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<v Speaker 1>Nigeria Aviation Minister, Festus Chamo says the Ministry has directed

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<v Speaker 1>for the aviation staff who released the video footage containing

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<v Speaker 1>the aspect of an Ibom Airlines passenger Comfort Emanson or

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<v Speaker 1>Bob scene in an indecent appearance with her chest sexual

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<v Speaker 1>organs exposed after the passenger shirt was torn by an

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<v Speaker 1>Ibom Airline staff while security operatives were seen in the

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<v Speaker 1>viral video dragging the aggrieved passenger out of the aircraft

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<v Speaker 1>following an act of confrontation between the passenger and Ibom

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<v Speaker 1>Airlines hostesses which one of the hostesses blocked the right

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<v Speaker 1>of way of the passenger and prevented the passenger from

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<v Speaker 1>disembarking from the plane and after countless warning to the

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<v Speaker 1>airline passenger to leave the road, the passenger went physical

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<v Speaker 1>with the hostess by allegedly slapping her on the face,

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<v Speaker 1>which the confrontation with the hostess apparently led to the

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<v Speaker 1>alleged destruction of the plane divider cotton, which Hibom Airlines

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<v Speaker 1>valued at two thousand, five hundred dollars as stated in

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<v Speaker 1>count five of the five count charges the police filed

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<v Speaker 1>against the passenger at a Keja magistrate caught in Lagos State.

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<v Speaker 1>The Aviation Minister Festus Kamo, who described the behavior of

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<v Speaker 1>the passenger as unruly, said, although the airline staff is

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<v Speaker 1>right to video record the event of the passenger's behavior

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<v Speaker 1>for the purpose of legal action, but it is totally

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<v Speaker 1>unacceptable for the staff to release part of the video

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<v Speaker 1>that exposed the passenger's nakedness, especially her breasts. Details of

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<v Speaker 1>the minister's statement reads verbatum below. Enough is enough reading

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<v Speaker 1>the Riot Act on Aviation Safety and Security in reference

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<v Speaker 1>to the case of unruly Comfort Bob on Ibom Airline

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<v Speaker 1>and related incidents. Earlier today, we again woke up to

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<v Speaker 1>viral videos of a female passenger on Ibom Airline, now

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<v Speaker 1>identified as Comfort Emanson or Comfort Bob, who went berserk

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<v Speaker 1>and physically assaulted both the flight crew and the ground staff.

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<v Speaker 1>The incident took place yesterday, August tenth, twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>on Iimbo Bomb Airline flight number Q one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty three from Uyo to Legos at about fourteen fifty

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<v Speaker 1>four hours. Ibom Airline has since issued a statement to

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<v Speaker 1>provide some context to the effect that the whole unfortunate

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<v Speaker 1>incident arose because of the refusal of the passenger to

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<v Speaker 1>switch off her phone during take off as required by

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<v Speaker 1>extant international civil aviation regulations. Consequently, in the last few hours,

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<v Speaker 1>I have been speaking with the Commissioner of Police of

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<v Speaker 1>the Airport Police Command, the DG of the NC double

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<v Speaker 1>A and his team, the nd of Faan and her team,

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<v Speaker 1>the COO of Ibom Air and his team about the incident.

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<v Speaker 1>Apart from the indefinite flight ban imposed on the said

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<v Speaker 1>unruly passenger both local and international by the Nigeria Civil

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<v Speaker 1>Aviation Authority NC double A, the police has promptly arranged

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<v Speaker 1>her this morning at the Akeja Magistrates caught for criminal

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<v Speaker 1>offenses and remanded her at Kirikiri Prisons that she could

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<v Speaker 1>not provide adequate surety in court. I have attached the

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<v Speaker 1>charge sheet and remand order for clarity. We also note

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<v Speaker 1>the scuffle that took place between the unruly passenger and

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<v Speaker 1>ground personnel before she was eventually subdued. This was because

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<v Speaker 1>of her uncooperative attitude. Whilst we support the filming of

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<v Speaker 1>her recalcitrant behavior as evidence to prosecute her, what is

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<v Speaker 1>deplorable is to release such evidence containing indecent exposure to

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<v Speaker 1>the public to ridicule her that is totally unacceptable to us.

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<v Speaker 1>A careful study of the viral video involving the Ibomb

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<v Speaker 1>Airline personnel, Legos Airport's security operatives and an aggrieved passenger

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<v Speaker 1>comfort E Manson on board the airline plane on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>indicated that while the enraged passenger was being dragged off

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<v Speaker 1>the plane by three men who held her two hands

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<v Speaker 1>and legs, suspending her a little bit on the air,

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<v Speaker 1>a lady putting on Ibomb air corporate clothes who was

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<v Speaker 1>behind the camera ends, could be seen in the video

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<v Speaker 1>to have approached the passenger at the door point of

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<v Speaker 1>the plane while the passenger was about to be taking out,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently dipped her hand towards the waist part of the

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<v Speaker 1>passenger untock the passenger shirt from the trousies, grabbd and

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<v Speaker 1>pulled the passenger's shirt towards her head, and in the

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<v Speaker 1>process the passenger shirt got tore and the passenger's chest,

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<v Speaker 1>sexual organs or private parts were completely exposed. The action

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<v Speaker 1>of the Ibom Airline staff appeared to be deliberate, as

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<v Speaker 1>the airline female staff was not part of those dragging

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<v Speaker 1>the passenger off the aircraft, and after the female passenger's

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<v Speaker 1>body was exposed. The Ibom Airline's female staff never joined

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<v Speaker 1>or assisted the security operatives to drag the passenger off

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<v Speaker 1>the plane. This indicated that the motive of the female's

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<v Speaker 1>staff of Ibom Airline was solely to remove the passenger

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<v Speaker 1>shirt and expose the aggrieved airline passenger to ridicule. The

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<v Speaker 1>video of the passenger's partial nakedness, especially her two breasts

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<v Speaker 1>completely exposed due to the apparent action of a yet

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<v Speaker 1>to be arrested and prosecuted female's staff of Ibomb Airlines

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<v Speaker 1>has since gone viral, with some pornographic channels already updating

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<v Speaker 1>their channels with the partial nakedness of the Ibom Airlines passenger.

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<v Speaker 1>According to Punch newspaper, Comfort Emanson, the passenger accused of

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<v Speaker 1>assaulting airline officials aboard an ibamair flight from Uyo to Lagos,

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<v Speaker 1>has been charged in court and remanded in Kirrikiri Correctional

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<v Speaker 1>Center in Lagos. Sunday Machud, Special Adviser on Media and

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<v Speaker 1>Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus

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<v Speaker 1>kmo Sam, confirmed the development in a post on his

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<v Speaker 1>official ex handle on Monday. The more reason the flying

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<v Speaker 1>public should be more careful. The unruly passenger on the Yuyo,

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<v Speaker 1>Lagos bound Ibomair miscomfort Edmanson, has been charged to court

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<v Speaker 1>and she's now cooling off in Kirrikiri, Mashoud wrote. Ibom

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<v Speaker 1>Air in a press statement on Monday, said that ibom

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<v Speaker 1>Are confirms that on Sunday, August tenth, twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>an incident occurred on board our Uyo Lagos flight involving

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<v Speaker 1>a passenger, Comfort Emanson, whose conduct posed a serious threat

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<v Speaker 1>to the safety of our crew, passengers and aircraft. Shortly

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<v Speaker 1>before takeoff from Uyo, Emanson was instructed, in line with

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<v Speaker 1>standard aviation safety procedures, to switch off her mobile phone.

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<v Speaker 1>She bluntly refused to comply until the pilot in command

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<v Speaker 1>made an announcement, after which a fellow passenger seated beside

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<v Speaker 1>her took the phone and switched it off. This action

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<v Speaker 1>prompted a verbal tirade from Emanson. The situation was eventually

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<v Speaker 1>calmed and the flight departed as scheduled. Upon arrival in Lagos,

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<v Speaker 1>Emanson waited for all other passengers to disembark, and then

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<v Speaker 1>proceeded to confront the purser who had earlier instructed her.

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<v Speaker 1>She walked up to the unsuspecting purser stepped on her

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<v Speaker 1>forcibly tore off her wig removed her glasses and threw

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<v Speaker 1>it to the floor and used her footwear to assault her.

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<v Speaker 1>Management of National Youth Service Corps under the leadership of

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<v Speaker 1>Brigadier General Holukunley Nephew has given reasons y serving Nigeria

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<v Speaker 1>Youth Corps member Rhier Reta Aguamaye was denied NYSC discharge

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<v Speaker 1>certificate that could have enabled her exit the one year

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<v Speaker 1>mandatory program after she completed the one year paramilitary service

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<v Speaker 1>to her nation as a new graduate and according to

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<v Speaker 1>a statement posted and made available by NYSC on Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>with no name of the authority responsible for the press

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<v Speaker 1>statement written or mentioned in the statement, the NYSC said

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<v Speaker 1>Corps member Retur Aguamei's discharge certificate was withheld and her

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<v Speaker 1>service year extended by two months following her alleged absence

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<v Speaker 1>or failure to attend the April twenty twenty five NYSC

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<v Speaker 1>biometrics clearance at etiosa Local Government Area Secretariat, and the

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<v Speaker 1>month stated by NYSC was barely few days after the

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<v Speaker 1>Corps member had cried out loud in SI the month

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<v Speaker 1>of March twenty twenty five over the apparent increasing high

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<v Speaker 1>rates of hunger as a result of rising costs of

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<v Speaker 1>living in Nigeria, and as such, she described the President

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<v Speaker 1>Bola Ahmed Tenubu as a terrible president. In a swift

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<v Speaker 1>reaction to the reason given by NYSC, Rita Aguamee's lawyer,

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<v Speaker 1>Barrister in nibihe F Young, while answering questions from channel's

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<v Speaker 1>television program presenters on Monday morning, said the statement issued

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<v Speaker 1>by the management of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC

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<v Speaker 1>on its decision to extend the service period and withhold

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<v Speaker 1>the certificate of National Service of Corps member Hashie Rita

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<v Speaker 1>Aguamaye alias Raye, does not represent the truth of the matter,

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<v Speaker 1>saying on April seventh, twenty twenty five, Rita was physically

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<v Speaker 1>present at the Local Government Secretariat for the head count

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<v Speaker 1>and clearance with the nys C official at the local

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<v Speaker 1>government level deliberately refused to attend to her, even after

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<v Speaker 1>six hours waiting, during which she was asked to go

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<v Speaker 1>back and queued up on the line repeatedly, the NYSC

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<v Speaker 1>officials still refused to attend to her and thereafter on

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<v Speaker 1>April eleventh, twenty twenty five, the core member went to

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<v Speaker 1>meet the NYSC official and begged her to allow her

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<v Speaker 1>perform her April twenty twenty five biometrics clearance. The NYSC

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<v Speaker 1>female official refused and asked the corps member to leave.

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<v Speaker 1>This Amnesty International said the National Youth Service Corps NYSC

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<v Speaker 1>must rescind its decision. The Amnesty International described as arbitrary

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<v Speaker 1>and outrageous, saying NYSC allegedly used bureaucratic tricks to extend

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<v Speaker 1>the core member national service year over the government's unacceptable

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<v Speaker 1>intolerance of dissenting voices, with former Nigeria Vice President Atiku

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<v Speaker 1>Abubaka describing the NYSC action as impunity and as such

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<v Speaker 1>cautioned the government against subjecting everything to politics. And on

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<v Speaker 1>Monday morning, the former governor of an Amba State, Peter Hobey,

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<v Speaker 1>issued a statement and said, in our country today, hunger

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<v Speaker 1>and poverty are not just distant statistics. They are the

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<v Speaker 1>harsh reality that millions of our people face daily. Recently,

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<v Speaker 1>the United Nations stated that about thirty four million Nigerians

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<v Speaker 1>will face acute food insecurity and about sixty three percent

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<v Speaker 1>of our population, which is about one hundred and thirty

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<v Speaker 1>three million people now live in multi dimensional poverty inflation,

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<v Speaker 1>even with the suppressed statistics bringing bring in a mortgage

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<v Speaker 1>way