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34 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2019 :Vanguard News :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 We’ve developed framework to raise Bayelsa IGR by 90% — WOGMAN By Emem Idio Y BAYELSA ENAGOA— State Waterways Oil and Gas Marketers Association of Nigeria ,WOGMAN, said it had developed a framework that will help increase the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of the state by 90 per cent at the end of 2019. State Chairman of WOGMAN, Progress Kemebigha, in a chat with newsmen in Yenagoa, said the framework would also help create 200 jobs annually to help tackle issues of unemployment in the state. Giving insight into the potentials of the waterways oil and gas sector of the state's economy, Okowa’ll surpass his first term achievements — OJO By Festus Ahon A m SABA—THE e m b e r representing Ukwuani constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, Dr Alphonsus Ojo has said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa will surpass his first term achievements in his second tenure. Speaking with newsmen during the swearing-in of the governor, Wednesday at the Asaba township stadium, Ojo said; “Okowa is a hardworking governor. He came in as governor in 2015 when the country was experiencing economic recession yet he was able to do a lot for us. Activist urges DTHA to pass Coastal Areas Devt Agency Bill By Emma Amaize Aa SABA—ACTIVIST n d environmentalist, Mr. Sheriff Mulade, yesterday, called on the Delta State House of Assembly to expedite passage of the Coastal Areas Development Agency, CADA Bill, will catalyze development, boost security and give a sense of belonging to riverine communities in the state. Congratulating Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and his deputy, Kingsley Otuaro on their swearing-in for a second term in office, Mulade, who is the chief promoter of the bill, “The riverine communities that contribute 80 percent to the state treasury lack social basic amenities such as electricity, portable drinking water, good healthcare, quality education, good roads and transportation. “Creating the Coastal Areas Development Agency will promote peace, Kemebigha said the state stands to gain more if modern approaches are used to engage youths in the sector as stakeholders and marketers. He said: “Rather than let unemployed youths in the state to continue to lament in the midst of plenty, one basic thing we would do is to train and register them with major oil and gas marketers, so that they can become independent marketers. “We will take the state back to the days when people in riverine areas enjoyed the services of floating filling stations and petroleum products were easily accessed at official pump price. The ideas behind this new framework is to also tackle issues such crude oil theft and illegal refining that have plagued the nation’s economy for long.'' “His projects are all over the state. He touched all the critical areas ranging from roads, education, health, agriculture, job creation and human capital development. “Okowa was able to manage the very lean resources of the state to build infrastructure. Indeed, he showed his commitment to the well being of the state; he didn’t hide his passion for the development of the state. “Okowa will do more in his second tenure. He has hit the ground running already. He has turned the state to a construction site. Work is going on in virtually every local government of the state.'' bring development, employment and reduce crime in the riverine communities “Creation of CADA will help check security problems, reduce conflicts between International Oil Companies and host riverine communities, it will also boost the security situation and attract investors to the coastal areas, thereby bringing development to them.'' Egbule to present book on entrepreneurship A former Nigerian Vocational Association, NVA ,President, Prof. Patrick Egbule, a professor of Vocational and Agricultural Economics, will present a book titled “ Entrepreneurship, fundamentals and practices under the astute chairmanship of Prof. A.E. Anigala, former Deputy Vice Chancellor, Buhari, govs urged to fulfil campaign promises By Jimitota Onoyume W A R R I — PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and governors sworn into offices on Wednesday have been urged to abide by their campaign promises to the electorate. Bishop of the Diocese of Warri Anglican communion, Rt Rev Christian Ide made the appeal in his Bishop’s Charge at the first session ....As CENTREP tasks FG to implement electoral reports for future polls By Perez Brisibe U CENTRE GHELLI— for the Vulnerable and the Underprivileged, CENTREP, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to use his second term in office to implement the reports by the Muhammed Uwais, Sheikh Lemu and Ken Nnamani Electoral Reform panels in a bid to enhance the conduct of future general elections’ nationwide. The group also described previous elections in the country since independence as a “big joke” saying, “Our nation has remained a laughing Academics, Delta State University, Abraka, while the book review is Prof. Sunny Awhefeada. Expected at the event is Prof. Pat. Utomi, while the host is the Vice Chancellor, Delta State University, Abraka, Prof. Victor Peretomode. The event is slated to hold on June 8, at the Faculty of Education, Dean’s Conference hall, Abraka, Delta State. of the 13th synod of the Diocese with the theme “Our True Identity,” at the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, Okere-Warri, Delta State. He stressed that politicians should not take Nigerians for a ride as they were voted into various political offices on account of their campaign promises. Lamenting the killings and violence that characterised the general election in several parts of the country, he said that the Federal Government should take urgent steps to avert a repeat of the ugly experience in future stock in the eyes of the whole world for too long simply because elections nationwide have remained a big joke since independence.” CENTREP’s Executive Director, Ogehenejabor Ikimi in a statement yesterday, said: “The Second and Third Republics general elections nationwide were a sham as same signalled the beginning of vote buying and other vices inimical to credible, free and fair election except for the 1993 Presidential election. “We make bold to say that since independence, general elections nationwide have been a big joke. The Fourth Republic which began in May 29, 1999 ushered in a new vice of ballot snatching, ballot stuffing and vote allocations into our electoral process amongst other vices. “The above no doubt necessitated the then incumbent President, Umaru Yar Adua in the year 2007 to set up the Uwais Electoral Reform Panel in a bid to reforming our stunted and deformed electoral process. “Then came President Goodluck Jonathan, who in the year 2011 set up the Sheikh Lemu Electoral elections by initiating electoral reforms that will also introduce modern technology in the electoral process. “It is time to move forward as a nation. All the negative reports that followed the elections should set us thinking on how we can improve on the current electoral process. This would require electoral reforms of the current Electoral Act. We call on the executive and the legislature to begin reforms on the Electoral Act early enough so that all will be set for the next general election in year 2023. They Reform Panel also in a bid to reforming our nation’s electoral process. “The Sheikh Lemu Ianel like the Uwais Panel recommended a wide range of electoral reforms. However, neither did the administration of the late Yar Adua nor that of President Jonathan have the will power to implement the above wide range of useful reforms recommended by both panels. “In the year 2015, came the Ken Nnamani Electoral Access Bank G r o u p Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe taking a selfie photograph with some of the students at Girls Secondary Grammar School, Ikoyi to celebrate Children’s Day. should particularly think along the line of introducing modern technology in the electoral process that would ensure free, fair and credible elections,” he said. Congratulating Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on his reelection, the Anglican Church also commended the governor for signing into law “Delta State Public and Private Properties bill 2018,” saying that it “Will curb the incessant harassment of developers , particularly by youths who often times chase away investors who are ready to do business.” Reform Panel set up by the incumbent President Buhari which recommended a wide range of reforms as an addendum to the ones recommended by the Uwais and Lemu panels but till date, no white paper had been published by the Federal Government on the said recommendations just like the two previous administrations owing largely to glaring systemic errors and lack of will power to reform our electoral process. SPG Marine warns mischief makers THE management of SPG Marine Service Nigeria Limited, an oil and gas servicing firm operating in Yenagoa, Port Harcourt, Benin Republic, Ghana, and Cameroon, has declared war on people it termed mischief makers and those trying to smear the image of the company. A press statement by the company's General Manager, Mr. Bredino Hilton Jacobs, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State yesterday read in part: "Going forward, we will be seeking legal recourse and working very closely with security officials to address any attempt by any organisation, group of persons, or individual to tarnish the reputation we've built for SPG Marine Service over the years," he said. "SPG Marine Service have been operating in the maritime sector, within and outside Nigeria, for upwards of 3 years. We meet our contractual obligations to our clients and always try to give back to communities we operate from through our Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives, one of which is SPG Football Club." "It is however surprising and quite disappointing that despite all these, some group of persons, for reasons best known to them, will make attempts at sullying the reputation of SPG Marine Service. We will be tough on all such persons or group of people," he said.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2019—35 NUPENG asks Buhari to rejig economic team, prioritise security, infrastructure By Victor Ahiuma-Young NIGERIA Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday, pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig his economic team and prioritise security as well as infrastructural development among others, as he begins his second term of four years as president of Nigeria. While congratulating Nigeria and its citizens for a peaceful and successful inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, NUPENG in a statement by its President, Prince William Akporeha, among others, urged “the government to look into the collapsed state of country’s security architecture, especially the increasing cases of kidnapping, armed banditry, communal clashes, insurgency, advanced fee fraud, cyber cimes, Boko Haram, ritual killings, herder-farmer conflicts, cattle rustling and youth restiveness. "The high prevalence of insecurity in Nigeria has given rise to drastic cut in supply chain of both cash and food crops from the rural communities. Worst still, this has led to rural-urban migration, a situation that has snowballed into population explosion and avoidable overstretched infrastructure in the urban centres as people are looking for safety and protection of their lives. Regrettably, this is a fresh threat that could trigger famine in the country. “Besides, this menace has drastically reduced investment profile of Nigeria because both local and foreign investors are scared of the hostile and insecure environment, which is a big risk to them and their financial institutions. "As a result of this, many employable Nigerians are grappling with acute unemployment and the few that are engaged are faced with job insecurity. “NUPENG therefore calls on President Muhammadu Buhari, having attained this fresh milestone and mandate to speedily nip the security challenges of the country in the bud with such proactive intervention. We believe this will serve as springboard to open windows of opportunities for socio-economic growth and advancement." MOU: From left, Mr. Kennedy Ighodaro, Executive Director, DLM Advisory Partners; Ademola Seriki, Chairman, Primero Transport Services Limited, and Mr. Fola Tinubu, Managing Director, Primero Transport Services Limited at the signing ceremony of N16.50 billion Series 1 Medium Term Note transaction under the N100 biilion Securitisation Programme sponsored by the company, in Lagos. Gov Zulum orders immediate payment of salary/pension arrears By Ndahi Marama M AIDUGURI— GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum of Borno State, yesterday, ordered immediate payment and settlement of all outstanding salary and pension arrears of civil servants who had undergone biometric data capture or yet to do before Group tasks Edo govt on social amenities for Illushi community ILLUSHI Progressive Association of Nigeria, IPAN, in Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State, has called on the state government to come to the aid of the community by providing social amenities, such as roads, potable water and electricity. Chairman of the association, Christopher Okeh, in a statement, yesterday, also frowned at the activities of land speculators in the community. Okeh, who noted that previous governments in the state abandoned the community, appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki to extend to the people of the community the development he had started in several parts of the state. He pledged the support and commitment of Illushi people to the state and federal governments. On land speculation, Okeh said for any valid sale of land in the community to take effect, the approval of the elders must be obtained. Warning those conniving with land speculators for purpose of illegal purchase of land in the community to stop forthwith, he said: "Anybody who buys any portion of the land belonging to Illushi community without the approval of the entire community does so at his or her own risk.” He stressed the need for sons and daughters of Illushi community in diaspora to pool their resources together for purposes of developing the community and enhancing the living standards of the people. the Eid-el fitr celebration. The governor gave the directive when Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Bulama Abiso, led other executive members on a solidarity/courtesy call on him at the Government House, Maiduguri. Recall that his predecessor, Kashim Shettima, for over three years introduced controversial biometric data of all civil servants, which led to stoppage of salary payments of thousands of civil servants directly or indirectly affected by Mr. Bako led-committee. But putting smiles on the faces of the affected workers and pensioners, Zulum directed all permanent secretaries in the ministries and heads of government parastatalls/boards/ agencies to immediately compile list of their affected staff/pensioners, bring it on his table on or before June 3, 2019 for approval and payment before the forthcoming sallah. His words: “As government, we cannot allow some of our civil servants affected by the biometric data to continue to suffer without paying their entitlements for the past three years when the exercise was introduced. For now, I am not interested in anything called biometric data, but to see that even if it is a table payment, all those affected in the exercise should be paid pending when they are found to be guilty or collecting different salaries in the name of ghost workers." Audit of LG account necessary to fast-track grassroots devt —Banigo By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, has said the essence of setting up a committee, by Governor Nyesom Wike, to investigate and audit the financial transactions of the 23 local government areas of the state was to reposition the local government areas for grassroots development and democratic dividends. Banigo spoke, yesterday, at the Government House, Port Harcourt, when the local government area Audit Committee met with chairmen of the 23 councils in the state. It will be recalled that Wike inaugurated a committee to investigate and audit the financial transactions of the 23 councils from May 2018 to May 2019 on Tuesday, with a three-week mandate to complete and submit its report. Banigo warned that the committee would not tolerate any attempt to interfere with the smooth running of its business by any form of inducement whatsoever, stressing that any of such attempt would be resisted. She noted that the committee would not hesitate to indict any council as well as other stakeholders that fail to give its maximum cooperation. However, Chairman of Port Harcourt LGA, Victor Ihunwo, assured the committee that the chairmen of the 23 councils would give their maximum support to ensure that the committee succeeds. Huawei competition aims at inspiring ICT learning in Africa —MD M Director ANAGING of Huawei Technologies, Abuja Office, Nigeria, Tank Li, has said the ICT competition organised by the firm is aimed at inspiring ICT learning in Africa. This was made known in Abuja during the presentation of Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, students who represented Africa and Nigeria at 2018/2019 Hauwei Global ICT competition in China. Li said: “Huawei understands the value of a good talent ecosystem, which is the foundation for a smart future. In the past 30 years, Huawei has made a lot of efforts to cultivate ICT talents by sharing accumulated knowledge systems and best practices. “Faced with the challenges of the future ICT industry, this ICT competition is part of our innovative initiatives to support and promote ICT skills. We believe that this Delt govt urged to set up Burutu devt agency By Onozure Dania LEADER of Burutu Local Government Area Legislative Arm, Delta State, Mr. Joseph Alubeze- Fuludu, has urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to establish Burutu Development Agency just like the Uvwie/Warri Area Agency to address developmental gap between the council and others in the state. Alubeze-Fuludu also made appeal to Okowa to consider Burutu council for two commissionership slots. Speaking to journalists in Warri, Alubeze-Fuludu hailed the governor on his successful swearing-in as governor of the state for a second term. He also appealed to the state government to extend the hand of fellowship by establishing Burutu Development Agency for efficient road network in the riverine area, pointing out that the agency will no event will inspire more students in ICT learning in Africa. This platform provides students with a world-class stage to showcase themselves and consolidate the vital ICT needed for Africa’s development.” Three Nigerian students emerged the top three winners in the Global Final of Huawei ICT Competition, in Dongguan, China. They competed with 49 other teams with a total of 147 students representing 30 countries racing for the global doubt open business opportunities with other sister communities if approved. He explained that the riverine areas of the state were in dire need of roads and bridges because of the terrain, hence the call since Deltans have identified the state governor as road master across the state and silent achiever. Commending the governor for his laudable projects his last four years had recorded, Alubeze- Fuludu said he has no doubt that the next four years of Okowa’s administration will surpass the record of the past four years. Calling on the people of Burutu council to queue behind Okowa’s administration and give him maximum supports, he said Burutu people had gained much in his last four years administration, but it will not stop them asking for more. trophy. One of the winners, Adebayo Abdulqudus, a 22-year-old Nigerian said: “For the past eight months, we left our families, we left relatives, we left our friends, we left out social lives, and we participated in the Huawei ICT competition to win." “Though we got the third prize at the global finals, our participation, the experience and the opportunity to learn are the most important things of all.”
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