The National Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday, commenced the distribution of relief materials to 8,757 households affected by the 2022 flood disaster in Kaduna State.The Director-General of the agency, Mr Mustapha Ahmed, said during the distribution in Kaduna that the gesture was under the Special National Economic and Livelihood Emergency Intervention (SNELEI).Ahmed, who was represented by Ms Ngozi Echeazu, State Team supervisor, SNELEI, said that the distribution was aimed at bringing succour to the affected households in the state.He identified the items as food and non-food items, such as rice, beans, sorghum, blankets, mats, mosquito nets and detergents.Other non-food items include sewing machines, grinding machines, water pumps for dry-season farmers, sprayers, fertilizers, herbicides and seedlings.He explained that the agricultural inputs were given to take farmers back to the farms, stimulate crop production and safeguard national food security in the middle of economic downturn.The DG added that the livelihood support was to help artisans to improve their businesses and grow the economy.He called on the beneficiaries to avoid selling the items and destroy the good intention of the Federal Government.In her remarks, the Deputy Governor of the state, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, commended the Federal Government for the gesture.Balarabe, who was represented by Mr James Kanyip, Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Uba Sani, Office of the Deputy Governor, said that the items would assist the beneficiaries in rebuilding their lives.She also advised the beneficiaries against selling the items, which she said was to alleviate poverty and empower them economically.The deputy governor also called on the distributors of the relief materials to ensure that only the targeted persons and the vulnerable were given the items.Also, Mr Usman Mazabu, Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, thanked the Federal Government for approving the relief assistance to the victims.Muazu assured that the relief materials would be transparently and jointly distributed to the affected persons by officials of NEMA, SEMA and representatives of the community and other relevant stakeholders.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved a three-month grace period for 189 titleholders, who have obtained Building Plan Approvals but are yet to commence development on their property.

In a statement signed by the Director of Information and Communication of the FCTA, Mohammed Hazat revealed that the affected property owners are to do so within the stipulated period or have their title revoked in line with the provisions of the law.

This gesture has only been extended to both individuals and corporate organisations that have shown a desire to develop their property by obtaining Building Plan approvals but are yet to start proper development on their property situated within the Federal Capital City (FCC).

Similarly, public institutions that have land titles within the Federal Capital City but are yet to develop the same, have also been given a grace period of three months to commence development in order to avoid sanction.

Thus, the Minister has extended this gesture to 189 property owners due to their desire to develop the property by obtaining Building Plan Approvals which is a prerequisite for the development of any property in the Federal Capital Territory.

The notification in the Newspapers states: “The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), has graciously approved a grace period of three months from the date of this publication for the under-listed titleholders who have obtained building plan approvals to commence development of their plots; failure of which their titles shall be revoked for continued contravention of the terms of development of the Right- of -Occupancy.”

The owners of these plots were exempted from revocation because they have already demonstrated firm commitment towards developing their property by obtaining necessary documents from the FCT Administration.

It urged the affected property owners to take advantage of the Minister’s gesture and develop their plots as published in some National Dailies, in line with the terms of the Offer of the Right- Of- Occupancy.

The FCT Administration, therefore, appealed to the affected Public Institutions who have been allocated plots within the FCC to commence development of their plots, failure of which their titles shall be revoked for continued contravention of the terms of development of the Right of Occupancy.

The plots in these categories belong to individuals and corporate organisations, as well as Public Institutions that have continually failed to keep to the terms of the agreement as contained in Section 28(5) (a) & (b) of the Land Use Act offering and conveying of the Right of Occupancy.

Seven Mile Beach, often known by the abbreviation SMB, is a long crescent of coral-sand beach, located on the main Grand Cayman Island, which is part of the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands.

More often named as one of the best and ultimate beaches in the Caribbean Region, Seven Mile Beach is the epitome of an island getaway.

As it is the most well known beach on the island, it is located on the western shore of Grand Cayman, where to the south is located the capital city of the Cayman Island, George Town.

As all of the beaches on the islands are public property, SMB too is, and one can walk the whole length and admire the many resorts, because it is the most popular and most developed area on the island.

Even though the name is not the same with the length of the beach, where it is only 10.1 km (6.3 mi) long, sadly the beach is a victim to annual erosion which has reduced its size in some places.

There are many things that can be done at the beach, which does not include only tanning.

Visitors can definitely have an adventurous parasailing, shallow snorkeling, doing sport, scuba dive, or even camping under the trees.

It is a place where people from every generation will definitely find their pleasure.