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Egyptian govt raises pay, pledges to tackle graft Protesters defiant, global Labour unions plan rallies From Collins Olayinka, Abuja {with agency reports) TTHE Egyptian government 1 yesterday pledged to in- vestigate official corruption and election fraud but thou- sands of protesters swore not to move from the heart of downtown Cairo untii President Hosni Mubarak steps down. Also, the embattled regime yesterday announced a 15 per cent increase in salaries and pensions in the latest at- tempt to defuse popular anger. But a global dimension is expected to be added to the crisis today as 301 Labour union affiliates, comprising about 176 million workers, will be demonstrating si- multaneously in front of all Egyptian embassies across the world with a view to revving up the pressure on Prn si dent Goo dluck Jonathan (left), Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (POP), Haliiu Bello Ma ha mined and Vice President Naniadi Sambo, at the flag-off of Jonathan/Sambo presidential campaign in lafia, ...yesterday. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 i Shock as Bankole, Daniel are out of (NEC's list in Ogun From Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcoim), Abiola stadium and elected Action Congress of Lawrence Njoku (Enugu). Adamu Obasanjo's candidates, Olurin, others, on display Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka (ACN). His running mate is Abu (Kano), Anietie Akpan (Cal- as its Governorship candi- Prince Olusegun Adesegun. abar), Charles Qgugbuaja (Gw- date. The Governorship candidate erri).lnemeSftAkpan-Nsoh (Uyo), Abacha's son is CPC's candidate for Kano The [ubril Martins-Kuye's fac- for the Labour Party is Chuks Collins (Awka), Charles tion which is being backed by Otunba OlajideAwosedo Coffie-Gyamfi (Afaeokuta) and Akpabio drops deputy from A'lbom ticket former President Olusegun Willie Etim (Venagoa) Obasanjo also held its pri- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 "THE raging controversy as Chime retains POP's flag in Enugu mary at the Olusegun 1 to who is the Peoples Dem- Obasanjo Library and elected Jonathan begins ocratic Party (PDF) Governor- Gen. Olurin, a former military ship candidate in INEC displays candidates' lists in states administrator of as campaign, pledges to test the Ogun East Senatorial its own Governorship candi- was partially put to rest yes- soned journalist as Olurin's test the Ogun West seat date. focus on economy, terday as the Independent running mate. seat also appeared threat- which is presently being oc- Both factions submitted the National Electoral Commis- The Speaker of the House of ened as INEC approved Mo- cupied by Senator Kola Ba- names of their candidates to security sion (INEC) confirmed Gen. Representatives, Rt. Hon. hammed Tayir Adetunji as jomo. the party leadership at the Adetunji Olurin as the au- Dimeji Bankole lost his bid to the party s candidate Following unresolved crisis ™ESIDENT national level. But following Jonathan yesterday de- thentic Ogun state governor- return to the Lower House for INEC also approved lyabo within the state PDF, the fac- a court injunction obtained i Jon ship candidate. the third time. He is to be re- Olusola Obasanjo-Bello, tions within the party held by the Martins-Kuye group, clared that his administra- The list released to reporters placed by Peter Olusegun Ala- daughter of former President two parallel primaries. The tion would focus on the to con- INEC rejected Fadairo's fac- economy and security at 630pm by the state INEC wode, according to the INEC state party's Chairman, [pju tion's list. Commissioner, Deacon list test the Ogun Central Senato- Fadairo's faction being The INEC listed Senator which were essential to the Markins Okunfolami listed The state Governor, Otunba rial seat while Chief backed by Governor Daniel as the Gov- nation's development Tunde Oladunjoye, a sea- 's bid to con- Babatunde Fadun is to con- held its primary at the M.K.O ernorship candidate for the B~T,01SI ATTENTION ATTENTION Nigeria, U.S. fine-tune plans for power, aviation sectors From Laolu Akande, NEW York dent of the U.S. EXIM Bank portedly funded projects in Power," Adefuye disclosed, •THE Federal Government and its top officials twice re- the generation, transmis- adding that during the last cently and they assured me sion and distribution of visit of Foreign Affairs Minis- 1 and Washington through ter, Odein Ajumogobia, the the United States (U.S.) Ex- that the bank is keenly inter- power with an overall finan- port-Import Bank and the ested in providing financial cial exposure of about $4.5 issue was discussed between support to back up the Fed- billion in the power sector. officials of both countries. Central Bank of Nigeria The commission, according (CBN) are set to implement eral Governments power While both the EXIM Bank and the CBN are expected to to Adefuye, is keen on ensur- more financial stimulus ing that there is concrete packages in Nigeria's power sion projects," he said. work out details of the avia- EXIM Bank officials also con- tion sector projects, Adefuye progress in the area of and aviation sectors. power generation and trans- The packages are designed firmed that the power and said help for the powerproj- aviation sectors are two of ects are already proceeding mission in Nigeria. to support and promote He said there would be a new investments in the two the major global financing from both banks. sectors to boost economic priorities in Nigeria. Adefuye said an investor-fi- meeting ahead of the March According to the bank, be- nancier workshop has been 10 workshop between the activities in Nigeria, the President of EXIM Bank and country's Ambassador to tween 2000 and 2009, for in- scheduled for Washington stance, the EXIM Bank "has DC on March 10,2OH where .the Presidential Adviser on U.S., Prof. Ade Adefuye, has Power, Prof. Earth Nnaji, said. authorised over $5 billion in EXIM officials and their CBN medium and long term counterparts will make spe- who wili participate in the Adefuye said in Washington workshop. DC yesterday that the EXIM transactions for the export cific financing products and of goods and services in the options available to U.S. and Adefuye said the workshop Bank's officials in particular is unique because "it is both have revealed to him that power sector." The bank has Nigerian investors in the Nigeria had only used about also "played a vital role in power sector in the areas of aroadshowforpowersector the development and generation and transmis- and also an opportunity to 25 per cent of the financial meet bank financiers who facilities and products avail- growth of the power sector able for financing projects "It is a fall-out of the U.S.- will be in attendance to pro- SAVEYOUR in the country. countries like Nigeria." Nigerian Bi-National Corn- vide strategic and financial •ntial CHILD'S FUTURE "1 have met with the Presi- Work Group on Own A Property That Explodes In Value!! Protesters defiant, global Labour unions plan rallies CONTINUED FROM PAGE I The statement added: "The the violent repression of ity that pushed the most 1'1'UC and its affiliates present peaceful demonstrations populous Arab nation to the Mubarak to quit. in Dakar will join the inter- The groups, under the aus- are brought to justice." edge of anarchy, the crisis ap- national solidarity day with The Egyptian cabinet deci- s to be settling i .t the International the Egyptian people on Feb- Trade Union Confer sion follows earlier promises temporary stasis. ruary 8. On that day, around A series of government con- (iriJC) in a statement made the globe, unions will organ- available to The Guardian yes- and official corruption, cessions have left the pro- ise demonstrations at Egypt- which have done little to testers dissatisfied but the Yes, you too can terday, said the protests ian embassies, and continue would be solidarity with the persuade the tens of thou- scene has remained calm, Own a plot in NEW LEKKI to press their governments sands occupying down- with Tahrir Square resem- Egyptian people in demand- to demand democratic tran- and watch it explode in value in the next five years. ing immediate end to the 30- town's Tahrir Square to end bling a carnival more than sition in tgyptand to ensure their two-week long protest. the rock-strewn battlefield of Plots are situated opposite the hottest business location in year old Mubarak regime. that those responsible for New Lekki anct value-driven investors who want to see their After two weeks of instabil- recent days. Property Irwestrn-:! f -iio* .n v,s:.\c qL-.K;- v. 11 profit massively from buying plots of land in New Lekki. INEC displays candidates lists in states Anayo Onwuegbvj, | • CONTINUED FROM PAGE I of other candidates including which he said would be out thronged the INEC office senatorial, House of Repre- soon. :•:<-.:. In Cross RiverState, INK pub- serve the exercise yesterc sentatives and State /\: The Resident Electoral Com- I ,, j, , 11 lished the names of Governor the premises dejected. : were displayed at the various r in Akwalbom State, -• •- I -! .-• of the Peoples Onwuegbu had secured constituencies. Mrs. Maria Owi said that of all Democratic Parly (PDF) and six - • junction of courtbarr (4,gINF_, C Inasuiprising development, (he political panics, only 21 pre- others for the governorship and PDP from accepting Chime Mohammed, son of the late sented candidates for various race. The others in die contest as their candidate in the state. Head of State, Gen. Sani elective offices. ' include Etubom Nya Asuquo But some of his supporters be- Abacha had his name dis- For the PDP, the governorship €',i!!';n-:;:>;".'.sg8 of the Congress for Progressive lieved that the battle to wrestle played as the governorship candidate is incumbent Gover- Change (CPC), Mr. Goodie Ak- PDP from Chime has just be- candidate of the CPC; nor , while parna of the Progressive Peo- gun with the list released yes- State, and Alhaji Hussaini Ab- his running mate is Obong byTFC.OffOpabi,Road; Ikeja ples' Alliance (PPA), Pastor terday. dullahi Garba as his running Nsima Ekere and not the in- Iheke Awa Solomon of the All The All Progressive Grand Al- mate. For the PDP, the candi- cumbent Patrick Ekpotu. The Nigeria Peoples' Party (ANPP), liance (APGA) may not be par- date is former governor, Rabiu ACN has Senator John James Mrs. Stella Eno of the Alliance ticipating in the election as die Musa Kwankwaso and Dr. Ab- Akpan-Udoedehe as its gover- for Democracy (AD), Senator dullahi Umar Ganduje as his norship candidate and Chief Mathew Mbu of th, candidates of the party. The list running mate. Ime Umanah as the running ssofNigeria(ACN),and showed that the Action Con- On thelist also was the name Dr. Theo Onyuku for the gress of Nigeria (ACN) has Ve- of the deputy governor, Alhaji ANPP has the retired Air Force Labour Party (LP). The names natius Omenkeukwu as its Abdullahi TijianiGwai-zo and officer and former military On February 14, we will be running a special valentine message I of their deputies were also gubernatorial candidate, while Malam Muhammed Nasir governor, Sampson Ewang as section in The Guardian. It would cost N100 per word for s published. a former Secretary to the State Muktar as the governorship its candidate without a run- maximum of 20 words However, the lists for the Na- Government, Dr Dan Shere candidate and running mate ning mate. The CPC'S gover- tional and State Assembly as- Please mail a copy of your teilerandcouponio emerged as the candidate of on the platform of the ACN norship candidate is Lawrence pirants were not diss the newly formed People for , ' Esin who has also not picked Head, Circulation the INEC headquarters in Cal- Democratic Change (PDC) with ihu SagirTakai and Dr. Bashir anyone as running mate. Guardian Newspapers Ltd abar. a member of the House of Rep- Shehu Galadanci were dis- APGA has former ACN state Rutam House The Resident Electoral Com- resentatives, Kanayo Oguakwa played as the candidate and chairman, David Ekanem as its Isolo/Apapa Expressway missioner, Mike Igini, could as his running mate. runningmate for ANPP. governorship candidate and P.M.B.12170shodi, , Nigeria Okey Ezea emerged the candi- In a handwritten list posted Nkereuwem Peter as his run- but some INEC officials said date of the Labour Parry (LP) on the commission's notice ning mate. Other parties that Or Any Guardian Office Nationwide the list for the National and As- with Ofor Odo as his running board along Port Harcourt presented candidates lor elec- Payment should be made to: sembly aspirants would be mate, while Paul Okafor ana Road, , , Gov- ts are PPA, PAC, CDC, Bank: Union Bankof Nigeria PLCJsoio Branch published at the various state Ogbonnaya Ejim are the candi- ernor was pub- CPP, HDP, AD, SDMP, NNPA and Account Name: Guardian Newspapers Limiled and constituency headquar- date and running mate of the lished as PDP governorship ADC. Account Number: 072102003078 ANPP. ie with his running In , thelist was also The name of Governor Sulli- Others on the list are: Ernma mate as Prof. Viola Adaku On- 1. The Resident Elec- van Chime was displayed as Ugwu for CPC with Ayogu wu!iri, the ANPP has Lemechi toral Commissioner, Aniedi Bank: First Bank of Nigeria PLC, Stock Exchange Branch Emeka as running mate; Cni- Ahamefule as its flag bearer Ikoiwak, told The Guardian that ActountName: Guardian Newspapers Limited the PDF in . The list nonyelum Odumejemba for and Beneth Chukwuma as the the list which was sent in from AccountNumber: 2442010005111 which was pasted on the no- NCP; Mrs. Nkechi Ofor for runningmate. Abuja yesterday was to enable To ptsce a message, orforliutherinformation please call: African Liberation Party (ALP) Others on the list included individuals in the state to ver- at its headquarters on Achi ify the claims made by the var- ~ 08037168023,014489664,08033641928, with Emma Aniakor as run- APGA having Chief Rochas Street Independence Layout ning mate. The Congress for Okorocha as its governorship ious candidates, including - 08035770541,08033033055,08058000888 also has Chime's deputy, Sun- Democratic Change (CDC) has candidate while Jude Agbaso Governor Chibuifce Amaechi as send your message and a scanned copy of your teller to ebuchi as the running- its state chairman, Mr. Charles is his deputy. Emeka Nwajiuba contained in the documents mate. It put paid to Ibe as the candidate with Ezea is the flag bearer for the CPC submitted to the political par- Valentine's Day Message - Coupon. speculations and controversy Sunday as running mate. just as Senator Ifeanyi ties by the candidates which Please write clearly below {maxima ti of 20 words) . Apart from the governorship Ararume is the governorship was then forwarded to the date of the crisis-ridden PDP in list that was displayed at the =;e of tie ACN and commission. the state, as supporters of INEC state headquarters, that Chief Noel Agwuocha Chuk- Ikoiwak explained that those wukadibia the running mate. of candidates vying for the Sen- The Senate, House of Repre- ate, the House of Representa- sentatives and the House of tives as well as the State House Title: First Name: Assembly lists were yet to be of Assembly would be posted Surname: -d. The Public Rela- in INEC offices in their con- Address: ,iccr of the commis- stituencies. Contact Phone Number sion in the state, C- In Anambra and Bayelsa states, Eugene Onyeji, told The however, the expectations of The best ft irhat die legal officer the people were dashed as the __ J is newts™ 12, ZOH. was still working on the lists lists are yet to be displayed. News Ondo okays pay rise for workers State Government yesterday approved salary increase for civil ser- vants in the state. According to the State Head of Service, Ajose Kudehinbu, the pay rise was to bring the salary structure in the state in line with other states in the South West pending the passage of the Minimum Wage bill, He explained that the approval was in line with the recommendations of the salary adjustment com- mittee set up by the state government last year fol- lowing the state's workers agitation. The approval came on the heels of a meeting, which took place in the state capi- tal between the leadership of the" labour unions and the state government. The parties at the parley agreed that the adjustment should take effect from January 2011. The Head of Service said the state government would require an addition- al N65 million monthly to pay the new wage. A cross-section of governors from South-South, South-East. North Central and North-East after thair meeting in Yola. ...on Sunday. Airlines may get reduction on sen/ice charges livWnloShadareandChika We agreed that the payment should bo mado and -Illir...Hilhnr.lh.il II W.l.-il Ic.LI i • mill n'llin r ihr npi.. ,is agreed, Demuren Uoodluck-Ogazi Iv -li|iul.itnl in tin- fd-il nl III'- .mini.••. .MI,I ,)< lln said lliis one was different, TO ensure better services, as ar when due; that Is, some charges, some Incen- International Civil Aviation same dine pave flic way tor Ithe Federal Government Organisation (1CAO) that pri- stressing that they discussed tives and the key issues causing problem in the the agencies to continue to issues that would guarantee may have agreed to review vate operators should be exist by paying up their charges levied against airlines industry has been resolved. It is going to continue. exempted from some charges charges. the survival of the carriers and in the country. while they should pay less in He added: "If there are no air- that of the agencies. Also, the Ministers of They equally complained charges (TNS), classifying some parts. ,lines, we have no business to "We agreeothat the payment Aviation, Finance, the Central that charges levied against them as too heavy and ridicu- Speaking to reporters after do, so the airlines must pay should be made and as at Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the them were about the highest lous. the meeting, the NCAA's what they owe. At the same when due; that is, some Nigerian Civil Aviation in the world. They cited the At the meeting, die atmos- Director-General, Dr. Harold tune, the agencies must be charges, some incentives and Authority of Nigeria (NCAA) landing and parldng fees phere was charged among Demuren, said there was the able to carry out their statuto- the key issues causing prob- have prevailed on banks to charged by the Federal the participants who were need for the agencies to con- ry responsibilities and that lem in the industry has been reduce to seven per cent, the Airports Authority of Nigeria angling for over 50 per cent tinue to solve problems in the also requires fund to do it. resolved. It is going to contin- interest rates charged on (FAAN) as the highest in the reduction in all charges by sector, adding: "We talked pro- Therefore, the airlines must ue. It is much better than loans procured by airlines as world, including rents. FAAN, NCAA and NAMA. fessionally and very frankly pay their bills. 1 am very happy when we entered. We looked against the current 12 per cent The operators also con- A senator and representative and to look for solution for the that we have made a lot of at everything one by one. For rate. demned the multiple taxes by of private airline owners, Ibn industry, particularly as it progress." instance, if they can give some This was disclosed to journal- the Nigerian Airspace Naala, opined that their relates to charges." Reminded that similar meet- discount, and let me say this, ists yesterday when the NCAA Management Agency (NAMA) charges should have been dif- Demuren noted that the idea you cannot be wrong support- on terminal navigational ings to resolve the recurring met with airline operators, ferent from commercial oper- was to see how government problem had not been imple- ing your own," he concluded. aviation agencies and others to resolve the lingering crisis of debts owed by the opera- Rivers' universities teachers end strike tors. The Guardian leant that the From Kehrin Ebiri, Port-Harcourt which crippled academic the chairman of the university government may have agreement between the 2009 Federal activities in the institutions governing council, Justice Federal Government and Government/ASUU agree- approved 50 per cent reduc- AFTER four months, mem- since October, 2010, followed Adolphus Karibi-Whyte (red), ment is not implemented by tion in charges levied against /ibers of Academic Staff ASUU has been adopted as a the intervention of the Rivers the chairman of RSEAC and working document by the April 1,2011," he said. the carriers, which has in turn Union of Universities (ASUU) State Economic Advisory the union stipulated that of Rivers State University of governing councils of both The Registrar and Secretary added to their precarious situ- Council (RSEAC) headed by while the strike has been sus- institutions. to the council, Mrs. D.c ation. Science and Technology former University of Port pended, the RSEAC would pdimabo, had a month ago (RSUST) and the State "Consequently, ASUU con- Nigerian carriers are in seri- Harcourt Vice Chancellor, facilitate the implementation gresses in the two universities issued a directive to ASUU ous financial dire straits occa- University of Education have Professor Nimi Briggs. of the 2009 Federal suspended their industrial resolved to suspend the indus- members to end the strike sioned by huge taxes charged RSUST-ASUU Chairman, Dr. Government arid ASUU agree- trial action until March 31,20D penultimate Thursday or risk by aviation agencies. action. Felix Igwe, told The Guardian ment The suspension of the strike, and will resume the action mass sack, a threat that the that an agreement signed by Igwe explained that the 2009 without further notice if the union defied. J "•**""• «• •»i««*ij»a»«wi^MMii,TiMm^l^**i^»Minj /"M/JlffmT1ffM'?TTTffTfflflT|TfTrTtm^ '"' -:'" Federal Government to issue Certificates of Occupancy, others within 30 days From Nkechi Dnyedika, Abuja flons effective, less cumber Assignment, which were sub- ment is over. We have the man- APPARENTLY worried by the some and to encourage invest- mitted from2007 to 2010, have We have created a system that would deliver fast on date of Mr. President to serve /Ttediousandlongprocessof ment in the housing sector. been processed and are ready all applications. If any applicant has difficulties, such Nigerians and we are doing getting land documents, the He said the relevant units and for issuance. Currently, the just that. Federal Government yester- departments of the ministry ministry is making efforts at complaints should be channeled directly to me. I want Meanwhile, the minister has day said it would henceforth have been repositioned to resolving the cases of 66 appli- Nigerians to know that we can do things right and on appealed to contractors han- issue Certificates of deliver fastand efficient servic- cants, whose submissions time. The era where people waited for several years to dling the Millennium Occupancy (C of O) and Deeds es to members of the public. were not in order." Development Goals (MDGs) of Assignment to prospective The minister noted that the The minister, therefore, obtain title documents from the government is over. contracts all over the country applicants within 30 days. backlog of applications for C requested Nigerians, who have to hasten and deliver on their Minister of Lands, Housing of O and Deeds of Assignment applied for title documents ments, it will no longer be nee- ties, such complaints should be jobs. and Urban Development, on government's landed prop- during the period under essary for applicants to come channeled directly to me. 1 want He noted that any contractor Chief Nduese Essien, who dis- erties, which were submitted review, to visit the relevant to the ministry to follow-up. Nigerians to know that we can We have created a system that do things right and on time, that failed to report to site closed this yesterday in Abuja, from 2007 till date, have been department of the ministry before February 11,2011, would said the development was treated. and collect them. would deliver fast on all appli- The era where people waited have such contracts terminat- part of measures to make gov- He said: "A total of 883 applica- He said: "After submitting cations. for several years to obtain tide ed without further recourse to ernment's property transac- tions for C of O and Deeds of applications for title docu- "Ifanyapplicanthasdifflcul- documents from the govern- them. 41;, visofone your passport to reach the world

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However, INEC AFTER two extensions, the tried to ensure that the elec- cer, Frank Egbo, disclosed that Meanwhile, the Nigerian Im- knows the areas where people /Voters' registration exercise toral timetable was not jeop- Also, Resident Electorai Com- Miss Ojekwe was knocked migration Service (MS) yester- have not registered properly. I will end today and that is offi- ardised through theextension missioner (RFC) in Plateau down by a Peugeot 504 saloon day ann oi! need thatitarrested am from Warri and I know cial. of the voters' registration ex- State, Habu Zarma, disclosed car on February 2, 20il at the eight foreigners, mosdy Nige- three local governments in Chief Press Secretary to the In- ercise. yesterday that INEC lost two Nteje, Oyi Local Council end of riens, in four local councils of Warn did not participate in dependent National Electoral But President, Christian Asso- adhoc workers in the just con- the Enugu-Onitsha express- who attempted to the registration in the first Commission ([NEC) Chair- ciation of Nigeria (CAM), Pas- cluded registration exercise in way on her way home after the register in the on going voters' week because there were no man, Mr. Kayode Idowu, who tor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday the state where it registered day's work registration exercise by posing machines. I am therefore ap- disclosed this yesterday, told submitted that the two-day ex- 2,099.096 eligible voters. Miss Ojekwe was a graduate as Nigerians. pealing to INEC to extend the TfteGiiardfanttiatthecommis- tension granted by INEC for In a related development, the of Town, Urban and Regional Speaking with reporters yes- registration exercise for up to sion no longer enjoyed the lux- the voters' registration exer- INEC in Awka, Planning, from the Federal terday in Abuja, Oritsejafor, one week." ury of time. cise would not be enough to yesterday announced the un- Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra who described the voter's reg- Oritsejafor charged politi- According to him, "the time cover all Nigerians who have timely death of Miss Chinaelo State. The deceased, who was istration exercise as "success- cians to change their do-or-die tor this exercise is really inelas- not registered and appealed to Ojekwe, an Assistant Registra- waiting forhercall-up letter for ful," said that the one week approach to politics and urged tic because there are lots of the commission to extend the tion Officer (ARO) in the on-go- the National Youth Service extension would enable peo- Nigeri^s to register in order things to be done before the exercise for at least one week ing registration exercise. Corps programme, died on the ple living in the areas where to voter* credible people into commencement of elections Oritsejafor also stressed the Astatement by thestate com- waytothenospital. the DDC machines arrived late office. on April 2." need for the country to de- Idowu added: "For instance, velop a system that would the law requires the commis- make political positions less Jonathan begins campaign, pledges to focus on economy, security sion to publish the finai regis- attractive. ter at least 30 days before the The voters' registration exer- From Simeon Nwakaudu and election and before the final cise started on January 15 and John Abba Ogfaodo, Lafia Ogbulafor urges support for President voter register is released on was expected to end on fanu- ESIDENT Goodluck as the pivot on which the na- played placards that indi- benefits. March 2. There are other ary 29. However, it was ex- The President said his ad- Rf mathan yesterday de- tion's progress would be cated their political prefer- processes such as the period tended by one week as a result clared that his administra- hinged. ences, especially as they ministration wouid not rest for the display of the register of the initial hiccups that until the perpetrators of for claims and objections. So if tion would focus on the However, the campaign related to Nasarawa State. trailed the operations of the economy and security flag-off was almost marred President Jonathan likened bombings across the nation we continue to grant this ex- Direct Data Capture (DDC) ma- were brought to justice, tension, it would be impossi- which were essential to the by protests by youths of an- the economy to farming, chines. nation's development. other party who threw peb- saying that fruits of the adding: "This administra- ble for the commission to But then the commission Flagging off his North-Cen- bles at the presidential economy were not reaped tion will not sweep any cany out some other aspects granted a 48-hour extension crime under the carpet . of the job." tral Zone presidential cam- convoy as it drove to the the day they are initiated. to some states for what it paign in Lafia, Jonathan Emir of Lafia Palace to pay He added that the degener- He appreciated the 36 po- Idowu stressed that Nigerians called "mop up exercise," litical parties that have en- must show understanding stated that his administra- homage. ation of the economy was which will end today tion wouid use the economy The protesting youths dis- also gradual, noting that dorsed his candidacy. most of those criticising the Earlier, Vice President Na- nation were the ones who madi Sambo urged the peo- destroyed it over the years. ple of North-Central Zone to More criticisms trail Salami's planned 'elevation' He said: "Those who played support President fonathan a key role to bury our econ- for the 2011polls because of From Lemmy Ugnegbe, Abuja dividual or political party to omy are the ones talking his commitment to trans- :f tf Ba&»*&JirJ ox-or\g!\ f*>*e •* disagree with a court ruling. )RMER West African Bar about it'. forming the nation. Isa Saiami, the President of Such disagreement can be Jonathan also pledged that Senate President, David EAssociation (WABA) presi- Justice Salami has rejected vented through appeal dent Femi Falana yesterday the Court of Appeal for ap- the offer or recommenda- his administration would Mark, described the North- pointment to Supreme Court process, where possible, or develop education and Central Zone as the home of sued the National Judicial tion for his appointment to other accepted civilised ( omuil (N|C) over the of Nigeria is in-equitable, un- the apex court and therefore power to help in preparing the PDF, saying that the POP lawful, illegal, and unconsti- means. But to resort to down- the populace to reap the would still emerge victori- nl.iiiiii'il elevation of the should not be elevated right abusr of jiidffl's.ind the President of the Court of Ap- tutional, being in flagrant against his wish and Ihi'l.iw, ous in ilie zone. violation of Section 4 of the IUIIM\ .1'. lll{' II U'.Mill Sl'11,1 pealJusticeAyolsa Salami to On Its part, the Action Con- torlyiola lhe Supreme Court bench. Federal Character Commis- gress of Nigeria (ACN) had sion (Establishment etc) Act Omisore have been doing in Window Blinds Falana's action came amid enjoined President Good- the case of the Court of Ap- more condemnation of the Cap F7, Laws of the Federa- luck Jonathan to "quickly tion of Nigeria 2004. peal, is a dangerous trend controversial promotion. put an end to the ongoing that can only destroy an arm Joined in the suit with NIC as • A declaration that the I" de- frontal attack against the ju- fendant cannot lawfully or of government that is widely Classic co-defendant is the Federal diciary by his People's Demo- believed to have done more Judicial Service Commission validly recommend Justice cratic Party (PDF), just Components|_gjgo_AyaBabte Salami for appointment to than any other to save our (FJSC). because it is not happy with democracy," ACN said. In the action instituted at Supreme Court being an in- the ruling of the Court of Ap- digene of from peal in some election peti- It went on: "It said a clear ex- Tisco Blinds the Federal High Court, ample of the unbridled on- .. **. &(tt~4-*£l#-tte. ^j~4 et* ** Abuja Division, the human the North Central 7one that tion cases." already has the maximum slaught against the judiciary rights activist argues that the In a statement by its Na- is the published report that lisco Piaza, Plot 6 Bock. B, act offends the federal char- number of three Justices in tional Publicity Secretary, Al- the Supreme Court in contra- the Chief Justice of Nigeria acter principle normally ob- haji Lai Mohammed, the ACN (CJN), using the Federal Judi- served in such vention of Section 4 of the warned that there would be Federal Character Commis- cial Service Commission, is appointments. "far-reaching consequences spearheading the 'promo- Consequently, the Lagos- sion Act. for all if the PDF, because it is • An order of perpetual in- tion' of the President of the CERTIFICATION TRAINING based lawyer is praying the the ruling party, is allowed to Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo court for an order of perpet- junction restraining the De- use its clout todestroy the ju- le ndants- whether by Salami, to the Supreme Court ual injunction, restraining diciary just to serve its own so as to replace him with the two defendants (NIC and themselves, agents, servants selfish ends." or privies or by whomsoever someone who is believed to FJSC) from recommending or "It is not unusual for any in- be pliabie. nominating Justice Salami and howsoever for the said appointment to from recommending, nomi- ORACLE, JAVA, (TflL, f>MP, Fin modefng die apex court. nating or purporting to rec- WEB HKMfc.V + Hl'.Sira SKILl DEI TRAIMtt, (2IX11 NHAMESIimited In the originating sum- ommend Hon. justice YiKii- Salami for appointment to MicroStart Global Resources Limited in conjunction with sidmoscs e<*»«)w;S»««elaHM*as s, aaeounts await you ! mons, Falana argues mat Part Technology organises a 1 month intensive Training/Workshop on IK&JA; Adeni^ Jonas; 01-8046262. 1 of the guiding principle and the Supreme Court. 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He therefore seeks the fol- three, adding that recognised Polytechnic in accounting appointing another Justice lowing reliefs: * Must have two y«ars? cognate experience. • A declaration that the pur- from the North Central to the ported advice of the second Supreme Court will not only * Computer literacy is an atlried »d vant;igi\ Email: Defendant.(Federal Judicial offend the principle of fed- Infefestect candidate who must foeresiden t within Service'Commission) to the eral character, but will also Isolo'Oktila urea shniild appfy iiniilie with w aliacfaed tc [email protected] first Defendant (National Ju- 'bring confusion and need- dicial Council) to nominate less constitutional crisis. [email protected] or recommend Justice Ayo Itedjere also averred that Within sewn (7)dajs of this advert* SINEWS' '• ":; THE GUARDIAN, Boko team sect gives conditions for peace East-West coastal road project back on track From Saxone Akhaine (Kaduna) ly hurt in Maiduguri if the and Njadvara Musa (Maiduguri) Governor, , months and so, it is not out of From Kelvin Ebiri, Port Harcourt We presume international bidding for a job of this EMBERS of the dread- was removed from office, place to start the bidding ed Boko Haram saying he is allegedly unfit T1OPE for the construction of process." magnitude and complexity will take five to six M to continue to govern the lithe proposed East-West Islamic sect have given In preparing the bills, the conditions for truce in state. coastal road, which stretches road project was divided into months and so, it is not out of place to start the bid- "We want our mosque to across 66738 kilometres from . 10 segments. The various seg- ding process. Their demands include be given back to us. We also Calabar to Lagos, has been ments are Odukpani (74200 want all the soldiers in rekindled with the submission kilometres J, Imo River {76300 for the coastal road, which is a alyst in the development of the withdrawal of soldiers cur- region and unlocking the vast rently in Maiduguri, the Maiduguri to be with- of tender document to the kilometres), River Sombreior critical component of the Niger drawn immediately," he Development (79-800 kilometres), Bonny Delta regional master plan. tourism potentials and oppor- state capital, and return of Commission (NDDC). Due to likely budgetary con- tunities in the area. the original mosque where said. Meanwhile, the Joint River suspension bridge (7.700 Police/Military Taskforce The document for the multi- kilometres), River Sombreiro straints and competing infra- The East-West Road, which is they worship. billion-naira road project was Brass f81.900 kilometres!, structural facilities at both die currently the southern road Leader of the group, (JMPT) deployed to Borno submitted to the NDDC by an Brass (91.700 kilometres), federal and regional levels, running through the Niger Malam Abu Suleiman, said State to quell the serial indigenous engineering firm, cable stayed bridges at Pearl Consultants had, prior to Delta, is about 40 kiliometres on the British attacks and killings by Pearl Consultants, which was Forcados River and Escravos the submission of the tender from the coastline, leaving a Broadcasting Corporation members of the Boko contracted to build the road. River (1130 kilometres). documents, suggested it may vast section of the region inac- (BBC) Hausa Service moni- Haram sect has adopted a In a letter to the NDDC, the It will be recalled that an be expedient tobegin the con- cessible by road transport tored in Kaduna yesterday new security strategy that firm's Chief Engineer, Nath international conference on struction of the road on a single Based on the design, the East- that the group would only could improve the security Iboroma, said: "We presume the development of the Niger carriageway that will open up West coastal road will serve as stop killings in Maiduguri situation in Maiduguri. " international bidding for a job Delta in 2001 under the aegis the area to attract investments. the shortest route linking if the authorities heeded The new security strategy of this magnitude and com- of the NDDC and UNDP had It is expected that the pro- Lagos to die coastal areas of the conditions. tagged 'Stop, Search and plexity will take five to six emphasised the urgent need posed road would serve as a cat- Ondo, Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Raise Your Arms,' took Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross Suleiman spoke even as another member of the effect at midday Saturday Rivers states and also connect at strategic locations in the the north and south vertical sect had earlier said not even a fly would be unjust- city, including the five Soyinka bemoans state of education routes. entry points on Maiduguri- erations. mally.to less than three per Kano and Biu-Maiduguri From Tunji Omofoya, Osogbo In his speech, Governor cent roads; and three others in OBEL laureate, Professor , lamented In his keynote address, for- States urged to establish gender units the eastern and northern Wole Soyinka, has that he inherited a decayed mer Vice Chancellor of the parts of the city. N From Nkechi Onyedika, Abuja Chaired by the Minister of bemoaned the state of edu- educational sector. , Women Affairs and Social Borno Police cation in the country. "The statistics released by Professor Ayo Ibidapo- Obe, >THEi3th regular meeting of Development, lyom Josephine Commissioner, The educationist, who WAEC revealed that in 2009, said most school leavers are JLthe National Council on Anenin, the meeting also Mohammed Abubakar, lamented the absence of of the 28,619 students who unemployable because they Women Affairs and Social approved the establishment told The Guardian yester- conducive teaching envi- took the WAEC exams in lack functional and useful Development ended at the of Referral Desk . for day that the new security ronment, scarcity of books , only 2,584 of education. weekend in Port Harcourt, International Social Services strategy was to enable the and inadequate basic labo- them obtained five credits. On his part, President of Rivers State, with a call on the (ISS) and Desk Office in all police and other security ratory equipment, said In other words, in 2009, the Nigeria Academy of 36 states of the federation and states for the care of the elder- agents check the prolifera- unless a drastic change is only nine per cent of our Science (NAS) noted that the Federal Capital Territory to ly under the direct supervi- tion of arms and ammuni- made, the future of students did well after six current learning environ- establish gender units in all sion of social welfare depart- tions. Nigerian youths is in jeop- years of secondary school ment in most schools in the their Ministries, Departments ments. It further urged the 12 ardy. education. Forty-eight hours into the country is unattractive to and Agencies (MDAs) in order states yet to domesticate the adoption of the new securi- Soyinka, who spoke as "If you think this is alarm- students and teachers. He to strengthen gender pro- Child Rights Act 2003 to do so. chairman during the maid- ing, you will be even more then sought a clear policy gramming and Budgeting at ty measures, motorists, en Education Summit held alarmed by the statistics The council noted that in con- cyclists and pedestrians consistency by government the grassroots and ensure formity with the ratification were subjected to thor- by Osun State at the State released by WAEC for year at both state and federal lev- practical implementation of of the International Labour University, Osogbo, to 2010 when 21,503 students els as a first step to address the National Gender Policy as ough searches. But the Organisation (ILO) conven- security agents allegedly address the decay in educa- in Osun took the exams but the problem. approved by the Federal tion concerning vocational tion in the state and proffer only 1,675 students (7.8 per Pro-chancellor of the state Executive Council (FEC) in harassed pedestrians. rehabilitation and employ- Reacting, Police Public practical solutions, recalled cent) did well enough to university, Prof Peter March last ' year. ment of Persons With that during his school days, earn credits in five subjects," Okebukola, said education The council also urged state Relations Officer, Lawal Disabilities (PWDs) No. 159 of Abdullahi, said: "The police he enjoyed what he called Aregbesola said. in the country needs urgent ministries of Women Affairs 1983 on July 14,2010, all states five-star luxury with He described as more attention to save it from and Social Development and should establish job place- and soldiers have no inten- enabling physical learning frightening, the situation in total collapse, noting what the Social Development ment units to serve as link sion to harass and intimi- environment. public schools because if the nation lacks is not ideas Secretariat of the FCT to estab- between PWDs and the labour date members of the gener- He called on the govern- the number of students but political will. lish climate change desks. market. al public." ment and stakeholders to from private secondary rise up to the challenge by schools are excluded from mapping put strategies to the statistics, the percent- redress it in the interest of age of students who earned ACN flays alleged maltreatment of Lamido's critic the present and future gen- five credits would drop dis- From John Akubo, Dutse tion. •THE Action Congress of People are being harassed and intimidated and Fulata said: "People are JL Nigeria, chap- we are not going to tolerate it. It is the abuse of being harassed and intimi- VACANCIES ter, has decried the alleged dated and we are not going maltreatment of one 25-year his fundamental human right for someone to be to tolerate it. It is the abuse of old Mukhtari Ibrahim detained for more than 10 days for expressing his fundamental human Aminu, a critic of Governor right for someone to be SALES ASSOCIATES . his opinion about the misrule of an individual. detained for more than 10 Chairman of the party, Dr. days for expressing his opin- Abubakar Hassan Fulata, What is happening in Jigawa could only happen ion about the misrule of an who spoke on Aminu, who in the apartheid South Africa; it is unfortunate individual. What is happen- was remanded in prison last ing in Jigawa could only nap- week for allegedly posting a also that it is happening under democracy. pen in the apartheid South FREELANCERS defamatory comment in Kano after fleeing Jigawa He alleged that the young Africa; it is unfortunate also against Governor Lamido, State to escape what he man is being harassed just to that it is happening under said the young man and his described as threat from the get back at his father who democracy." father are now taking refuge governor. was said to have recently According to Fulata, ACN dumped the governor s members and the other peo- MARKETERS REQUIRED URGENTLY Peoples Democratic Party ple of Jigawa State are res- (PDF) for the ACN. olute and nobody can be FIELO MARKETERS (OND) Qualified and interested candidates should send their CVs as The embattled Aminu and intimidated.. attachment tcj: brffiJijn.gnffiflEjjjffirfa,rmn within one weak uf NETWORK MARKETERS (OND / HND) his father, Alhaji Ibrahim He dismissed the power of this puMicaUoKi. MARKETING EXECUTIVES (Bsc) Aminu, told newsmen in incumbency as a mirage in Kano that they relocated to the present day Nigeria with MARKETING MANA6ER (Bsc, MBA) the state following reports of all die awareness as well as Apply in person with credentials on plans by the Jigawa govern- the watertight modalities th ment to humiliate them. put in place by the Friday 11 or Saturday 12 February 2011 The governor was said to Independent National Time: 10 am prompt, to have earlier withdrawn the Electoral Commission (INEC) Silversands Hall School, Eleganza Gardens, case of defamation of char- to ensure that there is free acter against the young and fair elections. Opp. VGC, tkota, Lekki. Aminu that was before a "Haven't you seen an incum- Magistrate's Court in Dutse bent governor defeated in through the state Attorney , haven't you seen General and Commissioner where an incumbent party for Justice, Tijjani Inuwa was routed out of power in Dutse, making it possible for ? So, Nigerians the accused person to be have history of resistance released from prison after and struggle. It can also hap- spending a day in remand. pen in Jigawa State, no doubt The young Aminu was about it by the grace of God," accused of sending abusive the Jigawa ACN chairman 1G.B, unlimited email •f Domain text messages against said. I -t- Domain N1C,Q0Wyr Governor Lamido on his On the voters' registration, ,(SPn -ofg .net .toro.na .go»Jig.Ot9-ng Facebook page on January he said that so far so good, 19, 2011, an action that con- adding that the people TO, Afhaji Manila Road, Surulere,Lagss. tigt*WebApps & Portal Dev. tradicts Section 393 of the turned out and have been Tel; 07043638811,1 IOMO HOUSE, I, Oshiliia Street, Anifowoshe Ikeja, logos. Penal Code. The accused registered and are only wait- Email: sapport@p0tt»Jservers,ccim.ng however denied the allega- ing for the d-day. : 8,2011 .-f7 Akinjide blames rancorous primaries on poor political culture ByAbkKJunFanon) manifested in previous elec- ture, which democracy and fairness is important, CECOND Republic Attrorney- tions and was re-enacted dur- We must know that democracy is very important, requires to blossom and be the ability to accept defeat JGeneral of the Federation ing the primaries in the form and it is more than just voting or doing elections. It meaningful to the people, is with grace and to win with and Minister of Justice, Chief of candidates' imposition. not yet in this country," he ' magnanimity and fairness Richard Osuolale Akinjide In an interview with The has to do with culture, it has to do with education, it asserted. must be nurtured, let us be {SAN}, has blamed the crisis Guardian, Akinjide identified has to do with attitude. The essential culture, which The elder statesman further fair and honest, a lot of these caused by the recent parties' poor educational level in the said most practitioners of things are not in our cul- primaries on the absence of country, dearth of basic infra- democracy requires to blossom and be meaningful the art of politics lacked the ture, he said. essential political elements structure and poverty as right frame of mind to The former minister did not that enhance the practice, some of the factors militat- to the people, is not yet in this country engage in it. spare some political leaders stability and sustenance of ing against the practice of sovereign power for bread racy is very important, and it This was why there is high of the crisis engendered by democracy in any country. democracy in Nigeria. and butter nor see anything is more than just voting or level of row, intolerance and the primaries. He accused Akinjide also attributed the According to him, ina pover- wrong in compromising his doing elections. It has to do violence in the polity. them of not allowing the development to the do or die ty-stricken nation like or her dignity where there is with culture, it has to do with "Poverty is rampant, the nec- wishes and aspirations of attitude of politicians seek- Nigeria, an electorate would any. education, it has to do with essary frame or mind is miss- members of their parties to ing public offices, which not hesitate to sell his or her "We must know that democ- attitude. The essential cul- ing, the rule of law is critical triumph by imposing candi- dates on them. Akinjide said it was against 5 the tenets of the rule of law, which most of these political Voters registration yet to hold in Borno's 16 wards leaders, professed openly but From Njadvara Miisa (Maidugnri) and 000 fine or 12 months in istered 1.72 million eligible immigration officials arrest- stipulated time by INEC. do the opposite at the critical Emmanuel Anda(Yola) prison. He said until (NEC's voters, the state Resident ed some foreigners, who On the April 2011 general time. SPITE the selective exten- Information, Electoral Commissioner, "illegally invadedthe state in elections, he confirmed that He however commended ion of voters' registra- Communication and Kassim Gaidam, has said. order to participate in the only 10 political parties are the Independent National K Technology (ICT) resolved He said the voters' exercise exercise." participating in it in the Electoral Commission (INEC) tion exercise by two days by state. the Independent National the issue and problems of recorded over 85 per cent tar- Gaidam, who described the for its conduct during the Electoral Commission double registrations by some get, adding that during the exercise as peaceful, noted He warned politicians primaries, noting that the of the eligible voters, the 2006 electronic voters' regis- that only 250 voters were reg- against any act that could agency rolled out its time- (INEC), 16 wards in seven cause crisis during or after local councils of Borno State commission might end up tration, only 1.2 million eligi- istered during the seven days table for the primaries, stuck allowing the affected voters ble voters were registered in added by the commission. the elections, saying INEC to it, and refused to be intim- are yet to be covered. would not tolerate any According to Prof. Tukur use one of the cards issued to the state. This, he said proved that idated by persons he them. The INEC boss in the state over 98 per cent of voters action that could affect the described as "desperate Sa'ad, the state Resident smooth conduct of the poll. Electoral Commissioner In Adamawa State, INEC reg- further confirmed that were registered within the politicians." (REC), the communities only got the Direct Data Capture (DDC) machines four days after the take-off of the exer- cise. Court bars journalists from trial of accused in DDC machines' theft Sa'ad told The Guardian on From Uzoma Nzeagwu (Awka) and till March 21 for trial According to him, the sus- Sunday that the affected vot- Yaunde Oyegbami (Lagos) SSS arrests 28 INEC officials in Anambra Also yesterday, INEC in pects included 16 males - eight ers were in the 16 wards of A LAGOS Magistrate Court in ishable under Sections 390 (9), This led to serious squabble Anambra State announced the corps members, eight non- Gubio, Mafa, fere, Konduga, /llkeja yesterday began the 427 and 516 (a) of the Criminal and the eventual seizure of a arrest of 28 registration offi- corps members - while 12 were Kukawa, Mobbar and trial of the four persons Code, Cap CJ7, Vol. ll, Laws of camera belonging to cials recruited for die just con- females comprising of five Monguno local councils. accused of stealing 20 Direct , 2003. Superscreen Television, which cluded voters' registration corps members and seven oth- He said with the exception Data Capture (DDC) machines It was learnt that one of the was later released. exercise for various offences. ers, adding that they were all of the affected wards, the belonging to the Independent suspects, Isa, 17, is a minor and The accused persons were In a statement, the Anambra ad-hoc officials recruited by commission had registered National Electoral his case was transferred to the arrested on December 9, last Resident Electoral INEC for the 2011 voters' regis- 12 million voters in the state, Commission (INEC). The court Family Court. year in connection with the Commissioner (REC), Prof. tration exercise in Dunukofia adding that by the time INEC however prevented journalists Although yesterday proceed- disappearance of the Chukwuemeka Onukogwu, Local Council. sieved for double voters' reg- from covering the proceed- ing was held at die open court, machines at the Murtala said they were arrested by He said their arrest followed a istration, the authenticated ings. journalists covering the mat- Muhammed International operatives of the State Security report by the electoral officer number could drop to 2.1 mil- The accused persons, Mrs. ter heeded the court's direc- Airport (MMIA), Lagos. They Services (SSS) on Sunday, in the area, adding that all lion. Sumonu Modupe, Suleiman tive, which forbids the press were arraigned and admitted adding that their offences those arrested were being Voters that registered in Isa, Lawal lateef, and Hamidele from coverage of the Family to bail in the sum of Nsoo, ranged from registering per- interrogated by the SSS for the more than one centres, Joshua, wc-rc an.iijmrd on a Court's piTxecdings. 000.00 each with two sureties sons without their finger- offenses. according in ilic < uminis- lulll ...mil I ll,ll)',C(lf tl)ll<,|1ll.t At their arraignment last working with reputable organ- prints being scanned into the TheComrnissioner of Police in sloner, would be handed ovei cy and stealing before December, there was a heated isations with proofs. Also, the DDC machine, doing voters' the state, Mukcar Ibrahim, who lu the [Hillu- Ik-i.uiSf II Is an Magistrate OA Komolafe on argument between the jour- defendants were ordered to registration with imported confirmed die incident, said olfi'iio.1 lodoso. Dec-ember 23,2010. nalists and court officials over deposit N50,000 each into the photos from telephone cam- security operatives were carry- He said the penalty for such The offences, according to the whether cameramen should court's bank account eras to registering under aged ing out further investigations electoral offence is a N100, police, are contrary to and pun- be allowed to film the suspects. The case has been adjourned persons. into the matter. Bet!

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Wale Oyabade government". then we will set all the machinery in motion and we The action has, however, \AJ1TH the approval of the Idris added that the paralysed medical services, VVzon budget, the Lagos process of implementation will start paying before the end of February except at the medical emer- State government is set to would take a while. "One of ency section of LASUTH, implement its pact with its the things that we planned differences. because at the end of the gringing untold hardship doctors, who have resumed "Lagos has said that it is the day, it is the people that will their industrial action over at the meeting was that package of Lagos State and surfer and this is my appeal on the people. every group would be met to them". Among the crowd of the new welfare package. to discuss with the it is going to be a continu- patients that appealed for The Commissioner for Executive arm and that of ous negotiation. We cannot Lagos doctors, under the succour from Idris during Health, Dr. ]ide Idris, who the medical group was get everything 100 per cent aegis of Medical Guild, on his visit to LASUTH medical yesterday described the scheduled for tomorrow and the government's Saturday commenced an and surgical emergencies doctors' strike as unneces- and Thursday. stand is that the remaining indefinite strike over the yesterday was the mother of sary, said the government "Now that we know what will be ironed out over a state government's non- Olujola Adebisi, a baby with did not renege on its agree- the House has approved, period of time. implementatiqn of CON- hydro cephalic condition. ment to implement the then we will set all the "But you cannot say that MESS. The doctors said that Adebisi said her baby was equivalent of Consolidated machinery in motion and unless everything is met, the industrial action was in supposed to undergo the Medical Salary Structure we will start paying before you will not work. Then, you line with the National third operation since (CONMESS) packages, but the end of February . Fashola are putting the lives of peo- Medical Association August, but it was not done had a delay from the House and what was offered to the ple in danger. Calling out a (NMA's) directive that all Idris further explained states which do not imple- due to four months doctors' of Assembly on the passage that there has been an doctors was almost what strike because of this, to me strike in 2010. of the budget. upward review of salaries they asked but with a few is totally unnecessary ment the CONMESS by Idris told journalists amidst pleas of stranded mm patients at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) that it II Zamfara children lose sight 1,015 on treatment from lead poisoning was not the fault of the From Isah Ibrahim, Gusau who were infected by the Environment Programme state government that the chemical have been con- The total number of persons infected with lead (UNEP) urged Nigeria to doctors were not paid the A BOUT 1,015 people most- firmed blind while several poisoning and are on treatment from both Anka prevent further lead poi- new salary at the end of last z\ly children and women others have died in hospi- soning in the North and to month. are now being treated in tals. She said the excavation and Bukkuyum councils is 1,015. We are follow- implement measures to He said: "What they are say- several hospitals in of the polluted soil in three ing the treatment protocol so that the patients' limit lead ore processing at ing is that it took quite a following villages of Anka Local sensitive sites. while. Yes, but it is not the the discovery of high per- Council had been complet- health will not be at risk "Abnormally high rates of fault of the state govern- centage of lead poisoning ed while work on the other death and illness among ment. You will recollect that in their blood. communities would soon had spread to, bringing the excavated are Dareta, Sunke children have been record- the budget was only passed The victims ate from seven begin. total number of affected vil- and Abare in Anka Council. ed since the beginning of about two weeks ago and villages in Anka and "The total number of per- lages from five to seven. The However, the United last year in Anka and the governor immediately Bukkuyum local councils communities are Tungar Nations (UN) has called on signed it into law. sons infected with lead poi- Bukkuyum areas of v of the state. soning and are on treat- Daji and Dusa of Anka Local the Federal Government to Zamfara State in northern lf the budget had been Medecins Sans Frontieres ment from both Anka and Council. ensure the cleaning up of Nigeria. The soil in the four passed since January, this (MSF) Project Coordinator Bukkuyum councils is 1,015. "I am delighted to inform contaminated villages villages visited that have situation would not have for Anka/Bukkuyum Lead We are following the treat- you that we are making seri- without further delay so not been cleaned up was been. But the House has its Poisoning Epidemic, Mrs. ment protocol so that the ous improvement on the that children suffering often highly polluted with own process of debate on Catherin Hoel, told The patients' health will not be people of these communi- from lead poisoning can lead. There is tendency of the budget and we don't Guardian yesterday in at risk", she said. ties. We are also getting sup- return to their villages for young children to ingest have power over that. Gusau that the seven vil- Hoel disclosed that her port from the villagers. At follow-up care. soil as part of their normal "The oudget was presented lages were highly polluted group along with other present, there is no infected In a new report completed hand-to-mouth behaviour to the House by the gover- with lead. donor agencies atthe scene child that is not receiving last month, the UN Office exposed them to high con- nor in December 2010. 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members of the National Assembly, mem- Former governor of , Chief bers of the state assembly, we have people in one position or the other, all these members Segun Oni, says that his criticisms of are very important, the council chairmen, the Nigerian judiciary should be seen as which I am sure will come back, they are all leaders and functionary of the party. a genuine call for justice. Oni who Everybody has a role to play, there is nothing spoke to MUYIWA ADEYEMI (Head like a unitary command where people have to be struggling to get at. South West Bureau) in Ifaki Ekiti How wouldyou describe the position of your expressed doubt over the ability of the predecessor Mr. Ayo Fayose who at one tune supports the incumbent government and at Independent National Electoral other times is critical of it? He was also criti- Commission (INEC) to meet the expec- cal of your government? Fayose is entitled to his own opinion. I know tation of Nigerians in the April general that at a time he was hand in glove with Fayerni. If he is now criticising the governor, polls. then people should find out what happened between them. I know that when I fought the TN about two months, the nation will conduct a re-run, I defeated them together. I whipped Igeneral election. How would you assess the them together because they were friends; 1 readiness of the Independent National remember the meeting we had with the DIG Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct a free, that came from Abuja then. Fayemi, Fayose fair and credible election? and their group were against us, so if they are I have not seen much to convince me that this no longer partners, I think we should listen INEC will'So better than the commission has to them. done in the past. The same INEC that is shout- Since you lost at the Appeal Court, you have ing one-man, one-vote came to Ekiti State to been critical of the judiciary... conduct a bye-election at Moba I constituency I am not just critical of die judiciary, I am consisting of only 49 polling units, five wards. stating facts and I am saying that I deserve They bungled it. They made a mess of it. And justice. The judgment that I got at the Court not a single statement has come out from of Appeal on the two occasions that I was them. But I keep praying and it is time for all of there is bizarre. I have to be convinced, I am a us to know that a common man cannot be Nigerian and I will continue to demand for a taken for a ride forever. The electoral commis- review of that judgment. And if reviewed and sion keeps asking for more money and the ! was told that my position was based on the Federal Government and the National depth of my ignorance, I will tender my apol- Assembly keep giving them more money. They ogy, but i am entitled to see that justice is asked for money to buy more inks because done. With thepoint that we are making, we they extended the days of voters' registration deserved to be listened to. It is not an unnec- but how many Nigerians did they forecast to essary criticism, we are not criticising the register and how many have been registered to judiciary. Justice Ayo Salami is not the all in justify the demand for more ink. Even if you all of the judiciary, he is only presiding over extend it for five years, is it not the same ink the Court of Appeal, and that is where we that you will use? Have they registered more have issues with. And the same Justice Ayo than they anticipated? So for the kind of Salami has not come out to defend the judg- demand they began to make, I have a serious ment he gave. If he could not come out to doubt about everything else. But I am glad defend that of Ostm State because he was not with what the National Assembly did by grant- the one that gave the judgment, he should be ing the request for money so that INEC won't able to defend that of Ekiti, which he deliv- have any excuse not to deliver to the expecta- ered. He should be able to say, 'Mr CJN, please tions of Nigerians. 1 also plead that if they need constitute an expeit panel to review what I more money they should give them, so at the did to show to the whole world that I am end of the day there will be no excuse of any impeccable.' But we live in a country where kind. But if the election will be like what we people hide behind one finger. But people saw in Moba, then there is trouble ahead. What with integrity and high intelligence have happened in Moba was a sham. But they said that judgment is bizarre. If Justice should stop hiding under the propaganda that Salami is sure of what he did he should call anything that favours the Peoples Democratic for its review. Party (POP) is bad, or anything against PDP is Is there any precedent to support your Oni right. With what is on the ground now you can- demand that judgment of Appeal Court in not be right unless you are right. And I want to governorship election dispute be reviewed? advice the chairman of INEC Prof. Attahirujega We are not talking of precedent now. We The electoral commission keeps asking for more money and the Federal not to play the ostrich; he should be truthful should stop hiding under legal technicalities because the world is watching. to perpetrate evil. We are seeing what is hap- Government and the National Assembly keep giving them more money. They How will you react to the insinuations that the pening in Egypt now, is there a precedent to asked for money to buy more inks because they extended the days of voters' fortune of PDP is dwindling in Ekiti? it? We should not talk of precedents. There is I don't agree that the fortunes of the PDP are no precedent that a common man like me registration but how many Nigerians did they forecast to register and how on the decline in Eldti. Anybody coming to will be challenging the competence of the many have been registered to justify the demand for more ink. Ekiti knows that the reverse is tiie case. The for- Appeal Court justice. If it has got to such a tunes of the PDP are improving because the ridiculous extent that I, as a litigant saying Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has misman- that the judgment I got is bizarre, people said education will be freer than we left it, I am want to advice them to sustain what we did. If aged the opportunity given to them by the should listen and be concerned about the not sure there was anything people were pay- they cannot do better than what we did, they Justice Ayo Salami led Appeal Court. The rank future of Nigeria. For us to believe that jus- ing for in schools. Some teachers are telling should not reduce it. Our people have said of the PDP in Ekiti state is swelling. Anyone tice is done let there be other opinion. me today now that they have instructed stu- farewell to the era of providing desks and ready to know the truth should go into the How do you react to the celebration of the dents to be bringing desKs and chairs. It is hor- benches. Let government provide what they streets of Ekiti and sample the opinions of the first 100 days of the ruling ACN in Eldti? rendous that we have returned to the era of must provide. Our people have said bye-bye to people, especially those who do not believe in I don't know much of what this administra- students bringing desks to schools. I was also the era of buying textbooks, weather essential the cheap propaganda of the incumbent gov- tion is doing, but I know that they are trying told that they nave instructed students to buy or non-essential. Any way I see no reason there ernment. The people will tell the truth; in fact to complete some of the projects that we left essential textbooks; everything was free when should not be textbooks, because I wonder some of them are already coming over to the behind! Some that have been completed, I we were in government. The only thing that where were the ones we provided because they PDP. They call me daily and they send me text understand they are already commissioning was not free was their school uniform, no are not supposed to be taken away, they sup- messages. The truth is that the PDP in Ekiti is them. As far as I am concerned, I am not both- school fees, we paid their West African posed to leave them in schools. Government doing very well now. ered about what they are doing, what is Examination Council (WAEC) fees; we provid- should find out where the textbooks we As governor, you were the leader of the party important is that what we have done is there ed all desks and chairs. When we came in, stu- bought are. If they kept them somewhere, they but some PDP members say that the situation and Ekiti people know who did what and if it dents were carrying desks and benches to should bring them out because it is too soon to has changed now... is convenient for them to celebrate their school but we ended it So if there is need for be asking students to buy textbooks. But gov- I am not talking about leadership because it is commissioning with funfair, so be it. In fact, replacement now, it should not come from the ernment should be wary of doing less than the people who want to distract us that are nothing wrong with the way to continue students, we thought we have ended that for- what we have done because it will increase the bringing all that. Some people thought they with the projects we left behind because gov- ever. If they cannot make education freer, I hardship of the people. would be able to get something to eat from ernment is a continuous process. bringing in unnecessary controversy in the Would you be surprised if the Fayemi-led We should stop hiding under legal technicalities to perpetrate evil. We are see- leadership of the party in the state. We do not administration performs better than your care about leadership; all we care about is hav- administration? ing what is happening in Egypt now, is there a precedent to it? We should not ing a party diat is properly motivated to win If I say anything I may sound biased but 1 election. We have a party that has a pedigree, have not seen any platform that shows they talk of precedents. There is no precedent that a common man like me will be we have the executive of the party, a minister, would come near to our achievements. They challenging the competence of the Appeal Court justice. :' "pomrts h PDF in a stiff test with opposition parties in Enugu

Chime Chimarohe Ezea From Lawrence Njoku (Enugu) Independent National Electoral RESENTLY, the race to the Commission (INEC) from accept- But even with the continued disaffections, the PDP in the state Progressive Change (CPC) have PEnugu State Government ing candidates submitted by the has continued to assure that it has nothing to fear ahead of the also picked their governorship House is unpredictable. The con- faction of the party led by candidates in Obinna Obiegue, clusion of primaries of the politi- Governor . The April polls. Officials of the party who preferred to speak anony- and Emma Ugwu, a chieftain of cal parties and the emergence of party prefers to accept the candi- mously promised a robust campaign that could re-launch the the Conference of Nigerian candidates for various political dature of Chief Anayo Onwuegbu Political Parties (CNPP) in the offices for the April elections has and others. The stalemate has party as well as her candidates in the elections. state, respectively. Their entry is noi reduced the haziness, espe- forced PDP members, mostly well campaign for the April poll late not considered a threat in the supporters are warming up for state and has nothing to do with • Lilly In the ruling Peoples placed aspirants, who could not last year, with a promise to wres- the flag off of election campaigns. Hr 11 ultra Lie Party (PDP). The get a ticket in the PDP to the oppo- tle power from the PDP govern- The return of Chief Okey n/ea to changing the political equation IIIKCIMinlv h.i-i lhi-r,.|>irf. W™H sition parties. monj- in l-Vi** o*-*-f !>.-.».. ~ —

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Hariri court Japanese rally for return begins hearing on terror charges of islands from Russia •THE tribunal set up to try AMID dispute between from its cfaim and said visits J.the killers of Lebanese ex- /llokyo and Moscow over there by Russian leaders are Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri the southern Kuril islands, "an unforgivable outrage." has begun a hearing on how known in Japan as the A smaller rally and march to define the crime of terror- Northern Territories, Japan's were held on the northern ism as listed in a draft indict- Prime Minister Naoto Kan yes- island of Hokkaido. ment. terday led a large rally Asked about Kan's state- 'Today's proceedings show demanding the return of the ments, Russian Foreign that Lebanon, a proud found- islands held by Russia since Minister Sergey Lavrov said ing member or the United the end of World War II. they were 'undiplomatic" Nations, is set for a course of He called the recent visit ana contrasted sharply with judicial accountability there by Russia's president the positive tone of a meeting through the rule of law, DmittyMedvedevan outrage. between Kan and Russian Agence France Prcsse (AFP) The dispute has long been a President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday quoted presiding sticking point in relations in Yokohama last fall. judge Antonio Cassese as say- between the two countries Lavrov said that Russia was ing as the hearing opened and has kept them from sign- ready to cooperate with before the Speciai Tribunal ing a formal peace treaty end- Japan and continue talks on for Lebanon, based in ing their World War II hostili- a peace treaty. Leidschendam near The ties. The most important thing Hague. Japan has designated now is to develop economic, "This hearing signals an February 7 as "Northern social and investment ties, important moment for the Bangladesh police scuffling with protesters as a nationwide strike called by the main opposition party yesterday sparked clash- Territories Day," saying that a cultural and humanitarian life of the tribunal." es that left dozens injured and brought the country to a standstill. PHOTO: AFP treaty dating back to that day cooperation as well as coop- Cassese said that pre-trial in 1855 supports its claim to eration on international judge Daniel Fransen had the islands. issues, then it will be easier submitted 15 legal questions Support for Australian govt dips after disasters Kan was the top speaker at a to conduct a dialogue on for the appeals chamber to COLLOWING a summer of nat- the policy fight on her plan Queensland state, where government-backed rally of more difficult issues, Lavrov clarify related to an indict- JTural disasters, the Australian for a flood levy but it seems floodwaters also wiped out about 1,500 people in Tokyo said. ment filed under sea! by government's support has she has lost the politics of a roads, bridges and rail lines. that has been held annually Russia's position on its own prosecutor Danief Bellemare slipped to dangerously low ley- summer of disasters," The Floods also hit New South since 1981 to mark the claim to the islands appears on January 17, and is widely els and as Prime Minister Julia Australian's political editor Wales and Victoria, while anniversary. He vowed that to be getting more assertive believed to implicate Gillard fights for a new lax to Dennis Shanahan wrote yes- bushfires are currently burn- fapan will not back down in recent months. Hezbollah. pay for flood and cyclone recon- terday. ing around the Western struction, according to a new Officials said that wildfires Australian state capital of poll. yesterday destroyed at least Perth, where dozens of hous- If an election was held today 59 homes in Perth, Australia's es have been razed. Gillard would be swept from fourth largest city, as soldiers Early estimates of damage office, the Newspoll in the fanned out for massive have topped A510 billion, Australian newspaper said. cleanup operations across with the national govern- Primary support for the rul- the cyclone^hit northeast. ment to pay for around 75 ing Labor party had slipped A natural disaster was percent of the costs. Gillard to 32 percent, six points lower declared in areas of Perth on has promised more cuts to than in last August's dead ihe country's west coast, Ihc national budget to fund lif.il Hriiioii. On a (wo-pai'iy where two major blazes infrastructure reconstruc- basis, whlchlsabe tier indlca i.N'.i l who would win an ond day, triggered by heat The government plans to election, Labour trails with 48 and high winds brought by introduce laws into parlia- per cent compared with 52 last week's ferocious Cyclone ment on Thursday for a spe- per cent for the conservative Yasi. cial floods tax to last 12 opposition. Fast and unpredictable months from July. But in some good news for flames swept through rugged But Greens and independent the government, the terrain at Roleystone, on lawmakers, who Gillard Newspoli, according to Perth's southern fringes, and relies on for a majority in the Reuters yesterday, found 55 along its northern outskirts lower house of parliament, percent support for Gillard's at Red Hill, Ievelling59 homes have yet to agree to the pack- plan for a special "floods tax" and scorching hundreds of age. on middle- and high-income hectares of forest. The government's primary families to raise about AS1-8 Australia's northeast has support in the Newspoll is billion ($1.8 billion) to help been hit by a series of floods the lowest since the party pay for disaster reconstruc- and cyclones over the sum- dumped former Prime tion. mer, withat Ieast35 killed and Minister Kevin Rudd in favor "Julia Gillard may have won 30,000 homes inundated in of Giliard last June. Obama laments constant, intense scrutiny as president NITED States (U.S.) thick skin. If you did not, you feel like you're not able UPresident Barack Obama then you probably would to just have a spontaneous has said he does not take it not have gotten here." conversation with folks. And personally when people say The 14-minute, live inter- that's a loss. That's a big they hate him but that what view sought Obama's views loss." he dislikes most about on a range of timely mat- Asked what surprised him being president is the con- ters, including the unrest in after he took office, Obama stant, intense scrutiny. Egypt and the ultimate fate said it's that he's never asked Obama who spoke on of the new health care law. to solve an easy problem. sundry issues in an inter- O'Reilly also probed Obama "I think that the thing you view broadcast during Fox's on lighter topics, including understand intellectually but pre-game coverage of the which team would win the that you don't understand in Super Bowl said: The peo- NFL championship game your gut until you're in the ple who dislike you do not and the worst part of his job is that every decision that know you. The folks who job. comes to my desk is some- hate you, they do not know Obama lamented anew thing that nobody else has you/ "What they hate is about "being in the bubble." been able to solve," he said. whatever funhouse mirror He is followed practically "The easy stuff gets solved image of you that's out everywhere by staff, Secret somewhere by somebody there. They do not know Service agents and the else. 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P, O. Box 8581 Marina Lagas. ,2Qtt TheMetroSection Thugs harass, intimidate political opponents, set homes, restaurant ablaze Investiture ceremony "THE investiture ceremony of 1 Dr. Clement Kayode Oghene as die I2th President of Univer- sity of Benin Alumni Associa- Season of fear...in Gboko tion (UBAA) Worldwide holds on Friday, February 18,2011 at the Banquet Hail, University of Benin, Ugbowo Campus, Benin City at 3.00p.m. A statement by the National Public Relations Officer, UBAA, Dr. Isaac Ejebe, said Chief Charles Ufuoma Obule would chair the occasion while the Vice Chancellor, Prof. O.G.Os- hodin is chief host. Exhibition at UNILAG A FIRM, Strands Events, yester- /iday began its sixth students' trade fair al the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Sport Centre. There will be laptops, acces- sories, fashion hooks, domestic and household products; footwear, cosmetic, electrical and electronics; phones and Valentine's gifts and many more attheexhibition.Thefair Anolher view of Jhc bucnl restaurant Base! Restaurani...alfar the ailaclt , which will end on Wednesday, February 16, will also feature entertainers such as Naeto C, General Pype, Ajayi Brothers,, SeyiLaw, GbengaAdeyinkaand others. Church begins Tuesday progamme THE StarGospel Church of 1 God has begun its Tuesday programme tagged Ma- iekayenubaje" at Popo Guest House Hall, along 40, Agboyi Road, Al ape re-Ketu, Lagos from 7.00a.m. to lO.OOarn.Host is Prop net Tai wo Akinrinmade Lagos State CAN prays IE yearly interdenomina- tional Divine Service of the Christian Association ofNigeria (CAN), Lagos branch hoids on Saturday, February 12, at the Apostolic Church International Convention Ground, Ketu at Burnt residence of To-ough The victims; Mrs. Zipporah TQ-ough and her brother-in-law 8.00am. The prayer session, is entitled, 'Cuiofffrom me, you stormed the main wing of the restaurant where food ries that tempers could boii as has been the case in can do nothing,' Our prayer is that these people and drinks were prepared. Adikpo, Kwande Local Council, where political thugs The Chairman, CAN, Lagos, Rev. She noted that the thugs shot sporadically into the air, have continued to engage tiiemselves along political Mo nsignor Bernard Okodua, should be stopped. Our lives are in which scared her, her workers and customers away lines, leaders of the ACN in took the media said: 'The event will be a gather- danger. They have burnt our from the restaurant as they escaped to safety. Away from on a tour of the affected homes and communities in ing of Christians to pray for the the restaurant and from a safe distance, they noticed Gboko, while they appealed to their suppoiters to re- peace and progress in the coun- kitchen, but we do not know what that the thugs had set the restaurant ablaze. main cairn and allow the security agencies unravel try," adding: "Considering the She said that the political thugs remained within the those who masterminded the spate ofarson. rate of insecurity in the country their next line of action would be. premises forover20 minutes snooting to scare sympa- Addressingjournalists at the premises of Base 1 Restau- the need for Christians to pray thisers away. They eventually drove away from the rant in Gboko at the weekend, former Benue State Gov- cannot be overemphasized." We don't want to lose our lives be- premises, but sympathisers who struggled very hard to ernor, Senator George Akume, called on President quench the inferno, could not succeed GoodJuck Jonathan to use security agencies to stop the Chiebonam Agagbo, cause of politics... We are grateful to God that these thugs did not decide violence targeted against members of the ACN across to turn their guns against anyone within the premises. Benue State oefore the security situation in the state 73, for burial From Simeon Nwakaudu, Makurdi We are unhappy because of the loss we suffered, but we nose-dived. "THE death has occurred of 1 Madam Elizabeth THESE days, Gboko, the traditional headquarters of Tiv are thankfufto God that we still have our lives. In due Senator Akume said that Benue State did not deserve time, we shall recoverfrom this setback", Mrs. Onov told the political violence being perpetrated by unidentified Chiebonam Agagbo, (nee JL nation is going through considerable turbulence. Po- Nwankwo). She was aged 73. litical violence isback in Gboko Town and residents are The Guardian. political thugs as it headed towards elections. One of the areas most affected by die rage of political Hesaidthat the ACN believed in the capacity of security A!so known as GoldUmuag- living in utter fear that rampaging thugs will unleash bala, she was a prominent com- mayhem on them. . thugs is Yandev, a suburb of Gboko, where several agencies to track down those responsible for torching a houses have been set ablaze by political thugs as politi- restaurant in Gboko GRA, owned by an ACN supporter, munity leader in her For the families of Onov and To-ough, their fears have hometown Abba, in Njikoka become real as armed political thugs lastweekset their cians struggle for the control of the community. Mrs. Mlumun Onov and the private residence ofMr. Ter- Some houses in this area have had their roofs pulled off, hemen To-ough in Yandev area of Gboko. Local Council of Anambra State home and businesses ablaze. They suffered major set- and played leadingroles in the backs, which might be extremely difficult to reverse. whsleother houses had residents moles ted by political "We call on President Jonathan to set in motion the se- thugs who reside within the community and are curity apparatus to arrest the political thugs used to Market Women Association The only positive aspect of the tension, which spreads and Cathofic Women Organisa- like wildfire across Gboko, is the fact that no lives have known. perpetrate arson on law-abiding members ofthe ACN," One of such victims of arson in the community is Mrs. lie said. tions. been lost since the series of arson by political thugs and She is survived by many chil- political fights that have characterised since political Zipporah Txjugh, whose husband is involved in poli- Also, Benue State governorship candidate ofthe ACN, tics. She said that in her case, they heard shouts outside Prof. Steve Ugba stated that the use of violence to in- dren and grandchildren in chid-. ing the former chairman of „ imany the compound only to notice that the kitchen made of timidate ACN supporters in Eenue State would not yield thatch had been set on fire. any results, as the members were committed to peace- Njikoka Local Council and im- awinners are linked to politics in mediate past chairman of the the town. The attacks on residents of the town are de- Mrs. To-ough said: 'The boys told us that they set our ful campaigns and elections. kitchen ablaze as a warning of what lied ahead if rny Ugba said that the party decided to organise a media Anambra State chapter of Peo- pendent on the political lineage of their bread winners. ples Democratic Party PDF), Base 1 Restaurant is one of the most prominent restau- husband continued to misbehave. tour of the burnt homes and businesses of members of "Because they had guns, nobody could stop them until the ACN in Gboko to bring to the fore the acts of vio- Chief Cosmas Agagbo. rants mGbokoGovernrnentReservedArea(GRA), which She will be buried in her is owned by Mrs. Mlumun Onov, a wife to Mr. Onov Tyu- they left." lence by unguarded politicians in the state. She said since the arson a few days ago, she had been He appealed to supporters ofthe party to remain calm, hometown on Friday, Febru- lugh, a Media Adviser to the former Attorney General of ary 18. the Federation (AGF). living in fear and hoping that the police would act to while security agencies worked towards unravelling the Tyulugh, a staunch member of ihe Action Congress of save the people from the fear imposed on them by the persons behind the arson targeted at members of the Nigeria (ACN), is the husband of the owner of die Base i political thugs threatening their peace daily. ACN. Restaurant; hence, most of diose who patronise the According to her, there is hardly any day in the las t two "Throughout our campaigns, I have stressed peace. restaurant are supporters of his political party and weeks that there would not be a clash by political thugs What you see across Gboko is the stark reality of what other neutral residents of the town. in the area. She noted that most of these thugs shot into some politicians have in slock for us. If there was any Across Benue State, major restaurants over the last the air to scare people. doubt that our lives were threatened by assassins, what decade are connected to politicians and political par- "Ourprayeris thatthesepeople should bestopped.Our you see today in Gboko dispels such doubts", Ugba said. ties, with patronage clearly spelt along these lines. lives are in danger. They nave burnt down our kitchen, The Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Onov said that on the ill-fated Thursday, they were but we do not know what their next line of action Opaiuwa Aku stated that the command was in control preparing to close for the day with a few customers still would be. We don't want to lose our lives because of pol- ofthe security situation in Benue State, saying that who- within the premises when a group of political thugs itics", she said. ever was involved in political violence wouid be ar- With tension mounting across Gboko Town and sto- rested and prosecuted. THE GUARDIAN, Tuesday FeBraary 8,2013;: Progress of Idimu, Egbeda road, by firm ByBukkyOlajtde to Egbeda.. and we need the communities AFIRM,P!ycon Nigeria Ltd., a Vehicle users on the Ikotun- of the Egbeda, Ikotun and /imajor player in the Niger- Idimu Expressway have been Idimu area to know that our ex- ian construction industry, re- facing untold hardship for over pertise influenced the state cently organised a town hall a year when the Lagos State government's decision to meeting at Idimu Primary Pri- government awardecTthe road award these roads to us.." mary to update the Idimu, Iko- to a construction company, He further said: "The Ikotun tun and Egbeda communities who was unable to complete road was awarded to us in Sep- in Lagos State on the progress the site after initial excavation. tember and mobilised in Octo- of the road being constructed A few months ago, the Lagos ber. Since then, our team of intheirarea. State government intervened engineers have conducted fea- The meeting, which had in at- by re-awarding the construc- sibility studies and have com- tendance, the Obas and chiefs tion of the road to Plycon Nige- pleted the pre-constraction of the communities, Local ria Limited for quick phase. The project is currently Community Development As- completion. at an appreciable percentage. sociation (LCDA), representa- The spokesperson, Kunle Fa- We hope to deliver one side of mous-Cole, "The meeting was the road from Moshalasi to tives of Lagos State Ministry of Idimu roundabout soon; while Works ana other stakeholders. necessitated by the need to The event gave the public an keep the community abreast of the walkways and median curb opportunity to be involved in the developments on the road repair, fire hydrant and street- activities for the completion of construction project. We un- light installation will be on the roads from Ifiotun to derstand the growing frustra- going. We are confident to de- tions of the people in the area liver the road a hundred per Idimu and Isheri roundabout cent by February 201T."

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Conscience is an open wound; only truth can heal it. Editorial The controversy over Justice Salami's 'promotion'

•THE furore being generated over an President, and that the Chief Justice appointment; the system could be courting trouble. 1 alleged plan to elevate die President did not consult him before making • The movement would amount to no of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo the offer. Justice Salami observed that promotion at all since Salami is Perhaps the CJN should have consid- Salami to the Supreme Court is clearly it would amount to setting a danger- already at par with Justices of the ered the fact that Salami had declined an attempt to politicise the judiciary. the appointment two years ago; and ous precedent to promote to the Supreme Court by virtue of his head- that there are seniority issues involved The attempt must be swiftly nipped in Supreme Court a President of the ship position in the Court of Appeal; in appointments to the apex court the bud, ifthe country is to avoidlosing Court of Appeal who is unwilling to be and that The Justice Salami situation should be the integrity of one of its most revered promoted! • The Chief Justice's offer is insincere institutions. addressed carefully to assuage Salami thus advised the CJN to with- as there are already three Supreme expressed fears and calm frayed The Nigerian judiciary may not be 100 draw the promotion, to avoid disrupt- Court Justices from the North Central nerves. We believe the best way is to per cent saintly, going by facts that ing the status quo in an already over- geopolitical zone, and there is no occasionally expose a few bad eggs in jettison his proposed appointment to heated environment. Among the point bringing in Justice Salami, who the Supreme Court The Chief Justice the system. What it has going lor it other reasons he gave for his action is from the same zone, when other however is that most of its members - should seek other personnel (there are were that although he did not attend geo-political zones are yet to fill their numerous such persons) to appoint to be they judges or judicial officers - who the February 2, 2011 meeting of the quota on the Bench. the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice's were proven to be tainted, have always Federal Judicial Service Commission In addition, there have been insinua- desire to strengthen the Supreme invariably been sanctioned. Every as he had gone for the eighth dayjidau tions that certain vested interests are Court is however, legitimate, consider- Nigerian, not just members of the of an aunt, his purported promotion planning to rig the next general elec- Legal Profession, must do everything was suddenly listed as an issue, when tions, and then seize partisan control ing the high number of cases pending .possible, and urgently too, to preserve it was not originally part of the days of the judicial machinery ahead of the in the court and the expectation of the judiciary as an institution that still agenda. filing of election petitions, the Chief commands the respect of the ordinary Casting aspersions on the alleged Justice it is alleged, may be supporting tions. In any case, section 230(2) of the citizen. elevation, Justice Salami noted that at this scheme. 1999 Constitution as amended pro- This is especially necessary because the meeting, the CJN had informed Clearly, these accusations are vides for 21 justices of the court, as ultimately, politicians are mainly members present "of his proposal to unfortunate, and may erode the repu- against about 17 currently available. behind the controversy surrounding strengthen the Supreme Court by tation of the judiciary. As the Head of All politicians, should guard against Justice Salami. Yet, from their records, moving me to the Court of Appeal and the Judiciary, the Chief Justice may be dragging the judiciary into the politi- politicians at both the Executive and presumably to replace me with his entitled to nominate a qualified legal cal arena. Politicians have done too legislative levels have felled the coun- minion or stooge*. He also recalled personality to the Supreme Court But much damage to the country already try. They should not be allowed to drag that he (Salami) had, "in a more auspi- where such nomination appears to through corruption, mismanagement the more credible arm of government cious moment, declined for good rea- sideline due process, or fails to consid- and violence. They should do nothing into the murky political terrain. sons to be appointed to the Supreme er crucial circumstances capable of to tarnish the integrity of the judiciary, It is on record for instance that Justice Court" undermining the nomination, then still the last hope of the common man, Salami was suddenly brought into crit- Expectedly, Salami's letter has elicit- ical limelight following the judgments ed mixed reactions, with politicians of Election Petition Appeal Tribunals, commending or criticising him which did not go down well with some depending on their leanings. Some aggrieved politicians, who consequent- politicians have expressed the fear ly decided to blame him for their mis- that the planned promotion is to pun- fortune. Unfortunately, the ethics and ish Salami for setting up appeal panels tradition of the legal profession, cou- that gave judgments against the rul- pled with the special indisposition of ing Peoples' Democratic Party (POP). judges, do not permit Justice Salami to Others criticise him for denouncing respond to various allegations of the promotion allegedly because he impropriety on his part hi any event, has things to hide. most of those allegations appear laced In the last 48 hours, there have been with political motives that perhaps verbal altercations even among were best left unreptied. lawyers, some of whom have gone to It is worrisome however that the court over the matter. Again, unfortu- intrigues surrounding the judge also nately, the Chief Justice is not in a posi- involves the country's Chief Justice, tion to reply to the charges. Issues are Aloysius Katsina-Alu who, sadly, is also being raised to the effect that being accused of playing to the politi- • It is against tradition not to have con- cal gallery. In particular, the Chief sulted and obtained Salami's consent Justice's alleged .offer to promote before the alleged promotion offer; Justice Salami to the apex court is being • The promotion amounts to a demo- viewed with great suspicion. tion in real feet, since, as President of Justice Salami himself blew the lead Court of Appeal, Salami had nominat- open, when he rejected the promotion ed to the Supreme Court, his subordi- oner on the ground that he was con- nates who would now be his seniors tent with being the Appeal Court on the Bench on account of date of

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NigeriaSat-2 and Nigeria Sat- $1.07, or 1.1 per cent, to $100.90 Limited, United Kingdom distributor for the sale of NigeriaSat-2 and His words: "The NigeriaSat- X is for broad area coverage a barrel on the London-based (UK), to promote the busi- NigeriaSat-X outside Africa. 2 sensor will provide inclusive of land use, ICE Futures Europe exchange. ness viability of the imagery of 3 resolutions, geospatial analysis and envi- It traded for $100.53 a barrel as NigerSat-2, ahead of its Nigeria earth observation Development Agency (NASR- that is, 2.5 m panchromatic, ronmental change monitor- of 11:46 a.m. local time. launch this quarter, togeth- satellite, NigeriaSat -2, would DA), Mr. Seidu Mohammed, 5m multispectral (R, G, B, ing. It is will also be used for On February 4 it slid 1.9 per er with NigerSat-X. be of high quality, compared said at the signing at the NIR) and also carries the 32m mapping, accurate geo-loca- cent to end at $99.83. On the Already, from the interna- with those of other satel- weekend ceremony that the multi-spectral payloads of tion and resale. NigeriaSat-2 New York Mercantile tional community, at the lites. agreement would assist Nigeria SaM, and more is expected to provide a max- DMCII to canvass for interna- importantly NigeriaSat-2 Exchange the March contract weekend, came a verdict Director-General- of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 was up 25 cents at $89^8 a bar- that images from the second National Space Research and tional customers and sign- can image in stereo mode, rel. Nymex futures settled at $89.03 on February 4, the low- est since January 27, and are up 24 per cent in the past year. North Sea Brent traded around $100 a barrel, extend- ing its premium over futures in New York co the widest in three days. Hedge funds had raised bullish bets on oil by the most in eight weeks on concern the unrest would spread. Oil recouped earlier losses yesterday as equities climbed lor a fourth day in Europe on growing signs of economic recovery 'The risk of contagion will keep prices above Sioo a bar- rel for a while," said Christopher Bellew, senior broker with Bache Commodities Limited in London. "Much has still to be settled in Egypt, so there is still the specter of unrest spread- ing to oil-producing coun- tries." European equities climbed to their highest levels since September 2008 and US. stock futures advanced as investors bet that the recovery in the global economy is strengthening. New York futures earlier fell as much as 0.6 per cent after Egyptian Vice President, Omar Suleiman, and some mem- bers of the opposition agreed yesterday on steps to resolve the crisis. Egyptian banks opened yes- terday for the first time in Vice-President. Communication, Ericsson Group, Mwonubu Wanendeya (right): Mr, Gary Dewing; Head, Ericsson, Sub-Saharan Africa, Lars Linden; and Mr. Shilets Makho Fane, also of Ericsson, CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 during a media briefing on "Networked Africa", in Lagos, recently. PHOTO: OSENI YUSUF Nigeria to get $80m lifeline from World Bank for mining project From Florence Lawrence, Abuja Sada. ity building. However, the final appraisal ty building among others. Sada stressed that part of the GERIA may soon receive While she commended the In a statement from the min- is expected to involve afl techni- The World Bank Task Team way forward for the sector was Midditioiiamo million (NO success made so far in the first istry, Mikhaylova noted that cal aspects of the additional leader, therefore, called on the to consider future possibility billion) facility from the World phase of the World Bank grant, her visit to Nigeria was meant financing project with the Federal Government for a con- for Nigeria to create a second Bank by [une, for the extension the additional financing of the to finalise appraisal for the involvement or ministries of tinued collaboration to achieve line of economic input into the of sustainable management of project will be a direct continu- additional financing credit Finance and Justice. a sustainable development of country. rnineraJ resources project, initi- ation and expansion of the first "Let me congratulate the According to her, "we need to the nation's mining industry. He added that efforts are in ated by the Brettonwood insti- project, which was meant to team on the good progress of involve ministries of Finance Mikhaylova took over the top gear between the Ministry tution, in the country collect geo- data of the nation's its regional project. It has been and justice for guidance from mantle of leadership of the of Finance, the National World BankTaskTeam Leader mineral resources. rated very satisfactory and my their sides to avoid surprise on nation's Sustainable Planning Commission and the in Nigeria and Senior Mining It will also be channelled management has been pleased the issue at the negotiation Management of Mineral ministry to harmonise all the Specialist, Mrs. Ekaterina towards finalising the activities with the progress achieved to table." Resources project from her activities in the mining and Mikhaylova made the disclo- of the Artlsanal and Small Scale date. The additional funding The additional funding will predecessor, Mr. Craig steel sector into the main sure in Abuja during a visit to Miners (ASMs), provision of will be released for the project also accommodate the steel Andrews, who was the Task stream of the nation's econom- the Minister of Mines and Steel equipment to diem and host between the months of June sub-sector, have some legal reg- Team leader of the project for ic framework apart from rev- Development, Architect Musa communities, as well as, capac- and July 2011," she said. ulatory adjustment and capaci- many years. enue from oil. 1NESS,: Jim GUARDIAN. Tbesday February 8,2t)lt Oil prices settle at $100.90 a barrel CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 more than a week and courts resumed hearings, state televi- sion said. The country is repairing a natural-gas pipeline network in the Sinai Desert after an explosion forced a halt in exports to Israel and Arab countries, the state news agency reported. As many as 300 people have died since clashes started January 25, according to the United Nations. Oil in New York rose as high as $92.84 a barrel during the turmoil, the most since October 7, 2008. Brent surged above $100. Middle East and North African countries produce 36 per cent of global oil and have 61 per cent of proven reserves, according to BP Pic's Statistical Review of World Energy. Hedge funds and other large speculators increased net- long positions, or wagers on rising prices by 17 per cent, in the seven days ended February 1, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly Commitments of Traders report. It was the largest gain since the week ended December 7. Egypt's Suleiman met yester- day with the Wafd and Tagammu parties, Muslim Governor, (left): and World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Onno Rhul, during ihe presentation of the World Bank Assisted Projects, at the Cocoa Conference Brotherhood and billionaire Hall, Akure, yesterday. Naguib Sawiris. The negotia- tors agreed to set up a com- mittee that will recommend by the first week of March con- Nigeria, Switzerland to seal pact on migration stitutional changes needed for free and fair elections, By Babatola Atfeyemi The partnership, the first of nership would not only bring each programme will have grant us a scant mention. Suleiman said in a statement. such by Switzerland and an co-operation between both Brent's premium to West v Atordas; February M, «• the opportunity ro partici- Our mission was, and stU) is, lay globally celebrated as African country, was dis- countries to a new level, but pate in an additional training not to create wealth neither Texas Intermediate fWTI), the a closed recently in Shagamu, was designed to acknowl- crude grade traded in New Valentine day, another mile- module of several months in for a few nor for the moment, stone in Nigeria-Switzerland Ogun State, at the inaugura- edge both the opportunities Switzerland, in the frame- but to create immeasurable York, widened to $11.46 a bar- tion of Switzerland's Nestle's and challenges of ensuring rel yesterday from $10.80 at relationship would be work of the training pro- wealth beyond avarice for the recorded as both countries new N12 billion factory where increased socio-economic grammes of Nestle's head- mass of our people and the the end of last week. The it was also disclosed that ties between both countries. spread averaged 76 cents last would sign a Memorandum quarters." generation hereafter." Of Understanding (MOU) since 2009, Nestle Nigeria Citing an example to but- Jonathan, who was repre- Earlier in a World media year. had invested N42 billion in tress his disclosure, Baun WTI's discount may narrow tagged: "Migration sented by Vice President briefing, the Group Chief Partnership." its factories, out of a total said it became clear during Nemadi Sambo, urged other Executive Officer (CEO) of as the political crisis in Egypt investment of N59 billion in the negotiations preceding .abates, according to Cubit's And to make Nigeria more industrial firms to emulate Nestle, Switzerland, Mr. Paul investment friendly, the country so far. Indeed, the proposed MOU that Nestle, promising necessary Bulcke, who described Keenan. Nigeria was also announced capacity building-including "The reason the spread blew President infrastructural and policy Nigeria as an investor's has assured of an increasing- at the event as the world's training and education- support The president said delight, said the new facility out in the first place was greatest consumer of should be an area of joint co- because of the preference of ly enabling operating envi- government would fast- would make the company to ronment, even as he dis- Maggie-a flagship product of operation. track the completion of the be closer to its consumers Brent as a global benchmark the company. "The Swiss embassy looked over WTI for people to express closed that work has reached 10 new power plants, which and enable it better adapt its an advanced stage in the con- According to Switzerland's into private initiatives and he saJd would each generate products to their needs and any geopolitical nedges, 'sais. d ambassador to Nigeria, Dr training projects by business Keenan. struction of 10 new power 50 mega watts, totaling 500 preferences. plants. HJE. Andreas Baun, the part- operators and found Nestle mega watts. "Since 2009, Nestle has Nigeria's technical training Describing Nesde's new fac- invested N42 billion in its fac- centre in its Agbara factory tory as a reflection of the tories to help sustain its Nigeria signs pact on marketing of NigeriaSat 2 an excellent opportunity to present administration's growth in the country. This CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 DA has received necessary were launched in Russia. build upon. It targets at efforts at economic develop- latest investment is proof of Therefore, it is relatively safe developing young people ment, Jonathan stressed that our commitment to Africa in imum of 250 images per day, approval from the Federal and contributing towards while imagery volume from Ministry of Justice to sign an and cost effective to launch the administration's success which we will invest CHE one the development of science in ensuring an enabling envi- billion over the next two NigeriaSat-X has been estab- agreement with the DMCII, from Russia." and technology in the lished to be a handful of UK as the exclusive distribu- Also speaking, Managing ronment for business years," Bulcke stated. Nigerian society, the envoy depended largely on the co- Also speaking at the brief- images per day, sharing tor for the sale of NigeriaSat- Director of DMCII, Mr. Dave said. many of the same storage 2 and NigeriaSat-X outside Hodgson noted . that operation andsupport of the ing, the CEO of Nestle He added" Switzerland has organised private sector. Nigeria, Mr. Martin and processing capabilities Africa. Distribution of these imageries from satellites decided to establish a schor- from the NigeriaSat-2 sys- imageries within Africa will were crucial to national In his speech, Ogun State Woolnough, assured that larship for five students Governor, Otunba Gbenga with the new factory, Nestle tem." be the responsibility of development. annually at the new Nesde On the agreement signing, NASRDA's company- He expressed confidence Daniel noted that the dream would not only double its in Nigeria's satellite proj- Nigeria Technical Training of turning the state to an production of culinary prod- he stressed, "in order to bet- GeoApps Plus Limited.'' Centre. This sponsorship will ter prepare NASRDA for the On the planned launch of ects, noting that because of industrial state is fast taking ucts, but would also meet the provide vocational training shape. He stated inter-alia, growing demand for maggi exploitation of imageries the satellite fro Russia, he the way it was built, in the field of electro- from the NigeriaSat-2 and added, "it is important to imageries from NigeriaSat-2 "the history of industrial products in Nigeria and mechanical-automation advancement of Ogun State, other countries in the NigeriaSat-X satellites for the note that 44 per cent of would be hot cake across the engineering. Furthermore, international market, NASR- American spacecrafts to date world. whenever and by whomever Central and west African the five best students from it is written, will surely not region. Govt set to commission Nl.2b Singaporean model skill centre From Emeka Anuforo, Abuja end, disclosed that President tic approach on technical (western), mechatronic economy. As the economy teaching and learning 'MIGERIA'S quest to ensure Goodluck Ebele Jonathan skills development, the ITF automation technology and restructured itself and moved methodology such as case INthe development: of its would commission the MSTC undertook a thorough study facility technology." from labour-intensive to capi- studies, probe-based learning human capital, received a in April. tour of the ITE facilities and He added: "The Abuja Model tal-intensive and knowledge and group work boost, as Nigeria is set to com- He said: "To key in and con- detailed discussions for a sim- Skills Training Centre is a post intensive, as the Abuja MSTC is "Through planning their mission its Model Skills tribute in the actualisation of ilar outfit to be established in secondary technical training designed by the ITF to ensure learning, exploring resources Training Centre, modeled the Millennium Development Abuja ensured. A plan of institute established to nur- that our human capital and ideas, practicing what after the Institute of Technical Goals, the ITF undertook a action, which was developed ture and produce the much acquire the relevant skills, they have learnt and perform- Education, Singapore. study visit to organisations culminated into a feasibility needed technical personnel knowledge and values respon- ing with compliance, trainees The training centre, which is with similar mandates of study visit to Abuja by officials with the skills and confidence sive to the changing needs of will become more effective a brainchild of the Industrial implementing skills acquisi- of ITE, Singapore. to face the challenges of the schools leavers, industry and and independent," he added. Training Fund {ITF), is being tion programmes in three "The feasibility study report changing world of work. community for sustainability On the manpower for the equipped with N1.2 billion. Asian countries in 2007, and which was produced con- "The mission of the centre is and national development" programme, he noted that as Director-General of the discovered a holistic tained modalities for future to create opportunities for He explained that the MSTC part of plans for providing Industrial Training Fund, Prof. approach to technical skills collaboration on five identi- school leavers and adult pedagogic approach of 70 per quality technical training, ITF Longmas Sambo Wapmuk, development at the Institute fied trades: electronics (com- leavers to acquire employable cent practJcaland 30 per cent believes in having competent who conducted ministry offi- of Technical Education, puter and networking), infor- skills, knowledge and values theory allows trainees to staff who will be effective and cials round the facilities of the Singapore. mation and communication for life long learning and self- acquire new skills and knowl- dedicated to their assigned centre, in Abuja, at the week- "In order to pursue this holis- technology, culinary skills help in a competitive global edge through exploratory duties. 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