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Revolution, Solution To Nigeria’s Problems, Says Maitama Sule
Nigeria’s former representative to the United Nation Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule has suggested revolution as the only solution to the nation’s political and economic problems.
Speaking as a guest speaker in Minna Saturday at the launching of N500million appeal fund for resuscitation of the oldest primary school in Niger state, Minna Central Primary School now named after the former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, a product of the school, the octogenarian diplomat however called for a bloodless revolution to enable the country find its footings again.
The eloquent elder statesman lamented that the present state of affairs in the country called for a radical change, but cautioned that such change should come through a bloodless revolution for the country to attain its vision 2020.
Sule, who is the Dan Masani Kano, also said that part of the surgical operation that will revive the country and put it on a right pedestal will be for the political class to fashion out a modality for the old and the new breed political players to embrace each other.
Observing that the country had lacked meaningful development in the last 49 years of its existence, the elder statesman blamed it on the inability of the political class to perfect their acts.
According to him “they need the maturity of the old breed politicians just as the old breed politicians need the agility of the new breed to make things work but unfortunately this is not so and the country is suffering for this missing link”.
“Nigeria as a country, we have the people, we have the resources that will make things happen but the problem is with the present crops of political leaders,” he submitted.
To overcome our present challenges, Sule maintained that, “what the country need now is honest leaders and not thieves. We need leaders that have fire in their bellies but with humanity in their hearts, leaders that have the interest of the common man at heart”.
Lamenting the poor state of the country’s education sector, Sule pointed out the poor funding of the sector by successive administrations in the country, stressing that until we learn to accord education its rightful place in our national planning, the country would not catch up with the developed nations of the world.
Citing Ghana, where education attracts higher budgetary allocation, the elder statesman advised that if the country’s elites and the leadership are serious about the development of this country, more attention should be accorded the sector.
He then commended the old pupils of IBB Central Primary School for initiating the appeal fund and advised other well-to-do in the society to emulate the steps of the old pupils of the school, noting that government alone cannot meet all our needs as a nation.
Speaking in the same vein, former Head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar, an old pupil of the school and the chairman of the occasion called on parents to pay more attention to the educational growth of their children and wards, just as he advised all Nigerians to always support the government in the provision of infrastructures, noting that government cannot satisfy the public due to other pressing demands and scarce state resources.
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RSG Tasks Rural Dwellers On RAAMP …As Sensitization Team Visits Akulga, Degema, Three Others

Rivers State Head of Service, Dr (Mrs) Inyingi Brown, has called on rural communities in the State to embrace the Rural Access and Agricultural marketing project (RAAMP) with a view to improving their living conditions.
This follows the ongoing sensitization campaign by the State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) visits to Degema, Abonnema, Afam headquarters of Degema, Akuku Toru and Oyigbo Etche and Omuma local government areas respectively.
Dr Brown who was represented by the Deputy Director, Special Duties in her office, Mrs Dein Akpanah, said RAAMP was initiated by the Federal Government and World Bank to economically empower rural dwellers.s
She said the World Bank understands the plights of rural farmers and traders in the State, and therefore came up with the programme to address them.
According to her, RAAMP will improve the conditions of farmers, traders and fishermen, and therefore, behoves on every rural communities in the State to embrace the programme.
The Head of Service also said the programme would support the youths to be gainfully employed while bridges and roads will be built to link farms and fishing settlements.
Also speaking, the State project coordinator, Mr Joshua Kpakol, said the programme has the potential of creating millionaires among farmers and fishermen in the State.
Kpakol who was represented by Engr. Sam Tombari, said RAAMP would help farmers and fishermen to preserve their produce.
According to him, the project will build cold rooms and Silos for preservation of crops and fishes while access roads will also be created to link farmers and fishermen to the market.
He, however, warned them against any act that will lead to the suspension of the projects by the World Bank.
Kpakol particularly warned against acts such as kidnapping, marching ground, gender based violence and child labour, adding that such acts if they occur may lead to the cancellation of the project by the World Bank.
During the visit to Oyigbo local government area, Mr Joshua Kpakol, said the team was there to let them know how they will benefit from the Raamp.
The coordinator who was personally at Oyigbo said the World Bank introduced the project to check food insecurity in the State.
He said already 19 states in Nigeria are already benefitting from the project and called on them to embrace the project.
Meanwhile, stakeholders in the three local government areas have commended the World Bank for including their areas in the project.
They, however, complained over the incessant attacks by pirates on their waterways.
At Degema, King Agolia of Ke kingdom said land was a major problem in the kingdom.
King Agolia represented by High Chief Alpheus Damiebi said many indigenes of the kingdom are willing to go into farming but are handicapped by lack of land.
Also at Degema, the representative of the Omu Onyam Ekeim of Usokun Degema kingdom, Osoabo Isaac, said Degema has embraced the programme but needed more information on the implementation of the programme.
Similarly, while High Chief Precious Abadi advised that the project should not be narrowed to only crop farming, a community women leader, Mrs Orikinge Eremabo Otto, called for the construction of cold rooms in all fishing settlements in the area.
At Abonnema, Mr Diamond Kio linked the problem of the area to incessant piracy along waterways.
He also expressed fears over the possibility of the project being hijacked by politicians.
Also at Abonnema, a stakeholder, Ikiriko Kelvin, called on the World Bank to design an agricultural project that will suit the riverine environment, while at Oyigbo, HRH Eze Boniface Akawo expressed satisfaction with the project.
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Senate Replaces Natasha As Committee Chairman

The political mudslinging between the Senate leadership and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan continued yesterday as the Senate named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the appointment during yesterday’s plenary, confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on suspension.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was reassigned to the Diaspora and NGOs Committee in February after she was removed as Chair of the Senate Committee on Local Content during a minor reshuffle.
Bassey is the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District.
Although no reason was given for her removal yesterday, the change is believed to be connected to her unresolved suspension.
In May, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court ordered her reinstatement and directed her to tender an apology to the Senate.
However, the Senate has insisted it has not received a certified true copy of the court judgment.
Akpoti-Uduaghan who represents Kogi Central, has yet to resume her legislative duties despite a recent court ruling that voided her suspension.
In a televised interview on Tuesday, Akpoti-Uduaghan said she was awaiting the Certified True Copy of the judgment before officially returning to plenary, citing legal advice and respect for institutional process.
Although the Federal High Court described her suspension as “excessive and unconstitutional”, a legal opinion dated July 5 and attributed to the Senate’s counsel, Paul Daudu (SAN), argued that the ruling lacked any binding directive to enforce her reinstatement.
Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of only three female senators in the current assembly, said the continued delay in allowing her return was not only a denial of her mandate but also a blow to democratic representation.
“By keeping me out of the chambers, the Senate is not just silencing Kogi Central, it’s denying Nigerian women and children representation. We are only three female senators now, down from eight,” she said.
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