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Kano Task Force C’ttee on beggar repatriation to commence Operation
As part of it’s preparation to commence operation, Kano State Tasks Force Committee on Evacuation and Repatriation of Beggers from Kano has paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero at his place.
Speaking during the committee’s visit to his palace, the Emir Bayero expressed willingness of the Emirate to support the committee realise its goal of ending the menace of street begging in the state.
Alhaji Bayero stated that the mence, which is becoming eyesore and an unbearable social challenge to the people of Kano has, after all, no basis in the religion of Islam.
He urged parents to be alive to their parental responsibilities by ensuring that they enroll their wards into school for them to have basic education so as to be beneficial to themselves and their society.
The Emir assured the committee that District, Village and Ward heads would do everything possible to support the Task Force Committee to put end to this social ill in the state.
The monarch lauded Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for setting up the committee with a view to curtailing the problem of begging.
Briefing the Emir, chairman of the committee who is also chairman, Policy Strategy, Implementation and Evaluation Directorate, Office of the Governor, Engr. Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, said the committee was set up by the state government to bring permanent solution to problem of begging in Kano.
Bichi stated that they were at the palace to inform the Emir about the activities of the committee and seek his support and blessing.
The chairman said the committee had crucial meetings with stakeholders that included heads of media organizations, Islamic schorlars and Civil Society Organizations which have yielded positive result.
In a similar development, the committee also paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim at his palace in Gaya.
The Emir explained activities of the committee has similar objective with what the emirate has been doing through sensitisation in the educational system in his domain.
According to him, Gaya Emirate has also embarked on head count of out-of-school children and provided school materials and uniforms to the children of less-previleged.
He noted that the task of the committee was not an easy one but assured of the emirate’s support and cooperation for its success.
In a statement by Sani Abba Yola said while speaking, chairman of the committee and former Secretary to the Kano State Government, Engr. Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, said the committee is composed of people of high caliber that drawn its membership from state Ministries Departments and Agencies, security agencies and Civil Society organizations.
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Stampede at Catholic Church in Maitama Claims Ten Lives During Food Distribution
Ten people have been confirmed dead in a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, on Saturday, 21st December 2024, during the distribution of food items to vulnerable and elderly individuals.
The unfortunate incident, which occurred around 6:30 am, resulted in the loss of ten lives, including four children, and left eight others injured with varying degrees of severity. Four of the injured have been treated and discharged, while the remaining victims are still receiving medical attention.
The FCT Police Command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the tragedy, extended condolences to the families of the deceased, and wished the injured a swift recovery.
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Port-Harcourt Refinery Fully Operational- Says NNPC
The attention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has been drawn to reports in a section of the media alleging that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery which was re-streamed two months ago has been shut down.
We wish to clarify that such reports are totally false as the refinery is fully operational as verified a few days ago by former Group Managing Directors of NNPC.
Preparation for the day’s loading operation is currently ongoing.
Members of the public are advised to discountenance such reports as they are the figments of the imagination of those who want to create artificial scarcity and rip-off Nigerians.
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Port Harcourt Refinery Halts Production Less Than a Month After Resumption
Less than a month after the porthacourt appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working.
It was gathered that the lifting of petrol actually stopped last Friday, December 13, as the 18-arm loading bay of the new Port Harcourt refinery was empty.
While about 18 trucks littered the stretch of the busy road leading to the refinery itself, nine trucks were spotted inside the parking yard, while the loading bay was empty.
Journalists who visited the refinery on Thursday, December 19, 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped completely.
The depot, which is usually a beehive of activities where tankers scramble for space at the parking yard, was a shadow of itself with literally no vehicular or human activity relating to operations.
This was after $1.5bn was approved in March 2021 and spent on the rehabilitation of the facility.
The inauguration of the 60,000 barrel per day production capacity plant by the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, was met with celebration and fanfare.
During the re-opening of the facility, there was lifting of petrol to the excitement of the cheering crowd.
However, less than 10 trucks of petrol were lifted that day as against widespread claims that about 200 trucks carried petrol out of the bay.
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