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After the instability and varied gales of insecurity that plagued the country and dominated most political discourse in 2020, this year seems to offer a new leaf to all and sundry. IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI examines the likely issues that will shape politics in the country this year.
It is three days into the New Year, but the political storms that lingered all through the preceding year are still raging. The varied gale of insecurity, ranging from terrorism, kidnapping and banditry, tore at the nation and almost sank it in 2020. According to a former Provost Marshall of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Idada Ikponmwen, the different shades of insecurity that plagued the country last year were indicative that legitimate authority collapsed in the country despite being under the watch of a former military head of state, President Muhammadu Buhari.
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THE Federal Government and cement manufacturers have agreed on a discount price on cement for the construction of 300,000 houses under the Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP, for low income earning Nigerians.
The 300,000 housing unit is part of the Federal Government Social Housing Scheme aimed at providing affordable houses for low-income earners.
Making the disclosure weekend while visiting the completed model houses in Dei Dei, an outskirt of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said it was possible to deliver decent and affordable accommodation that will be within the reach of many Nigerians.
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s the African Continental Free Trade Areas Agreement (AfCFTA) among the 54 participating countries commences today, January 1, 2021, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has insisted that it will sustain its foreign exchange (forex) restriction for 42 import items it had prohibited earlier.
The commencement of the pact is coming barely two weeks after the federal government reopened the land borders shut for over one year.
The AfCTA agreement allows participating countries to trade about 90 per cent of goods without any duty payment. However, each African country reserves the right to restrict importation of 10 per cent of goods that it has local capacity to produce.
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The Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has called on Nigerians to cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari in checkmating insecurity in Nigeria.
While proffering solution to the insecurity challenges in the country, the Oluwo pointed out that no country ever succeeded in the battle in isolation.
He therefore called on the citizenry to join hands with the president in putting an end to the insecurity challenges in the country in the new year.
The monarch insisted that every Nigerian had roles to play in the war against the malady.
He called for cooperation with government in decimating banditry in the country.