28 NIgerian 13Tribune August. 20t2
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MMUNITY NEWS
Blackout in Dorin, others as PHCN workers go on strike
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against t he takeover oC llle Transmission Com pany of Nlgcrla{TCNI by Manitoba Hydro. Il was a lso gath ered lhat PHCN district offlces at C hallen ge, Adewo le , Babooko and Tanke areas o( 1I0rin
ers. s h owed that the s ituatio n was the same All drorL!! to spea k with the ieadershlp o C National Union of Electrtclly Employees p roved abortive as they were said to be on D1onotorlng visits to power Installa-
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Oyo farmers to cultivate 12,-000 acres By ;~:!~:~:. l:~ ~:::~e; for cassava bread
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~~t~e:~ t~e I:~:n;~~ dUi~rlher vealed that th e development mlghl n"t be uncon n ecte d w i t h the s trike being I"mbarked upon bytbe PHCN workers. Sources also sa id that the blackout might not be unconm:cted with the o n goln~ prutes t b y
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vealed that economic and social aCUvtUes had been paralysed In the state capital as the sltuaUon persisted. Also. reports from other major towns o f the state. namel y Orca. LafiaJI. Patlgl. Omu Aran, Jebba. among oth-
tlo ns In UlC: stale to cDs ure compliance: Speaking with t h e Community News, some or the residents ap pealed to the Federal govem mcnt to rtse up to the c hallenge In order to move the naUon forward _
They d c~c rlb c d th e s ituation as dlsheartenIng more so, In the 21st cen tury, lamenUng that Nigeria cannot boast of constant power supply. The residents, who d ecrted tbat a lot of m oney had been sunk to power
CST parts oC Ilorill. Kwa r a Stale c apital. have been lh"own Into darkness In th o! past nvc: days as Pl-ICN oruces have been put u llder lock and key, wblle workers stayed off th e duty
gen c rauon and dlslrlbu tlon by the successive adm ini stration s in th e: county. said that It was high lime the govern ment got It righ t so as to accelera te the soclo economic growth of the natlon _
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Oyo State has set aside 12.000 acres o f land for planting cassava In order to meet the anth:: lpated demand for cassava bread not only In the state. but In
n fty News In Ibadan re cently that the plan was I h h F d I
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According to blm , the expectation was to produce 22 m et ric tones
-We wlll - be able to produce 264 ,000 metric tones of cassava In this state. The policy of the government that cassava flour s hould henceforth b e Included In bread depends plainly on farmers . ·Oy o State Is renowned for Its huge expanse of land as well as dedicated cassava farmers . ·But the Fed tra l Government needs to promptly provide the expected assistance under Its agricultural t ran s for mat Ion agenda . - he added . The NCGA c ha.lrman sa id memb ers of the aSSOCiation In all the local gover nment !!! across th e state had
been urged to renew thei r memberShip, addIng that assistance (rom the government wou l d be given to groups and not Indl vlduals. Adekunle exp l a ined that the NCGA planned to establish cassava processi ng Industries In the three senatorial ' zo n es of the state. He sai d . -Gov er nor Ablola AJlmobl s hould assist In finding for e ig n Investors that would buy our harves t when th e time comes . -Cassava and Its byproducts are In hig h demand abroad . All farm ers need Is the right co nnec tion and enabling e nvlronme nl,- he said.
Ibadan: Residents cry over falling PHCN poles at Bembo the P logba Olllgbenga Oloy,~; and the Asa nlu of Isanlil-lsin.. during the 20th celebration of Idupe lJesu, New Yam festiual at Emmanuel Baptist Ch urch, Oke Epa. Isanlll-lsln. recently_
Delta MDGs provides 82 solar water schemes for rural communities T HE - De ltl State CommlSf. lnne r for Spec ia l Duties 011 der th e MDGs - Co ndl -· Millennium De/elopment tlona l G rants Sc heme . Goals I MO P-H I. Mrs m o re than 62 squat tOIVictoria Ik C.DC~UkU. has lets were co nstru cted saJd that abou t 32 solar across the s tate. and motorlSJ d water Ikenc hu ku said that schemes have b. :en pro- critical obstetrics ca re vided for vano s commu- equipment for primary nities In the s iale. Th e coml(1lssloner stated this d U ~n;! an advocacy a nd stak.:holders meteoro logist. Mrs meeting In Asa ba r e Mary Iso. h as said cenUy. hat the prcvalllng She said ~e project d ry cold weather In the was being c.a out un Sou th- West zone or tile der the M D s ·Condl country would continue Uonal Grand ~;beme. [kenchuku sil id that until the end of August. Iso. a Meteorology the water sch mes were complemenled tvllh squat Manager at the Murtala t o ilet facil lUes where M o h a m m e d such sc htme ~ we r e lo- Internation a l Airport cated in primary schools. (MM IA). Lagos disclosed marktts a nd 'len sely this In an Interview with tbe News Agency populated settlell1ents. She said the essence of Nigeda (NAN) . S he said that of the scheme \I-'as to cul tivate h ygiene. Cllpt:clally temperature s about amongch1ldrc:n . this time usually The co m m iSS io n e r dr o pped to below 30 stated that in 2lt09. un- d egrees . --'---=~
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health care ttnlres. along with starr quarters and mate rnity labo ur wards for nurses and midwives. were also provided. " More than 670.000 d oses of anti - malaria drugs and 580.000 units
of long la.!Iuog lnseeUclde treated nels were also distributed t hrough health centres to pregnant women in the state. She called on all s takeholders to s u s ta.ln all MDG projects located In the ir various communllies. M
By Seye Adcnlyl
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ESIDENTS of Bembo commu nlty.ApaIa-Ganga In Ida Local Government ~ of Oyo State. lbadan. have appc:alcd to the: rnanagement of the Power HoldIng Company of Nigeria IPHCN) to repair faulty electric Inslallauans In the: area In order to~tanoUlcrftn:dlsas-
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Dry cold weather will last August ending-Meteor;l~gist 'Warns oiflooml'ngjloodl'ng w,
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Acco rdin g to h e r. the weather cond.ltlon being experienced 15 ca lled the ' Little Dry Seaso n ' with thc mo ist wind coming In from the ocean . " This wea ther Is nol unusual; \I happens every year and we a~ In a per10d we call ' IilUe dry season'. '" It Is cold because mOist winds arc coming from the ocean . T e mperat ures In most cases will range rro m 20 degre es to 28 degree s wllllin this period.
" We are expecling It to continue even up to the third week of August If not beyond." she said. The m e teorology manager said that the Central and North ern parts of the country would experience more downpour, while river banks and dams within the area could overflow. " We are expecting that the rains wLll peak this August over the Central and Northern parts of Nigeria " And during this
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tom '. . hould b, expecting that the river banks and dam s within the Central and North e rn parts of the country will overflow. " Those p eopl e who arc within the now planes s hould please try to relocate and Ir organisations tell them to vacate lhe pla ce completely. they s hould comply." she said. She, therefore. advtsed people living wiUlln the zones IdenUfled to put on warm c lothing and not expose their children to the looming cold weather.
market in the area. recently. While speaki n g with Commllnlty News. some res idents of Bembo. Opeolu arca. Elere com munlUes and other ~. complained that there were s ome weak e lectrtc poles In the area that nee ded to be repaired. changed or replaced with new ones, adding Ulat failun: to embark o n tile repair of s uch Installallon may spell doom for resid ents of Ule ana.. Mr TaJwo Alade. a rc:sldentofBembocommunily. explained that some e1cctr1c poles were about to faU and the cables on such poles an: n ow close to tile roof of some houses. Another resident or Opeolu area on Bembo road. Mrs Feytsetan Alabl said. "then: Is tile urgent Deed for Ule field officers of PHCN. Apata office. to visit the area to recufy some of their faulty el«bic poles so that innocent liVes would not be losL We don't want · to be: elttt rocuted In Bembo area . thereon:, we are calling on !he relevant au!honUes or agency to attend to o ur cry.- s h e stated.