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Arewa Pastors Non-Denominational Initiative for Peace, a Pan African Vanguard of Pastors from the 19 Northern states and the FCT, has urged the clergy to stop prophesying doom on Nigeria.
Bishop John Richard, National Chairman and Convener of the group, at a rally on Saturday, in Abuja, said the non-denominational initiative for peace, in collaboration with all ministers of God in Nigeria, gathered to end the 40 days prayer and fasting.
Richard said that in view of the prevailing security challenges in Nigeria, it convened a one million volunteer prayer warriors to pray for 40 days, and ask God for mercy, and intervene to end insecurity and calamities in Nigeria.
Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City, Okon Bassey in Uyo, Sylvester Idowu in Warri, Emmanuel Ugwu-Ogo in Umuahia, and James Sowole in Akure
Groups from oil-bearing communities in Abia, Delta, Edo and Ondo states have demanded an upward review of the three per cent host communities’ fund approved in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which was passed last Thursday by the National Assembly.
Clause 240 of the draft bill had proposed five per cent of the annual profit of the oil companies for host communities.
But shortly before passage, senators reduced the trust fund for host communities to three per cent.
But in an interview with THISDAY at the weekend, the President-General of Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Worldwide, Chief Moses Taiga, called for an objective, realistic and patriotic review of the fund to 10 per cent.
By Emmanuel Ugwu
For Mrs. Florence Ngozi Eluwa, pains have become second nature. The 57 year old mother of two doesn’t even know if and when she would be free from the pains ravaging her body. She has been enduring it for over a year now.
Mrs. Eluwa found herself in this pathetic condition due to kidney problem with complications which requires that she must undergo a kidney transplant procedure to stay alive. But the financial cost is well beyond her family as almost every money that comes in goes into payment for drugs and medical bills.
“We need help from public spirited Nigerians and organisations” pleaded Mr. Chibuike Benjamin Eluwa, the husband of the sick woman. “My wife has kidney problem and she needs a kidney transplant” to stay alive.
By Emmanuel Ugwu
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, yesterday inaugurated multiple road projects in the commercial city of Aba, warning that itâs a crime against the people in the state for his government to build low quality roads that would not be durable.
Speaking at the inauguration of Osusu Road in Aba, Ikpeazu noted that he had made it a point of duty to build high quality roads with minimum life span of 30 years.
He stated that most of the roads in Aba had been abandoned for more than 25 years, hence, it was imperative to employ rigid and appropriate technology in the rehabilitation of the roads that would benefit next generations.