Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, today, December 7, visited the All Progressives Congress National Leader Asiwaju Tinubu at his Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos home. The Emir and Asiwaju posed for a snapshot during the visit.
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has advised Corps Members to be security conscious in the current happenings around the country.
The Director General, who addressed the corps members at the Lagos and Ogun State Orientation Camps today, December 6, advised them also to avoid boarding vehicles by the roadside and instead patronise designated motorparks.
He cautioned against engaging in night travels, night parties, lone movements, saying that approval must be obtained from relevant authorities in the NYSC before travelling.
He warned that any Corps Member that embarked on unauthorised journey would be sanctioned, asking them to take advantage of their service year to promote national unity as well as develop entrepreneurial skills that would give them an edge in their future endeavors.
“Don’t violate NYSC Bye-Laws. l urge you to take your security very serious. Shun cultism, cybercrime, drug addiction and ethnic bigotry.
“As Corps Members you are to promote the unity, integration and peaceful co-existence of the country”
Kano State Governor, Dr. Umar Ganduje has said that the East Carolina University, in the United States actually sent a letter to him, appointing him a visiting professor to the university, but later turned out to be fake, even as he is now demanding an unreserved apology from the Institution for embarrassing him and the people of Kano State.
Several Nigerian newspapers had recently reported that Governor Ganduje was appointed as a Senior Mentoring Scholar and Visiting Full Professor of e-governance and International Affairs by the university.
But days after the circulation of the report, the America-based University distanced itself from the appointment in a letter to the Governor. The letter was issued from the office of the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the university.
It was gathered that Ganduje’s appointment was conveyed to him by one Victor Mbarika, a lecturer in International Center for IT and Development at the university. The university had said that it did not authorize the letter.
Reacting to the new development, Governor Ganduje said that he was “shocked” by the fake appointment and therefore demanded that the university’s management punished Mabarika and issued an “unequivocal apology” to him.
In a statement by the Secretary to the Kano State Government (SSG), Usman Alhaji, Governor Ganduje said that the fake appointment, “stirred up controversy which attempted to embarrass” him and the people of Kano.
The statement said: “…while the governor or any of official of his government has no any reason to doubt the veracity of the letter sent by one of its faculty members, which was communicated using the university’s instrument of office, it equally did not at any time solicit for such appointment.
‘’We are deeply saddened by the uproar stirred up by this controversial appointment that attempted to embarrass the person of the governor and the good people of Kano state.“
According to the statement, Governor Ganduje, being an academician of repute, would be the last person on earth to have neither solicited nor accepted fraudulently appointment into academic position in any university or institution of higher learning within and outside Nigeria.”
The Lagos Police Command has made it clear that its men and officers are ready to suppress another round of EndSARS protest believed to have been scheduled to take place tomorrow, December 7 at designated locations across the metropolis.
Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement today, December 6, alerted that unpatriotic individuals and groups are planning to embark on the replica of recent violent End SARS protest, and that intelligence report revealed that the sponsors plan to lure unsuspecting Lagosians, especially youths, to join.
The Police reminded everyone that the Government of Lagos State, businesses, individuals, security agencies and families have recovered from the civil disorder in October.
“Lagos State is still nurturing the wounds orchestrated by some violent End SARS protesters and not fit to accommodate such protest for now.
“Lagos State Police Command therefore warns those who might want to disguise under End SARS protest to cause another set of mayhem in the state, to desist from such plans.”
The command said that together with other agencies, they will not fold their arms and allow anarchy, warning parents and guardians to discourage their children and wards against protest.
“Any unlawful gathering, procession or protest will be suppressed professionally in accordance with the provisions of the law.”
The police advised residents to go about their lawful activities, assuring that all hands are on deck to maintain law and order.
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has promised to contribute the sum of N300 million, for a period of three years to the education fund, launched by Ebira Youth Congress (EYC).
The Governor spoke yesterday, December 5 at the maiden edition of Ebira Educational Summit and launch of Education Trust Fund to support indigents of Kogi central. It was held in Lokoja, the State capital.
Governor Yahaya Bello, who was represented at the event by his Chief of Staff, Abdulkareem Jamiu Asuku, restated his commitment to the development of education sector in the state.
He said that his administration had decided to establish the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH in Osara, to create an enabling environment for the development of education in the state.
According to him, the establishment of CUSTECH is a wakeup call for the training of valuable youths to enable them partake fully in the government’s plans.
He said this realisation made him to support and donate towards the trust fund, adding that the funds would be used to sponsor worthy and qualified Ebira sons and daughters towards attaining the peak of academic pursuit.
The governor said that a reputable Board of Trustee had been put in place to serve as a watchdog for accountability and proper allocation.
The governor also tasked the Ebira Youth Congress to launch campaign against cultism, drug abuse and other forms of vices as a means of ensuring peace, progress and development of the zone.
Earlier, in his welcoming address, the President-General of EYC, Comrade Aliyu Ateiza Obiyo, acknowledged the fact that that government alone cannot solve the problem of education, hence the need for Non-Government Organisation to be created to complement it.
He assured that the Foundation would be opened for every qualified individual to benefit from through “a well-structured and integrity-proven modality that would ensure judicious use of funds.”
Obiyo commended the governor for establishing Confluence University of Science and Technology, saying that such foresight would go a long way to bringing development to the region, while several opportunities would also be created for the youths.
The Chairman of the occasion, Mamman Yusuf, in his remark, commended the President-General of EYC and his team for their hardwork in putting up the summit, adding that the summit would help advance education in ebiraland.
Yusuf urged the youths to take full advantage of the opportunities made available by the trust fund, assuring that the Foundation would ensure the fund is judiciously used for what is meant for.
In her Keynote Address, Dr. Juliet Okibayi challenged the group to quickly put in place well structured programs to harness the funds promised by the government and other individuals, stressing that, without such plan, it may be difficult to access such funds.
The former Federal Minister of Health and an elder statesman, Professor ABC Nwosu, has described the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, as one who is not only annoyingly stingy, but has a legendary level of frugality that helped him to manage state resources prudently as the Governor of Anambra State.
Nwosu, who spoke to newsmen, said that Obi’s stingy nature significantly helped him in not only prudently managing the little resources available in the State then, but aided him in saving enough resources for the state.
“Peter Obi excelled in prudent management of the lean resources.
“Peter Obi, being a businessman, made sure the resources were there and made sure that he didn’t borrow.
“He also saved a lot of money, especially foreign exchange, and got us to invest in new things like the brewery at Onitsha.”
Recalling the build-up of events preceding Obi’s election into Anambra State’s governorship position, Nwosu said he decided not to contest against Obi in that election because he saw in him a young man “who could dance better” and deliver good governance to the people.
He agreed that the then Peoples Democratic Party-led government of Chris Ngige did a good job in terms of infrastructural development, but, as expected, Obi laid the foundation for educational and industrial revolution in the State.
“PDP brought Ngige and Ngige sprang a surprise in infrastructure.
“With all the problems he had, he was not bad.
“He came a long way.
“But the person who pushed the dream to where we were going was Peter Obi.
“He came and did the one thing that we would have done before, handing over schools to the Missions with money to run them.
“And Anambra State, within a space of one or two years, came from the bottom to the top.
“For me that is how governance should be measured.
“I am especially proud of Peter Obi for this humility in high places, frugal management and building up of resources especially opening up of education to the highest level and for laying the foundations for industrial development and investment of Anambra’s resources.”
Nwosu praised Obi for what he described as his moderate lifestyle which impacted positively on his governance of the State and helped him leave enough savings behind.
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