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Buhari is not fair most qualify people in the country, he only cares for those who contributed during his re-election campaign

Since the beginning of President Buhari regime, the Nupes have not been appointed in any big political appointments, eg Minister or Head of any big parastatals. The Nupes are the fifth populated tribe in the country according to 1963 and 1991 census. Going by the Nigeria political history, Nupes were recognized in the first and second republic.

In the second republic alone 1979 to 1983, Nupes held three big posts Minister, SGF, Head of Civil Service Commission. Even during former President Obasanjo regime two Nupes were appointed Ministers. The Nupes with long time western education and experience on civil service work have contributed in the first republic and former Sokoto State.

With this my few explanation, I want president Buhari to rethink and recognize Nupes and do justice. The Nupes in three states voted massively for APC because of PMB. I seize this opportunity to inform Nigerlites to cancel zoning formula if they actually want the development. Niger State which was created since 1975 is still backward.

When you visit Jigawa, Katsina States which were created twenty seven years ago and see the developmental achievements there you agree with me that Nigerlites are just deveiving themselves. Simply because of zoning, the second term is always automatic even though the incumbent governor is performing or not.

Sulaiman Musa Wakili Bida wrote from Kano Mariri

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/president-buhari-not-fair-to-nupes.html

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view, World Hausa Day should be a day for soul searching to all Hausas in the world. We are blessed in so many ways, but like every ethnic group, we have our problems . Our shortcomings include too many beggars among us , disunity, lack of help/love among ourselves, and lack of leadership/vision.

This piece is aimed at reawakening Malam Dan-Hausa from being asleep and snoring. No one chooses to be born as Yoruba or Igbo or Kanuri or Nupe and or Tiv man! I am proud to be a Hausa man! All well- meaning Hausas in the world should and or must “reflect” in a day like this on the above- mentioned problems.

On the other hand, the Hausas are blessed with many things. Hausa and Swahili languages are the two most widely spoken languages in Africa. Swahili is widely spoken in the East African countries while Hausa language is widely spoken in West Africa and beyond. Hausa language is being spoken by many Hausas in about 32 African countries out of the 54 Independent countries where they migrated for various reasons. There are about 10 million Sudanese of Hausa -origin in Sudan. AHowever, it baffles me to note that, about 90% of beggars in Nigeria are my people.

Why? This is to the extent that some people maliciously linked our cherished culture with begging. Far from that! Ours does not accept it. I feel pain for this! After all, all ethnic groups have their various shortcomings! Sadly too, because 99% of Hausas are Muslims, some people have maliciously and or ignorantly thought begging is encouraged by “Islam”. Never at all!

Our people almost regarded begging as profession. All well meaning Hausas should and or must make serious effort towards discouraging our people from begging. After all, we are not the only people suffering from poverty in Nigeria.

It is among all! However, we are equally blessed, Hausa language is being taught as a course of study in universities in Germany, England, United States of America, Belgium, Netherland, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and many other African Universities. A lot of European researchers study Hausa Language in order to make their research work easier in terms of gathering data, especially in West Africa and other parts of Africa.

We have many Europeans that are professors in Hausa Language. We must celebrate the fact that, Hausa Language has an international recognition. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), broadcast news in over 30 different world languages daily and from 1957 to date (62 years now ) it has been broadcasting news in Hausa language four (4) times daily (in total 2 hours) You can also watch them on “Capital TV” Ghana.

United states of America’s Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service was established in 1979 (40 years now ) and it has been broadcasting news in Hausa language four (4) times daily. In Germany Deutech welle Radio was established in 1953 (66 years now) it has been broadcasting news in Hausa language three (3) times daily. A French Radio, Radio France International (RFI) has been broadcasting news in Hausa language from 2007 to date three (3) times daily. Radio Moscos World service, Hausa 1961; Radio Sin(China) International, Hausa, 1941; Radio Libya, Hausa; Radio Tehran (Iran)IRIB, Hausa ; Radio TRT Hausa and Radio Muryan Alkahira, Egypt etc.

We have newspapers that published in Hausa language; such as: Leadership Hausa, Aminiya and Rariya, etc. Hausa language can be adopted as a lingua Franca in West Africa with little or no hitches due to its wide coverage . To address the menace of beggars, In my view, since all our beggars did not fall from the “sky”, they all have families! Let’s encourage every Hausa family to take care of his blind or deaf or dumb or cripple or dwarf and or widow. One can hardly separate Hausas from the Fulanis.

We are often referred to as Hausa-Fulani due to the fact that, you will hardly see a Hausa family without a Fulani blood in him due to Inter-marriages.It is often said that, the Hausas colonized the Fulanis with their language and the Fulanis colonized the Hausas with leadership following the Jihad of Shenu Usthman Ibn Fodio. Let there be a foundation by all Hausa people world-wide to raise funds for skills acquisitions to our beggars in order to impart skills ;such as: weaving, netting, tailoring, and petty trading etc.,to them in order to address the menace of begging among us.

As a Hausa-Fulani man, l feel very bad when I got to realize that we have no agenda. We have no vision! We have weak leadership . Please let’s change for the better!

Nurudeen Dauda, Kaduna nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/world-hausa-day-open-letter-to-malam-dan-hausa.html

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August 23rd is the UN declared International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. To mark it, President Muhammadu Buhari published an opinion in the Washington Post newspaper. Muhammadu Buhari: Slavery still exists – We must take action

Four centuries ago, the first 20 documented African slaves arrived on the shores of Virginia. In the years that followed, millions more were shipped in dehumanizing conditions across the ocean and enslaved. Slavery had, of course, existed before. But this indicated the beginning of a mechanized trade that saw human beings reduced to property on an unprecedented scale.

Despite the fact that descendants of African slaves have made valuable contributions across society, they are still dealing with the effects of this poisonous legacy. They still have to navigate its everyday manifestations, such as discrimination, racism or lack of access to resources and opportunities.

This must not be overlooked or forgotten. Yet, as we reflect on this day, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, it is clear slavery did not only thrive then. It still thrives today. Across the world it is estimated there are as many as 40 million men, women and children living in forced servitude. They are the industrial victims of a business many believe was abolished hundreds of years ago.

They are the modern enslaved. Their exploitation appears in many guises, though usually unrecognized as slavery. Many victims are unseen, hidden beneath opaque supply chains. Others are hidden in plain sight, entrapped by circumstances that rob them of autonomy. In any case, their labor, often dangerous, is no product of choice, and its conditions are self-perpetuating. In Africa, its modern forms include debt bondage, the enslavement of war captives, commercial sexual exploitation and forced domestic servitude.

Holding people held against their will, controlling their movements and forcing them to work for the sole profit of others — wherever they are — is slavery today and always. The abolitionists of the 19th century succeeded more than any before: By working to extinguish the transatlantic slave trade that had claimed 15 million victims, they laid the groundwork to ensure it did not manufacture millions more. But their work is not done. We must take up their examples as we forge a path forward to eliminate modern-day slavery in all its forms.

Slavery, once again, has become entwined in the global economy — and it is largely unseen. For instance, most of us might know in principle that the mining of cobalt crucial to our smartphones might have used forced labor. But what do we know of those that experience it? Just as personal testimony and resulting public pressure led to the passing of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Britain in 1807, these stories must be told and used to inform policy. Once heard, they can elevate visceral reactions, driving the public pressure needed to ensure the application of anti-slavery laws.

One distinction from then and now is important: the costs. From records, adjusted for today’s prices, the cost of a human-being-as-property was valued on average at $40,000. Today, it is just $90, sometimes even lower. We must remember that slavery is not simply a campaign of hatred; it is the pursuit of profit. One way to extinguish it in its current forms, therefore, is to make it economically unfeasible. This means making sure that any anti-slavery laws have bite, come with strong penalties and are enforced. It is also vital to have a robust tip-off and reporting system. Where this once meant detecting ships, today the signs are less conspicuous.

The public must be shown how to see what is hidden in plain sight, particularly signs of suspicious behavior. This might seem broad. But vagueness should not give rise to reluctance to report anything that could be smuggling or forced servitude. If something doesn’t look right, report it, for you could be securing another human’s freedom. In Nigeria, our anti-trafficking agency has rolled out the “Not for Sale” campaign to protect against the deceptions of human smugglers, helping those who might be vulnerable to false promises see through the ruse and say no. These prevention programs are crucial.

The appearance of slavery today might have changed. The institution has not. There are no radical solutions to conjure, only political will. But on this, we can learn from the past, the shadows in which modern slavery proliferates today. It is not enough to mark this 400th anniversary. We must use it as a platform to eliminate slavery in all its present-day forms. We should reflect in memory to find a better future, one that should ensure freedom for all.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/muhammadu-buhari-slavery-still-exists-we-must-take-action.html

Alhaji Yakubu Mohammed, veteran journalist and former pro-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU), Zaria is a leading contender in the governorship race in Kogi State in the election scheduled for November this year under the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview, Alhaji Mohammed gives an insight into what he plans to do if elected.

Excerpts: Daily Trust: People see you more of an activist and writer, what gives you the courage to join the race for Kogi governorship?
Yakubu Mohammed: Apart from the credible academic background and the exposure of more than forty years in media practice that stand to my credit, I have also served this country in such a critical and strategic position of being a pro-Chancellor and chairman of Governing Council of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 2005 to 2007.

During this period the council under my leadership carried out major reforms that helped to reshape the fortunes of the university as a citadel of academic excellence. We cleared backlog of promotions, pensions and salary arrears and completed the ICT programme of the university. The financial management the council introduced can be said to be a forerunner of the Federal Government’s Single Treasury Account. Perhaps the experience that I acquired from Zaria informed the decision to appoint me as the pioneer pro-Chancellor of the Federal University, Birnin Kebbi where we helped to establish the protocol and guidelines for the successful administration of the new university. This is a requisite background and experience that can be deployed to turn around the fortunes of Kogi State.

DT: There are many contenders under the platform of APC, what confidence do you have in getting the ticket?
Mohammed: I know that there are many credible contenders for the position of governor. Ultimately what the people are looking for is somebody that they can trust, somebody they can relate with, somebody with vision and passion for greater heights, somebody who can champion the cause of the down-trodden and promote capacity-building and self-actualization. I am convinced that I am that person.

DT: What experience do you have that will give you mileage if you eventually win the APC ticket in confronting candidates of other parties?
Mohammed: I know the state very well. I know the problems of the state. I can relate very well with all the diverse ethnic groups in the state. The immediate problems they would want any leader to solve is to address the trauma they have suffered as a result of lack of good governance, corruption, insensitivity and juvenile delinquency in governance. A simple pronouncement in the form of policy statements as to the direction and focus of administration will inspire confidence in the people. It is only with such confidence that you can mobilize the people to support whatever development programme you introduce. I intend to be the leader that will lead from the front with empathy and understanding.

DT: Don’t you think it will be difficult to defeat Governor Yahaya Bello in the contest?
Mohammed: The issue is not the ability to defeat the incumbent governor. What we’re confronted with is how to campaign for this office without providing a potent weapon to the opposition. If you harp on the weakness of the incumbent governor you must do so tactically so that you don’t rubbish the party on which platform he came to the office. The issue now is how to separate him from the party, how to make the distinction between his style of governance and the position of the party. Ordinarily as a party man, I should say a sitting governor deserves a second term. But we’re faced with a serious dilemma and the party must resolve this dilemma in favour of the people.

DT: Every governor in Kogi blames past administration over failure to deliver, are you also going to join the bandwagon?
Mohammed: It is not only in Kogi State that every new governor blames the past leadership. It is the Nigerian habit that one must be careful not to indulge in. But where there is a glaring case of misdeeds or lack of probity, you have a duty to point it out. But you must quickly draw the line and move on with your own programme so you can make the difference. The answer lies with what the incoming administration is confronted with.

DT: What would be your priority areas and how would you raise the funds to actualize them?
Mohammed: My priority is to rebuild the state by going back to the dreams of the founding fathers of the state. Create a sense of belonging and run an inclusive administration. It is on this basis that one can then plan for the socio- economic development of the state. Long term plan is to make the state self-sufficient especially in food. We must put an end to the current state of insecurity to get farmers back to the farm and create an atmosphere conducive to investment both foreign and local. It will not be easy but with a vibrant and educated populace, mobilisation for development will not be an impossible task. The government cannot pretend to have the Wisdom of Solomon. It will set up state economic development council that will serve as a think-tank to advise the governor on how to turn the economy around. Kogi State has enough potentials in human and material resources and it has no business with poverty.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/kogi-people-deserve-a-governor-they-can-trust-yakubu-mohammed.html

Out of the 43 ministers recently inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari, five of them will contend with serious headaches following the myriad of challenges on ground at their respective ministries. President Muhammadu Buhari had in the ministerial retreat before the inauguration charged the ministers to be ready for “laborious days”. As they settle down for their ministerial duties, so the challenges cutting across national spheres will be coming up, like the morning dew. Here are the ministers with biggest tasks ahead.

Bashir Magashi (Defence) Terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of insecurity have eroded the successes earlier recorded by the Buhari-led administration.

Under Mansur Dan-Ali, the predecessor of Magashi in the Ministry of Defence, security challenges escalated across the country. Each of the six geopolitical zones of the country battled with one form of insecurity or the other. The performance of Dan-Ali was ballooned by the nefarious activities of armed bandits in Zamfara, his home state. All eyes are now on Magashi, a former military administrator of Sokoto State, to turn the tide. Hours after he was sworn in, Boko Haram insurgents took over control of Gubio town, headquarters of Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State, though the situation was later brought under control.

The Kano-born retired General is expected to address the presumed rivalry among the security chiefs. When he appeared before the Senate for screening, he said rivalry among the security chiefs contributes to the escalation of insecurity. Another challenge the new defence minister will face is the seeming prevailing bad blood between the army and the police. The recent killing of police officers who were on a mission to arrest a kidnap kingpin in Taraba State on the orders of an Army captain has added salt to injury.

Stagnation caused by continued retention of service chiefs It is believed that the refusal of the president to let go the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Tukur Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique, has reportedly dampened the morale of senior officers in the armed forces. The new minister’s input or advice in this direction may calm the situation.

Rauf Aregbesola (Interior)

Aregbesola, the new Interior Minister, is a two-time governor of Osun State. The mandate of the ministry, among other things, is to foster the maintenance of internal security and citizenship integrity for the promotion of good governance. Aregbesola, an engineer, shocked the country when he said he knew nothing about the ministry. His predecessor was a retired Army General, Abdulrahaman Dambazau. The former governor said: “My relationship with the ministry is distant. What I know about the ministry is what I read in the newspapers.”

Aside the issue of internal security, Aragbesola will superintend over the Federal Fire Service, Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigerian Immigration Service. The battle to decongest and implement the ongoing reforms in the prisons falls under his supervision. Weeks ago, the president assented to the bill changing the name of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) to Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS).

Saleh Mamman/Goddy Jedy-Agba

(Power) Much has not been achieved in the area of power supply in the country. Though the generation capacity has increased from 4,500mw in 2015 to around 7,500mw, the daily power supply to Nigerians from the national grid fluctuates between 3,800 and 4,000mw, hence the epileptic power supply being experienced in the country. In his first tenure, President Buhari invested N900bn in the sector. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said: “Since assumption of office, we have invested so far in terms of support-N700 billion in the power sector. Earlier, we invested N200 billion.”

It is widely believed that the abysmal power supply contributed to the gale of closure of small scale industries witnessed under Buhari’s first tenure. At many events, Buhari had lamented how $16bn was squandered under the 16 years of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Buhari’s words: “They (PDP) said they spent $16 billion on power, but where is the power? The irresponsible expenditure of that period has not been explained, and Nigerians deserve an answer on that terrible mismanagement of the country.”

Mamman, who hails from Taraba State, is being expected to turn the fortunes of the sector. The poor performance of the distribution companies (DISCOs) would also give the power minister some serious headache. The power minister and the minister of state Goddy Jedy-Agba are to drive the implementation of the recently signed Electricity Road Map agreement between the federal government and a German company, Siemens. Under the roadmap, the country is to generate 7,000 megawatts by 2021 and 11,000 megawatts by 2023.

Close to four decades, the Mambilla Power Project, one of Africa’s biggest dam projects, a projected hydro-power plant, has been hanging. In 2018, the Federal Executive Council approved the contract for engineering work of the Mambilla Hydro Electric Power Plant in Taraba State in the sum of $5.792bn. As an indigene of Taraba, Mamman is expected to ensure that the project is given the needed attention.

The Mambilla Power Station, one of Africa’s biggest dam projects, will be connected to three dams across the Donga River in Taraba State. Conceived in 1982, the main Mambilla Dam is a large rolled compact concrete dam and reservoir at 1,300 metres above sea level. The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the contract for the engineering work of the Mambilla Hydro Electric Power Plant in Taraba State in the sum of $5.792bn.

Muhammadu Buhari/ Timipre Sylva

With his decision not to relinquish the position of substantive Minister of Petroleum, President Buhari and the junior minister, Timipre Sylva are going to battle with the challenges in the petroleum industry. Like in 2015, the president kept the substantive post of Minister of Petroleum to himself. As a one-time petroleum minister, the president is expected to turn around the fortunes of the petroleum sector, the cash cow of the country. Fuel/ Subsidy: In 2016, the federal government announced the removal of petroleum subsidy, thus the pump price became N143/N145 per litre. But months after the removal, it emerged that the subsidy was still ongoing but under another guise. It’s being called under-recovery with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the sole beneficiary.

This is a burble waiting to burst, and Nigerians are watching. Revival of refineries: Except for the uproar, nothing much was achieved on the revival of the comatose refineries of the country. Still, refined petroleum crude is being imported into the country. The Dangote Refinery is being awaited. PIB: In the past 20 years, the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has been impossible. Efforts by the eighth National Assembly to get it passed failed, as the president declines assent to it.

Zainab Ahmed/ Clement Agba

(Finance/Budget) Zainab Ahmed’s assumption of office for a second term came days after the presidency raised alarm that the country might be heading for a fiscal crisis if urgent steps are not taken to halt the negative trends in target setting and target realization in tax revenue.A presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said via a statement said: “Anyone conversant with Federal Executive Council deliberations would have observed that issues bordering on revenue form the number one concern of what Nigeria faces today, and therefore, often take a prime place in discussions of the body.”

The onus is on Zainab Ahmed and the junior minister to set in the machinery to tackle the challenge for the revival of the country’s economy. The country is out of recession, according to the managers of the economy, but its impact has not been felt by the masses. Poor budget implementation is another challenge the minister must look into. The quest to return the country’s fiscal year to January-December lies on the table of the minister.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/5-ministers-with-biggest-headaches.html

The General Manager of Kwara State Television Authority, Alhaji Abdulfatai Adewale Adebowale is presently being detained by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) over allegations bordering on land fraud. Adebowale is being interrogated alongside a Senior official of the Kwara State Bureau of Land and two staff of the Kwara State Television Authority located at Apata Yakuba Area of Ilorin, the State Capital.

The immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatai Ahmed had sometimes in 2014 allocated ten plots of Land in the premises of the Media outfit to some staffs of Kwara Television. 13 members of staff of the state television through their petition dated 8th day of May 2019 alleged that the Station General Manager had sold the ten plots of land given by the State Government and converted to his personal use. They alleged that “Since 2014 to date, the said plots of land was hijacked by the General Manager, Alhaji Abdulfatai Adewale Adebowale against the purpose intended by the State Government for Staff corporation.

In 2017, the in house Union of the Corporation Radio, Television, Theatre and Art Workers (RATTAWU) started an agitation for the recovery of the land from the General Manager which led to plethora of correspondences between the union and the Office of the Kwara State Head of Service ” They alleged further “The Union wrote the Kwara State Bureau Land requesting for the allocation paper in request to recover the said Land converted by the General Manager as his personal property, but all to no avail ” The operatives of the Commission during investigations discovered the suspect and his son benefited from the land while the remaining ones were sold to outsiders without the knowledge of the staff. It was gathered that the Kwara State Television boss received allocation papers in the names of staff but did not deliver the documents to the original owners. The suspects will soon be charged to court.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/efcc-arrests-gm-kwara-tv-3-others-over-land-fraud.html

The police in Ondo state on Thursday said they were trailing a woman who allegedly tortured her daughter to death and later escaped with her corpse from the state specialist hospital in Akure, the state capital. The command spokesman, Mr. Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident to journalists said efforts were on to track the woman in order to know the exact details of the death.

The woman whose identity is yet to be ascertained was said to have rushed her daughter suspected to be about 4 years of age to the Ondo State University Teaching Hospital, Akure Annex for treatment, Wednesday night with marks suspected to be from horsewhip visible on the girl’s body. According to some members of staff of the hospital, the woman escaped with the child’s corpse which was brought to the Children’s Outpatients Department (COPD) of the hospital shortly after she was told the child had died. “The woman brought in the girl to the hospital at the children’s emergency ward for treatment. As we tried to attend to her, we noticed that she had maltreated the girl to the point of death.”

“If you see the body of the girl, it was a case of Child Abuse as there were serious marks of beatings all over her. By the time the doctor on duty could rush and attend to her, it was discovered that she even brought the child dead.”

“The doctor had to quickly tell the woman that the young kid she brought to the hospital was dead already. Before you know it, the woman grabbed the girl and ran away from the hospital facility”. One of the doctors on duty when the incident occurred confirmed the incident noting that the child was brought in dead by the mother. The doctor who preferred anonymity stated that “Immediately she brought in the child dead to the hospital, we tried to resuscitate her but there was no life again. “And before we knew it, the woman grabbed the corpse of her child and ran out.

All effort to trace her has since proven abortive because we did not know how she just manage to escape, ” the doctor said. Also, confirming the incident, the Administrative Secretary of the hospital, Dayo Owoseni disclosed that, he heard about the incident the following morning and ” we have called on the doctor on duty to come over and explained what happened to us”

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/woman-tortures-daughter-to-death-escapes-with-corpse-from-hospital.html

The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) comrade Ayuba Wabba has expressed workers concerns over the stalement of the new National Minimum Wage which was signed into law by the president Muhammadu Buhari. The new National Minimum Wage was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday 18th April 2019.

Comrade Ayuba Wabba also dispelled the notion that labour is responsible for the delay in implementation of the law which according to him, “I was also told that the person that made that statement is the chairman of the technical committee, clearly speaking, it is not in good faith.” He however explained that “TUC and NLC are not directly driving the process of consequential adjustment, the process is ongoing, I read this morning that the Joint Public Service Negotiation Council is that they are having meeting, if there is any stalement, we’ll be informed and will find a way to assist them.” He said, “How can a worker or unions that are actually at the receiving end be said to delay the process, for us, we want the money to be in the pocket of workers long before now, saying that unions or workers delayed it.

I’ve gotten across to them, they gave me the details of what the process is, and they have not delayed the process in any way.” Responding to a question that TUC had given an ultimatum to the government, he said, “If they did that they have to right to.” Also, he stated that “Labour we will work assiduously with all our state councils, all our structures to ensure that no worker is shut charged in any state, that is the commitment of labour.”

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/minimum-wage-labour-not-responsible-for-implementation-delay-wabba.html

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said strategic partnership and new investments in the Upstream Petroleum Sector are essential for it to actualize the nation’s crude oil reserves and 3m barrels per day oil production target by 2023. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, disclosed this yesterday when the Executive Vice President of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Mr. Lu Yan Ji, paid him a business visit at the NNPC Towers in Abuja.

A statement by NNPC spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, on Thursday said the GMD commended CNOOC for its plan to expand its investment in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry and assured it of the corporation’s support. “To have investment of $16bn in Nigeria is clearly an indication of your confidence in us. We have a target to grow production to 3m barrels per day by 2023; to do that, we need partners like you,” the GMD stated. The CNOOC Vice President, Mr. Lu Yan Ji, said Nigeria was one of his company’s largest investment destinations with investment outlay standing at about $16bn. He called for NNPC’s support in securing the investments, adding that there was need for both National Oil Corporations to work closely together.

He disclosed that CNOOC currently produces 800,000bpd worldwide with a target to hit 1.2 million barrels per day, adding that Nigeria was one of the targeted places to actualize the target. CNOOC started business in Nigeria in 2005. It currently has interest in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 130 in partnership with NNPC, Total and Petrobras.

Read more: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nnpc-targets-china-to-boost-crude-oil-reserves.html

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The immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha on Thursday told his successor, Emeka Ihedioha, to emulate his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde.
Okorocha in a statement issued by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, in Owerri, said that Makinde despite taking over from an All Progressives Congress governor said that he won’t cancel the good policies of his successor’s administration.
He insisted that the governor was on a vendetta mission against him.
Okorocha said, “On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Governor Emeka Ihedioha announced the Constitution of a 7-man Judicial Commission of Inquiry on lands’ allocations from June 2006 to May 2019.
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“Looking at the members of the panel, who are all card-carrying members of the PDP and their terms of reference, one would have no other option than to conclude that the governor as usual, has his target or mission, which is to continue his vendetta against the past APC government in the State and the man who headed it, Senator Rochas Okorocha.

“Governor Ihedioha has set up more than fourteen Committees and Panels since he became governor and each of the Committees or Panels has one or two specific assignments to carry out and all against the APC government which Senator Okorocha had led.
For instance, the Prof. Jude Njoku’s education committee took no other action than to take over the PPP-oriented Eastern Palm University and also scrapped the six new Universities, four new Polytechnics and three new Colleges of Education built by Okorocha.
“We would only ask Governor Ihedioha to borrow a leaf from his fellow PDP governor, who also succeeded an APC governor in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, who said that he wouldn’t “Cancel APC Administration’s good policies”.
“That is how a governor who means well should reason or act, because at the end of the day, the overall interest of the State and her people should remain the ultimate goal.”