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From left: The hostess, Tinuke Odunlade; the host, Prince Tunde Odunlade; special guest, Mrs Omolola Morgan; and guest of honour, Mrs Helen Eso, at the opening of Tunde Odunlade Arts and Culture Connexions in Ibadan on Friday, December 11. PHOTO: Olayinka BOde-are/BJO/nan. Health Ministry Diverts N2.4bn To 25 Staff Members Accounts By yahaya Umar 28 tranches. Likewise, Mr 2019. like other health ministries Ajiji received about N392.4 The same month, another worldwide, began to grapple Not less than N2.4bn was paid million in 68 tranches; Mr health ministry official, with the deadly Coronavirus into the private accounts of 25 Adama, N355.9 million paid Dorothy Nkiruka Ezeokpube pandemic that grounded staff members of the health in 110 instalments; and Mr was paid N12.3 million as economies and halted daily ministry in four months, Mohammed, N175 million duty tour allowance and local activities. reviews of the data from the paid over 30 transfers. transport payments to respond The Nigeria Centre for open treasury portal (OTP) The balance of over N400 to a humanitarian crisis in Disease Control (NCDC), as of have shown. million was shared among Zamfara. December 9, said the country The amount 20 other staff, with the By the same token, on had recorded 70,669 cases, (2,400,759,805.90) was paid least paid persons taking February 28 this year, Mr 92 per cent of whom have in tranches by the nation’s home more than N5 million. Musa was paid N157.5 million been discharged, and 1,184 health headquarters in the last Onoja Oche George received twice for the same purpose: casualties. quarter of 2019 – September to more than N5.9 million, “payment for transfer to NCDC With the number of tests December. and Idris Abdullahi was paid for Emergency Lassa Fever still at 829,743 as of Thursday, The health ministry approximately N5.4 million. Response.” according to the NCDC, won’t explain why the illegal Further searches for (This) begs the question of Nigeria is nonetheless far disbursements were made. records of the said officials why the beneficiary account from conquering the virus, It has failed to respond to an online, especially on the OTP, did not read ‘NCDC’ a civic especially because cases of inquiry by media houses. showed that, in the past, a advocacy group, BudgIT, infections have been on a A little more than N2bn, slew of suspicious payments wrote in a report it did on the steady rise in the past one or 86 per cent, went to the were made into their personal payment discrepancies on the Ehanire week. accounts of five of the 25 accounts. portal. account and revenue account” accountability and thrift, In the span of seven days, personnel identified to have On November 6, 2018 “Since government contracts as “no other bank account shall the health ministry went on 2729 new infections were received payments during the alone, Mr Ajiji’s records on are signed with companies, the be allowed without the express doing the opposite with very reported, raising high fear of months under review. the portal showed that he was expectation is that payments approval of the Accountant- scant recourse to probity and a second wave in the country They include Bulam Sadiq paid N29.8 million, in advance, are likewise made to companies General.” accountability. after weeks of low numbers. Abubakar, Musa Adamu for air ticket, estacode for a and not individuals,” it noted. Section 713 of the same The Accountant-General of This is further compounded Musa, Ajiji Barde Yusuf, conference in New York, U.S.A., “Where this is not the case, chapter further says that the Federation, Ahmed Idris, by the nation’s economy in Adama Mohammed Danladi, and meeting allowance for the an explanation is required to under no condition should under whose office the OTP is recession largely due to the Mohammed Badeggi, Presidential Independent Fact- ensure full transparency”. personal money be paid into domiciled, has not responded pandemic and a dip in oil Mohammed. In that order, Finding Panel on National the government’s bank account to our FOI request seeking prices, its major source of they each received the highest Health Insurance Scheme Contravention “nor shall any public money to know if he is aware of the foreign exchange earnings. amounts of payments. (PIFFP-NHIS). By the provision of chapter 7, be paid into a private bank suspicious payments made by Pressed by the need to Mr Bulam alone got roughly Five months later, Mr section 701 of the financial account.” government’s agencies into salvage the impending 28 per cent of the amount, Ajiji was again credited with regulation of the country, “An officer who pays public their employees’ personal recession it had foresaw, which is a little more than about N202.9 million as the the health ministry has money into a private account accounts. in April, the Nigerian N671 million, paid in 83 emolument for “health and contravened the law. is deemed to have done so with government opted for the tranches in four months. nutrition emergency response The provision compels a fraudulent intention,” the Coronavirus international market to shop On his part, Mr Musa in Borno,” which the portal agencies “to operate only section reads. 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However, son of the former Chairman our assessment is that none of the defunct Pension of these proceedings relate, Reform Taskforce Team, even indirectly, to the forms Abdulrasheed Maina, has of conduct or categories of been arrested. persons that would likely form This came barely one the focus of my investigations. week after Maina who had And while this does not jumped bail in his ongoing foreclose the possibility for the N2bn money laundering authorities to conduct relevant trial at the Federal Court and genuine proceedings, it in Abuja was arrested in does mean that, as things the Republic of Niger and stand, the requirements under brought back to the court. the Statute are met for my Faisal who is being Office to proceed,” she said. She noted that the next step prosecuted in a separate Former NFT Executive Committee member, Hon. Mohammed Bello Yakubu (left) exchanging views with Hon. three-count money will be to request authorization (Dr.) John Dyegh Chairman on Human Rights, during the defense of the committee at the National Assembly on from the judges of the pre- laundering case at the Wednesday, December 9. PHOTO: TyOzenda TyOakaa same court, had jumped trial chamber of the court to open investigations into the bail and stopped attending abuses. She also called for the trial which had though ICC To Investigate Buhari’s Govt Over full support of the Nigerian continued in his absence. authorities as the next step Justice Okon Abang into the investigation begins. of November 24, 2020, Human Rights Abuses, Killings As we move towards the revoked the bail granted next steps concerning the him and ordered his arrest. By Cyril Ogar committed the following acts which had started since investigating and prosecuting constituting crimes against 2010 took too much time these crimes domestically. situation in Nigeria, I count The judge also ordered the The International Criminal on the full support of the fleeing defendant’s surety, humanity and war crimes: to complete because her “It has always been my Court’s prosecutor said Friday murder, rape, torture, and office has been supporting conviction that the goals of the Nigerian authorities, as well who is a member of the she had enough evidence to cruel treatment; enforced the Nigerian authority in Rome Statute are best served as of the Assembly of States House of Representatives open a full probe into human disappearance; forcible dealing with these abuses by States executing their Parties more generally, on representing Kaura- right abuses perpetrated by transfer of population; domestically. own primary responsibility whose support the Court Namoda Federal both members of Islamist outrages upon personal “These allegations are also to ensure accountability at ultimately depends. And Constituency, Umar Dan- insurgents and the Nigeria dignity; intentionally sufficiently grave to warrant the national level. I have as we look ahead to future Galadima, to appear in Security Forces (NSF), in directing attacks against investigation by my Office, repeatedly stressed my investigations in the court. Nigeria. the civilian population as both in quantitative and aspiration for the ability of independent and impartial But at the resumed This was contained in such and against individual qualitative terms. My Office the Nigerian judicial system to exercise of our mandate, I also hearing in the case on a statement issued by the civilians not taking direct will provide further details address these alleged crimes. look forward to a constructive Thursday, surety’s lawyer, ICC prosecutor on Friday part in hostilities; unlawful in our forthcoming annual We have engaged in multiple and collaborative exchange Mr. M. E. Sheriff, urged and was made available to imprisonment; conscripting Report on Preliminary missions to Nigeria to support with the Government of the court to suspend the AljazirahNigeria in Abuja. and enlisting children under Examination Activities. national efforts, shared our Nigeria to determine how justice may best be served hearing of the forfeiture According to the statement, the age of fifteen years into “The preliminary own assessments, and invited the ICC said its preliminary armed forces and using them examination has been lengthy the authorities to act. We have under the shared framework proceedings on the grounds of complementary domestic that he got information that investigation into the to participate actively in not because of the findings on seen some efforts made by situation in Nigeria has hostilities; persecution on crimes – indeed, as early as the prosecuting authorities and international action”. Faisal had been arrested. The ICC’s announcement “My lord, I was revealed that members of gender and political grounds; 2013, the Office announced in Nigeria to hold members security forces in Nigeria are and other inhumane acts,” its findings on crimes in of Boko Haram to account in comes days the Amnesty reliably informed that culpable of committing what International indicted both the Defendant had been part of the statement said. Nigeria, which have been recent years, primarily against she described crimes against While stating that the updated regularly since. The low-level captured fighters BokoHaram and the Nigerian arrested. He was arrested humanity and war crimes. military in a report of last night and he is in allegations were sufficiently duration of the preliminary for membership in a terrorist “We have also found a enough to begin an examination, open since 2010, organisation. The military committing egregious human custody,” the lawyer said. reasonable basis to believe investigation into the was due to the priority given authorities have also informed rights abuses especially The prosecution counsel, that members of the Nigerian abuses, Fatou noted that the by my Office in supporting me that they have examined, against older people in the Mr. Faruk Abdullah, Security Forces ‘NSF’ have preliminary investigation the Nigerian authorities in and dismissed, allegations North-east. confirmed the development but said the defendant had not been handed over to human and material resources the Economic and Financial required for the headcount. Crimes Commission. Census To Hold Mid 2022 If... – NPC “In essence, the success of By JOel aJayi He stated this at the the needful soon; the population currently stands credible and accurate census press briefing on the commission is working at 206 million. depends very much on the Chairman of the National commencement of on getting Buhari to make “As of 2020, the estimated quality and reliability of the Population Commission NPC ongoing the 11th phase the proclamation. We are population is 206 million. EAD.” Alhaji Isa Kwarra has revealed of Enumeration Area working tirelessly on getting That’s the current figure we The NPC Chairman also that the population census Demarcation (EAD) across him to make a proclamation. are working with” assured the commission’s will take place between the 36 states of the country “We have been confronted Given a hint on the birth determination to deliver to 2021 and 2022 if necessary in Abuja. with questions regarding the and death registration Alhaji the country a Population and approval is given. AljazirahNigeria can census very close to election Kwarra, expressed: “In terms Housing Census that would The new projection is reliably reports that NPC has year but the last census of birth registration, we have stand the test of time, and different from the previous already conducted the EAD in was 2006 and election took about 60 percent. For death, said the commission would figure of 200 million. 260 local government areas place in 2007 so, once we get we have about 30 percent. continue to avoid mistakes of Nigeria conducted its last across the country. approval from the president We are trying to digitize the the past. census in 2006 during the When asked the actual year population census can take entire process. By the time we NPC boss, therefore, administration of President the next population will take place hopefully between conclude it, we will improve.” sought support of relevant Olusegun Obasanjo, an place? He replied “President 2021 and 2022 then election Speaking on the 11th stakeholders for the exercise which is more than Muhammadu Buhari had the can take place in 2023”. He phase of EAD, Alhaji Kwarra success of the exercise to the 10 years specified in sole right to announce the assured the journalist. said, planning for the census deliver quantitative data line with international best next census NPC chairman equally is anchored on the EAD as for the development of our Faisal practices. “Buhari would do disclosed that Nigeria’s the basis for estimating both fatherland. الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 7 ةالجزير نيجيريا

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The labour activist who To Tele- Embassy minimum wage for all Benue He appealed for patience expressed worry why the state Barely about a year after civil servants. among civil servants as wage bill could keep increasing Guide Biden’s Sacked own the Federal Government According to the SSG, the government is doing when many civil servants have declaration to commence Government and Labour everything possible to ensure retired with many deaths administration Security officer payment of #30,000:00 resolved that the#30,000:00 implementation for all recorded stated that Labour By ameH GeorGe, ABUJA minimum wage to all civil By Wisdom onyeisi national minimum wage categories of civil servants in Unions were keenly following servants across the country, commenced immediately with the State. the clean up exercise and China is putting up concerted The Nigerian Embassy in the Government the implementation in batches Reacting to the agreement, expressed optimism that the efforts in order to tele-guide a Germany has fired one has only reached an interim starting with civil servants on chairman joint negotiating exercise Will yield positive possible incoming Joe Biden Martins Adedeji Oni, a agreement with labour on the G/L O1-07. council 1, 2 &3 comrade results. administration. security officer after he was matter Wednesday. Mr. Ijoho, further Ojema Ojotu, confirmed the The chairman however, This was revealed by senior found guilty of sexual abuse Briefing journalists at the announced that the development stressing that expressed confidence in the U.S intelligence personnel, and other crimes. end of a meeting between Government has decided Union Leaders conceded to the interim agreement between from the U.S Office of Oni’s dismissal comes a labour Union Leaders and that implementation for agreement on the basis that government and labour Governor Samuel Ortom,at the Director of National month after a viral video civil servants on G/L 08 & government was carrying out especially that Labour was Intelligence, William Evanina showed him in a hotel room government house in above be put on hold pending a cleanup of its payroll as well part of the payroll cleaning Makurdi, secretary to the at a virtual meeting of the half-naked where he had resumption of discussions as bearing in mind the current and assured worker’s that 2020 Aspen Cyber Summit planned to meet a woman State Government Prof on the issue and assured that realities including economic Labour Unions will not Anthony Ijoho, explained this month. for sex to facilitate the the state government would recession which has caused a hesitate to remind the He warned that as an issuance of her passport. that Government settled soon open up deliberations on drop in the revenue approvals government concerning the The embassy after for an interim arrangement aftermath of the November the remaining category after of state’s from the Federation other batch at the appropriate 3 U.S presidential election investigations determined concerning the payment the ongoing clearance of the account. time. that Oni is guilty of the which has popularly been allegation and has violated tipped to favor a Biden his contract. A statement win, China would currently from the Nigerian Embassy refocus her control campaign in Germany released on mechanism to the likely new Tuesday reads: Joe Biden administration. “The Embassy of the William added that Beijing Federal Republic of is also looking at politically Nigeria has terminated exposed individuals who have with immediate effect the some proximity to Biden contract of Mr Martins and those he has named as Adedeji Oni, a security officials in his anticipated officer at the mission. government. His dismissal follows an “We’ve also seen an uptick, investigation into which was planned and allegations of corruption we predicted, that China and sexual misconduct. would now re-vector their “Mr Oni was suspended influence campaign to the from duty on 17 November new administration”, he said. after reports emerged that he had curried sexual The top intelligence official favours in return for help said that they have already with the renewal of a predicted the planned passport. The Embassy Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Internally Dsplaced Persons, Hon. Ahmed Kalambaina discussing with the influence campaigns by immediately established an Chairman, House Committee on Police Affairs, Hon. Bello Usman Kumo at the Internally Displaced Committee at the China and are working on Investigation Committee National Assembly on Wednesday, December 9. Photo: tyozenda tyoakaa preparing the likely new to examine the allegations administration on “what it and any related issues, and looks like, what it tastes like, to make recommendations Reps Urges Boi, Boa, others To Embrace interest-Free Banking what it feels like when you for action. see it.” “The Committee By mariam sani Based Risk Sharing system for commercial banks “carry it out is an interest-based system The revelation is coming interviewed Mr Oni and Agricultural Lending, micro- as a product rather than having whose relationship with their on the heels of the reported other witnesses as part of The House of Representatives finance banks, and other to acquire a separate license customer is that of creditor suspicion of Chinese a thorough examination of has urged the Federal government-owned financial for non-interest banking as is and borrower, where interest interference in the last U.S these very serious charges. Government, especially its institutions to provide non- obtainable currently”. is fixed in advance and risk elections in which President It concluded that Mr Oni financial institutions to create interest banking to their These resolutions were or loss is only incurred by the Donald J. Trump and his was culpable and in violation more interest-free banking customers”. based on a motion moved borrower. A large number of Democratic challenger, Joe of all the relevant codes. opportunities for Nigerians. The House also urged the by a member of the House, Nigerians, especially those Biden have accused each The House specifically As a result, Mr Martins Central Bank of Nigeria to Kabir Tukura, which was from the northern part of the other of Chinese control. Adedeji Oni contract with urged the Federal Ministries review its current policy on unanimously adopted at the country, do not take loans of Finance, Budget, and While Trump had pointed the Embassy as a Local Staff non-interest banking and plenary on Thursday. It was with interest due to religious fingers at Hunter Biden, his has been terminated. National Planning; Agriculture direct the Development Bank titled, ‘Need for Banks to concerns, which thus short opponent’s son, as having “The Embassy of the and Commerce (now Industry, of Nigeria and commercial Adopt Non-Interest Banking changes them from benefitting Federal Republic of Nigeria Trade and Investment) to banks to integrate the same System to Stimulate the from Federal Government illegal dealings in China, wishes to stress further provide “a deliberate policy into their systems. Economy’. policies and stimulus packages Joe Biden had also accused its zero-tolerance policy that will encourage the Bank In addition, the House urged Moving the motion, Tukura and is constituting one of the Trump of holding an account towards all abuses of office, of Industry, the Bank of the CBN to review its policy on said, “The House is concerned major reasons for the slow in Chinese bank. and especially of sexual Agriculture, Nigeria Incentive- non-interest banking to allow that conventional banking economic growth of the region. AljazirahNigeria recalls misconduct. The Embassy that the U.S intelligence is grateful for the help of department had raised the public in tackling such the flag on China’s likely abuses. 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Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng news e-mail: [email protected] $22.7bn Loan: Bandits Attack Kankara, Abduct Students In Katsina Kebbi Governor Group Sues FG, By JoeL aJayi parents were reportedly children are yet to be found decade ago. looking for their children till date. Boko Haram, now joined Mourns Alhaji China Over Exclusion Scores of school children have whose whereabouts were not The belligerent group also by the Islamic State in West been reportedly abducted known. abducted 110 schoolgirls Africa Province (ISWAP) and Bagudo Of South East by bandits at Government The bandits rode on from Government Girls’ other non-state fighters, has By Dickson Pat Science Secondary School, motorbikes and shot into Science and Technical College killed thousands, displaced By Laiatu Bamayi Kankara, in the Kankara Local the air sporadically before Dapchi in Bulabulin, Yunusari millions, and orphaned A nascent South-East pressure Government Area of Katsina storming the school to whisk Local Government area of many children and destroyed Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of group, Igbo Board of Deputies, State. the children away. on February 19 infrastructures and means Kebbi has condoled with the has filed a suit at an Abuja High The incident occurred a A source in the school 2018. Five of the children of livelihood in Borno, Yobe family of a septuagenarian, Court, challenging the Nigerian few hours after President told AljazirahNigeria: were killed during the attack. and Adamawa, which have Alhaji Aliyu Bagudo, who government and China Exim Muhammadu Buhari arrived “They abducted many of our Over 100 of the girls were been the epicenters of their died on Thursday at the Bank for excluding the five in the state for a week-long students who were inside however released by the operations. Federal Medical Centre, Igbo states from the capital private visit. Until Friday, the their hotels. I cannot say how insurgents, while they held After killing nearly Birnin Kebbi at the age of projects to be funded from a president last visited his home many people were kidnapped, on to one of the girls, Leah a hundred people in 78. $22.7 billion loan. state in December 2019. but they went away with many Sharibu, who is said to remain Zabarmari in Borno State The Special Adviser, The suit, according to a The abduction occurred students. with the group because of a fortnight ago, the House Media to the governor, statement, is demanding Friday night, leaving parents As we speak this morning her refusal to renounce her of Representatives passed a Malam Yahaya Sarki, in among others that the China and people of the community (Saturday), our remaining Christian faith. resolution inviting President a statement on Saturday Exim Bank suspend the perplexed. students have left the school The abductions in Borno Buhari to give account of his said that Bagudu paid a loan disbursements to the After terrorizing the and their parents are here and Yobe states have been stewardship on security in condolence visit to the late Nigerian government until an community, the assailants with us trying to know their followed by several others in the country. septuagenarian’s family in amendment is done to include went on to abduct the whereabouts. Kano, Lagos and other states The president, who had Birnin Kebbi on Friday. the South -east sub region in students, while those who In April 2014, 276 female in the country. agreed to appear before He was accompanied by the projects. were lucky to escape fled into students were kidnapped Nigeria faces security the House last Thursday, two former governors of One of those listed in nearby bushes to find their from Chibok, Borno state by challenges, aggravated by the suddenly made a U-turn the state, Sen. the petition, Austin Okeke, way to safety. Boko Haram. emergence of Boko Haram before traveling to his home and Alhaji Saidu Dakingari. disclosed that the group has As of Saturday morning, A large number of the insurgents in Borno state a town Daura for a private visit. Bagudu said, “we are also petitioned the Economic here for a condolence of the Community of West African demise of the renowned States Court. “Be pleased to devout and patriotic elder note that our court action statesman. against the Government of “We are here on behalf of Nigeria, China Exim Bank the people and Government et al. will be coming up on of Kebbi on this unfortunate December 9, 2020, at the loss of our late erudite Abuja High Court. This is in statesman. respect of the $22.7 billion “Death is inevitable and loan, the proceeds of which all of us must at one time were deliberately deprived of or the other die at God’s the five Igbo states of Nigeria,” appointed time. the statement reads in part. “His family, relatives, “On March 11, we delivered a well wishers and all of us letter of demand to China Exim must take heart and pray Bank in Johannesburg, calling to Almighty Allah to grant upon it to give an undertaking him Al Jannatul Firdaus, as in the following manner. well as give us the fortitude “Suspend the loan to bear the irreparable loss,” disbursement, alternatively, he said. cancel the approval of the loan The late elder statesman to the Nigerian government who was buried on Friday until it has revised or amended in Birnin Kebbi according to the manner it intends to Islamic rites is survived with allocate the proceeds of the L-R: Deputy Senate President Omo-Agege, Chairman Senate Committe on Finance, Senator Adeola Olamilokan Jubril, four widows, 25 children loan to include projects in the Senator Allmikhene Francis and Senator Danladi Sankera during a public hearing on Finance Bill 2020 at the National and 72 grandchildren. South East of Nigeria, which Assembly on Thursday, December 10. photos: tyozenda tyoakaa Earlier, the Chief of Staff, projects shall directly benefit Government House, Birnin the Igbo; and; “As a condition, Kebbi, Alhaji Suleiman tie the loan repayment to Senate Uncovers How Petroleum Ministry Paid N116m On Pens, Others Muhammad-Argungu, the regions of Nigeria that By charLes eBi Meanwhile, the Committee to 7 different contractors. “The contract was not split. offered special prayers for inherit the projects, as Nigeria members were shocked by the “The Permanent Secretary They were awarded to the the reposed of the soul of flounders and threatens to The Senate has unraveled how huge sum of money spent on has been requested to explain various contractors at different late Bagudo. break up”, Okeke said. He, the Ministry of Petroleum biros, letter headed papers and this contravention of the public times when items were needed. Also present at the however, urged the Chinese Resources allegedly spent toners in the Ministry. procurement Act, 2007.” “The sum of N46.6 million occasion were a member government to ensure N14.5 million for the supply The query by the Office In his remarks, the used for printing of letter Rep. Muhammad Umar transparency in its funding of of Schneider Biros, N46 million of Auditor General of the Chairman of the Committee, headed papers followed due Jega, representing Jega- capital projects in Nigeria. for the Ministry’s letter headed Federation read, ” The contract Senator Urhoghide thereafter process and a large sum of Aliero Federal Constituency, “In going forward, the papers, and N56 million for the for the supply of Schneider asked the representative of money is explained by the Dr Hussaini Suleiman- Chinese government must supply of toners. biros worth N14.5 million was the Ministry of Petroleum volume of the letter headed Kangiwa, Chairman Persons ensure that all projects are Senator Matthew split into smaller packages Resources, Godwin Akubo papers produced for most with Disability Commission, valued and open bid for, Urhoghide, Peoples of less than N5 million to respond to the query by of the Department as per and commissioners. following international Democratic Party, PDP, Edo each was awarded to four the Auditor General of the attached different letter best practices to ensure South led Senate Committee different company in order Federation. headed papers”. standard quality and fair on Public Accounts is raising to circumvent the permanent In its response, the Ministry Not satisfied with the cost. The present Nigerian the alarm of how the Ministry secretary’s approval threshold of Petroleum Resources, shoddy defense of the government is prone to project spent such an amount of of N5 million.“Similarly, the represented by the Permanent Permanent Secretary of the cost inflation, and future money. contract for the printing of Secretary, said, “The action Ministry, Senator Urhoghide generations are not obligated The Committee is relying on the Ministry’s letter headed of the Ministry was a quick then sustained the query to pay for fraudulently inflated the query raised by the Office papers worth N46 million was response to the need of the and asked the Committee prices. Failing which we shall of the Auditor General of the also split and awarded to 11 various departments in Secretariat to document the join China Exim Bank as a Federation in the 2015 report different contractors. the Ministry of Petroleum money spent and asked for Defendant party to the lawsuit and brought before it for probe “Also, the contract for the Resources. These awards the refund of the money from against the Government of and subsequent presentation supply of tonnes worth N56 followed normal rules and the officers involved in the Nigeria. to the Senate at Plenary. million was split and awarded procedures. Ministry. Bagudu الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 9 ةالجزير نيجيريا

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By GeorGe emine needs to be a little bit more,” Shubham would grossly affect the country as the to fall from an already low 8% of GDP Chaudhuri, the bank’s country director 2021 budget is premised mostly on in 2019 to a projected 5% in 2020. Owing to the impact of the coronavirus in Nigeria said in a webinar, when asked borrowing. And this, coming at a time when pandemic on Nigeria, the minister of about the loan. He added that the Nigeria is asking for financial help fiscal resources are urgently needed finance, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed government has to assure the lender’s to overcome a crisis that could sink an to contain the COVID-19 outbreak said on Monday April 6, that Nigeria shareholders it is doing all it can to prop extra 7 million people into poverty, but and stimulate the economy, is has requested the sum of $6.9 billion up its economy amid the devastation the World Bank says solid exchange- expected to attract dire circumstances. from multilateral lenders to cushion the brought by the coronavirus pandemic. rate management and macroeconomic Meanwhile, COVID-19 has also led effects of Nigeria’s tumbled revenues. And even though the bank shall sit on policies are key for the bank to assist to a fall in private investment due to But despite these borrowings in 2020, Wednesday, December 15 to deliberate the country. Meanwhile, according to greater uncertainty, and has reduced Nigeria is still to borrow over N4 trillion on this loan, Nigerians are worried that Chaudhuri, two separate loans worth remittances to Nigerian households, to finance the 2021 budget. This is more any attempt of Nigeria not getting the another $1.5 billion earmarked for which in recent years have been larger worrisome as about N3.12 trillion loan from the financial institution, Nigerian states will be considered by than the combined amount of foreign is allocated to debt servicing alone. the lender’s board on Dec 14. direct investment and overseas Nigeria has in addition, requested for Nigeria having plunged into another development assistance. a $1.5 billion loan from the World Bank. round of recession, and facing an The report added that the human cost However, despite the finance eminent food crisis, will sink further of COVID-19 could be high. Beyond minister’s claim that the loan which into the financial quagmire it currently the loss of life, the COVID-19 shock was expected to be released earlier is in. recall that on June 26, the World alone is projected to push about 5 this year to help cover a widening Bank Nigeria Development Update, million more Nigerians into poverty in budget shortfall is in its final stage Nigeria is requesting NDU, had forecasted that owing to 2020. While before the pandemic, the of approval, the World Bank has for the $1.5 billion the collapse in oil prices coupled with number of poor Nigerians was expected said Nigeria needs to compile a solid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian to increase by about 2 million largely economic-recovery plan with the right facility to mitigate the economy was expected to plunge into due to population growth, the number foreign-exchange policies to convince a severe economic recession, the worst would now increase by 7 million - with the financial institution to approve the impact of low oil prices since the 1980s. a poverty rate projected to rise from $1.5 billion loan to support the nation’s and the decimation It is worthy to note that oil represents 40.1% in 2019 to 42.5% in 2020. budget. “The way that our board and more than 80% of Nigeria’s exports, According to Marco Hernandez, our shareholders approach this kind of the economy by 30% of its banking-sector credit, World Bank Lead Economist for of budget support is to say: ‘Has the the corona“ virus and 50% of the overall government Nigeria and co-author of the report, country that’s requesting the support revenue. With the drop in oil prices, continue on page 10 done all it can to help itself?’ There pandemic. government revenues were expected الجزير نيجيريا

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FROM PAGE 9 “The unprecedented crisis requires an equally unprecedented policy response from the entire Nigerian public sector, in collaboration with the private sector, to save lives, protect livelihoods, and lay the foundations for a strong economic recovery”. And when the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, announced that Nigeria had slipped into another recession, it immediately attracted reactions. For instance, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr Olisa Agbakoba, said he is not surprised at the GDP figures because he had recently said it in different fora that Nigeria has entered another recession and cannot even grow up to 3 per cent next year. According to him, the operational aspect of the ERGP plan ought not be in the hands of the government but the private sector, because the private sector has the expertise to run businesses that will impact the economy. “When you look at the 2021 budget, you find out that there is no way Nigeria is going to grow at three per cent next year. No country comes from minus eight per cent to three per cent, from the negative or minus to a positive of three,” he said, adding that Nigeria did not need to have a big budget as its economic resources in the states could determine each state’s capacity and not the money that it has. Acknowledging the challenges facing the Nigerian economy, Agbakoba advised that for the economy to work, the government should limit itself to policy formulation and to play the role of a regulator while the private sector run the enterprises. He urged the Federal Government to look within and sell off “unwanted assets” to the private sector in order to get new financial energy to stimulate growth. On his part, Director-General, Lagos Ahmed Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, Dr. Muda Yusuf, explained that as stagflation. The effects of these economy. Following the #ENDSARS billion facility to mitigate the impact of the recent devastation caused by the developments are evident in business experience, the state of internal security low oil prices and the decimation of the #ENDSARS crisis has made the recession and in households.” is beginning to impact negatively on economy by the corona virus pandemic. persist and will even go further. He To facilitate quick recovery, Dr investors’ confidence. Security presence But for any country to access World Bank explained that the news of the recession Muda said the country should restore is becoming less visible especially in the loans, a number of conditions are usually did not come as a surprise, adding that normalcy to the foreign exchange major cities,” he said. given. In the case of Nigeria, the World the economic contraction was 3.62 per market by broadening the scope of As for Shuna Fakum, a public affairs Bank is demanding a set of reforms, cent in the third quarter as against 6.1 per market expression in the allocation analyst, the situation in Nigeria is including unification of the naira and cent in the second quarter. He, however, mechanism. “We should show greater nothing to write home about. Her words: removal of fuel subsidy as conditions to noted that with these numbers, Nigeria commitment to the fixing of the “well, I ordinarily don’t want to react be met before Nigeria can access the$1.5 could possibly say that the worst was over structural issues to reduce production on this issue because with the current billion facility. By withholding the $1.5 as the contraction in the third quarter and operating costs for investors in the security situation in the country, I dare billion loan, Nigeria will be confronted was much less than what was experienced say there is little or no hope for the poor with a huge revenue gap that would make in the second quarter. masses. I only pray we get the loan from it difficult to finance the revised 10.8 “Regrettably, the #ENSARS crisis may the World Bank because even with the trillion 2020 national budget. perpetuate the recession into the fourth loan, things are still not looking up. How Shubham said: “The outset of the quarter. The protestsand the destruction can our economy grow when people are COVID-19 crisis has made the task that followed was a major setback for attacked at random in their farmlands, much more challenging and urgent our economic recovery prospects,” he I only pray we get and at home where all their earnings are because of the severity of the economic stated. The LCCI boss added, “From an carted away in a few minutes. In either downturn and the decline in fiscal economic perspective, 2020 has been the loan from the case, I can see the famine forecasted by resources. By 2023, in our baseline a very bad year. The worst in recent the United Nations in March looks very scenario, Nigeria’s GDP per capita is history. We are faced with the double World Bank because sure. It can only get worse when some expected to be roughly similar to that jeopardy of a stumbling economy even with the loan, little hopes of finance do not come to of 2010. This means that Nigeria would and spiraling inflation. The October fruition. I only pity those whose sources lose 14 years in per capita incomes.” inflation number of 14.23 per cent was things are still not of livelihood are already collapsed or are For the majority of Nigerians who are the highest in 10 months. In economic at the verge of collapse.” already at the bottom of the economic parlance, this condition is characterised looking“ up. Nigeria is requesting for the $1.5 ladder, the future only looks bleak. الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 11 ةالجزير نيجيريا

Like our facebook page ة www.facebook.com/aljazirahnewsng Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng cover extra e-mail: [email protected] NDDC Spends N2bn On Abandoned Roads By charles eBi Boloupesibo and Sons Ltd were not found on CAC website. In 2014, the Niger Delta Development Although the projects awarded to these three Commission, NDDC, awarded 10 road projects companies were completed and found in good worth over N2 billion in various communities state at the time of this report, no authentic in , with a 12-month completion information could justify whether they are period. Five years after, found that many of qualified to execute road construction contracts the projects were awarded to proxy companies or not. or unregistered entities that did not have the Stakeholders call for withdrawal of funding capacity to execute them. of NDDC over corruption Again, in 2019, according to Michael Many stakeholders and Civil Society Idemudia who owns a restaurant by the side of Organisations, CSOs, across the region have the road, an unidentified construction company complained that NDDC has been performing started work on the road. The contractor could poorly. not be confirmed as there was no sign post at In September 2020, a coalition of 30 civil the project site. society organisations drawn from across the However, one of the elders at Ugbighoko Niger Delta region, under the aegis of Coalition community said the construction company for Sustainable Development in the Niger suspected to be an NDDC contractor Delta, COSADNA, demanded that the federal abandoned the road when COVID-19 started. government, multinational oil companies and “They started construction of drains but development partners withdraw any form reached half and stopped. When they wanted of funding to NDDC because of “massive to sand-fill it halfway without making it a corruption and pervasive culture of looting” complete drainage, we refused”, Iserhianrhian going on in the Commission. said. He lamented that the road has become a Speaking with our reporter, the Executive threat to the lives of users and the surrounding Director, African Network for Environment and communities, especially from Power line Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor, Junction to Gelegele Army Barracks. said that “it is such a bad record that for the Most families close to the road have been past 10 years, the citizens who are supposed displaced by erosion and flood from the to be the beneficiaries of these projects cannot uncompleted drainage,” he said. Three to point out any visible projects done by the four accidents occur on the road every week, commission. Few projects, particularly road it was learnt. “Sometimes okada riders fall projects the Commission, “Managed to execute into potholes with passengers and loads. And collapse after two years because of poor and many traders have lost goods worth hundreds Akpabio substandard implementation”. of thousands of naira on this road”, she added. In 2019, ANEEJ had supported Edo State Apart from the frequent accidents, the identified himself as Lucky Otite first said he Information request sent to it for the details Governor, , when he called on current state of the road has increased the would inform the person who would speak on of the contractor. the federal government to probe NDDC on the cost of living in the area because motorists have the matter, subsequently, he kept saying, “I will Limit Road also known as Godwin Abbey N20bn utilisation funds. doubled the fare from Ugbighoko to Ring road call you back”. Road in Oredo Local Government Area, was “Just recently, you need to spend at least 5-7 and from Ring road to Gelegele Army Barracks. One of the NDDC awarded projects this awarded to EWOSAT Integrated Services hours on average to be able to move from Benin Commercial motorcyclists said they spend reporter visited Edo State to track was the on December 18, 2014, at the sum of N219 City to Warri in the neighbouring . more time at the mechanic workshops repairing construction of Ero Maho Bakery Road, Off million. However, the signpost at the project That distance used to take less than an hour,” their motorcycles than the time they spend Ekenwan Road in Oredo Local Government site shows that the contract was executed by Ugolor said. working. Area. The project was awarded to Amoster Arowolo Group of Co. Limited. He said the state of roads in the region has However, all efforts to contact First Gilt Integrated Services Ltd on December 18, 2014, Users said the road was constructed in 2018, caused enormous economic damages. Citing Limited failed as a CAC search did not come at the sum of N145 million. but because it was poorly executed, some parts loses and damages to hundreds of heavy duty up with any records on the company. Also, on However, for three days, this reporter went of the road, particularly from Negbenebor vehicles supplying oil products and other goods October 2, 2020, a Freedom of Information round the entire Ekenwan axis, including Ero Secondary school, have failed. from the region to other parts of the country. request to provide details of the contractor, Drive, Maho Street and almost all the bakery “Sometimes these potholes cause accidents, “Many of these trucks have been involved including its registration and contact factories in Ekenwan but residents, motorists especially at night,” a taxi driver, Johnson said. in terrible accidents leading to loss of lives and details was sent to NDDC. The commission and shop owners said they do not know about Efforts to contact the contractor failed as our products worth billions of naira. The effects acknowledged receipt of the request on October such a location in Benin City. reporter could not trace the entity. of which are on both the individuals and the 5, 2020, but never provided the information Amoster Integrated Services Ltd could Of the 10 projects this reporter visited, only government,” he said. as requested. not be reached as its details could not be three projects have been completed. Residents of these communities find it On October 9, 2020, our reporter submitted found. Also NDDC denied the Freedom of These include construction of Owina Street/ almost impossible to move their agricultural a press interview letter at the office of the Efomo Lane, Off First East Circular Road produce from their places to their closest Director, NDDC Edo Office at Murtala in Oredo Local Government Area, awarded neighbouring communities and towns. While Muhammed Way, Avbiama, Benin City, but till to Boloupesibo and Sons Ltd at the sum of school children have come to understand that the time of this report, the commission did not N249m; construction of Uyi Aigbogun and the roads have imposed unsolicited holidays on grant the interview. Adjoining Streets Aigbogbun in Oredo Local them during the rainy season. Wintrakk Mega Ltd was registered with Government Area, awarded to Northsea Nigeria Good roads enable connectivity and CAC on July 31, 2014, with the RC number: Users said the road at the sum of N199m and construction of enhance socio-economic growth. However, 1207539. Its registered location is No. 60 was constructed in Palace Road, Phase 1 Utek Ekoko Community, this investigation has revealed that the many Mbonu Street D/Line, Port Harcourt, PHC, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, awarded abandoned and badly constructed NDDC roads . 2018, but because it to Shepherd Voice Universal Services Ltd at the in Edo State, rather than improve the living The company was also registered with the sum of N249m. standards of the people have brought them Edo State Public Procurement Agency, EDPPA, was poorly executed, However, only Shepherd Voice Universal additional hardship, discomfort and pain. with certificate number: EDPPA/CR/2018/ some parts of the Services Ltd was verified on the Corporate Also given NDDC’s refusal to grant press A0488, as a civil engineering, construction, Affairs Commission, CAC, website. The interviews and respond to the FOI inquiry Dredging and Marine Logistics company, with road, particularly from company was registered in July 31, 2013 letters, one is compelled to believe that there Evans Ehi Okojie as its director. with the RC number: 1132450. Its registered is indeed a lack of transparency in the award, Our reporter called the director’s phone Negbenebor“ Secondary address is B2 MEDIATRIXCOM P79 STADIUM funding and supervision of these NDDC number provided on the EDPPA website three school, have failed. RD, RIVERS, RIVERS. Northsea Nigeria and contracts. times but the receiver of the calls who rather الجزير نيجيريا

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ةLike our facebook page www.facebook.com/aljazirahnewsng Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng cover extra e-mail: [email protected] , has been commended by his constituents for emerging top in the list of former governors in the senate with the highest number of bills. Senator Orji was rated the “Highest in Legislative Productivity” with seven bills in a Report Card of the 9th Senate, Volume one, Number one ( June 2019 – May 2020) entitled “How Former Governors Stand in Bills Chart of the 9th Senate”. However, his predecessor in office as former Governor, Senator , has no bill attached to his name. Some of the bills sponsored by Senator Orji and already signed into law according to the report include: Food and Security Bill, and the National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC Amendment Bill. In the Report Card of the 9th Senate, Senator , (APC/Nasarawa West), also has seven bills on the chart. Those with four bills each include; Senators Aliyu Wamakko, (APC/Sokoto North); Senator , (PDP/ Benue Northeast) and Senator , (APC/Ogun Central). Former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje (Gombe Central), has three bills. Also, three Senators who were former Governors have two bills to their names. They are: Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC/Kano South); Senator Ibrahim Geidam (APC/Yobe East; Senator (PDP/ Ebonyi North); and Senator Adamu Aliero (APC/Kebbi Central) Okorocha Egwu Al-Makura Former State governor, (PDP/Enugu East) Umaru Tanko Al- makura (APC/Nasarawa South), has one bill, each. Meanwhile, three former Governors without bills include Senator , (APC/ Kano Central); Senator , Ex-Governors’ Poor (APC/Imo West), and Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, (APC/Abia North). A cross section of Abia Central constituents, including Sir Chidiebere Nwachukwu, Sir Frank Ibe and Chief Randy Ukanwoke congratulated the Senator for his superlative performance Performance In The 9th Senate in legislative productivity, adding that his By SAMAILA ISHAKU had impressive outings. They include the But his predecessor in office as former Abia performance ahead of his counterparts was Senator representing Abia Central, Senator State Governor is among the former governors a confirmation that the zone has a quality In what has become a tradition among Nigeria’s Theodore Orji, who has been commended by in the Senate who are yet to have a bill attached representation at the Senate. political elites who do not want to retire from his constituents for emerging top in the list to their names. Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has no The constituents also commended the senator holding political offices until they become too of former governors in the Senate with the bill attached to his name. He joins Ibrahim for delivering many constituency projects and weak or until they are unable to realise any highest number of bills. He was rated the Shekarau and Rochas Okorocha. empowerment programmes in the district further ambition, fifteen ex-governors got “Highest in Legislative Productivity” with In the Report Card of the 9th Senate, Senator particularly his annual scholarship award and voted into the 9th Senate. seven bills in a Report Card of the 9th Senate, Abdullahi Adamu also has seven bills on the chart. youth empowerment. The former governors in the 9th Senate Volume one, Number one (June 2019 – May Those with four bills each include; Senators Some of the several completed and ongoing include two ex-governors of Abia State, Orji 2020) entitled “How Former Governors Stand Aliyu Wamakko, Gabriel Suswam and Ibikunle projects by the Senator include 12 Classroom Kalu and his successor, Theodore Orji; Tanko in Bills Chart of the 9th Senate”. Some of the Amosun. Block at Okwuta Community, Umuahia North Al-Makura and Adamu Abdullahi of Nasarawa bills sponsored by Senator Orji and already AljazirahNigeria findings reveal that many LGA; 12 Classroom Block at Ikem Nvosi, State; of Borno State, Sam signed into law according to the report include: ex-governors have continued to find the National Isiala Ngwa South LGA; and on-going Road Egwu of , Danjuma Goje of Gombe Food and Security Bill, and the National Centre Assembly, NASS, as a safe haven to evade being Construction Project at Mbawsi, Isiala Ngwa State, and Rochas Okorocha of . for Disease Control, NCDC Amendment Bill. involved in any scandalous deal while in office as North LGA, among others. Others include Ibikunle Amosu of Ogun governor. One Nigerian politician and a stalwart of State, Chimaroke Nnamani of , Many have fingers some governors like the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Tony Ibrahim Shekarau of , Aliyu Suswam of Benue State and ex-governor Danjuma Amego and a former Senior government official Wamakko of , Ibrahim Geidam Goje of using the NASS to shield selves from in blamed the recourse by governors of Yobe State, Abdul’Aziz Yari of Zamfara, and being investigated for alleged wrong doing, to seek refuge in the Senate to the nation’s loose Adamu Aliero of . The political hence they have turned themselves bench political system where anybody could become Despite having been in government for at warmers in the Senate where most of them relevant even in the face of poor performance in least eight years, the performance of some opposition parties, find a safety nest. an earlier office. “Performance should be based of these former governors turned senators The political opposition parties, particularly on what is measurable and what is evident but is far from impressive. For instance, Ibrahim particularly led by the led by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have today anybody walks in and announces himself Shekarau and Rochas Okorocha, are yet to Peoples Democratic variously labeled the APC as a “settlement with some financial leverage as the messiah and move any bill. Chimaroke Nnamani and platform” where erring defectors would be gets voted into another office, when he or she Tanko Al-Makura have moved only a bill each. Party, PDP, have left off the hook even if they have soiled their did not deliver the goods in the first instance. Senators Kabiru Gaya, Ibrahim Geidam, Sam variously labeled the hands in embarrassing scenarios while in office. With the statistics so far, it appears some Egwu, and Adamu Aliero have moved two bills Apart from those whose records in the Senate ex-governors who got convicted for various each, while Danjuma Goje has moved three APC as“ a “settlement have reflected a semblance of attitude, others offences while they served as governor is bills. came, saw but never made impact. The Senator lengthening, notwithstanding their initial Meanwhile, some of these senators have platform”... representing Abia Central zone, Senator conviction that they could find a place to hide. الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 13 ةالجزير نيجيريا

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World AIDS Day And Nigeria’s Move To End Epidemic By 2030 By Chika Mefor-NwaChukwu The NACA boss said that testing was even as the nation deals with the COVID-19 an enabling environment and ensuring people- necessary in achieving the 95-95-95 target Pandemic. centered policy-making and implementation. The World AIDS Day is commemorated on of the UNAIDS by identifying 95 per cent A press release signed by the Ministry’s It has also been demonstrated that community- December 1, annually. It is a day used globally of infected persons and placing them on Director, Media & Public Relations, Olujimi led actions can help improve access and quality to unite in the fight against HIV to show treatment. Also, the National Coordinator Oyetomi to commemorate the Day, stated of services”, he said. support for people living with the virus and to of NEPWHAN, Mr. Abdulkadir Ibrahim had that the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire Osagie reiterated that Nigeria is committed commemorate those who have died from an called for unity against discrimination and revealed that by the end of June this year, to achieving epidemic control and the goal AIDS-related illness. It was founded in 1988 marginalisation of the vulnerable community. Nigeria had 1,228,100 patients on ART, which of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The and because of its importance became the first He also spoke of the need to build a people- he declared was a good 150,000 patients more minister revealed that intensive effort is ever global health day. oriented resilient health system which was than was recorded last year. required to achieve the control of the virus and The theme for the 2020 observance is gender sensitive and rights-based for an The minister however stated that there was added that the government has put things in “Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Resilience end to HIV. Ibrahim who said that the lack need to continue to raise awareness about HIV, place to achieve that. and Impact” which focuses more attention of investment in health had exposed a lot promote the rights of people living with HIV, “It is against this background that the to the HIV scourge, increases awareness and of countries to HIV infection; he called for and importantly, ensure access to life-saving National Treatment and PMTCT Programme, knowledge, as well as speaks out against stigma. epidemic preparedness capacity “to beat the HIV medicines for them. “This year has been NTPP, has been reinvigorated, with the support Nigeria was not left out in the next health security challenge. unique because of the new challenges to our of our partners, to strengthen the health sector commemoration. This is important as UNAIDS “It is within this context that NEPWHAN Health System and our lives brought about by response. We have also adopted new, evidence- and the National Agency for the Control of commenced the implementation of the the COVID-19 pandemic, in spite of which, I am based approaches that ensure services are AIDS estimate in 2019 that there are 1.9 community-led monitoring initiative in Nigeria pleased to note we are still on track to ending accessible to everyone needing it. million people living with HIV in Nigeria. by collecting quantitative and qualitative data the AIDS epidemic in Nigeria”, he said. “The new National Guidelines for Also, during a Candlelight Memorial for among people living with HIV. “While we look He commended the NEPWHAN for the Prevention, Treatment and Care and the people who died from the condition in Nigeria, forward to continued collaboration, working important role they play in reaching patient National Acceleration Plan for Pediatric and organised by Network of People Living With and partnering with everyone for the interest communities all across the country, and in Adolescent HIV Treatment and Care are HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, NEPWHAN, as part of people living with the virus and ending HIV ensuring that patients could access their examples of two initiatives which we shall be of this year’s commemoration, the Country by 2030, I want to appeal for support to the drugs continuously, notwithstanding the presenting here today,” he said. Representative, Joint UN Programme on HIV government in the fight against HIV”, he said. logistics challenges. He revealed that specific Also speaking during the event, the Secretary and AIDS, UNAIDS, Dr Erasmus Morah had The Federal government through the policy changes were rapidly adopted, to limit to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. said that no fewer than 1.6 million Nigerians ministry of health has sworn of enormous disruptions in access to HIV treatment. Boss Mustapha, said that the theme Nigeria had died of HIV/AIDS since the outbreak of the progress to the fight against the virus, including “Progress in “Prevention of Mother to has chosen for the celebration has not only epidemic in 1985. the improvements in HIV treatment-coverage, Child Transmission” remains challenging, captured the focus on the fight against AIDS Morah had however expressed UN’s but we remain resolute too in our goal to but has also brought to fore, the key global determination to protect people living with eliminate ‘Mother-to-Child-Transmission’ public health challenge the country has faced the virus by providing financial assistance, of HIV. Through our new thrust for PMTCT as a nation and globally since the beginning of drugs and foods for communities. He called for optimization, we are giving increased the year. “As Chairman of the Presidential Task increased collaboration among stakeholders to attention to the eight highest burden states; Force on COVID-19, we have consciously taken check the spread of the scourge and described we are strengthening the linkages between steps at ensuring that as a country, our citizens persons living with HIV as indispensable in the PMTCT services and maternal and child health do not or do the needful to avoid being infected HIV response. The gateway to HIV programmes; and very importantly, increasing or infect others with COVID-19,” he said. In his remark, the Director General, National investment to ensure availability of HIV tests, The SGF stated that with the funding of Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Dr Aliyu reduction is testing. including HIV self-testing kits,” he said. additional 50, 000 persons on treatment Gambo, had emphasised the need for testing After testing, you either He stated that the country’s theme for annually by President Muhammadu Buhari in the fight against the spread of the virus. this year, ‘United to End AIDS in the Midst was a clear testimony of government’s Aliyu said that testing was very important in take the two packages of COVID-19’, speaks about the importance commitment to global solidarity and shared intensifying the fight against HIV. “The gateway of shared responsibility adding that sharing responsibilities to ensure that no one dies as to HIV reduction is testing. After testing, you of Prevention and Care responsibilities was no longer an option. “We a result of HIV. either take the two packages of Prevention and or treatment, thereby reaffirm the critical role of country ownership He added that the approved Federal budget Care or treatment, thereby reducing the viral and sustainability as important elements of for 2020 has adequate provision for HIV to load,” he said. reducing“ the viral load. the endeavour, including domestic investment, cover this presidential commitment. الجزير نيجيريا

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Against expectations that the much-awaited 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL will kick off across the country in December,Jo El AJAyi reports that the league will after all promises from the organizers, the League Management Company, LMC, will not commence as announced.

By Cyril Ogar for the new season. Most took part in different pre-season tournaments Despite striking a multi-million naira around the country. strategic and investment partnership Pre-season tournaments like, maiden with Redstrike Media Nigeria to edition of Governor Masari Pre-season; commercialize the Nigerian Professional Governor Nyesom Wike Pre-season, Football League, NPFL, that believed Ikpeazu tournament, and many other will lift the fortune and fast track the tournaments have come and gone as resumption of the 2020/2021 league players get rusting day by day. season but reports have it that league The Coach of Heartland FC, Fidelis commencement is still hanging in the Ilechukwu, said the ‘Naze millionaires’ balance. are prepared for action this coming It was equally believed that the release season. He added that his players are of FIFA palliatives to clubs will also boost already in camp. the resumption of the league but the He further stated that his mission is organizer’s reaction clearly indicates that to remain in top flight football and if the league is not near starting. results go their way, to represent the The NPFL was suspended on the nation at the continental level. 18th of March after Match day 25 “Nigerians should expect quality when Coronavirus pandemic affected football and we try as much as we can countries of the world. to get the desired results. We opened our However, the NPFL initially camp and we know there are challenges. announced in April that football will Football is all about challenges. resume 6 weeks after the pandemic. On his part, Wikki Tourist coach, After months of suspension Usman Abdallah said after successfully over COVID-19, the NFF and LMC participating in a pre-season tourney in had announced the resumption of Jigawa and in Katsina, he is confident professional football activities. Infantino Pinnick his wards would give a good account The Apex league in Nigeria went of themselves whenever the league on an emergency break owing to the proposal by the League Management elite League”. resumes. Coronavirus pandemic on March 19, “We target to win the league just like before the league was called off in July Company to fix the calendar for the WHY NPFL CAN’T STARTS- 2020-2021 Nigeria Professional Football INVESTIGATION every other team. We want to secure a after consultations among the league’s continental ticket. We are hoping to have organizing body and participating clubs. League to commence anytime from Meanwhile, an investigation conducted Sunday, November 15, 2020 and end the by the AljazirahNigeria Sports a very good season. Every team has the In a fixture made available to ambition to win the league, so let’s see AljazirahNigeria Sports the league is season by June 2021, with full adherence revealed that the league is not near any to the Federal Government’s Covid-19 start as the referees refused to officiate what happens during the season,” he expected to run for seven months, with said. the final round of matches scheduled to protocols and other requirements as may at the forthcoming NPFL season due be prescribed. to the owing of last season match In the same vein, the Team Manager of hold on July 4, 2021. Enugu Rangers, Amobi Ezeaku said the The NFF endorsed the new season “Full compliance with the Club indemnities. Licensing regulations is mandatory for A source who doesn’t want his name club is prepared for the coming season in date proposal at the end of its executive terms of the relevant certifications from committee meeting held via video Clubs willing to take part in the NPFL”. to be mention said that: “I don’t think The football body also asked the Nigeria the league will start this year, referee health, security, safety, and environment conference in August. agencies. As we speak, the LMC has picked two National League, Nigeria Women’s have refuse to officiate due to the larger Football League and Nationwide League number of debt owing them, they are “Rangers have always been at the different dates for resumption of the forefront of ensuring that Club Licensing league since the Federal government and One; “To synchronize their calendars not ready even, if LMC is set today the with that of the NPFL with each of them referee that are important instrument requirements are met”. the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 lift He further disclosed that the camp of the ban on football activities in the country commencing within three weeks of the are not ready, so I don’t think the league will commence this year. the club has already undergone phases taking hold in mid October, the NPFL and of decontamination as well regularly the League Management Company, LMC, “I can confirm to you that the league will not resume in December as they maintaining and decontaminating put forward a proposal for the 2020-21 the stadium from time to time in season to begin on November 15 and earlier announced because there is no money”. He established. anticipation of commencement. conclude next year. Nasarawa United, Media Officer, Eche Firstly, NFF have endorsed a plan to have NPFL CLUBS PREPARE Amos said the club is primed for action the NPFL resume on November 15 but as they are also in camp. today it’s a month after the slated date, yet, We want to secure a FOR RESUMPTION AMID UNCERTAINTIES According to him, the club has been there is no sign that the league will resume. continental ticket. We involved in a series of pre-season Thereafter, another date was picked by Despite the directive from the NFF, there is no guarantee that the 2020 matches to ensure the players who have the LMC for resumption of NPFL which are hoping to have a been inactive for several months are fit was the 6th of December for the second NPFL season is going to commence in very good season. Every December as proposed by the LMC. for the season. time after November 15 resumption did “As you know, we didn’t perform too not see the light of the day but nothing team has the ambition The proposed date is gone, and there is nothing to show that the LMC is ready well last season, but I am very certain was heard about the league. this season we will do well. We will not According to LMC Chairman, to win the league, so to kick-start the league. However, the 20 clubs that will be be involved in continental matches, Following from the lifting of a ban let’s see“ what happens meaning that our players will be fit for on football activities in the country, competing for honors when the league eventually resumes are busy preparing the season barring any form of injury”, the Executive Committee endorsed a during the season. he said. الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 15 ةالجزير نيجيريا

ة Like our facebook page www.facebook.com/aljazirahnewsng Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng news in arabic e-mail: [email protected] دﻋﺎ اﻟﺤﺎﻛﻢ ﺑﺎﻏﻮدو إﻟﻰ ﻣﺰ اﻟﻘﻮات ﺗﺪاھﻢ ﻣﺨﺒﺄ اﻟﻤﺠﺮﻣﯿﻦ ، اﻟﻘﻀﺎء ﻋﻠﻰ ٢ ﻓﻲ ﻧﺎﺳﺎراوا ﯾﺪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺘﻤﻮﯾﻞ ﻟﻠﺘﺨﻔﯿﻒ - اﻟﻤﻘﺮ اﻟﺮﺋﯿﺴﻲ ﻟﻠﺪﻓﺎع ﻣﻦ ﺧﺴﺎﺋﺮ ﻣﺎ ﺑﻌﺪ اﻟﺤﺼﺎد ﻗﺎﻟﺖ ﻗﯿﺎدة اﻟﺪﻓﺎع إن ﻗﻮات ﻋﻤﻠﯿﺔ دﻋﺎ اﻟﺤﺎﻛﻢ أﺗﯿﻜﻮ ﺑﺎﻏﻮدو ﻣﻦ ﻛﯿﺒﻲ اﻟﺪواﻣﺔ واﻟﻜﺘﯿﺒﺔ ١٧٧ ﻗﺘﻠﺖ ﯾﻮم إﻟﻰ ﺗﻮﻓﯿﺮ اﻟﻤﺰﯾﺪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻤﻮارد اﻷرﺑﻌﺎء اﺛﻨﯿﻦ ﻣﻦ ﻗﻄﺎع اﻟﻄﺮق ﻓﻲ ﻟﻠﺘﺨﻔﯿﻒ ﻣﻦ ﺧﺴﺎﺋﺮ ﻣﺎ ﺑﻌﺪ اﻟﺤﺼﺎد ﻏﺎرة ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺨﺒﺄھﻢ ﻓﻲ أﻧﺠﻮان ﻣﺪى وﻟﻀﻤﺎن اﻷﻣﻦ اﻟﻐﺬاﺋﻲ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺒﻼد. ﺑﻮﻻﯾﺔ ﻧﺎﺳﺎراوا. - اﻟﺘﺪرﯾﺐ ﻋﻠﻰ "ﺗﻘﻨﯿﺎت ﻣﻌﺎﻟﺠﺔ ﻣﺎ ﻣﻨﺴﻖ ﻋﻤﻠﯿﺎت وﺳﺎﺋﻞ اﻹﻋﻼم ﺑﻌﺪ اﻟﺤﺼﺎد" ، اﻟﺬي ﻧﻈﻤﺘﮫ ﻣﺒﺎدرة اﻟﺪﻓﺎﻋﯿﺔ اﻟﻠﻮاء. وﻛﺸﻒ ﺟﻮن إﯾﻨﯿﻨﺶ ﻣﺰارع اﻟﺰھﻮر واﻟﻤﻨﺘﺠﺎت اﻟﺤﻠﯿﻔﺔ ﻋﻦ ذﻟﻚ ﻓﻲ ﺑﯿﺎن ﯾﻮم اﻟﺨﻤﯿﺲ ﻓﻲ أﺑﻮﺟﺎ. (FFAP). وﻗﺎل إﯾﻨﯿﻨﺸﻲ إن اﻟﻐﺎرة ﺟﺎءت ﺗﻜﻤﻠﺔ وﻛﺎن ﻣﻮﺿﻮع اﻟﺘﺪرﯾﺐ: "اﻟﺘﺨﻔﯿﻒ ﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎت ﺗﻘﻨﯿﺔ وﺑﺸﺮﯾﺔ ﻋﻤﻠﯿﺔ ﺣﻮل ﻣﻦ اﻷﻣﻦ اﻟﻐﺬاﺋﻲ اﻟﺸﺪﯾﺪ ﻣﻦ ﺧﻼل ﻣﻮﻗﻊ اﻟﻤﺨﯿﻢ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﻨﻄﻘﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ. ﺗﻘﻨﯿﺔ اﻟﺘﻌﺎﻣﻞ ﻣﻊ ﻣﺎ ﺑﻌﺪ اﻟﺤﺼﺎد ፸ᛳᓹጳ ᓀᔊᔏᒯ ᒇቲ᛿ጳᕓቨ ᓀᗫᖔዱᑢቨ ، ᣂ፮ᑿᑢቨᢕ Ᏻጕቲᎉ ᓗ኎ቦ ؛ (ፅᗫጴᓆ ᎫቲᏕጤᑢቨ ጤᘭᑿᎻᑢቨ ጤᎳቲᏽኤᑿᑢቨ. -ᒢዟ. ᣂ፮ᚽᢕ ᣒቲᎴቲᑻᡫ (Ꮓ኎ቨፅᑢቨ ᒢᑻ ጳቲ፭ᛳᑢቨ ᡧ ᢝ وﻗﺎل إن اﻟﻌﻤﻠﯿﺔ أﺳﻔﺮت أﯾﻀﺎ ﻋﻦ ﺑﻜﻔﺎءة". ᎛ቲᘘᎊ ፹ᛳዱᑢቨ ᎖Ꮋᗖᓆ ؛ (ᣂ኏ፅᢕ ᐯ፭ᑢቨ ᒃᓹቨጤᑢቨ ، ᒻጳቨጴᓆ ᎫቲᏕጤᑢቨ ، ውቲዲᑢቨ ቨጤᘭዱᒐቲᗷቲᗷ ᣎᔏ፭ዲᑢቨᡧ (ኺᑢቲእᑢቨ ጳቲ፭ᛒ ؛ (ፅᐯᗷ (ᣍቲነ ጳቲ፭ᛒ ᢝ ᢝ ᠍ ᡧ اﺳﺘﺮداد ٢٠ ﺑﻨﺪﻗﯿﺔ ﻣﺤﻠﯿﺔ اﻟﺼﻨﻊ وﺣﺚ رﺋﯿﺲ اﻟﻔﻌﺎﻟﯿﺔ أﺻﺤﺎب . ᎛ቲᘘᎊ ቺቨᓗᏽᑢቨ ᓀᗫᖔዱᑢቨ ᒢᓾጥᑢቨ ኹᑿ኏ ᒃᒳኤᔏᏸፅ኏ ቲእᓾጤዠ ᣚᢝ ቲዟᓗ኎ቦ ᑷᓗᓾ ᓀᎻᑿዱᑢቨ 11 ᣂᑿ፭ᛒጕᢔ وذﺧﯿﺮة أﺧﺮى. ووﻓﻘﺎ ﻟﮫ ، اﺗﺨﺬت اﻟﻤﺼﻠﺤﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺗﺨﺼﯿﺺ اﻟﻤﺰﯾﺪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻘﻮات ﻣﻮﻗﻔﺎ ﻋﺪواﻧﯿﺎ واﻋﺘﺪت ﺑﻠﺒﺎﻗﺔ اﻟﻤﻮارد ﻟﺘﺪرﯾﺐ اﻟﻤﺰارﻋﯿﻦ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻤﺨﺒﺄ ، وﻓﺎﺟﺄت ﻗﻄﺎع اﻟﻄﺮق. واﻟﻤﺠﮭﺰﯾﻦ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺣﻔﻆ اﻷﻏﺬﯾﺔ ، "اﻟﻘﻮات اﻟﺒﺎﺳﻠﺔ طﻐﺖ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻗﻄﺎع واﻟﺬي وﺻﻔﮫ ﺑﺄﻧﮫ ﺗﺤ ٍﺪ ﻛﺒﯿﺮ ﻟﻸﻣﻦ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ اﻟﺸﯿﻮخ ﯾﺤﺚ اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﺔ اﻟﻔﯿﺪراﻟﯿﺔ اﻟﻄﺮق ﺑﻨﯿﺮان ﻓﻌﺎﻟﺔ وﻗﺎﻣﺖ ﺑﺘﺤﯿﯿﺪ اﻟﻐﺬاﺋﻲ ﻟﻠﺒﻼد ، وﯾﻤﺜﻠﮫ اﻟﺴﯿﺪ ﻋﺜﻤﺎن اﺛﻨﯿﻦ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻤﺠﺮﻣﯿﻦ اﻟﻤﺴﺆوﻟﯿﻦ ﻋﻦ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ، رﺋﯿﺲ ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣﺞ أﻧﻜﻮ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺣد ﻣن اﻟﺗﻌدﯾن ﻏﯾر اﻟﻘﺎﻧوﻧﻲ ﻋﻤﻠﯿﺎت اﻟﺨﻄﻒ واﻟﺠﺮاﺋﻢ اﻷﺧﺮى ﺑﻮروواس ، أوﺿﺢ اﻟﻤﺤﺎﻓﻆ أن وﺣﺚ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ اﻟﺸﯿﻮخ اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﺔ ﻣﻨﻮطﺔ ﺑﺎﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﺔ اﻟﻔﯿﺪراﻟﯿﺔ. اﻟﻨﯿﺠﺮ ، ﺳﻮﻛﻮﺗﻮ ، ﻛﯿﺒﻲ ، أوﯾﻮ ، ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﻨﻄﻘﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ ﺑﯿﻨﻤﺎ ﻓﺮ آﺧﺮون ﺗﺤﺪﯾﺎت اﻟﺤﻔﺎظ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻤﺤﺎﺻﯿﻞ اﻟﻔﯿﺪراﻟﯿﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺗﻜﺜﯿﻒ اﻟﺠﮭﻮد ﻟﻮﻗﻒ ﻛﻮﺟﻲ ، زاﻣﻔﺎرا ، أوﺳﻮن وﻛﺎدوﻧﺎ. ﻓﻲ ﺣﺎﻟﺔ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻔﻮﺿﻰ ﻣﻊ إﺻﺎﺑﺘﮭﻢ وإدارﺗﮭﺎ "ﻟﯿﺴﺖ ًﺷﯿﺌﺎ ﺟﺪﯾﺪًا ﺧﺎﺻﺔ وﻗﺎل إن اﻟﺘﻌﺪﯾﻦ ﻏﯿﺮ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻧﻲ ﻛﺎن ﺑﺄﻋﯿﺮة ﻧﺎرﯾﺔ ﻗﺎﺗﻠﺔ. اﻟﺘﻌﺪﯾﻦ ﻏﯿﺮ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻧﻲ وﻣﻨﻊ ﺗﺴﺮب أﺣﺪ اﻟﺘﺤﺪﯾﺎت اﻟﺮﺋﯿﺴﯿﺔ اﻟﺘﻲ ﺗﻌﻮق "ﻟﻘﺪ ﻛﺎن اﻟﺘﻨﻘﯿﺐ ﻏﯿﺮ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻧﻲ ﻋﻦ ﻓﻲ إﻓﺮﯾﻘﯿﺎ". "أدت ﻣﺘﺎﺑﻌﺔ اﻻﺳﺘﻐﻼل ﻟﻠﻤﺨﯿﻢ اﻹﯾﺮادات اﻟﻨﺎﺗﺞ ﻋﻦ اﻟﺘﻌﺪﯾﻦ ﻏﯿﺮ ﺗﻄﻮﯾﺮ ﺻﻨﺎﻋﺔ اﻟﺘﻌﺪﯾﻦ ﻓﻲ ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ. ً اﻟﺬھﺐ ﻧﺸﺎطﺎ ﯾﺴﺘﺤﻖ اﻟﺸﺠﺐ واﺳﺘﻤﺮ وﻣﺤﯿﻄﮫ ﻛﺬﻟﻚ إﻟﻰ اﺳﺘﻌﺎدة ﻣﺎ وأﺷﺎر إﻟﻰ أن ھﺬا ﻗﺪ ﯾﻜﻮن ﺑﺴﺒﺐ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻧﻲ. ﻗﺎل ﻛﺎﻟﻮ: "إذا ﻟﻢ ﻧﺼﻠﺢ ھﺬا اﻟﻨﺰﯾﻒ ﻓﻲ اﻻزدھﺎر ، ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺮﻏﻢ ﻣﻦ ﺗﮭﺪﯾﺪ ﻋﺪم وﺟﻮد ﺗﻘﻨﯿﺎت ﺗﻘﻠﯿﺪﯾﺔ اﻟﺤﻔﺎظ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﮫ ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ ٢٠ ﺑﻨﺪﻗﯿﺔ ﻟﻠﻮﺻﻮل ﻣﺤﻠﯿﺔ إﻟﻰ اﻟﺼﻨﻊ وﻟﻘﺎح ﺟﺎء ذﻟﻚ ﻓﻲ أﻋﻘﺎب ﺗﺒﻨﻲ اﻗﺘﺮاح ﺑﺸﺄن ﻓﻲ اﻗﺘﺼﺎدﻧﺎ ، ﻓﺴﻨﻨﺰف ﺣﺘﻰ اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﺔ ﺑﻤﺤﺎﻛﻤﺔ اﻟﺠﻨﺎة. اﻟﻤﺤﺎﺻﯿﻞ ، ﺧﺎﺻﺔ ﻓﯿﻤﺎ ﯾﺘﻌﻠﻖ ٤٠ ًﺻﻨﺪوﻗﺎ ًﻓﺎرﻏﺎ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺬﺧﯿﺮة اﻟﺤﺎﺟﺔ إﻟﻰ اﻟﺘﺤﻘﯿﻖ ﻓﻲ ﺧﺴﺎرة ٩ اﻟﻤﻮت". ﻛﻮﻓﯿﺪ-١٩ ًاﻋﺘﺒﺎرا ﻣﻦ ﯾﻨﺎﯾﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﺨﻀﺮوات وﻏﯿﺮھﺎ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻤﺤﺎﺻﯿﻞ "ﻣﻦ اﻷھﻤﯿﺔ ﺑﻤﻜﺎن ﻣﻼﺣﻈﺔ أﻧﮫ إذا اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﻋﯿﺎر ٧٫٦٢ ﻣﻠﻢ و ٥ طﻠﻘﺎت ﻣﻠﯿﺎرات دوﻻر ًﺳﻨﻮﯾﺎ ﻟﻠﺘﻌﺪﯾﻦ ﻏﯿﺮ اﻟﻘﺎﺑﻠﺔ ﻟﻠﺘﻠﻒ ، ًووﻓﻘﺎ ﻟﮫ ، ﻓﺈن وﻗﺎل إﻧﮫ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺮﻏﻢ ﻣﻦ رواﺳﺐ اﺣﺘﻔﻈﺖ اﻟﺪوﻟﺔ ﺑﺎﺣﺘﯿﺎطﯿﺎﺗﮭﺎ ﻣﻦ ﻣﻦ ٢٠٢١ اﻟﺬﺧﯿﺮة، أﻛﺪ اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﻋﯿﺎر أوﻛﻮﻧﺠﻮ ٧٫٦٢ ﻣﻠﻢ. إﯾﻮﯾﻼ اﻟﻤﺸﺮوع وﺗﮭﺮﯾﺐ اﻟﺬھﺐ ﻣﻦ ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ ﻗﺎل: "ﺑﻌﺪ ذﻟﻚ دﻣﺮت اﻟﻘﻮات اﻟﻤﺨﯿﻢ". اﻟﺪورات اﻟﺘﺪرﯾﺒﯿﺔ وورش اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺬھﺐ اﻟﻀﺨﻤﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺒﻼد ، إﻻ أن اﻟﺬھﺐ وﺿﻤﺎن اﻻﺳﺘﻐﻼل اﻟﻔﻌﺎل ، أﻛﺪت اﻟﺪﻛﺘﻮرة ﻧﺠﻮزي أوﻛﻮﻧﺠﻮ ﻣﻦ ﻗﺒﻞ اﻟﺴﻨﺎﺗﻮر أورﺟﻲ أوزور ﻛﺎﻟﻮ ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ ﻟﻢ ﺗﺴﺘﻔﯿﺪ ﺑﻌﺪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻤﻮارد ھﺬا اﻟﻨﻮع ﺗﺄﺗﻲ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻮﻗﺖ اﻟﻤﻨﺎﺳﺐ ، ﻓﺈن اﻹﯾﺮادات اﻟﻤﺘﺮاﻛﻤﺔ ﺳﺘﺘﺠﺎوز إﯾﻮﯾﺎﻻ ، وزﯾﺮة اﻟﻤﺎﻟﯿﺔ اﻟﻨﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺠﻠﺴﺔ (آﺑﯿﺊ ﻧﻮث APC) اﻟﻄﺒﯿﻌﯿﺔ ﺑﺴﺒﺐ ﻏﯿﺎب اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮﯾﻦ ﻷﻧﮭﺎ ﺳﺘﻌﺮض اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﻛﯿﻦ ﻟﻤﮭﺎرات ﻋﺎﺋﺪات اﻟﻨﻔﻂ واﻟﻐﺎز. "ﻓﻲ اﻟﻮاﻗﻊ ، اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻘﺔ ، ﻟﻨﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ ودول أﻓﺮﯾﻘﯿﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ. ًﻣﺘﺤﺪﺛﺎ ﻋﻦ اﻻﻗﺘﺮاح ، ﻗﺎل واﻧﺘﺸﺎر اﻟﺘﻌﺪﯾﻦ ﻏﯿﺮ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻧﻲ ﻓﻲ أﺧﺮى اﻟﺤﺼﻮل ﻋﻠﻰ ﻟﻘﺎﺣﺎت ﻛﻮﻓﯿﺪ- وﻣﻌﺮﻓﺔ اﻟﺤﻔﺎظ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻤﺤﺎﺻﯿﻞ ، (SOI) ، ﻛﺸﻔﺖ إﺷﺎرة واﺣﺪة دوﻟﯿﺔ ﻛﺎﻟﻮ إن ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ ﻟﺪﯾﮭﺎ ﻣﺘﻮﺳﻂ ﻗﻄﺎع اﻟﻤﻌﺎدن اﻟﺼﻠﺒﺔ. وھﻲ ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﻣﻘﺮھﺎ اﻟﻮﻻﯾﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة ، ١٩ ًاﻋﺘﺒﺎرا ﻣﻦ ﻧﮭﺎﯾﺔ ﯾﻨﺎﯾﺮ وﺣﺘﻰ وإدارﺗﮭﺎ. اﻟﺮﺑﻊ اﻷول ﻣﻦ ﻋﺎم ٢٠٢١ً،وﻓﻘﺎ ٢١٫٣٧ ًطﻨﺎ ﻣﻦ رواﺳﺐ اﻟﺬھﺐ. ُ"ﺗﻈﮭﺮ اﻟﺒﯿﺎﻧﺎت اﻟﻮاردة ﻣﻦ وزارة ﻓﻲ ﺗﻘﺮﯾﺮ ﻋﺎم ٢٠١٦ أن ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ ﻗﺪ وﺻﻔﮭﺎ ﺑﺄﻧﮭﺎ ﻣﺒﺎدرة ﺟﺪﯾﺮة ﺑﺎﻟﺜﻨﺎء ﻟﺒﯿﺎن ﺻﺎدر ﻋﻦ وزارة اﻟﺨﺎرﺟﯿﺔ ﯾﻮم وﻗﺎل إن اﻟﻤﺎدة ٤٤ (٣) ﻣﻦ ﻗﺎﻧﻮن اﻟﻤﻌﺎدن اﻟﺼﻠﺒﺔ واﻟﺘﻨﻤﯿﺔ أن ھﻨﺎك ﺧﺴﺮت أﻛﺜﺮ ﻣﻦ ٥٠ ﻣﻠﯿﺎر دوﻻر ﻣﻦ ﯾﺠﺐ أن ﯾﺪﻋﻤﮭﺎ اﻟﺠﻤﯿﻊ. "إن اﻟﺘﺪرﯾﺐ اﻷرﺑﻌﺎء. اﻟﻤﻌﺎدن واﻟﺘﻌﺪﯾﻦ اﻟﻨﯿﺠﯿﺮي ﻟﻌﺎم رواﺳﺐ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺬھﺐ ﻓﻲ وﻻﯾﺎت ﺿﺮاﺋﺐ ﻋﺎﺋﺪات اﻟﺬھﺐ ﻓﻲ ﻋﺎﻣﯿﻦ ھﻮ ﻣﺒﺎدرة ﺟﺪﯾﺮة ﺑﺎﻟﺜﻨﺎء وراﺋﻌﺔ ﻓﻲ ١٩٩٩ ، ﺗﻨﺺ ﻋﻠﻰ أن ﻣﻠﻜﯿﺔ ﺟﻤﯿﻊ اﻟﻌﺎﺻﻤﺔ اﻟﻔﯿﺪراﻟﯿﺔ ، أﺑﻮﺟﺎ ، أﺑﯿﺎ ، ﻧﺘﯿﺠﺔ ﻟﻠﺘﻌﺪﯾﻦ ﻏﯿﺮ اﻟﻘﺎﻧﻮﻧﻲ وﺗﺼﺪﯾﺮ وﻧﻘﻞ اﻟﺒﯿﺎن ﻋﻦ أوﻛﻮﻧﺠﻮ إﯾﻮﯾﺎﻻ ﻋﺼﺮﻧﺎ ﺑﮭﺪف اﻟﻮﺻﻮل إﻟﻰ ﻣﻌﺮﻓﺔ اﻟﻜﺸﻒ ﻋﻦ ذﻟﻚ ﺑﻌﺪ اﺟﺘﻤﺎع ﻣﻐﻠﻖ ﻣﻊ اﻟﻤﻌﺎدن ﻓﻲ ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ واﻟﺘﺤﻜﻢ ﻓﯿﮭﺎ ﺑﻮﺗﺸﻲ ، ﻛﺮوس رﯾﻔﺮ ، إﯾﺪو ، اﻟﺬھﺐ ﻏﯿﺮ اﻟﻤﻌﺎﻟﺞ. اﻟﺤﻔﺎظ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺤﺎﺻﯿﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺑﻌﺪ اﻟﺤﺼﺎد. وزﯾﺮ اﻟﺨﺎرﺟﯿﺔ ﺟﯿﻔﺮي أوﻧﯿﺎﻣﺎ ﻓﻲ أﺑﻮﺟﺎ. ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺮﻏﻢ ﻣﻦ ھﺬه اﻟﻤﻌﺮﻓﺔ ، ﯾﺠﺐ أن ﻧﻨﻈﺮ ًأﯾﻀﺎ إﻟﻰ ﻣﻮارد ﻹﺗﺎﺣﺔ اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﺔ اﻟﻔﯿﺪراﻟﯿﺔ ﺗﻄﻠﺐ ﻣﻦ ﻣﺠﺘﻤﻌﺎت ﺳﻮﻛﻮﺗﻮ "طﺎﻟﻤﺎ أن ًﺷﺨﺼﺎ واﺣﺪًا ﯾﻤﺘﻠﻜﮫ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﻌﺮﻓﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺟﻤﯿﻊ اﻟﻤﺠﺎﻻت ﻣﻦ ﺣﯿﺚ اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ ، ﻓﻼ أﺣﺪ آﻣﻦ. وھﺬا ھﻮ اﻟﺴﺒﺐ ﻓﻲ أن اﻟﺒﻠﺪان اﻟﻔﻘﯿﺮة واﻟﺒﻠﺪان ذات ھﯿﺎﻛﻞ اﻟﻤﯿﺰاﻧﯿﺔ واﻷدوات اﻟﻤﺘﺎﺣﺔ اﻣﺘﻼك أھﺪاف اﻟﺘﻨﻤﯿﺔ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺪاﻣﺔ ، وﻣﺸﺎرﯾﻊ اﻟﺪواﺋﺮ اﻟﺪﺧﻞ اﻟﻤﺘﻮﺳﻂ اﻷدﻧﻰ ﻣﺜﻞ ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ اﻟﺘﻲ ﺳﺘﺪﻋﻢ اﻟﻤﻌﺮﻓﺔ اﻟﻤﻜﺘﺴﺒﺔ. ﺑﺤﺎﺟﺔ إﻟﻰ اﻟﺤﺼﻮل ﻋﻠﯿﮭﺎ ﻓﻲ أﺳﺮع ﺑﺪأت وزارة اﻷﺷﻐﺎل اﻟﻔﯿﺪراﻟﯿﺔ ﺗﻌﺒﺌﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻛﻞ رﺑﻊ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻌﺎم ﺑﮭﺪف ﺗﻌﺰﯾﺰ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺎ ﯾﺤﺘﺎﺟﻮن إﻟﯿﮫ ، ﺣﯿﺚ ﺗﺨﺘﻠﻒ وﻗﺎل: "أي ﺷﺨﺺ ﻟﺪﯾﮫ ﻣﺒﺎدرة ﻓﯿﻤﺎ وﻗﺖ ﻣﻤﻜﻦ. اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻌﺎت ﻓﻲ ﺳﻮﻛﻮﺗﻮ وﺣﺜﮭﻢ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺘﻔﺎھﻢ اﻟﺠﯿﺪ ﺑﯿﻦ اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻌﺎت ووزارة ﯾﺘﻌﻠﻖ ﺑﺎﻟﺤﻔﺎظ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻐﺬاء ﻟﺘﺠﻨﺐ ﻣﻄﺎﻟﺐ اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻌﺎت اﻟﻤﺨﺘﻠﻔﺔ ، ﺑﺤﯿﺚ اﻣﺘﻼك وﺻﯿﺎﻧﺔ اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ اﻟﻤﻨﻔﺬة ﻓﻲ ﺗﻨﻔﯿﺬ اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ واﻟﻤﺸﺮﻋﯿﻦ ﺣﻮل ﯾﺸﻐﻞ أوﻛﻮﻧﺠﻮ إﯾﻮﯾﺎﻻ ًﺣﺎﻟﯿﺎ ﻣﻨﺼﺐ أزﻣﺔ اﻟﻐﺬاء ﯾﺠﺐ وﯾﺠﺐ اﻹﺷﺎدة ﺑﮫ". ﺗﺤﺼﻞ ﻛﻞ ﻣﻨﻄﻘﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ اﻟﻤﺒﻌﻮث اﻟﺨﺎص ﻟﻼﺗﺤﺎد اﻷﻓﺮﯾﻘﻲ إطﺎر أھﺪاف اﻟﺘﻨﻤﯿﺔ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺪاﻣﺔ ﻣﻼءﻣﺔ اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ وﻗﯿﻤﺘﮭﺎ. اﻟﻤﻨﺎﺳﺒﺔ اﻟﺘﻲ ﻣﻦ ﺷﺄﻧﮭﺎ ﺗﺤﺴﯿﻦ اﻟﺘﻲ ﺳﺘﻨﺘﮭﻲ ﯾﻮم اﻟﺠﻤﻌﺔ ، ﻗﺎﻟﺖ اﻟﻤﻌﻨﻲ ﺑﺤﺸﺪ اﻟﺪﻋﻢ اﻻﻗﺘﺼﺎدي وﻣﺸﺎرﯾﻊ اﻟﺪواﺋﺮ (SDGs) وﻗﺎل إن اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﺔ اﻻﺗﺤﺎدﯾﺔ ﻧﻔﺬت ﺣﯿﺎﺗﮭﻢ. اﻟﺪوﻟﻲ ﻟﻠﺤﺮب اﻟﻘﺎرﯾﺔ ﺿﺪ ﻛﻮﻓﯿﺪ-١٩ اﻟﺴﯿﺪة ﻛﺮﯾﺴﺘﻲ ﯾﺎﻛﻮﺑﻮ ، رﺋﯿﺴﺔ اﻻﻧﺘﺨﺎﺑﯿﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﺸﺮﻋﯿﻦ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻮﻻﯾﺔ. ﻣﺸﺎرﯾﻊ ﺿﻤﻦ أھﺪاف اﻟﺘﻨﻤﯿﺔ وﻣﺮﺷﺢ ﻧﯿﺠﯿﺮﯾﺎ ﻟﻤﻨﺼﺐ اﻟﻤﺪﯾﺮ اﻟﻌﺎم ﺗﺒﺬل اﻟﻮزارة ﻗﺼﺎرى ﺟﮭﺪھﺎ ﻟﻀﻤﺎن إن اﻟﻤﻨﻈﻤﺔ ﻣﻠﺘﺰﻣﺔ ﺑﺮﻓﻊ ، FFAP وﻛﺸﻒ ﺳﯿﻤﻮن أﺑﺎﺷﻲ ، ﻧﺎﺋﺐ ﻣﺪﯾﺮ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺪاﻣﺔ وﺗﺪﺧﻼت وﻣﺸﺎرﯾﻊ ﻟﻤﻨﻈﻤﺔ اﻟﺘﺠﺎرة اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﯿﺔ. ﺟﻮدة اﻟﺤﯿﺎة ﻟﻜﻞ ﻓﺮد ﻓﻲ ﻗﺎل ﯾﺎﻛﻮﺑﻮ وﺣﺪة اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺎﻟﻮزارة ، ﺟﻤﺎﻋﯿﺔ ﺗﻨﻄﻮي ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺒﺎﻟﻎ ﺿﺨﻤﺔ اﻟﺘﻨﻔﯿﺬ اﻟﺴﻠﯿﻢ ﻟﻠﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ وﻛﺬﻟﻚ ﺗﻨﺴﯿﻖ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺗﻌﻤﻞ ﻓﻲ اﻷﻋﻤﺎل FFAP إن اﻟﻌﻤﻠﯿﺎت ، ًوﻓﻘﺎ ﻟﻠﻤﯿﺰاﻧﯿﺎت اﻻﺗﺤﺎدﯾﺔ. وﻛﺸﻔﺖ أن اﻟﻤﺒﺎدرة اﻟﺪوﻟﯿﺔ ﺷﻤﻠﺖ ﻋﻦ ذﻟﻚ ﻓﻲ ﺟﻠﺴﺔ ﺗﻔﺎﻋﻠﯿﺔ ﻣﻊ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻤﺎل ، ﻣﺆﻛﺪا أھﻤﯿﺔ اﻟﺠﻠﺴﺎت ﻣﻨﻈﻤﺔ اﻟﺼﺤﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﯿﺔ ، واﺋﺘﻼف اﻟﺰراﻋﯿﺔ ورﯾﺎدة اﻷﻋﻤﺎل ﻟﺨﻠﻖ اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻌﺎت اﻟﻤﺴﺘﻔﯿﺪة وأﻋﻀﺎء اﻟﺘﻔﺎﻋﻠﯿﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﺸﺮﻋﯿﻦ اﻟﺬﯾﻦ ﻋﺎدة ﻣﺎ ﯾﺠﺐ ﺗﺄﻣﯿﻦ ھﺬه اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ ﺑﺸﻜﻞ ﺟﯿﺪ ، (CEPI) اﺑﺘﻜﺎرات اﻟﺘﺄھﺐ ﻟﻸوﺑﺌﺔ إﻣﻜﺎﻧﯿﺎت ﻟﺮﯾﺎدة اﻷﻋﻤﺎل اﻟﺰراﻋﯿﺔ اﻟﺠﻤﻌﯿﺔ اﻟﻮطﻨﯿﺔ ﻗﺒﻞ اﻟﺘﻔﺘﯿﺶ ﻋﻠﻰ ﯾﻘﺪﻣﻮن أﺳﻤﺎء وﻣﻮاﻗﻊ اﻟﻤﺸﺎرﯾﻊ واﻟﺘﺤﺎﻟﻒ اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﻲ ﻟﻠﻘﺎﺣﺎت واﻟﺘﺤﺼﯿﻦ واﻟﺘﺪرﯾﺐ واﻟﻌﻤﻠﯿﺎت اﻟﺘﻲ ﺗﻌﺘﻤﺪ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺿﺪ ﺟﻤﯿﻊ أﺷﻜﺎل اﻟﺘﺨﺮﯾﺐ وأن اﻟﻤﻮاﻗﻊ ﯾﻮم اﻷرﺑﻌﺎء ﻓﻲ ﺳﻮﻛﻮﺗﻮ. ﻟﺘﺤﻘﯿﻖ أﻗﺼﻰ ﺗﺄﺛﯿﺮ. ﺗﻌﺘﺒﺮھﺎ اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻌﺎت أﻧﮭﺎ ﻣﻠﻜﮭﻢ ، "ﻗﺎل ، واﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻊ اﻟﺪوﻟﻲ ، ﻟﺘﻮﺻﯿﻞ اﻟﺘﻜﻨﻮﻟﻮﺟﯿﺎ اﻟﺤﺎﺳﻤﺔ ﻟﺴﻠﺴﻠﺔ اﻟﻘﯿﻤﺔ اﻟﻠﻘﺎﺣﺎت إﻟﻰ اﻟﺒﻠﺪان اﻟﻨﺎﻣﯿﺔ واﻟﻔﻘﯿﺮة ، اﻟﺰراﻋﯿﺔ. وﻗﺎل ﻋﺒﺎﺷﺔ إن اﻟﺘﻤﺮﯾﻦ ﻛﺎن ًﻣﻘﺮرا اﻟﻔﻜﺮة ﻛﻠﮭﺎ ھﻲ ﺿﻤﺎن ﺣﺼﻮل اﻟﻨﺎس أﺑﺎﺷﻲ. وﺑﺴﺮﻋﺔ وﺑﺄﺳﻌﺎر ﻣﻌﻘﻮﻟﺔ. الجزير نيجيريا

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From left: Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chairman, TY Buratai Golf and Country Club, Lt.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun; Chief of Administration, Maj.-Gen. Usman Yakubu, during the presentation of the newly elected President of Organization of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA) and Vice President International Military Sports Council Nigeria’s Brig. -Gen. Maikano Abdullahi to the COAS at the Army Resource Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, December 9. PHOTO: AnTHOny AlAbi/JMH/nAn Buratai Performs Army Estate Ground Breaking hief of Army Staff, COAS, housing. not just having a home but also having they would be able to benefit even if welfare of the officers and men reach Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has “The first phase is the one that a comfortable home,” he said. they were unable to fund the project them wherever they are; whether in laid the foundation for the President Muhammadu Buhari just The COAS said that the army was before they retired. service, whether they are fallen heroes construction of Nigerian launched this morning that is the also concerned about the veterans as He said that all these initiatives and or not, they are members of the armed Army Smart Ville Estate housing scheme for the families of well as ex-service men and women, actions that have been taking since forces. atC Life Camp, Abuja. our fallen heroes. adding that plans were on to develop the inception of this administration “We want to assure the president The foundation laying ceremony “We are taking it further to ensure mass housing in that regard. has the full support of President of our unalloyed loyalty and was part of activities to commemorate that when you retire, you also retire He said the plan was to find a place Muhammadu Buhari. commitment to one Nigeria and of the 2020 Chief of Army Staff Annual to your home and am happy the post for everyone after service, irrespective “We will continue to do everything course very importantly, the defence Conference holding in Abuja. housing company has taken it further; of their contributions, adding that possible to see that his desire to have of our territorial integrity,” he said. The conference had the theme; “Human Capacity Development in Sustaining Professionalism of the Nigerian Army in the Discharge of NAOWA Sensitises Members On Physical, Mental Health its Constitutional Roles.” Nigerian Army Officers Wives and strong. “I am convinced at the end of in our various neighborhoods. He said the proposed estate was Association, NAOWA, on Tuesday “This will no doubt contribute in this seminar, we will all go back “Gathering of this magnitude the first of its kind to be developed by engaged wives of officers and boosting the moral of our husbands home well informed and prepared is always important in promoting the Nigerian Army under its housing soldiers on physical and mental who are always out there to ensure to keep the home front physically friendliness amongst us,” she said. development programme. health education with a view to peace in our dear country. and mentally healthy. One of the resource persons, He commended the management ensuring healthy lifestyle in the “You will agree with me that “I therefore urge you listen Dr Susana Adams of Dr. Physiq of the Nigerian Army Post Housing barracks. our husband’s performances are carefully to the resource persons Wellness Centre, who spoke on Scheme Ltd. for the initiative to The President of NAOWA and enhanced when all is well with their and clear your doubt. Secret to Health and Longevity, develop the smart estate. wife of the Chief of Army Staff, family back home. “Let me appeal to all members of said that there was need to do Buratai said the project was geared Mrs Umma-Kulsum Buratai, said “Consequently, this seminar is NAOWA and NASWA here present things differently to stay healthy. towards ameliorating the housing the seminar was organised as part an event aimed at enhancing the to please make concerted efforts Adams advised the women to challenges faced by officers and of activities to mark the ongoing capacity of personnel’s wives in and personal sacrifices towards also learn to “reprogramme’’ their soldiers after retirement. Chief of Army Staff Annual issues pertaining to healthy living. championing and upholding unity body cells for good health and According to him, we are just Conference 2020. “It is deliberately intended to longevity, adding that whatever coming from the ground breaking Buratai said that the women improve your mental and physical affects the cell affect the whole ceremony of the next of kin of the needed to upgrade their knowledge wellbeing and capability,” she said. body. fallen heroes at Giri. of keeping the home front safe and Mrs Buratai said that NAOWA According to her, methods “While we are doing that, we are healthy just as their husbands used had only engaged in charity of reprogramming cells include also taking care of the combatants the COAS conference to appraise outreach programmes during the oxygen, water, nutrition/food plan, who are still fighting across our their performances during the year. previous conferences hence, adding detox and good state of mind. country. We are also considering them She said the health seminar that the health seminar was added “You have to deliberately pay retiring to comfortable homes at the was one of the medium where the for the first time. attention to your health as your end of their service. women could update and upgrade She disclosed that topics such as first priority because we are “This is the brain behind the their knowledge on contemporary “Care of Mental Health Issues In responsible for our health. establishment of the post housing health challenges, especially women: Depression and Anxiety; “Deep breathing is necessary development limited of the Nigerian that which affected families of Diabetes and Hypertension; Health because research has shown that army and so far, it has done great personnel. and Longevity Secret/ Techniques adequate oxygen decreases your deal in ameliorating one of the most According to her, as mothers and were selected to keep them abreast chances of having cancer as well as post service challenges that officers caregivers, they require all it takes with the current health challenges all other inflammatory disorders,” and soldiers usually have, which is to keep their families safe, healthy and ways to ameliorate it. 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Daga hagu: Babban hafsan sojan kasa, Laftana-Janar. Tukur Buratai; Shugaban, TY Buratai Golf da Club na Kasa, Lt.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun; Shugaban Gudanarwa, Maj.-Gen. Usman Yakubu, yayin gabatar da sabon zababben Shugaban Kungiyar Sojojin Wasanni a Afirka (OSMA) da Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa na Kasa da Kasa na Wasannin Sojoji na Najeriya Brig. -Gen. Maikano Abdullahi zuwa COAS a cibiyar samar da kayan sojoji a Abuja ranar Laraba, 9 ga Disamba. PHOTO: AnTHOny AlAbi/JMH/nAn Shugaban Hafsan Sojoji Ya Qaddamar Harsashin Gidaje Sojoji Na Sama Villa A Life Camp Shugaban hafssn soji, COAS, da sojoji ke yawan samu, wanda shi cewa lokacin da ka yi ritaya, kai ma ka tsoffin mata da maza, in da ta kara da su iya cin gajiyar koda kuwa ba za Laftanar Janar Tukur Buratai ya ne gidaje. “Kashi na farko shi ne yi ritaya zuwa gidanka kuma ina farin cewa shirye-shirye na kan bunkasa su iya daukar nauyin aikin ba kafin aza harsashin gina rukunin Gidajen wanda Shugaban Kasa Muhammadu ciki kamfanin samar da gidajen bayan gidaje a wannan bangaren. su yi ritaya. Ya ce duk wadannan Sojojin Najeriya na Smart Ville Estate Buhari ya kaddamar da safiyar yau ya kara shi; ba wai kawai samun gida Ya ce shirin shi ne a samar wa matakai da ayyukan da ake yi tun a Life Camp, Abuja. Kafa harsashin wanda shi ne tsarin gina gidaje ga ba amma har da samun ingantaccen kowa wuri bayan an gama aiki, ba kafuwar wannan gwamnatin suna ginin wani bangare ne na ayyukan iyalan jaruman mu da suka mutu. gida, ”in ji shi. COAS din ya ce sojojin tare da la’akari da gudummawar da da cikakken goyon baya ga Shugaba tunawa da Babban taron hafsan “Muna kara dauka don tabbatar da sun kuma damu da tsoffin sojoji da suka bayar ba, ya kara da cewa za Muhammadu Buhari. hafsoshin Sojoji na shekarar 2020 da aka gudanar a Abuja. Taron mai taken; “ci gaban Ilimin xan’Adam don dorewar qwarewar ayyukan Sojojin Nijeriya a yayin NAOWA Ta Bayar Da Haske Ga Membobinta Kan sauke ayyukanta na Tsarin Mulki.” Ya ce rukunin filayen da aka samar shi Kula Da Motsa Jiki, Da Tabin Hankali ne irinsa na farko da Sojojin Najeriya A ranar Talata ne kungiyar matan mata da masu kulawa, suna bukatar su “Kula da Batutuwan Kiwan Lafiyar shirye mu ci gaba da kasancewa gidan za su bunkasa a karkashin shirinsu hafsoshin sojojin Najeriya, NAOWA, duk abin da za su yi don kiyaye Hauka A cikin mata: Bacin rai da gaba cikin jiki da tunani. na inganta gidaje suka dauki nauyin matan hafsoshi da iyalansu cikin aminci, lafiya da kuzari. damuwa; Ciwon suga da hauhawar “Don haka ina kira gare ku da ku Ya yaba wa shugabannin kamfanin sojoji a kan ilimin lafiyar jiki da tabin “Wannan ko shakka babu zai ba da jini; Lafiya da Tsawon Sirri / Dabaru saurara da kyau ga masu ma’anar samar da gidaje na rundunar sojan hankali da nufin tabbatar da rayuwa gudummawa wajen bunkasa dabi’un an zaba su don su kasance tare da kuma ku warware shakku. Najeriya,. saboda bullo da tsarin mai kyau a barikin. Shugabar NAOWA mazajenmu wadanda a ko da yaushe kalubalen kiwon lafiya na yanzu da “Bari in yi kira ga dukkan zamani. Buratai ya ce an tsara aikin kuma matar shugaban hafsin sojan suke don tabbatar da zaman lafiya a hanyoyin inganta shi. mambobin kungiyar NAOWA da ne don inganta matsalolin gidaje da kasar, Umma-Kulsum Buratai, ta ce kasarmu ta mu. “Na gamsu a karshen wannan taron NASWA da ke nan don su yi kokarin jami’ai da sojoji ke fuskanta bayan an shirya wannan taron karawa juna “Za ku yarda da ni cewa ayyukan karawa juna sani, dukkanmu za mu sadaukar da kai tare da sadaukar da kai ritaya. sani ne a wani bangare na ayyukan mijinta suna inganta idan komai koma gida da cikakken bayani kuma a ga samar da hadin kai a yankunanmu. A cewarsa, muna nan tafe daga da za a yi don tunawa da Babban ya daidaita da danginsu na gida. Ta ce “Hada wannan girman yana da bikin kasa na dangi na kusa da Taron Manyan Hafsoshin Sojan da “Sakamakon haka, wannan taron mahimmanci ko yaushe don habaka jaruman da suka mutu a Giri. “Yayin ke gudana a shekarar 2020. karawa juna sani taron ne da nufin abota a tsakaninmu,” da muke hakan, muna kuma kula Buratai ta ce matan suna bukatar bunkasa karfin matan ma’aikata a Daya daga cikin ma’aikatan, Dakta da mayaka wadanda har yanzu inganta iliminsu na kiyaye gida lafiya cikin lamuran da suka shafi rayuwa Susana Adams ta Cibiyar Kula da suna fada a fadin kasarmu. Haka kamar yadda mazajensu ke amfani da mai kyau. Lafiya ta Dakta Physiq, wacce ta nan muna la’akari da su su yi ritaya taron COAS wajen tantance ayyukan “An yi niyya da gaske don inganta yi magana a kan Sirrin Lafiya da zuwa gidaje masu kyau a karshen da suka yi a shekarar. Ta ce wannan lafiyar ku da lafiyar ku da ikon ku,” in Tsawon Rayuwa, ta ce akwai bukatar hidimarsu. taron karawa juna sani kan kiwon ji ta. yin abubuwa daban don kasancewa “Wannan ita ce kwakwalwar da lafiya, ya kasance xaya daga cikin Misis Buratai ta ce NAOWA ta cikin koshin lafiya. Adams ta shawarci ke bayan kafa iyakokin gina gidaje hanyoyin da matan za su inganta tare gudanar da shirye-shiryen sadaka ne matan su kuma koyi “sake tsari. ‘’ iyakantattu na sojojin Najeriya da inganta iliminsu kan matsalolin kawai a yayin tarukan da suka gabata, kwayoyin jikinsu don samun koshin kuma ya zuwa yanzu, ta yi matukar kiwon lafiya na zamani, musamman don haka ta kara da taron karawa juna lafiya da tsawon rai, ta kara da cewa aiki wajen inganta daya daga cikin abin da ya shafi iyalan ma’aikata. sani kan kiwon lafiya a karon farko. duk abin da ya shafi kwayar yana kalubalen aikin mukaman da jami’ai A cewarta, a matsayinsu na iyaye Ta bayyana cewa batutuwa kamar Buratai shafar dukkan jiki. الجزير نيجيريا

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Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng news in hausa e-mail: [email protected] Sojoji Sun Mamaye Gwamna Maboyar Masu Bagudu Ya Yi Laifi A Nasarawa, Sun Kashe 2 Kira Da A Samar -Hedikwatar Tsaro Da Albarkatu Hedikwatar tsaro ta ce sojojin Don Rage Operation Whirl Stroke da 177 Battalion a ranar Laraba sun Asarar Girbi kashe wasu ‘yan fashi biyu a wani samame da suka kai maboyarsu Gwamna Atiku Bagudu na Kebbi a Ungwar Mada da ke Jihar ya yi kira da a kara samar da Nasarawa. Mai Gudanarwa, albarkatu don rage asarar girbi Ayyukan Watsa Labarai na Tsaro, da kuma tabbatar da wadatar Manjo Janar John Enenche, ne abinci a kasar nan. Bagudu ya yi ya bayyana hakan a cikin wata wannan roko ne a Abuja, a ci gaba sanarwa da ya fitar ranar Alhamis da shirin byar da horo na tsawon a Abuja. kwanaki uku kan “dabarun sarrafa Enenche ya ce an kai samamen kayan girbi,” wanda aka shirya ne bayan da aka yi amfani da da gonakin Flowers da Allied dabaru da kuma bayanan sirri kan Products Initiative (FFAP). wurin da sansanin yake a yankin. Daga hagu: Ministan Kimiyya da Fasaha, Dr (na biyu R); Mataimakin Shugaban, Kwamitin Majalisar Horon yana da taken: “Yin Ya ce aikin ya kuma samu nasarar Takaitawa kan Tsaron Abinci kwato bindigogi kirar gida da kuma Wakilai kan Ingantaccen Ma’adanai, Dan Majalisa Victor Danzaria (Na 3); Membobin Kwamitin, Rep Mukhtar wasu alburusai guda 20. Mukhtar Chawai (R); da Rep Mohammed Omar Bio (2nd L), yayin ziyarar kwamitin a Ofishin Ministan a Abuja a ta hanyar ingantacciyar hanyar A cewarsa, sojojin sun dauki Abuja a ranar Laraba, 9 ga Disamba. HOTO: HOgan Bassey/nann sarrafawa bayan girbi”. Bagudu, tsauraran matakai kuma sun wanda shi ne shugaban taron, ya yi amfani da dabarun afkawa bukaci masu ruwa da tsaki da su maboyar, inda suka ba yan fashin Majalisar Dattijai Ta Bukaci Gwamnati Ta ware wasu albarkatu don horar da mamaki. “Sojojin sun fatattaki ‘yan manoma da masu sarrafawa kan fashin ta hanyar bude wuta tare da kiyaye abinci, wanda ya bayyana kashe biyu daga cikin masu laifin Hana Hakar Madanai Ba Bisa Ka’da Ba a matsayin babban kalubale ga da ke da alhakin satar mutane Majalisar Dattawa ta bukaci na daga cikin manyan kalubalen “Hakar zinari ba bisa ka’ida tsaron abincin kasar. da sauran laifuka a yankin baki Gwamnatin Tarayya da ta kara da ke hana ci gaban masana’antar ba ya kasance abin zargi kuma Malam Usman Muhammed, daya yayin da wasu suka tsere kaimi wajen dakatar da hakar hakar ma’adanai ta Najeriya. ya ci gaba da bunkasa, duk da Shugaban Kamfanin Anchor cikin mummunan rauni da harbin Borrowers Programme ne ya bindiga. ma’adanai ba bisa ka’ida ba da Kalu ya ce “Idan ba mu gyara barazanar gwamnati na gurfanar kuma toshe hanyoyin kudaden wannan zubar da jini na tattalin da masu laifin. wakilce shi, gwamnan ya bayyana shiga da ake samu daga hakar arzikinmu ba, to kuwa babau “Yana da matukar cewa kalubalen kiyayewa da kula GOC Ya Qaddamar ma’adanai ba bisa ka’ida ba. shakka za mu zub da jini a mahimmanci a lura cewa idan da amfanin gona “ba wani sabon Da Gidaje A Hakan ya biyo bayan gabatar da zahiri.” Ya ce duk da dimbin kasar ta kiyaye albarkatun abu bane musamman a Afirka.” kudiri ne a kan bukatar gudanar arzikin da ake samu a kasar, har zinaren ta kuma tabbatar da Wannan, in ji shi, na iya faruwa Masaukin Wasu da bincike kan asarar Dala yanzu Najeriya ba ta ci gajiyar amfani mai kyau, kudaden shigar ne sakamakon rashin dabaru na Jami’an Soji A Kano biliyan 9 duk shekara ga hakar albarkatun kasa ba sakamakon da za su samu zai wuce na mai gargajiya na adanawa, musamman ma’adanan da safarar zinari rashin masu saka jari da kuma da gas. game da kayan lambu da sauran Manjo Janar Usman Mohammed, daga Najeriya wanda Sanata Orji yawaitar hakar ma’adanai ba bisa “A zahiri, Signal One kayan lambu masu lalacewa. babban kwamandan rundunar Uzor Kalu (APC Abia- Arewa) ya ka’ida ba a bangaren ma’adanai. International, (SOI) wani A cewarsa, horarwa da (GOC) 1 Division na sojojin gabatar a zauren taron. “Bayanai daga Ma’aikatar kamfani ne da ke Amurka, ya bitocin wannan dabi’ar ta dace Nijeriya, ya qaddamar da wani Ya ce sashe na 44 (3) na dokar Tabbatattun Ma’adanai da Ci bayyana a cikin rahoton 2016 a kan lokaci, domin za su fallasa katafaren gida mai xauke da ma’adanai da hakar ta Najeriya Gaban sun nuna cewa, akwai cewa Najeriya ta yi asarar dala mahalarta ga kwarewa da sanin xakunan kwana 10 da kuma sake ta shekarar 1999, ta bayar wuraren ajiya na Zinare a biliyan 50 na harajin kudin kiyayewa da kula da amfanin gona. fasalin wasu Jami’ai a Barikin da cewa ma’adanai da aikin Babban Birnin Tarayya, Abuja, zinare a cikin shekaru biyu Bagudu ya yaba da kokarin Bukavu, 3 Brigade, Kano. hakar ma’adanan duk mallakar Abia, Bauchi, Kuros Riba, Edo, sakamakon hakar ma’adanai da FFAP ya kuma bayyana shi a Da yake jawabi a wajen gwamnatin tarayya ne. Ya ce, Neja, Sokoto, Kebbi, Oyo, Kogi, fitar da zinaren da ba a sarrafa matsayin wani abin yabo wanda qaddamarwar, GOC ya ce aikin an hakar ma’adanai ba bisa ka’ida ba Zamfara, Osun da Kaduna. ba. ya kamata kowa ya goyi bayansa. yi shi ne da nufin inganta jin daxin “Horarwar abin yabawa ce kuma Jami’ai, zamantakewar su tare da babbar himma ce ta wannan tabbatar da isassun masaukai. lokacin da nufin samun ilimin Mohammed ya ce tun lokacin Gwamnati Ta Bukaci Al’ummar Sokoto Da Su kiyaye albarkatun gona bayan da Shugaban hafsan sojan qasa girbi. (COAS), Laftana Janar, Tukur Rungumi Ayyukan SDGs, Na Mazabu “Duk da wannan ilimin, ya Buratai, ya hau karagar mulki ya yi kamata mu kuma duba albarkatun aiki mai yawa a vangaren bunqasa Ma’aikatar Ayyuka ta Tarayya ta ayyuka da kuma ‘yan majalisa kan yadda ya kamata tare da daidaita samar da ilimin a duk fadin cikin kayayyakin more rayuwa. fara shirin tattara al’ummomi dacewa da darajar ayyukan. hanyoyin, bisa tsarin kasafin tsarin kasafin kudi da wadatattun Manjo Janar Usman a Sokoto tana kira gare su da su Ya ce Gwamnatin Tarayya ta kudin tarayya. Wadannan ayyukan kayan aikin da za su tallafawa Mohammed, babban kwamandan mallaki tare da kula da ayyukan da aiwatar da ayyuka a karkashin suna da matukar bukatar kariya ilimin da aka samu. rundunar (GOC) 1 Division na aka aiwatar a qarkashin (SDGs) da tsoma baki da ayyukan SDGs, na daga dukkan nau’ikan barna da sojojin Nijeriya, ya qaddamar da “Duk wanda ke da himma game ayyukan mazabu na ‘yan majalisa mazabu da ke kunshe da makudan kuma al’ummomin su dauke su a da adana abinci don kaucewa wani katafaren gida mai xauke da a jihar. kudade, yana mai jaddada matsayin nasu, “in ji Abashe. xakunan kwana 10 da kuma sake matsalar abinci dole ne a yaba fasalin wasu Jami’ai a Barikin Arch. Simon Abashe, Mataimakin mahimmancin zaman tattaunawa Nijeriya Za Ta Samu Allurar masa,” in ji shi. Bukavu, 3 Brigade, Kano. Da yake Darakta a sashin ayyuka na ga ‘yan majalisar, wadanda galibi Rigakafin Korona Daga Karshen Da take jawabi a wurin horon jawabi a wajen kaddamarwar, Musamman na ma’aikatar ne, ke gabatar da sunaye da wuraren Janairun 2020- Okonjo Iweala wanda za a kammala a ranar GOC ya ce aikin an yi shi ne da ya bayyana hakan a wani taron ayyukan don tasirin gaske. Dokta Okonjo-Iweala, tsohuwar Juma’a, Misis Christy Yakubu, nufin inganta jin dadin Jami’ai, tattaunawa da al’ummomin da suka ”Dukkanin manufar ita ce, a Ministar Kudi ta Nijeriya, ta ba Shugabar FFAP, ta ce kungiyar zamantakewar su tare da tabbatar ci gajiyar shirin da kuma mambobin tabbatar da cewa mutanen sun Nijeriya da sauran kasashen Afirka ta dukufa wajen daukaka darajar da isassun masaukai. majalisar dokokin kasar kafin duba samu abin da suke bukata, kamar tabbacin samun maganin kowane mutum a harkar noma. Mohammed ya ce tun lokacin da wuraren a ranar Laraba a Sakkwato. yadda bukatun al’ummomi daban- rigakafin na Korona daga karshen Yakubu ta ce FFAP ta tsunduma shugaban, hafsan sojoji Laftanar Abashe ya ce an shirya gudanar daban suka banbanta, ta yadda watan Janairu zuwa zangon cikin harkar noma da kasuwanci Janar Tukur Buratai ya fara aiki da atisayen ne a kowane kwata kowane yanki zai samu ayyukan da farko na 2021, in ji wata sanarwa domin samar da hanyoyin bunkasa a ofishinsa ya gina wasu yankuna na shekara da nufin bunkasa suka dace da zai inganta rayuwarsu. daga Ma’aikatar Harkokin Waje. tattalin arziki, horo da dabarun domin gyararraki da ci gaba a kyakkyawar fahimta tsakanin ”Ma’aikatar na yin iya kokarinta Sanarwar ta ruwaito Okonjo-Iweala kere-kere masu muhimmanci ga wurin. al’ummomi, ma’aikatar aiwatar da don tabbatar da aiwatar da ayyukan tana bayyana. darajar amfanin gona. الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 19 ةالجزير نيجيريا

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The agreement was signed last week during GITEX Technology Week 2020 in Dubai between Dr. Esam Al-Wagait, director of Saudi Arabia’s National Information Center (NIC), and Mohammed Amin, senior vice president of Dell’s Middle East wing. KSA Signs AI Agreement With Dell Technologies Saudi Interior RIYADH: The Saudi Data and Artificial Vision 2030, it is stepping up efforts to develop integrated projects that president of Dell’s Middle East wing. Ministry High- Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) signed to drive innovation and the use of AI. will serve the needs of public sector Saudi Arabia has undertaken Tech Services an agreement with the American As part of this agreement, SDAIA will entities’ technology across Saudi a series of initiatives to support multinational computer company be provided with consulting services Arabia,” SDAIA and Dell said in a joint its ongoing socio-economic Highlighted Dell Technologies, combining the two that will help them leverage solutions statement. transformation and modernization organizations’ expertise in emerging within AI, cloud, data analytics and The agreement was signed last strategy. The National Strategy DUBAI: The Ministry of Inte- technologies to accelerate the use enterprise storage, as part of the week during GITEX Technology Week for Data and Artificial Intelligence rior has concluded its partic- of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Kingdom’s digital transformation. 2020 in Dubai between Dr. Esam Al- (NSDAI) said recently that it is ipation in GITEX Technolo- Kingdom. “This strategic collaboration will Wagait, director of Saudi Arabia’s looking to attract some $20 billion gy Week 2020, which was held As Saudi Arabia aims to diversify its also witness an exchange of industry National Information Center (NIC), in foreign and local investments by from Dec. 6-10 at the World economy away from oil under Saudi best practices and expertise needed and Mohammed Amin, senior vice 2030. Trade Center in Dubai, UAE. Held under the theme “Tech- nological Solutions for a Secure Nation,” the Kingdom’s pavil- Translation Services For Grand Mosque Visitors ion showcased six main axes: ID and biometrics services, MAKKAH: The General Presidency for entrances and internal hallways, as 21 languages represented. The aim is to be a global model the ministry’s services for pil- the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques well as locations where non-Arabs Al-Massoudi said that sermons for translation into more than 10 grims and Umrah performers, has recruited a group of distinguished gather, which vary from time to time are translated into five international languages in one place, through the Makkah Route, the minis- translators speaking 21 languages to and are determined based on studies. languages: English, Urdu, Malay, live communication and electronic try’s field security services, its serve visitors in the Grand Mosque’s Translators catch the attention of Farsi and French. This is to convey platforms. services for its employees and hallways. visitors — Umrah performers and the message to the whole world and He said that translation is not its internal community, in ad- The presidency translates the Friday worshippers — with their costume to increase the number of people restricted to the Grand Mosque but sermon from the Grand Mosque, with that is based on their spoken language. benefiting from the translation is also found in all the presidency’s dition to initiatives in the field the number of beneficiaries exceeding Each translator also constantly through electronic platforms that facilities, in addition to bodies of creativity and innovation. 5,000 inside the mosque and 20,000 repeats “I am here to help you” in broadcast sermons and lessons participating in conferences and At the pavilion, Saudi citi- on the Manarat Al-Haramain their mother tongue, with a total of internationally. seminars. zens residing in the UAE were platform. able to benefit from national The Arafat Day sermon has been identity services. also translated for the past three years, Prince Dr. Bandar bin Abdul- benefiting more than two million Housing Boost For More Than 300,000 Saudi Families lah bin Mishari, assistant min- worshippers. RIYADH: More than 300,000 Saudi own their first home, whether Hafr Al-Batin and Al-Ahsa in the ister of interior for technolo- Director of the General families have so far benefited from through prefabricated units, Eastern Region; the Rafha housing gy affairs, praised the efforts Administration of Translation the Ministry of Housing’s Sakani under-construction builds, or self- project in the Northern Border made by the organizations Mashari Al-Massoudi said that program, according to the ministry. construction. Region; the Hail housing project; the involved that showcased the translation at the Grand Mosque was The Sakani program offers The ministry announced that 11 Qurayyat housing project in Al-Jouf; Ministry’s state-of-the-art a legal translation of the sermon and Saudi nationals access to land and projects were delivered last month and the Najran housing project. technologies and smart solu- lessons, as well as providing on-site residential housing across eight for villas in Shaqra and Al-Uyaynah The ministry also reported that tions provided for the King- translation for visitors in their native regions of the Kingdom through in Riyadh; the Al-Khorma housing 42 prefabricated housing projects various financing solutions with project in Makkah; the Unaizah providing around 14,000 residential dom’s residents and citizens language. Translators are found in abroad. field locations in all the mosque’s the aim of enabling families to housing project in Qassim; Alkhobar, villas have so far been completed. الجزير نيجيريا

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From left: Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Housing, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka; Commissioner for Housing, Mr Moruf Fatai; Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; and Special Adviser to the Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, during the opening ceremony of the First Lagos Real Estate Market Place Conference and Exhibition, in Lagos on Wednesday, December 9. PHOTO: KayOde OladaPO/JMH/BJO/NaN. Ncdmb Retains $6.4bn Industry Spending By Cyril Ogar 26 per cent in 2017. Division, NCDMB, Olabisi Okunola, He reiterated that the vision he stated that the mid-term review Notwithstanding the challenges of the Nigerian Content 10-Year indicated that it was imperative to in the global oil and gas industry, Strategic Roadmap is to achieve 70 grow Nigerian Content attainment the Executive Secretary, Nigerian per cent value retention by 2020, by 11 per cent year on year to achieve Content Development and stressing that other targets are the targets set in the Nigerian Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi creating 300,000 jobs, retaining Content 10-Year Strategic Roadmap. Wabote, has stated that the agency $14bn out of $20bn yearly industry He said the Board had initiated has retained the $6.4 billion of yearly spend, building shipyards and some steps to accelerate the spend as a result of Local Content Act manufacturing facilities. attainment. implementation. In his presentation, Some of them, according to him,

economy The value represents 32 per cent General Manager, Corporate included the extension of coverage value retention of the $20 billion Communications and Zonal to other segments of the oil and gas

yearly spend in the oil and gas Coordination Division, NCDMB, industry such as catalysing modular industry just as Wabote said efforts Dr. Ginah Ginah, hinted that the refineries and gas value chains. are on-going to achieve 70 per cent. Board and operating oil companies Another step is accelerating sectoral He added that the Board has also had jointly deployed the Community linkages with key input industries advanced the implementation of the Content Guideline (CCG), which Wabote like the steel sector and securing 10-year strategic roadmap, held the provides a framework for engaging community of projects, while 50 per additional finance for key industry checkpoint review session for the youths of host communities in cent of semi-skilled roles should be needs. roadmap, continued the construction employment, training and contracts. exclusively reserved for indigenes of Earlier, the Manager, Corporate & of oil and gas industrial parks, and The CCG also provides for host communities. Similarly, at least Communications, NCDMB, Naboth secured the Final Investment the establishment of critical 10 percent of skilled roles are to be Onyesoh, underscored the essence Decision (FID) and award of contracts infrastructure to stimulate reserved for the indigenes of host of the workshop, saying it was for the NLNG Train 7. development, attract new businesses communities. conceived to deepen the cordial Wabote, while speaking at the to host communities and sustain General Manager, Strategy relationship the Board had built with Nigerian Content Capacity Building the growth of host community and Transformational Projects, the media over the past 10 years. workshop organised for media entrepreneurs through funding and NCDMB, Abayomi Bamidele made a He also hinted that the workshop stakeholders in Port-Harcourt and policy support. presentation at the workshop on the was in furtherance of the Nigerian Lagos, noted that only five per One of the key provisions of mid-term review of the Board’s 10- Content 10-Year Strategic Roadmap, cent was being retained when the the CCG is that 100 per cent of Year Strategic Roadmap. particularly, the enabler, which Nigerian Content Act was enacted in unskilled job roles should be reserved Represented by the Supervisor, focuses on collaboration and 2010 and that the percentage grew to exclusively for indigenes of the host Strategy and Transformational stakeholder engagement. Reps Accuses Presidential Task Force Of Extortion On Apapa Gridlock By mariam sani relevant security agencies to halt environs within two weeks. He said, “So many anomalies extortion activities going on at the The task force had in November were discovered that if not tackled The House of Representatives has ports and the access roads. claimed that there was no gridlock in headlong, the Nigerian ports are said the Federal Government should The House further urged Apapa, but an ‘in-port congestion’. at the risk of imminent and total pay attention to the construction of the Federal Government to The PTT Vice Chairman, Kayode collapse. access roads linking seaports in the ‘immediately disband the Opeifa, at a virtual dialogue held by “Businesses, commuters and Apapa area of Lagos State. Presidential Task Force on the Ports the Lagos Chamber of Commerce residents along these access roads It also accused the presidential Access Roads, having outlived its and Industry, debunked media see hell on a daily basis as they are task force set up to decongest the usefulness and for participating reports about traffic congestion subjected to nuisance, pollution and ports of extortion and worsening in extortion and contributing to in Apapa, referring to it as a non- emissions to the environment. the gridlock in the area. congestion of the ports access recurring traffic. “Due to the challenges of The House specifically asked roads’. Abejide, while moving the motion, inaccessibility to ports, it takes that a greater part of two months These are parts of the resolutions noted that the House Committee an average of 60 days to do a revenue generated by the Apapa passed at the plenary on Wednesday on Customs and Excise recently turnaround of a container, whereas Port, TinCan Island Port, Kirikiri following a unanimous adoption of embarked on a week-long oversight should there be easy access to the Lighter Terminal and PTML be a motion moved by a member, Mr of Zone A of the Nigeria Customs ports, the turnaround within Lagos committed to the construction of all Leke Abejide. Service Command to ascertain the should not be more than five days.” the access roads for optimal revenue The Presidency had in May 2019 level of revenue generation and the He said the implication was that for the country. set up a task force headed by Vice- challenges, as well as to find a way the country was losing an average of In addition, the House urged President Yemi Osinbajo to clear of addressing them using Customs five times the revenue it should have the Nigerian Ports Authority and up the gridlock in Apapa and its budget of 2021. made if the access roads were good. business الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 21 ةالجزير نيجيريا

ة business & economy Cost Of Data Renewable Energy Breakthrough Slashed By 50% Threatens Gas In 2020 – FG Investments By ChArles eBi By Alyiu GAlAdimA The Minister of Efforts by the government Communications and to harness its 203.16 trillion Digital Economy, Isa cubic feet (TCF) gas reserves Pantami, says data prices to spur economic activities reduced by 50 per cent in and boost revenue may 2020. remain elusive as an emerging The minister made this energy solution, especially known in a statement renewable energy and energy signed Thursday by his storage, are projected to keep Technical Assistant on reserves unharnessed across the world. Information Technology, The ongoing progress Femi Adeluyi. on the expansion of The statement titled, The Governor Abdulrahman AbudulRazaq his counterpart from Gov. Sani Bello, Coordinator infrastructure for the ‘Current Cost Of Data of AUDA-NEPAD Princess Gloria Akobundu and others during two days summit/Technical engagement roundtable Liquefied Natural Gas, Reduced To Less Than on the innovative strengthening of small holder farmers in Abuja. especially the train seven of 50% Of January 2020 the Nigerian LNG Limited, Cost,” partly read, “The also faces fresh hurdles. Wood average cost of 1GB of Mackenzie’s report released data has reduced from AUDA-NEPAD Launches $2bn Empowerment Initiative last week showed that over the January 2020 cost By Joel AJAyi citizenry. is mitigated, and gainful Speaking earlier, the three quarters or 77 per cent of N1,000 to N487.18 in According to her, Nigeria employment of women and National Project Steering of new LNG supply are at risk. November, 2020. African Union Development spends up to $6bn yearly youths.” Committee (NPSC) Chairman, The Federal Government “This was based on Agency-New Partnership for on importation, that the However, Chief Executive and Governor of Kwara State, had earlier in the year put a report submitted Africa’s Development (AUDA- project was actually geared Officer AUDA-NEPAD Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq the nation’s total gas reserves by the Nigerian NEPAD) Nigeria, has officially towards encouraging local Nigeria called for the change said no effort will be spared at 203.16 trillion cubic C o m m u n i c a t i o n s launched a $2bn project for businesses in farming so as of strategies for Nigeria to achieve the project. Adding feet (TCF), representing a Commission to the SmallHolder farmers to put an to curb unemployment at the to achieve the goal saying that his state has earmarked marginal increase of 1.16tcf minister (Pantami) end to hunger in the country grassroots. Agriculture needs to be 500 hectares of land for the or 0.57 per cent from the following the and beyond. “The project which will be treated as a business; not as a project. 202tcf recorded in 2019. implementation of the The National Coordinator implemented in phases at the development program. “The National Coordinator The Minister of State for directives.” of AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria, state and local government She equally solicited that and Your Excellences, this Petroleum Resources, Timipre Princess Gloria Akobundu levels involve 22 pilot states the federal government project came to us at a time Sylva, had also declared that The government had aggressive effort would be to inaugurated a committee stated this on Wednesday including Kebbi, Kwara, Niger, of Nigeria to allocate not when we are just trying in Abuja during the two Imo, Akwa Ibom, Nasarawa, less than 10 percent of to recover from ten year unlock revenue and economic that developed the days summit/Technical potential of gas even as the Nigerian National Kaduna, Ekiti states among the national budget to the old insurgency which has engagement round table on others. agriculture industry that led to the destruction and government declared 2020 Broadband Plan (2020- the innovative Strengthening the Year of Gas. 2025) on December “This is a ten-year plan will guarantee job creation, displacement of many of our of Small Holder Farmers for food sufficiency and poverty alleviation, food farming communities coupled The Nigerian National 16, 2019. The plan, capabilities towards zero hunger in Nigeria, security, promote exports, with the COVID-19 pandemic Petroleum Corporation which was launched by productive land restoration in our continent, and the promote bilateral integration which further crippled the (NNPC) and the Nigeria President Muhammadu amid COVID-19 in Nigeria ECOWAS region. We are and grow the country’s GDP economy of our state. LNG Limited (NLNG) Buhari in March 2020, with the theme: “Building addressing hunger with a amongst others. “I indulge my colleagues, similarly signed a pact for the aimed to reduce the resilient communities and bottom-to-top approach Meanwhile, the state Governors of pilot States, to engineering, procurement average cost of 1GB data strengthening food systems” involving local farmers, the governors in their number be models to the next set of and construction (EPC) to a maximum of N390 She said that the objective farmers’ association, state present at the summit lauded States by facilitating policy- contracts for the LNG by 2025. of the project is to promote and local governments, the the project and promised that based solutions to support train seven, triggering the “Policies are in place food sufficiency and zero clergy, and traditional rulers all required political will and their teams in order to ensure effective commencement to ensure that operators hunger, as part of the strategy across 22 pilot states ensure financial backing will be given effective implementation of of the detailed design and adopt competitive to mitigate the effects of that grassroots poverty is toward the realization of the the projecting of their various construction phase of the pricing that eschews COVID-19 pandemic on the eradicated, COVID-19 effects project. States. multi-billion dollar project. unjustifiable margins. On completion, the project The general public may is expected to raise the also wish to note that plant’s current six-train NLNG Targets Eight More Plants As Competition Grows capacity by 35 per cent, complaints about rapid from the extant 22 million data depletion are also By yAhAyA umAr for economic stability and advantage of the resource ground again. Train 7 is going tonnes per annum (MTPA) being investigated,” the growth’ on Tuesday. because as we can tell in the to increase our LNG capacity to 30 MTPA. statement added. The Nigeria LNG Limited has He noted that with the energy transition, oil will be from 22 million tonnes to 30 But Woodmac insisted said Nigeria needs at least 15 support of its stakeholders, the downplayed because the world million tonnes. But then, I that gas demand would Liquefied Natural Gas trains to NLNG was able to take the FID wants cleaner energy. heard that Qatar, in the same come under pressure from be able to stay competitive in for Train 7 after over 15 years “I believe it’s time for Nigeria vein of growing into the future, breakthrough investment in the global natural gas markets. of efforts. to take a bold step forward wants to add 30 million tonnes. renewable, energy storage in The Managing Director “But then we look to the with respect to gas as the main “Now, we are aspiring to add the power sector, efficiency and Chief Executive Officer, future and recognise that the resource. I think it is time for us eight million tonnes to go to improvement and adoption NLNG, Mr Tony Attah, said future is also changing with the to take advantage and position 30 million tonnes but another of new technologies in non- the Train 7 project, for which energy transition and changing Nigeria for the future in the country is adding 30 million. I power sectors. final investment decision was energy needs,” he said. light of the energy transition. think that tells me that Train 7 Also, the think-tank noted taken in December 2019, was According to Attah, the We have gas but it is not about is no longer ambitious enough that green hydrogen would no longer ambitious for the country has over 200 trillion what you have but what you do for Nigeria.” become a game-changer in country. cubic feet of proven natural with it”. He stressed the need to start the long-term as it would “We need to monetise gas reserves, the ninth- According to him, Nigeria is maturing Train 8, 9 and 10 and emerge as a key competitor our gas now,” he said at the largest in the world, with the currently number five in terms then look to the future with an to gas consumption in the Nigeria Oil & Gas Strategic potential for a further 600Tcf of LNG exports in the world. ambition of nothing less than next two decades while Outlook Digital Session, with in unproven reserves. He said, “We have been Train 15 in order to harness achieving a 10 per cent share the theme ‘Fortifying the He said, “I think it is about dropping but on the back the full value of the huge gas in the total primary energy Patami Nigerian oil and gas industry time Nigeria really took of Train 7, we hope to gain reserves in the country. demand by 2050. الجزير نيجيريا ن ي جي ريا

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PDP candidate, Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi casting his vote at Isele Ward 1, Unit 12, in Ikorodu during the Lagos East Senatorial District By-Election in Lagos on Saturday, December 5. PHOTO: BABATuNDe ATOlAgBe/BJO/NAN. Discordant Tunes As APC Dissolves Party Organs Nationwide

policy By Mustapha suleiMan this is to enable the Caretaker and Convention Planning Committee The governing All Progressives to conclude its assignment as Congress ‘APC’ recently dissolved laid before NEC. El-Rufai said, all its organs from the polling unit “NEC has also donated its powers level to the National Working as enshrined in Articles 13.3 Committee ‘NWC’ across the Subsection 5 and 13.3 Subsection nation. 6 of the APC Constitution to The party said the move is a the Caretaker and Convention sweeping reform to fortify its Planning Committee. structures at all levels ahead of the The second resolution is that 2023 general polls. NEC has approved the granting The decision to dissolve the

& of waivers to persons who have party structure was taken at the recently joined the party members 9th National Executive Committee and those desirous of joining the ‘NEC’ of the APC held recently at party in the nearest future. By this, the Aso Rock presidential villa, such new members will enjoy all the Abuja, also ordered the immediate benefits and privileges accruable reconstitution of the party organs. Buni by virtue of their membership AljazirahNigeria gathered that the of the party. So they will be able dissolution of the party organs is NEC also approved the expulsion National Caretaker Committee of former National Vice-Chairman headed by Yobe State Governor, to contest for positions in the aimed at re-organising the party party, they will be able to contest and afford the Governor Mai Mala (South-south), Ntufam Hilliard Eta Mai-Mala Buni. Despite accepting for allegedly flouting the party’s the decision of the NEC, Eta filed elections without any requirement Buni-led Caretaker/National of being members for a number Convention Committee ‘CNCC’ directive to discontinue litigation a suit on November 26, 2020 at an against the party. Recall that the Abuja High Court challenging the of years or period of time. Third the strategic leverage to deepen the resolution, NEC approved the ongoing reconciliation process and APC NEC, in June this year, had dissolution of the Oshiomhole-led dissolved the - NWC of the APC which he was part expulsion of Ntufam Hilliard Eta bring more defectors into its fold. from the party for flaunting the In line with this, NEC extended led NWC, following a leadership of, and prayed the court to restrain crisis and appointed the present the caretaker committee from directives of NEC to discontinue all the tenure of the Buni-led litigations against the party and its caretaker committee by another running the party. However, at the NEC meeting, the party granted members. The fourth resolution, six-month period. The committee NEC approved the immediate whose initial tenure expires on waiver to new entrants to the party, including Ebonyi State Governor, dissolution of the party organs December 25, 2020, will now at the polling units, wards, local serve till June, next year. There Dave Umahi; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. government, states and zonal had been moves by some party I am convinced levels as well as the non-National members to scuttle the extension Yakubu Dogara and other potential defectors to contest for elective Working Committee component of of the caretaker committee’s that in the last the National Executive Committee tenure following suspicion that positions without discrimination. five months since Reading the communiqué of as well as their immediate it was targeted at frustrating reconstitution and composition the ambition of some members the appointment the meeting, the Governor of , Malam Nasir el- of the dissolved EXCOs to serve from contesting for the office of in their respective offices in a president in 2023. However, a of the Caretaker Rufai explained that the National Executive Committee of the party caretaker committee capacity but pro-Buni bloc within the party Committee, the excluding the non-NWC members had made the case for a fresh six- approves the extension of the initiatives taken tenure of Caretaker/Extraordinary of NEC”. According to the Kaduna month extension of tenure for the “ State governor, the APC NEC committee, insisting that the gains National Convention Planning have brought a Committee led by , also condemned the call by the achieved over the past months, opposition Peoples Democratic including the high-level defections remarkably new which expires on December 25, 2020 for another six months’ Party ‘PDP’ for President of political heavyweights and atmosphere of hope Muhammadu Buhari to resign on current reconciliatory efforts period, to terminate on 30th of must be consolidated. The APC in the party. June, 2021. According to him, continue on page 23 politics politics الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 23 ةالجزير نيجيريا

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indicates improvement for the party. effort in the party had yielded positive “In fact, we have begun to win back our results, with many old members returning, ...As APC Dissolves Party Organs Nationwide members who left us, and other notable and new members being recorded with continue on page 22 state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu said, “The political leaders are being attracted to our the most recent being the Governor of account of the precarious security situation NEC at its meeting approved the dissolution party. In this regard, I hereby acknowledge Ebonyi State. Following the president’s in the country. “Finally, the NEC condemns of party organs at the polling units, wards, the return of many party stalwarts and their instructions, Buni noted that almost all in very strong terms, the call by the PDP local government, states and zonal levels as supporters, and particularly, His Excellency, pending cases in courts instituted by leadership and some of their cheerleaders well as the non-NWC members. “As clearly David Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State. members had been withdrawn to create for the resignation of Mr. President. NEC stated, the composition of the dissolved This confirms that we are indeed making “neutral ground’’ for discussions, while a observes that security challenges though EXCOs is to serve in their respective offices progress as a party of choice for Nigerians time table for membership registration regrettable can only be addressed when all in a caretaker committee capacity until we as we move towards the resolution of our and revalidation exercise will be released interest, civil and military, governments complete party registration and conduct leadership challenges.’’ President Buhari after initial sensitisation. “Many Nigerians and opposition, security forces and indeed congresses.” said the Buni-led committee had presented have turned 18 and they will be interested all citizens collaborate irrespective of party Speaking earlier at the meeting, President a progress report to the meeting, which in joining our party’’, the Yobe governor affiliation. This is not the time to politicize Muhammadu Buhari urged APC members to should guide deliberations, and strengthen added. security,” he said. The Kaduna governor, collectively work towards the sustenance of the capacity of leaders of the party towards Meanwhile, former National Vice- while throwing more light on the extension peace and promotion of more understanding resolving all outstanding issues. He said Chairman of the APC, Prince Hilliard of tenure for the Buni-committee, said it within the party, with a view to consolidating further: “We should remind ourselves Eta, has described his expulsion from needs more time to organise, stressing on earlier successes and winning new about the challenges facing us culminating the APC as a nullity. Eta also stated that that: “It is expected that before the end of members. Buhari said the decision of the in our decision to set up the 13-member the NEC meeting which was held at the the expiration of the life of the extension, party leadership to dissolve the National Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention presidential villa had no power to expel they would have conducted the national Working Committee and constitute a Planning Committee (CECPC) on 25th June, him. ‘’Their action is a nullity because it convention, so that we have leadership 13-member Caretaker/Extra-ordinary 2020, with the specific mandate of restoring isn’t even the NEC of the party that met. from the top down in compliance with Convention Planning Committee on June 25, peace in the Party, conducting a bottom Their so-called acting national secretary the wish of President Muhamadu Buhari 2020 was well conceived as party members up membership registration, organizing has no power to convene NEC”, he said. for the party to rebuild the party from the now enjoy a new atmosphere of peace. The a national convention and mobilizing the Meanwhile, the PDP has called on bottom up. president stated: “Healthy debates are now party for coming elections. “I have received the Independent National Electoral ‘’So, this is the process. “Registration is taking place and the potential for organs of periodic briefings by the Chairman of the Commission (INEC) to deregister going to start very soon and revalidation the party to affirm majority positions as the CECPC, as well as other leaders of the Party. the APC and recall its certificate of of registration and membership. Since decision of the party is now possible. What I am convinced that in the last five months registration. The National Publicity we undertook our last membership is required now is for all of us, as leaders of since the appointment of the Caretaker Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, alleged that registration in 2015, about 25 million have the party, to maintain discipline and ensure Committee, the initiatives taken have the APC’s dissolution of its operational reached the age of 18 and may want to join that this new momentum is protected, brought a remarkably new atmosphere of structures nationwide has ceased its the party. “So we want to capture those and sustained and that decisions of party organs hope in the party’’. function as a political party as required then after we complete the registration are respected by every member. “Despite the Buhari noted that the challenges in the by law. He called on INEC to immediately then we will have Congresses at these challenge to restore peace in the party and party require that steps are taken to rebuild declare the seat of all lawmakers elected on various levels, leading up to the national the series of elections at hand, the fact that the Party from Ward to National levels. the platform of APC at the federal and state convention before the 30th of June 2021 we have gained more members and that we In his remarks, the chairman of the levels as vacant and commence the process by the grace of God.” are not losing members to the opposition caretaker committee, Governor Mai Mala of bye-election to fill the seats, as required Also speaking on the development, Ondo under the present interim leadership Buni of Yobe State, said the reconciliation by law. ...We’ll Amend Our Constitution Before New Leaders Emerge – Buni By Mustapha suleiMan leaders. Represented by the secretary of in a similar way, inaugurate the respective He stated this while inaugurating the the committee, Senator John James caretaker committees of local governments The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Chairmen of Caretaker Committees for the 36 Akpanudoedehe, Buni called for and wards within the next one week”, he said. ruling All Progressive Congress party ‘APC’, states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recommendations that will enable us to On the forthcoming membership Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has said at the party’s National Secretariat, Abuja. strengthen our rules. registration and re-validation exercise, the that the party is poised to prioritise the Gov. Buni said, “The party’s capacity to Buni asked the caretaker chairmen to party chairman urged the state caretaker amendment of the party’s constitution ahead strengthen our rules through constitutional facilitate all the required consultations with committee members to provide the needed of the emergence of a new leadership. amendment will help us to put all the all the leaders and stakeholders of the party in leadership and guidance for a successful He said that the constitutional amendment problems that led to the crisis that brought the state to ensure smooth transition. exercise in line with all the guidelines that was more important than the election of new us to this point behind us”. “In addition, you are hereby mandated to, are provided. What Adeboye Told Me Before Edo Guber – Obaseki By saMaila ishaKu He said, “When it looked impossible and when men rose, He (God) came out to say It is now obvious that men of God would that He is God and only He has the power. always speak cheery words to whoever visits “About the time when the crisis started a them notwithstanding their undisclosed or year ago, I came to the (RCCG) camp with my hidden preference. Otherwise why would the wife and met Daddy G.O.” Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, get Obaseki said after explaining his political a ‘spiritual endorsement’ over his major rival, challenges, Adeboye told him, “My son, it is Pastor Ize Iyamu who incidentally is a senior well. Don’t be afraid, you will overcome and pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church you will win”. of God, RCCG in the last governorship The Governor who was elected on the election in the state? platform of the All Progressives Congress in Obaseki made a revelation of how he was 2016, was denied the party’s ticket this year endorsed during his visit to the General as he fought a political battle with the former Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Obaseki APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, when He eventually defected to the Peoples he sought a second term. which actually turned out in his favour, a December 11 night at this year’s RCCG situation which his closet rival then Obaseki Holy Ghost Congress which was held at the Democratic Party ‘PDP’ and defeated Osagie He disclosed that Pastor Adeboye assured Ize-Iyamu of the APC, supposedly a pastor him of a resounding outing in that election still repels as a stolen mandate. church’s headquarters on the Lagos-Ibadan Obaseki revealed this on Friday, Expressway. of the RCCG. الجزير نيجيريا

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ةLike our facebook page www.facebook.com/aljazirahnewsng Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng health Stories by Genevive Okafor e-mail: [email protected] Ministry To Work With Ned Nwoko Foundation For Malaria Elimination The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie for the ministry is the Indoor Ehanire has directed the National Residual Spray which seeks to Malaria Elimination Programme, avoid a large-scale fumigation that NMEP, of the ministry which deals involves the use of airplanes to spray with Malaria Control Strategy chemicals all over. to work with the Prince Ned However, with a large population Nwoko Foundation which sought of Nigerians still drinking from partnership with the ministry to ponds and others, the policy eliminate malaria in the country. presents some challenges. A statement signed by the The challenges involving large ministry’s Director, Media & P.R, scale fumigation as highlighted by Olujimi Oyetomi, revealed that the ministry was put forward as the Foundation, led by its founder, the only limitation to the full scale Prince Nwoko had approached adoption of the recommendation by the minister seeking collaborative the Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation Ehanire engagement with the Federal to Malaria vector (Mosquitoes) Government to see how the control. mosquito causing the scourge of The Ministry voiced its preference malaria would be eliminated in the for spraying in very limited areas FG Unveils Health Sector Development country. supplemented with indoor residual It proposed three major spraying which means just spraying approaches; Vaccine Research, of the internal walls of a house Roadmap For 2021 And Beyond Sanitation in the Environment; and which kills mosquitoes once it Fumigation to get rid of mosquitoes perches on the walls. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie the country; Collaboration with brought attention to the Health which are primary vectors causing Ehanire has on Monday, December Private Sector Investors to establish Systems, not only in Nigeria but malaria. 7, 2020 unveiled Nigeria’s health high-quality hospitals in Nigeria; all over the world, like never before. The Minister welcomed the sector roadmap which was guided Reduction of gaps in all health- “Respected and otherwise proposal for collaboration due to by the president’s “Health Sector related SDGs by at least 60%; resilient systems have been nearly the fact that the burden of malaria Next Level Agenda” of 2019. Reduction in the current imbalance brought to their knees by the sheer elimination requires more than The roadmap is a nine point, between primary, secondary, volume of patients they have to government input. medium-term plan to ramp up the and tertiary health care; Active, be catered to, and some have In the meeting, there was push towards Universal Health collaboration with the private had to face embarrassing scarcity also a disclosure of policies to Coverage. sector to create a large number of simple items like face masks guide the implementation of the In a statement signed by of well-paying jobs for Nigerian or sanitizers. All countries will interventions by the private sector, Blessing Egbo for the Ministry’s youths; and contribution to the no doubt be re-examining their which the minister has already Director, Media and Public realization of Mr. President’s June Health systems which is why it signed. Relations, Olujimi Oyetomi, the 12 promise to take 100 million has been said that the COVID-19 The policy guides for malaria minister enumerated the agenda Nigerians out of poverty in the outbreak offers an opportunity to control which the WHO approves Nwoko to include: implementation of next 10 years. restructure, or even rebuild health Mandatory Universal Health The minister also reeled out the systems,” he said. Insurance in collaboration with achievement and challenges of He pointed out that even though FG Receives Supplies From ICRC For State governments and the FCT the ministry which was further Nigeria’s health system has not Administration; Operationalization highlighted by the Heads of fared so badly so far in the global of the Basic Health Care Provision Departments and Agencies of COVID-19 outbreak, the pandemic Management Of COVID-19 Fatalities Fund, BHCPF, in collaboration with the Ministry who took turns to has given the nation a good reason The International Committee of handed over by Bruno Raymond partners and agencies; Recruitment make presentation as it concerns to examine the country’s not-so- the Red Cross, ICRC, in Nigeria and Damilola Fagbohun on and deployment of 50,000 the roadmap to the Health sector strong Health system. has donated some burial items behalf of the ICRC include: 100 Community Health Extension Development, going forward. He also reassured that despite to the Federal Government to pieces of Body Bags (Infectious Workers. While speaking on the challenges disruptions by the COVID-19 facilitate the work of the National Disease); 25 pieces of Plastic Others include the Revamping of of the ministry, Ehanire noted pandemic, progress has been made Burial Team after a death is Goggles; 1000 pieces of Nitrile recorded from the COVID-19 examination Gloves; 25 pieces of Federal Teaching Hospitals across that the COVID-19 pandemic has on all points. pandemic. Gloves Protection, (Heavy Duty); A statement signed by the 25 pairs of Boots (Heavy Duty); Director, Media & P.R, Olujimi 1,500 pieces of Surgical, single Oyetomi, Federal Ministry use Mask; 100 pieces of Protection Government Immunizes of Health, revealed that the Gowns; 100 pieces of Body Cards donation was a follow-up to the (Unique Code Number);100 pieces Training of Trainers (ToT) on the of Tie wraps; 100 pieces of Aprons 400,000 Children Against Measles Management of the Death related and 150 pieces of Management of The Bauchi State Government has nine months and 15 months old, been introduced by the National to COVID-19 Pandemic and the Dead After Disasters Booklet. other highly viral hemorrhagic While appreciating ICRC for started the immunization of over would be done across the 20 local Primary Healthcare Development fevers, that was organized by the their support and collaboration 400,000 children against measles. government areas of the state. Agency aimed at helping to boost ministry in collaboration with the over time, Mr. Abdullaziz stated The Executive Secretary, Speaking at the Bayan Fada PHC the immune system of the children. ICRC in July, this year. that the items came at the right Bauchi State Primary Health Care in Bauchi, Mohammed explained He urged mothers to ensure that The Permanent Secretary time considering the current spike Development Agency, Dr Rilwan that the first dose of the vaccine their children received the vaccine. of the ministry, Mr. Abdullahi in COVID-19 within the country. Mohammed, stated this recently would be given when the child is “Measles vaccination does not Mashi Abdullaziz in company of The ICRC in an accompanying during a press conference to flag- nine months old while the second prevent measles infection but some officials of the Epidemiology notification sent through Bruno off the exercise which will last for dose will be given later when a it protects the children against Department, took delivery of Raymond stated its readiness to one week. child is one year and three months infection and severity. It is one of the items on Wednesday, 9th further collaborate and cooperate He explained that the old. the vaccine-preventable diseases December, 2020, at the Ministry’s with the Federal Ministry of vaccination which was targeted He further explained that a that cause a lot of mortality and Headquarters in Abuja. Health on all issues regarding the at children, who were between new vaccine known as booster has disability,” he said. 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sure to center the voices of low-income people and Early life communities of colour. Agbaje is also interested in Esther Agbaje, Quotes She was born in St. Paul, lived in Brainerd, and went prison reform, a set of issues she became aware of “I have always had a focus on public service, always a to high school in Faribault. After law school, I moved during her successful lawsuit that forced the State’s desire to make sure that I’m using my skills and talents to downtown Minneapolis in 2017 to contribute to Department of Corrections to provide incarcerated to help people and to make the community around the place I call home. My parents came to Minnesota people infected with Hepatitis C with antiviral me a little bit better”. An advocate of equality among from Nigeria to further their education. They medication in 2019. races, Esther raised questions bordering on huge الجزير started a family here, and my brothers and I owe the racial discrepancies in Minnesota given the state’s opportunities we’ve had to their hard work, example, Personal life progressive income tax, and a Fiscal Disparities and inspiration. My father is a priest in the Episcopal Esther Agbaje, the 35-year-old daughter of immigrant policy that shifts tens of millions of dollars within Church, and my mother has directed a homeless parents, dreams of bringing positive changes to her metropolitan areas to meet different school districts’ services center in the past. As a child of parents immediate communities in the United States. She various needs. “I think a lot of it is due to remaining نيجيريا whose mission was to serve others, I have followed now has the opportunity to do this, with her election vestiges of segregation and institutional racism”,

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programs advocating for civil rights. And in law home ownership rates, poverty rates, and high school, I defended tenants from eviction. school graduation rates, Agbaje plans to support bills to change the income eligibility to qualify for Career current subsidized housing options and build more As a negotiator, as a lawyer, and as a former Throughout my work, I make affordable housing. program manager, I know how to advocate for The case “opened my eyes”, Agbaje said, to issues the district and find common ground with other sure to center the voices including the kind of food incarcerated people are legislators in St. Paul. As a millennial, a generation of low-income people and given and “how we look at punishment,” including that has suffered numerous setbacks, I will bring a solitary confinement, which she would like to fresh perspective and new ideas to government. I communities of colour. prohibit. NIGERIA

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Follow us on twitter @aljazirahnewsng e-mail: [email protected] entertainmentStorieS By By LoiS effiong & arts Reactions As Music Reality TV Show ‘Nigerian Idol’ Returns Nigerian viewers express delight MultiChoice, it has always been on their social media platforms about talent development and as MultiChoice Nigeria giving our subscribers superior announced the return of the content that they can relate to much anticipated music reality and engage with. Idols is one television show titled ‘Nigerian show with a track record of Idol’ producing the most popular This announcement was made music idols around the world recently by the company’s Chief and we are happy to bring Executive Officer, John Ugbe. Season 6 of Nigerian Idol to your After a three-year hiatus, screens.” Nigerian Idol has returned with Since it made its debut in Season 6 to unearth some of the Nigeria, the Nigerian Idol has best musical talents the country been a platform for talent Caise has to offer. The Idol franchise discovery and expression. has over the years produced According to MultiChoice, some of the biggest Nigerian Online auditions for the new DJ Caise singers such as Timi Dakolo, season start on November 29, Mercy Chinwo, and Omawumi 2020 and for a limited time. who have gone ahead to make Participants must be between Empowers a name for themselves in the the ages of 16-30, record a global music scene. Nigeria, John Ugbe said: to announce that Nigerian Idol 30-second video singing any Artistes Speaking on this, the Chief “Nigeria is at the heart of music is officially back, starting with song and upload the video on Executive Officer of MultiChoice africamagic.tv/nigerianidol. Investment expert, Derin excellence and we are excited the Online Auditions! For us at Phillips aka DJ Caise has empowered creative artists to achieve financial and sustainable freedom. The former disc jockey V Bank Extends Don Jazzy’s Endorsement Deal hosted a live course tagged Nigeria’s leading digital bank, V to the renowned producer as a According to the Senior Product When you build a product that ‘Personal Finance for Bank, has announced an extension symbol of the one-year contract. Manager of V bank, Ebere Ahaotu, truly solves problems, and Creatives’. The session covered of its brand engagement with The ceremony which coincided “Tonight we celebrate the birth then finds a genuinely lovable managing finances, money Mavin Records CEO and digital with the influencer’s 38th and heart of a great man. We have individual to complement it, myths, levels of financial influencer, Don Jazzy. birthday was witnessed by select worked with Mavin Records since the effect of that combination status, and principles of In the event, which took place fans who are also clients of the we launched in March and they is amazing. In nine months, money. in Lagos, the Bank Executives bank, as well as the ambassador’s have shown nothing short of we have on boarded more According to him, the presented a V-branded hoodie father. professionalism in our dealings. than 250,000 individuals and follow-up of the class will cover corporations on our banking generating multiple streams of app. We are excited about the income, risk management, and new year.” how to invest wealth vis-à-vis In a keenly contested cryptocurrency, forex, real competition of sorts, the estate, stocks, and agric-tech. producer had selected 10 fans Speaking on the training, from his social media pages to Caise said he is passionate celebrate his special day. about showing creatives how While he presented each of to pursue their dreams and them with gifts for coming, have the financial freedom to some also had birthday gifts for live their best life. the celebrity. He said: “I bring my creative Don Jazzy said: “I’m humbled industry expertise and my to have celebrated this evening educational background in with the great minds at V Bank. I finance to provide a unique don’t take for granted the feeling perspective on music, the of belonging to something so creative economy, financial phenomenal in the wake of empowerment, and real estate digital banking in Nigeria. It investment. My mission is to means so much to me spending help creatives make the work a new phase of my life with a they do more sustainable. I partner that effortlessly shares understand what it means my vision to financially empower to be broke mentally and digital natives.” financially. I am doing this because I wish someone had taught me all these principles a lot sooner. I know for certain, this course will change lives”. Entertainers, Magicians Gear Up For Epe Heritage Festival Also, DJ Caise recently Scores of artists, comprising of 10Dollar Entertainment, Femi world and bring new innovations traditional/cultural phenomenon, unveiled his new podcast, magicians, illusionists and Otedola said that the show would into the entertainment industry,” he among others. an investment company, contortionists, with extraordinary open up the entertainment industry said. According to him, more than and coaching programs with talents, will converge on December in the coastal city. He also said that activities lined 10,000 people are expected to attend special advisory sessions 20 for the Epe Heritage festival in He said: “I am, therefore, using up for the festival includes magical the one-day show that will be held at to help creatives improve Lagos State. 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ة Nigeria’s Crisis Of Presidential Accountability FROM back page are in desperate need of engagement with the This has been further emergency humanitarian Office of the President, Matters aggravated by the unlawful support. ensure that the Office detention and blocking What can be seen takes decisive actions Of The of the bank accounts clearly is incompetence in to improve the security of innocent protesters; governance, demonstrated situation in the country, Heart the unceasing attempt by a lack of ideas on how as stipulated by our Grand to delegitimise the to tackle insecurity, a Norm; #ENDSARS movement, poor understanding of In consonance with the Dear Love Doctor presenting it as a move to the situation and a clear widely accepted notion of initiate regime change, as failure in the pursuit of devolution, the National UnfaithfUl lover the Federal Government- government engagement Assembly should enact The inhuman nature of women makes me conclude that marriage is no appointed Consultative to address these problems. laws to facilitate state better than a commitment of lies and deceit. No wonder some men do not Committee under the The Zabarmari incident governments to take commit themselves to their wives, despite family pressure and counseling. chief of staff to the is a grave indictment of more responsibility for Material provisions, affection and care, are just nothing but a few to what president has been saying. the government. At the their security, as they face a woman needs to be faithful to you. Well my name is Lazarus, a victim of In the effort to subdue minimum, what we should increased insecurity; emotional abuse and victimization, and these are my words. the freedom of Nigerians, have seen is the honourable The security chiefs in the Before marriage, a whole decade was committed to studying her, because the top agents of state exit of the persons country have collectively I never wanted to make mistakes in choosing a life partner. 3 years later, I have been insistent on responsible for defence and failed to provide security walked down the aisle with Gloria, feeling self- fulfilled and content. Right not allowing any more security in our country. for Nigerians and there before me was a visible demon covered with the dress of an angel, and my protests, warning that In spite of numerous must be consequences for eyes filled with love that made me blinded to her real intent. these will be treated as calls on the president to this failure, and in any case acts of treason, rather sack his service chiefs, their tenures have expired; Gladly, she gave birth to a baby boy, just a few months after marriage. he has persisted in his Civil society groups and With excitement, I lavished her with the best things of life, as she had than addressing the substantive issues that policy of guaranteeing communities must come proved to my friends and family that I am a real man. My son David, grew them longevity in their out and clearly show their up to become a lovely child to behold, as he added flavor to our marriage. led to the protest. This is against the backdrop of positions. His message legitimate concerns at the However, matters arising in my marriage was a hidden truth I never to Nigerians appears to mounting insecurity in the thought to be real, but always prayed to be woken, just to have my family concerns about an urgent and coordinated action be that he is not ready country and make it clear back to me. My son developed a brief illness and I was asked to donate blood by the states and the to sanction his security that they are unwilling to make him recover quickly. federal governments to chiefs for failure. The to continue to accept the As the supposed father, I quickly accepted the request as I could do implement the minimum president must therefore current collapse of public anything to enable my son get better. The doctor took me to the inner set of proposals by the take responsibility for the safety; room and a DNA test was conducted, which I thought was not necessary. youth, establish the failure as the commander- State governments To my surprise, I was not the father of my beloved son whom I place dearly basis for trust, allow in-chief of the Armed and community leaders to my heart. for evident and speedy Forces. should quickly put in place In anger, I took my son from the doctor and accused him of an intentional reform of the police, and Having carefully legitimate mechanisms conspiracy to destroy my home. With all confidence that the result was more importantly deal observed and followed for the better protection false, he was admitted to another hospital; and I requested for a DNA test with the open take-over these unfolding events, of their people against to be conducted. of a large part of the Concerned Nigerians is of mass violence, banditry, Surprisingly, the result came out negative, as I was not the biological nation by well-organised the view that the gruesome kidnapping and other outright lawlessness, killings in Zabarmari must crimes; father of my son. In tears, I called my wife to give her the update, demanding be a redline for the country. The president and for an explanation. In an unremorseful manner, she acclaimed the truth of intent on unleashing generalised violence The time for action is now. the Presidency should the result and told me to do whatsoever I please. There is urgent need to demonstrate real I paid for blood pines in the hospital and hurriedly drove home to meet on the citizens, and threatening community halt our descent into leadership in the crisis my wife, maybe there is a mix-up somewhere. When I arrived home, my further deterioration of we face as a nation, with wife was drinking and dancing round the sitting room, “I was pregnant for as we know it. This was brought to a head by the the system, as the political the president showing my ex-lover whom I hid from you for so many years. Do your worst honey; most barbaric slaughter space is heating up. We, empathy and compassion, I am ready to face the consequences of my actions” of innocent Nigerians at therefore, with all sense using the power of his Perplexed and hurt, I sat on the graveled floor, tears rolling down my Zabarmari, Borno State. of patriotism and love for voice to calm nerves; folded chins, praying to God for divine wisdom. I felt like squeezing life Nigerians now live in a united, peaceful, secure, and urging all who speak out of her very eyes and making her bleed to death, but that was not how a state of anomie, well just and prosperous for government to show my parents raised me. outside our unsuccessful nation, call for the sensibility to the feelings Why didn’t I see this coming, after dedicating a whole decade to study eleven-year old war following urgent steps to of the people and not my wife before getting married? I have concluded that it takes only God to against Boko Haram. be taken by all to whom it denigrate as criminals’ know the inner personality of women, as men are nothing but pencils in Across the country, may concern: objective critics of the the hands of the female folks. especially in the North, The National Assembly existential problems that Love doctor I need advice on how to handle this issue life has become extremely should, during its we all face; tenuous. People are killed The Federal Government love Doctor’s aDvice daily, women are raped should unfreeze all accounts regularly, kidnapping is and free all persons detained A relationship built on deceit and lies can never last when the truth unveils on account of organising the itself. Your wife has displayed the true nature of a deceitful and unfaithful rife and many farmers cannot go to their farms. #EndSARS protest, while lover. It hurts to discover that a once virtuous woman, lies low in the dark charging to court anyone just to kiss you with the kiss of death and depression. We are concerned that over the past five years, it finds to have a case to Worst of all, she is not being remorseful for her actions, and is ready to Nigerians now answer for any crime. face the consequences of her actions. Probably, there are other secrets that in particular, public safety and security have been in live in a state The Federal Government she is hiding from you and will be so shocked when you find out. steady decline throughout of anomie, well should stop all acts Lastly, do not conclude that all women are unfaithful and deceitful because the country. According evidencing dissonance your wife was not true to her course. Many faithful women will love you to the Global Terrorism outside our in government, labelling for who you are and not what you have. Do not allow your experience with Index 2020, Nigeria is unsuccessful innocent and legitimate your wife to change your mind set on the female folk. Do not hate your son the third country most eleven-year old activity as criminal, David, even though he is not your biological son. impacted by terrorism in ridiculing government by Notwithstanding, if you are unable to continue with the marriage, involve the world today. Everyone war against Boko misrepresenting facts, and “ labelling the reportage of both family members and let them know that your wife has committed a is asking: Where is the Haram. Across grievous sin against God and her husband. If you still want to save your state? Underscoring the facts as fake news. marriage, then communicate with her to determine the cause of her actions message of many notable the country, A professor of Political and why she decided to keep it a secret. Nigerians, the Sultan especially in Science and development The services of a marriage counselor is needed so that she will be properly of Sokoto declared last consultant/expert, Jibrin advised on the dos and don’ts of a relationship. week, that no one is safe the North, life Ibrahim is a Senior Fellow of anywhere in Nigeria. The the Centre for Democracy and has become Development, and Chair of the Share troubling emotional issues with us @ country is facing a real crisis of food insecurity. extremely Editorial Board of PREMIUM [email protected] or 09095628890 (sms/whatsapp only) Millions of Nigerians tenuous. TIMES. الجزير نيجيريا www.aljazirahnews.com December 14 – December 20, 2020 29 ةالجزير نيجيريا

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GLADYS EMMANUEL, LAWYER retirement benefits of the citizenry. rise to their responsibilities. The news of indeed sad to hear that a government It’s no news that pensioners in Nigeria Embarking on this voyage would be plans to borrow from pension fund is more voted to protect lives and property is have continued to encounter undue detrimental to the already frail welfare annoying, meanwhile we are not even out about to steal from the people, my worry hardship, and some have been forced of pensioners and their dependents in of Abdulrasheed Maina’s mismanagement is what has the government of the day to live in the most deplorable situations the country. of pension money. given to the people to warrant it retrieving in the country. This is due to no fault of from them, the gesture an attempt to theirs, but an inability for them to access ABDUL DOGO, CIVIL SERVANT ALEX EDIM, LAWYER rub the poor masses, it is tantamount to retirement benefits, and the absence of a The thought of borrowing pension is It is incredible and laughable to say the broad daylight rubbery and should be functional social welfare scheme to cater disgusting, and it goes a long way to least that the federal government of condemned in it’s entirety, I will personally for their needs. show lack of readiness of our leaders to Nigeria under president Mohamadu take up a suit against the federal To effectively deal with the issue of think outside the box when it comes to Buhari is planning to borrow from the government to prevent it from carrying poverty in Nigeria, it is important to rebuilding Nigeria’s economy which is national contributory pension fund, it is out this brasant act or irresponsibility. ensure that the livelihood of pensioners currently in tatters. The million dollar are secured through the establishment question is what have the government of a regulatory framework ; this in itself used monies borrowed in the past for? is the rationale for the creation of the States itching to borrow pension funds National Contributory Pension Scheme have proven over time to be Wasteful, in Nigeria. lazy and unproductive. I vehemently For ease of administration, the scheme oppose all forms of borrowing by States mandates employers, and employees in and Federal Government; rather they the private and public sector to save a should look inwards for once. minimum of 18% of their earnings into r e a c t i o n s the employee RSA, from which upon OKECHUKWU OGBA, PUBLIC Follow us on twitter Like our facebook page retirement employees will be paid their AFFAIRS ANALYST @aljazirahnewsng www.facebook.com/aljazirahnewsng e-mail: [email protected] benefits. President Muhammadu Buhari-led To this end, the proposed move by the 36 administration has shown us all that states governors to borrow N17trn from it is borrowing they know how best Cover Page the Pension funds is startling and violates to do. It is quite absurd that we find the obligation the Nigerian government ourselves in the hands of leaders with Reached: 9,794 owes to its citizens as enshrined in high level incompetence, ineptitude Section 14 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution and selfishness. Instead of thinking of Engagement: 252 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as cutting cost of governance, Buhari and Likes: 72 amended), which states that: “the security governors want to take this country and welfare of the people shall be the further to the abyss of poverty, while Buhari Cancels Scheduled Visit To House Of Representatives primary purpose of the government....”. enriching politicians and their cronies. It is therefore worthy of note that in What is going on currently in this country developed, and other developing worlds, is enough to spark protest again across infrastructural developments are funded the country. It is more worrisome that Reached: 5,835 from the taxes paid, and not by the Senators and Rep members are yet to Engagement: 322 Likes: 84 NEWS #EndSARS Panel: Business Man Weeps Watching Father’s Recorded Confession To Crime Lasu Hikes Tuition By Reached: 3, 607 Engagement: 82 168% For New students Likes: 32 Lagos State University has increased tuition entrepreneurship training – and direct entry of new students by 168 per cent, Daily Focus candidates”. Emir of Ngazargamu Condemns Attack Zabarmari Farmers In Borno has learnt.Our correspondent gathered that “Applications are invited from suitably new students of the university would pay qualified Candidates for the Lagos State N67,048.50 as against N25,000 previously University 2020/2021 Admission Screening Reached: 3,493 paid. Exercise – Regular Student without Engagement: 76 When contacted on the telephone, the Comprehensive Entrepreneurship Training – Likes: 55 spokesperson for LASU, Adekoya Ademola, for Candidates seeking admission via UTME confirmed the increment of tuition for new (100 level) and Direct Entry (200 level). students. He, however, clarified that returning “This online screening exercise is a Website Clicks For The Past 7 Days students are not affected by the increment. mandatory requirement for entry into Lagos A circular announcing the new tuition fee State University. The Tuition Fees for the showed that the new students would pay Regular Student without Comprehensive N67,048.50 per session. Entrepreneurship N67,048.50 only per It was titled, “2020/2021 online admission session.” screening exercises (100-level – both regular Ademola explained that the university without comprehensive entrepreneurship management was considerate in the increase training and regular with comprehensive of the school fees. الجزير نيجيريا

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I am going to see to keep you abreast of all that is to come. coach for the Nigeria Cricket the young guy in action so as to Federation National team Asanka promote young people” Marcus Rashford: England forward, 23, says he wants Gurusinha has promised to leave However, NCF believes that the to remain at Manchester United for the rest of his career. no stone unturned to ensure the coming of the 54-years-old coach game of cricket grows more in would lead to more sustained Dele Alli: Paris St-Germain are preparing a January loan Nigeria and make Nigeria one bid for Tottenham’s England midfielder and believe Spurs growth and development of the are prepared to let the 24-year-old leave. of the best in the continent and sport in the country. beyond. In his reaction, the President Gurusinha, former Sri Lankan David Alaba: Chelsea would need to make their highest of the Federation, Professor earning player if they are to bring Bayern Munich’s Austrian Australian Cricketer was unveiled Yahaya Ukwenya said the hiring wing-back, 28, to Stamford Bridge. during the week public in an epic of Gurusinha was very deliberate ceremony inside the VIP Lounge, and is a key agenda of the NCF’s Eric Garcia: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is keen on Moshood Abiola Stadium five strategic plans. signing 19-year-old Spain defender from former club Package A, in Abuja.. “We have been promoting the Manchester City. Nigeria’s Yellow Greens coach game at all levels, upgrading is expected to head the high- infrastructures, engaging strategic Marcos Rojo: Sheffield United are considering a move for performance unit of the Federation partnership, improving the Manchester United’s Argentine defender 30, who is keen and also act as a coach trainer and quality of players and officials to leave for regular playing time. mentor to our indigenous coaches. and maintaining appropriate In a chat with AljazirahNigeria governance and finance Ben Davies: Alternatively, the Blades could move for sports, Gurusinha said, “I am very structures as our key goals for Preston North End’s English centre-back 25, with manager excited, though, I know it’s a this administration. Chris Wilder desperate to add defensive reinforcements in challenge because I did a lot of “The hiring of the Head Coach January. research; I spoke to ICC about is paramount to achieving at least Nigeria cricket development, two of those. Christian Eriksen: Denmark midfielder salary at Inter and the people of Nigeria which “We have five facilities that we Milan means the out-of-favour 28-year-old is likely to be priced out of a return to the Premier League. positioned me to make a decision. are also upgrading side-by-side to “And my first role will be the international standard including Leon Bailey: Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton and Manchester AFCON in March to April and the one that would be used for some ICC qualifiers; we will build United are interested in Bayer Leverkusen winger and sent the National Sports Festival in scouts to watch the 23-year-old Jamaica international score a second solid team. Benin”. twice against Slavia Prague in the Europa League “My target is to see my players. He said all the achievements, I have not seen them to know both off and on the fields of play Dominik Szoboszlai: Red Bull Salzburg’s failure to who is who. It is in my plan to are expected to rise on the heels of progress in the Champions League has boosted Arsenal’s make them number one in Africa the expertise and professionalism hopes of signing 20-year-old Hungary midfield in January. though, South Africa is one of the that the new head coach would best teams on the continent. bring to Nigerian Cricket. Adrien Rabiot, and Lucas Digne: Juventus rejected a proposed swap deal from Everton last summer involving France midfielder 25, and the Toffees’ France defender 27. YSFON Lauds Minister, Solicits Support Ekong Makes Yuletide Special For Motherless Home For Grassroots Sports Organizations Despite staying in England, Nigeria’s Super the best. The President, Youth Sports Federation of partnership model in fast-tracking sports Eagles and Watford FC defender, William However, Ekong played the last two Nigeria (YSFON), Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna development to the forefront. He is reaching Troost Ekong has made his impact felt with a championship matches for the Hornets and has commended the Minister of Youth and out to retired athletes and created a trust fund donation of food items to the motherless home he’s expected to continue. Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare for to cater for the needs of the active ones. in Uyo, . his commitment and continually striving to “There have been talks about private Ekong who joined Watford FC, the make Nigeria’s sports business attractive sector involvement in sports development Championship side this summer from Italia to investors. for decades but no Sports Minister has Serie A club, Udinese and has become a regular The sports enthusiast and administrator made a concrete move towards actualizing with the team. also felicitated with Nigerian sportsmen and it in a practical manner the way the current Ekong on Friday afternoon donated food women as the year 2020 sporting calendar minister has done. I think he is on a mission items and materials for the motherless baby’s is gradually coming to an end. to reform sports and make it a business home in Uyo. He described sports as a tool that unites drive”. In his Twitter handle Eagles’ player: “This is Nigerians and applauded the minister for his While enjoining the stakeholders and the season of love and one of the best times to pragmatic approach to properly reposition well-meaning Nigerians to rally round show love and admiration”. sports as a business in the country as well as the Minister to achieve greater heights for giving priority to the welfare of the athletes. Nigeria’s sports, Gawuna urged the Minister Rev. sister Maltida Umana who was in charge of Mother Charles Walker home took her time According to him, the minister is doing to support grassroots organizations in the Troost-Ekong well. He has reinvigorated the private-public country. to appreciate the defender and wished him all الجزير نيجيريا

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Nigeria’s Crisis of Presidential Accountability he president snubbed the patriotic Nigerians explained in the invitation to address the National statement that they have watched with Assembly yesterday over the serious concern the unfolding crisis deteriorating security situation in threatening to engulf the country as the country. The initial invitation non-partisan individuals who believe Tcame from the House of Representatives in the union of the people through and he eventually agreed to address the the maintenance of democratic whole Assembly. However, governors of the order founded on the rule of law. ruling party urged him not to honour the The initiative grew out of the recent invitation for fear of a ripple effect in their #EndSARS protests by Nigerian youth own States. On Wednesday, the attorney across the country, against widespread general of the federation and minister of police brutality, endemic corruption, Justice, Abubakar Malami pronounced and bad governance. They contended that the National Assembly has no that the Nigerian State has the high constitutional power to summon President constitutional duty and responsibility Buhari over the spate of insecurity in the to act in line with its primary purpose country: “The management and control of ensuring the security and welfare of the security sector is exclusively vested of the people (as set out in Section in the President by Section 218 (1) of the 14(2)(B) of the Constitution). The Constitution as the Commander-in-Chief Malami prerequisite for exercising the rights of of the Armed Forces including the power to citizens rests fully on the existence of To the Nigerian determine the operational use of the armed which has vested powers of law making the security of lives and property of all forces. An invitation that seeks to put the and oversight, then they cannot be Nigerians. Governors Forum operational use of the armed forces to a accountable to Nigerians. It was in Despite the exacerbation of prevailing for endorsing the public interrogation is indeed taking the this context that Concerned Nigerians, pains of anguish and anger precipitated proposal of constitutional rights of law-making beyond a civic group, issued a statement on by COVID-19 and the attendant bounds.” December 9, signed by Professor economic stagflation, the unfortunate National Economic Sections 88 and 89 of the Constitution Koyinsola Ajayi, A B. Mahmoud, Dr. manner in which the ground swell Council Ad-hoc Committee empowers the National Assembly to Olisa Agbakoba (all senior advocates of united #ENDSARS protest was ended summon any public official and the Nigeria; SANs), Bishop Mathew Kukah, with an illegitimate use of force by led by Nasir el’Rufai to president is certainly a public official. Professor Attahiru Jega and thirty- government (some disillusioned as borrow. The question that is posed for the entire eight others, including myself, entitled: well as criminal people), has increased country is whether those who exercise “For A Future for Nigeria: We Must tension, fear, dismay, disillusion and Be warned! power are accountable to Nigerian Draw a Red Line on the Zabarmari despair of most Nigerians. citizens. If they insist that they are not Massacre.” contInue on paGe 28 even accountable to the parliament, This group of responsible and

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