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KACRAN Commends NEDC

KACRAN Commends NEDC
By: Michael Mike
Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has commended the outgoing members of NEDC management board and call on the incoming one to improve on their performance
There is no exaggeration to proudly say that, in the entire history of the North East Region there was no Federal government’s institution that performed excellently well towards improving the live status of the people of the region than the North East developnent Commission, which within a time under review, that is from its establishment in 2017, by His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari to date, positively touched the lives of many people of the region, especially the IDPs and those who are directly affected by the painful act of Boko Haram insergents.
For the reason that, if we could recall, before the creation of NEDC, North East region was highly devastated by the activities of insergents which burned down or destroyed many houses, schools, mosques, Churches, Markets, offices and people’s properties worth than millions or billions naira.
The worhtness of the situation then has come to a situation where by, the people of the region who faced the said bad experiences lost what to do, by finding them self in the midst of helpless situation without knowing what to do or where to go for help.
Among the people of the region who badly experienced the said urgly consequences and seriously suffered due to the said ruinous activities of of the insergents in the region are some of our dear pastoralists, whom were killed, their animals rustled and forced to moved to unknown places without food, water or any source of livelihood.
But thank God the almighty, as soon as the commission was established or formed under the able leadership of Alhaji Mohammed Alkali and well experienced, honest and totally committed members of his management board such as Alh Mohammed Jawa who’s main interest is the developnent of the region and promoting the lives of its people.
It can be easily recall that as a the Commission was form it instantly embarked on the aggressive execution of gigantic reconstruction projects such as building thousands houses/schools, offices and renovating the renovatable schools, houses, mosques, Churches, offices, giving palliative on quarterly bases to vulnerable and internally displaced people.
The Members of the Commission’s management board in their forsight/ bid to link the cities, towns, villages and rural Areas devoted their time in the road construction, building bridges, training people on various professional Fields and supplying them with working materials to stand on their own economic/survival feet.
Payment of schoolership to students and Teachers who want to advance the frontiers of their knowledge and so on and so forth.
In the side of our dear pastoralists, whom I am so much concern on their interest, the Commission performed wonderfully good by helping our Herders with animals feed and water points as well as including our members in its quarterly distribution of relief materials to the valnerable and internally displaced people.
At the same time, NEDC, under the able leadership of its Managing Director, Alhaji Mohammed Alkalii and his members of management board, more especially the Director Finance and Administration Alhaji Muhammad Jawa performed extremely well in terms of reducing the number of insecurity in the region and Boko Haram attacks on Security operatives and innocent people of the region by giving Military and other security operatives in the region helping hand in providing them with operational Cars and other Working materials.
The commission had also assist towards reducing insecurity in the North East region by helping or engaging many Youths in the region with economic activities that they can legitimately relay on for their survival
At this juncture, let us empersize that, we of KACRAN decides to commend the Ch, MD and commission’s management board due to the fact that, we strongly believe that all the commission’s successes mentioned above and numerous of them not stated are possible due to the thruthworthness, selfless services, transparency, accountability, sacrifices and total commitment of the commission’s management board who works like a mad dog to achieve the said recorded success, because if they were not transparent and dedicated to duty the said enviable achievement will never be possible hence the need to commend them immensely.
In view of our interest towards the developnent of our region, we members of KACRAN as one of the commission’s stakeholders and partners in progress we strongly call on the incoming leadership of NEDC, starting from its Chairman, MD, Management board, and all other staff of the commission to improve on the performance of the outgoing management team.
We also call on the remaining staff of the commission to extend the same surport, loyalty and cooperation that they gave to the out going management to the incoming one to enable the commission improve on the said recorded successes.
In conclusion, while highly thanking the outgoing members of the commission’s management board, who truly rendered selfless services that is currently benifiting people’s of the region we passionately appeal to incoming administration of His Excellency Alhaji Asiwaju Boka Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice President His Excellency Alhaji Kashim shattima to kindly reengage the out going members of NEDC management in other sector of nation building and human development so that their vast experiences in community services and nation building would be exploited to the fullest.
KACRAN Commends NEDC
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Eid-el-Kabir: IPCR Calls on Nigerians to Peace, Harmony

Eid-el-Kabir: IPCR Calls on Nigerians to Peace, Harmony
By: Michael Mike
Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has called on Nigerians to promote peace and harmony in their communities, recognizing that peace is essential to national development and progress.
The advice was given by the Director General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, in his message on Eid-el-Kabir.
The Institute, while extending warm greetings to Nigerians, wished them a joyous and peaceful celebration, marked by love, compassion, and unity.
The Institute while noting that Sallah is a significant occasion in the Islamic calendar, symbolizing the values of sacrifice, gratitude, and community, emphasized that the spirit of Sallah should guide Nigerians in their interactions with one another, fostering a culture of peace, tolerance, and understanding.
The IPCR urged Nigerians to promote peace and harmony in their communities, recognizing that peace is essential to national development and progress, while
encouraging individuals to embrace the values of Sallah, including forgiveness, empathy, and kindness, in their daily lives.
According to IPCR, peace is critical to promoting national stability and cohesion.
The Institute also urged Nigerians to use this period of Sallah celebration to address conflicts and promote dialogue, which could help to build trust and understanding among Nigerians and also contribute to a more peaceful society.
It recognized that the country’s many ethnic and religious groups can work together to build a more harmonious society, celebrating their differences and promoting a culture of tolerance.
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Community Leader Seeks Tinubu’s Urgent Intervention in Incessant Plateau Killing

Community Leader Seeks Tinubu’s Urgent Intervention in Incessant Plateau Killing
By: Michael Mike
A community leader and the Waziri Mushere of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, Chief Yohana Margif has expressed dismay over the incessant killing of innocent citizens of the community.
Margif made this known in an interview with journalists on Thursday in Abuja.
He called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene to halt what he described as genocide against the people, which he said was being perpetrated by suspected herdsmen.
Margif also called on Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, and other security chiefs in the country, to rein in the alleged culprits.
He said: “I would like to draw the attention of the topmost leadership in Nigeria to the deteriorating dire security situation in Plateau, particularly in Mushere Chiefdom of Bokkos LGA.
“I urge President Tinubu to take immediate decisive action to halt these endless and senseless killings, protect lives and properties, and secure the future of the Mushere people, and other victims of obvious genocide against the people.
“Herdsmen are killing our innocent people, burning their homes, looting their foodstuff, property, livestock, and taking over their ancestral lands,” he said.
According to the Abuja-based real estate mogul, the attacks and attendant killings have intensified recently since the onset of this year’s farming season.
Margif further said that the people had been displaced from their villages and ancestral homes and were forced to become internally displaced persons in the country.
He emphasised that the situation required immediate intervention by all stakeholders in order to prevent further escalation and inflict an irredeemable harm by wiping out the entire community from the surface of the earth.
He lamented that: “Since President Tinubu’s administration began, Plateau State has witnessed an unprecedented escalation of violence and loss of lives.
“This is the current sad reality. Our people are constantly under the threat of the enemy’s bullets and can’t sleep with two eyes closed due to the perpetual unleashing of violence against them by external forces.
“Something urgent must be done to stem the tide of violence and end this war against the people in order not to
harm this administration’s reputation,” Margif said.
In the past couple of days, suspected herdsmen militia killed no fewer than 35 people in the localities of Hokk, Pangkap, Fokoldep, Kopmur, Margif, Horop, Mbor, Mushere and Kwahas localities in Mushere Chiefdom.
Chairman, Bokkos Community Peace Observers, Kefas Mallai, who confirmed the killings to newsmen, said the victims included a 70-year-old Pastor of COCIN LCC Kwakas-Mushere, Mimang Lekyil, who was attacked and killed in the church.
He said that the pastor’s wife was also shot in the leg and was admitted at the Jos University Teaching Hospital for treatment, he said.
“Bokkos has never been this insecure, with the people being butchered as we are currently witnessing,” Lilian Madaki, from the Mushere community told journalists.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Emmanuel Adesina, also confirmed the incident in a statement saying security forces including police and military personnel, had been deployed in the affected communities.
Community Leader Seeks Tinubu’s Urgent Intervention in Incessant Plateau Killing
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VP Shettima Leads Mourners At Funeral Prayers For Late Prof. Jibril Aminu

VP Shettima Leads Mourners At Funeral Prayers For Late Prof. Jibril Aminu
** Says Nigeria has lost an intellectual giant
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima today led other Muslim faithful for the Jana’iza (funeral prayers) of the late elder statesman, renowned medical scholar and former Minister of Education and Petroleum, Prof. Jibril Aminu, at the National Mosque in Abuja.

Prof. Aminu, a one-time President of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (OPEC), passed on in Abuja on Thursday after a prolonged illness.
The Vice President, who arrived at the National Mosque at 1:52 pm, commiserated with the family of the deceased and prayed Allah to comfort them and make Aljanna Firdaus the final abode of the late elder statesman.

Noting that the late Prof Aminu’s demise is a great loss to the nation, VP Shettima described the late surgeon, educationist and administrator as a man who saw it all, just as he said the deceased was an intellectual giant who can hardly be replaced.
“It is a very sad loss. Prof Jubril Aminu was the last of the great titans, an iconic figure who enormously contributed to the development of the nation.
“He was variously the Executive Secretary of NUC, Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri and Honourable Minister of various ministries across the country and left his landmarks on the sands of time.
“He is irreplaceable. May Allah grant him Aljanatul Firdaus and give the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. His loss is not just to the good people of Adamawa State but to the nation and Africa at large,” the Vice President prayed.

Born in Song, Adamawa in 1939, Prof. Aminu was a towering figure in Nigerian public life.
The late Consultant Cardiologist served the nation in different capacities, including as Federal Minister of Education and later Federal Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (1989–1992), Ambassador of Nigeria to the United States (1999–2003), and Senator representing Adamawa Central (2003–2011).
He was also President of OPEC in 1991 and President of the OPEC Conference between 1991 and 1992 while he was Petroleum Minister.
Other mourners who joined the Vice President at the National Mosque in Abuja for the Jana’iza included former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Special Adviser to the President on General Duties (Office of the Vice President), Dr. Aliyu Modibbo; former Secretary to the Federal Government, Yayale Ahmed; former Governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako; former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje; former Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai (rtd); former Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman; former Minister of State for Health, Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong, among many others.
VP Shettima Leads Mourners At Funeral Prayers For Late Prof. Jibril Aminu
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