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الجزير نيجيريا ةالجزير نيجيريا ة ...first in breaking the news www.aljazirahnews.com Vol. 2 No. 180 APRIL NIGERIA N200 26 – May 2, 2021 NIN: Over 500,000 Aliens Now NigeriansPAGE 9 As NIMC officials connive to register them No official position on distortions Bash Ali Spits Fire, Calls For Dare’s Sack PAGE 11 Dangote FMBN Petrol Subsidy Chief Justice Of Tightens Noose Enmeshes In Nigeria Backs Against Cement To Gulp N720bn Striking Judicial N14.2bn Fraud In Six Months Workers PAGE 8 PAGE Manufacturers 14 PAGE PAGE 24 PAGE PAGE 24 EDITORIAL Ghana, Taking The Shine Off Nigeria? here have been words trading in public space over the According to the Report, Nigeria ranks 131 out of 190 somewhat indication that Nigeria is fast losing its countries on the World Bank Doing Business Index, moving long held appeal as the location of choice for foreign up 15 places from 146th position in the 2019 Report. firms in the siting of their businesses, in spite of the However, in two weeks, Twitter, German-West African recently issued 2020 Ease of Doing Business Report Center for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention and Tby the World Bank on Thursday, October 24, 2019. automobile firms, Hyundai and Kai have all opted to site The Report measures the ease of doing business through their operational bases in Ghana, in a move that appears a comparative assessment of the regulatory environment more or less, a muted slighting of Nigeria. in 190 countries across the following 12 areas of life of a CONTINUE ON PAGE 5 business organisation, from May 1, 2018 to April 30,2019. Why Obasanjo, Jonathan’s Conferences Were Dumped PAGE 10 Emefiele Tasks Nigeria’s External Post-Election Crisis, Tokyo 2020: Nigeria’s Medal Varsities, Youths Debt To Hit $87bn Deby’s Death: Prospect Dies In On Top-notch Agric With Approval Of Implications For Programmes $2.6bn Loan Road Accident PAGE 21 PAGE War On Terrorism PAGE 2 PAGE PAGE 12 PAGE PAGES 16 – 17 الجزير نيجيريا ةالجزير نيجيريا April 26 – May 2, 2021 www.aljazirahnews.com 2 Like our facebook page ةwww.facebook.com/aljazirahnewsng Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng news e-mail: [email protected] L-R: Deputy Vice-chancellors (Administration) Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Professor Paul Annune, Vice-chancellor, Professor Richard Kimbir, Representative of the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria and Director, Development Finance Department, Yusuf Philip Yila, Deputy Vice-chancellor (Academic) Professor Nicodemus Agbulu and University Registrar, Mrs Helen Nguper Nyitse at the Convocation Lecture of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi over the weekend. Emefiele Tasks Varsities, Youths On Top-notch Agric Programmes Bags FUAM Agropreneur Honorary Doctorate BY CHIKA MEFOR-OKAFOR solutions that would improve Nigerian youth to cue into According to the Vice productivity of Nigeria’s the Bank’s intervention Chancellor of the University, The Governor, Central Bank agricultural sector. schemes such as the Anchor Professor Anande Richard of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin The Governor, who Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) Kimbir, Mr. Emefiele Emefiele has again challenged was represented by the and the Agribusiness, Small was being conferred with tertiary institutions in Nigeria Director, Development and Medium Enterprises an honorary Doctorate to promote research and Finance Department, Mr. Investment Scheme Degree (Honoris Causa) in well-designed programmes Philip Yila Yusuf, said the (AGSMEIS) in order to Agripreneurship, for his that will boost agriculture in CBN was ready to provide make their own towards the leadership role at the Bank, Nigeria. a commercial outlook to country’s goal of addressing which had continued to work Mr. Emefiele stated this research breakthroughs on the challenge of rising to diversify Nigeria’s largely on Friday, April 23, 2021, improved seeds by ensuring demand for food, in spite based mono-economy into while delivering a lecture a guaranteed market through of the progress made in the agriculture as well as support titled: “Jump Starting the off-take of those seeds for production of staple food small-holder farmers. Agricultural Revolution: The adoption by Nigerian farmers items. The Vice Chancellor noted CBN Experience” at the 23rd- under the Bank’s Anchor The CBN Governor, who that the effort of the CBN, led 25th joint convocation lecture Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). decried the overreliance of the by Emefiele, had contributed of the Federal University of He noted that the seed country on crude oil earnings, largely to the return of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM). industry was a multi-billion said the Bank, as part of its agricultural pyramids across According to him, the dollar investment, and offered Emefiele mandate to ensure price and the country, adding that university community had a the potential for collaboration monetary stability, had to Emefiele and his team at the significant role in fostering between the CBN and the noting that the cumulative intervene in the agricultural Bank had also helped Nigeria research that would enhance University Community. While effect of the interventions sector in order to diversify the to navigate her way out of yields per hectare by farmers declaring the Bank’s readiness had, among other things, Nigerian economy as well as two recessions in record time. and reduce other constraints to partner with Nigerian assisted Nigeria to achieve mitigate the impact of global Other dignitaries awarded faced by farmers such as universities to achieve this progressive increase shock to the economy arising honorary doctoral at the access to markets and storage objective, he also urged them in agricultural outputs from volatility in the price of convocation ceremony were facilities for their produce. to set up demonstration along major agricultural crude oil. Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Citing the agricultural farms in farming areas, where commodities. He therefore Meanwhile, the Mr. Godwin the National Leader of the All success of Israel made farmers can come and obtain urged the graduating students Emefiele was among five Progressive Congress (APC); possible through research knowledge on the right to leverage the knowledge dignitaries conferred with Timipre Sylva, the Minister into irrigation, he said the farming practices to adopt in they had acquired at the honorary doctorate degrees of state for Petroleum; Vice- CBN was eager to see how the order to increase their yields school towards applying it in by the Federal University Admiral Murtala Nyako (rtd), university community and and output. supporting further growth of Agriculture, Makurdi, an agro-industrialist; and the graduating students could Emefiele also enumerated of Nigeria’s agricultural in recognition of their Mallam Mele Kyari, the Group leverage their knowledge the impact of the Bank’s sector given its immense outstanding contributions Managing Director of the and research to come up intervention in the opportunities. in various spheres of human Nigerian National Petroleum with similar breakthrough agricultural sector in Nigeria, He also charged other endeavor. 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