Buhari

Before you dream of 2019 Election, read this first.

2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS BY GEO-POLITICAL ZONES.

South East
Buhari                   198,248
Jonathan           2,464,906

South South     
Buhari                   418,590
Jonathan           4,714,725

South West
Buhari                2,433,193
Jonathan           1,821,416

North Central
Buhari                2,411,013
Jonathan           1,715,818

North East
Buhari                2,848,678
Jonathan              796,580

North West      
Buhari                7,115,199
Jonathan           1,339,709

EXISTED FACTS IN 2015 BUT NOW ABSENT.

(1) Jonathan was the incumbent President, with plenty of funds from the Central Bank to share. This is no longer available to the next PDP candidate.

(2) PDP had above twenty Governors in 2015 and now they have just eleven, thereby reducing their areas of influence.

(3) PDP had Ministers from all the States in 2015 and now has none.

(4) Ondo and Ekiti States from the South West, were under the PDP, Ondo is gone and Ekiti will hold elections in July, 2018 and may be lost to APC.

(5) Anambra Governor worked for Jonathan in 2015, but will not work for PDP in 2019, because of the crisis between Obiano and Obi.

(6) Agricultural revolution, especially that of rice had not taken place in Kebbi and so many other states in 2015 as it is now.

(7) Boko haram has not been decimated in 2015 as it is now. More votes will certainly come to Buhari, from the North East because of this.

(8) The recent PDP Convention ostracized the South West, with a lot of PDP Yoruba Chieftains like Obanikoro, Folarin, Doyin Okukpe and a host of others leaving the party.

(9) The protracted PDP crisis between Modu Sheriff and Markafi, also led to the exodus of some key members of the party.

(10) No more religious and tribal cards in 2019,as was played by Jonathan and PDP in the entire Southern part of the country in 2015.

(11) Above all, Buhari is the working and workaholic incumbent. Patriotic and sensible Nigerians are beginning to see the positive side of him.

#iStandWithBuhari

Benue trim workforce

JANUARY SALARY DISCREPANCIES, INVESTIGATION SHOWS REMITA HAS NO CONTRACT WITH BENUE STATE GOVERNMENT TO PAY SALARIES

Pat Hyua
11/03/2018

The Benue State House of Assembly this week rounded off its ongoing interface with persons connected with the payment of January salaries by SystemSpec Limited (Remita consultant) that led to the undue deductions, underpayments, overpayments, and non payment of some civil servants by interacting with the Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu who is also the chairman, State Emergency Committee on Salary Issues. During the interface on Thursday, the Deputy Governor said SystrmSpec Limited (Remita consultant) has no contract with Benue State government to pay salaries.

Few days ago, the House interacted with the Commissioner for Finance Mr. David Olofu, Head of Service, Mr. George Ede, Secretary to the State Emergency Committee on Salary Issues, Mr. Matthew Uyina, SystemSpec Limited (Remita consultant), SA to the Governor on Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon Titus Zam, Chairman, Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Dr. Philip Tachin and other relevant authorities over the January salary quagmires.

There were so many issues during the separate interactions with the above officers that were crying for answers, clarifications to their confusion even among the officers that were supposed to provide answers to some of the issues. It was indeed very clear there was a spade whose name perhaps was very difficult to call.

It is obvious that in the first phase of the interaction, the head of service Mr. George Ede in his attempt to answer one of the lead questions put to him by the Majority Leader, Rt. Hon. B. T. Adanyi said, "...the figure that was given, the one that I saw was not the one used to pay the January salaries..." This, Mr. Ede said was to collaborate what Mr. Uyina (secretary to the state emergency committee on salaries and Permanent Secretary ministry of finance) said  "...unfortunately, everybody is afraid of saying it, but I am not afraid... The representative of Remita consultant abandoned the data we gave them and used something I don't know how he came up with, this is just the truth...something that has no bearing with what we provided...when I took the bull by the horn...the young man said he had three different data from three sources, he was comparing his own, our own and another one...then he ended up paying what he taught was appropriate..."

Yet, Mr. Uyina could not answer the question, who gave the consultant the data used? It was on a separate day when the consultant (Remita appeared before the House that they said Ministry of finance generated the data they used in paying state civil servants salaries, but that the data used at the local governments was the one sent from the emergency committee headed by the Deputy Governor. This, Mr. Titus Zam had already told the House on a separate interaction that he used the data from the state committee headed by the Deputy Governor to send money to SUBEB and local governments for payment of January salaries.

When the Deputy Governor appeared yesterday, in an attempt to answer the lead question "can you please brief this Honourable House about the issues surrounding the payment of January, 2018 salaries in the State?" Put to him by the Deputy Majority Leader, Rt. Hon. Nick Eworo stated"... if we must tell the truth, the salary situation in Benue will be settled once and for all..."

The Deputy Governor said when Remita was questioned on where it got the data, they said one Mrs. Dooshima gave them the list, that the commissioner for finance asked her to give Remita for payment of January salaries. The List Remita said had about 250 (250×2) duplicates sub head numbers that were later removed by Remita.

When the House questioned the representative of Remita on why it refused to use the data from the committee on salaries, he said the finance commissioner who contracted them told them not to use the report from the committee and because the commissioner for finance employed them, they had no choice but to use it.

Be that as it may, when the Deputy Governor confirmed that it was his report that was used for the payment of January salaries for local governments and teachers, members wondered why local governments and teachers seem to have more issues, could it be that the data from his committee is not better than that of the finance commissioner?

The Deputy Governor told the House he was aware there were going to be issues considering the size of the investigation, he was aware some of the issues were going to be genuine arriving from human error, computer error and some criminal elements fighting to remain at work, he said all complaints were going to be transparently addressed.

The Deputy Governor had earlier explained that, his committee was saddled with the terms of reference of determining the exact number of workers of the Benue State government both the civil service and the local government system and also determine the exact wage bill accruable to the wokers.

He explained further that, the attendant consequences of the two terms are that you must be qualified to be an authentic worker of the Benue State government, you have to have been employed based on the lay down procedures ordering your employment, for instance, if someone who decided to alter his documents and in the process change his date of birth to extend his stay in the service, such person has to go. He also said those that came in fraudulently or without any approval from the Governor for employment will also go, those without approval fall under the category of those employed at the local governments after 2011 (since there was no approval for employment after 2011). Outside these, it may be an error, he added.

The foregoing made the member representing Gwer East, Hon. Stephen Tyochir to present documents with specific numbers of persons with all their data who were employed after 2011 but were still paid and those who were fall under same period but were still not paid. He also gave the list of those who were due for retirement and were still paid and those who fall under the same category but were not paid. Mr. Tyochir presented the names of these categories of persons all over the 23 local governments accordingly.

This prompted the Speaker, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange to ask the Deputy Governor to look into all the issues and complaints of workers especially the issues raised by Tyochir with all urgency as they could naturally lead to more problems. He stressed that it was normal that somebody who got employment with another on the same date or circumstances will not keep quiet seeing himself pulled out of the service while the other remains.

Earlier, the Deputy Governor had told the House that:
*The commissioner for finance (Mr. David Olofu) has already admitted he was not given any approval to appoint a consultant.  That he did appoint the consultant because he needed the services urgently, even this cloth of urgency could not properly clothe the whole body as there was no justification for the "urgency".

*On the issue that the commissioner for Justice vetted the agreement that was presented to the House supposedly signed between the SystemSpec Limited (Remita) and Benue State Government. (Of course, the validity of the agreement was questioned by honourable members for falling short of common sense, there was no date in the whole of the document, the people that signed for Remita did not write their names, the commissioner for justice had no place in the document that was drafted for the state government), the Deputy Governor told the House that the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice had already at the instance of the Governor denied vetting any such agreement.

*The wage bill of the state now is 5.5b, meaning (this may change after some of the genuine problems are resolved?)
a. 1.9b for state workers
b. 1.4b for  teachers
c. 1.4 for local governments
d. About 500m for BSU
e. 500m for pension =5.5b

* That staff strength of the state is now:
16, 679,000 for state civil servants
17, 750, 000 for teachers
17, 600,000 for local governments

*That all those found wanting after investigations will be punished accordingly.

The House said after it findings it will seat with the state emergency committee on salary issues for their inputs.

Benue workers down tools Tuesday.

Benue workers will commence a one week warning strike from Tuesday , next week.
According to the chairman of the Benue state chapter of the NLC, comrade Anya, the warning strike has become necessary following the failure of the state Government to meets her demands.

Benue workers embark on strike

Benue state workers have been directed to embark on one week strike beginning from Tuesday 5th of September, 2017.

The state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress in conjunction with Trade Union Congress declared the one week warning strike after its meeting held at the NLC secretariat, Makurdi yesterday.
In a communique issued at the end of State Executive Council of both the NLC and Trade Union Congress held at the NLC secretariat located along Otukpo road, Makurdi declared that the warning strike will end on Wednesday 13th of September in which they will review and decide on further line of action.
According to the communique jointly singed by chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and JOSNC; Godwin Anyan, Orduen Tanterger and Philip Nabgo respectively said that the strike action was as a result of government inability to clear all the outstanding salaries and pension allowances owed workers in the state.

The communique read, ‘SEC in session noted that the statutory allocation from federal allocation not to the state and Internally Generated Revenue have not ceased to come including supplementary support funds like Bailout funds, Paris Club, stabilization funds etc.

The labour leaders however called on leaders, elders and stakeholders in the state to prevail on the state government to implement the state of emergency declared on salary payments.

Dr Eunice at 45

Dr Mrs. Eunice Ortom @ 45
                               Celebrating life of a “life giver”
                                   By Lucy Ackanyon.
If you are familiar with the dominant feature of the zodiac sign of August, then chances are that you already know something about Dr Mrs. Eunice Ortom’s  out look to life and how that defines her person.
Her month of birth, August is governed by the all-powerful Sun and by the magnanimous sign of leo. The solar sign reflects the dignified Sun's life force energy and classifies her as " Life Giver". Dr. Louis Turi, a renowned astrologist agrees to this when he says August born people possess the trait to promote life where ever they go.
For Eunice Ortom, Life is only worth the while if it is lived in service of others. “I strive through my little efforts to be the sun that illuminates light in dark hours, and provides warmth in cold, or water that wets dry land, to people who need it” Eunice, the ever cheerful looking wife of the Benue State Governor, loves to say, but would always rather see any of her kind gestures as being so little and as well, would never forget to redirect every accolades for generosity, to God.  
“Dr Ortom has undying passion for humanitarian work”, Dr Mrs Magdalene Dura, Special Adviser to the Benue State Governor on SDG, NEPAD and Development Cooperatives says, “she has always looked out and helped people in need long before her husband became a governor”.
Mrs. Mnena Kaduna, a widow in Makurdi who has benefitted one from Dr Ortom’s package for widows, agrees no less with Dr Dura’s opinion. “Mrs. Ortom is truly humane”, surprised Mnena averred after receiving N50,000 and a 50kg bag of rice from Dr Ortom. Many other widows also got the same amount of money and items as Mnena, on the occasion.
It is this sort of efforts to make life meaningful to others that reflects so glowingly in Dr Ortom  that dominant trait of the August zodiac sign, “the life giver”  and  also endears her to many people both from the high and the low class.
Even the name of her pet project, the Eunice Spring of Life Foundation, speaks of  her natural tendency towards promoting life, bequeathed  at the time of birth. Her philosophy for the project aligns with this thought, “It is my wish that the Eunice Spring of Life will be known as one reserved for those who may truly need us to be a spring in their steps”. To this, not a few keen observers agree that water from Mrs Ortom’s spring has rejuvenated lives of many people in the state. 
Foot prints of her pet project appear so boldly on the development strides of the state that when its score card was presented on the occasion of its first anniversary marked On the 14th day of May 2017, many people were amazed at how much the organisation had achieved within a short period and in the harsh economic reality.
Wife of Former Governor Akume, Mrs Regina Akume, in complete amazement of ESLF success story exclaimed,   “I am surprised at how much ESLF has been able to achieve within just one year”. “If this much could be done within such short time,,there is no doubt that by the time the NGO gets older, it will l do much more for  people of the state”, Mrs Akume asserted.
According to  ESLF Programme officer, Mrs Ginnette Salome-Ikpahindi,  the NGO has intervened extensively in all  three thematic areas of health, agriculture and education. Notably, she says, it has conducted free medical outreaches in over ten LGAs of the state, where thousands of rural people received diverse medical services including surgery. She explained ESLF has offered scholarships more than 100 students both at secondary and tertiary education and as well purchased UTME for many students.
“We have also organised entrepreneurship summits for women and youths through which many were empowered with relevant skills and facilitated loans from the Bank of Agriculture for them to start up their businesses”, Mrs Salome-Ikpahindi stated.
Watching Dr Ortom’s public life, one will conclude like  Laadi Isiegbe-Ajene, the Benue State Commissioner for Women Affairs  and Social Development that “she is the most active firstlady in Nigeria”, and wonders if it is not high time  she stopped turning down the many offers of awards of excellence made to her from different bodies and groups. From religion to economy to education to social, Dr Ortom runs well planned out programmes targeted at youths and women empowerment which she actively participates for better results.
As a ardent believer in the power of prayers for success of any of man’s endeavours, Mrs Ortom initiated two prayer convocations, one for women and the other for youths, no sooner than her husband assumed the mantle of leardership of benue state government. “It is my hope that the Benue Women in Prayer and Benue Youth in Prayer meeting bring as many Benue women and youths together as a family, every month to pray for the common challenges of the state”, she says.
Born on August 27th, 1972, Eunice Ortom is from Aondona in Gwer West Local Government by birth and Nzorov in Guma Local Government Area by marriage.
The wife of the Governor of Benue State attended Queen of the Rosary Secondary School, Gboko where she obtained the General Certificate of Education in 1988. She proceeded to the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) degree in International Studies.
Eunice Ortom obtained a Master of Science degree in international Relations and Strategic Studies from the Benue State University in 2004 and thereafter capped it up with a Ph.D in political Science from the same University in 2016.
Dr. Mrs. Eunice Ortom commenced public Service as an Administrative Officer at the Benue State University, Makurdi while participating in the one year mandatory National Youth Service Corps Between 1998-1999. She worked variously as an Administrative officer in the Benue State Civil Service in the Office of the Head of Service in 2001, Administrative Officer II in the Office of the Accountant-General 2002-2003, Chief Administrative officer I 2004-2006, Benue State Development Project on HIV/AIDs 2004-2006, Senior Administrative Officer/Gender Focal person, Benue State Aids Control Agency (BENSACA) 2007-2010 and principal Administrative Officer in the Ministry of Finance.
A wife, mother of six children, a Public Servant, a believer in God, a philanthropist, community and social mobilizer and a humanist, the first Lady has been involved in several humanitarian activities both in her private and public capacity.
She is the Chairperson, Board of Directors of the Benue State Action Committee on Aids (BENSACA), USAID Net Ambassador in the fight against malaria, USAID ZINC/ORS champion, UNICEF Champion/ Advocate against Adolescent HIV among others.
A widely travelled person and activist, Mrs. Ortom has visited several countries and attended trainings, workshops and conferences on development at home and abroad.

Konshisha dedicated to God

Sole administrator of Konshisha, Micheal Adasu dedicate Council to God:
Konshisha local government was last Friday dedicated to God. Performing the ceremony, Rev Fr Ushe prayed to God to take over the leadership of the council and to give Bro micheal Adasu the vision and energy to Govern the local government with the fear of God. The chairman's office and resident were blessed during the dedication service.

Hon Ayaku Salutes All

FROM
      HON. AYAKU, T. JOHN
  Dear esteemed supporters, the Bridge Campaign Organisation, the good people of Konshisha LGA, and my distinguish political leaders.
   Permit me to sincerely appreciate all of you for your support and cooperation during my six months tenure as sole administrator of Konshisha LGA, also for standing by me in my quest to be your servant (chairman).
   Within this period, I contributed my quota towards unifying our people from different political factions, heal the wounds of all segments and factions in the area. I tried my best to make every body have a true sense of oneness and inclusiveness. I indeed belonged to every body and I belong to no body. If given another opportunity, I will still be for every body and no body.
    Further more, I wish to appreciate his Excellency, Gov. Samuel Ortom, my mentor, our Dist. Sen. BAI Gemade, as well as all Konshisha political leaders for given me a chance to serve our people.
     Let all my teaming crowd of supporters continue to keep faith with our great party The All Progressive Congress as we walk through this trying moment of our intenal democracy as a party. May God bless you all, for in him we all trust.
                                      SIGN.
                 
                  HON. AYAKU, T. JOHN.