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As of Thursday, over 71,000 confirmed cases and 1,190 deaths had been reported across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The NCDC said “Since the beginning of September to the end of November 2020, Nigeria has recorded a gradual increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country.
“However, in the last week (30th of November to the 6th of December) our surveillance system has recorded a sharp increase in cases.”
The advisory analysis shows that the increase is continual in 23 states in the country. The majority (73%) of the cases detected were in Lagos, Kaduna and FCT. Eight of the 23 states reported a record high number of weekly cases last week.
Farm reforms – In India, China
One is the question of whether these
reforms will benefit the farmers or not.This is a question of economics. Broadly speaking, the government’s argument is that opening up the agriculture sector to market forces will not only reduce the stress on government finances but also help farmers by making agriculture more remunerative.
The protesting farmers, however, disagree. They argue that interaction with private players will ruin them financially.
The second aspect is more political and relates to how the laws concerned were legislated. The government believes it has gone through due diligence before turning its ideas into laws. The farmers, on the other hand, stridently criticise the lack of debate before the laws were enacted.
Farmers Protest: Myths and Realities
Colonel B S Nagial (Retd)
The present stalemate between Government of India and protesting farmers doesn’t show any signs of resolution as of now. Farmers mainly from Punjab and Haryana are protesting against three laws enacted recently by the Central Government. These three laws are: Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020: It widens the space of trade areas of farmers produce of particular regions to ‘any place of production, collection, and aggregation’ and facilitates farmers for e-trading and e-commerce of their produce. States can’t levy any market fee, cess or any levy on farmers, traders, e-trading and e-commerce platforms which are engaged in trading of farmers’ produce.
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