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Zaria Clash: Shiites Reject Kaduna White Paper

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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, has rejected Kaduna State Government’s White Paper on its clash with the officers of the Nigerian Army on December 15, 2015.

The state government, on Monday, released a White Paper on the clash and branded members of the IMN as terrorists, having banned the movement in October, based on the recommendartions of its Judicial Commission of Inquiry.

Regardless, addressing journalists, yesterday, Head of IMN’s Shuhadah Foundation, Sheikh AbdulHamid Bello alleged that the state government ignored 99 percent of the recommendations of the commission and recognised only those which called its restriction.

Asked if IMN is a registered organisation, Sheikh Bello said all organisations under IMN are registered, and added that, “IMN is not a body, it is a phenomenon. It is not an organisation, it is like Islam and Christianity. Can you register Islam, can you register Christianity?. So, all organisations under IMN are registered.

“From our preliminary analysis of the so-called retroactive White Paper, Kaduna state government rejected 99 percent of the core recommendations of the Jcommission and only accepted the ones which suggested the unconstitutional restriction of IMN activities in Nigeria and continuation of hostile activities towards its properties.

On Monday, Kaduna officially branded the IMN as  terrorists in a White Paper released by media aides of Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai.

The state government indicated readiness to prosecute detained Shi’ite leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, holding him solely responsible for the December 2015 clash and deaths, therefrom.

Meanwhile, Senator Danjuma Tella La’ah has described comments ascribed to Governor Nasir el-Rufai that he paid Fulani herdsmen to stop killings in Southern Kaduna, as nonchalant attitude to the plight of 19 affected communities.

Senator La’ah, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also faulted a threat by the state government to arrest and prosecute those calling on the people of Southern Kaduna to defend themselves since government has failed in that responsibility. The lawmaksaid he should be the first to be arrested as he has also suggested same.

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Release white paper on BSc/HND dichotomy, rector tells Buhari

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The Rector of the Ogun State-owned D.S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, in the Ewekoro area of the state, Dr. Alfred Fatade, has called on the Federal Government to put an end to the discrimination against holders of the Higher National Diploma in the country, by releasing the White Paper on the BSc/HND dichotomy.

Fatade made this call on Monday, while fielding questions from journalists during a briefing on activities lined up for the first-ever combined convocation ceremony of the institution and 10th year anniversary of the institution.

The rector noted that it was high time the discrimination was removed to enhance technological development in the country.

While he frowned on the craze for paper qualifications, Fatade advised that emphasis should be on skill acquistion and development.

He said, “Efforts were made by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and it proclaimed the end to the dichotomy. But lack of White Paper frustrated the pronouncement, while a similar proclamation made by President Muhammadu Buhari this year has yet to be implemented.

“Until that is done, the discrimination will continue.”

Fatade, however, urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, release the White Paper on the HND/BSc dichotomy for proper implementation.

The rector said that the first convocation ceremony of the school since inception in 2006 would come up on Saturday, with 3,874 graduating in OND programmes in seven different courses.

Fatade said the officials of the National Board for Technical Education, Kaduna, would be visiting the institution between December 14 and 17, in connection with the accreditation of six HND courses and six new OND courses.

He said the institution had approval for the implementation of promotion for the backlog of staff from 2010 to 2016.

He, therefore, said that the polytechnic was ready to offer courses in multimedia technology and forensic accounting, if eventually given approval by the NBTE.