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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) yesterday urged the House of Representatives not to flout the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, restraining it from changing its leadership.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola, on Monday, restrained parties in a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the House from taking steps that could affect the res in the case.

He ordered them to maintain status quo pending the determination of the suit.

The NBA, in a statement yesterday, said the order remained valid and must be obeyed by all until it is set aside.

It hailed the leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly for exhibiting a good sense of purpose and responsibility in their welcome addresses to their members.

The association urged the legislators to focus on their core responsibility of law-making and dwell less on politicking.

It hailed the House leadership on the manner it dealt with the crisis.

The NBA said: “We are concerned about the language of some honourable members of the House of Representatives at a press conference that followed later in the day, with a member of the Bar threatening that the order of court would be obeyed up and until the next court date in February when, according to him, the court must determine the whole matter. We have found this rather very impudent.

“We are alarmed at such a statement from a member of the Bar to a court. We want to believe that that was a slip that would never be repeated, because the NBA will not hesitate to take disciplinary actions against its members, in or out of government, whose actions or utterances are considered disrespectful to a court of law.

“The Bar must, at all times, protect the integrity and dignity of the courts. Whoever is dissatisfied with a court order, has a responsible option of bringing another application to have the order under reference set aside by the same court or go to the Court of Appeal.

“Politics must give way to the serious business of law making in the hallowed chambers of the National Assembly, which is a matter of responsibility, the legislature being the hallmark of any democracy.

“We particularly commend the maturity and dexterity exhibited by our professional colleague, the honourable speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Waziri Aminu Tambuwal, in dousing the unnecessary disorder caused by what the Rt. Honourable speaker stainly referred to, as an expensive New Year joke, and an attempt in surreptitiously disregarding a valid and subsisting order of court, that status quo be maintained with regards to the leadership positions of the House of Representatives, pending the hearing and determination of the pending motion on notice.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SSG) Senator Anyim Pius Anyim has urged indigenes of Ishiagu community in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State to sustain the peace.

He spoke at an interactive session between the council Chairman, Mr. Joseph Obasi and stakeholders, at Ishiagu Civic Centre.

Anyim said with the election of the new council chairman, peace would return to the area. “

Said he: “You have a duty to support the chairman to maintain peace, because without peace, there will be no development.”

Represented by Chief Emmanuel Mbechina, the SGF promised to work with the government, council chairman, the leadership of Ishiagu Community Development Union and other stakeholders to ensure development.

The President-General of the union, Chief Stanley Anyim; former Chief Whip of Ebonyi House of Assembly, Mr. Uchenna Orji; Coordinator of Echiele Development Centre, Mrs. Christiana Ezenta and others described the forum as a new dawn.

In a communiqué at the end of the interaction, the people resolved to strengthen the relationship between the government and the council.

They hailed Anyim, an indigene, for his efforts in ensuring peace and empowering the people.

The indigenes also hailed the government and the SGF for their support in the election of Obasi and the appointment of Mr. Nicholas Makwe and Mrs. Ezenta as coordinators of Ivo and Echiele development centres.

The occasion was also a platform for the chairman of the council to roll out his plans.

Obasi announced scholarship for female students, who had admission to study Medicine or Law. He promised to provide infrastructure, especially in education, public utilities and water supply.

According to him, he would empower indigent persons.

Obasi urged the people to withdraw the suit over the successor to the stool of the community, as they have the capacity to resolve the matter.

Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ikeja, has urged resident to be more security-conscious during Yuletide for their safety.

Its Commandant, Dayo Adesuyi, who gave the advice while an account of his stewardship rendering in the past 10 months, said the command had done a lot to ensure that the state is habitable as far as security wise.

He scored the command high in anti-vandalism, disaster management, counter terrorism, securing companies, peace and conflict resolution, training and capacity building and security surveillance/intelligence gathering.

The anti-vandalism unit of the command, he said, arrested over 150 suspected vandals who were involved in the economic sabotage of the nation’s resources.

He charged the public to report suspicious individuals moving around oil pipelines, to avert possible vandalisation of such pipeline which could lead to fire outbreak during this festive period.

He also advised motorists to drive carefully and ensure that their vehicles are well maintained for the safety of passengers during the period. The command, he said, had deployed 2000 officers to various strategic locations within the metropolis.

The corps’ Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mefor Chibuzo assured that its information desk would be open for 24 hours throughout this festive period to receive any complaint by the public.

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has been told to quit politics by a former Lagos State Commissioner of Police Abubakar Tsav.

Tsav said Tukur should devote the rest of his life “to philanthropy”.

Tsav, in a text message to The Nation, said Tukur by all standards is a fulfilled man.

He listed some of Tukur’s achievements as: a former governor of the old Gongola State; administrator of the sea ports, and acclaimed businessman, with connections both in Nigeria and beyond.

He said: “The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur ,was once the governor of the old Gongola State after serving as general manager, NPA. He holds a traditional title from Adamawa. He ‘chairmans’, International Business Organisation, a successful businessman and well connected.

“By world standards, he is rich and should be a comfortable man. By age, he is ripe for retirement from active politics, if he cherishes his name and integrity. It is time for him to quit politics and devote the rest of his life to philanthropy.”

Tsav said people involuntarily invite tribulations to themselves by giving into greed and selfishness.

“What else does Alhaji Tukur want in life? Mr Nelson Mandela fought apartheid headlong and was arrested and jailed for 27 years. On his release, he was elected president of RSA (Republic of South Africa). He offered to serve for just one term. Today, the world holds him in high esteem. Greed and selfishness invite tribulations.”

A chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Oyo State, Alhaji Abass Oloko, has advised the leader of the Accord and former Governor Rashidi Ladoja to call the party’s Media Director, Prince Dotun Oyelade, to order. He accused Oyelade of making reckless reactions to the development in the state.

Reacting to the statements and an article written by Prince Oyelade and published in Daily Sun, Oloko said it was unfortunate that such an article could be written by a “collaborator-in-corruption” during the Adebayo Alao-Akala administration.

He said rather than hail the Governor Abiola Ajimobi administration for its many “firsts”, the Accord has been saying the same thing all the time.

Oloko added that the statements had been laced with lies and only an uninformed person would see meanings in them.

According to him, the Accord is just playing politics, adding that Senator Ladoja, as an engineer, ought to know that erecting a barrier at the foot of a flyover does not indicate weakness.

He alleged that he neither studied civil engineering nor a building- related course.

The ACN chieftain went on: “Common sense tells me that such barriers need to be erected at the foot of the new bridge to discourage articulated vehicles, considering the damage they’ve done to our roads.”

He said he wondered why Ladoja did not build a bridge when he knew the cost, adding: “Honesty, if he has done these things, we wouldn’t have been lauding Governor Ajimobi for these small things.

“Or is Senator Ladoja criticising Governor Ajimobi because he sent his people packing from the Ajumose government? There is no way you can blame a government you are part of and not get the red card! Yes, I would have done the same thing for you if I were Ajimobi. Or have you forgotten that you reneged on the agreement you signed with your godfather, the late Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu, in 2003 and that was the genesis of thuggery and insecurity in our politics in the Fourth Republic.”

On the cost difference between the Abeokuta and the Ibadan bridges, he said the former governor should know that cost might be less, considering the closeness to raw materials in Abeokuta, a rocky town. He added that any visitor to the Ibadan bridge would see its several ancillary facilities, which were not in the Abeokuta bridge; the old water pipelines, which were replaced with a-500mm water mains of steel pipes of about 2km, coupled with the 1.2 kilometre road network rehabilitated beside the Ibadan bridge. These are in addition to the cost of relocation of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) electrical and telecommunications facilities and the cost of compensation for demolished buildings and beautification around the flyover.

“Senator Ladoja should hire a good image-maker to speak for him to redeem his image,” Oloko said.

The management and workers of Vintage Press Limited, publishers of The Nation and Sporting Life, yesterday held a thanksgiving service to mark the company’s seventh anniversary.

The service was to thank God for being the secret of the company’s success and a source of its inspiration.

The Nation hit the newsstands on July 31, 2006. Vintage Press Ltd publishes The Nation, The Nation on Saturday, The Nation on Sunday and Sporting Life.

The workers were urged to set the pace and be exemplary.

Leading the thanksgiving service was Pastor Seye Adeniyi of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Lagos Province 7. The theme of his sermon was: “Be Ye Therefore Perfect”.

He enjoined the workers to be different by living exemplary lives as expected of them by God. Pastor Adeniyi quoted Matthew 5: 43-48 to buttress his advice.

He demanded uncompromising professional ethics from the reporters.

The cleric said: “Dare to be different. Choose to be exemplary. Do not look at now but posterity. Learn patience in the face of trials and temptations and ensure you please God at all times through thoughts, words and spirituality.”

Pastor Adeniyi enjoined the staff to set the pace by being the salt and light of the world so that their lives would glorify God.

At the service held at the quadrangle of the company’s headquarters in Lagos were the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Ade Odunewu; the General Manager, Training and Development, Mr. Soji Omotunde; the Manager, Administration, Mrs. Folake Adeoye and the Advertisement Manager, Mr. Robinson Osirike.

Editors and other employees were also there.

Anambra State Governor Peter Obi yesterday praised journalists for working to ensure that Nigerians keep abreast of the news, often at great risk to their lives.

The governor spoke yesterday at the mass to commemorate the World Communication Day at the Holy Ghost Cathedral, Enugu, yesterday.

He, however, frowned at sensationalisation of news. He called on reporters to engage more in investigative journalism and writings that would edify the society.

“Every profession is for the greater glory of God and should be used to advance civilisation,” Obi said.

He advised journalists to use information substitution strategy and focus more on the greatness of the country, rather than on the bad news.

Bishop Callistus Onaga called on journalists and all those engaged in managing communication to be circumspect in what they do.

He condemned the use of the media to propagate immorality and falsehood rather than the promotion of sound and godly values.

The Director of Communication at the Enugu State Catholic Diocese, Fr. Joseph Offor, reminded practitioners that the nobility of the profession lies in the propagation of truth.