TOGOLESE NEWS IN NIGERIA

Dr. Yaovi Madou continues to pay for the autocratic excesses of Professor Dodzi Kokoroko, President of the University of Lome who, in an incredible case of manipulation of notes at the Faculty of Medicine, with the complicity of the SRI, had kept in the Local gendarmerie, for several days, Pr. Majesty Wateba Ihou and two students for several days.  Reduced to unemployment for 21 months, Dr. Yaovi Madou, a visually impaired, sails in a broken hope. Clinging to his piano, his accordion, his flute, his trumpet, his drums and his guitar, he takes refuge for the moment in music, waiting for the end of the tunnel. But it is not easy, since to believe it, every day that God does, things get more complicated for this first Togolese doctor with poor eyesight in Public Law. In November 2013, thanks to a scholarship from the Banque Populaire de France Foundation, which financed his research, he continued his doctoral studies in France. The theme of his research is: "Democracy and the...

The Director of the Regional Office for West Africa of the International Organization of La Francophonie (BRAO / OIF), Eric Adja, spoke on March 13 on the work of the 17th Francophonie Summit which will take place in next October in Yerevan, Armenia.  This meeting which will bring together heads of state and government of the French-speaking world is "important" for the 84 member countries of the OIF, he said. It will allow the adoption of the new OIF 2019-2022 programming, a strategy for gender equality and a guide to promote living together in the French-speaking world. The Director of BRAO / OIF called on this occasion, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the International Organization of the Francophonie to renew their confidence in Michaëlle Jean, elected in 2014 in Dakar at the head of the OIF. "I wish to reaffirm the commitment of the OIF to stand with the women and men of the OIF to further realize the Francophonie solutions. T...

Shopkeepers of Nigerian nationality living in Lomé were again robbed in the Togolese capital. The unfortunate event happened last Wednesday, March 14, shortly before noon in the airport area.  Nigerian traders were robbed on March 14 on the road to Gnassingbe Eyadema International Airport around 11:45 minutes. The High Council of Nigeriens in Togo speaks of "a large sum of money in dollars to be sent to the airport has been washed away". Some sources estimate the amount stolen at four hundred (400) million FCFA. According to a statement from this body that circulates on social networks, the "competent authorities" are in search of fugitives thieves. An investigation, she says, has been opened. In September 2014, heavily armed individuals operated in the middle of the day at the airport. Traders have been stripped of several hundred million FCFA. Since then, the open investigation has yielded nothing to date.

The teachers gathered in the Coordination of Education Unions of Togo (CSET) are intransigent. Despite meeting with the government at the beginning of the week, the ETSB maintained its disengagement movements.  The education sector, like all other sectors of the country, is in critical condition. And this, because of the empty promises and the delay of the first officials of the country. Nothing has moved, the power "does not want to bleed" the national fund. Last Tuesday, during the meeting between a delegation of the National Bureau of the ETSB led by the coordinator, ATSOU-ATCHA and the government represented by the Minister of the Public Service and that of the Primary and Secondary Education and Vocational Training, exchanges have not been successful. According to the report of the meeting made public by the ETSB, the government says that it is not economically able to meet teachers' demands for bonuses and allowances. And if it is necessary, at any pri...

The President of the Republic aims to build a reference health center in Lome. François Kampatib, a member of ADDI, asks that the CHUs of the country be equipped with quality materials.  The promise of Faure Gnassingbe to create, in the coming months, a reference health center passes badly in the opinion. For the simple reason that existing hospitals lack everything to function normally. This is the opinion of opposition MP Francois Kampatib who believes that the executive wants to try to make Togolese believe that he "is now concerned about their health," he regrets on a radio station . According to him, the country already has three reference health centers including those of Sylvanus Olympio, CHU Campus and CHU Kara. "Now you have to equip them," he recommends. He added: "Lomé does not need another hospital, we need to make the Sylvanus Olympio and Campuses functional. We must make the existing functional ". The Honorary President of the ...

On 20, 21, 22 and 23 March, it will be peaceful demonstrations followed by rallies throughout the territory on the initiative of the Coalition of 14 opposition parties. As prescribed by the Bodjona law on the organization of public demonstrations, the Coalition of 14 has sent since March 12, a note to the Ministry of Territorial Administration of Decentralization and Local Authorities.  This is for informational purposes according to the law. The two parties (organizers of the march and the government) will have to discuss and agree on the measures to be taken to secure the markets. The Coalition has specified all the cities within the country where the events and itineraries will be held. The opposition is demanding "The return to the constitution" of 1992 ", the revision of the electoral framework and the introduction of the right to vote of Togolese living abroad," Added to this are other demands related to "The cessation of the ongoing unilatera...

A regional workshop has been held since yesterday in the Togolese capital against the ban on the production of fissile materials.  Organized by the High-Level Panel of Experts on the Development of the Treaty Banning the Production of Fissile Material for the Production of Nuclear Weapons and Other Nuclear Explosive Devices, this two-day meeting allows participants to share their knowledge of prohibition of production of fissile material. It is also a question of mobilizing in advance of the adoption of a new treaty scheduled for 2018. UNODA's Geneva Branch Disarmament Coordinator, Peter Kolarov, emphasized the importance of this workshop, which ends today. "The meeting is an opportunity for us to share knowledge and information within the different regions on issues related to the ban on the production of fissile material". At the end of the work, a document will be made public declining the positions of the 26 French-speaking countries of Africa.