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Samsung, Apple smartphones shipment decline by 38.3% in Q1 2019 Vendors ship 311m smartphones in first quarter of 2019

Industry experts signal another bad year for smartphone shipments Ladesope Ladelokun In recent time, smartphone shipments into Nigeria have continue to decline, as Samsung and Apple volumes dipped by a whopping 38.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2019.

This is even as the preliminary

data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker has revealed that smartphone vendors shipped a total of 311 million units of smartphones during the period under review.

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volumes dropped by 8.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2019 with shipments standing at 71.9 million, while Apple recorded a poor first quarter as its shipments dropped to 36.4 million units, represented a 30.2 per cent drop from 2018.

The figure, according to industry experts signals another bad year for smartphone shipments as the figure represents the sixth consecutive quarter decline.

However, despite a decline in smartphone volumes by 15 per cent year over year, Huawei closed the gap between it and Samsung by increasing its shipments by 50 per cent.

Commenting on this development, Vice President with IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers, Ryan Reith, said it was increasingly clear that Huawei is laser-focused on growing its stature in the world of mobile devices, with smartphones being its lead horse.

He said the overall market has continued to be challenged in almost all areas, but Huawei was able to raise its shipments by 50 per cent, which places it at number two in terms of market share and closes the gap on the market leader (Samsung), adding that the new ranking of Samsung, Huawei and Apple is very likely “what we will see when

2019 is all said and done”.

On why Smartphone shipments dipped in the first quarter of 2019, Anthony Scarsella, Research Manager at IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, traced it to the continued slowdown witnessed at the high end of the market, stating that consumers continue to hold on to their phones longer than before as newer higher priced models offer little incentive to shell out top dollar to upgrade.

He added that the pending arrival of 5G handsets could have consumers waiting until both the networks and devices are ready for Primetime in 2020.

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President Muhammadu Buhari in a handshake with Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, and other service chiefs during the President’s return after a 10 day vacation to the UK in Abuja...on Sunday.

FG okays N169.7bn for construction, rehabilitation of 10 roads Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The Federal Executive Council has approved the award of N169.74 billion contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of 10 roads across the country.

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola in a statement by his Special Adviser, Communications, Mr. Hakeem Bello, on Sunday, stated that the approval was sequel to a memorandum presented to the council on May 2.

Our correspondent reports that Fashola ought to have briefed State House correspondents alongside the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed after the FEC meeting, but he left the Villa with his other colleagues because the meeting stretched late into the night.

While the Information minister was waiting for the other ministers so they could jointly brief State House correspondents as is usually the case, none of the ministers stayed behind for the briefing and as such he had to brief in part.

But, the minister in the statement on Sunday, stated that the approval covers the rehabilitation of the Umuahia (Ikwuano)-Ikot Ekpene Road, Umuahia, Umudike in Abia State, rehabilitation of CalabarOban-Ekang Road (Section 1) in Cross River State, construction of Yola-Fufore-Gurin Road in Adamawa State, rehabilitation of Ado-Ekiti –Igede-AramokoItawure Road in Ekiti State and the rehabilitation of FuntuaDandume-Kaduna State border road in Katsina State.

Fashola stated that the projects would enhance Federal Government’s objective of improving transportation infrastructure and restoring the nation’s road network as part of implementation of the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and

Growth Plan.

Others, according to the memorandum, are the rehabilitation of the MakurdiGboko-Katsina-Ala Road (Yandev-Katsina-Ala section) in Benue State, rehabilitation of Old Enugu-Onitsha Road (Opi Junction-Ukehe-Okpatu-Aboh Udi-Oji to Anambra border), rehabilitation and dualisation of the 74km (approximately) Aba-Ikot Ekpene Road in Abia/ Akwa Ibom states, construction of 4 kilometre Township Road in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State and rehabilitation of Billiri-FiliyaTaraba state border road in Gombe State.

According to the minister, while the Umuahia (Ikwuano)Ikot Ekpene Road is awarded to Messrs Hartland Nigeria Limited/ Raycon and Company Nigeria Limited in the sum of N13, 296, 283, 958.68 with a completion date of 48 months, the rehabilitation of the Calabar-Oban-Ekang Road (Section 1) in Cross River Sate is awarded to Messrs Setraco Nigeria Limited in the sum of N27, 781, 851, 866.55 with a completion date of 24 months while the construction of Yola-Furore-Gurin Road (approximately 56km) is awarded to Messrs Wiz China Worldwide Engineering Limited in the sum of N13, 643, 670, 884.81 with a completion date of 12 months.

The rehabilitation of AdoEkiti–Igede-Aramoko-Itawure Road in Ekiti State (35km approximately), according to the memorandum, is awarded to Messrs Deux Projects Limited/Hitech Construction Company Limited at N14, 838, 220, 269.00 with a completion period of 30 months, while the rehabilitation of FuntuaDandume-Kaduna State Border Road in Katsina State is awarded to Messrs Rabash Enterprises Nigeria Limited/ Afdin Construction Limited in the sum of N9, 887, 040, 586.50 with a completion period of 24

months.

The memorandum also shows that while Messrs Rockbridge Construction Limited will rehabilitate the 43 Km (approximately) Makurdi-Gboko-Katsina-Ala Road (Yandev-Katsina-Ala Section) in 24 months at the cost of N11,892,018,600.00, Messrs Arab Contractors O.A.O Nigeria Limited will rehabilitate Old EnuguOnitsha Road (Opi JunctionUkehe-Okpatu-Aboh UdiOji to Anambra Border) (Approximately 90Km) in 24 months at the cost of N31,946,055,289.93 and Messrs CGGC Global Project will rehabilitate and dualise the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Road in 24 months at the cost of N30,649,735,111.38.

Also included in the award are the construction of a 4 kilometre Township Road in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State by Messrs Birak Engineering & Construction Company Limited in the sum of N1,755,086,798.85 with a completion period of 12 months and the rehabilitation of Billiri-Filiya-Taraba State Border Road by Messrs Triacta Nigeria Limited to be completed within 24 months in the sum of N14,048,396,236.88.

Stating that his Ministry, towards the realisation of Federal Government’s objectives of restoring growth and investing in the people, decided to initiate the new road reconstruction and rehabilitation projects in some states of the Federation to open up settlements, provide access for evacuation of goods and services as well as improve the socio-economic lives of the people within the stretch of the different communities in the project areas, Fashola said the 50km Umuahia (Ikwuano)Ikot-Ekpene Road would create between 180 to 200 jobs with 90 per cent of the jobs for

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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN (middle), Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(Second right),Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano(right), Project Director, 2nd Niger Bridge, Julius Berger Nigeria Limited,Engr. Friedrich Josef Wieser (2nd left) and others during the inspection of the progress of work on the 2nd Niger Bridge in Anambra and Delta States... on Friday

Imo State Governor-Elect, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha (middle); and others, at a Town Hall meeting with the Imo Community in Frankfurt, Germany... at the weekend

L-R: Special Adviser to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Mrs. Adejoke Adefulure; The Diocesan Bishop of Lagos Dioceses of Anglican Church, Nigeria, The Rt. Rev’d Dr. Humphrey Olumakaiye and wife of the Lagos State Governor-elect, Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-olu during first section service of 34th Synod of the Diocese centenary synod in Lagos... at the weekend.

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Boko Haram attacks military base in Borno Andrew Orolua, Abuja

Suspected members of the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, on Sunday, invaded a military base located at the outskirts of Magumeri, headquarters of Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State, resulting in the death of five soldiers and an unconfirmed number of Boko Haram fighters.

Fleeing residents of Magumeri community who escaped into the bush during the ensuing gun fight have already started returning back to their homes as the security situation normalises.

Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State which is located 35 kilometers north of Maiduguri, the state capital, has witnessed several attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in the recent past.

Confirming the attack on the military base, the army confirmed on Sunday that troops of Sector 3 ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ deployed at forward operation base Magumeri, Borno State had a fierce encounter with Boko Haram terrorists on May 3.

According to the army, during the encounter, five soldiers were killed while several Boko Haram terrorists were eliminated.

A statement issued and signed by Col. Ezindu Idima, spokesman for Sector 3, said the criminals came in numbers to infiltrate Magumeri Village in order to loot food items and other valuables.

“The indefatigable troops effectively thwarted the terrorists’ plan through superior fire power. During the encounter, the gallant troops exterminated scores of the insurgents and many escaped with gunshot wounds.

“A pursuit and clearance operation has been sustained to deal with the remaining fleeing criminals. Recall that the Multi -National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) launched ‘Operation Yancin Tafki’ in February this year.

“The operation has denied the terrorists freedom of action and access to foodstuffs and other logistics which forced them to resort to looting vulnerable communities and villages for food stuffs and other necessities. However, during the encounter the terrorists suffered heavy losses/ casualty.

“Unfortunately, five soldiers paid the supreme price. Troops have continued to intensify vigilance and high level of alertness to deny the bandits freedom of action.

“The Commander Sector 3 ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’, Maj. Gen. Olufemi Akinjobi, has on behalf of the chief of army

Buratai staff commended the troops for their gallantry, resilience and patriotism.

“He charged them to maintain the momentum and the successes achieved so far to ensure the final defeat of the terrorists.

Meanwhile, residents who witnessed the attack on the community, narrated

that the Boko Haram terrorists stormed the town in a large convoy of trucks and motor-cycles shouting, slogans like “Allahu Akbar” meaning, “God is Great” and moving round the town scaring residents who fled into bushes for safety.

A staff of Magumeri Local Government Area, who preferred

Buhari returns from 10-day visit to UK Urges Muslims to build friendship with fellow citizens

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja, after a 10-day private visit to the United Kingdom.

The President’s plane landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at exactly 6:24pm on Sunday.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, observed that “some reckless online media, irresponsible political opposition, and other bilious groups and individuals, had gone on overdrive since the President left the country on April 25, insinuating that he was going for hospitalisation, and would not return after 10 days as stated.

“In their vain imaginations, they even stated that fictive doctors have advised President Buhari to stay

longer for more intensive care. Now that the President has returned, can these apostles of evil imaginings swallow their words?

“Can they retract their tendentious stories as well as press statements, and apologise to millions of Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora that they have fed with hogwash?

“Few days after the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, we daresay that this valuable freedom does not tantamount to liberty to mislead and hoodwink the populace through concocted and jejune publications.”

The Presidential spokesman said that the Buhari administration would always respect and uphold press freedom, but the onus lies on those prone to passing off fiction as facts, to remember that freedom demands concomitant responsibility.

He added that those who further share and disseminate falsehood

were also encouraged to embrace responsible conduct.

Meanwhile, President Buhari has sent greetings to Nigerians in general and Muslims in particular as they commence the month-long Ramadhan fast.

In a message on Sunday night following the news of the sighting of the lunar month of Ramadhan, he called for the continued peace, progress and prosperity of the country.

The President noted that Islam is a religion of peace that upholds the values of tolerance and mutual coexistence without a place for hatred and violence.

He urged Muslims to use the fasting period to build a relationship of friendship and harmony with fellow citizens of other faiths.

President Buhari prayed to Allah for the continued peace, progress, and the wellbeing of the country.

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Ramadan: Saraki, Dogara urge Muslims to pray for peace, security, prosperity

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, have called on Muslims to pray for a positive turnaround in the fortunes of Nigeria, as they join their counterparts across the world to observe this year’s Ramadan fasting.

Saraki, in a goodwill message, to mark the beginning of the holy month, signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, noted that since fasting symbolises internal cleansing and spiritual renewal, the country can benefit tremendously from the prayers of the faithful during the period.

He said: “It is my prayer that Allah accepts the earnest prayers and sacrifices of the Muslim Ummah during this Holy Month. May we emerge better, both at

the individual and national levels, after this spiritual exercise.

“Let’s us seek an end to recurring killings, kidnapping and all forms of insecurity in our country. As community leaders and members of the Islamic faith, we have a responsibility to work for peace in our communities in particular, and the country in general.

“We cannot afford to gloss over the present level of insecurity and harsh economic realities in our country.

Therefore, let us pray earnestly for Allah’s intervention in the socioeconomic life of our people,” he stated.

Saraki also called on all leaders both at the national and state levels to put in place policies and programmes that would directly benefit the people and gainfully engage the nation’s growing youth population.

He added that the high youth population in the country is a blessing as the young people can hasten the development process if positively engaged but that the advantage can also become a time bomb if they are not well managed and deployed for good causes.

In his message, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, enjoined Muslims to use the Ramadan period to pray fervently against the current spate of killings, kidnappings and armed banditry in parts of the country.

Speaker Dogara also appealed to the well- to-do in the society to show compassion and extend hands of support to the less privileged ones in the spirit of the season especially thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country.

He described Ramadan as a period of devotion, obedience and spiritual rebirth and urged the faithful to commit themselves to prayers for peace, security and stability of Nigeria.

“As Ramadan begins, I want to felicitate with our Muslim brethren for witnessing yet another season of spiritual significance. I want to enjoin you to use the holy month to reflect and re-dedicate yourselves to prayers for our dear nation against the current spate of killings, kidnappings, banditry and other security challenges, especially in the northern part of the country.

“I also call on our religious leaders not to relent in their prayers and preaching for unity, tolerance and peaceful co-existence in order to build a nation that we will all be proud of,” he stated.

anonymity, but accompanied officials of the council that visited the town to assess the damage done to the base and the community with a view to assisting victims, said that “we are aware of the attack.

“We were told since Friday evening when they entered Magumeri, but we couldn’t come over immediately, due to the security situation till this morning (Sunday) when we are able to reach Magumeri Town and went round the town assessing the situation.

“We found out that no structure was affected neither was anybody killed or wounded as suspected during the invasion by the Boko haram insurgents.

But, a lot of damage has been done to the military base and property in the base.

“The military officials refused and denied us access to visit the base to assess the extent of destruction at the formation which is located along the Magumeri-Gubio Road,” the source stated.

He, however, said that normalcy has returned to the town and that both the military, police, civil defence and the civilian joint taskforce have since returned back to their respective bases.

However, in a related development, the army on Sunday in Abuja, through its acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa, in a statement titled: “Enforcement of ban on the use of motorcycles in ex-Harbin Kunama area of responsibility,” said in furtherance of its efforts at curtailing the murderous activities of armed bandits and kidnappers in the Northern states, the Nigerian Army under its exercise ‘Harbin Kunama 111’ has banned the use of motorcycles in seven states of the North because the perpetrators of these criminal acts make use of motorcycles.

It said that “the Nigerian Army (NA) over time has observed the use of motorcycles by armed bandits, kidnappers, criminal elements and their collaborators as enablers to perpetrate their heinous crimes especially in the states within the north west geopolitical zone of the country.

“This informed the decision and directive to ban the use of motorcycles within the hinterland particularly around the Forests where the armed bandits, criminals and kidnappers hibernate and all around where troops are conducting operations alongside other security agencies.

“While this may cause some inconveniences to some law abiding citizens in the area, the need to use all means possible to stop the dastardly activities of these bandits across the North West part of Nigeria needs no emphasis.

“The general public, particularly in the North West and some parts of North Central in Nigeria where exercise ‘Harbin Kunama’ is ongoing are enjoined to bear with the Nigerian Army (NA) as concerted efforts are being made to combat the insecurity menace ongoing within the area.

“In this wise, it is hereby reiterated that the use of motorcycles remain banned within the forest areas in Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kebbi and Niger states.”

It warned that anyone caught using motorcycles within the named areas will be taken for an armed bandit, criminal and kidnapper with dire consequences.

“The respective state governments are enjoined to please disseminate the ban on the use of motorcycles in the named areas and enforce the ban in conjunction with the security agencies,” Col. Sagir added.

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Ganduje hails NGE on transparent election, Short News charges media on national security LG chairman’s wife empowers 100 Our correspondent Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has described the re-election of the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Telegraph Newspapers, Funke Egbemode as President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), saying it is a return for stout leadership and dogged commitment to journalism excellence in Nigeria.

A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba, said the governor also hails the emergence of Malam Umar Sa’idu Tudun Wada, Managing Director, Kano state Radio Corporation as deputy president of the NGE. He said Egbemode’s reelection was borne out of her remarkable and worthy contributions to best journalism practice in the country, particularly during her first tenure in office.

“I am thrilled by her

uncommon commitment to the advancement of journalism and adherence to the ethics of the profession.

Your re-election must certainly be hinged on your leadership qualities and successes you have recorded as a purebred professional,” the statement adds.

The governor expressed the sanguinity that her leadership for another two years would further elevate journalism to an enviable standard and boost the image of the guild.

Ganduje also described the emergence of Malam Umar Sa’idu Tudun Wada, an ace broadcaster as vice president of the guild as clear testimony to his astute leadership traits and prudent knowledge in the management of affairs of people and equally, congratulates Ibrahim Garba, Kano bureau chief of ThisDay Newspaper as chairman of the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Kano

state.

While applauding members of the guild for organizing a rancour-free election and charging other professional bodies and associations to take a cue from the seamless transition by the NGE, the governor reminded the media of its crucial role in promoting peace, particularly, “at this time when the nation is passing through a challenging period of threat to security of life and property.”

He challenged the guild to work assiduously in making sure that the media collaborate and co-operate with the government in building and sustaining the nation’s democracy as well as upholding the principle of fair hearing, engage in investigative and in-depth reportage of events, and ensure an egalitarian society where all shades of interests and opinions are given opportunities to air their views.

Insecurity: PDP charges security agencies to track APC ‘mercenaries’ Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the army and other security agencies to track down the political mercenaries and thugs smuggled into the country by the All Progressives Congress (APC) if the government is desirous of winning the insecurity war ravaging the nation.

The PDP also urged security agencies to compel the APC to immediately disclose the identity and whereabouts of the mercenaries and their traffickers to enable the security agencies to urgently flush them out and shield the nation, and its democracy from further security threats.

The party alleged that the ruling party with the imported thugs unleashed violence on the nation to facilitate its rigging of the 2019 general elections.

In a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP recalled that it had raised the alarm when the APC, seeing that it cannot win in a free, fair and credible elections, compromised Nigeria’s territorial borders by bringing in political mercenaries from other countries to participate in its campaign rallies, as well as assist it in perpetuating violence.

“Nigerians can also recall how APC agents’ unbridled violence on voters in Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Kogi, Taraba, Adamawa and other states of the federation to muscle votes for its candidates, particularly in the presidential election and how the APC leadership stood in staunch defence

of the compromising of our territorial borders as well as the violence that characterized the elections.

“This was in addition, to apprehensions of possible plots by the APC to use the thugs to cause confusion and derail our democratic process should they fail to rig the elections.

“It is instructive to note that the APC has not been able to state the whereabouts of these thugs after the elections, a development that has raised fears that they had filtered deeper into our national territory and population, given the escalation of banditry and associated acts of violence in many states, including Zamfara, Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Kaduna, Katsina among others since after the elections,” the statement said.

The PDP restated its demand for an investigation into the alleged link between the APC and the ugly security situation in the nation.

Ologbondiyan said that “this is particularly, as the APC is now overweighed by public disapproval and opprobrium for rigging the elections and being faced with huge legitimacy challenges ahead, can resort to all manner of shenanigans just to divert public attention from its odious status.

“The PDP as a law-abiding party, committed to the unity, stability and sovereignty of our nation, as well as the deepening of our democratic process stands with Nigerians in their refusal to be distracted by the APC in the determination to get justice for our nation at the tribunals.”

women with N1m in A’Ibom Isaac Job, Uyo

No fewer than 100 women from across the 14 wards in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state at the weekend received N1 million empowerment loan from the wife of the chairman, Mrs. ImaAbasi Ekanem Brown to support women in the area in their various businesses.

Addressing the beneficiaries under the aegis of Mboho Uforo Iban Mkpat Enin, Mrs. Brown described the group as a strategic platform to empower women in the area, declaring that “when a woman is entrusted with money for investment, such money would go a long way to benefit the family, relations and the entire society.”

Mrs. Brown maintained that the group remains a platform for result oriented empowerment for women in the area as all the money given to them in the past has yielded positive results.

She recalled that the empowerment scheme started in November last year with few women who collected the loan for businesses and have refunded the money to enable other women benefit from the scheme as another batch of beneficiaries would take their turn in July.

According to her, out of 420 women in the group, 100 were selected while others not captured would wait for their turn, assuring that all women in the area would benefit from the empowerment scheme.

Senior Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Micro Finance and Enterprise Development, Ime Uwah advised other council areas to emulate the empowerment model as an avenue to reach out to families, villages and the entire local government.

Uwah said Governor Emmanuel would soon fulfill one of his campaign promises to empower small businesses to touch the lives of rural dwellers as microbusinesses remain the pivot of a macro -economy.

He disclosed that the Central Bank’s micro -finance loan would be disbursed and Mkpat Enin women would be considered through their group as their integrity has been tested and since there is a template to establish credibility in their transactions.

The council Chairman, Ekanem Brown said his duty in the area was to domesticate the five-point agenda of Gov. Udom Emmanuel to touch the lives of people and encouraged the beneficiaries to use the funds judiciously.

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Nigeria and violent revolt of the Almajiri

Festus Adedayo

Even chronic pessimists know by now that Nigeria is in a state of complete war with herself. The only difference is that, unlike other wars with known and identifiable enemies, those who roll artillery tanks against the people of Nigeria are at best unidentifiable and at worst, being shawled in ethnic, religious and political shroud.

While the two and half years Biafran War, Nigeria’s most grueling example of a needless intra-national war, cost her about 100,000 military casualties overall and between 500,000 and 2 million civilians recorded to have starved to death, not minding the 700 felled by the bullets of Murtala Muhammed soldiers after the capture of Asaba on the Niger River and the thousands killed at Abagana, Arochukwu, Oguta, Umuahia, Onne, Ikot Ekpene and many more towns, the current war in the North Eastern part of Nigeria, in the last four years, barring Nigeria’s dearth of appropriate statistics, must be favourably competing with Biafra’s. Or even more.

We have lost count of innocent soldiers and hapless civilians whose blood were shed in the last 17 years since Mohammed Yusuf formed the Boko Haram insurgency in 2002, and 2009 when its bloody campaign in the hands of the blood-thirsty Abubakar Shekau began. In the interregnum, Fulani herdsmen, a notorious band of herdsmen, mainly of the Fula ethnic group, who had killed 80 people in total in 2013 and by 2014, had murdered at least 1,229 people, entered in the fray in Nigeria. The group, according to an index report, which operates between Nigeria and parts of the Central African Republic (CAR) had killed 847 people in 2015 across five states in Nigeria in unleashed attacks on private citizens, their primary and audacious contest being for the farmlands of their victims.

Possessing same widespread and deadly disposition is the banditry which first began in Zamfara State like a joke. On almost daily basis, reportage of the hundreds that were killed in this state, which first gained global

notoriety with the chopping off of the hand of a poor farmer, Jangedi, for stealing, have been on the upswing. The odious smell of carnage and banditry that emit off this state is not only eerie but fearful. It is a hotbed of killings, kidnapping and mindless banditry.

With a stupendous land mass of 38,418 square kilometers, Zamfara is the seventh largest state in Nigeria. Many of its hapless communities have no single police station and those that have are bereft of weaponry. It is porous and easy prey of Mephistopheles. Fuelled by a gold mining cabal that feeds on the contiguity of North Eastern states to Nigeria’s neighbours with which it shares affinity, the war over gold mining bears easy similitude to the wars of space and resources in other climes. Father, mother and their children are killed, beheaded and set ablaze by gunmen who wield very sophisticated weaponry, the like of which are alien to our law-enforcement agencies. Only in March this year, about 30 people were reportedly killed by armed bandits who raided Kware village in Shinkafi in motorcycles, opening fire on residents and thereafter burning their homes.

A week before then, about 60 people were said to have been killed in a multiple raid on the herding and farming communities of Zamfara and Sokoto States. The porousness of the states and their nil-policing, have escalated counter banditry and insecurity because, in the process of embarking on self-help by the communities through the recruitment of Vigilante groups, similar senseless killings occur. These vigilante groups have been fingered to have engaged in extra-judicial, summary killings of those suspected of being bandits. A case in point was the summary execution of ten suspected bandits in the palace of an emir a few weeks back.

The banditry has stampeded its hens to come home to roost. Northern elite are feeling the scotching heat. The ones living in Abuja either don’t dare to travel home or

when they do, commute by train, the huge traffic of which is said to have jerked up train fares on that route. Those who live at home, especially in states on the fringe of neighbouring countries’ borders, are said to work in the states by day and scamper to their homes in neighbouring countries by night. Those who are not rich enough to build houses in those countries rent new homes. The penal sanction from the bandits if they are fingered as audacious enough to stay home overnight is summary kidnap for huge ransom or anything of sort. Even travelling by road from the West of Nigeria to Abuja or any town in the north, which used to be enjoyable, is sauced in panoply of fear, apprehension and need for disguise as a wretched commuter. If you travel by your SUV or identified as rich, you are liable to being kidnapped and could be killed. In the last four years under the administration of Muhammadu Buhari, multiple of thousands of countrymen have been killed via banditry, herdsmen/farmers alterations and hundreds have been kidnapped.

If South Westerners thought they were immune from this raging malady, Osun State governor, Gboyega Oyetola, a few weeks ago, alerted that the bandits, said to have been smoked out of Zamfara, are already in his state. Only two days ago, the Chief of Army Staff, said they have now relocated to contiguous states in the North East. They are already thriving like ferns and moss in a plantation at the Northern part of Oyo State where they sidled in, in the guise of herders.

The veracity of Oyetola’s claim would be confirmed if you needed to travel on the stretch of land between Ilesa and Ekiti State, passing through Iwaraja or anywhere around Akure, the Ondo State capital. You were travelling to Bosnia/Herzegovina of old, Syria or any other war-torn spots if you needed to go to my village, Ilu-Abo, Eleyowo or Ogbese, all on the fringe of the state capital As I write this piece right here in my Ilu-Abo village, I

was said to have literally dared the dragon.

You needed a travel advisory to navigate anywhere in that neighbouhood. Kidnapping is as usual as a fisherman catching shrimps on the Mahin River.

Ex-President Gooluck Jonathan attempted a solution to the Almajiri menace by founding what he called the Almajiri Model Education. Flagged off in Gagi, Sokoto State in 2012 where himself, thenGovernor Aliyu Wammako, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, then Governor Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi State and others were present, the northern elite and their governments soon killed the dream. President Buhari, in his four years in power, has not been quoted as saying a single word about the infernal internal child slavery system.

The revolt of the almajiri should ordinarily be a fitting, apposite law of Karma and equitable response from these vagrant, uncared-for children to the elite of the North and their successive governments who flourished the system in almost a century.

However, the fact that the South which comparatively trains its own children, is benefitting from the borderless libidinous rascality of northern elite and their lack of foresight, makes the harvest inequitable.

Nigeria is today ungovernable and all of us are reaping from these sour fruits which Southern forefathers like the Obafemi Awolowos, Nnamdi Azikiwes warned would be the outshoot of the age-long neglect of Northern kids. In few years to come, the South will equally have a full maturation of its children too. This time, it will be in the form of out-of-school children and jobless graduates roaming the streets. When the un-catered-for children of the North jam the catered-for but jobless children of the South, the clash could be akin to what Marxian theorists call the clash of thesis and antithesis.

Perhaps the resultant synthesis is what some call a revolution, which Nigeria needs very badly.

Of Ramadan, It’s Lessons and Lexis

Abdulwarees Solanke

Marhabaan bika Yaa Ramadan, welcome oh Ramadan, Yaa ayyu aladhiina aamanu, kutiba alaykum siyaawmu ( O you who believe, we have made fasting incumbent on you).

These statements are suffusing our airwaves already even before the sighting of the moon crescent to herald the breaking of Ramadan, the ninth month of hijrah calendar during which abled bodied muslims are enjoined fast as a compulsory worship.

So, here comes the season of fasting, the glorious month of Ramadan, the month in which the gates of Jahannam, hellfire, are shut and that of Al-Jannah, paradise, are opened, the month in which the Quran, Huddan linnaas wa bayyinnah, was revealed to Mankind as a guide and the distinguisher or criterion, of right from wrong.

Muslims are therefore expected to take as much as possible of the benefits of Ramadan, a season of release of bounteous blessing, of vast rewards and sincere reconnection, of total rehabilitation and renewal, of true regeneration, of sincere repentance and return to Allah, a month of rebirth, restoration and revitalization, recharging and regaining in full measure.

It’s a month of strong resolution and revolution, a month of rededication to Allah but also of relaxation and retreat to Allah from all worldly concerns and a month of reckoning our deeds, income and expenditure so we could pay our zakat or Sadaqat in due or right measure.

In this month, Allah specifically prescribed fasting for believers so that we might learn or attain piety or righteousness.

Not only did He prescribe to believers that whoever witnesses Ramadan must fast, for the specified number of days 29 or 30 and in His rahma, he also allows exemption for some categories for unavoidable conditions that can threaten one’s life or

lead to health complications.

He also gave windows of restitution if one is unable to fast or misses some fast. He allowed that fasting is not a 24hour deal, just from Fajr, dawn to dusk, Maghrib and allows every lawful thing including mating from dusk till fajr. All these, Allah says he wants ease for us and not difficulties.

So sawmun Ramadan is never a burden but blessing whose rewards, tawaab, are immeasurable. Ramadan, the Season of bounteous rewards comes with many rites and ibaadats, devotion in nawaafil of religious obligations.

That’s when our tilawaatul quran, reading in measured and regular pace and we are afforded the grace and choice of Tafsiirul quran, the exegesis, explanation of the book of Allah on a daily basis whether in our major masjids or on air with vibrant scholars offering deep insights on various aspects of life.

With Ramadan, we take seriously to taraweeh prayers popularly called Aashamu in Southwestern Nigeria, a superogatory prayer with witr, all totalling 13 rakats. Though not obligatory but it is very meritorious a practice that Muslims must cultivate as daily tahajjud because Allah encourages rising in the night, Qiyaamu-layl to offer nawaafil, commonly called Tahajjud as the night is the time that impression is most keen, prayers easily accepted.

In Ramadan, we end each day fast with iftaar, breaking of fast at dusk with fruits water, milk and meals with family and friends. In our clime, the culture of iftaar is deeply taking roots, becoming as popular as cocktails and banquets in corporate settings on a daily basis.

In my life, I’ve also taken Iftaar in government houses, one in old Gongola State, now Adamawa and Taraba States as National Concord Correspondent and one

in Lagos house, dining with governors and senior government officials.

After Iftar with big men in high places, you’re so filled and fulfilled that you mutter, it’s good to wine and dine in class and glamour. It’s not a sin. Get good education and be diligent to merit invitation from the top.

Aah, Sahuur! Saari.

It’s always something to look forward to at childhood.

To encourage us to fast in the 70s when we were growing up, our ration and the accompanying meat or fish is like that of our parents.

We were encouraged to fast agbadaila or agbadalaasari. Agbadaila and agbadalaasari are training fasts for children till noon or afternoon...

We were in the habit of counting in numbers the fasts we made or completed.

It’s like a competition among children. The more you make till dusk, the more gifts of good and sumptuous meal you earn from mummy Nonetheless, any itikaaf should be what it is for: retreat, seclusion, concentrated ibaadat. There should be no distraction or engagement in mundane activities during the period to maximize its benefits and value.

We cannot talk about Ramadan without a mention of Jaka. What we know as Jaka in those days as been correctly refined to be Sadaqatul Fitr, it’s obligatory to be done on each member of a household. Jaka we are told ensure the completeness and acceptance of your fast.

It’s for the needy to have the joy of celebration like those of the eaves. It’s the responsibility of the breadwinner to ensure it’s done before going for Eid to have benefit and meaning.

Baami would buy gaari or agbado of enough quantity to go round his entire family. He Measures his own first, bringing his two palms to make a cup and

dipping them in baafu of gaari, cupping out four measures into another bowl, a basia or abari ojukwu.

Altogether, we were 11 that jaka will be measured for. Baami, his two wives, seven children and my niece but in our culture, there is nothing like cousin, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt. It’s Maami, Baami, Boda mi or Anti mi no matter how distant you are in the extended family circle. Any of the family members measures on behalf of those in the boarding school.

It was a tradition that baami buys two cockerels at the beginning of Ramadan and two at the end to celebrate eidel fitri.

Maami also had the habit of cooking beans to distribute to neighbours on first of shawwal, the day of eidel fitri. In our Oke Foko neighbourhood of Agbole Laatosa, down to Adesokan and Adesope compounds Maami beans is the first course on eid days.

Times have changed, nobody eats saaraa anyhow these days. God bless the souls of Baami and Maami who made Eid el fitri special for us in childhood.

I still remember Baami who shops for the eid wears of my junior brother and I at Kingsway.

Kingsway, like the Palms or Shoprite of today, was the shopping mall of class for the elites and the nouveau riche of our childhood years. In Ibadan, where I had my childhood, our Yidi was always at Ansarudeen Praying Ground opposite the iconic Liberty Stadium.

The drive from Oke Foko through Oke Ado to Liberty was always fun filled.

While going we were taught to be doing adhkar, God’s remembrance. On the return leg of our journey, with dripping ice cream, aawe tan oju ti ajosan is part of our songs of euphoria.

As we start this year’s Ramadhan in high spirit, we pray to end it in full joy O Allah. Aamin.

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Buhari: Why and how he won

Times Guest Columnist Shehu Garba

President Muhammadu Buhari, who came to office in a seismic political shift that swept out of office 16 years of continuous rule by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP recorded yet another resounding victory to win a second term in office, leading his closest rival by a record-setting four million votes.

His party, the All Progressives Congress, APC gained the highest parliamentary majority in the Fourth Republic in the Senate and the House of Representatives, giving the President an ample room to carry out reforms he wished to carry out, but was outmaneuvered and frustrated by the Eighth National Assembly.

While campaigning for the 2015 general elections, President Buhari’s All APC made promises to end Boko Haram terrorism and secure the country for it to be efficiently managed; to restructure the economy, halt its downward slide and create jobs and to fight corruption because, as the president repeatedly says, “if Nigeria doesn’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.”

His climactic victory against the then incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, his strong message on the three issues as listed above, his practical and serious approach helped to awaken a nation misled by characters who placed self above nation for sixteen years and more.

The Buhari administration has established for itself an anti-corruption reputation and has been in office nearing four years without a major scandal.

The African Union has on account of this, selected the President as the continent’s anti-corruption champion.

The Buhari administration can pat itself on the back for this achievement when it is viewed against the established culture in which corruption is the norm.

To win the war against corruption and institute transparency in the affairs of government, the Buhari administration introduced a number of fiscal reforms and plugged several leakages.

In the firm belief that the party was not mistaken about the problems facing the country, Candidate Buhari went into the February, 2019 campaign on the same issue platforms. The President and his party looked certain of victory from the sea of crowds that attended his political rallies all over the 36 states of the federation. He was the only candidate to have campaigned at least once in each state and the Federal Capital Territory.

These rallies attracted large crowds, mostly of the poor who are trusting in his impeccable qualities of honesty and integrity, and have bought into the idea that he will quickly push their country onto the top by lifting up the economy, creating jobs, securing the nation and ending the nightmarish corruption which had become the order of the day.

Some of the events were marked by incidents of road accident, podium or building collapse and stampede leading to tragic losses of life.

At many of those well-attended rallies, the venues fell short of the people gathered. Thousands of supporters outside tried to barge into the inner rings of the venues. Pleas were not heard by surging crowds which resorted sometimes to throwing chairs, sachet water and bottles into the no-man zones in front of the stage.

It was evident from the commencement of the campaign that President Buhari had a a twopronged election strategy, one to showcase the achievements of his administration in its first term and two, to cash in on his popularity with the lower rungs of the population.

The party itself doubled down on President Buhari by zeroing in on his image as a diligent, coolheaded and incorruptible leader. In that enduring appeal, the APC saw a trump card going into the election.

Nobody can question President Buhari’s achievements. They are there for all to see.

The administration has significantly curtailed corruption to the point of abolishing what is

called “grand corruption.” Given Treasury Single Account,TSA, the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information Scheme, IPPS, the Bank Verification Number, BVN number and Whistle Blower schemes, it is no longer possible for people in authority to, for instance, request the withdrawal of millions, or sometimes billions of Naira or US Dollars to be shared among party members as was the practice under the past administrations. To boot, the Buhari administration has signed onto the global Open Government Partnership, OGP. Reforms are being carried out in the justice sector with a number of domestic legislations and international agreements to facilitate the identification, tracing, freezing, recovery and forfeiture of ill-gotten assets.

The administration’s primary sectors of agriculture and solid minerals have experienced growth of 180 and 565 percentage points respectively. Nigeria has today achieved near selfsufficiency in rice production.

Government has launched a series of funding and capacity development initiatives to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The work of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), inaugurated by President Buhari in August 2016 has resulted in moving Nigeria up 24 places on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings, and earning a place on the list of 10 most improved economies. In this regard, the administration has issued a number of Executive Orders on improving efficiency in the business environment and promoting local content.

The Buhari administration has also demonstrated a single-minded commitment to upgrading and developing Nigeria’s transport, power and health infrastructure.

The military has since proclaimed victory over the Boko Haram terrorists, following the capture of their operational and spiritual headquarters, “Camp Zero” in Sambisa Forest.

So far, more than one million displaced persons have returned to their homes and communities.

About 20,000 hostages have been freed. One hundred and six (106) Chibok Girls, abducted in April 2014 and 105 Dapchi Girls abducted in February 2018 have been released and reunited with their families In the area of diplomacy and international relations, the Buhari administration has reestablished Nigeria’s position and influence in regional and global arena.

As a political leader, Muhammadu Buhari enjoys three formidable assets-- his record as a disciplined former Army General, his reputation as an honest leader who has not allowed corruption to flourish under his watch when he served as a state Military Governor, Minister of Petroleum and Military Head of State and the public perception of his record as one who stands for and by the truth, Mai Gaskiya.

The main opposition to President Buhari, the Peoples Democratic Party failed to realize how much these qualities meant to ordinary Nigerians; they did not reckon with the disillusionment of the citizens with their perceived acts of commission and omission for the 16 years they were in power.

They must by now, have realized with a with benefit of hindsight, that demonization and denigration of an individual does not bring in poll dividends. In their campaigns, they chose to demonise and denigrate Muhammadu Buhari as President. It did not pay.

Before and after this election, there is no face in the opposition who can match President Buhari’s inspiring character and personality. Many, including this reporter believe that it wasn’t the rail, road or achievements in the power sector that won this election for President Buhari. No doubt, these and many others are important. They may have added a bit here and a bit there. But what won it for him, was the focus by the voter on the single most important factor of Mai Gaskiya.

Our POSITION Containing rising deaths from sickle cell anaemia

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ickle cell disease affects an increasing number of people but is still unknown to the general public.

More than 66% of the 120 million people in the world with sickle cell disease live in Africa. In Nigeria, about 150, 000 children are said to be born yearly with the debilitating disease, heightening the need for all hands to be on deck to checkmate the disease.

The condition can cause extreme pain, life-threatening infections and other complications such as stroke or loss of vision. The disease can interfere with many aspects of the patient’s life, including education, employment and psychosocial development. Despite the disastrous consequences, they do not receive adequate attention.

In particular, the sources of funding for the fight against these diseases and the technical partners involved are insufficient.

The burden of blood-related diseases could be considerably reduced if cost-effective preventive and curative measures and interventions are implemented in a balanced and coordinated manner.

In 2008, Ministers of Health from the WHO African region adopted a regional strategy to combat sickle cell disease and in some countries where sickle cell disease is a major public health concern, control programmes do exist. However, these have neither the national coverage nor basic facilities to manage patients. Systematic screening for SCD using a simple blood test is not a common practice, and diagnosis is usually made when a severe complication occurs.

Counselling and prevention of causes and infections are simple measures not readily accessible to most patients. As a result, the majority of children with the most severe form of the disease die before the age of five, usually from an infection or severe anaemia.

We are of the opinion that there is an urgent need to tackle the disease.

We must continue to make an effort so that together with our brothers and sisters from other continents, we can win the noble fight against blood diseases in Nigeria and Africa.

Our States alone, without the precious support of partners, will not be able to cope with information, communication, education, screening, case management and also basic research in this field.

SCA is a significant and underrecognized global health problem, and with new SDG efforts focused on ending preventable deaths of newborns and children under the age of 5 it is essential to specifically include SCA in that effort. With increased availability of POC diagnostics and inexpensive and highly effective treatments, such as hydroxyurea, simple efforts can result in millions of lives saved.

Pediatricians have the unique opportunity to be leaders in improving the health of children not only in our local practices, but also across the world. Increasing the visibility and advocacy for less commonly recognised childhood health conditions, such as SCA, can lead to important changes and provides an opportunity to save millions of lives.

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Folio Communications Plc

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it’s evil dialoguing with Zamfara bandits, Short News kidnappers - HURIWA Sanusi tasks 1, 500 couples on Our Reporter A leading pro-democracy and civil rights organization, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has described as criminal and evil for the Buhari to dialogue the rampaging bandits in Zamfara state and with armed Fulani militia.

It opposed the plan by the federal government to appease the bandits and Fulani herdsmen with N100 billion of tax payer’s money under the guise of setting up cattle ranches for a totally privately owned business of herding.

Besides, the rights group also carpeted the acting Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, for gleefully announcing the ‘truce’ reached in Zamfara to chase out bandits between the federal government’s delegation made up largely of Hausa/Fulani Moslem dominated internal security team of the current administration and the Miyetti Allah cattle Owners Association which it says supports the activities of armed Fulani herdsmen.

HURIWA expressed disappointment that a supposed chief law enforcement

officer of the country can descend so low as to beg persons suspected to have being carrying out persistent armed banditry and attacks across Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger and Katsina to stop attacking Nigerians when it is the constitutional obligation of the police to enforce law and order, and bring all suspects to face the consequences of their crimes.

In a media statement issued over the weekend against the backdrop of the purported meeting between the government and the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Owners Association, the rights group said the only possible reason the current administration could enter into dialogue with armed bandits is because the offenders share the same ethno-religious affiliations with the holders of the top security portfolios in the nation.

It therefore, charged the administration to harken to public outcry and rejig the leadership of the country’s security architecture that is presently dominated by persons from a particular section of Nigeria, in clear violation of the federal character principle.

According to HURIWA, the federal government practically offered monumental

bribes to the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) by offering it N100 billion over two years to stop kidnapping in the country.

“This satanic meeting was a closed door event which lasted for over five hours as monetary negotiations according to a source dragged on until N100 billion was accepted.

“MACBAN had said it would take nothing less than N160 billion. But, briefing newsmen after the meeting the exhausted minister said the gathering is part of steps we have taken to tackle insecurity and clashes between herdsmen and farmers.

“You should not forget the fact that we have extended the meeting as a regional one when the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) hosted a conference on this.

“General Danbazau further affirmed as follows, that these issues were discussed, and part of the dialogue was to provide a national action plan on security challenges and solutions by all members of the ECOWAS and to present it to the commission for consideration. That is the main reason we have come to Kebbi state, to dialogue with leaders of herdsmen as part of the process,” HURIWA added.

obligations in Kano mass wedding

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II has presided over the solemnization of the marriage of 1, 500 couples sponsored by the Kano state government. The couples were drawn from all the 44 local government areas of the state.

The formal consummation of the marriage held at the Kano City Central Mosque on Sunday, after a thorough screening of the couples by the Kano Hisbah Board to ascertain their current health status.

Addressing the couples, Emir Sanusi said it had been a remarkable blessing for the widows and their life partners to get married at this material point in time, adding that no woman could ever earn credibility, respect and honour without being under the custody of a husband.

According to him, Islam has ordained every Muslim man to get married in as much as one is financially capable to shoulder the stipulated responsibility of providing shelter, feeding and clothing.

“Women on their part have an abiding obligation to be totally loyal and respectful to their spouses, in as much as what they have directed them to do does not contravene the injunctions of Islam.

“As you are getting married today, you are expected to be obedient to your respective husbands. Being recalcitrant would earn you the wrath of God and that doing anything to spoil this relationship would be a bad riddance. You would be making a great disservice to yourself if you take yourself back to square one and continue to live in solitary condition.

NAFDAC urges consumers in Borno to check products authenticity before purchase

The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on residents of Borno state to check and verify the authenticity of any product before purchase.

Coordinator of NAFDAC in the state, Mr. Nasiru Mato made the call during a sensitization campaign tagged: “Keeping the environment litter free’’ on Sunday in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

Mato said that the call had become imperative to prevent consumers against consumption of unwholesome foods and warned Borno residents to desist from indiscriminate waste disposal to promote healthy living and a clean environment.

“NAFDAC advises consumers of regulated products to comply with all labeling instructions to ensure good health, safety and protection of the environment. Man is indeed, his environment and his environment is man, man therefore, influences his environment due to both his action and inactions,’’ he said.

The coordinator added that safety could be best achieved through proper waste disposal, containment and storage of potentially toxic chemicals.

According to him, chemicals can pollute the air, water and soil when used or disposed, and the impact can be dangerous to human health.

Islamic College offers 48 graduands scholarship to study abroad

L-R Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Dr. Tochi Okwor, DG, NCDC; Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Chairman Senate Committee on Health, Senator Dr. Lanre A. Tejuoso; Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), represented by Dr. Nicholas Bamlong; Chairman Medical Advisory Council (CMAC), UATH; Dr. Yunusa Thairu, during the launch of the “Turn Nigeria Orange” project by the NCDC for 2019 World Hand Hygiene Day in Abuja at the weekend.

Photo: Temitope Balogun

APC stalwart begs Wike to convene summit on insecurity Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has advised the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, to urgently convene a peace, security and reconciliation summit for the overall interest and genuine peace of Rivers state and its people.

In a press statement he released on Sunday, Chief Eze said that the summit must be aimed at studying and proffering solutions to what he described as the seeming intractable security situation across the state.

Chief Eze charged the Gov. Wike-led administration in the state to “leave aside its ego and allow reason guides its decisions at this critical point by dusting the security blueprint for the state prepared by previous administrations, restart its implementation

and save everybody from the ongoing needless waste of lives and properties across the state.”

Also, he charged Gov. Wike to stop prevaricating and stay true to his desire for the restoration of peace, imploring him not to engage in victimizing and witch-hunt of political opponents.

On the need to pay an urgent attention to the security situation in the state, Eze alleged that the reports going out of Rivers state in the last few years had been most unpleasant, noting that “any lover of Rivers state must be worried by the tales of woe and the level of insecurity in the state at the moment.

“Every day, it is either a bus conveying passengers is kidnapped or people are being killed and beheaded or that foreigners and investors are rushing out of the state in droves or the state is rated as the number one state in Nigeria that harbours

the highest number of unemployed youth.”

“No doubt, our state has endured a tortuous political season, which saw political parties jostle and cajole Rivers people to make choices. Our state, which was known and respected as the treasure base of the nation, is now almost always in the news for the wrong reasons. This is not the Rivers state of our dreams.”

He therefore, advised that to achieve lasting peace in the state, the governor must as a matter of urgency convoke a peace, security and reconciliation summit, involving key Christian leaders, traditional rulers, key political leaders, youth and women leaders, security experts and elders from all over the state.

The summit he said, would be expected to point out why the state descended into its present sad situation and proffer suggestions on the ways forward to restore lasting peace in the state.

The Darul Kitab Wa Sunnah College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Ilorin, Kwara state has secured scholarships for 48 graduands of the college to further their studies at the Al-Azhar University, Cairo in Egypt.

Proprietor of the College, Dr. AbdulKadir Oba-Solagberu, made this known while speaking with newsmen during the 2019 convocation of the school on Sunday in Ilorin.

According to him, the convocation comprised 800 students for diploma programmes, senior secondary school, junior secondary school and primary school.

He stressed the need for parents and guardians to compliment the efforts of teachers by supporting their children to enable them to grow up to contribute meaningfully to development of the society.

Oba-Solagberu said that he would continue to do his best to contribute to development of the society through Arabic and Islamic education, disclosing that efforts have been intensified to ensure the completion of the ongoing Darul Kitab University, Agbeyangi-Ilorin.

Also speaking, the Khadi of the Kwara state Sharia Court of Appeal, Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen, advised government at all levels to support teachings and learning of Arabic and Islamic education.

According to him, it will go a long way in curbing the persisting insecurity and other social vices across the nation.

Oshimili South LG councilors impeach legislative leader Nosa Akenzua, Asaba The leadership of the legislative arm of Oshimili South Local Government Council in Delta state has impeached its legislative leader, Emeka Nwosa and elected Michael Obrota as the new leader.

In a communique signed by nine councilors a copy of which was made available to journalists, stated that “we the undersigned councilors representing Oshimili South Local Government Area do hereby pass vote of no confidence on the leader of the legislative arm, Peter Emeka Nwosa.

“This is sequel to his unabating acts of financial recklessness, high handedness and gross misconduct and consequently, we have removed him as the leader of the legislative House.”

But, in a swift reaction, the impeached leader, Nwosa described his impeachment as a ruse, illegal and unconstitutional, adding that he still remains the leader of the legislative arm of the council.

Speaking further, he said he had written a petition to the state House of Assembly through the public accounts committee and appealed to the state government to intervene to avoid an escalation of the leadership crisis.

However, the Council Chairman, Uche Osadebe, while confirming the impeachment of Nwosa to journalists in Asaba, distanced himself from the crisis rocking the legislative arm of the council, adding that he knows nothing about the crisis among the councilors.

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I was advised to escape before returning Short News N53m, says Delta civil servant FG commences enrolment for basic Nosa Akenzua, Asaba The Delta state Chairman, Nigerian Civil Service Union, Efeotor Benson, who returned N53 million erroneously paid into his account by the state government, on Sunday in Asaba, said he was initially advised to flee abroad by associates before he decided to return the money to the state government.

Efeotor, who spoke to journalists on why it was necessary for him to be honest, saying that his wife prevailed on him to return the huge amount even when he was advised by those close to him to do otherwise.

“Honesty pays. I believe that the N53 million was very tempting and I was advised to flee abroad with the money. I was crying very profusely when my wife advised that I should return the money and I went to the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Festus Ovie Agas and told him; he was very happy.

“If you do very well, you will get rewarded and after the report, I forwarded the money to the account number I was given and barely 24

hours later the governor called me that I will be rewarded,” he narrated.

Speaking further, Efeotor narrates that “when I got the alert of the N53 million and some fractions, I knew I was not expecting such a huge amount of money. Even when I retire I will not get such an amount of money and I called someone very close to me and he said I should flee abroad before they start looking for me.

“But instead, I called the special adviser on labour matters to the governor who asked me to see SSG and I was attended to immediately.

I want to thank Gov. Okowa and the journalists for the help they rendered; it was very tempting.”

Comrade Efeotor, it will be recalled was on May Day rewarded by the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa with a brand new car for returning the N53 million that was erroneously paid into his account by the office of the state accountant general.

Okowa had during his message to workers, commended Efeotor for his honesty and displaying the hallmark of a good Nigerian

worker and urged Nigerians in public and private sectors to emulate Efeotor as honesty pays in all spheres of life.

Meanwhile, the Obi Of Onicha Ugbo, Victor Chukwumalize 1, has appealed to the state government and security agencies to come the aid of the community following the alleged destruction of farmlands by Fulani herdsmen.

Obi Chukwumalize 1, who spoke to journalists on his 20th coronation anniversary on Sunday, said “the practice whereby cattle destroy our farmlands, including the crops is very painful and I am appealing to the state government and security agencies to come to our aid.”

While thanking the state government for recognizing Onicha Ugbo as a very peaceful community in spite of her large pupolation, Obi Chukwumalize 1 said that “I am particularly happy that the people of Onicha Ugbo are very peaceful and I will express my deepest appreciation to all those the Almighty God has been using to see that things go well in our community, but the only problem is the Fulani herdsmen destroying our farmlands.”

healthcare fund in Osun Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja

The federal government has flagged off the enrolment of clients under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Osogbo, the Osun state capital.

The epoch making event which was held at the Primary Healthcare Centre, Isale-Agbara, Osogbo, at the weekend is a key component of the National Health Act which aims at extending primary healthcare to all Nigerians by substantially increasing the level of financial resources to primary healthcare services.

This was contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Public Relations Of the Ministry of Helath, Boade Akinola.

Speaking at the launch, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said that the programme is a signature programme of the Buhari administration, stating the administration believes that the nation’s success depends on its ability to transform non - renewable natural capital into productive wealth by investing more in human capital to ensure their general wellbeing.

In view of this, Adewole stated that the federal government has resolved to tackle poverty, poor health outcomes, literacy and governance challenges that threaten national development.

He further informed that 70 per cent of total health expenditure in Nigeria was borne out of pocket. This, the minister regretted was far higher than the globally acceptable rate of 30-40 per cent and as such, a barrier to accessing healthcare.

Prof. Adewole maintained that the flag-off of the scheme is an indication that President Buhari is committed to reversing the ugly situation and promoting shared prosperity among the populace.

He also said that to ensure equity in the disbursement of funds for the programme, resources were allocated to states based on their indices of poverty and also on per capital basis.

This guaranteed that programme would help reduce inequality in the use and access to healthcare services, particularly, by the most vulnerable, adding that the programme would also be flagged off in three more states earlier announced with immediate roll out in 17 other states and the FCT.

Buhari sympathises with S’Africans over flood disaster Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN (middle), Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN(2nd right),Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano(right), Project Director, 2nd Niger Bridge, Julius Berger Nigeria Limited,Engr. Friedrich Josef Wieser (2nd left) and others during the inspection of the progress of work on the 2nd Niger Bridge in Anambra and Delta States.

Adopt Yar’Adua’s template in tackling insecurity, Atiku advises Buhari Tunde Opalana, Abuja

The Buhari administration has been advised to adopt the template and emulate the leadership qualities of late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, in solving growing insecurity challenges in various parts of the country.

Remembering the late Yar’adua who died in office on May 5, 2010, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said Nigeria needs the vision such as that of Yar’adua in this trying period when insecurity occasioned by violent killings, armed banditry, kidnapping, terrorism, cattle rustling, religious and communal strives pervade almost all geopolitical zones of the country.

Atiku called on the federal government to adopt strategies employed by late president to stem the economy wrecking unrest in the Niger Delta region, declaring that “in this period where Nigeria is facing almost unprecedented

violence and insecurity, the world will remember that it was President Yar’adua, who bequeathed peace to the Niger Delta through his futuristic and visionary amnesty and rehabilitation programme.

“That single action saw an unprecedented improvement in the performance of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry which led to record-breaking 5 per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth.

“Beyond that, Umaru Musa Yar’adua was an advocate and proponent of the rule of law and the doctrine of separation of powers. His was the only administration that did not suffer from executive-legislative tensions in this Fourth Republic.

“Nigeria lost a man of peace and a leader with a vision in the person of President Umaru Musa Yar’adua.”

Speaking about his close association with the late president in a statement he personally signed, the former Vice President said that “Yar’adua was a man I was closely connected to. First, because his late brother, the great Tafida of

Katsina, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, was my political mentor who taught both myself and Umaru, the ropes in politics.

“Obviously, with Umaru, the apple did not fall far from the tree. And secondly, because we worked very, very closely when he was the Governor of Katsina state at the time I was Vice President to our leader, President Olusegun Obasanjo.”

Atiku said he was proud of what the former president achieved and the fact that such a decent leader was produced by his political family (the Yar’adua political family and the Peoples Democratic Party).

“May the Almighty Allah continue to shine His Noor (light) on the face of our late dear President, Umaru Yar’Adua as we mark nine years of his passing and may Allah (SWT) grant him al-Jannah Firdaus.

“I also pray that God continues to bless the family he left behind. A grateful nation appreciates the labours of their beloved son almost a decade after his passing,” he stated.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of South Africa over the loss of lives resulting from torrential downpours and mudslides in parts of the country.

The president said he is profoundly touched by the unfortunate incident.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Sunday, stated that Buhari extends his deep sympathy to families affected by the natural disaster, praying that God will comfort and strengthen them in their hour of need.

“I am saddened by the loss of lives and destruction caused by the natural disaster. Such disasters destroy within hours everything the people have laboured for, forcing many to start from the scratch. This is particularly difficult for developing countries battling with poverty.

“Our prayers and sympathies are with the people of South Africa as they struggle to overcome the devastating impact of these floods,’’ the President said.

Entrepreneur advises govts on using PPP model in tackling unemployment Moses Oyediran, Enugu An entrepreneur, Mr. Chukwuma Okenwa, has tasked the federal, state and local governments on the use of Public-Private-Partnership models in creating sustainable jobs for the youth.

Okenwa, who is the chairman of CEO Media Limited, gave the advice during the 4th edition of the annual Employability and Entrepreneurship Summit (EES) held in Enugu at the weekend.

The theme of the summit this year was: ``Charged up for success: Learn, network and connect.’’

Okenwa, who is also the convener of the summit, said that the various levels of government in the nation need to partner private investors and entrepreneurs to see how to expand the job creation capacity of the economy. ``World over, leaders consult and partner with major captains of industry and entrepreneurs to create not just immediate jobs, but jobs that can be sustainable from one decade to another. ``There is a need for government to that take advantage of private captains of industry, who also have the financial resources to get involved in job creation; since the current number of unemployed youth is massive,’’ he said.

However, he lauded the federal government for encouraging new innovative business ideas from the youth, adding that the government should extend its reach beyond financial-tech and business to areas like agriculture and natural resource mining. ``Agriculture is one area that is yet to be seriously exploited for job creation in the country. We have a young population that should have the strength and knowledge, if enlightened and introduced to modern agriculture, to do great exploits and create more job spaces for others through agro-businesses,’’ he said.

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Short News Probe abuse of women arrested by The Money’ wins UN global police in Abuja, foundation charges FG ‘Follow mobiliser award Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Rule of Law Development Foundation (ROLDF) has called on the federal government to investigate the alleged abuse of over 100 women arrested in night clubs in Abuja by the police.

Condemning the attack in a statement by its Program and Legal Officer, Augusta Yaakugh, the foundation called on the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Minister of Police Affairs and Minister of Internal Affairs, Abdulrahman Dambazau to submit a joint memorandum on the arrest and alleged abuse of the women by the police to the next federal executive council meeting.

This according to ROLDF is to enable President Muhammadu Buhari set up a commission of inquiry into the incident with a view to identifying the culprits as well as bringing them to justice.

Recall that some police officers and officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had on April 17 raided a popular night club in Abuja, Caramelo and arrested over 30 women alleged to be sex workers.

A repeat of the raid was carried out on Sunday where another 70 women were apprehended. The women were taken to Utako Police Station in Abuja where they were detained.

Some of the arrested women were reportedly released after they were profiled, while others were charged for engaging in prostitution.

However, a few others were allegedly sexually assaulted by police officers.

“The violence inflicted on these women was vicious and targeted. They suffered this treatment because they were women and these officers were confident that they could get away with it. The action of the officers and men of police is unacceptable and connotes deliberate targeting of women within the Abuja environs.

“It has been persistently reiterated that it is important to create sensitization and awareness programmes that will encourage women to report cases of abuse to authorities and that police officers should receive civic education and training on issues of violence and its effects on victims as this will prepare them to handle such cases better.

“Where then do we turn to when these acts against women are allegedly being perpetrated by officers of the Nigeria Police Force who are

constitutionally mandated to protect and serve.

“The foundation will not hesitate to bring a class action proceeding in court in order to enforce the rights of hapless Nigerians that are daily subjected to police excesses, high handedness and abuse,” it stated.

The group urged the federal authorities to investigate all the allegations of abuse, illtreatment and violence, including rape and other forms of sexual assaults against these women and the immediate prosecution of agents found culpable.

Our correspondent reports that although, prostitution is illegal in the FCT, law enforcement officials have used it as an excuse to assault and harass innocent women who go out at night in the city.

When such raids on night clubs are carried out, the taskforce team have been repeatedly accused of molesting women they believe are ‘scantily dressed’ accusing them of been prostitutes.

Describing the development as barbaric, foundation expressed disgust that the FCTA joint task team had unilaterally and without respect for the rule of law, chosen to contain any environmental nuisance the night club allegedly was causing.

Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja Connected Development’s home grown initiative, Follow The Money, has emerged winner of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDCs) mobilizer award.

This announcement was made at the SDG Global Festival of Action currently holding in Bonn, Germany. The SDG Action Awards Global Project Leader, Laura Hildebrandt, said that the award showcased some of the greatest innovators, mobilizers, connectors, storytellers, communicators, visualizers and includers from across the globe.

Receiving the award, Follow The Money Founder and Chief Activist, Hamzat Lawal, dedicated the award to all rural grassroots communities across Africa and to the CODE team for their resilience in promoting the ‘Follow The Money’ mission even in the face of insurmountable pressure.

“This recognition shows that our little efforts to promote social accountability and advocate for better service delivery in marginalized communities are not in vain.

“We are so honoured by the show of love and we thank everyone for their immeasurable support. This win is for Nigeria. We are honoured that our work and impact stood out from among thousands of brilliant applications from all over the world,” Said Lawal According to the Global Director of the UN SDG Action Campaign, Mitchell Toomey, “our winners dared to believe and act for change.

They are perfect examples of the wonderful humanitarian work that is happening around the world led by thousands, if not millions, of people.”

Follow The Money which started in Nigeria over seven years ago, has currently established chapters in Kenya, Gambia, Cameroon and Liberia and as the largest social mobilization and accountability movement in Africa, it has advocated, visualized and tracked $10 million meant for social development across African grassroots communities, directly impacting over 2 million rural lives.

NUJ Delta condemns harassment of journalists Nosa Akenzua, Asaba The Delta state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the harassment of journalists in order to intimidate them and deny them the freedom to hold government accountable as enshrined in the constitution.

Speaking during the celebration of the World Press Freedom Day at the NUJ Press Centre in Asaba, the state NUJ Chairman, Comrade Michael Ikeogwu said that the freedom of the press encompasses all forms of independence on the part of media practitioners to do their jobs.

He recalled the recent assault of a journalist in Sapele by security operatives in an attempt to stop the journalist from doing his job during a protest.

Ikeogwu called on the government and its officials, including security agents to stop infringing on the rights of journalists who daily risk their lives to uncover ills that daily bedevil the society.

The union leader equally admonished employers to desist from the habit of not paying journalists as and when due, insisting that such an attitude is capable of jeopardizing the integrity of the journalists when they are offered any sort of inducement.

He further challenged politicians to stop the act of impunity where they chase journalists with thugs for reporting their negative sides, positing that henceforth, such impunities would be vehemently resisted.

The NUJ chairman however, berated erring members who are unrepentant in breaking the ethics of journalism and urged journalists in the state to fashion out ways of carrying out their duties objectively without jeopardizing their safety.

“The NUJ at the national level should work with the National Assembly to enact laws that will make it impossible for traditional media practitioners to suffer undue intimidation, while also penalizing those who indulge in unprofessional conducts, especially via the social media,” he added.

(5th r) Follow The Money Founder and Chief Activist, Hamzat Lawal, in a group photograph with other winners at the SDG Global Festival of Action in Bonn, Germany.

Civil servants body demand reconstitution of SEC board Urges FG to release panel report on Gwarzo

Joseph Inokotong, Abuja President Mohammadu Buhari has been urged to reconstitute the board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) so as to allow the commission run its affairs in line with global best practices.

Also, the president has been urged to direct that the report of the panel of inquiry set up by former minister of finance to probe allegations against the former SEC Director General, Munir Gwarzo be released for necessary action.

These demands were contained in a statement signed by the Secretary General of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), Mr. Alade Bashir Lawal and made available in Abuja on Sunday.

According to the ASCSN, the SEC has been operating without a board since 2015 and this has created very serious credibility gaps and impacted negatively on the image and performance profile of the organization.

“Players in the capital market both within and outside the shores of the country believe that with a board in place, the SEC will positively run off on the growth and development of that critical sector of the nation’s economy,” the association stated.

According to ASCSN, it was the absence of a board at the SEC to oversee the management of the commission on a regular basis that has led to the series of infractions witnessed during the tenure of the suspended Gwarzo.

“It is necessary to state that all those infractions would not have arisen if a board

had been in place to supervise the operations of the commission and also, act as a check to the activities of the suspended director-general.

“As it were, frantic efforts are now being made to sweep under the carpet the case established against Gwarzo which is currently lying before the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC),” it said.

The group added that the appeal for intervention in the matter has become very necessary and extremely urgent given reports that subterranean moves are being made to throw spanners in the works as regards the case against the suspended Gwarzo which they said would negatively affect the image of the present administration as intolerant to corruption.

Red Cross tasks Bauchi on flood control, cholera outbreak Samuel Luka, Bauchi The Bauchi state government have been called upon to put measures on ground in order to control any impending flood and cholera outbreak before the commencement of rainy season this year.

Training Officer of the Nigeria Red Cross Society in Bauchi state, Malam Auwal Bashar made the call yesterday at a rally organized to celebrate the 2019 World Red Cross day in Bauchi.

Malam Bashar said the state government should in earnest put precautionary measures in motion so as to help mitigate flood disaster and cholera outbreak before the commencement of the rains.

“Government should put in place the construction of culverts, dams, reservoirs and channels diverting flood water, called floodways to raise the banks of the possible flood prone rivers,” he advised.

According to Bashar, the flood mitigation should also involve the management and control of flood water movement, such as redirecting flood run-off through the use of flood walls and flood gates, rather than trying to prevent flooding altogether.

He pointed out that with the commencement of early rains there is need for cholera control and awareness campaign before any possible outbreak.

“The campaign should be based on the drinking and use of safe water, intermittent washing of hands with soap, use of latrines or burying of human waste and controlling open defecation near any body of water and keeping food covered,” he added.

Bashar also charged communities living close to flood prone areas to make provision for gully water and clearing of drainages for safety.

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Obiano presents certificates of recognition to 2 monarchs Stories by John Ndu, Awka Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has presented Certificates of Recognition to the traditional rulers of Nimo and Awkuzu communities.

The traditional rulers are Igwe Charles Anikwenze of Awkuzu and Igwe Maxi Oliobi of Nimo.

Presenting the certificates at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, Governor

Obiano said it was to empower the royal fathers to work towards promoting peace in their various communities.

Governor Obiano reminded them of the need to pay attention to the issue of youths’ involvement in crime in their localities.

He, however, said that his administration would continue to strengthen the traditional institutions as they remain a vital element in rural development in Anambra State.

On his part, the Commissioner for

Local Government, Town Union and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Greg Obi, said the present administration had predicated its success on strategic collaboration with the traditional rulers who were closer to the people, calling on the monarchs to operate open system of administration.

In his remarks, the member representing Njikoka Constituency Two in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Pete Ibida and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Town Union and Chieftancy Matters, Barrister Vera-Queen Okonkwo,

said the thoroughness in the process of selecting traditional rulers had guaranteed peace in communities of the state.

While advising the new Igwes, the traditional rulers of Nteje and Abagana, Igwe Roland Odegbo and Igwe Mbamalu Okeke respectively, thanked the Governor of Anambra State for his kindness in commitment to resolving the traditional rulership across communities.

They admonished them to always toe the path of peace in their various communities.

Anambra FA Cup: F. C Ifeanyi Uba weeps as new Aspire FC defeats them

Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano (centre) with delegation from China led by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Zou Pingjian at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia recently.

Over 20,000 traders benefit from Trader Moni in Anambra - Osinbajo ..... Pledges FG’s commitment to completing 2nd Niger Bridge

The Federal Government has announced that over 20,000 traders have benefitted from its Trader Moni Initiative in Anambra State.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this while monitoring the disbursement of the Trader Moni and Market Moni Initiatives at Eke Awka and Ochanja Onitsha markets.

Those who accompanied the Vice President on the visit include the Senator representing Anambra South, Senator Andy Uba, National Auditor of APC, Chief George Moghalu, and State Chairman of APC, Chief Basil Ejidike among others.

The Vice President also Inspected the level of work on the 2nd Niger Bridge.

The Trader Moni is a Federal Government’s Micro Credit Scheme being administered through the Bank of Industry (BOI).

Speaking at the Palace of the Obi of Onitsha after monitoring the process,

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the programme was tailored towards empowering small business men and women to gain easy access to loans.

He described the facility as beneficial to the traders, noting that they were expected to repay it in six months to benefit from increased funds up to N100,000.00.

The Vice President also visited the home of Mrs. Esther Chika, the cook attached to Community Primary School Amawbia who was awarded the best cook in the Federal Government’s Homegrown School Feeding Programme.

Professor Osinbajo noted that Anambra State Government was the first to accept and implement the school feeding project successfully.

The Vice President also inspected the construction work on the Asaba end of the second Niger Bridge and pledged the commitment of the Federal Government to completing the job due to its importance to the nation.

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who took the Vice President round the project site, assured that the job would be ready by 2022.

Governor Willie Obiano, who received the Vice President on arrival, lauded the Trader and Market Moni programmes which he noted would bring about prosperity to the people.

Gov. Obiano also praised the zeal of the Federal Government in completing the Zik Mausoleum and pursuing work on the 2nd Niger Bridge to completion.

The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, urged the Federal Government to make efforts to take the micro loan scheme to traders in small markets in the area.

Two of the beneficiaries, Mr. Ikeze Ezegbo and Mrs. Blessing Ugbo said they were happy over the initiative which would add value to their business and living conditions.

It was a joyous celebration last Sunday as Aspire FC AdaziAni defeated FC Ifeanyi Uba in the just concluded Anambra FA Cup tournament.

The tournament which took place recently at Neros Stadium Nanka, saw the youngest Club in Anambra State beat FC Ifeanyi Uba in a penalty shootout with four goals, after playing one goal draw in Ninety minutes.

It was gathered that FC Ifeanyi Uba was the defending team that had recorded Four-time Champions in the tournament, defeating every team, but met its Waterloo at the last tournament.

It was observed that Aspire FC Adazi-Ani which was registered in December 2018, made its first appearance in the last tournament displayed tremendous tactical skills and physical fitness throughout the tournament.

The players’ performance was unprecedented as they never lost to any of their opponents.

In his reaction shortly after their victory, the Founder and President, Aspire FC, Dr. Emeka Okeke, expressed gratitude to Ndi Anambra for the opportunity given to the club that had enabled them showcase their talents.

Dr. Okeke, who is also the CEO, Rise Clinic, Adazi-Ani, stated categorically that under his watch, Aspire FC would re-write the history of football in Nigeria.

The Rise Clinic boss promised to work closely with Anambra State FA and other football lovers in the state to promote excellence, reposition football in Anambra and ensure players’ welfare.

He thanked the Chairman, Neros Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Poly Emenike and the sponsor of Anambra State FA Cup, for his contribution towards football in the state.

Furthermore, he called on Ndi Anambra to be on the lookout and support the team with necessary backings, expressing joy over the remarkable performance of his players.

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Obiano pledges more road infrastructure before tenure ends Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, says his administration will provide more road infrastructure to enhance human and vehicular movement across the state before the end of his tenure in 2021.

Obiano said this when he paid an inspection visit to the ongoing construction on the EnugwuUkwu link road in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra.

The governor said that the government would complete all road projects already started in the state before the rains.

He also said that it would also embark on massive road maintenance interventions on potholes and failed portions of some roads in the state before rainy season to ensure its accessibility.

Obiano, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Nkem Okeke, observed that part of the about six kilometer links road in EnugwuUkwu would connect with the road leading to Enugu-Onitsha express way when completed.

The governor said that the link road would also provide access to other nearby communities which had already been asphalted.

He added that some parts of the road that were still at stone-based level would be attended to soonest.

The governor, who described road infrastructure as key to development, reiterated his administration’s commitment to construct more roads across the state within its remaining years of governance.

The governor expressed happiness on the pace of work on the project and promised the people of Enugwu-Ukwu community that the link road would be completed within three weeks.

He said that the state government would continue to financially support the contractor handling the project to ensure its delivery on schedule.

Mr. Emmanuel Okolo, the contractor handling the project said that the state government’s cooperation on the project was encouraging and commendable.

Okolo promised to complete and deliver the project on schedule as long as the state government continued to provide the necessary support.

He said that the swampy topography of the area was a major challenge facing the company and assured that with the financial backup of the state government, they would surmount the challenge.

Mr. Christian Beluchukwu, an indigene of Enugwu-Ukwu community, expressed happiness over the construction of the link road.

Beluchukwu said that the road project, when completed, would boost business between the community and its neighboring towns.

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Seplat to deliver 300m standard cubic feet of gas per day Temitope Adebayo Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc said it is set to deliver 300 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to the nation’s market, even as its interim management statement and consolidated interim financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The leading Nigerian indigenous oil and gas company listed on both the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE), announced the inauguration of the reconstituted Board of Directors of ANOH Gas Processing Company Limited (AGPC).

The inauguration took place at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Abuja on Thursday as the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, inaugurated the reconstituted AGPC Board.

The reconstituted Board reflects 50 per cent: 50 per cent shareholding of the Nigerian Gas Company Limited (NGC), which is a subsidiary of the NNPC, and Seplat.

The company in a statement explained that “Following the Partners’ completion of their first equity funding, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) applications were filed and approved for the change of Shareholders and Directors of AGPC in order to reflect the equal shareholding of NGC and SEPLAT.” The members of the reconstituted Board of Directors are Engr. Saidu A. Mohammed (NNPC Chief Operation Officer, Gas & Power); Austin Avuru (SEPLAT’s Chief Executive Officer); Babatunde Bakare (NGC’s Managing Director); Stuart Connal (Managing Director, AGPC; Bala M. Wunti (NNPC Group General Managing, Corporate Planning & Strategy); and Gert-Jan Smulders (Seplat’s Technical Director).

Following the inaugural ceremony, the new Board of Directors will proceed to hold its first meeting to consider and approve a critical project activities.

In his address at the inauguration, the Chief Executive Office, Seplat, Mr Austin Avuru, appreciated the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and the NNPC for the support they have given to the SEPLAT brand over the years as well as the AGPC. According to him, “I need to register our deep sense of gratitude for the nine years we have been in partnership with the NPDC. In the last three year under the current leadership of the NNPC, we have had a relationship that is non-acrimonious. For the first time, we are doing what people will probably be doing in the future.”

Presidents of Rwanda, Senegal to join over 5,000 TEF entrepreneurs in Nigeria Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Two African leaders would join over 5,000 entrepreneurs at the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s foremost champion of entrepreneurship, as it hosts its 5th Annual Forum.

The event, which has been recognised as the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs, comes up July 2019.

According to TEF on Sunday, the two-day event will take place at the iconic Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

The Forum is the culmination of the annual Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme, which this year mentored, trained and seeded over 3,000 young Africans, selected from over (216,000) applicants.

The event provides a unique opportunity for young women and men, from all 54 African countries, to meet, learn and network with the broader African and global entrepreneurship ecosystem.

It is also a critical opportunity for political leaders and policymakers to meet, face to face, a new generation of African business leaders, who are transforming Africa’s economic trajectory.

L-R: Dr. Omolara Akanji, Non-Executive Director; Mr. Abubakar Suleiman, Chief Executive Officer; Mr. Asue Ighodalo, Chairman and Ms. Justina Lewa, Company Secretary, all of Sterling Bank Plc at the 57th Annual General Meeting of the Bank in Lagos... on Thursday.

T-bills, Forex, other turnovers hit N63.24trn in 3 months Motolani Oseni Not less than a whopping N63.24trillion total transaction turnovers were recorded on the FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, through Treasury bills (T-bills) sale, Foreign Exchange (Forex) market transactions and Bonds, among many other trading activities between January and March 2019.

For instance, FMDQ in its monthly report noted that trading activities in Treasury bills contributed the largest to overall turnover, accounting for 39.19per cent of the market or N24.79 trillion.

The report disclosed that Foreign Exchange market transactions (Spot FX and FX Derivatives) accounted for 37.89 per cent or N15.99 trillion whilst Repurchase Agreements (Repos)/Buy-

Backs product categories (Repos/Buybacks) accounted for 17.26 per cent or N10.9 trillion.

The FMDQ, also, noted that Bonds, Unsecured Placements & Takings and Money Market Derivatives representing 5.18 per cent, 0.46per cent and 0.01per cent respectively, of overall market turnover in three months.

The report noted that 10 Banks accounted for 76.66 per cent or N48.48 trillion of the overall turnover in the market, with the top three accounting for 55.26 per cent or N26.79 trillion of this subsection of the market.

“Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa Plc and Access Bank Plc remained leaders in the value traded for the overall over-the-counter (OTC) market, ranking 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively,” the report stated.

Among the top five include Standard

chartered bank Nigeria limited and Ecobank Nigeria Limited.

According to the report, “A review of market participation for bond listings revealed that of the 29 FMDQ RMLs, only two were sponsors to bonds listed on the Exchange in the period. Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited came 1st while FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited came 2nd in this category, with Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited sponsoring the N30billion Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC Bond and FBNQuest Merchant Bank\ Limited sponsoring the N2.96 billion Tranche A & N2.32 billion Tranche B Series 2 Mixta Real Estate Plc Bonds.

“For the period under review, the CP market saw the participation of three RMQs out of 34 FMDQ RMQs. The top three positions were occupied

by FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited, Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited and

Coronation Merchant Bank Limited with market participation of 39.70 per cent, 24.35per cent and 13.58per cent respectively, of the total value of the CPs quoted.

“Overall, Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited was the most active sponsor, contributing N54.35 billion to the fixed income primary markets, having facilitated the admission of N30billion in bonds and N24.35 billion worth of CPs to the FMDQ platform.

FBNQuest Merchant Bank Limited was next with circa N45.00 billion in securities admissions (N5.28 billion worth of bonds and N39.71 billion worth of CPs), whilst Coronation Merchant Bank Limited, in 3rd place sponsored the quotation of N13.58 billion worth of CPs.” “Banwo & Ighodalo, Udo Udoma & Belo Osagie and G. Elias & Co. actively participated as solicitors in the debt markets for the period”, The report added.

Multiple taxation, others bane of ground handling business in Nigeria Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Managing Director of Skyway Aviation Handling PLC, Mr Basil Agboarumi says multiple taxations, poor airport facilities and other challenges are the bane of ground handling business in Nigeria Agboarumi, who spoke at Aviation Business Summit Expo 2019, in Lagos over the weekend disclosed that aviation Ground Handling Business in the country was not as rosy as some people may think as the operating environment was not enabling and encouraging.

The two Ground Handling Companies are the Skyway Aviation Handling Company, SAHCO, and the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company, NAHCO, with headquarters housed in Lagos.

With the opportunity provided by the just concluded Airport Business Summit and Expo Africa, ABSE 2019 for stakeholders in the industries having direct and indirect dealings with the airport to rob minds on constraints militating against their businesses, Agboarumi used the forum to highlight some of the challenges they grapple with on a daily basis in the industry in a paper titled: “The Challenges of Providing Handling Services in a Developing Air Transport Market.”

He said that as a developing country, the challenges were more regional and local than global, adding that, there were challenges that were peculiar to Nigeria as a developing country while the same cannot be said of a developed country with a well-structured system.

He listed these challenges in a developing air transport market like Nigeria to include, high cost of equipment, high cost of training, multiple taxations

and Inadequate Airport Facilities.

Others are: delayed payment by clients, multiple Audits, flight Cancellations and underpayment for services.

The SAHCO boss said while the infrastructure was inadequate to cater to their desired needs and not commensurate to what they pay, the authority kept collecting revenue for services not rendered satisfactorily.

“We have to pay through our noses most of the time, we pay a lot to be in business, everybody is collecting, collecting. I don’t want to go into controversy but it become so bad that before you can even sneeze around the airport, you must pay, everybody is squeezing, squeezing, that’s is a problem, that’s is a challenge.”

On the matter of audit and training of its personnel, he frowns at the rigours of multiple audits by the International Air Transport Association, which he said was putting a strain on their finances because of the audits were not cheap and free as it

used to be.

Agboarumi urged the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to take a cursory look at this area and assist them to talk to IATA whom he said had become a monopoly.

“IATA Today is a monopoly, you either do it their own or you don’t do it. In those days, I know they have various rates for developed and developing, on training that needs to be looked into and I think that the NCAA might need to take up this, we need the same kind of training to give best services. There was once a time when you need to do ISAGO, ISAGO was like free but today, you have to pay for it, you pay for everything and part of what they come to check has to do with training and so we must training and if you don’t train, you are not in business, and you cannot say because you are a Nigerian the company that you can just go and get training that is not certified by this same IATA.”

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LCCI kicks against Customs deployment of strike force at Lagos ports Joy Obakeye

L-R: The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, MNDA, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, NDDC Acting Executive Director Finance and Administration, Mr. Chris Amadi, the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa and Permanent Secretary, MNDA, Alhaji Aminu Aliyu-Bisalla, during the Minister’s working visit to the NDDC headquarters in Port-Harcourt.

Nigeria, other sub-Saharan African countries raise over $17bn from bonds - World Bank Motolani Oseni The World Bank has said Nigeria, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire and other subSaharan African countries have raised over $17 billion from bond issuances in 2018.

In a report, titled ‘Africa’s Pulse,’ produced by the Office of the Chief Economist for the African Region at the World Bank and released during a recent joint Spring Meetings with the International Monetary Fund in the US, the bank revealed that over $17billion had been raised from bonds by sub-Saharan African countries while warning of increasing debt

vulnerabilities.

The World Bank said, “In subSaharan Africa, 2018 marked a record year for international bond issuances.

Between 2013 and 2017, countries in the region (excluding upper-middleincome countries) issued, on average, a total of $4.5billion per year, with an average issuance size of $1billion. In 2018, bond issuances totalled more than $17billion, with the average issuance rising to nearly $3billion.

“In addition to the increase in issuance volumes, several countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Nigeria) was able to extend maturities to 30 years.”

While mentioning Bloomberg’s emerging-market local-currency

government bonds index, which covered major emerging markets such as Nigeria, South Africa and Argentina, he stated that Nigeria’s bond continued to top the chart due to the stability of the Investors’ & Exporters’ FX Window rate and the yields being high by emerging-market standards.

In spite of this development, the World Bank had warned sub-Saharan African countries of increasing debt levels and its attendant vulnerabilities.

“As of end-2018, nearly half of the countries in sub-Saharan African covered under the LowIncome Country Debt Sustainability Framework were at high risk of debt distress or in debt distress, more

than double the number in 2013.

In addition, safety margins have decreased in several countries rated as at moderate risk of debt distress,” it stated in Africa’s Pulse report.

This was re-echoed by the Financial Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF, Tobias Adrian, while presenting the Global Financial Stability Report at the spring meetings.

“Nigeria has been borrowing in international markets but we worry.

So, on the one hand, that is very good because it allows Nigeria to invest more; but on the other hand, we do worry about rollover risks going forward”, he said.

Aviation unions call for review of new NCAA organogram Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Aviation unions, comprising National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) have called for a review of the recently approved Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) organogram.

According to the four unions, they have rejected the newly approved organogram for the NCAA because the newly approved organogram is completely at variance with the product of the consultation that held with the Ministerial Team that came to Lagos to discuss the expanded organogram submitted by the NCAA for approval sometime in 2018.

While pointing out that the current NCAA organogram has been in existence since the year 2000 without any review, the unions noted that NCAA has grown significantly in staff strength and size of operation over the years, such that outside the operational headquarters in Lagos, it operates four regional offices in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Port Harcourt.

In an official letter addressed to the

Honourable Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika dated 29th April 2019 and jointly signed by Secretary General, NUATE, Comrade Ocheme Aba; Deputy General Secretary, ATSSSAN, Comrade Frances Akinjole; Secretary General, ANAP, Comrade Abdul Rasaq Saidu and Deputy General Secretary, NAAPE, Comrade Umoh Ofonime, the unions stated that NCAA’s expanded operations with attendant staff expansion created a situation during the promotion exercise of 2017 whereby eligible staff who sat for and passed the examinations could not be obliged due to the absence of vacancies.

Noting that NCAA has a presence in all the active domestic airports in Nigeria with a compliment of over 1, 200 workforces, the unions emphasised that, it is very necessary to review the organogram to take into account the expanded size of the organization, both in terms of operations and staff strength.

Making demands from the Minister, the unions urged the federal government to suspend the implementation of the organogram until all issues raised are resolved.

The aviation unions also demanded that the Minister considers another committee to immediately review the recently approved NCAA organogram as the document certainly does not represent the outcome

of the consultation and agreement reached between the Ministerial Committee and all stakeholders in the meeting that held last year in NCAA boardroom in Lagos.

The unions further stated that all offices of General Manager, Deputy General Managers and Assistant General Managers currently existing and manned in NCAA must be recognised in the reviewed organogram.

Advising that the Cabin Safety and Ground Operations Inspectors be allowed to rise within the system to GL16 as agreed during a previous meeting, the unions also urged the Honourable Minister to immediately constitute the Governing Board for the NCAA and do away with this kind of meddlesomeness on the part of the Ministry, particularly in view of the serious infractions committed against Sections 5 and 6, 7 (a) and 28 (1)-(3) of the Civil Aviation Act. The unions, however, informed that they have met with the DG of NCAA, Capt.

Usman Muhtar and have communicated their strong and unreserved objection to the implementation of the new organogram based on the reasons they have highlighted.

According to the union, “we cannot but refer to a very interesting and disturbing case of Cabin Crew and Ground Operations Inspectors whose case moved the Ministerial Team into questioning the reason why they could not rise to GGL 17 since most of them are graduates. On

this case, the consensus was that they are allowed to enjoy promotion up to GL 16 from their current bar at GL 14”.

“Again, the issue of the ability of the NCAA to fund the expanded organogram was also discussed extensively and the Authority made a presentation on how it planned to fund the implementation from its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) upon approval” “Hon Minister, we must state that the approved organogram is in clear violation of Section 30 (7) (a) of the Civil Aviation Act 2006 which clearly lists the structure of the NCAA for purposes of administration and performance of its functions. We are convinced that the National Assembly intended it to be so when they listed the directorates under the referenced section of the Act”.

“The second issue with the approved document has to do with its deviation from the core reason for which the exercise was conducted. Rather, than address the grievances and the vacancy issues that arose from the 20017 promotion exercise, the approved organogram further compounded the situation by constricting and eliminating already existing and manned positions across the various directorates in NCAA. We are at a loss how anyone would contemplate such anomaly”, the unions’ letter read.

Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has kicked against the deployment by Customs Service a strike force with the power to intercept and effect seizure of cargo.

In a statement signed by the Director General of the Chamber Mr Muda Yusuf the Chamber said “The attention of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has been drawn to the circular issued by the Customs Headquarters, deploying the ‘Strike Force’ to all ports with the powers to intercept and effect seizures of cargo.

This move by the Nigeria Customs Service will be detrimental to investment, it will further complicate the already difficult cargo clearing process, it would undermine the Ease of Doing Business Policy of the Buhari administration and a negation of the Presidential Executive order on the streamlining of ports processes.

“Some of the implications and consequences are as follows: The directive confers vast discretionary powers on the Strike Force which makes the cargo clearing process vulnerable to arbitrariness and coercion which could undermine the integrity and credibility of the process. The deployment of the strike force to the ports suggests a distrust and lack of confidence in the resident customs officers who were deployed to the various commands by the CG in the first place.

The appropriate thing to do in the circumstance is for the CG to replace these officers with trusted ones rather superimpose another set of customs operatives on the system. This new deployment would make the entire process chaotic, cumbersome, costly and inefficient.

“The Lagos Ports are the largest ports in the country handling over 1.5 million twenty-foot containers equivalent (TEUs) annually.

This underscores the enormity of the consequences of physical examination of containers for the efficacy of cargo clearing.

It is incredibly detrimental to the cargo release process and the economy. It is imperative for the Federal government to expedite actions on the procurement of scanners for the ports in order to put an end to the physical examination of cargo and make the system technology driven.

The LCCI submits that the deployment of the Strike Force to the ports should be reversed forthwith.

Where the Comptroller-General does not trust the resident officers, they should be replaced with trusted ones rather than creating overlapping responsibilities and authorities which would further muddle an already arduous cargo clearing process.

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PDP undecided on NASS leadership tussle - Spokesman Tunde Opalana, Abuja

As the race for who emerges as presiding offices of both chambers of the National Assembly intensifies, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said its leadership and elected federal legislators have not taken any official position on who to lend their support.

The party’s position is predicated on reports in a section of the media suggesting that its members-elect in the House of Representatives have settled for a particular aspirant as the new House speaker.

According to its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP is still consulting with its members-elect and no official position has been taken on the issue, particularly, “as the

positions of presiding officers are not the exclusive preserve of the ruling party or any other party for that matter, but a constitutional right of every elected lawmaker in their respective chambers.”

He said the party has an array of elected lawmakers, in both chambers, who are eminently qualified and equally popular among their colleagues across the political divide, to hold office as presiding officers of both chambers of the National Assembly, in line with Section 50 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

“What is important to Nigerians is the emergence of a purposeful leadership that will ensure accountability and good governance in the polity.

“The PDP as a party

Ologbondiyan

committed to the wellbeing of our nation, will remain focused in our determination to rescue our nation from incompetent system and therefore, urges Nigerians

to discountenance such reports suggesting that our lawmakers have settled for a particular aspirant for any presiding office in the National Assembly,” he said.

63 years after, trade by barter market still effective in C’River

The Esuk Mba community market in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River is still practising trade by barter as a means of exchange for food items since it was established in 1956, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The market, which is located in a remote village in Esuk Mba in Akpabuyo, is a weekly market that starts from 7a.m in the morning and ends at noon every Saturday.

Villagers usually move their consumable items to the market in exchange for the ones they are in need of.

This practice, NAN learnt had been in peaceful existence among members of the community on every market day since 1956.

The Community’s Youth Leader, Mr. Asuquo Effiong, who conducted NAN Correspondent round the market, said the market which serves as a tourists site for most visitors, was in dire need of a facelift.

He told NAN that the practice was still in existence because the market was handed over to them by their forefathers.

According to him, the market is also significant because it was also a point of activities during the period of the slave trade in Nigeria.

“We grew up to meet this market. We hold it so much in high esteem and we want to sustain it. We use it to remember our forefathers and to sustain our culture.

“As you can see, they are varieties of food items in this section for exchange.

In this market, you can bring your palm oil and exchange it for garri, yam, fish or plantain as the case may be.

“The market is close to the river side and our people here are predominantly fishermen.

The community is not comfortable with the size of this market; there have been no expansion of the market since inception.

“In addition, we don’t have any good school here, no portable drinking

water and health post.

We need government intervention in this community,’’ he said.

A market woman, Mrs. Eno Etim, who brought in yams for exchange for palm oil, told NAN that the tradition had been with them for ages.

According to Etim, she had no palm oil in her house, hence she brought four tubers of yam to exchange for four litres of palm oil.

Also, Mrs. Grace Okon, told NAN that she brought in periwinkle, popularly called `mfi’ in Calabar language for exchange for garri, adding that it had helped them over the years to save cost in view of the scarce financial resources.

NAN observed that most of the roofs in the thatched houses inside the market had already fallen off, while the wood, which usually gives the houses a standing position were lying on the ground.

A youth in the village, Mr. Cyril Asuquo, who conducted NAN

Correspondent through the slave trade route behind the market, up to the creeks where the slaves were transported through the sea to other countries, said the route was called a `Point of no Return’.

He explained to NAN that the bank of the creeks was called a `Point of no Return’ because any slave, who got to that point never came back to the family.

“This route is the Point of no Return as we heard from our fore-fathers; it used to be a slavery ground. When they take you to this point as a slave, it means no mercy, no return.

“We lost our fathers, mothers and relatives that were taken through this point. But in all, we thank God that the practice of slavery has been abolished,’’ he said.

Asuquo, who also showed NAN the thatched house that used to serve as a resting point for the slaves after a long distance trek, urged the state government to make the spot a tourist site.

UN General Assembly President visits Nigeria to strengthen bilateral relations Ms María Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly will arrive Nigeria today on the invitation of the Nigerian Government to strengthen bilateral relations between Nigeria and the United Nations.

Mr. Oluseyi Soremekun, the spokesperson, United Nations Information Centre, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos.

Soremekun said that during her mission, she will discuss the priorities of the UN General Assembly as related to women and youth empowerment, raise awareness and encourage understanding of the importance of multilateralism and the UN. He said that other issues to be discussed includes; raising further international awareness on the Lake Chad Basin and efforts of Nigeria to promote sustainable development, peace and security in the region among others.

“While in Nigeria, the President of the UN General Assembly will have bilateral meetings with President Muhammadu Buhari, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.

“She will also engage with students and youths on the theme: Responding to Global Challenges in a fastChanging World: The Case for

Strengthening Multilateralism”.

“Espinosa will also discuss with a women audience on the theme: `The Role of Women in the Promotion of Multilateralism”.

“She is scheduled to also meet with the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar,’’ Soremekun said.

Soremekun said that Espinosa will be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, by a representative of the Nigerian Government and Mr Edward Kallon, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria.

According to him, this was the second official visit of Espinosa, President of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly to the African region since taking over the presidency.

He said that on June 5, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly elected Espinosa who was then Ecuadorean Foreign Minister as President, the fourth woman to hold that position and the first since 2006.

Somerekun disclosed that she has more than 20 years of multilateral experience in international negotiations, peace, security, defence, disarmament, human rights, indigenous peoples, gender equality, sustainable development environment, biodiversity, climate change and multilateral cooperation.

...N169.7bn for construction, rehabilitation of 10 roads Continued from page 3 Nigerians and 10 per cent for expatriates.

According to him, while the rehabilitation of the approximately 60 Km CalabarOban-Ekang Road (Section 1) in Cross River State, will generate between 400 and 500 jobs with 40 per cent of the jobs for Senior Nigerians and 100 per cent for intermediate workers, the construction of Yola-FuroreGurin Road in Adamawa State, will generate no less than 300 jobs with 90 per cent reserved for Nigerians and 10 per cent for expatriates.

Also while 200-250 workers will be employed in the rehabilitation of Ado-Ekiti – Igede-Aramoko-Itawure Road in Ekiti State with 90 per cent of the jobs to be handled by Nigerians and 10 per cent by expatriates, the rehabilitation of Funtua-Dandume-Kaduna State Border Road in Katsina State will generate 200 jobs with 80 per cent for Nigerians and 20 per cent for expatriates.

In the rehabilitation of Makurdi-Gboko-KatsinaAla Road (Yandev-KatsinaAla Section) in Benue State, according to the Minister, 100 workers will be employed with 90 per cent of them Nigerians and 10 per cent expatriates while 400-500 workers will be employed in the rehabilitation of

Old Enugu-Onitsha Road (Opi Junction-Ukehe-Okpatu-Aboh Udi-Oji to Anambra Border) with Nigerians constituting 90 per cent while expatriates will make up the remaining 10 per cent of the work force.

The rehabilitation and Dualisation of Aba-Ikot Ekpene Road in Abia/Akwa Ibom states will, according to the Minister, generate 200 jobs with Nigerians taking 80 per cent of the jobs and expatriates take 10 per cent. And also while 200 workers will be employed in the construction of the 4 kilometre Township Road in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State with 10 per cent of the jobs to be done by expatriates and 90 per cent by Nigerians, the rehabilitation of BilliriFiliya-Taraba State Border Road in Gombe State will generate 300 jobs with 90 per cent for Nigerians and expatriates making up the remaining 10 per cent of the workforce.

While itemising the Scope of Works to be covered in each of the Projects, the Minister also gave extensive details of the procurement processes which began under the 2018 Appropriation with newspaper advertisements in July 2018 and culminated in the certification and issuance of a Due Process Certificate of “No Objection” for each of the 10 Projects by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).

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Money politics negatively affecting Nigeria’s political development - Yusuff Hon. Adebisi Yusuff is the lawmaker representing Alimosho Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly. In an interview with some journalists in his office, Yusuff spoke on the importance of money politics and its attendant effect on the nation. He also spoke on other sundry issues, and called for a deliberate action to reduce money politics in Nigeria. PATRICK OKOHUE captured the moment and report.

What lessons would you say Nigerians have learnt from the last general elections?

The last election was a tedious project, in fact I am afraid for Nigeria the way we are going. A time will come in this country that if we are not careful, we won’t find intelligent people with integrity or people that know what to do and when to do it venturing into politics, if they don’t have money. I must confess to you, people do not even know what you have contributed towards the development of a system, it is what they can get from you, forgetting that it is what you put down in sustaining the system that matters than what you get from the system.

Sustaining the system is most paramount now in Nigeria, if the current trend continues, I am afraid even I pity the propagators of “not too young to run” because no matter how brilliant you may be if you don’t have the means or money you cannot go far. We thank God in that Lagos State we have got a very focused leader in person of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

For me, I will continue to be blunt and speak my mind because that would be my legacy that other people would meet.

Those who had been there long time ago, we are reading their piece, witty contributions, seminars and all that. It is what they have the courage of speaking about that inspires the young ones to become something, but if you are afraid that you are going to offend somebody and you refuse to utter it you are dead, because the moment you die with it you are dead completely and that is why I feel that we should do something about money politics.

Does the high level of poverty in the country have anything to do with this?

It is true to a certain extent that it is a result of poverty, but even you that you are doing everything possible to make the system work; when the time comes they forget about what you have done in the past. They forget what you have done so soon, in essence I am advocating the retraining and rebuilding of our mindset to ensure that what is obtainable today is redefined so as to justify our continued existence and integrity.

several additional degrees within this period if I had enrolled to a school eight years ago and you can’t buy experience with money.

In essence I feel I need to thank my constituents for the confidence in me despite the character assassination and the deliberate heating up of the polity.

The people stood and they helped me. I scored the highest vote, over 45,000 and again “Mr. Honourable” contested against me with all the degrees and intimidating resume. The people now call him “Honourable 2004” because he scored 2004 votes, you can see the wide margin in the difference.

Bisi Yusuf However, how would poverty not come, when the electorate would demand the little money I supposed to invest in projects? The system won’t thrive without money, but we thank God for everything. But were it to be based on performance some people are in this country and with what they have done so far, the electorates ought not to ask them for anything, when it is time for elections.

In the United States of America, such a person may continue to be there for years. I just returned from Chicago in the United States of America, the Speaker of the House of Assembly there has been in office for fifty years as Speaker, not as an ordinary member, whereas people are talking about the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa who is just going for the fifth term and second time as Speaker. But when you look at the way Obasa is handling issues in the House today you will know that we need somebody like him that is full of experience and that can stabilise the House, who knows what to do and

when to do it. That is just it; we should be building institutions not individuals.

You recently brandished your CV to prove a point on social media. What role do you feel adequate sensitisation can play in toning down money politics?

There is one particular candidate from a different political party. He committed what a journalist or social scientist would call ‘class suicide’ by derailing from the ruling party and decamping to another party to contest with me. He was saying that ‘imagine Bisi Yusuff who cannot even express himself in English Language.’ I regard them as novices, he can be said to be suffering from political schizophrenia.

They are living in illusion and more like in a mirage due to their vested interest, which is conflicting with their sense of reasoning, which informed what they are saying. I graduated from the university before many of them were born.

Moreover, I have spent eight years as a lawmaker. I would have gotten

I am afraid for Nigeria the way we are going. A time will come in this country that if we are not careful, we won’t find intelligent people with integrity or people that know what to do and when to do it venturing into politics, if they don’t have money. I must confess to you, people do not even know what you have contributed towards the development of a system, it is what they can get from you

It also shows that aside the money some people still remembered your efforts...

Clearly without that there is no way I would have emerged victorious.

Especially, if you look at my health program alone, you will see that we are interested in the welfare of the people. When I now came out with my compendium, people were asking if I was going for governorship election and I said no, because it is only governor that can dabble into such a thing and this is just because I am not sleeping.

I am not a docile lawmaker and I do not run away from them. I have a functional constituency office running from time to time even when I am not around. I have a team of media people who are on ground, they are putting heads together, doing researches and some other things because you can’t afford not to be informed so that you are not deformed. They say a reader is a leader.

What advice to you have for members of the National Assembly over the leadership tussle for the 9th Assembly so that we don’t have a repeat of what transpired in 2015?

There is nowhere in the world that you would do anything outside the party as a politician. So the party hierarchy should know who is going for what, that is what stabilises the polity of a country.

We all know how Senator Bukola Saraki became the Senate President by fraud and we saw the consequence of that.

So why should we go through that trend again, we should not, because experience will guide us. If you obtain your certificate by fraud definitely you would secure a fraudulent job and the end of it is shameless exit from the system like the defeat of Bukola Saraki in Kwara State. That is where we saw a Senate President losing his polling booth and when he want to go out of his domain people shouted him down.

So, I will advise the members of the National Assembly that whatever they want to do, we have a national leader and other high ranking leaders of the party.

They should discuss with the leaders of the party and constitute very formidable team that would have

the interest of the nation at heart not individual ambitions.

What should the Lagos State Governor-Elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu look out for in crossing the dots in his executive cabinet selection?

Sanwoolu should not do it alone, he should consult with leaders widely, that is my own candid opinion and I would not shy away from saying that.

He should not arrogate the selective power to himself alone. It is when you do that, that people view it as a team work and they would have confidence in you. Gone are those days, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not even do that to anybody, if you know him like I do, the Jagaban of Borgu would never select alone, he would ensure that he consults with every leader in each local government before concluding or coming up with the list and the era of saying somebody is imported from somewhere has gone. I trust him, he has trained thousands of his foot soldiers today in Lagos, in other parts of Nigeria and even outside the shores of Nigeria. He is being reckoned with across Africa as a leader that has a political family, sometimes even across all the party lines. There are politicians in other parties who align with his political ideologies, his aspirations and all that. So this is the kind of man that we need.

That will you be doing differently this third term?

I will build on what I have done and I would continue in a different manner and with more vigor. I would not sleep on the floor of the house and I would be as articulate as ever. I will marshal the points as it should be in the interest of my constituents and Nigeria as a whole. My constituents should be rest assured that they have a ranking member of the House as their representative. Aside legislative business, my constituents are now more confident in me being a third timer. They follow me as a role model; I now have the Prince of Hope School of Thought, where I lecture young people to know what to do. I will never abandon my healthcare program. I am even sure it would outlive me. Then I will focus on education, being a vehicle for development, when you build the mind of the people you have built the schools, roads, several social amenities and infrastructure yet to be seen.

I will continue to fund their academic progression, distributing JAMB forms, organise skill acquisition programme like ICT training and more. As a former council chairman and a ranking legislator, I will bring my wealth of experience to bear and lobby the executive to curry more favour in my constituency. Our Speaker have chatted a course for us today to forge ahead. This 9th Assembly will be a different one due to the fact that so many experienced lawmakers are returning, so expect a robust legislative session.

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TRUSTEES 1. ANTHONY OSAHAENYE ANONYAI-CHAIRMAN 2. JOHN UGOCHUKWU ANONYAI-SECRETARY 3. EMEKA AUGUSTINE ANONYAI 4. MARIA-GORETTI OVWIGHO OBJECTIVES A. TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION AND LEARNING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ANONYAI FAMILY AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER AND DEEM DESERVING. B. TO PROPAGATE THE CATHOLIC FAITH AND INVOLVE IN ANY WORK OR PROJECT THAT WILL PROMOTE AND PROPAGATE THE CATHOLIC FAITH C. TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SUPPORT TOWARDS THE WELLNESS OF MEMBERS OF THE ANONYAI FAMILY AS THE NEED ARISES. D. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MEMBERS OF THE ANONYAI FAMILY E. TO CONTRIBUTE TO CHARITY IN WAYS AND MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES AND THE ANONYAI FAMILY MAY DETERMINE F. TO SUPPORT ANY OTHER CAUSE BENEFICIAL TO HUMANITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, TO ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION.

NAME OF THE TRUSTEES..

1..AFENKHENA AUSTIN MAJEKODUNMI.. CHAIRMAN...

2. AFENKHENA ESTHER IDOWU...

3. AFENKHENA EMMANUEL OLUWAGBEMIGA...

4...EBEK ASUQUO BEN...

5. AKPAN UDEME SUNDAY ..SECRETARY....

6..INYANGUKO GODWIN MONDAY. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1.TO BRING TOGETHER ALL PERSONS, PARA--CHURCHES, ORGANIZATION & INSTITUTION INVOLVES IN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING.. 2..TO CREATE A STANDARDIZE & FORMALIZE AN ACCEPTABLE CORE VALUE AS IT RELATES TO THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, TO ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION

MUSTARD SEED CHILDREN AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

NAME OF TRUSTEES. 1. OJO TOLULOPE OLUFEMI (PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN) 2. OJO ABIMBOLA OLAYEMISI (SECRETARY) 3. ABIONA INIOLUWA ONAOPEMIPO 4. ADEFISAYO TAJUDEEN ROPO. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TEACH CHILDREN TO BE GODLY BY INSTILLING IN THEM THE FEAR OF GOD. 2. TO DEVELOP READING CULTURE/HABITS IN CHILDREN. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, TO ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED SECRETARY

WAIGBO COMMUNITY ELDERS FORUM THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED 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.) ALHAJI SANNI ALABI YEKINI - CHAIRMAN (2.)HON. BAMIGBOYE DANSULAIMAN ADEKUNLE – SECRETARY (3.) HON. BAKARE BOLA 4 MRS. OJO ABIOLA SHADE 5 HON. GIWA ADEKUNLE ABDULLAHI 6 MR. SHOWEMIMO ADETOLA 7 HON OYEDOKUN ALAMU ADESHINA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE THE UNITY OF OUR PEOPLE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR- GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED HON. BAMIGBOYE DANSULAIMAN ADEKUNLE SECRETARY

GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL ENUGU-UKWU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

SALVATION EMPIRE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL. THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) DIVINE C. DIVINE, (2) EZE GIFT NGOZI, (3) DR. OTUKPA JOSEPH OKPA, (4) IYOHA BOSE JANET

TRUSTEES ARE 1,OYINBO JOHN OISEMUJAIMEN-PRESIDENT 2,OYINBO FAITH OISEMUJAIMEN. UKWUBUIWE HENRY ILOBA-SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1, TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THE PUBLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION,PLOT 420,TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

PINKMIND INITIATIVES.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, TO ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, TO ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED SECRETARY

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AUCTION SALES! AUCTION SALES!!

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT THE DIVISIONAL POLICE HEADQUATER CHIOBA, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE AFTER 21 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. 1. ONE SCRAP RED V/W GOLF REG NO 616A 2. ONE SCRAP RED MAZDA REG NO AG444DEG. 3. ONE SCRAP URVAN HIACE BUS REG NO AQ 377PHC. 4. ONE SCRAP CHAROLET BUS REG NO BEN 687AA. 5.ONE SCRAP MAZDA 323 REG NO DP 301JJ. 6. ONE SCRAP RED NISSAN SUNNY REG NO AG 777 SAG. 7. ONE SCRAP BLUE PEUGEOT 206 REG NO EDO BEN 243 EW. 8. ONE SCRAP GREEN OPEL CAR REG NO USL 702MJ .

9. ONE SCRAP RED MITSUBUSHI REG NO NIL. 10. ONE SCRAP RED TOYOTA CARINA REG NO BER 687AA SIGNED BY POLICE AUCTIONEER IFY FLOXY EZE ENTERPRISE. 08037937535.

FOUNDATION OF UNITED INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

TRUSTEES 1. CHIMA SAMUEL NWANEGBO (NIGERIA) - (CHAIRMAN) 2. OKORO ANTHONY N (NIGERIA) - (TREASURER) 3. OKEREKE-MENE EMMANUEL C (SECRETARY)

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

SIGNED SECRETARY

AIMS & OBJECTIVE. (TO CREATE AWARENESS & PREVENTION OF DRUGS ABUSE IN YOUTHS, YOUNG ADULTS & SINGLE PARENTS).

THE TRUSTEES 1. REGINAIYKE UWANUAKWA -PRESIDENT 2. NKEM NWOYE 3. UJU OGBUEFI (NEE OKAFOR) 4. NGOZI DIKE 5. IFEOMA OKEKEARU SECRETARY 6. EUCHARIA OKOYE 7. FELICIA AGUBATA 8. NGOZI ONYEODIRIMMA 9. UJU OBIEFUNA 10. IFEOMA COFIE (NEE OKOYE)

GOD’S LOVE AT WORK MINISTRY

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, TO ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION

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

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

ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. UJU OGBUEFI (LEGAL ADVISER)

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.TO RENDER HELP TO MANKIND ON THE GROUND OF HUMANITARIAN SERVICE, REACHING OUT TO THE DESTITUTE AND THE LESS PRIVILEGE PERSONS IN SOCIETY BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. 2.TO PROVIDE COUNSELING, EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SELF- SUPPORTING IN VARIOUS TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS. AND TO MAINTAIN HUMAN DIGNITY DURING AND IN THE AFTERMATH OF NATURAL DISASTER. 3.TO PROVIDE FOOD, WATER AND SANITATION, SHELTER, HEALTH SERVICES AND OTHER RELIEF MATERIALS UNDERTAKEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF AFFECTED PEOPLE AND TO FACILITATE THE RETURN TO NORMAL LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS IN A SITUATION OF EITHER NATURAL OR MAN-MADE DISASTER. 4.TO COLLABORATE WITH CONCERNED CITIZENS, PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OF THE SAME OBJECTIVE IN PROTECTING THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS FROM ABUSE AND OPPRESSION AND ENSURE THE ENFORCEMENT OF CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PERSONS’ LEGAL RIGHTS.

THE TRUSTEES ARE (1) ALABI MORENIKEJI BUKOLA (2) OWOLOLA ENIOLA ELIZABETH

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO OFFER THE BEST GRADUATING STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS INTO COURSES OF THEIR CHOICE INTHE UNIVERSITIES. 2. TO CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF OUR ALMAMATER BY RAISING ITS STANDARD OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING. 3. TO DELIVER THE MOST INNOVATIVE BUILDING STRUCTURES IN THE ENUGWU-UKWU GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL.

NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1.IGBINEWEKA ADESUWA RICH-FAITH -CHAIRMAN 2.ONYENKACHI PAUL OHENAKA -SECRETARY 3.PATRICIA UKEJE CHINEYE 4 EZE SUNDAY 5.ADAKOLE MATHEW 6.FRANCA EDIKE.

SIGNED SECRETARY

SIGNED SECRETARY

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

RICHIE FAITH FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED “ASSOCIATION “ HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. AS STUDENTS OUR AIM IS TO FIGHT CONFLICTS AND HELP MAINTAIN PEACE AND STABILITY ERADICATE POVERTY, WARS, ETC. BY BUILDING LONG LASTING RELATIONSHIPS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR DIVERSITIES .

2. WE AIM TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND CREATE A MORE PEACEFUL, BETTER AND STABLE WORLD. 3. WE AIM TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND TRAVEL 4. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE FUTURE LEADERS WHO WILL WORK TOGETHER IN UNDERSTANDING AND MUTUAL RESPECT. 5. FUTURE LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND PEACE AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES 6. STRONG AND EFFECTIVE LEADERS IN THEIR VARIOUS WORKS OF LIFE 7. HELP INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN INTEGRATION ETC. 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.

PRODIGIOUS WOMEN EMPOWERMENT SOCIETY. THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED “ASSOCIATION “ HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE: 1.ORJI CHIOMA GRACE. 2.ORJI NWAMAKA ROSELINE. 3.ODUNZE AMARACHI EMELDA. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE 1. ESSENTIALLY TO PROMOTE WOMEN AND MEMBERS IN OUR SOCIETY VIA VARIOUS EMPOWERMENT PLATFORMS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MAITAMA, TO ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY; TRUSTEES.

THREE STEP FORWARD EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE 1,ASABOR WILSON OGIE 2, ASABOR JOSEPHINE EREOMOH AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1, TO EMPOWER THE LESS PRIVILEGE AND HELP IN BUILDING BETTER SOCIETY. 2,ECONOMICS EMPOWERMENT OF THE ACTIVE POOR WOMAN IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE PUBLICATION 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: CHIMA SAMUEL NWANEGBO - (CHAIRMAN)

SIGNED SECRETARY

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AFRICA GRASSROOTS CYCLING DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT LAGOS STATE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY NO.100/100/2001L DATED 20/09/2001 AND DEED OF ASSIGNMENT WITH GOVERNOR’S CONSENT THEREON NO.50/50/2194 DATED 15/02/2007 IN RESPECT OF A PLOT OF LAND AT ADEYEMI ODUKOMAYA STREET, SHANGISHA, KOSOFE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAGOS STATE BELONGING TO DILAY NIGERIA LIMITED ARE MISSING. IF FOUND, PLEASE CONTACT: DILAY NIGERIA LIMITED, 40, YISA JINADU STREET, AJANGBADI, LAGOS STATE. TEL: 08023041073.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE REGISTRATION OF AFRICA GRASSROOTS CYCLING DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION UNDER PARTC OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT CAP C20 LFN 2004: NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1. CLETUS MOMEH. 2. FRANK M. EKE .

3. TOCHUKWU N. MADUEKE .

4. OTUENEH OTUNTE JOHN. 5. BABATUNDE KOMOLAFE. AIMS & OBJECTIVES; 1.TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP, AND STIMULATE THE INTEREST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN,CYCLING AS A SPORTING ENDEAVOR. 2. TO ESTABLISH, ORGANIZE AND SPONSOR CYCLING COMPETITIONS/EVENTS. 3. TO PARTNER WITH CYCLING FEDERATION(S), CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONS ANDPHILANTHROPIC BODIES FOR THE SPONSORSHIP OF CYCLISTS TO CYCLINGCOMPETITIONS/EVENTS AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF CYCLING COMPETITIONS/ EVENTSAT LOCAL, NATIONAL, REGIONAL, CONTINENTAL AND GLOBAL LEVELS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL,CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION; SIGNED: TOCHUKWU N. MADUEKE

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IWOLAND CARPENTERS’ ASSOCIATION

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 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES1. ALHAJI AKANI TIJANI : PRESIDENT/ CHAIRMAN 2. ADEOSUN JACOB BAMIGBOYE: VICE CHAIRMAN 3. OYEBISI MUSILIMU AJAO 4. AREMU MOSES ISHOLA- SECRETARY 5. RAUFU MUFUTAU ALANI- FIN. SECRETARY 6. BILAWU TAOFIQ OLAWALE 7. WAKILI AKANBI 8. FATAI OWOKONIRAN AKIBU. AIMS & OBJECTIVES 1. TO SERVE AS AN UMBRELLA BODY FOR THE PROFESSIONAL CARPENTERS IN IWO LAND. 2. TO EVOLVE AN AVENUE TO CONTRIBUTE OUR QUOTA TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY. 3. TO IMPACT AND INJECT QUALITY CARPENTRY WORK INTO BUILDING ARCHITECTURE. 4. TO PROTECT THE INTEREST AND WELFARE OF THE MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

BONDMIND18 ORGANISATION

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GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL ENUGU-UKWU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

EMMANUEL GLORIOUS FAITH EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

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

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 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES 1. REGINAIYKE UWANUAKWA 2. NKEM NWOYE 3. UJU OGBUEFI (NEE OKAFOR) 4. NGOZI DIKE 5. IFEOMA OKEKEARU 6. EUCHARIA OKOYE 7. FELICIA AGUBATA 8. NGOZI ONYEODIRIMMA 9. UJU OBIEFUNA 10. IFEOMA COFIE (NEE OKOYE)

PRESIDENT

SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1.

TO OFFER THE BEST GRADUATING STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS INTO COURSES OF THEIR CHOICE IN THE UNIVERSITIES. 2.

TO CHAMPION THE CAUSE OF OUR ALMA MATER BY RAISING ITS STANDARD OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING. 3. TO DELIVER THE MOST INNOVATIVE BUILDING STRUCTURES IN THE ENUGWU-UKWU GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL.

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

SIGNED: BARR. UJU OGBUEFI (LEGAL ADVISER)

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

JEHOVAH’S FAMILY INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY 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 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1- GANIYU ADEYERI 2- BIOLA RUKAYAT LAWAL 3- FAKOYA OLALEKAN KAZEEM 4- BABS SAKIRU OLOHUNLOBA ANIPASAN 5-BALOGUN ADEBOWALE NURENI 6-SYLVERIA TITILOLA SHASORE

TRUSTEES: 1.ODEH OSAYI JERRY (PRESIDENT ) 2.HARUNA GIDEON I. (SECRETARY) 3.ODEH EFE KESSY (TREASURER) 4.OGAR JOSEPH EKUN 5.JACOB JESSE 6.KING EZIOFOR IFEANYI 7.KING CHRISTINE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1- THE ORGANISATION SHALL EXCLUSIVELY WORK ON HUMANITARIAN SERVICES. 2- THE ORGANISATION SHALL CREATE AWARENESS AMONG THE POOR PEOPLE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, LIVING CONDITIONS AND HEALTH CARE REHABILITATION OF THE POORS/DISABLES AND SOCIO-ECONOMY.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES (1) TO BRING ALL PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS OF THE WORLD TO BECOME ONE FAMILY WITH JEHOVAH GOD ALMIGHTY. (2) PROMOTE PEACE VIA THE 1ST ABOVE MENTIONED, AMONG DIFFERENT TRIBES OF THE WORLD. (3)TO PREPARE ALL HUMAN RACE FOR THE COMING OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. (4)TO BE HEAVENLY CONNECTED NOT EARTHLY RELATED IN CHIRST.

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

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES 1. UGWUORI HYGINUS CHINEDU 2. UGWUODO IKECHUKWU EVERISTUS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

WOMEN IN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN NIGERIA

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 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES 1.MIMIDOO ACHAKPA 2.NKESE MARIA UDONGWO 3.ELIZABETH NGUWANGER JEIYOL 4.BRIDGET USIFO OSAKWE 5.OKON EMEM JEREMIAH 6. ASMA’U ADAMU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: DANIEL MACHAR ESQ.

FAMILY CHANGE OF NAME

WE WERE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS 1. KUKU TAIYE L. 2. KUKU KEHINDE L. 3. KUKU ADEMOLA R BUT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS 1. BALOGUN-KUKU TAIWO ONAOLAPO 2. BALOGUN-KUKU KEHINDE ANUOLUWAPO 3. BALOGUN-KUKU ADEMOLA ABDULRASHEED. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO TAKE NOTE.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1)TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, (2)TO WIN SOULS INTO KINGDOM OF GOD, (3)TO EQUIP THE PEOPLE FOR THE WORK OF GOD

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

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 OF 1990.

SUCCESSFUL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN GLOBAL INITIATIVE

NAME OF TRUSTEE (1).ADEBANJO OLALEKAN JAMIU, - PRESIDENT (2) ABUDU SAULI ADEDOLAPO,-SECRETARY (3) ADEBANJO SELUMOT ADEBISI, - TREASURE

JUSTIN OGUAGHAMBA FOUNDATION

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 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AJOKO PORTIA CHISOM 2. OGUAGHAMBA JUSTIN CHINEDU

ASSOCIATION OF EBONY INDIGENES CATHOLICS UNITED IN CHRIST LAGOS 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 OF 1990.

NAME OF TRUSTEES: 1. JOSEPH UCHECHUKWU USULOR- CHAIRMAN 2. NWANCHOR BENJAMIN -TREASURER 3. SOLOMON CHIKWADO EKUMA -SECRETARY 4. LILIAN CHINYERE OGUJINMA -WELFARE OFFICE 5. PAUL OBINNA NWOKWU -MEMBER AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CREATE A COMMON UMBRELLA THAT WILL UNITE EBONYIANS THAT ARE OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH IN LAGOS 2. TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER 3. TO CORRECT, ADVICE AND DISCIPLINE OURSELVES ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO MOBILIZE RESOURCE FOR THE PROMOTION OF LOVE, UNITY AND PEACE CO-EXISTENCE AMONG COMMUNITIES. 2. TO PROMOTE THE STRUGGLE FOR THE EDUCATION AND PROTECT RIGHTS OF THE GIRL CHILD, GENDER EQUALITY AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THE DISABLED. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

IRON PILLAR WOMEN MINISTRY

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 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES 1. EVANG. BRIDGET LIVINUS JATAU --CHAIRPERSON 2. ASLAME ISRAEL JATAU -- SECRETARY 3. PST .MARY YAKUBU -- TREASURER 4. PST. HENRY OKEREKE -- MEMBER) 5. PST NAPHTHALI EWONGULU -- MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

FOAM DEALERS ASSOCIATION MUSHIN CHAPTER

MUASASATU FADLUL-LAHI AL-ISLAMIYYAH ADDAOLIYYAH

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 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. OGUNDIMU MODINAT IYABO 2. OSHIN IYABODE OMOLARA 3. DADA ABIMBOLA BILKIZ 4. MUSA MOJEED ALANI

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ABDUS-SALAM QASIM OLANREWAJU -FOUNDER/CHIEF MISSIONER 2. YAKUB IBRAHIM ALADE 3. OGUNDELE MUFTAU OLANREWAJU 4. GBADAMOSI AKEEM IYANDA 5. ALIMI ISUNMAILA TAIWO 6. ADEMOLA SEMIU GANIYU 7. DAUDA SAHEED ADEDEJI 8. BELLO JELILI ISHOLA 9. BADMUS IBRAHIM ADISA 10. KAREEM MOJEED OYETUNJI

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD THE INTEREST OF OUR MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESSES. 2. TO CREATE UNIFORMITY IN OUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. 3. TO MAINTAIN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OF OUR LINE OF TRADE. 4. TO ACT AS A PRESSURE GROUP IN ORDER TO INFLUENCE CERTAIN GOVERNMENT POLICIES AS IT AFFECTS OUR BUSINESS AND SHARED INTEREST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

BITTER - KOLA AND KOLA NUTS DEALERS ASSOCIATION RC: CAC/IT/N051933.

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO RAISE AN ISLAMIC ORGANISATION THAT WILL PROPAGATE ISLAM IN ALL RAMIFICATIONS 2. TO ESTABLISH THE BASIS OF ISLAM (DA’WAH) THROUGH LOVE AND CARE. 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

SOCIETY OF IGBO PROFESSIONALS

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

ARTICLES TO BE AMENDED ARE: ARTICLE XIII XIII (3) SUCH TRUSTEES (“HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS TRUSTEES”) SHALL BE FIVE (7) IN NUMBERS AND SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN TEN (10) KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF BITTER - KOLA AND KOLA NUTS DEALERS ASSOCIATION

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. CHINENYE CHIJIOKE CHUKWUMA MBA-UZOUKWU 2. IFEANYI MICHAEL OREKYEH 3. NNANNA ANYIM CHUKWU UDE

TRUSTEES ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES ARE: 1. CHINYEREZE KOSISOCHUKWU VALENTINE 2. CHINYEREZE EMMANUEL CHIDIEBERE

AIM(S) AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROVIDE A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR ITS MEMBERS TO ENGAGE, LEARN AND GROW.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES REMAINS THE SAME THE TRUSTEES ARE NOW SEVEN (7) IN NUMBER ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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: CHINASA STELLA UWANNA

Classified THE WAY OF SALVATION CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST CAC/RC/NO: 3194 THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT. 1990 THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PROPHET OKIMBA ETOK DECEASED 2. APOSTLE E. UKPONG – UDO RESIGNED 3. APOSTLE (DR.) EZEKIEL JOSHUA AWAKESSIEN - REMOVED 4. APOSTLE INYANG JOHNSON INYANG DECEASED 5. APOSTLE TOM UDOFIA DECEASED 6. REV. FRANCIS PETER BASSEY DECEASED 7. REV. UDO HANSEN AKPAN DECEASED THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. GENERAL OVERSEER, APOSTLE PETER TOM UDOFIA 2. APOSTLE GABRIEL JONAH TIMOTHY 3. APOSTLE SUNDAY UKPONG UDO 4. APOSTLE PAUL BASSEY AKPAN 5. SENIOR PASTOR NORBERT DAVID ALEJI 6. SENIOR ELDER SABINUS NWACHUKWU CHUKWUMAEZE7. DECON ERIKAN PETER TOM ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

HEKITE CLUB

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

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE:1. OLA, ILESANMI STEPHEN 2. AJIBADE TEMITOPE ADEWUMI 3. ADEPOJU OLUFEMI JOHNSON. AIM AND OBJECTIVE:TO ASSIST AND PROTECT THE INTEREST OF 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, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: TRUSTEES

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED RELIGIOUS BODY IS APPLYING TO THE REGISTER-GENERAL, COPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR CHANGE OF ITS SOLE TRUSTEE UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS, ACT, 2004.

CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ABEOKUTA. THE OLD SOLE TRUSTEE WAS MOST REV (DR) ALFRED ADEWALE MARTINS NOW THE ARCH BISHOP OF ARCH DIOCESE OF LAGOS. THE NEW SOLE TRUSTEE IS MOST REV (DR) PETER OLUKAYODE ODETOYINBO. SIGN: P. A.ADESEMOWO P.A. ADESEMOWO & CO, BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS, MOLUSI CHAMBERS, 1, QUARRY ROAD,IBARA ABEOKUTA,OGUN STATE.

MAIN HOUSE OF POTTER CHURCH

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

TRUSTEES: 1 APOSTLE EDAFE KINGS FELIX. 2 REV EDAFE PROMISE KINGS 3 REV (MRS) EDAFE FELICIA KINGS 4 APOSTLE OLA - IBITOYE MIKE. 5 MR ISHOLA ADEBAYO ALABA ,.

6 MR OKETOKUN SOLOMON ABASS. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. PREACHING TEACHING HEALING THROUGH WORSHIPS AND OBEDIENT TO THE INSTRUCTIONS OF JESUS CHRIST. 2, PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

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GOLDEN FAME ELITE INITIATIVE

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. FOLORUNSHO ADEJOKE OLUWAFERANMI - PRESIDENT. 2. KEHINDE MOTUNRAYO JOKOMBA - SECRETARY. 3. BABALOLA OLAIDE. 4. DEMOLA ONIGBINDE. 5. MUKAILA IBRAHIM.

GOLDEN POVERTY REDUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT. 1990.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE:1. ADEYEMI GBOYEGA OLUKAYODE -CHAIRMAN. 2. OJO OLUTOYIN MARY -SECRETARY.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. BRINGING SUCCOUR TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE:TO ASSIST AND EMPOWER THE LESS PRIVILEGE.

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

CHRIST CHURCH EVANGELISM (CATHEDRAL OF GRACE)

GOD GREATER FOUNDATION BELIEVERS CHURCH

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

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. FADIYA SAMSON OLUWASEUN - CHAIRMAN. 2. FADIYA ELIZABETH BOLANLE 3. ODEH ACHEME OKOLOBIA. 4.SOPURU JOSHUA CHIBUIKE 5. JUDE GIDEON ORJI - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.TO REACH THE CHURCH, UNSAVED AND UNLOVED IMMORTAL LOST SOULS IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. (ROMANS 15:20, 2 CORINTHIANS 10:16, MATTHEW 9:35, JOHN 17:3, MARK 16:15-20, LUKE 24:14).

2. TO REACH THE BODY OF CHRIST IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD (EPHESIANS 4:12-16, 3:9-12, 5:27, MATTHEW 16:18-19 AND LUKE 1:74-75, JOHN 17:3).

3.TO MAKE HEAVEN AND TAKE AS MANY PEOPLE WITH US. 4.TO ACHIEVE HOLINESS IN GOD, FAITH IN GOD AND LOVE OF CHRIST. 5. FIVE FOLD MINISTRY TO PREPARE GOD’S PEOPLE FOR WORKS OF SERVICE, SO THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST MAY BE BUILT UP UNTIL WE ALL REACH UNITY IN THE FAITH AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD AND BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENTS, OFF AGUIYI IRONSISTREET,MAITAMAABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

TRUSTEES: 1. SUNDAY EMIOWA ARONG 2. EMIOWA JULIANA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE WORLD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PILOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED:FADIYA SAMSON OLUWASEUN

NURTURE AFRICA 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. ALUMONA THEODORA OBIAGELI -PRESIDENT 2. UGWUANYI GEOFFREY TOBECHUKWU -SECRETARY 3. OKEKE OBINNA DONATUS 4. ALUMONA CHUKA FRANKLIN 5. EMEKA-ONAH CHIOMA VIVIAN 6. DINGWOKE CHIEDOZIE MARTINS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO LINK THE YOUTH WITH EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 2. TO ADVANCE THE COURSE OF THE YOUTH FOR EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION IN LEADERSHIP 3. TO NURTURE A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS

IFE EMERE MMA SOCIAL CLUB OF NIGERIA 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. CHIKA NJOKU 2. NNAMANI KINGSLEY 3. UKOH ABUCHI 4. CALISTUS IGBOKWE 5. BENNETH IHEZUO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO ASSIST, PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF MEMBERS

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

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: G.T UGWUANYI, ESQ SOLICITOR

SIGNED: SECRETARY

ALKAWTHAR CHARITY ORGANISATION CAC/ IT/89238 CHANGE OF TRUSTEES

ESAN UNITED ASSOCIATION PORT HARCOURT BRANCH

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

OLD TRUSTEES: 1 IMAM LUQMAN IDRIS SEKONI( RETAINED.) 2 IMAM TAOFIK AKINTOLA( RETAINED).

3, ALHAJI YAQUB SAFE OGBERA(RETAIMED).

4 ALHAJA GANIYAT BALOGUN( RETAINED) 5 DR ABDULGANIYU IDOWU OGUNLEYE( DECEASED) NEW TRUSTEES 6 ALHAJI OGUNLEYE TOKUNBO ABDULGANIYU,( ELECTED)

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ERNEST BROWN OSEGHALE. CHAIRMAN. 2. AUSTIN EBANEHITA. SEC. 3. PETER ONOMEN ODIA. 4 MONDAY ADUDU

AIM AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO FOSTER PEACE AND UNITY AMONG ESAN BRETHREN IN PORT HARCOURT.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE 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.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE 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.

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

ALABI ISAMA 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 NAME OF THE TRUSTEES ARE: ADEYEMI ALABI-ISAMA OLATOKUNBO IBILOLA ALABI ISAMA ADEYEMI OLADIMEJI ALABI ISAMN ADEYEMI OLATOKUNBOH ALABI-ISAMA DAMILOLA MICHAEL IDOWU ABISOLA OLUBUNMI IDOWU MOBOLUWADURO KOLUFUNLOYE JIMOH OLAYINKA DAUDA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO RENDER HUMANITARIAN AND PHILANTHROPIC ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY. 2. EDUCATING AND PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE POOR AND NEEDY 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 BY: SECRETARY

IBIYINKA MACAULAY 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.

NAME OF THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.MACAULAY IBIYINKA OLUSHEYI 2.OLOGE-MACAULAY VICTORIA OLAYINKA ATINUKE 3.MACAULAY IBIDAPO 4.LAGUDA IREOLUWA ADUKE 5.OLUFEYIMI ABIOLA ADETOKUNBO. 6.BAJE, AYO OYOZE 7.GWAMNA BITRUS PAUL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO RENDER HUMANITARIAN AND PHILANTHROPIC ASSISTANCE TO THE NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY STABILITY 3. TO ASSIST THE ORPHANAGE 4. TO ASSIST INDIGENT MEMEBERS IN THE COMMUNITY 5. TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE AFFECTED WITH NATURAL DISASTER 6. TO OFFSET MEDICAL BILLS OF THE LESS PRIVILEGE 7. EDUCATING AND PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE POOR AND NEEDY 8. TO ORGANISE VISITATION AND ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON CAMP 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 BY: SECRETARY

ATAPA CENTRAL MOSQUE OKEODO LAGOS

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO.1 OF 1990 PART C. NAME OF TRUSTEE ARE AS FOLLOWS 1 ADELANWA KASALI ADIO AS CHAIRMAN 2 SOETAN RAHEED ADEWALE AS SECRETARY 3 YUSUF SHUAIB OLADIMEJI AS MEMBER 4 HASSAN WAHAB ALAO AS MEMBER 5 ONIYIDE FAUSAT AS MEMBER 6 SADIQ MOHAMMED OLAYINKA AS MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO BE A RELIGIOUS PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR DAILY AND JUMMAT PRAYERS SEE TO THE WELFARE OF ALL WORSHIPPERS ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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OJOBOR LOVELINE I FORMERLY KNOWN AS SHERE LOVINA OWUSHI AND STILL KNOWN AS SHERE LOVELINE IFEOMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJOBOR LOVELINE IFEOMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAINS VALID AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

OMOKOLAPO ENITAN

I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GODSPEED OMOKOLAPO NKENCHOR. BUT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMOKOLAPO ENITAN COLEMAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KEBBI STATE OF NIGERIA LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (WITHOUT WILL) BE IT KNOWN THAT ON THE 25TH DAY OF APRIL,2019 LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF USMAN SHEHU SANI LATE OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL, KEBBI STATE BRANCH DECEASED, WHO DIED ON THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH,2019 WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS COURT, WERE GRANTED BY THIS COURT TO ALH UMARU SANI RAHINATU SALA OF FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE,BIRNIN KEBBI,KEBBI STATE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SAID INTESTATE HAVING BEEN FIRST DULLY SWORN UNDER N AND THAT THE INTESTATE DIED ABOUT THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH, 2019.

PROBATE REGISTRAR

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SORUNKE BUKOLA

I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IDOWU BUKOLA RACHEAL. BUT NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SORUNKE BUKOLA RACHEAL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

Classified

KAYODE FAUSAT I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAYODE KAREEM, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS KAYODE FAUSAT TINUKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AMUSA FATIMO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMUSA FATIMO ADEBUSAYO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS AMUSA FATIMO OMOTOKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

OPALEYE OLUWAKEMI I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TINUBU KEMI NOW WANT TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OPALEYE OLUWAKEMI ABIMBOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

ADELEKE AYOADE I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADELEKE AYOADE ABIODUN NOW WANT TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADELEKE AYOADE GIDEON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT AJAYI JOSHUA OLAMILEKAN IS THE SAME PERSON AS AJAYI JOSHUA OLALEKAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT MONDAY HOPE IS THE SAME PERSON AS MONDAY HOPE IMAOBONG. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME THIS IS TO CERTIFY AND CONFIRM THAT AGBONDE OLAMILEKAN OLAKUNLE IS THE SAME PERSON AS AGBONDE OLAKUNLE OLAMILEKAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

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SPORTS TIMES Daily Times Nigeria Monday, April 29, 2019

Okpekpe Race: Police to deploy sniffer dogs, horses, choppers

As part of measures to ensure adequate security, management of the 10km Okpekpe Road Race, the Police has said it would deploy sniffer Dogs, choppers and horses in this year’s edition of the annual marathon race at Okpekpe, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.

Austin Gbaraba, Security Coordinator of the race, disclosed at a media briefing in Benin, the state capital.

He said the deployment of horses and dogs was in addition to hundreds of security personnel that would be engaged to man strategic points, before, during and after the race which would take place on May 25.

He noted that the essence of the security arrangement was aimed at getting Gold

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Label for the race as well as guarantee safety of 100 elites athletes, as well as other participants and officials for the race.

“We are fully ready in the area of security preparation for the race. We are working with the Police and other security agencies to guarantee safety for everybody for the race.

“Aside the sniffer dogs and horses that would be available, choppers would be deployed for aerial surveillance and would take record of everything.

“As for the sniffer dogs and horses, they are also for security purposes as well as crowd control,” he stated.

Similarly, the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), said they would make available two of their ambulances fitted with emergency

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equipment and Para-Medics.

The hospital’s head of Accident and Emergency Department, Dr. Jude Nwachukwu, made the disclosure at the briefing.

He said every measure that would ensure quick response to emergency situation for the road race had been put in place.

Nwachukwu said aside the ambulances and Para-Medics, Nurses and Doctors had been engaged to respond to any emergency situation.

He however advised that to avert any emergency situation, it would be proper to test the fitness level of the athletes.

The Okpekpe Road organiser, said 100 elite athletes from 15 countries, including China, USA, Ethiopia, South Africa, Ghana and Zimbabwe, had registered for the race.

Successful Nigerian Special Olympians get heroic welcome at Glo Three successful special Olympians sponsored to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for the 2019 Special Olympics have been given heroic welcome by Nigeria’s digital transformation leader, Globacom.

Globacom sponsored the trio to the special event held in March this year.

One of the sponsored athletes, Chima Maduakor, who is deaf and dumb, won gold in shot put at the games.

Two other athletes sponsored by Globacom, Tejumola Ogunlela and Oyinkansola Givens, won two bronze medals in swimming, and two medals (silver and bronze) in badminton, respectively.

Globacom hosted the successful Olympians to a colourful reception at its head office at the Mike Adenuga Towers, Victoria Island, on Friday May 3.

Globacom’s State Head, SME, Lagos

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Zone, Marie Macfoy, expressed the company’s appreciation to the athletes for doing Nigeria proud at the special event.

She particularly commended them for their diligence, determination and ‘can do’ spirit in the face of severe challenges, all of which combined to give them victory at the world event.

She said their achievement is consistent with the irrepressible spirit of Nigerians.

She recalled that Globacom, in 2011, sponsored the Nigerian contingent to the Special Olympics held in Athens.

That contingent also did Nigeria proud by coming home with 27 medals.

Macfoy said Globacom sponsored the three athletes to the 2019 edition because it believed in the objectives of the games which included ‘improving the lives of special children, helping them to reach their full potential and creating

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greater social inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities’.

She pledged that Globacom would continue to reward hard work and excellence in sports, whilst helping Nigerian youths to realize their potential.

The leader of the Nigerian Contingent to the Special Olympics, Mr. Adeola Oladugba, responded by thanking Globacom for its financial intervention, which he said enabled the young athletes to gain international recognition.

“If not for Globacom’s support, the three athletes might not have been able to go on to the world stage. Globacom has done extremely well,” he said.

It was all together a successful outing for the Nigerian contingent who came back home with 33 gold, 21 silver and 10 bronze medals won in various events at the 2019 Special Olympics World Games.

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Two of the victorious Special Olympics Athletes, Chima Maduakor (left) and Tejumola Ogunlela (right) at the reception held by Globacom for part of the Nigerian Special Olympics contingent to the games at the company’s headquarters on Friday in Lagos. The company sponsored the athletes to the Special Olympics.

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The role of parliamentarians in SDGs monitoring,

by Imo Gov-elect, Emeka Ihedioha I am very delighted and honoured to be invited to speak at this year’s Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development. This affords me an opportunity to share a few matters with you on the issue of advancing parliamentary participation in the implementation of the SDGs. As a former presiding officer of parliament and now an elected Governor in the Executive branch, at the sub-national level, I participated actively in implementation of the MDGs in Nigeria, which has now dovetailed into the SDGs. It is a universal characteristics of most parliament in the world to play the role of law-making, representation and oversight, as their basic functions.

2.The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), built on the successes of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), otherwise known as the Agenda 2030, represents the most practical and universal call to action to end global poverty, guarantee environmental sustainability, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These Goals, including new areas such as climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and justice, among other priorities are all interconnected as success in one affects the others. Let me stress that as politicians in developing countries, the goals are in tandem with our aspirations for the electorate, and dare I say in line with our national aspirations.

3. The SDGs are unique in that, they cover issues that affect us all. They reaffirm the global commitment to end poverty permanently everywhere. They are ambitious in making sure no one is left behind. More importantly, they require us all to build a more sustainable, safer, more prosperous planet for all humanity. It was Nelson Mandela, in his famous “Make Poverty History” speech who said, “Massive poverty and obscene inequality are such terrible scourges of our times — times in which the world boasts breathtaking advances in science, technology, industry and wealth accumulation — that they have to rank alongside slavery and apartheid as social evils.”….. “Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the action of human beings.”

4.In Nigeria, at the level of the Executive branch, an office is specifically dedicated to monitoring and executing the mandate of the SDG’s. It is domiciled in the Office of the President, and headed by a Senior Special Assistant to the President. This office monitors the implementation of the SDG goals in the country. At the Parliamentary level, there is a special Standing Committee in Nigeria’s House of Representatives that is specifically charged with responsibility for SDG matters.

5.Parliament has a huge role to play in resource allocation and budgeting. It has a responsibility to re-align budgetary funds to meet the SDG goals. In Nigeria, education, health, poverty eradication and infrastructure are critical sectors crying for more funding. It is my considered view that it is not just enough to have a global agreement to end poverty and achieve the lofty goals and ideals enshrined in the SDG framework. It is also very important that better resourced countries and institutions should step up their assistance and intervention to less developed and poorer countries of the world.

The number of out of school children in some African Countries must attract the attention of the more financially endowed countries and financial institutions. That women and girls still die in their thousands during child birth is totally unacceptable and should shock the conscience of the world. That Malaria still kills millions of people in some countries of the world is a crying shame to humanity. I can continue. Whereas these less resourced countries have primary responsibility to lift themselves out of these problems, they need more help. More urgent

help, if the SDG’s would be attained by 2030 by a majority of the countries of the world.

Parliamentarians have a major role in liquidating poverty, hunger, illiteracy, decease and other social problems. In Nigeria, the parliament enacted the Universal Basic Education Act, to ensure that no child is left behind by compulsorily making access to education possible, at the primary and secondary school level. A recent legislation, National Healthcare Act, also tries to guarantee basic healthcare to the poorest Nigerians. The parliament in Nigeria, has enacted so many other pro-poor legislations, and uses its appropriation power to tilt funding towards the needs of the poorest. But a lot of support are still required from the international community to make these initiatives successful.

6.As elected representatives of the people, parliamentarians have critical roles to play in driving forward people-oriented development that is reflective of and responsive to the needs of their constituents. In recent decades, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of engaging parliamentarians in efforts to advance environmentally sensitive, inclusive growth and sustainable development. Through their constitutional mandate, for example, in enacting legislation and overseeing government policies and programmes - including scrutinizing and approving the government budget and representing the views of their constituents-parliamentarians are valuable partners in ensuring the accountable, inclusive, participatory and transparent governance that is necessary to achieve sustainable development for all. Recognizing the valuable contribution that parliamentarians can make to sustainable development is particularly critical as the world implements the Agenda 2030.

7.The pragmatic vision of the 2030 Agenda requires comprehensive political will, from the local through national to international levels. A parliamentary agenda for the monitoring of the SDGs should involve various strategies.

Following the adoption of the 17 goals, 169 targets and 232 indicators by the UN World body, each country parliament has a duty to domesticate the convention ratifying the adoption of this Agenda 2030 to suit its own local needs for implementation and effective monitoring. Furthermore, they must play an essential role in integrating SDGs into corresponding laws or legal frameworks and ensuring the legislative implementation of SDGs. 8.Parliamentarians have a special interest in SDG 16, which is to “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels”. Two targets from this goal are important to parliaments all over the world. Target 16.6: Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels. Target 16.7: Ensure responsive inclusive, participatory and representative decision making at all levels.

There are also other important targets, which are critical to the functioning of a democracy, particularly in developing counties. These include the Rule of law, access to information, Fundamental freedom and Justice. Parliaments still remain a very vigilant watchdog for the implementation and achievement of these goals and targets. Its role as a check on the Executive branch is of primary importance in sustaining democracy in most of our countries.

9.The duty of Parliamentarians in ensuring the implementation of the SDG programmes, policies and projects, will be through: i. provision of multi-sectorial legal frameworks (including domestication of international conventions), ii. establishment of institutions to drive them,

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iii. Monitoring the implementation of the laws and operations of these institutions.

In doing these, the parliaments will use two of its major operative instrumentations, namely; budgeting and oversight. In budgeting, we must take into consideration the following: i. Is there adequate funding for the various goals? ii. Do the respective subheads meet SDG requirements? iii. How do you address budgetary overlaps/ constraints? iiii. How do you ensure that sectoral allocation of funds addresses the goals set out for that sector?

10.Parliaments are critical change agents, as they can translate the SDGs into laws, monitor the implementation through oversight activities and ensure the accountability of the government to the people. They ensure that the national budgets reflect the SDGs. In Nigeria, at the period of implementation of the MDGs, a debt relief package was successfully executed between Nigeria and some of her creditors, the Paris Club worth about $18b USD and an overall reduction of Nigeria’s debt stock by $30b. A major condition for the debt relief was the requirement that specific sums of money be dedicated in the national budgets yearly ($1b) to tackle poverty and pro-poor projects, and for social and economic wellbeing of Nigerians. The debt relief gains are still featuring in the yearly Appropriation Acts in Nigeria, as specific financial resources are set aside every year to meet the SDGs. Parliament has been active in keeping to this programme as they were actively involved in the debt relief negotiations.

11. In exercise of its oversight functions, parliaments may engage in; • Periodic site visits • Data audit • Public hearing/stakeholders engagement • Dialogue with Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies Monitoring SDG programs, policies and projects has its inherent peculiarities. These are primarily as a result of the fact that the goals are spread out in various Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies, and so, require a lateral approach to monitoring them.

Similarly, as parliamentarians represent different constituencies, the needs of their constituents may differ. For instance, measures that may favour people in riverine areas may be at variance with the requirements of those from arid regions. You would therefore, require different approaches and emphasis to meet the needs of various areas.

12.In exercising its monitoring role, parliament should be actively involved in the report and review processes, such as the Voluntary National Review (VNR) processes of progress at national and subnational levels. Reports and recommendations from this exercise should usually be submitted to parliament. This can serve as benchmarks in the exercise of parliamentary oversight responsibilities.

13.In conclusion, I would say that the success of any nation in implementing the Agenda 2030 begins and ends with a committed and robust parliament whose responsibility starts with the domestication of the UN convention adopting the agenda, making budgetary provisions for the relevant government agencies for implementation of SDGs programmes and also acting as a check to monitor the implementation of the programmes and projects for which funds were provided for. Indeed no Nation can effectively achieve the SDGs by the year 2030 without the support and collaboration of the world’s oldest institution of government “the parliament”.

14.Finally, I recommend the words of Henry Ford to us all: “Coming together is a beginning; Staying together is progress; and working together is success”. What we have started with the SDGs is a good beginning, which will lead to progress and will ultimately become successful. It is only through parliamentary intervention, through legislative measures, that the success of the SDGs will be permanent and sustainable.

Thank you.

Paper presented by his Excellency Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, Imo State – Nigerian Governorelect, at the 2019 Global Festival of action for Sustainable Development on 2nd – 4th May, 2019, at the World Conference Centre in Bonn, Germany.

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Gov. Yahaya Bello’s bold, courageous and commendable step over death of Dino Melaye’s mother On Friday May 3, 2019, the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello did something that only bold and courageous men can do; and therefore deserves commendation from well meaning Nigerians, especially the people of Kogi state and Kogi West in particular.

On that day, the Governor wrote a condolence letter to the senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye over the death of his mother, Deaconess Comfort Melaye. He wrote the condolence letter, a few hours after Dino took to his twitter account @dino_ melaye to announce his mother’s death.

“With total submission to the will of the Almighty God, I on behalf of the Melayes announce the passing into Glory of our beloved mother, Deaconess Comfort Melaye. We thank God for Godly life she lived. I love you my mother and Friend. We shall surely meet again,” the lawmaker wrote Following the announcement, thousands of Nigerians took to the social media platforms to commiserate with Dino and his family as many prayed for the repose of his mother’s soul.

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and many other politicians and well known figures also wrote and sent their condolences to Dino.

But the condolence message sent to Dino Melaye by Gov. Yahaya Bello is no doubt the most significant and has drawn exceptional attention from Nigerians because of the circumstances the two politicians have found themselves.

In the letter, dated 3rd May, 2019 and signed by the Governor himself, Bello, said he received the news of the death of Dino’s mother with shock, adding that words were not enough to express his feelings at the development, urging him to take solace in the worthy life lived by his mother.

The Governor, on behalf of himself, his family and the entire people of Kogi State offered deep condolences to Dino while praying that Almighty God may grant him and the rest of the Melaye family, the grace to endure the “irreparable loss.”

Bello went a step further to request that Dino keep him and his administration notified of funeral plans.

Although some social media commentators have said that Governor Yahaya Bello’s letter to Dino Melaye and its content are merely political rhetoric and therefore pretentious, I sincerely join the many others who think that the letter is a hallmark of a statesman and someone who has not forgotten the cordial relationship he had shared with Dino in the past.

Further evidence that Yahaya Bello’s letter is far from being political is his request that Dino

keeps him and his administration abreast with funeral plans which shows his readiness to participate and further identify with Dino at his time of grief.

A few years ago, Gov. Yahaya Bello and Senator Dino Melaye were both friends and political allies to the extent that Dino was the Chairman of the Transition Committee that saw to the smooth inauguration of Bello as the governor of Kogi State.

Things however went bad between the two leaders, due to the way Yahaya Bello took interest on Dino Melaye’s opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari’s style of leadership which the lawmaker saw as incompetent, insincere and vindictive as well as the lawmakers criticism of the governor’s administration in Kogi State.

Dino Melaye had picked holes in the president’s style of fighting corruption, alleging that it was selective as those close to the president as well as some of his political aides were stealing from the nation’s coffers without much concrete action either to prosecute or stop them.

Dino is also in the habit of exposing impunities and other infractions committed by those in authorities as well as speaking vehemently against government policies that are considered obnoxious and illegal like the attempt by Customs to pass the burden of payment of import duties to car owners and the recent sack of the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) by the Chief of Army Staff which Dino is leading the debate to declare illegal.

On the other hand, Yahaya Bello who is said to be an avowed loyalist of the president saw Dino as being unnecessarily anti- Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) especially after the defection of Dino and many others from the ruling party to the main opposition, PDP. The relationship between the two men had gone so bad that Dino, on 18th October, 2018 alleged that the Governor was planning to kill him using his Aide de Camp, the State police commissioner and the officer in charge of SARS in the state.

Dino was speaking on the invasion of his house at AyetoroGbede by some security agents and said that the governor had instructed the security agents in the state to arrest him whenever he visited the state and noted that the plan of the governor was to keep him away from the state so that he will not be able to campaign for his reelection. It was the when the Senator’s palatial mansion in Abuja was invade by the Police which kept him in detention for weeks.

But Bello had in each of the

Senator Dino Melaye with his mother Deaconess Comfort Melaye before her death occasions, denied any involvement in the travails of the Senator and instead described one of such allegations as a ‘blatant lie and arrant noise aimed at drawing unnecessary attention to him.”

He then urged the Senator to leave him out of his problems.

But no matter who is right or wrong, the two men, Yahaya Bello and Dino Melaye are politicians and have to play their familiar game, which is politics, in order to remain relevant and as well, gain political millage over one another.

What is very important however, is that the people of both Kogi in general and Kogi West in particular would benefit the more from government if there is cordial working

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State

relationship between Governor Bello and Senator Dino, in spite of their political differences and party affiliations.

There is no doubt that Dino has distinguished himself as a Senator through effective representation of his constituencies which include Nigerian citizens through robust debate and sponsorship of motions as well as providing basic needs to his constituents in terms of constituency projects.

No matter how one looks at it, Governor Yahaya Bello has also made some visible impact in terms of development, and especially curbing the acute security challenges that bedeviled the state before he took over and in the early part of his

administration. That Kogi is a peaceful state today when many parts of the country, especially the north is in turmoil is not a mean achievement and the Governor should be commended for that, even if modest achievements in the face of scare resources.

The people of Kogi West are by right, entitled to infrastructure development from their state; and this would be made easier if Senator Dino Melaye and Governor Yahaya Bello work harmoniously, no matter their political differences. One therefore expect that Dino Senator Dino Melaye would reciprocate the Governor’s gesture and see it as an extension of olive branch of peace and harmony for the overall interest of the people of Kogi State.

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