NIGERIA'S DEFENCE MINISTER SUMMONS SERVICE CHIEFS AMID SURGE IN ATTACKS ON MILITARY BASES. (PHOTO).
Nigeria's Defence Minister Summons Service Chiefs Amid Surge in Attacks on Military Bases Nigeria's Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (Rtd), has urgently summoned the nation's top military leaders to a high-level meeting at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Abuja. The session addresses the escalating attacks targeting military installations, particularly in the North East region. The meeting includes key figures such as: - Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede - Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu - Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke - Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abass - Representatives from the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) The summons comes in response to recent deadly assaults by terrorists on military bases in the North East. Reports indicate that no fewer than three Commanding Officers of Lieutenant-Colonel rank were killed in Borno State, alongside scores of soldiers lost. Additionally, hundreds of civilian...
According to PM News,who reported that ahead of the Affordable Housing Summit which opens tomorrow monday in Abuja,the Minister of Power,Works and Housing,Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN,has given an insight into how the Federal Government plans to achieve a sustainable housing programme for the country saying it is only through standardization of designs,even while taking into cognizance the cultural preferences of the nation's geopolitical zones,that industrialization and mass housing can be possible.Fashola,who met with National Assembly Committees on Housing to present the Implementation Plan of the 2016 Budget as it concerns the National Housing Programme during the week,said although there could be the desire out there that government should rush out and do what everybody has done in the past,and probably end up with the same old results,the forcus of the present administration was more on a sustainable housing plan.The Minister,who cited two housing models,Singapore Housing Development Programme and the United Kindom Housing Scheme,to explain the need for sustainability,said while the UK model started in 1918 and the Singaporean model in 1960,one common factor in those countries was a ''a near uniformity of design'',when one looked outside,adding,''In whatever community that they build,as designs vary,they remain the same within one community''.Citing Lagos State as an example of where Housing was given higher allocation,the Ministers said ''Yes there is a temptation to implement a 2016 Budget but,truth be told,how much is the 2016 Budget? A little over N30 billion; it is not going to solve our housing problem.The Budget for Housing for My state in 2015 was in excess of N40 billion and it hasn't solved all the problems in that state.So it is not just about implementing a budget,when we get to full scale,clearly we will not be talking of N35 billion,we will be talking of hundreds of billions and trillions to keep the value chain going because it is an extensive value chain''.
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