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The Peoples Democratic Party in Sokoto State, on Saturday, conducted its state congress, where no fewer than 2,567 delegates re-elected Bello Goronyo as the party chairman. The congress, which was held at the party secretariat, also elected Abubakar Bashire as the Secretary, Yahaya Ibrahim as the Treasurer, Abdulrahaman Abubakar as the Legal Adviser, while Hassan
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Former Estonian president Arnold Ruutel, seen as one of the fathers of the country’s return to independence in 1991, has died at the age of 96, the president’s office said overnight. Ruutel was a communist party official at the end of the 1980s just as the Soviet Union was beginning to unravel, before becoming a
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Former Estonian president Arnold Ruutel, seen as one of the fathers of the country’s return to independence in 1991, has died at the age of 96, the president’s office said overnight. Ruutel was a communist party official at the end of the 1980s just as the Soviet Union was beginning to unravel, before becoming a
Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has urged the state task force for price control of food items to take swift action against aggregators hoarding food items in their warehouses. Bago made the call during the flagged-off of the Niger Foods’ corn harvest along Bida Road in a bid to achieve his Feed the Nation
Niger: Gov Bago urges taskforce to move against those stockpiling food items
Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has urged the state task force for price control of food items to take swift action against aggregators hoarding food items in their warehouses.
Bago made the call during the flagged-off of the Niger Foods’ corn harvest along Bida Road in a bid to achieve his Feed the Nation Agenda through mechanised agriculture.
He explained that the move was aimed at preventing artificial scarcity and ensure availability of essential commodities at reasonable prices.
” The activities of aggregators often lead to hikes in prices of food items as they stockpile them in their warehouses, ” he noted.
The governor, who was elated with the harvest, disclosed that so far, there are more than 100,000 hectares of corn fields of Niger Foods spread across the state, adding that 100 combined harvesters have been deployed to the farms.
According to him: “The use of the combined harvesters would reduce losses between 80 and 90 per cent. The state is expecting about a million metric tonnes of corn this year aside from rice, Soya bean, sesame, guinea corn and millet.”
In a related development, Bago visited the Emi Guye community around the farm, and interacted with the people while directing that some basic amenities such as water and solar energy be provided to the community and other adjourning communities.
Responding on behalf of the community, the village Head of Emi Guye, Alh. Usman Mohammed, thanked the governor and commended him for his development strides in the state.
Niger: Gov Bago urges taskforce to move against those stockpiling food items