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—P6, 8 •Seek meeting with Buhari •NEC okays sharing of $150m NLNG dividend among tiers of govt •Transfers $250m into NSIA •ECA now stands at $2.257bn

Missing N500m:

EFCC grills retired Perm —P7 Sec

Senate okays probe of CCT chairman over corruption allegation

From left, Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe, Ambassador (Dr) Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosumu; General Yakubu Gowon, Reverend (Mrs) Tola Oyediran and Chief Ayo Adebanjo, at the Orations/Tributes by universities and Obafemi Awolowo Foundation for Chief HID Awolowo, at Efunyela Hall, Ikenne Remo, Ogun State, on Thursday. MORE PHOTOS ON PAGES 2, 3, 30, 46, 47.

Robbers raid bank in Ogun, kill 2 policemen —P33

•Lamorde goes to court over Senate summon —P6

Unpaid wages: 20 Oyo Assembly lawmakers absent at plenary —P7

CHIEF (MRS) H.I.D. AWOLOWO (1915-2015)

Friday, 20 November, 2015

ORATIONS/TRIBUTES BY UNIVERSITIES AND OBAFEMI AWOLOWO FOUNDATION FOR HID AWOLOWO AT IKENNE

PHOTOS:ALABA IGBAROOLA, ALOLADE GANIYU & SYLVESTER OKORUWA

9 1. Dean School of Liberal Studies, Yaba College of Technology, Mr Fred Fatuase, Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Bamitale Omole and Vice-Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Prof Saburi Adesanya. 2. Prof Kayode Oyediran, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Bamitale Omole and Rev. (Mrs) Tola Oyediran. 3. Prof A.B.O.O. Oyediran, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, Rev. (Mrs) Tola Oyediran and Dean, School of Liberal Studies, Yaba College of Technology, Mr Fred Fatuase . 4. Prof A.B.O.O. Oyediran, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Bamitale Omole; Rev. (Mrs) Tola Oyediran, University Librarian, Obafemi Awolowo University, Mrs Bukky Asubiojo; Provost, PostGraduate College, O.A.U, Prof Taiwo Akinbo and Director, Centre for Distance Learning, O.A.U, Ile-Ife, Prof Mike Adeyeye.

5. From left, Mrs Wemimo Anifowose, Brand Building Director, UNILEVER, Mr David Arome Okeme and member, Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, Dr Dele Seteolu; Prof A.B.O.O. Oyediran, Prof Oladipo Akinkugbe, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, Gen Yakubu Gowon, Rev. (Mrs) Tola Oyediran, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Dr Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso. 6. From left, Mrs Wemimo Anifowose, Gen Yakubu Gowon, Iyanuoluwa Obafemi, Prof Oladipo Akinkugbe and Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu. 7. From left, Prof Kayode Oyediran, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, Vice Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Prof Saburi Adesanya and Rev. (Mrs) Tola Oyediran. 8. Olabisi Onabanjo University, Department of Performing Theatre Troupe, Co-Ordinated by Mrs Oladipupo and Mr Femi Jacobs. 9. Dr Layi Ogunbambi and Mrs Yemisi Subair. 10. Members of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Department of Performing Theatre Troupe.

CHIEF (MRS) H.I.D. AWOLOWO (1915-2015)

Friday, 20 November, 2015

ORATIONS/TRIBUTES BY UNIVERSITIES AND OBAFEMI AWOLOWO FOUNDATION FOR HID AWOLOWO AT IKENNE

PHOTOS:ALABA IGBAROOLA, ALOLADE GANIYU & SYLVESTER OKORUWA

9 1. From left, Prof A.B.O.O. Oyediran, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, ViceChancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Bamitale Omole and Rev. (Mrs) Tola Oyediran. 2. University of Ibadan Choir with General Yakubu Gowon and Prof Oladipo Akinkugbe. 3. Dean School of Liberal Studies, Yaba College of Technology, Mr Fred Fatuase, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu and Director Public Relations, Mr Charles Oni. 4. General Yakubu Gowon (middle) flanked by Mama HID Awolowoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children, grand children and great-grand children. 5. From left, Mrs Folasade Solarin, Mrs Alake Sobo and Lady Evangelist Mercy Abiola Sonubi.

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University of Ibadan choir led by Head, Department of Music, Dr Tolu Owoaje. O and A Academy students at the lying-in-state. Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu flanked by Students of O AND A, Ikenne. From right, Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts Dept, O.O.U, Joke Muyiwa Fadirepo; Music Lecturer, Funmilola Oladipo; Costume and Make-Up Lecturer, Oluwakemi Odule and Head of Department Performing Arts, Prof Bode Sowande. 10. Members of Olabisi Onabanjo University Department of Performing Theatre Troupe.

Friday, 20 November, 2015

INVITATION TO TENDER

In compliance with the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2007, the National Assembly wishes to notify the General Public of its intention to solicit Tender from competent and reputable companies for the under listed contracts being contemplated under 2015 Capital Projects: 2. Scope i. LOT 1S. Supply of Utility Vehicles (SUV). ii. LOT 1M. Replacement of Damaged Roof/Pelt. 3. Tender Requirements Prospective Bidders are required to submit the following documents along with the completed Tender Document(s): i. Evidence of Valid Registration with CAC; ii. Evidence of Tax Clearance Certificate for the past 3 years (2012 – 2014); iii. Evidence of VAT Registration and Remittance; iv. Evidence of Audited Account for the last 3years (2012 – 2014); v. Evidence of Financial Capability/Bank Support (Original Copy); vi. Evidence of Execution of Similar Project(s) in last 3years (2012 – 2014); vii. Evidence of PENCOM Registration and Remittance; viii. Sworn Affidavit in line with the provisions of part iv, section 16, subsection 6(e-f) of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 (Original Copy) and attesting to the authenticity of/validity of afore stated documents; ix. NSITF Certificate; and. x. Registration with Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP). 4. Tender Instructions i. Interested companies are to collect Bid Documents (Indicating detailed information) from the National Assembly Tenders Board (Room 1.279, Annex I, NASS Complex) upon evidence of payment a non-refundable fee of N20,000.00 (in Bank draft in favour of National Assembly); ii. Contracts will attract Bid Security of 2% of the Bid Sum - Bank Guarantee to be inserted in the Financial Envelope (For Bids in excess of N50,000,000.00); iii. Tender will be conducted through the National Competitive Bidding (NCB)Procedures as specified in the Public Procurement Act, 2007; iv. Existing Tender Fee Rates of National Assembly will apply and payable on submission of Bids: Contract Value above N5M - N 50,000.00 Contract Value of N10M - N50M - N100,000.00 Contract Value in excess of N50M - N250,000.00 v. vi.

All Bids shall be assessed in full compliance with the instructions in the Tender Documents, which shall form the basis of Eligibility of Contractors for final consideration; and Tender Document submitted late shall be rejected.

5. Submission of Bids i. A copy of Financial and Technical Bids shall be submitted (In addition to the Soft Copy). The documents must be paginated, initialed and sealed in separate 15x9.5 envelopes, marked appropriately at the left hand corner “Technical Bid” and “Financial Bid”.Both Bids (Technical and Financial) will be enclosed in a bigger envelope (properly sealed) and addressed to The Secretary, National Assembly Tenders Board, Three Arms Zone, Abuja. The name of the company should be clearly written at the back of envelop. ii. To be registered and dropped in the Tender Box in the office of the Secretary Tenders Board not later than 1pm on Thursday,17th December, 2015. iii. Both Financial and Technical Bids must be binded with table-of-content page provided, listing all requirements in order stated above (paragraph 3). 6. Bid Opening i. Bids will be opened at 1:30pm on Thursday, 17th November, 2015 at the Department of Procurement and Supplies Conference Room (Room 1.271) Annex I, NASS Complex; ii. All prospective Bidders or their accredited representatives should endeavor to be present, please. iii. Any other information/clarification needed on the advert can be obtained from Room 1.268, Annex I, NASS Complex. NOTE i. National Assembly reserve the right to reject any bid document; ii. This invitation should not be construed to be as a commitment on the part of the National Assembly to enter into any form of contract with any company, enter into any communication with any company not found suitable nor shall it entitle any company to make any claim whatsoever from the National Assembly; iii. All costs incurred as result of this Tender Invitation and any subsequent requests for information shall be borne by the bidding companies; iv. National Assembly is not bound to accept the lowest Bid or any Tender; v. The National Assembly also reserves the right to annul the bidding process at any time without incurring any liabilities and assigning reason thereof; vi. Technical Bids submitted will be assessed and only Tenders of those found responsive will be subjected for detailed evaluation; and. vii. The Technical Specifications on the Contract is to be collected at the NASS Tenders Board, Room 1.268, Annex I, NASS Complex.

Signed:

Management 19th November, 2015.

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NEC okays sharing of $150m NLNG dividend among tiers of govt •Transfers $250m into Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority •ECA now stands at $2.257bn Leon Usigbe -Abuja

HE National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the sharing of the sum of $150 million among the different tiers of government out of the $400 million dividends paid by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG).

The council reached the decision at its meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Briefing State House corespondents after the meeting, Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, in company with his Enugu State counterpart, Ifeanyi

Uguanyi and deputy governor of Nasarawa State, Silas Agara, revealed that the council had also directed that the sum of $250 million from the dividend be invested in the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). He said the decision followed a status report of the NSIA presented to the

You’re treading on boundaries of contempt, ex-NBA chief warns lawyers

FORMER president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Joseph Daudu, has warned lawyers and practitioners in the media who have been commenting on the Supreme Court’s grant of stay of proceedings on the case against the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, using “uncouth language,” to beware of being held contemptuous of the highest court in the country. Daudu, in a statement signed by him on Thursday, expressed surprise that some lawyers were quoted in newspaper reports as describing the decision of the Supreme Court as “illegal,” a position he said was almost sacrilegious to take in the nation’s justice system. “That is most unfortunate as decency and elementary regard for the finality of the

decisions of the Supreme Court should restrain every citizen of this country, particularly a legal practitioner, from using such base and scurrilous language against the highest court of the land. “It is a known legal axiom that a decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria cannot be illegal in any form or manner, as it is binding on all persons and authorities in this country. “If a person is aggrieved by the decision of the court, the only approach is to wait for an opportunity to arise and such a person can ask the court to overrule itself or depart its earlier decision,” he stated. The Senior Advocate warned that “no amount of political inclination or rascality should prompt or compel a lawyer or even a layman to employ such un-

couth language against the Supreme Court of Nigeria.” He said lawyers who had been passing negative comments on the decision of the Supreme Court were “treading dangerously on boundaries of contempt of the Supreme Court. “It is obvious that this orchestrated backlash against a correct decision of the court is aimed at intimidating it and may the day never come when such a hallowed court will succumb to mob action or intimidation.” He further warned that he might be compelled to bring contempt proceedings against all the commentators who, by their actions, were seeking to prejudice the final outcome of the appeal on the Saraki’s case in the Supreme Court “through intimidation and skewed reportage of facts.”

Senate okays probe of CCT chairman over corruption allegation THE Senate, on Thursday, approved the commencement of the investigation of chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umaru, over allegations of corruption. The decision was sequel to a petition submitted by Senator Obinna Ogba on behalf of the Anti-Corruption Network, signed by Ajaso Ajaso. Immediately the petition

was submitted, the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, referred it to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. When contacted about the details and date of hearing, the chairman of the committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Sam Anyawu, said he did not know the content of the petition

yet. Umar is presiding over the hearing of a 13-count charge of false asset declaration against Saraki while he was the governor of Kwara State. The same group that petitioned the Senate on Umar had submitted a similar petition to the House of Representatives against the CCT chairman.

Sunday Ejike -Abuja

Lamorde asked the court to determine whether, in view of the provisions of Section 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution, the Senate could invite him to give account of his stewardship of an office he had already vacated. He, therefore, asked the court to declare that in view of the provisions of sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the first and second defendants, their officers, members, agents or privies could not “invite” him to appear before them as a person whose conduct of af-

fairs was being investigated by them in relation to issues concerning office(s) he had already vacated. He asked the court to make an order of injunction against the defendants restraining them from executing any warrant issued by the first and second defendants (IGP and DSS) against him. He also asked for an order setting aside all letters of invitation issued against him by the Senate to appear as a person being investigated by them in relation to issues concerning his stewardship of office(s) he had already vacated.

Lamorde goes to court over Senate summon

THE immediate past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, has sued the Senate over the invitation extended to him to appear to give account of his stewardship as the head of the anti-graft agency. In the suit filed through his counsel, Mr Festus Keyamo, the former EFCC boss joined the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, InspectorGeneral of Police and the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS) as defendants.

council by the Managing Director of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Authority, Uche Orji. “After due deliberations on the report, the council agreed that $250 million from the $400 million NLNG dividend be invested in the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority to increase its capital,” he said. Aregbesola said the council directed the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to constitute an executive nomination committee and work in consultation with NEC to appoint appropriate persons to take over as board members of the NSIA, if the current board was dissolved. He stated that the Accountant-General of the Federation reported that the balance of the Excess Crude Account (ECA) stood at $2.257 billion and that not much changed from the last report. On the report of government agencies generating revenues in foreign currency, but remitting naira equivalent into the Federation Account, the council mandated the Ministry of Finance to investigate and

report back. Aregbesola further said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had been mandated to embark on sensitisation and public enlightenment on the forex policy and relevant laws and regulations, so as to guide traders and some people who encounter challenges regarding the movement of foreign currency across the nation’s borders. He added: “We understood that some traders, particularly in the East, encounter challenges at the airports when they intend to go about their businesses.” The governor revealed that the Director-General of Pension Commission (PENCOM), Chinelo AnohuAmazu, briefed the council on the contributory pension scheme implementation effort and status of implementation by the states. According to him, highlight of the briefing was on the sustainability of the pension arrangement, scorecards of the states in the implementation of the scheme, the challenges being faced by the states, opportunities and also the steps towards full implementation by the states.

He said the briefing also highlighted the need for the states to provide legal frameworks, such as enacting state pension laws by those who have not done so, establishment of states pension agencies, consistent remittance of both employees and employers contributions and also full compliance of all provisions of the pension scheme. On Thursday, NEC witnessed a workshop on Treasury Single Account (TSA) for state governors, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Senior Resident Representative, presenting a paper on the TSA. Presentations were made on the listed sub-topics: “Implementation of TSA in states: Lessons and experience; “Cash management and TSA reform: an overview of international practice; and budgeting reforms.” NEC also deliberated on the need to reconstitute the members of the governing board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, following which the vice president called for the nomination of new board members based on the six geopolitical zones.

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Unpaid wages: 20 Oyo Assembly lawmakers absent at plenary By Wale Akinselure

aden disquiet over unpaid salaries and allowances in the Oyo State House of Assembly may have played up on Thursday, following the absence of 20 members of the assembly at the day’s plenary. Members, over time, had lamented the non-receipt of salaries, running cost allowances, covering wardrobe, transportation, housing and car allowance. Speaker of the assembly, Honourable Micheal Adeyemo, however, insisted that the day’s sitting should proceed since a quorum was formed, with 11 members present. Another principal officer of the assembly had noted that members should have activated other means to express their grievances than fail to attend the day’s sitting. Present at the sitting were principal officers of the assembly, including Deputy Speaker, Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Chief Whip, Deputy Chief Whip, Chairman, Parliamentary. Other non-principal officers present at the sitting were Honourable Olusegun Olaleye (Ibadan North II), Honourable Oladipo Akeem (Ibadan North West), Honourable Micheal Sangodipe (Saki East/Atisbo) and Honourable Okunlola Silas (Iwajowa). It was gathered that Hon-

ourable Oladeji Olawunmi, Honourable Gbenga Oyekola and Honourable Aremu Tunji, members representing Ogbomoso North, Atiba and Oorelope, respectively, had excused themselves from the day’s sitting. Speaking on what prompted the action of some members to boycott the day’s sitting, member representing Ibadan South-East 1, Honourable Fatai Adesina, said the action was expedient, as lawmakers had not received a dime from the executive since August, a situation that had become unbearable for lawmakers. According to him, lawmakers had only received part payment of their run-

ning cost, same as salary for July and August. “We have not received furniture allowance, car allowance. We need these allowances so that the public does not see us as part of the executive. What we have received so far is part payment of July and August and running cost allowance. Since that time, nothing has been paid to any lawmaker. Our furniture allowance has not been paid. As a result, we use our personal money to run our offices since inauguration of the assembly in June.” Reacting, Minority Leader of the House, Honourable Olagunju Ojo, expressed worry over the action of members, noting that since the issue of unpaid salaries

and allowances affected every member of the House, it should have been a joint action. “We had our usual caucus meeting on Monday and our usual committee meeting on Tuesday. The issue of unpaid allowances and salaries affects everyone of us. So, those cannot engage in an action just on their own. If we are going to boycott sitting, it should be a joint action. “Maybe they all had their private businesses to attend to outside the House, because about three Honourable members in the minority actually excused themselves from the day’s sitting.” Speaking at the plenary, member representing

Ibadan North II constituency, Honourable Olusegun Olaleye, had called for understanding, noting that Governor Abiola Ajimobi had ordered the payment of their salaries. At the day’s sitting, the House, consequent upon a resolution of the House on November 10, honoured one Miss Lawal Morufat Yetunde, a 9-year-old pupil of A.D.S Primary School, regarded as a Mathematics prodigy. Morufat, a Primary 4 pupil, had represented the state at the national level of the National Mathematics Olympiad organised by the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN) for 2015, where she came third, was awarded a N6 million

From left, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali; Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, A. Hassan; Ambassador (Dr) Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosumu and the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, at the Ikenne residence of the Awolowos, on Thursday.

Again, IGP visits Ikenne to ensure adequate security for HID Awolowo’s burial ceremonies •Warns police against indiscriminate shooting Olayinka Olukoya -Abeokuta The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, on Thursday, again visited the Ikenne home of the Awolowos, to ensure that there was no lapse during the burial ceremonies of Chief HID Awolowo and the day of her committal, November 25. Arase was accompanied by the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Mr Hassan Bala and the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, at about 3.00 p.m. The IGP met briefly with the children of the matriarch of Awolowo dynasty, Reverend (Mrs) Omotola Oyediran and Ambassador (Dr) Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu. He also paid tribute to the departed soul, who was laid in-state inside the family chapel, Efunyela Hall. Earlier, Arase had

warned the rank and file of the Ogun State police command against indiscriminate shooting of unarmed civilians. He said any officer found guilty would be prosecuted and jailed and also warned commissioners of police to stop sending officers with psychological problems on assignment. “Nigerians are not animals, don’t beat civilians with horse whips, especially the officers on Governors’ convoys should be stopped by Commissioner of Police. “Any police officer who shoots a civilian, must be arraigned in court within 48 hours, because you are not allowed to shoot a civilian,” he said. Arase also said the Spy police attached to banks should stop using police uniform from first of January next year or risk being arrested and detained by the police.

The IGP, who was on the tour of the state, promoted eight sentry guards of the command to next ranks for impressive performance during the inspection of guards hon-

our. The officers are Haruna Ijiji, Tochukwu Igwe, Friday Momodu, Faruna Danjuma, Felix Adejoh, Mathew Adelu, Usip Uwemedimo and Emmanuel

Unazi. Arase also announced personal scholarship for 12 primary school pupils of Police Children’s School, who welcomed him to the command.

scholarship by the National Mathematical Centre, Abuja to have her secondary education at the International Model Science Academy, Abuja. Also honoured were Morufat’s head teacher and Mathematics teacher.

Missing N500m: EFCC grills retired perm sec Sunday Ejike -Abuja THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, grilled the immediate past permanent secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and National Orientation, Nkechi Ejele, over her role in the alleged misapplication of N500 million meant for the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) appropriated to the Ministry in 2013 and 2014. The former permanent secretary arrived the headquarters of the anti-graft agency at Wuse 11, Abuja, at about 10.00 a.m. and was being interrogated till the time of filing this report. Mrs Ejele was deployed from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (Manpower Development Unit) to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation on March 6, 2013. She remained in that ministry until she was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari on November 10, 2015. The former permanent secretary is expected to be admitted to administrative bail, pending when she would be formally arraigned in court for the alleged offence.

Buhari reaffirms commitment to privatisation Leon Usigbe -Abuja PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the Federal Government’s privatisation and commercialisation policy. He made the declaration at an audience with Peugeot’s Executive Vice President for Africa and the Middle-East, Mr Jean-Christophe Quemard, who visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. Buhari stressed, however, that greater consideration would now be given to the technical and managerial competence of pro-

spective buyers of government-owned companies. The president said a higher premium would be placed on the technical competence and financial clout of bidders in future privatisation exercises, to avoid the running aground of privatised companies by ill-equipped and incapable investors. President Buhari, who spoke after being briefed on plans by Peugeot to stage a comeback to Nigeria after the collapse of the privatisation of Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria (PAN) Limited, noted that privatisation could only succeed and yield de-

sired benefits if buyers of government-owned companies possessed essential skills and resources. In his remark earlier, Quemard assured the president that Peugeot was ready to reinvest in vehicle assemblage in Nigeria, provided the right indigenous partners were found. He had briefed the president on the company’s three-phased plan to resume vehicle assembly in Nigeria, with 4,000 cars next year, rising up to 10,000 cars by 2021. He said the plan, which he urged the Federal Government to support with appropriate policies and

actions, would entail higher local content in the assembly of Peugeot cars in Nigeria and the exportation of locally assembled Peugeot cars from Nigeria to neighbouring African countries. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, recalled that PAN, which was privatised some years ago, had technically reverted to government ownership with up to 85 per cent of its shares now held by the Federal Government and the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

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N18,000 minimum wage no longer bearable —Govs Seek meeting with Buhari Leon Usigbe -Abuja

ORRIED by the deteriorating state of the economy, governors of the 36 states of the federation have resolved to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to fashion a way out of the quagmire. They said they were struggling to meet up with expenditure, especially payment of salaries, because of dwindling monthly allocations occasioned by plummeting crude oil price. Emerging from a meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday, at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) also threw its weight behind the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the N2.1 trillion fine it slammed on MTN, saying the service provider must pay up in full. Reading the communique issued at the end of the meeting, chairman of the forum and governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, said the states could no longer bear the N18,000 minimum wage imposed on them when oil was sold for $126, as against its present cost of $41. He said the way out of the situation was diversification of the economy, with attention on agriculture and mining. According to him, “we resolved that we must look at ways to enhance revenue generation and at the same time, look at ways to cut our overhead costs more, especially the political office holders' salaries and other overhead expenses. “The situation is no longer the same when we were asked to pay N18,000 minimum wage, when oil price was $126 (per barrel) and continued paying N18,000 minimum wage when the oil is $41 and the source of government expenditure is from oil and we have not seen prospects in the oil industry in the near future. “We will diversify our economy in the area of agriculture and mining, but at the same time, we should understand our situation, where some of us (states) today are taking N100 million take home (monthly allocation) and they have salaries in particular of over N2billion to pay. “We, therefore, agreed here to take this suggestion to NEC during our meeting on Thursday, so that we can be able to find ways to tackle this problem. “And we are looking at coming together to discussing with Mr President and his team, with governors, technocrats and

experts in the economy to see how we can tackle our troubled situation. We are working harder to deal with it.” On MTN’s fine, Yari remarked that NGF's support for the NCC came after the acting Executive Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Professor Umar Dambata, briefed the governors on the matter.

He said while the forum congratulated Dambata on his appointment and pledged its commitment to engage with the NCC, the NGF also commended the regulatory agency for “its strict compliance and enforcement of the law with regards to the fine on MTN and advised the Federal Government to ensure prompt and full payment.”

He added: “Hence, MTN has accepted that it committed the offence and has apologised, and is looking for leniency, we, the governors’ forum decided to support the NCC to abide by the laws of the land and the laws of our land do not give leniency to deliberate offence against our nation.” Yari revealed that the

NSCDC arrests father, son with 6.4 kg Indian hemp in Osun Oluwole Ige -Osogbo AUTHORITIES of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State command, have arrested a 52-year-old man, Kareem Kudomi and his 21-year-old son, Sarafa Kudomi, with 6.4 kilogrammes of Indian hemp. It also nabbed 21-yearold Toheeb Azeez for allegedly vandalising and stealing six water pumping machines. According to a statement issued by the Head of Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the NSCDC, Mr Wale Folarin, the suspect and his

son, who is a ND II student of Estate Management in one of the state-owned tertiary institutions, were arrested with a bag of 6.4 kilogrammes of Indian hemp in an uncompleted building on Iba Road, Okuku. Folarin said two other suspects, identified as Peter Samson and Opeyemi, took to their heels on sighting the NSCDC officers, adding that investigations indicated that the suspects bought Indian hemp from a customer in Akure, Ondo State. Speaking with journalists on the arrest, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Alhaji Tajudeen

Ayobami Balogun, said the suspects and the exhibit had been handed over to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for prosecution. He explained that Azeez was apprehended, while vandalising and stealing water pumping machines at the Federal Housing Estate, situated on GbonganIbadan Road. According to Balogun, the NSCDC would not relent in its efforts at ensuring effective protection of critical infrastructure and national assets, adding that the suspect would soon be arraigned in court.

Army confirms Boko Haram attacked battalion •Says 105 soldiers not missing Chris Agbambu -Abuja THEATRE Command of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’, on Thursday, admitted that the 157 Task Force Battalion was attacked on Wednesday by Boko Haram terrorists in Guzamala axis of Borno State, but said the attack was subsequently repelled by the gallant troops of the unit, contrary to media reports. It noted that the situation was unnecessarily blown beyond proportion by the media, to give ter-

rorists the type of propaganda they desired. In a statement, Colonel Tukur Ismail Gusau, who is the media coordinator of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’, admitted that the unit suffered some casualties, which he said was normal in military operations. “The affected personnel sustained minor injuries, but no gunshot wound was sustained by the troops," he said. According to him, the number of casualty and equipment lost during the

attack as being circulated was not correct. Gusau noted that the Commanding Officer of the Unit was in contact with his Brigade Commander, debunking the speculation that several personnel were killed and several others cannot be accounted for including the Commanding Officer of the unit. He said: “The Theatre Command wants to state clearly that the story is a fabrication from the imagination of those sympathetic to Boko Haram ways of life.”

forum also received a presentation from the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and resolved to fully cooperate with the agency to help boost mechanisation in the agriculture sector, promote small and medium scale enterprises and alternative energy generation across rural areas. In an interview with newsmen, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, said the economic situation was worrying, as more states would reach a stage where they would not be able to pay salaries. “I believe that is the same situation with the Federal Government,’’ Okowa said. He said that there was a need to look into the salaries of political office holders and other salaries. “It is not a situation of being able to run government now. Most states are not able to pay salaries not to talk of capital projects. “If we cannot fund capital development, then the remaining Nigerians are just shut out of government.

We are proud of HID Awolowo's heritage —Daniel Olayinka Olukoya - Abeokuta FORMER governor of Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel, has said that all Christians in Remoland are proud of the good heritage left behind by Mama Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, as the Asiwaju Obirin Onigbagbo of Remoland. Daniel, the Asiwaju Okunrin Onigbagbo of Remoland, said this at a service of songs organised by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Remo,Ogun State, in honour of Mama Awolowo, Thursday evening, at the Awolowo residence in Ikenne. He described Mama as a great supporter of the association, in terms of propagating the gospel of God and

Dogara calls for international action against terrorism Says Yola, Kano blasts wicked, inhuman Jacob Segun Olatunji and Kolawole Daniel-Abuja SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, has condemned, in strong terms, the bomb attacks on Yola and Kano. According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Mr Turaki Hassan, Dogara described the attacks as barbaric, senseless and wicked. The Speaker, who mourned victims of the bomb blasts, also prayed for quick

recovery of scores injured. He urged Nigerians to be security-conscious and be vigilant, so as to help security agencies with vital information about activities of terrorists and other criminal elements in their surroundings. The Speaker also charged the security agencies to intensify efforts in intelligence gathering and sharing as the surest way of pre-empting such deadly and wicked attacks. He said: “I am saddened by this urgly, unfortunate, dastardly and inhuman kill-

ings of innocent Nigerians by the blood-thirsty terrorists, I will urge our people not to cave in to these cowards, who are all out to destroy our nation.” According to him, “I have strong conviction that sooner rather than later, they shall be defeated and Nigeria and Nigerians will win this battle, because it is a war against evil and good had always triumphed over evil. “I want to use this medium, to once again, appeal to the international commu-

“Those of us in government, both politicians and civil servants are possibly not more than five per cent of the entire population of Nigeria. “What will happen to the other 95 per cent? What happens to infrastructure? Can we talk about industry without infrastructure?,’’ Okowa asked. Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State said there was no way the country could continue with a situation, where expenditure was more than income. He said that very soon many states would be technically declared bankrupt and added that there might be need for another bailout fund for states, as they were running on deficit every month. “We are faced with a situation, where we either have to reduce cost through salary reduction or downsize. “All these we don’t want to do, but prefer to have a roundtable with the president, ministers, economists to look for means of getting out of this problem,’’ Ajimobi said.

nity, to rise to the threats by terrorists. “Recent happenings around the world as seen in attacks on Paris, France and the downing of a Russian plane in Eqypt, has shown that the world is facing a common threat from terrorists. “It will, therefore, take combined, collaborative and joint efforts among members of the international community to route these terrorists networks from across the world.”

winning souls to the side of Christ. Daniel, who was accompanied to the service by his wife, Olufunke, said the chairman/co-founder of the African Newspapers of Nigeria Plc, publishers of the Tribune titles, was a great motivator, saying she lived well to be celebrated alive and more in death. The former governor said the late Christian leader was a guiding spirit to Remo CAN, adding that her supportive role would be sorely missed by the association. He said: “She was a great historian because she never forgets what everybody did when and woe betides you, if you have done something wrong to this dynasty, even if it was 50 years ago, Mama will remember. She never forgets the details. “Mama was a political lexicon of our time; she remained beautiful and sharp witted till the end. God gave her the grace to even organise this great event, as I am sure you might have heard that she was part of the meeting of the planning committee of her centenary anniversary. She went in a way of glory." State chairman of CAN, Reverend Timothy Ajibola, in his exhortation entitled: “The boundary you cannot cross,” said all mortal would taste the bitter pills of death, no matter how long he/she lived.

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OBAFEMI AWOLOWO FOUNDATION

Tribute to Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo

T is difficult to fully capture and chronicle Mama H.I.D. Awolowo’s vast and varied contributions to the work of the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation. The Foundation’s carefully honed gestation took three years and Mama, as the chief accoucheur, laid the bricks and mortar in the deeply inspiring philosophy that speaks eloquently to the enduring virtues of one of Nigeria’s chief architects of true democracy and social welfare. Mama applied herself, both in words and in deeds, often behind the scenes, diligently, dutifully and loyally with a high sense of moral purpose to the lofty ideals of the Founding Mission and Policy Statement of the Foundation from the very beginning. The think-through that went into articulating those goals went far beyond politics and political economy. The s even articles of faith of the Vision and Mission and Policy Framework of the Foundation can be paraphrased into: —Developing a forum for interaction on the major issues of the day. —Promoting public awareness and understanding. —Advancing meaningful research. —Evolving a just and egalitarian concept of national and global parity. -Identifying areas worthy of pursuit in the national interest – short, medium and long term. It was inevitable therefore that the Foundation should give early consideration to

ways in which these ideals could be accorded the necessary fillip in the strategies for actualizing them. An annual dialogue was the logical step for bringing these issues to the public domain, issues that have challenged the progress of a nation so well endowed with human capital and material resources since independence. The establishment of this forum demonstrated effectively the power of ideas and from year to year, seminar issues were engaged in the following sequence: •1992 Nigeria: The way forward •1993 Nigeria & Education: The Challenges Ahead •1994 Nigeria: In Search of Leadership •1995 Nigeria: Democracy and the Rule of Law •1996 Nigeria: Towards a Youth Agenda for the 21st Century •1997 Health Care in Nigeria: Present Status, Future Goals •1998 Nigeria’s Endangered Environment: Agenda for a New Millennium •1999 Nigeria: Path to Sustainable Democracy •2000 The Face of Poverty •2001 Awo: On the Trail of a Titan We can see from this profile the wide range of topics that could serve any nation poised to digest and assimilate the confounding problems of development and come up with practical solutions. The

choice of participants at each dialogue was carefully determined, whether as plenary chairmen, keynote speakers, critiques and preparation of summaries and recommendations made each dialogue unique and sui generis. It would be well worthwhile in the present dispensation for the whole set of books covering the entire dialogue period to be formally presented to the incumbent government, whose declared mantra is Change. It will therein find words of wisdom in the robust intellectual tradition that has charractised these dialogues. We are in no doubt that the Foundation has given much thought to selecting topics in the past 10 years such that, if faithfully pursued, would get the nation closer to the promised land. Within a short time of its coming into being, the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation attracted attention as easily one of the best organizations in sub-Saharan Africa working and walking its mandate in the best traditions of such organizations. Indeed, the Executive Secretary was most deservedly elected a member of the International Committee of Council on Foundations during this period. Apart from the “magnum opus” of the annual dialogue the Foundation has engaged in activities that emerged from the forum’s ponderous recommendations. One such is the Leadership Prize Award meant to inspire the youths to great heights.

Its debut and indeed its successive outings have generated wide acclamation. The Foundation has also instituted: •Memorial lectures. •Chairs in certain Disciplines in named Universities. •Executive Leadership Programmes. All in all the Foundation’s remit fittingly places Chief Obafemi Awolowo at the centre of these various activities, emphasising the imperishable legacy to the nation’s corpus by the sage and his jewel in the total effort of building a strong and united Nigeria. The Foundation acknowledges the immense contribution of the Executive Secretary, Ambassador (Dr) Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, who worked closely with Mama in ensuring the success of these Dialogues and related activities that have remained practically on the national calendar through these years. Her commitment has been total and with Mama’s passing, the challenge of sustained excellence beckons. From her antecedents, we are confident that she will be well up to the task of keeping the style and substance of these noble ideas market on the front burner. The entire foundation joins our nation in bidding farewell to a lady who, by common consent, was indeed the mother of this nation. Our dearest Mama, rest in perfect peace.

Awo, HID were a rare couple— Gowon

OAU, OOU, YABATECH, Awo Foundation eulogise ‘matriarch of Yoruba race’ Laolu Harolds And Olayinka Olukoya

“At a time like this, it is often very difficult to situate the beginning and end of flattery. When words appear too sweet to be true, people tend to ignore them or take them at face value. When words are too true than to be ignored, people tend to ask if they refer to some gods. This is because in history, very few people, male or female, young or old, have had the fortune of being showered with virtually every positive adjective in the English Language. “Fewer, alive or dead, have had these encomiums ring true in every situation. Harder still are prospects of finding couples – not just the husband or the wife, separately or both together – being truthfully eulogised. Today, all the stars are, as it were, in alignment.” With those inspiring words, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, Thursday in Ikenne opened his tribute to the great matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty, Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo. General Yakubu Gowon said he was giving his personal tribute on behalf of himself and his wife, Victoria, as well as the government in which he served as head of state, which reverred sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was a strong part of. According to him, 28 years

ago, Nigeria, and indeed Africa, lost an illustrious son, Chief Obafemi Awolowo; and just a couple of weeks back, Nigeria and the continent lost an equally illustrious daughter in Yeye Oodua, HID Awolowo. He eulogised both HID and her husband, Papa Awolowo, for their unfailing belief in the service of mankind. He particularly acknowledged and lauded the late Yeye Oodua, for her role in encouraging Papa Awolowo to serve in his (Gowon’s) government, saying that the couple both placed Nigeria above self. According to him, every epithet that had been used to describe Mama HID had been well deserved. In fact, he stressed, none of the tributes comes close to Papa’s description of her wife – ‘jewel of inestimable value’. Gowon expressed pride in the fact that he had the rare privilege of being a co-chief of Ile-Ife with Mama, having been himself installed as Ajagunla (General of Generals) of Ile-Ife. Professor Bamitale Omole, the Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, said, while paying his tribute entitled ‘Gone in a Blaze of Glory’ to the great matriarch on behalf of the 36,000 students of the university, beside the council and management, described HID as an “outstanding matriarch of the entire Yoruba race; a wom-

an of impeccable character and a model.” He said, “Mama, we remember with pride that Papa referred to you as his ‘jewel of inestimable value’ – which really you were. While noting that you were a recipient of numerous awards, both nationally and internationally, in your lifetime, but for us, the most prestigious as far as we are concerned in the university, is the Doctor of Civil Law (honoris causa) that was conferred on you by our university in 1989.” He described Mama HID’s demise as a great loss to the university as “we are now left without your motherly counsel and advice and wisdom which you bestowed on us, especially in times of crisis and in times of peace. The vice-chancellor of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Professor Saburi Adejimi Adesanya, in his tribute said the university received the news of the demise of HID Awolowo with “a rude shock” because the institution, as many others in the nation was preparing for the centenary celebration of “the stabilizing force of the Yoruba race and a contributor to modern Nigeria.” He extolled Mama’s contribution to the politics of the defunct Western Region, of which her husband, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was the first Premier. “Such was her belief in the

party’s philosophy on free education that her children were sent to school in Nigeria along with other poor Nigerians,” he said. In line with this, Adesanya noted further, when Chief Awolowo and others conceptualised and established the then Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University) in 1982, HID was not only physically present at the turning of the sod of the university, but “she was one of those highly placed individuals who sent their children to the then young university – including the likes of Mr Segun Awolowo and Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, the wife of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. “At the demise of her husband, she continued to insist that the university and, by extension, the children of the poor should continue to study and work at the Sopolu Library at the Awolowo Ikenne home,” he said. He added that the university would continue to remember Mama for her humanitarian and philanthropic deeds, as well as for her counsel, honesty and unwavering commitment to the ideals of nationhood. “Mama’s passage has left a vacuum – a big shoe that would be difficult to fill as a ‘a mother of the nation’. We can only pray for the emergence of another committed and courageous woman whose foot will perfectly fit into the shoe she had left behind,” he said.

In her tribute, the Rector of Yaba College of Technology, Dr Kudi Ladipo, eulogised Mama as an iconic symbol of unity of loyalty. The oration was delivered on her behalf by the Dean, School of Liberal Studies and College Orator, Mr. Fred Fatuase, in a poem entitled ‘Sleep Well, Mama!’ Fatuase lamented that Mama was unable to witness a new Nigeria which she and Papa Awolowo laboured for, adding that Mama was a rallying point of unity. Parts of the poem read thus: “As I watched the visage of the earth, in its expanse of noise and sound, in its cacophony of silence and deafness, watching the sun struggle with darkness; the moon was subdued in unsual sobriety. “And the stats, in the far horizon, dimmed and twinkled into silence, one-byone, igniting the memories of a hundred years! “Mama! Yeye Oodua! The Mama Abiye of the Yoruba Race, the jewel of priceless estimation, the irreplaceable matriarch of the great Awo dynasty, the conscience of the Nigerian politics; the ornament of unquantifiable value; the great businesswoman and the rallying point of unity; we salute your departure as we praise your memory. “Your legacies are enduring and your words are eternal; clubs can only be wielded at the exit of the

Elephant; no one raises a matchet to the Protuberantus. You were great in life, and still greater in death; your life was a lesson, but your death is now a message. “You lived before our eyes, the life of a model. You shone in our path, a light that cannot be quenched. So, we walk not in darkness; Mama, you were a legend in knowledge; a colossus in wisdom; a phenomenon in human endurance and a symbol in the meaning of a true wife.” While delivering the tribute on behalf of the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, Emeritus Professor Olu Akinkugbe lauded the unquantifiable contribution of Mama HID to the foundation. “Mama applied herself, both in word and in deed, often behind the scenes, diligently, dutifully and loyally with a high sense of moral purpose to the lofty ideals of the founding mission and policy statement of the foundation from the very beginning,” he said. He also acknowledged the immense contribution of the executive secretary of the foundation, Ambassador (Dr) Olatokunbo Awolowo Dosumu, who he said worked closely with Mama to ensure the success of the various dialogues and related activities the foundation had organized through the years. He expressed confidence that with Mama’s passing, she (Dr Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu) will keep the style and substance of the ideas on the front burner.

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ISIS threatens to attack New York City in new video

ew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton rushed

Remains of France attacks mastermind identified with his saliva The suspected mastermind of the Paris terror attacks was killed in Wednesday’s dramatic police siege on his safe house, prosecutors have confirmed. Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, was first hit in the head by a police sniper and then blown to pieces by numerous grenades during the raid in the suburb of Saint-Denis. His body was so unrecognisable it has taken more than 24 hours for forensic tests to confirm he is now dead using DNA from his saliva. Paris prosecutors said his body was “riddled with bullets,” adding that it was unclear whether Abaaoud had detonated a suicide belt.

Abdelhamid Abaaoud

to downplay the newly released ISIS video warning of an attack against the Big Apple, reassuring the public that there is no imminent threat. Flanked by Commissioner Bratton and John Miller is

the Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism of the NYPD, the mayor addressed the media at Times Square, which was featured in the slick new ISIS clip released in the wake of the Paris terrorist

attacks. The footage features shots of yellow taxis and crowds in Times Square and Herald Square in Manhattan, with vibrant French music playing in the background, Mail Online said.

Mayor of New York, De Blasio, and other members of his executive, addressing New Yorkers. PHOTO: AP.

Extremists may strike with chemical, bio arms, French leader warns With France still reeling from last week’s deadly attacks in Paris, Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned on Thursday that Islamic extremists might at some point use chemical or biological weapons, and urged lawmakers to extend a national state of emergency by three months. “Terrorism hit France not because of what it is doing in Iraq and Syria ... but for what it is,” Valls told the lower house of Parliament. He added, “We know that there could also be a risk of chemical or biological weapons.” Valls did not say there was

a specific threat involving such weapons, The Associated Press said. In neighbouring Belgium, where many of the Paris attackers lived, Prime Minister Charles Michel on Thursday announced a package of additional anti-terror measures, and said 400 million euros ($427 million) would be earmarked to expand the fight. He told lawmakers that security personnel will be increased and special attention will be paid to eradicating messages of hate. He also called for more international cooperation, and

said he wants to amend the Belgian constitution to extend the length of time terror suspects can be held by police without charge. “All democratic forces have to work together to strengthen our security,” Michel said. The French Interior Ministry and Paris prosecutor’s office, meanwhile, said it still remains unclear whether the suspected mastermind of last week’s attacks, in which 129 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded, has been killed or is still at large.

Amnesty International calls for end to Boko Haram attacks

Netsanet Belay

Amnesty International has charged Nigerian government to bring those responsible for Boko Haram attacks to justice, while calling on the jihadists to end its campaign of “senseless killings.” The human rights organisation issued its statement on Thursday, in the wake of the latest bomb attacks which

killed dozens and injured more than 180 people in the country. While Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility for all these attacks, Amnesty International believes, based on analysis of the pattern of attacks as well as information gathered from witnesses and human rights defenders, that

... Senegal considers veil ban as fears escalate

Senegal is considering banning the full-body veil worn by some females in the Muslim-majority country. The proposal by the government in the West African nation comes as Senegalese security services questioned at least

six religious leaders over alleged links to armed groups, Al Jazeera. “The full veil is not a religious affair and it does not represent our culture,” Interior Minister Abdoulaye Diallo said on Tuesday, adding the need to prevent attacks was behind

the proposed veil ban. “For security reasons, all Senegalese people must support the president in this sense,” he said. The idea was first hinted at by President Macky Sall during a peace and security forum held in the capital Dakar on Monday.

It then cuts to a man wrapping a bomb around his waist before walking into the crowds and pulling the trigger. De Blasio urged New Yorkers to go about their normal lives and stated that the city will not be cowed by Islamist extremists. “The people of New York City will not be intimidated,” he said during the late-night press conference. “We understand it is the goal of terrorists to intimidate and disrupt our democratic society. We will not submit to their wishes.” De Blasio later added: “It’s important to note there is no credible and specific threat against New York City. “So it’s critical that people go about their normal business, recognising the NYPD is providing extraordinary protection to the people of the city.” De Blasio added that this week, NYPD has activated its new Critical Response Command, which will grow to more than 500 officers dedicated to anti-terrorism activities. “So the people of New York City can rest assured that extraordinary efforts are being made every single day to keep them safe,” the mayor told reporters assembled at Times Square. ‘This is the finest police force in the nation. For 14 years since 9/11, this police force has consistently protected this city.’

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the bombings fit the group’s methods and targets. “These shocking acts of brutality cannot be permitted to continue with no accountability. How much longer must people in Nigeria be forced to live in fear as such heinous attacks are committed against them?” “We reiterate our call on Boko Haram to stop these

senseless killings and on the Nigerian government to take all possible legal steps to ensure the protection of civilians and restore security in the north east. Those responsible for these crimes must be brought to justice,” said Netsanet Belay, Amnesty International’s Africa Research and Advocacy Director.

Sall said the full veil poses security threats because it is often used by suicide bombers to conceal explosives. The armed group Boko Haram has been active in West Africa for years, and has used suicide bombers wearing the veil in the past. The veiled woman

Paris attacks give rise to conspiracy theories As security forces in France and elsewhere in Europe hunt those involved in Friday’s coordinated attacks in Paris, conspiracy theories have been taking root online attempting to provide an alternative explanation for what happened. France has not hesitated in placing blame squarely on the armed group, and has upped its bombing campaign against ISIL in Syria in response. Many who doubt the official narrative have focused their attention on the French police’s discovery of a forged Syrian passport believed to have been carried by one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up outside Stade de France. Some Facebook and Twitter users questioned how a passport the attacker was carrying could survive a blast, given it was made of paper. Memes that spread shortly after the attacks suggested that passports should be used as body armour given their supposed resistance to explosives. Al Jazeera spoke to explosives and forensic experts, who offered an explanation for how a paper document could survive a suicide blast despite close proximity to the bomber. Philip Gill, an expert on explosives and munitions at Cranfield University in Bedford, England, said a bomb of the type suspected to have been used would normally only destroy materials directly in contact with it. “If the passport might have been in a backpack or coat pocket, the distance would have been far enough for it to avoid the initial intensity of the blast,” he said. “A good way of thinking about most explosive materials is as a wave generating a lot of rapidly expanding gas, which isn’t necessarily going to combust materials it comes into contact with. “The Hollywood representation is not true … it might shred materials and push them, but it wouldn’t necessarily set them on fire,” Gill said.

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Rémy Martin’s new campaign:

A call to multifaceted lifestyle

Jimmy Jatt, fine artist and acclaimed DJ

Eric Vallet, ECO, Rémy Martin

Last week, Cognac brand Rémy Martin, launched a new historic campaign with noted Nigeria’s respective entrepreneurs and celebrities – Jimmy Jatt, Folarin Falana and Noble Igwe. RUTH OLUROUNBI, who was present at the launch, brings a report of the spirit behind the campaign.

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You only get one life, so live them.” Apologies to the grammarians, the world knows that this statement is grammatically wrong, but since the world basically belongs to the millennials and they understand that the One Life/ Live Them tagline identifies that today’s consumers are not defined by one talent or skill, but are multifaceted and, therefore, should be applauded for their many passions. And so does the Rémy Martin brand. The One Life/Live Them campaign is a call to existing and potential consumers “live richer, larger lives, to expand the horizon and seize all the wonderful opportunities that life can offer, beyond the one-dimensional paths that former generations could have embraced,” to refuse to allow themselves to be bugged to an old roadmap of settling down and building a single career. But beyond the call to live richer and larger lives, the brand, according to its CEO, Eric Vallet, a West African born French, remains committed to the core principles and values that its founders used to establish the company more than 290 years ago. And that is: “supporting the community, highlighting skills and revealing the talents of people and nature, honouring craftsmanship and embracing the luxury of time enables Rémy Martin to cultivate the most premium products.” Some people will say this is a hallmark of a family. And that is how Vallet views the company that produces the global brand: a family House, well respected for its expertise and the high quality of our cognacs throughout a history spanning close to 300 years. As with any successful family, there is the

Noble Igwe, media entrepreneur

off chance that while communicating with the extended family members, words are spoken but human and emotional needs are left unmet. Realising that brand has communicated strongly through its products, but is somehow losing some of its emotional and human touch, adding to the fact that the brand has historically been very strong on several markets, such as the USA and China, leading to many local initiatives, the brand feels that there is no other time than now to improve its consistency, therefore, building a global platform is a way to draw a new path worldwide and also to give a single message to a cosmopolitan customer, whether he/she is in Nigeria, South Africa, Shanghai, New York, London or Moscow. “We think it’s a question of timing and that now is the right time to meet the expectations of millennials, showing that Rémy Martin is not only about a collection of refined products but also about an inspiring life philosophy,” Vallet said at the launch. Thus, the campaign aims to “inspire people and encourage them to live their many lives and spread this positive philosophy.” The philosophy of living horizontally, as well as vertically. This campaign therefore attempts to put into words what the brand “deeply” feels about the company, as well as its consumers – a House founded by exceptional multitalented people and symbolised by the Centaur – an emblem that stands for a truly multifaceted spirit devoted to developing and revealing talents. It challenges its older generations of consumers to embrace the new spirit of the young, the spirit that defies limitation to only one lifestyle. The campaign, which questions “why be one thing, when you can be many?” charges its audience to refuse to be defined by the one thing they do, but by all that they do. After all, “you

With the hope that it will reinforce and hopefully create a stronger human and emotional link with its consumers, Vallet believes that the ‘tone and manner of this campaign can speak to our current target but can also attract ayounger consumer profile...’ only get one life, live them.” This new global campaign, Vallet said is for a generation for whom life is more about creating a lifestyle than a life path; “and the more multifaceted the lifestyle, the better.” According to Vallet, “this campaign is a new step in the history of Rémy Martin. Extending the ‘Heart of Cognac’ identity of the brand further, we wanted to add a new dimension that forges a deeper connection with our consumers. “This singularity of Rémy Martin resonates with our times, notably with the millennial generation, now dubbed the ‘Slash’ generation: a generation that does not want to limit itself to one life and the old roadmap of settling down and building a single career.” The two-time Academy Award nominee, Hollywood actor, Jeremy Renner, whose career transcends beyond acting and spans into producing, real estate and music, captures the essence of the campaign in an interview with an international media organisation, saying Remy is viewing the Cognac as a lifestyle, thus, employing “an approach that’s a bit broader or artistic than the straight-up pitchman type stuff you’d see in the ‘80s.” The approach has been commended by Ni-

Folarin (Falz) Falana, comedian

gerian consumers as “superb” and “extraordinary.” Vallet, at the launch in Nigeria, which preceded that of South Africa, the only two countries on the continent representing Africa, said the campaign and the spirit behind it, is a new chapter in the history of the brand, and he, alongside his team are “delighted” to work with Nigerian brand ambassadors, as they “completely” embody the “lifestyle that we are celebrating.” The launch, held at the Rémy Martin XO Lounge, Lekki, Lagos, of which the brand ambassadors — DJ Jimmy Jatt, a Bachelor’s Degree holder in Fine Art and arguably the most decorated and celebrated DJ in Nigeria; Folarin Falana (also known as FALZ the Bahdguy) a lawyer turned comedian and Noble Igwe, an accomplished entrepreneur with stakes in media, public relations, courier and other interests — were introduced to the media, Vallet said the ambassadors were chosen to “add a new dimension that forges a deeper connection with our consumers.” To embody this brand philosophy and lifestyle, Rémy Martin is partnering with talented multifaceted Nigerian personalities Vallet said, adding that by choosing these ambassadors, the brand would start doing what it wants to do, that is, inspire. We want to “inspire people and encourage them to live their many lives and spread this positive philosophy,” he said. With the hopes that it will reinforce and hopefully create a stronger human and emotional link with its consumers (by reactivating what Rémy Martin really stands for, family company, with a strong sense of personal fulfilment and human bonds), Vallet said he believes that the “tone and manner of this campaign can speak to our current target but can also attract a younger consumer profile drinking different kind of spirits, beyond classical cognac drinkers.”

businessnews Market downturn: Capital market operators express optimism on turnaround 12

Some capital market operators on Thursday, in Lagos, expressed the optimism that the market will bounce back in the near future, and, therefore, urged investors to take advantage of the fall in equities prices and increase their stake in the market. The operators told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the current downward trend in the market would soon vanish with socio-economic stability. Oluwole Awe, the Managing Director, Investment One Stockbroking International Ltd, stressed the need for investors to embrace the opportunity and increase their holdings, saying that the best time to invest was now because there was so much value inherent in the market place, in spite of the downward trend. “The market is down now but there is so much value in the market because share prices are trading below their intrinsic value. If you are going to invest, this is the best time to invest and retail investors should take position and increase their stake in the market,’’ Awe said. He said that it had been proven over the years that investment in the capital market over a period of time out-played other returns in other markets. Awe added that investors who bought stocks at higher prices should use the opportunity to minimise their loss in the market, saying that “although the market is low, this is an opportunity to buy, especially for those who bought at higher prices to reduce the loss incurred.” The managing director stated that the market fundamentals were still strong, noting that issues in the socio-political economy of the country affecting the market “is a phase that will soon pass.” Also speaking, Wole Abe-

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gunde of Meristem Securities Ltd, said that investors with long-term funds should take advantage of the market apathy and increase their stake, as he said the market would experience a turnaround in the near fu-

Following allegations of regulatory infractions by Guinness Nigeria Plc, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) is set to intervene over the matter by calling for a meeting with the regulatory agency. The Director General of NECA, Olusegun Oshineye, in a letter datedNovember 17, 2015; addressed to Dr Paul Orhii, Director General, National Agency for Food and

tors should not wait till when the market experienced rally to increase their stake because they would “bite their fingers.” NAN reported that the AllShare Index between June 1 and November 18, 2015 had

lost 5,825.21 points or 17.11 per cent to close at 28, 219. 44, compared to 34,044.65 posted on June 1, 2015. Also, the market capitalisation within the period lost N1.87 trillion to close trading on Nov. 18 at N9.700

From left, Ifeanyi Emefiele, Head, Anti-Fraud Unit, Access Bank Plc; Olabiyi Dosumu, Deputy Director, Payments and Systems, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc and Yinka Tiamiyu, Head, Group Internal Audit, Access Bank Plc at the bank’s Anti-Fraud Awareness Week Stakeholder’s Forum which held at the Access Bank head office in Lagos on Thursday.

CBN grants national banking licence to Wema Bank The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted a National Banking License to Wema Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s premier financial institutions after complying with the apex bank’s requirements. By this approval, the com-

mercial lender has been upgraded from its current regional banking authorization and will convert its Banking license from a Regional Bank to a National Bank. In 2010, Wema Bank downscaled to operate only within its core areas of business – South-South, South-

Orji Uzor Kalu, publisher of The Sun newspapers, Folorunsho Alakija, Nigerian oil tycoon and businesswoman and eight other Nigerians have been named by Forbes Magazine among Africa’s 50 richest.

Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote group, maintained his position as Africa’s richest man, despite losing about N1tr in one year. “Aliko Dangote of Nigeria retains his spot as num-

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West and FCT Abuja. Now, the bank, with a capital base of N43.8 billion has met the regulatory requirements for the National Banking license as stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria. This historic event has made Wema Bank the first bank to be granted a Na-

Forbes names Kalu, Danjuma, others among 50 richest Africans

NECA to rescue Guinness over N1bn fine by NAFDAC OlatudeDodondawa-Lagos

ture because of strong fundamentals. “At the moment, everybody is afraid, stocks are greatly undervalued and this is the time to come to the market to buy shares,” he said, adding that inves-

Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), a copy of which was sighted by Nigerian Tribune, requested for a dialogue in an attempt to resolve the situation. NECA is the foremost Umbrella Business Membership Organisation in Nigeria. According to the letter, Oshinowo stated that: “We have been informed by one of our members, Guinness Nigeria Plc., about the alleged “regulatory infractions” levied against it by NAFDAC and the levy of an

“Administration Charge” of One Billion Naira (N1, 000, 000, 000. 00). “As you are probably aware, we have had a very healthy relationship with NAFDAC over the years especially during the tenure of your predecessors: Professors Gabriel Osunde and Dora Akinyuli, of blessed memory, when we had successfully resolved issues that concerned NAFDAC and Organised businesses through the platform of social dialogue.

ber one richest African for the fifth year in a row, but his $16.7 billion net worth is nearly $5 billion lower than a year ago, a result of a drop in the stock price at his Dangote Cement and a weaker Nigerian currency,” Forbes said. The closest Nigerian to Dangote is Mike Adenuga, chairman of Globacom, who came in at the seventh position on the continent with a net worth of N750 billion. Alakija, who is the only female from Nigeria on the list, came in at 13, with a net worth of about N340 billion. Femi Otedola of Forte Oil, Abdulsamad Rabiu, founder of BUA group; Theophilus Danjuma, former defense minister and founder South Atlantic Petroleum and Tony Elumelu came in at 16, 23, 30 and 31 positions respectively.

tional Banking License having previously operated with a Regional License. According to Segun Oloketuyi, Chief Executive Officer of the bank, this approval represents a milestone for the bank in the delivery of its Project LEAP commitments. He recalled that six years ago, the bank took a decision to refocus the its operations on its areas of strength and build a sustainable institution. “We took advantage of the new licensing regime and applied for a Regional authorization with a pledge to expand in the near future, once the turnaround project was completed. The Bank’s transformation was implemented in three phases; first to stabilize the Bank, second to prepare the building blocks for growth and third to go for growth. We are now within the third phase of the transformation project,” Oloketuyi said. The CEO further stated that the new license had created opportunities to scale up growth, and added that the Bank will continue to strategically select its business locations across the country with focus on areas where return on investment will be maximized, and shareholder value enhanced over the medium to long term.

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BPE blames poor power supply on decayed infrastructure OlatundeDodondawa-Lagos

The Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has blamed inadequate power supply on dilapidated power infrastructure over the years. The agency urged Nigerians to be patient with the new owners of the power assets stressing that power may be stable in the next five years. Speaking to journalists during a visit to Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) in Lagos, the Director General, BPE, Benjami Dikki, said the plants were not overhauled and lacked major turnaround maintenance before being handed over to the new investors, thereby absolving them of any blame. According to him, the fact that no power component was currently being produced locally in the power sector makes it inevitable for the investors to import same with severe financial implications on their finances. “I want to reiterate here that the Distribution companies (DISCOs) have committed to reducing aggregate technical, commercial and connection loses. It is very important for people to understand nitrate when this privatisation was sign, it was estimated that the Aggregate Technical and Commercial Losses (AT&L) were between 40 per cent to 60 per cent.

NIPC partners World Trade Center on ICT Gbola Subair - Abuja

In its effort to promote investment in the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector and to expose Nigerian youth to various solutions in the sector, the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has concluded arrangements to partner with Dubai World Trade Centre to engage creative Nigerian youths. The Executive Secretary of NIPC, Uju Aisha Hassan Baba, while receiving in audience a director from the Dubai World Trade CentreBilal Al-Rais on a courtesy visit, said the NIPC had been discussing on areas of partnership with WTC to attract investment into the creative mind of Nigerian youths, thereby engage them to be productive. Al-Rais, who led the delegation, said the Dubai World Trade Centre had the fastest growing ICT in the world and expressed their readiness to partner with NIPC so as to transfer the knowledge to Nigerian youths.

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14 businessnews Friday, 20 November, 2015 Agric value chain financing’ll transform economy —Stanbic IBTC Chima Nwokojji-Calabar

ead, Agriculture Finance, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Jerry Gushop, has said that efforts by the Federal Government to structurally transform the Nigerian economy will yield immediate fruits if the value chain development model, including value chain financing, is adopted in the agricultural sector. Gushop made this remark during his presentation at the 2015 AgrikExpo in Lagos recently. In the presentation, which looked at the role of commercial banks in agricultural value chain finance, the bank chief stated that agriculture represented an opportunity sector which huge economic potential remained largely untapped. “Value chain development/financing has almost become a magic formula for sustainable agricultural investments. A value chain is a whole range of activities and services required to bring a product or service from idea or input stage to the mar-

NASCO group unveils new cornflakes Isaac Shobayo-Jos

AS part of the efforts of NASCO Group to ensure top quality brand and to meet demands of consumers, organization unveiled new cornflakes products for consumers. The rebranded range of cornflakes comprising of all the variants including Original, Banana,Vanilla, Strawberry and Frostyz were unveiled to members of the public at a ceremony in Jos, Plateau State, at the weekend. Addressing customers and consumers at the relaunching of the product, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NASCO Group of Companies, Dr Attia Nasreddin said latest effort was the fourth time the new NASCO cornflakes products were being rebranded and improved upon since it was first introduced into the Nigerian market in 1985. “We are humbled by the fact that the NASCO cornflakes brand is a household name in many homes across Nigeria.The new cornflake which is glossier, trendier and more appealing was designed to meet the demands of our esteemed customers and consumers alike. The essence is to add value to our customers by assuring consumers of a top quality brand that guarrantees nourishing goodness anytime.”

ket,” Gushop stated. He said the value chain model becomes necessary because it can quickly plug

the production and financing gap in the industry while unlocking its potential by targeting the whole range of

activities in the sector. He identified the twin problems of low agriculture productivity and paucity of

required affordable financing that continue to limit to 22 per cent the sector’s contribution to the country’s

From left, National President, Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr Frank Jacobs; National President, Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN), Professor Ngozi Nnam; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Plateau State, Mr Thomas Chollom, who represented Plateau State governor and Chairman/CEO, NASCO Group Nigeria, Dr Attia Nasreddin, displaying the new NASCO Cornflakes pack, re-launched in Jos, on Friday.

Pneumonia: GlaxoSmith-Kline to subsidise prices of vaccines in Nigeria Soji Eze Fagbemi-Abuja

TO help bring to an end to high child mortality caused by pneumonia and Diarrhea, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has resolved to subsidise price of vaccines in Nigeria by ensuring that the country continues to enjoy same price as under the GAVI arrangement. Due to its increased GDP, Nigeria is no more among the countries that are eligible to benefit under the GAVI price, but GSK declared at an event marking the World Pneumonia Day in Abuja that it was committed to helping Nigeria freeze the current GAVI price of vaccines. Speaking during the event

with the theme: ‘Push the pace, fight Pneumonia’ and sub-themed: ‘Enhancing Child’s Health through Pneumonia Protection, Prevention and Treatment,’ the Cluster Medical Leader, Vaccines for GSK, Dr Olakunle Oladehin, said the GSK would help Nigeria maintain the same price as under the GAVI for the next 10 years. Mr Oladehin, who represented the Managing Director of GSK, said: “What GSK has decided to do is to freeze the price at least for another 10 years that Nigeria, after graduating from the GAVI eligible list, continues to enjoy the same GAVI price from Glaxo SmithKline. “That initiative came from

Industrialist tasks South West govs on synergy for economic prosperity By Doyin Adeoye

Chairman, Elizade Motors, Chief Michael AdeOjo has said that in order for South Western Nigeria to witness again its glorious past, the state governors from the region must be ready to synergise as recipe for economic prosperity. The industrialist made this known on Wednesday at a symposium organised by the Impact Business Radio tagged: ‘Developing a Road Map to Regional Prosperity,’ at the University of Ibadan (UI). The keynote speaker who was represented by his son, Demola Ade-Ojo, the Managing Director, Elizade Motors, said that state governors in the re-

gion must embark on developmental and entrepreneurial projects in order not to depend solely on federal allocations to cater for their citizens. He added that synergy among South West states and putting in place standard structures both formally and informally woul engender sustainable development, noting that in Nigeria today, informal sectors have dominated economic sectors. Also speaking at the event, Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture Limited, Kaduna, Professor Danbala Daju, through the Executive Director of the bank, Mr Babatunde Igun, noted that every government needs to rearrange its priority and go back to agriculture.

the Glaxo SmithKline to continue to give Nigerians the vaccines at the same price under GAVI to sustain vaccination because the tendency is that if Nigeria graduates from GAVI and we

revert back to regular price, it may be difficult for the government to want to continue to procure vaccines. So, we are freezing the price base on what we are currently supplying to GAVI.”

GDP. “It is because of the interdependence and linkages between the activities that a clear understanding of the chain, market for the final product and the various actors of the chain is important, not only for financing or investment decisions, but for developing the entire chain. It helps identify linkages of the small players to the bigger economic system, so that in the end, even the small and marginalised participants also benefit,” Gushop stated. “Value chain financing helps to identify where financing needs are, the different types of financing required and ways to improve access to financing,” he added. Gushop said there must be a synergy between the public and the private sectors to ensure success of the model. He assured that the bank had developed a robust financing model that captures the various actors in the value chain, including smallholder and commercial farmers. “Our robust financing models hinge on a single overarching agric strategy of Business Bank/ CIB alignment through two legs of execution to enable us to capture and bank the value chain opportunities,” Gushop stated.

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16 islamicnews Zakat potent tool for poverty eradication —Abbas

N Islamic scholar, Dr Femi Abbas, has advised Muslims to always give zakat in order to help banish poverty from the society, especially among the Ummah. Dr Abbas gave the advice in Ibadan, Oyo State, at a lecture organised by the Bodija Estates and Environs Muslim Community. Speaking on the topic of the lecture, “Zakat: Why Muslims May Remain Beggars,” the scholar described zakat, which is one of the pillars of Islam, as a potent tool for poverty eradication. He said if Muslims pay zakat as expected, it would serve as a bailout for the poor and the needy, especially orphans and the sick. “It is a social welfare tool that can bring peace to the society. Those who ordinarily would be criminals, when they benefit from zakat, would definitely have the means of taking care of themselves and shun criminality. “Zakat is different from sadakat (alms giving), which is a random charity. zakat is once in a year and is compulsory for Muslims who have the means and zakat has a measure, which is 2.5 per cent of one’s net

income,” Dr Abbas said. The scholar said that poor attitude of many Muslims towards zakat in the past had contributed to the present problem faced by Muslims because they

failed to help prepare the community for the future. Dr Abbas called for a change of attitude so that underprivileged Muslims could be assisted and number of Muslim beggars in

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the society reduced. Earlier, the chairman of the community, Alhaji Waheed Alli, said the lecture was meant to sensitise Muslims to a neglected pillar of Islam.

MMPN, Oyo Muslim community, leaders hail Ajimobi’s tribunal victory By Saheed Salawu

The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN), Oyo State chapter, has congratulated the governor of Oyo State, Senator Ishaq Abiola Ajimobi, on his recent victory at the election petition tribunal. In a statement signed by the chairman, Alhaji Wasiu Aliyu and secretary, Alhaja Rofiat Animasahun, the MMPN urged the governor to see the victory as a challenge to redouble his efforts and deliver more democracy dividends to the people and take the state to greater heights. The organisation also congratulated the Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, whom it described as an icon. It urged Shittu to give the new assignment his best shot and use his office to attract more federal

presence to Oyo State. Also, the Muslim Community of Oyo State (MUSCOYS) described the victory of Governor Ajimobi at the election petition tribunal as divine. A statement signed by the Chairman, Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni and SecretaryGeneral, Murisiku Siyanbade, said Allah gives power to whom He pleases and it has pleased Him to make Senator Ajimobi the governor of the state a second time. The statement described the feat of winning a second term in the state for the first time ever by the governor as an honour from Allah which, it said, could not be challenged by anybody anywhere. “We attest to the fact that Governor Abiola Ajimobi is a just and liberal leader, who gives every religion in the state its due without fear or favour, hence the

peace and development being witnessed in the state during his tenure,” the statement said. In the same vein, the League of Imams and Alfas in the state, under the leadership of the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Shaykh Abdul Ganiy Abubakri Agbotomokekere, congratulated Governor Ajimobi on his triumph at the tribunal. A statement by the League, signed by Shaykh Agbotomokekere, particularly recalled what it called the governor’s pivotal role during the burial of the late Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Shaykh Baosari Suara Haruna III and during the installation of Shaykh Agbotomokekere as the city’s new Chief Imam. The League also expressed appreciation for the level playing field provided by the governor for all religions to flourish in the state.

I want to achieve a lot with my new position —Oyelade Religious leader and businessman, Alhaji Lateef Oyelade, speaks with OLAKUNLE TAIWO on his emergence as the new Babasale Musulumi of Ibadanland, his plans for the Ummah, among other issues. Excerpts:

ow would you describe your new status within the Muslim community in Ibadan? I am so happy about it because it is a significant title. The title, which was also called the Babasale Onimole, was in the official gazette of the old Western Region. So, it has a role to play as far as Islam is concerned in Oyo State, especially in Ibadan. What are your specific roles? Basically, my role is to see to the welfare of Muslims and ensure harmony among Imams, other religious leaders and chieftaincy title holders. I also have the function of giving advice to the Chief Imam. I also have the task of ensuring peace in the land. I have other crucial roles. There are many chieftaincy titles in the Muslim community, especially

in Ibadan. Don’t you see the possibility of duplication of roles? There can never be any clash of duties. As far as I am concerned, the Babasale Onimole title is the only recognised title; the others are honorary titles and not published in the official gazette. But the late Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Abdul Azeez Arisekola-Alao, used that position to achieve so much and that is why the position is now very important to the Muslim Ummah. The important thing is how people use their positions, whether official or honorary. If you are given a position and you are able to make good use of it, you will be recognised in the sight of Allah and people will take note of your efforts, too. The title of the Babasale Musulumi has been for years and published in the official gazette. What are your plans for the Ummah?

I am aware of my roles and I pray that God spares my life and gives me the opportunity to do what I want to do. I want to record a lot of achievements.

proper way so that we can have a better society. We should invite the people and advise them if we see that they are drifting away from the right path.

Despite the influence of religions and particularly Islam, moral decadence is prevalent in the society today. What is your view on this and what is the way out? These are the duties of religious leaders. We all have to see to this. If there are ills in the society, it is our duty to make sure that things are done in the

What should be the role of Muslim leaders in the fight against corruption? We are praying for President Muhammadu Buhari to be successful in his task. We should also preach against corruption in any capacity we find ourselves as religious leaders so that we can complement the government’s efforts in this regard.

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CORRUPTION (al-fasaad) is pervasive everywhere today and its facets have made it difficult for mankind to really comprehend its meaning. To many people, corruption simply means stealing or embezzlement of public funds, but this view is parochial. Islam as the religion of purity and righteousness broadly views corruption as all acts of perversion, depravity, wickedness, oppression and destruction perpetrated by man. Corruption, according to scholars, is as depicted by Almighty Allah in the Qur’an and further explicated by the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). In order to fully comprehend the concept of corruption, there is the need to study the book of Allah and see the manner in which this cancerous concept is explicitly analysed, the way in which Almighty Allah dealt with corruption and its agents in the past and the consequent end of corrupt nations. Before the creation of Prophet Adam, the angels, out of the little knowledge Allah (SWT) bestowed on them, envisioned that man, when established on earth, would embark on corruption and shed blood on the land. Allah (SWT), whose knowledge encompasses everything, yet informed the angels that He knew what they knew not. This is because Allah knew that although man shall be corrupt, a reasonable percentage of them shall be righteous. Allah (SWT) fervently warns against perpetrating evils on earth and decrees bad end for corrupt souls unless there is repentance. Allah says... “And do not corrupt the earth after it has been made pure...” (Q7:56). He describes corruption as fisq (sinfulness, moral decadence) and those who commit any act of corruption as faasiqum or fussaq (Q2:27). In this verse, Allah defines those who engage in corruption as those who renege on their promise to Him, sever ties of kinship and perpetrate evil deeds on earth. Allah describes corrupt people as losers. This means that whatever gains you acquire is an unholy manner will be a loss in the end. The history of corruption on earth dates back to the tussle between two children of Prophet Adam, Habil and Khabil, when one of them, out of envy, succeeded in killing the other. Allah describes that act as corruption and evil (Q5:2631). The Holy Qur’an also describes banditry as corruption. Any nation that is given to evil is bound to incur the wrath of Allah. No nation thrives in corruption but it drags itself to perdition. Allah is angry with a nation where injustice and corruption are the order and people fail to tread the path of justice and equity. Allah destroyed the people of Prophet Nuh when they showed injustice to the prophet sent unto them by not only disobeying him but by deciding to beat and stone the prophet of Allah. When their evil deeds filled the scale, Allah caused them to drown in flood. None received Allah’s mercy except those who believed in Prophet Nuh. Corruption was the lot of the people Ad-Thamud, Ashaabul Haykah (people of the wood) and the nation after them, including Friaon and his people. These nations transgressed the limits set by Allah. They were given to sins and spreading evils in the land. A few examples were the people of Prophets Lut and Shuayb (AS). Prophet Lut’s was the most corrupt nation on earth as described in the Qur’an. They were given to committing shirk (idolatry) and Liwaat (homosexuality). Allah blessed that nation with astonishing, beautiful ladies but instead of treading the natural path, they deviated by choosing their male counterparts as sex partners. These acts invoked Allah’s anger and He, out of His mercy, sent Prophet Lut to warn them and redirect their affairs. In spite of Lut’s warning and admonition, a nation destined for ruination remained obstinate. Consequently, Allah uprooted them and lifted them to the nearest heaven, upturned them and rained brimstone on them. Allah (SWT) also related the end of the nation of Prophet Shuayb. The Madyan people were a corrupt society, whose evil end was stamped in history. Prophet Shuayb (AS) warned them not to perpetrate evil in the land, but the corrupt people of Madyan were arrogant and obstinate. They waylaid travellers and robbed them of their goods. The Madyan were also corrupt in their manner of business transaction. Before Muhammad was raised as Prophet and Messenger of Allah and a mercy for all mankind, the Arabian society was full of corruption and obscenity. Adultery prevailed across the social classes except a few men and women whose self dignity prevented from committing such act. The Arabs, before Islam, were groping in the dark and ignorance and corruption were the climaxes. The people were enmeshed in superstitions paralysing their minds and driving them to live like animals. The leaders oppressed their subjects. Those were dark days.

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came to know Mama Awolowo in person during my days as the National Director of Organisation of the Unity Party of Nigeria during Nigeria’s second republic. The UPN was founded and led by Papa Obafemi Awolowo. Before the announcement of the formation of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) in September 1978, Papa Obafemi Awolowo had invited me to come and join the political group then made up of late Professor Sam Aluko, Professor David Oke, the late Chief Wunmi Adegbonmire, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the late Chief Bisi Onabanjo the “AIYEKOTO” himself, to plan the administrative arrangements of the new Party. Papa had told me to resign my appointment as Administrative staff of the University of Lagos. Unknown to me, Papa Awolowo had made up his mind to have me in the Organisation department of the UPN. I was yet to give a reply to Papa’s invitation when General Olusegun Obasanjo, then Head of the Federal Military government had released the Justice Mohammed report on the Students Unrest of Nigerian Universities then led by the late Segun Okeowo. The release had led to the removal of the late Professor Jacob Ade Ajayi (a fine University Scholar) as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos Yaba, Professor Iya Abubakar the then Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, the late Dr. Sogbetun, the late Comrade Ola Oni, Dr. Akin Ojo, the late Professor Omafume Onoge, Dr. A. Adeniran, Dr. Laoye Sanda, Edwin and Benedicta Madunagu, the late Dr. Bade Onimode, the late ‘Segun Okeowo and myself from the Campuses of some Nigerian universities. Our friend, the late Bassey Ekpo Bassey was removed as senior journalist of a private newspaper the Calabar Chronicle. It was a terrible time for the LEFT in Nigerian politics. Despite what Obasanjo had done to me in the purge of the universities of 1978, Papa Obafemi Awolowo still sent Alhaji Lateef Jakande to me in London to return home immediately to assume office in the UPN party headquarters. Immediately the Obasanjo purge was announced, I had left the shores of Nigeria abroad with a resolve to stay away from Nigeria for at least ten years. I was accompanied to London by my bossom friend, the late Foluso Opadina. I was therefore surprised when I received an invitation from Alhaji Lateef Jakande that I should see him at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in London for a message from Papa Obafemi Awolowo. When I met Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande later in his London Hotel, he conveyed to me Papa Awolowo’s message that I should return to Nigeria immediately to head the Organisation department of the new party, UPN, that was to be announced. Alhaji Lateef Jakande who had employed me as Lagos Editor of the Nigerian Tribune in 1969 after I had graduated from the University of Lagos, also invited me to join him in the Lagos State wing of the party. He, however, said “if you decide to take the Papa Obafemi Awolowo’s invitation, we will still be working for the same Party”. I informed him that I preferred the Papa Obafemi Awolowo option. When I returned to Nigeria on 16th September, 1978, I went straight to see the late Avatar at his Apapa residence. Papa on behalf of the Committee of Friends that had joined the old man in getting the UPN together immediately gave me the position of Director of Organisation of the party and asked me to resume duties immediately. Within forty-eight hours of my resuming duty, Papa Obafemi Awolowo announced the existence of the Unity Party of Nigeria as one of the political parties to participate in the return to civilian rule programme of the General Olusegun Obasanjo regime. Little did I know that Mama H.I.D Awolowo had spoken favourably in my favour when Papa Awo briefed her and others of my being recommended as a staff of the party headquarters. By 19th of September the appointments of the late Chief M.C.K. Ajuluchukwu and myself as Director of Publicity and Director of Organisation of the UPN respectively were announced to the Nigerian public. On September 22, 1978, Papa Awolowo announced the formation of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN). Mama H.I.D Awolowo supported me right from the beginning of the UPN days in 1978 till she died very recently. Mama loved me and saved me several times when some political leaders wanted to get rid of me. I will never forget. Mama gave her very best in the propagation of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) during the party’s formative years. She willingly led campaigns of the UPN and she chose to lead campaigns to some difficult terrains in the country. When it was apparent that the late Oloye, Senator Abubakar Saraki was giving the UPN problem in the then Kwara State, Mama H.I.D led the party’s campaigns to Offa, Ilorin and Igbonmina areas of the then Kware State. Those were the days of the late Josiah Sunday Olawoyin, the late Nat Balogun, Senator Tunji Adebayo, politically restless Seth Maiyekogbon, Pharmacist Shittu, Architect Tunde Ogunniyi, Chief Adewumi, the late Papa Ekunrin, and several others in the UPN formidable line up of the Awo UPN loyalists. Mama H.I.D provided leadership just as she had done during the

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days of the first republic. When her husband Papa Jeremiah Oyeniyi Obafemi Awolowo died in 1987, Mama refused bluntly to be drawn into the succession struggles for the leadership of Papa Obafemi Awolowo’s political organisation. There was nothing we (particularly the younger Awoists) did to ensure Mama Awolowo’s leadership of her husbands political organisations that received the sympathy of this great woman. Some of us had started the campaign that Mama should take over her husband’s role as leader of the Awo Organisation, Mama H.I.D was never interested. The meeting we had initiated immediately after Papa Awolowo’s transition to perform the above function was (on Mama’s instructions) turned by her into a thank you meeting. We were all astounded when Mama used the opportunity to thank all Papa Awolowo’s Associates for joining hands in making the burial of the Avatar a memorable one. Everybody left the meeting happy particularly after she had initiated a Committee of the Awoists to start meeting in Chief Ayo Adebanjo’s house in Surulere, Lagos with the view to getting the Awoists fully prepared for political events in Nigeria. I remember too well, that Uncle Bola Ige had chosen a delegation headed by Ambassador Yemi Farounbi to represent the old Oyo State in the meetings held at the Surulere residence of Chief Ayo Adebanjo. It was at these meetings that Chief Ayo Opadokun emerged as the Secretary of the Organisation. I will disucss next week why Mama H.I.D formed the Yoruba Unity Forum. Some people now pretend not to know the genuine motivations of Mama in putting this group together.

Someone had said that he did not agree with Mama on why the old woman had to form the Yoruba Unity Forum when he had expected Mama to have helped resolve the growing crisis within the Afenifere group. Fellow countrymen and women, Mama H.I.D Awolowo will be buried next week November 25, 2015. Once again we thank all Nigerians for rising up to give our Mama a great send off to the world beyond. We still have a lot to write about Mama. Wale Adebanwi has written a book on this Amazon. We will review this book comprehensively. We must equally talk of the role of our friend Wole Awolowo, the Unbreakable, in the matter of Mama H.I.D Awolowo. The mantle has now fallen on our Sister, Mrs Tola Oyediran and our aburo Tokunbo Awolowo. We commiserate with all the Awolowo family including all the grandchildren (Segun, Kemi and others) on the death of Mama H.I.D Awolowo. God will be with them all as they stand as giant planners of a new dawn defending all that Papa and Mama Awolowo had stood for while on this side of the world divide. It is well with Mama’s soul! We will remember her for all time!! Mama odigba ! Odigbose!! Continue to rest in peace!!! Mama GOODNIGHT. You Live Oh Jeremiah! EBINO TOPSY (SMS ONLY PLEASE) NEXT WEEK MAMA H.I.D AWOLOWO AND YUF (BOOK YOUR COPY IN ADVANCE)

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Power: BEDC is holding Idoani people to ransom

DOANI is a very peaceful community in Ose Local Govt Area in Ondo State. This town is the headquarters of the Irekari area comprising Afo, Idogun and Imeri. Prior to the privatisation of the power sector in Nigeria, the people had enjoyed relatively stable power supply. The epileptic nature of power became so worrisome since late 2014. The Benin Electricity Distribution Company was always quick to request payment for the services not rendered to the people, that is, most times, power supply to the people spanned for 150 hours or less in a month and the people were coerced to pay. (Most consumers in this area have not migrated to the prepaid meter system). The Alani-in-Council wrote to the BEDC to stop exploiting the people if they were not willing to improve power supply to the people. BEDC claimed they were threatened, so they completely shut down power to Idoani and the neighbouring Irekari communities. The chiefs arranged a meeting to sort this issue

Fuel scarcity: Let’s deregulate THE solution to the perennial fuel scarcity problem in the country is for us to deregulate the sector. When this is done, it will bring about competition, thereby reducing the price of fuel, just as it is among telecommunication companies. It is high time we told ourselves the truth; Nigeria cannot make the desired progress in the petroleum sector if we don’t deregulate. The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) keeps saying there is fuel in the country, but we are experiencing a scarcity of the product. That should tell us that the subsidy payment is not sustainable. •Nwanne Udoh, Port Harcourt.

out and it was agreed that the people could still make do with power supply for 15 days a month. BEDC restored power in the same epileptic manner for few days and some youths went to remind them that it was better to get good supply that the consumers could pay for. BEDC claimed again that they were threatened by the youths, and the company has disconnected all the Irekari communities except Imeri since April 2015. After so many attempts, on the Thurday, October 8, 2015, BEDC representatives came to meet with the community representatives to resolve the problem. At the meeting held at the Palace of the Alani of Idoani they apologised for putting the people through the ordeal and admitted it was lack of communication. They also agreed to restore

light within 48 hours after the meeting as they had to solve some technical problems including tracing of lines. The youths of the community on the instruction of the Alani, Oba Olufemi Olutoye, mobilised to help BEDC to trace the lines and the work began immediately. Among others, the meeting also agreed that BEDC would begin to recover debts from consumers immediately after restoring power. Enumeration and identification of consumers, reconciliation of records with huge disparities would also be done. Few days after the meeting, while the people waited in vain for power, BEDC came with an agreement paper for the royal father to sign before power would be restored. The Oba saw some clauses not in tandem with the spirit and thoughts of the meeting held, so he declined to

sign, but sent a letter to them reflecting on the true position of the truce meeting. Today, the BEDC has continued to hold more than 20,000 Nigerians to ransome for eight months

without any just cause. Our hospitals and health centres, our schools, and businesses have suffered a great deal. The people of Idoani, Afo, Idogun, among others, are asking if we still belong to Nige-

ria. The Federal and state roads here are in abandoned states, yet BEDC is killing us daily. •High Chief Olugbenga Ajannah, Idoani, Ondo State.

IG, Oyo CP, come to my aid On Thursday, December 15, 2011, the Hon. Justice A.A Aderemi of the High Court of Justice, Ibadan Judicial Division delivered a judgment in my favour against one Wahab Aleshinloye and Mrs Julie Ajao who claimed to be a police woman and at that time the DPO of Bodija police station, but now of Oluyole (Ring Road) Ibadan, over a piece of land on plots 4&5 Ganiyu Ekerin Layout, Odo Ona Elewe Eran, Ibadan, Oluyole Local Government Area. The land was duly bought by me from Ganiyu Onabajo

Ekerin and the court had affirmed it through its judgment. Justice Aderem in pronouncing judgment said: “In the net result, judgment is hereby entered in favour of the claimant against the defendant as follows: 1) “Declaration is hereby made that the claimant is the proper person entitled to the grant of statutory right of occupancy in respect of a piece of land situate, lying and being at plots 4 and 5 on Ganiyu Ekerin Layout at Odo Ona Elewe Eran, Ibadan, Oluyole Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria.

2) “Declaration is hereby made that the purported sale of the piece of land situate, lying and being at plots 4 and 5 on Ganiyu Onabajo Ekerin Layout at Odo Ona Elewe Eran, in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State of Nigeria by first defendant to the second defendant or anybody whatsoever is null and void and of no effect. 3) “An order is hereby made setting aside the sale of plots 4 and 5 Ganiyu Onabajo Ekerin Layout at Odo Ona Elewe Eran, Ibadan, in Oluyole Local Government Area of Nigeria purportedly sold by the 1st defendant to the 2nd defendant or any other person whatsoever. 4) “An order of perpetual injunction is hereby made restraining the first defendant and the second defendant, their agents, privies and or anybody who bought or claims through them from further act of trespass or alienating the land or building or constructing any structure on the said land in dispute.” Unfortunately up till now Mrs Julie Ajao is still preventing me from working on the land and threatening to deal with me anytime I go there just because she is a police woman. She often brings policemen and thugs to the land, while claiming that she has appealed the judgement. If this is so, then she should wait until there is a contrary pronouncement from the court, but this is not the case. I am, therefore, calling on the police IG, Oyo Commissioner of Police and concerned authorities to please intervene in this matter and call this woman to order as she is acting against a subsisting court judgment and preventing me from taking possession of my land. •Obadimeji Yekinni Bhadmus Ibadan.

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Friday, 20 November, 2015

Nigerian Tribune

$500m to fix failing refineries?

HE all time low level to which the output of Nigeria’s refineries has plummeted in recent times may have forced dire choices on decision makers in the sector as the erstwhile Group Managing Director of the NNPC and lately Minister of State of Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu flew the option of shopping for an estimated $500 million in order to fix the refineries at a luncheon of the petroleum club in Lagos recently. To be sure, the output figures have been incredibly abysmal as the Port-Harcourt refinery produced only 31,008 million metric tonnes of petroleum products out of 35, 648 metric tonnes (261,371.14 barrels) of crude processed at a capacity utilisation of 5.77 per cent. According to reports, the other refineries are worse as the plants have come down to zero level. Dr Kachikwu who described the poor refining capacity as worrisome was just probably being nice with words because it is for the same reason that there has been so much hardship in the socio-economic life of the country. The fact that Nigeria virtually exports its crude oil even for domestic consumption without any added value says a lot about the warped thinking which pervades the higher realms of decision making in the country. It is also the same reason that the controversial subsidy being paid to avail the economy with refined fuel with little or no stress has been turned on its head. If the fuel subsidy was meant for the citizens to enjoy an uninterrupted supply of the product even with the refineries in full throttle, the persistent scarcity of the product and the attendant man –hours lost on the shameful and needless fuel queues speak volumes on how corruption breeds the inefficiency that adversely affects the wholesome intentions of many public policies. Perhaps the local refineries had all along been programmed to fail from the point of inception because it is simply befuddling that all the country’s refineries can come to this sorry pass at the same time under the watch of successive administrations. Far more absurd is the revelation that even the refineries may not be suitable for the type of the country’s crude oil and the idea of pumping crude from the south to Kaduna is a procedure that can no longer be economically or logically

justified. But the intention of Dr Kachikwu to source for $500 million in order to fix these refineries needs more than a sceptical examination. What happened to the intention of the previous administration to liberalise the sector by allowing private investors to operate refineries? Why must NNPC shop for this fund to fix old refineries when new ones may cost less? As long as the refineries will be in the hands of the government represented by the NNPC, can efficiency and profitability be guaranteed? The decision to shop for such money in these parlous times has its short, medium and long term economic implications part of which will include compromising the future of coming generations. The present administration has to do better than offering similar options to the country’s recurring problems and the decision to shop for $500 million looks like going round in circles to us. As the prices of crude oil continue to crash in the world market, shopping for any kind of facility should be the last option available to a country in dire straits such that Nigeria represents. These refineries are already obsolete and probably have since been replaced by modern technology such that the spare parts may have to come under special order and at of course, steep prices. Besides, it might be possible, to get a modern, efficient but smaller refinery plant for less than the amount for which the old failing refineries will be fixed. In any event, there is a need to think the choices through properly before a decision can be reached on whether the NNPC is best suited to engage in the business of refineries or not. At a point in the no-too-distant past, we recall that the unbundling of the grossly inefficient and opaque behemoth which NNPC represented featured prominently as one of the choices before the country but the reluctance of the administration then has to be understood as unwillingness to set the cash cow of the country free. Yet, wisdom lies in restricting NNPC to its regulatory roles and allowing investors a commodious playing field as the argument that government has no business in business continues to be validated empirically by everyday experience.

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Friday, 20 November, 2015

In support of the mega fine By Adewale Wahab

T’S the first time one is hearing about a trillion figure and a billion dollar fine in corporate Nigeria. Such a huge portfolio is a rarity even in tribunals or court litigations. But it is ‘happening live’ in Nigeria and for this writer, it is a very welcome development. A biblical adage states that ‘he hates a child who spares the rod’ or something to that effect. As I pen this piece, the deadline for the payment of the fine has expired, and for the first time ever, a corporation operating in Nigeria would be wondering: “what went wrong? Or is this not Nigeria again?” Rewind to August 6, 2015 for stock-taking. On that date, the new helmsman at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, then just two days on the job, read the riot act (pardon the cliché) about the SIM registration exercise which had dragged on for more than three years. Service operators were mandated to deactivate unregistered SIM cards within seven days or get penalised. The order followed a meeting between Office of the National Security Adviser, Department of State Services (DSS), the network operators and the NCC to examine the security implications posed by unregistered cards. Thereafter, the NCC handed down a seven-day ultimatum to GSM service providers to deactivate unregistered users on their networks. But considering the typical cynicism or indifference towards government directives, it would appear that some operators just shrugged off the threat as the usual “bark-without-bite” foolery. Alas it is not so… The NCC, on Monday, October 26, 2015, took an unprecedented measure by imposing a landmark fine of N1.04 trillion ($5.2bn) against MTN Nigeria, for failing to disconnect subscribers with unregistered and partially registered SIM cards within the stipulated time. The fine which is the largest in the history of telecom infringements is the totality of the N200,000 per subscriber MTN has to pay for the 5.2 million unregistered or incompletely registered subscribers it has failed to disconnect from its network. By spurning the NCC’s directive, MTN was consciously undermining efforts by the Nigerian government to tackle security challenges such as terrorism, violent robbery and kidnapping. In disregarding NCC’s directive, the operator has wittingly or unwittingly placed itself above regulation and above the

laws of the land, thus showing scant regards for even its own security, not to mention that of the larger nation. It is therefore a welcome development that the NCC can exercise its regulatory authority over an operator that displays impunity and has tended to show flagrant disrespect in many instances. While the measure is expected to have far-reaching consequences for the operator and by extension, the economy, the purport is to show that no individual or corporate body can put its profit motive over and above the general wellbeing and safety of the larger society. Nigeria suffers from an entrenched culture of impunity which does not bode well for a critical sector such as telecoms. Such impunity constitutes a drawback on the regulatory standards the commission has

Nigeria suffers from an entrenched culture of impunity.

Towards sustaining the excellence at Ajasin varsity By Debo Ikuesewo-Akinbami

Seated on the hills in Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, the Adekunle Ajasin University, has proven, through the years, to be one of the Nigeria’s leading universities, and arguably, the most decorated. The height reached by the university is not the mere, not the puerile or puffy creation of boastful brand. It is a height earned through careful and consistent planning, hard work and taste for standard. This is one university that has given so much to evolve excellence in virtually all facets that define the charge of a university; an institution that is fast fulfilling its resolve to be the foremost institution that moves manpower development in the direction of self-apprenticeship; a first class university in research, knowledge, character and service to humanity. In these days of global rife rot, Adekunle Ajasin University has, irrevocably, been committed to duty, discipline and quality. Little wonder its constituents have been repeatedly mentioned for laurels, steadily ranked for distinction by the various bodies, nationally and internationally, the land-mark of which was the Nigeria’s best state university prize as adjudged by the US Transparency International Standards in its 2013 coordinated Nigeria Schools survey’s results published in April, 2014. For those in touch with records of performance of universities’ leadership in this clime, the story of AAUA’s helmsmen in the recent years has been simply sterling. The university has received the dynamic leadership it deserves; men whose zest for best are proven, whose lofty visions cohere, whose calibre of character commands respect; distinguished pedagogues with stellar administrative skills. It is this lauded list of distinguished leaders that Igbekele Amos Ajibefun belongs. The story and pedigree of Professor Igbekele Amos Ajibefun, the famed Professor of Agricultural Economics whose aptitude turned the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic around, is a tale twice told. Those who know great stuff would acknowl-

edge that his current job, Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, can only afford him the opportunity to further exhibit his innate penchant for excellence. His is the vast verve for distinction. His coming as the fifth substantive Vice Chancellor of the university on the 6th of January 2015 is proving early success.The straight-to-business approach supposes one armed with plans. He is leaving many out of doubt of his onions. He came, meaning and manning businesses, hitting the ground running. A gesture reminiscing the words of a jester-friend; my friend would say in Yoruba parlance, ko sere ni Moscow (No drifting in Moscow), a banter suggesting the supposed busy nature of Moscow, the capital city of Russia. Professor Ajibefun, at his introductory interaction, repeatedly echoed like a memorised literary verse, to the University’s workforce: “I will make you happy”. His audience had no basis for doubt. After all, what he promises to do, he evidently did where he last led. Applause roared at his words and his actions have since sustained the applause. In a recent hearty interaction with the staff and students

set, the integrity of which is being understudied by several African and other countries. Besides, it is a disincentive for investment. The number of defaulting SIM cards in circulation, according to the Head of Enforcement and Monitoring Department at the NCC, Mr. Efosa Idehen, is 37.79 million lines. Of these, Etisalat had 19.46 million improperly registered lines followed by MTN with 18.6 million lines; Airtel has 7.4 million lines while Glo has 2.33 million defaulting lines on its network. With more than 60 million subscribers on its network, the widest coverage across the country and the largest infrastructure base, the operator is easily the largest service provider in the Nigerian market. But it tends to use its dominant position to violate regulatory control. The operator easily flouted the regulator’s ban on promos in 2012, disregarded pricing obligations in the Determination of Dominance issue of 2013, and failed to stop automatic migration of subscribers’ data bundle to the regular pay-as-you-go subscription as directed by the NCC, amongst others. The leading operator in Nigeria’s telecoms market should not be allowed to set the precedent of wilful violation of regulatory guidelines. In this particular instance, the operator should not be let off lightly because a multi-level stakeholder meeting involving institutions such as the Directorate of Military Intelligence, the Department of State Security, the Office of the National Security Adviser, the NCC and other network operators had taken a collective decision on an issue of urgent national importance. The culture of nonchalance needs to be discouraged and loudly so. While industrial arbitration may be resorted to for an amicable resolution, the guilty operator must be made to feel the consequence of its indiscretion. In fact, it is only appropriate that the opportunity be used to settle the accounts of all previous infractions and violations or regulatory guidelines, and to give an undertaking that there is repentance, going forward. As one newspaper columnist and civil society activist has proposed, any consideration beyond a 10 percent rebate is unacceptable. If other operators could comply with the directive, MTN has no excuses. And if it left off the hook lightly, other operators might just as well be encouraged to reactivate the subscribers they had disconnected in complying with the directive. Kudos, NCC. •Wahab writes from Ibadan, Oyo State.

of the university, what would be his debut, Ajibefun shared fixated vision of building on what is on ground, consolidating on the past achievements and taking the university to greater heights. His work-plan, convictions and thoughts, he highlighted, with the certitude one could liken to a sailor with lucid compass, readying to sojourn through the curves and curls. Professor Ajibefun resumed office at a time of global financial strains but he has, despite obvious challenges, placed the welfare of the staff above other contending priorities. Not sacrificing other pivotal projects, he is building a Student’s Relaxation Centre (at 32 per cent completion), Technical School Building (at 52 per cent completion), lecture theatre (40 per cent completion), 650 capacity Lecture Theatre (at 57 per cent percent completion). Ajibefun has started the procurement and installation for the 650 capacity Lecture Theatre, opening the University’s land-scape by bush-clearing the Eastern and Southern parts of the school. He has received the financial nod of TETFUND to construct the Faculty of Education Building, Faculty of Arts Administrative Building, two 300 capacity Lecture Theatres, 900 capacity Lecture Theatre, to provide furniture and install gadgets for the university’s new Lecture Theatre. Part of his plans is to regularise the university’s academic calendar. Adekunle Ajasin University has enjoyed stable and unbroken academic calendar in the last five years. But Professor Ajibefun is prepared to do more. He wants the calendar reversed to September-July in tune with university convention the world over. The Vice Chancellor has great plans up his sleeves. Such is not out of place where excellence is a goal. Lofty and laudable as Professor Ajibefun’s planned reforms appear on paper, stakeholders need to get prepared for probable tough decisions. •Ikuesewo-Akinbami writes from Akungba-Akoko.

society

Friday, 20 November, 2015

...celebrating the people

Nigerian Tribune

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@ the public presentation of the book on Our Saviour’s church, ‘From Colonial to Cosmopolitan’...

From left, C.E.O Channels TV, John Momoh, Rev. Akos Okoro and vicar’s warden, Rotimi Akinyemi

From left, Diocesan Bishop of Lagos and Dean Emeritus, Church of Nigeria (Anglican communion), Most Rev. Dr. E.A. Ademowo, Senator Daisy Danjuma, Rt. Rev. George Bako, former Head of State, General Dr Yakubu Gowon unveiling the book while others watch.

From left, Venerable Samuel .B.Akinola, Mrs Josephine A. Akinola and book reviewer, Professor Abednego Ekoko.

From left, The Most Rev. Dr. E.A. Ademowo, General (Dr ) Yakubu gowon, Senator Daisy Danjuma and chief launcher and Chairman, Island Club, Mr Oladipo Okpeseyi.

From left, Rev. Canon Henry Adenegan and Chief Olufemi Mejekodunmi.

From left, Rt. Rev. Akin Odejide and Mrs George Bako (third left).

From left, The Vicar, Our Saviour’s Church,Ven. S. Igein Isemede and his wife Mrs Toyin Isemede.

FGN (see Table II) State (see Table III) LGCs (see Table IV) 13% Derivation Fund

Beneficiaries

S/n

321,995,932,633.64

Statutory =N= 151,343,038,491.78 76,763,211,626.81 59,181,218,544.62 27,504,847,951.99 2,965,552,383.02 1,552,340,156.12 2,685,723,479.30

NNPC Refund to FG =N= 6,330,393,548.39 6,330,393,548.39

Exchange Gain Difference =N= 2,432,357,406.53 1,233,724,181.90 951,149,631.26 594,256,776.24 -

5,211,487,995.93

134,063,244,811.96 2,872,874,686.63 1,436,437,343.32 4,826,429,473.54 2,849,929,058.14 146,048,915,373.59

=N=

Net Statutory Allocation

4=2 - 3

2,239,357,141.55 46,172,312.20 23,086,156.10 77,569,484.49 46,172,312.20 2,432,357,406.53

=N=

Exchange Gain Difference

5,828,095,806.70 120,166,923.85 60,083,461.92 201,880,432.07 120,166,923.85 6,330,393,548.39

=N=

NNPC Refund to FG

7,580,027,319.29 541,430,522.81 8,121,457,842.09

=N=

VAT

Table II

149,710,725,079.50 3,039,213,922.68 1,519,606,961.34 5,105,879,390.10 3,557,698,816.99 162,933,124,170.61

=N=

Total Net Amount

8 (4 + 5+ 6 + 7)

389,936,826,970.27

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry Of Finance, Abuja. Nigeria.

...............................

The above information is also available on the Federal Ministry of Finance website www.fmf.gov.ng and Office of Accountant-General of the Federation website www.oagf.gov.ng. In addition, you would find on these websites details of the Capital and Recurrent allocations to all arms of Government including Federal Ministries and Agencies. The Budget Office website www.budgetoffice.gov.ng also contains information about the Budget.

5,271,177,489.70 22,945,628.49 5,294,123,118.19

=N=

139,334,422,301.66 2,872,874,686.63 1,436,437,343.32 4,826,429,473.54 2,872,874,686.63 151,343,038,491.78

Less Deductions

Gross Statutory Allocation

56,399,012,792.31

2,255,960,511.69

Total =N= 168,227,247,288.80 105,068,461,949.02 79,082,436,474.10 28,099,104,728.23 2,965,552,383.02 1,552,340,156.12 4,941,683,990.99

Table I

VAT =N= 8,121,457,842.09 27,071,526,140.31 18,950,068,298.22

Distribution of Revenue Allocation to FGN by Federation Account Allocation Committee for the Month of September, 2015 Shared in October, 2015

Check!!

1 FGN (CRF Account) 2 Share of Derivation & Ecology 3 Stabilization 4 Development of Natural Resources 5 FCT-Abuja Sub-total

9 Total

Cost of Collection - NCS Cost of Collection - DPR Cost of Collection - FIRS ADD TRANSFER TO EXCESS 8 REVENUE and SUBSIDY ACCTS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

S/n

Summary of Gross Revenue Allocation by Federation Account Allocation Committee for the Month of September, 2015 Shared in October, 2015

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

22 Friday, 20 November, 2015

21 KEBBI

22 KOGI

23 KWARA

24 LAGOS

25 NASSARAWA

26 NIGER

27 OGUN

28 ONDO

29 OSUN

30 OYO

31 PLATEAU

32 RIVERS

33 SOKOTO

34 TARABA

35 YOBE

36 ZAMFARA

0.00

76,763,211,626.81

2,014,446,785.24

2,010,165,719.22

1,949,967,056.73

2,230,976,938.76

2,183,145,920.43

2,113,887,817.71

2,270,475,828.90

1,846,210,221.50

1,884,412,803.01

1,880,686,951.53

2,397,849,818.67

1,866,822,060.79

2,711,832,195.08

1,801,948,058.73

2,237,343,558.40

2,137,525,173.58

2,488,373,409.73

3,210,922,312.81

2,652,314,771.53

2,263,808,337.16

2,104,707,666.77

1,906,741,401.32

2,035,790,516.64

1,810,017,817.68

1,892,826,821.11

1,811,039,776.87

2,515,083,940.59

2,270,224,996.08

1,791,152,467.87

27,504,847,951.99

4,691,810,129.24

1,177,672,385.94

225,686,405.65

818,905,905.12

6,852,489,946.21

4,075,819,104.08

9,404,407,115.32

104,268,059,578.80

2,014,446,785.24

2,010,165,719.22

1,949,967,056.73

2,230,976,938.76

6,874,956,049.68

2,113,887,817.71

2,270,475,828.90

1,846,210,221.50

3,062,085,188.95

1,880,686,951.53

2,397,849,818.67

1,866,822,060.79

2,711,832,195.08

1,801,948,058.73

2,237,343,558.40

2,137,525,173.58

2,488,373,409.73

3,210,922,312.81

2,652,314,771.53

2,263,808,337.16

2,330,394,072.42

1,906,741,401.32

2,035,790,516.64

1,810,017,817.68

2,711,732,726.23

1,811,039,776.87

8,907,892,925.07

2,035,614,829.34

2,515,083,940.59

2,270,224,996.08

5,866,971,571.95

2,421,406,364.38

2,012,750,564.69

11,439,674,847.31

2,016,528,293.04

2,153,596,680.50

=N=

Gross Total

6=4+5

1,470,608,306.54

0.00

15,845,287.55

23,859,115.36

11,261,467.46

22,112,425.47

26,034,815.95

12,375,064.50

68,547,813.45

59,589,105.17

31,772,680.64

45,263,062.46

19,798,421.47

16,173,086.07

332,597,566.97

16,858,507.54

15,884,102.50

23,984,392.30

66,107,061.75

24,611,921.63

110,674,396.98

14,023,883.71

28,166,592.54

21,214,806.95

25,791,432.48

25,674,526.04

30,994,228.04

19,664,731.60

13,440,317.17

146,582,035.77

11,553,061.14

13,766,429.78

18,040,190.54

32,206,763.25

19,471,259.86

74,089,239.58

16,848,426.46

15,730,086.41

External Debt =N=

11,349,953,667.18

0.00

488,822,936.86

0.00

609,914,612.08

99,912,935.00

945,881,467.00

725,882,360.59

0.00

503,071,387.00

101,637,860.22

2,000,000,000.00

0.00

246,132,000.00

0.00

358,424,768.53

499,551,677.82

0.00

499,654,808.01

520,000,000.00

0.00

1,098,907,642.20

633,134,951.92

0.00

472,247,451.38

1,241,107,428.57

305,669,380.00

0.00

Contractual Obligation (ISPO) =N=

8 Deductions

12,970,074,816.71

333,116,122.38

331,447,307.78

63,855,642.34

1,702,188,295.85

423,618,908.77

375,908,190.74

1,399,460,245.87

342,122,965.17

1,012,003,525.61

51,296,116.67

68,663,042.04

297,523,580.44

10,759,110.04

130,371,403.07

130,938,668.93

518,852,140.82

210,846,399.51

108,615,209.44

357,679,220.25

404,462,404.00

29,698,868.17

1,244,752,346.03

451,535,110.09

391,294,530.12

939,343,022.45

190,145,951.84

17,049,006.47

850,814,293.88

305,164,842.37

276,548,345.57

Other Deductions (see Note) =N=

78,477,422,788.37

1,176,662,438.45

1,986,306,603.86

1,607,258,281.49

2,145,008,870.95

5,146,732,937.88

1,067,979,232.36

1,726,106,889.71

(558,720,596.54)

1,962,307,182.55

823,420,363.46

1,823,683,893.53

1,680,348,072.46

379,234,628.11

1,487,565,970.75

1,964,568,345.86

1,983,169,378.21

2,291,327,679.05

3,186,310,391.18

1,827,980,958.14

32,375,817.26

32,307,012.76

31,339,510.96

35,855,849.96

136,118,500.59

33,974,015.20

36,490,668.84

29,671,950.23

56,025,566.19

30,226,053.88

38,537,800.12

30,003,219.91

43,584,066.97

28,960,576.92

35,958,173.10

34,353,910.42

39,992,678.58

51,605,351.31

42,627,513.91

36,383,510.14

2,249,784,453.45 2,541,640,374.55

38,738,576.00

30,644,796.19

32,718,849.78

29,090,272.59

47,880,206.52

29,106,697.33

181,550,682.63

32,716,026.16

40,421,965.30

36,486,637.50

115,010,198.40

38,916,396.57

32,348,555.92

237,429,944.87

32,409,270.87

36,120,134.26

1,424,950,570.53

1,175,128,517.04

1,901,383,874.72

927,009,263.38

1,756,276,094.19

1,761,676,177.10

6,550,792,619.67

804,362,731.56

2,503,530,879.45

1,392,916,584.80

3,668,480,930.39

1,893,384,269.29

1,976,230,298.36

10,514,771,313.85

1,694,515,024.21

1,861,318,248.52

=N=

Exchange Gain

=N=

10=6-(7+8+9) Net Statutory Allocation

27,071,526,140.31

591,292,784.43

529,718,312.92

526,297,387.12

599,692,889.46

817,752,754.81

578,915,672.49

805,405,040.37

584,923,427.32

589,701,668.40

622,054,536.69

614,883,187.12

496,461,041.82

5,447,144,654.93

522,984,321.73

584,038,630.79

576,259,405.63

751,811,712.50

1,021,848,196.01

752,848,206.88

671,636,377.86

613,681,671.69

540,763,432.08

611,765,123.80

519,646,358.65

574,467,828.49

512,529,405.84

635,314,095.58

551,738,632.54

625,640,156.64

630,273,326.64

512,750,425.85

660,572,091.29

629,209,303.27

616,493,075.16

579,126,700.69

571,884,302.83

=N=

Gross VAT Allocation

133,167,566,677.25

2,638,115,386.94

2,572,191,044.90

2,507,603,954.81

2,866,525,678.18

7,828,827,305.07

2,726,777,505.40

3,112,371,538.12

2,460,805,599.05

3,707,812,423.53

2,532,967,542.10

3,051,270,805.91

2,393,286,322.52

8,202,560,916.98

2,353,892,957.38

2,857,340,362.29

2,748,138,489.63

3,280,177,800.81

4,284,375,860.14

3,447,790,492.32

2,971,828,225.16

2,982,814,320.11

2,478,149,629.58

2,680,274,490.22

2,358,754,448.92

3,334,080,761.24

2,352,675,880.04

9,724,757,703.28

2,620,069,488.03

3,181,146,062.54

2,936,984,960.22

6,494,732,196.20

3,120,894,852.24

2,674,308,423.88

12,293,597,867.34

2,628,064,264.60

2,761,601,117.59

=N=

Total Gross Amount

13=6+11+12

107,376,929,886.82

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

1,800,331,040.15

2,548,331,929.54

2,164,895,179.57

2,780,557,610.37

6,100,604,193.27

1,680,868,920.05

2,568,002,598.93

55,874,781.01

2,608,034,417.13

1,475,700,954.03

2,477,104,880.77

2,206,812,334.19

5,869,963,350.01

2,039,510,869.40

2,584,565,149.75

2,593,782,694.26

3,083,132,070.13

4,259,763,938.51

3,337,116,095.34

2,957,804,341.45

2,077,370,818.22

1,746,536,745.30

2,545,867,848.30

1,475,745,894.62

2,378,624,129.20

2,303,312,280.27

7,367,657,397.88

1,388,817,390.25

3,169,593,001.40

2,059,676,548.94

4,296,241,554.64

2,592,872,757.15

2,637,788,157.55

11,368,694,333.88

2,306,050,995.77

2,469,322,685.61

=N=

Total Net Amount

14=10+11+12

Note : * Other Deductions cover; National Water Rehabilitation Projects, National Agricultural Technology Support Programme, Payment for Fertilizer, State Water Supply Project, State Agricultural Project and National Fadama Project

Total (States)

CHECK!!

20 KATSINA

37 FCT

19 KANO

16 IMO

15 GOMBE

14 ENUGU

18 KADUNA

13 EKITI

17 JIGAWA

12 EDO

2,055,402,978.86

9 CROSS RIVER

8 BORNO

10 DELTA

7 BENUE

11 EBONYI

2,035,614,829.34

6 BAYELSA

2,012,750,564.69

2,421,406,364.38

2,035,267,731.99

4 ANAMBRA

3 AKWA IBOM

2,016,528,293.04

5 BAUCHI

2 ADAMAWA

258,056,960.43

=N=

1,895,539,720.07

=N=

1 ABIA

Beneficiaries

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13% Share of Derivation (Net)

Gross Statutory Allocation

No. of LGCs

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Table III

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Beneficiaries

ABIA ADAMAWA AKWA IBOM ANAMBRA BAUCHI BAYELSA BENUE BORNO CROSS RIVER DELTA EBONYI EDO EKITI ENUGU GOMBE IMO JIGAWA KADUNA KANO KATSINA KEBBI KOGI KWARA LAGOS NASSARAWA NIGER OGUN ONDO OSUN OYO PLATEAU RIVERS SOKOTO TARABA YOBE ZAMFARA FCT, ABUJA Total LGCs

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

17 21 31 21 20 8 23 27 18 25 13 18 16 17 11 27 27 23 44 34 21 21 16 20 13 25 20 18 30 33 17 23 23 16 17 14 6

3 No. of LGCs

=N= 1,228,375,380.92 1,549,419,242.44 2,063,735,382.79 1,557,792,468.29 1,768,402,719.22 719,804,636.16 1,924,295,851.96 2,089,208,629.76 1,346,847,002.08 1,725,791,265.73 996,310,611.40 1,320,463,905.51 1,048,496,226.74 1,341,610,959.34 919,272,766.36 1,798,057,124.38 1,889,028,301.96 2,124,391,197.72 3,382,212,859.26 2,574,936,219.86 1,625,061,146.16 1,679,619,727.87 1,188,506,889.10 2,024,616,955.14 1,060,352,989.44 1,962,631,590.87 1,400,134,280.76 1,337,216,802.84 1,811,293,968.58 2,284,806,016.36 1,432,267,240.36 1,775,374,644.88 1,788,077,052.67 1,340,169,733.09 1,347,423,217.66 1,217,486,949.88 537,726,587.06 59,181,218,544.62

4 Gross Statutory Allocation

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Exchange Gain Difference =N= 19,742,222.61 24,901,980.35 33,167,974.51 25,036,553.29 28,421,442.40 11,568,567.38 30,926,928.09 33,577,375.84 21,646,276.66 27,736,598.98 16,012,520.42 21,222,252.39 16,851,238.01 21,562,123.94 14,774,382.38 28,898,042.54 30,360,114.53 34,142,823.59 54,358,301.38 41,383,900.10 26,117,683.08 26,994,538.54 19,101,463.56 32,539,270.36 17,041,797.71 31,543,053.01 22,502,699.97 21,491,501.87 29,110,782.65 36,720,980.97 23,019,134.97 28,533,493.91 28,737,644.66 21,538,960.82 21,655,537.49 19,567,225.75 8,642,242.55 951,149,631.26

(279,076,997.04) (61,523,260.88) (107,967,114.70) (3,163,868.24) (39,238,127.25) (115,776,950.32) (47,177,126.82) (82,028,645.40) (167,377,162.80) (903,329,253.45)

Deduction =N=

Value Added Tax =N= 340,321,128.63 395,770,216.10 544,877,041.72 431,584,463.95 440,584,978.94 188,322,046.53 456,937,593.06 502,769,995.95 341,374,274.07 483,475,821.93 252,671,990.43 356,718,685.84 294,949,510.03 366,169,635.47 245,658,971.99 494,397,867.33 530,560,713.38 540,181,849.20 974,818,631.03 672,339,781.26 394,613,723.34 399,358,836.58 296,775,430.43 3,220,112,833.34 241,286,294.98 470,711,385.27 412,077,517.48 367,016,495.11 511,050,276.84 689,482,070.07 346,756,200.07 571,333,495.40 435,742,838.49 298,189,160.92 312,540,608.19 317,704,132.33 810,831,802.55 18,950,068,298.22

8 (4+5+6+7 )

=N= 1,588,438,732.15 1,970,091,438.88 2,641,780,399.03 2,014,413,485.53 2,237,409,140.56 919,695,250.06 2,133,083,376.07 2,625,556,001.55 1,709,867,552.81 2,237,003,686.64 1,203,471,861.38 1,698,404,843.74 1,360,296,974.78 1,729,342,718.75 1,071,739,006.03 2,321,353,034.25 2,449,949,129.87 2,698,715,870.51 4,411,389,791.68 3,288,659,901.22 2,045,792,552.57 2,105,973,102.99 1,504,383,783.09 5,274,105,190.60 1,279,442,954.88 2,464,886,029.15 1,718,937,547.90 1,678,547,672.99 2,269,426,382.67 2,843,631,904.60 1,802,042,575.40 2,375,241,634.19 2,252,557,535.82 1,659,897,854.84 1,681,619,363.34 1,554,758,307.97 1,357,200,632.16 78,179,107,220.64

Total Net Amount

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

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DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN OCTOBER, 2015 State

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 ABA NORTH 2 ABA SOUTH 3 AROCHUKWU 4 BENDE 5 IKWUANO 6 ISIALA NGWA NORTH 7 ISIALA NGWA SOUTH 8 ISUIKWUATO 9 NNEOCHI ABIA 10 OBIOMA NGWA 11 OHAFIA 12 OSISIOMA 13 UGWUNAGBO 14 UKWA EAST 15 UKWA WEST 16 UMUAHIA NORTH 17 UMUAHIA SOUTH ABIA TOTAL 1 DEMSA 2 FUFORE 3 GANYE 4 GIREI 5 GOMBI 6 GUYUK 7 HONG 8 JADA 9 YOLA-NORTH 10 LAMURDE 11 MADAGALI ADAMAWA 12 MAIHA 13 MAYO-BELWA 14 MICHIKA 15 MUBI NORTH 16 MUBI SOUTH 17 NUMAN 18 SHELLENG 19 SONG 20 TOUNGO 21 YOLA-SOUTH ADAMAWA TOTAL 1 ABAK 2 EASTERN OBOLO 3 EKET 4 EKPE ATAI 5 ESSIEN UDIM 6 ETIM EKPO 7 ETINAN 8 IBENO 9 IBESIKPO ASUTAN 10 IBIONO IBOM 11 IKA 12 IKONO 13 IKOT ABASI 14 IKOT EKPENE 15 INI 16 ITU AKWA IBOM 17 MBO 18 MKPAT ENIN 19 NSIT IBOM 20 NSIT UBIUM 21 OBAT AKARA 22 OKOBO 23 ONNA 24 ORON 25 ORUK ANAM 26 UDUNG UKO 27 UKANAFUN 28 UQUO 29 URUAN 30 URUE OFFONG/ORUK 31 UYO AKWA IBOM TOTAL 1 AGUATA 2 ANAMBRA EAST 3 ANAMBRA WEST 4 ANIOCHA 5 AWKA NORTH 6 AWKA SOUTH 7 AYAMELUM 8 DUNUKOFIA 9 EKWUSIGWO 10 IDEMILI NORTH 11 IDEMILI SOUTH ANAMBRA 12 IHIALA 13 NJIKOKA 14 NNEWI NORTH 15 NNEWI SOUTH 16 OGBARU 17 ONISHA NORTH 18 ONISHA SOUTH 19 ORUMBA NORTH 20 ORUMBA SOUTH 21 OYI ANAMBRA TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N= 62,930,675.93 104,991,634.76 73,873,174.62 75,268,764.04 68,509,316.74 70,752,415.93 68,648,794.17 66,936,854.97 72,215,334.34 73,283,952.20 80,141,863.61 77,162,367.95 58,922,886.19 55,674,079.15 57,973,024.13 86,419,084.04 74,671,158.15 1,228,375,380.92 76,577,709.24 93,550,958.54 79,658,668.00 69,742,311.60 69,012,516.53 73,784,324.93 80,368,820.42 84,072,490.47 73,096,847.46 65,448,614.00 66,510,426.09 65,117,988.86 75,505,708.04 73,198,312.25 69,848,802.06 65,072,888.62 61,842,476.16 70,057,344.56 88,182,434.15 75,553,021.99 73,216,578.47 1,549,419,242.44 70,305,223.91 54,894,211.94 72,475,911.09 55,561,017.89 74,664,884.64 65,078,857.74 73,810,759.13 59,140,801.24 68,634,946.16 74,671,643.98 57,469,364.91 67,975,931.82 67,995,097.16 70,126,827.72 64,067,729.47 65,416,379.26 61,062,301.51 75,864,084.21 63,302,961.32 66,605,269.97 69,279,154.78 59,547,246.79 62,178,909.51 63,688,690.87 75,039,386.56 55,897,342.43 68,586,495.64 55,917,248.16 72,925,068.39 60,341,904.07 91,209,730.49 2,063,735,382.79 102,590,672.21 67,469,464.91 69,406,999.57 83,891,899.36 63,713,168.26 73,348,063.95 67,977,108.86 60,779,981.72 67,507,563.11 106,799,398.38 74,225,710.85 90,748,383.86 66,676,899.22 66,110,542.33 79,347,127.10 75,818,425.25 63,514,898.14 65,813,002.42 71,072,454.53 71,923,526.94 69,057,177.32 1,557,792,468.29

Exchange Gain Difference =N= 1,011,410.22 1,687,406.19 1,187,276.04 1,209,705.70 1,101,069.11 1,137,119.78 1,103,310.76 1,075,796.79 1,160,631.54 1,177,806.17 1,288,025.25 1,240,139.35 946,997.76 894,783.53 931,731.75 1,388,911.58 1,200,101.08 19,742,222.61 1,230,742.82 1,503,533.75 1,280,259.42 1,120,885.57 1,109,156.44 1,185,848.06 1,291,672.86 1,351,197.56 1,174,799.05 1,051,878.06 1,068,943.30 1,046,564.31 1,213,513.82 1,176,429.78 1,122,597.07 1,045,839.47 993,920.87 1,125,948.72 1,417,251.82 1,214,274.24 1,176,723.35 24,901,980.35 1,129,932.59 882,249.65 1,164,819.48 892,966.43 1,200,000.26 1,045,935.40 1,186,272.91 950,500.05 1,103,088.20 1,200,108.89 923,637.04 1,092,496.64 1,092,804.66 1,127,065.44 1,029,684.73 1,051,359.98 981,382.05 1,219,273.57 1,017,393.52 1,070,467.62 1,113,441.80 957,032.37 999,327.97 1,023,592.90 1,206,019.18 898,371.78 1,102,309.51 898,691.70 1,172,038.25 969,803.96 1,465,905.97 33,167,974.51 1,648,818.37 1,084,356.80 1,115,496.50 1,348,295.14 1,023,986.29 1,178,836.56 1,092,515.56 976,844.66 1,084,969.11 1,716,460.24 1,192,941.94 1,458,491.29 1,071,618.83 1,062,516.45 1,275,252.39 1,218,539.75 1,020,799.73 1,057,734.44 1,142,263.38 1,155,941.66 1,109,874.22 25,036,553.29

Deduction =N=

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Value Added Tax =N= 17,613,760.10 30,462,872.84 20,161,049.46 21,050,720.27 18,852,719.60 19,492,039.76 18,721,492.65 17,896,196.56 19,906,068.71 20,617,277.36 23,204,653.70 22,168,484.72 16,603,665.92 15,638,938.66 16,844,796.97 22,210,236.90 18,876,154.44 340,321,128.63 20,039,835.90 21,137,902.09 19,383,335.61 17,998,690.23 18,666,156.56 19,939,679.40 19,587,994.42 19,561,472.85 20,770,742.81 17,300,437.75 18,194,941.74 17,235,941.19 18,938,276.83 19,026,533.14 18,854,731.84 17,955,719.60 16,403,659.33 18,773,380.07 20,545,329.76 14,832,550.64 20,622,904.34 395,770,216.10 18,089,713.90 14,899,530.26 19,448,974.93 15,470,251.74 20,265,782.49 16,722,126.80 19,316,042.15 15,502,134.49 18,008,930.73 20,142,800.37 15,402,993.36 17,797,854.76 17,802,687.94 18,251,645.76 16,469,420.49 17,600,019.27 16,665,022.16 19,671,504.32 16,851,810.39 17,648,676.00 18,463,006.04 16,666,849.84 17,451,368.50 15,992,803.88 19,452,914.58 14,604,462.54 17,600,019.27 15,027,792.31 17,245,328.78 15,330,698.72 25,013,874.95 544,877,041.72 27,497,921.88 18,690,932.28 19,262,994.06 24,038,745.32 17,036,969.07 20,141,617.60 18,897,215.69 16,377,950.65 18,889,945.61 29,959,635.51 20,898,436.85 24,735,535.66 18,493,299.86 18,863,058.50 21,953,410.57 21,475,006.89 17,537,914.05 18,013,921.43 19,465,622.12 20,066,439.30 19,287,891.04 431,584,463.95

Total Allocation =N= 81,555,846.25 137,141,913.79 95,221,500.12 97,529,190.00 88,463,105.45 91,381,575.48 88,473,597.58 85,908,848.32 93,282,034.59 95,079,035.73 104,634,542.56 100,570,992.02 76,473,549.87 72,207,801.34 75,749,552.85 110,018,232.53 94,747,413.67 1,588,438,732.15 97,848,287.97 116,192,394.39 100,322,263.03 88,861,887.40 88,787,829.53 94,909,852.39 101,248,487.70 104,985,160.88 95,042,389.32 83,800,929.81 85,774,311.14 83,400,494.35 95,657,498.68 93,401,275.17 89,826,130.97 84,074,447.68 79,240,056.36 89,956,673.35 110,145,015.73 91,599,846.87 95,016,206.16 1,970,091,438.88 89,524,870.41 70,675,991.84 93,089,705.50 71,924,236.07 96,130,667.38 82,846,919.94 94,313,074.19 75,593,435.79 87,746,965.09 96,014,553.24 73,795,995.31 86,866,283.22 86,890,589.77 89,505,538.93 81,566,834.70 84,067,758.51 78,708,705.72 96,754,862.11 81,172,165.23 85,324,413.59 88,855,602.63 77,171,128.99 80,629,605.98 80,705,087.65 95,698,320.32 71,400,176.75 87,288,824.42 71,843,732.17 91,342,435.42 76,642,406.75 117,689,511.42 2,641,780,399.03 131,737,412.46 87,244,754.00 89,785,490.13 109,278,939.82 81,774,123.62 94,668,518.10 87,966,840.11 78,134,777.03 87,482,477.83 138,475,494.13 96,317,089.64 116,942,410.81 86,241,817.91 86,036,117.28 102,575,790.06 98,511,971.90 82,073,611.92 84,884,658.29 91,680,340.04 93,145,907.90 89,454,942.58 2,014,413,485.53

State

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 ALKALERI 2 BAUCHI 3 BOGORO 4 DAMBAN 5 DARAZO 6 DASS 7 GAMAWA 8 GANJUWA 9 GIADE 10 I/GADAU BAUCHI 11 JAMA'ARE 12 KATAGUM 13 KIRFI 14 MISAU 15 NINGI 16 SHIRA 17 TAFAWA BALEWA 18 TORO 19 WARJI 20 ZAKI BAUCHI TOTAL 1 BRASS 2 EKERMOR 3 KOLOKUMA/OPOKUMA 4 NEMBE BAYELSA 5 OGBIA 6 SAGBAMA 7 SOUTHERN IJAW 8 YENAGOA BAYELSA TOTAL 1 ADO 2 AGATU 3 APA 4 BURUKU 5 GBOKO 6 GUMA 7 GWER EAST 8 GWER WEST 9 KATSINA ALA 10 KONSHISHA 11 KWANDE 12 LOGO BENUE 13 MAKURDI 14 OBI 15 OGBADIBO 16 OHIMINI 17 OJU 18 OKPOKWU 19 OTUKPO 20 TARKA 21 UKUM 22 USHONGO 23 VANDEIKYA BENUE TOTAL 1 ABADAN 2 ASKIRA UBA 3 BAMA 4 BAYO 5 BIU 6 CHIBOK 7 DAMBOA 8 DIKWA 9 GUBIO 10 GUZAMALA 11 GWOZA 12 HAWUL 13 JERE 14 KAGA BORNO 15 KALA BALGE 16 KONDUGA 17 KUKAWA 18 KWAYA KUSAR 19 MAFA 20 MAGUMERI 21 MAIDUGURI METRO 22 MARTE 23 MOBBAR 24 MONGUNO 25 NGALA 26 NGANZAI 27 SHANI BORNO TOTAL 1 ABI 2 AKAMKPA 3 AKPABUYO 4 BAKASSI 5 BEKWARA 6 BIASE 7 BOKI 8 CALABAR MUNICIPAL 9 CALABAR SOUTH CROSS RIVER 10 ETUNG 11 IKOM 12 OBANLIKU 13 OBUBRA 14 OBUDU 15 ODUKPANI 16 OGAJA 17 YAKURR 18 YALA CROSS RIVER TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N= 116,437,866.74 140,610,987.49 61,495,718.54 72,677,891.75 92,194,898.77 61,050,057.11 97,397,546.82 98,319,984.94 69,157,226.95 79,205,208.19 61,286,485.69 94,908,509.42 78,057,719.63 91,146,872.41 116,802,701.00 87,564,665.39 86,126,562.57 121,120,621.95 67,410,649.78 75,430,544.09 1,768,402,719.22 85,656,983.92 98,334,661.65 65,441,821.78 80,692,722.74 84,801,016.47 83,372,563.22 115,184,898.97 106,319,967.40 719,804,636.16 84,717,714.95 74,750,564.99 72,380,770.78 85,806,457.66 111,363,422.37 90,985,311.86 86,308,061.64 74,169,048.71 93,694,638.09 88,645,749.29 101,493,466.75 77,941,004.40 93,625,465.76 69,161,506.19 72,655,625.70 66,270,791.21 83,852,795.79 78,578,590.40 92,029,993.52 63,783,940.89 87,213,270.92 84,921,143.20 89,946,516.91 1,924,295,851.96 75,537,061.00 73,041,578.48 102,474,170.35 59,028,220.63 81,699,853.01 58,856,200.36 98,662,086.94 65,291,168.62 77,543,163.23 66,094,849.93 95,229,299.13 67,442,910.43 77,813,409.92 68,783,000.06 63,299,588.35 92,751,614.37 95,589,967.21 53,224,540.54 71,703,808.79 84,853,687.44 123,567,245.26 77,162,690.32 71,855,384.76 70,137,668.39 80,214,262.90 69,726,170.52 67,625,028.81 2,089,208,629.76 71,691,512.18 90,115,361.09 86,266,936.79 55,660,938.22 66,490,975.63 76,492,935.57 87,695,117.12 69,468,032.55 74,044,360.05 57,979,619.53 79,112,373.31 68,272,381.60 75,246,480.38 71,238,583.36 80,805,582.82 75,943,385.71 76,242,771.75 84,079,654.42 1,346,847,002.08

Exchange Gain Difference =N= 1,871,367.92 2,259,873.86 988,347.85 1,168,065.67 1,481,739.41 981,185.26 1,565,355.41 1,580,180.67 1,111,482.20 1,272,971.50 984,985.10 1,525,352.06 1,254,529.28 1,464,895.73 1,877,231.47 1,407,323.15 1,384,210.23 1,946,628.30 1,083,411.53 1,212,305.80 28,421,442.40 1,376,663.25 1,580,416.55 1,051,768.89 1,296,878.56 1,362,906.30 1,339,948.46 1,851,230.46 1,708,754.91 11,568,567.38 1,361,567.49 1,201,377.30 1,163,290.40 1,379,065.56 1,789,812.39 1,462,299.15 1,387,127.25 1,192,031.27 1,505,842.95 1,424,698.14 1,631,184.28 1,252,653.45 1,504,731.22 1,111,550.97 1,167,707.82 1,065,091.94 1,347,666.67 1,262,900.61 1,479,089.09 1,025,123.74 1,401,675.61 1,364,836.95 1,445,603.83 30,926,928.09 1,214,017.72 1,173,910.78 1,646,945.97 948,690.68 1,313,064.97 945,926.00 1,585,678.87 1,049,347.62 1,246,259.42 1,062,264.24 1,530,507.74 1,083,930.02 1,250,602.78 1,105,467.69 1,017,339.31 1,490,686.84 1,536,304.33 855,415.00 1,152,410.39 1,363,752.82 1,985,949.98 1,240,144.53 1,154,846.49 1,127,239.67 1,289,188.84 1,120,626.15 1,086,856.99 33,577,375.84 1,152,212.76 1,448,317.47 1,386,466.30 894,572.34 1,068,630.70 1,229,380.35 1,409,419.75 1,116,477.41 1,190,027.30 931,837.75 1,271,479.48 1,097,261.13 1,209,347.56 1,144,933.38 1,298,692.43 1,220,548.09 1,225,359.77 1,351,312.70 21,646,276.66

Deduction =N=

(12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (12,133,782.48) (279,076,997.04) -

Value Added Tax =N= 25,972,992.50 32,649,524.11 16,013,837.58 18,723,140.04 22,812,051.63 16,246,480.10 24,225,086.87 22,766,197.33 18,968,738.73 21,934,727.77 17,381,262.21 24,614,259.46 18,588,948.19 23,294,963.56 28,319,237.79 22,097,918.70 21,528,253.20 26,825,094.46 17,252,797.08 20,369,467.64 440,584,978.94 22,408,286.28 25,869,006.21 18,031,739.52 20,210,285.62 22,200,215.82 22,493,455.87 27,865,475.42 29,243,581.80 188,322,046.53 19,681,509.89 17,108,186.34 16,346,330.83 20,690,345.01 26,994,396.78 20,198,010.40 19,062,740.91 17,377,138.63 21,543,137.42 21,581,884.10 22,517,043.67 19,282,711.55 24,495,033.07 16,431,216.10 17,643,654.03 15,319,462.67 19,330,352.91 19,590,735.45 23,043,779.15 15,644,869.77 21,226,828.08 20,065,686.85 21,762,539.46 456,937,593.06 16,445,453.04 17,985,206.97 23,342,117.76 15,584,334.55 19,527,803.95 15,061,498.11 21,781,975.11 16,678,136.17 18,581,718.96 16,261,386.02 23,599,048.03 17,263,194.74 20,954,688.89 16,032,601.92 14,845,913.88 18,735,487.22 20,656,575.05 14,671,391.37 16,581,025.79 18,072,122.99 33,557,025.11 17,631,003.86 17,114,543.97 16,838,240.36 22,005,276.19 16,429,978.73 16,532,247.22 502,769,995.95 18,327,740.45 18,584,548.87 23,469,310.69 13,761,927.94 16,744,569.12 19,317,973.91 20,006,722.48 19,732,612.08 20,229,658.02 15,703,770.03 19,041,792.14 16,927,417.69 19,450,419.31 18,949,311.87 20,262,718.60 19,428,365.38 20,425,422.15 21,009,993.34 341,374,274.07

Total Allocation =N= 144,282,227.16 175,520,385.46 78,497,903.96 92,569,097.46 116,488,689.80 78,277,722.46 123,187,989.10 122,666,362.94 89,237,447.88 102,412,907.46 79,652,733.01 121,048,120.95 97,901,197.10 115,906,731.69 146,999,170.25 111,069,907.24 109,039,026.01 149,892,344.71 85,746,858.40 97,012,317.53 2,237,409,140.56 109,441,933.45 125,784,084.41 84,525,330.19 102,199,886.91 108,364,138.59 107,205,967.55 144,901,604.85 137,272,304.11 919,695,250.06 93,627,009.85 80,926,346.14 77,756,609.52 95,742,085.75 128,013,849.06 100,511,838.94 94,624,147.32 80,604,436.14 104,609,835.98 99,518,549.04 113,507,912.22 86,342,586.92 107,491,447.57 74,570,490.79 79,333,205.07 70,521,563.33 92,397,032.89 87,298,443.99 104,419,079.27 68,320,151.91 97,707,992.12 94,217,884.52 101,020,877.73 2,133,083,376.07 93,196,531.75 92,200,696.23 127,463,234.08 75,561,245.86 102,540,721.93 74,863,624.47 122,029,740.93 83,018,652.41 97,371,141.61 83,418,500.18 120,358,854.89 85,790,035.19 100,018,701.59 85,921,069.67 79,162,841.54 112,977,788.43 117,782,846.59 68,751,346.91 89,437,244.97 104,289,563.25 159,110,220.35 96,033,838.71 90,124,775.22 88,103,148.43 103,508,727.93 87,276,775.41 85,244,133.02 2,625,556,001.55 91,171,465.39 110,148,227.42 111,122,713.79 70,317,438.50 84,304,175.44 97,040,289.83 109,111,259.35 90,317,122.04 95,464,045.38 74,615,227.31 99,425,644.93 86,297,060.41 95,906,247.25 91,332,828.60 102,366,993.85 96,592,299.18 97,893,553.67 106,440,960.47 1,709,867,552.81

Friday, 20 November, 2015

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN OCTOBER, 2015 State

DELTA

EBONYI

EDO

EKITI

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 ANIOCHA NORTH 2 ANIOCHA SOUTH 3 BOMADI 4 BURUTU 5 ETHIOPE EAST 6 ETHIOPE WEST 7 IKA NORTH EAST 8 IKA SOUTH 9 ISOKO NORTH 10 ISOKO SOUTH 11 NDOKWA EAST 12 NDOKWA WEST 13 OKPE 14 OSHIMILI NORTH 15 OSHIMILI SOUTH 16 PATANI 17 SAPELE 18 UDU 19 UGHELLI NORTH 20 UGHELLI SOUTH 21 UKWUANI 22 UVWIE 23 WARRI SOUTH 24 WARRI NORTH 25 WARRI SOUTH-WEST DELTA TOTAL 1 ABAKALIKI 2 AFIKPO NORTH 3 AFIKPO SOUTH EDDA 4 EBONYI 5 EZZA NORTH 6 EZZA SOUTH 7 IKWO 8 ISHIELU 9 IVO 10 IZZI 11 OHAOZARA 12 OHAUKWU 13 ONICHA EBONYI TOTAL 1 AKOKO EDO 2 EGOR 3 ESAN CENTRAL 4 ESAN NORTH EAST 5 ESAN SOUTH EAST 6 ESAN WEST 7 ETSAKO CENTRAL 8 ETSAKO EAST 9 ETSAKO WEST 10 IGUEBEN 11 IKPOBA OKHA 12 OREDO 13 ORHIONWON 14 OVIA NORTH EAST 15 OVIA SOUTH WEST 16 OWAN EAST 17 OWAN WEST 18 UHUNMWODE EDO TOTAL 1 ADO EKITI 2 AIYEKIRE 3 EFON 4 EKITI EAST 5 EKITI SOUTH WEST 6 EKITI WEST 7 EMURE 8 IDO-OSI 9 IJERO 10 IKERE 11 IKOLE 12 ILEJEMEJI 13 IREPODUN/IFELODUN 14 ISE/ORUN 15 MOBA 16 OYE EKITI TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

58,877,718.58 64,174,377.16 54,858,517.05 78,841,608.50 71,733,612.67 73,479,660.88 77,901,999.26 73,267,969.99 68,939,760.38 77,090,039.15 64,779,392.89 66,810,146.84 61,196,652.68 59,933,862.81 65,035,153.98 53,708,800.16 67,650,385.91 71,127,374.49 92,890,280.83 73,635,560.99 58,399,539.02 68,618,680.74 85,273,289.66 70,174,920.33 67,391,960.77 1,725,791,265.73 76,528,084.82 71,859,751.39 72,478,364.21 69,889,395.52 69,662,600.58 72,406,748.06 84,601,769.17 74,937,993.12 67,800,929.95 94,175,198.40 73,059,712.64 80,615,780.80 88,294,282.75 996,310,611.40 91,668,230.32 87,064,871.94 57,612,420.44 59,313,684.30 71,018,937.61 60,363,529.49 60,419,050.83 70,091,135.98 77,143,898.22 56,133,506.39 96,318,836.77 99,127,406.73 77,696,782.00 74,097,495.01 80,871,319.04 70,940,946.51 58,181,209.00 72,400,644.92 1,320,463,905.51 85,072,298.34 64,734,270.40 61,723,216.62 63,732,572.04 67,505,213.41 68,815,372.45 56,704,294.21 69,855,154.34 74,742,238.54 65,266,387.75 69,943,695.74 49,083,707.98 62,210,287.72 60,707,109.24 65,109,193.54 63,291,214.42 1,048,496,226.74

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

946,271.84 1,031,398.76 881,675.97 1,267,127.79 1,152,889.39 1,180,951.56 1,252,026.57 1,177,549.30 1,107,987.12 1,238,976.89 1,041,122.46 1,073,760.36 983,541.32 963,245.99 1,045,233.00 863,197.93 1,087,264.53 1,143,146.05 1,492,915.46 1,183,457.16 938,586.62 1,102,826.78 1,370,496.59 1,127,838.38 1,083,111.17 27,736,598.98 1,229,945.27 1,154,916.67 1,164,858.90 1,123,249.48 1,119,604.47 1,163,707.90 1,359,704.03 1,204,389.61 1,089,684.04 1,513,566.42 1,174,202.23 1,295,641.96 1,419,049.43 16,012,520.42 1,473,274.89 1,399,290.57 925,936.20 953,278.60 1,141,403.27 970,151.51 971,043.84 1,126,491.81 1,239,842.51 902,167.36 1,548,018.58 1,593,157.40 1,248,728.35 1,190,881.28 1,299,748.93 1,140,149.81 935,077.66 1,163,609.81 21,222,252.39 1,367,266.29 1,040,397.26 992,004.16 1,024,298.15 1,084,931.34 1,105,987.98 911,340.96 1,122,699.16 1,201,243.48 1,048,949.35 1,124,122.18 788,864.30 999,832.27 975,673.47 1,046,422.95 1,017,204.73 16,851,238.01

Deduction =N=

(4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (4,732,558.53) (61,523,260.88) -

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Value Added Tax =N=

16,933,626.20 18,391,419.14 16,199,835.63 21,196,369.84 20,835,952.64 20,949,674.55 20,140,015.22 19,284,542.22 18,535,642.88 21,929,307.50 16,871,079.16 18,745,622.25 17,961,915.89 17,364,347.91 18,756,913.21 15,430,710.05 19,662,017.70 18,503,394.60 25,719,333.56 21,355,174.35 17,570,428.24 20,457,421.17 25,004,063.41 18,257,227.29 17,419,787.33 483,475,821.93 18,808,018.44 19,006,544.39 19,025,267.89 17,797,274.43 18,560,104.70 18,055,910.52 21,361,928.05 18,780,603.34 17,556,915.07 22,152,620.19 18,682,233.90 20,620,014.49 22,264,555.03 252,671,990.43 23,201,490.93 26,360,888.43 16,833,064.44 17,403,136.08 19,367,885.01 17,666,970.89 16,397,062.79 18,485,524.90 20,581,785.08 15,384,288.02 27,628,359.64 27,773,151.98 19,976,947.02 18,804,474.21 18,053,381.67 18,826,243.84 16,511,312.68 17,462,718.24 356,718,685.84 24,916,807.53 18,401,029.95 15,913,282.12 17,985,213.94 19,094,896.01 19,688,483.72 16,195,271.83 18,844,585.98 21,374,532.76 18,366,994.61 19,223,198.69 14,150,145.88 17,627,558.56 17,002,291.18 18,332,106.36 17,833,110.90 294,949,510.03

Total Allocation =N=

76,757,616.62 83,597,195.06 71,940,028.66 101,305,106.14 93,722,454.71 95,610,286.98 99,294,041.05 93,730,061.51 88,583,390.38 100,258,323.55 82,691,594.50 86,629,529.45 80,142,109.88 78,261,456.71 84,837,300.19 70,002,708.14 88,399,668.14 90,773,915.14 120,102,529.85 96,174,192.50 76,908,553.88 90,178,928.69 111,647,849.66 89,559,986.00 85,894,859.27 2,237,003,686.64 91,833,490.00 87,288,653.93 87,935,932.48 84,077,360.89 84,609,751.22 86,893,807.96 102,590,842.73 90,190,427.54 81,714,970.53 113,108,826.48 88,183,590.24 97,798,878.72 107,245,328.68 1,203,471,861.38 116,342,996.14 114,825,050.94 75,371,421.07 77,670,098.98 91,528,225.89 79,000,651.90 77,787,157.46 89,703,152.69 98,965,525.80 72,419,961.78 125,495,214.99 128,493,716.11 98,922,457.37 94,092,850.50 100,224,449.64 90,907,340.15 75,627,599.35 91,026,972.97 1,698,404,843.74 111,356,372.16 84,175,697.61 78,628,502.90 82,742,084.12 87,685,040.76 89,609,844.15 73,810,906.99 89,822,439.48 97,318,014.77 84,682,331.71 90,291,016.61 64,022,718.17 80,837,678.55 78,685,073.89 84,487,722.85 82,141,530.05 1,360,296,974.78

State

ENUGU

GOMBE

IMO

JIGAWA

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 AGWU 2 ANINRI 3 ENUGU EAST 4 ENUGU NORTH 5 ENUGU SOUTH 6 EZEAGU 7 IGBO ETITI 8 IGBO EZE NORTH 9 IGBO EZE SOUTH 10 ISI UZO 11 NKANU EAST 12 NKANU WEST 13 NSUKKA 14 OJI RIVER 15 UDENU 16 UDI 17 UZO UWANI ENUGU TOTAL 1 AKKO 2 BALANGA 3 BILLIRE 4 DUKKU 5 FUNAKAYE 6 GOMBE 7 KALTUNGO 8 KWAMI 9 NAFADA 10 SHOMGOM 11 YAMALTU/DEBA GOMBE TOTAL 1 ABOH MBAISE 2 AHIAZU MBAISE 3 EHIME MBANO 4 EZINIHITTE MBAISE 5 IDEATO NORTH 6 IDEATO SOUTH 7 IHITTE UBOMA 8 IKEDURU 9 ISIALA MBANO 10 ISU 11 MBAITOLI 12 NGOR/OKPALA 13 NJABA 14 NKWANGELE 15 NKWERRE 16 OBOWO 17 OGUTA 18 OHAJI/EGBEMA 19 OKIGWE 20 ONUIMO 21 ORLU 22 ORSU 23 ORU 24 ORU WEST 25 OWERRI MUNICIPAL 26 OWERRI NORTH 27 OWERRI WEST IMO TOTAL 1 AUYO 2 BABURA 3 BIRNIN KUDU 4 BIRNIWA 5 GAGARAWA 6 BUJI 7 DUTSE 8 GARKI 9 GUMEL 10 GURI 11 GWARAM 12 GWIWA 13 HADEJIA 14 JAHUN 15 KAFIN HAUSA 16 KAUGAMA 17 KAZAURE 18 KIRI-KASAMMA 19 KIYAWA 20 MAIGATARI 21 MALAM MADORI 22 MIGA 23 RINGIM 24 RONI 25 SULE TAKARKAR 26 TAURA 27 YANKWASHI JIGAWA TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

79,283,145.30 66,801,747.77 90,423,245.87 85,001,172.74 82,186,345.08 79,019,563.88 79,784,940.68 86,352,619.81 78,574,523.77 73,480,341.68 76,928,978.40 74,692,645.06 96,736,746.49 66,375,015.08 73,466,407.65 83,420,126.31 69,083,393.78 1,341,610,959.34 110,223,771.34 80,048,084.43 80,566,638.26 87,788,223.92 85,386,062.27 92,974,575.30 72,900,658.56 78,199,384.72 71,293,012.84 67,612,397.43 92,279,957.29 919,272,766.36 72,134,889.66 67,882,567.23 62,363,007.03 66,327,868.74 71,123,792.13 71,361,948.24 63,872,707.45 67,654,425.84 76,116,700.78 67,276,510.49 82,982,752.13 70,476,868.25 63,666,978.03 61,958,339.85 55,195,059.41 59,830,723.53 70,239,123.28 76,025,585.87 66,609,537.87 59,175,597.41 65,085,025.72 63,313,613.85 61,240,603.13 63,352,597.61 63,932,772.93 68,013,602.88 60,843,925.05 1,798,057,124.38 63,537,983.12 75,147,086.42 93,259,583.66 70,539,973.15 60,529,450.43 59,377,783.47 83,350,106.54 69,953,160.87 61,274,326.52 64,732,990.68 90,047,346.00 66,577,725.07 56,202,452.30 77,248,477.24 86,884,761.03 63,678,163.37 67,383,567.76 70,279,883.19 72,609,421.76 73,237,252.58 68,608,620.80 62,931,883.06 77,231,171.02 57,113,104.08 71,683,765.69 65,196,021.59 60,412,240.57 1,889,028,301.96

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

1,274,224.09 1,073,625.37 1,453,265.73 1,366,123.17 1,320,883.78 1,269,987.86 1,282,288.85 1,387,843.38 1,262,835.26 1,180,962.50 1,236,388.36 1,200,446.42 1,554,735.15 1,066,767.00 1,180,738.56 1,340,712.89 1,110,295.57 21,562,123.94 1,771,496.13 1,286,518.05 1,294,852.15 1,410,916.15 1,372,309.05 1,494,270.23 1,171,645.94 1,256,806.09 1,145,808.16 1,086,653.98 1,483,106.46 14,774,382.38 1,159,338.64 1,090,996.10 1,002,286.75 1,066,009.28 1,143,088.47 1,146,916.07 1,026,550.38 1,087,329.46 1,223,333.58 1,081,255.67 1,333,683.49 1,132,691.23 1,023,243.93 995,783.01 887,084.82 961,588.36 1,128,870.24 1,221,869.20 1,070,536.21 951,059.29 1,046,034.53 1,017,564.73 984,247.68 1,018,191.27 1,027,515.74 1,093,102.08 977,872.34 28,898,042.54 1,021,170.75 1,207,750.12 1,498,850.83 1,133,705.44 972,818.17 954,308.79 1,339,587.54 1,124,274.30 984,789.68 1,040,376.69 1,447,224.34 1,070,024.92 903,275.45 1,241,523.28 1,396,395.86 1,023,423.70 1,082,976.28 1,129,525.32 1,166,965.24 1,177,055.62 1,102,665.10 1,011,429.62 1,241,245.14 917,911.28 1,152,088.26 1,047,818.44 970,934.39 30,360,114.53

Deduction =N=

(9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (9,815,192.25) (107,967,114.70) -

Value Added Tax =N=

21,804,534.37 19,188,483.87 25,092,518.85 23,701,984.30 21,828,456.58 20,650,419.53 22,255,929.09 24,294,109.87 19,741,050.46 19,785,198.93 19,799,779.70 19,715,341.19 26,333,062.34 18,898,655.48 21,005,719.24 23,261,311.93 18,813,079.75 366,169,635.47 27,363,365.82 22,274,148.27 21,851,549.56 22,056,492.67 23,230,143.31 24,526,288.68 19,725,802.91 21,573,499.51 19,253,857.02 19,795,457.58 24,008,366.65 245,658,971.99 20,338,328.09 19,333,107.71 17,709,686.95 19,117,482.87 18,825,583.11 18,885,408.96 17,295,942.31 18,456,393.08 20,463,584.65 19,071,791.03 22,040,216.97 18,887,561.55 18,285,566.54 17,609,814.76 15,647,299.65 17,189,124.95 18,200,193.88 19,805,703.45 17,762,730.10 16,422,842.41 18,188,374.93 17,265,846.62 16,933,575.59 17,163,862.44 17,558,680.51 19,515,590.75 16,423,573.48 494,397,867.33 18,470,122.90 21,560,921.73 25,836,540.31 18,889,594.26 16,374,106.41 17,063,626.67 23,105,996.22 19,291,844.87 17,461,247.18 17,780,358.96 24,179,815.28 18,166,160.51 17,398,984.44 22,413,551.69 24,117,918.07 18,305,835.37 19,667,980.06 20,887,606.84 20,131,762.35 20,408,025.34 19,664,690.25 18,324,843.18 20,907,954.94 16,269,522.88 18,423,334.46 18,460,212.85 16,998,155.35 530,560,713.38

Total Allocation =N=

102,361,903.76 87,063,857.01 116,969,030.45 110,069,280.21 105,335,685.44 100,939,971.26 103,323,158.62 112,034,573.06 99,578,409.49 94,446,503.11 97,965,146.46 95,608,432.67 124,624,543.97 86,340,437.56 95,652,865.45 108,022,151.12 89,006,769.09 1,729,342,718.75 129,543,441.04 93,793,558.50 93,897,847.72 101,440,440.49 100,173,322.38 109,179,941.97 83,982,915.17 91,214,498.07 81,877,485.77 78,679,316.75 107,956,238.16 1,071,739,006.03 93,632,556.40 88,306,671.05 81,074,980.73 86,511,360.88 91,092,463.71 91,394,273.27 82,195,200.14 87,198,148.38 97,803,619.00 87,429,557.19 106,356,652.59 90,497,121.03 82,975,788.50 80,563,937.61 71,729,443.88 77,981,436.84 89,568,187.40 97,053,158.51 85,442,804.17 76,549,499.11 84,319,435.18 81,597,025.20 79,158,426.40 81,534,651.32 82,518,969.18 88,622,295.72 78,245,370.87 2,321,353,034.25 83,029,276.77 97,915,758.27 120,594,974.81 90,563,272.85 77,876,375.00 77,395,718.93 107,795,690.31 90,369,280.04 79,720,363.38 83,553,726.33 115,674,385.62 85,813,910.50 74,504,712.18 100,903,552.21 112,399,074.96 83,007,422.44 88,134,524.10 92,297,015.36 93,908,149.35 94,822,333.54 89,375,976.15 82,268,155.85 99,380,371.10 74,300,538.23 91,259,188.42 84,704,052.87 78,381,330.30 2,449,949,129.87

Friday, 20 November, 2015

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN OCTOBER, 2015 State

KADUNA

KANO

S/n

Local Government Councils

1 BIRNIN GWARI 2 CHIKUN 3 GIWA 4 GWAGWADA 5 IGABI 6 IKARA 7 JABA 8 JEMA'A 9 KACHIA 10 KADUNA NORTH 11 KADUNA SOUTH 12 KAGARKO 13 KAURA 14 KAURU 15 KUBAU 16 KUDAN 17 LERE 18 MAKARFI 19 SABON GARI 20 SANGA 21 SOBA 22 ZANGON KATAF 23 ZARIA KADUNA TOTAL 1 AJINGI 2 ALBASU 3 BAGWAI 4 BEBEJI 5 BICHI 6 BUNKURE 7 DALA 8 DANBATTA 9 DAWAKIN KUDU 10 DAWAKIN TOFA 11 DOGUWA 12 FAGGE 13 GABASAWA 14 GARKO 15 GARUN MALLAM 16 GAYA 17 GEZAWA 18 GWALE 19 GWARZO 20 KABO 21 KANO MUNICIPAL 22 KARAYE 23 KIBIYA 24 KIRU 25 KUMBOTSO

26 KUNCHI 27 KURA 28 MADOBI 29 MAKODA 30 MINJIBIR 31 NASSARAWA 32 RANO 33 RIMIN GADO 34 ROGO 35 SHANONO 36 SUMAILA 37 TAKAI 38 TARAUNI 39 TOFA 40 TSANYAWA 41 TUDUN WADA 42 UNGOGO 43 WARAWA 44 WUDIL KANO TOTAL 1 BAKORI 2 BATAGARAWA 3 BATSARI 4 BAURE 5 BINDAWA 6 CHARANCHI 7 DAN-MUSA 8 DANDUME 9 DANJA 10 DAURA 11 DUTSI 12 DUTSINMA 13 FASKARI 14 FUNTUA 15 INGAWA 16 JIBIA 17 KAFUR KATSINA 18 KAITA 19 KANKARA 20 KANKIA 21 KATSINA 22 KURFI 23 KUSADA 24 MAIADUA 25 MALUMFASHI 26 MANI 27 MASHI 28 MATAZU 29 MUSAWA 30 RIMI 31 SABUWA 32 SAFANA 33 SANDAMU 34 ZANGO KATSINA TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N= 113,109,131.28 115,012,343.93 95,181,899.25 73,288,700.74 120,483,315.51 80,712,953.19 70,381,536.43 93,778,782.65 103,447,752.34 97,727,184.00 104,339,056.18 90,167,106.30 78,117,868.31 80,435,763.67 93,112,270.62 72,221,001.35 100,489,965.27 67,590,969.43 89,186,197.95 74,776,122.25 95,312,277.75 106,635,223.31 108,883,776.02 2,124,391,197.72 69,872,909.88 71,568,222.66 65,256,119.02 70,793,867.52 85,804,497.91 68,360,865.57 110,341,872.61 75,177,659.74 80,813,066.03 81,379,057.85 75,427,139.58 73,894,755.09 77,209,571.59 68,871,284.32 68,511,897.30 74,045,662.42 84,555,013.46 101,658,097.27 69,892,453.14 67,346,033.56 98,123,866.77 65,305,245.65 65,906,370.41 85,027,147.77 86,878,891.39

66,620,456.34 65,243,657.85 65,302,717.88 77,394,557.76 78,000,013.66 134,859,956.51 67,548,374.48 66,850,670.58 80,021,945.80 66,025,818.28 83,567,742.85 73,385,875.15 76,310,568.84 60,075,764.05 66,235,663.34 81,670,925.20 95,487,333.44 62,315,222.07 73,274,026.65 3,382,212,859.26 74,457,133.62 76,723,711.01 83,468,149.29 78,259,691.12 73,189,887.21 68,460,702.35 68,684,742.21 73,540,743.75 68,977,721.16 83,165,993.46 68,638,317.10 76,234,652.46 83,078,488.54 82,884,233.89 72,379,104.18 81,540,511.16 84,173,142.50 80,576,839.45 88,361,695.05 70,364,405.20 96,910,382.42 68,190,310.48 64,421,766.97 78,368,113.91 77,985,684.02 73,975,025.66 75,528,669.36 63,618,899.51 76,124,038.27 68,668,464.36 71,146,548.64 76,338,786.16 73,986,664.12 72,513,001.28 2,574,936,219.86

Exchange Gain Difference =N= 1,817,869.10 1,848,457.18 1,529,745.93 1,177,882.48 1,936,385.63 1,297,203.70 1,131,159.08 1,507,195.30 1,662,593.20 1,570,653.28 1,676,918.07 1,449,149.11 1,255,495.97 1,292,748.76 1,496,483.24 1,160,722.62 1,615,056.19 1,086,309.60 1,433,384.13 1,201,788.05 1,531,841.35 1,713,821.65 1,749,959.97 34,142,823.59 1,122,984.52 1,150,231.28 1,048,784.31 1,137,785.98 1,379,034.07 1,098,683.23 1,773,394.23 1,208,241.48 1,298,812.70 1,307,909.21 1,212,251.08 1,187,622.88 1,240,898.00 1,106,886.58 1,101,110.58 1,190,048.23 1,358,952.58 1,633,830.19 1,123,298.62 1,082,373.03 1,577,028.69 1,049,573.87 1,059,235.03 1,366,540.64 1,396,301.52

1,070,711.69 1,048,584.04 1,049,533.24 1,243,871.06 1,253,601.84 2,167,444.35 1,085,625.02 1,074,411.65 1,286,097.96 1,061,154.78 1,343,085.35 1,179,444.25 1,226,449.39 965,526.60 1,064,527.37 1,312,600.05 1,534,654.82 1,001,518.76 1,177,646.64 54,358,301.38 1,196,661.32 1,233,089.34 1,341,484.70 1,257,775.32 1,176,294.37 1,100,287.78 1,103,888.51 1,181,933.27 1,108,597.21 1,336,628.51 1,103,142.38 1,225,229.28 1,335,222.15 1,332,100.12 1,163,263.62 1,310,504.06 1,352,815.22 1,295,016.11 1,420,132.87 1,130,883.75 1,557,525.80 1,095,942.10 1,035,374.76 1,259,517.88 1,253,371.53 1,188,912.97 1,213,882.85 1,022,471.22 1,223,451.51 1,103,626.90 1,143,454.21 1,226,902.89 1,189,100.02 1,165,415.58 41,383,900.10

Deduction =N=

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Value Added Tax =N= 23,023,133.80 27,729,880.23 24,406,641.96 17,276,319.35 30,247,155.14 20,649,717.10 19,084,050.82 24,094,231.65 22,694,599.35 27,301,148.66 29,116,475.13 22,559,310.90 21,813,457.69 19,678,288.37 24,228,667.19 18,418,574.62 26,223,511.80 18,713,723.57 24,424,675.01 18,838,573.97 24,684,570.17 25,622,775.86 29,352,366.85 540,181,849.20 20,565,766.23 21,216,255.51 20,107,223.28 21,163,699.75 24,747,564.25 20,433,930.06 30,501,811.24 21,939,811.11 22,647,364.41 23,560,632.51 19,633,409.10 21,568,590.33 22,065,189.51 20,093,129.89 18,224,597.82 21,657,455.88 24,949,420.62 28,198,211.66 20,965,823.64 19,740,916.91 28,338,983.13 19,236,438.43 19,046,725.93 24,247,269.11 25,514,374.78

18,002,190.27 19,366,162.63 19,042,136.44 22,525,925.67 22,176,433.90 37,726,888.57 19,400,197.97 17,749,240.27 22,742,931.43 19,203,946.46 23,795,630.70 21,727,597.92 22,484,011.02 17,462,661.07 19,897,365.76 22,905,391.29 28,506,804.16 18,723,877.58 21,014,642.83 974,818,631.03 18,921,828.19 20,351,637.41 21,342,764.40 20,873,539.71 19,043,063.86 18,444,277.43 17,472,686.24 18,774,314.64 17,960,553.20 21,779,090.97 17,729,860.20 19,746,311.98 20,817,084.91 22,016,688.51 19,749,642.40 19,749,439.33 21,095,256.81 20,344,570.41 22,835,811.12 19,005,616.86 25,789,331.37 17,630,678.46 16,886,855.99 21,025,967.68 20,284,419.65 20,042,598.15 19,886,961.60 17,539,051.10 19,829,288.35 19,099,437.43 18,380,796.24 20,319,307.90 18,431,036.96 19,140,011.78 672,339,781.26

Total Allocation =N= 137,950,134.19 144,590,681.34 121,118,287.14 91,742,902.57 152,666,856.28 102,659,873.99 90,596,746.33 119,380,209.60 127,804,944.89 126,598,985.94 135,132,449.38 114,175,566.30 101,186,821.97 101,406,800.80 118,837,421.05 91,800,298.59 128,328,533.26 87,391,002.60 115,044,257.09 94,816,484.27 121,528,689.27 133,971,820.81 139,986,102.84 2,698,715,870.51 91,561,660.64 93,934,709.45 86,412,126.61 93,095,353.25 111,931,096.23 89,893,478.86 142,617,078.08 98,325,712.34 104,759,243.14 106,247,599.57 96,272,799.76 96,650,968.30 100,515,659.09 90,071,300.79 87,837,605.70 96,893,166.53 110,863,386.66 131,490,139.13 91,981,575.40 88,169,323.50 128,039,878.59 85,591,257.95 86,012,331.37 110,640,957.52 113,789,567.70

85,693,358.30 85,658,404.52 85,394,387.56 101,164,354.49 101,430,049.39 174,754,289.43 88,034,197.47 85,674,322.49 104,050,975.19 86,290,919.52 108,706,458.91 96,292,917.32 100,021,029.25 78,503,951.73 87,197,556.46 105,888,916.53 125,528,792.42 82,040,618.41 95,466,316.12 4,411,389,791.68 94,575,623.13 98,308,437.76 106,152,398.40 100,391,006.16 93,409,245.44 88,005,267.56 87,261,316.97 93,496,991.66 88,046,871.57 106,281,712.94 87,471,319.68 97,206,193.71 105,230,795.59 106,233,022.53 93,292,010.20 102,600,454.55 106,621,214.53 102,216,425.97 112,617,639.04 90,500,905.81 124,257,239.59 86,916,931.03 82,343,997.73 100,653,599.47 99,523,475.20 95,206,536.78 96,629,513.81 82,180,421.83 97,176,778.13 88,871,528.69 90,670,799.09 97,884,996.96 93,606,801.10 92,818,428.65 3,288,659,901.22

State

KEBBI

KOGI

KWARA

LAGOS

S/n Local Government Councils

1 ALIERU 2 AREWA 3 ARGUNGU 4 AUGIE 5 BAGUDO 6 BIRNIN -KEBBI 7 BUNZA 8 DANDI KAMBA 9 DANKO /WASAGU 10 FAKAI 11 GWANDU 12 JEGA 13 KALGO 14 KOKO/BESSE 15 MAIYAMA 16 NGASKI 17 SAKABA 18 SHANGA 19 SURU 20 YAURI 21 ZURU KEBBI TOTAL 1 ADAVI 2 AJAOKUTA 3 ANKPA 4 BASSA 5 DEKINA 6 IBAJI 7 IDAH 8 IGALAMELA 9 IJUMU 10 KABBA/BUNU 11 KOGI 12 KOTON KARFE 13 MOPA-MURO 14 OFU 15 OGORI/MAGONGO 16 OKEHI 17 OKENE 18 OLAMABORO 19 OMALA 20 YAGBA EAST 21 YAGBA WEST KOGI TOTAL 1 ASA 2 BARUTEN 3 EDU 4 EKITI 5 IFELODUN 6 ILORIN EAST 7 ILORIN SOUTH 8 ILORIN WEST 9 IREPODUN 10 KAI AMA 11 MORO 12 OFFA 13 OKE-ERO 14 OSIN 15 OYUN 16 PATEGI KWARA TOTAL 1 AGEGE 2 AJEROMI/IFELODUN 3 ALIMOSHO 4 AMOWO-ODOFIN 5 APAPA 6 BADAGRY 7 EPE 8 ETI-OSA 9 IBEJU-LEKKI 10 IFAKO/IJAYE 11 IKEJA 12 IKORODU 13 KOSOFE 14 LAGOS ISLAND 15 LAGOS MAINLAND 16 MUSHIN 17 OJO 18 OSHODI/ISOLO 19 SOMOLU 20 SURULERE LAGOS TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

58,058,538.27 94,865,352.44 79,904,304.14 65,974,459.47 87,865,119.31 107,497,658.29 73,235,179.80 77,801,742.28 96,654,186.31 67,301,021.53 71,087,443.29 78,424,901.75 65,266,648.76 74,897,744.82 86,649,598.85 69,423,120.52 68,414,320.36 70,996,912.87 85,896,766.69 66,005,726.80 78,840,399.62 1,625,061,146.16 84,212,864.73 74,463,176.34 93,976,137.17 74,409,342.94 101,740,683.95 79,104,126.37 66,375,546.03 77,778,974.10 76,278,141.91 80,643,301.79 70,989,381.06 90,632,659.61 59,822,964.44 86,973,607.83 58,077,528.57 84,199,180.42 105,304,716.61 79,544,709.13 75,316,585.21 80,757,588.45 79,018,511.21 1,679,619,727.87 68,244,535.17 112,224,181.86 86,012,790.99 52,379,876.24 90,884,551.54 78,114,116.17 78,955,969.08 93,106,410.22 67,309,830.43 89,510,435.50 70,957,549.70 63,026,824.98 52,735,605.43 52,511,981.09 59,959,946.69 72,572,284.02 1,188,506,889.10 101,841,584.14 130,903,896.12 211,107,495.30 82,509,993.57 69,369,952.46 77,553,047.55 71,205,546.04 85,901,916.11 57,359,851.07 97,804,321.20 84,546,997.31 116,247,927.83 125,772,746.61 67,705,414.19 81,697,455.85 122,307,229.33 118,677,028.94 121,179,171.30 93,720,758.18 107,204,622.04 2,024,616,955.14

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

933,106.12 1,524,658.45 1,284,207.24 1,060,329.35 1,412,151.99 1,727,682.54 1,177,022.30 1,250,415.26 1,553,408.26 1,081,649.61 1,142,504.28 1,260,430.56 1,048,953.54 1,203,742.74 1,392,616.37 1,115,755.59 1,099,542.34 1,141,049.29 1,380,516.99 1,060,831.87 1,267,108.36 26,117,683.08 1,353,453.63 1,196,758.44 1,510,367.15 1,195,893.24 1,635,157.51 1,271,346.93 1,066,775.54 1,250,049.33 1,225,928.23 1,296,084.28 1,140,928.24 1,456,631.39 961,463.65 1,397,823.79 933,411.33 1,353,233.70 1,692,437.99 1,278,427.90 1,210,474.27 1,297,921.07 1,269,970.94 26,994,538.54 1,096,813.58 1,803,646.36 1,382,381.72 841,839.71 1,460,679.75 1,255,435.67 1,268,965.78 1,496,389.06 1,081,791.18 1,438,595.21 1,140,416.65 1,012,955.51 847,556.93 843,962.88 963,665.21 1,166,368.37 19,101,463.56 1,636,779.16 2,103,863.28 3,392,880.74 1,326,085.40 1,114,901.08 1,246,418.28 1,144,402.41 1,380,599.76 921,876.95 1,571,893.02 1,358,823.75 1,868,315.26 2,021,396.39 1,088,148.93 1,313,026.45 1,965,699.24 1,907,355.32 1,947,569.30 1,506,262.74 1,722,972.92 32,539,270.36

Deduction =N=

(3,163,868.24) (3,163,868.24)

Value Added Tax =N=

15,206,965.41 20,001,846.31 20,467,050.12 17,291,081.71 22,186,403.43 23,429,343.20 17,460,608.58 18,387,117.15 23,298,684.86 17,450,495.45 18,661,105.71 20,380,459.02 15,996,114.17 18,806,750.97 19,662,955.05 17,594,841.04 16,180,262.42 17,691,504.65 18,629,060.50 16,579,913.68 19,251,159.92 394,613,723.34 20,888,445.17 17,644,406.08 23,534,875.67 18,362,153.74 23,248,905.70 17,880,297.80 15,918,026.39 18,688,170.06 17,547,255.09 18,583,627.14 17,383,617.39 20,606,861.62 14,464,904.17 20,481,280.15 14,285,589.10 20,799,295.32 25,683,691.61 19,180,910.82 17,079,086.39 18,728,906.87 18,368,530.29 399,358,836.58 17,664,761.46 21,036,778.30 20,712,264.73 14,757,339.20 20,897,996.97 20,827,651.85 21,005,586.01 27,340,505.15 18,565,398.30 17,572,524.87 16,948,191.63 16,171,714.73 14,869,802.04 14,955,865.15 16,357,690.66 17,091,359.38 296,775,430.43 161,381,829.66 170,486,323.87 194,595,732.54 155,623,724.24 151,529,573.33 152,493,407.06 150,069,343.49 154,389,801.00 147,472,910.02 160,079,673.27 155,421,867.87 164,455,570.20 169,726,336.65 151,207,699.73 155,605,609.97 168,411,061.62 166,992,055.98 167,943,989.53 159,055,973.08 163,170,350.25 3,220,112,833.34

Total Allocation =N=

74,198,609.79 116,391,857.21 101,655,561.50 84,325,870.53 111,463,674.73 132,654,684.03 91,872,810.68 97,439,274.69 121,506,279.43 85,833,166.59 90,891,053.28 100,065,791.33 82,311,716.47 94,908,238.54 107,705,170.27 88,133,717.15 85,694,125.12 89,829,466.82 105,906,344.19 83,646,472.35 99,358,667.90 2,045,792,552.57 106,454,763.53 93,304,340.87 119,021,379.99 93,967,389.92 126,624,747.16 98,255,771.10 83,360,347.95 97,717,193.50 95,051,325.23 100,523,013.21 89,513,926.70 112,696,152.62 75,249,332.26 108,852,711.76 73,296,529.00 106,351,709.45 132,680,846.21 100,004,047.85 93,606,145.86 100,784,416.39 98,657,012.44 2,105,973,102.99 87,006,110.22 135,064,606.51 108,107,437.43 67,979,055.15 113,243,228.26 100,197,203.68 101,230,520.86 121,943,304.43 86,957,019.92 108,521,555.59 89,046,157.99 80,211,495.22 68,452,964.39 68,311,809.11 77,281,302.55 90,830,011.77 1,504,383,783.09 264,860,192.96 300,330,215.02 409,096,108.58 239,459,803.22 222,014,426.87 231,292,872.89 222,419,291.94 241,672,316.86 205,754,638.03 259,455,887.49 241,327,688.93 282,571,813.29 297,520,479.64 220,001,262.85 238,616,092.27 292,683,990.19 287,576,440.25 291,070,730.12 254,282,994.01 272,097,945.21 5,274,105,190.60

Friday, 20 November, 2015

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN OCTOBER, 2015 State

S/n Local Government Councils

1 AKWANGA 2 AWE 3 DOMA 4 KARU 5 KEANA 6 KEFFI NASSARAWA 7 KOKONA 8 LAFIA 9 NASARAWA 10 NASSARAWA EGGON 11 OBI 12 TOTO 13 WAMBA NASSARAWA TOTAL 1 AGAIE 2 AGWARA 3 BIDA 4 BORGU 5 BOSSO 6 EDATI 7 GBAKO 8 GURARA 9 KATCHA 10 KONTAGORA 11 LAPAI 12 LAVUN NIGER 13 MAGAMA 14 MARIGA 15 MASHEGU 16 MINNA 17 MOKWA 18 MUYA 19 PAIKORO 20 RAFI 21 RIJAU 22 SHIRORO 23 SULEJA 24 TAFA 25 WUSHISHI NIGER TOTAL 1 ABEOKUTA NORTH 2 ABEOKUTA SOUTH 3 ADO-ODO/OTA 4 EGBADO NORTH 5 EGBADO SOUTH 6 EWEKORO 7 REMO NORTH 8 IFO 9 IJEBU EAST 10 IJEBU NORTH OGUN 11 IJEBU ODE 12 IKENNE 13 IJEBU NORTH-EAST 14 IMEKO-AFON 15 IPOKIA 16 OBAFEMI/OWODE 17 ODEDA 18 ODOGBOLU 19 OGUN WATER SIDE 20 SAGAMU OGUN TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

70,144,122.63 79,065,091.44 80,955,635.05 95,516,617.15 68,202,975.14 64,133,597.61 73,278,395.58 114,663,018.49 106,263,327.32 81,289,827.54 77,810,073.94 82,667,618.68 66,362,688.87 1,060,352,989.44 72,970,708.33 62,650,328.50 71,747,632.62 116,794,606.39 70,106,628.49 73,837,138.31 69,937,627.73 62,493,701.45 67,434,301.43 74,264,108.66 72,540,788.19 84,409,971.93 86,467,132.73 95,742,064.23 112,969,683.00 71,547,338.51 97,111,266.01 65,596,573.68 75,494,101.15 87,073,990.84 81,913,159.13 96,833,904.68 70,817,066.05 57,633,851.16 64,243,917.67 1,962,631,590.87 72,127,593.95 74,460,704.44 114,448,567.71 75,250,894.04 67,438,245.70 51,298,573.45 49,973,875.63 112,214,219.89 66,781,414.44 83,436,847.38 64,371,564.26 58,156,892.51 52,443,441.89 60,290,396.47 63,149,254.83 76,568,661.43 64,277,862.13 59,739,586.20 56,743,179.91 76,962,504.51 1,400,134,280.76

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

Deduction =N=

1,127,343.40 (3,018,317.48) 1,270,719.57 (3,018,317.48) 1,301,104.04 (3,018,317.48) 1,535,125.46 (3,018,317.48) 1,096,145.64 (3,018,317.48) 1,030,743.35 (3,018,317.48) 1,177,716.86 (3,018,317.48) 1,842,842.89 (3,018,317.48) 1,707,844.60 (3,018,317.48) 1,306,475.12 (3,018,317.48) 1,250,549.16 (3,018,317.48) 1,328,618.72 (3,018,317.48) 1,066,568.90 (3,018,317.48) 17,041,797.71 (39,238,127.25) 1,172,771.77 1,006,904.53 1,153,114.72 1,877,101.38 1,126,740.81 1,186,696.87 1,124,024.66 1,004,387.25 1,083,791.66 1,193,559.06 1,165,862.17 1,356,621.50 1,389,683.81 1,538,748.80 1,815,627.91 1,149,895.63 1,560,754.36 1,054,256.04 1,213,327.27 1,399,437.12 1,316,493.19 1,556,296.66 1,138,158.83 926,280.63 1,032,516.40 31,543,053.01 1,159,221.39 (5,788,847.52) 1,196,718.71 (5,788,847.52) 1,839,396.28 (5,788,847.52) 1,209,418.49 (5,788,847.52) 1,083,855.05 (5,788,847.52) 824,461.21 (5,788,847.52) 803,170.91 (5,788,847.52) 1,803,486.25 (5,788,847.52) 1,073,298.58 (5,788,847.52) 1,340,981.63 (5,788,847.52) 1,034,567.91 (5,788,847.52) 934,686.85 (5,788,847.52) 842,861.33 (5,788,847.52) 968,976.13 (5,788,847.52) 1,014,923.18 (5,788,847.52) 1,230,597.41 (5,788,847.52) 1,033,061.95 (5,788,847.52) 960,123.61 (5,788,847.52) 911,965.92 (5,788,847.52) 1,236,927.18 (5,788,847.52) 22,502,699.97 (115,776,950.32)

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Value Added Tax =N=

17,346,143.64 17,311,377.23 18,409,321.58 21,084,629.31 15,958,045.99 16,502,733.28 17,196,639.96 26,171,044.44 20,449,330.03 18,796,057.27 18,785,700.46 17,575,496.35 15,699,775.43 241,286,294.98 17,808,899.57 14,742,713.42 20,053,851.14 19,395,238.87 18,395,867.04 18,922,318.22 17,587,913.55 16,105,792.25 17,373,060.38 18,582,086.66 16,883,690.67 20,936,658.02 19,788,716.65 20,510,728.88 21,143,997.41 20,591,918.19 22,358,994.09 16,620,668.16 18,831,543.77 19,799,926.38 19,561,272.85 21,971,811.63 21,207,194.30 15,804,023.06 15,732,500.11 470,711,385.27 21,210,017.67 23,198,079.59 34,419,466.38 20,417,904.01 19,890,884.23 15,273,206.41 15,466,330.57 34,349,283.72 17,508,654.08 24,581,344.06 19,289,051.68 17,855,465.26 15,779,999.94 16,372,287.98 19,142,594.12 22,327,822.73 17,478,314.70 18,196,143.59 15,995,299.87 23,325,366.89 412,077,517.48

Total Allocation =N=

85,599,292.20 94,628,870.77 97,647,743.19 115,118,054.44 82,238,849.29 78,648,756.76 88,634,434.91 139,658,588.33 125,402,184.48 98,374,042.45 94,828,006.08 98,553,416.27 80,110,715.71 1,279,442,954.88 91,952,379.67 78,399,946.44 92,954,598.48 138,066,946.64 89,629,236.34 93,946,153.40 88,649,565.93 79,603,880.95 85,891,153.47 94,039,754.38 90,590,341.03 106,703,251.45 107,645,533.19 117,791,541.91 135,929,308.33 93,289,152.33 121,031,014.46 83,271,497.88 95,538,972.20 108,273,354.34 102,790,925.16 120,362,012.97 93,162,419.18 74,364,154.85 81,008,934.18 2,464,886,029.15 88,707,985.49 93,066,655.22 144,918,582.85 91,089,369.03 82,624,137.46 61,607,393.55 60,454,529.59 142,578,142.34 79,574,519.58 103,570,325.55 78,906,336.34 71,158,197.11 63,277,455.65 71,842,813.07 77,517,924.61 94,338,234.06 77,000,391.26 73,107,005.89 67,861,598.19 95,735,951.06 1,718,937,547.90

State

ONDO

OSUN

OYO

S/n Local Government Councils

1 AKOKO NORTH EAST 2 AKOKO NORTH WEST 3 AKOKO SOUTH WEST 4 AKOKO SOUTH 5 AKURE NORTH 6 AKURE SOUTH 7 IDANRE 8 IFEDORE 9 IKALE/OKITIPUPA 10 ILAJE WEST 11 ILAJE/ESE-EDO 12 ILEOLUJI/OKEIGBO 13 ODE IRELE 14 ODIGBO 15 ONDO EAST 16 ONDO WEST 17 OSE 18 OWO ONDO TOTAL 1 ATAKUMOSA EAST 2 ATAKUMOSA WEST 3 AYEDADE 4 AYEDIRE 5 BOLAWADURO 6 BORIPE 7 EDE NORTH 8 EDE SOUTH 9 EGBEDORE 10 EJIGBO 11 IFE CENTRAL 12 IFE EAST 13 IFE NORTH 14 IFE SOUTH 15 IFEDAYO 16 IFELODUN 17 ILA 18 ILESA EAST 19 ILESHA WEST 20 IREPODUN 21 IREWOLE 22 ISOKAN 23 IWO 24 OBOKUM 25 ODO OTIN 26 OLA-OLUWA 27 OLORUNDA 28 ORIADE 29 OROLU 30 OSOGBO OSUN TOTAL 1 AFIJIO 2 AKINYELE 3 ATIBA 4 ATIGBO 5 EGBEDA 6 IBADAN NORTH 7 IBADAN NORTH EAST 8 IBADAN NORTH WEST 9 IBADAN SOUTH EAST 10 IBADAN SOUTH WEST 11 IBARAPA CENTRAL 12 IBARAPA NORTH 13 IDDO 14 SAKI WEST 15 IBARAPA EAST (IFELOJU) 16 IREPO 17 ISEYIN 18 ITESIWAJU 19 IWAJOWA 20 IYAMAPO/OLORUNSOGO 21 KAJOLA 22 LAGEMU 23 OGBOMOSO NORTH 24 OGBOMOSO SOUTH 25 OGO-OLUWA 26 OLUYOLE 27 ONA ARA 28 ORELOPE 29 ORI IRE 30 OYO 31 OYO WEST 32 SAKI EAST 33 IFEDAPO OYO TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

74,185,667.06 78,476,538.10 79,895,575.29 59,259,919.01 62,097,223.36 95,428,829.36 67,208,765.82 67,713,139.37 81,407,727.84 88,337,374.74 67,591,278.41 69,961,403.65 65,016,279.17 81,311,729.22 53,964,032.28 89,187,856.99 71,861,216.74 84,312,246.42 1,337,216,802.84 52,691,210.18 52,839,016.32 65,828,538.75 58,190,973.24 55,066,918.93 62,718,515.94 52,567,434.85 54,593,979.80 53,695,888.02 60,955,443.60 64,541,489.93 74,595,088.96 69,533,382.61 60,611,574.18 47,629,863.33 61,375,586.69 54,110,971.25 56,411,273.33 59,778,709.91 59,159,867.32 64,008,746.82 58,098,553.90 71,440,325.04 59,242,854.37 78,051,723.44 53,424,584.80 64,619,582.64 64,826,775.96 57,127,014.07 63,558,080.39 1,811,293,968.58 62,553,233.76 72,642,965.25 72,360,331.03 77,525,581.11 78,657,479.06 80,843,877.63 87,646,109.12 64,504,319.82 76,553,014.60 80,147,488.51 57,965,532.01 60,451,116.85 59,260,422.31 88,017,369.53 60,019,623.19 62,982,075.24 82,287,143.57 71,151,651.14 65,318,256.06 58,978,660.72 72,838,298.64 67,467,539.64 69,845,852.27 59,793,143.25 54,716,614.95 72,529,989.66 79,023,450.93 60,524,450.52 72,787,665.97 61,457,076.69 61,725,364.29 61,425,630.09 70,804,688.95 2,284,806,016.36

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

1,192,298.36 1,261,260.45 1,284,066.95 952,414.49 998,015.12 1,533,714.55 1,080,166.89 1,088,273.09 1,308,369.99 1,419,742.00 1,086,314.56 1,124,406.78 1,044,929.65 1,306,827.12 867,299.98 1,433,410.79 1,154,940.22 1,355,050.88 21,491,501.87 846,843.41 849,218.93 1,057,984.14 935,234.59 885,025.37 1,008,000.42 844,854.12 877,424.38 862,990.41 979,664.65 1,037,298.92 1,198,878.51 1,117,527.70 974,138.04 765,498.38 986,417.11 869,661.55 906,631.58 960,752.40 950,806.48 1,028,736.78 933,749.24 1,148,175.73 952,140.23 1,254,432.91 858,630.08 1,038,554.02 1,041,883.99 918,134.84 1,021,493.75 29,110,782.65 1,005,344.04 1,167,504.34 1,162,961.90 1,245,976.84 1,264,168.50 1,299,307.89 1,408,632.10 1,036,701.53 1,230,345.93 1,288,115.66 931,611.34 971,559.20 952,422.58 1,414,598.93 964,624.32 1,012,236.30 1,322,503.80 1,143,536.22 1,049,782.97 947,894.16 1,170,643.70 1,084,325.86 1,122,549.66 960,984.37 879,395.35 1,165,688.62 1,270,050.33 972,737.81 1,169,829.95 987,726.80 992,038.67 987,221.40 1,137,959.90 36,720,980.97

Deduction =N=

(2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (2,620,951.49) (47,177,126.82) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (2,734,288.18) (82,028,645.40) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (5,072,035.24) (167,377,162.80)

Value Added Tax =N=

19,749,754.05 21,308,678.25 21,946,089.51 15,973,252.78 17,969,925.06 26,971,176.03 17,865,828.91 19,787,038.59 22,111,757.95 24,428,841.69 18,919,949.71 19,646,632.66 18,521,435.67 21,981,221.45 15,661,817.22 24,146,851.99 18,510,672.70 21,515,570.88 367,016,495.11 15,494,855.91 15,188,050.47 18,508,283.23 15,480,600.06 15,274,641.58 18,060,137.71 15,804,910.56 15,488,276.29 15,423,292.35 17,787,326.99 19,193,132.77 20,039,264.33 18,642,393.85 17,896,865.55 13,905,226.81 16,329,534.06 14,920,235.39 16,729,104.08 16,606,000.12 17,253,483.89 18,232,385.78 16,590,647.67 20,172,887.57 17,132,207.61 17,846,990.37 15,510,939.44 17,751,585.82 18,436,191.67 16,586,586.17 18,764,238.74 511,050,276.84 19,460,943.17 22,595,849.85 20,903,952.26 18,511,324.68 25,447,588.99 26,471,979.64 27,430,655.27 20,218,859.03 24,816,960.44 25,488,691.34 18,193,999.96 18,117,359.52 18,205,453.38 25,302,552.96 18,813,256.33 18,988,997.28 24,446,551.96 19,236,707.95 18,194,040.58 17,332,150.41 22,174,997.59 20,020,779.85 22,082,517.31 18,106,109.18 16,658,957.36 22,245,180.25 24,776,873.47 18,253,379.04 20,129,262.42 19,041,512.43 19,544,731.85 18,488,214.77 19,781,679.55 689,482,070.07

Total Allocation =N=

92,506,767.98 98,425,525.31 100,504,780.26 73,564,634.79 78,444,212.06 121,312,768.46 83,533,810.13 85,967,499.56 102,206,904.29 111,565,006.94 84,976,591.19 88,111,491.59 81,961,693.00 101,978,826.29 67,872,197.99 112,147,168.29 88,905,878.18 104,561,916.69 1,678,547,672.99 66,298,621.33 66,141,997.54 82,660,517.94 71,872,519.71 68,492,297.70 79,052,365.89 66,482,911.35 68,225,392.29 67,247,882.59 76,988,147.06 82,037,633.45 93,098,943.63 86,559,015.98 76,748,289.59 59,566,300.33 75,957,249.68 67,166,580.01 71,312,720.82 74,611,174.26 74,629,869.51 80,535,581.19 72,888,662.64 90,027,100.16 74,592,914.03 94,418,858.54 67,059,866.13 80,675,434.30 81,570,563.44 71,897,446.90 80,609,524.70 2,269,426,382.67 77,947,485.74 91,334,284.21 89,355,209.96 92,210,847.40 100,297,201.32 103,543,129.93 111,413,361.26 80,687,845.15 97,528,285.73 101,852,260.27 72,019,108.07 74,468,000.34 73,346,263.04 109,662,486.18 74,725,468.60 77,911,273.59 102,984,164.08 86,459,860.08 79,490,044.37 72,186,670.05 91,111,904.69 83,500,610.11 87,978,884.00 73,788,201.56 67,182,932.42 90,868,823.29 99,998,339.49 74,678,532.13 89,014,723.10 76,414,280.69 77,190,099.57 75,829,031.02 86,652,293.17 2,843,631,904.60

Friday, 20 November, 2015

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ABUJA

DISTRIBUTION DETAILS OF REVENUE ALLOCATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY FEDERATION ACCOUNT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2015 SHARED IN OCTOBER, 2015 State

S/n Local Government Councils

1 BARKIN LADI 2 BASSA 3 BOKKOS 4 JOS EAST 5 JOS NORTH 6 JOS SOUTH 7 KANAM 8 KANKE PLATEAU 9 LANGTANG NORTH 10 LANGTANG SOUTH 11 MANGU 12 MIKANG 13 PANKSHIN 14 QUAN-PAN 15 RIYOM 16 SHENDAM 17 WASE PLATEAU TOTAL 1 AHOADA 2 AHOADA WEST 3 AKUKUTORU 4 ANDONI 5 ASARITORU 6 BONNY 7 DEGEMA 8 ELEME 9 EMOHUA 10 ETCHE 11 GONAKA RIVERS 12 IKWERRE 13 KHANA 14 OBIO/AKPOR 15 OBUA/ODUAL 16 OGBA/EGBEMA/NDONI 17 OGU/BOLO 18 OKRIKA 19 OMUMMA 20 OPOBO/NKORO 21 OYIGBO 22 PORT HARCOURT 23 TAI RIVERS TOTAL 1 BINJI 2 BODINGA 3 DANGE SHUNI 4 GADA 5 GORONYO 6 GUDU 7 GWADABAWA 8 ILLELA 9 ISA 10 KEBBE 11 KWARE SOKOTO 12 RABAH 13 SABON BIRNI 14 SHAGARI 15 SILAME 16 SOKOTO NORTH 17 SOKOTO SOUTH 18 TAMBUWAL 19 TANGAZA 20 TURETA 21 WAMAKKO 22 WURNO 23 YABO SOKOTO TOTAL

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

83,520,272.06 84,251,391.01 83,884,256.43 63,684,299.75 110,801,990.13 95,815,530.72 84,111,040.86 74,283,617.27 76,190,902.88 72,278,113.20 99,861,587.31 67,232,046.87 89,756,083.54 89,626,266.56 70,829,511.54 90,249,662.29 95,890,667.94 1,432,267,240.36 63,801,486.20 79,715,002.03 73,434,237.69 78,389,577.40 72,765,139.46 72,752,980.53 78,847,583.50 76,388,393.49 72,861,290.84 85,441,590.30 76,094,305.21 72,828,777.81 86,460,417.91 105,880,159.04 85,481,635.33 86,258,465.12 59,263,418.51 72,923,889.61 57,799,372.65 62,519,812.66 64,571,587.13 119,917,821.35 70,977,701.11 1,775,374,644.88 66,499,933.40 75,699,206.80 81,578,478.77 88,574,837.93 83,322,785.41 75,499,874.96 86,231,630.54 73,582,374.85 83,289,767.53 75,199,064.38 69,732,627.66 83,025,177.54 87,110,165.19 78,490,873.64 70,283,769.04 78,101,987.43 77,471,040.64 86,745,603.38 79,975,950.46 72,779,281.84 75,024,241.81 72,184,978.26 67,673,401.23 1,788,077,052.67

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

1,342,322.41 1,354,072.82 1,348,172.30 1,023,522.32 1,780,789.15 1,539,929.54 1,351,817.14 1,193,872.60 1,224,526.14 1,161,640.51 1,604,957.02 1,080,541.06 1,442,543.22 1,440,456.83 1,138,358.85 1,450,475.93 1,541,137.13 23,019,134.97 1,025,405.72 1,281,164.81 1,180,221.53 1,259,862.83 1,169,467.90 1,169,272.49 1,267,223.82 1,227,700.17 1,171,013.23 1,373,201.48 1,222,973.64 1,170,490.69 1,389,575.89 1,701,686.39 1,373,845.08 1,386,330.15 952,470.73 1,172,019.31 928,940.86 1,004,806.90 1,037,782.64 1,927,297.11 1,140,740.52 28,533,493.91 1,068,774.67 1,216,623.69 1,311,114.27 1,423,558.46 1,339,148.44 1,213,420.07 1,385,898.86 1,182,602.36 1,338,617.78 1,208,585.50 1,120,729.93 1,334,365.34 1,400,018.51 1,261,490.85 1,129,587.78 1,255,240.74 1,245,100.28 1,394,159.34 1,285,358.73 1,169,695.20 1,205,775.78 1,160,143.66 1,087,634.43 28,737,644.66

Deduction =N=

Source: Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation

Value Added Tax =N=

19,921,576.22 20,392,384.89 20,051,016.11 16,279,835.39 30,239,117.58 25,260,372.73 19,541,054.61 17,734,744.66 18,515,323.67 17,120,687.01 24,781,725.37 16,759,457.51 20,588,392.71 20,801,377.58 18,146,296.10 21,251,716.32 19,371,121.60 346,756,200.07 22,456,278.18 25,814,242.25 22,020,032.84 24,253,977.76 24,623,208.40 24,430,612.24 25,828,376.25 23,436,601.59 23,884,056.66 25,815,420.08 24,977,695.81 23,389,569.46 27,633,467.75 34,561,243.54 27,177,402.31 27,218,910.81 18,717,102.06 24,701,432.82 19,760,216.20 21,837,468.58 20,666,782.83 37,661,221.35 20,468,175.65 571,333,495.40 16,682,596.35 19,541,036.96 20,318,407.39 22,500,283.92 19,820,874.07 16,297,444.64 21,813,525.48 18,529,033.88 18,350,896.65 17,479,908.73 17,855,231.62 18,475,259.67 20,848,554.53 18,769,636.93 16,656,237.24 21,873,960.54 20,333,353.70 21,552,493.10 17,041,064.03 15,193,773.58 19,712,147.81 19,009,021.54 17,088,096.16 435,742,838.49

Total Allocation =N=

104,784,170.69 105,997,848.72 105,283,444.84 80,987,657.47 142,821,896.87 122,615,832.99 105,003,912.60 93,212,234.53 95,930,752.69 90,560,440.72 126,248,269.69 85,072,045.44 111,787,019.47 111,868,100.97 90,114,166.49 112,951,854.54 116,802,926.67 1,802,042,575.40 87,283,170.11 106,810,409.08 96,634,492.06 103,903,417.99 98,557,815.77 98,352,865.25 105,943,183.57 101,052,695.25 97,916,360.72 112,630,211.87 102,294,974.67 97,388,837.96 115,483,461.56 142,143,088.97 114,032,882.72 114,863,706.07 78,932,991.30 98,797,341.74 78,488,529.70 85,362,088.14 86,276,152.60 159,506,339.80 92,586,617.28 2,375,241,634.19 84,251,304.41 96,456,867.45 103,208,000.42 112,498,680.31 104,482,807.93 93,010,739.66 109,431,054.88 93,294,011.09 102,979,281.96 93,887,558.60 88,708,589.21 102,834,802.55 109,358,738.22 98,522,001.42 88,069,594.05 101,231,188.71 99,049,494.62 109,692,255.82 98,302,373.22 89,142,750.62 95,942,165.39 92,354,143.45 85,849,131.81 2,252,557,535.82

State

S/n Local Government Councils

1 ARDO KOLA 2 BALI 3 DONGA 4 GASHAKA 5 GASSOL 6 IBI 7 JALINGO 8 KARIM LAMIDU TARABA 9 KURMI 10 LAU 11 SARDAUNA 12 TAKUM 13 USSA 14 WUKARI 15 YORRO 16 ZING TARABA TOTAL 1 BADE 2 BURSARI 3 DAMATURU 4 FIKA 5 FUNE 6 GEIDAM 7 GUJBA 8 GULAMI 9 JAKUSKO YOBE 10 KARASUWA 11 MACHINA 12 NANGERE 13 NGURU 14 POTISKUM 15 TARMUA 16 YUNUSARI 17 YUSUFARI YOBE TOTAL 1 ANKA 2 BAKURA 3 BUKKUYUM 4 BUNGUDU 5 GUMMI 6 GUSAU 7 KAURA NAMODA ZAMFARA 8 KIYAWA 9 MARADUN 10 MARU 11 SHINKAFI 12 TALATA MAFARA 13 TSAFE 14 ZURMI ZAMFARA TOTAL 1 ABAJI 2 ABUJA MUNICIPAL 3 BWARI FCT-ABUJA 4 GWAGWALADA 5 KUJE 6 KWALI

Gross Statutory Allocation =N=

67,170,755.90 114,944,632.00 78,945,818.53 94,261,779.45 101,835,286.13 70,546,442.44 67,853,551.05 105,317,990.81 74,969,482.24 69,219,151.67 103,296,987.64 81,762,905.28 70,274,126.25 100,657,705.33 66,727,331.09 72,385,787.29 1,340,169,733.09 74,806,406.67 82,780,695.06 69,311,440.16 77,603,543.31 108,844,906.19 90,204,315.03 83,048,422.71 72,152,044.99 95,157,002.39 67,109,912.83 64,280,626.48 68,918,661.80 74,957,195.94 82,481,867.10 76,501,106.79 79,727,265.04 79,537,805.17 1,347,423,217.66 74,866,583.44 72,489,564.44 85,549,559.65 94,421,756.05 82,184,075.95 114,117,324.68 86,667,157.22 78,630,709.34 85,002,020.39 112,195,734.73 70,052,769.17 80,912,106.27 85,723,716.68 94,673,871.86 1,217,486,949.88 62,538,791.65 159,646,732.68 89,924,638.74 77,066,607.59 73,226,381.42 75,323,434.97

Exchange Gain Difference =N=

1,079,556.00 1,847,368.93 1,268,802.64 1,514,957.94 1,636,677.94 1,133,809.41 1,090,529.76 1,692,651.33 1,204,895.69 1,112,477.44 1,660,170.14 1,314,078.34 1,129,432.80 1,617,752.08 1,072,429.36 1,163,371.03 21,538,960.82 1,202,274.77 1,330,436.07 1,113,960.69 1,247,229.84 1,749,335.26 1,449,747.12 1,334,738.94 1,159,614.36 1,529,345.80 1,078,578.14 1,033,106.38 1,107,648.02 1,204,698.23 1,325,633.36 1,229,511.68 1,281,361.90 1,278,316.94 21,655,537.49 1,203,241.92 1,165,038.91 1,374,936.75 1,517,529.05 1,320,847.31 1,834,072.60 1,392,898.57 1,263,738.26 1,366,136.80 1,803,189.16 1,125,875.19 1,300,404.45 1,377,735.77 1,521,581.01 19,567,225.75 1,005,111.93 2,565,812.85 1,445,252.21 1,238,600.31 1,176,880.90 1,210,584.36 537,726,587.06 59,181,218,544.62

Deduction =N=

8,642,242.55 951,149,631.26

Value Added Tax =N=

16,326,846.43 21,282,440.75 18,243,466.62 16,361,775.30 22,737,025.11 16,210,403.33 18,476,352.83 20,750,750.25 16,514,081.42 16,719,552.53 21,912,053.94 18,293,747.95 17,356,395.18 22,606,935.37 16,427,937.08 17,969,396.84 298,189,160.92 18,515,433.45 17,270,259.86 16,412,877.95 18,398,178.04 25,053,549.26 19,226,723.33 18,121,711.98 17,042,247.44 22,142,390.42 17,183,668.75 15,340,317.96 16,405,120.49 18,956,105.82 21,199,838.94 15,973,830.18 17,948,407.92 17,349,946.42 312,540,608.19 19,014,811.60 20,827,254.41 21,831,581.26 23,711,404.29 21,543,458.70 28,798,225.57 24,663,825.22 20,490,718.81 21,799,860.97 25,091,622.64 18,745,493.77 21,975,561.31 24,040,019.97 25,170,293.83 317,704,132.33 128,000,303.23 157,248,073.56 134,854,972.07 132,034,425.22 129,581,159.50 129,112,868.96 (903,329,253.45)

Total Allocation =N=

84,577,158.33 138,074,441.68 98,458,087.79 112,138,512.69 126,208,989.18 87,890,655.18 87,420,433.64 127,761,392.38 92,688,459.36 87,051,181.64 126,869,211.72 101,370,731.57 88,759,954.22 124,882,392.78 84,227,697.53 91,518,555.15 1,659,897,854.84 94,524,114.89 101,381,390.98 86,838,278.79 97,248,951.19 135,647,790.71 110,880,785.47 102,504,873.63 90,353,906.80 118,828,738.61 85,372,159.73 80,654,050.81 86,431,430.32 95,117,999.99 105,007,339.40 93,704,448.65 98,957,034.87 98,166,068.52 1,681,619,363.34 95,084,636.97 94,481,857.76 108,756,077.65 119,650,689.40 105,048,381.97 144,749,622.85 112,723,881.00 100,385,166.41 108,168,018.16 139,090,546.53 89,924,138.13 104,188,072.03 111,141,472.42 121,365,746.70 1,554,758,307.97 191,544,206.80 319,460,619.09 226,224,863.03 210,339,633.12 203,984,421.82 205,646,888.29 810,831,802.55 18,950,068,298.22

Friday, 20 November, 2015

PRESENTATION OF Chief (MRS) HID AWOLOWO’S BIOGRAPHY AT IKENNE

PHOTOS: TOMMY ADEGBITE ALABA IGBAROOLA D’TOYIN & YEMI FUNSO-OKE

9 1. Chief Tokunbo Ajasin (left) and Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, ANN Plc, Mr Edward Dickson, with another guest. 2. Jide Fakorede and Prince Adeniji Adele. 3. From left, Mr Felix Adenaike, Editor, Sunday Tribune, Mr Sina Oladeinde and Mr Dickson. 4. From left, Prince Adegboyega Isiaka, Ogun State PDP governorship candidate, Honourable Adesina Olabisi, chairman, ALTAM Ventures, Chief (Mrs) Titi Ajanaku, Chief

Dipo Jimilehin and others. 5. Honourable Funminiyi Afuye and Professor Wale Adebamwi. 6. From left, Mrs Folashade Solarin, Prince Adewale Aderemi and Mrs Iyabo Omisore. 7. From left, Prince E.A Osibona, Olotu Omoba Jas Adekunle and Mr Oresanya Owolabi. 8. Mr Tunde Fagbenle (middle) and other guests. 9. From left, Saheed Balogun, Dr Islamiyat Animasaun and Mrs Iyabo Omisore. 10. Golden Movie Ambassador of Nigeria Group performing at the event.

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Editor: Yemisi Aofolaju yemiaofolaju@yahoo.com 08055001741

‘Both parents should teach their children sex education’

a place where you learn and sacrifice a lot. When God is involved, it will work out. 1st Corinthians 13 should be the basics of marriage.

Dr Olajumoke Morenikeji, the Director, Zoological Gardens, University of Ibadan and a lecturer in the Department of Zoology of the same institution, speaks with AYODEJI AYODELE on her growing up, marriage and career, among others. Excerpts:

How long have you been married? Over 15 years. How did you handle the issue of money early in marriage? I am not particular about money. When it comes to money matters, it is not a big deal to me because I know that God will provide.

Do you believe in couples running a joint account? It’s good. They can have a different account and also run a joint one. It’s left for them to decide what they want to do with the joint account.

S an educationist, would you say parents are these days there for their children? Times have changed. The times are such that for you to be a good parent, you have to curiously work it out. There are so many things worrying and seeking for our attention. Now, the woman of today is not like the woman of those days. Today, we have working women. As a mother, my first responsibility is to always make sure that my family especially my children are doing well even though I am always busy at work. I make sure my home front is good. Parents must have that realisation and understanding because if they don’t, other things will take the place of their family and children and they will lack proper upbringing.

What about joint properties? It is also good since God ordained it. Can you recall a pleasant moment on your job? As a lecturer, one of the most interesting things that had happened to me was a particular time when my students appreciated me. There was a year they held an election at all levels to vote for the best lecturer. The result shows that from 100 to 400 level, I was voted the best lecturer. I was a bit embarrassed because other lecturers were at the event, but at the same time, I was also excited.

How early should a child be exposed to sex education? The moment you start noticing that your child can understand because if you don’t sex educate them, they will be taught outside. It is very important these days. You have to set it right from the home. These days, children are always smart. A child of six is already exposed to many things. Therefore, parents have lots of works to do. And whose responsibility is it between the parents to teach a child this? Both parents are in the position to teach their children sex education. There is nothing to shy from. I have seen some fathers buying sanitary pads for their female children. What is the assessment of the education sector in Nigeria? There is still a lot to be done. The gap is too much for those that are getting good education and those that are not even getting a chair to sit in class. I think the government is buckling up right now, trying to find solutions to the education sector. Public and private schools should be well funded. Children should get quality education. I see many graduates that are not proficient in good English due to the faulty foundation they had in their primary and secondary schools. I think we still have a long way to go, but we are gradually getting there.

As a lady, how early did you start thinking of marriage? In my family, it was basically academics. Considering the fact that I was the last born, I was not too keen in rushing into marriage. I was more interested in pursuing my education. It was better to be careful and directed by God. I had my values, principles and what I wanted in a man. I needed a man that has the fear of God. I was patient for God to give me the best.

Did you believe in love at first sight? I think there is love at first sight. When I met my husband, I knew there was something different about him. Love comes in different colours. How would you describe marriage? Marriage is an interesting thing. It is a school where you get your certificate at the beginning and not at the end. Marriage is

I see many graduates that are not proficient in good English due to the faulty foundation they had in their primary and secondary schools

What are your experiences as the director of the zoological gardens? It has been God. During my tenure, so many landmark achievements have taken place. My wishes for the zoo have always come to pass through the grace of God. At times, you find an individual donating over a million of naira just because I said something. Another individual donated money to renovate the Lion’s enclosure. Pastor E. A Adeboye of the Redeemed Church of God has also contributed enormously to the development of the zoo. The University Management has also been helpful. During the commissioning, I got a commendation letter from the vice-chancellor. Before I assumed this post, the zoo was blacklisted in the world but to the glory of God, we have taken the zoo back to the international community. What day will you never forget in your life? The day I wil never forget was the day my mother passed on, reason being because I loved my mother and she meant everything to me. She was my role model. She taught me hardwork, discipline and how to depend on God. These qualities have helped me over the years and I will never forget her. She died being fulfilled. How will you describe an African woman? Continues on pg 32

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Continued from last week pg 32

HAT to teach your kids about getting along with others. The ability to get along with others is going to be critical to your child’s success. You need to teach your children how to do it. Explain to them that other people are going to do stupid things—things that make them mad and things that are wrong. People will be rude, inconsiderate and irresponsible. You have to teach your kid that all of those things are normal and he has to learn how to respond when it happens. Sometimes, it is necessary to call people out for their behaviour. Teach your kid how to do that calmly, politely and logically. Also teach your kid when to laugh it off, shake his head, roll his eyes and move on. Teach him how to choose his battles and how to know when it’s worth it and when it isn’t. These are valuable lessons he is going to need every day of his life. Teach your kid to listen to others. Teach her to respect others for who they are even when she can’t respect them for what they do. Teach your kid to be kind. Teach your kid that she can’t always be right, and when she is, she doesn’t need to be a jerk about it. Teach her to win with humility and lose with graciousness. These lessons will help her get along with others and be the kind of person others enjoy. Sibling rivalry, playing favourites and how to keep your kids from killing one another. Siblings fight. It’s natural. You can’t stop it, so don’t drive yourself crazy trying. All you can do is teach them how to do it so no one ends up hurting too badly. My boys fought constantly. They still do quite often as grown men. They are very different men with very different jobs, skills, likes and dislikes. They have very different views on politics and religion and most other subjects. How they both came from one source is a mystery. I bet it is the same with your kids, too. The rule I used with my boys was to let them work

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Your relationship with your kids (3) it out on their own and leave me out of it. I told them to close the door and figure it out and not to hurt each other. I didn’t want to see any bruises or blood. And if you think I was kidding when saying “no bruises and no blood” then you were either an only child or you now have only one child. “Little boys and girls play rough with each other and don’t kid yourself by thinking that they don’t smack each other when you aren’t looking, because they do. My boys never liked my approach. They wanted a parent to rule in favour of one or the other. Sometimes

Often your children will feel your love and your interest based on the amount of time you spend with them, so make sure you show impartial interest among them

it is necessary to mediate a dispute, especially when one child is physically dominant, smarter, older or more devious than the other, but most of the time, It is best to let them work out their differences on their own. They need to learn how to negotiate with each other and how to find a resolution without interference from a grown-up. If this doesn’t work, chances are that your house has more than one room. Separation is a great mediator. It is perfectly normal and acceptable for your kids to fight with each other. They need to learn how to work out their differences with others within the safety of their own household so they will know how to do it in the real world. Let them feel anger, resentment, envy, jealousy and all the other emotions and coach them through how to handle those emotions at home before they rear “their ugly heads at school or in other public places. There are also some things you can do to make sure your kids aren’t constantly at each other’s throats. Don’t make comparisons between your children. “Your sister always made A’s in Mathematics; why can’t you be as smart as she is?” “Your brother was star quarterback and you can’t throw a ball at all.” Statements like these cause problems that don’t need to be there. Kids are very self-critical anyway and they get plenty of criticism from their peers, so comments like these only hurt and cause more problems. Don’t play favourites and be sure to balance your time between your kids evenly. This can prove challenging. If you are a sports guy and one of your kids loves sports and the other has no interest, it may be challenging for you to connect with the child who doesn’t share your interests. Do it anyway. I went on more camping trips, freezing my butt off in a stupid sleeping bag lying on the cold, hard, rocky ground, than I can count simply because I had a son who loved it. I hated it, but I did it because” it was important to him. Often your children will feel your love and your interest based on the amount of time you spend with them, so make sure you show impartial interest among them.

‘Breast and cervical screening, a must in higher institutions’ THE wife of the Kwara State Governor, Deaconess Omolewa Ahmed has advocated the need for higher institutions in the country to adopt breast and cervical test on their female students. Deaconess Ahmed made the call at the launching of LEAH Cancer Club organised by the university’s Student Union Government held at the University of Ilorin Auditorium, Ilorin. The founder, LEAH Foundation said early detection can help to cure the disease before it becomes deadly. According to her, apart from the 29 cancer centres in the state, the foundation is proposing a clinic for the treatment of cancer patients in the state. Earlier in his office, the Vice-Chancellor University of Ilorin, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academics, Professor Sidikat Ijaya commended the efforts of Deaconess Ahmed in fighting the scourge of cancer in the state. Professor Ijaya expressed the institution’s readiness to partner with the LEAH Foundation and stressed the need for more sensitisation in fighting the killer-disease. In his lecture, the founder of the Optimal Cancer Care, Doctor Femi Olaleye blamed the increase in rate of maternal death caused by breast and cervical cancers on lack of proper awareness. He also stressed need for women to go for periodic medical test on cancer diseases to ascertain their health status, saying that early detection was the key to prevention and cure.

In her welcome address, the Vice President, University of Ilorin Student’s Union, Miss Ummulkaeri Imam-lawal noted that globally, breast and cervical cancers are among the most common cancers in women, stating that the survival rate after diagnosis of any cancer is low in Africa, unlike other developed countries. She expressed concern on the poor funding of health sector, inefficient health care system, lack of massive awareness and campaign programmes among the vulnerable gender. According to her, the aim of the LEAH Cancer Club was to prevent and stem maternal death rate among women.

Deaconess Omolewa Ahmed exchanging pleasantries with Professor Bababode James Bojuwoye, Provost College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin at the launch.

‘Both parents are in the position to teach their children sex education’ Continued from pg 31

An African woman is a one that needs to be heard. She does not get the opportunities her counterparts get in other parts of the world. She has to struggle most of the time alone especially in marriage. There is no voice for the woman. They are sexually harassed and violated. Many even die at child birth. I think there is a need for a voice to rise up and speak for an African woman. What outfits will you never be caught wearing? Anthing that would expose my body because I dress modestly. How do you unwind? I love travelling and watching films with my children.

Favourite colour? White and pink. If asked to make a wish, what will it be? For God to perfect everything that concerns me and my loved ones. What is your advice for the youths? Youths should get good education, build on what they love to do and be hardworking. Above all, they should be focused and seek God diligently. What was growing up like? It was interesting because I am the last born in my family. I was born in Lagos. I

had a disciplinarian as mother. She was very strict and taught us the way of the Lord. My father too was strict. He knew the value of good education. They are both of blessed memory. I have brothers and sisters who are in their various fields. I had everything I wanted, but that did not mean I was spoilt. Can you let us into your education background? I had my primary school in Lagos. I had my secondary education at Notre Dame Girls’ School, Kwara State. I also went to Federal Government College, Ilorin before I came to the University of Ibadan (UI) where I had my first degree in Zoology. I did my Masters and a PhD in parasitology in the same university.

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Lagosmetro

Nigerian Tribune

Edited By

Lanre Adewole

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Two policemen killed as robbers storm Ogun bank

WO policemen were confirmed to have been killed in an attack by robbers on Agbara Estate in Ogun State, on Thursday. The policemen were attached to the bank and were killed during the raid by robbers on the bank. The robbers, who came in two cars and motorcyles, wearing army uniforms, raided the bank’s vault and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). After the operation, an eyewitness said they snatched a vehicle from a man taking his children to school, having already blown up one of their operational vehicles with some of the dynamites used for the operation, to put a distance between them and policemen on their trail. An Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) deployed by the state police command to confront the robbers was also said to have been fired at by the bandits.

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Court grants traffic robber N20,000 bail

Trader stabs Julius Berger working on the bad portions of Lagos-Ibadan Express Road, on Thursday. landlord LFTZ crisis: AG calls for thorough investigation mendations to ensure this essence of the tribunal was servations and suggestions. with broken A O O never happens again. to investigate the remote Kazeem said that the terms THE Lagos State Govern“Lagos is the commercial cause of the disturbance of reference of the Tribunal ment on Thursday charged hub of Nigeria and indeed with the view to forestalling include to find the remote bottle members of the Lekki Free Africa. It cannot afford future recurrence. and immediate causes of the yomide

Ayomide Owonibi Odekanyin

A 31-year-old woman, Ololade Aigboje, has been accused of stabbing her landlord with a broken bottle, Aigboje, a trader, who lives at 1, Bolanle Oladehinde Close, Agbado, got into a fight with her landlord, Mr Aderibigbe Alao. It was gathered that during the fight, Aigboje broke a bottle and stabbed the landlord on the left palm. The landlord, reportedly bled profusely as a result of the injury and was subsequently rushed to the hospital. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge when she was charged before an Ikeja Magistrate Court. The Magistrate, Miss A.R. Onilogbo, granted the accused bail in the sum of N20, 000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till December 9, for mention.

the robbers were making for other banks in the vicinity. A statement by the management of the estate said the robbers arrived around 7.00 a.m. and headed for a bank within the state. “Agbara Estates is carrying out an immediate review of its security operations and is collaborating with the local authorities and police force to prevent any such incident happening again on the Estate,” the statement read. Spokesman of the Ogun State police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said some of the robbers sustained bullet wounds during their confrontation with the police, adding that no arrest had, so far, been made.

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Trade Zone (LFTZ) tribunal of inquiry to dig deep and do a thorough investigation in order to find the root cause of the October 12, 2015 disturbance, which claimed the life of the Managing Director of the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Mr Tajudeen Disu. According to the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, who made the charge at the inaugural sitting of the tribunal, the disturbances pose a threat to the economic development and potential of the Lekki free trade zone and Lagos State. Kazeem noted that the governor was deeply saddened by the incident and therefore decided to set up the tribunal to determine the root cause of the disturbance. “The government is therefore looking for lasting solutions and incisive recom-

these disturbances at all,” he stressed. The Lagos Attorney-General also pointed out that the

He therefore advised the tribunal to be fearless and ensure that everybody has a chance to ventilate their ob-

disturbance and to inquire into all incidental matters that might have led to the said public disorder.

Ambode calls for private participation in security Bola Badmus THE Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, has restated his commitment to protect lives and property of the people of the state, assuring that security remains an important area of focus for his administration. The Governor gave the assurance, on Wednesday, when he spoke at a dinner organised in honour of outgoing and incoming members of the Board of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF). According to Governor Ambode, there is a serious need for the private sector to scale up their support to-

wards government’s effort to tackle insecurity. He said with the reality that there were not enough security operatives to secure the state, the next level was to invest in the right technology which would help in the fight against crime. The governor, while emphasising that the state needed close circuit cameras in public places and data of all suspected criminal elements, stressed that it was important for police stations to have technology to access data from all over the world so as to make the tracking of criminal elements easier. Governor Ambode pointed out that it required a lot more than just additional

policemen to police a state with over 21 million people, however, urged both members of the Trust Fund and the private sector to help in the area of investing more on technology, which he admitted was not cheap, hence the need for massive support for government. He lauded members of the outgoing Board of the LSSTF for a job well done, recalling that since November 2007 when the Board was inaugurated after the passage of the law establishing the Fund, a strong partnership had been forged between the government and the private sector to address the security challenges facing the State.

Ayomide Owonibi Odekanyin A 42-year-old man, Idowu Adebogun, has been apprehended by the Police for robbing in traffic jam. Adebogun, was nabbed while carrying out an operation in a traffic jam along Lucky Fibre Road, Ikorodu. According to the Police, the accused and others still at large, usually rob in traffic jams on that road. On the day of the incident, the accused threatened one Mr Samson Adelaja with a gun while in his car, slapped him and collected N8, 000 from him. The complainant recognised the accused and reported the matter to the police, who accosted him, while others escaped. The Police also said that members of the public had lodged complaints over incessant traffic robberies in the area. Magistrate, Mrs Adelabu Olagbegi, of an Ikorodu Magistrate Court granted the accused N20, 000 bail with two sureties that must be residents of Ikorodu and show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government. The case was adjourned till December 12 for further hearing.

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Yola/Kano bombing: AKTH treats 56 injured people NLC, UN, Gov Bello condemn attacks Soji-Eze Fagbemi and Adelowo Oladipo with Agency Reports

O fewer than 56 persons injured in the Wednesday bomb blast in Kano have been admitted to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) for treatment. Dr Sani Mijinyawa, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, disclosed this when Governor Abdullahi Ganduje visited the hospital on Thursday. Mijinyawa said out of the number, two had died, while 17 others were currently under intensive care facilities in the hospital. He also said that 35 injured persons had been treated and discharged. According to him, the victims are being given adequate care to ensure their speedy recovery. Ganduje sympathised with the victims and prayed for their speedy recovery. He directed the hospital management to treat the victims free of charge, promising that government would offset all the bills. He also called on the people of the state to pray for peace and tranquillity in the country. Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on Nigerians not to be cowed or weakened by the renewed terrorists’ attacks in Yola and Kano that claimed dozens of lives. President of the congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said on Thursday that the attacks were the last desperate acts of a defeated criminal group, assuring that with joint efforts, the terrorists will be defeated. “We urge the entire citizenry not to be cowed or weakened by these renewed attacks. They are the last desperate acts of a defeated

criminal group. We at the congress have no doubt that with a common resolve, we shall defeat this terror,” Comrade Wabba said in a statement titled: “We will defeat this terror.” He expressed outrage at the bomb blasts, saying that the congress was particularly shocked and irked by the continued choice of soft and vulnerable targets. Meanwhile, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, on Thursday, condemned Tuesday’s bomb attack in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, which claimed many lives and left

others injured. Ban, in a statement issued by UN Information Centre (UNIC) in Lagos, said that no political or ideological objective whatsoever, should justify the killing of people. “The Secretary-General condemns the bomb attack on November 17 in the city of Yola, in the North-Eastern state of Adamawa, Nigeria, which resulted in death of dozens and scores injured. “He extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the government and people of Nigeria, and wishes a speedy recovery to those in-

jured. “The Secretary-General reiterates that no political or ideological objective whatsoever justifies the loss of life and terror to which civilians are being subjected,’’ the statement said. Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has condemned the bomb attacks in Adamawa and Kano states, describing the two incidents as unfortunate and acts of cowardice. Governor Bello, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Malam Jibrin Ndace, a copy of which was made available to the newsmen on

Fashola, link between Lagos, FG — Ambode Bola Badmus- Lagos LAGOS State governor, Mr Akinwumi Ambode, has described his predecessor and Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Raji Fashola, as a synergy between Lagos and the Federal Government that will accelerate and actualise his administration’s plans for infrastructural development in the state. The governor said this on Thursday while delivering a keynote address at the Lagos Business School Alumni Conference, pointing out that the state was privileged to have Fashola in charge of key federal ministries at this critical moment in her history. This was just as the governor, who said traffic situation and security remained key areas of focus of his administration, disclosed that there would be a traffic summit next week to address the issue. He said the summit is a step on the way to a new strategy that will improve the lives of Lagosians. According to Governor

Ambode, the traffic situation in the state had to improve as the current situation was harmful to the quality of life of too many people in the city. “Dealing with the terrible traffic problems that afflict so many Lagosians on a day to day basis is my key area of focus in relation to infrastructure. “Lagos will continue to grow and as we are more successful, the population will of course grow more quickly, generating more demand for traffic. We are looking at the potential of rail and water-based systems, repair the roads and work with the private sector to deliver the projects. “We are putting in place

the finances we need to enable us make our plans a reality,” the governor said. Speaking at another function, Governor Ambode said he had nothing else to give to humanity than to uphold the tenets of good governance. He said this while speaking as guest lecturer at the Annual Lecture and Award ceremony of The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Association in Nigeria, which took place at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos. The governor, who spoke on the theme: “Deepening the democratic culture in Nigeria,” said as part of efforts

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ANOTHER of the 100 Boko Haram commanders declared wanted recently by the Nigeria Army has been arrested by police detectives in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The arrested commander, Muhammed Usman, was arrested on Sunday at Abujan

Talakawa area of Maiduguri, during “intensive cordon and search operations” by the police. The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of Zone 12 of the Nigeria Police, comprising Bauchi, Borno and Yobe states, Mr Tunde Johnson Ogunsakin, disclosed this in a press release he issued and made available to journalists

Says intelligence squad arrested 6 suspected kidnappers in Oyo THE Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has said that his team of Intelligence Response Squad has nabbed six members of a kidnap gang that had been terrorising the people of Oyo State, just as he hinted that they would soon be prosecuted. This was just as he warned that any policeman who engages in the misuse of firearms will be prosecuted, promising the rebranding

of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in order to re-orientate policemen in Nigeria. Arase also stressed on community partnership, stating that it was the in-thing nationally and internationally in internal security management to police the people. The IGP stated this at the office of the governor of Oyo State in Ibadan, when he paid a courtesy call on Senator Abiola Ajimobi and while addressing officers and men of the state police command,

to deepen democracy and make Lagos work for all, he had since set up the office of Civic Engagement and Ministry of Wealth Creation. Ambode added that as part of efforts to carry people along in his programmes and policies and to run an all-inclusive government, he had since embarked on a quarterly town hall meeting, where he could hear from the people directly. The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship is a programme for mid-career professionals sponsored by the United States Department of State in honour of Humphrey, a former U.S Senator and Vice President who dedicated himself to public service and uplift of humanity.

Police arrest another wanted Boko Haram

IGP warns against misuse of firearms By Oluwatoyin Malik

Thursday, in Minna, said the perpetrators of evil, in whatever guise, will never triumph, assuring that their dastardly act would soon be uncovered and brought to an end. While condoling with the victims, relations, governments and the entire people of the two states, the governor noted that “security issue has become serious challenge to the society as a whole and called on all Nigerians to be security conscious and vigilant of people and things around them in a collective effort to defeat those evil forces amongst us.”

during a one-day working visit to Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday. Noting that no society could develop without adequate security, the IG assured the governor that the Nigeria Police would continue to work to ensure that the state sustains the desired peace it had had. He was received by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone Eleven, Mrs Kalafite Adeyemi; the state Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade;

the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, Amba Asuquo; Deputy Commissioner, Medical Services, Mrs Efunsola Sowemimo; Deputy Commissioner, Operations, Sanusi Buba and other senior police officers, including Area Commanders. The Inspector General of Police pointed out that the rifles were bought with taxpayers’ money and could not be turned against the people the police are supposed to protect.

in Bauchi, on Thursday. According to the release, Usman was fugitive number 40 on the wanted list released by the Nigerian Army, adding that he had since been handed over to the Army. “The suspect was arrested on November 15, 2015 and handed over to the headquarters of 7 Division of the Nigerian Army for further investigation, while efforts are being intensified to track down and apprehend other suspects still at large,” the statement read in part. In another development, the Bauchi State police command has called on the people of the state to be extra vigilant, as it had uncovered plan to carry out coordinated attacks by some men and women numbering about six in some parts of the state. This was contained a press statement alerting people of the state to the plan issued and made available to journalists in Bauchi on Thursday by the command’s image maker, Haruna Mohammed.

Pfizer rewards outstanding pharmacists at PSN conference PFIZER Nigeria has rewarded outstanding pharmacists at the just concluded 88th Annual Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) which held in Abuja. Explaining the rationale for the recognition, Mr Winston Ailemoh, Marketing Director West & East Africa, said the award was to recognise excellence and positive contributions of outstanding pharmacists to sustain and further advance development within the sector. One of the pharmacists awarded at the event, Bukola George, CEO, Healthplus Pharmacy, thanked Pfizer for this recognition stating that the award is a mark of recognition and serves as a means of motivation to further help contribute to the profession and to develop healthcare practice in Nigeria.

Abandoned babies

Bernard Hope, a boy of about a year old was found abandoned along Unity Drive Ayetoro, IteleAwori of Ogun State on October 10, 2015 at about 22:10hrs.

Blessing Hopes, a newly born baby girl of about few days old was found abandoned in a carton opposite Celestial Church at Aparadiya, Itele-Awori of Ogun State, on November 10, 2015 at about 00:25hrs. Anyone with useful information on the whereabouts of their mothers/relatives should please contact the nearest police station or the Director of Social Welfare Services, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

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Taxes: Ekiti seals off banks, GSM firm as tipper owners protest Sam Nwaoko-Ado Ekiti

HE Ekiti State government, on Thursday, sealed off business premises of some banks and a mobile telephone service provider in the state capital over alleged non-payment of Business Premises Tax to the state government. The state Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Mr Michael Ayodele, said the affected business outfits were indebted to the state government money running to millions of naira. Ayodele said some of the affected firms had not paid the said tax in the last three years, following which he led officials of his ministry to seal off the affected business premises. He added that the government took the action following repeated warnings to the organisations to fulfil their financial obligations to the state. Meanwhile, tipper owners in the state have embarked on an indefinite strike action to protest the imposition of a tax of N1,000 tax per trip and a fine of N50,000 on any defaulter by the state

government. The Union of Tipper and Quarry Employers of Nigeria in the state, said the members decided on the strike option after a meeting on the development on Thursday. They described the N1,000 levy was “harsh”, claiming that it was in ad-

dition to taxes already being paid to the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development. Chairman of the union, Chief James Olujimi Mokoa, told newsmen that he had no option than to tell his members to withdraw their services because “we

don’t have any N50,000 fine to pay.” Mokoa said it was wrong for the government to go on air to impose a tax of N1,000 per trip after which the governor summoned a meeting to discuss the matter. He disclosed that mem-

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THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ekiti State, on Thursday, disowned Dr Tope Aluko, whom it claimed testified at the military panel hearing activities of soldiers in the June 2014 governorship election in the state. The PDP said in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Jackson Adebayo, on Thursday, that it frowned on what it said was “the impersonation of the position of the state secretary of the party by one Dr Tope Aluko, at the ongoing military panel on the 2014 governorship election in the state. He said the party held that “whatever is recorded by the military panel in

the name of the said impersonator on the involvement of military in the Ekiti election will render the whole exercise illegal and a charade.” Adebayo added that the PDP said that it was wrong that “a non-member of the party could be admitted to testify in the name of PDP, despite a widely publicised expulsion of the fellow by the party on July 31, 2015.” Adebayo explained that the expelled secretary had only demonstrated the traits of anti-party activities that led to his expulsion, adding that there was nothing objective or reliable that could be taken from him in this case. He noted that Aluko, who testified on oath as

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principal witness for the PDP at the election petition tribunal, would only be confining himself to the wrath of the law by chosen to negate same after he had said that the election

IT is the turn of Makurdi in Benue State and Yenagoa in Bayelsa State, this weekend to experience the two super shows which have held the Nigerian entertainment scene spellbound in the last three months, the Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce concert and the Glo Laffta Fest comedy show. While Slide n Bounce will

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was free and fair to the Supreme Court level. According to him, Aluko and four members of the State Working Committee were expelled on July 31, 2015, while the National

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MRDA/11/78, dated 12th November, 2015, and signed by the Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperatives, Michael Ayodele, communicated its desire to impose the tax of N1,000 per trip which it described as “haulage fee.”

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bers of the union had been paying levies to the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals, including N20,000 annual renewal fee, N9,000 royalty levy and processing fee of N10,000. The state government, had, through a letter with reference EK/

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storm Makurdi, the Food Basket of the nation in Benue State on Friday( today), Laffta Fest will be staged in Yenagoa, at the Izon heartland of Bayelsa State on Sunday. The Makurdi edition of Glo Slide n Bounce, is billed for the Royal Choice Inn, Makurdi, while the Cultural Centre, Yenegoa, will play host to Glo Laffta Fest. This is the 14th weekly concurrent episodes of the shows. In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday, Globacom disclosed that the duo of Marvin records stars, Reekado Banks and Di’Ja, would be joined by Afro hip hop musician Burna Boy, and guitarist, Bez Idakula, simply known as Bez, to entertain Globacom subscribers and other fun-seekers in Makurdi, who will be coming to experience the world-class entertainment the concert has been noted for in the past three months. DJ XGee will be the event disc jockey, while Okon Lagos and O.C. Ukeje will make

guest appearances as GLO ambassadors. Meanwhile, the NEXT generation network, Globacom, has opened another customer service centre in Kano ,with a promise to render prompt and improved services to its subscribers in line with its tradition of excellent service delivery. The San Turakin of Kano, Alhaji Aliyu Ado Bayero, who was the special guest of honour at the commissioning of the new Gloworld, Globacom’s flagship customer experience centre located at the Ado Bayero Mall, Zoo Road, Kano, eulogised the board and management of Globacom for its efforts to ensure that telephony is both accessible and affordable to all Nigerians of all social strata. According to him, “Glo is not like any other telecoms company but a truly Nigerian company that continues to impact lives of Nigerians in many positive ways with its quality network, best tariffs, lifechanging promotions and sponsorships.”

English constantly panel-beaten in Nigeria —Don By Rita Okonoboh

THE first professor of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU) to inaugurate his chair, Professor Joel Olatunde Ayodabo, has stated that English will continue to bear the burden of being panel-beaten in Nigeria, owing to its status as a vehicular language. Professor Ayodabo, who stated this on Thursday, at the first inaugural lecture of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, tagged “English in Nigeria: Pragmatics of a vehicular language,” stated that “As users of English as a vehicular language in Nigeria, English will continue to bear the load

of being panel-beaten, because competence levels in it are not equal; the motivation for its learning and use is not on everybody’s same page and because every user uses the variety he or she needs and requires to get things done, especially in informal settings.” Speaking on the necessity of education for national development, Ayodabo, while speaking to the Nigerian Tribune, noted that “we need to do a systemic analysis and adopt a holistic approach. Apart from misplaced priorities on the part of government, students are not willing to learn and the society is not assisting.”

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Reps pass N456.6bn supplementary budget for second reading •Argue over fuel subsidy

Jacob Segun Olatunji and Kolawole Daniel - Abuja

HE House of Representatives on Thursday passed for the second reading the sum of N456.636 billion supplementary appropriation bill, sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, November 19. The House Committees on Appropriation and Finance was directed by the

House to carryout further legislative action. The House Leader, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, set the tone for the second reading of the supplementary budget when he informed his colleagues on the need to approve the supplementary appropriation bill sent to it by the president in line with provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. According to him, “As at

Judge orders journalists out of court over divorce case in Osun Oluwole Ige - Osogbo

THERE was mild drama at Osun State High Court, Ede, on Thursday, when a presiding judge, Justice A.O. Oguntade, barred journalists from covering a divorce case instituted by a businessman, Mr Tajudeen Deji Adeleke, against his wife, Margaret. The judge directed that journalists present in the court should stand up and then ordered the policemen to lead them out of the court premises. It will be recalled that Justice Oguntade had earlier on Monday barred journalists from covering the case. The petitioner, Mr Adeleke, is seeking divorce on the reasons that family members were against the union. The suit for divorce was filed by Adeleke in March 2014, but the case began in June, 2014. The respondent’s counsel, Mr Kemi Pinhero, had in the motion dated November 16, 2015, accused the presiding judge of bias, just as he questioned the judge’s ability to maintain fairness among the parties in the case. Citing Supreme Court cases of Edodagde vs Okoye, Adebesin vs State of 2004 and 2014 and Osayomi vs State in 2007 at the Court of Appeal, he argued that issues of jurisdiction and allegation of bias took precedent over other matters. Justice Oguntade had before proceeding adjourned four cases listed for his attention and gave reasons that lawyers in the other cases are residents in Osun while those involved in the divorce case would have to return to Lagos hence his decision to adjourn other cases. But, Pinhero punctured the judge’s reason for adjourning other four cases listed before the court, describing the decision as another proving allegation of bias against Justice Oguntade.

He wondered why a divorce case listed and a land case of 2010 should be adjourned to hurriedly single out the Adeleke/Margaret’s case for consideration and that matrimony cases should not ordinarily earn fast track status above land matters. However, counsel to Deji Adeleke, Wale Afolabi, in his submission contended that the proceedings could continue and that the fresh motion by the counsel to the respondent was not properly handled.

the time the 2015 budget was brought before this House, the benchmark was 53 dollars per barrel and exchange rate of N199 to a dollar. So, many things have changed for the worse since then, and the president inherited a very huge domestic and foreign debt with the economy almost grinding to a halt.” Supporting the passage, Honourable Mohammed Tahir Monguno maintained that, “I’m more particularly concerned about the aspect of this budget that regards the area of ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’. We must do all that is within our powers to ensure that our military has all it need to tackle the menace of Boko Haram in the North-East region. This must be made to become a thing of the past through adequate funding and procurement of necessary equipment that will enable them tackle insecurity.” Also, Honourable Zakari Mohammed stated that, “I want to urge my colleagues to support this bill for the purpose of bringing peace to our nation and a lot too has to

be done on the issue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) so that displaced people could be returned to their bases.” However, a member of PDP, Honourable Nkieruka Onyeojeocha, questioned what she termed entrenched culture of nonimplementation of budget by the Federal Government, saying such practice must be discontinued forthwith if any progress must be made at all. According to her: “We have a 2015 budget that has not been implemented up to 30 per cent. So, they should first tell us how much has been spent in the main budget, how much is the shortfall before coming to ask us to approve a supplementary appropriation.” The Minority Leader, Honourable Leo Ogor, however, said: “If you look at this budget, it is broken into three parts. We must also look at the legislative powers of the National Assembly to appropriate funds before they are spent. But a situation where they begin to bring budget proposal for funds already spent creates an unacceptable scenario. How come we are being asked to approve

funds that have already been spent. It is not done anywhere.” On the issue of fuel subsidy removal, Honourable Ogor declared, “the issue of subsidy is another thing that we must critically scrutinise in this budget proposal. How come we are incurring such a huge amount of debt as subsidy claims in such a short period of time under this government, especially coming from a president who had said severally that he does not believe in subsidy as it was alien to him?” But the House Leader, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, raised a point of order to counter Honourable Ogor, saying that the Minority Leader was misleading the public as the president had at no time said he would remove subsidy. At this point, the Speaker, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, stepped in saying that, “For the avoidance of doubt, the president has stated more than once that he is against the removal of subsidy which he believes is to the benefit of the masses. Now, if there’s any member in this House who has contrary information regarding that, I beg to be educated.

Reps to probe AMCON over alleged under-valuation, price racketeering Jacob Segun Olatunji and Kolawole Daniel - Abuja

THE House of Representatives on Thursday put machinery in motion to probe the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) over allegations

of under-valuation of some tank farms that it put up for sale. The House then mandated its committee on banking and currency to carry out the investigation. The House equally urged AMCON to suspend further

transactions on the sale of these assets pending the outcome of the investigation. The House resolution was sequel to a motion moved by Honourable Danburam Abubakar asking the House to investigate AMCON on

Court frees former Edo SSG, others over N113m misappropriation charges Banji Aluko - Benin City

REPRIEVE on Thursday came the way of former Secretary to the Edo State Government, Dr Simon Imuekheme, and three others, after they were left off the hook by a Benin High Court in a case of misappropriation of the sum of N113million belonging to the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The judgement was delivered by Justice Esther Edigin in a case brought before the court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Other officials of SUBEB, who were pronounced not

guilty by the court, are the former chairman of the Edo State SUBEB, Sir Joseph Emoabino; David Eson Igbinoba and Aghator Gaskin Efe. The case was brought before the court by ICPC in March 2014 but the case suffered delay partly due to prolong strike embarked upon by the Edo State chapter of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN). Justice Edigin noted that the prosecutor failed in his case when it charged the four accused persons under Section 22, subsection 5 of the ICPC Act 2000, which she said is no longer in existence, adding that the law in operation is the

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the alleged shady deal. The lawmaker, while moving the motion, informed the House that AMCON had invited interested members of the public to submit bids for the purchase of 32 petroleum products storage tanks located in Ibafon, Apapa, Lagos State, as a result of the failure of some oil companies to up their debts four years after the corporation took over their non-performing loans from commercial banks. According to the lawmaker, the processes leading to the proposed sale of the 32 tank farms, worth several billions of Naira by AMCON, has been alleged to be in contravention of Section 28 of the corporation’s establishment Act of 2010. Citing the section, the lawmaker said: “The valuation of, and purchase price of eligible bank assets shall be determined in accordance with guidelines issued from time-to-time by the Central Bank of Nigeria,” saying that the provision was not complied with in the transaction. The motion was unanimously supported when it was put to a voice vote by the Speaker, Honourable Yakubu Dogara who presided over the session.

Osun unveils school named after Wole Soyinka Oluwole Ige - Osogbo

OSUN State government will on Monday unveil the newly completed High School in Ejigbo, Ejigbo Local Government Area of the state. The new school, named after Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has the capacity for 3,000 pupils. The Monday commissioning of the school marks the first of such high school facilities in the state, having commissioned schools in the other lower categories of the mega-schools being constructed by Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration. A statement signed by the Director, Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, Mr Semiu Okanlawon, said the unveiling of the new school is in furtherance of the determined implementation of the report of the 2011 education summit organised by the state government which identified the multiform problems and rots standing in the way of functional education in Nigeria.

Unity Ministers’ Forum holds crusade Nov 22 in Ibadan THE Unity Ministers’ Forum Ibadan (UMF) will on Sunday, November 22, hold a one day open air crusade of prophetic impartations and revelations with the theme: ‘Jesus the game changer’, at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, by 4:00p.m. According to the statement from the Chairman, Planning Committee, Reverend (Dr) Lekan Babatunde, the “Crusade is the vision of the chairman of the Unity Ministers’ Forum, Ibadan, Reverend Alex Adegboye, to make a statement of unity among churches and also to minister to spirit, soul and body of all those that will attend the crusade. The guest minister is Reverend J.O. Olaiya, a seasoned and veteran evangelist from Kaduna State. It will features deliverance, healing, victory, signs and wonders.

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HE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed sensitive materials that would be used in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. A correspondent of the

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News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at the INEC office in Lokoja, on Thursday, to witness the distribution, noted that the materials were escorted out to various destinations amidst tight security. It was also observed that

the distribution of the materials was done in the presence of the representatives of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC) and other parties contesting the election. The state Resident Elec-

toral Commissioner, Mr Halilu Pai, who supervised the distribution, said that the materials included ballot papers and result sheets. Pai said that the materials would be taken to the INEC offices in the 21 lo-

IGP deploys 1 DIG, 3 CPs THE Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase has deployed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, DIG Sotoye Wakama, to Kogi to supervise security arrangements during the Nov. 21 governorship election. This is contained in a statement issued by the Force spokesperson, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, in Abuja on Thursday. Others deployed are; CP Isaac Eke, CP Peter Ogunyanwo and CP Sam Okaula, who would specifically supervise security

arrangements in the three Senatorial Districts of the state. ``The three CPs deployed to Kogi State will be specifically saddled with the responsibility of supervising security arrangements in the three Senatorial Districts of the state,`` the statement said. It said that the commissioners would be assisted by an Assistant Commissioner of Police in each of the districts. It said that the measure was aimed at ensuring proper coordination of security operations toward a hitch-free election. According to the statement, the State Commis-

sioner of Police, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, has been redeployed to Force Headquarters, pending the conclusion of the election. It said that 4,969 personnel of the Police Mobile Force had been deployed to strategic places to complement the 11,000 Conventional Police and other security agents. It stated that Arase had ordered a partial restriction of vehicular movement within the boundaries of Kogi from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the election day. The statement said that the partial restriction of movement was s informed by the exigencies of overriding security considerations.

It urged travelers to use alternative routes where necessary within the period. It called on the people, especially candidates, party chieftains, opinion moulders and other relevant stakeholders to conduct themselves within the ambit of the extant electoral laws. The statement warned all security details to desist from accompanying their principals to the polling booths and collation centres. It said that only security personnel assigned for the election duties would be allowed within election designated areas.

TMG deploys 325 observers THE Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) said on Thursday, that it would deploy 325 citizen-observers for the governorship election holding in Kogi, on November 21. The chairman of TMG, Mr Ibrahim Zikirullahi, told newsmen in Lokoja, that the observers would comprise 300 stationary and 25 roving ones. He said that they had been carefully selected from across the 21 local governments in the state. He said that the observers would be deployed to 300 randomly selected polling units out of the 2,548 in the state. Zikirullahi said that the TMG, an independent and non-partisan organisation, is a coalition of 400-civilsociety groups based in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to him, their duty is mainly to provide timely and accurate information on the conduct of voting and counting of the results of the election. “TMG’s Quick Count is the only observation methodology that can independently verify the official results of the governorship election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission,” the chairman said. He said that the observers

had been trained and accredited to witness the entire election process from start-up at the polling units through the announcement and posting of official results. “TMG calls on the elector-

ate to go to the polls confident that their votes will count. “Quick count will provide independent verification of the gubernatorial results as announced by INEC. “If the official results re-

flect the ballots cast at polling units, TMG will confirm them. “If the official results do not reflect the ballots cast at polling units, TMG will expose them,” Zikirullahi said.

cal government areas of the state from where they would later in the day be shared among the 239 wards. According to him, the INEC is ready and committed to conduct a free, fair, credible and acceptable election. He urged political parties, security agents and other stakeholders to play their roles according to the rules. The Resident Electoral Commissioner also gave

Considering the geolocation of Kogi State, which shares boundaries with 10 different states, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered a partial restriction of vehicular movement within the boundaries of Kogi State with effect from 6.00am to 6.00pm on Saturday, November 21, 2015 when governorship poll is to take place there. He stated that all states contiguous to Kogi State will be heavily policed, while motorists and other travellers plying the affected routes will be subjected to rigorous search by security agents on stop-and-search duty. Arase said that the Nigeria Police noted that the partial restriction of movement order is informed by the exigencies of overriding security considerations. According to him, the Force is not unmindful of the citizens’ right to freedom of movement, as he said that the measure is

aimed at forestalling tactics by faceless groups to undermine the electoral process. The police boss suggested that travellers should take advantage of alternate routes to their destinations where necessary within the hours of the partial restriction of movement. Meanwhile, the IGP has deployed DIG Sotonye Leroy Wakama, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, to supervise security arrangements in the state. He will be assisted by three Commissioners of Police and three Assistant Commissioners of Police during the election. For the sake of the election, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu, has been redeployed to Force Headquarters, Abuja pending the conclusion of the election. He said that the three CPs deployed to Kogi State will be specifically saddled with the responsibility of supervising security arrange-

ments in the three senatorial districts of the state. They are: CP Isaac Eke, CP Peter Ogunyanwo and CP Sam Okaula. They will be assisted by an Assistant Commissioner of Police each in their respective senatorial district. In addition, 4,969 per-

assurances that the fuel scarcity currently being experienced in the state would not in any way impact negatively on the process and outcome of the election. He said that the commission had made arrangements with some filling stations that would sell fuel to all vehicles on election duty, and that the stations had been prevailed upon to operate on 24-hour basis beginning from Friday.

I won’t be intimidated by PDP, APC—LP candidate Yinka Oladoyinbo - Lokoja

THE governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Kogi State, Dr Phillips Salawu, on Thursday, said he was not intimidated by the leading political parties in the governorship election in the state. Speaking at the grand finale of the campaign of the party held at the campaign tower, Lokoja, the state capital, he said the LP would win the election if conducted free and fair. He said the LP represents equity, justice and fairness and was ready to salvage the state from the misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last 12 years. According to him, an LP government would implement programmes in many

IGP orders partial restriction of vehicular movement Chris Agbambu - Abuja

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sonnel of the Police Mobile Force (PMF) drawn from different squadrons across the country have been deployed to strategic places, to complement the 11,000 conventional Police manpower, and other security agents already deployed for the election.

sectors that would improve the standard of living of the people of the state. He said if voted into power he would rectify marginalisation and social injustices which had been the hallmark of ethnic suspicion and distrust among the three major ethnic groups in the state. While likening the Labour Party, in comparison to other big parties, as the Biblical David and Goliath, he urged his supporters not to entertain any kind of fear, as he was certain that God will deliver victory into their hands in the Saturday poll. The national chairman of the party, who was represented by the National Legal adviser, Abdulkareem Abubakar, said the state has suffered enough under what he called the oppressive administration of the ruling party and said now is the time for change. He called on the electorate to take their destinies in their hands by voting massively for the Labour party, even as he called on party members to conduct themselves in a peaceful way during the election.

Parties in last minute campaign as group organises roadshow for Wada Yinka Oladoyinbo - Lokoja

Political parties in Kogi State, on Thursday, rounded off their campaigns to beat the deadline set by the Electoral Act, as a group, ‘Wada Must Win’ embarked on a roadshow in Lokoja, to drum up support for the re-election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Captain Idris Wada. The group, mostly youth drawn from the 21 local government areas of the state, marched round the

major streets in the state capital with messages urging voters to vote for the reelection of the governor. The people noted that the governor had, in the last three years and nine months, laid a good foundation for the development of the state and should be allowed to continue in office. The leader of the group, Comrade Ben Ubitogwale, said the group embarked on the project following its conviction that the government meant well for the state. According to him, Wada

has done a lot in the areas of education, youth empowerment, agriculture, health and human capital development amongst others, stressing that another term would enable him to consolidate on what he has started. He added that the present administration in the state had spread development across the three senatorial districts of the state with emphasis on infrastructural advancement of the state. The group appealed to the electorates to cast their votes for Wada come Saturday, November 21.

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HE United Kingdom (UK) has on Thursday, said the return of Nigerians, who have no right to remain in the UK is a key part of upholding a fair and robust immigration system, although stating that its preference is for such individuals to leave the UK voluntarily. It said in an event the individuals fail to leave voluntarily, removal action will be taken against them. Dropping the hint via a statement, Edward Dunn, who serves as Press Officer at British High Commission in Abuja said that returning the individuals, who lack right to remain in UK, will only be done after the government has determined nationality and medical fitness to travel, and when all legal avenues to remain in the UK have been exhausted. “We will continue to maintain a close dialogue with the Nigerian Government, including the Nigeria High Commission in London, on these important and sensitive matters, which are of vital importance to our relations,” he said. Dunn used the platform to rebut allegations in some media of a failure to appear before the House of Representatives Com-

mittee on Diaspora. He acknowledged that a meeting was scheduled between the Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora, Honourable Rita Orji, and the British High Commissioner on Tuesday November 17 but said, due to a short notice change of timing by the House Committee, the High Commissioner was not able to attend the meeting. “That meeting was then postponed,” he said. According to him, “While Diplomatic Missions are not formally required to answer to summons by a Nigerian Parliamentary House Committee, members of the British High Commission remain very willing to meet with the Committee Chair to discuss any issues they find concerning. “Nigeria is the third highest source of visitors to the UK, enriching the UK with a thriving Disapora. It is right that we continue to encourage and endorse the best migration practices. “We work closely with the Nigerian Government to facilitate visas for the large numbers of very welcome travellers between our two countries and to ensure the return of the small minority, who choose not to return when their visa expires,” he said.

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OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION ABAJI AREA COUNCIL, FCT - ABUJA DEPARTMENT OR ADMINISTRATION INVITATION FOR TENDER

Abaji Area Council Federal Capital Territory Administration, Abuja hereby invites application for Tender from competent, reputable and interested companies/contractors for the execution of some approved jobs/projects under its year 2015 budgets. B. SCORE OR WORKS LOT 1 CONSTRUCTION WORKS a. Asphalt Overlay of 2.5km Gigbe Road. b. Construction of four cells Box Culvert along Rimba-Ebagi Rural Feeder Road. c. Construction of Police Outpost at Gawu. LOT 2 WATER SUPPLY SCHEME a. Drilling of 2 No. Solar Powered Borehole at Pandagi and Gigbe Villages. 6 Nos. Hand Pumps Boreholes at the following communities: i. Gasakpa ii. Mawogi Gawu iii. Dogon Ruwa iv. Anguwar Tony v. Tungan Usman vi. Tiv side b. Drilling of 1 No. Hand Pump Borehole at Secretariat Complex (Area Council). C. TENDER REQUIREMENT The tender requirements are: Certificate/evidence of incorporation in Nigeria (CAC Registration Certificate). Profile of Directors, share ownership structure of the company. Evidence of tax clearance certificates of three consecutive years: 2012, 2013, and 2014 with TIN number. Evidence of VAT registration. Evidence of compliance with Pension Reform Act 2004 (as amended) Evidence of financial capability from reputable banks. Evidence of registration with Abaji Area Council. Veritable evidence of similar projects previously executed including letters of awards and job completion certificate. TENDER FEE: A non-refundable tender fee of N80,000.00 only shall be paid into the revenue account No. 2000318051 with First Bank PLC Abaji Branch or any of the First Bank PLC Branch in Nigeria. Bid/tender documents shall be collected from the Works Department, please. SUBMISSION OF BID DOCUMENTS: All completed bid documents should be submitted in a properly sealed envelope with a very clear inscription of the bidder's name, lot bidded for, address and telephone number for easier contact at the right hand corner of the envelope, please. And all bid documents should reach the Secretary Tender Board on or before 18 December, 2015. OPENING OF BID: All submitted and received bids shall be publicly opened at 12.30pm on the closing date at the Council Secretariat. Note: All interested bidders/ representatives are hereby advised to make sure they register their names into Tender Registration Booklet on submission of their bid/tender documents at Logistics office of Abaji Area Council, please. Signed: Secretary Tender Board Abaji Area Council, FCT - Abuja.

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I, formerly Miss Wuraola Aanuoluwapo Omolara now MRS. AYODELE A A N U O L U WA P O OMOLARA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Aderibigbe Mary Oluwabori now MRS OLOWOFELA MARY OLUWABORI. All former documents remain valid. The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Ibidapo Linda Olabisi now MRS. EMMANUEL LINDA OLABISI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Adeleye Abosede Moyosade now MRS ORIYOMI ABOSEDE MOYOSADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Cornelius Joshua Oluwakemi now OLUFEYISAN JOSHUA OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mr Opadare Bunmi Oyebamiji now MR OJO OYEBAMIJI BENJAMEN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, Ibiyemi Kehinde Oseni am the same person as Ibiyemi Kehinde Hosen now wish to be known and addressed as IBIYEMI KEHINDE HOSEN. All former documents remain valid. GTB and general public take note.

I, formerly Mr Onigbinde Tajudeen Mosobalaje Abusi now MR ONIGBINDE TAJUDEEN MOSOBALAJE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Ologundudu Akinbode Foluso now OYOLOLA AKINBODE FOLUSO. All former documents remain valid. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Obafemi Awolowo Unviersity, Ile-Ife and General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Alamuoye Oluwaseun Ayomikun now MRS AFOLABI OLUWASEUN AYOMIKUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Olarewaju Arinola Esther now MRS. ADEJUMO ARINOLA ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Nnadi Patricia Chimobi now MRS BURAIMOH PATRICIA CHIMOBI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Mrs Taiwo Folarin now MRS TAIWO OMODELE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Osundeyi Margaret Adenike now MRS IYOHA MARGARET ADENIKE. All former documents remain valid. Osun State Government Service Commission, Due Process and general public take note.

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CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mr Clement Anuku Oyika now MR PHILIP OYIKA NWOKO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Mudasiru Ninnat Odun now Agboola Alimat Asake. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Ajala Badirat now AJALA ADERONKE AWOKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Olayioye Jelilat now ALABI MUTIYAT ABIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, formerly Salawu Iyabo Asabi now SALAHUDEEN YETUNDE IYABO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Ojo Kofoworola Nihinlola now MRS OLAJIDE K O F O W O R O L A NIHINLOLA. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Olatunji Folasade Mary now MRS BAMIDELE FOLASADE MARY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Oyebanji Omoyemi Bamidele now MRS ONI OMOYEMI BAMIDELE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Ilori Olusola Adefoluke now MRS OLAGUNJU OLUSOLA ADEFOLUKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Liadi Atinuke A. now LIADI KUBURAT OLUWATOYIN.All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Abudlganiy Wahab Abanigbe now ABDULGANIY ABANISE SIRILHI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Khalifat Zakariyau Hammad Tijani now TIJANI ZAKARIYAU ALAO. All former documents remain valid. UBA and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Lawal Nesiru now WAHABI NASIRU LAWAL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Dapo Azeez Nurudeen now DAPO OLANREWAJU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, Jafaru Musa am the same person as Isah Adamu. now JAFARU MUSA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Akorede Kazeem and Fagbolade Kazeem now FAGBOLADE QUAZEEM AKOREDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Akano Raheem Omokewu am the same person as Akawo Raimi Omokewu. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as AKAWO RAIMI OMOKEWU. All former documents remain valid. GT Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Akande Adebayo Ramoni now SAKA RAMONI ADISA. All former documents remain valid. Guaranty Trust Bank, First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Mrs Ibidun Toyin Adebisi am the same person as Ibidun Toyin Oluwasayo. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as MRS IBIDUN TOYIN ADEBISI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Ogunlade Oluwakemi Abeni now FAM OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. Stanbic, First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

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I, Bamidele Lasisi Akanni am the same person as Salawudeen Bamidele Azeez. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as BAMIDELE LASISI AKANNI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Akintayo Mulikat Taiwo Abeke Adegboyega and Alhaja Taiwo Abeke now ALHAJA SULAIMON TAIWO MULIKATU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Olagunju Haleemot Shola now MRS ADEJUMO HALEEMOT SHOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Oyeleke Oyelere Sulaimon now OYELEKE OYELERE SULAIMON OLUSOLA. All former documents remain valid. Union Bank Plc., and general public take note.

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I, formerly Salefu Jeremiah Junior now UJI NGBEDE. All former documents remain valid. Fidelity Bank and general public take note.

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I, formerly Jinadu Adio Adetayo now PASTOR JOSAYAH ADEBISI ADETAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Sodiq Azeez Abimbola am the same person as IROMINI SODIQ ABIMBOLA. Now wish to be known as IROMINI SODIQ ABIMBOLA AZEEZ. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Olaniyi Daniel Olatunji now OLANIYI DANIEL OLATUNDE. All former documents remain valid. OYSCATECH, Igboora and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Yetunde Wuraola Olojede now MRS. YETUNDE WURAOLA ONI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mr Olamilekan Abidemi Kazeem now MR ARIBIDO KAZEEM ABIDEMI. All former documents remain valid. FBN and general public take note.

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I, formerly Azizi Ishola now LASISI ISHOLA. All former documents remain valid. Wema Bank and general public take note.

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I, formerly Ikechukwu Charles Okakpu now IKECHUKWU CHARLES IKECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc, FCMB and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Funke Oladunjoye now ALOSO FUNKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Olubunmi Elizabeth Sanusi now MRS. OLUBUNMI OLOKODANA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mrs. E.I. Oluigbo now MRS EUNICE ADAOHA OLUIGBO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Runsewe Funto Olaide now MRS ADEBOYEJO FUNTO OLAIDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mr Agunbiade Oluwaseun Atanda now MR ADEFILA OLUWASEUN ATANDA MATHEW. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Ibadin Princess now OKOJIE OSAREMEN PRINCESS. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mrs. Olaniyi Olamide now MRS ADEDEJI KEMI. All former documents remain valid. Stanbic IBTC Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Odumade Oluwakemi Damilola now MRS ABIMBOLA OLUWAKEMI DAMILOLA. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Ukamaka Florence Onyeka now MRS UKAMAKA FLORENCE NWAIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Tijani Rianat Oladunni now EESUOLA RIANAT OLADUNNI. All former documents remain valid. Ibarapa Central Local Government, Igboora and general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Elujoba Kehinde Favour am the same person as Omobolanle Kehinde Favour. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as ELUJOBA KEHINDE FAVOUR. All former documents remain valid. Zenith Bank Plc and general public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Adeseun John Eyinade my name is wrongly written as Seun Abu now wants to be called and addressed as ADESEUN JOHN EYINADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Oluwatobi Eunice Adelakun now MRS OLUWATOBI EUNICE MUSTAPHA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Tidjani Suleman now ABDULIAMID SULAIMAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Miss Akinniyi Sakirat Modupe now MRS ALABI SAKIRAT MODUPE. All former documents remain valid. Ilesa West Local Government, Ilesa and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Olufunmilayo Mary Obe now MRS IFEDAYOEGBEJE OLUFUNMILAYO MAGARET. All former documents remain valid. Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo and general public take note.

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I, formerly Buhari Begola now BASHIRU LADDAN KWAYIM. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Jekayinfa Kikelomo Hairat now MRS ADEDEJI KIKELOMO HAIRAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Jimi-Bada Oluremi Olusoji now JIMI-BADA OLUFEMI OLUSOJI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Oyebamiji Taiwo Ganiyat now MRS DUROJAYE TAIWO GANIYAT (NEE OYEBAMIJI). All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Oguntola Adenike Lydia now AKANBI ADENIKE LYDIA. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc and general public take note.

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I, formerly Lil Shira P. now MARTINS S. CHIDERA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Balogun Josephine Kikelomo now OBAREWON JOSEPHINE KIKELOMO. All former documents remain valid. SUBEB, UBA and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Omobuwa Adenola Comfort now MRS. OMOPEKUN ADENOLA COMFORT. All former documents remain valid. Ondo State Government, Teaching Service Commission Ondo State, Odigbo Zone, First Bank Nig. Plc., Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Adelakun Adeola Muslimat now MRS. ADEMOLA MUSLIMAT ADEOLA. All former documents remain valid. Wema Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Onigbinde Dolapo now MRS. DOLAPO BAMIDELE TEMITOPE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Adekunle Victoria Bukola now MISS ARIGBEDE VICTORIA BUKOLA. All former documents remain valid. Primary Leaving Testimonial, WAEC, JAMB, Adekunle Ajasin University and general public take note.

I, Adams Sadetu am the same person bearing Adams Sabdat. Henceforth, I wish to be known and called ADAMS SADETU All former documents remain valid. Access Bank, First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

I, Akinbola Olawale am the same person bearing AKINBOLA HAKEEM and AKINBOLA OLAWALE. All former documents remain valid. Sumal Food Ltd, First Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Adewumi Adedunni Beatrice now MRS. OLAWOYE ADEDUNNI BEATRICE. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and general public take note.

I, Mrs. Victoria Olayinka Owoyemi Salawu am the same person bearing Mrs. Victoria Olayinka Owoyemi and Mrs. Victoria Olayinka Salawu. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as MRS. VICTORIA OLAYINKA OWOYEMI SALAWU. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., Key Stone Bank and general public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Haji Issah now AHMED BABA. All former documents remain valid. Sumal Food Ltd, First Bank Plc and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, Fayenuwo Oladimeji Isa Temidayo am the same person bearing Oladimeji Oladayo Isa, Fayenuwo Temidayo, Oladimeji Temidayo Isa. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as FAYENUWO OLADIMEJI ISA TEMIDAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Oladimeji Bosede Toyin now MRS. ADEDIRAN BOSEDE TOYIN. All former documents remain valid. UBA, First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

I, formerly Azzez Waliu now EMATUWO OYEBANJI AJAO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Michael Ngozi Ijomah now MICHAEL ADETUNJI OSHO. All former documents remain valid. Union Bank Plc and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly Abudul Fausat, my name was mistakenly written as Abido Fausat instead of Abudul Fausat. My correct name is ABUDUL FAUSAT. All former documents remain valid. Wema Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Aremu Toyin now MRS. OLADEJI REBECCA OLUWATOYIN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Akinsoji Nafisat now MRS. AKINSOJI ALIMAT ASABI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Yinusa Olusegun Rasaki now OYENEYE OLUSEGUN YINUSA. All former documents remain valid. Skye Bank, Heritage Bank, Leadway Insurance and general public take note.

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I, formerly Alowonle Tajudeen Akande now HAMZAT TAJUDEEN AKANDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Umar Mukaila now UMAR ABUBAKAR MUKAILA YAIKUANA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Jimoh Anifat now MRS. OWOLABI TAYE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Akinyemi Basirat Iyabode now MRS. POPOOLA LOLADE. All former documents remain valid.General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Olugboye Taiwo Lydia now MRS. OLASUPO LYDIA TAIWO. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

I, formerly Oguta Omotese Awawu Jummai now MRS. OYASE OMOTESE JUMMAI OGUTA. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

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I, Olisa Omosolape Fatimo am the same person as Olisa Omosolape Adeola. Henceforth, I want to be known and addressed as OLISA OMOSOLAPE FATIMO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Ojediran Olayemi Adetoun now OJEDIRAN OLAYEMI OLUDAYO. All former documents remain valid. First Bank of Nigeria Plc., and general public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Amoo Adeola now MRS. OLADOSU MARIA AJOKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Olomola Tomiwa Fausat now MRS. LAWAL TOMIWA FAUSAT. All former documents remain valid. OAUTHC, Ile-Ife and general public take note.

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I, formerly Usman Maccido Dikko now TUKUR HARUNA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Fatima Garba Sule now MRS FATIMA ABDULAZIZ SULE. All former documents remain valid. WUFP/BK, NYSC and general public take note.

I, formerly Abel Arewo Ediale now EBEHITALE IBHADUGHEDE EDIALE. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc and general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Akinola Rihanna Agbeke am the same person bearing Ibrahim Buliaminu Rihawatu and Akinola Mariam Agbeke. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc, Access Bank and general public take note.

I, formerly Mr Abibu Musiliu Opeyemi now MR. ADEKOYA MUSILIU ABIDEMI. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Yahaya Alih Aliyu am the same and one person as Ali Yahaya and Yahaya Aliyu. Now I wish to be called and addressed as YAHAYA ALIH ALIYU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Arowoogun Abidemi Funke now MRS AKINJIDE FUNKE DEBORAH. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Koleaje Esther Titilayo now MRS NASIRU ESTHER TITILAYO. All former documents remain valid. O.A.U.T.H.C., Ile-Ife and general public take note.

I, formerly Olasupo Aliu now KOLAWOLE PAUL OLASUPO. All former documents remain valid. Wema Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Famodun Caroline Olaide now MRS OBAYEMI CAROLINE OLAIDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Daramola Kunle Ebenezer now DARAMOLA LEKAN AKINDELE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Foloki Kehinde now FOLOKI JERUSALEM KEHINDE. All former documents remain valid. UBA Bank Plc. and general public take note.

I, formerly Mr Ajube Sunday now MR MUWEI IBASARA ERIN. All former documents remain valid. UBA Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Ajayi Ruth Olukemi now MRS OKAFOR RUTH OLUKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Awe Omolola â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Labayo now MRS ONADARE OMOLOLA ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Moruff Rofiyat Olayemi Usamat now MRS ABOLAJI ROFIYAT IYABO. All former documents remain valid. Banks and general public take note.

I, formerly Ebijimi Adedotun Ikudaisi now EBIJIMI AKINTOYE OLUDAISI. All former documents remain valid. UBA Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Ogundahunsola Idowu now MRS ADESOJI IDOWU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Aghone Ilemobayo now TEPAGHA ILEMOBAYO AYOMIDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, Peter Promise Ngozi am the same and one person as Nwaleke Promise Ngozi and Nwele Promise Ngozi now wish to be called and addressed as PETER PROMISE NGOZI. All former documents remain valid. UBA Bank Plc, FCMB Bank Plc and general public take note.

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I, formerly Okoro Emmanuel now OKORO EMMANUEL SAMUEL CHINAKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Amos Yukus Promise now IYEKOROGHA OMINIDOUGHA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Ibojo Andrew Oluwadaisi now IBOJO ANDREW SAKARA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Mr Oluwadebi Reuben Idowu now MR OLUWADEBI ISRAEL IDOWU. All former documents remain valid. FUTA, UBA, First Bank Plc and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Adeuyi Damilola Aderonke now MRS ADEOTI DAMILOLA ADERONKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Adetiloye Taiwo Folasade now MRS SHOTONWA TAIWO FOLASADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Amoko Theresa Olayemi now MRS ADELEYE THERESA OLAYEMI. All former documents remain valid. Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board, Akure and general public take note.

I, formerly Rogin Timnan Nanbol now NANBOL LAMLE. All former documents remain valid. First Bank Plc., and general public take note.

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I, formerly Mr Bello Dele Musliudeen now MR MUHAMMAD BELLO MUSLIUDEEN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Iluyemi Folashade Arinade now MRS KOLEOSO FOLASHADE ARINADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Miss Adigun Bernice Bunmi now MRS OLADOSU BERNICE BUNMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Mr. Onifade Mufutau Akinola now MR ONIFADE MICHEAL AKINOLA. All former documents remain valid.The Way and The Truth Evangelical Mission, Irebami, Ile-Ife and general public take note.

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I, formerly Fadele Kayode Moses now OLASUNKANMI KAYODE MOSES. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Paul John now HARUNA PAUL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, AJALA BABATUNDE SIMEON am the same person as AJALA OLATUNDE SIMEON. All former documents remain valid. GTBank Plc and General public take note.

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CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly Miss Salimon Mufudat now MRS YAKUBU ALIRAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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I, formerly Taiwo Ajiboye now ADEBAYO AJIBOYE. All former documents remain valid. Skye Bank Plc., and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Faminu Lucy Iyabo now MRS ADEYEMO LUCY IYABO. All former documents remain valid. Ife Central Local Government Council, Ile-Ife and general public take note.

I, formerly Miss Shittu, Bukola Esther now MRS ADEYEMI, BUKOLA ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Olabiyi Halimat Joke now MRS. JUBRIL HALIMAT JOKE. All former documents remain valid. The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic Saki, (formerly The Polytechnic Ibadan, Saki Campus) and general public take note.

I, formerly Mrs. Alimi Abiodun Moriliat now MRS. KAZEEM ABIODUN MORILIAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Adelusi Olubunmi Adepeju now MRS ALIYU OLUBUNMI ADEPEJU. All former documents remain valid. UBA Bank and general public please take note.

I, formerly Vincent Nwata now JOHN ORDU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly Unuamumeh Omoboja now UNUAMUMEH OMOBOJA TITUS. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, Babalola Joel Ayoola, am the same person bearing Babalola Joel Alabi. Henceforth,I want to be called and addressed as BABALOLA JOEL AYOOLA. All former documents remain valid. FBN, GTB and general public take note.

I, formerly Pastor Prince Kehinde Emmanuel Ajayi now PASTOR KEHINDE EMMANUEL AJAYI OMOTOYINBO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly Miss Onifade Aderonke Abiodun and Mrs Adewoye Aderonke Abiodun now MRS OJEWALE ADERONKE ABIODUN. All former documents remain valid. OnaAra LGUBEA, Oyo SUBEB and general public take note.

I, formerly Lamidi Isiaka Adeniyi am the same person as Hammed Isiaka Adeniyi. Now wish to be known as LAMIDI ISIAKA ADENIYI, Henceforth. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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Friday, 20 November, 2015 42 news Getting 2016 census right is absolute necessity —NPC Ogun to introduce

Commission now to register marriages, divorces Adetola Bademosi-Abuja

S part of efforts to ensure successful coverage of next population census, the National Population Commission (NPC) , on Thursday, said the commission will ensure it gathers reliable demographic and housing data in the 2016 census. The federal commissioner for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr.Daniel Kwali, said getting it right is not an option, but an absolute necessity for the commission. He said this at the State Level Training of Field Staff for the first phase of

the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD), for the 2016 population and housing census, in Kwali Area Council, Kwali. The 2006 population and housing census were greeted with various controversies as regard methods of data collection alongside religious interference. Kwali said that the exercise was part of efforts to gather accurate and reliable demographic data for evidence - based planning and sustainable development. The EAD is an exercise conducted primarily before the main census to demarcate the nation’s territory into small units to allow easy coverage by

NPC enumerators. According to him, EAD exercise is not the enumeration of persons living in the country and its outcomes will not in any way, determine the population of any community, local government or state. It is just the division of the country into small geographical areas to facilitate enumeration. His words: “As you are aware, population census is the enumeration of all persons resident in a country or a well-defined geographic unit at a particular time. In order to effectively enumerate all these persons within a reasonable period of time, it becomes impera-

tive to divide the whole land mass of the country into small unit areas that can be easily covered by a team of enumerators. This in essence, constitutes the Enumeration Area Demarcation which is one of the core preparatory activities for the census exercise. “The EAD is therefore, the vehicle that drives the entire census process in the pre-census, actual enumeration and post-census period. Meanwhile, the commission, in its commitment to provide the nation with a wide range of demographic data for planning purposes, has approved the inclusion of marriages and

divorces in its Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) programme. This was approved by the Board of the Commission at its 150th ordinary meeting on October28 The commission, also approved the proposed statutory marriage and divorce registration forms as instruments to be used for the registration of the two events. In a statement issued by the Assistant Director of Press Unit , Mr Isiaka Yahaya, in Abuja, on Thursday, the registration of marriages and divorces will facilitate the transition of the vital registration programme of the commission to civil registration and vital statistics, which is in line with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) protocol which stipulates that a CVRS must register not less than four vital events.

Robbers kill 1, snatch journalist’s car in Abuja Christian Okeke-Abuja

Malam Yahaya Ibrahim, reading a copy of the Nigerian Tribune, on a new wheelchair presented to him by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Rabi Abdulsalam, on behalf of the state government, as part of activities to alleviate the plight of the physically challenged, in Kaduna, recently.

Only 10% of Nigerian workforce are regular workers —NLC, IGU Soji Eze Fagbemi-Abuja

The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), MrAyuba Wabba and the chairperson, IndustriALL Global Union (IGU), Africa Union, Issa Aremu, on Thursday, lamented the rate of anti-labour practices in Nigeria, declaring that only 10 per cent of Nigerian workforce are in regular employment, while 90 per cent are in irregular employment. To this end, Wabba said the organised labour is now ready with a calendar to picket some of the companies that engage in outsourcing and casualisation of workers as well as other forms of anti-labour practices. Besides, he said the congress will soon organise employment summit, where labour would come up and provide policy options on how to generate jobs. Wabba and Aremu,

who is also the general secretary of the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, spoke at the 2015 Africa Industrilisation Policy Roundable, organised by IndistriALL Global Union, in Abuja. He said that picketing of many of the companies is very imperative at this

time because labour has since realised that it is only when the organised labour takes action that the issue will be addressed. Wabba said: “In most employment in Nigeria, only 10 per cent is regular, 90 per cent is irregular. They are casuals and therefore, the employers take advantage of these

workers and make them to be slaves. Despite the fact that they are working, they cannot determine their condition of service. “Because of the unemployment situation in the country, a lot of companies have taken advantage of them.We need to provide cover for them, they should be able to work in dignity.”

Extradition: Ex-MINT boss, Okoyomon, to remain in prison Sunday Ejike-Abuja

Former managing director of the Nigerian Security, Minting and Printing Company (NSMPC), Chief Emmanuel Okoyomon, billed to be extradited to the United Kingdom (UK) by the Federal Government to face corruption charges is to still remain in prison custody. The former MINT boss is to remain in the Kuje Prison in Abuja, pending

the determination of the appeal case he filed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, that granted his extradition to the United Kingdom to face criminal charges. The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, for the second time, on Thursday, refused to admit Okomoyon on bail. Delivering ruling in the second Okomoyon’s bail application, the appellate court held that there was

no circumstantial reasons to allow him. Justice Mohammed Mustapha, who delivered the ruling, said the poor health ground canvassed by Okoyomon as reasons for applying for bail was not sufficient enough. The court held that it was the duty of the Nigerian Prison authority to, not only keep a detainee but to also cater for his medical attention as well as feeding.

A vigilance group member lost his life while a journalist with New Telegraph Newspapers, Yekeen Nurudeen, had his car snatched after a four-man armed robbery gang carried out a five-hour operation at Garam, a town between the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Niger State. According to the traumatised journalist, the dare-devil robbers, who were armed with sophisticated guns, scaled the fence of his house to gain access into the compound at about 9:45 pm, on Sunday. Narrating the incident to the Nigerian Tribune, he said that the robbers, upon entering the compound, demanded for money and also asked for the key of his Toyota Camry car. “I was with my wife in the sitting room at about 9:45pm, watching a channel on DSTV and charging my mobile phones and IPad for Monday’s work, when suddenly ,I heard my Caucasian dog barking. I peeped through the window and saw someone trying to jump into the compound through the fence,” he said. According to him, before he could understand what was happening, the fourheavily armed men were already inside, demanding for money, dollars and threatening to kill him and his wife.

customer-friendly approach to industrialisation

Ogun State government is set to adopt a customerfriendly approach to further aid the urban renewal and industrialisation drive of the current administration. The state Commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning, Bashorun Adebola Adeife, said this in Abeokuta, while on a familiarisation visit to the Abeokuta Central and East zonal planning offices in the state capital. Bashorun Adeife said that the reason for adopting the approach was targeted at attracting more intending investors and builders so as to benefit from the urban renewal and industrialisation policy of the Amosun - led administration. He noted that the state government had declared zero tolerance to illegalities where necessary building permit and approval were not properly taken according to laid down regulations. “We want to introduce a customer-friendly approach to our job, we want to be closer to our people in order to further open the state for more projects. Government has declared zero-tolerance to anyone or group that construct without the required permit from government”. Adeife said. The permanent secretary, Ministry of Urban and Physical Planning, Mr Adetimileyin Muftau, charged the zonal planning officers to be diligent, hardworking and explore other means of boosting the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State.

Brief Burial

The final burial activities for the late Madam Bolarinde Sikiratu Ajadi (nee Showole), who died at the age of 85 years will commence today (Friday) with prayer and thanksgiving service at The Apostolic Church, Eletu Assembly, Gbongan, Osun State, while the grand finale will hold on Saturday at St. Luke’s Anglican Primary School, Araromi-Gbongan, Osun State.

Madam Bolarinde Ajadi

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Parastatals’ leadership lack understanding, capacity— Lai Mohammed Collins Nnabuife And Christian Okeke -Abuja

he Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the leadership of agencies and parastatals under the ministry lack understanding of their mandates, saying the parastatals are suffering from leadership crises due to square pegs in round holes at the leadership cadre. Mohammed made this known on Thursday when he visited the Ministry of Tourism and Culture under his supervision. According to him, “Without mincing words, the parastatals under the old Culture and Tourism Ministry now under the new Ministry of Information and Culture are suffering from crisis of leadership. “There are square pegs in round holes at the leadership cadre of some of the parastatals. “Sometimes where academicians are required, administrators are holding sway. There is a critical lack of understanding of the mandate of the various parastatals by some of the heads, and where they understand the mandate, there is a serious lack of capacity. “The implication is that those heading these parastatals simply invent their own agenda sometimes and impose such on us, with devastating consequences. That explains why most of the parastatals are lying comatose. The Minister said further that the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) would have to encourage each of the 36 states to declare 10 cities each as cultural cities. “Imagine cultural activities in one cultural city daily, and you will have such activities for 365 days, all year round. This will improve the economy and lead to a re-

duction in crimes. “The National Troupe of Nigeria for example, could borrow a leaf from its counterparts in Uganda and Kenya. In those countries, their national troupes perform for the public every two hours. And it is a regular

fixture to have long queues outside the performance venues,” Mohammed said. Meanwhile, Mohammed, on Thursday, assured that no Federal Governmentowned media organisation will deny the opposition an opportunity to air its views

P r o - C h anc e ll o r and Chairman Governing Council of the Federal University Dutse (FEUD), Professor Taoheed Adedoja, has said that the emergence of Professor Abubakar Musa Kundiri as the new Vice Chancellor of the institution, after having beaten other two professors who were

public broadcasters. “They denied us the use of their platforms, they rejected our adverts and even made themselves available for the most abhorrent hate campaign ever in the history of electioneering in our country,” he said.

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, exchanging pleasantries with the chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Ahmad Lawan. With them is the chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator George Akume, after the inauguration of the standing committees, in Abuja, on Thursday.

NERC absolves self from N2.7bn fraud allegation Adetola Bademosi-Abuja

National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has denied any connection with the N2.7 billion over which the Vanguard of Unemployed Youths in Abuja are pointing accusing fingers and protesting. The NERC chairman, Sam Amadi also stated that no board member of the commission was involved in the allegation to share the funds which he said, was basically meant for pension and gratuity liabilities of NERC member of staff. Amadi stated this in an official reaction to the allegation that the commission is being remunerated like every other regulatory agencies such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), among others in the country. According to him, the

N2.7 billion in question was pension and severance funds for all its employees. A national daily, on Tuesday, had reported plans by a seven- member NERC board to share a whopping sum of N2.7 billion among themselves. The report stated that the chairman was to take away N400 million while the com-

screened along with him, was not influenced by political consideration but academic competences. Professor Adedoja, who made the disclosure on Thursday in FEUD, while giving credence to the emergence of Professor Kundiri, who is to succeed the incumbent Professor Jibrila Dahine Amin, whose tenure would expire on February 16, 2016, said

missioners were to collect N300 million. Amadi, however, maintained that the report was false, stressing that the media organisation should have visited the office for better clarification. He said the allegation was one of several attacks of a welldesigned strategy to discredit NERC management. “On Monday, November 2,

2015, a national newspaper carried a banner headlined: NERC Board Shares N2.7 billion. In that report it stated that the board approved to share N2.7 billion as severance for the seven board members. It falsely stated that in that sharing formula the chairman will take away N400 million while the commissioners will take N300 mllion,’’ he said.

Owerri Fmc workers protest against recall of medical director JOE NWACHUKWU-OWERRI

Owerri the Imo State capital, was on Thursday, November 19, 2015 shaken to its foundation as a result of protests by staff of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in the state, over the reinstatement of the suspended Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Angela Uwakwem.

Professor Kundiri emerges as FEUD’s new VC KOLA OYELERE -Kano

under the present administration. Making the pledge, he recalled that while his party the All Progressives Congress (APC) was in the opposition, the party as well as its supporters were treated as outcasts by the

that 84 professors were initially shortlisted for the position According to him, after rigorous screening undertaken by the relevant academic authorities, 84 professors who applied for the post were shortlisted to 24 and thereafter shortlisted to 11, saying three best professors of the number emerged as being competent to man the position.

Dr Uwakwen was three months ago sent on compulsory leave by the Federal Government over an indefinite strike embarked upon by the staff of the institution, arising from certain allegations leveled against her by the aggrieved staff. However, a panel of enquiry instituted by the Federal Ministry of Health to ascertain the immediate and remote cause of the actions of the labour union in the health institution, as well as the authenticity or otherwise of the charges preferred against the medical director, later exonerated her. Dr Uwakwem, who attempted to resume duties on Thursday, met a brick wall as the embittered workers who were in black attires with placards bearing various inscriptions, firmly placed at the main

entrance to the centre that was under lock and key. Chanting solidarity songs with a macabre dance, the workers barricaded the Owerri-Orlu road, marched through the major streets in the capital city, and thereby impeded free flow of traffic. When our correspondent visited the hospital situated on Owerri Orlu Road adjacent the Alvan Ikowu Federal College of Education, heavily armed anti-riot mobile policemen were seen manning the place, even as medical services for both in and out door patients were paralyzed. The embattled Dr Uwakwem did not pick her calls for possible reaction but some of the protesters accused the Federal Ministry of Health of foul play and complicity in the report that gave her a clean bill of health.

PDP youth leader murdered in Kaduna Muhammad Sabiu -Kaduna

SUSPECTED assassins, on Thursday, killed the youth leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Tunruku ward, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The youth leader, Saidu Abdullahi, according to eyewitness, was going to Kaduna to attend the party’s conference when he ran into the hoodlums. He was said to have been strangulated to death with a cable chain tied to his neck and dragged along a bush path. The state PDP Public Relations Officer (PRO), Ibrahim Mansur, confirmed the incident to newsmen. When contacted, the police imagemaker, Abubakar Zubairu, said “we are yet to receive any report on the murder from the DPO in the area.”

Ondo commences special immunisation exercise Hakeem Gbadamosi-Akure

Ondo State government has commenced a fourday mop-up immunisation exercise in all the border towns of the state to curtail the spread of polio. The exercise, which took off in Owena in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state, a border town between Ondo and Osun states, was put in place to curb the spread of Polio virus detected in a neighbouring state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Dayo Adeyanju, who led the team to Owena, solicited for the support of traditional and religious leaders in the state, to give adequate sensitisation of the exercise. Adeyanju, who said this would enable the communities to avail themselves of the opportunity put in place by the government to make the state poliofree, added that the exercise became imperative because of the reported case of the virus in the neighbouring state, and to prevent its spread. He directed that children between the 0-5 years old must be immunised to prevent them from being victims of preventable diseases.

communitynews Ewi vs Edemo: Appeal Court orders fresh trial of Edemo’s suit

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he Court of Appeal, Ado Ekiti Division has ordered fresh trial of a suit filed by the Edemo of Ado-Ekiti, Chief Bamidele Aduloju, to restrain the Ewi of AdoEkiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, from suspending or deposing him. Justice Boloukuromo Moses Ugo, who delivered the lead judgment, set aside the judgment of an Ado-Ekiti High Court which dismissed the suit, saying the lower court was wrong in its decisions on Aduloju’s statement of claim and statement of oath and consequent dismissal of the suit. The Appeal Court panel, which also had Justices Adzira Msheila and Ayobode Lokulo-Sodipe, in the unanimous judgment, said: “The said suit is hereby restored to the Cause List of the Ekiti State High Court for trial on its merit by any other judge beside O.I.O Ogunyemi that the

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Chief Judge may deem fit to assign it.” Justice Ogunyemi of an

Ado-Ekiti High Court had last year dismissed the suit, no HAD/226/2011, say-

ing Aduloju’s statement of claim did not disclose a reasonable cause of action and

that his witness statement on oath accompanying his originating processes was

Chairperson, Oyo State Fish Sellers Association, Alhaja Afusat Yusuf (left), presenting an award to the Chairman, New Age Fisheries, Mr Sodun Bakare, at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday. With them are other members of the association.

Amere rejoices with Oluwo As group assures him of total support oluwole ige-osogbo

The member representing Iwo, Ayedire and Olaoluwa Federal Constituency of Osun State, Honourable Abdulgafar Akintayo Amere, has fecilitated with Prince Rasak Adewale Akanji, over his installation as the new Oluwo of Iwo land. While describing Oba Akanbi as a hardworking and industrious man, Honourable Amere said the new monarch will use

his wealth of experience to bring rapid development to Iwo community. The lawmaker also used the medium to express his gratitude to the state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola for given the final approval without hesitation to the appointment of the new monarch by the kingmakers. He, however, called on well-meaning Nigerians, as well as foreign investors to come to Iwo and establish industries

and companies, stressing that the environment is conducive and there is enough land to accommodate them. Amere also congratulated the people of Iwo for having a new monarch two-and-a-half years after the demise of Oba OlatunbosunTadese. In a related development, a body of professionals from various fields in Iwo, under the aegis of The Vision Group (TVG) has assured Oba

Deghele community leaders warn against breach of peace ebenezer adurokiya-warri

Leaders of Deghele community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State have warned against activities capable of truncating the existing peace in the community. The eldest man of Iye Descendant Union of the community, Pa Prince Batesone, gave the warning, on Tuesday, while addressing journalists in Warri. He warned against unwholesome acts that could truncate the existing peace in the oil-rich community. Prince Batesone, who was reacting to a statement bordering on the alleged

dissolution of the Community Trust Executive, explained that the current trust is still in place. According to him, “the current community executive committee is still in office”, adding that their tenure is still running till when the elders’ council decides otherwise. While calling for peace in the area, Batesone denounced the purported dissolution of the old executive which was alleged to have taken place in October 30, 2015 by a community head, the Olara-Aja, Pa Samson Amola, adding that the appropriate period would be made known to

the people. He said the authority of the Community Elders’ Council are currently involved in a law suit challenging the authority of the Olara-Aja and enjoined all indigenes of the community to disregard any publication which borders on the dissolution of the trust executive. In his reaction, the Olara-Aja insisted that the Community Trust Executive had since been dissolved because its tenure had expired. He added that nothing is being done that could cause breach of the peace in Deghele community.

Akanbi, of the readiness of its members to give him their full support in the task of taking the ancient town to a laudable height. The group, in its letter of congratulation to the new monarch in Iwo said the emergence of Oba Akanbi heralded the beginning of a new phase in the history of the town, which the group, however, regretted is in dire need of rapid development. The letter was delivered by the conveners of the TVG, Mr Semiu Okanlawon and Dr. Rafiu Isamotu. They said it was gratifying that the choice of Oba Akanbi had lifted the spirit of the Iwo people home and abroad. The group maintained that its members home and in the Diaspora have come together in recent time to deliberate on the present and future of Iwo with a view to harnessing its potential towards greatness. “We have seen an unprecedented acceptance and reception for our monarch. We are glad the choice of the kingmakers which was approved by Governor Rauf Aregbesola has proved to be a great success. We are happy to note that our land has erupted in

great joy and celebration with the announcement of this choice,” Okanlawon remarked. The group further said that the interest the choice of Oba Akanbi has generated among sons, daughters and other stakeholders in Iwo, Nigeria and across the world had shown that he is widely accepted by his people.

fundamentally defective. But Aduloju, through his lawyer, Olalekan Olatawura, filed the appeal to challenge the dismissal by the lower court of the suit, praying the Appeal Court to determine whether Aduloju’s statement of claim truly did not disclose a reasonable cause of action. Olatawura also urged the Appeal Court to determine whether the lower court was correct when it held that Aduloju’s only witness statement on oath was defective and liable to be struck out. Counsel for Oba Adejugbe, Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), urged the Appeal Court to resolve the issues against Aduloju, saying that the lower court was right when it struck out his (Aduloju’s) statement of claim and dismissed the suit. The Appeal Court, in its judgment resolved all the issues in Aduloju’s favour, saying he was entitled to fair hearing and that the matter should be heard on its merit. In the original suit, HAD/226/2011, instituted in 2011, Aduloju, is, among others, seeking a perpetual injunctive order restraining Oba Adejugbe, his agents, servants or privies from suspending him or deposing him as the Edemo of AdoEkiti and that he is a high chief, the Edemo of Idemo Quarters, Ado-Ekiti. It will be recalled that the chieftaincy matter was fallout of a land dispute involving the Idemo Quarters in Ado-Ekiti on the one hand and the Baisaya family of Ado-Ekiti and the Ado-Ekiti monarch on the other hand.

Ogun assures rural dwellers on improved infrastructure The Ogun State government has assured the rural dwellers of its commitment to provide essential social amenities that will make life more meaningful and conducive for them. The state Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Mr Adeleke Adewolu, disclosed this during an interactive session with members of staff in the ministry at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Adewolu, in a statement signed by the ministry’s Press Officer, Mrs. Modupe Idowu, explained that he would review the operations of the ministry and create constant dialogue with the rural dwellers, particularly those at the border areas, in order to bring them closer to the government by providing

feedback mechanism to know their plights. The commissioner further stated that the roles of the ministry was vital in maintaining regular interface with various communities, state, National Assembly members and liaise with the Federal Government on behalf of the state in order to make Ogun State relevant among comity of states in Nigeria. Responding, the Director Administration and Supplies, Mr. Kola Ogunlana said the staff would do everything possible to promote the growth and development of the ministry, adding that the promotion of peace, growth, development and tranquillity could only be achieved through collective effort.

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CAC Fountain of Love clocks 35 •As founder turns 82

1 By Taiwo Olanrewaju It was praises galore as CAC Fountain of Love, Cathedral of Thanksgiving, New Adeoyo Hospital Area, Off Ring Road, Ibadan, clocked 35 and the founder, Pastor Gabriel Morakinyo Makinwa JP, turned 82. The ceremonies took place at the church auditorium on Sunday, October 25 and Pastor Emmanuel Famuyide preached on the theme, “What is your name?” even as he enjoined ministers of

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2 God to hold on fast to the name of Jesus, which is above all names. Pastor Makinwa, a.k.a. Baba o ku ise, commended his church members for continuing in the laid down precepts of Christendom and urged them to continue looking unto Jesus, the perfect example. Members of other branches of the church, from within and outside Oyo State were in attendance while all had more than enough to eat and drink; after which the anniversaries’ cake was cut.

Pastor G.M. Makinwa JP, assisted by his eldest son, Pastor J. Olumide Makinwa, chairman, Oyo State chapter of Bible Society of Nigeria and his wife, Nike, to cut his birthday cake. Pastor Makinwa, flanked by CAC Fountain of Love’s foundation members, who assisted to make his dream of building the church a reality. Pastor Makinwa, Mrs Adenike Makinwa and the elders of the church cutting the cake. Pastor Makinwa assisted by his daughter-in-law , Mrs Adenike Makinwa and clergymen to cut the anniversaries cake.

Environmentalists celebrate Okali at 80 By Doyin Adeoye Environmentalists recently gathered to celebrate one of their own, and chart a new course for the sustainability of the environment. In an event held in honour of the Chairman, Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST), Professor Emeritus David Okali, to mark his 80th birthday, dignitaries in the field converged on the Lady Bank Anthony Hall, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan (UI), to discuss how national resources could be effectively used for development. In a lecture titled: ‘Sustainable Resource Use for Sustainable Development: The Imperatives for Human Survival,’ Professor Emmanuel Oladipo of the Department of Geography, University of Lagos (UNILAG), opined that to achieve the required rapid economic growth that would launch any country onto a path of sustainable prosperity, the protection and sustainable use of the country’s natural environmental resources was imperative. “Ecosystems sustain societies that create economies. It does not work the other way round. The environment is now an increasingly important factor for the world economy, thus a global economic issue such as China, which is in its 10th five-year plan (2001-2005) devoted 1.5 per cent of its GDP to safeguarding the environment.” Loss of biodiversity and long-term damage to ecosystems, pollution of the atmosphere and the consequences of climate change, land degradation, impacts of chemicals use and disposal, waste production, depletion of non-renewable resources, demographic growth and urbanisation, among others, are the key environmental challenges Oladipo said need to be addressed. According to him, humanity’s Ecological Footprint has more than doubled since 1961, and from 1961 to 2010, the global human population increased from 3.1 billion to 6.9 billion, and the per capita Ecological Footprint increased from 2.5 to 2.6 global hectares.

Professor Emeritus David Okali (left) and Professor Emmanuel Oladipo “Rapid economic growth in the last two decades has lifted many out of poverty, but has been accompanied by depletion of natural resources and deterioration in environmental quality,” he lamented. He noted that to tackle these challenges, policy interventions must aim at encouraging economic growth on more environmentally and socially sustainable grounds. “Policies and plans must be economically efficient, environmentally sustainable and socially equitable within a

strategic development vision. Environmental protection is no longer viewed as an impediment to economic growth, but instead a driver for lasting sustainability and progress. “The issue of sustainability for environmental, social and economic development has not picked up, as people don’t recognise the need for it. So I think the Ministry of Environment needs to be supported to be able to play the advocacy role properly and put in place laws and regulations that can promote sustainable development.”

CHIEF (MRS) H.I.D. AWOLOWO (1915-2015)

Friday, 20 November, 2015

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9 1. Professor A.B.O.O. Oyediran; Ambasador Dr Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu and Rev. Mrs Tola Oyediran at the gallery in Ikenne. 2. Tribune management team with OAU Vice Chancellor, Professor Bamitale Omole, at Ikenne. 3. Chief Livinus Okwara (left) and Mr Sola Odumosu. 4. Professor A.B.O.O Oyediran and Mrs Ayotola Ayodeji. 5. Deputy Registrar, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Mr Wale Awoye; Mrs Oluremi Pedro

and Mrs Iyabo Omisore. 6. A cross section of guests at the occasion. 7. Mama HID Awolowo’s photo gallery. 8. Seyi and Yinka Awolowo. 9. Mama HID Awolowo’s photo gallery. 10. Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu and Brand Building Director, UNILEVER, Mr David Arome Okeme.

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10 1. From left, Yeye Olufunke Daniel, former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Reverend Mrs. Omotola Oyediran and Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu. 2. From left, Anglican Bishop of Remo, Right Reverend Olusina Fape, greeting Reverend Omotola Oyediran and Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu. 3. Anglican Bishop of Remo, Right Reverend Olusina Fape; Ogun State CAN Chairman, Reverend Timothy Ajibola; Bishop of Methodist Diocese of Remo Central, Right Reverend Gboyega Olu and Anglican Bishop of Ijebu South West, Right Reverend Dr. Babatunde Ogunbanwo. 4. From left, Mrs. Bola Awolowo, Funke Awolowo, Mrs. Yemisi Subair, Yeye Olufunke Daniel, Reverend Mrs. Omotola Oyediran, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Mrs Wemimo

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Anifowoshe, Mrs. Ayotola Ayodeji and Mrs. Kemi Aderemi. 5. From left, Anglican Bishop of Ijebu South West, Right Reverend (Dr) Babatunde Ogunbanwo; Remo CAN Coordinator, Pastor Benson Malato Ikuesan and Very Reverend Femi Johnson. 6. A cross section of Remo CAN members at the event. 7. A cross section of Remo CAN members at the event. 8. A cross section of clergy men on the occasion. 9. Members of the Abraham Tabernacle Baptist International Worship Centre 10. Remo Camp Choir.

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Twenty-year-old robbery suspect, Yusuf Lawal now in custody in Lagos, confessed that he started the trade at seven. With the number of ex-convicts that are being arrested virtually on a daily basis, can Yusuf who learned a trade for 13 years be reformed in prison?

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Doping: Wenger clamour for blood tests ARSENAL manager, Arsene Wenger wants better drugs-testing in football and has called for blood tests to be taken as a matter of routine. The Football Association has asked Wenger, 66, to explain comments he made about doping in an interview with French newspaper L’Equipe. The Frenchman said: “I am open to talking to the FA, of course. I want deeper, better tests because what we test is superficial. “We have to tackle these problems.” Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Arijan Ademi failed a drug test following September’s Champions League win over Arsenal.

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Dalong, Yakmut disagree on Nigeria’s participation at Rio Olympics Saliu Gbadamosi - Abuja

INISTER of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalong and the DirectorGeneral, National Sports Commission (NSC), Alhassan Yakmut, on Wednesday disagreed on Nigeria’s participation in the Rio Olympic Games to be hosted by Brazil next year. Speaking at s seminar organised as part of 2015 SWAN Week activities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), both top brass of the country’s sports sector expressed different opinions on the number of sporting events Nigeria would compete in at the Games. While Yakmut, who was a guest speaker at the event, informed that Nigeria will only participate in eight sports, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing, football, taekwondo, wrestling and weightlifting, Dalong expressed preference for giving all sports a chance to prove themselves at the Games. Yakmut explained that selecting the eight sports for participation in next year’s Olympic Games was because of the fact that the country had comparative advantage and potential medallists. Yakmut stated that Nigerian athletes would do well in athletics event such as women’s 100m; women’s 200m; women’s 400m; women’s 4 x100m relay and women’s high jump. He added that Nigeria had med-

al potential in 75kg women’s boxing (Edith Agu) and men’s 69kg, saying that the country’s men’s football team and wrestling team (both men and women) were medal hopeful at the Games. Yakmut, however, submitted that the country’s winning medals in the selected sports depended on proper planning, programming and budgeting system, standard facilities and equipment, high performance system, calibre of coaches, athletes welfare, nutrition and science and technology. Dalong, on the other hand, declared that instead of selecting some sports to go to the Olym-

pics, the country should have allowed all sports that qualified to go, as he declared that he was not personally happy that only eight sports were selected for the Games. Dalong who came into the venue of the event unannounced, stated that giving some sports preference over others had led many athletes who would have won medals for the country in major championships to retire prematurely and take to crimes. He noted that every sport should be given the opportunity to grow in the country. “I disagree with the preferential treatment given to some sports

over the others. Every sport should be given the opportunity to grow alongside the others. We should discourage our youngmen and women retiring prematurely and taking to various crimes. We should give them the opportunity also. “We should de-emphasise this much attention on football. It is not everybody that would play football. I was a hockey goalkeeper, since I could not play football. Had it been that hockey was killed then, I would not have participated in any sport,” Dalong said adding the Buhari administration’s fight against corruption would be extended to sports.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s Premier League match with West Brom, Wenger said it was naive to think that football did not have the same issues with doping as other sports. He said: “You see the doping problem has suddenly turned up in track and field as well, we have a problem in cycling and then to think that we in football are immune because they are football players is absolutely wrong. “When people are caught they need to be punished and the clubs punished as well. Because it’s a little bit unreasonable to think just because we are football we have no problems with it.” Wenger also wants blood tests introduced, as urine samples are insufficient and inefficient in his view. “Today, when you play away in the Champions League, most of the time we lose two hours when there is a doping control because people cannot fulfil the (urine) tests,” he added.

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Federer maintains 100% record at ATP World Tour

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ROGER Federer maintained his 100 per cent record at this year’s ATP World Tour Finals and ended Kei Nishikori’s hopes with a three-set win in London. The Swiss six-time champion came through 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 to claim his third round-robin victory at the O2 Arena. Federer, 34, had already won the group and will be joined in the semis by Novak Djokovic or Tomas Berdych. The Swiss had qualified with victory over world number one Djokovic on Tuesday, but Nishikori still had a chance to progress and pushed the third seed to the limit in a match he did not need to win. He was broken twice in a row in the first set but prevailed in

game 12 after some fabulous play around the net from both men, and then opened up a 4-1 lead in the second. Nishikori’s day was not done, however, as the Japanese 25-year-old hit back with five games in a row to level after one snatched Federer forehand that must be among the worst he has ever hit. The 17-time Grand Slam champion appeared rattled at 0-40 down early in the third but served his way out of trouble and built another 4-1 lead - only to see Nishikori fight back again. A double-fault by the eighth seed on game point at 4-5 opened the door for Federer and he converted his first match point with a clinical smash.

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