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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, August 15, 2016
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Editorial States and Contributory Pension Scheme
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nless something is urgently done, indications are that the implementation of the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014 may soon hit the rocks following the unwillingness of some state governments to pay up their contributions. According to sources, states such as Cross Rivers, Osun, Kebbi, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti and Niger are no longer contributing to the scheme, even as Imo, Sokoto, Lagos, Abia, Rivers, Bauchi, Edo and Plateau states are now stalling on its implementation. The situation is threatened by the fact that deductions from workers’ salaries are no more remitted due to the financial constraints facing some states, even as many had made no contributions since the inception of the old Pension Reform Act, 2004. It would be recalled that the PRA makes it mandatory for employers to contribute 7.5 per cent of the workers monthly emolument into their Retirement Saving Accounts (RSA), while the workers will contribute the same. The history of the Nigerian Pensions administration dates back to the 1950s. The Pension Reforms Act of 2004 brought into limelight, the new scheme, defined as contributory scheme unlike the old one that is defined as benefits. For that, the new scheme is seen as better than the old one, since it is expected to help remedy the deficiencies and inadequacies prevalent in the old one. It is a fact that the contributory pension scheme is aimed at helping people save and plan for their retirement to avoid old age poverty and dependency. More so, the scheme was to address the huge unsustainable pension deficit estimated at about two trillion naira, which characterised
the former Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Pension Scheme. Moreover, the contributory pension scheme is expected to have multiplier effect on workers attitude towards retirement, commitment to duty, and labour retention as well as attitude towards corruption especially in the civil or public service. This is because the uncertainty of receiving pension and gratuity after retirement was largely responsible for high labour turnover in the civil service. Before now, the provoking thought of facing life after retirement creates psychological and emotional stress among workers, especially those approaching retirement age. While retirement remains luxury in developed countries, in Nigeria workers are always afraid of financial insecurity after retirement. Sadly, workers who are in the payroll of government cannot fend for them not to talk of when they are retired. We are therefore scandalised by the refusal of some state governments to withhold their own part of the contribution. The defaulting states should not be allowed to hold the pension agency to ransom. It is sad that while top government functionaries are enjoying munificent benefits and emoluments irrespective of the state of their states’ finances, those of the workers are being sacrificed on the altar of expediency. We are aware that the PRA makes room for sanctions by empowering the National Pension Commission to institute criminal proceedings against employers for persistent refusal to remit pension contributions subject to the fiat of the Attorney General of the Federation. We are therefore advocating that the agency explore this legal option.
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DELIFROST CATERERS NIGERIA LTD
ASSORTED NESTLE ICE CREAM FOR SUPERMARKET USE
08/08/2016
348.50
83,697.25
101
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10/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
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DELIFROST CATERERS NIGERIA LTD
GOLDEN PHOENIX FROZEN FRESH FRIES
08/08/2016
348.50
87,840.00
102
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PTA
10/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
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COSCHARIS MOTORS LTD
PASSENGER CARS:SUV VEHICLES/NEW FULLY BUILT VEHICLES
08/08/2016
348.50
241,484.50
103
SHODIA WALIAT A
PTA
10/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
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RIDA PLASTIC
INJECTION MOULD
08/08/2016
340.50
27,930.00
104
SODIA GAFAR D
PTA
10/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
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NIGERIAN BALL POINT
LOTTE KOELEN JH-330(POLYPROPYLENE
08/08/2016
349.50
21,549.71
105
SODIA YUSUF A
PTA
10/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
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NIGERIA BALL POINT
GENERAL PURPOSE POLYSTYRENE 1540
08/08/2016
349.50
76,817.19
106
UMOSSOH EKOMOBONG
PTA
10/08/2016
349.50
3,000.00
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PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
70,020.00
107
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PTA
10/08/2016
349.50
4,000.00
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ODUMOSU OLADAPO MUKAILA(CAD36,527)
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
343.60
28,233.04
108
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PTA
10/08/2016
340.50
4,000.00
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TAIWO SAMUEL OLADAPO (ZAR34,750)
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
355.80
2,441.69
109
OSARENKHOE EFOSA M
PTA
10/08/2016
340.50
4,000.00
10
FAJEMBOLA OLADIPO
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
21,859.00
110
UCHE NDUKWE
PTA
10/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
11
UWAIS MUHAMMADU LAWAL
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
17,387.00
111
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PTA
10/08/2016
340.50
4,000.00
12
SEKONI ISMAIL ABIODUN
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
16,325.00
112
VISTA INTERNATIONAL LTD
RAW MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF EXERCISE BOOKS: 500 MT OF PAPER BOARD IN SHEETS 300-400 GSM
11/08/2016
313.50
100,000.00
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MSHELIA YUSUFU HAMMAN (CAD16,000)
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
343.60
12,366.98
113
BOZAC CONTINENTAL LTD
UNCOATED PLAIN ALUMINIUM COILS
11/08/2016
340.50
50,000.00
14
AIYEGBUSI OMOLOLA AJIBOLA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
14,737.50
114
SANTRUST VENTURES LIMITED
PLAIN PAPER IN SHEETS (RAW MATERIAL
11/08/2016
340.50
98,200.00
15
EMEFIELE ESTHER ADAOBI
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
12,089.00
115
NIGERIA MACHINE TOOLS LTD
FOUNDRY CHEMICALS
11/08/2016
340.50
37,050.00
16
OKOAYE ANTHONY
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
11,016.00
116
JEGEDE ABIODUN
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
340.50
69,711.00
17
JOHNSON RICHARD CHARLES PETER
PERSONAL HOME REMMITTANCE
08/08/2016
349.50
9,570.00
117
MALIKI AMINU A
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
350.00
24,198.62
18
KOODATHIL VISWANATHAN
PERSONAL HOME REMMITTANCE
08/08/2016
349.50
9,000.00
118
ONANUGA YETUNDE ABOSEDE
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
350.00
16,103.65
19
KOODATHIL VISWANATHAN
PERSONAL HOME REMMITTANCE
08/08/2016
349.50
9,000.00
119
NNOKA MAGNUS
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
340.50
12,116.53
20
VINOD KUMAR PALEEKKARA
PERSONAL HOME REMMITTANCE
08/08/2016
349.50
8,500.00
120
UMAR A NATALA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
350.00
12,255.63
21
VINOD KUMAR PALEEKKARA(CAD8,300)
PERSONAL HOME REMMITTANCE
08/08/2016
349.50
8,500.00
121
LAWAL HARRY OSHOTA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
344.55
5,383.90
22
MSHELIA YUSUFU HAMMAN
ACCOMMODATION FEES
08/08/2016
343.60
6,415.37
122
AKINYEMI KOLAWOLE
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
338.83
5,230.07
23
7RASTOGI RAKESH KUMAR
PERSONAL HOME REMITTANCE
08/08/2016
349.50
6,600.00
123
OYELUDE ADEOLA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
340.50
5,000.00
24
DANIAL ABOU NAKOUL
PERSONAL HOME REMMITTANCE
08/08/2016
349.50
5,600.00
124
IDAH JULIANA JULIE
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
340.50
5,000.00
25
DANIAL ABOU NAKOUL
PERSONAL HOME REMMITTANCE
08/08/2016
349.50
5,600.00
125
AKAFA VIKA TENSABA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
350.00
6,052.28
26
ANURUEGBE LINDA EZINNE
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
5,000.00
126
KANU PEARL
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
340.50
4,166.80
27
ESAN ADEGBENGA OLUWAFEMI
MORTGAGE REPAYMENT
08/08/2016
349.50
4,421.00
127
PHILLIPS OLUSEGUN STEPHEN
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
340.50
3,850.00
28
AKINMADE ADEKUNLE AKINWUNMI
MORTGAGE REPAYMENT
08/08/2016
349.50
4,106.22
128
IBRAHIM BASHIRU HARUNA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
11/08/2016
340.50
3,470.00
29
IKUEZE IFEANYICHUKWU WILLIAMS
LIVING EXPENSES
08/08/2016
349.50
3,500.00
129
S.P.A AJIBADE AND CO
CONEFRENCE FEE
11/08/2016
340.50
3,026.00
30
GEORGE MABEL (GBP3,500)
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.56
4,590.18
130
NGOZI IHEDIMBU-UNORJI
LIVING EXPENSES
11/08/2016
338.70
769.13
31
BELLO IBRAHIM ORIYOMI (GBP3,045)
LIVING EXPENSES
08/08/2016
349.56
3,993.45
131
UNITY BANK PLC
Interbank
11/08/2016
313.50
500,000.00
32
ANELE AMARACHI F
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
3,000.00
132
KEYSTONE BANK
Interbank
11/08/2016
313.50
550,000.00
33
SHEHU MUSA DAJA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
2,931.00
133
EZEKIEL DANIELLE O
PTA
11/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
34
MUSA BIRMA IBRAHIM
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
2,748.00
134
EZEKIEL ROBOSA N
PTA
11/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
35
DR OKAM CHIKE NKENYIKA
LIVING EXPENSES
08/08/2016
349.50
2,000.00
135
FAGUN FATOKUNBOH E
PTA
11/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
36
IBEZIAKO CONFIDENCE ULUMMA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
08/08/2016
349.50
1,000.00
136
OBOMANU DUOPAMA
PTA
11/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
37
UNION BANK/VISA CARD
FUNDING OF VISACARD
08/08/2016
340.50
628.25
137
NWABUEBO DAVID SOMTOCHUKWU
PTA
11/08/2016
340.50
4,000.00
38
UNION BANK/VISA CARD
FUNDING OF VISACARD
08/08/2016
340.50
49.39
138
EZEKIEL EGHE A
PTA
11/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
39
EBAREKOR PRECIOUS O
PTA
08/08/2016
340.50
4,000.00
139
AISUEBEOGUN YVONNE O
PTA
11/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
40
FALODE OLUBUKANYO B
PTA
08/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
140
KADEJOH OLAYINKA
PTA
11/08/2016
340.50
1,170.00
41
ADVANCE CHEMICALS LTD7
BASE OIL
09/08/2016
340.50
1,040,576.51
141
HAR PETROLEUM SERVICES LIMITED (FX FUTURES)
GASOLINE
11/08/2016
285.50
2,268,750.00
42
DANIUM ENERGY
20000MT OF GASOIL AS PER DPR IMPORT SPEC
09/08/2016
340.50
115,302.50
142
AMPRI GLOBAL LTD
GUANGDONG MOTORCYCLES IN CKD CONDITIONS
12/08/2016
340.50
61,255.00
43
ELI WORLD GLOBAL ENT
FISHING NET (NYLON) AND FISHING TWI
09/08/2016
340.50
50,000.00
143
SONNEX PACKAGING NIGERIA LIMITED
HDPE INJECTION RESIN
12/08/2016
340.50
44,431.20
44
EVANS INDUSTRIES LTD
500 MT OF SODIUM SALT OF PALMITIC ACID
09/08/2016
311.50
410,000.00
144
TONIMAS NIG LTD
1,000MT OF BASE OIL SN 150
12/08/2016
340.50
500,000.00
45
BASE FLUID EXCHANGES LTD
Base Oil
09/08/2016
340.50
250,000.00
145
TECHNO OIL
OIL AND GAS
12/08/2016
340.50
500,000.00
46
GUARANTEE ALUMINUM
54.4 TONS OF ALUMINIUM COILS - DIAMOND EMBOSSED COLOR COATED ALUMINIUM COIL
09/08/2016
340.50
61,760.00
146
MONTANA INDUSTRIES NIG LTD
PP COPOLYMER-GRADE ELEPROP840J
12/08/2016
340.50
190,817.67
47
EKULO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
PLANT FOR PRODUCTION OF TOILET SOAP NOODLES
09/08/2016
381.36
81,436.00
147
TOTAL HARPS (FX FUTURES)
13,000MT (+/-10PCT) OF GASOLINE
12/08/2016
290.50
3,262,539.84
48
DANIUM ENERGY
GAS OIL
09/08/2016
277.50
2,557,500.00
148
1NIGERIA PIPES LIMITED
DIVIDEND
12/08/2016
346.74
29,537.62
49
DANIUM ENERGY
GAS OIL
09/08/2016
277.50
442,500.00
149
UNION BANK/UNI.OF PENN.WHARTON EXEC.ED
COURSE FEE
12/08/2016
340.50
17,937.50
50
DELIFROST CATERERS NIGERIA LTD
MIXED DIARY ITEMS FOR SUPERMARKET USE
09/08/2016
348.50
47,792.74
150
OKORODUDU MANDA IFEANYI"
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
12/08/2016
346.74
17,520.53
51
DELIFROST CATERERS NIGERIA LTD
GOLDEN PHOENIX FROZEN FRENCH FRIES
09/08/2016
348.50
39,185.51
151
UNION BANK/INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MGT. DEV
TRAINING FEE
12/08/2016
350.00
10,081.41
52
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
102,686.64
152
ARENYEKA PAUL
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
12/08/2016
346.74
11,355.90
53
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
88,129.08
153
UNION BANK/VISA CARD
FUNDING OF VISACRDCARD
12/08/2016
340.50
7,399.96
54
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
24,906.40
154
LAJA FOLASHADE ADENIKE
ACCOMMODATION FEE
12/08/2016
340.50
5,630.00
55
NWABOR GEORGE IFEANYI
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
265.36
18,522.04
155
LAJA FOLASHADE ADENIKE
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
12/08/2016
344.21
4,592.52
56
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
22,804.29
156
NASIR DANLADI BAKO
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
12/08/2016
346.74
5,191.27
57
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
21,186.69
157
NWACHOKOR FRANCIS NKADI
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
12/08/2016
340.50
2,035.74
58
ADESANYA ADESOLA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
265.36
15,098.67
158
UNION BANK OF NIG SOUTH AFRICAN
OFFSHORE CHARGE
12/08/2016
385.40
36.78
59
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
19,606.07
159
UNION BANK/VISA CARD
FUNDING OF VISACRDCARD
12/08/2016
340.50
435.21
60
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTER CARD
09/08/2016
340.50
18,836.87
160
UNION BANK OF NIG SOUTH AFRICAN
OFFSHORE CHARGE
12/08/2016
385.40
20.01
61
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
18,222.65
161
UNION BANK/VISA CARD
FUNDING OF VISACRDCARD
12/08/2016
340.50
76.65
62
FUNSHO RASAQ OLABISI
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
349.50
17,615.40
162
OKONKWO UZOMA VIVIAN
PTA
12/08/2016
340.50
4,000.00
63
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
15,960.15
163
OKUROUNMU TEMILOLUWA ADERONKE
PTA
12/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
64
ALI AUDU AND VICTORIA AKIEGHIME ASEKOME
PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
265.36
10,768.75
164
OKUGA NNEKA
PTA
12/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
65
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTERCARD
09/08/2016
340.50
13,384.77
165
SHOSAN OLATUNBOSUN
PTA
12/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
66
UNION BANK/MASTERCARD
FUNDING OF MASTER CARD
09/08/2016
340.50
13,089.87
166
FELIX OLUSEGUN FAGBOHUNGBE
PTA
12/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
67
ADAMU UMARU
SETTLEMENT OF MEDICAL BILL
09/08/2016
349.50
10,180.00
167
ERENVEN AYO SAMSON DICKSON
PTA
12/08/2016
340.50
500.00
68
ONWUEGBUZIE SARAH CHIEDUM
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
454.11
11,069.07
168
UGWUEKE CHIKEZIE F
PTA
12/08/2016
340.50
2,000.00
69
AILEMEN OHIYEN BLESSING
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
265.36
6,283.88
169
OLUWASENI A AJAMAJEBI
PTA
12/08/2016
346.74
1,946.73
70
BOLAJI OMOTAYO SUNDAY
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
349.50
7,877.45
170
KADEJOH OLAYINKA
PTA
12/08/2016
340.50
1,200.00
71
CHINENYE SUNDAY
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
349.50
5,000.00
72
AGBAJI OCHE OCHAI
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
349.50
4,515.12
73
RASTOGI RAKESH KUMAR
PERSONAL HOME REMITTANCE
09/08/2016
349.50
4,450.00
74
AROGUNDADE KOLAWOLE ADESINA
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016
265.36
2,499.71
75
OKONKWO MICHEAL AZUKA-EGO
LIVING EXPENSES
09/08/2016
349.50
1,500.00
76
MUOMAH MATHIAS CHUKWUMA
LIVING EXPENSES
09/08/2016
349.50
1,000.00
77
OLUMEGBON ALABA
LIVING EXPENSES
09/08/2016
349.50
1,000.00
78
CHIMA PAULINUS AGU
LIVING EXPENSES
09/08/2016
454.11
1,302.24
79
CHIMA EMILIA CHINWE
LIVING EXPENSES
09/08/2016
454.11
1,302.24
80
BA.A WEAVERS CONSULT NIG LTD
LIVING EXPENSES
09/08/2016
349.50
440.00
81
AJAMAJEBI OLUWADAMISI L
PTA
09/08/2016
340.50
1,770.00
82
HERITAGE BANKING CO
Interbank
09/08/2016
311.00
250,000.00
83
HERITAGE BANKING CO
Interbank
09/08/2016
311.00
300,000.00
84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91
KEYSTONE BANK FATGBEMS PETROLEUM EVANS INDUSTRIES LIMITED HAR PETROLEUM SERVICES LIMITED (FX FUTURES) HAR PETROLEUM SERVICES LIMITED (FX FUTURES) HAR PETROLEUM SERVICES LIMITED (FX FUTURES) BD AND O LIMITED (FX FUTURES) ISIAVWE DAVID TAIWO
Interbank GASOLINE SODIUM SALT OF PALMITIC ACID GASOIL GASOLINE GASOLINE OFFSHORE LOAN REPAYMENT PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
09/08/2016 10/08/2016 10/08/2016 10/08/2016 10/08/2016 10/08/2016 10/08/2016 10/08/2016
BIKOLI TEIKUMO DANIEL
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
10/08/2016
93
BGEORGE MABEL
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
10/08/2016
94
IBE CANICE IWEZOR
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
95
AWONOLA OLUSOLA SAMUEL
96
92
311.00 340.50 311.50 305.50 290.50 280.50 244.50 340.50 260.83
1
OTHER SOURCES 1
08/08/2016
348.00
500,000.00
2
OTHER SOURCES 2
08/08/2016
349.00
500,000.00
3
OTHER SOURCES 3
08/08/2016
300.00
6,455.91
4
OTHER SOURCES 4
08/08/2016
310.29
203.47
5
OTHER SOURCES 5
08/08/2016
312.62
98.36
6
OTHER SOURCES 6
08/08/2016
300.00
2,860.36
7
OTHER SOURCES 7
08/08/2016
300.00
1,141.08
8
CBN
09/08/2016
310.50
1,500,000.00
9
OTHER SOURCES 8
09/08/2016
349.43
4,278.77
10
OTHER SOURCES 9
10/08/2016
340.50
1,000,000.00
11
OTHER SOURCES 10
10/08/2016
300.00
9,216.83
12
OTHER SOURCES 11
10/08/2016
300.00
6,196.16
13
OTHER SOURCES 12
10/08/2016
288.40
174.72
14
OTHER SOURCES 13
10/08/2016
340.50
1,000,000.00
15
OTHER SOURCES 14
10/08/2016
300.00
1,802.66
16
OTHER SOURCES 15
10/08/2016
331.42
30,047.40
17
OTHER SOURCES 16
10/08/2016
340.81
70,942.17
18
CBN
11/08/2016
313.00
1,500,000.00
19
OTHER SOURCES 17
11/08/2016
349.76
17,249.07
500,000.00 1,616.59 340,000.00 3,262,539.84 2,268,750.00 2,268,750.00 1,125,222.22 10,666.42 10,000.00
320.70
3,198.65
20
OTHER SOURCES 18
11/08/2016
350.56
19,507.22
10/08/2016
349.50
1,520.00
21
OTHER SOURCES 19
11/08/2016
336.76
27,994.59
EXAM FEE
10/08/2016
340.50
527.50
22
OTHER SOURCES 20
11/08/2016
358.56
487.39
CHINENYE SUNDAY
PAYMENT OF SCHOOL FEES
10/08/2016
349.50
500.00
23
CBN (NDF FUTURES)
12/08/2016
290.00
3,262,539.84
97
FADAIRO EDNA
EXAM FEE
10/08/2016
316.54
314.18
24
OTHER SOURCES 21
12/08/2016
352.48
24,540.57
98
KAYLAN BDC
BDC SALE
10/08/2016
336.39
30,000.00
25
OTHER SOURCES 22
12/08/2016
341.45
8,386.87
99
PABELL BDC
BDC SALE
10/08/2016
345.92
30,000.00
26
OTHER SOURCES 23
12/08/2016
351.58
27,328.20
100
HR BDC
BDC SALE
10/08/2016
345.92
30,000.00
27
OTHER SOURCES 24
12/08/2016
350.44
35,216.76
News 6
Daily Times Nigeria Monday, August 15, 2016
Conference of street hawkers at Arepo junction, Warewa, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway… at the weekend.
Photo: BOLAJI OLASUNKANMI.
Concession: Knocks greet state of Nigerian ports
...Vows to hold govt responsible
Babajide Okeowo
Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo
ÏÏÏTen years after Nigerian ports
were concessioned to make it cost effective, more efficient and modern, investigation by the Daily Times has shown that rather, monopoly, increased cost of doing business, poor access roads are the order of the day. This is even as stakeholders in the industry have called for a total review of the whole process, which according to them, was flawed from the very beginning. This is coming on the heels of a recent World Bank study that analysed the cost and ease of doing business in Nigerian ports and other sea terminals in West Africa which revealed that Nigerian ports are the costliest and the most te-
dious to operate in within the subregion. For instance, according to the report, the terminal delivery/ labour charges in Nigeria stands at about N60, 000, while it is about N10, 000 in Ghana and N24, 000 in Benin Republic. In Senegal, the charge is dependent on weight and volume of the cargo. For cargo dwell time, Nigeria still records the highest in SubSaharan African with 20-28 days. Togo is 18 days, Benin Republic is 10-15 days, Ghana (Tema Port) is 15-21 days, Kenya (Mombasa port) nine days, South Africa (Durban) four days and Zambia seven days. On the African continent, the report revealed that Swaziland is number one in terms of ease-of-doing-business across borders while
Ghana ranks ahead of Nigeria in number 171. The National President, Council of Managing Directors of Customs Agents, (NCMDLA) and a member of the Presidential Committee on Port Reforms, Mr. Lucky Amiwero, said Nigeria missed it from the onset, when the ports were concessioned without required regulatory body. He said: “Nigerian ports are worse for it 10 years after concession, it is the most expensive port in the world, not regulated, and not controlled. Procedures are zero, so many things are not done properly. Concession has not helped the country in any form. It has brought untold misery to most of the operators who are using the services of the concessionaires.
His view was echoed by the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, at a stakeholders meeting in Lagos recently when he openly voiced his dissatisfaction with the state of the nation’s seaports. “Let me ask you all: Are you people happy with how things are at the ports today? If you people are, I am not. I’m not impressed. Again, have we really fared better in terms of modernisation and infrastructure since the ports were concessioned in 2006? “Have you not been to ports in countries like Dubai or Egypt? Is this how they are? Yes, some are saying we’ve done better comparatively but we certainly have a very Continued on page 12
Chibok girls: Army declares citizen journalist, 2 others wanted Lateef Ibrahim Abuja
ÏÏÏThe Nigerian Army on Sun-
day declared three persons, including a woman, wanted in connection with the over 200 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram since 2014. This is even as the the Federal Government said on Sunday that it is doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok girls and put an end to the horrible saga of their abduction. Also, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said it is examining the latest video from Boko Haram group
purporting to show some of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. They three persons the Armt declared wanted in connection with the over 200 Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram since 2014 are a citizen journalist, Ahmed Salkida; Amb. Ahmed U. Bolori and Aisha Wakil. Salkida, who is believed to have access to top Boko Haram commanders, and operates a twitter handle @ContactSalkida and blogs at www.salkida.com, had in the early hours of Sunday posted a video from the insurgeny group. Ahmed said on his twitter handle that the video was sent exclusively
to him before the insurgents uploaded it on Youtube. According to a statement issued by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, the wanted persons have information on the conditions and the exact location of those girls. “Therefore, the Nigerian Army hereby declares the two gentlemen and the lady wanted for interrogation. “We are relying on the relevant laws of the land, and in particular the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011 (as amended) where Nigerians could be punished for failure to disclose information about terrorists
or terrorists” activities. ”This becomes necessary as a result of their link with the last two videos released by Boko Haram Terrorists and other findings of our preliminary investigations. “There is no doubt that these individuals have links with Boko Haram Terrorists and have contacts with them. “They must therefore come forward and tell us where the group is keeping the Chibok Girls and other abducted persons to enable us rescue them,” Usman said. He called on all Nigerians and Continued on page 12
700 ex-Nigeria Airways workers die in 10 yrs
ÏÏÏAbout 700 ex-workers of the liq-
uidated Nigeria Airways have so far died in the past ten years after since its liquidation about 15 years ago. Investigation by the Daily Times revealed that over 2000 ex - workers were thrown into the unemployment market following the liquidation of the national carrier by the Obasanjo government requiring about N70 billion to off set the bill. Between two and three ex - workers of the airline die weekly as a result of hardship and inability to to take adequate care of themselves due to lack of funds. The workers have in different occasions asked the Federal Government to pay them after the liquidation of the airline but the Obasanjo government refused to pay them while the Late Presdent Musa Yar’ Adua administration paid them five years. Based on the death and inability of the workers to meet up with their daily obligations, the former workers have decided to embark weekly prayers as according to them, their agitations have defiled human solutions. The Daily Times correspondent visited the weekly praying ground of the workers where about 40 ex - workers on the defunct airline led by their elders were met praying for government’s intervention for payment of their pensions. Speaking to the Daily Times, the coordinator of the weekly prayer, Engineer Ayuba Kyari, said their demands were beyond human solutions Continued on page 12
Daily Times Nigeria Monday, August 15, 2016
Okowa committed to peace, security –Hope George ÎÎÎThe Senior Special As-
sistant to Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, the Delta stata Governor on Youths Development, Hon. Amb. Comrade Hope George, has said that His Excellency is committed to peace and Security of lives and properties of Deltans in fulfilment to his S.M.A.R.T. agenda policy of meaningful peace building and prosperity for all Deltans. This was made known to some group of Journalists in his office in Asaba on the occasion of a courtesy visit by the Leadership of Urhobo Security Network (URSEN) led by its National President, Comrade Itod-
dem Edaghware. The Leadership of URSEN who commended the SSA on Youth Development for his contributions to Youth Development, Youth Entrepreneurship as well as peace and security and prosecuted an award of ILON Leadership to the Youth Ambassador, Comrade Hope George. According to Comr. Itoddem, the birth of URSEN as particularly established amongst the Urhobos of the Delta Central Senatorial District had helped the people to go their normal business without being molested or any form of securi-
ty challenges. He stated that their activities in the area has reduced the menace of Fulani Herdsmen, kidnapping, rape, armed robbery operation, and other criminal acts. Adding that the goal of the organization is to provide a crime free and safer society. However, the SSA Youth Development commended the Leadership as their efforts towards peace and security and noted that Delta State Govt. will partner with them is then, the outfit as the organization is timely as the process of its operations will provide a safer ground for investors through in the state.
Gov. Okowa
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Glo’s subscriber base climbs to 36.3m as they both suffered ÎÎÎTelecom industry re- salat losses. While Etisalat lost ports show that the GSM subscriber base of data grandmasters, Globacom, has in the last one year increased sharply by 5,063,895. The company’s number of customers which stood at 31,256,677 by June 2015 rose to 36,320,572 at the end of June this year. The new 5,063,895 customers represented 68% of the 7,477,977 additional GSM lines in the country in the last 12 months. The latest statistics published on the website of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) showed that Airtel placed second on the table with 2,414,082 new customers or 32%. However, it was reverse fortunes for MTN and Eti-
382,336 customers, MTN’s subscriber base went down by 4, 403,344 in the last one year. Details of the NCC report showed that Globacom’s market share has risen from 21% to 24%, while MTN which once overwhelmingly dominated the sector by over 45% suffered a significant reduction to 39% as it recorded 58.4m subscribers compared to 62,813,111 it had a year ago. Thus, while Glo has reduced the gap between it and MTN, it has substantially widened the gap between it and Airtel. Both Glo and Airtel previously had the same 21% market share a few months ago, with Glo enjoying a marginal lead then.
Ogun to partner UNICEF on exclusive breastfeeding Abimbola Obatayo
ÎÎÎThe
Ogun State Government has assured the United Nation International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) of support in the campaign for exclusive breast feeding amongst women, especially nursing mothers. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Adedayo Adeneye, who received the South West UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, Mrs Ada Ezeogu and the State Nutrition Officer, Mr. Olugbenga Idowu in his office in Abeokuta, said this is necessary because the campaign for exclusive breast feeding requires the support of all. Adeneye said his Ministry would not only make use of the State-owned media stations to spread the awareness on exclusive breast feeding but also involve relevant stakeholders in promoting the campaign geared towards educating and enlightening nursing mothers on the need to breastfeed their babies exclusively even beyond six months. “Exclusive breastfeeding really has great impact on the child, because a healthy child would definitely be a productive child, hence the need for us to support the campaign. Apart from the emotional attachment the child develops with the mother, the health benefit is also important to the children,” he said.
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (7th right); President of the Interim Committee of Performing Musicians Employers’ Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Mr. Pretty Okafor (6th left); and some members of his committee during a courtesy visit to Mohammed in Abuja… at the weekend.
S’ East women want August meeting national event Sunday Nwakanma, Umuahia
ÎÎÎThe
Federal Government has been asked to make the south eastern women tradition of August Meetings a national event. This call came along with commendations as the Olokoro women, home and abroad, held their 2016 August meeting, last Saturday, with the determination to embark on more home developmental projects. Organized under the auspices of the Olokoro Welfare Association, OWA women federated, the women had in the past done much for the community,
including the Olokoro ulramodern community hall and much more. The President of Port Harcourt branch of OWA, women wing which hosted this year’s meeting, Mrs. Chika Uzuegbu, expressed her happiness of the event, disclosing that the occasion was the 33rd edition and called on governments at all levels to adopt the August meeting event of the south east and make it national events so as to assist women in the development of their various communities. Speaking as the royal father of the day, the paramount ruler of Woji Community of Rivers State,
HRH Eze Amb. Emeka G. Ihunwo, the Eze Woji Nyenwe-Eli Woji described the event of his maternal home, Olokoro as a worthy occasion that should be emulated, stating that this will go a long way to strengthen community development in the area. With the federal government assistance, he said, women will help their men folks in the development of the rural communities. Also speaking at the occasion, the President General of Olokoro Welfare Association (men’s federated), Patrick Okwuonu commended the women for strengthening the men’s wing of OWA and the activities of women
in the communities, pledging to work with them for the benefit of the community. According to Mrs. Maureen Chidi Avaja, the August meeting has afforded the community the opportunity to embark on self-help projects, community development and other projects that benefits the community, stating that it is no longer time to show off affluence. For Mrs. Ada Donatus, in Olokoro, the meeting is usually the period when women embark on several community projects, stating that the present community hall of Olokoro was built to taste with the in-
strumentality of the women wing of OWA. Speaking with Daily Times after the event, the Port Harcourt branch of OWA queen of the occasion, Mrs. Nchekwube Adieze informed that there is nothing fetish in the event and called on those who shun the events in the south east to align with other women in celebrating the event in the future. A senior citizen from the area, Elder Chris Muonye, described women as doing monumentally well and is motivating all in the communities, advising the younger ones to follow the steps of their grandmothers in assisting the community.
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Politics
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IZE IYAMU ED0 2016: Local Govts deserve their 10 percent IGR, says Ize Iyamu
Titus Akhigbe, Benin It is a civil duty of all State governments to allocate 10 percent of their internally generated revenue to local governments rather than making regular and illegal deductions of their statutory allocations from the Federation account. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Edo September 10 polls, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, stated this while answering questions at the weekend
from the interview panel of the Interactive Session for Governorship Candidates organized by the Benson Idahosa University (BIU) Benin City. He said the massive illegal deductions by the State government accounts for the inability of almost all the 28 local governments in Edo to pay workers’ salaries as at when due, a development which, he said, led to the workers strike a few weeks ago. He said his first priority If elected governor, is to observe the
autonomy of local governments and authorize the payment of the 10 percent of the State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to all the local governments in the state. “The constitution empowers the State government to supervise local government councils. The truth is that in Edo state local governments are pacts ally dead. They owe arrears of salaries and they cannot do anything and the reason is simple; the State/local CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
Edo 2016: Why we endorse Obaseki in Edo North - HRH Osigbemeh Titus Akhigbe, Benin The Apa Onyenweko of Okpekpe, His Royal Highness, Dr. Peter Osigbemeh, yesterday explained why monarchs in Edo North senatorial district openly endorsed Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 10 Edo gubernatorial elections.
NNAMDI AZIKIWE
There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity.
Speaking when the APC candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki alongside his running mate, Hon. Philip Shaibu, paid a thank you visit to his palace, the monarch said they have confidence in Obaseki who is the brain box of development in the state and has what it takes to move Edo to the next level. The monarch urged Obaseki to follow meticulously the laid
TONY ELUMELU Nobody is going to develop Africa except us.
down plans and programmes that would better the state, charging him not to forget the community when he is sworn in as governor. He also urged Obaseki to appoint qualified members of the community in political positions as it would be a way to develop the area. “We will continue to pray for you until you are announced as Governor”, the monarch said.
OBASEKI
“We will continue to pray for you until you are announced as Governor”, the monarch said.— HRH Osigbemeh
TAFAWA BALEWA
ADEKUNLE AJASIN
We must recognize our diversity and the peculiar conditions under which the different tribal communities live in this country.
“Our Federalism is upside down. We are not practicing Federalism in Nigeria.”
GEN. HARUNA IBRAHIM, EX AREWA BOSS
“The country Nigeria started from being divided. We are never one. It was the process of history that brought us together. The British did not meet us as one country. The country Nigeria started from being divided.”
Daily Times Nigeria Monday, August 15, 2016
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No regrets joining politics, Oyegun says at 77 Tom Okpe, Abuja National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that he has no regrets whatsoever since he joined the Nigeria political class many years ago. Chief Oyegun, who turned 77 last Friday, explained that for him, it has always been an era of service to the nation and humanity. Speaking at the weekend with newsmen shortly after a surprise party organised by the APC staff members for him at the party secretariat, Oyegun assured that as long as he is alive, he will do everything in his capacity to ensure Nigeria achieves greatness. “No, I have not had any regret actually. For me it has been an era of service to the nation and humanity, and like I said, I think I only said that publicly once, the moment I embarked on politics and decided to be a full time politician and to seek elective office, my objective was clear and that is
ED0 2016: Local Govts deserve their 10 percent IGR, says Ize Iyamu CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9
government joint account has been thoroughly abused by the state government”. Said he: “we intend to give local government councils in the state their full autonomy and we will also give to them the ten percent of the state’s internally generated revenue. In addition, we will set targets for them in terms of schools, agriculture and markets development”. On the question of primary healthcare from the panel, the PDP candidate said that it is regrettable that the Primary Healthcare, PHC, system in the state has been left to decay by the present state government, promising to reverse the trend if elected.
that look, I was growing up when there were these wonderful leaders; Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello, Obafemi Awolowo and Tafawa Balewa. “I think the sadness in me owed back up to two years ago, I don’t think any of them have that fulfillment of knowing that yes all our labors had turn out right, because the country is headed in a right direction and it is headed for greatness, it is headed for its manifest destiny as the most, as the greatest. The largest and most highly populated black Nation on the face of the earth, things continued to degenerate. “I will do everything I can while the good lord gives me health, gives me strength and gives me the possibilities to influence the events. I will do everything in my power so that when my time comes I would be on my death bed with a smile on my face that yes, finally Nigeria is on the road to greatness. “I have that fulfillment today, I worked hard at every opportunity, I worked hard to ensure that this
Iyamu
He said, “I do not know whether many of you are aware but in 2014 the Federal ministry of health did an evaluation of PHC across the country and Edo scored the poorest at 6 percent in terms of evaluation”. Earlier Ize-Iyamu had appreciated the University’s initiative in hosting the first election debate under the present dispensation for the 2016 polls and said the idea was brilliant even as he praised other candidates who turned up in person. He said, “I would like to appreciate my fellow candidates. It is my prayer that this election will be as peaceful as possible...I sincerely think that Edo can be better than it is right now”.
great coalition called the APC that removed an incumbent, destructive, unacceptable government came into being. What that result elected of course done together with other imaginative and wonderful party leaders, today we are in government, today I have finally seen that yes we are taking the turn, we are now on the road. It is early days yet there is no question at all that we are now addressing these issues that held this great Nation down and so I consider myself fulfilled, we are now addressing them, we will get there, Nigeria would be great”. When asked to reveal the secret of his sound health despite his age, Oygeun said: “I don’t know if I am doing anything very special except that I don’t do anything that would worry me or that would lead to threat, or that would make or cause enemies. “Whatever I do I think even the worse critic knows that I am doing it with honest intention and not deliberately to undermine or deliberately to harm, and things like that, except politically, I have
Oyegun
As Edo State prepares for the September 10 gubernatorial polls, the Chairman, Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee, a non-government organisation, Mr. Eduwu Ekhator, at the weekend alleged that a group, the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF) was planning to infiltrate the state ahead of the election to instigate violence. He described the plot as “evil, ungodly and comprehensively unpatriotic.” In a statement he issued to also mark the International Youth Day, Ekhator commended security agencies and other persons who were able to uncover the plot even
The leadership of Labour Party, Edo state chapter, has denied endorsing Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the September 10, 2016 governorship election in the state. The LP clarification by its chairman, Mr. Kelly Ogbaluo, was in response to a reported pseudo declaration by some individuals who yielded their support for Ize-Iyamu in Edo north Senatorial district of the state before the glare of television cameras. Addressing newsmen on the sidelines of Labour Party flag
ED0 2016: Group condemns planned violence, preaches peace
Oshiomhole
as he appealed to politicians to exercise restraint. “I want to say that political growth and democratic consolidation are the product of rich ideas and civilized interplay of social forces and not the blood of innocent citizens. “I also want to charge every youth to see themselves as nucleus and catalyst for national development, and I urged every youth to rise above being used as tools for destruction and distabilisation in the country.”
Edo 2016: LP denies endorsing Ize-Iyamu off campaign at the Weekend in Benin City, Ogbaluo, said the clarification became necessary not to hurt LP chances of victory at the poll or find itself stuck between a rock and a hard place, which the group had intended to achieve. He assured that the overwhelming victory which lies ahead of his party, will not to be decided by razor-thin margin, giving the pedigree of the LP Candidate, Amos Areleogbe who has revved the engine of integrity and his running mate, Mrs. Jane Osagie, a seasoned
advocate of Women and Children’s Rights. “This (is an) unscrupulous ignoble act of the PDP, where it fraudulently put together a chattered faceless group of criminals, street urchins, and some notable persons of public interest, dissidents and post with the banner of our Party (Labour Party) in a pseudo declaration”. He also said LP has firmly resolved to contest the election, irrespective of whose ox is gored, stating that there is no faction in the Labour Party.
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I’ll restore Ondo’s lost glory — Mrs. Jumoke Ajasin Anifowoshe Mrs. Jumoke Ajasin Anifowoshe, daughter of former Governor of old Ondo State, late Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, is the only female aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming governorship election in the state. Ahead of the primaries of the party, Mrs. Anifowoshe, a legal practitioner spoke with AKINJIDE AKINTOLA of her dreams of a new Ondo State where her lost glory would be restored. Excerpts: It’s a few days to the primaries of your party to pick its candidate. How do you see things so far with the committee set up to screen aspirants? With the calibre of people in the committee I am comfortable and I have the belief that a good job will be done. From the guidelines as announced by the committee, I don’t see any reason why I should not pass the screening as they are within my reach. Members of the committee are people well known within the party and society. The chairman who is the governor of Oyo State is a no-nonsense man; the only thing I’m not happy with is that only one woman is a member out of seven as she is going to be a lone voice. I believe if it could not be evenly distributed, women should be two in the committee. What would you like the committee to focus in its assignment? The pedigree of the aspirants, their contributions to the party, their character, political history, experience, competence in managing affairs where they have worked before, contributions to the growth and development of the party right from their unit to the national level- all these need to be taken into consideration in the screening. I think somebody who is new, somebody who is just com-
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ing from abroad, somebody who is just joining the party should not be part of it; competence and ability should be priority. So, you are confident that the committee would not screen you out of the race? I don’t have any fear at all. Whatever the committee would demand, I’m on top of it. How do you see the issue of money politics in the race especially with the poverty level in the country? I think government, especially agencies of government that have something to do with ethics and values have a lot to do in this area especially in education, sensitising the people particularly the National Orientation Agency (NOA) because if we continue this way, we can never be able to have a good government at any level- local government, state or federal- because the way followers, supporters, well wishers seek for one favour or the other finan-
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cially is overwhelming for aspirants or politicians generally. At the end of the day, having spent so much, definitely, he would recoup. Some people have gone ahead to borrow, some have gone to sell their houses; but how would I do something like that? Why would I sell my houses? Because I’m aspiring, I want to serve? So, people, politicians who go to the extent of acceding to such favours are not … and I think the people should be wary of such aspirants doling out money at the beck and call of those asking for such favours. So, I feel that NOA has a lot of work to do to educate the people that things are not done this way. And maybe, if can do electronic voting like the NBA did recently, maybe, we can minimise the idea of money politics. So, until we get to that stage, I’m not too sure we will be able to overcome this scourge of money politics. And what has been your own experience in the state?
I think we are all in the same boat. What I can do for you, I will tell you and what I cannot, I will tell you. At the end of the day, you are the one that will know where the shoe pinches. So, I don’t go out of my way to satisfy requests that I don’t have the capacity for. So, the requests are enormous, but I cut my coat according to my size. So how do you compare with other aspirants who are spending money all over to win? When I go on my campaign, I make them realise I’m not a moneybag. Those who are spending money, they would at the end of the day recoup their money back. As governor, they would not depend only on their salary but recoup their money and you are going to be the people to suffer. Now we are complaining that governance is not being run properly, maybe those at the helm of affairs suffered the same financial demand and he wants to recoup the money before he left the seat.
It is left to these people making these demands to know that it is better to live within your means and vote for the person to do the state good and not depend on politicians for your daily bread. You can support them for good governance; you can support the person that would be an asset to the state; you can support an aspirant that is experienced, competent and accountable not someone you will have access to again immediately he gets to office. He doesn’t know you exist anymore since he has paid you off anyway. We should think of tomorrow and not vote for someone who with selfish motives, just for them and their families alone. This current governor in the state is government of by my family, of my family and for my family. If that is what we still want, then we can vote for an aspirant that is doling out money. Apart from the fact that you don’t know where he got his money from, when he gets there, he will do the same thing we are complaining about now. Talking about good governance; a lot of people have complained that of the administration of outgoing Governor Olusegun Mimiko in the last seven and a half years. Now if you get there, what change do you and your party want to make? We have a lot to offer the people of Ondo State. At the moment, salaries are not being paid; people are hungry; if you saw the crowd that queued and struggled for ordinary rice when Mimiko was doing his stomach infrastructure distribution, you will be surprised and confirm that people are really hungry. So, what’s the use of distributing rice; why don’t you pay them their salary so that they can use money to buy rice by themselves and eat what they want.
Lagos LG poll: Accord party raises alarm over LASIEC appointment Iniobong Iwok Ahead the forthcoming local government elections in Lagos State, the Accord Party has expressed concern over appointment made by the state government into the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, (LASIEC). In an interview with Daily Times after the party’s meet-
ing, Lagos State Chairman of the party, Chief Gbenga Kool alleged officials recently appointed into the electoral commission were chieftains and card carrying members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. Kool doubted the readiness of the electoral commission to conduct a free and fair election, even with the recent appointed
individuals, adding that there was the urgent need for a restructuring of the electoral body. His words: “Our party would be participating fully in the coming LG election. But the state government needs to review the appointment it made at the (LASEIC), we have it in good authority that most of the people appointed are APC chief-
tains and card carrying members. The appointment further makes the electoral commission lose its already questioned credibility, so how do you expect a good and credible election”? Kool asked. The state secretary of the party, Comrade Lanre Ogundare, said the Accord Party has been a grass root party and ready for the council election, adding
that it was sure of victory if the election was free and fair, while accusing the APC of plot to rig the election. Ogundare expressed disappointment with the policies of the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government, and the Lagos State government, which according to him, were anti people and meant to further improvise Nigerians.
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Ondo needs credible leadership - Guber aspirant Tom Okpe, Abuja A governorship aspirant of the All progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Tunji Ariyomo has said that Ondo State and indeed Nigeria is backward in science and technology and all hands must be on deck to lift it up to an enviable position. Ariyomo who spoke to APC correspondents at the party secretariat when he came to pick his nomination and expression of interest forms to contest the August 27th primaries for the journey to the state Government house said the state needs a leadership that will propel the state forward. He said: “We believe strongly that this is a credible opportunity for us to be able to provide the kind of leadership that will propel the state forward especially now that we are facing challenges in terms of leadership and backwardness of the black race as far as the issue of capacity is concerned. I am talking about systemic capacity, even capacity in science and technology”. The aspirant who pointed to the state University of Science and Technology at Okitipupa as his
Oyegun
idea maintained that the institution is there adding value and the CIDEX structure at the entrance of the government house which are today creating job opportunities. “In 2008, I increased the IGR by over 86 percent, running into an increment of about 4.7billion Naira within a space of just six months. We have also been involved in projects that saved upward of N22 billion for the federal government at that level; these innovative ideas are things we plan to implement if elected governor in the state”, he said. Arimoyo who blamed the under development of the state on politicians who do not have substance but are out for their selfish interest opined that the younger ones with good ideas and creativity should be given a chance. “My focus as far as the development of Ondo State is not chiefly resource driven. One of the reasons why Africa is in poverty is because we are solely dependent on natural resources. The core instruments for building roads we already have them. Bitumen, limestone, and granite yet we are unable to harness them because
Group charges Oyo on diversification A socio-cultural group, Oyo Development Initiative (ODI), has urged the Oyo State Government to strengthen its efforts at diversifying the state’s economy in order to meet the demands of the workers, the needs of the citizenry as well as the development requirements of the state. The group, in a statement by its coordinator, Dr. Adesola Okanlawon, said the government has demonstrated commitment to transparency, integrity, good governance and fostering a cordial relationship with the workers by paying the two months salaries agreed upon during the negotiation to resolve the last industrial dispute in the state. While commending the government for fulfilling its agreement to the labour union, the group appealed to the administrators of the state not to rest on their oars, saying that, they should put in more effort to
clear the outstanding salaries. According to the statement, “the government has demonstrated commitment to workers’ welfare by promptly paying the two months salaries stipulated in the last agreement owed the workers. Though, this is not all that is owed, the Oyo State government should be commended for the payment in meeting its part of the agreement. We urge them not to relent as the outstanding months salaries should be paid in due course. “We understand the present economic problem facing the country but there is always a way out of every problem. The government should block all the loopholes affecting the Internal Generated Revenue (IGR). The renewed IGR drive should be transparent and government should put into judicious use the revenue generated. “We believe that with the expected increase in the revenue
of the state, Governor Abiola Ajimobi will pay the workers as and when due and there will be more development projects in the state which were the hallmarks of his first term in office. The quantum of his first term welfarist achievements and laudable projects gave him the unprecedented second term mandate,” the group explained. Okanlawon urged the state government to create more awareness about taxes, levies and duties in the new IGR drive and how it would be beneficial to the state and its citizenry, adding that, the progress of Oyo State great is the responsibility of all and sundry. The statement by the group concluded that the reliance on the monthly allocation from the federal government should be a thing of the past and more effort should be put in place for the state to generate enough revenue to meet the yearnings of its citizens.
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we’ve been fixated with the old method. “We were approaching bitumen exploration from the perspective of the crude oil exploration which will not work. Crude oil has higher return on investment relative to bitumen. So look at some key natural resources that we have and look at how they provide immense opportunity to actually catalyze our development projections in terms of road construction, in terms of other infrastructure goals just by handling a part of our natural resources well. “However, aside the natural resources that we have, we need to focus on issues of innovation and commercialisation of innovation. As I speak with you today, there are students in this country that have produced made in Nigerian cars. I am talking about productions with substantial organic indigenous components. “Recently I was in the expert panel of General Electric where we are advocating for bypass to the issue of the persistent crisis in the Niger Delta in terms of centralisation and so on. So we are thinking of bypass we can use so that we can still take advantage of our natural resources. We have abundance of natural gas but we cannot rely on that because of the political situation. That is why we are in the think tank. We have also passed our recommendations; we are not hoarding this, we want Nigeria to develop at all levels”, he said.
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Nigeria loses N7.6b to forex subsidy granted 2016 Hajj pilgrims Kelechi Ogbamgba
ÏÏÏNigeria lost not less than N7.6
billion to the concessionary foreign exchange government offered to Muslim pilgrims embarking on this year’s Hajj to Mecca. This is in spite its spirited defense of the subsidised N197 to a dollar it conceded to Muslim pilgrims as against the interbank rate of N318 and the parallel market rate of N402 per dollar, a policy that market analysts have described as lopsided and inconsistent and therefore hurting rather than rebuilding the economy. On the heels of the intense criti-
cisms that trailed the discounted foreign exchange to the Muslim pilgrims, presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu denied any ulterior motive behind the subsidy, saying there was no discrimination against Christians. Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, also insisted, last week, that neither the apex bank nor the government subsidised foreign exchange for the 2016 Hajj pilgrims. However, going beyond the rhetoric of government’s seeming religious soft spot for Muslims, since a similar discounted exchange rate was offered Christian pilgrims last
October, SBM Intelligence, a financial and economic watchdog, said in a statement last week, that the policy was “counter-productive”, an indication that government was patronising to religion more than it cared about rebuilding the economy. SBM Intelligence lamented that the dollar rate concession represents a huge “discount of well over 100% to the intending pilgrims” and coming in a period “when citizens, businesses and even the government (is struggling) to find dollars to meet legitimate personal and business needs” observing that the signal was clear; that “pa-
tronage of religion is more important to the Nigerian government than business and even the government itself functioning”. The influential economic and financial Intelligence agency observed that the discounted exchange rate offered the Muslim pilgrims would deplete the nation’s treasury by no less than a hefty N7.6 billion even when recession is threatening the economy. “It is counter-productive that we say we have floated the naira and yet religious sections of society get subsidised dollars which will cost the Nigerian state 7.6 billion in tax payers’ money.
Edo State Governor, Com. Adams Oshiomhole (right) in handshake with Sultan of Sokoto and PresidentGeneral, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, during a visit of the Sultan and members of the NSCIA to Oshiomhole in Benin… at the weekend.
10 years after, Knocks greet state of ports concession Continued from page 6 long way to go,’’ he said. Similarly, Maritime Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba took a swipe at the 10-year-old port concession and performance, and concluded that it has failed in its original objective of making Nigerian ports cost effective. According to him, the cost of doing business at Nigerian port is still the highest in the world, adding that it had remained so 10 years after the ports were concessioned because of the absence of a regulator and appropriate laws. Another area which concession has done more harm than good is
the alleged monopoly enjoyed by a concessionaire over other concessionaires. Recall that in April, 2015, the NPA issued a circular directing owners of private jetties that handle oil and gas cargoes to relocate their operations to designated ports in the South-South. Since that announcement was made, the sector has been embroiled in crisis, leading to accusations and counter accusations with some concessionaires involved in a fight to finish with Intels Nigeria Limited, which operates primarily in Onne, Delta and Calabar ports. On that, Amiwero had this to say; ‘’It is the fault of terminal owners who don’t know what they
are doing. There is nothing like the classification of cargoes, cargo is cargo, port is port, you don’t redefine ports. Onne port is supposed to be an official free trade zone for oil and gas. Oil and gas free zone is not a port. When you say oil and gas free zone, it is not a port. It must be redefined, it should not be so. Any cargo can go anywhere, what you have is a free zone. There is nothing like a free port”. Mrs. Dabney Shall-Homa, Director, Commercial Shipping Services, Nigeria Shippers’ Council, (NCS), echoed Amiwero’s view when she called for a review of the concession agreement at a stakeholders meeting recently. ‘’There is no cargo classification
known as oil and gas in any part of the world”, she said, adding “seaport terminals are classified as multipurpose, container, bulk or general cargo terminals”. “The concession agreement that were made has certain critical pillars. One of those critical pillars is to ensure that there is no evidence of monopoly and abuse of dominant position and to create a level playing field and in doing so competition will be promoted between the players,” she added. It is in this light that the recent declaration by the Managing Director of the NPA, Ms. Hadiza Usman, that the concession agreements between concessionaires and government would be reviewed.
700 ex-Nigeria Airways workers die in 10 yrs Continued from page 6 and have decided to ask for God’s grace upon them. Kyari said about N70bn was needed to settle all the workers of the defunct airline for the period of their 20 years pay off. He explained that since the liquidation of NAL on May 21, 2003, the Federal Government had only paid the retirees five years pension arrears out of 25 years pension arrears. He urged the government to pay the retired workers the outstanding pension arrears. It was learnt that NAL employees who served in New York, Rome, London and other West African countries had been paid 25 years pension arrears. Kyari explained that they were worried over the high rate of death among their colleagues, explaining that about 700 people as at January 2016 had died while between June and early August, five people have been dying weekly.
Chibok girls: Army declares citizen journalist, 2 others wanted Continued from page 6 other peace-loving people to give useful information on the whereabouts of the suspects. “We are also liaising with other security agencies for their arrest if they fail to turn up,” he said. Meanwhile, the Federal Government said on Sunday that it is doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok girls and put an end to the horrible saga of their abduction. The government gave the assurance against the backdrop of the latest video by the Boko Haram showing some of the girls. Reacting to the video, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement in Abuja, said that the government is in touch with those purportedly behind the video. He said: “We are on top of the situation. But we are being extremely careful because the situation has been compounded by the split in the leadership of Boko Haram. “We are also being guided by the need to ensure the safety of the girls. “Since this is not the first time we have been contacted over the issue, we want to be doubly sure that those we are in touch with are who they claim to be,’’ he said.
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Finding meaning for his Atikulation
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Yinka Odumakin
was going to call Gen. Yakubu Gowon out three weeks ago to say something on the raging debate in the country over the structure of Nigeria. I had written the piece half-way before I archived (no pun intended!) it after an inner voice told me to still hold on. I titled the write-up “Gowon, should we go on this way?” I will not publish that material again as the man who presided over the Nigerian un-civil war from 1967-70 and from whose name we coined “Go on with one Nigeria” already stated where he stands when he received my good friend, Senator Shehu Sani, in Abuja last week. The former Head of State in his usual non-ruffling posture said and I quote: “We can restructure within one Nigeria context. I did it in 1967. We created states to stop Eastern Nigeria from seceding”. Gen. Gowon has toed the path of reason the way he did in July 1966 when Murtala Mohamned and his co-hotheads gave him a speech to take the North out of Nigeria. He called for legal advice which led to a three-day conference of the North before the idea was shelved. The old war horse obviously is persuaded that Nigeria as it is has become unworkable. He would have been pardoned if he had joined the “Nigeria unity is not negotiable orchestra on account of leading the war against Biafra. Gen. Gowon intervention came a few days after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made his second and perhaps most seminal contribution to the restructuring debate. The full text of Atiku’s speech at Gen. Usman Katsina conference Hall in Kaduna is a must read from which space would only allow me to take the following excerpts: “We have over the years responded to these agitations in a variety of ways and with a variety of measures. These include the creation of states from the earlier three (and later four) regions to the current 36 states; a civil war, and other military operations in different parts of the country at different times; federal character principle; changes to revenue allocation formula; National Youth Service Corps; federal take-over or establishment and management of schools, universities, hospitals, and huge federal presence in the economy as an investor. Others include the excessive centralisation and concentration of power at the federal level and the weakening of the federating states; and amnesty
Atiku for “repentant ex-militants” of the Niger Delta. ....If anything, our unity has been fragile, our democracy unstable, and our people more aggrieved by their state in the federation. We have always responded with a suspicion of the “other” in trying to deal with these challenges to our integration and democratic survival. And, quite naturally, our responses/solutions have also been, at least partly, shaped by sectional interests and sentiments. The problem though is that sometimes what is in the short-term interest of a group may not be so in the long-run. And, more importantly, nation-building requires sacrifices of some sectional interests for the overall interest of the nation and all the segments. Unless we do not think that the nation’s unity is worth sacrificing for or that the sacrifices have to be made only by others and not by us! ....Personally I believe in one strong and united Nigeria. I be-
lieve that we are stronger united, and that together our potentials are enormous. And I believe that Nigeria’s unity is worth sacrificing for. “It is not a secret that many Nigerians from outside the North hold the view that the main beneficiary of the status quo has been the north, an undifferentiated north. Sometimes they say it is the northern elite or the “Kaduna Mafia”. This sentiment, I think, stems largely from the following reasons: • People of northern extraction being the heads of government at the national level for much of our post-independence period until 1999, during which period much of the current structure was put in place; • The leading role that the north played in the war to keep the country united between 1967 and 1970; • The country’s reliance on oil revenues which comes mainly from the Niger Delta, far away
from the North, as well as • What some see as a knee-jack (sic) resistance from northern elements to calls for the restructuring of the federation. Having led the federal side in the war to keep the country together, it is understandable that northern leaders would have less tolerance for what they perceive as another attempt to break up the country. My focus here, however, is to show that the north and Nigeria have not been served well by the status quo and there is need for change. Who among us who went to primary and secondary school in the 1960s had much to do with the Federal Government? Did the northern regional government wait to collect monthly revenue allocations from Lagos before paying salaries to its civil servants and teachers or fixing its bridges and roads? In May this year, the Governor of Niger State publicly stated that his state could no longer pay salaries because of dwindling federal allocations. And he is not alone. A recent report by Economic Intelligence published in a number of Nigerian newspapers showed that 9 out of the 10 States with the lowest internally generated revenue are in the north. And they are among the 15 states that the report said may go bankrupt if federal allocations to states continue to decline because their IGR is less than 10% of their federal allocations. There is something wrong with the structure of this country and we must see it for what it is. Even in the unlikely event that federal allocations are shared equally among all the states, we would still be in trouble if we cannot generate revenues internally.” As usual of our country, the knee-jerk analysis or what I call poor scholarship in our country has been to dismiss Atiku’s thoughts as borne out of his desire to get enough support for his presidential ambition. While there is nothing wrong with that, I am fully persuaded that thinkers should see his intervention beyond desire for office. I know about a dozen people from the North who have their eyes on the presidency in 2019 who will ensure restructuring does not appear in their speech. Atiku like Col. Dangiwa Umar and other voices of reason from the North can clearly see where all this would end if it gets to the tipping point and snaps. They know it is better to negotiate 50% of 100 than owing 100% of zero. This is the true meaning of their Atikulation!
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Nigeria: Too big to be great
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Festus Tokunbo
recently heard the former President Goodluck Jonathan said, “We are great because of our size, human resources and diversity. If we fragmentise the country, we will be forgotten by the world”. I have written this article in response to that opinion. It is high time we start facing the realities. Truth is that the Nigerian project is not working. Nigeria with 170 million populations divided by two competing religions, over 250 ethnicities with different languages and ideologies would hardly survive or succeed under a single political institution. Among the 183 countries in the world, Nigeria is the only one with two competing religions (Christianity and Islam) each striving to outwit the other. Historically, the British colonisers have always partitioned nations according to their religious belief and ideologies, as was the case of India-Pakistan in 1948, IsraelPalestine in 1947 and PakistanBangledash in 1971. It was only in Nigeria that two religions are joined together by Lord Lugard in 1914. The ideal thing should have been to separate the Southern and
Northern protectorate. Lugard committed a political blunder that only time will tell the cost of his errors. Southern and Northern Sudan went their separate ways in 2011. After years of studies and researches, political economists agreed that weak institutions rather than corruption was reason many African countries are poor and less developed. Nigeria needs strong political and economic institutions to achieve economic growth and greatness but its institutions are so weak as result of ethnic disunity arising from competing religions and ideologies. We have shied away from at our own peril away from this truth. Millions of Nigerians have been killed because we never learnt from history and reality. The Nigerian project is not working. The self-acclaimed giant of Africa is actually a failure. Smaller countries like Ghana, Gambia, Senegal, Ethiopia and Ivory Coast have stronger institutions and economic stability than Nigeria. Jonathan’s fears were that Nigeria would be forgotten in the world if divided into small components. Contrary to his opinion, each region can still be a major player
on the African continent and the global economy at large. If Nigeria were to be divided into four regions, according to the geographical distribution, the smallest regions would still have a population of over 35 million people and each of these regions is endowed with the abundant natural and human resources. Over 60% of the G20 members: the largest economies in the world are less than 30 million in population. In the European Union, apart from Germany with 80 million population, France; 64 million, United Kingdom; 65million, Italy; 59 million and Spain; 46 million, all other European countries are between 5million to 12million in population. Therefore, the greatness of an economy may not necessary be determined by the size of its population. Singapore with just 5.5million people has the 3rd largest per capital income in the world, second busiest seaport in the world and is the brain behind the economic success of the East Asian countries. Singapore ‘s GDP is presently almost the same with Nigerian GDP despite been an oil producing country. Most Nigerians are so scared and nervous when they hear the word
“division”. Some business leaders with businesses across Nigeria and religious leaders with mosques and churches all over Nigeria never wanted to discuss it. International organizations like the UN, AU and ECOWAS all agreed that division is the way forward to lasting peace and development in Nigeria. Probably, you are a western Nigerian with lots of business interest or properties in the north, dividing Nigeria into four segment does not imply that you lost all your investment, it does mean that you are now operating in a foreign country. Likewise, a Northerner with business interest in the West would be operating in a foreign country. The same thing applies to religious organisations with worship centres across Nigeria. As was the case in the European Union, Nigeria can be separated into four regions and still relate with each other through bilateral agreement in trade, foreign policies and other important sectors. Partitioned of Nigeria into four regions would bring serious economic competition among the regions that could culminate into regional economic power with a prominent role in the global economy.
Using your talent to make money
I Matthew Oye
t appears to me that giving of excuses is now the normal thing with Nigerian Government and a large section of the populace. Ask any official, why are we not enjoying uninterrupted power supply over one year the government was sworn in. They will explain that the Goodluck Jonathan administration indeed voted huge sum of money for power supply but all was stolen. Ask why the economy is in meltdown and infrastructures collapsing? Why Nigerian crying for lack of money and food to eat. The Buhari-Osibanjo government has only one template response. The last administration ruined the economy with unprecedented looting. Few days ago, I read they have now shifted the blame to retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. The excuse bug has virtually caught up with everyone in this government as they shirk responsibility and lay blames on the opposition. In the same vein, if you ask any Nigerian why is he/she suffering? He would tell you the government is not doing anything. The government could not provide jobs. Even if you are earning some money, there is hike in prices
of tomatoes, onions and garri. Truly, no one can deny that there is hunger in the land. There is no way officials can know of hunger because they do not buy from the same market. Moreover, they have more than enough money to buy whatever they want. Why is the government blaming its predecessors while the masses are blaming the government? There is the pathetic case of a young Nigerian who having completed his University education in the United Kingdom, retuned to Nigeria in search of a job. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Information Technology and married with a baby. He sent his CV to various companies and one ICT company invited him for an interview in Abuja. He travelled to Abuja from Lagos. Unfortunately, the interview was postponed for two days and he ran out of money. Spurning the shame of begging, he went to a motor park to help put passengers into busses traveling from Abuja to Lagos. Within few hours, he earned N5000. Hell then broke lose. A tout at the park decided to teach him a lesson. The tout gathered his colleagues against this innocent man. They will not accept his narration. He
had invaded their territory. They collected all the money on him. It was then a Good Samaritan got near to see what was happening. He listened to the man’s story, and gave him enough money to board a bus back to Lagos and asked for his CV. This was widely published in the Internet. When I read the story I asked why a UK trained Information Technology expert could not make a living with just a laptop and Internet connection? This man has no business scrapping for a living with touts. Something is wrong somewhere. Why do we have to blame the government for not creating jobs. jobs for such a fellow? For me this is a paradox. Let me tell our leaders to stop the blame game. We elected them to serve us. Serve us. Fix the roads, the economy, the schools system and hospitals. Nigerians should stop looking up to government for jobs. You are the architect of your own fate. Rather, look within you to discover the inherent talent that God has given to you. Hone that talent and start using it. I know a young man who came home for Christmas few years ago. After the holiday as he was strolling around his neigh-
bourhood, he entered an hotel and demonstrated to the manager how he can develop a software for their operations. The hotel owner was excited. Within two weeks, the assignment was completed and the man was paid. He got more contracts from other hotels. He then decided not to return to the United States. Today he is owner of ‘Soft tribe’ one of the largest software development companies in Africa with headquarters in Accra, Ghana. What is really your excuse for not making impact in this nation? Who is to blame? You are not a failure until you have somebody else to blame for your failure. Let me reiterate that what will set you free from carrying bowl begging for money is to recognise your talent. Sharpen your talent and start doing something with it. Having a skill and still sitting at home will bring you to shame and ridicule. Shun laziness. You can only fly in the wings of your talent to prominence. You can use your talent to make money anywhere. This applies to both man and woman. If you live your life to chance, you will not have a chance to make it. Only you can make your life a masterpiece.
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Not much has been done by government to make Nigerians happy Achum Tobechukwu Valentine Out of the 157 countries being ranked as the happiest people on earth, Nigeria occupies 131 position. This means that Nigerians are happier than only 12 countries out of the remaining 156 countries. Indeed! Not a type of score sheet to be happy about. We are suffering, but, certainly, not smiling, as widely portrayed. For, when one is being beaten by excruciating sun, his frown unveils his teeth such that it looks like one is actually smiling. However, the least our government could do to put smiles on the faces of the generality of Nigerians has already been prescribed in Section 14 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, wherein lies that “the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”. Perversely, when a set of people described as cattle herdsmen can wake up one morning and do mini-mini-mani-mo, at which place to kill and destroy, speaks volume about how ‘secured’ the life of the average Nigerian really is. When prices of basic commodities such as tomato, yam, garri, kerosene, amongst others, seem to be hugging and romancing the sky – without any corresponding increase in worker’s salary – says a whole lot about how ‘guaranteed’ our welfare truly is. Our Naira, which used to be N1 to $1 under Mohammadu Buhari as military head of state, is now at its weakest and volatile state under Mohammadu Buhari as civilian President, though we cannot hold that against him. When one could stay a whole week without power, with only a comfortable be-careful-howyou-criticize-government explanation to the cause of epileptic power supply by a government representative is a big smite on one’s happiness and a promotion of our misery rate. Sincerely, the average Nigerian cares less about who is being investigated for corruption charges or how much is being recovered from the fight against corruption. What he really cares about is his security and welfare. Can he get access
Flashback to a section of one million candidates that applied to fill the vacancy for 10,000 personnel in the Nigeria police
to the best medical attention within this country without having to pay from his nose? Can he get access to good education for his children, or scholarship for them without knowing one oga-at-the-top, somewhere? Can he comfortably move around for business on good roads? he get access to an appreciable degree of electricity power without hiding from IKEDC officials when they come to disconnect his electricity supply line due to exorbitant bills? Can he easily get access to loans to do business and fulfill his dream of being a successful entrepreneur? Can his child, who has just graduated from college be at the same level with children of elites when they apply for a job in the public service? Can his income cater for his family needs and even enough to take his family on short holiday trips and, occasionally, take his wife out on romantic dates? I am sure there are many other pertinent questions on your mind, but the basic fact remains that not much has been done by government to make Nigerians happy. Nigerians only manage to try and make themselves hap-
py, and the earlier government starts to realise that an unhappy people cannot be properly united and cannot produce good result, the better. The reason why the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) got dissolved was that they were producing more gun than fun. They were producing more weapons than food. They were paying more attention to their enemies much more than the welfare of their people. And, as late Professor Claude Ake once instructed, man must eat before he does any other thing. Although, man cannot live by bread alone, it is a more profound truth that man cannot live without bread. As CNN’s Richard Quest once warned, let us “never count dollars before bodies.” No matter how much is being recovered from PMB’s fight against corruption, his success in that area would not be taken more seriously than a pinch of salt if the spate of suffering currently staring us in the face continues unabated. It is not the fight against corrupt people that matters; it is about what measure is being put in place to
restrict people from engaging in corrupt practices. It is about strengthening and making corruption busters such as EFCC, ICPC and the Judiciary more independent and impenetrable, and left to do their job – not doing their job for them. This is what President Barack Obama meant when he recommended strong institutions and not strong men. If any single individual can control the EFCC according to his whims and caprices, it therefore, means that the fight against corruption is only a waste of time. What government must, however, focus on is how to put smiles on our scowled faces. This, on its own, will translate into providing the necessary morale in bringing about the growth and development we need in other areas of our national and private lives, because a happy man produces better result. It does not require a human resources (HR) expert to understand this, still less a sociologist. It needs less of a rocket scientist to be able to solve this equation. The famous words of one we know too well said, We must start to place the interest and plights of our suffering people
high on top of our action agenda – J. J. Rawlings In chapter four of his book Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, written in 1789, Jeremy Bentham proposed a method of working out the sum total of pleasure and pain produced by an act, and thus the total value of its consequence. He proposed that when determining what action is right in a given situation, we should consider the pleasures and pains resulting from it in respect of their intensity, duration, certainty, propinquity, fecundity, purity and extent. This idea is a utilitarian principle, which stresses the fact that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people that is the measure of right and wrong, and that the best moral action is the one that maximises the well-being of sentient entities. This principle is called the hedonistic or felicific calculus. Exactly two hundred and twenty-two years, since Bentham propounded this idea, the United Nations General Assembly, in 2011 passed a resolution inviting member countries to measure the happiness of their citizens to help guide their public policies in responding to what makes their citizens happy. Although, the 2016 World Happiness Report places Denmark as the happiest country in the world, Bhutan – a country in Southern Asia – however, became the first country to officially adopt Gross National Happiness (GNH), instead of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as her main development indicator. The variables however used in ranking countries according to how happy its citizens are, include GDP per capita, social support, life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and trust. With Denmark taking the lead in this ranking, Switzerland and Iceland are the second and third happiest countries in the world, while Norway, Finland, Canada, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Austria and Sweden follow – as fourth to tenth positions, respectively, with the United States of America in the thirteenth position.
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Daily Times Nigeria Monday,August 15, 2016
WAR AGAINST MILITANCY:
Nigerian Navy prays for dialogue, political intervention
Nigerian Navy
God’s Covenant Snr with agency report While brazing up for the all out battle against the viciousness of Nigeria Delta militants across the Southern Nigeria, the Nigerian has expressed optimism that dialogue and political intervention will address the re-emergence of militancy in the Niger Delta region. But where both processes fail
to yield the desired result, the Navy is more than ready to take the military option. The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy headquarters, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, made this position clear when he featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja recently. “What has posed some level of challenge is the re-emergence of militancy in the Niger Delta - the blowing up of oil and gas infra-
structure, which is crucial to the nation’s survival. This we are grappling with right now. “Over the news, you would have heard of various levels of arrest being made and handover of suspects to DSS also being made and so on. “But we are praying for a political solution by way of dialogue and political intervention “However, where all that fail, we are more than ready to take the military option.’’
Between June 2015 and Dec. 2015, the Commodore revealed, the rate of maritime-related crimes at the sea such as robbery, kidnapping and piracy dropped sharply. “But a surge in the rate of such crimes was recorded in Feb. 2016 and continued up to April, when the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas initiated Operation `Tsare Teku’. “Since April, when `Operation Tsare Teku’ was initiated,
we have had only two cases (of maritime-related crimes). “When it was initiated, the operation was to last 90 days,” he said. He further said although the operation ended two weeks ago, the second phase was recently inaugurated by the chief of naval staff in Port Harcourt. Before Tsare Teku was initiated, 47 attacks by pirates, were recorded, according to the Commodore. “Since that time, the Navy had clamped down on illegal bunkerers and crude oil thieves, who were moving stolen products from the hinterland to the sea. “The Navy had acquired boats from an indigenous firm for use to patrol the creeks, rivers and rives in the region. “So, overtime, we are going to see that our partnership with Epenal leads to the mass production of patrol boats within the creeks and rivers of the Niger Delta,” he said. Urging all relevant government agencies and other stakeholders to join the crusade against piracy in the country, Ezekobe disclosed that the solution to that problem is landbased and all the agencies of government need to intensify their efforts so that they can all solve the problem. He disclosed that `Operation Awatse’ had put in place to check pipeline vandalism and other crimes. “The operation has addressed this issue and largely eliminated pipeline vandalism - at least in the Lagos lagoon area.” According to him, the re-emergence of militancy in the Niger Delta has encouraged some criminal elements to infuse themselves into the local criminal groups in the area to heighten the spate of insecurity and sabotage to oil and gas infrastructure.
I stole my master’s car because he forgot my birthday - suspect Oguntade ismaila
Suspect
A 24-year-old man who was apprehended by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly stealing a Black SAAB Saloon Car, with registration number, AAA 581 CG, belonging to his helper, has said that he stole the car to punish him because he forgot his birthday. He also confessed that he is obsessed with the car and will continue to steal it. The suspect, Richard Akinwale, was trailed from Iju Road, Fagba area, for about five hours by the RRS officers before he was
eventually arrested along Wempco road in Agindigbi in Ikeja. A dropout from Northern American University in Cotonou, Benin Republic, Akinwale broke into the living room of his victim, Adelabu Tolani, through the ceiling to pick the car keys and carted away the vehicle along with other valuables. At the RRS headquarters, the suspect, who owned up to the crime, confessed that he stole the car and other valuables of his helper deliberately to punish him for forgetting his birthday. In his words: “I was accommodated into the Adelabu’s home about five years ago. I was able to have been part of the Adelabus
being friend to his wife’s brother right from the Church camp. Living with him and his family was a privilege for me. “He sponsored my educational career before I dropped out from the institution at final year. His wife was also very supportive. But I deliberately committed the offence because they asked me to move out of their house.” It was gathered that the suspect who had in the past stole the same vehicle along with other personal effects of the Adelabus pleaded for mercy from the car’s owner before the owner could secure his release at the Ogonbo Police division in Ajah area, where the case was initially reported.
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FG planning to kill Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB alleges ÎÎÎThe Indigenous People
of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday raised the alarm over alleged plot by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to kill its detained leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu, who is facing treason charges, has been in prison on the orders of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja since October last year. Speaking through its spokespersons, Emma Nmezu and Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, the IPOB also declared their
total affinity with the Niger Delta Avengers. The statement read in parts: “the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) hereby categorically state that we and our brothers the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) are inseparable in our quest for Biafra restoration. Just as NDA stated in their demands which the Nigerian Government is very much aware of but has chosen to ignore, there will be no negotiation if there is no freedom for the leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Nigeria will avert imminent doom only if Buhari
Kanu is compelled by civilized nations to obey existing court orders and release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally.
“Trying the discredited divide and rule tactics of using the media to claim Nnamdi Kanu denied N.D.A. in order to engineer acrimony and hatred between him and NDA has failed woefully. SouthSouth and South East are united in this noble quest for freedom and no amount of media manipulation can alter this fact. Only if Buhari knows who Nnamdi Kanu truly is or the amount of influence he commands among the people of South-East and South-South he won’t listen to the lies Lawal Dau-
ra of DSS and Ohanaeze Ndigbo have been feeding him. “Although we acknowledge that our lawyers spoke out of tune in a recent press conference, we are also aware that Mr. Rochas Okorocha who parades himself to the contrary as an Igbo man has been working as a front man for Muhammadu Buhari to penetrate and compromise IPOB governing structure and our lawyers. We are aware of the grand conspiracy orchestrated by Rochas Okorocha to penetrate IPOB by all and any means
necessary. “We know that one of our lawyers has been meeting with Okorocha clandestinely in the past few weeks just like Buhari through Lawal Daura of DSS has been doing through inducements and threats. Some of our lawyers are currently being investigated by the EFCC at the behest of Daura of DSS over a land case settled years ago, in order to unsettle them sufficiently to turn to DSS informants and ultimately undermine the legal defence of our leader as was the case with Vincent Obetta.”
Man arrested for stealing batteries in LASTMA office Joy Anyim
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operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, have apprehended, one Hakeem Fatai, 24, for allegedly stealing batteries from the premises of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA) at Ojota area office of the state. The Policemen who acted on a tip-off by the LASTMA’s management about the missing batteries from their premises, laid siege for the suspect, and caught him while attempting to remove another battery from an impounded bus. Our correspondent gathered that no fewer
than Twenty (20) batteries have been removed from the impounded vehicles which were parked inside the premises within a fortnight. On his arrival at the RRS’ headquarters, the suspect owned up that he operated with an accomplice he identified as Yahoo, now at large. According to him¸” yes I am responsible for the missing batteries. But I didn’t work alone. We are a twoman syndicate who usually steal batteries.Our targeted vehicle was Volkswagen bus because its batteries can be removed easily without much stress.We don’t usually go for trailer for its battery is protected with burglary”.
Austin Jay Jay Okocha with some of the IDPs.
Hajj 2016: Yobe Pilgrims Chair explains preparedness Tom Garba Yola
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Executive Chairman of Yobe State Pilgrims Commission, Barr. Ibrahim Al-Arab, has explained that the state commission has almost completed the arrangement of the 2016 Hajj for Yobe State contingent to Saudi Arabia. The Chairman who was fielding questions from journalists in his office in Damaturu also disclosed that the state government this year declined to appoint an Amiral Hajj for the state due to the harsh economic realities in the country, adding that the Hajj seats allocated to the state are yet to be purchased by prospective pilgrims. The air-lift of the pilgrims which is supposed to commence by this week ac-
cording to Barr. Al-Arab is being held back due to some minor logistics but gave the assurance that they would be surmounted within a good time to enable the pilgrims begin their journey to the holy land in good time. “By the date and guideline of schedule, our pilgrims are supposed to (have starting taking) off on Friday August 12 but we have some snags such as nonavailability of BTA. We are also yet to receive the air carriers which is FlyNas for us to know what they have on ground. We are still waiting for them to arrive Damaturu and brief us of their state of preparedness; thirdly, we are still compiling the list of the first flight. “Notwithstanding, the office has been working assiduously to ensure that
everything is properly put in place. But I want assure you that the situation is not bad because everything is on ground for the pilgrims. The money is there at the Central Bank, their uniforms are ready,” Barr. AlArab explained. He also added: “Our state of preparedness has taken us to almost at the point of closing payments for this year’s pilgrimage. So far we have recorded over 1,800 pilgrims. The allocation to the state was 2231, we have not been able to exhaust all but we do hope that many will still come. “As you are aware, there is a screening process going on with medical expert dispatched to screen the sick and the aged who have manifestations of not being healthy enough to perform the exercise so also
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha (right), during the distribution of food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to mark his birthday celebration in Abuja… at the weekend.
Army tasks officers to rid Plateau of criminals Chijioke Kingsley, Jos
ÎÎÎThe military serving
under the Operation Safe Have (OPSH), in Plateau State have been urged to rid the state of criminals. The call was made, at the weekend, by Commander of the outfit, Major General Nicholas Rogers, while on a familiarization visit to the Fulani settlement in Mahanga, at Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Rogers said the call became necessary as the frequent menace of criminal activities especially
in the case of cattle rustling is on the rise. His words: “I have given my Sector Commanders a matching order to rid to the state of criminal activities in 10 days he said”. However, he implored the Fulani to shun every act of violence and imbibe the culture of living peacefully with their neigbour as crisis can only lead to more hardship. The Army boss said he will continue to solicit for dialogue as a means of resolving crisis as the carrot approach which his predecessor also lev-
eraged on is part of the Military approach in resolving crisis. He said, he will bring both the Berom (a dominant tribe in Plateau North) and the Fulani together in a Town Hall meeting to broker sustainable peace amongst them. Responding, the head of Fulani community in Mahanga, Alh. Adam Mahmuda, expressed appreciation with the visit of the Army boss and pledged to work in harmony with him to ensure peaceful coexistence between his people and the Berom’s.
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FERMAS CANCER AND RESEARCH CENTRE The general public is hereby notified that the above named Organization is seeking for registration under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Part C., 2004. TRUSTEES: 1. DR. MICHAEL OBASUYI - Chairman 2. DR. AISHA SHEHU ADAMU 3. DR. IBRAHIM JALO 4. DR. GARBA DANJUMA 5. HON. AISHA DUKKU 6. MR. CHRISTOPHER ADAMU BIYAM 7. ALH. ADAMU SANI 8. MAL. ABDULAZEEZ ABUBAKAR - Secretary 9. HADIZAH MOHAMMED BELLO - Founder AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To comfort and give support to people suffering from cancer and different conditions of ill health especially the less privileged, the orphans, physically challenged/disabled through family and community involvement. Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General. Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, P.M.B. 198, Maitama, Abuja within 28th days from the date of publication. Signed: MAL. ABDULAZEEZ ABUBAKAR (Secretary
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LOSS OF DOCUMENT
Loss of Original Copy of Certificate of Occupancy. This is to inform the general public that the original copy of Certificate of Occupancy belonging to MOSES OLASANMI AJAJA, Registration No. 55/55/1988B Dated 5th July 1988 for a plot of land at Lekki Peninsula Scheme 1, Lagos State is lost in transit and all efforts to locate it has proved abortive.
DEZIONITE HELPING HANDS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
YEWA GLOBAL VILLAGE SOLUTIONS’ FOUNDATION
This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to Corporate Affairs Commission under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act N0. 1 of 1990.
Notice is hereby given to the general public that the above named Organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part ‘’C’’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap C20,2004. TRUSTEES ARE:1: Chief Adesola Joseph Kusimo Ph.D P.E 2: Mr Joseph Adepitan Amos 3: Olori Omotayo Abosede Olugbenle 4: Mrs Patricia S. Kusimo Ph.D 5: Mrs Abimbola Ogunsemyin-Vingo.
THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. MRS MERCY IKEJI - PRESIDENT. 2. MR ANTHONY ANIEKWENA VICE PRESIDENT. 3. MR AREK BAWA - TREASURER 4. MR MICHAEL IKEJI - SECRETARY . AIMS/OBJECTIVES; 1. poverty alleviation through empowerment and capacity building. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abujawithin 28 days from the date of this publication. SIGNED ; MRS MERCY IKEJI (PRESIDENT)
YOUNG GIRLS EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1 To actively support Organizations and Communities committed to improving the health and general well being of her members 2: To promote the physical,education and emotional well-being of Women and Children around the globe-towards a better tomorrow 3: To ensure the release and rehabilitation of kidnapped, trafficked and exploited women and children around the world. 4: To help ease people’s positive struggles in developing Countries. Any Objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Abuja within 28days of this publication SIGNED:-OLUROTIMI OYEYINKA AKINTUNDE ESQ LEGAL PRACTIONER KINGDOM CHAMBER
EDEMAYA PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
The general public is hereby notified that the above named Initiative has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.
The general public is hereby inform that the above named Association has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990.
THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Adaora Esther Oji 2. Inioluwa Ayomikun Adesiyan
THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. WILSON, IDONGESIT NTA - CHAIRMAN 2. UFOT, KUFRE SUNDAY - SECRETARY 3. AKPAN, KUFRE SIMON
THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To educate young girls on the roles in creating sustainable society
AIMS/OBJECTIVE: 1. To foster unity and progress among members
Any objection to this registration must reach the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.
Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affaira Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this Publication.
Signed: Barr. Amanda Njeze 07068457368
Signed: WILSON, IDONGESIT NTA CHAIRMAN.
DOMINION ESTATE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, OLOKONLA, LEKKI PENINSULA, LAGOS
The general public is hereby notified that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR. EMMANUEL AINOKO ONOJI - CHAIRMAN 2. MR. KOLAWOLE OLUGBENGA ADESANYA - VICE CHAIRMAN 3. DR. OLUSOJI FUNSHO FAKUNLE - TREASURER 4. MR. CHUKWUEMEKA UDEGBULEM - SECRETARY 5. ALHAJI ABU MOHAMMED - EX OFFICIO 6. MR. FIDELIS IROMAKA - FINANCIAL SECRETARY THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES : 1. To promote good neighbourliness among members of the Association. 2. To maintain the road network and general cleanliness within the estate. 3. To promote free exchange of ideas between the Association and similar Associations. 4. To assist security agencies in maintain security of lives and property within the estate. Any objection to this registration must reach the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Emmanuel A. Onoji Esq. Chairman
PROFESSOR AYO OGUNYE TRUST FOUNDATION RC NO: 54640 The general public is hereby notified that the above named, has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change of Trustees under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Engr. Anthony Olufemi Shobo -Retained 2. Prof. Oluwole Familoni - Retained 3. Oluwarotimi Shodimu, Esq. - Removed 4. Mr. Gilbert Deinde Ifarajimi - Removed 5. Prof. Musibau Ajibade Salau - Removed 6. Prof. Oye Ibidapo- Obe - Retained 7. Engr. Joseph Jemine Akpieyi -Retained 8. Prof. Rahamon Adisa Bello - Retained 9. Dr. Ayowale Ogunye - Retained 10. Ibironke Salaam - Retained THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Dr. (Mrs) Taiwo Folashade Ipaye 2. Dr. Lateef Alani Odekunle 3. Prof. Omotayo Abayomi Fakinlede THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME Any objection to this Application must reach the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Secretary
PUBLIC NOTICE
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST DIVINE CHURCH
IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT.2004(CAMA) AND IN THE MATTER OF AXINOVA POLYMERS LTD (THE COMPANY) IN MEMBERS.VOLUNTARY WINDING UP.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990.
NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 468 OF CAMA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE FINAL MEETING OF AXINOVA POLYMERS LTD SHALL HOLD ON 19TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER.2016 AT NO 81a YOUNIS BASHORUN STREET.OFF AJOSE ADEOGUN STREET.VICTORIA ISLAND.LAGOS AT 10.00AMTO TRANSACT THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS.
TRUSTEES ARE: 1.ONYENWEAKU ANDREW IBEKWE 2.URUAKPA AUGUSTINE EBERE 3.UKONU MADUFORO EMMANUEL. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IN ALL NATIONS 2.TO WIN SOULS FOR CHRIST.
AGENDA (1) TO LAY BEFORE THE MEETING THE ACCOUNT OF WINDING UP OF THE COMPANY AND TO RECEIVE ANY EXPLANATION THERE OF.
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 DAY OF THIS PUBLICATION.
SIGNED BY LIQUIDATOR.
SIGNED PRESIDENT
Public Notice INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ORAL PATHOLOGISTS AFRICA The general public is hereby notified that the above Named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PROF . ONATOLU ODUKOYA 2. DR. KEHINDE EMMANUEL ADEBIYI 3. PROF. JONATHAN OLUJARE LAWOYIN. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To advance the science of oral pathology and allied sciences in all its ramifications. 2. To set, improve and maintain the highest professional and ethical standard among its members and other practitioners of oral pathology. 3. To liaise, co-operate and interact with other similar and related national or international bodies. 4. To further strengthen and promote the above objectives by publishing or collaborating in publishing relevant books, journals and newsletters for circulation among its members, practitioners of oral pathology and other interested individuals and bodies. 5. Organize continuing educational programmes through meeting, seminars, and conferences. Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED: TRUSTEES.
FUNKE OMOTUYI MEMORIAL EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named Foundation is seeking for registration under the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Part C., 2004. TRUSTEES: 1. KOLAWOLE OMOTUYI (MR.) 2. OLUBUKOLA OSADARE (MRS.) 3. TEMILOLU ADEKANOLA (MR.) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: a. To establish vocational and formal training centres for the empowerment of people across various discipline. b. To prepare youths for work life after school teaching them skills including employability skills. c. To raise awareness on primary health concerns that affect vulnerable persons including children and women. Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General. Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, P.M.B. 198, Maitama, Abuja within 28th days from the date of publication. Signed: LUCY M. SUBERU (Solicitor)
IBOM TRICYCLIST OPERATORS ASSOCIATION The general public is hereby inform that the above named Association has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Comrade John Joseph Akpan 2. Comrade Justin Joseph Ekong 3. Comrade Udeme Uyoata Uyoata 4. Comrade David Udo John 5. Comrade Godspower Emmanuel Udofe 6. Comrade Anthony Michael Asuquo 7. Comrade Daniel Ndatah 8. Comrade Anthony Michael Etuk 9. Comrade Sampson Ndifreke Imeh AIMS/OBJECTIVE: 1. To foster unity and progress among members Any objection to the registration shouls be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affaira Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this Publication. Signed: CHAIRMAN.
VINE OF FRUITFULNESS DELIVERANCE MINISTRY The general public is hereby notified that the above named Ministry has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Mrs. Grace Aliyu - General Overseer 2. Courage Ogbeche (Pastor) 3. Monday Deekor (Pastor) 4. Kind David Aliyu THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to the world and bring deliverance to the oppressed 2. To run orphanages and missionary school to cater for the needs and welfare of the less privileged Any objection to this registration must reach the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: Perezlegal
IMPACT FELLOWS SOCIETY
THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO.1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. MR CHIKA NWOBI - CHAIRMAN 2. MRS NWAMAKA OKOYE 3. PASTOR KAYODE OGUTA 4. MR JOSEPH BADRU - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To equip young Christian leaders to further develop both their spiritual and vocational effectiveness post-graduation to become outstanding young professionals. 2.To facilitate connection with peers with a view to establishing iron-sharpeniron relationships. 3.Provide stretch opportunities for the Fellows to continue their kingdombuilding in marketplace and in ministry. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB SIGNED: SECRETARY
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GOD IS GOOD SOCIAL CLUB LAGOS BRANCH
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
The general public is hereby notified that the above named CLUB as applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.
TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR TAIWO ADIGUN JOHN 2. OLUWAKEMI MERCY ADIGUN 3. DEACON MATTHEW IGBAMIGBE EMIDUN 4. ADIGUN KEHINDE 5. IBRAHIM BABA IBRAHIM
The Trustee Are: 1. Agbo Emmanuel Chidi - President 2. Usulor Sunday Alegu - Secretary 3. Anyigor Anyigor Sunday - Treasurer 4. Kelechi Odoabuchi - Member
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. 2. TO TAKE CARE OF THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS. 3. TO ESTABLISH LOCAL BRANCHES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL WORLDWIDE.
Aims And Objectives: 1. To help one another among members 2. To provide assistant to all members 3. To provide social support to the public.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION.
Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.
SIGNED: SECRETARY
Signed: Secretary.
FEMAB PENINSULA GARDEN ESTATE ASSOCIATION, OGOMBO, AJAH, LAGOS.
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. Mr olu Adewusi. 2. Mr Abiodun Ekeade. 3. Mr Olu Elegbede. 4. Mr Gabriel Oseluka.
- chairman. - secretary.
EXTREME COMMITMENT INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. MATTHEW ELEYAE 2. NEEMA ELEYAE 3. DR. SMART EBINNE 4. REV CLEMENT EMEKENE 5. ONI-MANIFEST EMMANUEL 6. LYNA IJEOMA OKARA
Aims and objectives (1) To come together as an association and work for d progress of the Estate. (2) To come together as an assocation for the development of the Estate.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO URBANIZE RURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH PROVISION OF AWARENESS, AMENITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND FOR SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY, ECONOMIC AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION.
Signed by:Barr. OLARINOYE ESTHER.
SIGNED: SECRETARY
NEW STATE HIGH SCHOOL MUSHIN, CLASS OF 85 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
The general public is hereby notified that the above named ASSOCIATION as applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. The Trustees Are: 1. Pastor Isaac Folaji 3. Kamarudeen Owodunni 5. Alex Akin Allen 7. Fatai Idowu Lawal 9. Femi Olatunde
2. Ayotunde Alao 4. Segun Seyi Soyege 6. Femi Joshua Morgan 8. Yemisi Abosede 10. Muse Olayinka
Aims and Objectives: 1. To bring together members of new state high school class ofc1985 set for the purpose of affecting one another positively in unity. 2. To organise and run membership and community development programmes and allied services on its own or in collaboration with other similar sister organizations or Toyin department which have similar aims. 3. To serve as a forum whereby members residing in nigeria and other nations may come together to collaborate on activities that will develop members capacity so that they may understand each other, as well as the community for and among whom they live and work, thus promoting national and international. 4. To re- inculcate in members the age- old spirit of selfless service and voluntary service to one another, to the local community and make it both national and international. 5. To educate and bring together a cross section of the community in a common respect for value restoration by providing humanitarian services at their leisure. 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: Mrs. Ayotunde Alao (General Secretary)
COMMITTED ADVOCATES OF INTEGRITY 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 TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AGUBOR CHIBUIKE CHARLES 2. OGIDI BARATUAIPRE BENJAMIN 3. NWAKA OBINNA BROWN 4. CHUKWUEKE VICTOR CHIDOZIE 5. EKPO IYKE IJEOMA 6. TAIWO OLUWASEGUN 7. AGUBOR UCHECHI THECLA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To promote integrity in Nigeria 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 ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: JOHN IYAFOKHAI ESQ.
NEW MANTLE GLOBAL MINISTRY
CHILDREN HEALTH AND EDUCATION SUPPORT INITIATIVE
The general public is hereby notified that the above named MINISTRY as 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 INITIATIVE as applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.
The Trustees Are: 1) PASTOR OGBAJI SUNDAY GIDEON - (Chairman) 2) MR AKERELE ADEMOLA MICHAEL 3) MRS SALAKO ADENIKE DEBORAH - (Secretary) 4) MR OLOMINU SUNDAY ADEMOLA 5) MR EGUNTOLA OLUMIDE LANRE 6) BARR. OLUWASEUN KAYODE AKINSOLA - (Legal Adviser)
THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADEFUYE OLATUNJI ANTUOMU - PRESIDENT 2. ADEWUYI OLUWAKEMI - SECRETARY 3. FARIOGUN TAYO 4. FOWOMOLA ABIODUN 5. GIWA SARAT TEJUMOLA 6. ABIOLA CHARLES KOLAWOLE 7. OLANREWAJU RAPHAEL SUNDAY
Aims & Objectives: (i) To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ (ii) To establish Mission all over the Country for propagating peace
AIM & OBJECTIVE: To equip the school age children with information relating to their health and education issues.
Any objection to this registration must reach 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, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.
Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.
Sign: Secretary.
Signed: QUEENS ATTORNEYS LP
BURDEN BEARER DELIVERANCE CHURCH. The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990. Trustees: 1.Past. George Oluranti Ojo. 2.Bro Isaac Olayinka Ojo. Aims And Objectives: 1.To Carry Out Deliverance. 2.To Win Soul For Christ. 3.Evangelism And Gospel Of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
THE IKE AJUONUMA FOUNDATION
HOLY GHOST HEALING OUTREACH
SIGNED: TRUSTEES.
ELENIYANCARES FOUNDATION
The general public is hereby notified that the above Named FOUNDATION as 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 to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration of trustees under part C of the company and allied matters act 1990 (as ammended )
The General Public is hereby notified that the above named FOUNDATION has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.
The Trustees Are: 1. Paul Ajuonuma 2. Nelson Ajuonuma 3. Florence Ajuonuma
THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) Anujuru Chidinma Esther - president 2) Anujuru Chinedu Fort-Edward 3) Igboasoiyi Emeka Stanley 4) Ezekwesili Obiora Ndubuisi Humphrey 5) Ebelechukwu Ujunwa Nwofor 6) Okoye Obiageli Uzoamaka - Secretary
THE NAMES OF TRUSTEES ARE:(1) Hon. Segun Olulade (2) Mr Abiola Hamid (3) Mrs Bisi Akindele (4) Mrs Mosunmola Olulade (5) Mrs Kate Henshaw.
Aims And Objectives: 1. To improve quality of healthcare through provision of basic health care equipments 2. Improve and encourage education through scholarship funds Any objection to this Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed Trustees.
THE TEN BROTHERS SOCIAL CLUB LEKKI
Aims And Objectives: 1) To win souls into the kingdom of God. 2) To offer proof of power of God 3) To deliver people from bondage
THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1)To develop programmes that motivate youth to aspire for greater future. (2)To create mentoring programmes for youth. (3)To partner with reputable institutions for providing knowledge and skills For youth empowerment.
Any objections to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within twenty eight (28) days of this publication.
Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abujawithin 28 days of this publication.
Signed: Mrs Obiageli Okoye - (Legal Practitioner)
SIGNED BY: SECRETARY
COMPLETE BIBLE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL
The General Public is hereby notified that the above named CLUB has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.
Notice is hereby given to the general public that the above named Church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004.
THE NAMES OF TRUSTEES ARE:1. Agu Nnagozie 2. Nebo Chukwunonso Emmanuel 3. Nweke Augustine Ogonna 4. Chigioke Wisdom Lawrence
THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Joshua Odeleye 2. Lydia Odeleye 3. Solomon Olowolafe 4. Ramat Olowolafe 5. Iretiolu Adeleye 6. Senami Alayande 7. Benjamine Olaoye
THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE1. To cater for the interest and welfare of all the members 2. To foster good relationship among the members 3. To live an exemplary life Worthy of emulation
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:1. To serve God and humanity in pursuance to God’s commandments as contained in the Holy Scriptures. 2. To engage in social work, community development and welfare programs and other similar activities. 3. To print, import/export, distribute/publish or sell inspirational literature and stationeries which are compatible with the objective of the church.
Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abujawithin 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY SECRETARY
Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication. Signed: Barrister Emeka Ukachi
LOSS OF DOCUMENT This is to inform the general public that a Certificate of Occupancy No. 80/80/1981c for a plot of land situated at Block 14, Plot 220 Amuwo Odofin Residential Scheme Layout, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, Lagos State dated 27th day of July, 1981 belonging to Alhaji Mahmudu Aremu Kadiri of No. 9 Oluwa Lane, Ebute - Metta (West), Lagos State is missing. All efforts to recover the said document have been abortive. If found, please contact the Lagos State Land Registry Office, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State.
Daily Times Nigeria Monday, August 15, 2016
National convention: PDP screens aspirants today Lateef Ibrahim Abuja
ÎÎÎThe
screening of aspirants for the various positions in Wednesday’s national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, billed for Port Harcourt will hold today (Monday). Also, the screening appeal committee will sit on Tuesday. The party’s national convention which is scheduled for Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, will elect new substantive National OGUNYINKA PETER ADEWUMI I formerly known, called and addressed as BAKARE BECKLEY ADEWUMI. Now wish to be known, called and addressed as OGUNYINKA PETER ADEWUMI. All documents bearing my former name remain valid general public should please take note.
ADELOBA OMOLOLA OLUFUNBI I formerly known, called and addressed as AKINGUN OMOLOLA OLUFUNBI. Now wish to be known, called and addressed as ADELOBA OMOLOLA OLUFUNBI. All documents bearing my former name remain valid, general public should please take note.
JOY PAUL-OCHEME I, FORMERLY KNOWN AS JOY GODWIN ADAMS . NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSD AS JOY PAUL-OCHEME. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. ALL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
Working Committee (NWC) members for the party. The Chairman, Publicity sub-committee of the national convention planning committee, Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, in a statement on Sunday, confirmed that the “screening of aspirants for various positions in the party holds today (Monday) while the screening appeal committee sits on Tuesday”. The statement by Chief Ugochukwu added that “all aspirants are to present themselves to the Screening Committee with their
original certificates, original nomination forms and set of photocopies”. “There shall be a meeting of all aspirants with the National Convention leadership on Monday, August 15, 2016 at Government House, Port Harcourt. Rivers State by 8:00pm prompt,” the statement added. Five aspirants have obtained the nomination form to contest the national chairmanship of the party. They include former Deputy National Chairman, Chief Bode George, the party’s governorship candidate
in Lagos State in 2015, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, former Minister of Education, Professor Tunde Adeniran, Chairman emeritus of Daar Communications Plc, Dr. Raymond Dokpesi and former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Professor Taoheed Adedoja.
ANORUE MARY CHINENYE
MRS ROSE GEORGE ENEMADUKU
CONFIRMATION OF NAME
I, formerly known and addressed as, UGO MARY CHINENYE, now wish to be known and addressed as, ANORUE MARY CHINENYE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note. ADEYINKA ENIOLA SAIDAT I formerly know and addressed as ADEYINKA ARIBIKE SAIDAT now wish to be know and addressed as ADEYINKA ENIOLA SAIDAT . all former document remain valid. general pubic should take note MRS BOLAJI OLUSOLA OYEPEJU I formerly know and addressed as MISS ESAN OLUSOLA OYEPEJU.now wish to be know and addressed as MRS BOLAJI OLUSOLA OYEPEJU. all former document remain valid. general pubic should take note
NNA ONYEBUCHI
SUNNY JOE
I, formerly known and addressed as, ONYEBUCHI CHRISTIAN UGBADA NWAPAPA, now wish to be known and addressed as, NNA ONYEBUCHI. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
I, formerly known and addressed as, SUNDAY ONUOHA, now wish to be known and addressed as, SUNNY JOE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
MRS FELICIA AYINDE OLUWAKEMI I formerly know and addresse as.KAJOLA OUWAKEMI. now wish to be know and addresses as MRS FELICIA AYINDE OLUWAKEMI.all former document remain valid general public should take note
FELICIA FATIMA NNAMANI ZAKARI,
I formerly know and address as FELICIA FATIMA.and wish to be know and address as FELICIA FATIMA NNAMANI ZAKARI, all former document remain valid. general public should take note .
ONOH AMAKA STELLA
UZOR CHIDIMMA UMAHI
I formerly known and addressed as JACOB STELLA CHIKA now wish to be known and addressed as ONOH AMAKA STELLA. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. Diamond Bank and general public take note.
I formerly known and addressed as UZOR CHIDI now wish to be known and addressed as UZOR CHIDIMMA UMAHI. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. Zenith Bank and general public take note.
MRS UNEGBU EBERE ANTHONIA I formerly known and addressed as MISS ONYEANUSI EBERE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UNEGBU EBERE ANTHONIA. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. Banks and general public take note.
MRS EBOH NGOZI ESTHER I formerly known and addressed as MISS ONWUZURUIKE NGOZI ESTHER now wish to be known and addressed as MRS EBOH NGOZI ESTHER. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. General public take note.
JAMES OCHOCHA FORTUNE NDUKA l formerly known and addressed as NDUKA OKOCHA now wish to be known and addressed as JAMES OCHOCHA FORTUNE NDUKA. All former documents remain valid the general public please take note.
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NGEI OBARIJIMA PRISCILLA
I formerly known as MRS EVOH OBARIJIMA PRISCILLA now wish to be known as NGEI OBARIJIMA PRISCILLA. All former documents remains valid the general public please take note. OGUMJIOFOR DONALD, AMARACHI
I, formerly known as CHUKWUONYE PETER wish to be known and addressed as OGUMJIOFOR DONALD, AMARACHI. All former document remain valid, general public please take note.
AJAYI BENITA OGANBAYA
News LOSS OF DOCUMENT This is to inform the general public of the loss of my land document private lease known as No 71 Eze Street Uwani Enugu Registered as 47/47/1215 belonging to MR HARFORD CHIBUZO ANEROBI got lost. Please if found contact the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development Enugu.
CONFIRMATION OF NAME
THAT I AM THE SAME PERSON BEARING OWOICHO PETER OCHO AND OWOICHO LUKE ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE IBRAHEEM MOHAMMED
I, formerly known as ATTAH BENITA OGANBAYA wish to be known and addressed as AJAYI BENITA OGANBAYA .All former document remain valid, general public please take note.
I, formerly known as IBRAHIM MUHAMMED wish to be known and addressed as IBRAHEEM MOHAMMED . All former document remain valid, general public please take note
OBIAKOR CATHERINE UKAMAKA I, formerly known as IBEH CATHERINE UKAMAKA now wish to be known and addressed as OBIAKOR CATHERINE UKAMAKA. The general public take note.
I, formerly known as NKWOR BRIGHT OSEMEKE, now wish to be addressed as OJETE BRIGHT OSEMEKE. Former documents remain valid. General public please take note.
OJETE BRIGHT OSEMEKE
I, formerly known and addressed as, Miss ROSE AYE OMEDE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS ROSE GEORGE ENEMADUKU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
I formerly referred to as Miss Rachael Ebun Shokoya now wish to be addressed as Mrs Rachael Ebun Shobiyi. All erstwhile documents remain valid. FBN Holdings and the general public, please take note.
AUSTINE NWANNA EJIKE
ABDULSALAM SODIQ LEKAN
EMMANUEL GODWIN
GIFT GODWIN
I formerly know and addressed as AUGUSTINE NWANNA. now wish to be know and addressed as AUSTINE NWANNA EJIKE. all former document remain valid. general pubic should take note
I formerly know and addressed as SALAM IBRAHIM .now wish to be know and addressed as ABDULSALAM SODIQ LEKAN.all former document remain valid. general pubic should take note
I, formerly known and addressed as, EMMANUEL IGBADUMHE, now wish to be known and addressed as, EMMANUEL GODWIN. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
I formerly known and addressed as GIFT IGBADUMHE now wish to be known and addressed as GIFT GODWIN All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.
MRS OLUWAKEMI O. OLAOYE
PAPAM .W. DUKE
I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Raimot Oluwakemi Alimi , Now wish to be known and addressed Mrs Oluwakemi O. Olaoye. Former documents remain valid. General public please note.
I, formerly known and addressed as, JOHN .W. DUKE, now wish to be known and addressed as, PAPAM .W. DUKE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
IYEMIFOKHAE GLORIA IJEOMA
EDUNOGRE EMMANUEL AKPAN
I formerly known and addressed as OKORIE GLORIA IJEOMA.now wish to be known and addressed as IYEMIFOKHAE GLORIA IJEOMA.all former document remain valid.General public should take note.
CORRECTION OF NAME
CONFIRMATION OF NAME
DORATHY BASSEY INWANG
I, ELECHI WIKA and ELECHI WIKA MOSES refer to one and same person. My BVN and Account in FidelityBank bear Elechi Wika Moses. Now , I wish to be known and addressed as ELECHI WIKA. All documents remain valid. FidelityBank and the public should take note.
I, DORATHY BASSEY INWANG, AND EMEK BASSEY INYANG, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, DORATHY BASSEY INWANG. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
MRS PATRICK-ERHABOR ABOSEDE MITCHELLE I formerly know and addressed as MISS AINA ABOSEDE MITCHELLE .now wish to be know and addressed as MRS PATRICKERHABOR ABOSEDE MITCHELLE . all former document remain valid. general pubic should take note
MRS ADEMOKOYA OLUWAKEMI ABOLANLE
I, ALIU AGUSTA EBINEHITA, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as, ALIU AUGUSTA EBINEHITA, instead of, ALIU AGUSTA EBINEHITA, in my bank account details. My correct name is ALIU AGUSTA EBINEHITA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
MRS OSAZUWA PERPERTUAL NGOZI
MRS. CHIBUISI AMARACHI EUCHARIA
I, EDUNOGRE EMMANUEL AKPAN, MARVELLOUS AKPAN, AND EXAMINING EMMANUEL, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, EDUNOGRE EMMANUEL AKPAN. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
MRS. HELEN OGONNA CHIMA I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. OGOCHUKWU HELEN OKEZUONU, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. HELEN OGONNA CHIMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
I, formerly known and addressed as MRS ADEBAYO-JOSEPH OLUWAKEMI ABOLANLE, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ADEMOKOYA OLUWAKEMI ABOLANLE. Former documents remain valid. General public please note.
I, formerly known and addressed as MISS CHUKWUEMEKA PERPERTUAL NGOZI. Now wish to known and addressed as MRS OSAZUWA PERPERTUAL NGOZI. all former documents remain valid. General public please note.
MRS OFFOR IMMACULETER OBIAGELI
UZOR UCHENNA UMAHI
KINGDOM STEWARDS ACADEMIC FOUNDATION
I formerly known and addressed as UZOR UCHENNA BENARD now wish to be known and addressed as UZOR UCHENNA UMAHI. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. Zenith Bank and general public take note.
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.
I formerly known and addressed as MISS OKORO IMMACULETER OBIAGELI now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OFFOR IMMACULETER OBIAGELI. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. General public take note.
MRS ONYIA SCHOLARSTICA UJU I formerly known and addressed as MISS AMADIFE SCHOLARSTICA UJU now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ONYIA SCHOLARSTICA UJU. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. General public take note.
MRS NWAGU SYLVIA, ONYEKACHI I formerly known and addressed as MISS AGU SYLVIA, ONYEKACHI now wish to be known and addressed as MRS NWAGU SYLVIA, ONYEKACHI. All documents bearing my former name remain valid. Access Bank and general public take note.
I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. KALU AMARACHI EUCHARIA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. CHIBUISI AMARACHI EUCHARIA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.
Trustees 1. Emmanuel Savia 2. Vivian Savia 3. Jacqueline Obioma-Elemba AIM and OBJECTIVES 1. To promote and assist in the provision of affordable education to the less privileged. 2. To encourage, support and provide free education to the disadvantaged members of the society. 3. To encourage and promote academic excellence. Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: TRUSTEES
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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, August 15, 2016
Two ex-NAMA staff docked for breakage, forced entry into official quarters Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo
ÎÎÎTwo retired staff of the
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have been arraigned before the Agege Magistrate Court, Lagos on a fourcount charge bordering on assault occasioning harm, malicious damage as well as causing damage to the agency’s premises situated at Strabag staff quarters, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. The first accused, Mr. Godfrey Eze, a former di-
rector of engineering with the agency was alleged to have been allocated official residence at the above quarters while in service. Upon retirement in 2009, he continued occupying the said residence contrary to the policy of NAMA contained in the condition of service which stipulated that a staff must vacate official residence three months after retirement. Our investigation revealed that the said Eze, upon retirement in 2009 and after receiving his sev-
erance benefits, instead of vacating the premises, decided to employ legal tactics to continue the occupation of the property. He took the agency to court in the guise that he paid the sum of N10,000 as expression of interest to buy the property in question. Meanwhile, it was gathered that the presidential implementation committee on the sale of houses had written to the effect that all houses within
the proximity of the airport were not to be sold. On the strength of the above, Eze’s suit against NAMA at both the Federal High Court and recently, the Court of Appeal, were both dismissed for lack of merit. The second accused, Mr. Moshood Kolawole Jimoh on the other hand was until his retirement in February 2015 the General Manager, Equipment/Stores Depart-
ment. Our source revealed that upon his retirement, the agency served him several quit notices after the mandatory three months of grace which he pleaded with the agency to allow him collect his severance benefits to enable him arrange alternative accommodation. According to our source, when Jimoh was paid the said entitlements, he did not only refuse to vacate the
premises but went ahead to sublet the flat in question to some tenants. It was learnt that when officials of NAMA made an effort recently to repossess the premises from the two former staff, the said Eze and Jimoh went to town and mobilized thugs and miscreants and inflicted varying degrees of injuries on NAMA staff with the use of machetes, clubs and daggers.
Ganduje plans multi-billion Naira waste plant in Kano Yakubu Salisu, Kano
ÎÎÎThe Kano state govern-
ment plans to construct a waste recycling company, to be named Shara Dukiya Nigeria Ltd., at the cost of $100 million at Kawo, in Gabasawa local government area of the state, the state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has revealed. During the foundation laying ceremony of the Shara Dukiya project, (which literally means Waste is
Gov. Ganduje
Wealth) Governor Ganduje explained that it would be executed under a public/ private partnership with Waste Services International of Malta and City Central Group of Companies, a Lagos based company. “Under this collaboration, government is to provide the site and continue to support the company with necessary assistance to ensure the sustainability of the programme thus representing 40% of the partnership contribution” the governor stated. He added that “on their part, the two companies are to provide part funding for the manufacture, delivery and installation of the plants in addition to the provision of skilled manpower requirement and the engagement of our teaming unemployed youth, putting their combined investment in the project at 60% of the total financial structure”.
Osun monarchs cry out govt on kidnapSodiq Adekunle, Osogbo
ÎÎÎTraditional rulers un-
der the aegis of the Osun Divisional Conference of Obas have called on government and law enforcement agencies in the state to be proactive in cases of kidnapping and stop alleged extortion of indigenes. They said that recent cases of kidnaping and armed robbery should be dealt with decisively. The Traditional rulers stated this in a Communique signed by its Secretary,
the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abdul-Raseed Olabomi at the end of the meeting of Osun Divisional Conferences of Obas at the Palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun The monarch held that the conference has noticed that the road block on highways by the Police have finally returned to the state with officers of the Nigeria Police collecting money from commercial road users. Aragbiji described the illegal checkpoints as one that is tarnishing the image of Nigeria as a country, stat-
L-R: Communications Manager, Erhumu Bayagbon; Head, Youth Segment, Omoyeme Effiong and Vice President, Network Operations, Adedoyin Adeola, all of Airtel Nigeria, at the Smart Trybe Party at Victoria Island, Lagos… at the weekend.
Nigerians are suffering because of Buhari’s nepotism –Fayose Gbenga Sodeinde Ado Ekiti
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State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has castigated President Mohammadu Buhari again, saying that Nigerians were suffering under All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Buhari because “the country is in the hands of wrong managers who do not know what to do and out of nepotism, not ready to be assisted by those who know.” The governor said “presently, Nigerians are suffering, hungry and angry because the APC Federal Government has run the country aground,” adding
that “Nigeria has gone beyond recession, the economy has collapsed completely and painfully, those who should revive the economy do not have any clue as to what to do.” In a release issue in AdoEkiti on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Gov. Fayose said Nigeria was experiencing the worst form of nepotism in the history of government in the country, saying: “nepotism is the reason our President discarded competent people in his party that should be running the government with him and opted for his relatives, friends, in-laws
and very close associates. “The only qualification to hold key positions in the Presidency is to know a certain nephew of the President or be a member of his family, that’s is nepotism and what nepotism breeds is incompetence. “The most influential person in the Presidency today is said to be one Mamman Daura, who is a nephew of the President. Personal Assistant to President Buhari is said to be the son of Mamman Daura while the State Chief of Protocol said to be married to Mamman Daura’s daughter. “It is also the height of nepotism that apart from just two, all security chiefs
and heads of all the paramilitary agencies in Nigeria, as well as all the political-heads overseeing all the military and para-military arms and agencies are from the North of Nigeria,” the governor said. He said President Buhari was obviously being tormented by fear of the unknown, which he described as the main reason people take to nepotism. “As a leader, you don’t need to fear anything. But the moment a leader peeps into the future, realising that his lack of capacity could have consequential effects on him, such a leader will definitely resort to nepotism to protect himself.
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Surrender illegal firearms in your possession, Gov Bello implores citizens Saka Bolaji, Minna
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Nige state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has warned individuals or group of people in possession of illegal firearms in the state to surrender them within seven days to the appropriate authority. Governor Bello who gave the directive on Sunday in a state-wide broadcast on the recent security challenges in some communities of Bosso local
government area of the state, also disclosed the composition of a Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the military/communal clash. He warned of grave consequences for failure to surrender such illegal firearms, stressing that the state will not be safe haven for criminals. The governor observed that the proliferation of small arms and light weapons are on the increase in the rural communities unlike in the past when gun running was only limited
to the metropolitan cities. He bemoaned the invasion of some villages in the state by cattle rustlers, kidnappers, banditry, armed robbers and other nefarious activities being committed by criminally minded persons. “We must rise now to fight this menace. To achieve this task successfully, we must pay attention to what happens in our homes, villages and communities. We must make security of our environment our business
by reporting any suspicious movement or activities around us to security agencies”, he said. On the restriction of motorcycle movement from 7pm to 6am in the state capital and major cities in the state, the governor said the law was still enforce until further notice, he added that he has directed for stop and search operation as a result of the prevailing security challenges in state of recent. The governor then
urged the people to bear with the attendant discomfort they will be subjected to as the decision to introduce these measures were taken in the interest of all. Bello regretted the military and communal clash that resulted in loss of lives and property destruction on both sides in Bosso Local Government area. He maintained that the sad incident was not a true reflection of what the people and the state were known for.
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Edo govt begins repair work on palace road ahead Oba’s coronation Titus Akhigbe, Benin
ÎÎÎIrked by the poor state
L-R: Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FBN Merchant Bank, Lolade Balogun; Head, Media and Publicity, Eti-Osa Youth Development Initiative, Razaq Ivori; Executive Director, FBN Merchant Bank Gboyega Fatoki and President, Eti-Osa Youth Development Initiative, Deji Laurent, during the FBN Merchant Bank sponsored Eti-Osa Youth Development Initiative ‘Pick-A-Litter’ Campaign, in Lagos… at the weekend.
75,000 youths benefit from ITF scheme Kehinde Akinpelu Ilorin
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industrial Training Fund (ITF), Dickson Onohua has said that no fewer than 75,000 youths benefited from the training in the past stating that another 9,000 would commence another round of training in a continuous process. “We are not stopping at this stage; this is just the first phase of the programme. As soon as we are through we will take on another set of youths. This is just an aspect of the training intervention
or skills development interventions we are carrying out in the country, we have other interventions. “The programme is geared towards empowering the youths and making them employable and reduce unemployment and creating jobs. We are working in synergy with relevant stakeholders”, the ITF DG noted. The industrial Training Fund is in charge of skills development, SMEDAN is in charge of entrepreneurship skills development while Bank of Industry is expected to help facilitate in accessing loans for the
trainees. And to ensure the quality of this programme we also have other stakeholders like the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Corporate Affairs Commission and even NAFDAC as we believe at the end of the day, the products of the youths should be able to meet international best practices. He said the terms of sustainability, the commitment of government on this programme is unshakeable. A lot of efforts have been made to ensure it becomes part of the programme of the ITF
and other agencies of government that are working together to ensure that skills acquisition is given a place of prominence in the country
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of roads linking the palace of the Oba of Benin, the Edo state government has commenced rehabilitation work ahead of the coronation of a new Oba in Benin Kingdom. The roads being constructed are Ibiwe, Plymouth and Akenzua roads in Benin City. The Crown Prince of Benin, Prince Ehenede Erediauwa, is expected to relocate to the palace at Plymouth road from Uselu, immediately after the coronation. Daily Times observed that the contractors have been mobilized to site. They are expected to equally construct the entire neighbouring streets in these areas equipped with street lights and walk ways. The state Commissioner for Works, Osarodion Ogie Esq, stated that “we are supposed to have commenced
the construction of the roads before now but due to the heavy down pour which delayed it. So we want to use the opportunity of this August break to work on the road. And we have told the contractors that they should do everything possible to complete it soonest. “Governor Adams Oshiomhole is not happy that these roads have not been given a face lift since but as you can see only God can control the weather and not man. But the contractor have been mobilized to site, they are already on it and I am very optimistic that in the next few months it will be completed. “These areas house our Oba and as you know we don’t joke with our Royal father and it is the duty of the state government to ensure that that area is made comfortable for road users and visitors who throng the palace on a daily basis. So I can tell you work is in progress”, he stated.
Obi of Onitsha performed Umato ceremony
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Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, has flagged off the 2016 Ofala Festival sponsored by grand masters of data, Globacom, by performing the traditional Umato ceremony. According to Onitsha tradition, the Umato signifies the end of the planting season and the beginning of the period of harvest by the people of the kingdom. The ceremony was also
replicated by other key families in their homes after the event and signaled the commencement of the good season. Celebrated annually by Onitsha people, Ofala festival commemorates their triumph over the Yam crop. Globacom took over as the main sponsor of the festival in 2011 and the 2016 edition marks the 6th time that festival will be under the partnership.
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Our Heritage Æ s Calabar, Cross River State, is always dubbed Nigeria’s most cleanest city, but is this always true? AGOZINO AGOZINO writes about the city and the people. For those who may not know, Calabar is an acronym for Come And Live And Be At Rest. It was coined by the indigenes and residents, who see the state as a place of beauty, peace and splendour. Calabar, the capital city of Cross River State, on the South Eastern fringes of the country is the peacock that illuminates the alluring beauty that goes with such acclaim. Also known to tourists and fun seekers, as the ‘people’s paradise’, the serebut of this urban first capital city of old Nigeria, offers an irresistible charm that captivates the visitor with a disarming welcoming allure. To the first time visitor, this allure, though hardly physical, is overwhelming that he would dream endlessly of a return to the city of residence where the legendry Scottish missionary, Mary Slessor, once lived and worked. The cuisines in this state are of mouth-watering delight and the hospitality of the people is almost, always, boundless. The serenity that pervades the rich all-year greenery compares to none in the region. The abundance of the historical artifacts blends with a rich cultural heritage that runs several centuries back, making Cross River, named after a tributary of the Atlantic Ocean that criss-crosses its landscape, a preferred destination for tourists wishing to relish the beauty associated with the Niger-Delta region. Historically, Cross River State has been in existence as a geopolitical entity since May, 1967. It was merely re-christened in 1976 when the late General Murtala Muhammed increased the number of states in the country with an additional seven, making them 19. Cross River State occupies the south east corner of Nigeria’s territorial expanse and lies between latitudes 4°25 and 70° (north), and longitudes 7. 15° and
9.300 (east). Its major towns in the state are Calabar or ‘Canaan City, as it is also fondly called by the indigenes, Ikom, Ogoja, Obubra, Ugep, Obudu and Akamkpa. The cultural wealth of the state and its impact on visitors and indigenes are almost legendary. However, the economic misfortunes experienced in the past few years threatened, but, failed to dim the vibrancy and dynamism of the state until the emergence of the former Gov-
ernor of the State, Mr. Donald Duke, who made the revival of tourism and culture one of its administration’s goals. Since then, the State has remained a leading destination for thousands of tourists every year. Ceremonies like Nkimand Ekpa of the upper Cross River, the Reboku of the Yakurr and secret societies like Obon and Ekpe, have been handed down to the present day with hardly any serious changes. The effect of time
on the people’s crafts and skills has been equally interesting. As an attribute of the people, culture is also reflected in their hospitality, dance style, masquerade, history and archaeology, monuments etc. Cultural activities in the state reached their peak recently when the State revived the Obudu Cattle Ranch. The state has continued to receive international visitors. Cultural festivals are largely organised by the state tourism management, though, individual groups organise theirs too, particularly, during special seasons such as new yam celebrations. Prominent among cultural groups in the State are Esop Mkparawa, the Nka Nkaiso, the Nka Ekpenyong Nnuk and Ogoja Community Association. These bodies are working hard to promote cultural identity and unity. A trip of the State will, undoubtedly, reveal that Cross River State has enjoyed early western civilisation both in terms of education and Christianity. This is evident in the number of historical sites scattered through-
out the State. These include the Tomb of Mary Slessor, a Scottish missionary nicknamed ‘The White Queen of Okoyong’ born on December 2, 1848 in Aberdeen, Scotland and who worked so hard in eradicating some of the most horrible and inhuman practices of the time in the old Calabar. Other places of interest are the European cemetery in Calabar. It is an exclusive grave yard for the colonial administrators associated with Nigerian history. The Hope Waddell Institute, first post-primary institution in the State was founded in 1895 and located in the state capital, it’s where the first President of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and other nationals attended. Other structures of historical significance in the state include the residency and the old consulate, Calabar, which are relics of colonial days in this part of Nigeria which is now used as the official residence of the State Governor. Other historical sites are the Chief Ekpo Ekpo Bassey’s house located at 19 Boco Street in Calabar.
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CBAAC embraces Eko Oni Baje Yam Festival Eko Oni Baje new yam and beach festival, a yearly aqua-tourism event, which holds every September in IbejuLekki, Lagos, now has the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBBAC) as one of its supporters. The support by CBAAC for the festival organised by Castel Down Arts Centre, a Lagos-based art and cultural promotion outfit was formally made when the Executive Director of the centre, Ozo Chinedu Idezuna, paid a visit to CBAAC. Speaking during the visit, Director General of CBBAC, Sir. Ferdinand Anikwe, while lauding the efforts of Idezuna at promoting the yearly cultural event, assured him that CBAAC, being a culture-promoting
agency, would support the festival to attain a higher standard. Thanking the CBAAC Director, Idezuna said this year’s event would kick off with Miss Eko Oni Baje beauty pageant in September. The programme, according to Idezuna, popularly known as Ezemuo Africa, is aimed at fostering unity among Nigeria’s various ethnic groups in Lekki. According to him, dignitaries to attend the event include Oba Olusegun Salami, Onibeju of of Ibeju Lekki, who will be the special guest. The festival will showcase dance groups, cultural displays, masquerades, traditional wrestling, best yam farmer competition, palm wine drinking, and display of
Idezuna being recieved by Anikwe during the visit to CBAAC
artworks, among others. Idezuna gave reasons why the festival is significant, ‘‘For many years, there has been the need for the Federal Government and the private sector to look into the non-oil sector of the economy. This call is a way out of over-dependence on oil as the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, that is what this festival is all about. The aim is promoting tourism and culture. The beautiful and serene Ibeju Lekki has hosted the festival for many years.The idea is also to promote unity of all ethnic groups”. The festival now in its seventh edition, also inculcates programmes that offer young talents opportunities for wider exposure.
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CDHR to Buhari: It’s better to restructure Nigeria than to go to war ÏÏÏA human right group, the Com-
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Lagos task force seeks enforcement of high tension cables directive
mittee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) Ebonyi state chapter at the weekend called on President Mahammadu Buhari to obey the calls for restructuring of Nigeria than allowing the country to plunge into another war. The group stated this during a one-day seminar and swearing-in ceremony of its new executives that took place in Abakaliki said the unity of the six geo-political zones of the country will be stronger when the present administration gives way for restructuring.
Its position was echoed in a lecture delivered by its state chairman, Rev. Fr. John Odeye who stated that the best way for Nigeria to move forward is restructuring and therefore urged President Mohammadu Buhari to think twice and take a cue from the blue print of former President Goodluck Jonathan who, according to him, sacrificed a lot to ensure that the country remains united through the national conference that was organized during his administration. He noted that the unity of Nigeria is not a mistake stressing that if Ni-
geria fails, Africa will suffer. Another lecturer, Mr. Jerry Chikwuokoro, who spoke on corruption accused the present administration of aiding corruption, alleging that when it ignores the constitution in appointments of particular people at the expense of others, arrest and prosecution of particular group and allowing Fulani herdsmen to continue killing innocent citizens without even condemning them is uncalled for. He stressed further that EFCC, ICPC and other anti-graft agencies can hardly fight corruption when
the political system of Nigeria is faulty. In his remark, the chairman the rights group mobilization, Mr. Ade Ekweson who represented the National president of the association said the union is committed to fight against the increasing human right abuse in Nigeria especially in South East zone of the country. He charged the newly sworn in executives that includes; Barr. Anosike Onyeka as the chairman, Jerry Nwoke as secretary, Daniel Nwagwu treasurer to fight for justice of the common man in Ebonyi state.
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Force on the police has called for the support of market leaders (Iya Oloja and Baba Oloja) to faithfully enforce the state government’s directive on high tension cables across the state. The Chairman of the special Task Force, Mr. Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed this while supervising the demolition exercise carried out by the operatives of the Agency where more than 235 illegal shops and 125 containers were demolished at Igbara market, Jakande, along Lekki-Epe express road. Speaking on the demolition, Egbeyemi disclosed that the exercise which the government has embarked upon should not be seen as been punitive but to be viewed from Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode’s efforts geared towards saving of lives and properties of members of the public.
L-R: Capital Founding Partner, Bunmi Akinyemiju; Capital Managing Partner, Nichole Yembra and another Capital Founding Partner, Kunmi Demuren, during the official launching of Green House Capital in Lagos… at the weekend.
S’ East PDP passes vote of confidence on Ekweremadu, Govs Moses Oyediran Enugu
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leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East zone, yesterday passed a vote of confidence on the Deputy Senate President, Mr. Ike Ekweremadu. Rising from a zonal caucus meeting of the party in Enugu to harmonise South East position ahead of August 17, 2019 National Convention in Port-Harcourt, the party leaders said they were formidable and united for an impressive show at the convention. Addressing journalists at the end of the meeting, the National Vice Chairman of the party in
charge of South East, Austin Umahi, said Ekweremadu was a true son of Igbo and that the people were proud of his e “We support him in totality, we will continue to pray, by the special grace of God he has paid his dues and is paying his dues. We are proud of him, he is a very good ambassador of the South East and we will not and will never be intimidated. “For the South East PDP governors, we are proud of them. When you look at so many indices you will agree with me that they have done very, very well,” he said. Umahi said the leaders have harmonised poisitions zoned to
South East amicably and that each state in the zone got a position. “We the South East have decided to come out very strong, by the special grace of God there is harmony, we have decided to zone the posts of South East to all the states,” noting that they were very, very mature in doing it. The meeting was attended by Ekweremadu, Enugu and Ebonyi state governors, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and David Umahi respectively; Senators Sam Egwu, Chuka Utazi, House of Reps members, members of the party’s Board of Trustee from the zone, and former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi.
Illegal possession: Court restrains coy from community land Titilope Joseph
ÏÏÏA Lagos High Court sitting in
Epe has restrained a Lagos based company, Toll System Development Company Limited from any further construction on a family land in Oko-Olomi, Ibeju Lekki. Justice Jubril Bashua granted the interim injunction pending the hearing and determination of the motion of notice for interlocutory injunction filed by the Baale of Oko-Olomi, Chief Lateef Moridiu Adekunle and the Eleku family of Oko-Olomi against the company and three others. The court also gave an order, restraining the company’s “agents and privies led by one land warrior/agent Alhaji Chief
Mutairu Owoeye from embarking on construction of any structure on the community’s land measuring 96.492 hectares more particularly described in area verged blue in survey plan no: AOO/793/015/2016/LA at Oko Olomi village”. In his ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by the Eleku family, through their counsel, Bamidele Ogundele,, Justice Bashua, also granted an order of interim injunction mandating the company which is the first defendant in the suit, its agents and privies to remove all thugs and hoodlums on the claimants’ land as in the survey plan pending the hearing and determination of application for mandatory injunction.
Amokachi’s twins bag Besiktas contracts
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x-Nigeria international and JS Hercules of Finland manager Daniel Amokachi has said he is delighted his twin sons, Nazim and Kalim, have signed for his former Turkish club Besiktas. “Happy to announce that my sons have taken a giant step in their football careers signing a 1-year
deal with my former club, Besiktas,” reported Amokachi on his Facebook page. “I have always underlined the importance of education to them, but having sat enough in the study halls, the call of the football grounds has been too difficult to resist. I can understand that very well, too.
“I and my wife will be following their journey with great interest and pride. “I want to thank from the bottom of my heart both Hercules and Besiktas for giving us this chance.” The twins trained with JS Hercules for few months under the tutelage of their father, before they went for
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a week’s trials with Besiktas U-21 after which they were asked to stay for another one week and thereafter they were offered deal. Both are attack-minded players as they play from midfield and wings. Amokachi, now 43, played for Besiktas between 1996 and 1999.
Daniel Amokachi (middle) with his twins.
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Glo partners Supersport in beaming EPL matches
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ombative midfielder Dare Ojo has revealed that Enyimba will fight hosts Zamalek when both clubs clash in a decisive CAF Champions League (CCL) Group B today. Zamalek welcome Enyimba to Alexandria today by 7.30pm Nigerian time in an encounter to determine the team to join already qualified Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in the semi-finals of the Champions League. The Egyptian giants won the first game 1-0 in Port Harcourt in June, but Ojo will fancy his team’s chances in the coastal town of Alexandria. “If they can beat us in Nigeria, we can beat them at their own home,” said Ojo. “We are ready to give Zamalek a big fight in this match. “This will decide who qualifies for the next round of the competition.” Enyimba are yet to record a point after two rounds of matches in the group stage of the competition. They will need to beat Zamalek, who have three points, to get their campaign back on track as they have a final game at home against nine-point Sundowns. Ojo is one of five players who have joined the Enyimba squad in Egypt after featuring for the NPFL All-Stars in a friendly against Valencia in Spain. The others are skipper Chinedu Udoji, goalkeeper Theophilus Afelokhai, Chima Akas and Joseph Osadiaye. Enyimba have left out Nigeria U-23 winger Emmanuel Etor and Ezekiel Bassey, who has struggled for form this season.
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Enyim give Zamalek ‘big fight’, Ojo vows Ojo
s the 2016/2017 football season formally kicks off, football fans across the country and beyond have been assured of continuous live broadcast of English Premier League (EPL) matches by Globacom. Africa’s biggest corporate supporter of football, Globacom which recently renewed the sponsorship of the broadcast of English Premier League on DSTV for another three seasons has assured Nigerians that its partnership with Supersports will guarantee steady live broadcast of matches all through the season. Football fans in Nigeria are therefore assured of watching their clubs’ matches on Supersport channels on DSTV from August 2016 to May 2017 when the entire matches will be aired live courtesy of Globacom. “The English Premier League has become a major attraction for Nigerian football lovers. Our sponsorship of EPL live matches, therefore, is to enhance the value we give millions of our subscribers. We want football fans across Africa to continue to enjoy the best of English league from August 2016 to May 2017 and beyond,” Glo said Meanwhile the EPL season kicked off on Saturday with Manchester City beating Sunderland by 2 goals 1 at Etihad Stadium, while defending Champion Leicester City lost to Hull City also by 1-2. The season will, no doubt be very exciting with arrival of new players and coaches across the clubs. Paul Pogba has joined Manchester United while John Stone moved from Everton to Manchester City amongst others. Globacom said it wishes the clubs and fans an exciting football season.
Flamingoes will be ready forWorld Cup—Nikyu
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head of this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan, Head Coach of the U-17 Women National Team, Flamingoes, Bala Nikyu has assured that his girls will be ready to take on the world starting from September 30, in Jordan. A total of 30 players, alongside technical and backroom crew, have been in camp in Abuja for the past two weeks perfecting strategies for the championship. Nikyu, who also led the Flamingoes at the last championship in Costa Rica, where Nigeria reached the quarter-finals, admitted that the
players’ fitness is not yet at the level he desires, but added that everything is being put in place to make sure that the team improves tremendously before the end of this month. “Some of the players were not actively involved with their various clubs before they were invited to camp; that’s why we are working on their fitness level, and I am glad it has actually improved from what it was the previous week,” Nikyu said. “The new additions to the team are also doing well in training.” Captain of the team, Rasheedat Ajibade, said the Flamingoes are ready for the challenges
ahead and will work hard in achieving their aim. The Flamingoes had notched a 100 per cent record in the qualifiers, winning 9-0 on aggregate against Namibia and dismantling the Bantwana of South Africa 7-0 on aggregate. The 5th FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will be in hosted in three Jordanian cities of Amman, Irbid and Zarqa, September 30 – October 21, 2016. The Flamingoes will kick off their campaign against Brazil on October 1, before clashing with England on October 4 and wrapping up their group campaign against 2008 champions, Korea DPR on October 8.
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Japan put London woes behind with record haul
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Yasuhiro Yamashita, Vice President of All Japan Judo Federation.
apan’s judokas flew into Rio on a mission to atone for their disappointing results at the London Games, and return home with pride after setting a record for total medals won in the sport at an Olympics. After taking just one gold four years ago – with the men shut out from titles for the first time – Japan topped the table in Rio with three gold and 12 medals overall.
The creators of the martial art are always tough on themselves no matter how they perform, but even they could acknowledge that it was mission accomplished. “To tell the truth it would have been great to win one or two more gold medals, but we took medals in 12 of the 14 weight classes. This was beyond my expectations,” said Yasuhiro Yamashita, vice president at the All Japan Judo
Federation. “I think our athletes were able to make amends for London,” said Yamashita, a past Olympic gold medallist. Japan had claimed five bronze medals before Shohei Ono won the first judo gold of their Rio campaign, in the men’s -73kg division. On day five, they struck double gold through Haruka Tachimoto in the
women’s -70kg and Mashu Baker in the men’s -90kg. And though he had to settle for silver, Hisayoshi Harasawa gave French superstar Teddy Riner a tough time in the men’s +100kg final, losing on penalties in an otherwise scoreless bout. “Harasawa is a big fighter, a big opponent for the future,” Riner said after their match.”
US swimmer Vesnina shatter Hingis’s Lochte, others goldbid robbed in Rio Makarova,
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old medal-winner Ryan Lochte and three other members of the US Olympic swimming team have been robbed at Rio. Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were stopped by people posing as armed police, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) said in a statement. The robbers demanded money and other personal belongings. After reports emerged of the incident, the USOC initially denied that Lochte had been robbed. “All four athletes are safe and co-operating with authorities,” the USOC’s statement said.
The group had been attending a party at the French Olympic team’s hospitality house when their taxi was stopped on the way back to the athletes’ village. News of the incident first emerged from Lochte’s mother, Ileana, who revealed her son was unharmed but shaken by the theft. “I think they’re all shaken up. There were a few of them,” she said. Lochte swam in two events at the Rio Games, winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay. In June, Australian paralympic athlete Liesl Tesch was robbed at gunpoint in Rio.
ussia’s Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina shattered Martina Hingis’s hopes of an Olympic golden return after a 20-year absence with victory in the women’s doubles gold medal match on Sunday. The seventh seeds won 6-4, 6-4 against Hingis and Swiss partner Timea Bacsinszky. Hingis last played the Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta. For the Russian duo, the gold medal comes on top of their two Grand Slam titles at the 2013 French Open and 2014 US Open.
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enyan Jemima Jelagat Sumgong evaded a protester who leapt onto the Rio marathon course on Sunday to become the first woman from her country to win Olympic marathon gold in two hours, 24 minutes and four seconds. Bahrain’s Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa claimed silver in 2:24:13 and Ethiopian Mare Dibaba snatched the bronze in 2:24:30. Sumgong, 31, said the man on the course immediately brought to mind memories of the April London Marathon, when she experienced a similar incident. “It brings back memories of London, that’s where my thoughts went back to,” Sumgong said. “I was like scared, maybe I’m in trouble.” It was not immediately clear if the man, who went head over heels over a metal barrier, had been arrested or what his motive had been. At the Athens Olympics in 2004, defrocked Irish priest Neil Horan tackled Brazil’s Vanderlei de Lima near the finish, knocking him out of the lead. The bronze medallist lit the Olympic cauldron at Rio’s opening ceremony on August 5. Sumgong, 31, bided her time throughout the race, staying with the leading pack and not moving ahead until the end. “I had prepared that I would move out at kilometre 35 and my body was responding very well, as well as my movement,” Sumgong told reporters after crossing the line at Rio’s Sambadrome, the parade ground where brightly costumed samba schools perform during the city’s annual Carnival celebration. “At the 40 kilometre I knew the gold was mine.”
Ekaterina Makarova in action for Russia.
Whitlock wins second
Sumgong gives Kenya first marathon gold “It was very hot but everybody had to get through the heat. I had to control my body and listen to my body very carefully,” Sumgong said. Belarusian Volha Mazuronak, 27, shook up the pack halfway through, taking the lead and briefly pulling ahead of the lead group. The move pushed the pace, stringing out what
had been a lead pack of more than two dozen runners, causing some to drop back. It was the first in a series of attacks by the firsttime Olympian, who was ultimately unable to sustain the pace and was dropped by the leaders in the closing stages before finishing fifth in 2:24:48.
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ymnast Max Whitlock won Olympic gold in the men’s floor exercise to create British gymnastics history for the second time at Rio 2016. On Wednesday, the 23-year-old won GB’s first all-around gymnastics Olympics medal in 108 years as he took bronze. Now he has won the nation’s first Olympic medal in the men’s floor after earning a score of 15.633. It was GB’s 11th gold medal in Brazil, taking the overall tally to 31. Whitlock finished ahead of Brazilian pair Diego Hypolito (15.533) and Arthur Mariano (15.433), who took silver and bronze respectively.
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helsea manager Antonio Conte has revealed defeats often prevent him from falling asleep at night as he stays awake seeking reasons for the result, while he does not get much rest ahead of games either. The former Italy boss is set to make his official debut in charge of the Stamford Bridge side today when they take on West Ham and he will be hoping to get the 2016-17 campaign off to a winning start. “Before the games, usually I don’t sleep a lot,” Conte told reporters. “I sleep for two, three, four hours. When I wake up I start to think about the game, the situation, and often I have a good idea on a tactical aspect in the first hours of the morning. “After the game, when I win I sleep, but when I don’t win it’s very difficult for me. In the middle of the night I think ‘what is the reason we lost?’ “Sometimes I watch the match very quickly because I want to find an answer. Why? Where is the situation that creates more difficulties? Which is the player that creates more difficulties? Was our tactical plan good or not good? “I need to have the answer quickly.”
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2nd left) scores in Man United win.
latan Ibrahimovic netted a 25-yard stunner on his Premier League debut as Manchester United won 3-1 at Bournemouth on Sunday at the Vitality Stadium. It was virtually the perfect start for Jose Mourinho on his return to the English top flight, as his side secured the Portuguese his first Premier League success as United boss. Juan Mata set United on their way after 40 minutes, Wayne Rooney headed a second just before the hour mark and Ibrahimovic got himself up and running five minutes later. Adam Smith then pulled one back in emphatic fashion with just over 20 minutes to go, but it was too little too late for Bournemouth. Mata may have suffered the indignity of being substituted as a substitute during United’s Community Shield win over Leicester last week, but he was surprisingly named in the starting line-up as Mourinho made two changes from the win over Leicester, with Jesse Lingard and Michael Carrick dropping out. Ander Herrera also came in. And Mata was right at the heart of United’s first chance of the match after 27 minutes, as he teed up Rooney on the edge of the area, only for the captain to fire his effort straight at Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc. The home side looked comfortable in defence for most of the first half as United struggled to create any clear-cut chances, but a nightmare moment from captain Simon Francis gifted Mata the opener.
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Conte won three successive Serie A titles at Juventus and impressed in charge of Italy at Euro 2016, guiding his country to the last eight before being eliminated on penalties by Germany, and Lampard believes it will be Chelsea or City – with whom he spent a short spell two seasons ago – who are celebrating come May. “Being at Chelsea for such a long time I have an allegiance so I would obviously like Chelsea to win the league and I think they’ll be back challenging,” the 38-year-old said. “I do fancy it being between Chelsea and Manchester City this year. “I spoke to Andrea Pirlo about him and he had
nothing but great things to say. He works the lads very hard in training with his fitness work and with organisation on the pitch. “The players will need to buy into that and respect that then you’ll see an improvement from last year. “Seeing him at the Euros I loved his passion, I loved how he was on the line, how he had his team together with a real fighting spirit. That will all help Chelsea and I look forward to that.” Conte’s first competitive match in charge comes up today, when Chelsea host London rivals West Ham in their Premier League opener.
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iverpool were forced to hold off a resurgent Arsenal as Jurgen Klopp’s men clung on to begin their 2016-17 Premier League season with an enthralling 4-3 victory at Emirates Stadium on Sunday. In a remarkable encounter, Liverpool fell behind as Theo Walcott, who had missed a penalty a minute earlier, gave Arsenal a deserved lead. But Philippe Coutinho - scorer of a stunning winner at Stoke City on the opening weekend of last season repeated the feat with an unstoppable
free-kick in first-half stoppage time. Buoyed by that equaliser, Liverpool tore into their hosts after the break and scored three times in the first 18 minutes. Adam Lallana put them ahead with a fine piece of control and a finish to match, before Coutinho doubled his tally by applying the finishing touch to Nathaniel Clyne’s delivery. Along with Ragnar Klavan and Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mane was making his competitive Liverpool bow and the Senegalese marked the occasion
with a sensational solo goal, finished off with a rasping drive into the top corner. The home side did pull one back almost immediately through substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - another virtuoso effort to rival that of Mane before Liverpool saw Coutinho hobble from the field. With 15 minutes remaining, Calum Chambers’ header set Liverpool nerves jangling further, but Klopp’s men held on to get their campaign off to a victorious, if not altogether convincing, start.
Reds striker, Philippe Coutinho, scores the equaliser at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
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Mikel Obi (right) celebrates with teammate after scoring the opener against Denmark at the ongoing Rio 2016 quarter final clash.
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he Ministry of Youth and Sports has refunded the captain of Dream Team VI, John Mikel Obi the sum of $4,600 he paid for the team in Sao Paulo on their way to Salvador. Extra Time gathered that Mikel had to part with $4,000 of his personal money, to ensure that the Nigeria Olympic team did not miss their flight to Salvador. Players and officials of the Dream Team VI, were held to ransom in Sao Paulo, over unpaid hotel bills incurred by additional officials. Organizers of the Games, insisted on a team of 25 players – 18 players and seven officials. A source confirms that it was the responsibility of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), to offset the bills of the extra five officials. This is contrary to an earlier statement by the ministry that Mikel did not bail out the team. Addressing the players and officials after the 2-0 defeat of Denmark in Saturday’s quarter final match in Salvador, the Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Chinyeaka Ohaa, said: “I am happy to be a Nigerian, because in spite of allKeshi the challenges, you have taken the world by storm; you have by your performance given happiness to more than 160 million Nigerians. Football is the biggest unifying factor in Nigeria today. From Mr. President to the average Nigerian you have made everyone proud today. “I am humbled by your efforts, your commitment and your patriotism. I want to assure you that your sacrifices will not be in vain. Aside whatever the NFF have for you, we will as much as possible make you happy, if only you will be patient with us. Today, with your performance, I am convinced that you will get that gold.” Responding, Mikel Obi said: “We want to thank you for your fatherly support. In truth, there have been a lot of challenges, but every time we go onto the field, we forget about everything and make sure our fatherland comes first. We have done that so far and we will continue to do that, but we need more motivation.” Excited about the qualification of the Nigeria U-23 team for the semifinals of the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament Rio 2016, the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports assured players and officials of the team that they will be given all that is due to them.
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playing hosts Brazil in the final match, Siasia said: “We saw what the Brazilians did to the Danish team (4-0); they are a very good side. They didn’t start well but the most important thing is how well you end. It’s not easy scoring four goals against this Danish team. “However, I don’t want to worry about Brazil right now. I have the semifinal against Germany to think about and that is the only thing in my mind right now. After crossing the Germany hurdle, we will think of our opponents for the gold medal match. We have gone through a lot on this journey and we cannot get to the gold medal match and then freeze.”
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Shell’s declaration of force majeure on gas supply to Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, NLNG, has sent global prices of liquefied natural gas tumbling. Last week, Shell said the reason behind the force majeure, was because of “a leak”, causing a decline in exports. CONTINUED ON PAGE B2
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$2.9m oil bloc concessionary debt: Revoke
licences- Ribadu urges FG Opeoluwani Akintayo Former Commissioner of Police, Nuru Ribadu has said that the Federal Government should either charge interest on outstanding amounts against owners of concessionary oil blocs which is to the tune of $2.9million, or revoke their licences. He made the recommendations in the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force (PRSTF) report obtained by Business Times. The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, is in charge giving licenses to quali-
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fied bidders of oil blocs in Nigeria. There are two types of licences, OPL (Oil Prospecting licence) and OML (Oil Mining Licence). Winners of oil bloc bids, get the OML which is for a period of 10 years. As a result, before mining in concessional blocs start, concessionaires pay DPR what is known as Signature Bonus to have their licenses signed and stamped. However, over the years, there have been cases where owners of oil blocs have refused to pay DPR annual concessional fees for operating the oil blocs which ought to have served as a source of revenue for the coun-
try. According to the PRSTF report otherwise known as the Ribadu Report, as a means of further action to be taken against the concessionaires that are yet to pay the huge sum, “proposed actions would be to charge interest on the amounts outstanding, revoke the companies, etc’ licenses,” it said. According to the report, a review of a schedule of concessions and rentals paid between January 1 2005 and 31 December 2011 was carried out. It said an outstanding concession rentals of oil blocs due to the Federation amounted to $2.9
million. Based on the information provided by officials of the Department of Petroleum Resources, there were fifty-seven, 57 concession holders for the period under review. Total revenue accruing to the nation for the period amounted to $12.7million owed to the federal government. Out of the $12.7m, payment already received from the concession holders amounted to $9.8million, indicating that $2.9million represents outstanding amounts to be collected by the DPR from the various concessionaires.
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in four years time, I am not underrating the possibility of people residing in Ilorin and working in Lagos because the federal government has seen it clearly,” he said in an exclusive chat with Daily Times. He noted that in the past the federal government admitted they ran away from developing the railway sector for reasons best known to them, but that presently the sector is experiencing positive changes which will serve as a catalyst to revamping the economy and providing massive employ-
ment in the country. “In the past, that is in the ‘70s up to early ‘80s we had a work-force of about 42, 000 in Nigeria railways but the neglect led to massive retrenchment, rationalisation, and so many things. But today, we have less than 10, 000 work-force. However, the recent commissioning of the Abuja-Kaduna rail-line, shows more positive things to come in earnest,” he said. “I’m very optimistic that in the next four years railways will surely come up as a major employer of labour because the development
The outgoing Deputy Director, Public Relations, Nigerian Railway Corporation, (NRC), Mr. Abdulraouf Akinwoye, has disclosed that through the efforts of the President Buhari Administration, the corporation is set to retake its place as a major player in the economy. “We are beginning to have a positive feeling of the federal government’s commitment to developing railway sector, I have all reasons to believe and pledge that
According to market research report “Cyber Security Market Global Forecast to 2021”, published by Markets and Markets, the market is estimated to grow from USD 122.45 Billion in 2016 to USD 202.36 Billion by 2021, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.6 percent. The major forces driving the cyber security market are rise in security breaches targeting enterprises and need for stringent compliance and regulatory requirements. The cyber security market is growing rapidly because of the growing security needs of Internet of Things (IoT) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trends and increased deployment of web and cloud-based business applications. The report also encompasses different strategies, such as mergers and acquisitions, partnerships and collaborations, business expansions, and product developments, adopted by major players to increase their market share. Some of the major technology vendors include Sophos Ltd., Intel Security, Symantec Corporation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM Corporation, CONTINUED ON PAGE B2
will generate employment opportunities. “For the youths, I want to believe that they are waiting for railways in terms of employment, because the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said it and I can assure you that he means business,” he said. Given the deplorable state of highways in the country which exposes travellers and goods to high risks, Akinboye urged Nigerians to increase their level of railway patronage which is more convenient and safer.
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“The pipeline has been shut down for a joint investigation visit into the cause of the leak and repairs,” Natasha Obank, a Shell spokeswoman. Report said the leak occurred on the Eastern Gas Gathering System, or EGGS-1, pipeline which supplies the bulk of Shell’s gas to the Nigeria LNG plant on Bonny Island. According to report, Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices fell for a second week as Pacific producers added supply and curbs on Nigerian output were to be lifted by the end of the month, amid thin demand. Prices for September delivery fell to around $5.60 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), 20 cents below last week’s levels, with October trading five to 10 cents below September. In Nigeria specifically, Shell declared force majeure on gas supplies to the Nigeria LNG export plant last week, raising the possibility of shipment delays or even cancellations owing to inadequate feedstock. A source said that up to seven cargoes could be delayed as a result of the force majeure, with some long-term buyers potentially already notified of postponements. “The plan is to lift the force majeure by the end of the month,” the source said. Elaborating on how Nigeria LNG may apportion cargo postponements, he said: “I think different (offtake) contracts will be treated differently. NLNG will take a view on which cargoes it cancels depending on the underlying prices in each contract.” Another source also told Reuters that Indian Oil Corp. is seeking two cargoes for October delivery in a tender valid until Aug. 23, while peer Petronet closed a tender to buy a September cargo on Thursday.
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CBN grants Fidelity Bank e-commerce platform licence The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted Fidelity Bank Plc, one of the nation’s highly diversified financial institutions, final licence to operate electronic commerce services in the country. With this current development, the Bank is currently positioned to empower Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in line with its strategic business objectives, through the provision of an advanced electronic commerce platform. Aptly dubbed The Fidelity GreenMall, the Bank said the platform is an online marketplace with fully integrated ecommerce capabilities for online payments, delivery logistics, advertising, and business networking opportunities, amongst others. In a statement, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo said: “We have always seen access to markets as critical success factor in our quest to deepen our MSME service offering. With this approval and given the rapid increase in internet penetration, we see an exciting opportunity to further open up new markets for MSMEs using technology.” According to him, the apex financial regulatory agency’s decision to grant Fidelity full licence to rollout electronic commerce services was driven specifically by the Bank’s unique approach to financial inclusion.
The Fidelity Bank boss noted that many MSMEs lack requisite expertise and capacity to manage an online store thereby making it difficult for them to make sales. Okonkwo, however, expressly acknowledged the various constraints that hamper growth of MSMEs such as concerns about MSMEs’ funding constraints, poor record keeping, lack of requisite technology tools and epileptic power supply in the country. He however advised small businesses to take advantage of the online platform to boost their revenues and income by trading on local and international arena. “We want to raise the level of competitiveness of Nigerian MSMEs in a global market”, he said. Okonkwo pointed out that ecommerce had gained recognition in national and international trade, disclosing that the Bank plans to strengthen the level of participation of Nigerian SMEs in global e-commerce sales. According to international statistics portal (Statista.com), the retail e-commerce sales worldwide amounted to $1.67 trillion in 2015. With the projected value of ecommerce in Nigeria expected to hit $13 billion by 2018, according to the CBN, the Fidelity helmsman pointed out that the online platform offers ample opportunity for perceptive businesses to explore and tap into in order to garner more market share.
Cisco Systems, Inc., Rapid7, Inc., EMC RSA (U.S.), FireEye, Inc. (U.S.), and Trend Micro, Inc. Organisations are rapidly deploying cyber security solutions either on-premises or on-cloud. The demand for cloud-based cyber security solutions is increasing due to cost-effective and time-efficient features of cloud; its growth is specifically high in enterprises, where low cost solutions are much required. Application security is to grow at the highest CAGR from 2016 to 2021. Cyber security solutions are used to secure the network infrastructure and the devices connected through it. The emerging IoT and BYOD trends and connected number of devices and applications are susceptible to Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). Application security is expected to witness the highest CAGR in the global cyber security market during the period 2016–2021. North America is expected to account for the largest market share in 2016, due to the presence of a number of security vendors in the region.
Aerospace and defense vertical is to have the largest market size in 2016. The cyber security market is also segmented by various industry verticals, out of which the adoption of security solutions is expected to be the highest in the aerospace and defense vertical as the critical data and applications used by the vertical are prone to advanced threats. Moreover, government & public utilities, BFSI, and IT & telecom verticals are expected to gain traction during the forecast period. North America is expected to dominate the cyber security market in 2016. North America is expected to hold the largest share of the cyber security market in 2016 due to the technological advancements and early adoption of cyber security in the region. The market in APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2016 and 2021. The primary driving forces for this growth are increasing technological adoption and huge opportunities across industry verticals in APAC countries, especially India and China.
Pensions fund hits N5.7 trillion despite misconception - Pencom DG Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Director General of the National Pension Commission, Chinelu Onuha has said that one of the biggest challenges confronting the Commission is wide range of false impression and mistrust by Nigerians and institutions about the genuineness of the contributory Pensions scheme in the country. Onuha said despite the misconception and mistrust, the total contributed pensions funds stood at N5.7 trillion. The DG stated this at the weekend while presenting a paper “Investing for Tomorrow” at a Teen Career Conference tagged: Your Life, Your Future Not a Laughing Matter, organised by the Redeem Christian Church of God, TEAP Zone Abuja. She however said that the N5.7 trillion contributed pensions funds would not be use for loan or put into any business because it belongs to about 7.1 million subscribers of the scheme, adding “It is for offsetting pensions of retirees.” “I think one of the biggest
challenges in the economy now is for people to understand what exactly the contributory pension scheme is all about, because what we found in our work is that, there is a lot of misconception, there are a lot of mistrusts and which we are addressing by series of sensitizations and seminars. “It is part of the reasons I am here today so that people will actually understand what the scheme is all about, that way people would be able to key in. This is the kind of things we should all be doing. When i looked into a room of over 700 youths and realise that really this is our future. It is incumbent on all of us, the adult, those in position of authority to sow the seed of hope and believe in themselves because that is the nation twenty years down the line,” Onuha said. The DG decried the high level of unemployment in the country noting that she receives over 300 applications for job daily but lamented that 80 percent of the applications are full of errors with only less than ten percent employable.
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LR: Executive Director, Abuja and North Directorate, Corporate Banking of Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Ola Olabinjo, with participants of the bank’s Financial Literacy Holiday Workshop in Lagos at the weekend.
FBN Holdings reports N531.7b bad loans in H1 2016
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First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc (FBN Holdings) has reported a N531.7 billion Non-Performing Loan (NPL) in half year (H1) ended June 30, 2016 against the N353.5 billion it recorded in 2015. Naira devaluation and dwindling global oil prices increased the financial institution’s NPL ratio to 23 percent in H1 2016 from 22 percent in first quarter of this year. The 23 percent in NPL ratio is above the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) threshold of five percent high marked for financial institutions operating in the country. The group had reported NPL of N410.7 billion in first quarter of 2016 as First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiaries of FBN Holdings investment in Oil & gas sectors contributed heavily to the group’s overall bad loans in
half year of 2016. The lender contributed 91.1 percent or N484.7billion to the group’s NPL in the half year ended June 2016 as against N338.7billion reported in 2015 full financial year. Data exclusively to The Daily Times of Nigeria newspapers, revealed that bad loans evolution of First Bank of Nigeria opened the year at N396.6billion. The bank newly classified worth N88.9 billion bad loans while N0.8billion was de-classified as bad loans. Breakdown of First Bank of Nigeria bad loans ratio by sector revealed that Oil & Gas downstream contributed 67.7 percent while Oil & Gas upstream and Oil & gas services added 39 percent and 23.8 percent to its bad loans in half year ended June 30, 2016 respectively. First Bank of Nigeria’s NPL ratio increased to 26.04 percent as against 21.24 percent in 2015,
largely driven by translation effect of the Naira devaluation; intense remediation and recovery activities are ongoing for prompt declassification of the non-performing accounts. The lender revealed that its bad loans in Oil & Gas sector stood at N359.9billion from N246.0billion reported in 2015 full year results. Break downing the Bank’s bad loans in Oil & Gas sector revealed that Oil & Gas downstream added N178.7 billion; Oil & Gas upstream N150.4 billion and Oil & Gas services N30.7 billion. Other loans that went bad contributed 38.7percent; Information 30.6 percent; General 17.8 percent; consumer 12.1 percent; construction 9.8 percent; manufacturing 5.6 percent; real estate 4.9 percent and government bad loans 3.5 percent. The group total loans and advances to customers rose by 16.2 percent y-t-d to N2.1 trillion from N1.8trillion as at December 31,
2015. First Bank of Nigeria gross loans grew by 16.7 percent; adjusting for devaluation the loan book declined y-t-d by 1.3 percent implying an 18.3 percent devaluation impact on the entire loan book. In dollar terms, y-t-d, while foreign currency net loans portfolio in First Bank of Nigeria declined by about $200 million. The Breakdown of the Oil & Gas portfolio in upstream, downstream and services as at H1 2016 is 20.7 percent, 14.2 percent and 6.9percent respectively. With increased bad loans, the group announced 11 percent decline in profit after tax for the half year ended June 30, 2016. The group announced that its profit moved from N40.1 billion in H1 2015 to N35.9 billion in H1 2016 while profit before tax also dip by 12 per cent to N45.9 billion as against N52.1 billion recorded in prior H1 of 2015.
NDIC hikes deposit insurance coverage for PMBs to N500,000 The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has concluded all plans to upwardly review its Maximum Deposit Insurance Coverage (MDIC) for Primary Mortgage Banks (PMBs) from N200,000 to N500,000 per depositor. The NDIC said the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, had also approved the extension of differential premium assessment system (DPAS) to the PMBs. The approval, the corporation, explained, was granted to emphasize the need to ensure that
all deposit money banks (DMBs), PMBs and mortgage finance banks (MFBs) adhered strictly to sound risk management practices and entrench compliance to the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) approved code of corporate governance standards. “As part of its statutory functions as a deposit insurer, Section 20 (2) of the NDIC Act 2006, empowers the Corporation’s Board to periodically review the maximum deposit insurance coverage for licensed banks and other deposit taking financial institutions
in accordance with changes in deposit structure, income levels and in line with global best practices,” the NDIc said. The corporation explained that the MDIC review was carried out through studies and surveys aimed at ascertaining the adequacy or otherwise of the deposit insurance coverage level for insured institutions in the country. The outcome of the most recent survey conducted in August, 2015, the NDIC said, revealed the compelling need for the upward review of the current MDIC for
the PMBs per depositor. Also, the NDIC said the survey also revealed that the MDIC increase would cover 99 per cent of depositors of the PMBs in the country. It said that the adoption of DPAS in assessing the annual premium payable by PMBs would promote better risk management in the banks in line with international best practices. At the moment, over 120 countries across the world have adopted DPAS as an objective method of insurance premium pricing.
Sterling Bank launches diaspora services In line with its enriching life mantra and plan to extend its unique banking services abroad, Sterling Bank Plc over the weekend, announced the launch of the Sterling Diaspora Services for Nigerians based outside the shores of the country. The Bank’s Group Head, Strategy & Communications, Mr. Shina Atilola in a statement released at the weekend said all Nigerians living abroad with local and direct ties in Nigeria would be encouraged to embrace the services. “We will also ensure that businesses owned by Nigerians and Associations abroad make use of the services” the Bank’s chief strategist adde He disclosed that the Bank was in discussions with various Nigerian communities abroad for business collaboration in the area of customer acquisition, management and retention. He explained further: “It will be recalled that the World Bank recently put the estimate of Nigerians in the Diaspora at 20 million who remitted an estimated $21 Billion in 2015. This provides a platform for proactive financial institutions like Sterling Bank to tap into the business opportunity available outside the shores of the country. This will give millions of Nigerians abroad access to the services through online and electronic channels.” Sterling Bank has continued to demonstrate its unwavering commitment and passion for Retail Banking over the years through its continued investments in the areas of capacity building, product development for superior customer experience and provision of technology infrastructure to harness the vast potentials in that segment. Specifically, the Bank has built its retail banking strategies around people, processes, products and technology with strong emphasis on differentiation. This is to enable it navigate the current changing tides of Retail Banking and in the process turn its customers to advocates.
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Effective and Efficient Tax Administration as tool for Growing Tax Compliance and Optimizing Tax Collection Isah Aruwa and Nneka Okoro It is no longer news that the global price of crude oil has hit its lowest ebb in recent history. However, the consequential effect of such occurrence is what has continued to make news across the world. There has been unprecedented sharp rise in the prices of goods, shortage of essential commodities and rationing of provisions in Venezuela, while the Saudi Arabian Government has been forced to embark on reforms to reposition its economy. Nigeria is not left out of the predicament caused by the impact of the dip in global oil price. The amounts available and allocated among the federating components have successively declined over the months. In February 2016, the gross revenue was N270.499 billion (compared with N500.131 billion in February 2015 ), while it declined to N232.619 billion in March 2016 (compared with N534.91 in March 2015).The decline is coming in the face of the growing need to make government accountable in service delivery to the citizenry. Thus, the need to have an alternative to crude oil, as a source of revenue, is paramount. It is needless to say that the dearth in government revenue sources has cascaded to the States Government, and their relevant departments and agencies. Just like a mother and her sucking child, States are also made to share in the pain of the declining revenue, as their major source of revenue is from Federal Government allocations! This is evident by the inability of some of the States to pay salaries and provide basic amenities to their residents. The current reality has shown that continued (over) dependence on items that are subject to forces beyond the control of a nation can no longer be the norm. Thus, the need to have fairly stable and predictable source(s) of revenue for governments, as a means for ensuring stability in the polity and ability to deliver on the needed service, cannot be over emphasized. The Federal Government has no option but to diversify its revenue base from a mono-economy; depending majorly on oil, into one with diverse sources of revenue. This therefore justifies the current focus on non-oil sources of revenue; principal among which is taxation. As the cliché goes “there are two sure things in life: death and tax”. Some States have made recourse to complete implementation of the Personal Income Tax Act 2011 (PITA), as a way of shoring up their revenue base and ensuring delivery of services to residents. The Lagos State Government, which has been a trail blazer, in this regard, recently stated that only about a third of the State’s taxable population pay taxes! Contrast
this with the United Kingdom, where about 60% of the adult population are tax compliant. There is a good reason to query how efficient our current processes are, if the most successful State is lagging so far behind. Therefore, there is the need for all the States to develop tax administration processes and employ efficient strategies in growing revenue from taxes, as an alternative source of revenue. The focus on taxes; with particular interest in Personal Income Tax (PIT), is defendable, as taxation remains an essential tool for socioeconomic development, and as noted above, a sure expectation. Suggested steps for achieving efficiency in tax administration processes There is an over-arching need for all the States to review their internal processes and current practices of tax administration in the respective States Board of Internal Revenue, with a view to driving optimality in operations and results. To achieve this objective, the following should be considered: i. Reform of tax administration processes and strengthening of public finance. Various donor agencies across the world seek to strengthen public finance among developing countries with a view to improving transparency, accountability and efficiency in operations and processes. The States can take advantage of these opportunities to enhance their operational efficiency and develop the technical competencies of the various tax authorities. For example, the World Bank’s State and Local Government Reform (SLOGOR), which is aimed at strengthening public institutions, can be accessed by the tax authorities to improve capacity development for the institutions in the areas of human capital, technology and data, and enhance operational efficiencies. However, the relevant compliance requirements to access funding for these reforms must be adhered to. ii. Introduction of tax amnesty for defaulting taxpayers to promote voluntary compliance The Nigeria tax laws empower tax authorities to review the records of companies and/ or individuals for up to six years (6), after submission of the relevant returns and beyond the six years limit in the case of fraud. These reviews seek to ensure the recovery of taxes under paid. Penalty and interests are levied on under payments (with the exception of the Companies Income Tax and Tertiary Education Tax; where penalty and interest may only be imposed where the assessed liability is not settled after two months of receipt of the assessment). The important point to note is that such reviews may only be instituted for companies and/ or indi-
viduals already in the tax authorities’ records! With Lagos having only a third of its taxable population paying taxes, there are a lot more companies and/ or individuals obviously out of the tax net and are continuously in default of compliance with the provisions of the relevant tax laws. In the face of the continuing default, the resultant penalty and interest imposed by the relevant provisions of the Nigeria tax laws for the default in compliance could be a discouraging factor for self-accounting for back duty taxes. There is therefore the need to institute Regulatory framework around tax amnesty in Nigeria. This will encourage companies and/ or individuals already in default to come out of their shells and offset back-duty taxes without fearing the imposition of penalties and interest. Though there is no guarantee that this will achieve the desired result; however research has shown that many countries have experienced significant success in this regard. iii. Improved taxpayers’ data base by the tax authorities. Taxpayers’ data play a vital role in determining the extent of collections from tax. Collaboration among agencies and organizations would address the challenge of paucity of data, as tax authorities can obtain data by working with these agencies and organizations e.g., National Identity Management Commission, motor licensing offices, Independent National Electoral Commission, commercial banks etc. Such collaboration would provide readily available information that will enhance the tax authorities’ data base on eligible taxpayers. iv. Introduction of technology in driving tax administration processes Technology-driven tax systems (i.e., for data collection, processing, issuance of tax assessments and
settlement of assessments), are very effective and efficient in the tax administration processes. Tax authorities should introduce technology in their processes for collation of data; by linking taxpayers data base e.g., bank verification number (BVN), national identification numbers etc., with their unique tax identification numbers. This will provide basic information on employment status, incomes of taxpayers etc. Tax authorities can also provide online platform that would allow submission of data by taxpayers for processing and issuance of the relevant tax assessments, while payments may also be linked to the taxpayers BVN. The above process would create ease for the taxpayers in obtaining and settling tax assessments. It would also provide comparable information to the tax authorities in reviewing the information submitted by the taxpayers. This would minimize human interactions and possible errors in the entire process. The Malaysian Tax Authority achieved a 57 hours reduction in the average time required for tax compliance by taxpayers, by merely automating its processes v. Increased awareness and sensitization of the informal sector Public enlightenment and sensitization play an important role in providing information on the advantages inherent in a process. Where successfully implemented, such campaigns could provide motivation for the target group to improve compliance with the provisions of the tax laws. The informal sector (artisans, craftsmen, traders, market men and women etc.) constitutes a large percentage of individuals not currently captured in the tax net. Campaigns on tax compliance requirements and the importance of tax revenue in delivering public good to residents,
would go a long way in promoting voluntary compliance and consequently an increase in tax collection from this group. Critical Success Factors for Achieving the Target Objective The following are some areas to consider in the drive for efficiency and effectiveness in tax administration in Nigeria: i. Accountability on the use of Public Funds There is an increased focus on accountability in the use of public funds. Proper record keeping plays a crucial role in achieving this. States Government/ tax authorities should make records on tax collections and its uses readily available to residents. This would promote transparency and openness and also ensure the general public appreciate the use of the taxes collected. This will, in turn, result in improved voluntary compliance as taxpayers can easily see the impact of their contributions to the development of the States. ii. Cost-benefit analysis The cost of reforming tax administration has to be evaluated vis-à-vis the expected benefits prior to taking a decision on an action plan. Given the scarcity of funds, there is an increased need to properly exercise professional judgment on the most efficient approach to achieving the set objectives. Such reviews will afford States the opportunity to examine available options, while also providing an optimal approach to achieving the desired objectives. This is important, as the informal sector mostly comprise individuals with low disposable income, and who may be subject to minimum tax of 1% on their annual gross income. It would therefore be irrational to expend a huge amount of funds to widen the tax net, where the expected returns would not match the cost.
Conclusion The reduction in the revenue from the Federation Account is no longer an excuse for the inability of States to deliver on the so-called dividends of democracy. Thus, achieving an alternative source of revenue to complement the oil revenue would boost the capacity of the States to meeting the needs of its residents. The implementation of an efficient and effective tax administration system is a sure tool for stimulating growth in the economy and ensuring improved tax collection. Also, an improved tax system, which is a measurement index on the global ease of doing business, will definitely serve as a catalyst for attracting foreign direct investments. Written by Isah Aruwa, Manager, Tax, Regulatory, and People Services and Nneka Okoro, Associate, Tax, Regulatory, and People Services, KPMG in Nigeria.
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B5 Insurance FY2015: Sovereign Trust, Staco Insurance record profit
L-R: Ugochi Odemelam, Executive Director, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc; Yetunde Martins, Company Secretary; Mr. Oluseun Ajayi, Chairman, and Mr. Olaotan Soyinka, Managing Director/CEO, at the 21st Annual General Meeting of the company held in Lagos recently.
Nigeria insurers eye technology to deepen penetration, acceptance Stories By Kayode Adelowokan As part of plan to increase insurance contribution to Nigeria’s GDP, deepen penetration and acceptance, insurance operators say they are considering adopting a uniform technology. Briefing insurance journalists at the end of the quarterly Insurers’ Committee meeting in Lagos, recently, the Head, Media and Publicity Sub-Committee, Mr. Oye Hassan Odukale, said that the plan will help the industry reduce cost. Odukale, mentioned that the industry is working with the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to achieve the feat.
Odukale, who is also the Managing Director of Leadway Assurance Plc, maintained that officers of NIBSS had made a presentation to the committee, of which they were happy about the initiative. He said the committee had mandated its information subcommittee to examine the initiative and advise the general body. He noted that the implementation of the initiative when adopted would help reduce the overheads of many insurance companies, adding that the initiative has helped the bankers in reducing and managing their overheads. Speaking on the proposed insurance rebranding project, the Media and Publicity Sub-Committee
Chairman said that the industry has agreed to kick start the project with effect from October 1st, 2016. He cleared that the project is a joint initiative of all the underwriting firms in the country, saying, each of the insurance firms is contributing towards the project. Stating that insurance operators are going to effectively use social media and radio to publicise the concept, he said the aim of the insurance rebranding was to increase insurance penetration, adoption and acceptance, thereby, erasing the negative perception some people have on insurance products and services. On Risk Based Supervision (RBS), he said it’s a work in prog-
ress that doesn’t happen overnight, as the regulator, that is, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and operators have to look at the framework together before proceeding to give a date to implement it. He stressed that the regulators want to ensure the RBS is done the right way in a bid to give credibility to the system. Also, the Vice Chairman, Sub Committee Publicity, Eberechukwu Nwanchukwu, said the committee is also working on improving customers’ relations, stressing that the committee believed the rebranding initiative being worked on by the industry can only be successful when customers are treated with high esteem.
Inspenonline rewards Sovereign Trust Insurance, others for deepening insurance, pension As part of effort to acknowledge individuals and companies who engaged in deepening insurance penetration and acceptance, thereby contributing to the growth of the insurance industry in the country, Inspenonline Media has awarded Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc as the Corporate Brand of the Year Award, while the award of Corporate Social Responsibility of the Year award went to Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc and Royal Exchange Plc. The Award ceremony, which took place at the 2015 Nigerian Insurance & Pension Awards organised by Inspenonline Media in Lagos, over the weekend, saw Mr.Val Ojumah, Managing Director of FBNInsurance Plc
winning awarded the 2015 Inspenonline Insurance Man of the Year. Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited also won the Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) of the Year award with Plum Insurance Brokers Limited winning home with the Insurance Broker of the Year award, while the Association of Registered Insurance Agents of Nigeria (ARIAN), for the second year in a row, won the Best Professional Group of the Year Award, with Excellence Award going to Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), on behalf of Lagos State Government. The Guest Speaker at the event, who is also the DirectorGeneral, Ondo State Pension
Commission, Mr. Jaiyeola Olowosuko, said the Group/Life Insurance that workers enjoy while in service can also be implemented after service to make the CPS more robust, by amending the pension scheme to include a medical and insurance, so that the insurance takes care of them in their old age at a premium already paid while in service. Proffering solutions to the challenges of the CPS, Olowosuko called on the Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) and the National Pension Commission (PenCom) and respective employees to ensure the perfection of documents which must start a year before retirement, while the necessary documentations
with PenCom should equally be done on time so that upon retirement, there is no delay for any retiree to access his or her pension entitlement. According to him, “The necessary clearance with various employee should be done a week before Retirement. We have seen instances where a worker’s Retirement Savings Account (RSAs) is robust and yet 3 to 6 months after retiring, the money is not accessed. This is not good for life after service (working).” He charged PFAs and PenCom to begin to think outside the box as well as partner with mortgage firms in a bid to build houses for contributors through their pension contributions.
Sovereign Trust Insurance (STI) Plc and Staco Insurance Plc have both posted profits in their 2015 financial year. The two firms, while disclosing their 2015 financial statements to the shareholders in Lagos over the weekend, promised to always make their respective companies profitable, irrespective of the harsh business operating environment in the country. On his part, Mr. Oluseun Ajayi, Chairman, Sovereign Trust said the insurer posted a Profit After Tax (PAT) of N582.21 million in 2015, adding that, in spite the tough operating terrain, it was able to sustain a considerable growth as the Net Profit increased by 97 per cent, moving from N294.94 million in 2014 to N582.21 million in 2015. This feat, he said, was traceable to several cost reduction mechanism adopted by the company in the course of the year. Stating that the firm experienced a slight fall in Gross Premium Written and Underwriting Profit, he linked this performance to the harsh operating terrain and policy uncertainty experienced in the country during the year. The firm’s gross premium written for the year stood at N7.13 billion; net underwriting income, N4.35 billion and claims settlement, N1.5 billion. STI, he pointed out, has deployed measures and strategies aimed at increasing income generation and positioning the brand for improved service delivery. In the same vein, Staco Insurance Plc recorded a Profit After Tax (PAT) of N84.32 profit in its 2015 financial year. Mr. Dere Otubu, Former Chairman, Staco Insurance, who stated this at the company’s AGM in Lagos, noted that its Gross Premium stood at N6.19 billion, while Net Premium earned was N4.68 billion and even as its Profit Before Tax (PBT) was N168.61 million. 2015, he pointed out, was full of challenges, which gave rise to a decrease in Revenue of 3.9 per cent from N5.96 billion in 2014 to N5.73 billion in 2015. Otubu pointed out that the firm’s underwriting results also decreased by 16.61 per cent, from N2.33 billion in 2014 to N1.94 billion in 2015 while Profit Before Tax fell by 54.72 per cent from N137.68 million to N62.34 million in 2015. However, the firm equally announced the appointed of Turoti Samuel as the new chairman.
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Stock market last week APGC appoints Joy Ogaji as pioneer Executive Secretary NSE trades 1.4b shares worth N10.7 billion in bearish week The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has reported a turnover of 1.361 billion shares worth N10.711 billion during last week’s equities transactions. According to the local bourse’s weekly report, these transactions were carried out in 16,070 deals on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.185 billion shares valued at N13.033 billion that exchanged hands previous week in 18,548 deals. Furthermore, lead indicators of the NSE; The All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.65 percent to close the week at 27,246.88 basis points and N9.358 trillion respectively. The report also noted that all other Indices finished lower during the week, with the exception of the NSE Industrial Goods Index that gained 0.66 percent on account of a 4.16 percent or N2.13 increase in the stocks of Lafarge Africa Plc that closed at N53.28 per share, while the NSE ASeM Index closed flat. Eighteen other equities appreciated in price during the week, lower than twenty-two equities of the previous week. Thirtyeight equities depreciated in
price, lower than forty equities of the previous week, while one hundred and twenty four equities remained unchanged higher than one hundred and eighteen equities recorded in the preceding week. Trading in the Top Three Equities last week were: Wapic Insurance Plc, FBN Holdings Plc and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (measured by volume) accounting for 666.721 million shares worth N5.064 billion in 3,205 deals, contributing 48.99 percent and 47.27 percent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively. The Financial Services Industry (measured by volume) led the activity chart with 1.237 billion shares valued at N7.913 billion traded in 9,544 deals; thus contributing 90.87 percent and 73.88 percent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively. The Conglomerates Industry followed with 46.182 million shares worth N77.192 million in 637 deals. The third place was occupied by the Consumer Goods Industry with a turnover of 38.102 million shares worth N1.372 billion in 2,907 deals.
The Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC) has announced the appointment of Dr (Mrs) Joy Ogaji as its pioneer Executive Secretary. APGC is a non-profit and non-political organization formed to provide a platform to discuss issues of common interest relevant to the Nigerian Electricity Generation Industry, and proffer sustainable solutions to sector challenges in the best interest of all stakeholders. APGC include all the thermal, gas, renewable sources and hydro power generating companies in Nigeria. Dr Ogaji is a legal practitioner with over 15 years of progressive managerial ex-
perience in various aspects of commercial/corporate law such as Power/Energy, Oil and Gas, Property and Regulatory matters. Dr Ogaji practised commercial and corporate law both in Nigeria and in England and Wales. Prior to her appointment as the Executive Secretary for APGC, she was the Head of the Regulatory and Transaction Monitoring Unit of the Presidential Taskforce on Power as well as the legal adviser. She has relevant power sector experience having worked with the various agencies through the pre and post privatisation period of the power sector reform. Dr Ogaji holds a first degree in law (LLB) from the Rivers
State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt; a Bachelor’s degree in Law (BL) from the Nigerian Law School; a Master degree in Environmental law (LLM) from De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Her doctorate degree (PhD) from Warwick University, UK focused on the Viability of Applying Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Processes in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. Dr Ogaji belongs to a number of professional bodies such as the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (Nigeria), the Law Society of England and Wales (UK), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Mediation Beyond Borders (MBB) UK.
Summary of activities on NSE ASI
27,246.88
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2,978.00
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190,678,565.00
VALUE
1,328,100,831.61
CAP
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Stories by Afolabi Adesola Months after its re-acquisition from Tiger Branded Consumers Goods, Dangote Flour Mills have returned to profitability, posting a profit before tax (PBT) of N2.64 billion in the half year ended June 30, 2016, compared to a loss of N9.55 billion posted at the corresponding period in 2015. Dangote Flour Mills consist of Dangote Flour, Dangote Pasta, and Dangote Noodles. According to the half year report of the company released on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the Flour milling group recorded a gross profit of N14.03 billion in the period while profit from operating activities rose to N8.47 billion. The financial performance is heartwarming given that the
Ilupeju Business Manager, Sterling Bank Plc, Kemi Wilkey; President, Cooperative Society, Hogg Robinson Nigeria, Festus Okiya; Business Executive, Ikeja, Sterling Bank Plc, Eniola Obe and Relationship Officer, Sterling Bank Plc, Mojisola Ewarawon at the presentation of Cheque to Hogg Robinson Cooperative Society in the on-going Sterling Plus Cash Reward Promo held recently in Lagos.. at the weekend.
Dangote Flour returns to profitability after take over Dangote Flour Mills recorded losses in the past. It was sold to Tiger Brands but later reacquired and re-positioned for good results. Having reacquired the flour mills, the new board and management started a restructuring process which included the reopening of the closed Dangote Flour Mills, Kano. Chairman, Dangote Flour Mills Plc, Ighodalo Asue speaking on the repositioning said “We bought back Dangote Flour Mill from Tiger Branded and
by this move, it means we have a stronger, better sophisticated and more focused Dangote Flour Mills. “Since the takeover, we have taken a lot steps to reposition the company through expansion to drive growth. We are also using this medium to restate our commitment to increasing our shareholders value and our dear customers.” Let me assure you that we will continue to invest in the State and other parts of the country and even beyond the country,
because we believe in job and wealth creation. It is our hope that our return to Kano will create more job opportunities and impact positively on the economy of the State. “I will like to commend Aliko Dangote for his investment in Dangote Flour Mills, a few months ago when Tiger Branded Company was going to leave the country, it appears that the fate of the company was in jeopardy, but Aliko Dangote’s decision to buy back the company has saved the jobs of about 3000 employees
and the shares of over a million shareholders. More importantly, the multiplier effect of his investment in the country is immeasurable”, he said. Group Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Flour Mills, Thabo Mabe said the return to profitability follows several strategies adopted by the company to increase market share and create value for shareholders. He said that the flour mill is driven by the vision of putting its products on the table of every Nigerian.
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Ajaokuta, Itakpe new deal done without business plan – Lawyer The recent agreement the Federal Government entered to reclaim Ajaokuta Steel Industry and hand over Nigeria Iron Ore Mining Company, NIOMCO to Global Steel Holding Limited, GSHL is said to be without any business plan. Human Right Activist, a Lawyer and a Social Enterprenuer Natasha Akpoti in this interview revealed why GSHL is unworthy of the new deal and why the original builders of plant should called back. OPEOLUWANI AKINTAYO reports
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The new agreement between Federal Government and Global Steel Holdings Limited was meant to put the steel industry back on track, wasn’t it? The agreement in view and the view of most Nigerians is like taking one step forward and two steps backward. So in way it is a retrogressive agreement but the bright side is that we could say for once in eight years, Ajaokuta is free. That means it is off the hostage of the agreement that it has been entrap in the past eight years by the Indians and it now belongs to the Federal Government and the government can invest or seek investors to invest in Ajaokuta. But on the retrogressive part,
I think it is quite disdainful that it is the same company that late President Yar’Adua terminated their concession. So I wonder why Nigeria would actually reengaged the Indians on the same grounds whereby we have clear proof that there was fraud and mismanagement of resources. So are we expecting something different? And we know that a leopard rarely changes its spot. I am quite hopeful and prayerful that somehow the Minister will be able to convince us that he has been able to negotiate a better package for Nigerian. Before re-negotiating, was there any clear business plan? One would have expected that a government that preaches transparency, due diligence and
accountability, to do things the right way but here we have Nigeria signing on with Global Infrastructure Steel Limited, GISL Itakpe without a business plan. They are about just now to start drafting a business plan for the iron ore company. What if the business plan they are going draft in 105 days does not fall in line with our need for diversification? We have to save Ajaokuta. Let us not forget that Ajaokuta is nothing without Itakpe and Itakpe is actually where the iron ore is. Ajaokuta was actually created because of Itakpe. So if Nigerians is going to give the most important part which is the battery life of Nigeria’s iron and steel industry to people who are known worldwide for fraud, what do we expect from them? One of the ways we could avert them holding us to ransom is to ask and demand for transparency over the terms and condition which was entered into because right now nobody has seen the agreement. The minister does not even have a one-year plan for Itakpe. This means Itakpe was given back to the Indians without a business plan. But the Vice president, Minister and the Ministry of Justice were present; could they not have cut a better deal for the country? I cannot say whether that is the best case but what I do know on the face is that it was clearly a weak negotiation. Nigeria should not have succumbed to that because at the end of the day what was the essence of wasting eight years if we know that we were going back to the same people? When you asked whether or not the terms were negotiated in favour of Nigerians, I will like to say that the Indians are to be held responsible for the economic loss of the eight years that was wasted producing nothing. Let me explain this. Ajaokuta and Itakpe were held down for eight years and we are giving them back on the same terms. Who is going to pay for the years it deteriorated? I have seen the terms and the only difference is the concessionary fee that they are going to pay Nigeria which
was increase from three percent to four percent. This is after giving them the whole resources, and after the second year of operation that is when they will begin to pay Nigeria four percent after royalty and taxes. That’s it! So it is practically the same. Like I said it will be interesting for the minister to speak up, let everybody know what they are tied to. It is our common resource; such agreement should not be held to the detriment of Nigerians in darkness. Talking about what I will like to see in the agreement is that the Indians or somebody should be held accountable for dragging Nigeria into this mess in the first place. There is no accountability, people are silent on that and there is somebody that should be held accountable and he is not just a ghost. Secondly, I will like to see who is going to be held accountable for the deteriorated state because Ajaokuta and Itakpe was shut down and we all know that technology deteriorate with age. Who is going to pay for the economic lose? If Ajaokuta and Itakpe was producing for the eight years that it was tied down, that means Nigerian lost billions of naira for eight years Does the current agreement not take care of it? No! I saw the previous one which was supposed to been sign in 2004 and it wasn’t and I tell you it is not much difference. Nobody is been held accountable for the economic lose and the deterioration of assets. But it was in arbitration, wasn’t it? Even if it was in arbitration, I expected Nigerian lawyers, our SAN to have stood up and ask. I am a lawyer and I take part of the blame. Why didn’t we the so called human right activist put counter claims against the Indians? It is wrong for Nigerians to sit back and watch a foreign company hold our natural resource hostage for eight years. No country would have allowed this. What would have happened in arbitration? If I had taken it up myself, what I would have done was to counter sue on behalf of Nigerians, on
behalf of the host communities. That would have been a case of economic crime, suing the Indians for economic crimes, asset stripping. That is one thing that would have happened. Many Nigerians do not know that there is a particular right that they have over their national assets which supersede every international agreement. There is a United Nation declaration which vest on the indigenous people of Nigeria the right to enjoy their natural resource and no international law or whatsoever can deprive Nigeria from that and Nigerians have been deprive for eight years. But people do not read broadly to understand their right and they forget that the freedom we all seek is written in books. I just discovered this three months ago that there was actually such a privilege. I was with a certain professor who heads the United Nations Committee on International Business Law. He said: “Why are Nigerians quiet over this? How could you seat down? Do you have lawyers that actually folded their arms to watch Nigeria assets being held hostage by arbitration? No country would have done that and not even a prominent Indian company! But arbitration is give-andtake? Laws are manmade and are not final and I most state this clearly that most of the laws that governor international transaction were not done in favour of the black race, it is true, it is a fact. We forget the fact that laws are dynamic, humans can change law that is why you see every now and then there are amendments. I thought that this would have been ‘Local Classical’ if Nigerians had pushed on and approached the international court of arbitration that tell them that our people are suffering, and these assets are vital and more over we have clear proof that this company has engaged in fraudulent malpractice not only in Nigeria but in other countries like Bulgaria, Libya even in Indian, this company has been banned from operating so why are we opening ourselves to them. If we put our case forward, I believe the International Court of Arbitration will sit back and revaluate it and this would have been an opportunity for Nigeria to set precedent for every other country who have had it asset manipulated and trampled upon by powerful countries. The Minister said there is going to be an open bid for Ajaokuta, what is your take? Nigeria is a country of high political grounds because today something is said and tomorrow someone counters it.
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Bukas and Joints producer ...Relocating back to Nigeria, boldest step I ever took
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said, ‘okay, can you start making food before I come?’ And I really wanted to impress her with my cooking skills, so I made this ‘amala’ and the nut in it was embarrassingly big. It’s part of the reason I’m not a big fan of ‘amala’ till today. I was so scared and had to hide it and made the second one. Luckily, I made the second one before my mom came back. And I had to hide the first one under the drawer praying that nobody would see it. So, one day my mother was in the kitchen and saw it. She screamed, “what is this?” And I feigned ignorance of what it was. But she was like somebody in this house knows what this is. Then I had to confess to her what happened the day I made ‘amala’. That was my biggest cooking blunder- it was while trying to make ‘amala’ at age 13.
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Biola Alabi is a media person who has paid her dues as far as corporate business is concerned in Nigeria especially where media issue is concerned. Her latest effort is a 30-minute food adventure TV show, Bukas and Joints which came to existence in March this year with the second season, due to popular demand now be air. Debonair media entrepreneur and the show’s executive producer, Alabi, chose a riveting character, Olisa Adibua to project the essencial Pan African show. In this interview with AJIBADE ALABI, he speaks about her staggering passion for food, the show and family. Excerpts: How exactly did you conceive the novel idea of Bukas and Joints, the food adventure TV show?
I always tell people that you’ve got to draw on your experience, and one of the things for me is that growing up, I always loved street foods. I love ‘akara’ especially on Ibadan expressway; I love puff-puff even till today. I’ve been able to shed most of my love for street foods but now my love for puff-puff. I love groundnut too. I grew up actually loving these foods and every time I would try to explain it to people whenever I travel so that people can understand it. And I really wanted us to do something whereby we show people what our food is. I love Asian foods- I lived in Asia, United States and Europe. I love the foods I ate. They could easily show me their foods, they could share their foods with me but we also create something that can be sharable, that we can showcase and almost rediscover appreciation for our foods and the specialties in what we eat.
Aside watching the host of the show, Olisa Adibua, do the food sampling across the country, does it not bother you that people don’t get to see and learn how these meals are prepared? One of the things we did is that in the beginning, we really wanted to introduce the food, but we’ve now taken feedbacks from the audience. People really gave us a lot of feedbacks on the social media; they say they want to learn how to prepare those meals. In some but not all of the episodes, Olisa actually learnt how to make some foods- you’d see Olisa in the kitchen cooking, hopefully we would be able to do that slowly but certainly. Part of it is also educating the patrons of the place. As a culture, we’re not really that open, so it also has been educative for people to let us into their kitchens. And that’s also something we’re working with owners and patrons of these restaurants.
There had been some food shows previously, although not with the same focus as yours…
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But I think this is the first travel docu-series and I think that is what makes it different because Olisa is not stagnant in one place. Olisa is going from neighborhood to neighborhood and he is telling you about these neighborhoods. He tells you about Surulere, he shows you Surulere life, people from Surulere come and bring him to their joints. I mean I think that’s a different connection to the food so it’s not really just instructional, it’s actually experiential and so you are experiencing it with him and literarily what happens after every episode, we get flooded with calls to say where is this place, I didn’t hear Olisa say the location, I want to go there. People want to go to that place, so I mean I think that’s the difference, so when you look at cooking shows. We’re actually a travel docu food show, so it’s really more of the movement from place to place and this season you’ll see Olisa really go into the neighborhood and spend a day in
Entertainment Correspondent Mutiat Alli
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What in your past spurred your interest in cooking?
the neighborhood. So, he’ll start from, like he’ll start with breakfast or lunch or dinner in Ikeja, he’ll go to Ilupeju, he goes to Surulere he goes to Ibadan and then he actually goes to London to see what Nigerians are eating . So, I think that’s the whole point of the show, so you’ll see more and more of that as the season goes on.
I’m the eldest of my siblings and as the eldest I was always baby-sitting and responsible for my brothers and sisters. So, at some point you’d start making something for the kids to eat. I really enjoy cooking. I’m probably more into baking than anything else. I love baking and my team would tell you that almost every Monday, I bring something to the office.
What suggests your choice of Olisa as the man to work with? I’ve worked with Olisa before on Glo Naija sings and I always loved his projection and I really wanted it to be someone I knew. Olisa enjoyed Nigerian food, I know Olisa eats Nigerian food, like Yoruba people always say, ‘kii se omo ale’ (he’s a true son of his father). But you know I knew he enjoyed food but I also knew he would be up for an adventure. I think that’s really what you want, you want someone with an adventurous spirit because we are tasting different things; last season we had snake, this season we have some other surprises for you. So I mean I thought Olisa embodies those things, I thought Olisa was also someone that could showcase the food very well and also make people comfortable.
Are you going to start ‘Buka and Joints’ with this? I might do that one day and I’ve told my husband of my intention to pursue it. The day I decide to open a restaurant, he should be ready for that.
What’s been the proudest decision you ever made? It’s relocating back home. I have no regrets moving back home. Why did you make that decision
when you already had a towering career?
Did you choose him after observing his looks as somebody that is well fed so he can actually talk about food?
I just told you I moved back home, is there anywhere that is like home? No place like home and that was why I moved back.
I think it’s important to have someone that enjoys food talking about food and people can truly believe what they say about foods. Olisa is a very affable guy and he’s a lot of fun to be around and I think people would like to go places with him. He’s taking you on a journey and you want to believe this is a guy you can hang out with when you get to this place. And that’s pretty much the character we’re looking for.
What do you do to keep your radiance in complexion and overall look? It’s the grace of God, working and doing what you love and smiling as much as you can. Yes, you have to eat well too, exercise sometime, not all the time and not too much.
Where do you like to spend your holidays?
How are you funding the show in this era of drought of adverts especially because the restaurants and joints Olisa visits don’t pay for the exposure the show gives them? It’s very challenging, but we’re very committed to changing the African narratives. For those of you who had known me, we’ve been having this kind of interviews for the last seven years now. And you know I’m very passionate about changing the African narratives, Nigerian narratives and those are commitments and investments we make. They are part of investments we’re making today in making people understand African and Nigerian foods. We know if we do this today, it would pay off- part of it is also the type of contents we’re putting out there that are global standard. And also that as we go out there everyday, people see the show and they know that these people are not playing around. So, how do we continue to finance the show? We find ways by also trying to find investors, partners and sponsors who will be investing in what we believe in.
Which has been your most terrific cooking blunder?
Well, I travel a lot for work, a lot of times I actually like to be home and see my family, but if I do travel on a holiday, I’d probably go Los Angeles because of an Italian restaurant- I love Italian foods.
We know if we do this today, it would pay offpart of it is also the type of contents we’re putting out there that are global standard. And also that as we go out there everyday, people see the show and they know that these people are not playing around.
My most elaborate blunder would be when I was 13. My mother was coming and on her way home she
Society Correspondent Abimbola Obatayo
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Graphics Daniel Ekiye
Have you learnt any new food on ‘Bukas and Joints’? I have seen some episodes where they did some interesting stuffs with plantain and I love plantain. So, I’m going to be sneaking in some of those things into my recipes.
How seriously do you engage the ‘Bukas and Joints’ on health and hygiene? You’d actually be amazed about how health conscious many of the owners of these restaurants. Don’t worry, you’d start to see some really interesting stuffs this episode where people are putting a new twist on Nigerian foods and making them a lot healthier.
Do you have any of your kids typically taking after you? No, there’s none of them taking after me. I like people to have their independent minds. That’s really what we encourage.
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Top fashion designer, Uche buries dad in style Top fashion designer, Uche Ibezue, and her siblings recently gave their dad a ground-swelling burial. The event took place at the sleepy town of Indi-Imaga, in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, which top politicians, captains of industry in attendance at the ceremony. Ibezue, who is described as creative and cosmopolitan has consciously and consistently built her fashion house, O’Mark Designs to fame. Over the years, Ibezue had been going round the world to showcase her works, while also encouraging youths who are interested in the business through African Arts and Fashion Initiatives founded by Princess Fifi Efindu.
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Robert Mbonu launches risk mgt institute Robert Mbonu is a formidable player in the banking industry, and a man that cannot be wished away in the Nigerian finance sector. His newly established risk management consulting and advisory firm (RMCIR) is conducting a risk management training and seminar in conjunction with the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), United Kingdom (UK), for 200 managers of Heritage Bank.
Heritage Bank is thus taking the lead to ensure that a well enshrined risk culture permeates the entire organisation. The IRM is the world’s leading enterprise-wide risk management education institute. Robert Mbonu
Omolola Odeniyi takes to protection of girl-child Several organisations in the country have taken it upon themselves to protect the rights of the girl child and Hearts Connect Initiative is not left out of this campaign. One of such, led by Omolola Odeniyi, had a peace walk recently which started from Ikotun Area in Alimosho round about its axis, educating market women as well as passers-by on the importance and protection of the girl-child. The girl-child has a right to quality education, Omotola said at the event. Hear her, “The girl child has a right to a quality education, she needs to be empowered with the right skills to succeed and the fundamental human rights of the girl child should not be trampled on with impunity. “With same passion and energy, we walked our way to the main Ikotun market in good time and it wasn’t long before we entered into a conversation with a bread seller who advocated strongly for Female Genital Mutilation, it was actually difficult to pass on the message to her as she said that the practice has been on a long generational course and that it’s good especially because it reduces chances of contacting the deadly HIV!! From our
little conversation, it is obvious that a lot more needs to be done to change the mindset of those causing harm directly or indirectly,” she said. The walk had over 100 volunteers who saw it as a responsibility to speak up for the girl-child in the society. Omolola, together with the volunteers, passionately spoke on the essence of the campaign with emphasis on rape, Female Genital Mutilation, sexual harassment, girl-child education and so forth. They enlightened people on the
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records of Gender-Based Violence and rippling effect it births in the lives of the victims and in like manner handed stickers which carried their signature message. Hearts Connect Initiative is a nonprofit organisation which aims to educate and raise community peacekeepers to concentrate on resolving community disputes and gender based violence matters therefore relieving humanity. It was birthed on the June 16, 2015 and ever since.
Abimbola Obatayo
Olamijuwon Akala
Olamijuwon Alao-Akala quits bachelorhood Many have known him to be a man about town but that was when he was a bachelor, but now that he’s married, Olamijuwon Akala, is son of former flamboyant governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala is now reveling in a blissful marriage to his wife and daughter of billionaire industrialist, Alhaji Rasaq Okoya. Back in the days, Olamijuwon used to rock with many hip-hop stars like Wizkid, Dr. Sid and the likes. Now he has found solace in the real essence of marriage and he no longer patronises nightclubs. ‘Juwon’s lifestyle has been reshaped to reflect that of a man who’s responsible and respected by his wife.
BOOM FM Nigeria debuts online From the stable of Wale Adeoba Productions Incorporated, a new onestop, easy listening online radio that is positioned to turn you on has just been launched for unending pleasures basically for the targeted audience home and abroad. It is called BOOM FM NIGERIA. We gathered that the online radio focuses primarily on delivering interactive good live programmes, exceptional interviews and playing all genres of popular musics as determined by the top music chart all around the world. The management team of BOOM FM NIGERIA is biased about doing business on radio and doing something good to forge a new business relationship between them and their numerous listeners and clients. President/CEO of BOOM FM NIGERIA, Mr. Wale Adeoba, popularly known as Mr. Packaging in the entertainment industry,
squealed that ‘We are not just another online radio…we are simply the bridge to provide a unique opportunities for Nigerians to take leadership role in whatever they are doing through our entertaining and educating platform’. We are well positioned to our target audiences’ best most innovative and inspiring brands in responsible platform to create a positive impact and live up to their dreams through us,” he emphasised. BOOM FM NIGERIA that was officially launched on Monday, August 8, 2016. It was aimed to unite stars in movies, music, comedy and all facet of life made up of present-day and the rest of the show-business including YOU! In other to make listening on BOOM FM NIGERIA more fun, the management has created a simple click on application on any android playstore to down load the direct link to BOOM FM Nigeria.
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Oluwapelumi Babatunde
sleep
Reasons you’re always tired even if you’ve got enough Feeling tired all the time can considerably lower our quality of life, stopping us from enjoying day-to-day moments and resulting in feeling moody and irritable. If you’re wondering why you are still suffering from tiredness despite getting a full-night’s sleep, then here are some possible reasons that could explain it.
adjusting your diet can help with both stress and depression as well as relaxation methods such as mediation. It’s really important to take care of your mind together with your body as emotional stress can affect both equally.
Blood sugar imbalance
Not enough exercise We spend a lot of time at our jobs and if that means sitting at a desk for nearly 8 hours that’s a lot of time sitting down. Having a sedentary lifestyle can affect our body and mind in more ways than we imagine. It’s not just unhealthy in terms of putting on weight but being sedentary causes you to actually feel more tired and sluggish. It can also affect your sleep because your body hasn’t expelled enough energy to produce the quality sleep you need. You may think establishing an exercise routine will just add tiredness and fatigue to your day but taking up some form of exercise rejuvenates
the body promoting better quality sleep. Whether it’s in the morning, during your lunch break or in the evening, a good daily workout will increase your body’s need for sleep in a productive and natural way.
Dehydration Dehydration contributes greatly to feeling tired. Many people are unaware of how little water they drink throughout the day because they spend their liquid intake on sugared drinks and caffeine that aren’t as beneficial as water. Dehydration has a detrimental effect on our body. Our organs don’t work as efficiently due to the heart sending oxygen
at a much slower pace resulting in tiredness and feelings of exhaustion. Make sure you drink 8-10 glasses a day avoiding sugary drinks as these can cause unneeded energy dips. Since our brain is made up of 85% water, it goes to show just how essential maintaining hydration is for optimum sleep quality. Increasing your daily intake should help keep your energy up for longer during the day and allow your brain to work at its best during the night so your tiredness is lessened all-round.
Having a poor diet Having a poor diet can really affect how you feel throughout the
day. If you find yourself reaching for the high-fat or high-carb foods then these could be causing you to feel more tired than you should. Eating a healthy, balanced diet can make a huge difference to our mind and body and using nutrition to combat exhaustion could be the key. There are many foods that promote long, lasting energy including iron-rich red meat, whole grains, nuts, green leafy vegetables and dried fruit. It’s important to get a varied diet that’s low in sugar and high in fibre and good-energy nutrients. Eating a healthy breakfast to start the day is essential to combat tiredness. Without breakfast our body goes through a long period of starvation and causes the body to use up its energy resources all the more quickly. So make time for a healthy, energy-rich breakfast like porridge, eggs, whole meal toast or sugar-free cereals to give yourself a boost.
Depression or stress Another cause for tiredness could be depression or underlying stress. Sometimes we don’t always realize that we are suffering from these conditions and we only see the signs as feeling fatigued and lacklustred and therefore low motivation. Maybe consider if there is something underlying that may be causing you to feel this way. Is there something that’s causing you more stress than you realize? Have you been feeling low and emotional? They could all be perfectly normal but if these feelings are prolonged then it might be wise to consider speaking to someone. Taking up exercise and
Leading on from the type of diet you have, a blood sugar imbalance could be a cause of your lack of energy. Blood sugar levels can become imbalanced over time due to the type of diet you have. If you are eating a lot of processed foods or foods high in sugar then you may experience regular sugar crashes throughout the day. If this is the case then it’s important to decrease the amount of refined sugar in your diet to level out your blood sugar. This may mean eliminating refined sugar altogether – sugar from fruit is a lot healthier so avoiding these isn’t as necessary but if you feel you have a tendency to have a sweet-tooth then consider laying off the sugar for a while to see if it makes a difference.
Underlying problems
medical
If you think that your diet is healthy, you drink plenty of water, you have no real causes of stress and you exercise regularly but still suffer from tiredness then there could be an underlying medical condition that needs to be addressed. There are many different causes of extreme fatigue such as anemia where your red blood cells have trouble making hemoglobin which is responsible for carrying oxygen around the body. Other conditions could be chronic fatigue syndrome, sleep apnea, an underactive thyroid, glandular fever and many more. You mustn’t ever self-diagnose yourself so it’s important to go and see your doctor to discuss any worries that you may have. So remember that although you are getting the right amount of sleeping hours, it’s the quality of these hours that are key to eliminating fatigue and exhaustion during the day. Adjusting your lifestyle can benefit you greatly so try making a few changes and see how much of a difference it makes over the next few weeks.
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Nutrition
Oluwapelumi Babatunde
Health benefits of Milk does your body good. That’s what the commercial has said for years. However, have you ever really sat down and thought about what milk actually does for your body? Well, it’s time you did. Finding out the health benefits of milk might actually have you drinking more of this good stuff each day. Here you go:
1. It gives you an amazing soft, and glowing, all thanks complexion: Cleopatra knew what she was doing when she took baths in milk. Milk helps to keep your skin supple,
to the many vitamins and nutrients that are essential to skin health. We’re not saying you need to fill a tub with milk
and relax, but drinking at least two glasses per day will provide you with this benefit. 2. It aids strong teeth: Milk is the best source for calcium, and that’s exactly what your teeth need. In addition, milk helps prevent cavities and tooth decay. The calcium can only be absorbed by your body when vitamin D is around, so make sure that the milk you drink is fortified with vitamin D.
3. Provides healthy bones: It’s true that kids need to drink milk to increase bone health, in order to improve proper growth. It’s also true, however, that adults can benefit from drinking milk to help keep their bones strong, which will reduce the risk of developing osteoporosis. Again, this benefit comes from calcium found in milk, and your body does need vitamin D to absorb the calcium. 4. It aids muscle growth: Milk is also great at improving muscle growth. This is due to the protein found in milk. Many athletes drink milk following a workout, as it provides the body essential nutrients needed to recover. In addition, milk helps to prevent muscles soreness and replenishes the fluids that were lost during physical activity. 5. It assists to lose weight: It has been proven that women who drink milk daily are more likely to lose weight than women who do not drink milk. If you’re in search of a healthy snack, or fulfilling appetizer, drink a glass of milk. It’s also recommended that you have a glass during dinner or when eating fruit. 6. It reduces stress: It can work as a stress reliever owing to all the vitamins and minerals contained in milk. After a long, hard day at the office, sit down and drink a warm glass of milk. This helps to relieve muscle tension and soothe your nerves. 7. It alleviates PMS (Pre Menstrual Syndrome) symptoms: Many women suffer from PMS symptoms. Milk has been proved to relax the body and reduce the negative effects that women experience during their menstrual cycle.
8. It boosts energy: Milk is great for many things, but did you know it’s also great for boosting your energy? When you’re struggling to get through the day and you need a little pick-me-up, reach for an ice cold glass of milk. You will feel revitalized in no time. 9. Heartburn eliminator: There are many foods that contain acids that cause people to experience heartburn. One of the simplest ways to alleviate this pain is drinking a glass of milk. The cooling sensation and the thick consistency of milk help to coat the esophagus and stomach lining to prevent heartburn. 10. It also serves as a disease fighter: Over the last few decades, researchers have found that milk helps prevent many different diseases. This includes its ability to help lower high blood pressure and reduce the risk of strokes. In addition, milk has the ability to reduce the production of cholesterol by your liver, and helps improve eyesight. There are some researchers who believe that milk can also reduce the risk of developing certain forms of cancer. Now that you know that there are way more benefits to drinking milk than you thought, you might be wondering if it matters what kind you drink. The short answer is no. You can choose skim milk, low fat milk, 2% or whole milk. All will provide the same benefits, just with different levels of fat and calories. So what are you waiting for? Go get a tall glass of milk and take advantage of milk’s amazing benefits.
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‘S3/E4 - Chapter 30’. Kevin Spacey stars as the ruthless politician Frank Underwood in this multiple Emmy award winning drama. Claire Underwood struggles to salvage her Mideast peace plan in this episode.
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A has-been divorcé basketball coach is asked to run the local high school girls basketball team. He finds an unexpected chance to get back on his feet again. Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry, Sam Rockwell. (2009) James C. Strouse.
120 BBC Entertainment
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00:05 New Tricks 01:00 The Cube 01:50 Come Dine With Me 02:40 Downton Abbey 03:30 EastEnders 01:10 The Imposter 03:00 The Double 05:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 06:00 Modern Family 06:30 Blue Bloods 07:30 The Fixer 08:30 Moms’ Night Out 10:30 2 Broke Girls 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 12:00 MasterChef Australia 13:00 Nashville 14:00 Arrow 15:00 Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 16:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 17:00 The Goldbergs 17:30 MasterChef Australia 18:30 Grey’s Anatomy 19:30 Mysteries Of Laura 20:30 Elementary 21:30 Carte Blanche 22:30 A Good Marriage 23:04 Strike Back 22:30 Mob City 23:00 Strike Back 23:50 Rome
04:00 EastEnders 00:30 The Impostor 01:20 The Impostor 02:10 The Impostor 03:00 The Impostor 03:50 The Impostor 05:20 The Del Monte Dynasty 06:10 Labour Of Love 07:00 Part Of Me 07:50 Queen Of Hearts 08:40 The Impostor 09:30 Forbidden Passions 10:20 Labour Of Love 11:10 Part Of Me 12:00 Queen Of Hearts 12:50 The Impostor 13:40 Forbidden Passions 14:30 Labour Of Love 15:20 Part Of Me 16:10 Queen Of Hearts 17:00 The Impostor 17:50 Forbidden Passions 18:40 Labour Of Love 19:30 Part Of Me 20:20 Queen Of Hearts 21:10 The Impostor 22:00 Forbidden Passions 22:50 Labour Of Love 23:05 Would I Lie To You?
04:30 EastEnders 05:00 Spy 05:25 QI 00:45 Perils Of The Sentimental Swordsman
06:00 The Thin Blue Line 06:30 EastEnders 07:00 Antiques Roadshow
16:30 Deal Or No Deal
02:15 Most Shocking
08:00 The Weakest Link
17:10 The Cube
03:10 Most Shocking
08:50 The Chase
18:05 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
04:05 Exposed
19:00 Celebrity MasterChef
05:00 Criss Angel Mindfreak
20:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA
05:25 Exposed
21:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA
05:50 Exposed
21:50 The Graham Norton Show
06:15 Video Zonkers
22:45 Would I Lie To You?
06:40 Repo Games
23:45 Tanked
07:10 World’s Wildest Police Videos
09:35 Total Wipeout UK 10:30 The Cube 11:20 New Tricks 12:20 Top Gear 13:10 Come Dine With Me 14:10 Total Wipeout UK 15:10 The Weakest Link 16:00 EastEnders
155 AfricaMagic World
00:05 President For A Day 01:10 Sequence 02:00 Jara 02:30 Jara 03:00 Good Morning Africa 04:05 53 Extra
08:10 Disorderly Conduct: Video On Patrol 09:10 South Beach Tow 09:40 Most Shocking 10:40 Most Shocking 11:40 Video Zonkers 12:10 Repo Games 12:40 World’s Wildest Police Videos
154 AfricaMagic Family 04:50 Perfect Union 06:00 Good Morning Africa 07:00 Star Gist 07:25 Vanity’s Last Game 08:30 Living With Trisha 09:25 The African Child 10:00 Good Morning Africa 11:00 Tinsel 11:30 Star Gist 12:00 Music Block 13:00 At Home With Joselyn Dumas 14:00 Prem 14:30 Goge Africa 15:00 Family Ties 15:30 At Home With Michelle Attoh 16:30 Living With Trisha 17:30 Comfort Zone 18:00 Meet The Adebanjos
04:30 Exposed
13:40 Disorderly Conduct: Video On Patrol 14:40 South Beach Tow 15:10 Exposed 01:00 Series TBA 02:30 Good Morning Africa 03:30 Good Morning Africa 04:30 Prem 05:00 Good Morning Africa 06:00 My Good Will 09:00 Good Morning Africa 10:00 So Wrong So Wright 10:30 So Wrong So Wright 11:00 Lies That Bind 11:30 Lies That Bind 12:00 Jara 12:30 Jara 13:00 Series TBA 14:00 53 Extra
14:30 53 Extra 15:00 Kakibe Ki 15:30 Noose Of Gold 16:00 Foot Print 16:30 Lies That Bind 17:00 Lies That Bind 17:30 Star Gist 18:00 Star Gist 18:30 Star Gist 19:00 Prem 19:25 So Wrong So Wright 20:00 Secret Adventure 22:40 Series TBA 22:55 Series TBA 23:45 Why Stop Now? 18:30 So Wrong So Wright
15:40 Criss Angel Mindfreak 16:10 1000 Ways To Die 16:40 Video Zonkers 17:05 Repo Games 17:30 World’s Wildest Police Videos 18:30 South Beach Tow 19:00 Disorderly Conduct: Video On Patrol 20:00 Max Knight: Ultra Spy 21:30 Poorman’s Bikini Beach 22:00 Kenny vs Spenny 22:30 Tool Academy