ABUJA EARTH TREMOR: MINISTER DELE ALAKE CALLS FOR CALM, DIRECTS AGENCY TO REPORT UPDATES. (PHOTO).
ABUJA EARTH TREMOR: MINISTER DELE ALAKE CALLS FOR CALM, DIRECTS AGENCY TO REPORT UPDATES The minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake has directed the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency to provide hourly updates of the seismic developments around Abuja to him for regular review and possible escalation to other relevant agencies, Urging residents of the Federal Capital to go about their normal routine without anxiety. In a statement by the Special Assistant on Media, Lara Owoeye-Wise, the minister assures that proactive measures have been deployed to ensure the safety of residents and property. The minor earth tremor was noticed on Tuesday, August 4th at 11am in the Federal Capital Territory by the Nigerian Geological survey Agency.
Zimbabew's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa announced the plan in a statement late December 2015 that the use of the Yuan ''Will be a function of trade between China and Zimbabwe and acceptability with customers in Zimbabwe''.Zimbabwe had abandoned its own dollar in 2009 post the hyperinflation period which had reached as high as 500bn%,causing its currency to be unusable.It had then started using number of foreign currencis,including the US dollar and the South African rand.The yuan had been added later.Yuan has been a legal tender in the country's multi-currency system for two years now.However,its use had not been approved yet until recently for public transactions in the market.Though an economist John Robertston told Al Jazeera that ''Nothing looks to change from this latest move''.
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