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The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday rejected a request by Vietnam to bring subsidised rice into Nigeria.

The APC said accepting the request would further hurt the country’s economy.



The APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, stated this while receiving a delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam, Vuong Hue, in Abuja.

Hue, who is billed to meet with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo today had requested the support of the ruling party for the Asian nation to bring subsidised rice into Nigeria .

But Oshiomhole said, “If government allows importation of food, our youths will become idle, that will lead to unemployment. We want to promote food security.

“Rather than importing rice from Vietnam, your (Vietnam) farmers can take advantage of our arable land. We have to do that not only to protect farmers but to tackle food security.”

The ex-Edo State governor said the decision to close the borders by the Federal Government deserved the support of every Nigeria.

He said, “Nigerians should unanimously back the decision of the Federal Government to close the borders until our neighbours decide to respect the laws of fair and free trade.

“Nigeria must not and cannot be a dumping ground for imported foods, imported rice and other smuggled chemicals and drugs.

“I think this is one policy that across party divides, across primordial sentiments, people should salute the courage of President Muhammadu Buhari in shutting the borders because for too long, we have been a big brother to our neighbours. Now, that big brother is hurting us and hurting us very badly, we must secure ourselves as they say when you board aircraft that if oxygen fails and they drop the mask, help yourself before helping others.



“This is the moment. We must keep those borders shut. If we do so for two or three years, it doesn’t matter; so that our neighbours will learn to respect the rules of international engagement and the rules of trade.”

Oshiomhole added, “What has happened is that, people relocate from Nigeria, target Nigerian market and use our neighbours to compromise our own trade policies. So, I think the media should understand what is at stake.

“We cannot continue to rely on imported rice. That was why I told the DPM, when he talked about allowing Vietnamese rice to come to Nigeria. I said No, we are not going to do that; we will not do that.

“On the contrary, we are prohibiting the importation of rice, we don’t need imported rice.”



The delegation had appealed to the FG to suspend its policy to ban importation of rice.

Speaking through an interpreter, Hue said, “We can offer concessional import rate on rice while you are working on self-sufficiency. We can do two things at a time; while we give concession you can increase your local output.”


https://punchng.com/apc-rejects-vietnams-rice-insists-on-border-closure/

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4+4

What a nice development. This will increase the number of votes to about 80 million this time around as projected by INEC. 4+4 is ...?

coded indeed.

Lol

okay

Did Atiku shave his eyebrows in order to look young?

By the way success has many parents. I couldn't believe that with the way Obansanjo was spitting fire and brimstone, this could happen.

Politicians!

abidex0z:
omeoprazole and amoxil works like magic...that's what I used to treat myself n it is all gone within 3weeks of that treatment...... I just avoids peppery food like a plague....

Yes this works because it is most likely due to Helicobacter pylori which causes peptic ulcer. Take omeprazole, amoxil and flagyl and within one hour your stomach won't hurt anymore and you will feel so cool. You can eat anything afterwards. Forget the "don't eat this and that" crap.

come 2019. Power will definitely change hands.

Trying so hard not to look lifeless this time around.

Canva can do this. You can even add nice looking captions with different fonts to it. Canva is a must have for anyone that loves graphic design. It's has much more features than every other app I've seen on Google Play.

assume3:
Before you post anything try and atleast refer back to some of the previous post here .
Though I know where to locate the feelings Station

Didn't you go to school the day your teacher taught the the class punctuation mechanics?

You are half retard and that's the better half.

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Finally, the recruitment process has been completed backdoor as usual. No wonder my "sauce" told me that he saw some recently employed Hausa guys and they told him they were recently employed by DPR. Mind you, my source is just an owner of a filling station so don't take my words for it.

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Ladyklassic:
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constructor() {
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this.items = {};
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this.items[itemName] += quantity;
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if (cashPaid < this.total) {
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}
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this.quantity = 100;
}

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}
}
and that's the error message i get like i am not even getting the pass or fail messages , only error messages

Your Shop class is supposed to be outside the block of your ShoppingCart class. So remove the final closing brace of your source code and put it ontop of the Shop class.

stevenakp:
Alright, I'll do that when I'm a bit free

Ok thanks.

stevenakp:
guys, make sure you prepare hard.

Bootcamp is no fun, I didn't sleep for two days.
I was implementing feedbacks from the previous challenges and also working on the current challenge to meet the deadline.

if you are not patient and can't persist, better build it else forget about bootcamp.

Determination, Commitment, Endurance, Patience and Persistence.
You'll need the over dose of these.

I'm currently in bootcamp and waiting for the invitation mail to week two

good luck guys

Wow! This are really great tips @stevenakp. Nice to know that you made it to the second week. congratulations!

I hope and believe you will make it through the second week successfully and become an Andela fellow.

One question please. Can you share what you think affected your qualification in your previous bootcamp so that we can avoid such?

Teletexter:
Starting May 21st.

I also got the bootcamp invite.

The study material sent over contains pretty much what benfluleck recommended above. It's full-on studying for me right now.

Yes 21st.

eph12:
Nice.

Don't just study, make sure you actually build something with everything you learn. Boot camp is no joke at all

Thanks for this.

collinic:
Congratulations!!! My tip for you is to study hard

Thank you for the advice @collinic.

I'm glad I got the invitation to the cycle 32 bootcamp. Looking forward to meeting you guys at Epic tower. Please I will appreciate tips to help scale through the bootcamp. Thanks in anticipation.

Css is fun as this is my first time with css. I couldn't resist painting and repainting my app. I did the scoobyDoo app too. Bootcamp already on my mind.

stevedoyin:
I have just gotten my invite.

I just checked my email and luckily I have also been invited for the cycle 32 interview! See you at EPIC tower. Best of luck guys.

stevedoyin:
I haven't got any response, seems am not alone?

Seems so because I've not gotten any response yet too.

Is there anyone in cycle 32 that has gotten the interview invite yet?

This is good news for the engineering profession as it has now started getting the necessary recognition it needed as a Professional course. Read this post from the Nigerian Society of Engineers facebook page.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=893440580817988&id=137129426449111