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How To Generate 10,000MW In A Short Time - Obasanjo Committee Report

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<b>A committee, set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has presented comprehensive reports on five key sectors to serve as a guide to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.</b></div>
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Areas covered by the report are economy, security, power, education and infrastructure.</div>
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Vice Chairman of the committee, and a former Minister of Finance, Dr. Idika Kalu, presented volumes of the report to Buhari during a closed-door meeting at the Buhari Support Organisation office, in Abuja, on Thursday.</div>
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Chairman of the Governing Board, Centre for Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Prof. Akin Mabogunje, who spoke to journalists after the meeting, said the committee had been working on a number of critical issues for the development of the country.</div>
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According to him, a delegation of the committee members, involved in the preparation of the policy documents, was sent to present the reports to the President-elect.</div>
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Kalu said: “We have looked at education, security, economy, power and infrastructure. Those are the areas we have made recommendations and which we hope the new administration will be able to work on.”</div>
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He further explained that the president-elect was very happy that they had been thinking about how to help him hit the ground running.</div>
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Director of Media and Publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed that Obasanjo set up a think-tank to carry out a study on the challenges facing the country in the five key areas.</div>
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The study, he added, was commissioned four months ago “so that the outcome will be made available to the incoming administration after the elections.”</div>
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He also revealed that Dr. Christopher Kolade, who heads the power committee, gave various stages of the proposed power sector development plan to include short term, medium term and long term solutions.</div>
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Under the short term solution, the plan seeks to raise the country's power generation to 10,000 MW within a very short period of time.</div>
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How To Generate 10,000MW In A Short Time - Obasanjo Committee Report

A committee, set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has presented comprehensive reports on five key sectors to serve as a guide ...

Igbo Leaders Must Learn From Tinubu, Says Okafor

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<b>Former Anambra State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Tourism and Coordinator, All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council in the state, Mr. Chima Okafor told journalists in an interactive session that political leaders in the South-east have a lot to learn from former Lagos State Governor, Senator Bola Tinubu. <i>Shola Oyeyipo</i> brings the excerpts:</b></div>
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<b>Why did you leave Governor Peter Obi's cabinet?</b></div>
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I left on the grounds of principle. I saw that the direction wasn’t the direction to serve the people and if there is anything, the trend of event has justified why I left. I had to leave because I cannot work under such a situation.</div>
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No amount of monetary inducement can justify why I had to leave my young family to come down to work. If I had projects I was doing that relate with the people; if I brought my children down, I’d be able to justify why I left when I was not with them and they will know their dad is a responsible person. So, I saw a different approach and I cannot in all fairness go along with my conscience. That was why I said I resigned on principle and at the appropriate time, I will go into details. It is not easy but you can see the trend of events.</div>
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When you have principle, it is better you die on principle so that it would be said this man died on principle. If it is earning salary and all that, I will still be in Anambra perhaps but it is not that easy. Principle comes at a price. At a stage, my life was in danger. I was threatened and I made a report to my governor; he ignored it. A situation where my life was threatened over certain principle stands on issues, I decided I had to leave because it was no longer a project worth sacrificing your life for.</div>
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<b>How realisable is the Igbo presidency in the foreseeable future?</b></div>
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Our permutation and projection is this, the election has exposed the underbellies of Igbo leadership and the cause for re-thinking. Where hustlers parade themselves as Igbo leaders is a tragedy for us. So, we are trying to start a new thing so that our people will see beyond porridges and have principle stand and I give you one instance. Mr. Peter Obi was in a position – I can authoritatively say that, to do the same thing Senator Bola Tinubu did in the South-west. That is the difference between vision and porridge.</div>
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When you see leadership, it comes with sacrifice and you must be focused on it. These things Asiwaju is doing, they were not a one-day thing but people have seen what he has done now. Everybody is toasting him now, even those who never believed in his principle and never cherished what he was doing. We had the opportunity to do the same thing in the South-east – that was part of why I left. When you control the five block states, it becomes a block and you’ll be able to negotiate with other power blocks. That is how it is done!</div>
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In any event, GMB came to our people how many times? They disappointed him. Yes they did, except Chuba of blessed memory, who stood by him. Emezioke ended up trading his son for position. He reached out to our people but they never appreciated him. Now, my people have been calling me, but what are they calling for? To see how they can come in, collect and move on.</div>
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That is not life! What we need is a total change. It will get worse before our people realise and we believe we are on the ground now. They have seen the folly of their actions. Even in investment. You are always told to disperse your assets so that you edge. Even our son, Dr. Alex Ekwueme who was founder of G-6, to G-12, to G-18 and to G-34 - where is he today in the scheme of things?</div>
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Is it not enough for someone who has conscience to say please, enough is enough? Don’t treat us this way. We need to organise together to get the power block for Igbo presidency, but it requires hard work – coming together first and foremost so that you can speak with one voice and have credible leaders.</div>
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We are already in the process of that. The election that threw up GMB, has already started a revolution in Igbo land because it’s either they go to sleep or we force them to see so that we can follow the appropriate channel and key into the project.</div>
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Part of what we told our people, when we were selling the APC was that the party is a national party and it has shown in the election by spread. Per chance, if GMB runs eight years by rotation power comes down to South. And if you have a power block, the natural thing will be that South-west and South-south have had shots, so you tradeoff with the two other power structures to say, 'please can we have a shot too?' That is how it is done. It is concession! Nobody freely gives you, but you must have shown strength so that the other will be able to listen to you. But when we are not organised and speak with one voice, who would you speak with and who do you form alliances with?</div>
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We want to rest those who are parading themselves as leaders because they have been exposed. Even when the president of the United States, for the first time in history, addressed Nigerians directly, it didn’t strike them that some fundamentals are going on because they don’t read. They don’t even understand. Eight opposition leaders have taken over in Africa.</div>
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So, you must show strength of character and that is what the APC has done in terms of General Buhari. His lieutenant, Tinubu, what money can you give to him? What joy can he not drive from what he has done for his people?</div>
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<b>What should Nigerians expect from the incoming administration as from May 29?</b></div>
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You have started seeing the changes. Even without being sworn in, his election has been able to restore confidence in the economy and you can see that foreign investors have started coming in. It is three things. He would do them: security, economy and corruption.</div>
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United States of America stopped buying our oil. It is not that they stopped importing from other countries, rather, what they were importing from us; they distributed Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Canada and Mexico. They stopped buying one barrel from us. Why? Because they know the money ends up in private pockets. So when you say there is no tsunami in Nigeria you are joking because the greatest tsunami is corruption – a situation where someone appropriates something his tenth generation does not even need.</div>
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With GMB and his vice-president, Prof. Osinbajo, you will see dramatic change. The manifesto will be followed and would be implemented. There is no question about that, so you will see changes in terms of infrastructure development, power generation and all that. Give him one year or thereabout, you will see. The problem has been with leadership. Once a leader takes a stand and gives direction, everybody follows suit.</div>
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So, even the change we are talking about is now on every person’s mind. It is not to do with APC again; the change now is between you and me.</div>
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<b>Is your party not afraid of the burden of expectations?</b></div>
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It is not an easy task. He is on a rescue mission, so the expectation is very high, but we pray God will give him the strength and the enablement to meet our aspiration.</div>
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<b>Do you think all these are achievable in view of the fears that the Hausa/Fulani could hijack power and fence off Buhari from the rest of the country?</b></div>
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I will not descend to this. Whoever knows the General knows that he has a mind of his own. The country has gone beyond myopic or ethnic infrastructure. That is global world for you. You can discuss with someone in Sokoto through phones, internet and all that. So, if you are not transparent others will pick it. So, those primordial fears, I don’t see them. If you are relating with him one-on-one, you will know who he is.</div>
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He knows very collectively everybody worked for him and the love that has been shown to him in this country, it is going to be very difficult for a section or a group to lay claim to the presidency. If there is any group that one would say could lay emphasis on the presidency, it is the South-west – Tinubu, but we believe the process that threw up Buhari, was sanctioned by God. It couldn’t have been possible without God’s doing. Could you have imagined what would have happened if the South-west traded off their support? We have to be realistic. Just like I’m saying, the South-east, people could say we didn’t vote but we worked. I was telling them in the meeting.</div>
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<b>If you have an opportunity to serve in General Buhari’s cabinet, would you go for it?</b></div>
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I would be delighted to offer my services. I opted out because I believe the objective of why I came to serve was no longer being met. It is not drawing salaries or being taken care of. Once I come into something I have objective and when those objectives are no longer feasible and those things are not working according to programme – that is all. So, if I’m found suitable in any position, I will contribute positively and that is the way it should be because the key thing is that he needs capable hands to drive the process to deliver democracy dividends.</div>
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UK Police Quiz Obasanjo's Aide Over Money Laundering Report

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<b>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s aide, Ms. Anne Welsh, who is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, is under probe by the UK Police over money laundering charges to the tune of $4.9 million.</b></div>
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The foundation said that it had fired Welsh following shocking reports that she plotted to help some Lebanese businessmen to launder millions of dollars.</div>
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A new video obtained by an online medium suggested that Ms. Welsh “operated a well-oiled money-laundering scheme for many years.”</div>
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In the video, which the news website said was discreetly shot by one of the participants at a meeting in the United Kingdom in December 2014, Ms. Welsh was seen negotiating a $4.9 million money-laundering scheme that would have seen her pocket about $1 million.</div>
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She was seen exploiting the Ebola Virus Disease tragedy in West Africa to help a group of “Lebanese businessmen” who wished to donate money to the Obasanjo Foundation for some work in Sierra Leone.</div>
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The group, the video indicates, explained that it would make the donation on one condition: Obasanjo Foundation would get $2 million, as long as it helps launder the balance of $2.9 million.</div>
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However, when contacted, the Founder/Chairman of the foundation, Olusegun Obasanjo, said he, other trustees of the organisation as well as staff of the foundation were deeply saddened and disturbed by the allegations against Ms. Welsh.</div>
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“Accordingly, the Board of Trustees has asked her to immediately resign, and she has done so”, Obasanjo explained.</div>
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Speaking further, Obasanjo said the foundation has launched a full-scale investigation into the allegations and has already reported the matter to the London Metropolitan Police and the UK Charity Commission for a thorough probe.</div>
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“We have asked the two authorities to investigate the matter exhaustively,” he added.</div>
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The former President also said his foundation had already contacted personalities mentioned or photographed with Ms. Welsh in the publication that revealed the deal as well as other dignitaries and partners to inform them “she has now become a persona non grata with the foundation and its Chairman/Founder.”</div>
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He however explained that Ms. Welsh had ceased to be chief executive officer of the Foundation in December 2014 when she reportedly met the Lebanese businessmen to strike the alleged money laundering deal.</div>
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Mr. Obasanjo said he would travel to London to make more enquiry about the matter and that his Foundation would soon release a formal statement on the development.</div>
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“I can never associate myself with anything that has to do with money laundering and corruption, and this is a very disturbing development for us all,” he declared.</div>
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According to information on the UK Charity Commission’s website, the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation was granted charity status by the Charity Commission of England and Wales on September 24, 2012 with the vision of advancing human security in Africa.</div>
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The charity, according to its 2013 annual report “works with countries across Africa, with a current focus on Republic of Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal and Ethiopia, that are at development turning-points, where there is clear potential and a leader with the vision and will to achieve progress”.</div>
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Lamido To Buhari: Fulfill Your Promises, Don't Give Excuses

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<b>The Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has told the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to stop giving excuses but to prepare to fulfill his promises to Nigerians.</b></div>
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The governor, who spoke on Thursday at the inauguration of the ultra modern Shiroro Bridge, said Nigerians would hold him and the All Progressives Congress (APC) responsible for the situation of the country, regardless of the state of the economy.</div>
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Lamido said, “You must fulfill your promises, because there was no condition given on how to do it. Whether the economy is favourable or not, do not give us any excuse.</div>
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“We will not tolerate any excuses because when you were asking for votes and making promises, there were no conditions given.</div>
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“A party of evil men is a party that raised them. Whatever they are, they owe it all to the PDP (Peoples Democratic Party) because PDP, one way or the other, brought almost all of them into politics. It is about time for them to reflect, because Nigerians will definitely hold them accountable.</div>
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“They try to turn tribe against tribe, brother against brother. They try to break and distort Nigeria’s harmony, raising false hope. They must fulfill all their promises.”</div>
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Lamido added that throughout the APC’s campaign, they never raised any developmental issues but were busy harping on the dysfunctionalities of the nation, which include Boko Haram, corruption and unemployment.</div>
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Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, who hosted Lamido, joined the Jigawa State governor to berate the Adamu Mu'azu-led National Working Committee of the PDP, saying Mu'azu must resign and accept responsibility for leading the party to what they described as a “disastrous defeat” in the general elections.</div>
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Aliyu said: “How could you lead a party to a disastrous defeat and you are still thinking of some ideas. And it is now you, asking people or blaming people that you have not been given a chance and that the money of the campaign was not with you.</div>
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“Why didn’t you tell us before the elections? Why do you have to wait until you are defeated? Because you assume that if we had won, you would have taken the credit for the win. So, take the blame for the loss. That’s all we are saying.</div>
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“If it is the party’s belief that the leadership be retained, believe me, we will not fight it because the actual change will come in March 2016. That is when we will go to the convention and all PDP members will be there and we will elect new leaders. So, it is even better.”</div>
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Speaking on the call for Mu’azu to resign, Lamido said: “It is not time for blame game. It is time to think and reflect on how to reposition the PDP. The party is a party of national interest and unity. We should all accept that we made mistakes and find ways to correct it in the future.”</div>
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On the alleged plan to form a new party, the Jigawa State governor, who was the special guest of honour at the bridge inauguration said the two governors would not leave the PDP.</div>
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He added, “We have both agreed not to leave the PDP. We <i>dey kampe</i> for PDP, we <i>dey shelenk </i>for PDP.</div>
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“PDP has honoured and dignified me, and I am not leaving it for tenants. I and Aliyu are from home background while others are from mere house background. We are well groomed right from our homes and we will not leave the party for anyone.”</div>
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Aliyu said: “Sule Lamido, you are not creating any new party. You and your godson will remain in the PDP forever. Whoever planted that story has made a mistake because for us, we have every opportunity to have decamped or defected but we did not because we know in political development, particularly in democracy, defection is not the best way to development and entrench democracy in any society.</div>
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“You must not be the type of people who think they must always be on the winning side. For us, time to time, you will need to learn some lessons. And the defeat of PDP should be seen as a lesson.”</div>
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<b>Source: The Punch</b></div>
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Lamido To Buhari: Fulfill Your Promises, Don't Give Excuses

The Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has told the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to stop giving excuses but to prepare...

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<b>Israel is telling African refugees to accept a £2,000 cash offer and a one-way ticket out of the country or face an indefinite stay in a desert prison.</b></div>
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The Eritrean and Sudanese migrants have been sent letters giving them 30 days to accept the offer of the cash and a ticket home or to another African country.</div>
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Last month, a statement from the interior ministry's population and immigration authority said Israel would identify qualifying migrants who cannot return home, inform them of their proposed ''safe third-party'' destination and pay for their plane ticket and hotel there.</div>
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It said the measure would apply to migrants currently at the southern Holot detention centre ''who infiltrated Israel and cannot be expelled to their country of origin''.</div>
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Although the third-party countries were not named, media and some charities said they are Rwanda and Uganda.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nid=top_pb_wplogo">Washington Post</a> has reported that the first of 45,000 refugees have received an offer of the cash as well as the one-way ticket. The location of the alternative - a stay in prison - has been revealed as Saharonim prison.</div>
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The letter reads: ''Money will be given to you at the airport in a secure manner. When you arrive at the third country, people will receive you at the airport and give you information about life in the country and other important information.''</div>
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The <b>Washington Post</b> said Israeli officials do not tell the refugees where they will be going until they are given their plane ticket on the day. </div>
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Last month's statement from interior ministry read: ''An infiltrator who agrees to this procedure will begin the preparations for leaving, an infiltrator who refuses will face a hearing following which it will be decided whether they will be imprisoned.''</div>
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The Eritrean and Sudanese migrants have been sent letters giving them 30 days to accept the offer of the cash and a ticket</div>
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Interior Minister Gilad Erdan said the measure would ''encourage infiltrators to leave Israel in a safe and dignified way, and will be an effective tool to upholding our commitment to return life to normal in Israel''.</div>
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However, international rights groups protested against the plans, claiming Rwanda and Uganda are not safe and that migrants who arrive there are stripped of their cash and documents.</div>
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Israel - a state built by refugees - has previously offered cash stipends to African migrants in return for them leaving the Jewish state.</div>
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Last year, Israel began sending of African migrants to Uganda - giving them a one-way ticket and a stipend.</div>
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The interior ministry said that since last year, 1,500 migrants ''wilfully left to a third country, in addition to 7,000 who left for their country of origin''. </div>
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While Israel is trying to rid itself of African refugees, Jewish emigration is still being encouraged.</div>
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Earlier this year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: ''To the Jews of Europe and to the Jews of the world I say that Israel is waiting for you with open arms.''</div>
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[PHOTO NEWS]: Oshiomhole Weds...Happy Married Life Mr Governor

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<b>Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State today, Friday 15th May got married to his Ethiopian lover.</b><br />
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Chai! See the beautiful lady Mr Comrade Governor is in love with. A damsel she is!<br />
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