DAILY T RUST
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Senate probes NSCDC over federal character violation By Tunlkl A. HilSsan
mm orthe corps with a view Awaisu Kula (POP. Niger), to vmfying alleged violation gave the challenge )"CSIUTHE Senate lhu pssucd a offcderal chanrur princlplt$ day d uring an oversight visit h.i"O- ..... «k u1~ ' atum. Ithe in the rtauitmenl and pro- 10 the headquarters of the motion ofofficers and meD. NSCDC in Ahuja. Commandan -~cral. Nigeria I Sec 'ty and lvi.l Chairman. Senate ComHe sa.ld Uta! the Sen· Defence (NSCDC), miU~ on FtdCTai Chane- ale would also investigate
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Ade Abol~ to submit the nominal roU of offict:n 1and
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alleged violation of federal char2Cle:r prindples in the
CrimiJn al justice response, a prliori:ty to victims of te nro [ism -UN guide """'" ro.. poIiq-"""" "'" criminal justia ollidals and examples of good prnctfce:! to Rrpport victims oftmorism.
ltmmnmen&d measures to include Judicial assistance. protection from intimidatlon
equal and dJectI~ access to justice 10 ensu~ the effectl\'e prosecution of pcfpetrators, In his contributing, Roben Orr, Ch~ of the,UN Counlerrrmnrism Implementation Task Force
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pensation. , ' I hope this marks a posIth-e step forv.-ard in our joipt efforu to create aiminal justjce systems that are more responsi\'e to the neeM of the Innocent,- said Fedotov, According to UNOOC. \<i.ctims han long played a 5ealndary and mostly ,ilent i-ole in criminal trials, makIng It crudilllo grant them
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Ing victims find eir public voice to shed Ughl on issues thai ....'Quld otherwise Dot be addressed. " The CITrFlcontinues to be commined to elaborating on the c~mp ndiwn of best practlces on upporting terrorism vi ' Including media « ...erage and explorIng options lOr fujancw and mattrial support lOr victims: be said. (NAN) • j
:Obasa,)o now IITA's :GG,()tlWili Ambassador J ,
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TO hel~ ~oost the fight againstlunger and poverty In Aft i~a,1 forrher Preside Olus~n Obasanjo ha) act:epted t~ be Ii , . Goodwin Ambassador" of the ,nlematlopal lnstitUtF lof~oPlcal Agriculture (l IT )J ~ A lIa nt luued by the UTAllo tbadah yesler· day said Or NtcranyaSahglop. lnf ·tiMs Di~ tor-General, aonounfed ObuanJ9's I Rcfeptance after a ddsed ~oo~ meeting with the 'O~l er president
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Ambassfi 'oWd ~elp advofa~~J (or policies tha~ Wquld ladvapce research Fd ~rlng to rfa.!ity the 10ngLfwa.iled African Greeh R¢Volution. , 11 rur-pterlSolld thatJd.'e former p~dent wopld help extf nd amplify ,ad
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Obasanjo', work., it added, would Involve helping to raise 20 million Africans out of poverty and to redirect 25 million hec· tares of degraded lands for sustalnable use In the nen 10 yeats, Sanglnga sa.id the lnstllute wu honoured by ObasanJo', acceptance of the offer. Born In March 1937, ObuanJo b«ame the first Nigerian Head of State to hand over to a democratically elected president; Brst at • miUtary head of slate in 1919, and second in 2007 u • clvilian president Before Obasanjo's administration in 1999, Nigeria', Gross Domestic Product growth was painfully slow since 1987 and omy managed three per cent growth between 1999 and 2000, However, under ObuanJD, the growth rate doubled to slx per cent untU he
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left office, helped part by higher oil prien. Nigeria's foreign reserves rose fro S2 billion in 1999 to SO billion on his leaving office In 2007_ He was also Ilb1e to secure debt pardohs from the Paris and t:ondpn clubs amounUng to some SI8 billion and paid uother SI8 billion to be debt free, In tbe agricultJralsector, ObasanJo InlUated the presidential initiatives on Nigeria's major co,mmodlties including fusava. maize, rice and c~ This boosted sava production by 10 ' Ion tonnes between 2002 and 2008 and made ~igerl. the world's num~er one producer of cassava an4 maize.. In accepting IITA's offer, Obas::lnJo said the figh t against hun~er and poverty was a 'battle' be Intended to figbtl~ retire· ment.(NAN)
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reauitments and promotlon.s of workt:fI by some fedm.! ministries, departments and agendes (MOAs). He said, ~The committee b going to be more aggres10 ensure that federal ch~rprindplesarecom
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this, we will eIlS\lfe that we do not compromise merit and standard. We are planning to get some consuilUlts to go through the nominal roD of the agendes which is in compUance to Section 14 of the Constitution,-
e:ucutlve is from a particular IlJU, alI the support staff will automatically come from there. "There won't be unity If we allow this to continue.. nw has thrtatmed peace
'Ethnic bias responsible for crisis' By Misbahu Bashlt THE exploitation of /!thnic sentiments,
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for scarce resources and po...;er an the leading factors responsible for heightening distrust and hOSLility among NIgerians. the Cbairmaii of the Ahuja dlapter of the Nlgerian Institute of Public Relations, Osondu Ohaeri, laid yesterday. Ohaerl. who made the mnarb at the 18th Annual Gmerallo.leetin{of the instiIutt: in Ahuja, said Intense :?Pt fOlllpetition beno.'teD dhnic groups has impeded eco-
nomic dt:\'elopment and harmonious public relations. -&hnicgroups arealW3)'5 in conllict, competing for sc:arce resources and power because they oonsldered therruch'C! distinct from each other. Thisscmario has gMn rise to situations thai have challenged nationallnttgralion such as youth resti~-
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said public relations practilioners mwtlnltitln programmes and policies thal will advance cohesion and integration liM supporting community meetings and diversity; In employment. He $aid ant 100,000 people wac killed In dlfferenl social dlstwbanus In Nigeria bety,'een 1976 and 2011 •
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Nl!'WSwatch Communications said the Justice system and security i.nfn-
lmu pmomting the promolion of goodwill among the structure must be overpublic. Professor Umar Pate of , hauled to ddinr jll$tice the University of lo.-taiduguri without fear or favour. I
MPsaskFGto construct flyovers along Kano-Katsina highways ByTuraklA.Hauan THE Howe ofRepresenta-
tiftS }"eSIerday urged the Federa.l Ministry or Wor.lu to dualise theSokoto-YaurlKontagora-I1orin Road within the shortest time.. The lawmaken also want the government to construct £Iyaver bridges al Kuma Babba-Iayi and Rijlfir Lemu along the KanoKatsina road In Kano state.. In a motion sponsored by Rep. Amlnu Suleiman (PDP, Kano) and 10 others, theHouse,alsomandated Its committee on Appropriatlon to ensure that funds for the construction of the bridges are made avaIlable in the 2012 budget. "Due to dlfficuJt tern.ln of the road, several Nigerian dtizens an frequently l05lng their lives through inces.sant accidents on thls road,'"Rep Suleiman said.
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