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  • COREN gets new president

    Mr Ali Rabiu, a former Vice President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has emerged as the new President of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).

    A statement by Mrs Ojonugwa Haruna, the COREN Head of Public Relations, said Rabiu was elected at an Extra Ordinary Council Meeting of COREN.

    She said Rabiu took over from Mr Kashim Ali who had served two terms as President of the council between 2013 and 2019.

    Haruna said Rabiu, who was born on April 24, 1963 in Lafia, Nassarawa State, attended Bayero University, Kano State for a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Civil Engineering.

    According to her, a COREN registered engineer, Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers, Rabiu is also a members of various engineering associations.

    “The new COREN President has served as member, Presidential Monitoring Team on DFRRI, Rural Water and Sanitation Programme as well as House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on the investigation of flooding of the Goronyo Dam.

    “He has also served as member, Governing Council of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Bichi and Chairman, Nigerian Society of Engineers, Kano branch,” she said.

    Haruna said the new president had over 30 years professional career in engineering and had served at various administrative and managerial levels in the public and private sectors.

    She said Rabiu was involved in the design and supervision of several bridges, roads, concrete structures, water supply schemes, small dams as well as flood and erosion control works.

     

     

     

  • Rotary inducts new president

    It was a joyous moment at Lagos Country Club, GRA, Ikeja, penultimate week when members of family, friends and well-wishers gathered to witness the induction of Rotarian Zainab Grace Nnenne Enakhume as the 33rd President of Rotary Club Opebi, Lagos. She will pilot the affairs of the club for the 2015-2016 Rotary Year.

    Dignitaries that attended the event included the District Governor, Rotary 9110 Nigeria, Otunba Bolaji Olugbenga Onabadejo and his wife, Mrs Sarah Aina, His Royal Highness (HRH) Eze Christian Uchechukwu Nwachukwu Eze Ndigbo of Lagos, Baale Taiwo Nosiru Bakare, Baale of Omole, Ikeja and many others who came from far and near to felicitate and rejoice with the world-class President, as she was fondly called by the club members.

    The gathering was not just to witness the installations but also to raise funds that would be used to execute various community projects.

    The ceremony commenced with a call to order by the out gone President, Rotarian Akeem Ibrahim.

    Shortly after her installation and decoration as the new president, Mrs Enakhume thanked Mr Akeem for all his efforts in moving the club forward.

    She pledged to sustain the spirit of the club and maintain high level of integrity and good conscience in conducting the affairs of the club.

    Mrs Enakhume promised to make the club more vibrant by attracting more serious and committed members to get them involved in membership drive, projects and maintaining friendships.

    According to Mrs Enakhume, her journey to Rotary began in 2007 at International Airport, Lagos, when she was waiting for the arrival of her husband that travelled to Singapore for an International Bar Conference. She said a woman walked up to her and demanded to know if she was a Rotarian, because, there also were some Rotary Club District 9110 presidents waiting to receive their foreign counterparts. She said she replied in the negative.

    She said the woman called some of the presidents to meet her for proclamation of Rotary gospel.

    According to Mrs Enakhume, she decided to join the club after some brief discussions and ever since had accomplished her heart desires to achieve a vital goal of keeping the restless mind still and continuity of service to humanity which defines Rotary.

    Mrs Enakhume appealed for maximum support from members of the club and well-meaning Nigerians to enable her to achieve success during her tenure.

    The out gone President, Mr Akeem also called for support of the members to enable her, in line with Rotary International policies, to promote, improve and strengthen active participation of all members to participate in executing projects that will make a difference and improve the standard of living of the people.

    Mr Onabadejo urged Rotarians and the newly inducted board to be a gift to the world as mandated by the club, saying “Rotarians are supposed to make their resources available to the world. The journey of life is such that you will be remembered for the amount of your goodwill to mankind, not the number of cars you own.

    In line with the efforts of sustaining the service to humanity, Mr Onabadejo appealed to Rotarians to continue to support the World Health Organisation (WHO) on polio eradication initiative in the country until Nigeria is finally pronounced polio free in 2017.

    He urged the new president to inspire and motivate members of the club to collectively and individually mitigate the plight of the downtrodden. He said Rotarians must have a collective resolve to bring smiles to the faces of the less-privileged.

    According to Onabadejo that’s the reason all projects and programmes to be execute in Rotary yearly must primarily be for the less-privileged persons.

    He solicited the support and encouragement of all members of the club and philanthropic individuals and organisations to partner with the club in order to fulfill its objectives.

     

  • Glitz as Rotary gets new president in Calabar

    Glitz as Rotary gets new president in Calabar

    It was all glitz and glamour as the Rotary Club of Calabar-Tinapa District 9140 installed its 7th president for the 2015/2016 year.

    The Monty Suites Conference Hall in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, venue of the ceremony, was filled with excitement as the immediate past president, Rotn Ottobang Akpan, handed over to Rotn Nse Paulinus Tom.

    The event also featured the induction of new members, inauguration of the board of directors, presentation of service awards and a lecture on the management of prostate cancer.

    Accepting the mantle of leadership, Tom said he looked forward to utilising all the offers of support from past presidents and the entire club whose advice and guidance has brought about what they were witnessing on the day.

    He expressed gratitude to the District 9140 for the leadership orientation for all club presidents for the 2015-2016 rotary year.

    He invoked a spirit of collectivism and giving so that they can work to address those primary challenges within the six areas of focus of promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education and growing local economies.

    His words: “It is a difficult task for me alone, but a simple job for us all. As usual, every Rotary year has its theme. For the 2015-2016 we have been challenged to BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD. This is because we started life as a gift to our parents and family; it is now time to extend same to our various communities. I for one, identify with this theme. This identity is borne out of my realisation that giving is not the exclusive right of the rich in materials, but the rich in heart and we can all adopt this nature of giving change to the world.

    “As club president, I will urge you all to come on board with me in giving the three Ts of (Time, Talent and Treasure) of Rotary to the world. It is my benefit that from our giving, we shall restore many disorganised dreams, we shall bring back smiles to frowning faces, we will reduce child mortality rates in our communities, and we will help save our mothers from death in the course of bring joy to our families.”

    Akpan said the club was able to execute some projects, such as an Ebola Virus prevention awareness and literacy project, where sanitary and learning materials were distributed to St Theresa’s Primary School, Mbarakom; St Theresa’s Primary School, Awi (both in Akamkpa Local Government Area) and the Presbyterian Primary School on Tinapa Road.

    Others, he said, included the presentation of items to the motherless babies home in Uwanse; an educational grant of over N100, 000 to a blind undergraduate of the University of Calabar to support his education; hosting a rotary club from another district during the rotary exchange programme among others.

    He said as a club, the challenge to their existence has been membership growth.

    He charged the new president to be courageous as leadership has never been smooth sailing.

    He noted that volunteers (Rotarians) were unlike employees because they are not paid and yet have to contribute their time, talent and resources which is a higher sacrifice.

    “Hence, volunteers should be treated with utmost respect and recognition. I have no doubt that with your pragmatism and humble disposition you will achieve more,” Akpan advised.

    He charged members to give their support to the new president.

     

  • New president for league of Imams

    The hall was filled to capacity with turbaned clerics from across the Southwest states as well as Edo and Delta. They appeared in some of their best attires. Looking radiant and exuding joy, they exchanged banters with one another as they sat on their seats in the oval hall where announcement of the new President for their association was to be made.

    The venue was the Secretariat of the League of Imams and Alfas at the highbrow Bodija Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    They came elect a new president to replace the former President and Chief Imam of Ibadan land, Sheik Suara Haruna who died in April.

    At exactly 10:14 a.m. when members of the executive of the league emerged from an emergency meeting, the General Secretary, Sheikh Hammed Aladesawe made the much-expected announcement.

    He informed the congregation that Keulere has been elected as the new President of the League of Imams and handed him over to the newly turbaned ýChief Imam of Ibadan land, Sheikh Abdul Ganiyu Agbotomokekere.

    The shout of Allahu Akbar (God is great) rented the air as other state and grand Imams took turns to endorse him.

  • ANAN gets new president

    ANAN gets new president

    The Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) has appointed Anthony Nzom as its new president for the next two years.

    Nzom, in his acceptance speech,  promised to promote  research in Natural Capital and Peace Accounting; Small and Medium Enterprises/Practice and physical and infrastructural development.

    He noted that capacity building for workers both locally and internationally would be given priority. The new ANAN chief also promised to strengthen the activities of the association’s branches and work more closely with the Nigerian capital market.

    “We must support the Federal Government in the task of national development, aid the Africa Union in charting continental agenda for growth  and boost accounting and financial management in the region,” he said.

    He said the formal admission of ANAN into the IFAC encourages it to stand committed to work in partnership with the ICAN, the continental body, the PAFA and the sub regional body ABWA to promote international best practices in accounting, auditing, education, ethics and good governance

    He said he would employ an all-inclusive leadership approach to good governance by deploying all available resources within reach- the staff, Council members, Past Presidents, Governments in Nigeria and international institutions. “We must hone our skills and develop our practices in the four main strata of the profession – Accounting Education, Public Practice, Industry and Commerce (that is private sector practice) and the Government,’’ the new ANAN president said.

    According to him, this is the time to stand up and be counted in our struggle for greatness and enduring relevance in Nigeria, Africa and well beyond.

    “Today, the rules of engagement are fast changing for the emerging professional accounting organisation (PAO) of our dreams- International Financial Accountants and Edinburg Group which are fast becoming part of our everyday vocabulary in ANAN. As ANAN basks in the euphoria of her new found international recognition, necessity is placed on the association to sustain and improve the tempo of her development,” he said.

  • Club gets new president

    Club gets new president

    The Lions Club of Illupeju,Lagos State, has installed Engr.Reginald Chijioke Ibezim as its 31st President for the 2012/2013 Lionistic year.

    The investiture of Lion Ibezim took place last weekend at the Officer’s Mess of 9 Brigade, Ikeja Military Cantonment, Maryland under the supervision of District Governor, Lion Stella Agbogun, who handed over the instruments of office to the new president amid pomp and excitement from members of the club and well wishers who came in their numbers to witness the event.

    Lion Agbogun charged Ibezim to uphold the tenets of lionism during his tenure in office and called on members of the club to give their total support to the new president.

    Lion Ibezim while thanking his members for the confidence they reposed on him, assured that he would keep the flag of the club flying to raise the bar in surpassing the achievements of his predecessor, Lion Ola Opaleye.

    The chairman of the occasion, Mr. Ernest Onyeze applauded the effort of the Lions Club in Nigeria in bridging the gap created by inadequacies of the government with the members’ selfless service to humanity, adding that “I have no doubt that the new president would ensure that the good work of Lions Club in Ilupeju is felt by the people.

    Erstwhile president of the club, Lion Opaleye challenged the new president to take the club above where he left it, adding that he was able to take Ilupeju Lions Club to the Top 10 in District 404 Nigeria during his tenure.

    Chairman of the Gala Committee that organised the investiture ceremony, Lion Tunji Edward commended the generosity of the invited guests for donating towards the success of the projects which the new president has earmarked to do during his tenure. “It is our belief that our new president will follow the tradition of excellence which Ilupeju Lions is known of over the year.