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N la;erian T ribu DIC t1:ftIr.!.ky".U. Ck:£oI>er, 2012
COMMUNITY NEWS
DocOOll'S warn against looming epidemics in flooded areas OM:; .ltetoTS In Lat!.u 5 .Ie have w.nefl Ihat Ihe nood mng n,lt lM,me parts ur Ihe CUUlltry I ' capable 01 causl",!: el,ll emlca In tile affcclell .,~. 's. They lold tl ·e New. Agency q{ " lgeria (NAIf) In aepana e n tenlews UI.t the rnv..v Ig noods could ca~ dbe I8H such as cholen.. dt.'r tOea. up-per respll11lorJ u act InfecUon and t'en cSt .. th NAN 81., n 'p ,"cd that the Ilood"'~ h-~ affected 21 slale,l!lr h federa tlon. re1l41l11@ In 148 dealhs. ft':i oflill g 10 the ned Croetl 30('II:'y; Some III Llle aJTected slates Ilrc Lagos.
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Aoambra.Oyo, K
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best Ihlng to do during
auw 1l5a1ters was to
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kJalle n::s.ldent.5 from tile:
areas prone to q>kkmk: ouLbreak to .. _reenvtronmenl
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lie NJd that thef"e....,
a need lOr Ule Federal GoY emme:nt topulln place ad-
equ.te measures to kkn Ufy tile ca~ of such dl Asten .nd act promptly
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lands, II •• lew· and anImals wo \11 Itl lions of nalnl ha e be"r .....shed .way In .. _ . eu COrtslden!d to tr U.e 'oCld basket of tI
-Fro,.. IVI. Speoker. 'mo S t ate Bo~ of A. .e rnbly. Bonourczble Ben UmcVumogu. hb Lagos S tate counkrpot. Adeyc mllk tifori/f an d Chafnno.n. Zin QX Comput er. Chid Leo Stan EkCl, duri ng a rec:epfion organ lsed 'n h onour of Umq/wn~u bv h ls killJl'mtln ' n L.agot:. Photo: Sylvester Okoruwa
1,000 cassava farmers to benefit from N350m FG loan T HE Osun Slat~ Ch.lrman or th~ C.ss.... a Growcrl!l Assoclallon. Dr Do ... ,d O«unnde. aayl!l about 1.000 l'aMan farmenl wtU ~flt from the N350 mU 1100 10.," provided by ~
aseoc&auon had vteltro In· dMdual ranns 10 asttrtaln that the .ppllc.nla ~re genuine fanners A tolal ~ 8, 845 lJeCt·
area oIca!lUva rarms have been culUyated by our mcmbcn and we an: tar
medical Iraeoll 'oller.t Lagos S lie h,hersny T~achln 10spHai
Feckn.1 Govnnmc:nt 0ltuns.de, who dis l~ tll~ In an mtcrvkW Wllh the News J\genqj qf
grttng bctwttn 12.000 and 14.000hcctansolC8ll8an fannabd'orctllC:f:IldolUIe year.
paft way for .. a etbcKnc diseases It aba ,ffo U agr1Cu1lural prod~"C '" en: food will oot bchUUt be In such an envtronnoe:n'." he saki Dr Salll sa.d thst the
UI."S for tht' dJsbunemenl of the loan were being workCC: out. AI:cofdlng to him. all In lendlnft benclklar1e5 haft paid. lotal of N85 mUlion equity conlr1buuon. He liso said Ihat the
CC5l!I tile loan In tile next couple 01 days and each Canner Is expcctC'd to cul- I tt .... le 8n average or 30 heetarea 1040 hcdaro.he said Ogunaadc. who Is also Ihe South _West Zanal
cassava chips to China. 50 ..-e IlC.'ed to double our d·
Chairman of lhe assocta· I1on. further said Utat memo bers of tllC -.:Ialion In the JDlIC
had embarked on ag
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" This I. to meet Ih~ demand for' c:usava prod_ UN_ ba5cd on Ute rcttnl Introduction or ca.ssav. flour Inclualon pollry by
forts to OIC'Ct all thC8t' de mands." the chalrm.n IItaled lie appealed to unem ployed gradualn .nd pcr\8lonc:B to make: usc of Ute opportunity provtded by tile: JonatiulU admln~tnl tJon to Ullnsrorm tI~ agricultural lkClOf'. parUcularly
to .vert furtt~r coml'lk'a lIona Another doctor, Dr Ibrahim Ogunbl o( Ihe Family MedlC'lfft' Ikpart menl. l.AS1JT1i. Yk!. ba sk:ally_ P'COI* will fall slc: k due to waler bornc dl ea5C5 and CYl:n die as • result or l.r2" Intakt' of waler Into thl: body s}". >om 'C hildren .nd e"'C'n adults .rc vulnt'rable to pneumonia .nd uppt'r reaplnllory trael 111(<<lIons due 10 cokI ..-calher Ogunbl .ald thaI prompt medical aid would relle ... e some or Ihe ht'alth Impllc.tlon!; Dr AdC'dayo Ad~baIU. a consult.nl paychologist. said that nood had Inmeted psychological wounda on people .... ho had 10111 Iht'lr relations and PfOPt'rtlca ArtegbaJu Yld that the Hoodtng could al50 lead 10 payc.hlalrk' conditions on the part of the Y1cUms II could Iud to de presllion .nd po5l-trau maliC' dl5Ordt'r when the person r~coullt. his or her 10611. ht said The conaullanl said that In aueh a ~UuaUOfl people !;hould talk 10 a paychologlst AdcgbeJu .. 1d Ihalsuch Y1ctlma should also be ~ R
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=.:~~:~::~ ;~~ =;=~I~ ach~e,:~gf::":!a~ ~.~=~.;~~_ ~comm '" ...... um~\1 m ' ""6 I~dOS hostslmoSM."er }'\'GA appoint prealdt'nl Goodluck Jonalhan. who haa graclousl,. .ccepted
c:aUng cassava bread. AI,Io •• pp ro ...al has been g1vcn lor lhe export of 1.3 million lonnes or
Reps member donates materials to flood victims Biola A:r-u, Qorift dli~E t I.n 78 op'e haye en r -ndered
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munlty In I.... Local Gove 1 nCllt Arca o( Kwara S 1 81 'load deIIlroyed I (~I h c.ropa and otller opo." y_ Speakl he paid a .ympa~li \'lJ I to th~
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Repreaelll .·I ....t rcpresentIng a._"'lIe~ RaJarna !"ederal C'.nIUuency. Zakarl M~I.ml'ltd. urged Nlgl"r1ans Iq lal ~ IIIsue of cnvlronmllrf "'r! oua. TIle: la""1l1k, r, whodonalC'd mall·.'•• t'(Jrth N3 million to 'he n tad vic, tlms , saId ht li.tlon.1 Assembly ·'O' laung. compreheto!t'~ " port 011 the areal afle! tt'd by floods In ,II Pl'r1s of Ule country, a"lIn~ lhat hla dnnallon IUS • • • y to sho,," comU.lnt'" I to the
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welra", or his COIlStitU ~Ilts Some o( the lIelllll do IInted to the ... Icllms In cluckd mattR!:5.!IC:II. tubeR or yam. assorted rrult dr1nu. bags or r1~ and blankcta. Juat L5 he aakl that th~ NaUonal Erner gency Managonenl Agency INEMAI would also make Ita don.tlon In due course
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la liou1:e Commlltt'e on Media. a.ld tht' need 10 tak~ t!lSUt' o( en",'ron 1111"111 lIIore serious be · came Impenltlvc because mOSI of Ihe affecled COlli munith's wert' located 00 watt'rw.ys ·We know thaI water will .".... ys t1nd 115 level What ... ~ should do la 10 haye propel" dam along lhe line because II has capacity to .bsorb w.ler Even ... hen water Is rt' Itased from thc dam_ the lendtnry to become Rood
would be reduced to the baresl minimum ·o r coursc, lI 'a a wakeup c.1I to ua 100 that If we put up atruc· tures and Infraatruc · lures. we ba~ to endca ... · our to make consider· aUon and good proVision for Inues or euY1ronmenl ao thai we can prolect our Investment .nd propt'rty." he said
The lawmakcr al50 admonlsll«l the people to ha~ faith on God. saying. -as nshennen .nd f.nn en, YOU cannot take Ulem aW1lyrromlhcwa ler.OOII will pIc.d .ttll our peopIt' 10 stay. COII15tdcmbk dis· lance away rrom r1ftrs I bell~ ...~ this Is when we s hould aMiISI them wllh pn1I~ and mat~r1aIllup-port. -
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MUIH 111 hlnn. community Irom Imo Statc. rcsld Ing In Lagos. recently organised a recepllon In honour or one or 115
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Mmbly. Honourable Ben UmlYumogu. al.n evt'nl held at the Arena Shop' ping Complex Sol.de . Oahodl President of Umulhl Ihlnn8 ConsullaUye Aa ' sembly, Lagos Mr VlnCC1I1 Uba. In hili wcl come address. Hid lht' reason for hoallng the Speaker was to show ap prcclaUon ror hi!! It'adt'r ship qualltlea .nd
Oyo speaker urges citizens to have hope in Nideria' S future '6 B,. Dare Ade kaambl
PEAKER. Oyo Stale !louM of Assc.mbly, AlhaJa Monsur.t Sunmonu_ has enjoined Nlgertans not 10 ~palr In their aaplratlons for the country. as tile fulure of lht' naUon Is brtglll AlhaJa $umnonu stated this last week III Oyo, when she celebraled the country's S2nd Indepen de-nce .nnlvenary wllh her consllluenls In Oyo
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East / Wesl co n silluency S lit' streS3ed t hat the task ofooUdlng t he naHoll was • jOtnt responsibility belweell Ihe people and their representatlvcs. II" rHp«lIvc or rt'ligion or poilUcal alfUlaUon. charg log NIga1an.5 a t hom<' and abroad to contrtbute tllt'lr quota to tile development of the country She tasked Ihose In poeltlons or .uthortly to hue lhe fCAr of God In
Ihem and see to the wellbeing or thoae who eI«lnI them, .ddlng Ihal the aoclal contr.CI en tered Inlo wUh lh~ pcoplt' ahould be upheld by eJected rcpruc:nlaUves AlhaJa Sunmonu ... ho Is also Ihe Vk'c-chalrper aon of the NaUonal Con terence o( Speakers, urged Nlgertans 10 shun all lorms of "'Icea, be law .bldlng and do away w1th acts thai couks amear the 1m. of tht' n.llnn
.chlevement. III mo ...lne lmo Stale a ~Iep allClld In lenns of Inlrastruclural development. adding Ihal -we. dcckkd 10 host him In order 10 aK"OUr84C him to do rIlOr'C_1llc Speaker. In hl5 rt sponsc. saki al,,~ ht' be came the Spcak~r In 20 11 33 bills had been passed Into law. no table amon" tllem W.lI Ule f~ educa tlon bill which nUows in dllJCnes 01 the state to en jOy free edU('atton from pn mary achool to It'rtlary institution The Spe.ker added that 507 c(lnlalncra loaded w1th achool book!!. bags and uniforllla .rt' prellt'ntly III Ihf' stale awalUnlt distribution to pupils of tile: "'Ialt: f~ ror cha')\C Ht' aI50 t'fIll'ha!iCd tlUlI
Ihe I 100M" pa~ s bill that 91111 allow lItudenl~ from Ole st.te In I~ytn:h Illes 10 collect N20.DOD oorsary allowallu', williI' those In unl"erlllllC'~ would collt'ct N10.00U annually TIle Umulhll Ihlllllil ConsuliallYe A~sembl~ al§O uMd IhC' n::«pllnll to raiSe' rund (or tht' build Ing or • C'I ... I(' C'enlre In Lagos thaI Will be tI'l'd f(lr meelillit'S aud evelil" "I oUlcr l.IIbo rom lllU IIUII'C In La~J5