FG sugar master plan under threat over investors’ apathy

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The Nigerian Sugar Masterplan, a road map to sugar self-sufficiency, was recently renewed for another 10 years. They have not keyed into the Sugar Masterplan because it takes some time to recoup the investment in the sugar industry and fear of policy inconsistency. How did a once vibrant sugar production sector tumble from a place of strength to desperation? With only three major investors in the sector for almost 10 years that the sugar masterplan has been in place. The investments, he said, were made by the bigwigs in the sugar production industry, which comprised Dangote Sugar, BUA Foods Plc and Flour Mills of Nigeria.
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NASS should eliminate waste in 2023 budget

EVEN before its final shape is settled, Nigeria’s 2023 national budget is anchored on a shaky ground. Experts say a government budget is the principal instrument of fiscal policy used to encourage stable growth, sustainable development, and prosperity. It follows a familiar pattern of prioritising recurrent expenditures and debt servicing over capital projects. At N6.31 trillion, debt servicing alone will gulp 30.77 per cent of the budget. But the NASS can still knock prudence into the 2023 Appropriation Bill, prune waste and the recurrent vote, and increase capital spending.

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Tinubu will make Nigeria work, says Nnamani

According to him, Tinubu who was a former governor of Lagos State same time he was governor of Enugu State said governors from the class of 1999 may still be the nation’s top system builders and political reformers. Nnamani said, “All we had was pure joy in our electorates’ hearts because they had a democratically elected governor. In total, more than 100 instructors received training in Nigeria and other French-speaking African nations. In doing so, Nnamani said Lagos state became the first to adopt and execute FLHE program. The Lagos State University College of Medicine, Nnamani said, was founded by Tinubu to provide top-notch medical training and facilitated the accreditation in 2005, which enabled the first class of medical doctors graduating in 2006.

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Saka: ‘Ogun boy’ shines in Qatar

Nigeria may be missing at the ongoing World Cup in Qatar but a name associated with the country shone on his debut appearance at the Mundial on Monday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. While he may have chosen to represent England, his country of birth, Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka is a Nigerian whose parents hail from Ogun State in Nigeria. This, by implication, means that Saka has his family origin from the Yoruba ethnic group of Nigeria. Saka completed his childhood dream of playing in a World Cup as England defeated Iran 6-2 in their Group B opener on Monday afternoon with the England player of Nigerian descent bagging a brace. With the domestic season paused, the Englishman will be keen on helping his country do well in Qatar.

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Floods: Rehabilitating survivors, preventing recurrence

Stories of starvation, neglect, and sickness abound at the internally displaced persons camps. Ten years ago, the country suffered a similar fate when about 30 states were overwhelmed; 363 lives lost and 2.1 million persons displaced. State governments must also halt the indiscriminate recovery of land from the coasts, swamps, and riverbanks. State governments should also build drainages and canals and maintain them regularly. LGs too should build earth dams, mobilise their staff and communities to clear drainages and assist displaced persons.

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Polio cases drop by 99.9%, says WHO

The World Health Organisation has said that the global efforts has achieved a more than 99.9 per cent decrease in polio cases since 1988. Dr. Moeti said “Since the landmark resolution for the worldwide eradication of polio was adopted in 1988 at the 41st World Health Assembly, global efforts have achieved a more than 99.9 per cent decrease in polio cases. Two of the three strains of wild poliovirus (Type 2 and Type 3) have been certified as eradicated, and in 2020 the African Region was certified as free of indigenous wild polio. “The Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s 2022-2026 Strategy to end polio lays out the pathway to finish this last mile. “This is critical for Africa to stamp out new cases of wild polio, as well as to safeguard our wild polio-free certification status.

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Walk for Tinubu ignites Osun APC, PDP rivalry

Adekunle, who questioned Oyetola after losing to a PDP candidate at the governorship poll, further said, “How long will Oyetola take the people of Osun State for a ride? Osun people don’t need a futile marketer with unedifying presidential material.”Responding to the allegation that Oyetola expended state resources on the walk, Osun State Commissioner for Political Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, Taiwo Akeju, said the claim was untrue. Governor Oyetola will never do so. If he didn’t do that during his governorship election, he would not use state funds to prosecute any other political project. Oyetola is our image as a party in Osun and, looking at him, the whole world knows we are decent in Osun APC.

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Russia moves jailed US basketballer to penal colony

She “is now on her way to a penal colony,” lawyers Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov said in a statement. Russia generally notifies of a prisoner’s transfer to a different address by mail, taking up to two weeks, the lawyers said. ‘Wrongful detention’“Every minute that Brittney Griner must endure wrongful detention in Russia is a minute too long,” Jean-Pierre said. ‘Totalitarian system’Prisoners’ rights activist Vladimir Osechkin said conditions in penal colonies are much harsher than in detention centres. The treatment of the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny has also highlighted abuses in prisons, activists say.

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LP, campaign spokesperson differ on Obi's manifesto

The report said that the LP candidate had “finally released his long-awaited 62-page campaign manifesto”, which contained his proposed plans for Nigeria if elected as president. Less than three hours after it went viral, the campaign team of the former Anambra State governor denied the report. Tanko disclosed that unless the candidate mandated the campaign team, Obi remained the only person to officially unveil his policy document. It is obvious people are too eager for it.”But Arabambi disagreed with the report of the campaign spokesperson. It was shared on the NWC platform by the national secretary.

2 months ago The Punch

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