The criminals are said to be uncomfortable as most of the beer parlours they used to congregate no longer exist.
Musa Danladi, an resident of Wulari quarters said he heaved a sigh of relief after some alcohol outlets which hitherto attracted miscreants were converted to a public health centre.
The drinking places, located behind a police barracks, were said to have been criminals relaxation spots until when the state government banned liquor and illicit substances stalls as well as obtained the land from the police authorities.
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum said persistence in criminal activities in the area had caused great distress to the people and to end the criminality hatched there, the authorities followed legal procedures and demolished the structures and build a befitting clinic in its place.
Spicing up the cooking challenge: 2.8 billion or 4 billion?
MECS access
In September 2020, ESMAP launched The State of Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services report, which estimates that 4 billion people around the world still lack access to clean, efficient, convenient, safe, reliable, and affordable cooking energy. Many people noticed that this access deficit figure differed from that of the 2020 Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, which found that 2.8 billion people globally still cook with traditional polluting fuels and technologies. Given the slow progress toward universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern cooking energy a key element for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) are we complicating this already daunting challenge? Let’s take a closer look at what each number means and the policy implications.