Tuesday, February 7, 2017

THE OUTFLOW AND OVERFLOW OF GRACE | Sir Dr Luke Ifeanyichukwu Umeh |



THE BOOK


THE OUTFLOW AND OVERFLOW OF GRACE
 | Sir Dr Luke Ifeanyichukwu Umeh |
The out flow and over flow of grace is the story of a man touched by Gods Grace. It is a register of man who has experienced the outflow God’s Grace right from childhood and how that Grace has kept him alive and given him strength to face and surmount challenges that could have limited him and his destiny. The book describes the touch of Grace and how it has allowed the author became a channel from which God’s Grace overflows into the lives of others. It captures the fact that God distinctly guides and orders the steps of his children and works everything out for their good. This book shows that through every circumstance, God is behind the scene working the script for His Glory and how if you can only trust, you will not only enjoy his outflow but become overflow that blesses others. But much more than that, you will learn principles for successful living as you read this book.

THE AUTHOR


 Sir Dr Luke Ifeanyichukwu Umeh is disciplined and focused. He is an accomplished environmentalist with the following degrees: B.Sc. (Hons.) From university of Nigeria, Nsukka, M.F.S from Yale university, USA and Postgraduate Planning and Management Training Certificate from Oxford University, UK, and HEC Institute, Canada respectively, alongside several other fellowships crisscrossing several countries in and out of Africa. He was a 2 – term president of Forestry Association of Nigeria. His passion for sustainable agriculture and environment impacted on his work in Nigeria and Africa. That dedication permeated his work in the Africa and developed strategies to manage agriculture and environment in some African countries. He recognizes God as his foundation, mainstay and the reason for his every action. He is relentless and never gives up because he recognizes that once God backs a man, no dream is impossible – a recognition that guides his every decision and choice and has set him apart at different stages of life. He is a peace maker who has taken every challenge that comes his way as a stepping stone to greater heights for blessing others. Above all, he is an exemplary man who has set a standard for others to follow by having a template for his life. This book is a testament to God’s Grace and Faithfulness

Contact:
Dr. Luke ifeanyiChukwu Umeh FFAN
President, UMEH-DIOKPO FOUNDATION
& Chairman / Chief Executive Officer
SAFRRED Consultancy Services Ltd.
No. 3 Obe Street, Uwani
P.O. Box 15673 UNEC-BO
Enugu, Nigeria
234-(0)803-676-5349
234-(0)805-987-4200
1-240-476-9076 (USA)

Sunday, February 5, 2017

IN NIGERIA WE DONT HAVE POLICY - Kanayo Firms

IN NIGERIA WE DONT HAVE POLICY - Kanayo Firms

I need to say this quickly and brief: Presently in Nigeria, we don't have a policy.
At #500 to $1 exchange rate in the parallel market, we are not supposed to be protesting, except you have so ran out of ideas that you don't know what to do with your time.
At this rate, we are supposed to experience an influx of FDI in the key sectors of our economy. Say in Real Estate, Capital Market, Local manufacturing industries, Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals industry because the cost of oil is way below $100.
So when you have foreigners dumping money here because the exchange rate favours them, more jobs will be created and businesses will start experiencing a quantum leap. But the reverse is the case. Our Tax policy is counterproductive. It doesn't encourage business growth in these key sectors.
Another sector that comes to one's mind is the SME's which is the largest employer of labour in Nigeria. 

Yet in every state, the SME's hardly receive any form of government support in form of grants and soft loans, rather they are taxed to death. The recent tax policy in some States are structured in a way that SME's hardly grow or survive beyond 5 years.
Recently, given the reduction in Federal allocation to States, some States have gone totally berserk on SME's to milk them till death. Levying uncountable taxes on the SME's. This is counterproductive.

FYIWe have to reframe the argument for our next political debates. We need tax holidays for SMEs'. Already we don't have a conducive environment for businesses to thrive; no steady power supply, few access roads, high cost of petrol and diesel etc, and yet we pay tax to the government that haven't completed a single project since inception. This is horrible and pathetic. So before you rush out to go and protest against bad policies, know that we don't have a policy at all. Gracias Amigo.