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2023: ASAGBA OF ASABA TAGS PROPONENTS OF ANIOMA UNION COUP PLOTERS, SAYS ANIOMAS ARE OPEN FOR CONSULTATION

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2023: ASAGBA OF ASABA TAGS PROPONENTS OF ANIOMA UNION COUP PLOTERS, SAYS ANIOMAS ARE OPEN FOR CONSULTATION
Obi (Prof) Chike Edozien
The Asagba of Asaba

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hairman of Delta North Traditional Rulers Forum, Obi (Prof) Chike Edozien, has described those behind the formation of Anioma Progressives Union to displace Anioma Congress as coup plotters.

Edozien who spoke to newsmen on Friday February 4th 2022, after a meeting of the Forum held in his Palace, which was attended by over 25 Traditional Rulers, said: “We know that any people who cannot live together cannot make progress. Getting together, planning, articulating, moving forward.

“We the Anioma people have set up over the years, organisations for us to survive and progress. The traditional rulers who have been ruling the people have their own meetings that is the Anioma Traditional Rulers’ Forum, but jointly we have the Anioma Congress.

“The common people, the political class all our intelligent people meet together to deal with political and other issues. And they meet under the auspices of the Anioma Congress under the leadership of Chief Benjamin Elue.

“When necessary, the whole body – the traditional rulers and the congress meet together, and that constitute the Anioma People’s Forum. So these have been in existence and still in existence, there is no vacuum. Saying that the Anioma Congress does not exist is trying to carry out coup, and there is no room for that”.

On 2023 gubernatorial election in the State, the Monarch said: “First we called a meeting to address the issues because ethnic groups are coming out to say they want to contest for the governor and they want support.

And so we called the meeting to address the issues. As the general in our midst, give us time to deliberate and make up our mind. Even in the meantime,

“When they come, we will call a meeting to address them. For now, we are open to aspirants for consultation but we will see how things develop, and then we will know what to do. We supported Okowa on the ground of rotation.

“If Isoko come now and insist that it is their turn, what do we tell them? This is open for discussion. With time, we will take a position on zoning when we might have had consultation with our political class because some of the issues have not be discussed.

“For instance, if we agree on rotation, will it be on senatorial district basis or ethnic basis? We will discuss this. If it is rotation by senatorial districts, the Urhobo people of Delta central will have a say. If it is ethnic basis, then only two who have not had the chance, that is Ijaw and Isoko.

“We have not discussed that yet. And if it is to rotate among senatorial districts, that it started from central, where will it start again has not be agreed. So we are open to discussion”.

Meanwhile, the royal fathers also resolved that the Anioma Traditional Rulers Forum has no double leadership, emphasizing that the only recognized leadership of the Forum is the Asagba of Asaba Obi (Prof) Chike Edozien.

“We therefore ask the general public to disregard any publication as it affects Delta North Traditional Rulers Forum that’s is not coming out from the office of our leader, Prof Edozien”.

The Rot in the Force, as Corruption, Poor Welfare and Decaying Infrastructure Become the Order of the Day

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The Rot in the Force, as Corruption, Poor Welfare and Decaying Infrastructure Become the Order of the Day

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ike a ritual, successive Inspector-General of Police talk tough about rot in the Force: extortion, godfatherism, welfare problem, lack of office stationery, dilapidated, infrastructure and below-poverty-line barracks life.

In their many speeches when they assumed office, they had always told their Commanders that one of the objectives of their mission was to rid the force of corruption – a seeming Siamese twin to virtually every policeman.

But for Nigerians and even the IGs, who have always vowed to jail any policeman caught collecting money, their anti-corruption sermon appears more like lectures for deafs and dumbs without signs. They know so well that the police force, like a ship of debris, is still sinking into infernal decadence with little or no chance of being rescued. Not with rhetoric.

A case in reference, with an eight-point agenda, Tafa Balogun gave the impression that the time indeed had come. He demonstrated this with the dismissal of over 800 policemen nationwide. But when his demise came on Monday 17 January, 2005, it was clear that he was corruption personified.

If the reasons given by the federal government for his removal held any water, the degree of corruption in Nigeria police force remains as big as its former Boss (Tafa Balogun). One thing that is clear is that Tafa Balogun had institutionalized corruption in the Nigeria Police Force. It remains a citadel of extortion, extra-judicial killings and other vices, both at the top echelon and among its men and officers.

 

Nigeria Police Force Headquarters

Across all roads in the country, every kilometre is a vintage position for a police toll plaza where all commuter and private vehicles are fleeced of various sums of money. Woe betides any driver who dares to refuse payment for whatever reason.

Extortion is not limited to the highways. In every police station across the country, its presence is as huge as the awesome greed of the force’s former boss (Tafa Balogun). There is a fixed price for bail even though it is conspicuously written and displayed that bail is free. No one comes out of any police cell without having to pay money.

Endemic as the phenomenon appears, extortion in both the police stations and highways pale into insignificance when compared to other vices of policemen on the highway. In May 2003, the Kogi State Police Command announced that its men killed three fleeing bandits. Samuel Adetuyi, the State Police Commissioner was full of praises for his men over the feat.

The alleged bandits were paraded alongside some locally made pistols said to have been recovered from them. But a few days later, one of them turned out to be Ibrahim Musa, Captain of the Nigerian Cycling Contingents and a gold medallists at the 2003 Abuja All African Games. He was on his way to Lagos to buy materials for his fast-approaching wedding. The other two persons with him were Mohammed Salisu, an HND student of Kaduna Polytechnic and Sadik Abubakar Mahmoud, both friends of Salisu.

Two years earlier, a bus carrying seven traders, heading to Katsina to buy rams for Sallah, was intercepted by three mobile policemen along Okene/Abuja road. The policemen, who noticed huge sums of money with the traders, tricked them by raising a false alarm that the route was infested with bandits. They also volunteered to take the traders through safer route. It turned out to be an isolated primary where the protector-turned invaders dispossessed them of their money. Before melting into the dark night, the mobile men riddled the traders’ bodies with bullets and set their bus on fire. But two of the traders escape with wounds to report the sordid act. The three policemen were later tried and sentenced to death by hanging.

Rot in the Nigeria Police force is compounded by the problem of welfare. Policemen are known to remain stagnated in one rank for upwards of 18 years. But on 1 February, 2002, aggrieved policemen, under the aegis of Junior Police Officers Association, embarked on an industrial action. The strike, first of its kind in the country, ended the career of Musiliu Smith, then Inspector-General of Police.

Tafa Balogun, his successor, directed the immediate promotion of the affected officers. About 3,000 were elevated. However, the euphoria lasted for as long as it took them to realise that it was promotion without accruing benefits. “I don’t understand why salaries befitting our ranks are not being paid to us. We are continuously told to hold on. That something would be done. But for how long?”, one of the affected officers queried then.

Besides individual neglect, a serving police officer told Grassroots-publishers in Asaba, police formations across the country lack basic infrastructures. Accommodation is a luxury for majority of policemen. Existing barracks are grossly insufficient, dilapidated, overcrowded and dirty. Broken sewages, from which stomach-wrenching stench are emitted, are a common sight in virtually all of them. Water is always in short supply. More often than not, policemen, or their wives and children carry basins, buckets or jerry cans in search of water from surrounding neighbourhood.

In addition, as a lawyer lamented at the Ikeja High Court most police formations lack office equipment. For instance, there is hardly any outside state or national headquarters, where computers are available. Stationery materials for daily office procedures are, almost always, in short supply or unavailable. Individuals who want their cases attended to with dispatch are made to pay for exercise books and other stationery.

Uniforms, including boots, are supposed to be provided for policemen by the government. That has since become a thing of the past. Or so it appears. Those who can afford to buy them do so at their own expense. The cost is taken care of by whoever becomes their prey later. Every uniform on the body of a policeman is bought by the policeman himself including the recruit in the Police College. Where is the money government released for uniform gone to?, some critics asked.

Delta Permanent Secretary Uses Office as Sex Centre

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Delta Permanent Secretary Uses Office as Sex Centre

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] newly appointed Permanent Secretary (names withheld) from Anioma nationality was accused of making use of his personal office as a sex centre.

The Permanent Secretary, who works in one of the key ministries in the State has been carrying out this ugly act not until recently when luck ran against him.

It was alleged that he executes his plans especially on Sundays after church service.

Most of his sex mates were girls between the ages of 20 and 25 yrs that were supposed to be his daughters’ age mates.

To be able to keep his wife out of suspicion, he lies to his wife that there were pending official files in the office which ought to be treated and submitted on Monday.

Based on the explanation, the wife always grant him leave without knowing he had appointments with sex mates in the office.

Before the cat was let out of the bag, cleaners have been complaining of how the Permanent Secretary’s office has been messed up with toiletries, condoms and packs of take away from the eatries.

The Permanent Secretary’s Ministry, who is fair in complexion, average height, slim in size is located along Summit Road.

He was caught lying on his sex mate on the long uphostry chair in his office where he forgot to lock the door when one of the security men who was on a duty found the door was unlocked only to see the Permanent Secretary having sex with a woman when he opened the door.

One of the former Secretaries, retired used this same office as a sex centre for young ladies and married women.

Delta APC : Senator Nwaoboshi Congratulates Sabotie,others

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Delta APC : Senator Nwaoboshi Congratulates Sabotie,others

By: Ike Philip Abiagom

Engr. Omeni Sabotie
Delta State APC Chairman

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Senator representing the good people of Delta North Senatorial District, Most Distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi(SPON) has Congratulated Engr. Omeni Sabotie on his inauguration into office as the Delta State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Senator Nwaoboshi in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja yesterday said the emergence of Engr. Omeni Sabotie and other state officers would give the Delta APC the much-needed renewed vigour and focus required to rescue Delta. He added that with him as the chairman, the party is prepared to boot out the ruling party in Delta State which he averred, has brought governance to its knees in its stranglehold on the jugular of progressive politics thereby drawing the state into underdevelopment.

Elder Sobotie, Nwaoboshi noted, is a team player with the required mental and psychological capacity to drive the process of peace and unity among party faithful for a more vibrant and all inclusive participation of all stakeholders of the party saying, with him in the saddle, all is set for mass mobilisation of Deltans to usher in positive change and accelerated development in the state and in governance stressing that the common denominator of the party is to achieve victory across board in 2023.

Engr. Omeni Sabotie and other Delta State APC Executives, party officers were elected unopposed by affirmation through the voice votes to the accredited delegates drawn from the 25 Local Government Areas of the state on Saturday 16th October 2021 at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba venue where the Congress took place.

Senator Nwaoboshi urged Engr. Omeni Sabotie to ensure that he carries every aggrieved member along in all the Senatorial districts of the state. Also Congratulated other APC party Executives that emerged. He commended the APC electoral Committee led by Sen. Bashiru, Delta APC party leaders, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, Olorogun O’ Tega Emeron,Chief Frank Kokori, Hon. Waive and others for peaceful conduct of the Delta APC congress.

“The first task before the inaugurated state officers is to work with the incumbent party leadership and elders to extend hands of fellowship and assuage party members, who are aggrieved for one reason or the other.
“We are one big family and the larger national and party interest should always prevail, especially at a time like this when the nation is seriously threatened”.

He wished Sabotie and his team a highly successful tenure.

2023 Presidency: Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Southern Solution Team launched in Asaba

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2023 Presidency: Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Southern Solution Team launched in Asaba

By: Ike Philip Abiagom

Hon. Louis Ndukwe
Coordinator, OUK Movement,Southern Solution Team addressing the crowd during the unveiling ceremony on Saturday in Asaba

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]head of the 2023 general election,a Movement group, Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Southern Solution Team ,headed by Hon. Louis Ndukwe has declared their support for Senator Orji Uzor Kalu as the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The group noted that it would be easier for APC to win the upcoming Presidential election if Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) emerge as the Party’s standard bearer.

Addressing the crowd during the unveiling ceremony on Saturday in Asaba, the leader of the OUK Movement under the aegis of Southern Solution Team,which covers four states: Delta, Bayelsa, Anambra and Edo. The Co-ordinator of this powerful movement said that ”Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) is an embodiment of credibility and competence considering his performance as Governor of Abia state and as the current Chief Whip of Nigerian senate. He’s a Pan-Nigerian leader who would be acceptable by all regions of the country regardless of any ethnic, religious and tribal consideration.” He elaborated.

He said, “We have the honour to unveil the take-off of the OUK Movement,Southern Solution Team in Asaba since our Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu,has hinted on his decision to contest the most coveted political position in Nigeria.While making a rallying call to South-South to mobilize massively and join the APC, to boost the party’s membership ahead of the 2023 elections, Ndukwe said Southern states had been at the forefront of producing leaders of Nigeria and had shown commitment to APC as a party over the years.

He said, “We have come to seek and solicit your support for the Presidential aspiration of Orji Uzor Kalu and to assure you that OUK is in the best position to unify Nigeria and protect the interest of the whole Nigeria, Chief Ndukwe said.

“Our struggle is to see that APC gives ticket to OUK to put him in a position to be the presidential candidate of APC come 2023.
“Fellow countrymen, there must be conscious efforts from both side of the country as Nigeria cannot fathom a civil war in the 21st century and that will not favour any person or group.
“This saleable candidate will give all and sundry a true sense of belonging, inclusiveness, fairness,equality, respect and hope of one Nigeria.”

Ndukwe, who was two time local government chairman of Oshimili North Local Govt. council said, his movement is supporting Orji Uzor kalu because he has what it takes to be president and that with the look of things, he is the only person who is prepared to be president and give Nigerians the required leadership,direction  and unity.

Senator Orji Uzor Kalu(OUK) is young, experienced,and a dynamic southerner with the capacity we all yearn for. “Whether we like it or not we need a man who has experience in business, politics and not experimental president,not a man who will come in and have godfather somewhere. Orji has all it takes to be our next president.

According to Director of Media of Orji Uzor Kalu (OUK) Southern Solution Team, Hon. Leo Nkeaka, further said that he did not see Orji as a serial presidential contestant, however, added that everyone living has ambition.furthermore, He said: “If you do not have ambition then you should not be living. So Orji Uzor kalu is the right choice for us as far as 2023 is concerned. If it is the desire of Dr. Orji Uzor kalu, if it is his ambition to be president let him be and I will appeal to Nigerian to vote for him. Let me tell you after Obafemi Awolowo of blessed memory, who was ready to offer his selfless service to this nation, Kalu is the next person who is prepared to be President and give this country the needed governance and, he has what it takes to be president.”

“As far as I know, Kalu is a man who has managed his home and businesses very well and will be able to manage a country? OUK is a young man with business empires everywhere what is his main concern now other than how to use his wealth of experience to better the lives of ordinary Nigerians.

Any country without a middle class is not a country, when there is no middle class what will bridge the gap between up and down the rich and the poor, such a country has a problem because if you secure yourself you cannot secure your children and your relatives. We are in trouble whether you like it or not, be you a rich man or a poor man. The rich are not even secured because they are few, you have to come together, the fact that you can feed very well, does not make you better than the ones who don’t have and I am supporting Kalu because he is aware of all these,” he declared.

On the current security challenges in the country, Hon. Ndukwe said insecurity should be discussed outside politics because one need to be alive to play politics.

“Irrespective of what political party you belong, this is a fight for everyone in Nigeria so that you and I will be able to move in safety. I think we should all join the Federal Government, first is to pray for Mr President so that he will be able to find the wisdom to get away from where we are today.

“He inherited it but it went so bad since he came in, so, he should rejig his strategies and give us what will move this country forward. It is only where you have peace that you can think about politics,” Ndukwe further declared.

If no be Kalu,na who else e go be?

Ogom Nwaoboshi Celebrate Odoziani @ 47

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Ogom Nwaoboshi Celebrate Odoziani @ 47
High Chief Nelson Agbamuche

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n behalf of my family, the Zitas World Ltd and the good people of Ibusa, I write to express warm felicitations to you my good friend and brother High Chief Nelson Agbamuche,the Odozi Ani of Akwukwu Igbo Kingdom on the glorious occasion of your 47th birthday anniversary.

“I join your family, friends, well-wishers and the entire people of Oshimili North in celebrating a life that vividly epitomizes triumph against all odds emanating from the circumstance of birth, while also symbolizing the assured reward for single-minded commitment to the ideals of diligence, humility, perseverance, focus and dedicated service.

“As you deservedly mark this landmark anniversary, it is my prayer that Almighty God will continue to grant you good health, even as He guides, guards and prospers you in the many more years of fulfilling service ahead of you,”

Youth Leader Celebrate Nelson Agbamuche at 47

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Youth Leader Celebrate Nelson Agbamuche at 47
High Chief Nelson Agbamuche

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he APC youths leader of Oshimili North Local Government Area,Chief Peter Okocha aka (BoBo Nikit) has congratulated High Chief Nelson Agbamuche, the Odozani 1 Akwukwu-Igbo Kingdom on his 47years old birthday.

The Youths Leader, Chief Peter Okocha in a Press Statement made available to our correspondent in Asaba, Delta State on behalf of the entire Youths of Oshimili North described Odozani as incredible leader, charismatic and endearing icon and wished many fruitful years ahead.

According to the statement; “Indeed, the Oshimili North is very proud to have such a selfless and courageous leader as you. You have not only written your name in the history books, but your indelible footprints are in the hearts of the people”.

“The entire Youths of Oshimili North are delighted to mark this auspicious day with you as you have been a role model and a source of inspiration to us as a Youths”, he said.

Oshimili North people keep saying and loudly too that your type is rare. A warrior that frontally confronts his enemies and each time comes out victorious.You are a man loves by everybody, even those who hates you often cannot decipher why they so do. You are a man of uncommon philanthropy and gifted by God of IAkwukwu-Igbo Kingdom.

Odozani has seen the valley and been to the mountain in the course of life. We must always be ready to brace up for the valley, much as we are enthusiastic about ascending the mountain. We must always ask God to put us at the centre of His will whichever way life’s vicissitude takes us.

For High Chief Nelson Agbamuche, I extend to you my hearty congratulations on your birthday and urge You to keep up with the well defined life of FAITH that you live and the charity that you so generously exude.
We wish you long life and prosperity. Once again, Congratulations.”

Chief Peter Okocha
APC Youths Leader,
Oshimili North LGA

Nelson Agbamuche: Celebrating a quintessential leader and philanthropist at 47

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Nelson Agbamuche: Celebrating a quintessential leader and philanthropist at 47

 

By: Ike Philip Abiagom

High Chief Nelson Agbamuche
Odozi -Ani of Akwukwu Igbo Kingdom

[dropcap]“G[/dropcap]reatness is a property for which no man can receive credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged.”When one of the world’s greatest thinkers, Ralph Waldo Emerson handed down the above words of wisdom, those he had in mind were certainly the likes of High Chief Nelson Agbamuche.

For the trail-blazing Business mogul par excellence from Akwukwu-Igbo Kingdom in Oshimili North LGA of Delta State, it is certainly impossible to gloss over his attributes for greatness. High Chief Nelson Agbamuche is a man of qualities, he is a father, grassroots man and a Political Juggernaut,He is a grassroots mobilizer, philanthropist, and a man of integrity.
High Chief Nelson Agbamuche means different things to different people; to his wife and children and his people, while to us his admirers, he is known as the grassroots empowerment master of our time, the Political Strategist but his detractors always erroneously see him as an Obstacle because of his rising profile and acceptance by the grassroots.

High Chief Nelson Agbamuche is not only the Pride of Akwukwu-Igbo Kingdom but also the Pride of the Action Peoples Congress (APC) Oshimili North Local Government Area Ward(1)One for whom he had waged countless political wars for and won virtually all, just like the Greek mythological Odyssey who fought and won difficult battle in History because he is solidly rooted and grounded,the Pride of Akwukwu-Igbo Kingdom also fought and won many battles even those considered as herculean in nature for his people and party leaders.

High Chief Nelson Agbamuche, the Odozi -Ani of Akwukwu-Igbo Kingdom, is a quintessential leader, cerebral professional grassroots politician, astute entrepreneur, motivational human manager and exceptional humanitarian. To him, living a well-fulfilled life means having outstanding personal achievements, contributing massively to societal development and enhancing the living conditions of the underprivileged.

The philanthropic pathfinder, business mogul High Chief Nelson Agbamuche has gracefully added another year today 28th January to his glorious opportunity of improving the value of human existence.
Through times, High Chief Nelson Agbamuche has represented the true definition of success. With an organized network of several investments within Nigeria, the young business mogul referenced his success to the grace and mercy of God almighty.‎

In truth, his great impact to human development, capacity building and overwhelming empowerment like scholarships, empowerment, widows supports, youth employments, charitable donations has placed “Odozani Gburugburu” in a distinguished class of honour, which is evident as he clocks plus-one today.

High Chief Nelson Agbamuche is an iconic philanthropist, a dedicated agent of change and a lover of humanity. His divine antecedents over the years has placed him in the spotlight of worldwide philanthropy.His foundation has carried out several life changing projects on education, social change and empowerment.

In Abraham Lincoln’s letter to his son’s teacher, one of the greatest men who ever lived on planet earth did write — “Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar found.”

This excerpt, unequivocally, flashes a sense of striking similitude, when chronicling the life of a self-made entrepreneur cum philanthropist, High Chief Nelson Agbamuche, who clocks 47, today, January 28, 2022.

Of course it is not a landmark birthday celebration, but of essence is the effervescence of a man who may, somewhat, have seen it all when it comes to scaling heights from zero to hero, especially having been born without a silver spoon.

In an old interview, he was quoted to have spoken about his humble background. Little wonder why he is more passionate about impacting lives, having been there, not leaving out the vulnerable in society.

At 47, you will admire Agbamuche’s simplicity, humility and generosity.

At 47, he sits on a conglomerate with business affairs in all nooks and crannies around the country.

At 47, Agbamuche has employed as many youths as possible through his fleet of businesses.

At 47, his heart is large enough to show magnanimity to humanity, specifically through creating sustainable wealth in the process.
At 47, he continues to make giant strides, both in business and Politics.
At 47, he is that cat with nine lives who has refused to give up on his dreams but continues to aspire higher in his entrepreneurial endeavours and in Politics.

At 47, Agbamuche continues to yearn for more of God, as he seems to have positioned kingdom businesses at the centre of his heart.

At 47… At 47… At 47…

47 hearty cheers to a generalissimo!

Senator Nwaoboshi Empowers Community Newspaper Publishers with hybrid Agricultural seedlings

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Senator Nwaoboshi Empowers Community Newspaper Publishers with hybrid Agricultural seedlings

By: Ike Philip Abiagom

Comrade Ike Philip Abiagom presenting bags of hybrid maize seedlings to Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria(ACNPN) on behalf of his boss Most Distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi (SPON)

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the Senate Arm of the National Assembly and Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs,Most Distinguished Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi(SPON),has distributed hybrid maize seeds to Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria(ACNPN) in Delta State and beyond, so as as to achieve food security in the face of agricultural production disruptions of recent times.

Senator Nwaoboshi while distributing the hybrid maize seeds to needy Newspaper Publishers at the ACNPN secretariat, Asaba, according to his Media Aide, Comrade Ike Philip Abiagom, said it was parts of his efforts in alleviate poverty among its  constituents.
This kind gesture was aimed at equipping Community Newspaper Publishers to be able to provide needed food items for the district and reduce total dependence on food items from other parts of the country.

Senator Nwaoboshi used the occasion to advice Community Publishers to embrace agriculture and agricultural value chains because Delta State is blessed with arable land that can be used to cultivate all sorts of food items all year round.

The Publishers of Ika Voice newspaper Pa. Joe Onyibe who spoke with newsmen at the distribution centre hailed Senator Nwaoboshi for counting them worthy of empowerment and promised that the seedlings would go a long way in boosting their agricultural business.

Also speaking, the vice chairman of Association of Community Newspaper Publishers of Nigeria(ACNPN), the Publisher of Ndokwa Vanguard, Comrade Alaska Ekele appealed to government at all levels to make access to loan easier for farmers in order to assist them acquire some farm equipment and machines adding that other political office holders should emulate our award winning Senator Nwaoboshi whose direct impact on thousands of constituents are undeniable and there for all to see.

Ibusa Youths applaud Nwaoboshi for boosting Free ICT Education …Admission is ongoing now

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Ibusa Youths applaud Nwaoboshi for boosting Free ICT Education …Admission is ongoing now

By: Ike Philip Abiagom

Most Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he member representing Delta North Senatorial District in the Senate Arm of the National Assembly and Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs,Most Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(SPON) has donated an Ultra-modern Information Technology center (ITC) called- “Obi Francis Nwaoboshi ICT Training Institute” at Isikisi Road , Isieke-Ibusa in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. The Ultra-modern Information Technology center(ITC) is named after his late father Obi Francis Nwaoboshi.

The Director, Chief Ambrose Elofu Dike who described Senator Peter Onyelukachukwu Nwaoboshi(SPON) as “a genuine partner in progress”, said the Centre was the first of its kind in the South-South part of Nigeria adding that it would impact the Ibusa community positively, especially in the areas of learning and research.
The centre parades, among other state-of-the-art facilities,two e-learning training halls equipped with over 100 computer sets and training facilities, exhibition and training halls,conference hall,server/online facilities,generator,borehole facility and water treatment plants,Wi-Fi facility and training programmes required to make learning and teaching easier for researchers.

The center is powered by solar energy and is expected to enhance the free learning capabilities of students and workers while facilitating their exposure to computer education and other technology as they connect with the rest of the world via the use of the Internet.He noted that the facility will not only bring additional knowledge to the students and teachers of the GSS in Ibusa, but also impact other neighbouring towns.

Dike said, for students to survive and compete in this digital age, they must excel in science technology hence it’s inclusion in curriculum as compulsory, particularly, the Information Communication Technology (ICT).

“The program focuses on youths who do not have the financial capacity to acquire relevant ICT, entrepreneurial and life skills that can make them compete in the workplace”.

So for all the young people between the ages of 12 – 40 years that are not computer literate are expected to receive free training, the package is set out in broad terms before they begin the course – which lasts between eight to 12 weeks on average.

“The Obi Francis Nwaoboshi ICT Training Institute (OFN-ICT)serves as a knowledge hub where youths from the community can be empowered for the world of work. It also serves as a center for the advancement of work place preparedness for the program beneficiaries.

According to the Director of the Institute,the entire process from application through orientation, training,evaluation,examination and graduation is robust and structured free of charge as admission is ongoing now.

Dike charged interested students who are willing to upgrade and acquire free ITC training to avail themselves of the ample opportunity provided by the new free facility within their own domain by Most Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(SPON).
“Technology is set to be the preferred way of learning in the future and it is estimated that 95% of the workforce in coming years will require ICT skills,” said Dike, Director, Obi Francis Nwaoboshi ICT Training Institute. He also recognised Senator Nwaoboshi’s effort to partner with the NCC’s commitment toward digitising Nigeria’s economy.

 

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