{"id":99653,"date":"2021-10-29T09:25:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=99653"},"modified":"2021-10-29T09:25:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T08:25:35","slug":"bandits-collecting-taxes-doesnt-mean-theyve-taken-over-lai-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/29\/bandits-collecting-taxes-doesnt-mean-theyve-taken-over-lai-mohammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bandits collecting taxes doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019ve taken over \u2013 Lai Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, says the fact that bandits are imposing levies on communities does not mean they have taken control.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed made the remarks during a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, in response to an article in The Economist headed, &#8216;Insurgency, secessionism, and banditry threaten Nigeria.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The minister stated that the London-based magazine was incorrect in claiming that terrorists carved caliphates for themselves in the North-East.<\/p>\n<p>While responding to journalists&#8217; questions about banditry in the North-West, where bandits are now imposing levies on communities, Mohammed argued that imposing levies does not mean criminals are in charge, adding that it occurs in many parts of the country, including the South, where touts known as &#8216;area boys&#8217; impose levies.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cDo you know how many places in this country where area boys collect taxes? And there is no terrorism or banditry there. I don\u2019t want to mention names.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many of our cities, they carve out their own territory. So, it is not indicative of the bandits have taken over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. I know many areas in Nigeria both in the South and the North where these kinds of things happen. So, it is not the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The minister urged the Nigerian media to stop glorifying negative reports published by their foreign counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed said The Economist Intelligence Unit, which is a sister organisation of The Economist magazine, had predicted in 2019 that the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would win the election but the prediction turned out to be false.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari won re-election by over three million votes. So, The Economist and other arms of the group are not infallible,\u201d the minister argued.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed argued that the idea of the Nigerian media regurgitating things published or reported by foreign media is antithetical to its reputation of independence and vibrancy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Nigerian media does itself a great disservice by turning itself into an echo chamber of the foreign media. When The Economist reported its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/07\/08\/n500-per-cow-yearly-katsina-to-introduce-levy-for-cattle-owners\/\">patently-wrong<\/a> and badly-researched story, it was immediately amplified by the local media, without even interrogating its content? This is totally unconscionable!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The minister maintained that contrary to the article by The Economist, Boko Haram had been degraded. He, therefore, lambasted the newspaper for attempting to downplay the exploits of the Nigerian military.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAgain, at a time that Boko Haram and ISWAP are taking on each other in a mutually-destructive lockstep, and at a time that the terrorists are surrendering in droves as a result of heavy pounding by the military, it is wrong to say that Jihadists are carving out a Caliphate in the North-East, as The Economist reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any case, why would the Nigerian media become an echo chamber for a foreign newspaper that denigrates the Nigerian military and makes light of the sacrifices of our valiant troops? Would the British or American press regurgitate a report in the Nigerian press denigrating their militaries?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, says the fact that bandits are imposing levies on communities does not mean they have taken control. 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