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20 years after, Buhari honours Abiola posthumously with GCFR, others Declares June 12 Democracy Day

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Precisely 20 years after the death of the winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief

Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred a prestigious posthumous GCFR title on him.

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Amosun hails late Akanbi’s commitment to nation building The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has described the late former President of the Court of Appeal and pioneer Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi, as an incorruptible Nigerian, whose commitment towards the growth of the country was outstanding.

Amosun, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, during a condolence visit to the Ilorin home of the deceased, said his public service career was highly valuable and without blemish.

He described the late renowned jurist as a worthy son of Kwara and a detribalised

Nigerian, whose services to the country is a reference point.

The governor noted that the integrity displayed by the late anti-corruption czar was exceptional and worthy of emulation, adding that he left a enviable legacy, which his children should build on.

Responding on behalf of the family, son of the deceased, Dr. Usman Akanbi, thanked the state government for the visit.

According to him, his father lived a life of patriotism and dedication to duty, which the family is proud of.

On the delegation were the state Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olumide Ayeni and his counterpart in Information and Strategy ministry, Otunba Adedayo Adeneye.

Police recruitment: 189 pass test in Jigawa The Police Command in Jigawa has said 189 out of 1,728 candidates who sat for the Computer-Based Test (CBT), in the state were successful.

Spokesman of the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, disclosed this in Dutse, on Wednesday.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) conducted the nation-wide test on May 25.

Jinjiri said the candidates sat for the CBT in six designated centres across the state.

“1,728 candidates sat for the

APC to lift suspension on Buhari’s aide, 20 others in Enugu Moses Oyediran, Enugu The crisis in Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may soon come to an end as the party on Wednesday announced its decision to reconsider the suspension of 21 of its members.

Dr. Ben Nwoye, the reelected state chairman of the party, dropped this hint, shortly after swearing in members of the state and local government executives of the party at the APC state secretariat in Enugu.

Among the 21 party members suspended in June last year, were the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reforms, Juliet Ibekaku-

Nwagwu, the former Deputy Chairman, Adolphus Ude, Women Leader, Lolo Queen Nwankwo and Valentine Nnaedozie.

They were suspended for alleged gross misconduct including making false allegation against the state chairman in a petition to the office of Secretary to Federal Government.

Nwoye, who was inaugurated alongside other state chairmen in Abuja on Monday, said the party would reconsider their suspension in the spirit of true reconciliation.

He said as a Christian, he has forgiven all those who fought against him and the party, and had talked to other party

leaders and they agreed to make concessions with regards to the national convention delegate list, for peace to reign in the party.

Nwoye who was earlier received by hundreds Enugu APC faithful at Akanu Ibiam Airport Enugu, said although police was investigating the factional chairman, Okey Ogbodo for forgery, to explain how he inserted his name into APC register, they were ready to formally receive him into the party.

“We know he came to scatter APC. We also know there is no space for him in PDP. We have resolved to receive him publicly. I spoke with people in Enugu South. They were ready

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by JAMB in Jigawa. Only 189 candidates were shortlisted for medical screening conducted at Zone One, Kano, between May 31 and June 6,” Jinjiri said.

NAN recalls that 4,705 applicants applied for the ongoing nationwide recruitment into the police in the state, out of which 1,728 passed medical and physical fitness screenings.

NAN also reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had given approval for the recruitment of 6,000 additional policemen into the Force.

to Local Government Chairmen and councillors for God to grant us wisdom and give us understanding, for God to open up doors of opportunity so that we’ll be able to meet the expectations of the people”.

“Things can happen quickly in life for which we cannot comprehend with our contemporary wisdom, in such cases we must desire wisdom from above, when such wisdom comes it corrects everything, so that is what we will be doing in this gathering today.

“We’ll pray for Nigeria, for our leaders at all levels, that God will give us wisdom and multiply the resources and in His mysterious ways, God will continue to meet the expectations of our people, especially those still struggling and may not even be able to afford what we are about to eat.

We pray for the preservation of lives and property which is the responsibility of responsible governments, it does not matter where one is situated, in many states nationwide they are facing the adverse effects of terrorism and kidnappers. We will also be praying against insecurity, economic challenges and all other challenges that we face as a nation. I believe that God will hear our prayers and answer them”.

A special prayer session was led at the instance of the Speaker by Hon. Sidi Karasuwa from Yobe Yobe State.

The Iftar Dinner and prayer session will continue today with members from NorthWest, South-South and NorthCentral.

to concede slots to him” Nwoye said.

On the reception accorded him by APC faithful at the airport, he said it shows that they were ready to take over power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State.

He said those who turned out at the airport from the 260 wards in Enugu state to receive him were not there to show support for him alone, but to support democracy.

Nwoye assured that unlike 2015 when Buhari scored three percent in the entire SouthEast and 14,000 votes in Enugu State, Buhari would record a resounding victory in Enugu State and South-East in general.

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (right); and Managing Director (MD), Rubber Estates Nigeria Limited, Mr. Philippe Carty, during planting of the first rubber tree by the governor, at the Rubber Estates Nigeria Limited (RENL)’s Urhonigbe Rubber Plantation, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area, Edo State. . .on Wednesday.

Dogara treats Reps to breaking of fast, urges sustained prayers Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has called for sustained prayers by all Nigerians against security and economic challenges and for peace, unity and stability of the country.

Dogara, made the call at an Iftar and prayer session he hosted for members of the House from North-East, South-West and South-East geo-political zones at the National Assembly.

While underscoring the importance of unity and sacrifice, the Speaker enjoined the people to continue to put the leadership of the country at all levels in prayers for wisdom and God’s guidance.

He said “The importance of this gathering is not about the food, but to reflect on the lessons of Ramadan which symbolizes self denial, sacrifice, love and sharing.

“So it’s been a tradition that when we meet like this, we reflect on the sacrifices that we have been making for the advancement of our country, the people we represent at the National Assembly and democracy in general.

“And apart from reflection, we also take out opportunity, cashing on this special moment of sacrifice and prayers to lift up our people before God, especially the downtroddenthose Who struggle to make ends meet, the very people we represent here and to also lift the leadership of this country- from Mr. President, the Vice President, the Leadership of the National Assembly, the Governors down

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Airlines struggle with global pilot shortage Growing shortage of airline pilots is putting the industry’s recent growth at risk as planes sit idle, higher salaries cut into profits and unions across the globe demand more benefits.

Emirates and Australia’s Qantas Airways Carriers have poured resources into hiring, but struggled in recent months to use their jets as often as their business plans dictate because of training bottlenecks.

Pilots at Ireland’s Ranair (RYA.I) are forming unions across Europe seeking better working conditions, and those at Air France (AIRF.PA) are striking over pay.

In the U. S., pilots who took pay cuts when carriers went bankrupt a decade ago are receiving big raises under new contracts now that airlines are posting strong profits.

The surge in employee costs, which rival fuel as the biggest strain on an airline’s finances, comes as higher oil prices are already squeezing margins.

Airlines say ticket prices have not kept pace with costs.

“These cost pressures are not about to stop imminently,” International Air Transport Association (IATA) chief economist Brian Pearce said at the trade group’s annual meeting in Sydney.

At the meeting, IATA lowered its airline profit forecast by 12 per cent, citing higher fuel and labor costs.

“It’s the symptom of a wider issue. If we look at developed economies, unemployment in the OECD has fallen to lows.

“We are starting to get wage pressures, of which pilot shortages are a symptom in our industry,” he told airline bosses.

Many of such bosses expressed concern about a shortage on the sidelines of the IATA annual meeting this week.

Inflation is beginning to take hold in OECD economies after years of lying dormant, and pilot wages also reflect that, Pearce added.

The high cost of pilot training and several years of earlier hiring freezes in markets like the U. S. +and Australia have deterred potential aviators from entering the industry.

Boeing says the industry will need 637,000 more pilots over the next 20 years.

IATA estimates airline traffic will nearly double during that period.

Therefore, companies like Canadian training group CAE Inc (CAE.TO) and L3 Technologies (LLL.N) are building new flight simulators to cash in on training demand.

Plane makers Airbus and Boeing are also expanding into services like training, where margins are potentially higher than building jets.

Some airlines are planning to expand in-house training programs.

Qantas says it will invest A$20 million (15.26 million dollars) in a new flying school to ensure a supply of pilots amid high turnover in its

regional arm QantasLink.

Emirates opened a 135 million dollars fight training academy in November for up to 600 cadets.

“We have a social responsibility.

“We can continue to take pilots from smaller players in this country and elsewhere but we need to give back and that is part of what we are doing here as well,” Qantas Domestic CEO Andrew David said.

Other airlines have to look outside their home markets, competing with China, where experienced foreign captains are in high demand.

Airlines offer annual salaries of up to 314,000 dollars – tax free.

“There is not so much a shortage of pilots as a rising cost of attracting and retaining the pilots you need, particularly the experienced ones,” said Andrew Herdman.

Herdman is a director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines. (Reuters/ NAN)

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20 years after, Buhari honours Abiola posthumously with GCFR, others Continued from page 1 Buhari also declared June 12 as the new date which Democracy Day will be celebrated in Nigeria in honour of the late MKO Abiola.

The President in a tweet on his official handle explained why June 12 will replace May 29 – the current Democracy Day; noting that June 12 is a more symbolic day.

He said: “Dear Nigerians, I am delighted to announce that, after due consultations, the Federal Government has decided that henceforth, June 12 will be celebrated as Democracy Day. Buhari tweeted thus: “We have also decided to award posthumously, the highest Honour in the land, GCFR, to the late Chief MKO Abiola.

In the view of Nigerians, as shared by this Administration, June 12, 1993, was and is far more symbolic of Democracy in the Nigerian context than May 29, or even October 1.”

The President also conferred a national honour on Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe and recognised the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) for his role in the actualisation of the June 12 elections.

“Chief Abiola’s running mate, Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, is also to be awarded a GCON. “Furthermore, the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, SAN, a tireless fighter for human rights and democracy, and for the actualisation of the June 12, 1993 elections, will be posthumously awarded a GCON.” Buhari said further that June 12, 1993 election was the freest, fairest and most peaceful election since Nigeria’s Independence.

He said, “June 12, 1993, was the day millions of Nigerians expressed their democratic will in the freest, fairest and most peaceful elections since our Independence.

That the outcome of that election was not upheld by the then military Govt does not detract from its democratic credentials.”

Abiola died in suspicious circumstances shortly after the death of General Abacha, on the day that he was due to be released on July 7, 1998.

The commemoration and investiture, the President added, will take place on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, “a date which in future years will replace May 29 as a National Public holiday in the celebration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day.” MKO Abiola was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, politician and aristocrat of the Yoruba Egba clan. The late MKO Abiola ran for the presidency in 1993, for which the election results were annulled by former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, because of allegations that they were corrupt and unfair.

In 1956, Moshood Abiola started his professional life as a bank clerk with Barclays Bank in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria.

After two years, he joined the Western Region Finance Corporation as an executive accounts officer, before leaving for Glasgow, Scotland, to pursue his higher education. From Glasgow University, he received a first class degree in accountancy, and he also gained a distinction from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

On his return to Nigeria, Abiola worked as a senior accountant at the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital, then went on to US firm Pfizer, before joining the ITT Corporation, where he later rose to the position of Vice-President, Africa and Middle-East.

Abiola spent a lot of his time, and made most of his money, in the United States, while retaining the post of chairman of the corporation’s Nigerian subsidiary. In addition to his duties throughout the Middle-East and Africa, Abiola invested heavily in Nigeria and West Africa.

He set up Abiola Farms, Abiola Bookshops, Radio Communications Nigeria, Wonder Bakeries, Concord Press, Concord Airlines, Summit Oil International Ltd, Africa Ocean Lines, Habib Bank, Decca W.A. Ltd, and Abiola football club.

He was also Chairman of the G15 business council, President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Patron of the Kwame Nkrumah Foundation,

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Patron of the WEB Du Bois foundation, trustee of the Martin Luther King Foundation, and director of the International Press Institute.

Ambode hails Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as new Democracy Day Meanwhile, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday hailed the announcement

by President Muhammadu Buhari declaring June 12 as the New Democracy Day in honour of the late presumed winner of the June 12 1993 Presidential Election, Chief Moshood Kasimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola.

The Governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Habib Aruna, lauded the President, saying that the development was a historic and symbolic moment in the nation’s political trajectory.

“This is a welcome development. It is a historic moment in our nation and I join other Nigerians to commend President Buhari on this announcement. By this move, he has done what previous administrations failed to do. This not only shows that the President is a man of history and character but also eloquently confirms that the heroes of democracy did not die in vain after all,” Governor Ambode said.

It’s a welcome development – PA to Abiola Meanwhile, former personal assistant to the late Abiola, Lisa Olu Akerele, has described the federal government’s gesture as a welcome development.

According to Akerele, the ‘‘unexpected development was long overdue! My humble self, Kola Abiola and other well meaning people have been campaigning for years, albeit underground, for years to get the authorities to recognise MKO’s sacrifice and duly accord him the honour he rightly deserved. ‘‘The good thing is that it has taken a soldier like President Buhari to right the wrong perpetuated

by Babangida in our lifetime,” he added

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L - R: Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State; Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh; Director General of National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) and Chief Executive Officer of Contact Consulting, Mrs. Folusho Olaniyan, during the tour of exhibition stands at the Seed Connect Africa conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

L-R: Daily Times, Managing Editor, Mr. Bonaventure Melah, presenting a copy of the paper to Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Mr. Laolu Akande, who was on a courtesy visit to the corporate head office of Daily Times, Abuja... on Wednesday. Photo: Doosuur Iwambe.

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Why we must change leadership in 2019 – Baba-Ahmed Tunde Opalana, Abuja One of the leading contenders for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said that it is expedient for the PDP to change the present narratives in governance of the country by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government through the 2019 geberal election.

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Times on Wednesday, Sen. BabaAhmed said the party will change the change agenda of the Buhari administration by injecting fresh and younger blood into governance.

He said President Muhammadu Buhari has done his possible best in seeking solutions to the

nation’s multidimensional problems though his efforts are not enough.

But the Chancellor of Baze University, Abuja, said there is the need to leave governance for much younger persons with vigour, knowledge and modern solutions.

Expressing his view on the need for generation shift in 2019, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed said Nigerian problems are modern problems that need modern solutions which can only be provided by a modernly trend younger leader.

He said, “Generation shift is the answer to have new and fresh set of leaders who have modern solutions to modern problems and can deploy modern tools and methods without hindrance of age, limited capacity, and without controversies of corruption and misgovernance”.

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Expatiating on the need to change the change in 2019, Baba-Ahmed said “it is a matter of survival for Nigeria to have a total change of

governance in 2019 because of existential threat of sustained insecurity, failing economy, disunity, and endemic

corruption”.

The presidential aspirant also said that it is high time that Nigerians should stop playing politics with the salient issue of saving the country from the brinks of collapse by seeking alternative to the Buhari administration come 2019.

He said the rebranded PDP is a better option of revamping the country and he as an aspirant has what it takes to give Nigeria a new direction by renewing hopes and aspirations of the citizenry as well as regaining grounds already lost by the APC administration.

Reeling out what he intends to do differently if elected as president next year, BabaAhmed said: “I’ll account for every square meter of Nigerian territory, and minimise crime to lowest level ever.

“I’ll multiply workers pay and promote living wage in Nigeria. I’ll stabilise the Naira for at least a period of 10 years.

I’ll lower interest rates to 7 to 12 % max within 4 years while sustaining profitability of banks”.

In addition, Sen. BabaAhmed promised to “turn the economy into a stage for all forms of legitimate businesses and industries to thrive, reform procurement system to put public good first, reinvent the Nigerian education system, increase access, and improve quality to international standards.”

When contacted over the need for generation shift in 2019, the APC National Vice Chairman (North West), Alhaji Inuwa AbdulKadir, simply said, “ There is no vacancy in Aso Rock as President Buhari will be re-elected in 2019.”

Heritage Bank, FG, UN partner to position Nigeria as tourist destination in Africa In a bid to transform Nigeria into a tourist sector destination in Africa and position it as lever of Nigeria’s economic growth and development, Heritage Bank Plc has partnered federal government

and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

The bank partnered Nigerian government at the 61st meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organization-Commission for Africa (UNWTO-CAF), in Abuja,

Jibrin, Kazaure face suspension over comment on NASS resolutions Henry Omunu, Abuja The House of Representatives on Wednesday, accused two members of abuse of House rules and privilege for allegedly disclosing that Tuesday’s joint session of the National Assembly was convened to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari and that itoGbo was instigated by the rose oGbo rose Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) I, formerly known and oGboasrose I,addressed formerly known and lawmakers. sylVesTer I,addressed formerly asknown and sylVesTer If found guilty by the House oGonna faVoUr, now wIsh To be addressed asnow wIsh sylVesTer oGonna faVoUr, To be knownand andPrivileges addressedCommittee as oGbo Ethics oGonnaand faVoUr, now wIsh To be known addressed as oGbo rose mary oGonna. all former chaired

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attended by over 166 foreign delegates, 26 ministers and 332 Nigerian delegates, excluding local and foreign pressmen.

Speaking on the 61st Meeting with the theme “Tourism Statistics: A Catalyst for Development,” President Muhammad Buhari stated that Nigeria is safe and secure for tourism, citing improved security and the country’s burgeoning economy as basis for his verdict.

He called on tourists and investors in the tourism sector to consider Nigeria as their second home saying, that the federal government has provided attractive investment incentives for investors in the sector.

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park equipment, materials for hotel construction, furnishing, dedicated transportation for tour operators and equipment for restaurants not manufactured in Nigeria, minimum duty on casino equipment and work permit for foreign workers with specialised skills within the industry.

Speaking at the event, the MD/CEO of Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo stated since the government deemed it right to partner with the bank in order to synergies together and move tourism potentials of Nigeria to the next level, the bank will continue to increase investment and support to the sector in year ahead.

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“In the coming years, we should expect more of better handshake.

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“The sector is quite lucrative, but for us, what we are doing basically is like partnership. That is what we have done with them over the years. We have done quite a few investments in the sector,” Sekibo hinted.

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Pololikashvili expressed satisfaction at the turnout of both local and foreign participants at the 61st UNWTO/ CAF meeting.

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Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, June 7, 2018

Sen Stella Oduah dumps PDP, joins APGA Tom Okpe, Abuja Senator Princess Stella Oduah, representing Anambra North Senatorial District has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), pitching her political tent with the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Oduah, who served as Minister of Aviation under former President Goodluck Jonathan was elected Senator on the platform of the PDP in 2015.

She fell apart with PDP last year when she could not secure the party’s governorship ticket for the Anambra State governorship election that held late last year.

Addressing APGA chieftains including Senator Victor Umeh, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, APGA National Chairman, Dr. Victor Oye, National Secretary and former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku and others at the National Secretariat of APGA in Abuja on Wednesday, Oduah said she defected to the party because of the party’s philosophy.

She said, “APGA is a movement that cares about other people and that’s what I think politics is all about.

You should be able to make a difference, enhance the live of the average man and woman in your constituency. Holistic movement which APGA stands for is what I cherish. I thank the party for giving me the opportunity to be here and be part of human development.

We have a Governor in Anambra State that stands for

transformation and a national chairman that isn’t myopic in his view and wants APGA to grow beyond the South- East.

“I want to also appreciate my colleague in the Senate, Victor Umeh. He is an epitome of what a legislator should be.

“As a Senator, my first obligation is to my constituency, then my state and Igbo land; it is on this note that l announce my intention to run for the Anambra North Senatorial seat under APGA. My joining APGA is born out of the conviction that the party is the conscience of the Igbo race”.

In his remarks, Senator Umeh said, “We are very happy to have accompanied Senator Stella Oduah to this secretariat.

We are confident that under my successor, APGA will grow. We need more senators, governors and members of House of Representatives.

That’s how we can grow.

With Oduah, we are now 8.

We are the 3rd largest party in Nigeria. I am very happy; I have been alone since I joined the Senate but now, I have a companion. With our members in the House of Representatives, we can confidently talk about APGA caucus in the National Assembly. With what we have seen today, the weight of APGA caucus is increasing”.

Speaking on behalf of the APGA leadership, the National Secretary, Labaran Maku said that the development has shown that APGA will grow from strength to strength.

He said: “Imo would have been under APGA today, we

Nigeria records N2.1trn trade surplus in Q1 Motolani Oseni National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that Nigeria in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018 recorded a trade balance in excess of N2 trillion.

NBS in its latest report issued on Wednesday, indicated that strong increase in export trade in the first quarter of 2018 led to the surplus balance of trade amounting to N2.175 trillion, The total value of merchandise trade was N7, 211.61 billion, which was a 19.74 per cent growth from the figure of N6, 022.93 billion recorded in Q4, 2017 and a 35.07 per cent growth from N5, 339.24 billion in Q1, 2017.

The new report indicated that trade balance in Q1, 2018 was a surplus of N2.175 trillion, which is a 20.95 per cent increase from the figure in Q4, 2017 N1.798 trillion and a 221.08 per cent increase from the figure of N677.42 billion recorded in Q1, 2017.

Total imports value during the period was N2, 518.26 billion, which was 19.22 per cent higher than Q4, 2017 figure of

N2.112 trillion and 8.04 per cent higher than Q1, 2017 figure of N2.330 trillion.

Total export value amounted to N4.693 trillion in Q1, 2018, representing a significant growth of 20.02 per cent over Q4, 2017 of N3.910 trillion and 56.01 per cent over Q1, 2017 figure of N3, 008.33 billion.

Value of manufactured goods exports during Q1 2018 was N434.37 trillion and NBS described it as “significant growth by 684.11 per cent over the previous quarter of N55.39 billion, and by 576.90 per cent when compared N64.17 billion recorded into Q1, 2017.

The value of crude oil exported during Q1 2018 increased by 10 per cent to N3.580 trillion compared with N3.251 trillion exported in Q4, 2017 and 50.74 per cent higher than the value in Q1, 2017 at N2, 374.94 billion.

Other oil products exports in Q1, 2018 amounting to N535.8 billion also grew steadily in the reviewing quarter, with a 10.53 per cent growth from Q4, 2017 or N484.65 billion and a 15.92 per cent growth from the value recorded in Q1, 2017 at N462.10 billion.

should have been talking about 4 governors but we are hopeful that the future is brighter than yesterday. I have known her to be a woman of strength who mobilizes. In the Senate she has made tremendous impact and she will improve on that. Our members in the

House of Representatives have equally been adding value. Our Governor in Anaambra State has shown that this country can live in peace and stability. He has shown that APGA is a National brand and we shall continue to add value to democracy”.

The Anambra State APGA

chairman, Norbert Obi, in his remarks, expressed his delightfulness at the news that today, Wednesday (Yesterday) Senator Oduah will be joining us.

“By 2019, we shall have so many Governors, Senators and House of Representatives. It

has happened and God will not abandon us. I want to thank our national chairman for building on the good job of his predecessor, Senator Victor Umeh”, Obi said.

With this defection of Oduah, the PDP has 47 Senators while APGA has 2.

Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara holding 1yr old baby, when he flagged off medical outreach for IDPs at Karamajiji IDP camp FCT, with him are : Chairman, House committee on IDPs, fugees & North-East Initiatives, Hon. Sani Zoro, Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas and Dr. Momah Efretuei on Saturday 2nd June,2018. photo : Speaker’s Media Office.

Offa robbery latest: Saraki still under investigation, says Police Tunde Opalana, Abuja The last has not been heard about the indictment of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki in the April 5 Offa bank robbery as police on Wednesday said Saraki is still under investigation.

Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Moshood Jimoh in a statement said “the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki is still under investigation in connection to the Offa bank Robbery and the Nigeria Police Force will do everything possible within the ambit of the law to ensure that justice is done in this case”.

Jimoh also disclosed that Police have arrested two out of the three suspects mentioned by the overall gang leader of robbery gang, Ayoade Akinnibosun a.k.a AY during parade of suspects on Sunday.

He said, “Two of these suspects namely lhaji Kehinde Gobiri aka Captain ‘47yrs’ Native of Ilorin East LGA Kwara State and Alhaji Oba Shuaib Olododo aka

Jawando ‘53yrs’ Native of Ilorin South, Kwara State are now in Police custody and have admitted to various crimes and criminalities they have committed in Kwara Central Senatorial District under the guise of political thuggery for the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki. They are currently under investigation and will be charged to court on completion of investigation.

“Consequent upon all the above and the confessions of the five gang leaders namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran and some of the other 17 suspects arrested for direct involvement and active participation in the Offa Bank Robbery and the gruesome killing of 33 innocent persons admitted and volunteered statements that they were political thugs of the Senate President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Bukola Saraki and the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed.

“The five gang leaders further confessed during investigation that they are political thugs under the name Youth Liberation Movement a.k.a “Good Boys” admitted and confessed to have been sponsored with firearms, money and operational vehicles by the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki and the Governor of Kwara State, Alh. Abdulfatah Ahmed. These confessions were made before the media and the public on June 3, 2018. It is therefore, evidently clear that the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki has case to answer.

“It was also discovered during further investigations that three gang leaders who participated actively in the Offa Bank Robbery (i) Ayoade Akinnibosun aka AY (ii) Ibukunle Ogunleye aka Arrow and (iii) Adeola Abraham followed the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki to Oloffa’s Palace when the Senate President paid a condolence visit to Offa after the bank

robbery.

“New revelations from further investigation into the matter show that all the five gang leaders namely; Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibukunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salawudeen Azeez, Niyi Ogundiran have direct connection to the Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki as new pictures of one of the five gang leaders when paraded by the Police early in the week was in ‘Aso Ebi’ (trouser) used during the Senate President daughter’s wedding. The five gang leaders further admitted that they attended the Senate President daughter’s wedding held recently”.

Jimoh ,however, said the Nigeria Police Force will not be cowed or succumb to intimidation from any quarter in carrying out a thorough and discreet investigation into the Offa Bank Robbery where significant successes have been recorded.

“The ongoing investigation will be driven to a logical conclusion”, he added.

Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, June 7, 2018

EFCC arraigns PDP deputy National chair, 5 others over alleged N500m fraud Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned the Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Senator Babayo Garba Gamawa, and five others over an alleged N500m fraud.

Senator Gamawa had also served at some points as Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Deputy Governor and Senator representing Bauchi North.

Others arraigned along with him are Barrister Ibrahim Dandija, an SSG under exGovernor Isa Yuguda for six years, Aliyu Jalam, Dahiru

Madaki, Alhaji Sanusi Isa and Aminu Hamayo, who was at a time Commissioner for Finance and SSG. The case which first came up at the Federal High Court, Bauchi, was presided over by the Chief Judge, Justice Mohammed Shittu Abubabakar.

Counsel for the EFCC,

Barrister Abubakar Aliyu, who spoke to newsmen shortly after the court session said that the defendants were accused of laundering N500 million in 2015.

Abubakar said that the EFCC was yet to establish any proof as to whether the money was from Dasuki’s arms deal or part of Diezani’s campaign

funds.

The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges and were asked by the judge to retain the administrative bail granted them by the anti-graft agency which was adopted by the court till the next adjournment.

Justice Shittu adjourned the case until September 25, 2018.

Successful convocation: LASU VC rewards security unit, personnel The Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, on Wednesday rewarded the institution’s security unit with a N150,000 cash following their outstanding performance before, during and after the university’s just concluded 22nd Convocation.

Fagbohun announced the reward after he inspected

a parade mounted in his honour by the security personnel during his visit to the unit.

LASU held its 22nd Convocation on May 23 and May 24 for the award of first and higher degrees.

Fagbohun said that the commitment to duty by the security personnel contributed to the peace and progress recorded in the

university before, during and after the ceremony.

The V-C gave a N20,000cash donation to Mr Adesesan Adebayo who was adjudged the most outstanding security officer during the ceremony.

Fagbohun charged the personnel to continue to maintain and sustain the peace currently being enjoyed in the institution.

Also, Mr Kayode Kolade,

the University Chief Security Officer (CSO) thanked the V-Cr for appreciating the unit and recognising their efforts.

“We thank the ViceChancellor for appreciating our contributions towards the peace being enjoyed in the institution and the success recorded during the just concluded 22nd Convocation of the university.

“It is so overwhelming that

we have a Vice-Chancellor who is fond of saying thank you for any little effort made, “he said.

Mr Wale Anthony, the Principal Assistant Registrar of the university, advised other members of the university security team to emulate the good works of Adebayo and continue to work for the peace and progress of the university.

Buhari chairs valedictory session in honour of Kayode Fayemi President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday chaired a valedictory session in honour of former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Kayode Fayemi.

Fayemi resigned his appointment as minister last week to enable him contest the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti.

The valedictory session was held before the commencement of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

President Buhari lauded the former minister for his contributions to the successes being recorded by the All Progressives Congress led Federal Government.

He described Fayemi as a man of sound intellect whose contributions helped the administration achieve progress, especially in the solid minerals sector.

Buhari reiterated his call on state governments to embark on voter education so that people would get Permanent Voters Card to elect candidates of their choice.

The President, who attributed his victory at the 2015 polls to technology, explained that the introduction of PVCs and card readers had prevented his being rigged out of the 2015 presidential election.

Ministers who spoke during the session commended Fayemi for his outstanding achievements when he served as cabinet minister.

They expressed the belief that Fayemi would emerge winner of the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti and urged him to rescue the state from the “misrule” of the Peoples Democratic Party.

While thanking President

Buhari for giving him the opportunity to serve as cabinet minister, Fayemi expressed appreciation to his colleagues, for their support and love.

Fayemi, who spoke to State House correspondents after

the valedictory session, said it was an emotional moment for him to be leaving the federal executive council.

He, however, described his departure from the cabinet as a `win-win situation’ as

he was going to rescue Ekiti from the misrule of the PDP. “It’s an emotional moment for me to be leaving the cabinet, but I believe that it is a win-win situation.

“If I succeed in Ekiti, as

I definitely prayed to do, definitely Ekiti will have somebody who is very close to the federal authority and that should translate to more support for our state,’’ he said.

R-L: President Muhammadu Buhari and former Minister of Mines and Steel Development/ gubernatorial candidate, All Progressives Congress (APC), Ekiti State for July 14 election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, during a valedictory session in honour of Fayemi at the Federal Executive Council in Abuja... on Wednesday.

FG completes work on N493m erosion control project in Sokoto The N493 million erosion control project awarded by the Federal Government in Tambuwal Local Government, Sokoto State, has been completed.

The project was flagged-off on June 4, 2017 by Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Prof. Stephen Ocheni, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari.

The project involved road

improvement at Dogon Daji, erosion control works at Bashire and works on manmade gully erosion at Jabo community.

Residents said the speed with which the work was completed was commendable, adding that it would help ease threats of erosion and flooding in the affected communities.

Some of the residents, Malam Chika Malami,

Abubakar Muhammad and Aishatu Jabo, said they had suffered the problem of erosion which has devastated their farmlands, roads and residents.

They expressed the hope that with the completion of the project, the threat has been permanently contained.

The residents said they would remain grateful to President Buhari for coming to their aid after years of

complaints to previous administrations without positive response.

Managing Director of the contracting firm, Alhaji Muhammad Bello assured that the project was executed within specifications and would pass all integrity tests.

He urged the affected communities to take ownership of the project to ensure that it served them for long.

7 News Tiv Youth Organisation replies defence minister over comment Freddie Adamgbe, Makurdi Sequel to a call by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali to President Mohammadu Buhari to repeal the Anti Open Grazing law promulgated by the Benue State Government, a social cultural association called Tiv Youths Organization (TYO) yesterday lampooned the minister describing him as agent sponsored to destroy the Nigerian Federalism.

President General of TYO comrade Timothy Hembaor while replying the minister during a press conference in Makurdi expressed disappointment that such statement is coming from a leader who supposedly should be a defender of all Nigerians against impunity of some.

Comrade pointed out that it is unfortunate given the fact that open grazing had also been discouraged by the Northern Governors Forum and the National Economic Council stating that such an advice was only aimed at creating confusion and anarchy as the debate over same had long ago been laid to rest.

The President General said he was shocked over the Defence Minister’s comments which he noted were ridiculous and absurd.

He added that ‘’We are constrained to believe that the Defence Minister is a key part of the perceived conspiracy against the peace loving people of Benue and other states.”

He continued that ‘’As a State that gave President Muhammadu Buhari an edge in the 2015 general elections, we demand that the retired Col. Mansur Dan Ali resigns his position as Nigeria’s Defence Minister immediately and tender an unreserved apology to the people of Benue and other states which have made laws to embrace ranching as the best solution for animal husbandry. ‘’The Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law 2017 enacted by Benue State has come to stay and any attempt to force the suspension of the legislation will be vehemently resisted by the people’’, observed.

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PenCom advises workers to invest wisely after retirement The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has advised prospective retirees to invest in businesses that will generate regular income after retirement to sustain their lifestyles.

The Acting Director General of the Commission, Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar, gave the advice at a pre-retirement workshop in

Owerri on Tuesday for workers who will be retiring from public service in 2019.

The prospective retirees were also advised to shun “get rich quick” ventures, especially businesses which they do not have adequate knowledge of.

In her opening remarks, Mrs Dahir-Umar said the workshop was part of the

annual regulatory activities of PenCom. The Director General, who was represented by Mrs Carol Alex-Uzomah, said the Commission had finalised arrangements to commence the verification of prospective 2019/retirees.

She said the exercise necessitated the need

to undertake adequate sensitisation and public enlightenment in order to prepare prospective retirees on the steps to take towards a hitch-free life after retirement.

Mrs Dahir-Umar expressed hope that the workshop would educate the participants on what they need to know on documentation requirements,

payment of retirement benefits and life after retirement.

Papers presented at the workshop included “Enrolment Exercise and Documentation Requirements”; “Accessing Retirement and Terminal Benefits under the Contributory Pension Scheme” and “Life after retirement.”

G7 Summit: Aid Organisations call for $1.3bn for education With the Group of Seven (G7) Summit approaching, aid organisations have repeated calls for the nations involved to invest at least 1.3 billion dollars to help children education.

The fund is meant to assist particularly girls to have better access to education.

Around 3.7 million children

could benefit from the funding over a three-year period, the groups said on Wednesday, in anticipation of Friday’s G7 summit in La Malbaie, Canada.

One of the groups appealing for the investment, Oxfam, called for gender-specific obstacles such as school fees, which prevents a large number of girls from attending school, to

be addressed by the G7.

Canadian Prime Minister and host of this year’s summit, Justin Trudeau, has promised to promote significant financial commitments to education for women and girls, particularly those in crisis areas between 2018 and 2020 at the meeting.

However, Oxfam wants to ensure that the G7 provides

additional funding for this commitment and that the nations would not only redeploy previously allocated funds.

In addition to the investment, children’s aid organisation World Vision alerted the G7 that wars and crisis situations present biggest barriers to education.

“The G7 leaders must work harder for peace and violence prevention,’’ said World Vision spokesperson Silvia Holten.

“There must be an end to sabre-rattling and threatening gestures.’’

In addition to Canada, the G7 Group also includes the USA, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Japan.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, flanked by Secretary General, United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili (3rd left); Minister of Information & Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (3rd right) and other member Delegates of the 61st meeting of the UNWTO and African Tourism Ministers, during a courtesy visit to the Governor, at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. . .on Wednesday.

Senators divided over Zamfara INEC nominee, confirms 3 RECs Tunde Opalana, Abuja Some senators yesterday engaged in heated arguments over confirmation of Barrister Bello Mahmood, a Resident Electoral Commission (REC) nominee from Zamfara State as the upper chamber confirmed nominations of three RECs and a national commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The senate confirmed Elder Monday Udo Tom from Akwa Ibom State, Attahiru Garba Madami from Niger State and Barr. Bello Mahmoid from Zamfara State as resident electoral commissioners and

Barrister Festus Okoye from the South-East geopolitical zone as a national commissioner following the consideration of report of its committee on INEC. The chairman of the committee on INEC, Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi North) had hardly finished the presentation of the report in which the Zamfara State nominee was rejected, when Senator Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara Central) in his contribution rejected the committee’s report and also accused its chairman of compromise and bias.

He said “as far as am concern, the report is not complete”.

This allegation prompted the deputy senate president, Ike

Ekweremadu to refer Marafa to order 53 (7 & 8) of the senate rule which forbids usage of nocomplementary and improper language on one another upon which Marafa was ruled out of order and advised to withdraw his comment and apologise to Nazif.

Marafa challenged Saraki for ruling him out of order but accepted to withdraw his comment.

He said “I won’t apologise and I stand on my point of order and I stand to say that this report is null and void and cannot stand in this government”.

Counselling Marafa, the senate leader, Ahmad Lawan said Ekweremadu raised a vital

point which Marafa cannot ignore and was advised in his own interest and in the interest of the senate to soft pedal on his stand.

Lawan said the report should be referred to the committee of the whole where a mild drama ensued.

After the confirmation of Udo Tom, Garba Madami and Festus Okoye through voice vote, the senate president put to question whether the decision of the committee to reject Manhood’s nomination be sustained but to the surprise of all, ‘the nays’ have their way.

Saraki then for a second time put the question whether Mahmood’s nomination be

confirmed and there was overwhelming shout of ‘yeah’, thereby confirming the Zamfara State nominee.

Senator Marafa after thanking his colleagues for the honour done his state by confirming Mahmood, then tendered apology to Senator Nazif and the INEC committee.

Also at plenary yesterday, senate received and considered Conference Committee report on National Transport Commission Bill 2018 sponsored by Senator Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos East), Conference Committee report on Petroleum Industry Governance Bill 2018 sponsored by Senator Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo Central).

5, 200 Adamawa IDPs relocate to Gombe – Official About 5,200 I n t e r n a l l y Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Adamawa, have relocated to Gombe State after they were rejected by their host communities, an official has said.

Malam Mohammed Garba, the Rescue and Rehabilitation Officer of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Gombe.

Garba explained that the IDPs relocated from Guyuk Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa to Balanga LGA in Gombe State, adding that their rejection by the host communities compelled them to return to their ancestral home to begin life afresh.

He said on receiving information of their arrival in Balanga LGA, some officials of the agency went and discovered that the Displaced Persons were living in two blocks of four class rooms, while some were being accommodated in the host communities.

“We went there and made an assessment; we are now waiting for approval for intervention from the government,’’ he said, Garba said the state current has a total 31, 909 registered IDPs, who have been integrated into various host communities.

“We have not captured the 5,200 on our data bank yet, by the time we capture them, the number will be higher,” he said.

Hajiya Amina Ahman, the state’s c o o r d i n a t o r , National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) also confirmed the relocation of the IDPs, saying the agency had already visited Balanga to assess their living condition.

She promised to visit them as soon as relief materials were received from the headquarters of the agency in Abuja.

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Enugu CP tasks PCRC members on intelligence, information Moses Oyediran, Enugu The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammed Danmallam, has tasked members of the Police-Community Relations Committee (PCRC) on the need for prompt intelligence and information to the police.

Danmallam gave the charge on Wednesday while inaugurating new executive members of 29 PCRC Divisions of the state at the state’s Police Headquarters in Enugu.

He noted that although his command had been doing a lot in intelligence gather but it was still not enough as the residents’

involvement in intelligence and information gathering about crime and criminality would be highly useful and more fruitful.

The commissioner also noted that `police personnel are never magicians’ to know much about every single thing going on in the state `but with the members of the PCRC that gap

will be closed’.

“The command always seeks closer partnership with residents especially through the PCRC platform in order to bridge the gap between the police and the people as well as get the needed confidential information for effective policing.

“We expect you (PCRC members) to work hand-inhand with your Divisional Police Officers to enhance safety within your neighbourhoods as well as help to bring peace as well.

“The work of policing is for everybody whether you are putting on uniform or not; since

Internet fraud: Surety arraigned for failing to produce lover in court A 23-year-old man, Onanuga Rasheed, who stood as surety for his girlfriend and failed to produce her in court, was on Wednesday hauled up before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

The surety-turned accused, a resident of Igando area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of attempt to pervert the course of justice and

disobedience to lawful order.

Rasheed had stood as surety for his girlfriend, Daniella Zipamoh, and promised to produce her any time she was needed by the police but failed to do so on three occasions.

Zipamoh is facing a threecount charge bordering on breach of peace and internet fraud.

“My Lord, I want the accused

to show cause why the N150, 000 bail bond he entered into as a surety should not be forfeited to the Lagos State Government,” the Police Prosecutor, ASP Roman Unuigbe, told the court.

According to him, the accused committed the offences on May 28 at Igando Police Station, Lagos.

The offences of attempt to

pervert the course of justice and disobedience to lawful order slammed on the boyfriend contravened Sections 97 (1) and 123 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

Section 97 provides seven years imprisonment, while Section 123 prescribes one year jail term or N50,000 fine on conviction.

The lover, however, denied

the charge and was granted bail in the sum of N150, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

Chief Magistrate Phillip Ojo, who gave the ruling, said the sureties should show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government as part of the bail condition granted him.

The case was adjourned until July 18.

security brings lots of benefits to everybody as well.

“The command wants you to be bridge-builders and not fence-builders in order for us all to achieve the common objective of securing lives and property in our neighbourhoods,’’ Danmallam, who was represented by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said.

According to him, the command will soon organise workshops for all PCRC members in the state for you to know the rules guiding the organisation.

Danmallam also urged them to co-operate with other actors in the Nigeria policing project especially security-conscious people in their neighbourhoods to achieve fast and allencompassing results.

Responding, Dr Nnaemeka Ezema, Chairman of PCRC of the command, thanked the commissioner and command for giving them the opportunity to volunteer their experience, wealth and time to join the police in improving security in the state.

Ezema assured that various the executives would abide by the rules guiding the organization; adding: ``There is no room for compromise, which hoodlums will catch in on and wreak havoc’’.

“When you look at the population of the country and the number of police personnel; you will notice there is a need for some people in the society to complement their efforts.

“So, the PCRC is here to assist the command to bridge the gap especially as it is known that security is everybody’s business,’’ he said.

Over 200 executives from the 29 divisions were inaugurated to serve for the next three years.

EU set to impose extra tariffs on US imports from July L-R: Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja...on Wednesday

Buhari breaks fast with traditional, religious leaders President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday hosted traditional and religious leaders to breaking of fast and reassured them that he will never betray the trust reposed in him by Nigerians no matter the challenges on ground.

The President gave the reassurance when he hosted traditional rulers and religious leaders from across the country to breaking of Ramadan fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He also vowed that he would never allow political office holders or public servants entrusted with the nation’s resources to abuse such trust by way of stealing or mismanagement of the resources.

He maintained that the nation’s resources were meant to uplift the quality of life of the citizens and not to be diverted to private pockets by selfish individuals or groups.

“This country is endowed by God with material and human resources. We are going to work very hard to explore it.

“We are holding public trust and knowingly we will not abuse it and we will not allow anybody to abuse it,’’ he said.

He charged the traditional and religious leaders to continue to educate and enlighten their followers on the importance of keeping public trust, saying that his administration would

continue to promote the virtues of honesty, trust and accountability for the general good of the society.

While thanking the traditional and religious leaders for their support and understanding, the President urged them not to relent in promoting the virtues of peaceful co-existence and brotherliness among the citizens across the country.

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye

Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) and Amb. Shehu Galadanchi, who spoke on behalf of traditional rulers and the religious leaders respectively, thanked President Buhari for inviting them for the “Iftar’’.

They also lauded his administration’s socio-economic policies and programmes aimed at transforming the nation’s economy and subsequently enhancing the standard of living of the people.

European Union says it will start applying additional import duties on selected United States imports from July 1.

The order is in response to U.S. tariffs imposed on EU steel and aluminium, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

EU members have given broad support to a European Commission plan to set duties on 2.8 billion euros (3.3 billion dollars) of U.S. exports.

The broad support is in response to what is seen an as illegal action by Washington.

“The Commission expects to conclude the relevant procedure in coordination with member states before the end of June.

“The new duties start applying in July,’’ Commissioner Maros Sefcovic told a news conference. ($1 = 0.8497 euros) (Reuters/NAN)

News 10 Boundary dispute: Enugu, Anambra sue for peace Moses Oyediran, Enugu The Deputy Governors of Enugu and Anambra States, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo and Dr. Nkem Okeke have called on border communities of Ibite Olo in Ezeagu local government area (Enugu) and Awba Ofemmili in Awka North local government area (Anambra) to sheathe their swords and allow peace reign in their areas.

The deputy governors, who gave the advice when they visited the two neighbouring communities over the lingering boundary crisis, noted the imperative of peace in the areas for the enhancement of development and other dividends of democracy.

They said that the matter has gone beyond the two states and called for the swift intervention of the National Boundary Commission (NBC).

According to the Enugu Deputy Governor, “our coming here is to appeal for peace before you people. You are all brothers. Remember that prior to state creation, you people were in one state and state creation was not to divide brothers but to enhance development. We, therefore, appeal that both communities should maintain the status quo pending the coming of the National Boundary Commission (NBC) for proper demarcation of the boundary”.

Adding his voice, the Anambra State Deputy Governor while educating the people of the communities on “earth’s ephemeral nature”, said: “We all know that our earthly sojourn is just for a while, we can only stay at most one hundred years, and none of us will carry land to the grave. When we die, we are buried in the land and none of us was born with land. Our fore-parents have died, still lands remain. So why should we kill ourselves because of land?”

He also reminded them of the age long affinity between Enugu and Anambra states, stressing: “Enugu and Anambra are brothers and sisters. So, kindly eschew rancour and embrace peace until the NBC comes for a lasting solution to the impasse”.

In his submission, the Chairman of Ezeagu local government area, Hon. Fred Ezinwa blamed the ugly incident on the inordinate ambition of some individuals who according to him are fuelling the crisis on selfish grounds.

He maintained that the people of his council are peaceful, expressing delight that this is the first time a deputy governor has visited the area on a peace mission.

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Oyegun never told us not to inaugurate excos - Lagos APC chairman The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Lagos, Alhaji Tunde Balogun Tuesday night denied any directive from the National Chairman of the party, Chief John OdigieOyegun stopping state party chairmen from inaugurating their executive members.

Balogun told newsmen in Ikeja that news reports that Oyegun gave the directive at the inauguration of 33 state party chairmen in Abuja on Monday were misleading.

He said Oyegun never questioned his position as the Chairman of the party in the state and that of chairmen of Rivers and Oyo,adding the report was a distortion of fact.

“It is not true that Chief Oyegun asked us in Lagos not to swear in our executives .There was nothing like that.

“And it was not true that he also directed the chairmen of Oyo and Rivers not to do so. He never said that at the

inauguration.

“The misleading reports in some newspapers and social media did not just reflect what happened at our inauguration yesterday.

“My inauguration confirmed that I have no problem with Oyegun or any other person.

We had a congress and I was validly elected. So there is no doubt about my position as the chairman.

“In fact, we have since inaugurated our excos in Lagos and work is already in progress. So Oyegun could not have directed us not to swear in our exco, we have already done that, “he said.

On the internal wrangling in the party, s chapter, Balogun said disagreement was normal in politics.

He said his priority as the new Chairman will be to bring everybody back together so that the party could be stronger in the state.

“My priority as the

Chairman of the party is to bring everybody together. Yes, some people organised another congress which we think it is illegal, we are going to reach them.

“We will try as much as possible to reconcile all members and bring back those who are not with us” he said.

There was jubilation at the ACME Road Secretariat of the party over the inauguration of Balogun.

Party members danced and sang as they waited all day for the arrival of Balogun from Abuja.

The chairman arrived the Secretariat around 7pm.

ICPC staff eulogise late Akanbi Some employees of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), have paid glowing tributes to the late pioneer Chairman of the commission, Justice Mustapha Akanbi.

Speaking at a valedictory session in his honour at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, they described Akanbi as a man of uncommon integrity.

Acting Chairman of the commission, Mr Musa Abubakar, represented by the ICPC Commissioner on Administration, Mr Nathan Bako, said Akanbi’s story could never be completely told.

“As the pioneer chairman of the ICPC, he demonstrated uncommon skills and competence in institution building, having started the commission from nothing.

“He also demonstrated that skill in his capacity and ability to manage a board of strange fellows, and he also established the foundation for integrity that ICPC is known for today.

“Majority of us pioneer staff of the commission that came in 2005 didn’t know anybody, but Justice Akanbi blocked out all nepotism and corruption in the

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selection process of staff.

“In fact, there was something he told us: he said some of his relatives that participated in the recruitment process and excelled, that he knew that he would never be able to convince anybody that he did not influence their appointment, he turned them down. That is his level of integrity.’’

Abubakar said Akanbi was an incorruptible stickler of due process and a defender of the staff against the abuses of the commission’s board members then.

He stated that that late chairman was a follower and defender of the ICPC even after he left office, and remained the greatest thing to have happened to the commission both in life and death.

In her tributes, Mrs Christiana Onuogu, the pioneer Head of the commission’s Legal Department, said the late Akanbi was a dogged defender of the oppressed.

Onuogu recalled how he fought for the reinstatement of a civil servant who was sacked after he blew whistle on corruption in his office.

“Somebody came to my office and complained that he was laid off because he reported corruption, and this man had been at home for five years.

“He reported some people in his office because they wanted to embezzle funds in foreign currency. He narrated the story to me, and I took him straight to my chairman and I narrated it to him.

“Do you know that Hon. Justice Akanbi took up this matter. He made sure this man was reinstated after five years.

“When this man resumed, some of those who were persecuting him were still there, and they refused to pay his entitlement.

“He came back to me, and I went back to Hon. Justice Akanbi, he took it up again and made sure that every entitlement of the man was paid. You can now clap. Hon. Justice Akanbi has fought a good fight.’’

INEC to partner advertising professionals to address hate speech The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed its willingness to cooperate with advertising professionals in the country to mitigate hate speeches in the country’s electoral campaigns.

A statement posted on INEC online newspaper on Tuesday in Abuja, quoted the commission’s Chairman, Prof.

Mahmood Yakubu as making the pledge when he received the newly elected Executives of the Advertising Practitioners Association, Abuja Chapter (APAAC).

Yakubu said that the

commission would partner with the professionals to promote sound political advertising as the countdown to the 2019 general elections continued.

Prof. Yakubu, who was represented by National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Prince Adedeji Soyebi, welcomed the support of the Association towards improving the electoral process.

He said that working with professional bodies such as APAAC would bring

about sanity in the practice, especially with regard to electoral advertisings.

The INEC Chairman said the Commission was willing to work with every organisation that could add value to the 2019 general elections.

Yakubu urged APAAC to work closely with the InterParty Advisory Council (IPAC) in order to sanitise political advertising.

Earlier, the Chairman of APAAC, Mr Ibrahim Aliyu commended the current leadership of the Commission for its focus and determination to ensure free, fair and

credible elections regardless of daunting challenges.

“Despite the huge challenges, INEC has been performing creditably well.

“Political contests in Nigeria have always been characterized historically by violence, misgivings, fake news and propaganda, but in spite of these, INEC has remained on the path of providing Nigerians with credible elections.”

He said that APAAC, as a patriotic organisation, was prepared to assist INEC in sensitizing political parties on ethical advertising.

He said the association would also asisit on how campaigns should be run, in order to avert a repeat of what happened in 2015 when hate speech and foul languages were prevalent.

A member of the delegation and Zonal Head, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), Alhaji Adamu Yelwa, pledged the Council’s commitment to cooperate with INEC. Yelwa said the association would partner with INEC to promote sound political advertising in the build-up to the 2019 general elections.

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Politics APC National Chairmanship: Ibrahim Emokpaire picks nomination form Theresa Tekenah A former chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, United Kingdom chapter, and founding member of the All Progressive Congress APC, Ibrahim Emokpaire on Tuesday picked the nomination form to contest the national chairman of the APC at the party’s convention Secretariat in Abuja.

Speaking at the event, Emokpaire said that his political culture is entrenched in the progressive benchmark which has been the cornerstone of his political association from the formative stages home and abroad, of the All Progressives Congress party (APC).

“Today marks a landmark in the political adventure of my life as I step forward to pick the nomination form to contest the position of the National Chairmanship of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. “My conviction to render robust service to my political party, and by extension; my fatherland, is borne out of my belief that I have the competency, experience, zeal, passion and above all, the vision to raise the bar of excellence in the administration of our political party to such a spectacularly enviable position if elected. I will ensure that APC flourishes where other parties may flounder”. He said.

He stated that one of his cardinal programmers is the empowerment of the youths whose fate and faith have been swayed by the tide of times.

“They will be mentored on leadership through the establishment of a Political Management Institute which will also help every member of our great party that is desirous of excelling to learn and garner more knowledge and skills

Ibrahim Emokpaire about contemporary global politics.

“On assumption as the elected National Chairman, I will create an atmosphere of unity, peace and inclusiveness to help harmonize the contributions of our leaders both at home and in the Diaspora in the management of our internal democratic process to forestall intractable crisis.

“People living with disability shall be accorded special recognition and hope. Women participation within the

party shall be brought to the fore to enjoy political patronage parity with their male counterparts during my time. I am prepared to serve honestly, diligently and improve internal relations among members of our great party to ensure that the party serves as the hub of the people-centered policies and programmes that would be implemented by our members in the current government to achieve the cloak of a winning streak for members and Nigerians at large”. He said.

He stated that on possible election as the substantive National Chairman of the party, he would serve diligently to the best of his ability. He stated that his manifesto which will be made available very soon, contains the roadmap of his administration.

“It comes with fresh ideas on good governance, innovative technology and human resources management to help improve the party’s fortunes. It’s a doable template, which will assist APC deliver landmark victories for Nigerians of all political stripes”. He said.

He called on fellow aspirants to choose issue based constructive campaign over mischief and political grandstanding. He also called on all the delegates to be well meaning and allow decorum, transparency, fair play, peaceful and civilized conduct to characterize the activities of the convention this June.

He pledged that his tenure and intervention as the next National Chairman to be elected during the National Convention this June, will be rancor free to foster a rekindled APC, which would be more peoplefocused, service-oriented, nation building-minded, technology-driven and forward-looking.

Emokpaire acknowledged the foundation laid by the outgoing National Chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, and his team. He also acknowledged the role of other founding fathers whose collective wisdom and sacrifices gave birth to our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). He also recognized the efforts of the convention committee in preparation for hitch free convention come 23rd of June 2018.

Tayo Fashoghon joins race for APC Deputy Youth Leader Patrick Okohue Ahead of the National Convention of the All Progressive Congress (APC), foremost youth advocate, Dr Oluwatayo Fashogbon Solomon has declared his interest to contest for the office of the Deputy National Youth Leader of the party.

Fashogbon a youth leader and pro-democracy activist is a founding member of the APC in his home town of Oke-Igbo in Oke Igbo/ Ile Oluji Local Government area of Ondo State.

Fashogbon said he wants to bridge the gap in youths participation in party politics, in line with the party policies and President Buhari’s goal of youths inclusion in politics with the recent presidential assent to the not to young to run bill.

In a statement signed by Kunle

...says youths key to party success

Oloye for Team Fashogbon, the aspirant said “ Our great party has the largest number of young followers in the history of political party politics in the last 16 years, this momentum am going to sustain and improve on. The strength of our party are the young people and it’s inclusiveness in decision taking process will be a priority when elected at the National Convention,” Fashogbon said in a his declaration.

He promised to galvanise the youth and give them a platform that will enable them develop and express themselves politically. “Because we have come to discover overtime that one of the fundamental problems of Nigerian state is the fact there is disconnect between the

political actors, leaders, elders, stakeholders and the Nigerian youth and this has created a leadership lacuna which will be addressed. Opportunities must be open to all youths in the APC. According to him, the APC needs a youth leader that has the ability and capability to mobilise Nigerian youths and sell the party ideas to them.

With a large influence among various youth groups, currently Dr Fashogbon leads a network of 10,000 young professionals across the country.

Ahead of the 2015 general election, Fashogbon led a coalition of 200,000 Youths in various rallies and town hall meeting across the country drumming for supports for the APC and credible electoral process.

Oluwatayo Fashogbon

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PDP Igbo group decamp to APC in Lagos

By Benjamin Omoike Members of Igbo Groups in Lagos state, who were cardcarrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), have decamped en-masse to the All Progressives Congress, (APC).

The defection was witnessed in Ifako Local Government Area of the state when the Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard received them to their fold.

Those that defected said their resolution to join the APC was triggered by the performances of the Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, whom they said is determined to take Lagos from mega to a smart city.

Speaking on behalf of the group, their leader, Eze Ohazurike, a close associate of the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, said, “Our decision to support him for another term in office is based on the fact that he has performed extremely well. We can all see that everything that he has done in Lagos state, no other state has been able to do that.

“He has done very well and there is still continuation of a lot of things to be done, which the governor is actively implementing.

We are here reaffirming our position because we have already endorsed him before now.”

He added: “We want the governor to continue his mentoring in all the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas of the state towards effecting the ongoing development at the grassroots.”

Addressing the people, the State Coordinator of Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard, Hon. Seyi Bamigbade, who facilitated their defection, said the Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard was willing to accommodate more people that would work for the targeted five million votes for governor Akinwunmi Ambode in the 2019 General Election.

He said, ‘’We assure you that your coming is an indication and testimony to the good things governor Akinwunmi Ambode has been doing to enhance the standard of living of the people of Lagos state.’’

Bamigbade urged Lagosians to use the opportunity of the ongoing collection of PVCs to collect their PVCs, urging the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), officials to show more commitment.

Also speaking, former Executive Secretary of the Local Government, Hon. Fausat Hassan Olajoku, said, “APC has been waxing stronger and has become more united. More people will soon join the party through Itesiwaju Ipinle Eko Vanguard and we will collectively work to ensure its success at all levels during the forthcoming general election.”

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Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, June 7, 2018

Day Fayemi’s received heroic welcome in Ekiti Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti In a manner akin to the heroic entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem in the holy Bible, so it was for the former Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, right from Akure Airport where the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu led thousands of All Progressives Party (APC) faithful to welcome the APC governorship candidate in the July 4 election in Ekiti State, who had just resigned his ministerial appointment to face his governorship campaign, having won the May 12 governorship primary of his party, APC in the state.

Visitors and residents of Akure alike could not but notice that a very important dignitary was being expected with the intimidating crowd from the South West of Nigeria, including Ekiti State his home state, who had thronged the Akure Airport as early as 8am to welcome him.

Everybody wanted to catch a glimpse of this important dignitary.

People and passersby were also attracted by the convoy of vehicles that headed for the airport and people stood in groups discussing and wanting to know what was responsible for the mass movement to Akure Airport. People lined up by the road side to catch a glimpse of this man that was being discussed.

When Fayemi eventually emerged, he was received by the huge crowd who cheered and praised him. In fact, Akure stood still for Fayemi on Friday June 1, 2018, and this was the scenario in all the towns and villages he crossed into Ekiti.

At the border town, Ikere Ekiti, when the convoy of Fayemi was sighted, the crowd were electrified with joy and burst into wild jubilation and Fayemi in turn started responding to the cheers and praises by his loved people and started dancing to the music being played by the moving DJ while his convoy moved on slowly as the main road was jam-packed by crowd of people who came to welcome him back home.

Fayemi whose flight touched down at the Akure Airport at exactly 12:20pm was received by Akeredolu who had led other members of the state executive council, party chieftains, and other members and supporters of the party to receive him at the airport.

After the formal reception held for him in Akure, Fayemi`s convoy took off and was accompanied by Governor Akeredolu and other chieftains of the party in Ondo State and Ekiti, like Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, Senator Ayo Arise, former PDP spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the APC Chairman in Ekiti, Chief Jide Awe, his counterpart in Ondo, Mr Ade Adetimehin among others, while other supporters, loyalists and people from all works of life stood by anxiously at Ikere Ekiti, Ado Ekiti and Ishan Ekiti for Fayemi’s arrival.

At last, Fayemi’s convoy got to Ikere at about 2pm where he was received by the crowd who have been waiting for him, he then stopped his convoy to address the people who insisted that he must speak with them.

Fayemi had assured his people that his administration would transform

Fayemi and Akeredolu the lives of the people and put an end to poverty in the state.

Fayemi who predicted victory for the party in the July 14 election, noted that the current government in Ekiti State has brought hardship on the people.

His words, “I want to commend our people for their passion for excellence and determination to remove those who have brought our state to a state of comatose and I have no doubt in my mind, victory shall be ours.

“The time has come to remove poverty brought by the corrupt people in government today in Ekiti from the lives of our people and I pray God will perfect it for us”.

On his part, the Ondo State governor, Akeredolu noted that the party was poised to take over Ekiti from what he described as misrule of the PDP. Akeredolu said: “It means a lot to us, a lot to the party and the people of Ondo State. We always craved to have brotherly neighbour. Every arm of APC in the state is committed to this Ekiti project and it is a task that must be done, because we are determined to make sure we reclaim Ekiti and restore what has been lost.

“Fayemi is not new in government.

He has done it before and he is only

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coming to restore what he had been doing. A lot of things need to be done aright and I believe Ekiti State people will support him.”

A Human Rights Activist and Ekiti based lawyer, Adeoye Aribasoye who also spoke said, “Without any scintilla of doubt, the welcoming rally has put paid to the propaganda by the opposition that Dr Fayemi is not loved by Ekiti people. The large turnout is intimidating and against the expectations of the opposition...

This is even not about the large crowd but the happiness, joy and enthusiasm exhibited by Ekiti people who came to welcome him today.

“Everybody can see it now, the joy on every one’s face that are present at this welcome rally evidently shows a man they know will lead them out of the woods. To say this is unprecedented is to say the least, you can see the crowd!

“The welcome rally has shown where the pendulum will swing; this has also drawn shivers down the spine of Fayose and his allies. Let me state emphatically, JKF will win the July 14 election without stress.

“The massive crowd that welcome Fayemi has a connect with his antecedent, what he did for the people of Ekiti, his programs and policies are the basic reasons Ekiti people are

We always craved to have brotherly neighbour. Every arm of APC in the state is committed to this Ekiti project and it is a task that must be done, because we are determined to make sure we reclaim Ekiti and restore what has been lost. Fayemi is not new in government.

He has done it before and he is only coming to restore what he had been doing. A lot of things need to be done aright and I believe Ekiti State people will support him.”

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clamoring for his return. One can see the senior citizens trooping out dancing and waving their brooms...

Ekitis are not ingrates; they know the man that loves them deeply.

“They are not cajoled by the antics of the present government at blackmailing JKF. They are ready to go all out to support the man that will bring back ‘owo arugbo’ for the senior citizens, they want their LCDA back, the free health is what they are praying to have back, they needed ycad just like they want youth volunteer scheme back, the Ikogosi and Ire burnt bricks are among the many things they know Fayemi will return to the people.

“JKF’s second term will bring restoration of our values and will stamp out poverty. In terms of governance and service delivery, he has done it before, he will definitely improve on it,” Aribasoye stated at the welcome rally.

Branded vehicles with music blaring from them, Okada riders with posters of JKF kept dancing up and down and a lot of people who kept trooping out to join the rally with vehicles of supporters practically paralysed free flow of traffic.

In fact, it took Fayemi’s convoy more than two hours to extricate itself from the resultant traffic gridlock, as a result he virtually trekked with occasional burst of dancing steps to the music blaring from the carnival of sort even as his supporters also joined in the dance with him to Ado Ekiti in a journey which ordinarily should have been about 15 minutes.

Again, his convoy was met at Ado/ Ikere Ekiti boundary by another set of okada riders, party faithful and supporters. These people who joined the convoy had equally made the already jam-packed traffic to be slower, they eventually got to the

party secretariat at about 5pm to meet another crowd which have been waiting for him since morning.

Everything went well, even with the large crowd up to the point when Fayemi flanked by Akeredolu, MOB, Adeyeye, and Awe was to address the crowd, and suddenly gunshots were heard and this caused people to run helter -skelter for their lives as most people thought that the place was under attack.

It was later found out that no fewer than five persons have been hit by bullets which were fired by a mobile policeman and that Hon Opeyemi Bamidele was on the casualty list.

Thereafter, it was accusation and counter accusation, between the APC and Governor Ayo Fayose.

While APC alleged that the incident was an assassination attempt on Fayemi by Fayose using fake mobile policeman to carry out the assassination attempt, but Fayose said the attack should be traced to APC chieftains saying it was an attack from within and that accusing fingers should not be pointed at him.

While people are looking in the direction of Fayose, some pundits said the APC ought to look inwards as it could be the work of an insider who may be linked to some of the aspirants who are still harbouring venoms against Fayemi over the last primary.

Meanwhile, as the Police still continue their investigation on the matter with some suspects already arrested, reliable information reaching our Correspodent has it that Hon Bamidele’s condition has stabilised and he has been flown to Lagos to go for post surgery treatments to ensure quick convalescence for him to be able to join Dr. Fayemi’s campaign train, of which he has been playing a pivotal role.

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Editorial Commentary OUR POSITION

Drug abuse and menace of codeine, others

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ollowing a codeine-propelled high drug addiction problem, the Federal Government in a swift reaction, banned the production and importation of codeine containing cough syrup. The syrup usually taken by millions of youths who mix it with soft drinks, alcohol or illegal drugs, leads to physical and mental reliance on the drug and can be fatal.

It would be recalled that the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, had on May 1, 2018 directed the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough syrup preparations.

The documentary which went viral showed some Nigerian youths who were addicted to codeine displaying symptoms of mental illness and confined to an ill equipped rehabilitation centre.

The development however elicited a wide range of reactions from the public as well as stakeholders in the health sector.

It is worthy of note that many individuals and groups had raised alarm over the rising incidence of drug abuse in Nigeria especially among the youths.

This problem is made worse by the chaotic drug distribution system in Nigeria

which has left distribution of drugs largely in the hands of merchants who are usually not trained to handle such.

The fact that the Federal Government waited for a foreign media outfit to broadcast a documentary on this problem before taking such an action leaves a lot to be desired.

The ability of this move to solve the drug abuse problem in Nigeria has been queried by many industry watchers bearing in mind that a more wholistic approach remains the best option.

Its worthy of note that codeine is not the only frequently abused drug as tramadol abuse is also rampant.

It is also noteworthy that codeine is not only used for preparation of cough syrups as such it might not be appropriate to have a complete ban on codeine bearing in mind that this drug is needed for other conditions.

This makes it imperative that a more effective approach is one that ensures that only qualified persons get to handle these drugs.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) which is the umbrella body of practising Pharmacists through her President, Pharmacist Ahmed Yakasai, has again drawn attention of the Federal Government to the continued delay in the implementation of the new national drug

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distribution guidelines which has been shifted on several occasions.

According to Yakassai, the new directive would be better implemented under the new drug distribution guildeline.

The implementation of the new drug distribution guildelines is expected to ensure that drug distribution is always done under the watchful eyes of Pharmacists and that the drug supply chain can be tracked from the manufacturer or importer to the final consumer.

The truth is that this ban is definitely going to decrease the amount of codeine containing cough syrups in circulation but does little neither to bring any sanity to the drug distribution system in Nigeria nor to curtail this public health threat posed by drug abuse.

It is gratifying to note that there has been increased advocacy on the dangers of drug abuse. We believe that there is the need for holistic approach to tackle the menace of drugs abuse while groups such as the Young Pharmacists group, Pharmaguide Nigeria and a host of non-governmental organisations have been quite instrumental in this direction.

We are of the opinion that relevant health authorities should wake up to the challenge by creating more awareness especially among youths on the long effects of codeine.

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Not Too Young To Run: Story of People, Power and Democratic Renewal (I)

N Samson Itodo

igeria operates a rigid constitution.

Rigid constitutions by their nature are complicated and painstaking to change. It takes time, effort and resources to insert a comma, full stop or delete a word from a rigid constitution. This is attributed to the cumbersome amendment process prescribed in the law that makes it nearly impossible to amend a section of it. As an official document with special legal force, the constitution requires strict adherence to its conditions for amendment.

Failure to meet one condition renders an amendment a nullity, resulting in the waste of public resources, as seen in the case of the botched fourth alteration to the constitution under the previous administration.

In order to alter the constitution, a constitutional amendment bill must be introduced and passed by a two-thirds majority of members in each chamber of the National Assembly and must also be approved by a resolution of the Houses of Assembly of no less than two-thirds of all states of the federation.

Section 58 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), makes presidential assent a condition precedent for the passage of bills into law. That means the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria must assent to any bill altering the provisions of the Constitution before it takes effect.

In view of this tedious process, it is not misplaced when stakeholders rejoice at the successful passage of a constitutional amendment.

The Not Too Young To Run bill fulfilled all conditions prescribed in the constitution for its passage. The Senate

and House of Representatives passed the bill with an overwhelming majority, while 33 out of 36 state assemblies adopted the age reduction amendment. May 31, 2018 will be remembered in history as the day democracy won and Nigeria witnessed a true “youthquake.” President Buhari signed the Not Too Young To Run bill into law, reducing the age for running for the office of the president from 40 to 35 years, House of Representatives from 30 to 25, and State House of Assembly from 30 to 25. He acknowledged Not Too Young To Run as a “landmark piece of legislation conceived, championed and accomplished by young Nigerians.”

What an affirmation of youth power!

Democracy thrives when citizens assert their sovereignty through active, strategic and systematic engagement with democratic institutions.

The advocacy for age reduction was conducted against the background of a failing state and loss of faith in manifestly weak democratic institutions, such as political parties and parliaments. The weak relationship between the executive and legislature was not only stifling growth, but it was also undermining democracy and governance. Worst still is the prevailing philosophy that public leadership is hinged on service to self, ethnic or religious affiliation, rather than service to the people. Nigerian citizens, particularly young people, were frustrated, disenchanted, and disillusioned with a country where justice is not for all but for a select few who can afford it. Lastly, building consensus in a pluralistic and politically sensitive nation like Nigeria is an arduous undertaking.

The roadmap to the bill’s success was anchored on the trilogy of people, power and democracy. Not Too Young To Run as a campaign began in May 2016 with

the sponsorship of an age reduction bill in the National Assembly. The decision to engage the federal legislature on this issue was a departure from previous strategies adopted by Youth Action Initiative Africa, now known as YIAGA AFRICA. Previous advocacy strategies were limited to the submission of memoranda and participation in public hearings, but the Not Too Young To Run campaign adopted a more people-driven, disruptive and strategic approach. Thus, for two years, young people organised and built strategic capacity to push for age reduction.

The campaign was used as a tool to organise its constituents, who are mostly young people, to create the power they need to achieve the common purpose of reducing the age of running for office.

From the outset, it was important to ascertain their values, interests and resources, as well as their readiness to take strategic actions to address the issue of exclusion which was a common enemy.

This was followed by a categorisation of the people who share our values and vision into five blocks: constituents, leadership, opposition, supporters, and competitors. United by our shared purpose and vision, we then proceeded to build a strong community of people who exercise agency interdependently on behalf of those values or interests.

We recruited and developed leadership within our constituency. Driven by our snowflake or interdependent leadership model, we built leadership teams at the national, state, and local government levels to achieve our goals. Every individual or organisation involved in the campaign took responsibility for advancing the cause in their sphere of influence. Through it all, the movement remained about the people, not any

individual.

Our approach to power and power dynamics contributed in no small measure to the success of our struggle against inequality and gerontocracy.

We approach power as a relationship rather than a status. For us, “power” is the influence created as result of the intersection between interests and resources. The convergence of interests and resources establishes the influence we need to take action. As a movement, we organised around two forms of power: “power with” and “power over.”

According to Marshall Ganz, “power with” is created just by organising our resources with others, creating the power we need to affect the change that we want (e.g. community union, or interest groups, etc.), while “power over” refers to situations where others hold power over decisions or resources that are needed to create the change that you want. In such cases, we have to organise our power with others first to claim the resources or decisions that will fulfil our interests.

Through interdependent collaboration, we organised to create power with one another. We built strategic partnerships with several organisations and stakeholders from different spheres of endeavour like the civil society, trade unions, professional associations, faithbased and community organisation, etc.

Media groups like Channels Television, African Independent Television (AIT), TV Continental, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), PREMIUM TIMES, Sahara Reporters, The Cable and YNAIJA played a key role in public sensitisation and agenda setting. It also took a collaborative effort to organise series of public demonstrations, advocacy visits, town hall meetings, and public debates to push the campaign.

Contestants and qualities to shape 2019 polls “

Gbemiga Olakunle

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hen thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy GOD giveth thee, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therin, and shalt say, ‘I will set a king over me, like as other nations that are above me. Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy GOD shall chose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses. Forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, ‘Ye shall henceforth return no more that way’. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself that his heart turn not away, neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold…..”Deuteronomy 17: 14 – 20, KJV .

Politics is an activity for promoting the public interest, according to Greeko- Romanian conception of politics. People go into politics for three reasons: 1. To serve selfish interests, 2.

To serve communal or tribal interests and 3. To promote public interests.

According to the above quoted Biblical injunctions, GOD changed the Israelites about the qualities of characters to look out for whenever they wanted to move out from Theocracy to Monarchical

form of government or Democracy.

God sternly frowns against characters who might want to vie or go into public office mainly to pursue or promote their selfish interests at the expense of pursuing or promoting public interests.

God specifically warned against voting for people or choosing characters who may go into public office to amass wealth for themselves at the expense of the masses. This group of people got into public offices through deceits, manipulations and giving of empty promises to the Electorate. And sometimes they perpetuate themselves or elongate their tenures in office through the use of coercive force of the State machinery to subvert the collective will/choice of the people.

Unfortunately, there is the preponderance of this group of politicians in the Developing World of most African and Asian countries.

Some of these rulers/public office holders sometimes looted their nation’s treasuries into economic recession as it happened in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, and several other developing countries where the political elites are richer than their States.

This is the category of people in any given society that the Ancient Greek Philosophers called the Idiots. The Greeks called them Idiots not because they are mentally deficient or retarded, but because they are totally self – centered and totally selfish persons They are always out for their personal gains or their personal interests. They have no public philosophy,

no knowledge, no skill, no character and no virtues to be able to live and contribute in a flourishing society and community.

They are all out for their personal interests and their personal pleasures. According to the Greek Philosophers, the Idiot is just an upgraded barbarian.

Still quoting the ancient Greek Philosophers, Dr. Kethoser Kerichusa in a recent public lecture called the second group of people in any given society the Tribes people who go into politics to pursue and promote the interests of their communities, tribes or religions against the public interest. These are people who have tribalistic mentality. They are not able to think beyond their small tribes or small groups. Their only and ultimate allegiance is to their tribes. Their tribe is their god and their religion is tribalism. The Tribe people, according to the Greeks, are always afraid of things that are different to them. They are always suspicious and fearful. They always dealt with different people at difficult times with intimidation, with force and with finance. The ideal person for the tribe people is the “Warrior”, because tribes people are war – making people. This particular second class of people also typifies the kind of political elites that abounds in most African and Asian societies.

Lastly, the third category of people who go into politics in any given society are those who seek public office to pursue and promote public interests.

And this is the group of people called the Ideal – class whom the Greeks termed as the Citizens. They are not called Citizens in a legal or a political status.

The Citizen, according to the Greeks is someone who has the skills and the knowledge to live a public life- someone who is able to live a life of simplicity.

The Citizen recognizes that he or she is a member of the commonwealth that strives for the common good. The Citizen knows his or her rights in a society and at the same time he/she knows his/her responsibilities to the society. The Citizen can fight for his/her rights but always with an awareness of and with the respect of the rights and interests of others, of their neighbours and of the smallness of the minorities. It is the Citizens, according to the Greeks that made and make-up of civilized societies because the Citizens settle their differences with civility and so they produce a civilized society- a society that truly lives up to the true meaning of the name Society. Society, according to Dr. Kethoser Kerichusa, literally means friendship and friendliness.

And so as we approach the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Ekiti and Osun states later this year and the general elections in the first quarter of 2019, the choices enumerated above are open for the Nigerian electorate to make. If we continue to do our business as usual, we will continue to get the same results. But if we choose to break out from our idiotic and tribalistic cocoons and choose to be the ideal persons called the Citizens in a civilized society, we shall begin to get better results and commensurate dividends of good governance.

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The burden of Saraki Times Columnist Mohammed Adamu “From the burden of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed”.

–William Wordsworth

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So now even as we are deeply outraged by the robbery in Offa and by the killing of over thirty innocent souls, we are even more so outraged by the ‘cause’ and the ‘effect’ analysis of Saraki’s personal political ambition leading to such tragic outcome

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n law, ‘trespass’ to property is defined as the ‘wrongful entry on another’s real property’. But there is also a species of trespass referred to as ‘trespass ab initio’ –or ‘trespass from the beginning’.

And this is even more serious than ‘trespass’ per se. If a policeman has a warrant to enter into a property and conduct a search or effect an arrest, his entry, against the will of its owner, remains lawful but only subject to the policeman’s lawful conduct while in that premises. It is the ‘warrant’ that he has which immunizes him against the charge of ‘trespass’. But if the policeman commits a crime in the course of his lawful warrant duty –say theft- he will then not only be guilty of that theft, but he will also be guilty of ‘trespass’ to the property as though his entry into the premises itself was without a ‘warrant’ in the first place. And it is the reason that this species of trespass is described in retroactive terms, ‘trespass ab initio’; even though retroactive connotations are repugnant to justice.

And what this means is that a criminal conduct committed in the course of a lawful police duty will not only vitiate the lawfulness of that duty, it can also criminalize previous lawful actions pursuant to that duty –in this case the lawful entry into the premises- which ab initio was not only done without a criminal intent, it was in fact backed by a warrant.

But it is not only policemen on warrant duty who may be guilty of ‘trespass ab initio’. Anyone who enjoys the privilege of entering into the property of another without the permission of that other, is first covered by that ‘privilege’ not to be

guilty of ‘trespass’ -provided that while he is there he does not abuse that privilege by any infraction of the law.

If he does, then even the presumption of lawfulness previously attached to his ‘innocent entry’ in the first place, may be vitiated and he will be guilty of that infraction and of an unlawful entry, ab initio.

And so ‘trespass ab initio’, to my lay mind, challenges the noble intention of the principle of law on the ‘presumption of innocence’.

Because whereas the ‘presumption of innocence’ requires that only those who allege have to prove that the one that they accuse is guilty, the offence of ‘trespass ab initio’ retroactively makes the accused person guilty of a conduct he was previously innocent. So then in this case a man can, after all, be presumed innocent until he proves himself NOT GUILTY -and not until his accusers prove him guilty. And I was wondering, in my usually lay opinion, whether the elements of the crime of ‘trespass ab initio’ are –as lawyers would say- in pari materia with Saraki’s ‘innocent’ arming of ‘his political thugs’ strictly for electoral purposes, but who then, in the course of that ‘duty’ may have decided to vitiate their ‘thug-brief’ by committing the offence of armed robbery. So that now it is the sins of the prodigal sons –in reverse of the Biblical adage- that appear to be visiting the father, in this case to the first generation. Saraki’s ‘political thugs’ it appears have become the proverbial luridly-ripened baobab seed pods –in the Hausa proverbswho attract to their mother the flings and the toss of implacable fruit-hunters.

Had the policeman in that

imaginary premises kept to the mandate of his search warrant, and not stepped out of his lawful duty to commit an infraction of the law, he should not be vulnerable to the accusation of ‘trespass ab initio’. Had Saraki’s ‘political thugs’ not stepped outside the course of their ‘thug duty’, (which the law in Nigeria seems to have made lawful), to rob a bank, it should long have been forgotten that Saraki has an army of ‘political thugs’ on his pay roll, nor would it soon have been revealed that he has in fact armed them enough to take on, and rob a bank. And so now even as we are deeply outraged by the robbery in Offa and by the killing of over thirty innocent souls, we are even more so outraged by the ‘cause’ and the ‘effect’ analysis of Saraki’s personal political ambition leading to such tragic outcome. Thus even a Principal’s ‘guilt ab initio’ in arming ‘his political thugs’ strictly for political purpose, seems now to drown completely Saraki’s possible ‘innocence’ in the crime of robbery committed by his ‘agents’.

And which brings us to this other principle of law also, namely ‘vicarious liability’ –whether a Principal is vicariously liable for the actions of his ‘agents’ in the cause of their everyday brief, or that by the nature of the agents’ original brief – which in this case is equally criminal- the Principal must bear responsibility for the natural ‘consequence’ of the ‘consequence’ of that brief.

Contrary to the maxim of law which asserts that that there is ‘no consequence of consequence’, to my lay mind, if you arm thugs to shoot and kill political foes during election, should you not know that soon when the

elections are over, they may be shooting and killing others?

Or have we not just seen that happen in Offa? By the way, who knows what percentage of the numerous crimes of kidnapping and political killings that take place in this country on a daily basis, originally owe to the funding and arming of political thugs by their political principals?

Epilogue Now let us return to a subelement of the principle of ‘presumption of innocence’, namely ‘onus probandi’ or ‘onus of proof’. Since Saraki prefers –as most members of NASS always do- to deal with this the Offa robbery in the ‘Court of public opinion’ rather than in the regular court, well then, that ‘court of public opinion’ which is not known for tardiness or chicanery, has gone past the Prosecution discharging its burden of ‘evidential proof’ -having already proved ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ that a link exists between Saraki and the Offa Bank robbers and that the Senate President has monetarily and materially been supporting them. In normal court procedure it is at this point that the so called ‘burden of proof’ procedurally shifts from the Prosecution to the defense. It is now Saraki’s turn to discharge that burden.

The onus probandi is now on him to prove that he is ‘innocent’ -and not that the prosecution should prove he is ‘guilty’; because the Prosecution already has.

Meaning therefore that even the principle of ‘presumption of innocence’ is not, after all, cast in iron. At some point it does change: from ‘being innocent until proven guilty’, to ‘being guilty until proven innocent.’ And why not? A person in possession of an offensive weapon is guilty, ab initio, of an offence unless he proves that he has lawful authority or reasonable excuse to bear that arm.

This is the burden first on Saraki, to prove lawful authority or to show reasonable excuse, for owning and arming political thugs; before he proceeds to show why he should not be vicariously liable for the conduct of his agents in Offa.

That is the burden of Saraki!

Because “He who flees from trial” as Publilius Syrus” would say “confesses his guilt”.

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3 months old baby found at waste dump in Asaba Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

Unidentified three months old Baby allegedly dumped at the waste refuse site along Asaba Benin Expressway, has unsettled its residents.

It was gathered that the Baby was allegedly dumped at the refuse site around 4 30am by yet unidentified person, and disappeared into the thin air.

A source, Festus owie, a mechanic who claimed to have been watching the Baby being dumped, told our reporter “I was in my workshop very early morning when a woman with an escort holding a gun, came to dump the Baby, I was afraid not to shout because of the man with a gun, they disappeared into the thin air” DSP, Andrew Aniamaka, police spokesman in Delta

state confirmed that the police have launched a manhunt for the suspect, adding “we took the Baby to orphanage home for now, we are investigating the incident, it’s painful, and unfortunate”.

Residents of the area who besieged the dump site were seen in tears as they rain curses on the evil doer.

One of the residents, Uche Franklin said “this is why God

will continue to make some women barren; just imagine what a woman did? God will not forgive her anywhere she goes”.

Investigation revealed that unsuspecting persons in the recent times have during night fall, and early hours dumped all manners refuse including sanitary pads at the dump site, a situation that emits often times offensive odour

with pervasive health possible hazards.

Motorists plying the road who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity said “the emitting odour from the dump site, indeed, is something else, we drive through the place with speed, the odour is too much, and we want government to do something about it.”

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13 men bagged 6 months jail for illegal mining in Niger A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Wednesday sentenced 13 men to six months imprisonment for engaging in illegal mining.

The men are: Umar Bala, Sani Sadiq, Shaibu Musa, Mohammed Bala, Hassan Hussaini, Usman Bawa and

Mubarak Lawal.

Others are Mukhtari Ibrahim, Umar Sani, Sadiq Liman, Emmanuel Joshua, Babangida Hassan and Idris Suleiman.

They were earlier docked on a two-count charge of criminal trespass and illegal mining, contrary to Sections 348 and 29

of the Penal Code.

The Police Prosecutor, Insp.

Ahmed Ali, told the court that a complaint was received from the authorities of the Niger State College of Education, Minna on May 31 on the activities of the men.

Ali said the college

authorities had complained that the convicts were trespassing into the premises of the college for mining activities.

He said that the illegal mining was affecting buildings in the college, prompting the police to arrest the miners, who were subsequently, charged to court.

The prosecutor said that he thereafter, prayed court to try the men summarily in line with Section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

In his ruling, Magistrate Jibrin Zabo sentenced the men to six months imprisonment or to pay a fine of N20, 000 each.

Safeguard Officer, Employment and Expenditure for Result (Edo SEEFOR) Mr. Joseph Emmanuel, addressing beneficiaries during orientation programme in Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area

Court remands 4 persons over alleged robbery in Osun An Osogbo Magistrate Court in Osun has remanded four persons in Ilesa prison over alleged armed robbery on

Wednesday.

The defendants include: Tifeola Ibiteye, 42, David Ibiteye, 46, Azeez Hammed, 65, and Adeoye Lateef, 34.

The Magistrate, Mrs. Adebukola Ajanaku, ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison custody due to the

Enugu confirms death of Gov’s Chief Press Secretary, Uwakwe Abugu The Enugu State Government has confirmed the death of Mr. Uwakwe Abugu, the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor.

A statement from the Commissioner for Information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe in Enugu on Tuesday said that Abugu passed on Tuesday in a hospital

in India after a protracted illness.

Ogbuagu said that the state Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi had visited late Abugu’s Enugu residence at Independence Layout, to condole with the family.

Late Abugu was appointed Chief Press Secretary in June

2015. Before his appointment, he was the South East Bureau Chief of the New Telegraph Newspaper.

The commissioner said that burial arrangement would be announced by the family.

He prayed for the repose of his soul.

magnitude of the alleged offence committed.

The prosecutor, Insp.

Oladoye Joshua, had told the court that the defendants committed the offence on April 25 at about 3:00 p.m., at Kolabalogun area, Osogbo.

Joshua said that the defendants conspired together to defraud one Victoria Balogun of her jewelleries valued at about N18 million, one Nokia phone, one Infinix phone, and cash of N250,000.

“Two of the defendants are couples while the third party is a driver to the complainant,

who masterminded the robbery.

“The defendants were armed with dangerous weapons including guns, knives and charms just to rob the complainant,’’ he said.

The prosecutor said that the offence committed contravened Sections 6 (b), 1 (2), a (b) punishable under Section 1(1) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act, Cap R11, Vol.14, Laws of Federation, 2004.

The plea of the defendants were not taken and the case was adjourned until July 25 for mention.

Environment, Mr. John Nani who spoke to our reporter said “we have already those who we will as bring to book illegal waste dumpers, we are doing every thing possible to make the site good, the odour would soon be a thing of the past, the new taskforce will bring sanity to the dump site, as for the Baby dumped, we will ensure the mother is brought to book”.

EId-el-Fitri: Ogun TRACE to flag off special patrol June 10 Ahead of the Eid-elFitri, the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), is to commence a special patrol across the state.

The State Commander of the corps, Olaseni Ogunyemi, said the special patrol would start from June 10 and end on June 24.

“The exercise will involve monitoring of all motorists and other road users, inclusive of high and low capacity vehicles for safety of lives and property across the state.

“It will also cover areas like the diversion points where road reconstruction is ongoing as well as ensure timely clearance of obstructions, prompt rescue/emergency service and collaboration with other security agencies.

“In addition, it will involve all road users through the TRACE Traffic Whistle Blower Initiative, TRACE Emergency Traffic Service in addition to its Community Based Traffic Management Scheme,” Ogunyemi said in a statement.

The statement, signed by Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, TRACE Public Relations Officer, was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ota, Ogun.

The TRACE boss said safety on the nation’s roads was a collective responsibility of all Nigerians and stakeholders, adding “we all have a role to play in securing lives and property.”

While felicitating with Muslim faithful on the forthcoming Eid-el-fitri, Ogunyemi admonish them to reflect on the season and be safety conscious by ensuring strict compliance with traffic rules and regulations.

He warned that vehicles impounded for violating traffic rules during the festival would not be released until June 25 when the corps would end its special patrol.

He urged the public and motorists to send text messages only to the TRACE numbers.

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R-L: President Muhammdu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation,(HOSF), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita and National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Munguno during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja... on Wednesday

NASS to Dan-Ali: Your call for anti-grazing law suspension, invitation to anarchy Henry Omunu & Tunde Opalana, Abuja Members of the National Assembly on Wednesday condemned Minister of Defence, Col. Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd) call for the suspension of anti-open grazing law, describing it as a call to anarchy.

The lawmakers also asked him to withdraw the statement.

Dan-Ali, had on Tuesday at the National Security Council meeting in Abuja advised that the anti-open grazing law already in operation in Benue, Taraba and Ekiti states be suspended.

Having resolved that his suggestion to the council could not solve the herders, farmers incessant clashes and continuous killings in some parts of the country, the Senate said the Minister must withdraw his statement while a minute silence was observed in honour of those killed in recent attacks in Benue State.

This resolution followed a motion moved by Senator Barnabas Gemade (Benue North East) who relied on the upper legislative chamber’s order 42 and 52 to raise a critical matter in the security arena which he described as reoccurring issue.

Gemade, said seven people were killed in the early hours of Tuesday on Kwande Local Government of the state on their way to farm by attackers who could be classified as herdsmen, rustlers or even Libyan mercenaries.

He said “we under siege of satanic force of faceless people who have been killing, maiming, raping our people on daily basis. But we are so dismayed by security agents failure to secure our lives”

The Senator further argued that in a democratic state like ours, states as coordinating units have alienable rights of making laws their people and such could not be suspended or discarded by mere pronouncement of any government official.

“If the minister of defence is calling for anarchy, I wonder where to find peace. This republic is being misadvised by those given responsibilities of advising the government. I think they should be called to order”, he said.

Senator John Enoh (APC, Cross River Central) queried how a defence minister who could not solve farmers -herders would think that suspending the anti-grazing law is the solution, stressing that the killings has been on for over seven years while the law came into being barely a year ago.

He said there is yet to be a solution or an appropriate response from government on the killings going on in the country.

“As a Senate we need to rise above primordial reasons to decline that enactment of anti-grazing law in Benue and Taraba is the source of killings in Nigeria”, he said.

Senator Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP, Taraba South)said the senate should adopt a bipartisan stand on the issue considering the sanctity of life.

He said he had on his phone gory pictures of five people hacked down on their way to farm by herdsmen .

Also, at plenary yesterday, the Senate mandated its committee on judiciary and other related committees to probe issues raised in the recent report of the Amnesty International on inhuman

treatments of inmates of IDP camps in the northeast part of Nigeria It, however, ordered each member to have a review of the report to gain first hand information prior to deliberation on the report at plenary.

This followed a motion by Senator Shehu Sani (APC. Kaduna Central) calling the attention of the senate to the former presentation of the report on inhuman treatments of torture, rape and starvation of women in IDP camps in the northeast.

He said the report infringed on the reputation and integrity of security agencies in the country by such a credible international organisation, adding that the damning and indicting report is capable of denting the image of the country and the security agents, some of whom have paid the supreme price of laying their lives for the defence of the country.

Sani, added that the report contains names, photographs, identities and confessional statements of victims.

“As a Parliament, we have a duty to probe the report with the need to make amend. We have moral duty as lawmakers in line with our democracy and international best practice to probe the allegations.

“The report should not be dismissed as being sponsored by the opposition. It should be taken seriously “, he said.

Senator Sank wondered why the federal government has not yet issue a statement on such weighty allegations.

He said such probe is necessary so that the international community would not see Nigeria as relenting in her responsibility

of providing succour to the displaced persons who were victims of insurgency.

For his part, Deputy Senate leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah (APC, Kebbi) said it is unfortunate that the nature and character of the insurgent wars in the country could not be determined, adding that the nation is fighting a set of faceless persons who could be described as non-determined enemy.

Responding, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki said there is the need for every senator to go through the report for further debate but quickly suggested sending it to the Senate Committee on Judiciary or an ad-hoc committee that will comprise other related committees.

This, he said was for the report not to be considered from the human right point of view but an holistic view from relevant committees.

Similarly, the House of Representatives on Wednesday, directed the National Security Council to rescind its decision calling on states to suspend the implementation of the AntiOpen Grazing law.

Instead of asking states to suspend implementing the law, the House advised the federal government to submit a supplementary budget to the National Assembly to enable it develop cattle colonies in states that have agreed to donate land for that purpose.

These were the House resolutions after adopting the motion sponsored by Rep. John Dyegh on the need to rescind the Security Council’s decision calling on states to suspend ranching and open grazing laws.

In his lead debate, Dyegh

recalled several clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the past seven years.

He stated that the “unprovoked Agatu killings

by Fulani herdsmen that claimed over 800 lives and left over 20 villages ravaged made the Benue eminent sons and daughters to come together and find a lasting solution to the problem.

“And after robust debates they came up with the recommendation of Antiopen grazing law” which was passed by the state assembly as empowered by Section 4(7) of the Constitution.”

He lamented attempts by the federal government to interfere with the affairs of states by ignoring their laws like the National Security Council looks to do with its decision.

“Unless there is no more rule not law in this country, Nigeria as a federation with federating units as states, it is totally wrong given the tenets of democracy for the federal government to dabble into the affairs of the states.

“Ignoring the laws of the land in such a manner as this, more so as the Land Use Act has given power over lands to governors,” he added.

The lawmaker argued that the National Economic Council alongside other bodies, have established that ranching is the only solution to the herdsmen/farmers crises hence, the decision by 11 states to buy into it and donate lands to accommodate the rearing of cattle in colonies.

Adopting the motion, the House further resolved to invite the Minister of Defence, Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali for interaction today.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria (IPMAN), has called for increased supply of Kerosene in the country.

Chairman of IPMAN, Enugu Depot, Chief Ikechukwu Nwankwo, made the call in an interview with journalists on Wednesday in Awka.

Nwankwo decried the fact that marketers have not been able to source the product from the NNPC depots while it is exorbitant at the private depots where it is available.

Nwankwo however lauded the Federal Government for the normalcy it has brought to the supply and distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and called for similar action on kerosene.

He said though Kerosene is a deregulated product, its scarcity have continued to put pressure on the price.

The chairman said some of his members who paid money at the depots for about two weeks were yet to take delivery of their products.

He said that Kerosene which is the primary source of domestic fuel should not only be available but affordable.

“Kerosene is scarce; the Federal Government should increase supply massively.

“We rely on private depots for the product and every other week and months they come up with new prices, just last week, a litre of kerosene was N240.

“It is not good for our business; and how can the common man who rely on kerosene be paying N250 for a litre, that is if they are able, because most marketers don’t have the product.

“Kerosene is a deregulated product but it can only be effective if it is available because it is only what is imported that we can distribute,” he said.

On the Enugu petroleum depot, Nwankwo said it was unfortunate that it has been moribund for over a decade.

He said the governments of Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states which are primarily attached to the depot should rally round and partner the Federal Government to reactivate the depot.

He said there was no basis for the depot not to be operational.

“Governors of the South East, especially those of Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu that are attached to the depot should work with the Federal Government to fix the depot.

“This will help distribution in the area, because depot members suffer loss of money and property to accident due to the long distance we travel to procure products,” he said.

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‘Delta records 52 rape cases, convicts 10 others in 2 months’

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

The Delta state Police command says it has in the last two months recorded 52 cases of rape across the state, while ten others were convicted for the same of offence The state commissioner of police, Mr. Muhammad Mustafa, who spoke to our reporter in Asaba on Wednesday, said “the police are working hard to ensure all forms of criminal acts are completely eradicated in the state, so within the last two months, we recorded 52 cases

of rape, and convicted 10 others for same offence, virtually all the anti crimes in the command are working effectively, many of the rape suspects are still being detained for further investigation.”

The police boss explained that crime rate in the state has reduced drastically following measures adopted through regular town hall meetings in various communities in the state, including host communities where their frequent cases of rape, robbery, others On renewed attacks on

residents by herdsmen, the police commissioner said that approaches adopted by the command to tame the incidences, include dialogue, intelligence policing as well as involvement of communities in activities of the command, adding that normal strategies of policing were also adopted to check the security challenges.

Mustafa said that a number of arrests have been made in connection to the frequent cases of robbery and kidnappings including cult clashes, adding that they were

being prosecuted in the court He said “the army, NSCDC and members of the public do arrest criminals, and handover to us, I won’t be able to give the exact figure, but quite a number of arrest have been made, and they have been arraigned in court’ On cultism, he said that a number of arrests have been made, adding that the new cultism law had also addressed the issue in the state,” we are lucky that the state has a new law that is stringent, and those arrested have been charged to court under the law”

NCS intercepts 1,825 bags of foreign rice, other commodities in Katsina

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, intercepted 1,825 bags of foreign rice and other commodities from smugglers in Katsina State.

The Controller of the unit, Alhaji Usman Dakingari, who made this known to news men in Katsina on Wednesday, said the commodities were intercepted this month.

He said that the service seized 35 vehicles used by the smugglers in bringing the commodities into the country.

The controller also said that the service impounded 1,175 bags of sugar; 1,750 cartons of spaghetti; and 98 jerry cans of vegetable oil during the period under review.

“Our efforts to prevent smuggling has been challenging

and rewarding.

“Smugglers are using various ways to do their illegal business.

We are working and making progress,’’ Dakingari said.

He noted that rice smuggling in the country had reduced due to intensified efforts of Customs.

Dakingari advised consumers with a high taste for foreign rice to change their habit because they did not know when the commodity was produced.

“It is not the production and expiry dates that matter; most smugglers re-bag the rice and write expiry date to deceive customers,’’ the controller said.

He explained that the government banned importation of foreign rice to encourage local production and safeguard the health of the citizens.

Babcock varsity, Spindlar Cyberlaw partner on Cyberlaw Education Motolani Oseni, Lagos

Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara being diagonised by Nurse Usigbe Vera when the Speaker flagged off medical outreach for IDPs at Karamajiji IDP Camp FCT, with him are : Chairman, House committee on IDPs, Refugees & North-East Initiatives, Hon. Sani Zoro,(left ), Hon.. Aisha Dukku (3rd right), Dr. Momah Efretuei (2nd right) and others on Saturday 2nd June,2018.

Photo : Speaker’s Media Office.

ACCI, Koinonia train stakeholders on export readiness The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), and Koinonia Ventures Ltd have trained stakeholders on export as the first phase of the training ended Wednesday, in Abuja.

The initiative is part of the commitment of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), and Koinonia Ventures Ltd, Nigeria’s foremost export Consultancy firm.

Declaring the event open at the Business Entrepreneurship Skills and Technology (BEST) Center of the Chamber, ACCI President, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode emphasized the need for the training pointing out that it is part of the efforts by the two organization to prepare Nigerians on sustainable nonexport driven economy.

According to Prince Kayode, the Chamber has established an export desk in the chamber to facilitate the activities in that area.

“Apart from potential and practising exporters, the training is also useful for staff of all the appropriate government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Officers of Exoort Desks of Commercial banks and, indeed, all those intending to go into this area of business, persons and organisations interested in repositioning their trading activities in this regard, in addition to those who wish to scale up their distribution and supply network”, Prince said.

According to the Lead Facilitator, Mr. Olufemi Boyede, a Certified International Trade

Progessional, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Koinonia Ventures, the training programme is comprehensive.

Tagged, “Export 101: 10 Steps to Successful Exporting”, the package is designed to cover the major oillars of successful exporting such as ‘what to export’, ‘where to export to’, ‘where to find finances for your exports’ and the logistics of getting your products and services to their designated/ target markets.

Other areas covered during the training include how to write a bankable export credit requests, ‘how to make an export offer’, ‘how to appoint a forwarding agent’ among others.

“The training is a sine qua non to all the players in this

sector of business and industry as it is deliberately structured in a manner that would comprehensively address current global best practices in this highly profitable business area.

Mr. Boyede emphasised that the training is tailored to provide trade support organizations, banks with export desks, advisory service organizations, freight forwarders, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and all the stakeholders in the export value chain.

According to participants who interacted with our correspondent, they are expecting the training to attend to their immediate concerns in both theoretical and practical terms.

Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Spindlar Cyberlaw Centre on Cyberlaw Education.

The partnership, which was signed on Wednesday, would be such that Spindlar Cyberlaw Centre provides executive education, training and consultancy in partnership with Babcock University.

Spindlar Cyberlaw Centre is in the business of providing Cyberlaw, advanced Information and Communication technology (ICT),Information/Cyber security and vagaries of Cyberspace related education, training, Consultancy services and Innovation in a post modern Internet driven economy and the new digital society.

The partnership has identified the need to collaborate in the delivery of Cyberspace (Cyberlaw, Cybersecurity, National security e.t.c) related education, training, product and services to corporate, government organizations, advanced/executive students and other interested candidates and participants in Cyberlaw, information/Cybersecurity, ICT Governance, National security & cyber-terrorism etc.

The officials at the signing off ceremony include: Sola Odeja (Spindlar Cyberlaw Centre, Faculty Member), Rotimi Ogunyemi (President/Vice Chairman Spindlar Cyberlaw Centre),Prof. Ademola Tayo (VC,Babcock University), Prof.Ifeanyi Okoro (DVC -Academics),Dr. Jonathan Nwosu, Registrar - Babcock University.

Ex-NIEEE chief wants equipment replacement loans for Discos Immediate past Chairman, Nigerian Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Mr Emmanuel Akinwole, on Wednesday urged the federal government to give loans to electricity distribution companies to replace their dilapidated equipment.

Akinwole made the appeal in an interview in Lagos.

He said that such a loan would enable electricity consumers to enjoy improvement in power supply.

According to him, most equipment for distribution of electricity nationwide are bad and require replacement.

“DISCOs rely on these dilapidated equipment to get supply to consumers in different parts of the country.

“Some of the transformers used by these companies have outgrown their usefulness,

while some cannot work for two days in a week before breaking down.

“Some areas have been on outage for weeks, months and even years, due to rotten equipment by DISCOs. “DISCOs have resorted to begging communities to buy transformers and cables by themselves to be able to enjoy electricity supply whereas this is supposed to be part of their responsibilities,” he said.

The former chairman said that the recent increase in power generation had yet to be felt by most Nigerians because of distribution challenges.

“When it rains in some areas in Lagos, there will not be supply for about seven days; some DISCOs have continued to reject energy allocated to them by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) due to bad equipment.

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Africa’s tourism story still untold - Ambode Benjamin Omoike

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said the huge tourism potentials inherent in Africa are not only grossly underutilised, but also were yet to be fully harnessed.

He made the assertion on Wednesday at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, in an address when he hosted 101 delegates from 34 countries of United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNTWO), and eight African Tourism Ministers.

According to Ambode, the least travelled tourism continent is Africa and there were, in fact, destinations yet to be tapped.

“The least travelled tourism continent is Africa and unfortunately, the next places

and destinations are actually in Africa are yet to be tapped. As a result of this, anything that has to integrate and bind the continent together that is where we should go because we are the next story,” he said.

Speaking on the potential of Lagos as a tourism hub, he said: “We believe strongly that with the kind of population and market that Lagos has, you must start to create tourism infrastructure to grow the economy.

“That is why you will see Lagos is now a construction site.

The ultimate goal is that those infrastructures will now drive people to come and spend their little weekend and give us some other form of revenue or taxes.

There is a cycle of development that tourism thrives to drive and

that is why we have continually supported anything that has to do with tourism.

“It is in our own best interest that we partner and collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Information, Tourism and Culture. In this whole tourism industry, we are just an integral part of the whole bonding story that we are trying to build across Africa.

“This is very significant for us because now that we are beginning to see that every destination is an important destination across the continent, it is important that we integrate ourselves and also share whatever possibilities and opportunities that we have together,” he said.

The governor added that there was need for some sense

of synergy and collaboration and that he felt this was the highlight of the summit; the more reason Lagos was supporting the project.

“In Lagos, we are almost about 24 million people.

According to the UN report as at 2016, 86 people enter into Lagos every hour and most likely not wanting to go back. The next place is Mumbai, 79, and New York, seven, London, nine. So, why are people coming to Lagos and not wanting to go back?

“So, obviously, it means that at the point where we are not able to provide jobs for them, I need to start looking at the areas of tourism to be able to create that next port of building the GDP; that is create more goods, services and actually tap into the creative knowledge of our

people, which is something we have not really been doing in Africa,” Ambode said.

“That is why you will see Lagos is now a construction site.

The ultimate goal is that those infrastructures will now drive people to come and spend their little weekend and give us some other form of revenue or taxes.

There is a cycle of development that tourism thrives to drive and that is why we have continually supported anything that has to do with tourism.”

Earlier, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the delegates of the ongoing UNTWO meeting were in Lagos on a technical visit.

According to Mohammed, a technical visit was a major part of the meeting and Lagos was

chosen because of its foremost role in tourism in Nigeria.

He applauded Ambode for his support toward the successful hosting of the meeting in Nigeria and also commended him for positioning the state as the top tourism hub in Nigeria and in Sub Sahara Africa.

Also, Mr. Zurab Pololikjashvili, the Secretary General, UNTWO, said they were in Lagos to promote its tourism potentials and also to promote it as a new tourism destination.

“We will ensure that Lagos will be one of the most important of our strategic branding,” he said.

The delegates proceeded on a technical visit to Eko Atlantic City on Victoria Island, after the meeting.

Improved oil output: N/Delta group applauds JTF for checking restiveness

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd right), presents a souvenir to Secretary General, United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili (2nd left) while Minister of Information & Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (right) and Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde (left), watches during the courtesy visit by the Delegates of the 61st meeting of the UNWTO and African Tourism Ministers, at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. . . on Wednesday.

Ondo seeks youths’ involvement in its activities The Ondo State Government (ODSG) has advised the state youths in the state to always participate in the various policies and programmes earmarked for them.

The state Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Mr Saka YusufOgunleye, said this at a sensitisation programme for some youths in Ikare-Akoko on Wednesday.

He said that the event was to render the achievements of the present administration across the 18 local government areas of the state to its citizens and the youths in particular.

The programme was organised by the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development in conjunction

with the Office of the Special Assistant to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Youths and Student Affairs, Mr Banjo Adewumi.

“We are telling them about the policies and achievements of the APC-led government both at the federal and state levels.

“We are telling them about those that had benefited from the N-power and the multilateral programmes from the state and other,’’ he said.

The commissioner said that at the end of the sensitisation, the ministry would organize a youth summit in Akure that would be attended by the state governor.

“There, the youths will have the opportunities to ask questions from the governor

on his administration’s achievements because we do not want to be far away from them,” he said.

Yusuf-Ogunleye said that the government would like to keep its promises that include taking the youths off the street by given them opportunities to excel at different levels.

He advised the youths to always support the programmes of the state government.

Also, the Special Assistant (SA) on Youths and Social Development, Mr Banjo Adewumi said that the programme was part of the functions and responsibilities of his office.

Adewumi said that his office was saddled with the responsibility of domesticating

the policies and programmes of government to the grassroots and the youths.

Also, the SA said the programme was to sentisise the youths on how to key-in into the various policies of the state government.

He said that by that, those in the rural settings would be able to benefit from the programmes just as their contemporaries in the urban areas had been doing.

“There are several programmes initiated by the Federal Government that are ongoing.

“We need to fortify the youths with knowledge and information about such programmes so that they, who should be direct beneficiaries, may know about them and

apply for them,” he said.

Adewumi said part of the plans was also to ensure that youths in the state were in the driver’s seat in the economic sector of the state and the country at large.

Earlier, the Chairman of Akoko North-East Local Government, Mr Abayomi Eniayewu, thanked the state government for starting the programme in his local government.

Eniayewu advised the youths in the area to embrace the various programmes and policies of government both at the federal and state levels.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the sensitisation tour would take its train to Ilaje and Ese-Odo Local Government Areas on Thursday.

A community-based group, Niger Delta Peace and Development, has applauded the Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to protect oil infrastructure for stability and addressing restiveness in the area.

The Chairman of the group, James Julius, said in Yenagoa on Wednesday that the enhanced security in the region was responsible for a rebound in oil production.

The community leader noted that the effective operations of the JTF known as `Operation Delta Safe’ led by Rear Admiral Suleman Apochi, checked renewed agitations that reduced oil output before 2016.

He noted that oil production data from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), indicated a drop to 900,000 barrels daily before June 2016.

According to Julius, recent figures from NNPC website indicate that production currently stands above 2.2 million barrels per day.

He said that the joint force had pursued its mandate in line with the directive of the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonishakin, and made noticeable achievements in restoring peace to the region.

“The present Commander of JTF, Rear-Admiral Suleman Apochi, has been achieving results and has proved to be a round peg in a round hole; his deployment at a time there was renewed restiveness was apt and strategic.

“For eight months, there has been no reported incident in the region,” he said.

He said that the Federal Government had shown commitment to repositioning the region as the oil and gas hub of the nation, noting that insecurity scared investors from the region in the past.

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ILOH OBINNA CHRISTIAN 2. CHIKWENDU CHIBUIKE KINGSLEY. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROMOTE THE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD AND ONENESS 2. TO ENCOURAGE SELF IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AMONG MEMBERS 3. TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER POSITIVELY AND TO PROGRESSIVELY ADVANCE TOGETHER IN LIFE FOR THE BEST. 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.

BEATRICE EMILOLA OLUWOLE FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DR JOSEPH KUNLE FOLAYAN 2. PROF ABIODUN FRANCIS OLUWOLE 3. MRS BOLATITO AWOSIYAN 4. DR (MRS) MOSUN ADEGOKE 5. ENGR ROPO ALABI 6. PROF ANTHONY ADEGBULUGBE 7. PROF IDOWU FARAI 8. MR AKIN OLUWOLE 9. PROF LADIPO ADEMOLEKUN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1). TO HELP STUDENTS CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES BY PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIP AND EDUCATION MATERIALS TO STUDENTS 2). TO ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE 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, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

UNIBEN COMPUTER SCIENCE 1998 SET ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 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 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OSHIOMEGIE PETER NOLASCO ADURASI 2. MICHAELS CHRIS CHUKWUEMEKE 3. NWOKOCHA ADENIKE ONOHIRERE 4. OBENDE BAMIDELE ONAIVI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO FACILITATE A FORUM WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF ITS MEMBERS, WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING AND FOSTERING BUSINESS AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS, SUPPORT WELFARE OF MEMBERS, FACILITATE MEMBERS’ SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, P.M.B. 198. GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: NWOKOCHA ADENIKE ONOHIRERE. SECRETARY.

MARIA BREED ORPHANAGE HOME

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

TRUSTEES: 1. MR. OLALERE BABASOLA 2. OMOTOLA BABASOLA 3. MRS. MABEL BABASOLA 4. OLUFOLAJIMI BABASOLA 5. EMMANUELLA BABASOLA AIM AND OBJECTIVE RENDERING HELP TO MOTHERLESS, ORPHANED , VULNERABLE , POOR AND STREET CHILDREN FROM AGES 6 MONTHS UPWARD BY PROVIDING A COMFORTABLE SHELTER AND POSITIVE HOMELY ENVIRONMENT ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED WITH NEEDED PROTECTIVE AND SAFETY FACILITIES THAT WILL MAKE FOR COMFORT AND HAPPY LIVING 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: MRS MABEL BABASOLA SECRETARY

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TRUSTEES: 1. TOCHUKWU EMMANUEL ANYANWU 2. OLUSEGUN IPOOLA OYEWALE 3. USMAN EMMANUEL AMODU 4. NNADI ANENE DANIEL 5. GLORIA UZOAMAKA CHUKWU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE FOR ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGES AND NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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correctIon oF name

thIs Is to InForm the General pUBlIc that my name was wronGly wrItten as raFIU jelIlat Instead oF raFIU Bose. that my correct name Is raFIU Bose. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note.

lawal sherIFF

patrIck oZoemena

oGah vIctorIa

23 Change of Names

I, Formerly known and addressed as oGBodo patrIck alexander now wIsh to Be known and addressed as patrIck oZoemena alexander. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note

I, Formerly known and addressed as GoFUp vIctorIa lUnGkUs now wIsh to Be known and addressed as oGah vIctorIa anyeBe. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note.

I, Formerly known and addressed as eFFIonG paUl IsanGedIGhI now wIsh to Be known and addressed as eFFIonG edet IsanGedIGhI. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note.

eFFIonG edet

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss darIa ele rUBy now wIshes to Be known and addressed as mrs perkIns eleojo rUBy. Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note.

mrs perkIns eleojo

IGwe loUIs I, Formerly known and addressed as IGwe loUIs now wIsh to Be known and addressed as IGwe loUIs chIGoZIe. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note.

omokaro BlessInG

oloUnloyo Bode F o r m e r l y oloUnloyotUnjI mathew now to Be addressed as oloUnloyo Bode olatUnjI. Former docUments remaIns valId. General pUBlIc shoUld take note.

oGUnsanya odUnayo Formerly akInshola odUnayo chrIstIana now to Be addressed as oGUnsanya odUnayo chrIstIana.

Former docUments remaIns valId. General pUBlIc shoUld take note.

conFIrmatIon oF name.

I am the same person BearInG BanaBas attah and UBUa attah BUt now want to Be addressed as attah BanaBas UBUa. General pUBlIc shoUld take note

mr matthew orImoloye ojo I Formerly known as mr matthew ojoorImoloye now to Be addressed as mr. matthew orImoloyeojo. all Former docUments remaIns valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

I, Formerly known and addressed as lawalsherIFFdeenadekUnle now wIsh to Be known and addressed as lawal sherIFF adekUnle. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note

I, Formerly known and addressed as alade BlessInG osarIeme now wIsh to Be known and addressed as omokaro BlessInG osarIeme. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note

mrs. eyInade kehInde Formerly mIss olUkotUn kehInde olUwaBUnmI now to Be addressed as mrs. eyInade kehInde olUwaBUnmI. Former docUments remaIns valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

I Formerly known as oFFor vIctor UGochUkwU thoUGh mIsspelt as UGohUkwU In my InternatIonal passport no. a04201112, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as ohUche vIctor UGochUkwU. all Former docUments remaIn valId. nIGerIa ImmIGratIon servIce and General pUBlIc please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as sejInoU clement akIm now wIsh to Be known and addressed as rasheed clement akeem . all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc to please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as ayodele adesanmI prInce olUmUyIwa now wIsh to Be known and addressed as ayodele adesanmI prInce . I was Born on 05/04/1954. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc to please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as odaUdU FaIth ehI now wIsh to Be known and addressed as matthew precIoUs paUlIna. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc to please take note.

I was Formerly known and addressed as mIss maGBadelo latIFat sUsan now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs aFolaBI sUsan latIFat . all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc to please take note.

lawal omolaBake I Formerly known and addressed as james dada omolaBake now wIsh to Be known and addressed as lawal omolaBake. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc to please take note.

nweZe awnlIka I Formerly known and addressed as nwaeZe joy now wIsh to Be known and addressed as nweZe awnlIka joy. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc to please take note.

chanGe oF name/ correctIon oF BIrth date

mrs. ojaha kelechI I Formerly known and addressed as oBIyo kelechI Grace now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs. ojaha kelechI Grace. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

alhassan danladI I Formerly known and addressed as danladI eZekIel alhassan now wIsh to Be known called and addressed as alhassan danladI sadUs. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

BeyIokU modInat I Formerly known and addressed as sUnday modInat now wIsh to Be known and addressed as BeyIokU modInat. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

conFIrmatIon oF name

chanGe oF name / declaratIon oF aGe

BaBarInde selImot

I Formerly known and addressed as oyeBade selImot olUwanIFemI now wIsh to Be known and addressed as BaBarInde selImot olUwanIFemI. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

nnajI olUchUkwU

I Formerly known and addressed as okpalUGo olUchUkwU aBIGaIl now wIsh to Be known and addressed as nnajI olUchUkwU aBIGaIl. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

IZekor mUrphy

I Formerly known and addressed as IZekor akIn, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as IZekor mUrphy kenhIde. all Former docUment remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

mary anthony

I, Formerly known and addressed as maryanthony adeolaFUnmI moGajI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mary anthony IrUoma nnamanI. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

mrs eZechUkwU chInasa

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss. enyokwa chInasa aUGUsta, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs eZechUkwU chInasa aUGUsta. all Former docUments remaIn valId. Unth ItUkU oZalla and General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

IGBonekwU GenevIeve

I, Formerly known and addressed as IGBonekwU QUeendalIne chIdera, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as IGBonekwU GenevIeve chIdera. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

ohUche vIctor

popoola aBosede

rasheed clement

Formerly known and addressed as yakUBU nIGer BUBa, yakUBU nIGe and yakUBU nIGe dUlla, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as BUBa nIGea. that my correct date oF BIrth Is 20/04/1996.all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note

FUnmIlayo vIctorIa

ayodele adesanmI

motUnrayo tolU

I Formerly known and addressed as aFolaBI aBosede olayInka now wIsh to Be known and addressed as popoola aBosede olayInka adUFe. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as saUnsI FUnmIlayo now wIsh to Be known and addressed as FUnmIlayo vIctorIa FeyIBUnmI. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as motUnrayo tolU okesola now wIsh to Be known and addressed as motUnrayo tolU omoroGBe. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

UZoewUlU- nrIapIa adaora

chanGe oF name / correct date oF BIrth

chanGe oF name / correct date oF BIrth

I Formerly known and addressed as UZoewUlU scholar adaora now wIsh to Be known and addressed as UZoewUlUnrIapIa adaora scholastIca. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

olanrewajU tajUdeen

I Formerly known and addressed as anjorIn IBrahIm adedoyIn, also In my voter’s card my name was wrItten as anjorIn IBrahIm olUwaseU, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as anjorIn IBrahIm olUwaseUn. wronG date oF BIrth 18th aUGUst 1988, whIle correct date oF BIrth Is 13th aUGUst, 1988. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

QUeen GodwIn

I Formerly known and addressed as olarewajU tajUdeen kayode , now wIsh to Be known and addressed as olanrewajU tajUdeen kayode . date oF BIrth Is 3rd octoBer, 1977. all Former docUment remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

I, Formerly known and addressed as peace GodwIn GeorGe. now wIsh to Be known, and addressed as QUeen GodwIn GeorGe. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc take note.

Udo Isaac

mrs okemeFUna elIZaBeth

I, Formerly known and addressed as Udoh destIny aBIGaIl, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as Udo Isaac aBIGaIl. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

okaFor eUcharIa

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss nwaGBo elIZaBeth onUchUkwU, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs okemeFUna elIZaBeth onUchUkwU. all Former docUments remaIn valId. nysc, Banks and General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

mrs anIGBoGU oGechUkwU

I, Formerly known and addressed as okaFor eUcharIa nnenna and nwankwo nnenna eUcharIa. now wIsh to Be known and addressed as okaFor eUcharIa nnenna (nwoFUlanU). all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss oFojeBe nkeIrUka nkemakonam, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs anIGBoGU oGechUkwU nkIrU. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

aGwU mBa

mrs ekwUGhe aFomachUkwU

I, Formerly known and addressed as mBa kasarachI precIoUs, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as aGwU mBa UGochI. all Former docUments remaIn valId. Banks and General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss emeGwo aFomachUkwU jennIFer, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs ekwUGhe aFomachUkwU jennIFer. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

I Formerly known and addressed as oGUnsIna matthew damIlare, also appears as oGUnsIna damIlare matthew now wIsh to Be known and addressed as moyoade dare matthew, that In my waec resUlt the date oF BIrth was wronGly typed as 11th decemBer, 1983, whIle correct date oF BIrth Is 9th novemBer, 1980. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

mUsa Bala

I Formerly known and addressed as Bala ayUBa. now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mUsa Bala GwanI. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note

mrs onyIGBUo IFeoma

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss chUkwUjekwU IFeoma andrea, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs onyIGBUo IFeoma andrea. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

mrs alIoke chInwe

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss aneke chInwe chekwUBechI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs alIoke chInwe chekwUBechI. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

mrs nwankwo Grace

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss Bello charIty jersey, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs nwankwo Grace osayemwenre. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

matthew precIoUs

In some oF my docUments my name was wrItten as oGUnmakIn aBayomI davId also as oGUnmakIn aBayomI oGhenevwoGaGa. now wIsh to Be known and addressed as oGUnmakIn aBayomI davId. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

mrs edeIGBa Bolanle

I Formerly known and addressed as mIss oGUnyanrIn Bolanle olUBUnmI now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs edeIGBa Bolanle olUBUnmI. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

addItIonal oF name

I Formerly known and addressed as odey okwe. now wIsh to Be known and addressed as odey okwe eron. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

mrs orjI onyInye

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss UdeGBUnam onyInye chrIstal, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs orjI onyInye chrIstal. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

mrs Ikeh-rIchard sarah

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss Umeh sarah onyInye, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs Ikeh-rIchard sarah onyInye. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

chInonso adaeZe

I, Formerly known and addressed as ekwUnIFe adaeZe anGela, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as chInonso adaeZe anGela .all Former docUments remaIn valId. Banks and General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

mrs aFolaBI sUsan

I Formerly known and addressed as IkhUorIa stella omoremIjU now wIsh to Be known and addressed as adIGwe stella omoremIjU. correct date oF BIrth 15-11-1979. all Former docUments remaIn valId, General pUBlIc to please take note.

mrs. anyanwU prIsca

I, Formerly known and addressed as mIss. akUBUIro prIsca nGoZI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as mrs. anyanwU prIsca nGoZI. all Former docUments remaIn valId. the General pUBlIc shoUld take note

yIsa ramonI

I Formerly known and addressed as Isa rahmon. now wIsh to Be known and addressed as yIsa ramonI BolajI. all Former docUments remaIn valId. General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

UchendU lIlIan

I, Formerly known and addressed as oGamBa eUnIce nGoZI, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as UchendU lIlIan oGochUkwU. all Former docUments remaIn valId. Banks and General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

chIBUIke okorIe

I, Formerly known and addressed as okorIe chIke chrIstopher, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as chIBUIke okorIe chrIstopher. all Former docUments remaIn valId. Banks and General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

orjI BrIdGet

I, Formerly known and addressed as BrIdGet emmanUel enyInne, now wIsh to Be known and addressed as orjI BrIdGet enyInne. my correct date oF BIrth Is 29th may 1986 .all Former docUments remaIn valId. Banks and General pUBlIc shoUld please take note.

Change of Names 24 JESUS ENDTIME FIRE AND REVELATION MINISTRY 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 TRUSTEE ARE (1) ONYEISI NGOZI FIRE (2) ONYEISI CHUKWUDI EZEKIEL (3) EZEAMAKU GRACE NKIRUKA (4) NWORIE INNOCENT AWA (5) SUNDAY AKWAUGO SUCCESS. AIM AND OBJECTIVES TO. PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

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MAKE UP DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

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.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1. MR.LEONARD OKOSA 2. MR. UZO ANYAOHA 3. MR. CHIGBO ILECHUWU 4. MR. CYRIL OKAFOR 5. MR. WALTER MBANUSI 6. MR. IHEJIRIKA LINUS OBJECTIVES: 1 TO FOSTER PEACE, PROGRESS, GOODWILL AND BETTER RELATIONSHIP 2 TO PROMOTE HUMANITARIAN AND WELFARE PROJECTS THAT WOULD 3 TO PROMOTE THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF CONDUCT, ETIQUETTE AND AMONG MEMBERS, AND BETWEEN MEMBERS AND CUSTOMERS. BENEFIT MEMBERS AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE DISCIPLINE AMONG MEMBERS. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

SIGNED SECRETARY

SIGNED: DR. OROELU GODWIN AGIDI LEGAL PRACTITIONER, 08033201909

TRANQUILITY GOSPEL ASSEMBLY

FAMILY CHANGE OF SURNAME

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, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR OKEMEFUNA CHIKELUE ...........CHAIRMAN 2. MRS. PEACE CHIKELUE ........................SECRETARY 3. MR. OBINNA OKEKE .............................MEMBER 4. MR. SOLOMON AGBASORO ....................MEMBER 5. REVEREND CANON DAVID EBELUNOR .....MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO RECONCILE MEN TO GOD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS PUBLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OBINNA NNAKA ESQ. APPLICANT’S SOLICITOR, OBINNA NNAKA & CO. CHRISTOMEX PLAZA. 153, NNEWI-OKIGWE EXPRESSWAY, NNEWI. 08035460176.

FESTROL ESTATE LANDLORDS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION 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.

MR. BABATUNDE GAFAR 2.

MADAM JOSEPHINE OMOERHA 3.

MR. JIDE OLUWAJOBI 4.

MR. UYI OBASUYI 5.

DR. OLADIMEJI SALAWU 6.

MR. JAMES ONARE 7.

MR. ADEBOLA OLOFINYO 8.

MR. PIUS NWISU 9.

MR. VICTOR SAGBUWA 10.

MR. EMMANUEL ADELEKE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO FOSTER PEACE, LOVE, PROGRESS , HARMONIOUS LIVING AMONGST RESIDENTS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

ISHIAGU COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT UNION (CAC/IT/NO/17165) THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990.

OLD TRUSTEES: 1.

PRINCE OTI CHIMA -REMOVED 2.

CHIEF ONU NGWUOKE -REMOVED 3.

CHIEF BARTHOLOMEW AGWU -RETAINED 4.

EVANG SIMON OKAFOR -RETAINED 5.

CHIEF LAWRENCE NGENE -REMOVED 6.

MR. PAUL AGU -RETAINED 7.

MR. BATHOLOMEW ONU -RETAINED 8.

CHIEF FABIAN CHUKWU -RETAINED 9.

MR. EMMANUEL AGWU -RETAINED 10.

MR. SIMON OKAFOR -REMOVED 11.

CHIEF EMEKA OGBONNAYA -RETAINED 12.

CHIEF RAYMOND CHUKWU -REMOVED 13.

CHIEF STANLEY ANYIM -RETAINED 14.

CHIEF LAWRENCE AJA ONU -REMOVED NEW TRUSTEES ALL APPOINTED 1.

BARR RAYMOND AKANWA 2.

CHINEDU NKA ALTERATION /AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION TO REFLECT THE CHANGES ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE AND AMENDMENT SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

GRACE COURT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS LIMITED RC: 682961 WINDING UP THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT (CAP.C20) LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA 2004 PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF GRACE COURT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS LIMITED RC: 682961 NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 468(2) OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 2004, THE FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF GRACE COURT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS LIMITED BE HELD AT PLOT 44, ROAD 14, UDOKA HOUSING ESTATE, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE ON MONDAY, THE 16TH JULY, 2018 AT 11:00 AM TO TRANSACT THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS: AGENDA TO LAY BEFORE SUCH MEETING, THE FINAL ACCOUNTS OF THE COMPANY AND GIVING ANY EXPLANATION THEREOF. NOTE: A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY IS ENTITLED TO APPOINT A PROXY TO ATTEND AND VOTE INSTEAD OF HIM. A PROXY NEED NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY. DATED THIS 6TH DAY OF JUNE, 2018 SIGNED: UKAEGBU KYRIAN ESQ

WE FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS (1). DESTINY UBA CHUKWU (2). OJIMMA BLESSING NNENNA (3). UBACHUKWU DAVID CHIKEREMOMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS (1) DOMINIC CHIMEREMEZE UBASINACHI (2) OMASICHUKWU BLESSING UBASINACHI (3) DAVID ONOCHIRIEZE UBASINACHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADASOMI 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. ORJI CHIJIOKE - CHAIRMAN 2. DOZIE YVONNE UGONMA- SECRETARY 3. UMOREN BLESSING OBJECTIVE: AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO ENGAGE IN RE-ORIENTATION, SKILL ACQUISITION AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

REHOBOTH GLORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH (CAC IT/NO. 75336) THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA TO FOR THE CHANGE OF NAME, AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION TO REFLECT ONLY THE NEW NAME AND ADDITION OF A TRUSTEE UNDER “PART C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT CAP C20 LFN, 2014.

CHANGE OF NAME OLD NAME – REHOBOTH GLORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO NEW NAME – SURE HOPE OF GLORY CHURCH APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEE OLD TRUSTEES 1.

PASTOR ABIOLA OLUSOLA OLATUNJI - RETAINED 2.

PASTOR MRS ABIADE FOLASHADE OLATUNJI - RETAINED 3.

ENGR. CELESTINE KAINE CLIFFE - RETAINED 4.

MR ONYEKACHI ELEZIENYA - RETAINED 5.

MRS EGBUKA BLESSING ADA - RETAINED 6.

EGBETADE EMMANUEL ADEMOLA - RETAINED NEW TRUSTEE OHAKA CHUKWUMA AMBROSE

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APPOINTED

AMENDEMENT OF CONSTITUTION THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES (CLAUSES) SHALL BE AMENDED ONLY TO REFLECT THE NEW NAME ARTICLE 1 “NAME & LOCATION. PARAGRAPH 1.1 & 1.2 ARTICLE 5 “TRUSTEES”. PARAGRAPH 5.2 ARTICLE 15 SPECIAL CLAUSE PARAGRAPH 1 ANY OBJECTION TO THE ABOVE SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA WITHIN TWENTY EIGHT DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: HYBRID SOLICITORS 07055529276

KINGDOM BUILDERS DIVINE INTERCESSORY MINISTRY 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.

OPARA MAXWELL CHIBUIKE CHAIRMAN 2.

MRS. OPARA-MAXWELL NNENNA BELINDA SECRETARY 3.

ANYANWU SAMUEL UDOCHUKWU MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IN ITS ENTIRETY TO THE WORLD 2.

TO WIN SOUL FOR CHRIST 3.

TO PROMOTE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THROUGH MASS EVANGELISM ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. AGUGOESI VICTOR TEL: 08035757908

ADELEYE KABIR I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADELEYE ABDULKABIR AGBARIGIDOMA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADELEYE KABIR AGBARIGIDOMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERN SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FREE SPACE

BOB ULOMA EVELYN

ADEBUKOLA FATIMO

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ASHINZE ULOMA BOB ,NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESS AS ASHINZE -BOB ULOMA EVELYN . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE .

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ATIKU ADEBUKOLA FATIMO NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AFOLABI ADEBUKOLA FATIMO ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FOLASHADE OLUWATOYIN

WAHAB IDOWU EMWANTA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AS POPOOLA FOLASHADE OLUWATOYIN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, ADDRESSED AND CALLED BATIMEHIN FOLASHADE OLUWATOYIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AS SADIKU PATIENCE EMWANTE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN, ADDRESSED AND CALLED WAHAB IDOWU EMWANTA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

EDEM MACAULEY EDET

MATHEW ADEYEYE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MACAULEY EDEM AKPAN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EDEM MACAULEY EDET. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEYEYE ADEYEYE ADEGBITE , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS ADEGBITE MATHEW ADEYEYE .ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE .

EZEH EDITH CHINYERE

CAMPBELL FATIMA OLAMIDE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZE EDITH CHINYERE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEH EDITH CHINYERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CAMPBELL FATIMA OLOLADE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CAMPBELL FATIMA OLAMIDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

BELLO ADEYINKA IBRAHEEM

MOBOLAJI TEMITOPE ELIZABETH

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO OYEYEMI MONSURU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO ADEYINKA IBRAHEEM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID PUBLIC NOTE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JAMES TEMITOPE VICTORIA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSEDAS MOBOLAJI TEMITOPE ELIZABETH. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

JESUS CHRIST OFFERS FREEDOM CHURCH

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1) PASTOR EDEM MONDAY 2) OTUU CHIMEZIE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.

TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD. 2.

TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BY BARR. JERRY EZE. SOLICITOR

CHURCH OF CHRIST HEALING MINISTRY CAC/IT/NO. 36048 THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990.

CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION OLD TRUSTEES 1.

PASTOR DAVID OKOGBE EVESHOYNA RETAINED 2.

JAMES GOMINA RETAINED 3.

MRS. ESTHER HABU RETAINED 4.

MRS. JANET BISI SABA RETAINED 5.

MRS. OMOTAYO JULIANA OKOGBE RETAINED 6.

OCHE ADAKOLA SOLOMON REMOVED NEW TRUSTEES ALL APPOINTED 1.

BANAWI ISHAKU 2.

DR. NICHOLAS PROWEI OLOBIO 3.

HEPHZIBAH IBRAHIM 4.

NOEL OSUJI THAT ARTICLE 14 (3) BE AMENDED TO READ “ THE TRUSTEES SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN TWO (2) AND NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN (15) IN UMBER. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE AND AMENDMENT SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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GOD’S GLORY BASE EMBASSY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) PASTOR EMENYONU CHUKWUDI DANIEL (CHAIRMAN) (2) MR OKOLISA EBUBECHUKWU HENRY (TREASURER) (3) MR EZE REUBEN CHINASA (SECRETARY/FINANCIAL SECRETARY) THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) TO WIN SOULS INTO GOD’S KINGDOM THROUGH THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL (2) TO FELLOWSHIP, CARE, LOVE, STRENGTHEN, MINISTER TO EACH OTHER AS ONE FAMILY AS WE WORSHIP GOD. (3)TO TRAIN OR DISCIPLE PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM BECOME LIKE JESUS CHRIST AND MANIFEST HIM. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

STRONG FORTRESS CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. JONTO AONDO TERHEMEN (PRESIDENT) 2. JONTO COMFORT TERHEMEN (VICE PRESIDENT) 3. OTOKPA GODWIN IDEVA (SECRETARY) 4. EGUA BRISBORN WISE (TREASURER) THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. 2.TO PREPARE BELIEVERS FOR THE APPEARANCE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 3.TO MAKE DISCIPLES AND NURTURE THEM INTO MATURITY. 4.TO PROMOTE UNITY AND LOVE AMONG BELIEVERS AND THE COMMUNITY. 5.TO RAISE MEN AND WOMEN OF IMPACT THROUGH LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR THE OPPRESSED AND WEAK. 6.TO THOROUGHLY EQUIP BELIEVERS FOR EVERY GOOD WORK. 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

LAGOS EASTERN TRADERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA 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 TRUSTEES ARE 1)ECHETEBIH FIDELIS CHUKWUDI 2) ANIAGOLU ERNEST CHIGOZIE 3) ECHETEBIH ONYINYE HENRIETA 4) ANIAGOLU CHRISTIANA CHIAGOZIE 5) NRIALI PETER OKAY AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1)TO ORGANIZED PROGRAMS GEARING TOWARDS SENSITIZE THE SOCIETY ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 2) TO FOSTER COOPERATION AMONG MEMBERS 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

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EMPOWER SPECIAL CHILDREN ORGANISATION

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 & ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE 1.OJUAN DANIEL - CHAIRMAN 2.BOYI EBI-ERE - SECRETARY 3.ONUWAJE OBIAJULU OGHOGHO 4.ADESIDA ADEDOTUN BABATUNDE 5.OVONLEN EROMOSELE E 6.OZOEMELAM GODWIN OBINNA 7.NDIFREKE ANDREW-ESSIEN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO VISIT ORPHANAGE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY TO FIND TALENTED AND SKILLED CHILDREN. 2.TO HELP DISABLED AND ORPHANED CHILDREN DISCOVER THEIR TALENT AND ALSO HELP THEM DEVELOP IT THROUGH VARIOUS SEMINARS,TRAINING PROGRAMMES,EDUCATION AND COMPETITION[TALENT HINT].

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

FAITH SOLUTION EVANGELICAL DELIVERANCE MINISTRY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) ABOLUWARIN SUNDAY MICHAEL (2) ABOLUWARIN KIKELOMO CHRISTANAH (3) AJIBOLA YEMISI ELIZABETH (4) OLATUNDE SUNDAY ADEYEMO (5) JESUDIMIMU MOPELOLA AWENI (6) ORIYEMI ESTHER KEHINDE (7) AKINTUNDE ISAIAH OLAWALE THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL MANKIND (2) TO MINISTER HOPE, COURAGE AND ASSISTANCE BOTH MATERIAL AND SPIRITUALLY TO THE SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY OF MANY CHRISTIANS (3) TO PROMOTE UNITY AND LOVE AMONG BELIEVERS AND THE COMMUNITY. 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 BY: SECRETARY

DIVINE LIGHT POWER OF GOD

AIM AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 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 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

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.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: (1) EZE CHIBUIKE -CHAIRMAN (2) EZE CALLISTA NWAKAEGO - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO PROMOTE WELFARE, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD‎ BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCEN,T OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

FOLASADE MELEKI FOUNDATION

THE TRUSTEES ARE:‎1. MRS. FOASADE MELEKI. CHAIRMAN 2. MR. OLAWALE MELEKI. SECRETARY 3. MR. OLANREWAJU MELEKI. MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1)YOUTH EMPOWERMENT (2)YOUTH TRAINING AND COUNSELLING (3)YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMMES AND MOBILISATION ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR- GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY.

TAIWO PRINCE

OLOYEDE FEHINTOLA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TAIWO SAMUEL ADETUNJI, NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS TAIWO PRINCE ADETUNJI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY NAME REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINBINU FEHINTOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLOYEDE FEHINTOLA ESTHER. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY NAME REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MARITIME SAFETY AND RESCUE INITIATIVE

TRUSTEES ARE 1.USENABASI ABRAHAM INYANG - CHAIRMAN 2.UDEME SUNDAY 3.UDO LINUS GODWIN 4.OKON INYANG EDET 5.EKPO KINGSLEY PATRICK 6.CHIEMELA UBANI 7.ONYEBUCHI EMELOGU 8.OKAFOR EMEKA SILAS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.TO PROMOTE PEACE AND ODERLINKS IN THE MARITIME SECTOR. 2.TO PROMOTE AND CARE FOR THE SEAFARERS. 3. TO PROMOTE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY.

ONLINE JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

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 OF 1990 .

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TRUSTEES (1)PASTOR OLUWAYEMI ISREAL OLAKUNLE (2)MRS CHRISTIANA BIMBO OLUWAYEMI (3)MR OLANIYI SOLOMON ADEMIDAYO (4)OYEDOKUN OLUWABUNMI ESTHER (5)MR OGUNDEJI ADENIYI

EXCLUSIVE WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE

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

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correcTIon of name

ThIs Is To Inform The General pUblIc ThaT my name osITa aGbo oscar, was wronGly wrITTen, bUT now wIsh To be correcTed and addressed as aGbo-eZekIel oscar osITa. all former docUmenTs remaIn ValId. banks and General pUblIc shoUld please Take noTe.

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 & ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1 DR. (MRS) OLUREMI ROSELINE ADEWALE - PRESIDENT 2 BOLUWAJI MODUPE ADEWALE 3 BAMIDELE OLUWATOBI ADEWALE - TREASURER 4 BAMIKOLE ADEPOSI ADEWALE - SECRETARY 5 OLUKAYODE OLUSEYI TAIWO 6 OLUWATOYIN PRECIOUS MEGBOWON 7 FLORENCE OMOLARA ADEOYE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1 TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS BY USING HEALTH PROMOTION, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE. 2 TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH IN DEVELOPING NATIONS 3 TO CARE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED PEOPLE IN THE SOCIETY WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO WOMEN.

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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

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 1990.

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CREDIBLE & RELIABLE BARBERS ASSOCIATION, ABUJA 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, 1990.

THE TRUSTEETS 1. OMOWA SUNDAY - CHAIRMAN 2. SADIQ ABDULHAMEED - VICE CHAIRMAN 3. GODWIN JOSIAH - SECRETARY 4. OLASUKUNMI OLAWALE FRANCIS - ADVISER 5. ADUOJO INNOCENT - EXCO LEADER 6. CHIMAOBIM AWA - EXCO LEADER THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1) TO FOSTER UNITY, PEACE AND LOVE AMONGST THE MEMBERS. 2) TO PROMOTE THE INTEREST OF THE ASSOCIATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYIIRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: G. JOSIAH (SECRETARY)

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

OLATOKUN OMOLARA I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS.FABIYI OMOLARA OLUYINKA, NOW TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. OLATOKUN OMOLARA OLUYINKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

RAPHAEL ZEDOMI I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RAPHAEL IGBODO , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RAPHAEL ZEDOMI IGBODO. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAMES REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITIES PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

FRIDAY PATIENCE I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MBELE PATIENCE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FRIDAY PATIENCE DUE TO CHANGE IN MY MARITAL STATUS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS BEARING MY NAME REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLUFUNSO IDOWU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. TITILOLA OLUWABANKE AWONIYI, NOW TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. OLUFUNSO IDOWU SIJUADE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

LIVING PROOF PRAYING WOMEN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION TRUSTEES RETAINED: 1. ONOVWIONA JULIANAH

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mr oyelamI oluwatosIn formerly known and addressed as oJedIran oluwatosIn akInkunmI, now wIsh to be known and addressed as mr oyelamI oluwatosIn akInkunmI. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note

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mutIat tokunbo formerly known and addressed as mutIat tokunbo Ipaye, now wIsh to be known and addressed as mutIat tokunbo macaulay. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note

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IsmaIla musa formerly known and addressed as IdrIs alfa, now wIsh to be known and addressed as IsmaIla musa. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note

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chIGbo aZuka

komolehIn Israel

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asIkpo GeorGIna

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taJudeen aderemI

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Jolaoso olurantI

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opeyemI boluwaJI

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I formerly known called and addressed as franklIn odIanosen orIaIfo. now wIsh to be known called and addressed as franklIn okhIrIa orIaIfo. former documents remaIn valId.General publIc take note

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mrs blessInG emem

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oJo sunday peter

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Gomes oluwaGbemIsola

lawrence onumaJuru

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I, formerly known and addressed as mIchael nkemJIka ekwebelem; now wIsh to be known as lawrence onumaJuru ekwebelem. all former documents remaIn valId., banks and General publIc take note.

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my name was wronGly wrItten on some of my bank and other documents as ayodeJI abayomI abayomI Instead of ayodeJI abayomI aJIasafe. that my correct name Is ayodeJI abayomI aJIasafe. General publIc take note.

opeyemI adedoyIn

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my name was wronGly wrItten durInG bvn reGIstratIon as nweke eJIke tImothy Instead of eJIke francIs tImothy , henceforth I wIsh to be known and addressed as eJIke francIs tImothy , all former documents remaIn valId , banks and General publIc take note

formerly known and addressed as mIss. chrIstIana akunnaya IZuchukwu, now wIsh to be known and addressed as mrs. chrIstIana akunnaya nnaemeka. all former documents remaIn valId. General publIc take note.

abdulahI arInola

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Police arrest 3 men for alleged gang-rape of 15-year-old girl The Lagos State Police Command says it has in its custody three men alleged to have gang-raped a 15-year-old girl at Itakete Imude in Ajangbadi, a suburb of Lagos.

The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Edgal Imohimi, told newsmen on Wednesday that the suspects were arrested on June 1 at Ajangbadi.

According to Imohimi, the suspects allegedly blindfolded

their victim with a red scarf and took turns to rape her in their room at 52, Jagua St., Itakete Imude in Ajangbadi.

“During interrogation, the suspects denied being cultists but confessed raping the teenager.

“But during the execution of a search warrant on their abode, one cutlass and one red scarf with which they allegedly blindfolded the girl were

recovered in their room,” the CP said.

He said the suspects would soon be charged to court.

The commissioner also said that the command had arrested some persons suspected to be armed robbers in different parts of the state following information given to them by the public.

“Arrests of armed robbers in different parts of the state were

made by eagle-eyed operatives of the command imbued with information freely given by good Nigerians who have come to identify with our community policing agenda.

“At Ejigbo, two suspects were arrested with the sum of N48, 000 and one Nokia phone.

“At Awori Bus Stop in AbuleEgba, three traffic robbers, who were operating along Ikeja, Ogba and Abule-Egba axis

with a Volkswagen Vanagon bus, painted in Lagos State commercial transport colour, were also arrested.

“The commercial bus marked LND 463 XU had also been recovered from them.

“Other exhibits recovered from the suspects are two registration number plates, three mobile phones, one hand chain and four watches,” he said.

R - L , Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, Mr. Jean Conte of Democratic Control for Reform of Armed Forces Switzerland ( DCAF) Director, Policy & Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC ), Mr. Clement Nwankwo and Dr. Uju Agomoh during a courtesy visit to the Speaker by a delegation from Security Justice Sector Reform of Civil Society organisations in Nigeria at the National Assembly on Tuesday 5th June, 2018.

Photo : Speaker’s Media Office.

Gov Bagudu appoints Adamawa, FG collaborate on ex-APC chairman as Agric investment the Banquet hall in Yola, the focal of schools pupils from locally Commissioner Tom Garba, Yola person and the principal senior made food.

Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, has assigned portfolios to the newly sworn- in commissioners and members of the state Executive Council.

This is contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Dakingari, and made available to the press in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday.

The statement quoted the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Babale Umar as saying: “The former state Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC),

Alhaji Attahiru Maccido, has been posted to Ministry of Agriculture as commissioner.

“While the former SSG, Alhaji Nura Kangiwa has been posted to the Ministry of Water Resources as commissioner”.

“The former Commissioner of Agriculture who was overseeing the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Garba Dandiga remains the substantive Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

“Taking and handover takes immediate effect”.

Adamawa State government under the leadership of Senator Muhammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow has pledged to collaborate with the federal government in the area of social investment programmes.

This was made known during a town Hall meeting on the progress of the National Social investment Programme (NSIP) with Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo as the special guest of honour at the occasion.

In an interactive meeting with the State beneficiaries of NSIP at

assistant to the Governor on Social investments Programme, Cdre Usman Sali Bodes (Rtd) said the state government is set to have a people investment programme.

According to him, the State government will be collaborating with the FGN in the area of N-POWER, Home crown school feeding (HGSF),Enterprise and employment programme (GEEP), Stem programme and Cash transfer (NCTP).

The essence is to create jobs to thousands of unemployed graduates and feed thousands

The state programme is also to have a direct cash transfer of N5,000 to many poor and vulnerable households monthly, to have a financial inclusion and direct interest free loan to market women, artisans, women co-ops, youths and farmers.

Many students in tertiary institution studying courses in education, science and technology, Engineering and Mathematics would also benefit from bursary awards.

Bodes said that the Jibrilla led administration is people oriented and the programmes are meant to have a better society.

Ogun cautions residents against plastic pollution The Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Bolaji Oyeleye has cautioned the residents of the state against dumping plastic of used water into the waterways across the state, as it posed a great threat to the drainage and society at large.

Oyeleye, in a statement made available by his Media Aide, Mr. Goke Gbadamosi stated this while joining the world to celebrate the 2018 World Environment Day with the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution.”

While stressing the need for concerted efforts towards eliminating plastic pollution in the country, Oyeleye described plastic pollution as one the great environmental challenges being faced today across the country, but suggested recycling of the plastic for another product.

He added that man’s over reliance on plastic products has resulted into severe pollution of the oceans and seas thereby endangering marine life and posing a threat to human health.

He noted that the condition of the environment is declining due to rapid industrialisation, deforestation, global warming, pollution and changing of lifestyle, saying that there was urgent need for sustained awareness towards addressing these challenges.

He said the plastic pollution could be minimised by recycling used plastic products, adding that to effectively clean up and discontinue plastic production, the public must embrace alternatives, such as paper bags and recyclable bags.

In his speech, titled “Beating Plastic Pollution”, An environmental expert and Don at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Toyin Arowolo identified government intervention through taxes and levies on the use of plastic as a vital solution to the challenge, adding that Rwanda, China, Kenya, and many other countries had implemented policies towards reducing plastic pollution.

He then advocated for segregation of waste from homes in order to reduce the volume of plastic that end up in water bodies, saying that Nigerians should also consciously find other alternatives to plastic products that they use on daily basis.

Meanwhile, the Consultant to Ginger Burgeap and French Agency for Development (AFD), Karine Escande during her presentation on the feasibility study of the Solid Waste Management Project in Abeokuta, noted that Ogun State must improve its capacity for solid waste collection and reduce waste-to-landfill in order to have an integrated and sustainable waste management in the State.

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Foreign Affairs French foreign minister: Iran’s uranium enrichment plans are close to ‘red line’ Iran’s declaration that it could increase its uranium enrichment capacity if a nuclear deal with world powers falls apart risks sailing close to the “red line,” France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said on Monday he had ordered preparations to increase uranium enrichment capacity if the nuclear agreement collapsed after the United States withdrew from the deal last month.

It also informed the UN nuclear watchdog of “tentative” plans to produce the feedstock for centrifuges, which are the machines that enrich uranium.

“This initiative is unwelcome. It shows a sort of irritation,” Jean-Yves Le Drian told Europe 1 radio. “It is always dangerous to flirt with the red lines, but the initiative taken ... remains totally within the framework of the Vienna (nuclear) deal.”

Tensions between Iran and the West have surged since President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran last

month, calling it deeply flawed and reimposing unilateral sanctions.

European powers are scrambling to save the deal — under which Iran curbed its nuclear program in return for a lifting of international sanctions — as they regard it as the best chance to stop Tehran developing an atomic bomb.

However, they have warned Iran that if it were not to abide by the terms of the deal, then they would also be forced to pull out and reimpose sanctions as Washington has done.

“If they go to a higher level then yes the agreement would be violated, but they need to realize that if they do then they will expose themselves to new sanctions and the Europeans will not remain passive.”

Le Drian, who said Iran was for now still abiding by its commitments, was speaking a day after Israel’s leader urged France to turn its attention to tackling Iran’s “regional aggression,” saying he no longer needed to convince Paris to quit a 2015 nuclear deal between various world powers with Tehran as economic pressure would kill it anyway. AFP

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Lottery player wins second €1m jackpotAGES A man from south-east France has won the country’s “My Million” lottery for the second time in less than two years - a feat that mathematicians say has odds of one in 16 trillion.

The winner, who was not named, won his first €1m (£877,000) in November 2016 and continued to play each week.

Last month he won his second €1m.

The newsagent in the Haute-Savoie region where the ticket was bought said the winner had barely reacted, adding: “I guess he is used to winning.”

My Million is a smaller draw run alongside the main EuroMillions lottery.

Players in EuroMillions, with its huge jackpots, are automatically entered for the second draw with a series of randomly assigned numbers.

The lucky double winner says he intends to keep playing, French media reported, trusting in the old adage that things always come in threes.

Mathematicians quoted by Le Parisien newspaper said that the odds of winning My Million once were about 19 million to one and EuroMillions 140 million to one.

Last month an Australian man won

a local lottery twice in one week scooping more than A$1m each time.

Lottery organisers said the odds of winning once were one in 1.845 million.

“We don’t know of anyone else who has won twice in a week,” New South Wales Lotteries spokesman Matt Hart told AFP news agency.

Source: BBC

Anglophone Camerounians want repeal of terror law English speakers in the Northwest of Cameroun want an anti-terrorism law repealed and a general amnesty to help end the armed separatist campaign, a government commission said Wednesday.

Among the demands are a debate on introducing a federal system to the West African country which is dominated by French-speakers.

The proposals come from more than 800 people representing a cross-section of society in Bamenda, capital of the

Northwest anglophone region.

The commission, set up by President Paul Biya, said in a statement it had consulted traditional, religious, administrative and political figures as well as a “sample representing the population.”

Biya, who has been in power for 35 years, has long rejected demands for greater autonomy.

Resentment festered from perceived marginalization in education, the judiciary and the economy at the hands

of the French-speaking majority.

But tasked with listening to the local population, the commission to promote bilingualism and a multi-party structure said it had drawn up a list of 18 proposals from English speakers to end the crisis.

Since trouble broke out in 2016, the government has refused to open a debate on the makeup of the State.

However, while some English speakers want a federal system, the more radical seek a separate anglophone country.

Almost all those arrested are held under 2014 anti-terrorism legislation which includes capital punishment.

The proposals call for “clarification of the terms ‘terrorists’ and ‘separatists’,” that are used against many anglophones.

The amnesty should cover those who have been forced into exile as well as those arrested.

English speakers say they feel “unloved by the French-speaking brothers” who maintain “a superiority complex,” the commission notes.

Tunisia interior minister fired Tunisia’s interior minister has been fired just days after dozens of migrants drowned in the Mediterranean.

Lofti Brahem was fired by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, with Justice Minister Ghazi Jeribi filling the position until a replacement is found.

However, the government statement announcing the decision, which was released on its Facebook page on Wednesday, gave no reasons.

Mr Chahed had earlier blamed security guards for failing to stop a boat packed with 180 migrants - mainly Tunisians from leaving the country.

The boat later sank, leaving as many as 100 people dead.

A South African father is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly shooting dead his teenage son, who he mistook for a criminal.

According to South African police, the accused, who had a firearm on him at the time, fell asleep in the car while waiting for his son outside his school.

The 14-year-old, who had been taking part in an evening study group, then knocked on the passenger window of his father’s vehicle, Captain Mpande Khoza said.

“The father got scared by the knocking; he pulled out his firearm and shot in the direction of the person who was knocking,” he added.

The boy died on the way to hospital.

Pupils at the school in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, will receive trauma counselling, authorities say.

The shooting comes days after a nine-year-old girl was shot dead outside her school near Durban during a botched hijacking.

Her father is now being investigated for her accidental death.

Source: BBC

S’African man kills son mistaken for criminal A South African father is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly shooting dead his teenage son, who he mistook for a criminal.

According to South African police, the accused, who had a firearm on him at the time, fell asleep in the car

while waiting for his son outside his school.

The 14-year-old, who had been taking part in an evening study group, then knocked on the passenger window of his father’s vehicle, Captain Mpande Khoza said.

“The father got scared by the knocking; he pulled out his firearm and shot in the direction of the person who was knocking,” he added.

The boy died on the way to hospital.

Pupils at the school in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, will receive

trauma counselling, authorities say.

The shooting comes days after a nine-year-old girl was shot dead outside her school near Durban during a botched hijacking.

Her father is now being investigated for her accidental death.

BBC

Lofti Brahem

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FemWise-Africa set to boost women’s role in peace processes Ndubuisi Christian Ani High-level African Union (AU) mediation efforts have in the past included very few women.

Almost all AU special envoys to conflict zones are men – mostly former heads of state and other former senior officials.

The Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation (FemWiseAfrica), established in July 2017, is an AUinitiative aimed at changing this. Its success will depend on whether it has the necessary support and capacity to carry out its mission.

Progress in implementing the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1325 that urges the international community to improve women’s participation in peace and security has been slow. UN Women noted that between 1992 and 2011, womenglobally made up only 2% of chief mediators, 4% of witnesses and signatories, and 9% of negotiators.

The AU has developed instruments and policies for gender equity, including mainstreaming gender into the African Peaceand Security Architecture. FemWise-Africa, an example of such moves, is a subsidiary mechanism of the five-member Panel of the Wise and the expanded PanAfrican Network of the Wise (PanWise). Three of the five members of the Panel of the Wise are women.

FemWise-Africa comprises well-known personalities, youths and experts in mediation.

About 60 professionals have so far been accredited, and the AU has published an application form for new members to join.

Apart from participating in the FemWise-AfricaAssembly, organised at least once a year, accredited professionals could be deployed by the AU to support peaceefforts in crisis states.

FemWise-Africa has a daunting task ahead. In terms of AU-led mediations, most special envoys to conflictaffected zones are men. A July 2016 AU report indicates that while the AUCommission is the only continental organisation to have achieved gender parity in its executive leadership, ‘representation of women among Special Representatives and Envoys,

as well as Heads of Missions/ Liaison Offices, remains significantly low’.

Out of nine special representatives and 11 special envoys, the AUhas only one female special envoy – the special envoy on women, peace and security, Bineta Diop. Also, most special representatives and envoys are former heads of state or senior government officials.

A small number of outstanding woman leaders have, however, played a role in AU-led mediation, such as Liberia’s former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former interim president of the Central African Republic Catherine Samba-Panza, Uganda’s former vice president Dr Specioza Kazibwe, and Graça Machel, head of the South African-based Graça Machel Trust. This shows that women’s involvement in leadership positions can eventually contribute to

enlarging the pool of woman mediators in Africa.

The AU has made efforts elsewhere. Of its 11 heads of liaison offices and missions, four are women. These four women, as well as one female special envoy and the head of the AU/Southern African Development Community liaison office in Madagascar, were appointed between 2013 and 2016 when Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma chaired the AU Commission. Gender representation within the AU can therefore bring about progressive change.

While these roles are extremely important, the AU liaison offices maintain low profiles and mainly provide support to special representatives and envoys with the mandate to mediate.

The slow pace in appointing women to top leadership positions also highlights the need for new thinking about how mediation works, beyond

structural constraints.

Firstly, the effectiveness of using mainly former heads of state as mediators should be examined. Does it signal a bias in favour of sitting leaders, to the disadvantage of the opposition? Are there more bureaucratic constraints on the mission? Are they effective?

Can other dignitaries deliver better?

Some studies show that peace agreements can be reached faster and the deals last longer when women are included in peaceprocesses. For example in Burundi, since 2015 when the country was plunged into turmoil, many women still serve as community mediators, addressing social and political conflicts. Their efforts have reportedly averted several violent incidents despite the inadequate reporting of such cases.

Women in conflict-affected areas have also played a central role in negotiations, as well

as lobbying and advocating for peace. Notable progress has been made, but FemWiseAfrica must be given ample support in terms of resources and a dedicated secretariat, to ensure its effective functioning.

Lessons should be learnt from the Panel of the Wise and PanWise, whose impact has been constrained by limited human and financial resources.

Except for a few cases, inadequate documentation also led to limited opportunity to learn from their experiences in mediation.

FemWiseAfrica’s activities could fall into the same trap of being relegated to the periphery if there is no proactive support for the network.

Ani, is Researcher, Peace and Security Research Programme, Institute of Security Studies, Addis Ababa, Ethopia.

This article was first published in the ISS’s PSC Report.

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Russia throws off isolation as it gears up for the World Cup

Bonfrere Jo gets keys to promised apartment 22 years after The Federal Government, on Tuesday, handed over keys of a three-bedroom apartment to a former Super Eagles coach, Bonfrere Jo. The apartment is located at Gwagwalada area of Abuja. This was coming 22 years after the former coach was promised the apartment by then Federal Government after guiding the national U23 team to win the men’s football event at the Atlanta ’96 Olympic Games.

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who handed Bonfrere the keys during a brief ceremony in Abuja, said the reward would inspire the Eagles at the 2018 World Cup

competition in Russia.

According to the minister, “Let me on behalf of the President apologise to you that it has taken so long for the Nigerian government to come through. We thank you for your contribution to the development of our country, our youth, football and to say that it is better late than never. Nigeria always come through, we have come through for you.

“It is proper that with just few days to another World Cup, Nigeria fulfils and redeems this pledge and I hope that this will serve as an inspiration to our players going to the World Cup and the officials that this government will be there for you all the way.

“Ordinarily, this ought

to be a short meeting but if it take 24 years for the government of the country to respond to its citizens, it must assume a news making event.

“This is consistent with the commitment that the President has made that once again, he will make Nigerians proud of their country.

“This country should always be there to respond to the needs and expectations of the citizens.”

Bonfrere Jo thanked the Federal Government and stated that the gesture would encourage sportsmen and women to work hard, knowing that their achievements would not go unrecognised.

West Brom prodigy Yusuff Ojebode opts for Nigeria Highly-rated 17-yearold right winger Yusuff Ojebode has made himself available for selection for the Nigeria Under 20 team, the Flying Eagles.

Yusuff Ojebode met the NFF 1st vice-president Seyi Akinwunmi at Wembley and informed him of his availability to represent his country of birth Nigeria.

The young prodigy, who is also close to playing for West Brom first team, is highly rated by his clubs and has been tipped for greater heights due to his raw pace, power and skills.

Yusuff Ojebode’s Uncle, Sam Ojebode played for Nigeria and also captained Nigeria at the 1976 African cup of Nations

Russia throws opens its doors for the World Cup in a week’s time, with superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi performing in a country sharply at odds with some of the participating countries.

The month-long celebration of the world’s most popular sport has been haunted by fears over racism and violence as well as diplomatic spats.

But Vladimir Putin has left no stone unturned making sure the biggest event Russia has seen since Moscow’s 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics seduces a sceptical world.

Twelve sparkling stadiums in 11 cities spanning the European portion of the world’s largest country are ready after getting their last licks of paint.

The host nation will kick off the action against Saudi Arabia on June 14 in the 80,000-capacity Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, the historic crucible of Soviet and Russian sport, which will also host the final.

Brazil’s Neymar has recovered from a long-term injury to join Argentina’s Messi and Portugal’s Ronaldo to fight for the right to lift the trophy on July 15.

Almost every second person on Earth tuned into the last edition of the spectacular in Brazil in 2014.

That tournament saw the hosts suffer a traumatic 7-1 beating by Germany in the semi-finals that left a nation obsessed by football in shock.

Eventual champions Germany and Brazil again top a list of favourites that also includes Spain and past winners Argentina and France.

Russia’s chances of doing something special are modest. The hosts are the secondlowest ranked team of the 32 in the final and are riven by internal squabbles and injuries.

Putin counters that Russia will come out tops simply by pulling off the most expensive World Cup ever staged while struggling under the weight of international sanctions.

“The organisers,” said Putin when asked to pick this year’s likely winner.

Sanctions and boycotts The West’s penalties are a response to an ever more aggressive foreign policy Putin has pushed in the eight years since securing the hosting rights over England in a vote tainted by bribery charges.

Russia has annexed Crimea from Ukraine and defied the West by unleashing a bombing campaign in support of Bashar alAssad in Syria.

The US intelligence community believes Moscow meddled in America’s 2016 presidential election. Its British counterpart says Russia used a nerve agent in England to try and kill former double agent Sergei Skripal.

A doping scandal that got Russia banned from the Olympics and forced its athletes to compete under a neutral flag at last winter’s Pyeongchang Games completed a picture of relations in utter tatters.

Yet Putin has emerged from all this looking as strong as ever.

The Kremlin also does little to hide its pleasure at seeing the effective failure of efforts by some in England and eastern Europe to organise a diplomatic boycott of Putin’s party.

England will not be sending diplomats or royalty to the opening ceremony in protest

over the Skripal case.

Sweden and Iceland along with a few others may follow suit by keeping their prime ministers and heads of state home.

But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he expected to see a “heavy traffic of guests at the highest level” coming to matches.

Racism and riots Russia’s problems do not end in the highbrow world of international relations.

The bloody beating English fans got at the hands of nearly 200 Russian thugs at Euro 2016 in France has plagued preparations as much as any dispute with the West.

Neo-Nazi hooligans who organise mass fights in forests and chant racist slurs at players have lorded over Russian stadiums for years.

The anti-discrimination network Fare said Russia’s football federation was making matters worse by punishing those who reacted to racist abuse “while ignoring the perpetrators”.

Security services have either locked up or checked in on hundreds of hoodlums to make sure they do nothing to tarnish Russia’s image in the coming weeks.

The scare tactics have worked. Some football gang members say they will be skipping town once the games begin to avoid getting rounded up.

“However, we do not have as much confidence in the prevention of non-violent racist incidents (at the World Cup), despite the many well intentioned reassurances,” Fare said in a report issued last week.

Neymar and Neuer Yet the world’s focus in the final week before kickoff will not be on politics or Russia’s underworld but things like Neymar’s right foot.

Brazil’s latest heir apparent to Pele sparked national panic by undergoing surgery on a broken bone near his toe on March 3.

The 26-year-old’s return could not have been more triumphant as he scored a fine goal in a 2-0 defeat of Croatia on Sunday that left even coach Tite stunned.

Argentina’s troubled preparations took another knock when their friendly in Israel due on Saturday was cancelled, drawing the fury of the Israeli organisers.

Germany will also be delighted to have seen talismanic goalkeeper Manuel Neuer come back from an eight-month absence with a foot problem of his own.

He looked as confident as ever in a 2-1 loss to Austria on Saturday.

And Russia will be watching with curiosity as Egypt’s emerging superstar Mohamed Salah recovers from a left shoulder injury he suffered in Liverpool’s 3-1 Champions League final loss to Real Madrid.

The timeline set out by Egypt’s football bosses suggests Salah might be in the lineup against the hosts on June 19.

The two nations will likely vie with Saudi Arabia for the second knockout qualification spot in a group that includes two-time World Cup winners Uruguay.

An early exit would spell disaster for Russia — still waiting to make their first last 16 of a World Cup since Soviet times.

But coach Stanislav Cherchesov said he was “confident” his men would do well enough to let him keep his job.

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NSC prepares 250 athletes for African Youth Games No fewer than 250 Nigerian athletes will participate at the 2018 African Youth Games (AYG) scheduled to hold between July 18 and July 28 in Algiers, Algeria.

Ademola Are, Director, Grassroots Sports Development, National Sports Commission (NSC), said this in Abuja on Tuesday while addressing journalists on the country’s preparation for the Games.

Mr Are said athletes of 18 sports out of the 23 the country would be taking part in, were already in their various camps in four states.

He listed the states as Lagos, Kaduna, Bayelsa, Jos and the FCT. “We took part in the first edition of the AYG in Morocco and we did very well; the same thing in Gaborone, Botswana, in the second edition where we came third with only 13 sports.

“But in this third edition, we want to ensure we have

full representation with 23 sports at the Games to give Nigerian youth the opportunity to be part of the age group competition.

“It will help Nigeria fight for the topmost position, realising that most of these countries that did better than us in the first and second editions of the games are engaged in multi-medal winning sports.

“So we want to be fully represented and get the best out of the games, especially podium successes,” Are said.

He applauded the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari at ensuring that Nigeria participated in every international competition through the release of intervention funds.

The NSC Director also said the minister had requested another presidential intervention for funding of the Games through the Ministry of Finance.

“If you look at what

Mr President has been doing to us, he has been magnanimous enough in releasing presidential intervention fund for all our programmes because ordinary allocation cannot do it for us.

“Mr President has been approving funds for Nigeria’s participation in sports events; so we appreciate that.

“Without adequate and prompt release of this funds we will not be able to prepare effectively but so far, we are doing all we can and the children are doing what they should do.”

Mr Are further said that most of the athletes in camp for the AYG were those discovered from the National Youth Games.

He expressed happiness that most of the athletes had already qualified for the Youth Olympics scheduled for Buenos Aires, Argentina, in October.

Rafael Nadal loses first French Open set in three years Rafael Nadal lost a set at the French Open for the first time in three years as Argentinian Diego Schwartzman claimed a surprise 6-4 lead in their quarter-final clash on Wednesday.

The 10-time champion had won 37 consecutive sets at Roland Garros

since his 2015 quarter-final defeat by Novak Djokovic, but dropped serve three times to the enterprising Schwartzman.

The 11th seed, who had fought back from two sets down against Kevin Anderson to make the last eight, took his third set point with a rasping

forehand up the line, after being made to wait when a spectator fell ill in the stands.

World number one Nadal, who made 14 unforced errors and struck just four winners in the opener, has only lost two French Open matches in his career.

Super Eagles fail to get confidenceboosting win against Czech Republic

Liverpool plot Moses Simon summer signing Super Eagles and KAA Gent winger, Moses Simon, is on the radar of English Premier League club, Liverpool.

Simon, 22, according to a report in the Liverpool Echo, is on the Reds’ shortlist of summer targets with the manager Jurgen Klopp keen on bolstering is forward line.

The former AS Trencin of Slovakia player who was ruled out of Nigeria’s squad to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia following a hip injury he picked up in training has a year left on his contract with Belgian

side Gent and is expected to command a fee of around £10m According to the report, Simon has been scouted

by Liverpool who see him as a potential back-up to Mohamed Salah.

Simon is capable of playing on either flank but played on the left wing in most of the last season, where he contributed six goals and three assists in helping Gent finish in fourth in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League.

He has been capped 20 times by Nigeria with four goals to his name.

World Cup-bound Super Eagles did not get the morale-boosting win coach Gernot Rohr had hoped for as the Czech Republic pipped them 1-0 in a final warm-up game in Austria yesterday.

Nigeria have now lost three of their last four games, managing only a draw with DR Congo at home in Port Harcourt.

And like it was against England, the Eagles did not get going in the first half until they changed formation after the break.

The Czech Republic created the better chances

in the first half and deserved their lead after 25 minutes when Tomas Kalas put away a rebound caused by a goalkeeper Francis Uzoho block.

They ought to have doubled their lead after half an hour, but their striker somehow fired over the bar with Uzoho again badly exposed.

Odion Ighalo soon after tested the Czech goalkeeper, who did well to keep out the goalbound effort of the Nigeria striker.

In the second half, Tyronne Ebuehi replaced

Shehu Abdullahi in the defence and the Eagles took the game to their opponents.

The Czech team preferred to sit back and take in the pressure from the three-time African champions, who reverted to a 3-5-2 formation as they did against England in the second half at Wembley.

Victor Moses and Odion Ighalo had half chances to at least draw this game but they could not as Uzoho also pulled off a good save late on as the Czech team came out of their shell.

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Overland Airways recommences Asaba flights as Delta govt re-opens airport

Tax amnesty: FG rakes N30bn from VAIDS • As FG unveils VAIDS declaration certificates for tax payers Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The Federal Government has recovered about N30 billion from individuals and corporate establishments through the tax amnesty scheme, Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS).

The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, made this disclosure at the unveiling of the VAIDS Declaration Certificate, on Thursday in Abuja at a Workshop organised for chairmen of States’ Inland Revenue Service.

He explained that 90 per cent of the amount was collected by the FIRS, while

NSE commends Dangote Cement for best corporate governance practices

the remaining 10 per cent was recovered by the States.

Fowler, who is also the Chairman of the Joint Tax Board, stated that the national taxpayers’ database had increased from 14 million in 2016 to over 19 million in 2018 It is however, worthy of note that the federal government had approved the issuance of a Declaration Certificate to taxpayers under the VAIDS. The Declaration Certificates, which was approved by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, are to be given to taxpayers who voluntarily declared their previously undisclosed assets and income.

Fowler disclosed that the certificate was customised for each State tax authority with several security features

and would be issued to the taxpayers upon submission of their declaration forms.

He expressed optimism that the number would translate into a positive growth in the country’s Tax Revenue to GDP ratio.

He commended many States of the federation whom he said have achieved significant success in implementing the tax declaration policy, and urged the various tax administrators to adequately educate, enlighten and sensitise taxpayers to be fully alive to their tax obligations.

The FIRS boss said, “As part efforts towards appreciating and motivating tax payers who voluntarily declared their previously undisclosed assets and income, a VAIDS Declaration Certificate (VDC) will be issued to them.

Fowler urged tax defaulters who are yet to take advantage to VAIDS amnesty window, to do so before it ends on June 30, 2018.

He reiterated that at the expiration of the amnesty period, any individual or company who failed to take advantage of the program, risks facing jail term, as tax evasion is a criminal offense in Nigeria.

“As at date, the scheme have recovered nearly N30 billion, both from individuals and corporate establishments. While the FIRS has collected about 90 per cent of the figure, the state has been responsible for collecting 10 per cent.

Looking beyond the financial returns on the scheme, the impact it has had in promoting voluntary compliance is unquantifiable.”

• Calls for more partnership Motolani Oseni

Management of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday commended Dangote Cement for its adherence to best corporate governance practices even as they called for more partnerships between the two organizations.

Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Exchange, Mr. Oscar Onyema, gave the commendation while welcoming the Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement, Engr. Joe Makoju and his management team to the special sounding of the closing gong on the trading floor of the NSE. Sounding of the closing gong is a ceremony reserved for chief executives and dignitaries who visit the Exchange and it marks the close of trading activities.

Mr. Onyema who congratulated Engr. Makoju on his confirmation as the substantive Chief Executive of Dangote Cement described him as proper and fit for the role given his level of experience and years of exposure in the manufacturing sector.

He said that as the largest listed company on the Exchange and with other listed companies from the Group, Dangote Sugar Refinery, Dangote Flour and NASCON, any change in the management cadre is very important as it affects the stock market. He stated that Engr. Makoju’s tenure as the helmsman of Dangote Cement is yielding the expected results as increased investors’ confidence has resulted in good performance of the stock.

L-R: Executive Secretary, Joint Tax Board (JTB), Mr. Oseni Elamah (left); Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler and Coordinator, National Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), Dr. Takang Umeh Armstrong, during the presentation of VAIDS Declaration Certificate to the public in Abuja on Wednesday, 6th June, 2018

PENCOM to commence verification exercise for 2019 retirees The National Pension Commission (PENCOM) said it had concluded plans to commence verification of prospective retirees from the Federal Civil Service for 2019.

The Acting Director-General of the commission, Hajiya Aisha Dahir-Umar made this known in Kano at a workshop for retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme.

Dahir-Umar, who was represented by Mr Malami Bunza,

the Assistant General Manager, Benefits and Insurance of the cmmission said, the verification was scheduled to take place between June 17 and June at 15 centres across the country.

She explained that the impending exercise necessitated the need to undertake adequate sensitisation and enlightenment to prepare prospective retirees.

She however charged beneficiaries of the scheme to contribute positively toward the

success of the Pension Reform Programme.

“The commission has recorded successes in the last 14 years all with the support and understanding of stakeholders.”

The D-G urged participants at the workshop to make fruitful deliberations, which would be tailored toward addressing the challenges they might face.

The workshop drew prospective retirees from Kano, Katsina, Kaduna and Jigawa States.

How high import duties mar foreign investment in agricultural sector There is no doubt about the negative effects of the import duties on farming machinery and implements considered to be high by many investors, while affecting attraction of foreign investments into the Nigeria’s agricultural sector.

However, Nigerian government has been called to soften its import duties on farming machinery, in order to encourage foreign investment into the country.

For instance, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has promised to present the matter before relevant authorities within the government, saying the trend, if not addressed, could create a disincentive to agricultural investment in the country.

The Nigeria’s minister of agriculture and rural development, at the ongoing 2018 Seed Connect Conference and Expo in Abuja, decried incessant cases of multiple levying, saying: “We are taking this to the Nigeria Customs Service and the minister of finance. We have to bring down the duty on agricultural produce.

We are already debating it if the duty of tractor is five percent, why impose another duty on tire, which is a spare part? It is supposed to be zero but they pay value-added tax; I don’t know why they should,” he said.

Ogbeh added that the government, through the ministry, was working with ICT giant, Google, on farm mapping in the country, using GPS technology.

This, he said, will make it easier for government to keep track of farmers in the country, aiding agricultural planning and financing.

On the country’s status regarding the attainment of the Maputo Declaration, which recommended allocation of 10 percent of national resources to the agricultural and rural development sector, he said the federal government and individual states were currently performing around 3.5 percent each.

“At the federal level, however, there are 36 states with Federal Capital Territory making it 37. If you look at a cumulative budget of the states and add it to the federal government, we will be dealing with close to that 10 percent.

However, the WHO says we should give 15 percent to health, and UNESCO says 25 percent to education and if you add all these percentages, it is 20 percent of the country’s budget. Our problem is the salary and overheads. We spend money on salaries and can’t retrench people anyhow,” he said.

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Experts identifies opportunities for better economic growth in Nigeria Motolani Oseni

Energy economists in Nigeria have identified opportunities that the country can latch on to a rapidly evolving global energy landscape.

But, they also said that as the unconventional becomes the norm, the emerging energy trends are bound to have implications on developing economies like Nigeria that don’t make use of these opportunities, including falling costs of production, innovative and cutting-edge technologies, among others.

In a review of the decisions reached at the 2018 NAEE/ IAEE International Conference hosted by the Nigerian and

International Association of Energy Economists (NAEE/ IAEE), Chijioke Nwaozuzu, a professor at the University of Port Harcourt, noted that unless Nigeria is poised to jumpstart its energy industry, it would face serious consequences.

The oil and gas industry in Nigeria is regarded as a potential driver of growth in the energy industry and the economy at large, but failure to utilize the enormous energy resources by the various administrations has resulted in an underdeveloped oil and gas sector, and an epileptic power sector.

To mitigate the consequences, the experts called on Nigeria to manage her oil resources

transparently and equitably, while energizing the economy through value creation rather than seeing the resources as a primary source of revenue.

They also stressed the need for investment in refineries to increase the local production of petroleum products rather than continued importation, which is unsustainable, as it is prone to price volatility in the international commodities markets.

Continued importation causes subsidy in the petroleum sector due to its distorting effects on the market, as well as acting as a disincentive for investment in the sector, the energy economists said. They, therefore, advised the government to establish an‘Energy

Bank’, through which the money saved from subsidy payments can be re-invested into renewable energy and gas infrastructure development projects.

Another issue they proffered solution to was the lack of longterm strategic plans as most projects might be abandoned once a change of leadership occurs. They called for a restoration of development plans with macroeconomic indices designed to measure and assess performance, rather than the short-termism practiced today.

The called on the government to hinge all reforms on market- based solutions, as this will improve the business environment as well as boost investors’ confidence.

L-R, Non-Executive Director Dangote Cement Plc, Emmanuel Ikazubor, Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Oscar Onyema, Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer Dangote Cement Plc, Engr. Joseph Makoju, Non-Executive Director Dangote Cement Plc, Ernest Ebi, Group Chief Finance Officer Dangote Cement Plc, Brian Egan, at the Dangote Cement Plc

African Alliance Insurance announces delay in 2017, Q1 2018 results African Alliance Insurance Plc has announced delayed in Audited Financial result & accounts of 2017 and first quarter unaudited results of 2018.

The insurance firm in a statement signed by its company Secretary, Tope Adebayo to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said its major offshore subsidiaries recently obtained the approval of its Financial statements from its regulators, hence the delay in consolidating the group’s accounts.

According to the statement, “African Alliance Insurance wishes to notify its esteemed shareholders and other stakeholders that the company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the unaudited financial statements for the period ended March 2018 could not be submitted to the Nigerian Stock Exchange within the extended time of May 31, 2018 that was granted to the company by the Exchange.

“This delay is occasioned by the fact the company is yet to file its Annual Group Audited Financial statements for the period ended December 31,2017 due to the fact that one of its major offshore subsidiaries just recently obtained the approval of its Financial statements from its regulators, hence the delay in consolidating the group’s accounts.

“The company is working assiduously towards completing and submitting both the audited financial statement (FS) and the first quarter unaudited financial statements and is hopeful to do so on or before 30th June, 2018.”

APGC denies alleged false electricity capacity distribution • Says TCN is ignorant of the market Idu Jude, Abuja Electricity generating companies (GENCOs) has provided clarifications on the allegation by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that GenCos falsify their capacity declarations for financial claims.

In a statement signed by Mr.Bassey Udo, the umbrella body of the GENCOs, the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) described the allegation as malicious, baseless and an exhibition of ignorance of the electricity market proceedings.

According to the statement, the APGC, said it is important to state for clarity sake, that GenCos are not currently paid on capacity

declaration but only on delivered capacity.

It also said that delivered capacity in this regard means converting metered energy to capacity – a practice which is unknown or practiced by any electricity market in the world.

In its submission, the TCN said recently that most power plants submit generation capacities they are unable to deliver when its subsidiary, the National Control Center (NCC) make such demand.

“The NCC operates strictly in line with the grid code and merit order. Stability of the national grid is paramount. Unfortunately many GENCOs due to greed, destabilise the grid through illegal practices in order to collect more money from

NBET. “They do so through false capacity declarations, unwillingness to put their generators on effective frequency response, delay in executing NCC dispatch instructions, intimidation and blackmail of NCC operatives,” the TCN said in a statement by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah.

The APGC strongly disputed the allegation, that capacities declared by the GenCos are confirmed by the Power National Control Centre (NCC) before allocating same to the Discos and cannot allocate what is not available.

It noted that the Gencos have available capacity well above what the Transmission Grid can evacuate and the question is, why is the

national grid that has a capacity of about 12,000MW not able to evacuate 7,500MW? Can the DisCos alleged load dropping account for TCN’s inability to evacuate the GenCos available Capacity?

It is obvious that the grid constraints and inefficient grid administration are reasons why NCC forces GenCos to ramp down on their production without taking responsibility for the associated deemed capacity payments.

The company said that while it is difficult to make distinction between the alleged DisCos load dropping and Transmission inefficiency which, of late has culminated into serial burning of power transformers across the grid.

“It is also noteworthy that because the grid cannot evacuate GenCos available capacity, the NCC dictates what the grid can carry.

No GenCo can declare the capacity it does not have, because the NCC uses SCADA and other electronic means to confirm every GenCos declared capacity.

Therefore, it takes ignorance of the market flow to make such a frivolous allegation that GenCos declare false capacity which they cannot make available on demand.

In addition to the NCC’s capacity monitor, the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader (NBET) as well as the Independent System Operator (ISO) periodically send their teams to carry out capacity test on all GenCos to re-confirm NCC’s capacity data”.

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The Minister Of Labour Dr. Chris Ngige flanked on the Left by the DG NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside and Executive Director Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Mr. Gambo Ahmed and other stakeholders at the ongoing 107th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva Switzerland.

Air passengers’ traffic rise by 28.3% in Q1 – NCAA The Consumer Protection Directorate of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that 3.2 million air travellers went through the Nigeria airports from January to March 2018.

This is contained in a document released by NCAA on its website on Tuesday.

The figures showed a 28.3 per cent increase compared to the 2.3 million passengers recorded in the first quarter of 2017.

NCAA said that 32 airlines on the international routes operated 3,757 flights and carried 779,936 passengers during the period under review.

It said that 364,793 passengers

came into the country, while 415,143 passengers were outbound.

On the domestic route, the eight domestic airlines operated 14,633 flights and transported 2.3 million passengers across the country during the period under review.

The document also stated that over 1.1 million passengers were inbound, while about 1.5 million passengers were outbound.

It said that the airlines on the domestic routes accounted for 59.87 per cent of the passengers’ traffic’, while the international route recorded 40.13 per cent.

Commenting on the development, an aviation and

tourism expert, Mr Ikechi Uko, said that Nigeria could become an aviation hub in the West African sub-region, if right policies and infrastructure were put in place.

Uko, who is the promoter of the Akwaaba African Travel and Tourism Market, lauded the Federal Government’s efforts in establishing a new national carrier like the defunct Nigerian Airways.

He told NAN that the move was strategic for development, saying that the aviation section was the catalyst for economic growth.

“It is not just for the bragging rights, there are other strategic reasons why you need a national

carrier.

“You need it to improve the skill base of your country and develop access to markets. So, it is not only about business.

“South Africa will tell you that they run a national carrier because of their location in the world. They use it to oil their tourism and trade.

“I think it will help us here in Nigeria to develop our aviation sector that will be strategic to our growth as a nation,” Uko said.

Federal Government had appointed Transaction Advisers to midwife the establishment of national carrier which is expected to be in operation by December, 2018.

African Alliance Insurance Plc has announced delayed in Audited Financial result & accounts of 2017 and first quarter unaudited results of 2018.

The insurance firm in a statement signed by its company Secretary, Tope Adebayo to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said its major offshore subsidiaries recently obtained the approval of its Financial statements from its regulators, hence the delay in consolidating the group’s accounts.

According to the statement, “African Alliance Insurance wishes to notify its esteemed shareholders and other stakeholders that the company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the unaudited financial statements for the period ended March 2018 could not be submitted to the Nigerian Stock Exchange within the extended time of May 31, 2018 that was granted to the company by the Exchange.

“This delay is occasioned by the fact the company is yet to file its Annual Group Audited Financial statements for the period ended December 31,2017 due to the fact that one of its major offshore subsidiaries just recently obtained the approval of its Financial statements from its regulators, hence the delay in consolidating the group’s accounts.

“The company is working assiduously towards completing and submitting both the audited financial statement (FS) and the first quarter unaudited financial statements and is hopeful to do so on or before 30th June, 2018.”

RMAFC staff union protest over absence of Board, poor funding Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Staff members of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) under the aegis of Nigeria Civil Service Union and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria on have shutdown the office in a protest to the absence of a board and poor remuneration.

The union said that out of the 37 national commissioners in the RMAFC, on seven were on the board lamenting that the non composition of the board was affecting the performance of the agency.

The protesters who crippled business activities in the commission on Wednesday, called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene in the leadership crises rocking the RMAFC. Led by Comrade Josiah Amanabo and Comrade Martins

Adeoye, the Labour Union accused the Federal Inland Revenue Service, and the Nigeria Custom Service of undue interference in the activities of the commission and making the staff being marginalised.

The union said that the tenure of the former chairman Engr. Elias Mbam ended in October 2015 after which Malam Shettima Umar Abba Gana was selected to lead the commission in an acting capacity since November 2015 till date.

In a letter dated June 6, 2018 addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation of which copies were also sent to the office of the vice president, senate president and the Speaker of the house of representatives, the protesters called on the government to properly fund the commission to enable it carry out its functions effectively.

The union noted that subject to the provisions of section 5 of

the act and section 155 (1) of the 1999 constitution, a member of the commission shall hold office for a period of five years.

It was on this premise that the tenure of the former Chairman Engr. Elias Nwalem Mbam and 30 other members came to an end in October 2015, living behind 7 Federal commissioners among whom Malami Shettima Umar Abba Gana was selected to lead the other commissioners in an acting capacity since 2015 till date.

“It is indeed a rain of actingships in all major affairs of the commission thereby limiting their operation. It is our earnest appeal to you in the interest of the nation and other authorities concern to please constitute our board and that of the secretary to the commission.

“However, there has been an undue interference on the activities of the commission ranging from

appointment of consultants to the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission on the verification and reconciliation of revenue collection and remittances by Federal Inland Revenue Service and Nigeria Custom Service from July 1 2012 to December 31, 2015.

“Also, the National Economic Council, NEC on Thursday 17 May, 2018 consulted our core mandate to KPMG under the chairmanship of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo by institutions, the commission is statutorily required to monitor and superintend such like NNPC, DPR,FIRS,CUSTOM etc to monitor unremitted funds to the federation account”.

The union said that the recent increase in the clamour by state government for a review of the revenue allocation formula in the light of the increasing agitation for a minimum wage should be a serious concern for the

government.

According to the staff union, the government should take it as a point of duty to mandate the commission to review the revenue allocation formula in conformity with present economic realities as specified in paragraph 32(b) of part 1 to the third schedule of 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

They said the commission was at verge of collapse adding that “the Federal government had raped the 1999 constitution of Nigeria of which the welfare and remuneration package of staff are poor and need redress.”

RMAFC was established to monitor accruals into and disbursement of revenue from the Federation Account, review from time to time the revenue allocation formula and principles in operation to ensure conformity with changing realities.

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Overland Airways recommences Asaba flights as Delta govt re-opens airport Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Following the re-opening of the Asaba International Airport by authorities, Overland Airways has resumed flight services to the airport.

The airline expressed appreciation to the Delta State Government for the re-opening of the airport for business operations.

According to Mrs. Aanu Benson, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Overland Airways, the upgrade of the Asaba International Airport will promote seamless, conducive and safe operations of flight services at the airport.

Mrs. Benson states: “Since our firstever flight to Asaba International Airport which opened the airport in 2011, we have been, and will remain a major

partner in the economic transformation of Delta State. Our resumption of the AbujaAsaba-Abuja flights demonstrates the commitment of Overland Airways to serve the people of Delta State and its environs.

We want to assure the travelling public, most especially passengers between Asaba and Abuja, of our customer-centric service at all times.”

The Delta State Government had announced the closure of the Asaba Airport effective April 9, 2018 to allow for the upgrade of facilities at the airport.

Overland Airways provides vital flight connectivity between Asaba and Abuja, thereby easing the inconvenience passengers face in connecting both cities.

Delta State is an oil-producing and agricultural State in Nigeria, situated in the South-South geo-political zone with a

population of 4,098,291. The capital city is Asaba, located at the northern end of the State with an estimated area of 762 square kilometers (294 sq mi), while Warri is the economic nerve center of the State and also the most populated. The State with a total land area of 16,842 square kilometers (6,503 sq mi) is endowed with many solid minerals.

Overland Airways is Nigeria’s longest-serving and most consistent scheduled commercial airline providing uninterrupted flight services in Nigeria over the past 16 years. Overland Airways flies to various destinations in Nigeria including Lagos, Ilorin, Asaba, Abuja, Dutse, Jalingo, Akure and Ibadan. The airline looks to begin regional flight services to Cotonou and Lome, both in West Africa.

L-R: Chief Financial Officer, Seplat Petroleum Development Company, Mr. Roger Brown; Chairman, Mr. Bryant Orjiako; and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Austin Avuru during the 5th Annual General Meeting of the company in Lagos...on Wednesday

StarTimes launches video streaming service in Nigeria Africa’s leading digital TV operator StarTimes has said that its App video streaming service is officially launched in Nigeria ahead of the FIFA 2018 World Cip. To mark launching of the new service, the first 40,000 users can enjoy a very attractive pre-order offer for watching World Cup on StarTimes App. From 7th to 13th June, the first 40,000 subscribers will only need pay N450.00(Four Hundred and Fifty Naira) only to subscribe to “ON Sport” on StarTimes App in order to watch all 64 World Cup matches Live and in HD, including battles of Nigeria on the pitch. The

original price of the “ON Sport” service is N1,500.00 Besides live matches, full highlights, build-ups, interviews, analysis and magazine shows will also be available with the 5 StarTimes sports channels in the StarTimes “ON Sport” service.

Speaking on the new innovation, StarTimes OTT Operation Director, Tony Tuo, noted that, “It is impossible to miss any moment of the World Cup with our App. There is absolutely no need to worry about the weather condition, signal quality, electricity or being in transit. Wherever you may be, with just a steady internet connection,

the StarTimes App will get you fully entertained”.

The App he also noted, can be downloaded from various app stores, including Google Play, iOS Store and StarTimes website while the Pay-TV subscribers can also check and recharge their subscription online through the App. “Over 70 channels covering movies, series, documentaries, music and sports, are currently open to all users for free in a limited time on the StarTimes App. Video streaming service is a future trend and StarTimes hopes our service will pioneer for African digital TV industry”, he added.

Eko Disco installs 101,000 meters in 2 years Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) said it installed over 100,000 prepaid meters and 1,000 Distribution Transmission Meters (DTM) in two years to ensure accurate billing of its customers.

Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications Department, EKEDC, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos.

Idemudia said most of the communities that were not on prepaid meters had DTM on their transformers to capture energy consumption.

According to him, the energy recorded by the DTM is used to bill customers who are not on prepaid meter at the end of the month.

“Let me assure our customers that metering is an ongoing exercise and EKEDC will continue to ensure that more customers in the network are metered.

“All customers within the network from Apapa, Ijora, Agbara, Mushin, Ijeshatedo, Suru-Lere, Ibeju-Lekki, Ajah, Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lagos Island benefited from the metering exercise.

“This is to reduce the rate of estimated billing of our customers, it is a gradual process, but I can assure you that no one will be left behind,” he assured.

Idemudia, however, warned consumers within its network against paying its personnel for installation of the company’s prepaid meters.

According to him, complaints have reached the company that some of its officials are collecting money for installation from consumers who had been given meters free.

The general manager said the response time to faults had reduced lately.

According to Idemudia, once customers report faults through the company’s customer care service, such faults are being taking with all seriousness.

He said the company’s customer care staff had undergone a series of training to attend to all the complaints of customers.

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Between consumers and card money payment Stories: Godwin Anyebe It is no longer news that modernday banking practice and service provision anchors on technological advancement, without which present experience would not be. Prior to this era, across the counter transaction in the traditional setting slowed down response-timing and speed of productivity on the part of banks, constrained the customer in terms of options, such as consumers are now with the plenty opportunities open with the Online platforms, including payments, funds transfer and retail purchases.

This singular window of opportunity changed interactive tradition, improved on lifestyle, injected sophistication in

spending pattern, etc. The list of new experiences is yet inexhaustible. Travel, leisure, social engagement, and so many other such fund-based activities have all changed so drastically the distinctions among generation of only within 50 years-long bracket is looking like a century and a half apart.

Analysts believe that, when brands in the category of the now old generation commercial banks of the late 1980s/ early 90s ventured into innovative service provision, the unique offering of electronic funds transfer and ‘shorter queues’ back then, seem like a joke looking back now, just in a space of about 25years. For these analysts, online commerce was not conceivable then; mobile banking was not in the psyche of

men back then. All the beautiful plusses of modern banking happened on us all (in underdeveloped economies) like magic.

Checks show that, innovation should advance quality of life and at least reduce cost of living. Otherwise, development will not count such as applicable. The cost of breakthrough in any direction must not over-shadow the gains such innovations bring to bear.

To this end, the questions most Consumers in this clime are asking are; what are the cost components of money payment card in comparative terms with using cheque or withdrawal slip over the counter? Who pays for the card?

Are the banks making money from the use of money card payment instead of it

L-R, Non-Executive Director Dangote Cement Plc, Emmanuel Ikazubor, Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Oscar Onyema, Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer Dangote Cement Plc, Engr. Joseph Makoju, Non-Executive Director Dangote Cement Plc, Ernest Ebi, Group Chief Finance Officer Dangote Cement Plc, Brian Egan, at the Dangote Cement Plc Closing Gong Ceremony, Floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange Lagos on 6th June 2018.

Rivers, Abuja lead in 2018 Cowbellpedia qualifying results Three perfect scores from two schools highlighted the release of the results of the 2018 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show qualifying examination by the National Examinations Council (NECO).

According to the results released, the students with 100 percent scores are in the junior category. They are Favour Okarike and Benny Sampson from Graceland International School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; and Chiedozie Okezie Uzoschukwu of Nigerian Tulip International College, Abuja.

Candidates are expected to check their results on the Cowbellpedia portal About fourty thousand students sat for the examination conducted on Saturday, February 17, 2018 to participate in the competition sponsored

by Cowbell, the flagship brand of

Promasidor Nigeria Limited. The junior category had twenty one thousand candidates, while the remaining were senior secondary school students.

At the end of the qualifying round, 108 students (54 each for junior and senior categories) will proceed to the second stage, which is the Television Quiz Show.

With 15 candidates in the second stage, Ogun State led the rest of the states in the country, Rivers State followed with 10 candidates and Osun State and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja had five candidates each.

The second stage, which is in a quiz format, will involve the candidates going through the preliminary, semifinal and final rounds. The show will be broadcast in 13 weekly episodes on major television stations across the co The Managing Director of Promasidor

Nigeria Limited, Mr. Anders Einarsson in a statement released to Journalists recently in Lagos, acknowledged the support of NECO, state Ministries of Education across the country, school principals, teachers, the media and partner agencies on the initiative over the years.

He explained that the company has demonstrated its unwavering commitment to the project by significantly increasing the prize money for both winning students and their teachers.

Change a Life Foundation Mark 9th Edition of Children’s Day Celebration It was all fun and merriment for the over 2000 children as Change-A-Life (CAL) Foundation held the 9th edition of its annual Children’s Day Funfare at Beko Ransome Kuti Youth Centre, Anthony Village, recently in Lagos.

being a service quality optimization for consumer satisfaction?

For those using it, at the point of renewal, do the operators ask them whether they are interested to renew their card before doing that? And if yes, were they given the opportunity to choose the brand of card they need or the cards are just forced on them?

Do they know the implications of using money payment card? Do they know their rights when it comes to money payment card?

To note, the above questions, though in-exhaustive in representation of consumers’ concerns, are predicated upon the banking public’s concern about the place of ATM card in the operations of modern day banking; the hypothetical position is that these banks have, in the guise of technological innovation, abandoned their responsibilities to their customers, and commercialised the centre-point of their operational services to the public for unfair gains.

Speaking on this issue, a brand management consultant Bernard Okhakume who spoke with The Daily Times disclosed,” the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card is basically a debit card in this market. In developed economies, the popular card is the credit card.”

“With the credit card, users are permitted a margin of funds in credit, within which range they can make purchases, transfer funds until such a time when they pay back the credit permitted (with some small margin of cost).

“In our case, it is a credit card, in which case, you spend what you have in your account, without recourse to any opportunity of debit. In fact in some

Manufacturers call on government to improve performance of manufacturing sector Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the federal government to support the manufacturing sector by providing the enabling environment to boost the sector’s performance.

The call comes on the heels of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Purchasing managers index (PMI) report on manufacturing, for the month of May, which stood at 65.5 index points and indicated expansion in the sector for the fourteenth consecutive month, albeit growing at a slower rate when compared to the index in the previous month The Director General of the association, Segun Kadiri, who made this call attributed the development to the lack of adequate power supply, which he said has hampered production activities in the sector.

According to him, electricity distribution to the sector has not been at an optimal rate and has impacted the sector negatively.

He also said the new excise duty is another factor likely to slow down the performance of the sector in the months ahead.

He, therefore, called on the government to mediate in the prevailing circumstance to boost the sector’s performance.

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We are committed to ensuring stability of foreign exchange market – ABCON Stories: Motolani Oseni Following the approval of the trading margin available to operators of Bureau De Change (BDC) in the country, President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, has said the association is committed to ensuring the vision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a single foreign exchange market and its stability.

The apex bank, had on Monday said the BDC operators are now to buy the United States dollar from the CBN at the rate of N357 to a dollar and sell at N360, thereby leaving them with a positive margin of N3.00 per dollar sold Responding to this development, Gwadabe said, “as a stakeholder and an umbrella body

of over 3500 licensed bureaux will maintain the tenants of price discovery and transparency in our sub sector for investor’s confidence, general price stability, and accessibility of foreign exchange by critical retail end users.”

“We therefore warned pundits of hoarding, speculation, rent seeking, illegal cash boarder transfers to stay clear as the new policy will in no doubt make any act of economic sabotage risky with monumental loses”, he explained.

He, therefore congratulated the CBN for their continuous bravery in dealing with the market fundamentals proactively and squarely.

“Now with the uniformity of prices, strong fiscal buffers, fiscal discipline, Yuan swap, investors’ confidence, there is no doubt in my mind that the Naira is on its journey to sovereignty in Africa”,

he said.

The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, had on Monday said the bank decision was aimed at giving BDCs a level playing field to enable them compete favourably with other authorized foreign exchange dealers.

Mr. Okorafor therefore urged BDC operators to abide by the new guidelines and not seek to exploit eager customers by selling above the N360 band, just as he warned that erring BDCs will be sanctioned in any case of infraction established against them.

It will be recalled that the CBN, in March 2017, had released a Forex policy, under which it directed licensed BDCs in the country to purchase forex from it at the rate of N360 to a dollar,

while selling same to customers at no more than N362/$1.

At the time of the directive in 2017, the aim of the Bank was to achieve convergence between the rates in the inter-bank window and that of the BDCs. With the rates in both windows now virtually converged, the objective of the Bank is to ensure a level playing field and sustain the level of liquidity in the forex market.

The CBN in its first sale of the month, on Monday, June 4, 2018, offered the sum of $100 million to dealers in the wholesale segment of the market to meet the requests of customers.

Similarly, the Bank sold the sum of $55 million each to customers in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) window as well as those in the invisibles segment.

Meanwhile, the exchange rate of the Nigerian currency, Naira on Tuesday against the Dollar at the parallel market, stood at N360.5, Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N490 and N425, respectively.

At the Bureau De Change Window (BDC), the Naira was sold at N360 to the dollar while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N490 and N425, respectively.

The naira exchanged at N360.78 to the dollar at the investors’ window, while it closed at N306 at the CBN window.

Banking ethics receives boost with first Global standard in banking education

L-R: Evans Osano, Director, Financial Markets, FSD Africa; Bola Onadele Koko, MD/CEO, FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, and Roosevelt Ogbonna, Group Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank Plc, during the Nigerian Green Bonds Market Development Programme Investors Roundtable in Lagos, yesterday.

FirstBank, WorldRemit partner to enhance money transfers into Nigeria As part of efforts in enhancing money transfers into the country, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has joined forces with a leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit.

This new strategic partnership will allow WorldRemit customers in over 50 countries to send money instantly to 14 million First Bank accounts directly from their phones.

Speaking at the official launch of WorldRemit/ FirstBank Partnership in Lagos on Tuesday, Deputy Managing Director, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mr. Gbenga Shobo, said the new partnership signifies another landmark in FirstBank’s virtual payment and money transfer services in the Nigerian and global financial space.

He explained that FirstBank in the recent years has taken the lead in providing relevant e-payment options for its customers. “We pioneered with Western Union Money Transfer in 1996, then Transfast Money Transfer, MoneyGram, Ria, PayPal, Pay Attitude and now, WorldRemit.”

He added that FirstBank has extended its frontiers to WorldRemit in order to leverage the wide e-platform capabilities it offers to further

ease the money transfer process for our numerous customers across the globe who seek new and easier payment transaction options regularly.

“WorldRemit’s mobile-first, digital model complements FirstBank’s digital strategy to drive convenient banking transactions from the comfort of homes and offices using the FirstMobile and FirstOnline banking platforms.

“People from some of the 50 countries across the world where WorldRemit operates can now send money directly from their mobile phones into FirstBank accounts in Nigeria without visiting brick and mortar agent locations; and this is the first of its kind in Money transfer business in our country”, he said.

In fact, the new strategic partnership considerably expands WorldRemit’s footprint in the country and allows its customers in over 50 countries to send money to First Bank accounts directly from their phones. The deal supports WorldRemit’s plan to serve 10 million customers connected to emerging markets by 2020.

First Bank is collaborating with WorldRemit to drive convenience and ease of banking for its customers as well as provide the much-needed

push for financial inclusion initiatives. Established since 1894 and with footprint in 6 African countries and a full-fledged branch in London, First Bank has over 14 million customer accounts and more than 750 business locations providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services across these markets.

Sub-saharan Africa still remains the most expensive region to send remittances to, with an average cost of 9.4 percent for sending $200, according to the World Bank.

Abiodun Famuyiwa, Group Head of Products and Marketing Support at First Bank, added: “The Bank is excited to be working WorldRemit in delivering swift digital remittances to its customers in Nigeria. This partnership is one of the numerous ways the Bank would continue to put customers first by leading the industry in the use of technology to provide safe, convenient and fast banking solutions.”

Last year WorldRemit became Arsenal FC’s first-ever online money transfer partner in a global sponsorship deal. WorldRemit customers complete 1 million transfers every month from 50 countries to over 145 destinations.

As part of efforts to promote ethical standards as well as provide the foundation for highquality and consistent education for bankers worldwide, the Global Banking Education Standards Board (GBEStB)has announced the release of the first banking standard for banking practitioners across the world.

The standard, according to the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), Mr. Seye Awojobi, was made public by the Chair of the GBEStB Education Committee and Chief Executive of the Chartered Banker Institute, Mr Simon Thompson.

Mr Thompson explained that the new standard consists of seven key recommendations, which all GBEStB member bodies must comply with. In his words, “This first standard on Ethics Education and Training for Professional Bankers sets out our expectations of and guidance for GBEStB member bodies in terms of general recommendations and recommendations for the content, delivery and assessment of ethics education for professional bankers.”

The recommendations, he added, included the general recommendations regarding ethics education and training; key ethical principles for professional bankers; content of ethics education and training programmes; delivery of ethics education and training programmes; assessment of ethics education and training programmes; impact measurement (of the Standard) and public declaration.

He further disclosed that a consistent approach in the promotion of ethical standards and education of professional bankers worldwide would help develop a strong ethical culture within the banking industry, thereby improving financial stability.

Mr Thompson asserted that the Board which brings together more than 20 banking institutes, will commence the implementation of the Ethics Education and Training standard from June 1, 2018.

In furtherance of this, Mr Awojobi called on all banking practitioners, regulators and other stakeholdersto endorse and support the GBEStB initiative, to ensure Nigeria’s compliance in line with global best practices.

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BMW previews new, more off road capable X5 Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo BMW has released a batch of pictures and a video of its next-generation X5 undergoing final tests at various locations around the world.

This comes just a week after BMW CEO Harald Krüger confirmed that the fourth-gen X5 is set to be launched abroad later this year, as will its larger seven-seat brother, the first-ever X7.

The X5 prototypes in the teaser pics are disguised, but we still get a relatively good idea of how the showroom versions will look. No

radical departures here, but it is bolder upfront with its larger grille and pointy headlights, and it’s a little curvier around the wasteline.

BMW is also promising that its fourth-gen X5 will be more off-road capable, thanks to new chassis and suspension systems that are available for the first time in an X model, and which BMW says are “virtually unique” in the segment.

Not much detail has been imparted here, but there is mention of a new “off-road package” that “changes the vehicle set up at the press of a button to suit the conditions of driving off the beaten track perfectly.”

“Be it snow, sand, rocks or gravel roads – the new BMW X5 has the perfect powertrain and suspension setup for each surface,” the German carmaker promises.

That’s not to say it’ll go anywhere that a Range Rover won’t, but a bit of extra off-roading prowess will nonetheless add a new dimension to a BMW X model that always sold itself on tarroad-talent.

The latter aspect is still a huge priority for BMW however, and the new X5 will be offered with Adaptive M Suspension Professional and the Integral Active Steering for the first time.

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Hyundai moves FIFA world football museum from Zurich to Moscow Hyundai Motor, the Official Partner of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, will be bringing the FIFA World Football Museum from Zurich to the Hyundai Motorstudio Moscow.

This exhibition celebrates the FIFA World Cup™ through the passion and devotion of the fans and tells the event’s history through the players who have left an indelible mark on it in the past.

One highlight of the exhibition will be the Jules Rimet Cup, making its first public display outside of the FIFA World Football Museum. The Jules Rimet Cup was the original FIFA World Cup Trophy between 1930 and 1970.

It was stolen twice, once in 1966 and again in 1983 in Brazil. The trophy has never been recovered. However, the original base of the Jules Rimet Cup does remain on which the names of the first four winners of the FIFA World Cup are inscribed. It was discovered in a basement of the federation’s Zürich headquarters in 2014, now attached with an identical replica of the lost part of the trophy.

Fans will have a chance to see this trophy at the Hyundai Motorstudio Moscow during the whole exhibition period, while the 2018 FIFA World Cup Winner’s Trophy will be on display on the 9th of June.

The adidas Telstar Official Match Balls used for the kick-off of all 64 matches of the

2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ will also be seen through the façade window of the Hyundai Motorstudio Moscow, together with a giant match table of the tournament in real time. Each of the 64 matches played during the tournament in Russia has an Official Match Ball customized for the kickoff. At the end of each game, the kick-off balls will be brought back from all 12 stadiums to Moscow and added to the exhibition.

In addition, the exhibition will feature objects from the FIFA World Football Museum™ Collection from the first FIFA World Cup™ in 1930 until the latest edition.

Visitors will discover objects and stories from players like Pelé, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Also, Hyundai will exhibit elements of the 32 qualified countries’ fan cultures selected from fans’ participation in the Hyundai World Football Heritage campaign from April 15 to May 18, through Hyundai’s 2018 FIFA World Cup digital platform. Visitors can also view an array of rainbow themed jerseys from the 32 participating countries.

Commenting, Wonhong Cho, Chief Marketing Officer of Hyundai Motor said “In collaboration with the FIFA World Football Museum we are delighted to open this special exhibition for the first time in the Hyundai Motorstudio Moscow, in the heart of Russia during the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Russia. As the FIFA World Cup’s Official Automotive Partner, we are committed to supporting and furthering the development of world football by providing fans with unique and enjoyable experiences like this, in the same way we are committed to caring for our customers by ensuring special and rewarding Hyundai ownership experiences over the world.”

FIFA Secretary General, Fatma Samoura added “Football fans from all around the world can be looking forward to visiting a lot of attractions in Moscow during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. They will be able to experience the finals not only in the stadiums, but also at the FIFA Fan Fests, at the Red Square – and now thanks to this collaboration with Hyundai even at the FIFA World Football Museum™. This unique exhibition will showcase the history of the FIFA World Cup with many fascinating objects to celebrate the heritage of football”.

The FIFA World Football Museum Presented by Hyundai at the Hyundai Motorstudio Moscow will host an opening event for guests on June 8, 2018 and hold its exhibition to public from June 9 to July 20 for 42 days.

Hyundai began its association with FIFA in 1999 and will continue to be a top-tier partner of FIFA as the Official Automotive Partner until 2022.

B 7 Motoring The V-Class: Combination of van, saloon for delivery Following its market launch in 2014, the Mercedes-Benz V-Class immediately became an international success and more so in Nigeria since its introduction in 2017. This according to Mr. Mirko Plath, Managing Director/ CEO Weststar Associates Limited(the Authorized General Distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria) is as a result of the international growth strategy of Mercedes-Benz “Vans goes global” with the goal to further extend the business unit’s technology leadership, expand existing brand activities and tap into new growth potential outside the core European markets.

The V-Class according to Mr. Plath fits in perfectly to this global approach as it combines luxury, utility and performance for customers who want to have an enjoyable driving experience with the functionality of a van that can serve their daily needs for both personal use and work related activities as it comes with features that include a generous interior space, an attractive exterior design, technological leadership, high quality equipment and excellent safety highlights that sets it apart from its competitors.

“Customers in Nigeria can now enjoy luxury and utility together in a van as the V-Class is built following the excellent standards of MercedesBenz passenger cars and is equipped with a generous amount of interior space to accommodate business and family needs of different customer groups. From the interior and exterior designs to the safety and driving assistance systems, the new V-Class is way ahead in its segment.”

The new V-Class comes in three different lines (Standard, AVANTGARDE and EXCLUSIVE) and in addition an exclusive AMG line which comes with refined sportiness. The standard V-Class line’s exterior design is equipped with16-inch steel wheels, halogen headlamps, a manual tailgate with fixed rear window and four individual seats in the rear. The AVANTGARDE V-Class line’s exterior is equipped with 17-inch light-alloy wheels, a waistline trim strip in chrome, separately opening rear windows, LED intelligent light system and an additional left sliding door. The EXCLUSIVE V-Class line’s exterior is equipped with 19-inch light-alloy wheels, a panoramic sliding roof, an “EXCLUSIVE” label on the fender, electric sliding doors and tailgate as well as the AVANTGARDE sports package included.

The modern, generously-dimensioned interior is exemplary in the Multi-purpose Vehicle (MPV) segment both in terms of its ergonomics and its visual and tactile value appeal as well. Design and materials meet the highest standards. This is seen among other features in the media display with a high-quality glass surface or the generously sized trim. Even more individually, exclusively and sportily the interior of the V-Class can be optionally equipped with the AMG Line and the Interior Design package or with the V-Class EXCLUSIVE and V-Class AVANTGARDE design and equipment lines as well as the AVANTGARDE Interior Design package available for this.

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Dangote Cement, NB sustain NSE growth by 2.46% Transactions on the Nigeria bourse sustained positive trend, rebounding further on Tuesday by 2.46 per cent following price appreciation posted by the Nigerian Breweries and Dangote Cement.

The All-Shares, at the close of trading, improved by 907.82 points or 2.46 per cent to close at 37,854.92 in contrast with 36,947.10 achieved on Monday.

Also, the market capitalisation rose by N329 billion or 2.46 per cent to close at N13.712 trillion against N13.383 trillion posted on Monday.

Ambrose Omordion, the Chief Operating Officer, InvestData Ltd., attributed the trend to market correction following a prolonged bearish

trend.

Mr. Omordion said the trend might not be sustained due to liquidity crunch presently in the market and the economy.

A breakdown of the price movement table shows that Nigerian Breweries led the gainers’ table, gaining N5.30 to close at N111.30 per share.

Dangote Cement followed with a gain of N5 to close at N225, while Okomu Oil Palm added N4 to close at N84 per share.

The International Breweries appreciated by N3 to close at N42, while Lafarge Wapco advanced by N1.65 to close at N34.75 per share.

On the other hand, Total topped the losers’

chart, dropping by N8.70 to close at N193.30 per share.

Presco followed with a loss of 90k to close at N70.35, while UACN shed 70k to close at N14 per share.

Ecobank declined by 10k to close at N19, while NPF Microfinance Bank dropped by 6k to close at N1.69 per share.

The banking stocks dominated the trading activities for the day with Access Bank emerging the most active with an exchange of 133.07 million shares valued at N1.42 billion.

Guaranty Trust Bank came second with an account of 39.32 million shares worth N1.62 billion, while United Bank for Africa sold 22.23 million shares valued at N258.47 million.

Conoil announces 46.2% decline in PBT to N2.3bn • Declares N2.00 dividend

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SEC advocates public procurement advantage as fiscal incentives for listed companies The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has advocated some measure of fiscal incentives for listed companies on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) in order to mitigate their cost burden and encourage more entities to list shares on the bourse.

Apart from reduction of costs, the measure, according to a statement from the SEC, will translate to huge investment benefits to shareholders and also further position the quoted companies to contribute more to national development through improved capacities and job creation potential.

Mary Uduk, SECs Acting Director General explained: “Our case for fiscal incentives for listed companies on the

NSE is actually based on experience.

What we are saying is that Nigerian companies doing the same business these foreign companies are doing if they are listed should be encouraged in terms of public procurement or whatever government is doing.

“We don’t want to keep taking from them because they incur a lot of cost and you cannot reduce the cost more than a limited amount of percentage.

The best is to begin to give them some incentives and with that you have more companies coming to the market, you have more jobs and then people will have dividends of investing. You must have companies to regulate and if people are not coming to the market, then who are you going to regulate?

“The market will create jobs. If you go to Brazil, you go to Asia you see small scale companies coming to the market. You see fund managers and others playing the roles they are supposed to play. So, we need those incentives to encourage them to come to the market” Uduk added.

At the end of the day she said, Nigerians will get the value in terms of dividend payout if the company is listed adding that there should be incentives for companies coming out to get listed so that there could alternatives to savings by Nigerians.

The SEC boss who advocated the fiscal necessity on the sidelines of the Alliance Law Firm’s Maiden Lecture Series, Luncheon and Book

Presentation event with the theme ‘Contemporary Corporate Governance Issues in Nigeria’ in Lagos, also believes that creating some form of fiscal incentives for listed entities will add further mileage to ongoing efforts to improve corporate governance in the country.

Represented at the event by Edward Okolo, Director Zonal Offices Coordinating Department, ZOCD, the investment expert cited experiences with some investors in the manufacturing sector, who claimed that despite fulfilling their fiscal obligations, the nation’s public procurement and contractual processes had continued to favour foreign companies to their disadvantage.

Shareholders approve N3b new capital, asset sale for May & Baker Nigeria May & Baker Nigeria Plc will soon launch its much-awaited rights issue as shareholders of the healthcare Thursday at the annual general meeting in Lagos approved the increase in the authorised share capital of the company to N3 billion.

At the meeting, shareholders voted unanimously to increase the authorised share capital from N1.9 billion of 3.8 billion ordinary shares of 50 kobo each to N3 billion of 6.0 billion ordinary shares of 50 kobo each.

Shareholders also authorised the board of the company to sell or lease any one of the company’s two properties located at

Sapara Street, Ikeja.

Shareholders had in 2014 empowered the company to raise N3.2 billion new equity capitals. The shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of 2014 had given approval for the recapitalization of the business through the injection of fresh equity capital into the business.

Addressing the shareholders, Chairman, May & Baker Nigeria Plc, Lt. Gen Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), said the board of the company believes that the time is now right to raise the funds to enable the company harness new opportunities.

Therefore our rights issue will soon

open and I hope shareholders will take up their rights to support our company in achieving its new vision. We shall all reap the rewards in the immediate future and beyond, Danjuma said.

He outlined that the company has envisioned a new vision that will see it dominating the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) markets in line with its new vision of being the leading healthcare brand in SSA. According to him, the new five-year strategic plan of the company entails focus and expansion along the companys competitive advantage of healthcare and it will soon begin to establish footprints and seek dominance in this area in the SSA

region.

Your company has turned the corner and is now solidly on the path of growth and strong profitability. Our plan in the next few years is to focus on driving our new vision, strategic goals and establishing our footprint as a leading healthcare brand in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The company will strive to acquire required competencies in related business areas, expand its regional reach to explore new markets, improve capacity utilization at our WHO GMP pharmaceutical facility in Ota and continue to deliver value and returns on investments to our loyal shareholders, Danjuma said.

Conoil Plc has announced 46.2 per cent decline in its Profit Before Tax for 2017 result and account released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday.

The nation’s foremost indigenous petroleum marketer PBT moved to N2.3 billion in 2017 from N4.28 billion reported in 2016 despite improved revenue and .

Consequently, Profit for the year also dropped by 44.1 per cent to N1.58 billion in 2017 as against N2.8 billion reported in 2016.

For the year under review, The company’s revenue rose by 35.9 per cent to N115.5 billion from N85 billion in 2016.

Total assets thus dropped by 9.9 per cent to N62.86 billion from N69.8 billion reported in 2016.

Meanwhile, the management has proposed N1.4billion as dividend payout to its shareholders for its last financial year in the face of daunting economic challenges in the country.

This translates to N2.00 on every 50 kobo ordinary share.

It is in line with the Company’s consistent dividend policy, over the years, to its shareholders.

The proposed dividend is expected to be ratified by its shareholders at the Company’s next annual general meeting in Akwa Ibom State.

As part of its Board resolutions to The Exchange, the Company approved that the dividend warrants will be dispatched on July 9, 2018 to members whose names appear in the register of members at the close of business on June 8, 2018.

The Board also approved that the register of members and the transfer books of the Company will be closed from June 11, 2018 to June 15, 2018, both days inclusive to enable the preparation and payment of dividends.

It is on record that the oil marketing giant has a robust dividend payout history which it has maintained over the years; and this has continually endeared it to its teeming shareholders. Between 2012 and 2016, the company has paid a total of N8.4 billion as dividend.

In the opinion of capital market operators, the Company’s consistent dividend payment history has raised the bar of the strategic positioning of Conoil as truly the nation’s marketer of choice.

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8 members of FCT NURTW to be arraigned over harassment of motorists AT 4 FCT Perm Sec inaugurates committee on National Sports Festival

Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor Uja (r) with the Assistant Chaplain, NCPC, Pastor Thompson Ityoture receiving a musical instrument from Mr. Danjuma Elabi during the retirement send forth ceremony of the Director of administration of the Commission, Mr. Danjuma Elabi at the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters, Abuja.

FCTA issues flood alert as minister commiserates with Karshi town Stories by Idu Jude, Abuja The Federal Capita Territory Administration (FCTA) has called on the residents to be very alert to possibilities of flood as the rainy season enters its peak in the coming months.

It also reiterated its constant call on residents to avoid illegal developments as well as dumping of refuse on water rights-of-way.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa, made this appeal when he visited to commiserate with people of Karshi town over the recent flood disaster that occurred in their community in the early hours of last Saturday night.

He also conveyed his condolences to the families of the two from neighbouring Kokosu Community of Nasarawa State who were confirmed dead in the flood.

The Permanent Secretary, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, currently acting

for the Minister, also used the occasion to ascertain the extent of damage caused by the flood.

This, according to him, was with a view to stemming future occurrences of an incident, the scale and nature of which, according to residents, have never been witnessed in the area before.

“I have directed that our team of engineers should be dispatched to study the situation with a view to stemming future occurrence.

From all indications, this is a natural disaster. I am happy that our team is on ground for the search and rescue operations,” he said.

Also speaking to newsmen, Chief of Karshi, Alhaji Ismaila Mohammed, dispelled insinuations that the incident was caused by a burst dam, saying “the dam is still intact and still under construction. I thank the FCT Minister for his quick response in dispatching the FEMA team who have worked with local inhabitants since last

night, to retrieve the bodies of the victims.”

“This kind of flood has never been witnessed in this community.

Weather has been very erratic.

We, in the community would embark on measures to ensure that the roads are safeguarded during heavy rains until a permanent solution is found,” he added.

Ambrose Umelelle, 26, and Esther Aka, 20, residents of the neighbouring Kokosu Community of neighbouring Nasarawa State, lost their lives in the incident.

These two were among the four whose vehicle was carried away by the flood.

One of the passengers was however lucky as he was reported to have jumped out of the vehicle, thus saving his life. The remaining other passenger are still being searched for by the Search and Rescue team of the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as at the time of filing this report Briefing the Minister on the incident, the Acting Deputy

Director, Forecasting, Response and Mitigation, Florence Wenegieme (Mrs.) indicated that upon receiving the information, the Agency immediately arrived the location of the incident and swung into action.

The efforts yielded results when the team recovered the bodies of the two dead early in the morning, as well as the Toyota Siena, Space-wagon in which they were traveling.

He said: “We have gone as far as three kilometres into the waterway without seeing the body, the search continues.”

Mrs. Wenegieme also reported that the river bisecting the community and neighbouring Nasarawa State had risen above its banks on account of massive rains and consequent flood from the neighbouring hills overwhelming the box culverts and overflowing the roads. Many of the road users had been forced to wait on the banks of the flood when the driver of the Siena wanted to try his luck.

As part of efforts to ensure the success of the 2018 Annual National Sports Festival billed to hold in Abuja, the nation’s capital city from 6th December to 16th December, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, who also doubles as the Chairman of the Committee, has inaugurated a 15man committee to ensure the event is hitch-free and befitting for a capital city.

While inaugurating the Committee on Friday in his office at Garki, Abuja, the Permanent Secretary explained that the event would boost the economic potentials of the city, add colour to the city and also enhance the image of the FCT. He said: “This event will add colour to our city, boost the image of the Federal Capital Territory as a sport loving city and grow our economy.”

According to the Permanent Secretary, the FCT Administration is privileged for FCT to be chosen as the host for the 2018 National Sports Festival, after several failed attempts to host the event in other states of the federation.

He further remarked that though FCT is not fully responsible for the hosting, however, as a major partner, the FCT Administration has been assigned special responsibilities.

The Permanent Secretary reeled out the Committee’s terms of reference to include provision of security, transportation and game services.

“Although, the hosting is not entirely the responsibility of FCT, we have been charged with the task of taking care of four major areas as the major partner.

The areas are security, opening and closing ceremony, game services and transportation. This is out of the 17th major areas concern with the hosting of the game. This is a huge and enormous task which must be undertaken with every seriousness and all sense of responsibility, he explained.”

While delivering a vote of thanks, the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Oladimeji Ali Hassan, thanked the FCT Administration for the honour to take part in such a national assignment, while promising to deliver on the Committee’s mandate.

Other members of the Committee include the Secretary of Education Secretariat; Secretary, Health and Human Services; Secretary, Transportation; Secretary of Area Council Services Secretariat; Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council; Director of Information; Chief Press Secretary to FCT Minister; Director of Treasury; Director of Security; Director of Sports; Director of Abuja Environmental Protection Board; Director of Facility Management and Chief of Protocol.

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FCTA shares N2.3bn to Area Councils, others Tony Odey, Abuja

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N2.3 billion to the six Area Councils in the territory and other stakeholders as their share of statutory allocation for the month of April.

The figures show a marked increase of N100 million over the figure for March.

FCT Permanent Secretary, Sir

Chinyeaka Ohaa, who dropped the hint on Friday in his office at Area 11, Garki, Abuja during the Joint Area Councils Allocation Committee(JAAC) meeting, tasked the council Chairmen to ensure judicious utilisation of funds disbursed to the Councils.

He further harped on the need for the Council Chairmen to redouble their efforts towards providing improved services to the

people at the grassroots level in demonstration of the gains of the change agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari government.

The figure shows that Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) received N198 million, while Gwagwalada got N181 million and Kuje received N156 million.

Similarly, Bwari Area Council received N150 million, Abaji got N143 million and

Kwali received N135 million.

Furthermore, other statutory deductions from the release include Primary Teachers gulped N1 billion, 15% Pension Funds took N226 million, 1% Training Fund gulped N23 million and 10% Employer Pension Contribution.

The figure shows that April allocation is higher than March allocation by N100 million.

In his remarks, the Chairman of Kwali Area Council, who

also double as the Chairman of FCT Chapter of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Mr. Joseph Kwali Shazin, thanked the leadership of the FCT Administration for always ensuring that all the Area Councils get their allocation full and in good time.

Mr. Shazin assured the FCT Administration that the Area Councils would ensure the funds are prudently utilised.

Members of Staff of Revenue, Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission RMAFC protesting against Redundancy and engagement of consultants in the commission in Abuja yesterday.

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ANAN lauds FCT perm sec over financial prudence

Idu Jude, Abuja

The Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) has commended the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, for prudent management of the nation’s resources and dint of hard work since his appointment.

The National President of the Association, Alhaji Shehu Usman, gave the commendation when he paid a courtesy call on the Permanent Secretary in his office, Garki, Abuja.

His words: “Your new position did not come by accident. Indeed, it is a product of hard work, determination and dedication to duty. We are also impressed with the way you have been managing the nation’s resources in a prudent manner. We are happy that our member is occupying such an enviable position.”

The President used the occasion to appeal to the Permanent Secretary to use his good offices to ensure that ANAN members who are in the employment payroll of the Federal Capital Territory and some states are placed on grade level 10 in line with the approval of the National Council on Establishment in 2008.

He said: “As a respected

and dedicated member of the Association, we implore you to use your good offices to assist us to ensure that ANAN members in FCT and many states are placed on Grade Level 10 according to the approval of the National Council on Establishment in 2008.”

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary, charged the Association to key into the

Change Agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari of ensuring that Nigeria is corruption free, adding that the President has good intentions for the country.

The Permanent Secretary assured the Association that both organisations would continue to partner together for the development and progress of the country.

Sir Ohaa, who charged the

Association to do their job professionally, harped on the need for the Association to ensure that every member of ANAN is a University graduate.

He further remarked that he has always strived to be a thoroughbred accountant knowing full well that he would be made to account for his stewardship before God in due time.

Abuja light rail commissioning gets June new date Idu Jude, Abuja The much awaited Abuja Light rail project in the Federal Capital Territory Administration waiting to be commission has finally been scheduled for commissioning at the end June 2018.

The Chief Resident Engineer with the FCT Transport Secretariat, Engr.

Anthony Agbakoba, disclosed this to journalists during a tour of the facilities within the twelve station of rail in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

Engr. Agbakoba, who stated the Abuja light rail project was hundred percent concluded, added that what remains is the finishing touches at the different train terminals that were at ninety nine point

five completion that would convene passengers on arrival to the city town.

He also revealled that twelve coaches of the train had since arrived the country last year waiting to be put in operation.

The Chief Resident engineer further explained that the project when commissioned has the capacity to boost the

social economic activities in the city and would also engage not less than seven hundred employee when in full operation.

Engr. Abgakoba stressed that the Abuja Light rail project is going to be the safer rail in the world when operation because it was designed in such a way that it would not run into moving cars.

FCT minister calls for adequate funding of transport sector Idu Jude, Abuja To ensure an improved economy through all sectors, an improved transportation system, must be adopted by the Federal Government of Nigeria through adequate funding.

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, gave this advice while insisting that government has business in business, especially when it comes to transportation in the country for the economic revival.

Malam Bello, who stated this at a recent two-day National Tourism Transportation Summit and Expo in Abuja, added: “Government must take responsibility for the development of the country’s transportation sector, but not wait for private sector investments.”

Bello, who was represented by the FCT Administration (FCTA) Transport Secretary, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, explained that the transport sector was not commercially viable enough to attract enough private sector investors, which was why the FCTA “has taken it upon itself to develop an efficient inter-modal transportation system in the nation’s capital.

He added: “I have heard a lot about PPP (Private-PublicPartnership), and I am going to say it here: I am in government and I have seen what is going on; we must not wait for PPP to develop our transportation sector, government must take responsibility to develop it.”

Further explaining why government must get involved in business in Nigeria, the Minister said: “The return on investments in the transport sector is below the cost of borrowing. So, you may not see enough investors coming into that sector’’, noting that “it was for this reason that many airlines were struggling to survive around the world.”

He recalled that after terrorists hijacked two commercial planes to attack the World Trade Centre in the United States (U.S) on September 11, 2001, with that country’s aviation beginning to crashing, a development that caused the U.S government to intervene through nonrefundable grants which revived the sector.

The Minister therefore urged the Nigerian government to start thinking in that direction, saying: “The transportation sector must be seen as a security sector; it must also be seen as a social intervention tool. This is because when you invest in that sector, the ripple effect is that tourism will grow, production will grow, cost of manufacturing will go down, and people will have extra money in their pockets.

“When people have more money in their pockets, they will spend more money to buy more. When they buy more, the GDP increases, and that is the message we are sending to the people in the tourism sector.’’

He also urged tourism stakeholders to join their counterparts in the transportation sector in preaching the message.

According to him, those saying “government has no business in business’’ must be told that that should not apply to the transport sector”.

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SDAs partner UN agencies on FCT 2018 work plan for sustainable devt Idu Jude, Abuja

It was a grand gathering of planners and development experts as top officials from the various Secretariats, Departments and Agencies (SDAs) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration recently held a three-day consultative meeting with representatives of the various United Nations Development Agencies in Abuja.

Their mission was to brainstorm and develop a strategic roadmap for the 2018 Annual Work Plan(UNSDPF 2018-2022) towards repositioning the FCT Administration for effective and

efficient service delivery to FCT residents.

The forum carried out a painstaking review of the UN Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) (2018-2022), with a view to developing an implementable UNSDPF Work Plan and Budget for the FCT in 2018.

In clear terms, the UN Sustainable Development Partnership Framework (UNSDPF) (2018-2022) is a fiveyear master plan outlining a strategic direction and results expected from the existing cooperation and understanding between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the UN System in

Nigeria.

Pursuant to the overall goal of overcoming the challenges of building an ideal, smart and sustainable Federal Capital City (FCC) in line with fast-changing global standards, the participants at the forum, initiated technical and methodological group discussions and presentations towards developing a comprehensive template for activity-focused strategic Work Plan for the FCTA. The UN Sustainable Development Framework (UNSDPF) provides three thematic result-areas of implementation and nine strategic outcomes.

The first result-area deals with Governance, Human Rights, Peace and Security; while the second result-area places emphasis on Equitable Quality Basic Services, with four basic outcomes, namely Health, Nutrition & HIV/AIDS, Learning & Skill Development, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Similarly, the third result area deals with sustainable, inclusive growth and development with three outcomes on Diversified Economic Growth, Population dynamics and Environmental Sustainability as well as Food Security Speaking on the sidelines of the forum, the Director EPRS, Abubakar Sani Pai, said the

L-R: Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, during the visit of the cleric to the minister in Abuja.

Bello lauds FCTA staff for driving Change Agenda Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has lauded the FCTA staff for their hard work and commitment to the development of the Federal Capital Territory and support to the Change Agenda.

Malam Bello made this commendation during the breaking of the Ramadan fast with a cross section of FCTA officials in his Life Camp residence last ecently.

The FCT minister said if he were to leave office anytime in the future, the gift he desires from FCT Administration is “the legacy of clean roads, less garbage on the streets, very beautiful and well-kept gardens with trees and flowers as well as well trimmed and well mowed beautiful lawns.”

He charged FCTA workers to go the extra mile to ensure that this objective is achieved.

The minister thanked FCT workers for their support to the administration of President

Muhammadu Buhari, saying he would convey the message to the President that FCT workers are solidly behind him in the efforts that he is making to change the country for the better.

The FCT Minister said: “There is no doubt that all your work and efforts is gradually and surely being recognized because on a number of occasions now, when I meet people, we no longer get the kind of complaints and criticisms that the wider public used to give us in the past. So, this is a reflection that gradually people are appreciating the work that all you are doing and I have to convey to you my appreciation”.

He reiterated the commitment of the FCT Administration to improve service delivery in the areas of waste management, facility management, and maintenance of the parks and gardens to ensure the overall cleaning and greening of the metropolitan city.

According to him, FCTA is

working to ensure improved funding to its Secretariats, Departments and Agencies to effectively and efficiently deliver on this objective.

He said: “We have spent a lot of efforts and time on infrastructure activities and also reengineering of the various Agencies, Departments and Secretariats. But my appeal to us is let’s go this extra mile and emphasize service delivery. That’s why most of the secretariats and even the agencies, you notice that we have deliberately funded you more than you were funded in the past. One is a reflection of the improvement in the revenue stream of the ministry, but more importantly is also to empower you to really do your work well.

“All of you that provide service, especially the metropolitan management council itself that handles waste, maintain our facility and undertake the greening of the city and the parks. We really

look upon you to improve on what you are doing because these are the areas that people will judge us.

“So, please I want to you to encourage your staff to double their efforts so that you give me a very befitting farewell.”

Earlier in his remarks, the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa, charged Muslims in the FCT to fulfill their religious obligations to their faith during the Ramadan fast, saying, “It’s always good to honour your creator and also come back to yourself and know whether you are living according to the standard given to us.”

He enjoined all present to work towards creating an enabling environment that will bring peace, promote brotherhood and unity in the country, adding that the FCT Administration will continue to support Mr. President in the divine mandate that God has given him to give direction to the country.

objective of the UNSDPF Work Plan is to “serve as a collective support and response of the UN System to the National Development Initiatives of the Federal Government towards the attainment of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) and other internationally-agreed declarations”.

He noted that the framework will further promote and strengthen the existing partnership between the FCTA and the United Nations Agencies in Nigeria, while exiting from 2017 UNDAF III Project implementation programme.

The Director further explained that, in line with the modalities for the implementation of the NSDPF 2018-2022, states of the Federation and the FCT, were selected to organise review meetings to assess the progress made in the previous year(s), evaluate the results achieved, identify challenges and proffer possible solutions from the lessons learnt in order to develop the year’s Annual Work Plan (AWP) for the FCT Administration.

The Annual Work Plan is a comprehensive document that spells out detailed annual programmes and activities of the FCTA with specific key performance indicators and responsibilities of the various partners involved in the development of the FCT in line with the Administration’s strategic vision and mission.

The final document is expected to indicate the various activities to be implemented

during the year, their financial implications, while spelling out the amounts to be contributed by the various UN Agencies and the FCT as counterpart funds.

The Minister of the FCT, Mallam Musa Bello, and the UN Resident Co-ordinator are expected to sign the final document for subsequent implementation.

As part of the activities of the UN Annual Country Programme (UNACP), the implementation of the Annual Work Plan provides each of the UN Agencies – UNDP, UNICEF, UNIDO, WHO, FAO, UN-Population Fund, etc- with specific mandates and areas of engagement with the FCT. The Country Programme is a part of the UN development initiatives to assist Third World countries to improve the socioeconomic well-being of their citizens. Under this platform, the UN Nigeria, through the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), works diligently to support Nigeria in achieving her “national development priorities and other internationally agreed treaty obligations and development goals.

It would be recalled that the implementation of the 2017 Annual Work Plan and the development of the 2018 Plan are sequel to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the Minister of the FCT, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, on behalf of the FCT Administration, and the Country Representative of the UN System in Nigeria.

FCT Women FA Cup: Blessed Queens emerges champion Blessed Queens FC has emerged champion of 2018 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Women FA Cup. The club thumped Beautiful Tours FC 4-1in the final at the Area 3 playing ground, recently. Beautiful Tours drew the first blood in the 13th minute before Joy Nkoroh and Ndidi Okeke put Blessed Queens ahead to bring the first half shoreline to 2-1.

Most valuable player of the tournament, Joy Igbazemda, scored a brilliant goal from a solo effort taking the ball from the centre half of the field and waltzing past four opposing players before slotting the ball beyond the reach of the opposing goalkeeper. Ndidi Okeke scored her second goal in the 79th minute to bring the match to 4-1.

Speaking with journalists after the match, coach of Blessed Queens, Ngozi Eze said: “I am happy that my team has won the trophy and will be ready to represent FCT in the national women’s AITEO Cup

coming up soon.’’

She appealed to the FCT Administration (FCTA) authorities and the FCT Sports department to support the team financially in the task ahead.

“I want use this opportunity to urge the FCT Minister and FCT Sports department to come to our aid. We will need money for camping, hotel and feeding during the national women’s AITEO Cup assignment that begins soon,” Eze pleaded.

She promised to make Abuja football fans proud as she believes her team will not disappoint.

“We will do well at the national group stage of national women’s AITEO Cup. We have experienced players in our team. With this and support from expected quarters, we will not disappoint our fans in and outside Abuja,” the coach stated.

She thanked Barrister Victoria Nlemigbo as well as the Director of FCT sports department, Mrs. Dilichukwu Onyendinma for their support so far.

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FCT SEB vows to develop sports as GSS Karu wins NSSF laurel Stories by Idu Jude, Abuja

The Deputy Director, Sports Unit of Secondary Education Board (SEB) in the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Hashimu Adamu, has said that the board is keen to ensure that sports is given a very crucial attention both in developing the minds of the students and in designing their future.

The Deputy Director, who led the students of GSS Karu, Abuja, to a runners’ up victory in All Nigeria Schools Sports Federation Milo Basketball championship, said that the idea was borne out of the need to sustain the fit the girls and boys from the FCT archived and as well ensure that the talents are not wasted.

Hashimu Adamu, while talking to newsmen, said that the decision was made in

Lagos, immediately the team came second which was quite unexpected.

“We are going to build on this achievement, and we ready to explore all ground to ensure that sport becomes a major priority in our school and indeed in all the secondary schools across the FCT,” he said.

On how the team was prepared with meager resources, he said they set to work as soon as the invitation was brought by putting the team together for the task ahead.

He added that the team, which was placed among rivals in Team A, played with Bayelsa and Adamawa amassing 48 points and 28 points against their counterparts who scored 8 and 21 points, then emerged second runner-up losing to Oyo and Benue states.

Adamu stated that yet the

team sustained the lead for a cash reward and other items as well as received commendation for not using mercenaries to play just as the girls got kudos for good behaviour.

Receiving the victorious team, the management of SEB led by its Chairman, Hon. Musa Yahaya Muhammed, said it is heartwarming to hear of SEB schools several success stories which had continued to place FCT in the limelight.

The Chairman commended the efforts of the sports unit for ensuring the girls excelled within the period of the competition. He emphasised the need to continue to engage the students in such healthy competition to showcase their various talents which, according to him, will help them appreciate the unrelenting efforts of FCT Administration in

bringing the expected changes to the education sector through sports and other result-oriented activities.

Muhammed added that sports development in FCT’s senior secondary schools is part of the eight point agenda designed by the board for the benefits of all.

Also adding their voices, SEB Board members, Mr. Sunny Moniedafe, Alhaji Sani Yakubu Store, Director of SEB, Mrs. Nanre Emeje, and Head of Co-curricular division, Ms. Victoria George, all expressed delight over the girls’ feat and encouraged them to work hard to sustain their victory and also focus on their academics to balance their career.

They reiterate the board’s commitment to continued support of the activities that will lift FCT and the country in

FCTA Hajj commission calls for registration of pilgrims The FCT Hajj Commission has alerted its 2018 intending pilgrims to come forward and make payment for the registration as there is a limited seat allocation of just 2115.

According to the Commission in a press statement, the 2018 Hajj fare has been has been reduced to the amount of N1, 492,867.15 (One Million, Four Hundred and Ninety Two Thousand, eight hundred and sixty seven naira, fifteen kobo only), a reduction of N45, 351.47 (Forty Five thousand, three hundred and fifty one naira forty five kobo) only from the fare paid last year.

Last year’s pilgrims paid N1, 538,218.62 (One million, five hundred and thirty eight thousand, two hundred and eighteen naira, sixty-two kobo), and Flat Basic Travel Allowance of $800.00 (eight hundred dollars) only.

This development was as a result of concerted effort by the regulatory body to lessen the hardship of Hajj fare due to exchange rate and escalation of cost of services in Saudi Arabia due to introduction of various policies by the government of that country.

Old timers are to pay additional SR2000.00 (two thousand Saudi Riyals) which is equivalent to N163, 000.00 (One Hundred and Sixty Three Thousand naira only) as a levy imposed by Saudi Arabian government this year.

Already, the commission has secured comfortable

accommodation for this year’s intending pilgrims in Makka and concluded arrangement with service providers in Saudi Arabia on feeding.

The commission said it has also commenced Visa processing for the intending pilgrims and concluded first and second education and orientation exercise for 2018 intending pilgrims.

The next phase of Education and Orientation is scheduled to come up after fasting of the month of Ramadan.

It has also conducted the mandatory medical screening of the intending pilgrims and the team of Medical Doctors are still analyzing the lab results.

The commission said FCT seat allocation for this year is 2115 out of which over 50% have been sold as at closed of work on Friday and people are still coming, adding that it has collected more than 80% of passports of those who made deposit for the exercise and has commenced the processing of visa of those who completed their hajj fare.

“We want to use this medium to advice all those who have not balanced their Hajj fare to do so before 31st of this month in order to enable the board meet up with the deadline set by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria. All intending pilgrims who paid in excess would get their refund as soon as we conclude the compilation of their names and their banks details,” the commission added.

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FCTA Permanent Secretary, Sir. Chinyeaka Ohaa (middle);National President, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, ANAN, (2nd right) and other ANAN executives, when they paid the Permanent Secretary a courtesy visit in Abuja…recently.

FCTA bemoans loss of assets worth N5bn to vandals The FCT Administration has lamented the huge burden posed by the vandalism of public assets and critical infrastructure, which it has estimated to run into billions of Naira.

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, made this revelation during a paper presentation recently on the Protection, Preservation and Community Ownership of Public Assets and Critical Infrastructure, organised by the National Orientation Agency.

Malam Bello, who was represented at the occasion by the Director of Engineering, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Shehu Ahmad Hadi, lamented that preliminary assessment of losses put the cost of replacement of vandalised, stolen or damaged facilities in the four major roads of FCT alone at over N5 billion.

This, he noted, is money

which could have been spent on executing new infrastructure or providing utilities in new districts. These include; the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX), Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX), Inner Southern Expressway (ISEX) as well as the Circular Road among others.

Concerned over the spate of sabotage and pillage therefore, Bello disclosed that FCT Administration has set up a Committee for the replacement, reconstruction and restoration of vandalised public assets and infrastructure in the Territory.

The Committee, which is headed by the Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr. Umar Gambo Jibrin, is also to ascertain the scope of the challenge and to proffer long-lasting solutions to stem the negative development.

Bello said: “It is always saddening to witness incidents of pillage of major components

of public infrastructure such as railway lines and cables, bridge railings, manhole covers and communication ducts to mention but a few. These hoodlums sometimes dig deep into the ground to unearth armoured cables and puncture water pipelines to irrigate their farms or set up car wash centres.”

He disclosed that in the short run, security and surveillance have been beefed up around public assets and critical infrastructure in the FCT to apprehend and prosecute these hoodlums. In addition, the Administration is replacing some of these facilities with configurations that could not easily yield to hit and run theft among others.

While appealing for to residents to support the Administration’s efforts to combat this scourge, the Minister stated that a more

permanent solution to the problem both in FCT and in the country in general would include working to inculcate the spirit of community and people’s ownership of public assets and critical infrastructure in Nigerian citizens.

His words: “This could be achieved through strategic partnership between relevant government agencies, the security and intelligent agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), traditional institutions, religious and community organizations to mention but a few.”

Speaking earlier, The DirectorGeneral, NOA, Dr. Garba Abari, stated that the widespread nature of the incidence of vandalism of national assets like oil pipelines, railway tracks, electricity poles and components has made it necessary to assemble stakeholders in the search for solutions to the menace.

The Public Health Department of the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat in conjunction with the National Centre for Disease Control has commissioned the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to enhance capacity for disease surveillance.

Commissioning the centre recently, Secretary, FCT Health Human Services Secretariat, Barrister Amanda Pam, said the centre will facilitate real time live reporting during disease outbreaks and other health emergencies, which will translate to prompt response.

The Secretary, who was represented by the General Manager, FCT Hospital Management Board, Dr. Aminu Muhammed Mai, added that twenty-two participants drawn from the Department of Public Health, Primary Health Care Board and World Health Organisation are already undergoing five days training as directed by the National Centre for Disease Control.

Pam commended the good working relationship between FCT and NCDC which as the result of these meetings held recently, the two agencies come up with the idea of

establishing the Isolation Centres in FCT. The technical working group has already been formed with the involvement of all stakeholders, she added.

Speaking earlier, Chief Executive Officer, National Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, said that the Federal Capital Territory Administration and National Centre for Disease Control strengthened their relationship in four different areas namely Surveillance, Emergency Operation Centre, Treatment and Health care as well as Laboratory Services.

He added that the FCT Administration and his organisation are working seriously to ensure that the provision of state-of-Art facilities are provided for the benefit of FCT residents and Nigerians at large.

Dr. Chikwe further added that FCT is very strategic because it is the entry point and the seat of government “which is why NCDC decided to consider the project among the priority states just to be sure that we have the capacity here to protect the people residing and those coming into the country”.

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Health Experts blame current Cholera outbreak on bad water, sanitation Disease spread to 3 states

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The recent outbreak of cholera in some states in Nigeria has led to several casualties. Cholera is an intestinal infection characterised by watery stool and diarrhoea. It is caused by the Vibrio cholerae, a bacterium, which releases toxins in the human intestine.

This toxin activates excess secretion of water from the intestinal lumen that often lead to severe dehydration and sometimes death. Conditions that can lead to outbreaks include a disruption in water supply, poor basic sanitation and poor hygiene. Infected people show symptoms within two to five days. They can spread the disease even when they are not ill themselves by shedding the bacteria in their faeces.

People show symptoms within two to five days. They can spread the disease even when they are not ill themselves by shedding the bacteria in their faeces, Dr. Wale Adedipe, a medical health expert was quoted as saying.

According to him, ‘’as in other developing countries, cholera outbreaks occur mainly during the rainy season in Nigeria although they also sometimes occur in dry season. Flooding can cause septic tanks to contaminate surface water, especially open wells used for drinking and food preparation. Contaminated flood water from the rains can also flow to vegetables and fruits which, if not properly washed, can cause an outbreak. ‘’Cholera outbreaks happen when groups of people share infected water or food. When this happens, many people will require help at the same time.

Health facilities and resources are often inadequate and ill-prepared to deal with such pressure’’.

The outbreaks in different parts of Nigeria are often driven by different factors. What they all point to, however, is that the country has not yet taken sufficient steps to address the “epidemiological triangle” that drives cholera outbreaks host, agent and environmental factors.

This includes early detection, better and stronger sanitation infrastructure that can withstand heavy rains as well as basic health infrastructure.

Another medical heath expert, Mr, Augustine Abidemi said that for a cholera outbreak to occur there must be significant breaches in the water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure used by groups of people, permitting large-scale exposure to food or water contaminated with Vibrio cholera organisms; and cholera must be present in the population.

He said that Cholera has been proven to be transmitted through faecal-oral route via contaminated food, carriers of the infection and inadequate sanitary conditions of the environment. The principal mode of transmission however remains ingestion of contaminated water or food.

He recalled the 1996 cholera outbreak in Ibadan (Southwest) Nigeria where he attributed the cause to contaminated potable water sources. ‘’Street vended water and not washing of hands with soap before eating food were possible reasons for the 1995-1996 cholera outbreaks in Ibadan. Drinking water sold by water vendors was also connected with increased risk of contracting the disease’’.

In Katsina State however, Abidemi linked the outbreak of the disease to faecal contamination of well water from

Children playing with dirty water

sellers but added that the 2010 outbreak was speculated to be directly related with sanitation and water supply. ‘’The hand dug wells and contaminated ponds being relied on by most of the Northern states as source of drinking water was a major transmission route during the outbreak.

Perhaps, these wells were shallow; uncovered and diarrhoea discharge from cholera patients could easily contaminate water supplies’’.

For his part, a pharmacists, Mr. Osayamen Olaye who stressed the need to ensure a clean environment always identified population movement as a factor that may greatly contribute to risk of cholera transmission. According to him, the movement of persons enhances spread of the infectious agent to others and to different sites. ‘’all the surviving residents that fled a two month outbreak in Kebbi state (Northnorth) became indices for subsequent infection in the north and southern part of a neighbouring state. Additional overcrowding increases risk of contact with vomitus, excreta and contaminated water or food. Since early detection and containment of cases (isolation facilities) are paramount in reducing transmission, poor access to health services and poor diagnosis may become major barrier to controlling the infection. Lack of safe water and poor sanitation are important risk factors. All these features have contributed greatly to cholera infections in Nigeria’’ he added.

The recent outbreak in Mubi in Adamawa State according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) killed at least 16 people while about 176 others.

The WHO said that had deployed 39 staff to contain the cholera outbreaks in Mubi North and South local government areas of Adamawa State.

The WHO through a statement it made available to journalists said that plans were also underway to engage additional 15 ad-hoc personnel for the affected local governments. ’’We have swiftly deployed technical staff to coordinate partners’ response to the current outbreak, support case management, surveillance and contact tracing of suspected cases to guide interventions and ensure that the outbreak does not spread to other locations,” Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu, WHO Representative to Nigeria said.

434 suspected cases of cholera and 13 deaths have been reported in the affected areas as at May 26, necessitating the health authority to activate an Emergency Operations Centre for concerted response

and rapid decision-making.

Dr Alemu said the transmission rate of the cholera outbreak in the state was worrisome, adding “Notwithstanding, WHO is leveraging on its past experience and lessons learnt in controlling major cholera outbreaks in internally displaced persons camps and host communities, especially in Borno and Yobe states.”

Adamawa State Commissioner for Health, Dr Fatima Atiku Abubakar said the state health authority was collaborating with WHO and other partners to ensure that the outbreak currently reported from 12 wards of the two LGAs is controlled Meanwhile, the outbreak has reared its ugly head in some cities in the country. A student of Government Girls Secondary School, Kawo, Kaduna State, has died of the disease while 42 others have been hospitalised at the General Hospital, Kawo, following the outbreak of cholera in their school.

Already, health workers have been deployed to the school to manage the situation, though officials of state’s Ministry of Health as well as the school principal declined commenting on the issue.

Officials of Red Cross Nigeria, who were at the school in collaboration with other emergency organisations to put the situation under control, said the affected 42 students were having diarrhea and vomiting as a result of the unhygienic environment.

Also, the Deputy Director, Disease Control Centre, Ibrahim Suleiman, told newsmen that he could only confirm 39 cases, which according to him have been evacuated from their hostels to the hospital.

He said, “We have 39 cases on admission due to diarrhea and vomiting.

We are yet to confirm the real cause but there are a lot of contaminations around the water source the students are using, which may be a serious contributory factor. Apart from the 39 students already affected, we are also investigating another 89 cases, which are not diarrhea and vomiting.

A parent simply identified as Ibrahim said the surrounding of the well, which is the only water source for the students, was littered with excreta, as the overhead tank serving water to the school was not functioning. This, according to him, has made it difficult for the students to use the toilet facility in the school.

“My daughter was affected. The school hygiene was too poor. There is excreta

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around the well where these children are getting water from”, he added.

This is coming at the time the state government is trying to revamp the educational sector in the state to providie qualitative education for Kaduna children.

In a related development, the Plateau Commissioner for Health, Kunden Deyin, had confirmed that at least three persons out of 90 suspected cases in the state were confirmed to have contacted the disease.

Deyin, who confirmed the development in Jos, the Plateau State capital added that three other persons had died with symptoms suspected to be cholera.

The commissioner said the deaths were caused by the non-availability of the Rapid Response Diagnostic Kits, which would have been used to confirm the diagnosis.

He added that the recently suspended strike by the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) was also contributory to the mortality.

“Initially, we had 93 suspected cases of cholera, however, three persons died without our confirming if they had the disease or not. Fortunately, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) provided us with Rapid Diagnostic Kits, with which we carried out test on five patients from the 90 suspected cases.

Three test samples came out positive,” Deyin said.

The commissioner expressed optimism that the outbreak would be contained with the suspension of the strike by JOHESU and with the provision of the test kits by the NCDC. He called on the public to ensure that they always wash their fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating them, adding that they should also boil their drinking water to kill the organism causing cholera.

It could be recalled that the first series of cholera outbreak was reported between 1970- 1990. Despite the long experience with cholera, an understanding of the epidemiology of the disease aiding its persistence in outbreak situations is still lacking.

In Nigeria, the infection is endemic and outbreaks are not unusual. In the last quarter of 2009, it was speculated that more than 260 people died of cholera in four Northern states with over 96 people in Maidugari, Biu, Gwoza, Dikwa and Jere council areas of Bauchi state. Most of the Northern states of Nigeria rely on hand dug wells and contaminated ponds as source of drinking water. Usually, the source of the contamination is other cholera patients when their untreated diarrhoea discharge is allowed to get into water supplies.

The 2010 outbreak of cholera and gastroenteritis and the attendant deaths in some regions in Nigeria brought to the forefront the vulnerability of poor communities and most especially children to the infection. The outbreak was attributed to rain which washed sewage into open wells and ponds, where people obtain water for drinking and household needs. The regions ravaged by the scourge include Jigawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, FCT, Cross River, Kaduna, Osun and Rivers. Even though the epidemic was recorded in these areas, epidemiological evidence indicated that the entire country was at risk, with the postulation that the outbreak was due to hyper-virulent strains of the organism.

American and Chinese scientists have found that an antimicrobial ingredient commonly used in hand soaps and toothpastes could have adverse effects on colonic inflammation and colon cancer by altering gut microbiota, the microbes found in people’s intestines.

A study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine revealed that short-time treatment with low-dose triclosan led to low-grade colonic inflammation, and exaggerated disease development of colitis and colitis-associated colon cancer in mice.

“These results, for the first time, suggest that triclosan could have adverse effects on gut health,” said Zhang Guodong, assistant professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the paper’s senior author.

Zhang said, “The toothpaste we use can enter into the intestinal tract, then impacting the gut microbiota.”

Triclosan is among the most widely used antimicrobial ingredients and is found in more than 2,000 consumer products and a National Health and Nutrition Examination survey showed that triclosan was detected in about 75 per cent of the urine samples of individuals tested in the U.S. and it is among the top ten pollutants found in U.S. rivers.

“Because this compound is so widely used, our study suggests that there is an urgent need to further evaluate the impact of triclosan exposure on gut health in preparation for the potential establishment of further regulatory policies,” said Yang Caixia, a postdoctoral fellow in Zhang’s laboratory and the paper’s first author.

Zhang’s team and Chinese researchers including those from Xi’an Jiaotong University investigated the effects of triclosan on colonic inflammation and colon cancer using several mouse models.

They reported that in all mouse models tested, triclosan promoted colonic inflammation and colon tumorigenesis.

The research team found that gut microbiota was critical for the observed adverse effects of triclosan, since feeding triclosan to mice reduced the diversity and changed the composition of the gut microbiome.

However, triclosan had no effect in a germ-free mouse model where there is no gut microbiome present, nor in a genetically engineered mouse model where there is no Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), an important mediator for hostmicrobiota communications.

“This is strong evidence that gut microbiota is required for the biological effects of triclosan,” Zhang said.

This study observed that triclosan altered mouse gut microbiota, increased inflammation, increased the severity of colitis symptoms and spurred colitis-associated colon cancer cell growth.

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Experts urge FG to address burden of diabetic foot ulcers Angela Onwuzoo Medical practitioners have called on the Federal Government to take decisive steps towards addressing the worrisome burden of complications associated with Diabetes Mellitus, particularly foot ulcers and amputations among Nigerians living with the condition.

Urging FG to initiate, implement and sustain a National Diabetes Foot Care Policy, experts in the field say such policy in place would adequately address the healthcare needs of Nigerians living with diabetes especially now that Nigeria has the highest population of patients with diabetes foot complications in Africa.

Though preventable, records show that diabetic foot complication is the leading cause of admission, amputation and mortality in diabetic patients worldwide.

The healthcare professionals drawn from the United States of America, South Africa and Nigeria, gave the charge at a workshop tagged“ Initiating, Implementing and Sustaining a National Diabetes Foot Care Policy” organised to chart the way forward for diabetic care in Nigeria.

Director of Rainbow Specialist Medical Centre, Dr. Afoke Isiavwe, told The Daily Times that the workshop was aimed at empowering health workers with much needed skills to help prevent, identify and reduce the risk of diabetesrelated foot amputations in the country.

The Consultant Endocrinologist, said this was crucial because Nigeria and indeed, Africa, cannot afford to watch while her citizens come down with complications of diabetes mellitus especially in a situation where the Continent was already burdened with infectious diseases.

“Nigeria is also suspected to have the highest number of persons living

with diabetes on the African Continent.

Indeed, local data shows that we are already beginning to experience increase in diabetes prevalence in Nigeria, and with this increased prevalence accompanying increase in complications like diabetes mellitus related foot ulcers and amputations”, she said.

Juvenile diabetes Chief Medical Director, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), and the National President of the Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN), Dr Mohammed Alkali, revealed that as at end of 2015, a total of about 5 million Nigerians were living with diabetes, out of which 1.56 million were new cases diagnosed last year alone. Alkali added that there were still lots of undiagnosed diabetes in Nigeria.

His words: “We also have diabetes in young people which is also a major threat called juvenile diabetes, which is an emerging disease in Nigeria now.

We see people less than 17 years being diagnosed with diabetes.

“Another major threat is that we have had children diagnosed at infancy with diabetes and the issue of diabetes is that it is not only a disease that is composed of sugar, sugar is all over the body, but the complications of diabetes are the issues. We have issues which affect the eyes, kidneys, heart; we have issues of diabetes causing hypertension and food disease.”

Subsidy and NHIS Listing the way forward, the DAN President called on government and manufacturers to subsidise diabetic drugs because they are very expensive and beyond the reach of many Nigerians living with diabetes.

Apart from subsidising the drugs, “we also have to look at an alternative source of funding the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to increase coverage,” he noted.

Alkali pointed out that the country’s

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current policy is not conducive for diabetic patients, hence the need for a more holistic one that would comprehensively address many of the complications associated with the disease.

Foot care team For Dr Andrew Clarke, a South African medical expert, reducing foot ulcers and amputations requires a multidisciplinary foot care team.

Clarke recommended early detection of risk factors for foot ulcers and amputations such as infections while appealing to those affected to visit podiatrists for appropriate foot wear.

Also, Head, Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Prof. Felicia Anumah, stressed the need for healthcare workers to constantly

educate diabetic patients on the risk factors for foot ulcers and amputations.

Patient education The Professor of Endocrinology and Diabetology, affirmed that diabetic education remains one of the most effective ways of managing diabetes while reminding medical practitioners that they owe patients the responsibility of education. “The first step to prevention is patient education. The more information you can provide your patient, the better they understand the condition and adhere to treatment”, she said.

She identified wrong foot wear, poor foot hygiene and infections as some of the risk factors for foot ulcers and amputations.

TB kills over 1.6m people annually – UN The UN has said no fewer than 1.6 million people are killed annually by tuberculosis and the disease would cost about one trillion dollars in economic loss by 2050.

“Despite being curable and treatable, TB kills more than 1.6 million people every year and only about half the cases are diagnosed properly.

“The disease also takes an enormous financial toll on economies: it is estimated that TB will cost about one trillion dollars by 2030,” the UN said.

Secretary-General António Guterres said at an interactive dialogue with civil society groups that social drivers

must be confronted in the fight against tuberculosis.

“Winning the fight against Tuberculosis requires that ‘social drivers’ of the disease especially poverty and inequality are tackled head on.

“Universal health care provides an ideal umbrella to build cohesion across the global health landscape, on financing, programming and accountability.

“Let us use these meetings as an opportunity to inform a new way of thinking and working; lifting TB beyond its traditional silo,” the Secretary-General said.

He urged greater efforts to provide

universal health coverage and combat the growing threat of anti-microbial resistance.

Rising anti-microbial resistance is leading to growing cases of ‘multi-drugresistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)’ where the two most powerful drugs used to fight TB, isoniazid and rifampicin, are rendered ineffective.

Miroslav Lajčák, the President of the General Assembly, who convened the meeting, stressed that knowledge of the disease and factors that complicate treatment have grown, but the world “cannot stop at just knowing.”

“We know we need more research

and development for new drugs and treatments; we need more funding; we need universal access to diagnosis and coverage; and we need partnerships and accountability of all stakeholders,” he said.

The civil society dialogue is part of the preparatory process for a high-level meeting, to be held in September, on tuberculosis.

It comes a day before UN Member States start negotiations on the outcome document for the high-level meeting.

Mr Lajčák said the meeting would exchange experiences and learn lessons to contribute to a joint vision of how to ‘End Tuberculosis by 2030.

Mothers with many children face higher heart attack risk – Study A woman with many children has a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, a newly presented study showed on Monday.

Citing a study from the University of Cambridge, the Daily Telegraph reported that having five or more kids was associated with a 40 per

cent increased risk of a serious heart disease in the next 30 years, compared with having one or two children.

Researchers found that for mothers with more children, the risk of stroke is 25 per cent higher, and the chance of heart failure is 17 per cent higher than women with fewer kids.

Clare Oliver-Williams, who led the research, said: “We all know it is hard to take care of your health when you have children, but hopefully this research can help show how important it is.”

The study, funded by the British Heart Foundation, has examined

data from over 8,000 white and African-American women in the United States between the ages of 45 and 64.

It is being presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference holding from Monday to Wednesday in Manchester.

Forum harps on proper hand washing for healthy living Angela Onwuzoo Towards promoting healthy living style in Nigeria, health experts have urged Nigerians to embrace good hand hygiene, saying the practice reduces incidences of diseases by a half.

The experts who spoke at a forum in Lagos recently, unveiled important relationship between good infection prevention and control practices, such as washing your hands and preventing infections such as sepsis.

Dr Yeside Adesiyun, a Senior Research Officer at the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos said : “One thing that is clear from research is that developing the habit of hand washing with soap can reduce incidences of infections almost by a half.

“Research has also shown us over time that good hygiene, especially hand hygiene, is very much linked to better health outcomes.

“The consequences of poor hygiene are detrimental to the health of the whole family, especially children and so people need to make a personal commitment to good hygiene, particularly hand hygiene by washing the hands with clean water and soap.’’

Adesiyun, who is also a Nutritionist said: “Wash your hands when you walk into the house, when you want to eat and after eating, as well as after using the rest room.

“Also, before and after cleaning a child and touching contaminated or dirty items, the hands should be washed.

“People should wash their foods after purchasing them from the market place before consuming them; cooking items need to be washed with clean water and stored appropriately, to avoid allowing the growth of micro-organisms on them, ‘’ she said.

“Looking at malnutrition, one of the underlying causes is actually poor hygiene and an unsanitary environment.

“When there is poor hygiene and sanitation, at home, schools, offices and health facilities, risks of infections and diarrhoea diseases are a lot higher.

“Bad hygiene and sanitation can keep people in a cycle of poor health and malnutrition and for children, it can affect their growth and development and even cause death,’’ she said.

According to Adesiyun, creating good hand hygiene should not be isolated from maintaining a clean environment.

“Keeping our environment clean is very critical; it should be a community affair because we do not live in isolation.

“It is said that `cleanliness is next to godliness’ and since most people are religious, it makes sense to preach cleanliness even in our houses of worship and street associations.

“There should be efforts to ensure that gutters are cleaned, flooded street corners are drained to avoid breeding of vectors and reduce incidences of infections such as cholera, malaria and diarrhea,’’ she said.

Adesiyun said that it was important for clean water to be available to achieve the desired personal, environmental and public hygiene.

Also speaking, Olurotimi Awojide of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNW), Lagos Chapter said: “Good hygiene can be looked at from different perspectives starting from personal hygiene; individuals should take proper care of their body.

“This can be achieved through bathing, brushing of teeth, washing of clothing and so on.

“In health facilities, factories and companies, a high standard of hygiene is also required.

“However, the main purpose of this world hand hygiene day is to further remind us of the need to prevent the spread of infections,’’ he said.

“Unclean hands are reservoirs for majority of disease-causing organisms.

“Individuals, especially health workers, are expected to wash their hands before and after attending to each patient.

“This is critical to prevent infections such as sepsis.

“Hands should be washed with liquid soap under clean running water,’’ Awojide said.

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Amazing benefits of garlic to high blood pressure patients Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Hypertension is the term for high blood pressure. This has an impact on the arteries. Basically, they harden and lose flexibility, and therefore the blood doesn’t flow as easily as it should. However, it’s possible to treat hypertension naturally.

Hypertension conditions vary, but the most common one is related to excess cholesterol and fat. In such cases, the blood becomes thicker and the heart needs to work harder.

Stress and anxiety can also increase your heart rate, so the blood flows with more force than normal.

According to Dr. Stephen Sinatra is a cardiologist in Manchester, clinical research has determined that garlic inhibits platelet aggregation (stickiness and clumping), which helps thin the blood much like aspirin or thrombolytic drugs do. He said that a double-blind research study revealed that patients given garlic demonstrated thinner, more slippery blood when compared to matched controls. Garlic reduces blood pressure, and also reduces fibrinogen (a blood clotting component), preventing the formation of blood clots. Clumped platelets can render you vulnerable to heart attack and cerebrovascular strokes, and garlic’s ability to reduce blood pressure helps lower the risk of these heart issues.

He said, ‘’I recommend the inclusion of garlic in a high blood pressure diet. Since this herb’s chemistry is so complex, researchers aren’t sure how it helps reduce blood pressure, but my patients and I have been pleased with the results. ‘’Garlic’s antihypertensive effect may be related to its antioxidant and sulfur content. But some studies suggest that garlic reduces blood pressure levels by increasing the dilation of blood vessels and reducing peripheral vascular resistance. Others indicate that garlic’s antihypertensive value may be related to its ability to prevent the digestive system from turning

fat into cholesterol. ‘’In fact, eating one-half to one clove of garlic daily or taking a garlic supplement can reduce your cholesterol levels by about 9 percent to 12 percent. Numerous double-blind, placebo-controlled studies attest to garlic’s ability to lower serum cholesterol and triglycerides (by approximately 15 percent) while increasing HDL (“good” cholesterol) levels at the same time’’.

Why use garlic?

Garlic contains Allicin, and its value for hypertension is spectacular, although it only works to lower blood pressure if it’s eaten raw. As we’ve mentioned in other articles, when cooked, the benefits of many foods can be lost.

This happens because with the change in temperature, so changes the molecular structure. Therefore, although it still just looks like garlic, its qualities are very different.

However, it is better to mix it with other diuretic foods, or foods rich in antioxidants. This way, you’ll be able to thin out your blood and reinforce the health of your arteries.

Garlic Powder In a herbalist you can generally find this in capsules or in a jar.

Capsules have the advantage of being able to consume garlic without having the deal with the smell. In fact, many people that work in people facing roles try not to eat this incredible food for this very reason.

In the case of powder, you can use it just like salt. It works to dress your foods with a potent flavour. Try it on salads, grilled fish, or meat. But remember, always after cooking.

Bear in mind that salt increases blood pressure, as well as encouraging the release of an antidiuretic hormone.

Garlic and olive oil Amongst the possible natural products for hypertension, this combination is perfect. The omega-3 fatty acids in olive oil help the flexibility of the arteries, and therefore help lower blood pressure.

One very practical option is to soak a couple of garlic cloves in a bowl of olive oil to marinate.

Garlic

Then, you can pour it over bread. If you maybe add some tomato, you’ll have a delicious mediterranean breakfast with some fantastic health benefits.

Cold soups and mayonnaise with natural products for hypertension Gazpacho is perfect, one of the cold soups that contain more natural products for dealing with hypertension.

As well as garlic, there are other diuretic ingredients like onion or cucumber. These also nourish the

walls of the arteries and strengthen the heart.

Garlic is also present in many mayonnaises, like alioli. Again, here we have a mixture of garlic and olive oil, but with another star ingredient: eggs.

Whole garlic There are people that can tolerate this very well, and others who can’t. If you’re the former, try a whole clove of garlic in the morning, as if it were a tablet.

If you have a problem with the smell, which we referred to earlier,

you can save this method for the weekends and use other methods the rest of the week.

Of course, those of you who have a problem with it don’t have to worry. There are people who can stand it much better than others.

As well as using these natural products for hypertension, it’s also good to do some cardiovascular exercise, like walking.

This helps blood circulation since it burns the fat that makes it harder for your heart to pump the blood around the body.

Buhari renews tenures of 2 federal health institutions head

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Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has renewed the tenures of Dr. Jafaru Alunua Momoh, and Dr. Nwadinigwe Cajetan Uwatoronye as Chief Medical Director of National Hospital, Abuja and Medical Director, National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu, Enugu State, for the second and final term.

A statement issued by the Director, Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Mrs. Boade Akinola, indicated that the reappointments take effect from July 5, 2018 and May, 30th, 2018, respectively.

Congratulating them on their reappointments, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, urged them

to improve on achievements already attained in the hospitals to justify the confidence reposed on them.

Adewole, also expressed the hope that their reappointments would enable the CMDs work collaboratively with all stakeholders, ensuring harmony and continuous delivery of quality healthcare services to the populace.

Health L4

Daily Times Nigeria Thursday, June 7, 2018

Health Insurance Scheme: Okereke-Onyuike laments licensing bureaucracy

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Nigeria’s first directorgeneral and chief executive of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Professor Ndi OkerekeOnyuike, has been caught in the middle of federal bureaucracy for two years in her quest to set up a health insurance scheme to secure better health for Nigerians.

The accomplished stock of Ndigbo aborigine, who created and nurtured the Stock Exchange before retiring voluntarily in 2010 explains why she opted for health insurance to retire into. ”Here in Nigeria, people just work day and night, some at breakneck speed without giving a thought to their health; not even a regular check up to ensure you know what you are carrying in your body.

“One illness alone can wipe you out; but if you have medical insurance, you’re paying small amount of money to the medical insurance company every month; no matter the cost

of the illness when it comes, the insurance company steps in and it becomes a no issue. Nigerians have not inculcated the habit of medical insurance. You don’t have to face health crisis before rushing for medical insurance, you can start now; we all can start having medical insurance now, even if it is N10 per month. Even my cook, my drivers will have medical insurance.”

Pursuant to this laudable vision, Prof.

OkerekeOnyiuke made haste to put all the legal and documentary processes in place and even secured and equipped an office in Victoria Island; she also recruited her team. That was two years ago.

Our correspondent spotted the Prof at a weekend wedding at the 1004 Estate, Victoria Island in Lagos on Saturday and sought to know how well Nigerians have been responding to the idea of health insurance as a lifestyle, but the Prof exclaimed, “No! We have not started o, and it’s because

the new Health Minister, Professor Isaac Adewole, doesn’t seem to be interested.

There are so many licenses tied up there that had been approved by the former chief executive and the former board, but since this minister came in, he has not signed any.”

Surprised, our correspondent asked to know what problem there could possibly be, had she discussed this personally with the minister ever since?

“My dear, you know what happens in Nigeria when you leave office; if I was still in office as the DG of the Stock Exchange, his secretary would make appoint for me immediately, but the minute you step out of the door, Nigerians don’t recognise you again. It is wrong; where I went to school in America, when you leave the office and you have done well, people will practically worship you; but in Nigeria, it is the opposite. We have made several attempts to see him, no appointments, he

has not seen us.”

Recalling that the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and healthcare providers in the Federal Health Institutions only called off a 45-long days strike last week, Prof Onyiuke pointed out that if those people that were dying because they were not being treated had health insurance, all these problems would have been solved.

“Indeed, the casualties of that strike need not have died because they could have gone to other health facilities anywhere in the country because they don’t need to have cash-in-hand to avail themselves of quality medical treatment; that health insurance is a coverage; it is not attached to any particular hospital; so a lot of people died in the six weeks or so of the health workers strike; not because they didn’t want to live, but because they didn’t have this health insurance cover and so they couldn’t go to any hospital without money.

“This is what I aimed to check by going into health insurance scheme but Nigeria’s health administration has frustrated it for two years.

Now all the processes of my capital expenses in health insurance scheme have been lying fallow for almost two years in Victoria Island, next to Regular Insurance Company, just wasting, with full complement of staff I am paying for doing nothing because the license has not come out, and I ask myself why?”

Any alternative to reach the people without this bottleneck since the project is borne out of your passion to help the people of your own country?

“Indeed the project is meant for people to be healthy and happy, but I cannot because unless you have the license from the ministry of health, you cannot operate the health insurance scheme. I have set up everything, office, equipment, personnel, and money is wasting because I have been paying salaries since believing that the letter will soon be given us; just a letter of approval, and we have been waiting for two years. I have asked everybody who knows him personally so I can make a personal appointment; I have written letters, all to no avail.

“The way I learnt in the United States, when you have done your work well and you retire, people still regard you the way they regarded you when you were in office because you did well; it’s only if you didn’t do well that they will ignore you.

But in Nigeria, if now as we speak you hear in the news that something has happened and our president is no longer the president, nobody will take a phone call from him anymore, I don’t know why; everywhere else in the world, it’s when you have served well that the people respect and honour you more.”