ANAMBRA GOVT APPREHENDS 8 SUSPECTS FOR EXTORTING MORE THAN N800, 000 FROM WOMEN IN AWKA. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Anambra State Government Apprehends 8 Suspects For Extorting More Than 800,000 Thousand Naira From Women In Awka  By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu  Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has arrested eight suspects for allegedly extorting more than Eight Hundred Thousand Naira from women in Awka.  The arrest was part of state government's resolve in eradicating crimes and corruption in the state.  The exercise came following the directive of the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo of an NGO using government's name to extort the sum of twenty thousand naira and above from unsuspecting individuals mostly women in Awka.  When the Women and Social Welfare Commissioner bursted the office complex of the Host Communities of Nigeria Anambra State Chapter located opposite government house Awka, it was discovered that the suspects were operating with the United Bank of Africa staff in opening a current account for the women who must pay

THE ERA OF IMPORTING TEXTILE MATERIALS FOR PRODUCING SECURITY AGENCIES’ UNIFORM WILL SOON COME TO AN END- INTERIOR MINISTER.

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     The Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt General (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau has announced plans to put an end to the importation of textile materials for producing uniforms by all Services under the Ministry of Interior.
General Dambazau made the disclosure when the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, His Excellency, Governor Kashim Shettima, led the management team of the New Nigeria Development Company (NNDC) to the Ministry of Interior to seek the Ministry’s support for the revitalization of its textile industry. The meeting which also had in attendance, the Minister for Agriculture, Dr Audu Ogbe, The CG Custom, Col Hameed Ali Rtd, and Controller Generals of Immigration, Prisons, Federal Fire Service as well as the representatives of the Inspector General of Police and CG Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, applauded the plans to domesticate the production of uniform materials and other accoutrements used by security Services in Nigeria.
The Interior Minister use the occasion to remind the various heads of agencies at the meeting, the need to adhere strictly to the Executive Order on support for local content in public procurement. He admonished them to be guided by the above mentioned Presidential Order in procuring uniforms and other accoutrements captured in the 2018 budget, while hoping that the current effort at reviving the nation’s textile industries will ensure the complete production of uniforms and other accoutrements locally, by 2019. Dambazau further noted the need to support the revitalization of the Nigeria textile industry. He said domesticating the production of security personnel uniforms, will not only boost Nigeria’s gross domestic products, it will also create employment opportunities for our teeming youths, reduce proliferation of such uniforms by criminal elements, while deepening internal security.
In their separate submissions, the Minister for Agriculture, Dr Audu Ogbe, the CG Customs, Hameed Ali and heads of security agencies in the Ministry of Interior were unanimous on the overall gains of domesticating the production of security Services uniforms in Nigeria, while the heads of the agencies pledged their commitment to implement the Executive Order on support for local content in public procurement.
Ehisienmen Osaigbovo.  
Press Secretary, to the Honourable Minister of Interior.
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