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THENATION MONDAY,OCTOBER 8, 20U
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Reps grill FCC chief on 2012 budget
I I I I I I T ilEHou. of Rep~ I .ioeI1t1bVft Commlnee I an FederaJ Charactrr Comml.l.slon yt!lterdJlY the commis5ion on
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~-::: ::~t I itl .Uoalioru in the 2012 Bud.... 'Th.~-':'~~ I 11ir comnut&ell!'l 0Wrman, Shuillbu CJbt, AbdullWleem. I Ahmed Idns. who 1ed other 5IIKt only N400ullim was alI commlUet!' memben 10 the located to the CO!'I'ID'Lis6lo in I qUIu.~
=:n..:n~~~f= ~H~ -Membm; are flm,
on lhr orde!' oi the 110WIt of ~ll!WnlabW!l
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fwicuoo In maDml to the 2lJu Budget, to know how much on 0\'erheAd. pe-
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and the b;J.Wn of wiulteve'" amount the budKft was. "We would like to have .. mmplete ~ oi evt!I')' money .pent, figurl's and ben-
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He said oithr N4Ilmillion. N16million _ ree-ct. and
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"Of Ihe N ..Omilllon, NI6miWon hIIIi been fdeued and this wu In duel! bilkhes.. The fbst WAS N6. imillMln. the IotCOfld N 1-1 milhon and the thud NBmilhon. " Of the Nl61l'llllion, the comllUSSlon
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IUppaaed 10
nwnwn the 36 stales in the
Minority whip urges mice to probe N3.38b Edo road contract H E Mlnorlly Whip in the Hou5e of bprt'lm-
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Financial Cnmll'S Comffib. SK)I'L (ERX) to probe the a ward of the Obe'I<)moghunNokhUl roMt prot«t U\ £do SlitII' 10 Asby Constuction Comp&ny Unuted. ON~ spoke with ~ en in Omogun NokhWL In Ortuorunwon Local Governmen I aft~ an U\5pection of
......... 1""1"'He decPed the progreaa of work. ""'" ..HI, -ow """,t. of Ihls comDlunity.- Obe. Omoghun No"hul within Orhiomwon Loal Governmen t Cou ncil hlye been 5hortchanged. I am unabir: to Iccept the Argument that the weAther condition has been ~y ~ble
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the delay in lhis p~ "ThiS is one cue of Inc ompet~ The con tractor lleks thecapaoty in lennsol men and machinery to ex-
UPDATE ON ACfIVITlES OF THE 67TH EXCO SIlTING
From, OMmw.ngioe hn Ogbemudla Benin
'"""" Mid__ land my 5 uNK.'Cipu,ble ~ve
people
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KUte 5UCh. siS-Rue: pro;ecc.
"Don' t forget that the lOtal cost of IRiJ!rOjf'Ct is N3.38 billion.., (rom my record. oyer NROO million has been p&Ki From wtat we have seen lodoy. the Job done II not cornmeMurale with the amount that has ...., poi<l ", thlnl. Rl'iousJr. u ... moulhpi~ of the OClh~, thai thi& IS a proper cut ((r the anli-c:orruplion agency to look al. "J aumot watch the peop~ o f my .~tuenq' contmue IObe~byanWl
ICI'\Lpulous con~. who no has no C&plcity. It is a dear ClI.R lack o( CIIJ>'IC!ty. "You will ~ with ov! th.I t the soU le\'e1 Ind the
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I. an lrea whtr. you have
less than three feet mlO t}v; Itf'(MUId. you hlv~ J.teriw lor the p roposed filling and 1
' Food importation bane of agrlcultiural sector' CONSULTANT to the Wo r ld Blnk, Prof. Abel Blblloll Og un wl le, hll .lld lmpon.lion of food is an obs tlde to SUltainl b le Igric ulturll p r o d uc ti on Ind I food aecu ri ly in the coun -
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unexploitcd pro3ucti\1e CApaciliH is held dow n by tns lit u l iomLil Ind Inms tl\l(;turaJ. n g idities,)s well IS high coal o f capUIi Inoell tea w ith mlny of
I ~e .poke .. I guelt th~t!~~'tri~n was I ~ It the Elkhth mau- ' pe nt on l ugar i mportl.Unt !.«tun 01 tn. "'do,", I Akln lo ll Uni ve rsity of tlo n I n d N97 ~l1I ioft on h Imeorla tlon, d u p Ue I Technology (LAUTEC H ). fll Ihe mlnnl!' resources, fivIlkel and (:reek. the I Og~:r::ture is entitled: er., n.ltlon il ble&ed w ith.... I ' ''epolillonln! As r iculI lurll Extension: Tt\e Umbillal Cord of SLIfOtainlble I Local Food Production'. I Og~n,,.. l e said the Fedu.l "Governtnenl h.u failed I to milke Impact on .mll11101111' fal'1M .... Some of lhe emblem.. acI cordin g 10 hlDl, include I poor a l)d uralic. fund in" ineffectiye extension I Upervision, ov er~mphlsil on I exporl crops. duplkltion of I o rgln bations lrid le:rvlus. He sa id: - The conuI quence I, thll NI~eria ' l
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He aa.ld rice, the leAding Imported food. an be cul-
Enterprise Bank resumes operation TAFF o f FIrst Spring Fr-anchJlI' Sr:nIicn. I hu man resowtt IJ6VKe provld.... for Enlerp(ise Bank UmilN , have called off theirprotu;L They disrupted operations II tfie ~I&l'lk'. hodofflCe dllr'ing tile rrolnt. iIU\d called oIf the 1"; 1..e to.uow the ffiilO agemen time \()ok into their grievltneeS Before resorting to picketing the b.I~ ~otiations. inyolylng repteRnll tivH of the nlltional offiters of the Nigeria OniOn of BilnkI, lnsunnce and FlrwKilI Jnstitutions Emp~ (NUBIFIE) and the NI~I Labour CongTtM (NLC) had produ.c:ed no I~t The D\&I\.Igl'lMnl 01 Enterpnle: Ba.nk UOlitcd said It hoped that I long luting lOIution w QUld be: found to fi nally aetlir the d ilpute..
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