{"id":30524,"date":"2014-08-25T14:37:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T13:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30524"},"modified":"2014-08-25T14:37:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T13:37:05","slug":"senate-president-visits-ochidoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/senate-president-visits-ochidoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate President visits Och&#8217;Idoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;-Renews faith in Nigeria&#8217;s unity<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has urged traditional rulers across Nigeria to rise up to the challenge of ensuring security, peace and unity of the nation at all times.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Senator Mark said traditional rulers and citizens alike need\u00a0 to compliment government&#8217;s efforts in the onerous task of curbing crimes, especially the insurgency ravaging Nigeria.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He spoke at the weekend when he formally received the certificate of his Chieftaincy\u00a0 title,the\u00a0 OKPOKPOWULU K&#8217;IDOMA( meaning the brave warrior and defender of the Idoma people) from the paramount ruler of IDOMA nation in Benue State, Och&#8217;Idoma IV, Agabaidu Elias Ikoyi Obekpa in the latter&#8217;s palace in Otukpo.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Senate President maintained that development can only take place where there is peace and congenial atmosphere just as he reminded those perpetrating violent crimes to sheath their swords and embrace dialogue .<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Senator Mark said he would do more to attract developmental projects to his constituency but would require a peaceful atmosphere , the support and cooperation of the people.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Handing over the certificate to the Senate President, the Och&#8217;Idoma praised Mark for promoting peace in the country\u00a0 and attracting developmental projects to his domain.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The paramount ruler listed the projects to include but not limited to the multi-billion Naira Otobi\u00a0 multi-purpose dam;, construction of Oweto -Uloko Bridge , establishment of College of Medical and Health Sciences campus, Otukpo of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi as well as the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Otukpo study centre .<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He however tasked the Senate President\u00a0 to do more in order to realize the creation of Apa State out of the present Benue State, saying\u00a0 that the people are homogeneous and hospitable.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Och&#8217;Idoma added that the proposed State is economically viable and its creation will ultimately bring government nearer to the people.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signed:<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Paul Mumeh, Chief Press Secretary to the President of the Senate.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;-Renews faith in Nigeria&#8217;s unityPresident of the Senate, Senator David Mark has urged traditional rulers across Nigeria to rise up to the challenge of ensuring security, peace and unity of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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