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That's the problem with Nigeria Security forces.

Boko Haram has been unleashing terror in the north-east, yet they don't see them as a security threat, but those that chooses to carry out their grievances in peace are the ones been arrested.
They should learn a lesson from Sudan

Just stumble on this list on this website.
been, difficult putting the tables here as it was on the site.
But the information is very useful in reporting election anomalies .

http://www.placng.org/index.php/component/content/article/71--contact-details-of-inec-recs-and-admin-secretaries

if you're dat good, you won't still be in this country!

Not in Nigeria!

Nigeria government is the worst human rights violator in Africa. But both the Nigerian people and their corrupt, lame civil society organization watches few people sharing the proceeds from the country's common wealth.

We Nigerians are only good in making noise, we are not united, that the leaders knows this.

Nigeria's Senate Majority Leader, Teslim Folarin, charged in the daylight murder of Lateef Salako, aka "Eleweomo", the factional leader of the National Union of Road Transport workers in Ibadan, Oyo state, is a free man!

Senator Folarin's "discharge" was due to the intervention of Goodluck Jonathan, who is trying to head off an ugly situation with angry lawmakers and put their loyalty on his side. The legislators claim to have had an agreement with Jonathan for all Senators to be returned unopposed. In last week’s convention in the states, however, about 50 senators and 60 members of the House of Representatives were in on their way out.

A mass protest by the angry Senators got the attention of Jonathan, who promised to rectify the situation, starting with the release of the Senator Folarin today.

The Inspector General's office, which had hastily ordered Senator Folarin to be charged, reportedly discovered that the Commissioner of Police in Oyo state was acting on a script hatched by the governor, Bayo Alao-Akala.

The IG and the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, a source told SaharaReporters, found out that the first investigation, known as the "First Incident Report," was "empty". It did not contain the autopsy report conducted on "Eleweomo," which shows that he was shot in the thigh with a pump action gun as opposed to police bullets. Also, it was discovered that the labour leader died about one kilometer from the scene of the attack, having been stabbed repeatedly.

A few days ago, four policemen attached to Folarin were released from police detention.

This morning, the police authorities went to a Magistrate Court in Ibadan and terminated the trial of Senator Folarin. It is believed that he was flown from the airport in Ibadan in a special aircraft provided by the presidency to enable him attend the convention in Abuja. He will join 163 delegates from Oyo state who were camped last night at Princess Hotel Abuja to vote in today's primaries.

He has been reinstated by thesame court. But Nwodo seems to be obeying the court order still, cos he just delegated his deputy Bello Mohammed to stand for him in the program.

when will this end?

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Christian youths attacked a car full of Muslims returning from a wedding in central Nigeria, killing seven people inside the vehicle and sparking retaliatory violence that left one other person dead, an official said Saturday.

It was the latest unrest in a fertile region that saw more than 500 people killed last year in massacres pitting Christians against Muslims.

On Saturday, gunshots echoed through the troubled city of Jos, causing store owners to close their shops and families to hide inside their homes.

The violence began as Christian youths blocked a road leading from a neighboring village Friday night, trapping the Muslims inside their car, said lawyer Ahmed Garba, a member of an Islamic religious council. Garba told journalists Saturday that seven people died in the attack and one person survived.

Garba said once news of the attack spread, Muslims began retaliatory violence in the streets of Jos that has left at least one person dead.

Plateau state police commissioner Abdurrahman Akano said investigators received word of the Friday night attack, but had not found any bodies. That is not uncommon as Muslims traditionally bury their dead as soon as possible.
Manassie Panpe, the Red Cross' state secretary, said officials from the aid organization had found several injured people in the streets Saturday but that information remained scarce.

JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Christian youths attacked a car full of Muslims returning from a wedding in central Nigeria, killing seven people inside the vehicle and sparking retaliatory violence that left one other person dead, an official said Saturday.

It was the latest unrest in a fertile region that saw more than 500 people killed last year in massacres pitting Christians against Muslims.

On Saturday, gunshots echoed through the troubled city of Jos, causing store owners to close their shops and families to hide inside their homes.

The violence began as Christian youths blocked a road leading from a neighboring village Friday night, trapping the Muslims inside their car, said lawyer Ahmed Garba, a member of an Islamic religious council. Garba told journalists Saturday that seven people died in the attack and one person survived.

Garba said once news of the attack spread, Muslims began retaliatory violence in the streets of Jos that has left at least one person dead.

Plateau state police commissioner Abdurrahman Akano said investigators received word of the Friday night attack, but had not found any bodies. That is not uncommon as Muslims traditionally bury their dead as soon as possible.
Manassie Panpe, the Red Cross' state secretary, said officials from the aid organization had found several injured people in the streets Saturday but that information remained scarce.

ume:
bombs are easier to assemble than gun,very soon it will bomb me i bomb u back

The truth remains that those doing it will be the one to frustrate any investigations on the bombing. GEJ, Atiku, IBB et all owes
Nigerians an explanation, why don't we have bombings like these in 2009.

Just as they use kidnappers and gun totting thugs to harass opponents in 2006, and the resultant effect is uncontrollable kidnapping across the length and breath of this country. Same way this bombing will continue after 2011 elections, as those idle minds will be using it to intimidate and extort monies from their victims.

Nigeria is in trouble.

thweraja10:
Sometimes we just use bible to exploit money from people. God even said he loves a cheerful giver and there is no where in the bible that God said its a must to give offering every meeting day in the sanctuary. Its not a sin if you dont give. Its not the money that matters but the heart that you use in giving it. No wonder Jesus said two people went to the Temple to drop offering one was a rich man and the other a poor woman the rich man gave thousands from his abundance and the poor widow gave all she had lets say 5 naira. But The bible recorded that the woman offering was accepted and far bigger that the man that gave thousands

The Nigeria pastors and churches will prefer the inverse, how do u expect the pastors to prefer 5 naira from a sincere worshiper to half a million thanksgiving offering by a thieving/corrupt politicians? They need to buy big jeeps and jet, 5 , 5 naira giving is light year away from their jet goals

familiar rhymes an national anthem, what effort has the writer made personally to address the issues?

Nigeria spirit

and some foolish fellowsheep members paid. jacka.ss

This a a very wrong move. Israelis are just good in one thing; fighting moslems. there coming will throw nigeria into an endless way as is happening in Palestine and Israel.

Conference of Nigerian Political Parties {CNPP} in league with most patriots is alarmed over the squandering of the Excess Crude Account {ECA}, our safety net, from over $20billion on June 1 20007 to less than $3 billion today.

Questions! Questions!  How can President Goodluck Jonathan account for the hurried sharing of $1billion to the three tiers of government on the 31 December 2010? Of what urgent purpose was the $1billion meant for? Is it for politicking? Is it New Year Bonus? Why was this meeting on the eve of the New Year of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, convened secretly as an emergency meeting?

According to the Minister of State for Finance and Chairperson of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, Hajia Yabawa Wabi, ‘in this regard, the Federal Government got $458.3million, the states will share $232million and the local government will share $179million and the derivation states will share $130million.’
We are alarmed because all indices point to less than altruistic disbursement; therefore it is highly regrettable to finger President Goodluck Jonathan whose government is cap in hand on borrowing binge, to covertly disburse the Excess Crude Account for political gains.

Osita Okechukwu
National Publicity Secretary
CNPP

The attack near an army barracks in Abuja also reportedly killed more than 20 people and wounded many more. Killing innocent civilians who were simply gathering - like so many people around the world - to celebrate the beginning of a New Year further demonstrates the bankrupt vision of those who carry out these attacks, and we are similarly prepared to offer assistance to the Government of Nigeria as it works to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The United States extends its deepest condolences to the families of those killed and to the wounded in both of these attacks, and we stand with the Nigerian and Egyptian people at this difficult time.


http://www.jihadwatch.org/

oyb:
gej 2011

P.U.S.H. pray until something happens

the man should consider a new career under that pastor he was submitting to. what with all his 'demons' etal - it seems he is more suited ministering to the sort of illiterates who elive their problems are caused by bad belle people in the village and that 2011 will be their year of break through

The rate at which the man visit different churches, I won't be surprise to see him attending Jumat service at Abuja Central Mosque soonest! Somebody need to remind this man he is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He has a power he doesn't know how to use.

Mbeki:
"So nothing good will come so easily to us. For us to get where we want to go as a nation, we will have our obstacles. T[b]hese explosives and explosions are part of the road bumps that are being placed[/b] but God will see us through. ."

So this is just the begining, we should expect more bomb blasts.!

"So nothing good will come so easily to us. For us to get where we want to go as a nation, we will have our obstacles. These explosives and explosions are part of the road bumps that are being placed but God will see us through. They will never stop Nigeria from where we are going to. We must work and produce a country for our children, a country where there will be no space for terrorists, a country where there will no bombers and people with explosives to deter us," Mr. Jonathan said. "I urge Christians to continue to pray that some of these people will even confess to Nigerians that at the appropriate time they will tell us that they are behind this. But for now, the security people are on it and they will get to the root of this matter. We will get to the root of the car bombs that started in Niger Delta and crept into Abuja and this one too that started in Jos and crept into Abuja."

Nigeria is an apology to humanity.
Very soon, people will soon be taking the law into their hands and killing police men/women.

Nsiman:
@ mbeki, hahahahaha

My dear talk of thorough prophecies.


more:

DISASTER
“I foresee fire outbreaks in the palaces of some traditional rulers. Two markets too would be razed by fire, some markets would close down. The Bar Beach would overflow its banks causing a tsunami in Lagos. We should pray against bomb explosions near the seat of power in Abuja, Ekiti, Ondo, Osun, Lagos, Gombe and Sokoto states. There would be problems in Alaba International Market

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) should pray to avert deaths of its members in the New Year. The Silverbird Group must pray to avert fire and loss of money. MTN, Etisalat, Airtel and Glo would face some problems. Glo’s problems would be with the government. Airtel will change name again.”

DPO killed Pregnant Woman, Baby
December 29, 2010
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DPO killed Pregnant Woman, Baby

By Dr. Aliyu Tilde

The Sunday Trust of 26 December, 2010 carried the distressing story of how the brutality of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Rigasa neighbourhood of Kaduna led to the death of a woman, Binta, with a nine-month old pregnancy.

Binta’s painful journey to death, as reported in the paper, started when her three year old child lost a slippers belonging to a co-tenant who used the opportunity to insult Binta continuously. For the sake of peace, Binta bought a pair of new slippers and sent it to the co-tenant. Instead of receiving it and let the matter die, the co-tenant beat the daughter who took the slippers to her and also engaged the nine-month pregnant Binta in a fight. By the time she was done, Binta was bleeding.

Not satisfied that she has beaten the hell out of Binta, she went to the divisional police office and lodged a complaint that Binta has fought her. The DPO ordered three policemen to arrest Binta immediately. She was taken to the police station and detained all night in spite of pleas from her relations and husband. The complainant was not arrested.

When the police realised that her condition may lead to death, they called her brother whose name they found on her cell phone. With him, the police conveyed her to a nearby clinic in a police van. The clinic declined to treat her seeing her condition and referred them to Yusuf Dantsoho General Hospital at Tudun Wada, Kaduna. There, Binta gave birth to a baby girl who died five minutes later. And Binta too died that evening.

The husband called the DPO on phone and told him that he, the DPO, has killed his wife. It was then the DPO ordered the arrest of the complainant who is renowned in the neighbourhood for her quarrels. It was too late. She has run away.

A number of things made this story very sad. One, the brutality and subsequent death was over a bathroom slippers of just N80 (50 cents)!. The DPO should have reconciled the two instead of killing one of them and her baby.

Two, relatives of the deceased begged for Binta’s bail but the DPO denied it and insisted on incarcerating the woman even as she was bleeding from the beating she received from the complainant. He was so heartless an animal that he even refused to allow her drink water which she asked the husband to provide her with.

Three, unlike Maimuna who survived her serial rape to demand for justice, Binta did not survive to even tell her story, let alone demand for justice. Nor would her baby girl know the circumstance that killed her mother, for the baby died immediately after her birth.

Four, the response of the Kaduna Police Command is most irresponsible. All it did was to transfer the DPO to another division, as if he did nothing wrong. The Commissioner of Police even refused to answer a question raised by a journalist about the incident at a press conference. The command is keeping the result of the autopsy hidden.

This story, like that of Maimuna, epitomises the callousness of many in the Nigerian Police. By the refusal of the Kaduna command to sanction the DPO, the Police have clearly chosen to side with him in the case. It is not worth any punishment, in their judgement. The police by their action are asking the nation the following questions: So what, if a Nigerian loses his life in a police cell? How many such deaths happen across the country every day in police cells? Why would Binta’s be different even to warrant a whole oga DPO to be reprimanded? It is normal!

It is this camaraderie that damages the police beyond correction. The good among them are not ready to punish or expose the bad. The guilty is hidden and protected, unless he is inconsequential when he will be used as a sacrificial lamb. That is why Inspector Dantalle escaped from being charged in Kano despite his participation in the rape of Maimuna. The girl insists that he too raped her. But the police commissioner only demoted him to sergeant. Nigerian Police Force!

The police should not therefore blame the public for any generalisation. The Police force is one of the worst institutions of government in Nigeria and one of the worst human rights violators in the world. There is no crime that its personnel have not been committing in this country. They rape the vulnerable; they kill at the slightest provocation; many have been caught in armed robbery; they provide politicians with the security cover to rig elections and harass the opposition; they extort money from drivers; they hesitate to provide security to civilians when their help is needed; just name it. Only few people were able to come out satisfied after having any business with the Nigerian Police.

The only two explanations they give to their incapacity are their inadequate numbers and lack of sophisticated equipment. If we may ask, did the DPO in Rigasa need three policemen to arrest a pregnant woman? Did he need any equipment to detain her in her bleeding state under the subhuman conditions of the Nigerian police cell, without food or water? All he needed to do was to behave like a human being, not an animal who is animated by the little bribe from a complainant to kill an innocent mother and her baby. It is that humanity that is missing in the Nigerian police. Its personnel could freely engage in human right abuses with impunity. And because their officer corps is raised through such a regime of violations it hardly reprimands its subordinates for any misdeed. Instead, the subordinate is encouraged by the assurance of espirit de corps to violate the rights of Nigerians again and again. The police have lost the power and wisdom of self-control.

The image of the police is in its hands. It can improve it by standing up to those who violate its ethics among its rank and file, if it likes. Who is surprised that the DPO of Kwali before whom the complaint of Maimuna’s rape and sex-slavery was brought pleaded with her relations to “forgive his men”? Who is surprised that the Police command in Kano has not reprimanded him too? They have grown through the rank and file of one of the most corrupt institutions in the country. They cannot be different. Ringim has the arduous task of proving himself different by changing the pattern of behaviour of his officers. He must punish where punishment is desired. He must show his men that Nigerians are more important than the uniforms the police wear.

On our part, I think Nigerians have been handling the police with kid’s gloves. We let them go with literally anything. We call ourselves educated when we do not even know the basic elements of our rights. There are institutions we can use to seek redress, not simply sitting down and crying before a newspaper reporter. The judiciary is there. Nobody is above it. What stops victims from lodging their complaints immediately their rights are violated with public complaint commissions, with their elected representatives, with their pastors and imams, with the human rights groups in their states, with just anyone they revere?

The police, for example, shiver at the sight of a lawyer and immediately start to do the right thing. Why do we fail to avail ourselves with the services of lawyers? If the victim cannot afford one, what of the state legal aid that offers free legal services just as does the NBA to such poor victims? Going public should even be the last resort, though the radio and the newspapers have been forthcoming here.

Educating us on our legal rights I think is the best contribution any government or private agency can offer towards curtailing these abuses. It will yield more dividends than concentrating on the present approach that is largely post-mortem and very costly. Let people know that where the police are involved in a violation, very little would naturally come out from them. They cannot be judges in their own course. This is a basic presumption in law. Recourse must be found in avenues outside the rotten department. Had the relatives of Maimuna not sought the help of the Hisbah and human rights groups in Kano, her case would not have been heard by the world. The police would have suppressed it as they suppressed millions of human rights abuses before. Even now, I agree that a more prudent independent investigation needs to be carried out by an independent body on Maimuna's case as suggested by many contributors.

Since the story of Binta broke out last Sunday, I have been in contact with Sister Maryam Uwais to learn what the women groups can offer on this. Fortunately, she has been in the picture too and has discussed it with Hajiya Saudatu Sani of WRAPA. Maryam also assured me via email that “FIDA, PSC, the NHRC and a few other NGOs have also joined WRAPA in ascertaining the fact in the Rigasa matter, which is the first step.”

The DPO in Rigasa was instrumental to the death of Binta. He should be charged with voluntary homicide. Simple. Binta did not need to be his mother before he could know that a bleeding pregnant woman requires urgent medical attention, not detention in a filthy police dungeon. His classroom training must have told him that his most important duty as a policeman is the protection of life, not destroying it. Here, he chose to destroy both the mother and her baby. His training also must have taught him the principle of fair hearing, the right for the accused to be heard before he is charged.

It is, however, regrettable that his practice taught him something different. It taught him to take bribe, take sides and kill the life. In addition, it taught him that he is a sacred cow.

Not this time. After killing his victim, the coward rushed to cover his ass by ordering the arrest of the complainant and seeking a transfer. He got it. But Binta too will get justice, even in her grave. The cow must be slaughtered this time. Let the coward be rest assured.

This case makes me to suggest the formation of an NGO that would specifically address issues bordering on police human rights abuses. It can be called “Friends of the NPF” or any other suitable word because the Police force cannot have better friends than members of such organisation. The police should not see this as a threat but rather as an aid that will help them solve one of their most pressing problems. Saving the police from itself must concern every Nigerian, in my estimation. The abuses are just too many and endemic for the force to extricate itself from. It requires a concerted external pressure. The cases are also too many for existing NGOs to be tackling while they also address their primary areas of concern.

The funding of such a group should come from individuals, groups and the government, which can channel its own through the NHRC and the police departmental vote. Such a group should be composed of human right lawyers, interested ex-police officers with proven integrity, human rights groups, community leaders in its branches and interested individuals. It could even be formed jointly by human rights groups. I hope readers will help to refine this rudimentary idea and go ahead to source the people who would be ready to follow it up to fruition.

I need to start creating e-newsletters on regular basis starting from this month for my firm.

I tried using adobe indesign, at the point of trying to publish it on Microsoft outlook, I always discover that only one page out of many will be displayed.

Does any body has experience in publishing a newsletter with Adobe PDF, Indesign or any other package?
Please help!

A pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church, Samuel Adegbohungbe, and his girl friend were on Thursday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly setting up the pastor’s own kidnap.


The 32-year-old cleric and his lover will celebrate the Christmas and New Year festivities in the Ado-Ekiti prison where they had been ordered to be detained till January 19, 2011 when their case is billed for mentioning.


The News Agency of Nigeria reports indicated that the pastor was accused of planning the kidnap to obtain money from members of his church.


Adegbohungbe was apprehended alongside his girlfriend, Modupe Afolayan, at their unnamed hideout at the time of his claimed kidnapping.


Police Prosecutor, Femi Fajoju, told the court that the pastor had on November 30 “faked his kidnapping.”


He said the accused had alerted one of his sisters, Mrs. Ruth Adegbohungbe, and one of the pastors of the church, Mr. Ajibola Damilola, about his abduction by some unknown persons whom he said were demanding a ransom of N200,000 before he could be released.


“The accused persons gave a Zenith Bank account number where the money should be paid into and after it was paid, he was notified about it.


“Unknown to him, the police and the bank officials had been alerted about the situation at hand.


“When he got to the bank to make a withdrawal from the bank account, he was apprehended by the police officers who were on guard,” the prosecutor said.


He said the offence was punishable under Section 192 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 30, Volume 2, Laws of Ondo State as applicable to Ekiti.


The pastor pleaded guilty to the charge while the lady pleaded not guilty, claiming she was ignorant of the arranged kidnap.


NAN reports that the accused persons were not represented by any counsel.


In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mr. R.A. Adegboye, ordered that they be remanded in Ado-Ekiti prisons until January 19 when the case is billed for mention.

Samuel Adegbohungbe, and his girl friend were on Thursday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly setting up the pastor’s own kidnap.


The 32-year-old cleric and his lover will celebrate the Christmas and New Year festivities in the Ado-Ekiti prison where they had been ordered to be detained till January 19, 2011 when their case is billed for mentioning.


The News Agency of Nigeria reports indicated that the pastor was accused of planning the kidnap to obtain money from members of his church.


Adegbohungbe was apprehended alongside his girlfriend, Modupe Afolayan, at their unnamed hideout at the time of his claimed kidnapping.


Police Prosecutor, Femi Fajoju, told the court that the pastor had on November 30 “faked his kidnapping.”


He said the accused had alerted one of his sisters, Mrs. Ruth Adegbohungbe, and one of the pastors of the church, Mr. Ajibola Damilola, about his abduction by some unknown persons whom he said were demanding a ransom of N200,000 before he could be released.


“The accused persons gave a Zenith Bank account number where the money should be paid into and after it was paid, he was notified about it.


“Unknown to him, the police and the bank officials had been alerted about the situation at hand.


“When he got to the bank to make a withdrawal from the bank account, he was apprehended by the police officers who were on guard,” the prosecutor said.


He said the offence was punishable under Section 192 of the Criminal Code, Cap. 30, Volume 2, Laws of Ondo State as applicable to Ekiti.


The pastor pleaded guilty to the charge while the lady pleaded not guilty, claiming she was ignorant of the arranged kidnap.


NAN reports that the accused persons were not represented by any counsel.


In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mr. R.A. Adegboye, ordered that they be remanded in Ado-Ekiti prisons until January 19 when the case is billed for mention.

Melaye definitely will see the end of these issue, bankole shld better resign.

Agriculture
Beginning from 1999, the Obasanjo Administration has implemented a package of policies, programmes and incentives that has resulted in a remarkable 7 per cent annual growth in agricultural production.

\To underpin its reforms in the agricultural sector, the Obasanjo Administration has evolved a new National Agricultural Policy, the first ever National Rural Development Policy and the first ever National Cooperatives Policy.

The Administration has consistently provided fertilizers, tractors, seedlings and other inputs for farmers at highly subsidized prices.

To further encourages increased agricultural production, the Obasanjo Administration has introduced a policy of serving as the buyer of last resort for agricultural produce in the country.

It has revitalized the National Strategic Grains Reserve Programme.

The sum of N1 billion was committed to mopping up excess grains from the market in 1999 alone to save farmers from the distress of low prices.

For effective delivery of agricultural extension services to farmers nationwide, motorcycles, motorboats and mobile cinema vans were provided nationwide at a cost of N124 million.

The Obasanjo Administration established the Nigeria Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank (NACRDB) to provide loans to farmers at more affordable rates of interest. The sum of N50 billion was injected into the bank in 2006 for onward lending to farmers in the country.

The administration has also implemented several projects under its Fish Farming Development Programme. The projects include:

(a) The Integrated Rural Fisheries Development project,

(b) IFAD-assisted Artisan Fisheries Development project,

(c) ECOWAS funded Artisan Fisheries Development project,

(d) Aquaculture Development Programme.

Fishing Terminals at Borokiri, Igbokoda and Ebughu have been rehabilitated.

A National Food Security Programme is being vigorously implemented in conjuction with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.

About 5.2 million small holder farmers have benefited from the Administration's programme to boost the production of Cassava, yam, and potatoes in 26 states;

A Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme was initiated to boost Cocoa production.

Over N500 million has been committed to the production of various agrochemicals for Cocoa production.


The Administration is vigorouslhy implementing an action plan to boost domestic production of cassava, rice and other cash crops. The objective is to attain self-sufficiency in the shortest possible time and to produce vast surpluses for export.

As a result of the activities of the Administration's Root and Tuber Expansion Programme and the Presidential Initiative on Cassava Production and Export, Nigeria is now the largest producer of Cassava in the world with 41.853 million metric tones per annum, and yams with 31.40 million metric tones per annum. Export of Cassava started in 2005.

Through the activities of the Presidential Initiative on Increased Rice Production, the national production output rose from 3.0 million metric tonnes in 2002 to over 4.0 metric tonnes by the end of 2004 while the import bill on rice has been reduced by 40 per cent.

The ban on the importation of vegetable oil in 2003 has led to increased domestic production and national self-sufficiency in vegetable oil.

The ban on frozen poultry products in 2003 led to national self-sufficiency in poultry production and created employment for millions of Nigerians.