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Zamfara Govt. vows to tackle water scarcity across the state

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Gov. Dauda Lawal

 

Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, on Wednesday in Gusau affirmed his commitment to provide potable water to residents of Gusau, the state capital and other Local Government Areas in the state.

Lawal spoke at Government House, while receiving an interim report of the Zamfara State Water Restoration Advisory Committee, headed by Bawa Dauran.

The governor commended the team for contribution in advancing his government’s vision to address the lingering water scarcity in the state.

“It is a happy moment for us to receive this interim report considering that our state is faced with serious water scarcity challenge.

“This is instrumental in our resolve to mitigate the suffering of the people and of course, provide them with potable water.

“I made promises during my campaign among which is addressing water crisis. I want to re-assure the good people of Zamfara that my administration will do everything humanly possible to address this issue.

“I believe in this committee; we will get there, God willing. We will go through the report and consider the recommendations therein and do the needful to address the lingering issue”, he said.

He said it was interesting that the committee extended its work to other Local Government Areas, adding that doing so would provide all citizens of Zamfara with portable water.

Earlier, the committee chairman, Dauran, said though the state had faced serious water supply challenges he was confident that his committee’s report, if well implemented would solve the problem.

He said the interim report provided details of how the committee carried out its assignment to arrive at the recommendations.

Lawal on July 8 inaugurated the eight-man committee to provide a lasting solution to the water problem that had lingered across the state.

 

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Fagbemi warns against obstructing EFCC from performing its lawful duty

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April 18, 2024

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The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has warned against obstructing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from carrying out its lawful duty .

Fagbemi’s warning is contained in a statement in Abuja.

“This is a matter of very grave concern, it is now beyond doubt that the EFCC is given power by the law to invite any person of interest to interact with them in the course of their investigations into any matter, regardless of status.

“Therefore, the least that we can all do when invited, is not to put any obstruction in the way of EFCC, but to honourably answer their invitation.

“A situation where public officials who are themselves subject of protection by law enforcement agents will set up a stratagem of obstruction to the civil and commendable efforts of the EFCC to perform its duty is to say the least, insufferably disquieting’’.

He added that running away from the law will not resolve issues at stake but only exacerbate them.

“Nigeria has a vibrant judicial system that is capable of protecting everyone who follows the rule of law in seeking protection.

“I therefore encourage anyone who has been invited by the EFCC or any other agency to immediately toe the path of decency and civility by honouring such invitation instead of embarking on a temporising self-help and escapism.

 

“This can only put our country in bad light before the rest of the world’’.

He said institutions of state should be allowed to function effectively and efficiently.

“I stand for the rule of law and will promptly call EFCC, and indeed any other agency to order when there is an indication of any transgressions of the fundamental rights of any Nigerian by any of the agencies’’.

NAN reports that the EFCC had on Wednesday warned members of the public that it was a criminal offence to obstruct officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties.

Section 38(2)(a(b) of the EFCC Establishment Act makes it an offence to prevent officers of the Commission from carrying out their lawful duties. Culprits risk a jail term of not less than five years.

The warning , the EFCC said, became necessary against the background of the increasing tendency by persons and groups under investigation by the Commission to take the laws into their hands by recruiting thugs to obstruct lawful operations of the EFCC.

On several occasions, the anti graft agency said, operatives of the Commission have had to exercise utmost restraint in the face of such provocation to avoid a breakdown of law and order.

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Unknown Gunmen Abduct Channelstv Reporter In Port-harcourt

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April 12, 2024

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Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.

The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.

 

Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.

Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.

His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.

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