NAPTAN Dissolves Excos, Appoints Caretaker Committee In Anambra

The Awka South and Awka North branch executives of the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) Anambra state chapter, has been dissolved, Orient Daily reports.

This was made known to Orient Daily on Monday, in Awka, by the association’s state chairman and former deputy president, Sir (Chief) Larry Anichebe Nnabuike, who also declared that their tenures has long expired with new caretaker committee installed.


According to Chief Nnabuike, the new caretaker committee comprises of the association’s former PRO, Mr. Nwankwo Emmanuel, who replaces Ifeanyi Chukwume as interim chairman; while Mrs Atogu Patricia and Mr. Nwobi Basil were appointed to replace Ezekwueme Anulika Margaret as Secretary and Treasurer respectively.

Mr. Nnabuike further stated that the dissolution was contained in their constitution, which, according to him, gives excos opportunity to serve for only three years, unless they are re- elected for a second tenure, which ought to have held next month; but could not due to to the situation of the country.

“We are preparing for an election but the environment is not safe anymore. The election was scheduled to hold in November; but it has been shifted indefinitely due to the recent crisis; but once the problem stops, the election will hold. I’m appointing three man executing to take over until there is an election. The election will come in few months; but before then, we deemed it fit to appoint caretaker committee that will take charge of Awka North and Awka South, with immediate effect.”

He described Awka North and South branch as a key area because, it is in the state capital and its nearness to the state government is of utmost importance. He assured that the association would soon commence building of her PTA office in Awka to help facilitate activities of the association in the state.

While extolling the past exco, Chief Nnabuike challenged the new exco to out- perform their predecessor, who used their various offices to ensure that the goal of the association was achieved.

Meanwhile, the incoming interim chairman, Mr Emmanuel Nwankwo, has assured that he would carry everyone along in the discharge of his duties, even as he pledged to do everything within his power to ensure that the association was moving forward within the space of time given to him.

Rivers win as S’Court strikes out Bayelsa suit on Soku oil field (POLITICS)



The Supreme Court has struck out a suit filed by the Bayelsa state government over the disputed Soku oilfield belonging to Rivers state.

The apex court said by seeking for it to make judicial pronouncement on a matter that the Court of Appeal has not even ruled on, the Bayelsa state government was liable of abuse of court processes.

Bayelsa state government had approached the Supreme Court after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered it to refund the 13 percent derivation it had received over the years from disputed Soku oilfield, to Rivers state.

At the resumed hearing of the matter on Tuesday, Justice Ngwuta, who led a panel of 7 justices, wondered why the Bayelsa state government decided to file a suit at the apex court, whereas steps were being taken to challenge the judgement of the Federal High Court at the Court of Appeal.

Justice Ngwuta observed that the Bayelsa state government was jumping the gun and its action was tantamount to abuse of court process. He asserted that there was no way the Supreme Court could make pronouncement on a judgment that was given by a Federal High Court, when the appellate court has not done so. He explained that the Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction on a matter relating to a High Court. To this end, he directed the Bayelsa state government to take its grievances to the Court of Appeal.

It was on the basis that the counsel to the Bayelsa state government, Kemsauode Wodu, applied for a formal withdrawal of the suit and it was struck out by the Supreme Court.

It will be recalled that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, while delivering judgement in Suit Number FHC/ABJ/CS/984/19, filed by Attorney-General of Rivers state, against the National Boundary Commission, based on documents from relevant government agencies, had declared that the Soku oilfields belong to Rivers state.

Ekwo had noted that the failure and refusal of the National Boundary Commission to rectify the admitted mistake in the 11th edition of the administrative map of Nigeria since 2002, which erroneously showed St Batholomew River, instead of River Santa Barbara, as the interstate boundary between Rivers and Bayelsa states, was a breach of commission’s statutory duty and a flagrant disobedience of the order of the Supreme Court contained in its judgment delivered on 10/7/2012 in Suit Number SC. 106 /2009.

The judge explained that the continued reliance on the said defective 11th edition of the administrative map of Nigeria by the other government agencies/statutory bodies, particularly, the Revenue Mobilisation , Allocation and Fiscal Commission and the Accountant General of the Federation in the computation of revenue accruable to Rivers state, from the Federation Account, has resulted in the continued unjust denial of derivation funds accruing from the Soku oil wells situate within Rivers state to the detriment of the state government.

Justice Ekwo then directed that notice be served of the decision of the court on the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission and the Accountant General of the Federation.

The judge said the National Boundary Commission cannot unilateral delineate boundaries between Rivers state and Bayelsa state after the Supreme Court judgment on the matter and also dismissed an objection to the suit raised by the National Boundary Commission because it lacked merit.

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