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Thursday. October 25. 2011
NUl condemns AEPB over attack on Daily Trust reporter By Ffilllncis Okeke
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- Tailors working 10 complete their customer's clothing ahead of the sallah celebraHonsln Bauchl yesterday.
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Netherlands spends 26m Euros on Nigeria's agric sector By Abdulwasiu Hassan
Eum is being spent on value-added chain (or
cassava to create employment for 100.000 Thr- Netherlands is 10 prOvide investment worth OVCf"26 million Euros in Nlgeria'sagrK sedor. Ihe DUich ambassador 10 Nigttil.. Ikrt Ronhalr has Aid. Mr Ronhaar, who mldt' Ihisknown when thespccialadvoc:ate on finandallnclUliion for drvdopment to the UN Secretary General., Princeu Maxima of Netherlands paid a visil to the federal ministry of Agricullure and Rural Development Tuesday, said 6 million
rarmen.. "We au supporting the: cassava industry and the small holder c:usava 8JOWft"J in Nigeria with aconlribulion 0(6 million Euros developing the value-added chain of cassava which results 'n creating Wlployment and Income for apprmimatdy 100,000 Nigerian fannU5,- he said.
"At the same lime IlK DUlch govcmmcm is su pporting the coco growers in Ihis
Mechanics condemn AEPB over attacks 8y Itodo Danie l Sule Motor mechanics a! a workshop ncar Chida Holel In Utako resterday condemned att~cks on their worken Monday by taskfOI'U: tum from the Abuja Environmental Protection
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Shuaibu Ikllo said they ....-ere going about their normal bwinrucs I. team 0(' AEPB taskforcc stormed the area in company or armed pollcnncn and manhandled worirus and customers iodist:riminatdf. He said about nine of his coUeagu6 were bundled into AHB; vans IlJld whisked away to the Area) office of the board. Shuaibu alleged that the taskforce offidab: usually come 10 the platt to colkd "mums": but were unhappy when they ClIme that morning and gol nothing from the piau. A construction worku, AIxIul Nuhu saId he witn~. Daily
lrust rrpor1e r beiog brutalised by tbe taskforce: officials and ru,shed to his rescue only to bt" beaten up bythesqu3d. "They are not doing what theyare supposed to do: they Ire buoch oftou15 and too aJTOg3nt. AEPR should recruit bellu persons for this kind of Job~, he Aid. When contacted, AEPO's Head of (nformulon. Joe Ukairu said AEPB is statutorily empo"''n"ed to enfora standards and reguJatlon for 3 healthy envtrOnment and no amount or oppmition 0U1 Stop that. He said ·for the mechanics. they arc operating illegally becawe the only authuriz.ed medl3nic vUJilge 15 Apo. When one Is already al the wrong side of the law and ),ou are: also rHlsting altemplS to enrorce compliance, reasonable force Is allowed In that situation. And where our Siaff an attacked, they also have the right 10 self defence."
counlry. the coco procnsing indu.stry; it is also supporting IhcvaJ~- added chain in the
coco industry. And Iheloml amount InVCited
In that programme which willlL'J1 for over five years is approximately 20 million rura. Princess Maxima, woo said she is in
Nigeria for the launching of the National stnategy (or flnlndal Indwion, said stakeholders indudlng the insunlnce industry need 10 come In 10 make: financial inclusion I rnLity Ind limil the mit thr: farmen have 10 go through.
Sallah: MSSN asks govts to make sacrifices By Zakariyya Adafillmola
Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (Nl!'ll. Abuja chapter, Comme Chub Eh Irlm has condemned the attack by the taskforce team of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPO). on Daily Trwt r~rte:r.ldris Ahmed. Ehirim said ·We: condemn II In totality and we woo't take: it lighdy. He Wll$ just carrying out his dutY3nd if!he AEPB offidals ~re doing the: right thing. why would they .ttack him for covering lht:lractlviUes. · We have had course 10 meet. the bo5.li of tllal oulill and Wl' advised !.bat due process and respect for human dignity must apply in whalcnt lhey do. -We totally condemn it. wt: won't take It lightly and v.-e will follow It up to its logical conclusion. We apcct our a$Slulted coIltague: to mili a formal report and we will lake it up from !.bere."
Illegal varsity proprietor jailed 5years From Boca Edet
The proprietor of an IlItgotl university, Middle Bdt Unh-"enity and North Central UnlYe'rsity. wbo also posed IS the Director of Research and Inf\Ovation of the Nation.1 Universities Commission (NUC) has beoen conVicted on a two· count chargt: of impersonation and forgery. Francis John Agbo was sentenced 10 fIVe and a half years m prison, without an oplKm of fine by Honounlhle All Tan Changbo of the Upper Artl Court. Kem. Nannawa State. The conVict also claimed to be a senior academic staff of the NasatlWll State University, ufia, to defraud unsuspt:c.t1ng admlssion-seddng members of the public.
The US05 Shill' Area Unit of the Muslim Studenll' Society ofNlgeria (MSSN) has advised govern menll al alllevds In the counny 10 imbibe !he spirit of sacrifice In conducting affairs ofthc counlry. The coordinator of the society. Alhajl Qasim Badrudcen In his Eid-d-Kabir tnCS$IIge advised the political leadership of the cou ntry to always put the overall interest ofNigeri.n~ first . since it is tOOr votes that put them in office. Badrudccn also urged Nigerians 10 continue to exercise patic:nce In Ihe face of the numerous challenges fadng the counlry. He said they should not rcsor1 to do-or-die approach to survive, noting thai the Almighly Allah hu promised In the Holy Qur'.n Ihal He is always with the p3tienl. While congratulating Nigerians on the occasion of this year's Eid-I· kabir celebration. the MSSN leader urged the:m lnculate tbe spirit of sacrifice. palience:. obedience and steadfastness as exemplified by Prophet Ibrahim (AS). ,-----------------------------------,
Paucity offunds stalls NAPRI's program By Abdulwuiu Hauan
Non· releastoffunds Is delaying the full ut:CUoon o f the N~tional Pilo t Sh«p and Goats pro;ecu being carried OUI by the N~tlollal Animlll Production's Research Institute (NAPRI) In selected communiti6 in the s~ geopolitical Wiles. The project which is supposed to makte the rt:aring of Shcep and goats contribute
more to the economics of rural areas hu no t been receiving money IIppropriated 10 it since the 2010 budget yrar according 10 the EnCUIlve S«rctary of the institute, Professor Ambrose Alikidon Yoh. ProftS50r Yoh said 36.4'1(" 83" and )4.6" of Ihe money lIpptOp1"iated were released for theyn.n 2010,2011. and 20t 2(as a123/1012012) respectively. He said, -That is the
wbole Idu, to de\'Clop entrepreneurship. And nnce that i!; done, people will now on their own pick It up :Il • business .nd that is how you will now b.vc a multiplication of this Iype of cent res that will boosl the production of sh«p and gOlils. 8uI the gOills of Ihe project remain jll.'il dreams btause Ihe projecLS are )~t 10 ta~ off in several geopolillcalzont:li