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Inequality and the climate crisis are addressed by the UN Secretary General.
Observing that cooperation is essential to overcoming the issues, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres asserts that the world has the power to look for solutions to the climate crisis and growing inequality.
In a statement on Tuesday, Mr. Guterres noted that as the world’s population faced significant problems for which there is a potential for global cooperation, divisions were widening and geopolitical tensions were rising.
Mr. Guterres made this statement while speaking to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council, the largest regional security organization in the world in terms of landmass and population.
Along with Iran, the SCO now includes China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Since 2010, the UN has had a cooperation agreement with the SCO, which focuses on Asia and collaborates with numerous UN agencies.
India is hosting the summit this year via videoconference.
The UN Secretary-General informed Member States that growing divisions had been exacerbated by disparate national and reasonable responses to international crises, disagreements over security threats, the COVID’s effects, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
But the only way to address the world’s problems today—from the climate crisis to rising inequality and the control of new technologies—is through dialogue and cooperation. And working together is the only way that can happen.
He listed three key areas where he thinks Member States could work together to find solutions.
The climate crisis comes first. We are headed for disaster unless humanity comes together. We must work together and move quickly, he said.
In support of the support for emerging economies, he cited his Climate Solidarity Pact, which is aimed at major carbon emitters and developing nations.
He emphasized that “climate action is the fight of our lives” and that “SCO members have an important role to play.”
He continued by saying that as the world “completely unprepared” sleepwalks into the new tech era, solutions must be forthcoming.
Our capacity to responsibly develop and regulate the industry and companies leading it “are falling far behind” in the areas of artificial intelligence, autonomous weapons, and bioengineering.
He mentioned the UN’s proposed Global Digital Compact, which would bring together governments, regional organizations, the private sector, and civil society to help forge an international consensus on the rules.
He announced the formation of a new UN High-Level Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence.
He continued, “I am open to any initiative by Member States to establish a global agency for AI.
“SCO members are leaders in many of these fields on a global scale, and we depend on your participation and support.”
Thirdly, he emphasized the deterioration of trust within and between nations, which has led to an increase in inequality.
The pandemic only made it worse while consuming funds that could have been used for climate action and sustainable development and burdening developing economies with excessive debt and interest payments.
“Reducing globalization is not the answer to unjust globalization. To lessen injustice, that is.
He urged governments to work for equitable globalization, climate justice, and global financial reforms that would balance and bring equity to the Security Council and the Bretton Woods institutions.
“We are advocating for significant changes to global frameworks in order to better reflect and respond to the needs of emerging and developing economies.
Additionally, I’m urging for an immediate SDG stimulus to boost the economy’s liquidity, ease the debt on developing nations, and restart the 2030 Agenda.
He claimed that social protection and employment needed to be given top priority at the national level. A new social contract must be built on respect “for all human rights,”
He claimed that the SCO is well positioned to promote Eurasia’s peace and security and combat violent extremism and terrorism.
Following the Taliban takeover in 2021, which restored religious authoritarianism and severely weakened women’s rights, he applauded the commitment of Afghanistan’s neighbors to a peaceful and united Afghanistan “with an inclusive broad-based Government”.
“A Government that will safeguard the rights of all its people, particularly women and girls, and prevent the country from becoming a hub for terrorism and violent extremism,” he said, was what Afghans needed.
The Lagos Third Mainland Bridge will be closed for repairs from midnight on Saturday, October 21, until midnight on Sunday, October 22, according to a statement released by the federal government on Thursday.
In a statement, the Federal Controller of Works for Lagos State, Mrs. Olukorede Kesha, stated that the government was prepared to commence extensive bridge rehabilitation, beginning with key section repairs.
According to Kesha, the federal administration wanted the driving public to know that it was presently developing measures to rehabilitate the Third Mainland Bridge completely.
But, she added, “the Ministry would be carrying out palliative works on the most critically failed sections along the Adeniji-bound carriageway on Sunday, October 22, preparatory to the comprehensive repair works, in order to alleviate the pains currently being experienced on the bridge.”
She urged drivers to assist traffic management personnel by following all instructions and obeying diversions to ensure smooth traffic flow.
Nevertheless, throughout the time of the palliative works, drivers are urged to take alternate routes whenever feasible, as the Adeniji-bound portion of the bridge will be closed to traffic from Saturday, October 21, to October 22, 12 midnight, the spokesperson stated.
Bode Agusto, an economist and former director-general of the Budget Office of the Federation, fell suddenly at the age of 68.
The first credit rating agency in Nigeria, Agusto & Co., was founded by him.
Olufemi Awoyemi, the Chairman, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer of Proshare Nigeria, revealed the news of Agusto’s passing on Thursday via his X Twitter.
“@bodeagusto, the pioneer who taught us all how to respect facts and data in our engagements, was the founder of @agustoandco,” the user tweeted.
You were an amazing instructor and a wonderful person. You had a profound effect on our career choices, and we will always remember the lessons you taught us.
“May his soul rest in peace and may Almighty God grant his family the strength to bear this loss,” I said in prayer.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Lagos in 1974–1977. In 1981, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria inducted him as a Fellow of the Institute.
On the way to Ghana, a patrol squad from the Nigerian Navy’s ship BEECROFT found and arrested eleven stowaways on board the GWANGZHOU HIGHWAY PANAMA.
The people were apprehended on Tuesday at around 7 p.m. by the Navy Ship BEECROFT patrol crew, according to a statement released on Thursday by H.A. Collins, the Base Information Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT.
He added that the ship was instructed to stop inside the Lagos anchorage and that the Western Regional Control Centre (WRCC) was notified right away.
Four stowaways were first taken into custody from the ship’s stern. But evidence from these people indicated that there were more stowaways on board the ship.
The statement stated that “an astounding 7 more stowaways were uncovered within the ship following a comprehensive search, bringing the total to 11 stowaways who were promptly disembarked from the vessel and taken into custody.”
In compliance with established norms, the stowaways have been turned over to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), according to the official.
The following people have been detained, according to the Navy:
19-year-old Shedrack David from Ondo State.
Godspeed, 30-year-old Emmanuel from Delta State.
Adamawa State native Ibrahim Hassan, thirty years old.
21-year-old Solomon Francis is from Ondo State.
28-year-old Bolaji Johnson is from Ondo State.
37-year-old Samsom Aimy is from Bayelsa State.
27-year-old Ayefuwei Collins from Delta State.
28-year-old Ayo Gula is from Delta State.
23-year-old Jolomi Daniel is from Ondo State.
Two young people from Zamfara State, Abubakar Ibrahim, 19, and Precious Uwalogho, 30, are from Delta State.
Fuel lines have reportedly appeared in certain areas of Lagos as well as a few other places around the nation, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.
The NNPC’s retail management stated in a statement on Thursday that the waits are the result of a decreased depot loadout that has been going on for a few days in Apapa, Lagos.
It further stated that the core reason of the backlog has been resolved.
The statement continued, “We assure all Nigerians that there is ample supply with sufficiency of at least 30 days.”
However, the NNPC cautioned drivers from making rash purchases because distribution will return to normal over the course of the following few days.
Following President Bola Tinubu’s announcement at his inauguration in May that gasoline subsidies would no longer be provided, gas station lineups became noticeable.
According to Tinubu, the gasoline subsidy payment is no longer justified and that the 2023 budget did not include any funding for it.
Due to the announcement, there was a shortage of petroleum goods, which caused long lines at gas stations all throughout the nation. In Lagos, the price of a litre of gasoline increased from N184 to almost N500.
See the statement below;
The management of a nightclub in the Lekki neighborhood of Lagos State has promised to face charges for attacking representatives of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA).
Staff members of the club were seen assaulting agency officials who were on assignment in a widely shared video.
However, Kunle Adeshina, the agency’s director of public affairs, announced hours after the development that the company had been sealed and that individuals responsible would face legal action.
He posted on his X account on Sunday, “The State Environmental Protection Agency has resealed the premises of 10 POT Night Club at 2A Admiralty Way Lekki 1 following the breakage of the seal earlier placed on the premises.”
According to the statement, “this is just as the State Task Force on Environmental Offenses officers took the 11 arrested employees into custody pending arraignment before a competent court of law who also assaulted LASEPA officials.”
on a similar development, LASEPA announced that as part of its efforts to “combat noise pollution,” it had sealed a hotel on the state’s Victoria Island region.
“The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has taken action today, Sunday, October 15, 2023, by closing the New View Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos. LASEPA stated, “This measure is a component of the agency’s ongoing efforts to resolve environmental breaches and prevent noise pollution.
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