LAGOS COURT JAILS NOGASA CHAIR, FATUYI PHILLIPS 21 YEARS FOR N43. 5M FRAUD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Lagos Court Jails NOGASA Chair, Fatuyi Phillips 21 Years  for N43.5m Fraud    Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud.   The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned Philips alongside his firm, Oceanview Oil and Gas Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N43, 502,000.00   Count one reads: "Fatuyi Yemi Philips and Oceanview Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, on or about the 28th day of September, 2016 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of N43, 502,000.00 from Elochukwu Okoye and Elebana Unique Ventures Nigeria Limited on behalf of WAPCIL Nigeria Limited under the false rep

AMOSUN PRAISES WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP.{PHOTO}.

Image may contain: 4 people, people smiling, people standing                     Ogun State Governor,Senator Ibikunle Amosun,has praised the strategic role women play in his government.The governor stated this.on tuesday,shortly after the state executive council held a special session to celebrate women as part of activities marking the 2017 International Women's month.''More than the Beijing declaration ,I believe that women are very good in the way they handle things and this is why our administration has entrusted them with many strategic roles,'' Governor Amosun said,
He added that woman,just like their male counterparts,are equally endowed by God and should therefore be empowered as of right.Speaking with journalists,the Ogun State Commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning,Mrs Ronke Sokefun,charged women not to box themselves into a cage but come out and think like men while acting and looking like women.On her part,the Consultant to the Governor on power,Mrs Ronke Onadeko,affirmed that women have proven,overtime,to be good managers of resources.She added that research,over the years have proven that companies that have more women on their board are usually more successful.Special Adviser to the Governor on Trade and Investment,Mrs Hafsat Abiola-Costello,om her part commended the Governor for even going beyond the requirement of the Beijing affirmative action for women inclusion in governance.She encouraged men to embrace,support and challenge women to do more rather than see their inclusion as a threat.
Signed
Adejuwon Soyinka
Senior Special Assistant {Media}
Ogun State Governor March 15,2017.
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