{"id":113533,"date":"2024-07-30T22:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T21:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113533"},"modified":"2024-07-30T22:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T21:50:02","slug":"shelve-planned-protest-badaru-begs-organisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/shelve-planned-protest-badaru-begs-organisers\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelve planned protest, Badaru begs organisers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1806033446497021078\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Bayo Davids<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nAhead of the August 1, 2024 nationwide protest, the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru has appeared to the organisers to give peace a chance and embrace negotiations with the Federal Government.<\/p>\n<p>This is even as the Minister noted that the policies and programmes of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration have started yielding fruits, stressing that in no distant time, the challenges will be fully addressed.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued on Tuesday by the Personal Assistant to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mr Mati Ali, quoted Badaru as saying that the reforms initiated by Mr. President have started improving the lives of Nigerians as the economic growth in first quarter of 2024 was the second fastest first-quarter growth in the last six years.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;Defence strategy as enshrined in the Renewed Hope Agenda in improving security is yielding result as well. Mr. President is committed to the safety of lives and property through various security interventions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a serious improvement in security as most of the roads and highways hitherto closed due to insecurity have been opened. Herders and farmers clashes have been solved by the creation of the Livestock Ministry and many farmers have returned to their farms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. President is supporting the farmers and has encouraged State Governors to do the same.\u00a0 Also, there is the massive surrendering of terrorists, and high-profile terrorist kingpins have been arrested.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also commended the President for his education reforms saying, &#8220;The introduction of the Nigerian Student Loan Scheme was initiated to increase access to higher education and reduce financial burdens on students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8220;A tonother innovation of Mr. President is the massive increase in funding for infrastructures like roads, rails, energy, and irrigation (Dams and Channels) through the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund (RHIDF).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He further argued that the innovation of selling crude oil to indigenous refining companies in Naira is another robust effort by Mr. President and the signing of the National Minimum Wage Act into Law, which is aimed at enhancing the welfare of the Nigerian Workers are all efforts at stabilizing the economy.<br \/>\nHe also stated that another bold step taken by Mr. President is the autonomy granted to the Local Governments for effective accountability, development at the grassroots, and strengthening of governance.<\/p>\n<p>In his words, President Tinubu has also given different levels of palliatives to the State Government to support Nigerians to live a better life, in addition to social security intervention to states, Post Subsidy Removal Presidential Grant and Loans Scheme, Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF), 3 Million Technical Talents (3MTT) and Skilled-Up Artisan Initiative (SUPA).<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said that since the launch of the compressed natural gas initiative (CNG) by Mr. President, it is expected that the cost of transportation will reduce as much as 50 percent adding that, this has unlocked the nation\u2019s huge potential in the gas sector.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CNG conversion centres are growing exponentially across the country, creating job opportunities, he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Federal Government has also made available 30,000 kits for the conversion of 30,000 petrol-powered engines at no cost within the next 90 days.\u00a0 Also, the first batch of CNG Mass Transit Buses procured by the Federal Government for distribution to the 36 states and FCT have arrived,&#8221; the statement quoted the Minister as saying.<\/p>\n<p>In addressing the high cost of drugs and encouraging local production, the Minister stated that Mr. President has signed an executive order introducing zero tariffs and duties on imports of raw materials, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and manufacturing equipment. Also, the Federal Government has conducted two rounds of disbursement for primary healthcare revitalization through the basic health provision fund.<br \/>\nWhile acknowledging the democratic right to protest, the Minister cautioned against using the protest to cause a breakdown of\u00a0 law and order.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bayo Davids Ahead of the August 1, 2024 nationwide protest, the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru has appeared to the organisers to give peace a chance and embrace negotiations&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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