With
the call by the Hierarchy of the National Working Committee of the All
Progressive Congress Party (APC) on Thursday in Abuja, the stage is set for a
full blown diplomatic crisis. Arising from the brief meeting, the Committee
called on the Federal Government to nationalise all known South African assets
in Nigeria including Shoprite, MTN, and Multi-Choice amongst others. The party also urged the government to revoke
the licence of both Stanbic-IBTC and Standard Chartered. Across Nigeria, the
Police are keeping vigil to ensure that irate youths do not cause havoc while
other countries have already boycotted a world summit currently holding in
Johannesburg. The anger sweeping through the land has been sparked off by the
violent killings of innocent Nigerians in the former apartheid country with the
Cyril Ramaphosa led government keeping mum. A video showing the burning of an
alleged Nigerian that went viral was enough to ignite the simultaneous reprisals
yet to abate. “We are ready for South Africans”, yelled an angry youth
brandishing match stick and fire wood, along the airport road obviously angling
towards the Shoprite premises. The street urchin who could not be consoled
called the South Africans “barbarians”, “monsters”, for the satanic treatment
meted out to Nigerians. But the South Africans, not showing remorse fired back
calling Nigerians drug dealers!
Appointed since 1 st April, 2015 till date, Prof. Adepoju Adeshola Olatunde, Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has left no room to chance. The Ph.D holder in Agricultural and Environmental Economics (2002) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State has taken extra-ordinary steps to see the Forestry Institute to the next level of existence. One of such steps is the repositioning of FRIN outstation for better research focus. Others include renovation of dilapidated structures, repositioning of staff members for optimum performance, reclaiming/security all encroached land and resources of the Institute, successfully enacting on Act to Establish Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria for Forestry Research; Education and Training; establishing Six strategic Rural Resource Centers for communities engagement, capacity building and extension services. Prof. Adepoju who also holds B.Agric (Agricultural Economics), 1995 ...
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