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Okorocha, Uduaghan, Fashoia others win NEPAD award AGOS-TEN state Governors Includmg Governor Babatunde Fuholll, SAN, Adams Osbiomhole. Emmanuel
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Udullghan and Roehas Oltorocha were gIVen awllJ'ds lor ther conuml· menl to pcM!rty reduction, infrMtructural and educebonal development III the
just concluded NEPAD Immess Croup of N~ NBGN 2nd annual general _InLogoo.
l.I!CIUR.E; From lell: Prof. Henri Fouche ' ollbe Uah'enlfy of Soulb Alrlc.; lion. George Nlojo. Gol'erRor Theodore Drjl 01 Abl. St. Ie; Air. M .J. Abubaku; AlG Zone 10 Sokolo and BrlgildlH Gen. Jost!ph Mensah, N.tionlll SfKVrlly Adviser 10 Me presldenl 0/ Ghan., during tlJe 2012 Annual S#tcurity m.lch Africa l.edure .lilIe La Pill. Royid Buch Holel. A~ Chana.
OOler Governors who were honoured for their public semas on envuonInftltal. projects and publidpnvllle sector irutiabva wee those of 0Iun. Akwll Ibom, Kano, Aoambre and KWilRI states.
The 2nd annual general meeting abo witnened ollieracb~b6illcluWng
busineu lecture and enterI4tnmmt. The theme of the event was-"N1gena. CurrentEconomicOutiook..: 1mpOOmoni for 8.wneY Development" In his remark. Mr GoodJe Ibru. the ~ and outgomg O!.m:man 01 NlCN saxi 'Aslreft.ectonlliepast eght )'MIS. I proud of the I'tIOdto5t adueYftnent of NBGN _ an of9MlSllbon set up to mobibse the pnvale sector lor the p.!rpc.e of ww:dth CTMbon Wilhm this penod. the NBGN h. been able to create aw~ nm. about lis progratnmeli and odNlbes_"
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lmo moves to boost tourism
FG approves N140m for training of teachers in Ebonyi BV ....::n::ROKUnJ
tesy visit on Governor
A. BAKAlIKI-THE Martm Eledu at GoVBn-
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Education. Bart. Ezenwo Nyesom Wilte, yester-
day, disclosed that the federal government has approved the release of NI40 million for the trammg of teachers In Ebonyt Slate He noled that the gHture would be extended to other states of the fed eration for teachers' capadty dev~opDlent, so they couJd be abreast of emerging trend in the leaching professlon_ The Minister, who stated this dunng a cour-
ment House, AbakaJiki. added that about 411,080 tl!Xl books would be du tnbuted through Uruversal Basic Education Commusion. UBEC to the state Urnvena] BasiC Education CommISSIOn. SUBEB, for the betterment of teaching and learning in the stale He stated that the fed era] govBnOtenl decided to make the dislnbutlon of the textbooks and approva] of funds lor teachers' training in publicschools in order to
nip in the board the mis chievous activities of some UBEB offidals who are in the bus mess of selling textbooks meant lor free distnbution to schools across the country
He said "'This year, each stale would be supported Wlth 140 million naua U1 order to support teachen' ca.paci.tydev~ opment in the country and also through UBEe. based on the number of enrolment figure ; we shall dulnbute 411 ,080 tl!Xl boob to schools in the state_ "We have realized that most states do not know that moIrt tenbooks come
to the state through UBEC and that funds are glvmg for the training of teachers In this country -It is proper we bnng It to your attention By 2015, the fed6al government shall reduce the percentage 011llIt6ates In the country as over 12 million children of school age roam the Itreels without education ," Responding, ~r Maron Elechl, who welcomed the M inuter to the state, apprt!CUll.ed the fed6al government for Its complimentary role towards improving the pursuit 01 education in the state.
Uba calls for special agric finance scheme for flood victims IYVlNCENTUJ IJMADU
WKA-SENATOR Andy Uba, representmg Anambra South in the senate. has advocated the sdung up of a special agricultural finance scheme for the resetUement 01 victims 01 the recent [lood that ravaged many states in the country Speakmg at SI. Paul's Church at lhiala where Hood victims from Ogwu Amoeba were camped, Uba said the scheme became necessary to enable displaced persons , mainly larmers, procure seedlings lor the next farming season begmrung next month to avert food crull nl!Xl year According to htm. stnCt! the displaced farmers have virtually consumed all their crops, Including
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seedlings that would have been planted next season, there 11 need for government to make a spedal 4nangement to sus tam them In thelt f."..
He promised that the National Assembly would InCrease the a.llocalton to
agncu1ture to take care of the unforeseen development and observed thai it was the efforts of the fanum: that had kept food prices stable over theyeat'S, noting that ignonng thelr plight could be disastroUJ (or the nation's food security
Uba, in his previous VISit to the areas affected by the flood , had domlted food Items and other materials worth mlmoos of nair. and cash 01 about NI rntllton to the VlctunS at Ogbaru. Onitsha and AguJeri
UNESCO, Nigeria ~ MoU for estabIist.ment of int'l institute at UNN BYTONVEDIKE
E ofUCU-lliEdrea.m Umversity of Nigeria to host a UNESCO category II Centre in biOtechnology has become. reality. following the slgrung of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, between the Federal Govemm~t and the UN agency
The UNESCO international Institute of BIOtechnology at the Uruversity of Nigeria was sealed at a ceremony held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Monday, October 13, 2012Dtrector·Gene ral of UNESCO, Mrs Irina Bokova. signed the MoU on behaU of UNESCO,
while tbe Minister of Educatton . Professor Ruqayyatu Rula'i. Slgned for the Federal Government of Nigena The MOU was based on the approva] of the lnt6nalionallnslttute for BIotechnology by the 36th seslion of the UNESCO General Conference held in Pans in June 2011
WERRI- IN pursu ance of the Rescue O MISSion Agenda to make
Nwosu spoke dunng an mspeclion tour of the slle deugnated (or Oguta lake seaport complex at Osemoto Enwgbo and Imo Thunst resort centre Oguta lake, all Ul Ogut. LGA. In tM inspectlon team were the SpeaaI. AdYtse" 10 theGow!mor on POOlic AIIaus. MlII: Nktru.. Slyvftma, managtng dt.rector, Imo State 0Ll Produang Area .,...."...,..eomnu.s.oo. lSOPADEC, Consultanl$l'
Imo a tourism nerve centre on the east of the Niger. the stale Comrrussioner for lAnds . Survey and Urban Planning, Uche Nwosu , has announced government's approval for Nationallnland Waterways Authority to develop the Sell port in Enwgbo Osemoto and Core Servtces Projects Umited to develop the tourism destmabon centre in Oguta lAke """"""'" oIboth """"'"
Chevron commissions N100m projects in Delta communities BYEMMAARUBI
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ARRI -CHEV RON NIgen.a Lun-
ited, CNL. has commisStoned six pro,ects worth over NlOOm donated by Escravos-Gas-to-Uquldll. EG11.. 1'"'1"" and South· ern Gns a::.:.tructcn. sc:x:. tom Itsekui amrnWUlleS in the Warn furt operabon area of Delta State. The projects Include
HaUs at Ekurede lind Ugbori and a 'muth QV1C Centre'lbwn hall in Ob!re conunWlib5 rspectr.'ely
However. the Ugbon
pro;ect was not commissioned bealuse it has not been compll!ted_ Speaking, the General Manage.; """Y, Govom· ment and Pubbc Aftaus.
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PGPA. ~n Nigeria umited, Mr De) 1 I-Ia.astrup. wged the various commurubes to make
Ugbuwangue; Teachers Quarters each at OdeItsekln and Orugbo; lbwn
JuWoouI use 01 the Iacihties lor the benefit 01 generations ya. W1born.
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Defence college participants laud Obi on security IYVL"'Ocr. rrWlIMADU
t\.. WKA- A team from
~ he National De-
fence College, AhuJa . currently on lour of Anambra State, have extolled the low cnme rate In the state Consequently, the team commending Governor Peter Oli lor malttog secunty a pnonty of his
tion wtule
pres~ting
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one-week findings ill the
stale, dunng a cultur,,] night organized in thetr honour at Governor's lodgo. -jI-v..r "'"
Anambra State WMi one of the most. peecefUI states Ul the country.
According to One, the reason is due to the ad equate support the slllte
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gcrve:rnmeot WMi gtvtng to
Leader of the team 6, Course 21 of the coUege, ReM AdmtnlI Samuel one. who ga~ the commenda-
IIWS to put
the secunty agencies, which had gone a long way to mobvaleseruntyopera-
m Ibm best