TERRORISTS, BANDITRY ACTIVITIES IN NORTHWEST HAVE REDUCED- SHEHU SANI. (PHOTO).
Terrorists, banditry activities in Northwest have reduced – Shehu Sani Shehu Sani, a former Kaduna Central Senator, has disclosed a decrease in the activities of terrorists and bandits in the Northwest. Sani said the recent killings of some top terrorists’ leaders could have been responsible for the decrease. Posting on X, the former lawmaker wrote: “In the last few weeks, there is a noticeable decrease in terrorist and banditry attacks and kidnappings in the North Western parts of this country. “The elimination of some of the top terrorist leaders must have been responsible.This is commendable and should be sustained.” In the past weeks, notable bandit leaders have been killed in the North. Those eliminated include- Haliru Kachalla Sububu or Buzu, Kachalla Tukur Sharme (killed by rival gang), Sani Black, another prominent bandit leader, killed along with his brother and two children, Kachalla Makore, Kachalla Mai Shayi Kachalla Tsoho Lulu and Mai’Yar Gitta. Gitta lost his life after
A total of N415.730 billion has been distributed as Federal Allocation for the month of April 2017 by the Federal Governmebt,State Governments and Local Government Councils.The communique issued by the sub-Committee of Federation Accounts Allocation Committee {FAAC} of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation,at the end of the meeting held in Abuja on May 23,2017,indicated that the gross statutory revenue received for the Month is N248.110 billion,which is lower than the N331.583 billion received in the previous months by N54.473 billion.The shared amount comprised the Month's Statutory distributable revenue of N272.115 billion,Value Added Tax of N81.286 billion,Exchange gain of N38.517 billion and Excess PPT Account of N20.425 billion.There was also a N6.330 billion refund to the Federal Government by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation {NNPC}.Accordingly,from Net Statutory Allocation,the Federal Government received N124.444 billion representing {52.68%}; States received N63.119 billion {26.72%}; Local Government Councils received N48.662 billion representing {20.60%}; while the oil producing States received N22.640 billion as 13% derivation revenue.Furthermore,from the Revenue available from the Value Added Tax {VAT},Federal Government received N12.193 {15%}; States received N40.643 billion {50%} while the Local Goverment Councils received N28.450 {35%}.The Communique further explained that there was a significant increase in Export Sales revenue by about $63.69 million due to increase in average unit price of crude oil export volume by 1.07 million There was however,a decrease in the average price of Cruude oil production during the period under review.This was largely due to a shut in and shut-down of pipelines due to the activities of vandals,as well as for maintenance which impacted negatively on production.Furthermore,the Force Majeure declared at the Forcadose terminal since February,2016 was still in place.The balance on the Excess Crude Account is $2.299billion USD,while the balance in the Excess PPT Account is $67M US Dollar.
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