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HYPPADEC proposes resource requirement of N359.2b for 5-year intervention Plan
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja.
Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) has proposed an overall resource requirement of N359,277,449,265.52 to finance its five-year Medium Term Strategic Plan for 2022-2027
The Commission also requires a total indicative investment size of iN323,349,704,339 to fund its interventions over the next five years.
A consultant with the Commission
Mr Sam Juwe, disclosed this while presenting the Proposed HYPPADEC Medium Term Strategic Plan (HMTSP) for 2022-2027 at a Stakeholders Forum on Thursday in Lokoja.
Juwe said that the figure was arrived at following a baseline study conducted by the Commission in flood-ravaged communities from the HYPPADEC states in the country.
He said that the essence of the HMTSP was to articulate and present the development thrusts and strategies for achieving them in the planned period.
According to him, the plan shows the policy direction and courses in all the eight mandate areas, including Education, Health, Road Infrastructure, Energy, Agriculture, Water Resources, Entrepreneurship and Environment.
He said that the HMTSP would also serve as a veritable tool for the mobilisation of civil society and private sector and development partners at
all levels.
To meet the projected targets, he said, the HMTSP set forth the framework for collaboration and partnership between the Commission, State Governments, the Local Governments, the Private Sector and Development Partners.
Declaring the Stakeholders forum open, Governor Yahaya Bello commended HYPPADEC for its consistent support and commitment towards impacting positively on the lives of riverine communities in the state.
Bello who was represented by his Deputy, Chief Edward David Onoja said that the bottom-top approach being adopted by the Commission would help address the issues affecting the HYPPADEC communities adding that the five-year plan was achievable.
According to him, it is only the person wearing the shoe that knows where it pinches most and urged that the inputs of the critical Stakeholders from the 10 Local Government Areas should take the centre stage as working document for HYPPADEC.
Chairman HYPPADEC Governing Council, Barr Joseph Terfa Ityav,
described the HMTSP as all encompassing adding that the baseline data collected from all the communities had given direction and vision to HYPPADEC in implementing all of its activities.
Ityav stressed the importance of effective planning to achieve needed goals and assured that the Commission was going to work in collaboration with relevant ministries/agencies for the success of the five-year action plan.
The Managing Director of HYPPADEC, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa (Katukan Yauri) in his remarks said the commission had planned under its housing scheme to build two-bedroom apartments for the most needy victims in the flood affected communities.
He said that as a lasting solution to the flood challenges, the Commission had brought the issue of dredging to the front burner adding that even before the recent flooding calamity, the Commission had a plan for dredging of the rivers.
Yelwa also said that the Commission would give more motorcycles to communities to beef up security in riverine area, address post-harvest issues and make Youth transformation and scholarship an all-inclusive intervention.
Mr Victor Omofaiye, the state Commissioner for Environment said the proposed five-year strategic plan with eight sector focus was highly commendable, logical and timely because it aligned with the blueprint agenda of Gov. Yahaya Bello’s administration.
He said that the administration placed priority on human capital and infrastructural development for poverty alleviation and economic sustainability in Kogi State.
Engr Joy Ogwuche, Kogi State Coordinator of HYPPADEC, the forum was to enable further brainstorm on plan and reel out achievable plan for the next five years.
The Coordinator added that the strategy was to draw a broad-based development plan and provides succour to the people and as well, assess HYPPADEC activities in various communities.
Ohimege-Igu of Koton-Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isa-Koto, chairman of Kogi Local Government Area traditional council said the problems of the riverine communities were similar apart and called for a holistic approach.
He said that the road from Lokoja to Koton-Karfe was built on reclaimed land adding that the drainages provided by the road constructors had been blocked giving rise to leading to flooding.
The Ohimege-Igu urged the Federal Government to solve the problem by dredging the River Niger and called for strict adherence to the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of the projects as part of probable solutions to the perennial flooding. (Ends)
**As thugs loyal to Abure unleash mayhem on LP protesters from Edo
There seem to be no end in sight for the crises in the Labour Party as the Edo State chapter has officially ratified the suspension of the National chairman of the party, Julius Abure.
This was contained in a correspondent to the National Headquarters of the party titled: Ratification. Of the suspension from the membership of Ward 3, Arue, Uromi, Esan North qEast LGA, Edo State.
The letter which was signed by the chairman and secretary of the state chapter of the party, Com. Ogbaloi K.S.E State Chairman and Com. Akhere Frederick respectively and was copied INEC.
The Letter reads,
“Here forwarded to you and for your notification, the ratification of the suspension of Comr Barr. Julius Abure from the membership of Ward 3, Arue, Uromi, Esan North East LGA. Edo State.
“The State Executive Council, Labour Party, Edo State, comprising of the State Working Committee, the 18 Local Government Chairmen and the 18 Local Government Secretaries met on the 24” of May, 2024, at about 11:00pm, to consider the matters presented on the suspension of Comr. Barr. Julius Abure by his Ward in Arue, Uromi, Esan North East LGA, and the upholding of the suspension by the LGA Excos.
“After clinical analysis of the accusation, the Council found them weighty and further ratified and upheld the suspension.
Meanwhile, Thugs suspected to be loyal to the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), on Monday unleashed mayhem on Protesters believed to be LP supporters from the Edo State chapter who were at the party National secretariat to demand Abure’s ouster.
The anti- Abure protesters stormed the party headquarters in a number of vehicles holding placards and chanting solidarity songs.
No sooner than some of the protesters stepped out of one of the vehicles than the suspected thugs swooped on the vehicles with sticks and other objects forcing the drivers to zoom off.
A detachment of armed policemen and operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) intervened when the thugs started throwing stones into the nearby Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, in pursuit of reporters who were convering the fracas.
The intervention of the security officials prevented the situation from further degenerating. A police vehicle is currently stationed in between the warring factions.
By our correspondent
The Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria (KYN) the umbrella body of Kuteb world wide has accused Gen. Theophilus Danjuma ((rtd) of deliberately distorting and inventing new history of Takum Chieftaincy to benefit his tribal people (Chamba)
Chief Emmanuel Ukwen, President General Kuteb Yantso of Nigeria stated this while addressing newsmen in Jalingo on Friday.
The accusation is coming after the recent appointment of HRH Bar. Sopiya Gboshi as chief of Takum who was presented with staff of office by Gov Agbu Kefas to succeed late Ukwe Ali Ibrahim kufang ll who died 28 years ago.
The Kuteb also accused Gen. Danjuma and his associates of making plans to demolish the Takum Central Mosque and the ancestral palace of Ukwe Takum which had been located behind the Mosque.
Chief Ukwen recalled the recent speech presented by Dajuma during the coronation of the newly appointed chief of Takum against the Kuteb and late Ukwe Takum Ali Ibrahim was unjust and unacceptable.
“It is a pity that TY Danjuma referred to late Ukwe Ali Ibrahim as a very bad and terrible chief on flimsy reasons because he was a Kuteb man and a Muslim.
Record have it that late Ukwe Ali ibrahim was an honest and peace loving leader who ruled over the people of Takum from 1963 to 1996 and was adjuged by all as a leader with fear of God.
“We have uncovered a sinister move by Danjuma and his cohorts to force the State Governor to demolish the Takum Central Mosque and the Ukwe Takum Palace which is located behind the Mosque under the guise of Urban development.
“We want the whole world to know that the graves of our late Ukwes who reigned and died are in the palace.
“Any attempt by Danjuma and his cohorts to desecrate the tombs of our fathers will amount to cultural genocide,” he said.
The Kuteb leader also accused Danjuma of preaching peace in the public while he has secretly instigated and funded many crisis in his hometown, Takum.
The very recent was the sponsoring of Fulanis to wipe out over 200 Kuteb villages preparatory to the forceful installation of a Chamba Chief inorder to weaken and silence the Kuteb people in Takum.
“The Kuteb through Ukwe Takum ruled Takum from 1510 to 1996 uninterrupted by any other tribe, how comes Danjuma is forging history that the Kutebs are people from the hills? Ukwen questioned.
Meanwhile, Gen. Danjuma during the convocation of the Chief of Takum described the Kuteb people as troublesome and urged the State Governor, Kefas Agbu to be careful with the Kuteb people.
Forefront recalls that Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria shortly after the appointment of the new chief of Takum, vowed not to recognise the newly crowned chief Sopiya Gboshi from Chamba tribe.
The Kutebs vehemently vowed not to recognise the new Chief and would exhaust every legal means to recover their ancestral stool.
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja.
Kogi State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of five persons in a fatal auto crash on Kabba-Obajana road in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of the state.
The State Sector Commander, Samuel Oyedeji, who confirmed the accident and death of the five to newsmen on Thursday in Lokoja said three others survived the accident with serious injuries.
Oyedeji attributed the accident which involved a Ford Galaxy space wagon and a Mazda car, to speeding and wrongful overtaking.
“The head-on collision between the two cars moving in the opposite directions happened due to speeding and wrongful overtaking by one of the drivers.
“We have been preaching against drivers flouting road safety rules and regulations, yet these motorists hardly heed our warnings.
“Five persons lost their lives in the fatal accident that left three others seriously injured,” he said.
The Sector Commander said that officers from the command immediately carried out a rescue operation at the scene of the accident and rushed the three injured persons to General Hospital, Kabba for medical attention.
Oyedeji said the remains of the five dead persons were also deposited at the mortuary of the Kabba General Hospital.
The Kogi Sector Commander admonished motorists to always endeavour to always obey road safety rules and regulations to avoid fatal auto crashes on the highways. (Ends)
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