#SAY NO TO SOCIAL MEDIA BILL" PROTESTS HOLD IN NIGERIA THIS WEDNESDAY

A Nationawide protest against the proposed Social Media Bill Holds today wednesday

Information gathered says the protest shall take place at all states legislature in the 36 states of the federation and the National Assembly

The plan to introduce social media Bill months ago has sparked nationwide condemnation, especially from those who think the move is a strategy to gag the media 

However some groups have release Numbers of Nigerian senators for Nigerians to persuade them not to pass the bill into an act.

*Here are the contacts of the current senators in Nigeria..* 

ABIA

Sen. E. Abaribe

08033129452 | enyiabaribe@yahoo.com 

Sen. O. Kalu

08034000001 | okalu@orjikalu.com

Sen. T. Orji

07082800000 | senatortaorji@gmail.com

ADAMAWA

Sen. B. Yaroe

08034050460 | bdyaroe@gmail.com 

Sen. I. Abbo

08066285112 | faradugun@gmail.com

Sen. A. Ahmed

aishatu.ahmed@nass.gov.ng

AKWA IBOM

Sen. B. Akpan

08055555188 | akpanalbert@hotmail.com

Sen. A. Eyakenyi

08035054282 | konssie@yahoo.com

Sen. C. Ekpeyong

08027785234 | chrisekpesg@yahoo.com

ANAMBRA

Sen. I. Ubah

09096655596 | senatorifeanyiubah@gmail.com 

Sen. E. Uche

08037620002 | u.ekwunife@yahoo.com

Sen. A. Oduah

08055084340 | senatorstella@gmail.com

Sen. H. Jika

08038666690 | jikahalliru@gmail.com

Sen. A. Bulkachuwa

adamu.bulkachuwa@nass.gov.ng 

Sen. L. Gamau

lawal.gumau@nass.gov.ng

BAYELSA

Sen. O. EWHRUDJAKPO

09031352791 | ogagadick@gmail.com

Sen. D. Diri

08036668698 | douyediri@gmail.com

Sen. D. Wangagra

degi.wangagha@nass.gov.ng

BENUE

Sen. E. Orker-Jev

emmanuel.orkerjev@nass.gov.ng

Sen A. Morro

08068870606 | abahmoro@yahoo.com

BORNO

Sen. A. Kyari

abubakar.kyari@nass.gov.ng 

Sen. K. Shettima

08034459047 | kashimshettima@gmail.com

Sen. M. Ndume

08109480004 | mohammed.ndume@nass.gov.ng

CROSS RIVER

Sen. R. Oko

rose.oko@nass.gov.ng 

Sen. G. Bassey

08034444555 | gershombassey@gmail.com 

Sen. S. Onor

08030998460 | irunandu@yahoo.com

DELTA

Sen. O. Omo-Agege

07033399937 | senator.ovieomoagege@gmail.com

Sen. J. Manager

08143103829 | jamesmanager2013@gmail.com 

Sen. P. Nwaoboshi

08037200999 | pnwaoboshi@yahoo.com

EDO

Sen. C. Ordia

08038403877 | engineercliffordordia@gmail.com

Sen. F. Alimikhena

08155555884 | falimikhena@yahoo.com 

Sen. M. Urhoghide

08033855557 | matthewurhoghide@yahoo.com

EKITI

Sen. A. Adeyeye

08023051100 | dadeyeye34@gmail.com

Sen. O. Adetumbi

08064487689 | senator.adetunmbi@gmail.com 

Sen. M. Bamidele

080911112 | amicusng@gmail.com

ENUGU

Sen. C. Nnamani

08022255522 | ebeanoglobal875@gmail.com 

Sen. Ikweremadu

08075757000 | ikeekweremadu@yahoo.com  

Sen. C. Utazi

chukwuka.utazi@nass.gov.ng

GOMBE

Sen. A. Kilawangs

amos.kilawangs@nass.gov.ng 

Sen. D. Mohammed

07068686699 | mdgoje1@gmail.com

Sen. S. Alkali

08026032222 | saidualkali905@gmail.com

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Please if you are against the SOCIAL MEDIA BILL,send an email to the  various members of the NASS above .Rebrocast it to all your contacts.Lets use people's power to stop the  Bill

# SAY NO TO SOCIAL MEDIA BILL#

Dangote, Elumelu, others to receive Productivity Order of Merit award

The Federal Government will on Thursday confer the National Productivity Order of Merit Award on Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote; chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, and the Chairman of Channels TV, John Momoh among others.  

 According to @Dailytrust Newspapers,  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. 

  Ngige said that 25 individuals and 7 organisations were drawn from all sectors of the economy to be conferred with the National Productivity Order of Merit Award (NPOM).  

  He noted that the award has created desired competitive spirit among government officials at the Federal, State, Local government levels and the private sector who constantly strive to improve productivity.    

The awardees also include Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Chief Richard Onwuka Egbule, Deputy Corps Marshal Ojeme Ewhrudjakpor, Aishatu Abubakar, Hajia Vivian Idama, Georgina Ekpeoma Ehuriah, Prof Hussaini Doko Ibrahim, Abubakar Mamu, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd), Ahmed Umar Farouk, Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun and Prof. Benjamin Ozumba.    Also on the list are Chief Nabila Ahmed Saleh, Lawal Aliyu, Al-Hassan Saleh Yakmut, Comrade Bobboi Kaigama, Leonard Nnamdi Ekeh, Sam Omatseye, and Oba Otudeko.    

 Others include Casers Group, Vintage Farms and Products, Dufil Prima Foods plc, Dozzy Oil and Gas, Krisoral Group, Kpakpando Foundation for People with Disabilities and Reynold Construction Company.    Ngige added that just as the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is committed to the overall socioeconomic growth and development of the nation in order to improve the standards of living, “the government is therefore conscious of the critical place of productivity in the realization of the Next Level agenda.”   He further directed all states governors to preside over the ceremonies (the National Productivity Day) as it is expected to be simultaneously observed at the all 

NIGERIA'S VICE PRESIDENT SUPPORTS SEX OFFENDERS PROSECUTION AT STATES LEVELS, FOR BEST RESULT

Nigeria's Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to intensify the engagements of state governments across the country, in order to deepen advocacy against gender based violence and strengthen official efforts to prevent it.

  

The vice president stated this on Tuesday while receiving the Liberian activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for non-violent struggle, safety and women's rights Leymah Gbowee

 

According to Osinbajo driving prosecution for sex offenders is best done at the state level, particularly strengthening the States to do so at the National Economic Council.

 

He emphasized the need for States to exercise political will in order to get the desired results, as well as provide the necessary funding to implement, working together with the private sector.

 

On the Sex Offenders Register, Prof Osinbajo said it was something that needed a lot of attention, changing the orientation of men in particular, to understand it’s a campaign that must be championed by men”

 

Earlier in her remark Mrs. Gbowee noted the prevalence of rape in and out of conflict zones with impunity across Africa, stating that the successful launch of the sex offenders register in Nigeria is a huge milestone and Nigeria has set the precedence for other African countries to follow.

Mrs. Gbowee who is visiting Nigeria, gave the keynote address at the launch of the sex offenders register organized by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) On Monday

Federal University Of Technology Akure, Expels Six Students for Bullying Mate

The Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has expelled six students For Assaulting their  fellow student. 

 According to @officialaitnews This was confirmed in a statement signed by the institution's Deputy Director, Corporate Communications of Futa,Adegbenro Adebanjo .

The statement said the expulsion is sequel to the recommendation of an investigative panel which probed the incident that took place in an off campus hostel on Saturday, November 16, 2019. 

A video had gone viral Earlier this month where six students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) brutalised one of their colleagues .

The Expelled students are  Popoola Olaniyi ,Oluwadare Tobiloba , Nandi  Jessica, Ajuwon Tolani,Emmanuel Funmilayo  and  Alao Olabimpe

The statement said the expulsion is in line with the position of Page 48 of the 2019/2020 Students Handbook which prescribes expulsion from the University for Students who engage in Physical assault or battery on another student outside the university premises.

It said the punishment meted out to the affected students is not to pander to the justifiable public outcry that greeted their odious act but in tandem with the rules and regulations as contained in the Students Code of Conduct as stipulated in the University Handbook and oath of Matriculation which all students are made to sign and subscribe to. 

Sacking of four workers draws angry reactions at Google

Google on Monday fired four employees on the grounds they violated data security policies, prompting ire among colleagues concerned it was retaliation for worker organising.

According to PUNCH Nigeria, One of the workers fired was connected to a petition against Google working with the US immigration and border patrol agency. She confirmed her firing in a message posted on Twitter.

A memo to employees titled “Securing our data” sought to correct what it contended was misinformation about the purported wrongdoing, saying it involved “systematic searches for other employees’ materials and work,” according to reports by US media.

Google, the money-making engine of parent company Alphabet, confirmed a copy of the note published by Bloomberg but declined to comment further.

However, a Medium account connected to a massive walkout by Google employees last year argued that the four workers were fired in an attempt to crush efforts to organise staff.

“Four of our colleagues took a stand and organised for a better workplace,” read the post by Google Walkout for Real Change.

“When they did, Google retaliated against them.”

Authors of the post contended that Google policies on data security were tightened to provide cover for getting rid of workers involved in efforts to unionise.

“They think this will crush our efforts, but it won’t,” the Medium post said.

One of the most powerful companies in the world wouldn’t be retaliating against us if collective action didn’t work.”

The Google workplace, long seen as a blend of fun, goodwill and free food, has been disrupted by employee opposition to top-level decisions, ranging from making contracts with the military to tailoring a version of the search engine for China and the handling of sexual misconduct allegations.

Google employees poured out of buildings at the company’s Mountain View, California, campus a year ago, filling courtyards and patios in solidarity with co-workers who staged similar demonstrations at offices in countries around the world to protest the company’s handling of sexual misconduct.

Uber Loses London Licence

Transport for London revoked the cab-hailing app's right to work in London after finding that at least 14,000 trips were made with drivers, who were different to the ones shown on the app.

Ride-hailing giants, Uber, has been stripped of its licence to operate in London, United Kingdom, over its failure to stop unlicensed and uninsured drivers.

According to SAHARAREPORTER, Transport for London revoked the cab-hailing app's right to work in London after finding that at least 14,000 trips were made with drivers, who were different to the ones shown on the app.

A change in the company's systems allowed unauthorised drivers to upload their photographs to legitimate Uber driver accounts, the transport body said. 

The company now has 21 days to mount an appeal and can continue to operate during that time. 

It will have to convince a court it is 'fit and proper' by the time of the appeal. 

Announcing the decision, TfL's Director of Licensing, Helen Chapman, said, “As the regulator of private hire services in London, we are required to make a decision today on whether Uber is fit and proper to hold a licence.

“Safety is our absolute top priority. While we recognise Uber has made improvements, it is unacceptable that Uber has allowed passengers to get into minicabs with drivers who are potentially unlicensed and uninsured.

“It is clearly concerning that these issues arose, but it is also concerning that we cannot be confident that similar issues won't happen again in future.”

The move could end up seeing the app's 45,000 drivers looking for other ways to make money, and thousands of customers searching for alternative apps, according to Daily Mail

NDLEA Elevates 2, 788, Redeploys 406

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has approved the promotion of 2, 788 of its personnel and has redeployed 406 others. 

In a statement by the chairman and chief executive of the NDLEA, Retired Coloniel  Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah and signed by  the Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, Jonah Achema , the promotion exercise as well as the redeployment cut across both Narcotic Agent and Narcotic Officer Cadres. 

A total of 290 Chief Superintendent Officers have been promoted to Assistant Commanders of Narcotics, 529 Superintendent of Narcotics were moved to Chief Superintendent of Narcotics and 673 Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics have been promoted to Superintendent of Narcotics. 

Others promoted are 115 Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics now promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics while 662 Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics TWO,  have now moved to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics ONE.

 Others within the rank and file promoted are 519 in number, Which include those promoted on account of additional qualification, special promotion and upgrading.

NDLEA Chairman has urged the officers and men to see their promotion as a call to higher service and to continue to distinguish themselves and put in their best in the service of the Agency and the nation.

 The NDLEA Chairman noted that the exercise was started in phases and that this final phase has succeeded in normalizing the structural disjointedness of the workforce. 

He said The promotion exercise followed the completion of the process set in motion by the Agency to address the lingering backlog of promotion in the Agency. 

FULL PRESS RELEASE IS BELOW:

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

(NDLEA)

 

Press Release

NDLEA elevates 2, 788, redeploys 406.

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has approved the promotion of 2, 788 of its personnel and has redeployed 406 others. The promotion exercise as well as the redeployment cut across both Narcotic Agent and Narcotic Officer Cadres. 

A total of 290 Chief Superintendent Officers have been promoted to Assistant Commanders of Narcotics, 529 Superintendent of Narcotics were moved to Chief Superintendent of Narcotics and 673 Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics have been promoted to Superintendent of Narcotics. 

Others promoted are 115 Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics now promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Narcotics while 662 Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics II have now moved to rank of Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics I. Others within the rank and file promoted are 519 in number. This includes those promoted on account of additional qualification, special promotion and upgrading.

Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (Rtd.) Chairman/Chief Exective, NDLEA, has urged the officers and men to see their promotion as a call to higher service and to continue to distinguished themselves. “The exercise is expected to spur the benefitting officers and men to put in their best in the service of the Agency and the nation.” He noted that the exercise was commenced in phases and that this final phase has succeeded in normalizing the structural disjointedness of the workforce. 

The promotion exercise followed the completion of the process set in motion by the Agency to address the lingering backlog of promotion in the Agency. In the process, the Agency interfaced with the Office of the Head of Service which approved a new Scheme of Service for the Agency in line with 2019 Establishment Rules. 

The Scheme of Service, geared towards professionalizing the Agency has made provision for a new ranking structure of three (3) cadres which are: Narcotic Assistant Cadre, Narcotic Agent Cadre and superintendent of Narcotic Cadre.

Earlier, six officers of the rank of Commander of Narcotics, CN, were promoted to the rank of Assistant Commander General of Narcotics, ACGN. The Agency equally elevated a total of 1, 311 staff, made up 1, 291 staff within the rank and file and 20 others converted to officer cadre in the first phase of the promotion exercise.

The redeployment affected 24 command officers, 198 superintendent cadre officers and 114 other ranks. It is expected that the movement will boost morale of officers and men who must have overstayed in one duty post leading to declining productivity and exposure to hazards.

Jonah Achema, ACN

Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs

08059356041

PRESIDENT BUHARI STATES STRONGLY THAT RELIGION CAN'T NOT BE ALLOWED TO CREATE DIVISION IN NIGERIA.

President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Monday when he received the Tijjaniyya Muslim Religious Movement  expressed the determination of his administration to forge a strong, prosperous and united Nigeria,  from the religious diversity and ethnic communities in the country.

Receiving Religious Movement at the State House, President Buhari lauded the prevalence of mutual understanding among the followers of the two major religions in the country, Islam and Christianity.

President Buhari in a statement by his senior special assistant on media and publicity Garba Shehu, told leaders of the delegation, made up mostly    Senegalese, that the Tijjaniyya religious order was not new to him or to Nigerians, citing specific communities around him who practised its doctrines  and commended them for being orderly, peaceful and constructive.

The Nigerian leader welcomed the prayers of the religious group for his wellbeing and for the peace and progress in Nigeria.

He urged them to convey his best wishes to President Macky Sall of Senegal, saying: “ I assure you that  I am very close to your President. He addresses me as ‘Baba’,’’.

The leader of the delegation, Sheikh Muhammad Lamin Inyas, son of one of the greatest Muslim religious Leaders in West Africa, Sheikh Ibrahim Inyas said their father brought them up to love and appreciate his large following in Kano and Nigerian cities.

The delegation prayed for the realization of best wishes and aspirations of President Buhari, and for unity and solidarity among the universal followers of the religion.

THE WITCHCRAFT CONFERENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA, NIGERIA

The Need to Maintain Religious Freedom and Tolerance of Varied Beliefs can not be over emphasized 

An Abuja-based Lawyer and human rights activist,Executive Director
Citizens Advocacy for Social & Economic Rights (CASER) Frank Tietie talks more on this issue in the write up below... 

The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has been reported to have cancelled the venue for the scheduled Witchcraft Conference which was initiated by the Professor B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research.

The cancellation of the event by the authorities of UNN has been attributed to the several protests by some Christian groups and individuals who are vehemently opposed to holding such a conference on what they consider as such an obnoxious subject matter as witchcraft. 

The actions of the university and those opposed to the conference on religious grounds are a reflection of the un-progressive and intolerant atmosphere which exists in the supposed prime Nigerian university.

A university should maintain a liberal thinking atmosphere that accommodates hypothetical constructs however strange or they may be. The all-important subject of chemistry was preceded by alchemy which was once considered in medieval times as mysticism or plain magic.

The Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa and the likes of Ebohon once contested on the right to host a witchcraft meeting in Benin City. There is no recall of placards or posters on the streets of the ancient city calling for cancellation or boycott of the meeting. Declarations were simply made on both sides and the rest was decided by events that followed the declarations.  In the long run, the Arch Bishop won more converts for the Christian faith by that opportunity.

Sound Christian theology has in recent times been replaced by a preoccupation with the activities of dark powers, including witchcraft, to which has been attributed several misfortunes and setbacks being experienced by individuals who struggle to understand  what they consider as strange happenings in their lives.

It is strange that some Nigerian Christians who often complain of being marginalised by their Moslem compatriots in some circumstances, that they not being allowed to practise and preach the Christian message freely in some places in Northern Nigeria, would now actively resist other Nigerians from exercising the religious freedom which they as Christians also require to advance Christian evangelism throughout Nigeria. 

It is bad and highly un-christian to deprive anyone the constitutional right to express one’s beliefs however  strange such beliefs may be. The Lord and Master Jesus Christ epitomised love for all human beings and “went about doing good and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil.” The power of the Christian message is twofold.  It is the sacrificial love that drove the Lord Jesus Christ to die on the cross and the inscrutable and mysterious resurrection might that brought him to life after three days in the grave.

On the contrary, we have a generation of Christians that are so afraid of the works of the devil would easily resort to carrying placards and launching protests against civil rights to express contrary beliefs. Christians who often adopt conventional means either to advance or defend the Christian faith have forgotten the admonition in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 New Living Translation (NLT) that:  “We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.”

In a progressive and liberal institution like the University of Benin (UNIBEN) of the days of Alele-Williams or Andrew Onokerorhaye, that university would take pride in pioneering an attempt at a  scientific deconstruction of the myth of witchcraft to which many strange happenings have been attributed.  In fact, radical Christian students of that era would be the first to sign up for such a Witchcraft Conference with the intention of either learning some secrets  or hoping to throw up some sound intellectual challenge that would attempt to make nonsense of such a conference with its arguments.

A university environment should encourage liberal thinking in the arts and sciences. Religious contests should be left for purveyors and adherents  of religion in the larger society. They have their ways of settling scores without resort to intellectualism. 

The authorities of the UNN are encouraged to allow the Witchcraft Conference to hold while the Christians should brace up to reaffirm the basis of their faith “and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear - 1 Peter 3:15 King James Version (KJV)

"RESIGN OR I SACK YOU! -DELTA STATE GOV. IFEANYI OKOWA THREATEN NON-COMMITED HEALTH WORKERS

Delta State Governor, Senator  Ifeanyi Okowo has threatened to sack health workers in the state who have resulted to laziness and show poor commitment to their responsibilities 

Governor Okowa who also advised the non-committed health workers to chose whether resign or allowed to be sacked was speaking in Asaba, the state capital at a meeting with medical officers of Primary Healthcare centres, towards recording full routine immunization coverage for the state

The Governor who also met with chairmen of the twenty five local government areas over the poor performance of the state in routine immunization 

Okowa is furious and said it is unacceptable for Delta state to be one of the four states in the country that recorded zero performance in immunization coverage

The oil-rich state governor charge both the local government chairmen and the health workers to reset their commitment and not allow themselves to be seen toying with the lives of children, as non-immunization may lead to serious health implication in the future

"...please as local government chairmen, pay unscheduled visits to healthcare centres, to keep workers on their toes..."