Nigerian best jeans designer and fine artist in Belgium honours Sally Mbanefo, DG , NTDC @ ITB , Berlin ,Germany

Nigerian best jeans designer and finest artist in Belgium honours Sally Mbanefo @ ITB Berlin .
Mr Zotto Babalola with babson Zotto signature presents a macadamize portrait of Mrs Sally Mbanefo , Director General , Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation , NTDC , @ ITB Berlin ,
Zotto Babson who flew in from Beligium with the portrait commended the Director General for given the Nigeria social - cultural tourism a befitting phase since her appointment . — withOlufunke Ayokunle and 36 others.

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Fayemi to Fed Govt: straigthen defective federation at confab

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has urged the Federal Government to address defects in the Nigerian federation at the National Conference.

The governor spoke in Ado-Ekiti yesterday while inaugurating the state’s delegation to the conference.

The delegates are Chief Oladeji Fasuan, Prof. Akin Oyebode, Dr. Kunle Olajide, Prof. Olabisi Aina, Oba Adamo Babalola and Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Rev. Felix Femi Ajakaye.

Fayemi urged the Federal Government to provide legal support for the confab to enable it have desirable results.

He urged the delegates to be focused and justify the confidence reposed in them.

Fayemi said the state government plans to organise “a mini conference” to enable the delegates interact with people at the grassroots and get their input for the national conference.

He said: “This confab is an opportunity to restructure Nigeria in a way that will bring equity and justice to all Nigerians. It is critical to the existence of a country like Nigeria that is bedeviled by multifarious challenges.”

On the selection of the delegates, Fayemi said: “It was not easy to come up with the eventual selection. You can imagine what I went through to arrive at these eminent indigenes among thousands of qualified people.

“The delegates were chosen based on their comportment, attainments in life and their integrity. They are people who have contributed to the state’s development.

“Chief Fasuan, who will be leading the delegates, played a major role in the creation of Ekiti. I have no doubt that they will do us proud.”Fasuan, who responded on behalf of the delegates, described their choice as a “call by history and a challenge by history”.

The delegates pledged to represent the state well.

Ekiti Upgrades 18 Secondary Health Facilities with over 1 billion Naira

 Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said that his administration expended over N1billion on upgrading, renovation and expansion of 18 secondary health facilities in the state.

    The Governor who spoke through the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin during the official flag off of the National Immunization Plus Days (NIPDs) for the year 2014 in Ado Ekiti, reiterated the determination of the present administration to leave no stone unturned in ensuring adequate health service delivery in the state.
    Dr. Fayemi described the establishment of the world class Cancer Screening Centre at the University Teaching Hospital with modern equipment worth about N120 million as part of efforts at ensuring a good health for the people and boosting their life span.
    According to him, the state also introduced the Ekiti-NHIS-MDGs MNCH programme in 65 Health facilities in the state with N80 million counterparts funding to extend the coverage of the Free Health Services of the state government.
    He solicited the support of all stakeholders towards ensuring the
success of government's laudable programmes, stressing the need for
parents and care givers to take advantage of the gestures by making
their eligible children available for immunization.
    Earlier, the State Commissioner for Health, Professor Olusola Fasubaa
reiterated the determination of the state government to record
outstanding success in the first round of the 2014 National
Immunization Plus Days.
    The Commissioner who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in
the Ministry, Dr. Folake Olomojobi however noted that the task may not
be accomplished without the support of all stakeholders.
    Noting that the state recorded 83% at the National level for Vaccine
Coverage, Fasubaa said that the coverage which he described as a huge
plus has contributed significantly to the increase in percentage of
children living up to 5 years and decreased the incidences of death
due to life threatening conditions such as pneumonia and
gastroenteritis.

Embrace fear of God, Ajimobi charges new customary courts presidents, members

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Tuesday swore in 495 presidents and members of customary courts, for effective dispensation of justice across the 33 local government areas of the state.

The governor, while speaking at the occasion held at the House of Chiefs, Parliament Building, Ibadan, admonished the newly-appointed customary court president and members to embrace the fear of God in the performance of their judicial responsibilities.

``I want to appeal to you that you see your appointments as an opportunity to serve, especially in the dispensation of justice and you must do this with the fear of God. Be equitable, fair and just to the people, especially those that will be brought before your courts,’’ he said.

The governor urged them not to betray the trust reposed in them by the government, even as he reminded them that thorough dispensation of justice required wisdom and God’s intervention ``who is the ultimate Judge over all beings’’.

``I want to enjoin all of you to continue to rely on God for fair judgment,’’ the governor said.

Governor Ajimobi suggested that the oath of office of Presidents and members of customary courts should henceforth be taken in Yoruba language to ensure proper understanding of the responsibilities attached to the office of customary members.

He solicited the support and cooperation of the new presidents and customary court members for his administration, adding that government would continue to provide necessary logistics for them to enhance their performance.

In an interview, the Onigboho of Igboho, Oba John Bolarinwa, who is also one of the newly-appointed customary court presidents, commended the leadership quality of Governor Ajimobi and his commitment towards equity and fairness in the dispensation of justice.

He assured the governor of the readiness of the appointees to work in line with their oath of office.

Why PDP cannot win back South West States !

No matter what , the PDP will win at the Federal level but its efforts in the South- West state would end in vain and futility .

It is not a curse or out of hatred , it is just the reality on ground .

The party is just deceiving itself by its latter day Saint Apostle hood attitude and efforts at getting back what it deliberately allowed to slipped off its hand .
PDP set out as a purposeful party with its founding fathers having a vision of planting a long lasting trans generational party but unfortunately , a few years after ascendancy of power , the party was afflicted by folio de grandeur - stupidity of greatness.
PDP shot itself on the leg in the South - west particular . First , the failure to resolve and fish out who killed Bola Ige , Second , the mysterious death of Late Chief SM Afolabi and thirdly , the shameful incarceration of Chief Olabode Goerge , one of the best master strategist that party ever had . Thanks to the judiciary which has in in its judicial wisdom washed clean and removed the hitherto garb of ex convict from this great chief .I stand by my conviction that Chief Bode George was then wrongfully convicted. He never committed the offence he was jailed for . But , it was amazing that the Director of Publicity of that party one Menthu , used the jail term hung on Chief Bode Gorge as an example of one of the party's efforts of fighting corruption !
Also , the PDP opened its eye wide and allowed an opposition party to utilized conventional and unconventional methods including judicial abracadabra , black market judgement and outsmart it in electoral manipulation to sweep some of these states from its basket despite being in power .
Shamefully ,some of the big wigs of PDP conspired and strenuously worked with the ACN in sweeping out their own party just because of sheer political buffoonery ! Yes .
To reinforce this , despite the unusual circumstances of getting to power , the APC Governors have added value to each of the state better than the PDP's period .Yes , that is the truth .
In addition , while the sitting governors where elections are bound to take effect have stabilized their candidature , the PDP is not only parading questionable characters as its potential candidates but yet to sieve for the public who they can vote for .
The party lacks strategy , logic and tactics . It is one way party which does not care for fall back options in planning and management of events and matters arising while APC is a 'Professor Master in logic , strategy and tactics '
I just they laugh , when the PDP was in power in South - West , the ACN in opposition , wrestled power and wash its hand with water not to talk of now in power doing great works which now endear it to the people .
It is my opinion , air your view
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Ekiti Governorship " Beyond Fayemi's party

Ekiti Governorship " Beyond party affiliation
Wale Ojo-Lanre II :I think the issue of Ekiti should beyond party or parties . It is about the person who can deliver . I care no hoot about APC or PDP , I give it to any candidate who can deliver no matter which party he belongs to . It is evident that the solution to Ekiti problems is not party or mere nomenclature designation , but who is the person that can deliver . And let not shy away from it it . Fayemi has demonstrated in copious capacity his ability to deliver . He has shown that he has the midas touch to take Ekiti beyond the imagination . If fayemi can complete all what he is doing now and do half of what he achieved during the first term , Ekiti will be the star of the West .
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Gani fawehinmi 's Family Rejects Centenary Award

The gale of rejections trailing the decision of federal government to honour some Nigerians as part of activities marking the nation’s centenary celebrations continued yesterday as the family of the late human rights activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, has rejected his award.

The position of the family is contained in a letter addressed to the secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, dated February 27 and signed by the first son of the late lawyer, Mohammed.

late Gani Fawehinmi

In the letter, a copy of which was made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday, the family listed four grounds for its rejection of the award, one of which is inclusion of past leaders with little or no democratic credentials.

Mohammed also faulted the perceived nonchalant attitude of government towards the killing of some students in Yobe State, stating that their late father was empathetic to the sufferings of our people, particularly students.

He said: “In the last 72 hours, 59 innocent students were mowed down by the blood-thirsty Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe State, while 20 other girls were similarly abducted by these same band of terrorists.

“These girls are still in captivity while their fate is unknown. If our late father were to be alive, would he be wining and dining with all the glitterati at a centenary celebration under these circumstances? Certainly no.”

The family also listed perceived official corruption in the management of the country occasioned by the controversies generated by the alleged unaccounted $20 billion from the proceeds of oil sales as the third reason.

“In the past few weeks, the polity has been assaulted with putrid odour of corruption with the alleged $20 billion missing in NNPC, a development that became the Achilles’ heel of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the suspended governor of Central Bank.

“As an anti-corruption activist, if he were to be alive, our late father would have confronted the issue head-on and possibly gone to court. With the issue still raging, would our late father have accepted this award at this critical moment? Certainly no,” the family wrote in the letter.

He also faulted the expenditure on the celebrations, saying it is costing the country too much. He said the funds should have been channelled to the development of infrastructures and social services.

Routine Immunization: Ondo will not relent

Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has assured that the State government will not relent in prioritising routine immunization in order to prevent preventable diseases among children and sustain the State's leadership position in routine immunisation in the country.
Governor Mimiko gave the assurance  at the Government House in Akure during  a meeting of the State task force on polio eradication and routine immunization.
The Governor stressed the importance of routine immunization as an avenue to safeguard the future of the children through quality primary healthcare delivery, noting that his administration would not relent in its effort at supporting the task force to achieve the objective.
Governor Mimiko, who had earlier been represented by his Chief of Staff, Dr Kola Ademujimi, at the flag-off of the first round of 2014 National Immunization Plus Day at the State specialist Hospital in Akure, reiterated the commitment of his administration to the survival, protection, and development of the children.
He noted that all the chairmen of local government in the State had been mobilized to ensure strict commitment to the eradication of poliomyelites, adding that social mobilization machineries, including skilled human resources were on ground to  ensure the success of the 3-day exercise.
His words "During this period children below 5 years will be given 2 drops of potent OPV using house to house strategy and children under one year will be immunized against tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertusis,
hepatitis, measles, yellow fever and tetanus at the fixed posts in all the designated health facilities in our wards".
Earlier in his welcome address, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Dayo Adeyanju, explained that all the logistic and supports needed for the success of the exercise had been made available in all the 18
council areas of the State.
He urged parents to make their wards available for the exercise.

EKITI EMPOWERS 108 PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS

Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has distributed another set of empowerment materials worth over N5m to 108 People Living With HIV/AIDS in the state.

The First Lady, who is also the Chairperson of Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency, said the gesture underscored the commitment of the state government to giving the beneficiaries a new lease of life.
The exercise, which was the third since the Governor Kayode Fayemi-led administration came on board, took place at the Office of the Wife of Governor, on Wednesday.
The beneficiaries, who converged under the aegis of the Network of People Living With HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), received deep freezers, computer sets, video cameras, sewing machines, grinding machines, photocopy machines and clothing, among other items.

The EKSACA boss pledged the continued support of the government for the NEPWHAN members to live a meaningful life, adding that a lot more was being done to reduce the HIV/AIDS prevalence to the barest minimum in the state.
She said, "When I became the Chair of SACA, I insisted that in everything that we do around HIV/AIDS in Ekiti state, we should ensure that we empower people who are living with HIV/AIDS and we should be able to tell people that being HIV positive is not the end of the world.
"We need to be able to set an example and demonstrate practically what it means to be living with HIV/AIDS and still have hope. Testing positive is not the end of the world."
She appealed to those yet to know their HIV status to visit the nearest health facility and submit themselves for testing and counselling.
She added that the state government has provided free medical care for the people living with HIV as part of measures to mitigate the challenges confronting them. She stressed that the measure has resulted in tremendous improvement in their life expectancy.
Erelu Bisi Fayemi said, "If you are living with HIV/AIDS and you have access to good medical care, nutrition and have a means of livelihood, you can live for as long as God has designed for you on earth."
She thanked the state government and SACA management for their efforts at ensuring better living standard for the people living with HIV/AIDS in the state.
While wishing the beneficiaries well in their endeavours, the governor's wife charged them to use the materials to maximum benefits to care for themselves and their families.

The Project Manager of SACA, Dr Charles Doherty, said the distribution of empowerment materials to NEPWHAN members was part of efforts of the government to reduce poverty and death among them.
He said, "The beauty of this exercise is that one of the NEPWHAN members supplied all the items being distributed today. This in essence means that 109 people were empowered today."