THE FACT FILE BEHIND SERAH ALADE, OFFA BORN AG. CBN GOVERNOR
Alade was appointed acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 20 February 2014 until the appointment of Godwin Emefiele. |
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Alade attended the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, where she obtained a B.Sc (Hons) degree in Economics in 1976. She also obtained an M.Comm degree at the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1983 and a PhD Management Science (Operations Research), from the University of Ilorin in 1991.Alade commenced her working career in 1977 with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Ilorin, Kwara State.
In 1991, she joined the University of Ilorin as a lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance.
She joined the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1993 as an assistant director in the Research Department, where she served as head of the State Government Finance Office (1993–96), head of the Federal Government Finance Office (1996–2000) and head of the Fiscal Analysis Division (2000–04).
Alade has served on the teams on major economic policy studies, and has been involved in the preparation of Central Bank of Nigeria’s monetary and credit policy proposals over the years. She was actively involved in the drafting of the Medium Term Economic Programme (MTP) for Nigeria and the IMF staff Monitored Programme/Standby Arrangement.
Alade was present as deputy governor when it was announced that five Nigerian bank CEOs were being dismissed on 13 August 2009. Five replacements were named by the Central Bank of Nigeria with immediate effect including Olufunke Iyabo Osibodu to lead the Union Bank of Nigeria and Suzanne Iroche who took over as CEO of FinBank.
Alade was appointed director of the Banking Operations Department in May 2004. In that capacity, she served as chairman of the board of directors of the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) as well as secretary of the National Payments System Committee (NPSC).
Alade was a member of the technical committee of the Vision 2010 and currently a member of the technical committee of Vision 2020 and member of the National Economic Management Team (EMT).
As deputy governor of Economic Policy, Alade superintends over the Economic Policy Directorate, comprising the Research, Monetary Policy, Trade and Exchange, Statistics Departments and Financial Markets Department. As chair of the Monetary Policy Implementation Committee (MPIC), she interfaces with operational departments and coordinates technical inputs for the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
Alade, who is a member of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), has several publications to her credit and is currently carrying out research into interest rate policy and monetary policy implementation in Nigeria. Alade is a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Operational Research.
Alade served as acting governor from February 2014 until Godwin Emefiele took over.
I WANT TO GO TO LONDON… TO
SEE BUHARI BY REUBEN ABATI
When
15 million plus Nigerians voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015
General elections, their expectation was that he would be available to serve
them 24/7/365, and that those who fielded him as their candidate had done their
home work to avoid what is curiously becoming the Katsina problem in Nigerian
politics. Katsina! But we have now found ourselves in a situation whereby our
President is now in London, for more than one month sir, ma, and we are here,
and we have an acting President, who according to everybody, including the
extremists and the mischievous, and the politically partisan, is beginning to
try his best, with his admirers, now praying for the worst. For that reason
alone, we have an emotionally, politically and spiritually divided country on
our hands. Don’t mind what they tell you, and don’t deceive yourself, the Nigerian
Presidency is in turmoil. It is not our wish. It is not what the voters asked
for. But that is how democracy works. You cannot predict the results that
democracy produces. Not even in America. Or Russia.
Now that we have found ourselves in this situation, anyway – an absentee President trying to remain relevant and an acting President struggling to put up appearances, and struggling harder not to be seen to be ambitious (sorry, Prof. I was your student but I have something to say sir, I don’t mean any harm – truth be told), where should the Nigerian people stand? For the past one month, we have all been trapped in a post-truth situation, pretending as if all is normal. We should stop pretending. Those who supported and are supporting the APC that brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power and office cannot talk. They cannot talk due to embarrassment and shame. They are busy putting up a face. But for how long can they do this? The Nigerian media is also on its knees, looking so pitiable, with the exception of a few blogs, newspapers that we can’t even trust, professional media consultants who are in disarray, a few bloggers and then some gentlemen: Pa Ikhide, Farooq Kperogi, Sonala Olumhense, Omoyele Sowore, Pius Adesanmi and Okey Ndibe who have since been specially illuminated as they journeyed to Damascus.
I will return to this subject some other day. But I think right now, we should begin to take the subject of the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari more seriously. Bukola Saraki, our Senate President has visited him in London, twice, within two weeks. I don’t think we should leave this business of visiting the President to party chieftains, the executive and the Federal Legislature. If care is not taken, Senator Saraki may be tempted to visit the President again next week. And the week after and he may even be tempted to travel with all the members of the National Assembly. There must be equity in this matter. Figure it out as follows: we all know that President Buhari is now in London and he is the man Nigerians chose as their President in 2015. We cannot forsake him. He is in London on working leave, for more than one month now, and we don’t know when that leave will end. We have been told it will end soon. Later. One day. Whenever. We are not God. Let the leave end when it will. But we, the people, have a duty to stand by our President.
This is the point of
this article. We are Africans. We have traditions. We respect elders. We don’t
joke with old age. The time has come, right now, for Nigerians to behave like
Africans. We should therefore, not leave this business of visiting to Senator
Busola Saraki alone. Party chieftains have visited Mr. President. The
leadership of the National Assembly has also gone to London to be part of
President Buhari’s working leave. I think Vice-President-Acting-President Yemi
Osinbajo should also visit his boss, this week, next week, or ASAP. Henceforth,
he should be in London at least once a week. Let us stop pretending that the
President is not in charge. He is. If Aso Villa is now in London, let us make
it work. The Acting President and the real President need quality face time. If
the acting President must go to London everyday, let him do so, but don’t let
us run Nigeria by telephone or DHL. Am I making sense? I am not talking about
common sense. I mean real sense. So, do I make any sense at all? After the
Acting President’s visit, all former Presidents should also start going to
London to see the President. Those former Presidents are not as harmless as
they pretend to be. They are projected to the public as advisers but they are
more than that: they all left something in Aso Villa that makes them eternally
powerful. It is like leaving your DNA in a woman’s body. They should be allowed
or perhaps encouraged to visit President Buhari while he is on working leave. I
think our Baba in Abeokuta, Ota and Ibogun should be the first to visit. That
may negate the order of seniority, but trust the Ebora Owu to return from
London with front-page news! After him, the others can start visiting and
probably advise on the possibility of holding a Council of State meeting in
London. As it were, the Nigerian Constitution does not insist that the Council
of State Meeting must be held inside Nigeria. The main subject of that first
historic, diaspora, Council of State Meeting should be phrased by OBJ in his
own unique way: “Momodu: are you well or sick?” There is something called the
separation of powers. I don’t want to disrespect mi’lords but I think they too
should go to London. The National Judicial Council (NJC) should put together a
high-powered delegation of judges from every part of the country, from all
divisions, and level, to proceed post-haste to London to visit, no, to confer
with President Buhari on matters of judicial interest to the nation. But Sirs,
don’t go there and talk about the welfare of judges, or the non-payment of your
entitlements – if you try that, well, I won’t be in a position to tell you what
awaits you on your return. You know mi’lords, as well as I do, that the law in
Nigeria is now being made to look truly like an ass! After the judges, okay may
be the Nigerian Bar Association should also send a delegation, but I don’t
trust many of our lawyers. They think they know the law, and they could go to
London and say things that will disrupt the President’s working leave. To make
that impossible, members of the NBA should be booked on an Arik flight to
London, please. But if they get there, fine. The next delegation should be that
of Permanent Secretaries. These ones should spend more than a week in London
with the President. In fact, they can stay with him till he returns. If they
also have medical issues, they should use the opportunity to ask for tests,
with the condition that they must return immediately the President leaves
London, notwithstanding the status of their own medical tests!
Once the
Permanent Secretaries have been fully accommodated in London, the Ministers,
those who were once dismissed by their own employer as “noise-makers”, and who
have proven to be no better, should also visit London. They can go ahead and
make as much noise as they wish in London and even enjoy the benefit of a full
Federal Executive Council Meeting. I suspect that this will be a particularly
productive FEC meeting. If the people in the Foreign Affairs Ministry know what
they are doing, however, they would arrange ahead of that meeting in London, a
special meeting with Theresa May, Prime Minister of Great Britain, followed by
a dinner with Her Majesty the Queen of England, with a proviso, please, please,
please, that nobody should bring up the issue of Biafra or Southern Kaduna
after shaking the Queen’s hand, and there should be a strict guarantee that
President Buhari will be accompanied by his extremely beautiful wife, Aisha,
and he will not, meeting the Queen, no matter how excited, make the mistake of referring
to “za oza room”. Stop laughing, my friend; this is how you people cause
problems for innocent writers. What I am now trying to add having made all
these points above, is that the Governors’ Forum should also visit President
Buhari in London. The Governors have already signified their intention to do so
and that seems to be fine with the Nigerian public. The Governors should
therefore appoint representatives who should proceed to London. When they meet
with the President, they should hold a special prayer session with three prayer
points: one, that President Buhari will not work for another person to come and
eat; two: that the demons of Aso Rock will spare and forgive him and his
family; three: that President Buhari will return to Nigeria with his two feet.
The Governor to lead the prayer should be Peter Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State. If
he starts sounding as he has been sounding in recent times, Nasir el-Rufai
should be asked to take the microphone from him. And if Nasir sounds like he is
playing politics, as he has been doing, Adams Oshiomhole who will like to be
there anyway, as a Governor ex-officio, should be given the microphone and
asked to pray for the President as best as he can or as best as Trotsky could.
I have left out some people. In the past month, some Imams and ulamas and
concerned relatives have been reported in the media, holding prayer sessions
for a hale and hearty President who is just in London to enjoy the weather and
do some quality check-ups, private and public. These prayer warriors have
prayed and prayed in Abuja, Daura, Borno and everywhere else. The matter is so
serious that nobody should be surprised if Rochas Okorocha or James Ibori
organizes a prayer session for Muhammadu Buhari. This is the biggest business
in Nigeria at this moment. I think, therefore, that we should also encourage
the ulamas and the imams to visit. Let them go to London and pray for their
President. We have been told they have been sending prayers through skype,
whatsapp and the air, the same channels that GSM service providers in Nigeria
now want to block. Let the imams go to London then and let the verses of the
Holy Quoran rain down. It will be unfair not to allow Christian leaders to go
to London too. They are also anxious to go to London. Pastor Tunde Bakare, my
beloved, secondary school senior should lead that team. His job should be to
screen out any Pastor with Biafra, or Southern Kaduna or pro-PDP blood in him
or her. I mean Pastors like Reno Omokri, Ebun Adegboruwa…. you get what I am
saying? The prayer should be commissioned!
IS YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTION REAL AND COGENT?
OLUWATOBI
OLADIPUPO
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appy new year! Thank God for his mercy
and grace to witness the beginning of another year.
I
want you to know that the first day in the year marks the beginning of another
365/366 days journey as the case may be. It is good to celebrate new year but
what are your plans for the year, or do you want to spend the year the way you
spent the last one?
In the beginning of every year, people
list out what they want to do or leave in the year. But it's surprising that
most of them found themselves doing what they determined not to do.
I want you to know that things that have
become part and parcel of you cannot leave you in a day. It is a matter of
process till you eradicate it.
Have this on your mind that, you can
only leave a particular behavior or character if:
* You willingly want to leave it without
anyone forcing you.
* You back it up with prayer (spiritual
controls the physical)
* You try to avoid friends/environment
that can take you back to your old ways.
On the other hand, list out your plans for
the new year, God has deposited something great in you which will benefit
others.
Think on how to implement those plans
and ideas, because idea without implementation is useless.
Many people have solutions to the
problem of their societies but lack power to implement them. My dear if you are
confused about bringing your thought to reality, meet people with more
understanding to put you through. Let people benefit from your knowledge this
year.
I know this year will be awesome and
wonderful when you add valuable things to your life and leave things that will
bring shame to you.
Ruminate on this, keep it as treasure in
a cool, dry and secure place in your heart.
God bless.
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Nigerian police unit, Special Anti-Robbery
Squad (SARS) set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically
torturing detainees in its custody as a means of extracting confessions and
lucrative bribes, Amnesty International said in a report published on
Wednesday.
In Nigeria, you have signed your
death warrant, former detainees told Amnesty International as they had been
subjected to horrific torture methods, including hanging, starvation, beatings,
shootings and mock executions, at the hands of corrupt officers from the feared
SARS.
“A police unit created to protect
the people has instead become a danger to society, torturing its victims with
complete impunity while fomenting a toxic climate of fear and corruption,” said
Damian Ugwu, Amnesty International’s Nigeria researcher.
“Our research has uncovered a
pattern of ruthless human rights violations where victims are arrested and tortured
until they either make a ‘confession’ or pay officers a bribe to be released.”
Amnesty International has received
reports from lawyers, human rights defenders and journalists and collected
testimonies stating that some police officers in SARS regularly demand bribes,
steal and extort money from criminal suspects and their families.
“SARS officers are getting rich
through their brutality. In Nigeria, it seems that torture is a lucrative
business,” said Damian Ugwu.
SARS detainees are held in a variety
of locations, including a grim detention centre in Abuja known as the
‘Abattoir’, where Amnesty International found 130 detainees living in
overcrowded cells.
Amnesty International’s research
shows that, in addition to its stated remit of tackling violent crime, SARS
investigates civil matters and in some cases tortures detainees involved in
contractual, business and even non-criminal disputes.
In one case in Onitsha, Anambra
state, a 25-year-old fuel attendant was arrested by SARS after his employer had
accused him of being responsible for a burglary at their business premises.
He told Amnesty International: “The
policemen asked me to sign a plain sheet. When I signed it, they told me I have
signed my death warrant. They left me hanging on a suspended iron rod. My body
ceased to function. I lost consciousness. When I was about to die they took me
down and poured water on me to revive me.”
Like many people detained by SARS,
he was not allowed access to a lawyer, a doctor or his family during his
two-week detention.
Yet in various cases where victims
of police torture or other ill-treatment attempted to seek justice, the
authorities took no action.
When asked by Amnesty International
to explain why no police officers had been suspended or prosecuted for torture,
the police simply denied that any torture had taken place.
However, one senior officer
disclosed that around 40 officers alleged to have carried out various acts of
torture and ill-treatment of detainees were transferred to other stations in
April 2016. He did not say whether the claims against them were being
investigated.
“This lack of accountability breeds
and perpetuates impunity, creating an environment where SARS officers believe
they have carte blanche to carry out acts of torture,” said Damian Ugwu.
“This is hardly surprising when many
of these officers have bribed their way to SARS in the first place. The police
chiefs in charge are themselves entwined in the corruption.”
Chidi Oluchi, 32, told Amnesty
international he was arrested in Enugu before being robbed of his belongings
and then tortured in custody by SARS officers.
“They told me to slap myself and,
when I refused, they started beating me with the side of their machetes and
heavy sticks. My mouth was bleeding and my vision became blurred,” said Chidi,
who was released after he paid SARS officers N25,500 ($100) to be freed.
Apart from demanding bribes, SARS
officers have been accused of stealing or confiscating property from relatives
of detained suspects.
Some family members told Amnesty
International that SARS officers stole their cars or withdrew all the money
from their bank accounts.
The brother of a man arrested on
suspicion of participating in an armed robbery told Amnesty International how a
team of SARS officers raided his home in Nsukka.
“The police team from SARS
forcefully broke into boxes, locked furniture and drawers. By the time they
left, several items including watches, jewellery and shoes were missing. We
were too scared to report the incident,” he said.
The majority of the victims of
torture in SARS custody are poor and unable to hire legal representatives. In
some cases when detainees cannot afford to pay bribes, they are simply tortured
more.
“Our research has exposed the callous
workings of a police squad operating outside of the law and inflicting daily
brutality on Nigerians who are often legally powerless to defend themselves
against criminal accusations, let alone from the torture meted out by SARS,”
said Damian Ugwu.
“Depressingly, there are scant
judicial or any other mechanisms in place to prevent SARS officers from
subjecting vulnerable targets to human rights violations for their own
financial gain.”
Despite repeated calls from Amnesty
International in recent years, the Nigerian justice system has failed to
prevent or punish torture.
In December 2014, the Nigerian
police launched a human rights manual which prohibits torture and other
ill-treatment of detainees, but SARS has failed to implement it.
When a new Inspector General of
Police was appointed in early 2015 it was announced that there would be reform
and reorganization of SARS, but officers attached to the unit told Amnesty
International they were not aware of the reforms.
A revised version of a bill to
criminalize torture, which was first introduced in 2012 but was returned
unsigned by the President, was passed by the House of Representatives in June
2016 and will be resubmitted to the Senate for further debates in 2016.
“With the Nigerian government’s
previous attempts at stamping out torture proving completely ineffective, it is
time for the authorities to ensure that officers responsible for such human
rights violations are finally held accountable,” said Damian Ugwu.
“Police torture is a stain on
Nigerian society that must be addressed with clear orders to law enforcement
officers not to inflict torture or other ill-treatment on detainees under any
circumstances.
“There is also an urgent need for
robust legislation that ensures all acts of torture are offences under
Nigeria’s criminal law. All victims have a right to reparations, and steps must
be taken to ensure that nobody profits from abusing detainees.”
Nigeria is obligated under
international and regional human rights law to ensure the prohibition of torture
and other ill-treatment.
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THE UNTOLD STORY OF AN UNNOTICED PROBITY MTN PRINCE IN IGBOMINA LAND
Thursday, 1st September, 2016
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n the first half of 1970’s, a Prince called MADANDOLA TAJUDEEN NIYI (MTN), was
born to the royal family of Late Oba
Awoyinka and Late Oba Yusuf
Madandola (son of Awoyinka) of Akomojemu lineage of Odo-Ijara Compound,
Ijara-Isin, in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria, through his
darling parents Alhaji S.I. Madandola
& Mrs Rodiat Madandola.
He started his primary school at Ansarul Islam
Primary School, Ijomu-Oro, later to Muslim Community Primary School, Oro and
obtained his First School Leaving School certificate at S.D.A. Primary School,
Omu-Aran in 1987, all in Kwara State, as Time keeper prefect due to his time
consciousness.
In his secondary school days at Ogbo Grammar School,
Omu-Aran, Kwara State, he was made the Library
prefect because of his academic outstanding among his mates.
He was admitted to study OND Computer Science in
1995 and later in 1998 for his HND, both in Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. He
was posted to Xcel International Limited, Warri, Delta State for his NYSC in
June 2000. The Prince as he his foundly called, further his education carrier
to University of Ilorin in 2001, to bag Post Graduate Diploma in Computer
Science (PGDC) and to University of
Ado-Ekiti in 2004, to bag Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) in 2007. He obtained Master of
Technology (M.Tech) in Computer
Science from LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oyo
State in 2012.
In his bid to acquire new knowledge after his Master
he went to Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State for bridge programme to obtain
first degree(Bsc) in Computer and
Information System, he bagged it in 2013. He is presently PhD student at Kwara State University, Malete Kwara State.
During his studentship at KWAPOLY, he held several posts under Igbomina Students Union and
received several merit certificates.
Prince
Madandola joined Kwara State College of Education, Oro
workforce on 2nd February, 2004 and was posted to Computer Science Department
and he had held several post in the department, among them are: Department
Students’ Adviser, Department Exam officer, Seminar Coordinator and Head of the
Department. He is also the Coordinator of Department of Computer Science, Ekiti
State University in Affiliation with KWCOED,
Oro. He has served and still serving under several committees in the college.
Madandola
T.N. (M.T.N) is a discipline, time conscious,
brilliant, Trustworthy and hardworking Nigerian due to the listed
characteristics, he is the: Patron for Departmental Presidents Association(DEPPA) KWCOED ORO, Patron for Kwara South Students Forum KWCOED ORO, Patron for KWCOED ORO CAMPUS Press, to mention a
few.
To the glory of God he is among the two that re-established
and amalgamated all KWCOED ORO
Igbomina Students to form IGBOMINA
STUDENTS UNION and he is currently the adviser of the Union.
Prince has bagged many honours and distinction among them
are:
1.
Igbomina
Students Union (ISU), KWCOED, Oro MERITORIOUS AWARD
2.
MAN
O’WAR NIGERIA, KWCOED, Oro MERIT AWARD
3.
Office
of the Chief Imam, Oro PRIDE OF ISIN LAND @ 15th
Year Anniversary of Chief Imam.
4.
Member
of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union
He is a member of the following Professional
bodies:
·
Nigeria Computer Society
·
Teachers Registration Council
of Nigeria
·
Colleges of Education
Academic Staff Union
·
Science Teachers Association
of Nigeria
·
Mathematical Association of
Nigeria
He is married to a God fearing, beautiful and
supportive woman (Hajia Monsurat Bukola) and blessed with precious children.
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