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  • Eid el-Fitr: Traditional ruler calls for continued tolerance, unity

    Eid el-Fitr: Traditional ruler calls for continued tolerance, unity

    The Chief of Paseli village in Kuje Area Council, Alhaji Usman Yusuf has called on Muslims in the country to imbibe the virtues of love and tolerance during and after Eid-el-Fitr.

    Yusuf made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in his message to the people of Kuje to mark the occasion.

    “Some teachings by the prophet were humility, selfless service, the welfare of the people, trust-worthiness, sacrifice, religious tolerance, peace and stability for all irrespective of religious backgrounds.

    “It is, therefore, necessary to relate his lifetimes with what we do in Nigeria today,’’ the chief said.

    He said peace, tolerance, steadfastness, perseverance; love of one another would go a long way in saving the country from disintegration.

    According to him, Nigeria needs prayer, support and patriotic zeal of the people to move the nation forward.

    The chief observed that Prophet Muhammad taught and demonstrated how best to live in the world to attain salvation on earth and hereafter.

    “The nation has the human and natural potential to achieve greatness and most Nigerians have excelled in various fields of human endeavours across the world.

    “Nigerians should love and tolerate each other, irrespective of religious and political differences for the nation to overcome the security challenges confronting it,’’ he said.

    He advised Muslims in Nigeria not to use the occasion for merriment alone, but to reflect on issues aggravating insecurity, terrorism, corruption, joblessness, violence, and instability in the country.

  • Revenue: Kuje Area Council begins property evaluation

    Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has commenced the assessment of properties, in an effort to boost its revenue, the Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Galadima, has said.

    Galadima said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kuje on Friday that the council needed the cooperation and understanding of residents for the project to succeed.

    “As I speak, we have achieved about 70 percent of the entire assessment exercise and when completed, it will be published for claims and objections.

    “The revenue that will come from tenement rates will give the council substantial funds that will complement allocation from the Federation Account,” he said.

    Galadima said the current revenue collections from daily ticketing, mobile advertisement, shops and market stalls were not enough to fund development in the area.

    He said his administration inherited a revenue collection structure that was characterised by serious leakages and untapped potentialities.

    The chairman said to complement the shortfall in revenue, his administration attempted to harmonise revenue collection and block all leakages.

    He said the effort was sabotaged by some of the council’s revenue collectors and some residents, who were benefiting from the leakages.

    The council chief said his administration had re-strategised and perfected the revenue collection process, adding that the strategy had was already yielding results.

  • Kuje residents lament failure of ATMs to dispense cash

    Kuje residents lament failure of ATMs to dispense cash

    Commercial bank customers in Kuje Area Council of the  FCT on Friday bemoaned their failure to withdraw cash from some Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

    First Bank of Nigeria Plc, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Skye Bank Plc were some of the banks unable to dispense cash to customers at the time of filing this report.

    A customer to the First Bank, Kuje branch, Mr Abraham Gado, said he had been waiting under the sun for more than 20 minutes and had yet to withdraw some money to cater for his basic needs.

    Gado said: “The bank management is aware of the usual chaos during every festivity and ought to have made adequate provision, especially regarding the availability of funds in the ATMs.

    “It is unfortunate that despite the few banks we have in Kuje, they don’t feed money in the ATMs all the time,’’

    Gado said he did not expect the long queue at the bank, as many Nigerians were complaining the economy was bad and limited amount of money in circulation.

    Another customer to the FCMB, Mrs Sarah Kaka, expressed frustration at the bank’s failure to satisfy the quest of its customers queuing up for long hours.

    Kaka said she had been on the queue at the FCMB for 40 minutes and when it was her turn to withdraw her money the machine stopped dispensing cash.

    A NAN correspondent who visited other banks in the area, such as Skye Bank, also reports that many customers in the banking hall could not still withdraw from the installed ATM.

  • FCT council boss in EFCC net over N17.5m fraud

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has arrested the outgoing chairman of Kuje Area Council of the FCT, Mr. Tete Shaban over N17.5 million fraud.

    This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesman of the commission.

    The statement said Shaban was arrested on Tuesday for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence and abuse of office.

    It said that a businessman, Mr Najumudeen Gidado, had petitioned the commission sometime in 2014, and claimed that his company, Trade Executive Network Limited, bid for the reconstruction and modernisation of Kuje Main Market.

    The statement said the petitioner’s company was awarded the contract and a Memorandum of Understanding was signed.

    It said Gidado alleged that Shaban later demanded for the sum of N17.5 million to facilitate the approval of the contract for his company, which he obliged.

    “I later paid the money into his accounts domiciled in Zenith and FCMB Banks,” the statement quoted Gidado as saying.

    The statement said Gidado had alleged that his company was denied the contract and that the outgoing chairman had refused to refund the petitioner without explanation.

     

  • KUJE AREA COUNCIL CHAIR: Help me to recover my land

    KUJE AREA COUNCIL CHAIR: Help me to recover my land

    I commend your paper for giving people the opportunity to bring their problems to the attention of our leaders.

    My own problem is a special one. I consider it special because it is seriously disturbing my mind. This is why the authority concerned must come to my aid by solving the problem quickly.

    A plot of land was allocated to me by the Kuje Area Council in 1996.

    Its fence was demolished by the Chukuku community, and the land was later sold to another person by the community.

    I reported the matter to the Kuje Area Council, but nothing was done. I also took the case to the Public Complaints Commission. All my efforts to make the body help me out were in vain.

    I am now appealing to the Kuje Area Council and Federal Capital Territory to bail me out of the problem.

     

    Elder Lawrence Balogun Rotimi,

    Akure, Ondo State.