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sulled m unpn.ocedented achievements. Dr &eire, who spoke with reporters at lheend of a one-day lecture on Igbo Uruty
held recently al the NUJ Press Cenlre, Enugu, yid thai Governor Obi IS doms well m Anambra Stale. He said: "'If you go 10 Anambra State. you will be surprised at the level of de-velopment; especially with regard 10 road construction. Thi!re were places that had
no roads before. But now, roads have been constructed in those areas. I look a tour of Anambra State two years ago and I was surprised with what I saw. This young man IS the ch.unnan of govemor's
fa mm. Southeast." Continuing. Dr Ezeile said: "This man beloo&s to APCA. He 1S Vlce-Chainnan Nigeru Governors' Forum. TIus man IS honorary advi.ser to the President. He is one of the two governors who made It mlo Iii pr!Sentinggift ilem to Mil Abigilil AslIbl lo r cilizens orgilni§ed by her office. With rewole/bukiln Fedent Consliluency althe !emor on Youths, Sports ilnd Spedil} Need, . Temilo~ 1I0ri Wiltth partnering With the caltre because then lIy!hr;s are taIlored toward5 the reducoon maternal mortality, saymg thai they )uld conllnue to collaborate with the cenIn that regard 15
the EconomiC Comnuttee ill the national level. He is shininn This man deserves to be the next pre.ldent." On the possibUity of IgOO Uniting and accepbng 10 Rresent a consensus presidential candidate come 2015; Dr Ezeife said that they would worl.. towards actualizing that_ The former govemor said lhat, if the pe>sition is zoned 10 the Southeast, then lei
He further said that I U 19oo need trust and courage 10 do it. TIle1 should pray to God for hIS blessings. one million contestants come OUI to contest He advl5ed those wh" ,10 lot bfbeve in for II. We have people who are qualified for the IgOO (,IUrse to have a .ha 1ge uf heart.
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FADAMA III disburses N496.4m
ERMANENT Secretary of the Cross River State Muustry of Agricul ture, Mr, Bas;;.ey Echemi has said that the FADAMA ID project in tM s tate has so far disbursed lhi! sum of N:l96, :101, ~99 to 1,100 5ub-pro,iec15 In 78 commUnllles since ,~ U"IC'I!J>UOIl Ul 2(X)9. Echenu, who staled Ihl5 at the formal IllLunch of FADAMA III pro;ect In the 5tate In Calab.u, said that a Iota.! of 168 community lI55OC1iIuon§ had been formed and n-gtStered. He said tial out of I, :189 sub·prolect propo&aIs., 1,1.)) ha\'!e been completfe<i I fuaid that FAOAMA OJ ha!.created)Obs ior 9, 411 dm!Ct tJe.lefiaane5 and 2, 430 indirect beneficianes 1ft the slate s:ance the bei.mrung of Its Implementdtion In Cross RJ\'et state At the formal launch of the project,
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From Nicholas l:iI u, Calabar Commissioner for AgnClllure, Mr Jame5 Anlyom$ald thilt FADAMf-, III was one 01 the agrlC'ultural prognllTD ~§ that have contri but ~d to the alll'\'Ilith n 01 poverly among rural dwell~n; He I.ud~ the achlO,vtm nt of FA-DAMA JII programrm- In Uw state, Jd'llng that It ha!. plilyed a key role ill o,·ernment's empowerment pobcy He yid that the rw:enl ~wa, d won by Ihe ~tale FADAMA 111 PlUl,~ w 15 II teSlimony IMt the pHlJ&=t has b\.--en I \Ug~ Su(Ce5$
'RSC takes safety crusade to churches HE Fe.deral Road Safe ty Corps (FRSC) Ikom, Cross River State has 'Opahon Keep . Nigerian Roaas Safe' to un-hi5 Within tile zone.. Il\e unit commander Mr L O. Ugenlo III ,mpany With other officers dISCloSed thiS Hing a ViSit to Winners Chapel Ogo)a lad,lkom. recently. He reminded wor'ppers on the need to dnve :;afely. In his message, he revealed thai FRSC 15 ·,ernuned to ensure that our roads are fe tfe further said that efforts wen.' bemg ade 10 ensure Ihat road transport casu_y is reduced by 30 per cenl befon.' 2015,
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Govt urged to curb corruption
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Ilf Chartered Secrelaru~s and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), r Olatunde Busari has said thai Nigeria \,Iuld not make any progreu if the 'rpetta lotS of scams Ul the VAnOUS sectOB the economy an.' not brought to book.. 1l'1san stated this while speaking with 'wsmen shortly Aller tho:: 38th mUAIGeneraI Meeting oE the Iflsulule held liS Nauonal Secretariat, Alaus. IkeJa Lagos enoJy ne illso uld the ongOing probe of the cUTltles and Exchange CommISSion iC); should be extended to those who were voh~ in the Inlhal Public Offers (IPOs) of me-I..-vmp.uues, whett' maS51\'e fraud.. We!'
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-re-cnarged members of the II\SlItute 10 un unprofeSSional conducts that will riisb IIw ilMge of the prof~on. Ie said -Witho ut diSCIpline; -ountabLhl y; commensurate relUrns to the xts put mto labour,. then we cannot Silly -nocracy has Ihri yed Wf j;on't make progress until we bong book all the perpetfillors 01 scams U\ W lOUJ 5eCCors of the ecotlOmy Democracy l' t thnve if it is founded on corTuption. ,at we will ilIgitate and urge as an mstitule hat govemmem must have Ihe 5U\centy
even as he stated that road transporl casualty has increased by seven per cent the first quarter of 2012. Conunumg. he enJOined the cong~ tion to join the crusade aimed II malrilllg OUt roads safe Responding. the resIden t ?<':Stor of the church Paslor Solomon Olaife thanked Ihe Unil comma nder for coming 10 sensihse members of the congregati on. He assum:i hun and his leam 01 the willingness of the church to ~ all traffic rules, even as he said that his members are remInded on every service day to be good road users
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" From lelt: Coordlnltor, Ij .. w Monitoring Grou p, Comr.lde Jose ph Evol. Ct<esl Spuker, J'wf. Omololu Soyanbo, .nd Niition.1 Coordinator Ooduil Peopl ~'s Congers", Olunb .. Cani-Ad.ms during II led uu on June 12 org .. nised by OodUll I'eople'§ Congress in LaI;~Jm:: BOLAQMlLABU
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Council helps residen ts
1he ICiAN boss said efforts have reached adv~ sta~e Wl lh the Head of Ser-vite of S pan of ellorb to enhance the hying By Rla/kal R.monl the Federation "towards ensuring Ihe 5tandJrd of the people Ihe lru-Victona 1.!.lan,1 1.0(.11 Council Dellelopment Those who engage in b ,)'mg and :;.elhng p roper listing of our certlf,ca te lD Ihe SchemeofServh,"adchng lhat "thIS would Area h.bempc wered more th.m 400 prop1e, TIl., were fmai oally emrolO .,I...d ... hilt Artisans give U5 more mileage and aIsoaltrad: more recipients; were ~nehdilrtes of the pl;J\erlY r«<'1vld 1I'''lrumenl5 rd, ,'·,111 III 1h.!lr trades people to the profess.lOIl." aJJevlallooprogNmmeOI!hecoullCIl Ther.wcre Some Ot die Item5 dO'ia.?d 10 the people Assunng thai tM Insutule would SUStaIn :.elected from .til the wanis of the COlIna!. werL SE'" _ng machine,. lal dr)ers, hair the tempo towards the attainment of il5 The programme which wa!> the f1hl to be dIppers. 6i!neratlng setS, fi§ ling neb and objective5, Busan said " In our pursuit al ini tiated Dy Hen Abayoml Oarillmola-Ied hnes. and blinding nuchl! a protecting corporate governance, we have admmiStnLtlOfl held at the council's secretaridt Other ikm!> Indude" Infer malS and coollnued our partnerstup With regulatory Hon. Daram )101 said thai the donation:. weno kettles donaled to iIIuthonti '!> d lex» Mosque bodies In NIgeria Lately, we have ~urposely to ,-ngender economic activities In in Vioorito Island intell5ifted our relatioruhip wllh Ihe Ihe area, even oS heSlaled that they would help Apul fr ... m Iraden \111.0 ,ee Ned lmanct.al Corporale AffalCS Commisswn (CAC) and in bnngmg at'out econonuc well-bemg of the aid, some "'Idows. the ag,od dl,-.WleJ pusons. the Financial ReportIng Council (FRC) resIdents and peopl.. whose housi--.I J'\O ~ w ...-re gUlled d.!; h "The gesture I,ms al mllLk,ing Ihe people by fire equillli, re...'"elvN 1 1 dAt11l1 a»a!otanc:e lowar r~aJnmg our po51hons on I elf economIcally self-reliant 015 ,I will serve as In 'b del<-'ITIunation to.:n :ou,.ge educatIon. Boards This will enable us to lnfluen« investment promotion for the purpose of .ar;g.o'l8" lh <' schon I-Ag... chi df( n, Ih 0;: counCil policy deoSIOCb Ihat are m line with the slimulatmg appropriate acUlilbes in the vanoUl> dl5tnbuted eJ.erose bool-,;; to I'llinary school _d_oct _'_'_"_ of...g_o",. od g~~ _ e""""" _ __ _ __ _ _~W~';nb;:.:.~ f ", "' :..: lCDA," he S!lId pur,L15 and ",tudents in ~ OI,da y ~hOols. Not r on y thaI, some student:. In nSlitullon5 of hIgher lea.rrung noceJ\ ed b lr50try awards. Some of the traden \' eIe ~I\'en CfilI6 of 50ft dnnu and coolu~, Phones, lines, umbrellas _ laMe. and tw,) 'ha IS which have Ihe counaJ's logo OIl th. n wI'te donaled 10 !i(IrM for call centre bUSL."l£ >Se.,. The counCil challm.u- a .sured those eqwpped with the all . ~Itre bu~ of non-mole5L1I10n from euh 'f co}undl or \ocl; against mdiSdpUne (KAI) ilS~ ro.-ce ufe jackets were a!sod, lutee. tD the Tarkwil Bay branch of the Niltiunal '\SSOClauon of Tourism Boat Oper"II.tS dnd Water
~~~ market probe, Busari said .. It
bit belated ill the ti~ the- probe ,.tarted, ,t I)f people had losl the" lives because of ~urred In the Mod. market due to a
of factors." J'm'TIol sIIre thai SEC is the only body t shquld ~ probed because theno are 50 .:h I~slder dealmgs; so much ienSltlve 1tm.hon belilg made 1I1o'lIil;1ble 10 Ihe ile~..a fell People \\IU bu} "hilre.. al a li.::o.l. r liJ..."!! dmounl; lour people will be '.lll" -d IOtl\e §hare cerl1l,C'lIIi!li I»ued 10 -lion. Da..... mol .. pnosenting life jackel tu re~l"I!senUng Tar.wID.. )- b ..... nch of the NIlDunll1 m;. Ail", .,">101: dre W .. IIL~ ______c."'-~C--i".=Uc.="=.=f=T=.=uc"'=m'_" . ... ='=OO.. <=,=.=,,=~:=.="c"--'YO"='c,=Tcn=M;Zpo !~~ __ _
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Police wanl. vehicle owners THE Lagos Slate Police t"onunand hu wlImed owners of vehit II!:5 parL.ed at
1I00000n Division, lo.kld U&05 to rftJ\OH' Ihem i mmediatel ), or forfe it ume through iluction, The \ :t1kkli ill"I!: L BMW Saloon cu- \U ISO FKJ 1. )(]1\-CD341 fIoj 3 fQ ' cobl Corolla 51 .. r d- f1. 73 k.JA