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Many years fall on you pon pon.

Nice. Very nice.

No fewer than 4,515 rice and cassava farmers in
Anambra State are to receive farm inputs worth
N728 million under the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value
Chain Development Programme (VCDP).

Anmabra State Commissioner for Agriculture,
Mechanisation, Processing and Export, Mr. Afam
Mbanefo, disclosed this while declaring open the
exercise in Awka. He said the inputs disbursement
exercise was for the 2017 wet season farming in
five VCDP participating local government areas of
the state, further assuring that government was
determined to make agriculture a business and a
major source of income for farmers.

Represented by the Permanent Secretary in the
ministry, Mr. Leo Imoka, Mbanefo disclosed that
government was investing over N100m on the
inputs, including seeds, to boost yam farming for
export, and assured that the resources would be
distributed to farmers soon.

He challenged the beneficiaries to reciprocate
government’s effort in boosting agriculture by
utilising the inputs judiciously.
The state Programme Coordinator (SPC), Value
Chain Development Programme (VCDP), Mr.
Emmanuel Aguncha, in his remarks, disclosed that
the inputs distribution targeted 296 farmer
organisations on 8,999 hectares of farmland.
He explained that the counterpart payment by IFAD
was N364m while the farmers paid a matching
grant of N364m..

Aguncha said each rice farmer would receive 50kg
of rice seeds, four bags of NPK, two bags of Urea
fertiliser and four litres of herbicide per hectare.
He added that each cassava farmer would get four
bags of NPK, 50 bundles of cassava stems, three
litres of herbicide and two grants of artrazine per
hectare.

“The benefitting farmers were selected from Awka
North, Anambra East, Anambra West, Orumba North
and Ayamelum local government areas.
“Our emphasis is more on youths and women. We
are also going to provide on-the-spot training for
them on how to use the inputs.
“The programme carried out a workshop on
integrity compliance and business ethics to make
the farmers honest and to ensure that inputs were
judiciously utilised

“We are also using the e-wallet and involving the
supply chain managers; the International
FertiliserDevelopment Centre (IFDC) and Cellulant;
two development agencies managing the
distribution of the inputs for this year,” he stressed.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Adaeze Ukwuego,
while commending the state government and VCDP
for the early distribution of the inputs, assured that
the items would be utilised effectively.

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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr
Ibe Kachikwu, says the 2017 budget
implementation will be affected by growing
uncertainties in the global oil market.
Kachikwu made the statement at a news
conference on Wednesday in Abuja.

He, however, said the Ministry of Finance and the
Federal Executive Council were working on
measures to cushion the impacts of the shortfall
from oil production on the budget.
Kachikwu explained that while the oil production
benchmark in the budget was 2.2 million barrels
per day (mbpd), the country was producing about
1.7mbpd.
”In terms of the budget impact, definitely, I mean, it
is predicated on the number of 2.2 million barrels
per day and a price index of 42.50 dollars.
”Within the price cap, I think we’re still reasonably
within range. Obviously we have lost quite a lot of
months, some months, at least, two or three in
which we did not produce what the budget had
projected, so there is definitely going to be
differential.
”Like you know, the Ministry of Finance is
aggressively looking for ways to cover some of
these shortfalls; part of that is efficiency, how do
we cut down our expenditure?
“Obviously, certain capital items will be affected; if
we do not have money, we cannot do certain
capital projects that we have in the budget.
”There is no gainsaying the fact that budget will be
impacted but we are working hard with the Federal
Executive Council to see how we can forecast or
predict that sort of impact and see how we can
recover,” he said.
Kachikwu said Nigeria would in time join in the
production cut initiated by the Organisation of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-
OPEC members led by the Russian Federation to
stabilise the market.

He further said Nigeria, though committed to the
deal, would have to get to a predictive level of
comfort to voluntarily join in the production cut.
”We’re fairly in consensus of what our position is,
there is no disagreement on that. But just to set the
record straight, the price of oil today is hovering
around 44.70 dollars per barrel.
‘’So, there is a bit of upsurge trajectory which is
good, which means the price for Nigeria is
probably in the 46 dollars type range.’’
He said the price was ‘’below the 50-dollar mark
which is where we’ll feel comfortable’’.
Kachikwu said there were a lot of reasons for the
situation, including ‘’a lot of aggressive shale
production, and obviously barrels coming out from
Nigeria and Libya because of the exemption’’.
He said Nigeria has begun to recover gradually.’’

The minister added: ”Over the last one and a half
months, we’ve basically began to recover some of
our assets that were vandalised and we’ve been
getting a lot more cooperation from the militants
that they are letting us continue to try and grow
those barrels.
”That recovery is going to be gradual.
‘’We’ll still have below the benchmark set for us by
OPEC and I think that over the next one or two
months, hopefully, we can get to that point when
we can say the recovery has been tested, is
systemic, and predictable.
“We need to watch that for a couple of months so
that we can get to a predictive comfort and then
we voluntarily go to OPEC and see how we can
contribute.’’

He stressed that Nigeria had been an active
member of OPEC for 46 years and that was the
reason behind some of the cut analysis and
strategies that were got from Saudi Arabia and
other countries.

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Three secondary school pupils have begun intensive preparations to fly Nigeria’s flag at this year’s Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship holding in Chicago, United States, later this month. The trio of Husna Bello of Glisten International Academy, Abuja; Ogon Holdings of Deeper Life High School, Port Harcourt, and Katherine Eta of Childville School, Ogudu, qualified for the contest by emerging the best of 161 pupils who sat for the final examination of the competition conducted by ReadManna Ventures Ltd between October 2016 and last April. Husna led the PowerPoint 2013 category scoring a perfect score of 1000/1000 in 23minutes 49 seconds; Ogon won the Excel 2013 category with 980/1000 (in 29 minutes 42 seconds); while Katherine won the Word 2013 category with 963/1000 (in 13 minutes 5 seconds). They will be accompanied by Mr Stephen Adeyemi, of Glisten International Academy, which recorded the highest score in the contest. National winners in other categories are: Adeniran Oluwatamilore of Louisville Girls High School, Ijebu- Ode, Ogun State (Word 2016; 963/1000 in 26 minutes 52 seconds); Favour Oloriegbe of Childville Schools (PowerPoint 2016; 914/1000 in 19 minutes 48 seconds); and David Eta of Childville School (Excel 2016; 893/1000 in 15 minutes 30 seconds).
CEO of Readmanna, Mrs Edna Agusto, said all six winners would be celebrated at a national prize giving ceremony to hold in September. She expressed satisfaction with performance of participants in this year’s competition who came from schools in Lagos, Ogun, Kwara, Rivers and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), saying 121 of the 161 participants were certified at the end of the contest. Winners also emerged in the third Readmanna Under 13 National Computing Fundamentals Competition. Of the 531 entries received from 11 schools in Lagos, Ogun and the FCT, 43 pupils were shortlisted for Computer Fundamentals, while 17 pupils were shortlisted in the Key Applications category. At the end of the competition, 24 pupils were certified in Computer Fundamentals and 10 in Key Applications. Aduvie International School, Abuja produced the top three winners in Computer Fundamentals namely: Garrick Nathan (956/1000); Antar Osuini (956/1000) and Adeosun Ibrahim (956/1000). In Key Applications, the winner, Habib Mohammed Ahanavi, came from Christ the King College, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State (906/1000). The First Runner Up was Maobi Obikwelu of Louisville Girls High School, Ijebu Itele, Ogun State (884/1000); while Temiloluwa Olaoya of Lagos State Model Junior College, Meiran, was the Second Runner Up (860/1000).
thenationonlineng.net/three-pupils-mos-contest-chicago/

This is not mere coincidence. Dino, obviously is clutching on straws as it has finally dawned on him that the Senate cannot save his ass from being.
He nah wants to make peace with the JAGABAN by posting an old photo with the Lioness of burdillion.

Jeffboi:
The World Bank had early in the year told SERAP that it could not locate any additional information on the projects executed with recovered stolen public funds by the late Abacha

Hmmmm. They're using to pay for Presidential jet and to revive the dying president






Its my birthday show some loves

Typical Fayose-like reasoning. .
Whatever monies recovered would be included in thr budget before it can be spent.

joe4real12:
By 2019, we shall do something. We won't care whether he claimed to be a saint or even if he is sick. We shall send him to jail for running the economy aground.

What economy? An economy that was driven by the rise and fall in oil price?
An economy where everything was imported but it didn't reflect in the dollar rate due to the high oil price.
When it dropped why were they borrowing to pay salaries?

Why on earth is GEJ still walking free? oh, I forgot that he is on this part of the earth where corrupt individuals turn heroes over night & when arrested their brothers believe it is a witch hunt. .

I almost gave up on Nigeria when an Igbo Lawyer claimed that Evans is being treated in such manner because of his tribe.

Nigerians can be real funny. You claimed he was dead on the previous trip, y'all kept mute when he returned.
Now he is out again and the same people are still singing the same song all over.
Fayose, as I have always said is a damn cynic, who has nothing to lose . Believe what he says at your own peril.

So I get to report those Police officers and FRSC officials who collect N50 on federal roads?

You sure know FFK. But what about Ayodele Fayose?

DIKEnaWAR:
So DJ Cuppy, there is a change of government in Nigeria and business and subsidy money is not flowing like before again. Popsy has gone from billions to millions.

Tighten your belt. Get off social media and get on the grind.

Thank you.

If she should get off social media because are popsy nah millionaire, wetyn you still dey find for here?

Nigerian girls too like to copy oyinbo. What's a teddy bear doing up there? Just because an average female teenager abroad owns a teddy to hug, cuddle and play with, we go wan copy.

My new favourite artiste.

Op, stop deluding yourself.
All the goodies that you were promised won't hold water they are just paper weight to deceive people like you.

Whynotthetruth:
He has decamped to APDA... Unfortunately for him Even Dokpesi the owner of APDA was in court to cheer PDP and he's here deluding himself Wonderful days ahead...!!!

APDA that is another faction of PDP. LOL

So we should now queue behind APDA that is now a refugee camp for PDP immigrants such as you?

I thought Tonye was pro PDP?

What in heaven?!

How come no one knows the whereabouts of the CEO of Nairaland?

OMG!

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He probably died prior to the wedding & bae decided to still go ahead with the wedding.

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Akande said the Acting President will preside over Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting in Abuja by 11 a.m. today. “Acting President, Osinbajo now back in Abuja from London & will be presiding over FEC this morning starting @ 11am at the Council Chambers in Aso Rock,” Akande wrote.

SmoothNigerian:

So all you can muster is a smile? SMH.

When will all these end?

More than 11 persons are believed to have
lost their lives and an undisclosed number
injured in multiple suicide bombings on
Tuesday night in the outskirts of Maiduguri
in the latest onslaught by Boko Haram
terrorists in Borno.
A credible security source disclosed under
anonymity, that the first and second
explosions occurred at about 2145 hours at
Mulaikalmari, six kilometres away from
Maiduguri.
The source said that eight persons, including
the suicide bombers were killed in the
attack.
Three persons were also killed and five
others wounded in the third and fourth
explosions, which occurred about 20
minutes later at Polo-Sabon Gari area of
Maiduguri, according to the source, who said
he helped in the evacuation of the victims
from the scenes of the explosion.
“All the attacks occurred in the outskirts of
the metropolis.
“It is a foiled attempt by Boko Haram
insurgents to infiltrate the town.”
The source added that security teams had
been drafted to the affected areas to
ascertain the situation.
He disclosed those wounded referred to
Special Hospital, Maiduguri for medical
attention.
Efforts to get confirmation from the Police
proved abortive the as Command’s public
relations officer did not respond to phone
calls and text messages.
However, the Chairman of the State
Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji
Satomi Ahmed, who confirmed the attacks,
said his officials have been mobilised to the
scenes.
“Thanks to the hard work of our Emergency
Response Teams we were able to put
together a prompt response,” he told NAN.

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Up all moms in the world.

CASTOSVILLA:
This is the most stupid comment I've seen on Nairaland. (((Please don't try quoting me cause I won't even bother reading it)))

LOL. You obviously don't know your physics.