According to Leadership, Malam Abubakar Mohammed, who is a resident of Birnin Gwari disclosed this to journalists in Kaduna.
He said, “The bandits attacked the community yesterday and this morning (Monday) and kidnapped the villagers, including women and children.
“They didn’t kill anybody during the attacks. We are still gathering the figures of the people they kidnapped today (Monday)”.
He lamented that the bandits attacked the community twice within 24 hours, a situation he described as heartbreaking.
It would be recalled that bandits kidnapped over 50 residents of Ungwa Gimbiya in Chikun local government area in the early hours of Friday, 3rd December, 2021.
Mohammed said “Nigerians are no longer safe in their homes, these people are kidnapping our people anyhow, anytime. Our government should do something and end this kidnapping, we cannot continue like this.”
He also called on the security agencies to put in more efforts in order to ensure the safety of Nigerians, he added.
When the police public relations officer, Mohammed Jalige, was contacted, he promised to confirm the incident and get back but did not do so as of the time of filing this report yesterday.
Jalige had confirmed the Friday’s attack, saying the bandits stormed the community at about 1am, killing two people and taking away 20 residents before the arrival of security operatives.
“A combined team of security operatives have launched a manhunt for the kidnappers with a view to rescuing the kidnapped victims and arresting the criminals,” he had added.
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has disagreed with the 2021 Mutual Assessment Evaluation on Nigeria released by the Economic Community of West African States agency, the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering.
The NFIU said the report was outdated and based on “a 2019 country evaluation report which is literally stale and irrelevant today”.
The GIABA had in its report said that N18 billion was being laundered through the nation’s financial system annually by a terrorist group, the Islamic State West Africa Province.
The report also said that the nation’s law enforcement agencies lacked adequate insight into Boko Haram and ISWAP’s international reach, noting that the law enforcement agencies did not prioritise money laundering investigations.
But the NFIU Chief Media Analyst, Ahmed Dikko, in a statement on Monday, claimed Nigeria’s counter-terrorism financing efforts “have practically moved forward since then.”
He said, “It is to the knowledge of the international community, our populace and the formal media organisations that several arrests were made through the ongoing Operation Service Wide approved by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Defence Intelligence Agency. The exercise is continuing and far from over.
“In addition, all funding of violence from all sections of the country are being evidently analysed and reported to all relevant authorities
Travel ban: Nigeria, UK may clash, FG alleges action discriminatory
The United Kingdom on Monday justified its travel ban on Nigeria, saying the measure was a temporary measure aimed at protecting its public health.
The Head of Communications, British High Commission, Dean Hurlock, stated this in response to inquiries from The PUNCH on Monday evening, just at the Federal Government said the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 would respond to the travel ban.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who said this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, described the travel ban as discriminatory.
Also, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the UK, Alhaji Sharafa Ishola, described the travel ban as apartheid.
Britain had on Saturday banned Nigerian travellers after it said it discovered 21 cases of the Omicron variant in people who recently visited Nigeria.
Last week, Canada banned Nigerian travellers after the detection of the variant in persons who visited Nigeria.
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, in an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Sunday, faulted the ban, saying it would hurt livelihoods.
It is not about retaliation but what is best for our country. The PSC will take a decision on the matter soon but it will be in the best interest of our country. Even the United Nations described the act as travel apartheid. That is exactly what it is,” Mamora said.
Travel ban over Omicron variant apartheid – Nigeria high commissioner to UK
Also, Nigeria’s high commissioner to the UK , Ishola, described the travel restrictions imposed on the country as “apartheid”.
Speaking on a BBC radio programme on Monday, Ishola said the ban on Nigeria was “travel apartheid”
The high commissioner said what was expected of the UK was a global approach and not a selective measure, adding that most Omicron cases in Nigeria came from elsewhere through travellers.
In a related development, British Airways on Monday informed travel agents in Nigeria about the restriction of flights from Nigeria to the UK following the ban.
It disclosed this in a notice, titled, “Restrictions for travel from Nigeria to the UK,” which was sent to travel agents of the international carrier that operate in Nigeria.
This came as it was gathered in Abuja on Monday that most passengers of the airline stayed away from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, due to the restrictions by the carrier and the ban on Nigeria by the UK government.
The notice by British Airways to travel agents read in part, “As a result of the UK government placing Nigeria on to the red list, we continue to closely monitor the situation and adjust our schedule accordingly.
“All flights from Lagos to London Heathrow have been re-timed. This is due to restrictions at London Heathrow to support arrivals from a red-list country.
“All customers travelling from Nigeria must follow the UK government’s rules on arrivals from a red-list country and have a negative PCR test result within the 48 hours prior to their departure from Nigeria.”
It added, “Only British or Irish nationals or customers who have residence rights in the UK will be allowed to enter the UK, where they will be required to quarantine in a government facility.”
The airline further explained that arrivals from Nigeria would land at Heathrow Terminal 5 where any customer whose journey terminates, would be taken on a bus to Terminal 4 for processing.
It is easy for all of us to agree that music is loved and listened to by all. No matter the age group, gender group, or even race or ethnicity, music is loved, listened to and created by all. For many it is a way to feel in touch with not only others but ourselves. It connects with how we are feeling whether happy or sad, there is always a song we can relate to that expresses the way we feel towards a certain situation or problem life has thrown our way. But this specifically pertains to teenagers, for parents are quite aware that the music a teenager listens to as they begin to develop and grown into adult, has much to do with how they chose to act in society.
Taste in music seems to change each generation, your children are less likely to have the same music taste that you have/had. Nowadays rap music has become the most popular genre, grasping the attention of many adolescents. It is a very controversial topic for many believe that rap has an overall negative effect on the youth do to it’s harsh and explicit words used, along with the very sexual music representations that carry negative hidden messages according to the “Content Analysis of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs in Popular Music” research group.
According to American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, many of the rap lyrics contribute to the suicide, violence, and inappropriate sexual content in lyrics that also influence and contribute to teens taking part in drugs and alcohol in a younger age. It is believed that many males who listen to rap music are viewed to be have more violent tendencies compared to those who dont listen to rap music. This includes being more disrespectful and aggressive towards women in general. A study from Emory University concluded those teens between the age of 14-18 who listened to music roughly around 14 hours a week were three times more likely to get in a fight with a teacher, 2.5 times more likely to find themselves getting arrested, and 1.5 times more likely to take partake in illegal activities such as underage drinking and experimenting with drugs, including getting a sexually transmitted disease. Another study from 2005 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that the top rap songs for teens that year had 77% mentions of drugs and alcohol. This was a problem because for many teens, rappers are what are becoming to be their idols in life, and a good majority of them partake in using drugs as well as participating in gang violence. Not only do rappers influence lifestyles but fashion plays an important role to many. Rappers create fashion trends such as wearing bagging clothes, and for some wearing less is more .
Classical music is shown to improve a child’s vocabulary as well as improve one’s comprehension. Those who also participate in playing different kind of music instruments also helps ones self confidence and self esteem
ḥijāb, pronounced [ħɪˈdʒaːb] in common English usage) is a veil worn by certain Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family or sometimes by men, which covers the head and chest. Another interpretation can also refer to the seclusion of women from men in the public sphere, whereas a metaphysical dimension, may refer to “the veil which separates man, or the world, from God”.[5]
For some, the hijab is worn by Muslim women to maintain modesty and privacy from unrelated males. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam and Muslim World, modesty concerns both men’s and women’s “gaze, gait, garments, and genitalia”.[10] The Qur’an instructs Muslim women and men to dress modestly.[11] Some Islamic legal systems define this type of modest clothing as covering everything except the face and hands up to the wrists.[5][12] These guidelines are found in texts of hadith and fiqh developed after the revelation of the Qur’an but, according to some, are derived from the verses (ayahs) referencing hijab in the Qur’an.[10] Some believe that the Qur’an itself does not mandate that women need to wear a hijab.[13][14]
In the verses of the Qur’an, the term hijab refers to a curtain separating visitors to Muhammad‘s main house from his wives’ residential lodgings. This interpretation has led some to claim that the mandate of the Qur’an to wear hijab applied only to the wives of Muhammad, and not to entirety of women.[15][16]
Wearing hijab in public is not required by law in Saudi Arabia. [17][18][19][20][21] In Gaza, Palestinian Jihadists belonging to the Unified Leadership (UNLU) have rejected a hijab policy for women.[22] Accordingly, it is required by law in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Indonesian province of Aceh.[23] Other countries, both in Europe and in the Muslim world, have passed laws banning some or all types of hijab in public or in certain types of locales. Women in different parts of the world have also experienced unofficial pressure to wear or not wear a hijab.
For some, the hijab is worn by Muslim women to maintain modesty and privacy from unrelated males. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam and Muslim World, modesty concerns both men’s and women’s “gaze, gait, garments, and genitalia”.[10] The Qur’an instructs Muslim women and men to dress modestly.[11] Some Islamic legal systems define this type of modest clothing as covering everything except the face and hands up to the wrists.[5][12] These guidelines are found in texts of hadith and fiqh developed after the revelation of the Qur’an but, according to some, are derived from the verses (ayahs) referencing hijab in the Qur’an.[10] Some believe that the Qur’an itself does not mandate that women need to wear a hijab.[13][14]
In the verses of the Qur’an, the term hijab refers to a curtain separating visitors to Muhammad‘s main house from his wives’ residential lodgings. This interpretation has led some to claim that the mandate of the Qur’an to wear hijab applied only to the wives of Muhammad, and not to entirety of women.[15][16]
Wearing hijab in public is not required by law in Saudi Arabia. [17][18][19][20][21] In Gaza, Palestinian Jihadists belonging to the Unified Leadership (UNLU) have rejected a hijab policy for women.[22] Accordingly, it is required by law in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Indonesian province of Aceh.[23] Other countries, both in Europe and in the Muslim world, have passed laws banning some or all types of hijab in public or in certain types of locales. Women in different parts of the world have also experienced unofficial pressure to wear or not wear a hijab.
Niger State government has raised the alarm that the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) is planning to establish a caliphate in the State.The alarm was raised by the Secretary to Niger State Government (SSG), Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Matane to newsmen on Tuesday. He said the terrorist group is planning to establish a Caliphate at Kainji Lake National Park (KLNP) situated in Borgu Local Government Area.After a notice of evacuation sent to officials early this year by the terrorists group, Kainji Lake National Park workers have evacuated the park for more than nine (9) months now leaving ISWAP to establish their ‘caliphate’ there. Matane further said, Niger state had become a dreaded place for bandits to operate, because of the availability of enough land mark in which our security agencies can’t cover at all. Data shows that Niger state has the highest percentage of kidnapping rate in Nigeria as a whole between January-november 2021. Especially in shiroro and Borgu Local Government. “The Islamic State of West Africa, ISWAP, and the dreaded Boko Haram have now set camps in some parts of the state.”In some parts of Borgu Local Government, particularly Babanna and the KLNP, the group has already established their camp and have started recruiting locals around. In an audio recording that the terror group released, they revealed that they were the abductors of the district head of Wawa, Dr. Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu who spent of about 43 days in captive with the ISWAP and the notorious bandits. In an audio recording that the terror group released, they revealed that they were the abductors of the district head of Wawa, Dr. Mahmud Ahmed Aliyu. The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, disclosed this on Tuesday while giving a security update in Minna, the state capital. He said these things were happening in Kwaki, Kusaso, Kawure, Chikuba, Kurebe, Madaka, Farin-Dutse, Falali and Ibbru communities.“Every Friday prayers, they come and preach to the communities not to send their children to school.“We have also seen recently, where the bandits in some locations were taxing communities to pay to access their farms. “They are deliberate because they know that this is harvest season, so farmers would be anxious to harvest their farm products. “We have also seen cases where when communities refuse to pay the tax, the bandits go and set the farms on fire,” the SSG said. He said Borgu Local Government Area sharing borders with the Benin Republic had also come under the activities of Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP), particularly around Babanna. He noted that the security challenges were more in six local governments of Munya, Shiroro, Rafi, Mariga, as well as parts of Msshegu and Lapai sharing borders with other states. He decried inadequate police personnel in the state, saying less than 8, 000 police personnel were manning the state, making quick response difficult whenever there were attacks. He said the security situation in the state had worsened in the last few weeks, because of the operations going on in Zamfara and Kaduna states. The SSG said, “The whole thing you are talking about is more of a national security architecture that would have to be provided from deployment of ICT, enhanced equipment and machinery for security personnel and their own numbers. If we don’t do this, we are just wasting our time. “By the time bandits leave a community, we would be told here that they were on their way, they were about 200 on motorcycles, each carrying a passenger or two and they were heading towards somewhere.“In some of these communities, there is no one formation of security that has up to a 100 personnel. “So, what it means is that the moment they come, they overcome that place; they overrun the whole of that community. “When we went to their camps, I was telling some people that we were just wasting our time because these people were mobile and well communicated. “Each one of them has a satellite phone and they have motorcycles that can move in any terrain. “When you are giving police personnel about 4 or 10 rounds of ammunition, the bandits have them in bags and they are ready to expend over a hundred rounds of ammunition.” The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, disclosed this on Tuesday wh He said these things were happening in Kwaki, Kusaso, Kawure, Chikuba, Kurebe, Madaka, Farin-Dutse, Falali and Ibbru communities. “Every Friday prayers, they come and preach to the communities not to send their children to school.
He said Borgu Local Government Area sharing borders with the Benin Republic had also come under the activities of Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP), particularly around Babanna He decried inadequate police personnel in the state, saying less than 8, 000 police personnel were manning the state, making quick response difficult whenever there were attacks.
He said the security situation in the state had worsened in the last few weeks, because of the operations going on in Zamfara and Kaduna states. The SSG said, “The whole thing you are talking about is more of a national security architecture that would have to be provided from deployment of ICT, enhanced equipment and machinery for security personnel and their own numbers. If we don’t do this, we are just wasting our time.“By the time bandits leave a community, we would be told here that they were on their way, they were about 200 on motorcycles, each carrying a passenger or two and they were heading towards somewhere.“In some of these communities, there is no one formation of security that has up to a 100 personnel.“So, what it means is that the moment they come, they overcome that place; they overrun the whole of that community.“When we went to their camps, I was telling some people that we were just wasting our time because these people were mobile and well communicated.“Each one of them has a satellite phone and they have motorcycles that can move in any terrain. “When you are giving police personnel about 4 or 10 rounds of ammunition, the bandits have them in bags and they are ready to expend over a hundred rounds of ammunition.” The SSG also revealed that 151, 380 villagers had been displaced from over 30 communities in 14 local government areas due to the activities of bandits in the last two years.He said the figure did not include those who ran to their relatives in towns and cities or other communities and not profiled by the State Emergency Management Agency.The SSG also revealed that 151, 380 villagers had been displaced from over 30 communities in 14 local government areas due to the activities of bandits in the last two years. He said the figure did not include those who ran to their relatives in towns and cities or other communities and not profiled by the State Emergency Management Agency. Giving the breakdown of the IDPs in the affected local governments, the SSG said in Rafi Local Government, 28,987 were displaced, including children and women; Shiroro (27,678); Bosso (5,897); Munya (19,712), Paikoro (11,678); Mariga (22,754); Kontagora (8,913); Magama (998); Mashegu (8,907); Wushishi (2,010); Rijau (5,809); Borgu (780); Lapai (3,789) and Lavun (2, 789). He said the state had kept up the security responses to ensure that the bandits did not establish any permanent camp in the state and called for continuous support of the federal government to be able to deal with the situation. Matane promised that the state government would continue to support the security agencies to provide security for the citizens. He commended the federal government for its continuous support especially during major security operations in the state.
Mass communication can be defined as the process of creating, sending, receiving, and analyzing messages to large audiences via verbal and written me. It also the process of disseminating information to a large audience through the media. the medium through which it is sent. These mediums are wide-ranging, and include print, digital media and the Internet, social media, radio, and television. According to Emery and others, “Mass communication is a process of sending a message, thought and attitude through some media at a time to a large number of heterogeneous audiences Mass communication differs from other forms of communication, such as interpersonal communication and organizational communication, because it focuses on particular resources transmitting information to numerous receivers. Normally, transmission of messages to many recipients at a time is called mass communication. But in a complete sense, mass communication can be understood as the process of extensive circulation of information within regions and across the globe.
Through mass communication, information can be transmitted quickly to many people who generally stay far away from the sources of information. For communication to occur we require a sender, a massage, a channel and receiver(s). Further there is feedback which is the response or reaction of the receiver; which comes back to the sender through the same or some other channel. Receivers are not just passive absorbers of messages; they receive the message and respond to them. This response of a receiver to sender’s message is called Feedback. Sometimes a feedback could be a non-verbal smiles, sighs etc. Sometimes it is oral, as when you react to a colleague’s ideas with questions or comments. Feedback can also be written like – replying to an e-mail, etc. FEEDBACK IN MASS COMMUNICATION feedback is the response of an audience to a message or activity. Feedback is your audience’s response; it enables you to evaluate the effectiveness of your message. If your audience doesn’t understand what you mean, you can tell by the response and then refine the message accordingly. Feedback in mass media is slow and weak message flow typically is one-way, form source to receiver. Traditionally, feedback has been minimal and generally delayed. A newspaper reader could write a letter to the editor but it remains limited and delayed. In mass communication, feedback is delayed because there is no way for the speaker or performer or author to know what every member of the audience is thinking or feeling. For example, I just wrote a new book. (Books are an example of Mass Communication.) I hope you will read it, but when you do, how will I know whether you like it or not? Even if you send me an e-mail, there is a delay between when you got the book, when you read it, and when you sent the e-mail. Or, let’s say I just watched my favorite program on TV. I want to tell the lead actress that I think her performance was amazing. However, there will be delay from the time I send the message to when she receives it (assuming she receives it at all). SO, one characteristic of mass communication is that when the message is sent out via radio or TV or a magazine or the internet or some other mass medium, there is a gap between when the public reacts to it and when they are able to respond. That is why feedback is said to be “delayed Also even in this age of instant communication, feedback in mass communication is rarely direct and instantaneous.it get delayed as we dont know how the reciever will react or when it will react. the speaker may get through mail and tv or magazine. Also generally this feedback reaches the source from far distances, is of a wide variety (as different people react to a message differently) and most importantly reaches the source after considerable time lapse. For example, the feedback to a newspaper is published in the form of letters to editor after several days of the story being published.
In conclusion, Mass Communication, Sending and receiving of message is a simultaneous process in which the receiver continuously sends back its approval or disapproval after having interpreted the message. the feedback is delayed and often negligible. In fact you apply more of your brain as what you must be doing next rather than shaping your activity whether it’s being liked or not by the machine. The enormous scope of mass communication demands some control over the selection and editing of the messages that are constantly transmitted to the mass audience. feedback occurs delayed or indirect and The mass communication audience is a large one, sometimes numbering in the million of people.
Relate each statement of characteristics of a media organization to the theory suitable for it.
1.The media organization must have a set of objectives or purpose that guides its existence and operation.theory X is an approach that assume workers in an organization must be controlled, coherse, compelled, and threatened by management. human being by their nature prefer to be directed 2.It must a specific task or activities that it carries in order to achieve its objectives. according to henry fayor the father of administrative theory view the theory, that the more you work the more you receive but he don’t look at worker as individual but collective force, that when you utilize them collectively, you gain more maximum output and also balancing authority and responsibility. 3.It must have a line of authority and hierarchy of responsibility which will show how duties are shared in the organization. This can be relate to bureaucratic theory, max Webber theorized that the use of bureaucracy will enable an organization to produce more and more in an optimal level, he also develop the belief that they must be a fixed hierarchical structure for an organization and clear rules, regulations, and line of authorities that regulates it 4.Must have a clear division of labour among the staff of the organization. this statement can be relate to scientific theory according to fre drick taylor the father of scientific in one of the his theory, division of labour: divide the work to individual people then measure the time used by an individual then know how many people can finish a particular work. 5.Must have a good relationship with the environment in which it operates. The statement can be relate to behavioural/human relation management theory, this theory believe that human relation and behavior can also create productivity. 6.Must have a unity purpose which binds all the units so as to work together for the purpose of achieving goals. The theory of the statement is system theory which state that, for an organization to work all the sub-system of an organization must work together to achieve the goal of the organization Reference Hartley, J.: “Mass communication”, in O’Sullivan; Fiske (eds): Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies (Routledge, 1997).
Examination shows the current administration has taken by far more loans than any other government since 1999, contradicting a claim by the Senate finance committee. By ishaq Rahmat
Nigeria’s public debt has risen the most under the Buhari administration when compared to previous governments since 1999, and foreign debt has grown three times more than the combined figure recorded by the past three administrations, analysis of the government’s domestic and foreign debts has shown. While the Obasanjo government met $28 billion as foreign debt in 1999, it left $2.11 billion in 2007 after successfully securing a write-off by the London and Paris clubs of foreign creditors. The Yar’adua/Jonathan government added $1.39 billion to what they met, and the Jonathan government incurred additional $3.8 billion, taking the country’s total foreign debt to $7.3 billion when that administration came to an end in 2015. Nigeria’s external loan reached $28.57 billion by December 2020, meaning an extra $21.27 billion had been accumulated under the Buhari administration — three times the combined amount by past governments since 1999. For domestic debt, considered relatively less harmful to the value of Naira than foreign debt, the figure rose from N795 billion in 1999 when the Obasanjo government came to power, to N8.8 trillion in 2015 when the Buhari administration assumed office. By December 2020, Nigeria’s domestic debt stood at N16.02 trillion — twice as much the combined amount taken by the past three governments. The domestic and foreign debt figures are higher now as the government has borrowed more in 2021. Debt Status Under Buhari’s Administration Likewise, the nation’s exchange rate moved from N197 to a dollar in 2015 to N381 at the end of December 2020. Debt Service Taking Huge Toll On Yearly Budget Debt service obligations gulped 97 per cent of the Nigerian government’s total revenue in 2020, according to Budgit, a civic-tech non-profit organisation. Of the N3.42 trillion generated as revenue, Nigeria spent N3.34 trillion in debt servicing, Budgit said in a July report
Also, N3.3 trillion was set aside for debt servicing in the assented 2021 budget, about a quarter (24.3 per cent) of the entire N13.6 trillion total expenditure.
This trend has been in place since 2016. In 2016, the country spent almost a quarter (about 24 per cent) of its budget to service debts. Of the N6.6 trillion budgeted for 2016, the government earmarked N1.5 trillion for debt financing. The sum of N1.6 trillion was proposed for servicing debts out of the total (N7.3 trillion) budgeted for 2017. In 2018, the figure rose as N2.2 trillion or 24.17 per cent was pegged for debt servicing in the N9.1 trillion budget. In 2019, the government proposed to spend 24 per cent (N2.14 trillion) of the N8.9 trillion expenditure on debt service. In mid-September, Mr Buhari sought the approval of the Senate to borrow $4 billion (4,054,476,863) and €710 million loan from bilateral and multilateral organisations to fund the deficit in the 2021 budget. The president said the loan request is an addendum to the 2018-2020 borrowing plan and that the new borrowing is to meet “emerging needs” for some “critical projects.” In July, the National Assembly had approved Mr Buhari’s request to borrow $8.3 billion and €490 million loans contained in the initial 2018-2020 borrowing plan. “Bad Times Ahead” Economic analyst, Tope Fasua, said Nigeria’s loan is already unsustainable because it is taking 95 to 97 per cent of revenue generated. “That ratio is not sustainable,” he said. The huge amount the Nigerian government is borrowing mostly is “to cater for a lot of failures and they just borrow to keep some activities going,” the economist said. “How the loans are going to be paid is not in question for them and that’s very unfortunate. “The loan is unsustainable from the perspective of revenue, from the perspective of corruption and value for money and from the perspective of project implementation.” “Only 30 per cent value for money is what we get especially on these loans, some of what we are taking are for very frivolous issues,” he said. “In my opinion, we should take loans only for projects that have the ability to pay themselves back. If a project is not generating cash flow, it shouldn’t be taken. “If we are taking loans for local roads and schools, who is going to pay? These are projects that should be funded from internally generated revenue.” He also attributed the currency challenges to Nigeria’s debt portfolio. “We have a challenge with the naira presently, and one of the key things that throws your currency off is debt unsustainability. “Conversation around our debt should be more geared towards how we are channeling the debt we are borrowing in terms of efficiency and proper allocation. The danger here is we are not sufficiently channeling what we are borrowing on productive capacity and infrastructure, instead we borrow to finance more of recurrent spending.”
Every year, millions of girls and boys around the world face sexual abuse and exploitation. Sexual violence occurs everywhere – in every country and across all segments of society. A child may be subjected to sexual abuse or exploitation at home, at school or in their community. The widespread use of digital technologies can also put children at risk.
Most often, abuse occurs at the hands of someone a child knows and trusts.
Child Molestation is known as child sexual abuse. It is a secret crime involving a range of indecent sexual activities between an adult and a child.
According to the National Violence Against Children Survey, it established that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 10 boys experience sexual violence before the age of 18 in one way or the other.
TYPES OF MOLESTATION: Defilement Rape Fingering Making a child watch pornography Exposing the genital to kids Indecent touching Fondling etc
Interview with the victims
At least 120 million girls under the age of 20 – about 1 in 10 – have been forced to engage in sex or perform other sexual acts, although the actual figure is likely much higher. Roughly 90 per cent of adolescent girls who report forced sex say that their first perpetrator was someone they knew, usually a boyfriend or a husband.
But many victims of sexual violence, including millions of boys, never tell anyone.
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