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Group Gives Enugu Govt 21 days Ultimatum To Recognize Water Generator Inventor

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4 years ago

March 22, 2020

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A group under the auspices of Nigerian Students and Youths Association (NISAYA), has given the governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ogwuanyi, a-21-day ultimatum to recognize the inventor of the generator that uses water as fuel or face a massive protest from the Nigerian youths.

This was contained in a commique issued and signed by Comrade Ekenta Foster at the end of the National Executive meeting of the Nigerian Students and Youths Association (NISAYA) held in Enugu State and made available to newsmen in Benin City.

“We are calling on the governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ogwuanyi to quickly intervene in this issue and to give the boy a recognition.

“The governor does not need to spend any money but just to give him a recognition and once the government does that, investors will come from all over the world and support this boy.

“So, this is a very critical issue and we are expecting a very rapid response from the government and on the expiration of the 21 days ultimatum we issuing today, and if we don’t get any response from the government, we are going to mobilize both the market women, the jobless youths and the handicaps and tell them that the Enugu State government is not ready to work for the Nigerian youths”, he said.

Ekenta said it is over four years since Emeka Nelson invented the generator but up to this moment, nobody has shown concern on how to encourage him noting that such is not tenable in other climes.

He said the state and the federal government should have capitalize on the skill and ability of the inventor to create jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the country by investing on him and given what he has invented the needed recognition.

He called on the Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Ogbonnaya Onu to look inwards and see how to encourage the inventor of the generator that uses water hence he (Onu) has the desire to boost the nation’s economy through the investment in science and technologies.

“We are calling on the Senate Committee on Science and Technology and also we are calling on the Minister of Science and Technology, Mr. Ogbonnaya Onu who said he wants to go to the moon. We want to tell him that he doesn’t need to go to the moon because what he needs is here and whatever is going to look for in the moon, Emeka Nelson is here to give him in Nigeria”, he said.

(PHOTO: File)

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

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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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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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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.

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