Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

An umbrella platform of hundreds of Northern Youth Groups, from the 19 Northern states, commends the Emir of Daura Alhaji Umar Farouk, for his conferment of Hon Nasir Bala Ja’oji, member Governing Board, Federal College of Education (Technical) Potiskum, Yobe State, as the Adon Garin Hausa.

In a letter sent to Ja’oji by the umbrella body, signed by the Regional Chairman, Makama Dan Kaduna, after an emergency meeting in Kaduna, they all agreed Ja’oji’s contributions to youth development, cut across many states of the federation. Assuring that, he is one of the Top Ten youth leaders in the North.

While appreciating how the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) identifies itself with Ja’oji, quoting the National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje CON, who signed APC’s Message of Fecilitation, who said, “This conferment by the Daura Emirate in Katsina State is truly a befitting one for an accomplished businessman and an undisputed philanthropist,” they concurred.

According to the umbrella platform, APC was right when it observed that, “This recognition is a testament not to Hon. Ja’oji’s contributions to the development of the Hausa community and the nation at large but his dedication to the cause of human development through his empowerment initiatives from which a lot of people in our society have benefitted.”

The letter from the platform places greater premium to Ja’oji, as great youth leader who deserves all sorts of commendation from government and the people in general.

They also revealed that,” In a recent research and opinion poll we conducted across 19 Northern states, through our professional members, it shows that Ja’oji is one of the Top Ten Youth Leaders in Northern Nigeria.”

Adding that, they would soon unveil the result of their opinion poll and organize an Award ceremony for the individual winners,” But we will start with Honourable Nasir Bala Ja’o’ji as one of the frontliners in the category of Ten Most Influential Youth Leaders in the North,” they disclosed.

“Emir of Daura’s decision to confer Ja’o’ji with the traditional title of Adon Garin Hausa, speaks a lot in authenticating our result,” they defended.

They also concurred with the APC National Chairman in his argument, that Ja’o’ji “Indeed, touching lives positively in our society can be described as the trademark of Ja’oji, an epitome of humility who gives and not allowing his left hand to know what his right hand is giving as an offering.”

At least five people were killed on Saturday following a deadly explosion at a residential building used for the illegal storage of petroleum products in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State. The tragic incident has once again highlighted the severe risks associated with illegal refining activities.

The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) confirmed the explosion and subsequent fire at the site, where illegally refined petroleum products, including condensate, were being stored for resale. The blast occurred late in the morning around 11:00 AM, engulfing the building in flames and killing four women and one man, all burnt beyond.

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has stated that the problem of Nigeria is political parties.

Her outburst comes following the incessant defection from other parties to the All Progressive Congress, APC.

Ezekwesili emphasized that Nigeria has a faulty foundation and defecting from one political party to another which she described as ‘acronymn’ won’t solve the problem.

Her words,”Can I tell you that political parties has been part of the problems of our elite failures because we really havent had political parties in Nigeria.

We have political platforms, God bless the spirit of someone who used exactly that name for me. They are platforms where individual interest are negotiated.

“We are yet to control the ideology of having real political parties driven by the sense of nation building.

“And then if I ask you again and you say your common identity is APC, I can well tell what will happen because what would happen is that a new set of operators wants to control.

“We have a faulty foundation. When you have a structural problem, you have to find structural solutions.

“Just merely changing acronyms and doing the migratory dance that happens between one set of acronyms and another set of acronyms does not solve the problem of the 50 something years of failure since our independence.”