From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Director, National Agricultural Extension Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS) Professor Emmanuel Ikani, has said it is not possible to fix agriculture without Local Government. Professor Ikani made the comment at closing ceremony of the improved Rice Processing Training for Women Groups in Local Government held at the NAERLS yesterday. He advised Local Governments of Kaduna state to Consider themselves as family members who want to benefit from the institute mandates. The Director urged them to join hand with the institute to move agriculture together in their respective Local Governments forward. According to him, NAERLS is always ready and available to build capacity of their farmers on modern farming technologies.
The 36 state governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) are expected to hold a teleconference meeting on Wednesday to deliberate on the
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Mr Tayo Ayeni, a former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank), has accused his business partner, Captain Hosa Okunbo, of mismanagement, stealing and diversion of millions of funds belonging to their company, Ocean Marine Security (OMS) Limited.
Ayeni made the allegation in a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through his lawyer, Mr Femi Fálànà (SAN).
He also accused Okunbo in the petition of scheming him out of the company.
Ayeni’s lawyer, Falana said in the petition that sometime in 2007, that his client, Okunbo, Joe Aikhomu, represented by his father, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, and Gareth Dooley formed a company named Ocean Marine Security Limited, which later became Ocean Marine Solutions Limited.
A former chairman of the defunct Skye Bank (now Polaris Bank), Mr Tunde Ayeni, has dragged his business partner, Captain Hosa Okunbo, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged mismanagement, stealing and diversion of funds from their company – Ocean Marine Security Limited. In the petition written by his counsel, Mr Femi Fálànà (SAN), Ayeni gave a vivid account of how Okunbo tried to scheme him out of the company.