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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is set to partner with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company to technically train unemployed youths in the region.
This development was contained in a statement issued by the commission’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Ibitoye Abosede, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Port Harcourt.
Abosede quoted the NDDC’s Interim Administrator, Efiong Akwa, as stating this after inspecting facilities at Innoson’s factory in Nnewi, Anambra.
Akwa, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Youths, Mr Udengs Eradiri, said that the training would commence at Innoson Kiara Academy, a technical and vocational institution, affiliated to Innoson.
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THE Presidential Amnesty Programme has begun investigation of fraud perpetrated by some vendors and contractors to determine its spread and extent of involvement or connivance with staff.
The organisation said while the investigation remained ongoing, it would not stop the payment of those whose contracts and documents had been verified and reconciled as soon as the expected funds were released.
The Interim Administrator of PAP, Col. Milland Dikio (retd.), disclosed these in a statement by his Special Assistant (Media), Nneotaobase Egbe, obtained by journalists in Abuja on Sunday.
The statement reads, “The Presidential Amnesty Programme has uncovered unsavory acts of fraud perpetrated by some vendors/contractors. The office is currently investigating these activities to determine how widespread and the extent of involvement or connivance with internal elements within the programme.
Negotiating with gunmen’ll encourage banditry Prof Oloyede, NSCIA secretary-general
Published 21 February 2021
The Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, is also the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. He speaks with
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, a renowned Islamic scholar, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, advised state governors to use security votes to provide amenities for repentant bandits. Will you align with this view?
I have limitations in answering this question, there is a limitation because I have never been a governor. Owing to the fact that I have never been a governor, I wouldn’t want to pretend that I know under what condition they operate. But ordinarily, I will not agree to negotiating with bandits because it would encourage such a thing. But my own opinion does not matter. Why I am saying so is that I don’t pray to ever become a governor but assuming I am a governor today, facts