Mayor Patrick Brown, Obi Cubana, Toyin Abraham, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Aare Adetola Emmanuelking, Prince Dele Akinola win big at the ACIS Award
At the just concluded Africa Canada investment Summit ACIS in Toronto Canada, several winners have emerged from different categories for their contribution to the African community in Canada and also for their outstanding performances in their various fields of endeavours. The convened of the summit and award Naomi Olapeju Sigismund disclosed that, the award was carved out to honour deserving personalities in Nigeria, Africa and also Canada the host community of the annual award ceremony. Peju averred that; โThe Award ceremony is the climax of the summit as we have businessmen from across Nigeria, Ghana the African continent grace the summit where various opportunities for investment were discussed. The Investment summit is a way to harness the African environment of a symbiotic relationship that can strengthen trade and commerce also a cultural exchange with Canada. The award ceremony is also an Avenue to Honour those who have played a pivotal role in their various field to ensure Africa is placed on a world map. โ The Award ceremony held on the 30th of October at the Grand Victorian convention centre in Toronto Canada started with a red carpet while Nollywood actress and producer Toyin Abraham was the host of the night who made guest laugh their ribs out as she displayed her dexterity as an event host. The Convener of the award was also surprised by friends who took out time to throw a surprise birthday for on the day of the award. Below is the list of winners of the award and their categories;
Most Supportive Personality
Honourable Jim Karygiannis
Outstanding Business Personality Michael Ologun
Business Personality of the year Enny Afro SupermarketEniola BayewunmiNotre dame industrial company
Outstanding Businessman of the year Aare Adetola Emmanuelking
Humanitarian company of the year Tamec care staffing service
Africa humanitarian personality Prophetess Bola ObanlaReverend Dr Irine Ashu Humanitarian personality of the year
Gloria onyekachiLawbell home care
Most inspiring business personality Regalz kitchen and BarStevag RestaurantSuya spotSmokey island grilleOtunba Kemi OlanrewajuFola OmitiranBaba LashishLola RestaurantHunter TV AfricaJovaundi McCalum
Most inspiring personality Dj BejizzleDj Philbaddest
Most inspiring businessman of the years African freshness superstoreDr Sunday olorunsheyiAsun DepotAdeola OyebadeFemme_Fashune
Most inspiring realtor of the year Ola FunmilolaNelson AkinkugbeYemi FolorunshoGreg Ebube
Most creative personality
Mrs Maureen EmordiEvelyn AkinsolaMiss Teen Beauty Pageant
Outstanding entertainment personality
Michael Bello
African Business personality of the year Simi African foodOdoi Yemoh
The financial personality of the year Adeola AbiodunBukola Obafemi Entertainment personality of the year Chelsea CokerIrene onwuachiKenny Bazuaye Entrepreneurial Icon of the year Prince Dele Akinola
Excellence in innovation Debo Ogungbeje
Outstanding innovative personality Daniel Krenek
Most industrious businessman of the year Dr Taiwo Afolabi
Community support person of the year
Barrister Richard Odeleye
Excellency in performance
Adenike fowoshere for Hope4sure foundationMrs Kehinde Okoroafor for Hope4sure foundation
Inspiring artistic personality of the year Toyin AdekeyeBigger than Africa
African Ambassador of the year Mayor Patrick Brown
Pride of African Award Hon Shola Agboola Most Entertaining Female Actress Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi
ย The embarrassing postures of Mr. Dapo Abiodun, the outgoing Governor of Ogun State have assumed a reckless dimension. ๐๐ง. ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ช๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ.ย Few days ago, the Governor, in his usual character, boastfully went to town to announce his return to office as if he made any official communication to the State House of Assembly telling them about his Absence Without Leave (AWOL); nor of his wilful abandonment of his official responsibilities which has robbed the State of direction. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State is persuaded that Mr. Abiodun is completely overwhelmed with a cloud of desperation to seek for support against his impending loss at the election petition tribunal where none exists. This explains his increasing penchant for jumping on every available flight to join the President and his entourage which he is not invited. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ง. ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ฃ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ช’๐จ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐? From available information, ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ-๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ย ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ’ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฎ.ย We challenge all relevant stakeholders to query ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง. ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ’๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข or Mr. President’s Advance team. ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง. ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐?ย Mr. Abiodun’s ill-fated India trip has once again, confirmed his ugly habit of always smuggling himself into Mr. President’s entourage uninvited for no tenable official reason(s) other than ego-massaging and attention seeking.ย Again, we are bold enough to ask Mr. Abiodun to tell his employers, the Ogun State taxpayers; the very people whose financial resources he has been recklessly throwing around, the kind of investment that has been attracted to the State since he started junketing all over while thousands of pensioners and workers are dying daily from hunger and penury resulting from non-release of their entitlements since 2012. Ordinarily, the current revelations on how the Governor has been diverting Local Government statutory allocations and other funds are enough reasons for any sensible and sensitive public officer to sit back and reflect on the kind of enduring legacies he hopes to bequeath to the good people of Ogun State. Therefore, our great party is ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ to show more than a passing interest and beam their searchlights ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ฃ-๐ก๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐พ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐. The Fraud units of all the security agencies should stand on the side of the Ogun State people in these trying times, by taking note of all these reckless expenditures that are in no way impacting the lives of the average citizens bearing in mind that the first line of security is the economic security and the welfare of the citizens. A spendrift leader has definitely compromised the economic prosperity of its citizens, and the people should and must be protected. ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
ย The embarrassing postures of Mr. Dapo Abiodun, the outgoing Governor of Ogun State have assumed a reckless dimension. ๐๐ง. ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ช๐ข ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ก๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ.ย Few days ago, the Governor, in his usual character, boastfully went to town to announce his return to office as if he made any official communication to the State House of Assembly telling them about his Absence Without Leave (AWOL); nor of his wilful abandonment of his official responsibilities which has robbed the State of direction. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State is persuaded that Mr. Abiodun is completely overwhelmed with a cloud of desperation to seek for support against his impending loss at the election petition tribunal where none exists. This explains his increasing penchant for jumping on every available flight to join the President and his entourage which he is not invited. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ง. ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ฃ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ช’๐จ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐? From available information, ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ-๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ย ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐๐ง๐จ’ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฎ.ย We challenge all relevant stakeholders to query ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง. ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ’๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข or Mr. President’s Advance team. ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง. ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐?ย Mr. Abiodun’s ill-fated India trip has once again, confirmed his ugly habit of always smuggling himself into Mr. President’s entourage uninvited for no tenable official reason(s) other than ego-massaging and attention seeking.ย Again, we are bold enough to ask Mr. Abiodun to tell his employers, the Ogun State taxpayers; the very people whose financial resources he has been recklessly throwing around, the kind of investment that has been attracted to the State since he started junketing all over while thousands of pensioners and workers are dying daily from hunger and penury resulting from non-release of their entitlements since 2012. Ordinarily, the current revelations on how the Governor has been diverting Local Government statutory allocations and other funds are enough reasons for any sensible and sensitive public officer to sit back and reflect on the kind of enduring legacies he hopes to bequeath to the good people of Ogun State. Therefore, our great party is ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ to show more than a passing interest and beam their searchlights ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐ผ๐๐๐ค๐๐ช๐ฃ-๐ก๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐พ ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐. The Fraud units of all the security agencies should stand on the side of the Ogun State people in these trying times, by taking note of all these reckless expenditures that are in no way impacting the lives of the average citizens bearing in mind that the first line of security is the economic security and the welfare of the citizens. A spendrift leader has definitely compromised the economic prosperity of its citizens, and the people should and must be protected. ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
In furtherance of efforts at consolidating the subsisting bilateral relations between Nigeria and Haiti, the Federal Government of Nigeria has completed the construction of Benoit Batraville High School located in Saut-D’eau, Haiti.
The project, initiated as Nigeriaโs response to the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, was supported by well- meaning Nigerians and the Red Cross Society.
It would be recalled that the project was suspended in 2015 due to unforeseen circumstances but rejuvenated by the Nigerian Government through its High Commission in Jamaica that is concurrently accredited to Haiti in 2022
The mission after satisfying due process requirements, awarded the contract to a Jamaican based Benson Construction Company. Despite all odds including security challenges in Haiti, the project commenced in February 2023 and was completed in record time by 23rd of August, 2023.
The building was handed over to the Haitian Authorities on 29th August 2023, while the handover was ongoing speeches and goodwill messages were delivered via zoom by top Government Functionaries of both countries.
In attendance was Nigeriaโs High Commissioner to Jamaica with concurrent accreditation to Haiti, Dominican Republic and Belize; H.E Amb. Maureen Tamuno,
Minister of Education Haiti; Mr Nesmy Manigat,
Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Haiti, representing the Minister of Foreign Affairs Haiti;Mr Azad Belfort, and senior government officials from Haiti
In her remarks, H.E Maureen Tamuno applauded the bilateral relations between both countries, and expressed delight at the delivery of the project. She expressed her thanks to God for seeing her team through and seized the opportunity to thank the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria H.E. Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his renewed hope agenda and commitment to strengthening bilateral relations, She also thanked the Minister of foreign affairs H. E Yusuf Tuggar and his Haitian counterpart H.E Monsieur Jean Victor GENEUS. Nesmy Manigat, Minister of Education, Haiti, and the Municipal Council of Saut-D’eau for their support and cooperation to the Project. She also enjoined the students and teachers to make good use of the excellent edifice delivered and expressed her willingness to re-visit Haiti soon.
The Nigerian top diplomat used the opportunity to advocate and urge stakeholders, most especially the United Nations, to assist with returning normalcy to Haiti.
The Haiti officials thanked the Nigerian government for this landmark project, they emphasised that without the government of Nigeria it would have been impossible.
The Minister for foreign affairs Haiti represented by the Director of Foreign Affairs, Mr Azad Belfort expressed his gratitude to the Nigerian Government for their benevolence and to Amb Maureen Tamuno, for working tirelessly for the actualization of this Landmark project. He emphasised the close ties Nigeria and Haiti share through descendants of the Igbo community from Nigeria. He stated in his remarks that the establishment of the school will strengthen the diplomatic ties between both countries.
The Minister of Education, Haiti, Mr Nesmy Manigat expressed so much gratitude to Amb. Maureen Tamuno Ph.D and the Nigeria Government for fulfilling their promise. In his words “I was there in 2015 as Minister of Education, Haiti, a lot has happened. We have come a long way , despite the educational and security challenges in my country Haiti including problems of infrastructure despite all today , under Her Excellency Maureen Tamuno, Nigeria has Delivered. We are indeed very thankful for the school projectโ. He stated that this will go a long way to further strengthen the bonds of co-operation and bilateral relations. He reiterated that it was very important and timely for a small community like Saut -dโeau to have a public building of that level which in his words is the envy of others.
DETAILS OF AREA
The Schoolโs property is 12,500 square meters
(134, 548.9 SQUARE FEET).
BUILDING
The size of the building is IS 9,411 square meters (32,000 square feet) BY 4.5 Meters (15 Feet) High.
FENCE
The Perimeter fence is 1,250 square meters.
The Building consists of the following:
The Administration block (The principal/Vice, Secretary area, Stationary/Printing room and a Restroom
16 nos standard size classrooms.
The Staff Room/Restroom
The Canteen
The Computer Lab.
The Storage room for the school
The Auxiliary workers restroom
The building operations control room (For the Electricals and Plumbing operations)
3# Double Entrance Doors and 2#Double Exits Doors
The school consists of two playground areas:
The standard football field at the back of the building and the area allotted for auxiliary sports like basketball, volleyball, etc
THE AUDITORIUM:
New Four classrooms/Auditorium (These four classrooms are built to accommodate both classrooms and auditorium with mechanically collapsible wooden walls), flooring, walls and roof slabs, and drainages.