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The European Union through its ECOWAS commission partners and the leadership Initiative for Trañsformation and Empowerment has organised capacity training for Nigeria military, police and paramilitary agencies.
The training programme is aimed at equipping the operatives with modern methods and strategies of border management (air, land and sea) as well as strategies for collaborative policing and information sharing.
Speaking at the event held at Emjim hostels, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, the executive director of the programme Hon. Joel Bisina, in his opening remarks, said the programme was in response to concerns about poor security at the borders, which has contributed to the influx of small arms and light weapons used by non-state actors to terrorise the country.
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About 250 arms and 5510 ammunition have been destroyed in Cross Rivet State Government ECOWAS European Union.
Flagging off the exercise in Calabar on Monday at the E. J. Eduene Stadium, Governor Ayade disclosed that the arms were surrendered by the Bakassi Strike Force and Khaki Boys.
Gov Ayade called for the inclusion of the Bakassi Strike Force into the Amnesty Programme of the federal.
“I would prefer that we find a way to finding an alternative job for them. Let the entire members of the Bakassi Strike Force and the Khaki Boys be included in the amnesty program of the Federal Government of Nigeria”, the governor said.
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The recruitment is part of efforts to enhance food security.
Executive Secretary of the National Land Development Agency, Paul Ikonne, made the announcement on Monday.
Ikonne disclosed that the young Nigerians would go through a two-week intensive training.
NAN quoted him as saying to be employed would be graduates of agriculture or soil sciences.
The official said the beneficiaries would get soil test kits and soil collection samples kits after the training.
Farmers requiring the services of those trained would pay as low as N500 per soil sample collected.
“Over the years, farmers do their normal thing; open the soil, put their maize or their wheat without soil test to ascertain the nutrient that the soil requires. Fertiliser dealers take advantage of that to sell all kinds of fertilisers to farmers and at the end of the day, the desired yield will not be achieved.
Ikpeazu directs Abia LG Chairmen to form COVID-19 committees
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The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the State Ministry of Health to liaise with the Chairmen of the 17 Local Government Councils of the State to ensure the immediate formation of COVID-19 Committees at the Local Government level.
The directive was contained in a press release issued by Onyebuchi Ememanka, the Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor on Monday.
The governor said these committees will be saddled with the responsibility of disseminating vital information on the pandemic across the remotest parts of the state, including massive public enlightenment on the need to abide by the preventive protocols against the pandemic.