COVID-19: Pay Nigerians through BVN, Tinubu tells FG

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APC Chieftain, Bola Tinubu
APC Chieftain, Bola Tinubu
A national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has urged the Nigerian government to make cash payments to households through Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) as palliative.

The former Lagos state governor said the move would help cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians.

Mr Tinubu gave the advice in a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday.

He argued that the government can make direct deposits into individual bank accounts using the BVN of prospective recipients.

The APC leader said the use of BVN would also be safer and prevent violence and crime that may be the attendant consequence of physical cash transfers.

Mr Tinubu said the move would help deepen financial inclusion as it would encourage those without bank accounts to open accounts.

The money-less family still needs food, water, shelter and, to a lesser degree, utilities, the statement said. In a compassionate society, they should not be made to do without, it added.

Mr Tinubu noted that: “Most families need relief. If relief is not forthcoming, these families risk hunger and its attendant suffering and woes.”

Economic effect

Arguing further, Mr Tinubu said the measures would help address hunger, maintain aggregate demand in the domestic economy and help sustain private-sector markets to the extent possible.

“First, we can designate a stipend for every household. The amount should be enough to pay for the monthly needs of an ‘average’ household for food and other basics,” Mr Tinubu said.

“While this may somewhat penalise larger families, perfection cannot be had at this time.

“Second, the stipends could be given as a form of emergency unemployment insurance to those who can prove they were relieved of employment due to the crisis.

“This will be more targeted at the actual victims of the crisis but harder to administer. This stipend will also have to be extended to owners of small and medium-sized businesses.

“Third, the government can render some form of payroll support to companies and businesses that seek to retain workers albeit they may not be fully employed.

“The stipend can help companies stay in operation while maintaining workers on their payroll. By maintaining workers, the company can more swiftly return to full operation when normalcy returns.”

Other measures

To address shocks on the economy, Mr Tinubu called for the re-establishment of commodity boards for strategically important crops to maintain adequate supply of food and ensure price stability.

The boards would specify a guaranteed minimum-maximum price range for these crops in order to maintain and stabilize farm incomes as well as consumer prices, he said, adding that the country faces a “trade-off between certain pandemic and possible widespread deprivation”.

He also urged the government to expand the school feeding programme to many states consistent with applicable public health measures “because it will not only help feed the most vulnerable children, it will create extra jobs and bolster food production and farm incomes.”

Mr Tinubu called on African finance ministers to join a coordinated effort for debt forgiveness. He also urged the World Bank and other DFIs to agree to a wholesale debt rollover by reducing the interest rate burden of African nations by at least one half.

He also urged the CBN to lower interest rates to single digits to spur some private sector and lower the charge on government deficit spending.

Mr Tinubu said that activating Trader-moni and other programmes would help many small-scale traders “but not the average wage earner who just lost his job”.

Earlier, PREMIUM TIMES reported how two ministers listed the measures the government would use to screen beneficiaries of government’s financial palliative during the lockdown. Isa Pantami, the communication minister, said Nigerians who top-up less than N300 monthly would be considered while humanitarian affairs minister, Sadiya Farouq, said Nigerians with a balance less than N5,000 in their accounts would be considered.
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Top 10 Secret Codes in Android You Need to Know

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With the use of USSD in your smartphone, it allows you to access hidden features you didn't know about. But know there is some trickiness you'll need to know about.

10 Hidden Secret Codes

1. *#0*#

This enables you to check on General text Mode

2. *#06#

Display your IMEI code

3.*#*#7780#*#*

To Factory rest your phone

4. *#*#34971539#*#*

To get details of your phone camera

5. *#*#2663#*#*

To get the information of your Touch-screen version

6. *#*#3264#*#*

To check the RAM version

7. *#*#232331#*#*

To test you Bluetooth

8. *#*#0588#*#*

To Run sensor test

9. *#*#526#*#*

To test your Wifi services

10. *#*#4636#*#*

To get detail about your battery and phone

So that is it.

Latest technology on how to light up your bulbs in your home with only plugs, wire and magnet.

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Welcome once again to technology platform, today I will be showing you the latest and trending technology on how you can light up the bulbs in your home by simply using plugs, wire and magnet. Which means no more darkness for you at night in your house.

Materials needed are: two plugs, a copper wire, gum, wooden ply board, Lampoder, and solder iron.

Below are the step by step procedures to follow:

Step 1. Have two plugs of the same make.



Step2: Get a wooden ply board and place a gum on two of its sides.



Step 3: place the two plugs on the gum which is on the wooden ply board as shown below.





Step 4. Wind a copper wire on a metal so that it would have two edges and form a ring shape as shown below





Step 5. Solder the formed ring wire on the plugs using the solder iron



Step 6. Bring your lampoder and connect two wires to it and screw tightly.





Step 7. Put some gum on the bottom of the lampoder and stick it to the wooded ply board.





Step 8. Connect the remaining two sides of the wire which has been fixed to the lampoder to the two plugs and solder it.



Step 9. Place a bulb on the lampoder and get a magnet.



Step 10. Place the magnet in between the two plugs as shown below and here comes your light full voltage as it can generate up to 220v. To put it off, simply remove the magnet and the light will go off.







Thanks for taking time to follow through, try it now and see it for yourself. Kindly share to others to see this wonderful discovered way of eliminating darkness at night in our home. No more panicking on how to get fuel for Generator or been disappointed by PHCN.

Follow us and drop your comments as I am planning to bring to you how to power your plasma and DVD set without generator or PHCN light as well.

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Dangers of using your cell phone in the toilet

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Bacteria and radioactive materials can cause dangerous health hazards.

Going to the toilet with a smartphone or tablet has become a common habit nowadays, but according to scientists, it is very dangerous.

This exposes you to the risk of infection by bacteria such as E. Coli or salmonella, which can do a lot of damage to your system.

How, you ask? Dr. Lisa Ackerley has the answer.“If you wipe your 6um then pick up your phone, you may as well not bother washing your hands because all the bacteria you put on your phone will end up back on your hands,” she says.

So, what should we do? Well, according to Dr. Ron Cutler, not taking your phone in the bathroom is the right step!

“Basically, you just shouldn’t (take your phone into the toilet) if you are at all concerned about the transfer of viruses and fecal contamination.

” He also says that the levels of contamination depend on the location of the toilet – the office might not be a problem, but a public toilet significantly increases the risk of infection.

Viruses can be transferred by anything, not just by hands or air.

A single spray from the toilet can travel six feet from the flush and end on your toothbrush, which is why it should be in a closed cupboard.

Germs can even survive on your phone for days!

“Phones heat up a little bit giving bacteria a nice warm environment.

If people handle sweets and leave a sticky coating on the phone, that’s an even better place for bacteria,” Dr. Cutler says.

This is why it’s very important to wash your hands well with soap and water any time you’re using the bathroom.

Breaking: Secret Plans Of China Against Nigeria Exposed!!!?

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As conspiracy theories continue to spread about the COVID-19 pandemic and 5G network and it’s link from china, an American woman has taken to her social media page to share her opinion regarding the recent global happenings.

The yet to be identified lady reportedly exposed the plans of China against Africa amid Coronavirus Pandemic.

In a video that surfaced online, the American Lady said that she is married to an African man that is why she is making the revelation, advising Africans to be wise and sit up, because she doesn’t want to loose her in-laws in Africa.

She said: “We all know that Coronavirus originated from China, they lied about when it started, how it started and where it started, we know that it started 6 weeks before they actually told the world.

She also explained why china is kicking Africans out of their homes (racism)

“Chinese is living in Africa and they are kicking Africans out of their homes, accusing them of bringing coronavirus to china, Coronavirus came from China. China is a country that doesn’t speak the truth, a country that dislike Africans.

She also said that her husband is a black man, explains how they treated him badly in china, seeing him as a robber or an enemy.
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Further, she explained why Chinese is in Africa, adding that they are not in Africa for the good of Africans they have secret agenda.

“They are not just in Africa for your gold, not for your minerals but to k**l you and takeover your country.

“By 2050, the Population of China is going to be so much, so, there is not going to be enough place to live in china, so they want your country and they don’t want you in it.

“we are talking about people who hold their nose when you walk pass, and now they are sending a vaccine, what vaccine? They haven’t created a vaccine, no country has created a vaccine yet, so what ever they have sent to Africa; is not a vaccine for coronavirus but a poison.

“There is no vaccine they have sent to African that has ever done any good.”

She also revealed that during HIV, they created a vaccine and infected a lot of people with HIV in Africa.

She warned Africans not to accept any Coronavirus Vaccine, that if a vaccine has been created, they would first use it on their people, adding that if Africans accept any vaccine which has not been tested in America or other high risk countries that it is not a vaccine, but a poison.

“If they create vaccine, they will first use it against the virus in the Lab, use it on animals before testing it on humans, so whatever Vaccine they have brought to Africa is to k**l you.

“China wants to wipe out African because they want to take over the continent.

She also revealed that china is giving out Trillions of Loans to African Countries with Low interests as a plan to take over Africa.

“China is giving African Leaders, Billions of Dollars, they are giving out Loans to Build Infrastructures, your Leaders won’t be able to pay back and will forever be indebted to China.

“So, get ready, If Coronavirus Doesn’t k**l you, the vaccine will k**l you, and if the vaccine didn’t k**l you, Ebola will k**l you, so get ready for whichever way you want to die.

She disclosed that the Chinese People in Nigeria have a hidden Agenda, they left their country and arrived to Nigeria, Nigerian Government welcomed them, adding that one of their plans is to spread the Virus in Nigeria and give people poison in the name of drugs or vaccine.

“How can you accept them into your country, do you think they are coming to help you, you think they are coming to build infrastructures for you guys? They are preparing it for themselves.

“Many People around the world are against the Vaccine, why are African Leaders accepting it?”

In conclusion, she said, “China want to wipe out Africa, they have a secret agenda, Your Leaders should stop accepting their money and offers, they want to take over Africa, take over your country, they want you d**d, they are giving Billions of Dollars to your Leaders to Bribe them so that they can do whatever they Like, they have already sent a vaccine to Senegal, they are already in Nigeria and other African Countries, They don’t want you in their country but they are coming to your country, your Leaders are accepting them because they are indebted to them, the Vaccine they want to test in Africa is poison. Africans wake up!!”

So sad!