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Nigeria’s power generation hits 5,313MW, first time in 3 years

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

Nigeria’s power generation rose to a three-year high of 5,313mw, the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu has said.

He made this known in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations, Mr Bolaji Tunji.

According to the statement, the Minister urged Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to take more energy for distribution in order to prevent a grid collapse.

”When power is produced and not picked by the DisCos, it could lead to grid collapse as frequency drops..

”Efforts will be made to encourage industries to purchase bulk energy,” he said.

Recall that in May this year, the federal government pledged to generate 6,000 megawatts of electricity before the end of 2024.

During his ministerial address in Abuja while presenting achievements of his ministry since President Bola Tinubu assumed office, Adelabu, said the country’s power generation rose to 5,000MW on May 3.

Adelabu vowed that power generation in Nigeria would hit 6,000MW before the end of this year, going by the improvements in the sector in 2023.

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JUST IN: FG increases petrol pump price to N855 per litre

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

President Bola Tinubu’s administration appears to have upped the petrol price from N650 to N855, according to pump price displays on Tuesday on fuel dispensers at the government NNPC stations.

Amid a lingering fuel scarcity and crisis, petrol prices on dispensing machines of government-backed NNPCL stations in Lagos and Abuja on Tuesday showed N855 per litre, cementing claims that the price has been reviewed upward to reflect the nation’s current foreign exchange woes and fuel landing cost hassles.

Tinubu increases petrol pump price to N855 per litre
Several filling stations adjusted their price to N897 per litre on Tuesday morning.

Other filling stations adjusted their price to N897 per litre on Tuesday morning.

Femi Soneye, the NNPCL spokesperson, told Peoples Gazette, “I’m not aware. But I’ll find out.”

Fuel prices have dwindled between N580 per litre to N700 per litre since Mr Tinubu became president and announced the removal of fuel subsidies in 2023.

But in recent weeks, the nation has suffered an acute fuel scarcity that led the few stations with fuel to sell at exorbitant prices above N900 per litre while black market prices exceeded N1,000.

On Thursday, the Tinubu government issued a statement denying reports that pegged the official fuel increase to N1,000.

“The federal government is compelled to address the outright falsehoods currently being circulated on social media, which claim that the Minister of Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to inflate petroleum prices above the approved pump price,” said the statement by Nnemaka Okafor, special adviser, media and communication, to the Minister for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri.

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BREAKING: Amidst Hardship, FG move to increase tax by 10%

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, says the committee is proposing a law to the National Assembly to increase valued added tax from the current 7.5% to 10%.

Oyedele stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.

He also said his committee was working to consolidate multiple taxes in Nigeria to ensure tax reduction.

Oyedele added the tax law the committee drafted would be submitted to the National Assembly.

He said, “We have significant issues in our tax revenue. We have issues of revenue generally which means tax and non-tax. You can describe the whole fiscal system in a state that is in crisis.

“When my committee was set up, we had three broad mandates. The first one was to look at governance: our finances as a country, borrowing, coordination within the federal government and across sub-national.

“The second one was revenue transformation. The revenue profile of the country is abysmally low. If you dedicate our whole revenue to fixing roads it will be insufficient. The third is on government assets.

“The law we are proposing to the National Assembly has the rate of 7.5% moving to 10% from 2025. We don’t know how soon they will be able to pass the law. Then subsequent increases are also indicated in terms of the year they will kick in.

“While we are doing that, we have a corresponding reduction in personal income tax. Anybody that is earning about N1.5 million a month or less, they will see their personal income tax come down. Companies will have income tax rate come down by 30% over the next two years to 25%. That is a significant reduction.

“Other taxes they pay are quite many: IT levy, education tax, etc. All these we are consolidating into a single one. They will pay 4% initially. That will go down to 2& in the next few years.”

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Renewable Energy: FG, Chinese Coy sign MoU, set to establish assembly plant in Oyo, FCT

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The Federal Government on Tuesday signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with a Chinese Company, Mutual Commitment Company (MCC) limited. The MoU was facilitated by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Power.

Present at the ceremony to represent Nigeria were the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu and the Managing Director of REA, Mr Abba Aliyu.

Speaking at the event which took place in Beijing on the eve of the opening ceremony of the African-China Co-operation Summit, Adelabu said the MoU event is important and will go down as a memorable day for Nigeria.

He congratulated the REA and the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) for the event as it goes a long way towards achieving Nigeria’s vision for the renewable energy sub sector of the entire electricity sector value chain.

He said the MoU signing is important for several factors. “ I know Nigeria and China have a lot of things in common one of which is the fact that Nigeria and China are both high population countries and with a country with high population, you have so much pressure.

The first pressure is that of energy access and the second being job creation. So when you take steps to achieve both, it is a thing of joy. I am particularly happy that this is happening during the tenure of President Bola Tinubu, as it is in line with achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration for the country.”

The Minister reiterated the fact that President Tinubu has prioritized the power sector as the driver for all other critical sectors of the economy and, “ he is giving us all the support to ensure we deliver on his electoral promises”.

He noted that energy access and expansion is government’s major priority because nothing can be achieved without strong, stable, functional and reliable electricity sector.

“ We have relied so much on centralization of our power sector for so long that it is not taking us anywhere”.

He revealed that almost 40 percent of Nigeria’s population lack access to energy with its attendant consequences. “So moving away from centralization, we have decided to adopt the distributed power model to ensure that every Nigerian has access to energy. A lot of our population reside in the rural areas, a lot of our institutions-educational and tertiary health institutions are isolated and they are still facing epileptic power supply.

We have also found out that the adoption of distributed energy model will expand the energy net for our rural dwellers, the rural businesses, our universities and tertiary health institutions. Which is why the focus is on renewable energy which we believe is scalable and can exist in isolation of national grid that is currently facing lots of pressure”.

According to him, as Nigeria continues to expend energy access, the country also wants to achieve transition to cleaner sources of energy that are sustainable and environment-friendly.

“Which is why we have both long-term and medium -term target to achieving net zero carbon emission by year 2060 and also to enable us achieve 30 percent of our energy generation coming from renewable energy by year 2030. So renewable energy is currently a major focus for us in the power sector”.

He said the two MoUs would achieve the vision for the renewable energy sub segment of the power sector with focus on five items— development of local capacity , noting that along the value chain of the renewable energy sector, a lot of human and material resources that are required are still significantly dependent on import which, “we believe we should reduce gradually.

“Also, we will be able to produce jobs for our large youthful population that is growing everyday. Our polytechnics , technical colleges and universities are turning up graduates on a yearly basis without assurance of job placement. This will go a long way to make it happen, at the same time, we will be able to achieve our energy access expansion”.

According to the Minister, northern Africa countries such as Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt and Algeria have achieved 100 percent electrification of their countries and South Africa, about 95 percent.

“It is unfortunate that Nigeria is still at 62 percent, though there are still some African countries with worse level of achievements but this is not where we belong. If these countries are able to achieve this, why is it not possible for Nigeria with the level of our natural endowment ? We have the gas, the dams are also there for the hydro power electric.

The wind, both desert and coastal is there while sunshine is also effective. So what are we waiting for? A step like today’s, will enable us move up on our level of electrification.

This will consequently lead to growth in our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) because of the economic activities that would be created. This will also save us foreign exchange expenditure on importation and create jobs for our people, if we assembly these things locally”.

Speaking earlier, Aliyu reiterated the importance of the ceremony as it is capable of delivering on the Presidential mandate of building local capacity and creating more job opportunities. “ We will track this and ensure the delivery of the commitment within the tenure of the present administration.

We will also track the economic factor that this initiative will drive, the level of GDP contribution, the employment opportunities provided and the socio-economic activities that will crystallize”.

He said MCC is presently engaged in Nigeria with the construction of 12megawatts and 3 megawatts power plants in Maiduguri and Kaduna, respectively.

Vice Chairman of MCC, Yan Zhezhu who spoke through an interpreter expressed appreciation on the power minister’s commitment to Nigeria’s energy growth. “We are not new to Nigeria having started in Oyo State a long time ago.

Presently, we have ongoing projects in Maiduguri and Kaduna and we appreciate the cooperation we have so far received. Our projects have seen us working with States and the Federal Government in Nigeria and we are committed to do more”.

Meanwhile, the National grid on Monday hit a record high of 5,313 megawatts, a record high in the last three years. On the heels of this, the Minister called on the Distribution Companies to make use of the opportunity to take more energy in order to prevent grid collapse as frequency drops, when power is produced and not picked by the DISCOs, adding that efforts would be made to encourage industries to purchase bulk energy.

However, a top official of one of the DISCOs in the country said the companies are finding it difficult to pick the extra energy being produced because, “ we are not happy with the tariff on other bands apart from Band A. As it is now, we are basically operating at a loss. Yes, they supply more power but this problem could be solved with improved tariff for the other bands and more meter penetration to recover cost”, he said.

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BREAKING: FG Gives Traders One Month Deadline to Crash Prices of Goods Nationwide

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The Federal Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has issued a one-month ultimatum to traders and market stakeholders to slash prices of goods and services nationwide.

Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Tunji Bello, made the announcement at a stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja, warning that enforcement actions will follow after the moratorium.

Bello cited examples of exorbitant pricing, including a fruit blender priced at $89 in the US but sold for N944,999 in Lagos.

He said that such practices threaten the economy and urged stakeholders to cooperate, noting that violators face severe penalties, including fines and imprisonment.

”Under Section 155, violators whether individuals or corporate entities face severe penalties including substantial fines and imprisonment if found guilty by the court.

”This is intended to deter all parties involved in such illicit activities.

”However, our approach today is not punitive. I, therefore, call on all stakeholders to embrace the spirit of patriotism and cooperation.

”It is in this spirit that we are giving a moratorium of one month before the Commission will start firm enforcement,” he said.

Adding his part, Ifeanyi Okonkwo, the Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Traders, FCT Chapter, said the charges on imported goods at the ports have also played a role in the surge in prices.

Meanwhile, market stakeholders attributed price hikes to factors like import charges, transportation costs, insecurity, and multiple taxation.

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FG working on fixing infrastructure across power sector value — Power Minister

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

Calls On Youths’ Support For administration’s Policies And Programmes

Nigerian youths have been called upon to support the policies and programmes of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration as the reforms and transformation being undertaken by the government are designed to make life more meaningful for Nigerians.
Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, particularly charged the youths of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to rise up in defence of the government at all times as the party owns the government of the day.

The Minister spoke on Monday, when he received the National Youth Leader of the APC, Dr. Dayo Israel, who visited him in his office in Abuja, to brief him on the proposed Youth Summit of the party that will hold from September 3-5 in Abuja.

The Minister took time to brief the Youth Leader, who was accompanied by a few others, about the policies and programmes of the government and used the opportunity to educate them about what President Tinubu is doing to get the country out of its present predicament.

According to the Minister, Nigeria has suffered from bad governance over the years and efforts to change that narrative will certainly not be an easy one, but it must be done, in order for Nigeria to advance in development like other developed nations of the world.

“It is unfortunate that Nigeria has experienced bad governance over the years. Nigeria has gradually gone down, and the efforts being made by President Tinubu is the right way for us to get out of these challenges.

“Parts of the complain is that cost of governance is high . But our constitution provides for a bicameral legislature with 109 Senators and 360 House of Representatives members. This is very expensive for the country to run and President Tinubu can not with a pronouncement, put a stop to this. If there would be changes, it must come with constitutional amendment”.

He explains further: “ the Constitution mandates the President to appoint a minister from each of the 36 states of the federation and the FCT. It also mandates the President to appoint a minister from each of the six geo-political zones of the country. If the President refuses to do this, there will be protests that he has marginalised a state or zone.

“So, when we had the recent protests by youths on ‘endbadgovernance’, the youths should try to understand that the Constitution we have makes governance expensive in Nigeria. So, this constitutional issue must be addressed so as to curb wastages in government business.

The President cannot just wake up and make pronouncements on these fundamental constitutional provisions”, the minister said.

He called the youths to support the efforts of President Tinubu in ensuring that past mistakes are corrected through ongoing reforms and policies.

“Reforms and transformations that will usher Nigeria to prosperity will not come with ease, considering the level of the rot in the system. We must endure and understand with the government. This government is changing the narratives and is determined to leave a better Nigeria to all of us.

“As youths of the party, you must rise to the occasion of defending the government, defend the position of government because the party owns the government of the day.

“The President believes so much in the youths and that is why you can see that his cabinet is dominated by the youths. You can also see that many of the appointments he is making are youth-based.

“The policies and programmes of the government, particularly the removal of the petrol subsidy has increased allocations to state governments through the governors, so as youths of the party, you also owe it a duty to inform the youths protesting that the governors of their states are receiving double and in some cases triple of the allocations they used to receive”, he said.

He also outlined the measures that he has taken to transform the power ministry in the one year that he resumed. He said President Tinubu has provided the needed support to make sure the power sector gets back the confidence of Nigerians, once again.

“President Tinubu wants to use the power sector to drive the reforms in other sectors of the economy. If you recall in his speech to Nigerians on January 1, he spoke extensively about that sector. Power is one of the sensitive campaign promises he made to Nigerians and he is determined to fulfil that promise.

The sector was almost jinxed before we came in but thank God that confidence is coming back now to the sector from the general public.

“Within one year that we came into office, we have been able to increase power generation from 4, 000 megawatts to 5,155 and have a target to move it to 6,000 megawatts by December this year. We are also working on fixing the infrastructure across the power sector value chain”, the Minister said.

He also disclosed that some of the institutions that cannot cope with the high cost of electricity such as the universities, teaching hospitals and small businesses, will enjoy the renewable energy initiative being driven by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

Speaking earlier, the National Youth Leader commended the Minister for the noticeable improvement in the supply of electricity to businesses and households in the country. He also invited the Minister to speak at the Ministerial town hall meeting at the Progressives Young leaders summit holding from September 3-5, 22024.The Youth leader said the summit was to give Nigerian youths the opportunity to contribute their voices to shaping the country in line with the renewed hope agenda of the administration.

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“No candidate under age 18 will write UTME” FG insists

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The Federal Government has insisted that candidates must be 18 years old before they are admitted into tertiary institutions.

Education Minister Tahir Mamman made this known when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

He added that the Federal Government has also instructed the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, not to allow underage children to write their examinations.

According to the Minister, no candidate will sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) unless they are 18 years.

“It is 18 (years). What we did at the meeting that we had with JAMB (in July) was to allow this year and for it to serve as a kind of notice for parents that this year, JAMB will admit students who are below that age but from next year, JAMB is going to insist that anybody applying to go to university in Nigeria meets the required age, which is 18.

“For the avoidance of doubt, this is not a new policy; this is a policy that has been there for a long time.

“Even basically, if you compute the number of years pupils, and learners are supposed to be in school, the number you will end up with is 17 and a half – from early child care to primary school to junior secondary school and then senior secondary school.

“You will end up with 17 and a half by the time they are ready for admission.

“In any case, NECO and WAEC, henceforth will not be allowing underage children to write their examinations.

“In other words, if somebody has not spent the requisite number of years in that particular level of study, WAEC and NECO will not allow them to write the examination.”

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BREAKING: FG Announces Date to Start Crude Oil Supply to Dangote Refinery

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The Federal Government has announced that it will begin supplying crude oil to the Dangote Refinery in exchange for naira on October 1.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of Finance on Monday, the decision was made during a meeting with the Technical Implementation Committee, led by Minister of Finance, Wale Edun.

More to follow…

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‘FG lied, Food Prices are not coming down’ Nigerians lament

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The Presidency’s statement that prices of foodstuffs have been falling recently has been rejected by Nigerians.

The Senior Special Assistant on Citizenship and Leadership to President Bola Tinubu, Rinsola Abiola, while speaking on AIT Weekend Show, on Saturday (10 August), said online vendors confirmed that food prices have started decreasing.

Mrs Abiola said the decrease in the prices of foodstuffs is a testament to the federal government’s initiatives towards addressing economic hardship and hunger, which are yielding results.

Nigerians on social media, X platform, said the statement from the Presidency did not tally with what is obtainable in the markets.

Nigerians made their opinions while reacting to a poll by Obianuju Udeh, known as DJ Switch, one of the leaders of the #Endsars protest.

DJ Switch, on Friday, wrote, “I have come across some tweets and a report saying food prices are down. My question is, is it true prices are down? If so, that would be good news. Please share what you are experiencing on ground.”

In reaction, Nigerians disagreed with the position of Rinsola Abiola. They said prices of food remained the same. On tomatoes price Mrs Abiola said came down from ₦180,000 to ₦35,000; an X user, Chinedu Okoli said there was more supply in the market due to the harvest period and not actually as a result of government policies.

For IBEZYMAKO, @Bis_realibeh, “Prices of food items remain the same. Transportation fare is on the increase because of cost of PMS and nobody is talking about it. Government of deceptive propaganda.”

Ozagu. enterprises, @OzaguE98786, argued that “it is only in the Tinubu market that items are cheap. Semo 10kg a year ago ₦6400, two months ago ₦12,300, now ₦16000-₦18000, Beans ₦5000, Yam(3) ₦7500, Milo refill ₦5500, Garri ₦2000, Rice bag ₦78000. The truth is, most have stopped eating a lot of food; Items are not affordable by most Nigerians.”

Joseph Olawale Bamidele, @olawale_bam, said, “A liter fuel now sells for at least ₦700 to ₦900. Black market goes for ₦1,300. Mudu of rice is still ₦2,700. Food price coming down is propaganda. APC will crumble.”

Chinedu Okoli, @chineduokoli_,: “The truth is that this is harvesting period for some crops. It will slow inflation but this is just temporary cos once this phase wears off, the food prices will double.

“Prices that have gone down are perishable goods o, like tomatoes and pepper that can not be stored for long period.”

Saint Adaugoijele, @JustAdaugoijele, said, “Please, no food price is down. It’s still increasing.”

Daniel Alabi, @alabi_daniel, argued, “We bought rice last month btw ₦1,200 – ₦1,300 per Derica in Itele area of Ogun State and Lagos. We still buy it same today.”

SPECIAL, @special_Ada_Ide, said, “Which food prices come down? Shey for this Lagos Nigeria abi from other states?

“A bag of rice (my choice ) ₦82k, fuel ₦900 per liter, black market is more than this, beans – a derica cup is ₦2,200, semo ₦15k.”

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FG moves to secure power assets, meets civil- military committee on energy security

by Folarin Kehinde
written by Folarin Kehinde

The Federal Government has began moves aimed at protecting the nation’s critical power infrastructure as it ramps efforts towards providing quality, stable and affordable electricity to Nigerians.

Speaking on Wednesday while receiving members of the Civil-Military Committee on Energy Security, in his office, Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu said the issue of vandalism has been a major concern to the Federal Government, particularly on critical national assets, adding that the matter is being handled with all the seriousness it deserves.

He challenged Nigerians to take ownership of such national assets as continuous debasing of such national assets would continue to retard the nation’s development and efforts to provide electricity to Nigerians.

The Minister said that to demonstrate the commitment of the Federal Government to providing electricity to Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu assented to the legislation to deregulate the power sector, thereby making the sector free of the encumbrances that had hindered its efficient performance.

“This meeting with you today is very important and critical to us all. We must let the vandals know that it will never be business as usual. We all know what these vandals have done to our national asset. Daily, they deprived us of providing stable and affordable electricity to homes, industries, and to all critical sectors of our economy. That cannot continue and that is what we are determined to achieve.

“As a critical stakeholder, we appreciate your concern and the effort you have put in to help us secure our assets. Let me say here that power is instrumental to all we do and the protection of its infrastructure should be the greatest concern of all of us as Nigerians”, the Minister said.

As part of efforts to improve and build on existing infrastructure, Adelabu disclosed that he has taken measures to discard old structures that successive governments have ignored in addressing the problems with power supply to Nigerians.

“It is shameful for a nation of over 200 million people to still be on 5000 megawatts of electricity at this age. Let me tell you that some of the transformers we are still using today are 64 years old. How to you want such to give you what you desire at this age? Those maintaining them do not even understand them again. This is a reflection of the actions and inactions of the past 60 years. We have not done what is right in this sector in the past 60 years and that is what we are correcting now.

“So, it is the desire of President Tinubu to move away from this narrative and give Nigerians what they deserve in terms of energy and power supply and that is what we are set to achieve in the ministry now. We want to eradicate energy poverty among Nigerians. Our focus now is to engender a new energy development for Nigeria that will make electricity available to all Nigerians, where they reside.

“The power sector is a priority to this government and when we get it right here, all other sectors will also get it right”, he said.

The minister commended members of the group for their patriotism, zeal and commitment to safeguarding the nation’s assets and admonished them to continue in that spirit. He also promised the ministry’s co-operation and collaboration with them in their assignment. He said the protection of the nation’s assets should be the collective responsibility of all Nigerians.

He intimated the group of the ministry’s mandate and how those mandates would be realised in the new dispensation. Adelabu also told them that part of the challenges the ministry is facing is the refusal of some Nigerians to pay for the electricity they consumed while some others bye pass their meters thereby not paying for what they consumed. He described such power theft as not helpful to the transformation that the Federal Government desires in the power sector.

Speaking about the Ministry’s activities in the last one year of taking over the power, the Minister informed the group that within his one year in the office, he had been able to increase generation from 4000 that he inherited to over 5000 megawatts.

“By August 21, I will be one year in office. Due to the policy initiative that President Tinubu has put in place and which we have vigorously pursed, we have been able to increase our megawatts from 4000 that we inherited to 5050. We are moving and we will get better as we move ahead. But Nigerians must co-operate with us. We have consumers who refused to pay their bills. We have the issue of power theft. All these must stop as we intensify our efforts to serve Nigerians better”, he said.

Speaking, the leader of the group, Mr. Adams Otako said the importance of the energy sector in the nation’s development motivated their desire to embark on their effort to provide security for such national assets.

According to him, the Committee was formed in 2019 and they have devoted their time towards guarding the assets of the country in their little way.

“We believe that the energy sector is the bedrock of the National security. Guarding it is a collective responsibility and we want to also tell Nigerians that until we begin the ownership of governance, we can not develop. If the power sector does not function properly, we cannot function maximally as a nation and as a people.

“We also realised that a lot of your engagements and policies are often misunderstood by people. We want you to take us along, so that in such circumstances, we can relay the truth and say, ‘stop that propaganda’.

“We are made up of patriotic Nigerians. When we wanted to form the committee, we approached the Defence headquarters and that is why you can see that we have virtually all the security agencies present among us. We also have as our member the National Orientation Agency . We have the Civil Defence, the State Security Department, the Fire Service, other civil society groups among us” Otako said.

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