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12 — Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 :Vanguard News :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 BUDGET—Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, laying the N472.25bn budget document before the state House of Assembly, yesterday. Nigeria to produce additional 255,000 bpd By Udeme Akpan NIGERIA is set to produce additional 225,000 barrels per day, bpd, as Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, SNEPCo, has completed the 2022 Turnaround Maintenance, TAM, of the Bonga floating production storage and offloading, FPSO. The FPSO was shut down on October 18, 2022, due to the statutory inspections, recertifications and other critical asset integrity FLOOD: Bayelsa IDPs appeal for assistance ....Laments exclusion in distribution of palliatives By Emem Idio Y FOLLOWING ENAGOA— the Bayelsa State government decision to close down all Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camps, with schools set to reopen on Monday, some IDPs have cried out to the government for assistance, saying they have nowhere to go, as their homes have been damaged by flood. The IDPs also decried what BENIN CITY— INDIGENES of Evbomama community on Sapele Road, in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, yesterday, protested the release of four persons earlier arraigned in court in Benin City, over the murder of one Vivian Frank, who was killed in her home on August 22, 2022. The community, which took their protest to the Talakawa Parliament in Benin City, said the four persons, including- Gabriel Daniels, Enohi Campaign, Kingsley Onaiwu and Osadolor John, whose restoration activities. In a statement, yesterday, the company confirmed that the TAM was completed on November 9, 2022, adding the commissioning and start-up activities are currently in progress. It stated: “SNEPCo is pleased to announce that the 2022 TAM of the Bonga floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) has been completed. “The 225kbopd capacity FPSO was shut down on October 18, 2022, to carry out statutory inspections, they described as uneven distribution of palliatives by the State Emergency Management Committee, BYSEMA, noting that the government only took care of IDPs in the two camps set up by the Bayelsa in Igbogene and Oxbow Lake, while other IDP camps housed in public schools were neglected. Addressing newsmen in Yenagoa, yesterday, the aggrieved IDPs under the umbrella of Coalition of recertifications and other critical asset integrity restoration activities. “The 2022 TAM which was originally planned for 30 days was completed in 22 days on November 9, 2022, thanks to the excellent front-end planning and flawless execution. “Commissioning and startup activities are in progress and will culminate in ramp up of oil and gas production in the coming days.” However, in its latest report Respective Leadership of All Aggrieved 2022 Flood Prompted IDP Camps, Chairman of the group steering committee, Leighe Nathaniel, said: "On non-even treatment of the IDPs, we observed with dismay that the State Emergency Management Committee short-circuited its daily relief response to only the Igbogene and Oxbow-Lake IDPs' Camps in the direction of three times daily feeding, Community protests release of suspects by court By Gabriel Enogholase identities were revealed by the footage of CCTV camera, were allegdly arraigned on September 22, 2022, and granted bail on November 7, 2022. Speaking to journalists, Emmanuel Agbogun, Public Relations Officer of Talakawa Parliament, said the death of Vivan Frank (a mother of three), over an alleged land issue must not be swept under the carpet. He called on the Edo State government, the Chief Judge of the state and Ministry of Justice to see that justice is served. According to him: "Some unknown gunmen, on August 22, 2022, came to the house of Vivan Frank and murdered her. These people with different ....As SNEPCo completes Turnaround maintenance issues on the administration of land decided to toe the side of the barrel of the gun and despite the fact that those people were arrested, remanded in prison custody, on November 7, 2022, the High Court in the Edo State decided to grant them bail. "However, those of us from the civil society are worried about the process where by the quick bail application was entertained, moreso, when it is a murderer case which is a capital offence. "Some of us are worried because the four persons, namely Gabriel Daniels, Enohi Campaign, Kingsley Onaiwu, Osadolor John, have been granted bail. We are worried that the incident where the woman was murdered in the presence of her children was captured by the CCTV Cameral." obtained by Vanguard, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, said that Nigeria’s dwindling average oil output, including condensate, dropped Year-on-Year, YoY, by 7.4 per cent to 1.37 million barrels per day, mb/d in the first 10 months (January – October) 2022, from 1.48 mb/d in the corresponding period of 2021. This showed a shortfall of 317,940 barrels when juxtaposed against the 1.69 mb/d, which the 2023 budget was based on at $70 per barrel. provision of a standby medical team and facilities, coordination and ushering of external donours to the said two camps alone. "Government has to come up with a modality to rectify the discrepancy in the administration of palliatives between the two aforementioned preferentially treated 'IDP' Camps and all other ill-treated 'IDP' camps. Government has to discontinue with the agenda of ward-base apportionment of the palliatives, but rather, let it remain community-based. "The forum is further thrown into a state of deep disapproval over the indicated intention of the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Committee, with regard to its next planof-action of closing all IDP camps when the IDPs are yet to return to their homes." Oba of Benin seeks stakeholders support for new FG projects 2023: My aspiration beyond quest for power —Omo-Agege Abe cries as thugs attack visit venue in Rivers By Davies Iheamnachor 2023: If BVAS was in 2015, 2019, PDP would have lost in Delta —Ogboru G OVERNORSHIP candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Delta State, Great Ogboru, has said if the Bimodal Voters' Accreditation System, BVAS, was in place in 2015 and 2019 general elections, Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would have lost all its elections. By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN CITY—OBA of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has called on stakeholders to support the actualisation of the proposed new federal projects in Edo State and the South-South geopolitical region. He stated this when the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, paid him a courtesy visit in his palace, in Benin City, yesterday, where he briefed the monarch and his chiefs about the activities of his ministry. The proposed federal projects include National Orthopaedic Hospital and the National Fistula Hospital, as well as Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Anaemia treatment, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Benin City. Oba Ewuare commended the minister for supporting the return of looted Benin By Festus Ahon A S A B A — GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, yesterday, said his aspiration to govern the state in 2023 is beyond the ordinary quest for power. Omo-Agege, who addressed world press conference in Asaba to unveil his candidature and manifesto, said: "We shall establish a Delta State Employment, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme, DEEP, and facilitate the establishment of cluster industries in each of the 25 local government areas of our state. "We will deliberately create an enabling environment for industries and manufacturing, PORT HARCOURT— THUGS suspected to be supporters of a political party in Rivers State, Wednesday evening, attacked a venue where the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Senator Magnus Abe, was to address his supporters at Okrika Waterfront, in Port Harcourt City Local Government of the state. The hoodlums, armed, invaded the venue where the SDP candidate was to meet his followers, and destroyed He assured Deltans that there is no room for riggers in the 2023 general elections, adding that every vote would now count through the aid of the BVAS newly introduced in the Electoral Act and urged them to collect their PVCs to change the narratives in the state. Ogboru who, spoke in Oleh, artefacts and the efforts of his ministry in curbing the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. The traditional ruler who spoke in Edo Language, said: "You are doing your job there and you are getting results. "It is important to give a piece of advice and support you with prayers that will enable you achieve your goals. We are aware that there seems to be some challenges. We will assist you. "You will recall that the discussion between us on the National Orthopaedic Hospital did not start today. It is important for Edo people to support these projects. "It is an emergency. This goes to show that your tenure as a minister is yielding fruits. Edo people are blessed. "We should continue to support him and his ministry in prayer, so that nobody will divert the good things that are coming to Edo State. It shall be well with all of us," Oba Ewuare II prayed. establish tech hubs, set up small business loan guarantee schemes, promote skills acquisition and set up a Career Development Centre for Deltans. "As part of our plans to promote ease of doing business, we will undertake institutional and process reviews, remove red tape and bureaucratic bottlenecks, improve infrastructure, and re-engineer our peace and security strategies while establishing a one-stop repository of business knowledge and information. "We will guarantee the rights of women and invest their unique energy to drive social and economic development in the state. We will initiate a youth development programme that moves them away from the hopelessness of today, and connect them to creative endeavours." canopies and chairs, chasing away party supporters. Abe who arrived the venue amidst palpable tension to address his supporters, regretted the development, crying that all efforts he had put in to address his supporters in peace have been thwarted. Abe expressed dissatisfaction with the incessant attacks and disruption of his sensitisation programmes across the state, saying he has done nothing wrong in coming out to exercise his right to seek for support of citizens of the state. Isoko South LGA of the state, during the flag-off and unveiling of the campaign team of the House of Representatives candidate of APGA, Silas Buowe for Isoko federal constituency, said the “BVAS is a tool for protecting your franchise and ensuring that votes count.
Vanguard, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022 — 13 The courageous life of Dr. Omawumi Evelyn Atsiangbe-Urhobo Osa Mbonu-Amadi, Arts Editor The autobiography of Dr. Omawumi Evelyn Atsian gbe-Urhobo, scheduled for presentation to the public tomorrow, Saturday November 19, 2022, has no dull moment. It is an adventurous tour into the thrilling and successful life of a true Amazon - the story of a little girl whose eventful life began from Okere-Warri, and boldly spanned across the globe into the United States' Capitol Hill, where she had the rare privilege of addressing the American Congress in 2009. Here is also a woman who so much respected herself and defended her dignity as a woman; a woman who refused to be messed up by men; a woman who had the guts to narrate in graphic details her private love life, sharing the inside stories of the many men she dated, loved, disliked, allowed to impregnate her, bore the babies without allowing any of them to marry her. It is a book no reader can afford to put down once the reader picks it up. This is the life of a strong-willed woman who opted for single parenting, partly as a result of the violence she saw the husbands of her female relations dish out to the women when she was young. In chapter 10, page 275 of the book, the author writes about her realization of the "great family pedigree" she had, and to which she "had to live up to." Right on the next page, 276, she stated what can be regarded as the dominant thesis of her book - that she had to live her life the way she did "as a sacrifice to take my family out of poverty". Here,an inquisitivereader cannot help but wonder whether "thegreat family pedigree" the author wrote about precluded financial stability. If marriage was something some men and women see asa prison they can afford to evade, the urge to procreate is a bigger prison one can hardy run away from, except if one is biologically deficient in procreation, if the longing to have a child ever abates even in the biologically deficient. The author confirms this on page 313 when she writes: "For me, having children gave me completion". For a strong-willed woman who did not similarly think that having a husband gives her completion, it is a big deal and a confirmation of the supremacy of humans' biological urge to procreate. One can easily conclude, after reading Dr. Omawumi's autobiography, that she dated a lot of men, and "dating a lot of men" is not a complimentary reputation in our society. This seemingly infamous reputation is somewhat an irony for a girl and woman who so much respected herself and defended her dignity as a woman - awoman who refused to be used as a pawn in the game of chess by menjust like she had VPAN celebrating Bruce Onobrakpeya @ 90 By Chukwuma Ajakah In recognition of the colossal role iconic artist and educator, Professor Bruce Onobrakpeya has played in the art industry, the Visual Printmakers Association of Nigeria, VPAN plans a two-week arts exhibition to mark his 90th birthday. VPAN National Vice President, Dr. Kunle Adeyemi unveiled the schedule of events during a Press Preview held on Monday, November 14, 2022 at the exquisite Tim & Carol Gallery, Ikeja, Lagos where the exhibition tagged, "Celebrating the Art of Adventure in Honor of Bruce Onobrakpeya @ 90" holds from November 20 to 30, 2022. Adeyemi, a former Dean, School of Art, Design and Printing, Yaba College of Technology, stated that the major aim of the association was to promote the art of printmaking which many established artists had learned from the pioneering role of Bruce Onobrakpeya. "Today, some of us in the academia have made it a researchable area. We celebrated him at the resource center when he was awarded a national honour about five years ago. We want to celebrate this man who put himself down for others to learn," he said. •Prof Bruce Onobrakpeya Pinpointing culture and celebration as cardinal overriding themes, Adeyemi called for collaborative efforts among all categories of practitioners towards ensuring a culture of excellence and professionalism as emblematized in Bruce Onobrakpeya, an icon in the art industry who distinguished himself on the global stage through tenacity of purpose, consistent practice and versatility. Imploring contemporary artists to cultivate such sterling qualities, he revealed that he had the privilege of learning from great masters like Bruce and presently creates room for aspiring artists to harness their latent potentials, saying: "We need to encourage these children. I open my studio to all, providing space for budding and established artists. That way, we help the younger ones to blend" Speaking on the prospects of printmaking with reference to emerging digital approaches, seen done to other women quite early in her life. Reading page 293, the reader wonders how it was possible that among all the men the tough tigress dated, it was a man she describes as "unserious" and "irresponsible" that she allowed to get her pregnant outside marriage, although she had already hinted it on page 292thatshe had made up her mind that by the time she was 30, if she did not find a husband, she was going to have a child outside of marriage. At some point, in dealing with the problems that arose between the wife and the married man Dr. Omawumi slept with and had a baby for, Omawumi sounded like one of those ladies whom people call 'slay queens'or'husband snatchers': "I told him to go and beg his wife for forgiveness, since I could imagine his fear of what his wife was going to do to him if she finally learnt about what happened (that Omawumi slept with the wife's hubby and had a baby for him). I cannot but imagine how men think they can take advantage of women and then try to shirk their responsibilities when things like this happen. When you go to bed with another woman, especially as a married man, what do you expect? To eat your cake and have it, too?" (p.300). Was Dr. Omawumi a slay queen? Was she a husband snatcher? Only she herself can provide the answers. From page 305, the author narrates how Benny, her son and second child born outside wedlock, confessed one day that he lied in school about living with his father and mother and sibling, and how it affected him emotionally. Then from page 306-307 the single parent advises: "I suppose that for young ladies choosing to be a single parent in today's society, these factors must be given serious consideration for the sake of the children. The single parent must be fully aware of all the contending issues that the status will throw up, in trying to cope with bringing up children alone. This is not to say that male children in proper family homes do not exhibit unusual character traits and not suffer other levels of trauma or deprivations, but these were not what I as a single parent, was knowledgeable about or was prepared for. When the chips are down, dealing with these character traits the children show in their adolescence, is easier handled by two parents…." Is this an admission of the wisdom in society's prescription that a man, his wife and children should live together as family and bring up their kids in such atmosphere? Perhaps. Dr. Omawumi appears to reinforce her realization of the shortcomings of single parenting when Benny her son came of age and impregnated his girlfriend outside marriage. She writes on page 311: "One thing I was decisive about was that under no circumstance would my son have a child without getting married, even when I was convinced that he was probably not ready to take up that responsibility yet. I encouraged him to propose to his heartthrob so they could get married as quickly as possible before the child was born. Under no circumstances, also, was my grandchild, who turned out to be a boy, going to suffer the trauma that my son, his father, had to go through in his childhood with me alone." (P.311). Again, the reader is bound to ask: Is she regretting it here and admitting that her decision to be a single parent was a wrong one? At 67, was Dr. Omawumi still hungry for a man so much that she tried to revive a schooldays relationship which "did not go beyond holding hands" after 50 years? Most likely. Regardless of age, there is always a gaping hole in everyone's heart, a hole nothing else but a lover is capable of filling. The author is human, and certainly no exception. POLITICS Later, Dr. Omawumi joined politics. She became a card-carrying member of APC, campaigning for Buhari, both in 2015 and in 2019. After Buhari won the 2015 election, Dr. Omawumitook"charge of the committee activities" at Buhari's Homegrown School Feeding Program, HGSFP, (p.354). Was taking "charge of the committee activities" at HGSFPpart of her reward for supporting Buhari, and was her work at HGS- FP in any way connected to the alleged notorious school feeding program of Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development? Again, only the author herself can answer these questions. These are mere snippets out of this sizzling autobiography of an Amazon from Okere-Warri, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. It's simply a mustread! the CEO, Tim & Carol Gallery, Wale Fasuyi said: "Bruce Onobrakpeya's works are greatly sought after even by the younger generation who are more inclined to using digital procedures than conventional arts practice. Although digitalization has democratized the art space, making art a commodity, it is more rewarding to keep his kind of work which endures the test of time. The more you look at it, the more things you discover." Continued online When Penny Int'l College hosted MAEF poetry competition By Chukwuma Ajakah Penny International College, PIC, Coker, Orile-Iganmu on Saturday, November 5, 2022 hosted the maiden edition of the Mcphilips Arts and Educational Foundation poetry competition for secondary schools. The poetry competition, a brainchild of the founder of Mcphilips Arts and Educational Foundation, MAEF, MrsTynaMcphilips Nwachukwu who expressed delight at the opportunity of kick-starting the programme in honour of her late husband, Mcphilips Nwachukwu, former Arts Editor, Vanguard Newspaper Ltd. In the opening address, Mrs Mcphilips Nwachukwu recalled that the foundation was formally launched on May 30, 2022. Mrs. TynaMcphilips Nwachukwu further explained that the vision of the foundation is to promote poetry in Nigeria's culture and help the less privileged. "It is a dream I have nursed for the past one year. I'm glad it has come to reality. Penny International College is the first school we are starting with. The competition will get to many other schools. We started at the secondary school level. We are he to create the awareness that poetry is very interesting. It can make you as famous as writers like Prof. Wole Soyinka and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The language of poetry is also beautiful," she said. First prizewinner of the senior category, Dorcas Iseyemi said "I thank God for helping me throughout the competition. It was not easy, but I scaled through. As a participant, I feel honoured representing my school. This competition has made me realize that poetry is fun. It helps people to ex- •MrsTyna Mcphilips Nwachukwu and the students press their feelings from the mind. I thank God for making me take the first position in this category. Also, I thank the organisers and my teacher, Mr. Friday Mbam for guiding me to know know my dream. " Speaking on the occasion, the Guest Speaker, Lagos Head of Consumer Education, Mrs. Suzie Onwuka implored the students to learn about their rights and obligations as consumers, saying: "Everyone of us is a consumer. We have rights and responsibilities. When you know your rights, you start Continued online
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