Natasha vs Akpabio: INEC dismisses petition seeking recall of Senator Uduaghan - ITREALMS

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed a petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, reports ITREALMS.

The petition, which was accompanied by six bags of documents allegedly containing signatures from over half of the 474,554 registered voters in the district, was deemed incomplete due to the lack of contact information for the petitioners.

Confirmed: Uduaghan is special guest @Editors confab 2016

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The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has been confirmed as the Special Guest of Honour at the 12^thedition of the All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) slated for August 3 through 7, 2016 in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, reports ITRealms.

The 2016 conference with the theme: Economic Diversification: Agriculture as Option for a Prosperous Nigeria, would be graced by some 300 Nigerian editors, practising farmers, agribusiness financiers, policy-makers and captains of industry, just as the hosted Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, said it would afford the state the opportunity to showcase its investment potentials.

The Acting President of the Guild, Funke Egbemode, who confirmed this in a press statement, said that Uduaghan was chosen to play the role of Special Guest of Honour because of his place in the nation’s history as the Governor who made agriculture and non-oil resources as alternative to dependency on crude oil receipts a state policy through the ‘Delta Beyond Oil’ initiative.

Uduaghan, she said, deployed the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) scheme to empower farmers in the state from the field through the value chain leading to the export of home-gown and processed spices among other products.

Already the host Governor, Wike, has assured editors of a successful outing. In a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, the Governor noted that the conference would be a fitting platform to partner with editors and the media to consolidate development in both the state and the nation at large.

Wike noted that the state is hosting several national and international events as a demonstration of the fact that Rivers State is an investors’ destination, stressing that the state is peaceful and the people hospitable.

“Hosting this year’s conference will also make the editors witness first-hand the development projects and programmes of my administration which has improved the living standard of the people”, the Governor said.

The All Nigeria Editors’ Conference is the largest gathering of Nigerian editors. It is a watering hole of ideas that have shaped government policies and programmes over the years. The maiden edition was held in 2004 at Ada, in Osun State hosted by then Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Subsequent editions have been held in different parts of the country. 

The conference also attracts both local and foreign speakers as well as editors from organizations such as the West African Editors Forum (WAEF), the African Editors Forum (TAEF), the World Editors Forum (WEF) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).

This year’s edition has been tailored primarily to focus on agriculture as a counterfoil to the dwindling receipts from crude oil.  Speakers include a rich mix of practising farmers, agriculture financiers and policy-makers.

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Pix: Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan,