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16—Vanguard, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019 TRAINING: From left— Mr. Babafemi Olabiyi, Chief Marketing Officer, Retail and Commercial, OVH Energy; Dr. Oyet Gogomary, Group Head, External Relations and Communications; CC Hyginus Omeje, Sector Commander, FRSC, Lagos; Mr. Huub Stokman, Chief Executive Officer, OVH Energy and Mr. Ayotunde Adewoye, Group Head, Customer Service, during the company's 2019 Truck driver’s training opening ceremony at the OVH Energy Training School in Lagos. Lagos community protests planned installation of non indigene as monarch •As govt sues for calm By Olasunkanmi Akoni L AGOS—INDIGENES and residents of ancient Orugbo-Iddo Community, Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area, LCDA, a suburb in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, yesterday, stormed the state House of Assembly, Alausa, Ikeja to protest over alleged plans to install a non indigene as the next king, the Olofin Ijaiye of Orugbo-Iddo Kingdom. The protesting group who claimed it had earlier sent petition to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the House of Assembly and Council of Traditional Rulers, (Obas), was led by one of the contenders of the stool, Prince Lawal Adeleye. According to them, “All the petitions submitted have been swept under the carpet and suppressed.” Adeleye, who claimed to be the Oba Olofin-Ijaiye designate, accused some government officials of colluding with one Abdul Adewale to install him as the next traditional ruler of Orugbo-Iddo, despite the fact that the matter is still in court for determination. The placard carrying protesters, barricaded the road leading to Lagos House, office of the Governor and House of Assembly Complex, insisting on being attended to Ṡome of the inscriptions on the placards read: "Gov. Ambode please withdraw the approval of installation of Adewale Abdul. Orugbo is boiling, Abdul is not a member of our family Origbo. Adewale is from Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area, Ogun State. Orugbo-Iddo makers have withdrawn their erroneous Obey party leaders on NASS leadership, APC S-Africa admonishes lawmakers ABUJA—THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in South Africa has charged members of the party in the National Assembly to obey the party leadership by voting for the candidates adopted as Senate President and Speaker by the party in the forthcoming 9th Assembly for the interest of the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration. The party stated this in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Sanni David, after a gala night and dinner, organised in South Africa to celebrate the victory of the APC in the just concluded general elections. According to the statement, the Chairman of the APC in SA, Engr Bola Babarinde, commended the leadership style of the national chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, saying that the reforms he embarked upon declaration of Adewale Abdul in writing," among others. Speaking with newsmen, he said the protest became necessary to avoid impending crisis in the area if the authorities fails to take urgent step to stop the alleged plans to install Adewale, who was said to be a non indigene of the are yielding positive fruits. He said: " we are glad with the reforms going on in the party. We see a situation where party discipline is being entrenched. No ruling political party can succeed without discipline and that is why we are proud of the current leadership led by Oshiomhole. "So we urge our elected National Assembly members to toe the line of the party when electing their leadership because By Festus Ahon ASABA—THE leader of All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Olorogun O’Tega Emerhor has expressed deep sadness over the death of the former senator representing Delta NDDC to complete water projects in Edo with EU support By Alemma Aliu BENIN CITY—THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has said it would complete all water projects the Commission has embarked on in Edo State with support from the European Union, EU. This promise is on the heels of the expression of reservations by community leaders on the way the Commission is carrying out projects in the state just as they lamented the huge number of abandoned projects in the state. Speaking at the Edo State Stakeholders’ Forum sponsored by the Commission with the theme “Peace as a Panacea for Sustainable Development in the Niger Delta’, Director, NDDC Edo State, Dr Akwagaga Lelegima Enyia said the developmental agenda of the commission could only be achieved in a peaceful and community. M e a n w h i l e , representative of the state government, Hundei Kolawole, Director Political, Office of the Civic Engagements, urged the protesters to sustain the peace and harmony in the community as the matter will be addressed appropriately, without further delay. without the party there will be no candidate especially when the constitution has not provided for independent candidates" it stated. Woman leader of the party in SA, Pastor Mrs Gladys Adebukola Adunola, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to consolidate on the achievements made in his first tenure, adding that Nigerians are expecting improved welfare package in his second term. Emerhor mourns late Sen Eferakeya rancor-free environment. She said; “Only recently, the Commission embarked on the rehabilitation of the Benin – Abraka road in partnership with the Edo State government. Presently, the Commission is working with the European Union, (EU) to rehabilitate the water projects in our communities. The idea of this scheme is to build the capacities of the communities and empower them to be responsible for the sustenance of the projects sited in their communities." Central Senatorial District, Senator Adegor Eferakeya. Eferakeya, a renowned Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, died on Monday at 78 years. Emerhor in a statement on Thursday, said the death of Prof. Eferakeya was a big blow to the Urhobo Nation considering his contributions to the development of his native Okpe Kingdom, Urhobo land that he represented at the apex level of lawmaking body and Nigeria as a whole. While commiserating with the Eferakeya family and the Urhobo Progress Congress, UPU, the Mainstream APC leader stressed that the late senator’s death has created a big vacuum that would be difficult to fill. Emerhor also praised the late Professor for his contribution to the formation and growth of APC in Delta State before retiring from active politics in 2017. Emerhor prayed Almighty God to comfort the family and Urhobo Nation and as well grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest. Oil prices steady despite Saudi export cuts, U.S. inventory draw OIL prices were little changed as a drop in crude exports from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC’s defacto leader Saudi Arabia and a draw in U.S. oil inventories supported prices, while the strengthening dollar and weak equities kept futures in check. Brent crude futures were at $71.70 a barrel, up 8 cents from their last close and near Wednesday’s five-month high of $72.27 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 10 cents at $63.66 a barrel. Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports fell by 277,000 barrels per day just under 7 million bpd in February from the month before, according to data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI). U.S. crude, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, with crude posting an unexpected drawdown and its first in four weeks, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) data showed on Wednesday, which also helped support prices. U.S. wins WTO ruling against China grain import quotas THE United States won a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling yesterday against China’s use of tariff-rate quotas for rice, wheat and corn, which it successfully argued limited market access for U.S. grain exports. The case, lodged by the Obama administration in late 2016, marked the second U.S. victory in as many months. It came amid U.S.-China trade talks and on the heels of Washington clinching a WTO ruling on China’s price support for grains in March. A WTO dispute panel ruled on Thursday that under the terms of its 2001 WTO accession, China’s administration of the tariff rate quotas (TRQs) as a whole violated its obligation to administer them on a “transparent, predictable and fair basis”. TRQs are two-level tariffs, with a limited volume of imports allowed at the lower ‘in-quota’ tariff and subsequent imports charged an “out-of-quota” tariff, which is usually much higher. The administration of state trading enterprises and non-state enterprises’ portions of TRQs are inconsistent with WTO rules, the panel said. Schlumberger posts profit drop, sees international spending rising OILFIELD services provider Schlumberger NV yesterday forecast rising international and offshore exploration spending this year, after posting a 20 percent drop in first-quarter profit due to weak North American demand. The oilfield services sector bellwether said it expects a 7 to 8 percent increase in investments by oil producers in markets outside North America, citing a 20 percent increase last quarter in offshore rig counts and growing exploration activity in Latin America, Africa and Asia. “We still see a fairly decent runway for increased international investments,” Chief Executive Officer Paal Kibsgaard said, citing higher new project approvals and a renewed interest in exploration outside North America. Second-quarter earnings per share will be 35 cents, in line with the Wall Street consensus estimate, said Kibsgaard. He cautioned seasonal factors would preclude the potential for exceeding that figure. France points way for UK shake up of audit market TAKING on the Big Four accounting firms will remain a lengthy and costly challenge for smaller rivals in Britain despite the regulatory legup unveiled on Thursday, but France has shown it can be done over a decade. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered that Britain’s top 350 listed companies must hire two auditors to loosen the grip of EY, KPMG, Deloitte and PwC that individually check the books of all but nine of those companies. It forms a package of measures from the CMA aimed at improving audit quality and restoring trust after accounting failures at construction company Carillion and retailer BHS. Though the changes are likely to take some time to make it into law, joint audits in France have enabled smaller rivals like Mazars to work alongside the Big Four and win the confidence of bigger clients. They also feature in Sweden and Spain, but were ditched in Denmark due to the higher cost, with estimates ranging from about 20 percent to far higher. All stories credited to Reuters
Vanguard, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019 — 17 THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has just presented a certificate of return to Barrister Nyesom Wike. The certificate is an official confirmation that Wike, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart, won the gubernatorial election in Rivers State and is expected to be Governor for the next four years. In Nigeria, it is normal for political opponents to furiously cry foul and loudly allege massive malpractices when results don’t favour them; and Wike’s defeated All Progressives Congress, APC, rivals - and their African Action Congress, AAC, allies - are no exception. They are bitterly accusing INEC of bias and bitterly complaining about Wike’s personality/ performance/methods. And I totally stand by APC/AAC folks’ democratic right to dislike and criticise Wike. But I wish they’d stop deceiving themselves and insisting that they trounced Wike but are being deprived of victory by forces of evil. I wish they’d analyse the situation more realistically and understand why they’d have lost, whether Wike rigged or didn’t rig! Sure, some presidential and guber candidates are widely loathed on their home turfs. But most can count on substantial support from their people, especially when they are competing against “outsiders”. Which is why President Buhari was likely to beat any non-northern candidate in the North. And why Vice- President Osinbajo was likely to beat any non-Yoruba candidate in Yorubaland. And why Wike was likely to beat any candidate who didn’t come across as indigenous and appeared to be representing “outsiders”. Wike is a conk, down-toearth Rivers Man who has a solid grassroots base in his own right and enjoys substantial additional support from Bayelsan-born ex- •INEC National Commissioner, supervising Edo, Bayelsa and Rivers, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu (L), presenting certificate of return to Rivers State Governor-elect, Nyesom Wike Soft spots President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his Rivers wife, Dame Patience. The Jonathans, like Wike, are core Niger Deltans who are viewed with considerable affection by millions of natives of our geopolitical zone; and nobody who stood against them would have had it easy. Even if APC hadn’t suffered any legal problems and had been able to field its star candidate, billionaire businessmanTonye Cole, Cole would still have lost in my If Amaechi graciously concedes defeat and at least sincerely tries to reciprocate reconciliatory moves, he can add a lot of value opinion…because Cole is more Lagosian than local and was suspiciously regarded as Buhari’s representative. And it’s not like Muhammadu Buhari is popular in the Niger Delta! Anyway, dear Vanguard readers, if Northern and South-Western voters are allowed to have soft spots for their own kith and kin, why should South-South voters not also be allowed to have soft spots for their own kith and kin? Conceding and reconciling Wike has, on more than one occasion since his victory was announced, held out an olive branch to his main adversary, Rotimi Amaechi, ex-Governor and current Minister of Transportation. Amaechi and his camp have coldly rejected these overtures. I urge them to put their crushed egos to one side and do whatever might improve things for our state. Most Rivers people are sick and tired of perpetual conflict. If Amaechi graciously concedes defeat and at least sincerely tries to reciprocate reconciliatory moves, he can add a lot of value. Buhari’s revival At various points during the presidential election campaign, President Buhari looked so tired and sounded so mentally drained that he reminded me of my mother who is ill. I was particularly alarmed after watching him and his deputy being interviewed by Kadaria Ahmed. He came across as confused. Some VIPs who had met him face-to-face in recent months also said that they reckoned he was suffering from cognitive decline. The same gloomy conclusion was drawn by many other individuals (including APC loyalists) who said that Mr President had appeared befuddled on several occasions. At the APC rally in Delta State, for example, he couldn’t properly identify the party’s guber candidate. But guess what? Mr President suddenly perked up and seems absolutely fine nowadays. He looks healthy and cheerful; and he sounds lucid. Good for him! It’s nice for him and his fans (many of whom were so worried about him earlier on this year) that whatever was holding him back is no longer holding him back. The difference between him a few weeks ago and him now is almost miraculous. Let’s hope that he will now have the energy to take his duties seriously and focus on getting rid of the myriad dysfunctions that are wrecking lives and depressing the hell out of many citizens. He needs to become a firm but fair and genuinely caring father of the nation. He needs to dynamically tackle the security crises in various states like a skilled, no-nonsense military man. He needs to be stricter in a positive way and more consistent morally. He needs to be less self-centred, less remote and more sensitive to public opinion. He needs to wage a war on corruption in an even-handed way and not just spitefully target opposition people. He needs to respect the rule of law and make Nigeria feel less like a depressing police state. He needs to make it clear to VIP miscreants - whether they are APC, PDP or whatever – that their destructive antics will not be tolerated. He needs to encourage intelligent debate about burning issues like restructuring…which needs to be defined in a productive way and doesn’t necessarily have to be organised in a way that will put the North at a terrible disadvantage. And, by the way, if he wants APC to be less loathed in the Niger Delta, he needs to woo Niger Deltans, not allow them to be bullied!!! 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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