The Gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Bauchi State, Sen Haliru Dauda Jika has pledged to introduce technology in the art of governance as part of his effort to address the problems in critical sectors like Healthcare and education.
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Jika stated this today at the presentation of his manifesto in Bauchi , He lamented the deterioration of the health sector of the state, saying that if elected as the next Governor of the state, his administration will declare a State of Emergency in the sector, and promised that education would receive massive attention in order to ensure quality teaching and learning environment across the state.
“There are a lot of issues raised in the manifesto ranging from agriculture, education, health, human and capital development. We want to turn around the art of governance in the state.The first thing I will do is to declare State of Emergency in the health sector. My administration will focus on healthcare service delivery to make it available for our people.
“Education will also receive a massive attention in order to ensure quality teaching and learning environment across the state.As a lawmaker, I will ensure that laws that will make life more meaningful for the people of the state will be taken before the State Assembly and enacted for good governance,” he said.
“As an Engineer, I will introduce technology into the art of governance to ensure that things are done the best possible ways they can be done. I want the people of the state to have the best” Jika said.
Bauchi State Governor, His Excellency, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has pledged to improve the quality of lives of the citizens of Bauchi state by providing them with access to quality education, roads, agriculture, clean water among others.
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He was speaking during an inspection visit amidst his reelection campaign in Warji where he called on the citizens of Bauchi state to vote for qualified leaders saying the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will continue to unite Nigerians and bring curative measures to situations if given the mandate once more.
According to Mohammed said his laudable achievements in Warji include the General Hospital, renovation and construction of health facilities, classroom blocks and district palaces to ensure residents of rural areas are brought close to the affairs of leadership.
Other projects are the prominent Warji-Gwaram road which comprises bridges and drainages linking Dagu community with Jigawa.
He said more developmental projects aimed at upgrading the living standard of citizens of Warji local government and Bauchi state will be embarked on.
Earlier speaking, the stakeholders and traditional rulers commended Mohammed for his outstanding performance, saying they will reciprocate the gesture by supporting him in the forthcoming election.
Two people have been killed, seven injured in an accident involving a Trailer conveying Minerals and a passenger vehicle called Sharon with seven Passengers in it.
The accident claimed two lives while seven people were seriously injured.
The Bauchi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safe Yusuf Abdullahi confirmed the accident involving the two vehicles at Zalanga village along Bauchi Darazo Road.
He said two lives were lost while seven Passengers were injured and were taken care of at the Zalanga Dispensary and seriously injured were transported to Bauchi Hospital for treatment, he cited excessive speed and overload as the reason for the accident.
In his account of the incident an eye witness Hamisu Faruk who is a resident of Darazo Said The accident occurred at around 7 pm along Bauchi Darazo Road as a result of overload on the part of the Trailer
He said the trailer driver lost control and possibly fell asleep because we saw the trailer moving from one end of the road to another while the passenger vehicle called Sharon was on high speed and tried all he could to avoid the oncoming trailer but could not avoid it.
The deliberate efforts towards up scaling and enhancing the skills of its Training Staff by the Petroleum Training Institute’s (PTI) Management recently recorded a boost with the recent training on Subsea Overview.
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The training which was anchored by TechnipFMC was aimed at exploring all the major aspects of processes, technologies and systems overview involved in subsea oil and gas production.
Subsea engineering is a multidisciplinary field that is broadly responsible for the design, construction, installation and operation of offshore oil and gas fields and offshore wind farms which the Institute is greatly involved.
Declaring the training open, the Institute’s Principal and Chief, Dr. Henry A. Adimula said the training was aimed at improving and upscalling the staff skills to enable them participate in offshore business activities of the oil and gas industry.
“As you are aware, most activities in the upstream section of the oil sector are now moving offshore and as service provider, you need to understand the technicalities and identify opportunities for the sector.
Represented by the Director of Science, Dr. Bamidele S. Oyetunde, Dr. Adimula reiterated that the Institute will broker new fronts by continuously retraining its workforce on the latest technologies needed for the sector. He added that though PTI is new in Subsea activities but assured that soon, the Institute will be a hub for training in Subsea and its related activities.
He commended TechnipFMC for offering the training stating that PTI Management is highly delighted in working with the company. Dr. Adimula also praised the efforts of the Institute’s Head of Linkages, Exchange & Partnerships Unit, Dr. (Mrs.) Sarah Nwinee for ensuring the success of the training.
On his part, the General Manager, Capacity Building Division of Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Dr. Ama Ikuru, charged the PTI staff to take the training seriously and make the best use of the programme to improve their skills and that of the Institute.
In his words, “PTI is embarking on a very important journey. I am happy that this training is coming at this time. The world is going into subsea activities, hence the importance of this training. I want to appeal to the Training staff of PTI to pay rapt attention on this programme as we hope to send trainees to be trained by the Institute”.
Also speaking, Mr. Tayo Akinkunmi, Country Manager TechnipFMC disclosed that the TechnipFMC’s global training program is developed specially for everyone who is new to the subsea industry, or wants to have a deeper basic knowledge about the offshore operations and equipment used in the global subsea industry.
While commending PTI Management for embarking on the training for its Training Staff, Mr. Akinkunmi stated that TechnipFMC being a global leader in energy, projects, technologies; systems and services, also provides clients with deep expertise across subsea and surface projects.
He assured the Institute’s Management that the trained staff will emerge with innovative ideas, smarter designs and seamless ways of working”.
The E-networks Technologies Limited in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), has presented the Point Of Sale, (POS), terminals to agents in Benue state to enhance massive adoption of e-Naira in the state.
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National Chairman of E-networks Technologies, Mr. Victor Olusiji, who made the presentation in Makurdi, the state capital, said the aim was to make millions of Nigerians understand what the e-Naira is all about, its importance to individual, the economy and the nation.
Represented by his State Coordinator, Emmanuel Ugela, Olusiji said the idea would get people onboard the e-Naira platform by creating individual and merchant wallet for them so that they will begin to use it regularly for transactions.
“In order to carry out the CBN cashless policy to enhance massive adoption of e-Naira in Nigeria, the E-networks Technologies Limited has adopted five key players to deliver the CBN cashless policy.
“The key players include, aggregators, aggregators plus, POS agents, freelance marketers and paid marketers. The e-Naira will complement cash at a less costly, more efficient, generally accepted and trusted means of payment,” he stated.
Speaking on the benefit of the e-Naira, he said the serve enable massive employment opportunities for the youths in the country while also reducing, to the barest minimum, incidences of armed robbery, kidnapping and other crimes.
The opposition political party in Nasarawa State, the People’s Democratic Party [PDP] has revealed that the ruling All Progressives Congress [APC] has compromised an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] into burning permanent voters card.
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The Public Relations Officer of the PDP, Hon Ibrahim Hamza had disclosed this during a press conference held at the party secretariat along Jos road at the State capital.
Hamza revealed that the Electoral Officer of Awe Local Government, Danlami Umar Dandina and an officer from the national electoral umpire are presently cooling off in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department in the State capital.
According to him, “we discovered that a gullible staff of INEC was induced by the ruling party who sorted and burnt PVC’s of nonmembers of the APC”.
He confirmed that the agent had been arrested and handed over to security agents for further investigation.
“We, sometime ago, visited the Operation Officer of INEC and informed him of the unfolding incidents in places like Ekye Development Area in Soma Local Government, also in Azara in Awe”.
He sort for the immediate prosecution of the agent, and that all PVC’s collected through proxy be returned to the owners or be retrieved.
The PRO urged members of the party to remain calm, law abiding to constituted authorities at all times, quoting section 16.
“No voter shall hold multiple valid voters card, what do ever”.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Federal Government to extend the Jan. 31 deadline for expiration of old naira notes by at least two weeks.
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MURIC said this in a statement by Malam Muhammad Aliyu of its Sokoto Chapter on Saturday in Abuja.
“This week businesses in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara are almost grounded as a result of the Jan. 31 deadline for expiration of old naira notes as a result of refusal to accept the old naira notes in commercial transactions out of fear of possible inability to deposit the old naira notes in commercial banks.
“This is because every bank a customer goes he would meet a very long queue of depositors, trying to deposit their old naira notes in their attempt to beat the deadline. Businessmen have to be at bank as early as 6:00 am in order to join queue at commercial banks to have their old naira notes changed.
“Moreover, because of lack of enough new naira notes in circulation, fear of receiving old naira notes and unsure of whether one could be able to deposit the money he collected from customers at banks before the deadline due to very long queues many businessmen stopped collecting old notes.
“Many filling stations and other essential services providers also closed, because of most of their customers come with old naira notes and they are not sure whether they could be able to deposit same to the bank,” he said.
Aliyu added: “This has currently made life more difficult to ordinary citizens. Many Nigerians have lamented the nonavailability and scarcity of the new notes, this is because banks up till today, still give out the old naira notes to customers with the deadline only a few days away.
“We also call on the security agencies particularly the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit to closely monitor how commercial bank managers handle the new naira notes, they receive from Central Bank of Nigeria, which apex bank has been consistently insisting that the new notes are readily available at the vaults nationwide ready for collection.
“We call on Nigerians to remain peaceful and stop panicking about the money swap.”
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has sent a message of condolence to his Nasarawa State counterpart, Engr. Abdullahi Sule over the sudden death of his son, Hassan.
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The deceased was aged 36 years.
The Governor in a condolence message to Governor Sule noted that the death of a dear one is painful and devastating.
Ortom, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, said the young Hassan was a bridge builder who ensured peaceful and harmonious coexistence between his father’s administration and the youths in Nasarawa state.
He acknowledged that late Hassan created the enabling environment for people of his age group from different ethnic and religious backgrounds to appreciate the dynamics of governance which his father was enthroning in the State.
He added: “Your Excellency, it is hard to believe that your son, Hassan has been snatched by death in his prime but be consoled that he will be remembered for the good deeds he promoted among various groups in the state. He will be sorely missed.”
The Governor lamented that the young Hassan died at a time when his services were mostly needed especially, to salvage the youths from the intractable insecurity challenges where scores of them have been wrongly drafted into.
Ortom urged the bereaved family to be comforted and to take solace in the fact that their son lived an exemplary life worthy of emulation.
He prayed that God grant the Nasarawa State’s first family the fortitude to bear the loss and the deceased eternal rest.
A yet-to-be-identified young was, on Friday night, harassed by a suspected sex worker for allegedly paying her with a torn old one thousand naira note.
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The incident happened at about 9:46 PM at one of the chalets along the popular Abakaliki Street (also known as the Club Road) in Awka, Anambra State capital.
The drama became noticed when a feminine voice was heard raging in anger, right at the front of the chalet, which drew the attention of the passers-by and the denizens of the area. A man in his late 30 was also seen at the scene, with a hand tightly hooked on his trousers, while he was fiercely threatening to beat up the lady if she refused to release his trousers.
Words like: “Oga, nothing like I for tell you earlier”, “No allow me change am for you ooo”, “You must give me new money or do transfer for me”, “You think say I come Awka come play” “Abeg no use my hustle play with me jare” and others were repeatedly uttered by the lady who was using one hand to gesticulate, while also tight-holding the man’s trousers with the other hand, as spectators gathered to leverage the scenario.
Some other ladies suspected to be commercial sex workers were also at the scene, raging and commenting shambolically on the issue.
Through enquiries and eyewitness’ aacout, this reporter, Izunna Okafor, gathered that the said man had just finished copulating with the lady at the “short time” market price of one thousand naira, after which he offered her a torn old naira note (N1000) as a settlement for her service.
Addressed by his nickname, Obyno, the dark-complexioned man, who was looking drunk and fuddled, was equally fuming in anger, while insisting that he would not change the money or make any transfer, as he did not have the new naira note and cannot make transfers. He added that the lady did not tell her on time that she wasn’t collecting old naira note anymore.
While noting that he does not even have any money in his account, Obyno was also insisting that old note is still a legal tender, and wondered why the commercial sex worker would reject it, while others are still collecting it.
“Ashawo nke gị ọ̀ dị̀ ichè? Ọ̀ kwa ndị ọzọ ka na-ana ego ochie?” he rhetorically questioned in Igbo language (meaning, “Is your own prostitution different from others? Are others not still collecting the old naira note?”)
The salaciously dressed lady, identified as Asa, on her own, insisted that she would not collect the old one, let alone the one that is torn and tattered. Backed-up by her colleagues, she also threatened to strip Obyno naked and confiscate his phone if he continued to delay her and make her lose her regular customers who were coming, peeping and going without patronizing her as usual.
The whole drama, was, however, brought to an abrupt end when a young man, suspected to be Obyno’s friend, surfaced at the scene; and after enquiring what was happening, brought out a new one thousand naira note and settled the sex worker.
“Chi gị azọọ gị. You for collect this night,” she said, as she freed his trousers.
“Comon get out, Ashawo!” Obyno retorted as he staggered out with his friends, while trying to buckle-up his loose belt.
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