Emir of Mubi urges displaced persons to return home...NEMA continues to assess affected communities

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Emir of Mubi urges displaced persons to return home

...NEMA continues to assess affected communities

 

 

Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Abubakar Isa Ahmadu, has appreciated the Federal Government for the restoration of security in his domain and called on his subjects that were displaced by the insurgency to return home. This is even as NEMA continues to assess damaged communities including Mubi.

 

 

Speaking in his palace when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the Minister of Youths Development, Mr Boni Haruna, the Emir advised his people to be vigilant and law abiding and assist the government towards the maintenance of security in the area. He urged returning residents to give all the necessary cooperation to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) assessment team as they go round to conduct assessment. He thanked the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan  for his concern about the condition of the displaced people and his assurances of support  to assist them return to normal life.

 

 

The Youths Development Minister said his visit with the NEMA team was to assess the return of peace in the area and to convey the assurances of President Goodluck Jonathan to support the returnees through the National Emergency  Management Agency (NEMA) to settle back in their homes. The Minister said the commander of the Army Battalion based in Mubi had assured that the soldiers have cleared the town and made it safe  for law abiding citizens to return to their homes.

 

 

Leader of the NEMA assessment team, Musa Zakari, said the Director General of the Agency, Muhammad Sani Sidi has directed them to carry out the assessment for immediate deployment of necessary support for the returnees to start  rebuilding their lives.

 

 

The assessment team met with a returnee, Mr Bitrus Yohana and his family of ten, who came back after several months of displacement. Mr. Yohanna appreciated the Federal Government and the military for the restoration of security in the area. He as well as other formerly displaced persons now back and trading in Mubi Market, called on other displaced persons still taking refuge elsewhere to return home. The team has visited Hong, Maiha, Uba, Mubi and Gombi local government areas.

 

 

The Minister and NEMA officials also visited Mubi market where business activities have picked up and other places that included the Adamawa State University and State General Hospital.

 

 

It would be called that Mubi was at one time renamed by  Boko Haram.

 

 

 

Sani Datti

Snr. Information Officer

22/2/2015

Yola, Adamawa State

SIRIKA TASKS ON SERVICE DELIVERY

SIRIKA TASKS ON SERVICE DELIVERY

The Hon. Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika has tasked the workers in the Aviation sector to meet up with the requisite quality and standard in the Aviation industry, as to meet citizens’  high expectations for excellent service delivery in the sector. 

The Minister stated this at the 2022 Customer Service Week organized by the Ministry of Aviation in Abuja.

He said that the theme for this year's event “Celebrate Service” is most apt because the aviation sector is service- driven touching the lives of millions of passengers every year. 

Sirika noted that the Aviation sector in 2021 has facilitated the movement of over 15, 225,627 passengers not to mention Cargo volume into account. “A fully functional system of air transportation is an essential requirement for the successful development of the other sector in the economy including, but not limited to manufacturing, international commerce, Agriculture and tourism,” he said.

The Minister said “This event should serve as an opportunity to remind us of our responsibilities and to encourage us that as much as we have done so much in the past, we need to do more in order to trigger the growth we desire in the sector.

Sirika expressed satisfaction with the level of implementation of the Aviation roadmap which was developed at the inception of the Buhari administration and attributed the successes recorded so far to the commitment and efforts of workers in the sector, especially the Ministry. 

He noted that the delivery of the respective components of the roadmap will establish Nigeria as a major air transportation hub, especially the national carrier, Nigeria Air which is expected to come on stream soon. 

In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary of Aviation, Dr Emmanuel Meribole said that Customer Service Week is a forum created for Service Providers to closely interact with customers to enable the service providers to understand their service performance and customer grievance in order to proffer solutions to the identified grievances and challenges.

He said “ It is important to note that the purpose of this event is to appreciate every one of you for the contribution to service delivery in the Ministry and the Aviation agencies”

The Director of Reform Coordination and Service Improvement in the Ministry, Mrs Chima Evelyn charged the Ministry, FAAN, NAMA, NCAA, AIB, NIMET and NCAT to formulate strategic research on the primary needs and aspirations of the esteemed customers, saying that can enable them to prove to enhance and improve service delivery.

Architects Institute Honours Hadi Sirika for Unprecedented Infrastructural Development

Minister of Aviation Sen. Hadi Sirika has received the Honorary  Fellowship and Distinguished Service Award of the Nigerian Institute of Architects for the unprecedented infrastructural developments within the aviation sector under his leadership. The Award was given to the Minister at the Institute’s Architecture Annual Award 2021 in Abuja. According to the Institute, under his supervision, the Ministry of Aviation embarked upon 157 projects and delivered 134 to 100% completion, for the first time in the history of Nigerian Aviation. It was noted that amongst the Minister’s numerous landmark achievements which earned him the award was the completion of the international terminals at four (4) airports, namely the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, Port Harcourt International Airport, and the Malam Aminu Kano Airport which it described as architectural masterpieces. The Institute also cited the rehabilitation of the runways of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu according to ICAO specifications which were not only delivered ahead of schedule but within budget. “Airports under his watch were certified (Abuja and Lagos). It is also on record that Aviation has become the fastest-growing sector in the Nigerian economy Pre-Covid 19 passenger grew from 8 to 18 million and similarly all allied businesses have grown tremendously” the citation stated. Receiving the award, Senator Hadi Sirika, also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, expressed his appreciation to the Institute for recognising his modest achievements in the aviation sector, even though he was not an architect by profession. He said he had been invited to receive numerous awards honours  fellowships and even honorary doctorate degrees, numbering about 390 all of which he declined. According to him, he had to make an exception for the Nigerian Institute of Architects award because of the integrity of the institution.  “I am more than glad to accept this, I cherish it, I will keep it, I will nurse it and I will carry it to one of my sons or daughters who will be an architect”.

INSECURITY: FG ASSURES ON RESUSCITATING AIRSTRIPS IN THE COUNTRY

The Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika has reiterated Federal Government commitment to resuscitate and ensure functional airstrips all over the country, to combat insecurity and boost commercial activities.

He stated this when a delegation sent by Emir of Hadejia and led by a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, Senator Ibrahim Hassan visited his office today.

Speaking specifically on Hadejia airstrip, the Minister said many reasons have pushed for the resuscitation of airstrips among which was historical purposes and to combat insecurity in the country. 

Hadi Sirika said “As we are facing by security challenges, siting functional airstrip in Hadejia will help in combating insecurity as the airstrip can be used by the Nigerian Airforce, Police and of course civil aviation”. 

He further added that Hadejia once doubled as a centre of learning, trade and commerce in Northern Nigeria. 

 The Minister said “we are starting now by engaging aviation experts and consultants to come up with an assessment. In our plans, the airstrip is going to be managed in a such a way that there is a plan for future expansion in term of landmass and commercial activities”.

He assured the delegation that everything would be done as soon as possible by the Ministry to actualize it and the Ministry will also find an appropriate way of funding the project.

Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Senator Ibrahim Hassan told the Minister that they were in his office to appreciate the Ministry’s effort towards resuscitating Hadejia airstrip. 

According to him, the Ministry had shown seriousness towards the rehabilitation of the airstrip by sending experts and consultants to conduct an assessment.

He assure the Minister of the Hadeija Emirate's support towards actualizing the project and commended him for the giant strides he had made in the aviation sector since his assumption of office as Minister of Aviation. 

Sani Datti 

For: Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation

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SIRIKA INAUGURATES COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE IMPACT OF SEASONAL RAINFALL PREDICTION ON THE NATION'S FOOD SECURITY

Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika has inaugurated inter-ministerial committee, charged with the responsibility to review from 2015-2018 the impact of seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) of the Nigerian Metrological Agency (NIMET) on the nation's food security.

According to the minister, the prediction which is very scientific and exact, are extremely important and beneficial to what we do, like how to plan cities and build in such a way that stands the weather condition, but the most important one is our ability to feed our self by knowing when to plant and harvest the type of crops at what particulars season.

He said it is in recognition of the importance of the annual rainfall predictions that the Agency is being empowered and positioned for more accuracy. "We are acquiring capability through NIMET to cascade and drop it down within meters and inches of accuracy, noting that in 2017 some farmers in Sokoto came to testify that from the prediction and the advice they have gotten that they were able to make good harvest for the season and unfortunately other who didn't follow the advice had losses". 

The committee’s Terms of Reference include:

a)     Examining the level of awareness of stakeholders (especially farmers) of the SRP;

b)     Compare and contrast the agricultural production and SRP within the period of 2015-2018;

c)     Examining the consumption vis a vis production of agricultural products on the nation's economy within the period. Relating issues on SRP and food security

d)     Other assignments given by the Minister on the subject matter. 

He urged the committee members to take the job very seriously as national assignment and do it with all the necessary due diligence as well as finish on time, considering its likely effect on the nation’s food sufficiency capacities.

Chairman of the committee and Director Planning Research and Statistics Mohammed Shehu pledged that the members will work assiduously and deliver as expected. He thanked the minister for the opportunity to serve for the committee whose assignment, according to him touches the life of the average Nigerian.

Sani Datti

For: Director, Public Affairs

EFCC, NEMA adjudged to have best spokespersons

EFCC, NEMA adjudged to have best spokespersons

With the highest number of five mentions under the category of best government spokespersons, the EFCC was the respondents’ top choice. All five journalists mentioned Tony Orilade, former Acting Head of media, by name and one included Ayo Oyewole, the Lagos office’s Head of Public Affairs.

Orilade was appointed as the commission’s Acting Head of Media and Publicity in November 2018 and handed over back to Wilson Uwujaren, his predecessor, in August.

Coming second place is the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Sanni Datti, the agency’s Head of Press and Media, was mentioned twice, and Manzo Ezekiel, a press officer, was mentioned once.

Three spokespersons of the Nigeria Police were likewise commended: Frank Mba, PPRO; Chike Oti, former PPRO of the Lagos State Command; and Anjuguri Manza, FCT police command PRO.

Mentioned by two respondents each were Sunday James of the NIS and the Ministry of Works. While one journalist generally commended the “Ministry of Power, Works, and Housing”, another praised David Henry, a senior information officer at the Works Ministry. Read the full report here Nigeria Police, Army, NAFDAC have worst govt spokespersons, media poll shows