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Erosion and flood dares Nigeria

Erosion and flood dares Nigeria By Okechukwu Jombo For the up tempt time stories of the menace of all manners of erosion and flood, has continued to prevail in Nigeria with lives and properties lost at will even at times displacing families and relocating farmlands. Roads, markets and schools threatened, among others in most communities of the country. While the north is under the hammer of flood, the South east has continued to be terrorized by erosion.Just two days ago 26 communities in Anambra were cut off from civilization with the State Governor shouting for intervention from the federal government. In the Northern states such as Benue ,Adamawa ,Jigawa ,Niger ,Taraba,Plateau and many others have all lost substantial number of lives and property even with more warning from NEMA that more flood is on the way. Most times both the state and federal government are incapacitated by lack of funds to help the communities to fight the scourge leading to communities taking there fate into their own hand by resorting to self help. Each state has its own share of the scourge which is even more severe as the rain continues to hammer the region. The people of Nanka a rural community in Anambra state in concert with their State government and the World Bank, have risen in unity to confront gully erosion in the community, determined that no families would be submerged or wiped out in future by gully erosion. This is one of the aims of the Nanka 2012 convention planned for October this year. Officially, there are 18 erosion sites in Nanka which is the same story across the south east Even though many reputable personalities like former Central Bank Governor Dr Chukwuma Soludo and Former Nafdac Director general and former minister of information Dora Akunyeli and others all hail from that area help still couldn’t come from the federal government Other communities like , Amaokala, Aguly Nnobi, Njaba are not spared of the scourge too. A recent example is when the Anambra state commissioner for Environment, Dr. Ifedi Okwenna said that he has submitted a list of 62 erosion sites to Abuja that will cost Anambra state government more than N17bn. He went ahead to state that the 62 sites are “the critical ones”. Other non-critical include “550 very active erosion sites and 1, 000 erosion sites”. According to Okwenna “Last year, we did not receive any grant for ecological problem, what we did was that we used our internally generated revenue and part of the federation account to try to solve the problem Even at that the problem of erosion menace has not been solved in Anambra state and will not be solved but controlled and managed to the extent that erosion sites will no longer force people to abandon their homes and farm lands. Worthy of mention here for all genuinely concerned with the menace of erosion in South Eastern Nigeria in that the threat posed by the “non-critical” 550 very active and 1,000 erosion site identified by the commissioner far exceeds the present 62 critical sites that attention is being focused on. In the next fifteen to twenty years, these so called “non-critical” sites will develop into erosion monsters affecting human settlement, agricultural lands, thereby seriously hampering economic and social aspects of human existence in South Eastern Nigeria. There is a long history of erosion in the southeast part of Nigeria. In early May 2009, the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Investigation of Transport Sector said, after a visit to the southeast, that the state of roads in the region was "the worst in the country". That description confirmed what most people already knew. Chairperson of the committee, Heniken Lopobiri, said at the time that the "deplorable condition of erosion" in the southeast zone meant that previous federal governments did not regard road rehabilitation and reconstruction as priority projects in the southeast. He identified gully erosion and years of federal neglect as the main reasons for the poor state of roads in the southeast. In his capacity as chairperson of the southeast governors' forum, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State advanced reasons why soil erosion should be deemed a priority problem that deserves urgent attention by state and federal governments. Obi argued that the scope and destructive nature of soil erosion in the southeast zone underlined the need for the federal government to accord it the same level of priority as other problems in various parts of the country, such as deforestation and desertification, which the federal government is tackling in the north. Obi told journalists at the end of the meeting of the governors: "The entire South-East zone has been steadily and remorselessly ulcerated by landslides and gully erosion. This has created a problem so monumental that it is far beyond the initiatives and financial capabilities of the South-East zone to address. Whole communities have been buried in deep gullies, farmlands wiped out and roads truncated." He added: "It is a matter of deep regret that, over the years, successive Federal administrations looked the other way while the natural disaster of erosions wrought incalculable havoc on our section of the country. The same cannot be said of the northern parts of the country where concerted federal efforts are ranged against desert encroachment. Nor can it be said of the South-West where federal authorities are pitted in a continuing battle against the ravages of the Bar Beach in Lagos." Four years ago, it looked like help was near.When in October 2008 to be précis news filtered in that the southeast geopolitical zone of the country would receive more federal attention when it is declared a “disaster zone”. The news emerged following a meeting between the then Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and the governors of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states. Like most promises made by the federal government, there was a catch attached to the pledge. A committee would be set up to map the details of the funds required for the program, as well as the different ways the government could intervene. Assembling a committee has become the most effective way the federal government annihilates projects it doesn’t want to take off. Investigation reveal that the natural causes of the scourge include the type of the landscape like hilly, sloppy and sandy areas the nature of the soil, the nature of the rocks and the nature of surface and ground water. We also discovered that human elements also cause erosion, especially demographic factors such as human population, and factors such as deforestation and urbanization, industrial technological development, poor agricultural practices such as bush burning and the rush for modernization among local communities. People have asked to know why have we failed to effectively control this erosion menace that has been observed since the early 40s? Why have successive governments at all levels failed to give the issue the attention it deserves? The reasons for this is not far farfetched as one can see that its an endemic disease the whole country has been caught up with. The sickness of waiting until infrastructures dilapidates beyond manageable level and we then start seeking intervention, quoting huge contract sums and playing the blame game. The same old vicious circle has been played out over and over again in South Eastern Nigeria – waiting for grant from the ecological fund from the federal government. The commissioner is eagerly awaiting the passage of a bill that would see the emergence of a new agency to manage ecological funds by the National Assembly. He is hoping that the agency would now come out with criteria that would determine which state gets ecological fund. Nonsense. Every state is waiting for that easy money from the federal government under whatever guise or classification. Funds that end up not been accounted for.

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Poverty eats deeper in Nigeria amidst plenty

Poverty eats deeper in Nigeria amidst plenty Poverty in Nigeria is rising, with 112 million (60.9% of the 163 million population poor, despite 7.6 gross domestic product (GDP) growth recorded in Africa’s second largest economy in 2011, data from National Bureau of Statistics showed recently. The percentage of Nigerians living in abject poverty – those who can afford only the bare essentials of food, shelter and clothing – rose to 60.9 percent in 2010.The bureau predicted this rising trend was likely to continue. Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer but the sector has been tainted by accusations of corruption. According to the report, absolute poverty is measured by the number of people who can afford only the bare essentials of shelter, food and clothing. The NBS, a government agency, said there was a paradox at the heart of Nigeria as the economy was going from strength to strength, mainly because of oil production - yet Nigerians were getting poorer. Despite the fact that the Nigerian economy is growing, the proportion of Nigerians living in poverty is increasing every year, although it declined between 1985 and 1992, and between 1996 and 2004.Statistic show that in 1980 about 17.1 million were living in poverty, while in 1985 34.7 million entered the poverty level , in 1992 it increased to 39.2 million Nigerians, while in 1996: 67.1 million it increased to 68.7million in 2004 and in 2010 went up to 112.47 million Nigerians Oil accounts for some 80% of Nigeria's state revenues but it has hardly any capacity to refine crude oil into fuel, which has to be imported. Last month, there was a nationwide strike when the government tried to remove the subsidy on fuel, angering many Nigerians who see it as the only benefit they received from the country's vast oil wealth. The NBS said that relative poverty was most apparent in the north of the country, with Sokoto state's poverty rate the highest at 86.4%. In the north-west and north-east of the country poverty rates were recorded at 77.7% and 76.3% respectively, compared to the south-west at 59.1%. The report also revealed that Nigerians consider themselves to be getting poorer. In 2010, 93.9% of respondents felt themselves to be poor compared to 75.5% six years earlier. Nigeria has been in stagnation and relative decline since 1981, from a per capita GDP of US$1,200 in 1981 to about US$300 in 2000. In 1992, 34.1 percent of the population was below the poverty line, according to the CIA World Factbook 2000 ; about 70 percent fell below that line in 2000, according to the World Bank. For many Nigerians the quality of life has declined rather than improved since independence 40 years ago. By contrast, the standard of living for a few privileged Nigerians—military officers and their civilian associates, corrupt politicians, and big contractors—has improved substantially. The average salaried worker cannot earn enough to support a family because of inflation and rises in food prices and transportation costs. The national minimum wage of N18,000 (about US$105.00) per month, adopted by the federal government but rejected by most of the states, falls far short of what is needed to cover housing, food, education, health care and transportation. The material condition of women, who comprise 50 percent of the population, is even worse than that of men because the welfare of women in general, including education, political participation, and workforce, had been neglected over the years until recently. The incidence of prostitution of Nigerian women within and outside the country has therefore increased. It is no wonder, given these prevailing conditions, that hypertension has become a major sickness among Nigerians since the 1980s. Housing and living facilities for the wealthy are very similar to those available to their counterparts in countries of the western world. Middle and lower-level income groups in the urban and rural areas live in individual houses or crowded flats (apartments). Rural dwellers live in cement or mud block houses with tin or thatched roofs, and have no running water for the most part. Water and electricity services in the major cities are erratic. Water supplies in many rural areas are infested with disease-carrying worms, while electricity services, under government auspices, are seldom available. We urge Government to wake up to it responsibilities and fight poverty headlong paying lip service through its many anti poverty agencies like NAPEP and its like is no longer working. They should provide Electricity, Housing, Hospitals, Schools for its teeming populace.

The IGs kick against the media over Boko Haram

When the inspector General of Police ,Muhammed Abubakar identified media coverage of the activities of the Boko haram sect as motivational factor for the group to see themselves as relevant and therefore passionately appealed to them to henceforth stop giving them such publicity he did not know that he has shot himself on the foot with his own gun because just as the police has the right to fight criminals and criminalities the media also have the right to constitutionally report to the public. We are also of the opinion that security organizations should stop putting there frustrations on the media whenever they fail in there duties as the media as long we can recall has never reported anything concerning the menace of the sect that the police didn’t know. Most times what the media repor are informations from press briefings organized by either the Joint Task Force,The State Security Services or the police. Instead of velifying them they should rather work hand in hand with the media whose only gain is to expose Boko Haram for what they stand for which is terrorism. No where in the world has the media blanked out on a serious issue such as terrorism which has taken so many lives. Apart from just reporting incidence such as when a bomb explodes or an attack on buildings carried out by the sect the media has the job of educating the public on what is going on and what to do so as not to be safe. Security organizations are not to choose for the media what they should report and what they shouldn’t report. Even though National security sometimes come to play it should not be an excuse to shot up the media. In the past issues that has little or nothing to do with National Security have been swept under the carpet .We should therefore be careful when determining what constitute national security. Does reporting a bomb blast that killed so many people constitute National Security? Dose also reporting a press statement by the sect that carried out the attack a breach to National Security. Will it be in whose interest that the blast was not reported or the perpetrated not exposed. Shouldn’t Nigerians know why they are been killed in there own country and how many of them have already died or don’t you think the press would be failing in its duty if it did not bring these information to the public glare. We think the inspector general of police owes the media accolades and not condemnation .Already many journalists have died trying to do what the constitution mandated them to do. The war against terrorism is not between the media and security organizations. It is with the sect and every security organization should concentrate on how to win it We are in the era of free press and any attempt to muscle the media will be resisted with every constitutional means necessary. That was why the National Assembly Passed the freedom in information Act.This is not to say that the media should not exercise restraint why reporting matters bothering on National security. They should. However they should not in restraining themselves censor news which would have informed or educated the people because it is there right to know and be informed. We are therefore calling on all concerned to exercise some degree of restrain why bearing in mind the right of the citizenry to know.

ALTERNATIVE TO GAS

The place of power in the socio-economic development of any given nation cannot be underestimated. Experts, as well as non-experts alike have unanimously come to acknowledge the fact that the dulled Nigerian economy would spring a huge surprise even if Nigeria were to have just about 15,000 megawatts of electricity, which curiously is far below the nation’s required capacity. Serious countries all over the world have virtually put behind them the issue of power generation, supply and distribution.
The Obasanjo administration committed large sums of money to realise the elusive dream of constant power supply in Nigeria. The figure differs depending on who is saying it. But the speaker of the House of Representatives officially admitted that Nigeria under Obasanjo committed about $13 billion through the National Integrated Power Project, NIPP in search of power.
The former president build thermal plants in almost all the geopolitical zones in the country; from Geregu to Mambilla, from Aloji to Papalanto, but the problem became how to pipe natural gas from the volatile Niger Delta to these far flung places. Those critical of the manner of citing these gas power plants berated the government for doing what economically could be described as madness; that is not citing an industry with the proximity of raw material in mind. Rather the only paramount consideration was geopolitical spread.
Many years down the line, Nigeria is darker than Obasanjo met it. Soon after late Yar’Adua took over, he made promises upon promises of declaring a state of emergency in the power sector, when that failed to material what has now become a bogus promise of generating 6000 megawatts of electricity by the end of 2009. Like other unfulfilled expectations, this never saw the light of the day.
But the question is how can Nigeria overcome what have become a debilitating power situation?

The Foreigner's Guide to Owning an American Business

The Foreigner's Guide to Owning an American Business
By Bob Dean Stanford

The USA features one of the largest and most prestigious markets in the world today. The Internet has opened up incalculable income opportunities for the small businessperson worldwide. There is a growing list of individuals living in foreign lands that strongly desire to own an American business, tapping into this vast marketplace, while continuing to live in their homeland. This article will briefly touch on the subject of how you can setup and operate a business in the USA while living in a foreign land.

Why would you want to own an American business?

Generally, Americans prefer doing business with American companies because they expect American quality and have legal recourse if the company doesn't deliver on their product or service as promised. This may not be true when they make a purchase from a foreign business. If you market your goods through your American business, you can overcome this limitation.

The American buyer needs to have confidence in a company they wish to make a purchase from and image is of paramount importance. You may live in a foreign land, but if your business has its address, bank account, and phone number in the USA, you have already laid substantial credibility to your company. Also, American suppliers may be more cooperative with your company in America than overseas.

Overcoming demographic issues

It may seem overwhelming to you when considering the idea of setting up your own American company. Actually, most steps are rather simple and it isn't too difficult to find qualified services and consultants that can walk you step-by-step through the complete process for a reasonable startup fee.

Meeting legal requirements

It isn't a requirement to be an American citizen or even live in the USA to own a company here. You can hire agents to setup your corporation or LLC (Limited Liability Company) for you for less than $700 (US Dollars), and maintain your own business address with receptionist for about $200 - $300 per month. Your phone number will cost about $30 per month. Business licenses are low cost and renewed annually. Your company will be required to obtain an Employer's I.D. from the U.S. Internal revenue Service (IRS) since it must pay taxes it earns. If you setup your company in the state of Nevada, Delaware, or Wyoming, you won't have any state corporation or personal state income taxes.

One problem that faces a foreigner establishing an American business is the establishment of a business bank account in their state of business. It's important for the corporation to have a bank account in its home state (the state of its incorporation). This is one of the tests to validate that the business is legal.

Most banks here require the business owner to open their bank checking account in person. The individual that is authorized to sign checks on the account must sign the required bank signatory card in person. Normally, this requirement would necessitate a trip to the USA by the foreign business owner. But, there are creative ways to circumvent this issue. Some small Internet companies even utilize their PayPal Premier Business Account to handle many international sales payments, though a bank checking account is still necessary.

There are various legal structures for American companies, but you will likely use either the "C" corporation or LLC (Limited Liability Company) structure. The "S" corporation structure isn't available to nonresident corporate owners. The service or consultant you select to assist you in setting up your new business will help you understand what you need so you can make an intelligent decision as to the best way to proceed.

Once your business is established, it isn't to difficult to maintain its legal status. Don't be overwhelmed with this process. It's more than worth the effort to establish your own business in the USA. It can open many business opportunities that simply are not available to nonresident businesses. Even many established and successful companies like Sony, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Honda, and Hitachi have opened up American branches and businesses for these reasons. Learn from their examples and gain many of the same benefits.

Bob Dean Stanford, aka "Maverick" is a 61 year old International business consultant (now specializing in small business), television show host and producer. He served as Sr. consultant to law offices, specializing in formation of corporations, LLCs, business plans, loan packaging, corporate bankruptcies, new product development, marketing, and general business consulting.

As a published author, TV/radio personality and business consultant, he creates "How to" books for small home businesses, and producing and hosting the upcoming television (TV) show, "The Maverick Entrepreneur." He is just completing his latest book "The Foreigners Guide to Owning an American Business."

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