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EndSARS: Embrace Peace, Dialogue, Obaseki Appeals To Youth

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4 years ago

October 22, 2020

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Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has appealed to the youth to embrace peace and dialogue for the interest of the state and the nation, just as assured them that 60 percent of those he would appoint to work with him would be persons of 40 years and below.

Obaseki who made the appeal during a meeting with civil society groups in the state, commended them for calling for an end to police brutality.

While expressing displeasure over the protest being hijacked by hoodlums, he further reviewed the 24-hour curfew to 4pm to 6am, adding that he would consider a further review subsequently should the youth embrace peace.

Obaseki who narrated how he came into office as governor of the state the second term through the help of the youth, said the government has always been against police brutality and that it will always stand with the masses.

“I will not have returned back to the government house but for you. I know the sacrifices a lot of you made, I know the hard work, the risk you took. I am aware of the roles you played, a lot of people brought money and either drove them away or collected the money and do the right thing.

“So, I am very clear in my mind how I came into where I am today. I came back on your back.

“You have no doubt in your mind, I am in your side, totally in your side.

“When this crisis started, I have taken some time off to go and relax after the electionairing period but I have been in touch. I have always been in touch with the deputy and with the secretary to the government.

“And our position as government has always been, we are in support of EndSARS because your demands are legitimate.

“Anybody who says that your people are not patriotic doesn’t love Nigeria. You are not asking for anything unusual, we have always argued and even during my electionairing, I made it clear that we need to fix this country, we have no choice and we started warning when COVID19 broke out, that COVID19 was going to unravel this country and that it is time that we stopped the indulgence and begin to take ourselves seriously and do things properly across the board.

“I can tell you this, my biggest fear in my election, my prayers was that, they should not temper with the election of September 19 and if they had done so, this crisis would have started that day.

“God had our prayers. So, when this crisis started with EndSARS, I was not surprised at all. We have been anticipating it. Things are not right in Nigeria and we need to fix it and we have the capacity to fix it.

“So, your position on EndSARS and the reform of the police system in this country is total. Like somebody said, it is time up for just talking and talking and rhetorics. It is about time to implement”, he said.

One of the speakers, Solomon Idiogbe, while speaking on the vandalisation that took place at the Nigeria Custom Service warehouse at Aduwawa, Benin City, said the incident was a conspiracy and that there was no way such could have happened without the help of an insider.

Idiogbe added that being that such has happened, the government should encourage the security agencies in the state to embark on a house-to-house check with the view to mopping up the arms and ammunition that were carted away by the hoodlums from the Custom warehouse so that the citizens could be safe.

He alleged that some people carted away arms and ammunition from the Custom warehouse at Aduwawa.

Another speaker, Phil Aroje, said the ENDSARS protest might not end unless the president addresses the nation.

He called on the president to address the nation.

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Bauchi Commissioner Gifts 3 Students Cash For Prompt Resumption, Ability To Read

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6 hours ago

May 17, 2024

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The Bauchi state Commissioner for Education, Dr Jamila Dahiru, on Thursday, gave a cash gift of N5,000 each to three Senior Secondary II students of Government Science Secondary School, Misau for their determination to succeed in Education.

Two of the students, Adamu Adamu, Mustapha and Haruna impressed the commissioner for their presence in school in the first day of resumption while Abdullahi Musa marvelled her for his reading ability and comprehension.

According to the commissioner, the gesture was to appreciate their determination to learn as well and motivate other students to emulate them.

While paying a courtesy visit to the Emir of Misau, Alh. Ahmed Sulaiman, the commissioner disclosed that the Bauchi State government was working with stakeholders from the Misau Emirate to fine-tune modalities of temporarily accommodating the students of Federal Science Technical College, Misau at its Science Secondary School Misau.

She said the college made the request in a letter to the ministry stating that the facility given to them could no longer accommodate their students population, hence the resolve to convene the stakeholders meeting to fine-tune ways of sharing the facility for the betterment of the state.

She disclosed that government science secondary school Misau, one of the best in the state in terms of befitting facilities has the capacity to accommodate up to five thousand students, but currently houses about three hundred students.

She appreciated the Emir for his continued support to programmes and policies of the government with more emphasis on the education sector.

Speaking on behalf of the Emir and other stakeholders, a retired Director with the Ministry, Muhammad Musa, expressed gratitude to the Commissioner for the honour and promised to assemble critical stakeholders from the emirate so as to arrive at an acceptable decision for the benefit of all and sundry.

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NDIC Obtains Order To Wind Down 96 Microfinance, Mortgage Banks

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7 hours ago

May 17, 2024

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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has said that it has obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 microfinance and primary mortgage banks whose licenses were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria in May 2023.

The Managing Director, NDIC, Bello Hassa, revealed this at a sensitisation seminar for Judges of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday organised by the NDIC, to enlighten the judiciary on the intricacies of the banking industry.

Hassan said, “As at date, the Corporation had obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 Micro Finance and Primary Mortgage Banks whose licenses were revoked by the CBN in May 2023, in less than one Year of revocation.”

He added that the NDIC was committed to fulfilling its mandate of protecting depositors through bank supervision, failure resolution and liquidation so as to boost confidence in the financial system.

Speaking on the role that the judiciary plays in the fulfillment of the mandate, Hassan said, “We recognise the judiciary as one of our critical stakeholders. With this, when cases are brought before them, they can receive accelerated hearing and proclamation of Justice.”

Citing some of the achievements from previous editions of the seminar, Hassan said that instances where liquidation-related litigations experienced delays were reduced.

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JUST IN: 36 Speakers Back State Police

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8 hours ago

May 16, 2024

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Speakers of the 36 Houses of Assembly in Nigeria on Thursday expressed support for the National Assembly’s ongoing efforts to alter the 1999 constitution to create state policing in the country.

The Speakers made their resolution known at the end of their meeting in Abuja.

The Senate and House of Representatives are currently working to amend various constitutional provisions, including those regarding state police, financial autonomy for local government, fiscal federalism, and mayoral status for the FCT.

Details shortly…