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‘We’ve Trained Over 6,000 Youths On Entrepreneurship Within 3 Years’ -NGO

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4 years ago

August 13, 2020

Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, the Executive Director, Environmental Rights Action, ERA, has said that the non-governmental organisation has trained over 6,000 youths on business development model, renewable energy entrepreneurship, repair, and instullatins of solar gadget, atc, within 3 years.

He said ERA, also known as Friend of the Health, has also trained over 300 secondary school teachers and produced environmental education and renewable energy manual that is being deployed for training in 60 renewable clubs set up across the four states of Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers by ERA.

Dr. Ojo who disclosed this in Benin on Wednesday, August 12, at the 3rd edition of Youth Environmental Camp Meeting with the theme ‘Extraction to Education’, noted that all trained youths are doing perfectly well in their respective fields.

He said, “ Some of our trained youths are now solar energy luminous lighting system, power bank and charging ports.

Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo, Executive Director, ERA, (middle), Mr. Ahmed Bolaji Ngode, Director-General, NATPTIN, (right), and Mr. Anthony Azubuike, Director, Senate Committee on Ecology and climate change, National Assembly, (left) at the event yesterday

” I am pleased to present some of the products and to introduce to this august gathering DaNJAB Enterprises, piloted by young secondary school-leavers from Edo State. Others include youths organising and training on videography and environmental field monitoring and production of the maiden edition of the Earth Friends Magazine by our promising youths that we are launching in this event.”

The Executive Director who lamented that youths are mostly impacted by environmental degradation especially those from fence-line communities where extraction activities are frequent, however charged them to stand in the gap and see climate change phenomenon as an opportunity to address a national and global problem.

He further charged the youths to ensure Nigeria is not turn to a dumping ground for sub-standard renewable energy gadgets.

” As youths, I charge you to stand in the gap and see the climate change phenomenon as an opportunity to address a national and global problem. I challenge you, see environmental protection as your responsibility.

A cross section of participants at the meeting

” Young people should have a problem solving mentality towards poverty, environmental degradation and climate change and see them as opportunities for campaign and advocacy, generation of ideas, creation of jobs, provision of renewable energy solutions in mini-grids and off-grids system for rural electrification. The youths should be in the forefront in championing energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources.”

On his part, Mr. Ahmed Bolaji Ngode, Director-General, National power Training Institute of Nigeria, NAPTIN, promised to collaborate with ERA to train more youths from the Niger Delta region.

He disclosed that his agency will train more youths from the region at a very subsidized rate.

Awards were given to students of higher institutions and secondary schoold who did excellently well in an essay competition organised by ERA.

The year’s meeting was attending by youths drawn across the four states of Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers.

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Drama As Two Ebonyi Commissioners Fight In Public

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17 mins ago

April 19, 2024

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Two commissioners from Ebonyi State reportedly fought shamelessly in public during the defection ceremony of chieftains of the PDP into the APC held at Ebiaji, Ezza North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The two commissioners Victor Chukwu, Commissioner for Environment and Jude Okpor, the Commissioner for Information, engaged in the fight which attracted the attention of the state party chieftains from the area.

An eyewitness who identified his name as Nwite told Vanguard that the two commissioners, not minding their social status, engaged themselves in fierce fight which took the intervention of some stakeholders and security agents to stop the fight.

“Nobody told me anything about it. I saw everything myself. I don’t know the cause of their fight but they fought and this is the 5th fight between them”, he aid.

“As a leader of thought in my place, this is embarrassing to me, our people and the people of Ebonyi State. It happened during the defection of some people into APC at Ezza North.

“It was a very big fight and it was not hidden”, he added.

The two Commissioners who are said to be stakeholders in their various communities had a field day as they reportedly exchanged blows, not minding those that were watching them.

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PICTORIAL: Lagos Arrests 10 Fake Enforcement Officials

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43 mins ago

April 19, 2024

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The Lagos State Government has arrested 10 individuals parading themselves as enforcement officials at the Cele/Itire axis of the state.

This was made known in an update shared by the state governor’s Special Assistant on New Media, Jubril Gawat, on his X account on Friday.

Sharing photos, Gawat wrote, “The Lagos State Government has apprehended 10 fake enforcement officials at Cele/Itire axis of the state.

“The apprehended persons; Ojo Oluwaseun, Rafiu Agbabiaka, Babatunde Ibrahim, Abiodun Olusegun, Daniel Olanrewaju, Aweda Kabiru, Olufowobi Michael, Olamilekan Olasupo, Bunmi James and Iyiola Shola (female) were caught carrying out unauthorised enforcement earlier today using different fake ID cards.

“The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Mr. Olawale Musa, while addressing the press, revealed that the arrest was made in response to complaints registered at the ministry by concerned citizens.”

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Forgive Me, Purported Hausa Traditional Ruler Begs Benin Monarch

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April 19, 2024

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Following the reservation the Benin Traditional Council raised over the planned installation of Alhaji Danjuma Binkola as Hausa traditional ruler (Garkuwan Hausawan) in Benin, Edo State capital, the embattled Binkola has begged for forgiveness.

Binkola, who was to be installed on May 5, was seen in a viral video begging the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, for forgiveness.

Binkola, who spoke in Pidgin English in the video, pleaded ignorance of the magnitude of his purported installation as the Garkuwan Hausawan Benin.

He said, “I know the traditions and customs of the people of the state, having been born and raised in Edo State, the same way my father, Alhaji Garuba, was born and raised in Benin.

“I did not know the implications of my actions, as the person who was to confer the title on me only told me that my role was to assist him in overseeing the activities of the Hausa Community in Edo State while, in return, communicating to the palace.”

He, however, begged the monarch to forgive him, noting that Edo State had favoured him.

The Benin Traditional Council, had in a statement on Thursday, warned against the purported turbaning of anyone as Garkuwan Hausawan Benin in Edo State.

The statement read, “The BTC hereby inform the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies as well as the general public, that this planned event is a violation of Benin Tradition and Customary Law applicable to chieftaincy matters and therefore must not hold under any circumstances.

“Consequently, BTC therefore warned the organisers of the installation against violating the sanctity of the Benin Traditional and Customary Law by cancelling the planned ceremony.”