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Farmer jailed for attacking
neighbour ~,ith cutlass By Atubi(i r ~diq Iwh A midd..e' aged f.lrmer. Moham med 8tll.) · Mamman, was last Thursdr.y sc.ntenccd to th ree months m prisonmcnl bya Grade I Area C:)url slU[ng in GWOlgwalada, fN allacking his neighbour wit h a cutlus. Pu]ic : prosecutor, Haruna Suleim:lP. lold the court that thc accu$.!d attacked h is nc igh bOUi ....itr cutlass a nd In Oicted inj u -ics 0' bim contrary to see-
lion 240 o f the Penal Code. He informed the court that on July 31, one Abubaka r Mohammed Mamman, o f Dobi Village in Gw.agw.dada, reported at the police stalion thai the aeemed of the same address inflicted inj ury o n the complainant while trying to sepante a light between the accused and his wife. He saId the accused confessed to the crime duri ng police in \'eS' tigation. When the charge w.as read to
Sallah: Kuje, Gwagwalada council chairmen call for tolerance By Itodo Oanlel SuIt & Abubakar SadJq Iwh
CHAIRMAN of Kuje Arta Council. Danladi EISU l.hin. has called for to lerance and mutual unders tanding bet"" ccn Muslims and C hri ltialU in the council and the nation It large. Zhin, who made th e call In his
goodwill message to the Mus-
lim faithful on th e occasion o f Eid d-fitr celebration, ch arged them 10 Imbibe all Ihe lessons Ihey learnt in the Ho ly month the accused, he pleaded guilty or Raroadan. He congratulated them for and begged for leniency, while the prosecutor asked the court to try the successful completio n of the him summaril y. Ramadan fast, a nd prayed the Judge Hassa n Ishaq Almighty Allah to accept their Muhammed sentenced the prayen and sacTIOce!. He called o n the adheren ts accused to three mOnlhs imprisonment wit h an option ofN5,OOO of both religions to celebrate fine. . the fea st together In the sp irit TIle judge also ruled that the orunity an d brothe rh ood, addaccused should pay the sum of ing that they both worshi p one . N8,OOO as compensation to the God. complaina nt for hismedical lreatIn his message, Gwagwalada council chairman, Alhaii Zabrl menl and transportation.
Angulu Dobi, yes terd ay enjoyed resid ents of the council to ro n tinue to live in peace wi th o ne another Irrespective of the ir Iribe, religio n a nd ethnic affiliations. Dobi, who spoke with newsmen shortl y afte r obserV ing Eid eI- fitT prayer at Do bi, no ted that society can only develop when there Is peaceful co· existence among the residents. He noted that the Ramadan pe riod has given the Muslims the opportunit y to seek fo r Ged's forgiveness and protection. ·We serio us ly need prayers considerin g the situation in the country today and this ca D be achieved when we come together Irrespecti ve of tri be, ethn ic or re ligiO US affi liations 10 embrace each other as b ro th· ers; he said. Hecautioned the youth in th e area to avoid usi ng the occasion to foment trouble and urg~d them to continue to be law abid· ing.
:KlJI.ie council distributes,tractorstoJarmers prc: rrooo
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the triletoh dbributed to farmers'co operative groups at;KuJe couricii secretatiat on Thursday i I
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drive tow.ards en ~an c .n g mechanised fim ninf, ft t he grass roots, th~ dtai n nan ofKuje Area e mmcil, Danl.dl Etsu Zhln, lin Thun day distributed ten lractors at $ub ~ idi~e 1 eoslS to farmers' co operat ive groups
drawn from the council's ten war<b. Speaking during the d istributio n which took place at the council' secretariat, Zhln said the FCT Administration in colJabontion with the atea councils, took the initiative In order to expedite action on the ·food for aU·
agenda before the a ntici- a fford to be left behind paledtJme.. in the aen of med!anised Zhln, who dec ried the · farmin g. "The original cost of nations overd~pend · enee o n petroleum at the each tractor is almost expense of agricul ture, seven million naira This noted that agriculture was su bsidised by the remai ns the li ve wi re of FCT Ad m inistratioo by any econom y, adding that 50% whUe the area counKuje being lhe'wfood bas- cil runh er subsidi u d it by ket~ of the FCT cannol anolhe r 50%. Now, each
tractor goes for 1.6 millio n n aira.; he said. Hesaid that each fiU1Tler co-operaUve group is 10 make an Initial payment o f N642, 500 while the remaining H I million would be paid instalmen tally over a per iod o f 12 months. Zbin said that the trac-
tors are not meant for the benefitting (armers' coo perative groups alone; but to be utilised by other farmers in th~ ..... ards.add· ing that the council will make efforts to procure m ore tractors for farmers as time goes on. He .stermy warned them against seUing the tractors, adding that some officiab rTOm the councl1's ag rie department have been assigned to monitor each co-operative gro up to ensure thai the U";ictors a re properl y maintained and put to good use. The benditling farme rs' co-o perative groups include, Rubochi Fanners Co-operative Society Ltd, Ak .....abwagaje Group Farmer's Co-operative Society Ltd, Agbegyi Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd, All Village Youth Co-operath'e Sod· ety Ltd and Gwargwad a Women Co-operat!\'e Society Ltd. Others include Fadama Communit yCo-opera ti \'e Society Ltd, Uno "eliye Muij.Multi Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd, Ayedobwa Multi Purpose Co-o pentlve Society Ltd, Salasl Farmers' Co· operative Society Ltd and Katakpa Multi Purpose Co-operative Society lJd. Responding, r~pre · sen talive o f the benefitti ng fanners' co-operative groups. Yunana Dauda. commended the council fo r the gm ure and promised that the traclors will be pul inlO good use in all the wards to guarantee bumper harvestl in the area.