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I will create job opportunities, says Senatorial candidate

I will create job opportunities, says Senatorial candidate

By Awayi Kuje
Jobs
Alushi (Nasarawa State), Feb. 2, 2019 (NAN) Mr Godiya Akwashiki, the All Progressives  Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Nasarawa North Senatorial district, has promised to initiate different skills acquisition programmes in order to create jobs for his constituents, if elected on Feb. 16.

Akwashiki, who is also the Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, made the promise on Saturday while addressing APC supporters at Alushi/Ginda and Wakama electoral wards of Akwanga Local Government Area of the state.

Akwashiki, who represent Nassarawa Eggon West constituency at the state legislature, said that initiating different skills acquisition programmes would help in tackling unemployment as well as make youths and women to be self reliant.

According to him, “send me to the National Assembly and see what I am going to do for you. I am having good blue prints for the zone if elected”.

“I will embark on massive infrastructural development as well as initiate different skills acquisition programmes in order to better the standard of living of people in this senatorial district.

“If elected, I will influence the provision of electricity, water supply and road construction, among others, in the interest of development,” he said.

Akwashiki said that he would also give adequate attention to the education sector by development of schools and the welfare of students.

He urged the electorate to vote for him, President Buhari and  other APC candidates during the 2019 elections in order to continue to enjoy more dividends of democracy.

“Some of you knows me and are aware of my achievements while some of you are seeing me for the first time, please vote for me and see what I am going to do for you and the entire zone if elected.

“As a present member,vmy records and my achievements are there and straight forward for every one to see.

“The people of my constituency and the state at large can testify to what I have done from 2011 to date towards bettering the standard of living of my people.

“I have done a lot, I will do more and you will see a lot of positive changes if elected on Feb. 16”, he said.

Akwashiki urged the electorate to vote all APC candidates at all levels during the elections.

The APC senatorial candidate further promised effective representation while pledging to carry everybody along to move the zone forward.

Mr Emmanuel Yaro, the Overseer, Aku Development Area of the state, urged the people of the area and Nigerians to vote APC candidates at all levels.

He assured Akwashiki and other APC candidates of his readiness to mobilise people to vote for all the party’s candidates during the polls.  (NAN)
AKW/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Foreign

UN urges Nigeria to disburse $1bn pledges at Oslo conference

UN urges Nigeria to disburse $1bn pledges at Oslo conference

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By Isaac Aregbesola

Abuja, March 6, 2017 (NAN) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has urged the Nigerian government to step up response to the humanitarian crisis arising from the Boko Haram insurgency.

The body also called on Federal Government to scale up disbursement of the one billion dollars Nigeria pledged at the Oslo conference from the states and the national levels.

Mr Matthew Rycroft, President of the UNSC for March 2017 and leader of the delegation to Nigeria, made the appeals on Monday in Abuja at a news conference on the team’s visit to Nigeria and Lake Chad Basin region.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that donors pledged more than 670 million dollars at a UN-backed humanitarian Conference on Northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad Region.

The conference was hosted by Norway on Feb. 24 in conjunction with Nigeria and Germany to mobilise aid operations in the region.

Rycroft, who is the UK Ambassador to the UN, explained that the mission of the UNSC to Nigeria was aimed at enabling the Security Council get first-hand information on the humanitarian crisis in the region.

He noted with concern that the humanitarian crisis in the North East of Nigeria was unfolding on the scale that was hardly imaginable.

Rycroft said the UNSC aimed to shine spotlight on the crisis so that the whole world, including the governments of Lake Chad region would step up response, before it is too late.

However, the envoy commended the hard work made by Nigerian armed forces and the multinational joint task force towards combating the Boko Haram insurgency in the region.

He reaffirmed the council’s commitment to supporting the efforts to root out terrorism out of the region.

 “We stand with the government and the people of this region and in particular the government of Nigeria in confronting the Boko Haram terrorism.

“We commend the effort of the governments of this region to coordinate together and to fight the Boko Haram and we encourage them to reinforce the effort until the job is done.

“We encourage the government to step up to disburse the $1 billion that they pledged to the Oslo conference from the state level and the national level.’’

Ms Michele Sison, the U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative in UN, described the Lake Chad Basin crisis as a “complex crisis which deserves a complex and holistic response’’.

She therefore advised the government of Nigeria to ensure that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees return voluntarily to their respective communities and that all necessary services are in place before their return.

According to her, the U.S. would continue supporting the Nigerian government and its people in their fight against terrorism and extremism.

“The UNSC support Nigeria in bringing peace back to the North Eastern Nigeria and the affected areas of the Lake Chad Basin region,” she added. (NAN)

IAA/MST

Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola