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Onitsha ENDSARS protesters block the entrance to the government house Onitsha.


EndSARS Protesters in Onitsha stormed some area in the city including the Governor's Lodge on peaceful protest against the wrongful conduct of some men of the Nigerian Police Force.

Addressing the angry youths at Onitsha Governor's Lodge the Capacity Chairman of Onitsha North LGA His Youthfulness Hon. Patrick Agha Mba who also doubles as ASATU National Youth President on behalf of the Governor preached peace and assured them of the Governor's Intervention.


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Female protester on the beat in Onitsha

Website developers joined the Onitsha ENDSARS protest

From Onitsha ENDSARS protest


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Iconic pictures of ENDSARS protest in Onitsha

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Ref No. CZ.5300/FPRD/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.3/30 Date: 11th October, 2020

The Director of News
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PRESS RELEASE​

IGP DISSOLVES THE SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD (SARS)
· Emplaces other measures to protect the citizens

In the finest spirit of democratic, citizen-centred and community policing, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has today, 11th October, 2020, dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they hitherto existed.

The IGP, while noting that the dissolution of SARS is in response to the yearnings of the Nigerian people, observes that by this dissolution, all officers and men of the now defunct Special Anti-robbery Squad are being redeployed with immediate effect.

The IGP notes that the Force is not oblivious of the ever present need to combat armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes in the country which was before now the core mandate of the erstwhile Squad. He assures that a new policing arrangement to address anticipated policing gaps the dissolution of SARS would cause has been evolved and shall be announced in due course.

Meanwhile, as part of measures to prevent a re-occurrence of events that gave rise to the dissolution of SARS, a Citizens’ and Strategic Stakeholders’ Forum is being formed to regularly interface with Police leadership at all levels and advise on police activities as they affect the general public.

In addition, the Force is constituting an Investigation Team which shall include Civil Society Organizations and Human Rights Bodies to work with the Police in investigating alleged cases of human rights violations. The measure, the IGP believes, will enhance transparency and accountability in police services as well as providing a system of deterrence for erring police officers whose action clearly violates the rights of the citizenry.

The IGP appreciates and commends all citizens particularly those who genuinely express their concerns for a better policing orientation in an organized, patriotic and civil manner. He reaffirms the determination of the Force to bequeath to the country a Police Force and System that is professional in service delivery and most importantly, accountable to the people.


DCP FRANK MBA
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FORCE HEADQUARTERS
ABUJA



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See the five to know about the dissolution of SARS- Inspector General of Police

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horsepower102:


This is good news. Good Job Ansippa.

See the fiscal sustainability index of Nigerian states- Anambra is number TWO on the table. I think ANSIPPA played a role in the last 3yrs of investment inflow into Anambra.

13 States technically insolvent, debts rise 163%
ON SEPTEMBER 25, 20204:23 AMIN BUSINESS
By Yinka Kolawole
Thirteen States in Nigeria may have become technically insolvent as an independent research report indicated they failed fiscal sustainability test.


According to the research conducted by BudgIT, a public sector-focused financial information house, the states’ revenues could not fund their recurrent expenditure obligations together with their loan repayment schedules due in 2019.

In the just released 2020 edition of its annual state of states report titled, “Fiscal Sustainability and Epidemic Preparedness Financing at the State Level”, BudgIT noted that Rivers State ranked first on the 2020 States’ Fiscal Sustainability Index, followed by Anambra, Ogun and Lagos states.


It added that among the states that are not fiscally sustainable Osun, Oyo, Kogi, Ekiti and Plateau states occupy the worst positions.

It stated: “From our 2020 State of States analysis, 13 states were unable to fund their recurrent expenditure obligations together with their loan repayment schedules due in 2019 with their respective total revenues.

“The worst hit of these 13 states are – Lagos, Oyo, Kogi, Osun and Ekiti states while the other states on this pendulum are Plateau, Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Cross River, Benue, Taraba and Abia.


“Furthermore, of the remaining 23 states that can meet recurrent expenditure and loan repayment schedules with their total revenue, eight of those states had really low (less than N6 billion) excess revenue, that they had to borrow heavily to fund their capital projects.

“The worst hit are Zamfara, Ondo and Kwara who had N782.45 million, N788.22 million and N1.48 billion left, respectively.

“Based on their fiscal analysis, only five states – Rivers, Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi and Kebbi states – prioritised capital expenditure over recurrent obligations, while 31 states prioritised recurrent expenditure according to their 2019 financial statements.”


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The report further noted that all 36 states’ debts surged by 162.87% (N3.34 trillion), from N2.05 trillion in 2014 to N5.39 trillion in 2019, with 10 states accounting for approximately half or N1.68 trillion of this increase. Seven of these states are from the South while three are from the North.

To achieve fiscal sustainability, Damilola Ogundipe, BudgIT’s Communications Lead, said: “States need to grow their Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, as options for borrowing are reduced due to debt ceilings put in place by the Federal Government to prevent states from slipping into debt crisis. There has to be a shift from the culture of states’ overdependence on Federation Account Allocation Commission, FAAC.”


Commenting, BudgIT’s Principal Lead, Gabriel Okeowo, noted that though some states have seen some improvement in their IGR between 2014 and 2019, there is still a need to put systems in place for aggressive IGR growth within the sub-national economies.

He added that this more so as falling crude oil prices, OPEC production cuts and other COVID-19 induced headwinds are set to impact Federal Allocations over the next two years.

Vanguard


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Tour of Awka Millennium City by Prof Chukwuma Soludo.

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