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[00:00:40] Hello, good morning, welcome to news track on channels
[00:00:42] of television. I'm Chris Alems and these are the stories we're tracking for
[00:00:46] you at the moment. Vitara state governor Augu kefers is sewing
[00:00:50] for peace among waring tribes on the Mambilla plateau
[00:00:54] as uh they continue to cause death
[00:00:57] of and displacement of thousands in the state of. According to the governor, the
[00:01:01] security situation has also led to the suspension
[00:01:04] of the world tourism day celebration
[00:01:06] of in the state, speaking specifically on the situation in Karim
[00:01:10] Lamido local government area. The governor says the area council
[00:01:14] has been designated as an area
[00:01:16] of of particular security concern, and this will attract increased
[00:01:20] deployment of security personnel to the area, the governor made the
[00:01:23] remarks when inspected ongoing construction
[00:01:26] of the sixth brigade Nigerian Army Sector 3 operation.
[00:01:30] world stroke a fold operation operating base in
[00:01:34] of wukari local government area
[00:01:36] of the
[00:01:37] of state.
[00:01:42] Karin lamindo is the only local government
[00:01:46] in tarabad that have declare
[00:01:47] a place of
[00:01:51] security interest over six months
[00:01:54] ago and there be heavy presence
[00:01:57] of of uh security agencies there. there
[00:02:00] been a lot of progress, lot of uh
[00:02:03] of arrest a lot of tracking of uh arms and so on in
[00:02:07] that area, so they are doing lot of work there, that's why you see the place
[00:02:10] is quite uh
[00:02:14] of peaceful of now because
[00:02:17] of of the presence
[00:02:18] of the military in that place, they should
[00:02:22] be peaceful as they've been living
[00:02:25] together, let them continue to maintain that the...
[00:02:30] traditional
[00:02:30] of rulers there, the politicians,
[00:02:34] the stakeholders, the youths, they
[00:02:38] should please ensure that they
[00:02:42] of restore that peaceful uh
[00:02:45] existence,
[00:02:47] of coexistence the maintain over the years and I believe
[00:02:50] that now that development is
[00:02:52] of coming in there, the president is constructing
[00:02:55] road in that
[00:02:57] of general area leading to Cameroon. so these are effort
[00:03:01] that uh the government is doing
[00:03:04] of to uh to show presence to create
[00:03:08] uh very good uh atmosphere for economic
[00:03:11] activities
[00:03:12] in area so they should also play their own role to support the
[00:03:16] government by living in
[00:03:17] peace.
[00:03:22] as part of effort to reposition the region, the northeast development
[00:03:25] commission is promising the implementation of its strategic plans
[00:03:29] for. efficient and effective project
[00:03:32] of delivery across the six states, the managing director
[00:03:35] of the commission Mohammed Alkali disclosed this at
[00:03:38] a three-day workshop in Medugri
[00:03:40] in organized to equip staff
[00:03:41] of the commission with requisite knowledge and skills needed
[00:03:45] to deliver sustainable
[00:03:47] of development. Management and
[00:03:51] staff
[00:03:51] of the Northeast Development Commission are attending this workshop in
[00:03:55] Maidugri to review the commission's performances in the last two
[00:03:59] years.
[00:04:02] of In attendance are officers
[00:04:04] of the commission from all the member states, including adamawa,
[00:04:08] Bolchi, Bornu, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe
[00:04:11] states. The objective is to
[00:04:15] equip staff
[00:04:16] of the commission with the requisite skills for effective
[00:04:20] of delivery a as the commission reviews its performances in the last two
[00:04:23] years. Our master plan is the commission's guiding
[00:04:26] framework setting out where we want to achieve for the...
[00:04:30] religion while the standards are going to strengthen the
[00:04:33] institutional system through which we plan,
[00:04:37] implement, monitor and continuously improve how we
[00:04:41] deliver these priorities, and most importantly, do
[00:04:44] they use, do they help us deliver better outcomes for the people
[00:04:48] of the northeast? in his address, the managing director
[00:04:52] of of of the commission reiterates the commission's guiding principles which he
[00:04:55] expects staff to
[00:04:58] of imbibe. we
[00:05:02] of I am sure with you today tomorrow and next tomorrow you are going to get more of peace, it's a
[00:05:09] of of masterpiece which our sisters or brothers.
[00:05:17] late after two years if right the coming to
[00:05:20] review we have
[00:05:23] achieved ISO, we are
[00:05:27] working with the INS
[00:05:29] and somebody
[00:05:32] says this will have been
[00:05:36] ectatic or
[00:05:37] starting if
[00:05:41] you don't facilitate. to
[00:05:44] sustain it and keep it going. for the
[00:05:48] participants, this workshop is an eye opener as it underscores the
[00:05:52] importance of aligning with the vision and mission the
[00:05:55] commission. this is a program that has been organized by
[00:05:59] the management of NDC, to bring together andc
[00:06:03] stuff to make awareness to make them
[00:06:07] know what they really do at the northeast here, what anc is
[00:06:10] doing in the northeast for all yes that it has been created and why it was
[00:06:14] created, it has helped lot that also
[00:06:18] help all to know what is happening in the
[00:06:22] commission and what is about to happen in the commission
[00:06:25] next the future come. over 300 staff the commission are
[00:06:29] participating in this workshop and the management is hoping that the knowledge
[00:06:33] gained will enable the staff to deliver effectively on
[00:06:37] their
[00:06:37] mandate. the
[00:06:41] federal government is set up an independent committee to investigate the
[00:06:45] death of 37 suspected illegal miners in the
[00:06:48] custody the Nigeria security and civil defense core United
[00:06:52] States. The interior minister Lubi Tunji Ojo said
[00:06:56] the prope follows a directive from President Bolatin Abu for a
[00:06:59] comprehensive and transparent investigation into the
[00:07:03] September 17th incident. The committee chared by retired
[00:07:07] DSS Deputy Director General Jenafan Kure has two
[00:07:11] weeks to identify the disc seized uh review the
[00:07:14] arrest and detention as well as determine the exact
[00:07:17] circumstances behind their death. the fallout is already swift.
[00:07:21] 21 personnel including the nager state commandant have been
[00:07:25] suspended as the panel works to establish the cause of death, assign
[00:07:29] criminal liability and recommend compensation. the minister
[00:07:33] won't, but any attempt to tamper with evidence or obstruct
[00:07:37] justice will be treated as a severe offense while
[00:07:41] appealing for calm. As the prope
[00:07:43] continues.
[00:07:47] Over 600 senior academics from public
[00:07:50] universities and other tertiary institutions across the northern
[00:07:54] part the country have endorsed President Bolatinubu for second term
[00:07:58] in office, citing policy consistency
[00:08:01] as reason for their support. The academics drawn from the
[00:08:05] 19 NAven states made their position known after closed
[00:08:09] door engagement in Kaduna. According to them. Their position
[00:08:13] is based on their assessment of available data as
[00:08:17] the administration's performance since its
[00:08:20] inception in May
[00:08:22] 2023. This meeting
[00:08:26] brings together senior lecturers and vice chancellors of
[00:08:29] state-owned universities and other treasury institutions
[00:08:33] across the 19 northern states to review the performances of President
[00:08:37] Bola Tinibus administration.
[00:08:40] Also on the agenda is the country's political direction ahead the
[00:08:44] 2027 general elections a better quality of life for
[00:08:48] Nigeria. According to the vice chancellor of Karina State University, Professor
[00:08:52] Abdullah Musa, who read the group's communique after the
[00:08:56] meeting, the academics reviewed data on developments
[00:09:00] in sectors including education, infrastructure,
[00:09:03] agriculture and investment before arriving at their
[00:09:06] position. The vice chancellor says the group also
[00:09:10] considered federal government's interv'. in
[00:09:14] education sector, including support through Tead fund
[00:09:17] and other similar programs. We the participant
[00:09:21] acknowledge that President Tinubu inherited
[00:09:25] economy facing significant physical,
[00:09:28] monetary
[00:09:29] and structural challenges alongside serious
[00:09:33] insecurity, infrastructure deficits and human
[00:09:37] capital gas. We therefore believe the
[00:09:40] administration should be jord. neither solly by the immediate
[00:09:44] hardship associated with its
[00:09:47] reforms, no exclusively by its micro
[00:09:51] economic lens, but by whether the
[00:09:55] reforms ultimately produce a more productive
[00:09:57] economy, greater employment,
[00:10:01] stronger institutions, improved
[00:10:04] security and of course better quality
[00:10:08] of life for Nigerians, while recommending areas for
[00:10:11] improvement by the present administration, the northern academics
[00:10:15] maintained that their position should not be interpreted as a blank
[00:10:18] check. following extensive deliberation, we
[00:10:22] resolve to express our support for
[00:10:25] is the election of
[00:10:25] president
[00:10:33] based in on the 2027 presidential election. our
[00:10:33] our assessment position that the reforms initiated since 2023
[00:10:37] require continuity and sufficient time for the institutional
[00:10:41] and economic benefits to
[00:10:44] match. while the endorsement of presidentubu
[00:10:47] by the northern university electoris adds to the growing political
[00:10:51] activities ahead the general election. this development also
[00:10:55] raises further questions whether academics who have publicly endorsed a
[00:10:59] political candidate should participate in sensitive electoral duties
[00:11:03] during the
[00:11:03] election.
[00:11:09] for Nigerians leaving with diabetes and hypertension. medication is
[00:11:13] a daily necessity, however, with cost of essential
[00:11:16] drugs rising sharply, stain on treatment has become
[00:11:20] increasingly heavy financial burden. in this
[00:11:24] report, and Victoria Longjan looks at what patients are
[00:11:28] paying today compared to two years ago while prices continue
[00:11:32] to rise and whether the government push for local pharmaceutical
[00:11:35] manufacturing can bring relief to those who depend on
[00:11:39] these lifesaving
[00:11:40] mediciness
[00:11:48] every day the routine is familiar packets
[00:11:52] of tablets sometimes insulin. and for many patients,
[00:11:56] another calculation, how much will it cost to refill the
[00:12:00] prescription? for people living with
[00:12:04] diabetes and hypertension, treatment does not end after one
[00:12:08] prescription, it continues month after month and
[00:12:12] so does the bill. i've been diagnosed with diabetes 15
[00:12:16] years ago and since then i was buying the medforming
[00:12:19] drug from my pocket, the price the drug has been
[00:12:23] steadily rising, Now a month
[00:12:27] packet sells for over 70,000. A
[00:12:31] visit to some pharmacies found these ranges for both diabetes and
[00:12:35] hypertension medication, further illustrating the wider
[00:12:38] pressure on chronic disease
[00:12:40] medicines.
[00:12:44] These are not just numbers, they represent medicines that patients
[00:12:48] are expected to take consistently, often for years and
[00:12:52] sometimes for life.
[00:12:56] For someone managing both conditions, the monthly costts can quickly
[00:13:00] become a substantial household
[00:13:02] expense.
[00:13:06] At the pharmacy, the change is equally visible.
[00:13:09] Pharmacists say the prizes of several commonly prescribed medicines
[00:13:13] have since risen considerably over the past three years. Most
[00:13:17] the drugs they are not produced locally here in
[00:13:21] Nigeria, most them are imported drugs and
[00:13:25] and you know all those diabetic drugs and hypertensive
[00:13:28] drugs, they are drugs that will keep you
[00:13:31] alive, that's why i think they are expensive, and as
[00:13:35] prices climb, they say patients are changing how they
[00:13:38] buy, some ask for cheaper brands or buy only part of
[00:13:42] a prescription, while some others just simply walk away.
[00:13:46] doctors prescribe mainly pain, common medication, they
[00:13:49] prescribe pin, so this unl the pin is 30,000
[00:13:53] for the par, so if they come and said that they don't have enough
[00:13:57] money for to get the amlodi pin, we give them a cheaper brand of
[00:14:01] amlodi pin, this is 1,100 which they can afford after like
[00:14:05] a month or two they come back with high risks, come back with sollen
[00:14:08] leg, injury if they are hypertensive patients and
[00:14:12] blood glucose patient diabetic patients. for the patients,
[00:14:16] missing dose may appear to solve immediate financial
[00:14:19] problem, but medically the consequences can be far more
[00:14:23] serious. when you take the drugs that are not sufficient or
[00:14:27] commencerate enough with your level of disease, probably
[00:14:30] sugar or blood pressure, you are not likely to
[00:14:34] achieve good control, and that means that you are going to
[00:14:37] be at higher risk of complications than somebody who
[00:14:41] probably has very good sugar or blood pressure control, and what that
[00:14:45] means is that if you save oneira or two today, tomorrow you may spend
[00:14:48] 10 of thousands, hundreds of thousands of millions when this
[00:14:52] complications set in, with the rising cost of medical... still digging a
[00:14:56] big hole in the pockets of patients, the federal government
[00:15:00] says it has launched a series of aggressive multi-billion nara
[00:15:03] policy interventions designed to boost local drug
[00:15:07] production, and at the center of this
[00:15:11] strategy is the presidential initiative for unlocking the healthcare value
[00:15:15] chain. it says the government is working with manufacturers and
[00:15:18] investors to expand production capacity. due to the
[00:15:22] executive order and some the policies that we have. even import taxes
[00:15:26] and V80s for some the key inputs, we've seen
[00:15:29] utilization capacities their factories increase,
[00:15:33] seen expansion in production, what is
[00:15:37] ability? to service more the market, more Nigerian
[00:15:40] products in the market means lower prices in the long term, so in
[00:15:44] the last couple of years what we've seen is actually lot
[00:15:48] of capital you being retained
[00:15:51] in those factories, but also more jobs retained,
[00:15:55] lot of things have been lost in the economy, but things are gradually
[00:15:59] picking up, by and the pharmaceutical space we're seeing that more
[00:16:03] capital is being retained and manufactures are expanding utilizing
[00:16:06] more. capacities and once that is set, that's
[00:16:10] where we begin to see more products available and at lower prices, but that
[00:16:14] is already changing in certain instances, seen the manufacturers
[00:16:18] dropped you prices for particular commodities
[00:16:22] significantly already, many of our members are building factories, many
[00:16:25] even those that are trading those are
[00:16:27] important switching
[00:16:31] to go into manufacturing of this some these products that they
[00:16:35] bring into the country, the ambition "the federal government is
[00:16:38] clear to produce more medicines in Nigeria, but
[00:16:42] production is only one part the equation. for the
[00:16:45] patients, success will ultimately be measured at the
[00:16:49] pharmacy counter. for Nigerians living with hypertension and
[00:16:53] diabetes and medication is not optional, but as government
[00:16:57] pushes local production, the expectation from patients is
[00:17:00] simple, make the medicines more available, make them
[00:17:04] affordable and make sure that no Nigerian has choose." between
[00:17:07] treatment and survival from Abuja, victoria
[00:17:11] longjon, channel's television
[00:17:13] news. when we return,
[00:17:17] the Nigeria automotive design and development council
[00:17:21] seeks stronger patronage for local auto
[00:17:24] manufacturers. stay with
[00:17:26] us.
[00:17:36] modern lifestyle requires lot of energy backed up by intense
[00:17:39] production processes which impact environment in more ways
[00:17:43] than one. the world has realized that you cannot deal with
[00:17:47] climate change without looking at loss of biodiversity.
[00:17:51] on echo africa, nature speaks and the descenning mind becomes
[00:17:55] champion of sustainable living. one thing we want to do is to
[00:17:59] change public behavior around recycling. watch echo
[00:18:02] africa on channels television and find out what nature is
[00:18:06] saying.
[00:18:22] Good to have you back, a Nigerian Auto breakp
[00:18:26] manufacturing facility in Lagas has reportedly shut
[00:18:30] down with the national automotive design and development
[00:18:33] council blaming the influx of cheaper substandard.
[00:18:37] imported alternatives for the set back. the director
[00:18:41] general the NADDC, Josephwin raised
[00:18:45] the concern while leading the council's governing board
[00:18:49] a tour of automotive assembly and manufacturing plants
[00:18:53] in lagos to assess their operational cap capacities
[00:18:57] and identify their challenges. the DG says the
[00:19:00] closure highlights a major challenge facing local manufacturers,
[00:19:04] the difficulty of competing on prize with imported
[00:19:08] product despite the quality of locally made
[00:19:11] components,
[00:19:16] in the next factory is where we normally
[00:19:19] manufacture, usually manufacture
[00:19:23] bak, and they have one the best break
[00:19:26] part in the country, while other bak imported we we do like
[00:19:29] 3,400, the as can do like 10,000, but
[00:19:33] unfortunately that factory have to close down now because
[00:19:37] because the the cause the imported
[00:19:41] one are a little bit cheaper, not even a little bit cheaper uh, but they
[00:19:45] are of lower standard, lower quality than what you are having
[00:19:49] here, so when people are saying Nigerian made parts are more
[00:19:52] expensive, is more expensive for for for
[00:19:56] reason, and one the reasons is because they are better
[00:20:00] quality than what we get, so we need to engage them to
[00:20:04] know what they are passing through, and again you know we are walking.
[00:20:08] on
[00:20:09] uh uh automotive industry uh uh
[00:20:12] bill and that bill we need to take it to
[00:20:16] cognisers these challenges so that we talk with them, we
[00:20:20] interact with them, we see life what they are passing through, and
[00:20:23] that's why we we have gone on
[00:20:25] this. industry
[00:20:29] operators are calling for better tariff incentives arguing about
[00:20:32] current policies put local uh locally assembled
[00:20:36] vehicles a disadvantage compared with fully built
[00:20:39] imported cars, they want the government to fast track, propose
[00:20:43] policy changes that could encourage local production,
[00:20:47] attract more investment and strengthen, Nigeria's automotive
[00:20:51] manufacturing
[00:20:52] industry,
[00:20:56] just like every normal assembly every assembly plans in Nigeria, as we worked about, I'm sure you
[00:21:00] have seen our testers, we have all the testers they need as the the speed
[00:21:04] testers, the real tester, the light testers, we balancing all the testers
[00:21:08] we have here on ground, and I must say we we
[00:21:10] we we've um enjoyed a lot of patronage from commercial sector and government sector and these vehicles
[00:21:14] are doing very fine, the major challenge is the policy and the tariff,
[00:21:18] we get better incentive. whereby where we bring the vehicles in, we should have
[00:21:22] better tarif compared to someone that is bringing it fully built in, and this
[00:21:26] is what we've been preaching for, and this is what we've been advocating for,
[00:21:30] and uh, we are, we are, we are, we
[00:21:33] are hopeful that uh, before the end of this
[00:21:36] government, this, this will be passing too
[00:21:38] long,
[00:21:48] and now to the foreign scene. For months of high stakes,
[00:21:52] diplomatic friction to a historic pact, the United
[00:21:56] States and Denmark have reached the landmark security deal over
[00:21:59] Greenland, difused intentions parked by President Donald Trump's
[00:22:03] threat of a force backed takeover. While the exact
[00:22:07] text remains under wrap, President Trump announced on truth
[00:22:10] social that Denmark will grant Washington permanent control over
[00:22:14] security and defense needs in the semi-autonomous
[00:22:17] territory. He adds that the agreement. comes at no cost to the
[00:22:21] US and strictly bars foreign advisories from
[00:22:25] establishing a military presence or making sensitive
[00:22:28] investment without explicit american
[00:22:31] approval. leaders in Copenhagen and UK
[00:22:34] uh alongside NATO officials have
[00:22:38] welcomed the pact to bster stability across the arctic.
[00:22:42] Danish prime minister expressed optimism over the Tripartite
[00:22:45] deal which is expected to be formally signed at the UN general
[00:22:49] assembly. next
[00:22:50] week.
[00:22:54] Canada Prime Minister Mark Conney says the country is pushing
[00:22:58] ahead with new alliance with the European Union while leaving the door
[00:23:02] open to renewed trade negotiations with the United States if
[00:23:05] Washington offers accept acceptable terms. The
[00:23:09] push follows Kane's visit to Strasburg where Canada and the
[00:23:13] EU began work on an alliance for the future covering areas
[00:23:17] including trade, defense, energy technology and critical
[00:23:20] minerum, turning to Washington, Conney defended Canada's decision
[00:23:24] last month to suspend trade negotiations after rejecting
[00:23:28] US terms. The government said the proposals asked too much of
[00:23:32] Canada while offering too little in return.
[00:23:36] Cony backs deperties with Europe, arguing they would strengthen
[00:23:39] Canada's sovereignty and resilience while also making it a
[00:23:43] stronger partner for the United
[00:23:45] States. In Strasburg, we
[00:23:49] launched the... process for new alliance with
[00:23:53] the European Union, an alliance for the future, and it's an
[00:23:56] alliance that's rooted in common values,
[00:24:00] freedom, solidarity, prosperity,
[00:24:03] sustainability, and it's one that's
[00:24:06] dedicated to strengthening our
[00:24:09] sovereignty, so our citizens can flourish
[00:24:13] as free people on free ground, felt like seven weeks, but it
[00:24:17] was seven days, but this is a... we need, this is
[00:24:20] the tone we need, this is the standard we're going to continue to set for our
[00:24:24] work ahead this fall, because in the midst of a
[00:24:28] rupture we have to move forward, a crisis, fortune
[00:24:32] favors the
[00:24:32] bold.
[00:24:38] last month, last month we made the right decision to
[00:24:42] suspend our negotiations with the United
[00:24:44] States.
[00:24:58] and and I want to thank and I want to thank all of
[00:25:02] you, all your constituents
[00:25:06] and Canadians across the country,
[00:25:09] because we knew as we were in those
[00:25:13] negotiations what the priorities of Canadians
[00:25:16] were, we knew what the values of...
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