TRIAL BEGINS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN EX-PRESIDENT BOZIZE OVER WAR CRIMES. (PHOTO).

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 Trial begins of Central African ex-president Bozize over war crimes A UN-backed court in the the Central African Republic will on Tuesday begin the trial in absentia of former president Francois Bozize, over crimes against humanity committed between 2009 and 2013. The alleged crimes committed by members of Bozize's security forces include murder, enforced disappearance, torture and rape. Bozize, 79, who seized power in a 2003 coup before being overthrown 10 years later by rebels, has been living in exile in Guinea-Bissau since March 2023. But three of his former senior military officers, Eugene Barret Ngaikosset, Vianney Semndiro and Firmin Junior Danboy, are all in pre-trial detention in the Central African Republic. Crimes against humanity The case will be heard by the Special Criminal Court (SCC), a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African and foreign judges. In February 2024, the SCC issued an international arrest warrant for the former president ...
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REMARKS BY LAI MOHAMMED AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING SHOWING-CASING GIANT STRIDES IN THE AREA OF INFRASTRUCTURE.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE

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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI
LAI MOHAMMED, AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING SHOWCASING THE ADMINISTRATION'S
GIANT STRIDES IN THE AREA OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN ABUJA ON TUESDAY, 22
FEB. 2022

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Please permit me to welcome all invitees to this Town Hall Meeting, our very first edition this year 2022. In particular, I welcome my colleagues, Honourable Ministers, who have taken time off their very busy schedule to be here.

2. This #FGTownHallMeeting, the 21st edition since we kick-started the programme in Lagos in 2016, is one of the more than half a dozen Town Hall Meetings which we have slated for this year to showcase the achievements of the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, as the Administration gradually winds up.

3. Because of the massive infrastructure development of the Administration, the first two in the series for 2022, including today's, will be dedicated to Infrastructure. The Honourable Ministers of Works and Housing; Power as well as Finance, Budget and National Planning are here for today's Town Hall Meeting, while the second edition on infrastructure will feature the Honourable Ministers of Transportation; Aviation; Water Resources as well as Communications and Digital Economy. The third Town Hall Meeting will also be dedicated to infrastructure, but this time, infrastructure development in the Federal Capital Territory.

4. Other Town Hall Meetings scheduled for this year will focus on the Administration's strides in the area of the National Social Investment
Programme; fight against corruption; insecurity; national unity and the economy, among others.

5. Let me commend the National Orientation Agency (NOA), which has worked tirelessly with officials of the Ministry of Information and Culture to organize this event. It is always a lot of work organizing and coordinating events of this magnitude. We also thank the NTA and FRCN, which are covering this Town Hall Meeting live, as they have always done, as well as the News Agency of Nigeria, the Voice of Nigeria, and indeed all the myriads of media organizations that are here to cover this event. If I am right, the Daily Trust TV, for the very first time, will also be covering us live. Our sincere gratitude to you all.

6. On this note, I want to once again welcome all our invitees, while also wishing us all a successful deliberation. It is now my pleasure to invite the Honourable Minister of Works and Housing, to take the podium.

7. I thank you all for your kind attention.

 

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