First aid group seeks support in Kontagora Emirate

From Yakubu Mustapha Minna

Joint First Aid Group of Islam in Kontagora Emirate of the local government areas of Niger state has called for support and assistance from the people for effective and efficient service delivery.

The group chairman, Mustapha Nasiru Batsari made the disclosure at an organized special prayer session and lecture on the peaceful coexistence of Nigeria in Kontagora.

According to Batsari, the group consist of Izala, Jamatul Nasirul Islam, Tijaniya, Munan Zamatu and Zumaratu of Yorubawa from the six local governments of the Emirate.

He challenged the members on the unity of purpose of all the various first aid groups in assisting the Muslim ummah at all times without expecting rewards from the human being but Almighty Allah.

Naira crisis de-markets APC candidates, Coalition cries out

Shehu Abubakar, Maiduguri

Tinubu/Kashim Youth Coalition for Northern Nigeria has admitted that the enduring Naira crisis is de-marketing the ruling APC and its candidates for the 2023 general elections.

The coalition is, however, appealing to the electorate to be undeterred by the crisis in their bid to vote for Tinubu/ Shettima presidential ticket and all other APC candidates in the elections.

Addressing newsmen in Maiduguri, Friday, February 10, the coalition alleged that the opposition parties have hijacked the crisis to cause chaos and aggravate the frustration of Nigerians to the point of swapping their choice from APC candidates to candidates of opposition parties.

“The opposition parties mischievously advise President Buhari not to extend the deadline for the circulation of the old Naira notes and, by so doing, deepen the frustration of Nigerians and the hardship they encounter to the point that they get annoyed with the APC government and, therefore, not vote for Tinubu/Shettima,” Dr. Usman Ali Buduguma, the National Coordinator of the Coalition alleged. this technical working group.

“We are appealing to Mr President to please reconsider and extend the period of the Naira Swap due to the untold hardships faced by the less privileged,” Busuguma, flanked by other officials of the Coalition, said.

He continued: “The intention behind the policy may be laudable but the opposition have hijacked it to inflict untold hardships on the people,” he alleged.

“We are appealing to all Nigerians to patiently endure and not allow the recent developments hinder their choice for the best candidates APC have offered them,” he said.

“And the fact that the expectation is that we are working together from the beginning to develop the code jointly rather than one person developing it and then consulting others about it.

`’I sense that perhaps it is one of the most contentious in quote because the public sector is used to taking directions from government, so is the private sector,’’ he said.

Abah said that there were debates as to how much oversight and regulation non-profit organisations should get from government.

“But at the same time there is the responsibility of government to ensure that people that occupy positions of trust and positions of interest behave in an ethical and appropriate way.

“So, the task for us as technical working group is to find the right kind of balance where government and the people are able to have comfort that this no profit organisations are operating the way that they are.

“And the non-profit organisations at the same time do not feel that government has come to take over their space.

“That is what we have to work toward and I am very pleased with the level of experience around the table.

“And I have no doubt that we will produce good work for the ministry and the council to consider presenting more widely to Nigerians,’’ Abah said.

(NAN)