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~ M1nI(IrC Dnctcr.m Chef&.:urive~. Urited 'link b Africa PIc. ~ 0dI.0Dza (Ihird rilhl): tbrbd hi '-lit! by Rer;IonaI ManIp, Normll'ld South--bsI AsIa. Prap-.tD, PierreAlDIn ~ Deputy Head. IIankirrc inti Capi" Mnlfs, ~1hIe 1.11 Roy: Deputy DtIrI ~ Offieer .... ChIef ~ Offiear, lobne-..... laIson: DinIcmI'-GentnI. c::s..ta Palau: and 0Msien "-I ~1~TklnaI Bamnc. UBA. Sola YO!r~ -1inI ~ USA Ind~. on !he 9deIine of ItM yearly meelnp olltM kltemalionlf Ml:w¥e-tlll"/ r,.... (lMI') and the Wor1<l III: ole Grvup in To~ J.p.l. 11 lhe weekend
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of imminef't fro .1 t ruls In the (OUn~ esr«JaJ y hose from thefl,ood-r.l~~ s( lIes.. f\Ieskks. tftd'e I' a wnridwkle apprmmsipl'l "''' Imminmt crisis in 201 J, lue lalgdv tosnen-"",..JI'he (\ndlliortin th~ Umted Stat.'$' md otha i'oock:xportns Ct'll' ,trles. G<aim ~a~ .. :e. mUIet3. com.~ i! Iplefoodin NIgt'lU a llithl 'Ik\crs twd expressed ~~rs 11 t Wlth th~ re('~m 100 fe- c('rl Incre.ue in
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age and I(~ in' 11~ cam~r mlghl not I t;.abl ~ ) purdtasc "" fann~JCltJC!' . h 200 ~d~YI proposes. a 100 per ' ~ I Imponed pollsned Cj SeI. II voIa:s of concmun!qntl Itgfrom.1ll settors. uj~ng t ie Feder.tl ~mmcnl to r Jru:idrr Its
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~~m~onimpclUdrk~to ,n't'l't fOod crisis in the country: The Mlnistrrof Environment, Hajl)'a Hadlu Mail.afia. who spoke to Slatr Ho~ ContsJIOIKiemS. alier d ~Ins of th~ Feder.al ExKuuvr Cound ~n~ ~dled that SC!:~ra[ thousands of f,um· lands I~ bml destn:l)'td by
f th flood ha h 1e consequences 0 e s are t i t ere arc huge losses 0 famllands likety threats to food secu_ , _. nty and likely ~Otngto have challenges that have to do wtth the health of the people in some areas.
th~ Sti1~. if Imn edl.lte action said that the Ilood that affettrd was n()(ldkento ..ddressthesit- ~Igh l 001 goYmlmem.I~ uatlOIL In the sta~ had washed av.-a¥ tll~lorvlgingOoodsacrosst:lw H~said:"Most t flh~f;1l1llen eight bridges and rcndc~ muntr; affKltd by lM dlsas~r arc mor~ lhan 10,000 ~pl~ S h~sald:"'ThrconsrquenttSof fT14n pmxrupitoJ with how 10 homeless. th~ Boods arc that lhcr~ arc 5ilV!'themsdveandthdrf.amlThe slate's Commissioner for hugtlos:sesoffamllimds,then- lies from the di-aster ttl. n of In formation and arcl~iythn-.at''lto foodsecuri lheirfimns~ Com m u nicatio n, Abr.tham I~ ~'!' are hkdy going to I\iI\'!' Kano Sldt~ has tqua lly bttn YiIJelp. loki newsmen after tI~ dwllrn~ thatlV\lll' lodowilh badly affected h~ the noods, WC'l'kIy exrcutfo.'!' round l mcrt· th~ h~illth of th~ ~I~ in which resulted I I the disrup. Ing f_ days ago. thai ~ somu~~ llon of ria- pnxloction In the than 100 villages. and 4,000 AbD. the fftleraJ Director of 5liIte. hcnarcs of fannlands woere Agrkulrure in Adiunawa. Wall A ~Gltemcnt frolll the as:sod.J. des.t:ro)'!'d Hanun.tn. said lhtrc was a rut tion of IiagTOWt"fS in the §to11t.. lJnfortunatdy and ITilgicall~ posslblllry of food crisis in disclosed thai. dboul 95 ~r Plateau has bml affected by Ad.amaWilSG1t~ next year. ant of aU ria f",nns In Kano ,ll1ot.her- nood rllsastel"aft~r the Con5Idmngth~ h ugedamag~ State ha~ been d~ by one in fos North. ~raJcrops ondld.mllands,hCSilklthe~ nClOd had alsobrmwashedaWil}'Dy was likelihood of foOO crtsJs In A1so, Platrau stal.'goY'tmment the disaster, This situalion
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~erians express mixed feelings over 2013 fiscal bill
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SpedfiCOllI)l an Economist and Man¥mrnt ConrulGlnt. D!: Krm,e(ly Izuagbe. noted tNt the bnplernel1li1tion or the budgrt was \cry to enhandng cki1.ens' wdCare. H~Rid:Ihe2013budgetl5 on~ tha i is growth .aner risk il'lmieandoI.JlrighrJvcollSClVoJtive. ·Jh~budgtfsmklrllc na.r1ll!'
sttnu to be ftSCil I-prud~ocr_ HO¥.~r, in my own opinion. goi ng by the fK~sslon th~ economy has been going through. I ~ a ~
with a larger .Ippetlte for growth_ Th~ rr.. 't' per c~nt rncre.asc in ~pendtturc is sm.111 compared 10 the curn-m position of I.IIe economy. For Ih~ ~nomy to gnM\ Slimulat.e em DlovrnmI .and ~ a GllatvSt lOr an ,111 embr.ldng growtn, the upendltul'l' r~should h.Mbttnalot more than fM pc!r cent. prot». blylnw~onof l0puant to tl percrnt forme Konomy toach~lhtdcsj rtdgrowth. -/I,
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would be rcspuns ibl~ and ~nsIW' enough to dlllgmtly Implement the bodga The current at and mouse gamr
we~~thcExrcut.Me ~nd l.eglsla~ armsof ~ ment OVC'r Ihe 2012 budgel implemtnldtion must be rurt1i1cd and nO( aJIowro to spill 0Yl'f 10 th~ 2013 budga if the budget Is [0 ~pcriencl!' any i!p(RCiabie Ind Of implefTlelltidon. Sustaining the Ind of 25J million banrls per day (bpdl otl outpul projected In the budget could abo be a tough Glfl gofng by the nurner· ous ·Ie1lG!ges mSli ng in crude oil production aM ma nagf' men! In lh~ NIg~r DeltJ region". "Unl~ and un.ti! ~ S;<M'I'1lmt'llt gft:5 Its pnonry right 00 CONTINUED ON PAGE 16
WOllkll~adI0Iikdy5hortdg~of food supply in tilt stat~, as th~ areas r.lVilgM 'M!1l' malnlyagriC\lhur.llarus.~
nl~ state's Commlssion~r for Envlronm~nl, Mrs.Sar.ah YUsur, saki the nrods had ca~ Ihe death of scorf'Sof people III losVurufsaidthatwWilmlngby h~r ministry was to p~nt II'IOft'd~athsasaresurlofthe
ImpeoolngDOOtl t.kanwhik the ~ISiI Stale go'-oemlTlC'nt has telnjX»d.rily dosed all schools in the state. as. Teiull of rising waterlf'\1f'l .Ill ~r the Syte Ri'poru from the North Unlrod zon~ Indlalted that in Kogi Stal~ alai'll. mon- lh.oIn 600.000 IJeOflIe ~ been dispbcted..
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