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SUNDAY VANGUARD, SEPTEMBER 18, 2016, PAGE 3
Ambode flags-of
lags-off
commissioning of 114 roads
… Commissions Lay-By, Slip Road in Alapere
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
& Monsur Olowoopejo
Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode, yesterday,
flagged-off a week-long
commissioning of 114
roads newly constructed in
all the 57 Local Government
Areas and Local Council
Development Areas (LCDAs)
of Lagos State, with a pledge
to commence the
construction of second round
of another 114 roads across
the state soon.
The construction of the
inner roads, in fulfillment
of his campaign promise, is
geared towards massive
intervention on access and
link roads, boost security
and increase the socioeconomic
well-being of
residents of the state.
The roads, designed with
walkways, medians, street
lights and standard
drainage systems, were
selected two per each of the
57 LGs and LCDAs in the
state.
Speaking at the flag off of
the commissioning
ceremony in Ikorodu North
LCDA, also Ambode said
the feat was not only an
eloquent confirmation of a
promise kept, but also a
testimony of the saying that
nothing can stop a people
who have resolved to move
forward.
The governor,
represented by his deputy,
Dr, Mrs Idiat Oluranti
Adebule, recalled the
contract of hope he signed
with the people during the
electioneering and his
inaugural speech, adding
that the completion of the
114 roads was a glorious
dawn of community
development accelerated
through inclusive
governance and a historic
leap of faith for his
administration and the
citizens.
“This means that the road
network in our State of
Excellence has increased
by 56.1 Kilometers. It
means that we have added
112 Kilometres of walkways
and covered drains. And it
means additional 56.1
kilometres of our roads are
being lit by independent
powered street lights to
improve the security of our
neighborhoods, the
visibility of pedestrians,
Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu,
Nigeria’s former
Minister of Finance &
Economic Planning, will be the
Guest Lecturer at the 2nd
Edition of the Annual Engr (Rev)
Etteh Distinguished Lecture
Series which comes up on
Thursday, September
22,2016, at the Function
Suite, Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja,
Lagos, at 9:30am under the
Chairmanship of Engr. Otis
O. Anyaeji, President, Nigeria
Society of Engineers.
Also to present a paper at the
lecture is, Hon. (Engr.) Setonji
David, a Fellow of the
Nigerian Society of Engineers
and a member of the Lagos
State House of Assembly. The
commuters and motorists as
well as creation of a night
economy,” he said.
He said Jimoh Street in
Ikorodu North LCDA, the
first to be commissioned,
was one of the community
driven projects, adding that
the road was picked as the
first to be commissioned in
appreciation of the
diligence of the contractor,
DC Engineering for being
the first to complete the
project within the stipulated
six months. He said the
road, no doubt, would go a
long way in improving the
State and make it a
preferred investment
destination worldwide.
Besides, Governor
Ambode said the 114 roads
would be an annual rite to
make Lagos a true
megacity, adding that the
process for the second
round of the 114 road
projects had already
begun, and urged the
residents to be part of it and
guard the infrastructures
being provided by
government jealousy.
In a similar development,
Ambode commissioned the
Ketu-Alapere Lay-by and
700m concretized Slip
Road, saying that it was
another mission statement
of his administration’s
commitment to making life
better for residents and
investors in the State.
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs.) Oluranti Adebule (2nd left), cutting the
tape to commission Jimoh Street in Ikorodu North LCDA, being supported by member,
House of Representative, Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Hon. Babajimi Benson
(left); Ayugburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi (middle); Majority Leader,
Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade (2nd right) and Sole Administrator,
Ikorodu North LCDA, Shukura Okeowo during the flag-off of the commissioning
of 114 roads across Lagos, yesterday
A former Gov of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi (right), with the president of the
Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria, Awka Diocese branch, Comrade Emma Ezeokafor(
left), , during the annual seminar organized by the Laity at the Bishop Obiefuna
Pastoral and Retreat Centre, Okpuno, yesterday.
18 Nigerian pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during
2016 Hajj — NAHCON
18 Nigerians died in
Saudi Arabia during the
2016 Hajj, the National
Hajj Commission of
Nigeria (NAHCON)
says.
The victims were from
Kwara, Kogi, Bauchi,
Taraba, Niger, Kaduna,
FCT. There were foreignbased
Nigerian pilgrims
as well.
The head of
NAHCON’s medical
team, Ibrahim Kana, said
two pilgrims, including
a 40-year-old woman,
died in Madinah.
Three died in Muna,
while 13 died in
Makkah. A mentally ill
woman was amongst the
victim.
He however said the
2016 death toll was the
lowest in five years. He
attributed the low figure
to enhanced sanitation,
increased medical
awareness and
compressed national
medical team.
The medical team
attended to over 21,000
patients since the
commencement of the
hajj rites, Mr. Kana said.
He said despite
repeated warnings, the
medical team detected
five pregnant women.
The Hajj is 95 per cent
complete and pilgrims
started travelling home
on Saturday.
NAHCON chairman,
Abdullahi Mukhtar, said
all states who failed to
give basic transport
allowance to their
pilgrims as well as those
who collected Adiya
money (money for ram
slaughtering), and failed
to remit same to
NAHCON, would be
penalised.
He said the
commission would
reimburse those who
paid for but did not enjoy
products and services
like air conditioned
tents, and the newly
introduced e –wristband.
Delta PDP chiefs task members on
party discipline, loyalty
By Ephraim Oseji
Members of the
P e o p l e s
Democratic Party, PDP,
in Ukwuani Local
Government Area of
Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu for 2nd Engr (Rev) Etteh’s Annual Lecture
theme of this year’s lecture is:
“Managing the Challenges of
Infrastructure Deficits in
Nigeria: A Cross-Country
Analysis of the roles of
Engineers in Economic
Development”.
This is the 2nd Edition of
the Annual Lecture series
instituted by the Board of
Trustees, National Council of
the Nigerian Institution of
Civil Engineers, NICE, a
division of the Nigerian Society
of Engineers, in 2015 in
honour of one of Nigeria’s
outstanding Engineers, Engr.
(Rev) Ette Ikpong Ikpong Etteh,
OFR., co-founding Principal,
Etteh Aro and Partners, based
in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo
State. The maiden edition of
the Annual Lecture Series, was
held on December 16, 2015, on
a day Engr. (Rev) Etteh,
turned 80.
Engr. (Rev) Etteh has had a
robust professional practice
spanning decades of
exemplary dedication to the
tenets of the profession as well
as training and mentoring of
many Engineers, who, today,
can stand to be counted. It is
because of the impact his
professional practice has had
on the profession that his
professional colleagues
deemed it fit to honour him
for his achievements by
instituting the Annual Award
and Lecture Series in his name.
Delta State have been
urged to embrace party
discipline and loyalty.
The PDP Chairman,
Delta North Senatorial
District, Chief Moses
Iduh, and Executive
Director, Social Services
Development, Delta
State Oil Producing
Areas Development
C o m m i s s i o n ,
DESOPADEC, Hon
Ochor Chris Ochor, gave
the charge at a reception
held by Ochor for the
new members of the
executive in the area.
Speaking on the topic,
“Party Administration,
Discipline, and Party
Loyalty”, Iduh called on
the new executives to be
good administrators, be
disciplined and loyal, as
they were key to the
success of the party in
the area during their
tenure.
“You have been given
the huge responsibility to
administer the party in
the LGA for the next four
years, it is a task which
you must not be found
wanting in anyway,” he
said.
He called on them to
manage
and
accommodate the
different groups in the
party, a task he said
would not be easy.
He asked members to
embrace the party
administrative system and
avoid the pitfall of
attaching themselves to
individual party leaders,
and called on the
Discipline Committee of
the party in the area to be
thorough in deciding the
fate of erring members.
Earlier, Ochor urged
unity within the rank
and file and support for
the administration of
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
Mrakpor’s comment
against Oshiomhole
ridiculous —Shaibu
By Simon Ëbegbulem,
Benin-City
RUNNING mate to the
governorship candidate
of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in do State,
Mr Philip Shaibu, has
described as unfortunate the
attempt by the lawmaker
representing Aniocha/
Oshimili federal
constituency of Delta State,
Oyemachi Mrakpor, to
ridicule the name of Governor
Adams Oshiomhole.
The lawmaker had accused
Oshiomhole of raising false
alarm after the governor
alleged that Governors
Nyesom Nwike of Rivers
State and Ifeanyi Okowa of
Delta State had deployed
militants from their states to
Edo with a view to cause
mayhem during the
September 28 governorship
election.
Shaibu, who doubles as the
member representing Etsako
Federal constituency of Edo
State, described Mrakpor’s
comment as insulting,
regretting that the Delta
lawmaker had failed to give
adequate representation to
his people by not kicking
against the failure by the Delta
government not to pay salaries
to its workers for some
months now.
“I am shocked at Mrakpor
who should be worried that
the money meant to pay
salaries of members of her
constituency and Delta state
people are being diverted to
Edo to support their factional
PDP governorship candidate.
She has refused to condemn
the inability of the governor
to pay salaries despite the fact
that they earn more revenue
than Edo State”, the running
mate said.
Erosion menace:
Enugu govt.
sends SOS to FG
The Enugu State
Government has appealed
to the Federal Government to
urgently intervene in the gully
erosion at Amauzam, Enugu
Ngwo community, in Enugu
North Local Government Area
of the state, saying that its gravity
was enormous for the state
government to handle alone.
The appeal, which came on the
heels of the recent incident which
has been threatening to sack
some homes in the area, was
made by the Enugu State
Commissioner for Environment
and Mineral Resources, Amb.
Fidel Ayogu, who visited the site
in the company of the chairman
of the council area, Hon. Isaac
Igwe, and the Senior Special
Assistant (SSA) to the governor
on Special Project, Dr. Josef
Umunnakwe Onoh.
Amb. Ayogu who disclosed that
they were at the site on the
instruction of the state governor,
Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to
take a comprehensive survey of
the erosion site for urgent
intervention, noted that the
menace had been in existence
prior to the inception of the
present administration.
He stressed that the incident
requires the intervention of the
federal government through the
ecological fund or other related
interventions for adequate
control and management,
adding that the huge amount of
money required to tackle the
problem was not within the
resources of the state
government.
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