The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has said the Nigeria Police Force was not involved in the siege on the National Assembly (NASS) by security operatives.
Mr Idris absolved the police of any blame after a closed-door meeting with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said the standoff at the NASS complex reached him as a surprise, adding that the police would soon issue a statement in relation to the impasse.
“Obviously, like I said, I have not got a detailed brief on that. In fact we are going to issue a (press) release (on that),’’ he said.
Mr Osinbajo on Tuesday sacked the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, with immediate effect, over Tuesday’ssi invasion of the premises of the National Assembly by security operatives.
Mr Osinbajo condemned the unauthorised standoff at the National Assembly complex, describing it as “a gross violation of constitutional order, rule of law and all acceptable notions of law and order’’.
He said, the “unlawful act, which was done without the knowledge of the Presidency, is condemnable and completely unacceptable.’’
The acting president, therefore, assured Nigerians that all persons within the law enforcement apparatus, who participated in “this travesty’’ would be identified and subjected to appropriate disciplinary action.
The sacked SSS boss had, along with the IGP and the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, earlier met behind closed doors with the acting president.
The Tuesday siege was mainly carried out by the SSS and lasted from the early hours of Tuesday till afternoon. The siege was lifted about an hour after Mr Daura was sacked from office.
At the start of the siege, everyone, including lawmakers, was prevented from entering the National Assembly.
However, lawmakers were later allowed in while journalists and staff of the assembly were barred.
The siege is believed to have been targeted at Senate President Bukola Saraki to allow his removal from office while senators opposed to him would be allowed in.
That move appeared to have been abandoned following public outcry.
Most Nigerians including leaders of opposition parties condemned the actions of the security agencies.
The UK government also expressed concern, saying it was monitoring the
[6:18 PM, 8/7/2018] Mr Cy: "AGRICULTURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN KATSINA'S ECONOMIC MAINSTAY" - Masari.
Katsina Media & Publicity
7th August 2018
The Katsina State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari says Katsina's economic mainstay had always been agriculture.
Katsina Media and Publicity reports that Masari was speaking when he received the Minister of Agriculture, chief Audu Ogbe who paid him courtesy visit at the Muhammadu Buhari House, the seat of Katsina State Government.
Masari recalled that the prominent sons and daughters of Katsina province including president Muhammad Buhari were educated with proceeds realized from agricultural production by the then Native Authority. He also observed that agricultural production could uplift the status of a country where no any other product could do so in the ever growing competitive global environment.
The Governor however, remarked that modern agricultural production could not be successful without education, including that it was why the APC administration placed emphasis on restoring the lost glory of both education and agriculture in the state.
He stated that right now the APC administration in the state had started on an economic zone that would be driven by processing of agricultural produce as a means of restoring the economy of people of the state.
On conflict and crisis bedeviling the agricultural sub sector of the economy, Masari explained that the elites caused the furore to hide their past failures. He expressed optimism that the APC administration led by president Muhammad Buhari would overcome and place Nigeria on a pedestal of agricultural revolution to move that nation forward.
@Katgovmedia reports that earlier the Minister of Agriculture, chief Audu Ogbe told Governor Masari that he was in Katsina on tour as part of the six states implementing IFAD agricultural programmes in the country.
Ogbe said the visit would enable him to flag off and commission some of the IFAD agricultural programmes in Katsina State. Such programmes, he said include "rehabilitation of rural feeder roads, expanding the production of grains by local farmers, seeking to find solution of farmers-fulani clashes, increase the production of animals feeds, and planting of grasses as food for animals" among others.
On cattle production, chief Audu Ogbe announced that a recent survey had shown that rearing of animals accounted for 6% of Gross Domestic Products (GDP) of Nigeria, which must not be toyed with by any serious government.
The Minister revealed that 590 km of roads to be done by IFAD in Katsina State adding that the tree planting aspect of the programme would be pursued with vigor to reduce the menace of advancing desert. In addition, he said "the ability of local farmers to feed Nigerians with home grown rice would continue to receive the APC administration's attention and encouragement".
He hoped that the state government would support the production of Accah cereal as it is now in high demand by the Japanese government, adding that goat meat is in high demand by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He therefore called for collaborative efforts to enhance agriculture in the country.
Recall that Katsina Media and Publicity have been reporting perpetually about the Katsina Government's unrelenting dedication in the development of Katisna especially in the agricultural sector and the educational sector which compliments all others.
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