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Ondo: Three Years After, Inferno At Ororo -1 Well, OML95 Remains Unabated, CSO Expresses Concern

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By Joseph Ebi Kanjo

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has expressed concern over the unabated fire at Ororo -1 Well at OML95, in Awoye community, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.

This is coming after a field visit by the organisation’s team and consequent decomentary which shows that the fire, whose reservoir pressure was 8,000 pounds per square inch (psi) and above, and surface pressure was about 4,600 psi, still “burns viciously day and night, harming the marine
ecosystem and disrupting fishing and other economic activities of the
nearby communities.”

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HOMEF in a statement signed by its Media/Communication Lead, Kome Odhomor, said in spite of the burning for over three years, neither the Federal Government of Nigeria nor the company responsible for it deemed it fit to address the situation.

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Lamenting that the Ororo-1 inferno has become a tragic case of injustice and environmental destruction, HOMEF said the “burning well has now become a symbol of ecocide and outright neglect by the Nigerian state.”

The statement reads in part: “Several Different environmentalists have raised their voices over decades of destructive extraction of petroleum resources that disrupted ecosystems with decades of exploration and have turned a once-thriving region into one of the most deadly and polluted places on Earth. Awoye’s tale is a sad example of a healthy region
turned into a sacrifice zone by the pursuit of fossil fuels.

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“It’s a widely held view by a range of technical specialists in the industry that such a highly pressured well should not have been re-entered with a workover rig with less than adequate blowout
preventer (BOP).

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“Whatever the case, the raging fire at Awoye needs to be quenched.,
This tragic incident compounds the climate crisis and harms the
communities and ecosystems in multiple ways.”

Calling for an urgent stop to the flaming Well, HOMEF added that “now is the time to end dependence on fossil fuels and leave the oil on the ground while ramping up investment in renewables.”

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

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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.

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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.

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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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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.”

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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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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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