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  • ALGON  boss makes case for rural agricultural development 

    ALGON  boss makes case for rural agricultural development 

    The outgoing President of The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Ibrahim Karaye has hinged the development of Nigeria through agriculture on the involvement of the local government councils.

    The ALGON President   in a press statement issued in Abuja yesterday, noted that as Nigeria is an agrarian society, with agriculture contributing about 24% of the gross domestic product (GDP) while about  70% of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for livelihood, the development of the sector is indispensable to national growth.

    He said though in the last two decades Nigeria has improved its standing on Global Hunger Index (GHI) ranking 84 out of 118 counties with a score of 25.5 (IFPRI, 2016), an alarming stage of food deprivation points to a dark cloud on the horizon for the Nigerian agriculture.

    The ALGON President who commended the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria for its contribution to the development of the grassroots through its various support programmes and interventions in agriculture said the association can do more in the current dispensation to develop the sector.

  • Karaye remains ALGON boss till sept

    The leadership of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) at the weekend in Abuja resolved the tenure of Ibrahim Karaye ends by September 12.

    It also advised Local Government Chairmen to always make grass root development their cardinal objective.

    A communiqué at the end of a joint meeting of all stakeholders in ALGON management with the Board of Incorporated Trustees in Abuja reads in part: “We have 32 members present out of 37. We called for the meeting so that we can tackle the problem of development and ensure that the objective of the association is fulfilled and ensure that grass root development is paramount in the minds of the local government chairmen.

    “ALGON also resolved that Hon. Ibrahim Ahmad Karaye remains the National President of ALGON.

    “That Hon. Karaye’s tenure as National President of ALGON will end on September 12th, 2017 at 10.00am.

    “That the election of Hon. Tanko Gambo Kagara of Rafi Local Government Area of Nigeria has been ratified by the Board of Incorporated Trustees and the National Executive Council.

    “That Hon. Kagara’s tenure as President of ALGON will commence on September 12th at 10.00am.

    “That there will be a transition period between August 11th 2017 and September 12th 2017 between Hon. Karaye’s executive and that of Hon. Kagara.”

     

  • ALGON boss hails NUJ president

    The President of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon. Micah Jiba has congratulated the newly elected President of the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) Mr. Waheed Odusile, the Managing Editor of the Nation Newspapers.

    Jiba who is also the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), expressed optimism that the emergency of Odusile would mark a new beginning for Nigerian journalists who are struggling in the profession to make ends meet.

    According to the ALGON boss, who made this known in a press statement, there are so many things that needs to be corrected in the media sector by the new administration of Odusile, mostly in the aspect of total neglect of Nigerian journalists who give voices to the voiceless.

    “We believe that with the credible credentials of Odusile and his long experience and antecedents in the practice of journalism, which is regarded as a very respected and noble profession, Nigerian journalists will have reasons to smile out of their hard times.

    “We want to assure the President of NUJ that ALGON is fully ready to work with the newly elected leadership of the NUJ, as we have always seen ourselves as partners in progress. We will continue to work together for the benefit of the common Nigerians at the grassroots, in order for them to get the change they desire.

    “I also want to appeal to the newly elected President of NUJ to always put the interest of Nigerian journalsits at heart, by ensuring that their salaries are paid regularly as at when due, because most of them at suffering to survive because of none payment of their salaries.

    “I believe that if the issue of welfare and salaries of Nigerian journalists are corrected by this new NUJ administration, then Nigerians will get the best from the media and the journalists will no longer sell their conscience for money,” he said.

  • ‘No automatic ticket for Kaduna ALGON boss’

    SOME  Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have petitioned the party’s leadership over alleged plans to make the state Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Danjuma Akuso, the sole candidate from Kagarko Local Government for the PDP’s House of Representatives primary election.

    The tenure of Akuso, who chairs Kagarko Council, and his 22 other colleagues expires in December.

    In a letter to the state PDP Chairman, Chief Abubakar Haruna, the petitioners – Mr Zaphaniah Yohanna and Mr. Monday Adukwa, said: “On October 1, Akuso invited 25 select stakeholders from 10 wards in Kagarko Local Government to a meeting in the chamber of the local government. At the meeting, the Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Abdurahman Jere, told the audience that the meeting was to relay the outcome of an earlier meeting held by ‘special stakeholders’ of the local government. According to him the ‘special stakeholders’ have resolved to endorse Akuso as the sole candidate for the House of Representatives in 2015.”

    The petitioners said the commissioner claimed that the endorsement had the governor’s blessings.

    They said: “In order to diffuse the tension generated and assure members of our party that their inalienable right to free, fair and credible primaries will not be trampled upon, we call on the chairman to: ensure that the PDP’s guidelines issued by the national headquarters of our party regarding elections are strictly complied with and followed to the letter; and a level-playing field is provided for all aspirants.”