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...
The FGN Townhall meting which was held at Abuja today and Nine {9} Minister participated in the mid term hall meeting.According to the Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed said during the town meeting that ''Our citizens need to see the value that their taxes are delivering in order to have faith in government,and for us to attract the revenue in the future.We must be able to own our own future.We cannot be a hostage to oil price or production levels.We are implementing an Economic Recovery and Growth Plan designed to reset our economy and remove our reliance on oil production,and oil revenues,for ever.We are restoring the sanctity of our judicial system.We have acted to address the leakages in government spending that make corruption possible.We are addressing comprehensively the issues in the Niger Delta that makes the production of our oil resources so vulnerable.We have restored security to the North-East and ended the scourge of Boko Haram.We were,and remain,100% committed to delivering an economy that enables all Nigerian's to achieve their ambitions,no matter how big,or small''.Okechukwu Enelamah said ''We have increased funding on Micro SMEs.We are upgrading the Industrial development centres.We are witnessing the local production of sugar in Niger and Adamawa States.We are committed to making Nigeria very competitive in the local production.We are creating an enabling environment for doing business in the country''.Audu Ogbeh said ''I encourage our youths to go into farming.the average aage of a farmer in the village is 60-64,when they clock 70 who will feed the youths?.We have restructured the Bank of Agriculture.We intend to go into agriculture that will earn foreign exchange for Nigeria.We have 20 giant rice mills that produce 100 tons each per day.7 companies in Thailand have closed down because Nigerians no longer buy their rice''.Suleiman Adamu said ''We are currently revamping all the dams to support agriculture and irrigation''.Kemi Adeosun said ''Our focus is on revenue and blocking of leakages.This government is clear about stabilizing the economy this year''.Mansur Dan Ali ''We have trained 80 Nigerian pilots that can fly on suicidal missions''.More photos below.
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