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Reacting on Friday, Fanwo said, “The recent letter was one of our strategies at protecting our Indigenous bakers and also protect our economy from the activities of bakers outside the State who bring their bread to the State without paying any form of levy.

Lol he literally wants to start a tariff war. They could just as easily tax a major goods out the Kogi just to spite them. Im surprised this is legal.

Front page: Lalasticlala mynd44

Esin also pointed out that the Ibom LeMeridian Hotels had witnessed a boost with the new management, as it remitted N200m to the state government as annual profit for the first time since its inception.

In over a decade of existence it only remitted 200m in profit. This hotel was a money pit.

400billionman:
Sensational headlines.

He ordered the withdrawal of police from SOME lawmakers, not all, some ex-Ministers, not all, and one ex-SGF.

How is that something to celebrate ?

When you know there are over 500 senators and Reps.

Nobody asked you celebrate.

He, however, exempted the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, from the directive.

Lol ofcourse crony politics rules the day.

nedekid:
I don't think it will work. The pressure will be too much on the IG.
Private security dont carry weapons ie guns. Besides they do not have command and power a police escort has.
Its either those big men have the security or the run out of the country.

They need to change the laws if thats the case.

ThreeBlackBird:
The IGP cannot fire them without Police Service Commission's approval which he wouldn't get for such offence, anyways. He can only dismiss junior officers that way.

You can be openly insubordinate without being fired. Nigeria's labor laws are something else.

Bump

In the new directive, the IGP told his subordinates that he was aware that his previous order on the withdrawal of police officers was flouted.

They have to get private security now. If the IGP still lets these guys flout orders without firing them he's weak.

By Nasir Ayitogo

The sudden withdrawal is happening after President Muhammadu Buhari announced a reform of the police in Nigeria

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to some prominent Nigerians and organisations.

The affected individuals include serving and former lawmakers, former ministers, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), popular business personalities and so on.

The serving lawmakers include Nicholas Mutu and Shina Peller; former lawmakers affected include Lado Yakubu and Boroface Ajayi; Babachir Lawal,a former SGF is also affected while ex-ministers affected include Femi Fani-Kayode and Bashir Yuguda.

The IGP's directive was contained in a wireless message dated November 4, 2020, and addressed virtually to all zonal Assistant Inspector-Generals (AIGs) and all state Commissioners of Police.

The letter with reference number CB/4001/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.116/32 was signed by Idowu Owohunwa, the Principal Staff Officer to the IGP.

The IGP announced that officers of the force attached to VIPs be withdrawn immediately.

He, however, exempted the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, from the directive.

The sudden withdrawal is happening after President Muhammadu Buhari announced a reform of the police in Nigeria.

Nigerian youth had in October taken to the streets to protest against police brutality.

The protesters also demanded the immediate disbandment of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) and the reform of the police.

The #EndSARS protests lasted for over two weeks and led to the death of at least 40 persons and destruction of lives and properties after it was hijacked by hoodlums who took advantage of a government crackdown.

WITHDRAW WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

In the new directive, the IGP told his subordinates that he was aware that his previous order on the withdrawal of police officers was flouted.

"The attention of the inspector general of police has been drawn to the fact that the police personnel attached to the under listed corporate bodies and personalities are yet to be withdrawn in spite of extant directives to that effect."

The personalities and organisations listed include The Christ Embassy, Think Nigeria First Initiative, Uche Sylva International, Stanel Groups and KYC Holding.

Other persons on the list include; former Senator Lado Yakubu, Ambassador Yuguda Bashir, Uche Chukwu, Boroface Ajayi, Tokunbo Afikuyomi, Edozie Madu, David Adesanya, Chris Giwa, Godwin Ekpo and Pius Akinyelure.

"In line with the subsisting orders, the inspector general of police directs that you withdraw all the PMF, SPU, CTU or conventional police operatives attached to the above listed companies/individuals in any of their locations across the country with immediate effect."

"It is the added directives of the inspector general of police that you submit a report confirming compliance and furnishing a detailed breakdown (by ranks/name) of all the personnel withdrawn from each of the corporate bodies/personalities as well as the location from where they are withdrawn from."

"Your compliance report is to be submitted to the inspector general of police not later than Tuesday, 10th November 2020," the IGP said.

AFFECTED PERSON REACTS

Reacting to the new directive, an individual who is affected by the order. stated that he has not been contacted and that he is not aware of the letter.

The individual, who asked not to be named, said he is ready to comply any time the police decide to withdraw the orderly attached to him.

"They gave me the protection, if it is their wish to withdraw, who am I to oppose it?" he said.

He also hoped that the withdrawal would be done across board without any fear or favour.

Read the full list of the affected persons below.

1. Lado Yakubu

2. Yuguda Bashir

3. Think Nigeria First Initiative

4. Uche Chukwu

5. Boroface Ajayi

6. MD Summerset, Mr Suleiman Idris

7. C.N Ukachukwu

8. Femi Fani-Kayode

9. Nicholas Mutu

10. Yahaya Audu

11. Tokunbo Afikoyomi

12. Apo Apartments, FCT Abuja

13. Uche Sylva International

14. Eddinho Nig Ltd Guinness

15. Bashir Mohammed

16. Mustapha Maihaja (Former NEMA DG)

17. Suleiman Hassan, From Min of Environment

18. Babachir Lawal (Former SGF)

19. Nuel Ojei Holding Companies

20. Magnus Abe

21. Oriental Energy Resources

22. Pius Akinyelure

23. Christ Embassy

24. Salini Nigeria Limited

25. Ocean Marine (Chairman)

26. RCC Nigeria Limited

27. Association of Indigenous Contractors

28. Sheiks and Bishops

29. ECWA Academy

30. BDA Group Ltd

31. Amen Rochas

32. Duru Mike Ejiogu

33. Remi Christ Nwaagbo

34. Ibrahim Msheila

35. HRN ASARA - ASARA

36. Jotandi Service

37. HRN Chief Uche

38. Curlew Express Limited

39. Omale Emmanuel, Divine Hand of God

40. Sunti Golden Sugar Estate

41. Ibrahim Waya

42. Musa Yakubu Management, Musaco Investment and Property Ltd

43. KYC Holding

44. Shina Peller

45. Kebo links Int'l Ltd

46. Builder Hub impact investment program

47. Chris Giwa

48. Godwin Ekpo

49. Ochacho Real House Ltd

50. Edozie Madu

51. Olaide Musibau

52. Onyeche Blessing

53. Honorable Thomas

54. Chukwuebuka Onuorah

55. David Adesanya

56. Joel Onowakpo

57. Goddy Ogbaga

58. Stanel Group

59. Kaztec Engineering

60. Emeka Offor

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/425194-igp-orders-withdrawal-of-police-protection-from-lawmakers-ex-sgf-ex-ministers-others-full-list.html

Nairaland doesn't care to about it's platform like reddit. Simple improvements they wont make.

I know without then on setting up these pointless checkpoints they'll have to do actual police work.

donnie:
Grazing reserve and you show us abokis instead of Cows?

You clearly need need glasses.

It's not too late to pick states

deji17:
Source link is different from the news.

My fault I didn't notice earlier.

dhope:
Pls I need more enlightenment on how FG especially gets income aside oil. Thank you

I made a thread on it awhile back. Oil is the main source of income then corprate taxes, VAT, then customs and excises. Here are some charts from the CBN.

https://www.nairaland.com/5802935/nigerias-growing-debt-revenue-problem

saraki2019:
Off course, especially if my people are saying he.has done well

I guess you cant help being dumb, especially if it's a common trait amongst your people.

saraki2019:
USA swat are more brutal than Nigerian SARS but they allowed them, why won't we appreciate our own.

Lol what a stupid arguement, are you five. If you friend jumps off a bridge you want to go copy like mumu right? Reason like an adult this is pathetic.

The reserve seems similar to bureau of land management in the United states. The only thing I'm interested in knowing is how much it cost to use these services. The government should be msking money on both ends with taxes and fees.

The commissioner also said that any herder seeking abode in the reserve would be profiled before being admitted, while all settlers must have a national identity card for security purpose.

Why 2 different standards?

After many decades in limbo, the Bobi grazing reserve in Niger State is setting the pace in the Federal Government’s National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP), Daily Trust on Sunday reports.

The Bobi grazing reserve in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State, which has been dormant for about six decades is now a beehive of activities. Every section of the reserve is undergoing transformation as key investors struggle to outclass each other to grab the opportunities thrown up by the Federal Government’s NLTP.

A water channel for the cattle

The transformation plan was part of the Federal Government’s effort towards ending the incessant bloodbath over the struggle for land by herders and farmers across the country over the years.

Although the move to halt migration by herders and the consequent conflict through the measure and others were resisted by some state governments, Bobi and others provide ready structures for the policy implementation.

The reserve, which was established by the Northern Region administration, sits on 31, 000 hectares of lush vegetation, with forest stretching several kilometers on end. It is divided into seven blocks with about 700 households and six earth dams. It also boasts of solar-powered boreholes and seven pasture blocks, while activities within it were monitored by rangers employed to safeguard to keep unwanted guests and troublemakers at bay.

Fulani youths at the reserve

The reserve later became the property of the Federal Government and was to be taken over by the Niger State Government in 2006.  However, due to lack of maintenance, most of the facilities put in place were in ruin until the current effort to revive it.

The situation had triggered an exodus of herders from the reserve southward, while attempts by others to find comfortable abode in some parts of the state resulted in conflict between them and farmers, with consequent bloodbath and loss of properties.

However, the new interest is said to have attracted migration of herders and their livestock to the reserve.  Alhaji Kiri Baushe, an elder and herder, said there were over 300,000 livestock domiciles in the reserve currently, even as he said more were due to arrive as work on the project progressed.

The initiative, according to stakeholders, was anchored across a 10-year development plan, which would see the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injecting N13billion and providing the window for private sector collaboration.

When Daily Trust on Sunday visited the reserve, five investors were already on ground, even as state official confirmed that collaborations were ongoing with developed countries that are advanced in livestock and dairy production, such as Hungary, Brazil, Netherlands, India, Pakistan.

It was learnt that two investors were working 10,000 hectares each, two others were on 4,000 ha, bringing the total to 28,000 hectares, while the remaining 3,000 hectares belong to the state government.

Some of the residents of the Bobi Grazing Reserve

It was learnt that before the outbreak of COVID-19, two investors had cleared a total land area of 695 hectares with 190 hectares already planted with pasture.

The companies has also completed a hydroponic centre and solar-powered borehole while its milk collection centre is awaiting the installation of equipment, even as another investor had also signed contracts for the clearing and planting of pasture on its allocated 4,000 hectares.

It was discovered that some measures of works had been put in place, with the foliage growing to an advanced stage at the reserve, while different kinds of imported animal pasture were being cultivated and new proteinous feed with high yield were planted on over 300 hectares of land.

The consultant handling the development of the reserve and Emir of Muri, Taraba State, Alhaji Abbas Tafida, said an advanced system of feed harvest mechanism would be adopted to avoid wastages, adding that 2,000 breeds of Bokoio cattle are to be imported.

He said 200 hectares of super napier and 100 hectares for super grains had been planted while assuring the governor that in a few weeks the reserve will be wearing a new look.

Some of the residents of the Bobi Grazing Reserve

Tafida added that any cattle coming into the reserve will undergo a rigorous medical checkup, subjecting them to quarantine and vaccination to avoid any outbreak of diseases amongst the cattle.

The consultant also disclosed that as part of security measures and practice adopted to safeguard such types of farm, they have reached an agreement to provide a perimeter fence for the entire reserve, but they need the government to serve as a guarantor in assisting them secure loans for the fencing project.

He explained that the fence would have four gates, observation towers while surveillance cameras with the capacity to capture any object from a distance of two kilometres are to be mounted.

Also, to ensure that the reserve becomes a national and international investment hub, as well as intensifying surveillance to curb banditry, the state government is collaborating with Songhai Aviation Limited to upgrade the Kontagora Airstrip in Kontagora Local Government of Niger State.

When completed, it is expected to serve as a gateway to Bobi reserve by easing the movement of investors and goods, while also serving as a base for military operations against bandits.

It was also learnt that the state-owned university, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Hanyang Agricultural Industry  Limited (HAIL), Abuja, and Board of Regents of the university system, University of Georgia, Athens, United States of America, have reached an international cooperative agreement for  educational research programmes in respect of each institution for an initial period of five years with the reserve.

Already, the state government has provided access roads across the reserve, while facilities such as administrative block, police station, veterinary clinic and staff quarters were on ground.

The state government is also working to rehabilitate solar-powered boreholes, which had stopped working a long time ago, alongside some of the earth dams, which had hitherto provided water for the animals and the grasses, but collapsed.

It is also expanding existing schools and building new ones. Our correspondent encountered school pupils returning home during close of time wearing a light-blue uniform with black strips.

Sarkin Fulani, Alhaji Bello Taloye, said the school was built and run by an “American woman”. The school runs primary one to six. According to the Sarkin Fulani, the school has enough teachers, while also boasting of a staff quarters powered by solar.

The government schools, it was learnt, combined the western and Islamic knowledge in the curriculum. The Sarkin Fulani wants the government to establish a secondary school in the reserve to allow transition from basic school. He was enthusiastic with the transformation embarked upon by the state government.

He said the state government was systematically addressing their earlier concerns over the encroachment on the reserve by farmers, which he said negated the original concept. He noted that the integration process in the development plan had taken care of the problem.

The commissioner in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Haruna Nuhu Dukku, explained that only the farmers that were part of the reserve from the beginning and have lived there for most parts of their lives would be allowed to stay, while the big-time farmers who were encroaching from outside would be edged out through gradual disengagement.

Secretary to the government of Niger state, Alhaji Ahmed Matane during a visit to the bobi Grazing reserve

The commissioner also said that any herder seeking abode in the reserve would be profiled before being admitted, while all settlers must have a national identity card for security purpose. He added that there were about 300 security personnel, both within and outside the reserve, comprising of mobile police and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Daily Trust on Sunday observed the existence of a farmers’ settlement deep into the reserve around phase three. Close to the settlement is a market which serves the need of both herders and farmers.  Alhaji Baushe said the herders had lived with the farmers for many years in the area. He said in every phase or block, there were small villages and settlements, where both herders and farmers cohabited for years.

The commissioner said the settlers would be key to driving the transformation plan. “They will be key drivers in the value chain initiative, where we expect that within the next two to three years, there would be an abattoir, factory for milk and yogurt, feed mills and other revenue generation activities

However, experts believe there is a need to build the capacity of researchers to do breed selection to improve on the genetics of the nation’s current breeds of cow if the programme must achieve its key economic goals.

“We must look into improving the productivity of the current breeds. Any plan that does not take into account the genetic improvement of the current local breeds will yield any significant result,” an animal production expert, Jude Jonathan said.

Dairy experts like Dr Celestine Ayok believe that dairy is a money-spinner if the government has a deliberate policy as it did to rice. He said there were more than 20 derivatives from milk, adding that farmers can only reap the benefit if sustainable government policy is put in place.

Observers said Nigeria must learn from Kenya and India that have dairy boards for the long-time development of the sector.

They believe the nation has a huge potential, which could put more money in the hands of their farmers if the government implements a long-time development strategy that will expand opportunities for farmers, which include the creation of the dairy board, strengthen livestock research and breed development and attracting more investment into the sector.

Source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/10/04/10-billion-is-lost-annually-to-illegal-fishing-says-amechi/

okeyglm:
zombie

Go attack some cops like your supreme leader commanded. Idiotic People of Biafraudia dont think for themselves afterall .

Lol good to see natural selection is taking the idiots out of the gene pool. Ride on Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

10 dollar minimum lets make so cash.

This mumu beachside deleted his sock puppet accounts again. Just watch him make new accounts to start his foolishness in a few hours.

Notice jackall and napolli both deleted their accounts the same day.

If you want to put you money where you mouth is use this website. If you win post your percentage gain. Good luck everyone the US election is 2 days away.

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Hunchogee:
Few are inhabited but are open for investment

I'll check em out next time I'm in Nigeria. I know surveyor who can map out these islands.

Charleys:
Yes I suspected it was beachside too. Do you know he has never been to the Calabar he keeps making noise about. He'll say he has people on ground

Oh well the mentality ill say alot stuff. Most these topics relatimg to cross river and akwa Ibom seem sock puppets. Just check the registration date and post.

Charleys:
I need to make some cash, is there anyone willing to bet with me.

I'm betting on a trump win this November.

So please how should we do it.

Helinius
Mannabbqgrillz

Go to predictit.com to bet on this election.

Jackall:
Lol, you cry too much blue boy. You have too many imaginary enemies.

Lol you're such a mumu. Learn some new catch phrases.

Jackall:
Lol , Cry me a river blue boy .

Lol you how many sock puppet accounts do you have? You deleted you others judt to make these new ones.

Jackall:
Lol , why are akwa ibom girls so cheap ?What do you think can be done to make them close their legs more?

Same reason cross river girls are sold for goats.