The Guardian (Nigeria)

NNRA DG, Idris becomes AFCONE chairperso­n

Group marks anniversar­y, provides employment opportunit­ies

- By Isaac Chibuife

TAHE Director General ( DG), Conference of State Parties

Nigerian Nuclear ( CSP) to the African Nuclear Regulatory A uthority Weapons Free Zone, otherwise ( NNRA), Dr. Yau Idris, has known as the Treaty of been elected the ne w Pelindaba. Chairperso­n of the Bureau of AFCONE is governed by the the African Commission on Bureau Chairman, three viceNuclea­r Energ y ( AFCONE). chairs and the executive secreHe was elected at the fifth tary with it Secretaria­t in Pretoria, South Africa.

The election took place on Tuesday at the African Union ( AU) Headquarte­rs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Idris will chair the AFCONE CSP for two years ( 2022- 2024). The Treaty of Pelindaba signed in 1996 and came into effect in 2009 has 41 African countries as state parties with the African Union ( AU) as the depository of the Treaty.

The Pelinda Treaty mandates AFCONE to collate states par

N interior solutions provider, the Black Pelican Group ( BPG), is providing employment opportunit­ies to artisans and profession­als, thereby, reducing the unemployme­nt rate in the country.

Chief Executive Officers, Michael Owolabi, said this during the celebratio­n of the firm's 18th anniversar­y, recently.

He said the firm, through its initiative­s has created a total solutions approach to ensure that its clients get quality service.

He stressed that through the vision, it was further providing job opportunit­ies to the teeming youths.

Speaking on the milestone, Owolabi, said: “We are elated to celebrate the company’s growth trajectory and market leadership over the last 18 years. We saw the gap in the market and started out with the aim of providing high quality bathroom solutions, and over time, morphed into a more robust solutions provider as the needs of our clients demanded. Today, we are the destinatio­n of choice for the most discerning clients. Our success is due, in no small measure, to our people."

Among its other services, he said the technogym business has, in the last four years, made giant strides in promoting a total wellness revolution through the supply of premium wellness equipment and by embodying the wellness lifestyle.

ties’ yearly reports, review the applicatio­n of peaceful nuclear activities and safeguards by the Internatio­nal Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA), bring into effect the complaints procedure, encourage regional and subregiona­l cooperatio­n, as well as promote internatio­nal cooperatio­n with extrazonal States for the peaceful applicatio­ns of nuclear science and technology.

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