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WASHINGTON, June 26 (RAPSI) - Russia and the United States will work jointly to improve their meteorite protection systems, Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov told journalists following a meeting of the US-Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission's working group on emergency situations.
He said they had discussed the Russian experience of relief operations after the Chelyabinsk meteor shower.
"We have decided that the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Russia's Emergencies Ministry will work together to improve the system of protecting people and territory from cosmic impacts," Puchkov said.
This calls for creating new technology, he added.
"We need new systems of space and other types of monitoring, and we need to rally the efforts of experts, scientists and professionals. I believe we can make a technological breakthrough in this area if the Emergencies Ministry and FEMA supervise this project and attract the best minds and research groups, including in Canada, Europe, China and Southeast Asia," the Russian minister said.
On February 15 at 7:23 AM Moscow time, an observatory in Yekaterinburg, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Chelyabinsk, reported a meteor shower.
The meteor shower hit three regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. Dozens of people were hurt by broken window glass and debris. There were no fatalities, but over 1,500 people sought medical assistance.
The meteor shower damaged buildings in Chelyabinsk and neighboring towns, leaving over 5,000 buildings without window panes. The Chelyabinsk city government pledged to pay up to 50,000 rubles ($1,650) in compensation to meteor shower victims for housing repairs.
The local department of the Emergencies Ministry reported that the level of background radiation is normal.
Monitoring background radiation is crucial in an area with a large number of nuclear facilities. Scientists from the Urals Federal University and experts from a meteoritic astronomy laboratory who work in the region have found over 100 meteorite fragments.
Chemical analysis has established that they came from outer space.
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Cornish literature refers to written works in the Cornish language. The earliest surviving texts are in verse and date from the 14th century. There are virtually none from the 18th and 19th centuries but writing in revived forms of Cornish began in the early 20th century.

Medieval verse and drama

The Prophecy of Ambrosius Merlin concerning the Seven Kings is a 12th-century poem written ca. 1144 by John of Cornwall in Latin, with some of the marginal notes in Cornish. John stated that the work was a translation based on an earlier document written in the Cornish language. The manuscript of the poem, on a codex currently held at the Vatican Library, is unique. It attracted little attention from the scholarly world until 1876, when Whitley Stokes undertook a brief analysis of the Cornish and Welsh vocabulary found in John's marginal commentary. These notes are among the earliest known writings in the Cornish language. In 2001 this important work was translated back into Cornish by Julyan Holmes.

Pascon agan Arluth ('The Passion of our Lord'), a poem of 259 eight-line verses probably composed around 1375, is one of the earliest surviving works of Cornish literature. The most important work of literature surviving from the Middle Cornish period is the Cornish Ordinalia, a 9000-line religious verse drama which had probably reached its present form by 1400. The Ordinalia consists of three mystery plays, Origo Mundi, Passio Christi and Resurrexio Domini, meant to be performed on successive days. Such plays were performed in a Plain an Gwarry (Playing place). In 1981, the Breton library Preder edited it in modern scripture under the name of Passyon agan arluth.

The longest single surviving work of Cornish literature is Beunans Meriasek (The Life of Meriasek), a two-day verse drama dated 1504, but probably copied from an earlier manuscript.

Other notable pieces of Cornish literature include the Creation of the World (with Noah's Flood) which is a miracle play similar to Origo Mundi but in a much later manuscript (1611); the Charter Fragment, a short poem about marriage, believed to be the earliest connected text in the language; and Beunans Ke, another saint's play only discovered in 2000, notable for including some Arthurian material.

Prose works

Tregear Homilies

The earliest surviving examples of Cornish prose are the Tregear Homilies, a series of 12 Catholic sermons written in English and translated by John Tregear in around 1560, to which a thirteenth homily The Sacrament of the Alter was added by another hand. Twelve of the thirteen homilies in Edmund Bonner's  (1555; ten of these were by John Harpsfield, two by Henry Pendleton and one by Bonner himself) were translated into Cornish by John Tregear, and are now the largest single work of traditional Cornish prose. The thirteenth homily in the Cornish translation is taken from an unidentified source.

Tregear was "not a skilled translator", and often used English loanwords or loan translations. According to Alan Kent, this could have been when Tregear was unable to remember the translation due to the significant decline in the knowledge and understanding of Cornish at the time, perhaps intending to return to correct them later. The Homilies were discovered in April 1949 by John Mackechnie in the papers of the Puleston family in the collection of the British Museum.

Other works
Nicholas Boson (1624−1708) wrote three significant texts in Cornish, Nebbaz gerriau dro tho Carnoack (A Few Words about Cornish) between 1675 and 1708;  (John of Chyannor, or, The three points of wisdom), published by Edward Lhuyd in 1707, though written earlier; and The Dutchess of Cornwall's Progress, partly in English, now known only in fragments. The first two are the only known surviving Cornish prose texts from the 17th century. Boson's work is collected, along with that of his son John Boson and his cousin Thomas Boson (1635–1719) in Oliver Padel's The Cornish writings of the Boson family (1975).

Late period and revival

18th century to 1950
Fragments of Cornish writing continued to appear as the language was becoming extinct during the 18th century. However, in the late 19th century a few works by non-native speakers were produced; these efforts were followed by a more substantial revival in the 20th and 21st centuries. Of the early pieces the most significant is the so-called "Cranken Rhyme" produced by John Davey of Boswednack, one of the last people with some traditional knowledge of the language. The poem, published by John Hobson Matthews in 1892, may be the last piece of traditional Cornish literature. In 1865 German language enthusiast Georg Sauerwein composed two poems in the language. Later Hobson Matthews wrote several poems, such as the patriotic "Can Wlascar Agan Mamvro" ("Patriotic Song of our Motherland"), and Robert Morton Nance, a disciple of Henry Jenner, created a body of verse, for example "Nyns yu Marow Myghtern Arthur" ("King Arthur is not Dead"), which concerns the popular Cornish subject of King Arthur's legendary immortality. Both of these writers' works are characterised by a specifically revivalist mode.

These efforts were followed in the early 20th century by further works of revivalist literature by Cornish language enthusiasts. Works of this period were generally printed in limited publications by authors far removed from Cornwall and each other; their importance to the later revival movement was not fully recognized for decades. The literary output of the Cornish revival has largely been poetry. Notable writers of the time include Edward Chirgwin and A. S. D. Smith, whose epic poem Trystan hag Isolt, a reworking of the Tristan and Iseult legend, is one of the most celebrated pieces of Cornish revival writing. Another significant early text is Peggy Pollard's 1941 play Beunans Alysaryn, modelled on the 16th-century saints' plays.

William Bodinar's letter (1776)
This is an example of Cornish written by the hand of a native speaker . The text is also interesting from a sociolinguistic point of view in that Bodinar speaks about the contemporary state of the Cornish language in 1776.

Below it is written in Bodinar's original spelling, then in modern Cornish spelling (SWF), then a translation in English:

Later 20th century and after
The later 20th century saw increasing interest in the Cornish language and its literature, and an expansion into other media. The dearth of Cornish readers has made the production of novels difficult, though several have now been published. The earliest was Melville Bennetto's An Gurun Wosek a Geltya (The Bloody Crown of the Celtic Countries) in 1984; subsequently Michael Palmer published five novels including Jory (1989) and Dyvroans (1998). All of these were published in Unified Cornish. Tim Saunders and Nicholas Williams are among the contemporary poets writing in Cornish. Additionally, writers such as Nick Darke and Alan M. Kent have incorporated a Cornish background into English writing. Others have translated foreign works into Cornish. Jowann Richards (1926-2005) produced a Cornish translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam () in 1990. Beginning in the 2000s, translators set about translating the Bible in order to redress the handicap unique to Cornish, in that of all the modern Celtic languages, only Cornish had no Bible translation. The first complete edition of the New Testament in Cornish, Nicholas Williams's translation Testament Noweth agan Arluth ha Savyour Jesu Cryst, was published at Easter 2002 by Spyrys a Gernow (); it uses Unified Cornish Revised orthography. The translation was made from the Greek text, and incorporated John Tregear's existing translations with slight revisions. In August 2004, Kesva an Taves Kernewek published its edition of the New Testament in Cornish (), translated by Keith Syed and Ray Edwards; it uses Kernewek Kemmyn orthography. It was launched in a ceremony in Truro Cathedral attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury. A translation of the Old Testament is currently in preparation.

2009 and subsequent years saw the publication of a number of novels in Cornish. Nicholas Williams's translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland appeared as Alys in Pow an Anethow (), as did his translation of Craig Weatherhill's novel The Lyonesse Stone, titled in Cornish Jowal Lethesow (). Kaspar Hocking's abridgement of Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days was published as Adro dhe'n Bÿs in Peswar Ugans Dëdh (), and Eddie Foirbeis Climo's Kensa Lyver Redya () 'First Reading Book', a translation of Harriette Taylor Treadwell and Margaret Free's Primer, was published as well. The following years saw over a dozen classic novels translated by Nicholas Williams in his Standard Cornish orthography, including Treasure Island (Enys Tresour) in 2010, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Ky Teylu Baskerville) in 2012, The War of the Worlds (Gwerryans an Planettys) in 2013 and The Hobbit (An Hobys) in 2014. Others appeared in Kernewek Kemmyn, such as Polin Prys' Kas ha Dial (Hate and Revenge) and the Broder Wella (Brother William) collection of short stories by Jowann Richards. The advent of the Standard Written Form in 2008 saw the translation of Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince (An Pennsevik Byhan) in 2010, and several novels by Rod Lyon, Dhe Emlow an Galaksi (To the edges of the galaxy) in 2015, Tenkys (Fate) in 2016 and Dicky Holla in 2017.

A list of many titles including translations and original stories for adults and children can be found on the Cornish language page.

See also

Bible translations into Cornish
Breton literature
Literature in the other languages of Britain
Modern literature in Irish
Scottish Gaelic literature
Welsh literature
List of Cornish writers

Notes

References

Ellis, Peter Berresford (1974) The Cornish Language and its Literature. Routledge & Kegan Paul
Hays, R. & McGee, C.; Joyce, S. & Newlyn, E. eds. (1999) Records of Early English Drama; Dorset & Cornwall Toronto: U.P.

External links
Pascon Agan Arluth
Middle Cornish Literature.
Recordings of traditional and contemporary literature in Cornish - often read by the authors - feature in the podcast Radyo an Norvys

British literature
Cornish culture
Cornish language

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Miraculous Recovery of Dogs from Canine Distemper with Efforts put in by Animal Activists
Alfie Dsouza, Team Mangalorean.
Miraculous Recovery of Dogs from Canine Distemper with Efforts put in by Animal Activists-Urjita Parkar, Raau & Marvin Fernandes. Nature heals canine distemper and it might no longer be deadly!
Mangaluru: Recently, while the human race was battling the Covid-19 pandemic and its variants, "man's best friend" was falling prey to the deadly virus – Canine Distemper (CD). There had been a severe outbreak of CD in the city and it had claimed many lives, with surviving dogs suffering untold misery till death. The fact that the virus is not communicable to humans has made the government ignore Canine Distemper, which could be very well prevented with annual vaccination. The expensive vaccine, available for seven diseases costing upwards of Rs 800, is a bottleneck that prevents most pet owners from immunizing them.
As per a trustee of Animal Care Trust (ACT), the usual winter phenomenon that started last December lasted till March 2022. But shockingly there had been an outbreak in September 2022 affecting a vast population of dogs, even older ones which we thought were resistant," indicating mutation. The ACT trustee said that the government should subsidize the vaccine so that dogs can be immunized. Another fallout is pet owners abandoning infected dogs on the streets to fend for themselves, according to her. Meanwhile, it is learnt that ACT shelter has seen more than 200 cases last year and 60 this year. Sadly, these numbers are much more on the streets among stray dogs who suffer a lot. ACT's birth control programme has also been a casualty of this virus.
The ACT trustee also pointed out that when the disease progresses a dog may lose recognition and tries to attack people and shows symptoms of rabies, hence people beat the dog to death suspecting it to be rabid. According to a local veterinarian, the usual symptoms include, losing strength in the limbs, twitching or paralysis of the mouth area. The initial indicative symptoms are watery to pus-like discharge from their eyes, fever, nasal discharge, coughing, lethargy, and reduced appetite and vomiting. Once the dog has been infected nothing much can be done, barring symptomatic treatment and hope for the best, she stated.
Now, this column is about a few animal activists who saved nearly 8-10 dogs affected by Canine Distemper. Animal activist Marvin Fernandes has narrated a miraculous story of eight dogs that will leave one's heart to experience a sense of oneness and connectivity towards the beautiful creation we have yet to experience. Marvin said, " In a small village, but not remote, there happens to be a stream of joy and laughter in a house, so peacefully structured and a complete model of living in symbiosis. The place bloomed with the colours of plants and trees and the other sensitive creatures around so vividly that could make one feel an extreme dilemma. This place also shares and comforts eight dogs and life with them feels very complete".
"The ones devoted to the time they spend on these creatures tend to understand that the bonding goes way beyond words and feelings and connectivity speaks. One understands that the dog doesn't need any brutal training to tame him/her, in fact with love and freedom, the pet naturally understands human behaviour and how he should play his role. This loyal friend teaches you how to love unconditionally and as a human we can grasp all these and applying it to our daily lives opens our doors to understanding nature in a major way. One attached to these loyal creatures feels excruciating pain, seeing them in hurt and pain" added Marvin.
He further said, "Nature though bold and beautiful in many ways, is cruel to our eyes in some other ways. Our entire pack of eight dogs got infected by canine distemper from a sick wandering dog which we had sheltered for treatment on our premises. Initially, the symptoms were eye-watering and nasal discharge and our pups were so very small, varying from 3 to 7 months and seeing them getting sick started bothering me to an extent that it would keep me awake making it a long tiring day. Being in a village with no proper clinic that could treat emergencies and it was difficult to have the doctors visit our home. So, I and my friend decided to do our best and travel long enough with two dogs at a time and get them checked. At first, injections and tablets didn't seem to cure them and it started getting worse".
"The pups started coughing, leading to respiratory tract infection, weakness, no appetite, no water intake, neurological issues, body tremors, convulsions and so on, and all of this happened in a week. This incident shook our ground and bled a sigh of warm shivers seeing them fall apart and we lost one of our beloved pups 2 months old. The place that I lived in started haunting me and with some research figured out these symptoms were all pointing to canine distemper. Then we somehow managed to speak to a very renowned vet, and he said the same and the next thing he said made me cry out in throbbing pain. He said canine distemper cannot be treated anymore if your dogs are less than a year old so their chances of survival are very less, and it's just a matter of weeks," said Marvin.
"How would one react to this? My friend was in tears and I couldn't afford to break down, and from that moment onwards, I decided to put my skills and ability to live a natural-based lifestyle to use for these loyal friends and increase my level of research. Our house became a non-stop study centre in less than a day with boards and charts hanging and all my previous study material of aromatic and medicinal oil that I practised as a perfumer. This was the first time I and my friend started deeply understanding and communicating through their behaviour and pattern, and before we could begin our treatment, our two dogs were attacked by hind leg paralysis, for two and a half months and another seven months. I wondered if the increased level of pain would ever stop walking our path".
"But already motivated, all we can do is never give up. We started recording and monitoring them for 20 hours a day and trying not to cry in front of them because the pain of seeing them struggle is immense. The first two rounds of Ayurveda and juices and syringe feeding gave them some strength and hydrated their body. (First week) after Ayurveda (Second week) Ayurveda got them back to eating from their bowls, but they could eat very little but it didn't matter as it was better than before, and towards the end of the second week, they started drinking water from their bowls and passing motions, but it would consume a lot of our time shifting the paralytic dogs as they would always be wet and dirty in their motions".
"(Third week) we introduced some oils and highly nutritious food in their diet along with medicinal juices and powders and to our surprise, the 2 and a half month pup started dragging herself around and it brought tears and joy in our eyes, but the 7 months old dog couldn't move yet. In the fourth week, with a lot of nerve-warming massages, oils, Ayurveda, good food and a lot of love and care, they started responding so well, that one day the 7 months dog started barking and howling, and I wondered why and I just didn't know that on slightly picking her up, I could see movement in her hind legs. So I balanced her and she stood. Hurray!!"
"So, we kept doing what we were doing and today all our dogs are healthy after 35-40 days of juggling. It will take them a few months to be what they were before, but today all our dogs run and eat and drink like how they are supposed to. This journey taught us how staying connected with a natural lifestyle and believing in its ways helps one to understand the true power of nature.
Marvin making a humble request said, "Please support us as we want to bring the natural and loving way of treating the pets out in the open as medical science has no cure for canine distemper and this treatment will save dogs not only from canine distemper but also act as a shield from future illness and it promotes good health and the best part is it has no side effects when given in proper dosage.
To extend support or for details call Marvin Fernandes at 9167735231; 8879784563
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Lalith December 28, 2022 At 10:04 pm
Super write up Alfie . Great effort by the Marvin and team🙏🏻
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Amazing work. Keep it up
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If you have kids and they are in the dinosaur stage then they will love to visit the Dinosaurs In Cabazon, CA. It is right off Interstate-10 just about 30 miles north of Palm Springs. There is so much for the kids to see and do but I know they will get a kick out of crawling inside the huge Brachiosaurus through its tail and see the amazing store inside.
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Today, I am going to share more than one photo with you because Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico is probably one of the most beautiful places to see in Mexico. It has so much history and amazing architecture. The above photo is of the Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato which is just one of the beautiful churches that Guanajuato has to offer.
The photo to the right is of another church just to the right of Teatro Juarez. Not sure what it is called but if you know and would like to share with us, please feel free.
Guanajuato has so many different places and things to see. It is full of history. According to a custom publication of the Fresno Bee that was published on September 8, 2010, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico is the 2nd top city next to Ciudad de Mexico. There is so many important history figures that have roamed the streets.
I want to thank The Cultured Traveler for some of their information on the buildings in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Visit their site to see all the information on the capital.
Stay tuned throughout the week to see more photos from Guanajuato, Mexico. I am even going to share something that might frighten you!
Today is our last day to share my experience of Guanajuato, Mexico with you. I am going to share some photos of Leon, Guanajuato, which is a very large city that has a lot of things to do. Food at almost every corner sold by local street vendors.
Tacos al Vapor were just one of my favorites. My wife has a cousin that sells every morning on one of the popular street corners. They have a large variety of tacos. From chorizo to beans and on one of the last days I was there I had him invent something he still sells today. A torta de tacos. We went and bought a couple of bollilos (bread rolls) and opened them up to reveal something like a sandwich. Then we laid a couple of tacos inside the bread and added some cheese and chile and closed it up and it was heaven.
There is just so many different things to see in Leon. From El Centro (Like the City Mall) to the parks and just the streets. Over on the left you can see a house that has a motorcycle hanging over their front doorway. Interesting. There is even a hill that you can drive up to and see the whole city. It kind of reminds me of Los Angeles.
The local vendors have so many ways to make things work and improvise in ways that I wouldn't have thought of. On the right you can see a photo of a vendor that rides a horse and carriage with rubber tires selling fruits and vegetables. They carry a horn speaker and microphone to let people know they are coming.
I still remember the propane sellers. They have these large trucks that race through the streets yelling on the horns announcing, "El Gas!". Since there aren't any gas lines in the homes they have to purchase propane tanks and the salesman go through the neighborhoods announcing their presence. People that need gas run out to stop them and get their refill.
I also remember a scene that I don't have here but it is still in my mind. The scene of dogs eating crunchy tortillas lying on the floor. I guess since Dog Food is probably too expensive so they just get the leftover tortillas and throw them on the floor for the dogs to eat.
Mexico has a lot of culture. One that I miss very much and cant wait to go again. I love getting up early in the morning and heading over to the market to get a fresh milkshake or "liquado" with all kinds of delicious fresh fruit and all the good nutrients a grown boy needs.
The market has so many fresh produces. From freshly cut pigs to fresh fruits and vegetables. The market is the place to be, unless you are a pig or other type of animal. Over on the left you can see a photo from inside the market looking down at some fresh cut pork. They skin the pork to make pork grinds.
That is all from my trip to Leon and Guanajuato. Next week I plan to share some more of my photos from other trips. Remember, if you have photos of your favorite Mexican hangout please share them with us and let us know what you love most about Mexico.
This is a photo of an alley from the city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. This photo is back from 2004 when my family went down to visit the beautiful area. This alley is very tiny though. I am not sure how many cars can fit through here but it is some amazing work that the city has to view. When we visited they were working on rebuilding the streets using stone by stone to give it that old fashioned look and feel.
I plan on going back someday soon. Just not sure!


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Built in 1928, Santa Fe was designed by renowned Vancouver-born Architects Townley & Matheson, the same team whose distinguished body of work includes recognizable heritage landmarks like Vancouver's Art Deco City Hall.
Built by a former marine superintendent with the Canadian Pacific Rail, the building was originally named The Van Arsdel after his wife Eva Van Arsdel, and the family maintained a suite in the building when they were in town between trips back and forth to Asia. This stately building was unique considering the context of where it stood at the time. Back then, it was surrounded by dirt roads and a few single family homes. From Santa Fe's address at 2975 Oak Street, at the corner of West 14th Avenue, the former city limits at West 16th Avenue were within two blocks. Only a year later this changed in 1929 when Vancouver amalgamated with the separate Municipality of Point Grey adding lands South of 16th Avenue, West of Cambie and included the elite Canadian Pacific Rail-developed Shaughnessy.
Santa Fe answered a need for multifamily housing in the City between the World Wars and was modelled with traditionalism – a response to North American post-war nostalgia and taste.
Santa Fe's exterior featured poured concrete walls with applied shield and garland decorative plasters, Juliet balconies, deeply recessed windows, and a symmetrical façade that was evocative of the Period Revival movement popular in the 1920's.
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I have set the Navigation bar for several viewcontrollers using the storyboard.Now I want to set a background image for all those navigationbars.
so in my AppDelegate.m I put this,
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But it not changes any thing in any Viewcontroller's navigationbar.
Can any one tell me how to do that, I'm very new to iOS development.
Thanks

A: Firstly,set the IBOutlet for the navigation bar in the viewController.h where you want to change the image.
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Then in viewDidLoad write this code,
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10th Anniversary: Paramount Ruler urges FG to review two policies, rolls out 10 Milestones in 10 yrs
His Royal Majesty, Ọba Kehinde Gbadewọle Olugbenle MFR, Aṣade Agunloye IV, has implored the federal government of Nigeria to give two of its policies a second look, thanking God for Ten Milestones recorded in the last Ten years on the throne.
The Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland expressed dissatisfaction during the pre-anniversary chat with journalists organized by Baaroyin (Dr) Yemisi Bamgbose who was represented by his second in command, Ọtun Baaroyin of Ilaro, Alhaji AbuSatar Hamed, coordinated by Prince 'Fẹ́mi Dokunmu, the Kabiesi's media Consultant.
Oba Olugbenle, at the Conference Hall of His Ọba-Bí-Ọlọ́run-Kò-Sí private Palace on Monday, 31st March, while commending President Muhammadu Buhari for outlawing importation of foreign parboiled rice and ammunitions, lamented the closure of all land borders in the country, arguing that the policy is detrimental to the livelihood of millions of law-abiding Nigerians who trade on tens of legitimate businesses at border towns.
Kabiesi proposed that the dare-devil smugglers could be better curtailed only if security operatives can up their surveillance, perhaps with the aid of modern technologies, instead of shutting off the entire business at the border towns.
"In the last ten years, I have enjoyed good, cordial and working relationships with all the comptrollers that have served the custom services in the state", Ọba Olugbenle stated.
"Sadly, the increasing activities of smugglers from across the country, who see smuggling at the border as a veritable business have been a major problem in Yewaland.
"The increasing rate of youth unemployment, ban on importation of rice a staple food and other commodities coupled with the downturn in the economy and the increasing survival stint by youths and jobless adults have made the smuggling activities to be on the rise as the smugglers are becoming daring.
"Today, it is regrettable that smuggling activities now take place in broad daylight and daring smugglers are seen plying our roads with bags of rice on mounted motorbike.
"This has resulted in casualty as innocent citizens get killed from stray bullets when Custom officers engage the smugglers in combats.
"The Custom officers have equally lost some of their officers in the battle to curtail the activities of the smugglers. This too is regrettable.
"The closure of the border to the Republic of Benin since 2018/2019 has paralysed economic activities in the border communities, as other legal activities that some of them would have engaged in could not be carried out as a result of the border closure.
"The Custom services could only curtail the smuggling by opening the border for other legal activities to be carried out to engage our youth productively which will boost the local economy of the border communities.
"They should step up their intelligence gathering on the activities of the smugglers and their collaborators including searchlight on the receivers of the smuggled goods.
"The adage that you cannot throw the baby away in the bath tray because the water is not good is very apt here by the sweeping closure of the border to economic activities all in the name of banning importation of rice which is presumably the major reason for the border closure.
"The activities of the Customs services in the border areas need to be reviewed, while the government policy on importation of rice needs to be re-examined and fine-tuned to encourage subsidized mass local production of rice in the country.
"The government must equally improve and invest on our very porous borderline across the country to meet international standards, if the activities of smuggling must be curtailed.
"Until Nigerian farmers, through conscious government policy and support are able to meet the daily consumption demand of rice, a stable food in Nigeria, the activities of rice smugglers will be difficult to stop.
"The activities of the Nigerian Immigration Services are not too pronounced in Yewaland like Custom Services. However, there is a need for the immigration services to curb the influx of illegal immigrants into the country through the border as well as the surge in the movement of herders and their cows from foreign countries, especially during dry season".
Secondly, Oba Olugbenle noted that the high rate of incessant killings of Nigerians, especially border inhabitants (his kinsmen) by bandits, kidnappers, ritual killers, and herders who have been identified as foreigners should have been better curbed if President Buhari has approved of State Police.
"The proximity of Yewaland to the border of the Republic of Benin has exposed Yewa to security challenges bothering on smuggling, inter-border robbery and herder-farmer clashes occasioned by the agrarian nature of Yewaland.
"This is rampant during the dry season. Recently, cases of kidnapping which has become a national security challenge has been experienced in parts of Yewa North and Imeko Afon Local Governments.
"The state government is doing its best to curtail the menaces, but there is a limit to what various state governments can do until states are allowed to have their own state police force.
"The centralization of the security apparatus of the nation, as presently constituted, cannot address the increasing security challenges across the nation including cybercrime, Internet fraud, ritual killings and kidnapping which has now been added to the list of security challenges confronting the nation".
Enumerating his achievements in the last ten years, Oba Kehinde Gbadewole Olugbenle MFR, Agunloye IV stated that he began the transformation of Yewaland and Ilaro by setting up of Conflicts and Resolution Committee as a vital tool to install unity in the land.
"As a prince who was very close to the happenings at home, I have been concerned about how lack of unity among Yewa people have robbed us of the much needed development and progress in Yewaland.
"This worrisome situation was addressed in my acceptance speech during my coronation on 14th April, 2012.
"So, immediately on ascending the throne, my main objective was how to improve on our very disturbing state of unity.
"My first main assignment was to build unity among our royal fathers in Yewaland and the chiefs in Olu Ilaro-in-Council. This is because I knew that the existence of unity and understanding among the chiefs in Olu Ilaro-in-Council would give me room and space to attend to Yewa matters as the Paramount Ruler.
"Among the Olu Ilaro-in-Council, I ensured that all the chiefs are united towards the common goals and objectives of promoting the development of Ilaro and its environs, irrespective of who voted for me or not during the selection process.
"The administrative structure of the Olu Ilaro-in-Council was rejigged with new committees, namely; Dispute and Reconciliation, Chieftaincy Matters and Welfare Committees.
FORMATION OF COMMITTES
"The Dispute and Reconciliation Committee remains one of the most active and very crucial committees of the palace. It is the palace court where disputes arising in the town brought to the palace are amicably resolved.
"As of the end of 2021, over 147 cases had been handled by the committee with 138 cases effectively resolved. Other cases were either withdrawn by the complainants or referred to the police to handle.
"The committees are refrained from attending to matters before the court, except where the two parties agree to withdraw the matter from the court for the committee to resolve for them.
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This is a simple economic interplay of forces of supply and demand.
All criminal matters are left for the various law enforcement agencies to handle.
"The welfare committee was set up in 2017 mainly to take care of the welfare of the chiefs, especially the aged ones and to coordinate the social activities involving the chiefs.
"The Chieftaincy Matters Committee has since its inception in 2014 been headed by Chief Adetunji Fadayiro SAN. The committee is saddled with the task of looking into the various vacant traditional minor chieftaincy titles, mainly kingmakers (Afọbajẹ), Warriors (Ologun) and Community Heads (Baalẹ).
"The sensitivity of the assignment requires that people of impeccable character and deep knowledge of the history of Ilaro and the settlers are considered for this committee and they have proved worthy of their nomination since the commencement of their assignment.
"Activities of the committee has led to the conferment of many chieftaincy titles in 2016 and 2022.
ILARO DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
"Another very important committee that was revived on my ascension to the throne in 2012 was the Olu-in-Council Committee on Ilaro Development Council (IDC).
"The IDC has successfully embarked on some developmental projects within the town, one of which was the Oronna Shopping Mall completed a year after my ascension to the throne by the Otunba Wasiu Taiwo led Oronna Day Planning Committee.
"The IDC has also taken over the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) campus proposed in one of the abandoned former political party buildings in Ilaro for repairs and renovation immediately it was released by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to the town for use.
"The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Ilaro-Yewa Centre was visited by NOUN/NUC visitation team on the 25th February, 2022 for their final approval for final take off of the study centre for academic program in 2022.
"The fencing of the Asade Agunloye Pavilion at Empire Field was done by the Oronna-Ilaro Festival Committee in collaboration with the Ilaro Development Council to enhance security at the centre.
"The IDC also built a 3-bedroom office gate house which was later given to the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to use as their zonal office, while an armoury was built for their Ilaro Command office.
"The Oronna Day Planning Committee that I met on ground in 2012 was dissolved, having spent ample time in office, to give way to new hands and fresh ideas.
"It was on this promise of giving the event a broader scope to showcase more of our culture and tradition, and blend this with modern programmes in a week-long activity, that Chief Kayode Odunaro was appointed as the first chairman of the new committee which has since been rebranded as Oronna-Ilaro Festival Committee (OIFC).
"To accommodate the expected increase in the number of very important guests that will now be attending the festival, I had to immediately mop up some funds from my investment in Abuja to build a pavilion at the Empire Field, with a large space cleared to accommodate the expected increase in the crowd of people, home and abroad, that would be attending the event.
"The pavilion was named Oba Asade Agunloye Pavilion and it has become a veritable event center of choice to many people, clubs and associations in Ilaro.
"Presently, the pavilion is marked to be redesigned to fit into the amphi-theatre being constructed at the Empire Field through the support of Aremo of Yewaland, Chief Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola.
"I have also ensured that the maximum tenure of any chairman that serves in the various committees is not more than 4 years. Accordingly, the IDC presently has the third chairman since my ascension to the throne, namely: Chief Nojeem Adeniji (Seriki Ona Ola of Ilaro-Yewa), Otunba Lekan Asuni (Otunba Baasegun of Ilaro-Yewa) and currently, Chief Muftau Olabimtan (Asoju Oba of Ilaro-Yewa).
"The chairmen of the Oronna Ilaro Festival Committee, under my tenure, so far, include: Chief Kayode Odunaro (Majeobaje of Ilaro-Yewa and Baaroyin of Imala-Yewa, 2012 – 2016), Chief Rafiu Akinola (Otun Bobajiro of Ilaro-Yewa, 2016-2021) and Otunba Lekan Asuni (Otunba Baasegun of Ilaro-Yewa, 2021 till date).
"In the Olu Ilaro-in-Council, the leadership of the various palace committees were rejigged as occasion demands.
"As the Paramount Ruler of Yewaland, I was aware of the great responsibility bestowed on me and the expectations of all and sundry for me to be an example of good leadership qualities and foster peace and unity, not only among the royal fathers, but also among all Yewa people, at home and in the diaspora.
"I was convinced that I needed to establish mutual love and understanding among all Yewa Obas, bearing in mind their strategic roles as the traditional and administrative heads of their various domains.
I knew I needed to get them to share in my vision for building unity and promoting development across Yewaland.
"In this regard, I consciously ensured that the unity among our royal fathers was consolidated, although not without some challenges over the limits and jurisdiction of authority of some of the royal fathers.
"Most of the cases were, however, managed and resolved. An attempt by some of the royal fathers to form a faction around my office immediately I ascended the throne was politely disallowed, as I made them realize that all of us in the council are equal.
"I assured them that I love them all and that my door is open to them all.
"A major attempt to build on our common heritage and unity was the setting up of a Yewa Festival Committee led by Ọtunba Akeem Adigun (Socopao), the Apagunpọtẹ Of Yewaland in 2013.
"The first Yewa Festival held in 2013/2014 was highly successful, although holding some of the activities marking the festival across our local government areas, as planned, was faced with funding challenges.
"The Yewa Festival Committee will in future be made to work with other relevant Yewa groups, especially the Yewa People Development Council (YPDC) to organize subsequent Yewa Festivals.
"In order to ensure that our children in the Diaspora do not lose their cultural and traditional background to western culture, the need to form associations and celebrate YEWA DAY among them was considered and the idea was encouraged.
"We experimented with the formation of an association called Yewa Descendants Union (YDU) by my office in the UK and USA as pilot groups.
"We also realized that the contributions and participations of the YDUs would be needed towards making the Yewa Festival an event that all Yewa people, at home and abroad, would be very proud of.
YEWA DESCENDANTS UNION (YDU)
"Accordingly, I embarked on overseas trips to further mobilize our children and strengthen the YEWA DESCENDANTS UNION (YDU, North America Chapter) and YEWA DESCENDANTS UNION (YDU, UK & Ireland Chapters).
"The YDU Abuja chapter was also established on my return from the foreign mobilization trips.
"The YDUs were encouraged to hold bi-annual Yewa Day, and they have been doing this successfully to bring more of our sons and daughters in the Diaspora together.
"Not only have they sustained the YEWA DAY programmes, the membership of the associations has also grown as more Yewa people in the Diaspora continue to identify with them.
"I am also happy to note that they have been using the YDU platforms to carry out various developmental projects in some of our towns and villages.
"However, this did not come without the challenges of strife sometimes within the associations, but we have managed to ensure the sustainability of the associations.
YEWA PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (YPDC)
"One of my pre-occupations on ascension was to bring all our sons and daughters together under carefully co-ordinated global Yewa groups and associations, while not jettisoning the various groupings and associations at the local level.
"Accordingly, with the support of our royal fathers, we have established the Yewa People Development Council (YPDC), an umbrella body to co-ordinate most of our developmental initiatives, draw development plans and blueprints for Yewaland on both long and short term basis and take over the organization of the Yewa Festivals and Awards.
"The Council is expected to organize programmes that would bring all Yewa sons and daughters together to chart a course for our socio-economic development and political emancipation.
"This initiative was on a drawing board for almost four years as all the clubs and associations with global Yewa membership had to be carried along and drawn together to form the Yewa People Development Council. We also had to process and obtain the approval of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) with six of our royal fathers serving as members of the Board of Trustees of the Council.
"The YPDC was successfully inaugurated on 30th December, 2021 with Prof. Rahmon Bello, a former Commissioner for Special Duties in Ogun State and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, serving as the pioneer chairman of the council.
YEWA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL (YTC)
"In 2016, as part of efforts to strengthen the somewhat fragile strands of our unity in Yewaland, our royal fathers in the Yewa Traditional Council (YTC) encouraged me to confer Yewa titles on some of our notable sons and daughters.
"This exercise, if carried out, would include those that have hitherto been nominated but have not been officially installed before my predecessor joined his ancestors. These include the former Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Her Excellency, Alhaja Salimot Badru as Bẹ́ẹ́rẹ̀ of Yewaland and Chief Adewale Adeṣina (Saranda) as Babalọja of Yewaland.
"However, I strategically kept the exercise in abeyance due to the unfriendly political situation in the state and noticeable cracks and controversy generated in the ways and manners former holders were conferred with Yewa chieftaincy titles by the Traditional Council members in Ayetoro-Yewa without the consent of the incumbent Paramount Ruler of that time.
"Indeed, the issue of the powers of the Paramount Ruler vis-à-vis that of the Traditional Council in such matters informed my decision to seek legal advice on the roles of the Traditional Council and the Paramount Ruler in the conferment of global Yewa title on any deserving person.
"The findings revealed that the roles of the Traditional Council are well spelt out under the Local Government Law and now the new Obas Law of 2022 as more of advisory. Only royal fathers with global titles, in this case Paramount Rulers reserve the powers to confer such global titles.
"However, I am convinced that it is not out of place, especially in the interest of the unity and progress of Yewaland, to carry members of the Traditional Council along in the nomination of suitable persons for such titles, and this is the approach we have adopted.
"By October, 2021, I was sufficiently convinced that the time was right to release the list of the first set of our worthy sons and daughters due for Yewa titles.
"Accordingly, a public announcement was made to this effect with nine prominent sons and daughters of Yewaland were approved for global Yewa chieftaincy titles.
"They are Chief Mrs. Adenike Ẹ̀bun Ọyagbọla as Iyalode of Yewaland, Professor Biyi Afọnja as Balogun of Yewaland; Ọtunba Akeem Adigun (Socopao) as Apagunpọtẹ of Yewaland; Alhaja Salimot Makanjuọla Badru as Bẹ́ẹ́rẹ̀ of Yewaland; Senator Solomon Ọlamilekan Adeọla as Arẹmọ of Yewaland; Chief Adewale Adeṣina (Saranda) as Babalọja of Yewaland; Alhaji Ibrahim Dende Egungbohun (IBD) as Oluọmọ of Yewaland; Chief Dele Ọderinde as Tayeṣe of Yewaland and Chief Isiah Akinṣọwọn as Majẹobajẹ of Yewaland.
"My relationships with the other 3 Paramount Rulers in Ogun State have been very cordial and the mutual respect we have for one another is top-notch and unprecedented.
"At the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN), I have been privileged to meet with virtually other Paramount Rulers across the country at our national summits, both as the representative of Yewaland and as the Chairman of Ogun State Council of Ọbas.
ỌBA KẸHINDE OLUGBENLE FOUNDATION
"As a development consultant and a professional in the building industry, I have been passionate about supporting community development initiatives in Ilaro-Yewa and anywhere I found myself, even before I ascended the throne.
"The passion prompted me to immediately start the construction of a pavilion at the Empire Field on my ascension to the throne to host the first Oronna-Ilaro Festival in 2012 to create a more conducive and befitting arena for holding our social functions with the Oronna Ilaro Festival at the center of the initiative.
"The need to have the foundation was prompted by some of my friends who came to celebrate my first coronation anniversary with me in 2013 and they declared their support for any development I plan to carry out in Ilaro and Yewaland.
"In fact, the motivation to build the private palace (Ọba-Bí-Ọlọ́run-Kò-Sí Villa) came from some of my friends who undertook the architecture/engineering drawings and supervision free of charge.
"I, therefore in 2016 after my 50th birthday, decided to have a foundation to promote the project I will be carrying out as a token of my contribution towards development of Yewaland.
"This is to ensure the tracking and sustaining of the projects into the future and it involves my children to enable them carry on and embrace the principle of giving back to the community.
"It was later on that my siblings and few friends were coopted into the foundation as partners. The partnership will be increased after my 10th coronation anniversary to accommodate all positive and like-minded people who share in my vision to be part of the foundation projects as partners.
"The project embarked upon by the foundation so far are:
Construction of Ọba Aṣade Agunloye Pavilion stand at Empire Field
Donation of computers, mattresses, bed sheets, power generators etc at ICT Polytechnic Igbẹsa and selected health centres across Yewaland to mark my first year on the throne.
Financial support to the elderly and the widow to mark my 50th birthday.
Completion and donation of three standard lecture rooms with capacity for 100 students each with lecturers' offices and toilet facilities at Federal Polytechnic Ilaro-Yewa.
Construction and donation of 20-room female hostel accommodation with porter's room, waiting area, laundry, kitchen and toilets facilities at School of Nursing, Ilaro-Yewa (status-nearing completion).
Construction and donation of 10-room male hostel accommodation with porter's room, waiting area, laundry, kitchen and toilets facilities at School of Nursing Ilaro (status – ongoing).
Repair and renovation of 5 classrooms with new roofing, ceiling, windows, doors and painting at Technical and Science College, Ayetoro-Yewa (Status–completed).
Construction of three standard lecture rooms with lecturers' offices and toilet facilities at Ọlabisi Ọnabanjọ University, Agric Campus, Ayetoro-Yewa (Status – Foundation level).
Yearly Financial loan support to vulnerable petty traders to encourage them stabilize and expand their petty trading.
EDUCATION: Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro-Yewa
Ilaro and Yewaland have very good relationship with the Institution.
However, the major challenge I met was from the non-existence/scarcity of Yewa indigene in the administrative corridor of the school in their over 40 years of existence.
"This was primarily due to non-acceptance of appointments by our children to work at the institution and discouragement by some our people of their children from coming home to take up appointments at the polytechnic.
"After my constructive engagement with the management and board of the polytechnic and the encouragement to our children working in the polytechnic, quite a few of them are now well placed at senior levels to qualify to take up appointment into key positions in the polytechnic with the office of the rector being our ultimate target.
"The first appointment of any Yewa indigene into the three key positions in the polytechnic was the appointment of Mr. Ọlabode Ajibọde as the bursar of the polytechnic in 2017, almost 40 years after the establishment of the polytechnic.
"Another challenge was lack of support of our people towards the infrastructural development of the institution.
"However, appreciation must be shown to Hon. Isiaq Akinlade and Senator SolomonỌlamilekan Adeọla for facilitating development in the institution.
"Also, Ọtunba Wasiu Taiwo, in 2021, collaborated with the polytechnic to establish the first modern tailoring institute as part of the institution's initiative in entrepreneurship development of our youths.
"In fact, I decided to make the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro the first beneficiary of my foundation building projects to take the lead in encouraging other Yewa sons and daughters to partner with Federal Polytechnic Ilaro to make it one of the best ranking polytechnics in the country.
"There is no doubt that sooner than expected, a Yewa man will occupy the position of the rector of the institution by God's grace.
Ọlabisi Ọnabanjọ University (Ayetoro-Yewa Campus)
"When I ascended the throne in 2012, OOU Agric Campus was sharing premises with Ayetoro Comprehensive High School at Ayetoro-Yewa
"I was later confronted with the crises of movement of Ayetoro Comprehensive High school to another site, an attempt which was resisted by the Old Students Association of COMPRO.
"Yewa Think Tank, one of the most active and progressive groups I met on assuming office under the leadership of Prof. Ayọ̀ Alabi wanted COMPRO to move to a new site and leave their current school to OOU, Agric campus.
"I had to step in to mediate on the matter which was the first major crises I resolved on my ascension in 2012/2013.
"Fortunately, the new Vice Chancellor, Prof. Saburi who has a maternal link to Yewa was also ready to support the Agric campus but not until all conflicts were resolved. I had to visit Ayetoro-Yewa for on-the-spot inspection and assessment of the sites.
"I discovered that the contentions of both parties were valid. Yewa Think Tank meant well for the development of Yewaland. As a development consultant, I concluded that it would not be in our interest to shut down a development to bring up another.
"I believe development is a gradual process as COMPRO site itself was not built in a day.
I met with the representative of Yewa Think Tank and pleaded that we should leave Ayetoro Comprehensive High School at their present site and move Olabisi Onabanjo University, Agric Campus to the new site earmarked for COMPRO.
"To the Glory of God, the Vice Chancellor accepted my decision and promised to do everything to facilitate infrastructural development of the campus.
"That gave birth to the first main lecture theatre building funded with TETFUND approved by the Governor Ibikunle Amosun during the tenure of Prof. Saburi.
"The Yewa Think Tank in order to express their support for the V.C, Prof. Saburi promised that the electrification of the campus would be undertaken by them with the support of the Paramount Ruler.
"They have come to meet me earlier for my blessing on this commitment to the OOU Agric campus management.
"To the glory of God, the campus electrification project was commissioned by me and members of Yewa Think Tank with other leaders in Yewaland on 11th November, 2021 at the permanent site of OOU Ayetoro Yewa.
"I thank God for those individuals, groups and associations that supported the project.
"Major donors to the project are: my good self, Yewa Think Tank, Yewa Descendants Union (UK & Ireland), Yewa Descendant Union (North America), Alh. Ibrahim Egungbohun (IBD), Senator Solomon Ọlamilekan Adeọla, Rt Hon. Suraj Adekunbi and other individuals. The project as of the time of completion must have gulped over ₦30 million naira apart from the cost of transformer donated by Senator Solomon Ọlamilekan Adeọla.
"At a point, the contractor, Engr. Akintọmide aka Baba Tommy had issues on the approval for his use of certain materials which prompted me to go with him to the head office of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company at Ibadan to sort out the matter.
"To the glory of God, Ọlabisi Ọnabanjọ University Ayetoro–Yewa campus have come to stay and has grown in terms of number of courses run on the campus and student's population.
"It is my hope and prayers with the continued support of Yewa indigenes that the campus will become a full-fledged specialized State University of Agriculture in future, considering the expanse of land around the campus that stretches up to Imeko.
Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Igbẹsa Yewa:
"I had the privilege of visiting the polytechnic in 2013 as part of activities marking my one year to donate computers to the institution.
"The situation I met was not impressive, as the institution had the outlook of a secondary school.
"Fortunately, the coming on board of one of our daughters, Dr. Engr. (Mrs.) Olufunke Akinkurolere as the rector marked the turning point in the fortune and ranking of the institution in the last eight years of her leadership.
"She put in all her energy and managerial skills to ensure a change of status for the Institution, with new lecture halls constructed and many courses introduced to increase the student's populace and staff strength, creating job opportunities in the process for some of our children.
"The institution has won awards which have put Igbesa-Yewa Awori and Ogun State on the map of host community of institutions of academic excellence.
"The kind of passion and zeal the rector put into the administration of the institution during her tenure is worthy of emulation by all sons and daughters of Yewaland whenever given the opportunity to serve in such capacity.
DANGOTE CEMENT, IBESE
"Dangote Cement Plant Ibeshe-Yewa was commissioned about a year before my ascension to the throne as the Paramount Ruler of Yewaland in April, 2012.
"Consequently, upon my ascension, I met a series of discords between the host communities and Dangote Cement Plant Ibeshe-Yewa many of which resulted in the burning down of their Dangote trucks and sometimes blockage of the roads against the trucks.
"The drivers' recklessness on the road resulting in accident within the host communities and the environs are usually met with stiff protest and destruction of the company trucks.
"There was a particular incidence in 2013 resulting in the burning of over ten Dangote cement trucks at Ibeshe town as a result of accidents.
"The plant operation was paralyzed for almost a week and the government had to call for my immediate intervention to resolve the lingering crises with the host communities.
"Series of meeting held with the host communities and management of Dangote Cement Plant Ibeshe revealed the gap in the relationship of the company with the host communities, especially as regards the fulfillment of their Corporate Social Responsibilities to the host communities on projects promised to be carried out.
"The company is either slow in the execution of these projects or they do not meet the expectation of the host communities.
"My enquiries and findings on my request for the CSR agreement from the company with the host communities revealed that none was executed with the host communities before the commencement of their operation in 2011.
"This left a huge gap and the legal basis to hold the company accountable and responsible in fulfilling their obligation to our people.
"I had to embark on sensitization and education of the host communities' Obas, chiefs, leaders and youths on the observed gap in the CSR and the need to see the plant as a source of blessing to them and to Yewaland.
"At a meeting with the top management of the company and the Obas of the host community, it was agreed that the CSR agreement would be immediately drawn and all the demands of the various communities would be met with a pledge and a commitment of yearly budget for the CSR projects.
"The company has since been deploring resources to carry out CSR projects in the various communities which are usually submitted through their Obas.
"However, the perceived problem observed is the late commencement of the projects which are usually carried over into another year budget and non-award of the contract to some of the host communities' indigenous contractors.
"My major request to the management was for immediate consideration and aggressive employment of our children into the company which was obliged with some employed on the proposed fertilizer and refinery at Lekki in Lagos.
"I also requested the construction of concrete road from Ibeshe to Ilaro and Ibeshe to Itori junction to ease the pressure on Papalanto-Ilaro road which was the main road initially used by the company to transport cement to other parts of the country.
"A police post to enhance security around the plant was also requested to be constructed close to the plant.
YEWA FRONTIER
"This mega project consisting of several rooms, a 750 capacity hall and other modern facilities was one major projects facilitated on my ascension by the duo of Chief Mufutau Ọlabimtan now my Aṣoju Ọba of Ilaro and Prince Bisi Tella who convinced our brother, Engr. Afisu Ọlabimtan, a successful engineer and businessman of international repute based in U.S.A to invest at home as a support to my reign as Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland.
"They were both my school mates at Anglican Grammar School Ilaro. The project was completed in record time for commissioning to mark my 50th Birthday in December 2016.
"Today the hotel has been host to many important events in Yewaland including the state government town hall meetings.
"The phase two project of the hotel development was recently completed having cinema hall with adjoining medical facilities for the Afisu Ọlabimtan Foundation.
"The cinema hall was used for the first time to host the inauguration of Yewa People Development Council in December 2021.
"The medical centre when fully equipped with modern medical facilities as planned by the Afisu Ọlabimtan Foundation will give subsided medical services to the people of Yewaland and environs in very critical areas of medicine.
NATIONAL AND HONORARY AWARDS
"It was a surprise that less than a year after my ascension to the throne, the state government under the leadership of Senator Ibikunle Amosun CON nominated me for a national Award, MEMBER of FEDERAL REPUBLIC award (MFR) by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2012.
"Over the last ten years, I have been privileged to be given several awards within and outside the country from various groups, professional associations and higher institutions.
"But I have also gracefully declined some awards with unsubstantiated background and monetary obligations. I believe strongly that awards should be given on merit, not financial consideration/capacity of the recipient.
Major awards given and taken are:
Honorary Doctorate Degree Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye
Honorary Doctorate Degree, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijẹbu-Ode.
Fellowship Award Federal Polytechnic Ilaro
Fellowship Award Ogun State Institute of Technology
Fellowship Award Osun State College of Technology, Ẹsa Oke
Fellowship Award Federal School of Survey Ọ̀yọ́.
MISCELLANEOUS: State Delegate to the National Conference:
"I was nominated by the Ogun State Government in 2014 as a state delegate to the National Conference, inaugurated by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
"The conference significantly exposed me to the many problems and challenges confronting our nation.
"There was hardly any aspect of our national life as a nation that was not discussed at the plenary, including the Nigeria constitution. I was a member of the Land Tenure and Boundary committee of the National Conference and was made the chairman of the sub-committee of Land Tenure System apparently as a professional expert on land, as an Estate Surveyor and Valuer.
"All our royal fathers were members of this very important committee because they believe land and boundary are synonymous with matters mostly engaged by royal fathers.
"It was a privilege seating with these very brilliant monarchs across the country and some other distinguished Nigerians in the committee.
"The national president of my professional body, Nigeria Institute of Estate Surveyor and Valuer (NIESV), Mr. Emeka Eleh was a member of the committee too and we both put our expertise on land matters to bear on the recommendation adopted on land matters throughout the conference.
"My major recommendation which was passed was on federal road reconstruction. They are:
Sokoto Badagry road section from Jọga Orile – Atan – Agbara – Badagry
Sagamu interchange – Papalanto Junction – Ilaro – Ọbelle
Lagos – Abeokuta expressway jointly moved with some other south west delegates
Lagos – Ibadan Expressway jointly moved with some other south west delegates.
"The national conference lasted for about four months which took me flying from Lagos to Abuja weekly. I had to manage my itinerary to be able to attend to matters requesting my attention in the palace and at the state level.
Overview On Chieftancy Matters in Ogun State
"I had to wait for 4 years to study and learn from the challenges associated with chieftaincy matters in the state, vis–a- vis the provision of the Chieftaincy Law of Ogun State 2006, before I began the processes of filling the various minor chieftaincy stools that were vacant in Ilaro.
"One of the major challenges observed was the issue of prescribed authority of various Obas in the state which had pitched some of them against the others with court cases.
"In some cases, the strife between the contending Obas, where it was not well managed, have led to community crises and in, some cases, loss of lives and properties.
"The challenges observed on chieftaincy matters in Ogun State are usually centered around political interference by the politicians in power, undue disregard to the procedure and provision of the chief law, unmerited and unjustified promotion of Obas, indiscriminate upgrading of Baales, that is community heads, to coronet Obas without regard to the chieftaincy law provision and the financial capacity of the various traditional council among other observed infractions in the system.
On the Issue of Upgrading of Baales
"The upgrading of Baales in the chieftaincy law, I believe was to reward community whose development have transcend communal life with notable presence of some socio economic indicators such as schools, health centres, cottage industries, electricity, telecommunication facilities, community halls, sizeable increase in population etc.
"However, I observed that it has been personalized by some of the occupiers of the stool of Baalẹs for personal aggrandizement and show off rather than commitment to serve and work towards raising the bars of development of the community they head.
"Also some of the senior Obas see the upgrading of such Baales to coronet Obas as a way of laying claims for large numbers of Obas under their leadership or control without regards for the custom and tradition of Yorubaland.
What a misnomer and misconception that have led to the bastardization of the very rich Yoruba custom and tradition on Obaship by some state government.
"Today in Ogun state, the numbers of created beaded crown Obas (Baales promoted to wear crown) have outnumbered the original ancient beaded crown Obas (kings with what Yoruba called Ade Iṣẹnbaye, that is, Ancient crown).
"All Baalẹs, if given the opportunity in Yorubaland today want to wear beaded crown and be addressed as an Ọba, which is contrary to their traditional role of representative of the oba in the community they head.
"They are like what local government chairmen are to governors or councilors to chairmen of local governments.
"It is unfortunate and sad that Baales upgraded to coronet Obas few years back in Ogun State are now first class Obas and at par with their original prescribed authority due to indiscriminate and rapid promotion dole out to them for their political patronage to politicians.
"These Obas fall within the class of Obas that wear political parties' uniform (Aso ebi) at campaign grounds and in some very embarrassing situations portray to politicians all for the crumbs and promotion/elevation.
Chairmanship of Chieftaincy Committee Set Up to Review The Upgrading Of Baales To Coronet Oba In Ogun State
"It was a surprise when His Excellency, Prince Dapọ Abiọdun on resuming office as the Executive Governor of Ogun State saddled me with the onerous task of heading the chieftaincy committee to review the upgrading of Baales and appointment of Obas in the state by his predecessor at the twilight of the government in 2019.
"I accepted the appointment as a call to serve the traditional institution and the state as one of the concerned critical stakeholders who thinks that traditional institution will lose its place of relevance, respect, dignity and our rich custom and tradition if the trends of bastardization observed are not addressed.
"The committee had the best senior traditional rulers in the state and renowned civil servants, technocrats and a lawyer in the committee. Those that worked with me in the committees were:
"The committee was fair in its recommendations which were adopted by the state government.
"The revelation on ways and manners in which the upgrading of the Baales were carried out was very unfortunate and did not align with the provision of the chieftaincy law of Ogun State.
"All the affected Baales were given fair hearing as we invited them to face the committee where all the lapses regarding their upgrading to coronet Obas were pointed out to them.
"Some of them have never been Baales before the upgrade, while the recommendation of some never went through the various traditional councils for the Paramount Ruler's final recommendation of such upgrade to the government, as required under the state chief law 2006".
PrevYPDC Congratulates Dr. Olufunke Akinkurolere on her appointment as the Acting Chairman of COHEADS.
It's good attribute Yewa are not risk takers but this has cost us many things — Olu of Ilaro, Oba OlugbenleNext


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Creedite is a calcium aluminium sulfate fluoro hydroxide mineral with formula: Ca3Al2SO4(F,OH)10·2(H2O). Creedite forms colorless to white to purple monoclinic prismatic crystals. It often occurs as acicular radiating sprays of fine prisms. It is translucent to transparent with indices of refraction of nα = 1.461 nβ = 1.478 nγ = 1.485. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5 to 4 and a specific gravity of 2.7.

Creedite was first described in 1916 from the Creede Quadrangle in Mineral County, Colorado. It is a product of intense oxidation of ore deposits.

Occurrence

Creedite is a rare hydroxylhalide mineral. Creedite usually forms from the oxidation of fluorite ore deposits. Creedite was named after the location where it was discovered in 1916 in the Colorado Fluorspar Co. Mine at Wagon Wheel Gap, located at Creede Quadrangle, Mineral County, Colorado.

It was later found in other fluorite veins near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada; in the Grand Reef mine, Graham County, Arizona; in the Darwin district, Inyo County, California. It also occurs in the Potosi and other mines of Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is also found in La Paz, Bolivia; Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan and Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Geologic association

Creedite typically occurs with low-grade metamorphic rocks on a fluorite – calcite – quartz matrix or on a sulfide-matrix with its oxidized products. Creedite most commonly found in the form of creedite – carbonate – cyanotrichite – woodwardite – spangolite – kaolinite association. The other less common creedite association is creedite – limonite – kaolinite – hemimorphite – smithsonite – hydrozincite – aurichalcite. Creedite also occurs in skarn formation which usually has association with sulfides, spangolite, brochantite, linarite, limonite, cuprite, wad and kaolinite. In general, creedite usually found as two to three millimeters radial aggregates and less commonly as a single prismatic crystals up to one millimeters long.

Structure
Creedite structural composition study was conducted by utilizing 1390 Philips diffractometer with Fe – filtered CoK radiation (λ=1.79021Å), 10–90° 2θ range, peak-height relative intensities. It was concluded that the creedite falls into monoclinic crystal system (2/m) that has space group of C2/c. It was also found that creedite has basal reflections of (2 0 0) and (4 0 0) that are enhanced due to preferred orientation which concur with Michael Fleischer's orientation.

References

Kiselva, I. A.; Ogorodova, L.P.; Mel'Chalkova, L.V.; Getmanskaya, T.I., Enthalpy of Formation of Creedite Ca3Al2F8.25(OH) (1.75)(SO4) Center dot 2H(2) O, Geochemistry International, pp. 1026–1030, OCT 2002.
Frau, F.; Rizzo, R.; Sabelli, C., Creedite from Sardinia, Italy: the first European Occurrence, Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie-Monashefte, pp. 495–504, NOV 1998.
Giuseppetti, G; Tadini, C., Structure Analysis and refinement of Bolivian Creedite, Ca3Al2F8(OH)2(SO4)*2(H2O), Neues Jahrbuch Fur Mineralogie-Monashefte, pp. 69–78, 1983.
Fleischer, M, Probable Identity of Belyankite With Creedite, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1992.
K, Robert B., Creedite: Cresson Mine, Cripple Creek Teller County, Colorado. Rocks & Minerals, pp422–427, OCT 2008.
Foshag, W. F., (1932) Creedite from Nevada: Am. Mineral., 17, 75–77.

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"The outlook for the geothermal industry in 2016 is positive" said President of Geothermal Resources Council, USA, Paul Brophy. According to Ruggero Bertani, geothermal business development manager, ENEL, the installed capacity will jump to 21.5 GWe from the existing 12.6 MWe in 2017and will further show a large annual increase by 2020. With the formation of the Global Geothermal Alliance during the recently concluded Paris CoP21 meeting in December. a five- fold increase in global installed capacity is expected by 2020. Very soon Indonesia and Mexico will excel in installation capacity and continue to be the leaders in this industry. China has already drafted plans to tap the EGS sources in the Himalayan geothermal belt to support its proposed Silk road project. China is looking at developing a 800 MWe from EGS along the Silk Road. India with its limping attitude will soon realize what the country has lost due to its inability to develop the potential geothermal zones in the Himalayas.
The GGA realized that despite solid geothermal energy potential in 90 countries, only 24 countries could realize its full potential due to the existing sound policy, licensing structure and financial support from the banks and other institutions. The GGA is planning to have an advisory service to enable regulatory and institutional framework and promote investments. It will also come out with a sound policy to mitigate risk mechanisms. The initiative taken by the climate policy in September 2015 will help the geothermal industry to raise public finance to US$ 73 billion.
The Asian Development Bank created in October 2015, US$ 500 million loan programme to support geothermal in Indonesia. Similarly the Inter American Development Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank will support the East Caribbean geothermal development programme with a loan package of US$ 1 million. During the Paris meeting, an alliance of 54 countries, known as the African Union pledged US$ 20 billion to support geothermal industry in EAR valley and north Africa. Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia are seriously looking at the geothermal potential it has along the Red Sea coast. In a recent paper in the Journal African Earth Sciences, the geothermal energy development along the Red Sea coast will support large scale demand of fresh water for the growing populations of all the Gulf countries and substantially increase the agricultural products like wheat and barley for Saudi Arabia and make these countries food secured. This energy is best suited to mitigate climate change and supply base load electricity for the asking and energise all the developing countries around the Red Sea. The project costs, unit power cost, land cost, supply statistics land requirement appearing in all the reports are all realistic figures and no tags attached. Unlike other renewables, geothermal is stand alone source. No back up batteries are needed. No sunlight is needed. Not only power, this source can support space heating and cooling and reduce the cost of electricity bills by 60-70% in addition to cutting the CO2 emissions to minimum. Due to unrealistic barriers and ignorance of the policy makers and administrators, geothermal is not in the limelight in India alone.
Now countries are looking at geothermal energy to desalinate sea water to meet the growing demand of fresh water from domestic, agricultural and industrial sectors. Due to drastic decline in piezometric surfaces and all the aquifers are being trans-boundary in nature, especially in all the Gulf countries, the future war will be fought for water. For example, at the current level of abstraction, the the Saq-Ram aquifer, one of the major aquifers extending between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, may yield water only for the next 30 years only. Hence, countries have no option but to process the sea water. At present freshwater processed from sea requires 134 x 106 kWh of electricity to provide 275 L/day per pita fresh water to Saudi Arabian population. This leaves a large volume of CO2 into the atmosphere because energy intensive multistage flash desalination process is used that requires > 10 TWh of electricity to desalinate 1 m3 of sea water. Currently 33 desalination plants are running in Saudi Arabia. Cost of desalinated water is heavily subsidised by the government. While the actual cost of desalinated water is around US$ 6/m3, the subsidised water that is being supplied by the Saudi Arabia is 0.03 US$/m3. This cost will not sustain for long considering the future volume of water requirement by domestic and agricultural sectors as the demand is directly linked to the population growth.
For Saudi Arabia the most efficient and cost effective method to generate fresh water from the sea is to adopt desalination technology supported by renewable energy sources like solar or geothermal. Solar pv is not cost effective and needs supporting facilities while geothermal can supply baseload power and does not require back-up power (like batteries) and the system can work at > 90 % all the year. Due to shortage of water, Saudi Arabia is importing large quantity of wheat and barley. This is an alarming situation. Country's cannot vest food security with other countries. By utilizing geothermal energy about 517 x 1016 L/day of fresh water can be generated through desalination. While the current consumption of water by domestic and agricultural sectors in Saudi Arabia is 23640 x 109 L/y, geothermal energy can generated almost three to four times this quantity through desalination process.
A wakeup call is given by the 2015 December CoP21 meet in Paris by signing GGA by all the countries. Countries have realized that future energy lies below our feet. It is wise to harness it instead of looking at imported and unrealistic energy sources.