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North-East Commission distributes modern tractors, power tillers in Gombe

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North-East Commission distributes modern tractors, power tillers to ease farming activities in Gombe.

Mr. Mohammed Goni Alkali, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NEDC said the commission had distributed 29 tractors, power tillers, other equipment in efforts to assist farmers in Gombe State ease the difficulties in carrying out their vocations.

Alkali stated that the commission had intervened in providing adequate infrastructure, processing agricultural produce, healthcare, education and empowerment among others.

He said the decision to deepen intervention in the agricultural sector through the distribution of farm implement was as a result of the fact that “over 95 percent of North East depend on agriculture and we have designed an integrated Agric programme so that people will go back to the farm in more organise and driven way.

“This is why we get the tractors in Gombe to be distributed to farmers. The tractors are assembled in Gombe by the local people who were trained to do the job and will also be there to train others to know how to assemble,’’ he said.

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The chief executive officer added that the commission had put in place plans to ensure the sustainability of the implement by “ establish servicing centres for repairing such tractors in the event of breakdown. We don’t want a situation whereby tractors will be abandoned just because it broke down and there is nobody to repair or service it.’’

According to him, farmers will also be empowered through training on modern farming techniques which he sees as a major tool toward ensuring increase productivity in the sector.

Alkali stated that the major challenge in the North East was how to engage and empower the youth who form the larger population, stressing that there is no state in the sub-region that you would not find young men and women roaming the street with nothing to do.

“We know ICT is key and we have in Gombe a centre where the youth can be trained in various activities like Computer graphics and mobile phones repair,’’ he said
Alkali stated that plans were underway to train between 1000 and 2000 women and youths in computers and phones repairing as well as computer graphics.

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Fubara’s Whereabouts Unknown As Military Moves Trucks Into Rivers Govt House

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The movement of Governor Siminalayi Fubara was unknown on Tuesday night when the military moved trucks into Rivers Government House in Port Harcourt.

The trucks were placed within and outside the Government House on the first night of the State of emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu declared emergency rule amid the attacks on oil installations in Rivers State.

Some militants groups had threatened to blow up pipelines if the Rivers House of Assembly impeach Fubara.

However, hours after the lawmakers served the governor with notice of alleged misconduct, the militants carried out their threat.

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Breaking :President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers state,Removes Democratic Structures

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The president made the announcement on Tuesday in a nationwide broadcast over the political crisis and instability in the state.

Tinubu said Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state; his deputy, Ngozi Odu; and all members of the Rivers assembly are “hereby suspended for an initial period of six months”.

“Having soberly reflected on and evaluated the political situation in Rivers State and the Governor and Deputy Governor of Rivers State having failed to make a request to me as President to issue this proclamation as required by section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, it has become inevitably compelling for me to invoke the provision of section 305 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to declare a state of emergency in Rivers State with effect from today, 18th March, 2025 and I so do,” the president said.

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Tinubu meets with service chiefs in Aso Rock

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President Bola Tinubu is currently holding a high-level meeting with the service chiefs at the State House.

Among those in attendance are Christopher Musa, chief of defence staff; Olufemi Oluyede, chief of army staff; Emmanuel Ogalla, chief of naval staff; Hassan Abubakar, chief of air staff; and Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police.

Also present are Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser; Oluwatosin Ajayi, director-general of the State Security Service; and Muhammed Muhammed, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency.

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