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TUESDAY,JUNE 19, 2012 ·THI SDAY
BUSINES :i WORLD
NEWS
Delta Moves
to Strengthen Agric Sector
WORTHY RECOGNITION
l oR:. Managing Director/CEO. Intermarc: ConsuitinX Urnited. Mr. Adeylnka Adeyemi. Minister of Communications Technology, Mrs. Omobolll Johnson. iillOd E.ucutlve Oil'1!Ctor. Dlamond Bank~c, Mrs. Caroline Anyanwu.. at the E-Buslness Awards and Dinner. organised by Intermarc Consulting In lagos
FAO: Global Hunger to Decline in 2012 (rusCMI Os~ie
translate into reduction
TIle Food ;and Agricultun! Orgarusatlon (FAD) has said falling food price! due to good han.'e5I:s and IflCJtBSt'S in.slCJcb should mean iI reduction U1 the nwnber of hungry in the wond in 2012. The FAD Dinoctor-Genera1. Jose Graziano da Silva, diKIosed III the opening se;SJon of the organisation's goyenung council weekend that ttu5 de\'eIopment would
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the
number of hungry people in the world in 2012. Graziano da Silva however warned that the food security situation In the Sahcl and the Hom of Africa was stili Ul a oit:ioJl state. He Iha.nIr.ed oountril!s that placed Afnca
and food secunty among thear top prionties and called 011 developmg cuuntnes to srep up their cooperation as well
He praISed the response of the tnlI!JTl.ltJcnl commuruty 10
the n."CI1:I1l famine in 5ornalia.. '1n Somalia. a combmation of good rams and mordinatai and dedicated efforts of the
intemabonal community. including the work FAD did with our 5ISter agency Yobdd Food P!cgrarrme and LJNJaF. aIJowed us to 0\'I!rI:UnI! fmune o:niiDcn> III mIy SIX 1lDlths," he said. However, Graziano cia SilVoli "~ that ~ gains in Som.1Ua are still fngile and thai a sustamed dlun was needed to pn!\fffit a repetition
of such iii tr.Jgedy. Gruiimo da Silva, who look office in January. a5ked the Council 10 apprm'e reform measures he has put forward "AI ltu5 se.oo )QJ will disol!iIs issues thai will determine FAD's fu~ capilOty to COfIlribule 10 a food~ world... They
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adjustments to ~ programme d wcxk ard budget. rd FAa, StTalegk direction." he !laid. Measun5 irdode n'5tnlctI.Jro
ing parts of !.he organisation
and transferT1J18 many headqua1'ter5 servk:es and staff to FAD country offices. 10 be daier 10 !he problems r:i wwde.dupui6,tJRI ~ The Council. which meets untIl Friday. i.,; composed oi ~"fSdFAOIIe"Ii8
muntnes. Elected by t.ht FAD
C _ " " _ t i o n', rap govt!ffilIlg body, Council membeni meet every six months to c:any out eJU.!CUtf\·e oversight of progr.mune and budgetazy actlvities.
Fresh Crisis Looms in Egbema, Gbaramatu Communities decried what it described as Wldue interference of
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tNt such actim wruId
lead to aisis.
Tho!: group has also threalened to disrupt the existin Global M""onndum
Understanding
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(GMoU)
company and !he Egbcma omd G>ar.una1U
between the
Communities Developtre'it Corrununities lRvelopment Foundation (EGCDF), In a weekend statement,. ogn<d ~~..-' NoIIy Emma; , 101m SoiIoo' and Public Relations OfficEr, Mukoro Stanley, the group
resist any aHempt 10 incite
"" a.u.m.tu ogom themselves and"""'" alleged that similar crisis had cost the IJves of three youth of the community in the pa5l It noted that the action of the_~y in Gbaramatu Kingdom amounted to "d.ivide-wvj-rule tactics", describing as ~b\e, the company's insastence on an imminent MoU with the Egbema and Gbaramatu Conununities Dev~ment Foundation (EGCDF) on bo<h Wmi Nath ard Warri ~ \"ksI:l.J;x:iUlli~Anm.
"We are not romfortabJe with the position of the company in the MoU with EGCDF because the people lhe company is using 10 tear
peace-loving and wouJd want to remain so, adding that.similar aisis in the past claimed the lives of tfm!.e
TIM NiSffO.tt.lnr:l!s_ MlI'Imltilt fOf" R.dIal Change (NOIMRC}.u..ltdthat tM tt!flUnl DftMetectedofficW of tM EgbIma.-ICI Gbara-
_Commuoi<ioo_
nwnt Fotrd.tlon (EGCDf) In
bomW¥rlNorthandW¥rl Souttt-Wnt Lout GawmmBlt Ar_ hH uplred but tM offid.1s are ~y trying 10 "Ioopt" theW t!!OUr_ and.tso nqotliotlnB' new ~ Mtinor.Indum of
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the area..HDIMRC Ms ailed
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nepdate._GMoUwlm the c:urr.nt UK1.It! ....s until
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our communities apart are selfish leaders. who are not representing the interesl of
the masses. Therefore, the tdt any negotiation with them as far as the MoU is concemed." <DnpIIIlY sf-ouId n:i
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the
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current MoU had been in existem! b tte past six
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youth of the area. "'We are not in a hurry to forget the incident ilt Abiteye flow stalion (our years ago, when one of our youth was
killed by JTF Oain'
~ieg«ny
Task Force) due to oil spillage money and al50 the death of two of our youth two years
ago at Esaavos," the group .ud NDlMRC caUed on the company to "implore those selfish and sit-tight !elders to \eaw officr at the end ci their tenure now th.,t the ovation _
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Gbaramatu Crisis The Issues
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I..ocitI Government AIea of
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in the affairs of Glmamatu Kin dom.. ~IMRC _ ....wed 10
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(NDlMRq "" _ alann over the aUeged attempt by an lnterriational Oil Company (KX') to incite ~ people of Gbar.unatu ~ in Wani South-¥kst
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The Niger Delta lndi~ MI:JvenIn: b Radir:3I
Chmnnolu _ guide ""'""""" !he """,Ie""""" It called on the Company 10 nrlwn with the masses and not the 5t. ,.ISh leaders clamowina roc a new Moll. The group noted "", Gbaramatu Kingdom was
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multinational. oil company
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