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IN-DEPTH
ANALYSIS

A wedding or 2023 political scheming:

What really took Tinubu to Kano?
A weekend visit by erstwhile Lagos State
Governor and All Progressive Congress
leader Bola Tinubu to Kano State has
triggered conversations that he might
be feeling the waters ahead of the 2023
presidential elections. Daily Trust reports
on Tinubu’s engagements in Kano
From Clement A. Oloyede, Kano From the wedding Fatiha, the
convoy made a quick stop at the

N
igeria may be less than
two years into President
Muhammadu Buhari’s
second term, but the political
atmosphere is already heating up
with different permutations for
the 2023 presidential elections.
Hence, when the National
Leader of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, along with
Chief Bisi Akande and others,
touched down in a private jet
at the Malam Aminu Kano
International Airport in Kano
State some minutes after 2 pm
on Friday, December 4, the
conversation went into a new
gear.
The Governor of Kano State,
Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,
cancelled an engagement
outside the state to wait an hour
at the airport before the flight
arrived.
With journalists in the
governor’s convoy still trying to
decipher the reason for the APC
leader’s visit, the convoy made
a stop at Meena Event Centre
for the wedding Fatiha of Naisa
Muhammad Bin-Uthman and
Nuruddeen Adam. Naisa is the
daughter of a popular Islamic
cleric, Sheikh Muhammad Bin-
Uthman.
“When I was informed about
the wedding Fatiha, I said I must
come because of Bin Uthman’s
commitment to promoting
unity among Nigerians,” Tinubu
told the audience. “Within 24
hours of receiving notice of the
wedding Fatiha, I feel I must
come, therefore I informed Gov.
Ganduje that I am coming even if
he is not around.”
He took the opportunity to
advise Nigerians to work harder
for the unity and oneness of
the country in the face of the
numerous challenges, the
country is currently battling
with.
“The dividers will not stop in
wanting to break us. They will
not stop at plotting to divide
Nigeria,” he said, adding that
what is more important is the
unity of all the various groups in
the country.
Al-Furqan Juma’at Mosque for a
courtesy visit on its Chief Imam,
Dr. Bashir Umar and then headed
straight to the Government
House, where Tinubu continued
to receive guests for the duration
of his short stay.
The visit took on a political
colouration when on his way
back to the airport and in
between inspection of some
projects completed by his host,
he first stopped over for the
second time at the Al-Furqan
Mosque and then went to visit
Alhaji Yusuf Ali, former National
Chairman of the defunct All
Progressive Party (APP) at his
residence. Host and visitor
would later get in the same bus,
with former Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), Nuhu
Ribadu, sent to fetch the aged Ali.
From Ali’s house, the next
stop was at the residence of
Sheikh Abdulwahab Abdallah
were several other Ulamas were
waiting to receive the former
Lagos State governor.
The host, Sheikh Abdallah
opened the conversation by
saying, “Tinubu has surprised us
all. He has shown that he is a true
patriot. We will continue to pray
for him.
“Your Excellency, the
executive governor, we visited
the President (Buhari) two days
to the day a new vice president
will be selected (before the 2015
election). Less than five of us sat
with Buhari where he told us
what they discussed with Tinubu.
We deliberated from night until
the following morning and he
(Tinubu) promised to support
whatsoever will favour the North.
“We, therefore, like Tinubu
because he is a good Muslim and
we always need his assistance,
we have nothing to pay him
back.”
Speaking on behalf of the
Tijjaniyya sect, Sheikh Shehu
Maihula told Tinubu that, “When
we were struggling to grab power,
we couldn’t do that until we got
your support. This is still fresh
in our memory and we have not
forgotten.
 Tinubu addressing the ulamas
 Tinubu and Ganduje at the Wedding Fatiha
“We will surely compensate
you when the right time comes.
The executive governor always
tells us about how close he is to
you and that you are a leader
who supports every aspect of his
success. We are aware of it and
will surely reciprocate it to you.”
‘Your Excellency, the
presidential candidate’
Perhaps, the most
unequivocal of the speeches was
that of Sheikh Abdulgafar Nasir
Kabara of the Qadiriyya sect,
who directly referred to Tinubu
as a “presidential candidate”.
His words, “Your Excellency,
the presidential candidate.
Your excellency, the executive
governor of Kano State, other
high profile Islamic scholars here
present.
“We appreciate you over this
important visit by the candidate
who deemed it fit for him to meet
these scholars in person and
solicit prayers from them. This is
indeed a great honour.
“I have only two things to say.
There is a need for us to know
what he has in mind regarding
his presidential ambition. He
should know that here in the
North, nothing is as important
as religion. He should therefore
try so much to see that in his
remaining time to do something
very big that fellow Muslims
will see and be proud of so it
can be easy for us to market his
candidature.
“Secondly, I know he is aware of
the real challenges ahead of him,
so he needs nothing now beyond
prayers and steadfastness to see
the realization of his ambition.
So, we will do our best to pray
for him to see the fruition of this
ambition.”
‘I will return with more
commitments’
After the clerics had spoken,
Tinubu addressed them.
“To the gathering of Ulamas,
I am very excited and happy to
be here today. Our daughter,
who just got married, may Allah
continue to give them happiness
and joy. Because my attendance
brought many memories back
for me; the leaders that I have
not seen for years, something I
did and I have even written off in
my mind.
“This is a very crucial time
in the history of Nigeria; a very
serious intersection. We just
experienced #EndSARS and
are still facing so much security
challenges in our country.
“I have listened to our front
liners, you have spoken. I
am going back with a lot of
excitement. I will come back with
more commitments,” he said.
He went further to stress that
“We owe a duty to Nigeria; duty of
unity, stability and progress. We
are not going to say it is going to
be easy. It is not going to be easy.
It is a challenge. Even with your
prayers, it’s going to be tough
because power is not served like
a menu in any restaurant. Our
founding fathers, our history has
shown, that you have to unite
and fight for it. But Allah (SWT)
asked us not to misuse it, affect
humanity when you have the
opportunity, affect the progress
of mankind when you have the
opportunity. Be forthright and
be honest. Between the North
and the South, our unity is not
shaking and we will continue to
promote it, we will continue to
pray for it,” he said.
He praised the state governor
Ganduje, saying they had fought
many battles together and had
put APC together.
While the promised support
by the Ulamas was unequivocal,
when journalists asked the APC
leader to comment further on
the 2023 presidential elections
based on what transpired with
the Ulamas, he declined, saying
he was in Kano for a wedding.
Less than 48 hours after
the visit, the chairman of the
Council of Ulamas in Kano State,
Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, who was
also present at the meeting,
addressed the media (this paper
excluded) and was reported to
have said reports of Kano Ulamas
supporting Tinubu were untrue
and such could cause disaffection
among Islamic clerics as they
have diverse political allegiances
and views.
While Tinubu himself has been
silent about contesting the 2023
presidential elections, analysts
think that his visit, though
officially for a wedding, could
be an unofficial beginning of his
campaign, should he eventually
declare his ambition.
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monitor Nigerians’ calls, messages
elected NPAN president By Idowu Isamotu

An agency responsible for

Revive newsprint factories, newspaper owners urge FG military intelligence, Nigeria’s
Defence Intelligence Agency
has acquired new equipment
to spy on citizens’ calls and text
messages with a view to curbing
growing security threats across
the country.
The development, according
to an official who pleaded
anonymity, was not unconnected
with recent plans by some
#EndSARS campaigners to start
fresh protests in major cities
of the country and growing
kidnapping cases.
According to a report by the
University of Toronto’s Citizen
Lab, which researches digital
 From left: Publisher, Guardian Newspaper, Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru; Publisher, surveillance, security, privacy
Vanguard Newspaper, Mr Sam Amuka; Group Chairman/ Publisher,The Nigerian Pilot and accountability, a telecom
Newspaper, Dennis Sami; former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba; surveillance company, Circles,
Chairman Media Trust Ltd and newly elected NPAN President, Malam Kabiru Yusuf; has been helping state security
Publisher, Thisday Newspaper and life patron of NPAN, Prince Nduka Obaigbena; apparatuses across 25 countries,
Chairman, Leadership Newspapers/National Economy Media Ltd., Mr. Sam Nda- including Nigeria, to spy on the
Isaiah; Publisher, The Source Magazine, Ms. Comfort Obi and Publisher, Daily Times communications of opposition
Newspaper, Prince Fidelis Anosike, during the Newspapers Proprietors' Association figures, journalists and protesters.
Apart from DIA, some governors
of Nigeria (NPAN) Annual General Meeting 2020, at Maryland in Lagos
in the country have reportedly
From Christiana T. Alabi, Lagos Malam Kabiru Yusuf Secretary of the Association, deployed Circles’ products to
commended the past Malam Kabir Yusuf and monitor their opposition and
Aljazeera, also said Circles was
affiliated with Tel Aviv-based
NSO Group, an Israeli hacker-for-
hire company, whose software,
Pegasus, has allegedly been used
by several governments to spy
on dissidents by taking control
of their smartphone, its cameras
and microphones, and mining
the user’s personal data.
It noted that Circles, on the
other hand, is known for selling
systems to exploit Signalling
System 7 (SS7) vulnerabilities
and claims to have sold the
technology to several countries,
according to the report.
SS7 is a system that allows one
mobile network to connect with
another.
“Unlike NSO Group’s Pegasus
spyware, the SS7 mechanism by
which Circles’ product reportedly
operates does not have an obvious
signature on a target’s phone,” the
report explained.
The report indicated that
Pegasus and Circles products
could possibly be integrated.
But there is limited information
on how the Circles system
integrates with NSO Group’s
flagship Pegasus spyware, though a

T
he Newspaper
Propr ietors’
Association of Nigeria
(NPAN), yesterday elected
the Chairman of Media
Trust Limited, publishers of
Daily Trust and other titles,
Malam Kabiru Yusuf, as its
president.
Yusuf was elected
unopposed at the end
of the 2020 Annual
General Meeting (AGM)
of the association, held
at the NPAN’s secretariat,
Maryland, Lagos.
He was nominated by
the outgoing president,
Nduka Obaigbena and the
nomination was seconded
by the publisher of The
Source Magazine, Comfort
Obi.
The publisher of the
Guardian newspaper, Lady
Maiden Alex-Ibru, emerged
the Deputy President, while
the publisher of Blueprint
newspaper, Mohammed
Idris was elected General
Secretary of the association.
Other executives that
emerged are the publisher
of The Nation Newspaper,
Walter Edun as Treasurer; Dr
Mrs Mwadiuto Iheakanwa
of the Champion newspaper
as Publicity Secretary, while
the Managing Director of
Daily Times, Fidelis Anosike,
emerged Assistant Secretary
of the association.
Also, the publisher of
the Nigerian Pilot, Prince
Dennis Sami; publisher
of Leadership newspaper,
Sam Nda-Isaiah and Ray
Ekpu, a past president of the
association were nominated
without opposition as ex-
officio members.
The outgoing president,
Obaigbena was also elected
as life patron.
In his speech, the newly
elected NPAN president,
leaders, saying they have
laid a very good foundation
for the association.
“They have succeeded in
getting a secretariat we can
call our own. We are going
to build on that by giving
the NPAN a very good and
functioning secretariat,” he
said.
While he sought the
cooperation of all members
in steering the affairs of the
association, he assured that
under his leadership the
association would do its
best to advance the course
of journalism and freedom
in Nigeria.
He also promised that the
newly elected executives
would be very responsive
and open to ideas. Yusuf
was before his election
as president, the deputy
president of the association.
Also present at the AGM
were the former governor
of Ogun State, Aremo
Olusegun Osoba, who is a
life patron of the association
and the publisher of
Vanguard newspaper, Mr
Sam Amuka, who is also a
life patron and ex-officio
member; the Managing
Director of This Day
Newspaper, Eniola Bello
and the Editor-In-Chief of
Vanguard Newspaper, Mr
Gbenga Adefaye, among
others.
Revive newsprint
factories, Newspaper
owners ask FG
Meanwhile, NPAN, urged
the Federal Government to
make a conscious effort to
revive the non-functioning
newsprint factories in the
country.
A communiqué issued
at the end of the meeting,
signed by the newly elected
President and General
Alhaji Mohammed Idris,
appealed to government
in the interim, take the
newspaper business as
educational venture and
grant zero tariff on paper
to promote education and
constitutional and civic duty
of the media at holding the
government accountable to
the people.
“NPAN views seriously
the steady encroachment
on freedom of the press
and free speech, especially
by state actors and urge
resistance through all
legitimate means to any
infringement on press
freedom and free speech.
Likewise, the NPAN holds
that the right to protest is a
fundamental human right
that must be guaranteed
by the Nigerian state in
such a way as to stave off
violence.
“That the NPAN in
particular, pays deserving
attention to media
education in Nigeria and
support the Nigerian
Institute of Journalism
(NIJ) to achieve the
stated objective for its
establishment, including
an upgrade to a degree
awarding media training
institution in the future,” the
communique reads.
NPAN urged the Federal
Government to rise up
to its responsibilities of
protecting of life and
property by stamping out
terrorism, banditry and
kidnapping.
Commenting on the
COVID-19 pandemic, the
communique called on the
FG to make aggressive effort
to procure the vaccines from
whatever sources as may
be available and vaccinate
citizens against the deadly
disease.
their family members’ during
elections.
The varsity’s report, titled
‘Running in Circles: Uncovering
the Clients of Cyber-espionage
Firm Circles’, as published by
Buhari sacks NDE DG, Argungu
By Muideen Olaniyi
President Muhammadu Buhari
yesterday sacked the Director-
General (DG) of the National
Directorate of Employment
(NDE), Dr Nasiru Mohammed
Ladan Argungu.
A presidential spokesman,
Garba Shehu, in a statement
issued on Tuesday, said the
directive which was given on
Friday, December 4, 2020, took
Reps summon auditor-general over $36.1m World Bank loan
By Balarabe Alkassim
The House of Representatives has
summoned the acting Auditor
General of the Federation, Mr
Aghughu Adolphus, over a $36.1m
facility under the Fiscal Governance
and Institutions Project of the
World Bank, to the office.
The House Committee on Public
Accounts issued the summons at its
public hearing in Abuja on Tuesday.
Adolphus, who had earlier been
invited by the committee, had
Lawan advocates stiffer penalty for rapists
By Abdullateef Salau
Senate President Ahmad Lawan,
yesterday, said there is the need
for concerted efforts to protect
women and girls from sexual
predators.
He, therefore, called for stiffer
penalties for convicted rapists.
He made the call in a speech
after he was presented with an
award of HeForShe by a group
of women led by the Minister of
Women Affairs, Dame Pauline
former NSO Group employee told
Motherboard that Pegasus had an
“awful integration with Circles”
and that Circles had “exaggerated
their system’s abilities,” according
to the report.
effect from Monday, December 7,
2020.
The statement added that
the supervising minister of the
agency, the Minister of State,
Labour and Employment, had
been directed to nominate
an Acting DG from amongst
the most senior directors
based on competencies and
seniority to take over pending
the appointment of Argungu’s
replacement.
failed to show up on Tuesday. His
representatives led by a Deputy
Director, Mr Babalola Olanrewaju,
could not explain to the lawmakers
the rationale behind the loan.
Chairman of the committee, Mr
Wole Oke, said, “We want to know
what the loan was meant for before
going to sign it. What was your
procurement plan before arriving
at that figure? Or is it a reward?
We need to know the programme
plan, how you want to utilise the
loan.”
Tallen, in Abuja.
"Last year, the incidents of
rape were rampant but thank
God it is coming down and I
believe that the consequences
on anyone involved in rape
must be extremely punitive and
prohibitive.
"Because if you educate or
empower a girl it is like you
educate the nation. The reverse is
also the case. If you destroy one it
is like destroying the nation,” he
said.
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NEWS
APC to decide on zoning June 2021
By Ismail Mudashir, Muideen Olaniyi &
Saawua Terzungwe
T
he ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC) will
decide on which part of
the country will produce its
presidential candidate for 2023
in June next year, sources in the
party told Daily Trust yesterday.
One of the sources said if the
North gets the slot of the national
chairman of the party during
the national convention of the
party, the South will produce the
presidential candidate and vice
versa.
An emergency virtual National
Executive Committee (NEC)
yesterday extended the lifespan
of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-
led 13-member APC Caretaker/
Extraordinary Convention
Planning Committee (CECPC)
by six months. The timeline
given the caretaker committee
will expire on December 25, but
the NEC extended it for another
six months period that would
terminate on June 30, 2021.
Among other issues, the
reason given by the party was
for the committee to complete
membership revalidation and
registration of new members,
but competent sources said the
window will most importantly
afford the party opportunity
to resolve contentious issues
zoning inclusive.
“This is partly why President
Muhammadu Buhari in his
remarks at the NEC meeting
harped on healing wounds,
mending fences and respecting
the free-merger agreement
reached by those behind the
formation of the APC,” another
source said. He said the issue of
which part of the country should
produce the APC’s flag bearer
was threatening the existence of
the party as the second tenure of
Buhari eats deep into the second
year.
“While there are sources that
believe APC leaders from the
North can use the numerical
strength of the region to hold on
to power, those in the South feel
it would amount to a betrayal
of trust if the North did not
reciprocate what was done to
them in 2015.
“The extension of time for
the Buni-led committee is
honestly beyond membership
registration…The major issue
is the sharing formula without
causing an unnecessary
distraction. And even if the
North agrees to hands-off, we
have to agree on which part
of the South should have the
presidential candidate.
“There are those who believe
it should go to the South West.
There are those who believe
it should go to the South East,
and some people are saying the
South-South should be given
a chance, but it all depends on
the disposition of the Villa,” the
source said.
We must respect pre-2015
agreements
In his remarks during the
NEC meeting, President Buhari
said the Buni-led caretaker
 Gov Mai Mala Buni
committee had succeeded in
bringing the new atmosphere
of hope to the party and urged
party members to collectively
work towards the sustenance of
peace.
“Healthy debates are now
taking place and the potential
for organs of the party to affirm
the majority positions as the
decision of the party is now
possible,” Buhari said.
“What is required now is for
all of us as leaders of the party to
maintain discipline and ensure
that this new momentum is
protected, sustained and the
decisions of party organs are
respected by every member.
“May I use this opportunity
to remind all of us of the need
to recreate our negotiation the
secret of 2012, 2013 under our
legacy parties, what guided our
success to achieve the merger
that produced the APC was the
respect we were able to have for
each other.
“In those times, decisions
reached both formal and
informal consultations were
respected. We trusted initiatives
taken and believed that they
were required to produce the
needed political platform
that could guarantee electoral
victory. Every one of us as leaders
ensured that those decisions
were respected,” the president
said.
While briefing State House
reporters after the NEC meeting,
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of
Kaduna State in the company
of Governors Rotimi Akeredolu
(Ondo), Hope Uzodinma (Imo),
and Secretary of the CECPC, Sen.
John James Akpanudoedehe
said the national convention
where new party leaders would
emerge would hold after the
revalidation of registration and
membership of party members
that would soon start.
“Since we undertook our
last membership registration
in 2015, about 25 million have
reached the age of 18 and may
want to join the party. So, we
want to capture those (people)
and then after we complete
the registration, we will have
congresses at various levels,
leading up to the national
convention before the 30th of
June 2021 by the grace of God.”
Beyond the surface
Our correspondents could not
establish whether the president
had “categorically” mentioned
the issue of zoning as part of the
agreement, but a source at the
meeting said it was part of it.
Recalled that the Minister of
Works and Housing, Babatunde
Raji Fashola had recently said
there was a zoning arrangement,
urging that it should be respected
on the expiration of President
Buhari’s tenure in 2023.
A close ally of the president
who was part of the formation
of the APC told Daily Trust that
there was an agreement on
zoning.
The APC was formed in
2013 following the merger of
the Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC), Action Congress
of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria
Peoples Party (ANPP), a faction
of the All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA) and the new
PDP.
The president’s ally, who does
not want to be named, said the
agreement was reached before
the merger process was sealed.
“The agreement was
informally reached between the
then ACN and CPC with Buhari
and Asiwaju in attendance.
There were four persons from
each side. It was a serving
minister from the North that
first raised the issue. Then it
was agreed that Buhari should
fly the ticket and afterward, the
power will shift to the South,
specifically South-west,” he said.
State, LG, ward excos to serve
as caretaker c’ttees
Yesterday’s NEC also approved
an immediate dissolution of
the party organs at the polling
units, wards, local governments,
states and zonal levels as well
as the non-National Working
Committee (NWC) component
of the NEC.
The meeting thereafter
approved the immediate
reconstitution and composition
of the dissolved excos to serve
in their respective offices in a
caretaker committee capacity
with the exclusion of the non-
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NWC members of NEC.
NEC, therefore, donated
its powers as enshrined in
Articles 13.3 Subsection 5
and 13.3 Subsection 6 of the
APC Constitution to the Buni
committee.
Governor Akeredolu who
spoke on the matter said the
dissolved excos at other levels
would continue to serve in their
respective offices in a caretaker
committee capacity “until we
complete party registration and
conduct congresses.”
My expulsion a nullity
The NEC also approved
the expulsion of former APC
National Vice Chairman, South-
South, Ntufam Hilliard Eta, for
flouting the directives of NEC to
discontinue all litigations against
the party and its members.
However, Eta said his
expulsion from the party was a
nullity. “I am already in court.
The lawyers amongst them
should have told them that they
can’t make that pronouncement
since I am in court.
“Their action is a nullity
because it isn’t even the NEC
of the party that met. Their so-
called acting national secretary
has no power to convene NEC,”
he said. Eta in a suit he filed on
November 26, 2020, through his
lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu (SAN)
is challenging the dissolution
of the Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole-led NWC which he
was part of.
He also asked the court for an
order of injunction to restrain
the caretaker committee of the
APC from running the party.
A source in the party said the
litigation by Eta and others could
throw sand into what the party
was doing to galvanise forces
ahead of 2023.
“I think he has a case and
the party must act fast because,
in the eye of the law, someone
with a superior argument could
have his way. Eta might likely
be working in cohort with other
people to ensure instability
in the party. He might also be
working towards enforcing his
fundamental human rights
but the party must resolve
the impasse to avert collateral
damage,” he said.
Waivers for Umahi, Dogara
The NEC meeting also
yesterday granted waivers to
those who had joined the party
and those wishing to follow suit
in the nearest future to be able
to contest for positions in the
party and elections without any
requirement of being members
for a number of years or period
of time.
Governor David Umahi of
Ebonyi State recently joined
the party from the Peoples
Democratic Party while a
former Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara
also returned to the party from
PDP.
El-Rufai said the waivers
given to them formed part of the
resolutions of the meeting.
“By this, such new members
will enjoy all the benefits and
5
privileges accruable by virtue of
their membership of the party.
So, they will be able to contest
for positions in the party. They
will be able to contest elections
without any requirement of
being members for a number of
years or period of time,” he said.
The two big defectors are seen
in many quarters as formidable
forces that would shape the 2023
politicking.
“If the APC decides to take the
presidential ticket to the South
East, Umahi will definitely be
handy and if the ticket goes to
the South West where the likely
candidate will be a Muslim, then
Dogara could be considered,” a
source said.
“But all these would depend
on what would happen between
now and 2023 and you know
politics is fluid, and that is why
you are hearing names like El-
Rufai, Fayemi, Tinubu, Zulum,
Lalong and all that,” he said.
We’ll continue to do our best
Governor Buni, while
speaking during the NEC
meeting said they did a lot in
reconciling warring factions.
He said: “Tempers within
our party have substantially
come down although the works
of our various reconciliation
committees are yet to be
concluded. While progress is
being recorded by our respective
reconciliation committees,
the task of reconciliation
should be continuous, the
NEC may therefore wish to
review development and direct
accordingly.”
He added that almost
all pending cases in courts
instituted by members had been
withdrawn to create “neutral
ground’’ for discussions, while
a time table for membership
registration and revalidation
exercise will be released after the
initial sensitization.
The PDP yesterday asked
the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC)
to deregister the APC and recall
its certificate of registration
because it allegedly had no
operational structures as
required by law.
The party in a statement by
its National Publicity Secretary,
Kola Ologbondiyan also asked
INEC to declare the seats of
all lawmakers elected on the
platform of APC at the federal
and state levels vacant and
commence the process of the
by-election to fill the seats “as
required by law.”
“The APC being overburdened
by the weight of failure,
humongous corruption as well
as the plagues of economic
recession, violence, killings
and hardship, it has brought
to our people, forcefully exited
itself from the nation’s political
firmament by dissolving all
its national, zonal and state
structures,” the PDP said.
But the APC in a statement
by its Deputy National Publicity
Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said,
“The PDP leadership has gone
senile”, adding “it is a beer
parlour rant.”
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Court rejects Maina’s request, Nigeria’s population now 206m –NPC chair
continues trial today By Francis Arinze Iloani conducted a census in the to hold a census in 2021 and
By Hamisu Kabir Matazu the last proceeding brought back in court. last 14 years, thereby relying 2022.
that Maina attended He further said The National Population on population estimates. He said the EAD being
The Federal High Court was on September 29, the former counsel Commission (NPC) has said The NPC had estimated the held across the country
in Abuja has rejected until he was produced to the defendant was that Nigeria’s population country’s population at 198 was in preparation for the
the request by a former in court on December expected to hand has been estimated at 206 million in 2018. census.
chairman of the defunct 4, after he was arrested over the records at million for 2020. “In the absence of an He disclosed that 260 local
Pension Reform Task based on the warrant his disposal to the The Executive Chairman actual census, we formally government areas out of the
Team, Abdulrasheed issued by the court. counsel that newly of the commission, Nasir do projections and we have 774 in the country had been
Maina, for an adjournment Abang said Maina took over Maina's Kwarra, stated this in all along been doing our demarcated.
to prepare for his defence. had on his own case. Abuja on Tuesday while projections and we estimate The NPC boss said the
Justice Okon Abang jumped bail, so his The judge announcing the start that as of 2020, the estimated 11th phase of the EAD,
ruled that the request was right to fair hearing dismissed the of the 11th Phase of population of Nigeria is 206 which would begin on
a ploy to waste the judicial was not breached, and counsel’s application the Enumeration Area million,” he said. December 9, 2020, and end
time of the court. his trial had continued for re-adjournment Demarcation (EAD). Kwarra said the on January 20, 2021, would
The judge had on in absentia before and ordered that the Daily Trust reports commission was hopeful of be conducted in 95 LGAs
December 4, 2020, he was arrested and trial continue. that the country has not a presidential proclamation across the country.
adjourned the case
involving N2bn money
laundering to Tuesday $EXMD.DQR0DLGXJXUL/DJRV
based on a request by
Maina’s new lawyer, Mr
Adaji Abel.
Abel had pleaded that
the counsel needed more
time to study the case.
Earlier, the prosecution
counsel of the EFCC,
Farouk Abdullah, was
about inviting the ninth
prosecuting counsel,
Rouquaya Ibrahim, to
continue her testimony
when the defence lawyer
raised an objection.
He said in the previous
proceeding, he applied for
the court's record needed
by the defence to continue
with the case, via a letter
sent to the registry but he
was yet to get the record
from the registry.
Opposing the
adjournment application,
the EFCC prosecuting
counsel, Abdullah, said
Maina had been given
the opportunity to defend
himself but he refused to
utilise it.
In his ruling, Justice
Abang dismissed the
application, noting that

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FOCUSONYOBE EVERY WEDNESDAY

Governor Buni bags taxation award

Y
obe State Governor Mai Mala Buni
has bagged ‘Good Governance’
award from the Chartered
Institute of Taxation of Nigeria for
transparently putting taxpayers money
into projects that have direct bearing
on the lives of the people of the state.
The institute affirmed that Governor
Buni’s administration had promoted
transparency and accountability in
conducting government business in
Yobe State.
According to the institute, there is
transparency and accountability in
the execution of the capital projects
like the Damaturu International Cargo
Airport, health institutions, schools
and water projects.
“The ongoing constructions of
modern markets in Damaturu, Gashua,
Nguru and Potiskum, Trailer Truck Park
in Potiskum and resuscitation of flour
mill, company, aluminum factory and
woven sack company have generated
employment opportunities and
improved the revenue base of the state
government.
“The Yobe State Government has
shown substantial commitment to
reforming and transforming the tax
system to diversify and sustain its
Internally Generated Revenue,” the
institute said.
Governor Buni, who was represented
by the State Commissioner for
Finance, Alhaji Musa Mustapha, said
the award would make him put more
efforts in promoting transparency in
governance.
“I am humbled by this award, l
dedicate this award to the good people
of Yobe state and urge every civil servant
to join us in promoting accountability
and transparency in governance,” Buni
said.
The governor assured that his
administration would continue to
execute people-oriented projects to
improve the lives of the people. „ Yobe State Commissioner for Finance Alh. Musa Mustapha receiving Taxation award on behalf
of Governor Mai Mala Buni

Yobe to support NUJ’s quest for effective journalism Buni congratulates Senate
„ New Yobe NUJ Chairman Rajab Muhammad (left standing) speaking during a courtesy visit to
the State Information Commissioner Abdullahi Bego in his office in Damaturu yesterday
T he Yobe
Commissioner
Information,
State
for
Home
Affairs and Culture, Hon.
Abdullahi Bego, has
assured that the state
government will support
the Nigerian Union of
Journalists (NUJ) in its
quest for sanitizing and
rejigging the journalism
profession in the state.
Bego gave this
assurance when the newly
elected state chairman
of the NUJ, Comrade
Rajab Mohammed, led
members of his executive
present administration to
prioritizing ttraining and President on Zik prestigious
retraining of journalists
for efficiency.
The commissioner
to visit him at his office in
Damaturu.
The commissioner said
the state government,
under the able leadership
of Governor Mala Buni,
believes in sharing
credible information
that would make people
abreast of government
activities, hence the role
of media is paramount.
“His Excellency Hon.
Mai Mala Buni is a media-
friendly governor.
“We are all living
witnesses to how he
injected funds towards
award
retrofitting the state-
owned media houses,
the Yobe Broadcasting
Corporation (YBC) and
the Yobe State Television
(YTV) within his short
stay in office,” Bego
stated.
He assured the
chairman that the
renovation of the NUJ
secretariat awarded by
the state government
would be completed and
provided with the needed
facilities.
Bego restated the
commitment of the
commended members of
the NUJ family for leading
by example during their
elections, describing
the sportsmanship
they exhibited as
commendable.
“I was excited with
the peaceful conduct of
the elections. NUJ as a
watchdog of the society
has set an example,
especially that those
who could not win
cheerfully congratulated
the winners,” the
commissioner said.
The NUJ chairman,
Comrade Rajab
Mohammed, said they
were at the ministry on
a thank-you-visit over
the supports given by
the commissioner which,
he noted, helped in the
peaceful conduct of the
association’s election.
The chairman
enumerated training and
retraining, discipline,
and commitment to duty
as some of the areas that
would receive attention
during his tenure.
Y obe State Governor
Mai Mala
has congratulated the
Buni
president of the Senate,
Ahmad Lawan, for the
2019 Zik Prize in Political
Leadership awarded to
him in recognition of his
leadership qualities.
Governor Buni
described the award as
well deserved in view of
his leadership style over
the years.
“The president of the
Senate had consistently
demonstrated good
leadership qualities at
all levels in the national
assembly.
“His leadership as
Senate President has
stabilized the system
through purposeful
legislation and
progressive cooperation
between the legislative
and executive arms of
government to serve
Nigeria better,” Governor
Buni said.
He described the
president of the Senate as
a “worthy ambassador of
the state that makes the
state and its people so
proud”.
He urged Senator
Lawan to see the
award as a source of
encouragement to
continue with his good
leadership style.
The Senate president,
who dedicated the
award to his colleagues,
said the ninth assembly
had remarkably
risen above partisan
differences to form a
bond that is committed
to the progress and
development of Nigeria.
“I consider the award
as a further call to duty,
not just from a personal
point of view but on
behalf of the Senate of
the Federal Republic of
Nigeria and the National
Assembly in general,”
Lawan said.

Yobe govt. clears air on deduction of LG teachers’ salaries

T he Yobe State Commissioner for
Local Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs, Hon Yerima Lawan Mahmud,
has responded swiftly to the public
outcry on deduction of Local
Government November teachers’
salaries
The commissioner spoke through his
permanent secretary, Alhaji Baba Ali, at
a joint press briefing with the Auditor-
General of the Local Government held
in his office in Damaturu.
Speaking at the opening session, the
commissioner noted that the deduction
was aimed at addressing the anomalies
in the Teacher Salary Structure (TSS)
so as to fulfill the mandate of Governor
Mai Mala Buni on revitalizing the
education sector in the state.
He said the measure was meant to
bring sanity in the system in favour of
teachers who were earning less than
their actual monthly entitlements.
Mahmud emphasized that on the
other hand, the deduction was done on
non-teaching staff who were enjoying
allowances and increments solely
meant for teachers on their salaries.
The commissioner reiterated that
similar exercise was done to staff of
primary health care centres to clear
non-health certified workers from
earning allowances meant for actual
health workers.
Explaining further, the Auditor-
General of the Local government,
Yahaya Wakili Idriss, said the deduction
affected the 27.5% increment on
teachers’ salaries earlier approved by
the governors of 19 northern state in
2009.
He said the allowances were made to
encourage teachers to perform better
in the discharge of their duties.
“The minimum qualification for a
professional teacher is either Grade II
certificate or NCE, which means that
their grade level in the civil service
should start from GL05-16”
“So we only made the deductions
on LGEA staff from level 01_04 who
under normal circumstances are not
supposed to be teachers or enjoy
the said allowances on the teachers
payroll”
“However, because of the complaints
coming as a result, we discussed
extensively with the leadership of
Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), we
gave them the list of all the affected
teachers and agreed that any qualified
teacher who was erroneously affected,
would be considered and reimbursed”
He said: “ By this exercise we found
out that some qualified teachers were
underpaid, someone that supposed to
be placed on Grade Level 7 salary was
receiving GL04, so the correct status
should be established and hence they
will receive their actual entitlements “
He added that the exercise should
not be mistaken as an attempt to save
money, but rather to put things in the
right direction.
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Burglars steal millions from A/Ibom Govt House
From Iniabasi Umo, Uyo
R
obbers have invaded
the Akwa Ibom State
government house and
carted away money running
into millions.
Inside sources said the
robbers burgled the office of
the secretary to the governor’s
media aide, Mr Ekerette Udoh,
NEF cautions against
attacking northerners
in South
From Victor Edozie, Port Harcourt
The Chairman of the Northern
Elders Forum (NEF), Professor
Ango Abdullahi, has warned
against attacking northerners
residing in other parts of the
country.
Abdullahi spoke in Port
Harcourt, yesterday, at a meeting
organised by the Coalition of
Northern Groups (CNG).
He expressed concern over the
magnitude of losses northerners
experienced during the EndSARS
protest in the southern part of
the country, particularly the
South East.
“We saw no reason innocent
residents, wherever they are,
irrespective of where they come
from, who are not participating
in the protest, should be
subjected to violence in various
parts of the country, especially
violence against northerners in
different parts of the South,” he
said.
He said it was high time
security agencies assured
Nigerians "that this must end.
This must stop. They should not
allow this red line to be crossed,
because people get away with
criminal behaviour without
sanctions, without punishment.
That is why they carry out this
irresponsible behaviour.”
UNICEF declares 1500
Bauchi communities
open defecation free
From Ado Abubakarr Musa, Jos
The United Nations International
Children Funds (UNICEF)
yesterday said over 1,500
communities in Bauchi State are
now open defecation free.
Bauchi State UNICEF chief
field officer, Mr. Bhanu Pathak,
disclosed this in Jos during a
meeting of Sanitation, Hygiene,
and Water in Nigeria, (SHAWN II)
phase two.
"In terms of sanitation, more
than 1,500 communities have
become Open Defecation Free
(DOF), through providing access
to basic sanitation facilities with
4 LGAs of Dass, Warji, Bogoro and
Gamawa validated ODF by the
NTGS," he said.
The state’s Commissioner for
Water Resources, Barr. Jidauna
Tulu, represented by his aide, Mr.
Mua'zu Nathaniel, advised the
meeting participants to usher
in a new era and solution to the
problems of poor communities.
and emptied the contents of a
‘Ghana-must-go’ bag in which
the money was kept.
The incident was not the
first theft recorded in the
government house press
centre. Some months ago,
three flat-screen television
sets were stolen.
A source said: "The money
came in yesterday afternoon
Judge orders Lalong, Attorney General
to settle 2-yr judges’ benefit
From Ado Abubakar Musa, Jos
The presiding Judge of the
Nigerian Industrial Court, Jos
Division, Kenneth Ikechukwu
Amadi, yesterday, gave a
three-week ultimatum to
Plateau State government to
settle two-year entitlement
of the seven state High Court
Judges.
In a suit no. NICN/
JOS/21/2020, Justice
Borno pays N12bn to 4,862 retirees
From Olatunji Omirin, Maiduguri
Borno State Governor, Professor
Babagana Umara Zulum,
yesterday, announced the release
of N12 billion to clear gratuities of
4,862 retirees of local government
service from 2013 to 2017.
The state had released N3
Two die, five injured in Ogun road crash
From Peter Moses, Abeokuta
Two persons yesterday died
while five others sustained
various degrees of injuries in
a road crash along Sagamu-
Abeokuta expressway in Ogun
State.
The accident, which
occurred at 1:14 pm on
Tuesday, involved a truck,
Mazda commercial bus
marked LND 539 XV and
a Lexus GS350 with plate
number AAA298GK.
The spokesperson for the
state’s Traffic Compliance
and Enforcement Corps
(TRACE), Babatunde
Akinbiyi, told newsmen in
Abeokuta yesterday that 19
people were involved in the
but they refused to share it to
the people it was meant for.
The thief came in the night,
destroyed the keys and gained
access to the office of the
secretary to the CPS."
It was learnt that except
at the entrance of the
government house, no
security camera was installed
at the centre.
Muhammad Sirajo, and
six other justices had sued
Governor Simon Lalong, State
Attorney General, Chrysantus
Ahmadu and the Plateau State
government for refusing to
settle their five-year benefits.
Daily Trust reports that
after the last sitting, three-year
benefits were paid.
At the resumed hearing
yesterday, counsel to the
plaintiff, Oladele Oyelami
billion in June and September
2019, to clear gratuities of 1,684
retirees, who left the civil service
between 2013 and 2019 at lower
ranks, mostly clerks, drivers and
messengers.
Governor Zulum flagged off
the payment with the symbolic
presentation of cheques to some
accident.
According to him, the
accident occurred around
Foursquare Camp axis of
the Abeokuta-Kobaoe-Siun-
Sagamu Expressway when
the driver of the Lexus car
overtook the commercial bus
at the diversion stretch.
He said the driver, upon
noticing an incoming vehicle,
swerved into the bush to
avoid a head-on collision.
He, however, said the front
side of the bus collided with
the truck. The bus driver and
one passenger died on the
spot.
Akinbiyi said both the dead
and injured victims were
taken to the State Hospital
Ijaiye, Abeokuta.
When contacted, the
governor’s media aide, Mr
Ekerete Udoh, declined to
comment on the incident but
assured that those to be paid
would get their money.
Meanwhile, residents of
Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State
capital now live in fear over
rising insecurity, with robbery
attacks recorded daily.
told the court that alternative
dispute resolution between
both parties had failed and
therefore asked the court to
commence hearing on the case.
But counsel to the
defendants, FB Lotben, a
Director Civil Litigation, in the
Ministry of Justice, confirmed
that both parties had met and
the settlement had not failed.
But the judge, however,
insisted that the date for the
retirees yesterday in Maiduguri.
He explained that the fund was
obtained through a loan provided
by Zenith Bank.
The governor noted that while
N12 billion was not enough to
settle the backlog of gratuities, an
appreciable number of retirees -
almost 5,000 retirees - would be
EFCC arraigns man over identity fraud
From Hope Abah Emmanuel, Makurdi
The Makurdi Zonal Office of
the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC)
has arraigned one Monday
Segun before Justice Mobolaji
Olajuwon of the Federal High
Court in Benue State, over
alleged bank account fraud,
obtaining money by false
pretence, conspiracy and
online scam.
The prosecution counsel, Mary
Onoja, told the court that Segun,
upon his arrest and interrogation,
confessed that he had opened
several accounts with different
banks using different names and
had sold them with the ATM cards
to other categories of fraudsters.
Segun was said to have
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The Commissioner for
Information and Strategy, Mr
Ini Ememobong, attributed
the rising insecurity to the low
morale among policemen.
The Police Public Relations
Officer, SP Odiko MacDon,
however, assured that the
police would get to the root
of every issue reported by
members of the public.
payment must be declared to
end the case.
In her response, Lotben told
the court that the defendants
would pay the 2019 entitlement
before Friday this week and that
of 2020 would be paid before
the end of December.
The judge, in his submission,
said he would reserve the
judgment until when the fixed
date for the payment was
breached.
 Borno State Gov-
ernor, Prof. Babagana
Umara Zulum (right)
presents a symbolic
cheque of N12 billion
to clear the gratuities
owed 4,862 retirees
who left the state and
local government civil
service from 2013 to
2017, in Maiduguri
yesterday
cleared.
He appealed to the remaining
retirees to be patient as the
government was working to settle
all benefits.
The governor assured of his
administration’s commitment to
sustain the payment of retirement
benefits to pensioners when due.
revealed that he has, so far, sold
five of such accounts at the cost
of N25,000 each to fraudsters.
The prosecution counsel said
the offence was punishable under
Section 35 of the Cybercrime
(Prohibition and Prevention Etc)
Act, 2015.
Segun pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
Onoja, therefore, asked
the court for a trial date and
to remand the accused in a
correctional centre pending his
trial, while the defence counsel
made an oral application for his
bail.
Justice Olajuwon admitted
the accused to bail in the sum of
N500,000 with two sureties in like
sum and adjourned the case to
December 9, 2020.
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Suleiman A. Suleiman
Twitter: @amusule1 (07066451983 SMS only)
What is Buhari?
W
ho, precisely, is President
Muhammadu Buhari? Or
more appropriately, what is
Buhari? The two questions are important
for Nigeria today, and for the future,
because political leaders are judged not
only by their personal traits and style
of leadership, that is, who they are but
also what they represent to the country
and the people they lead. The two feed
into and reinforce each other, of course,
since what a leader represents is in part a
consequence of who they are.
For many Nigerians today, there is a
simple answer to the question ‘who is
Buhari’? Millions of Nigerians believe
the outlandish claim that the President
is a Sudanese clone, or that he is ‘Mr Go
Slow’, for his snail-like style of leadership,
or that we must distinguish between two
very different versions of the same man:
Buhari, the candidate (Daura Buhari) and
the president (Abuja Buhari).
But what is Buhari? In my view,
President Buhari represents a confluence
of two cultural and personal influences
that give his government its peculiar
character. The first is Buhari’s absolutist
claim to superior moral purity over his
peers. No Nigerian leader, alive or dead,
has put so much political store in their
own sense of moral purity and superiority
over others than Buhari.
For 16 years, the President’s entire
campaign was based on a single sentence:
‘I have more integrity than everyone else,
therefore, I am the most qualified to lead’.
And all through those long campaign
years, he rammed this claim through
the public mind again and again until it
acquired the social power of folklore or
myth. Now as President, he wears it as a
badge. It is what Buhari sees in himself
and the only thing he invites others to see
in him.
Worse still, it is the only thing Buhari
sees in others as well. This is why the
President has hardly ever accepted
that any Nigerian leader before him, or
any aspiring leader for that matter, has
ever done anything right. Where the
late President Yar’adua openly stated
that former President Obasanjo did
his best, even at a time when saying so
was unpopular, Buhari’s view is that all
previous leaders ‘destroyed’ the country.
Everyone but himself is morally tainted.
Unfortunately for Nigeria, the
president’s claim to moral superiority
over his peers intersects with a deeply
entrenched cultural attitude, particularly
in northern Nigeria, that sees virtue
in a lack of means. I don’t know how it
arose, but in northern Nigeria, poverty
is regarded as a virtue in and by itself.
‘I am poorer than you, therefore God is
automatically on my side, not on yours’.
This is nonsense, of course, but it has
helped ensure Buhari’s firm grip on
northern political imagination at the
moment.
Yet, the claim rests on shaky grounds.
The man was a military head of state,
one who, in fact, came to power through
a coup. But a coup that upturns the
will of a people freely expressed in an
election, however imperfect the election
might have been, is the worst form of
corruption, ever. He who steals the will
steals everything.
Even more, unfortunately, this weird
conception of virtue also intersects
with a limited ability to manage people,
money and ideas, perhaps the three
most important skills a president actually
needs to govern. The results are now bare
for all to see. After six years in Aso Rock,
Buhari has not solved a single one of
Nigeria’s major problems, which is the
real job description for presidents: to
solve the major problems bedevilling the
society they lead.
In his barely three years as president,
to give just one example, Yar’adua solved
two, if not three, of Nigeria’s big problems.
His Presidential Amnesty Programme
brought conflict and militancy in the
Niger Delta to a meaningful end. He
also ended Nigeria’s cycle of illegitimate
elections, the worst of them being the
very one that brought him to power. But
he promised to end the cycle, and he did.
The reforms he started in our electoral
system has no parallel in Nigerian history,
and they remain robust to this day. His
salary increases for workers consolidated
the expansion of the middle-class that
had started under his two immediate
predecessors.
No one in Nigeria has benefited from
these things than Buhari himself. Without
Unfortunately for Nigeria,
the president’s claim to moral
superiority over his peers
intersects with a deeply
entrenched cultural attitude,
particularly in northern Nigeria,
that sees virtue in a lack of means.
I don’t know how it arose, but
in northern Nigeria, poverty is
regarded as a virtue in and by
itself. ‘I am poorer than you,
therefore God is automatically
on my side, not on yours’. This
is nonsense, of course, but it has
helped ensure Buhari’s firm grip on
northern political imagination at
the moment
the sanity in the electoral system, he
would not be president today. Without
the peace in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
would be completely ungovernable now.
Without a larger middle-class to cushion
the harsh effects of the terrible economic
policies of the last five years, the whole
country would have been in #EndSARS
mode.
But what has Buhari done so far to
consolidate and build upon these? Your
guess is as good as mine. However, to
make sure, I will spell mine: little. There
is not much to say for Buhari’s leadership
about unemployment, or mass poverty, or
decayed infrastructure, or rising fuel and
food prices, or corruption, and absolutely
not about Boko Haram and insecurity.
Yet, the president continues to
be insulated by his feeling of moral
superiority over everyone else. ‘It is not
my fault if everyone does not do their
jobs as well as I am doing mine’, the
president seems to be saying in response
to all genuine cries for attention. Rome is
burning to the ground, but all that Nero
sees is the purity of his own inactions.
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Weakening of the Naira: A
lesson for the next government
By Dr Nasir Aminu
A
s opined by Blinder, central
banking is a dark art, which
requires a useful scientific
approach, and we can agree that it
requires more than previous banking
experience to lead the institution. The
current Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
governor has not been successful in
implementing a naira regime since
he was appointed in 2014. One will
not disagree that he met an inefficient
and complicated currency system, and
has not been successful in solving the
existing issues.
The persistently low oil prices have
limited the inflow of foreign exchange
into the Nigerian economy. It has
created a hole in the country’s budget,
given the sector accounts for about 65
percent of the government’s revenue.
The coronavirus pandemic has added
to the problem, which has pushed
the country to obtain several types
of external loans and funding, as the
viable way to fund its budget. It is not
a secret that the government has been
borrowing to fund growth after the
2016 recession. It has been weakening
its currency as pressure from
concessionary lenders mount. In the
private sector, remittance from abroad
has also declined. Remittance is second
to oil revenue and more than foreign
direct and portfolio investments in the
country.
The weakening in the value of the
naira is a response to the declining
oil prices, the pressure from external
lenders, and shortages of the US
dollar. The weakening of the naira
was called depreciation by the CBN,
while Goldman Sachs claimed it is a
devaluation. The two names are used
to differentiate what type of currency
regime a country is adopting. Thus, a
wide confusion about who to believe
regarding what currency regime the
CBN is adopting.
Every country manages its currency,
usually through its central bank,
in the foreign exchange market by
adopting one of the three exchange
regimes: fixed exchange rate regime,
floating exchange rate regime, and
managed floating regime. If the CBN
were operating the fixed exchange rate
regime, they would use devaluation
and revaluation as the official changes
to value the naira relative to other
currencies. This type of regime was
Nigeria’s foreign exchange system until
2016.
If the CBN were operating a floating
(flexible) exchange rate regime, the
market forces would be allowed to
generate changes in the value of the
naira, as the naira depreciated or
appreciated. The CBN adopted this
currency regime in 2016 and is still
recovering from the bitter experience,
including the speculative attacks on
the currency by domestic and foreign
investors.
There is also the managed floating
currency regime, which is similar to the
floating exchange rate regime, but with
a lower degree of flexibility. In 2019, the
CBN was reported to be adopting this
system. Under this regime, the Central
Bank regularly intervenes in the foreign
exchange market to change the floating
direction of the naira, and to support
its balance of payments during volatile
periods. This type of regime is also called
a dirty float exchange rate regime. The
name might have been derived from
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the charter by International Monetary
Fund (IMF) for its members to refrain
from “controlling exchange rates to
gain an unfair competitive advantage
over other members.”
The CBN operates a dual exchange
rate market following that it adopts one
of the three regimes above, namely: the
official currency market and the parallel
currency market. The parallel market
is designed for every transaction in
the economy except those classified
under ‘official’. On average, the parallel
currency rates are 20 percent above the
official market rate. The rates are set
based on bids from the (un)liberalised
Bureau de Change operators, who are
an additional burden to the system. The
official market is designed for special
purposes like paying for medical bills,
tuition fees, religious pilgrimage, and
imports for specific items.
The implementation of these
multiple regimes is significantly costly
for the apex bank and the commercial
banks. It can also be an avenue for
illegal round-tripping. The system is
unclear and complicated. It is creating
confusion for foreign investors,
external lenders, and Nigerians who
remit money from abroad. In April,
after getting the approval for the IMF
emergency funding, the governor
promised to unify the country’s
exchange rates, but no action has been
taken since then.
Currently, the country is faced with
a persistent shortage of dollars in the
official and parallel currency markets.
The government is also looking for
other avenues to increase the foreign
exchange inflow. Like the unpopular
CBN policy of ensuring export sales
are repatriated and sold at the official
market rate. Overall, one can assume
the country is not willing to spend
its foreign reserve to manage-float
its currency. It means the naira must
be weakened to a level that it is
able and willing to support with its
foreign exchange reserves. This is why
Goldman Sachs reported the news of
devaluation. However, the timing and
the extent to which the CBN weakens
the naira is increasingly uncertain in
the financial markets.
The effects of weakening the naira
include more expensive imported
goods. In an ideal world, this should
discourage imports into the country.
For Nigeria, weakening the naira will
only increase its current account deficit
due to heavy reliance on imports and
the unpopular policy on export sales.
By increasing the import prices and
leaving the demand for domestic
products unchanged, weakening the
naira will provoke inflation in the
country. Theoretically, the CBN could
raise interest rates to control inflation
at the cost of slower economic growth.
However, subsequent open-market
operations conducted in the past four
years did not mitigate this issue. It left
the economy to bear a higher interest
rate for bonds.
Finally, a solution for these problems
requires a good understanding of the
existing system by the policymakers.
An independent central banker, who
can commit to adopt one currency
regime, is required. It means we have
to wait for the next government to work
on this.
Dr Nasir Aminu is a Senior Lecturer
of Economics at Cardiff Metropolitan
University.
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Letter to the Editor
e-mail letters@dailytrust.com text 08131800030
CARTOON by AKILA JIBRIN
Please, rescue
Rigasa residents
from kidnappers
T
he people of Rigasa,
a community in Igabi
Local Government Area
of Kaduna State, are living
in palpable fear with their
eyes always open due to the
frequent attacks by kidnappers.
In the last few weeks, not
less than 20 family members
were kidnapped while many
residents were killed even
when the ransom was paid.
Don’t forget that Rigasa hosts
the Abuja-Kaduna train
station, which is not spared by
the notorious kidnappers. The
killing of a youth leader two
weeks ago, coupled with the
abduction of another, who was
later gruesomely murdered
after ransom was paid, is very
frightening and disturbing.
Is Rigasa community
becoming the darling of these
dreaded kidnappers because
of the absence of security
personnel who are supposed to
be policing the area? Is Rigasa

Tackling youth unemployment in Nigeria

descending to another hotspot
of kidnapping? I think the
answer to both questions is

I
n 2020, a statistical finding from the
International Labour Organisation,
an agency of the United Nations
developing policies to set labour
standards, says the estimated youth
unemployment rate in Nigeria was at
almost 14.2 percent.
You may wonder why the percentage
rate for youth unemployment is this
small. Well, this is because the percentage
of the unemployed in the age group of
15 to 24 years was the main focus as
compared to the total labour force.
In Nigeria, youth unemployment
rates are often higher than overall
unemployment rates. The general rate
of unemployment was approximately six
percent in 2018. A major reason for this
contrast is that many of the youths under
age 24 are studying full-time and are
unavailable for work due to this.
Similarly, another data reveals that
youths’ unemployment rate in Nigeria
as at the second quarter of 2020 is 27.1
percent, indicating that about 21.7 million
Nigerian youths remain unemployed.
It is also said that Nigeria’s youth
population eligible to work amounts to
40 million out of which only 14.7 million
are fully employed and another 11.2
million are unemployed. A high youth
Sule Lamido and the disabled in Jigawa State
unemployment rate is synonymous
with increased insecurity and poverty, a
situation that is also seen as a ticking time
bomb.
Coincidentally, Nigeria’s unemployed
youth of 13.1 million is more than the
population of Rwanda and several other
African countries. Youth population is
also about 64 percent of total unemployed
Nigerians, suggesting that the most
agile working-class population in the
country remains unemployed. This is the
dilemma we face and severally, so many
policies have been suggested and even
put into action, yet, Nigeria struggles to
meet the demands of the youths.
It is another thing to initiate a policy,
project it, and yet it doesn’t meet the
demands and expectation of the people
it is meant for.
It is high time government developed
a long-term initiative or reform that will
serve as a blueprint for other government
to come and other contemporary society.
One of the things to put into consideration
is the construction of a viable model that
will help in understanding the Nigerian
society and how it can help solve the rate
of unemployment among youths.
Also very imperative is a reform of
educational system. Nigeria’s educational
system is at its worst moment and it’s never
too late to pay attention to education as it
will change the whole narrative especially
that which says ‘education is a scam’.
Quality education will be a foundational
progression for a lasting solution to
Nigeria’s unemployment misery. Our
vocational schools should be put under
close watch as it was one of the reforms
that countries like China, Japan, Korea
and India built on to compete with the
western countries. If this is done, the
private sector will have to play a role
in job creation as there will be enough
skilled labour to help foster economic
and industrial growth.
More so, policies and models should be
put in place by the government to enable
the private sector to create a friendly and
enabling environment for businesses.
This will foster true capitalism rather
than a monopolised capitalist system we
see today in Nigeria.
The media must also play a key role in
promoting these reforms and sensitising
Nigerian youths on the need to embrace
education, learn vocational skill and also
prioritise patriotism as an emblem of
reform.
Aliyu Umar Aliyu, Abuja. (aliyu.umar@
bpsr.gov.ng)
“YES”.
The notorious kidnappers
usually storm the community
at their pleasure, brandishing
dangerous weapons and
attacking people. They shoot
sporadically, scare law-abiding
citizens and kidnap their
victims.
Rigasa, the once lively
and burstling community, is
today at the mercy of bandits.
The reign of terror visiting
on the peaceful community
by rampaging kidnappers
has forced many businesses
to close. The little ones who
summoned courage to stay
and operate are living in
apprehension.
Many people think that
with the train station located
in Rigasa, adequate security
would be deployed or beefed
up. However, we are all
wrong. The lax security at the
train station attracts these
kidnappers, who abduct
passengers with ease.
There is, therefore, the need
for government to deploy
adequate security personnel
to comb up the area. The
kidnappers are likely to extend
their operation to other

E
very December
3 is observed as
International Day of
people with disabilities as
proclaimed by the United
Nations in 1992.
The Day aims to promote
an understanding of
disability issues and mobilise
support for the dignity, rights
and well-being of persons
with disabilities.
It also seeks to increase
awareness of gains to be
derived from the integration
of persons with disabilities
in every aspect of political,
social, economic and cultural
life.
It is not an understatement
to say that former Jigawa
State governor, Sule Lamido,
is one Nigerian who used
his position to see to the
implementation of the aims
of the Day.
He initiated a special
package where 100 physically
challenged persons, selected
from the 27 local government
areas in the state, were being
paid a monthly security
allowance, which improved
their standard of living.
He also ensured that they
were given a chance to aspire
and contest elective positions
in the state. There was even
a time when a cripple won a
seat in the state assembly.
Lamido appointed a Special
Assistant on Physically
Challenged Persons to give
them a sense of belonging in
the state .
There were also laws
enacted during his
administration that provided
for free medical care and neighbouring communities
free education from primary unless their dangerous
school to university for the activities are stopped.
disabled persons in the The Kaduna State
state. In short, the disabled government should quickly
persons are entitled to every come to the aid of Rigasa
opportunity available to community by actively
other citizens. engaging unemployed youths
These initiatives are worthy into the vigilante group to
of emulation by all leaders to work together with other
give this vulnerable group security outfits to protect the
of Nigerians a sense of community. There also is the
belonging. need for government to deploy
more troops to secure the
Adamu Muhd Usman community.
writes from Jigawa state. Lawal Adamu Usman
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Off Solomon Lar Way, Utako
Interrogating Lt Gen. Buratai’s “spiritual
District, Abuja
warfare’’ and Boko Haram’s resilience
Time to save By Charles Onunaiju
‘‘The spiritual knowledge is
poultry industry attained through divination;
that of natural science
T
is obtained by deductive
he Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) last week said reasoning; the universal laws
the poultry industry could shut down by January 2021 are established and verified
due to the astronomical rise in the prices of maize and through mathematical
soybeans, the main components for producing poultry feeds. calculations. The knowledge of
President of the poultry group, Ezekiel Ibrahim, said the the enemy’s dispositions in war,
industry faces a dire situation unless the government acts fast. however, is gained only through
He stated that small and medium-sized poultry farms that spies and by no other means”
were the major players in the industry were shutting down, – Sun Tzu- “Art of War”.
threatening over five million jobs created by the industry.
A
President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Kabir t a recent event to
Ibrahim, noting that stocks of grains have declined to less decorate 39 newly
than 30,000 metric tons, a fraction of the requirements for promoted Major
feeding Nigeria, lamented that the growing insecurity has Generals in the Nigeria Army,
made it difficult to augment supplies. the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.
In addition, production of the grains is being affected by General Tukur Buratai, was
the long-running conflict between crop growers and cattle reported to have said that ”I am
herders, who are being forced by desertification to seek glad that we held the spiritual
grazing pasture further South. warfare seminar and most of
Experts also blamed the price hikes on the high demand the decorated generals today
in the international market of Nigerian soybeans, as they are graduates of the spiritual
are non-GMO variant. In addition, there was a mop-up of warfare seminar.”
maize grains for COVID-19 palliatives and an alleged lack of Because one has only, and I
incentives to the industry. am sure many people have also
As a result, in the last seven months, about two million heard about “spiritual warfare
poultry jobs have reportedly been lost. Industry sources said from Christian Pentecostal
the price of soybeans, which is a constituent of poultry feeds, preachers, for whom I thought,
has increased by 87 per cent. it was only a bombast to keep
In comparison with the same period in 2019, the price of their congregation in awe of
maize has risen by 82 per cent. Poultry feeds have increased by their theological learnings, but
nearly 100 per cent. There are also unconscionable capitalist now with a military general
grain merchants and saboteurs who hoard the available at war involved in “spiritual
grains for maximum gain. warfare as obvious war strategy
There have also been policy flip-flops as in July, the Central got yours sincerely, scampering
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) directed all authorised maize dealers and combing through all the
“to discontinue the processing of Form M for the importation works on warfare and military
of maize/corn with immediate effect.” strategy, I could lay hands in
It added that this was “to increase local production, one’s library.
stimulate a rapid economic recovery, safeguard rural Encountering the inimitable
livelihoods and increase jobs, which were lost as a result of work of the ancient Chinese
the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” strategist, Sun Tzu, in his
classic text, Art of War in which
The policy resulted in the excessive rise in the price of maize,
he identified and thoroughly
which pushed thousands of small and medium-sized poultry
appraised five fundamental
farmers out of business. Due to the outcry that followed, the
factors that determine the final
CBN relaxed the policy once by allowing the importation of
outcome of war, as consisting
262,000 tons of maize. Also, the federal government released
in the followings: The political
5,000 tons but these weren’t enough to drive down the prices.
direction, the weather, the
Mrs Blessing Alawode, Chairperson, Poultry Association of
terrain, the quality of military
Nigeria, Ogun State, said: “We want the federal government leadership, and finally, the
to assist the local maize growers with high-yielding seeds and discipline of the troops
fertilizer in order to increase their quantum of harvest per committed to the battle., one
hectare, so that in the next seven to ten years, the huge gap found nothing about spiritual
between demand and supply of maize and soybeans can be warfare.
filled. But in underlining the single
“Therefore, importation of maize and soybeans, in the most decisive factor that
short term, is the most pragmatic way to obviate further “enables the wise sovereign
rising prices of the products and ameliorate the hardships of and the good general to
the citizens. strike and conquer, and
“We appeal to the government to ban the export of achieve things beyond the
processed soybeans and soybean meal and check the reach of ordinary men, is’’
profiteering activities of grain merchants. Thousands of foreknowledge.” Continuing,
poultry businesses will shut down in the face of high operating Sun Tzu wrote “Now, this
costs, leaving business owners and their employees without a foreknowledge cannot be
means of livelihood.” elicited from spirits; it cannot
There is a need for the quick provision of high-yielding be obtained inductively from
seeds and varieties of grains and hybrid chickens through experience nor by deductive
the nation’s agricultural research institutes. There should calculation. Knowledge of the
be alternatives to maize or soybeans as components of enemy’s dispositions can only
producing poultry feeds. be obtained from other men,”
But in a country that runs a free market economy, there engaged and developed as
should not be any ban on the exportation of soybeans or maize spies.
or any product. If there is higher demand overseas, efforts In the war against the
should be made to increase local production and cultivate Boko Haram insurgency that
better varieties of grains to meet both local and international has raged for more than a
needs through CBN intervention loans. decade, the evident lacuna
in the military prosecution of
the war is the deployment of
NURA DAURA: Ag Chief Executive Officer intelligence or what Sun Tzu
NAZIRU MIKAILU: Executive Director/Editor-in-Chief called “fore-knowledge”. Only
HAMZA IDRIS: Editor credible intelligence can lead
AHMED SHEKARAU: General Manager, Business & Strategy to the disruptions of the supply
lines of human and material
resources that flow to the
insurgent group. As far as the
supply lines to the insurgent
group are open and thriving, no
amount of military pressure can
sufficiently decapitate them
into surrender or negotiation.
The supply line is crucial for
the life of any insurgent group
as much as a key artery to
the regular army. The Nigeria
Army regularly announces the
number of insurgent fighters
that it neutralises but because
the insurgent’s line of supply
is wide open and thriving, they
are never short of men, as new
recruits attracted for a variety
of reasons of either ideology or
money, soon and very quickly
fill the vacuum. Therefore,
the number of insurgents
neutralised or killed can never
translate to degrading the
insurgency as their supply
lines keep recruits flocking
to their den. And the tactical
withdrawal of the insurgents
from its former wider theater
including cities cannot be
taken for the weakness of the
insurgents as the minister
of information, Mr. Lai
Mohammed naively insinuated
recently. If the terror group
decides that it has achieved
enough national and global
notoriety and now decided to
concentrate its forces in its base
for the extortion of the local
population to fund its more
urgent need of maintaining its
supply lines, it should be seen
for what it is, tactical dexterity
of the terror group and not sign
of defeat. In war, according
to the British military writer,
B.H Liddell Hart, “the aim is
to weaken the resistance of
the enemy before attempting
to overcome it and the effect
is better attained by drawing
the enemy out of its defences.”
The implication of weakening
the enemy resistance is not
by wishing away its strength
but by coming to terms with
its potential for resilience.
Boko Haram’s resilience has
always been completely
demonstrated, first by forcing
the army into a barricade or
what the military authorities
called “super camp” and also
series of successful ambush
in which troops have been
neutralised and equipment
carted away. It makes absolute
ly no sense to suggest that the
terror group is “technically
defeated” or degraded,” simply
because it stopped throwing
bombs in Abuja and other
northern cities.
If it is this fatal lacuna that
Lt. General Buratai, the chief
of army staff, want to address
with his seminars on “spiritual
warfare,” then Nigerians should
be prepared for the long haul,
which he himself, was reported
to have posted in his verified
Facebook that insurgency may
last for upwards of 20 years.
Mao Zedong’s” classic “on
protracted warfare”, was in the
context of an invading superior
foreign army as in the specific
OPINION
instance of the Japanese army
that invaded China and even
have the temerity to set up a
puppet regime.
On “protracted warfare,”
Mao argued that positional
warfare is a doomed strategy,
preferring guerilla or mobile
war-fare to sap the energy and
morale of the regular troops on
invading army. In this context,
Mao warned that such warfare
is protracted.
Boko Haram has not
demonstrated any serious
territorial ambitions and has
a major deficit of unfriendly
and uncooperative local
population, which capitulates
to its antics only through
terrorist compulsion. Boko
Haram is not Tamil Tigers
armed rebel group in Sri
Lanka that enjoyed the open
support of the minority
Tamil ethnic nationality in
Northern Sri Lanka and even
its Diaspora or the Farubundo
Marti Revolutionary (FARC)
in Colombia, a sophisticated
Marxist rebel movement
that enjoys huge rural
support and even some left-
wing governments in the
hemisphere. Boko Haram is
an ideological and political
orphan, disowned by virtually
everyone and most susceptible
to summary defeat by credible
intelligence operation that cuts
off its supply lines.
General Buratai did not
explain in detail what he
called “spiritual warfare but
one hopes, it does not consist
in divination and magic. It
was such a situation where
Lumumbaist Guerrillas against
the Mobutu dictatorship
in the Congo trusted more
in magic that forced the
legendary Ernesto Guevara,
the Argentine-born Cuban
internationalist to abort his
military odyssey after an
8-month stay with the rebel
guerrillas in the thick Congo
forest in the 1960s.
To cultivate the military
spirit” which is more of it than
“spiritual warfare,” the Prussian
General Carl Von Clausewitz in
his classical treatise “On war”
opined that “An army which
preserves its usual formations
under the heaviest fire, which
is never shaken by imaginary
fears, and in which in the face
of danger disputes the ground
inch by inch with the enemy…
and which looks upon all toils
as the means to victory,… and
which is always reminded of
its duties and virtues by the
short catechism of one idea
namely: the honour of its arms:
such army is imbued with true
“military spirit.”
Needless to say that
any serious engagement
to interrogate the critical
elements and components
of “military spirit” would not
consist of any seminar on
“Spiritual warfare”.
Mr. Onunaiju is research
director of Abuja based Think
Tank.
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CBN EXCHANGE RATES COMMODITIES PRICE (Dec. 6, 2020) BUREAU DE CHANGE RATES
Dollar Euro Pound S.

SELLING BUYING
US DOLLAR Pound STERLING EURO YUAN/ RENMINBI RIYAL CFA CRUDE OIL BRENT $49.03
Buying 379 509.30 459.76 57.83 101.039 0.678 N465 N560 N625
GOLD $1,839.54
Central NGN 379.5 509.93 460.37 57.91 101.173 0.688 Dollar Euro Pound S.
SILVER $24.20
Selling NGN 380 510.60 460.97 57.99 101.306 0.698 N475 N575 N640
NATURAL GAS $2.55

Reps extend
Inflation rate to drop as FG recapitalisation
cuts fuel price by N5 — Experts of insurance firms
By Balarabe Alkassim
By Zakariyya Adaramola & Idowu However, he said it needs to
Isamotu be sustained for the effects to
The House of
eventually show.
Representatives has

T
he reduction in price of The economist said: “So, for
directed the National
fuel by N5, from N168 to food stuff this price cut can dent
Insurance Commission
N163 per litre may lead it a bit. Because fuel is one of the
(NAICOM) to suspend the
to a downward trend in the inputs of production, and since
planned December 31,
inflation rate which has been it has been reduced, it will force
2020 mandatory deadline
rising since early this year, down prices of foods, goods and
for insurance companies
analysts said. services.”
and intermediaries to
The economic experts Galadima said to cushion
pay off the new paid up
specifically said the fuel price the effect of high prices during
capital threshold.
cut could force down food and this Christmas, the government
This was sequel to a
headline inflations. should bring out foods from its
motion moved by the
The federal government on food reserves across the country.
House Spokesperson,
Tuesday morning succumbed He also said youths should
Benjamin Okezie Kalu
to the pressure from organised be motivated to go into
and others.
labour and reduced present agriculture and mining to help
The lawmakers said
price of Premium Motor Spirit N168, following the decision prices of foods, goods and in the diversification effort of the
there is the need for
popularly known as Petrol by N5. of the Petroleum Products services across all sectors of the government.
the first phase of 50%,
The Minister of Labour and Marketing Company to increase economy. “In the long term, we should be
noting that 60% of the
Employment, Chris Ngige, had the ex-depot price of petrol from An Abuja-based economist encouraged to be independent
minimum paid up share
announced after a meeting with N147.67 per litre to N155.17 per and financial expert, Mr Simon at producing our staple foods”,
capital for insurance and
leadership of Nigeria Labour litre in November. Galadima, said every other sector he said.
reinsurance companies
Congress (NLC) and Trade The ex-depot price is the price of Nigeria’s economy rests on A Lagos based financial expert,
to be put on hold for a
Union Congress (TUC) at the at which the product is sold by the oil sector, and as such, any Dr Ajibola Nurudeen, said N5
minimum of six months
Presidential Villa. the PPMC to marketers at the positive or negative news in the reduction in fuel price would go
from January 2021.
He said the reduction would depots. sector reflects on other sectors. a long way in reducing Nigerians’
They added that
be from N168 to N162.44 per litre Reacting to the agreed pump “The reduction will exert suffering.
the period will help
with effect from December 14. price reduction, some experts downward pressure on food He called for more palliatives
the companies for
Daily Trust reports that the explained that Nigerians would and headline inflation. That is to the poor as they bear the most
more time to cushion
product is presently sold at witness a slight reduction in certain,” Galadima said. brunt of the economic hardship.
the effects of COVID
and other unforeseen
CBN credit to banks hit N1.3trn in 2019 circumstances on the
insurance industry.
By Chris Agabi On payments, the report indicated rising President of Amasco International The lawmakers noted
electronics payment which also shows that Limited, Alhaji Mustapha Ado Mohammad, that NAICOM had on May
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) the financial inclusion rate is improving. called on the authorities to fix the foreign 20, 2019 increased the
credit to banks rose by 10.8 per cent from The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele exchange crisis to save the manufacturing minimum paid up share
N1.099 trillion at end of December 2018 to in a foreward expressed hope that the 20% industry. capital for insurance and
N1.227trn in 2019, a report has shown. financial inclusion target will be met this He stated this when he received in his reinsurance companies.
The 2019 Annual Report for the year. factory a delegation from the Standard “The changes to the
implementation of the National Financial “Since inception, we have seen significant Organization of Nigeria (SON) led by the minimum paid up share
Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) showed that the progress towards the reduction in the organization’s Director General and Chief capital were as follows
total loans and advances by banks increased financial exclusion rates in Nigeria. Our Executive Officer Alhaji Farouk Salim. Life Insurance N2 billion
by 13.42% to reach N16trn in 2019 from periodic measurement of the financial “Many manufacturers are currently to N8bn, General N3bn to
N14.1trn in 2018. inclusion rate currently puts Nigeria’s facing serious challenges in their business N10bn, Composite N5bn
The NFIS was launched on October 23, performance at 63.2%, leaving us with a as a result of high foreign exchange in to N18bn and Reinsurance
2012 to reduce the percentage of adult 16.8% gap in projected achievement. Our respect to Naira ration to Dollar taking into N10bn to N20bn.
Nigerians who do not have access to headline target is to achieve 80% financial consideration the economic status of the NAICOM introduced
financial services from 46.3%in 2010 to 20% inclusion rate by the end of 2020,” he said. nation. a two phased
in 2020. A cursory look at the report showed that “It is unfortunate that a lot of recapitalisation
The report said the increase in the volume the volume and value of electronic payments manufacturers will be left with no option programmes, wherein, 50
of loans was supported by the increased in 2019 rose by 46.7 and 25.5% to 3 million than to close down their businesses if things percent of the minimum
loan-to-deposit ratio policy of CBN during and N167.bn, respectively, compared with are allowed to continue going the way they paid up share capital for
the year. This development also supported 2.1m and N133.5bn in 2018. are,” he said. insurance companies
inclusion efforts of the Bank. Local firm decries high forex rate The SON’s Director General, Mr Salim, must be met by December
However, the report also indicated that From Ibrahim Musa Giginyu, Kano said Amasco Limited has no doubt created a 31, 2020 and 60 percent for
Nigeria’s net foreign assets decreased A local manufacturer has said he is over good name for itself in sanitizing the country reinsurance companies
substantially from N216.4 billion in 2018 to the high foreign exchange (forex) rate as they through production of standard products must be met on the same
a deficit of N1.064trn in 2019. consider the option for closing businesses. that earns the country a good name. date,” they added.

NIGERIAN RAILWAY CORPORATION ABUJA – KADUNA TRAIN SERVICE (AKTS) TIME TABLE
SUNDAYS – TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS - SATURDAYS WEDNESDAYS (ONLY)
From DEPARTURE ARRIVAL From DEPARTURE ARRIVAL From DEPARTURE ARRIVAL From DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
ABUJA KADUNA ABUJA KADUNA
AK 1 AK 3 AK 5 AK 7 AK 1 AK 3 AK 5 AK 7 KA 2 KA 4 KA 6 KA 8 KA 2 KA 4 KA 6 KA 8 AK 1 AK 3 AK 1 AK 3 KA 2 KA 4 KA 2 KA 4

IDU 07:00 09:50 14:20 18:00 - - - - RIGASA 06:40 10:35 14:00 18:00 - - - - IDU 07:00 18:00 - - RIGASA 06:40 18:00

KUBUWA 07:17 10:07 14:41 18:15 07:14 10:02 14:36 18:16 KUBUWA 08:31 13:04 16:03 20:07 08:28 12:59 15:58 20:04 KUBUWA 07:17 18:15 07:14 18:12 KUBUWA 18:31 20:07 08:28 20:00

RIGASA - - - - 09:15 12:01 17:00 20:02 IDU - - - - 08:43 13:20 16:16 20:20 RIGASA - - 09:15 20:20 IDU - - 08:34 20:20
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NEWS
 From right:
Managing Director,
Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria,
Capt. Rabiu Yadudu;
Chairman, House
Committee on
Aviation, Rep. Nnolim
Nnaji and Rep. Musa
Muhammed, Deputy
Chairman, during the
visit of members of
the House committee
on Aviation to the
Murtala Muhammed
International Airport
at Ikeja, Lagos as part
of their oversight
function yesterday
21
FG scores firm low over
slow port automation
From Eugene Agha, Lagos
The federal government yesterday
queried the management of Port &
Cargo Handling Services (P&CHS)
over its inability to improve on its port
automation processes.
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian
Shippers Council, Barr. Hassan Bello,
who made this observation while on a
courtesy visit to the P&CHS, lamented
that on some occasions, it takes a cargo
about four months to exit the terminal
via barges.
In the area of automation, Bello argued
that P&CHS has not been found to be
appealing. “In fact, the terminal scored

FAAN generates N30bn revenue, targets N69bn 25 percent when other terminals were
scoring 60 percent and 75 percent. By the
first quarter of 2021, we need all the ports
From Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos the authority, Capt. Rabiu funded organisation is collected, N17.6bn was to be fully automated.”
Yadudu disclosed this on expected to remit 25 per from aeronautical source of He said, “There are issues we will like

T
he Federal Airports Tuesday when members of cent of its revenue to the revenue, N5.7bn from non- P&CHS to work on. This issues brothers
Authority of Nigeria the House of Representatives federation account even as aeronautical source and on efficiency and a host lot of others.
(FAAN) has generated Committee on Aviation there are moves to jack up the N5.2bn recovered from debts. Government is trying as much as possible
N30,084 billion as internally visited the authority during remittance to 40. “From January to to fix the roads, which is about 75 percent
generated revenue (IGR) an oversight tour of the But FAAN and other September 2020, the revenue completed. We know the roads are bad,
from January to September Murtala Muhammed Airport aviation stakeholders are target of aeronautical source but we will not take that as an excuse for
2020 out of the projected (MMA), Lagos. agitating for exemption from was N38, 988, 439, 354 and Nigerians to be exploited.
N69.5bn for the year. Meanwhile, the authority the remittance to meet the actual generation totaled The Managing Director of P&CHS, Mr.
The amount generated said it has remitted over infrastructural gaps with the N17, 823, 332,992 out of John Jenkins, while responding to the
represents 43.25 per cent of N2bn into the Consolidated nation’s airports following which N17, 610, 732, 478 is query, blamed the deplorable state of the
the target even as N28bn was Revenue Fund (CRF) during the COVID-19 impact and actual collection giving a ports access roads on the slow process of
the actual collection during the period. the near-collapse of revenue percentage performance of cargo evacuation at the terminal.
the period. Daily Trust reports that sources. 98.81 on revenue collected Jenkins said: “Yes, we can do more,
Managing Director of FAAN despite being a self- He said from the N27.9bn over generated,” he said. but not that we are not doing enough. I
don’t think we are under-performing, but
‘We’re stamping out corruption in business’ I agree we can do better.
“In the area of automation, we are
From Christiana T. Alabi, Lagos Africa. people begin to regard it as the norm. looking into this and very soon, we will
President of LCCI, Mrs. Toki She, therefore, noted that regional be bringing in IT experts to help look into
Participants of the Africa Business Ethics Mabogunje, lamented that corruption cooperation and development of this.”
Conference (ABEC) have said they are is one of the biggest developmental regionally agreed legal mechanisms to
working to stamp out in both the public challenges facing African economies, address the problems would be useful
and private spheres in Africa. noting that African economies cannot as well as international efforts to stop Crown Flour Mill unveils
The event held in Lagos and organised bear the increasing cost of corruption, large scale corruption in business
by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce which impedes socio-economic transactions. vitamin premix facility
and Industry (LCCI) in partnership with development and minimises the Mr. Andrew Wilson, the Executive
the Centre for International Private capacity of African governments to lift Director of CIPE also mentioned that From Risikat Ramoni, Lagos
Enterprise (CIPE). their citizens out of poverty and create integrity is the central pillar of society,
It is to promote conversations opportunities for the low-income noting that due to corruption, Nigeria Crown Flour Mill Limited, a subsidiary
regarding the practical solutions to segment of the society. businesses suffer losses. of Olam Group said it is committed to
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90% food fortification compliance target
set at the penultimate edition of the
‘Poor knowledge, trust affecting free trade’ NESG commends Shell, others for Nigerian Food Processing and Nutrition
Leadership Forum.
From Sunday Michael Ogwu, Lagos enforcement culture of arbitral
awards, the Conference, supporting #NES26 The food manufacturer made this
The dearth of knowledge and therefore, recommends By Francis Arinze Iloani reputable organisations known at the 3rd annual gathering of
trust deficit, are part of the “Continuous training of judges such as Giving.ng, Banwo the top players in the food industry in
hindrances to the success of and legal practitioners to be Nigerian Economic Ighodalo & Co, Shell, the country which was held virtually
African Continental Free Trade familiar with arbitration rules Summit Group (NESG) Flour Mills of Nigeria, recently.
Area Agreement, AfCFTA. and the importance of ADR has commended, a crowd- Nestle Plc, among others. Speaking at the forum on the firm’s
This was contained in a as a social and economic funding platform, Giving. Explaining the rationale commitment to participate in the
communiqué jointly signed infrastructure. ng, Shell, Flour Mills and behind the theme, Micronutrient Fortification Index (MFI),
at the end of the first 2-Day It said that with the AfCFTA Nestle for supporting “Building Partnerships for Managing Director, Crown Flour Mill
Conference Chartered Institute starting soon, African and the recently concluded Resilience,” Mr Jaiyeola Limited, Mr Ashish Pande, said, “Crown
of Arbitrators (CIArb), by the indeed Nigerian practitioners’ Nigeria Economic noted that “There is a Flour Mills has established a state-of-the-
Nigerian Branch Chairman, potentials of gaining global Summit (#NES26). need to come together art vitamin premix facility in Nigeria with
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2020 Conference Organising achieved by expanding the between 23rd and 24th the economy. Neither the nonprofit TechnoServe, under the
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The conference was attended their knowledge base and and public sectors Olapeju Ibekwe, the “The goal is to prepare vitamin premix
virtually by nearly 2000 services beyond Nigeria and the discussing how strategic Chief Executive Officer of according to the regulatory requirement
registered participants. African context. partnerships can be Sterling One Foundation, of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria
The 55 member states It was observed by the used as a tool to achieve owner of Giving.Ng, in (SON) and to supply Crown Flour plants
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Agreement on March 21, 2028, for African states to refocus the Officer of NESG, Mr. Laoye supported the event. miller in Nigeria.”
to create a single continent-wide arbitration global framework by Jaiyeola lauded sponsors “We decided to join It said it aims to improve food
market for goods and services removing structures that project for their support. hands together with NESG fortification levels of staple foods.
and to promote the movement a neo-colonial bias, focusing on He said the NESG to mobilise available “Providing access to nutrition which
of capital and persons among capacity building in terms of our looks forward to more resources to ensure the enables Nigerians to live healthy and
member states. negotiating power and capacity engaging and rewarding speedy recovery of the productive lives, therefore sits at the core
To improve the pro- of our arbitration practitioners.” partnerships with economy,” she said. of our purpose as a business.”
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REA energised Plateau Coca-Cola pledges N19m to relief platform
to the underserved in communities. impacted by the pandemic, while
community with 234KW By Simon Echewofun Sunday
The Public
Communications & Sustainability
Affairs, leveraging our robust distribution
network.”
Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and its
solar grid bottling partner Nigerian Bottling
Company Limited (NBC) has
Manager, Coca-Cola
Limited, Nwamaka Onyemelukwe,
Nigeria Mr Kola Masha, Managing
Director of Babban Gona, the Lead
From Dickson S. Adama, Jos The Managing pledged N19 million to GiveFood.ng, explained that the organization will Coalition Partner for GiveFood.ng,
Director/ CEO of REA, an emergency food relief platform, be providing monetary support to said: “There is an urgent need to help

T
he Rural Ahmad Salihijo, said to feed vulnerable families in its host the initiative, leveraging the vast our neighbours in dire need at this
Electr ification the facility will provide communities. distribution network built by Give time.
Agency (REA) clean, safe, affordable Coca-Cola had endorsed the food.ng to ensure this food relief “The economic downturn
has energised a 234 and reliable electricity platform in May 2020, with the reaches those in need. caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
kilowatts (KW) solar for the community platform providing over 200,000 “The current economic climate has brought to the fore the strife
hybrid mini-grid power members. meals to Nigerians, a statement said. presents a level of hardship for many of individuals, families, and
plant at Shimankar He said the use The initiative comprises a coalition Nigerians who struggle to make a communities across the nation.”
Community in of clean energy of partners focused on reaching the living. Through this donation, we The platform has over 100 food
Shendam LGA, Plateau technologies in the quest most vulnerable people with a target believe the platform will be able collection points in partnership with
State. to provide electricity of providing over one million meals to feed over a million Nigerians various supermarket chains.
The agency said is an added advantage
to rural communities,
the projects are being
financed under the adding that the Ibrahim bows out of Buhari reinstates former
federal government’s
Nigerian Electrification
Project (NEP) with commitment to meeting NDIC after 10yrs Niger Delta PHCN GM
funding from the its developmental goals By Chris Agabi Aghatise Erediauwa By Olayemi John-Mensah & Aisha Mustapha stated in the
World Bank ($350 is also by providing exited the service. Yahaya letter that with a reference
million) and the African electricity access for all. Mr. Ibrahim Umar, the Ibrahim was first No SGF.50/S/4/II/621 and
Development Bank The Managing Managing Director/ appointed as MD/ President Muhammadu dated November 18, 2020,
($200m). Director, Green Energy Chief Executive, of CE in 2010. His tenure Buhari has reinstated the that President Buhari has
Speaking during the Village (GVE), Ifeanyi the Nigeria Deposit was subsequently General Manager, Niger approved her reinstatement
project commissioning, Orajaka, said the firm Insurance Corporation renewed by President Delta Power Holding as General Manager (Audit
Governor Simon Lalong got a grant from REA (NDIC), on Tuesday Muhammadu Buhari in Company of (NDPHC) & Compliance), Niger Delta
of Plateau State said the for the project with bowed out of office after January 2016, along with Nigeria, Mrs. Maryam Power Holding Company
people have been used installed capacity of 10 years in office. that of Prince Erediauwa, Danna, after four years of Limited with effect from
to using generators, 234kwp. He had served two at the conclusion of their wrongful retirement. 10th November 2020.
candles, kerosene lamps He also said 1,972 terms of five years each first term in office. Mrs. Danna was illegally “Consequently, the letter
and other unsafe energy households, 273 at the helm of NDIC. It noted that under retired in 2016 by the of your disengagement Rf.
sources. commercial users, A statement released Ibrahim’s leadership, Federal Government but NoSGF.55/S.4/52 dated
He stressed that with five productive users by the Director, the NDIC experienced her letter of reinstatement 10th June 2016 has been set
clean energy sources, and 19 public users Communication t r e m e n d o u s signed by the Secretary aside,” it read.
such as this solar in the community and Public Affairs transformation to the Government of the Mrs. Danna, who spoke
mini-grid, the health are being provided Department, Bashir towards the robust Federation, Boss Mustapha, with the press during
and environmental with uninterrupted Nuhu, indicated that implementation of its stated that the previous a Walima to mark her
wellbeing of our people electricity from the the Executive Director mandate and public letter of her disengagement reinstatement, said she now
will be safeguarded. mini-grid. (Operations), Prince policy objectives. has been set aside. has confidence in Nigeria.

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NEWS
Senate urges NNPC to ...Considers bill to help banks recover bad loans
to recover past and due obligations bank credit and recovery system
patronise local ship owners in By Abdullateef Salau without recourse to the borrower, that will effectively fasten the pace
The Senate, yesterday, passed for provide penalties for breaches of growth in the financial sector.
shipping petroleum products a second reading, a bill seeking and violations of obligations, “Lest we forget, before the
to establish a unified scheme for and enhance loan recovery in the deregulation of our banking
By Abdullateef Salau million revenue annually
a sound financial system that banking sector. system, the ability of our banks to
to overwhelming
will facilitate and improve credit Senator Musa while leading recover loans has been the bedrock
The Senate yesterday patronage of foreign
repayment culture by empowering the debate on the Bill at plenary behind the collapse of many
urged the Nigerian shipping firms in the
Creditor Banks to track loan presided by the deputy Senate commercial banks,” he said.
National Petroleum shipment of petroleum
defaulters’ accounts in any Bank in President, Ovie Omo-Agege, he The bill was thereafter referred
Corporation (NNPC) to products.
Nigeria through Bank Verification said the legislation has become to the Senate Committee on
patronize indigenous The lawmaker said
Number (BVN). necessary because credit is seen as Banking, Insurance and other
shipping firms in there was also the need
The proposed legislation, the lifewire of the banking business Financial Institutions for further
the transportation of to build capacities of
according to its sponsor, Senator and the situation of Nigeria today legislative works to report back in
petroleum products. indigenous shipping
Sani Musa (APC, Niger), would help demands an injection of a healthy four weeks.
The Chairman, Senate companies.
Committee on Local
Content, Senator Teslim
“We understand that
they don’t have enough Entrepreneurship: SMEDAN trains 1143 youth in Borno, Katsina, others
Folarin, gave the advice vessels, they don’t have By Francis Arinze Iloani and vocational components Ibom, Benue, Kano and Osun
at a meeting with the capacity and capacity of the National Business Skills states for the training in Personal
NNPC management and cannot come from The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Initiative (NBSDI). and Business Vision, Business
Ship Owners Association heaven. The GMD (of Development Agency of Nigeria A statement from the Corporate Plan, Identification of Business
of Nigeria in Abuja. NNPC) here has capacity (SMEDAN) has announced the Affairs Unit of the Agency Opportunities, Selling and
He expressed concern to help build the capacity training of 1143 young people in revealed that 127 young people Marketing Strategies, Accessing
over the report that (of local ship owners),” Borno, Katsina and seven other will be drawn from Imo, Borno, Business Finance, Customer Care
Nigeria loses over $120 he said. states under the entrepreneurship Katsina, Delta, Enugu, Akwa and Legal Regulatory Issues.
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26 DIGEST
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5. Mythical trio
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cousin grandma Firoza Begum in July 2019, in a bid to hide
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was spending his time at a local shopping mall, gym and
playing video games at the family home, Malaysia’s The
Star reported. He texted friends saying he had been
“planning this for three years” and that while he was a
“pathetic coward subhuman” his “shaking has stopped”,
a court heard. He pleaded guilty to the second-degree
murder of his mum and first-degree murders of his
grandma, sister and dad. An agreed statements of facts
states that he had slit their throats and then “sat around
playing video games and napping” as he waited for his
sister and dad to return home from work. Prosecutor
Kevin Stewart told the court: “These were horrible,
monstrous, brutal killings. They took place in the family
home.

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ASOCHRONICLE PUBLICATION
FCT
NASARAWA

VOL. 1, NO 107

Inside Kwali sesame market

By Abubakar Sadiq Isah harvest starts from the end of engaged the services of and sponsoring his children in which had over 150 members,
October. labourers in her 15-hectare school. conveyed the seed in trailers to

U
nlike the Kwali Main
Market which holds
every four days, the
sesame seed market holds
daily with influx of people,
especially sesame farmers
who bring the produce to sell
to customers who are always
on ground to buy.
Aso Chronicle gathered
that 70 per cent of sesame
farmers are women due to its
“easy” cultivation and harvest
process.
The planting of sesame,
popularly called beniseed,
mostly takes place between
September and October when
the rains are subsiding, and its
It was also gathered that it is
at the peak of the harvest that
its farmers smile to the bank
after selling the crop.
Mrs. Asibi Adamu, a
sesame farmer, who brought
a large quantity of the seed
to the market in Kwali, while
speaking with our reporter,
said she had been into sesame
farming for over 15 years.
Mrs. Adamu who said she
achieved a lot from sesame
cultivation, explained that she
built her personal house and
purchased two pick-up vans
through the venture.
Mrs. Adamu, a Kwali
resident, said she always
farm.
She said, “I think the major
challenge of sesame farming
is that if you are not the lucky
type, thieves will invade your
farm at night and harvest the
crop because there is a lot of
money in it.”
She explained that a big bag
of sesame was sold for between
N60,000 and N80,000.
Another sesame farmer
at the Kwali market, Samuel
Bizhiri, from Paiko community
in Gwagwalada Area Council,
said he had been into sesame
farming for many years and
that he had achieved a lot,
especially building a house
Bizhiri said, “To God be
glory for the harvest of sesame
this year, even though the
price is down compared
with that of last year. I sold
a bag of sesame at N120,000
last year, but this year it was
sold at between N60,000 and
N70,000.”
Speaking to our reporter,
the Vice Chairman of the
FCT chapter of Sesame Seed
Traders Association of Nigeria
(SSTAN), Alhaji Abdulyakeen
Hassan, said members of the
association were responsible
for buying the seed from
farmers.
Alhaji Hassan said SSTAN
industries across the country,
but that lack of government
support had been a major
challenge.
According to him, the Kwali
sesame market had been
existing for 10 years, and that
it was one of the organised
markets of the crop after
Dawanau Sesame Market in
Kano State.
He explained that over 150
trailers came to the market
every harvest season to load
sesame to the far North and
industries across the country.
He further said, “Most of the
people that control the sesame
business are foreigners.”

Public health professionals

working on post-COVID-19
reform — Society
By Ojoma Akor

The Society for Public Health

 Labourers loading sesame into a trailer at the Sesame Market in Kwali yesterday.
ALGON empowers less privileged in Nasarawa
From Ibraheem Hamza Muhammad, Lafia
The Association of All Local
Governments of Nigeria
(ALGON) in Nasarawa State
has empowerment less
privileged people in the
state.
Governor Abdullahi Sule,
at the event, said the state
government would continue
to empower people towards
2nd phase of measles immunisation launched in Nasarawa
From Ibraheem Hamza Muhammad, Lafia
Governor Abdullahi Sule
of Nasarawa State has
launched the second phase
of measles immunisation
with the aim to reduce the
prevalence of the disease in
children under the age of
five.
Gov. Sule flagged off
the exercise at Kana/
Apau in Kokona Local
Government Area and
commissioned an ultra-
being self-reliant through
skills as part of measures to
tackle poverty and hunger.
The governor who
was represented by the
Commissioner for Local
Government, Community
Development and
Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji
Yusuf Turaki, said, “The
fight against crime and
criminality can be achieved
modern primary healthcare
facility constructed through
the Save One Million Lives
initiative, supported by
the World Bank, aimed at
strengthening the capacity,
as well as improving
the provision of quality
healthcare in the state.
While launching the
second dose of the measles
immunisation, Gov. Sule said
the exercise was meant to
address inadequacies from
the first dose of the measles
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if collective effort is made
to engage the youths in
worthwhile ventures.”
The state’s Chairman of
ALGON and Chairman of
Lafia Local Government
Area, Alhaji Mu’azu Maifata,
said the empowerment
equipment were procured
in collaboration with an
NGO, Oma Life Rescue
Foundation (OLRF).
vaccine towards conferring
optimal protection against
the disease for children in
their second year.
The governor commended
the National Primary
Health Care Development
Agency (NPHCDA), the
state Ministry of Health,
the Nasarawa State Primary
Healthcare Development
Agency (NSPHDA),
Nasarawa State Emergency
Routine Maintenance,
Routine Immunisation
Alhaji Maifata said, “The
target beneficiaries of the
facilities are people with
disabilities, women, the
aged and youths who do
not have any means of
livelihood.”
Items including sewing,
knitting, vulcanising
and grinding machines,
generators and motorcycles
were distributed.
Coordination Centre and
all development partners
for their continued
support, commitment
and collaboration towards
strengthening routine
maintenance and other
services.
Highlight of the event
was the donation of an
ambulance by the family
of Alhaji Abubakar Kana to
the newly commissioned
primary healthcare facility
in Kana/Apau.
Professionals of Nigeria (SPHPN) is
working on a post-COVID-19 health
sector reform in the country through
public health education and care of
COVID-19 infected persons.
The President of SPHPN, Michael
C. Asuzu, who retired recently, stated
this yesterday when he was honoured
by the society and the association of
health experts in Abuja.
C. Asuzu said the organisation was
working on a stronger collaboration
with the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC), the Federal Ministry
of Health and state governments.
He further said the society was
very hopeful that in no distant time
the country would stem the tide of
COVID-19 transmission.
Asuzu, who is a professor of
disciplinary public health and
community medicine at the University
of Ibadan (UI), said public health was
an enterprise and that everyone could
join and contribute to the common
good of all.
Dr. Mohammad Kawu, FCT acting
Secretary of Health and Human
Services, said Prof. Asuzu had been
a beacon of advancement for public
health and society at large and
deserved honour and praise.
Prof Clara Ejembi, first female
consultant physician in northern
Nigeria, said Asuzu had traversed
Nigeria and bred many health
physicians, adding that SPHPN was
the handiwork of Asuzu, a doyen and
colossus in public health.
SPHPN was established in 2011 as an
umbrella association for public health
oriented associations and individuals
and has the primary responsibility
to strengthen primary health care in
Nigeria, prevent diseases, promote
and sustain healthy living, community
engagement and rehabilitation.

Man who sodomised
CRIME
7-year-old boy gets bail
From Habibu Umar Aminu, Kano
A
47-year-old man,
Abdurazak Abubakar,
accused of sodomising
a seven-year-old boy was
yesterday granted bail by a
high court in Kano after two
years in a correctional facility.
The case was first
mentioned at a magistrate
court in Gwammaja in Dala
LGA in 2018, but suffered
several setbacks over time.
Abubakar of Layin Gidan
Kara, Bachirawa quarters in
Dala LGA, was said to have on
02/12/2018 lured the boy into
his provision store where he
sodomised him.
The victim’s father had
on the same date reported
the matter to the police at
Bachirawa station, leading
to the arrest and subsequent
arraignment of the accused
in court.
The action of the accused,
according to the police first
information report (FIR)
deposited at the magistrate
court, was an offence and
contrary to Section 284 of the
Anambra police arrest
suspected armed robber
From Titus Eleweke, Awka
The Anambra State Police
Command has arrested a
man suspected to be among
the notorious armed robbers
terrorising Nnewi axis and
environs. He was nabbed
with an English made Beretta
pistol, Daily Trust gathered.
The suspect, Mr Chiemezie
Kenneth Aligu, aged 24, hails
from Ebonyi State.
The State Police Command
spokesman, SP Haruna
Mohammed, in a statement
said on 7/12/2020 at about 9
am, there was a distress call
that a suspected armed robber
had snatched a Honda CUB50
at Okpuno Otolo in Nnewi
North Local Government Area
of Anambra State.
He said following the
distress call, police operatives
attached to Nnewi Area
Command and Otolo
Division, in conjunction with
Egbumuenem vigilante group
Otolo, mobilised to the scene
and arrested the suspect.
The police spokesman
disclosed that one English
made Beretta pistol with
breech number 941396, one
motorcycle and two assorted
phones were recovered from
the suspect.
However, he said the
suspect was beaten to a
penal court.
Counsel to the accused,
Barr. Hafsat Sani Kabara, said
the case was moved to the
high court following lack of
jurisdiction of the magistrate
court to grant bail on capital
offences, rape and unnatural
offences.
She said, “The case was
first mentioned there; where
we applied for the records
of proceedings and FIR to
enable us apply for his bail,”
adding that “for the past two
years the accused has been in
custody.
“The then judge has been
indisposed having travelled
out for medical treatment. We
applied for redirection and it
was redirected to High court
1, we then applied for his bail
and was graciously granted at
the first sitting”.
The presiding judge, Justice
Nura Sagir Umar, granted bail
to the accused in the sum of
N200,000 with two sureties
in like sum with one having
landed property in the area
and the other to swear to an
affidavit.
stupor by a mob before he
was rescued by the police and
taken to the hospital.
In a related development,
on 7/12/2020, a police patrol
team attached to Aguata
Division received a distress
call that two men went to a
filling station to refuel an ash-
coloured Highlander Jeep but
they refused to pay for the fuel
and threatened to shoot the
attendant.
The suspects, on sighting
the police patrol team, fired
a shot and tried to escape,
but were forced to abandon
the jeep which was suspected
to have been snatched at
gunpoint, he said.
“The vehicle was recovered
and after a search, a plate
number - KTU-314-EV - was
found inside the vehicle.
Investigation is ongoing and
effort is being intensified
to apprehend the fleeing
suspects to bring them to
justice.
“In view of the foregoing,
you are kindly requested to
disseminate this message
through your medium to
enable the owner of the
stolen jeep to come and
claim his vehicle at Aguata
Division or contact the
PPRO Anambra State Police
Command through GSM no
08060970639,” he stated.
$140,000 fraud: EFCC urges court to dismiss
Atiku son-in-law’s no case submission
From Adelanwa Bamgboye, Lagos
The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC),
on Monday, urged Justice
Chukwujekwu Aneke of the
Federal High Court sitting in
Ikoyi, Lagos to dismiss the
no-case submission filed by
Abdullahi Babalele, a son-in-
law to former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar.
Babalele was re-arraigned
on October 8, 2019, on a
two-count charge bordering
on money laundering to the
tune of $140,000.
One of the counts reads:
“That you, Abdullahi
Babalele, on or about
the 20th day of February
2019 in Nigeria, within
the jurisdiction of this
honourable court, procured
Basir Mohammed to
make a cash payment of
the sum of $140,000 (one
hundred and forty thousand
United States dollars)
without going through a
financial institution. The
3 men face trial over assault on police officer
Three men, Aderemi Adegoke,
Adekunle Adegoke and Rasaq
Okemakinde, who allegedly
beat-up a policeman to avert
arrest, on Tuesday appeared
before an Ikeja Chief
Magistrate Court.
Adegoke, 59; Adegoke, 22
and Okemakinde, 30, are
facing a six-count-charge
bordering on conspiracy,
breach of peace, wilful
damage and assault.
They, however, pleaded not
guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, ASP Akeem
Raji, told the court that
the defendants committed
the offences on Oct. 16 at
4 pm at No. 21 Bajomo St.,
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sum exceeded the amount
authorized by the law and
you thereby committed
an offence contrary to
Section 18(C) of the Money
Laundering (Prohibition)
Act, 2011 as amended and
punishable under Section
16(2)(b) of the same Act.”
He pleaded not guilty to
the charge preferred against
him.
The prosecution, before
closing its case against the
defendant on November
25, 2020, had called two
witnesses and tendered
several documents that were
admitted in evidence by the
court in the course of the
trial.
At the resumed sitting
yesterday, counsel to the
defendant, Mike Ozekhome,
SAN, brought a no-case
submission, dated November
27, 2020, urging the court to
hold that the defendant “has
no case to answer at all to
be called upon to enter any
defence in the case.”
Ahmadiyya, Ikeja.
Raji said the defendants
assaulted ASP Olumide
Oshipoye while he was
discharging his lawful duties.
He also said they damaged
a Tecno phone worth
N42,000 and carried an
Elepaq generator, belonging
to Mr David Odimba over an
undisclosed argument they
had.
“Odimba reported the
defendants to the police,
but they resisted arrest and
assaulted a police officer.
“The defendants
prevented the ASP and three
other police officers from
discharging their duties,” the
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Maduabuchi, after he was
sentenced to two years
imprisonment by Justice
I.N. Buba of the Federal
High Court in Enugu, for
impersonating one
Michael Scott, an
American citizen on his
Whatsapp account and
Thai Friendly
Application, with intent to
obtain money
from unsuspecting Asian
women. He was however
given a fine option of
N200,000
Photo: EFCC
Ozekhome, in the
application, also argued that
the prosecution had not lent
any credible evidence in
support of the counts in the
charge preferred against his
client.
He, therefore, prayed
the court to hold that “no
prima facie case has been
established in any way
or manner against the
defendant” and urged the
court to discharge him as
prayed.
However, the prosecution
counsel, U.U. Buhari, in his
response, urged the court to
dismiss the defendant’s no-
case submission.
Buhari submitted that the
prosecution had been able
to link the defendant to the
offence and, therefore, “has a
case to answer.”
Justice Aneke, after
listening to both parties,
adjourned till December
21, 2020 for ruling on
the defendant’s no-case
submission.
prosecutor said.
Raji said the offences
contravened sections 117,
168, 172,173, 350 and 411 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos,
2015. The section stipulates
three years imprisonment for
conspiracy.
The chief magistrate, Mrs
O. I. Adelaja, granted the
defendants bail in the sum
of N100,000 each with two
sureties in like sum.
Adelaja ordered that the
sureties must be gainfully
employed and show evidence
of two years’ tax payment to
the Lagos State government.
She adjourned the case to
Dec. 16 for mention. (NAN)
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Kaduna vigilante receives vehicle,
communication gadgets
From Ahmed Ali, Kafanchan
A
s part of effort to
assist in curbing
insecurity in parts
of Southern Kaduna, the
Amaje Foundation, an NGO,
has donated a vehicle and
communication gadgets to
Insecurity, poverty worry Kaduna bishop
From Maryam Ahmadu-Suka, Kaduna
The Catholic Archbishop
of Kaduna, Most Reverend
Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso,
has expressed concern over
what he described as “alarming
rate of insecurity and poverty
in the country”, stressing that
the menace of banditry and
kidnapping, especially in the
North, continues to pose a
grave threat to the corporate
existence of the country.
Speaking at the 2020 Kaduna
Archdiocesan Pastoral Council
meeting, Archbishop Ndagoso
noted that Nigerians had to
contend with socio-economic,
socio-religious and ethnic
conflicts, and that kidnapping,
herders/farmers clashes,
banditry and abject poverty
also posed a challenge.
Speaking on the security
challenges in Kaduna State, he
said: “The insecurity situation
last year reached a crisis
point with many people killed
and hundreds of homes and
Residents lament demolition of homes in Kaduna
From Mohammed Ibrahim Yaba,
Kaduna
Residents of the National
Eye Centre layout in Mando,
Kaduna, have lamented
over the demolition of their
houses by the Kaduna State
Urban Planning Development
Authority (KASUPDA)
under the instruction of the
management of the National
Eye Centre.
The residents claimed over 40
houses were demolished in the
last four days and feared that
more would be demolished in
the coming days.
The residents under the
auspices of Wajen Zama
Association, said contrary to
assumptions, they were not
illegal occupants as they bought
their lands from a private
developer named Interlands
Skills Limited which was duly
contracted by the management
of the hospital.
A representative of the
residents, Muhammed Kudu
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the Kaduna State Vigilante was intended to complement Yakubu Kanwai El-Buje, of the vigilante group, Rev.
Service in Kaura Local government’s effort in described the gesture as David Ajiat, thanked the
Government Area. fighting crime and expressed heart-warming and appealed foundation, describing the
Speaking at the presentation the hope that the vehicle and to well-to-do people to gesture as rare.
of the items at the Kaura the communication gadgets emulate the donors by He assured that they would
Council Secretariat, the Chief would be used for their assisting security agents in continue to render security
Executive Officer of Bamaje intended purpose. securing the area. services and urged the local
Foundation, Mathew Jerome Also speaking, the Local Responding on behalf of government to assist them in
Bature, said the donation Government Administrator, the service, the Commandant maintaining the vehicle.
property, especially in Kajuru
and Kachia local government
areas destroyed.
“Today our country, richly
endowed with both human
and material resources, is
occupying the unenviable
position of the world’s capital
of poverty due mainly to our
inability as a nation to harness
and manage our resources for
the common good.”
Archbishop Ndagoso
urged the church to be an
example to the government
in the prudent management
of scarce resources for the
common good and condoled
with communities affected  Vehicle donated to the Kaduna State Vigilante Service by Bamaje Foundation in Kaura LGA.
by communal clashes and
attacks.
He assured them of the
Traditional rulers in Jema’a LGA sue for peace
continued support and From Ahmed Ali, Kafanchan traditional title holders. and urged them to be good
solidarity of the church, while Col. Wyom urged his ambassadors of the chiefdom.
also encouraging priests to The Chief of Fadan Kagoma, subjects, especially farmers The Emir of Jama’a
continue to promote and Col. Paul Zakka Wyom (Rtd.), and herders, to embrace turbaned Bala Tanko as
foster not only ecumenical and the Emir of Jama’a, Alhaji peace while commending the Madakin Kiran Jama’a; Usman
and inter-religious dialogue Muhammad Isa Muhammad new ardos for their service Ibrahim as Wakilin Gabas of
but also inter-ethnic and inter- (CON), have tasked their and contribution to the Jama’a and Ibrahim Ahmadu
cultural relations. subjects to continue to live chiefdom. as Magayakin Jama’a.
in peace while calling on new Also Alh. Muhammad On his part, the Chief of
title holders in the area to join thanked the state government
for the commencement of
Kagoma turbaned Nuhu
Auta, ASP Tene Musa, Haruna
hands and work for peace.
Isa, said they had documents The traditional rulers the road construction in his Simon and James Bonet
to back their claim; that they made the call separately at emirate and other parts of the as village heads of Gigira,
did not purchase their lands their palaces in Kagoma and council, stressing that the Gyosagum, Mbabona and
illegally as portrayed by the Kafanchan respectively in existing peace had paved the Galadima respectively, while
hospital’s management and Jema’a Local Government way for the development. Mallam Sale Barau and
expressed their readiness to Area of Kaduna State during The Chairman of the Mallam Adamu Sule were
approach the courts to seek the turbaning of village council, Peter Danjma Averik, turbaned as Fulani ardos of
justice. heads, Fulani ardos and other congratulated the title holders Asso and Fadan Kagoma.
Isa said, “Today, the National
Eye Centre is portraying us as Group advocates better education, healthcare for nomads
illegal occupants, but we want
the public to know that we are From Mohammed Ibrahim Yaba, Educational Reorientation that they had so far successfully
not illegal occupants. Our major Kaduna among Pastoralist engaged several ardos and
complaint is that we bought our Communities”, described as herders to work together to
lands legally and the action of An NGO, Fulbe Development unfortunate that majority of assist the nomads.
the management is wrong and and Cultural Organisation nomads had been abandoned. He said 11 state chapters:
an infringement on the rights of (FUDECO), has advocated for She called on the government Sokoto, Borno, Plateau, Bauchi,
innocent Nigerians.” quality education and better at all levels to provide social Taraba, Kano, Nasarawa, Yobe,
Reacting to the issue, the healthcare system for nomadic amenities to them, adding that, Adamawa, Federal Capital
National Eye Centre, through children. “They need to be educated to Territory (FCT) and Kaduna,
its legal adviser, Ringi Dakun, The NGO said like any other be good citizens of this country. had been established to look
simply said there was no point person in the country, nomads Their children deserve quality into ways of promoting a
in time when the mandate of deserved to be treated with education, healthcare and other positive image for the Fulani
the hospital to Interlands Skills respect. social amenities, but as it is now, across the country.
Ltd included the selling of its The Chairman of FUDECO they have no voice.” According to him, FUDECO’s
land to anybody. in Kaduna State, Dr. Nafisa Also, the founding Chairman engagement with various
Our correspondent Dahiru Muhammad, while FUDECO, Prof. Sarli Sardou stakeholders such as political,
was unable to reach the speaking at the Annual General Nana, said the main focus of religious, academic and
management of Interlands Meeting of the group with the the group was to change the traditional leaders has been
Skills Ltd. theme: “Promoting Unity and fortunes of pastoralists, adding successful and is ongoing.
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CHRONICLE
Kano

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Agro-intervention: Women farmers

in Kano vow to increase production
By Ibrahim Musa Giginyu agricultural institutions have pesticides, granular fertilizer of the farmers had given- they have recorded a huge
provided interventions and as well as training on modern up hope in cultivating their increment in their farm

T
he impact of the initiatives to save the situation farming techniques were farms but with support from output.
COVID-19 pandemic in most of the affected areas. provided to the farmers the Sasakawa, they were able On his part, the Deputy
coupled with issues In Kano State, farmers in especially the women. to go back to the farm to work Country Director, SG2000, Dr
of insecurity and poor Bagwai Local Government Hajiya Maryam with ease. Abdulhamid Gambo said that
marketing strategies have Areas have received farming Muhammad Kiyawa is Another member of the his organisation intervened in
held back farming activities relief packages from the chairperson of Bagwai association, Malama Binta Kano as well as Gombe State
in some agricultural states in Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG Women Farmers Association Musa Bagwai, noted that the to cushion the heat through
Nigeria leading to a reduction 2000) to cushion the heat of and according to her, life was training they received from linking the farmers with the
in farmer’s productivity. the pandemic on the farmers. very tough for the farmers at SG2000 had accorded them market and also giving them
In response to these The interventions, which the wake of the COVID-19 the privileges of increasing improved seeds and other
impediments, several include improved seeds, pandemic, noting that most their farm’s production as farm inputs.

Graveyards exposure: Lawmaker

initiates erosion control project
By Zahraddeen Yakubu
Shuaibu
The lawmaker
representing Nassarawa
Federal Constituency in
Kano, Nasiru Ali Ahmad
has initiated a N700
million project to address
the problems of erosion
washing away graveyards
in his constituency.
Chronicle reports
that several graveyards
had been washed
away during the rainy
season this year thereby
exposing dead bodies.
The project was
officially flagged off on
Monday at the Tudun
Murtala Area of the state.
“It’s disheartening
seeing the severity
of damage caused by
erosion especially on
our properties and
graveyards, that is why
we need to intervene
urgently by all necessary
means,” Ali said while
promising to fast track
implementation of the
erosion containment
project in order to
achieve the needed goal
before the next rainy
season.
Dignitaries at the
project launching were
Alhaji Yahaya Bagobiri,
Mallam Ibrahim
Shekarau who was  Young girls having fun inside a mini river in Guri, Jigawa State. Photo Sani Maikatanga
represented by Surajo
Youth foundation trains 74 women on
Kaura Goje and Hon.
Rabiu Baba Nabegu.

734 traditional, religious leaders sign small scale business in Kibiya

commitment against gender violence By Zahraddeen Yakubu Shuaibu on different skills.
The women received training on
Also speaking, Alh Umar Usman
Kibiya, Sarkin Yakin Kibiya, said
out or weak participation At least, 74 women have been various entrepreneurial businesses the time for the youth to wait for
By Habibu Umar Aminu
of girls in schools, noting trained on small scale businesses such as bag, earring, sewing, and government employment had
that, “the initiative is by Yarima Youth Movement (YYM) many other trades. passed, adding that they should
No fewer than 734
yielding the desired result in Kibiya Local Government Area During the graduation be self-reliant and try to employ
selected traditional,
already”. of Kano State. ceremony of the students at Kibiya others.
religious and opinion
Earlier, Maulid Warfa According to the movement, town, the leader of the movement, At the end of the event, a
leaders have signed
of UNICEF’s Kano Field 100 forms of the entrepreneurial Abubakar Sadik UK Umar said foundation, Binta Ahmadu
commitments towards
Office said despite the year school were shared among women they embarked on the training Foundation, shared foodstuff to
ending school-related
2020 being a challenging and 74 of them who filled and to support youth to become five wards of the town as a palliative
gender violence in Kano.
one due to the COVID-19 returned the forms, were trained independent. to flood victims in the area.
The Director of
Planning, Research pandemic, some positive
and Statistics at the
state’s Qur’anic and
developments
recorded that includes
were COVID-19: Kano public school wins cash, educational support materials
Islamiyya School reaching out to students By Ibrahim Musa Giginyu intervention with support from been awarded cash ranging
Management Board through broadcast the Open Society Foundation. between N300,000 to N1million
(QISMB), Muhammad outlets and effective work Brahimawa Community Girls’ Speaking during the which would be disbursed in 3
Ibn Alhassan revealed towards addressing the School in Kano Municipal Local presentation of the cash and installments.
this while speaking at this pandemic with frontline Government Area has received educational materials to the In her address, the Principal
year’s UNICEF end-of-the workers. N100, 000 and several educational school, head of the dRPC team, of the school, Rabi’a Hamza
-year meeting. Warfa said huge materials worth N360, 000 as part Alhaji Abdulhamid Inuwa said Muhammed stressed that the
He said 217 of the success was recorded on of the development Research and that the award was aimed at centre’s support came at a good
signatories are females routine immunisation, Projects Centre (dRPC) direct supporting effective learning time when the intervention of
who are key actors in the noting that it was school support for activities processes as well as mitigating the general public was needed
crusade. disturbing to note the aimed at improving learning the negative impact of the global in ensuring an effective and
Alhassan added that state’s high indices on activities under the COVID-19 pandemic. efficient educational sector not
the initiative was to maternal mortality and period. Inuwa added that each of only in the state but the country
mitigate the risk of drop out of school children. The centre provided the the victorious schools had in general.

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Flood: Maroko evictees appeal to Sanwo-Olu

By Ibrahim Kegbegbe The residents of the observed that some residents residents in the area, appealed Haruna, said children are
estate are the evictees of the and traders were busy cleaning to the state governor, Babajide forced to stay at home during

T
he residents of Jakande
Housing Estate, Eti-
Osa, have appealed to
the Lagos State Government
for the provision of a good
drainage system to put an
end to the perennial flooding
within the area.
demolished town of Maroko
in 1990 during the regime of
General Ibrahim Badamosi
Babaginda as the Head of State
and Colonel Raji Rasak as the
governor of the state.
Our correspondent, who
visited the estate recently,
up leftover debris caused by Sanwo-Olu to come to their
the recent rain in the area. aid.
The chairman of the “We are appealing to the
Community Development state governor, Babajide
Association, (CDA), of the Sanwo-Olu, to come to our aid
estate, Mr. Sulaiman Kazeem, before the 2021 rainy season
who narrated some of the begins,” he said.
unpleasant experiences of A resident, Pastor Tunji
rainy season as a result of
flood.
“We have many problems
that need to be solved but
good roads and proper
drainage are very essential for
now,” noted the Chief Imam
Central

Lagos to review
Oba, Chiefs law
From Adelanwa Bamgboye, Lagos
The Lagos State Ministry
of Justice has begun a
stakeholders’ meeting on the
review of the Obas and Chiefs
of Lagos State Law, 2015.
The meeting, organised by
the Ministry’s Directorate of
Legislative Drafting, is seeking
to update the law to make it
responsive to current realities.
Emphasising the need
for the review, the Director,
Chieftaincy, Lagos State
Ministry of Local Government
and Community Affairs, Mr
Folami Lukman revealed that
there were no fewer than 93
monarchs – 65 of whom are
first class obas – and 10 empty
stools in Lagos State.
He said: “The law really
needs to be upgraded. They
should help us fast-track this
review. Everybody wants to
become Oba, chief. Even
those with red blood, that are
not bluebloods, they want
to become obas. Let us do
something and help our laws
and help save the state.
“The state’s size is not
increasing. As of today, we
have 93 Obas on ground;
about 10 stools that need to be
occupied.”
Director, Legislative
Drafting of the ministry
of Justice, Mrs Aderinsola
Olarenwaju, explained that the
ministry identified gaps in the
law and set up a committee,
which came up with a draft
containing proposals that
were presented at the meeting.
The interactive session
considered amending several
sections of the Law, including
Section 12, which provides that
amendment or replacement
of registered declaration is
permissible only once.
Centre wants speedy trial of cases of violence against women, children
From Bola Ojuola, Akure
Justice Development and
Peace Centre (JDPC) has
appealed to Ondo State House
of Assembly to review and
enact the Violence Against
Persons Prohibition (VAPP)
Bill to provide protection for
 Officials of Emergency Flood Abatement Gang (EFAG) evacuating refuse blocking
drainage system along Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway by Ikeja bus stop in Lagos.
December 8, 2020.
We won't tolerate second round of #EndSARS protest, says Ogun CP
From Peter Moses, Abeokuta
The Commissioner of Police in
Ogun State, Edward Ajogun says
no reasonable Nigerian would
revisit the #EndSARS protest
following wanton carnage that
greeted the nationwide protest
before it was suspended.
Ajogun while speaking
through the Command
Spokesperson, Abimbola
women.
JDPC also raised the alarm
over the increasing rate of
violence against women,
urging improved life-saving
services for women and girls.
The Centre also wants cases
of Gender-Based Violence to
be given a speedy trial.
Photo: Benedict Uwalaka.
Oyeyemi, warned against what
he termed EndSARS Phase II,
stressing that the command
would not tolerate the second
round of the protest in the state.
His position followed the
reported plans to resume
protest against police brutality
He said, "except for those who
see trouble making as a lucrative
business, no reasonable person
after the massive destruction
It also noted that Ondo
State was the only state in the
South-West yet to domesticate
the Violence Against Persons
Prohibition (VAPP) Act in the
region.
The JDPC Programme
Officer, Mr. Austin Ogunleye,
said this in Akure during the
of properties and loss of lives
occasioned by the recent
#EndSARS protest would again
be contemplating another
violent protest so soon”.
He, however, urged members
of the public and youths not to
allow themselves to be used for
any act capable of undermining
the peace of the state "as
such will be viewed with all
seriousness."
16-day of activism against
gender-based violence.
Ogunleye also said there is
a need for security agencies in
the state to do more in terms of
prosecuting cases of gender-
based violence, adding that the
state needs their patriotism in
fighting the social menace.
Court ejects
man over failure
to pay bills
From Jeremiah Oke Ibadan
A customary court sitting in
Mapo, Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital on Tuesday ordered a
tricyclist, Sadiq Kamorudeen
to quit a room he rented from
his landlord, Ajibola Balaro
at Omikunle Compound,
Ilupeju, Ibadan.
Eko Trust reports that the
petitioner, Ajibola had told
the court that Kamorudeen
who moved into his house
in 2018, arrested him and
instructed the police to detain
him till the following day, due
to an argument that ensued
between them.
He further told the court
that Kamorudeen and his
friends had turned his house
into a shrine where they
deposited sacrifices at will.
According to him, his
tenant had stopped paying for
electricity supply and security
in the house.
Reacting to the allegations,
Kamorudeen said it was true
he took the man to the police
station because he forcefully
disconnected his electricity.
The president of the court,
Chief Odunade Ademola
ordered the defendant to pay
all the outstanding debts and
leave the house on or before
December 15.

Balkis Agboola and Deaconess Adeboye Adejare, also donated to cash

Widows get bags of rice, cash in Osun
From Hameed Oyegbade, Osogbo
Some poor widows in Iresi town, Osun
State have received bags of rice and
cash as part of support to cushion
the hardship occasioned by the
coronavirus pandemic.
The beneficiaries said the palliative
distributed by the state government
during the lockdown imposed to curb
the spread of COVID-19 did not reach
them.
The Iya Sunna (leader of Muslim
women) in the community, Alhaja
Rebecca Oguntomi who spoke on
behalf of Christian women in the
community expressed gratitude to the
donor for the gesture.
The founder of African Diabetes
Education Program (ADEP), Mrs.
Adekemi Adejare made the food
donation while her husband, Prof.
to the widows
She said “I grew up in this
community and I’m very passionate
about the people here. We are using
the Non-governmental organisation,
African Diabetes Education Program
(ADEP) to help these widows in this
community.”

General Editor: Yusuf Zango. Regional Editor: Abiodun Alade, Correspondents: Nurudeen Oyewole, Eugene Agha, Sunday Michael Ogwu and Abdullateef Aliyu, Photo Journalists: Benedict Uwalaka, Page Designer:Umar Muhsin Ciroma
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PUBLICATION
Banditry: Fulani youths take to carwash in Sokoto
From Abubakar Auwal, Sokoto
W
orried by the activities
of bandits in their
various communities
some Fulani youths have now
flooded the state capital, Sokoto,
doing menial jobs.
Caliphate Trust reports
that many of them have now
taken to washing cars at public
places such as the state’s Shehu
Kangiwa Secretariat.
One of them, Nasir
Muhammad, said he now
makes a living from washing
cars, adding that he and his
friends visit public places where
NDE disburses
MEE loans to
1,600 women,
youths in Kebbi
The National Directorate of
Employment (NDE) in Kebbi
has disbursed the Micro
Enterprises Enhancement
Loans (MEEL) to 1,600
women and youths in Yauri
and Zuru Local Government
Areas of Kebbi.
The Director-General of
the agency, Dr Nasiru Ladan-
Argungu, while disbursing
the loans to beneficiaries
in Yauri LGA on Monday,
said the loans were part of
the directorate’s statutory
function to generate jobs
through skill acquisition and
entrepreneurship.
“The loans disbursed to the
women and youths in Yauri
and Zuru local government
areas are to enable them to
revive their small businesses
that were affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is the statutory mandate
of the NDE to disburse loans
to unemployed persons in
order for them to start up
businesses with their skills
and become self-reliant, as
well as become productive
members of the society,” he
explained.
The director-general,
who was represented by
Kebbi State Coordinator,
Alhaji Abdullahi Danjuma-
Machika, advised the
beneficiaries to use the
loans judiciously to assist
themselves, family members
and their communities at
large.
Some of the beneficiaries
thanked the NDE for finding
them worthy to benefit from
the loans.
They promised judicious
use of the loans to commence
repayment in time to allow
others to benefit from the
scheme. (NAN)
TEAM: General Editor: Yusuf Zango. Caliphate Trust team: Abubakar Auwal (Sokoto), Aliyu Hamagam (Kebbi), Shehu Umar (Zamfara) Page Designer: Musa Yusuf
people parked their vehicles
and wash them.
Muhammad said he had just
started the business when he
saw others engaged in it.
“I only wash one or two cars
in a day and get N300 to N400
which is sufficient for my daily
needs,” he said.
Muhammad, who hails from
Tangaza Local Government
Area, which is most affected
by the activities of the bandits,
said he was forced to leave his
village.
He said he abandoned cattle
rearing because it was no longer
safe because of the activities of
500 students trained on Gender Based Violence in Kebbi
From Aliyu M. Hamagam, Birnin Kebbi
About 500 secondary schools
students comprising boys
and girls received training on
Gender Based Violence (GBV)
at a three-day programme
organised by Women At Risk
International Foundation
(WARIF) in collaboration
with Kebbi State Ministry of
Education.
The training, which took
place in Jega and Kamba, drew
participants from 11 secondary
schools across the state.
APGA set for Dec 9, supplementary election in Zamfara
The All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA) has expressed
readiness for the Dec. 9,
supplementary election for the
Bakura State constituency seat
in Zamfara.
Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, the state
spokesman for the party, said
this at a news conference in
Gusau on Tuesday.
The Independent National
Electoral Commission
(INEC) had declared the Dec.
5, by-election in the state
as inconclusive following
cancellation of results in 14
polling units due to over voting.
bandits.
“I used to do it for others
because I didn’t have my own
cattle but I cannot continue to
risk my life for the little money
they were giving me.
Ibrahim Haruna, another
Fulani man engaged in car wash
said he was getting substantial
return from the business.
He said he washed up to
10 cars in a day, which was
sufficient to feed and save from.
According to him, he decided
to run a carwash business
because he hated begging.
“This is what I have been
doing to earn a living. I don’t
At the training, they were
taught how to be a protector
but not a perpetrator as well
as speak out on gender based
violence.
Also as part of effort to
bring GBV under check, Boys
Conversation Cafe (BCC), was
rolled out under which the boys
are trained as role model for
GBV campaign.
Participants are expected
to cascade the training to
their individual communities
with a view to promoting the
campaign against gender
INEC also fixed Wednesday,
Dec. 9, for supplementary
election in the 14 polling units
that were cancelled.
Shinkafi said APGA was
among the 11 political parties
that agreed to take part in the
election.
“INEC invited us for a
meeting yesterday and all
the 14 political parties that
participated in the election
attended the meeting.
“Out of the 14 political
parties, 11 agreed with the
decision of INEC to hold the
election tomorrow, Wednesday,
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Kebbi
want to beg to eat.
“I can make like N2000 a day
because I have been coming
here for long and have many
customers,” he said.
Haruna, who said he has
never attended conventional
school, however, declared his
interest to pursue western
education.
“I even talked with one of
my customers. The owner of
this car that I am washing, and
he promised to enrol me. I am
still waiting for him to fulfil his
promise,” he said.
He expressed concern over
the activities of bandits whom
violence.
The Project Manager of
WARIF, Mr. Adeyemi Asaba,
told the participants to be good
ambassadors of GBV campaign
as the training was meant
to inculcate in them how to
become better parents.
He urged the boys to be
protectors of Gender Based
Violence by using their
muscularity.
The Executive Secretary
of Secondary Schools
Management Board, Nana
Asma’u Alkali, said the girl child
and APGA is among them.
“We agreed with INEC
decision to conduct the election
and finish it so as to douse the
political tension in the state.
“We all know that Saturday’s
election was faced with
serious security challenges
such as thuggery, election box
snatching and others,” he said.
He added: “There was
serious violence, during the
poll; we never experienced
such situation in the history of
the state.
“We know the security
situation in the state; extending
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he said were misguided.
He appealed to them, to desist
from perpetrating criminal
acts because it was against the
tradition, religion and humanity.
Yusuf Gandi, who works at the
secretariat said they were used
to some of them and had so far
no problem with their activities.
“They are doing this business
to earn a living. I know some of
them who now own shops in
the Sokoto Central market and
they are doing well.’’
Caliphate Trust reports that
the youths are highly patronised
because they charge as low as
N150 per car.
 Nasir Muhammad
would continue to live in pain
inasmuch as she did not speak
out when sexually abused.
She urged mothers to also
muster courage and speak out
whenever their daughters fell
victim of sexual molestation as
that is the only way to check the
ugly trend.
She called on the students to
establish Gender BasedViolence
clubs in their respective schools
saying, through such clubs the
campaign would be dominant
not only in schools but in the
larger society.
the election could be a big
threat to security.
“As a political party, we don’t
want to create situations that
will lead to security breach in
the state,” Shinkafi said.
However, some of the political
parties that participated in the
Dec. 5, election have rejected
the decision to conduct the
supplementary election on
Dec. 9.
The All Progressives Congress
(APC) and Action Peoples Party
(APP) who were among the
parties urged INEC to shift the
election by two weeks. (NAN)

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EVERYDAY TECHNOLOGY OGY
With Prof. Foluso Ladeinde
State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA
foluso.ladeinde@gmail.com
A week on iPhone 12 Pro Max
L
et me tell you what
to expect from the
newly released iPhone
12 Pro Max smartphone
manufactured by Apple, based
on my using the device for
a week. Although I have an
older version of iPhone, for
the most part, for the past five
or so years my smartphone
staple was Samsung, Samsung
Galaxy Note, to be exact. I really
didn’t want to switch from
Samsung to iPhone because I
feel, and I believe it is true, that
Android-based phones like the
Samsung products are more
advanced, particularly for the
power user. Advanced in terms
of configuring the phone to
do telco stuff like networking
or deploying it as a surrogate
for a desktop. The iPhone felt
like a toy for the most part. It
was easy to use, but in those
days cell phones offered few
functionalities. I dabbled into
the HTC products, which ran
Microsoft Windows Mobile
operating system,
switching to Galaxy Note,
before
which is driven by Android. This
memory of iPhone stayed with
me for years. Moreover, Android
products later incorporated
some of the jazzy stuff that
iPhone is known for. But Apple
seems to be the master of
jazziness.
Why did I switch to iPhone?
My family. Everyone in my
immediate family – wife and
my three daughters - uses
an iPhone. Perhaps more
compelling is Face Time.
Because I did not have an
iPhone I could not Face
Time my daughters and the
grandchildren on demand.
This is was a problem that I
had to resolve. To cut the long
story short, I logged into my
account with my phone carrier,
AT & T, evening of Sunday, 22
November 2020, and asked
to have iPhone 12 Pro Max
shipped to me. The bill for my
choice of 512 GB disk storage
model is $1,399, although I
didn’t have to pay cash down
to have the phone shipped to
me. The cost would be added
to my monthly bills with my
carrier. To my pleasant surprise,
FedEx shipment arrived the day
after I placed the order; that is
Monday 23 November 2020.
The following day I visited the
local office of my carrier to
have my service switched from
Galaxy Note to iPhone 12 Pro
Max.
The process went very
fast. It turns out that the sim
card on the iPhone had been
customized for me when I
placed the order, so that no
new card needed to be installed
at the local office. My mobile
account was finally switched.
Then I needed to transfer
my data (contacts, photos,
miscellaneous data, etc.) to my
new phone. The attendant gave
me the directions to do this,
which include downloading a
“data transfer” app developed
by my carrier, and ensuring
that my old phone (Galaxy
Note) and new phone (iPhone)
were connected to the same
network, which, in my house,
is the 5G network. The Galaxy
would give a QR code, which
would read by the iPhone to get
them connected so that data
could flow between them. This
process is quite simple, except
that getting iPhone to read the
QR code was less intuitive than
one would have expected. I
needed to place the back face of
the iPhone on the front face of
the Galaxy to read the QR code
onto a square on the iPhone.
This was the only hitch in the
process.
The first observation I
made was during unpacking.
That is, the packaging is a bit
more modest than those from
Apple in the past. Apple talks
up the unpack event of its
smartphones,with an unwritten
reference to the superior high
quality of the package. So, I was
a bit underwhelmed. Another
observation I made is that the
pin code to the iPhone had
changed from four digits that
I used on my old iPhone and
my current iPad, to 6 digits, for
stronger security. Also, two-
level authentication is now
enforced, although sometimes
it feels like the authentication
levels are three: the pin code,
my phone number, and my
apple ID credentials. I have not
setup the phone to use my face
to login into the device. (This
feature is embedded in FACE
ID.)
With my iPad synched to my
iPhone, the two interoperated
seamlessly. It was magical that
I could access downloaded
iTunes music located in my iPad
on the iPhone via streaming.
The speed of the iPhone is
phenomenal, compared to
anything I have used recently.
For example, you can never
enter your pass codes too fast
– the device will process it. Well,
iPhone Pro Max is advertised as
5G, although most of the time,
4G LTE shows up in the display.
The design of the phone is well
thought out, and app icons
stay where they are placed,
unlike in my Galaxy Note. The
App library groups the apps
according to type, which I like.
Accessing stuff on the iPhone
is infinitely easier than on
Android devices because of the
apparently superior design.
Not minding the slightly
inferior battery life of iPhone
when compared to that of
competing devices, I am afraid
that the ease of use of iPhone
could get me hooked for a long
time. With so many features
and apps, the dearth of geek
tech in iPhone is not as obvious
anymore.
IT WORLD
Safe browsing on the internet
By Zakariyya Adaramola
M
any internet users
innocently pick
up spyware or
download malware or visit
fraudulent sites while surfing
the web. Although we do not
have to be afraid of every
click we make, we should
take some precautions to stay
safe while browsing.
Keep your browser
updated
New malware and phishing
threats are constantly being
introduced by hackers. So
it is important to keep your
browser updated. Make sure
you have the latest version of
your browser. Not only that,
make sure you have installed
all recent updates.
Domain checking
Malicious sites often use
deceptive domains to trick
users into believing they are
on a legitimate site. Internet
Explorer has a feature called
Domain Highlighting for
checking domains.
Download from trusted
sites
Don’t download from a
website unless you trust the
40m Nigerians use smartphones – Jumia
By Zakariyya Adaramola
About 40million Nigerians
now use smartphones in
the country, an online store,
Jumia Nigeria has said.
Jumia in a virtual press
briefing said the figure was
an increase of 4m from 36m it
got from a survey of Nigeria’s
NDIC chairman donates JAMB ICT Centre to Ogun school
From Peter Moses, Abeokuta
The Chairman of the
Nigeria Deposit Insurance
Corporation (NDIC),
Mrs Ronke Sokefun has
donated a state of the art
Information Communication
Technology (ICT) centre to
Comprehensive High School,
Ayetoro, a community in Yewa
North Local Government
Area of Ogun State.
She graduated from the
Comprehensive High School,
Ayetoro, over 30 years ago.
The centre which will be
used for the Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) examination in the
area, boasts of 200 computer
systems, two back up power
supply, generating set and
Nigerian joins Forbes technology council
From Christiana T. Alabi, Lagos
A Nigerian IT expert, Dr
Obadare Adewale has
been accepted into Forbes
Technology Council, an
invitation-only community
for world-class Chief
Information Officers (CIOs),
Chief Technology Officers
(CTOs) and Technology
Executives.
Obadare who is the Co
DAILY TRUST, Wednesday, December 9, 2020
site. CNET is one reputable
site where you can download
files that have been checked
for malware, spyware or
adware.
Avoid illegal downloads
When you illegally
download copyrighted
material like music, books,
software, games, and videos,
you are violating laws which
can lead to fines and even jail
smartphone users conducted
in 2018.
The Country Manager,
Jumia, Omolara Adagunodo,
disclosed that 67 per cent
of Nigerians would be using
smartphones by 2025.
“This showed that Nigeria
still has a large market for
smartphones’’, Adagunodo
CCTV cameras.
Speaking at the
inauguration, Sokefun said
the centre would ease the
bottleneck associated with
students’ writing of JAMB
examinations in the area.
She said students in the
area over the years travelled
as far as Ibadan and Lagos
in their quest to write JAMB
examinations.
Sokefun who variously
served as Commissioner
for Agriculture, and later
posted to Urban and
Regional Planning, said she
had nursed the lofty idea of
donating a world class facility
to the school.
She noted that the
internet enabled centre
would enhance seamless
Founder and Chief Operating
Officer of Digital Encode
Limited, was vetted and
selected by a review committe
based on the depth and
diversity of his experience as
criteria for acceptance.
This include a track record
of successfully impacting
business growth metrics,
as well as personal and
professional achievements
and honors.
time.
Be cautions of P2P file
sharing
Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-
sharing programs like
BitTorrent and LimeWire
have been known to contain
malware, adware, and illegal
downloads. Therefore it is
best to practise caution when
downloading and sharing
from P2P sites.
said.
According to her, the
increase level of internet
penetration would keep
pushing number of
smartphone users up.
She said Jumia remained
the online store to beat its
customers keep increasing by
the day.
examination for students and
aid digital learning.
The NDIC Chairman also
disclosed that the body
had committed over N1
billion into community
development projects across
the country.
According to her, the
NDIC has facilitated over 100
community development
projects in different parts
of the state as parts of the
corporation’s Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR)
programme.
In his remarks, Governor
Dapo Abiodun said the
donation was in line with
adopt a school or give back
to the schools as business of
education is the business of
all.
Scott Gerber, founder of
Forbes Councils welcomed
Obadare into the community,
noting that the Forbes
Councils’ mission is to bring
together proven leaders from
every industry, creating a
curated, social capital-driven
network that helps every
member grow professionally
and make an even greater
impact on the business
world.

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PORTS AUTHORITY WEEKLY
Why we ceded Takwa-Bay Island to the Navy - NPA
T
he Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) said
handing over about 18 hectare of land at
Takwa-Bay Island, Lagos to the Nigerian
Navy for establishing a Forward Operating Base
(FOB) would end pipeline vandalism and crude
oil theft in the area.
Daily Trust had earlier reported that the
Nigerian Navy embarked on OPERATION
KUROMBE, to dislodge Criminal elements who
have converted Takwa-Bay Island into a safe
haven for their notorious activities.
It was reported that long before the Operatives
of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT
dislodged illegal occupants living on the island
the place had been notorious for pipeline
vandalism.
Over 300,000 plastic jerry cans containing
petroleum products syphoned from ruptured
pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) were impounded
by naval men.
Jakys Terminals ready for commissioning Kaduna Dry Port Receives More Endorsement
from Private Sector
There are strong indications that one of the
biggest container terminals in Lagos, Jakys
Container Terminals, may be commissioned
before the end of this month.
The multi-million naira container terminals
located in Satellite town, Ojo, Lagos would also
reduce the congestion witnessed in both Apapa
and Tin-Can Island seaports.
Aside congestion, it is expected that by the
time the container terminal come mainstream, it
would also help to reduce gridlock experienced
by port users on the Apapa and Tin Can Island
Port access roads.
Jakys Nigeria Limited which is located along
Kirikiri-Ojo water channel occupies about 32,000
Square metres and is expected to accommodate
over 5000 containers and over 25 trucks loading
at the same time.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer (MD/CEO) Jakys Nigeria Limited, Sir
Henry Muogho, in a chat with our correspondent
said the management has also concluded plans
to site two more container terminals in Lagos and
Ogun States respectively.
Muogho while conducting officials of the
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on an inspection
tour of the facility, said the terminal is over 95
percent completed
He said the strategic location of Jakys terminal
in Ojo would aid the easy clearance of cargos by
importers in Alaba and Trade fair markets.
Aside decongesting the Lagos Ports, he said,
importers and exporters can now get their goods
faster, instead of having them stay a day more
and paying huge demurrage.
He said NPA and terminal operators have
increasingly looked at the hinterland to support
their core business, a strategy, which according
to him, has often led to the setting of inland
intermodal facilities.
He said such a strategy takes different form
based upon market conditions i.e balance
between imports and exports and the availability
of land and infrastructure connecting a port with
inland intermodal centers.
“Jakys container terminal strategically located
along Kirikiri-Ojo water channel is few kilometers
away from Alaba international market and trade
Fair complex. These two markes are the biggest in
the West Africa sub-region.
“Jakys container terminal is able to handle
over 5000 containers at a go and we are targeting
two more major terminal. Another one in Lagos
and the second in Ogun state.
“With Lagos Ports accounting for about 80
percent of all the container cargos coming in to
the country. Jakys is expected to handle about
100,000 TEU per year” he added.
From all indications, Jakys would handle
import and export cargo from East and North
which are conveyed by truck and rail.
The initial intermodal capacity of the facility is
about 5,000 TEUs, but can be expanded through
phases to a capacity above 100,000 TEU.
In its current setting, the terminal provides
two major roads directly connected to the Mile
2 - Badagry expressway, placing it in an unique
competitive position.
One of the key advantages of the facility is its
direct connectivity to both the sea and road.
This distance is at the threshold of commercial
competitiveness for rail services in future.
Presently, the terminal is accessed by barges
from any of the port terminals, while trucks come
in through the roads to evacuate the containers
around Satellite Town, Lagos.
Sir Henry as he is fondly called, told journalists
that the terminal was leased to Mediterranean
Shipping Company (MSC Shipping) and its
logistics arm; Medlog with a lease agreement of
5years.
Aside, the petroleum products seized, several
wooden boats also known as Cotonou boats,
pumping machines, generators as well as
trucks were also impounded during operation
KUROMBE.
Speaking at the handing over ceremony which
was held penultimate Wednesday, the Managing
Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman, said the
move is to help check the increasing case of
pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft by the
former occupants of the Island.
Usman who was represented at the function by
Ahmed Yussuf from the land department of NPA
said the discussion on the Foward Operating
Base started since 2010 between the NPA and the
Nigerian Navy, and that NPA accepted to hand
over the land June 24, 2020.
“We are pleased with the partnership we have
with the Nigerian Navy, it has been a long one
and we believe that establishment will go a long
way to strengthen the relationship between both
„ Managing Director, Jakys Terminal, Sir Henry
Muogho, at the recent launch of the Police
Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Port
Authority Command, calendar held on Saturday at
the Lagos Ports Complex
Speaking, he said “Here is going to be like
a throuput jetty, no third party containers are
allowed to come in here, as you can see, it is only
MSC containers that we have here, this means
there is also a call up system for trucks to come
in here”
“We have an MoU with the community that
made us to build the roads, this was part of the
lease agreement with MSC and Medlog”
“Trucks that are coming here would not be
parking on the road, therefore, the nuisance
value that we have at other ports and terminals, I
dont want to import them here”
“I also do not want to put the residents into
confusion, that is why we say that there must
be a call up system for trucks coming into the
terminals, they come in numbers, when they are
going back they go in tens”
“We have been carrying out partial operations
for eight months now and there has been no
complaints from the community. It is not a
container depot as such, but a throuput terminal”
he said
The Jakys Chief Executive Officer explained
that the condition for liaising with Medlog and
MSC Shipping was that first, they must have a
truck park, and they already have it for all their
trucks coming to pick cargoes at the terminal.
According to him “You cannot see any truck
parked on the roads. And in the case of a truck
breaking down, two hours were given to them to
move the truck.
He described the project as a triple plan with
holding bays and truck parks being within same
vicinity.
He explained that there is a call-up system from
the truck park around Trade Fair Complex along
Badagry expressway to the bonded warehouse.
There is also a call-up system between the jetty
and the bonded warehouse.
“When the terminal becomes fully operational,
the traffic volume on our roads would be reduced
by not less than 50 per cent”
“While using the bridges as holding bay would
no longer be happening as there would be no
need for that any longer”
“On the other hand, when other companies
do same thing, the gridlock would be totally
eliminated, bridges saved, money spent by
Government for road maintenance would reduce,
and the suffering Nigerians are subjected to on a
daily basis would be eliminated completely”
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parties in securing the facilities.
“Our expectations is that the Nigerian Navy
will fully deploy and utilize this place so that it
will serve the purpose which is given for, “ he
said.
“Also the NPA general manager said that the
choice of the location is strategic, and it will
stop the threat from the miscreant both on the
island and in the water that their presence here
will not disrupt our port in other activities on
the remaining land that we owned on top of the
tarkwa bay island” she added
On his part, the Flag Commanding Officer
(FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral,
Oladele Daji, said the official take over of the
island for the purpose of esterblishing a Foward
Operating Base (FOB) would help to check
activities of vandals in the area.
Admiral Daji who was represented at the
function by the Chief Staff Officer, Western Naval
Command, Rear Admiral Tanko Pani said both
„ From left: Mr. Rasaki Salami, Warehouse Manager, KIDP; Olugbenga Owolabi, AGM- Commercial, ICNL;
Ms Victoria Akai, Director General, Abuja Chambers of Commerce and Industry; Rotimi Raimi-Hassan,
Port Manager, Kaduna Dry Port; Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Executive Director, ACCI; Mr. Ebenezer Iguoro,
Technical Assistant to DG ACCI, during a recent sensitisation meeting between Kaduna Dry Port and Abuja
Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Following a recent sensitisation drive and
series of business meetings aimed at drawing
awareness to the Kaduna Inland Dry Port, more
members of the organised private sector has
assured of using the facility
The series of engagements saw officials of the
port visiting notable private sector organisations
and deepen engagements with government
agencies like the Nigeria Customs Service.
According to the Port Manager, Rotimi Raimi-
Hassan , the enlightenment drive to bring the
ease of doing business and trade facilitation
advantage of Kaduna Inland Dry Port to northern
stakeholders to the fore.
Raimi-Hassan said potential port users should
see the facility as a destination of choice for
northern businesses involved in importation and
export
Endorsements and commitments for
patronage were secured from Abuja Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Peugeot
Automobile Nigeria (PAN) and others
“Kaduna Inland Dry Port was commissioned
on January 4, 2018, and since then we have been
operating. Although we have had little challenges
which I believe is now sorted and that is why we
are reaching out to you.
“We looked at it that Abuja being the foremost
destination of chamber and commerce in the
country, it will be the best place for us to come
and seek for support and partnership, because we
believe most of the big companies are established
here, in terms of trade, commerce and industries.
“Kaduna Inland Dry Port being the first dry
port in the country, has a reason why it was
established and we are here to present a slide to
show you all our operations and facilities so that
you can help us tell other members to patronise
Kaduna Inland Dry Port.
“In addition to that, the objective is to
discongest the port and help shippers in the
north to enjoy the same facilities the southern
importers are enjoying. At the same time, to help
both the commerce industry to promote their
businesses” Raimi-Hassan said.
The Port organised its maiden Business Talk
where it rolled out improved operational plan
ahead of 2021
Mr Rotimi Hassan, the Port General Manager
spoke during the maiden edition of KIDP annual
Business Talk held in Kaduna.
Hassan noted that the event was aimed at
seeking Port patronage from manufacturers and
business groups in Kaduna.
“It is my pleasure that the KIDP will very soon
start receiving cargoes by rail, from the first
quarter of 2021, which will in no doubt reduce
the cost of transportation of cargos to KIDP from
Lagos seaports.
“We look forward to your patronage as the
KIDP is being strategically positioned for your
shipping services to allow you clear your import
consignment right here and the same time
forward your export goods from Kaduna Inland
Dry Port to final destination ports abroad,” he
explained.
Also, Deputy Controller of Customs,
Mohammed Yusuf of the Kaduna Command
in a lectured delivered at the occasion tagged,
“Process of Customs Documentation and
Seamless Delivery of Cargos at Kaduna Inland
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the Navy and NPA had been battling to dislodge
Criminal gangs who have converted the place
into a safe haven for their activities right from the
inception.
The FOC explained that the Tarkwa Bay Island
has been under siege due to the activities of
those he referred to as “unpatriotic Nigerians”,
who he said have been carrying out piracy and
vandalism of pipelines belonging to the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) as well
as involving in other criminal activities.
He said this therefore necessitated the
authorization of OPERATION KUROMBE by the
defence headquarters.
“Operation Kurombe dislodged the criminals
and their collaborators from their hide outside on
the island, and also the arrest of some suspected
vandals, confiscation of nine trucks of which
six were fully loaded with siphoned petroleum
products from NNPC pipelines two days ago” he
said.
Dry Port,” said the newly introduced
Automated System for Custom Data is a
computerized system designed to administer a
country’s customs.
“The aim is to build a computer system to assist
customs authorities (or their local equivalents)
all over the world to automate and control their
core processes and obtain timely, accurate and
valuable information to support government
projections and planning.
“This system saves time and gives room
for thorough clearance that would allows for
seamless transaction,” he added.
Mohammed Mustapha, Representative of
the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in
Kaduna applauded the operational standards put
in place by KIDP saying the Port had provided a
cordial working environment for SON to carry
out it statutory function.
On his part, Mu’azu Abdulkadir, representative
of National Food Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) in Kaduna said the agency
had also stepped up it’s operations to world
best practices especially in documentation and
analysis.
“With the introduction of Post Inspection
Data Capture and Risk Management System
(PIDCARMS), work especially at the KIDP has
been made a lot easier,” he noted
The events which attracted participants
from across representatives of manufacturers,
business groups and persons from all works of
life particularly those
The Director General of Abuja Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, Ms Victoria
Also commended the initiative by the port
management to interface closely with her
organisation.
She also urged KIDP to leverage on its reach to
connect it’s many members and affiliates while
assuring of robust relationship with the port.
She also described the port as a laudable
initiative that proffers answers to multiple
business needs of the chamber and other
businesses requiring their services in states
enjoying proximity with the port location.
The ACCI DG said “You can use our network
to market the inland dry port. We have a very
good relationship with the shippers council as
well. We are in the process of concluding a formal
memorandum of understanding with them on
various activities.
“It will be nice to build your relationship
with us, leverage on our networks as we can
market the inland dry port to our members and
partners, because of our position in Nigeria and
relationship with NACCIMA. We and NACCIMA
both leverage on each other’s strenght.
“We also work closely with the Federation
of West African Chambers of Commerce and
Industry. So I think our relationship will be very
beneficial. You are already working with the
advocacy centre, so let us work together and I
believe we will make a lot of progress. Thank you
very much.
“Kaduna is my home town and I am so happy.
I am more relaxed when talking to other people,
but because it is Kaduna, I have this sentiment
about it. I am here for you. We are here for you as
a chamber, honestly,” she assured.
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AROUND THE
WORLD
GHANA ELECTION

NDC, NPP trade

parliamentary seats
By Hamisu Kabir Matazu with confidants that he parliament.
agency report expects a resounding Nana Akufo-Addo’s
win once official results NPP also claims to now

T
he race between
incumbent Nana
Akufo-Addo’s APP
and former president
John Mahama’s NDC
party is tight with both
losing
seats.
parliamentary
Also, the longtime
presidential opponents
have continued to claim
wins as early results
continue to trickle in.
John Mahama of NDC
tweeted a thank you
message to Ghanaians
for opting for change
five hours after voting.
He has been telling
I have not congratulated any person – Mahama
The presidential
candidate of the
National Democratic
Congress (NDC), John
Dramani Mahama, says
he has not congratulated
any person for winning
the 2020 presidential
election.
“I want to state
categorically and
firmly, that I have not
congratulated any
person. And no attempt
should be made to steal
are announced.
The NDC, in its
provisionary vote, had
claimed 36 flipped
parliamentary seats last
night, including some
wins in the capital.
The implication
being that these are
highly populated areas
and if those results are
confirmed, it would
undoubtedly help the
presidential totals.
The NDC would need
to win at least 32 more
seats and hold the 106
that it currently controls
to win a majority in
expressed in us and it is
clear the people want a
change in this country.”
“Ghanaians are tired
of Akufo-Addo and his
government. We thank
the electorate for giving
us a working majority in
Parliament, 140 seats in
Parliament, which is a
majority and no attempt
should be made to
subvert that.
“I have looked at the
results we’ve collated
control three out of five
regions in the north,
including the Savannah
region where Mahama
comes from.
Although some
parliamentary seats
have flipped, according
to John Boadu, the
NPP Secretary-General,
despite having lost
some seats, the NPP has
won, holding a 63 seat
majority over the NDC.
Akufo-Addo posted
several messages
throughout the voting
day, urging Ghanaians
to get out and vote.
attempt to subvert the
will of the people.”
Mr Mahama said
some of the things
that are happening are
“unacceptable and Nana
Akufo-Addo continues to
show credentials that are
very undemocratic. You
cannot use the military
to try and overturn the
results in constituencies
that we have won.”
He said the right
thing must be done and
 The burnt electoral commission office at Fomena due to fire outbreak,
after collating results, in the early hours of yesterday. Ghanaians voted on
Monday in an election seen as a close fight between President Nana Akufo-
Addo and his longtime rival John Mahama Photo: AFP/Nipah Dennis
Ghana postpones announcement of presidential result
The Ghana Electoral afternoon, the EC said it accurate and reflective
Commission has will extend its intended of the will of the people,
announced that its timeline for declaring the commission entreats
timeline has been the 2020 presidential the public and all
delayed until further election results. stakeholders to exercise
notice. This is coming “The new timeline patience as the collation
despite promises of a will be communicated process continues in
speedy counting of votes shortly,” it said. the presence of political
to make known to the It said the party agents and election
electorate the winner commission has observers.”
of Jubilee House, the continually reiterated “The commission
Ghanaian seat of power. that “transparency, thanks all the registered
Results were expected integrity and fairness voters that turned up in
to be released officially at are the yardstick by their numbers to vote on
5 pm on Tuesday by the which it conducted 7th December 2020 and
electoral commission, the 2020 presidential reminds the public that it
making it one of the and parliamentary remains the only legally
fastest turnover elections elections.” mandated body that can
in Africa and the world. “As such, to ensure that declare presidential and
In a press statement the declared presidential parliamentary election
issued Tuesday results are 100% results in Ghana.”
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this election; we will
resist it,” he said.
At a press briefing on
Tuesday night, Mahama
said, “We thank the
Ghanaian people for
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the confidence they’ve
ETHIOPIA
Tigray crisis: UN team fired at 'on way to refugee camp'
Ethiopian troops shot at
and detained UN staff after
they drove through check-
points in the conflict-hit
northern Tigray region,
government spokesman
Redwan Hussein has
confirmed.
The UN team ignored
instructions not to be
in the area, he added.
so far and I’m excited
and I’m happy with the
results. We’ve won in 10
regions out of 16 and the
Ghanaian people have
expressed confidence in
us and we will resist any
that Eritrean troops are in
Tigray to help defeat the
TPLF.
The UN has appealed to
the Ethiopian government
to give it “unfettered
humanitarian access”
to Tigray amid concern
about food shortages
and medical supplies in a
region with a population
the NDC has collated
its results and will give
further details later. He
urged NDC supporters
to remain calm as “we
wait for the final verdict,”
he added.
incident. Many Eritreans
have fled across the
border to Tigray over the
years to escape military
conscription and political
persecution.
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militarised one-party
state that has been
ruled by President Isaias
Afwerki since it gained
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been battling the Tigray
People’s Liberation Front
(TPLF) in the region since
4 November. The UN team
was reportedly trying to
of more than eight million.
“Some of the UN staff
were actually detained
and some were shot at,”
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by AFP news agency as
its independence from
Ethiopia in 1993.
Ethiopia’s Prime
Minister Abiy Ahmed won
the Nobel Peace Prize last
year for making a deal with
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visit a camp for Eritrean
refugees on Sunday when
the shooting occurred.
There has been much
concern about the fate
of the refugees following
unconfirmed reports
that Eritrean troops had
crossed into Tigray, and
had taken some of them
back to Eritrea.
Both governments deny
saying.
“They broke two check-
points to drive to areas
where they were not
supposed to go, and that
they were told not to go.
When they were about
to break the third one,
they were shot at and
detained,” he added.
The UN has not yet
commented on the
Mr Isaias to end the “no
war; no peace” situation
that had existed between
the two countries since
their 1998-2000 border
war.
Critics say the deal has
turned out to be a “security
pact” with thousands of
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38 insidepolitics@dailytrust.com

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PoliQuote
POLITICS
Even if another NEC decision or a court order reverses the dissolution, I will, with utmost
humility, decline to return as APC National Chairman - Comrade Adams Oshiomhole

N/Assembly to consider quotas for women

in constitution amendment — Omo-Agege
By Kehinde Abdulsalam (Abuja) & Adama implemented, would meet executive positions at the federal, Clement Nwankwo, said despite the
John (Lokoja) what has now become as well as state levels.
le The positions fact that a national gender policy
global best practices t
would include those of legislators, had been formulated since 2006 to

T
he Deputy President of thee in terms of gender ministers, ambassadors, promote the 35 per cent affirmative
Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-- participation in the headship of MDAs, and state action for women, the number of
Agege, has disclosed plan by y affairs of the commissioners
commissioners. women holding electoral positions has
the National Assembly to considerr nation. in
“We also intend to make a kept dropping.
making quotas for women a “This would indige
woman’s indigeneship by marriage Meanwhile, the APC Women Leader
constitutional provision in thee cover both the a constitutional issue.” Omo-Agege in Kogi State, Hajiya Rabi Haruna,
ongoing constitutional amendment nt legislative said. has assured the electorate that the
by the 9th Assembly. a n d Also speaking at the event, December 12 Local Government
Omo-Agege spoke, y,
yesterday, the Chair
Chairman, House of Election across the state would be
at the roundtable discussion of Represen
Representatives Committee peaceful and orderly.
policymakers and stakeholders on n Elect
on Electoral Matters, Aisha Hajiya Rabi, in an interview,
female participation in politics Dukku reiterated the need
Dukku, commended Governor Yahaya Bello
organised by the Policy and Legal to have
ha more women in for pursuing the 30% affirmation for
Advocacy Centre (PLAC). gov
governance. women with the determination that a
Represented by his Senior Special In his welcome woman should become the assistant
Adviser, Omasa Agbalor, he said a
address, the PLAC chairman in each Local Government
the constitutional provisions, when  Senator Ovie Omo-Agege Executive Director, Area (LGA) under the APC leadership.

Lagos East by-election: Anxiety as Reps minority leader protests as APGA rep joins APC
court hears suit against Abiru
From Abdullateef Aliyu, Lagos
There is anxiety in the APC
in Lagos as the Federal High
Court in Lagos will today hear
a suit seeking to disqualify
Tokunbo Abiru, winner of
last Saturday’s Lagos East
senatorial by-election.
The suit, filed by Babatunde
Gbadamosi, the PDP
candidate in the poll, sought to
disqualify the APC for fielding
“an ineligible candidate.”
Abiru had won the election
with a landslide on Saturday
with the APC rejoicing and
describing the victory as
endorsement of the popularity
of the party.
Gbadamosi, who had
prayed the court to disqualify
Abiru on the grounds that he
registered twice and possessed
two voters cards, said the act
was a violation of Section 31 of
the Electoral Act.
Counsel representing PDP,
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN),
had prayed the court for an
order “nullifying, cancelling
and voiding the nomination,
submission and acceptance
of the name of Abiru as the
candidate of the APC for the
by-election”.
Counsels representing
APC's candidate, Abiodun
Owonikoko (SAN) and Kemi
Pinheiro (SAN) asked the court
to dismiss the suit for lack of
jurisdiction and failure to meet
By Balarabe Alkassim
the requirements of Section
285 (9) of the constitution.
The spokesman of the
PDP candidate, Dr Pearse
Adetokunbo, told Daily Trust
yesterday that with all evidence
they have, it would be very
difficult for the APC candidate
to escape.
The APC had dismissed
the application filed by
Gbadamosi.
In another development, a
Federal High Court sitting in
Ikoyi, yesterday, ordered the
Inspector General of Police,
Mr Mohammed Adamu, to
prosecute Gbadamosi for
alleged forgery and perjury.
The presiding judge, Justice
Chukwujekwu Aneke, gave
the order following a motion
filed by the APC, Lagos State,
asking the court to compel
the IG to investigate and
prosecute Gbadamosi.
Before the order was
granted, counsel to the APC,
Mr Olukayode Enitan (SAN),
told the court that he had filed
a motion exparte, affidavit
in support, statement in
support, verifying affidavit
and written address as part
of conditions to grant his
application.
In addition to these court
processes, the counsel added
that he had equally filed
exhibits in support of the
affidavit and further affidavit
already filed before the court.
The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP)-led minority leadership
in the House of Representatives,
yesterday, objected to the
defection of Rep. Hernan Hembe
from the All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA) to the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC).
The lawmaker from Benue State,
in a letter read on the floor of the
House by the Deputy Speaker,
Ahmed Idris Wase, who presided
Zamfara APC withdraws from today’s runoff poll
From Shehu Umar, Gusau
The APC in Zamfara State has
withdrawn its participation
from today’s runoff after the
electoral body declared last
Saturday’s state assembly by-
election election in Bakura
constituency inconclusive.
Announcing the decision,
yesterday, at the party’s
headquarters in Gusau, a former
commissioner for Budget and
PDP, APC bicker as thugs attack counsel’s driver at Ondo tribunal venue
From Bola Ojuola,Akure
The driver of one of the counsels
of the PDP, Mr Sola Oke, was
one of those attacked yesterday
outside the venue of the Ondo
State Governorship Election
Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure.
The driver, Mr Sunday
Oladunmoye, was attacked by
thugs who stormed the venue.
over the plenary, said he joined the
APC from his ward in August.
Hembe said he had been
involved in the activities of the
party since then.
However, the Minority Leader
of the House, Rep. Ndudi Elumelu,
asked the Speaker to declare
Hembe's seat vacant because his
defection was illegal.
“By the grace of God, I am the
Minority Leader of this House. I
am not aware that there is a crisis
in APGA and so, what he has done
Economic Planning, Alhaji
Ibrahim Muhammad Birnin
Magaji, said the situation was
reviewed and it was agreed that
justice and security of lives and
property could not be guaranteed
during the election.
“We appealed to the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) for the
shifting of the exercise to a more
convenient date, not December
9th 2020, in order to correct the
The arrival of military personnel
and officers of other security
agencies saved the situation as
they chased away the hoodlums.
The High Court complex was
later cordoned off while shop and
office owners were warned against
the gathering of more than two
persons within their premises.
PDP, however, accused APC and
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of
is illegal and the Speaker should
declare his seat vacant. We are
going to contest this,” Elumelu
said.
But the deputy speaker
dismissed the minority leader's
claim, saying that the crisis in
APGA in Anambra State was
enough reason for the lawmaker or
any other APGA member to defect.
It could be recalled that two
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
members had in October defected
to the ruling APC.
wrongs including the issue of
security but INEC insisted that it
would hold the election.
“We therefore wish to notify
the Independent National
Electoral Commission of our
resolve not to participate in the
said supplementary election
holding December 9th 2020,”
Birnin Magaji said while reading
a statement signed by the State
Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Sani
Musa Talata Mafara.
sponsoring the thugs.
A statement by the PDP
spokesman in the state, Kennedy
Peretei, accused APC of mobilising
thugs to the venue to harass and
attack their supporters.
In a statement by its Publicity
Secretary, Mr Alex Kalejaiye, APC
said both Governor Akeredolu
and the party have no reason to
mobilise thugs to the venue.

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556.71
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27
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MARGARET AKA SERI is one and
the same person wish to be known as
SERI MARGARET AKA’A. All former
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REBECCA: I formerly known as
CYNTHIA STEPHEN IGEH, now wish to be
known as STEPHEN REBECCA IGEH and my
date of birth was wrongly captured on my BVN
as 8th November, 1992 instead of 25th March,
1995. All former documents remain valid. All
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JEMIMAH: I formerly known
as GORIP JEMIMAH HABILA,
now wish to be known as GOPEP
JEMIMAH KICHIME. All former
documents remain valid. All Authorities
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ABDULLAHI ALIYU now wish to
be known and addressed as ALIYU
ABDULLAHI MAGAMA . All former
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as BASHIR USMAN KABIR now wish
to be known and addressed as KABIR
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as FATIMA UMAR now wish to be
known and addressed as FATIMA UMAR
ZAKARIYA. All former documents remain
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. SHAMSUDDEEN: I, formerly
known as SHAMSUDDEEN IBRAHIM
now wish to be known and addressed as
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3. KALTUME: I, formerly known
as UMMUKULSUM MUHAMMAD
now wish to be known and addressed as
KALTUME MUHAMMAD MUSA DOB
08/02/1998. All former documents
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known as TIJJANI ABDULHADI now
wish to be known and addressed as
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as AHMED MAIRI GIDADO now wish
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MOHAMMED KAKUMI now wish to
be known and addressed as MALAM
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1. NAJIBI formerly known as
NAJEEB MUHAMMAD now wish
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2. ABDULLAHI I formerly known
as ISMAIL ABDULLAHI ISMAIL 08-
06-1992 now wish to be called and
addressed as ISMAIL ABDULLAHI 24-
10-1997 All former documents remain
valid authority concern and general public
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known as IBRAHIM ALI now wish to
be called and addressed as IBRAHIM
MUHAMMAD .All former documents
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ISMAIL SANAHUDON -1-1-1988
wish to be called and addressed as
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as SALEH HARUNA now wishes to
be called and addressed as HARUN
SALEH HARUNA .all former
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known as JIBRIN SHEHU wish
to be called as NUHU JIBRIN
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known as NUHU MUHAMMAD AMINU
now wish to be known and addressed as
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I, formerly known as ABDULLAHI
USMAN BABA. Now wish to be called
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HAUWA AHMADU. now wish to be
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IBRAHIM now wish to be called
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YAHAYA. All former documents
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haruna labbo now wish to be called
and addressed as Auwal Haruna
Muhammad. All former documents
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formerly known as SANIMU
MUHAMMAD 12/07/1967 now wish
to be called and addressed as SAMINU
ISAH 14/04/1975. All former
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Fatima Basiru now to be called and
addressed as MRS Fatima Isyaku
Bashir. All former documents remain
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IBRAHIM now wish to be called
and addressed as AUWAL IBRAHIM
USMAN. DOB 11/12/1992. All
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LAWAN now wish to be called and
addressed as SHAMSU LAWAN
HARUNA. All former documents
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formerly known as SHAMSU LAWAN now wish
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YAKUBU now wish to be called
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YAKUBU. All former documents
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MUHAMMED. All former documents
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Musa now wish to be called
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RABIU now wish to be known and
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I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS NAFIU
MOHAMMED MUNSHALL NOW WISH TO
BE CALLED NAFIU ALHAJI ZURKALLAINI , I
WANT TO CHANGE MY DATE OF BIRTH FROM
2/7/1995 to 11/10/1998.ALL MY FORMER
DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID RELEVANT
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Tue, Dec 8 at 1:30 PMI was
formerly known as ZULFAA ABUBAKAR
AIKAWA now wish to be known and
called as ZULFAA ABUBAKAR SANUSI.
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MARYAM IDRIS ALIYU now wish to
be called and addressed as MARYAM
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DANBABA: I Formerly known
as HASSAN IBRAHIM Now wish to
be called and addressed as DANBABA
HASSAN DOB is 1/Jan/1960 All Former
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ITODO: I, formerly known as
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SALISU: I FORMERLY SALISU
ABUBAKAR NOW WISH TO BE
CALL AND ADDRESS AS SALISU
REMAIN VALID.ACCESS BANK,
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KATDANZAK:I formerly known as
DAUDA JOSEPH now wish to be called
as KATDANZAK DAUDA JOSEPH all
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ZAKKA: I Formerly known as
ZAKKA EMMANUEL Now wish to
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EMMANUEL JOSEPH All Former
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as HARUNA IBRAHIM IBRAHIM
now wish to be called as HARUNA
IBRAHIM all former documents
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as HAUWAU IDRIS now wish to be
called as HAUWAU ADAMU IDRIS
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and called SANI ABUBAKAR ALIYU.
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ADEYOSOLA: I, formerly known
and addressed as Miss ADEYOSOLA
OMOSALEWA AYENI . Now wish to be
known and addressed as Mrs ADEYOSOLA
OMOSALEWA OLADIPO. All former
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REARRANGEMENT OF NAME
GIWA: I, formerly known and addressed as
OKEKUNLE GIWA DAMILOLAA . Now
wish to be known and addressed as GIWA
DAMILOLA OKEKUNLE. All former
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BELLO: I, formerly known and
addressed as AKOBE OZAVINOYI
TAIYE . Now wish to be known and
addressed as BELLO ABDULKAREEM
TAIYE. All former documents remain
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I, Professor CLARA RAQUEL
BERNSLEIN OGUNTONA, Want the
Banks and General Public to know that I
remain CLARA RAQUEL I.B OGUNTONA,
C.R.B OGUNTONA. All former documents
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AYINDE: I, formerly known and
addressed as Miss AYODELE AMINAT
OLAIDE . Now wish to be known and
addressed as Mrs AYINDE AMINAT
OLAIDE. All former documents remain
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OWOIYA: I, formerly known and
addressed as OWOIYA IFEOLUWA
TAIWO . Now wish to be known
and addressed as OWOIYA TAIWO
OLUWAKEMI. All former documents
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OWOIYA: I, formerly known and
addressed as OWOIYA ABDULRASAQ
OLUWATOBI . Now wish to be known
and addressed as OWOIYA RASAQ
OLUWATOBI. All former documents
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ODUOLOWO: I, formerly known
and addressed as SHUAIB DAUD
OLAMIDE . Now wish to be known
and addressed as ODUOLOWO DAUD
OLAMIDE. All former documents remain
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AJIBOLA: I, formerly known and
addressed as Miss ABOLADE VICTORIA
OLUWAWEMIMO . Now wish to be
known and addressed as Mrs AJIBOLA
VICTORIA OLUWAWEMIMO. All former
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BELLO: I, formerly known and
addressed as Miss BELLO ILAMOSI
RACHEL . Now wish to be known and
addressed as Mrs OYAWOYE ILAMOSI
RACHEL. All former documents remain
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OWOSENI-FAGBENRO: I, formerly
known and addressed as FAGBENRO-OWOSENI
KAFAYAT AFOLASADE . Now wish to be
known and addressed as OWOSENI-FAGBENRO
KAFAYAT AFOLASADE. All former documents
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OLOYEDE: I, formerly known
and addressed as ADEOTI TITILADE
ELIZABETH . Now wish to be known
and addressed as OLOYEDE TITILADE
ELIZABETH. All former documents
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OHANUKA: I, formerly known and
addressed as OKOYE EKWUTOSI ANN . Now
wish to be known and addressed as OHANUKA
ADAEZE ANN. That I was born on 14th day of
February, 1984 not 14th day of February, 1985.
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IRIABE: I, formerly known and
addressed as IGBINOVIA DOLLY
OSAFAMWEN . Now wish to be known
and addressed as IRIABE DOLLY
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EMEH : I formerly known and
addressed as NKEM OLUCHI
VERONICA Now wish to be known
and addressed as EMEH OLUCHI
VERONICA. All former documents
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ADDITION OF NAME. ESTHER: That my
name reÀects as. ESTHER JOHN in my Bank
Details. That i now want to add. UYOYO to my Name
to read as. ESTHER UYOYO JOHN. as it is in my
National identity Card. That my correct and full name
is. ESTHER UYOYO JOHN. All former documents
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FASEYI: I, formerly known
and addressed as RUFAI IBITOLA
OLUBUNMI . Now wish to be known
and addressed as FASEYI IBITOLA
OLUBUNMI. All former documents
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OKPALA-UMENNADI: I, formerly
known and addressed as UMENNADI
CHARITY CHIZOBA . Now wish to
be known and addressed as OKPALA-
UMENNADI NNEDINMA. All former
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CORRECTION OF NAMEODUGBEMI: I,
formerly known and addressed as ODUGBEMI
SING OLAYIWOLA wrongly written in Drivers
Licence . Now wish to be known and addressed as
ODUGBEMI OLUSINA OLAYIWOLA.
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SAMUEL: I, formerly known and
addressed as ABOBADE OLA AKANO
. Now wish to be known and addressed
as SAMUEL OLASUNMBO ABOLADE
AKANO. All former documents remain
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OJADI: I, formerly known and
addressed as ALEX NKECHI PRAISE
. Now wish to be known and addressed
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ODEGBULE: I, formerly known and
addressed as YEKEEN OLUSOLA FASILAT
. Now wish to be known and addressed as
ODEGBULE OLUSOLA FASILAT. That all
my documents bearing YEKEEN OLUSOLA
FASILAT remain valid, the public and
Authority Concerned should take note.
MODU: I formerly known as
MODU MODU BULLET, now wish
to be addressed as MODU USMAN
ALHAJI. All former .documents
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HAYATU: I formerly known as
MODI YAWO & MODI NJIDDA
now wish to be known and addressed
as HAYATU NJIDDA. All former
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REUBENI formerly known as
DAUDA REUBEN now wish to be known
and addressed as REUBEN DAUDA
YOHANNA. All former documents
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SHAFAUDEEN: I formerly known
as MOHAMMADU SHAFAUDEEN
YAHAYA now wish to be known and
addressed as SHAFAUDEEN YAHAYA.
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Should please take note.
SAMAILA: I formerly known as
LADI ADAMU now wish to be known
and addressed as LADI SAMAILA
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ALIYU I formerly known and
addressed as ALIYU AHMED and
HAMMED ALIHU ISHOLA now wish to
be called and addressed as ALIYU AHMED
ISOLA. All former document remain valid.
Federal College of Education Katsina and
general public should take note and others.
MUHAMMAD I formally known
as MUHAMMAD LABBO ALHAJI
now wish to be known and addressed
as KAKALE MUHAMMADU all former
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GADDAFI I formally known as
GADDAFI MUHAMMAD KALGO now
wish to be known and addressed as
GADDAFI MUHAMMAD DANTANI
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as NAFISA ALIYU ARZIKA now
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. I formerly known as Sani
Surajo. Now wish to be known and
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ALIYU. Now wish to be known
and addressed as MAGAJIYA
MUHAMMAD. All former documents
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AISHATU: I formerly known
as AISHA MUSA UMAR , now
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MUSA UMAR. All former documents
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as SALISU UMAR ADAM, now
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as ADAMA ALI, now wish to be
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ABDULRAHMAN ALI, now wish
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Hassan Muhammad DOB 01/01/1999
Now wish to be known and addressed
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03/05/2000 All former documents
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BASHAR IBRAHIM ABDULLAHI
Now wish to be known and addressed
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GERA I formerly known and
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KARUSKEMA MOHAMMED ALI
and MOHAMMED KABUSKEMA
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MOHAMMED KABUSKEMA ALI
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SADIQ : I formerly known as
ALI MAINA YAKURA now wish to
be known as SADIQ ZANNA ALI.
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Borno State University and General
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ABDU : I formerly known
as ABDU BUJI now wish to be
known as ABDU BUJI YALARI.
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as MARYAM B DERIBE now
wish to be known as MARYAM
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ABUBAKAR : I formerly known
as ABUBAKAR ISAHAGA now wish to
be known as ABUBAKAR HARUNA.
With D O B 5/04/1984 to 01/01/1995.
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MOHAMMED : I formerly
known as BUKAR ADAM now
wish to be known as MOHAMMED
DAUDA. All former document
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note.
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and addressed as IBRAHIM KHALIDU
M now wish to be known and addressed
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BWALA I formerly known
as SULEIMAN MOHAMMED now
wish to be known and addressed as
SULEIMAN MOHAMMED BWALA
former documents remain valid.
general public should please take note
LUKA I formally known as HOSSAYA
ZAKKARIYA , D.O.B 01/01/1987,now
wish to be known and addressed as YIGO
LUKA, D.O.B/06/02/1988, All former
documents remain valid, Authorities
concerned and general public should
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Reconciliation of name That KABIRU
SALE AND SALE KABIRU ALHAJI are all referring
to one person. That SALE KABIRU ALHAJI was
mistakenly Captured on my (WAEC) Certi¿cate
with number 4061801412 Dated WASSCE(SC)
2018,but now wish to be address with my correct
name KABIRU SALE. all the concern authorities and
general public should take note.
HAUWA. I Formally known
as HAUWA MUKTAR MAGAS now
wish to be called and address as
HAUWA MUKTAR ABDU, general
public should please take note.
MALLAM. I Formally known as
MUHAMMAD ABDULHAMID, now wish
to be called and address as MUHAMMAD
MALLAM ABDULHAMID, All former
documents remain valid, general public
should please take note.
MUSTAPHA. I Formally
known as MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA,
now wish to be called and address
as MUSTAPHA KARUBE, All former
documents should public should
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HAYATU. I Formally known
as HAYATU YAHAYA now wish to
be called and address as HAYATU
HASSAN, All former documents
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YUSUF. I formally known
as Yusuf Favour Aminu I am now
wish to be call as Aminu Yusuf, All
my document remain valid. WIth
DOB 15, Aug. 1983. General Public
should please take note
BASHIR : I formerly known
as MOHAMMED BASHIR ALI now
wish to be known as BASHIR ALI.
All former document remain valid.
General public should take note.
ZARA : I formerly known as
ZARA USSAINI now wish to be
known as ZARA ALHAJI MUSA.
All former document remain valid.
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ANAS: I Formerly Known As
ANAS SHEHU now wish to be known
and addresses as ANAS USMAN
all former Documents remain valid
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USMAN I formerly known and
addressed as ABDULAZIZ SANI now
wish to be known and addressed as SANI
ADAYE USMAN All former documents
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SALISU: I formerly known as
SALISU UMAR now wish to be known
and addressed as SALISU MUHAMMAD
UMAR MY DOB 02/10/1999. All
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CORRECTION OF NAME I
formerly known as BASHIRU LAWALI
BUNGUDU now wish to be known and
addressed as BASIRU LAWALI. All former
documents remain valid authorities
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note.
MARYAM I formerly known
as MARYAM ABDULLAHI SA’IDU
now wish to be known and address
as MARYAM SA’IDU SAULAWA.
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MUINAT: I formerly known as
MUINAT MUHEEB,MUINAT LOLA
MUHEEB now wish to be known and
address as MUINAT LOLA MUHEEB.
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TAJO I formerly known as
AMINU HASSAN now wish to
be known and address as TAJO
YAHAYA. All former documents
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UMAR: I, formerly known
as UMAR FARUK now wish to be
known and addressed as UMAR
FARUK MUHAMMAD. All former
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AMINA: I, formerly known as
AMINA ALIYU DALA now wish to
be known and addressed as AMINA
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BUHARI: I, formerly known as
BUHARI ABUBAKAR now wish to
be known and addressed as BUHARI
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MIRS: I, formerly known
as EDNA ELISHA DUNIYA now
wish to be known and addressed as
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address as RHODA MARKUS ISHAKU,
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as FATIMA MAIAJI, now wish
to be addressed as FATIMA
MOHAMMED. All former
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Public should please take note.
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as ADO GARBA now wish to be
known and addressed as UMARU
SALEH. All former documents remain
valid. Authority concerned and
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PERPETUA: I formerly
known as PERPETUAL CHUKWU,
now wish to be addressed as
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JALO I formerly known and
addressed as ALHAJI BABA ABBAN
JALO now wish to be known and
addressed as ALHAJI BALA ABBA
JALO All former documents remain valid.
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ALI I FOMERLY NOWN AS
BABA GONI MODU NOW WISH
TO BE KNOW AND ADDRESSED
AS MUHAMMED ALI. ALL FOMER
DOCUMENT SHOULD BE VALID.
GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE
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ADAM BUKAR DOGOLI, now wish
to be addressed as MALA BUKAR.
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BUKAR: I formerly known
as ABA AMA BUKAR, now wish
to be addressed as MUSTAPHA
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I, formerly known, called and
addressed as HENRY AKPAN. I now
wish to be known, called and addressed
as ANTHONY HENRY BASSEY.
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institutions note.
AMAECHI: That i was formerly
known as MISS. ALEX LINDA
ONYINYECHI. Now wish to be known
called and addressed as MRS. AMAECHI
LINDA ONYINYECHI. All documents
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I, UMOHRISON, NSIKAK MOSES, That
during the opening of my Bank Account with
StanbicIBTC BANK, I used the name UMOHRISON,
NSIKAK. That i wish to add my middle name “NSIKAK”
from my names That I now wish to be known called
and addressed as UMOHRISON, NSIKAK MOSES. All
documents bearing my former name remains valid.
General public should please take note.
ERINAUGHA: That i was formerly
known as USIOBAIFO NMACHUKWU
FAITH. Now wish to be known called and
addressed as ERINAUGHA NMACHUKWU
FAITH. All documents bearing my former
name remains valid. General public should
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TEME: That i was formerly known
as FAVOUR KINGSLEY CHIMA. Now
wish to be known called and addressed
as ORIDIKITORUSIA TEME CLIFFORD.
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ADEBAYO: That i was formerly
known as MISS. ELEM NAOMI EZIOMA.
Now wish to be known called and
addressed as MRS. NAOMI EZIOMA
ADEBAYO. All documents bearing my
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I, formerly known, called and
addressed as FAVOUR ASUQUO
EDET. I now wish to be known, called
and addressed as FAVOUR UNYIME
BEN. Documents bearing my former
name remain valid. General public, banks,
institutions note.
CHRISTIAN - I
was formerly known as CHRISTIAN
VITALIS ROBERT. That I now wish
to be known as CHRISTIAN VITALIS
CHINEMEREM. All documents bearing
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OSSAI - I was formerly known
as VICTORIA HUNGIOYEN OGBOIN,
OGBOIN VICTORIA and UGAH VICTORIA.
That I now wish to be known as MRS. OSSAI
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DERIKOMA - That I
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ESTHER NENGI. That I now wish to
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formerly known as OBULOR RUTH.
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formerly known as MISS. DORCAS
UWEM ESSIEN. That I now wish to
be known as MRS. DORCAS DAVID
EDWARD. All documents bearing my
former name remain valid. The general
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UDU: That i was formerly known
as MISS. ALICE WARIBOKO TAMUNO.
now wish to be known called and
addressed as MRS. ALICE WARIBOKO
UDU. all documents bearing my former
name remains valid. General public should
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OMONI: That i was formerly known
as MISS. EWOMAZINO OZERO. now
wish to be known called and addressed
as MRS. EWOMAZINO OZERO OMONI.
all documents bearing my former name
remains valid. General public should
please take note.
Requirement for
Change of Name
Women:
Marriage
Certificate or
Court Affidavit;
Men: Court
Affidavit
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Anambra bans revenue collection on roads
Titus Eleweke, Awka

The Anambra State Government

has banned the collection of
revenues on the roads.
The ban came two days
after the death of a truck
driver on Sunday in a lone
accident, which occurred
when he was being pursued by
hoodlums who pretended to be
Enlightenment, Mr Don
Adinunba, in a statement, said
the ban is with immediate effect.
We won’t allow another
#EndSARS protest – IGP
He said the illegal and violent
activities of gangs pretending
to be state revenue collectors
had resulted in serious security
breaches and harassment of
law-abiding citizens. From Titus Eleweke, Awka & Nabob including police formations it covers “Force Order 237”
He urged the public to report Ogbonna, Abakaliki across the country. which is when your life is
to the nearest law enforcement He said the force would endangered,” he said.

government’s revenue agents in
Onitsha.
The state’s Commissioner
for Information and Public
Ekiti Chief Judge pardons 34 inmates
From Raphael Ogbonnaiye, Ado-Ekiti
The Chief Judge of Ekiti State,
Justice Ayodeji Daramola, has
pardoned 34 inmates in the
state’s correctional centre.
The inmates pardoned were
among the 386 whose cases
were reviewed during Justice
Daramola’s working visit to the
correctional centre in Ado Ekiti.
officer any person who purports
to be a revenue officer or agent
and demands payment on any
of the roads in the state.
Twenty-seven inmates were
set free unconditionally, while
seven others were granted bail
on a liberal term.
Justice Daramola, however,
lamented that the prosecuting
system in Nigeria, which
he said was far behind
international best practices,
had contributed to prison
congestion.
T
he Inspector-General
of Police, Muhammed
Adamu, has vowed
that the Nigeria Police Force
would not allow a repeat
of the EndSARS protest
that claimed lives of police
officers and destruction of
property.
Adamu, who spoke
yesterday while inspecting
police formations destroyed
in Anambra State during the
recent protest, said the police
would resist any attempt to
attack government property
not fold its hands and watch
miscreants killing, maiming
and destroying public and
private property.
Also, the police boss,
during a working visit
to Ebonyi State Police
Command, charged police
officers to apply “Force Order
237” whenever their lives are
endangered.
“So when it comes to a
situation where you need to
use maximum force especially
in the use of firearms, don’t
forget to apply the rule as
He explained that the
force was ready to allow
peaceful protest in any part
of the nation but would deal
decisively with any group that
violates the rules.
Earlier, the state
Commissioner of Police in
Ebonyi, Philip Maku, said the
command lost five officers
during the EndSARS protest.
In Anambra, the
Commissioner of Police,
John Abang said four police
officers lost their lives, while
15 others were injured.

FG, Katsina sign deal to convert FMC to teaching hospital

From Tijjani Ibahim, Katsina
The Federal Ministry of
Health and Katsina State
Government yesterday
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to convert the
Federal Medical Center (FMC)
Katsina to a teaching hospital
for the state-owned Umaru
Musa Yar’adua University.
The MoU was signed
by Governor Aminu Bello
Masari on behalf of Katsina
State Government, while the
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie
Ehanire signed for the federal
government.
The state government had,
since 2016, been pushing the
Federal Ministry of Health to
approve the upgrade of the
hospital for the university to
begin a degree in medicine.

35,000 to benefit from N2b SME fund in Gombe

From Haruna Gimba Yaya, Gombe
The Federal Government has
said that 35,000 people in
Gombe State will benefit from
its N2 billion Survival Fund
programme for Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs).
The state Focal Person of
the MSME’s Survival Fund,
Ahmad Hussaini, disclosed this
yesterday in Gombe during a
town hall meeting organised by
Bank of Industry with owners of
small and medium enterprises.
He explained that the
programme was to support
small scale businesses that  Cross-section of participants during a town hall meeting with Northern community leaders
were badly affected by the of the South-South in Port Harcourt yesterday Photo: NAN
measures taken to prevent the
spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

NDLEA takes fight against drug abuse to Ado LG
From Hope Abah Emmanuel, Makurdi
Traditional rulers in Ado Local
Government Area of Benue
State have pledged their
support to the fight against drug
addiction and abuse.
The monarchs, who spoke
during the Advocacy and
Sensitisation Programme to
highlight the dangers of illicit
and narcotic drug use, held in
Igumale, Ado Local Government
of Benue State, vowed to take
the campaign to their respective
chiefdoms to eliminate drug
abuse and addiction.
The three-day campaign
against drug abuse was
Kogi gets diaspora focal point officer
By Hamisu Kabir Matazu
Nigerians in Diaspora
Commission (NiDCOM) has
received the newly appointed
Kogi State Diaspora Focal
Point Officer (DFPO), Mrs
Medina Nene Anako.
The Secretary of the
Commission, Engr. Dr Sule
organised by the National
Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) and
facilitated by Francis Ottah
Agbo, the Chairman, House of
Representatives Committee on
Narcotic Drugs.
Speaking on the campaign,
Ottah Agbo said he
commissioned a survey to
ascertain the true picture of
drug use and abuse in the entire
Enone axis.
“The result was shocking.
So I approached the NDLEA
impressing on them the need
to conduct an aggressive
sensitisation campaign against
drug abuse in the area,” he said.
Yakubu Bassi, who received
the Kogi DFPO in Abuja,
urged her to create a database
of every Kogi native in the
diaspora and engage them.
Bassi also advised the new
DFPO to design a programme
of empowerment and discuss
areas which Kogi indigenes in
the Diaspora could key into.
Two shot dead in Benin
From Usman A. Bello, Benin
Two persons were yesterday
reportedly shot dead by gunmen
at Aduwawa and Ogida areas of
Benin City, the Edo State capital.
It was gathered that one of the
deceased identified as Ighodaro
Edigin Osahon was reportedly
shot dead at his residence at
Mechanic Road, Ogida quarters,
Benin city.
It was also gathered
that the second deceased,
whose identity was yet to be
ascertained, was shot dead at
Kano cancer centre to treat over 100 patients daily
From Clement A. Oloyede, Kano
The Cancer Centre being
constructed by the Kano
State Government, when
completed, is expected to
attend to over 100 patients
per day, the head of the state’s
Health Trust Fund, Dr. Nura
Idris said.
The centre, situated at the
Muhammadu Buhari Specialist
Hospital in Giginyu, is expected
his residence at Obanor Street,
off College road, Aduwawa,
Benin City.
A witness said the gunmen
stormed Osahon’s residence
and met the deceased relaxing
with his immediate family
members and shot him dead.
It was also gathered
that Osahon, who hails
from Iguoshodin Nebudin
community near Benin City
had a disagreement with some
persons in the locality.
The elder brother of the
deceased, Pastor Sunday
to be completed by July 2021,
according to the contractor,
Engineer Kabir Usman.
Addressing journalists
during an assessment of the
project yesterday, Idris said
the centre would be equipped
with three latest machines
(Halcyon radiation therapy
system, TrueBeam and Brachy
Therapy) capable of treating
over 100 patients per day.
“For the new machines, the
Osahon, who spoke with
journalists, said the family
members were still in shock
over the killing of one of their
breadwinners.
He called on the police to
investigate the killing and bring
perpetrators to justice.
When contacted, the Police
Public Relations Officer, Zone 5
Police headquarters, Benin City,
ASP Tijani Momoh confirmed
the killing of Osahon.
He said two suspects have
been arrested in connection
with the murder of Osahon.
state government is going to
install in the centre, you can
treat up to 50-100 patients
per day with a single machine
because the treatment time is
faster; the image appreciation
is within 15 seconds and the
treatment delivery time is
within 2 minutes as against the
conventional one that takes
like 30 minutes to 1 hour to
finish a single treatment of a
patient,” he explained.
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N/Assembly to
Insecurity: Work with traditional establish rural dev’t
rulers, Buhari charges governors agency, health
infrastructure bank
By Muideen Olaniyi
Borders to be reopened soon By Abdullateef Salau &

P
resident Muhammadu Buhari his administration had done well in the President Buhari assured that that the Balarabe Alkassim
yesterday charged the governors to North East and South South, adding that the country’s military would continue to get the
work more with traditional rulers South South situation was still worrisome. support they needed to fight criminals. The National Assembly has
and community members to improve local “Every day I get situation reports about “I am not going to the public to speak commenced the process to
intelligence gathering to tackle the security illegal refineries and the blowing up of about the vehicles and equipment we establish a National Integrated
challenges facing the country. pipelines. You must stop local rogues from have ordered. What I can say is that the Rural Development Agency
Buhari stated this during a meeting with sabotaging oil installations,” he added. military received armoured cars and other and Health Infrastructure
the state governors on the issue of security The President, while addressing the issue equipment and they are training the trainers. Development Bank for
at the State House, Abuja, after listening to of banditry and kidnapping reported in each More of such equipment, including military the mobilisation and
presentations by a governor from each of of the geo-political zones, said “security is aircrafts will come in,” he added. development of rural
the six geo-political zones on their specific important and we must secure the whole Buhari, who noted that the foreign press communities in the country.
security challenges. country. We are thinking very hard on the coverage of the EndDSARS protest was not The bills for the establishment
“The sub-region is no longer safe, more so issue of kidnapping. We will make it possible balanced, cited specifically the CNN and of the two organisations have
with the collapse of the former Libyan leader, for the military to get to the bandits and BBC, for omitting the number of policemen scaled second reading at the
Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and the cross kidnappers and eliminate them.” killed, police stations that were razed, and federal parliament.
border movement of weapons and criminals. He said the closure of the nation’s land the prisons that were thrown open for The bill seeking to establish
“Governors must work with traditional borders was partly an attempt to control the inmates to escape. the National Integrated Rural
rulers. Try and work with traditional rulers to smuggling in of weapons and drugs. The President, while commenting on Development Agency, yesterday,
boost intelligence gathering,” he was quoted “Now that the message has sunk in the eight-month long strike by Academic scaled through second reading
by his spokesman, Garba Shehu. with our neighbours, we are looking into Staff Union of Universities, said lecturers in the Senate. The proposed
Buhari, while giving an overview of the reopening the borders as soon as possible,” had not taken into consideration the larger legislation titled 'Integrated
security situation in each of the zones, said he said. challenges facing the country. Rural Development Agency Bill
2020', is sponsored by Senator
Stella Oduah (PDP, Anambra
Reps lament rising South).
banditry, kidnapping in Meanwhile, at the House
of Representatives, a bill for
Dutsin-Ma, Kurfi, others the establishment of Health
Infrastructure Development
By Balarabe Alkassim Bank scaled second reading. It
was sponsored by Rep. Mansur
The House of Representatives has Manu Soro and co-sponsored by
called on the federal government the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila.
to tackle the menace of bandits, Leading the debate, Soro
kidnappers and armed robbers said the need for the bank
operating in Dutsin-Ma, Kurfi and was to address the gaps and
other parts of Katsina State. infrastructure challenges facing
This was sequel to a motion moved the Nigerian health sector.
by the member representing Dutsin-
Ma/Kurfi Federal Constituency, Rep.
Armaya'u Abdulkadir, during plenary Basic education:
on Tuesday.
Presenting the motion, the Kano gov’t injects
lawmaker lamented that the
incessant killings, kidnappings,
banditry and armed robbery in his  From left: Former Kaduna State Deputy Governor, Barnabas Yusuf Bala (Bantex);
N6bn, records 2.3m
constituency were causing very high
losses in lives and properties as well
South African Ambassador to Nigeria Thami Mseleku; Book presenter, Sen. Uba Sani;
Author of the book, Dr. Omano Edigheji; Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State and
increase enrolment
as displacement of people from their his wife Ummi, during the public presentation of the book titled ‘Nigeria Democracy By Chidimma C. Okeke
villages. without Development: How to fix it’, in Abuja yesterday Photo: Abubakar Yakubu
The Executive Secretary,
Universal Basic Education
Democracy can’t thrive without development – Fayemi Commission (UBEC), Dr
Hamid Bobboyi, says Kano
By Abbas Jimoh Fayemi, represented by democracy because democracy current stability they enjoy, they
State injected the sum of
Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, presupposes that people are want to use the instrument of
N6bn into the basic education
Ekiti State Governor Kayode said democracy can only be interested in enforcing freedom democracy to sustain that.
sub-sector between 2018 and
Fayemi has said it will be sustained by people who are and participation in governance “I hold the view that to have
2019.
difficult to sustain democracy happy. through the contribution of a democratic state, we first and
He disclosed this at the
without development. “I think development will representation. But how do you foremost must succeed as a
on-going two- day retreat
The governor said this on deliver democracy and not the do this while the majority of the developmental state because
organised for the board and
Tuesday in Abuja at the launch other way round because in an people are not even able to put it is when we get rid of poverty,
management members of the
of the book ‘Nigeria Democracy environment where you have food on their table. illiteracy and insurgency that
commission holding in Kano.
without Development: How to poverty, lack of consensus, vision “Democracy can only be you can talk of democracy,” he
He explained that with
fix it’ authored by Dr Omano for the people and nation, it is sustained by people who are said.
that huge amount, the state
Edigheji, a Special Adviser to difficult to talk about democracy. happy, who can foresee a El-Rufai, in his remarks, said it
recorded the construction
Kaduna State Governor, Malam “Without development, future for themselves and their is a paradox to have democracy
of 817 new classrooms,
Nasir el-Rufai. it is difficult to sustain children. And because of the without significant progress.
renovation of 685 classrooms,

Strike: ASUU has failed to honour agreement - Ngige

By Idowu Isamotu
The Minister of Labour and
Employment, Chris Ngige,
yesterday accused the leadership
of Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) of breaching
a ‘gentleman agreement’ reached
at their last meeting held
November 27 as regards calling
off a nine-month-old strike.
This is as the minister
scheduled another meeting for
…parties meet today
today with the leadership of
ASUU to iron out grey areas.
Ngige, while reacting to claims
by the President of ASUU, Prof
Biodun Ogunyemi, that federal
government had failed to deliver
on the timelines on offers made
to the union, maintained that the
timelines had been complied with
and “faithfully implemented”.
The minister, in a statement
from his media officer, stressed
that ASUU agreed at their last
meeting with the government
team to call off the strike before
December 9.
“The truth of the matter is that
a ‘gentleman agreement’ was
reached at the last meeting in
which ASUU agreed to call off the
strike before December 9, 2020,
and the Minister, in turn, agreed
that once the strike is called
off, he would get a presidential
waiver for ASUU to be paid the
remainder of their salaries on
or before December 9,” Ngige
stated.
It would be recalled that
the union leader had blamed
government for the union’s failure
to call off the strike, saying the
lecturers would not return to
classes until their salary arrears
were paid.
drilling of 100 boreholes,
provision of 40,000 pupil’s
and teacher’s furniture,
recruitment of 8,000 volunteer
teachers for Tsangaya primary
schools among others, a
statement signed by the Head
Public Relations/Protocol,
UBEC, David E. Apeh, said.
Dr Bobboyi said the
achievements were crowned
by the establishment of
free and compulsory basic
education. He also said
the state’s enrolment has
increased from 1 million to
3.3 million.
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Lukaku for
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Dortmund clinch top spot with 2-1 win at Zenit St Petersburg

Borussia
B Dortmund spot on 10 after a 2-2 draw Marwin Hitz. Dortmund level in the 68th minute
s
struck twice in the space with 10-man Club Brugge, who Zenit looked to have doubled after a goalmouth scramble before
of 11 second-half minutes finished third. their lead 17 minutes later but Axel Witsel’s powerful left-footed
s
to seal a 2-1 victory at Zenit Dortmund signalled their intent Sardar Azmoun’s effort was ruled strike from the edge of the penalty
Pete
St Petersburg in the Champions early on with a sustained spell of out for offside. Dortmund nearly area put Lucien Favre’s men in the
League on Tuesday and clinch top pressure but the hosts drew first found the equaliser on the stroke lead.
spot in Group F. blood when Argentine winger of halftime through Marco Reus The Russian side threw bodies
The victory took Dortmund to Sebastian Driussi’s deflected but the German’s curling effort forward in search of a late
po
13 points from their six games, shot ended up in the back of the cannoned off the crossbar. equaliser but Dortmund held firm
 Lukasz Piszczek with Lazio taking second net after wrongfooting keeper Full back Lukasz Piszczek drew to seal the victory.

WAFU U20: Flying Eagles tackle Nigerian

Ghana’s Satellites for semi-final spot
N
igeria’s national
U-20 male team, the
Flying Eagles will
seek a place in the semi
finals of the ongoing WAFU
B U20 Tournament in Porto
Novo this afternoon when
they confront West African
arch rivals, Ghana’s Black
Satellites at the Stade
Charles de Gaulles.
With only three teams in
Group B and having drawn
their first tie against Cote
d’Ivoire on Sunday, the seven-
time African champions
require a win to avoid any
unforeseen circumstances
to advance to the knock-out
rounds.
Chris Nwaeze had given
the Flying Eagles the lead in
the 61st minute against the
Ivorians but then got sent
off for a second bookable
offence as Nigeria conceded
a late equalizer to drop two
points.
Head Coach Ladan Bosso is
upbeat about the chances of
his wards, saying the lessons
learnt from the opening
clash would be put to good
use against the illustrious
opponents.
“I thought we did enough
to pick up the three points
against the Ivorians but we
lost concentration towards
the tail end of the game and
were punished for it.
“We controlled the game
for most parts and should
have won but the red card
destabilised my boys and
put us out of sync tactically.
The clash with Ghana will be
tough but we are ready. The
boys understand what is at
stake and I have confidence
they will do the nation proud.
Our target here remains
the same: winning the
tournament and qualifying
for the CAF U20 Cup of
Nations in Mauritania.”
Mike Zaruma, who
captained the team against
the Ivorians, echoed Coach
Bosso’s optimism. “Taking
only one point from the tie
with the Ivorians was a tough
one because we played better
and created more chances to
win the game.
“We felt disappointed but
that is behind us now and
Ghana is the focus. We know
that we must win to enhance
our chances of reaching the
knockout stage.
“I believe in what we can
do as a team. We are ready to
pick the three points against
Ghana in order to make
Nigerians happy.”
Army
reaffirms
commitment
to golf
By Olusola ‘Jide @jide-olusola
The Chief of Army Staff,
LT General Tukur Yusuf
Buratai has promised
that the Nigerian Army
will continue to support
the growth of golf in the
country.
He made this known
during the closing
ceremony of the Chief of
Army Staff Pro Am Golf
Tournament trophy at the
TYB -international Golf
Resorts and Country Club,
Abuja.
"I have noted the effort
at grooming young and

Cricket: New foreign coach charged to make Nigeria best in Africa
By Joshua Odeyemi
Nigeria Cricket Federation
(NCF) has set a target for its
new Sri Lankan coach, Asanka
Gurusinha, to make Nigeria
the best in Africa within the
first year of his contract.
President of NCF, Professor
Yahaya Ukwenya, disclosed
this at the Moshood Abiola
Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday
December 8, 2020 during the
unveiling of the foreign coach.
He said: "Mr. Gurusinha's
appointment is a major
statement of intent by NCF
and he has been offered a
renewable contract to run for
three years.
"He will double as Head
Coach and High Performance
Manager of NCF.
"Coach education and
mentoring has been added to
his responsibilities in addition
to developing a national
framework for grassroots
cricket coaching unique to
Nigerian setting.
"We expect him to work
towards the long term goals
of NCF stated above but
the immediate measurable
expectations will include;
Nigeria approaching top 20
ICC T20 ranking from the
 Asanka Gurusinha, the Head Coach and High Performance Manager of Cricket for Nigeria
handed the national team jersey during his unveiling yesterday at the Abuja National stadium
current position of 39 by the
end of his first tenure."
Prof Ukwenya added that
Gurusinha must make Nigeria
to become "one of the most
physically fit teams and
attaining number 1 ranked
fielding status in Africa within
first year."
He also said, at least, three
Nigeria batsmen and three
bowlers should be ranked
within Africa top 20 by the first
18 months of the Sri Lankan
contract.
Gurusinha was picked
ahead of 32 top coaches who
applied for Nigeria's top job.
Responding Gurusinha
said “I am very excited to take
up this job and I am really
looking forward to the best
we can achieve with the level
of enthusiasm, talent and
support that the Nigerian
Cricket Federation has.”
His immediate assignment
is a close camping for the top
36 players in the country who
are already in Abuja.
talented players for the
future through the Caddy
tour. We must continue
to constructively engage
our energetic youth both
male and female and to
continue to support them.
“I am also glad to
note that this Pro Am
tournament has set the
record as the first time
that a lady professional
golfer participated in the
professional tour in the
country. This affirms
that Nigeria has talents to
compete at global levels
with appropriate exposure
and support". Buratai
said
The Chief of Army Staff
directed that the Pro Am
Golf tournament be made
an annual event of the
Nigerian Army and be
captured in the budget
of 2021 Army Sporting
events.
Meanwhile, Michael
Ubi of Python Golf Club,
Port-Harcourt in Rivers
State has promised to
work harder next year
to defend the Chief of
Army Staff Pro Am Golf
Tournament trophy
won at the inaugural
TYB -international Golf
Resorts and Country Club,
Abuja.

Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Rabi Al-Akhar 23, 1442 AH
THE WEDNESDAY Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
COLUMN hakeembabaahmed@dailytrust.com, 08074520852 SMS Text Only
Living history
“Around a flowering tree there are many insects”.
African proverb
A
few weeks ago, an event with great
symbolism took place in Kaduna.
It was the 50th Anniversary of the
founding of Arewa House, the name
for Center for Historical Research and
Documentation of Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria. The Center itself is
located in Kaduna. Its size and elaborate
structures will defy understanding
without the explanation that its nucleus
used the official residence of the
murdered Premier of Northern Nigeria,Sir
Ahmadu Bello, Sardaunan Sokoto. The
actual building where he was shot along
with his wife has been preserved to serve
as a piece of physical history and a tourist
attraction. In reality, it serves as a poignant
reminder of a period and a personality
that has always been larger-than-life to
northerners. The Sardauna has become a
myth invoked to serve so many purposes
by generations that had only heard of
him. Arewa House keeps that myth alive,
a contrivance of a regional elite that had
clung to a past to remind itself of a strong
symbol of northern unity, a model of good
governance and an event of great injustice
to the North around which so much of the
history that followed his murder is hung
by popular and scholarly historians.
To celebrate 50 years since the
Sardauna’s Spartan official residence
became a unit under Ahmadu Bello
University, the drums were rolled out.
Management of the Center, leadership
of the university and the State Governors
who now run the 19 States from the one
region he led until the night of January
15,1966 were small children when he
died. Many were starting school when
the decision was taken in 1970 to donate
his official residence to the University
he founded in 1963.Yet, they all knew
enough of the power of the mystique
around the hallowed establishment to
engineer an impressive series of activities
to remind northerners and the country
of a past and a person whose half- myth,
half- reality character represents a key
part of North’s version of its journey into
modern Nigeria. It was also turned into
an occasion to celebrate the achievement
of a Center which started as a political
statement and became a strong evidence
that good scholarship can have strong
roots in politics.
A key element in the celebrations
was the decision to yield its highest
point to Governor Kayode Fayemi of
Ekiti State to deliver a lecture with the
theme, ”Unfinished Greatness: Towards
a More Perfect Union.’’ The lecture itself
was a master class, and it will stand as a
reference point to excellence in scholarly
research feeding a political project. The
selection of Governor Fayemi raised a few
eyebrows owing to its audacity in flying
in the face of history of the Sardauna’s
fabled cat-and-mouse with Yoruba
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politicians, especially Chief Obafemi
Awolowo. Peddlers of political maneuvres
and dispositions saw the hands of host
Governor Nasir el-Rufai in the decision to
give Fayemi such prominence at an event
with significant emotional attachment to
a past carefully protected by northerners.
A few indignant voices murmured
disapproval, but these were smothered by
the huge turn-out of northern governors
who sat through an unusual event that
delivered a powerful message in velvet
gloves. The message was the imperative
of restructuring the nation, an idea that
the bulk of the northern elite agrees with,
but is uncomfortable with the manner it
is being owned as a lethal weapon by the
south.
There will be people
who will remember
that el-Rufai chose the
residence of the Sardauna
to signal a northern
capitulation in the battle
over rotation. He was
one of the first northern
politicians to make the
case for his party to
concede its presidential
ticket to the south.
Whether he wants to be
number two, or pave the
way to another northerner
as deputy, he has gone on
record for making the case
for a southern presidency
in 2023
It is quite possible that the event at
the Sardauna’s residence served to invite
more attention to a kite and a rumoured
alliance that will make bold statements
about the nature of the competition for the
country’s presidency in 2023. One among
many of these statements will strengthen
the hand of the real ‘progressive’ elements
in the APC who el-Rufai and Fayemi think
they are. For Fayemi, it will highlight his
incipient challenge of received wisdom
that Tinubu is and will continue to be
the only game in the south west until
he flies the party’s flag or hands it over
to a favoured loyalist, which Fayemi is
not. For el-Rufai, it will strengthen his
impatience and exasperation at the
drift in his party and his characteristic
contempt for waiting in line for tradition
to open doors. A Fayemi-el-Rufai ticket
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would tap into the stronghold of the Lazio qualify for Champions
APC, but it will have to step on some big
toes. It will have to hope it has enough League last 16
clout and traction to withstand powerful
assaults with a formidable national army
of progressives, or at least their versions of
progressives. It will also count on the mass
loss of memory by people of Kaduna State
who lived through el-Rufai’s rule, and the
abdication of the considerable opposition
from the south west to the emergence of
a bloc that is bent on re-inventing Yoruba
politics.
There will be people who will remember
that el-Rufai chose the residence of
the Sardauna to signal a northern
capitulation in the battle over rotation. He
was one of the first northern politicians to
make the case for his party to concede its
presidential ticket to the south. Whether
he wants to be number two, or pave the  Ciro Immobile
way to another northerner as deputy,
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he has gone on record for making the iro Immobile scored his fifth
case for a southern presidency in 2023. Champions League goal this
Other politicians from the south would season as Lazio reached the last
kiss and hug el-Rufai, but will hold back 16 for the first time in two decades on
because he takes it to a person of his Tuesday with a 2-2 draw against 10-
choice from the wrong part of the South. man Club Brugge.
The cacophony of voices in support of an Immobile scored Lazio’s second
Igbo presidency without preconditions goal from the penalty spot at a rain-
may have noted the arrival of a new drenched Stadio Olimpico after
threat. These are voices that trace the Joaquin Correa had put the hosts
foundational case for justice in a national ahead on 12 minutes.
Ruud Vormer had cancelled out
consensus for an Igbo presidency in 2023
Correa’s opener with a Hans Vanaken
all the way back to 1966. Places like Arewa
House tend to create difficult obstacles header on 76 minutes reviving the
to a smooth narrative on a deliberate, hopes of the visitors who played a man
sustained and unimpeachable offensive down after Eduard Sobol’s sending off
at Igbo peoples’ fortunes in Nigeria six minutes before the break.
starting with the pogroms, the civil war
and everything else that followed to date. Inter look to Lukaku for
Some Northerners insist that the story
must start from the night of January Champions League survival
15,1966 with the murder of the Sardauna.
They tend to tally up numbers of federal
soldiers who fell in an avoidable war;
the post-war reintegration processes,
the reinvention of Igbo politicians and
businessmen in the Nigerian political
economy and the pride of place which
Igbo enterprise occupies in every inch of
the country.
The invocation of experiences of the
Igbo in Nigeria as justification for rotating
the presidency to the East suffers from
weak foundations in many quarters.
When it is reinforced by ‘shortchanging’
the Igbo with only five States and the
failure of other Nigerians to accord the
Igbo their right to have one of them
become president like other groups,  Romelu Lukaku
it waxes stronger in circles that have
I
become increasingly hardened by nter Milan are counting on prolific
repetition and fringe politics which offers striker Romelu Lukaku to power
alternatives to live in an unjust nation. the former three-time winners
It is only weakened by the poor quality into the Champions League last 16
of Igbo political leadership which seeks on Wednesday in a must-win clash
concessions and benefits from the rest against Shakhtar Donetsk.
of Nigeria only by drawing attention The Belgian scored a double in a 3-2
to its wounds and tolerating crippling win over Borussia Moenchengladbach
tendencies that weaken the Igbo claim last time out to keep the Italian giants
that it is overwhelming in favour of alive in the continental competition
remaining in and with Nigeria. whose knockout rounds they have not
There are many issues that represent reached since the 2011-2012 season.
major challenges to political and elite Bottom of Group B, Inter need to
cohesion, and these will get worse as we win at the San Siro and for ‘Gladbach
move nearer to 2023.The past will always and Real Madrid not to draw their
be an asset and a liability for all groups as match.
politicians compete against each other. “I’ve never played so well in my life,”
There will be great benefits in addressing said Lukaku after bagging four goals in
today’s challenges with today’s solutions. as many European games this season.
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