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

ZAMFARA GOVT TO SETTLE STUDENTS FEES.(PHOTO).



ZAMFARA GOVT TO SETTLE STUDENTS  FEES



Zamfara State Government has assured to pay all the registration fees of indigene students studying in various  tertiary institutions within and outside the state.


The State's Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in Gusau the state capital.


Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki said efforts have been made by the state's ministry of justice in collaboration with the ministry of education, science and technology to ensure timely payment of the registration fees of the students whose were call to bar from the state.


He urged the twenty- five prospective Nigerian Law School Students who are indigenes of the State to remain calm as efforts are being made by the governor Dauda Lawal-led administration to pay their 2023/ 2024 registration fees.


The State Commissioner For Education also called on the students to be calm as government was making arrangements to pay their registration fees in line with the Dauda Lawal’s administration’s determination to provide quality education for youths in the State.


According to him, Zamfara State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has planned to assist all students that are on Scholarship, including the law school students to enable them to pursue their education with ease and complete their studies.


The Commissioner further explained that, the Governor Dauda Lawal’s declaration of a "State of Emergency on Education" aimed at repositioning, and revamping the sector to provide quality education for all in the State was a demonstration that education is top on his priority.


It could be recalled that, the twenty five Indigenes of Zamfara State who are Prospective Students of the Nigerian Law School had in a Statement jointly signed by its Chairman and Secretary Mubasshir Gusau and Mahmud Sani-Kaura appealed for urgent intervention of  state government to pay their registration fees for the 2023/2024 registration.


The Students in the statement cried out that, more than 90 percent of the State indigenes who studied law, graduated from various universities and Called to Bar could not  pay the registration fees due to increase in the tuition fees, and the financial difficulties caused by the removal of fuel subsidy.

 

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