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Nigeria: Governor El-Rufai Bans Fertiliser Allocation To Traditional Rulers, Politicians

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07/06/2015

Nigeria: Governor El-Rufai Bans Fertiliser Allocation To Traditional Rulers, Politicians

By Muhammad Ibrahim

Kaduna (Nigeria) – Governor of Kaduna State Northwest Nigeria, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has banned allocation of fertiliser to traditional rulers, politicians and other elites in the state.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Governor’s Special Assistant on Media, Samuel Aruwan.

The Governor also directed that fertilizer stocks should be sold directly to local farmers from designated sales points.

The Governor gave the directive when he paid an unscheduled visit to the fertilizer warehouse of Kaduna State Ministry of Agriculture at Dankande village along Kaduna-Zaria Express Way.

“The Governor has directed that all allocation of fertilizer products to traditional rulers, government officials and prominent politicians in the state be stopped with immediate effect.

“Fertiliser should be sold directly to interested local farmers from designated sales points that are publicly announced and are accessible.

“The Governor made it clear that his administration will not condone injustice and acts of discrimination that disadvantaged ordinary citizens.

“The Governor directed the Ministry of Agriculture to make more fertilizer available for sale in order to avoid the sort of scarcity that can introduce corruption into the distribution process.

” He said fertilizer procurement should not be made an ordeal for farmers.” The statement says.

Kaduna Vaccinates 3 Million Children Against Polio

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Kaduna Vaccinates 3 Million Children Against Polio

By Mohammad Ibrahim

Kaduna (Nigeria) – Kaduna State Primary Health Care Agency (SPHCA) have put in place arrangement to vaccinate all children between 0-5 years in the state against poliomyelitis.

This is in line with the Commencement of June 2015 vaccination campaign in the state.

A statement by Secretary of Journalists against Polio (JAP) Kaduna State Chapter, Lawal Dogara quoted the outgoing Chief of the Agency, Dr. Sufiyan Muawuyya Babale saying 3 million children were being targeted.

According to JAP, “the Agency have already distributed vaccliomyelitisines to all the 23 Local Government Areas of the state for success of the exercise.”

The Agency have further “commended effort of traditional rulers and religious leaders for their role in eradicating the virus in the state.”

It urged them to re-double efforts for the overall success of the exercise.

JAP Secretary also tasked parents to give all needed support to staff of the agency, by ensuring that their children of between 0-5 years were vaccinated against polio.

The statement urged “parents to ensure that no child is left out during the exercise scheduled for June 4 – 11, 2015.”

The statement also commended Development Partners for their role in eradicating polio and other child killer diseases.Po

Kaduna Hosts First Nigerian Open Badminton Championship

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05/06/2015

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Kaduna Hosts First Nigerian Open Badminton Championship

By Anang Bako

Kaduna (Nigeria) – The Kaduna Exclusive Badminton Club in Northwest Nigeria is to host the maiden edition of the All Nigeria Open Badminton Championship from June 9.

Chairman and Coordinator of the Club, Usman Usman, who said the event will hold from June 9 to June 13, added that the competition will hold at the club house, in Kaduna.

“This event is being staged to hunt for new talents and grassroots players during the championship .

“The theme for the championship is: Host the Nation.“

The Chairman said some 400 players from the 36 states and the FCT are expected to participate in the tournament.

“We are expecting a total of 400 players including active and veterans in the competition”

He further said the competition is sponsored by the Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO).

Nigeria: Kaduna Refinery Marks World Environment Day

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Nigeria: Kaduna Refinery Marks World Environment Day

By Muhammad Ibrahim

Kaduna (Nigeria) – Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, KRPC, on Friday marked 2015 World Environment Day in Kaduna, Northwest Northwest.

The company also launched three policies aimed at improving staff health, safety and its environmenThe policies launched were Catering Policy, Drug and Alcohol Policy and Journey Management Policy.

These policies seeks to achieve among other things, improving the health of staff, increase in productivity, lower rates of absenteeism and increase in physical capacity.

It will also improve energy levels and mental alertness, improve moral and working atmosphere, reduce stress and anxiety and create a positive corporate image for KRPC.

The Managing Director of KRPC, Saidu A. Mohammed announced this at the event to mark the World Environment Day.

The theme for this year’s celebration: “Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet, Consume with Care” aimed at sustainable consumption and production.

Mohammed observed that, if current consumption and production patterns remain the same, the world will need three planets to sustain living standard and consumption.

The MD, represented by Executive Director Service, EDS, Idi Mukhtar, described the situation as alarming and suggested the need for concerted effort by everyone to change the trend.

“Today, KRPC is set to deploy policies that will guide our consumption pattern in consonance with the 2015 WED theme.

“calls for evaluation of consumer habits: how we shop , eat and travel,” he said.

He said the Slogan of NNPC emphasizes on touching lives in many positive ways, saying “it shows Management’s resolve at ensuring that our activities do not impact negatively on our environment.

“It is in light of this that the NNPC in its transformation drive towards making our great Corporation and international oil and gas company launched the Health, Safety and Environment Management System across the entire NNPC.

“One of the thrust of the HSE-MS is to show that environment, safety and occupational health hazards are evaluated and managed in accordance with international standards such as ISO 14001:2004.

“I implore you all to help save our planet by evaluating the ways we consume, shop, eat, travel, generate and dispose waste,” he added.

A paper: “Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet, Creating a Better Tomorrow Through a Conscious Today,” was presented by Dr Yahaya Saleh from Department of Environmental Science, Kaduna Polytechnic.

Fiji to Kick-Off Largest Ever In-Depth Survey of Global Public Opinion on Climate Change

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05/06/2015

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Fiji to Kick-Off Largest Ever In-Depth Survey of Global Public Opinion on Climate Change

Kaduna (Nigeria) – 10,000 citizens representing a cross section of society in 79 countries will meet on Saturday to make their voices heard in the international climate change negotiations leading to Paris, France this December.

Groups of around one hundred citizens per location will attend daylong meetings to deliberate on some of the most important issues facing the world today: climate and energy.

Preliminary results from this unique event will be presented next week (10 June) at the June sessions of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) taking place in Bonn, Germany in advance of the UN climate conference (COP 21) 2015, and at several other key meetings over the coming key months.

From dawn in Fiji to dusk in Arizona
With 100 debates worldwide and 79 participating countries, World Wide Views on Climate and Energy is going to be the largest ever global citizen consultation on climate change.

Beginning at dawn in Fiji and ending at dusk in Arizona, at least 100 citizens in each location, reflecting the demographic diversity of their country or region will discuss issues of climate change and vote on an identical set of questions.

The results from this voting will be published immediately on http://climateandenergy.wwviews.org/results/, making it possible for everyone to follow live the statements of lay citizens to the challenges confronting policy makers at COP 21 – and to compare the views of citizens in different countries and groupings relevant for these negotiations.

How concerned are the citizens about the impacts of climate change? Should policy makers decide in Paris to do whatever it takes to limit global warming – or be less ambitious? Should a Paris agreement be legally binding for all countries, or only for some? And how do the answers to these questions differ between citizens in developed and least develop countries – or between people living in islands and the whole world as such?

Voting on well informed basis
The simultaneous meetings around the world will focus on five thematic sessions:
* Importance of tackling climate change
* Tools to tackle climate change
* UN negotiations and national commitments
* Fairness and distribution of efforts
* Making and keeping climate promises

Prior to the meetings, all citizens have received an information booklet about pros, cons and views on different climate and energy policies, targets and measures.

On the day, a short video will introduce each theme. After discussing the actual theme, the citizens will vote on the questions related to it.

How to follow the voting and results live
Visit http://climateandenergy.wwviews.org/results/ to follow the voting live. As the meetings go on in nearly all time zones, the results will come in during more than 24 hours. On June 5, the information booklet and videos will be published at the web page http://climateandenergy.wwviews.org/project-essentials/. On June 6, the questions will be available here as well.

Unique contribution to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
The initiative has received France’s official COP 21 label, and it is an important contribution to the awareness raising efforts of the Convention, underlining the need of public participation in addressing climate change and its effects and developing adequate responses.

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, said: “This is a unique engagement with men and women, with adults and teenagers from countries world-wide coming together to share their ideas and crystalize their opinion on one of the greatest challenges of this generation”.

“I hope that decision makers will find this initiative an important echo chamber of citizens’ concerns, hopes and aspirations for the kind of world they want for themselves and their children. It is also an important contribution to galvanizing public understanding of what can often seem a highly complex topic, but one that goes to the heart of everyone’s lives. I look forward to presenting the preliminary results next week in Bonn and at a press conference on June 10,”she added.

Nigeria: Group Urges El-Rufai To Introduce Budget Line For Childbirth Spacing

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04/06/2015

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By Muhammad Ibrahim

Kaduna (Nigeria) – A Non Governmental Organisation, Initiative For Social Sector Advocacy (ISSA) has called on all the 23 Local Government Areas in Kaduna state, Northwest Nigeria to promptly release on annual basis, the N2million budgetary allocation in respect of Child Birth Spacing.

The Group also urged Governor Nasir El-Rufai to introduce a budget line for Child Birth Spacing at the state level, which it says is missing.

ISSA disclosed this in a statement signed by its Chairman, Malam Shehu Muhammad Makarfi and Secretary, Hajiya Hafsat Mohammed Baba respectively.

The Group assured the State Government of its readiness to cooperate in ensuring positive change and improvement of service delivery, especially in the area of health.

It commended Nigerians for conducting free and fair elections, which is a genuine demonstration of the desire for positive Change in all sphere of lives.

“ISSA hereby calls on the incoming governments at various levels to pay greater attention to the Social Sector, particularly the Health of Nigerian women and those within the reproductive age.

“And adopt preventive measures that will promote good Health and governance,”

The Group also urged all elected officials to deliver on their promises and the wisdom and capacity to respond to the aspirations and expectations of the people.

Nigeria: Governor El-Rufai Sacks Board Chairmen, Political Appointees

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04/06/2015

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Nigeria: Governor El-Rufai Sacks Board Chairmen, Political Appointees

By Mohammad Ibrahim

Kaduna (Nigeria) – Governor of Kaduna State, northwest nigeria, Nasir El-Rufai has dissolved heads of all Boards, Parastatals and Agencies in the state.

Similarly, all political appointees, including chief executives that are not civil servants, have also been relieved of their appointments with immediate effect.

This was contained in a statement signed by Secretary to State Government, Balarabe Abbas Lawal made available to newsmen in the state.

According to the statement, the directive includes sole administrators of all the 23 local government areas of the state.

Others are Secretaries of Development Areas appointed by previous administration.

Special Advisers and Special Assistants were also affected by the notice.

The notice directs most senior officials in the affected parastatals and agencies to take over affairs of such places until further instructions were issued.

Security agents and all public servants have been advised to treat any of the affected persons who purports to still be in office as a trespasser indulging in unauthorised entry.

Nigeria: Senate Passes Sexual Offences Bill Into Law

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03/06/2015

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Nigeria: Senate Passes Sexual Offences Bill Into Law

The Senate on Wednesday passed the Sexual Offences Bill, 2015 which prescribes life imprisonment for rapists and those who have sexual intercourse with children under 11 years.

The passage of the bill followed the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Chaired by Sen. Umaru Dahiru (APC Sokoto-South).

Presenting the report, Dahiru said the passage of the bill would give legal backing for the prosecution of sexual offenders.

He said if approved, rapists and those who sexually abuse children would bag life imprisonment while other sexual offenders would also be sentenced to serve various prison terms.

The President of the Senate, Sen. David Mark, expressed delight on the efforts of the committee to evolve a stronger law against sexual violations,

“I want to particularly thank and congratulate Sen. Chris Anyanwu, the sponsor of the Bill for the passage for initiating the process of this amendment,’’ Mark said.

Speaking to newsmen after plenary, Anyanwu (APGA Imo East) said the passage of the bill was a parting gift from her to the public.

“It is indeed a fulfilment of my mission in the Upper Chamber,’’ she said.

She listed some of the sexual offences captured by the bill to include gang rape, lacing drinks with drugs with intent to sexually abuse, deliberately infecting partner with HIV and other diseases.

Others, according to her, include child sex tourism, sexual harassment and prostitution of persons with mental disabilities.

She said the bill had mandated the storing of names of sexual offenders in database for institutional and social discrimination.

“Culprits would never be employed in any institution where they may pose a risk to unsuspecting persons. You can see that the penalties are weighty,’’ she said.

She also said convicted offenders would be subjected to compulsory medical examination, while “those that, however, bring false sexual allegation against any person will also be liable for punishment.’’

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