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chelseaimmortal:
Leadership of Afenifere yesterday presented five demands to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The group led by Chief Ayo Fasanmi told the president that the five demands would assist in addressing the challenges facing the country.

Those who attended the meeting were Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Segun Osoba, Abiola Ajimobi, Sen. Adedayo Adeyeye, Chief Kemi Nelson, Laoye Tomori, Solomon Akindele,Elder Yemi Alade, Mutiu Are, among others.

The socio-cultural group in a prepared speech read by Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, requested the president to consider recruitment, training, equipment and deployment of Nigerian Police on the basis of 774 local government areas.

“Please permit us, Mr. President, to submit our humble request of the following 5 major issues of paramount importance to South-West Nigeria in particular and the unity, progress and happiness of the entire country in general.

“Security: The huge cost not-withstanding, it may be considered worthwhile to take a bold step in combating crime and improving on security by improving on the apparent shortage of the manpower in the Nigeria Police Force and by extending control of the Police from the State to Local Government level.

“By this, we humbly suggest that Mr. President should reflect deeply and consider recruitment, training, equipment and deployment of Nigerian Police on the basis of 774 Local Governments listed in the First Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” they said.

Another request of the group was the provision of free and compulsory education in the country.

“Education: “Free Universal and Compulsory Education“ had been practiced with remarkable success in some parts of Nigeria in the past.

“Mr. President may consider re-introducing the programme and make it compulsory at all levels and all over the country as a lasting gift to Nigeria in his final term in office. Such a bold step though very expensive will revolutionize and catapult the entire nation to the next higher level,” they said.

They also requested for the massive youth empowerment program in the country.

“Youth Employment: One of the obvious advantages that will accrue from Education Programme which will include Basic, Technical, Skill Acquisition, Digitalization and ICT Programmes will be to Open wide gates to Youth Employment in Nigeria and in the Diaspora,” they said.

The fourth demand of the group was true federalism, saying “We seriously recommend clinging to the spirit and letters of our Federal Constitution.

“This is one sure way of achieving the desired goal of unity even in diversity, mutual respect, tolerance and giving true meaning to the opening phrase of our Constitution that is, “WE THE PEOPLE”.

“We will be a greater nation if we sincerely practice true Federalism and THINK and ACT as NIGERIANS rather than as champions of the smaller units we were born into. Our big size is an asset worthy of preservation. Good examples of big size, hard work and prudent spending are the USA, China and India.

“It is not with violence or hate speeches but with mutual trust, self-respect and tolerance that we will speedily achieve the lofty destiny of this great country, Nigeria.”

The Afenifere leaders also requested the president to give more attention to the issue of power supply and agriculture.

“We have already commended your Administration on its remarkable achievements in the field of agriculture. But the country asks for more, especially in the Field of afforestation, irrigation and revival of those agricultural products like Cocoa, Groundnut, Cotton, Palm Products and processing them for domestic consumption and export as Malaysia which borrowed seedlings from us has now gone far ahead of us,” they said.

Responding, President Buhari said the requests would be looked into in line with his 2019 campaign pledges.

“On your request, you know what we (when I say we this time around I mean our party), what we campaigned on in 2015 and this year is security, economy and fighting corruption. These things are basic because we cannot secure our country or an institution unless we secure it.

“What was happening in the north east and is still happening to some degree in the north central or the south west, is true that we have made some progress but there are still some problems and those problems we are trying to solve them within our physical and material resources,” he said.

On fighting corruption, he said, “ Now what I do is when a person cannot justify what he has or fails to declare as the constitution specifies, some of them dear to Almighty God that their property doesn’t belong to them until we show them their bank accounts and their companies then we have some peace.

“So we are recovering as much as we can under the system and this time around I said the properties will be sold and the money put in the treasury.

“But anybody who cannot account for what he has and for refusing to declare, we will have to do something about it.

“I will tell you as Afenirere, that was why I had to deal though reluctantly with the former Chief Justice. Because there were millions of dollars, euros not to talk of naira which were not declared. I wonder what sort of conscience some of us have, how can you seat and preside and lock people up for years and even sentence some to death and yet you are not doing what the constitution said you should do by occupying that vital institution.

“So institution like yours when you have secured your constituency constitutionally and materially you can help this country. And really this country needs you and you need this country with the future generation because of the population explosion we are going through and the limited resources and the deficits of infrastructure.”

In an interview, Tinubu said the next level the APC promised to the country to was broad.

“The next Level is broad. You have economic progress that we are working for as a party; we have the diversity of the economy itself; we have the various scale of thinking that the economic council will have to bring about; the infrastructural deficit; poverty, security; those are the things that we will put emphasis on; you know it; I know it; there is infrastructural deficit across the country and without infrastructure, you cannot galvanise the economy; you have the question of electricity that is critical to industrialization and economic growth,” he said.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/afenifere-makes-five-requests-to-buhari.html

yazga:
Prospective corps members on their way to NYSC RIVERS STATE CAMP from Lagos State were abducted and taken to an unknown location on 18th June,2019. One of the PCMs is named NNAJI CHIOMA TECCLA.Please help to forward this message till it gets to the Rivers State NYSC:
08169341381

Elbone2:
What do mothers teach their daughters this days?!Just asking......

Seuncoded:
In Nigeria, every year fresh graduates travel across the nation to different states in a scheme called National Youth Service Corps popularly called NYSC.

The NYSC scheme was an initiative of the Yakubu Gowon military regime in 1973 to reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war.

While many Nigerians have called on successive governments to scrap the scheme as they say it has outlived its usefulness, many others have asked that the scheme should be retained.

Youth corp members working on road signs in Abuja recently
After three weeks in the camps where they are taken through rigorous physical routine, the corp members are then posted to a place of primary assignment.

Apart from the uniform salary paid to youth corp members nationwide, state governments where the NYSC members are posted also give them some allowances.

In some states, the prices of the NYSC members differ based on their course of study, with medical corp members usually favoured.

We lists the allowances of NYSC members in 26 states across the federation.

1. Abia – N5,000

2. Akwa Ibom state – N10,000

3. Bauchi – N1,250

4. Bayelsa – N3,000

5. Borno – N1,000

6. Cross River – N3,090

7. Delta – N5,000

8. Ebonyi – N15,000

9. Ekiti – N5,000

10. Enugu – N10,000

11. Imo – N2,000

12. Jigawa – N5,000

13. Kaduna – N3,000

14. Kano – N4,000

15. Kwara – 25,000 (medical youth corp members)

16. Lagos – N10,000, N20,000 (medical youth corp members)

17. Nassarawa – N3,000

18. Niger- N6,000

19. Ogun – N5,000

20. Ondo – N75,000 (medical youth corp members)

21. Osun – N5,000

22. Oyo – N4,000

23. Sokoto – N4,000, N9,000 (medical youth corp members)

24. Taraba – N10,000

25. Yobe – N2,500

26. Zamfara -N3,000

NB: Please note that some of these figures are temporary and are usually changed by the governments


http://ngschoolportal..com/2016/06/nysc-monthly-allowances-in-26-states.html

sorry oo..is it per day or??

Ramwab94:
TRANSCRIPT FOLLOW UP IS KEY!
So I went to Unigoodan on the 8th of this month with the sole aim of confirming and register my transcript with the Undergraduate Admission Office, having already processed it from my alma mater, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro since April 27th. On getting to room 7, the WOMAN in charge brought out a bundled file in which already submitted transcripts are packed, she handed the whole lot to me to make do, search for my name. I did collect it, but, unfortunately, mine wasn't therein. I was shocked. As well, I became tremendously exasperated. I've confirmed it from my school's Data and Records section and they said they've processed it since May 3rd. 'But where could the problem have emanated?' I wondered. 'Oh....the Post Office!' I exclaimed. I know that is the only place it could be because I didn't pay for DHL or any courier service to enhance quick delivery of the letter parcel. Hence, the Post Office. But that seems to take quite a long period. I understand. Okay, I tried to put a call through to a friend in Ilaro who helped to track it by going to the Post Office. On getting there and making inquiries, he was informed that they have delivered it to the place since May 26th. Now, who is deceiving who?
The two feasible things here is that: it is either the post office misplaced my parcel order or they deliver it to a wrong channel -Post graduate Admission Office.
I remain calm. I stood still. I resolved to going to the two probable places as mentioned above. I decided to visit someone first. The person redirected me. I went back to the undergraduate admissions office. I greeted the woman. She insulted my inqinsitiveness about my transcript saying it's never with them. Except I would go to the Registrar and check. I didn't drag words with her. She was an igbo.
I kept calm and said, 'ma, I've made necessary confirmations and was told it already has been submitted'. Out of fury, She asked, 'Which school are you from?' I readily told her. She said, 'well, just now, they just brought one transcript from the Post Office.' I was eager to know. I knew it was mine. Mine that has been processed running into two months but now getting there. Nay, the Post Office were at fault. They toyed with my transcript and delayed its submission until I have to make enquiries and trackings myself. It's never their fault anyway. As long as I've tracked it, and finally got it, ko si ewu loko longe.
I filled the Direct Entry Candidates- Transcript register filling in my name, course and digits. Lo, I was No. 131 on the list. 'So much people have submitted this soon?' I wondered.
I was directed to the notice board by the rather harsh woman in Room 7. I made way there. There I saw, inscribed on print, inside a well protected show glass, 'Direct Entry Applicants for the 2016/2017 Admission session should ensure they always visit: www.ui.edu.ng for further details on the Admission process. Thank You.'
I staged a walkaway, just after reading and assimilating ruminating about the ugly stress I went through for the day. 'One thing stands: I've conquered the Transcript troubles.' I muttered loudly with all smiles as I made way back home.
Lesson learnt.