Under 17 W/Cup: Bring cup home, Buhari urges Golden Eaglets

President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari addresses the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly September 28, 2015 at the United Nations in New York. AFP

In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu yesterday quoted the President Buhari as urging the present team to do their “utmost best to match the outstanding performance of their victorious predecessors who have won the competition four times including the inaugural edition in 1985 and the last tournament in 2013.”

I Won’t Resign Over Boko Haram – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he
will not resign if he does not fulfill his
promise of defeating Boko Haram by
December 2015.

President Muhammadu Buhari
In a recent interview with Aljazeera, he
acknowledged that he would be willing to
negotiate with the Boko Haram group to
secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok
schoolgirls.
“They have to prove to us that they are alive,
they are well, and then we can negotiate with
them. We said it and we meant it. If we are
satisfied that the girls are alive ,” President
Buhari told UpFront host Mehdi Hasan.
READ ALSO: Nigerian Troops Abandon Fight
Against B’Haram For Civil Defence?
When asked whether he would offer financial
payments, or a prisoner release, to Boko
Haram in return for the girls, Buhari did not
rule out either option. “Well it depends on the
negotiations with the leadership of Boko
Haram.”
The president has pledged to defeat Boko
Haram by the end of 2015 and “as soon as
the rainy season comes, which is by the end of
the year… Boko Haram will virtually be out of
their main stronghold and that will be the end of
it …. Attacks by Boko Haram on townships, on
military installations, will certainly stop.”
If Boko Haram isn’t defeated by December,
however, Buhari said he “will not resign. I will
be determined to stay and fight it out.”
The president claimed not to have seen the
Amnesty International report from June
2015, ‘Nigeria: Stars on their shoulders: Blood
on their hands’ , in which the human-rights
group documented abuses, torture and
unlawful killings by the Nigerian armed forces
and urged the government to prosecute a
group of officers and senior commanders.
“I haven’t received that report personally,” said
Buhari. “If I get those documents… I assure you
that I will take action as Commander in Chief.”
READ ALSO: Why Boko Haram Violence
Persists
Asked about his record as a military dictator
in the mid-1980s, and the alleged human-
rights abuses which occurred under his
watch, Buhari said: “If there is any injustice
that can be proved against me when I was
there, I will gladly apologise.”
The president refused to concede that his
now-notorious ‘war against indiscipline’ in the
1980s featured any such “injustice”.
The full interview will air of Aljazeera later
today, October 16, by 7.30pm.
Meanwhile, fresh reports have it that the
death toll of Friday morning’s deadly bomb
blast in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital,
has risen to 26.

Fuel not scarce, stop panic buying, NNPC tells Nigerians

By Michael Eboh
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC), Tuesday, called on Nigerians to desist
from panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit
(PMS), also known as fuel, stating that it has
about 23 days of product supply in all its depots
across the country.
Reacting to the resurgence of fuel queues in
some cities across the country, the NNPC, in a
statement by Mr. Ohi Alegbe, Group General
Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, stated
that its depots have about 927.461 million litres
of PMS which is enough to serve the country for
the next 23 days if no drop of the product is
imported within the period.
The NNPC blamed the resurgence of queues at
petrol filling stations on rumour of an impending
scarcity, assuring that it has enough products to
meet the demand of the country.
It also warned oil marketers not to engage in
sharp practices, stating that anyone found
wanting would be dealt with decisively.
The NNPC noted that it recently held a meeting
with the members of the Major Oil Marketers
Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and the Depot
and Petroleum Products Marketers Association
(DAPPMA) to rally them for the uninterrupted
fuel supply policy of the administration.
It also stated that it has set up a monitoring
team at the Pipeline and Products Marketing
Company (PPMC) to check sharp practices that
could breach the distribution and supply system.
It warned marketers not to engage in products
hoarding and diversion as the PPMC monitoring
team is empowered to sanction anyone found
defaulting in those regards.
The NNPC had on Monday promised to work
with other downstream petroleum sector
stakeholders to eliminate obstacles to the free
flow in supply of petroleum products across the
country.
Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, Group Managing Director of
the NNPC had also vowed to work with other
relevant Federal Government agencies to fast
track the payment of outstanding subsidy
claims to oil marketers.
In the interim, Kachikwu had promised to
arrange for a meeting with the relevant creditors
(bankers) to ease off pressure on marketers and
extend the credit lines.
He added that several financing mechanism are
being explored to offset the commitment to oil
marketers.
He hinted at the possibility of exploring the
monthly payment option, stating that the Federal
Government might, in the future, explore some
creative means to prevent backlogs.
Kachikwu had also stated that the issue of
uninterrupted supply and distribution of
petroleum products across the country is of
utmost importance to the present
administration.
He noted that the Federal Government is willing
to do everything possible to ensure that
members of the public do not go through any
form of hardship in accessing petroleum
products particularly PMS.

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