By Muhammad Bashir
The governor of Katsina state, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda PhD, has announced that his government will train new school teachers under the S-POWER program who have been hired permanented recently so that they can gain experience and skills to deal with students in the state’s schools.
Not long ago, the Katsina State Government led by Malam Dikko Umaru Radda PhD ordered the assessment and quality test for the teachers under the S-POWER program, where 7,325 new teachers were recruited to send them to different schools. across the state.
This is part of Malam Dikko Umaru Radda PhD’s proposal to fill the shortage of teachers in the state and his determination to improve education in the remote areas of the state’s schools.
On the evening of Tuesday 26th September, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda PhD received a report from the committee he set up to assess and prepare the quality test for the S-POWER teachers, where he congratulated them on the work he gave them.
He pointed out that anyone who is found trying to organize a conspiracy to hire the teachers, may lose his job or all the punishments that are appropriate for him.
The governor of Katsina state, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda PhD, has decided to continue training all primary and secondary school teachers across the state to produce good and experienced teachers.
Since the election campaign, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda PhD has assured the people of Katsina state that knowledge is at the forefront of his plans as long as God entrusted him with the trust of Katsina people.
Hon Labaran Magaji gave 50 school forms to the students.
By Ibrahim Saminu
The executive chairman of Ingawa Local Government, Hon Labaran Magajii ingawa has distributed Fifty (50) Forms of Government Technical college Ingawa to the Indigenous Students of Ingawa Local Government.
Those who received the form included 20 Primary six students and 30 junior secondary school students. Hon Magaji Ingawa said, the forms were given to them so that they could get Scholarships at the Creative and Technical School in Ingawa Town (GTC Ingawa).
The meeting was attended by the representative of the Ingawa district head , youth groups, parents of children.
He added that, the children can get knowledge that they can use to be self-reliant, such as Computer Operation, Building Construction, Mechanical Engineering, Carpentry and Joinery and others.
According to him, the parents must contribute to their children’s self-reliance.
Kogi Guber: Barr. Abbas Backs Minister of Steel Development on Calls to Jettison Ethnic Agenda
By Zaharaddeen Usamatu
The Principal Partner of Z. E. Abbas and Company, Barrister Abbas has endorsed the recent call by the Honourable Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shaibu Abubakar Audu to ignore any promotion of ethnic agenda in the forthcoming Kogi State governorship election.
Barrister Abbas had in a recent interview with Fancy Media Team (FMT), commended the foresight and statesmanship disposition of Prince Shaibu towards holistic development of Kogi State, adding that the Minister is a perfect chip off the old block.
Fancy Media Team had exclusively reported that Prince Shaibu, who is the Director-General of Kogi State APC Governorship Campaign Council dismissed voting along tribal affiliations, adding that such regressive tendency is against the political philosophy of his late father, Prince Abubakar Audu.
While rendering his voice to the patriotic call of the Minister, Barrister Abbas noted that the development of the Confluence State should be the major driving force of any individual who is seeking for elective position rather than promoting sectional agenda that was the bane of Kogi State old political order.
“Politics cannot be sectional. We don’t have anything like sectional or ethnic Governor in our constitution. Granted that all states in the federation are divided into Senatorial Districts for administrative purposes. Once anybody emerges governor of a particular state, he becomes the leader of all irrespective of religion, ethnic and political affiliations. So, it’s a display of political naivety for anyone to think he can succeed in this forthcoming governorship election based on ethnicism”, he said.
Barrister Abbas who said anything short of Kogi Agenda being promoted by Alhaji Ododo Ahmed Usman (OAU) and his Deputy, Comrade Joel Oyibo Salifu (JOS) should be rejected, admonished the people of Kogi State to jealously guide their Permanent Voter Cards in order to seal the impending victory of the All Progressives Congress in November.
Don’t meddle in our internal crises, NURTW tells NLCb
By Isah Idris Rugoji
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has urged the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to meddle in its internal crises.
Acting General Secretary of the union, Mr Kayode Agbeyangi made the call in his address at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.
Agbeyangi alleged that the recent outbreak of violence at the National Secretariat of the union was due to the interference of the NLC for selfish reasons.
According to him, like the proverbial sympathiser who cried more than the bereaved, NLC has gone overboard in expressing their interest in our internal affairs.
“The NLC took a one-sided decision that further threatened our effort to unite all interests and move the union forward.
“It is very sad and unfortunate that the umbrella body of workers that is expected to protect the welfare and rights of all workers has turned itself into a tool used for an outbreak of violence and favoritism.
“Also the flagrant abuse of constitutional provisions of the union by attempting to impose the erstwhile President Alh. Tajudeen Baruwa on the union whose tenure expired on Aug. 28,” he said.
He, however, called on the Joe Ajaero-led NLC to discard their bias and ethnic sentiments towards the former General Secretary who is their kinsman.
He also urged him to refrain from further blackmailing the union in their desperate bid to authenticate illegality.
“What is expected of the congress at this time is to support without rancor, the ongoing process of organising a statutory National Delegates’ Conference of the NURTW as stipulated by the union Constitution,” he said.
Agbeyangi also said the NLC and other relevant agencies have been duly intimated through official correspondences about the various resolutions taken at various organs of the union.
He said the union expects the NLC to respect the determination of the NURTW to ensure the emergence of a democratically elected National leadership for NURTW at the forthcoming Quadrennial Delegates Conference.
Consortium supports Bauchi state govt’s food, nutrition policy development
By Aliyu Nazifi
An international consortium, the Catalysing Strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience (CASCADE), comprising Cooperative Assistance for Relief Everywhere (CARE) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) with funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has organised a 4-day workshop on the development of a state-specific multi-sectoral plan of action for food and nutrition.
The plan spans a period of 5 years, from 2023 to 2028, and will take place at CRISPAN Suites and Event Centre, Jos, Plateau State.
The workshop is being organised in collaboration with the Bauchi State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning and the Multilateral Coordination Committee on Food and Nutrition (SCFN).
The key objectives of the Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action for Food and Nutrition are to strengthen government institutions to drive multi-sectoral coordination for food and nutrition.
It is also aimed at maximising technical and financial investments and resources for food and nutrition service delivery and widening multi-sectoral implementation of food and nutrition interventions and programmes in the state.
The development is further intended to strengthen essential nutrition advocacy to be driven by government stakeholders and private sector actors, as well as address the multifaceted problems of food and nutrition.
Even Dogs Cannot Eat Tasteless Meals Nigerian Army Gives Us In North-East Locations – Soldiers Lament
By Isah and Basiru
Some Nigerian Army personnel deployed to fight terrorists in the country’s northeast region have lamented not being properly fed by their superiors despite increment of money earmarked for their feeding allowance.
Speaking to SaharaReporters exclusively, one of the affected soldiers revealed that before now, there was a provision of N30,000 as a monthly food allowance per head but there was a recent addition of N6000 (making it N36,000 per head) due to a hike in the price of foodstuffs in the market.
The soldier revealed further that despite this increment of budgetary allocation, their superiors still continued to feed them with meals that even a dog could not eat.
He said, “The cheating was so much, too much. If I am not in the Northeast, I would have resigned because the cheating is much. Let say the money they gave them for feeding allowance is not that much.
But if they are giving us individually, no soldier will spend that kind of money without releasing what he spent the money for monthly. Each one of us, we are giving N30,000 per person for our feeding allowance monthly. But they will not pay it into our personal account.
“They pay it to our COs (Commanding Officers) because they believe in a centralised kitchen, that not all soldiers will have time to cook, in case of emergency, in case of operation, in case of attack. They will be cooking the food from the kitchen and they will be taking it to wherever the soldiers are.
“So what now happened is that, even when food becomes expensive, they complained. The army hierarchy added N6,000 for everyone; making it N36,000 monthly for each soldier. So, Imagine 400 plus soldiers in a location, in my present location we are up to 500 if I am not mistaken, and we calculate N36,000 multiplied by 500 soldiers. It is going to be roughly N1.7million Naira.
“It should be to our advantage. But our food is so bad to the extent that if they give our food to dogs, they won’t eat it. So, anybody that wants to live fine among us will have to take from his meagre salary to cook.”
The source revealed further that a day would not pass that the soldiers were not made to eat rice filled with stones.
“If I tell you that we eat rice every night. If you spend two years here, then Know that you will surely eat rice for 700 something days and the rice will be filled with stones. You will take one spoon without eating stones. Tasteless, useless foods are what they were cooking for us,” he added.
Bayelsa Guber: Diri’s ally, Hon. Justice Golubo, Dumps PDP For APC.
By Muhammad Bashir
The Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Aondona Dajoh, has congratulated Muslims across the country on the occasion of the Eid-el-Maulud celebration.
On Wednesday, 27 September 2023; Hon. Justice S.W. Golubo, Technical Assistant to the Governor of Bayelsa State, dumped the People’s Democratic party for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Part Of The Resignation Letter Reads:
“Let me from the depth of my heart sincerely thank his Excellency, Senator Douye Diri , the Executive Governor of Bayelsa state for finding me worthy to serve the state as Technical Assistant to the Governor.”
” Let me also thank Hon. Solomon Agwanana, Chairman PDP Bayelsa state Chapter and RT Hon. Monday Obolo Bubou former Speaker and leader of the Bayelsa state House of Assembly, for making it possible for my appointment and your show of empathy for my travail.”
“I am writing to inform you of my decision to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with effect from the 27th of September, 2023.”
“I feel the time has come for me to pursue another opportunity that is more aligned with my new political aspirations in life, consequently I have resolved to join the All progressives Congress (APC) and support my senior brother and leader General Pastor Reuben Wilson to contribute my quota to enthrone Youth Oriented Administration (Sylva/MacIver) ticket come November 11, 2023”.
Eid-el-Maulud: Benue Speaker congratulates Muslims
By Nazifi Aliyu
The Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Aondona Dajoh, has congratulated Muslims across the country on the occasion of the Eid-el-Maulud celebration.
The Speaker also prayed for Muslims in a statement he released on Wednesday.
The statement read: “On behalf of myself, family and the 10rh Assembly ,I am sending my best Eid wishes to you today. May you have the happiest and peaceful celebrations.
“May God accept all the good things you have done and may you be forgiven of all your sins and iniquities. May you find grace and favour in all that you do.
“Congratulations on welcoming the Birthday of the Great Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Hopefully we are always on the right path, which is the path that is blessed by Allah.
“As you all commemorate the birth of Prophet Mohammed, remember our dear state is in need of your prayers and collective effort in fighting insecurity to pave way for development.
“Remember, this is a civic duty you owe to the state to be law abiding and supportive of the government. As citizens, I urge you all todo whatever it is within your powers not to jeopardize government’s modest effort in improving our living standard.
“May this day bring you all your heart desires and be assured that as a House, we will continue to make quality laws for the good governance of the state.”
BREAKING: NLC, TUC Declare Nationwide Strike
By Zaharaddeen and Muhammad
The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have declared a nationwide strike starting from Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
This is following what the Labour Unions tagged as the “failure” of government to successfully implement policies to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians following the removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit.
The NLC national president, Joe Ajaero, during a virtual National Executive Council meeting which was held on Zoom, Tuesday told members of NEC that a meeting was held with the officials of the TUC to deliberate on ways forward.
Ajaero noted that it was resolved that the two centres work together to make their stance known to the government.
“Initially some members did not want us to work with the TUC but as of now, we don’t have a choice. The government has not been proactive. So it is going to be a definite action this time around.”
The 21-day ultimatum given by the NLC ended last week.
The national president of the NLC, Joe Ajaero had complained that “none of the demands put before the Federal Government had been addressed.”
The union first observed a two-day nationwide warning strike on September 5 and 6 to show its readiness for the indefinite strike later in the month.
Among other things, the NLC and the TUC are asking for wage awards, implementation of palliatives, tax exemptions and allowances to public sector workers and a review of the minimum wage.
One dead, two injured in Ogun road crash
By Isah Idris Rugoji
A multiple crash that occurred at about 7:20 am on Wednesday around Iju bridge, Ota-Idiroko road, Ogun State, reportedly claimed one soul while two persons were injured.
Two of the vehicles were also said to have plunged into Iju River.
The vehicles involved with registration numbers were an IVECO truck AAA969ZY, a Ford mini truck BDG340XZ, and another Man Diesel truck with no registration number.
According to a statement from the spokesperson of the Ogun state sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mrs Florence Okpe, the injured were taken to Otta General Hospital for medical care while the corpse had been deposited at Ifo General Hospital morgue.
She said a mechanical fault from one of the vehicles led to the accident.
“A total of eight persons involved were all male adults. Two persons were injured and one person was killed from the multiple crash while the remaining five were unhurt.
“The injured victims were taken to Otta General Hospital for medical attention and the corpse was deposited at Ifo General Hospital morgue. The suspected cause of the multiple crashes was a mechanical deficiency in one of the vehicles.
The FRSC, however, advised motorists to always pay attention to their vehicles to detect any faults and fix them on time to avoid accidents.