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Edo plans to pump more fund in education sector

By Gabriel Enogholase
Wednesday, September 12, 2007

BENIN CITY—EDO State says it has put in place a deliberate policy to invest a significant percentage of its available resources towards the establishment of a functional, affordable and quality educational system in order to ameliorate the deteriorating and unacceptable situation in the educational sector.


Governor Oserheimen Osunbor who stated this while inaugurating the Governing Council of the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma (AAU) said that he has embarked on intervention measures to restore the lost pride in our educational system.


“Education is the major industry of the good people of Edo State. It is in recognition of this that government decided to devote more attention to the sector by splitting the Ministry of Education into two, Ministry of Basic Education and that of Higher Education.”


“For a start, Government has increased the subvention of Ambrose Alli University from N100 million monthly to N120 million in order to motivate the workforce towards higher productivity. Also, funds have been provided to the University for the construction of the green house for the Faculty of Agriculture at the Emaudu Annex of the University.”


“Furthermore, the sum of N100 million has been released to the university to meet part of the requirements for the accreditation of the programmes run by the University. I am informed of the 48 programmes in the University currently have full accreditation. I assure you that government has put in place the necessary machineries to release an additional sum of N200 million to make the accreditation exercise smooth and successful.”


He advise the Governing Council not to unduly interfere with the day-to-day administration of the University to enable the Senate and the Vice-Chancellor have a conducive environment to do their work and move the university forward.

Police arrest killers of US-based businesswoman

By Fidelis Soriwei, Owerri

Men of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a young man (name withheld) in connection with the murder of an American based businesswoman, Mrs. Bibiana Mwokiye, in Amugo, Onuimo Local Government Area of the state, last month.


The 40-year-old businesswoman was shot dead in her room by unknown assailants on August 21.

The Police Public Relations Officer in charge of the state command, Mr. Linus Nwaiwu, said on Wednesday that detectives at the State Criminal Investigations Department had arrested the main culprit in the murder.

He said that the suspect, who was now being detained at the police headquarters in Owerri, had confessed to being the killer of Nwokiye.

The police spokesman also said that the suspected killer had confessed the motive behind the killing of Nwokiye, contrary to speculations that it was a case of hired assassination.

According to Nwaiwu, the suspect had confessed during police interrogation that he was provoked to kill the businesswoman for making a fabulous donation during the annual August meeting of the town. But could not give his robbery gang enough money when they raided her home.

He stated that other members of the robbery gang who carried out the nefarious act, were on the run.

Sources said that Nwokiye, who arrived Nigeria from the United States on August 17, was on a mission to renovate her husbands house when she was killed.
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Akwa Ibom traditional rulers asks governor to tackle witchcraft
By JOE EFFIONG, Uyo
Tuesday, August 21, 2007


•Gov Akpabio with commissioner for local government
Photo: Sun News Publishing
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Akwa Ibom State governor, Obong Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday, August 14, inivited the paramount rulers from the 31 Local Government Areas in the state for a parley at the ministry of local goverment and chieftaincy affairs in Uyo. For a person, who made his political marks mostly from that ministry, where he served as commisssioner in Victor Attah's regime, Akpabio was at home with the royal fathers, many of whom were coronated in his tenure.

Before sending the press away from the hall, the governor had announced some juicy package for the royal fathers. These included a brand new car for each of the 31 paramount rulers and another N20 million each to the paramount rulers of Ini, Eastern Obolo and Ika Local Government Areas as assistance to rehabilitate their palaces vandalised or destoyed by militants or communal clash hoodlums.

Assuming that the governor had done what none of his predecessors had done to the royal fathers, the event managers asked the chairman of the state council of chiefs and paramount rulers of Udung Uko, HRM, Offong Ati Okpo, to respond.
The chief of chiefs did not disappoint. First, he thanked Akpabio for breaking the record in terms of providing them with temporal benefits, but he added that their major problem was more of spiritual than temporal: withcraft.

He said: "Pay more attention to this issue of witchcraft in our society. The police should do more work without collecting money to let the culprits go unpunished.
"This witchcraft problem is everywhere, but it's more prevalent in Oron axis. People are just branded witches and wizards carelessly. The other day, I saw a little child of about seven years on the road. They had chased her out of the house claiming that she was a witch. I don't know where she is now. So, His Excellency, we want to help you build this state, but please help us tackle this witchcraft problem in our localities."

Governor Akapbio did not respond to that, at least not when the press was still around. So, witches and wizards, or those in the habit of branding people such in Akwa Ibom state, beware because the governor had earlier announced the constitution of a joint task force called Operation Mensa or something close to that.

They said the group, which would comprise army, police, navy, civil defence and other military and paramilitary personnel would go after armed robbers and every other people with criminal tedencies. But the governor did not include witches yet.
"I can't preside over state where armed robbers would come in, cook food, eat, steal, then go unmolested. We have thus acquired 46 brand new Hilux Jeeps specially equipped for the job." He said.
Who knows maybe, the terms of reference of the joint task force would be extended to incorporate hunt of witches. Or maybe, a specially contract would be awarded to tackle witchcraft problem as it appears to have defied all moral reason.

The former governor, Obong Victor Attah, was once so pissed off with the witchcraft question that he challenged church leaders to always spiced up their prayers with a rebuke of witches and wizards since it sounded too archaic in the 21st century.

If Akpabio were to award contract on that score, maybe, he would be carefull not to give it to such contractors who constructed the state university of technology and the state international airport as he had openly expressed his disappointment over the abysmal performance of such contractors. He said some of the contractors had collected 90 per cent of the contract sum even when the job done never exceeded 20 per cent.
However the question is: Will the royal father rather handle the witchcraft contract by themselves to ensure the contractors are not bewitched to drop it halfway after collecting the mobilisation fees?

they want to kill their own.

lol.

na wa.

na wa.

this efik and ibibio house boy named xycord/willy goat.

Rapist.

see teeth.

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wayo people.

IDOMA =Benue state.