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Obi laments Kaduna bombing, calls on military to be more cautious    

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Obi laments Kaduna bombing, calls on military to be more cautious    

The Nigerian Army’s drone attack in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State claimed the lives of numerous people. Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, has expressed regret for these deaths.

Remember that the Army had acknowledged that the mistaken bombing that killed more than 80 people was its fault.

In a series of tweets published on his X account on Tuesday, Obi, the former governor of Anambra State, said that the Nigerian military needs to be extremely professional and cautious in order to prevent a repeat of the incident.
“Any incidence that causes injury or results in the deaths of the defenseless individuals must to be prevented.

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Even if this incident is one too many, security services should collaborate with dependable human intelligence reports from the ground up prior to any offensive attack in order to prevent innocent casualties like those in this case.

Families that have lost loved ones to this terrible and regrettable accident suffer from irreversible anguish as a result of fatal errors like this one. I offer my heartfelt condolences to the families who have lost a dear one. And I ask God Almighty to quickly heal the wounded and to pardon the sins of the deceased, giving them eternal rest.

“We pray that such an error with such a tragic result never occurs in our nation again. We are regretfully paying such unexpected human costs as collateral damage because the issue of insecurity in our country has lasted for such a long time.

Civil Society Group Mobilizes Over 500 Lawyers To Defend APC’s Gawuna In Supreme Court

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Civil Society Group Mobilizes Over 500 Lawyers To Defend APC’s Gawuna In Supreme Court

No fewer than 500 private legal practitioners have volunteered to defend the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kano State, Nasir Gawuna, at the Supreme Court.

The lawyers, under the aegis of the Guardians of Democracy and Rule of Law, said the move is to save Nigeria’s democracy from vote riggers and serial election fraudsters.

Having secured victories at the governorship election petition tribunal and Appeal Court, the legal practitioners expressed confidence that Gawuna will again emerge at the Supreme Court.

They made this known at a press conference on Tuesday through their spokesman, Barr. Joseph E. Onwudiwe.

“Nigerians have observed keenly the situation unfolding in Kano state regarding the March 18 Governorship election. As a group saddled with the onerous responsibility of safeguarding our democratic ethos and values, we are no longer comfortable with the unwarranted attacks on the judiciary and moves to blackmail the Court into giving backing to wanton electoral malfeasance and vote heist,” the statement said.

“We will no longer fold our arms as lawyers and watch the judiciary be continuously harangued, and the temple of Justice desecrated by a group of people who failed to perfect an electoral heist and inflate their votes by over 165,000 in a desperate bid to win the March 18 2023 Kano state governorship election at all cost.

“It is on the above premise that we wish to salute the courage and sound reasoning that resonated in the judgements of the tribunal and the Court of Appeal which dispensed justice by allowing the overwhelming yearnings and aspirations of the majority of Kano citizens, as expressed in the valid number of votes cast in the March 18 Kano Governorship election, to stand against the selfish interest of a few who planned to subvert the democratic exercise through electoral fraud and vote manufacturing.

“We are not surprised that the sacked governor of Kano state and his hired agents have become insistent in selling propaganda in the name of a contradiction in the CTC of the Appeal Court Judgement. Nigerians will have nothing but pity for a party in a suit who finds no premise upon which to launch a successful appeal against a judgement backed by law and fact.

“May we repeat here that the judgement of the Court of Appeal on this case was a very straightforward one which rightly dismissed the appeal of Abba K. Yusuf and upheld his sack by the tribunal? The courts envisaged clerical errors in judgement and therefore embedded in their handbook and rules, enactments that empower the Court to vary its judgement to reflect its original intentions.

“Like the Order 23 Rule 4 of the Court of Appeal handbook which empowered them to recall the CTC of their judgments and correct clerical errors like that of the Kano guber judgement. This has also been judicially noticed and treated in a plethora of cases such as Ajibola vs state and Okibe vs Kekere.

“May we also use this opportunity to urge Nigerians to not cave into the misleading narrative being pushed by the agents of the Kano Governor who are grasping at the clerical error on page 67 of the CTC of the Court of Appeal judgement to bring the honourable justices who delivered the sound judgment to public disrepute?

“The importance of the judiciary in keeping our democracy alive and thriving can never be overemphasized, it is on this background that we implore the Supreme Court to dispense justice in this appeal before it without taking into consideration, the distractions and attempts at blackmail. We are with the Judiciary and we assure them of our unflinching support as they move to save Nigeria’s democracy from vote riggers and election fraudsters. We must sanitize our electoral system now and build a strong democratic wall against vote inflation and other electoral malfeasance. ”

The lawyers, therefore, called on “peace-loving Nigerians to arise in defense of our cherished democracy from this desperate politician who is using every illegal means to blackmail our judiciary into giving authenticity to electoral fraud by allowing a man who manufactured over 165,000 to seize power at the expense of the overwhelming yearnings and aspirations of the majority of Kano citizens, as clearly expressed in the valid votes cast at the March 18 Kano governorship election. “

Breaking: Supreme Court declines to dismiss Imo Gov Uzodinma from office

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Breaking: Supreme Court declines to dismiss Imo Gov Uzodinma from office

Tuesday, the Supreme Court did not remove Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State from her job.
A seven-person court panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro threw out an application to remove Uzodinma from office on the grounds that the All Progressives Congress (APC) did not legitimately select him to run for the election that led to his first term in 2019.
The application also tried to call into question the years Uzodinma was governor of Imo state.

The first person to bring the appeal to the highest court was Mr. Uche Nwosu, who was the governorship candidate for the Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 election. However, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its winner, Emeka Ihedioha, asked to be added as interested parties in the case.

In particular, the PDP and Ihedioha asked the Supreme Court to uphold its 2019 decision that Nwosu was not eligible to run for office because he was named by both the AA and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The people who were appealing said that if the highest court agreed that Nwosu was the APC candidate, then it was illegal for it to then fire Ihedioha and say that Uzodinma, who was also backed by the APC, was the real winner of the governorship election.

So, the PDP asked the highest court to put its candidate, Ihedioha, back in office, since the APC couldn’t support two candidates in the election.

Adedamola Farokun, PDP, said in an affidavit (deposed to by a lawyer) that the third respondent/applicant (PDP) is not asking for a review of the valid, current, and well-thought-out judgment this court made in this appeal in 2019 or the judgment this court made on January 14, 2020 in SC/462/2019. Instead, the PDP is humbly asking that this court follow through with its decision.

“This court has the constitutional, inherent, and legal power to grant the reliefs asked for and carry out its decision.”
The defendant, Farokun, said that Uzodinma was not the APC’s candidate because the court had said that Nwosu was the candidate of both the APC and the AA.

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APC and AA did not sponsor or field any candidates for the governorship election held in Imo State on March 9, 2019, according to the PDP. This is because the appellant/respondent was nominated by both parties and was later disqualified as their gubernatorial candidate, as found by this honorable court in its judgment.

In its argument, it said that Governor Uzodinma should not be accepted as the legally elected governor of Imo State because he did not run for office as an independent candidate.

The applicants said that the recent election in the state on November 11 was invalid because Ihedioha had not yet finished his term.
The issue was brought up again on Tuesday, but the highest court said it didn’t have the power to hear the appeal because it was pointless and very annoying.

The high court then fined Chief Mike Ozehkome, SAN, N40 million for his part in the case as a lawyer for the PDP and Ihedioha.

The case was strangely kept on the top court’s docket for over three years. It was supposed to be heard in October, but it was pushed back until after Uzodinma’s recent re-election as governor of the state.

Tinubu’s govt putting pressure on National Assembly to sign 2024 budget without considering it carefully

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Tinubu’s govt putting pressure on National Assembly to sign 2024 budget without considering it carefully

According to a report the president is pressuring senators to approve the 2024 budget quickly even though it is missing key information that would allow for a thorough analysis.

An unidentified senator voiced concerns in the report, questioning the logic of approving a national budget without access to vital information.

Informed debates and senators’ capacity to evaluate the budget’s impact on different sectors and senatorial districts are hampered, he claimed, by the lack of budget details.

His statements:

It is anticipated that the National Assembly will approve the budget by December 31st. However, the senators haven’t had a copy of the budget for review up until now. Even without information, they are under pressure to approve the budget.

“We’re not sure if the budget has been inflated with too many expenses. If senators had access to a copy of the budget, they could research every area and participate in the discussion with knowledge.

“It will even provide us with the chance to understand its impact on various senatorial districts.”

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The report also stated that, as of the time of publication, senators had not received a copy of the budget.

Last Wednesday, during a joint session of the National Assembly, President Bola Tinubu delivered the “Budget of Renewed Hope.”

Even after the budget was given a second reading and referred to the Committee on Appropriations, important aspects are still unknown.

Nigeria must borrow money to keep its economy going, says Jimoh Ibrahim.    

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Nigeria must borrow money to keep its economy going, says Jimoh Ibrahim.    

The only way the federal government can manage the economy successfully, according to Senator Jimoh Ibrahim of the National Assembly, is through borrowing. Senator Ibrahim represents the Ondo South District.

According to Jimoh, Nigeria can only obtain the money it needs through loans due to its large population and the necessity of developing vital infrastructure.

During an appearance on Channels TV Politics Today on Monday night, he disclosed this.

“What do you want to do if you don’t borrow to run the economy?” he said. Where are you going to find the money to manage the economy? Twelve million people live in Dubai, which has a debt of $168 billion. and observe what they have done with the money? They are currently repaying at a rate of $10 billion per month.

With 250 million people, Nigeria is currently in debt of 77 million dollars, and there are occasional difficulties. Therefore, the fundamental problem here is that borrowing is required to maintain the economy.

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The previous time I spoke, I suggested that they pay off the current debt, take out new loans, obtain a moratorium, unwind, and then return home to figure out where they went wrong before tackling infrastructure development.

Tinubu in Dubai for serious business, not jamboreein in reaction to significant opposition.

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Tinubu in Dubai for serious business, not jamboreein in reaction to significant opposition.

The presidency formally cleared the air yesterday, stating that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was in Dubai for serious work and not on a jamboree, in response to the strong pushback against the numerous Nigerian officials attending the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
In addition to providing explanation, Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris revealed that only 422 representatives from ministries, agencies, and the National Assembly received funding for their trip, in a statement headlined “Re: Nigeria at COP-28.”
The National Assembly had forty delegates, the Presidency had 67, the National Council on Climate Change had 32, the Federal Ministry of Environment had 34, all other ministries had 167, and federal parastatals and agencies had 73. This was Idris’ breakdown of the delegates.
The minister made note of the fact that the Nigerian delegation at COP28 was made up of participants who were sponsored by the federal and state governments as well as by private businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), the media, academia, and other non-governmental organizations.
He stated that Nigerian government leaders, business executives, members of civil society, volunteers, state governments, journalists, international organizations, members of marginalized communities, and many more were parties to the COP28 convention.
As the largest and most populous nation in Africa, with a sizable extractive economy and widespread climate change vulnerability, the minister went on to defend the sizeable federal government delegation, emphasizing that “Nigeria has a significant stake in climate action, and our active and robust participation at COP is, therefore, not unwarranted.”
Idris also mentioned the benefits of the COP28 conference for Nigeria, such as the signing of an accelerated energy performance agreement between the two countries, President Bola Tinubu’s unveiling of the Nigeria Carbon Market Activation Plan, and the president’s hosting of investors and stakeholders for the Nigeria Carbon Market and Electric Buses Rollout Program.
“The federal government has noted with interest the public conversation on the number of Nigerian delegates attending the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai, otherwise known as COP28,” the minister went on to say. “We need to provide clarity in line with a standing pledge to conduct itself with transparency and accessibility regarding public information.”This year (COP28), approximately 70,000 participants and delegates from over 100 nations will be in attendance at the Convention of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the world’s premier climate change conference.
“Representation of Nigeria is very much in line with our status as the foremost sovereign voice and participant in climate action in Africa.”Nigerian government representatives, business executives, volunteers, members of civil society, state governments, media outlets, representatives of underprivileged groups, multilateral organizations, and numerous more are parties to this convention.It is crucial to emphasize that the Nigerian delegation at COP28 is made up of both government-sponsored (federal and state governments) and non-government-sponsored (private firms, NGOs, CSOs, media, academics, etc.) participants.The 422 members of the federal government-funded delegation are as follows: National Assembly: 40; Federal Ministry of Environment: 34; All Ministries: 167; Presidency: 67; Office of the Vice President: 9; National Council on Climate Change: 32; National Assembly: 40; and federal parastatals/agencies: 73.
The minister claims that for the several sectors impacted by climate change, COP28 offers a wide range of investment and cooperation options.
Nigeria and Germany inked an expedited performance agreement to speed the implementation of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) to improve Nigeria’s energy supply, he emphasized, showing that Nigeria was already benefiting from its participation.At a ceremony attended by President Tinubu and Chancellor Scholz, Ms. Nadja Haakansson, Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Africa at Siemens Energy, and Mr. Kenny Anuwe, Managing Director and CEO of FGN Power Company, signed the agreement.
In conjunction with the COP28 climate summit, President Tinubu conducted a high-level meeting with investors and stakeholders regarding the Nigeria Carbon Market and the Electric Buses Rollout Program.The Director-General of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC), Dr. Dahiru Salisu, and the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Zacch Adedeji, jointly unveiled the Nigeria Carbon Market Activation Plan with the President.
“At the same time, we are addressing climate change-related challenges, cutting carbon emissions, modernizing infrastructure systems, and promoting Nigeria as a desirable location for international investments. The electric bus program is just the beginning of a series of creative, clean, modern, and sustainable initiatives across diverse sectors.”With the establishment of the Loss and Damage Fund during COP27 in Egypt and its formal operationalization at the COP28 opening plenary in Dubai, Nigeria stands to gain from it.
Significant non-debt funding will be provided by the fund to assist the nations most impacted by climate change. Contributions to the Fund totaling hundreds of millions of dollars have already been promised.To formalize agreements between the two nations, the president also met with the president of the United Arab Emirates. Apart from that, there have been bilateral discussions with several nations and multilateral partners.
Nigeria was the first African nation to issue a Sovereign Green Bond, initiate its Energy Transition Plan, and enact national climate change legislation. These accomplishments serve as evidence of Nigeria’s commitment to taking the lead on climate change.
“President Tinubu has been unequivocal in his position that Africa, which is battling problems of poverty and security and struggling to provide education and healthcare to her people, cannot be told to abandon its primary source of income, which is mostly from extractive industries, without the West providing the funding and investment in alternative and clean energy sources,” Idris continued in the statement.Whether it’s at the UNGA, the G20, or the current COP28, President Tinubu has been an outspoken advocate for Africa on the international front since taking office. At these fora, the president has had the backing of a similarly dedicated and aggressive delegation from Nigeria.
In order to reassure Nigerians that President Tinubu and other members of the federal government delegation are in Dubai for serious business and not a jamboree, it is imperative that the records be kept accurate.

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According to Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the governor of Edo State, he received an invitation to COP28 but chose to participate electronically because of the changes made to advance the state’s digital economy.
Obaseki made the comments in an interview with BBC Pidgin, according to a statement.
The governor said that the state had moved to a paperless work mode, which had improved and increased the flexibility, quality, and productivity of working in Edo civil and public service. He then listed the accomplishments documented in the last seven years of his administration.
“I told them I am going to join them virtual,” Obaseki said in response to an invitation to the COP28 in Dubai.As far as climate change is concerned, the state has much to offer. In addition to planting trees and protecting our property, we are addressing deforestation. We are committed to stopping the illegal tree-logging practice that is causing erosion in the state. We are trying to safeguard our people from the effects of climate change, even though it is still pouring in December.
Obaseki added that the state was making significant investments in the digital economy, particularly in the areas of workforce development and digital infrastructure.
“We have trained six cohorts of 100 students each on software engineering,” he stated in reference to technology. A few of them work for prestigious Edo enterprises here.Across the 18 local government districts in the state, we have installed 2,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable infrastructure. For this reason, the state’s civil and public service departments are completely paperless.

Fubara Vs Wike row: Ijaw group threatens resurgence of militancy in Niger Delta

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Fubara Vs Wike row: Ijaw group threatens resurgence of militancy in Niger Delta

Although several stakeholders have urged both sides to lay down their swords and embrace peace, the power battle between Barrister Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and Sim Fubara, his estranged political godson and governor of Rivers State, is progressively taking on a different form.

A group of Ijaw people, operating under the name Ijaw Renaissance Force (IRF), has recently promised to resurrect insurgency in the oil-rich Niger Delta in the event that Governor Sim is removed unlawfully through a stage-managed judicial removal or an illegal impeachment.

The statement said, in part, that “We, the Ijaw Renaissance Force, a coalition of over 100 ethnic nationalities and youth groups operating in Rivers and Bayelsa, have watched with grave concern, the ongoing power struggle between Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and Barr Nyesom Wike, the former governor of Rivers State and now minister of the Federal Capital Territory.”

The group’s spokesperson, Sir White Kalio, and coordinator, Wisdom Oniekpar Ikuli, also signed the statement. It went on to criticize the role played by various state and non-state players in exacerbating the situation by attempting to remove Fubara illegally.

We have also seen with bated breath attempts by certain non-state actors and elected politicians to orchestrate the forcible removal of a legitimately elected Governor Fubara from office through the back door without a valid basis.

The group issued a dire warning to troublemakers about the serious consequences of their activities before calling a close.

“Therefore, we categorically declare that any effort at a difficult impeachment or judicially staged removal of Governor Sim Fubara from office would result in a resumption of the oil war conflict in Rivers State.”

NAF rejects involvement in alleged bombing of civilians in Kaduna

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NAF rejects involvement in alleged bombing of civilians in Kaduna

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has refuted reports that it bombed residents in Kaduna State’s Igabi Local Government Area, killing thirty of them, according to accounts from the local community.
The incident happened on Sunday night at around 9:00 p.m., when the inhabitants of Tudun Biri were celebrating Maulud Nabbiy. They claim that at that moment, a NAF plane dropped a bomb on them, killing at least thirty people.

The government would speak to the media following its Security Council meeting, according to Samuel Aruwan, the commissioner in charge of the Kaduna State Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs. However, the Air Force released a statement refuting its role in the airstrike.

Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, issued a statement claiming that no Air Force operations had taken place in Kaduna state in the previous twenty-four hours.

The statement said: “It is untrue that reports circulating that Nigerian Air Force (NAF) planes inadvertently killed defenseless people in Kaduna are true.

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“Please be advised that no air operations have been conducted by the NAF within Kaduna State or its surroundings during the past twenty-four hours.

It should be noted that there are other organizations in the Northwestern area of Nigeria that use combat-armed drones besides the Nigerian Air Force.

It is imperative to guarantee that the media consistently performs thorough due diligence before to publishing uncorroborated and unsubstantiated allegations. Much obliged.

COP28: FG accepts UAE humanitarian response stations in Nigeria

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COP28: FG accepts UAE humanitarian response stations in Nigeria

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has agreed to allow the Federal Government to establish humanitarian response stations throughout the nation in an effort to provide disaster victims with immediate assistance.

Dr. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, revealed this information to press in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, following her meetings with Emirati government representatives at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28).

She stated that in order to address the humanitarian issues brought on by the insurgency, especially in the northeast, and to put an end to the widespread poverty in other regions of the nation, Nigeria requested assistance from the UAE.

The UAE Red Crescent, the nation’s Red Cross equivalent, according to Edu, is now prepared to construct a more robust humanitarian response network throughout the nation.

“We have held a lot of interactions at different levels, of course, with the UAE government,” she said, referring to talks with the nation’s Minister for Tolerance, who is also the President’s brother. We discussed in great detail how we may collaborate to lift millions of managers out of poverty.

We have communicated with the DG of the World Trade Organization, who happens to be one of our own. We’ve spoken with the president of the Islamic Development Bank, and their main areas of interest include initiatives for reducing poverty and humanitarian relief that they can provide to the nation.

“And lastly, we engaged with the Red Crescent, which functions similarly to the Red Cross in Dubai, and they are prepared to travel to Nigeria to assist us in creating a more robust humanitarian response network throughout the nation.”

The minister stated that the majority of Nigeria’s poverty and humanitarian challenges are caused by climate change, which has also led to insurgencies and security issues in the nation.

According to her, the ministry’s purpose at COP28 is to “see how we can be part of the adaptation to climate change, to get support to provide jobs for people to lift them out of poverty, to key into the Paris Agreement “. Moreover, consider how we might cooperate to guarantee that all natural disasters that cause humanitarian crises are avoided or at least lessened.

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation places a high priority on climate change, according to Edu. The majority of poverty that we are addressing and the majority of our humanitarian crises are caused by climate change.

Climate change is to blame for the flooding that occurs in Nigeria on a biweekly basis. In addition, there are problems with the drying up of the Lake Chad Basin, the Sahel, and the surrounding areas, which have caused approximately 40 million people who depend on the basin to lose their means of subsistence.

These folks are now incredibly credulous. They fall into poverty and are thus easily exploited by anyone seeking to recruit them for any of the terrorist groups instigating the insurgency.

As we work to rescue people from humanitarian crises, we cannot stand by and watch as more people become entangled in them due to climate change. This meeting is being held for that reason.

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The industrialized world’s actions, which account for the majority of greenhouse emissions, are to blame for the climate change and its effects that are sweeping the planet, according to observations made by the federal government.

Asserting that the Nigerian delegation was committed to advocating for a position that benefits the nation and its citizens, Environment Minister Balarabe Lawal stated, “So, I think this year’s COP we are expecting a lot from it,” in an interview with State House correspondents on the fringes of COP28.

“This year’s conference has as its primary focus the issue of adaptation and mitigation,” he continued. Of course, the most pressing problem is loss and harm, which I believe touches most of us since we have long been victims of an unavoidably changing climate.

“The industrialization of the world has resulted in a multitude of climate-related problems that have impacted vulnerable nations, including Nigeria: desertification, coastline erosion, and numerous other concerns that preceded these problems. I believe that we are fortunate this year. The president of COP right now is a fierce individual. His speech left me really pleased.

With President Bola Tinubu’s viewpoint already stated at the occasion, he gave his assurance that the summit will be beneficial for Nigeria.

“So, I think this year’s COP is going to be very good for us,” Lawal continued, adding that Nigeria would share its thoughts on the different concerns regarding the effects of climate change and remediation.That explains why so many Nigerians are traveling to different sectors, including the ones pertaining to carbon grading, mitigation, methane (which the President addressed yesterday), and Nigeria’s position.

“Are already paying $30 billion in that area, and we have over $100 billion in the area of loss and damage, which is the issue of those that have been victims of flood and all sorts of consequences,” the minister noted, pointing out that the developed world has expressed their viewpoints.

FGN distributes POS machines to physically challenged people in Anambra

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FGN distributes POS machines to physically challenged people in Anambra

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and VCDP, has provided certain physically challenged people with Point of Sale (POS) machines in Anambra State’s Ogbaru LGA.

Atani’s LGA secretariat hosted the presentation.
Mr. Chukwujekwu Obianefo, VCDP Rural Finance officer, noted that the POS terminal was viewed as a critical tool for empowerment in order to serve the vulnerable across the participating LGAs.

He stated that the LGAs of Ogbaru, Ihiala, and Orumba South are being used as a test area, which will be expanded to other LGAs in due course.

Mr. Obianefo stated that the assistance was part of the VCDP’s financial inclusion mainstreaming program, as well as the Program’s concern for the underprivileged and persons with disabilities in order to help them escape poverty.

During the presentation, Mr. Pascal Aniegbuna, Chairman of Ogbaru LGA, urged the recipients to make wise use of government intervention and support through Agricultural Programmes such as the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) to improve their lives.

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He urged them to accept the assistance with a warm hug because it is intended to help them become financially independent, noting that such a gift is uncommon.
Mr. Aniegbuna thanked the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, and the VCDP for their assistance.

Mrs. Amaka Onyema, a physically challenged primary healthcare worker, commended the IFAD-VCDP for the kind gesture on behalf of herself and other beneficiaries, promising that they would put it to good use and fulfill the goal of the support.

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