Fadama 3 project disburses N1.5bn in South West zone T OLA A KINMUTIMI
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he 3rd Nationa1 Fadama Development Project has disbursed Nt.5bn to beneficiaries in Ihe South Wesl Zone of Nigeria In its continued
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munities and to sustainably reduce povertY while increasing productivity and incomes of the beneficiaries. A report on the impact of the project by the World Bank yt!Sterday indicated that the zone was allocated $S6m out of which the swn of 119m was disbursed,
leaving a balance of SI7m According to the report, so far 735 Padama Community Associations and 7.542 Fadama User Groups have been supported In the zone through the
execution of over 4,135 developmental subprojects some of
which includes, oU palm and gari processing equipment, roads construction and rehabilitation, markets construction
and other income generating assets such as pepper grinding machines, knapsack sprayers. and pouhry equ.ipments to boost the enterprises of the ror-a\ communities. Speaking to beneficiaries and other stakeholders of the project during the 6th jOint World Bank and Federal Government Supervision Mission
in the zone hosted by EkJtl State Government. the mission team leader. Obadiah Tohomdet, a Senior Communication Specialist of the World Bank, noted that Fadama UI Project which Is lJe. ing lmplemented In 658 local governmen! ar-eas across the States of the Federation has positively impacted on the lives of over 649, 367 households. Tohomdet, who stated that the entire project COSt stood at $45Om out of which over ISO million dollars wer-e disbursed 80 far. commended stakeholders of the project in the zone and also appealed to the respective States governments to ensure prompt payments of their counterpart funds for speedy implementation in order for their communities to continue enjoying the project support. In his remarks, the National Project Coordinator ~ Fadama Ill, Me. 1'ayo Adewumi, represented by the SenJor Community Development Specialist, Dr. Victoria Ago, staled that the aim of the mission was 10 evaluate lmplementation status. identifY weaknesses and also to consolidate performances to 8Chleve greater success.. Adewuml further explamed that, the Project Is now focusIng on the Federation of all Fadama Community Associations to improve and add value to their productS In the areas
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and marlI:eting In line with the Feder-aI government Agricultural Transformation Agenda The Ekltl State CommIssioner for AgriCulture. Mt: Babaj ide Afo. wosafe. applauded the project's penormance and pledged the oommtunent of the Stale government in prompt release of Ule OUtstanding counterpart fundsof the
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ICAN suggests confidential hotline for reporting financial m-Ipractices
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on Wednesday advised the Foom:al G<M!rrunern to estlbli';h a 1-\D it n m oon-urXiOO must be ID1fldential hotIlne for reportingfi- wipedOUI O/>m lbemlnds<i_ nanciaI ma1~bl tbemuntr): _"heSlll Prd. F'nulds Ojaide.!.he F'redAaxnliJw 10 Ojalde, the c0nstale. dBlt d leAN, tckI the News ~ fidential h )tUne will assist goYArowosafe said the project cy d N1geria (NAN) in I...a3ls that ernment hJ <bIiberately pronate was impacting positively In the n!芦Ientation d Nigerian cil:treus mmpllan.::e With acceptable ethlcal improvemenl of livelihoods and agninsl: corrupUon and shaJ1) mal- oondlD. wit fv>ut fear IX cavour. living conditions ~ the rural practianlo"3SkM Hesaldt!DI.l~wasa communities, completing the efHe said mrruption and sharp necessary ttnlliim fa- !Om C(X). fons of the stale in its drive \0 malpracdces had deterred the nom1c 3lVl tnfinCe tn a deliberate ensure sustainable development growih of economy and fhtstnuro eff(rl toeJt titlaieW8Sll!s. of rural Infrastructure and ru- ~:--:--~c-::-:~--------. "-:-;-c;-r---~ raleconom)l.
Turkish Airiines, passenger bicker over MTN to unleash mobile advertising potential in Nigeria missing luggage, again KUHLE AzEEZ
th mobUe phones as the world's most persona] devices combined with an already promed subscriber base of almost SO mlllion, MTN Nigeria has created a mobile advertising technology platform for businesses to gel their ad messages in the face c,(' the right eyebaUs. Speaking al the unvelllng of the MTN MobUe Ads, a new application platform for mobile advertising at a forum In Lagos yest~ the company's Chief enter-prise Solutions Officer; Mr: Babatunde Osho, said M'l'N's decision 10 introduce Is the platform ahead if all other countries where MTN Group operators Is to avall Nigerian businesses the opportunities to be the first beneficiaries of the innovative solution. He said wiUI a mobUe adver-using platform and a subscriber base of almost SO mllllon already profiled men, women, and
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children top whom brands can target advenlslng In a cost-effectlve and measurable manner, MTN MobUe Ads offers "a cost effective means for brands to directly target advertislng at the mobUe phones of prospectS and customers, who need their products and services in a more measurer malUler than many other channels currently provide." Explaining the various mobUe advertisement features lhe MTN MobUe Ads, Osho sald they the ISMS, which are textbased mobUe advertisement thai request information from the customer, SMS Flash Messages, which are text-based messages thai pop up on Ule screen of a user's mobile devices; and Rich Media. which allows the full complements of video, sound. plcture, animation and lexL
Other forms include location mobUe advertisement, which are used by orgalnsa路 Uons to target customers who are in close proximity; USSD lo"1ash Message mobile advertlsements pop up on the phone
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of the recipient making them lmposslble to Ignore; IVR advertisements, which are jingles played to customers calling lhe MTN Call centre as they wait to be attended to and Caller Tunes, which are jlngles played to callers and orgainsations who subscribe to the services. The General Manager; Enterprise Marketing for M"rN Nigeria, Mt: Ladipo Nylander, who also addressed the gathering of represeniatives of corporate organisations/advertisers, media buying agencies advert. agencies, media and the members of the advertising community at the event, explained whal the MTN MobUe Ads mean to the medlaagency. According to him. k.\s a media agency: MTN MobUe Ads offers a broader range of channels to advertising agencies to deliver their clients messages to reach their target market; deliver richer, more effective integrated marketing communicatIOns media plans developed for clients while offertng an additional revenue st.reanl."
Airline; and one <i its Nigerian ~ are at loggelileac\s over a mJss. Ing luggage. wttich has prompted the passenger to sue the airline for SI<I,2!IO roc damages. Whlle the passenger; Pastor Peter Yakubu claimed that his luggage was yes to be found since ,lanuary3J, 2012 when he boarded the airline to Istanbul, the airline insisted that the C<JSe rL the lug. gage has since been closed
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Speak.h:~r Willi National Iof'DTOr yestellla} In I.ages, Yakubu said Ulat des{,111 ~tioning the Min1sI:rycl A,Vlatm and the Nigerian CIvil Aviation ~~thority and even the IUs luggage OOI1tainlng books 10 IJe launched and personal effects wm yet; 10 be found. He said 1hat io spite d the fact I..bat the $1100 apologlsed whim through ~ IzttEr 00 its leder.hcad-Ed paper Y 1Ib lie dtJe; 'Oela)Ul Baggage,' \Jhe'!e It ngreed that It was at fawl O\'er the missing luggage, hewa:l yet to beoompensated five tIlCI\1.N Iat.::e.
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NAFDAC impounds expired confectiOl lery worth N.5m
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expired confectionery worth o\w N5OO,lXXJ in Onltsha, Anambra. Delmty Dl.rector. NAFllAC Special Zonal Onitsha. Mr. Benson Kine. said that the products whic.:h were in 22 cartons, expired in Ma.reh. He explalned that the dealer decided to reduce the market
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prk:e so th;:a people could bu)! He said that the raid was achieYcd alier 8 tip-off by s0meone wtn,e dhughler had conswned one (If tile products. "When S)lTlt1 ~ the products were opetlbl" s.:Jme were already decayed and SOUle had maggots." Kine sak. thai with the deveIopment, the 8g\~ had deployed tis ~menl officers to pay un-
scheduled ., lslt to confectionery factories ml depots In Anambra