1ST MAY NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

The new office on Drugs and Crimes UNADC says stakeholders in justice sectorin Nigeria should work together to tackle corruption, terrorism and other forms of crimes in the country. The country representative of the UNADC MISS CHRISTIANA ABETTING stated this at the end of the three days network meeting of the justice Sector Reform Team conference in Kaduna Nigeria. She commended government effort and the National Assembly for passing the Administration of Comrade Justice Acts (ACJA) in to Law. MISS ABETTING said that the law will help in tackling most of the challenges that the law lead to delay in justice delivery in the country.

In addition is the distribution of about two hundred rice milling machine to all state of the federation has commenced this week; also the federal government of Nigeria has also began process to ensure that farmers have access loans as a single digit interest rate; these was one of the issues highlighted at the 42^nd National Council on Agriculture held in Port Harcourt River State Nigeria.

The United State had demands additional FORTY MILLION US DOLLARS ($40,000,000.00) to support the people of North – East Nigeria where the years of insurgency had created dial humanitarian crises. A statement from the United State Embassy indicates that the main funding will support the United Nation World Food program in Nigeria which is providing critical for system in nutrition support. A state of existence will also help the communities return to their Agricultural livelihoods. According to the statement the additional funding brought its 20 humanitarian’s contribution in Nigeria to more than TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS since October 2015. It adds that united state remains committed to work with the government of Nigeria and other journals to provide humanitarian assistant in order to avoid famine and support valuable communities

Also The Nigerian Defense Headquarter had given assurance that no insurgent of the Insurgency in the North –East of Nigeria; that in spites the attacks and suicide bombers in the area. The director of Defense and Information MAJOR GENERAL JOHNNY MECHE stated this in Abuja at the monthly update of the security situation nationwide. MAJOR GENERAL JOHNNY MECHE said that the military particularly the Nigerian Army had been strategized to do with bruise attacks; he also noted that some of the terrorist were willing to give up themselves for bound that the dial hard amongst them will soon meet up with its waterloo. MAJOR GENERAL JOHNNY MECHE also said under rural of mines from the North – East, the United Nation had indicated interest to assist the country of a call from the Chief of the Army Staff LIEUTENANT GENERAL TUKUR BRUTAI for assistant.

The presidential committee in the North – East initiative: PC and I is to partner Nigerian Army Engineers in AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK to compute the abandoned Chibok School in the Boronu State. To this end, ONE HUNDRED MILLION US DOLLARS had already been committed by the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB). The Vice Chairman of the PC and I ALHJI TIJANI TIMSA made this known at a Chibok stakeholder’s representative forum in Maidugri Nigeria. ALHJI TIMSA explained that the reasons for the meeting seventy –four are to share ideas between the government and the Chibok leaders to prioritize areas survey intervention. The state commissioner for reconstruction, resettlement and rehabilitation PROFESSOR BABAGANA ZOLU, also briefed the meeting on the efforts of the state government which will benefit the Chibok community and empowered unemployed women and youths. A participant called on the government of all levels to hasting the completion of the Chibok Mbalala Federal Roads and Fibo Roads in the fifteen villages around the Chibok headquarters.

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