In only forty years, Ashiru Olatoye Olaniyan II, the Olobu of Ilobu, has steered the hitherto rural community, towards growth and development, in the process forging an uncommon sense of pride and belonging among indigenes For Oba Ashiru Olatoye Olaniyan II, the Olobu of Ilobu, 40 years as a traditional ruler is…
Profile of A Thoroughbred Administrator
Honourable Murtala Adamu, Mutawallen Jangebe, chairman, ZSUBEB, was the deputy speaker Zamfara State House of Assembly between 2007 and 2011. Initially, he was chief whip (2003), and later chairman, Appropriation and Finance Committee of the House in 2007. He assumed the leadership of ZSUBEB with a wealth of experience both academically and career-wise. Honourable…
‘Developing Human Resources Is Our Priority At ITF’
When Professor Longsmas Sambo Wapmuk assumed the leadership of the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, in 2006, as director-general/chief executive officer, DG/CEO, there were mounting expectations that he would turnaround the organisation and repotision it as the number one training and development institution in Nigeria and one of the best in the world. Wapmuk…
The Broad Band Challenge
The telecoms revolution was one of the signatures of Nigeria’s first 100 years while broadband is being positioned to be the anchor of the nation’s technology push in the second century When Ernest Ndukwe, immediate past executive vice chairman, EVC, of Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, was leaving office…
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‘Governor Abubakar Is Focused’ Honourable Murtala Adamu, executive chairman, ZSUBEB had promoted basic primary education. He is also concerned about our plight by supplying all the necessary educational materials to ease learning in our various schools. Our Governor is the best thing that has even happen to Zamfara…
‘No Child Is Denied Access to Quality Education in Zamfara State’
Education as a liberator is an incontestable fact. Any investment in education is therefore not just money well spent, but it is a catalyst for advancement in society. It is common knowledge in Zamfara State that Governor (Dr) Abdul’aziz Yari Abubakar‘s administration has made sure that no child is denied access to quality…
Expanding Access to Education
The government of Delta State embarks on massive expansion of existing institutions of higher learning and the establishment of new ones to cater for the manpower needs of the state and the country Isaac Onoruese, 25, is an HND 2 Mechanical Engineering student at the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku. His original interest was…
‘EduMarshal Is About Eradicating Street Culture’
Stella Blaize, Special Assistant to the Governor on Education, says EduMarshal is in the spirit of the Child Rights Law What is the EduMarshal all about? Education Marshall, shortened to EduMarshal, and what we do is to marshal children, that is kids we find outside on the streets during school hours into school. That…
Leveraging On Child’s Rights Law
To boost school enrolment and attendance, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, falls back on the Child’s Rights law, an international convention that safeguards the rights of every child When Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan met just six pupils in a classroom during a surprise inspection tour of projects in the education sector in Abigborodo, Delta State recently, he…
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