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Senate Rejects Buhari’s Ambassadorial Nominees, Summons Foreign Affairs Minister

Senate President, Bukola Saraki
Senate President, Bukola Saraki

The Senate has rejected the list of 47 President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees for Ambassador and instead summoned the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Foreign Affairs Minister, Geofrey Onyeama.

President Buhari presented the list to the Senate for screening and confirmation about two weeks ago.

But the Senate, on Wednesday, complained of what it called lopsided list, saying that some states were excluded from the list whereas some states had up to three nominees.

Apart from this, the senators also explained that there were specific petitions against some nominees, who were said to have been picked ahead of their senior colleagues from their states of origin.

The Chief Whip, Olusola Adeyeye, cited the case of two directors on level 17, from the same state who were dropped for a junior officer.

“The two of them are in fact, already on level 17 and in making the recommendations many who are junior to them in experience and in status have been elevated above them. They therefore want some intervention from the chamber to be sure that correct process is followed.

“They also said that there are those who have served the republic meritoriously who did not get passed because of whatever might be the internal politics of the ministry.

“So, I plead that relevant committee and this chamber would take a second look at this prayer.

“We should direct that the minister for foreign affairs, and the SGF to appear before the committee on foreign affairs to explain the omissions and irregularities and the processes by which some of these names came about.”

In his ruling after the voice vote had approved the invitation of Lawal and Onyeama, Saraki said that a number of senators, prior to the decision, had raised observation.

“I have received a lot of petitions in my office on this same matter. We must ensure that the process is transparent especially since they are going to be ambassadors and the number of petitions we have received this time is a bit more than usual.

“It is important that the foreign affairs committee quickly invite the minister and secretary to the government of the federation so that they can explain the processes of how some of these names came about.

“We need to do this before they even begin to consider the nomination for screening.” He, therefore, referred the matter to the foreign affairs committee and gave them one week to be able to come with a report on it.” [myad]

Kano Court Sentences Killer Of Businessman To Death

HangedA Kano High Court on Wednesday sentenced the killer of a Kano-based business tycoon, philanthropist and Yoruba leader, Alhaji Ganiyu Akanbi Bello to death by hanging.

The accused, Abubakar Abdulrahaman (AKA Daddy 28) was found guilty on a charge of culpable homicide, punishable with death, while he was discharged and acquitted in another charge of armed robbery.

Abubakar was accused of murdering Alhaji Bello on June 5, 2014 in his residence on the night of the fateful day at the GRA Nassarawa, opposite Kano Race Course when he stabbed the deceased in the heart with a kitchen knife.

The prosecution led by Barrister M.M. Sulaiman of the State Ministry of Justice and assisted by the nominal complainant Counsel, J.I. Macaulay of Kehinde Olaitan Chamber called seven witnesses and tendered several exhibits.

The exhibits included, the knife used by Daddy to stab chief Bello and the Blackberry handset of the deceased, in which he inserted his own Sim card, compelling the court to indict him as part of circumstantial evidence.

Making his last plea (Alocutus) for the accused, his Counsel from the Legal Aid Council, Barrister Adama urged the court to temper justice with mercy because of his aged mother, wife and children.

In his final verdict, the trial judge, Justice Kabiru Auta said that the accused deserved no mercy, having committed a capital offence by murdering a bread winner like him.

Justice Auta said that the accused showed no remorse throughout the trial, just as he returned a verdict of hanging by the neck for the accused until pronounced dead.

Abubakar broke down in tears after the verdict while his mother collapsed in the open court.

The accused was one-time a staff of the deceased’s hotel.

Justice Auta ruled however that he has right of appeal within 30 days. [myad]

MTN Faces Another N16 Billion Trouble

MTNNigeria’s largest telecom operator, MTN may lose about N16 billion in the coming days in music right infringement suit filed against it by the Copyright Society of Nigeria.

In a current development in the suit, COSON has filed a motion for final judgment in the watershed 16 Billion Naira copyright infringement action.

In a motion filed on June 20, 2016 at the Federal High Court, Lagos by a foremost Intellectual Property lawyer, Mr. Justin Ige, COSON has asked the court for an order for final judgment in favour of COSON for the liquidated sum as per claim (g) contained in the writ of summons and statement of claim, in default of pleadings by MTN.

COSON also asked for such further or other orders as the Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of the case.

In COSON’s 8 paragraph affidavit in support of the motion for judgment sworn to by one Jubilee Wakeel, Mr. Wakeel deposed to the facts that the suit was commenced by writ of summons on 9th May, 2016 and that MTN was served on 10th May, 2016 and that well over 30 days since MTN was served with all the processes in the suit, the Defendant had failed refused and/or neglected to take steps to file any pleadings in defense of the action.

Quoting copiously from the Federal High Court rules and a plethora of decided cases, Mr. Ige, lawyer to COSON in his written statement in support of the motion stated that as disclosed in the supporting affidavit to the application, no defense had been filed in the matter.

He said that the Plaintiff is convinced that the Defendant has no defence to the claim and all the averments in the Claim should be deemed undisputed by the defendant.

While urging the court to grant the motion in the interest of justice, Mr. Ige stated that COSON is seeking judgment for royalties which the Defendant hopes to hold on to, if possible, forever – during which time those persons whom the royalties ought to be distributed to will continue to suffer needlessly.

He stated that by granting the application, the court can put an end to the pain of the copyright owners without further delay.

It will be recalled that in the suit No. FHC/L/CS/619/2016,the biggest copyright law suit ever in the continent of Africa, there are 18 separate claims endorsed on the writ supported by a 43 paragraph Statement of Claim.

COSON has also asked the court for six different declarations of copyright infringement allegedly perpetrated by MTN in the MTN Friendship’, ‘Connect’ or ‘Walk In’ Centres across Nigeria; the MTN ‘Road Shows’ in Nigeria; the various MTN Music Concerts, Festivals, Award Shows, Product Activations and Corporate events; the MTN Callertunez platform; the MTN Music Plus platform and the MTN Mobile Radio.

Speaking recently on the determination of COSON to stamp out copyright infringement in Nigeria, COSON Chairman, Chief Tony Okoroji said: “at COSON, we are determined, committed and resolved to stamping out the era of “monkey dey work, baboon dey chop” from the Nigerian music industry and establishing a transparent and accountable industry in which everyone who invests his or her talent or resources can rest assured that his or her investment will be fully protected.

“We will not buckle under pressure from anyone, no matter how highly placed. We have sued a corporation owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria. We have gone to court against a State government.

“We have had to sue Nigeria’s biggest bank, wrestle in court with Nigeria’s biggest hotel and broadcast networks. At COSON, we verily believe that no one is above the law”.

Source: The Heat Nigeria. [myad]

Kidnapped Rev. Father Found Dead After Abductors Collected N2 Million

Killed Cleric in BenueThe decomposing corpse of kidnapped Rev. Father John Adeyi was on Wednesday found in Otukpa, Benue State.

The deceased who was the vicar general of the Otukpo Catholic Diocese, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen about two months ago after which the sum of N2 Million was paid as ransom to the abductors.

But despite the payment of the ransom, the kidnappers still killed him and dumped his body in a nearby bush behind the Secretariat of the Otukpa, Ogbadibo Local Government Area.

Information had it that his body was found after police and villagers had searched around the various bushes in the area.

The Benue State Government was believed to have made an additional offer of N5 Million to anyone who could supply information on his whereabouts until his body was discovered.
The Police Public Relations Officer for Benue State, ASP Moses Yamo, confirmed the story, saying that police would do everything possible to bring the perpetrators to book. [myad]

Education Ministry Holds Stakeholders’ Meeting On Post-UTME

Education PermsecThe Federal Ministry of Education has scheduled  a meeting with vice-chancellors, admission officers and other stakeholders to discuss the processes for the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination against the background of the recent directive by the minister of education, Adamu Adamu.
Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, who made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja, said the meeting would hold next week.
Yemi-Esan said the minister had made a pronouncement which should be complied with.
“The responsibility is now on us to give them guidelines and modalities on how to go about what the honourable minister has said.
“There is no written directive but all the stakeholders were at that meeting where the minster said it openly.
“There is going to be a meeting of the all the vice-chancellors and admission officers sometime next week to work our modalities.”
However, an academic, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told NAN that scrapping post-UTME could not be done by mere comment at an event.
He said he expected the minister to issue a circular on the issue to the universities through the National Universities Commission.
Meanwhile, various universities have been sending out notices via the media for the test, even as some stakeholders believe that the Federal Government has scrapped exercise.
NAN. [myad]

Niger Delta Militants Alert The Nation On Planned Military Overthrow Of Buhari

coup 1A consolidated group of militants, Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) has alerted Nigeria of the plan by some senior military officers to overthrow the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in a coup d’état.

The militant group, which was behind threats of missile launch that created panic in the Niger Delta region, said that the persons behind the coup plot are planning to instigate civil unrest as part of their strategies to actualize the scheme.

The group in an electronic statement said that already the top military officers involved in the scheme approached its leaders with an appeal to continue with the ongoing attacks on oil installation.

It claimed that the “coup plotters” said they wanted to use sustained attacks on oil facilities as a genuine reason to take over the government.

The statement was signed by persons who identified themselves as ‘General’ Torunanaowei Latei (Creek Network Coordinator); ‘General’ Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro (Pipeline Bleeding Expert); ‘General’ Akotebe Darikoro (Commander, General Duties) and ‘General’ Pulokiri Ebikade (Intelligence Bureau).

The group said: “We are constraint to let the cat out of the bag today that PresidentMohammadu Buhari should be wary about the security of this country as some military men are making move to remove him from power by instigating civil unrest in the country.

“Some top military men through their civil agents approached us to cause and continue the vandalization of the oil and gas pipelines in the Niger delta region so as to use as an excuse to take over the government from democracy to military rule in the country.

“We said no as such plan will not work and not in conformity with our genuine desire of agitation. The military want to disgrace him now and let him quickly look into the issues and make pronouncement for his administration to be in peace.

“Let president should analyze certain memo from the military concerning Niger delta region before taking action or otherwise the military will use that as a platform to remove him. We know the issue of Niger delta is political and we preferred

political solution to resolve it but if the president refused.”

The group further advised the President to adopt holistic approach in resolving the problems of the Niger Delta.

It named the ongoing corruption probes in the military as one of the reasons why like minds had gathered to plot the removal of the President adding that most officers behind the scheme were above the ranks of major-generals.

“We received several calls unknown to persuade us to continue the bombing and that when succeeded in overthrowing the government we will be placed on a better position, we said capital NO!

“When asked of their names they are above Major General’s level. They refused to disclose their names but their intonations seem like yoruba and Hausa. Our agitation is not for selfish interest but for the overall benefit of the Niger delta region.

“We’ll not kidnap any person, kill or hostage taking of any expatriate in the country but will continue our agitation with clear determination to actualize our course in Nigeria.

“We believe their sinister plan because there is ceasefire in the region for dialogue, but since then the attitude and actions of the service chiefs show that such plan could work for them”, it said.

The group also accused the military of invading Ijaw communities in the Niger Delta, harassing, chiefs and women during the period of ceasefire.

It asked the President to quickly implement their demands which it listed as immediate release of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.) and Dr. Nnamdi Kanu.

Others are directing the EFCC to defreeze the bank accounts of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a. Tompolo; resuming the academic sessions of the only Nigerian Maritime University sited in Okerenkoko and immediate implementation of the report of the 2014 National Conference report.

They asked the President to clean up all the oil-polluted land in the region and to remove Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd.) as an Amnesty Coordinator.

According to them, Boroh should be replacing with Dr. Felix Tuodolo who it said had been in the struggle of non-violence since 1980 and the designer.

It said: “Why all these attacks on oil and gas pipelines in the region is that the Pharaoh of Nigeria (Buhari) made a childish statement that, he will develop those areas that gave him 95% votes during his presidential election last year.

“We the Niger Delta people only gave him 5% hence we vowed that our oil money will not be used for the development of any other region. The President should change his mind set towards the region, if not this will continue.” [myad]

Consumer Protection Council Holds Stakeholders’ Forum Soon

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The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and some stakeholders have concluded arrangements to hold a forum soon to address the abuse of the rights of consumers of insurance services and find solutions to the consumer issues in the nation’s insurance sector.
The Forum is coming on the heels of the complaints received by CPC which indicate that consumers in the insurance sector are facing numerous challenges, including sale of fake insurance policies, incessant delays in payment of claims, repudiation of claims on very flimsy grounds, unnecessary rigours in claims documentation and investigation processes, non-disclosure of vital information to consumers, and fraudulent abscondment of agents with premiums paid by unsuspecting consumers.
The two-day event, which has been scheduled to hold from July 26, 2016, is being jointly organised by the Council insurance stakeholders, Pastures Consult Limited, Congress International Limited and consumer NGOs.
A statement by the coordinator of the event, Ogah Columba, said that the maiden Annual National Insurance Consumers’ Colloquium” is a platform for an in-depth discussion and a means of taking practical steps in dealing with and managing the various challenges concerning insurance consumers and the insurance industry.
According to him: “the problem of insurance firms and insurance consumers in Nigeria is also the problem of everyone in the society, particularly in terms of self-preservation,” stating further that “this is because failure to insure is a threat to individual and national prosperity.
“It is in view of this that we make the challenges facing insurance consumers as well as the issue of insurance penetration and awareness an imperative to tackle in the maiden edition of the Annual National Insurance Consumers’ Colloquium 2016.”
The statement revealed that the Colloquium with the theme: “100 Years After: Is Insurance Working in Nigeria?” seeks to “bring together stakeholders from the insurance industry, regulatory environment, and policy making institutions, including consumers and the media, to identify the challenges facing consumers in the industry, proffer the way forward and inspire commitment from all stakeholders.”
Ogah said that highly experienced experts and discussants are expected at the event, adding that the Consumer Protection Council, collaborating to organize the event, is deeply committed to the project especially as the Director General of the Council, Mrs. Dupe Atoki, has made sector based intervention the strategy of the agency. [myad]

Governor Fayose Confesses: My Election Was Fully Funded By Zenith Bank

fayose boboEkiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has opened up on how his election was funded two years ago by the Zenith Bank Plc, fund raising, donations from friends and associates as well as sales of campaign souvenirs.
Fayose said in a statement on Wednesday: “I have no financial transaction whatsoever with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) under Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro either by cash, cheque or electronic transfer.”
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, the governor challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to publish statements made by Obanikoro, his sons or any other person associated with money from the NSA office where they claimed they gave him money for the election.
He added: “EFCC is only acting a movie scripted, produced and directed by the All Progressives Congress government of President Muhammadu Buhari just to silence me being a major opposition voice in the country.”
On the alleged involvement of President Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari, in the Halliburton scam, the governor challenged the President’s wife to visit the United States of America to convince Nigerians that she was not the Aisha Buhari mentioned in the judgment convicting William Jefferson.
He said: “It is on record that the President has visited USA three times and his wife did not travel with him. Equally, she ought to have visited USA last year September to chair a United Nation programme but she sent wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki to represent her.
“The management of Zenith Bank, which majorly funded my election, called me to a meeting where I was assured that fund will be provided for my election.  I was asked to nominate a trusted ally to be related with and I nominated Mr Abiodun Agbele.
“All the payments into Abiodun Agbele’s account domiciled in Zenith Bank were directly from Zenith Bank. In actual fact, the account was opened by Zenith Bank hurriedly at that time and Abiodun Agbele’s identity card which ought to have been collected before the account was opened was only collected last week in the bank’s desperation to perfect the account obviously after submitting to the intimidation and harassment of the EFCC.
“Most of the funds posted into Agbele’s account were through the Ibadan, Akure and Lagos branches of the Zenith Bank and sometimes, they brought cash.
“Assuming but not conceding that cash moved from Lagos to Akure as being claimed by the EFCC in its usual manner of media trial, was meant for my election in Ekiti, why was the cash not moved to Ado Ekiti branch of Zenith Bank or the cash handed to me directly? Why was it deposited into Zenith Bank, Akure and did the bank make any report on the transaction to the appropriate authorities? Why did the bank send its bullion van to move the money from Akure Airport to their Akure branch if it was illegal money?
“I must say it categorically that I don’t have any link financially with Obanikoro and I know as a fact that he (Obanikoro) has not and cannot mention my name, as beneficiary of whatever money any company in which he has interest could have gotten from the ONSA if truly Obanikoro collected money from the ONSA as being claimed by the EFCC.
“Therefore, bringing Obanikoro and his son’s narrative or that the Zenith Bank is telling different stories, having been blackmailed and coerced into submission by the EFCC is a joke that will not fly.
“I wish to state further that if it becomes evidently clear that those who willingly provided money for my election can no longer stand by what they did, may be because of threat from the EFCC, I will not hesitate to name names.”
Fayose, who challenged the EFCC to also beam its searchlights on the funding of APC elections, especially that of President Buhari, said: “Since we are now in the era in which financial assistance from Nigerians to fund elections is being criminalised, the international community, especially those funding EFCC, must insist that the commission probes the funding of APC elections before further funds are released to the commission.
“Most importantly, Nigerians are interested in the $60 million allegedly donated to the APC campaign by Sahara Energy, on which EFCC has been forced to suspend investigation.”
Fayose said it was obvious that he has become the main headache of President Buhari’s government, adding: “What they are doing now is part of their grand plots to intimidate and harass me into submission but I am not someone that can be cowed by threats of incarceration and death.
“I advise that they should keep their gun pounder dry and wait till the end of my tenure in 2018 and I want to assure them that I will be available to answer any of their questions, no matter how unreasonable.
“Furthermore, Nigerians should know that I have been persecuted by the EFCC before, using phantom N1.2 billion poultry scam and I came out victorious. I was not only acquitted, I got N10 million judgment against the EFCC and my impeachment that was orchestrated by the EFCC was quashed by the Supreme Court.
“Nigerians should recall that it was part of this plot to get back at me because of my critical stance on Buhari’s government that the Ekiti State House of Assembly was invaded by men of the Department of State Service (DSS), placement of travel ban on me and lately, illegal freezing of my account by the EFCC.
“I therefore make bold to state that in the overall interest of democracy and well-being of Nigerians, I will continue to speak my mind on issues bordering on governance in Nigeria. I will not be intimidated!” [myad]

Let’s Sufficiently Motivate Coming Generations To Be Patriotic, Buhari Advises Ministers

Buhari 4President Muhammadu Buhari has called on members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), mostly ministers, to make sure that the generations coming are sufficiently motivated to be patriotic.

The President, who spoke at the breaking-of-fast dinner for members of FEC at the Presidential Banquet Hall, Abuja, on Tuesday, said that the Month of Ramadan is a special time when “God listens and answers prayers from the faithful.”
President Buhari added that the Ramadan period provides leaders the opportunity to be more conscious of their responsibilities to the people they are leading, saying: “It strengthens our resolve to build our country to make it stronger. It is no news that we are the biggest country in Africa and that we are the economic engine of Africa, which are true by the way.
“But we must always be patriotic in our dealings with others.
“In this (Ramadan) month of prayers and service to God, let us keep on praying all the times, believing that God in His infinite mercy will listen to our prayers, give us peace, security and better the economy once more, so that we can quickly rebuild and even do more for our country.
“Let me assure you that the time of Ramadan is making us more conscious of what leaders at every level ought to do.
“Leading the people is not a joke; it means accepting responsibilities for good or wrong.
“We need a lot of prayers, certainly, with the nation’s economy going down.
“We haven’t developed our agriculture.
“We are still trying to talk to those who will come and develop our solid minerals for us.”
President Buhari said that Nigeria needed a lot of prayers in view of the economic and security challenges facing the nation, citing the activities of the militants and those agitating for the state of Biafra, reminding such people and their sponsors of the calamities that befell the country during similar agitations between 1967 and 1970, when about two million lives were lost.
He said: “We need to reflect very seriously on what happened between 1967 and 1970 when over two millions Nigerians lost their lives.
“At that time, as young military officers, you hardly heard of anything about petroleum or whatever money you got from it.
“Look at what General (Yakubu) Gowon said: ‘To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done’ and every soldier, whether he had been to school or not, knew what the General meant.
“But we were quarreling with our brothers, we were not fighting an enemy and now, somebody is saying that once again, he wants Biafra.
“I think this is because he was not born when there was Biafra.
“We have to reflect on the historical antecedents to appreciate what is before us now and what we intend to leave for our children and our grandchildren.”
Buhari thanked the ministers and other members of the cabinet for accepting to serve and identify with the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, who spoke on behalf of members of the FEC, thanked Buhari for inviting them for the breaking-of-fast dinner. [myad]

UN Agency Marks Refugee Day At American University Of Nigeria, Yola

American University of NigeriaThe United Nations (UN) refugee agency marked the June 20 World Refugee Day at the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State. It was the first out-of-Abuja observance in Nigeria of the day set aside by the UN since 2001 to highlight the plight of the displaced of the world.
The event, held in a northeast capital of the country, is seen by many as a signpost of the new security situation in the region and an acknowledgement of the lead role played by the University in continuing to care for over 250,000 people still displaced from their homes in the region.
During a town hall meeting at AUN on April 22, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Samantha Power, had singled out AUN for commendation.
Power said: “What you all have done is really a model for how universities in not only Nigeria but all around the world can wade into some of the most complex and seemingly intractable challenges facing their communities.”
“AUN will continue to support the state government to cater for refugees and their host communities in Adamawa State,” AUN President, Margee Ensign, said in a welcome address read at the occasion by the Vice President of Finance, Anthony Agbo.
Dr. Ensign also emphasized AUN’s collaborative partnership with local religious and community leaders under the Adamawa Peace Initiative, which it helped form in January 2012.
She added: “AUN-API has been deeply involved in peace building, using sports, skills training, and other such personal development activities to engage the youthful and the vulnerable from the surroundings, thus preventing them from joining Boko Haram.
“As we have seen in north eastern Nigeria and Adamawa state in particular, refugees are not just those confined to government designated camps, there are primarily living with the general population putting pressure on the already diminished resources of their hosts. Aside from what AUN was already doing in the IDP camps, the university took on an the additional responsibility of supporting our people hosting IDPs.
“AUN has a founding mandate to light a candle rather than curse the darkness. This mandate was drawn from the vision of our Founder who thought a university is not necessarily an ivory tower, but must be involved in solving problems in our community.
“When the population of Yola exploded as a result of influx of refugees from the countryside, AUN-API was among the first few organizations that were considered credible to reach the needy with supplies. In partnership with the Adamawa Peace Initiative and other well-meaning Nigerians, we went on mobilizing food, men, and material for the upkeep of the IDPs, feeding more than 270,000 at one point in the crisis. AUN-API helped to bring the plight of the Adamawa displaced persons to international attention.”
The event, organized by the UN High Commission for Refugees, was attended by several dignitaries representing the government and private sectors, as well as the donor-agencies.
The Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Engr. Martins Babale, joined President Ensign and other speakers in praising UNHCR for marking the World Refugee Day in one of the locations where the insurgency forced mass displacements.
The UNHCR representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS, Angele Dikongue-Atangana, also acknowledged the generosity that AUN, as well as numerous individuals, families and communities have shown to IDPs.
It said: “These ordinary people see refugees not as beggars, or competitors for jobs, or as terrorists, but as people like you or me whose lives have been disrupted by war.”
This year’s International Refugee Day at the American University of Nigeria also featured a solidarity walk for refugees, display of waste-to-wealth souvenirs made by IDPs and their hosts who underwent skill training and financial literacy seminars facilitated by AUN and international donor agencies. [myad]

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