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14 — Vanguard, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 :Vanguard News :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 COURTESY VISIT: From left: Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon. Yakubu Salihu Danladi; Etsu Patigi and Vice Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Ibrahim Umar Bologi II; Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; Etsu Tsaragi, Alhaji Abdullahi Ndakotwa; and Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Mamman Saba Jibril; during a courtesy visit to the governor at Government House, Ilorin. NDIC liquidates 425 banks, others By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief ABUJA––THE Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC, weekend said as at December 2019, it had liquidated 425 financial institutions. The Liquidation took place between 1989 and 2019. An Assistant Director, AD in the Insurance and Surveillance Department of the NDIC, Mr. John Abiodun, stated this at the Quarterly Forum of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN), in Abuja. According to him, the liquidated institutions comprised 51 Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, 325 Micro Finance Banks, MFBs, and 51 Primary Mortgage NAMA commissions Cat 3 ILS in Lagos, Abuja Airpor ports By Lawani Mikairu LAGOS––THE Nigeri an Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, yesterday successfully commissioned its newly installed Category 3 Instrument Landing System, ILS, at Runway 18 Right of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Similarly, the agency also commissioned those installed at Runway 22 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Making this disclosure in a statement, the Managing Director of NAMA, Fola Akinkuotu also stated that “a flight commissioning of the newly installed DVOR (Doppler Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Radio Range) in Lagos had successfully been carried out just as routine flight calibration had also been carried out on Runway 18 Left in Lagos”. Akinkuotu said a NOT- AM (Notice to Airmen) to this effect had been disseminated accordingly while calibration of navigational aids in other locations across the country was in progress to ensure all navigational aids in Nigeria that were due for calibration are covered. According to the NAMA boss, “in spite of initial hitches, it is gratifying to note that Runway 18R in Lagos has been certified for CAT 3 just as Runway 22 in Abuja with the newly acquired calibration aircraft by the Aviation Ministry. Both facilities are now fully operational.” Banks, PMBs. The AD spoke on, “Speedy Bank Failure Resolution Strategies: Challenges and Prospects.” He said, “Through efficient and diligent liquidation activities, the Corporation has successfully paid in full the deposits of the Customers of 18 DMBs, (Both insured and uninsured) while payment to Depositors of Fortune International Bank, Triumph Bank and Peak Merchant Bank was put on hold as at end of 2019 due to litigation challenging the revocation of their operating licence.” Mr. Abiodun lamented however, that in spite of the efforts of the corporation, bank failure resolution was faced with a myriad of challenges that needed to be urgently addressed. “The effectiveness of the NDIC’s efforts in failure resolution had been impaired by a number of constraints and challenges which included: delays in revocation of the licenses of terminally distressed banks; depositor and creditor apathy and ignorance (delay in filing claims); recovery of debts owed the failed banks; “legal actions of owners of closed banks; protracted litigations; disposal of low quality physical assets of the closed banks and provision of timely liquidity support,” he said. In addition, the AD said the delay in the proposed amendments to the NDIC Act; poor Corporate Governance; poor record keeping by banks; poor lending cul- While pledging a timely calibration of navigational facilities at all federal airports henceforth, he said the availability of the new flight calibration aircraft the federal government just acquired would ensure that NAMA was able to carry out calibration as and when due. It would be recalled that for over two weeks , foreign airlines were diverting their Lagos bound flights to Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana which resulted in more than 1,500 Nigerians being stranded in Ghana. British Airways, Delta Air and other foreign airlines said they diverted flights to Ghana due to the inclement weather in Lagos and poor visibility at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. ture; uncooperative attitude with the bank closing Team; slump in property market and court sympathy for debtors, were inhibiting the activities of the corporation. Mr. Abiodun identified Insider abuse as a major cause of bank failures in the country. Army vowed to destroy Delta community, Muoboghare insists By Festus Ahon & Perez Brisibe DELTA––DELTA State Commissioner for Higher Education and indigene of Uwheru kingdom, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, yesterday insisted that soldiers from the 222 Battalion, Agbarha- Otor vowed to destroy Agadama community if the community failed to produce the corpses of those reportedly killed by armed herdsmen. Muoboghare while responding to the denial by the army authorities that its personnel did not at anytime make such threats, said if the matter was not blown to high heaven, the army would have carried out its threat. Speaking to Vanguard, he said: “On Saturday when the place was chaotic, after the soldiers from Bomadi retreated to go and reinforce, the other Agbara- Otor military team came and they said there was no reason for the protest by the youths and that nobody died. They insisted that unless they see the dead bodies, they were going to bring down the community and that is the truth and they appealed to me to talk to the community youths to go for the dead bodies if any. “The soldiers now took the youths into the forest where they met the Fulani herdsmen, and they (soldiers) told the herdsmen saying, ‘give us the dead bodies and the herdsmen said no they will not release them’ and at that point, they dared the soldiers and the soldiers beat a hasty retreat. “The following day was when they went back and saw some corpses including the ones burnt beyond recognition by the herdsmen. Also, categorically speaking, the Police Commissioner was angry that the DPO Ughelli accepted that those bodies be brought. So they did not want any evidence with the herdsmen and then on Monday, they went and saw the six corpses and at that point, they could not deny any more. When the police said we should bring money for autopsy, I told the community members not to drop one kobo for autopsy but the Governor brought
Vanguard, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020—15 INDUCTION: From left, President, Professor Nafiu Amidu; Treasurer, Dr. Haddy Bah; Registrar, Dr. Goodwill Okara; Assistant Registrar, Dr. Youan Pascal, and Assistant Registrar Adjoodi Anabadedi, all of West African Post Graduate College of Medical Laboratory Science, during the 2020 congress of college and induction and investitures of fellows from West African countries, in Lagos, yesterday. Buhari unwilling to protect Nigerians —Catholic Bishop By Ikechukwu Odu THE Catholic Bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Professor Godfrey Onah, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is either incapable or unwilling to protect the lives and property of Nigerians. The bishop, who said the president had abysmally failed in protecting the lives of Nigerians, called on the Federal Government to allow different regions of the country to have their security architecture and take care of their peculiar security challenges. The cleric, who made the call during a homily at the St.Theresa’s Cathedral, Nsukka, yesterday, called on the South-East governors to institute their security outfit just as their South-West counterpart. He said: “The Federal Government has abysmally failed with regards to security of lives in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari is either incapable or unwilling to protect the nation. He said: “We bishops of Nigeria have said it time without number that the Federal Government is overwhelmed and should decentralise security issues. The South Western governors did the right thing by organising their security outfit to help in addressing peculiar security challenges of the region. "Let other regions key into the initiative and help Federal Government in the fight against terrorism in the country." He bemoaned the hijacking of the Neighbourhood Watch and Forest Guard, being local security outfits in Enugu State by political stakeholders and traditional rulers, alleging that they are now terrorising the people they were supposed to protect. He also alleged that the Forest Guards had abadoned the forests in the state and have shifted attention to the cities where they are irrelevant. While speaking on the inflaming security challenges in Nigeria, he admonished the congregation not to defend themselves against the better armed terrorist groups, adding that it is the responsibility of governments to do that. The bishop, who said many of the terrorists were not Nigerians, emphasised the foolishness in fighting a man who has nothing to lose. He also charged the congregation never to reward hatred for hatred, saying darkness can only be driven by light. Dangote Group invests N63bn in South-East economy —Nneji By Theodore Opara DANGOTE Group has injected about N63 billion into the economy of the South-East, after purchasing 3,500 units of articulated vehicles (trucks) assembled in Anambra Motor Manufacturing Company Ltd, ANAMMCO by Transit Support Services Ltd. The transaction is part of a long term agreement between Dangote and Transit Support Services Ltd, manufacturers of Shacman Trucks in Nigeria. The agreement sees Transit Support Services reviving the ANAMMCO plant which has almost gone moribund. Mr. Frank Nneji, Chairman, Transit Support Services Ltd, representing Shacman Trucks in Nigeria, disclosed this after a tour of the plant. According to him, the plant was shut down some years ago until Shacman started production in the plant in 2016 when it signed an agreement with Dangote which led to the revival of the plant. The production of the vehicles has seen the recall of all ANAMMCO staff, who for years, have not been doing anything as the company went moribund. An excited Transit Support chairman said the investment had not only benefited his company, but also returned the pride of the South-East economy, which the ANAMMCO auto plant represents. He said: "Since 2016, about 90 percent of trucks produced here are for Dangote. Right now at the dump, we have about 300 units. Since last year, we have done 800 units. Dangote Group since inception has bought about 3,500 units from us. It also patronises the Shacman trucks for its refinery currently being built in Lagos,” he said. " This is the way the Dangote Group is keeping the South-East economy running”he said. Nneji, who spoke with journalists on Saturday after a facility tour of the truck assembly line at the ANAMMCO plant, said the supplies amounted to over 90 percent of all Shacman trucks assembled at the factory since the revival of the plant after a long period of abandonment. The General Manager, Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Mr Sunday Esan, said Dangote was satisfied with the quality of Shacman trucks and assured of continued patronage. “Dangote Group is expanding. Apart from the cement, sugar and salt factories, among others, we’re starting a petroleum refinery, the biggest in Africa. All these will require a high number of trucks. It is a long-term relationship,” he said. Tension in Anambra as community alleges attempt to take over market, school By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—THE protracted land dispute between Abba community in Njikoka Local Government Area and its Ukpo neighbour in Dunukofia Local Government Area in Anambra State is getting messier, with Abba community alleging that persons suspected to be from Ukpo recently supervised the fencing of its Oye market along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway and laid beacons around the Abba Community Secondary School as part of grand design to forcefully annex the community. The two communities have been fighting over a large portion of land separating them and the matter had dragged for many years in the courts Early this year, a detachment of the Nigeria Police Force tear-gassed traders out of the Oye Abba market and its structures were later pulled down by unknown persons. Several prominent people from Abba were also detained, while the giant signpost mounted at Abba junction along Enugu- Onitsha expressway was removed and replaced with another one that read Ukpo No cancer radio-therapy in S-East, S-South, others —Rep member By Chinonso Alozie O WERRI—Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Health, Paschal Obi, representing Ideato North/ South from Imo State, yesterday, said the South- East, South-South, and other zones do not have a functional cancer radio therapy for patients suffering the ailment. Obi revealed this at Ideato North Council Secretariat in Imo State, when he was welcomed home officially into the fold of All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Action Alliance, AA. According to the lawmaker, the situation fell short of the standard stipulated by the World Health Organisation, WHO, adding that the plan currently was to ensure that the six geopolitical zones have a functional cancer radiotherapy to meet up with the demands in the health sector. Speaking on their plans for the heath sector, he said: “We just started less than six months ago, we have done a lot since then but you will see the effect of what we have done more by the time the 2021 budget is articulated. “The present budget was not done by us because we did not interface with the MDAs. So, we were sworn in when the budget was ready for presentation at the House. By next year, you will see us in action." junction. Worried by the latest developments, the President- General of Abba Town Union, Mr. Bennett Anaekwe, in a statement, yesterday, described happenings in the area as unwarranted and unlawful attempts to expropriate the community’s inheritance by its neighbours. According to the statement, “Notwithstanding, the leadership of Abba wishes to state emphatically that the said stretch of land is the ancestral home and inheritance of the people of Abba from time immemorial and the citizens of Abba have been exclusively cultivating the land until the recent territorial expansion drive by known elements. “The leadership of Abba community is once again drawing the attention of the Government of Anambra State, the state Commissioner of Police and the State Director of Department of State Security to these unwarranted and unlawful attempts to expropriate the inheritance of the citizens of Abba. “These institutions of government are further requested to intervene and call the persons concerned to order to avoid escalation of tension between the communities.” ECCIMA pleads with FG to complete Enugu trade fair complex By Dennis Agbo ENUGU— THE Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, ECCIMA, has once again pleaded with the Federal Government to complete the construction of the Enugu Trade Fair Complex as it long did to its counterparts in Lagos and Kaduna. The council lamented that the Enugu complex had been long abandoned and forgotten by the Federal Government as if it were no longer relevant to the growth of Nigeria’s economy. It therefore asked the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment to priorities the completion of the complex with attendant infrastructure to change the lamentations and narrative of the Eastern Nigeria trade and commerce, especially at difficult economic times as presently obtained in the country. Newly installed President of ECCIMA, Sir Emeka Nwandu, made the plea during his acceptance speech as the 15th president of the council in Enugu, weekend. Nwadu pledged to attract more foreign trade missions for members of ECCIMA to participate in other to enhance international business relationships. “I advocate for the federal government to complete the development of the Enugu International Trade fair complex as we increase the scope starting with the forthcoming 31st Enugu International Trade fair holding next month,” Nwandu said. He promised that the fair would be marked with specialised exhibitions in various areas such as automobile, fashion and food.
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