José Armando, a young Cruz Azul fan with leukaemia, became a symbol of hope not only for the team’s fans but also for those personally experiencing terminal illnesses. He tragically passed away at the age of 14, before he could fulfil his dream of meeting the players from his favourite team, but his story left a deep mark at the club and in Mexican football in general.
Craig Ferguson
Scotland fan Craig Ferguson walked 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometres) from Glasgow to Munich for the beginning of UEFA EURO 2024, raising money for the mental health charity Brothers in Arms. By the end of his mammoth mission, he had raised almost GBP 80,000.
Guilherme Gandra Moura
Guilherme Gandra Moura has epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic disease. A video of the youngster reuniting with his mother after waking from a coma was a huge social media hit. He is a devoted fan of Vasco da Gama and Gabriel Pec (now of LA Galaxy) in particular and got to meet Pec, who hugged him and became his “best friend”. Little Gui has attended the club‘s training sessions and matches, being greeted by some of his footballing idols. He has also captured the hearts of fans from arch-rivals Flamengo and Fluminense.
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2024 nominees announced
Published 29 Nov 2024
Football fans from across the globe can now cast their votes in a host of categories, including The Best FIFA Men's 11 and The Best FIFA Women's 11.
🔴Voting is now open for the ninth edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards™
🔴Fans can vote for The Best FIFA Men’s 11 and The Best FIFA Women’s 11 for first time
🔴New FIFA Marta Award added to celebrate the best goal in women’s football
FIFA has announced the shortlist of nominees for The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2024, which will recognise the leading lights in another thrilling year of women’s and men’s football at both club and national-team levels.
Voting is now open on FIFA.com across a number of award categories, with fans set to play a key role in choosing the winners. Voting for The Best FIFA Men’s Player, The Best FIFA Women’s Player, The Best FIFA Men’s Coach, The Best FIFA Women’s Coach, The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper and The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper will be equally weighted between fans, the current captains and coaches of all women’s/men’s national teams, and media representatives.
The winner of the FIFA Fan Award will be chosen entirely by fans, while the recipient of the FIFA Fair Play Award will be decided by an expert panel. Voting for the new FIFA Marta Award and the FIFA Puskás Award will be split equally between fans and a panel of FIFA Legends.
The biggest change in terms of voting for this year’s edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards is that fans will have their say in selecting The Best FIFA Men’s 11 and The Best FIFA Women’s 11. They will be able to choose from a list of 77 nominated players – 22 defenders, midfielders and forwards apiece, plus 11 goalkeepers – slotting them into one of several preset tactical formations to build their team. Votes will be weighted equally between fans and an expert panel.
The FIFA Puskás Award has been redefined as being bestowed on the scorer of the best goal in men’s football regardless of championship or nationality. To honour the best goal scored in women’s football in any league around the world, the FIFA Marta Award, named after the Brazilian legend, will be presented for the very first time.
Voting is open on FIFA.com until 23:59 CET on Tuesday, 10 December 2024. The rules of allocation for all awards are available at the FIFA Digital Hub.
The constitution states that local governments are in charge of markets.
A local government got a developer to build a segment of a market. The developer died while the market was still under construction. The local government named the market in honour of the developer.
Later some people began calling the market a different name.
The local government chairman inaugurated a new management of the market and he informed them of the original name of the market and that the local government voted that the market should be referred to by its original name, yet some people are frothing at the mouth, why?
CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (1999).
Fourth Schedule
Functions of a Local Government Council
1. The main functions of a local government council are as follows:
(a) the consideration and the making of recommendations to a State commission on economic planning or any similar body on -
(i) the economic development of the State, particularly in so far as the areas of authority of the council and of the State are affected, and
(ii) proposals made by the said commission or body;
(b) collection of rates, radio and television licences;
(c) establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm;
(d) licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheel barrows and carts;
(e) establishment, maintenance and regulation of slaughter houses, slaughter slabs, markets, motor parks and public conveniences;
(f) construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains and other public highways, parks, gardens, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a State;
(g) naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
(h) provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse disposal;
(i) registration of all births, deaths and marriages;
(j) assessment of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of levying such rates as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly of a State; and
(k) control and regulation of -
(i) out-door advertising and hoarding,
(ii) movement and keeping of pets of all description,
(iii) shops and kiosks,
(iv) restaurants, bakeries and other places for sale of food to the public,
(v) laundries, and
(vi) licensing, regulation and control of the sale of liquor.
2. The functions of a local government council shall include participation of such council in the Government of a State as respects the following matters -
a. the provision and maintenance of primary, adult and vocational education;
(b) the development of agriculture and natural resources, other than the exploitation of materials
(c) the provision and maintenance of health services; and
(d) such other functions as may be conferred on a local government council by the House of Assembly of the State.
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