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16—Vanguard, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 COMMISSIONING: From left- Governor, State of Osun, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, former National Chairman, All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akende and the Orangun of Ila, Oba Wahab Kayode Oyedotun, during the official commissioning of the new Secretariat Complex of Ila Central Local Council Development Area,Ila Orangun, Osun State, yesterday. Nigeria's broadband penetration hits 33% —NCC By Emmanuel Elebeke ABUJA—THE Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta says that Nigeria's broadband penetration is now 33%. The EVC disclosed this while receiving a team of Bharti Airtel Group in his office in Abuja. Prof. Danbatta said there has been a steady increase in broadband penetration across the country which he attributed to what he called the ambitious 4G network expansion by the telecom operators like Airtel. Recall that the National Environmentalists, experts task FG on renewable energy By Alemma Aliu BENIN CITY— ENERGY experts across the country yesterday tasked the federal government on the need to Polls: I couldn't have manipulated election results —Adjogbe By Festus Ahon ASABA—THE Acting Executive Director, Projects, EDP on the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Samuel Adjogbe has denied allegation of manipulation of election results in Evwreni Ward 8 during the March 9 State Houses of Assembly election being levelled against him by the House of Assembly candidate of Accord Party in Ughelli North constituency I, Chief Ominimini Obuiwevbi. Adjogbe in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Broadband Plan in 2012, set a 30% target to be achieved by December 2018 but the country achieved 31.6% as at December 2018, surpassing the 30% target. The NCC boss commended Airtel for its commitment in assisting the country in its efforts to deepen broadband penetration and expressed optimism that the country will record remarkable improvement in the current year. Danbatta said though, the stakeholders had set a new 70% broadband target for the next five years, he assured that the government would soon come up with a new do more in terms of policies to change to renewable energy to reduce environmental pollution and global warming. They also want the country to lipfrog the developed Publicity, Mr Ogheneovo Itefue described the allegation as "baseless, bearing in mind that in this day of politicking, people who sit in otherwise noble and responsible positions remain victims of political blackmails targeted at pulling them down. "I was not even a candidate in the said election talkless of nursing a motive to manipulate the votes of the Evwreni people. I therefore have no reason whatsoever to manipulate election results. "For all it's worth, the Evwreni people recognize development and progress when they see one. A choice National Broadband Plan target, Phase 2. He said: ‘‘It is good to see Airtel responding to services, especially 4G services. It is good to hear the level of expansion because we are seeing remarkable improvement in broadband penetration. ‘‘The figures are increasingly going up. We are at about 33% now. This we can attribute to very ambitious expansion of network operators like Airtel in places like Lagos, Kano, Rivers, Ibadan and Abuja. This lends credence to figures we are seeing from broadband penetration. ‘‘We are seeing increase countries of the world by focusing on using energies that are environmentally friendly instead of still relying on fossil fuel which is injurious to the environment and humans. The experts made the call at the opening session which remains exclusive to them to make". According to him, "rather than resort to the appropriate forum to address his grievances, Chief Ominimini Obuiwevbi has taken to a failed blame game in the media, against me, an icon of due process and integrity. "The totality of Ominimini Obiuvwevbi's claims therefore tallies with the frustration normally expected of a sore loser and while it remains important to set these facts straight, he must be mindful that baseless attacks on the reputation of a person is actionable in court." in broadband subscription, especially to services provided by Airtel. It is good for Nigerians to hear this that Airtel is helping us to hit the broadband penetration target." ‘‘ We were supposed to achieve 30% as at December 2018 but we have exceeded that target courtesy of national Broadband Plan. We are steadily seeing increase in broadband penetration. As at February, there is a new target of 70% in the next five years. We will come up with new. So far, no official announcement has been made on that by the minister." of a three day National Stakeholders Training and Awareness Workshop on Renewable Energy Technologies and Environmental Sustainability organised by the National Centre for Energy and Environment (NCEE). While declaring open the works, Director General/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) Professor Eli Bala said Nigeria should begin to think about utilisation of natural resources in the country to reduce emission of toxic carbon and “enhance security of future generations” Represented by the Chief Scientific Officer ECN, Mr Samuel Abraham-Aku, said: “Renewable energy technology has been one of the most neglected options in our national energy development. As a result, Energy Commission of Nigeria has been giving preference to research development programs in renewable energy systems that offer energy solutions suited to our national needs." World Bank grants $66m to Gambia to help fix electricity THE World Bank yesterday approved a $66 million grant to the Gambia government to support the access grid and electricity transmissions in the rural setting of the country under the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Access Project. The signing ceremony was held at the ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs complex in Banjul and signed by Mamburay Njie on behalf of Government and Mrs. Louise Cord, the World Bank country Director. The project will increase power capacity and transmission network of the National Water and Electricity Company to scale up its transmission and distribution networks. Finance Minister Njie said the project is in line with the government's national development plan and expected to change the lives of the rural household and reduce rural-urban migration. He said the Barrow government is committed to harness the growth of the country's energy sector to impact on the socio economic lives of the people in the rural communities. Kenya: Economy to lose Sh500bn over earmarked buildings set for demolition T HE Nairobi Regeneration team has said the demolition of buildings on riparian land if allowed to continue, will impact the economy adversely to the tune of Sh500 billion. Appearing before the Senate Lands Committee, the team's Chairman Najib Balala said already 5,000 buildings have been earmarked for demolition. Balala who is also the Tourism Cabinet Secretary however said engagements with resident associations are currently undergoing. "The value of demolition of those buildings will be Sh500 billion; that would be a major destruction on the economy; so, before the multi-agency proceeds, I will caution that a serious discussion on policy, compensation, litigation and action should be taken as a priority," Balala cautioned. The Committee members led by their Chair Senator Paul Githiomi (Nyandarua) had asked the team to be fair to the innocent Kenyans who have invested their resources and had legal documents to construct the buildings. Investment banking enduring worst quarter 'in recent history' — UBS THE chief executive of UBS has called the last three months one of the worst quarters in investment banking's recent history. Addressing an investment conference in London, Sergio Ermotti said UBS was planning on cutting an extra $300m of costs in the current year, primarily through a slowdown in hiring, after its investment banking arm endured a torrid three months. According to reports, Ermotti said revenues at the division were down by around a third compared to the first quarter of 2018. "We've seen some improvement lately but it remains patchy, and not enough to offset the challenging start to the year," he said. Switzerland's biggest bank now expects to achieve mid-single digit adjusted returns on attributed equity for the first quarter, compared to 12.6% in the same period a year ago.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 — 17 PHOTOGRAPHS and videos depicting Buharisupporting underage voters in the North have gone viral online and are now part of our electoral iconography. An outraged fellow Atiku supporter sent me several images of PVC-brandishing pre-pubescent teenagers and primary school-age kids queuing up at Kano polling stations this morning; and I sighed and shook my head, more sad and perplexed than angry or disgusted. The wide-eyed children looked so innocent – and so cute in their little kaftans; and I’m wondering why a President who not only has a military background but claims to be aggressively fighting corruption is allowing an entire generation of youths to be led astray in his name when he should be instilling discipline and moral values in them. Generation of youths I’m sure that some of the underage voters do not yet realise that what they were told to do was illegal and just plain wrong. But they’ll eventually find out that they were used by unscrupulous, democracy-subverting politicians; and they will either lose respect for these elders who instructed them to cheat or feel that any actions endorsed by elders must be OK and worthy of emulation. When seniors who attract deference give impressionable juniors the impression that Anything Goes, they are encouraging them to become lawless adults and generating serious problems for society. Underage voters come from poor homes. Meanwhile, most adult criminals in any country come from poor homes. So it is not too fanciful to say that today’s underage voters can easily – •Underaged children queuing up to vote...potentially dangerous situation Corrupting youngsters especially if they are exposed to toxic influencers - become tomorrow’s kidnappers, rapists, armed robbers and jihadi terrorists. Long story short: I wish Buhari would live up to the Honest No-Nonsense When seniors who attract deference give impressionable juniors the impression that Anything Goes, they are encouraging them to become lawless adults and generating serious problems for society Disciplinarian reputation he wants us to believe he deserves and condemn those who electorally exploit vulnerable, desperate and potentially dangerous youths on his native turf. It is about integrity. It is about being a caring father of your people and the nation. It is not about winning at all costs. He who pays the piper Underage voter videos are not the only videos that are viralling all over the internet. I’ve just received an in-yerface rant that was recorded by a frustrated un-named South- South man who wants to know why those who pay the piper are not choosing the tune……and why so many Southern politicians have chosen to have slavish masterhouseboy relationships with their Northern colleagues. I don’t entirely approve of this video because it refers to Northerners as “Abokis”, a derogatory term that doesn’t reflect the fact that many Northern Muslims are smart, kind and genuine friends to compatriots who are neither Northern nor Muslim. But I must say that I fully identify with the video ranter’s core message, being that it is very strange that the part of the country that produces the oil wealth that sustains the Federation is downtrodden and expected to approach other regions cap in hand. OK, so we Niger Deltans need to humbly admit that we didn’t handle opportunities adeptly when we had a chance to strengthen our region during President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure. But though Jonathan had his limitations, he behaved like a perfect gentleman when he was told that he had lost the election in 2015. When push came to shove, Jonathan wasn’t ready to cling to power like a crazed megalomaniac. And it was precisely because he wasn’t pathologically selfish that he didn’t do more for his people. At any rate, I don’t see why Niger Deltans should be treated like despised supplicants by arrogant mandarins from regions that don’t contribute as much as we do to the national kitty. I’m also absolutely appalled by kow-towing Southern politicians who rarely promote our interests at The Centre and aren’t pushing a restructuring agenda that is clearly in our best interests. Such forelock-tuggers lack self-esteem and should be thoroughly ashamed of their eagerness to oppress/betray their brethren and cause mayhem in their own backyards to please “outsiders”. Loyalty I’ve never been 100 per cent loyal to any individual or group or political party because I feel more committed to the welfare of Society as a whole than to the welfare of individuals, groups or parties. I voted UPN when my late father was the NPN Party Chairman in Rivers State because while I adored my father and knew that he was a good man, I believed that UPN would do a better job than NPN. And, over the years, I have quit supporting various highranking government chums because though I personally am on great terms with them and can perhaps collect substantial patronage from them in future, I think that they are harming the wider community. Some of my friends applaud my “objectivity” and think me brave for not allowing emotions or self-interest to get in the way of principles. But others disagree with what one friend described as my “penchant for treachery” and feel that not doggedly supporting “your own person” forever is terrible, even if he or she is misbehaving massively and especially if he or she has helped you in the past. I say that almost everyone who has helped me in the past has also received help from me, albeit help that is more subtle than money. So I kinda feel that the goodwill has flowed both ways and that I am not obliged to kiss their rings until I die!!! But, as far as my critics are concerned, the only type of help that really matters is financial!!!...and one should always stand by – and be a cheerleader for - family and friends, whether they behave well or not. What do Vanguard readers think? Responses To Donzol2002@Yahoo.co.uk Or To 0802 747 6458 Or 0811 675 9752. Please kindly note that unless you specifically request anonymity, your email or text message may be published with your name and contact details attached.
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