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Security

PMB Raises Concern over Insecurity in Africa

By Web News 29 August 2022 452

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern that the development and growth of the African continent is increasingly being seriously challenged by insecurity.

President Buhari stated this at the 8th summit of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD 8, in Tunisia.

Represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, the President explained that in Nigeria, the activities of terrorists, bandits and kidnappers have led to the displacement of several communities, disrupting the productive activities of the people.

***Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, with H.E. Kais Saied, President of the Republic of Tunisia at the venue of the conference***.

President Buhari said the various security mechanisms supported by the African Union such as the MNJTF, the G5 Sahel and the African Standby Force all need to be recalibrated to meet the current objective of definitively eliminating violent extremism, terrorism and banditry from the continent.

***Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Geoffrey Onyeama at the 8th TICAD summits in Tunisia***.

He expressed optimism that the 8th TICAD summit would rise to the occasion by expanding the security cooperation and operations between Africa and Japan, within the framework of the New Approach for Peace and Stability in Africa (NAPSA), and for Africa to benefit from the use of Japanese technology in the fight against insurgencies on the continent.

President Buhari expressed gratitude to the Japanese Government for the support it has continued to extend in different areas especially through the Japanese International Cooperation Agency JICA, saying TICAD has continued to provide a constructive platform for strategic partnership between Africa and Japan for the development cooperation.

The president also appreciated support from the Japanese and other partners in the ongoing efforts aimed at improving maritime and border security.

Hamza Alkali/Adetutu Adetule

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Agriculture

150 Rice Farmers Get Free Input From FG

By Web News 14 July 2021 748

Rice farmers in Ogun state has called on the federal government to expand the numbers of benefitiaries for the free inputs support for rice farmers in the state.

The farmers while speaking with Radio Nigeria after the distribution of the support at the Kotopo, Abeokuta office of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said the one hundred and fifty beneficiaries would judiciously utilise the inputs.

Radio Nigeria Correspondent reports that the rice farmers trooped out in large numbers to be part of the distribution.

Inputs distributed to the rice farmers expected to be used in cultivation of one hectare of land include one bag of fifty kilogramme certified rice seed, four bags of NPK fertiliser, two bags of Urea fertiliser, and one litre of growth enhancer.

Other input received by the one hundred and fifty rice farmers across Ogun state include four litres of pesticides and five litres of pre and post emergence herbicide.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural development represented by an assistant director at the ministry, Mallam Bashir Usman hinted that the rice farmers are expected to enhance food security of the nation with their produce and also to increase their income.

The minister cautioned the farmers against diversion or outright sale of the supplied input as neccessary mechanism had been put in place to monitor and deal with defaulters.

Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, represented by the Programme Manager, Ogun State Agriculture Development Programme , Mrs. Taiwo Ayansanwo said the state government was concentrating efforts on small medium hold farmers noting that the state government was pleased with the efforts of the federal government to empower more farmers.

Some of the farmers while speaking with Radio Nigeria commended the federal government for the support and called for expansion of the number of beneficiaries.

Earlier, the Ogun State coordinator of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Ganiyu Oseni had assured the farmers of prompt monitoring of the support input which he said was facilitated by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA.

Wale Oluokun

Agriculture

FG, JICA, Distribute Rice Seeds, Farm Inputs In Ibadan

By Web News 14 July 2021 1236

Rice is one of the staple foods in Nigeria, and there is the need to promote its cultivation particularly with the ravaging effects of COVID-19 on farmers.

However, the federal government in partnership with the Japan International Agency, JICA, has distributed rice and other farm inputs to farmers in Oyo State to enhance its production.