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THE NATION TUESDAY, OCTQDER 16, 20U
NEWS Aregbes!>la advocates increased fnod production SUN Sbil.'l Governor
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food production. He decnet.l Ih nation', ~heaVf mianre ' 1ixxI imN
portation
Arl!'gbesdl. spo: e during
tfus ymr-s W~kfFo d o.y<:& ebration
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He must rev.eI menl tioninw Ni aver N600 iliM
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food importaoor~ The governol th" country's luders 0 ~«ute progl1llmmn that ...ould ensure food skuri~l. He 5aId: NWe w~t 10 ust thr OCCII.lIion o.rj (}lis' It'S World Food Oay Iq -the cam-
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n:n palgn for massit'e. food pro-
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From "d. . ojl Aden l, l, ductiOl" u we have done in
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"Using cooperative ~ ,ation! as the platform for ()f83nising and empowenng fartne"S, pruv;ding Improvrd
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~ capacity of farm-
ersAJ~~~said mom the time is N
ri~ or thr country to produce its food and urged the ~~llolJlvest
mono en agriculture. He saKI ~ery nabon is endowed Nltul"il.Uy by God 10 ~ (Of i~lf. ilddin8thalany
nation 1""1 C3tl!1Ot feed Itself is doomed.
How we rescued Osun Speaker's f b 0 CP , 0 ~~:'J'~!';: WI e, y gun GUN Stale Com-
Chukwudi Okereke (251. Ogbole E1ijMt and ~\..wo
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Luc"y (27).
yesterday narrated how Mrs.. Muibat Salllam, wife of Osun State Hous!! of Assembly Speaker NateelJl Salaam. was rescued from he- abdl.lCton. Mrs. Salaam "''as abducted last Tue:sd.y in Ejigbo, <>sun State.by~
She was retCUlod on Saturday in DRunmlkm.. Obafeml OWodl" [.ocal Government Arm. of Ogun State
Seeaking with reporters while parading the 5U!pected kidnapprn; In E1eweran. the Command Headquarters.
From Nwokolo Eme .t, 0 ....
Olmye said members of the ~igi!ance Servi~ of ~ (VSO) I"oOticed the 5USp1OOU5
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the police. H~ said the Fldiwo PoUce Division deployed men of the! Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and plain<lothed' poliremen in the Irea, where the suspect! w~ hiding in the bush.
Okoye siud -My men moved inlo Ihe blM and engagl;'(! the susp«ts in a gun duel, kiUlng one of them Four W~ apPrehended Mld :e~awaYwithbul-
·'U was aftl!!' we rescued the vidim thai she Ioid us who she was. ~ the record be set straight that the police carnftl oul the rescue opera"",,"
The 5uspKtS Chukwuml Uslfo
Ire (28),
Item! recovered from the suspects mdudf' two AK 47 riOe5 and four maguine'l with 87 rounds of ammuni,,~
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01 the lor orr.roO\·tding informallon that ed 10 the aIT1!S1 of the suspects and the rt"'CUf' of Mr.t Sa1aam. who has been reunib!d with her family . He urged the, public to ~ secufllr,-con5C10us ilInd ilIlW;llY' 11 eft 5I"CUnty agen0t5 when they nobct! SU5pKIDUS mnvemenl!l
Fayemi inaugurates multi-million naira ward, ambulances • Assures residents of improved health care
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KlTI Stak Governor
Kafode Fdyemi yester<lay Inaugurated a multi-million rwra Accident and~Wud,aLabo
ralory and ~ Male Surgical Ward at the State Umverslty . Teachin H ·ttl (EKStm-1) In Ado-fki~ ~tale capital. He also iJUlugurated SI"\Ien ambulances purchased for !IOJne !«"CII1daJy health facili-
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The IImbulancrs were handed ovu to th,· officials of the hellllh fildUlies and the
From Sulil lman Sllawudeen, il\1k> -E~11I representatives of the communities. Fayemi L'laid the proj«l!1 would improve health Glre
~~~:i!~~d!~&tJhe~~~: p romp t responses during emergencies Restating hIS adm in istralion's determination to delivu high quality health GIrt' and provide 'ItlIiIdard health hlcihlie!ll for !he ~ Ie, the governor Slid the furiding of
health facilities would be 10creased. Fayemi uid NI2,(82)159.64 has been released for the re-roofing of Ihe State Tellcfllng Hosplttl's Theatre Complex.. lie said earlier in the ye;u-, the government paid the N69,980,D83 ho5pital bill of94 Indigent residents lind
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facilities. These, Fayeml said, were limed 101 ptV\'iding dftdent
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In:trl"'l" services to vulnl."rable group.s The Accidl."nt .. nd Emergency Ward and the Labontory. whi ch Ire fully equipped, cost Nl90.534.o2560 The newly ~ ... ted Mall." Surgical Ward. cosl NSI,543,757.04 while the seven ambulances. which hil\'e state-of-the-art mten · slve Clre gadgets, cost NI19,lXX).ooo.
ACN youths protest attacks on Oyo lawmaker cnON CoJngress of Nigerill (ACN) ouths flom eight communities in the Afilio Local Govemment Area of Oyo State yelt!',day protested the ~~inahon aitempt on the Iawmalr.er representin~ the 1<1"11. in Hie ~~s~d0eta~~~embly . Mr The youtrn mantled ~ fully on the st~ts or Awe. Jobele. AkinmOO-'rin, lIor., Fiditi , Iware, I",ini, lind (Jave-Oiutaye Commetciilll achvihe.5
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' U not for djvine intervention, th e lawmake r would have fallen to the assassins' bullets_ S ince Ad elakun was s worn in, Ul e re had bee n se veral atte mpts by enemi es_ ..
~,;,~,~,~Iu.lxl"';nnby gun~. ShOrtly
Sangokunle ..;ald ~ H not fOt" divine Inter"I.. ~lion. the lawmaker would hlwe fallen 10 usassU\S' builet~. Sinc~ Adelakun W~'l sworn in. there had been t;t"verai attempts by enmlles of development to either ellmlnllte him or assassmah' hIS char Kte:r When .11 these efforts failed. they resorled to mp.. dla Illtack!! With the ulterior ;lIim of discrediting hiS good ....ork.5 in the IMt (1Oe year ~ The ACN youth leadel urged IhO'l4" behind Ihe attllds 10 gl\-e pNCI" a chance