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“ The Taraba tea factory is a symbol of national greatness. The tea potential of this state can attract global demand and earn the nation foreign exchange,”

There are over 50,000 hectares of land suitable for tea production on the Mambilla Plateau.

“ The Mambilla Hydro-Power Project, if completed, has the capacity to generate more than half of our power demand in this country.

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday debunked newspaper reports quoting him as saying that he and a few others brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power.

He dismissed the reports as baseless, untrue and calculated attempts to smear him.

Obasanjo, who is in Jalingo, Taraba State, said President Buhari was overwhelmingly voted by many Nigerians.

“ No single individual or group can claim that glory,” he said.

During a courtesy visit to Governor Darius Ishaku, Obasanjo spoke about the economic potentials of the state.

He said the Mambila Plateau in Taraba had the potential of becoming the hub of tea production in Africa.

He expressed determination to promote the tea production potential of the state using his connections and experience.

“ The Taraba tea factory is a symbol of national greatness. The tea potential of this state can attract global demand and earn the nation foreign exchange,” he said.

Obasanjo noted that beside tea, the state also had potentials in cattle rearing, poultry, power generation, among others.

“ The livestock potential of this state surpasses any kind of cattle rearing known in this country.

“ likewise in poultry which of course is in commercial quantity.

“ The Mambilla Hydro-Power Project, if completed, has the capacity to generate more than half of our power demand in this country.

“ Therefore, Taraba is indeed a blessing to this country,” Obasanjo said.

There are over 50,000 hectares of land suitable for tea production on the Mambilla Plateau.

codedguy1:
USELESS CLUB!

dopeJemi:
The bold part shows the relationship between arsene wenger and spy

In which footballer is the percentage to lose bigger than the percentage to win? Hear talk

“If a match goes really well, I might go out with friends or family for dinner or a drink. If it doesn’t, I’ll go straight home to watch another football game and see another manager suffer.

- Arsene Wenger

nateevs:
What's the aggression about? Isn't it obvious this is what I am saying?

nateevs:
Sorry. I saw a report we went 4-1 up and Bat scored his third.

SIRcumalot:
http://m.goal.com/x/en/news/1862/premier-league/2016/08/23/26790262/mourinho-bashing-must-stop-man-utds-youth-clearout-is-brutal-but-

Reyginus:
Come on, say it.

Reyginus:
Improving? I don't understand. Where exactly do you live?

MrTA:
I doubt he'll make it back at the club with this move.

dopeJemi:
That is pogba's head, not his body

AikayDaWrapper:
I doubt that is Pogba.

walemoney007:
where in Lagos will it be built?

DannyJ19:
What about those AGBERO dudes....


Wat wud der look like in 2030..

“I think Eric has a lot of talent. He’s a beast, he’s so, so strong, he’s quick and he’s a very smart player. He doesn’t take risks, so that’s important for us because we know when we have the ball, or when he has the ball, he is not going to put the team under trouble.

“When the opponent has the ball we have a very quick player, we can press up because the space is going to be covered by him. He’s very good in the air, very energetic, with every ball in-between he goes like crazy so he wins a lot of balls. He did it well against Jamie Vardy and that’s not so easy because he was one of the best players last season and he felt very good, he won almost every duel.

“We are very happy with him. This season is so long, we have to keep our feet on the floor and Eric is going to be important but he’s still so young and he has to improve a lot.”

- Ander Herrera

“Eric seems to really enjoy defending. Nowadays, it’s not as common as it used to be – I think defenders in general, around the league, have been concentrating more on playing with the ball. Eric is a true defender. He played really well at Wembley and I am sure he is going to get better and better.”


- Michael Carrick

"He’s so composed on the ball and at the right times he knows when to clear it or when to play out from the back. 

"Defensively he’s been solid, no-one’s got around him and I’m so happy that we have him here. He’s such a good player and from the last few games he’s a very important player for us now as well."


- Luke Shaw

@MuneneOfficial: GOAT. Bailly does't tire.

@AndertonYT: To come to such a tough & physical league & play so composed when he's never been here before.

@Taylor_Conor: Such a solid young talent, will eventually grow to be one of the best CBs in the world!

@Rojonaldo: He's shown all the qualities a central defender needs to succeed in the Premier League. Had a fantastic start.

@Ridge29MUFC: Reminds me of one similar beats who goes by the name of Vidic.

@Cann_UK: Slotted in no trouble. Completely different league and style. Looks like he's played here 10 years!

@Raiden_MUFC: He's a proper defender. Very aggresive yet so composed. He's like Vidic and Rio rolled into one.

@Parny1985: Composed, athletic and packs a huge amount of controlled aggression.

ABUJA— The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is to propose amendments to its guidelines to stem the spate of inconclusive elections through removing the eight million uncollected Permanent Voter Cards from its assessment of elections in the country.

Speaking to newsmen, weekend, INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, also denied claims that it had received legal advice from the Attorney General of the Federation on legal knots that followed the inconclusive governorship election in Kogi State and the judicial tango that followed the court judgment on Abia State governorship election.

Yakubu, who was flanked by a national commissioner, Prince Adedeji Soyebi, and Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, also disclosed that the commission had, under his watch, conducted 137 re-run elections flowing from the 680 court cases filed against the commission after the 2015 elections.

Yakubu also lamented the avalanche of litigations facing the commission, and in an apparent reference to the ongoing crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, noted that the party had in the last three months been faced with 11 court orders from courts of coordinate jurisdiction, many of which were contradictory.

Noting concerns that the use of total number of registered voters against the use of total number of PVCs collected widened the base for the assessment of elections, Prof. Yakubu said: “It is true that only those who have collected the PVCs can vote, but our guidelines formulated on the Electoral Act only talk about the total number of registered voters in a constituency.

“It is in the guidelines, and we can amend the guidelines. But we cannot amend the guidelines in the middle of an election so that nobody will accuse me of changing the goal post during the election.

“Maybe after we dispose off, particularly these re-run elections, there will be an opportunity in full consultation with the stakeholders to revisit those guidelines.”

He disclosed that there were currently an estimated eight million uncollected PVCs in the country as he said repeated efforts to get the owners to pick them had been largely ineffectual.

Yakubu said the commission would deepen the use of technology and give legal backing to the use of the smart card reader through the amendment of the Electoral Act.



Denies consulting AGF on Kogi

or any matter

Yakubu flatly denied the claim that the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, gave advice to the commission on some knotty issues it had faced, particularly on the stalemated governorship election in Kogi and the court decision on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.

He said: “Some people have castigated the commission for relying on the advice of the Attorney General of the Federation in the case of the Kogi election.

“We never sought clarification from the Attorney General of the Federation, we never. In this country, the Attorney General is also the Minister of Justice; so he is the chief law officer of the country, but he is also a political office holder. An independent commission like INEC should not be seen to be relying on the advice of a political office holder. I have never spoken to the Attorney General.”

Yakubu said.

He also said the commission had made a recommendation to the appropriate authority on filling the vacancies in the commission. He disclosed that there were presently six vacancies in the ranks of national commissioners and 21 in the level of Resident Electoral Commissioners.

Noting with concern the spate of conflicting judicial orders and judgments the commission has had to grapple with, he said on the impasse in the PDP:

“In the last three months, we have been served 11 judgments and orders interestingly from courts of coordinate jurisdiction operating from three cities of the country on one issue and almost all of them contradictory. It started from Lagos, Port-Harcourt and to Abuja.”