21102019 - BORDER CLOSURE:‘How neighbouring countries worked against Nigeria’

16—Vanguard, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019
INSTALLATION: From
left—Special Apostle
Joseph Olagoke,
General-Secretary, C&S
Worldwide, Special
Apostle Odetudun and
Special Apostle (Pastor)
Elijah Oluwole
Atolagbe, at the
installation service of
Special Apostle
Atolagbe as Chairman,
Kaduna District, Cherubim
& Seraphim Movement
in Kaduna, yesterday.
Photo: Olu Ajayi.
S-East, S-South APC chair forum backs Buhari's
NDDC forensic audit directive
By Elizabeth
Uwandu
U MUAHIA—STATE
Chairmen of the All
Progressives Congress,
APC, in the South-South
and South-East, have
commended President
Muhammadu Buhari over
his directive for a forensic
audit of the NDDC and
called on Mr. President to
urgently inaugurate the
new board to superintend
Diaspora MOSOP flays acquisition of OML 11 by
Rivers govt
By Gabriel Olawale
USA—THE United
States of America,
USA, Eleme chapter of the
Movement for the Survival
of Ogoni People, MOSOP,
has kicked against the
reported acquisition of 45
percent stake of Royal
Dutch Shell Petroleum
Company's OML 11 by the
Rivers State Government.
The group said the
decision was unacceptable
and would be resisted by
the people of Ogoniland.
They expressed their
views in a statement jointly
signed by the Coordinator
of MOSOP USA, Eleme
Chapter, Mr. Koida Ejire,
Secretary, MOSOP USA
Eleme Chapter, Dr. Owarr
Chjjor and the Secretary
MOSOP CTC, USA,
Godwin Lale Ollor.
"The attention of
Movement for the Survival
of Ogoni People, Eleme
Chapter USA has been
drawn to the purported
broadcast and publications
over the commission's
activities for a holistic
review and reforms.
This call and commendation
was contained in two separate
statements released by the
Chairman, APC in Akwa-Ibom
State, Hon. Ini T. Okopido and
leader South-South Chairmen of
the forum and his Abia State
counterpart, Hon. Donatus
Nwankpa who is the leader of
South-east Chairmen of the
forum respectively.
in various media networks
by the government and
Governor of Rivers State,
Chief Barrister Nyesom
Wike that the Rivers State
government has acquired
45% stake/share of Royal
Dutch Shell Petroleum
Company's OML 11.
"We would like to state
categorically that this ploy
to rub the people of Ebubu,
Eleme, Ogoni and Rivers
The forum expressed
satisfaction on the caliber of those
the President has already
appointed to take over the task of
the region's development and
appealed for their inauguration
to pilot the affairs of the
Commission bringing to bear, their
wealth of experience.
The Chairmen while
commending the President for his
love for the development of the
Niger Delta region, assured him
of their unflinching support to
State at large is unacceptable
and we will resist this
oil theft at all cost.
"We wish to state that
OML 11 refers to Ogoni
Mineral License include all
the oil wells in Ogale,
Onne, and Ejamaa Ebubu,
and in other communities
in Ogoniland as contained
in the license or deed of
operation by the company,"
the statement read.
The group added in the
statement that it was also
true that the oil wells
operated by Shell
Petroleum company in
Ogale, Onne, Agbata and
Ejamaa communities of
Eleme were not different in
whole or in part but that the
same block of OML 11 as
provided and guaranteed
in the contract licenses were
sovereign right of the
Ogoni people.
Why business, moguls, investors should fund
2019 Urhobo Economic summit—Oghenesivbe
showcasing raw materials,
products and goods within
a reasonable period if
investors shows up as a
result of the awareness
generated through the
activities of the summit,
adding that industrialization of
some local communities in Delta
Central Senatorial District will
assist greatly in decongesting the
labour market and raise great
entrepreneurs in the state.
He specifically appealed to
some Urhobo notable investors
and industrialists especially; Chief
NDDC: NDMG urges Presidency to inaugurate
Odubu, Okumagba-led board
A SABA—THE
Convener of Niger
Delta Monitoring Group,
Dr. Charles Olisa has
commended the Presidency
for instituting a forensic
audit processes to evaluate
if the output of the interventionist
agency in terms of
developmental activities in
the Niger Delta region is
commensurate with the input
in the form of cash and
resources inflow to the
agency from inception till
A SABA—RENOWNED
s t r a t e g i c
communication expert and
Executive Assistant on
Communications to the
Governor of Delta State, Dr
Fred Oghenesivbe, has
endorsed the Urhobo
Economic and Investment
Summit Initiatives and
urged prominent Urhobo
business men and women
to fund the project.
Oghenesivbe in a
statement said the summit
have the potentials of
date.
The Monitoring group further
avers that in line with Standard
Global best practices, a neutral,
unbiased and objective board
should be in place to supervise
the audit processes. On that
note, NDMG implores the
Presidency to inaugurate the new
board led by Dr. Pius Odubu and
Olorogun Bernard Okumagba
without further delay to avert a
lacuna in the management team,
and also to ensure a successful
and transparent audit processes.
The incumbent Acting Managing
Director of NDDC have
been allegedly fingered for job
racketeering and payment of billions
of naira for Water hyacinth
and other Quick win projects
without following due processes
and established procurement
acts. Consequently, the Acting
Managing Director is among
those to be investigated. NDMG
is of the opinion that it is not
morally right to be a judge in your
own case, so, it is imperative for a
new board to step in immediately.
carry out his holistic reform in the
interventionist agency.
The forum is of the view that
since neither the Chairman nor
Managing Director designate of
the newly constituted NDDC
board has served in the
Commission in the period 2001
to 2019 in reference, they will be
able to dispassionately carry out
reforms that will revamp the
Commission and correct the
inadequacies of the previous
boards vis-a-viz address the
infrastructural decay in the
region.
Kenneth Gbagi, Olorogun Oscar
Ibru, Olorogun Brother Moses
Taiga, Olorogun Otega Emerhor
and others to assist the organisers
in driving the summit to fruition,
and to deploy their
entrepreneurial ingenuity for the
speedy industrialisation of the
state and Urhobo nation.
Oghenesivbe, a Fellow of the
Civilian Institute of Democratic
Administration, FCIDA, asserted
that Urhobo Economic Summit
is a straight forward socioeconomic
remodelling initiatives without
political or partisan colouration,
adding that it should be
encouraged and sustained
because of its benefits, job and
wealth creation potentials.
"Investors should identify with
Urhobo Economic Summit and
assist the organisers to raise the
stakes because of the inestimable
socioeconomic gains and benefits
for small and medium scale
businesses capable of enhancing
and facilitating the Stronger
Delta Agenda, devoid of
partisanship and political divide.
"I commend the efforts and
consistency of the convener,
Kingsley Ubiebi and his team. It's
only fair that prime investors
should at the moment identify
with this laudable project ,"
Oghenesivbe said.