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Minister seeks cooperation of Niger Delta govs to develop region
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Abubakar Momoh, has solicited the cooperation of State Governors from the region to speed up development of the Niger Delta region.
Momoh said this when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, at Government House, Uyo, on Thursday.
He said his visit to the state was part of his tour of the region to seek synergy with state governors to garner full support from the Federal Government to speed up development in the Niger Delta region.
The minister said that insecurity and infrastructure deficit were the major challenges confronting the Niger Delta region.
He said that there was the need to do away with all sorts of counterproductive power play and conflicts to make room for needed cooperation and collaborations to tackle the problems in the region and country.
Momoh expressed delight over the warm reception accorded him and his entourage in the state during the visit.
In his remarks, Gov. Eno advocated for greater collaborations between the Federal Ministry and States within the region.
Eno said his administration was ready to embrace cooperation and synergy with the federal government to foster positive development in the region.
He commended President Bola Tinubu’s inclusivity disposition in governance, stressing that the President has demonstrated governance beyond party lines.
The governor said that the Minister’s visit to states in the region, particularly Akwa Ibom, was apt, adding that the development plans of the Ministry were already integral in his ARISE Agenda development manual.
“I feel very happy that you really want to see for yourself, the situation of our states and the people you are going to work with.
“Get to meet the governors and look beyond politics and think of how to develop our various states in partnership with the governors.
“I will like to thank the approach of the President for his inclusivity in governance and it is a very welcome approach that this President is working with people across party lines.
“You can see his appointments, there are people from other parties there.
“You could see the things he is doing. He wants to carry everyone along. I always believed that party is a platform to seek election to serve our people.
“And once God has given us the opportunity which only him can do, next is to collaborate and serve the people,” Eno said.
Eno called for regular meetings of the leadership of the Ministry with State governments in the region to explore best ways to approach the peculiar development needs of the area to avoid duplication and conflicts in project execution.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko Market on the Asaba-Onitsha Road.
The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka on Thursday, said that the woman was hit while she was crossing the road.
He said that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a commercial tow truck with registration number XA550BMA.
“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the truck was towing a vehicle in an uncontrollable speed along the axis.
“The vehicle that was being towed got detached from the tow truck.
“It hit and killed a female adult, who was said to be crossing the road, while the tow truck continued its movement.
“FRSC rescue team came to the scene and took the woman to Toronto Hospital, Onitsha, where she was confirmed dead and her body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.
While sympathising with the family of the dead, the sector commander urged motorists, especially tow truck drivers, to exercise a high level of professionalism.
He also urged the drivers to always use standard equipment and avoid speeding.
The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector.
Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.
“We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February from the Lagos State government as palliative to cushion the effect of high feed prices.
“The major benefit of the palliative is that it actually cushioned the cost of production for most poultry farmers in the state.
“The palliative was beneficial as it made the cost of some poultry produce, especially eggs to drop,” Iyiola said.
He noted that prior to the palliative, a crate of egg was sold between N3,500 and N3,700 at the farm gate, but after the palliative, it now sells between N3,200 and N3,400.
According to the PAN chair, retailers and middlemen who sell from N3,800 to N4,200 do that for their personal gain.
“We have urged our members to sell their eggs at reasonable prices following the receipt of the palliative from the government.
“We appreciate the Lagos State government for the palliative but we also urge the federal government to do likewise, to further reduce the cost of production in the sector.
“This will consequently lead to drop in the prices of all poultry produce across board,” he said.
He said the palliative was shared among financial members of the association at no extra cost.
“As an association we shared the grains equally across PAN’s eight zones in the state equally. We also mandated each zone not the sell even a grain of the maize.
“We, however, considered new poultry farmers who wanted to the join the association as beneficiaries of the palliative,” said Iyiola.
He noted that through the palliative, more poultry farmers were recruited into the association.
“The maize was shared only to poultry farmers and not feed millers, it is the major component of poultry feed formulation,” he said.
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