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Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and his deputy, Ahmed Aliyu, have declared their assets.

The Director, Code of Conduct Bureau in the state, Malam Yusuf Muhammad, who announced this, said the governor and his deputy had collected their asset declaration forms on May 18 and returned them a day before their assumption of duty.

He urged outgoing members of the state executive council including Secretary to the State Government, special advisers and members of the House of Assembly to return their end of tenure declaration forms on or before Monday next week.

According to him, the headquarters of the bureau gave the state office till Friday June 12 to submit the forms of the affected officers together with the verification exercise report.

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With the motive to develop the Nigeria armed forces and make its fight against terrorism efficient, Nigerian and British Armies yesterday agreed to a 20-year training pact.

The 20-year development plan took place at a two-day seminar held in Abuja.

Major-General Letam Wiwa, the Director of Military intelligence was appointed the chairman of the committee handling the development strategy.

Wiwa explains that the seminar was conceived during series of meetings held by the committee over the development plan for the Nigerian Army.

According to him, the essence is to enhance the state of combat readiness and general national development in line with the development agenda of the federal government.

British Army has antecedents for training the Nigerian Army with the pioneering soldiers attending UK academies like Sandhurst and Mons.

In recent times, Nigeria has been battling with Boko Haram insurgency.

Lack of ammunition, poor wages and allowances, among other set back have adversely affected the morale of Nigerian soldiers.

As a result, many of the soldiers regularly desert battle front, in some cases engage in mutiny while others flee to other neighboring countries for safety.

Efforts by the Nigeria Army to cage the menace have over the years proved abortive until recently when neighboring countries team up to fight the insurgents.

Few days ago, Mahammadu Buhari, Presient-elect made an unannounced trip to London. The trip caused disquiet in his party as Buhari chose to travel with two of his aides.

While this could be a clear indication he would want to run his government independently, there are suspicion Buhari might have embarked on the trip for some undisclosed official moves.

Could the 20-year pact between the Nigerian and British armies be the outcome of Buhari’s trip to London? What do you think?