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FG pledges to provide enabling environment to Gum Arabic farmers

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Federal government has reiterated its determination to provide enabling environment to Gum Arabic Farmers in the country.

The Director of Agriculture, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hajiya Karima Babangida disclosed this during Gum Arabic stakeholders meeting on Wednesday in Kano.

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The theme of the stakeholder’s meeting “Sustainable exploitation of gum Arabic for economic development in Nigeria”

She said that the ministry would continue to provide enabling environment for investors in the industry.

 

She noted that the purpose of the meeting was to review the position on Gum Arabic value chain with a view to developing a robust road map that would take advantage of the potentials Nigeria ha in the production important commodity.

Represented by Zonal Director North-West FMARD, Mr. Abdulkareem Durosinlorun, added that the Federal Government was ready to partner with any stakeholders who were interested in the development of the Gum Arabic sub-sector.

The Director said that the ministry had established Gum Arabic testing laboratory for quality assurance at Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria(RRIN) station in Gashua, Yobe state.

“In the same vain the ministry has also established a cottage Gum Arabic processing center at Damaturu in Yobe state.

“We are supporting the Gum Arabic association with Tapping Knives, Storage bags, cyclone, crushers, color sorter machine and digital moisture meters to various farmers, she added.

According to the Director, the Federal Governmen will establish two additional Gum Arabic processing centres in Kano and Borno States.

 

She added that the centres re to be established this year as part of the ministry’s efforts at improving the production of the commodity.

Earlier, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr Ernest Umakhihe, said the workshop was organised to induce a combination of appropriate agricultural techniques , policies and institutional arrangements that could generate economic surplus in the gum Arabic sub sector.

 

 

He said that the Gum Arabic value chain was among the agricultural commodity being promoted by the Federal ministry of Agriculture.

 

 

Represented by Mr Ukattah Bernard, Deputy Director, Tree Crops, explained that the main objective was to increase the area under Gum Arabic production of organized and unorganized plantations and improve upon processing by adding value to obtain grade one gum and archive export substitution and global competativeness.

 

 

According to him , in the year 2019/2020 , the ministry produced and distributed free of charge 384,391 Gum Arabic seedlings to farmers in order to boost value addirion.

 

The Permanent Secretary urged the participants to take advantage of the meeting to build a sustainable agriculture for the country , so as to be self-sufficient in food and nutrition.

Speaking at the event, Eze Chidume Okoro, the National President of Gum Arabic Producers, Processors and Exporters of Nigeria (NAGAPPEN), said the plan was to restore the glory of the Gum Arabic sector in the country.

Okoro called on the ministry of Agriculture to seek the collaboration of Ministries and National Agencies working in gum Arabic sector to ensure a coordinated development of the sector.

He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts in providing enabling environment to Gum Arabic farmers in the country.

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Breaking: Court Drops Charges Against Minors

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the charges brought against a total of 119 #EndBadGovernance protesters.

All 119 protesters were arraigned on Friday, November 1 on charges bordering on Treason felony, inciting to mutiny, among others.

The defendants were arraigned in two batches at the previous proceeding.

The first batch comprised a total of 76 protesters which included 32 minors and the second batch a total of 43 protesters.

The trial judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, struck out the suit following an application by the counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, M. D Abubakar, to take over and discontinue the matter.

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NNPP Crisis: Assembly Members Deny Factional Differences

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By Salisu Baso

As the crisis erupted within Kano’s ruling party NNPP, with some members calling for the governor to stand independently, the Kano State House of Assembly has denied knowledge of any of its members being involved in the rifts.

The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Lawan Hussain, representing Dala Constituency, revealed this to newsmen in an interview with journalists over the publication of an online newspaper, Daily Nigeria, stating that some members of the NNPP in the House have joined the factional crisis.

He described the news as a fabricated and mischievous story from unpatriotic elements planning to destroy the peace reigning within the party. He said that as far as the members of the House are concerned, there are no conflicts between the governor and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

The Majority Leader therefore assured the party parliament members of their solid support for the leader of the Kwankwasiyya and state governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, adding that the governor considers Senator Kwankwaso his mentor.

On the issue of some party members calling for the governor to be independent (Tsaya da Kafar Ka), Hon. Dala said the governor is operating independently without interference from any person. He therefore accused some opposition politicians from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of sponsoring unpatriotic people to ignite a crisis in the state with a view to disrupting the government’s development initiatives.

 

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Breaking: Tinubu Orders Release of Minors Arrested Over Endbadgovernance Protest

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President Tinubu Orders release of all minors who participated in the Endbadgovernance protest .

 

The minister of information and national orientation Muhammad Idris stated this to state House correspondents.

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.

The Minister was flanked by the Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and orientation.

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Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the minors’ release without delay.

“The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book,” he said.

 

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