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The Executive Director, Bank of Industry, Toyin Adeniji, said yesterday that they will not relent until every Nigerian who is willing, have access to loan irrespective of the status or level of education. Naira Speaking at the unveiling of ‘Trader Moni’ initiative at Ojuwoye market in Lagos, Adeniji said that the programme which is activated nationwide will support 2 million Nigerians to grow their business. She disclosed that the goal of the scheme was to take financial inclusion down to the grass root whereby pure water seller, bread seller, food seller, okada rider among others can access loan to expand their business without any collateral. She stated: “This ‘Trader Moni’ initiative is a mobile phone driven, after your details have been captured by agent and send to BoI system for validation, within 48 hours you will get cash notification in your mobile wallet account. You can either transfer the cash to your bank account or cash it out in any mobile money agent around. “At the beginning you can access N10,000 and pay back N10,250 to qualify for N15,000. Once you payback N15,375 you will qualify for N20,000 loan, when you pay back N21,000 you will get N50,000. All these stages have duration of six months interval to pay back.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/financial-inclusion-2-million-nigerians-to-benefit-from-trader-moni-initiative-boi/

Every Nigerian knows that the governor defected because his godfather defected, the Governor is the kind of leader we don't need in this country, a governor that can put the interest of an individual ahead of his people is not qualified to govern a state, this is because he lacks leadership value and lacks integrity.

Atiku is always using every opportunity for campaign, every patriotic Nigerian knows that Atiku does not have the interest of Nigerians at heart, he just want power based on his personal desire to rule Nigeria, Nigeria need more than that come 2019, he have been tested and He failed woefully, he is not qualified to rule Nigeria come 2019, him trying to take advantage of this situation to penetrate Nigerians is not working.

The action taken by the Vice president is commendable, this has proved that the Buhari led administration has too much respect for Democracy and the rule of law. This administration is sure bringing the change we desire.

This man must be a joker, how can he say that Buhari should not be given credit for the recent development, who is the vice president representing, who is he taking orders from, besides it's their office so both of them deserve credit for acting in accordance with the rule of law period.

Federal Government is to construct about 243-kiliometre rural roads and reconstruct 375-kilometre roads for farmers in seven northern participating states under the International Fund for Agriculture Development, Climate Change Adaption and Agribusiness Support Programme, IFAD-CASP, to ease transportation of their farm produce to potential market places. The seven northern states are Borno, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, announced this while flagging off the rehabilitation of the 2.5-kilometre Tambu-Makasauro Road in Daura area of Katsina State. Ogbeh said 22 rural roads within a distance of 59.09 kilometres will be rehabilitated this year with drainage, culverts and drifts. He said the roads would benefit about 7,000,000 persons and farmers within the participating states, while noting that the intervention of rural infrastructure was to unlock vast and enormous potentials in the rural areas. Earlier, National Programme Coordinator, Climate Change Adaption and Agribusiness Support Programme, CASP, Alhaji Muhammad Idah, said rehabilitation of the erosion-prone roads will accelerate economic growth on a sustainable basis, improve agricultural production, facilitate easy access to farms and transportation of farm inputs and produce to the markets, as well as reduce vulnerability of smallholder farmers, particularly women and youths. Related

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/fg-constructs-rehabilitate-rural-roads-for-farmers-in-7-states/

With what is happening in Nigeria right now, he should step down, Nigerians has discovered his tactics, Nigerians don't welcome his deceitful means any longer.I think what the APC should do is to work to take over the majority in the house so that the man can be impeached, he has caused a lot of havoc already[color=#990000][/color]

Supporting the Buhari led government has nothing to do with religion or tribe, it is about personal interest, it is also a matter of personal opinion in the governance of this administration. Its good to know that their are some people in the east who still believed that irrespective of the tribe or religion, Nigeria can still be great under the supervision of this present administration.We should not allow some bad eggs in this country to poison our minds toward contributing our own quota in the development of this country.[color=#990000][/color]

This is a plus to the APC, the game is becoming interesting, 95 per cent of the party structure across the 12 wards of the area has officially moved to the APC. The officials in the state has proved that not everyone is under Saraki, that there are some people who still believed in the positive movement of this administration.

There is no need to strategies against what will never happen, this administration assumed office with a free and fair election, and they have never acted otherwise. I think the best thing to be discussing is how poverty, unemployment, security, and many more could be defected, i urge Nigerians to learn the habit of supporting the government instead of always analyzing their flaws. [color=#006600][/color]

This is expected, based on the fact that the government have been putting a lot of effort in the eradication of this course,the efforts of officers and men of the Nigeria Air Force in fighting insurgency in Zamfara, Borno, Adamawa states and other parts of the North East have been commendable.
many nations of the world had gone through the process before getting to their point of their greatness, i believe Nigeria will win this fight against insurgency.

Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim-Usman-jibril By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— The Federal Government has assured stakeholders and residents of oil impacted Ogoni ethnic nationality of Rivers State that no part of the fund paid for the remediation process would be diverted for any other use. The Federal Government also assured that the money so far paid for the process was intact in a designated account, adding that Ogoni Trust Fund had been incorporated. Minister of State for Environment, who is also the chairman, Governing Council of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, Mr Ibrahim Jibril, spoke in Port Harcourt at the 2nd stakeholders meeting on the implementation of United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, report on Ogoniland clean-up organised by Federal Ministry of Environment through HYPREP. Jibril, who was represented by Dr. Ishaku Mohammed noted that funding had been an area of concern, but stated that significant achievements had been made. He said: “Funding is the area of concern. We have opened an escrow account. We assure that the money for the project is sacrosanct for the project and will not be diverted for other uses. The structure of the process is formidable that no single member or individual can withdraw anything without going through due process.” Meanwhile, President of KAGOTE and member of Board of Trustees, HYPREP, Dr. Peter Medee, has disclosed that the board had successfully opened an account with a foreign bank, adding that this would guarantee security of funds for the project. He said: “The Ogoni Trust Fund has been incorporated. Two Ogoni citizens are trustees of the fund. Ogoni can use the fund without interference from the Federal Government and it is done in such a way that change in administration will not affect the project. “No part of the fund for the clean-up is missing. We have received the fund from international oil companies, IOCs, led by Shell. The first part of the money had been received and is now in the Ogoni Trust Fund. An Ogoni son is one of the three signatories to the account. “We have successfully opened an account with Standard Chartered Bank of London. We are now sure that the fund is secure.”

//www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/money-for-ogoni-clean-up-wont-be-diverted-fg-assures-stakeholders/

No doubt, the fact is that the Buhari led administration has done a lot in less than four years and as a patriotic Nigerian, i believed that if this government is given a chance for a second term they will do more, a government that can achieve this in this few year surely has a lot to offer.In less than four years, they were able to correct mistakes done by the past government, set reforms to tackle corruption, this administration has invested in people, revitalization of the multi National joint task force[MNJTF] aimed at combating trans-boarder crime and the boko haram insurgency and so many more.

This is a good one, its good to know that their are officials who still rate the interest of this country ahead of their personal interest, the quest for power has made some officials lose their integrity by defecting from a party set for change to a party that is working against the party for their selfish interest

NIGERIANS DON’T BELIEVE PDP ANYMORE

Claims by the failing Peoples Democratic Party that President Muhammadu Buhari had taken a 10-day leave in order to leave the stage for illegal and unconstitutional actions by the administration are both ridiculous and a hollow narrative to garner cheap sympathy.

That the President, himself a sworn democrat had handed power to his deputy without compulsion is itself exemplary and innovative, something that the PDP failed to produce in their sixteen years of monumental mismanagement and sadistic plunder.

For the benefit of the doubters, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, the Vice President who acts in the absence of the President is a lawyer of the highest rank and a social rights crusader who had received local and international acclaim before he took the present office. It is inconceivable that this is the team to copy the bad manners cast in stone in the PDP.

We welcome objective criticism and take them seriously and humbly, but Nigerians must by now be tired of a party, the stock in trade of which is to cry wolf where there is none, ostensibly to spread negativity and distract the President’s attention from the cleansing operations he has been mandated to carry out.

The President is carrying out difficult reforms for the future growth of the country, such as the implementation of the ease of doing business, the Treasury Single Account, TSA, the whistleblower process, and hundreds of others, including the massive investment in rail, roads and power. If such reforms had happened in 16 years of the PDP, it would have made things much better for the country.

Instead, they seem to be fixated with a desperate quest for power, nothing but power for its own sake because they have nothing to offer. They draw a sadistic pleasure when things appear to be going wrongly, yet they offer nothing by way of remedy or solutions.

The whole country is fighting corruption and the ordinary citizen is happy about all that is happening. The economic parameters have changed for the better, a clear indication that the administration’s political and economic strategies are working but the opposition is not interested.

If the PDP doesn’t have anything that would help our farmers, women, the common man and the youth, they should just keep quiet.

In the end, one thing Nigerians should take away from the cacophonous falsehoods from the PDP and the tenants back in their tent is that they all fear one thing, that their old records will be reopened.

Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 2, 2018

Its glaring that the senate president has dump the All Progressive Congress because of his selfish interest, he thinks that becoming a president is about playing games and setting officials up against each other, He does not have integrity, not patriotic and above all, all he thinks about is himself, he is so greedy that he has decided to divide this country to achieve his aims. Nigerians don't need a man like him, The patriotic Nigerians need a man that is capable and reliable and saraki lacks those qualities[color=#990000][/color]

This group of selfish people thinks that they going to be victorious come 2019 with their evil plan of coming back to introduce corrupt activities in this county, They should understand that the people will never vote against a man that have been trying so much in correcting their wrongs and fixing all they have destroyed,so far their is no one in the pdp that can win the patriotic president come 2019, this administration has achieved a lot in less than four years, i believed they still has more to offer if given the opportunity.

The people who do not want the best for this country are gradually living the party,this defection is good for the party, this will enable the party to work with the real people, the people that want to build this country positively. some wailers will keep saying that what happened to the PDP in 2015 is repeating itself at the expense of the APC, but i disagree, the difference is very clear, the defection to the APC in 2015 was based on the people's interest, but this present defection is based on personal interest. Their defection has no effect come 2019, the voters will judge.[color=#990000][/color]

An update received from the office of the Vice President of Nigeria on the state of foreign investment inflow into the economy has indicated that about $83.9 billion worth of investments were announced between January 2017 and the end of the first quarter of 2018, Q1’18. Osinbajo The report titled, “2018 Making Business Work”, evaluated government’s efforts in improving the business environment in Nigeria and was presented to the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, by the Enabling Business Environment Secretariat in the Vice President’s office during the monthly meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC). A breakdown of capital investments as contained in the report showed that in 2017, over $66 billion worth of investments were announced, comprising 112 projects across 27 states and the FCT Abuja, while an additional $17.9 billion worth of investments were announced in quarter 1 of 2018, as actual capital importation stood at $6.3 billion, representing over six times the value in the first quarter of 2017, Q1’17. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, who unfolded the report yesterday, stated that measurable progress has been recorded on multiple fronts as the economy responds to key government interventions particularly in the areas of economic growth, inflation, foreign exchange & external reserves, capital market, investment, infrastructure and social investment programmes. Looking at the journey so far, according to him, the report indicated that under economic growth, the rigorous implementation of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP, led the economy out of a recession in 2017; it grew to 0.83 percent, up from -1.58 percent recorded in 2016, on the back of improvements in agriculture, industry and trade. It further stated that the economy has registered four consecutive quarters of steady growth. In the first quarter of 2018, the economy grew 1.95 percent and is projected to grow by up to 3.0 percent over the year, driven by stronger oil prices, stable production, increased non-oil output and improved foreign exchange availability. The report also indicated that for the first time in Nigeria, under the competitiveness section of the ERGP, soft infrastructure is expressly recognized as a deliberate strategy to attain economic development through the facilitation of an enabling business environment for businesses to thrive. The report specifically recognized government’s efforts in improving the effectiveness of soft infrastructure such as the financial system; the education system; health care system; the system of government; law enforcement; and emergency service. According to the report, “Nigeria’s reforms have so far seen it successfully move 24 places up the World Bank Ease of Doing Business rankings. Overall, in the current reform cycle, the PEBEC focused on three pillars to accelerate and expand the impact of completed reforms. The focus will be on deepening existing reforms. Complete pending initiatives and ensure implementation of completed reforms launched in 2017, including communication and consequence management, as well as making the reforms sustainable.” On inflation, the report indicated that the pressure on prices is easing and inflation fell 16 consecutive months from 18.72 percent in January 2017 to 11.60 percent in May 2018.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/economic-reforms-84bn-investments-recorded-in-18-months-osinbajo/

It's not surprising, the defection of such people is always the strength of the APC. Their defection has no effect on the party. The PDP will never have the chance to overthrow the president come 2019. His defection is based on selfish interest, not in the interest of the people.

I appreciate the fact that this administration is really investing in people, this programme has actually provide job for fresh graduates who never taught of having a job after their graduation based on the fact that the past administration has never given such an opportunity to the youths in their sixteen years of reign. this is expected, the people that have benefitted from this programme will definitely support the president in his quest for continuity come 2019. Besides before Npower their is nothing put in place to pay the young graduates.[color=#990000][/color]

The federal government says it is feeding 8.5 million children each school day under its school feeding programme across the country.

The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments, Maryam Uwais, disclosed this in Kano at a high level interactive Social Policy Workshop on strengthening capacity to ensure sustainability for Child targeted programmes in Northern Nigeria.

She said the gesture was aimed at not only reducing the pressure on families to provide food on the table for their children, but also improve learning outcomes and improves the health of the children.

“Enrolment of children in primary schools has drastically improved. Many of our poorest citizens do not prioritise education, often due to lack of appreciation of how education can enhance the fortunes of a child,” she said.

UNICEF Nigeria in collaboration with the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, organised the workshop for 19 northern states commissioners of planning and women affairs.

The workshop was organised under the UNICEF New Country Programme (2018-2022), designed to expand the scope of interventions in social policy activities in northern.

She noted that the engagement of over 136,000 teaching assistants under the federal government’s N-power programme across the country had improved the quality of education being received by the children.

Mrs Uwais said the school feeding programme was initiated by the federal government to address school enrolment problem and boost their nutrition.

“Our potential as a nation cannot be fully realised when over 40 per cent of our population are deprived of their capacity to achieve their full potential.

“Where we do not deliberately plan to educate and empower the our girl-child, we lose the economic potential of the the value she could have contributed to herself, the household and the community, not to talk of the impact of her knowledge on her children and generations.”



She, therefore, urged the participants to find out why the northern part of the country was lagging behind on many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially on health and survival of Children.

In his remarks, the Emir Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, called on state governments do everything possible to ensure effective implementation of policies that will check child and maternal mortality.

He said the Emirate Council would continue to support all government’ policies and programmes aimed at promoting girl-child education in the state and the country at large

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/278270-8-5-million-children-benefiting-from-school-feeding-programme-fg.html

I trust the president to discuss key points on how we can move forward and the system that we can put in place that will keep the countries economy booming and stable, i appreciate the fact that the president has continued to extend the hand of friendship to other countries for the purpose of a healthy business partnership and development between the countries.[color=#990000][/color]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the deployment of 1,000-strong military force to Zamfara State to combat insecurity.

Buhari made the revelation on his Twitter handle, @MBuhari while talking about the agenda for the ECOWAS-ECCAS Summit in Lome, Togo. He said the top agenda would be peace and security.

He said; “I have authorized the deployment of a 1,000-strong Military Force to tackle the troubling security challenges in Zamfara. We have another Special Military Force, of about the same size, in Benue, covering Nasarawa and Taraba as well. In Plateau, we have Operation Safe Haven.



In the face of the evolving security threats, in the North Central and North West, we remain determined to neutralize every form of banditry and criminality. What we will never do is abandon any part of Nigeria to terrorists and criminals.”

The president added that there was increased cooperation between security agencies, “we are seeing improved cooperation between the Military, Police, DSS and Civil Defence Corps, and also prioritizing intelligence gathering; as well as increasing the use of air assets and surveillance technology to locate and neutralize the criminals responsible for these attacks.

Our security agents have arrested hundreds of suspects across the flashpoints, and investigations and prosecutions are ongoing in several cases. I acknowledge that more needs to be done in this regard; we are counting on the full cooperation of the Judiciary to achieve this.”

https://punchng.com/buhari-orders-deployment-of-1000-strong-military-force-to-zamfara/

it is good that the president has said that he will return Nigeria to the path of peace, this is based on the fact that with the effort this administration is putting to eradicate insurgency in this country, there are some people who are working against this administration to paint them dirty, i believe in this administration to put an end to this course and bring the culprits to book.[color=#990000][/color]

The Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR ) said the Federal Government earned N748 billion from taxes and royalties paid by oil and gas companies operating in Nigeria in 2017.

This was contained in DPR’s report made available at a workshop organised for energy reporters in Lagos on Friday.

The report said the revenue represented about 83 per cent of the agency’s target.

The report also stated that the agency renewed close to 25 oil blocks, which had combined revenue of about 1billion dollars.


http://thenationonlineng.net/fg-raises-n748bn-oil-tax-royalty-dpr/
According to the report, the agency granted approval for 16 new field development plans in 2017, which would increase the nation’s oil and gas production by 560,463 when completed.

“We renewed 19 expired leases in 2017 to enhance upstream investment influx and accelerate oil and gas reserves and production growth.

“We actively supported the implementation of a major gas commercialisation programme, which seeks to create a regulatory framework to facilitate gas flare monetisation to end gas flaring by 2020,” the report said.

The agency said it issued ten licences and approval for development of gas production and processing facilities that culminated in the commencement of the operation of the plant.

The agency said it revised and issued new DPR procedure guide for the determination of quantity and quality of petroleum products in Nigeria.

The DPR said it initiated early lease renewal programme to accelerate revenue generation for government.



It added that this was meant to fund national budget and incentivice upstream investment by ensuring security of tenure, long gestation and payback period for oil and gas investments.

The agency further said it facilitated improved cooking gas penetration with local consumption growing from 390,000 metric tons to 470,000/metric tons with a potential to hit 500,000 metric tons milestone.

“We increased national gas reserve base from 192.07trillion cubic feet to 197.74 trillion cubic feet representing 3.5 per cent increase over the preceding year.

“We increased operator compliance on National Production Monitoring System (NPMS) by commencing the upgrade of the NPMS to real time data captured in 26 crude oil terminal locations.

“This improved the efficiency in the administration of crude oil export and production accounting,” the report added.

The actual fact is that this lawmaker is saying the truth. its unfortunate that these defectors are are being enticed with mouth-watering cash and automatic return ticket to leave the party, its unfortunate that the automatic ticket being offered would not be given to those who accepted the offer and defected from the APC, not after they have sold their integrity. Their attempt to turn APC into a minority party in the House and Senate has actually failed. I like the fact that the law maker has decided to negotiate instead of dumping the party for selfish reasons. [color=#990000][/color]

This defection will have no effect come 2019. Saraki, Dogara, Tambuwal, Kwakwanso and Ortom are not representing Nigerians,they don't really have influence on their people so there's no big deal in these news. The fact is that their collaboration can't overpower the selfless Buhari. Buhari will always win in the core North ahead of them. Tambuwal has nothing to offer,South west is the saving ground for pdp [color=#990000][/color]

Anybody that wants the best for this country is ought to believe in the Buhari led administration, this is the government that has invested in the people, they have recognized the importance of democracy, they have successfully eradicated corruption and are presently fighting insurgency, i think this government really need the peoples support to do more.[color=#990000][/color]

President Muhammadu Buhari and the President of Benin Republic, Patrice Talon, on Wednesday, agreed to set up a joint committee to combat smuggling.
Buhari made it known on his Twitter handle on Thursday, as he revealed that smuggling poses a significant economic and security risk to Nigeria.
He added that “Even though Nigeria has, in the last three years, succeeded in cutting the importation by about 90 per cent, parboiled rice is still being smuggled into the country, discouraging our farmers and undermining our goal of self-sufficiency in rice production. This is why we must act.”


http://punchng.com/nigeria-republic-of-benin-set-up-joint-committee-to-combat-smuggling/

This is the spirit of good leadership, Mr President has respect for the right of the members of his party, He already knows that they have always been the problems of the APC. I think he has done all he could do as a leader to stop the defectors, besides, these officials has no integrity or political value in this country, Buhari knows his worth, he should not be associated with people who do not have integrity. So far, no harm or injury has been done to the party and its aspirations by the movements.This is a good one.[color=#990000][/color]

Fani will never see anything good in this Buhari led administration, this is because he has hatred for this government from the onset. If the PDP is sure of defeating the president come 2019, why moving for impeachment, He should understand that cheap talks hold no waters. Nigerians support positivism and that is what the Buhari led administration stands for, a man of integrity who has the interest of the country at heart will surely come out victorious after the Election. [color=#990000][/color]