Chairman, Sokoto State House of Assembly’s Committee on Commerce and Industry Alhaji Tanimu Kyadawa, has charged traders in the state to desist from arbitrary hike in prices of commodities.
Kyadawa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto that stopping the habit would ease the sufferings of the residents of the state.
He said: “We in the state House of Assembly had since passed a bill that led to the creation of a commodity board in the state. This is in order to assist the traders and the people in conducting their businesses with ease.
“So our traders should reciprocate this gesture and control all prices of commodities.
“Moreover, we have realised that it is only in Sokoto that the traders exhibit such obnoxious habit.
“Therefore, we will be more proactive and block all leakages, for the revival of the trade in the state.”
The lawmaker hailed Governor Aminu Tambuwal for constituting a task force to oversee the sales and distribution of petroleum products in the state.
He said: “This has since become a source of pride to the present administration, as we have realised the impact of such gesture in our daily affairs”.
He appealed to the people to be more patient, assuring,” the storms will soon be over.”
Kyadawa also urged Nigerians to always pray for the success of the nation’s leaders, at the three tiers of government.
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Lawmaker to traders: avoid arbitrary hike in commodities’ prices
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APC is on course, says lawmaker
Lagos State House of Assembly member Hon. Rotimi Abiru has urged critics of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to have a rethink. He said APC has provided responsible leadership for the country.
The lawmaker who spoke at a meeting of the Mandate Group, Bariga, Lagos said the APC led government was better than the leadership provided by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the country.
He said he issue of security, infrastructural decay, poor economy and corruption was being tackled at the highest level. Abiru added that the APC has restored confidence in the people.
He said: “I must say the APC is far better than the PDP. As I speak today, we can see that security has improved; the income of government has improved in Lagos State and federation as well. The issue of corruption is being tackled headlong.
“The APC has restored confidence in the people, the investors have equally been assured of better days and Nigeria is on the course of overcoming its challenges. The recession people are talking about is not limited to Nigeria; it is a global issue which affected many countries with a mono economy.
“Nigeria for instance, depends on oil, this has grossly affected the country’s standing. That is the mistake the past leaders made by refusing to tap into other potentials in the country. That is why we are where we are today.”
The lawmaker stressed that APC was doing everything possible to ensure that peace returned to the Niger Delta region, noting that the place must be stable in order to stabilise the economy.
“The Niger Delta challenge the country cannot gloss over, but we thank God the issue are being adequately tackled. The Vice President Yemi Osibanjo is in the Niger Delta trying to broker peace between the people and government.
“We thank God the prices of oil and other petroleum products are now going up in the international market. I do hope that government will be consistent with its fiscal policy and blueprint. If it is done this way, I hope the country will overcome its challenges in due course.”
He called on Nigerians to pay their taxes, noting that it puts money in the economy.
“We all have a role to play in making the country great again. We have to pay our taxes; this is what the government uses to execute projects. Government is about you and I, so we must all play our role adequately to make the country great again.”
Abiru said the Mandate Group, Bariga was meeting to prepare its members for future election and to take actions against divisive elements in their midst.
“I thinks this an appropriate time to reinvent the group, when some people are trying to undermine our great leader, we have to move together to ensure that such conduct don’t sail through.
“I thank God today, that Mandate Group is a reality that is why we have this great turnout when we invited them for a meeting. All that we are doing today is to uphold the dreams of our great leader. That is to uphold the tenet of the progressives and to give maximum support to our leader.” -
Brace for leadership, lawmaker challenges youths
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, has urged youths to brace up for leadership positions because they have something the whole world is waiting for.
The lawmaker, who represents Epe 2 Constituency, stated this in his welcome address at the inauguration and orientation programme for 2017 ‘Academy Youths’ which featured the induction of 100 youths into the Eleniyan Cares Leadership Foundation at Ikeja.
Olulade, who founded the foundation, told the youths that leadership is not about wealth or position but influencing and expanding one’s network including one’s ability to keep giving.
“You can be that leader in whatever area you choose to. We believe you have something the whole world is waiting for. You have what it takes to rule your world, influence and impact your world positively.
“Don’t let anybody tell you it is impossible; just have a positive attitude. What qualifies you to be here today is because you are a leader once you can influence one person,” Olulade said.
The lawmaker who is the chairman, House Committee on Health Services, said the foundation is investing in the 100 pioneer inductees hoping that “in 10 years time, we will be raising leaders in all parts of the continent.”
Speaking with reporters, Olulade said the induction is a follow-up to the 1000 youths summit he organised at Epe earlier in 2016.
“The Academy is a platform on which we are going to develop them and make sure that the vision that they have in leading people is not jettisoned. In the next one year, we expect them to have done something for themselves, make impact in their world, contribute to the development of their society; and these are the people we are going to showcase in our next summit.
“We will also follow them up, add value to whatever thing they desire to do in whatever area they have chosen. We are going to have personal contact with everyone of them and get involved in their day-to-day activities. If there is any one of them that has any challenge, it becomes the responsibility of the foundation.
“We are in it together, it is about training them to stand on their own when nobody is there. They can as well influence and make impact in their world,” Olulade said.
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Lawmaker urges Buhari to end recession
A member of the House of Representatives from Lagos Mainland Constituency, Hon. Olajide Jimoh, has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to come up with policies to put an end to economic recession in the country.
Jimoh made the remark while congratulating Nigerians for their doggedness in the midst of economic challenges facing the country, saying 2017 would be a better year.
He said Buhari should work in synergy with the National Assembly to end the recession.
He said: “I hope President Buhari would intervene, to bring succour to the ordinary Nigerians who are suffering as a result of the recession. Though it is God that do things right and perfect, I hope and believe that things would be better this year.
“I hope this year’s budget, which has been tagged the ‘Budget of Recovery and Growth’, would be better than last year’s. Nigerians were not happy over the developments in the economy last year. The Federal Government could only implement 56 per cent of the budget.
“The President and other state governors should learn good governance from Lagos State, where the governor is working with the state lawmakers to empower the people.”
Jimoh said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has distinquished himself in less than two years in office.
He added: “Ambode has turned Lagos to a paradise within short time of his administration. He decided to run the state on tripod, because of his determination to turn the economy of the metropolis into the third largest in Africa.
“His determination and commitment is easy for everyone to see, because he has continued to deliver good governance, infrastructural development and people-centred policies. He has collaborated with the Lagos State House of Assembly to achieve his aim.”
The lawmaker has also called for a reduction of the benefits that acrues to political office holders, saying that it would reduce friction and violence among politicians.
He said: “There should be a privision in the electoral code that cautions people that instigate violence before and after elections.” -
Lawmaker empowers residents
As part of efforts to cushion the effects of the current economic recession, the Senator representing Ondo Central District, Chief Tayo Alasoadura has provided various empowerment facilities for the people of his constituency. The aim was to make them become economically self-reliant.
Alasoadura’s supporters in the three local government areas of Akure South, Ifedore and Akure North benefitted from the phase one of the empowerment scheme.
However, the remaining three local government areas namely Ondo East, Idanre and Ondo West would benefit from the empowerment programme during the phase two of the scheme in few weeks’ time.
Among the items distributed were 11 assorted cars, 20 tricycles, 228 motorcycles, 89 grinding machines, 24 automatic sewing machines and 68 manual sewing machines and N2 million cash.
Besides, Alasoadura granted scholarship to five post-graduates and PhD students who are studying petroleum-related courses in various universities.
Speaking at the event, the lawmaker said the gesture was informed by his commitment to reduce the effect of the harsh economic conditions that Nigerians are experiencing.
He said: “Regardless of what has happened in the past, our government has the responsibility of cushioning the effects of the past bad governance which affected our people.”
Senator Alasoadura, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) said it was the situation that motivated him to contribute his quota towards assuaging the sufferings of his constituents and to appreciate their loyalty and support.
He said the next phase of the programme would focus more on vocational and trade empowerment that would teach the people the art of catching the ‘proverbial fish’ after touching the remaining three local governments of Idanre, Ondo East and Ondo West with similar empowerment.
At the event, both the governor-elect, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) the Deji of Akure, Oba Ogunlade Aladelusi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) state Chairman, Isaac Kekemeke praised Senator Alasoadura’s generosity.
They described the Senator as a grassroots politician who has been impacting on the life of his supporters and others in many ways. They urged him not to relent.
Beneficiaries of the empowerment scheme were advised to make good use of the facilities in order to lift their respective families from the present hardship.
The beneficiaries expressed deep appreciation to Senator Alasoadura for his kindness, promising to give him their support at all times.
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Lawmaker empowers residents
As part of efforts to cushion the effects of the current economic recession, the Senator representing Ondo Central District, Chief Tayo Alasoadura has provided various empowerment facilities for the people of his constituency. The aim was to make them become economically self-reliant.
Alasoadura’s supporters in the three local government areas of Akure South, Ifedore and Akure North benefitted from the phase one of the empowerment scheme.
However, the remaining three local government areas namely Ondo East, Idanre and Ondo West would benefit from the empowerment programme during the phase two of the scheme in few weeks’ time.
Among the items distributed were 11 assorted cars, 20 tricycles, 228 motorcycles, 89 grinding machines, 24 automatic sewing machines and 68 manual sewing machines and N2 million cash.
Besides, Alasoadura granted scholarship to five post-graduates and PhD students who are studying petroleum-related courses in various universities.
Speaking at the event, the lawmaker said the gesture was informed by his commitment to reduce the effect of the harsh economic conditions that Nigerians are experiencing.
He said: “Regardless of what has happened in the past, our government has the responsibility of cushioning the effects of the past bad governance which affected our people.”
Senator Alasoadura, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) said it was the situation that motivated him to contribute his quota towards assuaging the sufferings of his constituents and to appreciate their loyalty and support.
He said the next phase of the programme would focus more on vocational and trade empowerment that would teach the people the art of catching the ‘proverbial fish’ after touching the remaining three local governments of Idanre, Ondo East and Ondo West with similar empowerment.
At the event, both the governor-elect, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) the Deji of Akure, Oba Ogunlade Aladelusi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) state Chairman, Isaac Kekemeke praised Senator Alasoadura’s generosity.
They described the Senator as a grassroots politician who has been impacting on the life of his supporters and others in many ways. They urged him not to relent.
Beneficiaries of the empowerment scheme were advised to make good use of the facilities in order to lift their respective families from the present hardship.
The beneficiaries expressed deep appreciation to Senator Alasoadura for his kindness, promising to give him their support at all times.
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Fire: Lawmaker consoles YABATECH students
The Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Education, Comrade Aminu Sulaiman has commiserated with students who got injured and lost properties in the fire that engulfed the Bakassi Girls’ Hostel of the Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) on November 23, 2016.
Sulaiman also absolved the Management of the institution of wrong doing in managing the incident, praising it for its “sensitivity to the need to protect lives and property at all times.”
Sulaiman, who visited the college to investigate the incident, said he did not find evidence that supported claims of negligent by the Dr Margaret Kudirat Ladipo-led institution.
He said: “It is good we sacrificed time to come. The impression given by petition writers was a far cry from what we met on ground.
“There were insinuations of negligence on the part of the college. Some even claimed students were still in the hospital. In another document, there was a claim that the fire resulted from the fact that the Management let out 80 per cent of the space. It is satisfying we embarked on this trip because, we were able to see things for ourselves and where the truth lies.
“I am personally satisfied that we visited today. We are not disappointed because we have not found anything to indicate ineptitude on the part of the Management. This is an incident that could happen anywhere.”
The chairman interacted with students around the hostel, and expressed the sympathy of the entire House, and that of his committee to them promising that the “struggle continues, as victory is sure.”
The students appreciated the concerns demonstrated by the Committee’s visit.
Dr Ladipo explained that fire gutted the hostel following a surge after power was restored on the fateful day.
She said, about 600 students were housed on the two-floor hostel, and that the students were evacuated moments after the outbreak.
A total of 21 students, she said, were rushed to the College Medical Centre, of which 13 were later referred to the Military Hospital, Yaba, “which opened their facility to our students and gave us the required support. All the students have since been discharged.”
She also expressed appreciation to the Lagos State Emergence Relief Agency for the support received by the college during the emergency as well as the Federal Fire Service and the University of Lagos.
Dr. Ladipo said the insurance company had been notified and the compensation was being considered under the fire and special perils policy.
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Lawmaker flays herdsmen’s attack in Abia community
The member representing Arochukwu constituency at Abia State House of Assembly, Luke Okara Onyeani has condemned the clash between suspected Fulani herdsmen and crop farmers in which five farmers from Ndiokereke Abam in Arochukwu Local Government Area of the state sustained injuries.
Onyeani said there is need for security agencies in the state to curb the excesses of Fulani herdsmen while those who were involved in the attack on members of his constituency should see brought to book.
Speaking with The Nation in Umuahia after visiting the wounded farmers, Onyeani warned that Abam people are known warriors and should not be pushed to the wall as the people could react in a way that will be unpleasant.
He noted that the people of Abam have resolved to be peaceful and law abiding.
He said, “Our resolve to be peaceful and law abiding should not be taken for granted, we want the herdsmen to leave our place and the entire Arochukwu Local Government Area. We want the security agencies in the state to live up to expectation, the members of the state assembly had during one of their sittings decided that herdsmen should not be carrying fire arms and same was reached during a meeting between the police, herdsmen and indigenes which herdsmen have flouted”.
The Abia lawmaker was visibly angry over the development, saying that he is not happy that his people were harmed by herdsmen with dangerous weapons, stressing that these were the kind of stories people were hearing happening in Enugu and Benue states, but now it has gotten to us”.
He said, “It is shame that people who went to their farm were attacked by gun and machete carrying Fulani herdsmen after destroying their farm land and the farm produce with their cows”.
One of the victims who is receiving treatment in one of the hospitals in Ohafia, who gave his name as Ogbu Kelechi said that he is student of NTI and also a rice farmer which proceeds he uses to sponsor his education was attacked by the herdsmen when he complained about their cows destroying his produce.
Kelechi said, “I went to my farm after attending lectures and saw some cows feeding on my already harvested rice and when I complained the herdsmen descended on me with the machetes saying that they will not leave me until I [was] dead”.
“I pretended to be dead and they came and turned me around to make sure that I [was] dead but then some people who saw what was happening raised the alarm which made the youths to come to find out what was happening but by the time they arrived the herdsmen had fled”.
One of leaders of another community, Ameke Abam, Chief Sunny Agbara said that the issue of herdsmen have ben destroying their farm land and farm produce, “We do not want any conflict with them, but there is a limit to endurance as we have endured enough”.
Agbara said, “Anyone who attacks your farm, attacks your stomach and wants to destroy your life, we want the state Commissioner of Police Leye Oyebade who is the state chairman of Conflict Resolution Committee on herdsmen to do something as was discussed during their inaugural meeting”.
It could be recalled that there was a clash between suspected Fulani herdsmen and the people of Ndi Okereke Abam in Ovukwu autonomous community, Arochukwu local government area of Abia State, which has left about five people badly injured and battling for their lives in an undisclosed hospital.
The injuries they sustained was said to have arisen from bullet and machete wounds inflicted on them by the suspected Fulani herdsmen during the clash between them and the indigenes of the Arrochukwu community.
The President General of the town union, Chief Chukwuma Egbuta Okubi, said that the incident happened last Friday when the herdsmen led their cattle into the farms destroying the crops in the farmland of his people.
Okubi said that the matter was made more painful by the fact that the suspected Fulani herdsmen would uproot the cassava and yam for their cows to eat, including trampling on the entire farm land, thereby making it difficult for our people to harvest their farm produce.
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Lawmaker offers 18 students scholarship
The member representing Suleja/Tafa/Gurara Constituency in House of Representatives, Hon.Abubakar Lado Suleja has sponsored 18 students to study for five years at the Al-Azhar University in Egypt.
At the send off, Lado said he intended to sponsor 100 youths on foreign scholarship before the end of his tenure.
Before this set, Lado said he had sent 12 students to in India whose encouraging performance prompted him to continue with the scheme.
He said after their studies, the students would return to contribute their quota to the constituency.
“This scholarship is being done because of my passion for education. Suleja, Tafa and Gurara local government areas have been left out in a lot of things, giving these youths the scholarship will create wealth for my constituents because knowledge is wealth and they will return to improve on the society. I am focused and will concentrate in lifting the poor,” he said.
He urged the students to distinguish themselves in Egypt, stressing that they are now the hope of the people.
Niger State Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Fatima Magudu, who was represented by a Director, Mrs. Katire Dauda Rufai, commended the lawmaker for complementing the government’s investment in the education sector.
Tafa Local Government Area Chairman, Hon Ado Abubakar, thanked Lado for not abandoning them the way other politicians had done in the past.
He urged the beneficiaries to pay attention to their studies and shun all vices.
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Lawmaker decries low allocation to employment-creating agencies
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Labour and Employment, Senator Sulaiman Nazif, has said it is worrisome that agencies created to stimulate employment are only getting three percent of their annual budget.
Sulaiman stated this during the Senate Committee’s visit to the National Directorate of Employment (NDE). The committee also visited the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), and National Productivity Centre.
He called for improved allocation for the ministry‘s agencies, stressing that job creation is paramount as people are in dire need of employment.
He expressed the committee’s readiness to support the NDE in its drive to create employment for the teeming unemployed youths.
“If there is any area you need some amendments to the Act that established NDE, we are here to assist you in that regard for maximum performance,” he assured.
He commended parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment for prudent use of limited resources at their disposal for maximal service delivery.