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[Press Release] Deportation: I-Nigerian Urges States to integrate all Citizens

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I-Nigerian Renaissance Initiative
Chatti Plaza, Sapele Street, Garki II Abuja
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Deportation: Let’s Stop This Saga

News about ‘deportation’ of some destitute of Anambra State origin to Onitsha by the Lagos State Government, which broke on 14th of July 2013, finally brought to the fore, an unwholesome practice by many state governments that was fast becoming a fad.

Whilst we appreciate that at this stage of Nigeria’s development, government at all levels should be up and doing in effecting the much-needed transformation and rebuilding process, we at I-Nigerian are not happy about the division that removal of so-called non-indigene destitute will further cause to the psyche of Nigerians.

As Nigerians, we must encourage a situation whereby any citizen resident in any part of the country will be regarded and treated as an indigene with rights and privileges of employment and welfare. ‘Deportation’ trend will do more harm to the much needed desire to cement the cohesion we envisage for our people. The strident arguments emanating from the incidence have mostly been along tribal divides – seriously reminding us about one of the ugly issues we have been grappling with as a nation- ethnicity.

We, at I-Nigerian are deeply saddened by the huge controversy that has erupted over this unfortunate incident. The Media in all forms has been awash with all manner of attacks and counterattacks in the form of comments and rejoinders by Nigerians themselves. The Social Media (what we call the free Press) has become an arena of endless ugly discussions and debates about this issue, where one is daily treated to the casting of aspersions and trading of words and blames between and among Nigerians particularly of the ethnic groups affected by this incident. This just seems to fuel the fires of an already deep dent on the collective psyche of the average Nigerian.

We must at this point state that the FCT Administration, Lagos, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and Kano states have all ‘deported’ alleged destitute at one point or the other in the last 10 years and so, we are not singling out any particular state for castigation. Coming at a time that we SHOULD BE together…coming at a time that global attention on Nigeria is at an all-time high! Fellow Nigerians, this shouldn’t be! This shouldn’t happen! This should not be allowed or encouraged to degenerate any further!!!! ENOUGH!!

I-Nigerian condemns in its entirety, anything or any action by any institution, organisation or individual that will be inimical to our precarious efforts to retain and sustain our UNITY as a nation. Nigeria is one nation and remains will so.

I-Nigerian sues for peace, and a ‘sheathing of swords’ by all parties concerned and affected by this unfortunate incidence and call in particular, on the institutions involved to meet in properly constituted circumstances to discuss ways and means to stem the imbroglio that has arisen as a result of these ‘deportations.’  Nigerians must be made to feel safe to visit, reside, and dwell freely in any part of the country without having to feel that their stay is subject to unceremonious truncation at any time. Institutions of discipline (or sanitization of the system) should be more humane in approach and in the discharge of their duties.

Since this news story broke, many have turned this whole saga into an ethnic issue. We at I-Nigerian do not think or want to remotely assume that the Lagos State Task Force or any institution or governments involved before and after the Lagos saga which have engaged in such assignments carried out their duties with such bias at the back of their minds; we choose to believe in the reason that they were only doing their work (albeit that the modus and manner of doing so has raised a huge dust of suspicion). In the same vein, we do not want to think or remotely assume that there is enough reason for the reactions that have arisen from this act, to be from the standpoint of ethnic bias.

To all Nigerians, we say, we need to rise above ethnic sentiments in our thoughts, words, and deeds. Our country is at a very critical stage of its growth and development, and we Nigerians  must all think, say, and emphasise on those things that bind us together, not divide us. Our ONENESS is sacrosanct, and should be respected at all levels. Our UNITY is crucial to our sustained development and we Nigerians one and all, must articulate and internalise this to keep this entity we call ‘home,’ in one piece.

This is Nigeria, this is home, this is our land, and we will thrive here for one simple reason: I-Nigerian!

The I-Nigerian Initiative is a private project with a mission to reawaken the pride of being Nigerian  and to re-energise the mindset of Nigerians, such that “we take pride in talking positively about our dear country, Nigeria and ourselves as Nigerians.”
God bless Nigeria and all Nigerians….long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria – ONE ENTITY, ONE NATION, ONE PEOPLE!

Ada Stella Apiafi                                                                                                                                                
National Coordinator, I-Nigerian                                                                                
21th August 2013

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Kano Transfers Over 1,000 Almajiris To Different States Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Kano State Government on Saturday said it has transferred 1,098 ‘almajiris’ to different states of the country.

The commissioner for local government, Murtala Garo, disclosed this while presenting a report before the state’s task force on COVID-19 at the government house, Kano.

Almajiris are children who are supposed to be learning Islamic studies while living with their Islamic teachers. Majority of them, however, end up begging on the streets of Northern Nigeria. They constitute a large number of Nigeria’s over 10 million out-of-school children.

Mr Garo said the Kano government transported 419 almajiris to Katsina, 524 to Jigawa and 155 to Kaduna. He said all of them tested negative for coronavirus before leaving the Kano State.

Despite the coronavirus test done in Kano for the almajiris, the Jigawa government earlier said it would quarantine for two weeks all the almajiris that recently arrived from Kano.

Mr Garo said another 100 almajiris scheduled to be taken to Bauchi State also tested negative to COVID-19.

In a remark, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said the COVID-19 situation in Kano was getting worse. He appealed for a collaborative effort to curtail the spread of the virus in the state.

Mr Ganduje, who commended residents for complying with the lockdown imposed in the state, said the decision was taken to halt the spread of the virus.

Kano State, as of Saturday night, has 77 coronavirus cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The decision to transfer the Kano almajiris is part of the agreement reached between Northern governors that almajiris in each state be transferred to their states of origin.

However, even before the latest agreement by the governors, the Kano government had been transferring almajiris to other states and neighbouring countries after it banned street begging in the state, most populous in Northern Nigeria.

Despite the transfers, however, no concrete step has been taken to ensure such children do not return to Kano streets as there is freedom of movement across Nigeria although interstate travel was recently banned to check the spread of the coronavirus.

 

Sourced From: Premium Times Nigeria

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COVID-19: ‘Bakassi Boys’ Foil Attempt To Smuggle 24 Women Into Abia In Container

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By Ugochukwu Alaribe

Operatives of the Abia State Vigilante Service, AVS, popularly known as ‘Bakassi Boys’ have arrested 24 market women hidden in a container truck, at Ekwereazu Ngwa, the boundary community between Abia and Akwa Ibom states.

The market women, said to be  from Akwa Ibom State, were on their way to Aba, when they were arrested with the truck driver and two of his conductors for violating the lockdown order by the state government.

Driver of the truck, Moses Asuquo, claimed he was going to Aba to purchase stock fish, but decided to assist the market women, because they were stranded.

A vigilante source told Sunday Vanguard that the vehicle was impounded while the market women were sent back to Akwa Ibom State.

Commissioner for Home Land Security, Prince Dan Okoli, who confirmed the incident, said that  smuggling of people into the state poses great threat to the state government’s efforts to contain the spread of COVID- 19.

 

Sourced From: Vanguard News

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Woman Kills Her Maid Over Salary Request

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Operatives of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Yaba of the Lagos State police command have arrested one Mrs Nene Steve for allegedly killing her maid, Joy Adole

The maid was allegedly beaten to death by Nene for requesting for her salary at their residence located at 18, Ogundola Street, Bariga area in Lagos.

Narrating the incident, Philips Ejeh, an elder brother to the deceased said that he was sad when they informed him that his sister was beaten to death.

He explained that the deceased was an indigene of Benue State brought to Lagos through an agent and started working with her as a maid  in January 2020.

‘’She reported that her boss refused to pay her and anytime she asked for her salary she will start beating her.

She was making an attempt to leave the place but due to the total lockdown she remained there until Sunday when her boss said she caught her stealing noodles and this led to her serious beating and death,’’ Ejeh said.

He called on Lagos State Government and well- meaning people in the country to help them in getting justice for the victim.

The police spokesman, Bala Elkana, stated that the woman and her husband came to Bariga Police  Station to a report that their house girl had committed suicide.

Detectives were said to have visited the house and suspected foul play with the position of the rope and bruises all over the body which confirmed that the girl had been tortured to death and the boss decided to hang up the girl to make it look like suicide.

He said: “The police moved on with their investigation and found a lot of sign of violence on her body that she has been tortured before a rope was put on her neck.’’

He added that the police removed the corpse and deposited it in the mortuary for autopsy to further ascertain the cause of the death.

Elkana said the matter has been transferred from Bariga police station to Panti for further investigation while the couple have been arrested and will be charged to court.

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Boko Haram Attacks: Buhari Summons Urgent Meeting Of Service Chiefs

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President Buhari and the Service Chiefs in a meeting. (File photo)

Ostensibly alarmed by the latest killings of dozens of soldiers by Boko Haram insurgents, President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an urgent meeting of Service Chiefs to find ways to stop the trend. 

He has also dispatched the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan Ali, to the neighbouring Republic of Chad for an urgent meeting with President Idris Deby and his defence counterpart. 

Knowledgeable sources said in Abuja on Friday that the president is worried by on the deterioration of security situation on the Nigeria – Chad Border that has led to the recently increased Boko Haram terrorism in the area.

The sources which did not want to be named in Abuja said: “Nigeria has a Chad  problem in the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) put together to secure the Lake Chad basin areas and repeal the Boko Haram terrorist attacks against all the countries neighbouring the Lake.”

The sources noted that Chad is believed to be having their own internal security challenges and this has reportedly led to their pulling away their own troops manning their own border around Lake Chad,  saying: “That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon to launch terrorist acts.  This is a clear illustration of the fact that terrorism is beyond national borders.”

When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed that the Defence Minister is going to Chad but said he is unaware of the purpose. 

Meanwhile, the military authorities are said to be in the process of identifying the families of the latest victims with a view to making contact with them. 

Credible sources revealed that it is the reason the president is yet to make any pronouncement on the matter. 

“The President has called an urgent meeting with the Service Chiefs, as well as the fact that families of the latest victims of the Boko Haram are being identified and contacts made before a government pronouncement on the tragic attacks. This, it is understood, is the reason for the silence of the government over the incident,” the source said. 

 

Sourced From: Tribune

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