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Kubo said that the schools
would, however, be re-opened
once the proprietors complied
with the government’s
regulations on standards,
stressing that the government
was disturbed over the
proliferation of schools
without standards.

As a way of kick-starting the
restoration project, two
committees were immediately set
up by the Minister to
look into the various issues
raised by various interest
groups at the forum.

*Tells emissary: ‘He should
look for re-election help
elsewhere’
*Atiku faults automatic ticket
bid
Soni Daniel, Regional Editor,
North
The moves launched by
President Goodluck Jonathan
to get northern leaders to
support him ahead of the
2015 presidential election
appear to have failed, Sunday
Vanguard has learnt. One of
the moves was the emissary
sent to the Northern Elders
Forum (NEF) at a meeting in
Abuja.
The northern leaders were
said to have told the
emissary, a senior
presidential aide, point-
blank, they would rather
prod one of their own to
stand against the president
in the next elections.
Jonathan, it was gathered,
on Thursday, sent the senior
aide to persuade the
influential northern group to
back down on attacking him
and to, once again, support
him to return in 2015.
The presidential aide,
according to Sunday
Vanguard sources, met with
an NEF delegation of three at
a guest house in Jabi, Abuja
and tried for about two
hours to extract assurance of
support from the group.
Two former ministers from
the North and a former
adviser to erstwhile
President Olusegun Obasanjo
allegedly represented NEF at
the meeting.
JONATHAN-2015
The emissary reportedly
assured the NEF delegation
that the Presidency would
take urgent steps to correct
perceived imbalances in the
polity, which the northerners
were complaining about, and
the threat by ex-militant,
Asari Dokubo, who recently
vowed to attack anyone who
stood in the way of
Jonathan’s re-election.
The northern leaders were
said to have pointedly
rejected any appeasement
from the Presidency, asking
the aide to tell Jonathan that
they were not interested in
working with him anymore.
“We met with a man sent to
us by the president and we
told him our mind because
we feel that there is no need
to continue to deny the fact
that we are opposed to
Jonathan running again in
2015,”one of the sources,
present at the meeting, said.
“We have seen enough of
Jonathan in the last four
years or so. We do not
believe that there is any
more magic he will bring to
salvage Nigeria.
“We made it clear to the
emissary that if we
continued to support him
beyond 2015, Nigeria would
be thrown into more
corruption, insecurity,
poverty and misery in the
midst of rising oil revenue.
“We also told the man sent
by the president that his
actions and utterances are
pro-Ijaw and that he could
seek new allies from other
parts of the country to
actualise his political
ambition in the next polls.”
In the meantime, NEF
Secretary, Prof Ango
Abdullahi, has faulted the
recommendation by Chief
Tony Anenih, the Chairman of
the Board of Trustees (BoT)
of the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) which
seeks to give automatic
ticket to Jonathan and first
term governors of the party.
Abdullahi said the move was
not only undemocratic but
was also in violation of the
party’s constitution, which
provides for primary election.
Describing the postulation as
a desperate move to edge
out other presidential
aspirants of the PDP in the
run-up to 2015, the former
ABU Vice Chancellor asked
the party faithful to reject
such dictatorial proposal.

Nigeria can generate about
N100 billion yearly from
cocoa production.
Therefore, states and federal
governments should rely less
on allocations and
concentrate more on the
production of cocoa and
other cash and tree crops.
Making this disclosure was
the CEO- Managing Director,
Armajaro Nigeria Limited
during a training-
empowerment programme
organised for the cocoa
farmers at Ijan Ekiti
yesterday,saying
revitalization of cocoa
production would boost the
nation’s economy positively.
According to him, Nigeria
produced about 200,000
metric tons of cocoa last year
which the country has
realized about N70billion last
year.

kzokul: U can b d Don Jazzy on nairaland......Na small challenge

humnsikan: The University of Uyo Pharmacy School,Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday, 30th March,2013 emerged the overall winner in the just concluded Pharmacy Schools quiz contest, held at their National Convention in UNILAG, thereby futher consolidating its place as the best pharmacy school in Nigeria.

The Presidency has denied media reports that President Goodluck Jonathan was planning to probe the activities of former President Obasanjo administration over the latter’s ‘constant’ criticisms of the present government.

The presidency in statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, insisted that it had nothing but “the greatest respect for Chief Obasanjo’s very notable contributions to national growth and development.”

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The statement described the speculations and suggestions of an impending probe of the Obasanjo administration by President Jonathan as “nonsensical and should be dismissed by all right-thinking Nigerians as the product of the fertile imagination of mischievous political jobbers”

“President Jonathan remains fully focused on the urgent tasks of assuring peace, security and stability across the country to create the right conditions for rapid socio-economic development and will not be distracted from this objective by futile attempts to drive a wedge between him and other respected elders and leaders of his party.

“The President has nothing but the greatest respect for Chief Obasanjo’s very notable contributions to national growth and development over many years and far from taking offence or seeking retaliation, will always welcome objective criticism and advice from the very highly-regarded elder statesman.

What is more, President Jonathan regards his Administration as a continuation of the unbroken chain of PDP-led governments started by Chief Obasanjo in 1999 which have worked tirelessly to entrench democratic governance and achieve rapid socio-economic growth in the country.

“Rather than order a pointless probe of his predecessors, he will continue to do his utmost best to build on the solid foundations for national progress laid under previous PDP administrations”, the statement reiterated.

Sincere 9gerian: We seem to forget easily. Once upon a time, it was bomb explosion, tears and blood every weekend. But for sometime, even before the Baga and Bama incidents, we've seen significant reduction in the devilish activities of Boko Haram.

I therefore ask, is the end of Boko Haram near?

They left AD and
moved to PDP. And, now, our
brother is in power and we
will move from APGA to
strengthen PDP; there is no
other issue. We will move from
APGA to strengthen PDP. I was
once in APGA. I was
instrumental to most of the
things they did in APGA, but
we must move to strengthen
PDP because the President of
Nigeria is our brother.

seedord247: Dont go and face your work..... Na person wey go dash you freee money make you dey look for..

Duru1: The loudmouthed Oodua comedians that navigate to this forum to spew crap are plainly pitiable. Let me inform you that crude oil is a major issue in the economy because of the entity called Nigeria is still in existence. If Nigeria disintegrates today, crude oil will cease to dominate the discussions both in polity and economy.

It is unfortunate that northern and southwestern regions of Nigeria have made crude oil the bedrock of their very existence on earth. The regions even moronically staged a war against eastern region and had continued with the spirit of the crude oil war cum civil war since after cessation of hostility between Biafra and Nigeria.

It is very shameful and pitiful that the deluded humbugs from these regions swing into hypertensive mode the moment disintegration of Nigeria is mentioned. In some cases, they have been found as soothsayers preaching about nature of failed state in Biafra or landlocked terrain of Republic of Igbo land. I have always asked why these jackasses cry more than bereaves.