Faisal Umar Kaita
@FaisalKaita
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Honorable Commissioner Min of Lands & Physical Planning @KatsinaStateNG | Academic @ABUZaria | PhD @UCL | Intl. Fellow @USForg | Visiting Scholar @UvA_Amsterdam
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I will like to assure my students that I will teach you well when they allow you to return to school. No IFs, not BUTs... take this from me. BTW, I have no plans to leave this country after
#ASUUStrike
is over
I assure you when this strike is over, a large number of our lecturers are going to migrate from this country - ASUU President, Prof Osodeke says
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On this day in 1966, Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu murdered the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna of Sokoto (+ wife), in a military coup d'etat. The mutineer was later killed in action defending Biafra in July 1967.
Learn your history, know how it started!🇳🇬
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I'm an ASUU member, and I share
@DrJoeAbah
's view on this ASUU-IPPIS nonsense. I don't care whether my employer pays me from a savings account at CBN Mars or Jupiter branch. All I care for is to get paid promptly for every work that I do.
Shikenan!
The government should use the ASUU rejection of IPPIS as a starting point to the dismantling of the unworkable system of managing tertiary education in Nigeria. No employee should be able to dictate to their employer the payment system the employer should use. Enough is enough!
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Golden Transit Services has began Katsina-Kano operations with a BIG offer!
👉 Fully air-conditioned
👉 WiFi onboard
👉 Charging point
👉 Comfortable seats etc.
...for your comfort and safety
Please help with a RT 🙏
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Dear
@MBuhari
,
The Abuja-Kad train attack yesterday should remind you that securing this country is your No.1 priority. The dead can't travel through remodeled airports, or on new roads or bridges or railways. No infrastructure is meaningful if citizens can't live to enjoy it.
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Khalil Nur Khalil
@KTP92
is intellectually sound. An excellent guy with a clear vision. Guys, Khalil knows his onions! 👏
I enjoyed every bit of our discussion this evening. Thanks for stopping by, bro. I look forward to working with you.
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
🇳🇬❤️
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Someone reminded me last week that I’m yet to unveil my official portrait.
Here we go… Grey or Brown them?🤔
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I’ve always believed that organizing a virtual class in Nigeria’s public universities is not a complex endeavor, and it will not cost us much.
I delivered my first virtual class earlier today and here is my experience.
Thread! 1/16
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I took the oath of office yesterday and I’ve been posted to the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning. Thanks everyone, especially those that attended the ceremony + visited our home to wish us well. A special thank you, Your Excellency
@fatimatukr
for attending our walima! 🙏🏼
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In line with the reform agenda of HE Malam
@dikko_radda
, today, I inspected the land record registry to begin the preparation for moving to an automated land administration system. I also met with the Surv. Gen. & GM of URPB to ensure all agencies align with our reform agenda!
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If you love this country, open an office in Nigeria, employ Nigerians and pay taxes. We will then believe you!
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Exactly 7 years today… Alhamdulillah! 🙏🏼
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43 lives massacred and we will wake up tomorrow with the same Service Chiefs. 😭😭😭
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It’s a rare privilege of my life to be at the State House of Assembly yesterday for screening as a nominee for the position of a Commissioner & cabinet member in the government of Katsina State.
Thank you HE Malam
@dikko_radda
for the opportunity to serve in your government. 🙏🏼
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Really excited today to attend the opening Plenary of the
#UNFSS2023
and the Nigeria’s high-level side event chaired by VP Kashim Shattima at the FAO headquarters here in Rome. I wish I could stay beyond this first day but home is calling. Yau sai binni!
🇳🇬❤️
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The best solution to this crises is to start charging full fees for the study of medicine, then use the money to improve the welfare of those who choose to work in this country.
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) said poor salaries and a lack of a conducive working environment forced many medical doctors and health workers to leave Nigeria for other countries with better remuneration.
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I thank you all for your calls and messages over the last three days. Sorry if I didn’t reply your message/comment directly, I was overwhelmed! but, please know that I really appreciate your kind words! I would also appreciate your prayers at this moment!
Again, thank you!
Professor Faisal Umar Kaita has been nominated by Governor Dikko Umaru Radda to serve as commissioner and member of the State Executive Council.
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Visited a fully recharged ABU Dam yesterday evening. Here is the amazing drain hole - a beautiful sight as always.
#ABUsights
❤️ 😎
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Twelve (12) years today, I attended my MSc graduation ceremony at the University of Leicester, not aware that my dissertation had won an award until a friend called my attention to check the book of proceedings. The icing on the cake: the Award came with a cash prize. 🤓🤑😎
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I left the Netherlands exactly 2 yrs today after a 6-mnth visiting scholar stint at the Univ. of Amsterdam. Going out to eat was still an issue due to COVID but who cares? thanks to my mom I can cook anything! 🤩
Here’re dishes I cooked while living alone in Amsterdam. 🧵
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I’m back in the classroom this morning... willl switch to virtual classes for the rest of the semester + in the near future to allow me take a course or two if my new role permits… Regardless, I will find a way to remain connected with the academia.
I love this work! ❤️🤓
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1st day in office…met the staff & quickly joined the HoS to UMY Airport to handover 76ha of land to FAAN for the expand of the airport - new terminal, apron, cargo terminal + fire engine service center. The state government has compensated 421 landowners with N288m for the land.
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An evening visitor to the office, details to follow soon… 🤩😎
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Wow! It's already 5 years that I passed my PhD viva. 🤓
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Earlier today, I was at the State Assembly to discuss with the House Committee on KATGIS Bill, an Executive Bill submitted by His Excellency Malam
@dikko_radda
. If passed into law, the bill will allow for the establishment of the Katsina State Geographic Information Services.
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You'll keep coming back here every 4 years to rant "rigged election" if you continue to hate and abuse people simply because they are not you. Respect people and build alliances across the Niger to stand a chance... That's the 101 of winning elections in Nigeria... 🇳🇬❤️
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Our Kad-Abj train has hit 50+ cattles on a bridge near Rijana. Stuck for 30mins or so to clear the track but now moving. I honestly petty the herders - they were working with the information that, being today a Sunday, the next train that will cross the bridge will pass after 6pm
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...finally, out and about after 5 days of self-quarantine. From 1st June, I will start a visiting scholar fellowship at the University of Amsterdam for the next 6 months.
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How can people build structures on a drainage? We will go after these guys and we shall apply the law to restore sanity.
This madness must STOP!!!
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
❤️🇳🇬
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I spent most of my day today at Abuja Geographic Information Services (AGIS), learning about the agency’s operations, wins and challenges over the years. An eye opener for the task ahead of us at KATGIS. Thanks to Dr Jalo, Director of AGIS, and his staff for a warm welcome.
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I met the DG + management of
@KADGIS_KDSG
yesterday as we continue to learn from the experiences of others. Super impressed with the progress made at KADGIS since 2015… also had a proud teacher moment as the head of GIS unit of the agency was my student at ABU - really proud! 🤩
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Earlier today - A PhD degree in Geographic Information Science was conferred on me by the University College London.
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We had a fruitful discussion yesterday with the MD of Nigeria Security Printing & Minting Co. (NSPMC).
We want a highly secured C of O document, so, we are considering security features that are only visible under the Uv light!
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
🇳🇬⭐️
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I just spoke to Hon.
@AbuKusada
on phone on his victory at the appeal court today. He’s one of the most humble and nicest politician of my generation. This victory is for us all!
I wish you the very best, my friend.
#SaiMaibulala
❤️🇳🇬🎊
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I joined HE Mal.
@dikko_radda
earlier in the day to inspect the progress of work at new
@katdict
office.
Really impressed with the work DG
@9aufal
is doing.
#KatsinanDikko
🇳🇬❤️
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We will not forget, and we will for ever remember the role you played in all this mess.
Shasha violence in Ibadan: Don't Take Laws Unto Your Hands, These Times Shall Pass
We note with deep concern, the most unfortunate & avoidable orgy of violence in Shasha, Ibadan, Oyo State. As Governor of Ondo State who doubles as Chairman, South West Governor's Forum...
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We visited Nasarawa State Geographic Information Services (NAGIS) today… thanks to the DG Mr Sonny Agassi and his team for their insight and for a full tour of their office complex in Karu. Now, the real work begins!!!
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
❤️🇳🇬
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On behalf of H.E Mal
@dikko_radda
, yesterday, I launched the payment of compensation (> N120m) to 142 persons affected by the construction of the Central Airforce Flying School. So excited to see the smile on the faces of those beneficiaries… 😎
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
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Dogo uban-gidan wada…
Allah yayi jikirin kwana dattijo. 🙏🏼
Happy 81st Birthday Pres.
@MBuhari
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My first budget Defence at the State House of Assembly. Thanks to the honorable members for a warm welcome. I look forward to working with you in months to come.
Building Your Future 1.0 ✔️
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A visitor to my office yesterday… thanks Hon.
@AbuKusada
for stopping-by and for your words of encouragement.
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I joined colleagues this week, all Hon. Commissioners of Lands, Housing & Urban Development from across the country, for the 12th Meeting of the NCLHUD in Kaduna. I see a bright future ahead with
@Arch_Dangiwa
, a visionary leader, as the Hon. Minister of Housing & Urban Devt.
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We attended the public hearing for the KATGIS Bill at the State Assembly today. It was great to see all stakeholders are 💯 in support of the bill, and have aligned with our reform agenda.
Forward ever!!!
#KatsinaLandAdminReform
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Earlier this week, we hosted some scientists and investors from Bulgaria, led by Ambassador Yanko Yordanov. We collected soil samples across the state for analysis + discussed prospects of partnership/investment in mechanize farming, etc.
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
🇳🇬❤️
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The dualization of Kofar Soro to Kofar Guga is set to begin… we did a joint inspection of the site together with the Ministry of Works and the contractor, Mother Cat! The protection of heritage was the focus of our discussion here!
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
❤️🇳🇬
I am pleased to inform the esteemed citizens of Katsina State that the State Executive Council, under my able leadership, successfully conducted its inaugural regular meeting on Monday, 29th January 2024. Throughout this meeting, the council members engaged in comprehensive…
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Earlier in the day, we conveyed the approval of HE Mal.
@dikko_radda
, to Hon Minister
@Arch_Dangiwa
, of about 25Ha of land allocated to the Ministry of Housing & Urban Development for the
#RenewedHope
Housing project.
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
❤️🇳🇬
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I attended a stakeholder meeting today at the National Assembly that focused on a framework on an integrated urban development plan for the country. Urban Planning is one key area of HE Mal.
@dikko_radda
’s administration.
Here is a highlight of my contribution.
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Voting closes in about 2 hours… we are still ahead! Ensure you all cast your votes to keep us in the lead to the finish line.
Katsinawan Dikko!!! 🔥❤️🤩
#ABUculturalcarnival23
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Really excited to come across some old maps at the OSG Katsina today, including some from the colonial times. Have you ever wondered how those writings were done on a surveyed map pre-computer period? I saw the lettering machine today. 🤩😎
We’ll get there…
#KatsinanDikko
❤️🇳🇬
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Earlier today, I left Kano for Daura to attend to some complains by the Karkarku community + others on an airport project… stakeholder engagement is key in every project. We must find amicable ways to resolve issues, I promise them, as HE Mal.
@dikko_radda
directed.
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With our very own Hon.
@AbuKusada
in Asaba, Delta State, for the 54th Annual Conference of the NITP.
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They've polished the CV of Oga
@dawisu
, now he can use the phrase 'when I was in detention...' or 'when the state detained me...'😎😅
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We’ve visited our 6 Zonal Offices in Dutsinma, Funtua, Malumfashi, Kankiya, Mani & Daura over the last 2 days… seeing the depth of infrastructural decay + lack of personnel, one would wonder whether urban planning has ever been a priority.
This is about to change
#KatsinanDikko
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I begin my
@USForg
International Fellowship today
@UvA_Amsterdam
. Here is my workspace for the next 6 months. 🤓
I'm super excited to be among the 2020
@USForg
International Fellows!!! I look forward to working at the University of Amsterdam in the new year as a Visiting Researcher for 6 months.
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My address to the press today at the launching of payment for compensation to people affected by the expansion of Umaru Musa Yar’adua Airport, Katsina.
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Should poorly informed "intellectuals" be allowed to discuss this? 👇
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Ordinarily, we rest during the weekend… but, No!!! We push ourselves to the limit to ensure our goals remain in sight. We are gradually “Building Your Future”
We’ll get there…
#KatsinanDikko
🇳🇬❤️
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…in my remarks, I extended the goodwill message of HE Malam
@dikko_radda
to SURCON + highlighted the commitments of his government to ensuring professionalism in all aspects of governance. SURCON has thanked the state government for donating the land for this edifice!
The Katsina State Commissioner of Lands and Physical Planning,
@FaisalKaita
represented Governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda at the official commissioning of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON) Katsina State Office on Monday, 7th August 2023.
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I was in Paris this weekend for 3 days. Needless to say, Paris is a beautiful city with amazing shopping precincts, restaurants, cinemas, museums and many historical monuments for culturally-minded sightseers but here is something that I find appalling in the city. 1/5
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Yet, another excellent appointment from H.E. Malam
@dikko_radda
!!! 👏👏👏
Welcome onboard Khalil.
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
❤️🇳🇬
Governor Radda Appoints 30-year-old economist, Khalil Nur Khalil as Economic Adviser
The Executive Governor of Katsina State, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, PhD, has approved the appointment of Khalil Nur Khalil (
@KTP92
) as Economic Adviser to the Katsina State Government.
Khalil Nur…
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The inaugural meeting of the economic council, chaired by H.E
@faruklawaljobe
, was excellent today… great work V.Chair
@KTP92
and the secretariat. Looking forward to the painstaking but exciting challenge ahead.
#KatsinanDikko
🇳🇬❤️
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I came across this SPECIAL BULLETIN of ABU Zaria issued in April 1993 which outlined the effects of
#ASUUstrike
on University activities. Almost 30 years later, one wonders if anything has changed. You can't continue this madness and expect a different result!
#EnoughIsEnough
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Ina kira ga duk masu kulada shugaba
@MBuhari
da kuji tsoron Allah ku sanar dashi halin da mutanen Katsina suke ciki. Bala'in ya isa!
📸 Makera Art
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I proceeded to Kano later in the afternoon yesterday, after our budget defense, to join colleagues for a two-day workshop to review the Katsina State Development Plan 2043. A very product event, I must say!
We’ll get there
#KatsinanDikko
❤️🇳🇬
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The ignorance in and under this tweet is the reason why one must understand an issue before tweeting...
You don't just go to the market to buy jerseys at this level, you seek for sponsorship, meaning that producers of jerseys will pay you huge amount to wear their product.
Can we not make National jerseys in Aba?
#MadeInAba
In very many ways, we import unemployment and export employment!
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The enormity of the task ahead of us is very clear today as it was back in August.. Yes we’re able to deploy a new system today to digitize our record but the Boss HE
@dikko_radda
& I understands that this milestone is just the beginning, not the end!
The real work begins here!
In line with the reform agenda of HE Malam
@dikko_radda
, today, I inspected the land record registry to begin the preparation for moving to an automated land administration system. I also met with the Surv. Gen. & GM of URPB to ensure all agencies align with our reform agenda!
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I will be on GRAM FM 95.7 this morning, at 11:00am, on the the program “A kasa a faifai”… tune in if you have the time.
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I can't believe people are making an issue out of this... It's so annoyingly frustrating that some have chosen not understand why, as a country of relative means, we must support our neighbours for our own security interest. Diplomatic decisions shouldn't make sense to you. 😡
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@DrJoeAbah
They don't want to infect anyone as they talk but wouldn't mind if someone infects them. 😀
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I would leave Stockholm today with an everlasting memory of the city and the wonderful ECCA Conference. I love every bit of it... from the insightful presentations to the food, boat tour, and the fact that ECCA 2023 held in a "prison" 😎
Here are the highlights...
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A well deserved recognition of Mr Governor, Malam
@dikko_radda
PhD, by
@LeadershipNGA
.
A big congratulations, Boss!!! 🎉🎈
#KatsinanDikko
🇳🇬❤️
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Really excited today to represent my Boss, H.E Malam
@dikko_radda
, at the opening ceremony of the NITP annual conference in Asaba, Delta State. It’s a homecoming to me!!! I saw many professional colleagues for the first time in many years.
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I had many calls through out last week, and this week too, on the outcome of the stakeholder meeting with the Governor, HE
@dikko_radda
… for clarification sake, here is the official communique of the meeting.
#KatsinanDikko
🇳🇬❤️
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My conclusion: Nigeria is an 'unrestricted' laboratory that will allow you to re-do a failed experiment the next day even when it's almost certain that the new approach would not work.
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Welcome onboard Dr Mansir Aminu. Another great appointment from HE, Malam
@dikko_radda
!!! 👏👏👏
The Executive Governor of Katsina State, Malam Dikko Umar Radda, Ph.D, has approved the appointment of Dr. Mansir Aminu as General Manager, Katsina State Geographic Information Services (KATGIS) with immediate effect.
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I've unfollowed about 18 people in the last 24hrs and willing to unfollow more. I considered those echoing the views of that so called Imam of piss as stupid and I'm not ready to deal with stupidity at this time. Let's focus on how to deal with
#COVID19
.
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We had a fruitful deliberation today during a regional workshop on multiple taxation and regulations organized by NCC here at Bristol Palace Hotel Kano…
To see businesses praising HE Mal.
@dikko_radda
for his decision to waive the RoW charges was one highlight of the event. 😎
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I started the week from the countryside… Interesting to seethis seasonal migration of the nomads around Matsai in Kaita LGA.
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I'm super excited to be among the 2020
@USForg
International Fellows!!! I look forward to working at the University of Amsterdam in the new year as a Visiting Researcher for 6 months.
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Let's get this right. Just because we elected you into office doesn't mean that we will not call you out when you fail in your primary responsibility of securing our lives and properties. You can't continue to allow criminals to terrorise us and expect us to keep mute. Never!
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Today at the emir’s palace Katsina for the turbaning of Marafan Katsina.
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Do backyard farming if you have the space! You can grow your fruits and vegetables. Here is the outcome of my 6 months experiment.
#urbanfarming
#urbanagriculture
🇳🇬
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That's quite a feat
@OgbeniDipo
.
A BIG Congratulations!!
Awojide emerges first Nigerian to be honoured as a LinkedIn top voice
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Some have paid the ultimate price..
Some have become disabled...
Many others continued to fight to defend this country for me, you and millions of others that called this beautiful place home.
Thank you, soldiers... Thank you!
#ArmedForcesRemembranceDay
💐🇳🇬❤️
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Some developers are crazy… so, it is time for the authority to be a little bit crazier than them.
It’s development control o’clock! This madness must stop, and it must STOP NOW!!!
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I will be on the “Sha yanzu” program of the Katsina State Radio this morning from 10:15am to 11:15am.
Tune in or stream live at:
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I don't know why we are angry that we won't be paid for the job that we did not do. Call off
#ASUUstrike
, return to work and get paid. Simple!
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@BashirAhmaad
@dawisu
for the record: 1) Kano state didn’t pay compensation for their section, FGN did; 2) Katsina state is willing to pay their section but the issue is now a subject of litigation btw FG & a Private valuer in connection with the project… I’m happy to discuss this in private.
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The pattern is that they call for a "peaceful protest", the so called hoodlums block roads/visit nearby markets to unleash terror on innocent souls simply because they speak a different language, and the Media goes mute. It's much more than just a protest, it's far from that.
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PTDF 2022/2023 OVERSEAS POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME FOR UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, GERMANY, FRANCE, AND MALAYSIA
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Thanks to the support from
@USForg
, today, we've concluded our 2-day workshop - Securing Urban Spaces - with a session on Urban Crime Mapping! Really excited to see participants from Nig. Police, KADVS and other non-state actors.
#Knowledgetransfer
#ResearchImpact
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...no messing up! Uncle "Daddy" is in charge of this late Sunday evening endeavor to complete homework . 🤓
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We should have been in Denver this week for the
#AAG2020
conference. But, hey, here I'm in Nigeria, on my bed, with the kids, participating in the
#AAGVirtual
sessions.
That's the dream! 😎
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I saw this somewhere on FB - it sums up the situation we are in today. Perception vs Reality - Classic!
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