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Domestic Fuel Consumption To Surge Ahead Of Election By Chika Izuora, Lagos

There are strong indications suggesting possible surge in domestic fuel consumption, a situation that may bring about supply constraint in the market. Leadership learnt that though government had issued the 4th quarter product import allocation to marketers, usual upsurge in movement of goods and services during the yuletide season may impact on the supply system. A reliable source with the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said the agency may face supply challenge similar to 2011. The source who spoke on condition of anonymity at the just concluded Oil Trading and Logistics Conference and Exhibition in Lagos predicted that

the 2015 general election campaign might drain the national fuel reserve. He said with many of the governors completing their constitutional tenure and new candidates coming on board more robust campaign across the 36 states would heighten which will ultimately increase demand. He also feared that the presidential campaign will also drain the kerosene supply chain. “Large quantity of kerosene imported into the country is used in the aviation industry and that is why it is scarce and presidential candidates and delegates fly more during their campaign. All these are the challenges facing us and government is not considering increasing allocation with the current consumption of fuel at 40 million litres,” the source said.

Expert Lists Ways To Raise Local Content In Petroleum Product Refining The former Vice Chancellor (VC) of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Prof. Wale Omole, has observed a very low local content participation in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry as he blamed government for not recognising the ingenuity of the people. Omole who spoke at the third edition of the Sustainability In The Extrative Industry (SETEI) conference, organised by CSR-In-Action in Lagos, said that since government and International Oil Companies (IOC’s) have failed to manage the 445,000 barrels capacity local refineries, they should have recognised local engineering expertise used by illegal refiners.

He said, “On the issue of content, we need not be told about local content. We, Nigerians are the content. We own the land. We grow things upon it, build upon it and extract from beneath it, though presently we mainly extract oil and gas.” The university don, stated that the life of every Nigerian is determined by the price of a barrel of oil and indeed the national budget is predicated on the price of crude oil. He noted that since exploitation is in the crude, the content is also nearly totally in the crude form while the citizens around the oil region are treated in the crudest manner, in terms of environmental degradation, unemployment and poverty.

Why Investors Abandoned Refinery Licence By Chika Izuora, Lagos

Operators in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry have given insight into why private investors lost interest in establishing greenfield refinery even after government issued them with operating licences. They said the Nigeria’s petroleum industry is over regulated and has not provided investors with the opportunity to conduct their business profitably. For instance, the chairman, House Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Dakuku Peterside, in his submission at the just concluded Oil Trading and Logistics Conference in Lagos said with the current regulated regime, the industry is not competitive

and not investment friendly for private operators. Peterside said that existing legislative framework is deficit in terms of competition and transparency and ultimately not profit driven. He recalled that government had in the cause of initiating transformation of the sector issued licence to 18 firms to establish refinery in the country but till date no one of them had showed up. The chairman also said that when government could not persuade them to invest, it initiated the Green Field refinery projects in Lagos, Kogi and Bayelsa but yet no one has materialised. He said the legislature has decided to expedite action to ensure speedy passage of the Petroleum Industry

Bill (PIB) before the end of the 7th Assembly to facilitate investment in the sector. Sharing similar view, the managing director, Rainoil Limited, Mr Gabriel Ogbechie, said that the current lull in investment in refineries in Nigeria was due to the federal government’s policy. Ogbechie observed that the policy offers unfavourable investment climate to private investors who must give account of their investment decision to their shareholders. Ogbechie chaired the panel session with the theme, “Tank farms, tanker vessels and regulatory compliance in petroleum products supply,” which focused on measures, metering, inspection and environment.

Some of the ships at Onne Port in Port Harcourt. PHOTO BY OGOH JOSEPH.

Indigenous Vessel Operators May Lose Oil Transport Franchise STORIES By Chika Izuora, Lagos

Indigenous vessel operators are getting more frustrated following the possible ban by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The ban is originating from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) which has legislated the ban of single haul ships from ferrying petroleum products. The IMO has set 2015 as deadline for exclusion of single haul vessels from products handling and transportation. Scared by that decision, Nigerian ship owners are now mounting pressure on the NIMASA to ignore the deadline or find alternative for them. The NIMASA on its part is insisting that global maritime

operations are guided by the IMO and all its policies and legislation is domesticated by member nations which Nigeria is part of. Speaking with Leadership at separate interviews, head, Maritime Safety and Seaferers, NIMASA, Mr Vincent Udoye, and newly elected president of Nigeria Ship Owners, Capt D.O. Labinjo, said the situation is very critical and if not well managed could lead to loss of jobs and affect the local content law. Udoye told our correspondent that the problem with Nigerian ship owners is lack of maintenance culture and discipline. He said even if there is intervention fund like the cabotage fund, there had been instances where funds had been disbursed to them and they bought the ships but could not maintain them.

“Abroad, you see ship companies in 3-bedroom offices maintaining five vessels but here you see a company in a 5-storey building controlling one ship.” From next year single haul ship carriers will not operate again, 80 per cent of ships operating in Nigeria are single haul and Nigeria is signatory to the ILO law and we will enforce the legislation,” he insisted.Labinjo, in his reaction, said he led a technical team to the NIMASA to discuss the disturbing legislation and some positions were adopted. Among them is that the NIMASA should from 2010 stop registering single haul ships, and that the agency should allow existing ships to run their life to the end as Nigeria is not alone in the single haul business.

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Gas Flare-out: Stakeholders Identify Funding, Fiscal Policies As Hindrances STORIES By JulIET AlOhAn, Lagos

Three major issues which include funding, lack of country-wide gas infrastructure and fiscal policies critical to gas development have been identified as hindering the attainment of zero gas flare-out agenda in Nigeria. This position was contained in a communique issued at the end of the preconference workshop at the 2014 annual conference and exhibition of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) in Lagos. The minister of power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), George Osahon, Dr David Ige, group executive director, Gas and Power, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) were among participants at the

pre-conference workshop which focused on the topic “Driving Gas Flare-out in Nigeria.” The communique which was read by the chairman, Preconference Workshop, Nosa Omoredion, while applauding government for the current development in gas prices, infrastructure development and power reforms, recommended that appropriate funding mechanism be put in place to encourage investment. It also noted that “unless in cases where it makes sense for government social responsibility, the gas value chain and pricing should be driven by market forces and accelerated to a willing-buyer/ willing-seller status.” It further pointed out that the current Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) draft which proposes to tax gas like oil, will be inimical

to gas development and, therefore, be reconsidered, while recommending “the adoption of a proposal to establish incentives as opposed to sanctions as a way of supporting gas development.” The communique urged government to put in place incentive to encourage aggressive exploration for gas in the frontier areas to increase long term sustainability and added that “government expedite action on the establishment of the planned backbone infrastructure development and then transit out of infrastructure development through public private partnership thereafter.” The communique also pointed out that existing legal framework for gas, as it is today, remains inadequate to encourage enforcement of flare out and infrastructure development.

Clarke Energy, Ughelli, Geometric Power Contend For Industry Award Ughelli Power, Geometric Power and Clarke Energy are among the leading companies in the power industry that have been nominated for the inaugural West African Power Industry Awards which will be announced during the West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC) later this month in Lagos. There are seven award categories which are Lifetime Achievement Award, Power Transaction of the Year, Outstanding Woman in Power, Best Rural Electrification Project, Best Renewable Energy Project, Power Transaction of the Year, Excellence in Power Transmission or Distribution and Excellence in

Power Generation awards. The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Sam Amadi and former minister of power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, are the top contenders for the lifetime achievement award. Similarly, the coordinating minister of the economy and minister of finance, Ngozi OkonjoIweala, managing director, Geometric Power, Agatha Nnaji and the general manager, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC), Olubukola Osiberu, are top nominees for the Outstanding Woman in Power award. According to the WAPIC

programme director, Irene Ochem, the award is aimed at telling the success story in the industry and highlighting companies and individuals who have worked tirelessly to pioneer new frontiers and push boundaries towards achieving electricity growth in Nigeria and West Africa. She said, “The response from the industry has been overwhelming and every category is hotly contested. We have received dozens of entries, and what is so gratifying is that the nominated companies and individuals have all made such important contributions to the power sector in the region.”

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Total Constructs 95km Pipeline To Boost Gas Commercialisation Nigeria’s gas commercialisation is set to receive a boost following the ongoing construction of two major gas pipelines by Total Exploration and Production (E&P) Nigeria. The projects are the 50km Northern Option Pipe Line otherwise known as (NOPL) and the 45km traversing the Obite, Ubeta and Rumuji (OUR) pipelines. Making this known during her presentation yesterday at the 2014 International Conference of Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) in Lagos, the managing director of Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria, Elizabeth Proust, said when completed “these pipelines will enable Total to remain as key players in the supply of gas to both the domestic and export markets.” She noted further that the Total group is active in the commercialisation of Nigeria’s gas through its 15 per cent interest in Nigeria LNG and another 17 per cent interest in Brass LNG. Speaking further, Proust said that in line with the group’s worldwide campaign that is it is fully “committed to better energy,” as a new mix of hydrocarbon, domestic and export gas as well as new energies, including solar in Nigeria, would be obtained, developed and delivered in a cleaner, safer and more innovative manner. “We have just created a New Energies entity in our Nigerian affiliate which is headed by an executive director to show our seriousness in this area, particularly in solar where Total has taken a 65 per cent interest in SunPower, the world’s secondlargest solar energy company,” Proust said. On the conference theme: “The future of Hydrocarbon Exploration: Drilling deeper, Searching wider,” she said Total has demonstrated its boldness by recently launching the $16 billion Egina development at a time of great uncertainty in the world petroleum industry.

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West African Power Industry Convention Holds Award STORIES BY OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos

A wheel-barrow pusher at Karu market in Abuja, yesterday. PHOTO BY JANE OKEKE

Nigeria Repositions For $200bn Cocoa Market Stories BY Kingsley Alu, Abuja

The federal government is intensifying the implementation of expansion projects for cocoa processing and manufacturing in order to claim a greater share of the annual $200billion global market for finished goods made from cocoa. The minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, said with the repositioning, Nigeria would extract immense value out of the cocoa industry. He spoke in Abuja yesterday at a summit on Cocoa Value Addition in Nigeria. Aganga said, “The total global value of exporting raw cocoa is approximately $10 billion a year; the total value from chocolates alone, all made from cocoa, is over $100 billion a year, while the total value of all finished goods made from cocoa is estimated to be as high as $200 billion a year, all drawing from the same $10 billion raw cocoa beans produced. “With the situation today, about 76 per cent of total cocoa produced is from Africa, but less than five per cent of the wealth

in the value chain is retained here. After many decades of dominating cocoa production, it is worrying that we still remain price takers, and capture so little value. This is not right, and this is what we have set out to change.” He said with the expansion of cocoa processing and manufacturing capacity, Government was set to retain more of the value of the Cocoa industry in Nigeria, create jobs and wealth for citizens and generate income for government. The minister noted that the partnership between his ministry, the ministry of agriculture and organised private sector (OPS) was a very good evidence of President Goodluck Jonathan’s unwavering commitment to pushing the frontiers of economic development and returning Nigeria to the heights of its glory in the cocoa industry. He said, “This event is a unique collaboration between three parties - the federal ministry of industry, trade, and investment; federal ministry of agriculture and rural development; and the organised private sector in the Nigerian Cocoa industry.

“The cocoa industry, is a clear example of where these two programmes interface (i.e. where agricultural transformation agenda meets the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan). The possibilities for transformational change is therefore boundless,” he stressed. Speaking at the event, the minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, said his ministry was working with the ministry of industry, trade and Investment on a ministerial memo on value chain that would unlock the cocoa sector. He said the memo would be presented to the Federal Executive Council adding that Government had provided 1.4 million pods of high breed cocoa to farmers, free of charge, within two years. This, he said, had increased cocoa output from 250,000 to 300,000. In his goodwill message, the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Michel Arrior, said Nigeria was the number one largest trading partner with Europe with total trade volume of $50 billion in 2013.

West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC) would be holding its West African Power Industry Awards this month. The award which is coming up on November 18, in Lagos had Ughelli Power, Geometric Power and Clarke Energy among the leading names in power that have been nominated. There are seven award categories, ranging from Lifetime Achievement Award, Power Transaction of the Year to Outstanding Woman in Power. According to WAPIC programme director, Irene Ochem, the enormous investment opportunities in the West African power sector would be in focus during WAPIC with the Nigerian minister of power, Chinedu Nebo, and Heirs Holdings CEO, Tony O. Elumelu, heading up a high-level delegation of speakers from government and the private sector, giving the more than 1000 power professionals the latest updates on the Nigerian power industry’s privatisation and other opportunities in the regional energy sphere. She said, “This is the West African utility industry celebrating its heroes and success stories. It is for the industry and by the industry. Together we are highlighting those companies and executives who have been responsible for pioneering new frontiers, pushing boundaries, for inspiring others and for achieving growth for West Africa.”

‘Lagos Generates 20% Of Nigeria’s GDP’

This event is a unique collaboration between three parties - the federal ministry of industry, trade, and investment; federal ministry of agriculture and rural development

Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that Lagos State generates about 20 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Fashola, who was represented by State’s commissioner for Commerce, Mrs Olusola Oworu, disclosed this at the opening of 2014 Lagos International Trade Fair with the theme: ‘Promoting the Nigerian Economy as a Preferred Investment Destination.’ He said that the state has remained the economic hub of the nation. He added that the challenges of infrastructure and security were militating against the nation as a preferred investment destination, saying that without adequate infrastructure such as electricity, it would be difficult to attract local and foreign investors. He added, “Without tackling insecurity issues, we cannot make this place nation an investment destination. We have identified areas such as agriculture, transportation, housing and power that will take Lagos to its investment destination but the state needs to be given special position to achieve its economic growth.” The vice president, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, (MAN), Mr Ilesanmi Agoye, exhorted the private and public sectors to support locally made goods, saying the support would to create job opportunities for the youth in the country.

SMEDAN, First Bank, 3AL .com Sign MOU On e-Commerce In order to bridge the digital divide between Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria and the rest of the world, with regard to online space for promotion of products made by the MSMEs the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) has signed a tripartite agreement with the First Bank and online marketing firm, 3AL.

com yesterday in Abuja on MSME marketing. The director-general of SMEDAN, Alhaji Bature Masari, said that the goal of creating an online marketplace for MSMEmade products in the country was to eliminate the second barrier access to markets. According to him, the persistent problem of MSME products

lacking connections to the international market has created a need for innovative solutions to counter this problem adding that this platform would enable the MSMEs to thrive and create more employment opportunities, while contributing to the development of the nation’s economy. He said online marketplace would offer access to billions of

people who are active online and who are both willing and able to purchase good quality Africanmade products adding that the increased demand for these products would also encourage the MSMEs to enhance their creativity and innovation, and ensure that their products were of international quality. According to him, one of the

key drivers to the growth of any business is adequate and sustained sales that would bring sufficient revenue and increase the bottom line. This in turn, he continued, would create a multiplier effect in that with increased sales, the MSMEs would purchase more inputs and thus also stimulate the growth of the factors market.

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Oyo 2015: I’m Still In The Race, Says Alao Akala Former Oyo State governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala yesterday said that he has not stepped down for any aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nor withdrew from the gubernatorial race. Alao-Akala, one of the leading aspirants in the state told newsmen in Ibadan that such speculation was baseless, urging rumour mongers not to turn the state to a war zone. There was speculation that the former governor had stepped down for a former Senate leader, Teslim Folarin to fly the PDP’s gubernatorial flag in the state. “I am very much in the race. These people should not turn Oyo into a theatre of war. Have you heard that the ticket was given to anyone? Politics should be played maturely. By Adebayo Waheed, Ibadan

Ekiti Assembly Speaker Accuses Fayose Of Intimidation By Alo Abiola, Ado Ekiti

The speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, has voiced concern over incessant blackmail and intimidation of Ekiti State House of Assembly by the state government, saying that Governor Ayodele Fayose’s reactions to refusal by the All Progressives Congress (APC) members to dump their party for PDP are going beyond approved standards of modern governance. A statement by the speaker’s spe-

cial adviser on media, Wole Olujobi, said the latest allegation of demanding N135 million for the screening of Governor Ayodele Fayose’s commissioner-nominees was a propaganda taken too far and went against the grains of decency in a fledgling democracy. Omirin, who said he would not have reacted if not for the gullible public that would be deceived by lies by the executive, expressed worry over media reports casting the House of Assembly as a stumbling block to Governor Ayo Fay-

ose’s bid to constitute his cabinet, saying that the reports in the media on the nominees are misleading. Stressing that the House will not be distracted from its record of integrity in making quality laws for Ekiti people as done in the last four years without demanding for money, the speaker explained that “The standard practice is to present the list of the nominees in the plenary while the nominees will follow with the submission of their credentials. They will be screened before confirmation.

Ekiti Parapo Alumni Raises N250m To Fix College Infrastructure Alumni Association of the Ekiti Parapo College, South West Nigeria has embarked on infrastructure development of the institution following decades of neglect. The infrastructure upgrade also coincides with the institution’s 60th anniversary. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos yesterday, president of the National Association of Old Students of Ekiti Parapo College, Ogbeni Lanre Adesuyi lamented the level of decay of infrastructure in the school which he said has made learning very stressful. Adesuyi disclosed that virtually every facility in the college had collapsed. By Chika Izuora, Lagos

2015: ASUU Tasks Nigerians Over Credible Leaders

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday charged Nigerians to ensure that only credible Nigerians are saddled with the administration of Nigeria come 2015. Speaking at a special congress of the union in commemoration of the first year anniversary of the transition of late Professor Iyayi, the University of Ibadan branch chairman of ASUU, Professor Olusegun Ajiboye lamented that since inception of democracy Nigerians were yet to get the dividends. According to him, Nigerians must vote for credible candidates. By Adebayo Waheed, Ibadan

L-R : Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Lawal; representatives of Osun, Oyo State governors, Mr Oguntola Togun; Prof Solomon Olaniyan; and the book presenter, Prof John Ayoade, at the presentation of a book “The Legislative and Governance in Nigeria”, in Ibadan, yesterday. PHOTO BY NAN.

Osun Tribunal Admits Form EC8A In 17 LGs As By Joshua Dada, Osogbo

Osun State governorship election petition tribunal yesterday admitted form EC8A used in 17 local government areas in the August 9, governorship election in the state as exhibit. The petitioner, Senator Iyiola Omisore and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tendered the forms for the 17 local governments being challenged by them. Omisore, had dragged Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the All Progressives

Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the tribunal to challenge the results of 17 local governments out of 30 local government areas in the state, contending that they were marred by irregularities. PDP’s lead counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon (SAN), yesterday tendered the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the documents and they were admitted as exhibits by the tribunal. The local governments areas being challenged inlude Ede South, Ejigbo, If-

elodun, Ilesa East, Irepodun, Irewole, Iwo, Obokun, Atakumosa East, Boripe, and Ede North among others. The chairman of the tribunal, Justice Elizabeth Ikpejime, had earlier informed the parties that any objections to the admissibility of exhibit should be raised in the final address. Counsels to the respondents, Chief Akin Olujimi (SAN), Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) and Ayotunde Ogunleye agreed to the directive and promised to make their objections known in their final addresses.

short news SDP, Ogun Disagree Over Billboards Removal There was disagreement yesterday between Social Democratic Party, SDP, and the Ogun State government over the removal of billboards mounted by the party in different parts of the state. The SDP alleged that the billboards’ removal by suspected officials of the state had political undertone. The Ogun Signages and Advertising Agency (OGSAA) said that the party contravened its new billing policy of pre-payment. The SDP on Sunday erected giant billboards in Abeokuta and other parts of the state. On Tuesday, operatives of the OGSAA backed by heavily armed anti-riot policemen tore down the billboards along the AbeokutaLagos Expressway at Sagamu Interchange. The development coincided with the defection of some legislators from the ruling APC to SDP. Chairman of the SDP in the state, Chief Olu Agemo, speaking at Sagamu Interchange alleged that the removal of the billboards was politically motivated. By Gbenga Adeboye, Abeokuta

INEC Warns Against Premature Publication Of Campaign Materials By Joshua Dada, Osogbo

The resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Osun State, Dr. Rufus Akeju yesterday warned against the violation of electoral law through the advertisement or publication of political campaign materials before the commencement of campaign. Speaking in his office at the

monthly meeting of the State Inter-Agency Advisory Committee on Voter Education and Publicity (SICVEP), Akeju noted that such act contravene section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended. He warned the stakeholders against contravening this provision of the law adding that strict adherence to the law ban-

ing such advertisements or publications before the stipulated day will assist in the eradication of the era of impunity. According to him, “The INEC recently issued a circular to all stakeholders, especially to the media about the need to stop advertising or publishing political campaign materials before the commencement date for po-

litical campaign as stipulated by section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.” Speaking on the August 9 governorship election, Akeju said he intentionally stepped aside in order to give credibility to the exercise following criticism and negative assertion leveled against his person by some registered political parties.

28 news NATIONAL Judge’s Absence Stalls Suit Seeking Mu’azu’s Ouster The absence of Justice Evoh Chukwu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday stalled the commencement of the suit filed against the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, seeking his ouster as the party chairman. In the suit, the plaintiff, Aliyu Ayuba Gubrin, a House of Representatives aspirant from Adamawa State, through his lawyer, Lilian Ojimma, in an originating summons is seeking the removal of Mu’azu as the chairman of the PDP. The plaintiff also in a motion on notice asked the court to restrain Mu’azu from acting as the chairman of the party. The court was supposed to hear an exparte motion for substituted service and a motion for accelerated hearing yesterday, but the judge’s absence stalled the case. The originating summons has been fixed for December 20, 2014. In the motion on notice, the court was asked to stop the planned national convention of the PDP scheduled for 10th and 11th of December, 2014. The party is expected to adopt President Goodluck Jonathan as the sole candidate of the party at the convention for next year’s presidential election. By Kunle Olasanmi, Abuja

Chieftain Urges PDP To Reject Automatic Ticket A chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and chairman, Transformation Agenda Solidarity Forum, Alhaji Mohammed Ari Gwaska, has appealed to the leadership of the PDP to reject the idea of automatic ticket for any elective office in the country. In an interview with Leadership in Abuja yesterday, Gwaska reminded the party’s hierarchy that automatic tickets into elective positions in the party rest on the grassroots and not the party headquarters in Abuja. “The leadership of the PDP should be extra careful with the pressure groups approaching them for the so-called automatic ticket to enable them contest various elective offices in this country”, he said. Gwaska, who is a former chairman, Federal Character Commission (FCC), maintained that anybody who had been elected into any office should go back to his/ her constituency to convince the people based on his achievements at the grassroots during his tenure, instead of seeking automatic ticket at the headquarters. He appealed to the party to encourage people who have contributed to the growth of the party and the society, especially the grassroots to seek elective positions into offices instead of giving automatic By David Aduge-Ani, Abuja

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Senate Moves To Reduce Executive Powers In Labour Dispute Administration By Adesuwa Tsan, Abuja

The Senate yesterday moved to whittle down the powers of the federal government in matters of trade dispute by providing for the involvement of independent labour institutions in administration of Labour laws in Nigeria. This was sequel to the Senate’s approval of the general princi-

ples and merits of a bill entitled Labour Institutions Act, which seeks to establish the National Council for Conciliation and Arbitration, National Labour Council, Office of the Registrar of Trade Unions to administer matters of labour and other related matters. Moving the debate on the bill, leader of the Senate, Victor Ndoma-Egba, noted that the pro-

posed legislation is important because it seeks to reduce the overbearing powers of the government during labour disputes, as a result of which most of them are unresolved. “The greatest challenge of the present dispute settlement is that the entire process from negotiation, conciliation up to arbitration is domiciled in, activated by and operated by the

Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity. Under Section 9 of the Trade Disputes Act, the minister appoints the chairman, vice-chairman and all members of the industrial arbitration panel. This scenario is totally at variance with best practices in dispute settlement as it is difficult to see how such a body can be impartial where government is party”, he said.

short news NDIC Partners NYSC On Deposit Insurance In its effort to enlighten Nigerians on the functions of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), the organisation is partnering with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to get to people across the nation. NDIC deputy director, Bank Examination, Muhammed Umar, who said this at the L-R: Managing director, Glaxo SmithKline, Mr Lekan Asuni; executive director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency seminar organised (NPHDA), Dr Ado Mohammed and Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Senator Okowa Ifanyi, during world pneumonia day by the corporation in Abuja, yesterday. PHOTO BY ADEFEMI ADEWUYI. for corps members at their permanent orientation camp in Sagamu, Ogun state, explained that poor awareness among lationship since the inception of and remains a liability. By Edegbe Odemwingie, Abuja the citizens is the “We wouldn’t have reacted to their administration, which is no The suggestion in some quarters that Jokolo’s ranting but for the fact doubt second to none since the major problem of the the vice-president, Namadi Sambo is that it is coming at a time when elec- advent of the current democratic organisation. a political liability to the re-election tions are around the corner; this ap- dispensation,” the group said and He said the corps bid of President Goodluck Jonathan parently shows that he is doing the called on elder statesmen to always members are being has been faulted by a civic obligations bidding of his paymasters, who are guard their utterances. engaged for the pubgroup. lic enlightenment The group added that Jonathan bent on causing confusion and disThe Initiative for Promotion of Civ- harmony in our nation,” chairman, and Sambo are “obviously a peron deposit insurance il Obligations and Sustainable Peace INPROCOSUP, Daniel Nkpanam, fect and divine combination,” saypatronage due to (INPROCOSUP) was reacting to a re- and his secretary, Danjuma Bello ing “the mutual understanding betheir wide presence cent statement credited to the former Sarki stated in a statement read to tween them is what has translated across the nation. Emir of Gwandu, Mustapha Jokolo newsmen in Abuja. into the successes of the transforBy Gbenga that Sambo does not have anything “The president and his vice have mation agenda, thereby putting Adeboye, to offer the Jonathan government been enjoying a cordial working re- smiles on the faces of Nigerians. Abeokuta

2015: ‘Sambo Not Liability To Jonathan’s Re-election’

Boko Haram: 650,000 People Remain Internally Displaced – UNHCR By ABIODUN OLUWAROTIMI, New York

The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) yesterday claimed that an estimated 650,000 people remain internally displaced in Northeastern Nigeria as a result of the terrorist attacks by members of the Boko Haram sect. Making this known in a press release made available to our correspondent in New York, the United Nations refugee agency also said that thousands of Nigerians who

were escaping the deadly threat posed by the terrorist group were fleeing into neighbouring Cameroon. “The ongoing refugee crisis has seen more than 100,000 people spill over into Niger’s Diffa region since the beginning of 2014, while Cameroon is currently hosting some 44,000 Nigerian refugees. According to authorities, another 2,700 have fled to Chad. “At the same time, recent violence on the Niger-Nigeria border

has prompted at least 1,000 Nigerians to escape over the border into Niger’s Bosso area, particularly following last week’s capture of the garrison town, Malam Fatori, by insurgents,” said the statement. The agency also cited Cameroonian authorities’ claims that some 13,000 Nigerian refugees had now crossed over from the Nigerian border state of Adamawa after Boko Haram insurgents attacked and captured the town of Mubi in late October.

According to the release, the refugees fled to the towns of Guider and Gashiga in the North region of Cameroon and to Bourha, Mogode and Boukoula in the Far North. It added that insecurity had been mounting in the border regions between the two countries amid repeated cross-border attacks into Northern Cameroon by Boko Haram, noting that many Nigerians fleeing the violence had sought refuge in Cameroon as a result of this.

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The Importance Of Freedom Of Information Act

or two days early April last year, the Nigerian army hosted a seminar on “Enhancing Military-Media Relations: Towards Improved Security.” The general conclusion of the seminar was that the media had been sympathetic to Boko Haram in their coverage of the sect’s fiveyear insurgency. The religious sect has since become the greatest threat to Nigeria’s national security and integrity since the country’s three-year civil war that ended in 1970. The army said the media should stop giving prominence to activities of the sect. Its chief at the time, Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika, speaking through a representative, pleaded with the media to stop what he called their “sensational report” of the sect. In response, the Chairman of Thisday, Chief Nduka Obaigbena, defended what he called the traditional media, namely newspapers, magazines, radio and television, from the charges. The audience at the seminar, he said, should appreciate the fact that the traditional media faced two challenges in their coverage of events. They, he said, often faced reticence on the part of government and also competition from what he called the New Media, i.e. online media, which seem more interested in being first with the news than in being accurate with the news. Let us first define what Freedom of Information (FOI) is. It means the right of a citizen to ask for information on how he is governed and thereby be in a position to hold government accountable. As an Act, it is therefore one of the most important legal tools citizens and reporters can have in demanding for transparency and accountability in governance. The struggle for a FOIA in Nigeria took nearly a dozen years to bear fruit. This was when President Goodluck Jonathan signed it into law around mid-2011. It started out as a private member’s bill in 1999 when President Olusegun Obasanjo declined a request by Media Rights Agenda, a civil rights organization based in La-

gos, to initiate an executive bill on the subject. To his eternal credit he did not waste time in signing it into law; it was passed by the National Assembly on May 24, 2011 and then passed on to the President for his signature on May 27. He signed it into law the following day, May 28. Nigeria’s FOIA covers both the public and private sector, in so far as the latter uses public funds, performs public functions or provides public services. It even provides protection for whistleblowers. In all, the Act has 31 sections. Sections 1 to 3, each with various subsections, grant everyone the right to have access to public information. Sections 4 to 6 give the time limit for compliance, which is one week. The sections also provide for grounds for extension in complying with a request. Sections 7, 11, 12 14 to 19 and 26 provide for grounds for denial but rest the burden of explaining the denial on the agency in question. Section 8 stipulates that the fees for getting the information requested for be limited to standard charges for duplication and transcribing documents. Sections 9 and 10 make it mandatory for public institutions to keep proper record and also make it a criminal offence punishable on conviction by a Court with a minimum of one year imprisonment for any officer to destroy a document or doctor it before releasing it to the applicant. Sections 20 to 25 provide for court adjudication in case of denial. Section 26 lists the materials to be exempted from the law and these include published materials and those available for purchase, library or museum materials that are solely for public reference or exhibition, and materials placed in the National Library, National Museum or the non-public section of the National Archives on behalf of any person or organisation other than a government or a public institution. Sections 27 and 28 provide protection for whistle blowing while Section 29 makes it mandatory for agencies to submit reports of their handling of requests to the Attorney-General of

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the Federation on or before the February 1 of each year. The AGF, in return, is obligated to notify legislators of the existence of the reports and make copies available to them in both hard and soft copies by April of the reporting year. Finally Sections 30 and 31 deal complimentary procedures and definitions of key terminologies. The question I am supposed to answer in this paper is, will a faithful implementation of our Act undermine our security? My answer, as I said at the beginning of this paper, is a categorical No. The reason is simple; the Act makes exception of security matters among the items to which applicants may be denied access. Problems arise only when public officials try to hide under security to commit misdeeds. A recent case in point was the confiscation in the first week of June of thousands of copies of several newspapers, most notably the Daily Trust, The Nation and Leadership, and the sealing of their distribution points in several major town across the country by soldiers. Public outrage at the confiscation prompted a response by the Director of Defence Information, MajorGeneral Chris Olukolade. In a press statement he issued on June 6, he implausibly denied that any newspapers were

seized. The troops, he said, merely “embarked on thorough search of vehicles conveying newspapers and newsprint across board.” This, he said, “Followed intelligence reports indicating movement of materials with grave security implications across the country using the channel of newsprint related consignments.” In plain English what the military spokesman meant was that newspaper distribution vans were suspected by the authorities of carrying bombs. This was obviously ridiculous; you don’t search for bombs by seizing newspapers and sealing their distribution points for hours. This untenable explanation soon led to speculations that the real target of the army’s action was the Daily Trust for its publication of a front page story in its edition of June 4 that the army had shared out part of a land meant for barracks development to several top generals, their spouses, relations and companies for private use. The story is yet to be refuted. Of course, the media, as society’s mirror and the channel of public communication, can be sensational, biased and may even fabricate “facts”. These unethical and unprofessional behaviours are even worse in the New Media where news and opinion are often not checked for their accuracy before publication.

These infractions are, however, not enough to see FOIA as being in conflict with the security of a nation. First, even though journalists are its greatest beneficiaries the Act is not meant only for the media; individual citizens too stand to benefit. Indeed in some countries, there are more private citizen applicants than journalists. In the UK, for example, records show that of around 120,000 requests made each year private citizens account for 60%, while businesses and journalists account for 20% and 10% respectively. Second, when journalists break laws there are legal remedies. Unfortunately the authorities often ignore such remedies and resort to extra-judicial and at times even downright illegal ones, like seizing newspapers or closing down broadcast stations. But as our good old Justice Brandeis said, a government “teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” If it seems there is conflict between the media as the greatest beneficiary of FOIA and government in their various functions and objectives, the impression is wrong. True, the media, Old or New, are in the business of maximum disclosure of information. Governments, on the other hand, are in the business of keeping their secrets secret. But then governments, especially when they are elected, have a duty to be accountable to the people. This means there is a limit to what secrets it can keep away from the public. On the other hand the media has a responsibility to make sure that its news and views do not harm society. This means that the media should not just publish and be damned. Rather public interest should be the overriding factor in their decision to publish. Excerpts of a paper on Freedom of Information, Security and the Nation by Mohammed Haruna at a retreat on The Media and Security Relationship in National Emergency organized by Trim Communications Ltd in collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

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World Teachers day was celebrated amidst fears.

F E AT U R E S N E W S R E P O R T S I N T E R V I E W

UNIABUJA: Four Months Of New Administration, Any Dividends? The month of July 2014 witnessed the emergence of Professor Michael Umale Adikwu as the vice chancellor of University of Abuja, thereby ending the tenure of Prof. Joseph Adelabu. Kuni Tyessi takes a critical look at how the university has fared four months after the change of administration.

Adikwu’s approach is interpreted by many as timely and extremely needful

University of Abuja has always been in the news for both the good and bad reasons which bothered on non accreditation of some courses, alleged misappropriation of funds and students unrest among several others which had led to a division in the stand of various stakeholders. ASUU UNIABUJA chairman, Dr. Ben Ugheoke set the appraisal tone of Micheal Adikwu’s vice chancellorship and the current atmosphere in the university when his tenure clocked 100 days. He said “He is learning fast, were it not for the slight breaches in the M.O U we signed with him,

I will gladly say so far so good. Adikwu has reversed the sliding trend. Salaries are now paid as at when due and the whole system is back on track again, I am excited”. He revealed that stable academic environment on assumption of duty, the first assignment Adikwu carried out was to reach out to relevant stakeholders and aggrieved union members in the university including academics, labor unions, the students and several other associations that litter the campus. The vice chancellor went ahead to set up a “Committee on University Harmony” to settle rifts and ensure harmony in the school. The committee which is headed by Prof SK Okwute of the university’s Department of Chemistry, and one time vice chancellor of the Kogi State University is to ensure stability. Explaining the rationale behind the committee, Adikwu said though the present

administration wanted a turn around in the school, it could only do so in a harmonious environment. Speaking further in a letter he personally signed to the committee members, the vice chancellor wrote: “This administration will not be influenced by ethnic, tribal or religious sentiments. It is to be driven by purely by academic performance and the pursuit of excellence and creativity.” “To be able to achieve this, we need a harmonious relationship between all fabrics of the university, be it tribal, ethnic, or religious groups.” Adikwu’s approach might have been interpreted by many as timely and extremely needful considering the fact that his emergence was hotly contested by his opponents, prompting some of them to even head to court to stop him from functioning. The meetings have soon paid off as various bodies such as ASUU called off their industrial action

necessitating the reopening of the school and resumption of classes. LEADERSHIP on a trip to the institution also noticed that academic time table has since been restored as students now take their lectures, examinations as well as terminal holiday as regularly planned. LEADERSHIP also gathered that the VC also carried out fresh re-organization of the position of the various heads of departments and appointed fresh hands to quick foot his administration. Those that were sent packing were seen as having past their expectations and incapable of delivering the newly foisted dreams and visions. Also an acting registrar was appointed, and has since helped stabilize the administration. It will be recalled that the issue of accreditation of some of the programmes run by the university had remained recurring, prompting students restiveness, incessant closure of the school and the transfer of students to

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Tulane University Professor To Speak At Aun’s 9th Founder’s Day

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Long Term Solutions Required To Solve Constant Strike – Sen Tinubu

Kuni Tyessi, Abuja

The American University of Nigeria has announced that renowned public health don and chair of Tulane University’s Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer, Professor William E. Bertrand, will deliver the keynote speech at its 9th Founder’s Day and 10th anniversary celebrations on November 15. A leading authority in public health issues and senior consultant on HIV/AIDS to the World Health Organization, Professor Bertrand has directed numerous AIDSrelated projects in Uganda, Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo Democratic Republic, and Vietnam. For 10 years Bertrand directed the Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer, and was VicePresident for University Planning, Research& Innovation at Tulane. He was the Chair and Founder, Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. In the past 10 years, Dr. Bertrand has advised and consulted for many major institutions on system design and health and development projects. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, UNAIDS, The Global Fund, the National Medical Foundation, and several international Universities. He consulted for USAID’s Project for the School of Public Health in Haiti, evaluated USAID’s HAPA program in Africa, advised the World Bank on its Pre-sectoral Development Plan in Kenya, and counseled the Inter-American Development Bank. He was one of the principal founders of the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS).

By Taiwo Ogunmola Omilani, Lagos

Students of Hill Side School, Gwarimpa at an event in Abuja. PHOTO BY OGOH JOSEPH.

Ann Cotton Wins WISE 2014 Award GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos by Winifred Ogbebo, Abuja

Ms Ann Cotton, Founder and President of the Campaign for Female Education, has been named the 2014 WISE Prize for Education Laureate. Ms Cotton spearheaded an internationally acclaimed model for girls’ education, which has placed education at the heart of development in Africa. The WISE Prize for Education was presented by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, at the Opening Plenary Session of the sixth World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar, before more than 1,500 experts from diverse fields and over 100 countries. Cotton’s commitment to girls’ education in sub-Saharan Africa began in 1991, when

she realized that poverty, rather than cultural barriers, was the main reason for girls’ low school enrolment in rural areas. Cotton understood that if girls could be educated with the support of their communities, they could be empowered to shape their own destinies and help lift their communities out of poverty. In 1993, Cotton founded Camfed to provide financial, social and structural support to girls from primary through secondary school, college and beyond, as well as ICT, health and business training to young women. The organization’s unique, holistic approach breaks the vicious cycle of poverty, child marriage, high birth rates and high rates of HIV/AIDS by working in close partnership with all the constituencies that have power over a girl’s education and life choices. The WISE Prize for Education was

established in 2011 to raise the status of education by giving it similar prestige to other areas for which international prizes exist, such as literature, peace, and economics. The Laureate receives an award of $500,000 (US) and a specially minted gold medal. In congratulating the 2014 WISE Prize for Education Laureate, H.E. Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, Ph.D., Chairman of WISE, said: “Ann Cotton has dedicated her life to improving the education of girls and the empowerment of young women in sub-Saharan Africa. She has created a successful education model not only benefiting millions of children from the poorest areas but also ultimately entire communities”.

UNIABUJA: Four Months Of New Administration, Any Dividends?

other universities with relevant accredited courses had been a burning issue which ave now been laid to rest, with the accreditation of most programmes run by the university . Recently, the National Universities Commission held a joint advocacy workshop on distance learning, which also attracted pledges by the commission to help resuscitate the fledging distance learning programme and push it back on track. With the anticipated injection of funds, the distance learning programme, the post graduate programme and several others that hitherto acted as strong revenue generating base, are set to receive prompt attention and re-activation.

A visit to the university, particularly, the permanent site shows litany of ongoing projects for various department and agencies that are yet to be completed. In an interview, the Vice Chancellor said that his primary concern is to complete all ongoing projects that were handed over to him especially the appropriated projects and to engage private investors under Build, Own and Transfer (BOT) arrangements. He assured that by the time these projects are completed, the university landscape will assume its rightful aesthetic outlook. Also speaking while receiving the visiting Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, in his office, Professor Adikwu

requested for more budgetary appropriation to enable the university complete abandoned projects. Stakeholders are also appealing for the construction of a shopping mall in the permanent site so as to absorb all the retail outlets that litter the landscape thereby defacing its aesthetics. The university not only stands to realize huge economic benefits in the venture but give the environment the needed facelift. In trems of student unionism, democratic culture and openness in leadership style which has been denied the students and stakeholders by the past administration has been restored. The latest being the successful conduct of student union

election, which had restored parity in the relationship between the students and the school management. The act of mutual suspicion and impunity has been removed and replaced with friendship, open dialogue and cordiality. Students and indeed every aggressive stakeholder have been having access to justice and prompt intervention. Prof. Adikwu made several visits to relevant security agencies in a bid to foster strong security arrangement that can stand the test of time on campus. The university authority has presently entered into joint security relationship with the police, State Security Service, Civil Defense Corps, alongside existing university security personnel.

The senator representing Lagos central senatorial district, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has said that long-term solutions from the federal government are required to solve the problem of incessant strikes in Nigerian tertiary institutions. Speaking at her 10th Town Hall meeting in Lagos, she stressed, “ with a view towards identifying all the critical issues that can facilitate genuine, long term transformation of Nigeria educational sector, we held a joint conference with members of education committee in the House of Representatives with 24 Houses of Assembly and major stakeholders such as COEASU among others. “More than ever before, it has become clearer that much needs to be done to redress the long years rot in Nigeria’s educational system. During our recent budget defence sessions, the common trend in the submission of all stakeholders, including vice chancellors.

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SCHOOLS REPORTS

Automatic Employment For First Class Graduates At Fudma By Muazu Elazeh, Katsina

The Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA) has pledged to offer automatic employment to students who graduate with first class honours degree as a way to encourage excellence. The vice chancellor of the university, Prof. James Ayatse made the pledge at the 4th matriculation and scholarship award ceremony of the university. He said the varsity had abolished ‘pass’ degree grade, pointing out that students who fail to obtain a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of above 1 point in two successive semesters would be automatically withdrawn. According to him, the university is configured as a modern university to meet the needs of the new generation of on-the-go young people and is also ICT-driven in all perspectives. “We believe that information technology is L-R: Pro-chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education, Prof Olufemi Bamiro; representative of executive secretary, TETfund, Dr Elizabeth Uvoh-Gardner and vice chancellor university of Lagos Prof. Rahamon Bell, during the closing session of the the backbone of any modern university, we shall Conference of Higher Education Stakeholders in Abuja, yesterday. PHOTO BY OGOH JOSEPH. teach you along this line and how to enjoy learning throughout your life time”, he said. A total of 519 students were matriculated out of which 253 are of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, while Agriculture and Agricultural Technology and Science and Education have 54 and 212 students respectively.

Quality Is Major Challenge Facing Basic Education – UBEC Kuni Tyessi, Abuja

The executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education (UBEC) Dr Dikko Suleiman has said that assuring quality is a major challenge in basic education system. Dr. Suleiman who disclosed this in an address at the opening of the training of quality assurance officers of Niger state Universal Education Board noted that the quality dimension has become imperative in the provision of basic education since it is a fundamental determinant for achieving the goal of equality, such as achievement, enrolment and retention. According to him, quality assurance is committed to improving all aspects

of educational quality and recognized immeasurable learning outcome as well as contributions to the achievement of acceptance standards that one maintained and enhanced through human and material resources of good quality. Suleiman who was represented by the director, quality assurance, Dr Christian C. Agomoh said assuring quality is a major challenge in the basic education system due to incidence of infrastructural decay, declining standards as well as maladministration. Other challenges include limited synergy among relevant stakeholders for departments resulting in institutional constraints and role conflict, scarcity of current and reliable date on quality issues and how

learning outcomes in literacy, numeracy and life skills. He said at the end of the meeting, participants are expected to imbibe and be updated on the principles of quality assurance, be well equipped with relevant and necessary skills required to conduct effective quality assurance in schools and be able to write good quality assurance reports after school visits. “There is no doubt that the outcome of this meeting will strengthen and improve the capacity of the quality assurance officers for better and more effective performance of their statutory functions in the SUBEB as well as contribute immensely to the improvement of basic education in Nigeria”. He said.

UBEC Moves To Strengthen Strategic Planning Kuni Tyessi, Abuja

The executive secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Dikko Suleiman has flagged off the maiden edition of a meeting of directors of strategic planning of the commission at national and state levels. At the opening session of the meeting in Kaduna, he identified strategic planning as key to the implementation of UBE programmes and stressed the need for its strengthening.

Suleiman said the meeting was planned to explore ways of strengthening the strategies of implementing the primary mandate of the UBE programmes through strategic planning to provide unfettered access to qualitative basic education in Nigeria. He stressed the need by the participants to underpin the importance of strategic planning in the operation of basic education knowing that without it, it would be very difficult to apply the principle

of logic in the operation of the organisation. Represented by the deputy executive secretary (technical), Dr. Sharon Orowo OrieroOviemuno, the UBEC boss said lack of planning “frustrates the process of tracking achievements and make assessment and monitoring directionless”. “This calls for self- reflection with a view to mapping out strategies to place strategic planning on the front burner in the UBE programme implementation process” he said.

Unilag To Proffer Solution To Corruption, Indiscipline Kuni Tyessi, Abuja

The registrar of the University of Lagos, Dr. Mrs. Taiwo Ipaye has assured the federal government of the possibility to make research and provide solutions to the numerous cases of indiscipline and corruption in the country within six months if the necessary funds are made available. She revealed that the issue of inadequate funding is clog in the wheel of progress and was responsible for inadequate and sometimes like of research in some fields of learning as all programmes of the institution were funded through budgetary provisions and ave suffered set back in both recurrent and capital expenditures. The registrar stated this when the federal government challenged academics to unravel the contradiction in the society where by the number of literates is fast increasing but with corresponding high rate of indiscipline and corruption. Addressing management staff of the university during a tour of federal tertiary institutions in the south west, minister of education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau noted that the whole essence of education is to change the attitude of the people for the better, eradicating indiscipline and by extension eliminate corrupt tendencies. He expressed great surprise that the nation now has more educated persons but growing number of 419 practices. He charged the university to research into this issue to establish where things went wrong and come up with possible solutions to address the menace.‎ Responding to requests for more funding from the federal government, the minister told the institutions that issue of underfunding cut across all sectors and enjoined the institutions to continue to seek alternative sources of funding to support their allocations. “While I am not assuring you of more funding, we will continue to strive for improvement” he said.

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NatIONaL uNIVerSItIeS COmmISSION PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT (PRESSID) The Implementation Committee, Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development (PRESSID) is pleased to announce that the following candidates have been shortlisted for the 2015/2016 edition: S/N 1. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146

PIN NUC9FF8D7E9B2 NUCA98491ED60 NUC09C629D890 NUCACCC4921A8 NUCF8CF33D150 NUC7C99660A28 NUCC4199EBD93 NUC24B07B0A20 NUC8A60498D1A NUCA8FB6BE306 NUC410E4FF73D NUCB892B5784A NUC7969F494F9 NUC3D75FD4DD2 NUC038BF0983E NUC8C53D32DB0 NUC9CF64058C8 NUCCEDB927E5C NUCE3CE70D31E NUCB113FA8B81 NUCF88AA5395C NUC24861AFD70 NUC5272DC567A NUC7E7450D152 NUC654402D4DD NUC6A62FC26B2 NUCC27BB6574F NUC31B7B1C8D2 NUC8955A91695 NUC2C192415A5 NUC26FE95BBAE NUCA53250EB09 NUC1E39C90BA1 NUC66C94267AC NUC1B8905C7A2 NUCFC73FD89A7 NUC0EC3F4CA94 NUC20666D9A5D NUC31B631C110 NUC2CF38E0D74 NUC7A0F70CB40 NUCE26A0B4992 NUCB47D5DCF69 NUC22D7685A0C NUCFCB81B83FF NUCA3A9A849A9 NUC94C6D89A51 NUC3F94697E68 NUC92ED0D7099 NUC078FD1D111 NUC193C350E79 NUC144687375D NUC28DCC9BEA4 NUC03E5DEBD32 NUC2F4D41D254 NUC332AC1FC0A NUCC9417629A7 NUCEA38D2BB49 NUC09D337A569 NUC6D843EA2CA NUCA7F3787388 NUC2B529785F0 NUC018477F737 NUC2C540BBE02 NUCEBC700C2CC NUCBB1C3698DD NUCD2BD73B830 NUC3EB4821189 NUC58D4DAF76C NUC75318269CA NUC1522A32295 NUC3CBC1DB87B NUC4A5E8B56EB NUCBA0878C240 NUCB2996C7196 NUCAAD09494DB NUC7010C833CB NUC5A57AD9DDC NUC35354A466E NUC8F47DE9FE5 NUC656CE1B71B NUCFF97F26387 NUC2B11362778 NUC3C9412BEB6 NUC99528B8477 NUCB832994142 NUCB17C03F874 NUC2C7FD96079 NUCA94FC34DB0 NUC924B7A11C8 NUCA91B87F70C NUC14A5A159CB NUC3A07E7A925 NUC5CDA447D23 NUCDC8F462980 NUCB309B3F2D1 NUC0DADBD585E NUCB7F071CEA6 NUC2EBCA62056 NUC76DDE991F3 NUCA001C27A19 NUC17BB0B05DD NUC7B29CA81E9 NUC48FA602C67 NUC90488C9889 NUC2C760FF491 NUCF27CDCC572 NUCF25F23914F NUC3241BF9DD2 NUC67FC33936F NUC1C94F6B57D NUCB93D46F1C4 NUC52E1B8F2FA NUC0419CAB32A NUC3DCF9F2F74 NUC60161A1A3B NUCBA79DC3B9C NUC18E0632BEB NUC4129D2C110 NUCD02622D6D3 NUC68A68EC5F2 NUCB134ABE522 NUC689EDBC44E NUC2C4CFE3015 NUCFDACA6218C NUC81DD0AC545 NUC776275B42A NUCDCA3F9ACFC NUC49C47E2408 NUCB8F8C8E214 NUC693578CA59 NUC846D6B7087 NUC2454F84A87 NUC34F6B2F822 NUC06C63B2294 NUCE7C1E751E1 NUCAD8623A447 NUC97F0BCA375 NUCCD5E246CF7 NUCA45A9C2878 NUC6E9DB8A203 NUC4F7ACB1CFE NUC6A359C949B NUC16DDD5A8AE NUC89A1B0DDC2 NUC9E87F83A22

SurName ABAH ABAH ABANOBI ABASS ABASS ABAWONSE ABBA ABDULAHI ABDULKAREEM ABDULLAHI ABDULMUMIN ABDULRAFIU ABDULSALAAM ABDURRAHMAN ABDUSSALAM ABIBU ABIDOYE ABIMBOLA ABIODUN ABIOLA ABIOYE ABIOYE ABOHWO ABOK ABUBAKAR ABUGU ABUMERE ADAM ADAMU ADEBANJO ADEBAYO ADEBAYO ADEBISI ADEBISI ADEBOLA ADEDEJI ADEDEJI ADEDIRE ADEDOYIN ADEFABI ADEGBITE ADEGOKE ADEGOKE ADEJUMO ADEKANYE ADEKITAN ADEKOLA ADEKOLA ADEKUNLE ADEKUNLE ADELABU ADELEKE ADELEKE ADELEKE ADELEYE ADELEYE ADELEYE ADENIJI ADENIJI ADENIJI ADENIRAN ADENIRAN ADENIYI ADENIYI ADENIYI ADENUGA ADEOTI ADEOYE ADEREMI ADERIBIGBE ADERIBIGBE ADERIBIGBE ADESANYA ADESANYA ADESINA ADESUA ADETOKUN ADETORO ADETOYINBO ADETUNJI ADETUNJI ADETUNJI ADEWALE ADEWOLE ADEWOYE ADEWUMI ADEWUMI ADEYOJU ADIKPE ADISA ADISA ADJEKPIYEDE ADOBEZE ADU ADURAGBA AFOLABI AFOLABI AFOLABI AFOLABI AFOLAYAN AFOLAYAN AFUYE AGAMA AGBAJE AGBAJE AGBI AGBIM AGBO AGBOGWU AGBONLAHOR AGBOOLA AGHARESE-ADU AGHAULOR AGHRAGHRA AGINAM AGOMOH AGU AGUEGBOH AGUINAM AGWU AGWULONU AHMAD AHMED AIKOMO AINERUA AIYEOBASAN AJAEZINNE, AJALA AJAYI AJAYI AJAYI AJAYI AJEIGBE AJEPE AJIBADE AJIBDE AJIBOYE AJILO AJOGBASILE AJOKU AJUWON AKAKABOTA AKAKURU AKANJI AKANNI AKANNI

Other NameS CHARITY, ONYALE ANGELA, UKPOJO STEPHEN-MARY, OBINNA MONSURU, ADEYINKA OLUFUNKE, TEMITOPE OLAKUNLE, SUNDAY ABDULRAZAQ, HASSAN NIYI, EZEKIEL LATEEFAH, BABANGIDA, IDRIS, MUMUNI, SAKIRUDEEN , AKINKUNMI USMAN, TASIU YUNUS, ABDULHAMEED WASIU, AYODELE MOBOLAJI, KAFAYAT AKOLAWOLE, ABAYOMI OLUFISAYO, TITILOPE JOHN, AMAMEWON AYODEJI, OPEYEMI ABIODUN, OYEKOLA ONOME, TREASURE SAMUEL, ATU JUNIOR SADIQ, JUDE, CHINWEIKE EBOISETALE, SUSAN ABDULRAHMAN, IDOKO MOHAMMAD, GANIYU, DEBO ABDULHAMID, ADEBOWALE SAYEDOYIN, IFEDUNNI ABDULYEKEEN, TUNDE ADEYEMI, MARCUS ABDULJELIL, IYANIWURA ADIO ADEYINKA, CALEB TAIWO, JOHN SAMUEL, TEMIDAYO FATAI, FESTUS ADEKUNLE, YUSUF JAMIU, OYEKAN NURUDEEN, ADEDAYO IDOWU, ABIODUN ADEYINKA, FOLU OPEYEMI, OLUWATOYIN ADERIBIGBE, ISRAEL ADEWOLE, AUGUSTINE OLUWATADE, JOB DAVID, OLUWATOBI ABDULKABIR, ADENIYI ISAIAH, OLABISI ADEBAYO, ABAYOMI ADETOLA, AYOBAMI BABATUNDE DANIEL ABDULWASIU, OLADOKUN SHAKIRULLAH, OLAIDE OLUWATOSIN, ADEYEMI KEHINDE, ADETUNJI ABDUL AZEEZ, ADEWALE OLUWAMOSOPE, DAMILOLA AYODEJI, AVIS ADEBIYI, ABDULHAKEEM MOFEOLUWA, OLUWAFUNMITOJU ADEOLA ISAAC SILEOLA, OLUBUNMI ABIOLA, OLUWALOPE FEMI, TIMOTHY OLUDOTUN, AYINDE OLUWADAMILOLA, IDAYAT ABIODUN, DANIEL OLAJIDE, MICHAEL AFEEZ, ADETEJU OLUWATOSIN, MATTHEW OLUWATOBI, JOHN OLUWAKEMI, BUKOLA OLADIRAN, OLADEJO BUKOLA, BABATUNDE ADEBUSOLA, AYODEJI JOSEPH, OLUWABUSAYO OLUWASEYI, ADEGOKE ABIODUN, ADESOLA LANREWAJU, RIDWAN SIKIRU, ADEMOLA LAWRENCE, SEUN JESUTOSIN IFEOLUWA IFEOLUWA, ELIZABETH, IFELOWO BLESSING, ADEBOLA OLUWAYOMI IRETIOLUWA OKWE, OGAH AZEEZ, AYINLA OLUGBENGA, MICHAEL OGHENEYOMA, OGAGAOGHENE LINDA, NNENNA OLUWATAYO, FRANCIS OLANREWAJU,MOHAMMED TAHIR SAMUEL, IBUKUN YUSUF, OLAWALE OPEYEMI, ADESOLA, AYORINDE, OLUWATOBILOBA GBEMISOLA, BLESSING OLANREWAJU, GODWIN, BUSRAT, ABIDEMI ABBAS, OLUWASEUN STEPHEN, OHIMAI EBUBE, IHOTU, MARGARET UCHECHUKWU, SANDRA OSAZUWA, GABRIEL AYOOLA, TIMOTHY PRECIOUS, EHIS AUGUSTA, ESTHER, OGHENEMAIRO ARINZE, PATRICK NDUBISI, EMMANUEL ONYINYECHI, NWADIUTO STEPHEN, EKENE ERNEST, TOCHUKWU OGBONNAYA, EKWE SOMTOCHUKWU, ASSUMPTA TIJJANI, MURTALA BUHARI, HOTORO OLUWATOBI, MARTINS, OSHIORIAMHE ABIODUN, EREOLA REBECCA IFEOLUWA, TEMILOLA SAMUEL, OLUWAMAYOWA OLUWASEUN, MATTHEW WURAOLA, ATINUKE GBEMISOLA, ATINUKE KEHINDE, AYODELE TEMITAYO, STEPHEN FASILAT , BOLANLE CLETUS, MAYOWA, ABOLAJI VINCENT, IMOLEOLAMITAN OLANREWAJU, EMMANUEL CHINEDU, AZUBUIKE BUSAYO, ISRAEL EMMANUEL, CHISOM, IHUAKU HAMMED, ABIODUN DAMILARE ESTHER OLUSEYE ABDULSABUR

S/N 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203

PIN NUC8CD8C3248F NUCFE81F79396 NUC33FA82A5CC NUCACAD37E595 NUC63D9CC1706 NUC0DC869C17D NUC48F2D75393 NUCC11CB2C62C NUCCD82C4B189 NUC871389E3FB NUC09E164FBF1 NUCDC70FCB4F9 NUCF7665A19C4 NUCCE3618DC13 NUC6F30622B4D NUCF120713E03 NUC740BEFD85A NUC8EC4A4FEE1 NUCBF8352BB42 NUCDFE92E4AD4 NUCF43D7C0FF0 NUCFD76F5D7F7 NUCDA75706EBC NUCE97C9E4305 NUC1604CB26CF NUCB623FE6E16 NUCB5D814A503 NUCE68E259BB4 NUC4F9BCB37C5 NUC4360BCA53E NUC031DECD43A NUCA0F946EB2C NUCF662F46E30 NUC7DB1A9A9AB NUC71FCBF5EC4 NUCCE1C6C6459 NUCDC44852F44 NUCC4568C64B6 NUC93DDDD1BD3 NUC9A80656A14 NUCE8D7A71156 NUC1C37EA4188 NUC0883C282B3 NUC37AC34E208 NUC60915A46CB NUC17BCB783AD NUC0E038E22D2 NUC3E63807E6A NUC8F0BC47FCC NUC41F771B47A NUC73631DC526 NUC4401851E4A NUCC6B96CE26E NUCE531FA4221 NUC8E935CEA44 NUCD18ACD9ED2 NUC58EF8277CD

SurName AKENI AKHUETIE AKINBISOYE AKINBOBOLA AKINBOLA AKINBULE AKINDE AKINGBADE AKINHANMI AKINLANA AKINMUYISE AKINPELU AKINRIBIDE AKINROGUNDE AKINSANYA AKINTAYO AKINTAYO AKINTEMI AKINTEWE AKINTUNDE AKINTUNDE AKINYEMI AKOH AKOLA AKOMOLAFE ALABI ALADEJARE ALAEDU ALAJIKI ALAO ALAO ALEOGHO ALHASSAN ALI HYACINTH, ALIYU ALLI ALOHAN AMAH AMBA AMELI AMHANDIN AMOJO AMOO AMOO AMOO AMUDA AMUGO AMUSIOGO ANEKE ANELE ANIMASAHUN ANOSIKE ANUNANDU ANWURI ANYADIEGWU ANYAEZU ANYAMAENE

204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291

NUCE17829B9D9 NUC0302F8E73A NUCD1898281CA NUCB63A694152 NUC86924C0257 NUC0580316AC1 NUCD1ABCA1288 NUC934259FB1C NUCBD36BA21A4 NUCB22FE49B9D NUC97BEF415AC NUC783CE96A05 NUC89F0A4F591 NUC14DCF8686C NUCE0C429E9B0 NUCDB72F43E52 NUCACE9B94FD7 NUC45217B09D3 NUCF97868CDF6 NUCABD2F105DD NUC46F5A8078E NUC0DC782CFBA NUC2641D70F9D NUC8831BEBDF8 NUCDFA512A5CC NUC5159C92AC6 NUCC7D89BB184 NUC81FFF5FD70 NUCAD17B62B5B NUCC8D1D78627 NUC04EF528CA5 NUC45F2C6D154 NUC299D656A02 NUCAD38239C03 NUC051EC8CF2E NUC4017516132 NUC7F430DFFAF NUC20312792E4 NUC7AEFE281B4 NUCC1B3DE289F NUC45F9D203DE NUC776D97B54A NUC65983D1F82 NUC9CCFAE8AFD NUC25DA871415 NUCB650BDF51D NUCEE6BE70AF3 NUC5A679AA91B NUC0885F124A4 NUCC55392CA05 NUCA59D3B62C5 NUCE9052C03F5 NUC09639F9B0D NUCCB8A673B14 NUCB3681A6F65 NUCF42EAEA20D NUCD489F59644 NUCCC9DB3FC61 NUC4BB1B9ACE9 NUCF7663153AD NUCB4C262DCF1 NUCA2FD6BAEAF NUC559FD45847 NUCD13F660454 NUC6C96C3020E NUC8F9A36B930 NUCCC6F5EB001 NUC760C69F169 NUCA087F6B002 NUC63F01D0F0D NUC97B5C2A086 NUCB79FF42B4D NUC57200ACEF4 NUC1E9C15334F NUCF8356506D9 NUCFAB491D869 NUCFFCF5B176F NUCAE7BF25B02 NUCCB89F3F071 NUC76CC46DFB9 NUC15C0F5E05E NUC9F1D24D1F3 NUC4ECA327444 NUCF81D63BF32 NUC0B797423C5 NUC0C267458A3 NUC5D00B562EC NUC4BE8636103

ANYAMELE ANYANOR ANYANWU APATA AREMU AREMU ARIWOOLA AROGUNDADE ARONU ASAOLU ASIMOLOWO ASIRI ASOUZU ASUELINMEN ATAIWREHE ATINSE ATTAH ATTAH AUDU AWA AWHARITOMA AWILI AWORUNSE AWOTORUVIE AWOYINKA AYANGBEMI AYANSIJI AYINDE AYINDE AYINDE AYINLA AYIWULU AYODELE AYODELE AYOGU AYOOLA AZEEZ AZEEZ AZUBUIKE AZUBUINE AZUDIALO BABA BABA ALI BABAAGBA BABALOBI BABALOLA BABALOLA BABASOLA BABATUNDE BABATUNDE BABATUNDE BABAYANJU BADEJO BADMUS BALA BALA BALOGUN BALOGUN BALOGUN BAMIDELE BANGALU BANKOLE BARDI BARUWA BASHIR BASHIR BELLO BEN BEN-IWHIWHU BIALA BIBOGHA BIJIMI BILAL BINDIR BISHIR BISONG BITRUS BODUNWA BONGDAP BOSCO BUSARI CHIKERE CHIME CHRISASOLUKA `CHUBU CHUKWUBA CHUKWUMA CHUKWUMA

Other NameS PROMISE, OBERORO JOY, OISELUONAIMEN OLUSEGUN, BAYO RUTH, IFEOLUWAPO AYOADE OLUWAFUNMILAYO, OLATUNJI, OLUWASEYI TAIWO, DAVID OLUMUYIWA, DARE OLUWATOMI, TOLU MUJIDAT, DAMOLA ABIMBOLA, PROMISE OLUKUNLE, CORNELIUS ADEFEMI, MARTINS OLUWATOBI, DEBORAH OLUWATOBILOBA, MICHAEL OLUWATOYOSI, FLORENCE AYOMIDE, AYEYEMI OLUWAGBENGA, SHOLA OLUWAROTIMI, OLAKUNLE CHARLES, KUNLE BABAJIDE, OLAOLU OLUWADAMILOLA PETER, OJOCHOGWU FLORENCE, AYOTUNDE ADESOLA, BUSOLA SAMUEL, SUNDAY TAIWO, TIMILEHIN ADAORA, OLUWASAYO, TEMILOLA TAJUDEEN, ANAFI TOLUWANI, OLUWATOBI BINTA, MARIA MOHAMMED, ENAGI CHIJIOKE ABDULLAHI, DANLAMI ROFIAT, OLADELE KENNETH, VICTOR OMONOGIE MUNACHIM, ANENE VICTOR, ANSO EBIPUADOR, DIANE SYLVESTER, SUNDAY, ISREAL KEHINDE, OLAWALE OLALEKAN, MUSA JOSEPH, GBENGA ADEDOTUN ADEKUNLE AMARACHI, MILLICENT OSITA, CHINEDU CHIOMA, INYANG UCHECHI, EMMANUELA IDOWU, OLUWASEUN IFEANYI, MICHAEL MARK, CHIKOSOLU EZEVUNWOH, NNEAMAKA, LORETTA CHISOM, SYLVIA THOMPSON,GINIKACHUKWU, JUNIOR CHINEDU, JEREMIAH OLIVER, ODIRA CYNTHIA, ONYEKACHI OMOWUNMI, DEBORAH FRANCIS, OLADEWA YETUNDE, OLAJUMOKE RAHEEM, TAIWO TOLULOPE, OMOLARA UCHECHUKWU, CHUKWUKA MONISOLA, OMOLOLA ADEWALE JOSHUA ELISHA, CHUKWUZEMELU NNAMDI, JOSEPH EDOSE, AFEKETO CHOJAKEME, MARYJANE ESEOSA, OFURE IDOKO, SUNDAY REUBEN, ILEANWA ESTHER, UNEKWUOJO STANLEY , KALU MITAIRE, OGHENERUKEVWE UZOCHIKWA, YOUNG OLUWADUROTIMI, SAMUEL MICHAEL, OVIE PRAISE, BOLATITO OLUWASEUN, PETER AYANKOLA, OLUWASEUN AHMED, BOLAKALE IDRIS, ADEWOLE SEUN, EMMANUEL OLAJIDE, YUSUF ATARI, YUNANA OLUWADAMILOLA, AYOTUNDE OLUWATOYIN, FUNMILAYO JUDE, IKECHUKWU OMOYEMI, AKEEM BAMIDELE, EMMANUEL OLAYEMI, KAZEEM ONYINYE, CHRISTIANA JUSTIN, CHINEMEREM GLADNESS, CHIDIMMA BITRUS, BEST RIDWAN, TAIWO, OLUBUNMI TOLUWALEYI SAMUEL OLUWABUSAYO, AYODEJI KAFAYAT, OLABISI OLUWATOSIN, LEKE TEMIDAYO, OLUWATIMILEHIN , ADEDEJI YAKUB, OLALEKAN ABDUL GANIYU, AKANJI OLAPEJU, OMOSOLA TAOFEEQ, ALABI BILKISU, BASHIR, HAMED, OLANREWAJU BABATUNDE, SULAIMAN OLAWALE, MOSHOOD FATIMAH, ADENIKE SAMUEL, YOHANNA MOTUNRAYO, ANUOLUWAPO LINDA, NNEKA SULAIMAN, MORENKEJI HAMID, ABDURRAHMAN, BELLO, SHEHU ELIJAH, KENNEDY ESEOGHENE, TOHEEB, AYINDE CHIOMA, EBIMERE GERTRUDE, ASHIA BABA, MUHAMMAD HALEEMATU, SADIYA UMAR MUSA, EKABA, ONONSE ASINAMAI, ATHLIAMAI OLADEJI, FOLARANMI NANBOL, KEZA ITORO, EKPENYONG SHERIF, ADESHINA CHINYEREUGO, MILLICENT NNAEMEKA, WALTER SOMACHI, CHIDUMEBI MVENA, JENNIFER EBERE, SUNNY NWOSA, SYLVANUS OBIAJULU, COLLINS

S/N 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437

PIN NUCEC183A54C3 NUC21C8737337 NUCA94157268C NUC79C825BFCC NUC81B23C76C2 NUCAEDBBB8F4D NUC1831245416 NUC1681932D65 NUC1D8A358AA5 NUC2FFBF5EFB9 NUC68BACA90B0 NUCE35F846874 NUC69D32F5C30 NUCBE517C2E44 NUC8C0E4E2DA6 NUC08ECD25EFF NUC50FE9BDEC0 NUCF115EB93BD NUC79CD01F604 NUCA81D6B7BAA NUC0CDC8304DE NUCFEE942686B NUC506832C743 NUCAFF303DCCE NUC07988BE6B2 NUC2A28AD336C NUC445A6CD945 NUCC33D2EE1D6 NUCEB45A83A3E NUC37B590A313 NUC51578CF0B9 NUCF77D824E8F NUC3FFE3D782B NUC88AE52D847 NUCB69823E5AA NUCC7EAC22E1C NUCEE8229D266 NUC41952A5237 NUC6C022AA80D NUC07B1391032 NUC62B8D89DE2 NUC1CBE0D9EA3 NUC0A3538D86D NUCF355C60F5B NUC91D151601F NUC11EA9FABB4 NUCBE801E9DF6 NUCFE12C91743 NUC257EF2E57C NUC7291F85947 NUCB4B1490030 NUC3B2022445E NUCC0BA07B809 NUC059129C438 NUC84C63652D9 NUCD96080AD9B NUC2FDDCCF30C NUCD95E28A269 NUC887895C2F3 NUC3A26DE9218 NUCC3068A1620 NUC8C843B2DB5 NUCC514524AF7 NUC273CCF10C9 NUC4C9858DDB5 NUC621C63B58A NUC334708363E NUCF78C7084F0 NUC160AD97E7A NUC2DD489E0A2 NUC51DDEB8411 NUC7194BB69A5 NUC3691ECA8AC NUC8D3A0D3F07 NUCBC441E8B99 NUC70B7C936BF NUC953D39C0E5 NUCFA0D5E2841 NUC7E9AA1F083 NUC2080FA3390 NUC3E7F905906 NUCDD9D5CB13F NUC949035317B NUC766AAF8895 NUC386B8AF753 NUCBC6A3F08CA NUCC60EDFD858 NUCF028C1F67D NUC1846B14D84 NUC1D4A63F6C3 NUC621EEFE5A1 NUC62616FAFA1 NUC9C6AC0823C NUC7136B53277 NUC70A1B44F88 NUCBDCCADE62A NUCC25061BAEB NUC0C9AD90249 NUC43B806C821 NUC117C7BCF6A NUCA8AE8EE8A8 NUC4CF8182BAF NUC001653B929 NUCB97F46043D NUCE64FA35540 NUC6D7DA57A9F NUCA61CCD449E NUCE25B0A80E6 NUCAFF186BCEB NUCD19B014CE9 NUCDE50EE94B3 NUC6EE3330EA4 NUC42CD40B4A9 NUC0DB812778D NUC52F7BF5637 NUC4F9D1818B5 NUCFDD42424A9 NUCE9C39AC48E NUCC4504E3014 NUC6A7DE3D4F1 NUCA9D371AB94 NUCF9AF075B5B NUC06F9D062E3 NUC4A0E14EA9E NUCD62EF9A7CE NUCAFCEC71661 NUC6D197E0127 NUC8A49F9D5BB NUC8D9AFECFD9 NUC8E26880519 NUC1D502318DC NUC82453DE9C9 NUC5CB6CF742E NUC1C489189E7 NUCCEFDFDE7C6 NUC0CEA0B44CD NUC0257D8BABF NUCFDC335BF8C NUC79357B2013 NUC367ED97776 NUC04419AB101 NUCE2CC5EBA95 NUC74E60EC92D NUCE02B7EBB05 NUC84E76CB081 NUC9A2861EBBB

SurName Other NameS CLEMENT DENIS, MAKERI DADA RAPHEAL, OLUWAGBEMIGA DADA DAVID, OPEOLUWA DADA OLUWAGBENGA, OLATOSIN DADA OLUWAGBENGA, ABIODUN DALLAH AMINU, DANIEL JENNIFER, DANIEL FOLUKE, ABIMBOLA DAODU OLUWAFEMI, BABATUNDE DAPPER WILLIAM, KROYE DARAMOLA TOLULOPE, OLADELE DARAMOLA OLUKAYODE, OLUGBENGA DARE TOLULOPE, ABIOLA DAUDA BAYONLE, AISHAT DIM CHUKWUMA, CHIJIOKE DISU BAYISAT, OMODUNNI DOSUNMU OMODOLAPO, ZAINAB DURODOLA ELIZABETH, OLUWADAMILOLA DUROJAIYE MOJISOLA, ANUOLUWAPO EBINUM LEWIS, CHUKUNOMNAZU ECHEGINI NGOZI, SILAS HARRISON ECHIKWA IDEOZU, EDACHE OCHE, CHARLES EDEKI BEST, EDIH ELIJAH , PEREMOBOWEI EDWARD BEBE, AYAKEME EFEONAH EMMANUEL, OKEOGHENE EGBEKOYA DAMILOLA, TOMIWA EGBEKUNLE OLUWADAMILOLA, YEWANDE EGBO KINGSLEY, ONYEKACHI EGBO GABRIEL, UGOCHUKWU EGEM-ODEY WUKEH, MATTHEW JUSTIN EGEONU DARLINGTON, IHUNANYACHUKWU EGUNJOBI OLAWAMIDE, VICTORIA EGUNJOBI AYOTUNDE, TOLULOPE EGUNJOBI OLUWAPELUMI, OLUWASEUN EGWEGBETE-ODUKWU NUJINIM, EGWUOGU BRIGHT, CHIAGOZIE EHIDIAMHEN CHARLES, EHIDIAMHEN EIYIKE JEFFREY, SMITH EJAKITA CORDELIA, CHIONYE EJIKE ONYEKACHUKWU, UMEADI EKE CHIMA, STANLEY EKE ROYAL, EKEDO CHUKWUEBUKA, MATHIAS EKEMEZIE ROWLAND, IGWEBUIKE EKEUWEI JOHN, DOUYE EKOP ROLAND, UKEMEOBONG EKPO EARVIN, FRIDAY EKUN OLUWAFEMI, EMMANUEL EKWUNIFE KOSOLUCHUKWU, CHINELO ELIKE GRACE, EBELECHUKWU ELLIOT OSUNI, KENOYE ELLISON OSUO-OKOTUINI, ELUEBO EMMANUEL, CHUKA EMA EDISON UDUAKOBONG, CHINONYELUM EMERAGHI REBECCA, OKUM EMIDA KAZEEM, OLADAYO EMMANUEL MICHAEL, EMMANUEL OLUWASEGUN, AYOMIDE EMOGHWARE OGHENETEGA, SAMUEL ENAKIRERHI LUCKY, IZOBO ENIKE UGONWA, PERPETUA ERHABOR BARNABAS, OMOBUDE ERHOMOSELE OSAREME, ERIBO OSAGIE, AIWERIOGHENE ERINFOLAMI RUKAYAT, AYOMIDE ESAN AYOMIKUN, SAMUEL ESAN OYEKUNLE, OLATUNDE EWUZIE SOMTOCHUKWU, RICHARD EZE CHIKA, VICTOR EZE MARTIN, CHINWEOKWU EZE TOCHUKWU, DOMINIC EZE BLESSING, NNENNA EZEANYA CHIAMAKA, CHINYERE EZEARIGO ONYINYECHUKWU, EBERECHUKWU EZEGBUNEM IKECHUKWU, IYKE EZEH OGECHUKWU, VINCENTIA EZEILO ALOYSIUS, KENECHUKWU EZEOFOR CHIDINMA, CHRISTIANA EZEONWUMELU IFEANYI, JUDE EZEUGWU IKENNA, CHARLES EZIGBO CHIAMAKA, SCHOLASTICA EZIMORA KENNETH, OKEZIE EZUE CHINENYE, CYNTHIA FAB-EME WILLIAMS, IBBO FADAIRO AYODELE, DAMILOLA FADIPE OPEYEMI, LUKUMAN FADUGBA DORCAS, OMOWUNMI FAGBENRO OLAYIWONUOLA, SAKIRU FAJINGBESI FAWWAZ, ENIOLA FAJINGBESI AMINAT, OLUWADAMILOLA FAKILE OLUWASEYE, GRACE FALOLA OLUWAFEMI, PAUL FALUFOSI MICHAEL OLUWASEYI FAMILONI OLUWATEMITOPE, FARINRE OLUFUNMBI, TUMILARA FARUNA SOLOMON, ONUCHE FASHOGBON ADUNOLA, CHRISTIANA FAYODE ADURAGBEMI, ISRAEL FOLAMI MUSTAPHA, BABAJIDE FOLARIN-OTTUN OMOTOLA, ANTHONIA FOLORUNSO JOSHUA, ADELEKE FUAYEFIKA FIAFIA, MICAH DANIEL GANIU MOSHOOD, OREOFEOLUWA GANIYU OLAJUWON, AZEEZ GBADAMOSI ADEWALE, SAHEED GBADEBO ADEDAYO, OJO GBAIYE OLUWASEUN, GBEMISOLA GBAKEJI OGHENEAKPOBO, GBENEYEGARA CHRISTIAN, BARITONDUM GBENGA-KAREEM AYOMIDE, RILWAN GEORGE CHIDOM, MOSES GIWA ABDULAZEEZ, OLABODE HABIB KHADIJAH, ABDULLAHI HARRY MICHAEL, MARSHALL HARUNA KHALID, HARUNA UMAR, KABIR IBEH KINGSLEY, OBINNA IBEKWE CHIEDOZIE, IBHADODE OSEZUA, OBEHI IBIDAPO ISAAC, OLORUNTOBI IBIDEJI OLUMIDE, OLUWAGBENGA IBIDOJA OLAYEMI, JOSHUA IBIFA AMIEIBIFAKA, MACDIAMOND IBITOYE OLUWAFEMI, RAPHEAL IBITOYE AYODEJI, IBOK FAVOUR, ASUQUO IBRAHIM ABUBAKAR, SADIQ IBRAHIM YUSUF, IBRAHIM JAMILU, GARBA IBRAHIM REKIYA, IBRAHIM ZULIKHAT, OLAWEPO IBRAHIM ABDULHAQQ, AMEEN IBRAHIM MUKAILA, ABIODUN IDOKO ANDREW, AKOR IDOWU AYODEJI, SAMUEL IDOWU SAKIRAT, ADEKEMI IDOWU AYOMIKUN, OLUGBEMINIYI IDRIS MUSTAPHA, OMENESA IDUMAH GIDEON, IFAFORE TUNDE, TEMIDAYO IFECHI-FRED NNAMDI, CHIDERA IFIONU TOCHI, VIOLA IGBAFEN EMMANUEL, OHIOMOMO IGBAGBON EFE, JUSTICE

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PIN NUC70789A5C51 NUC9E35ECB777 NUCE3438436CC NUCD16BB6CACD NUC040AE82F09 NUC1E7B022FAF NUC99586FCDBE NUC641126215E NUC9BE8CDADF4 NUC2529D4FF87 NUC5123BF4A04 NUCBA211444D1 NUC8737C86EDA NUCB7E0A67086 NUC6B68EE7DCD NUC4E0F517EF5 NUCD3CEFB3E9A NUC9A9EDB4373 NUC61D6C36645 NUCA8245741BE NUCD342D4BCEE NUCD87DEEFFCD NUC3BA32B8AB9 NUC58A102D541 NUCAD31AF17AE NUCAF674FAF40 NUC3D68EB7CA7 NUC248CB1C173 NUC8332A26D18 NUC0AF6204D45 NUC84AAAE71F8 NUC5F30F79E56 NUC192875A0F9 NUCBA889DEB9F NUC01DF6839BE NUC456660BDFE NUC1C17C6F35C NUCF804255F38 NUC40987F7F02 NUCA9260DA30B NUCD05FE6B9D7 NUCEBAA0F62C5 NUC83DDD15DCB NUC21733145B2` NUC4AEEDE9B1B NUCAD4F50913B NUC447A03DFD0 NUC9E514B2D22 NUCF7BEF33B0D NUC45448A7983 NUC6CE6AAA90C NUCF381178718 NUCAA570CB7A6 NUCB43B7843C8 NUCD8983B8DCC NUC50BFEA993E NUC9BB54E321D NUCE8332A2B5E NUC8D1A3BDCF4 NUC4507792C77 NUC588A4127D7 NUC21E1C059FB NUC357063D16C NUC0CDF55E8D8 NUCA865AB2A65 NUCD1BB285F5A NUC692D63DC36 NUC05C45D1F51 NUCDA47884861 NUC6A38BE655A NUC43B9369F4F NUCDD6DAC4174 NUCEDFC8D4C1D NUC7B6BDA13BD NUC850EB8B6B5 NUC9373F0A0B0 NUC0AB56ED43E NUC4FBC64912C NUC7C5547C43D NUCFCC8884717 NUCE9A1374DB2 NUC3AB27BA376 NUC606CA6BCAE NUC9B0C0FC976 NUCB6ACD2F72C NUC3CBA942280 NUCF708EAF797 NUC3B5FB282B1 NUCC6E7B8421C NUCEA02A1AFE4 NUC4E9A4785C5 NUC9CA3E484A4 NUCD8EB69D9C8 NUCE19A2CB0BD NUC5662BF8DFA NUCCDC1572F8B NUC7C1A2FEC95 NUCAEB8D6B620 NUC3149A0CE3A NUC674F22317A NUC657DA14EF2 NUC394F00E692 NUCED23086427 NUC6D8DB12C72 NUCB833941DFE NUC75F745C01D NUC707230C68F NUCF8EBE836CE NUC06785EC717 NUCFFF0CDFA62 NUC8D55AF951F NUC47136BEFA2 NUC368DA98E66 NUC6141313C5C NUC56E0EF9FB1 NUC2C28C5B132 NUC7994398640 NUC116092C29D NUC7B2AD5D860 NUC0FECC5C931 NUC45A3971748 NUC3337ED5AE1 NUC542D805320 NUC2479C3C660 NUCEB119FB018 NUCF240653BB2 NUC3ED396A501 NUCA70878B8C2 NUC0883716317 NUC6E4DAD3EFA NUCE0A6CFD8E2 NUCCD33420FEF NUC0CE87E9ACD NUC9AC140C2F8 NUCD4DA5DF1F2 NUCC93037F42D NUCBAE01CDC1F NUCA7C2EDC3D3 NUC68F6E9DDDB NUCF42F35D632 NUC93C1322605 NUCFAD4EE8B48 NUC5ECD17C9DD NUC155F593B94 NUC7F286C31FD NUCF569467AB1 NUCA4794BDE94 NUC2EC08CDDDC NUC1ECD9E4865 NUC78C377C25D NUC78294EFE28 NUCF6028C53C7 NUC8232652D9E NUC9E3BEB2F80 NUC8E16B32F4B NUC3382EAF1C0 NUCAFE5A096AF NUCAD0CEC3F5C NUC6E9A051CDF NUC66CFE775F3 NUCA781A0661C NUCAEE73C3ECB NUC55A38C5E09 NUC54C08698E5 NUCEFACAA611A NUC0DD5323621 NUCEA48068336 NUCA9EDBBE9DD NUCE286FBEEB8 NUC621FDEAB73 NUC00FFCD6249 NUC1EA8E409B7 NUCFF5E485D5F NUC979D310876 NUCD60129284E NUCEB85EC9CFA

SurName IGBANAKA IGBANUGO IGBINOSA IGBO IGBOAYAKA IGE JANET, IGHORODHE IGULU IGWE IHEMADU IHESIULO IHUM IJEBU IJEH IJEOMAH IJI MARTINS, IKEBUDU IKECHUKWU IKEH IKELIANI IKHALO IKOTUN IKPEAMA ILIYASU ILORI IMASUEN IMEVBORE IMHANLUEBALE IMONLEMEN INWUMOH IRO IROANYA IRUOBE ISEHUNWA ISHOLA ISMAIL ISMAILA IWOBI IWUCHUKWU IWUCHUKWU IWUH IWUOFOR IWUOHA IYAMABO IYIOLA IYIOLA IZUOGU JAIYESIMI JARI JEMILEHIN JESUOROBO JIMOH JOHN JOHN JOHN JOSEPH JOSEPH JOSHUA JUMBO KALU KALU KAREEM KIKA KOIKU KOLAWOLE KOMOLAFE KOMOLAFE KUDAYISI KUMAPAYI KWOJI LATEEF LAWAL LAWAL LAWAL LAWAL LAWALE LAWANSON LAWRENCE LENEE LINUS LUTHER MACHADO MADU MADUOMA MAGAJI MAJOR MAJOR MAKINDE MAKYUR MARK MAUDE MBANISI MBONU MEADOWS MEJABI MOHAMMED MOHAMMED MOHAMMED MOHAMMED MOJEED MOMODU MOMOH MONAGO MOSES MOZOBAM MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD MUHAMMED MURITALA MURTALA MUSA MUSA MUSA MUSTAPHA MUSTAPHA MUSTOPHA NAJIMU NAJOMOH NAMENE NANGI NDOBU NDUBUAKU NDUKWE NDULUE NDUNAKA NEYE NNADI NNAEMEKA NNAEMEKA NNAKENYI NWABIA NWAFOR NWAGOR NWANA NWANDIKO NWANI NWANKWO NWANZE NWAOKOBIA NWAOYO NWEKE NWIZUG-BEE NWOBA NWOBODO NWOKEDIUKO NWOKEDIUKO NWOKEJI NWOKORO NWONU NWOYE NWUFO NYECHE OBADA-OBIEH OBAGAYE OBAR OBARI OBAROLE OBASI OBEMBE OBI OBIAGWU OBIAKOR OBI-ALAGO OBIAZIKWOR OBIDIGBO OBIE OBIKE OBINWUNE OBIORAH OBODEH OBOKARE OCHERI ODEBO ODEGBARO ODELEYE

Other NameS EMMANUEL, OSHOGHA CLEMENT, IZUCHUKWU MOSES, OSAZE KRISTINE, UGONNA EKENE, CLIFFORD OLUWABUNMI OSU, MATHIAS KINGSLEY, THEOPHILUS SOMTOCHUKWU, FRANCIS GABRIEL, CHISOM FRANKLYN, CHINEDU JAMES, TERKURA FUNEBI, FRANCIS ISIJOKELU, GIFT OGOCHUKWU, KINGSLEY CHIADICHIEM, CHIAGOZIEM UZOMA, OGOCHUKWU CHIDERAA, ATHANETIUS CHIAGOZIE, ELIZABETH DANIEL, OSETARE ADEJUYIGBE, EMMANUEL EKENEDILICHUKWU, MATTHEW AMINU, BUGAJE SUNDAY, OLAWALE MOSUNMOLA, ADESUWA AIMALOHI, GLORIA MIRA, OSAREME PRINCELEY, ELOGHOSA JUDE, IKAZEGBE UZOMA, IBE IFEANYI, PATRICK EMMANUEL, OLUWAFUNMITO, ANUOLUWAPO SULAIMON, OLABAMIJI ISA, MODIBBO ISAH, ASHIRU OBIANUJU, HARRIET DANIEL, NONSO VITALIS, CHIBUIKE JUDE, EKENE CHARLES, CHINONYE STANLEY , EMEKA EHIMEN, OMOZOPIA BRENDAN OLUWAGBENGA, OARE SAMUEL, OLUWAGBEMI CHUKWUMA, DAVID OLUWAPELUMI, IFEOLUWA AHMED LAWAL, FOLUKE, OLAJUMOKE CATHERINE, NOSA OLADUNNI, HAOLAT ELISHA, AMAKOR, UDOCHUKWU REJOICE, AMARACHI CHIKA, VIRTUE OCHOYONA, GRACE, OLUWABUSAYO OLUFEMI, DAVID CHUKWUEMEKA, AZUMAH CHIDINMA, PRECIOUS BASIRAT, BIDEMI PHILOMINA, EHIEDU ISRAEL, OLABISI OMOWUNMI, OLUFEMI OLABODE, OYINDOLAPO OLABISI AYOPO, BUKOLA OLAMIDE, YOMI ILIYA, DAUDA SAHEED, ADEWALE ABDULMAJID, MOHAMMED, AMINU, OLUWAREMILEKUN, OMOWUNMI ANUOLUWAPO, IBUKUNOLUWA TUMININU, AYOTUNDE DAVID, MARY, EMMADEEBARI SUNDAY, GODSPOWER EMMANUEL, EDET ADEBOWALE, MUNIRAT IFEANYI, KIZITO CHINOMSO, PEACE BUHARI, ESTHER, ENIGHENI JANE, IGBMNO ADEPOJU, AKINBIYI REGINA, MLUMUN ABIGAIL, CHIDINMA FATIMA, MOHAMMED KENECHUKWU, CHURCHILL CHINENYE, OBIAGELI KEHINDE, OMOTUNDE MORIYIKE, OLUWASAANUMI ABUBAKAR, HARUNA TANKO, YAHAYA HAFIZ, USMAN TAHIR NASIR, HAMMED, ADELEYE MAKPEMINOGHENA, ILUNAMHE ABDULHAKEEM, ONIMISI CHIMSOM, OBIAGELI JEDIDAH, OLUWADAMISI JENNIFER, NWANNEKA SHAMSUDDEEN, DANLADI TAHIR, TIJJANI UMAR, GUMMI IDRIS, OLAMILEKAN RUKAYAT, DASOLA MARIAM, USMAN, IBRAHIM AMINU, CHARA OLUWASEUN, FRANKLIN MUTAIRU, OMOTOSHO TUNDE, MUHAMMED JAMIU, OLALEKAN MUSA, OLAJIDE JOHN, KOGBARA, SMART EBUGHNI, OKORIA CHIOMA, SHIRLEY MARYLEEN, ULUAKU MARK, CHUKWUEMEKA EMEKA, CHINAEMEREM, PHILIP EMMANUEL, OLUWATOBILOBA CHUKWUEBUKA, INNOCENT CHINENYE, UCHENNA OBIAJULU, JOHNSON CHINENYE, ASSUMPTA FRANCIS, NZUBECHUKWU CHIBUNDO, JOSIAH GOODLUCK, S CHIDI, VICTORIA JUDE, ENYINNAYA ONUORAH, JOSHUA CHISOM, CHARITY LOVETH, DUMEBI CHUKWUDUMEBI, EDITH PETRA, NWAAMAKA CHINELO, SCHOLASTICA LEYII, KLUIVERT SUNDAY, THEOPHILUS VINCENT, CHUKWUEBUKA CHINEDU, JOSEPH AUSTIN, AKACHUKWU PAUL, ANULIKA IZUCHUKWU, MUNACHISO EMEKA, VITALIS CHINEDU, INNOCENT CHEKWUBE, KANAYO BEKWELE, BORKE, EJAITA OLUBUNMI, EUCHARIA, EJOWOKOGHENE JOHNSON, ADEIZA STEPHEN, BAMIDELE UCHECHI, KINGSLEY OMOBOLANLE, AYOYINKA CHUKA, MICHAEL MIRACLE, OLUEBUBE CHIOMA, LILIAN OLUCHUKWU, ROSELINE ONYEMAECHI, HENRY VALENTINE, CHIKWADO HUMPHREY, OTOVWE PETER, GODFREY SYLVIA, NDIDIAMAKA WILSON, CHIWINKE SAMUEL, EGHEOSE AGHOGHO, VICTOR, OHELUME OLUWATOYOSI, EMMANUEL OLUWASEUN, DAVID OLUWADAMILOLA, CHRISTIANA

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PIN NUCFDDBC1201D NUCDE3810FBB2 NUCAF5E6B8FEA NUC90008F1879 NUC76FF14D235 NUCC2D275A5BD NUC6A840B915E NUC9DE3D32D37 NUC93F8FE2DE9 NUCA175D6B4B6 NUCE3D17DB085 NUC0840514BCD NUC55A1A0E2D0 NUC33D913573E NUC7BEB3ABDBB NUC66FFB7F99B NUC648A4533D4 NUCE0348EEFC5 NUC2A9ED9E444 NUC9BC1EEF5FC NUC7F0BB20B3D NUCB629141065 NUC5FD04255A3 NUC26EB4FA707 NUC8A68CD9F77 NUC0BAAD7C2C4 NUC35B6BDD0EE NUC01D458A570 NUCC793B43C16 NUC4A118E015D NUC24FEC18527 NUC9A716437E0 NUC9EEF2879C8 NUC5C41D8830F NUC0D717AB9F2 NUC46FEBD14C3 NUC39983D6844 NUCD5CF5F7EA3 NUC7F2CBCBAA5 NUC174B1D9A7C NUCE4B6605B03 NUC8BCE24F670 NUC236B087E37 NUC7EB84BDF90 NUCB5719AC71D NUC47D65EDDC4 NUCE6B8B017A0 NUCD5E2755955 NUC8503183A12 NUC871E219A9F NUCAA1E90DE64 NUC2C0D3A2A47 NUC044BCFC970 NUC2A349694A7 NUC2A304B71EC NUCF17B33ABD2 NUC4F101E957E NUC4B73CA3855 NUC6A8AA2C245 NUC7EDC7D7E01 NUC1953FAEF39 NUCBE71F17B57 NUCCE7598E9B6 NUC76B86A2B24 NUCFCD11F5DD1 NUCF1444B245F NUCDA1FF91B24 NUC827986A228 NUCC5ABD1D440 NUC8F21E9037A NUC25879C4EDD NUC1441262FB6 NUC242E0784EE NUCD435E4CA8D NUCE714309A40 NUCC4B1027680 NUC49F3216DD5 NUC4CF73FB6FA NUC88357224DF NUCAFF03E926E NUC374D1EB16D NUC88F454A038 NUCC46AD8E855 NUCBD979547ED NUC8AC081C3F4 NUCC95887F1BE NUC38BFA5819F NUCA50DF0CF43 NUC2B22718EFA NUC017D7D9E2A NUC6C98088EDE NUCC8753F5B88 NUC99678E22D9 NUC4977EEB49B NUC6693F82BFF NUC81DEAAEC86 NUCC09C436B32 NUC27A15936B0 NUCEA3E20BC73 NUC0CC1768CF8 NUC914550AFE9 NUC15153B847F NUCA2EFBE45B0 NUC9F4D6BC0C0 NUC77A3D8E784 NUC4FEB0DC05D NUC5976D53187 NUCF1CB2E892F NUC517A2DBD96 NUCE49BB98A1C NUCD7B5B786E6 NUCBD4DE9CAA5 NUCDECEF9A574 NUC8673BA3808 NUCF2F0355AB9 NUCD386B67007 NUCE182FE10E2 NUC25B2FD6F2A NUC634CFCDFFF NUC58EB7B7E62 NUC8048BC1168 NUC67D841564B NUCF71C1437C5 NUCF6D52E3AB2 NUC74D1270302 NUC07C02E769A NUC10C9BA5472 NUCB72A6133B0 NUC16B488419D NUC34FF71E590 NUC1BF7068E23 NUC926E975B06 NUCFFA4FAC6AA NUCDB0F96C6ED NUCCF0674FE1A NUCE963BE2001 NUC826D0216CE NUC37FB48F36D NUCD95DA4ACC3 NUC391B4A1DAD NUC5AAB261E1D NUC3C1FE8C440 NUC338E810A40 NUCDF56296B26 NUC380859543E NUC21C454758E NUCC69AA73761 NUC921087C999 NUCC43417CEC3 NUC5797289D7A

SurName ODELOLA ODENIYI ODEWOLE ODEWUYI ODEYALE ODJEGBA ODOEZE ODUARO ODUFOWORA ODUMADE ODUNLADE ODUSELU ODUWAYE OFOCHEBE OGAN OGBONNA OGBONNA OGHAEGO OGHAMA OGIDI OGIEVA OGOLOWA OGUGUA OGUN OGUNDIJO OGUNDIPE OGUNFAYO OGUNFUYE OGUNGBEMI OGUNKOYA OGUNKOYA OGUNKOYA OGUNKUNLE OGUNMEFUN OGUNSEYE OGUNSUSI OGUNTOLA OGUNYEMI OGWURU OHAEGBUCHU OHAEKENYEM OJAIGHO OJEKUNLE OJETUNJI OJO OJO OJO OJOBOR OJUOYE OKAFOR OKAFOR OKAFOR OKAFOR OKAFOR OKAGU OKE OKECHUKWU OKEGBILE OKEJIRI OKELUE OKERE OKETA OKI OKOAWO OKOH OKOH OKOH OKOILU OKOKO OKOLI OKOLIE OKOMA OKONKWO OKONKWO OKORO OKORO OKOTETE OKOYE OKOYE OKPALA OKPALEFE OKPOKIRI OKUNOLA OKUNOREN OKUWOBI OKWA OKWARA OKWUNDU OLA OLABINTAN OLABIYI OLADEJI OLADELE OLADIPO OLADIPO OLADIPUPO OLADOSU OLADUNNI OLAGUNJU OLAJIDE OLAKANMI OLALEYE OLANIYAN OLANIYAN OLANIYI OLANREWAJU OLANREWAJU OLAOBAJU OLAOGUN OLAOSEBIKAN OLAOYE OLAPADE OLARINDE OLARINOYE OLASUPO OLAWOYIN OLAYE OLAYIDE OLAYIWOLA OLAYIWOLA OLAYIWOLA OLISA OLUGBADE OLUGBEJE OLUKITIBI OLUSILE OLUTOMILAYO OLUWABUNMI OLUWADARE OLUWASANMI OMENAI OMOGBEME OMOLEYE OMOREGBE OMOROGIUWA OMOTOSHO OMOYAJOWO OMUGBE ONAKOYA ONAMUSI ONANUGA ONI ONI ONI ONUBOGU ONUGHA ONUOHA ONWUDIKE ONWUEGBU ONWUKA

764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788

NUC61C382913B NUC1DFB82FBF6 NUC7D143F7FA4 NUC2C77B80980 NUC12DCB1A795 NUC17C333B813 NUCB0F534ECE0 NUCE278302F18 NUC96BFBC03C8 NUCC07D524639 NUC36FAE918E4 NUC61533B12DC NUCC1FAC4AD96 NUCAD5F213AC5 NUCAC513B5B5F NUC21C8ED3CFC NUCEFA3D0C598 NUC206BEC5745 NUCB39E7C562A NUC95729A8C23 NUC63A7D78124 NUC611BEFFDFB NUC94DFD5C886 NUC93682476C7 NUCB0F00186AB

ONWUKA ONYICHE ONYIJE ONYISHI ORANYELU ORIANWO ORIMADIKE ORIMOLADE ORIWOH ORJIUDE ORUAMABO OSAGIE OSAGIE OSAKWE OSERE OSHIN OSHIN OSIGWE OSIKI OSIRIKE OSOH OSOKO OSOKOYA OSUAFOR OSUAGWU

Other NameS DELE, JOSEPH ADEWUYI, MATTHEW TEMITOPE, ADEYEMI OYINDAMOLA , MODUPE SOLOMON, OLASUNKANMI OGHENETEGA, JOSHUA JIDEOFOR, AMBROSE HENRY IFEANYI, JOACHIM IBRAHIM, ODUMAS ADEGBOYEGA, ODUNIYI AKINOLA, KINGSLEY GBOLAHAN, OLADIPUPO TOLUWANI, VICTORIA AMARACHUKWU, CHINENYE TAMUNOIGBEINBIA, NNANNA, SAMUEL CHRISTIAN, CHUKWUEBUKA AMARACHI, JOVITA OSAYOMWANBOR, EBENEZER MAYOWA, AYODELE OSARENOGAE, OCHUKO BRIDGET, OMONHEKPEN ALEX, CHUKWUNONSO SEWADE, OLAOLU OLUWASEUN, ADEOLU OMOTOLA, DEBORAH IBRAHIM, ABIOLA OLABODE, JOSHUA OLAMIDE, BOLUWATIFE WASIU, EMMANUEL JANET, YETUNDE OLUWADARA, ABIDEMI TEMITOPE, JONATHAN OLALEKAN, PETER BABATUNDE, ISRAEL KAZEEM, BUSAYO OLUSEUN, IBUKUN JAMES, OLUSEGUN AGATHA, CHIDIEBERE HENRY, EKENE EMMANUEL, CHUKWUDALU TRACY, OGHENEWIRO PETER, SEYI OLADEJI, EMMANUEL OLAWALE, JOSEPH YEMI, EMMANUEL, ADEKOLA CHIDOZIE, DONALD OLUGBENGA, EZEKIEL IJEOMA, ESTHER BLESSING, ONYINYE DONATUS, NONSO NNEAMAKA, GERALDINE NKEM, MAVIS OGADIMMA, DESMOND TOLULOPE, ANTHONY, IZUCHUKWU SAMUEL, DAYO FRANCIS, UCHENNA EMMANUEL, WISDOM, FLORA, TOBI OYINE LOLADE, MARIAM EDWARD, EHIDIABHEN NNEKA, ESTHER ALEX, EBONKA IZUCHUKWU, GABRIEL RUTH, OLUWADAMILOLA MKPOUTO, UMANA EMEKA, AUSTIN AMANDA, CHIKAOSOLU SONNA, OBIORA THERESA, CHINWENWA HENRY, CHINEDU BLESSING, OFURE LYNDA, CHIDERA ELOHO, ANITA CHRISTIAN, UCHECHUKWU PETER, CHIBUIKE MICHAEL, IKENNA MOSES, OGHENEMARHO CHRISTOPHER, CHUKS JAMES, OLANREWAJU IFEOLUWA, SEGUNFUNMI OLUWATOSIN, ADETOLA OMOJO, ELIZABETH IKENNA, CHRISTOPHER ONYINYE, SANDRA ANASTASIA TEMITOPE, EBI ABDULLAHI, BIODUN BOLANLE FATIMAT OLUWAFEMI, OLATUNDE MATHEW, AKINDELE OLAJUMOKE, ESTHER OLUWATOBI, AGBOOLA WASIU, PETER KAYODE ADIO OLUWATOBILOBA, IBUKUN MARYAM, OLAYEMI OKIKIOLA, MORENIKE ISRAEL, OLARINDE ATINUKE, OMOTANWA DAMILARE, TINUOLA FOLASHADE, OLAJUWON ISAIAH, OPEYEMI RASAKI, OLAWALE SCHOLASTICA, CHINELO ABDULRAHMAN, OLANREWAJU, PAUL SOFIAT, OLAYEMI, ABEL, OLUWADARA OLUWATOSIN, ELIZABETH TUNDE, ABRAHAM OMOTAYO, ANDREW BOLAJI, ABDRAHMAN OSAMUDIAMEN, ISRAEL, IDOWU KHAFILAT, TEMITOPE MOSHOOD, ADEMOLA IDRIS, BABATUNDE SAMUEL, CHUKWUEMEKA EMMANUEL, OLUWATOBI TEMITOPE, ANUOLUWAPO ABIOLA TITUS CHRISTINA, OLUWASEUN KUNLE, TITUS SASAENIA, PAUL AYOMIDE, ABIODUN JOSEPH, BUSAYO STANLEY, AGHEHI MOSES, ILUGBEKHAI TAIWO, JOEL OSAZE, SAMSON OSARUMWENSE, BATESON SAHEED, OLAITAN EMMANUEL, DAMILARE SILAS, EVI TOLUWALOPE, IRETIAYOMIDE OLUWASIKEMI, OLUWADAMILOLA BABAJIDE, YUSUF MICHAEL, OLUWAKAYODE OLUWATOBI, AJIBOLA EMMANUEL, NNEKA, OBIANUJU IFEOMA, UCHENNA CHIKA, QUEEN ONYINYECHI, SOLOMON, MATHEW IKECHUKWU,SAMUEL CHUKWUEMEKA OSINACHI, STANLEY THANKGOD, EMMANUEL ROSE, HILLARY, ONYEBUCHI JOY, OBIANUJU EMMANUELLA, NNEOMA CHARLES, CHUKWUKA BENJAMIN, OLAWALE PAUL, OSEYI JOSIAH, EJIKE ALALI, MORGAN AYODEJI, FESTUS SMITH, OLUWATOBI ISIOMA, PAMELA CHUKWULANIM, PATRICK OLUWASEYI, OLUSEGUN, EMMANUEL ECHEZONA, FELIX PRISCA, OFURE PEARL, IHUOMA MOSES, OLUFISAYO, TITILOPE OLUMIDE, OLUSEGUN CHARLES, OBIOHA CHISOM, IHUOMA

S/N 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940

PIN NUCB7F79F1748 NUCD67F8DF79D NUC3D1A9379EA NUC12CDC90539 NUCB4D3AD49D4 NUC712CB90B30 NUC794A6DB6EE NUCC3AAD4B3A4 NUC4266577E89 NUCF3336C558A NUCBB67522878 NUC8AFAB17CA5 NUCD9700F6CEA NUC593CD2F743 NUC45904770FD NUCEA4D35163E NUC491FB41446 NUC53398E16FC NUCA91147CA6E NUC089F813B25 NUC6837258DA2 NUCBBD177FC75 NUC73427E33D9 NUCC32BA00F55 NUC0C73DEAA39 NUC2EDF27BAD5 NUC2B85C64C11 NUC1AC79D5F76 NUC7027753427 NUC4F3599FC7F NUC033F0AA64B NUCB298146D3F NUC1F11B14C71 NUC9C12F00FD6 NUC83FE84ABDC NUC74A4D3E762 NUCB8DDE822C4 NUC99BFD457C9 NUC3F923678DE NUCC9D8D7E661 NUCA4C4DC502B NUC8C5DB1AC97 NUC9B245F497B NUCE87E7455E9 NUC47A26AE04D NUC1290D974F9 NUC1F308A95AF NUCBCDC038F63 NUC4AE9A7A46D NUC8B8E44B0EA NUC51BB38294E NUCD08DF7FD3C NUCE329F9E69A NUC0DB75C9A6D NUC0D5D5425F0 NUC48C528B4D5 NUC1562E92DD5 NUCC88D9007F6 NUC8E471E8ACC NUC02CE906D3D NUCAE0488683F NUC002C329690 NUC48CAC96EB3 NUC0D5EA543D2 NUC57605E1395 NUCFCC5E516FD NUCA8911136F7 NUCED5075579C NUC021AB24703 NUC583708DBAA NUC7DB8D8991F NUC547F0374C7 NUCE4E150B710 NUC40F8290F55 NUC35E66656ED NUC23C875B191 NUC87E48D66D2 NUCDAFF888AD1 NUC3C99621272 NUCE50A5078BD NUCBFBDD834A9 NUC41DD63ED85 NUCDC2FBEAC8C NUC49BC057995 NUC336A3954AB NUC2A7F1369D0 NUC5C1FB32A2B NUCACB1498AD8 NUCCE12991116 NUC48D19A66D9 NUCC448276488 NUC81661EC2D9 NUCC501F72829 NUC9359C379FE NUCE7792B9026 NUC8F8C2E39B3 NUCDA08E90D88 NUC71496B174E NUCBD8D749F07 NUC21E6CFB524 NUCC5DB5C937A NUC19AF60C87F NUCD2D813D4DA NUCB1C6EB1503 NUC2FCBCD3D00 NUC2D3D43966D NUC3DA6897F8A NUCD36FA765B6 NUC3FFCDB0E97 NUCCE6AE69139 NUC76575844F9 NUC5F4499B61C NUC71ED1336E7 NUCE3BB213DE1 NUC8BBF2ACC30 NUC9DCE8D6A9D NUCE66088F687 NUC8C5F9ADC NUCDC11D8922A NUC1980BF6410 NUC79CFA8455E NUC7D49431735 NUC0987535B4F NUC1C7AB1F907 NUCE118049925 NUC5A1A63929E NUC00B5D5677D NUC5938AAF18D NUCC39552DFC1 NUCDA53267EF4 NUC57D43A6132 NUC7757FD67F6 NUCC429FB2DA3 NUCCD8CCC20E5 NUCA709C6EAD1 NUCE6D29C3633 NUCE9674E5F4E NUC0E0BF3640A NUCA46AA192A7 NUC9821D6ED80 NUCD8A981BB20 NUCAC81EA3516 NUCA2C16D7922 NUC7C7E0A2796 NUCFB78EA08BE NUC854E2EB8F6 NUCF86ACC9D10 NUC4271D585D6 NUCD78E1F6F97 NUC3ADE1BDA72 NUCE1AA610357 NUC0895F76A98

SurName OSUAGWU OSUNBOR OSUNGADE OSUNLAKIN OTI OWOEYE OWOH OWOLABI OWOYEMI OYALETOR OYANOGHAFO OYE OYEBANJI OYEDELE OYEGBEDA OYEKOLA OYELADE OYELEKE OYESOLA OYEWOLE OZIOKO PAOLINO PARKER PEARSE PETER PRAISE QUADRI RABIU RABIU RAJI RAJI RAJI RAJI RASHEED ROTIMI SAAD SABO SABO SALAKO SALAMI SALAU SALAU SALAUDEEN SALISU SALIU SALIU SAMSON SAMUEL SANI SANI SANKA SANYAOLU SANYAOLU SEBIOTIMO SENBADEJO SHAIBU SHAIDU SHEHU SHERIFF SHOKUNBI SHONIBARE SHONIBARE SHUAIB SHU’AIBU SIKIRU SIYANBOLA SODIPO SODIPO SOKUNBI SOLOLA SOPULUCHUKWU SOTAYO SOTUBO SOWUNMI STEPHEN SULAIMAN SULAIMAN SULE SULEMAN SUNDAY SYLVESTER TAHIRU TAIWO TAIWO TANIMU TANIMU THOMAS TIJANI TIJANI TIJANI TOMMY TOMMY TOSANWUMI TUGELE TUOYO TURNAH UBAH UBOHO UCHE UCHEHARA UDENZE UDEZE UDOCHI UDOFIA UDOFIA UDOH UDOYE UFFOR UGBE UGOCHUKWU UGOJI UGWU UGWU UGWUANYI UGWUANYI UJAH UJOATUONU FAUKANWA UKPEBOR UKPONG UMAR UMEGO UMEZINNE UMOSSOH USMAN USMAN UTOH UTOMI UTUEDOR UWANIKONE UYANWANNE UZOEWULU WAHEED WILLIAMWEST WOPARA WOSU WUDIL YAKUBU YAWSON YEKEEN YEKINI YESUFU YUNUSA YUSUF YUSUF YUSUF YUSUF YUSUF YUSUFF ZACHARIAH ZAGO ZAKARI

Other NameS ERNEST, UGWUNNA GOSUNBOR, IWEKHOE BABATUNDE, GABRIEL ABASS, AKINOLA VICTOR, CHIMERE TAIWO, TEMIDAYO UKEMEOBONG, ETOKOWO TOYIN, OMOYENI ADEKOLA, OLUWATOSIN SAMUEL, EBOSETALE OSAZEE, OSAHON TOYOSI, KEHINDE GBENGA, JOSEPH OYELADUN, OPEYEMI PRISCILLIA, EHIAGHE OYEPEJU, NUSIRAT OLADAYO, AMOS OYENIKE, IKEOLUWA OYEBOLA, OLUWAKEMI OYEDOTUN, EMMANUEL IKENNA, EMMANUEL AGU, IFEANYICHUKWU NANA-AISHA, LAURETTA, FEYISETAN ANZA, SHADRACH CYRIL, FRANCIS AJIBOLA, IBRAHIM OLABIMPE, SAKIRAT AZEEZ, ADETAYO AONAT, OLUWATOBI ABDULAKEEM, AFOLABI IBRAHIM, OLUWOLE MUIZDEEN, OYEBODE RABIU, NIYI ODUNAYO, OLUWASEUN HADIZA, VICTOR , EMMANUEL YABO, AMINU ABDULBASHIR, FEMI HAMMED, ADENIYI SEMIU, KAFAYAT, OMOBOLA SHAKIRUDEEN, ALADE ABDULHALIM, SUNUSI FRANCISCO, UFAYO OLUWASEYI, DAMILARE IMOH, NNAMNSO ANULIKA, CLARA ALI, RUQAYYA, NASIR MUHAMMAD ABDURRASHID, IBRAHIM SANKA OLUWAFEMI, AKINTUNDE AYOKUNLE, OLUSOLA AZEEZ, ARISEKOLA TOSIN, YETUNDE EMIKE, DESIRE YUSUF, AMINA, UMAR YUSUF, MOHAMMED AKINSOLA, OYETOLA ADETUTU, RISIKAT KAZEEM, ADEKUNLE HIKMAH, ABDULKARIM, ISMAEEL, ABIODUN OLADAYO, AKINOLA OLUGBENGA, GABRIEL MORITAN, O. ADEYINKA, AYOBAMI IDRIS, OLAWALE CHIDIMMA, BLESSING FALILAT, OLATORO OLUWATIMILEHIN, DIPO OLAPERI, YESIDE IYINOLUWA, EMMANUEL ABDULKADIR, MUHAMMAD LUQMAN, OLAITAN FATIMA, AJUMA ADEIZA, SULEMAN KISSINGER, O’DONNELL, PWANAHAKAI IBRAHIM, TINNI KEHINDE, MARY ESTHER, OLUWATOMISIN SAGIRU, MUSA GAZALI, ISRAEL, MAYOMI SOLOMON, ANIBE KAZEEM, AUSTIN IDRIS, A IMMANUEL, OTUEKONG UNYIME, SARAH ORITSEMA, OLUWASEUN GRACE, ONAJITE EMEE, JOY AMY, UGOCHUKWU, PAUL EDIDIONG, EMMA KENECHI, MIRIAM GIDEON, DANIEL, OBIORA EJIKE, CHINEMEREM SOLOMON, CHIBUZO LIVINGSTONE, UDO EDIDIONG, NSEOWO ITORO, AUGUSTINE SAMUEL, MOSES, ENWUBIKO FABIAN, AUDU CHIEMEKA, NZUBE NKECHIKA , CHRISTAIN MARCEL, CHIGOZIE UGOCHUKWU, OBINNA EJIKE, DAVID NNAEMEKA, SUNDAY JOHN, ABUTU CHIMA, DONATUS UCHE, ONYEKA OFURE, AMENAWON VICTOR, UBONG MUBARAK, OKWUNNA, MARYJANE IZUNNA, ODINAKA OTOBONG, AKPAN USMAN, ABBAS ABDULHAFIZ, ONIMISI OLUCHI, ULOMA CHEKWUBE, ONYEKA PAUL, IDEASER ADETUTU, VERONICA UGOCHUKWU , FAVOUR CHIAMAKA, PEACE SODIQ, ODEWALE TAMUNOTONYE, MORGAN, MANUCHIM NKASIOVUNDAH, CONFIDENCE YAKUBU, SANI ARILESERE FATIMAH, EMMANUEL, OLUSOLA ABEEB, ABIODUN SEFIU, OLALEKAN SHERIFAT, OMOKHUWA SALAMATU , QUEEN KETURAH, SALISU , IBRAHIM BASIRU, ANAS, RUKAIYAT, ADEBUSOLA OLUSOLA, MUFUTAU BABANGIDA, SALISU, IDRIS AISHA, ALIYU

the above named persons are hereby invited to the next stage of the selection process, a computer-based test, scheduled to take place as follows: Venues:

[1] abuja FCt [Venue would be communicated to candidates] [2] London uK [Venue would be communicated to candidates] [3] Washington DC, uSa [Venue would be communicated to candidates]

Date:

monday, 8th December 2014

time:

10.00am prompt

Please note that: 1. Candidates are to come along with original copies of their credentials (WaeC, NYSC discharge certificate, First degree, birth certificate, etc.); 2. Candidates who would prefer to take the aptitude test in any of the 2 designated centres outside Nigeria are to contact the secretariat immediately and indicate their preference (presidentialscholarshipscheme@

gmail.com, pressid@nuc.edu.ng);

3. the Implementation Committee would NOt be liable for transportation and/ or accommodation of candidates to any of the designated test centres. Professor Julius a. Okojie, OON Chairman, PreSSID Implementation Committee

36 ISSUES

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Re: Nasarawa 2015: Moment Of Truth

by Muhammad Danbaba Mailafiya

The publication of an explicit picture of Governor Al-Makura’s administration, entitled ‘Nassarawa 2015: Moment of Truth’ of the LEADERSHIP edition of Thursday November 6, 2015 came as a shock to me as the writer, one Musa Iliya went on and on to create a hoax of the situation of things in Nasarawa State into the tenure of Tanko Al-Makura as governor. Not only that he tried in his own way to rather paint black the latter’s system of governance in a knee-jerk reaction of delusive proportions and hail the former governor, Aliyu Akwe Doma’s commitment and determination to emancipate the people of the state from their political oppressors, as demonstrated by his unwavering support the Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency, during his eventful first term. It will be good to note here that Nasarawa State, under the able leadership of Al-Makura (the peoples’ governor), has several on-going projects that will make the state compete favourably with others in the federation where the dividends

of democracy are at their highest peak. The good people of Nasarawa State have only now begun to Al-Makura’s commitment to development that would enhance their well-being, provide a level playground and ensure speedy transformation in terms of both physiological and infrastructural needs. No doubt he has written his name with a golden pen in the hearts of the people. His administration is on a rescue mission with a view to enabling the citizens enjoy the muchtouted dividends of democracy. Accusing Gov. Al-Makura of ineptitude would be the case of giving a dog a bad name in order to hang it. Some of the security issues Iliya who comes off as a paid writer is talking about have been present in the state, even before its creation. If Akwe Doma is a politician with such great appeal, why was he voted out in 2011? What is his performance record in various sectors of the state like? Mr. Iliya ought to know that although he is a true-blue protégé of a politician, readers have the right to draw their own conclusions. What he ought to emphasise is not Al-

Makura’s perceived flaws but the credentials of his defeated predecessor. To say people are calling him ‘Baba’ and urging him to re-contest the seat he was woefully defeated on is not enough! Al-Makura come from the then Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) an opposition party and defeated an incumbent governor who was contesting for a second term. If Iliya says people of Nasarawa State do not support Gov. Al-Makura’s mandates of Governor Al-Makura, then he is being economical with the truth. Isn’t it the same Al-Makura that received unprecedented support when the presidency attempted to impeach him using the state legislators? Isn’t it the same Al-Makura who redefined the art of democratic leadership to the extent that people are now realising the essence of meaningful projects in all spheres? If Al-Makura is not that popular, what magic did he use to woo Sen. Abdullahi Adamu into APC? Isn’t it the same Adamu who brought Doma in as PDP’s candidate in 2007 when he completed his second term? How come he is now in the same camp as Al-Makura

and has left Doma dormant in the wilderness? Mr. Iliya tried in vain to paint a picture of Baba Akwe Doma’s residence in Abuja being a ‘Mecca’ of sorts, where political hangers-on throng to get stipends. Well fine and good, if that’s what floats his boats. It is a known fact that His Excellency, Akwe Doma’s political machinery does not have a fighting chance. He is believed to have been seeking ‘patronage’ and a way into the villa for sort of romance with President Goodluck Jonathan, using Jonathan’s campaign in the state as an excuse. This is in line with what Kano State Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, once said; if a politician is dead broke, you will see him taxing his appointee while in power. When ‘MaiMalfa’ beckoned on him, he will go to him cap-in-hand in order to keep afloat, referring to ex-governors who now support Jonathan knowing his administration has been a total failure. This is exactly Mr. Iliya’s mentor is up to. By and large, the piece is a futile attempt to exalt the lost political relevance of the

defeated former governor, Aliyu Akwe Doma at the expense of the political support base of Gov. Al-Makura. Malam Iliya did not only make fallacious clams, but tried to undermine the intelligence of the average reader, especially those conversant with the political happenings in the state. To say Gov. Al-Makura loses political support as the nation moves closer to the 2015 general polls, is blasphemous. In fact, AlMakura is making history as one of the candidates who defeated an incumbent governor in a free and fair election as it was unduly ajudged. He is one of the few governors who was supported wholeheartedly by his people, many of whom were ready to lay down their lives when the presidency tried to play ‘monkey’ with the state legislators to impeach him. Had Governor Murtala Nyako enjoyed this backing from the people of Adamawa State, he would still be the governor today. It is therefore advisable to the writer and his contractors to employ sensible and acceptable reasons in their criticism of AlMakura next time. – Danbaba wrote in from Lafia

APC Leaders And The Anti-Metuh Fixation By Richard Ihediwa

In recent times, there has been a series of personal attacks sponsored in a section of the media by some All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in a spirited plot to discredit officials of the federal government and those of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The overall Machiavellian purpose of these attacks by the APC leaders is very clear: to bring respected officials of the federal government and the PDP to public odium. Typical of a desperate opposition, as the 2015 general elections approach, the APC leaders have scaled up these attacks. In the last couple of months, they have engaged an army of heavily paid consultants masquerading as columnists and writers in local and foreign media to sustain this devious enterprise by employing their stock-in-trade of lies, insults and blackmails. This is in addition to the unleashing of APC thugs in the social media who use multiple accounts with pseudonyms to attack PDP, its people-oriented programmes and post lies and insults against President Goodluck Jonathan. Of particular note is the endless personal attack on the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh. In the last few months, the APC has concentrated

its onslaught against the PDP spokesperson and the reason is not far-fetched. Since his emergence as PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh has become for members of the opposition party, a thorn in the flesh for matching their propaganda machinery by effectively projecting the positive image of the PDP while exposing the many inherent negatives of the APC. The APC is distraught because Metuh has been able to adequately communicate the unique selling points of the PDP and the major difference between its content and character and those of the APC. They are bitter because their party has been appropriately and correctly profiled by Metuh as an anti-Nigeria platform which does not have the interest of the people at heart. While effectively projecting the PDP as a national and democratic party, committed to the overall national interest without regard to ethnic and religious considerations, Metuh has further succeeded in presenting the true picture of the APC as a sectional and undemocratic party, completely lacking in ideology, promoting division among Nigerians; a party of frustrated and corrupt dictators seeking a platform to actualize their ethnic, religious and pecuniary agenda. He has succeeded in exposing the hidden links between the

utterances of the APC and the insecurity that has claimed the lives of thousands of innocent citizens. The APC leaders have been having sleepless nights because Metuh not only stripped their party of its fake messianic robe, making a public display of its true identity as a party on a mission to destroy Nigeria, but also showed that it is no alternative to the PDP, a message which has stuck, forming a strong foundation for informed electoral choices for 2015 general elections based not on propaganda but on reason and facts as was the case in the June 21 Ekiti state governorship election. It is against this backdrop that the PDP National Publicity Secretary has become a critical assignment for the APC. He must be stopped. Having failed to silence him through a series of threats and litigations, the APC leaders have now resorted to a well-funded campaign of calumny in an attempt to discredit and cow him to silence so as to effectively deny the PDP a credible voice to project its image, defend its policies and programmes and highlight the performances of its elected officials. Characteristically, Metuh has maintained his high moral ground of decency and equanimity in the face of the attacks by APC leaders. He has refused to join issues with them or to allow himself to be distracted. However, it is very

important to place on record that there is no statement by Metuh on APC or its leaders that has not been based on facts. This explains the reason APC leaders and their paid writers have continued to indulge in stretching their imagination but always end up with insults and threats. The questions are: is the APC not a private estate of few politicians who have instituted a reign of impunity and brazen dictatorship within its fold? Are APC leaders not running their party like a rebel group? Are they not engaged in actions and utterances that promote division and violence in the country? Have they not been deliberately dishing out lies and fabrications in their statements to incite Nigerians and discredit the PDP led-administration? Since its registration on July 13, 2013, the APC has never purposefully and constructively engaged and challenged the PDP on issues. Instead, in its 15 months of existence, it has issued hundreds of press statements all of which have been devoted to attacking government officials and those of the PDP as subterfuge to cover their heinous plot against the nation. APC leaders have continued to promote violence through their utterances as a means to achieve political control. The statement by their National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun that

his party will set up a parallel government should it lose in the 2015 presidential election (bear in mind that APC’s understanding of ‘rigging’ is where they lose) not only betrays their inner agenda but also confirms Metuh’s position that the APC is promoting a Janjaweed ideology. This is in addition to inflammatory statements by other APC leaders, including its Deputy National Secretary, Nasir El-Rufai, who was widely reported to have declared that the 2015 elections will be bloody and for which he was questioned by the Department of Security Services. Metuh has been able to prove that we have an opposition party which seeks to weaken critical institutions of government, make them vulnerable and set the stage for the materialization of their ignoble plans. The publishing of negative advertorials and articles in local and foreign media by the APC; and the sponsoring of pockets of anti-government protests across the country confirm his position. Nigerians may recall the sustained vitriolic attacks and campaign of calumny against the legislature at the national and state levels with the APC issuing statements labeling them as corrupt and falsely accusing them of receiving millions of dollars to do PDP’s bidding. Mr. Ihediwa is Special Assistant to PDP National Publicity Secretary

politics today Thursday, November 13, 2014

REPORTS ANALYSES REVIEWS INTERVIEWS

2015: Jonathan, Opposition And The Road To Eagle Square President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday formally declared his intention to seek reelection in 2015. The event came after months of suspense in the face of a strong opposition against his desire to run. DONALD OJOGO looks at the pre-declaration politics and the reaction of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to the president’s declaration.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, few months after the G-7 governors’ nationwide consultations, Obasanjo wrote his famous letter to President Jonathan titled ‘Before It Is Too Late

ndeed, the road was rough. Expectedly too, political permutations in the mould of persuasions, dissuasions and an admixture of same had laced the polity as reports gained grounds that come 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan would seek a second term in office as president. As early as March 2014, political events and directions had started to manifest what could be termed pre-emptive moves both the opposition led then, by both defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as well as the Congress For Progressive Change(CPC) and some powerful northern political elite that any move by Jonathan to have a second term dream was against an agreement he allegedly had with the Northern governors in the run up to the 2011 presidential election. First to mention this was the Niger state governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu who disclosed that President Jonathan had had a pact with the Northern governors that he would not seek to run for the presidency in 2011. The governor had used that disclosure to challenge President Jonathan to respect the pact by declining to run. For the governor and others, such disclosure was not only timely but appropriate in the face of burning individual presidential desires of most of the Northern governors, most of who were on their last term in office as governors. In unpretentious manner, Governors Aliyu, Sule Lamido, Ibrahim Shehu Shema, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Isa Yuguda were all preparing to throw their hats in the

presidential ring should President Jonathan appear timid to decline to run for another term. It should be noted however, that whatever the impact of the governor’s disclosure was, it could be seen as the major starting point for what could be regarded as the most sustained package of opposition against any sitting president in Nigeria. From one major spice of opposition to the other, the country under President Jonathan witnessed another round of a heated polity just as event after event disturbingly depicted gravitation toward crisis and unintended vices. Threats, counter-threats, provocative statements, whether from the opposition or from government, were almost becoming natural, daily norms as the nation witnessed events, especially in 2013. In the face of all these, the opposition, for the first time in the political history of the nation, consummated a merger of satellite parties as the ACN, ANPP,CPC and parts of APGA fused to become one-the ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS(APC). Without any prompting, President Jonathan and his ruling PDP were quick to admit that the merger of the parties to form the APC was a major threat to the survival of the PDP. Events shortly after the merger were strong enough evidences to this effect. “We must work hard as a party to ensure that we win back the confidence of our people in all fronts; we cannot be fighting in

Jonathan

house when the opposition is out there putting its house in order to decimate our party; we cannot say the threat of the newly registered APC is not real,” immediate past national chairman of the PDP, Dr Bamanga Tukur was quoted to have said in one of his nationwide tours in the wake of the revolution against his tenure by the PDP governors mostly orchestrated by the G-7 governors. As a real test indeed, President Jonathan had also succumbed to pressure when the G-7 governors made some conditions, including the sack of Tukur after they (governors) played down the issue of the president’s second term ambition. After meetings upon meetings, what was close to truce was seen to have been achieved but events preceding later dates were to prove the opposite. Specifically, the G-7 governors(Rotimi Amaechi, Rivers; Aliyu Wamakko, Sokoto; Musa Kwankwaso, Kano; Abdulfattah Ahmed, Kwara; Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, Niger, Sule Lamido, Jigawa and Murtala Nyako, Adamawa) embarked on a nationwide tour of national leaders to ‘report’ President Jonathan that he should honour the one-term pact had with the North. Leaders visited include former presidents Shehu Shagari, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, former heads of state Abdusalami Abubabakar, Ernest Shonekan, former vice president Alex Ekwueme as well as former defence minister General

Theophilous Danjuma(rtd). Whether it was a coincidence or not, few months after the G-7 governors’ nationwide consultations, Obasanjo wrote his famous letter to President Jonathan titled ‘Before It Is Too Late’; the comments, opinions and views the correspondence as well president’s response to the letter are still fresh in national memory just as the relationship between both leaders has been one of a suppressed cold war. PDP and Jonathan cannot deny the fact that their most disturbing moment came when five of the G-7 governors opted out of the ruling party to join forces with the APC. Expectedly, the governors did not go to the opposition alone; they had gone along with them, majority of their supporters, especially those in the National and their State Assemblies. It will be recalled that all the PDP leaders, including former vice president Atiku Abubakar, Senator Bukola Saraki, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Alhaji Kawu Baraje among others who staged a walkout on President Jonathan at the Eagle Square where the party had assembled for its mid-term convention left for the APC. But fast and hard as the opposition pushed, President Jonathan’s foot soldiers were also ➔ CONTINUES ON PAGE 38

Donald Ojogo, Group Politics Editor ojogodonald@yahoo.com

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2015: Jonathan, Opposition And The Road To Eagle Square ➔ CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37

For President Jonathan, Tuesday’s declaration was the climax of all. An aide of the president told our correspondent shortly after the event that ‘the most difficult stage has been crossed

on their marks. The berthing of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria(TAN) on the nation’s political plains was an indication that the president was not ready to take chances as far as his re-election desire was concerned. For President Jonathan, Tuesday’s declaration was the climax of all. An aide of the president told our correspondent shortly after the event that ‘the most difficult stage has been crossed.’ But in spite of the opposition he had had to face, President Jonathan said under his government in the past three and a half years, there has neither been any record of political prisoners nor a case where any Nigerian is sent into exile for abusing and criticizing him. Noting that his presidency had operated participatory and inclusive democracy, Jonathan said; “We must continue to hold the tempo all high in our country. I am proud to say that there are no political prisoners in Nigeria today. No Nigerian has been driven into exile; no one and I repeat no one will be driven to exile. “It is in furtherance of a peaceful participatory and inclusive democracy that I signed the freedom of information bill into law to expand the frontiers of our fundamental freedom. Let me reaffirm that under a Jonathan presidency, your views, no matter how freely expressed, will not send you to prison or to exile. “I am convinced that I have served my part with Nigerians and it is now time to look into the future. With your tremendous support, you have collectively done so much in the last three and a half years. But to take our country to the next level, there is still more work to be done”. Soliciting the support of Nigerians for another shot at the presidency, the president promised that under his government, Nigeria will defeat Boko Haram, even as he said, “History has shown that the part of honour of a true leader is not to walk away from his people in the face of challenges. We must stand together in adversary and overcome the threat to our development. We must defend our future. “Many Nigerians have lost their lives and property to these mindless killings. A number of young men and women have been kidnapped by these criminal elements including our daughters from Chibok. We will free our daughters and defeat terrorism”. He noted that the federal government is currently equipping the armed forces and deploying Special Forces to combat the Insurgents and put an end to what he described as the “senseless war. “We must protect our country. We must save our people. I will do everything humanly possible to end this criminal violence in our

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Nation”, he added. Urging Nigerians to support his second term bid, President Jonathan who highlighted some achievements of his administration in the past four years said his decision to contest the 2015 presidential poll was made after seeking the face of God, in a quiet reflection with his family. He said; “Therefore, after seeking the face of God, in quiet reflection with my family and having listened to the call of our people nationwide to run, I, Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, have accepted to represent myself, on the platform of The Peoples’ Democratic Party, for re-election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in the 2015 general elections”. Recounting how his government, with the cooperation of Nigerians, united to fight the Ebola Virus, he assured that just as the deadly disease wash stopped, the country is on its way to eradicating Polio in Nigeria, adding that he had promised that he would not handover Polio to anybody. On Education, the president noted that he had established 14 new Universities out of which two are specialised, even as he said, “under my watch, every Nigerian state has a Federal University,” he said. He said he has established 150 almajiri schools in the north. Noting that the Dangote group had invested US$1 bn on rice production and that in time, Nigeria will become a net exporter of rice,he said his government was able eradicate corruption in the agricultural sector, a successful anti-graft war which he said will be extended to other sectors. Jonathan vowed to double his effort in the fight against corruption by ensuring that corrupt government officials begin to face the full weight of the law. But the event found itself on the wrong side of the opposition as the carpeted President Jonathan for daring to declare. The APC in a statement issued by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said it was ‘utterly insensitive and absolutely callous’ for the president to declare his “second term ambition a day after almost 50 students were killed and about 80 injured in a suicide bombing in Potiskum, accusing the President of dancing on the

graves of the students as well as of all the victims of the Boko Haram insurgency. The statement said in part: “Since this President has chosen to celebrate a national tragedy, Nigerians should also be ready to celebrate his electoral failure next year. “Today, the three North-east states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe are in danger of being overrun by Boko Haram and over 650,000 Nigerians are internally displaced in those states by the insurgency. Yet, President Jonathan says he puts Nigerians first. The truth is that for President Jonathan, it is Jonathan first, Jonathan second, Jonathan third, Jonathan always. “This President has therefore established a pattern of putting his political interest above the security and welfare of Nigerians who voted him into office,” Mohammed said in the statement. But the Governor Godswill Akpabio-led governors of the ruling PDP have described the APC as a party of destabilisers with no good plans for Nigeria. Governor Akpabio who spoke behalf of the governors said the PDP will not be intimidated and won’t handover to ‘sponsors of terrorism’. While acknowledging that the road to 2015 will be rough, he nonetheless, predicted victory for the ruling party in 2015. “We will never be intimidated, we will not be intimidated. You are like David in the Bible, you are fighting all the wars today so that future Presidents in Nigeria will have peace. We recognize that. You have taken the right step by building the Almajiri schools particularly in Northern Nigeria, you are building other schools in the South. You have decided to take education as a major step to educate Nigerian children so that they will not be misled in the future again. “Never again will people mislead our children into terrorism; never again will our children succumb to insurgency. We are witnessing something that is totally unNigerian and we are saying do not be intimidated, we are behind you. Those who are behind you are more than those we are against you. In 2015 all Nigerians are going to tell you that we are behind you. “We are against terror, we are

against enemies of progress, we are against propaganda, and we are against blackmail. The opposition has no plans for Nigeria. Many of them are fighting selfish wars; many of them are coming out because of their personal aggrandisement; many of them are coming out trying to sponsor instability in Nigeria. “We cannot handover the federal government of Nigeria to enemies of progress; we cannot hand over Nigeria to people who are trying to destabilise us; we cannot hand over our future to people who are blackmailers and propagandists. “But Mr President we know that the route to 2015 is not going to be very smooth but we are assuring you that at the end of the tunnel victory is yours as victory belongs to all of us as victory remains that of PDP,” Akpabio said. The PDP governors are not the only ones in the group of those up in arms against the APC. Spokesman of the Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin also appealed for caution on the part of the APC. “I think the APC should be more circumspect in their opposition politics; are they saying that each time there is a bombing the government should stop running? They should not let Nigerians believe that they are celebrating Boko Haram’s successes by saying the president should not do anything. They should not allow Nigerians believe in what has been making the rounds that they have soft spot for the insurgents,” Odumakin said. Also speaking on the reaction of the opposition to the declaration, a member of the last National Conference, Barrister Sola Ebiseni said it was preposterous for the APC to embark on such attack because they are also guilty of same offence. “The same thing they are accusing the president of doing had been done by the APC. We have not forgotten how they all came to AdoEkiti to dance with Fayemi shortly after the bomb blast in Nyanyan. “They should focus more on what they will do differently because after putting all plans in place, one expected the PDP to cancel the rally because it would then mean that each time there is an incidence, a postponement would be made, and till when? The APC position was to me, preposterous and hypocritical,” he said.

POLITICS TODAY 39 2015: Kogi Rep Seeks Re-election

Thursday, November 13, 2014

C’River: Jedy-Agba, Ndoma-Egba Resist Plot To Cancel Ward Congress

BY DAYO ODUNSI, Abuja

By Chibuzo Ukaibe, Abuja.

The camps of governorship aspirant in Cross Rivers State, Gody Jedy Agba and Senate leader, Sen Victor Ndoma-Egba, yesterday vowed to resist plots to cancel the recently conducted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward congress in the state. The camps which held a press briefing in Abuja, also appealed to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP not to succumb to pressures from people calling for the cancellation. The campaign director of Sen. Ndoma-egba and Gody Jedy Agba, Ernest Irek and Sandy Onor respectively, wondered why it took the governor’s camp four days after accepting the result as free and fair, turned round to condemn it and sought its cancellation. Others at the briefing were Barrister Venatius Ikem; Dr Julius Okputu; Barrister Andrew Ashong; Hon Larry Agim; Hon Valentine Ewo and a host of others. They noted that the PDP leadership at the National level will be committing a mistake if it dances to the tune of the antagonists of the result of the Ward Congress. The Cross Rivers State Executive Committee of the PDP in the Cross River, the governor, Liyel Imoke and Hon. John Enoh had called for the cancellation of the Ward Congress organised by the panel headed by a PDP elder, Shuaib Oyedokun. They said “the state is suffocating as a result of the incompetent, biased and pliable state Chairman is no gainsaying. His lack of political experience is being exploited by the governor for his selfish and personal aggrandizement. “We hear he has finally decided to unmask himself by writing a petition to the National Party asking for a cancellation of the authentic result of the congress of 1st November 2014. “This, to say the least is defeatist and like the Solomonic judgement of dividing the child in halves”. The group further described the governors alleged loyalty to President Goodluck Jonathan as hoax saying “why should people who voted against the party’s interest during the House of Representatives Speakership debacle be in the driver’s seat to be rewarded. Recall that on instruction of the State Governor, seven of the eight members of the House of Reps from Cross River State voted for Tambuwal against our party’s stand”. The group noted that the Governor’s camp have no reason to reject the result of the Ward congress because they were the ones who took charge of the processes that led to the conduct of the Ward congress in the state.

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Delta 2015: Aspirants Write PDP NWC, Want Level-playing Field BY SOLA ADEBAYO, Warri

Governorship aspirants on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state dissatisfied with the recently held ward congresses in the state have written the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party calling for a level-playing field in the forthcoming governorship primary election. The aspirants specifically alleged that the state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan and his predecessor, James Ibori, were plotting to single-handedly install a new governor for the state in 2015. LEADERSHIP also gathered that Ijaw national leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has met with the aggrieved 14 aspirants over the matter. Recall that Clark and Uduaghan had engaged in fierce battle over the emergence of the governor in the 2007 and 2011 governorship elections before the eventual intervention of

President Goodluck Jonathan. However, a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs and an estranged ally of Chief Clark, Godsday Orubebe and Uduaghan’s favourite for the top job, Tony Obuh, both did not attend the said meeting. Prominent among the aspirants at the meeting were Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Mr. Victor Ochei, Ndudi Elumelu, Prof. Sylvester Monye, Chief David Edevbie, Chief Sam Obi, Chief Clement Ofuani, Mr. Clement Oyibodi, Mr. Peter Okocha, Mr. Godswill Obielum, Mr. Johnson Opone and Dr. Esther Uduehi. In the communiqué issued yesterday, the aspirants described the unfolding events in the state ahead of the 2015 elections as “not satisfactory”, alleging clandestine moves “by the governor to pick his successor by manipulating the processes.” “We further reject attempts by the governor to use state machinery and resources to

intimidate and harass public officers and political leaders, who have refused to support his preferred candidate.” Warning the national leadership of PDP, particularly President Goodluck Jonathan of the dangers in allowing the governor to have his way, the aspirants, added, “An outgoing governor, who won his reelection with less than 10,000 votes cannot alone, deliver Mr. President in his re-election bid without the support of all stakeholders in the party.” Meanwhile, indications have emerged that last Monday’s cabinet reshuffle by Governor Uduaghan, was allegedly aimed at taming two members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senators Ifeanyi Okowa and James Manager. LEADERSHIP learnt that among the cabinet members sacked by the governor, two are said to be loyalists of the two federal lawmakers, who were on the opposing camps to the governor in the countdown to 2015.

A member of House of Representatives representing A nk pa-O mal a/O l ama b oro federal constituency in Kogi State on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Mohammed Ibrahim Idris, has confirmed his intention to seek re-election to the National Assembly in 2015. Ibrahim, who spoke during his visit to Okpo in Olamaboro local government area of the state recently, expressed gratitude to the constituents for their support and solidarity over the years. “I have not come to make new promises and will not flatter you with bogus claims. Our records are before you and you are conveniently obliged to assess and make comparisons. We have gained new insights and would naturally be happy to use such to consolidate the steps so far taken in pursuit of common good,” Ibrahim said. The lawmaker, who is also the deputy chairman, House Committee on Air Force, said: “I am here today because you are here. I owe myself to you, the men, women and youth of this constituency who have supported me with such constancy, activity and spirit that inspires me with the determination to succeed.” “Every member of Parliament is therefore part and parcel of parliamentary proceedings, either overtly or covertly and there is the need to understand that your representative owes you not his noise carried in high faulting languages but his judgment and conscience,” he added. The lawmaker, however, added that “every man is given to mistakes but nature is as gracious as provide us with correction in our mistakes.”

Buhari, Atiku, Tinubu, Others Fault Jonathan’s Declaration Claims *As Oshiomhole challenges PDP over moves to capture Edo BY PATRICK OCHOGA, Benin City

Former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, and All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu, along with other party chieftains have described President Goodluck Jonathan’s claims on successes in power, economy, security and employment sectors at his declaration rally in Abuja on Tuesday, as the height of “lies” and most ridiculous by the PDP-led administration in the country. They said the socio-economic and political woes bedeviling the nation is caused by gross incompetence and lack of purposeful leadership by the PDP government at the centre, urging the people to vote out the PDP in the 2015 general

election if the nation must attain the desired progress and change as well as respect among comity of nations. The party chieftains spoke separately at a rally to mark the 6th anniversary of Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, in office held at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City yesterday. Atiku, who spoke on behalf of APC leaders, said: “We are happy to join in your celebration. Six years ago, Edo state was liberated, today, we can see true transformation on the ground, we can see, feel the changes, it is not the kind of transformation that we listen to on television by the PDP. ” On his part, former governor of Lagos state, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu said: “Jonathan says he is saving Nigerians’ lives but he was stepping on their blood and dancing on their graves by declaring yesterday (on Tuesday), a wise president

will stay in the villa and make the broadcast of his intention to run in the memory of those children, he is saying that he saying he will not step on their blood of anybody to be re-elected but he is dancing on their blood. “On his watch, he will want to blackmail the opposing party, no leadership of any country will watch and allow any part of his territory being taking away by the so called insurgents. No leader will support any organisation that says we need no weapon to fight and their soldiers will be running away and you will round them up and say you want to kill them, did you give them weapon to fight? Mubi is the second largest city in Adamawa state if it has been taken by insurgents, then this president should resign if a military barrack that was equipped with our weapon to fight insurgents and if that barrack and the weapons were abandoned and they fled, you

leave the weapons for who, for the insurgent and you say you don’t know about them and watch and you are declaring to run again? No, God forbid if you refuse to go, we will sweep you away, we are ready in Lagos, we are ready all over Nigeria. Meanwhile, the host governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday vowed that Edo people will resist any attempt to use federal might to capture the state and challenged the PDP to show Edo people what the present Jonathan-led government had achieved after having voted him massively in 2012. “I want to put him on notice that Edo state is not an enemy territory to fell by armed forces and the commander in Chief must not target Edo a for fall. On the contrary APC will defeat the President in Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross River and Delta states and APC will continue to bury PDP in Edo state.”

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Orphanage Appeals For Mosquito Nets, Drugs By Chika Mefor

An orphanage home in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Unity Children’s Home, has called on wellmeaning Nigerians to come to its aid by providing it with mosquito nets and drugs. Speaking in an exclusive chat with LEADERSHIP, matron of the home, Mrs Chinyereze Chizoba, who expressed gratitude to the FCT administration for providing basic amenities to the home, called on FCT residents to complement the administration’s effort by providing mosquito nets for the children. Chinyereze said, “the FCT administration has done a lot for this home, the children are well fed and they also go to school but the major challenges we have is that children always suffer from constant bouts of malaria. The government is doing their best, which is why we are also asking well meaning individuals to come to our aid. They should help by donating mosquito net and drugs to our home.” She said that the home caters for about 84 children with the help from mostly the government and other well-meaning Nigerians. She emphasised the importance of catering for the children in the various orphanages, adding that effort should be made to give them a brighter future, since they are the future leaders of tomorrow. “These children are the leaders of tomorrow and catering for them is very important; the government is trying because through various interventions of government the children here not only have food to eat, they also go to school, which is important,” she added.

Over 31 Students Clinch Creative Writing Competition Award By Chika Mefor

Over 31 children have been nominated to receive various awards for creative writing in the MyRainbowBooks national creative writing competition for children billed to hold on November 21, 2014, in Abuja. This was disclosed by the president of MyRainbowBooks Limited, Mrs. Isang Awah, during a media interaction with journalists, yesterday, in Abuja. Awah said the competition was organised to aid the development of children’s creative thinking and writing skills, adding that nine children will win prizes while 22 others will get certificates and gifts. “The competition is our own way of giving back to the society. We decided to make it free-to-enter so that money or the lack of it would not bar any child from participating. As expected, the competition attracted so many entries from within and outside the country, even as far as Australia. “I am positive that the competition will contribute to the generation of interest in reading and writing, and I believe that the publication of the stories and poems by contestants will inspire and encourage all children, including those whose stories are not featured in the book, to keep on writing. I also believe that the book is a platform for young writers to be exposed,” she said. She further said that the ceremony will attract many distinguished guests including key stakeholders in the education sector, school owners, and representatives of schools, winners of the competition as well as their parents, friends and well-wishers. The team of judges for the competition includes notable writers such as Chika Unigwe, Dr. Fatima Akilu, Tade Ipadeola and Chuck Houston, an academic advisor at Harvard University.

A Gbagyi woman carrying a load on her shoulder at Kuje market, yesterday. photo by ogoh joseph

Kuje Main Market To Undergo Major Transformation By Abah Adah

Preparations for the major reconstruction and transformation of Kuje Main Market are underway to modernise it to meet international standard. Recall that the chairman of Kuje Area Council, Hon. Ishaku Shaban Tete, on August 15, 2014, signed a multi million naira contract with the Greenhouse International Ventures Ltd., to rebuild the market and transform it to a facility of international repute.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the terms of reference of the agreement is that the company will rebuild the market and manage it for 25 years, to enable them recoup on its investment, before handing it over to the council. A statement by the managing director of the company, Barr. Ose Ogunkorode, said the major objective of the project is to improve the economic and social development of Kuje community to enable it compete effectively with similar markets in the

Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The statement read in part, “the market under this new arrangement will cater for the needs of different categories of traders thereby giving the market a cosmopolitan profile.” Acording to it, “when completed the market will have facilities such as 532 lock up shops; two warehouses; 500 open shops; 72 plaza stores; a modern abbatoir; day care centre; medical centre; places of worship; police post; toilets and

conveniences; a bank; fire service post; organised car park; central refuse evacuation point; modern and well secured gates; security cameras and other convenient facilities which will uplift the status of the market.” It further said that existing traders will be relocated to a temporary location while the construction work lasts, adding that the construction will be carried out in phases to minimize inconveniences brought by this social change.

Awawa Residents Laud FCT Health Insurance Scheme By Igho Oyoyo

Residents of Awawa Community in Kwali area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have lauded the Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (CBHIS) introduced by FCT Administration. Speaking during the distribution of the health insurance cards and cartons of drugs in the community, the traditional ruler of Awawa Village, Alhaji Abubakar Usman, said his people were reluctant to key into the scheme at inception but promptly embraced the

programme when they were sensitised on the benefits. Usman said the free medical treatment by the administration, under the supervision of the Minister of State, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, has brought medical succor to the people. He said, “prior to now residents of the community used to travel to Kwali town to seek for medical treatment due to lack of drugs at the community clinic but the introduction of the scheme has brought succor to the people.” Earlier in her remarks, the coordinator of the scheme,

Dr. Grace Aganaba, advised Awawa residents to utilise the opportunity provided by the scheme to stay healthy at all times so that they can contribute positively to the development of the community and the entire council. She said that the minister of state, seeing the importance of affordable healthcare delivery, mandated that every FCT resident must have a health care plan and an insurance card by 2015, adding that the CBHIS took it as a priority to ensure that every resident across the rural communities has

the health insurance card in order to prevent rural people travelling to the town to seek Aganaba also said that the CBHIS was collaborating with the Primary Healthcare Board and area council’s chairmen in ensuring the success of the exercise, adding that there has been compliance from people across various communities. According to her, “we are also partnering with ‘Mai Lafiya’ to distribute drugs and offer free medical services to communities where there are no clinics and we have covered over 300 villages in FCT so far.”