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Lanre Shittu Motors re-strategises, begins training, empowerment of mechanics nationwide
Lanre Shittu Motors re-strategises, begins training, empowerment of mechanics nationwide
Lanre Shittu Motors (LSM) has commenced training and empowerment of auto mechanics across the country.
The intensive training programme, which started in Ekiti State in conjunction with the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), is set to move to Zamfara State, and thereafter, other states of the federation.
Managing Director/CEO of the company, Mr. Taiwo Shittu, who disclosed this in an interview with some journalists in Lagos, recently, said it was part of efforts of the company to create jobs for the youths and alleviate poverty in the face of hardship due to the fuel subsidy removal.
He said, “We just concluded a training programme for auto technicians in conjunction with the NADDC in Ekiti State. This is a state that we have not even sold any vehicle to. We are going to other states in Nigeria to empower Nigerians.
“We don’t only train them, we pay them and give them complete set of tools to work. We decided to do this because we cannot leave everything to the government to handle. We are not looking at the business; we are interested in empowering people.”
According to him, the next phase of the training programme will be done before December in Zamfara State.
The LSM boss urged other major companies in the industry and other sectors to do a similar thing to improve the living standard of the people and develop the economy.
He also spoke on a number of other projects to be rolled out before the end of the year including electric/CNG vehicles and the launch of LSM brand of vehicles to immortalize the founder/chairman of the company, Alhaji Lanre Shittu, who passed on recently.
He said, “It’s painful to lose our chairman, Alhaji Lanre Shittu; he was a visionary and a goal-getter. We all have learnt a lot from him.
“But again, he was a man we were blessed to have. At a very early age, he allowed his children in the business to run the business while he watched. In the last seven years of his life, he was not in the forefront of the business anymore. People should learn from that. You don’t know when God will come calling.
“Right now, we have the capacity to keep the business running and take it further up. And I can tell you that we have done better this year than last year in terms of sales. That is why we want to immortalise him by having a vehicle brand called LSM (Lanre Shittu Motors).”
Also speaking, the deputy managing director of the company, Mr. Lukman Shittu, stated that the company has re-strategised to maximize its potential in the market.
Elucidating on the point earlier stated by the MD, he said the late founder of the company was able to expose his children early enough into the business, as a result, the business is being taken to the next level by them (children) who are re-strategising and building on the legacies of their father.
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Court stops customs from seizing imported rice in open market
Court stops customs from seizing imported rice in open market
A court of appeal in Kaduna has stopped the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) from impounding foreign rice in the open market or on the highways.
Operatives of NCS are in the habit of staying on the road arresting people suspected to have smuggled imported rice. They also storm rice shops and markets to impound foreign rice.
In a judgment delivered on December 6, a three-member panel of justices led by Ntong Ntong held that existing laws restrict the enforcement by the customs to land borders only.
The judgment was delivered in an appeal filed by the NCS against a decision of the federal high court that acquitted one Suleiman Mohammed, a businessman, of charges related to the importation of rice.
Customs had arrested Mohammed after seizing a truck carrying 613 bags of foreign rice and 80 bags of millet belonging to the businessman on June 14, 2019, along the Kaduna-Zaria expressway.
Mohammed was charged and arraigned on a two-count charge.
However, in a judgment delivered on November 10, 2021, Z. B. Abubakar, trial judge, acquitted the defendants of the charges.
Abubakar held that the plaintiffs (customs) failed to give enough evidence to prove that the defendant imported the goods.
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Afe Babalola: Court grants Dele Farotimi bail, barred from media interviews
Afe Babalola: Court grants Dele Farotimi bail, barred from media interviews
Embattled human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been granted bail in the sum of ₦30 million.
A magistrate court in Ekiti State granted him bail on Friday about two weeks after he was remanded in prison custody.
He was remanded on December 7, 2024, after he was arraigned in court on 16 counts of criminal defamation, following the publication of his book, ‘Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System’.
Farotimi arrived at the Magistrate Court with heavy security comprising policemen and other law enforcement agents.
Apart from the N30 million, the Magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, ordered him to provide three sureties with a landed property within the court’s jurisdiction; submit his international passport to the court as well as refrain from granting media interviews.
The case was adjourned to February 13, 2025.
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CONHESS: Lagos health workers to embark on three-day warning strike
CONHESS: Lagos health workers to embark on three-day warning strike
Health workers in Lagos State, including nurses and midwives, will begin a three-day warning strike from December 11 to 13, 2024, over grievances regarding salary adjustments under the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS).
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) announced the strike in a letter signed by its Secretary, Oloruntoba Odumosu, accusing the Lagos State Government of favouring doctors by implementing the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure while neglecting other health professionals.
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The Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), JOHESU, and the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) have joined the call, criticising the delayed implementation of a 25% CONHESS adjustment. In a statement, JOHESU said the government’s approach undermines the morale of health professionals, despite their critical roles in healthcare delivery.
The unions plan a joint congress at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital on December 9 to finalise strategies. They have urged members to remain united, emphasising that the strike is a fight for equitable treatment and salary adjustments for all health workers.
CONHESS: Lagos health workers to embark on three-day warning strike
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