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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Mr Cornelius Shoilbial, Permanent Secretary, Special duties, Plateau Government House, says that 95 per cent of commercial tricycle operators in the state are not registered. Shoilbial made the disclosure on Monday in Jos, at a media parley organised by the state government to mark this year’s Democracy Day. He said that government’s decision to restrict the operators’ movement to 9pm was to curtail security challenges posed by the riders. “Most of the tricycles are not duly registered, so it becomes difficult for the perpetrators to be traced when the tricycles are used to commit crime. “We found out at a point that most of the crimes were traced to the tricycle operators and had to act quickly,” he said. The Permanent Secretary said that curtailing the time of operations had yielded some fruits as the rate of crime and immorality had gone down. The official urged Plateau residents to support government’s efforts to rid the state of crimes and restore perma...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J WITH growing concern over the situation in the country’s gas-to-power industry, the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) is set to organise its first business forum in 2017 with invited experts to debate vigorously on the  challenges. The event, which will bring the power, oil and gas, investment and business community together will hold on Thursday 15th June 2017 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos with the theme ”Embracing New Realities: Resetting Our Gas to Power Industry”. The main objective is to discuss the issues and proffer solutions to overcome barriers in the gas-to-power value chain and explore ways of aligning  the investment horizons of gas assets with the financing realities of gas-fired power generation. According to Ibimina Abiodun, NGA’s Secretary General, “the Council of NGA has favoured genuine debate with the participation of high calibre speakers from gas, finance and power industries including other institutions in or...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Sen. Hope Uzodinma, representing Imo West, has called on Nigerians to always use their votes to elect political leaders they could trust and hold accountable. Uzodinma made this call in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Monday. While commending Nigerians for sustaining democracy for 18 years without interference, he said the occasion of Democracy Day anniversary should be used as an opportunity to have deep reflection on the power of their votes. He said that their vote is a great weapon to elect the right candidates and voting out the wrong ones, adding that without it, no political office holder could assume office. “The awesome power of votes must be used wisely to elect God fearing leaders, who will protect and defend the interest of the people, particularly the less privileged. “If the voters fail to use their votes wisely to elect credible leaders, they should have themselves to blame; they should desist from electing leaders who do not care abo...