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  • Germany, Canada to collaborate with NLC on job creation initiatives

    Germany, Canada to collaborate with NLC on job creation initiatives

    The German and Canadian governments have pledged to collaborate with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on vocational training and skills acquisition.

    The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Christopher Thornley, who stated this in Abuja, when he hosted the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, commended the congress for adopting focusing on vocational training for the youth.

    He said the trade union movement in Canada has been involved in HIV/AIDS campaign, stressing that it is common knowledge that unemployment has become like an epidemic in the country.

    He described the NLC as an important partner in the development of the country, adding that labour economy is a very important source of information for any society.

    Receiving the NLC delegation, the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Berhard Schlagheck, reiterated the German government readiness to collaborate with the NLC to ensure the development of the country and the trade union movement.

    The NLC helmsman said collaboration with Germany and Canada was necessary to curb the high level of migration through the Mediterranean by Nigerian youths seeking better sources of living.

    At the Canadian High Commission, Wabba said the congress was committed to working with development partners to explore areas of possible assistance within the context of the current economic challenges, especially in the area of unemployment and vocational training.

    Wabba noted that the congress would continue its advocacy in development, pointing out that the congress was playing a leading role on the African Continent in development.

    He said the power sector, which is critical to development, has remained a major challenge and sought Canada’s assistance to overcome the  challenges, saying since  Canada had similar challenges, the congress would want to know how it overcame i.hem

    He also canvassed the assistance of the Canadian government in advancing social justice, stressing that in a society where there is lack of social justice, inequality will prevail.

    At the German Embassy, Wabba said the congress was ready to learn from Germany how it overcame the problem of unemployment.

    He said  the congress has been working with German agencies such as the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in developing the capacity of trade union movement in Nigeria.

  • Wizkid defeats Davido, sweeps AFRIMA 2017 award

    Wizkid defeats Davido, sweeps AFRIMA 2017 award

    Wizkid, a.k.a Star boy, has defeated his arch-rival Davido, to become the best African male artiste at the 2017 All African Music Award ( AFRIMA ) held in Lagos on Sunday.

    Wizkid’s award included, Artiste of the Year, for his song “Come Closer’’, Song of the Year for the same song and Best Male artiste in Western Africa.

    This win has once again renewed the battle of supremacy between the two popular artistes and is coming shortly after Davido edged Wizkid out at the 2017 MTV EMA by winning the “Best African Act”.

    Wizkid got a rare international recognition in 2016 after he had a collaboration effort with American international Drake with their Collabo song “One Dance sold in 15 countries including U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia.

    Earlier this year, Wizkid became the first Afrobeat artist to appear in the 2018 Guinness World Records for his contribution to Drake’s hit song “One Dance’’.

    In his acceptance speech, the Ojuelegba crooner thanked 2baba and DJ Jimmy Jatt for their contributions to the African music landscape.

    Wizkid, born on July 16, 1990, a song writer and a solo artiste started his foray into music at the tender age of 11 with his band “Glorious Five’’ a group formed from a church choir.

    He however took the music world by storm with his all-time hit track “Holla at your Boy’’ in 2010 and another hit track “Ayo’’ in 2014.

    NAN

  • What Nigeria can learn from Canada

    Less apparent but no less relevant, subtle symbols of development recommend Canada to Nigeria as a model of statehood in fractious times. While the North American country’s impressive stock of infrastructure, academic institutions, health facilities, financial institutions and manufacturing companies command universal reckoning, its service-based industry and expertise are just as critical.

    A Gross National Income (GNI) of US$47, 500 and a 100% literacy rate underscore the quality of labour while standardised work environment, living conditions and welfare policies illustrate the efficiency of operations. Consistent quality control guides the production process across farms and factories but emphasis on well-being and the benefit system ensures that the worker draws administrative and legislative attention.

    To aid the regulation of labour, the minimum wage for eight-hour working days is consistently reviewed to slight variations across the country’s 10 provinces and three territories. Compare that to serial prevarication by Nigerian state governments tied to the federal purse, forever pleading paucity of funds and setting poor examples for the private sector in standard remuneration of workers.

    Toronto, the province of Ontario’s biggest and the country’s most vibrant city well reflects Canada’s rising reputation as an immigration beacon considering its widening collage of cultures. The city ensures that its inhabitants access buses, street cars, subway trains and other public transport modes at physical convenience and relatively affordable rates, but there exists room for expansion in the system.

    The transport grid may mobilise labour but the financial sector fuels motivation. Banking services are normally delivered quickly and courteously with the customer served innovative products. It is an experience that contrasts banking hall laggardness, inefficient customer complaints handling and scams, sometimes with insider collusion, on local banking platforms.

    The convenience of exchange in Canada is hardly lost on all, visitor and resident. Despite the huge size of the economy, the lower coin denominations of 5, 10 and 25 cents, the one and two dollar coins (dubbed the loonie and toonie) and the 5, 10 and the 20 dollar polymer notes suffice as legal tenders across offices, shopping malls, convenience stores and street side stalls that partly shape the commercial landscape.

    As proof of tight economic marking, the 50 and 100 dollar notes make rare appearances at exchange spots. A tax system spanning income, sales and property sectors may be a high price to pay for convenience and conveniences by both buyer and seller, but a reasonable standard of living is fitting reward.

    Required to adjust to changing technology, labour is constantly on the move with workers making several career moves in response to job loss and rising automation. Contrast this with documented cases of age-falsification by ossified executives, handpicked successors and ghost workers, and the repeated recourse to Nigerian privatisation of vital government agencies is natural and, by all means, inimical.

    In Canada, dignity in labour extends beyond mere statement. Toronto’s excellent park and recreation system appears to cater to more than the leisure seeker. Its benefits to mental health can be gauged by all-day and year-round use of the parks. A system that gives room for games, picnics, events and plain relaxation cannot be understated in the pursuit of happiness and banishment of clockwork society blues.

    Add the steady stream of food, art and culture festivals and the recipe for contentment seems handy. This, rather than erecting grandiose structures against urban master plans, drainage channels and youth restiveness as the Nigerian would note of local tendencies, compels urgent establishment of comparable facilities in local government, state and federal spaces.

    The comparison stretches further. The nearest Canadian substitute for all-purpose Nigerian roadside and traffic jam entrepreneurs touting everything from household appliances to farm produce and edibles on the go are farmers markets, pop-up shops and stalls that conform to environmental hygiene standards and do not exceed space or time limits.

    Spared all is the eyesore of flies around food vendors or obstruction of pedestrian and vehicular traffic by street hawkers. Conscientious enforcement of standards and permits through fines and possible closure of offenders’ businesses would clearly sanitise the exchange process.

    For the trickledown effect, institution of order begins but does not necessarily end with election or selection of the right officials to the right positions at the highest level. It is a continuous process quite opposed to bread-and-butter politics and election-day reward of cronyism in Nigeria.

    The clincher in analysis is the commensurate qualification of individuals appointed to government posts in Canada under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He named, at the 2015 inception of his government, a gender-balanced, ethnically diverse cabinet that matched ability with portfolio.

     

    Based on party loyalty and national character, the Nigerian model sustains mediocre returns and ethnic restiveness on the other hand. For all its wealth and enterprise of its citizens, the African ‘giant’ punches well below its weight. Long is change required, but perennial clamour for regional autonomy or true federalism is poorly articulated and the constitutional conferences arranged by past Nigerian presidents in response often inconsequential.

    On the bases of jurisprudence and demand for self-government, by the way, the province of Quebec merits reference. Divergent opinion between its mostly French-speaking people and the outnumbered English speakers bred a peaceful resolution that lends solution to the lingering agitation for autonomy across Nigeria’s geopolitical regions.

    Canada’s CV is not all gloss, though. Policy lapses relating to immigration, policing and its indigenous peoples warrant improvement. As membership of the G-7 (the seven most industrialised nations on earth) and consistent rating as one of the world’s most live-able countries suggest, however, Canada could lend Nigeria a leaf or two. No country in the developed world better models the ideal.

     

    • Fagbemi, a journalist writes from Lagos.
  • Reps urge FG to harmonize biometric database

    Reps urge FG to harmonize biometric database

    The National Identity Management Commission has been mandated by the House of Representatives to coordinate the harmonization of biometric data of Nigerians.

    The Green Chamber has also urged the Federal government to collate the number of birth and death of persons in local government areas of the country.

    A motion sponsored by a member, Hon. Ochiglegor Idagbo (PDP, Cross Rivers) at plenary yesterday titled “Call for the harmonization of Biometric Data of Nigerian Citizens” resulted in the resolutions of the House.

    While moving the motion, the lawmaker said biometric data gathering have been separately initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Commission, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, the National Pension Commission, Independent National Electoral Commission, the National Health Insurance Scheme, the National Population Commission, Telecom Service Providers and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

    This, he said, has led to duplicity of efforts due to lack of coordination, resulting in multiple agencies storing the same biometric data.

    His words: “The harmonization of biometric databases of the agencies of Government and private entities will help in saving about N40 billion in operational cost and citizens will not be required to have their biometrics taken over and over again by different agencies working for the same Government.”

    According to him, through the harmonization of the biometric data of their citizens.

    Several countries of the world like the United States, Canada, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, among others have achieved great outcomes in economic development and crime prevention detection and fighting.

    Support for the motion came from members like Hassan Saleh (APC, Benue), Chris Azubuogwu (PDP, Anambra), among who argued that it will help the country to plan economically and in terms of security

    There is the need to ensure the implementation of policy in achieving the data harmonization, a member, Chukwuemeka Ujam (PDP, Enugu) said in his contribution.

    The motion was passed by a majority vote when the Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara called for a voice vote and was subsequently referred to the Committee on Population and Governmental Affairs

    The committee was mandated to ensure implementation and report its findings back to the House in six weeks for further legislative action.

     

  • Nigeria recovers $85m Malabu loot from UK

    Nigeria recovers $85m Malabu loot from UK

    The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami Thursday announced that the Federal Government had just recovered $85million Malabu fund from the United Kingdom (UK).

    His words: “I am also pleased to inform that Nigeria has just recovered the sum of $85million on the Malabu funds from UK.”

    He spoke at the Agenda for Pre-Global Forum on Asset Recovery (GFAR) Consultative Meeting organized by the Mac Arthur Foundation and the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) in Abuja.

    Malami also added that the Federal Government of Nigeria was concluding negotiation with that of Switzerland on the return of $331million recovered from the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha.

    According to him, the Civil Society Organizations will be involved in the monitoring of the utilization of the funds.

    He stressed that with the conclusion of the negotiation, the different countries involved are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the repatriation of the funds in the next few weeks.

    The minister said that “we are indeed concluding negotiation with Switzerland on the return of $331million recovered from the late Abacha family. I am pleased to inform that Civil Society Organizations were involved in the negotiation of the Memorandum of Understanding.

    “Most importantly, the Civil Society Organizations will be involved in monitoring the use of funds. With the conclusion of negotiation, parties are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the global forum at Asset Recovery meeting and repatriation all follow within weeks as agreed by the parties. ”

    He recalled that Nigeria has implemented the United Nations Convention Against Corruption requirement through the development of National Strategy on Anti-Corruption.

    The National Strategy on Ant-Corruption, according to Malami, was adopted by Nigeria and has been approved by the Federal Executive Council in July this year, which the President is expected to launch in due course.

    He revealed that the Nigeria is currently reviewing its anti-corruption laws, noting that the Federal Government has signed government partnership initiative and completed the National Anti-Corruption national action plan with practical implementation in the country.

    Malami noted that President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to launch the National Action Plan very soon.

    He said that “it is pertinent to state at this point that the repatriation of our stolen wealth need very tedious several bilateral agreements entered into between Nigeria and other jurisdictions.”

    Even when the provision of the United Nations Convention against corruption obliged same, the minister said that, parties to facilitate the return of stolen assets between Nigeria and parties are facing several challenges.

    He said that his office has held talks with office of interests during the global forum on asset recovery.

    He said the countries include the United Kingdom, United State of America, Canada, Switzerland, South Africa, Panama, United Arab Emirates, Northern Ireland, Gambia and others.

    The Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Eric Mayoroz said Switzerland and the government of Buhari are committed to fight against corruption.

    He noted that his country changed its legislation in the last decade so that stolen money could not be deposited there.

    The envoy said that his country’s law on money laundering is now the global model in the fight against the crime.

    According to him Switzerland was the first country to return stolen funds to Nigeria from the western world after it recovered $22million from the late Abacha’s family.

    He said that then, the Swiss Justice discovered that there were still other assets owned by the family in the country and it froze hundreds of million dollars deposited by the family in the banks.

    The envoy added that after an agreement was signed by the Swiss government and that government of Nigeria in 2014,  the Swiss Attorney General in Geneva decided that the money about $320million  should be given back to Nigeria.

    It urged negotiation with the government of Nigeria and the modalities emerged in 2016 when Malami and the Swiss AGF signed the letter of intent ,that the money should be protected from another attempt of being looted again.

    He added that in June 2016, Vice President Yemi Osibanjo chose the projects to use the money on to include those that would benefit the poorest in the society and that it would be monitored by the World Bank.

    He said “a few weeks ago, at the moment of negotiation, leading to the final point and the writing of the Memorandum of Understanding, we are very grateful to the Nigerian authorities for its commitment to a transparent and accountable decision that is aimed to reduce absolute poverty and providing cash transfers to support the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerian population.

    He said that the Swiss government had insisted that measures must be taken to ensure that the money will not disappear again, noting that the role of the civil society is vital in the matter.

    Mayoroz said that “We openly expect to sign another agreement between the Nigerian Civil Societies and the World Bank even before the end of this year.”

    Speaking, the British High Commission/Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Paul Arkwright, said that the United Kingdom is keen to see the quick passage of Nigeria’s bill on asset recovery and it is also ready to support its implementation.

    He said that Civil Society Organizations will have vital roles to play in the monitoring and oversight of assets.

    According to him, asset recovery is an important priority in the UK in its bilateral relationship with Nigeria.

    The transparent management and use of money and the returned assets matter more to the United Kingdom than Nigeria.

    He said that his government is insisting that the retrieved funds must be out to good use by the government of Nigeria for Nigerians.

    The United State Ambassador to Nigeria, who was represented by Senior Police Advisor, Mr. Michael Baner noted that the US was not a safe haven for stolen funds.

    The chairman of ICPC Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye  said that Nigeria needs to agree on some framework for asset returning saying that foreign countries a zealous to return stolen assets yet very conservative about returning the money.

    He said one should not criticize the position of the western world on asset return because previously returned ones were mismanaged or re-looted.

    According to him, Nigeria is now trying to put that accusation behind it by developing a roadmap for future asset recovery.

    He called for a framework and structure for the management of returned assets.

    He said that pending the passage of the bill in the National Assembly, there is now a framework which the government is using to diminish accusation against law enforcement agencies who recover asset in a transparent manner.

  • Canada earmarks $3.5bn to support children health in Nigeria

    Canada earmarks $3.5bn to support children health in Nigeria

    Dr Christopher Thorney, Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, says the Canadian government has earmarked $3.5 billion to advance the health of women and children in Nigeria.

    The High Commissioner made the disclosure during the Multi-Country Dissemination of the Rapid Access Expansion (RAcE) Project on Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illnesses (ICCM) in Abuja.

    According to him, Canada has a long history of working to improve the health of women and children in Nigeria.

    He said that other collaborative efforts were in the areas of polio eradication and other Maternal Newborn Child Health (MNCH) through Canada’s G8 initiative.

    Thorney said that the initiative on MNCH was followed by the 2015-2020 commitment to invest $3.5bn in related programs over five years.

    According to him, statistics on maternal and child deaths globally are troubling in spite of tremendous efforts already made.

    “In 2016, 5.6 million children under the age of five died worldwide; to make that more understandable, that is about 15,000 child deaths per day.

    “We also understand that three quarters of under-five mortality are also from leading causes such as diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia.

    “All of these can be prevented or treated with access to simple and affordable interventions when they are available but certainly they are not always available.’’

    He said that although most of the effective interventions for these diseases were known, simple and affordable, they were, however, often inaccessible to families who could not reach health facilities on time, especially within the crucial 24 hours.

    Thorney noted that progress in reducing child mortality worldwide had been gradual and in some cases stagnant or reversed.

    He said, “Unless we tackle the barriers that are preventing access to life saving treatment, we will always be at risk of losing the momentum we have gained.

    “This is why Canada is proud of its support which has promoted the scale of Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) in Nigeria, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Democratic Republic of Congo,’’ Thorney said.

    Also, Wondi Alemu, Country Representative, WHO Nigeria, said that that the organisation was very proud of the work executed in Nigeria, Niger, DRC, Mozambique, Malawi on the iCCM.

    “As to Nigeria, iCCM is a successful programme; I say a programme because it is a project that will last after this financing from the government of Canada.

    “I believe the government and states ministries of health will take it up and replicate the strategy in other states,’’ he said.

    According to Alemu, over 700 health workers implementing the iCCM have been trained with the support of WHO, under the direct supervision of states ministry of health.

    He said the trained personnel were providing important service to communities.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria started the implementation of iCCM in 2012, which is meant to reduce the burden of under-five deaths due to malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia.

    The programme targets under-served, hard-to-reach areas using Community Oriented Resource Persons.

    The introduction of the intervention coincided with the re-positioning of Nigeria’s Child Health and Nutrition Agenda aimed at redeeming the unacceptable nutrition indices, and under-five mortality rate.

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  • UK, Canada institutions, others storm Lagos for Edufair

    No fewer than 17 institutions of higher learning participated in the 2017 edition of Education Fair held at Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island last weekend.

    The event organised by ALT Consulting, had institutions from Canada, UK, Switzerland and  UAE in attendance.

    The Managing Partner of the organization, Mrs. Anthonia Foluke Sawyerr, said: “The programme is about interfacing  overseas schools with parents and students in Nigeria. We  invited 17 schools from the UK, Canada Switzerland and the UAE to meet directly with the parents and the students. A lot of Nigerian children go abroad to school and a lot of time, they don’t understand the schools properly or their requirements. It is god when schools come down here and parents are able to meet directly with the school representatives.

    “We have here today many parents whose children are already studying abroad and they have come back to us” We don’t just help to find schools, we assist with the visa processing. If there are issues with the students, the parents would come back to us and the school will also make us to know and we step in to see how we can help resolve the problem. Often times, we hear positive reports.

  • Canada seeks information exchange with EFCC

    Canada seeks information exchange with EFCC

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC ) says the Canadian government has sought collaboration between it and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on information exchange.

    In a statement on Tuesday night, spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Christopher Thornley, delivered the request during a visit to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja.

    “The Canadian government wants to better represent itself in the global fight against corruption via the EFCC platform.

    “And this visit stems from the need to explore the possibility of opening a RCMP post in Nigeria,” Uwujaren quoted Thornly as saying.

    The envoy reportedly said that the Canadian government had liaison offices across the globe, and would like to include the anti-graft agency.

    The choice of the agency according to him, was informed by the agency’s dogged fight against corruption that “has contributed to the drop in Nigeria’s corruption index.

    The EFCC Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, expressed the commission’s willingness to collaborate with the Canadian government to strengthen the fight against corruption.

    Magu described the assignments of the RCMP and the agency as “very tough, overwhelming and challenging”, the spokesman said.

    “We are more poised more than before to surmount all challenges,” he said, recalling a request by EFCC to RCMP for technical support in 2012.

    Magu added that the good working relationship between both agencies over the years had seen 15 EFCC officers sent to Canada on various trainings at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa.

    The agency boss informed his guest that a draft Memorandum of Understanding between both agencies had been developed to fast track the process.

    He said the draft would later be forwarded to the Ministry of Justice for approval.

    The Canadian high commissioner was accompanied by Eric Slinn, the RCMP Regional Manager, and Stephane Cadieux, RCMP Liaison Officer for West Africa, according to Uwujaren.

  • Stars head to Toronto for world premiere of ‘The Royal Hibiscus Hotel’

    THE Royal Hibiscus Hotel, a new romantic comedy from EbonyLife Films, is set to debut in Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on the 9th of September 2017, with additional public screenings on the 11th and 17th, at the Scotia Bank Theatre.

    Executive producer of the movie, Mo Abudu, will be joined by director, Ishaya Bako and cast members – Zainab Balogun, Kenneth Okolie, Rachel Oniga, Jide Kosoko, Deyemi Okanlawon, O.C.Ukeje, Kemi ‘Lala’ Akindoju and Toni Tones.

    Johnnie Walker, a partner of EbonyLife Films, sponsored the movie and has been instrumental in ensuring that both cast and crew make it to Toronto. And Mo Abudu is thankful for their commitment to the film, as it embodies the brand’s spirit – that one should ‘Keep Walking’, in the face of life’s challenges.

    “It is humbling to have such a world-renowned brand identify with us and reward our hard work,” she said.

  • Rotary committed to assisting Nigeria meet WHO Polio-free certification in 2019

    Rotary committed to assisting Nigeria meet WHO Polio-free certification in 2019

    Rotary International has reassured Nigerians of its commitment to support the country in ending polio infection in Nigeria and secure World health Organistion (WHO) Polio-free certification by 2019.

    Dr Tunji Funsho of Rotary International District 9110, Nigeria and Chairman, Rotary Nigeria PolioPlus Committee, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt.

    Rotary International District 9110, Nigeria, covers all Rotary Clubs in Lagos and Ogun States.

    Funsho spoke with NAN on the sidelines of the visit of Rotary International PolioPlus Committee Chair, Michael McGovern to Port Harcourt on Tuesday.

    He said that as part of efforts to combat polio, the club was collaborating with the Nigerian Medical Corps to ensure that children in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camps across the North-East were adequately immunised.

    “You may recall that Nigeria was on the verge of being certified Polio-free by the WHO but this was truncated following the return of four infected children who as a result of insurgency in the North-East were not duly immunised.

    “Our most recent strategy to combating the disease is by getting the Nigerian military to assist us to immunise children in IDP camps.

    “We are making efforts to ensure that the Nigerian Medical Corps takes up immunisation exercise to those areas we may not be able to cover due to our peculiar security challenges,’’ he said.

    Funsho said that though most parts of the western world were already free from polio over two decades ago, they have remained committed to contributing funds and technical support to end the epidemic in other parts of the world.

    “Recently, the U.K. government has provided 100 million Pounds sterling to enhance global fight against polio.

    “The same with other governments, European Union, Canada and even the Nigerian government.

    “Here in Nigeria, the Federal Government has also provided 95 million dollars to combat the disease.

    “I think Nigeria saw its last polio case last year and so I’m hopeful that in the next two years we shall be certified a polio-free country,’’ he said.

    The chairman said that the club in partnership with WHO, UNICEF and community development bodies would remain focused on ensuring that no child was paralysed by polio.

    Funsho added that the club in an effort to end polio was also setting up robust structures to tackle other childhood diseases.

    NAN reports that Rotarians have helped to immunise more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries.

    Nigeria is one of the remaining three countries where polio is still present though Aug. 24 will make it one year since the country reported any new case of polio.

    It is for this reason that the International PolioPlus Committee Chair Rotarian McGovern is on an advocacy visit and while in Nigeria, he will meet with the Government of Nigeria.

    He will also assess the levels of polio immunisation implementation and will meet with Rotarians and PolioPlus team members as well as visit IDP camps and tour polio projects in Lagos, Abuja and Maidugiri.