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Video: Why I wore snickers to lawyers’ conference – Nigeria’s Vice-Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima

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Following the mixed reactions that has trailed his choice outfit of a snickers and three-button suit to the occasion of the 2022 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference in Lagos on Monday, Ruling APC Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima in this video said he deliberately wore snickers to snub at some members of the opposition and their “mischief”

“When I was told that it was a hostile crowd – I am a banker, trained by one of the best bankers in the world. I am a Jim Ovia boy – I deliberately wore sneakers to snub at them.” Shettima said.

 

 

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Video: Kenya’s Ruto plans bonuses for sugar cane farmers

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In this video, Kenyan President, William Ruto, revealed that the country would begin payment of bonuses to sugar cane farmers, just like their tea counterparts.

Ruto stated that he saw the policy through despite legal confrontation against it, noting that the government had begun setting up a sugar marketing agency, replicating the Kenya Tea Development Agency Limited (KTDA) in the tea sector with a clear dividend payout policy.

For each kilogram of green leaf delivered to the agency’s facilities, tea farmers associated with the Kenya Tea Development Agency Limited (KTDA) got an increase in their monthly tea payments in December.

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Video: Zambia’s Hichilema decries effects of drought on economy 

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In this video, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema speaks on the effects of climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon. The crisis, which has threatened national food security, as well as water and energy supply,

The nation in southern Africa has experienced five weeks without rain during a time when farmers most need it, and last month they proclaimed a national emergency.

“Zambia is experiencing the worst drought ever, we have not seen a drought like this for years, we have six million people that are facing difficult food shortages, we have water supply, which is supposed to drive our green energy, 25% of our energy, which is already green, is already being affected.”

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