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Ribadu· Blames Energy CrisIs-on ~orruption Delta had abated and promised that the ACN-Ied Federal Government would bring stabil­ity to the region so as to enhance the supply of gas for power transmiSsion. ~

idential Candidate of the "-ction Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and fonner chair­man of the Economic and

Fmancial Gimes. Commission (EFCC). Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has blamed corruption in the Peoples Democratic Party (pDP}-led Federal Government for the crises in the Nigerian power sector

Speaking at an interview with

'From Yinka Kolawole inOosgbo

journalists in lla-Orangun, Osun State country home of Chief Bisi Akande who marked his nnd birthday on Sunday, Rib,.du lamented that this devel­opment had denied Nigerians

the opportunity of enjoying sta­ble power supply.

He vowed that his party, the ACN, would discourage corrup­tion and restore adequate power supply to the nation if elected to run the government at the centre.

He described power supply as the central infrastructure to the smooth running of the economy, promising that the ACN admin­istration would put an end to the

corrupt practices that have bedevilled the sector.

The former anti-corruption czar accused leaders of the rul­ing PDP of awarding power sec­tor contraets to themselves with­out perf9"ming on the job.

"The corruption in the Federal Government adminis­tration crippled the power sector. They awarded contracts to themselves in the Peoples

Democratic Party (PDP). They are very indisciplined. They denied Nigerians the opportunity to have stable power supply", the ACN presidential flag bearer said.

In most cases, Ribadu explained that tuIbines neces­sary for the generation of elec­tricity were imported but aban­doned without heing taken to the sites where they were needed to

He submitted that an ACN Federal Government kuows what next to he done in Nigeria promising, ''we will not allow corruption. We shall run an bon­est administration".

ACN Warns Adeleke over Looming Crisis produce power.

1his situation, according to him, was compounded by the

He expressed joy at the large turn out of people at various reg­istration centres which he saw as he travelled to lla-orangun from Lagos and urged citizens to he patient as the exercise continues.

"Voters registration is a mile­stOne in the democratic process of a country. It is a critical step towards choosing leaders that are not selfish through the process. I believe a ne~ !'!!~~~~ -v..;i·:i:rG people's votes will cOunt. A new Nigeria will emerge", Ribadu assured.

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)

I 'OSUN .1 From Yinka Kolawole

inOsogbo

the company of his hordes of University of Technology insecurity in the Niger Delta prostitutes harassing the vil- (LAUTECH) was found to region whereby gas supply lall"rs lbat insisted they will have imported students with needed to run power plants not allow non-nativeS to regis- the intent of registering as' effectively had become short in ter. Even if ones position as a 'Ecomog voters'. Three of the supply. Senator entitles him to have arrested students were Power supply would h~v'.:

Osun Staie, Commissioner of Polic.e and the Director of State Security Services (SSS) to call Senator Isialca Adeleke and his ilk to order to avoid an

election. Additional inforrna- assess to police escort, instruc- detained at EiiQ'ho P{lli ... ~ ITnjTtuv·tii, accorciing to Ribadu, tion received by us info_nned tions sh~~!~ t~ ~~~td iliUl gianon ~n Saturday-;ve~i-;;~~ if the insecurity in the Niger

.L_ ~iiunineni oreakdown of la~ and order in the state.

In a release signed on behalf of the party by the Director of Research and Strategy, Hon. Sunday Akere, Osun ACN said it was wrong for Senator Adeleke to be going around registration units in both Ede North and Ede South in company of more than 10 fully armed policemen and thugs insisting on register­ing mercenary voters ahead of the 20 II general election.

~;t~~~tE!a~;::~~ ~:~~~£:~~:~::'~~~~ April Polls: Politicians Advised ~a:rn~~n~~r ~~~thpu~:~ Oth~e~:e~!?r~~f~te~port against Fictitious Petitions ~:';,~~:ee1~i~~~ as voters in ~j~~od~';,d ;~:.:~ Pf~:; Mtired judge of the Lag~s [: I.

He noted that around lOam 15,2011 about the PDP House State High Court, Justice __ LAGOS . yesterday morning Senator of Assembly candidate in Sunday Oladokun Ishola ,-"--,- ki nde Adeleke while not taking into Ejigbo State Constituency, Dr as advised Nigerian By AAinwure A ntu

by his friend as a complete gen­tleman and very diligent judge said while there may he peti­tions, it should be limited to a rare situation when parties are satisfied, the decision of the judge ought not he biased and not when counsel are trying to save their face from their clients.

cognisance his status as a for- Joshua Aworemi who using politicians to desist from ficti- the country forward. mer No. I citizen of the state his influence as a Lecturer at tious petitions during the com- . Justice Ishola gave the advise went to the said polling unit in the Ladoke Akintola ing elections in order to move on Sunday at a send-forth buf-

Clin Ch PI Ri P d o b 40rc fet/dinoer organised by com­o late ange unges ce ro 'uction y 0 mittee of friends to mark his

retirement from the Lagos State "Some of these petitions are

filed by counsel just to save their face from their clients.­They just want to tell their clients that they have done a velY good job because a~. Nigerians we never accept defeat. 1his is not done in some advanced countries.

According to Akere; Information made available to our party indicates that Senator Adeleke imported five buses load of prostitutes from Shogunle area of Lagos since Friday of January 14, 20 II with intent of registering them as voters in the coming

Ilg0S State Government yes-·

terday expressed concerns bout the impact of climate

change on crop and animal production in the state. saying global warming had clamped down rice production by 40 per­cent hetween 2009 and 2b 10.

Permanent Secretary of. the

Constitution: 'Presidenti~ Assent Victory for All Nigerians'

11e recent signing of the

. constitutl.· on (First Alteration) Act by President Goodluck Jonathan has

been described as a victory for all Nigerians, especially the civil . society groups, that have perse­vered in their constructive .engagements over the constitu­tional reform process.

Making the observation in Abuja yesterday. the Chairperson of Constitutional Reform Dialogue Mechanism (CRDM). Pmf. Patricia Donli. said the assent of the president has also brought the reform process to a logical··cooclusion and has laid to rest the contro­versy surrounding tlle necessity or otherwise of presidential assent.

Recalling the various intra­legislative crisis that have dogged the constitution review process at the. National

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Assembly over the past two years, Donli said the final assent of the president to the amended constitution was "a major mile­stone and an indication that con­stant and persistent engagement of the stakeholders in the demo­cratic process can produce posi­tive outcomes 11 •

She however urged the National Assembly to "carry on with the business of constitution­al reform in line with the aspira­tions of Nigerians."

In particular, the CRDM boss drew the National Assembly's attention to certain critical issues in the constitution, which she said, "have the potential to bring the nation to its knees".

State Varsity ASUU Calls-off Strike

Students of A. nambra State University (ANSU) may now have reason to heave a sigh of relief as its branch of the

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday

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called off its six months old strike that the state government was with an announcement of an given up to March this year to immediate resumption of academ- fully implement the conttuversial ic activities at both its VIi and ASUUlFederal Government Igbariam campuses. agreement of 2OJ9 which was the

The suspension of the pro- bone of contention in the first longed strike was a fallout of the place. branchASUU congress held at the It was also gathered that the Igbariam campus of the university union accepted the implementa-following the signing by the tion of the W% increment to their University Governing Council salaries offered by the state gov-Chairman, Pmf. Elochukwu emment in Novemher 2010 which Amucheazi the agreement would tenninate at the end of this hetween the union and the month. while the 100% increase Anambm State government after a would take effect from next long period of negotiation sin vol v- month-a reason the union gave ing leaders of thought in the state, the state government uptiII March traditional rulers and religious for the full implementation of the leaders. said agreement by the university

TIllS DAY checks revealed authority.

By GboyegaAkinsanmi

state Ministry of Agricultore, Dr. Yakub Basorun revealed this at a forum with journalists at the state secretariat, a situation he said "has been a source of con­cerns".

Basorun said rice production specifically suffered much set­back as a result of unceasing rainfall and flood, which the per­manent . secretary attributed to about 40 percent decline in the production.

He said the state "witnessed too much . flooding in 2010 which affected rice oroduction. There was lots of warming which went on in the northern hemisphere and brought in lots

of moisture in our land". But Basorun ackuowledged

that the rice production in the state had improved from 0.5 ton, which the permanent secretary said, the state used to prodUce before 2f:IY7 to a production of about 400 tons in 20 I(} \

He said: "We expect to yield 600 tons of paddy (raw rice) annually. When -processed, this can come up to about 400 tons of processed rice annually. 1his is equivalent to 8, 000 bags of rice per annum.

"Before our rice for job pr0-

gramme started, the yield on our land was SOOkg per hectare. Now we reap two tons of rice per hectare and that was when we were producing on 200 hectares. But the impact of glob­al warming has been enormous.

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High Court hench. He also urged the politicians

to learn to accept defeat like their counterparts in some advanced countries across the world.

According to him, since it is a kuown fact that when two par­ties are in court, one of the par­ties is bound to win, adding that a situation whereby every deci­sion made by the court is appealed against will amount to waste of time.

"I will advise our politicians to learn to accept defeat. They should kuow that when two parties are in court for a reason, defmitely, one must win. In Nigeria if you loose, you call a press conference. telling the world the' judge does not like your face or is biased and so on."

The retired judge described

Justice Ishola who said he did not have any regret serving on the Bench of the Lagos State Judiciary for almost 10 years also cornmended the state gov­ernment for taking care of the Judiciary.

"Lagos State government has heen very good to the Judiciary, to a large extent we are satisfied with the way we are heing treat­ed by both the state government and the Federal Government. So. I don't have any regret heing a judge.

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