Nige ria '\ Tribune WedtlC5Jay. 10 October. 2012
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Importation of rice unacceptable ""-...-----.. . .a-n.....iWN~t11ilVt withdraws
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IDE NT (jc ldluck ,IOlla l han has said thl' lI le continued ImportatIOn <r rice Inlo the roun ' ry I!! unacceptable R. E;
H ~ reiterated Ulat govanm,m would do his all lhat 15 necessary to put lUI end to lL by 2015 and salle the country about NlblUlon per day. Speaking during the Inau~ural mceUng of the I
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Delta flooiling: Youth leader cnticlSeS . , govt over distribution of relief materials SJI,lcltcr tdo'W1l.
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.& FG attracts $7.8bn investment into agric sector Agncuhul'al Tmnsfonnalion Implementation Council al the Slate House. AbuJa on Tuesday. he saki the naUon's prlvau: sector wa.!I demonstraUng Increasing capaclly In productng quaJIty rltt locally
sufficient In rk:'e produc· Oon by 2015. 90 as to reo duce the CUITCll! level or NlbllUonpcrdayapenlon r1celmportaUOn.~ hcsakL According to him. In tlU! lasl. 12 months, 13 new private uctor rice mills had come up with a
billion Investment had been attracted Into the agriculture sector lills year alonc. w11h agrlcullure output hltUng 8. I mllUon IIIClrlC lanlles. President Jonathan ob!!!erved that the cou ncil 's first meeung
I bl that porttng rice. TIlts admlnIslrntiont.s. Lhe:rdore. de~
total cttpadlY of 240.000 metric tonnes. while Ule demand for locally producc.d rice was rising. 11 k1" k ll!pres en sre.mar came ona day Ulat U was
was coming al a lime when many partB of Ule country were being rav~ aged by unprecedentcd n dl g hi h Id n. w c cou have adverse effecls on
local government areas of BnmadL Palanl and
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termlned to ensure that 00 Nigeria becomes self_________ ____~"~vw~I,..~u,""'~a,bou",'~."7",8"__"[a"nn"'.p"n>d~u<""_.
Oood affected pcople had been carried oul.
munlly \11 Bt)lladl LocHI Governmert Area of Della Stille. haJJ crlUd5ei tht actlvlUes of offiCial!!!' of the slate gov~ emmen\ 'or N!al he describes a. s"I'~lIve dlstrtbullo 1 of rt lief materials tq no.t -titvaged
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rommUjl"'" stale Tuod Illye alleged that relLef In krl~ls that were suppas d to te dlstrlb~ uted 10 ill a'fe cted com ~ mwllU ar~ booing given to com lJn'I I"s where gaven'rye'"1t h ncUonarles hall from Th~ )l Ith I. ader told JournaII5 ~ at BI madJ thai Ule saJd !.13te gt vernment omctals Yl!;"re playing poll~ tics wtUt the II'-es of the L'OaStaJ communities beltig nlV3$ed by Ihe flood. ·Foca,~rsl't'veek:s.
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people tlave b"en com~ plaintng of Ule ravaging flood a~ onl'l a few selected ~rrrmun lies were vtslted I tht I tate gov~ emmen r~O\\f Ihey ha~ started ding relief ma~ terlals t J com nunltles where rommlssl mem and state latvma"-t rs come rrom.· bel a1leg. d He sa din tte coastal
Protesting students paralyse govt secretariat Adewa1e AjaJI,
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OMMERClAL ac~ tlvlHcs and om~ clal duties at Osun Slale secrei.arlat
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wt're pa.ralysed onTuesday, as students of ter~ tlary (nsOlutlons In the alate staged a protest The students were demanding the payment
Mini~ter blames principals for1 deterioration in ' Ahn'" U 't S h nl y C 00 S cent. • • CI e.JDe D _, ~~ Wlke saId Ulls must ImST~R of d tat~
_. or Edu:u tlur,. Mr yesom W Ik ". h as N lib t d th r II f :nnyu tltudu If prllclpals. askl"" .~ _In ttl Jit up or face san lions. !-Ie a u.5t'd Ihe prln~
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management of the .,hoo". H-~ IO.C'U _'-_ 'aull~ .._ . A _ . , . . un: IIU miss.." quota 'ysl__ In "".. the schools. saying that U bo I 70 curren y. a u per cent of students admitted Into Ute schools were
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of their bursary and In ~ crease In Ule funding or slate-owned tertiary In ~ sUlutions. The students barrl~ caded all entrances to the state secretariat.
Th' "a" gom.o," Mr Raur ATegbesola. ap~ pealed to the.m to aJlow him access 1.0 his ornce. be stoppe . stressing but the students In thatal lea5t 60pereent .,.,"d h- ,hould ad or admlsslooS must be dTCSS~ them ~ on the spoL based on merit AppeaJ made by the He added that the crl- slate Commissioner or sis created by t he mass r. Pollee. Mrs Kalaflle tnlJ19 er of the principals Adeyeml. that the recently was an Indlcalion that most of them dents should allow Mr Aregbesola to address ' .-m In hi. om,- wa" .... ..... ...,""''' .. ....
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equally turned down. Addressing Joumal~ IstS . chairman of the Joint Campus Commltlee tJCCI. Naheem Olaore. said that apart from the demand for t.be
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paym,.' o[ Ih'" bu,sary. they were unhappy "the leadership of the with poor fundJng of the NUT only represents the state tertiary Instltu- teachers and only airs lions 'W' ." d [thelrvtewsandfeellngs.stu 0 adding that "we do ncUlOsun eSlatee In all enlS the ter~ Ing outside what the uary Instllutlons have h I h not collected ourbuBary teac e.rs n testate wanta. of NIO.OOO at! anI I d d I nounced by the state n a re ate eve opment. primary school governor. - Naheem said. teachers III Ektll State, Reacting to the pm' on Tuesday. also boythe students. the catted the lest planned aide to Osun forlhembythestategov~ State governor. said Mr emment. as the olllyentire four Semlu Okanlawoll. teachers In
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It was unfortunate Ulat the students could be-
Slate came out to write test. 1I0rin South Local Gov- service delivery at the have the way they did. theOn Monday. less 100 ~ h level would be en - sLrcsslng lIlat the slate [th I 10000 I II. meell I In Ahuja on Ahmed or ernment nrea al I e hanced. government had done oulO de·near · · y I ._.. I H I Tuesdav.pnhu\\ torc.po- Kwara Siale has atlrlb~ G overnmen ouse. secon ary "",...00 """"Cl~ slUon th\' 101 federal uled the delay In the 1I0rin. on Tuesday. Gov~ Governor Ahmed also enough to meet their ers expected at various Governm l n t ('olleges In payment of worker's ernor Ahmed said that assured loc.al govem~ demands . ttnlres sat for the test. order to ,."surt quality salaries tn some local so far . Baruten. Kalama ment workera Ulal the -It Is the flrst govern~ while I1mt of the primary educaUon dellvt ry. said government areas of the and 1I0rin West locaJ ar~ state government did ment to Increase their school teachers bUied for .11 wllJ no longer be busl~ slate 10 efforts to block eas were round not to be no t Inten d to embrace bursary to NIO.OOO. and Tuesday witnessed C'ftn ness as UIIual," loopholes In the wage affected. the down~slzlng option equally reduce school a poorer attendan«:. a.5 He Bl-qlbuttd Ule de~ b iUs of some of the 10He said that \I was as a solution to the Im~ rees _ This government only three persons lenoralto'" oftlu~ schools cal government areas. Important tbat all len - balan ce In the revenue Has done enough for showed up at the Ado to the atUtude .nd aen~ Speaking during a dencles that m ade cor~ base and expenditure these students. Their Ekltl centre when the tlmen!.! Introdl1ced by meeting with workers or ruptlon fester at the 10- profile of lbe local gov- acUon Is unfortunate," lrfg . rlan Tribune vist he prine P~....!"O:'O'--"Oh",,--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _..::'~m::::m~':o~.. ::..._ _ _ _ _ _~h:'::::.:.:'d:,_ _ _ _ _ _~...!! Il~. >!.C""~C"~n~U<~,~-.
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Ekl t l IE EkJtI State government has wtlhdrawn reeogllillon for the stale wing uf the Nigeria Union of Teach· ers INun. clUng -tlm~~at .security as a raelorA statemenl by the state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orleulallon . Mr Funmlnlyl Afuye . salt! Iht' decision wa" taken -following the security threat posed by the un activities of lht' state's chapter of lhe Nigeria Union of Te'llchers (NUTI ,Afuye said the withdrawal of the government'!! r('cognl Uon from the union In the stale was -With Im ~ mediate efrect.· adding that. -hcnceforlh . the slate gOl/ernment Yo'ould deal dlrectlv with teacher!;! 111 Its employ· ment and not through the NUTAccording to Muye . -lhls decision becomes tmperatlve rollowlng the Inabtltly of the NlIT to provide the rlgh l lead· ershlp for teachers In the state. ludlng to In cessant breakdown of the law and order_ Chairman of the state wing of tlle NUT. Com ~ rade Samuc.! Akusile. however. said lhe government's action meant -withdrawal of recognitiOn from Ekltt teachers.Akostle. who reacted
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