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THE NATION MONOAY.OCTOBER 15.2012
NEWS
Okunnu: Achebe's wrong
Call Okupe to order, says HURIW A NON-O?':ERNMENTAL""""""tion. H~ Ri<hls
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Writers "'ssodalion of Ni~ri. (HURIWA)nIl5 -tiche<1 t!'~ confronmtiolw stancr of the Presidential Assistant on Puhtl Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe. concmUng the National A!gefl1~ TIle group U1~ . President Goodluck Jonathan to caution hIs aidesagainsf, 'W"gtng in an ~ media war W i th the ~l(li e II !lOud tJ re • ~ decent WilYS of aides~oin.lnabout theirdUti~ i IInecessarilyBOUnClingcond gand
disrespect In
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I by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel
Onwu . HURlWA his media 10 go abo I
NaUonaIMedla:OffICer, Mi5BZainabYusuf, •sincerely wish tha i President Jonathan calls ,Uc affainl team to order and instruct them r Ibs wi th d ecorum."
"So 10 say hP wanted powefOf' his own prop~ alDnf' is
neither here Itt i.hem.
Reacting 10 the author's claim Nigerian leaders have not \eaml from the dvtl war expe.rience, Oktlnnu said Achebe was among thaie wtm have leamt nothirig from the
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"He him.<ieIf has not leaml U he IwlleamL hr, should be a an Igbo man.. He haS not learnt. And many pe0ple have not leaml -rhal is why I am advoc:aiing the spirit Of oneness. Thai irnospecllve of ethruc background. jelves _ we one..should ~ our-
-""chebe
Ni~ not
FORMER Feder~1 Commwioner o f Warb and HOUSIn& Ferni Okunrm(SAN). has !ill.tp the new book, TlIoMIUlSIQ7U~
A
try, by Prof DUn.... Achebe is
8y Ket'l ln O...okunbor
entation 10 the National Nr
sembly_
Bul,amin Okewu said it has given airline OpenilOrs the orportunity to bring in aUtralt 'lit ~ua!d f3tes.. NUATEPresidenl Mohammed Safiyanu said the UT'O tariff woUld bring about reductJoo in aie f:ares.
Ministers for workshop Ffon KamarudMn Oiundele. Abuja
~GENERAL of the Fedenltion and Minister
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luJumuned 8r{1o Adukr (SAN) and MinJstcoor m Re!ource. DIze.ani. AfuIon..Mad.uekwe~ 15 emanating from the exploration and pmt gas in Nigeria .. k expr:ctid to lBb centre stage at a ~
replete with inMx:unIle facts
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Okwmu. who ~ froqt 196110 197.f,dftued daimsby'
the author thai the
"One country, one people He (AcMbe) is still an Igbo man.. I am not a Yoruba man. I
~eral
am I Ni~ Heshou1d bea Nigerian. It is only by thai idenbly. of ~ a Nigerian that N'"12t!ria will grow in pm5perity,.i'he said
~tstMve:l the Igbo.. lieabodmiedthal thepemment comnutted genocide in its f!l(eCUtion of 1M country's dvil wu. 1hr senior advocate, who said he led the ~era.I GoVernment's deIegat:ion to sorre r-:e Ialb outside the 00UJt try betwftJI the g~efjt and Biafran repreentativet. said it the late Emeka Ojukwu. who ~ smrvatJon MKI other inhuman InI!'llJl5 Ifi
Jonathan,
Fashola, for awards
w'"
B, Damik)la
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The former commbsioner,
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ganised by the international Institute for the founder o f ihe 1Jl!;lJtut~ Niyt Ayuolaworkshop would d~ legal aspect:5 to
ann~~t~tcw
thr, wetOf'
T
HE Um op
(UNOI')
worksh morrow ihe par piO!Sof
cial Adv on Media the UNO
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of Ptqect Ught·Up Nigeria, Frank Aia Ukpabl, sa.ia the ilward Is to encourage these leaders to strive to lIchie\'e =N~ electrifymg their states
UNDP meet with editors
~'CYandthe
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t N I on5 [)revelt P ogrammc i hI:'! aone-day itll I dJtors to-
..ag II!I
,U'~er- lhe aus'lffl :Jf'lheSpeto" President J'41lkity and
.d ratic Gov. Dei elopmenl '"TI'e &htorand
the Constitution Amendment Process". A ftateme.nt by. Bolaji
~,.;d ....., _ .
Adeblyi,~A5Sist3ntto
Ity sUpply would reducr poverty, and . that well-lit up streets II rught contribull'd to deter c;nnunals.
the Pr5dent on Media, and Toyir Adewale-Gabriel. Communication and Reportmg, Adv~r of tht; OGD J>rc;ect n sa.ld:"'The dial~ is to mobilise tht' Nigenan editor to reawlken the media to ils responsibili'l of ~==~ pu lie
He~theawardwas~ ~ boomse they visited Ihpstal!5imd local SO"I!fT1mertts rrquesting for evider-oce d full execution 01 decbi1ic:a1ion prqects..
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Babalakin calls for urgent review of legal system
Housele.1cler: we'll scrutinise budget F'om TIYo Johnson. Ibadln f the HOU!le of Representatiws. Mrs. Mulikal 1de, has 5."lid the "National Assembly would III lVersight function Ofl the budget proposal. Wt kers are no rubber stamps as being insinu-
She sa.J ated in
ql 'ten
The Ho NigeriB ( Ing of the
• u- lerspoke al lhe Coa.... ReselIrcn Institute of IN). ladan, the Ova State capita l, afler the cl0sk 118 Youth skill AcqU15itloo Training yesler-
da:~~e saJ~he~xty bYyear bud~~ proposal presented 10 the the Prestdent .... ould be properly National
5iCTU-
tirused b aUeviRie Shesai
l(!
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b milkers, who would ensure that it would
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lefJ\lI of the ma!iSe!I. (1!neitherrobotsnorarubberstampW
ower PHRC for 20 years
T
HE Chlirman, COIlJ-
uultee
or Pm-Omncel~
sities, Dr BolamI'! Babalakin (SAN). has called for the ~ view of the naoon'li !eRa1 syftem in the ml~i oljulnde and fair play. He !thO protfen!d !OIuti~ 10 problems arrectlng the
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such iI.!i congestion anti slow prosecution ol offenderS. Babalakin spoke III the fac-ully of Law, University of Ibai:Ian annual Public l.ecIuA! entiUed: 'Aspem of the Nige-
Mou,_
refinery in AIria.
sub~Saharan
"'The agre-ement we are Slgnirog looay withGE. is deroying one of the most eslee technology- gas turbine technology that we oJre ~oing to use, 10 pro\' ide unmierTur.U!d power.supply to PHRC or 2IJ year§ ·Ftlr us, it is a great. lind wlooderful §b.>p in our JOur-
r.
Al!'V 0'
lightening up Atrial ..
From Oseheye Okwuofu,
lbada"
knot Ni~ Univer-
From Joh n Ofikhenul.
the o;ect implementation. :le'said; loday. GE USA .. nd NNI'C are gi~ us the opportunity to liJ;ht u~ tht' Port 1:1Mcow1 Refinery CompA!ly Umited. It is the Ia.rgl5t
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Adams Oshiomhole (Edol have been J1OJll.UUIted for the
v, Law and Pol!q (UPELP) in Abuja.
Presi
OWOyele
RESIDENT Goodluck Jonalhan. Governors Bllbatunde Fash0l' (l..ag05), Rauf Aregbeso a
........ """"" eu....wy
law (as tr.tdition) in a modern sooety at the WI."ekend, I ll' said the nation had ex-
perienced
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because there 15 actuaUy no ~
sane legal struc-
ture which hila been """"' .... by poUoo.n. • AdministrilOOn or law was remisc.'don dev~al:Jril.. system. to I brilliant 5)'5" tern, mQIIt people awailtng trial YIIJlIkI. not get it becaU!"".e the If'Owould lOok at theGWe and let the alIegcd perSCW1 go
t::!
"The ne.t Ie\.'e! of review would also take a step to determine whether or not the iIC'CWed Is /I polental criminal. Becausesuch I system Is not operll iionlli you have situallons where people lire kept for two or three years lor offences for which they could have been given one year. "'This is sad ;md parnful lf the court .should Iward one feaT wht!re the person pronounced guilty had spe.nl
three ye;ars the court is saying indirectly that thiS man is entitled to compensation 15 he had stayed longer tIan necessary." he said. 8aballkm l\.(Iid there are the remolr ilnd the immediate c.useli of crime
prevalence "'The remote Is the failure of the economy. II you have good economy and system runmng the pnsorui would
rh~r~wi1t~es~~d i~lu~~ commit crime. ~ Babalakin !laid
Fed Govt secures $7.Sb investments in agric
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Agocultufill TraNforrnation Ag~ (ATA) has !leCUred pri.... ate ..rnlf" In-vestmen~ wOrth SJ.8 tHibon, the Minister of Agricuttu(e
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The ministft-..,kl the WOOd Bank,. IntematicJll.1i Fund fOr Agr!culturt' Ot>velopmei)t (lFAD), Bill and \1ehndaGat~ Foundllllon. among otherjl, aLo;o COnlmiltt\· resDlltn!'I 10 liurpori the" lOliform,lIlcin pLm
Adesum ing of
th~
tuTal Show
~~e
"I Ute I~' Nahonal AgricU/In Ntsanlwa Stair,
From Olug benga Adanlkfn. Abuj. adding that plans: are ~ ing to aetup ~ ROod ~!Ii::heme!i fir farmer.;
Gates Foundation have .se-lected Nigr:rla u a priOrity for its U'I,,'eStment U'I
a a '
lure.. The Inl!ematJona1
for AgricuIhlR DtveIop-
men! ~
and drought in their (DIJIIIlll-
put up $&) miJlion. The USAID has committed
Rittes.
560 milhon And the DAD,
torornpensa~ then fur
800ds
He saki: *'The A~ttuaI Translonmtion Agenda in Ntgma is well on course. We foa.ve been able to attract $7.8 billioo of private sector investment commHmen15 mto the agriculture sector in the pao;t
one-f~";'.orkI. ~ noticing. nit'
~~"TI! ~c~di~
Ford Foundation and Rockefeller FoundlHion haye committed for technlca.! support flIdlitl~· Speaking on farmr:fS .ffectt'd by HOod. the mmlSter aaid governmenl iii to develop poitCles thaI Will protect farmers from the Impllel of climate change "'11e Oood is a Wilke-up
call. with changtng weather patterns; we must now de-
"eIop ~es for I'roteCl1ng
fanners from the Impact oJ cllm.te change, especially
droughts and floodS..·
I-lesaid u part or the flood recovery food production
imliabve, the ministry isdlStributing 1,000 pumps 10 fanner:< 10 used for flood ~ cession food production in
tM dry
5e1UOl'l
AdesiOil. whoassunod that thfte won't be food crisis in the country, sud government would en\balii Ofl a flood r!'" Ce<iSIOO food prod1.lcttal inll'fYe-ltiCIn to ~pporI frumt'l'!!