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Sen. Stella Oduah (Anambra North) has urged the people of Anambra to come out en masse to vote in next Saturday’s governorship election to avoid creating a vacuum of governance in the state.

Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Oduah said that if the people failed to vote, they would be giving room for a possible declaration of a state of emergency.

She explained that the Constitution did not allow for a vacuum in any state and as such if the current term lapses and a governor had not been elected, then an administrator would be appointed.

“Therefore if we fail to cast our votes, if we fail to come out to vote and have a new governor, what will happen is that the Federal Government will provide an administrator and declare a state of emergency.

“That is not what we want. It means that democracy will elude us, who is governing us would not be who we voted for or who we desired.

“This is not about which party I belong to. It is about saving our state, it is about making sure that our youths, our women, our children have a peaceful and enabling environment where good governance and policies will strive.

“Therefore we must make sure that we come out on the 18th and vote,” she said.

The PDP lawmaker also charged political leaders in the state to call on their followers to come out and vote at the November 18 exercise.

The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB ) had threatened Anambra voters with death if they vote at the election.

They also vowed to disrupt the poll.

But in a swift reaction, the Anambra State Police Command asked residents of the state to go out en masse to exercise their franchise on the day of the election.

Giving more reasons why Anambra people must vote, Oduah said that the state had enjoyed peace, stability and investments had started accruing.

“What Anambra needs now more than anything is peace, we need peace for progress, we need peace for security, we need peace for the development that is coming and that has come.

“We do not need violence, we have had enough killings, thank God we have security in Anambra more than most states, we must ensure that is sustained.

“Most importantly our basic human right that is enshrined in the constitution that gives us the right to choose who governs us must not be denied us.

“We will be denying ourselves that if we fail to come out and vote and protect our votes.

“I am pleading that all leaders come out and tell their followers to ensure that they come out and vote come 18th of November.

“We must not stay at home on the 18th, we must exercise our civic rights,” she said.
http://thenationonlineng.net/we-must-vote-to-avoid-state-of-emergency-in-anambra-oduah/

The new anti-grazing law in Benue State is taking its toll on herdsmen as a 56-year old herdsman, Mohammed Abdulkadire has decided to take his life by jumping into River Benue.

The incident was said to have occurred in Logo Local Government Area of the state within the week.

The deceased, according to the report decided to commit suicide when he discovered that 200 of his 500 cows died of hunger and lack of water.

Recalled that prohibition of open grazing of livestock law took effect in the state on November, 1st, 2017.

Over 3,000 herdsmen are said to have relocated out of the state since the take off of the law, while those who still remain find it difficult to get their cattle to graze openly.

Disclosing this to our correspondent at the weekend, National Coordinator of Miyietti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Benue State Chapter, Alhaji Garus Gololo said herdsmen in the state had lost about 600 cows since the law took effect.

The deceased was said to have died leaving behind 22 children.

While narrating how the man died, Gololo said that the deceased having discovered the painful death of his cows where they were camped was looking for ways to move to Nasarawa State.

Gololo added that the movement to Nasarawa was stalled as result of over population of herdsmen that had relocated out of Benue “this made the man to cry uncontrollably and later jumped into the river in Logo.”

According to Gololo, ‘this is what we are talking about, the man has killed himself simply because no place for him to graze his cows in Logo and he was to relocate to Awe LOcal Government Area of Nasarawa State but information got to us that the area is occupied and no herdsman or herdsmen should cross over to the area again.’

‘’We are calling on the FG to intervene to quickly make alternative provision for herdsmen in Benue State before they would lose everything they have.”

“Our means of livelihood are gradually going down the drain. This is not what we bargain for before we voted APC into power in 2015.

“Fulani herdsmen in Benue State have 21,000 voters card and 15,000 Fulanis overwhelmingly voted for APC but today, we are being denied of our constitutional right, rendering us useless’’, Gololo lamented.

However, when contacted, the state Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, ASP Moses Yamu said that the case has not been reported to police authority as the time of filing this report.

http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/anti-grazing-law-56-yr-old-herdsman-commits-suicide-losing-200-cows-benue/

R and B star, Bankole Wellington is to have his traditional wedding to his actress bride-to be, Adesua Etomi next Sunday in Lagos.

He just had a successful skin cancer surgery

The event, according to reports, is strictly by invitation, as guests will be given access cards for entrance into the private event.
https://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/banky-w-fixes-wedding-date-with-adesua etomi

After the passage of anti-open grazing laws in Ekiti and Benue states, other states like Ebonyi, Ondo, Abia, Imo and Ogun are moving to introduce similar laws to curb clashes between herdsmen and farmers within their respective boundaries.

Findings by Saturday PUNCH from the states showed that moves to introduce anti-open grazing laws were at various stages, with the bill having already passed second reading in Ogun State.

A 2015 Global Terrorism Index pushed Fulani militants to the fourth position on the list of deadliest militant groups in the world with a record killing of 1,229 people in 2014 alone. Similarly, a 2017 research by SBM Intelligence said the death toll from pastoral conflicts had been rising from 2015 and stood at nearly 5,000, “rivalling the killings by Boko Haram insurgents per year.”

The Ekiti State House of Assembly had in August 2016 passed a bill criminalising open grazing to law. The anti-open grazing law recently passed by the Benue State government took effect on November 1, 2017, leading to the mass movement of Fulani herdsmen and their cattle out of the state.

Similarly, the Ogun State House of Assembly currently has a bill before it on animal rearing and grazing, which has passed second reading.

“The bill will soon get to the committee stage,” the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Oludare Kadiri, disclosed this to one of our correspondents on Friday.

He said, “There is a bill before the house, which has passed the second reading. It is on animal rearing and grazing. When we resume from the oversight function tour, the bill will move to the committee stage.

“When it is finally ready, it will spell out the modalities for animal rearing and grazing. It will spell out where to go and where not to go. So, let us wait till the bill is finally passed into law.”

In Imo State, a similar bill is before the state House of Assembly. The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Mr. Marcel Ekwezuo, however, said he was not sure of the status of the bill.

He said, “I will check our records to find out its status at the legislature.”

On whether the state needed anti-open grazing law, Ekwezuo said “yes”.

“It was because the law is pertinent that the entire legislators of the South-South and South-East gathered at the hallowed chamber of the state House of Assembly to deliberate on it. Since that convergence, there has not been any clash between herdsmen and farmers in Imo State,” he added.

Meanwhile, the Oyo State Government said it was already proposing a similar bill that would address the attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen on local farmers.

The Oke Ogun area of the state is home to some Fulani herdsmen who have frequently been accused of attacking farmers, raping their wives and daughters and destroying farmlands through grazing.

The state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, said that although the state government had established some committees to resolve disputes between farmers and herdsmen, an executive bill would soon be sent to the state House of Assembly to check the activities of the latter.

Arulogun said, “The issue of herdsmen attacks on farmers and communities is a national issue. We have pockets of such problem in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State.

“I can confirm to you that there is an executive bill that will soon be transmitted to the state House of Assembly. This will address the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the state.”

Likewise, the Ondo State Government said it had begun the process of making anti-open grazing law to reduce the incessant attacks of suspected herdsmen on the farmers in the state.

The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi, said the governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, would be sending a bill on anti-open grazing to the House of Assembly to pass into law.

He said, “We already have an anti-open grazing bill going to the House, and we will be awaiting the passage of the bill. The content of the bill is about how to prevent open grazing.”

In the same vein, the Assembly said it was in support of such a law, saying any time the bill reached the Assembly, it would be passed.

The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr. Olamide George, said there was widespread agitation for a solution to herdsmen and farmers’ clashes in the state.

“Currently, the House has not had any bill on that subject matter but we know there are agitations everywhere and the agitation is increasing. By the

grace of God, when a matter is of urgent public importance, the Assembly will definitely support the bill.

“We can’t continue to fold our arms and allow our farm produce to be wasted; people can’t be working day and night to make ends meet and ordinary animals would go and destroy their farms. We won’t accept that again in Ondo State. We will definitely give our support to the bill.”

In Ebonyi State, Emmanuel Uzor, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor David Umahi, also said that the state government was contemplating presenting an anti-open grazing bill to the House of Assembly for passage into law, especially as neighbouring Benue State had done so.

He said, “We are contemplating sending anti-open grazing bill to the House of Assembly. The close proximity of Ebonyi and Benue states is such that it is possible that when the herdsmen move away from there because of its new law, they will move their cattle into Ebonyi. To protect our people, we are contemplating having a similar law in the state.

“The process is almost completed; if the law was able to stem the frequent clashes in Ekiti and Benue, it would stop it anywhere and end all these frequent clashes.”

The Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Chief Cosmos Ndukwe, said the state lawmakers were currently working on a bill that would ban open grazing to protect farmers and farmlands.

He said, “The state has called for a lot of meetings between farmers, herdsmen, community leaders and the police. In such meetings, we have discussed issues that seek to create synergy between herdsmen and farmers.

“But the irony is that the cattle owners always insist that the attacks in some communities are not to their knowledge. They claim that some of the owners of the cattle are not known by them. The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria will always tell us that some of the herdsmen were hired by independent cattle owners to work for them.

“But in the House of Assembly, we are trying to enact a law on grazing that will see to it that cattle are no longer seen on our streets, so when the herdsmen come into the state, they will stay in a particular area mapped out for them.”

There are strong indications that the Cross River State House of Assembly is also considering passing the anti-open grazing law.

A member representing Obudu constituency in the House of Assembly, Mr. Steve Ukpukpen, said the effect of the law passed by Benue was already taking its toll on Cross River State.

He said, “We are considering passing that anti-open grazing law too and it will happen within the shortest possible time because the casualties are despicable. The law will help stem the clash. It has made an impact in Benue State and the herdsmen are beginning to look for where to take refuge. A law like this will chase them out of Cross River State.”

The state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, has also lamented that his state was already feeling the spillover effect of the law recently passed by the Benue State Government.

Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Mr. Francis Ottah-Agbo, said the state government had been able to confine activities of herdsmen to a grazing area earmarked for them in the state, and that the move had worked so far.

Meanwhile, Osun, Katsina, Bauchi, and Kwara State governments said they were not considering introducing anti-open grazing law.

When contacted, the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Niger State House of Assembly, Shusibu Iya, said he could not discuss the matter on the telephone.

But the state’s Director-General, Nomadic Affairs, Abdullahi Babayo, said the government had established a peaceful coexistence between farmers and herdsmen.


http://punchng.com/herdsmen-crisis-oyo-ogun-ondo-four-others-move-to-enact

very wicked

According to online reports, some cult members decapitated the heads of 3 men from their rival cult group around 1am today in their room at Obitti, Ohaji-Egbema LGA, Imo state and escaped with their heads.

As shared by a Facebook user, he wrote;

These 3 young vibrant men were beheaded by 1:00 am this morning beside my house pursuant to a bloody cult rivalry in the locality where I serve. Obitti community, Ohaji Egbema LGA, Imo State.

The perpetrators of this iniquitous barbarity made away with their heads.

Graphic Photos below;
http://www.informationng.com/2017/11/rival-cult-members-behead-3-men-room-obitti-

FreeTraining:
igbos are useless set of people even me cos am igbo' how on earth would they demand such' are we mad? IGBOS are send less'


Igbos are useless' selfish'Animals ' they are now meeting with buhari becos they have seen thier drum of war did not work' they have seen thier useless struggle for biafra is already dead on arrival' did they vote for buhari? They voted for jonathan massively' only to come out now and start talking rubbish' if they vote for him or not come 2019 buhari will win if he chooses to run' igbos should hide thier faces in Shame' a tribe that does not have a leader or an elder' every igbo man is Mr I know too well' HOLIGANs' onye we iwe uwa akara ya njo

ehwo!

Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia

A 23-year-old man, Kinsley Eze, has said that he sold his five months old baby boy for N250,000 due to lack of money to raise and train him.

Eze made the confession while in the custody of the police in Umuahia, the Abia State capital.

He said he had agreed with his girlfriend to sell the baby before luck ran out on them.

Eze said, “I am a mechanic. I was arrested for child trafficking. The baby is mine; my fiancee gave birth to him. We decided to sell the baby because I wasn’t making enough money to take care of him and the mother.”

The police in the state also arrested another child trafficking suspect, Chinkata Chikezie, who reportedly sold his five-year-old son for an undisclosed amount.

According to a police source, the wife of the suspect, one Glory, had reported to the police at the Isiala Ngwa Local Government Area of the state that she woke up on October 16, 2017, and discovered that her baby was missing and the door to their room was open.

The source added that the complainant had raised the alarm and attracted the attention of her neighbours who searched for the missing boy.

He noted that when the villagers sighted her husband (Chikezie) returning home that morning, they handed him over to the police for questioning.

The source said, “During interrogation, Chikezie confessed that he sold his son in connivance with one Kelechi John and Chikezie Ubabuike. Police operatives attached to the division swung into action, arrested the other suspects, and recovered the child.”

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Anthony Ogbizi, confirmed the arrest of the suspects.

He said they would be charged to court as soon as the command concluded investigation into the cases.

He said, “Child trafficking is a serious crime against children, which is forbidden by our laws. As law enforcement agents, our duty is to investigate any case reported to us and unmask those behind the crime.”
http://punchng.com/i-sold-my-baby-because-i-couldnt-train-him-father/

raker300:
every igbo is beautiful...

Wch is why the Afonjas are forever jealous

jealous of what?

sarrki:
Nah them

whose head is this?

why the head come be like hawking tray now?

that no. 7 though. they should ave asked president buhari to vacate the sit for them now

shuo! u and who?

- Africa's richest families own businesses across the continent and even overseas - Most of these billion-dollar all started with one individual - They are now owned and run by families that also have a lot of influence in their respective governments Every year, Forbes magazine publishes list of people who are believed to be the richest or most influential business people in Africa. Some of these individuals, or their families, are not new to this billionaires list. But others may simply surprise you. Some of the people mentioned are presidents, kings and queens in their respective countries. Others are simply good businessmen and women who do not hold any powerful office in government. Read more: https://entertainment.naija.ng/1134471-revealed-these-richest-powerful-families-africa.html#1134471

- Africa's richest families own businesses across the continent and even overseas - Most of these billion-dollar all started with one individual - They are now owned and run by families that also have a lot of influence in their respective governments Every year, Forbes magazine publishes list of people who are believed to be the richest or most influential business people in Africa. Some of these individuals, or their families, are not new to this billionaires list. But others may simply surprise you. Some of the people mentioned are presidents, kings and queens in their respective countries. Others are simply good businessmen and women who do not hold any powerful office in government. Read more: https://entertainment.naija.ng/1134471-revealed-these-richest-powerful-families-africa.html#1134471

fulaniHERDSman:
trashy story

trash story as how?

Prof. Wole Soyinka’s tribute to Sen. Asiwaju Tinubu on November 9, 2017.
I do not admire Tinubu because he is a saint. I do not admire Tinubu because he is from the south. I do not admire Tinubu because he is a Yoruba. If I want saints, I will proceed to heaven not on earth. Every human is fallible. I admire Tinubu because; He saved Nigeria from the danger of falling into “one party state. He has nurtured many renowned National successors. He listened to the voice of the masses to surrender his personal ambition at the most critical moment. He strategically terminated PDP 60 years life spam in 16 years.
The robust critic and critique we are enjoying today is because Tinubu aligned himself to the masses to return the power to them. Tinubu has the option of joining the PDP elites to hold us hostage for another decade but he gave his all to the masses to dethrone the elites. Political juveniles believed that APC won because of the votes from the North. No!!!, APC victory was cemented the day PMB and Asiwaju resolved to work together. Asiwaju and PMB almost became a Nomadic by visiting every human that can help midwife Nigeria salvation. Those Nomadic Almajiri walk later brought salvation to us. God willing, PMB is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Anybody, any cabal, any Viju milk activist, attempting to humiliate Asiwaju must have me to contend with. An average PDP man is sad with Asiwaju because he brought them to their knee. If anyone thinks that bringing down Asiwaju is his project, that mission will not only crash but it will boomerang. Don’t tell me he is overbearing, your underbearing” mentors were nowhere to be found when this Country was lying critically at the intensive care of the universe.
Recall my first line, Asiwaju is not a saint. Stop demonising what you admire out of envy. Even your mentors admire him. He owns Lagos! I hear you! Ask your grand father and parents how they acquired your so called “family land”. Is it God that allocated it to them? You are terrorizing your neighbours and village with your kpof-kpof kobo yet you criticise a man that is naturally addicted to technocrats irrespective of their tribe or Religion. Hmmmmm. I don talk am ooo, Asiwaju is not a political office holder oooo. Please let him be. He is evil, I agree, but we need more of him than a your a saintly specie. Dear Asiwaju, the gentle stride of a tiger is not a symbol of a cowardice”…. Prof Wole Soyinka.

Read more at: https://dailytimes.ng/news/prof-wole-soyinkas-tribute-sen-asiwaju-tinubu/ [color=#006600][/color]

ahamonyeka:
STATUE COMPETITION:




Lagos 3
Fela kuti ,Asa arokolo and fish statue in epe.

VS

Owerri 1
Jacob zuma

what about chief awolowo status

NO MAN LAND statement, is a wake up call for yorubas in lagos

AshiwajuFoward:
Yinmu. Talk is cheap. Enugu state is a glorified village of which only a small fraction (probably no more than 2 local government) out of the entire state is urbanized/'developed', and that's by SE standards anyway, while the rest are rural areas (dude, I have enough drone shots to prove this). You can Quote me anywhere. In otherwords the 'city' is just too small to even be considered robustly developed let alone the entire state. Outside that tiny 'city', the rest of the state is an overgrown village. It's an insult to compare your enugu village to Ibadan. You can remove no less than 20 Enugu 'cities' from within Ibadan. Ibadan has 5 mega malls (compared to just the Polo Park mall in Enugu), 4 Cinemaplexes (compared to the one in Enugu), arguably the best and most equipped teaching hospital in the entire country, is home to way more multinationals and international brands that don't even exist in the entire SE, let alone Enugu (I'm talking about the likes of KFC [which has 4 outlets], ColdStone, Dominos Pizza, e.t.c). Enugu has no leader o, guy. Even your own SE kinsmen would agree with me on that, considering your 'leader's show of shame episode during the fulani herdsmen attacks on his people. Enugu is a civil service state so you aren't fooling anyone with your crap. Aba and Onitsha can brag a bit about having considerably modest economic output but certainly not Enugu.





Dude, I just gave you data from specific and different sources (telcos, euromonitor, business insider, and fraym) that clearly show that your region is an economic featherweight, in spite of your hype and baseless posturing. Those stats are from non-Nigerian/credible sources that can be VERIFIED. You on the other hand have failed to refute any of them. And yes, those voice and internet usage data are credible measures of purchasing power because they are consistent with the other data that I presented on cities with the biggest markets AND fastest consumer spending in sub-saharan africa. 'Recharge cards' have become basic necessities and valid measure of purchasing power and consumer spending. Pray tell what these Anambra 'high bank depositors' are spending their money on that isn't getting captured or reflected in their local economy to catch the attention of data analysts?? You even unwittingly (and probably) under-represented the state's population in your attempt to show that it has a relatively under performing economy, but in any case, why is this purported high purchasing power of Anambrarians not reflecting in the state's VAT, neither is it reflecting in the state's IGR? The fact that some traders at Onitsha main market make multiple bank deposits in a day doesn't translate to a 'high purchasing power', mr. okoro.

Anyhow, I wasn't really expecting you to put up any credible rebuttal (besides that weak and tired bank deposits crap -- it's interesting that Anambra, in spite of all the noises and hype you all make about the state, is yet to make a debut on the international scene ).





Dude, Lagos didn't even make the cut on the 'fastest growing consumer markets in sub-saharan' africa list, hope you noticed that? Anambra has the largest population of any SE state, yet Onitsha its most populous and commercial town, didn't make the cut on any of the lists I referenced. Benin city made the cut on the top 35 Biggest markets list (at #32). Where is this elusive Anambra purchasing power that caused the likes of Delta, Kaduna, and Edo state inhabitants to have more money to spend on recharge cards than almighty Anambra If Anambra people are spending so much (mind you, if you aren't spending how will your local economy be stimulated, how will money circulate?), where are they spending the money? What are they consuming that isn't getting captured or attracting the notice of data analysts??



Guy, this right here is the biggest bullshyt of all. Obiano's political opponents within Anambra have challenged him to prove the veracity of his $5-billion dollar worth of investment claim, and his best retort through his handlers was that it's based on previously signed MOUs that are awaiting execution. In otherwords, they're non-existent investments that can't be verified. There's absolutely NO WAY that a state like Anambra would attract that much in investments and the entire country wouldn't feel the impact let alone the natives of the state (perhaps in your twisted mind, you're confusing $5-billion with the scandalous $5-million Ugu export claims). The Ogun investment -related report I cited was sourced from MAN (Manufacturers Association of Nigeria) and the figures were for half of that year (2014) -- the state actually attracted a total of N690-billion in manufacturing sector investments in 2014 [ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/ogun-state-attracted-n690bn-investments-2014/ ]. The previous year (2013), the same Ogun led other zones with about 60 percent of investments into the manufacturing sector, closely followed by Oyo/Ondo/Osun/Ekiti and Kano (Sharada/Chalawa).[ https://guardian.ng/business-services/industry/nigeria-s-industrial-sector-in-perspective-by-man/ ] In 2015, Ogun repeated the same feat when (according to MAN) it similarly attracted 69% of the investments into that sector. And according to a british envoy, Ogun attracts 75% of FDI that comes into Nigeria. http://punchng.com/ogun-attracts-75-fdi-into-nigeria-uk-envoy/

Meanwhile, in the SE:

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Dude, those investments you listed are yet to materialize. They were more or less MOUs . You must be from Anambra coz you and that Obiano guy have a penchant for deceptively appropriating MOUs as though they're actual investments. Same thing applies to the Aba chinese shoe one you also touched on -- a kobo of that proposed investment has not yet landed in Nigeria let alone alaigboland. Your own people are already crying to their Ikpeazu to desist from inviting the chinese into Aba shoe industry coz they're afraid of competition. [ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/06/aba-shoe-makers-jittery-chinese-shoe-magnets-investment-aba/ ] Look, when these investments arrive, they'll certainly be captured and we'll all be here to celebrate them.




Dude, you think too highly of yourself. Lagos debt profile that you're masturbating over hasn't stopped your people from emigrating to Lagos and the rest of the 'indebted' SW en masse for economic sustenance. Until it does, you are just blowing hot air coz even your own folks ain't buying what you're tryna sell. #Real Talk.

chai!......i fear u o

KidsNEXTdoor:
That one na madam
But still better pass Buhari

what is this one saying? .....see ur master fulani herdman for ur back. aja one, eree

KidsNEXTdoor:
Have you said Sai baba today

Are u guys through with ur fasting and prayer? Hope ur governor has stop his crying sah?

orisa37:
You see What I'm saying, The Governors, all APC and Tinubu have sold SW to The Fulanis to carry on murdering The Yorubas on their Father lands. They must all be AFUNJAS by force.

crying crying baby factory product, cry for urself and ur race....ave u guys finish with ur fasting and prayer in anambra, enugu and eboyin?

Good one

Again?

I think u can help urself by using google

mike404:
THEY WILL SURELY BE HERE TRUST ME

they are less concern becoz they don't take u guys serious, they know u people are only chest beating like this ur ancestor below

See what the thunderstorm did to this palm tree in Ado-Ekiti this evening.

ZombieTERROR:
It's actually a regular sight in Ogbomosho here.... We cone heads are really dirty

hahaha , it really pained this crying crying baby factory product o......go and look for ur mother now, am I d one that sold u off to that drug addicted protitude that raise u in the factory

Why?