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NIHOTOUR Staff To Undergo Leadership, Citizenship Training To Enhance Job Productivity-Kangiwa

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5 years ago

March 2, 2021

Joel Ajayi

Director General of the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism NIHOTOUR Alhaji Nura Sani Kangiwa, has reiterated his determination to improve on the quality of staff and personnel of the Institute for efficient service delivery of their jobs that will enable the Institute achieve the core mandate for which it was established.

The DG who stated this when he received in audience, Mr. Jonah Bawa, Director General of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC) in Abuja said for any organization to achieve the full potential output of its staff, orientation and reorientation to keep their mind set focused on the mandate of the organization is key and germane.

Kangiwa who lauded the visit of the Director General of CLTC as well as the training the Centre offers to Military, Para-military and civil personnel in the country said he will study further and explore the possibilities of sending staff of the Institute to the

Centre to acquaint them with the discipline, self-discovery, patriotism and commitment required of them to serve the Institute in particular to achieve its aims and objectives as well as the Nigerian larger society for the benefits and good of all.

Briefing the Director General earlier, Mr. Bawa said the Centre which was established to train Military and Para-military personnel under the name Man-O-War was later changed for the training of both military and non-military personnel in leadership training that inculcates the virtues of discipline, civic responsibilities, tolerance, endurance and good character under its current name Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre.

Mr. Bawa who said since the establishment of the Centre about 70 years ago, it has trained all Nigerian Military and Para-military personnel in the cause of their training as a prerequisite for their graduation, stated that the Centre has extended and expanded further the scope of its training activities to include all eligible working Nigerians irrespective of their background to enable them fit into and function well in the country that craves for peace, understanding and national cohesion.

He said the Centre has, in addition to its leadership and citizenship training, also undertake reformatory and correctional training services for youths engaged in militancy and restive behavioral activities to stem the tide of violence, restiveness and other social vices that threaten the peace in the country.

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NYCN: High Court Bars Gbenga, others from holding election

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7 hours ago

October 7, 2025

The Gleamer

Josl Ajayi

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has issued an order restraining Comrade Ademola Gbenga, Comrade Okechukwu Nnamene and others from conducting the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) election slated for October 7, pending the determination of the substantive suit before the court.

Justice J. E. Obanor, in an order dated October 6, 2025, in suit no: FCT/HC/CV/3803/2025 and motion no: M/12204/2025, sighted by our correspondent, directed the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to enforce the court’s order.

The claimants/applicants in the case are the Incorporated Trustees of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, representing the existing leadership of the Council.

The defendants include Comr. Ademola Gbenga, Comr. Okechukwu Nnamene, Comr. Abel Abaji, Comr. Alex Allen Akin, Comr. Hassan Mamman, the Inspector General of Police, and the Department of State Services.

It would be recalled that the NYCN, during its National Elective Convention held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, from September 20 to 22, re-elected Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo as President alongside other executives.

However, dissatisfied with the Sukubo-led leadership, Gbenga and his allies formed a parallel group and planned to conduct another election in Abuja on October 7.

Consequently, the court ordered all parties to maintain the status quo regarding the leadership of the NYCN, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

The Order read in part, “Upon hearing the Motion Ex parte and the accompanying affidavit of. Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo listening to P. Ulofu ESQ., of counsel to the Applicants praying this Honourable Court for the following:-

“An Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Respondents (Gbenga and others) or any person(s) acting through them or on their behalf from conducting the scheduled election of the 7th day of October, 2025 or taking any further step concerning the subject matter of this suit respectively pending the hearing and determination of the motion on Notice.

“An Order of Interim Injunction directing the Respondents to maintain the status quo with respect to the leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, pending the determination of and determination of the motion on notice.

“An Order directing the 6th (IGP) and 7th (DSS) Defendants/Respondents to enforce the Order of Court restraining the 1st to 5th (Gbenga and others) Defendants, their privies, agents, or howsoever called, conducting the scheduled election of the 7 th day of October, 2025 or taking any further step concerning the subject matter of this suit respectively pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.

“And for such further or other orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this suit and or application.

“The court ordered as follows: Application is hereby granted and order made as prayed. Case is adjourned to 16th October, 2025 for hearing of Motion on Notice.”

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