o we are working very seriously on that. The third area is the education on tax, and of course in the side of the staff it will enhance the capacity of staff, that is an area we are really focusing on and part of that is to ensure that we have enough staff. And also sensitize the public properly on the need to pay their taxes as at when due” she stated.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State weekend warned that on no account should the tractors and equipment purchased by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC for use by farmers to boost agriculture in the state be turned to private use by any government official.

AS President Umaru Yar’Adua continues to recuperate in the King Faisal Hospital, Saudi Arabia, a lot of things continue to happen. This report takes a look at some of the events and how Yar’Adua, if he was well enough would possibly have responded to some of the issues that have happened in his absence.

FAILURE of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to provide leadership in the country, the imperative of electoral reforms, the need for credible poll where people’s votes will count and importance of Anambra 2010 governorship election ran through speeches delivered at the Action Congress, AC, convention yesterday in Lagos.

AS uncertainty lingers over President Umaru Yar’Adua’s health, former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday lashed out at the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accusing it of blackmailing the opposition with the President’s illness.