METRO NANS urges NASS to fast-track establishment of FCT Outdoor Advertisement, Signage

as platform of engaging young people who are fresh graduate and unemployed knowing fully well that majority of the activities of the department revolve intellectual contributions and ability of young people.

According to him,” NANS has taken it union herself to embark on fact finding mission to dissect the activities of FCTA Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage thereby aiding our understanding on misconceptions and grievances from different quarters beyond what is reported on social media”.

He called on mischievous people who are causing unrest within the

FCT to put an end to their ugly acts, since the issue was presently before National Assembly for thorough action as We crave for a speedy process in the betterment of Nigerian society.

“ It has come to our notice issues revolving FCTA Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage and this has attracted the attention of every discerning Nigerians of which the students populace are not excluded.

“It is on record that the Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage (DOAS) is saddled with the responsibility to control, curb indecent activities and poor procedures and regulate adverts and signage practices in Abuja and its six Area Councils.

“Aside from the professional practices of DOAS, it is pivotal to state that this initiative has helped in generating meaningful revenue in FCT since establishment and this has made the body a key source of generating funds for the government in the whole of Abuja”, he stressed.

The students leader, therefore, appealed to every warring parties to sheath swords and embrace peace in the interest of a greater Nigeria and betterment of all and sundry.

Ezanagu opined that NANS had reliably gather that all signage and billboard payments are made into the TSA through the REMITA platform, DOAS does not collect cash from clients.

He explains: “ Considering the benefits being enjoyed by Nigerians under DOAS, We perceive it is inhumane and maligning to call for this disbandment of such body, as such would return the FCTA to the days’ unkempt environment.

“It will also lead to the proliferation and unprofessional activities of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage and further endangers an average Nigerian doing business by falling prey into hands of underworld agents”.

The Vice President of National Association of Nigeria Students(NANS), Mr. Victor Ezanagu (middle) with other officials of the Association, at a news conference on fast-tracking the establishment of the Outdoor Advertisement and Signage as an agency to institutionalized its mode of operation, yesterday in Abuja.

NGO sensitises students, persons with disabilities

By Stanley Onyekwere

ANon- Governmental Organisation (NGO), Abiodun Essiet Initiative for Girls (AEIG) took strategic awareness campaign on mitigating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV, to hundreds of indigenous students and persons with disabilities, as part of its project targeted at strengthening traditional justice systems to combat the menace.

The stakeholders were engaged at a town hall meeting organised by AEIG organised on gender and social inclusion with the theme: “Engaging the youths as anti SGBV Ambassadors on Gender

Equality and Social Inclusion in Their Community”, recently in Gwagwalada, Abuja.

Speaking at the event, AEIG Founder, Abiodun Essiet, disclosed that protection officers from NAPTIP and Nigeria Correctional Service officers, shared their contact detail with some of the Ambassadors, so that even during their long holidays they will help break the culture of silence, by reporting accordingly on any form of violence that is happening within their community and sphere.

Essiet added that in attendance were 100 students from majorly schools attended by indigenous children from across six Area Councils of the FCT, and people with disabilities, “because we don’t want to leave anyone behind, as SGBV doesn’t have limitation, so even people with disabilities are also being violated, and they need to be exposed to what they need to do.

“And since we introduced this project to some of the ambassadors, we have gotten feedback from various schools about SGBV issues such as sex for marks and sex for grades, that have been reported to us, which we have also skyrocketed the report the education board in the FCT.

“So there have issues about SGBV within the schools premises, which we envisaged that it couldn’t happen, but we have strengthened