Tuface visits Borno IDP camps, blames insurgency on politicians

Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, was in Borno state on a two-day visit to camps for internally displaced persons, IDPs.
At one of the camps visited, he said Boko Haram was a product of irresponsible leadership in Nigeria.

Tuface is currently an “unofficial” Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR on IDPs.
He was flown into Maiduguri aboard a UN aircraft on Tuesday.

Immediately after his arrival, he was flown to Ngala village about 100 km from Maiduguri with some UNHCR officials where he visited the IDP camp there.
Tuface also visited the Bakasi IDP Camp, one of the largest in the state, on Wednesday.

The singer said he was moved to tears when he met the thousands of displaced persons living in a total state of lack and deprivation.

In an interactive session with journalists at the UNHCR office in Maiduguri, he said he has launched a song and dedicated the proceeds to the cause of the IDPs.
He said he chose to channel the funds through UNHCR because he believes the organisation is credible and would manage the fund transparently.

“I am here in Maiduguri to attract the attention of the world to the plight of the IDPs. I believe everyone has a role to play in bringing this crisis to an end and in bringing succour to those that have become living victims of the conflict. For me, my voice and how I use it would be my own little way of contributing. And I invite all well-meaning Nigerians to do same,’’ he said.

He said the visit for him was a ‘mind blowing and emotional journey.’
He said Nigerians could be part of the change they wanted in the IDP camps by supporting his project.

“I want every Nigerian to come up with something to show love for the IDPs. Like for me, I have a song called “hold my hands” which you can find on any platform. You can download it and it will only cost you N50.

“You don’t have to get a million naira to help, only N50 will go a long way in helping the people in need. I am also going to hold a concert and all the proceeds will go to the UNHCR for the IDPs.”
He called on the Boko Haram fighters to reconsider their stance and think about the negative impact.

Comments

The story of how Nigeria’s census figures became weaponized - Feyi Fawehinmi

By Feyi Fawehinmi The story of Nigeria’s 1962 census never gets old. Southern politicians seeking to end the north’s dominance of Nigerian politics decided that the only way to do it was through the census. Population figures at the time determined not only parliamentary representation but also revenue allocation and employee distribution in the civil service. In May 1962, the first census under an independent Nigerian government began. There had been a frenzy of mobilization by politicians in the south of the country using pamphlets, radio, schools, churches and mosques. Although the final results were not made public, the preliminary results were quite clear as to what had happened: the north’s population had gone up from 16.5 million in the last census in 1952 to 22.5 million, an increase of 30%. But in some parts of the east, the population had increased by up to 200% and more than 70% in general. The west also reported an increase of 70%. What the preliminary results showed...

FG borrows N3.38bn To Aid Potato Production in Plateau

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) wednesday approved N3.38 billion to boost the production of potatoes in Plateau State. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who made the disclosure said the money would be borrowed from Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) with one per cent interest rate and 25 years moratorium. The minister who said the loan was not fresh, explained that it had previously been cancelled by the federal government with the intention to make a fresh request for the loan on behalf of Plateau State which she said was responsible for 95 per cent of potato production in the country. According to her, following ADB’s comprehensive programme on potato production in Plateau State, 100,000 families and 17 local government areas of Plateau State would benefit from the loan while 60,000 jobs would be created by the initiative. “My approval was on behalf of Plateau State to support the potato value chain. There is a loan that we had previously cancelled from ...

The Cambridge Analytica files: the story so far

What are the allegations against Cambridge Analytica? The data analytics firm used personal information harvested from more than 50 million Facebook profiles without permission to build a system that could target US voters with personalised political advertisements based on their psychological profile, according to Christopher Wylie, a former Cambridge Analytica contractor who helped build the algorithm. Employees of Cambridge Analytica, including the suspended CEO Alexander Nix, were also filmed boasting of using manufactured sex scandals, fake news and dirty tricks to swing elections around the world. How is Facebook involved in the scandal? The social media company has received a number of warnings about its data security policies in recent years and had known about the Cambridge Analytica data breach since 2015, but only suspended the firm and the Cambridge university researcher who harvested user data from Facebook earlier this month. A former Facebook manager has warned tha...

ATTENCAO

Search This Blog