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28—Vanguard, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2022 :Vanguard News :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 Edo community uncovers oil theft in private oil company operation By Ozioruva Aliu ENIN CITY—THE vigilance Bof the people of Gelegele community in Ovia North East local government in Edo State has led to the discovery of illegal bunkering at Dubri Oil’s OML 96 in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State 8inches flowing line being illegally drilled. It was gathered that the company discovered the illegal tapping after it noticed a sudden decline in its daily production and then carried out an investigation with information from the community. A staff of the company who does not want his name mentioned since he is not authorized to speak for the company said: "About four days ago, we noticed a drastic decline in our production and we tried to troubleshoot from our flow station and our manifold to see whether there is any technical issue that should cause this decline. "But all efforts to get what was going on were unsuccessful and we kept on searching until we got some informants in the community who are loyal to the company. The informant told us they have information that people came to tap from our crude oil through the flow lines. "When we heard the information, we quickly swung into action to see the lines. We excavated it and saw it from one of our wells, GGNorth 1, to the flow station and we discovered that nothing was wrong with the lines. We think they made an attempt earlier on the line and found out it was not a suitable place to tap. "So, they covered it up and moved forward towards the Gelegele community immediately after our manifold that collects all the oil that comes from the Well. So, from the 2023 poll: We're supporting all presidential candidates —CAN Chairman L AGOS—AHEAD of 2023 general election, the Chairman, Lagos chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Dr. Stephen Adegbite, has disclosed that the body has no singular presidential candidate it had concluded plans to support, saying CAN is supporting all flagbearers vying to become President Muhammadu Buhari's successor. Adegbeite said that CAN could not support anyone considering that all candidates vying for the presidential seat were Nigerians and competent to lead the country after 2023 when President Buhari's tenure would elapse. He noted that the leader the country currently needs was someone who could lead Nigerians aright and deliver the dividends of democracy that everyone in the country currently yearns for. Adegbite, who stated this at the 9th Annual General Conference of the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter led by Special Apostle Segun Adio, expressed optimism that God will take control of the country and that Nigeria will not disintegrate but remain one indivisible entity. “As Christians, we are not going to push any candidate, all the candidates belong to us but I can assure you that God is going to give us a man after his own heart”. “God will take control of our country and Nigeria will remain an indivisible entity. We just need somebody that can lead us right and give us the dividends of democracy and we must pray, manifold, we have two production headers, one is 8inches while the other is 6inches. So, the 8inches is where the GG North one is flowing through. The GG North 1 is a less gas well and we believe it has the information and that is where they chose to tap from." once we pray, God will answer our prayers” he added. “Today is a day of celebration of all Christians, and a day of coming together of Christians and that is why I am here as the chairman of CAN to celebrate with them. I thank God for the C&S Unification Church of Nigeria and God will continue to be with them and it shall be well with all of them”. Earlier, the Chairman of the Organisation of African Instituted Church, Senior Apostle Julius Opasola, commended the Lagos Chapter of the C&S Unification Church of Nigeria for its efforts at uniting the body of Christ while commending the church for extending a hand of fellowship to CAN and the OAIC. He described the event as historic as it was the first time that OAIC will be represented at a programme organized by the Cherubim and Seraphim. Policing: AIG breaks new grounds; sets fresh frontiers By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor ONE NOTICEABLE trait of the Inspector- General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba is his inclination to put round pegs in round holes. By this proclivity, he has succeeded in shredding the widely held impression that he sticks, tenaciously to establishment orders. A cursory look at his appointments since the assumption of office will reveal a studied and clever assignment of credible officers to where they will excel in the deployment of diverse inner competencies. From all indications, those appointments have ended up bringing the best out of the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force and it has, directly or indirectly, impacted their work attitude and perfection index. Critical area of policing In the past, very insignificant attention was given to this critical area of policing but there was no belaboring the fact that it nevertheless, produced somewhat, men and women of valor that excelled creditably; leaving their footsteps on the sands of time and history. This time around, the police boss took a very gigantic step by posting Assistant Inspector General of Police, Fatai Adeyinka Adeleke to head the seemingly volatile Zone two section of the force: comprising Lagos and Ogun states. Barely fourteen months after taking this bold step, manifest results are glaringly showing with the quantum of achievements Adeleke has tallied; especially in the area of infrastructure development. Zone 2 as a test case Before now, Zone 2 command of the force at Onikan, Lagos was noted for housing decrepit infrastructure with its attendant overload of abandoned structures and all worth not. Officers and men were forced to share airtight narrow offices with passages barely fit for two. Worse still, vestiges of rotten and abandoned materials were littered spaces in and around the buildings -a grave peril, lurking under the ever busy high rise bridge that links Obalende, Ikoyi axis with Victoria Island and environs. Few hours' stay in any of the offices leaves visitors with the gaping impression that the sky might come down soon as a result of consistent earpiercing noise emanating from human and vehicular traffic on the flyover bridge. Arrival of Adeleke However, the coming of AIG Adeleke brought new steam towards the effective resolution of the challenges therein. Now, first-time visitors to the zonal headquarters may innocently tag the area, as a construction zone. This obviously, is a result of the construction works going on sweepingly inside the premises. Significantly, AIG •AIG Fatai Adeleke Adeleke embarked on the reconstruction of the hall dedicated to former Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Abubarkar when he was holding forth as AIG at the zone. He cleverly created offices inside the massive hall which can now accommodate many officers and men of the command who, hitherto, were used to milling around the premises of the command due to the paucity of office space. Furthermore, he extended offices meant for SPOs, and renovated dilapidated ramshackle enclosures formerly used as offices - some, built with corrugated iron sheets. Resultantly, many officers and men who had no offices: including those who were used to sharing spaces are now comfortably accommodated with sufficient work chairs and tables for performance enhancement. Notably, the ongoing reconstruction works have created a facilitative atmosphere for his policemen to carry out their duties. People speak Some of the visitors to the command who spoke with Vanguard over the commendable development showered praises on AIG Adeleke not only for the achievements he has recorded in infrastructural development in the command but for the way he also carries out his duties. According to Chief Emeka Chukwudum, an Estate developer at Ago Palace Way, Lagos, those of us that are used to visiting the command can attest to the structural developments there. “That man is so humble, dispenses justice without minding whose ox is gored and treats everybody with unalloyed respect and candor." Engineer Tunde Oyediran also bared his mind thus:" I will say without fear of contradiction that the command has not had it so good: not just in terms of structural development but in the way AIG Adeleke dispenses justice. One of the areas he must focus his attention on urgently is in weeding off some highly corrupt officers and men of the command that have been soiling the image of the force there. Most of them have spent years there and the monstrous manner and ways they treat cases leave much to be desired. Besides, with this AIG's leadership style, the force has broken new grounds and set fresh performance management frontiers towards best policing practices.
Vanguard, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2022 — 29 vicahiyoung@yahoo.com Tinubu, Atiku, Obi bicker over fake news, hate speech Continues from Page 27 ponents, spreading terror and fear everywhere. "Of much greater concern, however, is the resort to hate speech, insults and threats of violence being issued by the political leaders including state governors. They seem to be pathetically unaware that the distance between hate speeches and violence, even genocide, is a very short one. “Hate speech, for whatever reason, covers many forms of expression but all incite, promote or justify hatred, violence and discrimination against an individual or group of people. It poses grave danger to the unity and stability of a democratic society, protection of human rights and the rule of law. Unchecked, it can lead to acts of violence and conflict on a grand scale.” Ortom's apology over anti-Fulani’s comments, a relief "We have to say that we were relieved to hear of Governor Samuel Ortom's apology following his outburst in this regard. The Governor's hostile comments on Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP, dominated discussion in the country for much of last week. The Electoral Act as amended and for good reasons, prescribed heavy punishment for infractions such as this. "The fact that hate speeches and acts of violence and aggression are rife in this campaign season can only mean that the laws are not being enforced. This hasn't come as a surprise considering the fact that the National Assembly has so far chosen not to enact the law that will see to the birth of the Electoral Offences Tribunal. "In the meantime, INEC has a responsibility to act and enforce the Electoral Act as amended. It should impose the harshest punishment possible on politicians, who think achieving their personal ambitions is more important than national peace and harmony. Such persons are unfit for any form of leadership at any level. “The Arewa Consultative Forum, therefore called on leaders at whatever level to exercise restraint in their utterances to enable Nigerians have a peaceful election and transition to the next government in 2023.” Media Roundtable on industry regulation holds in Lagos MEDIA proprietors and managers assemble in Lagos today to deliberate on matters concerning the operations of their industry. Tagged the Roundtable, the deliberation, which has at its general theme: ''Deepening media professionalism through co-regulation,'', also include sessions on “Thoughts on Coregulation through an Independent Ombudsman Framework” and “A Guide through the Revised Code of Ethics for Nigeria Journalists.” The event is organised by the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, in collaboration with the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, and Broadcasting Association of Nigeria, BON, has former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, who is also the life patron of NPAN, as chairman. President of NPAN/NPO (Nigerian Press Organisation), Kabiru Yusuf; President of Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr Mustapha Isah and NUJ President, Mr. Chris Isiguzo, are to serve as hosts. They will be supported by the President of BON, Mr. John Ugbe, President of IBAN, Mr. Guy Murray- Bruce and President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau. Others include Publisher of Vanguard Newspapers, Mr. Sam Amuka; Publisher of Thisday Newspapers and Arise TV, Nduka Obaigbena; Mr. Ray Ekpu, former Editorin-Chief of Newswatch; Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru, Publisher of The Guardian Newspapers; Mr Frank Aigbugun, Publisher, Businessday; and Ms. Angela Emuwa, Chairman, Punch Newspapers. Others include Mr. John Momoh, Chairman, Channels; Mr. Lanre Idowu, CEO, Diamond Publications; Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, GM, Vanguard Newspapers; Mr. Azu Ishiekwene, Editor-in-Chief, Leadership Newspaper; Ms. Kadaria Ahmed, CEO, Daria Media and Radio Now; and NPAN's Feyi Smith, among others. N2trn unauthorized budgets: Reps summon 63 MDAs for questioning By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-For allegedly implementing unauthorized budgets amounting to N2 trillion, the Public Accounts Committee, PAC, of the House of Representatives has summed at least 63 agencies of the federal government for questioning. The committee said it's investigation showed there was no statutory approval of the budget by the National Assembly. Chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, who issued the summons, also wrote a letter to the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, asking for evidence of the budget approvals by the National Assembly. The letter, dated November 8, 2022, with Reference Number: HR/PAC/SCO5/9NASS/ QUE.60/97 was received at the Budget Office on November 10, 2022. The committee, however, stated that the summon was sequel to the remark by President Muhammadu Buhari during his 2023 budget presentation to the National Assembly on October 7, 2022 that some agencies were operating on unauthorized budgets. Titled ''Re-Request for Information/Documents with Respect to Allegations of Illegal Approvals of Budgets and Extra-Constitutional Expenditure by Some Government Owned Enterprises and Non- Treasury Funded Agencies'', the letter read: “In pursuance of the power conferred on the National Assembly (Assembly) by Sections 88 and 89 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as altered) (Constitution), Standing Rules of the House of Representatives, and based on Section 2 of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act 2017, the Public Accounts Committee is conducting investigation into the allegation made by President Muhammadu Buhari during the presentation of the 2023 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the National Assembly. “Mr President alleged that some government-owned enterprises have been submitting their budget and getting it passed through some committees of the National Assembly outside of the process prescribed in Section 81(1) of the Constitution. “In view of the above and in line with Sections 88 and 89 of the Constitution, I hereby request that Budget Office of the Federation furnish the committee with the approved Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, budget of the following parastatals for the period 2015-2022. “Please kindly submit a soft copy and 15 hard copies of the above documents/information to Suite 4.23 House of Representatives Building, National Assembly, on or before the close of work on Friday 16th November, 2022.” Elaborating more on the issue, Oke said: “Over N2tn was spent illegally. Mr President has never presented or assented to these budgets. They are to tell Nigerians why they are operating illegal budgets; budgets that have not gone through the due process of law-making. Pensioners fume over moves to remove CBN gov as board chairman •Beg Senate to reject planning amendment of CBN Act of 2007 By Innocent Anaba CENTRAL Bank of Nige ria, CBN Pensioners/Retirees Club, has called on the Senate to reject the proposed amendment to the CBN Act of 2007, to among others, remove the CBN Governor as the Chairman of its Board of Directors by bringing in an outsider to occupy the position. It also opposed the amendment that seeks to make it mandatory for the CBN to submit its annual budget to the National Assembly for approval. The CBN retirees club in a position paper by the chairman, Chief Patrick Anene, and Tsado Daniya, General Secretary, to the Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, said: “Our primary purpose in presenting this paper to you is to formally register our very strong objection as regards the recent proposal by some members of the Upper Chamber to push for the amendment of the CBN Act 2007. “The proposed amendment focuses on three areas, namely, to remove the CBN Governor as the Chairman of the CBN Board of Directors by bringing in an outsider to occupy the position; making it mandatory for the CBN to submit it’s annual budget to the National Assembly for approval and the third area is attempting to divest the CBN Board of the power and authority to fix the remunerations of the Board members. “In 2012, we made our presentation to the National Assembly during the Public Hearing exercise when a similar attempt was made to curtail the institutional and operational independence of the CBN. We are doing so again this time around because nothing has changed in our perception. “It is our view that, not only as patriotic Nigerians but also as people who are knowledgeable in the operations of the bank, the proposed amendment will surely have negative implications. It will not only seriously erode the independence of the CBN as an institution but it will further politicize its operations. “Seeking to remove the CBN Governor as the Chairman of the CBN Board of Directors by bringing in an outsider to occupy the position in not healthy. The combination of the roles of being a Chief Executive Officer, CEO, as the Governor and the Chairmanship of the Board of Directors, is largely what is obtainable in central banks all over the world. “Indeed, it is the global best practice and Nigeria cannot be an exception. The main reason for this is not only to prevent occasional conflicts, quarrels and struggle for power between the institution’s Governor and the would-be outsider Board Chairman which could adversely affect the institution in the performance of its core mandate. However, by allowing the Governor remain the Chairman of the Board will also insulate the bank from pressures from political authorities and industry players thereby preserving its institutional autonomy. “Furthermore, it should be Godwin Emefiele, CBN Gov. noted that the sponsors of the Bill apparently did not conduct sufficient research before the proposed appointment of an outsider as Chairman of the Board. On the contrary, the established global norm is that the governor of the Central Bank is also the chairman of the Board. The countries with similar structures to that of Nigeria such as the Federal Reserve System of the USA; the European Central Bank; Bank of Japan; Reserve Bank of India; Bank Negara Malaysia; South African Reserve Bank; Central Bank of Egypt and the Bank of Ghana all have the Governor/President as the CEO and Chairman of Board. “The only notable exception is the Bank of England. Even then, this exception does not detract from the global practice, given that the Governor of the Bank of England is in a very formidable position visà-vis the Chairman of the Board. In this connection, it should be noted that while the Governor is the Chair of three powerful committees, the Monetary Policy committee, the Financial Policy Committee and the Prudential Policy Committee, the Chairman leads the Court of the Bank, which is the governing board, of which the Governor is also a member. “The Governor is responsible for setting the Bank’s strategy, budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Thus, there is no potential for role conflict or ‘turf wars.’ Furthermore, the Bank of England has budgetary independence.” “On making it mandatory for the CBN to submit its annual budget to the National Assembly for approval, the CBN Act 2007 has provisions to ensure institutional and budgetary independence which should not be tampered with. It should be emphasized that budgetary independence is critical to any central bank’s ability to exercise the four other dimensions of its independence. Neither its lender of last resort (ability of CBN to intervene where necessary in financial institutions) role nor its financial system stability mandate can be effectively executed without budgetary independence. “The four pillars of CBN autonomy are: Regulatory Independence, Supervisory Independence, Institutional Independence and Budgetary Independence. “Regrettably, the proposed amendments by the Senate will effectively erode CBN independence. It is therefore, recommended that the Senate should let the four dimensions of independence enunciated in this contribution guide its deliberations. “Also, attempting to divest the CBN Board of the power and authority to fix the remunerations of the Board members is not the way to go. It is worthy of note that Section 1(3) of the present CBN Act 2007 enacted into law on May 25, 2007, states as follows: “In order to facilitate the achievement of its mandate under this Act and the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA), and in line with the objective of promoting stability and continuity in economic management". PTAD to unveil “I Am Alive” confirmation to pensioners nationwide THE Pension Transition al Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), says it is ready to unveil its “I Am Alive” confirmation to pensioners nationwide before the end of 2022. The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Dr Chioma Ejikeme, said this at the end of three-day confirmation training for Pension Union Executives and Pension Desk Officers, PDOs, in Abuja. She said that PTAD began the pilot phase of the confirmation solution in October 2021, with 50,000 pensioners randomly selected from the four operational departments in the directorate. According to her, the pilot phase has been successfully completed with observed hiccups fixed. She said that the “I AM ALIVE” confirmation solution was introduced to enable PTAD to continuously update its pensioners’ database through a digital process. Ejikeme also said was meant to ascertain verified pensioners that were alive and should continue to receive their monthly pension. She said that the digital platform would be deployed for nationwide use. “The aim of PTAD gathering the PDOs and union executives from the South East zone is to train them on the “I AM ALIVE” solution as an innovation using technology that will henceforth allow them to engage in verification at the comfort of their homes. “They don’t have to travel anywhere. They can just do the confirmation with laptop computer system or their phones,” Ejikeme said. She said that the PTAD was making efforts to create both appropriate and adequate awareness in order to get the project to be successful. “It is appropriate to training some people who are going to help these people with their verification. “So what we are doing now is to train the focal persons who will help us within the community to help these pensioners confirm their aliveness in the event that they cannot do it for themselves,” she said. Ejikeme said that the “I AM ALIVE” verification was for pensioners already verified and are on the database and on the payroll of PTAD."
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