KPMG has been chosen to audit the financial accounts of the retired Pastor Iluyomade’s RCCG City of David, including the Trinity Towers Project as members are calling for the other parishes and headquarters to undergo similar audits.
Idowu Iluyomade resigns pastoral appointment with RCCG
Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, a former senior pastor the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, City of David Parish, Region 20, has resigned his appointment with the church.
Iluyomade was until last week, the pastor of the hugely successful branch until he got transferred to the Throne of Grace branch, Ebute Metta, Lagos, which serves as the headquarter of the mission, by the church leadership.
He was expected to take charge at his new station where he will serve as the Pastor-in-Charge of elders.
The former Pastor in-charge of RCCG Resurrection Parish of Region 11, Pastor Charles Kpandei has since been seconded to the City of David Parish to take over from Iluyomade.
Ironically, Kpandei preached at the combined Service of Songs held on March 7, 2024 at the RCCG Resurrection Parish, Lekki, Lagos State for the late Wigwes.
The transfer however didn’t go down well with Iluyomade and his wife, Siju, both of who were conspicuously absent during church service this past Sunday when his transfer was announced, hence his decision to pull out of the RCCG family.
Reliable sources reveal that he turned in his resignation on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
Iluyomade’s transfer may not be unconnected to obscene and lavish 60th birthday of his wife threw on February 18, 2024.
The birthday party which had all the trappings of luxury held at the Eko Hotels & Suites in Lagos with highlife, sensual singer, Chinedu Okoli aka Flavour leading the pack of singers who serenaded guests at the party which included Tony Elumelu, the chairman of United Bank for Africa, UBA; Nneka Onyeali Ikpe, the managing director of Fidelity Bank; Oba Ghandi Olaoye, the Soun of Ogbomoso who was a former RCCG pastor, among several other prominent guests.
A cross section of Nigerians thought it was insensitive for the Iluyomades to throw such a party particularly when it was just too soon after Herbert Wigwe, founding CEO of Access Holdings Plc, his wife, Chizoba and son died in a helicopter crash in the US on February 9.
Wigwe was a prominent member of the church and one of the church’s financiers.
This act of insensitivity prompted the Wigwe family to distance themselves from the Iluyomades and the City of David branch. Moreso because despite the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adegboyega personally paying the mourning family a condolence visit, the Iluyomades couldn’t care less.
The Iluyomades have remained silent as events unfold just as they have kept their next plan close to their chest.
Since the beginning of May, some people, including people who are close to the Sim Fubara Administration, have been asking whether the Rivers Monorail project should be continued and completed.
There has also been news that other projects that were started by the Rotimi Amaechi Administration and not continued by the Nyesom Wike Administration, will be continued and completed.
PORT HARCOURT – Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has clarified that the present administration will not go into the completion of the monorail project initiated by the Chibuike Amaechi-led government, except a serious private sector investor decides to commit resources to the project under a well-defined private public partnership arrangement.
This is as the Governor noted that desperate and spirited efforts had been made by detractors to sabotage his administration’s determination to deliver good governance and quality services to Rivers people.
Governor Fubara emphasised that he would want to be remembered not just the signature road projects with legacy bridges and flyovers, but for sustainable impact human capital and manpower development, as well as other critical infrastructure landmarks to bridge the healthcare and education gaps in the State.
The Governor made the disclosure while addressing officers of the Standing Committee and members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors led by the NGE President, Eze Anaba, at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Port Harcourt
The delegation comprised chief executive officers, heads of stations, editors, heads and managers of news of other media outfits located in the Rivers State capital, as well as leaders of the state council of Nigeria Union of Journalists and Correspondents Chapel of NUJ, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) and Rivers State Independent Publishers’ Association (RIVPA).
The Governor explained that detractors were desperately attempting to frustrate and embarrass the State Government’s dogged efforts to provide the dividends of democracy to the people on whose mandate it was striving to legitimately and constitutionally serve the interest of the State.
Governor Fubara in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, listed attempts to scuttle the process of governance in the State, including the clandestine calls to some key speakers and prominent personalities invited to participate at the just-concluded Rivers Economic and Investment Summit not to associate with his administration, or participate in the programme designed to reposition the State for robust investments and progressive economic rejuvenation.
He said that it took the courage of some of the speakers and invited guests to honour the government and participate fully in the just concluded summit.
He also drew the editors’ attention to efforts to frustrate the revival and completion of the Port Harcourt International Automobile Spare Parts Trading and Commercial Centre just flagged-off at Iriebe in Elelenwo, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area about a month ago by cajoling the previous contractors who had abandoned the project due to lack of support to sue the State Government to court, to derail the project.
He noted that this was after his administration had settled and paid off the initial contractors engaged by the previous administration on the project, adding that because of the reputation and integrity of the contractors, they declined to follow the path of dishonour and sabotage of the greater good and interest of the State.
Governor Fubara also highlighted the challenges faced by the government on the construction of the 20,000 housing units in Mgbodo-Aluu axis of the Greater Port Harcourt City Development area in Ikwerre Local Government, saying that the investors in the project have faced litigations from land grabbers sponsored by opposition elements targeting to scuttle the government.
He explained that the massive lands duly acquired and paid for by the Chibuike Amaechi-led administration at the area have been deliberately encroached on by sponsored land grabbers who had emerged to claim ownership of the lands and have already instituted no fewer than 52 litigations against the government for lands the government had paid for many years ago.
Governor Fubara emphasized that despite the many deliberate sabotage efforts and political crisis engineered by his detractors, his administration has remained focused on the ball, and has consciously recorded significant successes within its one year in office but four months of full control of governance of the State.
He restated the “Rivers People First” mantra of his administration, saying that he expend Rivers money to deliver quality services and good governance to Rivers people, and not one individual or group of few desperate politicians angling to satisfy their selfish desires and ambitions.
He said, “We are a government legitimately and constitutionally constituted in the State. It is our duty to carry out the function and act of governance properly. But somehow, we have some issues which I won’t want to dwell on.
“Like I said, we have to move on, and moving on is where we are today. By the special grace of God, we have recorded successes. We might not have gotten it the way it would have been, if everything was fine. It takes a government that is courageous to do what we have done,” given our circumstances.
He noted that at the inception of his administration a year ago, strategies were put in place to boost the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the State, adding that good money was saved which is being committed to landmark projects that are now ongoing in the State.
The Governor explained that his administration decided to execute key signature projects that had been avoided by previous administrations because their impact would add significant value to the lives of the people and spike the revenue profile of the State to enable it bounce back as a buoyant economic hub and compete favourably with Lagos, including deepening its potential in the blue economy.
He listed such ‘trunk A’ projects as the expansive 50:51km Port Harcourt Ring Road project, traversing six local government areas of Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor, Ikwerre, Etche, Elele, and Okrika, with a river crossing, six flyovers, over 12 roundabouts and interchanges; the 12km original Trans-Kalabari Road, connecting Port Harcourt City to the three Kalabari local governments of Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru, and Degema, with many bridges; as well as the 33.5km Elele-Egbeda-Omoku Road, with many bridges also.
The Governor said that out of the whopping sum of N195billion total cost, excluding compensation, 77 percent of the sum amounting to N147billion has been paid to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc handling the Port Harcourt Ring Road, with significant work already done from six sections of the projects.
He also noted that the Trans-Kalabari Road project, which was flagged-off by former President Goodluck Jonathan on May 20, would cost a total of N225.1billion, out of which 30 percent, amounting to N67billion has been paid upfront to facilitate mobilization and fast-track construction work in the difficult deltaic terrain.
The Governor further stated that the Elele-Egbeda-Omoku Road project would cost the government a staggering N80.8billion, out of which N40.4billion, representing 50 percent of the contract sum has been paid, adding that the government decided to award contract for the road to save lives of people from that axis of the State from criminal gangs, open up the area to increase business activities and connectivity while facilitating communication of the people through land routes to Imo State.
Governor Fubara stressed that apart from the Port Harcourt Ring Road, which was being funded from loan facility, the three key projects of Trans-Kalabari Road, Elele-Egbeda-Omoku Road, and the Okania-Ogbogoro Road, also costing over N6billion, were being funded with savings accruing from IGR and federation accounts allocations over the last one year.
The Governor added that over 34 projects inherited from the immediate past administration had been completed, while others were being expedited for completion, adding that his administration would turn around infrastructure in the healthcare and education sectors in the next six months.
He lamented the dearth of primary and secondary healthcare facilities as well as decent education development infrastructure across the local governments, and assured that in no distant time, his government would transform both sectors for the good of the people of the State in line with its policy thrust of the People First.
In his remarks, the Deputy President of the NGE, Husseina Bangshika, who spoke on behalf of the Standing Committee members, commended Governor Fubara for anchoring his administration on the path of peace, infrastructure and human capacity development, adding that his commitment to meeting the needs of Rivers people first was the hallmark of genuine leadership and good governance.
The NGE deputy president noted the landmark projects being undertaken by the administration, despite the many sabotage attempts and politically-induced crisis by self-seeking politicians, and urged Governor Fubara to remain focused, and continue to pursue the path of peace, reconciliation and sustainable development of the State.
She also tasked critics and opposition politicians and well-meaning Rivers people to rally round the Governor to move the State to the next level, so as to renew the hopes of Rivers people, and indeed, Nigerians in a great future ahead, saying that it is only in an atmosphere of peace and mutual concord that development can take place and the people can enjoy the fruits of their labour.
An audience measurement system measures the number of people that watched a particular programme.
It enables programme makers to show advertisers the exact number of people that watched their programme and therefore to demand for more money for the programmes.
It enables advertisers to know the impact of each programme and to decide how to spend their money better.
It enables television executives to know which programmes have a high viewership and to decide which programmes to keep and which to cut.
‘Financial rebirth for broadcast industry’ — FG launches audience measurement system
JUNE 7, 2024
The federal government has launched an audience measurement system to enhance the operations of the broadcast industry.
The system is projected to employ 500 people directly and 2,500 people indirectly.
Speaking at the unveiling in Abuja on Thursday, Mohammed Idris, minister of information and national orientation, said the system aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s vision for a technologically advanced Nigeria.
“Station owners, content producers, artistes, essentially the entire supply ecosystem, were not benefiting in many ways; more importantly, they are neither motivated or challenged to produce more and better content that caters to the ‘demand’, as the measure of who likes it, what they like, how much they like, etc,” he said.
“This has clearly stunted the growth of the entire entertainment and media ecosystem in Nigeria.
“It is disheartening to note that in spite of having more than three times the eyeballs in South Africa, Nigeria’s television advertising market revenue is low compared to that of South Africa, and Kenya; as we’re third on the continent.
“It is therefore incumbent on us to reverse the trend and adopt the system that will ensure that the advertising spend in Nigeria grows exponentially in the next couple of years.
“With this scientific-based system, advertisers can have greater confidence in the accuracy of viewership numbers, leading to more strategic and impactful advertising campaigns in Nigeria. Broadcasters will also benefit from clear insights into audience preferences, which will help in enhancing the quality and relevance of their programming.
“This will ultimately lead to a more engaged and satisfied audience. I am also informed that in its full operation, the audience measurement system is projected to directly employ up to 500 Nigerians and 2,500 people indirectly.
“This project will jumpstart the repositioning and financial re-birth of Nigeria’s broadcasting industry and better prepare it for the digital era as the federal government is still on track towards the implementation of the digital switch over.”
The minister said the media should take advantage of financial facilities which would be given at a single-digit interest rate.
That's how it's always supposed to be. Today, the Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation, @HMMohammedIdris, invited his predecessor, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to launch the new Audience Measurement System (AMS) for the broadcasting industry in Nigeria. In his remarks, he credited Lai Mohammed for his previous work, stating that without the work, he wouldn't have been able to achieve the milestone in just nine months in office.
Listen to how the Minister highly praised Alhaji Lai Mohammed in his opening remarks.
Yesterday, we launched Nigeria's Audience Measurement System (AMS) -- a groundbreaking tool that provides useful and valuable insight into the viewing habits, content preferences and engagement patterns of media consumers in Nigeria's broadcasting industry.
It is very gratifying that the rollout of this AMS, which started in 2020, has finally come to fruition.
Nigeria finally has a transparent and reliable means of audience measurement, based on science, replacing the old pen-and-paper method that did not accurately reflect the realities of viewership.
Modernizing the technology underpinning media operations in Nigeria is one of our priority pillars at @FMINONigeria, and we are delighted to record this great leap forward.
I was joined at the launch by my colleague, the Honorable Minister of @FMACCE_Nigeria, Hannatu Musa Musawa; my predecessor, the immediate past Minister of Information & Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, @aonanuga1956; the Directors-General of @arconadvert, Olalekan Fadolapo; @nbcgovng, Charles Ebuebu; and @NTANewsNow, Salihu Dembos; and the Chairman of the Ministerial Task Team on Audience Measurement, Bello Kankarofi, among other dignitaries.
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