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Five people have been feared dead in a chieftaicy crisis in Ejule Community of Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi state. The crisis was said to have been caused by the supporters of the three contenders for the stool of Onu of Ejule.

The crisis started when the contenders were invited for a meeting. The initial uproar, it was learnt, snowballed into a violent crisis when the supporters one of the contenders confronted the supporters of another contender in a free for all, resulting to the death of five people.

Confirming the report, the state acting Commissioner of Police, Mallam Abdullahi Magaji, said only two people; a young man and a woman, died in the crisis, adding that five persons had been arrested in connection with the crisis.

Magaji said that the suspects had confessed to the crime, while weapons, including 16 pump action machine guns and 10 AK 47 guns were recovered from them in order to regain their freedom.

The police boss reiterated the command’s commitment to rid the state of criminal activities, saying that his men were combat ready to provide adequate security to the people of the state.



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Three pregnant women have been reported dead in Ado Odo/Ota area of Ogun State, as a strike embarked upon by the health workers in the state entered its fourth week.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, the chairman of seven unions, under the aegis of Medical and Health Workers Association, Dr. Adetola Balogun, vowed not to resume duty until the state government implemented an agreed 32 per cent increment in their salaries.

Balogun said this at a meeting to re-appraise the industrial action, expressing regret of the workers that three pregnant women died, due to their inability to access medical care.

Also in attendance at the re-appraisal meeting were the sick doctors committee, Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Nuru-Din Akindele, the Chairman of the Nurses and Midwives Association in the state, Mr. Abiodun Olakanmi, Chairman, Medical Laboratory Scientists, Mr. Olumide Okunoye, and a member, Dr. Adekunle Alayaki.


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President Umaru Yar’Adua, on Tuesday, submitted the 2010 expenditure profile for the 2010 budget in readiness for the presentation of next year’s budget.

The president, on Tuesday, forwarded the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to the National Assembly in readiness for the new budget.

The president said that the MTEF was prepared by the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the Fiscal Responsibility Act, as part of the preparations for the new budget.

In a letter dated September 29, and addressed to the Senate President, Senator David Mark, President Yar’Adua said that “the Fiscal Responsibility Act indicates that the budget is required to be based on the MTEF, which is to be approved by the Federal Executive Council and the National Assembly before taking effect.”

The letter read in part: “The MTEF was duly approved by FEC on the 22nd July, 2009. However, the Act requires that the MTEF should also be laid before the National Assembly, which after due consideration is to pass resolutions in both houses to give effect to the MTEF before its formal publication in the gazette. In order to advance this process, I hereby forward copies of the MTEF to your office for necessary consideration.”

Senate spokesman, Senator Ayogu Eze, who briefed Senate correspondents on Tuesday said that the process of the 2010 budget had already begun.




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AS cases of kidnapping for ransom continue to spread across the country, the governors of the 36 states of the federation, on Monday, called on the Federal Government to bring the full weight of the law on culprits.

The governors, who met at the Kwara State Liaisons office in Abuja, said the time had come for the federal authorities to act decisively on the criminality in order to restore sanity and general security.

In a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting held under the auspices of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, a copy of which was sent by email to the Nigerian Tribune in Lagos, the leaders commended the government on the successful conclusion of the amnesty to militants in the Niger Delta.

Accordingly, they promised their support for all necessary measures aimed at consolidating the gains of the exercise, but urged the Federal Government to mete out appropriate punishments to kidnappers henceforth.

The governors noted that they decided to take a firm stand on the trend (kidnapping) after listening to the submissions of governors from the South-South zone on the amnesty deal between the Federal Government and the militants.

Some Houses of Assembly in states in the zone had passed laws, spelling out tough punitive measures, including treating kidnappers as hardened criminals deserving death sentence.

Most of the cases of kidnapping have been in the South-South and the South-East zones. But it had since spread to the South-West, and lately, the North, where the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government was kidnapped and taken to a hideout in one of the states in the South-South.

Reviewing the general amnesty and government’s rehabilitation programme for former militants, the governors pledged their support for the National Assembly to pass a special budget for the rehabilitation exercise.

Part of the communiqué reads: “After listening to the presentation of the Minister of Defence, as well as the comments by the South-South governors, the Forum resolved to commend the Federal Government and the governors of the South-South states for the amnesty initiative.

“While noting this historic movement towards peace and reconciliation by the Federal Government which has resulted in the disarmament and demobilisation, members called for support for the next phase of this process: rehabilitation and the reintegration.

“The Forum furthermore called on the Federal Government to treat kidnapping with the same level of seriousness it deserves. The Forum agreed that it would give support to efforts by the National Assembly to pass extra budgetary provision to help ex-militants in their efforts to be rehabilitated and re-integrated. As a mark of solidarity to the Niger Delta, members unanimously resolved to host its next meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.”

The governors spoke on other national issues such as the campaign for the eradication of malaria and polio in the country, restating their commitment.

They promised to support the minister of health in the implementation of a vector control programme designed to eradicate malaria. “Members also noted funding options available for this programme and agreed to support efforts to source for funds from local stakeholders, the MDG, etc. Also noted was the ongoing success of the Polio Eradication Campaign (in the past three weeks, only one Nigerian child has been paralysed by polio). Polio distribution in 2008 and 2009 has significantly improved.

“The Forum expressed support for the Federal Government’s Midwives Service Scheme (MSS) under the Primary Health care Sector, which is designed to address maternal and infant mortality through the distribution of midwives at primary health care centres around the country,” they stated.

On education, they stated: “The Forum noted the clarifications made by the Executive Secretary to Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and agreed that the way forward is for every state to put in place the following: an action plan, the counterpart funding, and a functional board. Once all three requirements have been met, the states can access their funds within 24 hours.”



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THE hope of a pos sible suspension of the long-running industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was put on hold as the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union on Tuesday, failed to finalise issues on the agreement reached with the Federal Government.

The leadership of ASUU, rising from its clandestine NEC meeting held in Abuja, decided that in line with the tradition of the union, the branch chapters would have to hold congresses to make input into the final decision.

National President of ASUU, Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie, said that the NEC had agreed that the branches of ASUU should make input into the decision reached with the Education Minister, Dr. Sam Egwu, before the NEC would take the next step.

He said: “We decided that the branch chapters of our union should make input into the decisions reached with Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu.”

He said that the branches were given up till the end of this week to call their congresses and discuss on the issues.

Governor Oshiomhole was asked by President Umaru Yar’Adua to mediate in the impasse, following the pulling out of the Federal Government from further negotiation with the ASUU on the insistence that the lecturers should first call off the strike for negotiation to continue.

Though, the other staff unions of the universities had accused the Federal Government of leaving them while reaching agreements with ASUU, in the new peace process brokered by Governor Oshiomhole, it was gathered that ASUU was already prepared to bow to the pressure from the public to call off the strike.

Meanwhile, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), University of Ibadan branch, has shut all gates leading into the university with a resolve that all the gates would remain closed for seven days.

SSANU said it was doing this to make the Federal Government acceed to its request for better condition of service for its members .

The closure, which started on Monday and continued on Tuesday, had paralysed all activities in the institution as people could not easily gain entry or leave the university.

SSANU members took over the university’s main gate and displayed various placards and sang songs, calling on the Federal Government not to ignore their demands.

The workers, who defied the early morning downpour around the university area, regretted that the authorities had continued to toy with the future of the youth who, they said, were the direct beneficiaries of the university education, pointing out that the trend portended danger for the country.

Chairman of the University of Ibadan (UI) branch of SSANU, Mr. Jonathan Omolona, described as “ridiculous,” the claim in some quarters that it was only the Academic Staff Union Universities (ASUU) that was relevant in the current struggle embarked upon by all categories of the nation’s university work force.

“We were appalled by the negotiating team from the Federal Government led by Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, claiming that it had the mandate to negotiate with only ASUU at the expense of other unions,” saying “their effort will fail as long as they refuse to carry others along.”






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AT least six people lost their lives, while six others were seriously wounded in an auto accident involving the convoy of the Ondo State governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Sunday.

Three people died in the Government House Press Crew bus, while another three died in the commercial bus that rammed into the convoy. The commercial bus was said to have rammed into the Press Crew bus, which was in the governor’s convoy, on the Okitipupa-Akinfosile road while the governor was returning from the militants disarmament programme at Arogbo in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state and was on his way to Lagos for another official engagement.

Governor Mimiko has expressed his heartfelt condolence to the families ofthe three officials of the Government House Press Crew who died in the auto crash.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Kolawole Olabisi, disclosed that the governor was shocked and personally touched that the three men, who he described as dutiful, loyal and committed to their duties, lost their lives in the course of their official duties.

The driver of the commercial bus was said to have lost control of the vehicle and, in the process, rammed into the convoy of the governor. The government vehicle was also said to have somersaulted three times before catching fire.

An eyewitness said that the driver of the Press Crew bus and two other persons died, while the three occupants of the commercial bus also lost their lives.

Olabisi said the governor also commiserated with the families of the occupants of the commercial vehicle, who lost their lives in the accident. The statement added that Mimiko had to cancel all official engagements, including his attendance of the meetings of the National Council of States and the Governors’ Forum in Abuja, due to the sad incident.

While praying for the repose of the souls of the deceased, the governor called on God to give their families the fortitude to bear the irreparable losses.

The governor enjoined all citizens of Ondo State to intensify their prayers to God for peace, tranquility, safety on the road and prosperity in the state. The remains of the deceased were deposited at the mortuary of the Okitipupa General Hospital, while those injured were also rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared a three-day mourning period, following the death of two of its members and a driver attached to the Press Crew.

A statement by the state chairman of the union, Mr. Dele Atunbi, described the incident as a tragedy, which should be of concern to all journalists. Messers Elekan S.B. and Adewunmi Olatunji, of the state Ministry of Information were members of the union who died in the accident.

The union said the recurring death of journalists in governors’ convoys called for an investigation. Atunbi recalled that six of its members died in the convoy of the Ogun State governor, Chief Gbenga Daniel, in 2003, while five others died in 2006 in the convoy of former governor of Plateau State, Chief Joshua Dariye.

While commiserating with the families of the two journalists, the NUJ sympathised with the government and the people of Ondo State over the irreparable losses.




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THE Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has directed principals, head teachers, teachers and students in all the public schools in the state to resume work today after a long-term holiday.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mrs. Iyabo Odulate and made available to the Nigerian Tribune on Monday.

The statement directed all principals and head teachers to keep proper attendance records of teachers and students which must be closed by 9.00 a.m.

The statement also ordered the principals to submit details of attendance records through the respective zonal education officers to the Teaching Service Commission.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the State Teaching Service Commission, Chief Segun Okeowo, has urged teachers in the state to return to their respective duty posts, saying that the implementation of the new TSS was not negotiable.

Reacting, the president of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary School Teachers (ASUSS) in the state, Mr. Tunde Folarin, in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, directed that members of the union should ignore the directive of the state government.

He said the directive was nothing but an empty threat, adding that the state government should have concluded its negotiations with the union before giving such directive.




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Mallam Yusuf Ali, SAN, an Ilorin-based legal practitioner, has identified lack of commitment to the welfare of students as a factor responsible for the incessant strikes by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the country.

Speaking with newsmen at his chamber, Mallam Ali said the attitude of Nigeria’s successive governments over the years had exacerbated the matter.

“More than 80 per cent of those in the university system are those who found themselves in the teaching profession, because they have no other choice. That personal commitment of wanting to see to the success of the students, of wanting to make sure that the system goes on, is not there.

“For those of us who went to the universities in the 70s and early 80s, what could stand between you and graduation at the scheduled period was if you failed. For the few times universities were shut, they were closed because of students’ agitations. But in the last 10 years, the closure of the university system had been at the instance of the lecturers. That is very worrisome. I’m not aware of any country in the world where that happens, most of the time, agitations from lecturers have been responsible for the closure of our universities.

“My own simple way of looking at it is that 80 per cent of those who were lecturers then went there because that was what they wanted to do. They chose teaching in the university as a profession. There was personal dedication. They saw other options but they chose to be teachers. The reverse is the case now,” he said.

He reasoned that the government had, perhaps, resolved to close its eyes to ASUU’s demands as they knew that the association would always embark on industrial action, saying that strike should be a potent tool in the hands of the workers.

“You know, the power that is not used is the best power. Once you start to flaunt your power, it becomes common knowledge. So, nobody takes it serious any more. I think that is the problem of the government and ASUU. It is unfortunate because strike is the most potent weapon in the hands of workers, but which should be sparingly used.”





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