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  • Lagos clears ‘Second Coming’ to restart operations

    Lagos clears ‘Second Coming’ to restart operations

    The Lagos State Government has cleared Second Coming Gas Plant to restart operations.

    The State Safety Commission Director General, Hakeem Dickson, said this at a press conference in Alausa, Ikeja.

    Dickson said after investigations by the commission, Nigerian Institute of Safety Engineers (NISE), experts in forensics, Fire experts and Liquefied petroleum (LP) Gas Plant, it was realised that the accident at Second Coming was caused by gas leakage, and the state government has cleared them.

    “The 11-man team mandated to investigate the fire accident which occurred on January 15 reported that it was just an accident and accident can happen any time. During the investigation, they realised that there is low level of training and the company need to increase the safety standards they apply into the business.

    “Now that they are going back into business, the commission would be there to monitor the reconstruction to ensure there is compliance to safety measures.

    “Before they officially begin operation again, it is our job to educate those in the environment on safety measures; we are going to have a community meeting to educate them on what to do and what not to do, as well as what needs to be put in place.”

    The Chairman of the Investigation Team, Peter Onyeri, said the committee recommended a safety case report.

    Onyeri said: “There must be on and off sight emergency response plan; there must be a proper safety culture that encourages reporting, learning and flexibility for people to understand what LPG is all about.

    “Facilities as this can stay there up to 20 years and noting happens because they are highly protected because the consequences of an accident are too high. The system should be highly protected, both in training, engineering technology and regulations. The problem is not where the facility is located, it is the risk control set up for the facility which is usually sophisticated. It is usually carelessness that triggers off such. The trigger of the explosion at Second Coming is that there was an ignition of vapour cloud.”

  • Lagos implores workers to improve on service delivery

    Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has implored workers to improve on service delivery to Lagosians.

    Speaking on the importance of strategic management for the actualisation of the mission and vision of the state at a workshop organised for the state public sevice, Ambode lauded the workers for their performance.

    Represented by Commissioner for Establishments, Training, and Pensions, Dr. Akintola Benson, Ambode  urged the workers not to rest on their oars.

    He said improvements are not only important, they are also critical and fundamental. He promised that he would always ensure that they are on the path to actualising their vision and fulfilling mission.

    He disclosed that enormous value and investment have been given to the impartation of knowledge and skills of the workers.

    He urged the workers to make better contributions to the productivity and effectiveness of the public service.

    He noted that they must learn the importance of team work in the execution of strategies, ensure open communication, good management and effective leadership.

    “Without these hallmarks of corporate governance, it is difficult to manage strategically because the basic framework of goal-setting and decision-making are missing. Setting up a control and reporting mechanism is also important to strategic management as part of a wider corporate governance push.

    “This allows the organisation to make changes when they are needed to constantly monitor its own progress,”he said:

    He stressed that each department and unit of the public service needs to identify and capitalise on its core competencies. “These competencies then have to be developed and enhanced. After this, the Public Service must ensure that the competencies are not unnecessarily duplicated unless when compelled by exigencies,”he said.

    He continued:“If you know, for instance, that your department business is lagging behind in utilising the power of the internet to serve our esteemed citizens, one of your goals can be to revitalise or introduce an online platform to connect or communicate with the segment of the population that your department serves.

    “Importantly, the goals set should be measurable, specific and have a time frame attached to them. Setting goals in this way helps to strategically position the organisation for continuing and future successes.

    “I will like to emphasise that no framework for strategic management can be effective in the absence of team work and synergy. This is another aspect of growth and productivity that the Ministry of Establishments, Training and Pensions has been emphasising in the different trainings and workshops organised.”

  • Lagos unveils schedule for arts and culture

    Over 70 state-sponsored and endorsed arts and culture programmes have been announced by the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture.

    The calendar, consisting an all-year-round events is expected to garner visibility for tourism-oriented art programmes in the state.

    According to a statement signed by the state’s commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the Lagos State governor, “Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, kick-started the year with his attendance at Ali Baba’s January 1st Comedy concert at Eko Hotel. Other arts and culture events held in January and February so far and included in the calendar are Angel and Muse, an art exhibition by a Lagos-trained world renowned artist; Eebi; a month-long Indigenous Cultural Festival in Epe; Wazobia FM Carnival as well as the Lagos City Marathon amongst others.

    He said the idea of creating a calendar of events for state-sponsored and state-endorsed programmes, is to make event planning, tour bookings and business decisions easier for tour operators and the general public.

    The commissioner said, “The state is forging ahead in expanding the consumption of its tourism products by improving access to tourism information and creating an events guide for the media and tour bloggers”.

    Although not exhaustive, the calendar contains most of the well-known indigenous cultural festivals across the state, entertainment events; concerts; visual and performing arts as well as fashion and culinary events.

    “The administration of Governor Ambode believes that the quantum of cash transactions across the tourism and entertainment value-chain, as tracked in December 2017 when about 50billion was spent on entertainment and leisure alone, is a testimony to the huge economic gain that exists in promoting tourism in Lagos State. This and other economic factors make Lagos one of the most vibrant and culturally significant cities in Africa with potentials to make enormous impact in driving in-bound tourists from across the globe.

    “Major events listed in the calendar include Gidi Fest, Lagos Water Regatta and Fanti Carnival around the Easter Period; the International Jazz Day celebration on April 30 which will be dedicated to the South-African Jazz legend, Huge Masekela; the Lagos Comedy Festival (incorporating Lagos Laughs on World Laughter Day) on May 6 and the Eko Art Expo in the last weekend in May.

    “June will be rich with the first ever Lagos Golf Funfair and the Lagos Cinefest, which is designed to take cinema-going experience to all the five divisions of the state.

    “The Lagos Festival of Plays is a major highlight in the third quarter of the year; so is the Lagos Fishing Festival (Oshoroko) in Ibeju-Lekki; Akwaaba Travel Market and Faaji Agba – a special concert for the elderly to mark World Elders Day.

    “October to December will be the most intense period on the calendar with Olokun Festival; MUSON Festival; AFRIMA, AFRIFF; Kayo-Kayo Festival in Epe; the Lagos Luxury Summit/Fair; Felabration which will be used to celebrate Deal’s 80th birthday posthumously; the Lagos Books & Arts Festival (LABAF) which will be used to welcome Lagos into Africa’s Creative Cities club as well as the phenomenally popular One Lagos Fiesta which will hold between December 24 and 31st across the five divisions of the state in its forth unbroken year.

    “The State is grateful to corporate sponsors that will make many of these events happen” Ayorinde says; adding that  ”our aim is to use the calendar and other strategic initiatives to enrich the entertainment and creative economy as an integral component of tourism promotion.”

  • “Lake Rice caused huge demand for Nigerian Rice”

    “Lake Rice caused huge demand for Nigerian Rice”

    The Kebbi State Governor, Alh. Abubakar Bagudu,  on Tuesday disclosed that the partnership agreement with Lagos State to produce the popular Lake Rice caused huge demand for local rice in the country.

    Bagudu said the inter state co-operation between Kebbi and Lagos state governments made many Nigerians to appreciate local rice consumption, especially for its nutritional benefits and affordability.

    The Governor, who spoke while briefing the media at the Government House canvassed for greater collaborations among state governments to help achieve nationwide food security and promote national development.

    “The people of Lagos saw it as a good product better than the imported ones. That created demand for Nigerian Rice in general, not Kebbi rice because they have an enlightened market.”

    Bagudu, who acknowledged the acceptance by the Lagos State traders said the traders often determines mood of the nation in terms of product.

    “They supported the programme and demand was created,” he added while citing the subsidy on rice sales by the State government.

    He said the millers, through partnership with the state government benefitted from federal government intervention.

    “Just last week, I had a meeting with traders association and millers in Daleko, Iddo and other markets. They shared their experiences and they were absolute and categorical that the Nigerian Rice is better than imported ones. We spoke about how to make it better through better supply chain and make it affordable.”

    Speaking on the Anchor Borrowers Programme  (ABP), he said before it extended to other states, 70,000 Kebbi state rice farmers piloted the project.

    He said this became imperative to examine the impact, adding that for the 70, 000 farmers, they got six bags of fertiliser each, summed to 420, 000 bags.

    The governor noted that 140, 000 water pumps were required at two pumps per farmer, adding that the input supply affected the model.

    “The objective of the model is to have Nigerian rice which later beat Nigeria’s imaginations and it contributed to our exit from recession in a short time.

    “Secondly, it was targeted to create employment which it did. When you give 70,000 farmers supports, there are bound to be defaults. Farmers are businessmen like in other sectors,” he said.

    Justifying why agriculture should be treated as a business, Bagudu cited instance of Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) which got N4 trillion funding from the federal government solely to clear bad debts.

    “When the AMCON was created in 2010, it was to take over bad loans from the commercial banking system. It was paid N4 trillion. That money was not agricultural related, it oil and gas and share certificates.

    “So that spending of N54 billion has resulted in the magic we have seen in terms of food production, I think it is a bigger story than the occasioned repayment challenges,” he said while calling for greater support for the agricultural sector.

  • Lagos reviews 376 cases to decongest courts

    Lagos reviews 376 cases to decongest courts

    The Lagos State Judiciary has started decongesting the high courts of old cases.

    About 376 of such cases, most of which are over 20 years old, have been identified for review and may be referred to Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR).

    The Chief Judge, Justice Opeyemi Oke made this known at a briefing on the matter.

    Justice Oke said the exercise would also ensure speedy dispensation of justice.

    She lamented that the judiciary has the highest number of pending old cases.

    “It is on record that the Lagos State Judiciary has cases that date back to 20 years and beyond and this image, if it persists, is hazardous to the economic wellbeing of the state and Nigeria ultimately.

    “In fact, President Muhammadu Buhari, while declaring open the Bi-Annual Conference of All Nigeria Judges of the Superior Courts held between November 20 and 24, 2017 and organised by the National Judicial Institute, Abuja, noted the fact that Lagos State Judiciary has the highest number of pending old cases. This situation apparently damages the brand of a ”Global Lagos” and one which I do not intend to see continue. Global Lagos requires and truly deserves a world class judicial system,”she said.

    To remedy the situation, she said the state judiciary will be undertaking a review of all pending matters on a case-by-case basis for the purpose of determining the suitability of each case for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

    According to her, a review of the 376 cases, which started on  January 22, revealed the probable causes of delay and classified into three.

    “ Inefficient Case Management by Counsel, she said, accounted for 45 per cent; Court Indisposition and Interlocutory Appeals accounted for 20 per cent, while the cause of delay of the outstanding 35 per cent has been ascribed to other factors, which include numerous indulgent interlocutory applications, courts going on national assignments in election tribunals and official assignments for conferences and trainings for months. Others include protracted case management conference, multiplicity of interlocutory applications, long adjournments, trial having to commence de novo when a Judge is elevated or retires, amongst others”

    She disclosed that certain remedies have been put in place to eradicate the delays impeding the progress of the cases, adding that for instance, trials need not commence de novo again as options shall be included in  new rules to allow judges rely on certified transcript of trial proceedings already commenced or completed before an elevated or retired judge.

    She said new practice direction is in draft stage to guide and regulate the court decongestion process.

    “Also, since the Civil Justice System involves conducts and activities, both inside and outside the Court, a Practice Direction on Pre-Action Protocols to provide a Code of Practice outside the court will issue, just as there exists Rules of Court to provide a Code of Practice inside the Court.

    “The Pre-Action Practice Directions will be expected to guide conduct prior to the commencement, as a last resort, of legal proceedings in Court. The failure of parties or their counsel to comply with Pre-Action Protocol obligations elaborated under the Practice Direction, prior to commencing litigation, would attract significant or punitive cost penalties, inside the court, where such non-compliance is determined to be unreasonable or disproportionate, especially in respect to refusals to accept or participate in offers or attempts at ADR or amicable settlement, even where the party eventually wins the case,” she stated.

    Justice Oke said an ad-hoc task force committee on old cases led by Justice S.B.A Candide-Johnson, has been constituted in furtherance of the backlog elimination programme (BEP).

    She added that a good number of law firms have also volunteered to participate in the forensic screening of the old cases.

     

     

  • Lagos partners UK firm to provide 10,000 street lights

    The Lagos State Government and a United Kingdom firm, Low Energy Designs (LED) Limited yesterday entered into partnership to construct 10,000 LED street lights.

    The project will cover 300 kilometres across the state.

    The deal, which also includes the provision of about 500 jobs and construction of an LED lighting and Hybrid Energy Power Assembly Plant in Epe, is estimated at $7million (about N2.52billion), and is expected to be delivered in the next 12 months.

    Speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the partnership at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said the development was a major milestone and a positive paradigm shift in the provision of street lights for the state.

    Represented by the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Olawale Oluwo, Ambode said the project will complement the Light Up Lagos Project.

    He said: “We have about 33,000 street lights in Lagos under the Lagos State Electricity Board. Now, the LED UK will give us about 10,000 street lights. So, technically, they are going to be having about 31 per cent of our entire street light infrastructure and this is a major significant development. There will no longer be any fixed costs with regards to management of street light installations across the State, while all challenges hitherto associated with street lighting would now be a thing of the past.

    “As a government, what we are doing is that we are not installing poles, we are not providing security, we are not bothering ourselves with diesel, we are not worried on Fridays and Saturdays about people coming back from clubs knocking down our poles.

    “All those have been outsourced now. We are not going to be worried about that. We just buy light from investment of this LED UK with all their installations; they manage it, they provide the security, they power it and as long as we see the light, we pay. That is what has changed today.”

    LED UK Limited Chief Executive Officer Alan Parker said over the next 12 months, a British and Nigerian consortium would work to retrofit major roads in the state with urban regeneration project in Ikoyi, Ikeja and Victoria Island.

    “As part of this project, we will be employing over 500 local people here in Lagos and investing $7million in the construction and set-up of a LED lighting and Hybrid Energy Power Assembly Plant here in Epe. This facility will offer ground breaking testing, training and education programmes on renewable technologies whilst providing the future for all lighting and hybrid energy power systems in Nigeria.

    “These high quality products will be built by Nigerians with the support, experience, knowledge and technology supplied by LED UK for all commercial indoor and outdoor applications for the African market,” Parker said.

     

  • Lekki Free zone and Lagos’ economic potential

    SIR: Lagos remains the economic and commercial hub of Nigeria and, indeed, the entire West-African sub-region. It generates 26.7% significant portion of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, besides over 50% of non-oil sector to her credit. Most of these come from taxes, levies, dues and rates paid on commercial transactions that daily take place in the Central Business District of Lagos Island. More importantly, most of the country’s corporate business headquarters, multinational companies and investment organizations are located in Lagos.

    The demands of the increasing population that migrate from other parts of the country have a compelling influence on the development of infrastructures and social amenities in the area of housing, hospitality, transportation. All these are investment opportunities which have expanded the scope entrepreneurship in the commercial nerve centre, called Lagos.

    Over the years, Lagos state has been blessed with visionary leaders who have committed themselves to exploring to the maximum the economic and commercial potentials of the state. On a daily basis diverse people from different parts of the world come into Lagos to explore her numerous economic and commercial potentials. This has paved way for progressive increase in the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of the state as well as in her ability to meet critical financial obligations. Today, Lagos targets to hit N50billion as IGR by the end of the current year.

    In a bid to further enhance the economic fortunes of the state and expand the frontiers of the ever growing mega city, Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ, was conceived in partnership with China-Africa Lekki Investment Company.  An initiative of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, the Zone sits on over 3000 hectares of land along the coastal corridor. The blueprint, over the years, has manifested into physical infrastructural development along the Lekki corridor.

    Towards the full realization of the Lekki Free Trade Zone initiative, the Ambode administration has committed over N2billion in partnership with the Dangote group as a major stakeholder in the construction of a deep sea port that is valued at about N4billion in the zone. The idea is to turn the Lekki corridor into a thriving industrial, commercial and economic hub. As a one stop business community with its full complements, the zone is being equipped with capacity to generate its own electricity. The construction of over 36 kilometres inner roads have been completed for the benefits of subscribers. Meanwhile, proper security arrangement has been put in place to ensure that lives and properties are well secured in the zone. A police station has been completed in this regards.

    Presently, over116 investors have registered with Lekki free Trade Zone, out of which 16 have commenced full operations while another 100 have signified their intention to register and situate their business within the zone. Against bureaucratic delay of involved in clearing goods/raw materials, with its attendant cost implications at the nation’s ports of entry, investors who operate at the zone are exempted from paying import duties on raw materials imported for production/ excise duties for final products if not sold to local market. As part of method of operation, duties will only be paid only on products that are sold into local market.

    As against the over dependence of many states in the country on federal allocation as major source of revenue, Lagos is practically extending her frontiers of wealth creation by providing basic infrastructures, capable of driving Lekki Free Trade Zone to generate further wealth for the state and, indeed, the country as a whole. Without a doubt, by the time current efforts of the state government and her partners to transform the Lekki Free Zone into a huge economically thriving focal point, the state and its residents would be the better for it.

     

    • Bolaji Odumade,

    Lagos State Ministry of Information & Strategy, Alausa, Ikeja.

  • 32 ships with food items, petroleum products to arrive Lagos ports

    32 ships with food items, petroleum products to arrive Lagos ports

    Thirty-two ships laden with food items,petroleum products and other goods are expected to arrive at Apapa Port and Tin Can Island Port in Lagos from March 5 to March 24.
    The Nigerian Ports Authority ( NPA ) stated this in its “Shipping Position’’ publication, a copy of which was made available to the newsmen in Lagos on Monday.
    It said that 12 ships out of the expected number had petrol consignment.

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    According to it, the remaining 20 vessels contain bulk wheat, salt, bulk fertilizer, bulk sugar, diesel, crude palm olein, bulk gypsum and containers laden with goods.
    The publication indicated that eight ships carrying bulk fertilizer and petrol had already arrived at the ports and were waiting to berth.

    NAN

  • Lagos’ll become Africa’s third largest economy, says Otedola

    Lagos’ll become Africa’s third largest economy, says Otedola

    •Businessman endorses Ambode

    Billionaire businessman Femi Otedola yesterday predicted that Lagos will become the third largest economy in Africa by the end of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s tenure.

    He said given the governor’s stellar performance,  the state would move up from its current fifth position.

    Otedola canvassed support for Ambode’s second term so as to continue with the good work, which he said is a continuation of “the foundation laid by his good predecessors.”

    Otedola, who hails from Epe, is the son of the aborted Third Republic Governor of the state, the late Chief Michael Otedola, who was in charge between 1992 and 1993.

    In a statement yesterday, entitled ‘Ambode has done overwhelmingly well’ Otedola, said:

    “As a Lagosian and OMO Ibile, I wish to expressly commend and appreciate The great good work our amiable Governor Ambode is doing in our dear Lagos – Nigeria’s no one State. I have watched and followed keenly, in the last three years of the brilliant transformation projects across the State. No doubt, Ambode is building on the foundations laid by his good predecessors. He is building roads and bridges, schools and hospitals, water treatment plants, sewage and storm water drainages, solid wastes management plants and mass  transportation infrastructure.

    “He has recently gotten approved the electricity power infrastructure for Lagos, which when fully executed, will make Lagos State almost energy independent in Nigeria.  You are all aware of the newly-acquired mass transit buses that are going to be natural gas-powered in order for us in Lagos to be the first to comply with the global climate agenda of DE Carbonisations. Clean and Smart Lagos will take us into the modern global village and make us the number four economy in Africa.

    “Our visionary governor is also spearheading the modernisation of the Lagos State bureaucracy in order to get all the processes  re-engineered for higher and best performances. A good government is a reflection of an efficient and responsive bureaucracy. It is the catalytic driver for private sector growth. A bad and weak bureaucracy will produce nothing for the people. We are lucky to have an able governor like Ambode at the helm of our affairs.

    “He is a knowledge-driven leader, hard working, with passion for our great state.

    “My endorsement and recommendations for him to have a second term is performance based and not just the usual conventional  charade of second term endorsement in Nigeria. I am sure that all my respected compatriots, friends and followers will agree with me that Governor Ambode should please continue with his good job till 2023.

    “Ambode, please Carry Go, the 2019 election and continue with your passionate work for Lagos State transformation.

    “Thank you for being a true servant leader and with your eyes on the ball, surely Lagos State will become number three economy in Africa.”

  • Lagos NUJ ’ll look into report of N1.6b housing scheme, says chairman

    Lagos NUJ ’ll look into report of N1.6b housing scheme, says chairman

    Lagos Council of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Chairman Dr. Qasim Akinreti has assured members that the report of an investigation committee on N1.6 billion housing scheme initiated by the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) will not be swept under the carpet.

    Akinreti said the report will be deliberated on by the state NUJ Executive Council before it will be presented to the State Congress on March 10, for further discussion.

    After four months of investigation into the housing scheme initiated by NAWOJ, in partnership with the Lagos Council of NUJ, a committee set up to investigate the controversies generated by project submitted its findings last Friday.

    Receiving the 26-page report at the Lagos NUJ Council Secretariat on Iyalla Street, Ikeja, Akinreti said he was satisfied with the committee members for helping him to achieve one of his election promises, which he noted, has remained a source of concern to subscribers.

    In the report, the committee recommended outright cancellation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the project’s initiator and NAWOJ President, Mrs. Ify Omowole, former Chairman of Lagos NUJ Council, Mr. Deji Elumoye and the developer, Messers Primewaterview Holdings Limited.

    In arriving at the decision, the committee noted that the contents of the MoU were skewed much in favour of the developer.

    For instance, the developer, based on the MoU, was to take 300 units of houses in the scheme to defray its cost of infrastructural development in the project. The MoU did not state the cost of infrastructure to be built.

    Besides, the firm had spent N21 million of the N73 million it collected from NAWOJ/NUJ on “road stabilisation,” which to the committee, was wrong since it was part of infrastructure development to be paid for with the 300 housing units.

    “The developer has shown gross lack of commitment and diligent execution on the project.  A letter should be sent to the developer terminating the MoU and the project in its entirety. A Quantity Surveyor should be engaged to assess the value of work done by the developer on site. Where the assessment by the quantity surveyor falls short of expenditure submitted by the developer, Messers Primewaterview Holdings Limited should be made to refund the difference.  In the event of failure to comply, the developer should be reported to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to help recover the money,” the report read.

    Besides, the report condemned Mrs. Omowole for her decision to withdraw subscribers’ $227,000 unilaterally. According to the committee’s report, Mrs. Omowole’s explanation for such withdrawal was unacceptable.

    “Omowole’s excuse for the withdrawal of the US$227, 000 because of the falling exchange rate and also to pay the developer (Primewaterview Holdings Limited) the advance of subscribers’ counterpart funding is unacceptable because as at the time of withdrawal of the money, there was no signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NUJ/NAWOJ Pen Jewel Estate and Primewaterview Holdings Limited as developer. The $227,000 was withdrawn four clear months before the signing of the MoU; hence no need to pay counterpart funding at that time.

    “Also, the excuse that the U.S. dollar was losing value at that time is unacceptable as the Nigerian naira further crashed as at the time of signing the MoU,” the committee noted in its report.

    Mrs. Omowole, the committee said, must pay back N159 per dollar, amounting to about N4.3 million, being the balance of the expired $27,610 purported to have been exchanged for N150. This amount was arrived at using the N309 exchange rate figure earlier agreed on. She was also urged to provide evidence of remittance of the earlier N4 million from this money to the NAWOJ Pen Jewel estate account.

    The NAWOJ President, the committee submitted, must refund the N779,000 collected from subscribers in form of application form fees. Although 713 subscribers were captured on the application list, 779 people actually bought the application form for the PEN-JEWEL project at N1000 each.

    The report did not spared Elumoye, who the investigation committee said must refund N4 million being the excess on the alleged N10 million he claimed to have paid to the traditional land owners, “Omoniles,” after findings revealed only N6 million was paid.

    Elumoye, the report added, is also to refund the N2 million he claimed to have paid for the extra land he bought on behalf of the Lagos NUJ Council in Mowe since he was unable to provide evidence of purchase of same.

    The report advised that “any land allocated to subscribers between 2013 and 2017 must be revoked outright.