Jonah stated this when he received a delegation of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers ( NSChE
), who paid him a courtesy check out at Government Property, Yenagoa.
He said that developing refineries and creating gear and elements in the nation would
go a long way to boost the regional content material and manpower base.
He emphasised the want to discourage reliance
on foreign equipment and components for the country’s industrial requires
and services. According to him, enabling Nigerian engineers to manage refineries and other
industrial requirements will raise the country’s Gross Domestic Product ( GDP )
and stimulate the economy. He mentioned he was delighted by the association’s determination to ensure the commencement of manufacturing in-nation.
Jonah also challenged the association to champion the advocacy for protected environment,
stressing that Nigerian waters specifically, had been not protected due to enormous pollution. "We can get items right when we commence thinking inwards, and get started making factors for ourselves. "I agree with you that Nigeria, currently, has the capacity to
deliver nearby refineries. If you produce gear locally, the amount that
you invest increases your GDP. "If you procure outside the country, you are adding to the GDP of other nations. "There are a number of benefits in creating factors locally.
That’s the only way we can create ourselves that is the only way we
can generate opportunities for the young ones,’’ Jonah mentioned.
Earlier in his remarks, Prof. Sunday Adefila, the National President of the
society, had said that the courtesy check out was element of
the activities of the Annual General Meeting/Conference scheduled for Friday
and Saturday in Port Harcourt.
Probably in Diden’s peculiar mindset, Okowa ‘is the most certified amongst the aspirants for the best job’ completely due
to the fact he has promised a ‘chop chop’
government according to Diden’s ‘Monkey will operate and Monkey will eat’ template.
Effectively, we are persons and not monkeys in Delta, and we take a rather deem
view of a government that will only come for the exclusive ‘settlement’ of a cabal in the corridors
of energy. This enticement to ‘come and chop’ only reveals the Okowa-Diden tag group as an unacceptable addition to the present
spate of unprecedented underdevelopment we are saddened to witness across
Delta below Governor Uduaghan. In any case, as to Okowa
being ‘the most qualified’ according to Diden, we naturally
assume that only an individual who is himself qualified to be Governor
would be able to validly make such a sweeping verdict.
Diden’s imperious assertion really should thus only be offered a second glance if Deltans think about Diden to be qualified to
be their Governor. Fortunately, Diden doesn’t want to be
our Governor, realizing complete well that he is morally, intellectually and politically not qualified.
What Diden wants to be - at least for now - is the Deputy Governor of Delta below Okowa.
This nevertheless returns us to the exact same challenge,
for according to the law, a man is only certified to be Deputy Governor if,
and only if, he is also qualified to be Governor.
Instructively, Evangelist Diden, whom we are entitled to hold up to a
incredibly high common of private and public morality, apparently wishes to
achieve his tall ambition through the shortcut of the back door.
To our utter bemusement, it appears Diden is warming up to transfer his
INEC registration from Koko in Warri North LGA, to Elume in Okpe LGA,
if he has not currently performed so! What a spectacular capper from a correct man of
God! Diden was Chairman, Warri North LGA and is presently Commissioner representing
the Itsekiri ethnic nationality on the board of the Delta State Oil
Producing Places Improvement Commission, DESOPADEC. He is
also the Chairman of Gelegele Neighborhood in Itsekiri land.
We come across it utterly bizarre that a pastor, of all
people, would be an Itsekiri man now and for completely political reasons, metamorphose into an Okpe man first point tomorrow morning.
When I genuinely think in miracles, I can even so solemnly
affirm that not even the sleekest cat in the entire world can be a leopard by day only to come to be a
lion in the middle of the evening. No one particular must ever be permitted to eat his cake and have
it, in this alarming manner of a greedy hunter. It is incontrovertibly a
macabre act of grotesque ungratefulness that his most
up-to-date stratagem amounts to using and dumping his fellow
Itsekiri as it suits him. We doubt that the Itsekiri race will take kindly to such ingratitude and permit Diden to bite the finger that fed him in this unconscionably audacious manner.
We can even so assure Diden that neither the Okpes
nor their fellow Urhobos will stomach such an insulting act of misguided braggadocio from
him. The former Chairman, Warri North LGA, present Chairman,
Gelegele Neighborhood and serving Commissioner representing the Itsekiri ethnic nationality on the DESOPADEC board,
cannot all of a sudden develop into an Urhobo man overnight to emerge from Delta
Central as Okowa’s running mate. If Diden ever had any Urhobo roots
and was ever proud of them, he really should have identified himself as an Urhobo man a long time
ago! By aligning himself with Diden in this disgusting manner, Okowa has only shot himself in the foot by unwittingly exposing his gross contempt for the Urhobo nation whom he had all along pretended to hold in the highest esteem.
These Urhobos who betrayed David Edevbie to vote for Okowa in the PDP primaries really should hide their faces
in shame. Most of us in Delta are now resolved to stand
for justice and locate this to be irredeemably inequitable.
Deltans unite your liberation is at hand!
The inauguration ceremony was performed by the President of NSE, Engr.
Adekunle Mokuolu, FNSE and supported by 11 robust delegations consisting
of Council and Exco members from Nigeria. The Chairman of the occasion President of NSE,
Engr. Engr. Dr. Chief Sunday Popo-Ola, MNSE was later sworn in as the Chairman of
NSE London Branch,15 new members had been inducted and certificates have been awarded to them.
In his inaugural speech, Dr. Popo-Ola, the new Chairman highlighted the need to have for NSE London Branch at
a time when Nigeria is seeking into its Diaspora Engineers to help create the
most needed infrastructures in the nation. NSE London Branch will harness all the experience, experiences and beneficial abilities
of all the Nigerian Engineers in the Diaspora to support to create and attract Foreign Direct Investment
to the nation, stated Engr. Historically, it was also in the UK, 60
years ago that some Nigerian engineers living in London led by the
founding father, Engineer Geoffrey Aiwerioba FNSE gave birth to the national umbrella organization for the Engineering Profession in Nigeria.
More than 70 dignitaries in attendance integrated Mr David Waboso, CBE.
And as a toast to their resolve, participants at the meeting backed and flagged off the Not- Too
-Young- To- Run campaign of the Youth Initiative for Advocacy and Advancement (YIAGA), a civil
society group primarily based in Nigeria. The theme of discussions centered on harnessing
young people’s meaningful participation in electoral
processes in Africa beginning with a detailed look at the continental and regional normative frameworks on youth participation in electoral processes.
Also deliberated, have been the difficulties of responsibility and civic participation in electoral
processes in Africa. Another bounty from the interactions is the creation of modalities for
constructing synergies with a clearly established platform for
sustained youth engagement. Panel speakers expressed the hope of the possibility of galvanizing youth
from West and Central Africa for a a lot more strategic and
productive engagement in the political life of their respective countries.
In his closing remarks created on behalf of the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, the acting
Head of the AU’s African Governance Architecture
(AGA), Ambassador Salah Ahmed harped on the need to share experiences learnt from the convergence.
About one hundred youth from the Western and Central
African area participated in the consultation meeting.
Ikere Ekiti is 1 of the biggest towns in Ekiti State and it is also the gateway to the state.
Ikere Ekiti is situated between two state capitals. The two
state capitals are Akure in Ondo State and Ado - Ekiti in Ekiti State respectively.
Ikere Ekiti is renowned and has a big landmark
in the Southern Senatorial District of Ekiti State.
Ekiti State comprises sixteen(16) neighborhood government regions Ekiti North
and Central Senatorial Districts share ten(10)
out of these neighborhood government regions when the South Senatorial District comprises only six(6) nearby governments hence making the
largest of the entire pack.
It is pretty unfortunate that in spite of the largeness and voting strength of the South Senatorial District, no Ekiti South(lkere) individual has turn into Ekiti governor considering that its
creation as a state. Mr Ayodele Fayose (Ekiti Central,2014
till date). With Mr Ayodele Fayose getting the existing governor, we believe
that there is no greater time for Ekiti South Senatorial District to display its capability and prowess in matters of political governance in the state
aside now. It is worthy of note that zoning of the presidential workplace and that of the governor is not identified in any
part of Nigerian constitution. We can not eradicate the
reality that some political parties in Nigeria evidently state this to make certain equity in the distribution of powers.
In view of this, Ikere getting a component of
South Senatorial District of the state joins the race of these agitating for the workplace of the
governor. These contestants are nicely educated, intelligent, prudent and regularly versed in Ekiti dialect.
DR. KOLAPO OLUBUNMI OLUSOLA ELEKA was born in ikere Ekiti to the family members
of Elder and Deaconess Olusola Ojo Eleka, Eleka’s compound in Ikere-Ekiti.
Before he was nominated and elected as deputy governor of
Ekiti State in 2014, Dr. Kolapo Olusola was an achieved lecturer in the Division of
Building, Obafemi Awolowo University, for the past twenty-3 (23) years.
Developing Structures within the past nine years right after acquiring his
PhD degree. He has severally served as External examiner in a lot of Universities
within the country. His analysis interests are mainly in the field of Alternative
Creating Supplies Improvement for Housing Building, Building Technologies and Structural Mechanics.
Abiodun Aluko popularly known as" Olu-Omo" of Ikere land joined the struggle
for the creation of Ekiti State in 1987 under the chairmanship of Chief Deji Fasuan. CHIEF JEREMIAH ADEBISI OMOYENI was born in Ikere Ekiti to the loved ones of Late Gabriel Omoyeni and
Mrs Bosede Omoyeni at oisa Ayelegun compound, Odo Oja, Ikere Ekiti on 16th January,
1958. Omoyeni also had two added postgraduate degrees.
He went to the University of Lagos to obtain Masters in Banking and Finance (MBF)
and International Law and Relation in 1991 and 1993 respectively.
Bisi Omoyeni has continued to excel in all his endeavors.
He had his first operate experience in life as a tangible teacher at both St.
Michael major college, Ise-Ekiti and L.A main college,
Ilawe-Ekiti. As a youth corps member with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation(NNPC) Lagos, he demonstrated remarkably as
an astute Administrator and specialist. However, he
lectured at the Polytechnic Ibadan, immediately
immediately after the National Service for a short period ahead of his foray into the private sector, exactly where he made his mark
as a banker of repute. A distinguished banker, Bisi Omoyeni reduce
his specialist teeth with Hogg Robinson Nigeria Ltd, Lagos where he began as a broker.
MR KOLAWOLA OLADIPUPO ALABI (KA) was born on the 23rd of November 1970 in Lagos to Chief S.S Alabi(The Eminiwa of Afao) Ikere
Ekiti and Mrs Bosede Florence Alabi (Nee Adu Adebayo of Odo Oja Ikere Ekiti).