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Sen. Shehu Sani (APC Kaduna Central) says the All Progressives Congress may lose Kaduna State in the 2019 governorship election if the state government’s “seeming anti people’s policies“ continue.

Sani spoke to newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday shortly after he received complaints from traders on Governor Nasiru El-Rufai’s plan to demolish the famous Kasuwan Barci Market in Kaduna.

“The anti-people policies of the APC administration in Kaduna state is sending people away, many people now only have faith in Buhari not in the party anymore.

“Most programmes of government in the state are not in favour of the people and if it continues, APC will pay for it.

“The current administration’s policies are only designed to please some certain group of people in the state,” Sani claimed.

He urged the state government to shelve the plan to demolish the market, famous for its textile and second-hand clothing.

The Senator noted that demolishing such market with 4,800 shops at this time of hardship would spell doom for thousands of families.

“I identify with the pains, concerns and fears of the traders and I appeal to the governor to think twice with a human heart over the issue.

“ We promised to deliver change to the country and as democrats, whatever we will do, we need to consult and carry the people along.

“We cannot treat people with arrogance and insolence and expect them to trust us again,” Sani said.

According to him, the traders are angry and fear that if the market is demolished, it will be difficult for them to regain their shops back.

Sani, who is the Senate Committee Chairman on Domestic and Foreign Debts, advised El-Rufai to suspend the demolition plan and concentrate on completing projects he had started.

“For all the project he started, he has not completed any. So, the mistake will be when he demolishes the market and there is no funds to reconstruct it, what will happen to the traders and the place?“

He noted that most government activities would shut down by 2018 when political activities begin ahead of the 2019 general election.

“The market had provided jobs for more than 30,000 men and women, with many youths off the street and engaged in tailoring, craft work and trading.

“Engage the traders in reconstructing the market by giving them a specific design to reconstruct with a deadline,” he suggested.

Sani told the traders that he would forward a memo to the governor on the issue and advised them to also seek dialogue with the state government to resolve the matter.

He also advised them to approach the state House of Assembly, religious leaders and human right organisations for intervention.

The Senator added that the traders also have the option of taking legal action if all efforts failed to stop the government plan.

The Chairman of the market traders union, Haruna Umar, said that the market with 4,800 shops records over N500m daily turnover.

Umar said there were more than 30,000 persons earning their livelihood from the market and demolishing it would be devastating to them and their families.

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…Casts ANTP, TAMPAN, NANTAP, AGN in new movie

In what appears like a first step at reconciling top members of the Yoruba film sector who have been divided along professional association line, notable filmmaker Kunle Afolayan is making good is promise by casting the ‘sworn enemies’ in a film production, currently ongoing in Ilorin, Kwara State.

The film, with the working title, ‘Stella and Oba’, stars veteran actors, Jimoh Aliu (Aworo), Lere Paimo (Eda Onile Ola), Wole Olowomojuore (Baba Gebu) and Olajumoke Ray Eyiwunmi (Mama Ray), all of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Practitioners (ANTP) playing alongside the association’s estranged members like Adebayo Salami (Oga Bello) and Lanre Hassan (Iya Awero) who are now of the newly established Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN).

Recall that young Afolayan promised to reconcile the factions during the 20th Anniversary celebrations of the passing of his father, the iconic Ade Afolayan (Ade Love) which took place in Lagos and Agbamu, Kwara State, last December.

The star-studded ‘Stella and Oba’ is being handled by Golden Effects Productions and directed by Kunle Afolayan for filmmaker, Lasun Ray, who is a beneficiary of the Bank of Industry’s NollyFund loan scheme.

Described by promoters as a film like no other, ‘Stella and Oba” also stars top cross-over acts; Zack Orji and Tina Mba, including music sensation Chidinma Ekile, Ken Eric and ‘October 1’ actor, Demola Adedoyin.

In what seems like an all-inclusive Nollywood production, Orji of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) and Mba of National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP) are also in the fold.

It is the fourth film being directed by Afolayan this year, coming shortly after the completion of ‘Roti’, ‘Omugwo’ and ‘Tribunal’.

It's a few days to the Grand Finale, kindly vote for EFE plssssssss

"When Jaiz bank came up with the idea of getting a license for the operation of the bank, they proposed the funding of the bank’s capital with interest and I said no, you can’t fund a non-interest bank with interest. The required amount to be issued license was N5 billion at that time and they had only N1 billion.

I took my phone and called one of the richest men in Africa who is a Nigerian and a Muslim. I told him that N5 billion is needed for an Islamic bank to start operation and the founders have N1 billion, and he instantly agreed and issued a cheque of 4 billion. That is how the license was issued.

Some Nigerians thought the introduction of Islamic banking in the country was a move to Islamize Nigeria. No at all, everything that is normal in the world is not normal in Nigeria.

There is Islamic banking in London, India and in South Africa but the citizens there never thought it as a way of Islamizing their countries but it became an issue in Nigeria.

Today, Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), is the chairman of the governing board and head of the general assembly of the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM).

Is that an agenda of Islamizing Nigeria? No, It was done for the promotion and guidance in financial inclusion. That is how we are. However, the tradition of early marriage and the problem of girl child education in the North, calling on stakeholders to invest more on girl child education than building mosques.

75% of 18-15 married women in the country today are not educated, that is why the society is producing illiterate mothers and children. I am tired of building mosques daily. We keep building mosque while our children are not educated, our foundations and NGO’s should give much focus and priority to girl child education, the mosques are OK enough.

I am currently drafting a bill that will be sent to the State Assembly for legislation against early marriage. We need to ban it, all this issues of maternal health and Almajiri are courtesy of early marriage as a result of lack of education for our girl children, this is bringing us back."

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