samples of the suspected cases were taken to Irrua Laboratory in Edo State and the result was negative, while that of another suspected cases admitted in one of the hospitals in FCT was being awaited. According to him, the FCTA has de-

ployed its Health Promotion Education Team to sensitize residents in markets, motor parks, schools and streets on the causes and symptoms on Lassa fever. He said that his department had begun FacilityBased Clinical Sensitizations in hospitals to educate medical personnel and other health workers about Lassa Fever which had been reported in some states across the federation. “We have been going from one hospital to the other to sensitize our medical professionals on how they can identify and handle suspected cases. “We have Disease Surveillance Structure in communities, wards and area councils; we have sensitized them and they are on red alert”.

FCTA inaugurates reconstituted boards of agencies, parastatals

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Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has mandated the newly inaugurated reconstituted boards of agencies and parastatals under the Administration. The reconstitution which was made in compliance with the various laws and instruments establishing these agencies have been designed to strengthen institutional performance and service delivery. Speaking during the occasion, held in Abuja, the Minister of FCT, Mallam Muhammad Bello, enjoined all the appointees to use their office in piloting the affairs of the administration with the developmental programmes in the FCT. Further speaking, the minister stated that his administration, on inception, inherited good and uncompleted projects that needed to improve the lives of the residents. He said that his administration is bent on ensuring that the dreams of the forefathers is achieved. “and based on this lofty ideas, this administration deemed it fit to appoint and inaugurate you to help carryout this audious task. The agencies and extra departmental organizations whose boards will be inaugurated includes Federal Capital Development Au-

thority (FCDA), Abuja Property Development Company, (APDC) Abuja Environmental Protection Agency, (AEPB) Abuja Investment and Infrastructure Centre (AIIC) and the FCT Universal Basic Education Board FCT UBEB).Others are, FCT Secondary Education Board (FCT SEB), FCT Scholarship Board FCTSB), FCT Primary Healthcare Development Board (FCT PHDB), Area Council Service Commission (ACSC) and Abuja Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The Minister, said that inauguration of the board, represents the concluding rites following the release of the list of the membership of the concerned boards by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 29, 2017. The membership totaling more 140 members comprise eminently qualified Nigerians who have been saddled with the task of ensuring the effective running of these agencies and parastatals. The composition of these boards it was stated has been carefully considered to reflect competence, credibility, integrity, federal character and geopolitical spread. Members are to provide proper governance and oversight for these government institutions.

Bello calls for more efforts in stamping out crimes, other vices

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the Federal Capital territory, Mallam Muhammad Bello, has advised the joint ministerial task force to make more efforts in ensuring that all kinds of criminality is stamped out of the FCT in its entirety. The Minister stated this while receiving reports of various taskforce committees for the year ended 2017. The Minister said that the improved effort, has become necessary, because of the enamouse need for peace and conducive environment in the nations capital. While presenting its reports, the committee, which began its work in April last year, at the occasion also made a call for more security presence along that axis. The Chairman of the Committee, Maj. Gen. Emmanuel Nienge (rtd), made this call against the backdrop of efforts by government to root out criminalities on the Bwari/Kaduna route into the city. According to the Committee Chairman, the route now being patrolled by the military, is likely to leave Nynaya/ Jikwoyi-Karshi axis vulnerable to the criminals being chased out that axis. The Committee Chairman said: “We pray that constant security presence is maintained in that area which is strategically important to the FCT, considering its position as the gateway to the city that has a very large population. The road from Bwari to

Kaduna, the military are patrolling there more. So, there is tendency that most of these criminals will now divert their attention to this other side. I think we should take that route more seriously.” The Committee also called for synergy among the various governments institutions under the FCTA that are working towards the same goal, including the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), the Abuja Satellite Town Development Department (STDD) and the Transport Secretariat, saying it is the only way that government could surmount the environmental and traffic challenges that have bedeviled the city. Nienge commended the FCT Minister for insisting that the committee project a human face in the execution of its mandate which resulted in proper education and enlightenment before major government actions are embarked upon, adding that their assignment succeeded to large extent due to this approach. The Chairman while thanking the FCT Minister for the opportunity to serve in that capacity, said the task team, in the course of its assignment, learnt a lot about the politics of traffic management, how government policies actually impacts the ordinary resident of the FCT and the best ways

of winning their hearts and minds. He however called on the FCTA to have a closer look at the activities of the various transport unions and organizations in the territory to ensure that they do not arrogate unto themselves powers that they do not possess under the law. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, while receiving the report, commended the team for a job well done, saying there have been appreciable improvement on that axis. He assured that the Administration will look very closely at the report to find a way forward. Malam Bello lamented that the problems bedevilling governments over the years have been those of institutional failure, stressing that if these institutions had done their jobs well, there would not have been need for taskforces in the first instance. He charged the various heads of the agencies and parastatals under the FCTA to be alive and more proactive to their duties and not always wait for directive from the Minister before they act. According to the Minister, “It’s very important for us to ensure that the relevant departments saddled with the responsibilities whether they are at the level of the Ministry of FCT proper, Secretariats and agencies or Area Council, sit together, look at their mandates and work.

Secretary, Agriculture and Rural development secretariat, Hon Nzekwe Stanley Ifeanyichukwu, conducting members of the House of the House of Representatives Committee on FCT Area councils and Ancillary matters led by its chairman, Hon. Zaphaniah Jisalo, round the Paikon Kore grazing reserve during their oversight visit...recently

FECPA receive arrears of allowances, thumps-up FCTA ÏÏÏFCT

Forum of Ex-councilors and political appointees |(FECPA) have expressed appreciation to the Honourable minister of the FCT Mallam Muhammed Bello Musa and the Area Councils Services Secretariat towards their sincere support to the forum the Chairman of the forum, as it receives areas of allowances being owed to its members. The Acting Chairman of ex-councilors and political aides, Mr. Kasimu Muhammed Sani, made this

known during a press briefing held on the 25th of January 2018 after they received their allowances. Kasimu Muhammed said the allowances went a long way in alleviating some of the challenges that some members of the forum were facing for a longtime. However, the chairman of the forum said that the forum is being owed one million two hundred thousand naira only.(N1,200,000) and it has only been able to upset Eight hundred and twenty two thousand

naira only(N 822,000) and appealed to the FCT Minister to assist in upsetting the balance of the amount owed. The Chairman of the forum who thanked the minister for the payment of only 50% severance allowances however called for the payment of the remaining 50% to enable them upset the debts they have incurred over a period of time. Adding that there is an outstanding 50% of their furniture allowance that is yet to be paid to them.

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FG to evolve policies that will elevate the ceramics sector - Minister Myke Uzendu, Abuja

The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar has disclosed plans by the Federal government to evolve policies that will support accelerated growth and development of the ceramics industry. The minister dropped the hint Tuesday, in Abuja when he played host to the Chief Executive Officer of Master Potter Levi O’Bem Yakubu, who won the overall

“Best Product Design Award” at the just concluded African Arts and Crafts Expo, Nigeria hosted. In her welcome remarks, the Minister said that the ceramics industry is an area that government will cash in to diversify the economy, adding that new policies which government will generate will not only address the challenges faced by practitioners in the sector, but will lift the socioeconomic fortunes of the nation. “We are in the process of evolving needed policy to guide the Ceramic Sector and we will need the

input of persons like you (Levi O’Bem Yakubu) to ensure that areas which need to be addressed by the coming policy to the advantages of practitioners and our national economic development are taken into consideration.” She noted that so many talents abound in Nigeria who can take every sector of the economy to an enviable heights, assuring that government will put policies in place that will drive and encourage such talents, She emphasized that the present administration of President

Muhammadu Buhari has not been found wanting in engaging sectors’ stakeholders to come up with needed policies, especially those which encourage national economic growth in non-oil sectors as well as generate employment. The Honourable Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar also promised to explore the schedules of President Muhammadu Buhari with a view to arranging a meeting of the Master Potter with Mr. President to ad-

L-R: Director General, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Babatunde Irukera ; Lagos State Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State and the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Lagos State, Mr. Rotimi Ogunleye during the DG’s visit to the Governor to announce the launch of the National Campaign and Advocacy for Quality in Nigeria in partnership with United Nations Industrial Organisation {UNIDO} in Lagos State.

Lalong signs N145b appropriation bill into law

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong on Tuesday

BUSINESS TIMES Business Editor Ganiyu Obaaro Deputy Business Editor Simon Ugwu Capitak Market Editor Bonny Amadi Money Market Correspondent Motolani Oseni

signed the 2018 appropriation bill of N145 billion into the law. It could be recalled that the governor had last year presented the 2018 budget estimate of N145, 488,066,352 billion to the state’s House of Assembly. Our Correspondent reports that Lalong signed the budget at the government house in Little Rayfield, Jos Speaking at the occasion he said “We will ameliorate the challenges being faced in all critical sectors of our economy, and provide the avenue for sustainable livelihood for our people,” he said.” Lalong said “Today marks another watershed in the history of Plateau State. Not too long ago, to be precise,

on Wednesday 20th of December, 2017 I presented to the People of Plateau State on the Floor of the House of Assembly a Budget christened a “Budget of Rescue and Consolidation”. This was in fulfilment of Section 121 Sub Section (1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as Amended.” “Therein, the document contained an estimated of the Sum totalling One Hundred and Forty - Five Billion, Four Hundred and Eighty – Eight Million, Sixty – Six Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty – Two Naira (N145, 488,066,352:00) only for the 2018 Fiscal Year.” “The budget was prepared based

on the Macro – Economic variables from the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the Medium Term Sector Strategy.” “What informed our christening the 2018 Budget “Rescue and Consolidation” was principally to address the critical needs of our people, having rescued and built confidence in them in the previous years since we assumed office on May 29, 2015.” “Therefore, there is no gainsaying the fact that what remains is to consolidate on the gains so far achieved this year; anchored on the Five Pillar Policy Thrust of this Administration following our philosophy of continuity which is Peace, Security and Good Governance, Human Capital Development and Social Welfare,

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Page B7 dress other requests of the visiting Master Potter “at the shortest possible time.” In his address, the Master Potter Levi O’Bem Yakubu, told the Minister that out of the 10 years which the African Arts and Crafts Expo was organised, Dejo Pottery participated consistently for six times and won in all the six times to lift the ceramic potentials of Nigeria to the global space. You may recall that in 1984, whilst President Muhammadu Buhari was Military Head of State, he restricted the importation of tableware ceramics among other products, to conserve Nigeria’s foreign exchange and this made many entrepreneurs to invest in the ceramic sector. It may also be noted that Nigeria ranks 9th out of 18 World economies for ceramic trade but the country is not engaged in any ceramic export. The market demand analytical statistics by the United Nations ComTRADE indicates that the total market value for ceramics in Nigeria grew from $317 Million in 2009 to $600 Million in 2015 giving an average growth of 150%. The Master Potter gave his shopping list to help develop the ceramics sector in Nigeria to include Special Grant which he wants to be “Patient Capita” or “Venture Capita” to migrate from manual operation to fully automated operation which he said, will boost productivity and employment as well as commissioning of local potters, which will lead to the production of exquisite ceramic souvenirs that top Government officials can present to their colleagues and visitors with confidence and pride in the creativity. He said that with full government support, the industry “is capable of producing a quantum of broad spectrum products like burnt bricks, floor, wall and roof tiles, sanitary wares, electrical insulators, refractories and paints among other things.” Agriculture and Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Industrialization, and Physical Infrastructure and Environment” Lalong further said “Plateau State House of Assembly in exercise of the powers conferred on it under section 120 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended), passed into law the 2018 Appropriation Bill to the tune of One Hundred and Forty-Six Billion, Four Hundred and Six Million, Seventy – Four Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty – One Naira (N146, 406,074,921:00) only. “Seventy Billion, Five Hundred and Five Million, Four Hundred and Seventy – Seven Thousand, Five Hundred and Thirty Naira (N70,

Business News B2 Myke Uzendu, Abuja

The management of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has developed new strategies for combating recent cyber security threats that will pose a potential threat to the cyber space this year. In a statement signed by the Director General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Corporate Headquarters, Abuja, The NITDA boss alerted Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), other government establishments, the organised private sector and the general public on a potential cyberattacks likely to be experienced this year and marshaled out some precautionary measures. Some of the measures which was

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NITDA issues new strategies for combating cyber threats articulated by The Agency’s Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT), in conjunction with other industry stakeholders, recommend that, “Efforts should be intensified at ensuring that any data is encrypted, particularly any sensitive or personal data. “Ensure that networks are fully secure through the use of wired network thereby protecting them from possible hackers’ attempt at using Wi-Fi security lapses to remotely break into computer systems.

“Where Wi-Fi network is used, ensure that an up to date encryption standard is in use and turn off the service set identifier (SSID) broadcasting function on the wireless router if it is not needed. “Ensure that free Wi-Fi connections as well as other wireless connections such as Bluetooth or infrared ports are not used unless where necessary. “Ensure that operating systems and other software applications are regularly updated with the latest patches; “Ensure that anti-malware pro-

tection is installed on all IT systems as this will help in protecting your organisation’s network from potential attacks through virus-laden software and email attachments. Also, all security software should be adjusted to scan compressed or archived files; “Ensure that appropriate guidelines are in place for connecting personal devices into the organisation’s network; “Ensure the use of credential vaults and multi-factor authentication instead of user passwords; “Ensure that the organisation’s data and critical files are regularly

backed up; and “Ensure that there is an organisation-wide enlightenment campaign, awareness and measures put in place to deal with cyber security threats as well as the procedures they must always follow when using their workstations” they recommended He assured that NITDA is working with all critical stakeholders to come up with effective ways of adequately protecting the Nigerian cyberspace, just as he called on all Nigerians to support the Agency by doing their best at protecting themselves as well as the information and systems under their care.

Arik named winner of best security, safety conscious airline Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest commercial airline, has been named winner of the Best Security and Safety Conscious Airline in West and Central Africa award at the 14th Africa Security Watch Awards to be held in Kigali, Rwanda in February 2018. The CEO of the airline, Captain Roy Ilegbodu has also been named the ‘Most Outstanding Aviation Personality in West and Central Africa’. The award of Best Security and Safety Conscious Airline in West and Central Africa was bestowed on Arik Air in recognition of the airline’s strict compliance to international security and safety standards and the use of modern security tools in its operations. Arik Air won same award in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Similarly, the airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Captain Roy Ilegbodu was conferred with the Most Outstanding Aviation Personality in West and Central Africa because of his pragmatic leadership in bringing back Arik Air to life; and commitment to international best practice on security and safety for passengers and luggage. Speaking on the awards, Ilegbodu said: “We are pleased to again be a recipient of the Africa Security Watch Awards. Safety and security have been at the core of our operations and we will never compromise the safety of our customers. “We took over this airline under very challenging circumstances and we are proud of the entire staff and management who, with the support of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), have rejuvenated the fortunes of the airline. The Security Watch Award conferment ceremony will be held at Radisson Blu Hotel and Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda on February 8, 2018.

L-R: Secretary to the Oyo State Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli; State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; Managing Director, Bank of Industry, Mr. Olukayode Pitan; General Manager, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (South), Mr. Abdulganiyu Mohammed; and Head, Media and External Relations, Ms. Mabel Ndagi, when the bank officials visited the governor, in his office, in Ibadan... on Tuesday. Photo: Governor’s Office

Reps request contract details on waterways security from Amaechi

Henry Omunu, Abuja

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions on Tuesday ordered the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and other stakeholders to submit all documents relating to the contract awarded to an Israeli Security firm to secure the Nigerian waterways within 72hours. The Committee chaired by Rep Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, PDP, Abia gave the 72 hours ultimatum after a series of meetings with relevant stakeholders yet the contract papers could not be presented to the Committee. The lawmakers in session

also asked all the stakeholders not to commence work until the House finally resolves the matter. During the investigative hearing, Abonta said”we’ve been demanding for this document and this about the 8th hearing on this issue. “If the contractual documents and agreements could not be produced within the next 72hours we’ll be forced to close this matter and make our recommendations to the House. At this point, Rep Rotimi Agunsoye told his colleagues that”there’s no point giving the stakeholders extra 72hours since tax payers money was involved we should just close the matter.

But Abonta intervened insisting that”let us still give them the benefit of the doubt after 72hours we can close the matter. “For now my ruling is that all relevant stakeholders should stay action in all activities pending the outcome of House resolution on the issue. “We have wasted so much parliamentary time in this issue that we will close the matter immediately after 72hours. It could be recalled that ten Civil Society Organisations, CSOs had last October petitioned the Minister of Transportation and others that awarding such a contract to a foreign firm to secure our waterways will amount to ceding our territorial waterways

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FG establishes Agric market info centre Tom Okpe, Abuja

The Federal Government has announced the establishment of a technological driven agricultural centre to provide up to date – one stop data base of the information centre of the agricultural market environment. This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Bukar Hassan at the ministry complex in Abuja on Monday while declaring open a 3 -day Capacity Building Workshop on Operationalization of Market Information Centre for participants drawn from 36 states’ offices of the Ministry and the Federal Capital Territory . He explained that it is important for government to promote agricultural market information in order to aid investment, production, processing, marketing and exportation of agricultural produce out of the country to promote economic growth in line with the Economic Recovery Program of the present administration. He said: “The one- stop Agricultural Market Information Centre is equipped with up to date facilities comprising the reception, work station, conference room and library to respond to the need of the public in market intelligence as well as directly and indirectly help drive production, processing and marketing in the agriculture sector thereby facilitating wealth creation, employment generation and ensuring food security. “It is therefore apparent that investors, marketers and exporters of agricultural export produce from Nigeria would need a more reliable single point of contact to facilitate tailored agricultural market information support services and high quality market data for informed investment decision making across the agricultural value chains”.

Ogun partners 8 IPPs for generation of 276MW electricity In it’s continued efforts towards tackling the epileptic power supply in the state, the Ogun State Government has entered into an agreement with eight Independent Power Providers (IPPs) to generate and distribute power to residents. The project, tagged “Light-

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Abiodun Oluwaseun, a 34 year old trader who was into business of printing fake and counterfeit currency notes has been nabbed by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSDC) in Ondo State. Oluwaseun was arrested after printing a fake twenty Four Thousand Naira in the N1000 domination to buy goods from a provision seller in Akure. Awili Ideba Pedro, Commandant of the NSCDC in the state made the disclosure while parading the suspect to journalists at the corps headquarters in Akure. Mr. Pedro revealed that the owner of the provision store [a woman] alerted the corps about the fake currency, which led to the arrest of Mr. Oluwaseun at one of his hideouts in the state capital. He said that Oluwaseun belonged to a gang of wanted syndicate specialized in printing fake currency and defrauding people in the state of their money including personal properties. The NSCDC commandant also informed that the Ondo command arrested a cleric, Oladele Ayuba for advanced free fraud otherwise known as ‘419’ after tricking unsuspecting

Up Ogun”, is to generate a total of 276 mega watts of electricity from gas, solar, waste to energy and joule box technology at the cost of $476,616,249.65. The project is expected to be ready in 18 months. Speaking during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), at his office

in Abeokuta yesterday, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, said it is another bold step by the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration to further address the huge infrastructural deficit it inherited on assumption of office.

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‘Fake Naira’ syndicate smashed in Ondo

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victims of amount ranging from N300, 000 to N36 Million. According to Pedro, Mr. Ayuba was nabbed following complaints about his criminal activities in the Arigidi Akoko area of Ondo state and after duping some unsuspecting members of the public. “He (Ayuba) was arrested following a complaint by one of his victims, Tajudeen Ekundayo who lost Four million, three hundred thousand Naira to the syndicate. “And immediately the complaint was lodged at the Command headquarters, our men swung into action and arrested the man who is the king pin of the syndicate in Arigidi Akoko while other members of the syndicate was still at large”. He added that many high profile criminal cases ranging from kidnapping, ritual killing and fraud have been traced to Mr. Oluwaseun who hails from Ilorin in Kwara state. The NSCDC boss also added that one Jayeola Tosin known as ‘Asala’ was arrested in Ikare Akoko for vandalizing transformer cables. He said the corps has commenced the process of arraigning all the suspects in court and assured that justice would be done on the culprits who are terrorizing the innocent residents of the state.

The SSG, who challenged the partners to take the project with all the seriousness it deserves, expressed optimism that, when completed, it will positively improve the lives and well being of residents of the state. In his remarks, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olumide Ayeni, disclosed that government had allocated 16 hectares of land for the IPPs, as part of its commitment towards the success of the project, which he stated, will “make life more abundant” for the people of the state. Speaking earlier, Consultant to the Governor on Energy, Chief Taiwo Fagbemi, hinted that the project, which was conceived in 2014, is being executed with the cooperation and assistance of various stakeholders, including the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, adding that it will, apart from generating electricity, also provide employment for the teeming youth population in the state. In his own contribution, Deputy Managing Director of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Engr. John Ayodele, commended the initiative, which he noted, would complement the efforts of his company, in ending the perennial epileptic power supply in the country. He promised that his company would give all necessary assistant required for the project..

FG begins construction of skills acquisition centres for corps members

By Moses Oyediran, Enugu

The Federal Government has started the construction of skill centres to enhance the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Director General of the NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure said this on Tuesday in Enugu during a working visit to the Agwu orientation camp. Kazaure said that the measure would serve as post camp training centres for corps members who participated in the SAED. The director general was represented by the Acting Director, Corps Welfare and Inspectorate, Mrs Josephine Okonga. He said that such centres had already been established in Delta, Ekiti and Gombe, adding that the remaining states would soon be covered. He said that the SAED was a

new initiative meant to empower corps members with self-reliant skills and business ideas with a view to turning them to future entrepreneurs. “This is a fairly new idea and management will soon enrich it. You are expected to learn a business skill no matter your profession,” he said. Kazaure said that measures had been put in place to sort out grey areas in the scheme to ensure that corps members built on what they learnt in camp while at their places of primary assignment. “The major challenge in the SAED is absence of post camp training for the corps members but we are trying to sort it out by building skill centres at the local government areas. “For now we are building at the state level,” he said. Kazaure said that the NYSC management was pleased with the state coordinator on the successes he had recorded which in-

cluded the provision of the earlier elusive potable water in the orientation camp. “Water has been an impossible commodity in this camp since its inception in 1973 but the state coordinator has within his short stay here made that possible,” Kazaure said. Earlier, the State Coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Ikaka said that the SAED programme in the orientation camp had been a huge success. Ikaka said that the corps members had shown uncommon zeal in the programme, adding “we are producing employers of labour here. “The household products we use in keeping our camp clean are produced by our corps members,” he said. Ikaka said that though much had been achieved to upgrade the facilities in the orientation camp “we still struggle to overcome our challenges.

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has given Intels Nigeria Limited (Intels) a two-week ultimatum to remit an outstanding $48 million that ought to have been paid into the maritime agency’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) in 2017. Speaking during an interview with the CNBC Africa, the Managing Director of NPA , Hadiza Bala Usman, said Intels’ notice of termination would stand if the company failed to settle its debt. The NPA boss said, “I am giving Intels a possible twoweek window to provide payment, two weeks from now, following which the notice of termination will not be withdrawn.”

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NPA gives Intels 14 days ultimatum to pay $48m debt “One of the issues we have had with Intels is their noncompliance with the TSA. As you are aware, the Nigerian government instituted the Treasury Single Account which is the account that all revenues of government need to be paid into. “Intels collects revenue on behalf of NPA and had refused to comply with the TSA and kept retaining those revenues in their coffers. “So we insisted that they must comply, no company is above the laws of the country and we went through the whole

process.” She spoke further on what caused the disagreement between the maritime agency and the logistics firm, accusing the agency of failing to comply with ground rules. The NPA boss, “I think it’s important for all entities operating in an environment to adhere to the rules and regulations. “What we seek to ensure is that you have a level playing field and you must comply to regulations. At no point was NPA not going to remit their own portion of the revenues.

“ All other third-party agreements that we have in the NPA have a similar structure, so why should Intels feel it can operate outside of the law? The other companies are complying, why don’t you comply?” The Daily Times recalls that in September, the Attorney- General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), asked the NPA to terminate the boats’ pilotage agreement it has with Intels. Intels, a logistics and facilities services provider in the maritime and oil and gas sec-

tors, was co-founded by Gabriele Volpi, an Italian national and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Malami had stated that the agreement, which allowed Intels to receive revenue on behalf of NPA for 17 years, violates sections 80(1) and 162(1) and (10) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The AGF wondered if the management of the NPA and Intels, did not take cognizance of the relevant provisions when negotiating the agreement in 2010. In 2015, Atiku had described Intels, Nigeria’s biggest oil and gas logistics company, as his most successful business.

Profession should play greater role in attracting diverse talent-ACCA

L-R: Suspended Director General of Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), Alhaji Munir Gwarzo; Counsel to the suspended DG Barr. James Igwe (SAN) and minister of finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun during a public hearing on the need to intervene on the conflict between the minister of finance and the DG SEC by the House of Representatives committee on Capital Market and Institution at the National Assembly, in Abuja on Tuesday. PHOTO: Temitope Balogun

Afreximbank announces Aenergy as new shareholder

Following its successful subscription to Class “B” shares of the African multilateral trade finance bank, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the coming on board of Angolabased pan-African conglomerate Aenergy as a shareholder. The shareholding became effective on 25 January and followed discussions between the Bank and representatives of Aenergy led by the founder, Ricardo Machado, and Jorge Morgado, co-CEOs of the company. Aenergy, which started operations in Angola, is a pan-African “end-to-end solutions pro-

vider”, integrating structured financing and aggregated technology to deliver innovative and competitive solutions for new public-private strategic investment in Africa led by main players from the continent, with its current focus being on Angola, Cameroon, Cote d´Ivoire, Ghana and Mozambique. Aenergy has services spanning project development, procurement, logistics, engineering and execution; operations and maintenance services; and training, industrial manufacturing/assembly, with a long-term commitment to performance-driven technical as-

sistance focused on digitalization to enhance localization and empower the final client. The company develops projects to the highest international standards and implements projects in several industries, namely gas-to-power energy production, oil and gas, rail transportation, industrial installation and mining services. Consistent with Afreximbank’s founding philosophy as a public private partnership, the Bank’s shareholders are a mix of public and private entities divided into four classes and consist of African governments, central banks, regional

and sub-regional institutions, private investors and financial institutions, as well as non-African financial institutions, export credit agencies and private investors. Class “A” shareholders are African states, African central banks and African public institutions, including the African Development Bank, while Class “B” is made up of African private investors, mainly financial institutions and corporates. Class “C” shares are held by non-African investors, mostly international banks and export credit agencies, while Class “D” shares can be held by any investor.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), has said accountancy profession should identify more pro-active approaches to continue to improve social mobility. ACCA, in its new global survey of 13,635 members and students, has found that social mobility is transforming the potential talent pool for professional accountants. The survey found that 32 per cent of Nigerian respondents came from backgrounds where neither parent or guardian had gone to university. The global average is 52 per cent. Yet the report also notes that the profession needs to take a more pro-active, leadershipbased approach to ensure it can continue to attract and support a diverse global talent-pool through their careers. According to head of ACCA Nigeria, Thomas Isibor, ‘‘This report highlights two great areas for optimism around social mobility. The first is that improving social and economic development continues to provide opportunity for an increasingly diverse talentpool, with the demonstrable benefits that brings. ‘‘The second is that accountancy remains an aspirational and accessible route to social mobility for many in developed and developing nations”, he said. The report, also, highlighted that the decision to pursue an accountancy career is too dependent on individuals’ and parents’ drive. In Nigeria, only 9 per cent of those surveyed were influenced by a teacher or careers advisor (compared to a global average of 13 per cent). “The perception that ’this is not for me’ is a dangerous stigma to be attached to a profession. Many still see the profession as middle aged and male. “While this is no longer true, it is likely that only those with prior knowledge or social capital will appreciate the diversity of the profession and flexibility of access”, Thomas added.

Capital Market B5 Nigerian Flour Mills posts 134.85% rise in PAT Nigerian Four Mills has demonstrated commitment to reward shareholders through positive performance as its key performance indices for the third quarter ended 31 December 2017 showed remarkable growth. The fast moving consumer goods company (FMG) , in its third quarter result delivered by the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday, for the financial year ending March 2018, showed that r grew by 0.33% q/q; 9.82% y/y to close the quarter at N129billion. According to the result, the company which is currently floating rights issues, recorded profit before tax of N6.03bn,reflecting a 17.58% q/q and 148.79% y/y growth, while Profit after tax of N3.89bn, also showed growth by 6.45 per cent q/q; and 134.85% y/y advancement. For nine months period ended 31 December 2017, for the 2018 financial year, the company posted revenue of N427.51bn, indicating 9.63 per cent growth y/y. for the same period, Profit before tax of rose y 89.46 per cent y/ y to N19.50billion, while Profit after tax of N13.25bn advanced by 79% y/y Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc is currently floating a N39.9bn rights issue as part of its growth strategy targeted at building long-term value for all stakeholders. The group is looking at strengthening its capital base, supporting its working capital and driving financial flexibility that will guaranty business growth. Following the receipt of shareholders’ approval in May 2015 to raise additional capital via a rights issue, the manufacturer said it had received clearance of the issue documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nigerian Stock Exchange to proceed with Series 1 of the rights issue programme. The company said it intended to raise N39,855,845,286.00 by way of rights to existing shareholders, on the basis of nine new shares for every 16 shares held by shareholders, whose names appeared in the register of members of the company as at December 8, 2017 at an issue price of N27 per share. This programme enables the company to raise funds in several tranches over a three-year period, as the issue is being undertaken as part of the long-term plan to strategically position FMN for sustainable growth.

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NSE ASI garners 0.42% as investors sustain repositioning

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The repositioning effort of investors on the Nigerian equities market was sustained on Tuesday , as demand continues to pitch against supply. Subsequently, the equities market ended positive for the third consecutive trading session, up +0.42 per cent close the day at 44,493.79. The market capitalization also closed higher at N15, 949,697,954,473.97. Investors transacted a total of 876,976,096.00 million shares worth N7, 430,142,974.12bn in 8,780.00 deals.

The strong investor’s sentiment, analysts maintained may not be unconnected with investors positioning ahead of earnings season commencing later this quarter. “Nonetheless, we believe there may be profit taking in the market, which could present entry opportunities into our quality names for investors with a medium to longer term horizon” , investment One noted. At the end of the day’s trading, bond capitalization stood at N9,481,044,462,659.29bn, while capitalization for ETF closed the day at N7,617,489,114.72bn

Also, reflecting the market’s bullish state, market Breadth closed positive as 34 stocks advanced, compared to 24 stocks that declined. The top five advancers for the day were, GUINNESS which led the table with 2.73 per cent closing at N113 per share, followed by BETAGLAS that gained 4.97 per cent to close at N62.35 per share,DANGCEM followed with 0.75 per cent, closing trade higher at N270 per share. PRESCO emerged the fourth higher gainer with 1.43 per cent to close at N71 per share, while STANBIC closed the top five gainers table with 2.22 per

cent to close at N46 per share. NESTLE led the top five decliners with 2.00 per cent, closing at N1470 per share, followed by SEPLAT which shed 1.10 per cent, closing at N685 per share while CCNN dropped by 0.4 per cent to close at N17.6 per share. UNILEVER was the fourth worst loser with 0.67 per cent, to los at N44.2 per share, while AIRSERVICE closed the top five losers table with 4.46 per cent, closing trade at N5.35 per share NSE Industrial Index was the best performer (+0.62%) largely due to BETAGLAS with +4.97% and DANGCEM with 0.75%.

L-R : Mr Olufemi Awoyemi, Member, FintechNGR GovCo, Mr Seye Awojobi, CEO/Registrar, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Mrs Bunmi Lawson, Member, FintechNGR GovCo, Ms Temitope Awe, Exec. Director, NSE, Dr Segun Aina, President, FintechNGR, Mr Patrick Akinwuntan, Group executive, Ecobank, Dr Yinka David West, Member, FintechNGR GovCo, Dr Andrew S Nevin, Partner/Advisor, PwC, Mr Tunji Eleso, Member, FintechNGR GovCo, and Mr Ade Ewuosho, Head, Market Services, NSE at the Fintech Association of Nigeria – FintechNGR sounding of closing gong on the Floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on 24th January 2018 in commencement of 2nd National Fintech Conference in Nigeria.

Personal well being index records 0.2% growth in Q4 2017 - NO1Poll The personal well being index which showed satisfaction of the citizenry in various aspects of lives, including religion, personal security, social interaction, physical heath ad others. The NO1 poll released on Tuesday 30 January 2018 showed that Personal Well-Being Index (PWBI) report for Q4, 2017 recorded nominal increase of 0.2-point to stand at 64.3-points from 64.1-points obtained in Q3, 2017. The Personal Well-Being Index measures the satisfaction of Nigerians with respect to various aspects of lives.

However, the seven components that make up the PWBI and they all experienced an increase except the Economic Index and the Personal Standard of Living Index which both experienced a decline when compared to the results obtained in Q3, 2017. The report explained that furthermore, an analysis of the seven key indicators that make up the PWBI showed that Nigerians were satisfied in terms of religion with 89.4-points, social interaction with 79.4-points), physical health with 76.4-points

and personal security scoring 67.8-points. Also, the findings indicated that Nigerians were rather neutral in terms of their standard of living scoring 49.2-points and achievement in life with 53.1-points indices, while some Nigerians were not satisfied with their personal economic situation with 37-points index. Though the nation’s economy got out of recession in Q2, 2017 and also grew in Q3, 2017[1], Nigerians are yet to feel the impact of this growth in terms of their personal

economy and standard of living as these were the only indicators that experienced a decline in Q4, 2017 amongst all the components that make up the PWBI. These are the key highlights from the Q4, 2017 Personal Well-Being Index survey. NOIPolls Limited, In February 2014, introduced its portfolio of indices; the NOIPolls Personal Well-Being Index (PWBI), the NOIPolls Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) and the NOIPolls Eagle 30 Business Confidence Index (EBCI). The NOIPolls Personal Well-Being Index measures

factors impacting on the lives of everyday Nigerians; thereby producing a complete view of the individual’s personal well-being. The NOIPolls Consumer Confidence Index provides consumer assessments of the economic situation and their intentions and expectations for the future. The NOIPolls Eagle 30 Business Confidence Index measures business leaders’ perceptions and expectations about the Nigerian business environment using the top 30 companies in the country.

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IATA hails single African air transport market The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the launch of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) initiative by the African Union (AU) to open up Africa’s skies and improve intra-African air connectivity. Enhanced connectivity will stimulate demand, improve the competitiveness of the African airline industry, and make air travel more accessible. In turn, this will enable higher volumes of trade, expanded tourism and growing commerce between African nations and with the rest of the world. “The SAATM has the potential for remarkable transformation that will build prosperity, while connecting the African continent. Every open air service arrangement has boosted traffic, lifted economies and created jobs. And we expect no less in Africa on the back of the SAATM agreement. “An IATA survey suggest that if just 12 key African countries opened their markets and increased connectivity an extra 155,000 jobs and US$1.3 billion in annual GDP would be created in those countries,” said Rapahel Kuuchi, IATA’s Vice President for Africa. “We commend the 23 states that have signed up to SAATM. It is an important step forward. But the benefits of a connected continent will only be realized through effective implementation of SAATM— first, by the countries already committed and also by the remaining 32 AU member nations still to come on board,” said Kuuchi. He said, “One of the main obstacles to the implementation of previous open skies pledges – 1988 Yamoussoukro

Declaration and 1999 Yamoussoukro Decision – has been the absence of an underpinning regulatory text. “IATA welcomes the AU’s adoption of the regulatory text of the Yamoussoukro Decision (YD) – also the framework for SAATM – which covers competition and consumer protection and dispute settlement as these safeguard

ÏL ƒƆ ƈ Ɛ ƈƋƋƈƅƈƐ ƗƏƑ National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has signaled its resolve to hold down any Airline from take-off on grounds of reasonable suspicion for illicit drugs.

This followed the arrest of a suspected drug courier, Harriet Bolatito at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with substances suspected to be prohibited drugs while on board a flight.

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The President, National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Mr. Bankole Bernard has disclosed that their members sold over $1.4billion in tickets for foreign airlines in 2017. Speaking at the January 2018 media breakfast with tourism and aviation journalists in Ikeja, Lagos, on the redemption of aviation and tourism sectors in Nigeria, Bernard stressed the need to re-position the country’s travel and tourism industry as well as to draw the attention of the government to the huge opportunities in the sector which they may not see. He said NANTA is working closely with the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC to grow the tourism industry. The NANTA boss queried why the Nigeria airlines fails to partner with tour operators to sell many exciting decisions in Nigeria. He observed that it will be very difficult for the domestic

Solabi was recently intercepted with a total of 5.5 kilogrammes of the illicit substances. According to the Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, Jonah Achema in a statement made available to LEADERSHIP, Solabi was recalled after she had checked in two giant

airlines to thrive in the country with the plethora of government charges and taxes. He urged the government to hold a stakeholders’ meeting on how the domestic airlines can survive, stressing that domestic airlines need to fly to destinations that are profitable to their operations. He observed that tourism will not thrive in Nigeria when the Agencies are buried under Information, Culture, National Orientation and Tourism and under one Minister who cares more about information and other areas. On its Identity Card scheme, NANTA President said the Association will be most delighted to see the ID Card scheme come to reality when is launched in March for only the body’s approved and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA endorsed operators. According to him: “This would not only change the perception of the general public, but give a sense of belonging to the practitioners within the industry; and be seen as true professionals that we are,

which will automatically eliminate fraudsters. “The immediate and future gains of this scheme are numerous and in due course, we shall invite you to the public unveiling of this strategic security product that will question and check the prowling of our business lines by fake and fly-by-night operators. “Let me state earnestly that with this card, which has the backing of government aviation regulatory agencies, the days of spoilers in our midst are over.” On the NANTA Act, Bernard noted that this enabling legislative backing is the ultimate dream of the founding fathers of the association and a responsibility to which his leadership must deliver. He explained that the trade line cannot survive on long-term, if the body fails to mainstream the entry and exist regime which must capture sanitizing processes and mechanisms as is done globally. NANTA boss said work has again begun in earnest on the project which has been on the drawing board of the association in the past 40 years.

He disclosed that this year, NANTA is going to hold its elective Annual General Meetings, AGM in Port-Harcourt, where he would be seeking for re-election. Bernard said his seeking for re-election is to consolidate on the laudable programmes of the group and complete them. NANTA president explained further that : “In picking the destination, we are mindful of the fact that a national association, such as NANTA with over 6,000 (Six thousand strong members) cannot pretend that our memberships outside Lagos, Abuja, Kano do not desire to feel the impact of our reach and influence, hence the decision of the BOT and my presidency to hold the AGM in Port Harcourt, the heart of Eastern and Southern Nigeria. “In due course, the AGM committee will roll out programme for the AGM and we will call on the people and government of Rivers state to brace up and support the convention which will attract investment and good will to the people of this noble state.”

bags said to have contained personal effects and had boarded an Ethiopian Airline flight No.910 to Addis Ababa, while awaiting take-off. The drugs were concealed in the false bottom of the bags. The flight was held down from take-off until all the personal effects of Solabi were evacuate for security and investigation purposes, an action that is consistent with Aviation Policy. Solabi, aged 34, has travelled severally to South Africa without hitches until her arrest on her way to Johannesburg, South Africa, with 3.9 kilogrammes of Ephedrine and1.6 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine. A single mother of a tenyear old daughter who holds a Higher National Diploma from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Solabi claimed to be a trader in fabrics, which she normally travelled to South Africa to bring to Nigeria and distribute to her customers. A resident of AbaranjeIkotun, Lagos, she claimed ignorant of the content of the bags, which she was requested by her contact in Pretoria, South Africa to collect from an unknown person in Lagos. She had arrived Abuja from Lagos on a local flight for an onward flight to Johannesburg. Victor Chukwu, aged 44; and a primary school dropout was also arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, upon arrival from Malawi with 59 wraps of Heroin weighing 865 grams, which he had ingested. According to him, a black woman met him in a restaurant in Malawi and talked him into bringing the illicit substance to Nigeria. He was to call her upon arrival in Nigeria before a recipient would be directed to him. He said he had knowledge of the illicit substance, but that he has been unemployed for years and to feed his family has been a problem.

`j Ƅ ƅƊ RM d jL President of the Aviation Round Table (ART), Gabriel Olowo has backed the position of airline operators on the implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) stating that Nigerian airlines and the nation’s economy will remain at a disadvantage. In his personal submissions made available to Nigerianflightdeck.com via mail, he however said the world would not continue to wait for Nigeria to get it right because the countries business environment inhibits the evolution of strong carriers. Olowo who said that the AON’s arguments were brilliant, sound and forever valid; however, said the airlines, despite government’s negligence, should have been proactive to evolve solutions to grow themselves. His words,” Nigeria, its Airlines and the economy will remain disadvantaged AS IS to Europe, Americas, Near & Middle East and Asia as long as stake holders (Government & Operators) lack the will to

evolve strong players in the sector.” “In the event that government is not forthcoming with solution to the myriad of problems rightly identified by AON, why shouldn’t operators be innovative enough to evolve synergistic solutions derivable from collaborations, mergers and or acquisitions rather than the current parasitic competition going on in the market place as it were in last 4 decades? Small and Disunited Carriers!!!” “But Africa will not continue to wait for Nigeria when the rest of the world is progressing with open skies and free market economies just because Nigeria Airlines and its business environment inhibit the evolution of strong carriers.” “The truth is ICAO and IATA are pushing for it, ditto other strong economic partners of Nigeria and it will happen sooner than later. We must put our acts together if we also don’t want to continue to lose in Africa with negative balance of trade as it were presently with other markets.”

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Bimbo Thomas: The all shades of brown lover L2

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Bimbo Thomas: The all shades of brown lover Talented actress, Bimbo Thomas, has really grown in leaps and bounds when it comes to her foray in the entertainment industry. In this chat with MUTIAT ALLI, she tells us about her style and humble beginning in the industry. Enjoyâ&#x20AC;Ś With lots of stress and challenges that your job as an actress portrays, how do you find time for your business? Most times I am always here seeing to the affairs of the business if I am not on location or gone on vacation. I have compete staffs who can handle the business well, like it is said, no one handles your business like you do. Let me take you back a bit, how will you describe your growing up in as a ghetto? What a great street! Obadina is place where you can either be made or marred. But I chose my path, thanks to God and memories of where I was brought to life in a lifetime. The street is full of all kinds

of inexplicable beings and happenings. Anyway, I can say it was the survival of the fittest then. I am glad I learnt the hard way and it made me who I am today to the glory of God. How did you prepare yourself for and to what extent did you go to fit into the role? Candidly, I went all out, just to get the reality of the role. I visited unimaginable places, saw people who had done that before and I made several moves to extract words and actions from their lifestyles. Besides, I was ready for loads of films, in addition to the information I gathered. When it came to the interpretation of the adapted role, it was like a thorn in the flesh. But here I am today, thanking God for the opportunity and inspiration of the act. What defines your style? It is inspiration from God. Favorite Shoes: Peep toes\flats Favourite Bag designer: Miu Miu\ Chloe Favorite Wrist Watch Designer: LV Favorite Earring (Chandeliers or studs): Chandeliers definitely because I Car: FJ Cruiser Favorite Perfume: I wear several perfumes but I am in love with 212 sexy and Fantasy by Britney Spears La Zensa and Victoria Secret Favorite Fashion Designer: D&G Favorite Sunglasses: Michael Kors Favorite Drink: Snapp\Lemonade Dinner Wear: Oscardelarenta Favorite Colour: All shades of Brown

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Go trendy and know how to rock your caps A cap is a fashionable headgear worn by both males and females. It is important to get it right when putting on a cap because it has a way of creating an impression. It comes in different styles, designs and sizes; we have it reveals his personality. You can try as many headgears adopting it as your signature style. You have to wear to make it yours! FLAT CAP It is a rounded cap with a small stuff brim at the front. The purpose of the cap is to keep your head dry whenever it rains, stop your head from burning and also a fashion accessory that you can paint any colour you want. The cap is made from a recycled paper. It is the only realistic headgear for those between 21 and 40. They are deliberately sporty to contrast with the formal brims of the working week. Some caps have been around for centuries and also The cap which is also referred to as bicycle seat because of its shape has style of hat that pretty much suits any face shape so it can literally be worn by everyone. The that are rocking before the runways. If you are looking to replace your current signature item or even add to your unexpected choice. HOW TO ROCK IT: The tilt should generally lean forehead. Most time men to the right and women to the left. Flat caps are more than average hat. Flat caps have personality on their own. BASEBALL CAP right, it will take a basic ensemble from average to awesome. A baseball cap is a type of soft cap with a rounded crown and a stiff peak projecting in front and worn by both the male and female folks. Nowadays, we are all about embracing the sporty trend, while still looking chic and stylish. Baseball cap is one of the coolest new trends this season. The baseball cap adds a masculine touch to your The front of the cap usually contain a logo or design. It is most common of all caps as it is worn by Sportsmen and women. Most times, different sport clubs do have their logos on caps and people tend to love it because it shows a sense of belonging to those clubs. Baseball cap may have originated as a part of a team uniform but over the years the style has transformed into the most popular hat style in the world with so many colours and styles available. It becomes very easy for almost right, will take a basic ensemble from average to awesome.

with a brand logo or a bright color. You can pair this with a white t-shirt and some bling, or you can go for a more relaxed look with a vintage T denim jacket, and dark shades. For guys with long hair, your hair can be worn down or pulled back into a ponytail. Also, endeavor to wear clothes that complement the cap;

HOW TO ROCK IT tee and sneakers. Bonus points for throwing that hat on backwards, or being a model off duty.

BEANIE HATS A beanie hat is a head hugging brimless hat with or without a visor seamed which is also referred to as head warmer. Beanies are the quintessential cold weather caps and there are as many ways to wear a beanie cap. A beanie offers you the

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This cap is worn by both sexes. Wearing the cap without rolling the edges is a trendy way to wear a beanie cap. Beanies have a frightening ability to either ruin or improve your hair situation.

cap which is recycled paper. The difference between this back but from the top of the hat. It is often worn in casual settings but compliment profes-

for fans of people who like to sleep in a few more minutes instead of tending to their hair.

very versatile as it can be worn with either a suit or with a t-shirt and jeans. This cap is a classic cap with a whole lot of shapes.

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SNAP BACK CAP have become increasingly trendy in young urban fashion. Snapback hats are in different forms and some of the forms are Velcro back which is the identical counterpart to a classic snapback with the exception of a Velcro too. HOW TO ROCK THE SNAP BACK

material, provide for a sleek look alongside structured clothing pieces, and even with a preppy style. A boater is a kind of or striped grosgrain ribbon around the crown. Some privately owned school has adopted this cap because it tends to match with their uniform. Being made of straw, the boater was and is generally regarded as a warm-weather hat. The boater is a fairly formal hat that can be worn to formal events. Most hats are so fussy and associated with old men. In suits, the boater is free from this baggage and just puts a smile on all faces. It is so cool. They look best when worn with blazers.