The Nigerian
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• Vol . 38 NO. 435 • FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014 • N100.00
Oshiomhole assures IPP investors of govt support House. The Governor who was elated at the choice
BENIN CITY Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has assured investors that government would provide an enabling environment and incentives for them to
carry out their operations. He gave the assurance yesterday, when he granted
audience to the management of the Azura Power Plant who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government
of Edo for the project said “we cannot appreciate you enough Continues on page 2
No going back on teachers’ assessment - Oshiomhole
BENIN CITY - Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says there is no going back on the conduct of the assessment for teachers in the state. those who will destroy He made the remark their future. yesterday, when he had a “The country is bigger meeting with the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools in Government House, Benin City. Oshiomhole said, “We are not re-inventing or breaking a new ground. It is not a new chapter that is being opened. We have resolved, we are firm that the state cannot possibly continue to leave the children in the hands of
than any individual and the state is bigger than the individual. Leaders will go but the people will remain. I will be surprised that those whose profession is
teaching, setting examination and writing examination regard assessment as something degrading. “In any case, our ego must not be bigger than
the ego of the people of the state. It is very clear that our parents want to be sure of those they leave their children with. It is clear that Edo people want to be certain that
$20bn oil scandal
NNPC returns to the drawing board By JOSES SEDE ABUJA - Confusion of figures trailing allegation of non remittance of whopping $49.8 billion into the Federation Accounts against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation by suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was further compounded yesterday, following disagreement between Senate Investigating panel and the NNPC management over
discovered discrepancies in figures. The knotty point is the US$2 billion the NNPC claimed to have paid to Exon and Total for Third Party Financing, but computation of the NNPC figures by the Sen. Ahmed Markafi led Senate Committee on Finance, revealed that the Corporation has only paid US$1.3 billion. Further exchanges between the NNPC Managing Director, Engr. Andrew Yakubu and the panel saw both sides Continues on page 2
TIT BIT
“If we keep the light in our hearts constantly on, there should be no hiding place for evil.” - Kinglsey Ogbeide-Ihama
APC NATIONAL SUMMIT:L-R: Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State; Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa State; Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara; Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State at the APC National Summit in Abuja yesterday.
when they drop their children in school, they are dropping them in good hands. “You cannot place the job of one person over and above a whole generation. That will be irresponsible on our part. The future of the child is something that cannot be compromised. The whole idea is to establish who in the first place is a qualified teacher. Oshiomhole explained that many mistakes have been made in the past adding that it cannot be allowed to continue. He said: “Like they say, the country is greater than any individual. It is greater than me and it is greater than the teacher. My job is important but it is not as important as the future of the state. If there is conflict between my security of tenure and the security of the state, my security of tenure will give way because leaders will come and go but the people remain.” He reminded the ASUSS leaders that some states have done the test and the teachers that sat for them belong
NAESS honours EIRS boss
BENIN CITY – In appreciation and recognition of his outstanding quality service to humanity, the Executive Chairman of the Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), Chief (Sir) Oseni Elamah has been honoured with an award by the National Association of Edo State Students (NAESS), University of Nsukka (UNN) chapter.
Presenting the award to the recipient during a ceremony at the EIRS Headquarters in Benin City, the students led by their president,
E h i d i a m h e n Osamudiamhen, described Chief Elamah as a man of discipline, courage and a peculiar charisma whose track
records has earned him his current position. In an address read by the association’s Public Relation Officer, Enezunu Mark, the
association said, “Because you are a man of the people who has worked in many capacities, both locally Continues on page 2
organisedd by the Institute of Child’s Health, University of Benin, Dr. Damian Nwaneri, a Consultant
Pediatrician said that if gifted children are not properly managed they might develop psychological problem and end up in the Continues on page 2
Forum flays implementation
Nat’l policy on Educ:
By FRIDAY OBANOR BENIN CITY – A b y s m a l Implementation of the National Policy on Education has been identified as the reason
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for failure of the Gifted Child in Nigeria’s Education system. Speaking at the monthly seminar