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Residents raise alarm over circulation of weapons
Olalekan 'Olabulo, " while also. adding. that Lagos the .st a te goverl1ment ' ESIDENTS of Sango should also step in.: . Ota in Ogun State Another re~ident.: of . have called on the Sango, whq asked n.ot ·Io police in the area to be very be 'named, stated that ·the··:. vigilant, ahead of the elec- crisis between the Aworis , tion, following what they and the Egba; really' led. 'described as illegal circu- to a great upsurge in' the . lation of arms and ammu- use of firearms in ~he area_ nition, among the 'youths "All these .probl!!m~ sta,rted . • in the area. a few ': years .lia·ck, wljen .. . Some of the residents, . there was ·a da'sh 'oetweeri" who spoke with'Commu- th~ Egbas 'and 'tlieAW"9~ ;: nity News, expressed their ovet the atilho"rit}, ol worries and fear over the . obaship. \n some COrnn\~ rate 'at which arms and am- nitres including': Sango; : . munition were being dis- Ijok9, Atan and, Iloye." the ·_ tributed by the politicians' source' claimed. . supporters, Th.e sOllrce ' further They . also claimed that . claimed that .:·. series of." . the arms were finding cla's hes ·oen.:-een the two . their ways into wrong groups led to. acquisition .of handswhich they de- . armS, which .·were ·distrib- · scribed as risky, as they felt uted to youths and hoodthat the weapons could be ' Iums, .who had since' been used against the .people .. holding on to the arms. after elections. . He, however, . appealed" A resident, who identi- :to government and the'pofied himself as Saeed, lice to do a" thorough' mop . sta ted that the postponed up or" arms ' and .ammuni- ': National Assembly elec- . tions'" and ensure thaf.the tion .gave t!"te residents of arms were not freely used : . th e area the picture of . by the hoodlums, . ' . "AjyegunIe.c:Ol!1iJ'1'W1JifY'~
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of Representatives, Mrs Tumini. Akogun. presenting books to students at
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that some politicians in the are a had armed some T H E enforcement of ap.proilc\l, .. · ·. ~!:ttoi.igh.":qo.rcement.1t is our hope hoodlums for the purpose the borehole drill C sensi"tisatiori 'a pproa':h that. the committee will of creating chaos in places . .ing code developed and : through .advo.cacy. b.e formed at the federal where they were likely to by the Kaduna-based Na- . "You kno.w·.it is riot 'ministry level," he said. be resisted . tional Water Resources easy .in Nigeria ·to. . en" But o.n our o.wn " My bro.ther, we are Institute (NWRI) will be (orce '! law . -Right no.w, part, we have been go.ing in a difficult situation and participatory, a directo.r we h·ave .no.t been able to. to. all professional bodonly God can help us . The o.f the institute has said. enfo.rce the law oil crash . ies, telling them abo.ut po.liticians had distribDr Olusanjo .h elmet o.r using of the -existence o.f this uted arms to some thugs , Bamgboye, NWRI's Ex- seatbelt totally. . sta ndard . W·e want to. who are no.t even trained ecutive Director made the " We have suggested encoura'ge all profeson the use o.f the arms" declaratio.n in an inter- to. the ho.no.urable minis- sionals to. take it up." Saeed stated to snatch view with the News . ter that a · committee The Executive Direcballo.t bo.xes. Agency of Nigeria (NAN) should be fo.rmed fo.·r en- to.r said the institute had He added that they recently in Abuja , . wanted to use the arms to Bamgboye said . that snatch ballot boxes and in- the co.de was develo.ped timidate their oppo.nents, to. check quackery and· R Joshua ing price subsidy for forgetting the fact that the indiscriminate drilling . Mao i n u 0. r i, farm produce. arms could be used against o.f bo.reho.les across the Nat i 0. n a I Mabinuo.ri made the innocent citizens. co.untry. Vice-President, Asso.- appeal o.n Wednesday The resident also. de"The application of ciation of Small-Scale in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State cried the high rate o.f inse- the co.de; the implemen- Agro Pro.ducers o.f Nige- in an interview with the curi ty in the area and tatio.n o.f the co.de o.r ria (ASSAPIN) has ap- News Agency of Nigeria urged the po.lice to. "do. what I call enfo.rcement pealed to. governments ' (NAN). so.mething fast, before the o.f the co. de wili be' do.ne at all levels to. assist He said that farmers situation go.t out of control through a participato.ry farmers by implement- were not making profit
been organising sensitisation workshops to. info.rm bo.reho.le drillers on the need to. follow the standard. " We have told the' National Assembly that o.nce the standard is codified, maybe the House may make a law to. enfo.rce it all o.ver the country," he said. Bamgboye explained that the code co.ntained
spec ifications of how a good and productive boreho.le sho.uld be; the form in which it should be drilled to. ensure that it functio.ns . On Capacity building, the exe cu tive directo.r said the institute had trained personnel that wOllld manage and operate water resources systems across the country.
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peo.ple abo.ut tomorrow's Natio.nal Assembly electio.n. Oko.l ie to.ld the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the week in Enugu t l)'i\~ NOi\ . started th e :- Ilb (01
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where the voters sho.uld appro.ach after the o.f the state. " We redeployed them stay, so that they will not elections were rebased· o.n populatio.n of get injured by security s cheduled. He said NOA had the .LC;;As . Some tGAs agents . ." They should stay embarked on the u se of have tip to five suppo.rt public address systems staff, . while .oihers have about 3'00 metres away from polling s tations in to. .. ·.·..·· sensi tise the between eight and 10. to . avoid " Th.e work of these order e lect~ rat e-ln the cities Qko.lie and villages in the' state. sup.port staff is to. enSllfe confusions ," said . ' . " We have redeplo.yed that an average person in o.ne pro.g.r amme officer each LGA is aware of .th e . fie sa id , from reports . reaching :hiin, they had and so.me suppo.rt staff ·to. . ,pollin,g process., : sensi tis ing "I ad vised .. the . starte'd _ e ach 9f the. 17 . Io.cal gqv~hlmen\ areas (J,..GAs) redeployed : s taff to p eo. ple at 'tl>:eir various o.n '. Po.s ts . . empha~ise mo.re ;(1' : :
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because they were not tion cost . Each time getting appropriate farmers take their prodprices for their farm pro- ucts to the market. what duce and urged govern- they receive is far le ss : ment to introd uce price than the efforts they put regulatio.n fo.r farm pro- in . duce , " And as a result we The ASSAPIN v i ce are unable to pay back president also. appealed Io.ans and meet o.ur bato. go.vernment to assist sic needs , This problem farmers' by buying their is actually di&co.uragfarm pro.duce and resell- ing many peo.ple fro.m ing them at a ·fixed and engaging in farming . lower rate, adding that "Imagine that a such arrangem e nt f a rmer produces a would make farmers to tonne of mai ie at th e break even. cost of N40,000 and the He said, "I thin!< there buyer is offer in g is an u·rg e nt· ne ed fo r N30,000 fo. r it. Ho. w can price regulati o.n in suc h fa rm er mak e favour of Nigerian farm- . p ro.fit?" ers because that is the -Mibinuori said th at pd-ncipal p ro blem we th e as so ciation wou ld . are facing . n o. t rel ent.i n its effo.rts "Th e market pri ce is to improve agri cultura l always very Io.w, when producti v ity for ·sma ll . compared witlt produc- scale farmers.:
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