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  • Nigeria vs Kenya now June 6th

    Nigeria vs Kenya now June 6th

    Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has confirmed that the date for the 2014 World Cup qualifier pitting African champions Nigeria against Kenya has been changed.

    The development comes after Nigeria were crowned champions of the African Cup of Nations and will represent the continent in Brazil during the Confederations Cup.

    “The World Football Governing Body FIFA has communicated to Football Kenya Federation on the possibility of changing the dates for the Kenya, Nigeria Brazil World Cup qualifier.”

    “This has arisen due to Nigeria’s qualification to represent Africa in the FIFA confederations Cup to be played in Brazil from 15th to 23rd June 2013. The World Cup organising committee has therefore requested Kenya to reschedule the return leg at least two days before the 10th of June that means the match be played on 6th or 7th of June,” the statement read.

    FIFA is expected to hold an executive meeting on March 19th to decide on the exact dates.

    FKF have also revealed that they will hire a new coach before they face Super Eagles but were keen to state that he will not be high profile like the predecessor as the team is expected to pitch camp in two week’s time.

    “We are not going for a high profile coach this time round and the three have a good track record for working with African teams.”

  • Champions Nigeria!

    Champions Nigeria!

    • Nigeria’s win at AFCON in South Africa is proof the country could attain its potential if the leadership is right

     

    In 1984, Festus Adegboye Onigbinde took a team of rookies to the Nations Cup in Cote d’Ivoire. Though that team comprised the likes of evergreen Muda Lawal (of blessed memory), the moving spirits in that team were the young Turks of Stephen Keshi, Chibuzor Ehilegbu, Humphrey Edobor, Henry Nwosu, Rashidi Yekini (also of blessed memory), Peter Rufai, Ademola Adesina, Clement Temile and others.

    Though Nigeria had won the Nations Cup in Lagos in 1980, it had crashed out with ignominy in the first round of the championship in 1982 in Libya. Coach Onigbinde was therefore clearly rebuilding; and his young team had a fancy run all the way to the final, where a more seasoned Cameroun side of Roger Milla, Theophile Abega (of blessed memory) and Ernest Ebongue triumphed 3-1, after the Eagles had taken an early lead.

    This year, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, ironically a part of that Onigbinde 1984 team, also took a team of rookies to South Africa – not rookies in the classical sense of the 1984 team, mostly players from Nigerian local clubs like New Nigerian Bank, IICC Shooting Stars, Abiola Babes, Stationery Stores and Bendel Insurance.

    But rookies nevertheless in the sense that the bulk of the team were playing their first Nations Cup, while veterans of the competition like Osaze Odemwingie, Taye Taiwo and Obafemi Martins were left out. Keshi made it known to all that he was rebuilding; and that South Africa 2013 was only one of the grills to put his young team through, if it must compete with the global best in the nearest future.

    As it has turned out, five members of Keshi’s team, despite their relative inexperience, made the Africa First XI, based on their superlative performance: Vincent Enyeama (goalkeeper and one of the few with Nations Cup experience), Efe Ambrose (right fullback who plays for Celtic in Scotland), Emmanuel Emenike (the tournament’s Golden Boot winner with four goals) and the Chelsea of England duo of John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses, both match changers and winners for the Eagles. That Sunday Mba, the Warri Wolves match winner against Cote d’Ivoire and cup winner against Burkina Faso did not make the Africa XI, shows the depth of talents the team boasts.

    It is vital to compare Keshi’s team with the 1984 team, rather than the famous 1994 team that won the Nations Cup in Tunis, Tunisia. The 1994 team may have been the climax of what a team built over years could attain; aside from earning Keshi the record of winning AFCON as team captain and now as coach. But the 1984 team was more in tune with Keshi’s present team, giving his umpteenth declaration that the team is still a work-in-progress. But if a work-in-progress wins the Nations Cup, what would the team achieve when it reaches its climax?

    That is the tantalising prospect of these Super Eagles that stunned all Africa at South Africa. That also underscores what Nigeria can achieve in all fields, if only we can put our acts together.

    But the present euphoria should not blind anyone to the team’s rather inauspicious start, before the game-changing quarter-final win against pre-tournament favourites, the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire. How many of those screaming halleluiah after Sunday’s win had any faith in the team only one Sunday before the final?

    That is not good enough. Nigerians must learn to support their teams, instead of clambering on board to hail to high heavens a team they had, with equal intensity, earlier condemned to the doldrums.

    On this score, Coach Keshi, the rest of the technical bench and the Super Eagles deserve plaudits for the way they soldiered on, even when no one believed in them. To those whose creed is turn to foreigners in panic, Keshi has taught Nigerians to believe in themselves. That should be a model national spirit: Nigeria might be the butt of jokes worldwide now, but Nigerians must continue to build their country. If they do, the same world that jeers now would be the one to cheer.

    But that will be possible only if the leadership is right. Nigerian political leaders must therefore take a cue from the spirit of the Eagles. The team triumphed because it had a leadership that believed in it; and asked it to go on and conquer. Nigerian leaders must not only have faith in the country and the vision to push it to hitherto unknown heights, they must have the ability to mobilise and motivate the people for development.

    Let the Eagles triumph therefore force a positive change in our country’s affairs. Congratulations, Champions Nigeria. But it is only the start of the real hard work to sustain the glory and vault our country where it really belongs in the comity of nations – in sports and other areas of life.

     

  • AFCON: Jonathan hails Super Eagles

    AFCON: Jonathan hails Super Eagles

    President Goodluck Jonathan has  congratulated the Super Eagles and  Nigerians on the country’s  victory in the AFCON 2013 finals  in Johannesburg.
    In as statement shortly after the Super Eagles defeated the Stallion of Burkina Faso, President Jonathan thanked  Coach Stephen Keshi and all members of the team who he said  have worked very hard and played with great focus, dedication, artistry and patriotism to make Nigeria the proud champions of Africa once again after 19 years of setbacks in the competition.
    The President also commended the Minister of Sports, Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi, the Chairman and members of the Nigerian Football Federation and all others who have contributed to the astonishing transformation of the Super Eagles from underdogs to gallant winners and glorious soccer champions of the African continent.
    President Jonathan said he  believes that the team’s amazing transformation from rank outsiders to champions is a clear manifestation of the even greater successes the country can achieve in all other fields of human endeavour.
    As the  nation celebrates Nigeria’s remarkable triumph in South Africa, President Jonathan urged all Nigerians to imbibe the positive lessons of the Super Eagles’ success because the fulfilment of the country’s immense potentials for greatness will be more speedily attained if more Nigerians resolve to emulate the team’s exemplary unity of purpose, dedication, commitment and devotion to service of the nation.
    Having conquered Africa, the new Super Eagles according to President Jonathan can go on to achieve even greater glory at the World Cup in Brazil next year. He assured the team that it will receive every necessary support and encouragement from the Federal Government for that next national assignment.
    He thanked the Government of South Africa and the Confederation of African Football for a well-organised tournament and looks forward to receiving the victorious Super Eagles in Abuja on Tuesday.
  • Lam-Adesina charges Eagles to win

    Lam-Adesina charges Eagles to win

    Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Dapo Lam-Adesina has charged the Super Eagles of Nigeria to go all out against the Stallions of Burkina Faso and ensure they win the African Cup of Nations’ trophy on Sunday.

    The Commissioner said this in his goodwill message to the Super Eagles of Nigeria who are due to play Burkina Faso in the final of the 29th edition of the African Cup of Nations.

    He said the good people of Oyo State like other sports-loving Nigerians are earnestly praying for the success of the team in the match while also congratulating the team for the success recorded so far despite not being considered as favorite.

    He charged every member of the team to show the true spirit of Nigeria which has been the driving force and a major contributing factor in reaching the final. Winning the trophy at this time, he said, will be good for the image of the country and serve as encouragement to upcoming footballers.

    He particularly praised Coach Stephen Keshi for keeping faith with locally based players who have distinguished themselves.

    Lam-Adesina also praised the effort of the technical crew as well as the Nigeria Football Federation for the support given to the team.

    He said the present administration in Oyo State is willing to partner with the NFF on Football development in the grassroot which has been one of the cardinal programmes aimed at restoring the lost glory of Sports in Nigeria, while also hoping to see one of the National Teams play their home matches in Oyo State.

  • Ten Tweets of Unilag’s best graduating student

    Ten Tweets of Unilag’s best graduating student

    By Alade Abiodun, Online Reporter

    Miss. Ibok Asuquo of the Accounting Department of University of Lagos on Wednesday emerged as the best graduating student of the institution during this year’s convocation.

    Asuquo who graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point (CGPA) of 4.89 is on Twitter with the user name  flave’ibiok  and  @superfave as her handle.

    Below are ten of her recent tweets

     

    1. I don’t meet deadlines I give life to all lines I meet
    2. And oh, how He loves us oh, Oh how He loves us, How He loves us so
    3. The only time a man can remember all d girls he had slept with is when his HIV result is delayed.
    4. Dnt run ur mouth lyk its on 4G,wen ur brain is on SOS 😀 =D :'(
    5. When people leave your life, call them back and give them tfare
    6. Why does the average Black man think SWEAT is HARDWORK??? Beats me.
    7. After every “with due respect Sir” comes an insult!!!!
    8. Don’t get excited wen a girl starts calling u BOO;boo may mean oloriBOOruku:)
    9. Half naked girls are hot,while well dressed girls are beautiful…Hell is hot,while heaven is beautiful…the choice is yours………
    10. Life is complicated as it is…u will now open indomie pack nd dere won’t be seasoning in it >:O
  • Four parties form APC

    Four parties form APC

    Four giants have given birth to a big baby.

    Four major political parties announced their merger into one party — the All Progressives Congress (APC) — yesterday in Abuja.

    The parties are Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

    The merger was announced by a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi.

    Ikimi, Chairman of the ACN’s Merger Committee, read a one-page statement, stating the new party’s mission to restore hope to Nigeria .

    The statement was signed by the chairmen of the merger committees of the four political parties.

    The signatories are Ikimi (ACN), ex-Governor Ibrahim Shekarau (Chairman, Merger Committee, ANPP), Senator Annie Okonkwo (representative of APGA) and ex-Deputy Governor Garba Mohammed Gadi (Chairman, Merger Committee of CPC).

    Ikimi said: “At no time in our national life has radical change become more urgent. And to meet the challenge of that change, we, the following progressive political parties, namely ACN, ANPP, APGA and CPC, have resolved to merge forthwith and become the ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS and offer to our beleaguered people a recipe for prosperity.

    “We resolve to form a political party committed to the principles of internal democracy, focused on serious issues of concern to our people, determined to bring corruption and insecurity to an end, determined to grow our economy and create jobs in their millions through education, housing, agriculture, industrial growth etc and stop the increasing mood of despair and hopelessness among our people.

    “The resolution of these issues, the restoration of hope, the enthronement of true democratic values for peace, democracy and justice, are those concerns which propel us.

    “We believe that by these measures only shall we restore our dignity and position of pre-eminence in the comity of nations. This is our pledge.”

    During the question and answer session, Ikimi said the merger would take effect immediately and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will be informed.

    He said more parties might join the merger very soon.

    His words: “The decision we have taken today, we are going to immediately communicate to the appropriate authority (INEC) so that the process of registration will commence.

    “As you can see, our position is very clear, that this is a meeting of all the progressive parties. And there are other parties that have indicated their willingness to participate, like the Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ). They have written to us that they want to join. But I believe that these four parties have made the take-off now. And I believe that many parties, including Labour Party if they so desire, will join us.”

    On how they arrived at the name, Ikimi said: “We have agreed on a name through consensus. All the parties that are part of this process have agreed on this name- All Progressives Congress (APC).

    “With regard to flag, logo, etc, these are matters of details which will be released to you as we proceed. I want to underscore the fact that we have agreed to merge and we have chosen a name. Full stop.

    Regarding the fate of elected members of the four merging parties in the National Assembly, Ikimi said they cannot lose their seats because the law allows a merger.

    He added: “The National Assembly members are already meeting. In this room here, we have Senator Bukar Ibrahim from the National Assembly. Senator Ngige is here. Senator Kabiru Gaya is here. Senator Yerima is here. Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa is here. Senator George Akume is here. So, all our senators and members of the House of Reps are with us. Then, if you know the constitution and INEC rules, once there is a merger, they will still retain their position, nothing happens to them. They have not defected from their parties.”

    On the absence of Edo State GovernorAdams Oshiomhole, at the session held in Lagos by the four parties on Tuesday, Ikimi said: “First of all, let me clarify that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is fully in support of the processes that are on going now. He was to travel to Lagos yesterday (Tuesday), the plane’s situation; the plane could not land or take off from Benin-City.

    “ In fact, I had to come here on Tuesday by road and it took me seven hours from Benin-City to arrive here for the meeting we held on Tuesday.

    “And when it became clear that Governor Adams Oshiomhole could not attend due to flight difficulty, his colleagues said he was in support of all they were doing. Then it could be taken for granted that he was in support. So, there is no problem with that.”

    Senator Ahmad Sani Yerima said: “A good number of members of the National Assembly and some governors elected on the platform of the PDP have indicated interest in the merger. We expect them to join us as we march ahead.”

    Senator Okonkwo said there was no crack in APGA on the merger.

    He said: “The leadership of the party has taken it fully and endorsed the merger and I came here on behalf of the party to represent APGA.”

    Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa asked Nigerians to have faith in the merger.

    She said it would accommodate and protect the rights of Nigerian women.

    Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa said: “And as for the gender, there are members of this committee that are female. And I have one of them that I can identify. There are others sitting there. Virtually every committee has a representation of women.

    “We will ensure that women have better representation. This party understands the cause of women. This is the party that will change Nigeria to ensure that Nigerian women get the best they deserve.”

    Those present at the ceremony were ex-Governor Segun Osoba; Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim; ex-Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Sani Yerima, ex-Governor Achike Udenwa; ex-Governor Niyi Adebayo; Senator George Akume; Senator Chris Ngige; ex-National Chairman of ACN Audu Ogbeh; National Secretary of ACN, Senator Lawal Shuaibu; the National Publicity Secretary of ACN, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; a former Commissioner in Oyo State, Abdur-Raheem A. Shittu; a former National Secretary of ANPP, Chief George Moghalu; the National Publicity Secretary of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties(CNPP), Mr. Osita Okechukwu;

    Others are Senator Hadi Sirika; Mr. B. B. Lawal; Alhaji Sabo Nanono; Group Captain Bernard Banfa; James Ocholi(SAN); Dr. Oseme Ehamire; Dr. Haruna Yerima; Mrs. Lucy Ajayi; Mr. Ife Oyedele; and Mr. Okoi Obla, among others.

  • Corporate manslaughter bill divides Senate

    The Senate was yesterday divided on a bill to make corporate bodies culpable for their willful acts of negligence or dereliction of duty, which lead to the death of a person.

    The bill, entitled: ‘A Bill for an Act to make provisions for the offence of corporate manslaughter’, was sponsored by Senator Akpor Pius Ewherido (Delta Central).

    It seeks to create offences of corporate manslaughter to make corporate bodies, entities and agencies culpable for their acts of negligence, dereliction of duty and or gross incompetence, which lead to the death of a person.

    The bill also makes provision for accessory to corporate manslaughter for persons, who, while working with corporate agencies, fail negligently to perform and or sabotage their employers, which results in any event causing the death of a person.

    Ewherido noted that it is his contention that the provisions of the bill fall within the definition of killing in Section 308 of the Criminal Code, which provides that: “Except as hereinafter set forth, any person who causes the death of another directly or indirectly by any means whatsoever, is deemed to have killed that other person.”

    He argued that the provision of sections 316 and 317, which created the offences of murder and manslaughter relevant to Section 308, only addressed one arm of the definition of killing in the section.

  • ENYEAMA REVEALS: I was trained by Barca coach for AFCON

    ENYEAMA REVEALS: I was trained by Barca coach for AFCON

    Assistant Captain of the Super Eagles, Vincent Enyeama has told SportingLife that he was knocked to shape by coaches from Barcelona, Israel and Turkey and also surrendered the winning of the 2013 AFCON to almighty God.

    Soccer fans in South Africa have been amazed and thrilled by the awesome form of the Israel based goalkeeper who has been the stand-in Super Eagles Captain since Nigeria’s match against Ethiopia.

    He, however, confessed to SportingLife that it was as a result of hard one month training in the hands of coaches from Barcelona, Israel and Turkey that brought out the best in him in the on-going 2013 AFCON in South Africa.

    “I will give much credit to my coaches because I had coaches from Barcelona, Israel and Turkey they really helped me. We had one month training together before the commencement of the final build up for the Nations Cup,” he said.

    He also declared that he has never worried about rejection and condemnation from Nigerians most especially when he was not having good games since he is aware of the emotional attachment of Nigerians to football.

    “ It is not a new thing to be criticized by Nigerians. I was criticized before coming to the Nations Cup but I thank God for where we are today. I am used to this because I have played for this country for 11 years and I can tell how we react to matches and results. When you make a mistake my people will come down hard on you pom, pom, pom,” he said with laughter.

    He was also spiritual about Nigeria’s chances of winning the AFCON Trophy. “God is author and finisher of everything if He wishes us to win we will win, if not there is nothing we can do about it,” he added.

  • We must fix Nigeria, say Sultan, Fayemi, Obi, Anyaoku

    Religious and political leaders yesterday in Lagos canvassed the need to fix Nigeria and raise a successor generation that would put it back on the track of progress.

    They spoke at the 10th annual lecture of the Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos.

    The leaders included Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; his Anambra State counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi; former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar; and former Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat, Rev Father George Ehusani.

    They agreed that the worrisome situation of the country was not unconnected to the leadership failure that had impacted negatively on the nation.

    Governor Fayemi stressed that the country needs a collective rescue mission that goes beyond political or ethno-religious divides.

    The governor said politicians, in such times as this, should shift attention from just winning elections to being statesmen who are concerned with raising a successor generation from the present younger generation.

    While noting that leadership should be about competence and search for a society, Fayemi said power is the bane of good governance in Nigeria.

    He said many politicians seek power without knowing how to use it.

    On the high cost of running government, he said he maintains the lowest number of vehicles in his convoy and doesn’t fancy the pomp people attach to power.

    He said some of the money expended on trivial things could be channelled into funding social security for elderly citizens.

    Governor Obi blamed the state of the nation on all Nigerians. He said everybody has contributed to the decay in the various sections of the country.

    Obi, who lamented the high cost of governance and the nonchalance of people to the transformation of Nigeria, said corruption has bedevilled the country and is grounding it.

    The governor made several references to his two-time impeachment; saying each of the times he was impeached, it was on the grounds of doing the right thing.

    The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar, said the nation is blessed with human and material resources, but corruption and failed leadership have contributed to the stagnation being witnessed.

    While querying reasons why a candidate is spending huge money to win election and even maim those who don’t vote for him, Abubakar said the wealth of a leader is the welfare of the citizens.

    The Sultan, however, charged all and sundry to stand together regardless of religious or political affiliation and rescue the nation from the direction it is headed, to prevent the efforts of the founding fathers from being wasted.

    Chief Anyaoku said the country is not making any progress and efforts must be geared towards rescuing and fixing it.

  • The aviation industry in Nigeria

    The aviation industry in Nigeria

    I have just returned from a trip to the UN in New York and during one of the committee sessions on the annual budget, there was a discussion on budgetary support for UN officials travelling in West Africa. One thing that struck me was the comment of a delegate I believe from the United States who remarked that travelling in West Africa is hazardous and that flying was particularly dangerous in Nigeria. And just as we were about to reply him, there was a news flash about the helicopter crash in which the Governor of Kaduna State, Mr Ibrahim Yakowa and the Former National Security Adviser, General Andrew Azazi died. There was no need after that time to try and challenge those who felt that travelling in West Africa was hazardous.

    Since I arrived back home a few days ago, I have been reading a report by Accenture of the challenge before the aviation industry in our country. It is sometimes with trepidation that many of us travel by air within our country. When I was much younger, I used to enjoy driving long distances in Nigeria, because this is the only way to know our country. But now with the collapse of the road infrastructure, and the high incidence of highway robbery, travelling by roads is now very unattractive. This means that we must do everything to improve the safety of air travel in Nigeria as well as wholesale rehabilitation of our road network. For a country that wants to be by 2020, one of the most developed countries in the world, the aviation industry would have to play an important role. We have heard government make pronouncement about making Lagos the hub of the aviation industry in West Africa.

    This desire flows from the fact that the population of Nigeria is greater than the population of the remaining 14 countries in ECOWAS put together. The economy of Nigeria is about three times the economy of the rest of ECOWAS. If Nigeria is to realize its potentialities, we must put resources into the development of the aviation industry. I do not think starting a new national airline is the best approach. The history of the defunct Nigeria Airways should lead us into another direction. What our government should do is to assist major private airlines that have the capacity to consolidate and pull their resources together and also open credit lines to them as well as guaranteed purchase of new aircrafts. But while doing this, the present capacity of the airlines should be the deciding factor. There are only one or two airlines that meet these criteria. All the other one plane airlines should be allowed to die. It is a pity that the entrance of Virgin Atlantic into the domestic airline business in Nigeria did not succeed. Government should continue to make the aviation industry attractive for foreign investment. The kind of investment being suggested is not the type that we’ve seen before, where few Asians would use the local banks to set up airlines with disastrous consequences. It should be possible as part of our bilateral relations with countries like the USA and Germany to induce Lufthansa and Delta Airlines to engage major private sector operators in setting up airlines.

    On a final note, our current Minister of Aviation, Mrs Stella Oduah deserves some commendation and praise in her policy of transformation of Nigerian Airports, particularly the major ones in Port Harcourt, Kano and Abuja. But I am sorry to say that the current expansion of the Lagos Airport leaves much to be desired. This expansion does not meet the volume of air traffic in our country. If our minister has not been to Atlanta, Georgia before, I will advise her to make a trip and do a study tour of that airport. The Lagos Airport is about one-fiftieth of the Atlanta International Airport, which is arguably the third largest Airport in the world and is a major hub of the aviation industry in the southern part of the U.S.

    What I am trying to say is that while the effort of the minister is commendable, it is not enough. We have to plan big and not just for the moment. After being away for four weeks, I arrived back in Nigeria on January 6, at Murtala Mohammed Airport and what I saw pleased me a little bit and at the same time displeased me to a great extent. After arrival, I was pleasantly surprised that the airport had been configured in such a way that we had to walk for maybe 10 minutes which is great compared with the previous dispensations. This is important to keep the blood flowing and our circulating system back to normal. But along the narrow passage through which we walked were broken down desk and tables which should have been removed, but are left blocking the pathway. But the master of all embarrassments was that we had to wait for three hours before we could get our luggage. On enquiry about what was responsible for this, we were told that the luggage is manually removed from the plane and manually put on the conveyor belt and there was only one that was working. After hours of flying nobody likes to face this kind of delay. I could see the feeling of derision in the faces of foreigners in our midst and many Nigerians were saying unprintable things about our country and its leadership. The challenge therefore for our hardworking minister of aviation is that she must be on her toes and move round, not just sitting in Abuja, to see what’s going on at the major entry points of our country. She’s doing well, but she can do better.

    Let me say as a form of advice, that there is no need to always reduce everything in this country to politics. Aviation is a technical matter and those who should run the industry should not be politicians, but people knowledgeable and au courant in aviation know-how. From the ladies announcing the arrival and departure of airlines to flight controllers and managers of the airport; professionalism should be the yardstick of recruitment and not politics or ethnicity. On a light note, the ladies making announcements at the airports need to be tutored possibly by those who speak English and French as their mother tongue. The one who was announcing arrival and departure of flights on the night of January 6, should be given a desk job while someone who can speak English and French properly without our heavy local accent should be recruited. If she wants the job of an announcer, she should wait until Hausa, Ibo and Yoruba become languages of international and aviation communication.