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Borno: Hawul Council Chairman Sets Up Committee to regulate Tractor Hiring
Borno: Hawul Council Chairman Sets Up Committee to regulate Tractor Hiring
By: Our Reporter
As the rainy season commences in earnest, Hawul Local Government Transition Council Chairman. Mr. Inuwa Bwala has inaugurated a committee to handle tractor services and hiring for the 2023 farming season.
He charged the 12 member committee to look into ways of utilizing the five available tractors to be deployed for the services of farmers and to also generate revenue for maintainable of the equipment.
While charging them to avoid the temptation of converting money that may be realized from the tractor services for personal uses, and to ensure farmer gain access to the services irrespective of the sizes of their farms.
Mr Bwala lamented past practices where tractors were denied smaller farmers and proceeds from tractor hiring were diverted for personal uses.
According to him, the Borno State Governor. Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has promised to send more tractors for the use of farmers, but in the meantime, the serviceable tractors should be judiciously utilized for the benefits if all farmers across the Local Government.
The Chairman told members of the committee that, he had to revoke earlier allocations made to middle men, so as to ensure peasant farmers and the less previleged benefit from the tractor services.
He said with the advent of the rainy season, it has become imperative to set up a committee that will ensure farmers are not denied tractor services by middlemen and to also ensure revenue generated from tractor services are remitted into Government coffers.
The terms of reference of the committee include: identifying the locations of all Government tractors and their functional conditions and recover and repatriate them to the council headquarters.
Receive applications from farmers who desire the uses of the tractors and allocate to them after charges have been fixed for the services.
Issue receipts in respect of all services rendered and remit proceeds from tractor hiring to Government coffers.
And to advice council in any necessary step towards ensure equitable distribution of services of the tractors.
Chairman of the committee and former Deputy Chairman of Hawul Local Government Council. Mdahyelya Buba assured the chairman that they will do their best to earn the confidence reposed in them.
He said they are conversant with problems associated with tractor hiring services in Hawul and they will do everything possible to turn around the situation for the better.
Borno: Hawul Council Chairman Sets Up Committee to regulate Tractor Hiring
Kidnap victim rescued with machete wounds in Suleja
By: Zagazola Makama
A 45-year-old man, identified as Samuel John, has been rescued by a joint team of police and vigilantes after being abducted and severely injured by suspected kidnappers in the Polosa area of Suleja, Niger State.
Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, June 27, when hoodlums reportedly stormed the community and whisked the victim away from his residence.
According to the sources, a vigilante member, raised the alarm, prompting an immediate response from security operatives attached to the ‘B’ Division Suleja and members of the local vigilante group.
The combined team pursued the kidnappers into the surrounding bush. On sighting the advancing security team, the assailants attacked the victim with machetes, inflicting deep cuts on his head and both hands before abandoning him and fleeing the scene.
The victim was quickly rescued and rushed to the General Hospital Suleja, where he is currently receiving medical attention.
Kidnap victim rescued with machete wounds in Suleja
Abducted Sharia Court judge escapes from kidnappers in Zamfara
By: Zagazola Makama
Alkali Usman, a Sharia Court judge attached to the Higher Sharia Court in Birnin Tudu, Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, has escaped from captivity after being abducted by unknown gunmen.
Zagazola Makama learnt from reliable sources that Usman, who was reported kidnapped on June 26, returned home safely on Friday morning, June 27, at about 10:00 a.m., according to local sources.
Upon his return, the judge was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where he received medical attention and was subsequently discharged.
He was later debriefed by security operatives and reunited with his family.
Authorities have not disclosed the circumstances surrounding his escape.
Abducted Sharia Court judge escapes from kidnappers in Zamfara
Soldier handed over to police for allegedly stabbing ex-colleague to death in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
A serving soldier has been handed over to the police in Maiduguri for allegedly stabbing a dismissed military personnel to death during an argument in the Kasuwan Fara area of the Borno State capital.
Zagazola Makama report that the suspect, identified a Lance Corporal of the 7 Division, was brought to the police by a senior officer on June 27.
Sources said that the incident occurred at about 2:00 a.m. on June 26, when Suleiman allegedly stabbed the victim, Musa Adamu, a dismissed soldier, in the chest with a jackknife following a heated disagreement.
The victim was rushed to the Borno State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri, where he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor. His remains have since been deposited at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
The police have transferred the case and the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for thorough investigation and possible prosecution.
Soldier handed over to police for allegedly stabbing ex-colleague to death in Borno
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