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12—Vanguard, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019 My sister's death has caused me eternal pain —Dokubo COORDINATOR of Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, weekend, said the recent death of his elder sister, Madam Amaro Dokubo, has caused him eternal pain. Describing his late sister as a mother and friend, Dokubo lamented, weekend, at the funeral ceremony in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, that until her death, she stood by him through thick and thin. “Sister Ama, I know you are at peace where you are and there is no need for tears. I know how much tears I shed on the day of your death when I received the phone call that you had passed on. "As I stood motionless in my office, consumed by grief, the tears kept rolling, giving me a feeling of emptiness of heart. I realised that a pain has come that will never go away and I must know that you have gone forever,” Dokubo said in a tribute before she was interred. Recalling her care and love for her siblings and family members, he said: “For me, your younger brother, you always shared in my joys, sorrows, laughter, tears and successes; an inspiration from my tender age to my adulthood, up to the time you departed. You are gone, but there is a place deep down in my heart where God has placed a love for you. My beloved sister, you will remain there forever.” Dokubo said he considered himself lucky to have had a loving, caring and supportive sister like Madam Amaro, adding: “I will miss our little talks, our uncommon jokes, your comforting and reassuring voice; your inspirational words of wisdom, guidance and advice.” Until her death on April 11, in Abuja at the age of 73, Madam Amaro presided over a flourishing business empire with diverse interests and was also a contractor to local and multinational firms as well as MDAs in Rivers State. She was also a respected community and religious leader. Don’t panic over movement of soldiers, Army tell Bayelsa, Rivers residents By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA— THE headquarters of 6th Brigade of the Nigerian Army has urged residents of Bayelsa and Rivers states not to panic over movement of troops and gunshots as all units under its command, weekend, commenced its annual one month range exercise. The exercise, which involved the use of live ammunitions, according to spokesman of the brigade, Major Jonah Danjuma, started on June 15, at the Elele Barracks Shooting Range in Rivers State and is expected to end July 14. Danjuma in a statement in Yenagoa, said there would be massive movement of troops and equipment to the range area during the exercise. He said: “The good people of Bayelsa State and Elele in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State are advised not to panic on sighting troops’ movement and hearing of gunshots. “Additional, residents particularly farmers around the range area are advised to stay away from the range area during the period of the exercise.” Wike restates commitment to improved health care delivery in Rivers By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has restated his promise to provide quality health care service delivery system to address the health challenges facing people of the state. The governor stated this while flagging off the first round of maternal, new born and child health week at Ogu town, Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of the state, weekend. Wike, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Caroline Wali, said efforts were being made to complete the ongoing mother and child hospital, noting that the hospital, when completed, will take care of health challenges facing pregnant mothers and newborn babies as well as men in the state. He charged pregnant mothers and care-givers on the importance of accessing all interventions the government had provided in various public hospitals as well as some designated private hospitals within the period of the programme. BURIAL: Prof. Charles Dokubo, Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (left), greeting the clerics during the burial of her elder sister, late Madam Amaro Dokubo, in Port Harcourt, weekend. DACCIMA laments withdrawal of 30% incentive in Eastern, Delta ports By Festus Ahon A SABA—PRESIDENT of Delta State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, DACCIMA, Chief Emmanuel Aworo, has said the withdrawal of 30 percent incentive after the concessioning of the Eastern and Delta Ports discouraged shippers from using the ports. He said the problem has made shippers to flood Lagos ports, which is responsible for the congestion in the Lagos ports and high cost of goods going to the East and South-South. Avworo, however, commended the management of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, for the 10 percent reduction in habour dues on vessels using the Eastern and Delta ports. According to him, such incentive was needed to boost the utilisation of the Eastern and Delta ports, urging NPA to revert to the reduction of 30 percent, adding that the downturn of Delta ports does not only affect the economy of Delta State, but also the nation at large. He called on Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, to follow the footsteps of NPA, by slashing some of its charges as incentives to users of Eastern and Delta ports to boost economic activities in South-South states. He congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on their successful inaugurations. Privatisation of power sector was doomed to fail — Ex-NERC chairman By Perez Brisibe FIVE years after the privatisation of Nigeria power sector, a former chairman of Nigeria Electricity Regulation Commission, NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, has said the privatisation of the country’s power sector was “designed to fail.” Amadi also lamented that of all the preferred bidders in the privatisation process, “only one (or none) had the requisite financial and technical competence to effectively manage the network.” The former NERC chairman in a series of tweets on his twitter handle, @SamAmadi, weekend, described as falsehood, claims that the removal of collection losses caused the lingering failure in the power sector. He said: “When NERC conducted Fit and Proper test on all the preferred bidders, only one or none had the requisite financial and technical competence to effectively manage the network. “The power sector was designed to fail. We failed to corporatise and commercialise before privatising. We privatise senselessly without paying attention to context and corporate governance and regulatory regime. We sold to investors who lacked capacity.” Shedding light on the problems bedevilling the power sector, he said: “The problem of the sector is not mainly tariff. Cost reflective is important but excessive tariff hike is problematic because it cannot be collected and in a country with poor supply, the propensity to pay is low. “We had conducted three tariff hikes before December 2015. Did any of these hikes resulting in any significant improvement in revenue or service quality? No. Why because the problem of the sector is not mainly tariff.” CBN applauds Ayade’s agric revolution, as gov flags off wet season rice farming THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has applauded Governor Ben Ayade’s agricultural revolution programme, which he noted had made Cross River State a force to be reckoned with. Emefiele made the recommendation during the flag off of the 2019 wet season rice farming programme in Calabar, Cross River State. Speaking at the Ayade Industrial Park, venue of the flag-off, the CBN governor, who was represented by Calabar Branch Controller, Chuks Sokari, said: “The resoluteness to agriculture by Governor Ayade has created hallmarks, which the entire world recognises. “The seriousness demonstrated by the governor in the renewed zeal to project and promote agriculture has made Cross River a leading state in the comity of states in the nation.” Responding, Ayade urged Cross Riverians to go into aggressive farming, insisting that the only way to industrialise the state was to do a balance between green and white collar jobs, which would lead to agro industrial revolution. Praising the agricultural initiative of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of CBN, Emefiele, for making available N10.8 billion for the state, Ayade assured that Cross River remains ready to partner the Federal Government in order to drive a digital rice planting system. He said: “Any man or woman with only one source of money as income has already prepared his or her roadmap to failure as you cannot blame your star or God. "If everyone of us here owns a farm, Cross River will not need to depend on federal allocation and that is what I want to do before I leave office, to see the state does not depending on Federal Government.”
Vanguard, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2019—13 We‘ll bring an end to banditry, insecurity in Zamfara — SSG By Nasir Muhammad GUSAU—SECRETARY to the Government of Zamfara State, SSG, Alhaji Bala Maru, has reiterated the state government's determination to bring an end to banditry and insecurity bedevilling the state. He said he was optimistic that with plan of action and other strategies put in place, the issue of banditry cattle rustling, kidnapping and other forms of crime would soon come to an end in the state. Fielding questions from Journalists in Gusau, the SSG said the state government was making necessary moves to ensure that security was restored so that residents can go to sleep with their two eyes closed. Alhaji Maru, said as part of strategies in the fight against banditry, the state governor, Dr. Bello Matawalle has engaged in consultations with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu all in an effort to secure support for the fight against insecurity in the state. “In fact, few days to our inauguration, the governor did all in his capacity without sleeping, met with all relevant stakeholders, traditional rulers and the security agents to give advice on the best way to facilitate the return of peace to Zamfara.” Maru added that, the state government had also succeeded in gathering all the leaders of Miyatti Allah and cattle breeders and had met with them in finding lasting solutions to insecurity in the state. FG loans N11bn to auto firms to boost local vehicle production By Victoria Ojeme ABUJA—THE Federal Government through the National Automotive Design and Development Council, NADDC, is boosting local car manufacturing with an N11 billion loan to 36 auto companies in the country. Director-General, NADDC, Jelani Aliyu made the disclosure in Abuja during a meeting with the governor of Katsina State, Alh Aminu Masari, yesterday. The meeting discussed a proposal for the setting up of an integrated automobile mechanic and motor spare parts village in Katsina State. The disbursement of the N11bn to auto firms is part of moves to boost local production of vehicles and support the auto policy of the Federal Government. The automotive policy, launched in 2014 contains a number of policy measures needed to revitalise the industry for job creation, local value addition, and technology acquisition. At the meeting, Aliyu told the governor that of the N11bn loan, 20 companies had repaid their loan of N7.75bn in full He explained that the cumulative amount so far repaid from the loan was about N10.04bn. He pointed out that NADDC was constructing three automotive service hubs as part of strategies to ensure the successful implementation of the country's auto policy. The NADDC boss said that the proposed establishment of the mechanic village in Katsina State was in line with the automotive policy to empower Nigerians and boost local contents in NUC Executive Secretary calls on FGN to improve funding of research, devt By Abdulmumin Murtala KANO—The Federal Government has been advised to improve funding of research and development as the fastest way of getting Nigeria on the path of knowledge economy. The call was made by the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Universities Commission NUC, Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, while delivering a preconvocation lecture at the 35th Convocation of Bayero University Kano, BUK, weekend. He explained that excellence and success were not determined through the availability of natural resources but ways new ideas are developed and recombined into one new product or service Prof Rasheed also said that economic progress belongs to societies that invest heavily in the production of knowledge through deep and well coordinated research and development activities. He called on the Federal Government to prioritise research funding to drive national economic development and growth. “This is the fastest way of getting Nigeria on the path of knowledge economy. In the global knowledge jointly in which we live today, excellence and success are defined not in terms of the natural resources one possesses, but in the ways one develops new ideas and how one recombines them into a brand new product or service." VISIT: From Left—Governor, Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and Capt Hamisu Yadudu, Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) during the courtesy visit to the Governor by Management of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. Guber election: Kogi East elders reject Wada, Idris, prunes aspirants to six By Boluwaji Obahopo LOKOJA—KOGI East Elders Council, KEEC, has pruned the number of aspirants from the zone for the November 16 governorship election in the state from 40 to six. The Elders council, which made this known after publishing the result of their screening of the aspirants weekend, said their decision was in a bid to reduce acrimony and brighten the chances of one of their own to win the Kogi governorship seat. According to the result of the screening signed by nineteen selected leaders from Kogi East, one aspirant each was chosen to contest on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC, tickets in each of the three federal constituencies of the senatorial district. Prince Mohammed Audu, son of a former governor of the state, late Prince Abubakar Audu, was endorsed for the APC ticket in Idah Federal constituency; Prof. Seidu Ogah (Ankpa) and former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Jibrin Usman for Dekina/Bassa. For the PDP, the elders anointed former President, Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Idris Omede (Dekina/Bassa), Dr. Joseph Ameh (Ankpa) and Elder Ubolo Okpanachi (Idah). With this development, immediate Governor Idris Wada and son of former Governor Ibrahim Idris, Abubakar Idris were dropped. The screening committee, headed by former deputy governor of old Benue State, Sule Iyaji, has representatives from each of the nine local governments in Kogi East, women groups, Ukomu Igala, Igala Cultural Development Association, ICD, Ojuju Agbadufu and two representatives each from both PDP and APC. However, reaction has trailed the Elders’ resolution, with son of former Governor Ibrahim Idris, Abubakar Idris, rejecting the elders council decisions. But a socio -cultural group, Igala Vanguard, called on the aspirants to embrace the decision of KEEC in the interest of the state. Spokesman of Igala Vanguard, Engr. Akpa Lawrence, passed a vote of confidence on the decision of KEEC to trim down the large number of governorship aspirants. Al-Makura made me gov of Nasarawa State — Gov Sule By David Odama LAFIA—NASARAWA State governor, Abdullahi Sule, said weekend that his dream of becoming governor was made possible by his predecessor, Umaru Al-Makura. The governor also reaffirmed his resolve to follow the foot steps of development provided by his mentor and to leave the state better than he met it. Governor Sule stated this at the reception organised in honour of the immediate past governor, Tanko Al-Makura, by Karu Local Government Area of the State, in collaboration with the indigenes of the area. Sule, while applauding Senator Al-Makura for his efforts in seeking support for the present administration, urged all the National Assembly members from the state to support his administration by attracting federal presence to the state. He disclosed that in order to open up the state for effective development, work had commenced on roads construction, especially greater Karu, because of its proximity to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, adding that without peace and security, no achievement can be recorded. On the delay in the constitution of his cabinet, Governor Sule said everything would be done at the right time. He also expressed optimism that his government would succeed, if the support received by last administration was extended to his government from within and outside the state. PPA berates UN over alleged antimulti-party propaganda By Chris Ochayi ABUJA—THE Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, yesterday, condemned the position of the United Nations, UN, that the multi-party democracy being practiced in Nigeria poses a serious challenge as it hinders the electorate from making informed decisions. The party noted that contrary to position canvassed by the UN, registered political parties in Nigeria have afforded over 200 million Nigerian citizens, the opportunity to be part of electoral processes. PPA through its National Chairman, Peter Ameh, in a statement in Abuja, said the position of the UN was not only treacherous but threat to the peace which the United Nations was formed to uphold. Ameh said, “The position of the UN, encouraging autocracy in Africa, as stated by the UN’s Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa, Mohammed Chambas, is not only treacherous but threatens the very peace which the UN was formed to uphold. “It is indeed of great concern to hear Mohammed Chambas of the UN, express such views as he did, during a courtesy call on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, in Abuja, on behalf of the UN in this 21st century when democracy and world peace is under threat in most African countries as a result of dictatorships and perceived centralisation of governments as currently witnessed in Nigeria."
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