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We are still very much relevant in some areas.
If only we can harness our agricultural potentials as a country, we would be relevant than even America.

…as yam exportation to begin July 2017

By Gabriel Ewepu

ABUJA – THE Chinese government has demanded dry yam from Nigeria to meet industrial and domestic needs.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Thursday, in
Abuja, which a technical working committee was inaugurated to fast track the exportation of yam by July 2017.
The Minister said Nigeria has remained one of the world’s largest producer of yam, which accounts for 61.7 per cent of the global production of the rot crop, while there are over 60 varieties of yam, but sadly, Nigeria not among yam exporting countries.

He assured that local production and consumption of the commodity would not be affected by the move to export yam soon, rather government would scale up intervention in yam production, as farmers in the country have indicated willingness to increase production to meet both local and international demands.

He noted that high level of yam production was going on in Zakibiam in Benue State, the Minister said government would leverage on it and also spread production across the entire country.
However, he lamented Ghana, which produces far less than any yam producing state in Nigeria, has taken over the European market.

According to him yam consumed in the United States were imported from Ghana and a tuber of yam cost as high as $15.
He said: “Ghana is controlling Africa’s yam export market where Nigeria is one of the world’s largest producers. I am not sure if Ghana produces as much yam as any state of the federation”.

The Minister noted that the private sector driven committee was deliberate in other to guide the government on how to get a fair share of the global yam market.
He noted that the Nigerian yam export promotion programme was aimed at taking Nigerian yam production, processing and marketing to next level in line with what is done in other country.

He also emphasised the need to ensure that Nigerian agricultural produce meet the standard of foreign markets, and stressed the need for the country to design produce that would meet Nigerian health standard.

The minister tasked the committee to develop a framework for establishment of Nigeria yam export sea and airport where all documentation relating to the export are prepared, adding that they should facilitate acquisition warehouses at the receiving destination, rationalize the bureaucracy of export and enforcement agency located within one roof designated for Nigeria yam export park houses.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Committee, Prof Simon Tsange, said they have been doing underground work on the programme adding that the committee would ensure that in six months time, Nigerian yam would hit the international market.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/chinese-govt-demands-dry-yam-nigeria/

and you dont want to agree with me that the Nigerian political scene is filled with detractors!

thunderfiremods:
if she do like dat ...I will turn my back....any girl cannot jst use boob nd ass to fraud me

like MMM, lols!

and come to think of it, Sir Dr Peter Fayose has not said anything about this loan.
He is the only economist in Nigeria that will plainly tell us who and what is getting and using the loan.
lolsssss¿¡¡¡¡¡

With the controversial prices upandan, when will we get things right in this country?

. . . tears dropping unconytollably!!!¡¡¡

You that be going to church to give #20 as your offering for a whole week while you recharge daily with #500 and at the weekend took your girlfriend to Kilimanjo.
Please your deliverance is urgent because the demons that weh torment you in hell are seriously dancing azonto!

You that weh not read your holy book until worship day but weh go and buy newspaper every blessed day to find where they snap naked ladies and put. Sorry to inform you, satan is seriously preparing your cane at Bermuda.

You that weh not answer your name, not even your father's because it your local language name. Please be informed, your ancestors are seriously taking note.

You that have trained three girls at the university while you sit in house with incomplete O'level result and you are happy.
Please come here now, am suspending other prophecies for your sake.
Yours needs urgent attention!
Please come!
Now turn and face the congregation!
Put your hand on your chest!
Taaa remove that left hand there!
Put your right hand!
Not raise your left and repeat after me!
My father my father, every where my name has been taken to just to make me mumu for life, now catch fire, catch fire! Amen!

You that have not called your mother for the past two years because she does not have phone while you just ordered for gold customised iphone 7 for your girl.
Your village witches are really strong, they've almost sold your destiny.

You that have more than four thousand friends on social media and still, you weh not chat with any when you come online. Your deliverance need seven days dry, please visit the prayer warriors for assistance!

Happy soaring!


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Ioannes:
OK. Good luck finding them.

Be optimistic sir, am sure one of these days, you will definitely catch up with one!

Ioannes:
No. You're getting it twisted. Those "enemies" you're talking about are the friends I'm saying you should avoid.

Real enemies keep you on your toes. They make you stronger because they antagonize you with passion, they come at you with everything they've got.

If they had the opportunity to stab you in the back, they would rather turn you around so that you can see that they are the ones about to stab you before they finally plunge in the knife.

Those are worthy adversaries and loyal companions anyone who isn't a wimp would love to have for this earthly journey. You can always be assured of their constancy in their hatred of you. I admire and respect people like that. We'd take a pause and I'll buy them a beer, clink glasses with them before we continue our open antagonism. I love it.

But friends?

They'll bite your toes and blow breeze on it. They'll slip mild poison into your drink, a little at a time so that you'll die a slow and painful death.

They'll smile at you, yet in their minds they are thinking of a hundred ways they could torture you.

They celebrate your success with you, planning your wedding, being your children's godparent, yet their hearts are bleeding with bitterness at your happiness.

They shed tears of sorrow when you mourn, but their hearts are filled with glee and their minds mock you...

I could go on and on. Which would you rather choose?

There's no such thing as "true friend".

Sorry sir, there are true friends!

alexialin:
Funny enough this so called enemies are Never strangers

They are close to one like chewing gum.
They are people u know either from afar or close by
They are people u think u trust
They are people one can even do business with and one think he or she has struck a good deal and both parties are happy but in reality .? But the only party is happy -YOU The other party might be greedy and bitter .
They are even people u greet and shakes hands with. Laugh heartily thinking u are with a good soul, not knowing u laughing with a Viper. Even drink beers together.

So. My dear. It's better to have friends.. Than such enemies.

Cause they are Not far off.

They are close by.. Waiting for that slightest opportunity to strike.

Pray never to have Vindictive enemies. Just Pray

You just spoke the mind of the gods.

some people weh not like this news!!!

alexialin:
I do friendships but for me? Am selective cos my motto is Sincerity and Understanding and care

Thats all the ingredients, I and my friends for life need to keep us together

My selective friends have been here for. Me through thick and thin.. In fact they are like angels from heaven... Worth more than family sef.. .I can't ask for. More

God bless you all my friends wherever u are.. God bless you all real good.. You all will never lack in this life. As youve brought joy to. Me.. So shall joy and true companionship to me so shall great joy and great bonding well in your homes, place of work and business.. Amen and amen

@ " My selective friends have been here for. Me through thick and thin.. In fact they are like angels from heaven... Worth more than family sef.. .I can't ask for. More"

with the above, the fact is established that not every dick and harry is a worthy friend. But never close your door to new friends.

The matter wey we see so, e tey wen e start . . . Omaunmi!

Baddchristy:
I don't do friendship

What do you do¿¿¿

KanwuliaExtra:
It should happen ALL the time, since familiarity breeds "SEE FINISH"!

How do you explain the term Familiarity¿¿¿

Ishilove:
You sef swerve!

Ishi how fah¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿

whats wrong with professionally going into bean cake business with beauty plus if you have brains too join¿¿¿¿¿¿
Much ado about nothing¿¿¿¿

Ishilove:
Shut your stinking pie hole! Which stupid marginalisation? Have you asked your governors what they are doing with the billions of Naira FG gives them every month? Do you hold your leaders accountable for the kind of leadership they practice?

Is it only Igbo people that are harmed during religious riots?

Have you read about the latest xenophobic attacks in South Africa? Foreigners are targeted, just as it happens there in the North so which yeye marginalisation are you talking about?

Igbo people and victim complex. Abeg swerve ----------------------> to the far right.

FYI, Shewu did not give me any stupid work.

One House o!
Both of you should find something good and engage yourselves abeg¡¡¡¡

dorry62:

That soot ehn.It was not 
 funny oo.
 I think they doing Sth
 about it.


 Op back then in secondary school,
 This 'your note' would either be CRK
 or Biology.

Lols, what about History note? Btw, I think Wike is up to the task¡¿

KanwuliaExtra:
Always keep your DISTANCE.

This happens when you become sensitive to your friendship knowing when its time to increase the fire or put it out entirely.

Martino240:
op, shey they didn't teach you how to summarise?

Haba, summarize?
I gave you summary na!
Abeg lemme come and be going jor¡¡¡¡¡

gist4real:
I actually didn't read it. Abati was the reason I started buying newspaper even as his articles in the guardian newspaper those days was a readers delight. Then he took up a political appointment and went against everything he stood for. We both if the price is right, he will start singing a different tune. Abati, Segun Adeniyi and Femi Adesina they are all ink of the same pen.

I get it but you dont totally claim blind eyes to all his write ups.
He does good, praise him!
He does bad, criticize him!
Dasall!!!

•Govt goes tough, shuts down 3 companies, to prosecute directors
•Wash your hands; cover your food and windows, experts warn

By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT—ABOUT six million residents of Rivers State face the risk of developing cancer of the lung and other respiratory problems, following the never-ending raining of cancerous hydrocarbon elements, commonly referred to as black soot on their environment.
Dr. Furo Green, a specialist and consultant surgeon at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, Port Harcourt, who raised the alarm in an interview with NDV, decried the impact of the black soot, saying that six million Rivers people were at the risk of cancer over the hydrocarbon.

Magnitude of hydrocarbon

Similarly, a consultant surgeon and the deputy chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, Special Projects and Linkages University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Dr. Ochele Emmanuel, confirmed that the hydrocarbons were capable of causing cancer. However, the Rivers State Government, according to our findings, had shut down three companies in the state for allegedly operating machines that emit high magnitude of hydrocarbon into the atmosphere.

One of the residents, who spoke to our reporter, Mrs. Chika Chibuike, asserted: “I am aware of the black soot, before you wake in the morning, you will see black stains in your room. If you use a white cloth to clean the chairs or the television, it will be as if you cleaned charcoal. The thing is happening every day. When you clean your nose, you will also notice that youR nose is black. I heard that it can cause cancer but God is protecting me and my family. Although I am afraid of that, so I try as much to cover our food and close the windows.”

FG should monitor multinational companies: Dr. Green asserted that currently in the state, many people were at the risk of developing cancer of the lung and other respiratory problems following prolong exposure to the black soot caused by hydrocarbon, urging the federal government to monitor the activities of multinational companies that are into hydrocarbon processing.
Green said: “We all suddenly noticed an increase in discharge of black powdery matter in the environment, which the Ministry of Environment has narrowed to hydrocarbon. The implication of inhaling these hydrocarbon particles is that it can lead to acute inflammation of the airways, which can precipitate to hyper stimulation of the airway and actually precipitate asthmatic attack in individuals, who are predisposed to asthma.
“And over a long period of time it can precipitate chronic obstruction of the airways, which we refer to as chronic bronchitis. So when this condition goes on for a long time, it results to chronic respiratory conditions that can end up as malignancy or even kill the individual. The figure of people affected by this might even be larger than six million because other neighbouring states are also experiencing the soot, and even recently parts of Lagos State have been reported to also experience it.”
Green stated: “Hydrocarbons after prolong exposure can predispose to cancer, especially of the lung, because that is the area where it is settled, but there are other long lasting conditions that may arise from hydrocarbon poison, such as infertility as demonstrated by Prof. Georgewill of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, where he was able to demonstrate that fertility is significantly affected by hydrocarbon poisoning.

Hydrocarbon poisoning

“But in children, the effect can be unpredictable, a child that is very normal now could actually develop an acute respiratory problem, meaning that a child, who has never had asthma, can actually precipitate to one, and if care is not taken the child could die from asphyxia. So the effects of these particles are more pronounced in children right now, but over a period of time, it will lead to lung condition.”
Dr. Green advised: “Wash your hands as often as possible because even where you wash your hands, you will see that the lather of the soap itself is black. Children should be protected, close your windows, wash your fruits and cover your food to reduce the loads of these hydrocarbons. Also, clean your floor and furniture with moist towels to reduce the accumulation of the soot; and when you are exposed outside, wear a nose-mask or cover your nose with handkerchief to minimize the volume that is inhaled.”
Instant respiratory problem: The other consultant surgeon, Dr. Emmanuel noted that the immediate effect on people is respiratory problem and called on the government to clamp down on some human activities that introduce hydrocarbon into the atmosphere.

“This case of black soot has been, we know that whatever you burn, turns into hydrocarbon substances. We also know from the medical literature that the hydrocarbon agents have been implicated for causation of cancers for virtually all parts of the body, cancer of the lungs, cancer of the oesophagus, cancer of the stomach, cancer of the pancreas and cancer of the skin.
So the issue of the soot should not confound anybody, cancer may take long to manifest, but are we going to wait till 15 to 20 years when 10 persons out of 100 develop cancer before we confront the problem headlong? We may not have the resource to face such challenges at that time.”
Dr. Emmanuel counseled: “The government should do everything possible to ensure that our society is clean, they can do that by ensuring that illegal refineries, the petroleum industries, where there is gas flaring and where there is release of effluent into the atmosphere is reduced to the minimum even the automobile and artisans, who burn tires often. We know that it will have a cumulative effect one day. Among them for now, people will begin to develop respiratory problem, skin irritation. The government needs to intervene and the citizens should be educated.”

Govt to prosecute offenders

Meanwhile, the Task Force on Black Soot set by the state government to investigate and resolve the environmental challenge, penultimate Saturday, closed down three companies operating in the state, Chinese Government Company, CGC, HSH Engineering Company and AUC Ashphalt Company for allegedly operating machines that emit high magnitude of hydrocarbon into the atmosphere.
Commissioner of Information and Communications, Dr. Austin Tam-George, said the decision to set up the task force was taken at the State Executive Council meeting based on a preliminary report of its ministerial investigation presented to the council by the Commissioner of Environment, Prof. Roseline Konya.

Dr. Tam- George explained that the three companies operating in Aluu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state, were sealed up for aggravated air pollution and breach of environmental laws.

He noted that directors of the affected companies would face prosecution in accordance with the law and warned all individuals and companies that engage in practices that pollute the air and ruin the environment to desist or face the full weight of the law. The commissioner said that while the state remained open for investment, government was committed to the implementation of the United Nations, UN Declarations on the importance of fresh air and creation of sustainable livelihoods in the communities.

Findings by govt: Tam-George asserted: “The asphalt plant was found to be producing thick black smog out of the furnace in the process of burning asphalt, heavily polluting the air. The Asphalt plant was immediately shut down by the task force. All the directors of the company will be prosecuted according to the law. The public is, therefore, advised to cooperate with the task force by providing useful information on black soot.”


Immediate past Commissioner for Health, Dr. Theophilus Odagme, who spoke to NDV two days before Governor Nyesom Wike relieved him of his job, told NDV, that that the contents of the black particle have not been determined, but government had sent samples for test.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/02/black-soot-6-million-rivers-residents-risk-cancer-specialists/

Mayflowa:
Nice use of satirical language. We all should be in London!

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gist4real:
Abati should go and sit down. He has lost the respect and credibility he use to have.
I don't read his articles again. He is struggling to relevant.

And you are still commenting on his article! lols.

And he has guts to call out @Benmurraybruce . . . " If the acting President must go to London everyday, let him do so, but don’t let us run Nigeria by telephone or DHL Am I making sense? I am not talking about common sense. I mean real sense. So, do I make any sense at all?"
It ok!
Okbye!!!

Tazmode:
Oh this is lovely and corrective OP. In addition,

8. Consistently and remorselessly posting bullshevik using the key words "BREAKING!", "SHOCKING!", "REVEALED!", "EXPOSED!"

This one dey vex me pass another thing¡¡¡¡¡¡

I wish you well bro!
Happy married Life!!!

Let's read the story below. The story is told by Henry Penn, a florist.


One day two boys and a girl of about ten years of age approached his (Henry Penn) store. They wore ragged clothes, but had clean hands and faces. The boys took off their cap when they entered the shop. One of them came forward and solemnly said, "we're the committee and we'd like some very nice yellow flowers". Penn showed them some inexpensive spring flowers, but the boy said, "i think we'd like somthing better than that". "Do they have to be yellow", Penn asked. "yes Sir" was the reply, "Mickey would like it even better if they were yellow because he had a yellow sweater". "Are these for a funeral?" the florist asked quietly. The boy nodded. The girl then turned to keep back the tears. "She's his sister", the boy explained, "He was a good kid - a truck - yesterday - he was playing in the street, we saw it happen".

Then the other boy added, "Us kids took up a collection. We got eighteen cents." Touched by the story of the "committee", Penn replied, "I have some nice yellow roses here that i'm selling for eighteen cents a dozen". "Gee those would be swell!", exclaimed one of the boys. "Mickey would like those", the other confirmed. "I'll make up a nice spray", the sympathetic florist promised, "with fens and ribbons". "Where shall i send them?". "Would it be right Mister, if we took 'em now". added one of the boys, "we'd kinda like to take 'em over and give 'em to Mickey ourselves. He'd like it better that way." Penn accepted the eighteen cents.
The committee now carrying the kind of flower "Mickey would like" walked out of the shop. Yeah, the story ends here, did you enjoy the piece?

One of the problems our society today, is the scarcity and lack of good friends. For friendship to work at the end, the parties involved must understand that there has to be much forgiving if we want to get, keep our friends.

I will highlight some facts about friendship 'cause am not gonna do an all exposing facts or write up about friendship, but i hope the little one i will write will help somebody out there.

- Success in life depends on the support and help of other people.

- Building successful relationships demands hard work.

- There is need for constant work on relationships.

- To gain friends, become interested in other people instead of trying to make them interested in you.

- Talk with a close friend about your cares and worries. it helps.

- With good friends, it will be possible to disagree and still be agreeable.

Points on how to make friends:

- be likeable

- take the initiative

- get the other persons name right and let them get yours as well.

- don't expect anyone to be perfect

- find qualities to admire in the person

- practice conversation

- practice been courteous at all times
Points on how to build friendship:

- develop an attitude of acceptance

- develop mutual attraction

- develop genuine opneness

- develop appreciation and enjoyement
The points i made above will take me quite much time to explain, that is why i just listed them out here. I hope they help.

There are certain characters you making the friends need to imbibe as well viz:

- learn to stand alone when your friend is out, maybe due to one circumstance or the other

- learn to sometimes say 'no' (disagree sometimes and still be agreeable)

- learn to stay away from the quick tempered, the disloyal, the self-indulgent and the discontented.

Don't say no to friendship because of what might have happened in the past because your friends are the ones that will always get your back at rough and tough times.

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Koloy82:
d guy na nfa now

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BUHARIISCURSED:
MATTER IN INTRODUCTORY TECHNOLOGY

Lols, your matter still dey supreme court!

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