“It is a sign of good and exciting things to come to Nigerians and the company that has been inactive for a while. I really appreciate your patriotic zeal in resuscitating the moribund assembly plant, which I learnt is the only comprehensive car assembling plant for now in Nigeria.” He assured of his administration’s readiness to partner PAN Nigeria Limited in terms of patronage (of cars) and in training the youths on vocational and technical skills to reduce unemployment; and therefore required that a blueprint of training from PAN Learning Center, be sent to him for consideration.

Major stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State put aside their historical differences last Saturday to enthrone a new state executive of the party. The notable exceptions were Chief Chris Uba and Comrade Tony Nwoye.

Lagos—The Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, summoned the state Head of Service, HOS, Mrs. Folashade Jaji to appear today, over an alleged elongation of tenure of members of the state’s Judicial Service Commission, JSC.

ASABA—FLOOD, yesterday, submerged some parts of Asaba, the capital of Delta State, sacking workers and some residents from their offices and homes.

THE inability of the country’s natural resources to be adequately harnessed for socio-economic growth has been attributed to the continued believe by government that raw mineral resources are primarily meant to generate foreign exchange earnings. This assertion was made last week by Prof. Wumi Iledare, an internationally renowned petroleum economist, at the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, NMGS, Annual Lecture, held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos.