GABON'S LEADER NGUEMA ELECTED PRESIDENT WITH 90.35% OF VOTE, INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS

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 Gabon's leader Nguema elected president with 90.35% of vote, interior minister says Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup in Gabon in August 2023, won Saturday's presidential election with 90.35% of votes cast, according to provisional results, the Central African country's interior minister said on Sunday, Reuters reported. The result cements Nguema's grip on power 19 months after the coup ended more than half a century of rule by the Bongo family in Gabon, an oil producer with a population of around 2.5 million. Nguema's most prominent opponent in the eight-candidate race was Alain Claude Bilie By Nze, who was serving as prime minister under President Ali Bongo at the time of the coup. Nze, 57, finished with 3.02% of the total, according to the provisional results announced. Campaigning in a baseball cap bearing his "We Build Together" slogan, Nguema pitched himself as a change agent cracking down on the corrupt old guard. He vowed to diversify the oil-re...

ATWAP SAID PURE WATER MIGHT BE SOLD FOR N100 PER ONE.(PHOTO).

The Association of Table Waters Producers (ATWAP) has said that the price of pure water may be sold for N100 per one due to the high cost of production materials.


The group which spoke at a press conference in Lagos, said theyā€™ve been facing so many challenges such as high cost of diesel, lack of power as well as high cost of production. They also said that the current price of water sales reflects the situation of the country.


One of the groupā€™s representatives said; 


ā€œPure water is sold for N50 now, and it is even going up to N100 per one. At our own end, thereā€™s nothing we can do. The cost of production is high.


ā€œAs at last year December, we were buying materials (nylon) for N1,100 per KG. The 6 kg of nylon is now N3,600/N3,700. The cost of treatment is also high. The increment for these materials comes at 3 times in one week. It is also difficult for us to increase the price of water.


ā€œIf ordinary Nigerians canā€™t afford pure water, I donā€™t know where we are going. Every water producer is funding the pure water factory on personal pockets or borrowed money.


ā€œMany banks donā€™t give pure water producers loans. We want Nigerians to bear with us. We donā€™t want Nigerians to buy water at more than N20 per sachet. The cost of production including the price of diesel has affected so many things.ā€

 

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