Fr_id_ar._, M_aY_l_3,_2_01_1 _________ STATE OF THE STATES ______ T_HI_S_D_AY_,_VO_I._1_6,_N_O._5_86_3,_P_ag_e_11

N200bnAgric Loan: NAIC :'l\1~Y: S,ue :· l0Banks The N igerian ~gricultural t'cl,·.·. . NAIC's Company Secretary, menl and banks to farmers to be NAIC has been exclusively man- emment, a bank or other finahcial

Insurance . Corporation _ ' ~y~'$~!::\ .. )1 Mr. Chilee Okafor confirmed this properly insUred by the.corpora- dated to insure all agricultural institution (in this Decree referred (NAIC) has issued a 30-<1ay threat in a press statement made tion. ' loans from government, banks or to as a lending institution) ,. he ultimatum to 10 out of the 'By Nnamdi Dum available to nnSDAY yesterday. "NAIC has already directed its oU,er financial 'institutions shall take out an insurance cover

13 participating banks in Ule He alleged that the affected solicitors 'wlio had given all the including the N200 billion under the scheme." Federal Government Commer- The fresh Urreat is coming on banks disbursed finds to 'various p&ltiCipating commercial banks CACS", Section 14 states that "a lend-cial Agriculture Credit Scheme the heels of recent confirmation states and agricultural coopeIli- 30 days to deduct the mandatory He also faulted some of Ule ing institution shaU, subject to the (CACS) for them to remit insur- by the Centtal Bank of Nigeria live societies under Ule N200 bil- 25 per cent insurance premium participating banks who may provisions of this Decree and ' ance premiums they ane sup- (CBN) that it has disbursed a tion agricultural loans scheme due from all: the already dis- have gone ahead to disburse the other directives that may be given posed to have deducted from the total of N I33.11 billion to 139 without complying with Section bursed agricultural loans and ... agricultural loans .without fllSt by the Board,'deduct the insur-N133.! biltion agricultural loans h\!neficiaries across iIle country 13 of Ule NAIC Act Which made remit same to NAIC," I., stated. ' ded~cting Ule insurance premium ance premium due from the loan disbursed to states and farmers may have benefited from the it mandatory for all agricultural Citing Sections 13 and 14 of on It and rerrutnng same to the or credit at source and rerrut cooperatives so far. scheme so far. loans to be disbursed by govern- .the NAICAcl, 1993, Okafor said corporation. same to the corporation not later

, Section 13 of the Act provides than 30 days from the date of dis· that "any farmer whose crop or bursement of part or the whole of . livestock is covered by Section 7 the loan or credit." of this Decree may take out an The above provision~ accord-insurance cover under the ing to him made all the partici-scheme but where the farmer is pating banks tiable to Ule corpo-also a beneficiary of an agricul- ration to the tune of the insurance

... tural loan or credit from the gQv- premium not remitted.

GTBarik Upgrades IT {~In£rastructure Nationwide .

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Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has almounced its latest investment in Information technology

infrastructure ainled at enhancing quiltity service detivery and alter­native channels in the bank.

In its new quest to iinprove customer seevice. delivery, the. bank has. deployed Superdpme, a

·.high-end . integrity . server by . Hewlett Packard (HPJ . .

C. LA,GOS ,.:J By Obillna Chima

can access banking service com­parable with what is obtainable inlemationally.

, Acti~g Managing Director, Mr. • Seguri i\gbaje craved the under­.' standing of its numerous CI,lS­

" tomers. who may. have experi· -Project Coordinator, Special Olymp;c, Mr. Deola Oladugba and Nah'onal Director, ~i ence<f inconveniences in the TH I-~DAY Office at Apapa, Lagos ... yesterday PHOTO, Yomi Akinye". '" process of o:"gration lp the new

" It is in this vein. that \ve recently migrnted (0 a new tech­nology planoml cal led the Superdome server. This enter­prise upgrade had been carefuUy planned with the aim of improV­ing our service deli vel)' in line with piojected growth in oui cus­tomer base, Unfortunately. this project may also have caused some inconveniences to ow' cUs­tomers who have remained loyal and supportive over tinle. We however assure that the rewants and dividends will be reaped in the form of more secure, stable and efficient banking services."

'Fraud in Warri Refinery Cause of Kerosene Scarcity' " .. ~~~no~l~~~tr;;'ure~ta= , _ .efficlent banking services when'

TI~ii~t~~I~cl:nt~: .NNP,C to it1vestigate inferno at Warri Depot ~~n:'''~ system is. fully opera-

RefinlOg and Petrocherrucal I" ,. .'. 'Fer' ,',.'",:.' -. I 11,e clandesbne diversion of boned PreSident Goodluck ... A s tatelllenl from the bank Company (WRPC), a sub- _ kerosene loaded dally from the Jonathan to save poor Nigenans quoted AgbaJe as saymg :

sldiary of Ule Nigenan Nabonal Warri refinery has also led to U,e' from tl,e needless pams mfhcted "Conscious of our reputation as a Aocording to Agbaje. for over

10 years, the Superdome - HP's flagship, high-end Integrity server - has powered some of the . world's most demanding, 0Jih' slon-critica1 environments and is

Petroleum Co!]lQration may have From Omon-JlIlills Onabll in skyrocketing . of the. price of on them by the racketeer.;. tistening bank, we have always unearOled a can of worms in the 1\',," ,,,d Chinellle Okafor inAb,yo kerosene in Delta, Edo and others Meanwhile, the ' Nigerian sought new ways to serveourcus-corporation that is at tlle roOt of the ersenior functionaries of the cor- places within the 'catchment area' National Petroleum Co!]lQration tomers better. Operationally, these ' persistent scarcity of DPK or of the WRPC, a coatition of civil (NNPC) on Wednesday Said that it efforts oentre on providing conve-kerosene particularly in Edol Deha poration has led to the detiberate rights group alerted in Warri yes- has commenced investigation into nient and affordable services, states axis. diversion of some ' petroleum terday. • the fire incidenoe that ~tted two wiUlOut cOIllpromisirig 'quality.

. suited as tlle solution of choice fo[ ·.(·· enterprise-class customers who.~, ;! require high availability, rich vir' "J tualisation capabilities, and long- " . term investment protection.

A covert but official practloe products from the Warn refine!)" The group, the Niger Peace ofits 10 loading islands 10 its Warn Many tinles, this 'has entailed the allegedly being perpetr.Ited by including kerosene, which has Coalition (NDPC) in a statement depot. . introduction of cutting.@ge tecfi~:" -. influentialpel1;(lOs intheNNPC created acute shortage of the prod- made available to nnSDAY in . NNPC also clarified Ulat the 'nology to ensure our customers . U bo' ·th < . ucts, Warri yesterday evening', has ~h_ fire that 'gutted its facility in Warri ' m co ~ raoon WI some ,onn- r- did not affect its refinery thereby 0" C . . t . . th CJN Edo Speakership: Time to Compensate Loyalh~ Hardwork :;;&offfuel ;~tn ~hi~ IJI onumsera es WI ' ..

Leaders of Edo South Senatorial Distri<;,t yester-

. day rose in unison of pur­pose to demand for the

Speaker of the House of Assembly, on tlle basis of bril­liant performance during the, 20 II parliamentary elections where the district returned aU its candidates in the ruting Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

A statement by . the leaders of Bini Renaissance Group said, "We have by this singular feat demonstrated out support for the Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole led adminislrntion , his develop­mental strides and need to con-

. tinue to deepen those core val­ues our sQciety has since yearned for.

LJI h d Abia. State Governor, Chief 1 . A c~ [er E' '. ,., ·· ···"·~?I The bini Socio-political ::'~ ~ I ~onda1 ds a . Theodore Ahamefule Orji · .. 'eo I.' . BIA . :4 c :'< pq >9;;~ ~~s';.kh:tt,,~Si:'oa:;~d~~:J the ~rm depot 1= .!';';o u:: bas commiserated with the 'with you on this tragedy" . - ,.

fine Chief Justice of Nigeria, By Wahab Akinhlnde the statement said, "Com{'Cn- re ry, J . AI . K ts' AI According to him, the fond

sation here is in two Folds; smce But the corporation's Generill usllce oyslUs a ma- u on memories' of late Mrs. Katsi'na-And as such, we demand that this is a parliamentary issue, it Manager, Government Relations, the tragic death of his wife Late Alu will be a balm to soothe the

the minimum we can get for our is our opinion that the con- Thmini Green told joumalists in Mimi Katsina-Alu. pains of her family and loved loyalty to the party and for sti tuency that delivered the Abuja that while it is investigating Reacting. on the shocking ones, and prayed to God to grant working hard to sustaining the highest votes to return its candi- the cause of the inferno, measures news of the ONs wife who was them the strenght and fortitude to'" values of good governance is to dates ~hould be given the were already put in place toei1Sure hit by a tree , in her husband,:; bear the tragic loss. compensate us with the speak- opportuni ty to produce the tha! noga.l' 10 supply develops due house, Governor Orji said he "It is only God ·that knows ership position." Speaker. to the inCident. received the news of the ONs why this unfortunate tragedy had '.

S1 . C M b G C' d J th . wife WiU,' disbetief and bewil- to befall her. My heart and that of am Orps em ers: roup ommen S ona an derment, and wondered why - . my wife go out to you at the try_ r - - .~-J . such tragedy should befall a ing moment, as we pray God the

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group, Forum for Purposeful Governance and Democratic EtllOS (fPG-DE) has commended

President Goodluck Jonathan for compensating the families of the 10 slaine Youth Corps mem-

I._~. -._ ~. - 1<." d '.': .. -.~: . engulfed some nOrthern states kind-hearted and supportive wife author and finisher of our fate to _ after the recently concluded tike Mrs. Katsina-Alu. grant you the strenght and forti-

preSidential elections. 'This is 'It was with shock and bewil- tude to bear this tragic and By Jaiyeola Andrews and

Anu:zkaEze

bers.

commendable especially know-ing the previous slow ways gov- Iderment that I received the news painful loss. Please, on behalf of emment's response to such nec- . of the shocking death of your the government and good people essary compensation pro- very supportive wife who was a of Abia State, accept my condO' gramme in the paste charming woman. I commiserate lences.

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IPMAN to Boost Fuel Supply by 45 Per cent The 10 Youth Corps mem­

bers were gruesomely murdered by irate mob in Bauchi Stale shortly after the victory of President Jonathan at the poll, The mob were allegedly sup­porters of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).

Election Violence: ~G May ~ppoint Adeogun Adviser on ICC

The Independent PetrOleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) yesterday disclosed that it has

increased its bridging of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol , from depots to petrol stations across the country by 45 per cent.

'This it said was meant to aug­ment shortfaUs that were incurred from the last fuel scarcity in the northern part of the country, in<;ll!.ding Abuja.

"While addressing the press yesterday at the National Executive Comminee meeting of IPMAN in Abuja, the National President of the association. Aminu Abdulkadir, stated that the measure was meant to cush­ion the effects of the las! ~ity ,

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in Abllja

in addition to other steps.taken by the government.

Abdulkadir explained that members of IPMAN had been at U1e losing end of the strike with interest charges to be paid to banks from which they had secured credit facilities regardless of the strike and other excuses. "As businessmen, if you keep

. your truck you are losing money. We cannot nun business without credit facilities from the banks and the bank does not know pub­lic holiday and weekend, he ,pointed out. • . . • . . . .

In a statement signed by the Director· of Communications FPGDE, Doyin Dawole and made' available to nnSDAY yesterda:y in Lagos the group said though commending the president for the gesture, but said the families of the victims deserved more from the Federal Government.

''This is to appreciate Mr. President for the Federal Government's compensation plan for the families of the 10 National Youth Service Corps members that were murdered

, during the violence that

Strong indications emerged last January 2010, clashes re'tween . night that the Federal Christian ahd Mustim groups in

Government might. retain the . Jos and which resulted in the ~. services of the niche intema- By Davidson Jriekpen killing ofhui"lredsof civilians.

tional law practioe founded by The ICC may only exercise its Olarles Adeogun, a former inter- he had commenced pretiruinary jurisdiction when a State PartY on national prosecutor and senior investigations into the recent post- whose territory crimes were com-UN lawyer, to advise it on the election violence which occurred mitted·or of which an accused is a · imptications of any formal or pre- in thecountry,following the April national refers a situation to the tiruinary investigations launched 2011 presidential elections, court, when the UN Security by the International Criminal The pretiruinary investigations . Council acting pursuant to Court (ICC) into post-election by the ICC prosecutor, a precui'- Chapter vn of the UN Charter violenoe that took place in some sor.to a fonnal investigation, refers a situation, or when the

. parts of the North last month, carne in the wake of riots that Prosecutor of the ICC initiates an nnSDAY checks revealed killed over 100 civilians and dis- investigation,

that the government's proposed placed more than 40,(100 others. It was learnt that the prosecutor action may not be unconnected The ICC Chief Prosecutor may exercise the latter power on with a response to the April 22, declined to give further details on the basis of any serious informa-20 II statement released by Luis the investigation in Nigeria and in tion received on alleged commis-Moreno-Ocampo, the. Chief partic~lar~ whether .or not his sion of crimes within the jurisdic-Prosecutor of the ICC,stabng that mves~gabons will ,"elude the tion of the court,

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