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  • Nigerian aviation to grow by 5% in 20 years

    The contribution of the air transport industry in Nigeria is expected to grow by five per cent in the next twenty years with increase in demands that will enable airlines contribute about USD $O.4 billion and 61,000 jobs for emerging Nigerian economy .

    The estimated growth is contained in a paper entitled :” Sustainable aircraft maintenance hangar the imperative for the Nigerian aviation industry “, at a seminar organised by aircraft pilots in Uyo .

    The paper was presented by Dr Titus Kehinde Olaniyi , a resource person from the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology ( NCAT), Zaria.

    Olaniyi said the air transport industry generates and supports 6.7 million jobs in Africa contributing about $67.8 billion to the continent’s gross domestic product .

    According to  Olaniyi the air transport in the country has been growing since mid 1980’s and 1990’s with deregulation and emergence of domestic airlines in GDP.

    He regretted that despite the forecasted growth, numbers of airlines in the country depreciated to the extent that most of the early starters no longer existed adding that out of the 30 airlines operating in the 1990’s only about seven schedules flights in 2010.

    Olaniyi explained that inconsistent regulatory policies, deteriorating infrastructures with obsolete facilities, negligence and managerial incompetence contributed to the failings.

    He noted that airlines negligence of industry best practice in aircraft operations and maintenances has contributed to several aircraft cashes and folding up of the airlines while managerial incompetence led to fund misappropriations, manpower

    mismanagement and high indebtedness.

    According to him, the lack of sustainable aircraft maintenance hangars has negatively impacted on Nigerian airlines and their ability to operate sustainable in an inherently  complex and dynamic global air transport industry.

    Olaniyi explained that the systematic failure of the airline industry could be traced to unsustainable aircraft maintenance policies resulting from ageing aircraft, lack of appropriate maintenance personnel, non availability of aircraft hangars where proper checks or maintenance can be carried out.

    He noted further that the provision for maintenance facility of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) was currently inadequate for the nations needs, tracing the demise of Okada airline to the exorbitant cost of heavy maintenance tasks that could have been avoided assuming the maintenance hangars were present in Nigeria.

     

     

     

     

  • Institution for child-training (5)

    Dear Reader, this week, as we round off this teaching, I’ll like to quickly share with you on The Power Of Prayer in the process of child-training and Tips for effective child-training.

    Prayer is a spiritual weapon that can be used to bring about discipline in the lives of your children. Prayer power makes child-training easy, because it moulds them spiritually. As a Christian parent, who desires disciplined children, you must spend time to pray with and for your children, daily.

    Mother Wesley, the mother of John and Charles Wesley, was a woman of prayer. She spent time praying for her children. No wonder, her children were foremost among the people who changed and affected their world positively, with impacts that are still being felt today.  You can also do the same. Your children need your prayers.  Do not faint in praying for them, because prayer changes things.

    If you put these two tools to work, disciplining your children will become the easiest thing to do.  I’d like to say here that there is no way you can discipline your children, if you are not disciplined yourself. It is my prayer that God will grant you grace to take responsibilities toward your children.  You will not fail in Jesus’ precious name.

    Let’s briefly outline some various tips for effective child-training:

    •Begin at birth by saying bedtime prayers with your children. You will be amazed how   quickly they pick them up and begin to say prayers with you! Help them to know Jesus as      early as possible.

    •Read to your children Bible stories from children’s Bible for their age group. Family time together and sharing the Bible can be a wonderful experience.

    •Be very patient with your children.

    •Always build confidence in your child by whatever you do.

    •Listen to them; don’t just hear what they are saying, give them your attention and direct eye contact when they speak to you. Your children will let you know what challenges they have, and what you may need to bring to the Lord in intercessory prayer for them. This is such an important way to show them how much you value them, and you will also teach them to pray for others.

    •Watch over your children diligently! Know where they are, who they associate with, what they are watching on T.V., the kind of music they are listening to. Get involved and stay involved. Train them with good Christian moral values.

    •Give your children responsibility early in life. Children love to “help” at a very early age. At first, they may not do things quite the way you would, but they grow up to be self-reliant and dependable.

    •Teach them to respect proper authority.

    •Keep control over the home! Your children must know who is in control.

    •Nothing delights a child more than praise from his parents. Let them know just how much you appreciate them, whenever they do wonderful things.

    •Spend time with your children. Get down to their level and see things from their perspective. Seek to have as much family time as you can; crack jokes and laugh with them because proper humour is good for the soul.

    •Study your children to know who they really are, what they love, etc. Bring out the good whenever possible and try to re-shape any tendency towards bad behaviour. Every child is a masterpiece from God.  Allow them to be individuals.

    •Keep your marriage together! Children need parents who love each other! If you grew up in a home where your parents did not get along, whether divorced or not, you have probably realized later in life the devastating results in your own personal life. However, you can overcome this.

    •Do not leave your children behind when going to Church or Christian gatherings, at whatever age or stage. The Church is also a good institution for learning.

    Do you need God’s grace in your life? Then surrender your life to Christ. This is by confessing your sins and accepting Jesus as your Saviour and Lord. If you are set for it, please say this prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, I come to You today. I am a sinner. I believe You died and rose on the third day. Forgive me of my sins.  Cleanse me with Your Precious Blood. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour.  Now, I know I am a child of God.

     

    Congratulations! You are now born again! Till I come your way next time, please call or write, and share your testimonies with me through: Email: contact@faithoyedepo.org, counselling@faithoyedepo.org and Tel. No: 07026385437, 08141320204.

    For more insight, these books authored by me are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all the Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Building a Successful Family, Understanding Motherhood, Raising Godly Children, and Success in Marriage (Co-Authored with Dr. David Oyedepo).

  • UAM matriculates 5,868 freshers

    Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM), Prof Emmanuel Kucha, has charged 5,868 new students admitted for the 2013/2014 academic session to shun social vices such as cultism, indecent dressing, sexual harassment, drug abuse, and examination misconduct.

    Kucha, in his address, advised the students to get their priorities right and settle down quickly for the academic challenges ahead.

    He further reminded the freshers that they many experience a little discomfort while undertaking the rigours of academic work.  But he encouraged them to regard the challenges as experience and surmount any obstacle.

    The vice chancellor announced that UAM would host the 25th edition of the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA), urging the students to take advantage and engage in sporting activities to win laurels.

    Of the 5,868 students that matriculated, 3,252 are full time degree students, 916 students are for the sandwich programme, while 1,700 are post graduate students.

  • 5,000 patent medicine stores shut in Kano

    Over 5,000 patent medicine stores have been shut at the popular Abubakar Rimi Market in Sabon Gari, Kano.

    The move, it was learnt, was to protest the government’s December 31 deadline to quit the market for allegedly selling fake and counterfeit drugs.

    The government’s decision followed increasing drug abuse and addiction by the youths.

    This, it was learnt, has put the state among the highest with illicit drug use and consumption in the country.

    The Nation investigation showed that the Kano branch of the Nigerian Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) took the decision to make the government rescind its decision and dialogue with the association to resolve the impasse.

    The government, it was learnt, may have been misinformed that members of the association sold fake and counterfeit drugs to the public at rock-bottom price.

    This informed the decision of the government to issue the December 31 deadline for the patent medicine sellers to quit the market without providing an alternative for their business.

    The Nation further discovered that the sudden closure of the medicine stores would not only affect Kano residents but also all the northern states that patronise the market, including government agencies.

    The patent medicine sellers noted that it would be better for the government to start an enquiry to test the drugs that are sold to the public in the market.

     

  • 5,000 Jehovah’s witnesses to attend convention in Osun

    No fewer than 5,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses will attend this year’s 3-day annual district convention of the congregation, holding in Ilesa, Osun State, from Friday, November 2.

    According to a statement by the local media contact of the Christian Congration of Jehovah’s Witnesses for the convention, Mr. Paul Ajibola Oyebisi, members and their invited guests would benefit from the positive message and practical suggestions that will be highlighted at the convention, with the theme: “Safeguard Your Heart!”

    Oyebisi, who said the convention will hold for three successive weekends from November 2, at the Ilerin-Ilesha Assembly Hall, disclosed that there would be 250 of such conventions in 32 cities across Nigeria this year. He noted that, worldwide, there are over 7.6 million Jehovah’s witnesses in more than 109, 000 congregations.

    He said: “The witnesses’ convention programme promises a fresh examination of Biblical references to the figurative heart. Through lively discourses, dramtic Bible readings and presentations, and even a live play, programme parts will emphasize how protecting the figurative heart will enhance one’s spiritual well-being, take wise decisions, improve family life, strenghten their relationship with God and find true hapiness.”