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  • Blame Govt for Poor Renumeration-UI NASU

    Non Academic Staff in Nigerian universities have blamed the Federal Government for their poor renumeration and conditions of service.

    The position of the workers was made known by the Chairman of the Non Academic Staff Union(NASU) University of Ibadan branch, Comrade Oulwasegun Arojo in a chat with Poverty Line.

    ''We are contending with so many cahlleneges, in the last few years we have lost so many of our colleagues, as a result of poor renumeration and poor conditions of service. This is due to lack of sufficient funds. The Federal Government is  to blame, not the managements of the universities''.

    ''We are hoping that once we come on board again, we shall step up efforts in the struggle to liberate our members from the challenges, presently confronting them'', Conmrade Arojo concluded.

  • Tanzania Set to Generate Wind-Power

    TanzaniaTanzania is set to establish its first wind powered electricity.

    The project, facilitated by the WindLab Devlopment Tanzania, would be located in Makambako, Njombe region of the country.

    The project would be in three phases of 100MW for each phase, while the first phase would serve over one million residents of Makambako township.

    The Managing Director of WindLab Developments Tanzania, Ms. Katherine Persson who made this known, also disclosed that the project on completion, would have a lifespan of between 25 and 30 years.

    ''We work to ensure that local communities from the villages of Igomba, Isimike and Itengelo benefit from this project, Ms. Persson stated.

    The first phase would cost $250 million and implementation would be  between 12 and 18 months.

  • We Formed Alliance to Free Oyo from External Influence-ADC,PDP,ZLP AND SDP

    Alliance 1The four political parties that formed an alliance in Oyo state have attributed their decision to the urgent need to liberate the state from overbearing external influence.

    The position of the political parties is contained in a statement titled ''An Alliance for the Freedom of Oyo state'', signed by Chief Senator Oulfemi Lanlehin of the African Democratic Congress(ADC), Engr. Oluseyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Barr. Sharafadeen Alli of the Zenith Labour Party(ZLP) and Chief Bolaji Ayorinde of the Social Democratic Party(SDP).

    ''We must reverse the situation where all our resources are filtered away to external forces. We have therefore decided that in order to present  an effective and workable solution to the unpalatable situation where Oyo state has been remotely controlled for the past 8 years by outside forces and all manner of constituted authority, there is the need to form this alliance of political parties in the state''.

    '' We have firmly resolved to present one candidate in the person of Engineer Oluseyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party for the office of the Governor at the elections holding on 9th March 2019. He shall be heading by the special grace of God and the power of the people of Oyo state, a Government of Unity which will cater for the interest of all our people irrespective of Political Association''.

    ''In the interest of our thriving Democracy, we have also resolved that the House of Assembly elections will be contested on party basis and all candidates in all the parties are encouraged to go to the polls and contest for the seats available in the Oyo state House of Assembly as scheduled''.''We urge and encourage our people to reject the All Progressives Congress(APC) in the state and its candidates in the state at the election and vote for our Freedom and Emancipation'', the statement concluded.

  • Kenyan Police Officer Among Murderers of Lawyer

    A Kenyan Police Officer has been identified as one of the four suspects who killed a Lawyer in Machakos.

    Robert Chesang was murdered in his Lukenya home two weeks ago by gunmen.

    Consequent upon the killing, police recovered an AK-47 rifle and seven spent cartridges alleged to have been used by gunmen who stormed Chesang’s Moke Gardens home on February 17  and shot hi severally.

     The Law Society of Kenya in a statement condemned the killing of their member, while calling for speedy investigations into the murder.

    The Law Society also called in the Inspector General,  Joseph Boinnet to ensure the arrest  and prosecution of those behind the murder.

     

  • Zimbabwe Govt To Address Water Problems in Mat South Province

    Zimababwe 1The Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing in Zimbaabwe, Hon. July Moyo  has disclosed that government would soon address the water challenges pledged in the Matabeleland South Province  of the country.

    Hon. Moyo made this disclosure recently, one of at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda town,as part of the  government's nationwide series of the Devolution Conferences.

    “We have three urban centers in Matabeleland South Province and they have one thing in common which is poor water and it will be a prerequisite to uplift the state of water,”

    “Beitbridge and Gwanda are yet to receive a sum of $4 million that should be key in assisting to alleviate the current problematic water challenge,” said Hon. Moyo.

  • An Unpopular Govt Has Emerged from the Flawed Presidential Elections -AWC

    Nigeria 8The All Workers Convergence(AWC) has declared that the  leadership that  has  emerged from the 23 February Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria would not popular when reference is made to the flawed electoral process. 

    This declaration was  made by the AWC through it National coordinator, Comrade Andrew Emelieze in a chat with Poverty Line.

    ''And if government has risen to power through crooked means via manipulating the electoral process that government will never  serve the public interest. The cloud doesn't seem to be clear as the political atmosphere has brewed so much violence thereby making the elections not to be credible, not to be popular and not also to be legitimate. Therefore any leadership that would emerge from such an election shall not be credible, shall not be popular and shall not be legitimate''.

    ''By implication workers' fate shall be hanging in the balance and nothing extraordinary, new and spectacular will happen to the Nigerian workers through a government that came to  power through an election that is not credible, Comrade Emelieze stated.

  • 246 Schools in Namibia without Toilets-Report

    Namibia 1About  246 schools in Namibia are without toilets.

    This disclosure was made by the  Education Management Information System Report.

    The report stated that in Kavango West, 70 schools have no toilets, while  106 have same

    . In Kavango East, 63 schools have no toilets, and 101 have the facilities.

    Nationwide, 63,2% of schools have flush toilets.

    However, the report   stated that there has, been a remarkable improvement in the provision of sanitary facilities to schools in the country.

    Indeed,  the Kavango East and Kavango West regions are still poorly serviced, with 61,6% and 60,2% of schools, respectively, having toilets for pupils. These are also the only regions where such facilities are at less than 65% of schools.

    Alos there has  been an increase in water supply to schools in general. Kavango East and Kavango West are the most poorly serviced as far as water supply is concerned, with 67,1% and 73,3%, respectively.

  • Activists Call on Uganda Lawmakers not to Criminalize Prostitution

      Lawmakers in Uganda have been called upon not to criminalize prostitution .

    This call was made by  Human and women rights activists  during an interaction with at the Uganda Museum in Kampala

    The Sexual Offences Bill of 2015  is presently before the Uganda Parliament  for debate and imminent passage. 
     
    The Sexual Offences Bill 2015, seeks to prohibit prostitution under clause 12 just like the Penal Code Act.
     
    "It is, therefore, safe to say that the continued criminalization of sex work is doing more harm than good. This provision should be repealed in its totality,
    sex workers deserve equal rights & treatment", "outlaw poverty not prostitution", "sex workers contribute to the country's economy just like any Uganda", "rights not rescue, my body, my business", the activists stated.
    The women rights activists noted  that criminalisation of sex work  would hinder sex workers from accessing the necessary HIV/Aids testing and treatment as they stay in hiding for fear of being arrested and that this has worsened the HIV scourge.

  • Polls Postponement : INEC is to blame for its inability to plan ahead for problems that will Follow-Prof Olagoke

    Inec 3At about 3.00 Am on Saturday morning, 16 February, 2019, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu  announced the postponement of the general elections scheduled for the same day by one week while that of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly were shifted from March 2 to March 9, 2019. 

    Prof. Yakubu also stated that the postponement was due to logistic challenges the Commission was contending with. Prof. Yakubu  refused to entertain any questions from journalists after the announcement.

     Interestingly, President Muhammadu Buhari had made a national broadcast some days, before the INEC Chairman's announcement. 

    Indeed, the utterances and body language of President Buhari indicates that he is not ready to relinquish power.

    Sadly, most hit by the election postponement, are Nigerians  who traveled long distances to the places they registered for the elections for the sole purpose of voting for the candidates of their choice.

    What becomes of the huge financial resources that have gone into the postponed elections for law enforcement and security agencies ?

    Indeed, there is more to the postponement than meets the eyes.

    In this interview with Poverty Line, the Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam of Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide, Prof. Sabiut Olagoke says  that INEC, is to blame for its inability to  plan ahead for  problems the postponement has brought about. Excerpts :

    What is your reaction to the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) ?

    Nigerians ought to have expected  that the postponement was imminent, if the happenings and some events bothering on safety and security were to be considered ab initio for almost six months, the allegations of the influx of illegal weapons into the country had been reported, not into the hands of security agencies, but into the hands of invisible Nigerians.AbjIntelligence gathering ought to have exposed the sponsors of the illegal arms and the purpose they imported it. But this is not so.

    One should not be surprised at the report of various killings in political campaigns, most especially the ones involving the ruling party and the main opposition party.

    INEC's claim that the postponement was due to  logistic challenges, should be taken in two ways, partly, Nigerians ought to accept it, if one considers the recent burning of INEC offices in some states of the Federation. 

    The allegations that foreign observers intend to interfere with the electoral process, must not be ignored, even though the statement credited to the Kaduna state Governor was overzealous. 

    Abj 1The allegation made against former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), are equally significant, if one considers the various interventions of the United States of America in countries, such as Egypt, Libya and Iraq, to be a voyage of disastrous consequences for the affected nations.

    The question now is that when are Nigerians going to be truly independent ?

    The issue of the postponement of the general elections could therefore be regarded  as the usual economic waste, when one considers the logistic issue of security and economic importance, regarding the observers, party agents and INEC officials, that had left their places of origin to travel to such a far distance, with the accompanying risks. They now have to return home due to the sudden postponement.

    Who is to be responsible for their remuneration and compensation ?                            Abj 3

    On the other hand, the postponement will certainly be to the advantage of the major political parties to consolidate their strategies and gains, most especially in the area of decampment for sale and possible onslaught to prey on  91-2 political parties which would be more of surrogates or buffer solution, to boost the chances of  each of the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress(APC) and the PDP at the Presidential and National Assembly elections.

    The blame on the part of INEC, is on its inability to proactively plan for exigency of this nature to the extent that any form of disequilibrium in the Chemistry of our political activities ought to have been addressed at the preventive levels  of solution, not to nosedive into a very costly postponement, which upon final analysis , must have resulted into a huge economic waste, pockets of waste of lives and property and the general state of frustration for all Nigerians, most especially those who are eligible to vote, into another state of apathy.

    INEC and the National Orientation Agency must rise into action to disabuse the minds of Nigerians, so that they would be able to turn out en mass to perform their civic responsibilities, in electing our new leaders for the next four years for us.

    Above all, we should count ourselves lucky, that we have the retired military Generals as determinant factors of the country's political destiny. They are to blame for not giving Nigerians the necessary legacy for political stability and sustainable development, making us to grope in the darkness of life, looking for a messiah.

    Apart from this, we need to appreciate the fact that the ruling party and the main opposition party are not green horns when it comes to the conduct of elections, which in the annals of our history has always been fraught with  rigging.

    What Nigerians should expect is not their rhetoric of politics, which we are already used to with dashed hopes, but that this election should be conclusive, free, fair and credible. The eventual winners should be people and development focused and must have zero tolerance for institutional indiscipline and corruption.

    The appeal is that votes must count for the people to wholeheartedly support the cause of the government that shall eventually emerge.

     

     

  • Polls Postponement : INEC, is to blame for its inability to plan ahead for problems that will Follow-Prof Olagoke

    Inec 3At about 3.00 Am on Saturday morning, 16 February, 2019, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu  announced the postponement of the general elections scheduled for the same day by one week while that of the governorship and state Houses of Assembly were shifted from March 2 to March 9, 2019. 

    Prof. Yakubu also stated that the postponement was due to logistic challenges the Commission was contending with. Prof. Yakubu  refused to entertain any questions from journalists after the announcement.

     Interestingly, President Muhammadu Buhari had made a national broadcast some days, before the INEC Chairman's announcement. 

    Indeed, the utterances and body language of President Buhari indicates that he is not ready to relinquish power.

    Sadly, most hit by the election postponement, are Nigerians  who traveled long distances to the places they registered for the elections for the sole purpose of voting for the candidates of their choice.

    What becomes of the huge financial resources that have gone into the postponed elections for law enforcement and security agencies ?

    Indeed, there is more to the postponement than meets the eyes.

    In this interview with People, the Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam of Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide, Prof. Sabiut Olagoke says  that INEC, is to blame for its inability to  plan ahead for  problems the postponement has brought about. Excerpts :

    What is your reaction to the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) ?

    Nigerians ought to have expected  that the postponement was imminent, if the happenings and some events bothering on safety and security were to be considered ab initio for almost six months, the allegations of the influx of illegal weapons into the country had been reported, not into the hands of security agencies, but into the hands of invisible Nigerians.AbjIntelligence gathering ought to have exposed the sponsors of the illegal arms and the purpose they imported it. But this is not so.

    One should not be surprised at the report of various killings in political campaigns, most especially the ones involving the ruling party and the main opposition party.

    INEC's claim that the postponement was due to  logistic challenges, should be taken in two ways, partly, Nigerians ought to accept it, if one considers the recent burning of INEC offices in some states of the Federation. 

    The allegations that foreign observers intend to interfere with the electoral process, must not be ignored, even though the statement credited to the Kaduna state Governor was overzealous. 

    Abj 1The allegation made against former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), are equally significant, if one considers the various interventions of the United States of America in countries, such as Egypt, Libya and Iraq, to be a voyage of disastrous consequences for the affected nations.

    The question now is that when are Nigerians going to be truly independent ?

    The issue of the postponement of the general elections could therefore be regarded  as the usual economic waste, when one considers the logistic issue of security and economic importance, regarding the observers, party agents and INEC officials, that had left their places of origin to travel to such a far distance, with the accompanying risks. They now have to return home due to the sudden postponement.

    Who is to be responsible for their remuneration and compensation ?                            Abj 3

    On the other hand, the postponement will certainly be to the advantage of the major political parties to consolidate their strategies and gains, most especially in the area of decampment for sale and possible onslaught to prey on  91-2 political parties which would be more of surrogates or buffer solution, to boost the chances of  each of the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress(APC) and the PDP at the Presidential and National Assembly elections.

    The blame on the part of INEC, is on its inability to proactively plan for exigency of this nature to the extent that any form of disequilibrium in the Chemistry of our political activities ought to have been addressed at the preventive levels  of solution, not to nosedive into a very costly postponement, which upon final analysis , must have resulted into a huge economic waste, pockets of waste of lives and property and the general state of frustration for all Nigerians, most especially those who are eligible to vote, into another state of apathy.

    INEC and the National Orientation Agency must rise into action to disabuse the minds of Nigerians, so that they would be able to turn out en mass to perform their civic responsibilities, in electing our new leaders for the next four years for us.

    Above all, we should count ourselves lucky, that we have the retired military Generals as determinant factors of the country's political destiny. They are to blame for not giving Nigerians the necessary legacy for political stability and sustainable development, making us to grope in the darkness of life, looking for a messiah.

    Apart from this, we need to appreciate the fact that the ruling party and the main opposition party are not green horns when it comes to the conduct of elections, which in the annals of our history has always been fraught with  rigging.

    What Nigerians should expect is not their rhetoric of politics, which we are already used to with dashed hopes, but that this election should be conclusive, free, fair and credible. The eventual winners should be people and development focused and must have zero tolerance for institutional indiscipline and corruption.

    The appeal is that votes must count for the people to wholeheartedly support the cause of the government that shall eventually emerged.

     

     

  • Oyo INEC Bars People Reporter from Covering General Elections

    Inec 2The Independent National Election(INEC) in Oyo state has   barred the reporter of an online investigative news platform  People (2day.emyspot.com) from  covering the Presidential, NationalAssembly and Governorship elections in the state .

      Prior to its decision, it had informed journalists in a Media Briefing it held recently, that  media organizations wishing to cover the general elections had only a day to submit a letter from their organizations and two passport photographs of their staff wishing to cover the elections within 24 hours.

    Surprisingly, an INEC official in the state office, told the affected reporter that ''your application was not approved'', even though INEC never gave any instruction to media organization to submit applications.

    Interestingly, in a news report on Thursday, by 12 noon , in the Oyo  state owned Broadcasting Corportation(BCOS), the  television station's reporter, reported that INEC in the state received   about 600 applications from media organizations, but only had media kits for 251 journalists. 251 reporters to cover elections in Oyo state alone ?

    Sadly, in past elections,the state office of INEC had given accreditation to individuals who do not have any business in journalism, to cover the elections, for purposes that were at variance with  the conduct of free, fair  and credible elections.

  • Food Crisis Hits Southern Mozambique

    The  Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)funded by the United States has blamed the abnormally high temperatures and late rains for the imminent food crisis in southern Mozambique and parts of the centre of the country.

    According to FEWS NET Report the agricultural season began forty days late, with just 53 per cent of planned planting in the south taking place in December.

     167,000 people benefitted from humanitrain aid in January,this resultedm in several= commmunities in the southern province of Gaza  getting out of the crisis category, whilthe Report stated that  the assistance was insufficient to change the crisis classification in other southern and central semi-arid areas.''

    It also brought to the fore the plight of of people living in the central provinces of Zambezia, Sofala, and Manica where tropical cyclone Desmond caused flooding on 21 January just as the Report maitained that "the storm caused localized flooding, damaged infrastructure, and affected over 1,300 hectares of crops".

    ''In addition, about 6,000 people were displaced from some peri-urban areas of Beira and Dondo cities in Sofala and in parts of Chinde district in Zambezia. Mozambique's relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGC), has created transit centres to provide shelter, food, and water and sanitation.''

    ''Much of southern Mozambique (in particular, the interior of Gaza and Inhambane provinces) is naturally semi-arid. However, this year the weather pattern has been disrupted by the El Nino phenomenon. El Nino is an anomalous warming of the surface waters in parts of the Pacific, which has a major impact on weather patterns worldwide. In southern Africa, it frequently results in severe droughts, '' the report concluded.

  • Proper Upbringing of Children A must for Credible Leadership and Good Governance-Prod Olagoke

    ProfThe proper upbringing of children is essential if parents and guardians hope to groom the youth to provide credible leadership in future.

    This assertion was made by the Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam of Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide, Prof. Sabitu Olagoke  on Saturday, in an address he delivered at the opening ceremony of the Ishrat  2019 and Kiddies sports in Ibadan, Nigeria.
    ''Infant mortality and maternal mortality rate must reduce, adequate funding and scripture compliant religious exercise must be sought, while Government, Society and Parents must uphold the culture of observing the seven codes of child rearing-Value, Protection, Safety, Respect, Inclusion, Hearing or giving attetnion as well as giving freedom to manage the growth of children from infancy to adolesence. This is to produce virile and versatile youth that will be capable of offering service, direction and sacrifice in leadership for good governance''.

    ''It will make children to know and uphold their rights and would avail them the opportunity to relate even theoretical lessons in school, to real life situations as expected of funcitonal education and good citizenry. Government, the Media, Parents, Institutions of learning, Professional bodies, Security agencies, Sports Administrators and Voluntary organizations must adopt and adapt it as a culture to be able  to bring out the best out of children for future credible leadership and good governance for sustainable development'', Prof. Olagoke stated.

  • Communities Should Join Hands To Safeguard Schools-Western Cape MEC

    Western cape 1Western Cape Member of Education Council in South Africa,Debbie Schaffer has  called on parents and guardians to assist in the safeguarding of facilities and property in Schools in the region.

    Schaffer made this call while inspecting the damage done to 27 schools.
     
    "While we can and do try to safeguard our schools with additional security measures, we cannot win the fight against school burglary and vandalism without community support. A school is a community asset. Everyone should help protect schools, as it is fundamental to the future of our children. The damages include theft, burglary and vandalism. Three-quarters of the estimates had been calculated. A feeding kitchen had been targeted, where over 100kg of food was stolen. It is simply deplorable to steal food out of the mouths of our learners."
     

    "It is devastating that people are prepared to do this to schools, when we know the desperate needs in education and the inadequacy of our budget to cope with them. We should be using these funds to build new schools, improve existing schools, appoint additional teachers and generally improve opportunities for children'', Schaffer stated

  • Three Ghanaian Schools Seek Financial Assistance

     Ghana 1​​An appeal has been made by three junior high schools in the Gyabankrom Circuit of Abura-Asebu- Kwamankese District in the Central Region of Cape Coast Ghana  for  financial assistance for school infrastructure upgrade.

    The school which include,  Afrangua D/A Basic School, Mpeseduadze Bob Beadle JHS and Betsingua D/A Basic School  lack  toilets, potable water, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) centre in addition to the  school buildings which are  in a deplorable state.GhanaMr Joseph Appiah, the head teacher of Mpeseduadze Bob Beadle JHS, lamented that  some RLG laptop computers donated to the schools about 10 years ago to enhance teaching and learning of ICT were faulty and had not been repaired for the past three years.

    "Most of the laptops we are using were all supplied by government but they are not working and teachers find it difficult in teaching the practical aspect of the ICT," Mr. Appiah stated.

  • Nairobi in Top 20 Cities of the World Ranking

    NairobiNairobi, the capital of Kenya has been ranked as the most dynamic city in Africa.

    The ranking  was done by JLL's City Momentum Index, which also ranked it as the only city outside Aisa pacific,  that is among the top 20 most dynamic cities in the world.

    The Momentum index also stated that Nairobi has been projected to have one of the fastest-growing populations in the world over the next five years.

     Nairobi  has an heavy presence of Chinese investors, who among other Investors from Asia have invested heavily on infrastructure

  • Slow Pace of Governance : President Buhari has always been part of the system-Grand Imam Shafaudeen-in-Isam Worldwide

    Prof sabitu olagokePresident Muhammadu Buhari recently opined that his slow pace in delivering the dividends of Democracy was as a result of the slow democratic system in the country. Nigerians, however, disagree with the President's claim, they insist that President Buhari's approach to governance  and his choice of political appointees have been the major impediments towards achieving good governance.

    Of note is the endorsement of the President for a second term by the  Miyetti Allah. This has attracted divergent views from Nigerians. In this interview with , the Founder, Spiritual Head and Grand Imam of Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide, Prof. Sabitu Olagok says that the time it took the President to realize that the system is slow,  a sizable number of his political appointees and state Governors have emerged as emergency billionaires. Excerpts :

     

     President Buhari has blamed  his slow pace in governance to the slow democratic system in the country. Do you agree with him ?

     

    While the President is a hundred per cent correct, he has disappointed millions of Nigerians by realizing this fact too late.

    This is a man who had been given the grace, with almost three attempts to get to the exalted position of President, before he eventually got the opportunity. During the failed attempts, he ought to have researched into the difference between a military command and a civilian government of bureaucracy,  intrigues and due process.

    His failure to do so, is responsible for his period of travails on getting to the seat of power.

    Much as he would have tried to build up his political will to fix things up properly, starting from the strategic Treasury Single Account(TSA) as the basis of his fight against  corruption, the internal wrangling of his party, emanating from who will control the President and power sharing principles, led to his period of hibernation in London, where and when his detractors wished him dead.

    On his return, a lot of things had changed, beyond his control.President buhari

    One would have wished him to liberate himself and foster his will on nation building, but unfortunately age and health are no longer to his advantage, while the environment in which he was supposed to operate became hostile-party division trailed by the uncooperative attitude towards the fight against corruption.

    For example some of the Governors and Ministers in this present administration are now emergency billionaires, functioning with no impact on the lives of the people.

     To replace these personalities, even when the whistle blowing on them, has become very difficult because the President would not want the house of the All Progressives Congress(APC) to crumble on him, with the probable option of waiting for a second term to take necessary action.

    Furthermore, on several occasions, the President cried out on the uncooperative attitude of the Judiciary, while everyone could see the uncooperative attitude of the divided National Assembly.

    Apart from this, there is the constitution with the strings of bureaucratic process and lapses, serving as the basis to correct the aberrations in the land, with calls for restructuring.

    Besides this, former President Goodluck Jonathan made us to believe that the insurgents aimed at making the environment ungovernable and that their sponsors were always in the fifth column of government. They strike when some policies  and such policies' implementation are not favourable to them.

    The Obas, Emirs and Obis are equally anti-people, who dine with government  in order to maintain their status quo of sustaining the social class of the rich echelon.

    When money does not flow, they create a tensed polity, too hot for government to operate.

    Today, 86. 9 million Nigerians live in abject poverty and these are the people who lack the access to education, good health care delivery and other basic social amenities.

    Paradoxically, the majority of them constitute the large population of voters, who will give our leaders the mandate to rule as well as give the Houses of God the wherewithal to exist.

    The President has been part of the system since his days as Military Head of State, hence he is expected to have  detected areas and barriers to efficient performances  in governance, for him to be able to perform up to the expectations of Nigerians.

    Nigerians will  no longer to tolerate rhetorics of regrets, theoretical promises of hope, but will like to experience proactive measures in decision making.

    Manifesto presentation with facts and figures and pragmatic show of capability in governance that would reflect leadership by example, leadership by impact based on the APC's promise to deliver with purposeful direction and self sacrifice through zero tolerance for corruption and institutional discipline for functional Democracy to produce peace and  sustainable development, in an environment that is safe and secured through the natural practice of justice and equity, without any feeling of marginalization.

    If  fate brings back President Buhari for the second term, he must careful of  those he  will work with, so that he will not be disgraced out of office.

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  • Church Launches Weekly Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence in Liberia

    The Lutheran Church in Liberia has launched a weekly campaign agianst violence targeted at women and girls.

    A Press Release by the Church stated that   such violence,  according to  Rev. Janice Fajue Gonoe,“is not always physical. It can be verbal, psychological, economic. It can involve the environment”. 

    Rev. Gonoe, the  director of the LCL HIV and AIDS program, joined 600 people of all ages and backgrounds marching against sexual violence in Liberia’s capital Monrovia. The Lutheran church publicized its commitment to the global campaign in order to bring awareness to the wider society and encourage all Liberians to get involved.

    LCL Bishop Dr Jensen Seyenkulo in his address at the launch disclosed that he he learned of Thursdays in Black through his work with The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

    “Joining a global movement that includes brothers and sisters of faith from all over the world helps to underscore the reality that violence is a worldwide problem.”

    “Towards a world without rape and violence” is the theme of Thursday’s in Black. The LWF, which has a Gender Justice Policy, has endorsed the initiative started by the WCC in the 1980s as a form of peaceful protest against rape and violence, especially during conflict. Member churches and staff of both organizations are encouraged to dress in black on Thursdays to show individual support for gender justice around the world,'' Bishop Seyenkulo stated.

  • Union calls for Collaboration to Boost Coffee Production in Uganda

    The National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE) has stated that Government and all stakeholders in the coffee industry in Uganda must collaborate to ensure sustainability in the industry.

    The NUCAFE made this statement through its Executive Director, Mr Joseph Nkandu at the  handover of equipment worth Shs5.7b donated by the Agribusiness Initiative Trust (aBi) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation in Namanve, Mukono District.
    "We must work together and seek interventions where possible to create business [coffee production] continuity. We must all seek ways through which we can help to grow the coffee sub-sector into a sustainable business," he told farmers who had turned up for a stakeholders training'', Mr. Nkandu said.

    Uganda's  National Coffee Policy, seeks to enhance coffee production, exporting at least 20 million bags by 2020 from the current 4.5 million bags.

    Coffee is one of the most important agricultural commodities and the major foreign exchange earner and accounts for an annual average of 20 per cent of Uganda's total export revenue.