SCI took road safety campaign to Abuja schools

By Tobias Lengnan Dapam

Save the Children International (SCI), on Friday took road safety campaigns to schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The campaign which was in line with United Nations (UN) week for road safety was meant to sensitize road users on the need to observe road safety rules.

Speaking at Junior Secondary School Life Camp, FCT, SCI Head of Safety and security, Peter Adomi, said SCI focused on children to ensure their safety on the road and at traffic areas.

“We are sensitizing them to observe various rules on the roads. We have been to other schools and we are happy with the campaign because we are educating the children to understand the various challenges on the roads.”

Speaking on the theme, ‘Zebra crossing’, he said SCI is educating them on Zebra crossing because “our drivers don’t understand road signs. If the children know how to use the Zebra crossing, it will be easier for them to access the road.”

He said they are not only talking to the children but also talking to drivers, road users and commuters.

He said statistics revealed that road transport crashes are more around private schools.

“That’s where you have the largest traffic of school pickup and drop off and that’s where you find people being in a hurry to dash in and out to pick their children . Our focus is that children needs to know what to do.”

Also speaking, Advocacy Campaign and Policy Manager, SCI, Edith Gumut Nankiling, said the week was a busy week as SCI engaged with organisations like Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, VIO and Secondary schools in the FCT to create awareness on why children should obey road safety rules.

“We will continue to work with the FRSC and school management to see how we can establish a road safety club and use those platforms to engage with the children and consistently see how they get to obey with road safety rules.

“We also had a quiz and gave gifts of T-shirts to 10 students from each schools who answered our questions on road safety.”

stakeholders must be adequately rewarded for investment, Chairman reassures

By Albert Akota

The Board Chairman of the proHealth HMO limited

,Gabriel Okonwa has vowed to do everything possible within his reach to ensure stakeholders are rewarded adequately for smooth running of the company as well as meeting its laid down aims and objectives.

The Chairman who disclosed this yesterday during its 13th annual meeting in Abuja, said he would galvanized all performances center of the company to meet its target.

According to him, the year under review was one of mixed fortunes for the Company; Profit before Tax (PBT) increased from Thirty Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand and Fourteen Naira (N30, 426, 014) to Forty Million, One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand, Three Hundred and Forty-One Naira (N40, 125, 341), representing a thirty-two percent (32%) increment. But the Company’s revenue in the area of its core business decreased by one percent (1%) from Nine Hundred and Sixty-Two Million and Five Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ten Naira (N962, 005, 710) to Nine Hundred and Fiftytwo Million, Four Hundred and Nineteen Thousand, One Hundred and Ninety-Two Naira (N952, 419, 192).

He noted that, other sources of income decreased by five percent (5%) from Sixteen Million, Six Hundred and Two Thousand and Twenty-Eight Naira (N16, 602. 028) to Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Four Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Two Naira (N15, 754,952).

“The total revenue accruable to the Company reduced from Nine Hundred and Seventy-Eight Million, Six Hundred and Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred and Thirty-Eight Naira (N978, 607, 738) to Nine Hundred and SixtyEight Million, One Hundred and Seventy-Four Thousand, One Hundred and Forty-Nine Naira (N968, 174, 149), representing a one percent (1%) decrease.”

However, he said there was a marginal increase in the

L-R: Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, Former President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Biodun Ogunyemi and ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke during the National Delegates Conference of ASUU in Jos