The former Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi on Tuesday applauded Davido for his successful union with Chioma.
Obi who made this known through his official X-handle formerly known as Twitter, expressed gratitude over their successful traditional marriage ceremony.
According to him: “I most sincerely congratulate @davido and Chioma today as they begin their matrimonial journey with their traditional marriage ceremony.
“May God Almighty who has brought them together and this far continue to guide, bless, and prosper their union, and may their love for each other be the foundation on which they build their life together” he stated.
The National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajero on Monday said that Kogi State is already in safe hands with the appointment of a labour leader, Onuh Edoka as the Special Adviser on Labour Matters by Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo.
Ajero made the remark while addressing a team of labour leaders, led by the Special Adviser on Labour Matters to Kogi state government, Onuh Edoka during a courtesy visit that took place at his office on Monday.
He noted that leadership was all about having the right persons beside you, saying the appointment of past labour leaders in the state would add impetus to the delivery of effective service through democracy dividends.
The NLC President said he was happy with the reports coming in from Kogi State, explaining that it will be a new era for the people and particularly the people of the State.
Ajero commended Comrade Onuh Edoka and his team for the initiative, noting that it was the first time in history for NLC national leadership to receive such delegation from a state.
He however, urged the team to remain steadfast in the pursuit of workers welfare, emphasizing that they should maintain their integrity at all times.
Earlier in a remark, the leader of the delegation and Special Adviser on Labour to Kogi State Governor, Onuh Edoka said the team was in the office to showcase the political will of the Governor who has commenced on an impressive note.
Edoka explained that Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo in his wisdom, has so far appointed about seven former labour leaders in his administration, describing the act as unprecedented.
The Special Adviser said with the positive development, Kogi State would move faster in terms of development.
He appealed for adequate synergy with the NLC National, adding that his office will.continue to initiate ideas that will oil the wheel of progress and commended Joe Ajero for his purposeful leadership.
Other members of the team are Special Adviser on Agriculture, Otaru Abdulkabir, Special Adviser on Information and Communications, Jacob Edi, Senior Special Assistant on Civil Service matters, Tade Adeyemi and a Permanent Secretary, Ranti Matthew Ojo.
The rest are the Kogi State NLC Chairman, Gabriel Amari, his TUC counterpart, Tijani Ahmed, Chairman of Joint Negotiating Council, Olusegun Alemeru and Director Labour in the office of the Head of Civil Service, Rachael Usman
He mentioned some labour friendly interventions already carried out under the present administration of Gov. Ododo to include prompt payment of salaries to workers, Payment of 100% to pensioners in both the State and Local Government level, Implementation of 35% hazard allowance to all categories of State Health Workers.
others are; Payment of six (6) months Health Insurance Scheme for all State workers to the Kogi State Health Insurance Agency as take off for the workforce, Provision of Transformer and the linking of the State NLC Secretariat to 33kva line and High improvement in the salaries of Local Government Workers to 90% among others.
Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru has demonstrated his willingness, efforts and courage in transforming the Chuba Okadigbo airport into a world class standard.
He demonstrated this by embarking on regular inspection of the Airport, to get it ready for inauguration soonest by the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The governor, Nwifuru in a bid to ensure speedy completion of the runway rehabilitation, control tower and putting the entire airport in a perfect use, has made sure that all contractors handling various projects at the airport, are paid up to ninety percent of the contract sum.
Chuba Okadigbo int’l airport, Ebonyi state
According to him: “the airport is what we think that our money should go into, and it is for the benefit of all of us, since our manifesto is centred on the ‘People’s charter of needs’ we couldn’t have spent so much money on this airport, but we have to become, we shouldn’t abandon it.
“We have about three projects ongoing in this airport; the runway, control tower and it is almost one hundred percent completed. Another one is the security control light in this airport, and it is almost completed too” he said.
The Nations News Nigeria reports that the governor Francis Nwifuru has equally vowed to punish his enemies and critics, with the construction of gigantic projects across the thirteen local government areas of the state.
“When we assumed office, having campaigned on the same platform of Divine mandate, continuity and consolidation, we were constrained and it became an obligation that we complete this airport, and put it to the standard that everybody will be proud of.
“And as a people of Ebonyi state, we made a serious promise to our people that we will punish our enemies with very gigantic projects” he stated.
Nwifuru in a bid to get the airport completed, did not only ensured regular payment of salaries to airport workers, but accepted for an upward review of the contract sum of the runway, being handled by the infrastructure Development Company, IDC, from #13.5 billion to #17.3 billion, caused by inflation and cost of construction materials in the country.
“The contractor (IDC handling the airport runway rehabilitation) has been doing wonderfully well, but the state government has been doing very exceptionally well. At the beginning, early July, we agreed to re-award the construction of this runway. We gave it to IDC because they have an asphalt plant close to Ebonyi state. And they agreed to build an asphalt plant here, which you can see there.
“Due to the issue of fluctuation in our currency, this job was supposed to stop, if not the understanding, I personally talked to the contractor, I made serious promises. We called for an upward review. The runway was initially awarded for #13.735billion, at the time of the upward review, The balance left then was #4.7billion and we reviewed it upwards by 70 percent from the balance. And that’s what made the contractor come back to site” he said.
The governor, Nwifuru through the ministry of Aviation and transport technology, led by Mrs. Ngozi Obichukwu has created a Cago unit for food produce export with the desire to boost the economy of the state: “We have plans to Have Airport hangers (Aircraft mechanic workshop) for repair of flights across the Country.
Nwifuru also through the ministry of Aviation and transport technology said it has plans to purchase aircraft for the state, establish College of Aviation, create massive jobs for the youths and as well to boost the economy of the state by greater percentage.
The governor, Nwifuru has equally set out to attract investors into the airport and some other parts of the state, and this, he has demonstrated through his recent engagement and partnership with various international agencies,who in no distant time, will start to develop the state beyond expectations.
Benue state governor Hyacinth Alia, has said his administration will revive the Igumale Cement Factory located in Ado local government area of the State and construct more access roads in the area.
The Igumale Cement Factory project was started during the administration of senator George Akume but was later abandoned by successive governments.
The governor while speaking at Okpoga during his thank you tour of Enone consisting of Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency, said he will meet with the caretaker committee chairmen for the three (3) local government areas and work out the modalities of constructing a road linking the areas.
He explained that it is very important to have good roads around the cement area, so that if one wants to travel with investors to the area, they should travel on a good road.
Governor Alia who thanked the people for the confidence they reposed in him to lead the State, promised to light up Okpoga, the headquarters of Enone federal constituency in Okpokwu LGA.
“I see that Okpoga is in darkness, I will light it up with 5000 kW electricity. I have come to reduce your pains and suffering. Continue to support my administration and be patient with Mr. President, he has good policies for Nigerians”, Alia appealed.
He disclosed that upon assumption of office, his administration inherited over 359 billion naira owed workers of the State for several years.
He said it’s unfair, inhumane for the previous administration not to pay workers salary and still lied to the people that the federal government denied them funds to pay salary.
Alia promised that his administration will continue to prioritize the payment of workers salary, announcing that henceforth, civil servants in the State will be paid from 22nd of every month.
Earlier, a former Senatorial candidate and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress Daniel Onjeh challenged the Governor to match actions with words in fulfilling campaign promises to the people.
Onjeh said the opposition parties are mocking the people that he(Governor) has abandoned them in terms of infrastructures and appointments.
‘The opposition is asking what you have done for Benue South. We want to see things manifest. Do not be distracted by the blackmail of the opposition”, he said.
APC acting chairman Benjamin Omakolo, said the governor inherited a dead state and is working hard to bring it back to life.
The Nations News Nigeria reports that the highlight of the occasion was the defection of over 500 persons from the opposition parties to the APC.
The Anambra State Government has restated its commitment to support any programme designed to promote quality education in the State.
The Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma-Udeh stated this while hosting principal officers of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Awka Study Center in her office, at the Jerome Udoji Secretariat complex, Awka.
She said Governor Chukwuma Soludo has demonstrated his favourable disposition to education by employing qualified teachers to end the era of schools without teachers.
She expressed optimism that the partnership between the Ministry and NOUN would further boost human capital development for transformation of the State to a livable and prosperous homeland.
“With the availability of teachers, the stage is now set for a worthy partnership between the Ministry of Education and National Open University of Nigeria for human capital development needed for the transformation of Anambra State to a livable and prosperous society,” she added.
The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Saturday, raised alarm that some members of the national assembly from within the Gwer/Gwer West federal constituency of the State, are sabotaging his efforts towards bringing developments to people of their areas.
It would be recalled that some NASS members from Benue State, had on several occasions accused governor Alia of excluding them in the scheme of things in his administration.
However, governor Alia while speaking during his thank you tour to Gwer/Gwer Federal Constituency held at St Francis Primary School Aliade, Gwer LGA of the State, accused some of the NASS members within the constituency of not wanting him to bring development to the people that overwhelmingly voted him into power in 2023.
But he further assured that they would not succeed with their plans to truncate his administration’s development agenda.
The former priest acknowledged the overwhelming support he has received right from the beginning of his administration till date and assured that he will not disappoint the people of Benue State.
The Governor promised to revive the multimillion naira Taraku Oil Mills Limited and will also carry out renovation of schools in Gwer/Gwer Federal Constituency.
“My administration has commenced the process of reviving the multimillion naira Taraku Mills Limited. I therefore commend the people for ensuring that the company was not vandalized all these years.
“I will also renovate and upgrade School of the Gifted And Government Girls Secondary Aliade that offers exchange programmes for students across the country”, Alia stated.
Speaking on the issues of land disputes, the governor said the boundary commission would soon commence demarcation of all disputed areas in the State and urged all communities to respect the demarcated boundaries going forward.
Earlier, Sen Barnabas Gemade Chairman Benue APC Elders Forum commended Gov Alia for his forthrightness.
Gemade said Gov Alia was a man of peace and urged all people in the State to embrace peace and to support him to succeed.
He said over 120 elders across the State were strongly behind the Governor and would ensure that he delivers his campaign promises.
In her welcome address, Caretaker Chairman, Gwer East LGA, Mrs Comfort Agbo said the people of Gwer/Gwer West Federal Constituency said they were “very proud” of the achievements recorded by the governor so far.
Mrs Agbo further appealed to the governor to forgive National Assembly members from the Constituency over their actions and utterances which were aimed at bringing his reputation to disrepute.
She said such NASS members were not speaking for the people of the Constituency adding that they would be made to pay for their actions during the next election.
Prof Eugene Aliegba, while commending the governor for his efforts in restoring peace in the State, also urged the governor to ensure that all IDPs return to their homes safely.
Prof Aliegba said that Naka, the headquarters of Gwer West, was overpopulated due to displacement caused by herders’ attacks which has resulted in security challenges in the area.
He also urged the governor to disregard the utterances of the NASS members from the constituency because they were not speaking the minds of the people.
Also Member, representing Gwer East State Assembly, Mr Elias Audu urged the governor to revive the multimillion Taraku Mills Ltd to improve the State economy and create jobs in the State.
Audu also urged the governor to renovate the School of the Gifted Aliade and Government Girl Secondary School Aliade which receives students all over the country as an exchange programme.
He assured the people of the State that at the Assembly, they were enacting laws that would bring development, public order and progress in the State.
Also the APC State Acting Chairman, Mr Benjamin Omakolo while receiving 2900 persons who defected from other political parties into the APC assured them of equal treatment.
The commissioner for Aviation and transport technology, Mrs Ngozi Obichukwu has explained that the Chuba Okadigbo international airport has the capacity to boost the economy of Ebonyi State and the south east region by a greater percentage.
She reiterated the preparedness of the state government led by governor Francis Nwifuru to ensure that the Chuba Okadigbo’s airport commences operation soonest.
Obichukwu, who marked her one year in office as the commissioner for aviation and transport technology, applauded governor Francis Nwifuru’s prudence and transparency in the utilization of funds to execute quality projects in the state.
She stated that the airport has both local and international wings, and as much, will attract foreign investors into the state to invest, revamp the economy and create massive jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the state and south east in general.
Obichukwu, however narrated that the runway rehabilitation has recorded ninety percent completion, and as such, will be delivered soonest by the contractor, infrastructure Development Company, IDC, to the state government for inauguration.
According to her: “The governor, Francis Nwifuru is a man that has a taste and he goes for quality in his work. And he doesn’t compromise quality in his work. We thank God that the governor is committed to ensuring that the Chuba Okadigbo international airport is put in the right frame.
“His determination to get the airport working is already assured because the contractors that bid and the one that won the bid, have really done very well, on the base and width that they indulged in the rehabilitation and asphalting of the runway” she said.
The commissioner further enumerated the achievements of her ministry within the one year under review to include; purchase of airport-bus to enhance mobility of workers, regular payment of salaries to workers, inauguration of peace and conflict resolution committee to interface with passengers in the airport.
Facilitated the evaluation of the Chuba Okadigbo international airport by the Federal ministry of Aviation, Federal ministry of Housing and Urban development, NAMA, NIMET and FAN, etc, who inspected the work done at the Chuba Okadigbo’s airport.
Chuba Okadigbo int’l airport, Ebonyi state
“We have made proposals to the federal government and if we relinquish this outfit, we should have something commiserate with what is on ground” she said.
She further narrated the efforts currently being put in place to ensure a commiserate repayment of the cost of construction of the Chuba Okadigbo’s airport to the state government and possible takeover of the airport by the federal ministry of Aviation.
“We even have the Cago unit for food produce export.We have plans to Have Airport hangers (Aircraft mechanic workshop) for repair of flights across the Country
The commissioner also revealed plans by her ministry through the approval of the state governor, Francis Nwifuru, to establish a College of Aviation in the state.
She, however commended the governor Francis Nwifuru for the opportunity given to her to serve the state, and vowed to contribute maximally to the development and progress of the present administration.
The aviation commissioner, Obichukwu emphasized that the good governance of governor, Francis Nwifuru, especially the People’s charter of needs, will earn him a second term in office, and that there is no two ways about it.
The Governor of Cross River state, Prince Bassey Edet Otu has appointed a new chairman of cross river state traditional rulers Council,HRM Ovai (Elder) Solomon Osim Edward JP, paramount ruler of Abi local government area
The appointment is contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the state government, Prof. Anthony Owan Enoh, dated Friday 21st June 2024 and issued to newsmen in Calabar.
Ovai Solomon Edward is taking over from the former chairman, Etinyin Etim Okon Edet who is the paramount ruler of Bakassi local government Area who was removed by the State House of Assembly for overstaying his 2 year tenure as stipulated by the state law.
The SSG in the statement also stated that the appointment of Ovai Edward was in line with section 3 of the Council of Chiefs law, cap C15 of the Cross River State law 2004.
The statement reads in parts:; “the Governor of cross river state, Prince Bassey Edet Otu, in exercise of the power vested in him by section 3 of the Council of Chiefs law Cap C15, of the cross river state Law 2004 has approved the appointment of His Royal Majesty, Ovai (Elder) Solomon Osim Edward JP, paramount ruler of Abi local government area as the Chairman, State Council of Chiefs”.
It also stated that the appointment of the new chairman is for a term of 2 years with effect from 21st of June, 2024
It would be recalled that prior to the appointment of HRH Ovai Solomon Edward, the state governor prince Bassey Edet Otu on the recommendation of the Cross River State House of Assembly, had dissolved the State traditional rulers Council on the 14th of June, 2024
The governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah has donated the sum of N441m to 294 indigenes of the state currently studying at the seven campuses of the Nigerian Law School across the country.
The Nations News Nigeria reports that the total beneficiaries were drawn from the 17 Local Government Areas of Enugu State.
it was gathered that 284 of the beneficiaries have already been verified and paid the sum of N150,000 each as part of government’s support and effort to accelerate human capital development in the state.
The governor, Mbah also awarded a scholarship in the sum of N12m to Miss Chidiogo Igwebuike, an indigene of Ukana, Udi LGA, Enugu State, to be trained as a pilot at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Kaduna State.
The beneficiaries under the umbrella of the National Association of Enugu State Law Students, described the gesture by the governor as an auspicious intervention, especially against the backdrop of the challenging economic realities of the country.
They commended the governor for his vision and commitments towards the educational sector in the state.
The National President, secretary and the public relations officer of the Association, Stephen Obiora, Johnpaul Obisike; and Uzoamaka Aguoma, in letter signed and made available to newsmen vowed to make the state proud.
“This bursary has come at the right time to alleviate the financial challenges the entire country is facing at this time, giving us room to focus on our court and chamber attachments without too much worry about the current state of the economy.
“Your commitment to education and youth development is truly commendable. Your support is a testament to your administration’s dedication to empowering Enugu State indigenes and investing in our dear state’s future and progress.
“We appreciate you for believing in us. We look forward to making Enugu state proud,” they stated.
In a related development, Governor Mbah has equally paid the sum of N12m to see Miss Chidiogo Igwebuike, a 24-year old graduate of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Enugu, through a Standard Pilot Course at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria.
Recalled that the governor had in May 2024 awarded scholarship in the sum of N233m to one Israel Echezona, a 17-year old indigene of Mgbagbu-Owa, Enugu State, who emerged the overall best candidate in the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology entrance examination, to be trained as a pilot.
A renowned activist in Kogi State, Idris Abdul Miliki has commended Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for signing into law the anti-corruption bill, charging him to develop the political will and diligence in his attitude, body language and utterances in the fight against corruption in the State.
Miliki, who is the Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolutions made the appeal in a statement signed and made available to The Nations News Nigeria on Friday in
Lokoja.
He averred that the signing of the anti-corruption bill into law by the present administration, will have a meaningful impact in the struggle against corruption in Kogi State.
The activist explained that corruption has brought in low development, deprivation of fundamental Human Rights of citizens from their basic benefits, such as Health, infrastructure, education, employment, and welfare of the citizens generally.
The statement reads in part: “Corruption have eaten deep into our society particularly among public service institutions in Kogi State in the past and is still ravaging Kogi State. The advocacy by civil society organizations for the creation of an Anti-corruption agency or institution in Kogi State is to bring positive results.
“The agency, will now complement the effort of the various Federal institutions fighting Corruption at various level in Nigeria. From our own end, as an organization, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR) that have been advocating and involved in the crusade of fighting corruption in Kogi State over a decade, we shall be willing to partner with the agency when established” it stated.
Miliki called on the citizens and particularly, the public service in the State to take note and leverage on this new initiative to reduce corruption in Kogi State, adding that, the Law is not a respecter of anybody.
He equally call on the Kogi State Governor to put the necessary framework and machinery in place for the proper implementation of this great law in the interest of Justice and development of Kogi State.
It could be recalled that Kogi State Governor had on Thursday signed into law the anti-corruption bill alongside six other bills in the State.
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