President Muhammadu Buhari has heaped praises on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for driving Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) and for drawing the government closer to the people.

It was a rare public demonstration of the President’s affection and endorsement of his deputy, and he spoke generously and ex tempore, straight from the heart.

President Buhari spoke Monday night at the breaking of fast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he hosted top government officials on Monday.

He said the programmes driven by Prof Osinbajo have been “very successful”. According to the President, his deputy was ahead of him in pushing for the programmes as he was initially reluctant.


Source : https://www.chronicle.ng/2019/05/buhari-heaps-praises-on-osinbajo-for-driving-fgs-social-investments-programmes/


He said programmes like TraderMoni, MarketMoni, School Feeding Programme and other SIPs have reduced poverty and out-of-school pupils in Nigeria since implementation began.

“When I drive around the country, what upsets me the most is the state of poor people in this country. You see young people, the almajiris with torn clothes and plastic bowls. They are looking basically for what to eat.

“The question of education is a luxury. I think that the Nigerian elite are failing because I think we should have a programme that will at least guarantee some basic education for people no matter how poor they are.

“So, I welcome the Vice President’s initiative on feeding in schools. If you check in some of the communities the attendance in schools has improved because a lot children can get at least one good meal a day. But culturally, some elites are merciless; they don’t care about other people.”

He added that, “This MarketMoni, I have warned the Vice President that I don’t want him to be mobbed. The way women in the markets move to welcome him.

“These are very good initiatives, I must admit that they endeared many people to our government. The free meals, the N5,000, (Conditional Cash Transfer), N10,000, (TraderMoni) are fantastic programmes and I must admit that the Vice President did it and they have been very successful,” he said.

He then charged Nigerians to embrace peace and unity during and after the Ramadan. “For the remaining (I don’t count because it is still long before Ramadan ends) weeks, I wish you and your families a very good Ramadan, and may God give us the strength to last through,” President Buhari said.

Prof. Osinbajo, who spoke on behalf of the members of the cabinet, said that regardless of ethnic and religion affiliations Nigerians must continue to be their brothers’ keepers and must work towards building a united nation.

“I think is auspicious that this particular (end of) Ramadan falls at the eve of the new term in office.

“So, it is an opportunity for us to remind ourselves over the core mandates which is the welfare and security of majority of our people,’’ he said.

Dr. Osahon Enabulele, a past President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called for the urgent establishment of a Residency Training Programme (RTP) Budget Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (RTP BIMEC), as well as the full implementation of the Medical Residency Training Act of 2017, signed into law on 26 June 2018 by President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR.

Dr. Enabulele who currently is an Executive Committee member of the World Medical Association made the calls while delivering a keynote address on ‘The Corollary of Government Policies on Residency Training” at the 39th Ordinary General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), recently held in Benin City.

In a critical analysis of the policy and legal frameworks on Residency Training in Nigeria, Dr. Enabulele informed the audience that some steps had been taken by the government to address some challenges, including the issuance of a uniform template to guide the appointment and admission into the RTP; issuance of a policy statement directing strict adherence to the established scheme of service; and the enactment of the Medical Residency Training Act, MRTA, 2017.

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He stated that the policy and legal frameworks have attempted to cure some defects in the training programme, particularly as it concerns the determination of the career progression of Resident doctors; funding of the programme; the admission and entry requirements for the programme; and the standardization of the structure and classification of the programme.

Recounting the history and structure of RTP in Nigeria, Dr. Enabulele explained that though the Residency Training Programme in Nigeria is yet to meet national aspirations and the vision of its founding fathers

“The programme has made some significant contributions to Nigeria’s healthcare delivery system, particularly in terms of production of indigenous specialist medical and dental manpower and improved access to specialist medical and dental care,” he said.

“The challenges facing RTP in Nigeria include absence of specific budget lines, budgetary allocations and releases for the program at federal and state levels; differential, varied and arbitrary application of training guidelines, rules and duration of training period by training institutions; defective recruitment, admissions and replacement policies and processes plagued by federal character/quota system, administrative shenanigans and bureaucratic red-tapism; lack of slots for residency training; Inefficient and ineffective manpower development plans; poor state of health infrastructure and training facilities; poor funding of the postgraduate medical colleges, amongst others,” he explained.

In his strategic recommendations, Dr. Enabulele asserted that there is need for improved political will and commitment of the government and all stakeholders in the Nigerian health project to the sustenance and advancement of the Residency Training Program (RTP), in Nigeria.

He further called for the full implementation of the Medical Residency Training Act and the urgent establishment of a Residency Training Programme Budget Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (RTP BIMEC).

He also recommended the need for “sustained advocacy efforts and strategic engagement with policy makers, public and political office holders at all levels of government, particularly the executive and legislative arms of government; greater collaboration between the leadership of the Nigerian Medical Association, National Association of Resident Doctors, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, the Postgraduate Medical Colleges, and all other players that initiated and facilitated the enactment of the Medical Residency Training Act of 2017.

He then called for regular dynamic and holistic reviews of the RTP, at least every 3-4 years, amongst other recommendations.

Source: https://www.chronicle.ng/2019/05/dr-enabulele-to-buhari-implement-medical-residency-training-act/

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VP Osinbajo saves the day yet again

By Olaosebikan Theresa

As acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was widely praised for sacking Lawal Daura, the former DSS DG after an invasion of the National Assembly by the DSS operatives. The invasion was brewing tension in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital at the time, lawmakers were having a go at the gun wielding security men and a civil unrest was on hands but the VP quelled it in the most impactful fashion.

When he was faced with yet another looming unrest between the Nigerian Army and protesters in Abuja, he stepped in and quelled the tension thus averting what could have been a civilian-army clash as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai was scheduled to lay a foundation on the disputed hectares of land.

The protesters were ready to incite the military, wielding sticks and stones, this could have ignited the Nigerian Army to drastic measures in trying to safeguard the person of the Chief of Army Staff.

Maintaining the peace is one if the important function of the government in every society. The actions and inactions of the leaders always play a vital role in the carrying out of this duty.

As a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and a Professor of Constitutional Law, VP Osinbajo comes fully prepared to handle these challenges. So, when his official convoy was confronted with an angry and agitated mob of protesters on the Umaru Yar Adua Expressway on Tuesday May 7, 2019, he brought all his humility, compassion and humane experience to bear in the face of heavy provocation, even as he was on his way to Ekiti state to carry out important national duties.

The road had been blocked by this mass action against perceived oppression of the Gbagyi indigenes in that area, by the Nigerian Army which was setting up a facility on the land which the people have long laid claims of ancestral ownership. To this crowd, any government vehicle was also part of their oppressors, so to speak.

One major fact about this protest is that the indigenes have not channeled their grievances through the legal due process to truly ascertain the facts of the matter. Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS) documents and records show the land to have been officially allocated to the Nigerian Army since 1979, and as re-verified in 2011 with the Right of Occupancy (R of O) issued in 1997.

The usual response we have seen in the past from power-drunk Nigerian government officials riding in a fully armed convoy would have been to clear the road with the use of force if resisted. Much to the surprise of the protesters who were oblivious to the persons in the heavy traffic that had built up on the highway, the VP chose to step down from his vehicle and walked all the way to the staging area, where he engaged them in dialogue. This gesture greatly averted any unpleasant outcomes as the people responded with surprise because they never expected to be accorded such respect of their views by the number 2 man in the country.

A listening leader is highly regarded by his people, even in the face of different views and opinions. It was no surprise when the war chants of the protesters got replaced with cheers of joy from the crowd as the traffic began to flow through the lanes that were previously blocked.

In all this, Osinbajo stood with the people and waited for the normal movement to reach his vehicle before leaving. This was a rare practical demonstration of good leadership that will surely leave a lasting impression on Nigerians.

Olaosebikan Theresa from Abuja

My take on the Nigeria Home Grown Feeding Programme

In the course of my work, I discovered that National Home Grown School Feeding Programme is actually a well conceived school feeding programme that will establish a safety net for the poor and eradicate malnutrition in school children while stimulating the national economy.

It is also important to note, that the mission to provide one free meal a day to pupils in public primary schools in Nigeria has endeared many school dropouts back to school.

So What Are The Benefits to the Children?

As a child psychologist and nutritionist I can say that, children benefit from nutritious balanced school meal which reduces hunger and improves education outcomes.

Also, research has shown that primary school is where children experience fastest growth in physical, mental and socio-emotional characteristics and that there should adequate provision nutritious meals, which will be aim at promotion of good health, proper growth of children and enhancing learning process and learning ability.

Simply put, cast your mind back to when you tried to study without food in your stomach, you will read one paragraph like 20 times and still not understand what you’re reading.

The NHGSFP also has huge economic benefits because it creates jobs which is the multiplier effect of the scheme.

There are 1, 900, 000 farmers and 103,913 cooks engaged across 31 states so far. This means that local farmers can sell their produce, thereby boosting the agriculture sector and the social economy status of both the cook and the farmer.

Apart from farmers and cooks, there are those hired to handle logistics, the meat sellers are also there, and this shows that the chain is indeed long.

Morenike Oladele writes from Ekiti

Why Prof. Osinbajo must satisfy his conscience always

For those of us privileged to have listened to Commander Ebenezer Obey in his hay day, these lyrics were golden. “Ko si ogbon to le da, ko si iwa to le wu, ko si ona ti ole gba, to le fi te aye lorun ooo”, it roughly translates to, there is nothing you will do in this life to satisfy the world.

The lyrics from Commander Obey’s song from the same titled album; “The Horse, The Man and His Son” resonate with me now as I watch the lifestyle of Nigeria’s globally respected Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

On Tuesday, VP Yemi Osinbajo launched the National Homegrown School Feeding Scheme in Ekiti, the 31st state in Nigeria, taking the total number of pupils benefitting from the Federal Government scheme above 9.5 million.

While most of Ekiti and environs was agog with the launch, there were as usual some discordant tunes on social media. For some of them, it was not the fact that the programme was launched in the Southwest State of Ekiti that actually vexed them, rather it was that Prof. Osinbajo was eating the food.

They claim that he is belittling the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria because he relates with the poor or lower class. They often condemn him for visiting markets across Nigeria, they condemn him for interacting with petty traders.

These are the same set of people who once claimed that the government was too far from the people, they are the same ones who once advocated that Nigerians should get social security, etc. but the truth is that one can never satisfy these people.

Like Commander Obey pointed out in his music, the VP should not try to do anything to please anyone, in any case, he never does that, he is a man of the people and if the elites don’t like it they can turn a blind eye to his activities.

Nigerians like him because he interacts with them freely, he knows where the shoe pinches them and most importantly he is doing all he can to improve the fortunes of the country.

If this letter ever gets to him, please Sir, just continue to do what you are doing, only God can reward you for the meritorious service to Nigeria.

Abolaji Adekunle lives in Sagamu, Ogun State

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, receives in audience a delegation of TOTAL Group led by TOTAL CEO, Mr Patrick Pouyanne, held in the State House, Abuja. 30th April 2019.

Photo 1:
VP Osinbajo with CEO of TOTAL Group, Mr Patrick Pouyanne, flanked by Min. of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (R); DMD TEPNG, Musa Kida Ahmadu & MD TEPNG, Mr. N Terraz.

Photo 2:
VP Osinbajo with DMD TEPNG, Musa Kida Ahmadu.

Photo 3:
VP Osinbajo receives gift from CEO of TOTAL Group, Mr Patrick Pouyanne.

Photo 4:
VP Osinbajo with CEO of TOTAL Group, Mr Patrick Pouyanne (L); SVP Africa ERP, Guy Maurice (2nd L); MD TEPNG, Mr. N Terraz (3rd L); DMD TEPNG, Musa Kida Ahmadu (4th L); Min. of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (R) & other members of the delegations present.

Nigerian youths have blasted Chief Ayo Adebanjo following comments made on President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

In a statement signed by Prince Adetayo Adekunle, for and on behalf of the Coalition of Nigerian Youth Stakeholders, described Chief Adebanjo’s position on restructuring as laughable.

“Chief Ayo Adebanjo’s obsession with his supposed “son” is no longer news. But the Chief’s predilection to regurgitating lies and misleading claims is why we can no longer keep quiet,” Adekunle said in a statement.

“Although we can wonder how come he enjoys bullying the VP. But we know that his allegiance and loyalty in the last several years have been to political leaders who looted our country dry and those who did absolutely nothing to advance Restructuring when they held sway. So we must remind Nigerians.

“As a Yoruba man who is well schooled in customs, norms and mores, engaging an elder in public glare is not an easy path to thread.

“However, it is apposite to state the existence of an old Yoruba axiom which holds that “an elder who ties maize to his backside risks being turned into an object of mockery by chickens “


The group said for Pa Ayo Adebanjo to say that he doesn’t recognize President Buhari as the country’s president-elect is not only laughable but even pathetic.

“May be the Chief is about to abandon his claims to being a democrat, otherwise how else can we interpret this rejection of the democratic choice of the Nigerian people?

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo giving his remark at the Body of Benchers in Abuja
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo giving his remark at the Body of Benchers in Abuja
“Worse still, to describe “his supposed son”, the erudite Professor of Law, authority on Law of Evidence, Life Bencher and Senior Advocate, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as “a disgrace and a dishonest intellectual” on the basis of what he terms denial of restructuring is utterly reprehensible.

“This obsession with the VP is not what noble elders are known for. And I say that with utmost sense of responsibility.

“If Pa Ayo Adebanjo is not suffering from selective amnesia as well as senility associated with old age, he ought to know that Mr. Vice President has never denied that the country needs restructuring.

Responding to a question at a public forum hosted by the Sigma Club, University of Ibadan on Saturday, 27th October, 2018, Prof Osinbajo asserted as follows:

“I am not a latter day convert to restructuring. I am an active practitioner of restructuring and I have gone to the Supreme Court about 13 times to test restructuring “.

“In all of the cases pursued by HE Prof Yemi Osinbajo as AG Lagos, the then government led by Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s newfound bedfellow, the Jada born Atiku Abubakar and his principal, Oloye Olusegun Obasanjo opposed every step along the way.

“Conversely, the Buhari/Osinbajo led administration signed a constitutional amendment granting financial autonomy to State Judiciaries and Houses of Assembly – an amendment that suffered several abortions under the misrule of Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s friends.

“Conclusively, Pa Ayo Adebanjo is urged to speak like a true Yoruba elder and Afenifere that he claims to be and not seek to denigrate the highest political office holder from the Yoruba race on the altar of crass opportunism, bitter opposition politics and chronic jealousy.”

Yoruba should not betray Osinbajo like they betrayed Awolowo and MKO

An Omoluabi in Yorubaland is a person of honor who believes in hard work, respects the rights of others, and gives to the community in deeds and in action.

Above all, an Omoluabi is a person of integrity and Prof. Osinbajo is one that embodies everything that upright Yorubas stand for, yet they some Afenifere leaders are not proud to associate with him because he does not engage in pot of porridge politics.

No honest Yoruba leader will attempt to paint Prof. Osinbajo in a bad light. He is putting Yoruba back on the Nigerian and global political map, as a people to reckon with.

We, as Yoruba people, really need to call Afenifere to order so that what happened to Chief Obafemi Awolowo and MKO Abiola does not befall him too in the grand scheme of things at national level. Oladele Olasunkanmi

Yoruba should not betray Osinbajo like they betrayed Awolowo and MKO

An Omoluabi in Yorubaland is a person of honor who believes in hard work, respects the rights of others, and gives to the community in deeds and in action.

Above all, an Omoluabi is a person of integrity and Prof. Osinbajo is one that embodies everything that upright Yorubas stand for, yet they some Afenifere leaders are not proud to associate with him because he does not engage in pot of porridge politics.

No honest Yoruba leader will attempt to paint Prof. Osinbajo in a bad light. He is putting Yoruba back on the Nigerian and global political map, as a people to reckon with.

We, as Yoruba people, really need to call Afenifere to order so that what happened to Chief Obafemi Awolowo and MKO Abiola does not befall him too in the grand scheme of things at national level. Oladele Olasunkanmi

The micro-credit scheme of the Federal Government of Nigeria is racking up awards and recognition across the world.

In recognition of its impact driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) and its products have earned recent recognition from the United Nations, African Leadership Institute and Oxford University.

GEEP which include MarketMoni, FarmerMoni, and TraderMoni started in 2016, with about 2 million Nigerians at the bottom of the pyramid accessing credit in 3 years and being brought into financial services of bank account and mobile wallets, there is consensus on the scale of impact the initiative wields.

GEEP is today the largest public micro-credit scheme in the world. 54.2% of its beneficiaries are women.

In a March session of 62ndUnited Nations Commission in New York, GEEP was commended for pushing the envelope in technological innovations for successful last-mile delivery of credit at massive scale.

This was in recognition of the programme’s pioneering roles in building a completely digitised loan operation, positioning of Bank Verification (BVN) as digital collateral to aid financial inclusion, use of facial recognition for de-deduplication, GPS-based mapping and profile of candidates to markets, and exhaustive data capture to truly formalise the informal sector.

The radical approach to GEEP’s operation was perhaps a major influence for the recent recognition bestowed on the programme’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Uzoma Nwagba, by a partnership between the African Leadership Initiative and University of Oxford.

Last week, the COO, together with 22 other emerging African leaders picked across the continent, was announced as a recipient of 2019 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship.

The Desmond Tutu Fellowship is set up by AFLI and Oxford to identify and cultivate young African leaders whose works have achieved “far reaching impact on the continent.”

GEEP, a financial inclusion scheme driven by technology has registered over 7million micro-enterprises in less than 3 years – and is on a mission to deliver access to finance and financial inclusion at Nigeria’s base of the pyramid

Source https://www.chronicle.ng/2019/04/geep-tradermoni-get-un-oxford-recognition/

Why I have come to respect Prof. Osinbajo

I used to criticize Prof. Osinbajo for everything wrong with Nigeria. I must confess that I also said things that I am now ashamed of, I think it was down to my knowledge base at the time.

Please before you begin to demand heaven and earth from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, please educate yourself with this piece. The man deserves more appreciation and respect.

Constitutionally, the executive functions of the Nigerian vice president includes participation in all cabinet meetings and, by statute, membership in the National Security Council, the National Defence Council, Federal Executive Council, and the Chairman of National Economic Council.

Although the vice president may take an active role in establishing policy in the Executive Branch by serving on such committees and councils, the relative power of the Nigerian vice president's office depends upon the duties delegated by the president.

Let's wait until he becomes President in 2023 then hold him accountable for every action of the government.

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REVEALED: HOW NEPZA TOP OFFICIALS PLOT TO CORNER N42B FG FUNDS, FRUSTRATE RAPID INDUSTRIAL SCHEMES
*As Special Economic Zone plans garner support from global industry concerns and institutional investors

A deliberate plot hatched by some top officials of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, to corner over N40B meant for the establishment of Special Economic Zones in the country has been unearthed, raising contrived dust over the Buhari administration’s plan to create Special Economic Zones targeted for the rapid industrialization of the country.

When recently the Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment, Dr. Okey Enelamah presented the ministry’s 2019 Budget details to the relevant Senate committee, questions where raised about the creation of a limited liability company with 25% FG interest, the retention of three FG officials as directors, and the allocation of government’s funds to the company.

But informed sources explained that the Senators involved were only acting on information provided by NEPZA officials to deliberately mislead them into concluding that the said funds belonged to NEPZA, and not to the limited liability company formed specifically for the purpose, ie the Nigeria Special Economic Zone Investment Company.

According to a top government official involved in what seems like a presidential review of the unfolding controversy, “the Federal Government adopted a model to speedily and rapidly develop the Special Economic Zones using a PPP model as was done in other countries like China and a number of African countries.”

Continuing, the source said, “the strategy involved the setting up of a limited liability company that included the FG and some institutional investors like African Development Bank, ADB, the African Finance Corporation, AFC, the Bank of Industry, BOI, AFREXIMBAMK, and the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA in a 25% —75% FG and institutional investors ratio. And to secure FG’S interest, three government officials were put forward in the interim as directors in line with the usual practice when such companies involving FG are set up.”

Said another industry source, “using government officials including aides is nothing to worry about since they are there to protect government interests at the take-off stage, pending when a proper board can be in place and the company ready to go full throttle. Besides the people chosen as interim directors are those who are driving the project and are knowledgeable within the ministries involved being Finance on the one hand and Industry, Trade & Investment on the other.”

Besides, as is done elsewhere around the world, such government representative directors are not entitled to any beneficial interests in the company shares. “Bringing up the issue of these directors was simply a mudslinging attempt to mislead the public, but it has no fuel at all, considering that it is a global practice and the directors are interim and non- beneficiaries,” the source explained.

Investigations however revealed that the NEPZA immediate past Managing Director, Emmanuel Jime and the acting MD Engr. T.D Nongo, to whom Jime handed over, devised the entire plot to ensure that the N42B allocated for the development of the Special Economic Zones be controlled and disbursed by NEPZA instead of the Special Purpose Vehicle established by a Presidential directive straight from President Muhammadu Buhari’s desk.

But in order to ensure this, they needed support in the National Assembly. Said a top official of one of the investigating agencies of the government “this was how the top NEPZA hierarchy sold a carefully designed package of outright falsehood and suppression of relevant facts to the National Assembly and decided to smear the President’s plan in order to corner the funds and control disbursement of the money instead of allowing the limited liability company formed for that purpose to be in charge.”

According to that investigative agency source, “what we now know is that while Jime went to run for election in the last round of elections, for which he had to resign as NEPZA MD, the most senior officer to whom he handed over the reins of NEPZA is actually also one of the main fund-raisers/coordinators of his gubernatorial campaign.”

The source added that “therefore the campaign of calumny against the President’s industrial plan and against the Industry, Trade & Investment Ministry is being fueled by both Jime and Nongo. “At stake is the control of Project MINE”, - the name of the plan to speedily industrialize the country through the promotion of Made in Nigeria goods for Export, for which MINE is an acronym.

“They are both bent on controlling the N42B approved in the budget,” it was disclosed.

The NEPZA officials started with the argument that the agency is the one through which the FG can make investments in the Free Trading Zones. So, the matter was referred to the Attorney-General of the Federation for legal advice. And it was after the AGF counseled that NEPZA was a regulatory agency and not the exclusive implementing agency for such projects that the officials, determined not to let go of the funds connived to develop a plot to smear the whole effort by raising questions and provoking sensational narratives around a model that is best global practice and that enjoys the support of major international institutional investors.

“If this were indeed fishy how do you think such institutional investors whose global operations depend mainly on their transparency and credibility be part of it, considering that the institutional investors are coming up with 75% of the money?, an industry source wondered.

Between the FG and the institutional investors, the investment company, the Nigeria Special Economic Zone Investment Company, NSEZCO, is expected to raise $500m in equity by 2023.

While many of the strategic investors have already signed on, the MINE project which the NSEZCO will be delivering has secured significant international partnerships already. For instance Shandong Ruyi, the leading textile and garment group in China has already announced its commitment to invest $2B to the cotton, textile and garment industry for the Special Economic, (free trading) Zones the NSEZCO will put up in Abia, Kano and Lagos States.

Equally, CCCG Industrial Investment Holding Company, CIHC, of China, which is ranked 91st in Fortune 500 and is the third largest international contractor in the world, has also signed a letter of intent to invest in the forthcoming Special Economic Zone in Lekki, specifically in the areas of power, water, access roads and bridges. “These are some of the critical and significant plans that few NEPZA officials are trying to scuttle, “ according to a government official aware of the presidential review of the controversy sparked last week when the Industry, Trade & Investment Minister briefed a Senate committee on the project.

Some of the Special Economic Zone projects are the much talked about Enyimba Economic City in Abia, the Lekki-Epe Model Industrial Park, Funtua Cotton Cluster, and several others being planned for Edo, Kwara, Sokoto, Ebonyi, and Benue States among others.

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*Moving on with TraderMoni*

The last 4 months really brought TraderMoni up close and personal to Nigerians at home, and even those abroad. This was because the main opposition party went to great lengths to describe the scheme as vote buying, alleging that the Vice President himself was doling out the said funds to the market women.

Now that the elections are almost over, the new rumours they are pushing around is that Prof. Osinbajo has suspended the scheme.

When stories like these start to make the rounds, one is initially tempted to just ignore, rather than help the ignorant drive up their traffic. However, when notable institutions like Punch Newspapers in the name of driving traffic to their site, decide to publish a story with such falsehoods and other absurdities, it becomes pertinent to exhume the truth for the people to see.

The notion that our media houses got fat on *brown envelope* journalism is well documented and as such, most of them don't really like the Buhari-Osinbajo stance of not "sharing the money".

Why that would now leave such deep-rooted institutions as Punch Newspapers and Thisday Newspapers to continually churn out stories with the aim of misleading the populace and smearing the person of the vice president is quite unreasonable and alarming.

Seeing as TraderMoni as a scheme was passed along side with its siblings MarketMoni and Anchor Borrowers Scheme, all were approved by the National assembly before their commencement, it will take more than the whims of the Vice President to actually suspend or stop the program.

What a lot of persons fail to realise is that the VP during his TraderMoni tours which seemed to coincide with the campaign season was only performing his duties as supervising minister to ensure that all federal government policies were being carried out as appropriate.

This is similar to the task he was again saddled with after the FEC meeting on the 20th of March 2019, to audit all policies enacted in the last 8 years and give a status report so that the federal government will know how to adequately move forward in the next dispensation.

So for final clarification purposes, TraderMoni which has never been suspended at any time since its inauguration, was approved by the 8th general assembly. It is fully handled by the Bank of Industry, and has since recorded 30000 new beneficiaries after the 2019 presidential elections.

The roles and powers of the vice president with respect to the scheme are only supervisory to ensure total compliance to the policies as stipulated and implemented by the federal government.

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There Was A Newspaper called Punch

Behold, the Punch Newspaper used to be the toast of newspapers. Everyday people scrambled for Punch but not anymore. The quality of content as well as the sales of the newspaper has continued to dwindle. At the newsstands and even in traffic at night, you see Punch newspaper being peddled for prices as low as N100.

The once reputed newspaper is now a burden, both to itself and the reading public. For ardent readers of news, Punch Newspaper can never be your point of call if you want to confirm any story or news. Chances are that they will mislead you. Only yesterday, I read that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had halted his on-site assessment of TraderMoni.

I was taken aback for a bit. However, given my recent experience with Punch Newspapers, I sought clarification and authentication of this news. Two sources readily come to mind, Mr Laolu Akande, the spokesperson to the VP and Senator Babafemi Ojudu, the political adviser to the VP.

I scurried through their social media accounts, looking for confirmation of the news, alas, I saw Senator Ojudu’s reply which was short and straight to the point. The Punch Newspaper story was a hoax, click bait at most.

Journalism seems to be heading for the gutter with too many ‘Brown Envelope’ reporters and editors running amok. I pondered, how will an editor allow this to pass without verifying it? I hope Punch Newspaper will learn from this, not that they have learnt from many others, but I just hope, they will learn from this.

It’s time Punch Newspaper stay away from fake news. Indeed, there was a newspaper.

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Facts from US based Empowered Newswire Management has revealed that the founder of Ovation Magazine, Mr. Dele Momodu lied in his Op-Ed titled, ‘An Open Letter To Pastor Laolu Akande’.

The newswire formed by Mr. Akande in 2004 said it was aware of what transpired between Mr. Momodu and Mr. Akande in 2010, stressing that, the Ovation Magazine founder deliberately misrepresented facts from their encounter.

“In paragraph two of his Op-Ed, Mr. Momodu said he called Mr. Akande, it was not Mr Akande that called him,” the newswire said.

“Mr. Momodu initiated whatever happened, he called because he needed help after Temisan Aduayi, his US reporter left Ovation to start his own magazine called Trendy Africa. At this point, Mr. Momodu was afraid that he would lose all his US market to Mr. Aduayi and so therefore sought a bigger name in the US.

“He called Mr. Akande that he was attending the Nigerian Reunion Meet in Maryland but Mr. Akande told him he could not leave New York for Maryland, so he asked that they met in New Jersey which is closer to New York.

“At the time, he desperately needed Mr. Akande’s name and reputation in the US and the former Guardian North America Bureau chief obliged him.

“As a matter of fact after Mr. Akande agreed to help him stabilise his US work, he played it big in the next edition of the Magazine celebrating Mr. Akande to high heavens because he and the paper truly needed that kind of person at that time.

“Mr. Akande never asked for a job with Ovation. That is not his kind of publication anyway.

The newswire also stated that because Mr. Akande never saw his time at Ovation Magazine as a job, he never included it in his Résumé. “Mr. Akande never put Ovation Magazine in his CV because he saw it as a favour to Mr. Momodu. He never considered it a job opportunity.”


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Sourece : https://www.chronicle.ng/2019/03/17/dele-momodu-lied-in-his-representation-of-facts-us-newswire/

*Opelope Anointing, Kumnandi, others for MFM praise service*

Popular gospel Nigerian musicians and choirs will grace the March Thanksgiving Service of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Eagles Assembly Zonal Headquarters praise jam on 24 March.

The praise and worship session themed Prophetic Praise will have in attendance some heavyweight gospel singers like Lady Evangelist Dunni Olanrewaju (Opelope Anointing) and Sis Temitope Abiodun (Kumnandi).

Other praise worship leaders expected to minister are MFM International HQ choir, MFM Int'l HQ Guitar choir, Femi King -MFM Lagos Region 7, Lady Evangelist Funmi Adejumo, Lady Evangelist Kemi Adura amongst others.

The Sunday service will also have anointed prophets in attendance including Pastor Babatunde Oladipupo, Prophet Femi Adura and host pastor, Morenikeji Jesusina.

In a statement issued by the Eagles Assembly Zonal Headquarters, Pastor Jesusina explained that God has been faithful to the church over the last three years through miracles, deliverances and answered prayers.

“This awesome praise season in the presence of God is to commemorate the third Year of our zonal pastor, Pastor Morenikeji Jesusina whom God has used tremendously for us at this zonal headquarters,” the statement read.

The praise service which is also themed Three Prophets, Third Month, Three Seals and Third Year will be culminated with an anointing service.

“Participants are expected to come along with handkerchiefs, bottle water and anointing oil as seal to take over the entire year 2019,” the statement added.

Admission to the programme is free. “We encourage all Nigerians especially those in Ejigbo and its environs to be a part of this programme at 73, Adebayo Osho Street, Ori-Oke, Bus-Stop along Egbe Road, Ejigbo, Lagos between 8am to 12 noon,” the church added.

*AFTERMATH OF AKANDE'S RIGHT OF REPLY: Nigerians mock Dele Momodu for blocking people on Twitter*

It is hypocrisy at its peak.
Dele Momodu has been mocked by many Nigerians for blocking them on Twitter after calling him out for fake news and lies that he peddles regularly.

It appeared that some Nigerians had had enough of the veteran journalist and were not going to allow him to continue to deceive people on social media anymore.

On Sunday Momodu, who has often been criticized and corrected for spreading fake news said he would block those who called him out for peddling lies against Mr. Laolu Akande, spokesperson to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

“My main tweet of the day... why do trolls get angry when you block them; they come on your TL, like mannerless people, rain insults at you, and expect you to say "thank you for abusing me..." Jokers!!!” he tweeted before going on a blocking spree.

Reacting to Mr. Momodu blocking him, Tracy Chels wrote, “Dele Momodu is PDP 100%. This is one of the characteristics of PDP members, blocking anyone who speaks the truth.”

Kemisola Adekunle tried to make Mr. Momodu see reasons why blocking people is not the most idealistic thing to do. “How would you get feed backs on your posts when you block people that don’t support your views? I'm sure those ones you block are those who don’t submit to your views.”

Ibn Hanbal says Mr. Momodu should act more upright. “It is so sad Dele that you block people. With your civility and education, I expect you to correct him.

“Perhaps he may live in future to be a version of you. Give people opportunity to learn from you. Don't block them because you famous. Fame is a gift,” he said.

David Olatunde posed a question to Mr. Momodu. “How many people would he block? He doesn't need to block anyone.”

There were others who blasted Mr. Momodu because he built his career on criticizing people and he was not blocked.

“The man is a joke, he should not be taken seriously at all. He has insulted a lot of respectable people in the past and was never blocked. He has lost any integrity he had left.”

Facts from US based Empowered Newswire Management has revealed that the founder of Ovation Magazine, Mr. Dele Momodu lied in his Op-Ed titled, ‘An Open Letter To Pastor Laolu Akande’.

The newswire formed by Mr. Akande in 2004 said it was aware of what transpired between Mr. Momodu and Mr. Akande in 2010, stressing that, the Ovation Magazine founder deliberately misrepresented facts from their encounter.

“In paragraph two of his Op-Ed, Mr. Momodu said he called Mr. Akande, it was not Mr Akande that called him,” the newswire said.

“Mr. Momodu initiated whatever happened, he called because he needed help after Temisan Aduayi, his US reporter left Ovation to start his own magazine called Trendy Africa. At this point, Mr. Momodu was afraid that he would lose all his US market to Mr. Aduayi and so therefore sought a bigger name in the US.

“He called Mr. Akande that he was attending the Nigerian Reunion Meet in Maryland but Mr. Akande told him he could not leave New York for Maryland, so he asked that they met in New Jersey which is closer to New York.

“At the time, he desperately needed Mr. Akande’s name and reputation in the US and the former Guardian North America Bureau chief obliged him.

“As a matter of fact after Mr. Akande agreed to help him stabilise his US work, he played it big in the next edition of the Magazine celebrating Mr. Akande to high heavens because he and the paper truly needed that kind of person at that time.

“Mr. Akande never asked for a job with Ovation. That is not his kind of publication anyway.

The newswire also stated that because Mr. Akande never saw his time at Ovation Magazine as a job, he never included it in his Résumé. “Mr. Akande never put Ovation Magazine in his CV because he saw it as a favour to Mr. Momodu. He never considered it a job opportunity.”


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Sourece : https://www.chronicle.ng/2019/03/17/dele-momodu-lied-in-his-representation-of-facts-us-newswire/

Disengaged Ogun State Government workers have congratulated APC governor-elect, Prince Dapo Abiodun after a keenly contested governorship election on March 9.

The workers who were sacked by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in 2011 had promised to rally support for Mr. Abiodun and also to deliver their polling units across the state.

In a statement issued on Monday and signed by President of the Disengaged Ogun State 2011 Workers Movement, Samuel Awolesi, the group assured Ogun people of real time development and growth.

The group said it was ready to work for the new Ogun government.

“Congratulations to our amiable governor-elect in Ogun state Prince Dapo Abiodun (MFR) of the All Progressive Congress.


“We wish you success in administration. May your tenure in office bring prosperous peace, progress and joy to Ogun state. Igba yin a san wa o o,” the statement said.

It would be recalled that the workers who have repeatedly protested their sack visited the country home of Mr. Abiodun in Iperu, Ogun state.

The group received by Mrs Bamidele Abiodun, wife of the governor-elect assured of their support and asked that they be reinstated.









source : https://www.chronicle.ng/2019/03/13/disengaged-ogun-workers-congratulates-dapo-abiodun/

EXPOSED: Amosun’s desperate last minute moves to rig Ogun election
• Deploys ex-commissioner to manipulate election results
• Offers INEC officials N2 million to rig election
• Soldiers, thugs paid to inflate results in Ifo, Abeokuta North, others
• Issues death threat to NYSC members and other INEC officials
The devious plans of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State to manipulate and possibly disrupt the governorship and State House of Assembly elections held on Saturday have been uncovered.
According to our reporter, the governor who is backing Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate, Honourable Adekunle Akinlade has deployed soldiers and thugs to inflate election results in Ifo, Abeokuta North and other local government areas.
The governor has also threatened the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and NYSC members with thugs if they refuse to allow them access to thumb print ballot papers.
According to an INEC official in Yewa North representatives of the governor offered them N2 million to manipulate the results of Ohunbe ward.
The official said when they rejected the offer, the representative told them that they were joking with their lives and had no other option.
“We left the ballot papers for them to do what they wanted, I cannot lose my life over this election, I have a family that is waiting for me to return home,” said the INEC official who spoke to journalists on the condition anonymity.
At the collation center at NUD Oke Ijeun INEC officials were attacked by thugs who were wearing APM shirts. The attack took place at Ward 8 on Saturday evening.
APM thugs were also reported to have been shooting at Ward 12, Abeokuta South Local Government Area forcing residents to scamper for their lives.
Our correspondent gathered that soldiers were being used to perpetrate electoral anomalies in at least 20 other polling unit and collation centers.
“They were tampering with APC votes and are inflating the figures of APM,” an APC party agent who identified himself as Segun told reporters.
“The soldiers and policemen deployed to do these things were dressed in mufti, so we could not ascertain their true status,” said Segun.
Former Commissioner for Special Duties, Barrister Leke Adewolu also mobilised thugs to alter results at Ifo State Constituency 1 and 2.
Another INEC official said at Ward 11, Abeokuta North soldiers dressed in military fatigue ordered party agents out of the ward before forcing them to manipulate results.
Our correspondent reports that in Ward 5, Abeokuta North, the governor and his boys did over voting. “They were so eager to thumb print in favour of APM that the votes allocated to APM was more than the accredited voters,” an INEC official told our correspondent.
Other polling units were results are believed to have been manipulated includes Unity high school, Ago Ika - Abeokuta North LG; Centenary Hall, Ake - Abeokuta South South LG; Odeda Council Hall - Odeda LG; LG Secretariat Hall - Obafemi Owode LG; LG Secratariat Hall - Ifo LG; LG Secratariat Hall - Ewekoro LG; LG Secretariat Hall - Ijebu North LG; Town hall, Ogbere - Ijebu East LG; LG Secretariat hall, Abigi - Ogun Waterside LG; Itoro hall - Ijebu Ode LG; LG Secretariat Hall - Odogbolu LG; LG Secretariat hall, Atan - Ijebu North East LG; Muslim high school - Sagamu LG; Town hall - Ikenne LG; LG Secretariat hall, Isara - Remo North LG; LG Secretariat hall - Imeko Afon LG; Omidokun hall - Yewa North LG; LG Secretariat hall - Ipokia LG; Oronna town hall - Yewa South LG and Iganmode Grammar School - Ado Odo Ota LG

VP Osinbajo delivers polling unit as APC leads in Ogun

The All Progressives Congress has won both the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the polling unit of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Lagos State on Saturday.
Prof. Osinbajo who voted at Victoria Garden City Main Park Booth in Lagos helped APC governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu garner 248 votes.
Sanwo-Olu’s main challenger Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party polled 190 votes. In the State House of Assembly the APC finished with 193 votes while the PDP candidate had 175 votes.
In Prof. Osinbajo home state of Ogun, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Prince Dapo Abidoun also won at his polling unit in Iperu, Ikenne.
Results announced at his polling unit shortly after collation showed that the oil magnate had established a healthy lead in his local government area of Ikenne.
At his polling unit in Ward 3 Unit 2, Ita Osanyin, Iperu, Ikenne, Mr. Abiodun polled a total of 240 votes while his closest challenger, Honourable Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) got 71 votes.
At the polling unit of Mr. Akinlade, the APM lost to the APC.
Mr. Akinlade who voted at polling unit 010, Owode Ward 1, Yewa South of Ogun state could only manage 83 votes while Mr. Abiodun polled 104.
Results’ trickling in across the State shows that the APC is leading the APM and other parties by a rather healthy margin.
In Abeokuta South, Ward 14, PU 2, APC polled 144 votes to APM’s 59 votes. In Ward 11, Unit 18, Abeokuta North, APC garnered 103 votes to APM’s 40 votes.
Below are other results from Ogun State.
Ward 12, Unit 002, Agbon Land, Makun, Sagamu
APC – 99
APM – 73
Ward 3, Polling Unit 007, Modern School Road, Ota
APC - 81
APM – 67
Ijagba Ward, Onirere Unit, Sagamu
APC - 161
APM – 63
Ososa Ward 7
APC - 171
APM – 20
PDP - 102
Ward 10, Unit 8, Ilefon
APC - 81
APM - 41
PDP – 34
Police Station, Ward 9 Ikenne LG
APC - 275
APM - 60
PDP – 24
Ward 08, polling Unit 002, Idomowo
PDP - 55
APC - 100
APM - 13
Ward 11, Unit 18, Abeokuta North
APC -103
PDP -04
APM -40
Ward 15, Polling Unit 016, Abeokuta South
APC - 58
APM- 53
PDP – 03
Abeokuta South, Ward 15, Polling Unit Dimmo Store
APC - 67
APM- 52
ADC- 101
PDP-9
Abeokuta South, Ward 15, Polling Unit Olubara Palace
APC - 60
APM- 52
ADC- 91
PDP-15
Abeokuta South, Ward 15, Polling Unit BUSTOP
APC - 59
APM- 62
ADC- 64
PDP-14
Ward 04, Polling Unit 06, Iperu Remo, Ikenne
APC – 236
PDP – 02
APM – 032
Ijebu Ode, Ward 7, Unit 009, Oke Street
APC - 108
PDP - 73
APM – 46
Ward 3, Unit 2, Ita Osanyin, Ikenne LG
APC - 240
APM - 71
PDP - 5
ADC – 2
Ward 3, Unit 2, Ita Osanyin, Ikenne
APC - 240
APM - 71
PDP - 5
ADC - 2

Disengaged Ogun workers rally support for Dapo Abiodun

Ogun State Government workers sacked by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in 2011 have rallied support for the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun vowing to deliver their polling units.

The workers who protested their dismissal on Thursday at Iperu, Ogun state said they were supporting Prince Dapo Abiodun because they know that he will reinstate them.

Talking to journalists at Iperu the home of the aspirants they explained that they were employed three months before the expiration of Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s second term in office in 2011 and three months after Ibikunle Amosun was sworn in but that shortly after Governor Amosun was inaugurated he sacked them for no reasons.

The group who met with Bamidele Abiodun, wife of the APC governorship candidate explained they were confident that they would be reinstated if Prince Dapo Abiodun is elected.

President of the group, Awolesi Samuel said they have their employment letters to show that they were employed by the Ogun State Government.

“We are soliciting that the Ogun State Government recalls us back to the service. We were wrongfully disengaged by the government of Ibikunle Amosun and we demand justice on this issue,” Mr. Samuel said.

“We also plead that our unemployed members should be considered for employment in his administration,” he added.

“We also promise to deliver our various polling units across Ogun state to Prince Dapo Abiodun of the APC and have deployed all our machineries to this effect.

“Our letter of appointments has shown to you are proof of our employment,” he explained.

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PRESS RELEASE BY APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL:

PDP PLANS TO OBTAIN A COURT INJUNCTION ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 TO STOP ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS AND THROW THE COUNTRY INTO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES

Our usual patriotic sources from within the disgruntled PDP circle and Atiku’s Campaign team have reliably informed us that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has perfected plans to finally scuttle our democracy and throw the country into constitutional crises by surreptitiously obtaining an exparte (one-sided) court order stopping the announcement of the Presidential Election results which he fears have gone against him.

We understand that a meeting was held today with a group of senior lawyers who were instructed to prepare and file the processes in court on Monday, February 25, 2019. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was clear in his brief to the lawyers that he must be declared the President-elect of Nigeria by hook or crook, whether he wins or loses, or else he would drag the country down with him.

Nigerians would recall that the June 12, 1993 debacle that brought Nigeria to its knees and caused our country international isolation was precipitated by a court injunction stopping the announcement of Presidential Election results. The court order was obtained by a certain Association for Better Nigeria headed then by one Chief Authur Nzeribe. This is exactly what Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who claims to be a democrat, wants to foist on this nation again because of his inordinate ambition.

We are also informed that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar confided in those around him that his desperation is borne out of the fact that he has made profound commitments to his local and international sponsors regarding the sale of our national assets like NNPC and others to them that he cannot just afford to let them down at this time, having assured them that there was no way he would not win the presidential election. However, results trickling in from around the country have dampened his optimism.

This has prompted his instructions to his campaign organization, especially his spokespersons to continue to issue statements, making false claims of ‘victory’ when there is no single scientific basis for such claims. For instance, as brazen as they are to claim victory, they have not pointed at one single presidential election result in any single unit in the whole country where they scored a particular figure with a result sheet duly signed by their agent that was subsequently changed at a Collation Centre. All we hear are sound bites of Atiku’s spokespersons, huffing and puffing about winning the election just to whip up public sentiments to prepare the ground to reject the results when they are eventually released by INEC.

For us our position is very simple and straight forward: we wish to allow the legal process of declaring presidential election results to take place peacefully and in an orderly fashion. President Buhari is not desperate, but is very confident of victory.

We also note their attempt to discredit the entire elections by certain isolated incidents of violence in some parts of the country. For instance, Lagos State that has more than 13,000 voting points recorded a very unfortunate, despicable and condemnable act of violence in one voting point that was clearly not perpetuated by any known or accredited member of our party. Yet the PDP has cried out to the world about ‘burning of ballot papers in most parts the country’.

We therefore wish to advice anyone who wishes to aid and encourage Alhaji Atiku Abubakar along this infamous part to remember the June 12 debacle. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar may also wish to learn a lesson or two from President Muhammadu Buhari who resorted to the court of law in 2003 when Atiku, along with President Olusegun Obasanjo, ‘defeated’ him in the presidential race in that year in controversial circumstances. President Buhari, as a true statesman and democrat, never resorted to underhand tactics to declare himself President.

We hope a word is enough for the wise.

Thank you.

Festus Keyamo, SAN, FCIArb (UK)
Director, Strategic Communications,
APC Presidential Campaign Council
(Official Spokesperson)