ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

Image
 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE   ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).   The requests followed the resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed of the NMDPRA and Gbenga Komolafe of the NUPRC. Both officials were appointed in 2021 by former President Buhari to lead the two regulatory agencies created by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).   To fill these positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA.   The two nominees are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry.   Eyesan, a graduate of Economics f...

A BRITISH COUPLE WAS RECENTLY CONVICTED,AFTER THEY HELD A NIGERIAN CAPTIVE FOR 24 YEARS IN BRITAIN.

                 A British couple was found guilty on tuesday of keeping a Nigerian immigrant enslaved for more than two decades,forcing him to work for no pay and threatening him with deportation if he tried to escape.The British couple is identified as 61 year old  Emanuel Edet and 58 year old Antan Edet held their victim captive from the time he was brought to Britain when he was 14 years old,said the Crow Prosecution Service.The husband and wife were convicted at Harrow Crown court in northwest London on charges of child cruelty,slavery and assisting in illegal immigration.They had told the teen when they broughtt him from Nigeria in 1989 that they would pay him and provide him with an education.Instead the victim now 40,was forced to cook,clean,garden and care for the couple's children without any pay for up to 17 hours a day.He was forced to eat alone and typically slept on hallway floors.He got no education and had only very limited contact with his family and the outside world.The couple took his passport and he had no identity documents.Prosecutor Damaris Lakin said the Edets told their captive he would be arrested as an illegal immigrant and deported if he left the house and contact the police.''He believed this and felt trapped and completely dependent on the Edets.Emanuel and Antan Edet have cruelly robbed this victim of 24 years of his life.They treated him with complete contempt.This was a shocking case of modern day slavery''.The conviction came on the first day of a two day Trust Women's rights and human trafficking held by the Thomson Reuters Foundation,The prosecutors said the Edets had changed the victim's name and added him to their family passport as their son when they brought him into Britain.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

SHAKIRA COVERS WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE,APRIL ISSUE.

INNOSON GIVES OUT BRAND NEW IVM G5 AND SALARY FOR LIFE TO THE MAN WHO PROPHESIED ABOUT HIS VEHICLE MANUFACTURING IN 1979.(PHOTO).

THE NEW OONI OF ILE-IFE,WILL NOT EAT THE HEART OF THE LATE OONI-PALACE CHIEFS.