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The best time to watch super eagles is when you don't give them a chance!

This is impressive....what's d difference between these cars and the one toyota or ford produces!

chino24: Innoson product in Anambra state

Nairastake: @OP, you are in for a very big SCAM!!!

First of all,an acclaimed petroleum service company is using a free domain name DOT.tk
Secondly, the message format is so unprofessional. Imagine them telling you that they trust ur knowledge, skill and experience without even having met you before...
Again, they were even begging you, "Should you accept this job offer..." .
My brother you need not a seer to tell you that something very big is fishy about these guys.

PERSON DEY NARRATE BLUE FILM??

You said it all!

Any body know or have heard of this people....

Petrolog Integrated PetroleumServices,Plot 12 Azikiwe way,Finima,Bonny Island,Rivers State,Nigeria.


I got this email from them

Petrolog Integrated Petroleum Services,Plot 12 Azikiwe way,Finima,Bonny Island,Rivers State,Nigeria. 

20th January 2013
 Dear:                                                      JOB OFFER FOR PIPS TRAINING PROGRAMME Petrolog Integrated Petroleum Services is pleased to offer you a job as a Trainee in the  PIPS training programme. We trust that your knowledge, skills and experience will be among our most valuable assets.Should you accept this job offer provide us with the below required documents on or before 31st of January 2013 for scrutinization and confirmation as failure will result to disqualification,

REQUIREMENTS 1.Photocopies of Academic Certificate.
2.HSE Competent 3 Certificate .
3.2 copies of Sized Photo Passport.
4.NEBOSH General Certificate. 

All the above requirements must be submitted to the below company address in person or through courier

Petrolog Integrated Petroleum Services,Plot 12 Azikiwe way,Finima, Bonny Island,Rivers State, Nigeria.Website:   http://petrolog-group.tk/

 

THE PROGRAMME The PIPS training programme will last for 18months at three of our locations namely Rivers State, Lagos State and Delta State respectively. The training programme will be academically challenging and intensive with many practical assignments and evening work. Continuous assessment and appraisals of trainees will take place during the period of training. The programme is divided into five disciplines as follows:

1.Electrical/Operations (Ref. ELECT.1)
2.Mechanical/Operations (Ref. MECH.2)
3. Instrumentation/Operations (Ref. INSTR.3)
4.Accounting (Ref.ACCT.4)
5.Marketing (Ref .MARKTN.4) 

The PIPS/2 programme is City and Guild accredited, and on successful completion graduands shall be awarded the City and Guild of London Institute Certificate, in addition to the PIPS Certificate of attendance.TRAINEE NUMBER

Your assigned trainee number for the 2013 PIPS training programme is *******. SALARY /BENEFIT  As per the company policy, you'll be eligible to receive the following beginning on your hire date/resumption date.

Salary:  Monthly starting salary of  N300,000(Three hundred thousand naira monthly)Training Bonus:  N30,000 (Thirty thousand naira monthly).Accommodation: PIPS provides free accommodation to all trainees/employee.Benefits:  PIPS-

provides benefits for employees, including the followingEducation assistanceHealth insuranceSick leaveVacation and personal daysComplete details will be found in the appointment letter to be sent to you on confirmation of your documents.

 

RESUMPTION DATE

The resumption date for the  PIPS training programme is on the 26th of February, 2013. 

EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTS

 

After the submission and confirmation of all the above listed documents, company will dispatch all the employments documents via dhl courier service to all the confirmed candidates. So ensure you submit all the listed requirements on or before the 31st of January 2013. As failure will result to the cancellation of appointment.  

If you need any clarification or any help on the submission of any of the requirements  contact the below person.

Is this for real?

The airport is even almost completed self! I Thought they were just starting.

The Bauchi State governor, Malam Isa Yuguda, has laid the foundation stone of the N7.9billion Bauch International Airport.
The official ceremony was performed weekend barely a month to the deadline of completion of the project which is currently witnessing finishing touches, preparatory to its commissioning in March.
Speaking during the foundation laying ceremony , Yuguda explained that the concept of the International Airport dates back to the 80’s along with Akure and Warri amongst others.
“The strategic location of Bauchi State as a gateway to the North-east sub-region and also being a home to the West African premier Game Reserve, the Yankari Game Reserve, makes the construction of an international airport imperative,” Yuguda stated.

Every state in nigeria needs an airport! I hav always been saying this...those calling it a misplaced piority should shut up.

Airport if planned well with business around it is a major economic driver....you either choose tourism, aircraft maintenance, agriculture, oil nd gas, commerce etc in planning and building an airport....there is nothing like a dormant airport.

Far less economic and populous Countries have more airports than nigeria...

For example Anambra airport is planned on being an aviation fuel hub airport connected directly to d aguleri refinery...even with d nearby asaba airport it will still be a viable airport! Cause it will be known to hav regular and cheap aviation fuel and it will make it a busy airport.

That's how to to plan and build airports.

Can someone name one state dat doesn't have one or two dilapidated school?

Just one state?

Prof chinedu nebo is a metulugical engineer,an anglican reverend priest,an administrator and corrupt free....has no power company anywhere so there will be no conflict of interest in him favouring his company like wat happened to prof nnaji!

So I think he is a good candidate for d job....

Not forgetting dat most of the dirty stubborn issues like labour issues has been sorted out by nnaji and also with GEJ determined political will....so most of the hard wrk has been done,its just for d new man to sit back and oversee already laid down road map!
Which prof nebo can effectively do well.

taharqa: Actuali if at dis early stages of d ongoing reforms you see a freefall in d prices of food, then dat wud be a sign that d reform is not bn implementd properly. To spur Productn anywhere d prize hv to be 'right' for d would-be producer to enable him tk d economic decision to produce, and then going forward the prizes wud begin to fall IF d it works dat is Cos there wud hv bn an increase in Economics of Scale, Preditability, Management and a decrease in d Cost of productn...... No real investor wud hv investd in large-scale rice farming, milling or indeed, any of d Rice value chain d govt didn't impose tariffs on extremely cheap foreign rice that are more than 15yrs in storage and dat were bn dumpd on us; it wud hv bn impossible. To judge d progress of d reforms at dis EARLY stage just by prize of food items is just NAIVE to say d least...

Good response to shallow thinkers! Even afam follow they talk shallow...

Agriculture value chain business is the next money minting industry just like telecom did....wise investors should key in now or they miss out like vodacom did! Even TB joshua don follow advise.

Eko Ile: Multi billion naira cell phone is indeed a great job, too bad no be me den dream up the contract for....

This is a government that's still feeling its way in the dark and they'll continue to till they lay out any kind of detailed strategy or policy, instead, its still the same throwing up pies in the air while hoping it sticks, its still the same seeds here and fertilizer there. We are still decades away from mechanized and industrial farming with maximized and efficient productivity, but the best plan for Nigeria in 2013 and beyond is billions for cell phones and seeds over there and fertilizer over there.


No, we are not ready yet and we don't have the brains to get us there at this moment, all we have right now are jokers and bench warmers.

Dude can you shut up for once!

Square peg in a Square hole!! When u see a technocrat you will know!

But he should drop that 10 million phones idea! Dat idea wan rubbish his good works.

With the coming on of Akinwumi Adesina as minister of Agriculture, the nation began to rethink agriculture. The Minister came out clearly with his mandate: it was no longer going to be business as usual in agriculture; that agriculture would henceforth be run as a business.

There was therefore going to be emphasis on value chain. In other words, the ministry decided that agriculture would be run through its entire value chain – farming through processing, that is adding value and sales locally and internationally.

One year on, the logical question is, how has the agriculture ministry fared with its project that is meant to rethink agriculture in the country?  The Ministry launched what it calls a ‘government-enabled, private-sector-led transformation’, which involves putting in place new waves of incentives to attract foreign and local investors to the sector.

New fiscal incentives, including zero tariff and duty on agricultural machinery and equipments were announced by the President, to drive the agricultural transformation. It is on record that the Ministry launched a major effort to work strategically with the state governments to help drive investments in their agricultural sectors.

It also decentralised its operations and put in place 36 offices, with directors of agriculture, across the country, and six regional offices, one per geopolitical zone, to help drive investments and agricultural programmes in partnership with states. The efforts are paying off, as the Ministry is working more closely with the state governments than at any period since its existence.

Indigenous companies on the move

Indigenous companies are taking advantage of the agricultural transformation agenda. Dansa Foods is establishing a tomato processing plant in Kano, Famag-Jal has a huge investment in Halal certified meat processing plants in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); Teragro of the Transcorp Group has invested in the processing of fruits in Benue State.

Teragro Limited, the agribusiness subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc will save the nation about $8million foreign exchange annually on reduction of orange juice concentrates, mango puree and mango concentrates importation.

The plant which is first-of-its-kind in the country has installed capacity to produce up to 26,500 metric tonnes of juice concentrates per annum. Jide Adedeji, CEO Teragro, disclosed this in a press conference during the commissioning of the factory in Makurdi by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Adedeji said Nigeria spent $55 million on importation of juice concentrate in 2007, and that with what the country is producing, foreign exchange spent on importation could be conserved by ten percent in a year.

Flour Mills of Nigeria, Multitrex Integrated Foods Plc and Olam Nigeria, have all begun deploying capital to develop new agricultural operations. The Leventis Group has started new investments to revive all its previously abandoned farms and processing facilities, all due to the new reforms in the agricultural sector.

On the Nigeria Stock Exchange, agricultural companies (PRESCO, Okomu Oil) are performing well. In one year, the face of agriculture has changed, from a development programme to a business.

According to Kayode Oyeleye, special assistant to the minister on media and strategy, multilateral and bilateral agencies are providing donor-related investment support and have shown enthusiasm for the major reforms on-going in Nigeria’s agriculture by committing more $1 billion towards Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda.

“The World Bank Group is providing $500 million. African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed $250 million. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has selected Nigeria as a priority country for its investment in agriculture. The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has put up $80 million.

“The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed $60 million. The UK Government, through DFID has committed £37 million. The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ford Foundation and UNDP are providing significant technical support facilities,” Oyeleye said.

Fertiliser supply chain

Before Akinwunmi, it was corruption galore regarding fertiliser procurement and distribution.  But now all fertilisers are sold directly to farmers by fertiliser companies. Also, the old system where government bought and sold seeds, which were also fraught with corruption, with grains sold to farmers as seed has been totally dismantled.

To ensure that poor farmers got fertilisers and seeds without political interference, a new scheme called Growth Enhancement Support (GES) was launched to provide targeted support for seeds and fertilisers to five million farmers per year or 20 million farmers within four years. Hitherto, the farmers and their locations were not documented.

To make targeting easy, the Ministry launched the first-ever Know-Your-Customer initiative and developed a database of 4.5 million farmers in 2012, to aid in better targeting of subsidised fertilisers and seeds to farmers. The database will continue to be updated yearly.

The Ministry launched a Growth Enhancement Scheme, where farmers receive 50 percent subsidy on fertilisers, for a maximum of two bags, through the use of their mobile phones or Electronic-wallet system (E-wallet).
The policy has spurred private sector activity to build supply chains that reach farmers – what they have never done before. It has empowered farmers.

State of commodity value-chain

Progress has also been made respect of cassava, rice, cocoa, maize, cotton, oil palm, sorghum, dairy, horticulture, beef/meat and poultry. Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava in the world with 34 million metric tonnes produced per annum. But the country contributes zero percent in terms of value added in global trade.

Yet our farmers grow cassava in abundance and the price of cassava has collapsed around them.  But it is now the era of development of value chains for cassava that will raise income for farmers. This includes the use of cassava for high quality cassava flour (HQCF) to do partial substitution for wheat flour, cassava chips, starch, sweeteners and ethanol.

The Ministry spearheaded the production of high quality cassava flour for use in composite flours to substitute for some of the imported wheat flour being used in the baking industry. Corporate bakers have already started commercialising the inclusion of 20 percent high quality cassava flour in bread.

Rice

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, a total of 690,000 metric tonnes of rice was produced in 2012 from the interventions under the rice programme. This is said to be 140 percent higher than the target set for 2012.

New fiscal measures were announced by Mr. President raising tariff for brown rice, and levy on imported finished rice, to encourage local rice production. In response, 13 new private sector mills were established in the last 12 months, buying and processing local paddy. The total capacity of the new mills is 240,000 metric tonnes. High quality local rice rolled out on commercial scale by Ebony Rice, Ashi Rice, Mikap rice and Umza Rice.

To ensure the county has in place industrial capacity for international quality grade milled rice that can compete with imports, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance concluded arrangements to facilitate the acquisition of 100 large scale integrated rice mills, with a total capacity of 2.1 million metric tonnes, to be located across the country, owned and operated by the private sector. This is being acquired under a low interest rate facility of $ 1 billion from the China EXIM Bank. 

Cocoa hybrids

Cocoa is enjoying the release by the ministry, eight new high-yielding, fast-maturing cocoa hybrids to revolutionise the cocoa sector. These hybrids give five times the current yields and mature in two years instead of four to five years. A total of 3.6 million hybrid pods (or 114 million cocoa seeds) are being distributed to farmers, free of charge, across cocoa growing states to establish new plantations and phased rehabilitation of old plots.

Cotton, oil palm

When the new administration started there were no improved cotton seeds available in the country. The Ministry entered into MoU with the West African Cotton Ltd. (WACOT) to develop 15,000 hectares of improved cotton seed multiplication holdings in 2012 extendable to 25,000 hectares in 2015. The Ministry initiated the deployment of Bt cotton technology into the country as a viable option to enhancing cotton yield in the country.

Oil palm is undergoing transformation with the distribution of improved tenera oil palm nuts from the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, by government to farmers. Seventeen oil palm estates in 11 states have signed agreement with the Ministry to raise a total of 1.3 million improved tenera nuts into mature seedlings to plant 8,750ha in their estates in 2013.

Each of the estates will receive 75,000 to 82,500 nuts and will each plant 500-550ha in 2013. The states involved are in Kogi, Edo, Ondo, Delta, Cross River, Ogun, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Abia, Osun, and Enugu.

Dairy and beef

In Oyo state, a cumulative sum of 352 tons of milk was delivered from one milk collection centre (MCC) while six out of 40 formed in Kaduna supplied 195.83 tons of milk. Five milk collections centres were established in Oyo State. Draft comprehensive breeding plan was completed to guide the breeding programs.

Three existing breeding centres at Funafuna, Niger State, Paikon Kore, FCT and Jibiro, Adamawa State have been rehabilitated as centres for community artificial insemination (AI) service. The ministry has also completed the procurement processes of importing semen and other AI kits for the cross breeding programme.

A comprehensive Breeding Plan for the Dairy and Beef Cattle has been developed. Under the programme, potential investors for the commercialisation of the Shika Brown breed bird have been identified. Over 200 cassava farmers and processors have been trained nationwide in the production of Feed Grade Cassava Grits (FGCG) for poultry feeds in April 2012. This is the first time that cassava grits will be used in poultry feed at commercial scale.

LPOs for the supply of 1120 metric tonnes of FGCG worth N34.0million were issued out to cassava farmers/processors in May 2012 by Amo Byng Feed mill. An extensive consultation was carried out with Governments, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) and other stakeholders in Enugu, Lagos, Ogun and Oyo states in June 2012.

A total of 96 Live Bird Market (LBM) Operators under the programme, have been trained while 3 LBM at Uyo, Kano and Dutse were commissioned in the second week of July 2012.
Under the animal health value chain programme, 5.30 million doses of CBPP have been allocated to five states for vaccination, while 3.6million doses of PPR were allocated to nine states for vaccination.

Sorghum and others

Two new sorghum hybrids, which give five times the yield currently obtained by farmers, were released within the year. These hybrids are a major technological breakthrough. The Ministry embarked on rapid and intensive hybrid sorghum seed production in which 70ha of certified seed plots have been planted by seed companies in five states.

A total of 60,000 metric tonnes of additional sorghum was produced in 2012 for fortified foods, which was 111percent above the target set for production of sorghum for fortified foods. Fortified Foods are being developed under the transformation agenda, including sorghum flour blended with soybean e.g. ‘Soy-Akamu’, for School Feeding Programme, lactating mothers.

Malt Beverages, drinks and foods (e.g. ‘DawaMalt’ also for School Feeding Programme) are also being developed as well as High Quality Sorghum Flour (HQSF) in convenient packaging as TUWOMeal for compositing with wheat (up to 20 percent) to bake bread, up to 40 percent to produce noodles, macaroni, couscous, pancake, breakfast buns, biscuits.

The Ministry moved strategically to expand the production and processing of tomatoes and citrus. It also commenced a major effort to launch Nigeria as a major exporter of horticultural produce. It supported the establishment of the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Nigeria, to ensure that Nigeria begins to play in the international market for horticultural produce.

Five tomato seed varieties (Roma VF, Havesta, Ronita, Rio Grandi, and UC82B) have also been identified for utilisation in dry and wet seasons. FGN will distribute 1,457kg of seeds during this dry season on GES to farmers in the North East, West and Central states to cultivate 3,000 hectares.

The Federal Government will distribute 1.44 tons hybrid tomato seeds, 4,133 litres herbicide, 5,777 litres of insecticide, and 20,545 sachets of fungicides through agro-dealers to farmers in 2012 and 122,400 seedlings in 2013.

To address this, the Ministry worked with the Nigerian private sector to put up processing plants for tomato. Dangote Foods Company is currently constructing a 1,250 metric tonnes per day tomato processing plant, to be expanded to 3,600 metric tonnes per day by 2015. This will significantly reduce the waste and turn Nigeria into an exporter of tomatoes.

For Emmanuel Ijewere, protem chairman Community of Agricultural Stakeholders of Nigeria (CASON), this is the first time that government and the private sector have sat together to identify the solution to agriculture problems.

He explained: “First Agriculture is not just farming. The entire value chain i.e. seed to table must be part of solution. This is the responsibility of the private sector. The private sector in the past has been myopic and compartmentalised. Each association has behaved as if it is an island. The concept of value chain was alien. Unfortunately, we the private sector are just beginning to put our acts together.”

He said the private sector has shied away from investing in storage business because government policies were inconsistent. The business requires a large capital outlay and cost of funding was exorbitant and there was no value chain to assure its profitability.

“Today however, the thinking has changed and a number of private investors are making serious enquiries. We at CASON have received enquiries about local partners for building storage facilities,” he said.

For Anga Sotonye, managing director Universal Quest Nigeria Limited, a commodity business venture, government has laid the foundation for the take-off of value chain in agriculture. It has also created the required awareness. He confirmed the various efforts made by government to move Nigeria’s agriculture forward.



http://businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/analysis/features/50439-whats-up-with-agric-value-chain

Mikel just dey spread his eagles trademark pass!....just reminds me of holland 2005

mmmustapha: Wetin Gej done? Rubbish.

This Gbagaun self has disqualified you!

spyder you didnt include the tall building at presidential road just after presidential hotel...i think it is a six storey building formally used by christ embassy and other churches.

it seems like that ccb building has been renovated and put to use....cause when i was schooling in esut as at 2003 that place was a wreck and abandon

Sam Milla: No no no. No mobilization money. Those contractors work with banks. You present your case and prize, the state govt/you signs agreement with the banks. The banks sponsors and monitors progress and reports when the job is done. State govt signs cheques and contractors get their money. Banks get their shares and no middle man to settle in between.
I think the problem with contracts in Nigeria is that the corrupt govt allocates it to senators, excos and godfathers. who in turn sends the contracts to their girlfriends, brothers, friends, who also finds someone else to do the work while he or she zooms of to london to shop.
By the time money gets to the people who will do the actual job, it is no longer enough and everything is abandoned. Enugu state governor adopted a different style.
Even you can go to governor Sullivan and submit a proposal to do one thing or another. He will send you to the bank to negotiate for sponsorship. He was sent from heaven

Can u imagine! Brillant leadership style!
Good man like that why is he now being punished with sickness while d evil ones are bubbling with life Or maybe he has his own bad side....WOMEN!

Nightshift: That road is a federal government wahala. It may not be finished in 10 years. I heard ADB was interested in financing the road some years ago. It's one of the more important Trans-African routes - from Lagos, Onitsha, through that road you can reach Kalahari in Namibia .

Too bad! when they keep inflating project cost why wont it take 10 yrs to completes.....
is it cheaper to build roads in enugu for projects to be easily completed in without long story.....i think sam milla said enugu govt pays after the road project has been completed....how is that possible? they dont even collect mobilization money or what?

Sam Milla: You think Federal govt who has done nothing in the death trap at Lokpanta in Enugu-PH expressway will pay attention to Enugu-Abakiliki road which was motorable. That is Enugu state govt project judging by where the dualization project stopped.

Make una go test sullivan for performance enhancing drugs.....believe me he will test positive

spyder880: Its not as I have any concrete facts to prove this but these are my assumptions;

1. The fact that Arab contractors, who are currently handling most of the projects in Enugu is doing this project suggests that it may be Enugu state paying.

2. The contract for the execution of Enugu-Abakaliki road is being handled by a different company now.

3. The Enugu-Abakaliki road is a one lane road while this one inside Enugu is a dual carriage road.

4. There is a need for the Enugu government to dualize this New haven end of Abakaliki road because of the traffic congestion there everyday. The road leads to the airport and if there are hold ups, governors and other high ranking citizens could be robbed or kidnapped on the traffic jam.

With these few points, I think Sullivan paid for this project.

with ur points its definitely not FG paying, maybe enugu state will get a refund later! that means the dualization wont reach to abakiliki.....

make una answer my question now......

The enugu-abakiliki expressway dualization project is it a federal project or is it sullivan dat is handling it?

PROUD-IGBO:
^^^I don't think he's 'femminine talking' as you say; he rather sounds like he's inhaled a shot of helium .

I seem to remember there was a wealthy Awka man that had a construction company by the name 'Billante'......surname 'Okoli'.

Really? I hav never heard of the man....and since he did a poor job I hav nothing to do with him

Sam Milla: I can give you people one secret why Enugu is moving forward so fast.

In 2011, Sullivan asked that my town IHE produce one person to be a commissioner of Agric.
The town rallied at the Market square and nominated a man who lived all his adult life in USA. When his name was given to the governor, he rejected it, Instead he appointed another man from our town Prof Martin Anikwe, a HOD in Esut and a professor of soil science to head the ministry. He explained to us that Prof Anikwe, despite being in the Agric field, lived all his life in Enugu and knows what the people need.
Now you know.

The Enugu state govt in partnership with O,san Carlos coy from Mexico are building the biggest Pineapple manufacturing company in an area of land estimated to be about 6000 hactres of land owned by about 7 communities from 3 LGAs.

The people will be cultivating the pineapple and be selling to the company to manufacture juice.

Talk of employment. I love Enugu.

Now you wonder why everybody is almost reluctant to remove a sick gov who has been away for long

.... And A certain Mr Peter Obi is busy attracting beer company to his state in the name of development.

Pls I take God beg you no insult my gov or else war go start!

On a serious note peter obi beats sullivan hands down on attracting investments and human capital development in his small stingy way of doing things.......but in terms of world class infracstructure development peter should be shot

But what baffels me is how enugu state is not in serious debts with all this worldclass infrastructure....pls someone shld investigate and let us knw d financial situation of enugu state, let it not be dat sullivan is compiling heavy debts for future generation.

If not,he shld be singled out for an award by world bank for prudence and amazing development with little resources.

PROUD-IGBO:
^^^Billante, what's your state again?

The femminine talking governor state!

Abeg spyder and co e don do oo! For us wey no get sullivan as govenor Make we begin cry abi?

van bonattel: Why do I feel so much Obi is playing for the gallery?

playing for the gallery as in how?

van bonattel: A Sullivan would have done all that long ago without saying a word.

Yes you are right!

This Decisive decision long coming!!
Get dat onitsha-enugu expressway entire corridor done and beatutified before you leave early 2014 and critics will accept you contributed ur own effort and achieved something with d 8yr rule.

Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra State yesterday shuts down the illegal markets on both sides ofthe stretch of roads from the Bridge Head, Onitsha to Zik's round about and all other illegal markets along the dual carriage way from Awka to Onitsha. The Governor made this announcement yesterday during the inspection of the on- going reconstruction work on the road.


A visibly angry Obi lamented that he had for years used persuasion and appeal to reason to let those trading along that axis to leave, but that they persisted. Almost shouting at them yesterday, he lamented that those insisting on not leaving are mostly not from Anambra State and asked them if they do same in their states.
In the Governor's words: "I decided from the beginning to treat you as human beings that you are, but you have refused to cooperate. I knew what it took me to persuade contractors working in Anambra State to cut their holidays short and resume work at their various sites.


It is annoying that having resumed work, they are prevented on many sites from working because some people are trading on the sites, parking vehicles and even defecating. We shall no longer tolerate that. I hereby order the immediate shutting down of illegal markets along the road. Before the end of the month, we shall relocate to Onitsha to monitor things ourselves until the town and all our other townsreturn to its old glory. We must forceful demonstrate that Onitsha and any part of Anambra State is not meant for pigs, but for humans."



On why he appears to be descending so hard, Obi explained that his Government has saved money to work for the people in all sectors and that he would not allow any individual to scuttle the projects lined up for execution or become a clog in the wheels of progress.


In another development, the Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh has commended Gov. Obi for all his efforts towards making life easy for the people through what he called grassroots development. He said this at Cathedral Church of St Peters, Asaba yesterday during the presentation of 5 Archbishops.
He said that those in authority had a lot to learn from Gov. Obi’s humility, commitment and positive partnership with the Church on education, healthcare delivery and other areas.“It pays to take the Church as a partner in promoting a healthy society where the ethics of Christ reign Supreme,” the Primate said.
In his own remarks, the Governor said there was need to promote new consciousness by all and sundry towards rediscovering the Christian values. He called on the Church to continue to pray for those in positions of authority to use it to for the advancement of the society



http://huhuonline.com/index.php/more-news1/676-gov-obi-shuts-down-bridge-head-markets

back to this Thread.... Chinese are something else!

Gerardcole: Nice. But remember malpractice is also a prominent activity in the state.

Says who?