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  • SUBEB dispatches teams to monitor schools’ resumption

    SUBEB dispatches teams to monitor schools’ resumption

    The Jigawa State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) said it had dispatched teams to monitor the resumption and take-off of new schools across the state after the first term holiday.

    The Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Salisu Zakar, made this known in Dutse on Tuesday at a news conference.

    He said that the teams, consisting directors and their deputies, would visit primary and junior secondary schools in the state for three consecutive days.

    He added that “the teams were dispatched to monitor resumption and take-off of schools for three days from the day of resumption.

    “This to ensure that teachers and students resume on time for proper lessons in all our primary and junior schools across the state.’’

    He explained that the board would conduct a headcount of students to ascertain the actual number of students “for real-time decisions and proper fund allocation and logistics to schools.’’

    The executive secretary said the board would continue to monitor the conduct of teachers and students to improve learning activities.

    The schools in the state reopened on January 9, after four weeks holiday.

  • NSCDC arrests two suspected drug vendors in Jigawa

    NSCDC arrests two suspected drug vendors in Jigawa

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa said on Thursday that it had arrested two suspected drug vendors.

    The Commandant of the Corps, Malam Muhammad Durumin-Iya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that his men arrested the suspects at the Central Motor Park, in Kanti quarters, Kazaure Local Government Area of the state.

    He said that the suspects (names withheld), were arrested with 25 sachets of Rochi tablets and nine bottles of Benelin cough syrup.

    He said the suspects who confessed to committing the offence, had been handed over to the office of the National Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further action.

    Durum in-Iya advised the public to stop patronising local drug vendors, saying drugs bought from such vendors were not good for use.

    According to him, such drugs are not kept under the prescribed temperature, thereby rendering them harmful for human consumption.

    “Each drug carries information concerning the temperature under which it is supposed to be kept.

    “But these local and illegal vendors expose their drugs to the sun all the time, and for this, these drugs expire and become dangerous to consume,” he said.

     

  • Abraham rejects Ondo APC primaries, heads for appeal committee

    Abraham rejects Ondo APC primaries, heads for appeal committee

    A Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Segun Abraham has rejected the outcome of the last Saturday’s governorship primary election of the party.

    Abraham who came second in the election with a total votes of 635 had earlier congratulated the winner, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), but later said his decision was hinged on alleged irregularities that marred the poll conducted by a committee headed by the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Abubarka.

    The Ikare-Akoko born politician has appealed against the outcome of the election through a petition forwarded to the tribunal set up by the APC national secretariat.

    According to a statement titled “that our democracy may endure” signed by the Director-General of his campaign organization, Prince Olu Adegboro, Abraham noted that the outcome of the election was unacceptable to him, because of ‘anomalies’ that characterised the exercise.

    The statement read further “It is no longer news that as a true democrat, imbued with the best spirit of sportmanship, I congratulated Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, who purportedly emerged as the candidate of the APC in the September 3, Gubernatorial Primary election in Ondo State in the face of palpable disbelief and surprise on the outcome of the Primary election by my numerous supporters.

    “The news however is that, sordid and staggering facts have since emerged on how the process leading to the primary election was manipulated and compromised. It is now beyond doubt that the delegate list used on the day of the primary election was doctored and strangely injected with a mind bogging number of delegates who are neither executive members of our party nor statutory delegates.

    “To say the least, the manipulation of the delegate list, highly skewed accreditation process and the entire processes leading to the conduct of the primary election has cast the darkest stain on the result of the primary election held on the 3rd September, 2016.

    “Against this background, coupled with the change and integrity that our party preaches and practices, and having widely consulted with my numerous supporters, I have reached the hour of decision to fall back on the internal mechanism of our great party to seek redress so that the end of justice will be served and more importantly, our democracy may endure.

    “To this end, the outcome of the September 3, APC Governorship primaries in Ondo State is unacceptable and I hereby appeal against same.

    “The allegations that have sadly pelted the supposedly free and fair Saturday exercise, where 24 aspirants battled to nick the party’s ticket, include but not limited to, delegates list tampering, fake delegates incursion, disenfranchising of rightful delegates, smuggling of illegal ballot papers into ballot boxes.”

    Abraham said the official petition would soon be forwarded to the Electoral Appeal Committee to back up the appeal.

  • Jigawa sacks 27 pilgrims welfare officers

    Jigawa sacks 27 pilgrims welfare officers

    The Jigawa Government has approved the termination of appointment of all Pilgrims Welfare Officers in the 27 local government areas of the state.

    This is contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Adamu Abdulkadir, in Dutse on Wednesday.

    It stated that the termination was with immediate effect, and commended the welfare officers for their contributions toward the successful conduct of 2015 Hajj exercise.

  • Gas explosion kills seven in Jigawa

    … Two injured

    No fewer than seven persons were killed in Jigawa when a welding gas cylinder exploded in Ruba village of Kafin Hausa Local Government areas in Jigawa state.

    Malam Muhammad Gudado, the state Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Dutse that the incident occurred around 12:23 pm on Sunday, when the cylinder exploded in the market on a market day.

    “Welding gas explored in Ruba village market, Kafinhausa Local Government Sunday around 12:30 pm, killing seven people and injuring two,” Gidado said.

    He explained that the two legs of the welder were seriously damaged by the explosion.

    The Commandant said investigation was still ongoing to ascertain the cause of the explosion .

    According to him, the remains of those who died have been handed over to their respective families for burial.

    He said those injured had been taken to hospital for medical attention by his men operating in the area.

    Gidado therefore advised people to be extra careful while using fire.

  • PDP in Jigawa expels deputy governor

    PDP in Jigawa expels deputy governor

    The deputy governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Ahmad Mahmud has been expelled from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for alleged anti-party activities.

    A statement signed by Alhaji Ibrahim Kafinta, PDP chairman of Galagamma ward in Gumel, Jigawa, revealed that the decision to expel Mahmud was taken during a stakeholders meeting held in his ward.

    According to the statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Dutse, the chairman alleged that the deputy governor had sabotaged PDP during the recent National Assembly election.

    He said that the Gumel Local Government headquarters of the party, had endorsed the expulsion.

    Efforts by NAN to get the comments of the deputy governor on the matter, was futile as he neither picked a call nor replied a text message sent to him.

  • Local govt trains 300 women

    The Auyo Local Council in Jigawa State said it had trained more than 300 women on various trades under its economic empowerment programme.

    The council Chairman, Alhaji Muhammad Danjani, announced this in an interview with journalists.

    Danjani said that 60 women were exposed to tailoring, weaving, beads and pomade making as well as soap and jelly processing.

    He said the council had provided resettlement packages to the beneficiaries to enable them to become self-reliant.

    Danjani added that another set of 280 women were trained on animal husbandry and ground nut oil processing.

    He said that groundnut milling machines and goats were distributed to the graduates to enable them to engage in productive activities.

    The chairman said the beneficiaries were drawn from Gamafoi, Safa, Auyakayi and Ayan women groups, adding that the project was executed with support from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

    He said the council had also disbursed N837,000 to widows, orphans and most vulnerable in the area.

    Danjani added that each of the beneficiaries received N10,000 to enable them engage in productive activities.

    “We have also trained women on complimentary diet and provided support to persons living with HIV and AIDS.

    “The gesture is to empower women and assist them to take care of their children,” he said.

    According to him, the council, in collaboration with the state government, has trained youths on various trades to reduce poverty, provide job opportunities and enhance wealth creation among rural dwellers.

    Also commenting, Mrs Hauwa Ahmad, a beneficiary of the programme, praised the gesture, adding that the programme had improved the social and economic well-being of rural women.

     

  • Woman dumps baby in cemetery

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa has arrested a 25-year-old woman for allegedly dumping her new born baby girl in a graveyard in Kazaure Local Government.

    The NSCDC commandant in the state, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Dutse that the suspect was arrested on Friday at Ilallah quarters in Kazaure town.

    Gidado said the woman, who was a housemaid in the area, was arrested after the corps conducted a thorough investigation among divorcees, widows, housemaids and prostitutes living in the area.

    “We were able to identify and arrest the mother of the baby girl that was abandoned at grave yard after conducting thorough investigation among divorcees, widows, house maids and prostitutes living in the area,” Gidado said.

    He said a medical examination at the General Hospital at Hadejia revealed that the suspect was the biological mother of the baby.

    “She also confessed to being the mother, as well as dumping the baby.”

    The commandant said the suspect alleged that she was impregnated by one Alhaji Haruna of Makara-Huta quarters in the same town.

    The baby was discovered and rescued by men of the NSCDC while on patrol in the area on Aug. 27 when they were attracted to the scene by the cry of the baby.

  • 24 contractors win six road projects

    The Jigawa State Commissioner for Lands, Regional Planning and Urban Development, Alhaji Muhammed Barde, said 24 contractors had won bidding for the construction of six township roads in the state.

    Barde said this in an interview with journalists in Dutse last week , adding that the state government would spend N3 billion on the projects.

    The commissioner said that 46 contractors bidded for the projects,out of which 24 were successful.

    He also said that N4.2 billion was spent on construction of nine township roads across the state recently.

    Barde said the companies won the bidding because of their outstanding qualities, commitment, honesty in executing projects in other parts of the federation.

    The commissioner said the six township roads would be constructed in Birnin kudu, Gwaram, Gwiwa, Kirikasamma, Karkarna and Taura.

    He explained that the construction firms were expected to finish the work between November 2012 and February 2013

    Barde urged the companies to ensure quality job and meet the deadline and specifications.