By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Federal Government yesterday( Monday) announced the transfer of Regulatory Oversight of the Electricity Market in Imo State to the state electricity regulatory commission, otherwise known as (ISERC). In a statement issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Common( NERC), the development is in compliance with the amended Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) and the Electricity Act 2023 (Amended), reiterating that all transfers envisaged by this order shall be completed by 31 December 2024. According to the Commission,the transfer Order’s provisions include: “Direct Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) to incorporate a subsidiary (EEDC SubCo) to assume responsibilities for intrastate supply and distribution of electricity in Imo State from EEDC, and that EEDC shall complete the incorporation of EEDC SubCo within 60 days from 27th June 2024. The subcompany shall apply for and obtain licence for the in
The murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of a college in Sokoto state has continued to generate controvery as human rights activists and educationists describe it as gruesome.
Recently, an economist and former Managing Director, Volkswagen Nigeria' Limited, Prof Pat Utomi, in a clear time, described the killing of the female student as a deep wound in the soul of Nigeria.
Deborah was killed over alleged blasphemy in the premises of a college after she was accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad (SAW) during a hot argument with her colleagues during school hours.
Utomi, in a statement he personally signed and Titled, “A TIME TO LEAD”, blamed the current insecurity bedevilling the country on a lack of worthy leadership.
He noted that Nigeria is truly at a crossroads and anyone who fails to take a stand is not worthy of the people.
He said, “The incidents in Sokoto in the last two days have opened a deep wound in the Soul of our country. The only thing that can heal this deep gash now is leadership and truth, like the sore in the saying by the founder of the caliphate Uthman Dan Fodio,. Only truth can heal this one. This is open sore Conscience. The blood of innocents is crying to God for Justice”.
“Our country is truly at a crossroads and no one who fails to take a stand can be considered worthy of the trust of the people.”
As a Nigerian who has grown up Pan-Nigerian in cities like Kaduna, where I was born, Jos, Maiduguri, Kano, Gusau, Onitsha, Ibadan, Lagos and Nsukka, apart from my ancestral home in the Midwest, in the Northwest, North Central, North East, South West, South East, and South-South, and for decades pursued a career in crafting accommodation of one another I recognize clearly that if those who seek power, truly lead, we would not be in this recursive mode of one step forward, three steps backwards.”
“All must now speak up on the future of how we live together. We cannot continue to play the Ostrich.
I fully understand the widespread sentiment of many I run into that crunch time in the question of whether to break up or Live together in dignity has arrived and that a referendum is more important now than an election.
“I am pained by our arrival at this point but cannot ignore the passionate sentiment.”
Deborah Samuel has since been laid to rest in Niger state amid tears. The Sokoto state government has imposed a one-week curfew after youths protested the arrest of the perpetrators.
Northern Governors Forum has called for calm while the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called for investigation into the matter
Nigeria needs not just 2023 to come with another trasanctional leadership team enthroned! For posterity sake 2023 must come with a transformational leadership mind set. May God help us, we honour where else to go but Nigeria! Divided we fall united we stand! We must Go On With One Nigeria (GOWON) for tge sake of the black race!!!
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