Politics

PDP wil come out of its crisis stronger – Gov. Lawal

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By Iyabo Adebisi

Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal has declared that the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to back Rt. Hon. SKE Ude-Okoye remained valid, noting that the party would come out stronger from its crisis.

The Zamfara governor stated this in Ibadan when he paid a condolence visit to the governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, over the death of his brother, Sunday Makinde.

Governor Lawal maintained that the PDP needed to learn lessons from certain mistakes, noting that the resolution of the governors’ meeting in Delta showed that the party is making efforts to come out stronger to lead Nigeria to the promised land.

He said: “Concerning what is currently going on in the PDP; in politics, there are always issues. With what happened in Delta two days ago, it shows we are making waves to be back to the people to lead this country.

“We [governors] are the leaders of this party. We have a say and whatever we say is what would be implemented.

“There is nothing really wrong with the PDP. The ongoing crisis is normal and it happens like that in other parties too. So, it is nothing new. It is one of those things.

“This will make us even stronger because we need to learn from certain mistakes and that will be a learning process.”

Governor Lawal, who visited Makinde with some members of the cabinet, said: “Governor Makinde is my very good friend and it is an obligation for me to come and commiserate with him and his entire family on the loss of his older brother. I am also here with my team.

“Death is inevitable and we are here to comfort and tell him that we are with him in this trying moment.”

Governor Makinde also received the African Development Bank (AfDB) president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina; Minister of Livestock Development, Dr Idi Maiha and the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Livestock Development, Mr Idris Ajimobi; the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Musa Gusau and some members of the Board.

Addressing newsmen shortly after visiting Makinde, Dr Adesina, commiserated with the governor and his family.

He said: “He [Makinde’s older brother] passed away at such a young age. So, I came here to be with the governor and I pray that God would give him the strength and fortitude to bear the loss over the tragic loss. I just pray everything will go well.

“I also conveyed the condolences of my wife and the AfDB because he is a partner. May the soul of his brother rest in perfect peace.”

The NFF president, Gusau, equally commiserated with Governor Makinde, saying: “My words of encouragement to Governor Makinde is just to pray for him that God will give him the ability to contain this loss. To lose a senior brother at the age he died and at a moment like this is not something easy”.

The NFF president hinted that the Federation had been working with the Federal Ministry of Education with a view to restoring some tournaments towards developing football from the grassroots.

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Agriculture

AFDB Agro-Processing Project Delights Oyo Govt

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Governor Seyi Makinde has said that Oyo State Government is delighted with the prospects and potential of the African Development Bank, AFDB special agro-processing zone project sited in the state.

The governor, who made this statement while receiving a team of the AfDB at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, noted that the state was already moving in the direction of agro-processing in line with its agenda to expand the state’s economy through agribusiness.

Governor Makinde said the state was already witnessing a boom in the cassava value chain and that the prospect of the special agro-processing zone project was exciting.

He said: “I want to use this opportunity to welcome one of our own, Professor Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, back to Oyo State.

“The special agro-processing zone is very exciting to us here, and I am happy to let you know that we are already moving as a state as well.

“A few weeks back, we commissioned the second largest sorbitol plant in the world, owned by Psaltery International. That is one step further down in the cassava value chain, from cassava to fructose and then to Sorbitol.

“If you go to the neighbourhood of the plant in Ado-Awaye now, it is cassava all the way. In fact, once you get to Iseyin and move further, you will just see trucks carrying cassava all over the place and a few of the things they have asked us for, we are pushing.

“So, we are excited about the prospect of this project.”

Earlier, the team led by the Special Adviser on Industrialization to the AfDB president, Professor Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, stated that the process towards the building of the special agro-processing zone had been long, with Oyo State being one of the eight zones.

He expressed joy at being able to bring the project, which he said would be commissioned on October 24 and October 25, to fruition.

Professor Oyelaran equally commended the Oyo State Government for the support it gave the AfDB on the project, describing the governor as “an indefatigable champion of the project.”

He noted that apart from possessing the requirements to get into the programme, the state also had the best environmental laws and was one of only two states to have signed off with the Federal Government on the subsidiary loan agreement.

He said: “We have done quite a lot and it has been a long process. Oyo State has been one of the eight zones. By the way, we are in eighteen countries now, and I can tell you that the money budgeted for each of the zones is more than that of any other country. “And we have eight of such in Nigeria. So, it is for me a privilege to ensure that we bring it to fruition.

“I came here for us to make sure that the launching, which we have fixed for October 24th and 25th. Thank you so much for the support you have given us, as you have been an indefatigable champion of this project. As a matter of fact, when we first started, people were surprised we started from Oyo State.

“We have a criterion, which has about eight requirements. 

Iyabo Adebisi

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Igbimo Oluwadi Ti Yo Okun Ebi Lorun Omowe Adesina

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Iko awo oluwadi to je akose mose, eyiti Aare tele f’orileede Ireland, Mary Robinson lewaju ti ile adari ile ifowopamo idagbasoke ile Africa yan kankan nidi iwa ajebanu ti wonfikan.

Iko eleni meta naa, eyiti Arabinrin Robinson lewaju ni Adajo Agba Ile Gambia, Hassan Jallow, ati igbakeji Aare iko to nrisi iduroore banki agbaye, Leonard Mccarthy kosodi s’ope Omowe Akinwumi Adesina we yan kankan l’owo awon esun tawon asinjoba nigbere ipako fikan.

Omowe Adesina, na wo fesun oniruuru kan leyin ti esun awon olusin joba nigbere ipako jo sita sori afefe losu kerin.

Alakoso tele lorileede Nigeria naa lo ti ma nfi igbagbogbo sope ohun omowo mese ninu awon esun tiwon ti ka noun.

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African Development Bank, AFDB's Senior Director for Nigeria, Mr. Ebrima Faal and his team with Governor Kayode Fayemi
Agriculture Economy Politics

AfDB Team Visits Ekiti, Reiterates Support for Government

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The African Development Bank, AfDB, has promised to consider Ekiti State government requests for support in the areas of Agriculture and Infrastructural Development.

The AFDB’s Senior Director for Nigeria, Mr. Ebrima Faal, made this known in Ado Ekiti during a meeting between the technical team of the bank and Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi. 

He noted that the AfDB’s technical team was in Ekiti to finalise its decisions to assist in some sectors at a recent meeting between management of the bank and Ekiti state delegation led by Governor Fayemi held in Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire.

Mr. Faal explained that Ekiti state government had taken the right step by seeking partnership with the AfDB to address its infrastructural deficit to fast track the development of the state.

In a remark, Governor Kayode Fayemi told the delegation that his administration was ready to address infrastructural deficit and invest in agric business to provide jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the state.

The governor said his administration would always collaborate with development partners within and outside the country to facilitate more projects to the state. Tope Bamidele