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Anambra electorate my godfather
By IKENNA EMEWU
Saturday, September 12, 2009


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The PPA has joined few other parties that have their gubernatorial candidates for the February 2010 Anambra guber election. Chief Okey Chikwendu who emerged the party’s flagbearer last week is already brimming with hope and anticipation on what he wants to do for the state when he becomes the governor.

He was also emphatic about his nomination by the party. “I am going to contest on the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) platform. This is the only party among the big five that has progressive leadership where no factions exist. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, who is the BOT Chairman, is a dynamic, courageous and focused leader.

His leadership compliments quite well with the National Chairman, Chief Clement Ebri, who is a cultured, articulate and seasoned politician. Our state Chairman, Igboka is bestowed with enormous leadership qualities that would stir the party to provide and clinch the gubernatorial seat in Anambra State.

In a state where politics has outstandingly been wrecked by godfatherism, he does not want to tow the lines of those that got it wrong in the past because they hinged their aspiration on individual power brokers to bully the state and give them the mandate. He has therefore pitched his tent with the masses and would insist that all the electorate of Anambra are his godfathers. And the next hope for the actualization of his dream is the Almighty God.

Chikwendu understands the uniqueness of Anambra politics and has prepared himself for what would come his way in course of getting what he wants. “We should appreciate the fact that the peculiarity of the people has been a challenge to the pedigree of leaders we have had. Anambra indigenes are known all over the world to be rich, hardworking, intelligent and dynamic and have suffered in leadership for not providing clear unity among the citizens.

To some extent, our citizens have been exposed to all sorts of intrigues, which have made them wiser for future elections. I expect INEC would want to use the Anambra elections to assure Nigerians that it can conduct a free and fair election in 2011. Our new Inspector General of Police is a seasoned cop with whom I am well pleased. We sure will have a peaceful and successful election if the political class summons enough courage and gets rid of the do-or-die politicians amongst us. It is time to instal new leaders in our society rather than recycling people who have run out of ideas for positive development of the state. The people are yearning for progressive leadership and that they should get.

Not minding the repeated efforts of Andy Uba, former Aide to former President Obasanjo, to claim a mandate the court quashed as illegal, Chikwendu believes nothing will stop the guber election holding as scheduled next year.

He told Saturday Sun that: “Godfatherism became a major issue in Anambra State when Emeka Offor was on steady collision course with former Governor Mbadinuju. Later it was Ngige and Chris Uba. But my godfather for the 2010 election is the Almighty God who I put my entire trust in and the progressive people of Anambra State who have been crying for stable and positive governance. Make no mistake about it because God and the people shall deliver me to render service to the state.

I am going to run an election in Anambra like never before. My election will draw a lot of interest and buy-in groups. The grassroots would be totally mobilised to actualise my mandate. We will contain and overwhelm any group that may not play by the rules. The churches, youths, women and business class, elders, traders will be my strength and campaign vehicle. We have already started sensitizing these groups and in no time you shall all come to key into this massive movement.

Former Governor Mbadinuju steered the boat in 1999 but focused more in carrying along the political class, which was not the case with Dr. Chris Ngige and the incumbent, Mr. Peter Obi. I personally do not believe that those who worked tirelessly to deliver you should be abandoned after attaining power neither do I crave for obstacles to stand on the part of delivering the actual dividends of democracy to the people. It shows that our democracy is maturing.

My story is that my father died for the cause of the Igbo people and this happened a year after I was born. Today, I have come of age to ask what has become of this sacrifice. And what I can do to make my beloved state better, aware that we must lay the foundation for our posterity just like my father and his contemporaries did for us. So my plan for Anambra State is to create an enabling environment by building a modern and safe state, where all citizens will be unified and provided with adequate infrastructure, good healthcare and educational system.

The three key areas of infrastructure my government would focus on are roads, water and electrification. We are going to create a six-lane road to dissect Anambra State from the north to south and from the west to east. This we believe will solve the deplorable traffic situation on the narrow lanes that exist today, especially during yuletide periods, which attracts increasing number of vehicles yearly.

Adequate drainage systems, kerbs and walkways will be provided to complement and sustain the roads against our erosion-prone topography while creating paths for pedestrians. The erosion problem will at the same time be checked aggressively by properly studying and ascertaining the waterflow paths and would be channeled into dams and irrigation sources for our farmlands, in cases where the flow speed is high. The stabilisation of the hazardous erosion areas will be introduced through expert advice. Solar streetlights will be provided on these proposed dual carriageways within the three major commercial cities - Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi so as to strengthen the security and safety of road users.

Pipe borne water is one of the areas my government would deploy resources to ensure a spread in Anambra State. Purification of our local streams shall be embarked upon to give our communities water. An integrated water reticulation system shall be maintained and sustained in Awka, Nnewi and Onitsha.
A key area, which has caused a lot of our indigenes and factory owners to relocate from Anambra is the issue of power. This has depleted revenues both for the users and government. Most modern heavy plant equipment today are powered by gas. If given the mandate, my government will build a pilot biogas conversion plant in Oba.

We expect the plant to be up and running within the first two years of the administration. Free biogas energy will be generated through sewage treatment. This process known as anaerobic digestion is the breaking down of sewage sludge by microbes to produce methane. Electricity can be generated by burning methane from wastewater treatment plants. These plants can further clean up the gas through the removal of sulphide traces, carbon dioxide, moisture and contaminants that generate the sewage aroma. An artificial gas smell is then passed onto it. Each of these plants is meant to cost less than N1.2 billion and is expected to power between 500 to 5000 homes.

We expect to later install other plants to produce sewage gas for hundreds of thousands of people so as to make Anambra an industrial zone. This is a clean and hygienic gas, which is renewable. Windmill power generation will also be installed to provide us another form of renewable electricity. Tourism potential shall be encouraged by our administration. History shows that archeologists’ excavation at Igboukwu and Ezira makes Anambra State stretch back to the 9th century AD. We have tourist areas like Ogbunike cave, Uli airstrip used in the Biafran war. Nri ancient Kingdom shall be a spot to showcase our Igbo origin and culture. Agulu Lake will also be developed to a major tourist spot. Our yearly traditional ceremonies like the Ofala, the Ijele masquerade and the new yam festival shall be projected as cultural events and co-sponsored by the government. We shall create private sector participation on housing developments in the three urban cities. This will be in line with the millennium goals being funded globally.

We shall partner with private companies for waste collection and disposal in all our cities in Anambra State. Organic fertilizer will be generated from the recycling of these wastes. We shall provide free healthcare for people above 60 years, who we refer to as senior citizens.

We shall initiate a strong partnership with the major stakeholders in security and a pool of fund shall be provided as ransom to individuals who give information of culprits in their midst. Also protection of these indigenes shall be made known to them and provided. Our short-term plan shall be to immediately draw up some synergy among the police force, existing community policing units and the business block. Sophisticated ammunitions, effective communication gadgets and reward offer for informants shall be put in place.

The women will play a remarkable role in our administration and we intend to give them a slot of about 40 percent on appointments for service to the state. Skill acquisition centres will be built and equipped in all the local government centres. We shall build standard sport centres in the three senatorial zones, which will host yearly sports festivals in the state.

Entrepreneurial partnerships with government and financial institutions shall be established to create, monitor and establish businesses, which would provide employments, free IT and driving training centres in all the LGAs. The private sector would be sensitized and encouraged to create vacation jobs for students on holidays.

We will have our majority workforce, the traders in our markets educated through mid-day, evening and Saturday schools.
Our government will sensitize and partner with government and private sector in order to eradicate this menace through stabilising of our soils. Erosion slides at Nanka, Nnobi, Ekwulobia, Okoh, Agulu and Obosi shall be checked through expert assessment.

To make food available to our people would be another major priority area and we make that happen by reviving the Omasi rice farm in Ayamelum LGA and other vital areas where agriculture is a mainstay.
We have the biggest market in the West African coast which if well planned should generate the government enough internal revenue than even Lagos State. Apart from the market, which is the Onitsha market, we also have Nkwo Nnewi market which houses the biggest spare parts market around the west coast.
The concentration of industries and manufacturing outfits in these areas can sustain Anambra State.








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‘Why I mess around’
By TOSIN AJIRIRE
Saturday, September 12, 2009
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When South African hip-hop star, HHP walked away with two key awards at the 14th Annual South African Music Awards (SAMA) in May 2008, the noise in the Sun City Superbowl was nothing short of thunderous.

Music industry pundits, his peers in the hip-hop community and, most importantly, the fans in the gallery were united in their approval of his SAMA double (and a storming live appearance) – and all made it plain to him.

That Hip Hop Pantsula’s Best Male Solo Artiste and Best Rap Album wins earned both critical (from the judges) and public approval is a mark of how far this gifted musician has come in his many years of carving out what is now an enviable solo career in the South African music industry.

It was also a confirmation of HHP’s peerless standing in the industry: as a lyricist and rapper of epic proportions, so highly regarded by his fellow artistes that he’s in constant demand as a collaborator; as a musician, able to craft beats and melodies both memorable and fresh, and as an all- round likeable guy who, as the man himself puts it in the track, “Thank You Note” has become a “symbol of virtue”.
That song, the second off the SAMA-winning “Acceptance Speech?, is in fact a roll-call of real life thank you to almost everyone who has played a role in helping HHP gain traction in his career – from his grandmother, to “those I meet daily on MySpace”. Kudos are paid to those around him, in a song strewn with impeccably chosen loose-limbed beats and samples (in this case Enchantment’s “Forever More”).

It’s no surprise that HHP has (as “Thank You Note”, “Chic Music” and single “Music and Lights” reveal) a deep love for funk, soul, melodic folk and vocally driven pop songs – as well as his increasingly visible affection for traditional music.

Growing up in his beloved “Mmabatho” (the title of the moving, opening cut on “Acceptance Speech” inspired by a Rustenburg Boys original) Jabulani Tsambo’s father had a record collection that encouraged him to always keep his heart open to a variety of music styles.

“My father’s LP collection was very diverse - Queen, Abba, Juluka, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Marvin Gaye, Isaac Hayes, Diana Ross, Andre Crouch, Chicago, Boston, Crosby Stills and Nash, and the O Jays are just some of the artistes in there. And every time he played one of those LPs, I could tell what mood he was in. That’s when I started to understand music. Now I use that same understanding to speak to my fans or listeners. The amazing thing about music is that it communicates something different all the time to different people.”

It’s because of this belief in the power of music to deliver an intimate, personal message to a huge variety of listeners that HHP is reluctant to classify his place in the music scene. Certainly hip-hop is a dominant influence – and “Acceptance Speech” was a deserving winner of the SAMA for Best Rap Album. And undoubtedly HHP is a rapper who delivers a richly satisfying listening experience with his ability to roll rhymes off his lips and create a rhythmical melody with words alone.

But listen to his 2007 offering – and his deep repertoire of recordings before that – and it’s clear that this is no run-of-the-mill talent, content to churn out an album a year with little thought of its content.
“Always stay fresh, current and creative,” is HHP’s mantra. “Those three things mean the world to me. Without them, I’ll just fizzle out,” he says.

He applies these three pivotal elements to his live performances and says that aside from winning the SAMAs and even more than being nominated for Best African Act at the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards, the single most memorable moment in his career came at the 2008 Cape Town International Jazz Festival.

As the only hip-hop act booked to perform at the festival of music heavyweights, HHP had few expectations – so when he and his live band drew such a big crowd that festival organisers had to close the venue and eventually move the show to a bigger stage, HHP knew his dream of creating cross-boundary, cross genre, cross-culture music had come true.
He says: “We closed off the whole festival to an hour of HHP – and that was an exceptional moment. The rest – like Strictly Come Dancing, the MTV Europe nomination – were and are just ripple effects of that special day in history.”

In making this statement, HHP displays his trademark humility: he may operate in a genre known for its personal boasts and bling but HHP gets his inspiration from music’s real deal – like transporting live gigs, and his fellow musicians. Ask him about his longevity in the business (he’s been recording for close to a decade) and Jabba is quick to pay tribute to the like of Choppa, Chiskop, TKZee, Mandoza and Skwatta Kamp.

“I’ve had the pleasure of seeing a lot of musical eras in the nine years that I have been in the industry and I’ve tried to learn from their successes and mistakes. That’s probably how I’ve managed to stay relevant and current. But I’m still learning.”

Thankfully for his fans, HHP takes that learning into the heart of his music. Like on its predecessor, “YBA 2NW”, “Acceptance Speech” benefits from a wide-ranging sonic outlook that draws as much from traditional music as gospel and even middle eastern moments (the female vocal sample on the exceptionally moving “Darfur” featuring Tumi is a case in point). And he’s not stopping there: The pioneer of Motswako, and miner of new talent (the talented Molemi is among his label family members) says he’s inspired from a recent trip to Brazil.

“I’m always working on new material and influences. After coming back from Brazil, I started messing around with some SAMBA sounds and the whole Island feel – so stay tuned.” Indeed.








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Husband, Wife, Child Die, 12 Others Hospitalised After Eating Beans In Kano
Kola Oyelere Kano - 12.09.2009

A man, his wife and their daughter died after eating beans suspected to have been contaminated, while 12 others were hospitalised at Yandatsa Village of Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State.


According to an eyewitness, the affected family of seven, who had eaten the suspected poisonous beans, lost three of them — the head of the family, Mallam Salihu Umaru, his wife, Karima, and their daughter.


However, a reliable source hinted that five, out of the seven family members including two of the deceased’s wives, Talatuwa and Gambo, and 10 other members of the family were hospitalised after eating the alleged killer beans.


A surviving wife of the deceased, Mallama Gambo, explained that the beans was emitting a foul odour even after she washed it three times but went ahead to cooked it.


“We shared it among our children, my husband and other members of the family,” she said, adding that “after eating it, we developed a stomach problem.


“It was when the situation became uncontrollable that we were taken to the hospital and later, three members of the family died. “What compounded the problem was that we were unable to be taken to the hospital early enough because the healthcare centres are too far from the village, while the roads are not motorable, and as a result, one after the other, they slumped and died,”she narrated.


A relative of late Mallam Salihu, Mallam Danladi, stated that the incident happened around 8.00 p.m. when late Karima started vomiting blood, while others were gasping for breath; adding that before they got a vehicle that could carry the victims to the hospital, Karima had died.


The chairman of Bebeji Local Government Area, Alhaji Dankaka Usaini Bebeji, confirmed the incident. According to him, the local government had provided a number of health centres at the scattered communities.
“There is a nearby 20-bed hospital to the village where the incident occurred,”he said.


He condemned farmers who preserve their grains with ‘rat poison’ against pests. He, however, urged the people who lost their relatives to regard the incident as an act of Allah, praying God to give them the fortitude to bear the loss.



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What Your Eyes Say About Your Health
The importance of a regular eye examination, often, is underrated. Having annual eye examination should be as routine as having a dental check-up every six months. Regular eye examinations are crucial to maintaining a healthy vision and can often detect major medical problems in the early stages of development, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, reports Sade Oguntola.

It was rather fascinating for Mr. Fatia Adeleye, a school teacher, to learn that eye examination can help to identify and recognise minor problems before they become threatening and serious. It was at an awareness meeting organised by his kinsmen as part of the town’s anniversary ceremony that he got the enlightenment.

“I knew getting your eyes checked was important, but I didn’t know it could shed light on so many other health concerns,” he said, adding, “If only, I had had that knowledge much earlier, may be I would have been able to take earlier steps to prevent my mother from dying blind.”

The eye is the window of the body through which it feels its way and enjoys the beauty of the world. When you look at someone’s face, you can even predict the person’s mood, all because the eyes are the windows of the body. This is what psychologists, swindlers and even some native herbalists use. The moment someone comes in, they look at the person’s face to know whether the person has a problem burdening him/her.

The eye, though small, comprises many parts; cornea, iris, pupil, retina, nerves and some other parts. Studying the different features of the eyes like iris, cornea, the shape of the pupil, the optic nerve head, conjunctiva, anterior chamber, the light reflex, amongst others, can go a long way to ascertaining the health status of the body and even predict diseases affecting it.

Health, also, can be observed through the eyes. Doctors often judge a person by the condition of his eyes. Eye examination, besides helping to seek to correct defects in one’s eyesight, is crucial to maintaining healthy vision, and detects major medical problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure in the early stages of development.

Dr. Gboyega Ajayi, an ophthalmologist at Ojolowo Eye Clinic, Veterinary, Mokola, Ibadan, declared that many people were not paying enough attention to their eye health, even though such simple steps such as a yearly eye examination, could detect the presence of many diseases in the body.

He declared that the eyes could reveal a lot, considering the fact that it is the only organ through which blood vessels can be examined directly to know the status of the cardiovascular and the neurological system. Every tissue and fluid type in the eye is a representative of every tissue and every fluid type in the rest of the body.

He emphasised that eye examinations were “even more important for people who are already using corrective lenses;” who might “assume they just need a different lense prescription, when they really have a more serious problem. With eye diseases and disorders, as with most health issues, early detection and treatment are often the keys to avoiding permanent problems.

Some of the existing health problems or an impending one that an eye examination can give, and their possible signs, include the following:

Anaemia: A pale eye indicates insufficient blood. Insufficient blood could be due to many reasons like blood disorder, bleeding, malaria, sign of pregnancy, cancers etc.

Jaundice: When the eyeballs are yellowish, it could mean either jaundice or liver diseases or other problems related to the blood like hepatitis.

Hypertension: If you look through the pupil (with an ophthalmoscope) into the interior part of the eye, you can detect a patient that is hypertensive, and guess the severity of the hypertension. Those suffering from blood shot eyes may be experiencing high blood pressure.

Diabetes: An insight into the eye can also detect diabetes and even the duration of the diabetes. The length of time the persons had suffered from this disease can be actualised. Diabetes affects the blood circulation in your retina (the back of your eye), which causes changes in the blood vessels. The changes occur slowly over many years, therefore, you probably won’t be aware of any difference until the problem becomes acute and your vision is affected.

Sickle cell disease: Though yellowness of the eyeball is common with all sickle cell patients, the study of the internal parts of the eye can still go on further to give the exact type, whether HSS or HSC very specifically.

Cancers: Even though the study of the features of the eye may not be able to categorically state where cancer is actually is in the body, however you can still detect them. These include cancer and tumour of the brain.

Nervous diseases: From the conjuctivita signs, nervous diseases like paralysis and trauma can be picked .

Muscle diseases: Muscle diseases like Myaesthenia gravis sometimes starts with the eyes, and the patients might have double vision and drooping of the eye which could indicate paralysis of some nerves. Also, continuous drooping of the eyelid could signify an auto-immune disorder, particularly thyroid diseases.

Glaucoma: When the eye experiences high blood pressure, it is referred to as glaucoma. It affects the whole body, and when such is left unattended to, can cause blindness. Those that are most at risk of glaucoma are diabetics, senior citizens, Afro-Americans, and those who are short-sighted in addition to people with family history of glaucoma.

River blindness: When eye lesions are noticed during eye examination, especially in people living near fast-flowing streams or rivers, river blindness remains one of the causes to be suspected.

HIV: Mere looking into the eye ball, a precise diagnosis of HIV virus is possible.

Pregnancy: While it is not specific for pregnancy, one can use it, in conjunction with other tests, to confirm pregnancy.

Drug abuse: Even medication used in excess like chloroquine can be diagnosed looking into the eye. Cases of drug addiction, and the type of drug addicted to, can easily be known even this way.

Syphilis: Syphilis is one of the sexually transmitted diseases, predictable through the study of the eye. There would be lesions on the iris.

Cataracts: A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens inside the eye. It can be compared to a window that is frosted or “fogged” with steam. The presence and extent of a cataract can be detected during a thorough eye examination. Most cataracts associated with aging, progress gradually over a period of years. However, other cataracts, especially in younger people and people with diabetes, may progress rapidly over a few months and cause a more dramatic worsening of vision.

How can I prevent problems with my eyes from developing?
• Keeping your blood sugar levels well controlled reduces your risk of developing eye diseases or delays the onset.

• Control your weight, your cholesterol levels and your blood pressure through diet and exercise.

• Have a regular appointment with your ophthalmologist at least once a year. It is much easier to stop eye disease from developing into something serious if it is treated in the early stages.



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Eagles Lack Good Leader - Kalusha
By Dipo Ogunsola - 12.09.2009

DEJECTED! Nigeria’s youngster, Ayodele
Adeleye was stunned after the game against
Tunisia in Abuja. Kalusha says he needs
a leader. Photo: AFP.FORMER African Footballer Of The Year (1988) Kalusha Bwalya, has identified leadership crisis as one of the problems of the current squad of Nigeria's Super Eagles.


The Zambian legend told SuperSports that the Eagles should have held on at 2-1 if they had a team leader in the game against Tunisia in Abuja during a 2010 World Cup qualifier last Sunday.


''With all the good players Nigeria have, I observed that the Eagles do not have a team leader. Leading by 2-1, all the Eagles needed was someone who would kick the ball into touch, into the stands over the bar so that he would create a time to communicate with his mates and reorganise them before the arrival of the ball from wherever he had booted it.''


The Seoul '88 Olympics hero blamed the Eagles for allowing Tunisia possession and space which resulted in the equaliser of Nigeria's second goal.


The former PSV Eindhoven of Holland playmaker advised Nigeria to look ahead and re-organise if the Super Eagles fail again to appear at the World Cup. ''This World Cup is very special to African teams. It is a rare opportunity, the World Cup may not return to the World Cup in another 50, 100 years so whichever team fails to take his chance should return to the drawing board. There are just five slots for Africa, so Nigerians will have themselves to blame at the end of the day.”



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CBN: Report on 14 banks ready, but…
By EMEKA OKOROANYANWU
Friday, September 11, 2009


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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) explained on Wednesday why the audit report of the remaining 14 banks has not yet been released to the public. It said the process of releasing the report has not been exhausted but on-going.

The bank said its top hierarchy was not divided over the report, rather that the various committees and sub-committees sitting over it have to give their inputs before it is released. It, however, debunked any allegation of confusion among the management of the apex bank.
A source within the apex bank told Daily Sun that there is a process that is normally followed in such matters. The source added that the process has not yet been completed.

“The examiners have finished their works. The report is ready. But the checks and the steps for clearance has not been done,” the source said.
Another source corroborated the first, saying that the committee of examiners has completed its work and would submit the document to the next level, which is the banking supervision, that will in turn and after its work, take it to the board of CBN bank examiners and that of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). After this, the report, he said, would go to the deputy governor, Banking Supervision, before going to the Board of Central Bank Governors and that of the NDIC.

He disagreed with insinuations that the apex bank is divided over the report, noting that; “the CBN is not divided. There is no confusion. It is understood that people are eager about the report, but there is no split in the CBN.”
According to the source, the remaining 14 banks are not terminally ill, as were the cases of the first five banks. “The current 14 banks have not shown tell-tale signs of illiquidity,” he said. He confirmed that the 14 banks do not have very serious illiquidity problems.
“These other banks have non-performing loans, but their cases are not as serious as the other ones whose management were sacked. The other five were going down and somebody had to do something,” the source said.

He explained that the five banks had to be handled first because of the serious nature of their problems as they could not meet obligations to their customers as far back as October last year. He added that even with those five, due process was followed, insisting the same process has to be adopted for these ones.
He explained that the searchlight was not beamed on the first five banks by the public then because, peoples attention were not yet directed at them.

The 14 banks whose audited accounts are now awaiting publication are Zenith Bank, First City Monument Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Spring Bank, Access Bank, Wema Bank, Equatorial Trust Bank, Sky Bank, Bank PHB, Ecobank, IBTC, Fidelity Bank and Citi Bank.
CBN spokesman, Mohammed Abdullahi, told Daily Sun yesterday that the process of auditing of the 14 banks is still in progress. “The process is not yet exhausted. There is no question of delay in publishing the report. Yes, the committee examining the books of the 14 banks have finished its work, but the report has to go to the committee on Banking Supervision,” he said.

Editor’s note:
A wrong story with same caption was ran in place of the above in our edition of yesterday. The production mix-up is highly regretted.



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I’ll lead protest against Fashola if, – Commissioner
By RAZAQ BAMIDELE
Friday, September 11, 2009


•Raji Fashola
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If Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State has been nursing the idea of quiting after his first term in office, he should better banish the idea from his mind.

The reason is because a Commissioner in his cabinet , Hon. Lanre Balogun has finalised arrangements to lead a mass protest against such an idea.

Lanre Balogun, who heads the Ministry of Rural Development told Daily Sun during a chat that, “the good work he has started with his team must continue for the greater interest of the generality of the people.”

According to the Commissioner, if politics was about serving the people and somebody has been doing exactly that, it would be fool hardy for anybody to nurse the idea of dismissing a performing leader.

“And in the same vein, all well meaning people of a space being governed well by a performer must rise up to compel the performer to go ahead with the good job. And if such a performer also wants to feel reluctant, it would not be out of place to carry a placard against him,” Balogun pointed out.
The Ikorodu born youthful politician, just went short of threatening legal actions against Fashola should he declined to make himself available for a second term.

Hear him: “We were in the last cabinet together. He was the Chief of Staff. He was part of the team that laid good foundation for this great state under our able leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Though some doubting Thomases were initially sceptical about his candidature, Fashola proved to be a miracle.
“He is a success story through and through. He is not a prodigal son that squanders his family wealth. He is doing well and he must continue the good work. But, if he decides to back out later when the constitution still allows him to do more, I will lead those who would carry placards against such a decision,” Balogun warned.

On his own future political ambition, the Rural Development Commissioner said, “it is in the hand of God and the leadership of my party.”
According to him, the party is supreme and only the leadership of the party that God has given the wisdom to allocate areas of service to the party members.
He however assured the party leadership as well as the generality of the people of his loyalty to the party and his readiness to serve the people to the best of his ability.







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Akala assures on power
By Sun News Publishing
Friday, September 11, 2009


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The Oyo State Governor, Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala has assured the people of the State that the incessant epileptic power supply being experienced by the people of the State would soon be a thing of the past when the proposed independent power project (IPP) being executed by his administration is completed.
He stated this Monday while featuring on the because Live Radio and Television programme “E PADE GOMINA”.

Governor Akala while answering questions on damaged electric transformers in some parts of the State assured the people that his administration would donate transformers to all the affected areas urging the residents of such areas to get in touch with the PHCN for proper connection.

Otunba Akala in his reaction to the allegation that some health workers at the Adeoyo General Hospital have been receiving the sum of N2,600.00 from patients before treatments said it would be thoroughly investigated.
Governor Akala further assured the people that health services in all public hospitals in the State are free, adding that his administration will continue to provide necessary medical facilities to hospitals and all other health care centres across the State.

The State Chief Executive said that his administration will not relent efforts at ensuring that roads across the State become motorable for the convenience of the people, adding that construction of new roads and massive rehabilitation of existing ones will continue to enjoy priority attention of Government.
The Governor therefore appealed to residence whose roads are yet to be rehabilitated to exercise patience with the Government as relevant agencies had been mobilized to go round the State for the discovery of un-rehabilitated roads for immediate action.

Governor Akala also reiterated the determination of his administration towards the provision of qualitative education to the people, adding that adult education in the State will be accorded serious attention for the benefit of adult illiterates.
He expressed his gratitude to the people of the State for their support and cooperation to his administration, adding that the Government would continue to make life more meaningful for the people.







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Come to Nyanya tipper garage: Abuja’s Soddom and Gomorrah
From GODWIN TSA, Abuja
Monday, September 7, 2009


•Food restaurant
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A cacophony of noise and heavy human traffic welcomes one to Nyanya Tipper Garage, a growing ghetto at the Nyanya axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. From mini commercial activities to the most dreaded and bizarre human transactions, the bustling community is wrapped in an underbelly of an evil seed.

Deprived of the beautiful architectural edifice and infrastructural development in the city centre, the ghetto, also known as Angwan-Hausawa, still remains a noticeable feature for both petty businessmen and fun seekers.

From the little Mosque tucked at the main entrance, overlooking the Nyanya-Keffi road to the muddy paths and rusty structures with a cluster of Churches, at the tail end, the area is alive! Twenty-four hours.
Enclosed by different worship centres, its notoriety in immoral lifestyle is unparalleled despite the singsong of preachers against such indulgence.
Densely populated by artisans, thugs and jobless youths, the area is notorious for high-wired prostitution and homosexual activities.

Local food joints, mini kiosk dotted the sneaky pathways that linked into the cluster of shafts used as residential houses by artisans and women of easy virtues.
At these local food joints, flies and filth compete vigorously with customers as they perched around indiscriminately. Nearly 95 percent of the houses and shafts lack toilet facilities. This compels residents including women and children to pass excreta in any available space not caring about privacy. But the brave ones amongst them run to uncompleted buildings to answer the call of nature.

After the rains, pools of water usually scatter everywhere, serving as fertile breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Residents of this ghetto, suffer regularly from malaria attacks. Also the area lacks functional health centre to tackle the numerous health problems of the less privileged people. Beside the fear of contagious diseases, the stench that oozes from the collection of waters is everything but nauseating.
But the most dreaded problem in the area is not malaria fever or typhoid. It is the activities of “bad guys” who sell hard drugs in the area in broad daylight. They are dangerous and deadly! This reporter was warned.

Daily Sun observed that these drugs are concealed in folded cardboard paper as a decoy and passed over to potential buyers after a fee has been paid.
Sex life in this ghetto is not restricted to sex, age or a particular time of the day. The large number of women and teenagers, who hawk around calm down people with high libido at a ridiculous fee.
These women, predominately from the Northern part of the country are seen sitting in front of their make-shift accommodation constructed with rusty corrugated iron sheets. Some work as food vendors. During one of the visits to the area, this reporter saw a man and woman locked in each other’s arm in ecstasy as they murmured in uncoordinated voices. At a distance, another couple was seen entangled in the stomach of a 911 truck that was parked opposite a shaft.

While the reporter stood stiff, surprised at the brazen acts, a man with kolanut-coated teeth, intuitively murmured in Hausa language thus: “Mallam, mai ka tsaya kalo haka, kai sabo zuwa ne? (Meaning: Why do you stand gazing at them, are you a visitor here?)
Dressed in a stained over flowing caftan that exhibited a strained relationship with water, the man, whose name was later identified as Yusuf, a popular mai-shai (tea seller) at the area, told Daily Sun that it was part of life that makes Angwan-Hausawa a lively place.

He explained that at the ghetto, anything goes and people are expected to mind their businesses. Corroborating this position, a lanky but lively Usman, a cobbler of many years standing said life at Angwan Hausawa is a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly as anything goes. “If you want woman, you get am for here, anything fa,” he quipped.
The extreme of the suburb is used as an arena for entertainment where drama and dance competitions are performed by Muslim youths. Here, empty sacks, which are cut into pieces, are joined together to cover the arena.

Admission fee into the arena is N50. Long wooden seats are erected inside the arena as sitting arrangement for spectators.
Inside the arena, it is music, dance and drama galore. It is an entertainment joint for the rich and the poor. No discrimination here. While expensive cars feel the presence of the rich in the society, motorcycles (Okada) on the other hand, are the trademark of the less privileged ones.
The dance competition is usually between a girl and a boy at the centre of the arena to the admiration of the spectators. Hausa disco music is played to a tempo as the dancers wangle their bodies to the rhythm. At the end of the competition, winners are announced by a team of judges who usually take their seats at the far corner of the stage.

Usually, participants are identified by their guy names such as “Lady B”, Tu Face, African Michael Jackson etc.” It is usually a nightlong affair.
Pickpockets and allied crimes are common features that keep spectators on their toes. Cigarette smokes in tiny ropes, roll into the sky and descend in a wave-like movement. They finally curl on the faces of people.
Beside these, disagreements that usually end in scuffles and activities of some urchins are also noticeable at the dance arena.
All these features and many more are what make Nyanya Tipper Garage, another Sodom and Gomorra

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My husband is not romantic
By NKECHI DURU
Tuesday, August 4, 2009


• Mr. and Mrs.Ogonnaas
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Mr. Chika Ogonnaa recently took Miss Ndidiamaka Onyeagwara to the altar. The couple never dreamt of getting married but something kept telling them they are meant to be together . Even when the bride traveled abroad, they still keep in touch with each other. The lovebirds, however told Daily Sun how the relationship started and finally tied the knot.

How we met
We’ve known some years back. He is a close friend of my immediate elder brother. He used to come to my house. Sometimes, he comes to my school because my brother friend was in the same school with me. Whenever he come to see my brother, I’m always in their company but we didn’t know we could get married. We greet each other on the surface but we weren’t friends or lover. Our getting married is the will of God. I believe we are destined to be together.

Proposal
After my NYSC, I traveled to the United States, I didn’t see him before I travelled but I saw his brother and gave my email address to him for his brother. After a while, I saw his mail, congratulating me.
Once in a while, we talk on phone. He advice me to be a good girl. He actually made the first move but he is not romantic. I got interested in him because he encourages me, that I love so much about him. He constantly reminds me not to forget my root as an African . That was what attracted me to him and I started developing anytime he called.

So, when I came back to the country, we decided to get married.
The proposal was actually on Valentine’s Day, 14th February 2007. He told me that we have something in common. As at the time we were in school, he said he gets excited whenever he sees me but he never told me anything. When he decided to settle down, the first person that came to his mind was myself.
When I came back, he told me about it and I equally has same feelings for him. I love his family. They are nice , peaceful and there’s unity among them. Also they are good Christian.

Likes
What I like most about him is that he is so encouraging. He is a Christian that has the fear of God . I like his attitude of eating. He likes food a lot, he is the eating type. His father told me that his grand father call him tanker because he eats a lot. He eat every good food you present before him and I like that because he makes you feel happy whenever you cook.

Dislike
Like I said before, he is not romantic. I don’t like that aspect of him but I’m really working towards that to make him romantic.

HUSBAND
Attraction
Actually, I could not figure out what attracted me to her but all I know is that, whenever I see her, I feel such an intense affection for her. That means that I am in love. I felt that I will make my future with her.

Proposal
It is not an easy thing proposing to her. I did an open proposal. I told her the way I feel for her and she told me that we should keep on trusting God.
It takes a lot of effort to convince her that I am really for her.

Romantic and likes
She is very romantic. I like her way of talking with her eyes dimmed. The way she smiles is a whole bundle of romance and she is encourages me. She is somebody you can count on at any point in time. She is a child of God. She has fear of God in her and down to earth.

Dislikes
I love everything about her because I know that we have our individual differences. Nobody is perfect. Her weakness I know but I try to cope with her weakness because that is the reason why we are together as one body.








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