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C M Y K 30 — Vanguard, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022 INTERACTIVE—From left: Waziri Adio, Founder/ED, Agora Policy; Olubukola Balogun, board member, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission; Philip Mshelbila, MD/CEO, Nigeria LNG Ltd.; Kole Shettima, Country Director, MacArthur Foundation; Osasuyi Dirisu, Deputy Director, Policy Innovation Centre, PIC; Akinwumi Akinola, Senior Analyst, PIC; Friday Odeh, Country Director, Accountability Lab, during an interactive panel on ‘Harnessing Behavioural Insights to Counter Corruption', organised by the PIC, on the sidelines of Nigerian Economic Summit 28, NES 28, in Abuja, yesterday. SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS—From left: Tonye Preghafi, Chief Innovation Officer, Red Star Express Plc.; Halimot Safiriyy, beneficiary and student, Unity High School, Oshodi; Israel Oladeji, beneficiary and student, Oshodi Comprehensive Senior High School, Oshodi; Auwalu Babura, GMD/CEO, Red Star Express Plc.; Pamilerin Adewole, beneficiary and student, Oshodi Comprehensive Senior High School, Oshodi, and Frances Akpomuka, Company Secretary/Head of Operations, Red Star Express Plc., during Red Star Express Foundation Scholarship Awards presentation to beneficiaries within Oshodi/Isolo LG, on Thursday. OGBONI FRATERNITY—From left: Aare Rasak Arogundade, President, OPC New Era; Oludapo Sotomiwa, Olisa of lpakodo; Oba Basiru Aremu Sotonwa, Sekunmade of lpakodo, and celebrant, Oluwo Adeleke Oyenuga, Aare lwashe Ogboni, during the 30th Annual lsese lwashe Ogboni Fraternity Worldwide Festival, led by Oluwo Adeleke Oyenuga, Are lwashe Ogboni, at lkorodu, weekend. DISBURSEMENT—From left: Ronald Frey, Programme Officer, Access to Portable Water and Sanitation, OB Lulu Briggs Foundation, presenting relief packs containing food items, medication and toiletries to Awori Onisofein. With them is Ikay Amadi, President, Old Port Harcourt City Association of Friends, during the Lulu-Briggs Foundation’s disbursement of relief materials and medical outreach to 2,000 displaced families and people affected by flooding in Akinima, Ahoada West Local Government, Rivers State. Photo: Nwankpa Chijioke.
Vanguard, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022 — 31 :Vanguard News :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 KINGDOM SUMMIT—From left: Popular gospel artist, Mairo Ese; Mrs. Yosola Atere; Pastor John Dong; Pastor Kayode Akinpelu, and popular gospel artist, Nosa Omoregie, during the press conference on the forthcoming Kingdom Summit, tagged: 'Dominion Mandate in Lagos, at The Freedom Centre, This Present House, 1, Freedom Way, Lekki, Lagos. 2023: Ortom cautions against defacing of opponents' campaign materials By Peter Duru M A K U R D I — GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has warned those destroying the campaign posters, billboards and other campaign materials of political opponents in the state to desist or face the wrath of the law. The Governor said his government would not tolerated such even from any supporter of his party the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, or opposition political parties because he believes in ensuring a level playing field for all. The Governor, in a statement issued in Makurdi by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Terver Akase, stated that democracy guarantees freedom for everyone to campaign without harassment or molestation. The Governor said, "As a government, we will not allow anyone destroy the campaign posters, billboards and other By Victor Ahiuma- Young & Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—THE International Labour Organisation, ILO, has appointed the President, National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NICN, Justice Benedict Kanyip, as a member of the Committee of Experts in the Application of Conventions and Recommendations, CEACR. Some legal luminaries have contended that the appointment of Justice Kanyip by the ILO to serve in CEACR was another testimony that Labour Jurisprudence in Nigeria under his (Kanyip) leadership is on a match for greatness. They said "as the head of the nation's Labour Court, Justice Kanyip's selfless contributions and erudition to labour jurisprudence and national development are exceptional and have been aptly recognized by this appointment." Recall that since its existence 96 years ago, the ILO Committee of Experts has had persons from Nigeria including a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Sir Adetokunbo Ademola who served as Chairman of the campaign materials of political opponents in Benue state. We will not tolerate it because the law frowns at it. "We are therefore warning anyone involved in such to desist or be prepared to face the law if caught, because we will not condone such from Sokoto gov urges Army to sustain professionalism By Kingsley Omonobi S OKOTO—GOVERNOR Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged the Nigerian Army to continue its moves on ensuring professionalism, improvement of personnel's capacity for better service delivery and operations. Tambuwal spoke yesterday in Sokoto while declaring open the 2022 Second Regimental Sergeant Majors, RSMs, convention tagged " Capacity Building for RSMs in the Nigerian Army for Enhanced Regimentation ". He described anyone." He however, advised political parties, their candidates and supporters to always ensure that their posters and billboards are mounted in approved locations and to desist from defacing Makurdi as well as professionalism, capacity building and welfare improvement as key to ensuring effective operations and service delivery. Tambuwal commended the commitments of the leadership of the Army towards that direction, saying that Nigerians stand to benefit with enhanced safety, security and comfort of the personnel. The governor urged the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.- General Faruk Yahaya, to sustain welfare packages, rewards for excellence, operational tactics and strategies, as well as other motivational efforts being NIC President gets appointment from ILO •Centre for labour studies congratulates him Committee between 1976 and 1986. The intervention of the NIC has helped academic activities to resume in public universities after the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU shut down the universities as a result of the alleged inability of government to attend to their demands. Meanwhile, the Centre for Labour Studies, CLS, has congratulated Justice Kanyip on his appointment. A statement by Femi Aborisade, on behalf of CLS, said appointments into CEAR are not on political recommendation by national governments, saying "It is not on account of his being President of the NICN. An appointment into CEAR is based on the reputation of the candidate, not only as a legal expert on a world scale, independent mindedness, impartiality in judicial decision making, and high moral character are also important factors taken into consideration. "Anyone who is familiar with the judicial decisions of Justice Kanyip would easily come to the conclusion that Justice Kanyip eminently and meritoriously deserves the appointment. The judicial decisions of Justice Kanyip are always very comprehensive, unequivocally clear, objective and predictable on the side of justice, according to law. These qualities are the signatures of Justice Kanyip in many landmark Judgments that protect established labour rights and promote other employment rights anchored on international labour standards, which have been incorporated into Section 254C(1) and (2) of the Constitution by virtue of the 2010 amendments. Within the constraints of the existing social system that weighs against the working class, many of the judicial decisions of Justice Kanyip may be used either as a sword or a shield in advancing or protecting labour and employment rights. "In the midst of the perception of moral turpitude woven round the Nigerian judiciary, the singling out of Justice Kanyip for meriting CEAR membership is a positive reference, not only for the Nigerian Judiciary as a whole, but importantly, for those in the judiciary who have courageously remained upright and are not prepared to succumb to social and political pressures." other towns of the state with indiscriminate placement of campaign materials. Governor Ortom advised anyone intending to erect a billboard in the state to seek the approval of relevant government agencies before doing so. implemented in the Nigerian Army. In his address, Yahaya pledged to continue to provide leadership and guidance in the Nigerian Army, saying that the second RSMs convention was a sequel to the successes recorded after the first convention held in Lagos this year. He said: ""RSMs have important roles in their respective units in view of the links between commissioned officers and non commissioned soldiers. "Army personnel were engaged on different operations, intermingled with diverse communities and partners with other organizations, hence, there is need for constant capacity improvement on diverse disciplines. "The training will further broaden the RSMs focus and abilities towards efficient service delivery with improved outcomes." Yahaya said that the Headquarters of Nigerian Army recognized the importance of RSMs and considered more investments in training them for improved competency. " We are confident that with the acquisition of more equipment and platforms, the army is well positioned to win the war against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes in the country. RSMs are crucial, being the custodians of regimentations, ethics and discipline in the Nigerian Army. " These efforts are aimed at improving and repositioning the service delivery requirement of these very important Nigerian army welfare facilities," Yahaya said. He reiterated that the Nigerian Army was making drastic efforts to provide secured, affordable and reliable accommodation as part of efforts to cater for the welfare needs of army personnel. Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win, by Soludo CHUKWUMA SOLUDO, governor of Anambra, has said Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, will not win in the 2023 general election. Soludo said this yesterday in an article titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’. The development comes amid criticism of the Anambra governor over his recent comment on the worth of investment Obi made for the state when the latter was governor. In a recent interview on Channels Television, Soludo had said the investments by Obi for Anambra are now “worth next to nothing”. Reacting to the criticism, Soludo said the LP candidate is well aware of the “game” he is playing, adding that with LP, Obi does not have the necessary structure in place to win the presidency. “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too; and he knows that we know,” the article reads in part. “The game he is playing is the FG proposes 2 months mandatory training for labour leaders By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Federal ABUJA—THE Government yesterday proposed a mandatory eight weeks course for all newly elected labour leaders in the country at the Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies, MINILS. According to a statement by Head, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun, the Minister claimed some union leaders are disobeying his ministry and even the labour laws of the country, because they lack the basic training on the laws and their application. The statement quoted Ngige as saying, "You know a lot of people who answer labour and union leaders are not trained in the labour laws of the country including those who are Professors. They disrespect labour laws. They disrespect the labour ministry, labour committees and everybody. "So, we want to upgrade MINILS and make it mandatory that once you are elected as Comrade President or Secretary General or whatever, you must go there for a course that will last not less than eight weeks, to get certificated. "Otherwise, you see people who are educated and knowledgeable and they are telling you that Section 43 of the Trade Dispute Act, TDA, 2004, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria is not applicable to them or anybody. How do you say that? You are insulting the parliaments that are making laws. "You are registered as a union and there is the Trade Union Act (2005) as amended and yet, you say that it should not apply to you and that you cannot tender an account of check off dues that you collected. The same Trade Union Act permits the union to deduct the check off dues from the salaries of its membership. The same Act says that the union must be audited every year and the audited account submitted to the Registrar of Trade Unions, RTU. "It is just like the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that registers political parties. If you apply to be registered as a political party, INEC will register you but will ask you to tender the audited accounts of your party every year. You must conform as a political party, but if you default, the commission will penalise you, according to the law. There is no two ways about it." FG urged to revive textile industry By Japhet Davidson LAGOS—THE Federal Government has been urged to revive the comatose textile sector in Nigeria to enable Adire producers and others get raw materials that will save foreign exchange for the country. The call was made by members of Adire Osogbo by Marankiyo clothings producers of Aire Eleko, Adire Batik and tie and dye fabrics in a chat with the media during their presentation at the African Special Day of the just concluded 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair in Tafewa Balewa Square Lagos. Speaking, Mr Ganiyu Ibikunle, head of traditional indigo making at Morankiyo clothings Osogbo and President of Adire Eleko Association Osun State, which is main reason he didn’t return to APGA. The brutal truth (and some will say, God forbid) is that there are two persons/parties seriously contesting for president: the rest is exciting drama! “That many Americans may not like the fact that Joe Biden (79 years) and Donald Trump (76 years) are two frontrunners for president in their parties does not remove the fact that if both of them emerge as candidates, definitely one of them will be president in 2024. “As my brother, I wish him well and even pray for him. I told him during his courtesy call that my prayer is that himself or Prof Umeadi of APGA would win, why not? “That is from my heart, but I also told him that my head and facts on the ground led me to know that it’s probability is next to zero (what I cannot say before you, I won’t say behind you). “So I already told him my opinion. Indeed, there is no credible pathway for him near the first two positions, and if care is not taken, he won’t even near the third position.” committed to the promotion of unique indigenous Osogbo Adire fabrics stated that the Adire Osogbo is unique because the creative aspect and dye in the design of Adire Osogbo clothes and the shape differentiates it from other Adire clothes. He however lamented that "there is no collaboration between the government and the group to enable the business grows because the raw materials are costly. We urge the federal and state governments to as a matter of urgency revive the comatose textile industry in the country to enable producers get the raw materials for the trade. The government should also enact a law that will make it compulsory for the government agencies and individuals to patronise the local products."
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