Today's Headlines:Tinubu Begs NG To Bear Pains Caused By Subsidy Removal;30 Die In Haiti Gang Attacks
Tinubu Begs Nigerians To Bear Pains Caused By Subsidy Removal
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ABUJA – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday begged Nigerians to bear the pains caused by the removal of fuel subsidy on May 29.
Speaking in Abuja at the public presentation of the autobiography of elder statesman, Edwin Clark, President Tinubu, who said that hardship is but for a moment, added that the hardship of today will give way to a better tomorrow.
Urging Nigerians to be patient with his government, Tinubu, who was represented at the occasion by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, said the palliatives being rolled out by the Federal Government would soon cushion the effect of the hardship being felt by Nigerians nationwide.
He said: “Solutions to the challenges of subsidy removal are being churned out daily but they are not immediate. The hardship is but for a moment. Palliatives have been rolled out and more are still being rolled out and there is hope that tomorrow will be better than today.”
Meanwhile former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon and ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio; the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, eulogised Clark at the book presentation titled, ‘Brutally Frank’.
In his welcome address, Gowon, who was the chairman of the occasion, praised the elder statesman, and narrated how he became the Minister of Information.
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30 die in Haiti gang attacks
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Gang violence in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince has left 30 residents dead and more than a dozen injured, a local human rights group said Thursday.
Houses in the city’s Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood were set on fire in the attacks and two police officers also died, according to a provisional toll provided to AFP by the National Human Rights Defense Network.
The neighborhood is a strategic area for the gangs, which control about 80 percent of Haiti’s capital.
Violent crimes including kidnappings for ransom, carjackings and armed thefts are common.
One resident, Dominique Charles, told AFP she had lost her mother, stepfather, 18-year-old son, two sisters and a brother.
“The assailants attacked our house with Molotov cocktails. I was able to escape but the other family members were not so lucky,” she said.
NDLEA will intensify war against illicit substances in FCT – Commander
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The FCT Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Kabir Tsakuwa says the agency will continue to clampdown on all sources of illicit substances in the territory.
Tsakuwa gave the assurance in an interview with the Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja.
He said the command has intensified raid of drug joints and had made several arrests.
Tsakuwa also said that the command and other security agencies have been engaging in joint operations to get rid of shanties including black spots notorious for drug dealing in the FCT.
He added that the raids would continue until drug merchants are pushed out of business in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Tsakuwa said this was part of the strategic plan of the agency on drug supply and drug demand reduction.
“There wil be sustained raid operations, arrests, investigation and prosecution of those involved in the sale and consumption of illicit drugs in the territory.
“Continuous intelligence gathering in collaboration with other security agencies will not be left out.
“We will create outposts within the territory for continuous pin-down operations.
“Particularly at identified drug notorious areas like Wuse Zone 4, Area 1 Park, Torabora, Banex, Apo mechanic village, Gwarinpa, Jabi, Karu Abattoir,” he said.
According to him, a sensitisation programme targeting work places, schools, government agencies, Mosques, Churches and public places is also going on.
Illicit financial flows threatening economic stability – Presidential aide
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The Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, Dr Adelabu Adedeji, says illicit financial flows, unless checked, will continue to significantly erode domestic revenues, enable corruption, and threaten economic stability and sustainable development.
The presidential aide spoke on Thursday in Abuja at a one-day hybrid sensitisation workshop on the “Published Guidelines for Private Sector Response to Illicit Financial Flows Vulnerabilities in Nigeria.”
The workshop was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.
Adedeji said, “Stemming illicit financial flows has recently topped global discussion, given its negative impact on global development agenda as well as the governance challenge it has generated through time.
“The IFFs, unless checked, will continue to significantly erode domestic revenues, enable corruption, threaten economic stability and sustainable development, divert money from public priorities as well as hamper government’s efforts to mobilise domestic resources and recover better.
“In Nigeria and across the African continent, we continue to suffer various forms of IFFs, including tax evasion and other harmful tax practices, the illegal export of foreign exchange, abusive transfer pricing, trade mispricing, mis-invoicing of services, exploitation and under-invoicing of natural resources, organised crimes, and corruption.”
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