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RESULTS: Ward 6: Araromi/Bolorunduro, Ikole LG APC: 1,106
PDP: 543
SDP: 453


RESULTS: Ward 5, Ikole-south, Ikole LGA APC: 1,785
PDP: 975
SDP: 425

RESULT: PU004, Oke Emure II, Emure LG
APC: 78
PDP: 9
SDP: 21

RESULTS: Aramoko I, Ekiti West
APC: 2202
PDP: 347
SDP: 567

More detials later.

Zikojukwu:
Food for thought

Arrant nonsense, search ko, when election is less than 10 months, what has he been doing since all this years.

Naijabad:
APC is a killer party.

APC is a demonic party.

Many have died during APC 8 years than the number killed in ukraine.

�, incredible, nah APC be the party wey dey rule the state, last time I checked, security issue is a collective business

It's everywhere across the country, nothing dey special about it.

Nah bubu last democracy parade be this, make him do and enjoy it.

ogascomax:
All we end in tears. We want to see your running mate please. The church will mobilized all christians against you. The Northern Christians that suffer the most will not vote you. They are millions of Christians in the Northern part of this country. Whoever thinks that Muslims are more than Christians is living in a fools paradise. North central is dominated by Christians, North East have good numbers of Christians except North West excluding Kaduna State. Tinubu ambition is dead. Its your turn as a presidential candidate grand daddy. Muslim Muslim or Muslim Christian can't help you. PDP or LABOUR will have the day. Northerners will not see Kwankwaso and Atiku and vote Tinubu. I think people should start telling themselves the truth. This is not 1993 that religion means nothing or region. The present Nigeria have passed that area and you should face the reality of today. When the likes of Tinubu started that propaganda against Jonathan they never knew it will cause a ripple effect on them. That is what he and they rest will harvest by 2023.

Why are you wailing like this, is this crying not too much brother.


But come to think of it, did tinubu stole your grandpa inheritance that made your life and that of your family unbearable like this, why are you so pained as if is the man that made your family to be wretched.

How true is this?

Henri244:
- the aftermath of the primaries today would definitely bring about great disintegration of the APC. MARK THIS!

Not a vision but mere political calculation

Millimann:
They are busy fighting in the semi-finals while Atiku and Obi are already in the finals.

The person below me is projecting that Tinubu has the Katsina delegates in his kitty. In other words Tinubu is Buhari's preferred candidate. And the same Tinubu was ranting against Buhari few days ago.

Wonders shall never end.

Which of the peter obi do you mean, the one that's not certain that labor party would present as their candidate, have u forgotten that we have two labor candidate's

melonsgroup:
Tomorrow by God's special grace, I will get my PVC. I don't mind sleeping in INEC office

Your own tomorrow no dey ever finished

It's only in delta, rivers you'll be hearing names like Government, manager, Wednesday, Saturday, funny names.

mystery22:
Legacy of Tinubu....poverty in lagos

So certain that Tinunu was the one that collected your first wife or he has done something bad to your family before, something, Tinubu this, tinubu that. What's correlation between this topic and tinubu

Anytime I hear virtual game, � � �

Stakeholders have expressed concern over government’s resort to upgrading of polytechnics to universities, describing it as misplaced priority and unnecessary.


Lagos State Polytechnic, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State Polytechnic and Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, are some polytechnics that were upgraded to universities in recent times.

States like Abia and Delta also joined the fray. Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, was rechristened Delta State University of Science and Technology, while Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, was changed to Abia State University of Science and Technology.

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and official of the Federal Ministry of Education, faulted the conversion, and likened the action to “taking a step forward and many steps backward.”

Describing government’s action as a misplaced priority, ASUP National President, Anderson Ezeibe, said what is imperative at this time is to give the needed attention to existing public polytechnics by adequately funding them, providing requisite infrastructure and improving staff welfare.

He said: “The establishment of new polytechnics by the government or granting of licence to private operators for new ones is equally unnecessary at this time, as proliferation of polytechnics in the country would not translate to an automatic increment of access to polytechnic education by young Nigerians.”


Ezeibe said ASUP is not carried away by government’s upgrading of some polytechnics to university, as that was not the major issue to lecturers, as far as polytechnic education is concerned.

The main issue, he explained, is for government to look after existing institutions.
“So, let the government change if it likes the name or status of one school to another many times, the problems will remain the same if proper attention is not given to such schools,” he stressed.

Ezeibe, however, said there is nothing wrong if polytechnics are also allowed to award degrees like universities of technology are doing, as the Act establishing polytechnics makes provision for them to produce high-level manpower as universities are doing.

Executive Secretary, NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, said: ‘‘We must stop this crave of converting polytechnics to universities. The universities are swallowing polytechnics. If you convert college of education to university, you are upgrading it, but if you convert a polytechnic to university, you are degrading it and this will not help the economy.

“While countries like China and Germany are giving priority to technical and vocational education and with China even converting universities to polytechnics because they know that is the future, we are now in the craze of turning our polytechnics to universities. We are having dearth of technicians while we are heading for a glut of university graduates.

“There should be paradigm shift. What we need to compete well at global level is to produce manpower that is skilled. We may not need a situation where you will be asking for five credits at General Certificate in Education level or somebody who scores 300 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
What government is indirectly saying is that polytechnics alone are not doing well in Nigeria and need to be integrated into the university system, whereas it is universities that have not been doing well despite the huge sums of money spent on them by the government. The universities themselves need to be re-structured.”

In the same vein, an official in the Federal Ministry of Education, Kenneth Osuagu, noted that one of the effects of the conversion, will be the scrapping of National Diploma and Higher National Diploma programmes, as universities would not be able to produce those levels of students anymore.


He said: “It is like shooting yourself in the leg because you are reducing your capacity. They should rather increase their carrying capacity, enrol more students and improve on the facilities they have.”

He reminded that universities and polytechnics have different roles to play in the education system, adding that polytechnics were established to meet middle-level manpower needs of the economy.

“All over the world, the polytechnic sector is critical to economic development; it is not about conversion but performing the roles for which they were established. Polytechnic is a skill-oriented system, and when it is changed to university, that attribute could be lost. I think we should strengthen what we are doing and make sure we are doing it well. If a polytechnic is noted for one particular thing, local and foreign companies will be sourcing their staff from that institution.

“For instance, only one polytechnic in Nigeria trains students in underwater welding. So, if there is a burst oil pipe, it is only from that institution that the welders will be sought. Otherwise, they will be brought from other countries. So, polytechnics just need to look for a need in the society that they can meet.”

Instead of seeking an upgrade, he said polytechnics should continue their affiliate programmes, step up and produce more graduates.

“As the country’s population is increasing, so is the need for technical manpower. With the number of developmental projects across the country and advancement in technology, the polytechnics owe it to the country to produce the skilled workforce to handle these,” Osuagu added.

Ondo, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Ekiti, Kogi, Abuja, Kaduna and lastly Kastina.

Bola Tinubu! He goes by different names! It depends on your closeness to him! His close friends call him Asiwaju! His business associates call him BAT, an acronym for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while his political admirers call him Leader! He was once a Senator and also the Governor of Lagos state but no one uses any of these anymore as his prefix! l guess those titles no longer befit his status! Officially the APC, with the role he single-handedly played in bringing Buhari to the seat of power, calls Tinubu the National leader of the party! The name is strange.

It does not exist anywhere in the party’s constitution! The President has never shown keen interest in addressing Tinubu with that title! If you ask me, the President sees the title as a threat to his presidency, because it makes Tinubu look higher than him in the APC hierarchy! But there’s nothing the President could do but to allow Tinubu to continue with the bloated title! Right from the inception of the Buhari’s regime, Tinubu has been carrying on as a king-in-waiting! I am sure that’s the path he signed with Buhari; that after Buhari’s term is over, the baton would be handed over to him! However the moment Buhari settled down at Aso Rock he began to act as if he had forgotten the promise he made to his benefactor! Lately, Bola Tinubu went to Aso Rock to formally inform the President of their mutual agreement! He told Buhari, I am ready to run for the presidency! The President shook his hands, smiled and wished him well even though, by his body chemistry, his choice for the top job was Professor (Pastor) Yemi Osinbajo, his loyal Vice.

Well for Bola Tinubu the die has been cast!He was later to say in his press conference following his meeting with the President, that “nothing stops a kingmaker from becoming a king!” Yes, he is right! And if you have not heard, Bola Tinubu had officially declared his intention to become the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after Buhari! The question now is: where does this leave the amiable Vice President Yemi Osinbajo? The greater part of the north has been clamoring in their various meetings to have the Pastor Vice President take over from Buhari if they eventually should agree to cede the presidency to the south! They see him as one they could work with rather than the overly ambitious Tinubu! No one knows what’s in the mind of the former NEDECO man! Many issues are key in the minds of the northern political elites and they would want a President who would be sympathetic to their course!

Tinubu might be too stubborn and independently-minded to have the ears of anybody! He could come on board and torpedo everything the north held as sacrosanct. For example, who knows whether Tinubu would not come in and take side with the southern governors to proscribe the open grazing system so dear to most northern governors. Most of Buhari’s often divisive and lopsided appointment policies might not stand well with Tinubu and he might decide to erase them in favor of the south on coming to power! Resource Control is one dicey issue the north does not want Nigerians to talk about. Who knows, it might receive the favor of the Tinubu administration!.

Anyway, these are all matters of conjecture! But then, did Tinubu think he could re-enact the Abiola’s miracle of running on an all-Muslim ticket and Nigerians would sit back and nod their heads for him? Or would the APC manufacture a northern Christian candidate overnight for him as a running mate? This is where Pastor Osinbajo’s candidacy will have an edge over Tinubu’s.

For one thing, it is easy to get a formidable Muslim in the north to run as Osinbajo’s running mate as against finding a notable Christian in the north to pair with Alhaji Bola Tinubu. But since Tinubu threw the hat into the ring last week, no one has heard a word from the Vice President, though those campaigning for him have said nothing has changed. Tinubu is Osinbajo’s benefactor and naturally, it’s going to be very difficult for Osinbajo to run against his boss for the APC’s ticket! Barely 24 hours after Tinubu signaled interest in becoming the next President, the governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, raced to the President to also declare his intention to run for the office. Again the President shook his hands, smiled and wished him good luck! After that, another voice from the same southeast was heard telling the press that he would match Bola Tinubu grit for the APC’s ticket!.

I think Osinbajo has done well to come out like a man and pursue his own destiny. The presidency is very much at his reach! He can’t afford to let it slide for fear of competing against his boss! The party needs to sit down and deliberate over the candidate they want to present to the electorate if they intend to keep the presidency.

derecho:
Akure is peaceful but you can't be too sure bro.
There are pockets of violence and robbery too.I can't forget when we had to go commiserate with a family after a robbery incidence. Very sad.

The bolded is 100% correct.

Safety is of the Lord..

You're right sir, however in the whole of Nigeria, especially Kaduna that we have almost all the security agent's headquarters, there's still one form of security challenge and the other, however, akure is still a relatively bit fair sir.

uncletunsman:
Good evening to every member of this noble forum. Please, I need practical advice or guidance as I will be relocating from Kano to Akure with my family. Your advice, suggestions and shared experiences will be highly appreciated.
The moderator kindly moves this to the front page.

Op, you've made the right decision, I'm currently living in Akure.

Akure is one of the best place to stay in south west and make it, forget what the people over there has been insulating, I had my elementary schools in lagos and we build our house in ogun state, I'm saying this for you to understand that, coming to akure might be the best decision so far, consider the cost of living and as well as standard of living in akure to other area.

But I will advice you to be productive, if you don't have anything you're doing, you can't enjoy Akure.

Be good and have a wonderful Sunday.

Pierocash:
The 14 properties are they mobile phones, how can 14 properties be 15million naira?

I think say nah only me dey reason am.

Nigeria, which way?

Fahdiga:
This is what should have been done to Tinubu for milking southwest dry but instead they are worshipping him

As if Tinubu that milk your entire generation dry and make your family look unbearable, stupid fellow. Did he ask your father not to run for any position that he wish to, Tinubu matter will be the one to kill you guys.

Praxis758:
Iwore...... Do you know MAAJOLO and Adejoro family?

Emi ni omo Olofe Age

Nice bro, trust you're good

Praxis758:
Wow!!!!

Which part?

Iwore quarter and you?

Praxis758:
Daada ni o.

Se omo Ogbagi-Akoko no i ya?

Yes, I'm from ogbagi

Praxis758:
Breaking News..........

In light of the current bellicose and despotic character of Vladimir Putin, I have imposed a total ban on Emu Oguro (Palm Wine) from being exported to Russia from Ogbagi-Akoko, Ondo state.

We have imposed that Emu Oguro Ogbagi sanction on Russia till further notice.

Omo iya, ka ba kin, you're damn funny nigga. �

Interesting

When last did you see Jehovah witness coming to your hood

Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina is the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group. He was first elected to the position on May 28, 2015 by the Bank’s Board of Governors at its Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Dr Adesina is a globally renowned development economist and agricultural development expert, with more than 30 years of international experience.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics (First Class Honours) from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Nigeria, in 1981. He was the first student to obtain a First Class Honours in Agricultural Economics in the history of the university. He holds a master’s degree (1985) and a PhD in Agricultural Economics (1988) from Purdue University, USA, where he won the Outstanding PhD thesis award for that year.
Dr Adesina won the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Social Science Fellowship in 1988, which launched him into his international career.
A bold reformer, as Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria from 2011-2015, Dr Adesina turned the agriculture sector of Nigeria around within four years. Under his tenure, Nigeria ended 40 years of corruption in the fertiliser sector by developing and implementing an innovative electronic wallet system, which directly provides farmers with subsidised farm inputs at scale using their mobile phones.
Within the first four years of its launch, this electronic wallet system reached 15 million farmers, dramatically transforming their lives. The electronic wallet system has now gone global and is currently being implemented in Afghanistan and several African countries.
A firm believer in private sector-led growth, Dr Adesina radically changed the perception of agriculture in Nigeria from that of subsistence to a viable business that successfully attracted $5.6 billion in private sector investments.
He also led financing initiatives to support youth engagement in agriculture and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Ultimately, under his leadership, Nigeria’s food production expanded by an additional 21 million metric tonnes.
Prior to his appointment as Minister of Agriculture, Dr Adesina was the Vice President (Policy and Partnerships) of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), where he led several bold and innovative policy and finance initiatives that leveraged over $4 billion in Bank finance commitments to Africa’s agriculture sector.
Working with African Heads of State and Ministers of Finance, leaders in the commercial banking industry and Central Bank Governors across several African countries, Dr Adesina successfully led one of the largest global efforts to leverage domestic bank finance for the agricultural sector.
Prior to joining AGRA in 2008, he had served as Associate Director and Regional Director for the Southern Africa Office of the Rockefeller Foundation for over a decade.
Dr Adesina was Principal Economist for the West Africa Rice Development Association (1990-1995), Senior Economist and Social Science Coordinator for the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (1995-1998) and Assistant Principal Economist of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (1988-1990).
A prolific writer, Dr Adesina has authored over 70 scholarly publications on policy, agricultural development and African development issues.
He is a globally respected economist and has served as the President of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, as well as on the Editorial Board of several academic journals, including the International Journal of Agricultural Economists. He was awarded the Outstanding Black Agricultural Economist Award by the American Association of Agricultural Economists. He was a Distinguished Africanist Scholar at Cornell University, USA.


Dr. Adesina has received several distinctions and global awards.

YARA Prize (2007) in Oslo, Norway, for his leadership in pioneering innovative approaches to improve access to agricultural inputs for African farmers.
Distinguished Alumni

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