THEGUARDIAN,Monday.N~ber 21,2011
Rivers woos investors with regular power supply, security, others
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n MRS Stau~ Governor, Mr_ .nRotiml Ama~hl has pledged to fadlilille the dlsoihutlon and supply of Z4 hoop.> unintmuptrd power supply m Industries located In the state metropol~
Spuking at L~ jun rondudrd ~ Slate Investors'
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Forum ~: "Olanges that
Wor~ infurt H.lrcoUrt, the governor pledged to make Rivers State the TInt In Nigma to ~ 24 hours ~ suPPht The goYmlOI'" sakt "'We ~ S2S megawall5 or IJOWer ready fOr di.stnbullOO. We an! 801"& ahead m dlstribute.md by the md of om. ~M. we will.mteYe 24 hour electridty suppl)l.~ lie notrd mal the busincss environment In the Slate had made m.1ny(ompan~ WI left the 5tall! dU(" to ln~«Unly and !XJOC InftastruaUlT to be Il!Iocouing back 10 lhe Slii~ ihi! !act lhIl former Prime Minister- or Britdln, Mr_Gordon Brown Is hrn! fOr a_is I~tor's rorum tells you a kit about the securiry situation In River.; SI,lle.. nl~ rok! Ihal a compilny ruch as Nigelidr Llqurned NoItural Gas OmiteJ (N1.NG) Is relocating Its he.KI uIlkr to I'I:Irt
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orhowthings ~ ..Ii.a.~ lOr lhe beru:t" In RI\len State.. saki
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lksidf'S, the goyemor ilSSUred prOSpe£lj'tl1." companies and
!:hose already operating In the scale of good setunty and olher necessary Incentives for business expansion and growth. He.ldded: "Wr h~ smngth. ened s«urity a~rus In the Slarr and nowwant toWt dawn me cost of doing Ixmness so that irM:slon who COI1'Ie to dll! thrir businesses In tht: Sl4I:te will make mOil! profits. ~ are t'Sliiblishlng a one-stop shop that will make business registration my fast and emdent.~ In his submission, dle: RJvers SGife Commissioner for f'DWft'; Mr. "'ugustln~ Wokocha emphasised that cornpi'n~ wtlling to c:stabIish In the: sute would enjoy constanL dea:ndty !ill!>,
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him, RJvers SliJte
was the first stiJte to estab-
lish a rull-n«lge ministry to deltom" dectridty 10 Its pro04e, addmg thai II ~ SUCCftStully hn~ eleroic:ity !ill!>, ply In lhe state. "Our Vision Is to ~ a ~
Eucutift Dinc:lor. St . . . Bank PIe, o-..hl'\.wl (leh); MMaCInI DlreelIII 8IId D*f uKUtift Dffic.r, lapI SIIII 51l"1li'" Adven~ AcIncY (LASAA),.....,. Noth ( - . I rilhl); Head of ~,Ik'*-s ~I, LASM. ShI Bello; (richt);.rId Hud. Bnond MIIIqIIIIII-.tt .... c-nc.nan. SI........ M.-.. . . . . ~, ........ ~ of The 1fInCY!IIid I aun...,QIt 1IIIm.", in ~.It ... ....bnd.
SUItt' ~ dtruic ~r Is
a\lilililble, n!liable and affordable In ~ry nook and CRnn}t Similarl}t our mission Is 10 ensure that Rivers Stlte TTIt'I!U in energy fIeft!s thTUU~ a sustaillable fram~ will support the state's KOOOmic growth and provide tis cilizeo. ry with seMces that meoru thdr C'Xpecliltions as a fast growing
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FADAMA: Nigeria receives commendation from World Bank lE World BanI. h.;u commended Nigm.l afar dJecTo Uvdy Implemei-ulr g the Third
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Fadama
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Faddma III in it sustainable manner". deoltlopment The Senior Manager, SUSliIlnable Development. Africa ~ion, Anna Bjerde giM' ~ commendation In an rnlerviewwilh N&3~of NJgem (NAN) In ADujoJ -on
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She said thai a ViSit to some of the arus where FAOAMA m projects were Imple mented shO'o'o'ftl a remarkable p~ a dewokipmenl, he saia. was an IndLation thai agric;\JlllIre Ie.-l101iJ1ed a priori: ty 0( the Ft"deml GOYmlmmt. - I'm hapPY t.) say thai FAIlMVr.1s domg ""~ well in iJ sustiJJnabJe manner .ind In our portfolio, agricultl.re sector is performing very well. -I'm ~~ to say this tx.:ause ItllP Is an Inl~ ~I part t~ KC>nOnly hen: In Nlgena and hnrortant p,Jrt or l~hoocI for citizens: shl'
"Id. Fadama·lII. a roltow.up on Fadama II, was aimed at increasing the Incomes of users of rural land and waler resoorct'! on a sustainable
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Thl' -t5O million projeO was Impleml'lIIed In ]5 Sliitt'S, Includmg fU In NI~ wllh 250 million credits from the International Development Agency(IDA while 200 milUon doUan counterpan conUibutions ~ shared by the fednal. sliites and local gOYem·
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that \Ooith what
was on ground and various n!ponson WOrld Bankagrirul. rure ~ progmnme In Nlgena there Wot.ifd be sem acceJeradon and robust lan from the biink. n a separate Intt'lVi~Mr.l:J}'O Mewunml, Acting National Coordinator. National Fadama Pruw"amme, disclosed that 656 loci! gOYmlrnelll councils In the country received -t8 mil· lion dollars as 1000n for thl' Implemmtation ofFadama III rT'IOI'"e
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Apapa Customs generates N188b in 10 months "- .(AR./llME aalvlUt'! closed JYllhis w~kv.~ tli the Apapa
Ared I Commdr d of the Nigena Customs Servicr (NCS) saying It generated ~188 billion a' revenue between lanu,Iry and Ocrow. MhaJI Adamu ~rko, thf' Customs MOl Cortroller, dlsdosed this on Friday In Lagos whl'n he rrceived the newly 1'Iened executlvt members or the Mariume Reporters' Association of Nigeria (MARAN) In Hs oTficr.. Garko.s.ud thal hi! command had consistently surpassed its target in the last ;iJ: months with an unpraede.ntM collection of more Wan ~15 billion In On He said lh.Jt thl' command would not I'l'irnt in its I"f!\Ienul' driYe, addlnf -, accept consrructl\ll' crit icism lha~
will spur the command to Improo,,: on Its pe:rforma.nce..Mr BolaJI ,.,klnola. the MARAN prt'Sldent. saKi that the Of:WIy elected rnemben of the usoclatlon decided to famllJarlse themselves with the operations of the com· nland. Headded tJlat MARAN, which w.lS.tO affiliate of th~ Nigrria Union of Journalists {NUll, w.lSa bodyof accredi£r'd Jour. nallsts RpOrtlng~llsln the maritime Industry. Aldnolil congr.ttuiated the conrroller for surpassing his
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revenue
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Ml'anwhile, the NiJtlonal
Assocl.nion of Go'lernml'nt
Frright Forwarders ( has described the rrrum a the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDlEA)tothe portSasa patriotic move_ .
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