Ajipe stated this while addressing the All Progressives Congress members in Owo local government area of Ondo State.

He said Governor Akeredolu has assured all APC Chairmanship aspirants that he would not impose any candidate on the people, adding that there would be a free, fair and credible primary to pick the party’s candidates across the 18 local governments area of the state.

Ajipe said with the patronage of APC aspirants across the state, it shows the quality of acceptance of the governor and fair play of the State Chairman of APC in the state, Engr Ade Adetimehin, and his energetic Excos working day and night.

Barr Ajipe appealled to members of APC in Owo local government to vote him as Chairman the council, in order to properly compliment governor Akeredolu giant strides in Owo local government and to give sense of belongings to all and sundry.

With the achievements of Governor Akeredolu in the state, victory is guaranteed for the party. Ajipe said

The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), had fixed December 1st, 2018 for the local government election.

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This is in fulfillment of the twin cities agreement and Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the Government of Ondo State of Nigeria and Linyi Government of Shandong Province of People Republic of China during the investment tour of the governor to China in June 2018.

The Governor of Ondo State Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has given out land for industrial hub between Ore industrial park.

“Given out the land on behalf of the State Government the CEO of ONDIPA Mr Boye Oyewumi said the state is fulfilling part of its obligations in the new relationship between the two states.

Klickonnect Networks International , an indigenous company into business consultancy will manage the new industrial hub.

NigeriaNews.ca recalls that Ondo State, Nigeria & Linyí, China establish twin sister relationsin June 2018 where Gov. Akeredolu signs 6 MOUs/Agreements with Línyí, China

The Executive Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) on Sunday June 10, 2018 met Mr Zhang Shuping (张术平), the Mayor of Línyí in the south of Shandong province in China in the presence of over 90 investors and other government delegations from Nigeria and China.

A letter of intent was also signed for Ondo State, Nigeria and Línyí, Shandong, China  to establish sister-cities relations.

Zhang Shuping expressed a warm welcome to Ondo State delegation. He said that Línyí being the largest prefecture-level city in Shandong, both by area and population is a well-known historic and cultural city and one of the top tourist destinations in China.

Linyi’s economy is based around its wholesale markets. The Linyi Wholesale City is ranked 3rd in its category in China with an annual trade volume of 40 billion RMB (~US$5 billion). The Linyi prefecture has developed more than 1,500 specialized villages, over 80 specialized towns and nearly 800 industrialized agricultural enterprises.

In 2014, Linyi’s economy GDP was 369 billion RMB with its main industrial products are: textiles, foodstuffs, machinery, electronics, chemicals, building materials, coal, medicines, gold and porcelain. Machinery is exported to Europe, the Americas and south-east Asia. Linyi prefecture has an annual capacity of 3 million tons of compound fertilizers.

He also said that Kunming will continue consolidate relations and friendship between the two cities, promoting development and cooperation in the economy, culture, education, technology, tourism, and etc.

In his remarks, Governor Akeredolu said that Linyi Wholesale City is impressive. He is also hoping to strengthen ties and cooperation between the Ondo State, Nigeria and Línyí, Shandong, China, especially natural resources exploration, agriculture and industrialization.

After meeting, a letter of intent was signed for the Ondo, Nigeria and Linyi, China to establish twin-sister relationships.

Furthermore, Ondo State of Nigeria Government signed and sealed Six (6) MOU agreements with Linyi, China which include:

1. Bitumen mining and exploration

2. Establishment of a paper mill in Ondo State

3. Establishment of Cassava to Ethanol factory in Ondo State

4. Establishment of Diary Industry in Ondo State

5. Establishment of Cement Factory in Ondo State.

6. Establishment of Ondo-Linyi Industrial Park (OLIP) in Ondo State

With the execution of the twin-sister agreement, Ondo state becomes the first Nigeria state to have twin relationship with any city in People’s Republic of China.

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) of Ondo state, said that his administration is ready to partner both local and foreign investors in the area of mineral resources exploration, agriculture and industrialization of the state.

The governor emphasized that his trip to China is part of his continued efforts at wooing investors to the state.  In line with the vision of his administration in creating jobs for the youths of the state, Ondo State Government is talking to foreign investors to come and co-invest with the state government in building industrial and agricultural parks in the state.

 

Governor Akeredolu was accompanied to China by the CEO of Ondo State Development and Investment Promotion Agency (ONDIPA), Mr. Boye Oyewumi, the CEO of Klick Konnect Network International Ltd, Chief Alexander Ajipe and a team of entourage.

Ondo State produces 12% of Nigeria’s Oil & Gas output. Other mineral resources found in the state are; Quart sand, Clay, Granite, Limestone, Talc, Kaolin, Coal, Columbine, Rock, Tin, River, Mineral deposits, Bitumen which is the 2nd largest in the world, Ocean fronts and the largest Coastline in Nigeria.. It is abundant in mineral resources and tourism.

The establishment of Ondo—Linyi Industrial Park in Ore is a rare privilege that the State will enjoy, which would go a long way to boost the economic development in the area, and the state in general.

The investment in the Free TRADE ZONE is capable of adding tonic to the economy fortunes of Ondo state as well as create job opportunities for the unemployed youths.

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It can only spark curiosity, for one to be willing and ready to spend any amount in the pursuit of HONOUR on one hand.

While same is laid bare on a GOLDEN platter for someone else, just for the taking.

Aside curiosity, envy and a combination of negative thoughts is also developed against one who honour willfully beckons on, while some folks attempt to use resources, which the source is subjective to acquire same.

Every good news about the person drives the envious into a state of having a whirlwind within their head(s). This feeling could be pinned around some pictures trending where a particular eyeballs get fixed on a particular person, in about half an dozen shots taken at different locations, dates and events.

Everyone desires to develop the trait that makes people offer what others strive to have. A wishful thought it sometimes remain, so far people never try to pay the price that bequeaths honour on them, a heavy price that is attainable at a discount of moral restraint.

Our dear president rode to power, at a critical time, when NIGERIA was in dire need of one who has what it takes to cleanse a huge mountain of filth the successive government continuously dump at our individual and collective doorsteps. It got precarious that all hope seemed lost for a rebirth.

A personal trait our dear president is endowed with, overshadowed other prerequisites, this has pitched his backers against one another. While a lot is nursing the hope of actualisation of set objective, some of his initial backers have since thrown in the towel citing reasons like:
# endless wait where prompt response is required,
# perceived lopsided appointments, a critical sector this is being talked about is defence and security.
# overbearing tolerance of subordinates.
# refusal to effect a firm grip, resulting in poor delivery of governance.
# a media team who live in an illusion of doing wonders, but with a reverse gear.
It is not only former backers, several other stakeholders in the national project have also lamented about the turn of events.

It is gets to a crescendo where BUHARI whose profile towers so high, to be placed on a common scale with people whose character has been constantly questioned. This is someone who have warmed his ways into the hearts of people, especially in the northern region, over the years, where the people have constantly stood by him, going by the electoral figures of the three previous presidential elections.

As we journey towards another electioneering process. The elites who have constantly been having a running battle with BUHARI are once again up in arms to square it up to him in the build up to the 2019 election.

They have had his ACHILLES to capitalize upon. How well BUHARI and his kitchen cabinet get a full grasp of the situation remains sketchy, to me.

BUHARI’S profile can not afford to take a downward trajectory, not at this critical time, that he is yet to actualise his RESCUE mission on the state of national affairs.
The low level of things has it’s foundation rooted in the listed :

# a wait not worthy enough, the long period endured by the citizens is touted not be so justified going by the poor performance of some of the headship of critical sectors of the state affairs.

# appointment into sensitive security and defence sector is one view as being skewed towards a section of the nation, one in which sterling performance ought to have been used to shut up any form of cynicism, it has been sad that the president has been to tolerant of the headship of the security agencies, bringing up the issue of the parameter deployed in setting their targets as well as basis of assessment of their performance.

# just as for the security agencies, many people in government are viewed as having no business loitering the corridors of power, whereas they don’t just fill up numbers they are over-confident in their lack luster conduct, which embarrasses the government and her arrow head. The people can never base poor performance of heads of sectors in government to draw up a conclusion about those likely to be shown the exit door.

# we are actually having a democratic dispensation, where rights and privileges of even ordinary citizen should be upheld, this should never be seen as liberty to perpetrate and perpetuate acts likely to derail the tenets of governance. The government should never be tyrannical, yet there should be deliberate and calculated efforts at ensuring sanity. Situations of having to utter provocative statements capable of heating up the polity should be discouraged, whereby it can not be justified with verifiable facts, going public, making inflammatory statements should be addressed with tact. This is no call for a clampdown on the opposition!

# the war on graft is perceived as loosing the much needed bite, though we have had some landmark convictions a whole lot more is expected from the government, this very important, considering the sectional and selective insinuation.

An appraisal of the direction of the earlier listed weight hanging around the president’s neck, are easily traceable to the very surround of his.

There is urgent need to critically conduct a surgery on the assertion with a view towards having a great inroad as we approach the next election of 2019.
The president, going by some of his policies in recent times, is blessed with strategists, this is evident in some moves like the MKO ABIOLA’S honour, it was one that is far reaching.
A disturbing trend of having the president’s men turning out to be his ACHILLES needs to be looked into: from his media handlers, to his kitchen cabinet and his kinsmen who are seen to be hiding under the cover of the presidency to act with impunity.

The onus lies with the president to among other things : do the needful, as the ball lies within his court.

Layi Deinde 2018

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Binu Alex, 30, was reported missing since Friday. His ‘suicide note’ saying he has nothing to look forward to now.

He was last seen watching the FifaWorld Cup match, according to his parents, has been missing from the house since 4am, a police officer, told IANS.

A team of police divers and locals on Friday searched the Meenachil river that flows by Arumannoor near here. However, the search was hampered due to heavy downpour. The body was finally found near Illickal.

“A quick search revealed a suicide note in which he says he is leaving the world as he has nothing more to watch and see,” said the officer.

A close relative of Alex told IANS that he was a hardcore Messi fan and his mobile phone had a picture of Messi as the wallpaper.

“On Thursday, he purchased a T shirt like the one worn by Messi and sat down to watch the match. In the morning when his mother got up at 4am to prepare food for Alex, she saw that the back door of the kitchen was open and immediately called her husband.

“They then went to check on Alex and found that he was missing,” said the relative, adding that police was called then.

Alex was unmarried and works as an accountant in a private company here.

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Scoring against Argentina isn’t that difficult, says Ahmed Musa

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The Super Eagles could find themselves relying on the Group D leaders – who plan to leave big names out against Iceland – to reach the knockout stages.

Two goals from Ahmed Musa ensured Nigeria remain in the hunt for a place in the knockout stages as they saw off Iceland in Volgograd.

Nigeria Super Eagles needs a victory over Argentina in Saint Petersburg to reach the last 16 for the fourth time in history.

And though a defeat to the Argentina would confirm their elimination, a draw would mean they require Croatia to do them a favour against Iceland.

Croatia have already booked their place in the latter stages of the competition, and as such manager Zlatko Dalic has vowed to leave out some of his star players in a bid to conserve their fitness.

Nigeria have faced Argentina four times in their previous five World Cup appearances, losing on all four occasions, but the form of the South American outfit have raised hopes that the Super Eagles can end that run.

Despite having Lionel Messi in their number, Jorge Sampaoli’s side have picked up just one point from their two games thus far, including an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Croatia on Thursday.

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Just when it seemed that Iceland were crafting another masterclass in defensive suffocation, despite a Volgograd evening hot enough to remind them of their geothermal springs, Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa struck twice to derail the dream.

At a stroke, the complexion of Group D was transformed, while the Icelandic fans’ much-loved thunderclap chant rang out, by the end, with barely a fraction of its customary Viking menace.

Nigeria and Argentina will play on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 when Iceland face group winner Croatia.

The games happen simultaneously so that nobody has an advantage in knowing the other result before they play.

There are 4 things the German tactician cannot afford on Tuesday:

Cannot afford to drop either Etebo or Ndidi

Unless one of these players is very unfit, they must be fielded against Argentina in what is now a must-win match for Super Eagles of Nigeria.

Super Eagles manager, Gernot Rohr must NOT drop Wilfred Ndidi for Ogenyi Onazi

Cannot afford to be lackadaisical from the first minute

The Super Eagles cannot start the match against Argentina, lacking any tempo. They must start the match as if they are two goals down [which they really are] and looking for the equaliser. Victor Moses has called for an early goal and that is a very good advice. ”We have a plan to apply for Argentina in the hope of scoring goals early and making them feel bad,” Moses told fotbolti.net.

Cannot afford to play a lone striker

In all the matches played before the start of the World Cup, the only encounter in which Rohr has employed a lone striker and scored more than one goal was against Cameroon in the qualifiers for Russia 2018. Against Poland, Serbia, Congo DR, and England – the Eagles lacked numbers in the opposition box to convert chances. Against Iceland, Eagles played with two strikers. In Argentina, the Eagles must get more numbers into the box to unsettle the Argentine defenders to score the needed goals.

Cannot afford to change the starting 11 that played against Icealand.

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The National Assembly on Friday listed and justified 24 new project it added to the recently passed 2018 budget.

Aliyu Abdullahi, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, and Abdulrazak Namdas, his House of Representatives counterpart, addressed a joint press briefing at the National Assembly in Abuja on Friday to give the lawmakers position on the document.

They said the additions were made to the budget due to the increase in the benchmark price of oil “after full consultations, and in many cases, requests by the Executive branch through the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.”

The adjustments are:

1. Augmentation to unity schools meal subsidy – N3,701,587,104.

2. Outstanding liability on exchange rate differential for 2015 & 2016 Bea ongoing remittances to 12 Bea countries (scholarship) – N3,265,720,064.

3. Rehabilitation of block C, D, G & H at the Headquarters and Lagos State office of Federal Ministry Of Industry, Trade & Investment – N1,207,942,115.

4. Construction of Kashimbilla/Gamovo multipurpose dam -N 2,000,000,000.

5. Strengthening public health against LASSA fever/other outbreaks: procurement and installation of incinerators, procurement of personal protective equipment, ribavirin and laboratory reagents and training of health personnel, construction of isolation ward at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada – N2,000,000,000.

6 Fast Power Programme Accelerated Gas and Solar Power Generation – N12,500,000,000.
7. Expansion and reinforcement of infrastructure in 11 distribution companies to reduce stranded generation capacity – N30,000,000,000.

8. Alternative energy development fund – N1,000,000,000.

9. Completion of headquarters building Federal Ministry of Women Affairs – N500,000,000.

10. Construction of 3000 capacity maximum security prison in Abuja (Phase I) – N6,031,862,972.

11. Procurement of 3 x JF17 Thunder aircraft – N12,792,939,682.

12. Security vote (including augmentation of shortfall in operational funds) for Nigerian Navy – N3,000,000,000.

13. Department of State Security – Pensions (including arrears) – N6,318,326,710.

14. Contributions to international organisations – N11,000,000,000.

15. Contingency -N2,800,000,000.

16. Military operation: Lafiya Dole & other operations of the armed forces – N3,000,000,000.

17. Subscription to shares in international organisations – N11,000,000,000.

18. SDG special projects – N38,000,000,000.

19. Contingency (capital) – N2,000,000,000.

20. Promotion, recruitment and appointment for Police Service Commission – N5,393,947,080.

21. Additional provision to some security agencies – N10,000,000,000.

22. Additional provision of N82billion on critical federal roads e.g. rehabilitation of Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano N10billion, rehabilitation of Lagos-Badagry-Seme road N4billion, rehabilitation/dualisation of Calabar-Itu-Ikot Ekpene-Aba-Owerri Road N7billion – N92,000,000,000.

23. Additional funds to new federal universities – N12,000,000,000.

24. National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) – N4,000,000,000.

TOTAL N245 billion (N245,512,325,726).

Mr Abdullahi who read out part of the statement said the National Assembly should be commended to the degree that most of the human development projects were captured in the budget by the legislature.

He also noted that due to the back and forth experienced by the legislature in the past, the improvement of the budgetary process should be a higher priority than trading blames.

“This trading of blames and unnecessary scapegoating is not healthy — as it creates needless conflict between the two arms of government,” he said.

He called Mr Buhari to present the borrowing plan to the National Assembly for approval in order to ensure that all capital projects in the budget receive their necessary financing.

He also urged all Executive appointees to ensure that they brief the president with the truth and facts of their engagement, to promote healthy and harmonious relationships between the Executive and the Legislature.

The National Assembly denied the accusations of insertion of strange and frivolous items into the 2018 budget proposal.

It said cuts made in the budget were done in good faith to ensure adherence to the principle of federal character and that the stated figures of the reductions made were unduly exaggerated.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday, signed the budget into law.

After signing the budget, Mr Buhari accused the National Assembly of distorting the spending plan and increasing their own budget.

According to him, the lawmakers effected cuts amounting to N347 billion in allocations to 4,700 projects and introduced fresh 6,403 projects of their own valued at about N578 billion.

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