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Lagos Fire Disaster: PASEDA TASKS FG TO REVAMP RAILWAY

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6 years ago

July 1, 2018

Sahara Weekly

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Otunba Rotimi Paseda has called on the federal government to expediate action at revamping the nation’s railway transportation system so as to reduce carnage on Nigerian roads.
Paseda’s call was coming on the heels of the fire disaster which occured last Thursday afternoon at the Julius Berger end of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in which no fewer than nine people died, while properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno.
Paseda in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital by his media aide, Ogbeni Michael-Azeez Ogunsiji, the governorship candidate of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) during the 2015 general elections in Ogun state, emphasized that government should earmark more fund to the rail transportation system in order to avoid a repetition of the disaster.
With specific reference to the on-going rehabilitation of the railways in the South West, the Ogun 2019 gubernatorial hopeful urged the federal government to consider granting expressways in the South West corridors a special attention being the gateway to the nation’s economy.
He passionately appealed to the Muhammadu Buhari led administration to place high premium on transporting fuel for local consumptions through the railway system so as to safeguard the life span of Nigerian roads as well as lives of motorists plying the highways.
While commiserating with families those who died in the inferno as well as those that sustained varying degrees of burns in the incident, Paseda also enjoined officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to reappraise its enforcement mechanism in order to forestall a repetition of the disaster.

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“I am deeply grieved by this shocking, horrid and traumatizing incident which came at a period when the nation is still mourning the Plateau massacre in which over 84 people were gruesomely murdered in cold blood.”
“The fuel tanker fire accidents is becoming too rampant on our highways where hardworking Nigerians have painfully lost their lives and materials acquired by dint of hard work.”
“I am indeed, saddened by this incident. This however, is a wake up call on the federal government to intensify efforts at revamping our railway transportation system. It is high time we return to the old Western system where oil and allied products were transported through the railway. That invariably makes our roads durable and safeguards the lives of motorists on the highway.”
“My prayers go to the families of the deceased. I join in praying that God grants the bereaved families the fortitude to bear their grief as well as speedy recovery for the wounded.”

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Amb.Okoro commends Rear Admiral Okeke for squashing bunkering

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3 hours ago

May 11, 2024

Sahara Weekly

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By Collins Nkwocha

The Director General of importers Association of Nigeria Taskforce,
IMAN,Amb.Chijioke Okoro John has commended the commander of the joint taskforce in the South South (Delta Safe) Rear Admiral John Okeke for working assiduously in the fight against bunkering in the region.

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The DG who was very happy with the success recorded so far by the commander of the taskforce showered encomium on him for standing tall and not compromising as the taskforce has been able to burst illegal oil bunkering sites in Abia state and Ahoada west LGA, Rivers State,40 illegal oil refineries were bursted in Abia state alone.

He implored him to continue the good job because the Nigerian nation is benefiting immensely from his wonderful and great job.

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You’re disrespectful to the president, focus on your job as a minister or you resign, prophet Ikuru tells Wike

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20 hours ago

May 10, 2024

Sahara Weekly

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By Collins Nkwocha

The prophetic hall of fame, prophet Godwin Ikuru of Jehovah Eye Salvation Ministry has blasted the former Rivers state governor,who is currently the minister of FCT Nyesom Wike and the current Rivers state governor,Siminalayi Fubara for being recalcitrant, obstinate, stubborn and disrespectful to the president of the federal Republic of Nigeria.

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The handsome prophet maintained that the feud between the former and the current governor of Rivers state has caused a lot of casualties in the state,he was very angry that both of them refused to listen to the president who mediated between them ” it’s totally disrespectful and a complete affront for Wike and Fubara to disregard the words of the president and continue this tussle that has caused loss of lives and properties in Rivers state,the tension is very high,people are being very careful and apprehensive because of these two people, it’s a big shame to them as they have chosen to be vindictive and unforgiving”

He lamented that the tussle between them has also hampered governance in the state as the state House of Assembly is divided.He said “the House of Assembly is divided,we have the Wike supporters and those supporting Fubara,i want to tell the both of them to stop this nonsense because this is arrant nonsense,they should stop endangering the lives of the people in the state”

Finally he advised Wike to focus on how to restore peace and sanity to the FCT “eversince Wike became the FCT minister, insecurity, banditry and kidnapping has intensified,he should focus on restoring peace and sanity to the federal capital territory instead of making troubles with his political son,if Wike perceives that he’s not capable of functioning as a minister,he should resign immediately”.

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Reshuffle your cabinet now, prophet Ikuru tells Tinubu

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2 days ago

May 9, 2024

Sahara Weekly

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The prophetic hall of fame,a member of the defunct Presidential Campaign Council APC and founder of Jehovah eyes salvation Ministry Prophet Godwin lkuru have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to dissolve or Reshuffle his cabinet after his one year in office come May 29 .

The popular online prophet who attained the Prophetic Hall of Fame described the Ministers in president Tinubu cabinet as incompetent and enemies of progressive in actualizing the true impact of Renewed Hope agenda as profess by Mr President in his campaign manifesto .

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Speaking to journalist on Tuesday , at his Ikeja office , Prophet Ikuru claimed that most of the ministers are not cognizant with their duties which have made Nigerians complained bitterly about the economic situation

” Honestly, President Tinubu should dissolve these cabinet a select people that are after his ideology in making the country better , imagine what is happening in Abuja , the FCT minister Wike Nysome have cause Abuja more security threat than before , also Minister of power who don’t even know the role of his duty as power minister , or is it the Minister for Mining , woman affair and Petroleum, None is helping Mr President to portray that Renewed Hope, so he should dissolve them or reshuffle the cabinet ”

Hence , prophet Ikuru called on Nigerians to be patient with the president as he mean well for.the country , he is doing his best to make sure everything that have being a failure reflect the sense of hope in the country ,as he is going outside the shore of the country to bring back.investors that have left Nigeria for decades due to economy hardship and corruption.

Ikuru further stated that security should is a collective business which must be imbibed in our society, the Nigerian Army,Air force , Navy and other security agents are doing their best but we can assist them with vital in that will help in curbing down kidnappers and abductors in our society, he said .

He urged sub nationals to work with the people in justice , love and fairness ,so that the country will be more secured as the renewed hope of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is sacrosanct.

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