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  • Ekere hails Buhari for refineries, board appointments

    Ekere hails Buhari for refineries, board appointments

    The Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Nsima Ekere, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for enabling the near take-off of the 10 modular refineries to be located in five of the nine states in Niger Delta.

    In a new year thank-you message to the President, Ekere said it was historic that privately-owned refineries were finally coming to the Niger Delta through an enabling environment created by the Buhari administration after nearly two decades of fruitless attempts.

    He said the establishment of the refineries was significant, as they would boost fuel supply with their capacity to refine 300,000 barrels of crude per day.

    Ekere said the refineries would create jobs and help ensure peace in Niger Delta.

    He noted that two of the 10 refineries, Amakpe Refinery meant to be located in Akwa Ibom State and OPAC Refinery to be based in Delta State, have their mini-refineries modules fabricated, assembled and containerised overseas, ready for shipment to Nigeria for installation.

    The NDDC boss, who participated in the recent meeting of the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo-led Niger Delta Inter-Ministerial Committee, in which the report of the modular refineries was received, praised the vice-president for his instrumental role in bringing investment, development and peace to Niger Delta.

    He promised that the NDDC would engage the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and other government agencies to promote positive investment in modular refineries.

    Ekere pledged the commitment of the NDDC to continue in the massive development of Niger Delta this year.

    He hailed President Buhari for the appointment of Niger Delta indigenes into federal boards and for his commitment to address the challenges of the region as contained in his new year address.

    Ekere congratulated the appointees, including a former Managing Director of NDDC, Mr. Timi Alaibe, who was named Board Chairman of Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority, and urged them to live up to the expectations of the President and Nigerians in the discharge of their duties.

    He prayed God to give Buhari good health to lead Nigeria to greater heights.

     

  • APC, PDP clash over dead board appointees

    APC, PDP clash over dead board appointees

    •PDP: ‘A govt that appoints dead people cannot run Nigeria’
    •APC: ‘You’re belittling governance, embarrassing yourself’

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday lashed out at the Buhari-led APC administration over what it called unpardonable national embarrassment caused by the appointment of dead persons as chairmen/members of the newly constituted boards and parastatals.

    The opposition party said the gaffe is a further confirmation that the APC administration is completely confused, disorganized and grossly incompetent.

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in turn labelled PDP ridiculous and an embarrassment to see everything as an opportunity to attack the administration “without looking at the seriousness of their claims.”

    The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement in Abuja said: “Nigerians can now see why the nation’s economy has been in shambles in the last two years. When we say that this government is completely inept, some Nigerians did not know to which level, but now they do.

    “This inability to tidy up a simple issue of list of 209 appointees has completely exposed the extent the APC government is bereft of simple organizational skills to manage a country like Nigeria, which is in dire need of development.

    “How on earth can a government that cannot compile a common list handle intricate issues of national planning and budgeting; issues of health, education, aviation, agriculture, infrastructure and management of the huge civil service?

    “How can they possibly initiate and successfully implement national and international instruments for national development in today’s competitive world?

    “This also explains why nothing has been working under the APC government. Furthermore, the mix up in the list also exposes the corruption in the APC government.

    “The fact is that the government of our dear country has been in wrong hands in the last two years and the situation will continue to worsen unless the nation is rescued from them in 2019.

    “Finally, we urge Nigerians to disregard the lame excuses by the APC government and hold them responsible for the woes that have befallen our country under their inept and undesirable regime.”

    However, in reacting to the PDP statement last night, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi said the opposition party was only belittling governance and embarrassing itself with the way it seeks to use every opportunity to attack the Buhari administration.

    He said “it is embarrassing that the PDP sees every move as evidence of APC’s inability to rule the country.

    “Things happen. I don’t think the PDP which has governed the country before should respond in such embarrassing manner to a situation where in a list of over 200 a few names, which ought to have been removed, escaped scrutiny.

    “These people died while the process of compiling the list was still on. It is nothing more than an honest mistake.

    “With the way it is trivializing every issue, PDP is embarrassing itself and belittling governance. If after several years in power, they still don’t know that governing a country is more than the trivial things they take so serious, then it is quite embarrassing. How on earth can a party like PDP say because of such honest mistake, APC is not qualified to rule Nigeria?

    “But we understand their desperation to take advantage of everything to gain prominence and seek political mileage.

    “But it is ridiculous for them to now see everything as an opportunity to attack this administration without looking at the seriousness of their claims. It is quite embarrassing.”

     

  • Ekiti APC hails Buhari over board appointments

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has congratulated members of the party in the state that were appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari  as heads and members of boards of federal parastatals and commissions. A statement by the Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Taiwo Olatunbosun, also praised the President for considering members worthy of these appointments.

    While calling on the new appointees to do Ekiti State proud in their various assignments, the party urged the President to consider Ekiti State for more appointments and also locate more employment-generating projects in the state. “We congratulate our members for the honour done them and we believe that they will demonstrate the grit needed to showcase Ekiti State as a symbol of excellence in their various assignments.

    “We also thank our leaders that made sure that Ekiti members of APC were not short-changed in the current exercise. While thanking our leaders for this feat, we hope that the beneficiaries of this great gesture will live up to the expectations and trust reposed in them for their consideration for these appointments. We urge the President to consider Ekiti State for more appointments and more employment-generating projects,” Olatunbosun said.

  • Board appointments: Akintola congratulates Ajimobi, Oyo appointees

    legal practitioner and an aspirant for Oyo State governorship ticket, Chief Adeniyi Akintola (SAN) has congratulated Governor Abiola Ajimobi, over recent appointments of indigenes of the state and members of the All Progressives Congress into board of federal parastatals and agencies.

    In the list released by the Secretary to the Government of the

    Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, appointed as chairmen are a former deputy governor to late former governor Lamidi Adesina, Mr. Iyiola Oladokun, (National Environment Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency) the late Lam’s personal assistant- Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle,   National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Professor Adeolu Akande, (Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency), ex-president of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, (CCII) Chief Bayo Oyero, (Federal College of Agriculture, Akure), amongst others.

    Akintola in a statement lauded the initiative of Ajimobi for rewarding men and women of impeccable integrity from the state.

    He further noted that the appointment “reflects the governor’s character as a man of principle non vengeance seeking fellow who believe in fairness merit and appreciation of the political and geographical arithmetic of our most noble and largest state.”