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Apostolic Church Urges Politicians To Rule With Fear Of God—The Vice-President of The Apostolic Church, Nigeria (TACN), Dr Gabriel Uyeh, has urged political leaders to fear God by promoting righteousness and justice in the nation.

Uyeh made the call while speaking at the 25th Anniversary of the TACN, Ibadan Metropolitan Area Convention, on Monday in Ibadan.

Uyeh, who doubles as the TACN LAWNA Territorial Chairman, urged those in authority to always seek and follow the truth at all times.

According to him, righteousness exalts a nation, while sin brings reproach upon a nation.

“When there is hypocrisy, oppression, and injustices in the land, the people will groan.

“I want the government of the day to rule the nation with the fear of God.

“They should avoid policies and laws that will bring religious disharmony and crises in Nigeria,” the cleric said.

Speaking on the theme: “Dwelling in the Secret Place of God Almighty,” Uyeh said security, immunity from calamities, and freedom from fear were gains of such dwelling.

Also speaking, the TACN LAWNA Territorial Administrative Secretary, Dr Lawrence Oladele, said the significance of the anniversary was to celebrate the achievements of the church in its 25 years of existence as the Ibadan metropolitan area of TACN.

Oladele said the theme of the anniversary was apt as it emphasised the need to always dwell in the secret place of the God Almighty.

“This celebration is coming at a time when the country faces insecurity of different forms.

“Dwelling in the secret place of the Most High means dwelling in a secret place of spiritual, physical, social, and financial security.

“So, this shows that God is interested in proffering lasting solutions to insecurity and other problems in Nigeria,” he said.

He added that the church since its inception had been contributing to the progress and stability of the country through fervent prayers for the leadership of the country.

“In addition to spiritual contributions to the stability of Nigeria, the church has also embarked on many social responsibility initiatives, training, and empowerment to complement the efforts of the government.

“We also have prison ministries for citizens at various correctional centres in the country and we have programmes for orphans and the less privileged in the society,” he said.

Oladele, however, charged political leaders to avoid playing politics with the country’s security, urging them to step up the game in the war against insecurity as contained in their manifestoes.

He urged citizens to join hands together, irrespective of tribe, religion, or belief, and allow peace to reign in Nigeria, being the essence of the coming of Jesus Christ.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the anniversary featured the annual thanksgiving from about 10 areas under the Ibadan metropolitan area, prayers for the church and the nation.

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Nigerian Govt Increases Landing Cost Of Petrol—-The Nigerian government has increased the landing cost for imported premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, by 4% to N956.13 per litre in October 2024, up from N919.55 in September 2024 .

This change is mainly driven by the fluctuating value of the Naira against the US dollar, with an exchange rate of N1,645/$ used for October, compared to N1,625/$ in September.

Breaking down the costs, the product cost is N887.45 per litre, with additional expenses including freight (N10.37), port charges (N7.37), NMDPRA Levy (N4.47), and storage cost (N2.58), totaling N913.12 per litre . Finance costs, such as letter of credit (N16.53) and total interest (N43.01), push the landing cost to N956.13 per litre.

Petroleum marketers are concerned that matching local and imported product prices may not be sustainable if exchange rates are left to market forces .

They advocate for openness and competitiveness to create a level playing field. With deregulation, marketers anticipate healthy competition in Nigeria’s domestic market, enabling them to source products from cheaper markets.

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Lagos Lawmakers Seek Collaboration To End Food Insecurity

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-as council chairman wants subsidy on agric products

Lawmakers of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday held simultaneous stakeholders’ meetings with their constituents with renewed commitments to boost food security and sufficiency in the state.

They also called for collaboration by the stakeholders to end food insecurity.

Speaking in his Agege Constituency 1, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, identified food insecurity as a multi-faceted challenge requiring the efforts of the government and the people to resolve.

This year’s stakeholders’ meeting is the ninth in the series and has the theme: ‘Ensuring Food Security for Sustainable Future: Youth Participation and Home-Grown Farming’.

Dr. Obasa said the Lagos Assembly was committed to ensuring food security in line with the United Nation’s sustainable
development goals of eradication of poverty.

“We at the Lagos State House of Assembly are committed to making Lagos an producing state and not just a consuming state in the agriculture value chain to tackle the present-day reality of food insufficiency.

“Our commitment is exemplified through transformational laws and policy supervision in the agricultural sector,” he said noting that with the collaboration of the Assembly, the government of the state has made giant strides in the agriculture sector.

He listed some of the agricultural initiatives to include the setting up of the 34-hectare Ikorodu Fish
Farm Estate which has the capacity to produce and
process 10,000 tons of fish per year partnering
with 400 fish farmers in the State

He mentioned the AGRIC-YES
programme and “the Oke-Aro and Gberigbe Pig Farm Estates that currently partners with 1,200 farmers and have the capacity of housing and processing 88,000 mature pigs per annum.

“It is important to reiterate that, on our part as lawmakers, we have also created an enabling
environment for farming activities to thrive in the state,
particularly through the passage of anti-open grazing of livestock Law in September, 2021.”

He said to achieve food sufficiency, farming capacity needs to be widened while residents should consider animal husbandry.

In his opening remarks, the chairman of Agege Local Government Area, Ganiyu Egunjobi, identified insecurity and non-availability of low interest loan for the youth population as responsible for the food crisis.

“This meeting cannot come at a better time. The problem responsible for the food shortage are many among which are insecurity that has prevented many farmers from accessing their farms. Farming in Nigeria is no longer attractive to the teeming youths.

“I want to suggest to the government at all levels to subsidise farming and also give loans at very low interest to farmers. The government should also improve on existing physical infrastructures in farming communities that would discourage urban migration and encourage youths to embrace farming. Farming and youth unemployment are recurring issues which require multidimensional interventions to tackle,” he said.

The keynote speaker, Dr. Akinyemi Olusegun of the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture, urged the youths and residents in the state to engage in urban farming.

“In Lagos, we are more than 22 million and as a result we have a huge need for food. People want to eat and engage in food business,” he said urging youths to focus on home-grown farming.

Eromosele Ebhomele
Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly

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