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Good move by the FG

Anyone who knows how rowdy Osadebey Avenue, the seat of power in Edo State, was when the immediate past governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was in power and how it is today, will know that the leadership style of Governor Godwin Obaseki is quite different from that of his predecessor. Today, the Government House, Benin-City is as quiet as a grave yard and any body found loitering around may even be arrested unless he proves he is there for genuine reasons. Party leaders no longer throng the Government House unless on the invitation of the governor. They have learnt to play politics in their various wards.

But amid the serene atmosphere, a lot is happening in the state in terms of the presence of government. Inside the Government House, you will observe that the mechanics’ workshop, which had been abandoned since the days of military administration in the state, is bubbling with activities. Obaseki has contracted the repairs of all government abandoned vehicles and those in bad state to mechanics for repairs. As of the time of filing this report, over 50 vehicles have been fixed by women mechanics to which the contract was awarded. Speaking during the graduation of 25 female mechanics in Benin-City, the governor had noted that female drivers and mechanics would be encouraged to study at the Benin Technical College after the college would have been revamped by government. He said: “I want to throw an offer to you today. In Government House, we have a workshop.

We would like you to come and take a look at it and also see if you can take over maintenance of the vehicles in Government House. We are going to partner with the Lady Mechanic Initiative, a non-governmental organization, to promote youth employment in line with our electioneering campaign promises”. Mrs Sandra Aguebor, the founder and coordinator of the female mechanic initiative, told Obaseki that the girls had the passion to work and assured that they will not disappoint; as it is today, they have not disappointed. Obaseki has equally received kudos in the way he handled the collection of government revenues. Before now, the Edo government had negative publicity due to the activities of several revenue collectors in the state who did nothing but to extort members of the public. Oshiomhole did his best to curb their activities to no avail. However, on the 31st of December, Obaseki announced the banning of all forms of revenue collection by these youths, an indication that it’s a listening government.

The state government intends to introduce a civil way of collection of revenue such as to avoid embarrassing members of the public and double taxation. The fear, however, is that most of the youths whose jobs were terminated may go into crime. But Obaseki has plans for them. Sunday Vanguard found that the state government has commenced the compilation of the names of these youths including those who have been jobless over the years with a view to engaging them. Their biometrics are also being collected because Sunday Vanguard gathered that the state government intends to have a pool of over ten thousand youths who will be trained in traffic management and sanitation officials under the new regime of Environmental Sanitation and Waste Management. As part of the plans to further engage youths, the state government intends to purchase one hundred hectares of land in the 18 local government areas which will be cleared and prepared by government for youths. It was learnt that agricultural equipment are already being imported while seeds will be provided for them to go into large scale farming. Obaseki has made it clear that the days of thuggery are over in the state. It would be recalled that Oshiomhole once said Edo people will remember him for taking some stringent decisions in the state but hinted that Obaseki will take more stringent decisions capable of swallowing those made by him. And it is obvious that he has the political will to take decisions that will take the state to the next level from all indications.

People will observe less tension in the state currently and that is attributed to the style of this governor. In preparing the 2017 budget, Obaseki constituted a budget committee headed by the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, and membership drawn from the executive arm and the state Assembly. So what is currently before the House for approval is a budget prepared by both arms. The development, according to analysts, will checkmate any form of tension that may arise between the two arms over the budget. It is expected that the budget will receive accelerated approval from the lawmakers. Besides the budget, Obaseki has made it clear that leaders of his party, the All Progressives Congress, will pick those to be appointed by him. He therefore urged those who want appointments to go to their various wards to solicit support if they are good enough.

This is a clear departure from what was on ground where the governor and some leaders of the party make decisions on who should be Commissioner or Special Adviser. The idea is to give party leaders at the grassroots a sense of belonging and to also give appointments to those who are grassroots leaders and not just leaders in the state capital. Obaseki is not going to appoint Special Advisers who are not known in their wards, as nomination of persons will be approved by ward leaders except for some technical personnel who will be specially picked as a result of their skills. Sunday Vanguard learnt that the governor intends to appoint 200 SAs and 192 of them will come from the 192 wards of the state. His intention is to identify the authentic political leaders at the grass roots which will help him deepen the policies of the APC-led government at that level. Obaseki believes that annihilating PDP in the state should not just be the normal political warfare in cities but wants to uproot the party from the grass roots by empowering those grass roots leaders, incorporating them into the running of government and creating employment opportunities for them. And to ensure that his party, the APC, is carried along in the execution of government policies, the governor briefs party leaders every week.

In December 2016, he went round the three senatorial districts of Edo, explaining to party leaders his plans and policies for the people. To even build a party that will help disseminate the policies of government direct to the people both in urban and rural areas, Sunday Vanguard learnt of plans by Obaseki, through donations from APC leaders from the state and outside, to acquire a befitting party’s secretariat in Benin-City. The party will be equipped with state, of-the-art communication gadgets so that people at the urban areas will always be in touch with those in the rural areas. This is to ensure that every Edo indigene understands what is happening in government and can easily make contributions through party offices. Relief has also come to road users in the Government Reservation Area (GRA) in Benin- City, as the administration has commenced repairs of all the bad roads in the area. Work is currently going on at Ugbor Road, Akhiobare, Oni, Jemide, Giwa Amu and other areas within the GRA. Obaseki’s bulldozers are roaring in the area to the admiration of residents. And with the harmonious working relationship the team former Governor Oshiomhole put together, including Obaseki, Shaibu and Osarodion Ogie (SSG), Edo can be said to be heading to the next level after the solid foundation for development build by Oshiomhole.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/edo-understanding-the-new-era-under-governor-obaseki/

E don be for dem....one by one dem don go

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good one fash

I want to invest with NNN but i dont want to lose my money

reno..own omo..kiri..kiri

go ur lane abeg e be like say him wire don spark again

but your brother the loquacious and pugnacious colleague never COMMEND but CONDEMNS even wen it is crystal clear the action is COMMENDABLE

nice move by the FG this is how it is done.Pls Make sure the project is completed

EBONYI FOR BUHARI 2019 WHICH STATE IS NEXT FROM S EAST



“I have always said that APC is one man and that’s the president. The president is a man with good character and that’s why we are supporting him and he is supporting Ebonyi State.
“Ebonyi State is very dear in the heart of the President but not in the hearts of the masquerades who have not given anybody chalk.
“If APC will get a vote in Ebonyi State, it will get vote by the President alone and nobody else”.

The Nigeria Customs Service Seme Area Command collected the sum of One Billion, Five Hundred and Twenty One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Nine Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty Four Naira Seventy Three Kobo (N1,521,359,564.73) as revenue in the month of December, 2016. The amount exceeded the monthly revenue target of the Command and the amount collected in the corresponding year 2015 with N499, 558,434.40 and N101, 129,228.70 respectively.

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obaseki i trust

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LAGOS— San Leon Energy Plc, the AIM-listed company focused on oil and gas development and appraisal in Africa and Europe, said reperforation operations at wells in Oil Mining Lease, OML, 18 onshore Nigeria, increased production to about 61,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). Reperforation is the creation of holes in oil well tubing. The increase in production is expected to boost Nigeria’s output. According to the company, “the well has now been temporarily shut in to allow minor production upgrades and additional workover operations.

The reperforation programme will continue to be implemented across a number of wells in this field in the coming months.” Elsewhere, San Leon said it was expecting new production from at least two other Nigerian oil prospects during the first half of this year. It will be recalled that Nigeria is exempted from an agreement crafted by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, to cut production next month because of militant attacks on its oil sector.

The managed decline is aimed at bringing the market back to a reasonable balance between supply and demand. An oversupplied market pushed crude oil prices below $30 per barrel in early 2016. Nigeria’s oil sector is the target of militants frustrated with a government suspected of misdistribution of the oil wealth. The nation’s economy is in recession, with third quarter growth shrinking by 2.3 percent year-on-year. Nigeria reported to OPEC that its crude oil production in November was near 1.8 million bpd, a 28 percent increase from the previous month. The company recently provided an update on operations and cash flow receipts related to its initial indirect 9.72 per cent interest in the OML 18 project, onshore Nigeria. The electric line operations have now acquired water saturation logs within a group of wells, and perforation of new producing intervals has commenced based upon that data.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/nigeria-oil-production-receives-61000bpd-boost/

The police have arrested five suspects, including a woman, in connection with the kidnap of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bagudu Hirse.
Bagudu was abducted by gunmen in Kaduna on November 20, last year at Alhaji Mamman Daura’s home, where he had gone to condole with the family over the death of former Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has also described as ‘sickening’, reports that about 800 bodies were found in Kafanchan, Southern Kaduna.
The IG spoke in Abuja during a New Year dinner organised by him for Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs) and other secretariat staff.
On the arrest of the suspects, he said: “We have arrested five suspects that kidnapped the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bagudu Hirse. They are now in our custody and in two or three days time, they will be paraded and, unfortunately, but as usual, a woman is among them.
On the crisis in Southern Kaduna, Ibrahim said: “I visited all the villages and what I saw was marvelous. I found policemen in the hinterlands and they were at alert. I have to note that in this country, as leaders in any capacity, we have to have the love of this country at heart because when I was going to get firsthand information, I went by road and I saw people in festive mood, contrary to what was reported in the media.
“Some alleged that they saw about 800 corpses and I must say that the report is sickening and when someone from outside reads such report, they will think something is wrong with this country.
“Some of us are yet to imbibe the principles of leadership and I think that is what is lacking in this country. We need to love this country more in 2017 as individuals and there is need for our leaders to love this country more than they love themselves. “
The police chief added: “How can somebody say he saw 800 corpses in Kaduna? Even in Rwanda where there was genocide, I don’t think the figure was that high. It is important for us to remember that this country belongs to all of us, irrespective of our status. People should take leadership as a responsibility and I have always said it that what the Americans don’t lack is patriotism and we as Nigerians should also learn to love ourselves”.
Ibrahim praised his officers and men for the success recorded since he assumed office.
“I want to thank all the policemen in this country, the Rank and File and other Units because anywhere I go, they are the actual policemen people get to see, they interact with members of the public and without them, we are nothing,” he said.

http://thenationonlineng.net/ex-ministers-kidnap-police-arrest-five-suspects/

Leaders and people of Niger Delta will defend Nigeria’s unity because they believe the country should remain as one indivisible entity, River State Governor Nyesom Wike has said.

Speaking during a visit to Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Saad Abubakar at his palace, Wike said Nigeria’s unity is ‘non-negotiable’ and of paramount importance.

He added that the interest of Nigerians and Africans would be better served with Nigeria remaining as one “strong and united nation”.

He said: “Let me first of all sincerely thank you, our father the Sultan, for what you are doing for this country, working tirelessly to ring peace and to bring unity to the people. So, for all of us, this is what is meant by one Nigeria.

“We cannot run away from this country. The unity of this country is very, very paramount. The unity of this country is non-negotiable. I am from the Niger Delta, from Rivers State to be specific. So, I cannot see us in a divided country. No way. We stand for the unity of this country,” Wike added.



According to the governor, his administration has put a lot of time, resources and energy to protect national assets, especially the ones in Rivers State.

“In Rivers, you hardly find pipeline vandalisation. We are working at all times to protect national assets in our state. In my state, I am governor for all the people living in the state. I am not a governor of a particular political party, but a governor for all the people of Rivers State.”

He hailed the Sultan for his leadership of the Muslim community in Nigeria, adding that he was in Sokoto to felicitate with his colleague, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who gave out his daughter in marriage on Saturday.

He equally dispelled the notion that his relationship with Tambuwal had political connotation, saying the Sokoto governor had been his friend for a long time, “long before politics defined who we are now.”

“Tambuwal is my friend for a long time. If anything affects him, it affects me also. If he gives out his daughter in marriage, I have to be here to support him. If any problem happens to him, it affects me as well.

“Your Eminence, I am here to seek your royal blessing. You have blessed me before, that is why I am growing. So, let me wish you a prosperous new year ahead,” he added.

Both the host governor and Sultan implored Nigerians to live in peace with one another, and wished their countrymen and women a year full of happiness and blessings.



The governor has also restated his administration’s commitment to promoting peace and growth in the state.

In a New Year message broadcast in Port Harcourt yesterday, Wike said his administration had enormous political will to embark on projects that would trigger growth across the state.

He urged Rivers people to work together to ensure that the state enjoyed peace and development in 2017.

“We cannot thank you enough for your consistent prayers, understanding, sacrifices and unconditional support and encouragement throughout 2016.


source: http://thenationonlineng.net/niger-delta-wont-back-agitation-split-nigeria-says-wike/

“Igali had allegedly secured the hefty heist in well-guarded premises in an upscale neighbourhood of Abuja.

“But luck ran out on him when an artisan called to fix a faulty utility vehicle became curious over the avalanche of the state of the art vehicles parked in the premises and tipped off the EFCC.

“The commission immediately commenced discreet investigation.

“In the course of investigation, it discovered that all the vehicles were supplied by Dilly Motors at the instance of Igali.”

The source claimed that about N1.5 billion paid for the vehicles was allegedly sourced from the diverted N27 billion insurance premium of deceased workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

The cash was allegedly laundered by Igali through Baseworth Insurance Brokers in order to cover his track.

The source added: “It was initially difficult to determine the source of the funds with which the vehicles were purchased as it did not come directly from Igali’s account.

“But a breakthrough came as the EFCC stumbled on evidence of a curious payment to Dilly Motors from the account of Baseworth Insurance Brokers Limited, a company that was under investigation in another case of alleged diversion of N27 billion insurance premium of deceased staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria.[/b][/color]

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jmichlins:
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thanks

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“It is unfortunate that Governor Wike has become helpless in dealing with the outcome of his past actions but constantly suffering psychological relapses.

The APC simply takes pity on the condition of the governor and honestly prays he gets help very quickly before his situation gets out of hand.”

jmichlins:
i can't get these megachoice channels. what am I doing wrong

try using 90cm it will be easy for you