Wednesday June 5-11, 2019 Edition

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POLITICS

BUSINESS

Udenu/Igbo-Eze Nigeria’s North: oil reserves

How far can target Atigwe go? remains

The •P13

elusive

•P19

VOX POPULI SACRUM

FOCUS

Anambra philanthropist moves to eliminate suicide among youths •P31

WEDNESDAY June 5 - 11, 2019

SPORTS Dalung gives account of stewardship

racle •P35

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Group to Buhari, governors:

Emulate Rwanda, S/Africa

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s the country prepares for a new cycle of leaders, the question on every lip is, will the new administration give Nigerian women a new lease of life and put the nation on the map as one of those countries where women are acknowledged, respected and accorded full

rights? Will President Muhammadu Buhari provide the much-needed leadership in this area and shine light on a dark corner of the nation’s life where Nigeria’s records have been very uninspiring? Among those campaigning

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Contest for Oando deepens, shifts to court •P2

•Urges President to increase percentage of women in new government •Calls on governors to give more roles to women •South Africa’s 50-50 model excites women, youths

•Mrs Jeannette Kagame

•Dr. (Mrs) Tshepo Ramaphosa

•Mrs. Aisha Buhari

C’River communities applaud govt’s rural development efforts From ANIEKAN ANIEKAN, Calabar

T •Wale Tinubu

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HE partnership between the Cross River State Government and the World Bank to enhance living conditions in rural and remote communities in the state

might have started yielding positive results. Under the partnership, communities will to be provided with potable water, electrification projects, classroom blocks, bridges, culverts and drainages, according to need. The projects were under-

taken through the Cross River State Community and Social Development Agency, an agency to implement the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP), which is a World Bank assisted project. The CSDP deploys the

community development approach, a bottom-up development strategy that gives the poor a voice in decision making for development. In the process they are allowed to identify, design, part finance, implement, manage

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Negotiate or vacate our lands – Anambra oil communities


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