ll-tE GUARDIAN. TuesdaJJuly12, 20U
Bomo lifts farmers with subsidised fertiliser Froln NjnllvOfi Musa, Maidugufl 'TO boost famlers' yie ld .l and support the Naoona l Food 5e<:Ur1[)' (NFS) sc heme in Borno State, Governor Kashim Shettima yesterday launc hed th e distribution and sale of fertiliser to fann· ers at subsidised rates o f Nt,900 a nd Nz,ooo per bag. TIu' subsidy would help fanners gain direct access to fertil iser and o th er fann inputs, u nde r the supt"rvI· sion of nadilional ru lers in the state. lau nc hing [h e fertiliser 5.111" and distribution initia· li ~ In Gv..'Ol.l a[ the emir's palilce, the &,overnor lamented Ihat [he massive w diverslon of farm Input had seriously affe«ed the imptementa[lon of NfS and den ied farmers access to fertili ser and ot h er farm input. He disclosed tha t this )'ear's fertiliser sale a nd dis· tribution was launched wilh a tutal Of18,OOO metric tons or 280,000 bags of th e com mod it)', comprising Urea a n d NI'I<, which wou ld be sold ill an ortlcla! subsidised rales of no t more th an N2,OOO a bag. The governor added [hat 40,000 iitres of herbicides were a lso procureti [0 help farmeTS ngll! tough grasses that impede the ~rowth and mat urity of their crops and c itruses. Shettillla chilrged all tradl· tionili ru lers to supervise a nd mOllltor the sale and distribution of the two farm Inputs in th e ir domain.
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Police arrest suspects over Bauchi bank, station attacks From AU Garba, Bauch! CfaJRrTY ollerall~ ha~ .:>Jnl5ted t\YO suspects ~tto all~ly attacked and mlJ1Jro a new generation bank and a police Slation In A1ka.lerilOcJl Coundl of Bauchl Stilte. The st.ate !'olice Public Re ladon5 Officer (PPRO), Mohammed B.:Irau. disclosed that the suspects wl!re arRSted yt'Sterdar. night at a militilr}' ch~kpo IU at Combe road In an altempl tOI"SC3pt" from the state. UaI7lU said lhe suspects \\/'ere stopPl'd at a mUII"ry ch~k· prnm where they wtTI" .ukerl to alighl from the car. Upon this dfrt!({h'e, me dnvet'of lhe Glr took to hi.5 heels while the two SUSI)f'(tli Vo'ere apprehend-
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The duoalleged lyronfessed 10 robbing !he AlkaJeri bra nch or bank while SCCUrityoperatives claimed to ha~ r~ove~ rxplosi~ from the SUSIJCCtS. lI.arau alleged that the suspectS were among the hood· lums whose hi(laJuls the police rakled I.ast \\ftk, claim· Jrl~ thai .:lIlhough they were able to nee the hldeouu, the susp«U have been una1>le to Ike BaUdli. It wou ld be nnlled that the police raided the hideoul of the smpected Boko tinw," members Lnl week Tuesday du ling which IIuee people were reponal killed whHeoth· ers sustai ned v.lrious dtgrees ofin jury
lIut kss wn flY!" dlYS after lIle raid, two police YatlOns arxl a bank were ilttilcked by un!mo\\lllgunmen In Toroilnd A1k.lleri councils o f Bauchi SlaIL
Meanwhile, the Bauchi Selte f'olke Comm"nd lw warned lI",t It would not hesi[;lte to dismiss any of its pC!rsonnel c.lught demanding money before rl'1~slng accused per· SOIlsonbaiL The stal e Police Commissionu, AbduJikadir Ind'lbawil.disclostd this when members of the B.luchi State wing of the Nlge rl"n BoIr Associ.1tlon (NIlII.) paid him a counesycal1ln his office. The 1>o Iice chief warned policemen In the Yale (Q desist
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from the ilcts un becoming of their offices as they imeract witllthepulllic. !ndab.l.wa stressed thaI all bailable offences do not atlnct any monl")t as".11 is frtoe and that Is wfly we arC! working .1Ssiduously 10 address Ihe w 15SlIe • The Police Commissioner urg~ the public 10 report .. ny case of hUman rights abuse to Ihe commimd fOr necessary aaion. In his ~ma l ks. Otainnan of the B.. uchi State NRA, Mohammed Alhassa n, said they \Y!"re at the police com· rn.tnd to seek collaboralion l\Pith the police on laddlng human rights abuses in the statt'.
Corps members to receive N19,800 per month From Abosede Musart, Abu/a 'IE Federal Govenunent yesterday ilnnounced the upv..';Ird miew of rt'munenticn of Natlon.al 'buth 5l'rvke Corps (NYSC) m embers ['0 N19,800 from t he current N9,700. Director General or the N't'SC, ijrig.-G~n. Muharazu TsIg.1, who disclosed this In AbU~l ~erday. said m~ new remu· neration t"kes ~rf«t from March 20tl, meaning that lhe 2010 8.:'ltcn B corps members who r~ently passed out of service would be paid in
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Tsiga, who lI~nked President GoOilluck !onathan for th~ Incmne:nl n corps members' monthly allowance, urg~d
2010 batch may benefit from largesse Yalt!S and 1000l councils total«a cue from the Federal Govt'rnment"s action ~nd increase their statutory allow"nces tocorps members. lhe director general ~ during a caU on the scheme's headquarters by a delegation from Arrlca In OIaspora arxl ollkials of B.my Un~ty In Mi.ami, Aorida. Uniled States (US.) lie dwnked thede~lion for their organisation's dTorts In lriIining some ),!)uth corps rnembers. seven of whorcccnt· Iy retunlCd from the U.s. .. fier iln t'ntrt'preneu lial tRlning at the unl\ttsity. The corps members were
Inined In advanced enuqnentuoolp at HanyUnl~ity by the Moo in Diaspora unuer a US. Department Fund project. According to Tslga. the funds spen t In trai ning the corps members were not w"nw since all of them \\/'erC! doing IY!"l1 in their businesses. Ilesaid:"We seein them grt'ilt potenti.:11 for wealth and job creation In the near fulu~, That Is whywe are kloki ng for· ward 10 greater and ~ilded orlXJrtuni tks for more co!'{lS members as tillents abound In the scheme". Tslga nOlet\ that the NYSC: rur· renily chums out about 200,000 membtrs yea rly.and
From Simeon Hwakaudu. Makllrdi u Renue Sute Police Command has initiated the prosecution of onl' Nylyongo Koryol "nd seven others wlla illlegedly killed Lt. Chinedu Myanwu and ilnolher private soldier from the 72 Rattdlion while tllqlwereat Udei, Guma Local Council. to restore law and order. TIle eight suspected milltiil' m en we re arraigned at a Makurdl Milgistrate's Court for conspiring .lnd killing the two soldiers during the co n· met between 11v fanners and Flilani herdsmen, ..... hich claimed sevt'ralll\u roUce first lnfonnatlon Report (AR) Sidted tim the t"i9.ht mlliti;)men l\/'ere ilnest· e~:nn Udei bysoldimilflerthe lwn mmmy men \1't'IC kil1t"d in an ilrnbush. According to the AR, the suspected mlliti<lmen had in their po~sion AK-47 rtflt!S. Mack" rifles, locally·mOlde guns. rounds of ammun ition and SI"Yl'ral chamlS ill thl'
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lion since il.'5 inception in 197]. TIll" scheme, h~ said. has helped [0 stabilise the ~uGJ lion il rld htalt11 sectors of Ihe colin,!); and Il.ld collaboQlf'd with different OIgendt!S of govmlment.lnd others,lhe latest being the Independent National Electora l Comm issiulI!INK)ln the con· dun of the ilSI general 1"1«.
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The scheme hilS also colla~ r,lted with the Millennium De\--eiopmem Goals office In Ihe execution of the War Against !'ovt'ny (WAP) programme, whldl produced the corps en trepreneurs trained by Mrica In Ui.lspora through R.tnyUnlversity.
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