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12 — Vanguard, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 Rivers govt approves appointment of Sanitation Marshals PORT HARCOURT— IN a move to ensure the promotion of sanitation in Port Harcourt and neighbouring suburbs, the Rivers State Executive Council on Wednesday approved the appointment of Sanitation Marshals. The Rivers State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Nyesom Wike also approved that a bill be sent to the Rivers State House of Assembly to give legal backing to the appointments. State Information and Communication Commissioner, Paulinus Nsirim made this known after Wednesday's State Executive Council meeting. He said: "The Rivers State Executive Council approved that a bill be sent to the Rivers State House of Assembly on the appointment of Sanitation Marshals to be empowered to enforce new sanitary practices and habits. "Council frowned at the situation where people dispose refuse indiscriminately along the median and other unlawful places. "The council agreed that the sanitation Marshals vanguardnews @vanguardnews @vanguardnews would be used to ensure that residents of the city practice good sanitary habits." Specifically, the Sanitation Marshals will have the responsibility of ensuring that refuse are bagged by residents and kept in designated locations. "When they come into place, the sanitation Marshals will enforce the bagging of refuse, which will be kept at authorised places where sanitation Marshals will pick up the refuse. "The proposed law will make the Sanitation Marshals to work between 3pm and late in the night. This is to ensure that the city is kept clean at all times. "Under the proposed law, the State Government will provide vehicles to enforce sanitation laws across the state capital," he said. Speaking further, Nsirim noted that the Council approved the total rehabilitation of the premises of Tide Newspapers. "The Rivers State Executive Council approved the complete rehabilitation of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation Premises. "This is in line with the Governor's Vision to ensure that the media industry in the state competes with their counterparts across the country. The Rivers State Newspaper Corporation in the next few weeks wear a new look in terms of the Physical Structure," he said. Omo-Agege not convicted in US —Court A FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Bwari has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as deputy senate president. The suit by Incorporated Trustees of Patriotic Youth Organisation of Nigeria, had asked the court to void Omo-Agege’s election on the grounds that he submitted false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The NGO alleged that the deputy senate president committed perjury when he denied been convicted by any court of law in the United States of America. But delivering judgment, yesterday, Justice Othman Musa, held that the defendant was not guilty of perjury as alleged by the claimants. The judge said the case against the senator in the US was a non-criminal trial by a judicial commission of inquiry in California and does not amount to a conviction. He added that since Omo-Agege challenged the case at the US Supreme NIRSAL tasks NEXIM, other financial institutions on financing ...as NEXIM forum enters day 2 By Festus Ahon ASABA—THE Manag ing Director of Nigeria Incentives-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending, NIR- SAL, Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed, yesterday urged NEXIM Bank and other financial institutions to ensure they provide financing to all the various segments of the production value chain to encourage and promote MSME"s in the country. Addressing participants at NEXIM Bank, south south enlightenment fo- Court and won, he is not obligated to disclose such information to INEC before contesting an election. The court awarded N1 million as damage cost against the claimant and dismissed the suit. rum in Asaba, Abdulhameed said, the major challenge with the MS- ME's, particularly the agriculture sector was that participating farmers were scattered and not in clusters to make for easy financing. Saying that NIRSAL has identified 19 agricultural commodities that farmers could engage in and form Geo- cooperative by acquiring enough hectares to enable the agency give them the needed support and financing, he said the agency which was created four years ago has financed projects to the tune of N121 billion as at 2019 without recording any loss. He said: "A Geo-cooperative model will enable the farmers grow a single commodity, process the commodity and get a single buyer, this makes it easier to finance. "It is not just enough to have potential, we need to have the reality on ground, NEXIM Bank and Bank of Industry must ensure availability of raw materials.’’ NEWS HOTLINES 018773962, 08052867058 Reject Buhari’s request to validate NDDC Interim Mgt, VATLAD tells Senate LAUNCHING: From left, Managing Director, TAJBank, Mr Norfadelizan Abdulrahman; Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Omolori; Founder/COO TAJBank, Mr Hamid Joda; Co- Founder/ CMO, TAJBank, Mr Sherif Idi; and Mr Yahaya Dan-Zaria, Director, Public Affairs, National Assembly at the official launch of the bank's Third office at the National Assembly. By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South South ARIGHTS group, Van guard for Transparent Leadership and Democracy, VATLAD, yesterday, urged the Senate to reject the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to approve an Interim Management Committee, IMC, for Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying it was a mockery of the law. The group also insisted that the Senate, which screened and cleared members of the Commission's Board forwarded by the same Buhari, last year, should not be invited to approve the interim management it had asked to vacate the Commission because of its illegality.. National President of the group, Mr. Emmanuel Igbini, in a statement, said: "Having carefully analysed this request in light of the majority views of the affected people of the oil producing states of the core Niger Delta region, we patriotically demand that our distinguished Senate must rise up now in the true spirit of patriotism as it did in year 2006 against former President Olusegun Obasanjo's third term agenda, to reject this new request by President Buhari to seek Senate's approval for Interim Management Committee of NDDC and rejection of NDDC Board screened and confirmed by the Senate. "This request like OBJ's third term must be rejected in its entirety in order to save our dear country from further crisis that if allowed, would worsen national insecurity and threaten existing peace and unity. "Unlike OBJ's term agenda, we have stated over and over that we are convinced that President Buhari means well for the peace and development of Niger Delta region, but sadly, some very few unpatriotic Nigerians who are privileged to have access to him are deliberately misleading him to act against the Constitutional decision taken by the 9th Senate to screen and confirm his nominees for the Governing Board of NDDC. " These persons are misleading President Buhari in order to severe the smooth relationship so far existing between him and the Senate which Nigerians view as Senate being a 'rubber stamp'. "These few unpatriotic Nigerians never care about the peace, unity and progress of Nigeria but only about themselves and what they can exploit from our dear country, Nigeria. They do not even care about President Buhari. "They succeed in their unpatriotic acts only where and when there are crises in our Country which they exploit. "These are the same people who misled Late Gen. Sani Abacha only to turn around to condemn and betray him after his death. "These are the same people who misled Gen. Ibrahim Babangida to annul the June 12, 1993 Election only to turn around to condemn and deny him. "These are the same people who misled President Obasanjo to pursue 3rd term only to turn around to condemn and deny him. "These are the same people who misled President Goodluck Jonathan not to implement some positive outcomes of National Conference and some decisions of the National Assembly.”
Vanguard, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2020 — 13 :Vanguard News :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 COMMISSIONING—From left: Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council,Federal University Gusau, Professor Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth; the Chairman Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator Ahmed Kaita; the Executive Secretary, TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Elias Bogoro; the Chancellor, Federal University Gusau, HRH Ezeogo Ewa Elechi, the Isu Oha 1 of Ohaisu Kingdom and Vice Chancellor, Federal University Gusau (FUGUS), Prof. Magaji Garba during the commissioning of 1,000 seat Multi-purpose hall (present central Library) at Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State. Corps members to receive N33,000 as allowance By Lumious Jannamike B A U C H I — BRIGADIER General Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director- General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has said the monthly allowance of corp members has been increased to N33,000. Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim announced this during a working visit to the NYSC Secretariat in Bauchi State, according to a statement, yesterday, through Corps Spokesperson, Adenike Adeyemi. He said the increase was in line with the new minimum wage approved by the Federal Government. The NYSC boss said provisions for the new allowance had been made in the 2020 budget and “payment would commence as soon as funds are released by the appropriate authorities.” Recall that in September, last year, Ibrahim had hinted that the monthly allowance of corps members would be increased “immediately Kogi gov election: Tribunal fixes Feb 10 to hear Wada, PDP’s petition By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—THE Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, yesterday, fixed February 10 to commence pre-hearing session on the petition the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Musa Wada, filed against Governor Yahaya Bello’s re-election. A three-man panel of justices headed by Justice Kashim Kaigama, ordered service of prehearing notice on all the parties. the government starts the payment of the new minimum wage “Your monthly allowance would be increased immediately PDP and its candidate had, in their joint petition marked EPT/KG/ GOV/06/2019, prayed the tribunal to declare that Governor Bello of the All Progressive Congress, APC, was not the valid winner of the gubernatorial contest. Cited as respondents in the petition are the Independent National E l e c t o r a l Commission, INEC, Governor Bello and the APC. It would be recalled that INEC had, on November 18, declared Yahaya Bello of the APC as winner of the governorship election. The Returning Officer, Ibrahim Garba, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, declared that Bello polled the highest number of votes in the election with 406,222 to defeat Wada of the PDP, who scored 189,704 in the election. As collated by INEC, Bello defeated Wada with a total of 216,518, while Natasha Akpoti of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, came a distant third in the election with 9482 votes. However, Wada of the PDP insisted that the election was rigged in favour of the APC and its candidate. Aside contending that he won the election, Wada alleged that the exercise was marred by widespread electoral the Federal Government starts the payment of the new minimum wage to all public servants nationwide,” “Efforts are in top gear at all levels to ensure adequate welfare for all corps members.” malpractices and violence, adding that there was substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act. The petitioners are, among other things, seeking a declaration that the second respondent, Governor Bello, did not secure majority of lawful votes cast at the election. They are praying the tribunal to issue an order nullifying the Certificate of Return the INEC issued to Governor Bello and declare that Wada scored majority of votes at the election, having fulfilled the requirements of section 179(2)(a) and (b) of the Constitution. Alternatively, the petitioners are praying for an order directing INEC to conduct supplementary election in polling units, where elections were cancelled, noting that the margin of lead between the second respondent and the first petitioner, was Iess than the registered voters in the cancelled polling units. They further sought for a declaration that the Kogi governorship election that held on November 16, 2019, and the subsequent declaration and return of the second respondent, are voided by corrupt practices in breach of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended), which substantially affected the results of the election. Benue to hand over community, mission schools to owners in August —Prof Ityavyar By Peter Duru M BENUE AKURDI— State government has reiterated its commitment to ensure the return of all community and mission schools in the state to their original owners by August 2020. The Commissioner of Education, Prof Dennis Ityavyar, who gave the assurance, yesterday, in Makurdi, stated that modalities had already been put in place by the government to ensure a smooth handover of the schools. He explained that a committee had been setup to effect the handover, assuring that everyone was working round the clock to ensure that the target date was Bello swears s in 17 commissioners, s, 3 SAs By Boluwaji Obahopo L OKOJA—BARELY 48 hours after taking oath of office for second term, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, has sworn-in 17 commissioners and three Special Advisers, SAs, informing them that he has zero tolerance for corruption.. The Governor who spoke yesterday also assigned portfolios to the new appointees. He said “Every commissioner as well as all Ministry, Department and agencies MDA must operate an open door policy and make By Ndahi Marama, Maidugur B ORNO—THE Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Umar Usman Kadafur , yesterday swore in four new Permanent Secretaries and Special Advisers to Governor Babagana Zulum. This came as one Special Adviser, Mohammed Ibrahim Kwajaffa, a Loyalist to former Deputy Governor, Usman Durkwa for mobilizing political faithful was not sworn-in over alleged loyalty to the former Deputy Governor and Chairman Stakeholders Forum of Hawul Local Government Area of the met. Prof. Ityavyar said: “Already, the Catholic Education Services, the NKST, the Anglican, the Methodists and all others who own such schools have all sent their representatives to the committee handling the process. According to him: “We are all working together and we have also prepared a very clear time table of what we intend to do and what will happen and we have written letters, formally informing all stakeholders of what we are doing. "The position of government is very clear. We are not going back on the decision; we are all eager to ensure the handover of the schools to their original owners by August 2020.” themselves available to the people because human capital development would form the nucleus of this administration”. The governor also warned the new appointees not to ruin its hard earned reputation on fiscal accountability with corrupt practices whilst in office. “The anti corruption agencies have scrutinized us based on petitions written by various people who are not happy with the way we carry out our reforms, and they have found us clean, don’t tarnish our reputation with corrupt practices, anyone found wanting will not be speared “ he said. Alleged loyalty: Dep gov fails to swear in SA to Zulum state. The ceremony which took place at Government House, Maiduguri, amidst tight security and party supporters was administered by Justice Musa Muhammad who represented the State Chief Judge. The current Deputy Governor and his predecessor (Durkwa) who just served one term in office following the demise of Late Umar Mustapha Zanna, incidentally are from the same ruling party, All Progressive Congress, APC. He was however asked to step down to allow the current Deputy Governor contest with the governor for the 2019 general elections.
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