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WHY ALL COMPANIES MUST EMBRACE E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN E-mail marketing is the easiest and most affordable way of reaching your target audience and would-be customers within some minutes. If you spend little percentage of just your one month budget for advertisement on email marketing, you could double your client base. Harvard Business Review has proven that email marketing has a far higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional advertisement and even the highly advocated social media adverts. E-mail marketing is fast becoming the most reliable and profitable marketing strategy in this country owing to the fact that each recipient of your e-mail campaign is more likely to patronize you. So, if you have not started using this strategy in your business, you are definitely missing a whole lot of patronage from prospective big clients. With e-mail addresses at your disposal, you do not need to pay through your nose again in placing adverts in the print or electronic media for your products and services. You just have to package your adverts/proposals very well and send directly to your prospective clients via e-mail. It will reduce cost, time and improve the bottom-line of your organization. The e-mail addresses are usually separated with commas (,). You will just paste your proposal/advert on the body of the e-mail, copy and paste the e-mail addresses on the BCC row bit by bit and send. It is very simple. For more information on the advantages of e-mail marketing, click the link below: http://www.tectono-business.com/2015/07/tectono-business-review-in-conjunction_21.html |
WHY ALL COMPANIES MUST EMBRACE E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN E-mail marketing is the easiest and most affordable way of reaching your target audience and would-be customers within some minutes. If you spend little percentage of just your one month budget for advertisement on email marketing, you could double your client base. Harvard Business Review has proven that email marketing has a far higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional advertisement and even the highly advocated social media adverts. E-mail marketing is fast becoming the most reliable and profitable marketing strategy in this country owing to the fact that each recipient of your e-mail campaign is more likely to patronize you. So, if you have not started using this strategy in your business, you are definitely missing a whole lot of patronage from prospective big clients. With e-mail addresses at your disposal, you do not need to pay through your nose again in placing adverts in the print or electronic media for your products and services. You just have to package your adverts/proposals very well and send directly to your prospective clients via e-mail. It will reduce cost, time and improve the bottom-line of your organization. The e-mail addresses are usually separated with commas (,). You will just paste your proposal/advert on the body of the e-mail, copy and paste the e-mail addresses on the BCC row bit by bit and send. It is very simple. For more information on the advantages of e-mail marketing, click the link below: http://www.tectono-business.com/2015/07/tectono-business-review-in-conjunction_21.html |
What manner of plan? Recently, Nigeria unveiled its long-awaited Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). Some analysts believe that the plan was crafted to meet the conditionalities of World Bank and African Development Bank (AfBD) loans. It might also have been developed as precondition for assent by the National Assembly for the $30 billion borrowing plan proposed by the federal government. Quoting the opinion of some African analysts, the Financial Times wrote that Nigeria is never short of economic blueprints. In fact, analysts were of the view that the country is usually “long on plans and short on execution.” The fact that a plan was conceived and put together, whether in response to recent economic turmoil or as pressure from multilateral lending agencies, is an important development. Nevertheless, the plan leaves many questions unanswered, some of which are: -How is the plan going to be executed? -How would the set targets be achieved and sustained given the current delicate political climate? -What will the federal government do differently to handle the National Assembly that could stand in its way or truncate the overall plan? -How, in practical terms, will the plan achieve the key performance metrics such as job creation, economic diversification, reduction of Debt Service-to-GDP ratio, increased electricity supply, and expanded tax-base? Past and current administrations cannot be blamed for not having economic reform plans. But the plans have been disjointed and haphazard. They have also lacked commitment and strong political will to implement them. Therefore, one of the questions keen observers should ask is how this plan and its execution will be different. So far, the campaign slogan of “change” that ushered the current administration into office in 2015 is yet to materialize. Signposts to the future Our perspective in appraising this latest economic blueprint will be on three fronts. First, the ability of the plan to pull Nigeria out of the current doldrums between now and 2020. Secondly, the role, if any, of this plan in launching the country into the league of the top 20 economic powerhouses beyond the year 2020. Thirdly, the job-creation ability of this plan based on a deep understanding of the demographic characteristics of the country. Suffice to note that economic growth trends in Nigeria over the last decade have shown that the growth did not produce jobs. It is a clear fact based on figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that over 65% of Nigeria's population is relatively young and could be considered “millennials.” However, a large number in this segment of the population remains unemployed. Despite the robust GDP growth number (average 6%-7%) achieved between 2004 - 2014, Nigeria's unemployment rate continues an uptrend as economic growth failed to bolster overall employment opportunities, especially amongst the youths. Data from NBS put Nigerian youth unemployment/ underemployment rate at 45.65% as at Q3, 2016. With an annual population growth of 2.6%, economic growth in Nigeria needs to outpace population; otherwise we might be heading towards a negative inflection point, with dire consequences. Thus, beyond the heavy investments in infrastructure (power, transportation and housing), government policies should also target nascent sectors that could create gainful employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for this population group. This emphasis is hardly discernible in the just released economic plan. The “youth bulge” (or having disproportionally high young population) in Nigeria has tremendous long-term advantages but it can easily present formidable social and political challenges if not well-managed. The focus of economic recovery in the near-term and long-term growth prospects ought to be entwined and driven by this underlined demographic factor. It is very possible that with the proposed plan, Nigeria's economy could rebound if we focus on rebuilding dilapidated steel plants, investing in large-scale gas-fired thermal power plants and improving electricity generation and distribution. The expected economic recovery is also dependent on revamping agriculture, investing in oil refining/petrochemical plants and increasing crude oil production. However, this analysis is dependent on favourable oil prices in the short- to medium-term. But when the chips are down, it is critical to understand the kind of tectonic shift occurring in the global arena, namely in the technology space as well as alternative or renewable energy. While technology is changing the way in which businesses are run, thereby reducing costs and increasing productivity, there are implications for the labour force. This requires retraining people to acquire new skills. In the energy sector, the transition to renewable energy could render our huge oil/gas assets obsolete in the next 20 years and beyond. These are all signposts to the urgent need for federal and state governments to invest either directly into the ICT and media sectors (including infrastructure backbone, content development and distribution) or indirectly by providing the regulatory framework and policies for the sectors to thrive. The Nigerian music and movie (Nollywood) industries that were propelled by budding entrepreneurs have now become global phenomena. Fintech (e-payment, mobile money and digital financial services) entrepreneurs are also changing the dynamics of the financial services industry and driving economic growth. From less than 1% of Nigeria's GDP about a decade ago, these sectors combined, now represent over 12% of Nigeria's GDP, according to the NBS. To further illustrate this trend, let us consider some basic facts: -In December 2016, there were 154 million mobile phone lines in Nigeria compared to 500,000 before the advent of GSM in 2001. -Out of a total population of 181.6 million people as of June 2015, there were 92.7 million internet users reported in Nigeria, according to www. internetworldstats.com. -As at June 2016, there were 16 million Facebook users in Nigeria, which translates to a penetration rate of 8.3%. Nigeria was ranked 17th in the world based on smartphone utilization; the equivalent of 30% penetration based on data from eMarketer. The country was said to have 23.1 million smartphones in 2015, a figure projected to increase to 34 million in 2018. Let's plan for tomorrow Moving forward, Nigerian policymakers at national and regional levels ought to consider these facts and then plan for tomorrow. How can Nigeria modernize the agri-business sector and make it more technology-driven in order to attract new labour force into its critical value chain? That should be the key component of the growth agenda and policy mix. Based on the analysis of the top ten most-valued companies in 2006 compared to 2016, technology-based firms such as Apple and Google have displaced a lot of traditional companies like ExxonMobil and General Electric in their valuation. The point at stake for Nigeria is – where does the country want to be in the food-chain of global economies, not merely in terms of size but with respect to the quality of investments, infrastructure assets, service-delivery and human capital development? Below are a few points to inform the direction of policy interventions. -Captive power plants (both thermal and renewal energy) can be quickly installed and operated more efficiently in Nigeria by the private sector. -Modular refineries can be rapidly deployed and operated more effectively by entrepreneurs than by the government. -Computing speed is getting cheaper through faster and more robust microprocessors on various electronic devices just as internet connectivity is becoming more affordable and accessible. This will help to raise a new breed of online entrepreneurs in Nigeria. -Hardware devices and smartphones are getting cheaper and affordable, creating a new generation of citizens that will crave more information, contents and services. -By training computer programmers and investing massively in ICT, India is currently on the global IT map. A lot of Nigerian university graduates are unemployed due to either lack of opportunities or experience, even though many of them are also IT literate. A policy to engage and harness these young people's talents would go a long way in having a vibrant IT sector that is supporting economic growth and providing employment. Although we support the economic recovery and growth plan of the current administration, the task ahead remains quite daunting. The government's ability to decipher the right approach and design the practical framework to achieving its plan will, to a large extent, determine the success of the plan. Ultimately, time will tell whether the ERGP will crystallize tangible outcomes that can improve life and set the nation on the path of long-term economic and social progress or whether it would simply remain just another plan. Source: http://www.tectono-business.com/2017/04/evaluation-of-nigerias-economic.html CC: seun CC: lalalasticlala |
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Obande G. Agbese is a very hardworking and ambitious Lagos-based Estate Surveyor and Valuer that got a call from a foreign number about a property in Banana Island for sale that he advertised. According to him, the voice was that of an elderly woman. She asked for the details and asked him to send pictures of the property to her, which he excitedly did. She promised to call back. The woman later called back after two weeks. He said: “Two weeks later she called me again and said that she would be in Nigeria in two weeks to see the place and pay for it. Sure she did. She looked every inch a wealthy person. I took her for the Inspection. After seeing some other properties, she settled for this waterfront masterpiece of an Architectural edifice. The price was close to a billion naira. She negotiated my fee to a bit less than N50m. The owner of the property also promised to pay me something substantial. I was excited. At long last, God don butter my bread. She collected the title papers, did the legal search. We prepared all the transfer papers. The deal was as good as concluded.” According to Obande, he started walking with a new swagger as someone who would get a minimum of N50million in the new deal. His spoken English became more polished. He wrote better lexicons on Facebook. His writings were strictly for the highly educated. His lyrics flowed without inhibitions. He talked with more confidence and authority. He became more generous to himself and those around me. He even laughed more and nothing his wife said or did got on his nerves. He was all smiles most times. He had been waiting for the big break and here it comes. Obande thought that he had become too rich to do small jobs. “One of my faithful long time clients called me to go for a valuation job in Abuja. I told him that I can't go, except he pays N150k into my account to cover my flight and accommodation. When I return, we would discuss the valuation fee. He was shocked. He offered to pay N100k. He reminded me that I won't need to sleep in Abuja since I could go by first flight and return by last flight same day. I refused to listen. He sent N120k into my account, I went to Abuja reluctantly. I told him that I only agreed to go because it was him. That I no longer do that kind of dog jobs. He was shocked. He knew that this was not the Obande he used to know. When he dug into why I have suddenly become near impossible, I told him point blank that I don't do small jobs any longer. I deal only on big jobs. I don't play in the small leagues no more. But for him I can condescend. But he needed to improve on what he was paying me. He apologized and promised to call me when he gets only big deals. He warned me to be careful. I didn't want to leave Lagos for even a second. What if the alert happens when I am out of town. I was the central figure in this deal. After all, if I get alert, na God win. Why I no go get alert when my name na Godwin?” he said. Then, Obande started waiting for the big deal. “Then the stories started. It is the falling Naira against dollar. It is EFCC poking noses into all transactions in Nigeria. The stories continued unabated. I was not doing the small deals no more. The big one became tales by moonlight. Account was running dry. So many withdrawals and no deposit. I became disillusioned, always on the edge. I started being withdrawn, bitter and picking quarrels with everyone,” he said. “Then one day I got a message from this prospective buyer. She wanted me to lend her N1.5m. I was devastated. A billionaire asking for N1.5m? N1.5m kor, N900million ni'i. Bloody 419!” Having discovered that he had wasted his precious time with a bloody fraudster, Obande had no option but to contact his long time client in Abuja to know if he could give him a deal. “I called my faithful client, he said I am a professional that he respects so much and trust absolutely. But he could no longer afford my services as I have become a Debonair. I told him that I have woken up from my daydream. I will now go to Abuja with even N50k as I can go by Road. I am even ready to go and do a valuation inspection in Sambisa forest for N200k. If my language has depreciated, please forgive me. It is because of the disappointment that I suffered. At the moment, I'm inside a bus heading for Warri for a consultancy job. Don't ask me why I didn't insist on flight ticket money. Na waa ooo. These fraudsters sef,” he said. Source: http://www.tectono-business.com/2017/04/how-estate-surveyor-obande-g-agbese-got.html CC: Seun CC: Lalalasticlala |
This article is worthy of being moved to the front page. Where is the administrator of this section? |
This is a good development. |
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That the Federal Government has the motivation and desire to legalise the “ILLEGAL refineries” is commendable. It is sound strategy even though long overdue. First, let’s humanise the activities and call them “artisanal or cottage industries.” Remember, a country, unable to refine its own crude oil lacks internal, external, social and economic security. Now, desperate people do desperate things. Imagine a country where majority of the people live below the poverty line of $1 a day, where there is no clean drinking water, no good roads, and there is unemployment everywhere. This is also a country where a growing child, when asked about education would rather prefer to be a politician so that he could become instantly rich when he grows up. One can be persuaded to believe that life in the Niger Delta states (Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Ondo and Abia), is unpleasant as described by Thomas Hobbes in his book Leviathan where “the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, with continual fear and danger of violent death”. Hobbes believed that we are all basically selfish, driven by fear of death and the hope of personal gain. All of us seek power over others, whether we realise this or not. The consequence of this, he argued, was that if society broke down and you had to live in what he called ‘a state of nature’, without laws or anyone with the power to back them up, you like everyone else, would steal and murder when necessary. At least, you would have to do that if you wanted to carry on living. In a world of scarce resources, particularly if you were struggling to find food and water to survive, it could actually be rational to kill other people before they kill you. In Hobbes’ memorable description, “life outside society would be ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’.” That’s why we have laws. Laws are no good if there isn’t someone or something strong enough to make everyone follow them. With a thoughtful implementation and management of the modular refineries programme, the government can reduce unemployment, poverty, and hunger in the Niger Delta states. The programme should be envisioned, enabled and well articulated in terms of infrastructure development investments, budgeting, crude oil supplies, power supplies, and technical entrepreneurial professionals, to avoid people following so many rabbits from a blanket general statement of consortia formation supporting establishment of modular refineries. Modular refineries will teach us: Wisdom of supply and demand; need for effective champion, gatekeeper, driver; economic and security implications. Infrastructural Investments: Put your money where your mouth is (EU spends about 59 Billion Euros per year on farm subsidies on the “Common Agricultural Policy” (CAP); hundreds of designs. Nigeria currently imports over 60 million liters of petrol every day. Cost of importing fuel in 30 days is enough to build 5-10 modular refineries. Current crude oil price free fall can be turned into gold for Nigeria by building modular refineries in most states in Nigeria. Added benefits and values include: Production of a combined volume of over 1,000,0000 litres per day of petrol, diesel, aviation kero, kerosene, naphtha, and other petrochemical products; creating over one million jobs for Nigerian youths; creating over 1000 spin-off medium and small businesses, such as shipping, engineering, construction, logistics, fabrication, and many more; training over 120,000 Nigerians and community indigenes; provide food and shelter for over five million Nigerians; rejuvenating our national economy with another “oil boom era” and chance to export excess fuel produced by the refineries and earn forex from fuel export; and regenerating various key socio-economic sectors and sustainably raise the Nigerian GDP. Oil communities can be transformed into the oil capital of Nigeria and Africa by forming oil community cooperatives and making them key stakeholders in the ownership and operation of these modular refineries. Also, communities and indigenes will have an alternative sustainable source of income. It will foster a fresh sense of ownership, deep sense of commitment and responsibility for protecting all the Nigerian oil assets in their environment, hence eradicating the ugly era of “pipeline vandalisation and oil spills” and saving the Nigerian government the current daily loss of huge sums of money. As published in a national newspaper in Nigeria three years ago, “…..As more countries are discovering oil, our exports will begin to drop at some stage. In addition, with climate change, development of alternative fuels, that is bad news for crude oil producers. Our case is even worsening because of frequent production outages and unprecedented oil theft, despite the billion-naira contracts awarded to militants to safe guard the pipelines. We are taking loans every day and our debts are piling up. The world’s biggest consumer of crude, the U.S., has now found a formidable alternative in shale oil. So, the demand for our oil has fallen and will only continue to fall. The new reality is that crude oil is no longer a monopoly. As demand falls, the price will fall. As the price falls, production will fall. “Many oil fields will become unprofitable to operate. They are likely to close down. In this event, the naira would crash. A fall in foreign exchange inflow will hurt us since we are import-dependent. If we deplete our external reserves to protect the naira, it would impact negatively on the general prices of goods and services, hence, less money to build infrastructure, less money for government overheads, leading to retrenchment and salary cuts. Money to fund fuel subsidy and petrol price will increase and as petrol price goes up, mass unrest will ensue as cost of living rises.” The issue here in Nigeria is clear: a) Prioritize and test the idea of modular refineries; b) set up a Refining and Petrochemicals Authority to have a focal point, and c) let illegal refineries become “legal artisanary refineries” by training them. It is sound reasoning. It is practicable. It is demonstratively a true paradigm shift for the good. http://www.tectono-business.com/2017/04/legalization-of-illegal-refineries.html |
WHY ALL ENTREPRENEURS MUST EMBRACE E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN E-mail marketing is the easiest and most affordable way of reaching your target audience and would-be customers within some minutes. If you spend little percentage of just your one month budget for advertisement on email marketing, you could double your client base. Harvard Business Review has proven that email marketing has a far higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional advertisement and even the highly advocated social media adverts. E-mail marketing is fast becoming the most reliable and profitable marketing strategy in this country owing to the fact that each recipient of your e-mail campaign is more likely to patronize you. So, if you have not started using this strategy in your business, you are definitely missing a whole lot of patronage from prospective big clients. With e-mail addresses at your disposal, you do not need to pay through your nose again in placing adverts in the print or electronic media for your products and services. You just have to package your adverts/proposals very well and send directly to your prospective clients via e-mail. It will reduce cost, time and improve the bottom-line of your organization. The e-mail addresses are usually separated with commas (,). You will just paste your proposal/advert on the body of the e-mail, copy and paste the e-mail addresses on the BCC row bit by bit and send. It is very simple. For more information on the advantages of e-mail marketing, click the link below: http://www.tectono-business.com/2015/07/tectono-business-review-in-conjunction_21.html |
WHY ALL ENTREPRENEURS MUST EMBRACE E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN E-mail marketing is the easiest and most affordable way of reaching your target audience and would-be customers within some minutes. If you spend little percentage of just your one month budget for advertisement on email marketing, you could double your client base. Harvard Business Review has proven that email marketing has a far higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional advertisement and even the highly advocated social media adverts. E-mail marketing is fast becoming the most reliable and profitable marketing strategy in this country owing to the fact that each recipient of your e-mail campaign is more likely to patronize you. So, if you have not started using this strategy in your business, you are definitely missing a whole lot of patronage from prospective big clients. With e-mail addresses at your disposal, you do not need to pay through your nose again in placing adverts in the print or electronic media for your products and services. You just have to package your adverts/proposals very well and send directly to your prospective clients via e-mail. It will reduce cost, time and improve the bottom-line of your organization. The e-mail addresses are usually separated with commas (,). You will just paste your proposal/advert on the body of the e-mail, copy and paste the e-mail addresses on the BCC row bit by bit and send. It is very simple. For more information on the advantages of e-mail marketing, click the link below: http://www.tectono-business.com/2015/07/tectono-business-review-in-conjunction_21.html |
WHY ALL ENTREPRENEURS MUST EMBRACE E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN E-mail marketing is the easiest and most affordable way of reaching your target audience and would-be customers within some minutes. If you spend little percentage of just your one month budget for advertisement on email marketing, you could double your client base. Harvard Business Review has proven that email marketing has a far higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional advertisement and even the highly advocated social media adverts. E-mail marketing is fast becoming the most reliable and profitable marketing strategy in this country owing to the fact that each recipient of your e-mail campaign is more likely to patronize you. So, if you have not started using this strategy in your business, you are definitely missing a whole lot of patronage from prospective big clients. With e-mail addresses at your disposal, you do not need to pay through your nose again in placing adverts in the print or electronic media for your products and services. You just have to package your adverts/proposals very well and send directly to your prospective clients via e-mail. It will reduce cost, time and improve the bottom-line of your organization. The e-mail addresses are usually separated with commas (,). You will just paste your proposal/advert on the body of the e-mail, copy and paste the e-mail addresses on the BCC row bit by bit and send. It is very simple. For more information on the advantages of e-mail marketing, click the link below: http://www.tectono-business.com/2015/07/tectono-business-review-in-conjunction_21.html |
WHY ALL ENTREPRENEURS MUST EMBRACE E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN E-mail marketing is the easiest and most affordable way of reaching your target audience and would-be customers within some minutes. If you spend little percentage of just your one month budget for advertisement on email marketing, you could double your client base. Harvard Business Review has proven that email marketing has a far higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional advertisement and even the highly advocated social media adverts. E-mail marketing is fast becoming the most reliable and profitable marketing strategy in this country owing to the fact that each recipient of your e-mail campaign is more likely to patronize you. So, if you have not started using this strategy in your business, you are definitely missing a whole lot of patronage from prospective big clients. With e-mail addresses at your disposal, you do not need to pay through your nose again in placing adverts in the print or electronic media for your products and services. You just have to package your adverts/proposals very well and send directly to your prospective clients via e-mail. It will reduce cost, time and improve the bottom-line of your organization. The e-mail addresses are usually separated with commas (,). You will just paste your proposal/advert on the body of the e-mail, copy and paste the e-mail addresses on the BCC row bit by bit and send. It is very simple. For more information on the advantages of e-mail marketing, click the link below: http://www.tectono-business.com/2015/07/tectono-business-review-in-conjunction_21.html |
WHY ALL ENTREPRENEURS MUST EMBRACE E-MAIL MARKETING CAMPAIGN E-mail marketing is the easiest and most affordable way of reaching your target audience and would-be customers within some minutes. If you spend little percentage of just your one month budget for advertisement on email marketing, you could double your client base. Harvard Business Review has proven that email marketing has a far higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional advertisement and even the highly advocated social media adverts. E-mail marketing is fast becoming the most reliable and profitable marketing strategy in this country owing to the fact that each recipient of your e-mail campaign is more likely to patronize you. So, if you have not started using this strategy in your business, you are definitely missing a whole lot of patronage from prospective big clients. With e-mail addresses at your disposal, you do not need to pay through your nose again in placing adverts in the print or electronic media for your products and services. You just have to package your adverts/proposals very well and send directly to your prospective clients via e-mail. It will reduce cost, time and improve the bottom-line of your organization. The e-mail addresses are usually separated with commas (,). You will just paste your proposal/advert on the body of the e-mail, copy and paste the e-mail addresses on the BCC row bit by bit and send. It is very simple. For more information on the advantages of e-mail marketing, click the link below: http://www.tectono-business.com/2015/07/tectono-business-review-in-conjunction_21.html |
Bombings at two Egyptian churches killed more than 35 people as they gathered to mark Palm Sunday, officials said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on the country’s Coptic Christians. The attacks on the Mar Girgis church in the city of Tanta north of Cairo and Saint Mark’s Church in the coastal city of Alexandria came just weeks ahead of a visit by Pope Francis to show support for Egypt’s large Christian minority. Egyptian officials denounced the attack as an attempt to sow divisions in the country, while Francis sent his “deep condolences” to Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks but Egyptian Christians have repeatedly been targeted by jihadists including the Islamic State group. The first blast killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 70 when it hit the church in Nile Delta City of Tanta, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) north of Cairo, according to a health ministry toll. Images broadcast by private television stations showed bloodstains smearing the whitewashed walls of the church next to shredded wooden benches. “The explosion took place in the front rows, near the altar, during the mass,” General Tarek Atiya, the deputy to Egypt’s interior minister in charge of relations with the media, told AFP. The worshippers had been celebrating Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days of the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant entrance of Jesus to Jerusalem. The second blast killed at least 11 people and wounded 35 at the church in Alexandria, Egypt’s second largest city, according to the health ministry. Tawadros had been attending a mass at the church but a Coptic Church official said he had left before the blast. Francis, who is due to visit Cairo on April 28-29, offered prayers for the victims. “Let us pray for the victims of the attack unfortunately carried out today,” he said in an Angelus prayer. “May the Lord convert the heart of those who sow terror, violence and death and also the heart of those who make weapons and trade in them.” Copts, who make up about one tenth of Egypt’s population of more than 92 million and who celebrate Easter next weekend, have been targeted by several attacks in recent months. Jihadists and Islamists accuse Copts of supporting the military overthrow of Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi, in 2013, which ushered in a deadly crackdown on his supporters. In December, a suicide bombing claimed by IS killed 29 worshippers during Sunday mass in Cairo. The bombing of the church within a compound that also holds the seat of the Coptic papacy was the deadliest attack against the minority in recent memory. A spate of jihadist-linked attacks in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, including the murder of a Copt in the city of El Arish whose house was also burned, have led some Coptic families to flee their homes. About 250 Christians took refuge in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya after IS released a video in February calling for attacks on the religious minority. Reacting before the second bombing in Alexandria, Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ahmed Abu Zeid, called the attack in Tanta “a failed attempt against our unity”. “Terrorism hits Egypt again, this time on Palm Sunday,” he tweeted. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail also condemned the attack, stressing Egypt’s determination to “eliminate terrorism”. The Cairo-based Al-Azhar, an influential Sunni Muslim authority, said it aimed to “destabilise security and… the unity of Egyptians”. Egypt’s Copts have endured successive attacks since Morsi’s ouster in July 2013. More than 40 churches were attacked nationwide in the two weeks after the deadly dispersal by security forces of two pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo on August 14, 2013, Human Rights Watch said. Amnesty International later said more than 200 Christian-owned properties were attacked and 43 churches seriously damaged, adding that at least four people were killed. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who as then army chief helped remove Morsi, has defended his security forces and accused jihadists of attacking Copts in order to divide the country. In October 2011, almost 30 people — mostly Coptic Christians — were killed after the army charged at a protest outside the state television building in Cairo to denounce the torching of a church in southern Egypt. In May that year, clashes between Muslims and Copts left 15 dead in the working-class Cairo neighbourhood of Imbaba where two churches were attacked. A few months earlier, the unclaimed bombing of a Coptic church killed more than 20 people in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria on New Year’s Day. Source: http://www.tectono-business.com/2017/04/36-worshippers-die-in-palm-sunday.html |
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