Professor Babalola Borishade's body arrives Nigeria From London
Professor Babalola Borishade's body arrives Nigeria From London
The remains of the former Nigeria’s minister of aviation, Professor Babalola Borishade arrived MMIA , Ikeja , Nigeria some hours ago.. .
Prof Borishade who was also a former minister of education died on April 26, 2017 in London at the age of 71, after a brief illness.Late Bosishade’s corpse was flown in aboard a British Airways Boeing 777 aircraft which landed at the International Airport at exactly 6:35pm with some family members on board from London Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom.
The President of Egbe Omo Usi , chief Debo Ayorinde led others Usi indigenes including Barrister Remi Ibitola and some family members to receive the body at the airport terminal.
The body has already being taken over by the Undertaker pending the determination of obsequies by the family and Usi Community .
President Motherland Beckons, Ambassador Wanle Akinboboye (third left), Director General, Centre for Black Arts and African Civilization, Sir Ferdinand Anikwe (third right), Prince Adekunle Adeyemo and others.
Motherland Beckons on Monday, May 1, 2017 launched the Diaspora Nigeria Economic Recovery & Growth Plan- DNERGP at its headquarters, La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort, Lekki, Lagos. DNERGP is a tourism and creative arts initiative to revive the Nigeria economy and entrench it on the part of sustainable growth.
This was done at a quiet ceremony by a symbolic joint proclamation by the President of Motherland Beckons, H.E. Otunba (Dr) Wanle Akinboboye and the Director General of Centre for Black & African Arts & Civilisation (CBAAC), Sir Ferdinand Anikwe.
Otunba Akinboboye at the inauguration unveiled the leisure and entertainment plan and the business plan of the initiative, under the former, Nigerians in Diaspora and their friends with an investment of one thousand dollars per individual would be entitled to three days and two nights of first class entertainment, dance, drama, poetry, authentic African music, cuisines and night clubbing. He espoused further that in recognition of the diversity of Nigeria, Motherland Beckons has created six tourism destinations namely: Destination Abuja, Destination Cross River, Destination Kano/Kaduna; Destination Enugu and Destination South West.
A visiting Diaspora is entitled to see the best of Nigeria in each of these destinations and will be treated to a hospitable welcome by the host communities in appreciation of the Diasporas and their friends. He further stressed that a visiting Diaspora most likely spend between two to four weeks, thereby resulting into additional expenditure of about $4,000 on travels, family and sundry expenses, etc.
However, according to Otunba Akinboboye, from a projection of about one million Diasporans and their one million friends visiting Nigeria in the first operational year, hence resulting in an injection of $2 billion into the Nigerian economy, a modest 10 percent of these two million visitors would be interested in the business plan. Motherland Beckons in December 2016 he said signed a trade agreement with MUSIAD. MUSIAD is the largest business conglomerate in the world with about 50,000 businesses and 11,000 businessmen and CEOs in 175 locations spread around the world.
Nigerians in Diaspora who are fond of complaining of not knowing what business to invest in at home now have the opportunity to become distributors and part owners of viable business vendors with good return on investment with the Motherland Beckons/MUSIAD agreement.
Full blown production of products ranging from baby diapers, textiles, cars & industrial machinery spare parts, etc. would commence after an initial test run of three years of marketing and familiarisation of these products with the huge Nigerian market. Hence, a minimum investment of $10,000 by each of the Diasporans would translate to an injection of $20 billion into the Nigerian economy, resulting in prosperity and progress for the people.
However, for the production of these products, Motherland Beckons would create a Diaspora Industrial Zone (DIZ) and he added that the Ooni of Ile Ife, Oba Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi has donated 2,000 hectares of industrial land for this purpose in his domain.
Dr Anikwe in his remarks commended Otunba Akinboboye for his immensurable contribution to tourism, culture and creative arts in Nigeria and in Africa, he also described DNERGP as a quiet revolution and a concerted creative effort at looking for a simple solution to the economic recession in Nigeria. He proclaimed the endorsement of CBAAC on DNERGP and pledged to the work assiduously towards the success of this remarkable private sector initiative which he calls a win-win situation for the Diaspora and the great people of Nigeria.
The Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Oyo State, Mrs Victoria Isang has called on members of the public to flee from touts who parade themselves as ‘agents or contacts’ of the Oyo State Immigration Service.
Mrs Isang who spoke exclusively with the Tribune Travel and Tourism Magazine on the background of dearth of passport booklets in the command revealed that the scarcity of booklets was not a deliberate act of the Immigration Service rather it was the result of a major technical hitch in central processing unit which has been tackled and rectified .
She called on the members of the public nationwide not to patronise touts or those who she learnt called themselves “immigration contact person” adding that the Nigeria Immigration Service has never and would never appoint anybody or person to be its agents neither its contact person when it comes to passport and travelling documents processing. “So flee from these impostors,” “she counselled
Mrs Isang called on the public to always be conscious of the expiry date on their passport and to always activate the procurement of a virgin passport or renewal of an existing one weeks and months before it is “urgently needed” so as not to be under the pressure of ‘urgent procurement ‘which lead many people to fall for touts who usually promise what they cannot deliver thus extorting them.
She assured members of the public of prompt service and urged them to go through the due process in obtaining travelling documents and national passport.
Mrs Isang said whatever challenges being encountered at obtaining the international passport was a matter of fleeting illusion which would soon be over.
She assured the public of the dedication of the members of Oyo Immigration Service to always do their best in ensuring efficient service and delivery.
Mrs Isang informed “we have issued over 14000 booklets in the last three months in Oyo State. We are working hard to clear all backlog of requests as the passport control unit is burning the night candle of ensuring that all request are made available promptly and timely. She further said that “we are not resting on our oars and we shall not. We are employed to serve the nation and the public. We cannot do otherwise. Be assured of this”.
. Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, who hails from Igbere,, Bende local government area in Abia state, was the executive governor of the state from May 29, 1999, to May 29, 2007. The former governor who ran for presidency in 2007, is also a businessman who happens to be the chairman of several businesses including SLOK Holdings, Daily Sun newspapers, First International Bank Limited and New Telegraph newspapers. Orji Uzor as he is popularly called, is said to own a sprawling 400-room mansion/estate in his village in Igbere, which he named 'Camp Neya', after his daughter. Chief Orji Uzor
The mansion/estate was built in 1998, but was commissioned in 1999, by Col. Anthony Obi, a former military administrator. Orji Uzor Kalu’s 400-room mansion The 400 rooms have been turned into the following: Over 36 jumbo sized sitting rooms, 12 room presidential lodge, governor's lodge for all the 36 states and FCT, a 5000 capacity conference hall, a banquet hall, a Karaoke hall, 22 Kitchens, 102 toilets, 76 Bathrooms and 187 bedrooms. There is also a golf course, a football pitch, an olympic sized swimming pool, one indoor swimming pool, basketball court, lawn tennis court, a sports centre, a church, a mosque and a bush bar. There's also a filling station, several ATM machines, a clinic, children’s recreation centre, an ICT centre, several gardens, a police post and a military detachment. See some pictures from Camp Neya below: Outside view of one of the buildings at Camp Neya Gate leading into Camp Neya Checkout pictures from the 400-room mansion built by Orji Uzor Kalu READ ALSO: Nigerians react after Zahra Buhari and her husband arrived occasion aboard presidential jet A banquet hall at Camp Neya Read
