Rivers water project to deliver 330,000cm water per day, create 6,200 jobs
Rivers state government, on Monday, signed contracts for the rehabilitation and upgrading of water supply for Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor local government areas.
The project, which will upgrade 496 kilometers of pipeline will produce 330,000 cubic meters of potable water per day, and is expected to create 1,200 direct jobs and
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BBNaija: Prince tells Tolanibaj why he doesn’t like sleeping in her bed
BBNaija housemate, Prince, has explained to Tolanibaj why he does not like sleeping in her bed - In a recent conversation, he revealed that he simply doesn't feel comfortable sleeping in a bed that isn't is - The housemates became an item a week ago and there are many fans who are here for it
It appears there might be some friction between BBNaija lovebirds, Prince and Tolanibaj as they no longer sleep in the same bed as they used to. In a video clip circulating the internet, Tolani is seen confronting Prince about why he stopped sleeping in her bed, demanding for an explanation. Prince made it known that it had nothing to do with her and more about him and the way he is wired. He explained that he didn't feel comfortable sleeping in a bed that isn't his. Nigerian striker scores 2 goals to help top European club stretch their unbeaten run to 9 games
Prince explained that he didn't feel comfortable passing the night in another person's bed. Photo credit: @tolanibaj, @princenelsonenwerem Source: Instagram “If I don’t feel comfortable about any place I don’t like being in that place. Yes I can come there during the day do whatever but I’m not just comfortable sleeping there. As a matter of fact I don’t really feel comfortable sleeping in any other beds. Me telling you that I don’t feel comfortable sleeping in you guys’ room, that’s the reason.
I don’t feel comfortable there. Even when I sleep in your room, I don’t sleep as peacefully because even when I wake up the next day…how many times have I slept in your room? For every single time [I slept in your room] I always go back to my room to sleep the next day. The funny thing is, I wasn’t even the one that noticed it. People in my room noticed it.” he told her. Maya Jama and Stormzy split as fans are left confused
Meanwhile, mixed reactions have trailed the recent BBNaija live eviction show which witnessed Kaisha's exit from the reality show.
Currently trending at the number 4 spot on Twitter is the call for the return of the old voting system rather than continue with the current one as fans are displeased over the exit of Kaisha who had more votes than the other three. In the old voting system, housemates nominated who they wanted to leave the house and fans voted to save nominated housemates. Whoever had the least number of votes was evicted.
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Champions Juventus kick off Serie A defence against Sampdoria
Juventus will launch their bid for a 10th successive Serie A title at home against Sampdoria on the weekend of September 19-20, according to the 2020/21 calendar unveiled on Wednesday.
Juve will be the sole Italian club involved in the Champions League to play in the opening round of fixtures.
League runners-up Inter Milan travel to promoted Benevento while Atalanta, who finished third, are away at fourth-placed Lazio, those two matches a week later because of their European involvement.
The opening weekend also sees Roma away at Hellas Verona, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s AC Milan hosting Bologna and Napoli making the trip to Palermo.
Both showdowns between Juve and Inter fall in 2021: January 17 in Milan and May 16 in Turin, the latter coming a week before the league is scheduled to end.
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CAN Urges Buhari To Suspend CAMA
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to issue directives to suspend implementation of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020.
Rev. Samson Ayokunle, CAN President, made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja.Recall that the National Assembly passed the CAMA bill earlier this year and the president signed it into law on Aug. 7.Ayokunle said that comments in public domain were beginning to indicate that the Act was capable of further undermining the faith of stakeholders in the Nigerian state.
The CAN president, represented by, Rev. William Okoye, General Overseer, All Christians Fellowship Mission (ACFM), said that the association had not been availed with the authentic version of the Act.”We consider the Act a complex of statecraft compendium, laden with issues inimical to peace and stability and overall wellbeing of the country.”
From the reactions of stakeholders and a cross-section of the people it is apparent the Act either did not receive input from various interest groups or failed to accommodate their views.”There is need for stakeholders to seek judicial intervention or amendment of the Act. ”
We must allay stakeholders’ fears and encourage them to exercise their democratic rights, hoping that when citizens approach the state institutions they shall rise up to the challenge,” he said.‘
The CAN president urged Buhari to issue the appropriate directives to suspend the implementation of the Act based on stakeholders’ opinions and affirm a thorough reappraisal of the legislation.
“The directive should be in correlation with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), other extant legal and policy frameworks, the national economy, national security, national interest and the wellbeing of the people.”(NAN)
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Enugu Records 100% Success In Target Polio Vaccination – Official
The Enugu Government has achieved 100 per cent success coverage in the just concluded ‘specific-target’ polio vaccination in the state.
Dr George Ugwu, Executive-Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State,
NAN reports that the state embarked on a six-day specific-target polio vaccination in 16 wards within the Uzo-Uwani council area between Aug. 22 and Aug. 27.
The exercise is targeted at vaccinating 35,775 children from three months to five years.
Ugwu said that the exercise was an overwhelming success and the targeted 35,775 children for the vaccination was exceeded and “we got 37,852 which is above 100 per cent’’.
The executive secretary said that the agency had not achieved such a resounding target in a single specific-target polio vaccination exercise.
He said the exercise enjoyed the maximum support of all relevant individuals and organisations, including the council chairman, workers, traditional rulers, religious leaders and community based organisations
The executive secretary noted that the exercise had to be extended for additional two days to allow for effective and proper coverage of wards in difficult terrains.
“We recorded coverage of 100 per cent in Oral Polio Vaccination (OPV) and 96 per cent in the Fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (FIPV) in the just-concluded immunisation.
“The agency enjoyed robust cooperation from the chairman of the council area that also ensured that other leaders and workers within the council area supported us to attain the success,’’ he said.
Ugwu, however, said that the agency encountered few challenges during the exercise and that these centred on logistics and nature of the terrain.
“We were able to overcome these challenges by involving more hands, more vaccination teams, additional two State Technical Facilitators (STFs) and ensure very close supervision and dedication of all involved in the exercise.
“Of course, we have to extend the exercise for two additional days for effective mop-up and ensuring no child under the age range for the exercise is omitted,’’ he said.
The executive-secretary commended Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for the support he gave the agency, especially in the just-concluded polio vaccination exercise.
“I also laud National Primary Health Care Development Agency, WHO, UNICEF as well as Rotary International, Association of Local Government of Nigeria, chairman of Uzo-Uwani council area and other stakeholders for their support to the exercise’’. (NAN)
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NMA, Red Cross Donate Protective Equipment Worth N2.5m To UNIZIK’s Isolation Center
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra Chapter, has delivered a batch of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) worth N2.5 million to Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Medical Services Centre.
The protective equipment handed over on Tuesday in Awka was part of the donations from the International Committee of the Red Cross Committee (ICRC) to the Anambra NMA under its COVID-19 Infection Prevention Control (IPC) partnership.
The Chairman of the association in Anambra, Dr Jide Onyekwelu, said the donation was part of the main task of the NMA taskforce on COVID-19.
They included IPC training and procurement of PPE for health workers in the state.
Onyekwelu said NMA was worried about the number of doctors and other health workers who had been infected and died as a result of COVID-19 scourge in the country.
The chairman, who was with Dr Jane Ezeonu, Chairman of Anambra NMA Taskforce and other members of the NMA executive, said PPEs would help to curb the spread of infections between doctors and patients.
The chairman said the association would continue to promote the safety of members and work with the government of Anambra to combat the pandemic to standstill.
The items donated included 460 units of hand disinfection gel, 1,000 units of plastic apron, 900 units of non-woven surgical cap, 3,000 units of latex and 3,000 units of Nitrile surgical gloves.
Others are 600 units of protection gowns, 300 single use respiratory protection masks and 3,000 single use surgical mask.
According to him, we are formally presenting these PPEs to UNIZIK’s Medical Centre, and the health workers in this isolation centre will use them to protect themselves against COVID- 19.
“NMA has plans of extending similar donations to other isolation centres, including Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka and Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi.
“NMA in Anambra will continue to do our best by partnering with the government and other strategic partners to fight the scourge to a standstill and consign COVID- 19 to dustbin of history,” he said.
Onyekwelu conceded that the cost of PPEs were high and called on governments to get more involved in the availability and accessibility of the safety equipment to health workers.
He said there was need to help private doctors who were more exposed to infections because they treated all categories of patients in the society.
“Of particular mention is the private health sector, the doctor in the private healthcare facility is the most exposed because he is the primary care physician who attends to the different patients.
“Before he starts suspecting that a case may be COVID-19, he is already exposed, he therefore needs protection more.
However, the sponsors of this project ICRC specifically want these PPEs to go to isolation centres only,” he said.
Receiving the equipment, Prof. Lasbery Asomugha, Director, UNIZIK Medical Services thanked the NMA for their gesture.
Asomugha said the donations further enhanced the readiness of the university for reopening whenever it it was announced.
“On behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Charles Esimone, I want to thank the NMA for donating these items and like Oliver Twist, we will always ask for more,” he said.
Dr Vincent Okpala, Commissioner of Health in Anambra, was represented by Dr Uche Onyejimbe,Director of Public Health in the ministry.
It will be recalled that Anambra NMA on Aug. 18 and Aug. 19, conducted an IPC training for 25 doctors in a train-the-trainers programme in conjunction with ICRC and NCDC. (NAN)
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ASUU In Benin Rejects IPPIS, Opts For UTAS
The Benin Zone of Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has opted for University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), which it developed as their preferred mode of payment to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
Prof. Fred Esumeh, the Zonal Coordinator, said this on Tuesday during a press conference at the University of Benin (UNIBEN).
He said that UTAS would help curb corruption in the academic system.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports The national body of ASUU had rejected the IPPIS which the government introduced to curb corruption and eliminate financial leakages within the Federal Government.
The Federal Government has made it compulsory for all workers on its employment to receive salaries through IPPIS.
The union said rejected it and declared a two-week warning strike over the government’s refusal to pay them because they did not join in the new payment platform.
Esumeh said the union rejected the IPPIS as a payment platform because it was not suitable for the university system and was not designed to accommodate the peculiarities of academic institutions.
“ASUU has promised alternative software that would be compatible with the university system and towards this, the Federal Government accepted the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, (UTAS) in principle.
“Government also approved that the template be developed by ASUU and its researchers as a platform for the financial administration of universities staff monthly payroll and accounting processes in federal universities,” he said.
Esumeh said the Federal Government also pledged that when fully developed, the UTAS would be subjected to various integrity tests in order to verify its efficacy as software that can pass the necessary attribute tests as specified by Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NIIDA).
He said that ASUU had proposed a time frame of 18 months to the Federal Government ASUU to develop the UTAS and subject it to the integrity evaluation tests.
Esumeh said that the union had resolved to continue with the ongoing strike if government failed to satisfactorily address the issues in contention which included revitalisation fund for public universities arrears of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA).
Others are visitation to universities, proliferation of state universities and issues of governance and the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement. (NAN)
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Umahi Swears In New Council Chairmen
Ebonyi State Governor Engr David Umahi on Tuesday swear into office the newly elected Chairmen of the State.
Ebonyi State local government Elections took place last Saturday and the people’s Democratic party PDP won in all the local government area and 171 ward counselors.
Ten policatical parties contested in the election but the main opposition party, APC didn’t participate in the election.
The Governor during the event at the Ecumenical Center, called on the newly elected council Chairmen in the state to deliver democracy dividends for the people which is the most reason why they were elected.
He said sharing money meant for the development of the local governments will not be their legacies but the projects they were able to put in place in their various local governments.
He maintained that only E-voting will end bloodshed, rigging and other criminalities in Nigeria electoral system and ensure rapid development in the country.
Umahi said “there is a context, context of bring the money let us share and context of development. But the truth is that there no amount of money that is shared that will become your legacies. It is those projects, it is those lives you have impacted upon positively that will count for you today and tomorrow.
“Do not fail to work for the people, when you work for the people you are working for God and there is no one that fights you when your heart is on God that will succeed.
“It is important that whoever that wants to contest election is allowed to contest election. Nobody is going to beg anybody not to contest election again in Ebonyi state.
“We are advocating for E-voting both in our party and to show example to INEC. I believe that when E-voting comes to be, every leader will face the people and we will begin to realize that power belongs to God and God manifest himself through the people and that when the process of healing will begin in our country.
“It is not a question of during election you share money and you are brought to power, you don’t come to your constituency until the day of another election”.
Earlier in a remark, the State Attorney general Barr Cletus Ofoke said the new Chairmen will serve for two years in the office.
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Factional Abia APGA Chairman, SWC Cross-Carpet To APC
Chief Nkem Okoro, the factional Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Abia along with State Working Committee, on Tuesday joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Okoro said that the movement also included factional executive committees at the 17 local government and 184 ward levels in the state.
He described their cross carpeting to APC as “a Tsunami of political realignment with the biggest and most progressive political party in Nigeria.
“This decision was taken after wide consultation with our supporters at all levels, who are in agreement that APC represents a progressives platform with the ideals and vision required to end misgovernance in Abia.
“Our decision to join APC became more cogent and expedient, after the leader of APGA in Abia and a respected Abia son, Dr Alex Otti, joined APC with thousands of APGA supporters recently.
“Today, we have trooped out here with the progressive zeal, passion and commitment to wholeheartedly join the APC with the desire to selflessly support the vision of the party aimed at ensuring that the Abia of our collective dream is achieved.
“As leaders of APGA at all levels, we showed hard work and commitment, devoid of compromise in leading our party men and women.
“Therefore, today, we want to assure you that we shall deploy same virtues of commitment and sincerity as APC members to passionately work for the growth and expansion of Abia APC at all levels.
“What we are doing here today marks the end of our journey in APGA, thus we are joining the Abia APC with our spirits and souls, and with the determination to make people-oriented sacrifices aimed at taking the APC to an enviable height.”
Okoro said that he and others cross carpeting “are determined to align with the APC state Chairman, his officers and other men and women of goodwill to ensure that APC vision in Abia will be achieved for the good of our people.
“We know that the constitution and ideologies of APC attach so much priority to discipline, loyalty and supremacy of the party over every individual.
“Therefore, we are excited because our track record of commitment, discipline and loyalty would make it easier for us to quickly integrate and be part of the big APC family,” he said.
Receiving the new members at the APC state Secretariat in Umuahia, the Chairman, Chief Donatus Nwankpa, assured them of a level playing ground, saying: “We do not have room for discrimination.
“We should not discriminate between the old and new members. This is no time to struggle for party positions.
“We want to take the party to the next level and we can only achieve it by taking over the government of Abia in 2023.”
Nwankpa also spoke on the agitation for the next Nigerian president of Igbo extraction, saying that “the South-East is ready to produce the next president of Nigeria.
“We have the population because after the population of the natives in any part of Nigeria, the next highest population are people of the southeast,” he said.
Also, the Zonal Vice Chairman of APC, Chief Emma Enukwu, commended the new members for their decision and assured them of justice and internal democracy in APC.
Enukwu said that their action would help to reinforce the strength of APC in the 2023 polls in Abia.
He said that the party had garnered experience from its failed attempts in the last two elections to produce the Abia governor and hoped that the situation would change positively in 2023.
He therefore called for unity in the party and oneness of purpose for the party to produce the next Abia governor and representatives at the National and State Assemblies.
He decried the poor state of infrastructure in Abia, saying that the state was trailing behind other southeast states in terms of infrastructure development.
Enukwu urged the southeast to encourage President Muhammadu Buhari “to continue with his good performance in the zone” by supporting his administration.
He said that Buhari had done far better than past administrations in project execution in the zone.
He cited the refurbished Akanu Ibiam International Airport, the ongoing construction of the second Niger Bridge and reconstruction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway to buttress his point. (NAN)
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