الجزير نيجيريا ةالجزير نيجيريا ER OVEMB ة ...first in breaking the news www.aljazirahnews.com Vol. 2 No. 159 N NIGERIA N200 30 – Dec. 6, 2020 2023 PRESIDENCY Umahi, el’Rufai Posters Litter Ebonyi, Kaduna PAGES 9 – 10 Ex-NIA Boss Was Fired How Maina PIB: Hosts Demand Impact Of NIPP For Refusing To Part Stole N14bn Ownership,Control Projects In Using Fictitious With $2M ‘Handshake’ Of Trust Funds Transforming PAGE 6 PAGE To Kingibe PAGE 2 Accounts – EFCC PAGE 6 Power Sector 14 PAGE How Military Is Overwhelming Boko Haram 11 PAGE EDITORIAL Revisiting Reopening Of The Nation’s Borders n October 2019, the Federal Government ordered the would-be rice importers, making imported rice more expensive. complete closure of the nation’s borders, placing a ban on But that has not deterred the availability of foreign rice in the both legitimate and illegitimate movement of goods in and Nigerian markets; neither has the measure forced down the out of the country. price of both local and imported varieties of the item. It is The increased rice smuggling, chiefly from Benin therefore, imperative to review the present regime. IRepublic, likely stems from a long-running effort by President In the case of Nigeria, while there are formal border crossings Buhari to increase domestic Nigerian food production and with customs services’ along the main roads, there are literally support local farmers. In June 2015, weeks after taking office, hundreds of others along footpaths and minor roads that are the Buhari government in effect restricted the import of rice unregulated. in order to encourage Nigerian rice production. They did this CONTINUE ON PAGE 5 in part by not providing favorable foreign exchange rates to Why Nigeria’s Economy Dips Into Second Recession PAGE 12 Private Sector To UN Famine Seun Kuti NFF Warns Spend N150bn On Alert: Impact Disregards Rohr Against Devt Programme On Nigeria Police Unprofessional PAGE 21 PAGE PAGE 27 PAGE Conduct – Emefiele Prohibition 31 PAGE Revealed 24 PAGE الجزير نيجيريا ةالجزير نيجيريا November 30 – December 6, 2020 www.aljazirahnews.com 2 Like our facebook page ةwww.facebook.com/aljazirahnewsng Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng news e-mail: [email protected] Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed with the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, during a National Town Hall Meeting in continuation of activities to commemorate the 16 Days of Activisms on Gender-Base Violence, in Abuja on Friday, November 27. PHOTO: DEBORAH BADA/BJO/NAN. problem associated with sourcing forex from the Ex-NIA Boss Was Fired For Refusing To Part Central Bank due to the Ikoyigate scandal, they would point out that the $44 million With $2M ‘Handshake’ To Kingibe in our account was still our money that could be spent”, BY CHARLES EBII Intelligence on the NIA $44m noted Dauda, het with the of the Federation (SGF), General Babagana Mongonu he wrote. Intervention Fund, it was now late Chief of Staff to Ambassador Babagana (rtd). Aside collecting various The Immediate past acting learnt. President Muhammed Kingibe. “I was instructed to channel sums of money under the Director-General of the The former NIA boss raised Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari. “We provided them all our activities, contacts, guise of holidaying and Nigerian Intelligence the alarm that but for his last “From the Villa, I proceeded (Kingibe panel) with office concerns and complaints medical treatment abroad, Agency (NIA) Ambassador minute decision to move to the NIA where I met the accommodation, transport, through the Office of the Dauda said Kingibe and Mohammed Dauda has the $44 million to the NSA’s retiring acting DG, NIA, food, and other logistics Chief of Staff only,” wrote Abubakar also formed the disclosed that he was sacked office, Kingibe and Abubakar Amb. Arab Yadam whom I throughout the six weeks Dauda, however adding that “I habit of blackmailing him into for failing to pay head of would have looted the entire knew very well as a senior they stayed with us”, noted was not too comfortable with giving various sums of money the President Muhammadu money. colleague”, he narrated. Dauda, stressing that hotel these new set of rules and in foreign currencies to their Buhari-appointed review Dauda claimed that his life According to Amb. Dauda, accommodation was given regulations that apparently girlfriends. panel on the National was in danger, and begged the the retiring DG briefed him such non-Abuja resident contradicts all the provisions He cited two instances Intelligence Agency (NIA), House of Representatives to on the agency’s operations, members of the panel as Chief of our instruments”. where Kingibe ordered a Ambassador Babagana guarantee his personal safety. and her finances, including Albert Horsfall and Amb. He continued, “Some certain Angela to meet him Kingibe $2m as bribe. “I wish to appeal to the $44 million left of the Olaniyu Olajide. members began putting at the car park of the Abuja Dauda alleged that Kingibe, relevant authorities to controversial intervention Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a lot of pressure on me Hilton hotel to collect $50,000 a former Foreign Affairs consider providing me fund scandal called Ikoyigate. who served as the panel’s by constantly demanding and $20,000, a gesture he said Minister and Secretary to immediate protection as my Dauda said his ordeal secretary, was to later succeed cash ceaselessly.” Dauda “apparently didn’t impress the Government of the security, livelihood and rights began shortly after Dauda in what appeared a listed Amb. Kingibe and the Kingibe”. Federation ,,(SGF), had, aside are being threatened by the President Muhammadu palace coup. current DG of the agency The former NIA boss stated several monetary demands, aforementioned,” he wrote. Buhari appointed a panel to After the inaugural meeting Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as two that the sordid events led him pointedly asked him to pay He penned that the Foreign review activities of the NIA with the panel, Amb. Kingibe, members of the presidential to report to the Economic and the $2 million as ‘protection Affairs Ministry had recalled after huge sums of money said Dauda, privately advised committee who were Financial Crimes Commission money’ which they called him from Chad where he believed to be the agencies him to ” cooperate” with the notorious for traumatizing (EFCC). “handshake” to be confirmed served as the Nigerian were found in an apartment panel, and that their report him with incessant demand A day after reporting to the as substantive DG, or be ambassador there, and in Ikoyi, Lagos. The panel would be favourable so long for US dollars. EFCC, he revealed, a letter kicked out of office. resumed work as the acting was headed by Kingibe. The as Dauda avoided dealing “When I tried to explain came from his successor According to Dauda, DG of the intelligence agency. panel was headed by a former with the National Security to them that our US dollar demanding him to return his when he failed to accede to Upon returning to Abuja, Secretary to the Government Adviser (NSA), Major- account was low due to the official vehicle. Kingibe’s demands, which included side-lining the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Major-General NYSC Tasks Corps Members On Self-Employment Babagana Monguno, as well BY JOEL AJAYI Batch ‘B’ Stream IA Corps labour, be focused and be adding; “As future leaders, social vices and any act as draw huge sums of money, Members at the Orientation committed. Discover your you must be exemplary in capable of jeopardizing their Kingibe ensured that the Corps Members have been Camps in Sokoto and Kebbi talents and work towards your conduct.” future. man who was his secretary advised to embrace the States. harnessing them and the sky The DG urged them to Before leaving Sokoto at the panel, Ahmed Rufai dignity of labour while He urged them to acquire will be your limit”, he said. shun religious intolerance State, the Director-General Abubakar, displaced him as striving towards self- skills that would make them While educating the and ethnic bigotry, and visited Corps Member NIA boss. employment. wealth creators instead of Corps Members on the four instead be in the vanguad for Eurotor Rita Kefe, who is The revelations formed part The Director-General, seeking for scarce salaried Cardinal Programmes of the the promotion of national receiving treatment at the of a petition Dauda sent to the Brigadier General Shuaibu jobs. 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