Category: News

You can add some category description here.

  • A’Ibom issues flood alert to riverine communities

    A’Ibom issues flood alert to riverine communities

    Akwa Ibom state government has charged residents, especially those living in riverine communities to ensure the safety of their houses and property against flooding and windstorm as rains set in.

    Deputy Governor Mr Moses Ekpo made this known on Friday at the close of a week-long distribution of relief materials to victims of flood and fire disasters in the state.

    Ekpo said that advice has become imperative as this year’s early rains were marked by thunder storms with a great potential for heavy flooding and destruction, especially in vulnerable areas.

    The Deputy Governor who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in his office Mr Nkopuruk Ekaiko, said the distribution of the relief materials should not be seen as compensation for the destruction of the victims’ property but as a means of ameliorating the pains of the victims by the government.

    He noted that one of the cardinal principles of the Udom Emmanuel administration was to identify and show empathy to its indigenes, especially, in times of such disasters.

    Ekpo said that the state government was currently embarking on gigantic flood control projects spanning about four local government areas in the state through the collaboration of World Bank and NEWMAP.

    The deputy governor reasoned that when these projects are completed, most parts of the state would be spared the ravaging effects of flooding, and therefore urged the beneficiaries to make good use of the relief items.

    Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr Luke Peter Udom, and Mrs Helen Nta, thanked the state government for identifying with their plight over the destruction of their property by fire and windstorm as well as the floods of last year.

    Items distributed to the beneficiaries during the exercise were; roofing sheets, roofing nails, mattresses, plastic buckets, mosquito nets, towels and detergents among others

  • Bandits declares war, killed 13, injured 7, burnt 56 houses in 3 Kaduna LGs

    Bandits declares war, killed 13, injured 7, burnt 56 houses in 3 Kaduna LGs

    By Gabriel Udeh, kaduna

    Thirteen people have been reportedly killed and seven others injured, in a series of attacks across communities in Zangon Kataf, Kauru and Chikun local government area of kaduna State, as bandits declared war on people.

    This was reported to the Kaduna State Government by the Military under the auspices of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), according to the statement issued Friday by internal security and Home affairs commissioner Mr Samuel Aruwan.

    According to the report, armed bandits attacked one Irmiya Godwin and his brother as they returned from their farm in Gora Gan village of Zangon Kataf LGA. Irmiya Godwin was killed, while his brother escaped.
    In another incident, armed bandits attacked Kizachi village of Kauru LGA, and killed ten persons, leaving four others injured. Fifty-six houses and 16 motorcycles were razed, with several barns also raided and burnt.

    Those killed include: Esther Bulus, Maria Bulus (one-year-old daughter of Esther, Lami Bulus, Aliyu Bulus, Monday Joseph, Geje Abuba, Wakili Filibus, Yakubu Ali Dije Waziri
    and Joseph Ibrahim respectively.

    While the injured are Cecilia Aku, Yakubu Idi, Godiya Saleh and Moses Adamu who are already receiving treatment in hospital, according to the state security update: of Friday 19th March 2021.

    Furthermore, Masaka village in Chikun local government was attacked. “One Duza Bamaiyi was killed, and two other persons were injured. Troops mobilized to the location to eventually repel the attack.

    Similarly, armed bandits killed one Zakka Pada in Kurmin Kaduna of Chikun local government area, and left one Pada Dalle injured, it statement added.
    “Governor Nasir El-Rufai noted the report with sadness, and prayed for the repose of the souls of the slain, while sending condolences to their families. He wished the injured citizens quick recovery.

  • Expert decries non implementation of FG renewable energy policy

    Expert decries non implementation of FG renewable energy policy

    The Nigerian Institute of Power Engineers (NIPE) have faulted the implementation of the Federal Government policy on renewable energy describing it as a mere paperwork

    Chairman of NIPE, Uyo Chapter, Engr. Benedict Edenseting made this known when he led other executive members on a courtesy call to the commissioner for Power and Petroleum Development in Akwa Ibom, Dr John Etim yesterday in Uyo.

    The Nigerian Renewable Energy Masterplan had sought to increase supply of renewable energy capacity from 13% in 2015 to 23% in 2025 and 36% in 2030.

    But Edenseting who decried FG committment to the masterplan however commended Governor Udom Emmanuel for his interest in prioritising power as a critical infrastructure in changing the status of the state into an industrial hub.

    “The Nigerian Renewable Energy Master Plan (NREMP), which seeks to increase the supply of renewable electricity from 13% of the total electricity generation in 2015 to 23% in 2025 and 36% 2030 is more of a paper work than reality.” He said.

    While encouraging “governments at all levels to embrace the initiative of renewable energy,” the chairman said his institution was ready to collaborate with the State Government, through the Ministry of Power & Petroleum, to evolve the development of such sub-target.”

    Comparing the importance of electricity to what blood is to the human system, he opined “… for a robust, viable and functional economy, government must, as a matter of necessity, improve on its approach and policy in the electrical energy value chain which include Generation, Transmission and Distribution.

    Reacting to his speech, Etim tasked the institute to begin considering a paradigm shift towards renewable energy in the country saying it was high time that Nigeria began exploring in that direction.

    Such the commissioner said is fast becoming a new option even in climes where electricity supply has been constant as it has proved to be environmentally friendly and cheaper.

    He urged members of NIPE, especially, those from his Ministry, to put in their best in initiating new ideas and innovations, aimed at proffering solutions to the epileptic power supply currently witnessed, despite government effort.

    While promising to partner them in the actualisation of Governor Emmanuel’s dream to make power available for all, Etim said his role was to co-ordinate the efforts and skills of every Stakeholder in the Power Sector, including those of NIPE.

  • Osun Panel of Inquiry: Family of slain Akeem Ibitoye flays Police, hospital mgt over refusal to release corpse

    Osun Panel of Inquiry: Family of slain Akeem Ibitoye flays Police, hospital mgt over refusal to release corpse

    …It is unfortunate police, hospital management underestimate our powers, says Panel’s Chair
    …as panel re-orders State Police Command to release the corpse before next Monday.

    By Richard Ayinde, Osogbo.

    The family of slain Akeem Olalekan Ibitoye who was allegedly murdered on April 25th, 2017 by some police officers have berated the Osun Police Command and the management of the State Specialist Hospital, Osogbo, for their refusal to release Akeem’s corpse.

    The family registered their grievances on Friday while fielding questions from journalists at the resumed hearing of the case by the State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Related Extra Judicial Killings sitting in Osogbo, the State capital.

    The Panel had at its sitting last week Friday ordered the immediate release of the corpse of the slain man by the concerned authorities.

    At the resumption of the case on Friday, the counsel to the petitioners, Barrister Kehinde Adesiyan, informed the Panel that the corpse had not been released.

    He explained the stress undergone by the family of the deceased to secure the corpse, saying all efforts to take custody of the body had been frustrated by the hospital management.

    According to him, the hospital authorities refused to release the corpse on the pretense that there was no written statement to that effect from the Police who deposited the corpse.

    Reacting to the matter, Mr. Teslim Ibitoye, an elder brother to the deceased, said the action of the Police not to ensure the immediate release of the corpse as directed by the panel was a gross defiance to constituted authorities.

    The petitioner who claimed to have suffered serious injuries from the incident, stated that he still lives with the gun pellets stucked in his body since 2017.

    He lamented the rigour and suffering that the family had gone through at the hands of the Police since the incident occurred.

    Ibitoye who narrated how he and his late younger brother were gruesomely brutalised on the fateful day by the police who shot at them where they were, said, “If not by God, I would have been dead just as my brother died immediately gunshots were fired at us.”

    He appealed to the panel to grant all their prayers as presented in the petition, saying the release of the corpse of his brother remained first priority.

    Ibitoye stated further that the family had approached the Panel to seek payment of N50million as compensation and prevail on the Police and other concerned authorities to take care of his medical treatment abroad which requires him to undergo surgical operation to remove the gun pellets out of his body.

    Ruling on the case, the Chairman of the Panel, Justice Akin Oladimeji (rtd.), directed the Police authorities to follow the petitioners and their counsel to the hospital to secure the release of the corpse to the family.

    He thereafter adjourned the case to Friday, March 26th, 2021 for adoption of the final written addresses of both counsels.

    Buttressing the position of the Panel on the case during an interview session with journalists, Justice Oladimeji said it was unfortunate that the concerned authorities undermined the powers of the Panel.

    “It is rather unfortunate that the Panel of Inquiry will give an order for the release of a corpse by a hospital authority and they refused it. They must have done that out of error, out of lack of understanding of the powers of the Panel.

    “We have however directed the Police to follow the petitioners and their counsel to go to the hospital and get the corpse released to the family. It is unfortunate that the corpse has been there since 2017,” Oladimeji added.

    Meanwhile, the Panel also heard the petition filed by one Mr. Adeola Paul Sunday, which was adjourned last week for further hearing today.

    Mr Sunday had through his petition claimed to have been defrauded of N36million by a syndicate members who he engaged to supply him electrical installations worth N36million.

    The Counsel to the petitioner, Barrister Kayode Adebisi, alleged the Police of connivance to defraud his client.

    He said the Police connived with the syndicate fraudsters to compromise the investigation which would have helped the petitioner to retrieve his money.

    A witness to the respondent, Inspector Alayande Muritala, while being cross- examined to give credence to the case, refuted all the allegations leveled against him and his colleagues.

    The case was adjourned to next week for further hearing.

    The Panel also adopted the final written addresses in the cases filed by Alhaji Ayo Dauda Adigun &1OR versus Osun Commissioner of Police; Azeez Oderinde versus Osun Commissioner of Police; and Olaide Olaosebikan 1OR versus Osun Commissioner of Police.

  • Clifford University, the journey so far

    Clifford University, the journey so far

    By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu

    The axiom that” nothing good comes easy” perfectly fits the story of Clifford University, Ihie in Isialangwa North local government area of Abia State.

    The institution owned by the Seventh Day Adventist Church has grown from strength to strength. With an initial students population of 80 at inception to over 700 students population currently, there is no better success story to describe the institution’s giant stride.

    The highly- elated Vice Chancellor, Prof. Chimezie Omeonu of the university while announcing the events that would characterise the institution’s forthcoming maiden convocation that will span between March 24 to 28, disclosed that not only that the students population of the institution has expanded but the faculties have expanded from initial two to five to accommodate the expanding students population.

    What excites the VC most is that the institution in its maiden convocation will be graduating 65 with 11 first class graduates.

    At Clifford University, other social challenges that characterise and bedevil the Nigerian University system pose no concern. Cult activities are no go areas as students caught involving in such face expulsion. This has checked cult activities in the institution to zero as there is zero tolerance to this.

    So is drug addiction as any student caught in this behaviour risk suspension. On the other hand, academic hard work is the hallmark of Clifford University. There is also zero tolerance for examination malpractice as the penalty attracts suspension.

    The institution’s strength, according to the VC lies in carving a niche in the areas of law studies and computer, expanding their medical base, and strengthening their entrepreneurial pursuits. Research is another area of their strength. And to achieve this, there is an ongoing research in the institution that would introduce the use of leaves treated with chemicals in the preservation of food. If this happens, the over reliance on refrigerators to preserve food will be reduced.

    If one asks about Unique Selling Point (USP) of Clifford University, the answer is not far- fetched- the fees are pocket-friendly other privately owned or missionary tertiary institutions in the country.

  • ASUP threatens Nationwide strike If…

    ASUP threatens Nationwide strike If…

    The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has threatened to embark on a strike from April 6.

    ASUP said the strike was aimed at ensuring “unresolved issues with the Federal Government and some states.

    The body issued the warning in a communique at the end of its 99th National Executive Council meeting on Friday, in Katsina State.

    In the communique, signed by its President, Anderson Ezeibe, ASUP said the decision was to draw the government’s attention to the need to release the 10 months arrears of the new minimum wage, owed its members in federal polytechnics.

    The association also demanded that state governments pay up arrears of the new minimum wage owed state polytechnic lecturers.

    “There is the need to implement the contents of the NEEDS Assessment report of 2014 in public polytechnics and similar institutions.

    “’Another issue also is the reconstitution of Governing Councils in all federal polytechnics and some state-owned polytechnics where such is yet to be constituted.

    “Others are the full implementation of the provisions of the Federal Polytechnics Act, as well as its domestication in Adamawa, Kano, Sokoto, Abia, Niger and other affected states,” it said.

    ASUP further called for the release of salaries owed staff in Abia, Ogun, Osun, Benue, Plateau, Edo and Cross River, as well as the implementation of full salary payments in Sokoto, Kaduna, Adamawa and others.

    The group also appealed to the government to withdraw the letter containing unsubstantiated claims of PAYE tax liabilities in 19 federal polytechnics.

    The communique also urged Kano and Kaduna governments to implement the 65 years retirement age for academic staff in their tertiary institutions.

  • FG Remains Resolute In Tackling Abductions Of Students – Buhari

    FG Remains Resolute In Tackling Abductions Of Students – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment to tackling the scourge of schoolchildren’s abductions despite the attacks on educational institutions in the country.

    He stated this on Friday while receiving the National Working Group of the Supporting Advancement of Gender Equity Initiative at the State House in Abuja.

    “Despite the spike of incidence of the abduction of school children and other security challenges, this government remains resolute in his pursuit of a just and credible society devoid of inequalities and promotion of the rule of law,” Buhari said.

    “Let me assure you all that we remain committed to working with groups such as yours to address these challenges.

    “As a leader of the government governing party, I will lend my voice to the amendment of the party constitution, which is ongoing now. And is the entry point for effective and meaningful participation of women in elective offices. Once again, thank you for your efforts and support to women.”

    The President underscored a zero-tolerance towards gender-based violence in the country, directing the Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen to immediately inaugurate an inter-ministerial gender-based violence management committee, to address all forms of violence against women and children.

    READ ALSO: 2023 Presidency Should Be Zoned To Southern Nigeria, Says Governor Masari

    While renewing Nigeria’s commitment to raising the bar for women’s representation at all levels, locally and internationally, President Buhari equally voiced concerns over increasing out-of-school children in the country.

    Among those physically in attendance is ex-President of Malawi, Joyce Banda; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; Minister of Women Affairs, Paulin Tallen; ex-President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani (who attended virtually); Emir of Keffi; Entertainer Tuface Idibia, amidst other senior government officials.

    President Buhari asks Ministers of Justice and women affairs to work with the National Assembly to ensure implementation of 35percent affirmative action as constitutional and electoral reform processes are ongoing.

    READ BUHARI’S FULL SPEECH HERE:

    Your Excellencies, former president of the Republic of Kosovo, Liberia, and Malawi secretary to the government of the Federation, chief of staff, Honourable Minister, a women affairs and Information, Senator Ken Nnamani former President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Hajia Inna Mariam Chiroma, former Minister of human affairs, Your Royal Highness of Keffi, senior government officials, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

    This meeting taking place today is very timely. The month of March holds a lot of promises for women around the globe, including Nigerian women. Let me, therefore, start by wishing all of you a belated Happy International Women’s Day and happy women’s month.

    I want to commend our group for taking an interest in our national development and advancement by adding your platform to demand an increase in women’s participation in governance and decision-making at all levels.

    Women are an incredible force in strengthening our democracy and promoting the culture of peace and food security.

    I am most grateful for the role women have played and continue to play in our government. Their contributions, have been able in sustaining our social economy fabric from the corridors of decision making to rural communities.

    This administration places a premium on promoting women’s inclusiveness, international development, as we have demonstrated with those holding key portfolios in this administration. They include the Minister of Finance, budget and National Planning. Minister women’s Affairs, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs disaster management and social development. Minister of State for industry trade and investment, minister of state for the environment. Minister of State for transportation, minister of state for Federal Capital Territory, head of the civil service of the Federation, Chair federal character commission, Managing Director Nigerian ports authority and others.

    The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, women in leadership, achieving an equal future in a Coronavirus world calls for more concerted efforts and Nigeria is more than ever committed to join in raising the bar for women’s representation at all levels.

    This administration has demonstrated this by engaging in intense diplomacy to support the aspirations of Nigerian women to provide leadership and at the global stage. I’m very proud of the achievements of my former minister for environment and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Fatima Mohammed Kyari as African Union permanent observer to the United Nations and the newly elected Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

    We will continue to support them to succeed and we shall continue to advocate our women who qualify to lead international fora.

    In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and its attendant problems, including the spike in gender-based violence, this administration promptly responded by declaring zero tolerance to gender-based violence in the country. I have since directed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, in collaboration with the minister of women’s affairs, to immediately inaugurate an inter-ministerial gender-based violence management committee to address all forms of violence against women, and children in the country. This body is already in place and running.

    In addition, I have approved that 45% of the small and medium scale enterprise funds be reserved exclusively for me, with 5% goes to other vulnerable groups. This apart from the immediate relatives targeting them, we have also expanded our social intervention programmes to further address the needs of the most vulnerable women in our society.

    Education of the girl child and the empowerment of mothers are fundamental to achieving an increase in the number of female leaders in the country, and the objective of lifting 100 million of our citizens out of poverty in 10 years.

    At the commissioning of the Ministry of Home Affairs headquarters building in January 2020, I had pledged to add child marriage and boost girl child education across the country. This is born out of my concern on the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country. This government would sustain ongoing efforts to address this issue.

    I am aware that given the size of our population, more can be done to improve the participation of Nigerian women in politics, and in seeking elective office. The twin evils of limited access to education, and poverty and gender-based violence remains a strong inhibitor. However, our resolve remains unshaken in tackling these issues.

    Despite the spike of incidence of the abduction of school children and other security challenges, this government remains resolute in its pursuit of a just and credible society devoid of inequalities and promotion of the rule of law.

    Let me assure you all that we remain committed to working with groups such as yours to address these challenges.

    As a leader of the government governing party, I will lend my voice to the amendment of the party constitution, which is ongoing now. And is the entry point for effective and meaningful participation of women in elective offices. Once again, thank you for your efforts and support to women.

    Let me conclude by recommending that in your specific area of advocacy, which is increasing women’s participation in electoral processes through legal reforms, I will as the minister ministers women’s affairs and justice to work with the National Assembly to ensure necessary reforms are part of the ongoing constitutional and electoral reform processes.

    Thank you and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria

  • Pensioners Threaten Nationwide Protest, Give FG 21-Day Ultimatum

    Pensioners Threaten Nationwide Protest, Give FG 21-Day Ultimatum

    Pensioners in Nigeria have threatened to embark on a nationwide protest giving the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum.

    The pensioners during a briefing at the nation’s capital, Abuja called on the Federal Government to implement the Consequential adjustment of pensions, arising from the implementation of the National minimum wage for Nigerian workers; hence they will occupy streets in protest.

    The National President of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Abel Afolayan said it is disheartening that after two years of implementing the national minimum wage, the Federal Government is yet to approve their demands as stipulated in the constitution.

    Quoting from the 1999 constitution with respect to sections 173(3) and 210 (3) as it affects the 5 -yearly review of pension, Afolayan said they should be a review or together with the salary reviews of workers

    The pensioners said further that two years after the adjustment of salaries and the implementation of the N30,000 national minimum wage as approved by the Government, they are still waiting for the approval of their own consequential adjustment of monthly pensions, in compliance with the above constitutional stipulation, even after several efforts by the national leadership of the union.

    File photo of retired soldiers protesting

    It will be recalled that retired soldiers earlier in January occupied the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, over the non-payment of their pension arrears.

    The ex-servicemen appealled to the Federal Government to approve the payment of minimum wage arrears accruing to them between 2019 till date.

    They also demanded a stop on all deductions on the pension of all retired medical officers as well as the inclusion of officers who fought during the civil war on the military pension scheme.

  • Two SANs, INEC Lawyer Struggle to Save French Professor at Tribunal

    Two SANs, INEC Lawyer Struggle to Save French Professor at Tribunal

    Ugar Ukandi Odey, Jos

    It was a clash of the substance of law and the technicalities of court procedure at the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos as two Senior Advocates of Nigeria and one NEC Lawyer deploy technicalities and procedural traditions of practice to save Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, who ‘won’ election to represent Plateau South in the Senate last December. Sitting at the West of Mines High Court premises in Jos, once the Tribunal clerk called Suit No: EPT/PL/PH/01/2020, Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice D.H. Khobo announced that the business of the day was continuation of hearing of the Petitioners case.

    Upon the conduct of the senatorial bye-election in the Plateau South Senatorial District to fill the vacuum created as a result of the sudden death of Senator Ignatius Longjan, the People’s Democratic Party candidate in the same election, Honourable George Edwards Daika, explored the opportunity of the Election Petition Tribunal to lodge a petition in which he challenged the election of the APC candidate, Professor Nora Ladi Daduut, noting that apart from not winning the election, the APC candidate was not validly nominated and that some of the information she supplied to the INEC was either false or contradictory in some cases.  

    Rising to address the tribunal, counsel to the petitioner, Barrister Sunday Oyewale, who announced appearance with Joshua Emmanuel and two others, told the lord justices of the petitioner’s readiness to tender more documents for the Tribunal to admit and mark in evidence, and urged the Tribunal to accept same and mark them accordingly for consideration during the final determination of the petition.  Granted, on behalf of the petitioner, Barrister Sunday Oyewale tendered, among others, the INEC Election Manual, INEC regulations for conduct of elections, Form EC8e of the 2020 Plateau State Senatorial bye-election, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, party constitution.

    Oyewale also tendered the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) as Amended, an APC letter dated September 11, 2020 to  the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, in which several other documents were attached such as certificates and affidavits of Professor Nora Daduut, the nomination form of the candidate otherwise branded as INEC Form EC13c, and certified true copies of the APC elected National Executive Committeen, among others.

     Noting however that the procedure in law is that response to pleaded documents is reserved till final address, counsel to the first respondent, INEC, Ibrahim K. Bawa, added that if a document is unpleaded, objection can be entertained instantly.

    Accordingly, he raised objection to the additional documents brought forth by the petitioner, insisting that they were neither pleaded nor listed in the earlier documents called forth by the petitioner.  He cited an earlier attempt by the petitioner to amend documents tendered which was rejected by the Tribunal, and maintained that to turn around to accept the documents will amount to mockery of the Tribunal.

    In their responses, counsel to the second respondent, Pius Akubo (SAN), and that of the APC as third respondent, Garba Pwul (SAN), simply leaned on the frame of objection already established by the counsel to INEC, Ibrahim K. Bawa, saying in effect, documents EC9c and the attachments thereto were objected to as having not been pleaded earlier.

    Pius Akubo said what was not contemplated during pre-hearing session, and is tendered in the course of hearing, will tantamount to “trial by ambush by the petitioners”.  Garba Pwul concurred, saying that “any document that is not listed and pleaded in the first instance is expressly and automatically excluded”.

     Dismissing their objections as an attempt to pull a wool across the face of the Tribunal, Oyewale urged the justices to grant the position of the Petitioner and entertain the documents.

    Tribunal chairman, Justice D. H. Khobo has however reserved ruling on the matter.

  • Development: We are ready, willing to give Gov. Sule all the necessary support, says Nasarawa Assembly

    Development: We are ready, willing to give Gov. Sule all the necessary support, says Nasarawa Assembly

    By Abel Leonard/ Lafia

    The Nasarawa State House of Assembly says that the House is ready and willing to give Gov. Abdullahi Sule all the necessary support to succeed in the interest of development of the state.

    Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House gave the assurance while speaking at a Training Workshop organised for Honourable members, management staff and committee Secretaries of the state assembly in Jos Plateau State.

    The workshop had its theme: International Public Sector Accounting Standards ( IPSAS): A Tool for Effective Legislative Oversight Function.

    The speaker has assured the people of the state of the assembly continued determination to pass resolutions and bills that would have direct bearing on the lives of the people of the state.

    Balarabe Abdullahi commanded Gov.Abdullahi Sule for approving the workshop, noting that it would go a long way in ensuring legislative effectiveness.

    ” It is the genuine desire of Gov. Abdullahi Sule to provide quality legislation for the overall development of the state, hence the need for his approval of this workshop without any delay.

    ” I cannot thank His Excellency, Engr. Abdullahi Sule enough because since his assumption into office, no any of our requests he ever turn down. We appreciate him for that.

    ” We will continue to speak with one voice, the voice of our people and the voice of development of Nasarawa State.

    ” This government is our government and we will do everything humanly possible to ensure that the governor succeed and when he succeeded, it will be better for all of us and for Nasarawa people.

    ” We are ready and always willing to give Gov.Abdullahi A.Sule all the necessary support to succeed,” he said.

    “We shall continue to work in peace,work in unity and work in partnership with His Excellency Governor Abdullahi Sule,we shall continue to give him all the necessary support to enable him succeed” He added.