Aftermath of bandits attacks: Birnin Gwari camp overflows with IDPs
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By Ibrahim Hassan Wuyo
FOR Baraka Saidu who is among the over 27,000 peasants who were displaced by bandits in the Birnin Gwari communities, life has been very difficult in recent years following the spate of attacks unleashed on the area by bandits and kidnappers in Birnin Gwari axis of the Kaduna State.
While narrating her plight to journalists at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Kaduna, Saidu thanked God for sparing her life despite the various invasions of the area by daredevils who killed or kidnapped family members, friends and relatives, and destroyed their home, in many cases leaving nothing behind in the process.
(This is the third and final report on the interview conducted with Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu on February 21, 2021) For its entire recording, see https://youtu.be/LOQ4lsdm VY
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Tokunbo Awolowo Dosumu On Nigerian Leadership and Citizenship, By Toyin Falola
Coming to the absence of political ideologies, she called for a more pragmatic approach, recalling her father, Chief Awolowo, favoured such.
Dr. Tokunbo Awolowo Dosunmu
As far as learning from other developed countries is concerned, Dr. Awolowo Dosumu opined that Nigeria could learn from the pragmatic, committed, and coordinated approach displayed by these countries’ leaders, by seeking the nation’s development and the wellbeing of all Nigerians. She also emphasised the weight thrown behind the education of their people.
Leadership means direction. In virtually every area of human endeavour, either at home, the corporate, religious, or national levels, leadership is needed to provide an organisation with the focus and commitment required to produce desired objectives. It takes a good leader to inspire responsible citizenship. Hence, s/he must also be a good citizen, keeping the law and leading by e
Birth registration: NPC registers 13,023 babies in 6 Kaduna LGs
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The National Population Commission (NPC) has registered 13,023 babies in 60 local communities in six Local Government Areas of Kaduna state.
Hajiya Adams Uthman, the state Director of NPC, made this known while briefing newsmen on the conduct of community reorientation and grassroots dialogue on improved birth registration in the six local government areas of the state.
She said that the exercise was carried out in Jema’a, Kaduna South, Kaduna North, Chikun, Igabi and Sabin Gari.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the programme was organised by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in collaboration with the NPC with support from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)
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The Federal Commissioner in charge of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons, Senator Bashir Mohammed, has said no fewer than 27,121 persons, including women and children have been displaced by bandits in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Mohammed made this known at the inauguration of the symbolic distribution of relief materials to internally displaced person in the area.
Items such as semovita, maize, beans, rice, palm oil, vegetable oil, local energy stoves, mats, plastic bowls, plastic buckets, blankets, grinding machines and sewing machines were distributed by the commission.