…Official presentation of appointment letter to Reverend (Dr.) Gogu Satyanarayana Naidu on Tuesday by the Pro-Chancellor, Convener of Edusoko University His Royal Highness, Alhaji Dr. Yahaya Abubakar, CFR, Etsu Nupe’s Palace
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Edusoko University, a private university in Bida City, Niger State that was approved in March 2021, has appointed Reverend (Dr.) Gogu Satyanarayana Naidu as acting Vice-Chancellor of the university on Tuesday, January 11, 2022.
Edusoko University was among the 20 new private universities that Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari approved.
The Acting Vice-Chancellor of Edusoko University Bida, Niger State, Reverend (Dr.) Gogu Satyanarayana Naidu is the Chairman of Sophia Group, founded by H.E. Rev. Dr. G. Satyanarayana (Naidu) and Mrs. G. Sudha Rani in the year 2014 in India. They aspire to positively influence the lives of every Individual across the Nations.
Rev. Dr. Naidu is an experienced mentor with well-known leadership skills – Rev. Dr. Naidu is an experienced influencer with a profound leader who has helped in the development and rise of the which is into Infrastructure, Mining, Capitals, Exports, Media, Life, Energies, Agriculture, and Foundation. He believes that the key to any successful endeavor is a trust which can be seen in the authenticity of the specialist services and products offered.
Apart from being an evangelist Rev. Dr. Naidu is an avid entrepreneur, visionary, politician, philanthropist, and an internationally well-known mentor and speaker for leadership skills. All these qualities have helped him in becoming a pioneer in Social Welfare and to make “GLOCAL” by enriching its roots locally and deepening the roots globally. He has also been given key positions in a National Party. This is not everything, with a vision to become a global reference in academics, Rev. Dr. Naidu has started Sophia University along with Sophia Agriculture University and Sophia Medical University to be the temple of learning to enrich and equip students with knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and character which will empower the society we live in, with competent and responsible professionals.
Edusoko University (EU), the first community-basedprivate university located in Bida, Niger State, Nigeria. It is a core support university education system that helps ease and enhance the lives of its students and plays a crucial role in fostering academic and moral relationships. The idea of this Edusoko University (EU) started in 2012 but came to fruition in 2021. This is a testimony that it is resilient in the education sector.
The appointment offer is in line with principles of the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC), which the Pro-Chancellor, the Convener of Edusoko University His Royal Highness, Alhaji Dr. Yahaya Abubakar, CFR, (The Etsu Nupe), Niger State, and the education board aligned with.
The International Union of Universities recently grant Edusoko University Bida, Niger State its membership after it has met the requirements and standards. The Edusoko University Bida City is a brand new institution with a start-up cash flow and cost containment focused institution.
…caution youths against being used as political thugs
From Bassey Williams, Yenagoa
The Coordinator of Niger Delta frontiers and former State chairman of the defunct United Democratic Party (UDP) Chief/Come. Angadia E. Eminent has chided the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri over the neglect of Ogbotobo Community in Egboma clan of Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in the areas of development and lopsided appointments of indigenes into the positions of trust by the Prosperity administration of Senator Douye Diri in spite of their contributions and roles towards the miraculous emergence of Senator Diri as the governor of Bayelsa State.
Chief Eminent who stated this while interacting with newsmen in Yenagoa said Ogbotobo Federated Community of Egboma clan is an oil-rich community but has been neglected by both oil companies especially the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and the government of the day, stating that the result of the negligence affected the aged who should be taken care of by the government as claimed by the Miracle government are the ones feigning for themselves adding that the ten thousand naira monthly stipends of the prosperity administration for the elderly is not enough to cater for the needs of elderly.
Chief/Come. Angadia E. Eminent, Coordinator of Niger Delta frontiers and a former State chairman of the defunct United Democratic Party (UDP).
On the State of the gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State come November 11, Mr. Eminent advised the youths against being used by the politicians who will dump them immediately after being sworn into office, he equally impores the politicians to play the rules of the game as nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of anybody while calling on electorates not to sale their conscience by being induced financially inorder to make wrong choices.
Speaking further on the activities of the Niger Delta Frontiers the coordinator said the organisation is out to change the narrative of youth of the Niger Delta region from restiveness to skills acquisition dialoguing the group which is not influenced by political gladiators has mobilizers across the nine states of the Niger Delta region with coordinators at the grassroots who monitor activities and report same central.
Decriding the state of underdevelopment IP Ogbotobo community, the activist blamed the government for not being able to settle the crisis that rocked the community for over nine years not until he became the Community Development Chairman (CDC) that he brought peace to the community.
He described the acclaimed feat in educational and health sectors by the Prosperity government as lip services as pupils and students in both primary and secondary schools are sitting on the floors and under shady trees to learn with inadequate staff strength.
He advised the governor Diri led Prosperity administration to carry all the communities in Bayelsa state along irrespective of clan, religious, and party affiliations.
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of the first indigenous chartered accountant and elder statesman, Akintola Williams, describing his death as colossal loss.
The Governor said the legacies of Akintola Williams, who died at the age of 104 in his house in Lagos, on Monday, cannot be forgotten.
Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Akintola Williams’ record of service as an accountant of repute and a leader of remarkable achievements will remain indelible for generations to come.
He said the doyen of accounting in Nigeria, who founded the first indigenous chartered accounting firm in Africa, Akintola Williams & Co. in 1952 in Lagos, has brought many honours and pride to Nigeria and Africa, particularly in the financial sector during his lifetime.
Governor Sanwo-Olu also hailed the late centenarian for his pioneering and pacesetting roles in the formation of many institutions in Nigeria, such as the Nigeria Stock Exchange and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
He said: “On behalf of the government and people of Lagos State, we celebrate the departure of a great legend and the doyen of Accounting in Nigeria, Akintola Williams, who contributed his quota to the financial sector and the economy of Nigeria during his lifetime.
“I commiserate with his family, friends, associates and the entire accountants in Nigeria. I pray for the repose of the soul of the late Akintola Williams and that God grants the financial sector and the deceased family, friends, and associates the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
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