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Monday, September 19,2011
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Karshi students
decry omission THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNltC,IDAH fromAMAC's SCRUNltlG OF (ANDIDATfS FOR ADMISilON ·INIO PRE.NAIIONAI OIPIOMA AND fUII·1IME HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA PROGWn~1\1 . scholarship scheme By Itodo DaRttl Sule KARSHI students studying ill the Fer College of Education, Zuba. at the weekend accused officials uf Ahuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of marginalising them from the comm unity's annualscholarshlp sche me. Representative: of the; students, Dob Yahaya
Kars hi, alleged that for years, stud ents frolll Gwandaras ethnic group have nc:vc:rbc:nc:fittc:d from th e: K hc:mc: AMAC.
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He: accused the: officials of favouring the: Gbagyis over Ill C cthnlc group and called on them to trea t both groups eq ually. MEven if they want \0
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they should m ake: it ",,0:60 in order to make: all of us have a SCII!U: ofbc:longmg as Indigenes of thc Fer; he added. Dab appealed to the Abuja Municipal Area Council to consider their plight anJ IncluJe them In the scheme without further delay, add ing that some of them are aboullo graduate from tertiary schools.
Kuje chairman urges Women monarchs to monitor projects wing of 8y Abdulki!dir Y. Abdullah!
C liArRMAN o f Kuje Area Council. Mr. Danladi fuu Zhi.n, Friday called on t.r.I.ditiona.l rulers in the aua to InonitorvariousgovemmCllt devdopillental projects sited In thdr rcspcctivc:conmluni.ties.
Zhin made the remark at the end of a two· day capao:ity development workshop, jointly organl;t:ed by the coundlwd th e laurdsConsuit Umited, for t.r.I.ditiona! ru lers in the council area. He: said since t.r.I.ditiorwal rulers arc closer to people in rural areas. it behoves on Lhem 10 ensure adequate monitoring of projects silM In their domains for tile maximum benefits of tile residenl.5. ~When a projcct is 5ited in your community, the government would create certain supervisory dlccks 10 ensure thai U1ntr.aclors adhere stri ctly to works
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Apart from that, you should also sa: it as part of you r responsibility 10 monitor the projccl.5!i.O as 10 prevent foul play; headdcd. The council bo$!5 donated 20vc:hlcles 10 lraditional rulers in the :lfl'a and charged than to report to appropri. ale authorities, if th ey suspect foul play in any project exccution. Earlier in his pa~r; Mr. George s. Kocc, lkcric:d lhe dcclining influence oftrJJitinna! rulers, which he attrib· uu:d to partisanship in polio tics. defecation of tndltlnnal value$, lack of inlegrity and in-righting as well as tussl es amongother:s. Spcakillg at the evelll, the Gwomo of Kujc, Alhaji Haruna Jihrill Tanko, thanka:lthe council for the workshop and the donation of vehicles, adding thatlhe knowledge acquired during the workshop will be pm inlo practice at the grassrool.5 levels.
Bwari farmers to undergo · workshop on pesticides 8y H u~in YahaYi
BWARI Area Council Chairman, Peter Yohanna Ush afa, on Friday said thaI the council will soo n o rganise a workshop for rural farmers on how to properly handle pcs tiddes and other stor.lge ch emicals. Ushafa made this known while d eclaring open a two-day workshop at th e counci!'s sccrelafia t for farme~ m arket wOlDen and other stakdtolders In agricultural products. He Aid organising such a workshop for rural farmers became necessary due to reporU from o;tension officers, which show dru tic Increase in agro-chem-
lcal usage by such farmers on the field and while storing farm producls. - Deaths were record ed in ,orne parts of the coun try, due to food poison ing and these wen~ attributed to non-adherent to the instructions on how to hand le and use agro-chemicals. Therefore such worksbop is needed 011 the rural areas urgently; he reason ed . Eadie!, Secretary, FCf Agdculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Mrs Dlvadi Bema Madayi, charged the participants to pay attention and make use of what they learnt from the wo rkshop to avoid the improper handling of agro-chemical products.
Christian Council get excos THE r.cr 'n'Omcn wing of the Chrutian Couocil of Nigeria (CCN) at the weekend inaugurated its accutive romprisillgoflO mc:mbcrsto rwt th eUluncil'saltairs In the II:rritory. Spea}...;ng duling the lnaugur.Won 3.1 First Baptist allU'Ch Abuja. FCT Chairman of ern, Arch Bishop Otimamkl: Iwdla charged the newly inaugurated mcmbas 10 be united while discharging services 10 the women bodyofthccouncil 'Ibose in:lugur.att:d were Arc (Mrs) Viaoria Dnu. president; Mn. Ngozi lzuogu. vice-president; Mrs. ~Sonny,publicrdations
officer; Deaconess adnyerc Eke Dkoro, secretary: Obieza Edna, tn:a.surer; Mrs F. Dlug. bruni, financial secretary; Dr:acones:o; DorclS Umof· Sa, pt;Iycrco-onlinator: Mrs Yenlisi Peters, welfare officer; Mrs tkhc:ndu Uchc:nna, presIdent AMAC and Iboro lme Uko, sccrctary AMAC. In her addrc:ss, the women leader, Arc (Mrs) Victoria Dnu. said the counciJ und.cr her adminislnltion will e5tabli5h w--opcrativcs and skills acquisition centres that will
empower women to become c:conomiaUy and .socially independent She said the council aims at Ilringing women Into a fold for spiritual growth, evangelism. economic empowerment. cdw:::a.tion as well as to scnsilUe them on global and wpicalissucs. On her part. Ihe 'n'Omens Publ:ic Reial.ions Officer, Mrs NkI::se Sonny, urged 'n'Omert to be obedient to their hU5-
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