There
was great joy yesterday amongst Imo State Corps members as they
received alert of 10,000 naira allowance from the state govvernment. As a
matter of fact, I was dazed when I saw this text message on my phone
"CR- Alert Acct: 6017225701, Amt: 10000.00, Desc: STATE ALLOWANCE BO
NYSC Bottom AVE, Date: 09/10/2013, Aval Bal: 30657.00"
So its 19,800 from FG, 10,000 from State and 5,000 from PPA which is approx 35k for us here in Imo. Rochas all the way!!! |
Friday, 11 October 2013
Okorocha Begins Payment Of N10,000 Alawi To Imo Corpers
NO WORK, NO PAY: FG stops salaries of striking lecturers
It was gathered from a reliable source at the National Universities Commission, NUC, that the government has passed a directive to the various universities governing councils to stop payment of salaries of the striking lecturers.
The ASUU Zonal Chairman in Abuja, Mr Clement Chup confirmed this yesterday after a zonal conference of ASUU, University of Abuja chapter, which took place at the Gwagwalada campus to review the nationwide strike.
He said his colleagues were yet to receive their September salaries.
According to him, "we have resorted to other welfare strategies to cope with the effect of the strike, particularly to contain the various attempts by government to break the resolve of the union. The Federal Government has through the National Universities Commission, directed universities to stop the payment of our salaries effective September this year and since then our salaries have not been paid.
"Part of the welfare strategy, involved distributing food items, giving out soft loans and cash advances to members."
He urged members of the public to ignore the rumour that the strike has been called off.
He said: "Nigerians should disregard rumours making the rounds that the three months old strike has been called off", adding that "the strike continues until the government demonstrates a positive inclination towards implementing the 2009 agreements and the 2012 Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties."
9 year old boy becomes Nigeria’s youngest Microsoft certified professional
A nine-year-old pupil of Role Model School, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Jomiloju Tunde-Oladipo, has emerged the youngest Nigerian Microsoft certified professional.
He came tops among 21 pupils who sat for the professional examination in Lagos.
He is now a Microsoft office specialist in office word 2010.
Jomiloju scored 769 out of 1,000 in the examination held in August.
In his examination score report, the slim-built boy performed well in Sharing and Maintaining Documents, Formatting Content, Applying Page Layout, and Reusable Content, among other subjects.
By the feat, Jomiloju has joined the league of young Microsoft certified professionals, including Nigeria’s 10-year-old Anjolaoluwa Seyi-Ojo; an eight-year-old Indian, Lavishnashree, and two Pakistanis, named Arfa and Thobani.
Microsoft Certified Professional is a certification programme provided by Microsoft Corporation. The certification is tailored towards building skills on Microsoft business solutions, focusing on client-end operating systems such as windows XP, Vista, Windows7 among others.
Jomiloju, whose certificate was signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation, Steven Ballmer, says he did not achieve this feat easily, but through persistence and hard work.
He says, “It was not all that easy, because I had attempted the examination last year, I did not make it then. But I remained focused and I put in a lot of hard work.
“At home and in the school, I am always on the computer. After school hours, if am not doing anything, I will go to my Information Communication Technology teacher, to learn more.”
Jomiloju sat for the examination when he was in primary Five.
Relating his experience, Jomiloju says, “In all, I answered 20 questions, after answering a question, the computer takes you to another one. And at times, there will be an instruction to skip the next question. But the programme still directs one to come back to those questions one had earlier skipped.”
But was he really scared having failed once to meet the cut off mark? He stresses that he was really afraid due to his earlier experience but he was optimistic of having success, because according to him, he has prepared well.
He also gives kudos to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tunde-Ladipo, for their support and imbuing in him the ‘can do’ spirit in achieving the success.
He says, “My mum and dad were very supportive. They always tell me never to give up and eventually it paid off. Moreover, they had bought the latest Dell laptop. Again, I am always fascinated about computer. The way it works and the process, and the way it organises data.”
Jomiloju who is a left-handed writer, according to his parents, has been a gifted child. He has always been in love with gadgets. His mum, Toyin, says, “Jomiloju since he was baby had loved playing with gadgets, he was never interested in toys. He would pick up remote controls for both TV and air-conditioner, and he would correctly use them for their specific functions.”
His father adds, “It is not that we are unnecessarily indulging him but he is such a brilliant child. He’s multi-talented. He plays the saxophone, he’s good on keyboard, he acts very well and he’s a good swimmer.
“Each term, he participates in school drama and quiz. He also gets prizes in other subjects, apart from ICT.”
Does Jomiloju want to pursue a career in software/hardware project like Bill Gates and Steve Job? Spotting an innocent smile, the youngster nods his head in affirmative.
His school administrator, Mrs. Adesimbo Banjo, who speaks glowingly about Jomiloju, says the feat recorded by her pupil is a tonic for other pupils.
His ICT teacher, Mr. Mathew Alo, also commends Jomiloju for the feat.
He adds, “Jomiloju was taught all the necessary things he needed to know and he came out as the most outstanding among 20 others from different schools in Lagos.
His class teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Ogunrinola, says Jomiloju takes his studies seriously. She states, “He is not only good in ICT, but in other subjects. He is hard working and well behaved.”
For Jomiloju, he’s not resting on his oars yet, as he says he is still going to seek more Microsoft certifications.
“I still want to sit for more examinations. I will still do excel and power points,” he says.
Nigeria Begins Use Of Cement For Road Construction Against Asphalt.
 For
the first time, the need for cement based option for road construction
in Nigeria instead asphalt for surfacing received a major boost at the
weekend, with experts both local and international listing some of
the advantages of cement over other material. The conference, entitled,
“Exploring Cement Based Option for Sustainable Road Construction in
Nigeria”, which was organised by Business Day in collaboration with the
Cement Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (CMAN), drew the attention
of government to the universal acceptance of cement concrete road as
the best option all over the world. Stakeholders from road and
transportation sector comprising policy makers, construction experts,
politicians and cement manufacturers attended the conference.In canvassing for cement based option for road construction, it was noted that 40 per cent of roads in developed countries like United States of America and West Germany are made of cement concrete, whereas 2 per cent of roads in emerging economies like India and less than 0.1 per cent in Nigeria are built with cement concrete. Justifying reasons for the need for concrete cement as alternative material to asphalt overlay for road construction, Chairman of CMAN, Mr. Joseph Makoju, said road built with cement is between 25 per cent and 50 per cent cheaper than that constructed with asphalt. Besides, he explained that though cement concrete road is 10 per cent more ex-pensive to construct than asphalt but that the lifespan of a road built with former is longer than that of the latter.In term of maintenance, he said cement concrete road becomes cheaper than asphalt as less maintenance is required. He said, “ The major cause for the collapse of our road network earlier mentioned was identified as our poor maintenance culture. In search for a cost effective solution, it was natural there-fore to search for an alternative surfacing material which when compared with as-phalt will require minimal maintenance hence our interest in cement concrete roads for Nigeria.” Managing Director/ Chief Execu-tive Officer, Lafarge WAPCO Cement, Mr. Joe Hudson, in his presentation on “The Nigerian Cement Industry”, noted that Nigerian economy has potential for growth. And as such, he said demand for cement would continue to increase due to investment in energy supply, road, water, housing and other infrastructure projects. According to him, Nigeria cement ca-pacity will triple in 10 years from 2010 to 2020 and that the nation will be the sec-ond highest producer of cement in Africa after Egypt, adding that by 2015, Nigeria will be an exporter to the West African re-gion, saying it has capital investment of over N1.8 trillion He listed major challenges of cement industry to include poor energy supply, roads and rail to carry cement to the mar-ket, and inadequate skills in the sector, urging government on the need to find solutions to them. |
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Passenger Lands Plane At Airport After Pilot Falls Ill
 A passenger has landed anaeroplane at Humberside Airport after the pilot fell ill at thecontrols.Police, fire and ambulance crewswere called to the airport after the pilot collapsed and a distress call was made from the light aircraft.Two flying instructors were called in to advise the passenger how tobring the plane down.One of them, Roy Murray, said the passenger had no flying experienceand did a "remarkable job".The passenger and pilot were the only people on board the aircraft,which took off from Sandtoft Airfield 25 miles (40km) away.'Control room cheers'Mr Murray, who works at a flying school based at the airport, said:"He made quite a good landing,actually. "He didn't know the layout of theaeroplane, he didn't have lights on so he was absolutely flying blind as well. "I think he'd flown once before as a passenger but never flown an aeroplane before." Police, fire and ambulance crews were called to the airportMr Murray said he tried to keep the man calm as he talked him through the landing procedure. "The last thing you want to do is panic, then all sorts of things can happen." He said there were cheers in the airport control room as the plane landed safely on its fourth attempt. "It's a fantastic feeling knowing I have achieved something and probably saved somebody's life. "I think without any sort of talk down he would have just gone into the ground and that would have been the end of it." 'Heard crashing' Stuart Sykes said he saw the aircraft land at about 19:50 BST. "It came down with a bump, a bump,a bump, hit the front end down, I heard some crashing and it's come to a halt," he told BBC Look North. "There were a few sparks and three or four crashes, that must have been the propeller hitting the floor. "Then it uprighted again and it came to a stop." The pilot is said to have passed on. The North Lincolnshire airport said a full emergency plan was put in place. Roads surrounding the airport were closed but have since reopened. Two incoming flights from Aberdeen and Amsterdam were delayed while the aircraft was removed from the runway. |
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