APPEAL COURT NULLIFIES JUDGEMENT AGAINST RIVERS LG ELECTION. (PHOTO).

Image
 Appeal Court nullifies judgement against Rivers LG election The Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified the judgement that barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from releasing voters register to the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, for the conduct of local government elections that held in the state on October 5. A special panel of the court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel led by Justice Onyekachi Otisi, faulted the Federal High Court for barring security agencies from providing security during the elections. The panel held that the lower court lacked the jurisdiction to entertain suit against the Rivers State LG elections. He stressed that Section 28 of the Electoral Act does not cover elections conducted by states, but only federal elections, governorship and area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory. It will be recalled that Justice Peter Lifu of the high court had, in a judgement he delivered on a suit that w

LAGOS STATE AIDS CONTROL AGENCY,MOVES HIV CAMPAIGN TO EPE.

No automatic alt text available.                The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency {LSACA} has embarked on HIV Counseling and Testing {HCT} sensitization programme among the NAGARI NAKOWA Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Lagos State.Speaking at the event held at the salvation playing ground,Epe,the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency,Dr Oluseyi Temowo said it was important to have HIV intervention programmes among the okada riders based on their prevalence in Epe division.He posited that to eradicate HIV in Lagos State by 2030 based on the 90-90-90 initiative,every nook and cranny of the State must be visited to carry out HCT.
According to him,''The 90-90-90 initiative means that: 90% of the people must know their HIV status,90% of those that know their status must have access to Anti-Retroviral Treatment {ART} and 90% of those that have access to ART must have suppressed viral load by 2020 and full eradication by 2030 in Lagos State''.
Dr Temowo added that it is in view of the fact that a reasonable percentage of okada riders exits in Epe that the Agency decided to conduct HCT for them,imploring the members of the association and the general public to cooperate with the counselor-testers for the success of the HIV intervention programme.
Earlier,the Chairman of the Epe Branch of the Association,Mr Olamilekan Sababu thanked the Lagos State Government in its bid to make Epe HIV free.
No automatic alt text available.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

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

SHAKIRA COVERS WOMEN'S HEALTH MAGAZINE,APRIL ISSUE.

SSANU, NASU THREATEN STRIKE OVER WITHHELD SALARIES. (PHOTO).