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16 — Vanguard TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2019 PRESENTATION: From left— Zonal Head, Owerri, First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Mr. Cyprian Fredrick; winner of grand prize at the South-East & South- South regional draw of ‘’FCMB Millionaire Promo Season 6,’, Mr. Nwachukwu Chigozie and Manager, Owerri branch of the bank, Mr. Henry Ogu, during the cheque presentation to the winner in Owerri. 2020: How gunmen attacked my house, by Edo APC chieftain By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY—THE race to Edo State 2020 governorship election got messier over the weekend as the residence of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former member of the House of Representatives Hon Isaac Osahon was attacked by suspected hoodlums and in the process destroyed properties worth several millions of naira. The house is situated off Uwelu Road in Egor local government area. Narrating the incident to Vanguard yesterday, Osahon alleged that the suspected thugs were sent by the chairman of Allow constituted NDDC board to assume duties, APC leader begs Buhari By Elizabeth Uwandu ABUJA—A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Hon. Washington Osifo, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari and raised the alarm over what he described as the prevailing pains and neglect being suffered by the people of the Niger Delta due to the inability of members of the newly constituted board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) led by Dr Pius Odubu to commence operations. In a letter addressed to the President, Osifo who is one of the members elect in the Edo State House of Assembly, appealed to the President to critically look at the issues regarding the constitution of the Interim Management Committee by the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio and use his good offices to uphold the constitution by ensuring that the legally constituted board of the NDDC assume duties. The letter recalled that, "Your government recently took some critical steps consecutively, APC in Ovia North East, Mr Etiosa Ighodaro. He said: “As a former member of the House of Representatives, I am a stakeholder in the party and I am also an elder, I have had series of meetings before in my house. On this fateful day, I got a call from the chairman of my Adolor Ward Peter Omoruyi and the party chairman, Etiosa Ighodaro has directed him to warn me not to have the meeting otherwise I should be ready for the consequences. “However, I went ahead with the meeting which we usually have. It was while the meeting was going that I first heard a gunshot outside my house which was followed by several gunshots and when I looked outside, I saw them already climbing the fence aimed supposedly at repositioning the NDDC. These steps include but not limited to the nomination of the Chairman and members of a new NDDC governing board, the inauguration of a forensic audit panel to look into the books of the organization since inception, the consideration and L AGOS—PASTOR Olaitan Aromolaran has joined the rest of Nigerians to support the border closure by President Muhammadu Buhari's led Federal Government, saying, "it is the best thing that has happened to the country in recent times." Aromolaran, Senior Pastor, Joy Cometh Ministries in Ikorodu said the closure of the border was long overdue and that he aligns with former President Olusegun Obasanjo's support for the closure of the border. Speaking at a news into my house and I even saw one of them struggling with the mobile policeman in my gate. Some of them also entered through the backdoor and attacked my aged mother, destroyed her television set and other things. They destroyed all the vehicles they found inside the compound including my own and of those who came to attend the meeting. They destroyed my windows and police recovered more than 30 used catridges inside my compound.” This attack came barely a month when a similar incident happened in Ivbiaro, Owan East local government area where a planned meeting of some APC members was disrupted, properties were destroyed and some persons sustained serious injuries. He alleged that the attack could not be far from the current crisis rocking APC in the state. But when contacted yesterday, Ighodaro denied the allegation saying he has not spoken to Osahon since the beginning of this year neither did he send anybody to his house. He said “I don’t know anything about it, I don’t know whether he was holding any meeting, if he has issues with people, he should sort them out and don’t drag me into it. I am the chairman of Ovia North East and not Egor where his residence is where he is claiming was attacked. I have passed through many things in the hands of these people and I don’t know why he is dragging me into it.” Osahon said a formal report has been lodged with the police. Cleric backs Buhari on border closure By Olasunkanmi Akoni forwarding of names of the nominated members and Chairman of the Board to the Senate for screening and the subsequent screening and confirmation of the nominees by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. "The Nigerian public, particularly, the people of the Niger Delta welcomed conference in Ikeja, Lagos, to announce its coming programme, tagged:"365 Hallelujah/ World Hallelujah Day" to hold on December 6, at the Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu, the cleric asserted: "Until we know where we are going, we will never get there. There is need for us to go through some processes, that is what you are seeing now on the border closure." The senior pastor also expressed optimism that Nigeria will walk again despite series of challenges, saying that "God has started with Nigeria and we have government that believes in the welfare of the people. We believe that the more we pray and these sequence of events with great hope and excitement, but feel sorely irked by the oddity of setting up an Interim Management Committee to manage the affairs of the NDDC until the forensic audit of the Commission is completed. This fact was superciliously made public by Mr. Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs." work harder, the more we become better." According to him, "Hallelujah is synonymous with good news, anything that had not worked, but suddenly begins to work is greeted with Hallelujah. As we declare Hallelujah Day, we are prophesying that Nigeria will work again, peace will reign in the world again and prosperity will be ours again," he said. Aromolaran explained that the first Hallelujah day was held in 2012 and that it was directed by God, saying that since everyone believes that Hallelujah is a universal language, a day should be set aside to celebrate World Hallelujah Day. US EXIM Bank likely to triple future funds to Egypt reaching $6bn THE Export–Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM Bank) is expected to triple its pipeline projects in Egypt to reach $6bn in the next years. Judith Pryor, member of the board of US EXIM Bank, said that the current commitment of the bank for future cooperation is $2bn. “EXIM Bank has financed projects in Egypt with $5bn over the past 10 years. We are interested in supporting several economic sectors in Egypt including aviation, agriculture, information and communication technology (ICT), as well as infrastructure, agribusiness, and women in businesses,” Pryor added. DNE interviewed Pryor on the side-lines of her recent visit to Egypt to participate at the US-Egypt Future Prosperity Forum hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AmCham) on 18 November. Wall Street falls after U.S. tariffs on metal imports, soft PMI data U .S. stocks fell on Monday after President Donald Trump said he would restore tariffs on metal imports from Brazil and Argentina, while weak domestic manufacturing data fanned worries of a slowing economy due to a prolonged trade war with China. The U.S. economy’s manufacturing sector contracted for a fourth straight month in November, as new order volumes slid back to around their lowest level since 2012. Construction spending also unexpectedly fell in October. The figures were in sharp contrast to recent economic indicators that had reassured investors of a resilient domestic economy. Global markets had also cheered an unexpected rebound in Chinese manufacturing earlier in the day. [MKTS/GLOB] However, Trump’s tweet about restoring tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports dampened sentiment. The news sent shares of U.S. steel makers including U.S. Steel Corp (X.N) and AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS.N) up 3.9% and 6.9%, respectively. 5G roll-out: Huawei assures on fastest internet, mobile interconnectivity HUAWEI Technologies Company Nigeria Limited, weekend, disclosed that with the planned roll-out of 5G network technology, Nigeria would soon begin to enjoy fastest internet and mobile technology. In a statement on the trial launch of 5G network technology with MTN, Managing Director of Huawei Technologies Company, Mr. Zhang Lulu, with 5G, users in Nigeria and the rest of Africa can now experience mmWave 800M which increases the amount of bandwidth available, noting that this was also capable of delivering extreme data speeds and capacity as the first of its kind in Africa. He explained that 5G also now makes it possible for subscribers in Africa to make voice over NR (VoNR) calls, noting that VoNR is a voice and video solution using the 5G SA network architecture, which makes it possible to place multiple voice and video calls with 100 per cent clarity and no interruption. Lulu said, "5G which had been popularly referred to as the future is now here. LandWey launches CrowdOwnership, an online investment platform for real estate business IN a bid to create a profitable, vibrant and viable entry into real estate investment by pooling intending real estate investors together to collectively own size allotments of real estate, LandWey has launched 'CrowdOwnership'. CrowdOwnership, with office headquarters in Lagos Nigeria, is an online platform geared towards providing investors access to wealth by bringing a carefully curated crowd mix of investment savvy folks, and affording them a myriad of real estate investment options. Leveraging on specialized knowledge in real estate value investment strategy, while giving key insight to investors, CrowdOwnership grants the most profitable edge in the real estate market. Speaking on the launch of this new initiative, Olawale Ayilara, CEO/Founder of LandWey as well as CrowdOwnership explained: “Real Estate investment remains the surest path to creating true and lasting wealth. Many are often put away by the huge capital investment required to participate in the real estate space. Alot of investors are forced to place their focus on low-hanging investments. To bridge this gap, we at Landwey have an launched an initiative that makes room for flexible and easy access to real estate investment through crowd ownership." Expatiating more on the initiative, Olamide Opadiran, Financial Controller LandWey explained: “This initiative is an offshoot of the company’s commitment to make real estate investment readily accessible and available to all.
Ogomudia prophecy IN a season when Nigerian seers and prophets are either not hearing from God or are afraid of maximum rule to declare "thus sayeth the Lord" over the country, the spirit of prophecy came over Alexander the son of Ogomudia who made undiluted pronouncement over a country driving carelessly to the edge of the precipice on the first day of December. The former chief of defence staff who was the keynote speaker at the Good Governance Lecture organised by the Catholic Church of Warri’s Justice Development and Peace Commission, JDPC, warned that the continued suppression of agitations for the restructuring of the country could lead to a violent break up of the country. He implored those opposed to restructuring to borrow a leaf from the break up of Yugoslavia and Sudan saying that even in Spain the Catalonians want to break away and that in Britain, Scotland seeks autonomy. He added that restructuring was a global trend which every rightthinking government should embrace for national integration and development especially in a country like Nigeria, where he said we practice “a fake federal system.” Fractured politics Ogomudia equally criticised the barbaric death penalty for the hate speech bill before the rubber stamp Senate. He was reported to have created a mild drama in the hall when he paused to ask anyone who can define hate speech to come forward. When no one came out, Ogomudia said “something that no one can truly define, they want to impose death penalty for? Where is this country headed?” He described the type of politics practised in Nigeria today as toxic and detrimental to national development, saying “we have a fractured politics and everyone is doing things that will hurt the country.” He said Nigeria needed true federalism to advance like other nations, stressing that Nigeria is the only country where states share money coming from only one source monthly. He argued that Nigeria was overdue for change saying that restructuring the country would guarantee ethnic harmony, accountability, freedom of speech, independence of the judiciary and a fair electoral process. •Map of Nigeria Ogomudia expressed his fear for the future of the country and the present security situation saying “a country where a former chief of defence staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, was killed in the streets like an urchin, and nothing happened, is a sign that the nation is not Let the defenders of Nigeria give just one example of a contraption with the unresolved contradictions that we face that has survived and we will ask Ogomudia to take back his words moving in the right direction” But Mallam Garba Shehu, a few hours after the words of Ogomudia came out with the usual trite of those living in denial and declared the soulsearching declarations of Ogomudia as "vituperations of someone who is yet to accept democracy as a form of government." Shehu said: “It is very important to stress that we as a nation, are a constitutional democracy and changes to the country in structure, its systems, policy and politics must abide by the norms of democracy otherwise they would be extrajudicial and, therefore, unconstitutional.” Can we move on to serious things please? Any country that is not destined for perdition should reflect seriously on the warnings of Ogomudia as he stands on the side of history. Leaders who stopped teaching of history in schools are not likely to have a sense of it anyway. The truth, however, is that from time immemorial, any constitution that does not bend is bound to break! So it was that Israel came and pleaded with King Rehoboam to restructure the heavy yoke his father had placed on them. He asked them to return on the third day during which time he consulted the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and their anti-reforms likes. When Israel returned, King Rehoboam did not ask Deacon Femi Adesina or Mallam Garba Shehu to issue a statement on his behalf. He spoke in his own words: my father chastised you with whips my own next level is scorpion. When the people listened to his foolish declaration ,they chorused in unison: to your tents o Israel. USSR was one of the mightiest empires in modern history forged after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. It soon fell into the grip of bureaucrats who ran a unitary and totalitarian Vanguard, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 regime that was deaf to restructuring calls. The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the process of internal disintegration within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, also referred to as the Soviet Union, which began in the second half of the 1980s with growing unrest in the national republics and ended on December 26, 1991, when the USSR itself was voted out of existence by the Supreme Soviet, following the Belavezha Accords. Declaration number 142-H by the Supreme Soviet resulted in self-governing independence to the Republics of the USSR, formally dissolving the USSR. Ratified signatories The declaration acknowledged the independence of the former Soviet republics and created the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS, although five of the signatories ratified it much later or did not do so at all. On the previous day, December 25, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the USSR, resigned, declared his office extinct and handed over its powers - including control of the Soviet nuclear missile launching codes - to Russian President Boris Yeltsin. That evening at 7:32 p.m., the Soviet flag was lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the prerevolutionary Russian flag. If they still read in the Villa, I will supply a few copies of Brian Hall's The Imposable Country: A Journey Through The Last Days of Yugoslavia. It was a book by American freelance journalist who was the last permitted on official tour of the country that has now disappeared from the map of the world. This is a privileged glimpse of the former Yugoslavia from within, one that gets behind journalistic accounts to present the intimate hatreds, prejudices, aspirations, and fears of its citizens. Hall spent the spring and summer of 1991 traveling through Yugoslavia, even as the nation was crumbling in his footsteps. ••Bailout crises:No solution THOSE of us who have deep insight into the Nigerian crises are often pained when we are proved right. The latest is the new crisis states have been thrown into with the recent deductions from their bailout allocations (a fraction of the resources Federal Government appropriated from their land) that they were granted in 2015. Writing under "Minister Lai: How now, bailout?" on February 6, 2016; I made the following submissions: "However if you are made of steel you go on expressing your conviction knowing that whosoever wants to lead the orchestra must be ready to back the crowd. A few months ago, the company of simpletons were all over the place hailing the illthought out bail out for the states as a great feat. The then spokesman of APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed now Information and Culture minister was pounding the ground over the package. Said he: “Also, the President has approved a debt relief programme that will help states restructure their commercial loans currently put at over N660 billion. The implication is that the life span of such loans will be extended, while reducing the states’ debt-servicing expenditures, thus leaving the states with enough resources - which otherwise would have been removed at source by the banks - to meet their monthly salary obligations, among others.” History is repeating itself before our very eyes. Some 31 years ago, Buhari, then as a military head of state, also inherited a huge national rot similar to what has been bequeathed to it by the PDP, DECEMBER 3, 2019 — 17 Having arrived a week after the catalytic May 2 massacre at Borovo Selo, he watched as political solutions were abandoned with dizzying speed, and as Yugoslavia 's various ethnicities, which had managed to reach a point of tolerant coexistence went for the daggers. The country collapsed while the book was still in the press. From the years 1938 to 1945, Nazi Germany occupied Czechoslovakia. Hitler claimed that the invasion was necessary in order to protect the ethnic German populations that were living in Czechoslovakia. In what was widely considered an act of appeasement, the Munich Agreement was signed, which allowed Nazi Germany to annex parts of Czechoslovakia known as the Sudetenland. The Sudetenland was known for its ethnic German residents. Although the Munich Agreement was created by Germany, France, the United States, and Italy, as a way of maintaining peace, looked back on it as a great failure. German troops completely took over Bohemia, and forced a protectorate state over Slovakia. The occupation only ended in 1945 with the end of the World War II. On January 1,1993, Czechoslovakia split into the nations of Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The separation was peaceful and came as a result of nationalist sentiment in the country. The decision to split was decided by the Federal Assembly who voted on the matter. There was a deep disconnect between those living in Czech territories and the Slovaks. The Slovaks, notably, did not fully embrace the idea of Czechslovakianism. The act of tying the country together was considered to be too expensive a burden. Sudan is close to us in Africa for the story of its split not to be known to us like the reasons Nigeria fought a civil war in from 1967-70. Let the defenders of Nigeria give just one example of a contraption with the unresolved contradictions that we face that has survived and we will ask Ogomudia to take back his words. If they cannot, a Brian Hall may just be on tour. and had to approve N480 million for the payment of arrears of workers’ salaries. Truly, the President is a man of destiny.” This column was not scared to call the bail out exactly what it was - fiscal irresponsibility. I particularly don’t like quoting myself but I have to do it often now in our season of peculiar mess in Nigeria. Writing under “Fiscal Irresponsibility as bailout” on September 8, 2015, this column submitted as follows: "There was no legislative approval for these loans which were packaged under the table in the most brazen violation of fiscal responsibility. Shorn of all pretenses, the states drawing these loans are technically under receivership!" It is a terminal crisis unless we embrace federalism. C M Y K
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