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As U.S. Schools Move to Reopen Despite Covid-19, Teachers Threaten to Strike
By Amie T. Camara
It is clear to Afrinity Production that Educators and families around the United States continued to grapple this week with the complicated realities of opening schools in the middle of a pandemic, as teachers’ unions threatened strikes, colleges rethought reopening plans on the fly, and school districts, discovering new cases, improvised quarantines and classroom cleanings.
The voice of teachers in the reopening debate took center stage Wednesday in Michigan, where the Detroit Federation of Teachers voted to authorize their executive committee to call for a strike over plans to open public schools for in-person learning.
“It’s just simply not safe for us to return into our buildings and classrooms right now,” the union said in a video statement before the vote, noting more than 1,400 virus-related deaths in the community.
New York City’s powerful teachers’ union sought to ramp up pressure on the mayor on Wednesday to delay or call off his plan to reopen the city’s 1,800 schools on Sept. 10. The president of the United Federation of Teachers threatened to sue the city or to support a strike if the city could not satisfy a list of safety demands, and called for all students and staff members to be tested before school starts.
Public sector employees are legally barred from striking in New York, but teachers have threatened to hold sickouts if they believe school buildings are not safe.
College-bound students were thrown a curve ball Wednesday when the College Board said that more than 178,000 students who signed up to take the SAT college admission test on Aug. 29 would probably not be able to do so because nearly half the testing sites in the nation are closed or operating at limited capacity. All told, some 402,000 students were scheduled to take the test that day.
Source___Reteurs
APC in Nigeria Resolves Leadership Tension In Cross River
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production is pleased to disport to you that, the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria has resolved the lingering leadership tension in the Cross River State chapter of the party.
The meeting according to Channels TV, was held on Tuesday at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, held at the instance of the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni.
APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
He noted that deliberations at the meeting centred on the leadership of the party in Cross River State, where the two factions led by Etim John and John Ochalla respectively, were in contention.
Senator Akpanudoedehe, after hearing presentations from parties, stressed the need for those present to come to an amicable resolution.
He explained that it was important for members to unite together to prepare the APC for the fast-approaching elections in Cross River.
At the end of deliberations, Senator Matthew Mbu was unanimously mandated to assume the office of the Cross River State Chairman of the Party.
The decision was subsequently approved by the Governor Buni led APC Caretaker/Extra Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee.
“Commendably, the two factional chairmen have expressed relief at having been able to sink their differences in the interest of moving the party forward in the state,” the statement said.
Source___Channels TV
Kamala Harris Accepts Vice President Nomination, Blasts Trump As ‘Failure’
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production unveil to you the history made by Kamala Harris on Wednesday when she accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president, while joining Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to condemn President Donald Trump’s profound “failure” as a leader.
In her vice-presidential acceptance speech on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, Ms. Harris said “there is no vaccine for racism” as she offered her vision for a more inclusive country.
Ms. Harris said she was committed to the values that her mother had taught her and to a “vision of our nation as a beloved community — where all are welcome, no matter what we look like, no matter where we come from or who we love.”
She said she imagined the United States as “a country where we may not agree on every detail, but we are united by the fundamental belief that every human being is of infinite worth” and also as a place “where we look out for one another” and “we rise and fall as one.”
Harris, the first black woman on a major party’s White House ticket, accused Trump of turning “our tragedies into political weapons.” And she urged Americans to vote for Joe Biden, “a president who will bring all of us together.”
“Donald Trump’s failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods,” the former California prosecutor charged in her acceptance speech.
“We’re at an inflection point.”
Biden, who faces Trump on November 3, is due to give his own acceptance speech today, closing a Democratic convention held wholly online and on television due to coronavirus safety precautions.
SOURCES
Channels TV And
The New York Times
ECOWAS Suspends Mali Over Coup, Imposes Sanctions
By Amie T. Camara
The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday rejects a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions.
Afrinity Production doubtlessly disclose to you the arrest of Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse by Rebel Soldiers on Tuesday afternoon following weeks of political tension and protest in the country.
With Certainty from Afrinity Production, it is clear of the dramatic move that followed the seizure of an army base near the capital Bamako in that exact morning.
“ECOWAS has noted with great concern the seizure of power by Malian military putschists,” said the statement, which was originally published in French.
Mali has been in the grip of a deep political impasse since June, with President Keita facing increasingly devastating demands for him to step down.
The opposition June 5 Movement, named for the date of its first protest, has been channelling deep outrage over a dire economy, perceived government corruption and a brutal jihadist conflict.
The opposition alliance’s anti-Keita campaign veered into crisis last month when at least 11 people were killed over three days of unrest that followed a protest.
In an effort to avoid chaos in notoriously unstable Mali, ECOWAS then stepped in to mediate.
In a statement, the Economic Community for West African States said that its members would close land and air borders to Mali and pledged to demand sanctions against “all the putschists and their partners and collaborators”.
The 15-nation bloc — which includes Mali — also said that it would suspend the country from its internal decision-making bodies.
“ECOWAS has noted with great concern the seizure of power by Malian military putschists,” said the statement, which was originally published in French.
Keita, 75, is currently being held by rebel soldiers outside of the capital.
Source___Channels TV
Lamin Saidykhan is the new appointed NBR Governor
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production getting its reliable source from Standard, we confidently make known to you the newly appointed Governor for the North Bank Region Mr. Lamin Saidykhan.
Mr. Saidykhan is a native of Dankunku, now living in Touba Sanchaba.
According to Standard, Saidykhan obtained his Bachelors in Hospitality Management and Masters Degree in International Finance in the UK. He worked in different companies both in the UK and the USA.
Afrinity Production can clearly give you his details before his present appointment as Governor of NBR.
Mr. Saidykhan was appointed by the British Embassy as Visa Clearance Assistant in the Gambia for almost 2 years. He also joined the Government in 2012 at the Personnel Management Office until this new assignment.
Credit Standard Newspaper
August 20th, 2020
Afrinity Production: Finally Susant Singh Rajput will get justice if he was actually murdered.
Susant Singh Rajput was found dead in his flat in Mumbai on 14 June. Police said he had killed himself.
But according to various comments and videos put forward by Susant’s fans and confirmed by some renown nurses in India and beyond that the actor was murdered.
Since then, unverified details about his career, financial status and even mental health have dominated headlines.
Afrinity Production in a quiet shock can finally see the stand of people on the death of the Indian Actor as a pure murder case which at the moment triggered a lot of backlash.
And this has led to a tussle over who has jurisdiction to investigate – police in Mumbai or his home state Bihar.
BBC said, India’s Supreme Court has directed the country’s federal investigation agency to probe the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
A single judge bench of the Supreme Court said that the Bihar government was competent to request the case be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in India.
His family, who have filed a case of abetment to suicide against his ex girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, have also been asking for the case to be moved away from Mumbai.
On social media, she has been called a “gold digger” who “took away Sushant’s money”.
But the actor’s ex girlfriend has denied any wrongdoing and issued a plea to Home Minister Amit Shah for a fair investigation into Sushant’s death. She had also moved the court asking that the case be heard in Mumbai.
By. Amie T. Camara
Mali’s president reaigns after soldiers mutiny
Source___BBC
As Afrinity Production posted on their previous post about the protest in Mali over the stepping down of their elected President.
Well the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned, the occurs after being detained by soldiers on yesterday.
Afrinity Production reading from BBC, is made to know that the Mali President in a televised address said he was also dissolving the government and parliament, adding: “I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power.”
He and PM Boubou Cissé were taken to a military camp close to the capital Bamako, drawing international condemnation.
A spokesman for the soldiers called for “a civil political transition leading to credible general elections”.
18th of August 2020
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production discloses to you the fast increase of the Novel Corona Virus in Nigeria.
Source__Channels TV
August 18th 2020.
Nigeria yesterday confirmed 410 new cases of the novel coronavirus as the country’s toll of infection confirmed neared 50,000.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed the news in a late-night tweet according to Channels TV.
The country’s virus epicentre, Lagos, reported 210 new cases, while the FCT posted 45 new infections.
Other states with new cases include: Ondo-30, Plateau-21, Edo-19, Ogun-16, Oyo-13, Nasarawa-12, Bauchi-11, Enugu-10, Kwara-7, Kaduna-6, Anambra-4, Ebonyi-3, Abia-2, Rivers-1.
Four new deaths were recorded on Tuesday as the total toll from the virus reached 981.
Nonetheless, the toll of recovered patients rose to 37,051.
By Amie T. Camara
According to our source Channels TV, Nigerian Govt Projects N12.658trn Budget For 2021
Afrinity Production The Gambia, notify you of the Federal Government of Nigeria’s hopes to have a budget expenditure framework projected at N12.658 trillion for the 2021 fiscal year.
This is contained in the latest Economic Outlook by the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning.
The document, signed by the Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Ahmed Zainab, indicated that the figure represented a 17.2 per cent increase of the revised N10.8 trillion 2020 budget.
“The aggregate revenue available for the budget for next year is projected at N7.498 trillion while the aggregate expenditure level is projected to be N12.658 trillion.
“On the other hand, the aggregate expenditure is made up of Statutory Transfers of N481.41 billion, Debt Service of N3.124 trillion, and Sinking Fund of N220 billion.
“Recurrent (non-debt) expenditure is also put at N5.746 trillion and Capital expenditure (exclusive of capital in Statutory Transfers) has N3.086 trillion.
“Of the capital expenditure, the Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs) Capital is N1.485 trillion.
“The ministry explained that the projections were in accordance with the government’s 2021-2023 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper.
“Others are N20 billion for Special Intervention Programme, N4335.59 billion for GOEs, and N674.11 billion for Multi-lateral and Bi-lateral Project-tied loans.”
August 18th 2020
By Amie T. Camara
Afrinity Production make known to you the visit of Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Source from__Channels TV
18th of August 2020
During his meeting with the present President Buhari, Jonathan briefed his successor on the crisis rocking Mali, calling for dialogue to resolve the escalation.
Jonathan was followed by members of the team on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mission to Mali.
Although the ex-President did not grant an interview to State House reporters, a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, indicated that Jonathan proposed dialogue as the way forward.
“We told them that no international organization, including the African Union (AU), United Nations (UN), and others, would agree with their position. We continued to emphasize the need for dialogue,” Jonathan was quoted as saying.
“We told them that no international organization, including the African Union (AU), United Nations (UN), and others, would agree with their position. We continued to emphasize the need for dialogue,” Jonathan was quoted as saying.
The former President added that the Constitutional Court had been reconstituted and inaugurated, while vacancies in the Supreme Court had been filled, thus sorting out the judicial arm of government.
On his part, President Buhari thanked Jonathan for what he called “the stamina you have displayed” on the Mali issue.
By Amie T. Camara
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