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Tran$port institute can ~;olve maritime's prob~enn --DG From lsa ~a~ duo Kaduna J)ircctor (>toj11 ra1 c' the. Nigerian ~l! tihH, of
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the institute s con It t with the pot ems
bedeviling jle COUI try's maritime
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them.
A1haji lusuf said Ihis during the ;1 \slng
cereml,lny cflhe irutjtulc's
and
'Man.lgemtnlofMarilime Sa:~I·. and Security Cour;c~ in Zaria.
as hum.n facturs
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com'crsant with the problems inherent in managing and operating an effiuent and effKl1ve m.,-itiI\lc system in the counr.y and what should bl:' done to address challcnges often oct;a.~ion«l hy bad weatber conditIOns. breakdown in equipment
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arc inimical to carg[.es. veuels and
pcnonnd.
-NigUla'S vast marlllmc potentials are sltll being
poorly explored. This st.atr ofaffairs undrrs.:ortd why Ihr frdrral govrrnmrnt instituted thr Cabotitgr Act in 2004, whirh is almrd at boostlOg indigrnolLS inkrest in taking full advantagr of Nigrria's maritimr potrntials.-
• Executive Dlrector,lagos & West and Halima Head.lntemal Communications & Brand Management at a media interactive session In lagos. yesterday,
Electricity: Group targets 8000mw in 5 years By Yunus Abdulhamid
Reps want Abuja Sheraton Hotel post acquisition plan revis it
Commillrc"
Khadija Dukar-Ibrahim, who ltd members of thr committee on its second Irg uf rntrrprise visits in the country, said thr
Privatisatilln has l rged management of I bUJa Sheraton Ihllel and Towrrs In IiJisr with thr Burnu uf P .,bllc EntrrpriKs IBPE) !or • rrvised POJt A.cquisition Plan with tirrt:hnn ... hich would enab.~ thr lOte! mUI with ilSn'vera ,ts., ChairprrMn /j ( the committ« Hnji}'1l
as a resul' of changes in government policirs whld, hom! im~drd the success(ul extculion of the co\'rn.ants by thr inYeStor, H.al'ya Ibrahim, according to a slal~rnl by OPE's Chukwumah N...'Okoh, t.lutttrd that thr R!virw should begin from 20D 10 2017 so 1iul .he In\'estor
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on Commerci:.aUtlllo'l and
rnirw becomes inrvitablr
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private
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inllialive,PA WAn" saySit
II committed to deploying dean and renewable rnrrgy to r;lch of the n4 local governmrnt areas
could
of Nigeria tOlaling 8,000
covrnants.. GcnU1.l Manger of Ihe hOld. Robert Itao,n, told 1M
megawalts of declricity in thc next Ih'c years. PlantJ will be built in dusters of smaller power units connKted to a
re-Itratrgisr: to tacklr thr challenges in impl~enllng Ihr
local, smarl micro-grid mesh providing adequat~ power to the nation, one community at a lime, I statemeOi from thr group said. Managing Director of the lWlewable Energy
Trchnology Institute, Professor- Olurindr Lafr said this during the passing OUI of I 00 trainees on lVlrwable rncrgy at the Wrsley University of
Science and Technology, (WUSTO), Ondo town, Dndo Statr, according 10
the st~temrnl. He said PAWAn 4 wUl
drploy 10mwof R!nrwable rnergy power In each local govemment aJU which necessitated the training of renewable energy experts to provide thr counlry the pool of manpower 10 implemrnt thr ambitious energy scheme
lawmakers thai sina lake ~,thr management
had
pul in place imlOvalions to mm thr Shenuon woe let· widr Jtandards. Thr GM saKi In thr p<»t privalisation ~riod, Ihe in\,estor had pa1d NJ91.7 million tues to gow:rnment as against thr NJ3.5 mIllion poe· privatisalilln
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Ex-nnill'lister tasks FG on
agrk development By Olayeml R, brL" m
1.11.:15 IDd la....L.nJ in-depth scuJ~~
Former MlOi I'''' olf Illr for i'imuw:e,. :_lr. I'rml BaWl()la,~.lf l (;)}'r d i.ted the frdem go',mal"1110 tau dt(;isivi me-• .nes 10 addles. 11 .Jicy incon5l5tendt-<f the devdopment 0 thr agricuhural $t ~lor DabaloIa, who was thr gurst , ,"rnlr! ..
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S.O. Olayldc mU1l1 Jriai Irclute in 'hadad, said several SIFollC:We5 1.,mro at improving aUldul ural growth had lliltd becllusr tllr prog"'" mes and polides wet~ not sufficiently bued f,O real
Ilr lrgN the gmcrnmenl to makr the rn...ih..dlion of utrrmr hunger and t'lOVerty a lugb pnority on j.s agenda lie said: ~(h"tt Ihe last dghl years. thr growth nalrs in the t:COnomf have been 111 appnse:ment 001 of whlll rrlrvam:e i~ belouging 10 thr league of faslest growing rconomies WIthout impro\'rnu:nt in
human wellbeing.. ·Whether wr are considering thr Millennium Dr\'f:lopmrnl Goals or Vision 20:2020, eradication of extreme hunger and povmy is
high pnorl!) ilP:_1l A major COIlcrm is that mO$' public S«lOr mlen'cntion in adJrtssi:!g ch;atlenges confrontlllg thr agncultural S«tor Irnd~ to bring further dhlortiuru and thrrefore Increulng uncom~llIh'e capacity 10 the 5tCIor. -rhis Is because governmrnt stili playa
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sisnificant role f9-; the procurement and distribution of agricultural inputs (especially
frrtiliurs) which discouragrs thr building of private SKlorapacily." Babalola Is thrchairman of
Alternative Capilal Partners limited.
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