NEWS
2012
FG set to patner Osun on rice farming Adewlle .\J.,I. Osogbo HE Fede,ral Govcrnmcnl has de tided t) partner thc Osuo tate government to establish a lowla.nd ria demonstration
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slle. Profusor Dolapo LufadcJu. Ute consultant who linked guP wllh NCAM. explained thai the project would serve as the n::pllcaUon point for other South-Wesl
tural aCllvitlea. mvolvlng Ole construcUon of dam slles to trap run away Wille- for storage and usagedurtngUlt~drySCmlOll. SAWAH Eco-frlendly technology. which was
~~,~~ug~n lh~ ~a~t~~~i ~:=:l~::er== ::dl~nh~l~n:~~~ Centre for A[.r,cultural McchanlsaUOIl ~NCAM 1 . NCAM Is tile Federal
Government ugency responsible fpr all mec.hanlsaUol acUvlUes In Nigeria an j suti~a 颅 haran Africa . The tnlUlIUve was saki to have been spearheaded by the Quick impact Intervention Programme I ;)IIPJ created by the Cau" Slate governor. 1ir Rauf Aregtxsola . ttl enhance food M."Cunty Ind 1('1 beIng coordinated by Mr Dele Ogundlpt . It ls de('Ilgned to im;Jro\'e the yield for rice armers to an average of 4.5 melr1c IOlles per hL"Cthl'l: of land. The delno"1stratlon fann. which wlluld be established along SonpOgbaagbaa rcad. Is expected to C J\ er 385 8ttH. based "Il the appllcaUoD ofSAWAI-I EcoTeehnology fo ~ low-land rice producUon . While lnsptcung the
by applying the new technology. NCAM Is targeting 8 year-round nee produc(jon among other agrtrul-
that fanners could plant rice between October andAprll.whmlhemean annual ntlnfall was alils lowClt level .
Gro~p re-files suit against LagOS govt over merger Ycjlde Gbenga-Qguna..,.,. Lagos
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1l1ree Wheden BenefiCiaries and Operaton Assocla路 tlon of Nigeria [fWBOANI. Lagos State chaptr:r. has rdlled a suit against the Lagos State government over plans to merge them with other transpon unions In the Slate. Members or the union had. on July 20 I O. s ued the Lago('l Slale govenlment over tbe maller berore a Federal High Court silting In IkeJa. but the matter was struck OUt on technical grounds.
The presiding Judge. Justice Steven Adah. while I'IlrlkJng out the matter. noted that the sectkJrl('I under which the
........l1.cr W<I~ brought before the COun1Met'l! In the Companlca and Allied Matters Act. and pmmptJy slnJck OUI the sull as IncompctenL Members of the union have. howevnr. reWed the case with correCUons on the relevant secUons or the law thal was InlUally misquoted In the nrsl sulL Joined In the sull II~ respondents were the commtsslonc::r. L..ngosStatc MinIstry oI'Transport. National Un ion or Road Transport Worker(Lag()('l Stale Chapterl. Incorpo路 rall:d trustees or the Keke Owners and Rk1crs A5eoclatlon
or Ntger1a (KORAN)
and the Inspector Cicnernl or Police (IGPI. Muhammed Abubakar.
30 years ago today, you closed your eyes in dealh. Though you left a very young family behind, your principled leachings and examples have been a worthy roadmack on which we have lived thus far. To Jive in the heartsofthose who love you isnot to die. Slccpon in Ihe bosom orthe Lord.
Mrs Oyln Sowoolu (."']f!j Cllildrf!n:
M.r Fcnu Sowoolu
MrO\alunde Sowoolu Mr Suyinka Sowolu Mrs Oluwatosin Akintokunbo Fllr: Grllndchildrr1t Mr Keji Sowoolu Mamr Do.milola So'NOOlu
We remember today, with gratitude to the Almighty Father our beloved sister and mother,
Mrs. Gladus OIuuimika
JmfI~CIDI1ffi whom it pleased theALmigbty Father to caJi to higher service a year ago and pray thai You continue to grantheretemal rest Commemorative Prayers at Vawls and Gardens, (Behind FRCN), Ikoyi, Lagoson Tuesday, 19th June, 20 12 at 10.OOam. Reception at her residence: 8, Franklyn Road, Ebute-Metta. Lagos.
Engr. Olugbeuga Ekisola Chief G.O.K. AJay!, SAN
For the Elrisofa/omily Brother
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