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  • Industrial action throws entire Imo into darkness – EEDC

    Industrial action throws entire Imo into darkness – EEDC

     

     

    By Flowerbudnews

    Enugu: The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) says the loss of electricity supply in the entire Imo is as a result of the industrial action by the organised labour union in the state.

     

    This is contained in a statement issued by the EEDC’s Head, Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, on Thursday in Enugu.

     

    “EEDC wishes to inform her esteemed customers in Imo State that the loss of supply currently being experienced is as a result of the industrial action by the organised labour union in Imo State.

     

    “This led to the union shutting down our source of supply at Egbu Transmission Station, leaving us with no energy to distribute to our customers.

     

    “As a result of this development, the whole of Imo State is without electricity supply,” he said.

     

    According to him, we appreciate the inconveniences this situation must have caused our customers, and we hope that the issue will be resolved soon.

     

    The EEDC spokesman, however, assured the good people of Imo that “the company is on standby to restore supply once the industrial action is called off.”

     

    “EEDC is committed to improving on its processes and delivering improved services to her esteemed customers,” he added. (Flowerbudnews)

  • Appeal Court affirms Ndume, Lawan as validly elected senators

    Appeal Court affirms Ndume, Lawan as validly elected senators

     

     

    The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed the election of Sen. Mohammed Ndume and Sen. Kaka Lawan of Borno South and Central Senatorial Districts respectively.
    The three-member panel, presided by Justice Biobele Georgewill, held that the two appeals against the lawmakers lacked merit.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC had, on Feb. 25, declared the duo of Ndume and Lawan as the winners of the National Assembly election into the two senatorial districts.

    Dissatisfied with the declaration, Muhammed Kumalia and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenged the election of Lawan while Kudla Satumari and PDP filed petition against Mohammed Ndume at the state’s election tribunal.

    The Borno National and State’s Election Petition Tribunal dismissed the two petitions.

    Not satisfied with the judgments of the tribunal, Kumalia and Satumari lodged appeals before the Court of Appeal in appeal number: CA/G/EP/SEN/BR/7/2023 between Mohammed Umara Kumalia & another Vs. Kaka Shehu Lawan and others, and appeal number: CA/G/EP/SEN/BR/04/2023 between Kula Satumari & another Vs. INEC and others.
    While Yusuf Ali, SAN, represented Kaka Shehu and APC, Johnson Usman, SAN, appeared for INEC and Marcel Oru, SAN, represented Ndume in the two appeals.

    The senior lawyers urged the court to dismiss the appeals for lacking in merit.

    Delivering the judgments, the Court of Appeal upheld the submissions of the learned senior counsel to the respondents that the two appeals lacked merit and dismissed same while affirming the election of Lawan and Ndume respectively.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng) /Flowerbudnews

  • NOTICE OF PENDING LITIGATION IN RESPECT OF PLOTS 580 & 581, KUGBO DISTRICT, ABUJA BEING MARKETED AS PROMISELAND ASOKORO HILLTOP

    NOTICE OF PENDING LITIGATION IN RESPECT OF PLOTS 580 & 581, KUGBO DISTRICT, ABUJA BEING MARKETED AS PROMISELAND ASOKORO HILLTOP

    CAVEAT EMPTOR

    LAND NOT FOR SALE

     

    NOTICE OF PENDING LITIGATION IN RESPECT OF PLOTS 580 & 581, KUGBO DISTRICT, ABUJA BEING MARKETED AS PROMISELAND ASOKORO HILLTOP

     

    This is to notify the general public that Plots 580 & 581, Kugbo District, Abuja being marketed as Promiseland Asokoro Hilltop is not for sale to the public as the lands are subject of litigation in Appeal No. CA/ABJ/PRE/ROA/CV/708MI/2023; SUNRISE ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED V. PRACO NIGERIA LIMITED, ENGR SUCCESS OBIOMA, MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, DIRECTOR OF LAND ADMINISTRATION and others at the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, SUIT NO. 6419/2023; SUNRISE ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED V. THE MINISTER FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, THE FEDERAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND UNKNOWN PERSONS and SUIT NO. FCT/HC/CV/7813/2023; SUNRISE ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED V. THE MINISTER, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, FEDERAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND PRACO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

    These cases instituted by Sunrise Estate Development Limited who is the legal allottee of the said Plots are still pending at the Court of Appeal, Abuja and High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja respectively.

     

    In view of the pending litigation, the principle of lis pendens applies to the Plots in question. The general public is hereby warned not to deal with Promiseland Asokoro Hilltop or any other person advertising to sell lands in Plots 580 & 581 as they risk losing their money, and may be committed to prison for contempt of court.

     

    Please be aware!

    Signed

    Sunrise Estate Development Limited Management

  • NAFDAC trains 45 health workers on pharmacovigilance in Kaduna

    NAFDAC trains 45 health workers on pharmacovigilance in Kaduna

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said it has trained no fewer than 45 medical professionals on pharmacovigilance in Kaduna State.

    NAFDAC’s Coordinator in the state, Mr Nasiru Mato, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kaduna.

    He listed the professionals to include

    medical doctors, pharmacists, nurses, consultant pediatricians and physicians from public hospitals, military – based health facilities and private health centres.

    Mato said the training was conducted to acquaint the participants on the use of Med Safety App and adverse drug reaction via E – Reporting, in line with the extant global best practices.

    “Among the core objectives of pharmacovigilance is ensuring the safety of medicines,” he said.

    He added that the training was also to make the medical practitioners

    understand the legal and regulatory framework for drug safety monitoring.

    This, Mato said, is in order to effectively implement pharmacovigilance by ensuring the overall safety in the use of medicine

    He added,”We trained them to know the benefits of pharmacovigilance, have adequate knowledge of the reporting tools and processes of adverse drug reaction(ADR) reporting and the roles and responsibilities of relevant stakeholders.”

    According to Mato, pharmacovigilance is the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of ADRs or any other drug -related problems such as drug abuse, misuse, medication errors, lack of efficacy and counterfeits.

    He said, ” It is aimed at getting the best outcome of treatment with medicines .

    ” Pharmacovigilance ensures patient safety by providing a system for a continual monitoring of medicine use.

    “This is by putting in place measures to minimise risks and providing appropriate and timely information to relevant stakeholders to ensure the rational use of medicines in the healthcare system.”

    Mato added that pharmacovigilance was needed to prevent drug-induced human suffering and avoid financial risks associated with unexpected adverse effects.

    The NAFDAC boss said, “Pharmacovigilance is generally all about rational and safe use of medicine.”(NAN

  • Rivers Chief Judge pardons 53 inmates

    Rivers Chief Judge pardons 53 inmates

    Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, on Thursday, granted pardon to 53 inmates at the Port Harcourt Maximum Correctional Centre who are standing trial for various offences.

     

     

     

    Amadi said that the pardon was part of the week-long programmes put in place by the state judiciary to herald the 2023/2024 Legal Year.

     

     

     

    He stated that the development was also a move toward discongesting the maximum correctional centre in Port-Harcourt.

     

     

     

    Amadi said that the release of the inmate was in line with the provisions of section 34(1) of the Criminal Justice Law of Rivers and the Special Provision Law of the federation that empowers the chief judge to grant such pardon.

     

     

     

    He said that the release of the inmates had become imperative to ensure that justice was rightly served as well as for decongestion of the correctional centres.

     

     

     

    He called for effective synergy among all stakeholders in the criminal administration system.

     

     

     

    According to him, the judiciary, correctional services, law enforcement agencies, legal organisations and community leaders must work hand-in-hand for justice to prevail in the society.

     

     

     

    Amadi said that a stakeholders’ meeting was held prior to the goal delivery exercise in order to scrutinise the list submitted by the correction centre and the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

     

     

     

    This, he said, was to ascertain those who had no question to answer but were languishing in jail in the correctional centre.

     

     

     

    He also called on the police to do discreet and thorough investigation in order to have enough evidence before charging any suspect to court.

     

     

     

    The chief judge advised the released inmates to turn a new leaf and be of good behaviour, stressing that they might not be lucky next time if they were caught engaging in any crime and brought back to the correction centre.

     

     

     

    “I came here for an exercise just to make you better citizens. No one wants you to die; you must have learnt something here; I urge you all to leave evil.

     

     

     

    “As you go back to the village, let the change be seen in you; don’t go back to eat your vomit; go back and find something to do; you can engage in farming, fishing or learn hand work,” he stated.

     

     

     

    Earlier in his remarks, the Comptroller of Correctional Service in the state, Mr Felix Lawrence, commended the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice Administration System in the state in the decongestion of Port-Harcourt Maximum Correctional Services.

     

     

     

    Lawrence said that he met more than 4,000 inmates when he assumed duty in June 2022, adding, however, that the number had dropped due to the consistent goal delivery exercise by the chief judge.

     

     

     

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inmates granted pardon had been in the correction centre for between five and nine years awaiting trial. (NAN)

  • Ajaero Responding To Treatment After Imo ‘Attack’ – Labour Leader

    Ajaero Responding To Treatment After Imo ‘Attack’ – Labour Leader

    The General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nuhu Toro, has provided an update on the condition of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, following his arrest in Imo State on Wednesday.

    Channels Television reported that Ajaero was arrested in Owerri, the capital of Imo State on Wednesday during a protest by workers in Imo State over an alleged “serial and habitual abuse and violation” of their rights by the state government.

     

    According to the police, Ajeoro was taken into custody for his protection, but the NLC said he was brutalised after his arrest.

     

    A viral video later showed Ajaero with visible injuries on his face as he was being transported to a hospital in Owerri after his release from detention.

    Ajaero is now responding well to treatment,” Toro said while giving an update in a live appearance on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics on Thursday.

     

    Toro said the NLC leader and the other leaders with him are receiving and responding to adequate treatment.

     

    “They are still under treatment and I am happy to inform you that they are responding to treatment. The chairperson of RTEAN, an affiliate of the TUC, was also attacked,” he said.

     

    “His phones were taken away by the thugs, and his money was carted away. They are recovering; they are receiving treatment in the hospital.”

    He explained that the attack was a response to a memorandum signed by the NLC, TUC, and the Imo State government on May 7.

     

    “The reason why we went to Imo is that the state government under the leadership of Senator Hope Uzozinma refused to honour a memorandum we signed.

     

    “The Governor refused to honour gentleman understanding to set up a committee,” he said

  • EEDC gives reason for power outage in Imo

    EEDC gives reason for power outage in Imo

    The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has blamed the power outage in Imo State on industrial action by workers

    Emeka Ezeh, head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

     

    He explained that the electricity workers union shut down Egbu Transmission Station causing darkness in the state.

    The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers in Imo State that the loss of supply currently being experienced is as a result of the industrial action by the organised labour union in Imo State.

     

    “This led to the union shutting down our source of supply at Egbu Transmission Station, leaving us with no energy to distribute to our customers.

     

    “As a result of this development, the whole of Imo State is without electricity supply.

    We appreciate the inconveniences this situation must have caused our customers, and we hope that the issue will be resolved soon.

     

    “Be assured that we are on standby to restore supply once the industrial action is called off.

     

    “EEDC is committed to improving on its processes and delivering improved services to her esteemed customers,” the statement said.

    The development comes barely 24 hours after workers in the state staged a protest on Wednesday.

  • Adeleke names 309 boards chairmen, members

    Adeleke names 309 boards chairmen, members

    The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Thursday, approved the appointment of members of non-statutory boards, as well as chairmen, secretaries and members of Local Government Education Boards, totaling 309.

     

    A statement signed by the spokesperson for the governor, Olawale Rasheed, said the appointments take immediate effect.

     

    The appointees on the board include members of the governing board of all state-owned tertiary institutions, state Christian and Muslim Pilgrims Boards, state Internal Revenue Service and Council for Art and Culture, among others.

     

    Others are members of the state Universal Basic Education Board, Local Government Service Commission Board, while people were appointed to the LG Education Boards for each of the 30 LGAs and area offices in the state.

    Charging the new appointees to strictly observe the rule of law, due process and procurement laws in all their doings, Adeleke also implored them to work for the development of the State.

     

    Those appointed to serve as members of the governing council of the Osun State University are Gbadeshin Lawal, Prof. David Oladeji, Tunji Omole, Olawale Oludayo, Hassan Adegoke, Prof. Aworemi and Dr. Kamoru Kadiri.

     

    For the University of Ilesa, the members are Wale Olunloye, Prof. Rotimi Tayo, Prof. Adejumoke Adefisoye-Adelowo, Dr. Adetunji Dare, Prof. Emmanuel Akande; while Sunday Ogundiji, Adesoye Idowu, Hammed Adedoyin, Dr. David Ogunsade, Gbenga Olakolu, Sunday Adebiyi, Ademola Opadola and Brig. Gen. Derin Awodele will serve as the Board members of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree

     

    Board members of Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke are Sikiru Adeleke, Sola Oni, Michael Aderibigbe, Taiwo Aiyepola, Adeyela Bashiru, Raimi Medina, Liadi Gbadamosi and Bimbo Olukitibi; while Durosomo Ademola, Serifat Bakare, Musiliyu Adeyemi, Isiaq Olaniyan, Dare Ajimotokin, Esan Lawal, Lekan Obisakin and Kamo Adekunle will serve as board members of the College of Education, Ila.

  • Reps move presidential yacht budget to student loan

    Reps move presidential yacht budget to student loan

    Following public outcry over the allocation of N5.095 billion for the purchase of a presidential yacht in the 2023 supplementary budget, the House of Representatives, on Thursday, said it had scrapped the budgetary allocation.

    Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Abubakar Bichi, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Thursday. He said the budgetary allocation for student loans was also increased from five billion to N10 billion.

    He said the committee also increased the budgetary allocation of Ministry of Defence from N 476 billion to N546 billion.

     

    Bichi also disclosed that the minimum wage for workers was considered and approved for onward transmission to the executive. He promised proper legislative oversight to ensure 100 per cent implementation.

     

    The yacht budget

    In the supplementary budget sent to the National Assembly by the President, the Federal Government had allocated N5 billion to purchase a presidential yacht.

     

    The proposed sum was under the capital expenditure of the Nigerian Navy’s budget.

     

    According to the breakdown, the Navy will require N62.8 billion for its operations, with recurrent expenditure and capital expenditure gulping N20.4 billion and N42.3 billion, respectively

     

    But Bichi said the five billion naira for the presidential yacht has been yanked off from the budget.

     

    He said: “Actually We have submitted our reports to the House and after careful consideration, the House has approved our submissions and the breakdown is as follows:

    As you know, the budget is about N2.1 trillion and the Ministry of Defence has about N456bn but currently the Ministry of Defence has the largest share because we know how important our security is. As you are aware, we had interactions with them yesterday. Currently, we have increased their budget from N456 billion to N546,209,099,671 billion.

    For Police formation and command, we gave them N50bn while the FCT has about N100bn. You know FCT is very important to us, so we want to make sure that FCT can compete with any state in the world. That is why we gave them N100bn.

     

    “On the Office of National Security, their initial budget was N27bn but currently we have increased it to N50bn. For the state house, their initial budget was N28bn and we maintained that.

     

    “On Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, you know how important that ministry is. We maintained their initial figure of N200bn as well. For the Ministry of Housing, you know we have a serious housing deficit in the country and Mr President’s agenda, he wants to build as much as he can, so we have approved N100bn for housing.

     

    “Service-wide votes initially was N615 but currently we reduced to N515bn.

    INEC budget

    “For INEC, initially their budget was N18bn, and yesterday we had an interaction with the INEC Chairman and he convinced us with his submissions and we maintained their N18bn.

     

    “So far, we have approved N2,176,791,286,33. We will continue to support the government so we can deliver democracy.

     

    On the presidential yacht, Bichi said: “Actually, as far we are concerned, we don’t have that anymore. We have increased the student loan.

     

    “Initially, student loan was N5bn in the budget but we have increased it by N5bn so that our students can access that facility in order for them to go to school. We don’t have the yacht anymore in budget.”

     

    He assured that lawmakers would ensure adequate oversight over the way the funds are spent.

    He added: “Our members, especially those standing committees, oversight those projects and ensure the money is used judiciously. From now till three months time, we are going to call them and ask them what they have done with the money.”