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The Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme is a wonderful idea which delivers farm inputs via electronic medium to pre-registered farmers directly through their phones. The fact that middle men have seemingly been eliminated from the system, thereby getting to the target of importance which is the farmer is commendable. However, I find some taking points interesting; 1.       The according to the minister, he said “Some people think that our farmers are uneducated and cannot use cell phones. The evidence does not support that”. Right! So if this is the case one would expect that these farmers would already have phones and don’t need one.  2.        There are farmers already registered on this scheme, does it register their phones or the SIM?   Because it is possible to affix the SIM on another phone and the number would remain the same. Or are these phones going to be equipped with special features that th...

In Defence of Performing Public Servants - Right of Reply - By: Nasir El-Rufai on ThisDay Back Page on 13 Oct 2012 The article entitled “The Bully Called Sanusi” by my brother - Dele Momodu on yet another brother of mine - Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is as evidently self-contradictory as it lacks objectivity. It also constitutes a disservice to the greater public good as to be expatiated in the course of this submission; hence the necessity for this rejoinder. Those who know me and read my Friday weekly column in THISDAY Newspaper know how critical I have been of the Jonathan administration, just as I was to its predecessor, the Yar’Adua administration; with the common thread being the lackluster performance of both administrations that has brought our beloved nation to its lowest ebb. Even so, there are exceptional public servants that have performed diligently with high level of intellect, uncommon integrity and outstanding record of public service that must not be rubbish...