SOMOLU GLOBAL NEWS PUBLISHER 'S STATEMENT. Vol.2, N0.4.

*Prince Foster Akinpelu chilling with the whispering Palms.*

"GIVING SMOKING TO THE WIND".

The ignorance of mainstreaming smoking into the system of an ‘apprentice smoker’ during the foggy days of unknowing is poverty-stricken for the Smoker’s inward and outward appearances. That ignorance, in Ebunola Martins’ account, is the real killer. For Ebunola once wrote that : “poverty does not kill people, ignorance does. When people know, they can find their way.”

One can find one’s way out of smoking. It doubly excites me that as human beings, we have the power to achieve anything when we (ferociously) determine. The way smoking was mainstreamed into one’s system, way back when one may be in Primary School, is the way it should be mainstreamed out of the system and given up for good.

For my Penmanship in this edition, I have recollected one of the works of Maya Angelou - ‘I know Why The Caged Bird Sings’. In the book, when I read it in those days, I learnt that ‘nothing beats a trial but a failure’ and when you first gave quitting to smoking some years ago, One should not allow failure to strike. Although one can quit smoking for a period of two years non-stop but smoker-friends would still remind you that you were just on leave with smoking. They were right, for it is tempting to pick it up again. But after giving it up for good lastly, one has come to appreciate best, the words of Maya Angelou’s mother who said “not only was cleanliness next to Godliness. Dirtiness was the inventor of misery”. I cannot over-emphasize what a misery smoking had been. From day one when one will battle and hassle with cough (a sure banker for smokers) to day last (if only you finally make it there). When, if you do not develop cancer, find a lasting solution to the breathing tract disease smoking had left you with.

When on Tuesday, July 21, 2009; reports got to SOMOLU GLOBAL NEWS that Senator Adeleke Mamora sponsored the 2009 National Tobacco Control Bill, I resolved that we will have a reproduction of the provisions of the Bill in one of the forth-coming editions of SOMOLU GLOBAL NEWS for the benefit of humanity and our readers who are still under control of Smoking. I welcome you to this edition of SOMOLU GLOBAL NEWS by inviting you to support the National Tobacco Control Bill. We have been furnished with the fact that “Tobacco is the largest cause of preventable deaths in the world today. The total deaths arising from Tobacco-related cause is higher than the casualty from HIV/AIDS, Accidents and other causes of death. Every stick of Cigarette contains over 4,000 dangerous chemicals with over 40 of them cancer-causing agents.”

Senator Adeleke Olorunibe Mamora had been honored with the Award of ‘Distinguished Ambassador’ of the Medical Profession in Politics. As a professional Medical Practitioner who knows his onions, he knows what he is doing because the advocacy of the National Tobacco Control Bill, 2009, which when passed into law will ‘repel and amend the existing Tobacco Smoking Control Act 1990’. It will be recalled that he was once the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly (1999 -2003) and he is already a two-timer at the Federal House of Assembly. Born in 1953, his marriage is blessed with three kids. Mamora had reportedly shown keen interest in legislative growth and his desired futuristic goal is to achieve a National conference to fashion out true Federal Constitution of independence of the arms of government policies to alleviate poverty. He is an Alumnae of the University of Ife now OAU.

Alhaji KORODO emerged the NUPENG National Zonal Chairman for Western States and SOMOLU GLOBAL NEWS covered the celebration of the victory. You have the photos on the Center Spread for your viewing pleasures.

As President Yar’Adua ordered the Government of Lagos State to revert to the former 20 Councils recognized by the Constitution of 1999 within 14 days, we at The SGN appeal to all necessary quarters to handle the matter with all the wisdom it requires, we do not obviously want any political problem in Lagos, more so when Lagos State is on the fast lane bettering the lives of Lagosians.

We rejoice wholeheartedly with Pa (Alhaji) Lateef Kayode Jakande on his 80th birthday celebrations. No Pen-Man will dispute that Papa is the pillar of our journalistic excellence. We wish him longest life and prosperity, Amen.

You have our thanks either you have purchased this copy of The SGN or you got it F.O.C (free of charge)y. Thank you for showing an interest in SOMOLU GLOBAL NEWS. This particular edition will leave you with no regrets, enjoy it.

Ciao,

Prince Foster Akinpelu,Publisher,SOMOLU GLOBAL NEWS.