BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that Germany is committing 100 billion euros to a special fund for its armed forces, raising its defense spending above 2 percent of GDP.
“It’s clear we need to invest significantly more in the security of our country, in order to protect our freedom and our democracy,” Scholz told a special session of the Bundestag in Berlin Sunday morning.
The move is a significant one for Germany, which has come under criticism from the United States and other NATO allies for not investing adequately in its defense budget.
Scholz’s announcement, which came during a special session of Germany’s Bundestag Sunday morning, was the latest in a series of major shifts in German defense and security policy this weekend in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On Saturday evening, the German government announced it would be sending weapons and other supplies directly to Ukraine, which is fighting to keep Russia from invading its capital city.
Tingotoe: The south west is rallying around APC despite it's apparent failures mainly because it is perceived that the party will zone it's presidential ticket to the region. We're in for a long ride in this country
You talk as if the people of the South West are not voting for the PDP.
Perfectbeing: Na even Bayelsa own be the koko. Bayelsa with just 8 local government is sharing N87 billion. That's an average of N1 billion per LGAs. Yet the state is a shit hole.
Bayelsa State is suppose to be one of the best states in Nigeria.
In a saner clime, a political party like APC would have been decimated long time ago. The day Nigerians wake up to full consciousness, is the day will be free from satanic bondage.
The current status of Nigeria's Cannabis Control, Bill 2020, sponsored by Hon. Princess Onuoha of Okigwe North constituency remains a mystery to me also. One can only hope that powerful voices such as that of His Excellency Governor Akeredolu of Ondo State, will continue to raise this matter in Nigeria's corridors of power.
If the Government do not want it to be legalize all over Nigeria, they can just put it in the Concurrent list, so any state like Ondo state that wants to legalise it, can do so.
There is a lot of money to be made from this industry.
Have seen touts investing in farming of marijuana built house, buy cars and sending their Children abroad ontop this marijuana business.
The mistake we make sometimes is that some of these things don't depend on what we think, or suppose, or don't know. That you think Tinubu was not involved in major decisions made regarding the party does not mean he wasn't involved. That you and I didn't know when consultations were made and what he did in the background does not mean he did nothing.
They do their work without minding what some people think. The earlier we face this reality, the better for us.
Nigerians don't love telling themselves the truth bro.
That's how some people will be telling you the South South and South East are one, but reality is different.
Thanks for stopping by once more, Whirlwind7. President Buhari has a while yet to go before his term of office is complete, so there is still a chance that he may recognize the enormous economic potential of legalizing the state-regulated and taxed cultivation for export of medical marijuana products and industrial hemp, whereby this landmark legislative change could still materialize before the clock runs out.
In other words, I continue to repose optimistic hope that His Excellency the President might act on this matter after due consideration and consultation, as have numerous other African countries all now reaping massive profits in hard currency.
There is a bill in the National Assembly about the legalisation of marijuana in Nigeria