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ÏÏÏ The Federal Government on Thursday said it is not responsible for the current economic challenges Nigerians are facing, saying that they are actually on a

“rescue mission”.

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ne of the highlights of the Buhari administration’s 2016 budget is the plan to diversify the Nigerian economy from its over reliance on crude oil to solid minerals. In presenting the immediate past budget, the President expressed optimism that its funding and implementation would partly be from the solid minerals in due course.

The Nigerian Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (NEITI) report suggest “there are about 40 different kinds of solid minerals and precious metals in the country with estimated commercial value running into trillions of naira. The report states that more than 40 million tonnes of talc deposits exist in Niger, Osun, Kogi, Ogun and Kaduna states, even as there are huge deposits of coal ranging from bituminous to lignite in the Anambra Basin of SouthEastern Nigeria.

In addition, there are identified deposits of lead-zinc ores within the Asaba Area of Niger Delta, while tin, niobium, and lead, exist in Oyo and Igbeti, even as more than a billion tonnes of gypsum have been discovered in Sokoto, Niger, Ondo and Ekiti states. Studies by geologists reveal that limestone deposits occur in Cross River, Ogun, Benue, Gombe, Ebonyi, Sokoto, Edo and Kogi states, as there is existence of magnesite in Adamawa and Kebbi states, while manganese are in Kebbi, Katsina and Zamfara.

Moreover experts state that columbite, ilmenite, mica, barytes, pyrite, galena, limestone, sodium chloride, ephalerite, silica sand, granites, tantalite, mica, sphalerite, talc, gemstone (tourmaline, aquamarine and sapphire), halcopyrite, topaz, cassiterite, columbite, tantalite, emerald, heliodor, amethyst, quartz, coking coal, marble, and iron ore are found in abundance in Nasarawa State. \Industry analysts believe that

Nigeria loses more than N8 trillion annually in unexploited gold alone.

Incidentally, Nigerians are at loss in knowing why successive federal administrations had paid little or no attention to the solid minerals sector for so long, despite its massive revenue- yielding potentials. Experts posit that the lack of foreign and domestic investments in the sector is due to the structure, which vests ownership of all solid minerals in the federal government, especially through the 2007 Minerals Act. We believe this should not be so. For the country to come out of the present recession, this vital sector should be decentralised to allow the states to explore and mine minerals within their jurisdiction. This should be done through amendment of the present Minerals Act. It is a fact that the new Solid Minerals Ministry is the last frontier at diversifying the country’s economy.

Nigeria’s failure since independence to put in place structure that will make the benefits of the exploitation of solid minerals available is responsible for the lack of economic development in the country.

Presently, mining of minerals accounts for a miniscule 0.3 per cent GDP. We believe exploitation and utilisation of these resources will create more than one million direct and indirect jobs for Nigeria’s teeming unemployed. Therefore, what the country needs is a clear policy framework to create an enabling environment for the exploitation of these minerals.

However, government should also address the problem of illegal mining and the poor funding of the sector.

There is no denying that perceived social and political instability in the country poses obstacles to the realisation of an enduring mining regime, even as addressing these challenges would be a magnet to attracting investors to the solid minerals sector.

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We’re not responsible for Nigeria’s woes –FG Continued from page 1 tional Economic Council (NEC), presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and attended by Governors from the 36 states of the federation.

Senator Udoma, who briefed alongside Governor Nasir elRufai of Kaduna State and Dr. Nkem Okeke, Deputy Governor of Anambra State, said: “We did not and are not responsible for the current economic situation we find ourselves”.

“We are actually a rescue team, a team working on rescuing Nigeria from the position we find ourselves in,” he added.

Udoma however quickly added that “Under President Muhammadu Buhari, we are determined to take Nigeria out of the situation. The situation started long before we came”.

“As you know, oil price started falling from 2014 when it was about $110 and by January this year, it was below $30. Unfortunately, they did not save”.

“None of us here now were there but we are not going to spend our time looking backwards, we are determined to change things in this country. We are determined to take Nigeria from a consum-

ing nation to a consuming nation.

That is why we are developing the economy recovery and growth plan and that is our focus. We are committed to success”.

Governor Nasir el-Rufai, who corroborated the Minister’s position, went further to added that those who blaming President Buhari’s government for impoverishing them are not charitable.

“When people say that this administration has impoverished them, they are not being charitable because I have said we inherited a governmental structure that was based on the assumption that price of oil will remain $100 per barrel.

“By the time we took over, prices reduced to as low as $26 per barrel. 80% of government revenue depends on the price of oil and the quantity of oil sold,” el-Rufai said.

He went further to justify government policies, adding that “You must expect a cut in your consumption if the price collapses. If in your own household, your salary is slashed by 80%, what will you do?”

“This is what Nigeria is going through. Our revenues have collapsed by about 40% to 60% if you compare it to say 2014.”

He declared further that the

current “collapse happened because there is a reduction in price of oil. “Secondly, we were producing over two million barrels of oil per day but because of the situation in the Niger Delta, we are now producing about 1.1million barrels per day.

“It is therefore inevitable that there will be cut and pain. But to say that it is government that is doing it without referring to the cause is not fair.

“When I left government as minister in 2007, we left $40bn in reserves and $27bn in the Excess Crude Account. That was what we handed over to Yar’Adua.”

“Coming back as the governor of Kaduna State, the people that came after us have blown the money. They blew all we left behind, blew what they earned and borrowed, leaving President Buhari and his team to clear the

mess. Nobody is even talking about that,” he added.

Gov. el-Rufai while speaking on Niger Delta crises announced that the National Economic Council (NEC) has resolved to throw their weight behind the Federal Government peace initiatives for the troubled oil region as part of efforts to reduce crises.

The Governors, according to him, had raised concerns on the Niger Delta situation at the NEC meeting where they resolved to work with the Federal Government to end the crises.

He said: “You know we budgeted that we will be producing 2.2 million barrels of oil per day. At a point, oil production collapsed to one million barrels per day.

“This has significantly affected the nation’s revenue and the largest hit were the Niger Delta states that get the bulk of their revenue

from the nation because the less they produced, the less they have.

“The Vice-President told us that the Federal Government is willing and will work with the Nigeria Governors Forum to ensure that the problem is solved.

“The governors have essentially opened another platform of committee of governors to wade into this matter and use the knowledge of local intelligence to help”.

He also disclosed that the governors have decided to cut cost of governance by reducing traveling cost, excessive dressing, amongst others.

“If you check, you will notice that the private jet business is no longer doing too well. That business has almost collapsed because we no longer patronise them. We have also reduced our convoys as part of the cost saving measures,” he said.

UN names Amina Mohammed Dep. Sec-Gen. Continued from page 1 in New York, reports that Guterres also announced the duo of Ms. Maria Viotti of Brazil and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea into high-profile positions at the UN. “I am pleased to announce that I will be appointing Ms. Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria as my Deputy Secretary-General, and Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti of Brazil as my Chef De Cabinet.

“I also intend to create the position of Special Advisor on Policy, and to appoint Ms. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea to this new role.

“I am happy to count on the efforts of these three highly competent women, whom I have chosen for their strong backgrounds in global affairs, development, diplomacy, human rights and humanitarian action.

“These appointments are the foundations of my team, which I will continue to build, respecting my pledges on gender parity and geographical diversity,” Guterres said.

Mohammed, the current Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, served as UN Under-SecretaryGeneral and Special Adviser to outgoing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Post-2015 Development Planning.

She was instrumental in bringing about the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in-

cluding the Sustainable Development Goals.

Before joining the UN, Mohammed worked for three successive administrations in Nigeria, serving as Special Adviser on the Millennium Development Goals in the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

She provided advice on issues including poverty, public sector reform and sustainable development, and coordinating poverty reduction interventions.

She is also an Adjunct Professor in Development Practice at Columbia University, and serves on numerous international advisory boards and panels, including the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Others include the Independent Expert Advisory Group on the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development, and the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

She is also the UN SecretaryGeneral’s Global Sustainability Panel, the African Women’s Millennium Initiative, Girl Effect and the ActionAid International Right to Education Project.

Born in 1961, and educated in Nigeria and the UK, Mohammed is married and has six children.

Guterres had hinted on Monday after he took the oath of office that gender parity would be top of his agenda as the UN scribe.

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FG, States, LGAs share N386.879 for Nov. allocation Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

ÏÏÏ The Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) Thursday distributed the sum of N386.879 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of November 2016 inclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT).

The shared amount was less than the N420 billion shared in the previous month by N83.375.

Chairman of FAAC and Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun who was represented by the Accountant General of the Federation Mr Ahmed Idris said the gross statutory revenue of N240.120 billion received for the month wss higher for the month for the monh was higher than the N238.716 billion received in the previous month by N1.404 billion.

The federal government received N108.78 billion including

Value Added Tax (VAT).

State governments got N85.933, while the Local Government Areas received N63.677.

The VAT generated for the month was N75.579 billion of which N3.023 was deducted as cost of collection while the balance of N72.556 was shared accordingly.

Nigerian Customs received N3.536 which is 7 percent cost of collection of a sum of N50.518 billion collected for the month.

While the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) took N1.213.

Oil producing states also got the sum of N25.395 billion as 13 percent derivation of the total sum of N104.713 billion oil revenue for the month.

Crude oil export volume decreased further by 0.34 million barrels while the average price of crude oil increased from $46.54 to $47.08 per barrel during the period under review.

Federation export sales revenue declined by $14.74 million.

A brief force majure was declared at Bonny Terminal while the force majure at force majure at Forcados, Qua Iboe and Brass Terminals were stills in place.

Federation revenue was low as a result of shut-in and shut-down of pipelines repairs and maintenance due to leakages and sabotage, however, companies income tax (CIT) and Value Added Tax recorded marginal increases.

The distributable statutory revenue for the month is N206.448 billion. The sum of N6.330 billion was refunded by NNPC to federal government. There is a proposed distribution of N66 billion from thr excess petroleum profit tax account.

Also, exchange gain of N38.853 billion is proposed for distribution. The total revenue distributable for the current month including (VAT) is N386.879 billion.

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Fuel subsidy killing: A’Court affirms 10 -year jail term for ex-DPO

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gun Fabunmi. a former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) attached to Pen Cinema Police Station, Agege who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for the killing of one Ademola Aderintola Daramola during the January 9, 2012 fuel subsidy protest in Lagos was on Thursday dismissed by the Court of Appeal, Lagos division.

Justice Olabisi Akinlade of a Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere had on Monday Dec. 14, 2015 delivered the judgment and sentenced Segun Fabunmi, to 10 years in prison for manslaughter following the death of Ademola during the fuel subsidy protest in Lagos.

Justice Akinlade also found Fabunmi, a dismissed Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), guilty of shooting three other persons – Alimi Abubakar, Egbujor Samuel and Chizorba Odoh, during the protest, thereby causing them grievous bodily harm.

Fabunmi, of No. 12 Oyewole Street, Ogudu, Lagos, who joined the police in 1984, was arraigned on May 5, 2013 by the Lagos State Government on a seven-count charge bordering on murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm.

Dissatisfied by the judgment of the lower court, Fabunmi headed to the appellate court asking it to set it aside.

Mr. C.J. Jiakponna, counsel to the appellant urged the court to allow the appeal and acquit the appellant.

The Lagos State Government, represented by the AttorneyGeneral and Commissioner for Justice Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, on the other hand, urged the court to affirm the decision of the lower court and dismiss the appeal as lacking in merit.

After considering the argument canvassed by the counsel to the Appellant and Respon-

dent, the court held that the issue of the identity of the deceased raised by the Appellant was not material since it was not in doubt that the Appellant shot the deceased.

The appellate court also maintained that the defence of accident and self-defence would not avail the Appellant because these defences were mutually exclusive. And that the appellant being a seasoned police officer could have reasoned to use rubber bullet, teargas etc on the mob rather than resorting to lethal weapon, AK 47.

That the use of AK 47 a lethal weapon convinced the lower court

that the Appellant had intention to cause grievous bodily harm.

That the defence of accident could not avail the Appellant since there was clear evidence that he shot at the deceased and other persons.

In the light of the above, the Appeal Court further held that the appeal lacks merit.

Delivering judgment yesterday, the court therefore dismissed the appeal and affirmed the decision of the Lagos High Court.

Fabunmi was arraigned on May 5, 2013 by the Lagos State Government on charges bordering on murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm.

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Synagogue building collapse: 5 dead bodies yet to be identified 28 months’ after

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A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja was aghast on Thursday when it was told that five dead bodies, exhumed from the rubble when the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) collapsed 28 months ago, were yet to be identified.

Led in evidence by the counsel to the Lagos state government, Idowu Alakija, a Consultant Pathologist to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), and the former Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Professor John

Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

ÏÏÏSuspected Fulani herdsmen on

Thursday, allegedly killed a farmer and father of an Abeokuta-based journalist, Pa Omifenwa Moses Atanda inside his farm settlement at Ado-odo in Ado-odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The son of the 76 year-old father and correspondent of Global News magazine, Jide Omifenwa confirmed the

Obafunwa, further confirmed that multiple injuries, traumatic asphyxia, severe blood loss, severe fracture and compression of the skull with the brain tissue, congested heart failure against the background of hypertension, and accumulation of blood in the chest cavity resulted in the death of the late victims.

Obafunwa further explained that, to avoid any decomposition, the bodies were embalmed in the various mortuaries and were equally given identification numbers.

Giving a detailed explanation on the pathological functions that were

undertaken, Prof Obafunwa said: “On the September 22, 2014, I received a Coroners’ order to commence a postmortem examination for identification purposes.

“The bodies were finger printed, examined externally, opened up and examined internally, and samples were taken from various organs to examine them under the microscope.

“We took samples of bones, muscles, pulled hair, where available, for the purposes of DNA analysis and those samples were sent to a laboratory in South Africa about middle of October, 2014. We also collected DNA

samples from the relations of the deceased victims.

“The whole idea was to identify the cause of the death of the affected victims and in the process, we were able to identify 110 victims from the 116 that died, apart from the one that died after 10 days he was admitted at LASUTH. “All the dead bodies were issued a death certificate each after identification and the immediate cause of their death was indicated therein.

Recall that the collapsed church building killed no fewer than 116 worshippers who had lodged at the guest house belonging to the SCOAN.

7 News Senate orders probe of SGF’s outburst against lawmakers Olufemi Samuel, Abuja

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The Senate on Thursday drew a battle line with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) as it ordered a probe into his outburst against the call for his resignation on the basis of alleged contract fraud.

Specifically, it ordered its Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions to investigate the derogatory comments against the institution of the Senate credited to the embattled SGF. The Senate had earlier in the week called asked the SGF to resign for contravening the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, and the Federal Government Financial Rules and Regulations on the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on North-East.

The call on the SGF to resign followed its adoption of an interim report of the Senate Adhoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East, which was considered at plenary.

He was alleged to have influenced a contract to the tune of N200 million to a company in which he was a Director.

However, Babachir while reacting described the senate’s decision as balderdash and a calculated attempt to pull him down.

The Senate said took exception to the reaction the SGF who it said has been noted with notorious outbursts against it.

It also described his action as unbecoming of a public officer of his status.

The Senate’s resolve to probe Lawal’s comments came after it adopted a motion raised by Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) under matters of personal privileges on the Senate Standing Orders.

Melaye drew the attention of his colleagues to newspaper headlines and online platforms quoting a remark from the SGF as referring to Senators as “talking rubbish.”

He said Lawal’s reaction was highly unbecoming and unacceptable.

Herdsmen kill journalist’s father in Ogun incident in a telephone chat with his colleagues in Abeokuta .

He said the incident occurred at about 1.30pm when his aged father had gone into the settlement to check the presence of the herdsmen in the farm.

“But, after some minutes we observed that he was yet to return, we immediately went into the farm only to meet his lifeless body on the ground.

I quickly ran to the police station and the police came and said we should get medical personnel to examine him.

“We got a doctor who confirmed him dead and discovered that he was hit with a big stick. He did not recover from the attack,” Omifenwa disclosed.

The presence of the herdsmen had been source of worry for farmers in the area, “and anytime they storm

farms their cattle destroy the produce.

This is a big blow to my family and the entire Ado-odo farms,” he said.

As at the time of this report, Omifenwa said he and some members of the community were at the Ado-odo police station to make formal report with the remains of the senior Omifenwa.

The bereaved journalist also hinted

that three suspected herdsmen have been arrested in connection to the incident.

Confirming the incident, The Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police Spokeperson, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi said three of the herdsmen had been arrested and they are being interrogated at the homicide section of the Command.

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Rivers rerun: Taskforce chief seeks overhaul of INEC Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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Director General National Taskforce to combat illegal importation of goods, small arms, ammunition and light weapons, NATFORCE, Dr. Osita Emmanuel Okereke has called for total overhaul of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, while also describing the last weekend re-run election in Rivers state as an eyesore.

Okereke blamed the unwarranted killing of people and other manipulations during the election on cor-

ruption in INEC, adding that if nothing is urgently done, “what we witness now will be a child’s play compare to what will happen in 2019”, he said.

The former presidential candidate of defunct National Liberation Party who spoke to our correspondent in an interview in Enugu on Thursday alleged that the level of corruption in INEC gave room to politicians to manipulate the process.

According to him, “the re-run election in Rivers state can best be described as a shamble. The current

INEC should be scraped if we must get our elections right” “We should have a new electoral body, which staff should be drawn from government ministries and departments and after the election they all will return to their offices”, he said Okereke alleged that most of the staff of the electoral body is fraudster adding that those of them who have served the commission for four years should be redeployed to the ministries.

“Fresh hands from ministries should be deployed

to INEC to conduct elections and you will see election malpractices would be reduced or completely wiped out. Those already in INEC have their customers that can call them on phone when they have problem and they will send account number for payment.

“I know some staff in INEC and their paymasters. So this people are unfit to hold their positions at the commission; therefore, there is no way they can conduct free and fair election. They need wild out from INEC. The INEC chairmen, directors and se-

nior staff are the owners of INEC and they should not be in INEC permanently.

They should be redeployed to ministries after every election.

Speaking on arrest and prosecution of some judges, Okereke, called for the increase in allowances and bonus giving to judges noting that current salary of N.5 million paid to judges is not encouraging.

Okereke blamed government in the alleged bribery of judges noting that about 70% of the bribery allegations are carried out by government officials.

Onitsha boils as revenue collectors clash with tricycle operators, others

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Blood flowed freely at the popular Ogbommanu Junction axis in Old Market Road, Onitsha, early in the week, as Keke operators and Okada riders engaged revenue collectors in a free-for-all fight to protest illegal collection of toll at the junction which leads to the Onitsha Main Market.

According to an eye witness account, a group of boys had stationed at the junction where they were said to terrorize tricycle (popularly called Keke) operators and motorbikes (otherwise known as Okada) riders by allegedly collecting illegal fees from them, thus defying the directive of the state government on the recent ban on certain categories of fees from Keke operators and Okada riders.

Members of the public watched helplessly as more than six youths had their heads broken and beaten comatose while most passengers disengaged and scampered to safety. One of those suspected to be involved in the illegal collection of fees escaped lynching by a gathering mob after he was stripped stark naked and surrounded for possible jungle justice before he took to his heels.

In an interview, one of the Keke operators who gave his name as simply Simon, suggested to the Anambra state government to station police patrol vehicle as is obtained at various other strategic places in the town to checkmate the excesses of these hoodlums who perpetrate atrocities within the Ogbamanu Junction, Onitsha.

Some of the victims of the clash were said to be rushed to the hospital.

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Buhari commissions warships in Lagos, lauds Navy Benjamin Omoike

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President Muhammadu Buhari says the Nigerian Navy has taken its destiny in its hands by locally producing some of its ships, especially in the face of the current recession being experienced in the country.

Buhari spoke on Thursday at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard in Victoria Island, Lagos, during the commissioning of two ships- NNS Unity and NNS Karaduwa, one tug boatNNS Top Commander Ugwu and 27 patrol boats.

The President said it was particularly significant and impressive that the ships were locally built.

He commended the Navy

for looking inwards using local engineers from the Nigerian Navy Dockyard Limited to assemble their fleet. He noted that security of the maritime sector was vital to the nation’s well being, now that the country was going through recession and arising security concerns.

“The event of today is significant for a number of reasons; first it is most fulfilling to know that our own engineers at the Nigerian Navy Dockyard Lagos and the Naval ship yard Port-Harcourt, are wholly responsible for the building of slips.

“It is also worth noting that Nigerian Naval Unity which is Nigeria’s newest ship is the second of such acquisition

from the People’s Republic of China and it is a product of Nigeria’s growing relationship with China.

“It is even more heart warming that you have not confined your efforts into foreign sources alone but have braced up to take your destiny in your own hands by embarking on aggressive local components from within to assemble your fleet,” Buhari said.

Buhari, who was accompanied by Gov.Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and six Federal Ministers said the Federal Government would continue to support the Navy in areas of capacity building, training and infrastructure development.

He said the Navy had an

impressive feat in its involvement and contribution in the ongoing fight against insurgency in the North-East.

Buhari admonished the Naval officers to remember that the nation was in critical times as such prudent resource management and patriotic rededication was critical at this time. He said he was accordingly encouraged by the steps taken by the force so far.

Earlier, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ekwe-Ibas, said he was delighted and profoundly humbled by the President’s presence at the occasion.

He said this was proof of his total support to the capacity building of the Navy.

IMSU hosts 2016 Glo Campus Storm final edition ÎÎÎThe Imo State University,

Owerri, will this Friday host the final edition of the Glo Campus Storm for this year, which started on Friday, October 14, 2016 at the University of Port Harcourt.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Globalcom announced the end of the 10week concert in tertiary institutions across the country adding that it felt fulfilled with the enthusiastic receptions accorded the show in all the institutions where the 2016 edition held.

“The last lap of our flagship show, the Glo Campus Storm takes place at the Imo State University, IMSU, Owerri, this Friday. We are delighted that we have been able to put smiles on the faces of tens thousands of our youths in tertiary institutions across the country that enjoyed the show in 2016. We have provided them with world-class entertainment and empowered them financially too through the Glo Campus Data Dude and the Glo Campus Data Diva contests”, the company said.

According to Globalcom, the feedback it received across the schools where the show had taken place this year “has been very encouraging and we wish to assure other institutions which are yet to take their turn that they should expect a bumper package in the coming year.”

For the IMSU show this weekend, Marvin Records sensational music icons, Reekado Banks and Korede Bello will be joined by the dancehall master, Run town, to entertain the students, while the prolific comedian; 2CanTalk will anchor the show with DJ XGee supplying music from the wheel of steel.

A beauty pageant to crown the IMSU Glo Campus Data Dude and the Glo Campus Data Diva will be held during the show while ten students out of the contestants will stand the chance of winning up to N100, 000 each and the opportunity of joining 230 others to vie for the grand prize of N1 Million worth in scholarship; become Glo Brand Ambassadors and get invitations to attend Globalcom’s events such as the Glo-CAF Awards, the Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce concert and the Glo Laffta Fest comedy show.

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EFCC chair: Uproar as Senate rejects Magu Olufemi Samuel & Chris Emetoh, Abuja The Senate on Thursday dashed the hope of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on securing his appointment fully, refraining from screening him as expected.

Senators were initially divided on Magu’s case and had sang discordant tunes on his scheduled screening leading some of them to engage in verbal warfare just before the plenary resumed for the day.

The Senate cited security reports filed before it by the Department of State Security (DSS) as the chief reason for refusing to screen Magu.

Magu, who was in the Senate, accompanied by a retinue of aides and well-wishers in anticipation of being screened was ushered into the Chambers where he was told point blank that he would not be screened.

Indications are rife that power play within the Presidency was one of the core reasons the Senate rejected the idea of screening him, amid report that some close aides of President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the top echelon of the DSS had been opposed to his nomination in the first instance.

The Daily Times learnt that the Senate had latched onto a section of the DSS report that Magu should account for some of the properties traced to him, running into several millions of naira as the EFCC Chairman, among other allegations contained in the report.

Briefing newsmen on reason the Senate rejected Magu’s nomination, the Spokesman, Senator Abdullahi Aliyu Sabi, said

security report against him was the main reason.

He said the Senate had communicated its decision not to screen the Acting EFCC Chairman to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to take necessary action.

Sabi, after briefing newsmen refused to entertain any question, as he called for understanding of the newsmen on the position by the Senate.

The case of Magu had before the resumption of plenary created confusion among Senators who were visibly divided on whether or not he should be screened and confirmed to continue as the EFCC Chairman.

A caucus meeting of Senators held before the Plenary, according to report, degenerated into a shouting match among the pro and anti-Magu Senators with some issuing threats against colleagues.

According to reports, when the meeting which started around 9.15 am became riotous, the Senators later moved to the Chamber while the Senate President immediately called for a closed session.

Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi), before the closed door session started was seen shouting and tongue lashing a principal officer at the meeting, voicing out disaffection on his conduct.

Magu had entered into the black book of the Senate with the role he played in the ordeal by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and some principal officials of the Senate anchored on alleged acts of corruption.

His trouble with Senators stated when the EFCC invited the wife of Senate President, Toyin Saraki, for interrogation on alleged fraudulent acts traced to when Saraki was the governor of Kwara State.

Senators had demonstrated solidarity with the Toyin Saraki, when about 15 of them accompanied her to the EFCC headquarters where she was interrogated.

The case with Toyin Saraki is yet to see the light of day till date.

The Senate President, in addition to his ordeal with the EFCC, also had running battles with the Code of Conduct Tribunal and the Bureau on allegations that he made false declaration of assents, whereas his the cases are still pending at the Tribunal.

Magu has had a good time in EFCC from the time of Nuhu Ribadu. During this period, Magu had opportunity of either confronting some of the senators, some former governors over matters of corruption.

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He said the Senate had communicated its decision not to screen the Acting EFCC Chairman to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to take necessary action.

about the EFCC boss which are working for or against him. . He was one of the early recruits into the EFCC by Nuhu Ribadu . He served as head of the Economic Governance Unit (EGU) of the EFCC during the tenure of Ribadu as chairman of the commission. . As head of the EGU, he spearheaded investigations into corrupt governors, including former Delta governor, James Ibori the role of former Kwara state governor and Senate president, Bukola Saraki, in the collapse of Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria. . In August 2008, he was accused of illegally keeping case files of top politicians being investigated by the commission.

After days of detention with nothing incriminating found against him he was re-deployed to the police. He was later suspended from the police, going without salaries for several months. . During his tenure as Head of the Governance Unit of the EFCC, Magu developed a reputation as a no-nonsense anticorruption investigator of the high and mighty. . He was Chief Superintendent of Police in Ado-Ekiti. . In 2012, he was elevated to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police. . Magu is a recipient of USG and London Metropolitan Police institute training, and . He is a member of the investigative committee convened by National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the procurement of arms in the Armed Forces from 2007 till date.

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FG not serious on diversification of economy -Urhoghide The Nigeria tourism industry does not seem to be making much wave as it used to in the previous administrations of Former PresidentsOlusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan given the impression that the sector may have been undermined in this era of diversification, giving way to agriculture and solid mineral development. In this interview with CHRIS EMETOH, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, Senator Matthew Urhoghide representing Edo South Senatorial District says government interest is not so much in developing the tourism sector.

Today, Nigeria is talking about getting out of recession. In the past it had looked at the culture and tourism sector as a way of rebuilding the economy, but it seems the interest in tourism is dwindling and giving way to agriculture, solid minerals and others under the present administration, what has really gone wrong?

Your observation to some extent is correct because of these different periods. Solid mineral has been there and it has a full fledged ministry and of course it can stand on its own to be able to do all that is needed to put the sector into proper perspective in the direction of achieving its set objectives. What I mean by this is that it is not dependent on any other thing to be able to manifest its own objectives. Once government puts in the required investment in terms of resources and then of course the human capital that is needed in that sector, but the tourism sector is different. It is dependent on a whole gamut of every other aspect of governance. For instance, there is no tourism if there is no security. If there is no road, there’s no tourism.

The fact is that in the Foreign Affairs ministry, if there is no condition that is relaxed, there will be no tourism.

And then you will really need to create a site or center that will attract both local and foreign tourists, that will come and see whatever you have to put across that is why we have our culture, because tourism depends on culture, but anyway, we just finished the Abuja Carnival. You could see the display of different activities that made up the carnival.

For instance the Durbar, the Durbar is part of the Abuja carnival and you know that is of course a part of this country.

You also see the boat regatta displayed by a segment of this country. And you know that we have over 250 ethnic nationalities, everyone has different culture and everyone has its own peculiarity. And if we were to display all of these it will be a spectacle to behold.

Every person that has to move into this country would be coming because of the interest in our culture, and that is why the theme of this year’s Abuja Carnival is ‘the creative industry.’

Why was it tagged The Creative Industry?

The creative industry is a cross spectrum.

It is not about dancing alone or singing, everyone, including our artists, they all form part of the creative industry, and if we are to bring in people to develop these aspects you will know that the tourism sector will totally harness every sector of the economy.

That is why I say that we need all of the opportunities that are innate in us. If we can put them to work, our tourism sector will be an alternative to oil and gas.

Other countries depend on this and what prevails in those places if it is South Africa, Kenya, Dubai, UK, every other place that is an attractive tourism center in the world today you find out that there are peculiarities that they have put in place to attract tour-

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ists to their own tourist sites. For instance when somebody is to leave here and is going to Dubai, the visa condition is so relaxed that when you get to the airport they visa your passport. It is more difficult to obtain a US visa in Nigeria by a Nigerian than for an American to get a Nigeria Visa in America.

So we need to do a lot because tourism depends on our immigration laws.

Look at the issue of security, we have argued it severally, South Africa is not more secured than Nigeria, but their infrastructure is superb. We need to develop our infrastructure in all sectors of the economy for our tourism sector to be able to reach its full realisation and potential.

Tourism is a thing of beauty, there must be something about it. We don’t even have a compendium of our tourist sites and we should be able to create new interests in tourism.

Government’s interest is not so much in developing the tourism sector; they are more focused on oil and gas and solid mineral.

There is no local government in Nigeria that does not have an added advantage of natural resources. Go to anywhere, there are places you have diamonds, there are places you have lime stones and gold in this country, but none has been developed. We do not have mappings to what is where so that when we talk of resource control; we will know who has what and how they go about it.

That institute has existed in this country for too long, but there is no law backing the establishment.

Since I came into this Senate there are nine agencies under culture and tourism and unfortunately we had a full blown Ministry of Culture and Tourism, now it is under Ministry of Information and Culture, so we are assuming that even tourism is hanging there.

Government attitude is another thing. Government is not really serious about diversification

Let’s put an enabling law, we can divest some of these things, remove them from exclusive list, make them concurrent so that the states can go and develop these things. They can earn more money and remit some to the Federal Government. Now when you say resource control they just think of oil, but oil will go one day.

What does government need to do in this regard?

If we don’t develop other areas or find some other areas where they have comparative advantage, very soon they will go into oblivion.

Let us try to develop these things here and there if we really look at tourism, because of the diversity that we have. If you go to Northern part of the country, and see the tourism sites they need to throw up and the different things you will see with them, you will be surprised what they can earn.

Equally if you go to the South East, South South, South West etc, there are too many things you can get out of all of them.

The truth of the matter however is that right now, there are no records, there is no compendium of our tourism sites to harness the potentials of what we have in those places.

How many Nigerians know where we have our water falls? How many Nigerians know where we have our zoos and certain things that are naturally disposed on us by God to say yes let us go and look at them.

When you go to Florida, you think of beach, when you go to Brazil you think of going to the beaches, as a matter of fact Brazil has turned the carnival to an annual event which attracts millions of tourists to the country and earns it huge sums of money.

Here in Nigeria we have the Calabar Carnival which should serve same interest, but people are now shifting interest from it. It came like a flash and is almost gone.

Tourism is show, so you must develop other things around it. Light, roads, Airports, etc.

You must make them convenient so that people see a good attraction. You must be able to do it to attract people.

We are not putting up efforts to ensure that all the things that are desirable before we start reaping the benefits of tourism in this country. If we don’t do this we cannot get there.

Are you making efforts to assist in making things better for the tourism sector through necessary legislation?

You will recall that the 8th Senate, when we came in, we came up with our own legislative agenda. Culture and tourism is one area that was mentioned. The Culture and Tourism Committee is not a very popular committee, but the Senate President said, look we will try as much as possible to be innovative in the legislative arm, throw it to the Executive that these are things we are thinking of for you. A week before this, the first reading was taken on the Bill for the establishment of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR). The institute is supposed to train our personnel in the hospitality sector.

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IYC faults N65bn budget for amnesty, says fund not enough to quell N/Delta crisis The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has said the N65bn budget for the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme, as contained in the 2017 budget, will not be enough to douse crisis in the region.

Reacting to the increase in the proposed budget for the Niger Delta’s amnesty programme from N20bn to N65bn in the budget submitted to a

joint session of the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, the body said that people from the region should not celebrate the increase.

The council’s spokesman, Eric Omare, while describing the increase as exploitative, maintained that it would only enable the Federal Government to meet its targeted daily out-

put of oil from the region.

He argued that attention should rather be on how much was budgeted and released to the Niger Delta Development Commission, the Niger Delta Ministry and the Federal Ministry of Works to carry out developmental projects in the oil-rich coastal areas.

He said, “To put it in a proper perspective, it should be noted that this

increase is not for development of the Niger Delta, but for security and probably a bit of human capacity development.

“The attention should be on how much is budgeted and released to the NDDC, the Niger Delta Ministry, the Ministry of Works concerning the Niger Delta. Those are the areas we should be interested in.”

He, however, thanked the President for the increment in the amnesty budget, stressing that it was a “right step in the right direction.”

He added, “We need to commend him, however. But this move has to be genuine. It is one thing to propose a budget, another for it to be passed and yet another thing for it to be released.”

Corrupt politicians fighting gov’t with ill-gotten wealth –Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday, said corrupt elements opposed to the change agenda are making activities of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration obscure to give the impression that they are not working.

The Minister said this in Abuja at the launch of the Federal Government of Nigeria Information App (FGN IAPP) that is designed to provide real time information from the government to Nigerians– home and abroad.

The Minister said the corrupt elements, in particular, had chosen to fight the government with their ill-gotten wealth, by “distorting our messages and obfuscating our activities.”

Mohammed said the government had done much to better the lot of Nigerians and would not allow the opposition to stifle the progress made by leaving the public space to the “naysayers.

“A government that has achieved the unprecedented feat of creating 200,000 jobs in one fell swoop cannot be said to have done nothing.

“A government that has liberated every inch of our occupied territory from Boko Haram and sent the terrorists fleeing should not

be portrayed as not doing anything.

“A government that is surely and steadily making our country self-sufficient in staples such as rice and embarking on a massive infrastructural renewal cannot be said to be doing nothing.

“A government that is boldly tackling an economic recession that was foisted on it by years of profligacy, lack of savings and a sudden crash on oil prices deserves accolades, not vilification,” he said.

The Minister said FGN IAPP will help to keep Nigerians and non-Nigerians better informed of the activities of the Federal Government as well as getting the necessary feedback.

“Irrespective of where you are in the world, from today all you needed to do is to download the FGN IAPP, and you will have access to factual and real time information on the activities of the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

The Minister said other value-added services of the FGN IAPP included access to the Tender Journal published twice a month to announce available government jobs.

He said that the innovation would enable more people, irrespective of their locations, to bid for government jobs.

Mohammed said the “Be Inspired’’ section of the App will make it possible for any Nigerian, irrespective of status, to meet top political, business, religious and other leaders.

The minister said the App also provides a feedback section that allows anyone so interested to make his or her feelings known about any government policy or programmes.

He added that those seeking government jobs could also have information about genuine vacancies in the public service.

The Minister enjoined Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora, who are interested in authentic news about the activities of the Federal Government, to take the advantage of the FGN IAPP. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs Ayo Adesugba, said the Federal Government was underreported and the App would help to bridge the gap by providing real time information on government activities and programmes.

Adesugba said the App would also provide the platform to correct negative reports about the country in the foreign media in particular.

The Chief Executive Officer of the FGN IAPP service provider, Olawale Wale-Falope, said the App would be available on IOS, an-

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droids and tablets and would support rich contents, including photos and videos The event was attended by Ministers, Directors and Heads of Parastatal Agencies in the Ministry of Information and Culture.

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The classification of hotels from 1 star, 2 star, three star, it is not the building that makes stars. It is the quality of people who work in that hotel that give the classification

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to that hotel, whether you are one star or five star. And it is the human power development. The institute that trains them of course is linked internationally, it is NIHOTOUR. There are people who go there to do PGD courses on tour guiding and ecotourism and not just confectioneries and cake making, these are part of it, but there are so many parts of it they train for.

That institute has existed in this country for too long, but there is no law backing the establishment.

Since I came into this Senate there are nine agencies under culture and tourism and unfortunately we had a full blown Ministry of Culture and Tourism, now it is under Ministry of Information and Culture, so we are assuming that even tourism is hanging there. Government attitude is another thing. Government is not really serious about diversification, the potential areas should be put up, but now the min-

ister that we have is taking interest in culture though he is more of an information man.

Then there is the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC). They have obsolete laws and I have asked them to bring them so that we can repeal them and then of course enact new laws for them.

They are supposed to spearhead tourism development in this country. We have asked them to come up with ideas, let’s see their programmes, understand their objectives and then we can put up a bit of legislation to drive it. They have been here though, but their laws are very obsolete. They don’t do classification of hotels. Lagos State went to court and defeated them at Supreme Court, so federal government does not get a dime from the existence of any hotel. But if you look at it, they come here year in year out to ask for budget.

There is also the National

Troupe. There is no group that is as good as the National Troupe, but do you know that the National Troupe does not perform for money? They law forbids them, so why, is it not business? If you go to America to perform will they not wait for you with excitement that Africans are coming to perform for them?

Fela was going to Germany to host concerts, Shina Peters was doing the same and they were all paid.

So why would a national troupe that is owned by a country not be allowed to collect money and they don’t have money to travel., When the National Troupe went to perform in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, it cost this government N7million to take them there. They don’t move in less than three to five buses with their costumes and instruments, because they are huge. If they are to go to places they would earn money, but the law does not allow them. But I have told them to bring them up

and we will amend it. You need to get to a point where you become self sufficient. They should be able to generate money into the federation account that can be used to generate other areas. So that is what I am saying, a piece of legislation and all the things we need to do, we are trying to put them together.

There have been efforts since 1999 to do that, but you know how legislation works once that session ends everything goes with it.

But, I want to try as much as possible so that if it is three or four we are able to pursue in the life of this Senate, I want the laws to be in place so that the executive will sign them and then we will be in reality with the 21st century. But we need to work in these areas that I have mentioned like immigration, provide road networks, and work out our security so that at least we have these structures in place for us to be able to throw up our tourism the way we want to throw it up.

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Wike leads protest against alleged police brutality Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

ÏÏÏ Apparently dissatisfied with the performance of security operatives in the December 10 rerun election in Rivers state, Governor Nyesom Wike, Thursday, lead thousands of Rivers people on a protest march to the streets of Port Harcourt, the state capital, against the alleged mass killings and brutality by the police and other security agencies during the polls.

The protest march, which was peaceful, took off from Government House, Port Harcourt, at 8am, through Azikiwe Street and Bank Road and finally terminated at the Rivers state Police Command headquarters on Moscow Road.

The governor was accompanied by his deputy, Dr. Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, Speaker Dabo Adams, chietains of te Peoples Democrtatic Party (PDP) in the state including former Minister of Transport, Dr. Abiye Sekibo; former UBA Chairman, Chief Ferdinand Alabrabra; former deputy governor, Tele Ikuru; and the state PDP Chairman, Chief Felix Obuah who all joined the march. Commissioners, state legislators, Caretaker Committee chairmen, women, and youths joined the protest.

On sighting the protesters led by the governor, police men on duty around the gate of the Police Command, tactically withdrew into the premises, closed their gates and peeped from the iron bars.

The governor and the other protesters were, however, received by the deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Cyril Okoro. Addressing the police chief, Governor Wike said that the people of Rivers state were at the Police Command to inform the authorities that they were tired of the alleged

killings of innocent people in the state by the police and other security operatives.

Governor Wike noted that the people and government of the state were particularly dissatisfied with what he described as the recklessness of two senior police officers, the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Steven Hasso and the Commander of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Mr. Akin Fakorede, who, he alleged, led the “sponsored onslaught” against the people of the state and compromised the security architecture of the state.

“On behalf of the Rivers state Government and the good people of the state, we have to let the police know that enough is enough. We demand that the As-

sistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, Steven Hasso, and the Commander of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Akin Fakorede, must leave the state.

“Since you don’t want to protect the state and you want to be politicians, you have gotten the votes you want to get, you have also gotten the seats you want to get, you can now leave the state. If they don’t leave the state, then we will do all we can to ensure they leave this state. They must leave this state. They have killed innocent people.

“We have come here peacefully; communicate this to your superiors in Abuja. I cannot write again, since I have done that repeatedly. Please, I don’t want my people to die anymore. I don’t

want armed robbers posted as senior police officers to Rivers state,” he said.

He noted that the Police High Command has refused to act despite the “overwhelming evidence against the duo, especially the video footage that showed Akin Fakorede and other security operatives trying to snatch results of the Rivers East Senatorial District.

“The situation where security officials have transformed into politicians in uniform is quite unfortunate,” he concluded.

Responding, the deputy Commissioner of Police assured the governor that the Rivers state police command would pass the message to the Police High Command in Abuja were the matter could be acted upon.

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Appeal Court reserves judgement on Enugu governorship suit

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Appeal Abuja division, on Thursday, reserved judgment on an appeal filed by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Anyogu Eze, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court that Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi won the primary election of the party in Enugu State.

Eze, who was dissatisfied with the decision of Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court, had approached the appellate court to remove Gov. Ugwuanyi from office on the premise that he was not validly nominated by the PDP to contest the April 11, 2015, governorship election.

He contending that Ugwuanyi emerged from an invalid primary

election he said was conducted on December 8 by some leaders of the party, while a genuine parallel primary election conducted on same day had produced him.

The appellant, through his lead counsel, Mr. Adebayo Adelodun (SAN), told the Court of Appeal that Ugwuanyi was merely picked by some persons at the National Headquarters of the party in Abuja, alleging that the purported primary election was organised with doctored list of delegates.

Eze, who is laying claim to the PDP governorship ticket in Enugu State having merged through a parallel primary election, prayed the court to set aside the judgment of Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja which dismissed his suit on March 2, 2015.

He is praying the court to vali-

date the parallel primary election that produced him and declare him as the authentic governorship candidate of the party in Enugu State.

But in his vehement opposition, Governor Ugwuanyi, through his lead counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), urged the appellate court to dismiss the pre-election case which he said was bereft of merit.

Ugwuanyi equally filed an appeal marked CA/A/157b/2015, wherein he challenged the validity of the parallel primary election that produced Eze. He argued that Eze lacked the locus-standi to query his ticket since he did not participate in the primary conducted by the National Working Committee of the PDP. He told the appellate court that Eze walked out on the committee and refused to participate in the

primary.

Ugwuanyi further exhibited result of the primary he said was sanctioned by national leadership of the party. The document contained names of all the governorship aspirants, including Eze. His lawyer, Olanipekun, SAN, explained to the court that though the document contained Eze’s name, he said no result was credited to him considering that he boycotted the process alongside another aspirant, Dr. Samuel Maduka Onyishi, who is the owner of Peace Mass Transit Limited.

A three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson who heard all the appeals on Thursday reserved its judgment.

Justice Akomolafe-Wilson said the judgment date would be communicated to all the parties.

Court verdict: Fayose storms Zenith Bank, withdraws N5m Gbenga Sodeinde Ado Ekiti

ÏÏÏ Following the order by the

Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, on Tuesday, that his accounts should be immediately unfrozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, on Thursday, stormed the AdoEkiti branch of the Zenith Bank Plc, to demand funds from the accounts and waited until he got N5 million from his account before leaving the bank.

Fayose, who stormed the bank at about 1:20 pm in company of his immediate aides like the Chief of Staff and two commissioners, went straight for the office of the Bank’s Branch manager, Mr. Mojeed Adekunle, presented a cheque to withdraw his money, and insisted that he must personally get the cash before he would leave the bank premises.

The governor reminded the bank manager that he had called the bank following a court order, served on the bank on Tuesday, December 14, to unfreeze his accounts, in order for him to be able access his account.

Specifically, Fayose declared that he was ready to wait till anytime his money would be given him in cash.

“I am ready to wait in your office till you close for the day as I want my money in cash, or I won’t leave the bank,” he affirmed.

After waiting for about two hours, the Bank Manager promptly produced a copy of the said court order and confirmed to the governor that his office already received a copy as reported and would act on the directive from the governor immediately.

Consequently, at exactly 3: 20 pm, the governor left the bank with cash of N5 million, saying: “I came to the bank after serving them with the court order and I made up my mind that I won’t leave the bank until my money is given to me.

“Now that the bank has done the needful by giving me part of the money confirming that they have obeyed the court order. I want to thank Nigerians and my supporters for believing in our cause that Nigerians should not be oppressed. The rascality of EFCC must stop.

“I want to thank the EFCC for obeying the court order. They placed order on two accounts, one has N82 million, the other has N300 million. I have collected N5 million now. I’m not closing the accounts but if they attack my accounts again, I will make trouble with them, big trouble.”

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Is redemptive governance Nigeria’s option?

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Oseloka Obaze

igeria is politically and developmentally in the wilderness.

Poor leadership and the attending governance challenges are causative. Because the redeeming power of prayer is near eschatological, Nigerians still pray for Nigeria in distress. Prayer bolsters faith and “has great powers to produce results.”

However, Nigeria’s resort to prayers to resolve its leadership challenges, even as it offers succour, also underlines that governance fails when it is not redemptive. It also adds fillip to Karl Marx’s contention that “religion is the opiate of the masses.” Yet, it is now obvious that turning Nigeria around may require redemptive governance, and a non-partisan coalescing of various individuals — sufficiently bold and selflessly honest; “men who possess opinions and a will” to rethink Nigeria’s remediation modalities, and indeed, make Nigeria whole and functional again.

As Nigeria hobble under recessionary pressures and sustainable livelihood becomes a gargantuan challenge, religion becomes a thriving industry; an escapism replete with dupes and foretold false prophets. This state of play in Nigeria’s depressed economy, also validate long-held local contention that “God dey, is the poor man’s prayer.” Yet, Nigeria’s present realities underpin the enormity of the challenges confronting her; more so, the fact that despite the promised change, the nation and those entrusted to bring about that change, are all struggling badly. If change reflects success, little of it abounds in Nigeria.

That is the mainstream view. The initial flush of collective optimism, exhilaration and bravura has waned. With the recession, trickle down dividends of democracy are painfully slow in coming to Nigerians. Nigeria’s governance problem is that the ‘Change’ bar might have been set too high; beyond the scope of what Nigeria’s weak leadership, weak institutions, weak infrastructure and weak resolve can deliver.

Confoundedly, the Buhari administration has a publicly articulated vision, purpose and governance strategies; the ‘right’ set of people, with the requisite integrity and accountability credentials; positive culture and ethics to drive policies and is promoting frugality and due process in the use of scarce resources. It thus remains incomprehensible to Nigeria observers, why it is difficult to turn around Nigeria, when nearly all the fundamentals of good governance are seemingly in place. Unbiased analyses point to the need for clarity, absence of organisational capability to deliver on purpose and lack of effective stakeholder engagement, as critical factors mitigating desirable change.

The present stagflation makes fixing the country’s main challenges rather difficult. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s political leadership continues to insist that the country must think and act and look beyond oil. Factors beyond

their control compel such consideration. Oil price vacillation still makes nonsense of planning and budgeting, as global oil prices swing in pendulum fashion from a high of $100 per barrel in 2014 to a low of $27 per barrel in early 2016 and currently, $52 per barrel. A political class and leadership averse to making personal sacrifices worsen prevailing challenges. First, national interest has completely disappeared from the national lexicon, thus rendering every policy measure suspect and subject to idiosyncratic construal. Second, a combination of poor infrastructure, poor electricity supply and expanding unemployment bulge, compound present challenges.

Third, Nigerian legislators refuse to embrace frugality. Fourth, while financing agriculture is a viable option, the agribusiness blueprint and mosaic seems opaque due to lack of synergy. This status quo makes it impossible to accomplish the enunciated goal of reducing food importation to the barest minimal by 2019. These factors make remediation of decrepit governance and physical infrastructure all too arduous.

Absence of policy synergy between the federal government and the state and local governments in pressing and critical areas still pose immense challenges. Despite recent bailout of states, only four states are economically viable. The remaining six states that did not receive initial bailout are now all heavily indebted. While the federal government tries to address burgeoning national debt, the states in parallel opposite, continue borrowing.

Unchecked, such borrowings compound Nigeria’s intractable foreign exchange and contingent liabilities, and make ongoing efforts to address critical sectors of the economy intensely fractious rather than holistic.

As SBM Intelligence, a policy a think tank observed recently, most Nigerian states failed “to diversify

their economies by developing human capital and leveraging on the substantial resources they possessed.

The result has been powerful governors beholden to ostentatious living, bloated public work-forces, with its attendant wage demands; fully 80% of the states owe salaries.” Paradoxically, as state governments seek reimbursements for funds, they expended on fixing decrepit federal infrastructures; the same states also spend enormous fiscal resources in underwriting logistical and financial support for federal law enforcement agencies, with hardly any recompense from Abuja. These awkward realities compel demands for true federalism and restructuring. Most of the 2017 draft budgets presented by the federal and state governments are largely unrealistic; very few are zero-based and very few will be funded and implemented fully. Insofar as the federal and state governments fiscally strangulate the local governments, prevailing challenges will subsist. This past week, UNIDO proclaimed Nigeria’s SMEs, “Ignorant of certain investment and technological skills” required to liberate the country from the claws of the current recession.”

Oddly enough, those who dare to advise or criticise the Buhari government are being pummeled with a barrage of counter-criticisms. Not considering that we are in a democracy, Presidential aides have become pointlessly defensive, combative and shockingly impolitic. They pushback consistently against any advice or criticism, be it mundane or well intended. Hence, the government has lost sight of the fine divide between jibes by its traducers and exhortations from well-meaning Nigerians, including members of the attentive public.

For its own edification, the Presidency needs to commission some policy preceptors to explore the constructive role of three 13th century figures —

Robert of Sorbon, a churchman; Etienne Boileau, a bourgeois; and Simon de Nesle, an aristocrat — that jointly orchestrated the transfiguring of French politics by fostering redemptive governance during the reign of King Louis IX. It should be deeply worrying that midway into President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term, most of his initial supporters have “changed’ and are jumping ship. His erstwhile political allies are also seeking “change” by realigning for 2019; convinced that Buhari will not be catalytic to the electoral outcome, despite the power of incumbency. Recent electoral trends in Gambia, Ghana, and before now, Nigeria, which swept underperforming leaders aside seem to support such rationalisations. As Kingsley Moghalu, noted recently, “Nigeria’s fiscal crisis in a world of low oil prices can be addressed only through a constitutional redesign that devolves decision-making to units that will have economies of scale.” Ditto Nigeria’s governance challenges.

Nigerians are suffering. As such, Nigeria needs a governance catharsis; redemptive and smart power governance methods not influenced by partisan or ethno-political considerations. Since constitutionally guaranteed social justices no longer suffice, we should perhaps resort to philosophical-theological dictates, which draw their impetus from the Bible and the Koran. Nigeria should retool its leadership advisory and decision-making methods. Considering that one major governance challenge we face, relates to placing people who are still seeking relevance in public offices, Nigeria needs to have in public offices, people who no longer need government, but whose counsel the government can’t do without. It is worth recalling that former U.S. VicePresident Walter Mondale served as the 24th U.S. Ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996. Such public service underlined extraordinary patriotism, exemplary leadership and the high regards the U.S. had for Japan.

Such dispositions are rare in Nigeria, where politics and public service are self-indulgent.

If the remaining segment of President Buhari’s tenure must yield tangible results, there must be a clinical rethink and readjustment, aimed at fostering redemptive governance. If it must start with a cabinet reshuffle, so be it. This proposition is not in favour of non-secular or dogmatic governance methods; but on the need to embark on governance methods that are people-oriented, which will substitute rhetoric and promises with compassion; trade precepts for efficient and quick delivery of basic needs and services; and promote common good in place of divisive policies based on leadership whims. If “Heaven helps those who help themselves,” then Nigeria’s rebirth may hinge on redemptive governance.

Obaze, former Secretary to Anambra State Government is MD/CEO of Selonnes Consult Ltd.

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Case for devolution of power to states

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Ugochukwu Amasike

ecently a bill seeking to grant states control of mineral resources within their domains passed the second reading in the House of Representatives. Titled “A Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to vest the control of the revenues derived from minerals, mineral oils, natural gas in, under or upon any land In the States of the Federation and for Other Related Matters”, it seeks to give much needed realism and impetus to Nigeria’s quest for economic and revenue diversification. The truth is that if Nigeria is to make progress economically and achieve its goal of a sustainably diversified economy and revenue base, then it must reform its political-economic institutions to reflect its socio-economic realities and the legitimate aspirations of the different ethnic nationalities that have voluntarily congregated to constitute the Federation known as Nigeria.

The current quasi-unitary system is essentially a system of bondage that has shackled Nigeria’s economic potentials.

Nigeria is currently enmeshed in a recession for which many reasons have been adduced to ex-

plain the cause. Of all reasons so far adduced, the most factual and resonant has been that aside the mismanagement and corruption of past thieving administrations, Nigeria remains unhealthily saddled with a deleterious mono-product economy.

A system that places premium not on productivity and innovation, but on doctored population figures and other Machiavellian schemes designed for the purpose of securing a larger chunk of revenue from the corruptly-termed and dwindling “national cake”.

It is this aberration and legacy of despotic military rule that the proposed bill currently before the National Assembly seeks to remedy, by seeking the devolution of economic powers to Nigeria’s federating units to enable them harness their varied comparative advantages for the overall benefit of the Nigerian economy, as was obtainable under the Republican Constitution of 1963.

The 1963 Constitution provided for the healthy and broad distribution of economic power to then regional governments and provided incentives that encouraged the active participation of the then regions.

It is interesting to also note that in spite of the glaring flaws of our current political-economic system, there are those who opine that Nigeria’s under-development has little to do with the unjust and tragically flawed nature of Nigeria’s political-

economic system. They insist that our problems are essentially a function of “poor leadership”. They further assert that all Nigeria needs to reach the Promised Land is “repentance and a change of heart” on the part of our political elite, and the people. The proponents of this school of thought have however failed to ask themselves WHY Nigeria has continually been afflicted with “poor leadership” over the years. Is Nigeria and are Nigerians accursed of God? The answer to this question is rather obvious: Nigeria’s corrupt political-economic system, as a matter of course, births “poor leadership”; in the same manner a goat cannot give birth to a lion, neither can an unjust and flawed political-economic system give birth to responsible and accountable leadership.

The few instances of good governance Nigeria has recorded since the coming into force of this present political-economic system have been nothing but anomalies, this is because the Nigerian State does not have the required mechanisms needed to incentivise or replicate such isolated and rare instances of good governance. There is nothing that incentivises responsible and accountable leadership in Nigeria.

For elected or appointed public official to muster the will to do the right things, he or she must be somewhat of a zealot, with significant political

advantage and a determination to do what is legally right.

Whilst appreciative of the critical need for good and purposeful leadership, it is humbly submitted that Nigerians cannot continue to depend ad infinitum on the emergence of anomalies. We must, create the requisite political-economic institutions and systems that incentivise good governance, engender social cohesion and advance the economic well being of all our people, irrespective of the political party or person in power. We must design a system that makes it impossible or at least extremely difficult for the lowest denominators in our polity to emerge as our leaders.

It is the humble submission of this concerned Nigerian that a further and better amendment of the 1999 Constitution, as typified by the current Bill before the National Assembly which seeks the just and equitable devolution of power to Nigeria’s federating units is a very necessary course of action, if we are to make real and sustainable progress.

It is submitted that the devolution of power to the federating units will signal the rebirth of Nigeria, resolve most of the social stresses we are experiencing and unleash Nigeria’s much touted potentials, whilst ensuring the sustainable diversification of Nigeria’s revenue base.

Amasike, a lawyer, writes from Lagos.

Buhari, Jonathan and Jammeh’s U-Turn

E Jude Ndukwe

ver since former president Jonathan made that call to Buhari congratulating him on his “victory” at the last presidential polls, and following the enormous goodwill it attracted worldwide, it is fast becoming a norm in Africa for incumbents to easily accept defeat at the polls and congratulate the winner.

Yahya Jammeh, the outgoing president of Gambia, was on his way to making history as one of the very few African presidents who would follow the enviable example of Nigeria’s former president and Africa’s hero of democracy, Goodluck Jonathan, by conceding defeat as an incumbent to an opponent in a political contest.

However, with his sudden u-turn it seems, is about to throw that tiny West African country into a needless and avoidable turmoil.

After having been commended by major political players and the media worldwide, what could have caused Yahya Jammeh to retrace his steps after conceding defeat and hailed the process that saw his closest rival, Adama Barrow?

Jammeh had told Barrow while conceding defeat to him, “I’m the outgoing president; you are the incoming president. I wish you all the best.

The country will be in your hands in January. You are the elected presi-

dent of The Gambia. I have no ill will and I wish you all the best”.

The question on the lips of everyone is, why would Jammeh suddenly make a volte-face.

The answer may not be far-fetched.

Jammeh took his cue of conceding defeat from Nigeria’s Jonathan, he must have also thought he was making a mistake going by the happenings in Nigeria today.

With the relentless vindictive persecution of Goodluck Jonathan’s family by the Buhari administration, the unending vendetta against Jonathan’s former ministers and government officials, the use of the military, secret police and other security agencies to harass, intimidate and even kill innocent, harmless and helpless citizens in droves with little or no provocation, high-handedness in dealing with sections of the country that did not support the emergence of president Buhari, it probably became obvious to Jammeh the enormity of risks he is taking by conceding defeat.

His family members must have reminded him that there is nothing good in conceding defeat in Africa.

They must have reminded him of what is going on in Nigeria despite the magnanimity of Goodluck Jonathan.

Some of them might even be ready to face prosecution should there be any need for that, but then, they

realise that what their counterparts in Nigeria are facing is more of persecution than prosecution. They must have all brought Jammeh’s attention to al the atrocities going on in Nigeria.

This is only just a part of the many consequences of Buhari’s tyrannical approach to governance in Nigeria.

The message of his style reverberates across Africa. The goodwill and novel approach of incumbents conceding defeat in the continent is being endangered rather than being engendered. Consequently, Buhari’s style of leadership is rolling the political progress of Africa kick-started by that famous telephone call from Jonathan and his peaceful handover centuries backward.

Even Nigeria’s electoral system that was beginning to make tremendous progress under Jonathan has suffered unwarranted grievous attacks under Buhari. The nation’s electoral system has been so bastardised within the short period Buhari’s administration has lasted that electoral malpractices have been given an official toga.

Not even the ECOWAS court has been spared the torrid experience of having its court orders disobeyed by the Buhari administration as it concerns its pronouncement on Sambo Dasuki. It is therefore even more shocking that the same ECOWAS would rely on such a man to be a me-

diator in the political logjam about to befall Gambia.

Well meaning Nigerians have continued to warn that the autocratic manner Buhari is running Nigeria has very grave implications not only for the country but also for Africa.

Gradually, those implications are beginning to unfold right before our very eyes. The UN that is asking Jammeh to accept defeat and hand over power to Barrow seem to be only interested in treating the symptoms of a disease without looking at the root cause of such a disease.

No one is saying that governments should not prosecute past governments where and when necessary, but everyone would want such prosecution not to degenerate into persecution, intimidation, harassment and vindictive pursuit of family members and officials of any previous government.

Diligent and civil prosecution of anyone would always encourage peaceful handover of power from one government to another in Africa. But first, the ECOWAS, AU, UN and other such international bodies must also not look away while any government deals with its people with an iron fist under the guise of fighting corruption and or other such otherwise noble guises.

Until this is ensured, there are likely to be many more Jammehs in Africa than anyone can imagine.

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How Miss Nigeria pageants visit, lit up Daily Times

A cross section of the Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant contestants with the Group General Manager, Folio Communications Limited, Mr. Olisa Egbunike and the Editor, The Daily Times, Rose Moses

God’s Covenant Snr An array of beautiful young ladies, who are currently slugging it out among themselves to know who emerges as this year’s much awaited Miss Nigeria, were the cynosure of all eyes, during their historic visit to the Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos, headquarters of The Daily Times.

Indeed, the scorching sun of that Monday afternoon and the debilitating heat that accompanied it, disappeared, at the sudden arrival of 36 contestants, plus one, in the ongoing Miss Nigeria Pageant competition, on the grounds of The Daily Times.

Wading through the reception at the basement, as they cat-walked their way into the conference auditorium on the first floor, all but one of the ‘lanky’ ladies were virtually walking on their toes in high-heeled shoes that made Marlene Munroe’s famous legacy a dress rehearsal.

Unarguably, the tallest of them all-Miss Katsina, alone was on flat black sandals and was in her natural hairdo. If she had climbed on heels, she would no doubt stand out like a palm tree in the crowd of the beautiful, adventurous ladies.

Also noticeable was that, most faces of the ladies wore hints of pressure and anxiety, revealing the stress and uncertainty underlining their quest to wear the crown come Monday the 19th, bringing to mind the lyrics of our Bongos

Ikwe (of blessed memory), “Nothing good comes easy..!”, buttressed by famous reggae artiste, Jimmy Cliff in his hit song, “You can get it if you really try…but you must try…”

The largely model-slim bodies of the contestants revealed also that they had worked on their frame to meet an essential criterion, except, perhaps, for Miss Ogun, Enugu and Lagos, who were on the “fuller” side, being naturally fleshy in degrees.

Receiving the contestants in the crowded conference hall, the Group General Manager, Mr. Olisa Egbunike, was delighted to take the new generation down memory lane to introduce Africa’s oldest print entity, The Daily Times of Nigeria,

which hit the virtually non-existent newsstands in 1926!, drawing a long “Waooo!” from the obviously excited young ladies.

A veteran journalist of over 40 years in the noble profession, Egbunike recalled with nostalgia that The Daily Times became a generic name for tabloid in those days, being a heritage and legacy newspaper. He had said,“And in spite of the numerous newspapers on the newsstand today,” he asserted, “If it is not The Daily Times, it’s not the same as The Daily Times.”

According to him, “This is why, in spite of challenges we face, we continue to make the paper remain a credible medium of balanced reportage of events and issues in Nigeria and beyond.”

The GGM also boasted of the robust ar-

|The Group General Manager, Folio Communications Limited, Mr. Olisa Egbunike (left) with the beauty pageant contestants. Photos: Bolaji Olasunkanmi

chives of The Daily Times Newspaper’s, as the biggest in Africa, saying, “The archive is open to members of the public and is one of the mainstream of the company in sustainability and generation of funds.

“Those of you doing your Masters or PhD degrees are free to use the libraryfor a fee, of course. I am a capitalist to the core and I owe no one any apology for that.”

Responding to the question of sustainability, Egbunike assured the ladies that the newspaper is growing in quality, and has in its employ, quality professionals to head key positions and add value to the organization.

In her brief address to the contestants, as the first ever female Editor of the paper, Rose Moses, told the glamorous visitors that the journalism profession has improved generally, unlike when it was dominated mainly by men.

“We now have more females in the profession, even at the top echelon,” she said.

Responding to a contestant, who wanted to know what is required to be a journalist, the editor said, “anyone wishing to come into the profession must be driven by passion.”

The annual Grand Finale of the contest and the Unveiling of the Green Girl Project, will climax next Monday, 19th December, at the Eko Convention Centre, Lagos.

Time is 7.30 pm, with the Red and Green Carpets kicking off from 5pm.

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Jonathan or Buhari’s Administration... which do you prefer?

Due to the current situation in the country, Nigerians have expressed their preference between the administrations of the former president Goodluck Jonathan and President Mohammed Buhari. Adeyemi Akeem, Obarayese Sikiru, report Jonathan is okay, because during his time, the benefit of the common man was the market, which means everybody ate well. Now, to eat two times daily, is difficult ,and to earn money is tough. The cost of a bag of rice has increased and everybody is unhappy about the sudden change. Mrs Opebiyi Rebecca, (Fashion designer).

I prefer Jonathan’s administration, because then, we have a lot of job opportunities in sight, which enable the common man to put food on his table, and it was easy establishing a smallscale business. But now, it’s difficult getting a job, because, those who have money are scared to spend it, they don’t want to be prosecuted.

Infarct, I can’t recall the last time I was called for work despite that Christmas is approaching, and I need to buy so many things to celebrate the Yuletide with my friends and other well wishers. Mr Joshua Adebiyi, (Accountant).

On my own part, I don’t prefer anyone because all of them are corrupt. For six years now, we only hear about corruption, but nobody has been genuinely handled. Nobody has in fact, been prosecuted or even jailed. Corruption can’t stop until they put it into law that anybody who steals will face the wrath of the law or even be killed, and as for the Judge, who may like to do injustice to free them, there should the people that will monitor the judgement they give. Mr Odeshola-Kehinde Martins, (painter).

Sincerely, I prefer Buhari’s tenure. As youu can see, there is a lot of control, unlike the previous one led by Dr. Jonathan. Nigerians should understand that the recession is as a result of the world oil crash that Nigeria is dependent on i.e., If you have money and you lavish it, definitely, in future, you will suffer the result. Moreover, when we support this government, Nigeria will be better, government cannot do it alone. Mr. Tony Ifechukwu, (Business man).

Buhari’s tenure is preferable, because everything is balanced, and we are all on the same level. Those who embezzle public found that make them richer than common citizens cannot spend it anyhow again, and that’s the sign of fighting corruption. However, recession is for us to learn how to cut our cloth according to our size, but we are all rejecting it, because we are all involved in corruption in one way or the other. Let us all support Mr. president to make this country greater instead of blaming each other.

Mr. Okunlola Amid, Accountant.

For me, ‘am on the fence,.I see politics as a dirty game and that’s what we are seeing today. People say ‘Jonathan is bad, but we were still able to survive under him, unlike Buhari, where there is no flow of money in the country, but, we all forget that the people who have been ruling Nigeria are still in government and that’s why I wonder how this current administration would be successful in his fightg against corruption, and to besuccessful in the fight will be to the glory of this country.

I pray all party should work together to kill this corruption, for our country to move forward. Mr Adeyemi Ademola, (NYSC member)

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2. To support and empower widows orphans and the under privileged in the society

EDUCATION AND AGRICULTURAL ADVANCEMENT AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED BODY 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. ADOLPHUS IRO NWACHUKWU 3. ENGR. GODWIN GALI 5. ENGR. PETER OKORIE 7. ENGR. JOHN OKORIE.

2. SIR. MARK ASU OBI 4. ARCH. VINCENT OBODOAKOR 6. DR. PIUS ABANG

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To promote educational advancement and to awareness on the need for educational pursuit.

2 To promote agricultural education in rural areas and mobilize and empower farmers to build self reliance through sustainable farming.

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.

PIUS DUKOR FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED BODY 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. PIUS DUKOR 3 REV. MOSES LEZOR

2. GREGORY BARIGBO 4. MRS. VIGA DOGBAA

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. To advocate for sustainable developmental polices that will uplift the standard of living of the community dwellers 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.

Signed: BARR. PATRICK ABANG, Solicitor.

DELTA PROFESSIONAL WOMEN OF WORTH FOUNDATION

EZINNE JOSEPHINE ELDERLY CARE AND SUPPORT FOUNDATION

HOLY GHOST CITY REVIVAL CHURCH WORLDWIDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED BODY 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. PASTOR ABRAHAM TIJJANI ABDULLAHI 2. PASTOR (MRS) PATRICIA ABDULLAHI 3. DCN SMITH GABRIEL 4. DCNS SALAMATU ALI CHIROMA 5. ELDER (MRS) MAIRO YAKUBU MUSA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To preach the word of God Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the REGISTRAR General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B 198, Garki Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: HABILA GARBA TURSHAK ESQ.

BENIN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INITIATIVE

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

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

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED BODY 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. NKECHI ALI-BALOGUN. - CHAIRPERSON 2. IFY KAGHO. - SECRETARY 3. PHIL OKONKWO. - TREASURER 4. GLORIA ESAMA 5. LAMI TUMAKA. 7. UDE NWOBI 8. IBE UDOBI

Trustees 1. DR. MRS. CHINEDU CHRISTIE OKOYE. - PRESIDENT. 2. HONOURABLE JOHN NNIA NWODO 3. REVEREND. DR. PATIENCE OGECHI OTI 4. LADY ROSE ONYENWE OBIEGBU

Trustees: 1. Mrs. Rosemary-Osula Atu 3. Ms. Efosa Uyigue 5. Chief H. O. Ogbadu, SAN.

6. KINGSLEY EMU

2. Prof. O. G. Oshodin.

4. Aiyamenkhue Edokpolo.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE To serve as a non-governmental project for re-orienting Nigeria youths for profitable non-degree endeavors.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To drive the promotion and inclusion of women in Governance 2. To engage in advocacy issues.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To advocate for emotional financial, social and medical support fo elderly

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.

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.

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: IFY KAGHO.

Signed Barr. WISEMAN UBOCHIOMA. ESQ

Signed: Secretary

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APO RESETTLEMENT ZONE E EXTENSION LANDLORD ASSOCIATION

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IGBO-ELITES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

AWESOME GOD PRAYER AND DELIVERANCE MINISTRY

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

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.

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

TRUSTEES. 1. Hon. John Enebeli. - Chairman 2. Engr. Gbenga Ajani. - Vice Chairman 3. Mr. Uche Nwanne. - Secretary 4. Mr. Ndubuisi Akabogu. Ass. Secretary 5. Architect Bagudu Aliyu. - Treasurer 6. Rosemary N. Emovon. - Legal Adviser

Trustees 1. EGBO NDUBUISI 3. EZE SAMPSON UCHENNA 5. AMAOBICHUKWU UNEGBU

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. To come together as landlord make provisions for the security, welfare and foster good relationship among our selves.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. To encourage peoples of Igbo Extraction.

2. To achieve excellence.

TRUSTEES ARE 1. PROPHET PETER CHUKWUMA EMEH 2. PASTOR MERCY NDIDI EMEH 3. PASCHAL OGOEGBUNAM EMEH 4. NNEKA BENEDICTA AGBALA

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

Signed Legal adviser

JESUS IS THE WAY AND SALVATION EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

2. IKECHUKWU ANYASI 4. NWANKWO N. STANLEY

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

Signed Barr. Uche. Euche. O. Solicitor

AIM AND OBJECTIVE:1. To Spread The Goodnews Of Our Lord Jesus Christ Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission maitama Abuja within 28days of this publication SIGNED: BARR. UGOCHUKWU NDIGWE

KING’S TREASURE ROYAL EMBASSY ASSEMBLY

NIGERIA FIRST FOR A GREAT NATION INITIATIVE

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.

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.

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990

TRUSTEES: I. SEKONI LUKE 2. WILLIAM DIVINE - FAVOUR 3. OLUWALEKE CHRISTIANAH BOSEDE 4. GBADEBO DORCAS FOLASADE 5. OKEJIMI OLUWATOBI SAMUEL

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR SAMUEL ALAYMOLA 2. MRS WUNMI ALAYEMOLA 3. DEACON KAYODE OLANIYI 4. MRS MOJI FAGBEMI 5. MR BOLAJI AFOLABI 6. VICTORIA AJIBIKE OLOWONEFA

TRUSTEES ARE 1. ARC. NYA-ETOK EZEKIEL 2. HAJIA UMMA ABDULLAHI GETSO 3. CLAUD-ENIN IBRAHIM 4. MR. INIABASI TOBECHUKWU NYA-ETOK 5. FOLABI OKE

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: TO CONSTRUET CHURCHES AND PROPAGATE THE IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To Enlighten Nigerians On The Imperatives Of Putting Nigeria First In Public Service

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission maitama Abuja within 28days of this publication

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: BARR. DOROTHY BASSEY 08060792428

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28days of this publication.

SIGNED: G . N. UMERIE ESQ O8O34269898

COMFORT OBOH ESTATE TRADERS ASSOCIATION

SEEKERS OF CHRIST GOSPEL CHURCH INT’L.

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.

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.

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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Dr. Kojo Carew (FWACP) - Chairman 2. Dr. Olufemi Ladeinde (M. B; B. S)- Director 3. Dr. Samuel Tor-Agbidye (M. B; B. S, FWACP) 4. Dr. (Mrs) Munirat Faith Okere 5. Dr. Alex Ndubisi Onuoha (M. B; B. S, FWACP) 6. Dr. John Tor-Agbidye (MS,PhD) - Secretary

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. NNAOGU ANN - President 2 . MOSES OBUMNEME 3 . OZOR EVELYN NGOZI 4 . ANOZIE NKECHI OKWUCHUKWU 5 . EZEKWEM SIMON - SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Rev. (Mrs) Alice Adesola -General overseer/founder.

2. Evang. Dayo Adesola.

3. Lt. Olumide Samuel Adesola - General secretary .

4. Mrs Taye Omotosho 5. Barrister Bisi Egbeyemi

PROFESSIONALS OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE IN WEST AFRICA ASSOCIATION

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To do all such things as may encourage integrative medicine becoming accepted and mainstream medical practice Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

IDAYAT OLUWAYEMISI SHODIPE FOUNDATION

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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SHODIPE MOSES OLAMIDE - President 2. AGBEBAKU-IZOBO ISUAN MARY FUNKE - Secretary 3. SHODIPE, ESTHER OLUWAKEMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To provide food, medication and general care for poor and sick Children of Africa.

2. To care for the handicapped/ deprived Children 3.To provide shelter for the homeless Children of Africa.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROTECT, PROMOTE AND ADVANCE THE COMMON INTEREST OF TRADERS IN COMFORT OBOH ESTATE, KIRIKIRI, LAGOS Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: OGHEYEI SUNDAY LEX HABITAE LPS - 08032167288

DAYO & BOLU OLUTAYO FOUNDATION 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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR DAYO OLUTAYO 2 . PASTOR ( MRS ) BOLU OLUTAYO 3 . DR. MOSES ABU 4 . ENGR. ( DR ) EZEKIEL OLUSHOLA ADENIJI 5 . MR. ENOCH OLUTAYO 6 . DR. ( MRS ) CHINEDUM ORISAKWE LAWRENCE 7 . MRS. MARIAM OLUSHOLA NISHILE

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1 . TO PROVIDE CARE , LOVE AND COMPASSION TO THE NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication

SIGNED: John Abah Augustine, Esq 08056670252

SIGNED: BARRISTER GBENGA OLUBAJO - O8033139320

GILGAL OF PEACE PENTECOSTAL MINISTRY INT’L This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.

Board of Trustees 1) ADESUA FEMI DAVID 2) ADESUA MODINA BOLA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1) To preach the gospel of our lord 2 ) To remove reproach and affliction by faith in christ 3) To evangelise people of different races through the use of christian tracts , books and journals 4) To expand the gospel of christ by organ ising seminars, workshop that race hope of the hopeless, help the poor , widow and the fatherless Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Signed: TRUSTEES

PUBLIC NOTICE

This is to inform the General Public of the loss of original document of offer of Terms of Grant/ Conveyance of Approval for Plot No: H191 Located within KUBWA EXT. III (FCDA) SCHEME, LAYOUT Measuring about 1200sqm (belonging to Hadiza I. Garba and purchased by ANTHONY ANIEKWENA in 2000).

All efforts made to trace the said document proved abortive.

If found, please return to the nearest police station.

AGIS and the general public to take note.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EVANGELIST THE WORLD FOR GOD 2. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

ADAB COMMUNITY RENEWAL FOUNDATION 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.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Mai Abba Tijjani. - Secretary 2. Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed. .

3. Dr Hassan Bashir.

4.Tijjani Muhammad Ferobe. - Chairman.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To help the less privileged and internally displaced persons in the society.

2. To offer scholarships to less privileged and brilliant students.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

CHRIST THE FLOWING STREAM CHAPEL

This is to inform the general public that the above named church has applied for REGISTRATION OF TRUSTEES to the Corporate Affairs Commission under Part C. of the company and Allied Matters Act. TRUSTEES 1. Pastor Kehinde Paul Pratt 2. Pastor Comfor Titilayo Pratt 3. Pastor Mike Onohwakpa 4.Deacon Evbade Clifford 5. Mr. Joseph Igbaro AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: To preach the gospel to all nations of the world To teach and train Christians and to carry out evangelical work and empower lives Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja within 28 days of the publication.

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

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ORE EATERIES OWNER ASSOCIATION

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JESUS OVER COMERS PRAYER EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

ARUGO GARDENS ESTATE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.

Board of Trustees

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.

Board of Trustees

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

(1)OKOYE SIMON (2). MR JOHN PAUL (3). MR ANORUE CHIKA (4). BAR ANTHONY OYIBO (5). MR ADEDURO EARNEST.

(1). Alao Isaac Olumuyiwa (2). Alao Faith Abimbola.

(3). Adeyemo Abiodun Abimbola. (4). Alao Oluwasesan Michel.

(5). Udechukwu Gilbert Asibueze.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. CHIEF ADOLPHUS OBI 2. ENGR. CHIDI DEWINGWE - Chairman 3. BARR. EMMANUEL ORJI - Secretary 4. MR. NDUBUISI OKU 5. HRH EZE GERALD ACHUSIM EZEIHEKAIBE

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS.

Aims/Objectives: (1). To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED : THE TRUSTEES.

SIGNED: THE TRUSTEES

EBENEZER INTERNATIONAL EVANGELISTIC NETWORK

UNDIUTUNG FOUNDATION FOR WIDOWS AND LESS PRIVILEGE.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: (a) To foster unity, co-operation and good neighbourliness amongst residents of the Association. (b) To undertake developmental projects within the estate that are beneficial to the well being and welfare of the residents of the Association.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

Signed: SECRETARY

DIABETES AND NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES FOUNDATION

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Foundation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Foundation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

TRUSTEES: 1. SIR. YUSUFU ELISHA -CHAIRMAN 2. EMMANUEL ELISHA -SECRETARY 3. LADY PRISCILA FELICIA ELISHA

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AGIM MARTHA AGEDE- CHAIRMAN. 2. AGIM GODWIN APPLE- VICE CHAIRMAN. 3. AGIM SIMEON ABUOKWEN. MEMBER 4. MARGARET AYIBEH ODEY- SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DR. EJIOFOR UGWU. 2. MRS MARTHA NWODO. 3. DR. CASMIR ORJIOKE. 4. CHIEF BONA EZEUDU. 5. MRS CATHERINE OKENWA.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO HELP WIDOWS, LESS PRIVILEGED AND ORPHANS BY EMPOWERING, TRANING AND SUPPORTING THEM.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ENLIGHTENMENT ON THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES AND OTHER NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES(NCDS).

2. TO ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES GEARED TOWARDS CURBING THE DIABETES AND OTHER NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.

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

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY.

SIGNED: DR. EJIOFOR UGWU

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PALAMA ELOHO PRINCESS (PRESIDENT) 2. PALAMA KELVIN (SECRETARY) 3. PALAMA ALLEN 4. VENAKPOR TONIA AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1 TO FOSTER UNITY AND PROGRESS AMONG MEMBERS. 2. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES BY REACHING OUT TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY 3. CARRYING OUT ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ON CLEANLINESS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PRESIDENT

WOROMA MARANATHA MINISTRY

THE GREAT MORNING STAR CLUB OF ENUGU-EZIKE This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 Board of Trustees Are: 1. Idoko Felix - President 2. Omeke Chukwurobe 3. Okafor Mama - Secretary 4. Idoko Anthony 5. Onyeke Ejike AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To encourage Unity, Friendliness and Co-operation among its members.

2. To promote socio-economic advancement of the members.

3. To support and participate fully in members social activities.

4. To empower ourselves and assist one another in business and any other related venture.

Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general Corporation Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED BARR. LEVI ASOGWA

CHAMPIONS OF HOPE FOUNDATION

ISOMAL WORLD BIBLE COLLEGE AND SEMINARY The general public is hereby notified that the above named SEMINARY has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Registration Under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Rev. Dr. Victor Okorie Umeke - Chairman 2. Rev. Ndubuka Amah Ebenezer - Secretary 3. Rev. Barr. Emeka Ezechinemelu - Member 4. Princess Chinwe Okorie Sussan - Member 5. Evang. Oha Sunday Ede - Member THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To train and equip Christians for the work of Evangelism and Church administration 2. To Evangelise the world and prepare believers for the Second Coming of Christ.

3. To empower the less privileged and contribute to community development.

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

Signed: REV. DR. VICTOR OKORIE UMEKE CHAIRMAN

LOVE OF GOD IN NATIONS FOUNDATION

This is to inform the General public that the above named ORGANISATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under part “C” of the Companies and allied Matters Act, 2004.

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the companies and Allied Matters Act 1990

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the companies and Allied Matters Act 1990

TRUSTEES 1. Woroma Ruth David - Chairman 2. Dimkpa Ikechi - Secretary 3. Wachukwu A. Philip - Member

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) Olubunmi Olarotimi Gbologe-President.

2) Olanrewaju Oluwole Adigun-Secretary. 3) Afolabi Phillips

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. JOSHUA IMORU 2. TITILAYO PRECIOUS EGWUMBA 3. MADU EGWUMBA 4. ADEKUNLE OLALEYE ADEYEMI 5. ODEMENE WILSON IDOWU

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1) To train less privileged women, youths and orphans especially in the rural areas on practical skill acquisition programmes for value re-orientation, wealth creation, selfreliance, crime reduction and sustainable living in view of the global economic meltdown.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To show love and supports to the orphans, widow and the less privilege 2. To support youth through free skills acquisition and entrepreneurship empowerment 3. To help youths to discover their purpose and have sense of direction in life through counseling and mentoring.

Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general Corporation Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication

Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general Corporation Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: AJIMAJASAN TAIWO ESQ.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To preach the word of God to all nations.

2. To win souls for Christ through evangelism.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 565, Ndola Square, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja.

Signed WOROMA RUTH DAVID Chairman

THE DYNASTY HOUSE CHURCH

ZONE C CAUCUS SOCIAL CLUB

This is to inform the General Public that the above named MINISTRY has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

This is to inform the General Public that the above named CLUB has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Adeniyi Adedayo Fadiya -President 2. Ayodele Samuel Daniel 3. Olubukunola Aramide Oyawale 4. Olugbenga Moyosore Ojo 5. Adeyinka Charles Fadiya 6. Adetola Omoboyede Fadiya -Secretary

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Hon. Bola Ashiru Balogun 3. Chief Kayode Adeshina 5. Chief Wasiu OIadejo

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To help men discover their purpose, recognize their opportunities in Christ and make them the dream of God 2.To raise a people of purpose distinguished through divine wealth and Success

2. Mr. Ibrahim Hassan 4. Mr. Akeem Obanla 6. Mr. Idris Bello.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:-.

1. To promote unity and cooperation among its members.

2.To cater for the common interest and general welfare being of its members.

3.To be a peace arbiter for any crisis that may arise among members.

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

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication

SIGNED BY : BABAFEMI ODUTAYO (ESQ)

SIGNED BY : BARR. MARY BODEDE

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NWATU SUNDAY OKENWA

I, formerly known and addressed as NWATU HYCIENTH SUNDAY, now wish to be known and addressed as NWATU SUNDAY OKENWA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note SALISU GANIYU OLAMILEKAN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SALISU GANIU FASHOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SALISU GANIYU OLAMILEKAN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. AJUBO QUEEN TAMUNONENGIYEOFORI

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. JUMBO QUEEN TAMUNONENGIYEOFORI, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. AJUBO QUEEN TAMUNONENGIYEOFORI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

OPARA CALLISTUS

I, formerly known and addressed as, IHUEGBU SUNNY, now wish to be known and addressed as, OPARA CALLISTUS. All former documents remain valid.

Diamond Bank Plc, Diamond Security Holdings and the general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

UDEH JUDE IKECHUKWU

I, formerly known and addressed as UDEH RICHARD IKECHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as UDEH JUDE IKECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

OWOBAMIRO AMINAT DAMILOLA

I, formerly known and addressed as OLUWADAMILOLA OWABAMIRO now wish to be known and addressed as OWOBAMIRO AMINAT DAMILOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AJIE OLUCHI COMFORT.

I, formerly known and addressed as, OBARA OLUCHI, now wish to be known and addressed as, AJIE OLUCHI COMFORT. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

UCHE CLEMENT.

I, formerly known and addressed as, ONU FRIDAY, now wish to be known and addressed as, UCHE CLEMENT. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, ANI OGBONNAYA AUGUSTINE, AND ANI OGBONNAYA, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, ANI OGBONNAYA AUGUSTINE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, KINGSLEY EVANS, AND ANIOKE UGOCHUKWU KINGSLEY, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, ANIOKE UGOCHUKWU KINGSLEY. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ANYAELESI OBI INNOCENT.

That I am the same person bearing ONOGU OZIOMACHI OLUEBUBE and UGO-ONOGU OZIOMACHUKWU OLUEBUBECHI. I will want to be known and addressed as ONOGUOZIOMACHI OLUEBUBE. All documents remain valid.

General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MICHEAL OBI IHEANYI now wish to be known and addressed as ANYAELESI OBI INNOCENT. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

UDOH ENOBONG JOE

OLATUNJI KEHINDE JOHN

Formerly known and addressed as UDOH ENOBONG VALERIE now wish to be known and addressed as UDOH ENOBONG JOE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ISEDE IRUMUDOMO

Formerly known and addressed as OGUNNOWO KIEHINDE JOHN now wish to be known and addressed as OLATUNJI KEHINDE JOHN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OLANIYI BAMIDELE IBRAHIM GHANIY AYOUB

ANI NNAMDI. I, formerly known and addressed as ANI NNANNA JOHN, now wish to be known and addressed as ANI NNAMDI. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

EMILY CHIKEZIE.

I, formerly known and addressed as IHEANACHO CHINEDUM AGNES, now wish to be known and addressed as EMILY CHIKEZIE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AGBA, DAYO IGWE.

I, formerly known and addressed as, AGBA, LOVEDAY DAYO, now wish be known and addressed as, AGBA, DAYO IGWE. All former documents remain valid. Genera public should take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, ADAKU GERALDINE EZINWA, ADAKU EZINWA, ADA EZINWA, AND GERALDINE EZINWA, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. IBEH ADAKU GERALDINE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, MADUWUBA CHARLES EJIKE, AND OKEOMA CHARLES EJIKE, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, OKEOMA CHARLES MADUWUBA EJIKE. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

ROSEMARY NWABU

Formerly known and addressed as ROSEMARY OZABOR now wish to be known and addressed as ROSEMARY NWABU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OGUNTOYE OMOLARA AYISAT.

Formerly known and addressed as ALADE ALADE VICTORIA now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNTOYE OMOLARA AYISAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OSAGIE SARAH OSATO.

BENEDETTE NGOZI EZE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as BENEDETTE NGOZI OKAFOR, now wish to be known and addressed as BENEDETTE NGOZI EZE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

This is to certify that CYRIL ESTHER IFEYINWA, ANTHONY GABRIEL IFEYINWA and CHUKWU ESTHER IFEYINWA is one and the same person now wish to be known as MRS CHUKWU ESTHER IFEYINWA. All former documents remain valid.

Banks and general public take note.

This is to confirm that Prince John and BALA , Ekundayo John refers to one and same person, .Former documents remains valid. General public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME. This is to confirm that ADEBOLA BAMGBOSE is the same person bearing ADEBOLA OLAYIWOLA BAMGBOSE. All documents bearing these names remain valid. Ogun State Local Government Service Commission and general public take note.

OKORO WILLSON INNOCENT.

OSUJI NNEKA CHIDI.

I, formerly known and addressed as, INNOCENT WILLSON, now wish to be known and addressed as, OKORO WILLSON INNOCENT. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ALADI NNEKA COMFORT, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OSUJI NNEKA CHIDI. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

PRINCEDAVID BENADETH.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. OLUIGBO BENADETH NWAODORO, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. PRINCEDAVID BENADETH. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ONWUKWE JUDITH CHINYERE.

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. OSUJI JUDITH CHINYERE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. ONWUKWE JUDITH CHINYERE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AMARACHI INNOCENT EMERUO

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. CHINONYE JOSEPHINE NWANKWO, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. CHINONYE JOSEPHINE ANEKE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

KALU MARGARET CHIDINMA

CORRECTION OF NAME I, CHINECHEREM UCHE, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as, ANGEL CHICHI UCHE, instead of, CHINECHEREM UCHE, in my BVN details. I now wish to be known and addressed as, CHINECHEREM UCHE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, KALU MARGARET ONWUNTA, now wish to be known and addressed as, KALU MARGARET CHIDINMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ADEBOGUN ESTHER BOLATIWA

SADIK BISAYO OLUWATOSIN.

Formerly known and addressed as ADEBAJO ESTHER BOLATIWA now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBOGUN ESTHER BOLATIWA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as SOKEYE BISAYO OLUWATOSIN now wish to be known and addressed as SADIK BISAYO OLUWATOSIN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ADENIRAN MICHEAL ADEYEMI

SUCCESS JOY JULIUS

Formerly known and addressed as ADENIRAN ADEWALE MICHEAL now wish to be known and addressed as ADENIRAN MICHEAL ADEYEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

AGBOMABINU OLUWASEGUN DANIEL

Formerly known and addressed as AGBOMABINU SEGUN.O now wish to be known and addressed as AGBOMABINU OLUWASEGUN DANIEL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

SARAH ANUOLWAPO OYEWOLE

HINONYE JOSEPHINE ANEKE

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. AMARACHI IHEANACHO SCHOLARSTICA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. AMARACHI INNOCENT EMERUO. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS SUCCESS JOY BOSE OYINBO now wish to be known and addressed as MRS SUCCESS JOY JULIUS. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

YEWHENU MARIA SESI

Formerly known and addressed as AKILO MARIA SESI now wish to be known and addressed as YEWHENU MARIA SESI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

YUSUF KHALIAT IYABO

OYEDIRAN ABDULWAHEED.

Formerly known and addressed as ADENIYI ABDULWAHEED OYEDIRAN now wish to be known and addressed as OYEDIRAN ABDULWAHEED. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ISHAKU YAKUBU.

Formerly known and addressed as ISAAC JAMES now wish to be known and addressed as ISHAKU YAKUBU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

SAKA RASHEED ATANDA

Formerly known and addressed as AMORI RASIDI, now wish to be known and addressed as SAKA RASHEED ATANDA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

TAJUDEEN NURUDEEN AJIBOLA

I formerly known as TAJUDEEN NURUDEEN wish to be known and addressed as TAJUDEEN NURUDEEN AJIBOLA . All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as Martha Alomese isede Irumudomo now wish to be known and addressed as Isede Irumudomo. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as BAMIDELE IBRAHEEM GHANIY OLANIYI now wish to be known and addressed as OLANIYI BAMIDELE IBRAHIM GHANIY AYOUB. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

JOY ALFRED OBASI

ETUKUDOH EUNICE DOUGLAS.

AIYEDATIWA AYANFE WOLE.

ADIO BOLA ADEDOTUN.

FEDERICK CHRISTIAN CHISOM

AGBATOR BEATRICE AIGBEHI.

Formerly known and addressed as NNENNA IKWUONWU AWAM, now wish to be known and addressed as JOY ALFRED OBASI. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as DOUGLAS EUNICE now wish to be known and addressed as ETUKUDOH EUNICE DOUGLAS. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OJAJUNI YEMI IYANU, now wish to be known and addressed as AIYEDATIWA AYANFE WOLE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ADEDOTUN OLUWAGBOGBEMI ADIO ADEDOTUN, now wish to be known and addressed as ADIO BOLA ADEDOTUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as CHRISTIAN OHAMMUO CHISOM now wish to be known and addressed as FEDERICK CHRISTIAN CHISOM. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. The general public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ETUTE BEATRICE AIGBEHI now wish to be known and addressed as AGBATOR BEATRICE AIGBEHI. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. The general public should please take note.

SIMON LINUS.

ERAS ADETOLA AYOOLA.

SALAU FOLASHADE OGEMBE.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS POPOOLA ADETOLA AYOOLA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ERAS ADETOLA AYOOLA. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. The general public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as FOLASHADE OGEMBE now wish to be known and addressed as SALAU FOLASHADE OGEMBE. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. The general public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AKOGUN CHRISTIAN ENEJO now wish to be known and addressed as SIMON LINUS. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. The general public should please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as GODWIN JULIET SARAH now wish to be known and addressed as OSAGIE SARAH OSATO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MRS SAFIAT AJIUN GEORGE now wish to be known and addressed as MISS. SARAH ANUOLWAPO OYEWOLE. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

UZOHU FRANK WILLIAMS. I formerly known and addressed as OGUEGBULEM UZOHU AUGUSTINE now wish to be known and addressed as OGUEGBULEM UZOHU FRANK WILLIAMS. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid.

The general public should please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OGUOLA IYABO, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS YUSUF KHALIAT IYABO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

BASIRAT BADMUS

I formerly known and addressed as MISS BASIRAT KOSOKO now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. BASIRAT BADMUS. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. The general public should please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

That I am the same person bearing ITUMA SOLOMON CHUKWUMA and ITUMA SOLOMON. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. The general public should please take note.

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EZEKIEL ODUNAYO

I Formerly known as ADEDAYO ADEBISI now wish to be known as EZEKIEL ODUNAYO, all former documents remain valid. Public please take note.

IFEDOLAPO OLUDARE EUNICE.

I formerly known as Oleh Grace Akankwu. wish to be known and addressed as Ifedolapo Oludare Eunice. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note OLASIMBO MORENIKE ADEBANJO

I formerly known OLASIMBO Morenike Osifeso wish to be known and addressed as OLASIMBO MORENIKE ADEBANJO. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

WILSON LILIAN ITOHAN

I formerly known and addressed as LILIAN MANNO ITOHAN now wish to be known and addressed as WILSON LILIAN ITOHAN. All former documents remain valid. General to please take note.

OHAGBA CHRISTIAN IKECHUKWU

I formerly known and addressed as OSAKWE PATRICK UCHENNA now wish to be known and addressed as OHAGBA CHRISTIAN IKECHUKWU All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

OJERINDE TAORID

I formerly known and addressed as TAOHEED MURAINA now wish to be known and addressed as OJERINDE TAORID All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

DOMINION KWESI ACHEAMPONG

I, formerly known and addressed as ERIC DOMINION ANDREW, now wish to be known and addressed as DOMINION KWESI ACHEAMPONG. All the documents bearing my former name remain valid. The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note CORRECTION OF NAME

That my name was wrongly written as SAHEED ABUBAKAR KOREDE instead of SAHEED ABUBAKRY KOREDE. That my correct name is SAHEED ABUBAKRY KOREDE . The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

ISAAC LAWSON JOVITA.

Formerly known and addressed as Apeh Sunday Ojoarome, now wish to be addressed as Isaac Lawson Jovita. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

CHIME CHIMCHETALUM IFEANYICHUKWU

CHIME: I formerly known and addressed as CHIME IFEANYI now wish to be known and addressed as CHIME CHIMCHETALUM IFEANYICHUKWU. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. General public please take note.

AJAYI MUHAMMED SOLIU.

I, Formerly known and addressed as AJAYI MUHAMMED now wish to be known and addressed as AJAYI MUHAMMED SOLIU. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

AMUSAN ARAMIDE KUDIRAT.

I formerly known Amushon Aramide Kadirat wish to be known and addressed as Amusan Aramide Kudirat. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

OKEKE UCHENNA VALENTINE

I formerly known as UCHENNA VALENTINE wish to be known and addressed as OKEKE UCHENNA VALENTINE. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

AFOLAYAN TEMITOPE ANUOLUWAPO

I formerly known and addressed as AGBOOLA ANUOLUWAPO MORENIKEJI now wish to be known and addressed as AFOLAYAN TEMITOPE ANUOLUWAPO All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

SAHEED SIMIAT IDOWU

I formerly known and addressed as SAHEED SIMIAT TOPE now wish to be known and addressed as SAHEED SIMIAT IDOWU All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

EDE BENJAMIN CHINONSO MART

I formerly known and addressed as AGWU CHINONSO MART now wish to be known and addressed as EDE BENJAMIN CHINONSO MART All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

HALIMAT SADIA ORIYOMI AILERU

I formerly known as MISS SADIA ORIYOMI ADEBAYO wish to be known and addressed as MRS HALIMAT SADIA ORIYOMI AILERU. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME.

That on some of my documents, my name appears as SAM NCHEZOR, while on some, it appears as SAMUEL ASIKA. That I am the one bearing both names mentioned above. All former documents bearing both names are mine and hence remain valid. The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

OKE OLUFUNKE.

AKINADE ABOSEDE OYINDAMOLA JELILAT.

I formerly known as AJADI ABOSEDE OYINDAMOLA JELILAT wish to be known and addressed as AKINADE ABOSEDE OYINDAMOLA JELILAT. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

AREMU-LAWAL ANIFAT ABIOLA

I formerly known as AREMU ANIFAT ABIOLA wish to be known and addressed as AREMULAWAL ANIFAT ABIOLA. All former documents remain valid, General public please note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH

ANIFOWOSHE MONILOLA FATIMAH BINTU

I formerly known as Zurakah Monilola FatimahBintu wish to be known and addressed as Anifowoshe Monilola Fatimah Bintu. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

TANIMOMO MUSILIU AREMU

I formerly known as Tanimomo Jimoh Musiliu wish to be known and addressed as TANIMOMO MUSILIU AREMU. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

SAKA IKEOLUWA RAMOTA.

I hereby confirm that my corrected name is MICHARL SEGUN IFE and corrected Date Of Birth is 5TH DAY OF APRIL 1985. All documents/ credentials remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known as Saka Adewunmi Ikeoluwa wish to be known and addressed as Saka Ikeoluwa Ramota.

All former document remain valid, General public please take note.

HADI-ABDULQUADIR NAFISAT. I formerly known and addressed as AZEEZ MUIBAT OLAWUNMI now wish to be known and addressed as AZEEZ MUIBAT ADUKE All former documents remain valid. Generom my name.

Henceforth to be addressed as HADIABDULQUADIR NAFISAT. All documents bearing all the above names are valid. General public to take note

I formerly known and addressed as ADEYEMI GANIU now wish to be known and addressed as ADEYEMI ABIODUN BABATUNDE All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

SALAWU HALIMAT OYIZA

I formerly known and addressed as BELLO HALIMAT OYIZA now wish to be known and addressed as SALAWU HALIMAT OYIZA All former documents remain valid.

General public to please take note.

UGWU OLUCHUKWU JOEL

I formerly known and addressed as UGWU OLUCHI JOY now wish to be known and addressed as UGWU OLUCHUKWU JOEL All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

ASHER RAY TEDDY.

I, formerly known and addressed as ASH RAY, now wish to be known and addressed as ASHER RAY TEDDY. All the documents bearing my former name remain valid. The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

HARUNA A. TSALHA I, formerly known and addressed as HARUNA HASKI IDRIS, now wish to be known and addressed as HARUNA A. TSALHA. All the documents bearing my former name remain valid. The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

BALOGUN DOYINSOLA KEHINDE

ADEYEMI ABIODUN BABATUNDE

ODOFIN FUNMILOLA VANESSA

I formerly known and addressed as OGUNTOKUN FUNMILOLA VANESSA now wish to be known and addressed as ODOFIN FUNMILOLA VANESSA All former documents remain valid.

General public to please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME:

I formerly known as Kehinde Shittu wish to be known and addressed as Adisa Kehinde Musibah. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

MUSTAPHA- RUFAI QUDRAT OLABISI

I formerly known as MUSTAPHA KUDIRAT OLABISI wish to be known and addressed as MUSTAPHA- RUFAI QUDRAT OLABISI .All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

IBRAHIM HIJRAHT TITILAYO

I formerly known as Balogun Hijraht Titilayo wish to be known and addressed as Ibrahim Hijraht Titilayo.

All former documents remain valid, General public please take note AFOLABI ABOLAJI OLUWASEYI

I formerly known as OLUWASEYI BOLAJI wish to be known and addressed as AFOLABI ABOLAJI OLUWASEYI. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

ONOHWOREMU MARIA OGHENEROME

AJAYI OYEWOLE

I formerly known and addressed as MARIA ARIARO ONOHWOREMU now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ONOHWOREMU MARIA OGHENEROME All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as OLADIPUPO OYEWOLE now wish to be known and addressed as AJAYI OYEWOLE All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

AUGUSTINA OSAGIE

I formerly known and addressed as AUGUSTINA OSODI now wish to be known and addressed as AUGUSTINA OSAGIE All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

ONUNWA IJEOMA

I formerly known and addressed as IHEANACHO DORIS now wish to be known and addressed as ONUNWA IJEOMA All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

EPHRAIM CHIZURUM ROSELINE

OLUSEGUN ISAAC OMONIYI.

I formerly known and addressed as EPHRAIM BLESSING ROSELINE now wish to be known and addressed as EPHRAIM CHIZURUM ROSELINE. I was born on 1/1/1976 All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AYORINDE ADEOLU AKINROLE now wish to be known and addressed as OLUSEGUN ISAAC OMONIYI. I was born on 25/10/1975. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

DUPE AJAYI ALIX.

ALPHA JOSEPHINE IFEOMA

My name was wrongly written as ADESINA BOLA F. instead of ADESINA FAUSAT BOLANLE. All former documents remain valid. General public to take note

I, formerly known, called and addressed as ADEYEMI MARIA EBU, that I now wish to be known, called and addressed as DUPE AJAYI ALIX. All the documents bearing my former name remain valid. The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OKEKE JOSEPHINE IFEOMA, now wish to be known and addressed as ALPHA JOSEPHINE IFEOMA. All the documents bearing my former name remain valid. The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

EGUANOR AKHERE.

OSUNTUSA RACHEAL CHINEDU. I, formerly known and addressed as IKEAGEGO RACHEAL CHUNEDU, now wish to be known and addressed as OSUNTUSA RACHEAL CHINEDU. All the documents bearing my former name remain valid.

The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME That on my Voter’s Card, my name was wrongly written as OBASUYI JOSSY JOSEPH EDD instead of OBASUYI JOSEPH JOSSY. That my correct name and spelling is OBASUYI JOSEPH JOSSY. The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known, called and addressed as OBUBELEYE HORSFALL, now wish to be known, called and addressed as OBUBELEYE OSAKI-PERRI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

JOSHUA HENRY ADEBOBOYE. I, formerly known, called and addressed as HENRY ADENIRAN ADEBOBOYE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as JOSHUA HENRY ADEBOBOYE. All former documents remain valid.

General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known, called and addressed as EDDY GEORGE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as EDWARD GEORGE. That my correct date of birth is 24th day of July, 1980. All former documents remain valid. Zenith Bank Plc, general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as TONY RICHMAN .C. now I wish to be known and addressed as TONY RICHMAN CONNIFF. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note

I, formerly known and addressed as SUNDAY OSAS, now wish to be known and addressed as EGUANOR AKHERE. All the documents bearing my former name remain valid. The general public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

OBUBELEYE OSAKI-PERRI.

I formerly known and addressed as Oke Olufunke Ogboye now I wish to be known and addressed as Oke Olufunke. All former documents remain valid.

General public should please take note

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ODEYEMI DOYINSOLA KEHINDE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS MRS BALOGUN DOYINSOLA KEHINDE ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CHANGE OF NAME/ DATE OF BIRTH I, formerly known and addressed as ONYEKA IBEKWE now wish to be known and addressed as ONYEKAOZURU IBEKWERE SUCCESS, while my date of birth is 28th March, 1981 and not 28th of March, 1980. All former documents remain valid. NPF, Heritage Bank, GTB, Zenith Bank, NIMS and the general public should please take note

NWEKE JULIET IJEOMA.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME. This is to confirm and certify that, EZE HYCENT OGBU, EZE HYCENT and EZE HYCENT OGBUNWAEZE refer to one and the same person, now wish to be known and addressed as EZE HYCENT OGBUNWAEZE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as NWANKWO CAROLINE NWEBERE, now wish to be known and addressed as NWANKWO CAROLINE NWEBELE. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

NWAFOR: I formerly known and addressed as ELUMU NWAFOR IJEOMAnow wish to be known and addressed as NWEKE JULIET IJEOMA. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. General public please take note.

ADISA KEHINDE MUSIBAH

NWANKWO CAROLINE NWEBELE

TONY RICHMAN CONNIFF

ONYEJE EKPEREDIKE FRANCIS.

I, formerly known and addressed as FRANCIS JOHNSON STEVE, now wish to be known and addressed as ONYEJE EKPEREDIKE FRANCIS. All former documents remain valid. Banks and general public should please take note.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, December 16, 2016

Deceased police officers’ wives, children get cheques

Joy Anyim

ÎÎÎInspector General of Police, Mr.

Ibrahim Idris, has assured policemen that their rights will be protected within the ambit of the law.

The IGP stated this on Wednesday in an event held at the Zone 2 Police Command Onikan to mark the World Human Rights Day which holds every December 10.

The IGP, who was represented at the event by the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, also used the occasion to dole out cheques of different amounts

to family members of deceased officers and men.

Mr. Idris while condoling with the families of the deceased policemen urged them to take solace in God. “It is the belief of the IGP that something must be done to uplift the spirit of the family members of police men we have lost. The enormity of their service cannot be quantified and one of the succours is to give this amount to support those they left behind. The police will continue to support them.”

Family members of the deceased policemen express appreciation for

the cheques they received.

One of the deceased policemen wives Amina Ignatius said “My Husband died in 2014. I have been struggling with my children but with this amount I will set up a small business so I can Carter for my children. I appreciate the IGP and the Nigeria police Force.”

Similarly, policemen attached to the Zone 2 police command have received training in Human Rights.

The convener of the training and the Executive Director of Crime Victims Foundation (CRIVIFON) Mr. Gloria Ebuji urged the officers to

practice what they have learnt.

She also used the event to condemns the killing of policemen during the Rivers State By -election.

The Programme Officer of CRIVIFON, Bar. Ene Unobe, stated that the graduands are members of Course 6 police human rights training for officers and men.

She said “the graduands are members of Course 6 and were trained on the 1999 constitution and the International human rights instruments. these also include the Universal declaration on human rights, African charter on people and human rights,

international covenant on civil and political rights, the convention on the rights of the child. The tenancy law, child rights act and child right law of Lagos state in addition to the domestic violence law of Lagos state. The training is aimed at reducing conflicts in our society as knowledge of human rights will go a long way in checking violence and abuse of rights.”

AIG Aderanti who presented Certificates to the graduands urged them to uphold the rights of members of the public and to attend to cases professionally.

Cattle rustlers kill 4 at Gbaka village in Niger, cart away 700 cattle Saka Bolaji, Minna

ÎÎÎFor the fourth time in a one

month, cattle rustlers have reportedly invaded Gbaka village in the Shiroro local government area of Niger state, killing four people.

Although said there was no life lost in the attack that occurred Wednesday evening, three people that were seriously injured in the latest attack were brought to the Minna General hospital for treatment.

The Daily Times gathered that some of the injured are said to be having gunshot wounds while others had deep cuts as a result of machete attack.

No fewer than 700 cows and unspecified number of goats and sheep were rustled by the invaders.

In their usual manner, scores of rustlers arrived the village at about 6pm and started shooting sporadically to scare away the villagers.

According to a source closed to the villagers, “It was in this process that four of our people were killed and others injured and we

are still searching for some of our people that ran Into the bush.”

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the story but said “we have not received report of any death.”

Elkana also said that no arrest had been made but added that the police is after the suspects, the special anti-rustling squad has been mobilized to the area”.

In the last three weeks, about 12 people have been killed by suspected cattle rustlers in the local government area alone while over 1300 cattle were rustled in the process.

The police have been able to arrest four suspects in connection with the previous incidents and recovered 400 cattle.

Bothered by the escalating cases of cattle rustling in the state the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris also deployed surveillance helicopter to the state.

In addition to this, the state police Command moved the command headquarters to the troubled zone with 300 armed policemen and this paid off with the arrest of 12 suspects and a number of cows.

OPC pledges co-operation with Oyo police Bolaji Omosanya, Ibadan

ÎÎÎThe Oodua people’s congress,

OPC, has come out to pledge its support to the Oyo state Police Command in its efforts to ensure security of lives and properties in the state.

Comrade Rotimi Olumo made this statements in a press release made available to the Daily Times correspondent in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

He stressed that the Yoruba socio-cultural organization is not unaware about activities of some unscrupulous elements to tarnish its image, thereby putting it in disrepute.

Also, he informed that despite efforts to compliment the police in its fight against crime and criminals,

OPC distrators are all out to portray his group in a bad light.

Olumo, said that the Indomie cult and one million boys activities has caused a lot of havoc to the society and that the state wing of the OPC would not take things lying low and is ready to collaborate and support and act to, ensure that the “undesirable elements are brought to book”.

The Oyo OPC leader lamented that the Indomie and One million boys activities have continued to give the pacesetter state a bad name and disturbing its peace.

According to him, the OPC would never support any act or group that act contrarily to the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or go against the principle which informed the emergence of the OPC in thestate and the nation in general.

Pupils of Foothold Academy during their Christmas party celebration at the school premises at Kubwa, Abuja...

Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

Why govt set up Information App,

by Minister Tom Okpe, Abuja

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the federal government,s Information App, otherwise known as FGN IAAP, is aimed at keeping Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike better informed of the activities of the Federal government as well as getting necessary feedback.

The Minister made this known during the launch of the program on Thursday in Abuja where he also said the power of the Ministry is to drive the change agenda of this administration with the view to ensuring Nigerians take ownership of the agenda to bring about a paradigm shift in the way we do our things.

“We realized earlier that in order to get undiluted and factual information directly to the people, we will have to do things differently. This is because those who are opposed to this Administration’s Change Agenda, including the corrupt elements in our society who have chosen to fight the government with their ill-gotten wealth, have taken it upon themselves to distort our messages and obfuscate our activities

to give the impression that the government is not doing anything.

“That explains why, in addition to using the conventional and the Social Media, we introduced the Town Hall Meeting that has so far taken us to Lagos, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Uyo and Abuja and provided a platform for cabinet Ministers to meet directly with a cross section of Nigerians in a no-holds-barred discussion. By the way, the Town Hall Meeting will be back in Abuja on Tuesday, when we are scheduled to hold a Special Edition of the meeting for youths”, the Minister said.

The Minister revealed that, “Our latest effort in the quest to provide authentic and timely information to Nigerians is the App we are launching today.

Irrespective of where you are in the world, from today all you need to do is to download the FGN IAPP, and you will have access to factual and real time information on the activities of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

There are also a host of value-added services. For example, every Nigerian can now access the Tender Journal that is published twice a month to announce available government jobs.

This is revolutionary in the sense that

it will enable more people irrespective of their locations, to bid for government jobs.”

Alhaji Mohammed pointed to other value-added services as the ‘’BE INSPIRED’’ section, which makes it possible for any Nigerian, irrespective of his status, age or academic background, to meet top political, business, religious and other leaders.

“There is also the Feedback Section that allows anyone interested to make his or her feelings known about any government policy or programs; those seeking government jobs can also have information about genuine vacancies in the public service”, he said.

Alhaji Mohammed highlighted the achievements of government as liberated every inch of occupied territory from Boko Haram, steadily making the country self-sufficient in staples such as rice; embarked on a massive infrastructural renewal and is boldly tackling an economic recession that was foisted on it by years of profligacy, lack of savings and a sudden crash on oil prices deserves accolades, not vilification, advising that, “We must not leave the public space for naysayers.

A government that has achieved the unprecedented feat of creating 200,000 jobs in one fell swoop cannot be said to have done nothing”, he added.

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Imo pensioners reject 40% arrears Val Okara, Owerri

ÎÎÎThe Imo state branch

of the Nigeria Union o Pensioners (NUP) has rejected the payment of 40 percent of pension to its members as proposed by the state government.

The union also directed all state retirees not to sigh what it called “death warrant forms” being circulated by the state government in various communities in the state.

The state council of the NUP in a communiqué

issued on Wednesday after an emergency meeting in Owerri and jointly sighed by its chairman Chief Gideon Ezeji and the secretary, Comrade L. U. Ashiegbu called on the state government to withdraw the said forms from circulation.

Part of the said form read “I voluntarily accept this payment due to economic situation in the country. I do hereby release and discharge the Imo state government and its agents from all past, present and future liabil-

ity and actions, claims, and demands in respect of the said accumulated pension arrears.”

The Union therefore resolved that if the state government failed to pay the state retirees 100 percent of their pensions, the union would take any unpleasant action to press home on their demands.

“The Imo state NUP executive in session did not agree with the Imo state government that their action against the pensioners is à calculated attempt to punish the pension-

ers. We also resolved that Governor Rochas Okorocha should pay Imo state Pensioners from the N522 billion bailout recently released to states by the federal government.”

“We resolved at the meeting that government should pay with available revenue the number of months it could source to Imo Pensioners before 16th December 2016. Contrary to that agreement reached the presence of organised labour un Imo state, thé Imo state government is now distribut-

ing forums to compel Pensioners accept 40 percent of their accumulated arrears of pension.”

“Pensions is treated as first chargé by constitution and we are calling on Imo State government to treat pensions as such. “The communiqué urged the state government to use the Accountant General’s office to pay civil pensioners and local government Board to the local government retirees and retired primary school teachers because the said argents are constitutionally bound.

Resort Savings & Loans appoints new Chairman, MD/CEO

ÎÎÎIn

a determined effort to reposition Resort Savings & Loans Plc, the Board of Directors of the mortgage institution has appointed Barrister Jideofor Chukwuocha as its new Chairman, following the resignation of the former Chairman, Chief Babatunde Adefarati, from the Board.

Rising from its 90th board meeting at its corporate head office in Ikeja on Wednesday, the Board also confirmed the appointment of Mr. Ola Oyinloye FCA as its substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.

Until his elevation to the position of the Chairman, Chukwuocha has been a director of the Bank since 2012. He is an astute business man and a lawyer by profession. His appointment is expected to bring his wealth of experience as a successful businessman to reposition the Bank in its ongoing restructuring exercise.

In a statement the Board assured its numerous customers and other stakeholders that it has been further strengthened than ever before to ensure that ‘’it sustains its high-quality services in providing mortgage to Nigerians while supporting the policies of the federal government in making affordable accommodation available to Nigerians.

L-R: Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Alleged Non-Transparent and Fraudulent Sales of Power Assets

by Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Ahmed Idris; members, Muhammadu Adamu and Solomon Bulus Maren, during an investigative public hearing at the National Assembly in Abuja… on Thursday. Photo: TEMITOPE BALOGUN.

Adamawa gov begins another road project in Guyuk Council Tom Garba, Yola

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Adamawa state governor, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow, has flagged off another road construction projects in Guyuk Local government township.

According to the governor, the project is in fulfillment of his campaign promises to the communities and assured them of a fair and objective allocation of capital projects and infrastructures.

While in Guyuk he praised the development effort of Hon. Sunday Peter, the lawmaker representing the area in the state House of Assembly

for proposing meaningful bills that will help the general public of the state.

Hon. Peter, who is the deputy Speaker in the House, was described by the Governor as a loyal legislator who is instrumental for the realization of the project in the area, adding that the palace of Kinde Nugura will also be renovated in due time.

The legislator commended the Governor for the recent approval of the engagement of 250 youths, stressing that the people of the area are grateful to the administration led by Bindow who is all round working for the good people of the

area.

Speaking earlier, the Chief of Staff to the governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abba Jimeta, said an additional 59 meters of road will be provided by the contracting company as part of its corporate social responsibility. He then stated that the rural roads from Banjiram to Chikila and Koh to Boshikiri will be captured in the 2017 budget under the Rural Assess Mobility project (RAMP).

Abba also urged the people of the area to be cooperative and tasked the construction company on the engagement of youths in the area for menial jobs.

In her remark, commissioner for works, Barrister Lillian Stephen said the construction work is 2.5 kilometers with 400 meters’ dual carriageway and drainages in the township road.

She also called on the people of the area to give the company the muchneeded support and cooperation and desist from dumping of refuse in the drainages.

In his speech, the representative of Traicta Construction company, Engineer Mirkan assured the governor and the people of Adamawa state of a quality and timely work in accordance with the contract terms.

CACOL launches anti-graft project, lauds Ambode’s achievements Joy Ekeke

ÎÎÎThe

Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, (CACOL), has commended the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for various achievements while launching the Lagos Open Parliament (LOP), tagged ‘The Change We See.’ The event was held at the Right House, Ikeja, Lagos.

Speaking during the presentation and launching of the project, Executive Chairman of CACOL, Mr. Debo Adeniran, said the LOP is a project targeted at monitoring government performance and policies.

“The LOP, is basically a project targeted at monitoring government performance and policies, promoting transparency and accountability and enhancing healthy interface between the civil society and government in the overall interest of the development of Lagos as an entity”, Adeniran explained.

He said the inaugural LOP, which was tagged ‘Lagos Open Parliament: True State of Lagos by Lagosians’, and held in 2012, led to a number of claims made by the supporters of the then Lagos state government.

“Our coalition published our findings in 2012 in the first edition which we tagged Lagos Open Parliament, LOP 1’ in 2014 and have ever since continued to monitor Lagos State government’s activities periodically.”

Adeniran noted that, “like the previous ones, LOP3 is the product of several months of exhaustive research on the activities of the incumbent Governor of Lagos state Akinwunmi Ambode’s government. It is intended to be a record of leadership impacts and the public perception on the government from the time of assumption of office on May 29, 2015 to May 29, 2016.”

“The ideas of focusing on government’s activities and coming out with this publication in a book from, is hinged on resolve by the coalition to encourage an all-embracing assessment of government performance in the area of socio-economic and infrastructural development as a means of bringing to a sharp focus the infrastructural development as a means of bringing to sharp focus the state of affairs in the state.”

“It is believed that by so doing, government will be able to feel the pulse of the people better, as well as having a means to accurately assess its level of performance”, Adeniran said.

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Cleric advocates Qur’an education for all Muslims Subair Mohammed

Rulings on celebrating Prophet’s birthday Subair Mohammed

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and all his family and companions.

It is enjoined on all Muslims as mentioned in the Qur’an and sunnah to follow the laws of Allah and His Messenger, and prohibitions on introducing innovations into the religion are quite clear. Allah says: “Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ‘If you (really) love Allah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur’an and the sunnah), Allah will love you and forgive you your sins’.” [Al-Qur’an 3:31] “Follow what has been sent down unto you from your Lord (the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad’s sunnah), and follow not any awliya’ (protectors and helpers who order you to associate partners in worship with Allah), besides Him (Allah). Little do you remember!” [Al-Qur’an 7:3] “And verily, this is My straight path, so follow it, and follow not (other) paths, for they will separate you away from His path.”

[Al-Qur’an 6:153] And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “The most truthful of speech is the Book of Allah and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad, and the most evil of things are those which are newly-invented.” And he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, “Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), that is not part of it will have it rejected.”

[Narrated by al-Bukhari, no.

2697; Muslim, no. 1718]. According to a version narrated by Muslim, “Whoever does anything that is not in accordance with this matter of ours (i.e., Islam), will have it rejected.”

Among the reprehensible innovations that people have invented is the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in the month of Rabi’ alAwwal. They celebrate this occasion in various ways: Some of them simply make it an occasion to gather and read the story of the Mawlid, then they present speeches and qasidah(odes) for this occasion; Some make food and sweets etc., and offer them to the people present; ...To be continued.

And Allah knows best!

Amir, Shafaudeen-in-Islam, Professor Sabit Ariyo Olagoke has charged Islamic faithful to embrace an all encompassing education as directed by Prophet Mohammed (saw) whose birth is being celebrated globally.

Speaking on the theme “ Holy Prophet Mohammed (saw) on Education and Development” at the Walimat-ul- Quran of the organisation held recently at the group’s Islamic Studies Centre,Apata Ibadan,Professor Olagoke who is also the President, Ajagun Esin Consultative Forum stressed that education is a tool for leadership development.

He said,”For Muslims, Islamic and Arabic education(Islamic

theology),are fundamental for the regulation and control of our attitude both in our daily lives as Muslims and as persons in position of authority.

“Western education, the aptitude is equally primary as a right, because through it, there is career and skill development for power acquisition, he explained.

The Islamic cleric pointed out that celebration or glorification of Prophet Muhammad with fanfair would be meaningless “unless it is geared towards lending hands into his divine immortality by teaching the scripture for the attainment of state of modesty and piety” He also submitted that celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammed SAW, would remain

SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET “Whoever performs Wudu, performing his Wudu well, then he comes to the Friday (prayer), and he gets close, listens and is silent, then whatever (sin) was between that and (the last) Friday are forgiven for him, in addition to three days, And whoever touches the pebbles, he has committed Lagha (useless activity).”

Source: At-Tirmidhi

controversial “when we fail to tune it towards scripture compliance for mankind consideration or the interest of the pious Prophet.

Olagoke also challenged the Muslim parents to emulate the lessons in the exemplary character and teachings of Prophet Mohammed in the training of their children and wards, adding that it would not only be hypocritical for those who deviate but amount to loss in the hereafter.

“Assess your children upbringing; are they walking the path of

Allah? Does it reflect the necessary divine endowment and fear of Allah?.Assess yourself and work on areas of weaknesses for your life growth and profile to be scripture compliant” The Cleric further informed news men that Shafaudeen sect has consistently been praying that Allah touches the hearts of those in government to come out with policies that would ameliorate the poverty in the country adding that he was optimistic that Nigeria would be better and the economy would return to its better days.

Jaiz Zakat disburses N3.7m to Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River indigents

From left: Husband of Lagos State Deputy Governor Alhaji Saheed Adebule, ex-minister of Power Dr Lanre Babalola, Chairman, Tripple Gee Nigeria Plc Chief Gbadegesin Giwa and The Companion Amir (President) Alhaji Musbau Oyefeso during the National Discourse organised by The Companion, an association of Muslims men in business and profession at the University of Lagos main auditorium, Akoka recently.

Stories by Subair Mohammed A faith-based humanitarian organisation Jaiz Zakat and Waqf Trust (JZWTF) Fund has disbursed N3.7 million to 121 people in Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River states.

The gesture, the organisation said, was to uplift the standards living of the beneficiaries.

The events were held in Port HarA faith-based humanitarian organisation Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF) will on Sunday disburse N102,251,490 million to indigents in Lagos.

The annual Zakat Distribution Ceremony, 12th of its kind will hold at the Alausa Secretariat Central Mosque Auditorium, Ikeja.

The event will be chaired by the Group Managing Director of Complete Communications Lim-

court, Yenagoa and Calabar.

JZWTF Executive Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer Imam Abdullahi Shuaib said the organisation placed high premium on kindness and care to humanity.

The organisation, Shuaib said, do not discriminate against anyone on the basis of ethno-religious sentiments, adding: “We believe strongly that all people who are in

needs are the creatures of Allah, and so, they deserve to be supported without any string attached to their requests. More importantly, Allah instructs us to invite to that which is good and forbid evil. Helping the weak, improving the living conditions of the needy, vulnerable and less-privileged are our major goals.

We therefore beckon on well-meaning Nigerians to cooperate with us

on this path of righteousness and piety in order to move our country forward.

“Our vision is to create a better society through kindness to humanity. Hence our services are geared towards inspiring, honouring and empowering the poorest of the poor as well as supporting the wealthy ones to reach out to their fellow citizens occupying the lower socio-economic ladder of the society.”

Shuaib said of the amount distributed, economic empowerment taking 50.66 percent representing N1,875,000 for 71 beneficiaries, educational support for 42 beneficiaries is put at 44.33 percent amounting to N1,639,500 while the remaining five percent for eight beneficiaries amount to N185, 000.

He said: “Furthermore, in order to deepen the economic empowerment and educational initiatives of some of the beneficiaries, we have provided items such as three deep freezers, four sewing machines, two computer printers, three computer laptops, two gas cookers/cylinders a GMP Aluminium cutting machine among others plus various cheques to cushion the effects of the harsh economic recession and inflation in the country.

....Zakat foundation to disburse N102m to needy in Lagos ited, Alhaji Mumuni Alao.

ZSF Executive Director, Prince Sulayman Olagunju in a chat with some selected Journalists said the empowerment programme is targeted at raising the economic status of the needy.

Olagunju said the foundation will also distribute equipment materials to entrepreneurs.

According to him, Part of the

fund will go to the youth having challenges in their academic pursuit and others with critical accommodation problems.

He said: “There are various beneficiaries that are going to go home with tricycle, motorcycle, and all of sorts of equipment for empowerment like grinding machine, refrigerators, sewing machine and so on while some are

going home with cash to establish their various business plans.

“The uniqueness of this year’s distribution is that most of the people we are empowering today already have their shops.

So instead of using the fund to rent shops, they will divert it to storing their shops with goods to that would enhance their businesses.”

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Bewarang lauds NFF/Zenith Bank tourney Frank Jumbo

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ational Technical Director, Mr. Bitrus Bewarang, is the latest prominent personality to applaud the idea behind the NFF/Zenith Bank Future Eagles Championship.

Bewarang, a former

Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles during the Golden era of Nigerian football, who later coached the U-20 National Team, told Extra Time that his trip to Ijebu-Ode and Lagos convinced him that Nigeria will never lack talented players in the game.

“I am delighted with

the entire good job done by the NFF Youth Football Committee, headed by the NFF 1st Vice President, Barr. Seyi Akinwunmi. They did well to ensure that the competition covered the States and then moved to the zonal finals. They also picked the right persons as selectors, people like Siji

Lagunju and Edema Fuludu.

“I saw excellent football by young, talented and ambitious kids. On the evidence of what I saw in Ijebu-Ode and Lagos, I believe that in the nearest future, we would be making use of very young players, in the mould of Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi, for the Super

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Eagles,” he said.

The former General Manager of Plateau United FC also hailed competition sponsors Zenith Bank International PLC, assuring the bank that its name will be etched in gold once the prodigies start making waves in the NPFL, Super Eagles and top Leagues overseas.

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NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi.

NFF’s annual general assembly holds in Lagos

NAFED targets Tokyo 2020 Olympics ANDREW EKEJIUBA

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he Nigeria Archery Federation (NAFED) said it is setting its sight at Nigeria’s participation at major international championship with the ultimate aim of having Nigeria compete at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

At the end of a three-day National Archery Workshop and Championship in Lagos on Thursday, the federation’s president, Mohammed Abdullahi-Baba said a foundation for the future of the

sport has been laid.

Abdulahi-Baba while urging members and stakeholders of archery to join in the development of the sport noted that the participants showed zeal that will make Nigeria one of the giants in the sports in the nearest future.

“We were so unsure when we get started but at this level we will soon be a force in the sport.

I have seen a great enthusiasm on the part of the participants.

The game of archery has a future going by the conduct of the participants.

“What we are doing here now will serve as a springboard to a higher level in the sport and we are targeting our constant participation in major continental and international championship including the Olympics,” he stated.

The NAFED boss also pointed that aside the introduction of Nigerian archers to the sport, the workshop also helped the local officials to gain knowledge of how to make a bow which would help the sports growth at the grassroots. He added that the workshop will shift to Northern Nigeria in the first quarter of

2017 after which a national championship, which would attract Nigerian archers based in the UK and the US, will be held.

The workshop was conducted by the Paul Zinsou, the International Archery Federation Development Officer for West and Central Africa and it featured 26 participants.

Rahman Adisa of Nigeria Police Force came first in the championship while Seun Faleye and Tunde Akintimeyin both of the Nigeria Civil Defence and Security Corps NCDSC came second and third.

he 2016 annual general assembly of Nigeria Football Federation will hold in Lagos this weekend.

NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, stated that the event that will take place at Best Western Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos will have in attendance Chairmen and Secretaries of the Football Associations of the 36 States and the FCT, Chairmen and Secretaries of the various Leagues, Chairmen and Secretaries of the Referees Association, Coaches Association and Players Union, Members of the NFF Executive Committee, NFF Management and a number of stakeholders.

The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will be chief host, with the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung as special guest.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports, Senator Obinna Joseph Ogba; his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Hon. Goni Lawan and; the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa are among guests for the day.

The Congress will, among other items on the agenda, receive reports from each of the various geo-political zones on their activities in the past one year; receive the consolidated and revised balance sheet and profit-and-loss statement of the Federation and consider for approval the Federation’s 2017 budget proposal.

Duhu set for NFF

bye-election Frank Jumbo

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lhaji Musa Duhu, Chairman of the Adamawa State Football Association, is the only candidate for the bye-election into the NFF Executive Committee that will take place on the floor of the Congress at this weekend’s NFF annual general assembly.

The bye-election is being conducted to fill the vacancy created by the death, on March 2, 2016, of Alhaji Hussaini Modibbo.

According to the NFF Electoral Committee headed

by Barrister Sampson Ebomhe, “in line with the abridged guidelines for 2016 Bye-Election into the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), North East Zone, the screening Sub-Committee conducted the screening exercise on December 6, 2016.

“Consequently, Musa A. Duhu, the only candidate in the 2016 Bye-Election into the NFF Executive Committee, North East Zone is hereby cleared after fulfilling the entire requirements for the election.”

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Siasia: Failed

AFCON bid rendered me jobless!

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oach Samson Siasia has lamented that he is currently unemployed after he failed in a rescue mission to qualify Nigeria to next year’s AFCON. Siasia was appointed in caretaker capacity to lead the Super Eagles in crucial AFCON qualifiers against Egypt in March after Sunday Oliseh had quit the previous month.

Egypt forced a 1-1 draw in Kaduna before

they won 1-0 in Alexandria to go on to qualify for the 2017 AFCON in Gabon.

“I do not have job now because I did not qualify Nigeria to the AFCON,” regretted Siasia.

“It has shown that anytime I have taken a point midway, I do not do well.

“When I have started a job, I have always finished well.”

Siasia

Siasia was linked with a lucrative offer in Qatar after he led Nigeria to third place at the Rio Olympics in Brazil. However, nothing has since been heard about that deal.

His contract with the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as Olympic coach ended after the summer games in Rio. He has previously handled the Nigeria U20s, the Flying Eagles.

Lack of sponsors, bane of T/Tennis dev. — Ezeala PIUS OSEMWEGIE

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or the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), the year 2016 will go down in the records as one of great achievements amidst regrettable failures in the prosecution of developmental programmes.

Beginning on a very brilliant note with the success recorded by Aruna

Quadri, coming out as Africa’s best in the continent’s top 16 tournament, the Olympic qualifiers added a golden stripe to give Nigeria a two-man Olympic team in the male category who joined Funke Oshonaike and Offiong Edem who got their Olympic tickets from the All Africa Games in Maputo.

Looking back at the year 2016, Secretary General of NTTF, Chinedu

Ezeala, wished the federation had the resources to stage all its programmes, especially the developmental clinics for the juniors and cadets, which were meant to bridge the gap between the senior/ ageing players and the generation to succeed them.

She blamed the inability of the federation to stage more than one clinic on inadequate funding which

mainly resulted from the complete absence of the corporate world from NTTF’s radar. Though the federation was able to cover all the mandatory events like qualifiers and ITTF points scoring events, it would have been sweeter if corporate sponsors partnered it to make the programmes bigger and pick the nation’s players as brand ambassadors.

Katsina Utd storm into NNL Super 4 final

Katsina Utd chairman, Aminu Balele Kurfi.

Katsina United have stormed into the final of the Nigeria National League (NNL) Super 4 after they bashed Remo Stars 3-0.

Katsina led 1-0 before they ensured a big win after the interval with two more goals against the youthful Remo Stars in Gombe.

For the NNL Super 4 final, Katsina will now take on ABS FC, who defeated Gombe United 5-4 on penalties in the other semifinal.

“We know the opponents (ABS), we watched them play in the opening game against Gombe United, they are good. I know they will give us a good fight, but we are equally ready to show we can battle for honours,” declared Katsina coach Bala Nkiyu ahead of the match to determine the overall winners of the Nigeria second-tier league.

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to lift Wolves

Newly appointed Warri Wolves coach Clifford Chukwuma has said his target with the relegated team is to return them to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

“I have no other target than to get the team back into the premier league,” said Chukwuma.

“I just want everybody to get behind the team on this journey.”

He signed a two-year contract with Warri Wolves, who will campaign in NNL in the coming season.

He has coached Sporting Clube de Goa (India) and Sesa Football Academy.

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orussia Monchengladbach sporting director Max Eberl says they will not be one of the clubs looking to bring Bastian Schweinsteiger back to the Bundesliga from Manchester United.

Schweinsteiger has found himself out of favour at Old Trafford under Jose Mourinho this season, making just one appearance - as a late substitute in the 4-1 EFL Cup win over West Ham in late November.

Speculation has been rife that the 32-year-old will depart United once the January transfer

window opens, with a return to the Bundesliga or even a switch to MLS mooted as possible exit routes.

In a media conference on Thursday, Eberl was asked about the possibility of Gladbach adding the World Cup winner to their ranks, and the response was unequivocal.

“Bastian Schweinsteiger is a fantastic player, but he won’t be ending his career with us,” he said.

“If we sign anyone over the winter break, the player will have to fit into our system,” Eberl added.

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Mourinho opens up Sturaro on Bailly’s injury The injury sustained by Eric Bailly in Manchester United’s 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace on Wednesday is a new problem, not a recurrence of his previous knee issue, says Jose Mourinho. Bailly sustained ligament damage in his right knee in the 4-0 defeat to Chelsea last October and, just three matches after

making his return, was withdrawn after 52 minutes at Selhurst Park.

However, Mourinho assured the Ivory Coast international has suffered a new problem, which he tried to play through after receiving treatment in the first half, though he is unsure how long the centre-back will be out for.

Reds have Merseyside derby edge —Fowler

Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler believes the Reds’ recent record against Everton gives them the edge ahead of Monday’s Merseyside derby. Jurgen Klopp’s men make the short trip to Goodison Park in the latest challenge in their Premier

League title bid. Liverpool have not lost to their city rivals since October 2010, when Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta scored in a 2-0 Everton win, and battered the Toffees 4-0 at Anfield in their last encounter in April.

signs new Juve deal Stefano Sturaro has become the second Juventus player in as many days to commit his long-term future to the Serie A champions.

On Wednesday, defender Daniele Rugani signed a new-five year deal, and Sturaro has followed suit 24 hours later.

The midfielder joined Juve from Geona in 2014, before spending most of the 2014-15 campaign back on loan at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.

He was recalled in February 2015, and made 19 Serie A appearances last season - scoring once - as Juve romped to a fifth consecutive Scudetto.

This season, he has made 13 outings in all competitions, but is yet to find the net.

ristiano Ronaldo achieved another milestone in his illustrious career by scoring his 500th career club goal in Real Madrid’s 2-0 Club World Cup semi-final win over Club America.

The Portugal international had endured a frustrating outing in Yokohama for much of the game, hitting the post with one header and then somehow missing a gaping goal when unmarked inside the six-yard box.

He was not to be denied, however, and with the last meaningful touch of the game he received a pass from James Rodriguez and slotted home.

There appeared to be some confusion over whether the goal would stand, with the official checking the Video Assistant Referee system for a potential offside, but replays showed Ronaldo had timed his run perfectly.

Ronaldo had been stuck on 499 after failing to net in club football’s biggest game - El Clasico - and last week’s home Champions League meeting with Borussia Dortmund.

It marks another achievement for Ronaldo, who is Madrid and Portugal’s all-time leading goalscorer, while no player has scored more times in the Champions League than the former Manchester United forward.

Ronaldo scored his first club goal in 2002 at the tender age of 17 for Sporting CP on his league debut against Moreirense, and it was a typically wonderful effort as he waltzed through the defence with a couple of trademark stepovers before dinking his shot over the goalkeeper.

Since then, Ronaldo’s goalscoring exploits have become a thing of legend and propelled him to a position where he is regarded as one of the greatest talents in history.

Dier’s future is at Tottenham,says Pochettino Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has strongly dismissed speculation Eric Dier could leave in January, insisting the England international’s future is at White Hart Lane. Dier has reportedly become frustrated with his game time at

Tottenham amid interests from Premier League leaders Chelsea and German champions Bayern Munich. The versatile 22-year-old - who is contracted until 2021 after signing a new deal in September - did play in Wednesday’s 3-0 win over lowly Hull City.

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he European Club Association (ECA) has written to FIFA imploring global football’s governing body not to proceed with plans to expand the World Cup. When running for election, FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s manifesto included a proposal to increase the number of teams in the finals from 32 to 40.

And in October, Infantino hinted it could be expanded even further to include as many as 48 countries.

However, the ECA issued a statement on Thursday voicing its opposition against such plans, while also revealing it had written to Infantino in a bid to persuade him against the idea.

“The European Club Association (ECA) speaks out against the proposed enlargement of the FIFA World Cup,” the statement read.

“FIFA President Gianni Infantino has recently made several proposals aimed at further expanding the number of participating nations at the World Cup. According to Gianni Infantino’s proposals, the expansion is expected to take effect at the FIFA World Cup in 2026.

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he Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has denied in strong terms that the football ruling body in the country never intended to neglect the Super Falcons after their Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) triumph in Cameroun.

NFF’s Director of Media and Communications, Ademola Olajire, stated this on Thursday and added that they appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) for directing that the players and officials of African champions, be paid within days, following the team’s protest at the Three Arms Zone on Wednesday.

“We are grateful to the Presidency for the prompt action, and we believe this will put the minds of the players at rest. It has been a very difficult time for the NFF; no official of the Federation was happy that the players and officials could not be paid their entitlements immediately after the tournament.

“It is not as if the Federation did not plan to pay the players and officials their entitlements. The NFF expected some money from a number of sources but this did not work out. They are champions and deserve to be treated as such; there are no doubts about that,” Olajire said.

Olajire also stated that there was no time

the NFF directed that the players should be ejected from their Agura Hotel, and decried claims that no official went to see the players at the hotel.

“The NFF is at the receiving end of all these, but at the end of the day, fair is fair.

Before they left for Cameroun, the country’s Vice President went to meet with them at a training session. Also, despite the difficulties, the Federation was able to make the sum of $5,000 available to the Team Administrator for logistics. The NFF President personally visited the team and prayed with them.

“Before the team played South Africa in the semifinals, the NFF reached out to some sources and raised money to pay each player the sum of N500, 000. The NFF President was on the tarmac of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos to receive the team and celebrated with them on arrival, impressed it on NFF partner Emzor to host the ladies to lunch and the company gave the team the sum of N1.6million.

“On arrival in Abuja, the team was received by the NFF General Secretary, Head of Protocol, Head of Women’s Football and the CEO of Jedo (a private organization), Dr. Aliyu Oroje Wammako. The NFF impressed it on the management of Agura Hotel to ensure the comfort of the players and officials while the Federation went about trying to raise money to pay their entitlements.”

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L-R: Vice President, International Facility Management Association Nigeria, Abimbola OlusegunAdamolekun President, Pius Iwundu, and the Immediate Past President, Olatunji Okesola at the Celebrating FM Award Dinner and Inauguration of Elected 2016/2018 Council Members in Lagos … recently.

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Reactions trail 2017 federal budget Opeoluwani Akintayo Reactions have continued to trail the $7.3trn 2017 federal budget presented

by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday to a joint session of the National Assembly, which allocated the large chunk of N520 billion to the Ministry of Works, Power and Housing.

Reacting to the development, Head, Corporate Communications Department, Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, Godwin Idemudia, said the budget for the sector was a welcome development. According to him, it shows that the government is interested in infrastructure development of the country.

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“It is a sign of better things to come. What this means is that there is hope for Nigeria. It shows clearly that the government is listening to the people. Infrastructure will now be in place. Kudos to the government” he said.

On the oil price benchmark of $42 per barrel which the budget was based, Managing Director cum CEO, Cowry Assets Management Limited, Johnson Chukwu, said the price looks achievable because oil now sells at $47 per

barrel, and especially with the OPEC and non-OPEC cut deal.

“The price benchmark for the budget is achievable particularly because oil is now above $57 per barrel. Again, the newly agreed cut deal between OPEC and nonOPEC will also do the magic,”he said.

However, Chukwu disagreed with government’s projection of 2.2 million barrels a day for 2017.

According to him, the figure is “too ambitious”.

“where the government will face a bit of challenge is with the 2.2 million barrels a day projection. The country has not been able to achieve 2.2m for the past one year. So, it may not be possible because of the violence ongoing in the Niger Delta,”he said.

He said the government must revise those they are negotiating with.

“The key thing is that the government has been engaging the wrong people which are the Niger CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

As the economic downturn continues to take a toll on many business owners in the country, business experts have urged entrepreneurs in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to build exit strategies - from the grip of the recession - into their business models which will prevent withdrawal from their businesses.

They said exit plans encourage entrepreneurs to run their businesses according to best practices including tax and other regulatory policies which, among other things, will help them to properly value and sell it for the best price.

They spoke in Lagos at the Compex Africa Business Exit Forum which brought together business buyers, sellers and other stakeholders to discuss the exit options available for SMEs in the country.

The speakers included Ukachukwu Obinna, Head SME Banking Stanbic IBTC; Damilola Aloba, Associate Director, Ernst & Young; Collins Onuegbu, Director Lagos Angel Network and Founder Signal Alliance and Ikechukwu Ubahakwe, Partner, Astute & Young.

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FG signs $5.1b deal with five oil coys to clear unpaid bills Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja The Federal Government said it will clear unpaid bills worth $5.1 billion for oil production joint ventures piled up over several years under a deal signed on Thursday with Shell, Chevron, Total, Eni and Exxon Mobil.

Minister of State Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, stated this in in a speech at the signing ceremony, adding the repayment would take place over the coming five years.

He said the oil majors had given Nigeria a discount of $1.7 billion, lowering the original amount from $6.8 billion.

The agreement would also

ensure that future payments to production joint-ventures with oil majors would be paid in time, Kachikwu told reporters after the signing.

He also said that Forcados export terminal would resume soon, though he failed to give details of the resumption. The export terminal had been under force majeure since February

after multiple attacks on the pipelines that carry it to the export terminal.

Nigeria oil production is close to 1.8 million bpd -oil minister Also, Kachikwu on Thursday disclosed that Nigeria’s oil production is close to 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) told a forum in Abuja on Thursday.

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Delta elders and politicians. The important people who will stop the violence are the militants. The government should identify the real militants, approach their leaders for negotiations, else, the 2.2m will not be achievable,”he said.

According to him, if oil hits $60 per barrel in 2017, it would however make up for the deficit should Nigeria is unable to achieve the 2.2 million barrels per day oil in 2017.

Director of Communications at the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, said the body “welcomes the timely presentation of the Budget by the President and hopes that the budget will receive good attention by the NASS to pave way for timely implementation in early 2017.”

He said NEITI is yet study the details of the Budget and therefore “in no position to make informed constructive comments on the contents, spirit and basis for its revenue projections”. However, he said the body noted that with improved security in the Niger Delta through coordinated efforts, it is possible that oil production will rise to 2.2 million barrels daily.

NEITI’s review of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Reports put average oil production at 2.05 million barrels per a day in quarter 1 of 2016. This fell to 1.58 million barrels in the third quarter of this year. The Reports also attributed general decline in the levels of production since February 2016 to what it called “well documented militant attacks in the Niger Delta. “ NEITI is optimistic that if the militancy is addressed, production figures would definitely improve resulting in increased revenues as may have been projected in the 2017 budget”, he said.

Red Hot Promo winner, Kemi Shiwoku (left) in a handshake with Regional Operations Director, Lagos Region, Airtel Nigeria, Oladokun Oye during the presentation of cheque to Shiwoku at Idumota Market, Lagos Island…on Thursday.

Access Bank wins triple honours at EMEA Awards Foremost African financial institution, Access Bank Plc. has emerged as Nigeria’s biggest winner at the 2016 EMEA Finance Banking Awards by leading financial publication EMEA Finance Magazine.

Access Bank won in 3 categories awarded to financial institutions in the Pan-African Region: the ‘CEO of the Year’, awarded to Access Bank’s Group Managing Director and CEO, Herbert Wigwe; ‘Best Bank in Nigeria’ and ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’.

Receiving the award on behalf of the Bank at the annual African Banking Awards Dinner in London, United Kingdom touched the lives of thousands of Nigerians.

Wigwe said, “We are delighted to receive these prestigious

awards. It is a testimonial to the hard work we have done in line with our five-year strategy to become the world’s most respected African Bank.’’

“2016 has been a remarkable year for the Bank as we continue to receive both regional and international acclaim. We have reaffirmed our status as innovative industry pioneers equipped to help our customers take tomorrow today,” Wigwe stated.

Commenting on Access Bank’s impressive streak, EMEA Finance CEO Christopher Moore said: “A repeat winner of our Best Bank in Nigeria award, Access Bank has become a Nigerian powerhouse, and one of the premier financial institutions in the country. Generating steep increases in revenues and profit

growth over the past several years is no small feat, particularly with strong negative macroeconomic headwinds.”

Access Bank’s Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe was also crowned ‘Bank CEO of the Year’.

“We are delighted to recognize Wigwe as our CEO of the Year in our African Banking Awards 2016 awards package,” Moore said. “Leadership requires ambition, and Wigwe possesses this quality and much more. His years of dedication and commitment to the development of Access Bank have helped it to attract over 8 million customers, to complete complex and strategically important financings, and to create an international presence,” he added.

The African ExportImport Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the appointment of Rene Awambeng as Director, Client Relations (Headquarters and Branches).

Until the appointment, Mr. Awambeng was Group Head, Global Corporates, Corporate and Investment Bank, at Ecobank Transnational Inc. in Paris, a position he assumed in July 2014. He also served in the same position at Ecobank Transnational in Lagos, Nigeria from 2012 to 2014.

During his 14-year stint with Ecobank Transnational Inc., Mr. Awambeng, among other positions, served variously as Group Head, Commodity Finance, Corporate and Investment Bank, in London; Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Ecobank Rwanda Ltd.; Project Director, Ecobank Zimbabwe; Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Ecobank Democratic Republic of Congo Ltd.; and Group Head, Multinational and Regional Corporates, Corporate Banking and Wholesale Banking, Ecobank Transnational Inc., Accra.

Mr. Awambeng’s experience spans the corporate and commercial banking sectors, including the ability to build business and develop relationships in commercial, social and political environments.

In his new role, he will lead the design and implementation of Afreximbank’s clientfocused business strategies, including managing the delivery of all Bank products to the clientele and managing the operation of Afreximbank branch offices. He will also oversee the management of relations with governments at the branch office level.

Brand handlers must device winning strategies for 2017 – Olagesin Godwin Anyebe

Olagesin

Handlers of brands in Nigeria must come up with winning strategies in 2017 if they must deliver on promise, Kayode Olagesin, Managing Director, Towncriers Limited has said. Kayode who made this known in a conversation with Daily Times while reacting to N7.28trillion budget presented

by President Mohammadu Buhari recently said; “the budget is a good one, but we have to understand

that we are in a recession and we must take cognisance of the macroeconomic impact of recession by adjusting for recovery. Everyone is anxious and consumer and business confidence is declining. We can no longer be oblivious of the environment and must constantly monitor the following trends; Inflation rate, Exchange rate, Interest rate, Consumer confidence vis a vis spending.”

According to him, “given the general economic picture above, busi-

nesses and individuals must come up with winning strategies. For manufacturing, they must explore backward integration, local sourcing of inputs, low cost variants of products, cost saving measures and generally look for ways to improve efficiency. Businesses have been negatively impacted by the economic downturn. High exchange rates have resulted in high cost of raw materials. We have witnessed mass retrenchment, loan restructuring for big businesses and bank-

ruptcies in SMEs.” It is very clear that 2016 will end with a negative growth of -2% but the outlook for 2017 is bright as the likelihood of success is 70%. This is predicated on Oil price and production increase (Oil prices have since gone up following the OPEC meeting) so we can expect minimal recovery at the beginning of the year.”

Continuing, he disclosed that; “although the symptoms of recession will still be there, things will progressively get better.

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Stanbic IBTC opens round-the-clock digital outlet Bonny Amadi Stanbic IBTC Bank has in compliance with demands of evolving global technology in modern day banking opened its first round-the-clock digital branch in Maryland, Lagos..

The commissioning took place on Wednesday, with Leo-Stan Ekeh, founder of Zinox Technologies doing the unveiling.

The branch’s processes and systems are completely digitalized and equipped with tablets, touch screens, electronic banking devices and new digital technologies set up in designated self-service and private areas to enable customers conduct financial transactions seamlessly while enjoying a delightful banking experience.

Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Yinka Sanni, lauding the project, assailed that digitization of banking services is the path to the future as customers progressively clinch to the online services to meet their needs.

The benefits of digitalization and innovation Sanni said, are huge for the individual, business or economy, assuring that as technology evolves, Stanbic IBTC Bank will keep pace with it to deliver impeccable value to its customers.

The Bank’s Chief Executive restated that as an African institution

belonging to the Standard Bank Group, will continue to demonstrate commitment to the development of Nigeria and Africa by supporting critical sectors of the economy and to help highlight investment opportunities therein.

“We will continue to build first-class, on-theground banking services in Nigeria, investing in people, branch networks and systems. We are confident that future revenue flows will justify these investments in branch and customer infrastructure.”

He said Stanbic IBTC Bank expects to report further growth in digital branch numbers and innovations as fresh investments are made to deliver on the bank’s long-term goal to build a “bank for everyone.”

“This milestone is important to us because it fulfils our pledge to leverage on evolving technologies and innovations to deliver convenience and round-the-clock access to financial services to our clientele. It provides a solid platform from which to continue to grow and consolidate our position in the Nigerian market,” Sanni said.

Executive Director, Personal and Business Banking, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Mr. Babatunde Macaulay, said the new branch is the first in a series of digital branches to be established across Nigeria.

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Expert praises draft 2017 budget, demands full implementation Stories by Motolani Oseni An economic expert has demanded full implementation of the draft 2017 budget presented to the joint session of the National Assembly

by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.

The analyst, Dr. Biodun Adedipe, described the N7.298 trillion, as capable of engendering economic recovery if well implemented.

Adedipe, the managing consultant of B. Adedipe Associates, a firm of economic consultants believes that the budget will allow the manufacturing industry to thrive as people would be actively engaged through projects implementation and its multiplier effect will take the economy out of recession.

He, however, urged the government to focus more

Adedipe

on infrastructure development which, to him, is key to economic growth.

As the country continues to groan under huge infrastructure deficits, Adedipe charged the government to look to China to build more roads and effective rail system in the country.

L-R, Branch Manager, Keystone Bank Limited, Kano (France Road), David Obasa; Head of Kano Cash Management Unit (CMU), Umar Jahun; Resident Internal Control Officer Kano Mamudu Okogwa; CMU Officer, Suleimon Idris, displaying the trophy (Best Bank in Currency Processing for the Year 2015) won by Kano branch of Keystone Bank during the 2016 Kano Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) dinner and award night held last Saturday

Inflation hits 18.48% in November Inflation year on year in November hit 18.48 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Thursday, its highest in more than 11 years and the 10th straight monthly rise.

This is just as the federal government of Nigeria sold far fewer bonds than it offered on Wednesday, with investors worried about rising inflation demanded higher yields from a government looking to spend its way out of recession.

According to NBS statis-

… Domestic bond auction yields rise tics, the nation’s inflation rose from 18.3 percent in October, reflecting higher prices for housing, electricity and food, whose own index rose to 17.19 percent from 17.1 percent in October.

“During the month, the highest increases were seen in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, clothing materials and other articles of clothing,” the statistics office said in a

According to him, China came up with a 30 year-infrastructure development model in 2004 to build roads that will outcompete the United States.

“The U.S had 75,000 km of expressway, but China set a target of 85, 000 km expressways to be delivered in 30 years

from 2004 to 2034. By 2007, China already had 53,000 km of expressway. So, they reviewed the target date backward to 2010, which they achieved,” he stressed.

This, he said, they accomplished through dedication and allocation of resources to achieve their objectives, noting that Nigeria had its first expressway before China, but today, it has surpassed Nigeria.

“They did no magic.

They agreed on what they wanted to do, they committed resources to it and they ensured it was done. They equally did similar thing in their railways system and today, they are better for it. Nigeria must think this way too, if it is serious about building thwarted required infrastructure in the country,” he pointed out.

statement.

The persisting inflation comes as Africa’s largest economy grapples with its first recession in 25 years, largely caused by the fall in global oil prices since 2014.

Crude oil sales account for 70 percent of government revenue.

Meanwhile, the federal government raised N69.2 billion naira ($227 mln) in bonds maturing in five, 10

and 20 years’ time, less than the 95 billion naira it had wanted.

Investors were demanding yields of up to 18 percent for the notes, far above the mid-point at which the Debt Management Office (DMO) wanted to issue them, to compensate for inflation which hit more than 11-year high of 18.5 percent on Thursday.

“Many investors are

not willing to lock up their funds at present levels,” one trader told Reuters.

Investors worried about rising inflation, with oil receipts and foreign inflows declining, are pushing up Nigerian bond yields, which could increase the cost of servicing local debt for the government, analysts say.

The DMO paid 16.43 percent to auction 41 billion naira, maturing in 2036 debt and fetched 25 billion naira due in 2026 debt at 16.24 percent. It issued 3.2 billion naira of 2021 debt at 15.99 percent. It paid around 15 percent for these

notes at its previous auction last month.

On Tuesday, the government found unrecorded debts of N2.2 trillion left over from the previous administration, which turned up after an audit aimed at improving transparency.

The government expects the 2017 deficit to widen to N2.36 trillion as the government tries to drag the economy out of recession with a budget that foresees record spending. More than half of the deficit will be funded through domestic borrowing.

Capital Market B4 Stories by Afolabi Adesola Nigerian equities further rose by 0.57 percent on Thursday, rallying for the sixth day running with investors earning N52.1 billion in net capital gain.

The All-Share Index (ASI) surged to 26,559.01, the highest in over one month, while market capitalization settled at N9.138 trillion, growing from N9.086 trillion recorded at the start of trading on Thursday.

The day’s performance was headlined by a 3.12 percent growth in the NSE Banking Index, buoyed by price appreciations in Banking Stocks such as UBA that rose 4.8 percent,

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, December 16, 2016

Investors gain N52 billion as equities rally on Guaranty that grew 4.4 percent and Zenith that added 1.6 percent.

The rally was however dampened by the news of rising inflation, as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 18.48 percent (year-on-year) in November 2016, according to a report released yesterday by the National Bureau of Statistics, representing a 0.15 percentage points higher than

the rate recorded in October (18.33 percent).

Other sector indices closed the day in red zone.

The Oil & Gas index led the losers, down one percent on the back of profit taking in Oando, Mobil, Total, and Forte Oil, while the Consumer Goods index followed, sliding 0.3 percent as a result of losses in Nigerian Breweries and Dangote Flour. Similarly, Insurance index dipped 0.2

percent due to a price decline in Wapic Insurance and Axamansard, while the Industrial Goods index closed flat.

Market activity also waned as volume and value traded declined 2.6 percent and 64.9 percent to close at 200 million units and N1.5 billion respectively.

International Energy Insurance Company was the most active stock with 37.8 million shares valued at

N18.9 million. UBA followed with 29.6 million shares worth N131.6 million while FBN Holdings trailed with 24.0 million shares worth N85.4 million.

Market breadth closed positive but showed, weakening investor sentiment as 21 stocks advanced against 13 which declined, compared to 32 advancing stocks against 11 decliners recorded previously.

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led the day’s 21 stock gainers’ list with a gain of 8.62 percent to close at N1.26 per share. Eco Transnational Incorporated (ETI) followed with a gain of 4.99 percent to close at N11.15 per share. NEM Insurance rose by 4.94 percent to close at 85 kobo per share. United Capital added 4.91 percent to close at N2.78 per share while UBA gained 4.85 percent to close at N4.54 per share.

Courteville Business Solutions appoints Ese director Courteville Business Solutions has announced the appointment of Ms. Helen Ese Emore as a Non-Executive Director (NED) of the Company.

The company stated that the appointment of Emore as a non-executive director will enhance the already versatile board of Courteville and ensure that the company continues to fulfill its vision of being the foremost business solutions provider.

Courteville noted that Emore is an experienced business and project development consultant with a demonstrated track record of driving growth, reducing costs and improving operations of business and non-governmental organizations.

She is currently a mem-

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ber of the board of directors of STACO Insurance whose Governance and Compliance Committee she chairs.

In the past eight years, she has led and participated in the planning and implementation of strategic planning and investment promotion for Delta State Integrated Development Agency Warri Industrial Business Park, Delta State.

Emore undertook the Chief Executive programme at the Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University in 2013. She also attended the leading complex capital projects at the Harvard Business School, in 2012. She is a PhD candidate of International Business Development at the International School of Management, Paris.

L-R: Independent Director, Sam N. Okagbue; MD/CEO, Tomi Somefun; Chairman of board of directors, Thomas A. Etuh; Executive Director, Secretariat & Services/Company Secretary, Aisha A. Abraham; and Vice Chairman, Alhaji Aminu Babangida; all of Unity Bank Plc at the bank’s 10th annual general meeting held in Lagos recently.

Lafarge to issue two bonds Management of Lafarge Africa will today visit the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for a bond listing, and also sound the closing gong.

Lafarge Africa Plc had earlier tendered an application for three- and five-year capital raising measure through bond of N26.4 billion and N33.6 billion respectively.

According to the NSE, the company through a three year fixed rate bond due 2019, will raise N26,386,000,000 in its first series of a N100 Billion Debt Issuance Programme and will also offer for subscription N33,614,000,000 in Series II of a five year Fixed Rate Bond Due 2021 under a N100 Billion Debt Issuance Programme.

Lafarge named Pilot Securities as the stockbrokers, while Chapel Hill Ad-

visory Partners Limited; Standard Chartered Capital and Advisory Nigeria Limited and Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited as the issuing houses and financial advisers for both debt programmes.

This debt programme comes on the heels of a successful conclusion of its Series I and II N60 billion Bond Issuance.

In June, Lafarge listed on the FMDQ OTC Exchange, a three year 14.75 percent Bond due 2019 ( Series 1 Bond) and N33.614 billion five year 14.75 percent bond due 2021 (Series 11 Bond), with the proceeds of the bond issuance used to partrefinance the debt of its wholly-owned subsidiary, United Cement Company of Nigeria Limited.

According to the company, the dual-series issuance, the first of its kind and

largest ever bond issuance by a corporate in Nigeria’s debt capital markets, was concluded through book building with the order book oversubscribed.

Group Managing Director/CEO, Lafarge Africa, Mr. Michel Puchercos, earlier this year, had however noted that the company is looking to refinance third party $85 million by end of fourth quarter.

According to him, the company expects pricing

to remain robust during Q4 with significant recovery in Q4 vs Q3 2016 and operating EBITDA around 30 percent “Our focus on volume and prices started to deliver during the 3rd Quarter.

In September, all our plants were running at record performance level. Mfamosing Line 2 started operation on August 28th and prices increased by 650N/bag in September representing above 40 percent price change.

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SON to enforce compliance with SMEDAN calls for cylinder import procedure SME bank Stories by Charles Okonji

The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has declared it would henceforth ensure strict compliance with the procedure for the importation of gas cylinders and other associated products.

The agency disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday during the inspection of two container loads of substandard gas cylinders valued at N50milion.

The Director of Inspectorate and Compliance, Engr Bede Obayi, told journalists at the venue that importers of gas cylinders would be com-

pelled to follow the regulatory guidelines in order to avoid danger to Nigerians.

He noted that the team got a tip off through its intelligence network and swooped into action leading to the arrest of the containers.

Obayi said the only cylinders approved for import into the country as camping gas were the 3kg and 6kg respectively, stressing that some unscrupulous people were now hiding under this guise to import 10kg cylinders as camping gas.

Decrying the illicit practice, he said: “The import of 10kg cylinders as

camping gas is automatically out of the specification. The valve they have used is not a standard valve and it is not capable of carrying the 10 kg. Instead, it is made for the 3kg or 6kg camping gas.”

He pointed out that using a 6kg approval to bring in a 10 kg is a subversion of the regulatory standards and constitutes an economic sabotage, saying that it is a grave danger to lives and property.

He said; “The importer got approval to bring in 6kg but went and imported 10kg camping gas, a different size which is not in line with the standard.

It is a typical negligence

of the laws of the land.”

He stated that the cylinders are substandard as far as Nigeria is concerned since the valves cannot fit the capacity of gas in the cylinder.

The director warned the public against patronizing such, saying it was dangerous, and that the SON would soon start mopping up such consignments in the country.

He noted that the SON Act had actually given the agency more prosecutorial powers to deal with such sabotage, stressing that the organization would go after those behind such acts to get them to face the law.

L-R: UNIDO Consultant and former Director-General, NACCIMA, Dr John Isemede; CEO,Success Edge International, Mr Godwin Oyefeso; Director of Research and Advocacy, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr Vincent Nwani; and Dr Alaba Olusemore of Nesby Ltd, at a business conference held at the LCCI exhibition centre in Lagos ... recently.

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has called for the establishment of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Bank through which small scale enterprises would access funds without the bottlenecks associated with loans from banks.

Addressing the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria at a media parley in Lagos, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda, said the major challenge inhibiting the development of SMEs in Nigeria remained inaccessibility of funds by the entrepreneurs, which has to be addressed by establishing a bank for the sub-sector.

Radda, who opposed the proposed scrapping of Bank of Industry by the federal government, maintained that more of such development banks should be established, including a designated bank for the SME sub-sector.

According to him, the small and medium scale businesses would be more at home with SME banks than any other one.

As an agency saddled with the responsibility of catering for SME in Nigeria, the SMEDAN boss said it would establish an

SME micro-finance bank to kick-start the process of creating SME bank.

However, Radda lamented that the agency was confronted by many challenges limiting its capability, including the National Assembly Act that established the agency in 2003 whose amendment the agency has been seeking.

He said, “If the Act is amended by the National Assembly, the agency would be more empowered to develop SME sub-sector to the higher level. The agency would be able to formalise SMEs as many of them remained informal by creating platform through which they could easily register their businesses and have easy access to fund at the proposed SME bank.”

Radda, who noted that the agency was underfunded, said the agency would liaise with the government to allow it have 30 percent of the tax on the luxury products imported into the country, emphasizing that such luxury goods should be taxed more if imported into the country.

He advocated that the revenue from such tax should be used to fund SMEs as it is done in other countries, appealing for the provision of enabling environment for the SMEs to thrive.

… Tasks technical partner on quality imports Nigeria’s economic and industrial growth depends on the standard and quality of products in circulation either locally made or imported.

This is even as it is critical to ensure that imported products meet high quality benchmarks that would discourage the dumping of sub-standard imports in Nigeria.

These were the submissions of the Director General, Standards Organization of Nigeria, SON, Mr. Osita Aboloma, as the agency renewed partnership agreement with SGF, an Independent Accredited Firm (IAF) in Lagos recently.

He said the pact would build technical capacities to ensure

that only goods that meet minimum requirements of the Nigeria Industrial Standards (NIS) are traded in Nigerian markets.

According to him, IAFs are very critical to achieving the agency’s zero tolerance for substandard goods in the country.

The firm, SGF, donated chemical testing machines to SON, even as Aboloma commended the IAF’s support to the agency in its fight to achieve its mandate of combating influx of fake and substandard products in Nigeria.

He declared that the SGF has set the ball rolling, pointing out that the standards body expected more of such technical assistance from other IAFs and development partners, stressing that IAFs re-

mained critical in its mandate of products registration, accreditation and certification.

He tasked IAFs to continue their fair dealings and honesty with the agency especially towards issuance of SONCAP certificates for importers, saying that the present administration plans to discourage unwholesome imports while targeting economic diversification and export drive.

He said there is no other crucial time than now that SON needs the technical assistance and support from the IAFs, maintaining that the agency has since raised the ante on quality infrastructure development.

“Let me sincerely thank the

Management of SGF-one of our reliable and dependable Independent Accredited Firms (IAFs), helping us immensely, in the very critical areas of products certification, quality conformity and quality control. To underscore the importance of this brief ceremony to the agency, I decided to be physically present today to warmly receive the equipment,” the SON boss declared.

“Your kind gesture to the agency, demonstrates the level of your firm’s commitment towards helping the nation to grow industrially. We want to assure you that these machines would be properly deployed and adequately put into use by our laboratory services department.

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Tourism Stakeholders have commended the Minister of Culture and Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, for his efforts towards reviewing the nation’s Tourism Master Plan. They however called for the inclusion of Nigerian tourism experts and the media in the review committee.

The tourism stakeholders and travel media unanimously commended the effort of Alhaji Lai Mohammed in his ongoing quest to redeem the ailing tourism sector, part of the effort being the setting up of the Tourism Master Plan Review Committee, which included Mr. Jim Flannery, International Tourism Adviser of The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

Alhaji Lai Mohammed received Mr. Flannery on last week in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory who was in Nigeria on behalf of the UNWTO, the global apex tourism body’s which is helping Nigeria to review its Tourism Master Plan, which was put together in 2006, and which after 10 years is still to be implemented.

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Stakeholders want experts, media in tourism masterplan committee Mr. Flannery, in his speech, observed that Nigeria’s Tourism Master Plan could not be implemented ten years ago because of the sheer volume of activities that previous governments

wanted to undertake at once, and went on to advise the adoption a new approach where salient areas in the tourism Master Plan can be identified for immediate implementation.

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Meanwhile, controversy has continued to trail the Review Committee for Nigeria’s National Tourism Master Plan which is made up of representatives of the Nigerian Government and some tourism association heads, along with the so called experts from UNWTO that have been inaugurated, and particularly the inclusion of Mr. Jim Flannery, by stakeholders and travel journalists.

Mr. Flannery was a member of the team that wrote the Masterplan that Nigerians say was un-implementable, and some travel journalists wonder why he should be brought back for the review.

On a related development last week, the National President of Nigerian Association of Tour Operators (NATOP), Mr. Nkereuwem Onung, who is a member of the review committee made a call in a chat with the media for the inclusion of local tourism

experts and the tourism media to be part of the Tourism Master Plan Review Committee.

“I have attended the meeting and is impressed with the documents presented; but I feel we should involve our local experts and Tourism media in this review. These experts criticized the Master Plan and they were proved right with the failure of the plan’, Mr. Onung had said.

‘So, putting together another plan without them is a sure path to failure. I want to see our known experts get involved. We should not be afraid to involve them.”

The NATOP President also wants some members of the Tourism Committee of the Vision 202020 that had earlier reviewed the Document so that there will be some form of continuity.

“Civil servants alone cannot review the Master plan,” he stated.

‘Why France receives more tourism revenue than Africa’ Why African tourism is poor?

The mindset in Africa is “When you speak to the tourism boards on the African continent, they will tell you that their market is middle aged, retired Europeans, so the industry is built around them, says Cherae Robinson of Tastemakers Africa a bespoke Travel company in America.

According to the new World Bank Report “ The Unexplained Potentials of Trade in Services in Africa “ 55% of all Travellers in Africa are business and this is traditional business 15% is for leisure while 30% is for VFR Visiting friends and Relatives. The report also found out that flight ticket prices are very high compared to other regions of the world. It found out that the quality of hotels has to improve but is impacted by high cost of building quality hotel room as high as $400,000 in Nigeria while a similar room in other regions cost $100,000.

What about travel within Africa by Africans?

Most of the growth in tourism in Africa has come from neighbors and fellow Africans. South Africa Tourism and Kenya Tourism Boards said as much. The growth is from Africa. This new understanding is the fallout of the debilitating effects of Travel Advisories issued against many tourist destinations in Africa by source markets. This realization after the Ebola debacle has emboldened African Tourism Boards to market more within Africa. African travels within Africa

Africa today gets less than 60 million tourists and this is less than France, which is just one country in Europe. According to a tourism expert, Mr Ikechi Ukoh, in a recent interview, most of the non-African tourists are from Europe, Asia and the Americas. AZUBIKE NNADOZIE reports.

will keep growing despite Terrorism threats, Instability and poverty.

Africa is condemned to grow regional tourism. That is the future of Africa.

Problems of travel within Africa?

Perception of Africa by Africans... Every African I have met in my travels in Africa believes his country is somewhat better than the others. Even Nigerians that will complain about everything Nigerian still believes his country is the best. International news media, especially BBC which is the most listened Radio station in Africa stereotypes every country in the eyes of other Africans so we believe the other person is a criminal, the other guy is a fanatic, another a rapist. One guy kills albinos and that country is full of HIV/AIDS positive people. A country is full of hungry People and another is Xenophobic. That is the story of Africa told to Africans and believed by Africans. So Africans resist other Africans for no reason other than the fact they come from another country. So African neighbors are all distrusting of one Another.

Kenya and Tanzania, Nigeria and Cameroon, Zimbabwe and South Africa, Ghana and Togo, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Morocco and Algeria.

This is our reality in Africa.

Ukoh

What you don’t know you will avoid and what you avoid you fear and what you fear you hate. So most Africans make no effort to find out any good thing in Africa.

Today most Air travel by Africans is outside Africa. We believe the grass is greener outside Africa so we prefer to attempt crossing the Mediterranean even it means dying at sea.

The consequence of this mindset is that while our African Airlines are dying Non-African Airline s are growing in Africa. According

to AFRAA the Association for African Airlines, they carry about 80% of African air traffic. Meanwhile over 36 African Airlines collapsed in the last 10 years in Africa.

But the good news is that the mindset is now changing as the African Middle class is discovering the Continent. That brings us to the Diaspora.

Who is the African Diaspora?

I have my own Theory which I will share with you today. It is not scientific. It is just me and my observations.

There are three types of Africans outside Africa.

1. The African Émigré. He travelled in the last 50 years and still has Family in Africa. They might be Dual Citizens if they so desire.

2. The African Native Abroad...

These are are the African Americans, The Pacific Africans, The Carribean Africans, Ethnic Africans in India and South America. They are Africans but are also Natives of other places. They carry the passports of their Native country. These groups have an emotional connection to Africa and believe their immediate ancestors are from Africa.

3. African Cousins Abroad. For want of a better name I prefer to call them cousins. Though we are related they might not know or have chosen not to know. These are Children African Natives but born or raised in another country. The Jamaican in London is emotionally connected to Jamaica and might not have a connection to Africa.

These groups are likely to be the ones that need the most convincing of the three groups.

The future of travel in Africa?

Some of us in Africa are working to grow the percentage of Africans travelling within Africa we are hoping that if we get just 10% of Africans to travel within Africa then we can exit out of Poverty forever. A study done by Sabre the travel Company says that the introduction of African Passport or visa free travel within Africa will grow GDP by 24%. This is massive.

Siaka Momoh, a media consultant, is publisher of The Real Sector monthly digital magazine and Realsectornow.com. Contact:siakamomoh@yahoo.com; 08061396410

Entrepreneurship B8 Starting a business goes along with a lot of challenges, especially on the level of structure, process and modelling, depending on your personality type you may want to start an already tested, proved and successful business models and processes, but with a defined methods, instructions and guidelines to follow, but this may not work for someone who is independent minded, who wants to be in-charge of his processes.

For that person that loves autonomy and absolute freedom, you may wish to commence your own new venture and have total control over everything, and grow from there. it actually depends on you..

“Should I start a franchise or start my own company?” This is a very tough question, as successful franchise ownership requires a very specific mindset. Most successful franchise owners are able to effectively combine a strong entrepreneurial spirit with a willingness to follow proven systems.

That combination is hard to find and a franchisee who lacks either attribute will likely struggle. The franchisee who lacks an entrepreneur’s dogged determination will have a tough time dealing with profit-margin fluctuation and other business-ownership risks. The franchisee who lacks the discipline and desire to follow franchise systems will alienate him or herself from the franchisor and fail to deliver experiences customers expect from the brand.

Now, at the risk of oversimplifying this very com-

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Starting A Business: Should I go for a Franchise or New Venture?

plex process, we’ll start with a quick overview to help franchise prospects determine if it makes sense to stick with their job, pursue franchise ownership or launch their own business.

Consider the following statements: Employee: If the risks of

business ownership scare you and you lack an entrepreneurial spirit, business ownership is likely not for you, whether it be your own or a franchise business.

Creative entrepreneur: If you possess a creative mind that feels constricted by boundaries and

models, starting your own business is likely your best bet.

Executive entrepreneur: If you are comfortable operating within a proven system and value support over autonomous freedom, franchising may be for you.

Of course, you should not make your decision based on which bullet fits you best. Those are simply conversation starters meant to help you explore your skills, personality, preferences, etc., in depth. Should you be serious about owning a franchise, I would recommend working with a franchise coach who can help you explore companies that fit your needs.

Here are the first three questions you should consider when deciding between owning a franchise and owning your own business. Use these as reference points when discussing business-ownership options with a franchise coach.

Are you an entrepreneur at heart? As mentioned above, business ownership of any kind requires an entrepreneurial spirit.

You must be willing to act swiftly, lead confidently and accept full responsibility for your business’ future.

How much control do you need over the business? Access to an established brand and proven systems are two of the biggest advantages associated with running a franchise business. However, franchisees must devote themselves to training and follow the franchise model willingly to truly benefit from the franchise brand.

If you constantly seek to make changes/tweaks to improve systems and prefer

total control, franchising is probably not for you.

How much risk are you willing to assume? Buying into a franchise system allows business owners to minimize the risks they face as a business owner. In return for a monthly royalty fee, franchisees receive significant support from their franchisor.

Support falls into the following categories: training and support, infrastructural backbone, franchisee community and re-saleability. Together, these categories represent the value proposition of franchising.

However, even the best franchise system still requires successful business operation by each franchisee at the local level. The risk associated with this is something that must be a motivator for you.

Remember -- this is a very tough decision. While these questions can certainly help you determine whether business ownership is for you, they do not help you determine what kind of business is right for you.

Be sure to surround yourself with an excellent team of advisors who can help you pinpoint a viable business-ownership opportunity.

We would take other perspectives of this article next week as we discuss further, however you can contact me for busness advisory services and training - send me a message via WhatsApp or SMS..

Social Media: Choosing the best platform

The social media is a power new media tool to reach a greater number of clients and prospective customers and influence their image of your organisation and the products, and patronages. It’s a strong influencer and promoter of businesses and brands, so professional engagement of it will produce an optimum benefit to your organisation.

Choosing the best social media platform or channel to reach your target audience can be challenging, as both the technologies and your customers continue to evolve. This list of the top five, ranked by unique monthly visitors, along with their strengths and weaknesses in relation to your goals, provides some guidance in sorting out your options and choosing where to focus

your digital resources.

Helpful hintsTo avoid conflicting brand messages, franchisees are well served with centralised social media management. Franchisees may benefit from hiring a consultant to manage social media across several platforms and units. This service is often more cost-effective than handling it in-house because

the sites change their rules frequently, which requires an expert. Also, missteps in handling customer issues at one location or unit can affect all units. All franchisees owe a duty to the franchisor to ensure that posts are brand compliant and supportive. This is good for all franchises and the brand overall.

Remember that your employees see your social media content,

too. It can be a great way to shine a light on exemplary employees.

Their friends and family will reward you with Likes!

We would take other perspectives of this article next week as we discuss further, however you can contact me for busness advisory services and training - send me a message via WhatsApp or SMS..

best. Those are simply conversation starters meant to help you explore your skills, personality, preferences, etc., in depth. Should you be serious about owning a franchise, I would recommend working with a franchise coach who can help you Nwaodu Chukwuemeka, is a consultant with IDEAS Exchange Consulting, Lagos. He can be reached at nwaodu.lawrence@hotmail.co.uk (07066375847)

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Has Toke Makinwa found another lover? ….as Cool FM OAP professes love to the ‘Unbecoming author’ Toke Makinwa on her just released something totally different in Toke that every other person refuse to see. Despite all the criticisms surrounding her, this guy still chose Toke among all the ladies in Nigeria. He actually proposed to her on the instagram page with a picture of Toke and wrote a long love speech to her. This is part of the speech: “However, no matter how much she has been hurt, Toke has always found a way to forgive and let go.

A woman, no matter successful, needs to be loved and cared for.

And no matter her shortcomings she needs to be loved and cared learning to love a person in spite of their flaws is a quality of those who truly love others, and it helps to fan the ember of any relationship.

Therefore, I have chosen to love the imperfection of a successful woman like Toke Makinwa, because she possesses quality any reasonable man desires. So Toke @tokemakinwa will you marry me?

Project Spread: Showing Love through the Gospel

…as project campaign moves to Sangotedo, Ajegunle tomorrow

the House on the Rock church through its project spread initiative is aimed at making the Christmas season a memorable one for families done by donating food items, clothes, medical supplies and more to families in selected local government areas so they have a reason to celebrate joyfully during the Yuletide season.

Christmas-themed giveaway had families receiving food items and free medical supplies. It was done simultaneously at Makoko,

UNIBEN students relish Flavour, Timaya at Glo Campus Storm show Sensational music A-listers, Flavour and Timaya, led other acts to serenade members of the University of Benin community as the Globacomsponsored concert, the Glo Campus storm, held in the university last week Thursday.

The mammoth attendees will for months to come, remember the show, which was organised at the In-door Sports Hall of the University of Benin for its gaiety, unlimited entertainment and fun.

Flavour was simply in his elements during his performance as he displayed his mastery of showmanship and belted out popular tracks

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Apart from Timaya and Flavour, Hip hop dynamo,

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Adefarsin, will be present at some of the locations to present the gifts to the families gathered and share uplifting words as is his usual style. Free health consultation and supplies will also be distributed.

when the church plays its part. is delivering on its commitment to putting smiles on thousands of faces this Christmas and in turn, one family at a time.

Olamide braces for OLIC 3: Boasts concert echo for decades 3 few weeks ago, popular indigenous of the success of the concert set to will be talked about for several years in the whole of Africa! Enough said!” of the annual concert which began in

responding to each act as the artistes were on top of their games, dishing out lyrics after lyrics to the delight of the cheering crowd. From the

with each edition over the years inducing anticipation from thousands of enthusiastic fans.

made a dance hall of the show with his deft handling of the

concert will witness performances from some of the most revered artists Nigeria has ever produced, including

Dancing competition among the students was the curtain raiser for the sublime evening while the beauty pageant to select the “Glo Campus Data Diva” and the “Glo Campus Data Dude” was as spectacular as the performances by the artistes on parade. At the end of the won the crown as UNIBEN “Glo Campus Data Diva”

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university to give an above par performance while the

The other four winners in the category included Arabamhen

who compered the event, sent attendees rolling in laughter with his rib-cracking jokes and

and Akpejiori Austin, who won

fans down memory lane as he would from the early stages of career up to others.

Baddo as he is otherwise called is

and Adekunle Gold.

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Child comedienne Emmaunella gets featured on CNN She

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Emmaunella has been the toast of so many lovers of her skits and stage presence.

She has won multiple awards for her comic clips working with Mark Angel Comedy, including the Sub-Saharan African YouTube Awards and the Afro-Australia Music and Movie Awards. As a result, the get featured on global news her sustained popularity.

Emmanuella with her two awards in Australia

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Lancelot Imasuen, Judith Audu, Alex Ekubo, Empress Njamah others attend Best of Nollywood Awards

Best Actor in Leading Role (English) Best Actor in Leading Role (Yoruba) Best Actor in Leading Role (Hausa) Best Actor in Leading Role (Igbo) Best Actress in Leading Role (English) Best Actress in Leading Role (Yoruba) Best Actress in Leading Role (Igbo) Best Actress in Leading Role (Hausa) Best Supporting Actor (English) Best Supporting Actress (English)

Most Promising Actor Most Promising Actress Best Child Actor in Movie Best Child Actress Best Comedy of the Year Movie with the Best Social Message Movie with the Best Special Effect Movie with the Best Screenplay Best Short Film of the Year Best Documentary of the Year Best TV Series of the Year Movie with the Best Editing Movie with the Best Sound Track Movie with the Best Production Design Movie with the Best Cinematography Best Use of Nigerian Costume in a Movie Best Use of Make up in a Movie Movie of the Year Director of the Year Best Kiss in a Movie Revelation of the Year (female) Revelation of the year (Male)

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Arts4Peace Awards appoints Moji Olaiya as Global Peace Ambassador

Lagos-based hotelier unveils plans for December

Nollywood actress, Moji Olaiya, has been appointed as a Global Ambassador for Peace by the founders of US-based Arts4Peace Awards.

Polytechnic, Dr. Olufemi Alfred Fatade, were

and its environs Dr. Temidayo

Peace Festival at a colorful ceremony held at the on Saturday, December 10, 2016.

Founder of the Arts4Peace Awards, Her

on how to treat the socialites to a

November every year as World Peace Day by the Arts4Peace movement. This declaration will (an American Music producer, public speaker,

built man from Ondo state who has earlier on revealed his plan to take

joined to the event by the Global Peace Leader the basic aim of the movement is to seek and

disclosed that come December, the its environs will witness a fun fare celebration.

divided us so badly, the world needs peace Polytechnic.

The event coincided with the 2016 convocation ceremony of the institution and it was well attended.

Apart from Moji Olaiya, the royal father of

taken hotel business to another Moji Olaiya

hidden treasure here in Ayobo and

people who are well known in the society will storm here for a show that will not only be talk of this town on some popular artistes who will storm this place for the show, “said the man who is also a business

Cona’ Stone set to storm music industry His name may not be so popular

especially the Hip Hop artistes,

Maryam Omolola Arowolo drags celebrities to Itele …..As she opens her new eatery school 17th 2016, the sleepy town of

town when one of the Aremo wives , beautiful Alhaja Maryam Omolola Arowolo, will unveil her latest eatery outlets and kitchen

The event which is to be anchored by a popular Yoruba

who are father and mother of the day for the event . Hon to be the chairman of the day while important personalties like

Land will be the father of the day.

music industry with his talent, said to be discovered when she was

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actresses, like Aishat Abimbola dream in the year 2010.

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a dream come true for me to have completed this ceremony, Alhaja Omolola Arowolo who poured encomium on her husband, Aremo Saidi

Business tycoon to celebrate birthday in style birthday celebration of the woman who

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Stage favourite ,”ITAN THE STORY,” is back this December starring Yinka Davies, Jaka amongst other cast in Lagos. ITAN is set to host the biggest theater production this Xmas and New Year in Lagos and it promises to be the best show this season. This production features popular stage

aka “Saka”, Yinka Davies, Efe Mayford- Orhorha, Lara Akinjola, Nissi George, Paul Adams, Kunle Dada, Henry Arnold & more. The show starts on Dec 24th- 26th 2016 at the Muson Center Onikan, Lagos and Jan 1st- 3rd 2017 at National Arts Theater, Iganmu Lagos.

40th Miss Nigeria Grand Finale All roads lead to the prestigious Eko Hotel & Suites

edition where a new queen will emerge; scheduled

Ovation Red Carol Organizers of Ovation Carols

Beatz Awards 2.0 Hosted by Comedian Seyi Law, the second edition of the Beatz Awards holds at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos come December 17, 2016.

Topping the list as the most nominated act for the second edition is Sess who

has four nominations, while Masterkraft and Dj Coublon have three nominations each.

The Idea is to celebrate and give credit to a set of professionals in the music industry responsible for making and promoting the hits songs we hear every day.

several international and Nigerian music stars in the 2016 edition of the event sponsored by the next generation network, Globacom.

The event is scheduled for Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, on Sunday, December 18. Other artistes lined up for the show include Juju music maestro, King Sunny Ade (KSA), and Glo ambassadors, including Mavin duo of Reekado Banks and Korede Bello, as well as Nabania crooner, Flavour. They will be joined by the famous saxophonist, Olu Jazz, who will add spice to the event alongside Richard Mofe-Damijo of Nollywood fame, and Daala Oruwari, a presenter with Ovation TV, who will jointly compere the event.

Industry Nite with Davido Industry Nite unveils Davido as special, “The Grand Finale”. Over the years, it has been recognized as the most consistent and biggest midweek show in Nigeria that celebrates urban contemporary music. This year expects a ground- breaking experience with Wednesday, 21st of December, 2016 at the Grand ball room, Oriental Hotel, Lagos.

to hold Monday December 19, 2016. The event is expected to be hosted by Comedian AY alongside other surprise entertainers.