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Xslaze3xd:
Na Nigeria get WAEC na.....

FowlYansh:
You are one of the reasons Nigeria has failed.
You pick someone to do a job for you, You Pay him for the job, He does 50% of he Job, You say it is success?

APC e-diots on Nairaland are all high on kunu like their ''baba dullard''

By George Agba, Jul 25, 2015

Reports have showed that Nigeria has the largest number of examination anomalies out of the five member countries of the West African Examinations Council. The Head, National Office of the Council, Charles Eguridu has said.

He spoke at a Road Show on Examination Malpractices Sensitisation that took place in Abuja, stating that WAEC has not introduced stricter measures and the utilisation of advanced technology in its effort to limit misconduct in Nigeria.

Eguridu equally warned applicants and schools that involve themselves in the despicable behaviour of organised examination malpractice of the grim penalties that include prosecution.

He said to the media, “We have regulations that governs the conduct of our examination.”

He further added that WAEC has the power to hold back results and carry out investigation on whoever is involved in examination malpractice, adding that afterwards, the whole result of such perpetrator will be cancelled and the centre where the exam took place will become derecognised. Eguridu equally indicated that WAEC has presented a technology that confirms applicants that registered for the exam, indicating that at the point of registration, the biometric features of each candidate will be captured.

He further commented that the captured information will be uploaded into the Council’s database and on the day of the exam, the features uploaded into a handheld devise at the centre will work like the card reader does to authenticate that it is the candidate that writes the exam.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, MacJohn Nwaobiala has also appealed to WAEC candidates to avoid circumstances that could incriminate them in the examination hall, so as not to jeopardise their future.

Emekamex:
Nigeria is always good at finding solutions but never quick to execute a single one. I wont be surprised if none of these is achieved.

The Ahmed Joda transition committee has outlined a list of prompt, medium and long-term decisions President Muhammadu Buhari must take, or authorise, within 30, 45, 60 and 90 days of taking office, to create immediate impact, reduce government liability, increase revenue and stabilise the polity.

The recommendations are part of a portfolio of swift steps Mr. Buhari must take on assumption of power if he must save cost and “enhance liquidity”, the committee said in its 800-page report to the president.

PREMIUM TIMES exclusively obtained volumes of the report, which contain extensive analyses of Nigeria’s key challenges, with suggested responses for the economy and finance, governance and social welfare.

Below are some of the steps the committee advised Mr. Buhari to take within the first 60 days of his tenure to impact the economy.
The president would have spent 60 days in office on July 29.

Reducing wastage & increasing revenue
· Establish an inter-ministerial task-force to review all outstanding contracts and confirm the existence of the associated aggregate contractor liabilities of N4.1 trn across all ministries, departments and agencies as at April 2015.
· Block major leakages by reducing wastage and ensure increased budgetary and fiscal indiscipline towards improved revenues.
· Restructure and refinance existing debt; review and renegotiate existing contracts.
· Review all Federal Government appointments in the last nine months.
· Presidency to terminate all appointments not based on merit.
· Ministry of Finance to ensure full implementation of Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) 2007 to chase up any outstanding funds from all MDAs.
· Ministry of Finance, Head of Service of the Federation, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to ensure full implementation of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) and Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) across all MDAs to reduce leakages within the system

Diversifying economy & revenue Base
· Wind down the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) and stop further payment; funds to be saved re-allocated for social welfare schemes and other areas of the economy to stimulate jobs and boost local production and efficiency

Palliatives as part of Subsidy Removal
· Repair all PPMC depots & pipelines as well as the refineries.
· Privatise the refineries post-repair along NLNG model.
· Create a fund to subsidise retail consumer power tariffs from current level to a cost reflective level for 5 years.
· Provide lunch every school day for primary school pupils to improve school enrolment and nutritional intake.
· Revamp all Federal Government university hostels and provide an additional paid year of service in a revamped public service-oriented NYSC.
· Establish primary healthcare centre in each local government staffed by midwives and health care workers.
· One year apprenticeship skills acquisition scheme for agriculture (primary) and construction (artisans).
· Provide subsidised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cookers and gas canisters to rural households to encourage the uptake of LPG use for cooking instead of kerosene and firewood.

Power
· Ministry of Power to urgently appoint very competent, apolitical Commissioners for the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and build capacity and integrity within the sector.
· Ministry of Power to review and restructure the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) management contract by: (a) Signing the Year 4 extension, and (b) Structuring a fit-for-purpose management contract for 2016 to replace the present contract that only allows for the supply of just 8 management staff.
· Reconstituting and streamlining the Board of TCN to more technical and commercial experienced members to enhance technical, commercial and project management capacity.
· Implement a Schedule of Delegated Authority to Manitoba Hydro International (MHI) and provide the required autonomy to meet its contractual objectives.
· Strengthen the Management Contractors Delegated Authority and eliminate undue interference from Government officials.
· Ministries of Power and Finance, Attorney General to recapitalize Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trader (NBET) and provide Federal Government guarantees to increase investor confidence in the viability and solvency of NBET to meet its obligations and maintain stability in the Sector.
· Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) to make domestic gas supply prices competitive & cost reflective by providing an enabling environment for investment in gas infrastructure to meet demand.
· The President, Ministries of Power and Petroleum Resources, Attorney General to create a Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) Technical Committee to immediately review the Dr. Rilwanu Lukman’s version of the draft PIB (to bring its basic principles in line with industry best practice).
· The Committee will also split the PIB into smaller sub-sector specific bills and prioritize presentation to the National Assembly work-streams to ensure the appropriate version is passed.
· Liberalize gas sector to enable prioritization of key PIB segments and swift passage into Law.
· Ministry of Power, NERC and NGC to resolve all issues holding up prospective/on-going independent power programme(IPP) projects and ensure that stalled projects commence generation to add up to 5,000MW generating capacity.
· Ministries of Power and Solid Minerals to provide special incentives and concessions to attract credible local and international players into coal mining for power generation to increase investment in coal to power generation.

Oil & Gas
· Ministry of Petroleum Resources to commence an audit of all Offshore Processing Agreements and Crude Swap Agreements entered by NNPC to identify and claim any reimbursements for excess crude lifted vis-a-vis products delivered based on a fair and transparent audit process.
· Ministry of Finance, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and Debt Management Office (DMO) to audit all outstanding liabilities and pay verified premium motor spirit (PMS) subsidy amounts to oil marketers to ensure petrol is readily available to the market and avoid further fuel queues.
· Ministry of Petroleum Resources to review existing refinery licenses and pass enabling policies to allow for the building of modular refineries that focus on diesel, dual purpose kerosene (DPK), aviation turbine kerosene (ATK) and low pour fuel oil (LPFO) to bolster the creation of jobs, whilst removing the reliance on existing refineries and importation of diesel, DPK, ATK and LPFO.

Agriculture
· Ministry of Finance to convene a conference with micro-finance banks and leasing companies on the creation of a viable working capital credit scheme for small scale farmers to create a platform to make capital available for rural farmers to buy sufficient quality inputs ultimately leading to higher yields.
· Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Trade and Investment, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) to convene an international agricultural stakeholder conference to develop a modus operandi for the modernisation and commercialisation of Nigeria’s agriculture sector, generate investor awareness and enable government to develop and implement policies that will attract investment in the agriculture value chain.
· Ministry of Agriculture, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish and fund a Regional Commodity Exchanges and associated warehouses to creating accessible markets for rural farmers by providing a platform for the implementation of a guaranteed minimum price for key regional commodities. This will lead to a reduction in post-harvest losses and increased income to farmers.

Solid Minerals
· Raw materials Research and Exploration Agency to create a special fund to be accessed through commercial banks or through a newly created development finance institutions (DFIs) to encourage local production.
· The Presidency and Ministry of Solid Minerals to set up committee to revive steel industry using COREX Technology to accelerates massive creation of jobs, spurs industrialization and allows Nigeria become net exporter of steel.

Maritime
· Ministry of Transport & Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA) to start enforcing the cabotage law to hedge Federal Government’s exposure from the impact of any losses as a result of damages, destruction and non-completion of public properties.
· Ministry of Transport to review all contracts and projects undertaken by NIMASA since 2011 to ensure compliance with insurance Act 2003 and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) PAAR requirements.
· Ministry of Transport, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), NIMASA and Nigerian Navy to discourage ships berthing offshore Nigeria (in areas like offshore Cotonou) to discharge goods and cargo destined for Nigerian ports to increase insurance penetration in small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
· Ministry of Transportation, NIMASA, NPA, Navy and other law enforcement agencies to release funding for the introduction of a Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) and review framework for oversight of safety measures to improve safety of all vessels in port waterways.

Financial Systems
· Ministry of Finance to develop policy to improve human capital capacity in all regulatory agencies in the finance sector by identifying and recruiting competent persons for executive and board positions to improve investor confidence from higher quality regulation of the financial sector.
· Ministry of Finance, PENCOM, CBN, SEC, NSE and DMO to ensure that FSRCC is standardised and codified to ensure it meets regularly and its aims and mandate are clear towards improved coordination and information sharing among the Regulators for more effective supervision.
· CBN to ensure that regulators investigate and compel banks to stop charging customers various fees for deposits and loans such as cost of transaction (COT) to reduce the costs of banking for consumers and encourage increased financial inclusion and reduce lending costs to companies.

Capital Markets
· Ministry of Finance, SEC, CBN and NSE to implement and support the National Capital Markets Masterplan to develop a National Savings Policy & Strategy to enhance listing value proposition broader tax base.
· Ministry of Finance and SEC to ensure that increased savings may be channelled to the capital markets to enhance listing value proposition

Pensions
· PENCOM and the Federal Government to secure FGN formal commitment & undertaking to adequately fund public sector pension liabilities to secure retirement life for civil service.
· PENCOM & Labour Union to apply sanctions to non-compliant state and Federal Government agencies to ensure greater compliance.

Insurance Industry
· Nigerian Customs Service(NCS) to enforce the compulsory insurance of imports through the Nigerian Customs Service to ensure compliance with insurance Act 2003 and the NCS PAAR requirements.

ICT
· Ministry of Communication Technology and NCC to recommence the sale of 2.6 GHz spectrum auction at NCC in order to provide additional frequency for broadband services.
· Ministry of Communication Technology, the Presidency and Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, and NITDA to implement ICT for Development (ICT4D) Initiative to drive digital inclusion across all sectors of the economy.
· Provide the enabler for automation of Revenue Collection, Finance and Accounting, Education, Health, Government Services, National Security and Defence, Elections Management, Procurement, Public Enlightenment, etc.
· Ministry of Communication Technology and NITDA to expedite implementation of local content development in ICT guidelines released in December 2013.
· Immediately announce compliance to the provisions of the guidelines on Local Content Development in ICT to increase the number and capacity of indigenous companies to exploit the rapidly growing ICT/Telecoms industry; establish infrastructure for local assembly and manufacture of ICT products; and create jobs.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has barred pregnant women, nursing mothers and students engaged in postgraduate studies from enlisting in the national service across the country, until they are free to participate effectively.

Rising from a two-day pre-mobilisation workshop for the 2015 Batch “B” NYSC programme, held in Kaduna, Director-General of the NYSC, Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, stated that the exemption of pregnant women and nursing mothers, as well as post-graduate students from national service was because they would not be able to undergo the four cardinal programmes of the NYSC.

The four cardinal programmes include mobilisation, orientation, primary assignment and winding-up passing out parade.

In a communique, the NYSC also resolved that henceforth, pregnant women and children would no longer be allowed into orientation camps across the country for service under the scheme established by the Gen. Yakubu Gowon administration in 1973.

Arguing that prospective corps members must go through the four stages of national service to qualify to receive certificate of national service, Olawumi faulted a situation whereby prospective corps members, especially pregnant women and nursing mothers, would be absent from the stages of the national service, only to resurface for posting to their various places of primary assignments.

Meanwhile, the resolution workshop tagged: “ICT and NYSC Mobilization Process: Towards Eliminating Identified Challenges,” added that henceforth, documents for concessional posting request on marital or health grounds would be forwarded on-line as against the old practice of “bringing such to the NYSC headquarters in Abuja.”

It noted that prospective corps members would henceforth be given the opportunity to choose their choice outside their socio-cultural and linguistic areas, using ICT solution.

This, according to the NYSC, is in a bid to tackle the problems of deluge of concessional request with which the scheme is inundated with regularly.

20 missing, 100 buildings, vehicles destroyed as flood wreaks havoc in Anambra community

BY OUR REPORTER ON JULY 25, 2015 NATIONAL

FROM ALOYSIUS ATTAH, ONITSHA

No fewer than 20 people have been declared missing while more than 100 buildings and vehicles were destroyed yesterday by flood which ravaged Oduke, Ibollo and Owellea­ja layouts in Obosi, near Onitsha, Anambra State.

Oduke and Ibollo residents have been suffering the devastating effect of severe flooding which they say was caused by the wrong channelling of drainage by a con­struction company that rehabilitated Ezei­weka road, Awada Obosi in the past leading to a surge of heavy floods into their area.

On Thursday evening, torrential rainfall that lasted for about two hours left the en­tire area flooded leading to several damages even as parents have been searching franti­cally for their missing children swept away in the flood.

When Saturday Sun visited the area yes­terday, women and children wept profusely while men engaged in rescue operations. Some nursing mothers, whose little babies were later rescued from the flood, were also seen clutching the babies after receiving medical attention from the hospital.

Angry residents of Oduke layout had earlier blocked the busy Ezeiweka Obosi road that connects travellers to the Onitsha- Owerri highway chanting war songs while vehicular movements were stalled for sev­eral hours.

The protesters said they voted massively for Chief Willie Obiano during the last gov­ernorship election that made him governor and called on him to visit their area for an on-the-spot assessment of their problems with a view to addressing them urgently be­fore they all perish.

Among the properties damaged in the flood included two four-storey buildings still under construction at Owelle Aja while sev­eral residential buildings, fences, schools, churches and vehicles at Oduke and Ibollo were either submerged completely or pulled down by the rampaging flood.

Addresing reporters after taking them round the submerged and damaged proper­ties, Chairman of Oduke Landlords Asso­ciation, Nicholas Okechukwu and his Ibollo counterpart, Chimezie Osuchukwu, in their separate speeches, said that they have been crying out to the Anambra State government to come to their aid since 2013 till now but all to no avail.

They lamented that the problem of the area is man-made disaster and tragedy fore­told while they have spent all within their re­sources to handle the situation but help has not come from any outside quarter.

They lamented that that about 10 people have died from the disaster since the prob­lem started while they have suffered untold hardship and economic losses over the in­cident.

Putting the estimated loss of properties from the current incident to about N2 billion, they called on the Anambra State government to declare a state of emergency in the layout and address the problem holistically.

Also at the International Electron­ics Market, Onitsha about 1500 shops and goods worth over N800m were also damaged by flood.

According to the president of the market, Mr. Izuchukwu Okoye, the flood came into the market when the volume could not be contained by the drainages along the Onitsha/Asaba ex­pressway.

“Goods damaged were mainly from A and B lines and we appeal to the state government to come to our rescue”, Okoye stated.

Contributing, the Secretary of the market, Comrade Damian Ogudike said: “We pay our taxes and levies to the state government. The drainages are the problems and the expectation is that the state government should work on the drainages to be higher than they are now”.

“You can see the traders insisting that the money they paid to the govern­ment should be refunded to them since their problems in the market are not be­ing solved”, the secretary revealed.

zendy:
Why would Asari build his school in Nigeria where his investment is not safe? You want him to build it in Lagos so that one day the Yorubas will remember " Na our land" "Leave Lagos". You want him to go and build it in the SS? So the Government can raid and confiscate the investment whenever they are looking for Dokubo? His School is much better suited outside Nigeria in a peaceful Country like Benin Republic.

Its funny that these Nigerians are saying "try anything and we will crush you!" Your so called Military couldn't crush mend or Tompolo when they were fighting in the creeks, your Government went to beg for negotiation. Your Government couldn't crush Shekau even though everybody in the world knows where he is, your Government is already begging for negotiations. The Nigerian Army has no credit of winning any battle in Nigeria without international support. The Niger Deltans should stop their agitation for resource control and start agitating for their own country ( either in Union with Igbos or not) ,that is the only way they will ever control their resources.