OVER 25 MILLION PHONES STOLEN IN ONE YEAR- FG. (PHOTO).
Over 25 million phones stolen in one year – FG The Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report of the National Bureau of Statistics, a Federal Government agency, shows that Nigeria recorded 25.35 million phone theft cases between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the report, this was the most common type of crime within the period under review. The report read, “The number of crimes experienced by individuals in Nigeria was analysed over a period of time. The results show that theft of phones (25,354,417) was the most common crime experienced by individuals, followed by consumer fraud (12,107,210) and assault (8,453,258). However, hijacking of cars (333,349) was the least crime experienced by individuals within the reference period.” It also noted that most phone theft cases occurred either at home or in a public place, and about 90 per cent of such cases were reported to the police. Despite the high rate of the incident being reported, only about 11.7 per cent of t...
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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