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  Edo State is currently battling a public health scare as diphtheria cases emerge, raising concern among residents, health professionals, and civil society. With six confirmed cases and three reported fatalities, the outbreak has prompted urgent calls for preventive measures to contain further spread. Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection affecting the nose and throat, often fatal if left untreated. The Edo State Ministry of Health has confirmed the detection of both diphtheria and dengue fever, adding complexity to the state’s health response. So far, over 15 suspected diphtheria cases have been identified, with health officials moving swiftly to activate surveillance teams and conduct community sensitization. In a proactive appeal, the Concerned Edo Citizens Forum submitted an open letter to Governor Godwin Obaseki, urging the temporary closure of schools to protect children, who are among the most vulnerable to the disease. The group also recommended limitin...
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Tinubu's Directive On Food Importation Ignored By Nigerian Customs, Status Quo On Import Duties Maintained –Importers

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The official mandate intended to control taking off costs of food, unrefined substances, and assembling inputs, and furthermore covered horticultural creation inputs like composts and pesticides, drugs, poultry feed, flour, and grains.

In spite of President Bola Tinubu's June declaration suspending import obligations and taxes on fundamental food things for a considerable length of time, Nigerian merchants guarantee they are as yet being compelled to pay these charges.

The official mandate intended to control taking off costs of food, unrefined substances, and assembling inputs, and furthermore covered horticultural creation inputs like composts and pesticides, drugs, poultry feed, flour, and grains.

Be that as it may, merchants say the suspension has not been carried out, going against the Chief Request labeled "Expansion Decrease and Value Security (Financial Strategy Measures, And so on) Hand, 2024," which was given under the President's established powers.

Likewise, the request, viable from May 1, 2024 specifies that "approved mill operators would now import paddy rice at zero obligation and Worth Added Duty (Tank) for a time of a half year in the primary case to work on neighborhood supply and limit usage of rice mill operators."

On importation of rice, it expresses that from the initiation of this request, the accompanying measures and reliefs will apply: "Worth Added Expense, where relevant, is thus suspended on the until the end of the year 2024: fundamental food things and semi-handled staple food things like noodles and pasta; natural substance inputs for the assembling of food things, power and public transportation; rural information sources and produce and drug items for a time of a half year."

As opposed to the Leader Request's mandate to quick track customs freedom and diminish handling time by somewhere around half, the Merchants Relationship of Nigeria (IMAN) reports that its individuals keep on paying obligations on completely recorded food things, rural hardware, fabricating information sources, and drug items, two months after the Request was given.

The Nigeria Customs Administration's inability to carry out the request's arrangements has brought about continuous deferrals and obligations installments, going against the public authority's expect to diminish expansion and settle costs.

Director of IMAN in Nigeria's Northern area, Aminu Dan-Iya said, "Traditions authorities tell our individuals at section focuses that they have no composed correspondence about the suspension.

"Therefore, nothing has changed, we're paying duties as usual.”

"As matter of fact, people are outraged, asking to know why prices of food and other commodities keep skyrocketing despite removal of taxes. The truth is that something is fundamentally wrong somewhere because we cannot fathom why such a crucial presidential order is yet to be implemented," he added.

Dan-Iya communicated idealism that the transient duty suspension strategy would assist with relieving inflationary tensions and lead to a diminishing in the costs of grains and related things, carrying help to shoppers.

Also read: #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: Protests resume in Lagos Monday, say organisers

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