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A civil society organization, Procurement Observation And Advocacy Initiative, PRADIN has kicked against “announcements (on Channels TV to be specific) by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), and involving the Attorney General and Minister of Justice as well as the Minister of Works wherein it is stated that “the President has approved that all contractors and consultants in Nigeria are to register with BPP for purpose of classification and categorization based on their technical and financial strength”, and which purpose is to reduce corruption.” PRADIN in a letter addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation said “As a procurement group under the leadership of a certified professional, we have observed that the announcement byBPP is an attempt to misguide the public by using the name and office of the President as being the one that approved the process for BPP to begin the conduct of classification and categorization, whereas, this is a statutory responsibility

Dr Isah Mohammed has been confirmed as the new rector of the Kogi Polytechnics, Lokoja. The newly appointed rector is a younger brother of Dr Isah, the celebrated rector of Kwara college of technology, Ilorin. He is the second Anebira (Kogi central) to assume the apex position in the institution after a former Ebira rector, Dr. Adamu Obajimoh from Obangede in Okehi LGA who majored in physics held the position some years back. It is noteworthy that Kogi East and Kogi West have respectively had their share of the position before another turn of Kogi central was due, recently. May God guide Dr. Isah as he leads the Polytechnic to a new height, Ameen. We should not forget the role of our resilient EPA in ensuring that Ebiras are not short-changed in producing the next successor to the immediate past Rector, Prof. Idowu Mathew Ajibero who hailed from Kogi west. To Ebira Peoples Association (EPA) and the entire Anebira, anayri iresu oyiza ooo. May the EPA umbrella continue to shelter