JPRS*SSA*85«103
24 October 1985

COMMODORE FINGESI ADDRESSES NAVAL CADET GRADUATES

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 24 Sep 85 p 8

[Article by Olu Adebayo/

Get]

CSO:

NIGERIAN Navy officials have
been told that only team’ work
and undivided loyalty would
guarantee their success and sur-
vival in the service.

“There® is no room for in-
dolence”, Chief of Naval Opera-
tions, Commodore 0.P. Fingesi
told 526 newly graduating ratings
including 71 females at a passing
out parade at the Basic and Divi-
sional Training School, Apapa
last Friday. ~

He emphasised that ‘the suc-
cess of the navy can only be
guaranteed when we are deter-
mined to work together as a
team.”

Commodore Fingesi alerted
the new ratings of the ‘‘new”
navy they were going into, which,
he said, had- become
sophisticated both in operations
and weaponry.

“Gone are the days when the
navy depended on manual
operated guns”. he said. urging
them to strive hard to keep up
with the technological advance-
ment of our weapons systems.

Training, he said had become
one of the most vital aspects of
the service because according to
him, in modern naval warfare,
the single most important factor

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in victory was preparation and
training.

He therefore catled on those
charge with the responsibility of.
training to do their best to justify
the huge investments the country
was putting into giving excellent
training to its armed forces.

, Commodore Fingesi expressed
= alight that those passing out in-
cluded 71 female trainees who, he
said, were pioneers in the navy’s
effort to offer equal opportunities
to ‘women in its non-combatant
service.

While he said that adequate ar-
‘Tangements have been made for
their welfare, he nted out,
however, that their discipline and
-behaviour would determine their
future progress in the service.

While congratulating the of-
ficers in charge of the school for
their hard work, he promised that
the navy was determined to give
its officers and men the best
possible training locally.

He announced that the B&D
School would soon be moved to
ithe Basic Seamanship Training

‘hool, Port Harcourt, while
other professional courses would
continue at Apapa.

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24 October 1985

GHANA

AUSTIN ADDRESSES COCOBOD WORKER PROBLEMS, ACHIEVEMENTS
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 26 Sep 85 pp 1, 4
[Article by Breda Atta-Quayson]

[Text] Mr Ato Austin, Secretary for Labour and Social Welfare, has said
that the workers of Ghana Cocoa. Board (COCOBOD) have shown maturity in recog-
nising the need for restructuring the board.

He said this maturity has been demonstrated by workers’ leaders in educating
their colleagues on what the restructuring exercise is all about.

The only point of disagreement, Mr Austin pointed out, is the mechanics for
the severance and the payment of appropriate benefits in such a way that it
does not become punitive to anybody. .

Mr Austin was speaking in an interview shortly after a meeting with the
leaders of the workers of COCOBOD at the Castle, Osu, yesterday.

The meeting followed a five-hour demonstration by the COCOBOD workers in
Accra yesterday in protest against the mode of payment. of benefits to work—
ers who have been affected by the restructuring exercise currently going on
at the board.

The government was represented at the meeting by two members of the PNDC,
Messrs Ebow Tawiah and P. V. Obeng, Mr Ato Austin, Secretary for Labour and
Social Welfare and Mr Yaw Akrasi-Sarpong of the PNDC Secretariat, whilst the
workers were represented by their union and CDR leaders. The General Secre-
tary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), Mr L. Ocloo, the
General Agricultural Workers Union's (GAWU's) General Secretary Mr S. Asante
and Mr I. Mbeah of the Economic Department of the Trades Union Congress (TUC)
who represented the Secretary-General of TUC were also present at the meet-
ing.

Mr Austin said the meeting agreed that any solution to the disagreement on
the mechanics of severance and the payment of appropriate benefits to the
affected workers must come out of a joint discussion.

He said the meeting also agreed that no letter of severance should be issued
out until an agreement has been reached.

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JPRS «SSA«85~103
24 October 1985

ZIMBABWE

COMMUNAL FARMING DEVELOPMENT WIDENS
Harare THE HERALD in English 27 Sep 85 p 21

[Text] The Kohwa Pakuru programme which has been adopted by the Government
as a strategy for communal farming development, is already being used in
25 districts.

The programme, started in 1981 with 74 participants, has reached 40 000
farmers. The estimated communal -households exceed 700 000.

The Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Settlement, Cde Moven
Mahachi, announced last week that plans for putting the Kohwa Pakuru
programme on a national footing had reached "an advanced stage".

Ciba-Geigy launched it on the conviction that communal farmers could
boost production, given the means.

It has since been demonstrated that in 1982-83 Kohwa Pakuru farmers reaped
5 450 kg of maize per ha on average compared with 2 000 kg for the run-of-
the-mill, and the gap for cotton was 1 645 kg compared with 700 kg
respectively.

This season the marginal farmers’ maize pickings inched up to 2 700 kg
per ha compared with 5 682 kg for the guided farmers, while the gap for
cotton was 1100 kg and 2000 kg.

The champion maize grower under the programme this season, Cde Beata
Chitemberere, of Mangwende, reaped 8 200 kg per ha compared with 3 000 kg
for the ordinary farmer.

O£ cotton, Cde Sailas Mambizo of Nemangwe in Gokwe yielded 11,5 bales
per ha and topped most growers who scraped six bales.

The staggering yields were boosted by the package concept of the programme,
which includes giving.loans for buying inputs, training, timely dis-
tribution of inputs and co-ordinated markéting of produce.

Already in the exercise are Agritex, Ciba-Geigy, the Department of Co-
operative Development and the Agricultural Finance Corporation.

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ZIMBABWE

ITALY FINANCES FORESTRY CENTER
Harare THE HERALD in English 13 Sep 85 p 3

[Text] Italy has contributed about $26 million to be spread over six
years for the establishment of a forest industries training centre for
SADCC countries, the Italian Embassy announced in Harare yesterday.

The money, which is part of a $14 million Zimbabwe-Italy fund for the
construction of the centre near the Zimbabwe College of Forestry in
Mutare, will cover. capital and operation costs for the first six years
of the centre's operation.

The centre, which is to have production plants, workshops, lecture rooms,
dormitories and other facilities, will provide for the training of
technicians and trainers of skilled workers for primary mechanical forest
industries from SADCC countries.

When completed, the centre will fill a long-felt need for the training
of technicians in all stages of timber processing.

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7 Still wondering whether he is~

doing the right thing, President

+ Viljoen appoints him Minister of
Defence (that should get the
_troops out of the townships).

* With a Prog in his Cabinet; 7—>
i ea Viljoen gets another
rush of blood. What about a black

las

in the Cabinet? After all even Mr .,
P W Botha had said blacks would .”
fake art up to the highest level?:
ones Chief Buthelezi. .
“Yes, Vd be delighted to be
pret When do you step:.
s; down?”’the chief says.
+) “When I said the highest level I
~ didn’t mean that level yet,” says °
, the President slightly taken. “"f
» aback. “But when you have a bit
* of.Cabinet experience we on
:, consider it”.” \
-That’s how Chief Butheledi * 3
{ becomes Minister of
‘ Constitutional Affairs. © 4
ie Then President Viljoen |
! remembers the most important
‘: Portfolio of all. Somewhere in his,
* Cabinet must be room for a man;
ge Whe can talk to the ANC, UDF, 4
© Bishop Tutu, Mr Mandela and all all
the people Mer Botha wouldn't
"President Viljoen appoints De!
Anton Rupert, He has the ear of 5
“both black leaders and white  ;
; Government. ‘
A few other appointments
complete the Cabinet. Professor
! Nie Wiehahn is Minister of
Manpower. He made the system, °
i he night as well run it.

; _.Mr Harry Schwarz is Minister *
of Finance. If he mucks up the
jv economy too, that should give us

*. calla few laughs.

tc. President Viljoen combines the
post of Minister of Law and Order
_ With that of Justice. The new
_ Minister Professor John Dugard,

promptly releases Mandela and

& Mot other political prisoners. ‘

» And we all lived happily ever
after.;.- <

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The committee is expected to submit an interim report two months after the
date of its first meeting and further reports at intervals of two months
as necessary.

Other members of the committee are Ambassador Peter Afolabi of the Nigerian
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Jos Ambassador Olu
Adesola (retired), Mr Wole Adeosun, Managing Director, Nigeria Acceptances
Limited (NAL), Dr W. Obi of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Mr 0.
Essien, Economic Editor Guardian Newspapers.

Others members include Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance,
Governor.of the Central Bank of Nigeria, while Mr R.N. Ezeife, Assistant
Director, Federal Ministry of Finance is to serve as the committee's
Secretary.

A Cabinet Office statement in Lagos yesterday said that the setting up
of the committee followed the government's decision that the issue of
Nigeria's application for IMF loan should be made a subject of national
debate to enable the generality of the Nigerian public to be more fully
aware of the pros and cons of an IMF programme.

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JPRS*SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

ZIMBABWE

MUGABE PAYS TRIBUTE TO COMMUNAL FARMERS
Harare THE HERALD in English 28 Sep 85 p 1

[Text] The Prime Minister, Cde Mugabe, paid tribute yesterday to communal
farmers for the role they have played in rural development over the past
five years, having contributed 22 percent of cotton export earnings in
this time.

An the percentage is rising. Cde Mugabe said that of 250 000 tonnes of
seed cotton harvested in 1984, 81 000 tonnes (32 percent) came from the
communal farming sector, and earned about $44 million.

In addition, $40 million worth of foreign currency was earned from gross
export sales of cotton produced by communal farmers.

"This year communal farmers are expected to deliver 128 000 tonnes (40
percent) of the estimated national production of 320 000 tonnes of seed
cotton, representing a 58 percent increase over the last year."

Experience had shown that over the past five years about $102 million went
to the communal farming sector from the production of 213 000 tonnes of
seed cotton, out of the national total of 957 000 tonnes walued at

$440 million.

The cumulative gross export earnings over the same period amounted to
$439 million of which 22 percent was contributed by communal farmers.

Recovery

"It is therefore quite clear that the communal farmer, through the
production of cotton, has made a contribution to gross domestic product,
export earnings and the creation of additional employment in the textile
industry."

"Tt also affects the supply of stockfeed and vegetable oil industries and,
above all, the rapid economic recovery which the country is beginning to
notice."

Cde Mugabe said the Zimbabwean farmer had earned himself an impressive

reputation both locally and abroad as a highly dynamic and innovative
producer, capable of responding efficiently to Government policies.

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JPRS+SSA+85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

DESPITE OIL, COUNTRY FACING ENERGY CRISIS
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 24 Sep 85 p 5
[Brticle by Femi Ajayi/

[text] Nigeria is facing an energy crisis, so said the co-ordinating director
of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Mr D. E. Lyamabo. This, he
said, is accompanied by another serious crisis, an environmental crisis. He
added: "Because these crises are not dramatic, because we are able to live
with them,today it appears they do not matter. This is unfortunate since we
are merely pushing forward the evil day."

Mr Lyamabo was not being hysterical, he had good reasons for his assertions.
The frequent failure of electricity supply from NEPA end the lack of fuel or
engine oil to operate generators are eloquent testimonies to his views.

While he agreed that Nigeria's sources of energy are quite substantial, he
explained that the pattern of exploitation of the sources of energy "leave room
for considerable wastage » apparent disregard for conservation and ineffic-
iency in energy use." All these inadequacies could exacerbate the energy crisis,
especially when 'less than 5 percent of the energy generated vy, burning fuel
wood and only about 5 percent of natural gas produced are used."

From the above, it is clear that the causes of energy crisis are: ever-increas-
ing energy demands; wastage and lack of conservation of energy; and inefficiency
in energy utilisation due to low level of technology.

National expenditure on energy, Mr Lyamabo said, continues to be collosal while
inexpensive alternative energy resources remain underutilised or unutilised.

A statement asserting or predicting energy crisis may sound ironical and unbe-
lieveable in a country, like Nigeria, endowed with fossil (petroleum, gas and,
coal) hydro (water), solar, wind, fuel, wood and geothernal sources of energy.

The reality, according to Mr. Lyamabo, is that fossil and hydro fuels, despite
their popularity, account for only 15 percent and 10 percent respectively of
total energy consumption while geothermal and wind energy sources are of rela-
tively low order in Nigeria. Paradoxically, fuel mood, not recognised as an
important source of energy, accounts for most of the remaining 75 percent of
energy requirement.

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JPRS*SSA+85~103
24 October 1985

comOROS ISLAND

BRIEF

600 ARRESTS FOLLOWING PLOT--Moroni, 3 October (AFP)--The trial of the alleged
organisers of an attempted coup in the Comoros Islands last March will take
place early next month, acting government spokesman Mohamed Ali said here after
a meeting of President Ahmed Adballah's newly-reshuffled cabinet. Members of
the mercenary-led Presidential Guard staged a short-lived mutiny last 8 March
while the president was absent in France. Exile opposition sources said 600
arrests followed. Mr Ali, who is now minister for production, said the cabinet
also discussed decentralisation and administrative reform. [Text] [Paris AFP
in English 1247 GMT 3 Oct 85 AB]

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JPRS*SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

RECENT EVENT SEEN AS CAUSING ACCELERATING POLARIZATION OF COMMUNITIES

Cape Town WEEKEND. ARGUS. in English 21 Sep 85 p 11

[Article by Dale Lautenbach]

[Text]

VENTS in South Africa ‘are

forcing different communities

even further apart than before

and, commenting on this accelerating
polarisation, one voice asked whether

. that split had now reached the point of ;

no return. |

Writer and senior’
lecturer at Hewat
Training College Dr
Richard Rive felt po-:
larisation had acceler-'
ated at such an
alarming rate that it
was “almost at the
point of no return”. |
“ “And this in spite of
plausible and commend-
able efforts on the part of
many unenfranchised peo-:
ple to strive towards a’
non-racial, non-exploit-
ative and democratic so-.
ciety.” ve

Every time a child wast
shot with a rubber bullet, a
pupil beaten with a quirt and
a community leader detained,
the situation polarised further
and communities became
more estranged. - «~

io]

When would the ‘State re-
nounce this,,violence?, he,
asked. i
.. “That could go some way to
‘lessening polarisation — if
we Have not: already moved:
beyond that.” 278k
+ Playwright and tieal ‘of the’
department of social work at
the University of the Western’
Cape Professor Adam Small
did not believe that polarisa-
tion now was a black/white
issue. Nor did Professor.
Jakes Gerwel, dean of the Fa-
culty of Arts at UWC. 9"

; Government

{ “It’s ideas that are polar-
ised now,” said Professor
Small. - - .

122

* “Oni the one hand: you have
ithe idea of an opefi societ;
with unconditional South Afri-
can citizenship for all and at
the other pole stands the Go-
jvernment.

“Bits of apartheid may be.
on the way out, even chunks,
but the underlying philosophy
is being reaffirmed right now
in the middle of our present
troubles,” he said, referring
to statements made by new
Bureau of Information head
and former Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs: Mr Louis
Nel on television this week.
| “Polarisation is: escalatin;
| yes, but you have black an

white guys falling out togeth,

er on one side or another,”
said Professor Small.

‘ Brutality
‘He also saw an “emotional
larisation arising out of po-
lice brutality”, and referrin;
to events reported this weel
| asked about the police:
! “What sort of monster has
apartheid given birth to?”
“But most frightening of all
perhaps is that polarisation
which on its one side has peo-
le who cannot and will not
jow — who will not recog.
wnise what is happening. With-
‘out wanting to sound senti-
‘ mental, that just makes one
‘ want to cry.”



JPRS“SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

CRASH COURSE PLANNED TO IMPROVE NATIONAL PARTY IMAGE

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 15 Sep 85 p 10°

[Article by Kim McGowan]

[Text]

cso:

NATIONALISTS plin’a crash The reason for the programme
programme to improve the | . Was that the party felt its
television and Press image of; “more. public” members were
MPs and MPCs, including the? not using the age of electronic
State President, Mr P W Botha. ¢ media “to best effect”, said Mr
The programme, which will . Rencken.
cost thousands of rands, in- “It is not necessarily because
cludes the re-shooting of all of- - we suddenly feel inferior, or
ficial photographs of MPs and that we are losing out in any
MPCs, which will then be cir- * way. We just feel that the tech-
culated for use by the media. nique of ‘political. communica-
The party had considered . - tion and persuasion has
conducting the programme it- : changed since the advent of
self by purchasing its own television and we have to keep
video cameras but this had not ° up.”
proved feasible. A specialist The idea was generated from .
company will now be commis- “observations” made by Mr
sioned to put the party’s mem- H Rencken on a recent visit to
bers through their paces. - Germany and Austria. He had
‘The courses will be run on a * been briefed to pick up tips
voluntary basis, according to - from politicians seasoned in
Mr Chris Rencken, the former the art of television communi-
SABC political commentator ; , Cation,
who is now the NP information 1 Although it is being regarded .
chief and MP for Benoni. + as a “once-off” programme, re- |
He would not say how much — fresher courses will be offered
the programme was expected to party members who feel
to cost, other than “quite a few they need it. New MP’s and
thousand rands”. MPC’s will automatically be -
“We feel that everyone, in- enrolled for the courses. ‘
cluding Cabinet Ministers and
the State President himself,
should take part but we are
not going to force anyone into
it,” said Mr Rencken.” .

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

IMF ISSUES TO BE TRANSLATED INTO MAIN NATIVE LANGUAGES
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 26 Sep 85 p1

[fext7 The terms and other related issues involved in the IMF loan is to be
translated into Nigeria's main languages.

This is to enable Nigerians at the grassroots to know what the matter is about.

The chairman of the presidential committee on the loan, Alhaji Abubakar Abdul-
kadir, told State House correspondents yesterday that the elites would not be
able to monopolise the debate if the massess also understood the issues at
stake.

He said when every one understood the issues involved in the loan, it would be
easy for people at the grassroots to contribute effectively to the debate.

Alhaji Abdulkadir said that at the moment he sees his main job as the ability
to get information across to all Nigerians to facilitate their understanding
of the IMF conditionalities and other related matters.

Earlier, Alhaji Abubakar after being sworn in with other members of the commit-
tee said what ever opinion each of them had before being appointed would not
becloud the mass decisions of Nigerians.

He noted that never in the history of Nigeria had people been so sharply
divided on a sophisticated matter as the IMF loan.

"Yet we also venture to say that never in the history of this country have the
people been so united in their determination to solve the economic impact of
the country although opinions on the modalities are as divergent as the colours
of the rainbow," he said.

Alhaji Abdu kadir, said his committee would seek all relevant information on
the IMF loan and feed them back to all Nigerians to help them articulate in
more concrete terms, on the ongoing discussions.

He appealed to the federal and state governments officials not to starve the
committee of the required information which is not prejudicial to the security
of the state.

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This demonstrates the commitment of France to the development of Ghana and
the Economic Recovery Programme, he said.

Mr Beugnot said his agency which has been authorised to operate in Ghana
hopes to offer assistance in areas that will enable the country to mobilise
its economic potential.

He said discussions are already underway for other projects such as the re-
habilitation of Bonsa Rubber Plantation and the construction of a first-
class hotel in Accra.

The loan will be paid back in 15 years with a grace period of five years.
~-GNA eos

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enough raw materials to local industries, then they should be deemed to have
substantially achieved their objectives " the union said.

The union admitted that some of the boards were at present not exporting
because they are "starved of development funds." According to the union,
the Ex-Minister of Agriculture was wrong in his claim that only the Cocoa
Board was "making significant contributions to the economy."

All said, the main problem with Nigeria's commodity boards is their
present operational practices and procedures. Perhaps a re-organisation
of the boards, will bring about good results.

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24 October 1985

LESOTHO

BBC INTERVIEWS INFORMATION MINISTER ON ELECTIONS
MB021830 London BBC World Service in English 1709 GMT 2 Oct 85
[From the "Focus on Africa" program]

[Text] The Lesotho Government is clearly upset at suggestions that there was
something improper in the conduct of the recent electoral process in which can-
didates of the ruling Basotho National Party were returned unopposed. Elections
were scheduled to take place last month, but were cancelled after the opposition
parties failed to submit candidates by the nomination deadline, the previous
month. They have alleged that they were not given proper access to voters rolls,
enabling them to get the required 500 supporters for each of their candidates,
and they have accused the government of Chief Leabua Jonathan of hijacking the
Constitution and effectively disenfranchising the people of Lesotho. On the
line to Maseru, (Kordera Mense) asked Desmond Sexishe, Lesotho's information
minister, how he responded to such charges.

{Begin recording] [Sixishe] Well, I think the first responsibility of all
political parties ‘is to provide candidates when and if an election is declared.
Parliament was dissolved last December, which was the last specific indication
that we were going for elections. The prime minister announced 2 years ago
that we were preparing for elections, and I think the responsibility of all
parties was to provide candidates in all the constituencies, and that is a
party responsibility. Our party did it, but the other political parties did
not provide candidates. The reason they did not provide candidates is that
there were no people willing to stand for them.

[Mense] The major complaint by the opposition parties is about access to the
voters rolls, and they claimed when they went to court on this issue that they
had only been given 2 days to inspect the lists.

[Sixishe] I think it is now well known that... [changes thought] what the de-
cision of the court was, because the electoral rolls have in fact nothing to

do whatsoever with nomination day. The law is very specific; it says that the
government will provide nominational laws 1 month prior to a general election.

[Mense] Is it not correct that each candidate needed 500 supporters and that,

in order’ to get those supporters, he needed to be able to see the full elec~
toral list first?

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

MASSIVE INFLUX EXPECTED WITH ECOWAS FREE MOVEMENT PROTOCOL

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 18 Sep 85 pp 1,3

{Article by Omafume Amurun]

[Text]

NIGERIA could not cope
with the anticipated influx of
about five million people into
the country when the phase
two of the ECOWAS protocol

on free movement comes
into effect next May.

An Assistant Director of
Immigration for ECOWAS
Affairs. Mr. S.A. Dange told
the Minister of Internal Af-
fairs, Lt. Col. John Shagaya
v on familiarization tour

+ that though his department
was preparing for the an-

ticipated influx they were.

understaffed and lacked
necessary equipment.

He said it seemed there
was no going back on the
issue because Nigeria was
morally bound to adhere to
the phase two of the
ECOWAS protocol on free
movement of people.

This protocol was to be im-

lemented in May this year.

ut had to be delayed for one
year at the request of
Nigeria to allow it make ade-

cso: 3400/106

uate preparations.
a The Fret phase of the ECOWAS
protocol on free movement
citizens to live in any of the
member countries for a period of
not more than 90 days, while the
phase two permits them to reside
and work as long as they please.

Addressing heads of depart-
ments later, Minister of Internal
Affairs, Lt.-Col. John Shagaya
urged them to monitor effectively
activities of foreigners amongst
them.

He told them to look into the is-
suance of expatriate quota and
business permit to harmonise
with the overall development pro-
cess of the Nigerian economy.

This is necessary, the minister
said, because of the present
abuse in the employment of
aliens in the country.

Lt.-Col. Shagaya said in pro-

58

cessing application for quota, str-
ingent measures should be taken
to ensure that Nigeria’s interest
was safeguarded and that only
justified cases were approved.

__ He said the views of the unions
in the various companies would
also be taken into account before
final approval was given for
quota positions while chief ex-
ecutives of companies would
have to justify their request.

According to him, the Federal
Government would leave no stone
unturned to ensure that the
security of everybody within the
country was guaranteed.

He said the government would
embark on more effective im-
migration control to ensure that
no undesirable elements were
allowed into the country.

On the national identity card
project, the minister said the
Federal Government would give
utmost attention to this project to
ensure that the scheme took off
as planned.


JPRS“SSA¥85+103
24 October 1985

ZIMBABWE

INDUSTRY MINISTER OPENS SUGAR REFINERY'S BONE CHARCOAL FACTORY
Harare THE HERALD in English 26 Sep 85 p 7

[Text] The Minister of Industry and Technology, Dr Callistus Ndlovu,
yesterday opened the Zimbabwe Sugar Refineries' bone charcoal factory in
Mount Hampden.

The factory, built at a cost of $200 000, specialises in the manufacture
of animal bone charcoal for use in the refining of sugar.

Bones are obtained in the rural areas and the factory makes 30 tonnes
of bone charcoal a month.

Opening the factory, Cde Ndlovu said the use of bone charcoal would not
only boost the output of ZSR but also encourage an economical use of
bones as a raw material.

"In the light of this our economy is now assured conservation of scarce
foreign exchange resources... The use of bone charcoal has created an
impetus in the introduction of appropriate technology for Zimbabwe."

Since independence, Cde Ndlovu said, the production of sugar had increased
by 50 percent.

The increase in production is also attributed to $4 million capital
investment in the refinery.

The minister said the most recent project to be commissioned was a new-
electrical sub-station at a cost of $187 000 last August. "However,
there are many more other expansion projects which have been completed
and I urge other industrialists to emulate the example of ZSR."

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JAPAN ASSISTS IN ROAD REHABILITATION

JPRS*SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 25 Sep 85 p 1

{Article by Kennedy Fordjour-Mensah]

{Text]

THE Government of Ja-
pan has presented 73
units of road mainte-
nance equipment and
vehicles to the PNDC
government to assist in
its road rehabilitation
programme.

A spokesman for the
Ghana Highway Authority
(GHA) told the ‘Graphic’
at its head office in Accra
that the items worth £105
million and which will be
used by the authority in-
clude tipper trucks, water
tankers, bitumen distribu-
tors, tractors, graders, roll-
ers, pick-ups, caterpillars,
trailers, wheel dozers, ex-
cavators, a mobile works-
hop, compressors and faci-
lities for camp accommo-
dation. ;

‘The items were supplied
under an agreement sit
on November 13 last year
between the government
and Marubezi and Mitsu-

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29

bishi Corporations in Ja-

pan.

‘The items form: the se-
cond phase of a Mobile
Maintenance Unit (MMU)
established in June 1983 to
rehabilitate specific stret-
ches of badly deteriorated
trunk roads in the country.

The MMU has so far re-
habilitated the Konongo-
Kumasi trunk road in the
Ashanti Region and is cur-
rently working on the
Kumasi-Offinso and Nsa-
wam roads in the Ashanti
and Eastern Regions re-
spectively.

This is the second, time
in two years that the Ja-
panese government has
granted aid in the form of

juipment and vehicles to
Ghana for her road rehabi-
litation programme.

The first grant of 65
units of vehicles and
equipment worth ¢7.7
million was presented to
the government on June 9,
1983,

GHANA


JPRS*SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

FMG SETS UP PANEL TO DEBATE IMF LOAN
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 18 Sep 85 pp 1, 3
{article by Nkem Agetua]

[Text]. The: Federal Military Government has set up a nine~member special.
committee to determine the merits and the demerits of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) loan for the country.

The committee which has Alhaji Abubakar Abdulkadir, Managing Director of
Nigeria Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) as chairman, has a four-point
terms of reference.

They include the organisation of public debate on radio and television
and stimulating the publication of informed articles in newspapers on the
following related fields:

* Merits and demerits of an IMF loan in Nigeria's present economic situa-
tion having regard to the quantum of funds. .

* Anticipated impact of the adoption of the fund's adjustment programme on
Nigeria's economy, and .

* ‘Implications for trade arrears refinancing and debt rescheduling.

Publité debates would also focus attention on negotiations on refinancing
Nigeria's accumulated trade arrears and the attitude of the Export Credit
Guarantee Department (ECGD) and the Paris Club to IMF programme for
Nigeria.

The committee was also asked to assemble and evaluate various shades of
opinion expressed on the above issues and gather data and opinion on the
credit position of Nigeria and formulate strategies for substantially
reducing debt-service burden.

As a result of its findings in the above terms, the committee was asked

to explore possible alternatives and suggest policy options in order of
preference.

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JPRS*SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

86 PERCENT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS ENGAGE IN CROP FARMING
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 24 Sep 85 pp 1, 3
[Brticle by Ola Jones7

Grext/

A NATIONAL survey on. farm
practice carried out between July.
and September last year showee
that 86 per cent of rural house-
holds in‘Nigeria were involved in
crop farming while 50 per cent
kept livestock.

The survey conducted by the

Department of Statistics also
revealed that'46 per cent of the
rural households were engaged in
poultry keeping and only four per
cent engaged in fish farming.

The agricultural sample census
further showed that about three-
quarters or 77 per cent: of all
mai*s in the rural areas were
engaged in agricultural activities
while the corresponding figure
for the females stood at 48 per
cent.

. On land tenure, it was shown
that 89 per cent of all households in
rural areas operated their
‘oldings on land acquired on
ownership baris: 9 per cent on
rented land, while 2 per cent prac-
tised on squatter basis.

The statistics office said that
the pattern did not vary much
across the states except those
states in the south-western part
of the country (Lagos, Ogun and
Oyo) where over 20 per cent of
households practise agricultural
activities on rented land.

Maize and guinea-corn top the
list of the 11 major crops grown,
by the various households in
rural areas of the country.

While the two crops recorded 46
and 45 per cent respectively,
cassava, beans and yam record-

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98

ed just below 40 per cent, millet
and groundnut also recorded
about 32 per cent each.

It said melon and rice were
reportedly grown by 20, 13 and 11
per cent of all households respec-
tively while only 3 per cent of the
rural households cultivated cot-
ton.

The Department of Statistics
said that in terms of even spread
across the country, maize and
cassava were the only two crops
grown by a reasonable proportion

.of households in each state.

Survey on the practice of
livestock revealed that over 60

r cent of the rural households
eep goats while 30 per ‘cent
engaged in sheep-rearing and
about 10 per cent or less were
engaged in keeping other types of
animals.

However, 90 per cent -of the
households in 15 states of the
federation engaged in keeping
chickens while the remaining
four states had between 80 and 90.
per cent of {heir households
engaged in poultry-keeping.

On the use of fertilizer, the
figure varied from state to state.
Eighty-five per cent of house-
holds in Kaduna, according to the
survey make use of chemical fer-
tilizer while in Lagos and Cross
River, only 2 per cent use fer-
tilizers.

Of all the households that
engaged in crop farming in the
country, about 48 per cent were
discovered to be using fertilizer
for their activities.


FOURTEEN DIE IN CUSTODY SINCE START OF UNREST

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 15 Sep 85 p 4

[Article by Arlene Getz]

[Text]

cso:

» FOURTEEN people — includ-

ing a 13-year-old youth — have ©
died in police custody since po- 3
litical unrest first swept through
the country last year. pe

Their deaths apparently were”

not included in figures given last
weekend by the Minister of Law -
and Order, Mr Louis le Grange,
who said that more than 660: °
people had been-killed and at .
least 2400 wounded between:
June 1984 and August 1985,

Three of the deaths in cus- Q
tody took placé after the State
of Emergency was déclared

eight weeks ago, bringing to 26%, ‘

the number of peoplé who have :
died in police cells since the ©
death in detention of black con- *
sciousness leader Mr Steve Biko
in 1977. .

The 13-year-old who died was
Johannes Spogter of Steytler- ;
ville. According to the Detain-
ees’ Parents Support Committee !
(DPSC) Johannes: was arrested.
on July.3 and held “in’ connec- -'
tion with public violence”. Two
days later his parents were told
he was dead. ‘ |

A pathologist who conducted }
@ post-mortem on the boy was i
later reported by the DPSC to:
have attributed the death to !
head injuries, F

3400/10

The detainees’ committee

.also said that on the day Jo-
~-hannes was taken into custody,

his 20-year-old uncle, Mr
Mzwandile Muggels, was arrest-
ed by Steytlerville police while

_ bleeding from gunshot wounds,

The next day police told Mr
Muggels's parents their son —
the co-ordinator of the Karoo
Youth Congress — had died
after being wounded during an
attack on a policeman’s home.

Two of the three people who
died in police hands after the
declaration of the State of
Emergency were from Gins-
berg, King William’s Town.

Thenibalake George (15) and
Loyiso Ndzandze (20) both died

in hospital after being detained ,

during a gathering in Ginsberg. -
The third death was that of
Sonnyboy Mokoena (24) whd
died in. Pilgrim’s Rest police
cells in the Eastern Transvaal. °
Arrests and deaths related to
the State of Emergency contin:
ued to escalate this week."
On Thursday nearly 900

schoolchildren were arrested in

the Johannesburg area.

Two days earlier a four-year-
old Pretoria girl, Mita Ngobeno,
died after being shot in the head
by a rubber bullet,

.» About 1000 people are still

being held in.terms of emer- |

gency legislation. .

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SOUTH AFRICA

on


BABANGIDA PRIORITIZES COMPLETION OF KEY PROJECTS

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 26 Sep 85 p 16

[Text]

THE completion of Key pro-
jects which would make us self-
reliant is to be accorded top
priority, President Ibrahim
Babangida, has said.

He said at a seminar on
ecoriomic recovery sponsored
oy the African-American In-
stitute and the Nigerian-
American Chamber of Com-
vmerce at Eko Hotel, Lagos on
‘Tuesday that the projects are the
Paper Mills at Jebba, Oku-Iboku,
and Iwopin, the fertilizer projects
at Onne and Kaduna as well as
the machine tools industry at
Osogbo.

Other projects to be accorded
priority include petro-chemical
projects (phase one and two) the
Liquetied Natural Gas (LNG)
project, the third oil refinery at
Port Harcourt and the various
steel projects in the country.

General Babangida said that
though the government was com-
mitted to the completion and con-
solidation of these projects it
would welcome ideas on how
these could be achieved in order
to boost the nation’s economy.

He reiterated the administra-
tion's determination ‘to take the
bull by the horn and get on with
the structural changes that would
get tlie nation’s economy back on
its feet.’

cso: 3400/143

President Babangida express-
ed regret that after a quarter of a
century of nationhood, Nigeria
was still trying to cope with
numerous problems of backward
economy.

The problems, he said, includ-

eda very weak industria) and.

technological base, massiv. im-
portation of machinery and raw
materials, inadequate foreign ex-
change earnings, unemployment,
poor infrastructure, such as
electricity, water supply, roads
and food shortages.

General Babangida therefore
expressed the hope that at the
end of the seminar, ‘constructive
and useful suggestions would
have emerged to assist us in fac-
ing our economic future with
renewed hope and confidence.’

He urged the participants to
focus attention on ways to
develop domestic raw materials
and substitutes, to look for ways
to sustain a measurable develop-
ment of agriculture in order to at-
tain sufficiency in food and to
provide raw materials.

Other areas, he said, included
development of export sub-sector
in order to diversify the country’s
foreign exchange earning poten-
tial away from oil, privatisation
of necessary government com-
mercial ventures and investment
promotion.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

He noted with satisfaction that
participants at the seminar were
drawn from within and outside
the country and that ‘interna-
tonal favour was most welcome
and was indicative of a desire of
our foreign friends to see us suc-
ceed.’

President Bgbangida assured
that the right condition and atmos-
phere will be created to attract
badly needed foreign capital to
supplement local resources.

Earlier, in a welcome address
to the president, the President of
the African-American Institute,
Mr. Donald Easum, a former
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, said
that the seminar was arranged to
coincide with the independence
anniversary in order to
demonstrate faith in the recovery
of the Nigerian economy.

In his speech, the President of
the Nigerian-American Chamber
of Commerce, Dr. Arthur
Nylander said the presence of
President Ibrahim Babangida
had rightly proved that he had
something good for the generality
of Nigerians and the desire to
revamp the nation’s economy.

Dr. Nylander recalled that
President Babangida’s visit was
one of his first official outings
since he assumed power and
thanked him for honouring his
Shamber’s invitation.


JPRS+SSA+854103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

ANNUAL INFLATION DECLINES TO 24 PERCENT
Lagos BUSINESS TIMES in English 23 Sep 85 p 1
[Article by: .Ngozi Ikeano]

[Text] An analysis of the composite consumer price index for the first
half of 1985 show that the rate of inflation went down by about 12.9
per cent against the rate as at December, last year.

The inflation rate for last year was 39.6 per cent. However, as latest
figures from the Federal Office of Statistics show, the inflation rate
as at June, 1985 stood at 24 per.:cent.

This represented a decline of 3.8 per cent compared to the rate in the
preceeding month which was 27.8 per cent.

The inflation rate has been witnessing a slow but steady decline since
the beginning of this year, compared to what obtained itn December 1984,
the drop being from 36.9 per cent as at the end of last year to 24 per
cent as at June, 1985.

This gives an average monthly decline of 2.15 per cent during the period.

The drop in the inflation rate is attributable to among other things
the early issuance of 1985 import licenses.

However, some industry barons opine that we shall begin to feel the pinch
of the foreign exchange crunch by the last quarter of the year when
industrialists are expected to exhaust their import license allocation.

The composite consumer price index itself for June 1985 stood at 492,2
per cent. The effect of increases in the prices of fresh beef, fish,
fowl, eggs, plaintain and household goods was considerably reduced by
decreases in the prices of sugar, cooking salt, baby food and drinks.

However, the composite price index for June 1985 was higher than the
corresponding index for last year by 3.7 per cent.

Similar comparisons show that the Urban and Rural index increased by
5.6 per.cent and 3.5 per cent respectively during the period.

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question on the present imperialist offensive: Why does South Africa today
once again feel more at ease to mount acts of aggression against the People's
Republic of Angola, while at the same time it turns its back on Nkomati Accord?

It is quite clear that the Pretoria regime now appears to“be more secure in
its arrogance. Logically, this is because there is a stronger country that
guarantees it a safe rearguard, thus enabling it to feel’ free to utter threats
of aggression or carry out bloodier actions against the peoples of southern
Africa. The same is the case with Israel in the Middle East or with the con-
tras in Nicaragua. As a matter of fact, there are clear signs that a large~-
scale imperialist offensive is now underway. Who else, apart from the United
States, is in a position to play the role of a guide and instigator?

As history has taught, it is the duty of all peoples to defend themselves from
this offensive. Every and any kind of justification for this imperialist cam
paign, be it the pretext of fighting communism or the protection of interests
within the framework of an East-West confrontation, is simply a diversionist -.
maneuver aimed at deceiving public opinion and diverting attention from efforts
to improve intérnational relations. There is, therefore, the need to appeal
for continued vigilance. As was rightly underlined by President Julius Nyerere
of Tanzania during his recent visit to our country, there is also the need to
redouble the solidarity among peoples and, above all, to be alert in order to
cause the enemy's game to fall.

Reason is on our side and we are victims of aggression. These are the funda-
mental elements that will enable us to achieve victory over the enemy. This
is a period for national unity against the enemy to whom we cannot surrender
the political military initiative. inside our borders. As was the case in ~
‘Vietnam, history shows us that no force can subjugate a united and determined
people having at their head a solid party like the MPLA-Labor Party, a party
forged in the struggle against all forms of oppression and subsequently mature
enough to lead the revolution until final victory. It is worth pointing out
that at a time when we are victims of imperialist aggression, President Abdou
Diouf came to Angola and on behalf of the OAU reaffirmed the independent
Africa's solidarity with the heroic people of the fatherland of Agostinho Neto.
Accordingly, let us strengthen the cornerstones of our reasons and convictions
which led to the defeat of the racists in 1975, so that, if they try again now
in 1985, they will be swept away. The struggle continues. Victory is certain.

CSO: 3400/159


MOZAMBIQUE

Documents on MNR-RSA Links Viewed
(Maputo in English to Southern Africa, 3 Oct 85) .......

Briefs. :
Supplement to USSR Accord
Teachers' Meeting»
NIGERIA

Babangida Prioritizes Completion of Key Projects
(NEW NIGERTAN, 26 Sep 85) ccccecccececcecccensccceseuees

Babangida Advises Ministers of Their Role
(Ibrahim Babangida; NEW NIGERIAN, 17 Sep B5) weceececeee

Babangida Explains Why Mala Dropped. as Industry Minister
(NEW NIGERIAN, 26 Sep 85) ...cceeceecceecceeccsnceeecees

Wathanafa Appointed Principal Secretary
(Nkem Agetua; NEW NIGERIAN, 26 Sep 85) ..+e+eeeeeeeeeeee

Permanent, Secretaries Change Portfolios in Borno State
(Abdullahi Idris; NEW NIGERIAN, 19 Sep 85) ...sseeeeseee

Two Lagos State Secretaries Retire
(NEW NIGERIAN, 17 Sep 85) sccccsesccecccecesessscceecees

Ten Permanent Secretaries Reassigned in Lagos State
(DAILY TIMES, 17 Sep 85) .cceceeececeeeeecccvnesecceeeee

New Cross River State Cabinet Sworn In
(DAILY STAR, 20 Sep 85) sscceessccccsececcceeseseeeseees

Army Announces 288 Postings
(NEW NIGERIAN, 19 Sep 85) s.cccceeecerecceeseceecereeeee

Brigadier Adomakai Assumes Ist Mechanized Division Command
(NEW NIGERIAN, 26 Sep 85) sicsccescseccecsenseceeeeeeere

Briefs

New GOC Tours Army Units
Principal GSO Named

Kure To Address Sodiers' Problems

Commodore Fingesi Addresses Naval Cadet Graduates
(Olu Adebayo; NEW NIGERIAN, 24 Sep 85) -.-.+seesseeseees

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JPRS+SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

ZIMBABWE

WKALA SETS 25-YEAR POLICE SERVICE LIMIT
Harare THE HERALD in English 23 Sep 85 pl

[Bext7 The police force is now retiring its members who have served for 25
years unless their services were required, the Minister of Home Affairs, Cde
Nkala, has said.

He told The Herald in an interview that although some policemen had gone beyond
their retirement age, it was because the Commissioner of Police felt that the
individuals concerned were still needed by the police and thus their contracts
were renewed yearly.

"But what I have noticed is that some of these renewals have gone beyond the
usefulness of the individual concerned," Cde Nkala said.

He said there were some policemen who had been in the police force for 38 years
and their usefulness had been restricted because of old age. They should re-
tire and pave way for young people.

"We cannot make the police force an old people’s home. It is a force where
young men and women are more required than old people because of their duties,"
the minister said.

He said he had asked the Commissioner of Police to remind these concerned that
they should retire or show cause why they should not. Those who would like to
continue would have to prove that they were competent and loyal.

"We are not saying they should all retire, but show us why they should not do
so," he said.

The administration would then check on the person's competence, position held
and his loyalty. There had been problems in the past where loyalty was con-
cerned and it was vital that they be loyal.

"If we find he does not meet any of these, then we will say here is your pen-
sion, thank you very much."

Cde Nkala said he had appealed to the young people in the police force not to

resign. The projection of his ministry was to see these young people end up
administering police affairs.

144


JPRS+“SSA=85~+103
24 October 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

DOCUMENTS ON MNR-RSA LINKS VIEWED
MB031418 Maputo in English to Southern Africa 1100 GMT 3 Oct 85

[Station commentary]

[Text] This week, South African President P.W. Botha led a spirited defense
of his armed forces' chief of staff, Gen Constand Viljoen. This came in the
wake of new revelations contained in documents captured by the Mozambican army
that General Viljoen was being a key figure in South Africa's nonobservance
of the Nkomati accord. The documents concerned were written by a close aid
to the leader of the terrorist organization known as MNR or Renamo.

They were found when the main terrorist base of Gorongosa, in central Mozam-
bique, was overrun by a joint Mozambican and Zimbabwean force at the end of
August. (?The other document) is a desk diary left behind as the terrorists
fled in disarray. The name of Gen Constand Viljoen, South African Chief of
Staff, appeared in the diary entries concerning a meeting in Pretoria on

6 September last year. The meeting was attended by MNR terrorist leaders and
by General Viljoen and other senior South African military men. This was 6
months after South Africa agreed to end its support for the MNR terrorists
under the terms of the Nkomati accord. The meeting also came after the Mozam-
bican Government had offered its amnesty to MNR terrorists who gave themselves

up.

We wrote from the minutes of that meeting contained in the captured diary:
General Viljoen agreed to send us humanitarian aid in air force C-130 planes.
He recommended us not to accept the amnesty. The general recommended us not
to be fooled by the schemes of Pik Botha, who is treacherous, and even agreed
with Chester Crocker's idea of Frelimo offering an amnesty to Renamo bandits.
End of quotation.

We should perhaps urge clarification. In the diary, the words humanitarian aid
appear between inverted commas. The diary entry continues, and again we quote:
General Viljoen went on to say I agree with the joint strategy for putting
Machel out. Because we want to remove the Russians from our region of Southern
Africa, we have to employ a joint strategy to be able to defeat communism, in
such a way as not to let the outside world, the United States, perceive it,
because the world is convinced that Machel is changing, because he does not
seem to them to be entirely communist.

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JPRS¥SSA*85+103
‘ 24 October 1985

NIGERIA

BABANGIDA ASKS LABOR NOT TO PUSH FOR WAGE INCREASE
Tagos DAILY TIMES in English 24 Sep 85 p 1

Flext] Although, the temptation may be strong, the labour movement should not
put its emphasis on demanding higher wages, the NLC was told yesterday.

The President said that in the developing world, Nigerians put in the least of
number of hours a week at work.

International Labour Organisation (ILO) figures show that the average hours of
work ‘in a week in Egypt is 56, South Korea 54, Malasia 52, Singapore 49, Mexico
46, Venezuela 45, whereas Nigerians work only an average of 40 hours a week."

President Babangida noted that despite this, average wages tell a different
story.

"To take just one example, the Egyptians work for 56 hours a week, earns N9
per week in the manufacturing sector, and N15 per week in the mining sector.

"Nigerian counterpart who works for 40 hours per week earns N30 per week in
the manufacturing sector and N17.60k per week in the mining sector.

In other words, we work the least number of hours per week, our productivity
is the lowest, our labour cost and salaries comparatively high of all the
countries in the developing world."

cso: 300/145

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JPRS+SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

DIVISIONAL BREAKUP OF NNPC ANNOUNCED
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 19 Sep 85 p 13

[Text] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, will soon
“be split into six sections" made up of oil and gas; refineries; petro-
chemicals; petroleum products and marketing; administration and finance
and the inspectorate sections.

This was made known in Lagos by the Petroleum Resources Minister,
Professor Tam David-West, when he held his first meeting since his
re-appointment with the management of the corporation.

He said: "With the formation of implementation committees, membership
of which were drawn from the NNPC management, the reorganisation of the
nation's oil industry has crossed the rubicon."

Professor David-West advised those who will administer the various new
sections to be prepared to move their operational bases from Lagos so as
to achieve one of the cardinal objectives of the exercise, which is the
decogestion of Lagos.

He also requested the various committees appointed in the last adminis-—
tration to submit their progress reports:within one week, failing which
the concerned committees would be dissolved.

The minister implored the staff of the corporation to work as a team at
all times, "for the corporate good of the organisation," adding that he
would continue "to operate a completely open system."

He declaréd: "All of us will one day leave this place for one reason or
the other, but the institution will remain."

Speaking on behalf of the management, the managing director of the NNPC,
Mr Festus Marinho thanked the minister for his "forthrightness" and
called on his staff to rededicate themselves for the greater task ahead.

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came to power in 1982, he con-.
ceived the idea of setting upanil
dent state television and
therefdre the southern and nor-
thern extension of the Project was
temporarily nipped in the bud.

The Abba Rimi Government
sought to use the equipment
bought from the PYE TVT (some
of which had already become
obsolete) for setting up the state
television station and there was
just no money to ‘purchase new
equipment. The SVN investiga-
tion also confirmed that some of
the equipment are still lying i@le
at Funtua and Kachia.

Also the Tsanni micro waves
epeater station, Popularly
known as the “Katsina Video”
has been deserted and the
machines remained dormant for
more than one year now.

The last military administra-
tion in the state in its effort to
continue with the project tried to
contract out the project to some
electronic engineering com-
panies such as Allan Dick, Micro
Waves Associates, PYETVT ane
Siemens but many of them were
said to have either requested th®
government to purchase new
equipment or given higher
estimates on the projects, both of
which the state government ap-
peared reluctant to accept.

When our reporter contacted
the state Ministry of Information,
officials refused to make any
comment.

Contacted to hear their side of
the story, the General Manager
NTA Kaduna, Alhaji Ibrahim
Abubakar said that “we are only
technical advisers and are not in-
volved in awarding contracts for
the projects.”

Asked what equipment are
needed for effective transmission
of NTA Kaduna programmes to
Katsina and Daura, Alhaji
Ibrahim said that the present six’

. transmission and micro waves

Stations at Jaji, Kabomo, Funtua.
Malumfashi, Kankara and Tsan-

ni are adequate enough provid.
ed they are all functioning well.

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=" On employment: “In the face of
;, an incapacity in the formal sector
¥ tovereate sufficient employment, |
:” there will have to be further re-
liance on the ability of the infor-
, mal sector to provide job oppor: ;
* tunities.” ilar : J
For all its lack of detail the re
: ro) a massive -
& Ha at red fape and other irri- 3
jx tants which have bedevilled
* blacks. Pregsident’s Council chair- ;
. man Dr Piet Koornhof sees it |
; leading to a “new and peaceful °
South Africa.” ;

+. In recommending that both in-*
“flux control be abolished and the
..dompas be scrapped and replaced _
* with a new pass for all racial
* groups, the committee makes the:
point that the present system —
‘ in ‘addition to creating | black’
. anger — just doesn’t work, 4
h. To critics who fear white South ,
“ Africa will be engulfed, it points
* out that the increase of blacks in:
urban areas is already caused
mostly by the natural populatic
growth in these areas. a

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?*"Nor does the resent system,
+ with all its attendant human suf-
i fering, work. “Illegals” who were
i ‘apprehended and convicted “sim-
‘ ,ply do not go back to their home-
; land. And, if they are sent back or’
go back, they simply return to the
urban areas.” «| my
i The, committee recommends /
© home ‘ownership should be re-
garded as a national objective
and provides a package which
_ Fanges from investigating special
financing programmes, to orderly
*. squatting, to: — wait for it — an
§X information service for new ar-
* rivals who want to get a roof over
their heads. , Th
The bottom line of the report, :
for all its vagueness, can best: be -
summed up in a sentence which
reflects a spirit of new begin-
nings: “Urbanisation should not °
be regarded as an evil. It should
, be used as an opportunity to uti- .
“lise one of a country’s greatest
assets; namely its people.” ‘



JPRS“SSA+85+103
24 October 1985

ZIMBABWE

BRIEFS

NEW AZ BORING JETS IN--Air Zimbabwe's first Boeing 737-200 advanced series jet
flew to Harare from Copenhagen yesterday afternoon, escorted by a Viscount after
link-up at Mazowe. Manned by an Air Zimbabwe crew, the two aircraft circled
the city twice before landing at Harare Airport. ‘The 737 touched down at about
3 pm and was handed over to Air Zimbabwe's general manager, Cde Augustine
Mutyambizi, by the technical director, Cde Tafadzwa Mushambi. The plane,
leased from an Irish aircraft broker, GPA, left Copenhagen on Tuesday and

flew through England, Athens, Egypt and Nairobi. At the controls were captain
John Heap and’ first officer Obert Mazinyi. Just before 2 pm a Viscount took
off from Harare with a team of newsmen and photographers to meet the 737 at
Mazowe. ‘The two 737 crew had had two days familiarisation training in England
before leaving at 8 am on Thursday. Boeing 737-200s have a flight deck crew of
two. Four cabin attendants are recommended. The 115-seater plane will first
be used on services between Harare and Bulawayo and the tourist route to Vic-
toria Falls. /Text/ /Herare THE HERALD in English 28 Sep 85 p vy

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"Exercise Hot Foot' Ends
(Joe Bradford Nyinah, Akim Achiase; PEOPLE'S DAILY»
GRAPHIC, 23 Sep 85) ..eseeeesecececeeeeeeseeenssececeeees

Junior Ranks To Sit on Army Disciplinary Boards
(George Amosah; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 24 Sep 85) ......

Austin Addresses COCOBOD Worker Problems, Achievements
(Breda Atta-Quayson; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 26 Sep 85)..

Ministry of Trade Seeking To Boost Non-Traditional Exports
(Lloyd Evans; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 27 Sep 85) .......

Trade Ministry Makes Gains in Boosting Exports
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 26 Sep 85) Peon eee nese eeeennes

Mohammed on Economic Recovery Program Gains, Liquidity .
(Rosemary Ardayfio; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 26 Sep 85) ..

Japan Assists in Road Rehabilitation

French Loan Granted for Technological Improvements
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 24 Sep 85) ..scccececccecececcee

Reduction in Smuggling on Eastern Border With Togo
(Wendy Asiama; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 23 Sep 85) .......

Trade Agreement Pact Signed With China
(Harry Mouzalas; PEOPLE'S DATLY GRAPHIC, 21 Sep 85) .....

(Kennedy Fordjour-Mensah; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC,
25 Sep 85) Dee c reece eee e eects neces eeeeeeceseseseees

India Donates Spare Parts for Tata Buses
(Moses Ohene-Asiedu; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 21 Sep 85)..

IVORY COAST

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

CPS Message to PDCI Congress in Abidjan /
(Abidjan Domestic Service, 9 Oct 85) ce ccecececeecacevecs

BBC Interview Information Minister on Elections’

Briefs

(BBC World Service, 2 Oct 85)

Election Boycott Threatened
Monrovia Teachers Strike

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NEW SATELLITE LINKS TO IMPROVE TV RECEPTION

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 17 Sep 85 pp 1, 3

{Article by Daniel Tifato]

[Text]

LACK of import licence has made it impossible for
Nigerian Telecommunications

(NITEL) and Nigerian

Television Authority (NTA) to replace some of their bad
rables that link their stations to the Domestic Satellite
(DOMSAT). The bad cables have been responsible for the
poor reception cf the local and network programmes of the

NTA Kaduna.

‘The General Manager of NITEL for Kaduna Zone. Mr. L.A.
Mohammed who gave these reasons. said that lack of import
licences made it impossible to replace equipment which had

become obsolete

However. he said that since
June when they started receiving
the new equipment. there had
been a remarkable improvement.
of television services in Kaduna.

To continue with the trend, the
General Manager said that a task
force has since been set up to go
round the country and clean all
the domestic satellites.

When the General Manager of
NTA. Kaduna. Alhaji 1.S
Abubakar was contacted to ex-
plain why the station had not
been able to provide good
transmission especially of net-
work programmes to viewers. he-

‘said that most of the fault lay
with NITEL equipment in.
Kaduna or Lagos.

He said that NTA did not use
cables but that they got their
signals from NITEL through
microwaves.

Though Alhaji Abubakar did
rot rule out the possibility of NTA
equipment for that purpose
becoming faulty. hv. asserted that

if it did, it was a rare
phenomenon.
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Commenting on
absorption into NITEL fever
gripping staff. the Zonal General
Manager. Mr. I.A. Mohammed,
said that no honest or dedicated
staff of the organisation would
have anything to worry about his
appointment.

Explaining the current re-
organization in NITEL. the
General Manager said that all
siaff of the former Post and
Telecommunications (P & T)
now working with NITEL should
continue to work diligently pen-
ding the time that they would get
their re-absorption letters.

He disclosed that no staff had
been laid off. but assured that
when there was the need to do so.
criteria such as declining produc-

tivity. old age. indiscipline. '

fraudulent practices and lack of
-requisite qualification would
taken into consideration.
In such cases. those affected
would be paid their entitlements.
Mr. Mohammed stressed that
because of the need to establish a
sound footing for NITEL.
employment of qualified person-
nel was going on in all areas of
need. j
The General Manager also !

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the re-¢

JPRS*SSA+85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

disclosed that as from next year.
telephone subscribers in the state
would begin to enjoy the Interna-
tional Direct Dialing «IDD)
system. which was being used on-
Wv in Lagos and Abuja currently.

He said that only registered
subscribers for, such purposes
make international telephone
calls in their homes or offices
because of their accessibility to
the code number 171. All others.
he added, -make such calls from
NITEL offices.

The Kaduna zone of NITEL
comprises of Abuja. Niger.
Sokoto. Kwara, Kano and
Kaduna states



He said the fact that borrowers did not obtain the credit they sought from
the banks due to reassessment of the viability of their business has been a
source of great concern to the Bank of Ghana.

This is because the success of the ERP demands the fullest co-operation of
the banking system by chanelling adequate credit to the productive or prio-
rity sectors of the economy.

Despite the liquidity problem, he said, the banking system has not been put
at risk for lack of loanable funds, adding that the Bank of Ghana has a store
of measures that could be implemented if there were indications that the
lending institutions were facing a shortage of liquid funds.

The Deputy Governor finally stressed that a lasting solution to the liquidity
problem lies in increased production in every sector of the economy.

This means, he noted hard work, productivity efficiency, honest management,
total dedication and commitment on the part of all Ghanaians.

Mrs Theresa Owusu, Under Secretary for Finance and Economic Planning who
chaired the function, noted that the government has taken a number of bold
steps to rejuvenate the economy in the past three years.

She was of the opinion that co-operation between the government, the private
sector and the regulatory institutions is of fundamental importance for
tackling the national economic problems.

According to Mrs Owusu, overdue corrections to excessive liquidity were ap-
plied in 1983, as part of the policy package incorporated in the ERP.

These measures, she added, included reduction in budget deficits, ‘rational-,
isation of relative prices, liquidity control as a tool for "demand manage-
ment" and reliance on external concessional borrowing to finance capital
expenditures.

The result of these measures, she further stated, are that "growth has rex,
sumed, inflation has abated and the future looks hopeful."

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JPRS+SSA*85~*103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

PLANNING MINISTER LISTS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION REQUIREMENTS

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 27 Sep 85 p 3

[Text]

THE National Planning
Minister, Dr..Okongwu im Lagos,
said that a good stabilisation
package for the Nigerian
economy should include
deSirable reforms in its monetary
affairs.

The reforms, he said, should
not be limited to currency and ex-
change rate adjustments, but
must, include as well, a better
balancing of public sector ac-
counts, increased use of cheques
and efficiency in the progressive
monetization of the economy.

Contributing to the seminar on
“Nigeria’s economic recovery’,
the minister said that getting
specialised banking and public
institutions to patronise the
domestic capital market,
permeation of banking practices
into the rural areas, as well as
changes in the legal foundations
of monetary organisation to
redirect the flows of investible
funds, must all be part of the
package.

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According to the minister, the
basic goal of such reforms is to
help restore sensible domestic
price relations and make the
economy more competitive.

It would also eliminate the
backward effects of an
underdeveloped financial system
on growth,

Another necessary factor for
stabilisation he'said was the ‘‘ge-
nuine and rapid internalisation”
of the oil sector of the economy.
This should enable the economy
to achieve more rapid scientific-
technological progress, max-

mise the gains from the export
rade and diversify production. .

A mechanism which would en-
sure more stable finances so as to
afford the planner at any level of
government, some degree of cer-
tainty, adequacy and timeliness of
resources must also be included,
the minister further said.

Social stability, though is not a
guarantee of stable economic
progress, was nonetheless an ‘‘in-

dispensable requirement” for a
stable economy, Dr. Okongwu

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said.

Taking into account the present
fragile consumption level and the
reliance on imports for food,
spare parts, basic raw materials
and machineries, Dr. Okongwu
said there was need to provide for
reserve stocks of basic’supplies.

This, he said, was to allow the
economy to concentrate on the
task of development.

Nigeria’s present economic
condition, stressed the minister,
“calls for the total mobilisation of
human and material resources to
achieve the correct restructuring
of the economy.”

The speed and character of
recovery, he said, will depend on
the commitment of Nigerians and
the goodwill of its genuine exter-
nal friends, to fight the implied
economic war through increased
investment and production, as
well as willingness by Nigerians
to sacrifice and look far more in-
wards than ever before in seeking
solutions to the country’s pro-
blems.


GULF DISCOVERS NEW OIL FIELD

IJPRS*SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

Lagos BUSINESS TIMES in English 23 Sep 85 p 24

[Text]

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ULF Oil Company

(Nigeria) Limited
has aiscovergu a new oil
field in its Escravos!
operations close to
Warri. The field, which:
is situated to the south-’
west of the company’s
existing West Isan field
in its Oil Mining Lease
AOML) 95 concession,
lies in 12 metres of water
depth nine kilometres
‘offshore.
«Announcing the new find
recently, Mr. Wole Ariyo,
Gulf’s exploration manager,
said results from Mina-IX,
the discovery well drilled in
ithe field, indicate the
‘existence of high quality
crude in the area.

Oil was found in ten
reservoirs; tests carried out
on ‘five of.them showed a
combined flow rate of 8,735
barrels per day. A sixth
zone ,tested also gave

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encouraging results.

The well. was drilled
between April 22 and June
10 this year to a depth of
3,358 metres; it was
suspended on July 5 after
testing. Appraisal drilling to
determine the extent of the.
field is programmed to be
carried’ out in the last
quarter of this year.

Mr. Ariyo pointed out in
his, announcement that the:
new find differs from
“previous discoveries in the
area in that it is located in a
complex stratigraphic trap
‘system rather than what he
referred to as the roll-over’
I type for which the
Niger Delta is well known.

It therefore marks, for
‘Gulf in Nigeria, the beain-
ning of @ new era in finding
oil in what is commoniv
vreferred to as subtle cif
traps, while opening up
possibilities for developing
a fairly Jarge field for the
Gulf/NNPC partnership.
and, of course, for Nigeria.

NIGERIA


JPRS“SSA“85~103
24 October 1985

BOTSWANA
NATION FACES TURMOIL 19 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 30 Sep 85 p 18 .
its Recovery

19th indepéndence an- He attributed the re-

niversary today, reel- covery largely to an ine

ii it crease in Botswana’s dia-

Haat ia mond production and an

upturn in world prices of
the precious gems. Dia-

mounting political tur-

moil that threatens to mionds are the country’s
spill over its borders single largest foreign ex-
from South Africa. change earner, hauling in
Meagre rains have con- a record R700 million last
sistently failed in the past year.
four years, forcing this But most worrying for
Sparsely-populated coun- ’ Botswana is the escalating
tty the size of France, 80 violencé in South Africa,
Percent of which is cov- its main trading partner
ered by the sands of the and the economic giant of !
Kalahari Desert, to im- . : Southern Africa, political
‘port 90 percent of its food analysts said. .
vMeeds this year alone. ' Relations between the .
“The drought is still two ‘states chilled last
very, very bad,” Presi- June when South African
dent Quett — Masire’s “commandos raided the.
spokesman Lebang Mpo: - Botswana capital of Ga-
tokwane said recently. - borone, killing 12 people
Officials said this year’s and destroying at least 10
-crop, mainly sorghum and houses.
maize, would be about v- Pretoria said the raid;
20 000 tons, less than half was aimed at bases of in-
the 50 000 tons Produced - Surgents fighting to over- _
in a normal year. . throw the government.
But Vice-President and Gaborone said all those :
Finance Minister, Mr Pet- killed were civilians.
er Mmusi, presenting the “Last week, delegations
1985/86 budget in Feb- from the two states held
tuary, said Botswana had: talks in Pretoria, their:
‘overcome the worst -ef- first since the raid, at
fects of the drought and which Botswaria de-.
that the economy would manded compensation for
grow by four percent next . the raid. South Africa
year,” ee turned down the request,


JPRS*SSA=85*103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

NEW CROSS RIVER STATE CABINET SWORN IN
Emugu DAILY STAR in English 20 Sep 85 p 10

[Text] The Cross River Governor Col. Dan Archibong, has sworn in eight
of his nine-member Executive Council with a declaration that the decisions
of the council would be "the collective responsibility of all its members."

He said that membership of the council demanded "absolute loyalty", warning
that "such loyalty cannot be compromised" and advised ministerial respon-
sibilities, made after careful evaluation." .

He further pointed out that the appointments also reflected the ethnic
composition of the state, explaining that it was designed to give each
unit an opportunity to contribute to the development. of the state and to
have a sense of belonging.

The governor told the commissioners that it was their duty to explain
government policies and programmes to their people and to devise strategies
for accomplishing the administration's goal.

On the civil service, the governor said that "with the conclusion of the
restructuring exercise, government will soon lift the ban on promotions
so that deserving officers may be those who might not be able to meet
the requirement to opt out of the team or be pushed out.

Gov. Archibong stated that the apointments were made on merit and the
allocation of rewarded".

He warned that public servants would be assessed by their performance and
the commitment shown in the service.

The eight commissioners who were sworn in are Mr Edet Bassey, (agriculture),
Chief Sylvester Henshaw (commerce and industry), Chief Enouch Udofia
(Education), and Mr Mbom Etuk (Finance).

Others are Mrs. Elizabeth Ekong (Health), Dr Michael Ogan (Information),
Mr Etang Umoyo (Local Government) and Mr Victor Ndom-Egba (Works and
Transport).

The ninth commissioner, assigned the Ministry of Justice was however
not sworn in.

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corporation needed the services.of technocrats on its management to
make it profitable.

Contacted on the issue, the general secretary of the Transport Owners
Association, Alhaji Aliu Ahmed, denied that his association deprived the

Railways of its earnings. "Is it our fault if the railway lines do not
extend to the steel complexes?" he asked.

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RSA INVASION OF ANGOLA CONDEMNED

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 19 Sep 85 p 16

[Text]

‘NIGERIA has condemned in
strong terms the invasion of
southern Angola by South
Africa and was prepared to
send delegation to the

frontline states.
The Minister of External Af-
fairs, Professor Bolaji

Akinyemi, on Tuesday invited
the Angola Charge D’Affairs in
Nigeria, Mr. Jose Augusto
Prata to inform him that Presi

dent Ibrahim Babangida was

disturbed over the current
development in Angola.
He asked Mr. Augusto to let the

government know when Angola

would be ready to recieve the
delegation which would be head-
ed by the Minister .of Special
Duties. Air Vice-Marshal Ishaya
Shekari.

Professor Akinyemi ‘said
Nigeria was behind Angola in
these trying és and that the
latest South African invasion was
illegal under international law.

He said the latest. invasion
could not save South Africa from
the consequence of its ill-advised

policy of apartheid domestically
and. aggression. intern:

Professor Akinyemi
bankruptcy of the invasion was
demonstrated by the fact that
South Africa over the past ten
years had repeatedly invaded
‘Angola using the same excuse
everytime, but their objectives

remain unachieved.

JPRS+SSA=85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

South African troops crossed into Angola on Monday in further raid against
nationalists fighting for independence of Namibia.”

South African last incursion into Angola in pursuit of SWAPO fighters was

in July.

of fierce fights.

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About 60 SWAPO fighters were said to have been killed in two days



INDIA DONATES SPARE PARTS FOR TATA BUSES

JPRS«SSA+85+103
24 October 1985

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 21 Sep 85 p 8

[Article by Moses Ohene~Asiedu]

[Text]

FIFTY thousand dollars worth of
spare parts have been donated
free of charge to the Ghana Go-
yernment by the Tata Export
Company of India, manufactur-
ers of Tata buses. * .

The parts which would be used in
overhauling all the Tata buses be-
longing to the City Express Service
brought into the country in 1980 are
expected to arrive in the country
shortly.

This was disclosed in Accra ye-
sterday by Mr L. Menezes, Sales
Executive of the Tata Export Com-
pany of India when he called on the
Operations Manager of the City Ex-
press Company, Mr R. K. Bent, at

is office to discuss technical matters
on the operations of the City Express
buses in the country.

Mr Menezes, who has been making

lar visits to a number of West
African countries which operate
‘Tata bus services, was accompanied

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by Mr Mani Raman, Service Ma-
nager of Tata Company of India who
has also arrived in the country to-
gether with Indian experts to update
the service facilities and other requi-
rements of the City Express Com-
pany.

Mr Raman said the team would
ascertain the needs of the company,
such as spare parts and other essen-
tial compoments for the smooth ope-
ration of the buses.

The Service Manager said the
team has plans to conduct surveys all
over the country to assess the per-
formance of the Tata buses in the
regions, .

le hinted that as a result of the
production of some spare parts for
the Tata buses locally, the importa>
tion of these parts would in future be
reduced drastically if not completely
stopped to conserve foreign exchan-
Be.

GHANA


* ministries, Trade and Industries.

The Ministry of Information, ;
Social Development, Youth,
Sports. and Culture has‘ been
broken into two, namely,
* Ministry of Information and -
Culture and Ministry of Social
* Development, Youth and Sports.
In addition, .the Ministry of

Education, Science and .

Technology has been replaced by
two ministries, Education and
Science and Technology.

We are running an open ad-
ministration which emphasizes
Tesponsiveness to the yearnings
and aspirations of the people.

“Since we do not claim to know all
the answers, ministers must:
demonstrate a willingness to
listen to genuine advice and con-
structive criticisms from all well-
meaning Nigerians. Every
Nigerian should be given the op-
portunity to contribute to the pro-
resss and development of the on-

f country we can call our own,

You should encourage dialogue
between your.ministry and the
various groups representing .in-
terests related to matters within
your portfolio. Every rtunity
must be taken to explain govern-
ment policy on domestic and in-
ternational trade matters:

T have noted with understan-
ding the observation that there is
no woman among the ministers.
As I have already indicated,
ministers were not selected to
represent any group ‘or other in-
terests. I wish to assure the
women of this country that this
administration places great
premium on the role of the
women in all aspects of human

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~ endeavour. We will utilise to the

* fullest, advantage the wealth of

talent and character represented
by the Nigerian woman. . The
policy that state governments
should have at Jeast one woman
in their executive councils will
continue to be strictly applied.
Finally, I wish to remind: you
that we place a high premium on
public probity and accountabili-

_ ty. As ministers, whatever you

say in public will be interpreted to
mean government views. The

* way you conduct yourselves of-

ficially and privately reflects the
image of the government. It is
essential that you lead an ex-
emplary life. The Nigerian public
must not see in you something
which you and the government
will be ashamed of.

This government will not con-

* done any act of indiscipline, im-
* propriety, nepotism or disloyalty.
. We will not hesitate to remove

aily minister who is found wan-
ing. You have a duty to the na-
ion, to. the government and to
yourself to ensure that you
discharge your responsibility
creditably.

I wish you God's guidance and
Success in your endeavours.

Thank You.

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JPRS+SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

which has since left port. The fuel, to be used by the Seychelles People's
Navy in its fisheries and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) protection duties, is
the latest consignment of a gift of 7,500 tonnes of motor, aviation and marine
fuel promised by the USSR last year. [Text] [Victoria NATION in English

17 Aug 85 p 2] a

INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS GAMES--The Second Indian Ocean Islands Games formally
closed yesterday with Reunion winning 49 Golds followed by Mauritius 36,
Madagascar 29 and Seychelles 6, four of them in boxing. Mauritius, however,
got the most number of medals with 126 including 39 Silvers and 51 Bronzes,
their total being 2 more than Reunion. Seychelles won 10 medals in boxing
(4 Golds, 2 Silvers and 4 Bronzes), 9 in athletics, 2 in weightlifting and
4 in sailing. Comores won 7, all of them Bronzes, and Maldives took only
one, a Silver in badminton. The Third Indian Ocean Islands Games will take
place in Madagascar. [Text] [Victoria NATION in English 2 Sep 85 p 4]

RTS-TV COVERAGE EXTENDED--1,500 péople on Praslin's east coast will today
join their west coast neighbours in receiving RTS television programmes, in-
creasing coverage to almost the entire island. New transmitting stations to
be set up this month will also relay RTS-IV to those few remaining areas of
Mahe that are still not able to receive transmissions, making national tele-
vision programmes available to some 98 per cent of the country's population
by the end of the year. [Excerpt] [Victoria NATION in English 6 Sep 85

pp i, 3]

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111


TEN PERMANENT SECRETARIES REASSIGNED IN LAGOS STATE

Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 17 Sep 85 p 12

[Text]

cso:

EN permanent secre-

taries in the Lagos
State civil service have
been re-assigned in a shake-
up announced yesterday by
Governor Gbolahan Muda-
siru.

Dr. R. A. Soule, formerly
of the state Metroline Com-
pany, was appointed per-
manent secretary, political,
economic and home affairs
department in the Gover-
nor’s Office. .

His appointment wili,
however, be affected on his
return from the Institute of
Policy and Strategic
‘Studies, Kuru, Jos, where
he is undergoing a course.

Replacing the acting
head of civil service, Mr.
Kola Banmeke, as perma-
nent secretary for works
and transport is | Mr.
Raheem formerly of lands,
housing and development
matters in the Governor's
Oifice.

Mr. V. 0. Ogundimu,
formerly of the local govern-
ment and chieftaincy affairs
moves to department of the
local government and chief-
taincy affairs moves to
department of lands,
housing and development
matters, Governor's Office,
while Mr. Q..A. Oduko-
maiya of ‘the general
administration department

. in the Governor's Office,

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becomes permanent secre-
tary for Ministry of Local
Government and Chief-
taincy Affairs.

Movement

Mr. L. B. Ajao becomes
Permanent secretary tor
general, administration
department in the Gover-
nor’s Office, white Mr. J.T.
Somoye formerly of
commerce moves to the
Civil Service Commission
and Mr. T. 0. Odusanya
goes to the Ministry of
Commerce and industry.

Mre, A. A. Taire, the only
woman permanent secre-
tary, moves from health to
Ministry of Agriculture and
Co-operatives; Mr. A. A.
Badmos from education
moves to Ministry of
Health; Mr. B. G. Sadare
from agriculture and co-
Operatives moves to
Ministry of Education whiie
Mr. S. 0. Alafia moves
from the Cabinet Depart-
ment (secretary to the state
government office!, to
become parmanent secre-
tary (special duties) and
director of audit.

47

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NIGERIA

Performance

Four others retain their
positions. They are Mr. 0.
0. Oluwatoyin, Ministry of
intormation, Sports,
Youths and Welfare; Mr. A.
©. Anjorin, Ministry of
Finance; Mr. E. A, Akappo,
Establishment and Service
Matters, SMG's Office and
Mr. F. A. OQ. Adeyemi,
Plans, Programme and
Budgetting Department.

Explaining the changes,
Governor Mudasiru said it
was aimed directly at facili-
tating the achievements of
the objectives, programmes
and projects of the state
government,

He hoped that the
changes would inject a new
impetus into the machinery
of government and lead to
lasting improvements in the
‘overall performance of the
public service.

The administration's aim,
the governor noted, was to

make the state's public ser-
vice “second to none.”



JPRS*SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

CHRISTIAN AID GROUP ENDS TOUR, APPLAUDS UK SANCTIONS

MB031030 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1011 GMT 3 Oct 85

[Text] Johannesburg, 3 October, SAPA-—The initiative of the British government
in fully applying European Economic Community sanctions on South Africa was
today applauded by Christian Aid delegates at the end of their 10-day, fact-
finding mission to South Africa.

Christian Aid is a division of the British Council of Churches and delegates
were invited to tour South Africa by the SA Council of Churches,

The Statement called on Mrs Margaret Thatcher's government to "cease to afford
comfort and support to the South African Government."

Christian Aid also called again for the release of jailed ANC leader Nelson
Mandela.

The statement called on the British Government to:

Continue to represent in the strongest possible terms to the government on the
actions of the SA Defence Force and the SA Police in the townships, and the
assaults on and torture of: detainees;

exert additional economic pressure through carefully targeted sanctions;
arrange meetings at ministerial level with ANC leaders;

send observers to the "so-called treason trials" in South Africa;

allocate funds to the oppressed in South Africa through channels acceptable
to them;

make it possible for more black South Africans to receive scholarships for
further training in South Africa and overseas.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

BABANGIDA EXPLAINS WHY MALA DROPPED AS INDUSTRY MINISTER
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 26 Sep 85 p 1

[Text] A new Minister of Industries will be appointed this week, President
Ibrahim Babangida, has announced.

He told the NEW NIGERIAN that this was because the Minister-designate, Alhaji
Lawan Mala, from Borno State, has been dropped.

General Babangida said Alhaji Lawan' was dropped for the same reasons that
Mr Netima was dropped as Rivers State Governor early in 1984.

He said the government received a very strong representation from Borno State
about Alhaji Lawan's nomination and that the government took the decision be-
cause it respected the yearnings and views of people.

He said because of the unforeseen development, the swearing-in of the minis-
ter was postponed until a new suitable one is appointed.

Commenting further on the issue, he said "well I think this thing is not
new, we had had similar situation in the past where we appointed a governor

and as a result of the development which is the same, we had to postpone
the swearing-in ceremony until we found somebody who was much more suitable."

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43



The fact that ultimate decision on the proposed used of solar energy for
repeater stations would hopefully be based on or at least largely influenced
by the facts and figures arrived at in the seminar means the involvement of
local experts as early as possible in the programme. ‘This approach has the
advantage of leading to answers which will be based on experimental and
reasoned facts specifically tailored to the needs of Nigeria.

With all the above points which Mr Lyamabo adequately marshalled out in the
seminar one was convinced that he was not speaking for himself but speaking
the minds of many scientifically conscious Nigerians.

Earlier in the seminar, the director of Research and Development of NITEL, Dr
Bello E, Ojeba, while introducing distinguished guests, had spoken on the role
of a research and development division in a telecommunication organisation in

a developing country like Nigeria. He said that, among other things » & research
and development division was necessary to avert the cost of wrong decisions in
a@ capital intensive venture like setting up a telecommunication infrastructure.

Dr Ojeba said: "NITEL's research and development will not be involved in basic
research as such, but will concentrate on finding solutions to identified opera-
tional equipment and systems problems." He emphasised the need to adapt research
and development strategies in industrialised countries to make them meet dis-
tinctive needs of the developing world. He advocated making of simple equip-
ments and spareparts, adding that, research and development geared to the needs
of developing countries would be best undertaken by establishments in the
developing world.

NITEL's approach to the viable project of tapping alternative sources of energy
for better communication services demonstrated foresight; respect for analyt-
ical, scientific and reasoned judgment; and confidence in the Nigerians' abil-
ity to solve the problems of Nigeria, on the part of NITEL officials. It is

a positive step in the right direction, a new trail in the search for solutions
to national problems within Nigeria using Nigerians.

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72


The composite food index for June, 1985, registered an increase of 0.4
per cent following increases in the prices of plantain, eggs, fowl,
fish and fresh beef.

The index of household goods and other purchases advanced by 2.4 per cent

because of increases in the prices of toothpaste, disinfectants and
medicaments.

@ INFLATION RATE AS AT

December 1983 23.0 per cent
December 1984 36.9 per cent
January 1985 37.9 per cent
February 1985 36.6 per cent
March 1985 34.9 per cent
April 1985 32.0 per cent
May 1985 27.8 per cent
June 1985 24.0 per cent

@ Compiled by Business Times

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The MNR diary went on to quote General Viljoen as guaranteeing that he is on
the MNR's side until, as he put it, final victory. The general said he wants
us to remove the communists from the area. And we quote again from General
Viljoen's (talk), as presented in the diary: The United States has its way
of fighting Russians, like South African politicians too, who have their way
of fighting communism, and we soldiers have our way of fighting the Russians.
End of quotation.

On the question of new supplies for the’MNR to be flown into Mozambique sec~
retly on C-130 transport planes, General Viljoen was as good as his word:
The diary lists five planeloads in the last week of October last year.

A few extracts from the captured MNR diary, and P.W. Botha's defense of

General Viljoen, speak for themselves about South Africa's attitude toward
the Nkomati nonaggression accord.

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37



He cited a letter which ar
peared in The Argus this
week criticising efforts by,
Mrs Di Bishop and Mrs Molly
Blackburn to organise politi-
cal meetings for white teen-
agers instead of letting them
remain concerned only about ,
their pimples and the oppo-
site sex.

Dr § J Saunders, vice-chan-
cellor of the University of
Cape Town, said one of the
factors causing increased po-"
larisation between different
groups was the entrenchment °
of racial discrimination in the
new constitution.

Other contributing factors
he saw were: the slow pace of
reform and the uncertainty as
to where it would lead; the
Government's lack of vision
of a South Africa which would
satisfy the legitimate politi-
cal aspirations of all and the
increasing evidence of the ef-
fect of actions by the South
African Police and the De:
fence Force. 1

Refering to events on!
Wednesday in Valhalla Park,
Mowbray and outside Caledon
Square he said: :

“A clear statement from
the police covering all details ,
and explaining what hap- |
pened is essential if that deep |

feeling of shame’ most Caper}

tonians must feel about these

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“events ig to bé removed, and”

if polarisation is not to be in-
creased.” :

Professor Arnold Abramo-|

‘yitz, head of the department)

of psychology at UCT, saw!
olarisation accelerating

through the manner in whic!

reasonable, moderate people
were being forced towards

radicalisation.

“Polarisation now is
between the powerful and the
powerless. ‘And the danger in

is is a tendency to mindless
bandwagoning,” he said.

“The Marxist who has done
his homework could take ad-
vantage of the situation to re-
cruit people. And this could
result in allegiances being
formed without thought, with-
out consideration of the kind

of social dispensation that al-

legiance would mean ‘after
the revolution’.

| “1 am concerned that if a
‘black majority prevails, the
iresulting social order would
| not have the informed con-
‘sent of the very people who
‘have brought that new order
| into being. 1

“In short, democracy loses
jout,” said Professor Abramo-
'vitz.

"It was deplorable that peo-,
ple were being driven against

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the wall and forced to make
choices in a “non-choice” situ-
ation, he said. He gave the ex-
jam ie of bus drivers who,
earlier this week, had come
out in peaceful protest and
were met with violence.

Paradox

“They were a good example

of typical middle-class people

caught up in a situation not of

their own making. That they ;
,were sjamboked was an ab-

isurd paradox and an instance

where your Mr. Moderate is

radicalised by his exper-

ience.”

The agents of the State
were misleading themselves
jin assuming they could put
‘down and repress using the
jmethods they do.

“What they're doing has ex-
actly the opposite affect,” he
said. .

: Mr-O von G Scholtz, vice
resident of the Chamber of
industries, said that while

radicals on both sides were

being driven further apart,
there was a growing solidar-

‘ity in the moderate majority.
r Andrew Peile, president

- of the Cape Town Chamber of

Commerce, said calls for con-
sumer boycotts on a. racial
basis were doing nothing to
ease racial tensions.



DREDGING RECLAIMS LAND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PORT

Extent of Operations

Victoria NATION in English 11 Sep 85 pp 1, 2

[Text]

JPRS+SSA¥85+103
24 October 1985

SEYCHELLES

DREDGING operations
in Victoria Harbour
shifted to the southern tip
of Mahé Quay early
yesterday morning to re-
claim another 16.5
hectares of land for ex-
panding the commercial
port and for industrial
development.

The Marco Polo, one of the
world’s five largest dredgers,
had previously added ‘some
eight hectares to the fishing
port at the Long Pier, on which
modern industrial and demer-
sal facilities will be built.

The dredger also deepened
the yacht basin between the
New Port and the Long Pier.

An East Coast project en-
gineer expressed satisfaction
yesterday at the progress of
the reclamation work. He said
the dredger would take some
four weeks to fill the area south
of the commercial port, which
will be three times its present
size when the reclamation is
completed.

The Marco Polo, a cutter suc-
tion dredger, started opera-
tions on August 21 and, work-
ing round the clock, is well

107

ahead of schedule. The dredger
was contracted from the Dutch
company Jan de Nul to spend
between five and six months in
Victoria Harbour.

After reclaiming the com-
mercial port area, it will move
further south to Plaisance, Le
Rocher and Providence, where
yet more new land will be re-
claimed from the sea in the
form of offshore islands. It will
also build a causeway on which

will be constructed. a modern
road to link the reclaimed areas

together.

Meanwhile, the local firm
United Concrete Products Sey-
chelles (UCPS) has almost
completed ‘its share of a con-
tract to build a temporary
causeway between Victoria
and the Special Projects Unit
(SPU) quarry at Providence.
UCPS has built the causeway
from the Le Chantier roundab-
out to opposite the La Misere
road junctions, using material
dredged from the sea.

The SPU will take over from
the La. Misere junction and
continue towards Providence.

‘The temporary . causeway
will serve the big SPU lorries


B. Gogela
Phillip Menlena
Vuyo Maduara
Niisia Makhe
Samson Valtyn
Mkawiseli Barnes
Mockhaal Monzezi
Mceba Madwara
Goodman Njeka
Zmekara Jack
Thelile Kika
Wizile Manot
Wizile August
Msedici Thaita
Isaac Mogase
Vusumzi Khayile
Johannes Mosike
Jacob Ramatlola
Znekaya Jack
Thkile Kika
Vuyisile Nanto
Mncedisi Thinta
Viyisile August
Dosmond Boy
Witness Zolanbanga
Luvuyo Mguca
Malala Mpwnelelo
Grootboom Thozamile
Xanti Lamani
Patrick Tlhaleroe
Wandile Goqo
Mlungisi Bebe
Nkosana Tswewne
Mbuyiseli Kakana
Mledisi Lumka
Zolile Pondo
Yukhe Mboxwana
Mfusi Magwani
Monkie Booi
Yukile Mvula
Zangamele Booi
Thanduxoho Mlogo
Mvuleni Fali
Mzwandile Nogwaza
Mvuleni Ngenje
Thando Noki
Gedian Nqwenso
Jisa Bonga
Monde Njenje
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SADF FIGHTS TO CLEAR NAME

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 15 Sep 85 p 4

{Article by Arlene Getz]

[Text]

A YEAR after the firs
army: troops moved into.
the riot-torn townships of .
the Vaal Triangle, the
South African Defence
Force has embarked on a
public relations: pro-
gramme to “clear its
name”. a 3
_ The stated aim of its pro- °
° gramme is to investigate al-
 Tegations of troop excesses |
during their controversial
presence in black areas.

A second, less explicit, goal
is to distance SADF activities
from the poor image of the
South African Police.

The SADF programme — co- *
vering the Cape, Free State
and Transvaal and expected to
be extended to Natal:-— in-
volves the establishmevt of
complaints offices for township =
residents who have. grievances 3
about troop behaviour. a

Said Colonel Basil Ginsberg, ;
the soldier in charge of the
Transvaal section of the opera- :
tion: “We cherish our name and }
don’t feel we are above the law. i
because we're armed and in an ||
emergency situation.” . 4

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" Goionei Ginsberg said the *
- programme was initiated be-
cause there were “a lot of ru- -
mours about what the SADF
was supposed to be doing to the
local population”.

The operation was also de-
signed to highlight the differ-
ences between the army and
the police, with the SADF only
investigating complaints?
against its own members. ° 7
* In this connection, a know-;
your-armiy briefing — supple-
mented by models of Buffels, :
the armoured vehicles used by’,
the SADF, and police Casspirs
_=-has been prepared. ss
, There were, however, a
‘number of snags. when the
+ SADF began its circuit of Wit- ~
watersrand townships this
week: 7

These ranged from such
“minor problems as the Buffel
| models not being ready, to a
-'more major difficulty: lack of
} response. Not a single resident
' ventured near the offices set up
early inthe campaign, & = ‘r+
Said a Soweto resident: “No-",
: body's going to go to something
like that. . ut

“How can they expect us to
complain to the very pedple
who have committed the of--
fences against us?” .

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SOUTH AFRICA

Colonel Ginsberg was aware
of this problem and was hard-
pressed to counter it. .

“Our intentioris are good,”
he said.

Among the methods he hoped

1
| would succeed were telling the
i complaints teams not to wear

uniform and playing down such
military formalities as rank.

He admitted. the “civilian”
atmosphere was negated by the |
heavily armed and uniformed
presence accompanying the
team’s convoy into townships
but said this was unavoidable.
‘Troops in Buffels — with guns +

: and quirts sticking out over the ;

side — had to be present to
protect the military teams and
any would-be complainant.

Colonel Ginsberg ascribed

‘ the, stayaway to. ignorance
. about the scheme or fear of

being branded a collaborator.
The complaints teams —
which consisted of a lawyer, an -
interpreter, a number of clerks
and an army officer — could

“make 28 township visits a

week, Complaints could be

‘made in Johannesburg, said’
+ Colonel Ginsberg. .



With regard to those who had done Form 6, and gone to university, he felt they
had not been given status commensurate with their level of understanding. As
a result, most of them had resigned or would do so when their contracts expired.

"That is dangerous because we have spent so much money and time recruiting and

training them. Training them costs money and the food and uniform we give them
is money."

He said senior police officers should facilitate their development and teach
them what the police organisation was about.

"We want to persuade senior officers to help the young chaps in the preparation
of police dockets, management of police affairs and other related issues.

"They should be taught to be prosecutors because they are better off, they have
everything that make a better policeman or woman," Cde Nkala said.

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145



Grassroots instructors are drawn from AFC, Agritex and DCD who, under
Kohwa Pakuru, are taught practicals and theory. These agents then contact
farmers for group sessions.

Both phases of training emphasize the importance of land preparation,
early planting fertilisation, seeding, weed control, use of knapsacks
and insect control.

Communal farmers have problems securing right inputs in correct amounts
at the right time. Chemicals are often available in packs with quantities
in excess of seasonal requirements.

Kohwa Pakuru packs for maize and cotton have enough herbicides, insecticides
and measuring cups for a given area -- together with instructions and,

in the case of maize, hybrid seed. Recommended knapsacks and fertilisers
are also provided.

In this way the farmer is assured of timely availability of inputs and
equipment at reasonable cost.

To offset snags, AFC provides loans to credit-worthy farmers in the
programme while Agritex and DCD arrange for timely produce delivery to
the Grain and Cotton Marketing Boards.

Under Ciba-Geigy the 1981-82 pilot scheme was 100 percent successful and
the following season 34 extension workers who had been trained reached
3 700 farmers in Kandeya, Gokwe, Mangwende, Guruve and Mhondoro.

An additional 114 extension workers trained in 1983-84 reached 15 000

farmers in Chinamora, Chiweshe, Madziwa, Zvimba, Chiduku and Umfurudzi
resettlement schemes.

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24 October 1985

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

CoNTENTS

ANGOLA

U.S. Role as Guide of Imperialist Offensive Viewed
(Editorial; Luanda Domestic Service, 9 Oct 85) ..+..++--

MII Reports Joint Hungarian~Angolan Communique
(MTI, 30 Sep 85) ccceeeeccescceevcrvcccceeescsssseeorees

Cazombo Being Rebuilt After UNITA Attack
(Luanda Domestic Service, 13 Oct 85) .eeseeeeeceeeseeeee

BOTSWANA.

Nation Faces Turmoil 19 Years After Independence
(THE CITIZEN, 30 Sep 85) sesccecseccseeeecsccecesveecece

Briefs
Concern Over Loss of Workers

COMOROS ISLAND

Briefs
600 Arrests Following Plot

GHANA

Regional Secretaries Conference Opens in Cape Coast
(J:W. Dadson, GHANAIAN TIMES, 27 Sep 85) ...seeeeeeeeree

New Investment Code Demonstrates External Investment Concern
(THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE, 27 Sep 85) .eecssscesececeveeees

Market Women Protest Revenue Collection System
(Akwele Ajavon; PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 21 Sep 85) .eeee

Measures Taken To End Waste, Corruption at Ghanair
(PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC, 25 Sep Ch) ee on

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24 October 1985

ZAMBIA

FOREIGN EXCHANGE AUCTIONS USED TO REVALUE INFLATED CURRENCY

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 20 Sep 85 p 15

[fext,

CSO:

LUSAKA — Zambia is
set to introduce a foreign
exchange ‘auctioning sys-
tem which will lead to a
sharp fall in the over-in-
flated official value of
the kwacha.

This is part of a pack-
age of economic reforms
which is expected to lead
to the conclusion of a
loan agreement with the
International Monetary
Fund (IMF) for special
drawing rights (SDR) of
100 million ($102 million).

The move, expected to
be announced officially
on Monday, follows near-
ly a year of tough nego-
tiations between IMF and
Zambian government of-,
ficials on radical mea-
sures needed to halt the
country’s precipitate eco--
nomic decline, spurred by
low prices and falling
production of copper,
which provides 90 per-
cent of the country’s ex-
port earnings.

Last year’s production
of some 520 000- tonnes
was 50 000 tonnes short of
government’s target,

3400/156

whilé'a further 40 000-:

50000 tonnes drop may
be expected this year.

Other measures

Zambian finance minis-
ter Luke Mwananshiku is
understood to have sent a
timetable outlining pro-
posed reforms to IMF
managing director Jac-
ques de Larosiere, includ-
ing a commitment to a
foreign exchange auction.

A number of other
measures implemented
recently, such as a sub-
sidy reduction leading to
a ‘50 percent rise in the
price of maize meal, the

staple food (further sub-,

sidy cuts are likely), re-

ductions in civil service,

staffing and spending,

and the de-control of.

domestic interest -rates,
were also included.

Action to clear the
K600m-700 million ‘pipe-
line’ of unremitted profits
and dividends built up

over the past six years is
*a crucial element of the

programme.

139

An IMF teaiti is due in
Lusaka late next month
to assess the reforms and
it is hoped that final
agreement on a new
standby can be reached
by year-end.

A previous
SDR225 million 20-month
standby facility agreed in
July 1984 was suspended
last year with only
SDR80 million drawn,

Under the proposed
auction system, import-
ers will be allowed to bid
freely for a limited
amount of foreign ex-
change each week. .
This is expected to lead
to a sharp drop in the of-
ficial value of the kwa-
cha, which currently
trades at around % of its
official value on*the
black market. *

No agreement can be
finalised, however, until
Zambia clears some
SDR75 million in arrears
to the IMF, which may
require government to
seek a commercial’ bank
bridging credit.



JPRS*SSA+85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA
MANAGER SAYS AMINU KANO ATRPORT UNSAFE
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 25 Sep 85 p 16
{Article by Yusuf Ozi Usman/
Flext]
THE Aminu Kano Interna- The airport manager explained

tional Airport is operationally
unsafe because of inade-
quate airfield facilities, the
Airport Manager, Alhaji
Abubakar Sadiq, has said.

He informed the Minister of
Transport and Aviation,
Brigadier J.T. Useni on a visit
to the airport yesterday that
airfield lighting and _naviga-
tional aids have been ground-
ed because of lack of spare
parts. .

He said the grounded facilities
were the most crucial in terms of
operational safety of the airport.

He said the spare parts would
only ge obtained abroad and urg-
ed the minister to hasten action in
acquiring them:

Alhaji Abubakar said the ter-
minal building at. the airport
which was commissioned in 1957
had almost outlived. its
usefulness.

He added that it was originally
designed to cater for. small-
bodied aircraft such as DC 3 and

OE.

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that based on the full passenger
capacity of these aircraft, the ter-
minal building was expected to
handle a maximum of about
100,000 passengers per annum.

He said this passenger capacity
when compared with the currént
passenger movement of 600,000
passeny ers per annum was clear-
ly inadequate and showed how
overstretched utility services of
the building were.

Alhaji Abubakar said persis-
vent power cuts and fluctuations
had destroyed most of the elec-
tronics and telecommunications

juipment at the airport.
“Tesaid the situation was so bad
that they now needed a substation

ipped with more powerful
standby generators to ensure
steady and uninterrupted power
supply to the airport particularly
at night and in bad weather.

The airport manager said a
contract had been awarded for
the construction of the power
house for the airport, adding
however, that work had been
grounded for lack of funds.

The minister assured that he
would look into the problems.


Professor Salawu said the brain drain that accompanies the mass exit of
highly educated Nigerians would have serious effects on the technological
development of the country.

Many of the unemployed graduates interviewed said that they were quietly
looking for ways of getting out of the country.

A foreign university graduate of material science, Mr. Kingsley Obiorah,
said that he was desparate to get out of the country after being jobless
for the past three years. Mr. Obiorah said he came to Nigeria after
his master's degree thinking his qualifications would assure him of a
place in-the labour sector.

Asked why he did not try self-employment, he shot back saying: "Where
is the money to start? Do you think self-employment ts as easy as it
sounds?" He added that he must find his way out of: the country as he.was
not interested in any job that would not tap his specialist knowledge
in material science. .

Another interviewed graduate in Geophysics currently teaching mathematics
in a secondary school, Mr.Tunde Ojo lamented: "I went to the university
to study geophysics and not how to teach mathematics", His two regrets,
he said, are that he could not get his message across to his students,
and never sure of when to expect the next salary, Mr. Ojo said that he
had no job satisfaction and hence wants to get out of the country as fast
as possible. .

Daily Times investigations revealed that only one out of every four
engineers and scientists in Nigeria are properly utilised by the private
and public sectors, while others are unemployed.

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TWO LAGOS STATE SECRETARIES RETIRE

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 17 Sep 85 p 9

[Text]

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THE Secretary to the Lagos
State Military Government, Dr.
Olufemi Lewis; has given notice
of retirement from the state civil
service.

According to a statement from
the governor's office in Lagos at
the’ weekend Dr. Lewis
started his leave preparatory to
retirement last Monday.

Gov. Gbolahan Mudasiru has,
however, approved Dr. Lewis’
appointment as a member ot the
state civil service commission.

Meanwhile, the governor has
also approved the appointment of
Mr. K.A. Banmeke as the acting
Secretary to the Military Govern-

ment and Head of Service.

Mr. Banmeke was until his ap-
pointment the permanent
Secretary in the state Ministry of
Works and Transport.

This was made known in a
statement issued from the gover-
nor’s office.

In the meantime, the
Secretary to the Cross River
State Government and Head ot
Service. Mr. Askia Usoro. has
retired voluntarily from the state
civil service,

Governor Archibong described
Mr. Usoro's .decision to retire
voluntarily as an indication of
leadership by example.

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NIGERIA


Apart from the dwindling quantity of produce purchased by the boards,
their export role has also shrunk to what Chief Inang described as "a
mere shadow of what the defunct regional marketing boards used to do

in the 1960s." Consequently, at present, only three commodities -~ cocoa,
rubber and palm kernel -- still feature in Nigeria's export list and

in the last three years, they yielded on the average less that N300
million annually.

It may be pointed out that of the three commodities, the largest earner of
foreign exchange is cocoa. For example, in 1980 export sales of cocoa was
N399.66 million; in 1981, it was 4166.65 million; in 1982, 8314.94 million
and in 1983, 8167.68 million.

Although, ‘the decline in the volume of commodities bought by the boards is
generally attributed to the neglect of the agricultural sector and the
reluctance of the boards to stock-pile the agricultural commodities in
the face of world-wide economic recession, experts still hold the boards
partially responsible for their inability to spur farmers into increasing
their productivity.

Apart from buying agricultural produce, the marketing boards are also
expected to stabilise the prices of the items. The aim according to
experts is to reduce fluctuations in the amount the farmers receive

for their produce during a particular season. Experts, however, believe
that the boards' practice of sticking to a particular price which is
announced at the beginning of the year has made the boards to sustain
heavy financial losses. The reason is that the prices fixed do not take
into account variations in the amount of commodities produced within a
particular season and this is known-to be a common feature in world
commidity market.

According to Mr. Kingsley Iheanacho Lkpe, assistant general manager,

ICON Limited, "the practice of maintaining a particular price throughout
a season has lad to "a regime of seemingly unending losses." He said
that as a result of the practice, the cotton board lost 823,671,800 and
the palm produce board lost 483,336 between 1977 and 1980 produce seasons.
At the same period, the groundnuts board lost ¥3,494,333 and the rubber
poard lost 46,603,833.

Experts also contend that the boards have been unable to improve the
earnings and well-being of.farmers and that their impact on farmers is
negligible. According to Chief Inang, the majority of farmers do not
even know of the existence of the boards, while many others do not know
the role they are expected to play. "Apart from lateness and frequent
delays in paying farmers, there are rampant complaints of inflation of
prices of fertilisers, sprayers, bags, twines, insecticides which happen
to be distributed by the boards," he said.

Buy why have the commodity boards been unable to achieve their set objectives?

Experts believe that the constraints include the unscrupulous activities of
licenced buying agents and government's pricing policy. The prices fixed

95



The Labour Secretary intimated that the government was doing every thing pos-
sible in consultation with various financial institutions to find a way of
financing the exercise in such a way as to make it equitable and just to
everyone.

A spokesman of the workers said "we have agreed to go back to work because
the government has given us an assurance."

"If the government is serious we do not have any bones to pick," he added.

Yesterday workers of the COCOBOD from all the various divisions met at the
board's head office in Accra to register their protest against the mode of
payment of benefits to those who are affected by the restructuring exercise.

Following yesterday's meeting, the workers, most of them in mourning clothes
with red bands around their wrists went into the streets of Accra carrying
placards and singing war songs.

The demonstration was very peaceful and without any incident.

Mr Obeng said the government met the management of COCOBOD on Tuesday when
the workers were meeting at the board's head office and a letter was written
to them indicating the government's desire to meet them to find a solution

to their grievances. The government was therefore, surprised when they took
to the streets, he said.

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20


With these measures, the board of directors expects to increase the profit-
ability of Ghana Airways and also improve its service to genuine customers.

The board is also examining the rates of allowances for Ghanair crew, having
noted with concern that in the first three months of 1985, tax-free allow-
ances totalling ¢3.065 million plus $358,365 in foreign exchange were paid
out.

A Ghanair Captain making a stopover in London, for example, collects a basic
daily allowance of £103,. while a KLM Captain gets £28.

A comparative study is therefore being made to enable the board of directors
to rationalise Ghanair's rates, a release from the PNDC Secretariat has said.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

FLIGHT SERVICES BETWEEN KADUNA, ZARTA PLANNED

Kadina NEW NIGERIAN in English 24 Sep 85 pp 1, 3

[Brticle by Matthew Onwudinjo7

Lrext]

NIGERIAN Civil Aviation
Training Centre (NCATC) is to
introduce a daily commercial
flight service between Kaduna
International Airport and the
centre's aerodrome in Zaria. the
Principal of the Aviation Centre.
Alhaji Musa - Abdullahi. has
disclosed.

He told the New Nigerian in
Zaria, that the NCATC had com-
pleted arrangements for its take
off but had been awaiting ap-
proval from the Ministry of
Transport and Aviation.

He expressed the hope that the
new Minister of Transport and
Aviation, Brigadier Jeremiah
Useni, would not hesitate to give
approval to the project designed
to assist the Nigeria Airways and
provide continuity flight service
for Zaria-bound passengers who
often have had to continue their
journey by road from Kaduna.

The principal explained that
the centre planned to use small-
sized jet planes capable of taking
between 18 and 20 passengers at a
time. They are the Cessena-
Citation and H.S. 125

He said, the centre had
qualified pilots and engineering

and technical personnel to

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the plapes at no extra cost.

The Cessena-Citation and or.
HLS. 125 jets would each cost bet-:
ween 1 and 2 million Naira to ac-_
quire. He expressed regret that
the centre was not financially.
capable of buying either of the
two jets.

Asked how 'the centre would ac-
quire the ‘aircraft to commence
the flight services since it could
not afford to buy the jets from its
purse, the principal said: ‘‘all it
takes is for the Federal Govern-
ment to give us on hire-purchase
any one or two of some of the
private jets confiscated from
politicians hy the Federal
Government.”

The principal said the centre’s
aerodrome was capable of taking
jet planes like the 737 and others
and’ that the introduction of the
commercial flight services bet-
ween Zaria and Kaduna would
give technical student pilots the
practical knowledge of flying
commercial planes without hav-
ing to undergo further training
after leaving school.

He explained that the commer-
cial flight when introduced would
make the aviation centre less
dependents on the Federal
Government for subvention.



TRADE AGREEMENT PACT SIGNED WITH CHINA

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 21 Sep 85 p 5

[Article by Harry Mouzalas, GNA special correspondent , Beijing]

[Text]

GHANA and the Peoples
Republic of China ye-
sterday concluded two
agreements and memo-
randum of understand-
ing in pursuance of
further economic co-
operation between
them. © .

Mr Kwamena Ahwoi,
Co-ordinator, Revenue
Commissioners, Investiga-
tions and Tribunals si
for Ghana while Vice-
Minister for Foreign Eco-
nomic Relations and Tra-
de, Mr Lu Xve Jian signed
forChina.

‘The trade agreement is
essentially a renewal of a
1984/85 agreement under
which Ghana is to supply
China with 2,000 metric,
tons of cocoa in exchange
for the equivalent of Chi-
nese goods to be imported
to Ghana.

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The second agreement
provides for approximately
$15 million interest-free
Chinese loan to Ghana’ to
be utilised over five years
with a grace period of five
years and repayment
spread over ten years.

The memorandum of
understanding provides for
the utilisation of a balance
of approximately $15 mil-
lion loan granted to Ghana
in 1961 for the construc-
tion of an irrigation project
at Mim Boam near Ko-
nongo along the lines of
the Afife project.

It is also to provide for
the study and construction
of a biogas project as part
of Ghana's’ renewable
energy resources program-
me. — GNA.

JPRS*SSA=85~103
24 October 1985

GHANA


TPRS*SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

SEYCHELLES

BRIEFS

CHINESE WOMEN'S DELEGATION--A senior delegation from the All-China Women's
Federation (ACWF) led by the Director of International Liaison, Mrs Guan
Mingian,. called on the SPPF Deputy Secretary-General, Mr James Michel, at
Maison.du Peuple yesterday. Mrs Guan, who arrived with a three-strong dele-
gation on Monday night for a week's goodwill visit, said after yesterday
morning's meeting that her trip was aimed at strengthening the already good
relations that éxist between Seychellois and Chinese women. The visit also
follows one.to China last year by Mrs Rita Sinon, the chairperson of the
Seychelles Women's Association. Accompanied by Mrs Sinon and Mrs Yu Bing,
the Chinese Charge d'Affaires in Victoria, both of whom attended the meeting
with Mr Michel, the Chinese delegation then called of the SWA Patron, Mrs
Geva Rene, at State House. This was followed by talks with the SWA's National
Committee. Yesterday afternoon the visitors laid wreaths at the Zonm Lib
monument to those who died for the Seychellois socialist revolution. Mrs
Guan is also a member of the council of the Sino-African Friendship Associa—
tion and the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women. Her delegation includes the Deputy-Director of the Helong-
jiang Provincial Women's Federation and two officials of the ACWF Interna-
tional Liaison Department. "We would like to further promote frienship be-
tween women of our two countries as well as use this opportunity to learn
from the experiences of our sisters in Seychelles," Mrs Guan told the press
after her meeting with Mr Michel.’ The talks between the two sides during
the week would supplement similar efforts on the political, government and
mass organisation level in contributing to solidarity and goodwill between
the two countries, Mrs Guan said. Before coming to Seychelles, the ACWF
delegation visited Tanzania, Mozambique and Mauritius after participating
in the UN Decade for Women Conference in Nairobi last July. [Text] [Vic-
toria NATION in English 11 Sep 85 pp 1, 2]

RAIN DESTROYS CROPS--Major farmers have warned that there will be shortages
of agricultural produce over the coming months after last Saturday's torren-
tial rain devastated farms around Mahe, Praslin and La Digue, causing damage
valued at well over a million rupees. The downpour, which left three people
dead and another injured on Mahe, also caused extensive damage to pbuilding
and roads. A-spokesman for 1'Union Estate on La Digue said over the tele-
phone yesterday that that farm alone had suffered losses estimated at some
R900,000. This included some R700,000 worth of crops such as tomatoes,
potatoes, carrots, beetroot, cabbages, beans, onions, cassava, sweet pota-
toes, cinnamon and others. The amount and force of the water that flooded

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24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

INTENSE DEBATE WITHIN NGK ON APARTHEID STAND

Cape Town WEEKEND ARGUS in English 21 Sep 85 p 7 ‘

[Article by Sybrand Mostert]

[Text]

AN INTENSE dabate is raging within the Ned
Geref Kerk on it’s apartheid stand.

Polarised opinion
between conservative
and liberal factions
within the largest Afri-
kaans church — which
has yet to denounce its
tacit suy for apart-
heid re ould lead to
confrontation at the
next meeting of the
general synod and a
split with the Ned

eref Sending Kerk.

“The church stands at
a crossroads in it’s his-
tory,” says Professor
Willie Jonker, dean of :
the theological faculty —
at Stellenbosch Univer-
sity. He says choices will have to be made which
will change the church irrevocably, and that “if the
church persists in its present position, a split (with
the Sending Kerk) seems unavoidable”.

Rocked by the triple blows of suspension from the
World Alliance of Reformed Churches and a joint
declaration of apartheid as a heresy by the world
body and the Sending Kerk, Dutch Reformed minis-
ters have decided to either “dig the trenches and not

give an inch more” or admit past mistakes and take .

a radically new direction.

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At the nub of the debate is the present revision of
Ras, Volk en Nasie, a church policy document which
presently purports that separate churches for
whites, colout Asians and blacks are scripturally

: verifiable. The contentious document will be high on
the agenda at the next meeting of the general synod.

Sharpening swords

Sharpening swords for the coming battle, a group
of conservative clergymen have formed their own
organisation. Their message is that apartheid is not
a heresy and NGK supporters are heretics.

“There is a great deal of support for the move-
ment,” says Parys cleric the Rev Thys Booyens,
chairman of the movement's constitutional commit-
tee. Another member of the movement is Broeder-
bond chairman and head of the Afrikaner Volkswag
Professor Carel Boshoff.

Following the call by a leading Pretoria theolo-
gian for Afrikaners to make a confession of guilt in
a political sense, isolated voices in the Cape have
followed suit.

“We have disrupted families, uprooted communi-
ties and implemented unjust, discriminatory laws,”
said Dr Willem Nicol. “If we do not acknowledge
and confess our guilt, we would be making it more
difficuilt for them to forgive us.”

Similiar sentiments were expressed by two clerics
in Cape Town, and the Stellenbosch circuit — repre-
senting 15 parishes — has acknowledged that they
have failed to show Christian brotherly love.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

BRIEFS

NEW GOC TOURS ARMY UNITS--The newly appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC)
One Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier Peter Igezunya Adomokhai
visited Army units and formations within Kaduna. During the familiarization
tour, the GOC inspected guards of honour and held closed door discussions with
unit commanders. The seven units visited were 51 Division Headquarters Signals,
One Base Workshop, BODK, and 241 Recée Battalion. Other places were 41 Mechan-
ised Division Engineers, GADK, and 33 Air Defence Artillery. ‘The GOC's entour-
age included the Commanding Officer of One Mechanised Infantry Headquarters and
Signals, Lt-Col Emmanuel Okoko and the Divisional Public Relations Officer,
Major R.O. Omowa. Before his appointment, Brigadier Adomokhai was the Director
of Army Staff Duties and Plans and Chairman of the Special Military Tribunal,
Kaduna Zone. /Text/ /Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 27 Sep 85 p 217

PRINCIPAL GSO NAMED--A principal general staff officer has been appointed for
the General Staff Headquarters, State House. He is Navy Captain S, Saidu, one-
time military administrator in Rivers State under General Murtale/Oba

regime. Before his appointment, Captain Saidu was the deputy director, state
administration in the defunct Supreme headquarters. He has since assumed duties
of the General_Staff Office, Lagos. /Text/ /Tagos DAILY TIMES in English

27 Sep 85 p 137

KURE TO ADDRESS SOLDIERS' PROBLEMS--The welfare problems of soldiers will soon
be determined so as to find lasting solutions to them, Brigadier Y. Y. Kure
General Officer Commanding 2 Mechanised Division, Nigerian Army, promised in
Tbadan yesterday. Addressing officers and men under his command at Odogbo
Cantonment, the commander promised to eliminate problems in the army or at
least reduce obvious ones to manageable proportions. "Professional competence
of officers will be very much encouraged by ensuring that training facilities
are improved to enhance proficiency." Brigadier Kure reminded them of the fact
that resources were scarce and that they must do away with any form of waste.
He told the officers to be prepared to improvise and to succeed in the training
of their men, addi that this would demand a lot of initiative_and imagination
from them. [text Tagos DAILY TIMES in English 27 Sep 85 p 247

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activity that has been evident
since 1984,” the Central Bank
says.

Total domestic credit from
the Central and commercial
banks rose by eight per cent

over the quarter and 24 per,

cent over the first half of 1985,
“This rate of growth is clearly
unsustainable,” the review
says. All of the increase in cre-
dit in the June quarter was ab-
sorbed by the Government.

Commercial bank lending to
some parts of the private sec-
tor, notably private households
and manufacturing, rose quite
strongly over the quarter but
overall, the banks’ private sec-
tor lending fell back again fol-
lowing an increase in the
March quarter. This was some-
what surprising given the pick-
up in economic activity, the
Central Bank noted.

Budget deficit

The main reasons for the
large increase in lending by the
banking sector to the Govern-
ment were the size of the Gov-
ernment’s budget deficit and
the fact that so far this year the
deficit has’ been financed
mainly from domestic sources
rather than by foreign borrow-
ing. The recurrent budget de-
ficit in the June quarter was
R9.8 million, some R4.4 mil-
lion less than budgeted. This
improvement in budgetary
performance partially offset
the larger than expected deficit
in the first quarter.

With net capital expenditure
also being below budget in the
second quarter, the overall de-
ficit, which had been well
above budget in the first quar-
ter, was, at R87.2 million, close
to budget for the first half of the
year.

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Domestic prices remained
fairly steady with retail prices
remaining “remarkably” sta-
ble. According to the Seychel-
les Retail Price Index foy the
“all income” group, prices rose
by 0.3 per cent in April-June
over the same quarter last year.
Fish prices rose by 5.8 per cent,
other food prices fell by 0.9 per
cent, mainly because of a de-
crease in the price of rice in
June, and non-food prices were
virtually stable.

Inflation zero

Compared with a year
earlier, the Index rose by only
0.3 per cent.

The average rate of inflation,
as’ measured by the average
monthly prices in the last 12
months relative to those in the
preceding 12 months, was even
lower at zero for the “all in-
come” group and 0.5 per cent
for the “low income” group. At
June 1984, these inflation rates
had been nine per cent and 10
Per cent respectively. The an-
nual rates have fallen steadily
since then to reach the current
remarkably low levels.

The prices of imports fell by
1.6 per cent over the June quar-
ter while those of local goods
rose by 1.8 per cent, mainly be-
cause of a rise in fish prices in
the first two months of the
quarter caused by the usual
shortages of supply at that time
of the year.

In the main, economic de-
velopments in Seychelles in the
second quarter of 1985 were
favourable, the Bank review
says. “Economic activity,
particularly in the important
tourism sector, continued to
strengthen and most indicators
suggest that this trend will con-
tinue over the rest of 1985,” it
adds.



JPRS*SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

UNDER COUNTERTRADE, OIL SHIPMENTS TO BRAZIL RESUME

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 24 sep 85 p 2h

Lrext]

CSO:

UNDER the 914 million Naira
counter-trade between Nigeria
and Brazil, lifting of Nigeria's
crude oil to Brazil is to increase
from the current 50,000 barrels to
90,000 barrels, Mr. Joseph Tutun-
da, an Executive Director of Cor-
tia, Brezil’s largest private enter-
prise, said in Lagos.

Mr. Tutunda said at a cocktail
party in honour of a three-man
trade mission currently on a
week-long visit to Nigeria that
with ‘the amendment of the agree-
ment, the daily liftings would
amount to 20 per cent of total
Brazilian oil imports, placing
Nigeria among the largest oil
suppliers to the Latin American
country.

He said that under the original
449.8 million Naira agreement
signed a year ago, the NNPC had
increased its daily supplies from
10,000 barrels to 50,000 barrels
pointing out that ‘not one drop of
this oil has ended up on the spot
market".

The director said that inreturn.
Brazil had supplied raw

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materials, manufactured goods
and equipment to more than 200
Nigerian companies.

Mr. Tutunda further said that
no “‘superflous’” goods had been
exported to the country by Brazil,
and noted that prices of Brazilian
exports were ‘freely’ negotiated
with the Nigerian importers.

The director said that Nigeria
and Brazil should net limit
themselves to the counter-trade
agreement between them, but
must explore possible pacts with
other developing countries in
Africa, Latin America and Asia
to stimulate regtonal co-
operation.

Quoting the Geneva-based
General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade. (GATT)." he said,
“counter-trade currently ac-
counts for more than 10 per cent
of total world trade”,

He forecast that the figure
would rise to 45 per cent by 1988,
with the greatest increase com-
ing from the third world coun-
Ties.

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JPRS*SSA+85~*103
24 October 1985

GHANA

TRADE MINISTRY MAKES GAINS IN BOOSTING EXPORTS
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 26 Sep 85 pp 1, 5

[Text] The Ministry of Trade has recorded major gains following measures
taken by the government to boost exports.

Figures for traditional exports indicate that the shipment of bauxite rose
from 44,000 metric tonnes in 1984 to 75,000 metric tonnes within the first
six months of this year.

This earned 1.6 million dollars for the country in foreign exchange as
against 900,000 dollars in 1984.

This was disclosed by the former Secretary for Trade, Mr Ben Caiquo, in an
interview with the GBC in Accra yesterday.

He said in the case of manganese, more than 64 per cent gain was recorded
for the first six months of this year as against 9.4 million dollars earned
in 1984.

Mr Caiquo said in the timber sector, export permits issued last year were
valued at 16.3 million dollars. But for the first six months of this year,
the permits rose to the tune of 13 million dollars which is 71 per cent of
the 1983 permits, he added.

Mr Caiquo said the performance of specific non-traditional products has also
improved considerably. He mentioned in particular, the exports of pine-
apples, salt and copra, with arrangements underway to ship rubber.

Mr Caiquo announced that with the assistance of the Commonwealth Secretariat,
the Ministry of Trade has arranged for eight industries in the furniture and

the handicrafts sector to meet potential buyers in Europe to sell their
products. The team will leave for Europe next week.

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The USSR has delivered
to Ajaokuta, just like to
Finland, the latest model of*
the machine for continuous
casting of billets. The idea’
of developing such a
‘machine originated at the
Uralmash plant. At the
‘same time experts from the,
-Swiss’ Concast and West

German Demang
‘companies worked on its,
design,

The Soviet Union has
‘Scored its successes in the _
‘development of metallurgy |
‘as well asin other economic _
branches. Thanks to tha
selfless “work of . Soviet
‘people. “And “naturally,
.elebrated Uralmash plant
has greatly contributed to
‘this. It is celebrated

its tremendous
efforts and the plant has
been awarded ten Soviet
‘and foreign orders. A few’
wears ago the plant was
awarded ed Golden Mercury

— the highest international
-prize for major contribution
to economic-co-operation.

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24 October 1985

ANGOLA

MII REPORTS JOINT HUNGARIAN-ANGOLAN. COMMUNIQUE
LD301919 Budapest MII in English 1719 GMT 30 Sep 85

[Text] Budapest, 30 September (MTI)--A joint communique was issued in Luanda
Monday on the official visit of a Hungarian party and state delegation, headed
by Pal Losonezi, member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party Political
Committee and president of the Presidential Council of the Hungarian People's
Republic, paid to Angola on 27-30 September on the invitation of Jose Eduardo
dos Santos, chairman of the MPLA-Workers' Party’and president of the People's
Republic of Angola.

Talks of the Hungarian party and state delegation and the Angolan party and
state delegation went on in the spirit of friendship and-mutual understanding.

The parties stated that there was a full identity of views on international
issues and the principles of the cooperation of the two parties and countries.

Pal Losonczi assured the support of the Hungarian People's Republic of the
Angolan people's efforts to eliminate the consequences of the armed aggression
of the South African racist regime. Jose Eduardo dos Santos appreciated the
achievements of the Hungarian people in socialist construction and the inter-
national.efforts of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party and the Hungarian
People's Republic. :

The heads of state noted with satisfaction that Hungarian-Angolan relations
developed successfully in accordance with the two people's interest, for the
benefit of peace and social progress and in the spirit of Marxism-Leninism and
proletarian internationalism. The cooperation of.the HSWPand the MPLA-Workers'
Party play an important role in it. They confirmed that there were further
possibilities for the extension of mutually advantageous economic relations,
technical-scientific and cultural cooperation.

On current international issues, the parties expressed concern about the inten-
sification of the international situation, caused by the efforts of extreme
imperialist circles to gain military superiority, stresses the communique among
other things. The parties expressed hope that the success of the Soviet-U.5S.
arms limitation talks in Geneva and the November summit would significantly
contribute to the strengthening of world peace and security. They assured
support of the initiatives of the Soviet Union which serve the promotion of

the cause of disarmament and peace.



JPRS+SSA¥85*103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

NITEL BLAZES TRAIL IN ENERGY SEARCH
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 24 Sep 85 p 5
[Brti le by Femi Ajayi7

[Bext7 NITEL has organised a seminar for Nigerian scientists to deliberate

on its proposed project to make use of solar energy for repeater stations. By
this every act, NITEL is blazing a trail in the search for solutions to national
problems, particularly in exploring a potentially inexpensive, untapped but
important energy source for a specific purpose.

For this and many other issues NITEL deserves commendation for foresight and
patriotism. These were the views of Mr D. E. Lyamabo, the coordinating director
of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.

Mr Lyamabo was not just being unnecessarily charitable to the NITEL, he men-
tioned many reasons while NITEL deserves this high commendation for her proposal.

The success of NITEL'’s proposal would mean considerable savings to the nation
as revenue losses due to link failure, an aftermath of power shortage, would

be averted. In addition, the venture would be a pointer to others in the public
and private sectors, who would now realise that given the challenge and finance,
Nigerian scientists and technologists can solve all Nigeria's problems.

If the programme hopefully leads to giving Nigerian scientists and technolo-
gists tasks in specific facets of NITEL's proposal, it would be a challenge
to them on @ specified national problem, a clean break from the usual syndrome
of criticising scientists and technologists instead of trying them.

NITEL's recognition of the link between research and development on the one
hand, and application on the other, is unique in Nigeria. That is especially
so when the first step taken is to enlist the colleboration of indigenous
scientists rather than taking a major decision on a gigantic project like this
on the basis of popular opinion, guesses and generalised advise.

NITEL deserves a pat on the back for acknowledging the capability of Nigerian
scientists and technologists instead of rushing abroad to seek foreign ‘expert!
advice with a view to-buying finished products. NITEL's chosen course of ac-
tion gives room for assessment of alternatives in terms of technology, initial
capital and maintenance costs, as well as local technological capability to
handle the project.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

DAVID-WEST CALLS FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO ABSORB PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 20 Sep 85 p 7

[Text] The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof Tam David-West on
Monday in Aba, called on the organized private sector to establish indus-
tries which would absorb the products of the proposed petrochemicals
plant.

Addressing a seminar on "Downstream industries in Nigeria's petrochemical
products," Prof David-West said that the products of the plants woiild have
to be exported if there were no such industries.

The minister noted, however, that the prospects for any export-oriented
petrochemical industry were not bright because of the trade barriers
imposed by trading blocks like E.E.C., COMECON and ASEAN.

He said that unlike the manufacture of basic petrochemicals, the down-
stream stage represented simper technologies which could be acquired
through intensive training of technicians.

He said that to encourage the establishment of such industries government
would provide the necessary infrastructure, adding that the NNPC would
support applications for licences to import mechanical equipment.

Prof David-West disclosed that the NNPC had established a public enlighten-
ment committee which in conjunction with its petrochemicals division would
provide detailed information on investment opportunities in Nigeria's
petrochemical industry.

The address was read on his behalf by Dr T.M. John, Manager, Petrochemicals
in the NNPC.

In his address, Mr Eqwuonwu Kalu, president of the Aba Chamber of Commerce,
Industry, Mines and Agriculture, organizers of the seminar, identified

shortage of industrial raw material as the greatest barrier against
Nigeria's economic recovery.

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Recent Event Seen as Causing Accelerating Polarization of Communities
(Dale Lautenbach; WEEKEND ARGUS, 21 Sep 85) ....eseeeseees

Scrapping of Pass System Will Not Mean Invasion by Squatters
(John MacLennan; THE SUNDAY STAR, 15 Sep 85) ....+eeeeeeee

Need To Rewrite Nation's History Gaining Strength
(Frans Esterhuyse; WEEKEND ARGUS, 21 Sep 85) ...+-++eeeeee

Crash Course Planned To Improve National Party Image
(Kim McGowan; THE SUNDAY STAR, 15 Sep 85) ...+eceeeeeeeere

Afrikanerism Threatened by Latest.Reforms
(Janine Stein; THE CITIZEN, 20 Sep 85) ....seseeeeeeeseeee

Intense Debate Within NGK on Apartheid Stand
(Sybrand Mostert; WEEKEND ARGUS, 21 Sep B5) cecncecccencee

Chaplains’ Weapons Training Prompts Church Action
(Luke Zeeman; THE SUNDAY STAR, 15 Sep 85) ...+-seeeeeeeeee

Christian Aid Group Ends Tour, Applauds UK Sanctions
(SAPA, 3 Oct 85) ceeveceseccecssceeseere

Natal Newspapers To Be Taken Over by. Joint Company
(SAPA, 3 Oct 85) wecsecessccccsecvescccrscesessseerreeeeee

Afrikaans University Research Compares Poorly With Counterparts
(Hannes de Wet; THE STAR, 14 Sep 85) ...sseeveeeeseeeceres

Briefs
Whites Polled

SWAZILAND

New Police Commissioner Gives Press Conference
(Mbabane Television Service, 8 Oct 85) ....sseeereeeeeeeee

Briefs
Gazette Changes Liqoqgo Status

ZAMBIA

Foreign Exchange Auctions Used To Revalue Inflated Currency
(THE STAR, 20 Sep 85) ssceceeececeseeecvererceceeresseeces

ZIMBABWE

Minister Dispels Fears That One-Party State Will Erode Rule of Law
(THE STAR, 2 Oct 85) .eeeececcececseecteeeerereeecsereeces

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ECONOMIC GAINS IN SECOND QUARTER

Victoria NATION in English 30 Aug 85 pp l, 2

[Text]

SEYCHELLES’ economy
made further gains during the
second quarter of 1985, with
the strongest performance in
tourism, the Central Bank has
reported in its April-June
quarterly review.

Altogether, 35,535. visitors
arrived during ‘the first six
months of 1985, an $8 per cent
increase over the same period
in 1984. Only inv 1979 did more
tourists urrive in the first half of
a year. The average length of
stay of these of visitors was 11.1
nights, fractionally more than
in 1984.

While most visitors continue
to come from the established
European. markets of France,
the UK, West Germany, Italy
and Switzerland, there was an
encouraging increase in arrivals
from some other countries such
as the Netherlands,
Scandinavia, ‘Japan and Hong
Kong.

“This broadening of the
geographic sources of visitors
to Seychelles should help re-
duce the vulnerability of
tourism to adverse develop-
ments ‘in’ any _ particular
country,” the Central. Bank
notes.

The limited information av-
ailable for the production sec-
tor generally showed ‘a rising
trend, Production of meat, soft
drinks and beer, copra aad
green tea were all higher than
in the April-June quarter of
1984, while production of
cigarettes and cinnamon were
lower. ‘The most general indi-
cator. electricity generation,
was 9.3 per cent higher than in
the June quarter of 1984.

The external account for the
quarter showed a current de-
ficit of R12.5 million, slightly
less than the R14,3 million de-
ficit in the same quarter last
year. Receipts were R140 mil-
lion, a healty 17.6 per cent

higher than in the June quarter-

of 1984 (tourism receipts were
19.4 per cent higher), while
current payments were R152
million, 14.3 per cent higher.

Capital accounts

Both the private and official
capital accounts were in deficit,
the latter mainly due to large
repayments of official loans ab-
road. As a consequence, the
overall balance of payments
surplus achieved in the first
quarter was converted into a
substantial net defict of R43.7

105

SEYCHELLES

‘million at the end of the second

quarter.

For the first half of 1985,
strong foreign exchange earn-
ings from tourism were prima-
rily responsible for an increase
of 17.5 per cent in current re-
ceipts compared with 1984, Ex-
port earnings recovered from
the very low level of the
January to March quarter to R8
million in the. June quarter,
mainly accounted for by fish re-
exports. This was double the
level of the second quarter of
1984.

On the other side of the ba-
lance of payments, current pay-
ments also rose quite rapidly
but more slowly than receipts
(11 per cent). Import payments
of R86 million were only 3.6
per cent higher but, unfortu-
nately, other categories of pay-
ments such as foreign travel ex-
penditures and transfers ab-
road by other businesses were
not so restrained.

Import payments in the June
quarter were equal to the aver-
age of the preceding five
quarters. “There would appear
to be no discernible upward
trend in import payments de-
spite the upturn in economic



JPRS*SSA+85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

NNPC NOW GUARANTEES PROFIT MARGIN FOR OIL FIRMS
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 20 Sep 85 p 16

[Text] The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Prof Tam David-West, said
on Wednesday in Lagos that’ the NNPC would as from now guarantee the 10
oil producing companies in the country a margin of two dollars per barrel
as embodied in the corporation's price formula.

Speaking at a meeting with chief executives of the companies and the eight
major oil marketing companies, the minister said that the posted price

of the country's crude oil had equated itself with the OPEC official
selling price.

OPEC had in January fixed the price of Nigeria's high grade Bonny light
at 28.65 dollars per barrel, the official price of the British brent which
competes with the Bonny light.

Prof David-West told the chief executives that it was grarifying that :the
world oil market was improving again after a three-year glut.

He said that although Nigeria would not violate OPEC's production ceilings,
oil producing companies operating in Nigeria should "ensure that the coun-
try does not produce one barrel of oil less than her quota of 1.3 million
parrels per day."

The minister announced the appointment of Mr Moshood Akanbi, Managing
Director of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, as chairman

of a special committee charged with studying the issue of equitable
prices for petroleum products in the riverine areas.

The committee is expected to submit its report within a month.
At another meeting, the minister told management staff of the NNPC that
the Federal Military Government had accepted the splitting of the corpora—

tion into six semi-autonomous, self-accounting units.

He said that implementation committees for the reorganisation had been
formed and that their members were drawn from the NNPC management. (NAN)

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NORTH, SOUTH NOT LINKED TO. TELEVISION AUTHORITY

Kaduna SUNDAY NEW NIGERIAN in English 22 Sep 85 p 16

[Article by Gausu Ahmed]

[Text]

TWENTY-THREE years after the introduction of television in
Northern Nigeria, television set owners in Katsina and Daura’
can still not-receive signals from the Nigerian television

Stations.

Instead, they have been viewin:

Damagaram in Niger Republic.
. Similarly,

ig programmes from Niamey or.

set owners ifi the southern part of Kaduna State

could: only view. programmes from NTA Jos as signals from

Kaduna‘can not be received.
A‘ Sunday New Nigerian in
vestigation revealed that for.the
past. ten “years, several: abortive
attempts have been made togeta.
direct link with NTA Kaduna with
the northern part of the state’—
Katsina and Daura,~and the
southern part —- Kachia and

“afanchan areas.
These attempts, known as “the

notthern and southern éxtensioy’ .

Projects”, were started in 1974 by
the then North Central State
Government under retired
Brigadier Abba Kyari initially
aimed at covering the whole state
with television facilities,

Having conceived the idea, the.
Abba Kyari government went
ahead and purchased “Very Hign
Frequency (VHF) televisior
equipment worth 3.9 million
Naira from the PYE TVT., a

British subsidiary of Philips of .

Holland. —

- The Sunday New Nigerian in-
vestigation further revealed that
when the equipment arrived in
1975, they had to be deposited at

Jaji as no feasibility studies as to -

where to locate the sites of the

project had been made. Thus, the
equipment had to lay down there
for a year exposed to all types of
hazards,

Our investigation further show-
ed that, a disagreement ensued
within the state Ministry of Infor-
mation as to whether the (defunct
Broadcasting Corporation of Nor-
thern Nigeria, BCNN) now NTA
Kaduna or the Ministry of Infor.
mation should-handle the project.

The state government settled ir
favour of the latter and the BCNN
was asked to be the technical ad-
viser in the projects.

However, as a result of. the
shoddy work done by some inex-
perienced contractors employed
by the state Ministry of Informa-
tion to handle the projects, coupl-
ed with some internal wrangling
within the Ministry, only the
Tsanni_ Project could partially
take off by October 1979,

Reliable sources close to the
state Ministry of Information told
SNN that when Alhaji Abba Rimi

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JPRS*SSA+85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

JOB REDUNDANCIES ANNOUNCED IN NIGER STATE
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 20 Sep 85 p 16
{Article by: Olu Omole]

[Text] At least 904 workers of the Niger State Ministry of Works, Housing
and Environment were on Wednesday either given letters of dismissal or
termination.

Sources close to the ministry told the New Nigerian that the affected
workers included an area engineer, a chief yard superintendent, a yard
superintendant, machanics, technical officers of various grades and
messengers.

The source further said the retrenchment was a "carryover" of previous
directives on retrenchment.

The letters were signed by the Secretary of the State Civil Service
Commission, Mr. S.I. Doko were dated September 9, 1985.

One of the letters with reference C.S. C/3/378 read in part: "I am
directed to inform you that as a result of restructuring of the state
civil service the report of which was approved by the state executive
council, your appointment has been terminated with effect from 10th
September 1985.

"Your one month salary in lieu of notice would be worked out and paid
to you in due course after deducting any outstanding debts owed to the
government."

Acting Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Malam Shehu Ahmed, said he

would not say more on the matter because he had spoken to the NTA and
Radio Niger.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

CONCORD EDITOR BECOMES CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 26 Sep 85 p 9

[Text] A veteran journalist, Chief Duro Onabule has been named the new Chief
Press Secretary to the president.

Minister of information and Culture, Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Ukpo, announced
this in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. He said the appointment ‘took immediate
effect.

Chief Onabule, aged 44, was until his new appointment, the Editor of National
Concord.

A diploma graduate of journalism from the College of Journalism London, he
began his journalistic career with the defunct DAILY EXPRESS in 1961.

He had also worked on a number of Nigerian dailies, including DAILY TIMES and
DAILY SKETCH.

A traditional chief of Ijebuland, Chief Onabule is an active member of the
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He is married with children.

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ARMY ANNOUNCES 288 POSTINGS

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 19 Sep 85 pp 1, 3

[Text]

THE former Gover-
nors of Sokoto,
Bauchi and Imo
states are among the
288 postings of army
officers announced
by the Nigerian Army
Headquarters,
Lagos.

The ex-Governors are
— Brigadier Mohammed
Sani Sami, who is now
the Provost Marshal of
the Army, Brigadier Gar-
ba Duba, appointed
Director of Army Staff
Duties and Plans, Army
Headquarters and
Brigadier 1.0.8.
Nwachukwu, now the
Adjutant-General of the
Army.

The postings included:

all the ones made earlier
from the President, the

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Chief of Army Staff, the’
Divisional Commanders,
Ministers and governors.

Some of the postings were
Brigadier M.M. Nassarawa,
now Commandant of the
Nigerian Army School of In-
fantry, Jaji; Brigadier S.A.
Adenihun, Defence Adviser
in Zimbabwe, now Director, —
Joint Services; Brigadier Salihu
Ibrahim, now Director. Army
Faculty; Brigadier Sunday Ifere,
Defence Adviser formerly in Bri-
tain, now Quarter Master
General and Brigadier U.S. Yaro,
Commandant, Nigerian Army
Depot, Zaria, now Director of
Services, and Brigadier A.B.
Mamman, a member of the Arm-
ed Forces Ruling Council
(AFRC). now Director of the

Nigerian Army Corps of
Artillery Brigadier Ola
Oni, former General Of-
ficer Commanding 2
Mechanised Division,
member of the AFRC, is
now Director of Joint
Services, Ministry of
Defence.

Brigadier S.L. Yusuf,
from the Command and
Staff College, Jaji,

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NIGERIA

has been posted to the army
headquarters ‘as Director of Ar-
my Training and Operations. Lt.-
Colonel R.A. Rasaki, a member
of the AFRC, now takes over
from Lt.-Colonel A.T. Ayuba, as
Commander, Corps of Signals.
The new Commandant of the
Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria is

Colonel B. Kachim while
the Commander of the 9
Mechanised Brigade is
Colonel A.A. Abubakar.

The new Defence Atta-
che in Britain is Colo-
nel D.A. Dyeris

and Colonel Cyril Iweze from 15
Mechanised Brigade, Yola, is
now Colone! General Staff, 3 Ar-
moured Division while the new
Principal Staff Officer of the
Command and Staff College, Jaji
is Colonel J.A.O. Adekanye. Lt.-
Col. M.A. Balogun is now Defence
Attache in Harare, Zimbabwe,
Lt.-Col. M. Maina, now Defence
Attache in Cairo, Egypt, and Lt.-
Col. J.M. Madaki. from 6 Guards
Battalion moves to Headquarters
Guards Brigade as commander.

Most of the new postings took
effect from September.


The Ghana Investment Code spe-
cifically states that no approved en-
terprise shall be expropriated by. the
government, and no person who
owns wholly or in part, capital of
an approved enterprise, will be
compelled by law to cede his in-
terest to any other person.

The Code lays down a procedure
for the settlement of disputes which
cannot be amicably resolved. A
difference of opinion is to be sub-
mitted to arbitration conforming
with the United Nations Commis-
sion on International Trade Law or

* within an agreement on investment

Protection to which the Government
of Ghana and the country of which
the investor is a national, are par-
ties, or in accordance with any other
international procedure for the set-
tlement of disputes agreed to by the

. Parties.

CSO:

The code“lays down minimum
levels of foreign capital requirement
for the establishment of an approved
enterprise. No project eligible for
foreign participation may be estab-
lished or operated by a non-
Ghanaian unless the investment of

foreign capital or capital goods is ,

worth at least US$60 000 in a joint
venture business, or ‘at ‘least
$100 000 where the total equity is
held by a non-Ghanaian. The GIC
may also only approve an enterprise
wholly owned by a non-Ghanaian
where it is a net foreign-exchange
earner.

The code lays down a number of
objectives to which the establish-
ment of an enterprise is expected to
contribute. These are:

(a) the development of the produc-
tive sectors of the national
economy; x

(b) the efficient utilisation, expan-
sion and diversification ‘of. the
productive capacity of existing
enterprisés;

(c) The utilisation of local materi-
als, supplies and services;

(d),the creation of employment;

(€) areal increase in national export
earnings;

(f) real savings on national imports;

(g) the development and transfer of
advance technology; including the
upgrading of indigenous technol-
ogy; and

(h) the country-wide distribution of
viable enterprises.

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ON JULY 13 this year the Ghanaian government a issued
comprehensive investment code. The 18-page document rev-
eals how seriously the government in that country regards
external investment as part of its” economic recovery
programme-to revitalise the economy of Ghana.

The preamble to the new law states that it is “considered:
vital to encourage investment in the Ghana economy to ena-
ble increased production and Productivity for national de-
velopment, and to enable the exploitation of the immense
natural resources of Ghana in a manner conducive to the
mutual benefit of investors and the nation, and to permit
effective employment and the development of skills and tech-
nology requisite for the progress of Ghana’,

In granting approvals for invest-
ment under the code, the Ghana In-
vestment Centre is charged with
generating ‘constructive competi-
tion’’, and avoiding the establish-
ment of monopolies. n

To speed the approval of appli-
cations from foreign investors, the
code lays down maximum periods
of time during which the GIC and

government bodies should
react. The centre itself, on receipt
of an application, must within 14
days submit a copy to the ministry
or department ‘‘to whose adminis-
trative competence such enterprise
belongs’’. The ministry or govern-
ment department, must, within 20
days of receipt of the application,
submit any comments or observa-
tions to be taken into account by the
centre in appraising the proposed
enterprise. '

Within the conditions of the code
the centre may stipulate conditions
in its certificate of approval. These
telate to:

(a) the amount and source of capital;

(b) the nationality and number of
shareholders;

(c) the project’s size

(d) the training of Ghanaian ad-

ministrative, technical, manageri-
al and other skills;
(e) the period of time to begin the
implementation of the enterprise;
(f) reporting on the implementation
of the project in operation;
(g) the prevention and control of any
damage to the environment; and
(h) the use of local raw materials.
The schedule to the code lays
down a list of enterprises which are
wholly reserved for Ghanaians.
These include any retail or whole-
sale business, unless it is carried on
within a department store or super-

12

market which has employed capital
of not less than US$500 000. Busi-
ness representation for foreign com-
panies is. also restricted to
Ghanaians, again unless the compa-
ny has an employed capital of not
less than US$500 000.

Other restricted areas are the
operation of taxi and car hire serv-
ices, the sale of motor vehicles un-
der hire purchase contracts, adver-
tising and public relations agencies,
betting and lotteries, estate and trav-
el agencies, commercial land trans-
port, bakers, beauty salons, barber
shops, the manufacture of cement
blocks, hand printing of textiles, .
tyre retreading, manufacture of ar.
icles of foam materials and the
manufacture of luggage other than
for export.

Readers who wish further information
should contact the Ghana High Commis-
sion in Harare.



; in implementation by. those en- *

' ‘trusted with ‘the execution of
government projects. Moreover,
the country still lacks the
statistical base for effective plan-
ning. Our trade figures and other
statistical data are routinely

__ three to four years in arrears. In .

«dealing with: other countries,:
therefore, we are forced to rely
on information supplied by them.

« This state of affairs is unsatisfac-

. tory and will no longer, be condon- *

We intend this administration
to be a government of action com--
* mitted to a programme with
. clear economic and social goals.
‘The main aims are to revive the
economy; : restructure: external
-and internal. borrowing, |
_ streamline the ‘adininistration,+
mote exports, recognise the
1 Pealistic value of the Naira, ©
reduce government involvement
in all aspects of Nigerian life, °
eliminate waste and corruption
and tackle crime especially arm-
ed robbery. More important is
our wish to create the basic in-
'dustries in order to reduce «
Nigeria's dependence on im-.
‘ported raw materials; and to*
stimulate agriculture so that:
Nigeria becomes self-sufficient in
; food production.
Our first task as a government -
» is to identify the problems of this
country more closely and
categorise them into immediate, -
medium and long-term. We
should then map out policies
which would be applied on a con-

sistent basic to solve them. Some *

- of the most disturbing problems -
which we have tackled
domestically are the size of

blic expenditure which results
into persistent\budget deficit: the
high level of inflation and
unemployment. Although an at-

__tempt has been made in thevre-".

_ cent past to nartow the budget |
deficit, efforts must be maintain- ;

* ed to contain it at a level not ;
above four per ceht of GDP as ad- !

_ vised by experts. a?

7" Qn inflation, we have to de*
‘emphasizé our strategy on de-4
mand management and tacklei

. the supply side. Short and long-

‘ term solution to our unemploy- 3
ment problem must be found. As

; @ short-term measure we must

ensure that the productive sector

of the economy is kept active so:

+ that it can absorb some of the

. unemployed: With the pursuance

41

of a structural adjustment of the

. economy and the re-examination

of our educational policy, we

should be able to take care of the

unemployment problem in the
dong run.

Government parastatals and

“ government-owned companies
are faced with inefficient
management, high overhead
_ costs and in most cases, a

negative rate of return on invest-

ment. Some of the inefficiency’
niay not be unconnected with the. :
interferences whieh they. suffer’!

from their, supervising
ministries. Government will
review the situation of
parastatals to make them more
efficient and operate essentially ©
along the same lines as similar
organizations in the private sec-
tor — be efficient, break even and
endeavour to make profits. All
parastatéls and ‘government-
owned compaiiies should ensure -
that they: recover their debts in
time. i
In order to enhance the effec-
tiveness of the council, and to
allow more time for matters of
ipolicy to be discussed in detail,
;the procedure for considering
i awards of contracts which are.
beyond the scope of the®
Ministerial Tenders Boards and :

} memoranda with financial im-

" plications - will be reviewed so

“that a Committee of Council may
deal with such matters and make
recommendations for the ap-
proval of the president.

This prpcedure is necessary
because the present practice for
dealing with these matters ‘does
not give enough time to ministers
to think and to reflect on pro-”
blems facing their ministries and
the economy generally. Besides
normal meetings of council, each
minister will be asked to give
‘periodic progress report on his
‘ministry. Also progress reports
‘on the implementation of council
decisions will be presented to the
full council periodically.

The structure of Federal
Ministries has been reviewed for
greater efficiency and effec-
tiveness. Ministries which were

- too large to be efficiently handl-
ed by one minister Rave been
broken into two, taking into ac-
count the functional relationships
of the various departments. The
ministry of Commerce and In-

- dustries has been replaced by two



PERMANENT SECRETARIES CHANGE PORTFOLIOS IN BORNO STATE

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 19 Sep 85 p 9

[Article by Abdullahi Idris]

[Text]

THE Borno State Government
has moved around nine out of its
15 permanent secretaries.

The secretary to. the state
Government and Head of Ser-
vice, Alhaji Usman Gaji
Gaktimari, said in Maiduguri that
the movement was approved by
the governor, Major Abdul
Mumini Aminu.

The permanent secretaries in-
volved are Alhaji Mahdi Bukar of
the Ministry of Health who moves
to Ministry of Finance while the
incumbent Dr. Adamu Mohamm-
ed Fika goes to’ Establishment
and Service Matters in the Gover-
nor’s Office. . .

The Permanent Secretary of
Establishment Hajiya Hamra
Imam takes charge of ad-
ministration in the Governor’s
Office from Alhaji Dauda Fika
who is now posted to special
duties, while. Alhaji Umara
Gashua, Permanent Secretary
Cabinet Office and Security Mat-
ters, moves to Civil Service Com~
mission and Dr. Saidu Mohamm-
ed of Ministry of Works and Hous-
ing takes over from him.

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The Permanent Secretary Civil
Service Commission, Alhaji Baba!
Bukar is posted to Ministry. of
Local Government and Com-
munity Development and Alhaji
Baba Baaba Permanent Secre-
tary incharge of Liaison Office.
Lagos goes to Ministry of Works,
while Malam Mari Madu of the
Ministry of Local Government
moves over to health, «

Permanent secretaries not af-
fected are Alhaji Ibrahim Musa,
Agriculture, Alhaji Baba Shehu
Yerima, Commerce and Industry
and Alhaji Mohammed Maina
Bukar, Ministry of Education.
Others are Dr. J.” A. Mamza,
Home Affairs and Information;
Malam Ibrahim Garndawa,
Justice and Alhaji Othman
Mustapha, Political and Monitor-
ing Unit in the Governor’s Office.

The secretary to the governor

«said all handing/taking over
should be ‘con:pleted by
September 24.

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The above analysis gives a graphic picture of the energy equation in the
country, showing the problems associated with the energy crisis, the energy
potentials, their underutilisation and misutilisation. ‘The pertinent question
is: In what ways can the energy crisis » the features of which are already
visible in Nigeria, be averted?

Energy crisis can be averted by proper exploitation of the available alterna-
tive sources of energy, especially solar energy which "has considerable poten-
tials but is largely uexploited in this country."

There is also need for fuel-wood stoves that would utilise more of the energy
than the present inefficient technology that wastes 96 percent of the energy
from fuel-wood source.

This is of utmost significance considering the fact that about 80 percent of
the energy requirement of Nigeria's estimated 65 million rural dwellers comes
from wood.

According to Mr Lyamabo, even in such urban areas as Lagos fuel wood and its
bye product, charcoal, supply up to 4o percent of the total energy consumed.

Furthermore, the liquefied natural gas (NLG) project which would ensure optimum
utilisation of natural gas should be pursued with the vigour it deserves so as
to reduce the amount of gas wasted by flaring off.

The methods advocated for averting energy crisis are double-edged swords in the
sense that they would go a long in averting environmental crisis if properly
handled.

This is because exploitation of our solar energy resources and proper utilis-
ation of fuel wood would mean less destruction of forests and savannah vege-
tation. It would also mean less cost in financial resources » noise nuisance
and atmospheric pollution. All these add up to imply less environmental stress.

Mr Lyamabo's was a clarion call for energy conservation; property energy util-
isation, co-ordinated search for alternative sources of energy; advanced tech-
nology for energy exploitation; and sound management in order to avert both
energy and environmental crises. We can only neglect his voice of reason to
our peril.

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JPRS*SSA*854103
24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEF

WHITES POLLED--A new opinion poll shows nearly two out of three urban whites
in South Africa believe there will never be a black majority government. The
poll was conducted in August by Makinor and covered 1,000 people. \ Sixty-four
percent of those polled believe South Africa would never be ruled by a black
government; 72 percent of those interviewed were Afrikaans speaking, and re-
sults show they were more adamant that blacks would never rule. People in
lower income groups were more convinced things would not. change as were people
in Pretoria, Durban, and on the Reef, while Johannesburg and Cape Town respon-
dents were more convinced that there would be change. [Text] [Umtata Capital
Radio in English 0700 GMT 12 Oct 85 MB]

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AFRIKANERISM THREATENED BY LATEST REFORMS

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 20 Sep 85 p 10

[Article by Janine Stein] —

AFRIKANERS ‘would i

[Text] ‘+ the reform measures
never surrender their , would ‘not satisfy the
right to exist as a na- j needs and aspirations of
tion in their own. other population groups,
oF ai .

fatherland and : Instead of. a mixed
would not accept being ° existence in South Africa,
treated as a group* “the subcontinent should
without a government, | * be divided into a number
- a language and a land ‘ * of territories to accommo-
of their own, the chair- | * date ‘each nation wishing
‘man of the Afrika- ‘ to form a separate suey
: Profes- | fessor
oor Carel Beshoft said. Blacks could not be in-
esterda cluded in the political dis-
x y . pensation, at the expense
‘The latest Government: * of Whites, Coloureds and
(feform measures her- Indians, and it was most
{alded the death of 300, unlikely that a generally
years of Afrikanerdom accepted agreement.
eroded Afrikaner would be reached on the
peeling distribution of rights,
They would be strongly power and privileges, he
* resisted — the struggle to ' said. “9 7).
regain independence in-! _Professor Boshoff
tensified when Afrikaners ; »viewed with apprehension
v realised " their leaders © the unofficial “forum”
"were. losing political | _ supposed to pave the way:
» leverage, Professor: ' for the inclusion of Blacks:
Boshoff said from the ' into the political dispen-
«. Afrikanervolkswag head-"! _,Sation. « rf mo :
quarters at Doussy near‘! é . Disast i
: : a * "A! constitution which’
, rate aims at accommodating ,
Assurances given the different peoples in
. Whites that they to the : 1 te same ae will lead to
remained in ~ control ter,” he said, adding
would “cut no ice’ and that Whites in Zimbabwe,
"Zambia and slrewhers
,jhad emer from such:
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! their power and future.

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Professor Boshoff also
said ‘the inclusion of
Blacks would not bring
stability and economic
prosperity to the country.

International accept-
ance would only be
gained if Whites were div-
ested of effective political
power in’ favour of

., Blacks, he said.

“It is an illusion to be-
lieve that a way will be
found to rule a deeply
divided society in such a

‘way that one group will

not be dominated by

others,” Professor
Boshoff said.
While opting for parti-

tion into national states,
‘he said this was not an ap-
peal for a return to the
situation prior to the new
constitution.



cso:

= The analysts said Bo-
tswana was concerned
that more refugees would
fiée into its land as the.
current South Afrian un-
rest, which has claimed
more than 710 lives in 20
months, escalated.

Some 500 refugees, |
mainly from South Afri-
ca, are in the country.

Botswana has-made it

sanctuary to people flee-"
ing South Africa’s apart-
heid racial segregation.
Since ~ independence
from Britain in 1966, Bo-
tswana has scrupulously
avoided active. involve"
ment in conflicts in neigh- |
bouring countries, includ- :
ing then White-ruled
Rhodesia, frequently re-
minding its neighbours
that their opponents were
not permitted to launch
attacks from its soil. ©

Pres Masire, who took ;
power ‘after Botswana's |
first President, Sir Seretse
Khama, died in 1980, said
this week: “Botswana is?
often a victim of South
African’ aggression and
destabilisation policy.”

Last year, he said: “I
appeal to them (South
Africa) to leave us
alone.” He was speaking
to Reuters ‘after Pretoria
had made repeated de-

mands on Botswana to
.sign a non-aggression
treaty aimed against anti-
apartheid guerrillas.
South Africa signed
such an accord with Mo-

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zambique in March, 1984.
‘The pact led to the expul-
sion from Mozambique of
hundreds of ANC insur-
gents. .
| More than a year since
the. pact was signed,
South Africa admitted it
was still backing Right-
Wing Mozambican rebels
dedicated to the over-,
throw of Marxist Presi--
_dent Samora Machel.
“This is why Botswana
frequently told South
Africa there was tio need
to sign such an accord.”
Pretoria cannot be trust
ed,” commented a West-
ern diplomat in Gabo-
rone, who asked not to be
named. =
He added: “Botswana
has lived up to its promis-.
‘¢s not to harbour guerril-
las fighting South Africa
and those crossing bor-
ders into the country have
been prosecuted in the
past. a
Cautious |
Diplomats in Gaboroné |
‘said Botswana was being:
cautious in the current de~

South Africa,

that Botswana would suf-

fer most from’such meas-*
‘

sures.

Mr Mmusi said two:
weeks. ago: “We are
neither for sanctions nor
against them. We won't
stop them or encourage:
«them, ae
*; “We know that their
economy dominates the
“region, that almost all our

imports and exports pass

through South Africa and
that large numbers of our
citizens seek work in
South Africa.”
‘More than 20 000
i Batswana are currently
‘employed on South Afri-
can mines, besides hun-
dreds of thousands of
“other " workers from
neighbouring Black-ruled
states.

Botswana, despite be-
ing a member of the nine-
nation Southern African
Development _ Co-ordi-
nation Conference
(SADCC) and the Front-
line States, was careful
about these economic
-¢onsiderations, the de-
iplomats added.

SADCC, whose head-
quarters are in Gaborone,
was formed in 1980 with
the aim of reducing the
economic reliance of An-
gola, Botswana, Swazi-
land, Lesotho, Mozambi-
“que, Malawi, Tanzania,
Zambia and Zimbabwe

*.on South Africa, as well
iss boosting trade among
\the members.

Botswana is also a
member of the Front-line
States — with Angola,
Mozambique, Tanzania,
Zambia and Zimbabwe
,— whose preoccupation is
to.achive the indepen-
dence of SWA.

At their last meeting in
Maputo two weeks ago,
the Frontline States called
:for tougher world sanc-
tions against Pretoria, but
:also. asked for internat-
ional support to cushion
financial losses. 7



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24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

CHAPLAINS’ WEAPONS TRAINING PROMPTS CHURCH ACTION

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 15 Sep 85 p4 '

[Article by Luke Zeeman]

[Text] “ sourn African Defence’ Force
chaplains are being trained to kill.’
and they.have to obtain security:
Clearance from a selection board
“before they may minister.

sanlthoush the Defence Force

says weapons training is optional,
.this and other points of ispute °
‘have led a group of churches ‘to :
submit to the army a memoran-
‘dum which sets out new guide

“for chaplains, ”

i: These include that they should
::be allowed to minister to both

2 usides.in a conflict and not have to ,

- wear a uniform.

The Catholic, Anglican, Church.:
of the. Province of South. Africa; *
Methodist and ‘United Congrega- :
. tional ‘churches: have . reached ;
‘agreement on the guidelines. -- :.

-Chaplains undergo the same
basic training as other national -
“'servicemen. and this . includes_
<> weapons training, unless the train-;

ee chaplain objects. The army,
‘ loes not see a conflict of interests.

i ‘Paratus, the official. magazine:
of the Defence Force, says the
, chaplains receive the samé train-
ing ‘as other conscripts and shows}
‘a photograph of chaplains carty.
__Ang semi-automatic rifles. sort

a A Défence Force spokesman
said this week that the weapons.
training was “optional” but could
not give-details of how many of

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“thelr 260 ‘national’ servicemen
chaplains had refused to handle
__Feapons.

" There are no Anglican or Cath-
lic national servicemen chaplains :
in the army but there are six An-
lican and three Catholic chap-,
Jains in the Permanent Force. a

According to Paratus, the Liai-’!
* son Jewish Chaplain, Rabbi I Ru-°
: benstéin;.believes national service
: is an excellent opportunity for a
rabbi to work and function in his
professional capacity.
“The ministry of the Church will
. be available to all its members
and extended to.every person who
:. will receive it.
“4“The ministry to military per-
sonnel should be exercised in such
a way as to not, in matters such.as
i uniform or rank, manner of pay-*
‘- ment, or carrying arnis, to identify!
‘the Church either with military}
action as such, or with the aims;
and ideology of any particular side,
in military conflicts.”

!

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‘

Gov. Archibong explained that the swearing-in would be held "as soon as
some ‘technical details have been sorted out".

Also to be sworn in later as ex-officio members of the State Executive
Council are the Commander of the 13 Amphibious Brigade of the Nigeria
Army; the Commanding Officer, NNS “annansa", Nigerian Navy and the acting
commissioner of police.

In another development, a new secretary to the state government and head of
service Mr Gabriel Ogar was also sworn in on Tuesday.

Mr Ogar was, until his appointment, a permanent secretary in Governor's
Office. He succeeds Mr Askia Usoro, who retired recently.

A new permanent secretary, Mr Okon Ekereuwem; was also sworn in. No
portfolio was however yet given to. the new permanent secretary.

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Concord Editor Becomes Chief Press. Secretary
(NEW NIGERIAN, 26 Sep 85) soc cccccecccecccccccccccaces

Dogonyaro Says Released Political Detainees To Be Monitored
(DAILY TIMES, 19 Sep 85) Seem cee ee come c weet ce en eee

Babangida Orders Stricter Screening of Expatriate. Quota
(Nkem Agetua; NEW NIGERIAN, 25 Sep 85) wees eee ceccccn.

External Affairs Minister Says Borders To Reopen Soon
(NEW NIGERIAN, 26 Sep 85) vi escclec sees ccc eec ce cceeees

Massive Influx Expected With ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol
(Omafume Amurun; NEW NIGERIAN, 18 Sep 85) °.c..ccseseee

TIMES Investigation Reveals Serious Brain Drain .
(Femi Ajayi; DAILY TIMES, 20 Sep 85) -..c..ceeccceeeees

FMG Sets Up Panel To Debate IMF Loan
(Nkem Agetua; NEW NIGERIAN, 18 Sep 85) .eccceeccccenes

Ukiwe Clarifies Role of IMF Panel
(DAILY TIMES, 26 Sep 85) i.ccecccscecccececceccecevens

Stock Exchange, Banks Viewed as IMF Alternative
(Daniel Tifato; NEW NIGERIAN, 25 Sep 85) -cccccccesees

Labor Congress Promises Strike if IMF Loan Approved
(DAILY TIMES, 24 Sep 85) ccccccccacececcceccucecccceus

Babangida Asks Labor Not To Push for Wage Increase
(DAILY TIMES, 24 Sep 85) icccccscccceccuceccuceccueees

IMF Issues To Be Translated Into Main Native Languages
(DAILY TIMES, 26 Sep 85) .occcccccccccccccuccccevcuces

RSA Invasion of Angola Condemned :
(NEW NIGERIAN, 19 Sep 85) scccccccececcceccccseccscees

Under Countertrade, Oil Shipments to. Brazil Resume
(NEW NIGERIAN, 24 Sep 85) .cccccceccccceseedecccecuces

NITEL Blazes Trail in Energy Search :
(Femi Ajayi; DAILY TIMES, 24 Sep 85) .cs..cccccecccees

Despite Oil, Country Facing Energy Crisis
(Femi Ajayi; DAILY TIMES, 24 Sep 85) .c.cccecceccscees

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

LABOR CONGRESS PROMISES STRIKE IF IMF LOAN APPROVED
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 24 Sep 85 p 1

[fext] The Nigerian Labour Congress has told president Tbrahin Babangida,
that workers would go on strike if Nigeria takes the IMF loan.

At the State House yesterday, four NLC officials, led by its president, Malam
Ali Chiroma presented a four-point demand to the President.

--That the IMF loan should not be taken with the conditionalities attached to it.
--That the Federal Government should look into the imposition of various cuts

on wages, salaries, fringe benefits.

--Reduction of fees in schools and hospitals;

--and removal of wage freeze.

Contending that the NLC had been alienated by government for long, Malam Chiroma
urged President Babangida to allow the congress have frequent dialogue with
government.

Answering questions from State House correspondents » Malem Chiroma disagreed
that the NLC was trying to blackmail the government over the IMF loan by threat-
ening to call its members out on strike. .

He argued: "The NLC has a right to take any step on which it feels necessary
to protect the interest of Nigerian workers.

It is not the intention of the NLC, which is a responsible organisation, to
blackmail any government; we have never done that before.

"What we want to put across is that whatever we do is in the interest of the
country."

"He said the NLC had made up its mind on the issue of the IMF loan and had
concluded that Nigeria should not take it under the present conditionalities;
Malam Chiroma said that the finance of the NLC was in a "precarious situation.”

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JPRS*SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

GHANA

MINISTRY OF TRADE SEEKING TO BOOST NON-TRADITIONAL EXPORTS
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 27 Sep 85 p 1
[Article by Lloyd Evans]

[Text] The Ministry of Trade is working out a programme with the various
banking institutions to grant exporters of non-traditional commodities
favourable credit facilities.

This is to induce exporters of these commodities to step up production and
export.

These were disclosed by My B. K. Agbleta, acting Chief Director of External
Trade, Ministry of Trade, when the British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of
State for Trade and Industries, Lord Michael Lucas, called on the various
directors of trade yesterday.

Mr Agbleta further said that the ministry is currently streamlining the
cumbersome procedure for the export of non-traditional commodities.

The acting chief director said the ministry has a long way to go so far as
the promotion of export of non-traditional commodities is concerned and that
if the ministry and the banks are to play their role in helping the exporter,
much would be achieved.

He said the ministry also has intensions to house all the various units
responsible for the processing of export permits at a trade centre.

He said under the three-year Economic Recovery Programme (ERP), emphasis
had been shifted from the import-oriented trade to that of export and for
this reason, the government is rehabilitating certain basic infrastructures
in the country to enhance the development and promotion of exports.

Asked by Lord Lucas whether the frequent changes of the Trade Secretaries
has affected the policies of the government, Mr Agbleta answered in the
negative.

The acting chief director also painstakingly explained to the Under-Secretary,
the adjustment of the dollar to the cedi, the retention system for exporters,
the difficulties in satisfying the demand of importers and import license
programme.

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IJPRS*SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

. NIGERTA

STOCK EXCHANGE 7 BANKS VIEWED AS IMF ALTERNATIVE
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 25 Sep 85 p 11

[Article by Daniel Tifeto7

Lrext]

THE Nigerian Stock Exchange
and its leading stockbroking
firms and merchant banks could
assist in raising adequate capital
locally for both the private and
public sectors instead of taking
the International Monetary Fund
(IMF) loan,

Making the suggestion, Mr.
S.B. Olayemi, Manager, Capital
Trust Brokers Limited, Kaduna,
said that the federal and state
governments and limited liability
companies could float either
development or debenture stocks
to generate fund for development
and expansion programmes.

Although the fund could be rais-
ed “locally through loan syndica-
tion without going for off shore
lending”, Mr. Olayemi said that a
lot more fund could be generated
through privatisation of states
and federal government
parastatals.

He was of the view that better
exploitation of local financing
resources is preferable ‘because
once the fund required for most
internal development program-
mes can be generated locally, we

would have more time to concen- .

trate desirable proportion of our
oil earnings on repayments of
foreign debt which will lead to a
proper take off of our economic
independence.”

He said that Nigeria would be
sacrificing its hard won in-

dependence If it went ahead to ac-,

cept the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) loan.

Mr. S.B. Olayemi, is convinced
that if Nigeria accepted the loan,

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it stobd"’ to become poorer since
we have only one export product
being crude oil which ‘is facing
multiple competition in the
market.”

As a condition for the loan, he
said, we would have to supply
more quantity of our oil in return
for reduced import as a result of
reduction in the purchasing
power of our export. _

He also said trade liberalisation
would turn our market into a
dumping ground and” our strug-
gling indigenous imdustries will
be strangulated.”

Mr. Olayemi said that such-a
situation became inevitable
because foreign advanced
technology has been able to
develop machines and synthetic
inputs that facilitated mass pro-
duction with improved quality
but at highly reduced unit price.
If our doors were opened to multi-
national products, he added, the
local ones would die naturally.

He said if the subsidy on
petroleum was withdrawn, the
populace would hate it because
the cost of fuel and transportation
would rise in the short run but ad-
ded that on the long run, the
Federal Government would be
able to get more revenue which if
used judiciously, could provide
basic social amenities.

The manager warned that
views expressed in favour of ac-
cepting the loan by some ‘‘few
eminent Nigerians employed by
multi-national companies should
not be taken seriously because
they were just attempts to
safeguard their personal in-
terest.”


JPRS+SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

ZIMBABWE

MINISTER DISPELS FEARS THAT ONE-PARTY STATE WILL ERODE RULE OF LAW
Johannesburg THE STAR in English 2 Oct 85 pik

[ext] «+-Fundamental rights such as those of association,
speech, assembly and so on cannot be absolute because the
rights may be used not for creating opinion to turn out the
government by lawful means, but persuade minorities to use
force to coerce the rest of the population.

Will the rule of law survive in Zimbabwe when it becomes a one-party state?

Yes, says the country's Minister of Justice » Legal and Parliamentary Affairs >
Dr Eddison Zvobgo, an articulate and ambitious 50-year old Harvard-trained
lawyer.

Dr Zvobgo gained a London University law degree while in detention in Rhodesia
and later undertook graduate studies in the United States at the Fletcher School
of Law and at Harvard where he was awarded a Masters of Laws degree.

He told businessmen in Harare recently that Zimbabwe was going to become a one~
party socialist state and this had given rise to fears that the rule of law
would be eroded.

In these extracts from his speech, he answers those fears.

"Most of you genuinely want to know the answer » with respect to Zimbabwe, be-
cause many one-party states in the third world have failed dismally and their
regimes have been associated, or identified, with tyranny, totalitarianism,
autocracy, oligarchy and similar forms of dictatorships. This kind of asso-
ciation with tyrannical oligarchies suggests the non-existence of the rule of
law in those states.

"The concept of the rule of law has two complementary aspects, one of.which is
not generally appreciated. ‘These aspects are the static and the dynamic.

"The static aspect simply aims to protect or safeguard and advance individual
civil and political rights where they exist in a free society. The aspect
represents an ideal required to constitute what would normally be called a
democratic state. It (a democratic state) is supposed to have the following
attributes:

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24

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SAYS BORDERS TO REOPEN SOON

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 26 Sep 85 p.3

[Text]

cso:

NIGERIA'S land‘ boundaries.

which was closed in December
31, 1983 will be re-opened soon,
the Minister of External Affairs,
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has

said. a

He told heads of diplomatic
missions and international
organisations at a reception in
Lagos yesterday “that the per-
manent closure of boundaries is
not right”.

The minister said if there were
problems of security and smugg!-
ing which led to the closure of the
boundaries, the solution was to
solve these problems rather than
a permanent closure of boun-
daries,

Professor Akinyemi explained
to newsmen later that officials of
countries which have common
boundaries with the country and
Nigeria would soon meet to work

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out the logistics of reopening the
boundaries. .

He said this was because the
issue was a multilateral one and
that later,.the president would
declare the boundaries open.

The minister alsa told the
diplomats “that the mass expul-
sion of illegal aliens was wrong
and should not have taken place.

It yiolated our tradition. of
tolerance and hospitality.

He. said Nigeria would always
seek to resolve whatever dif-
ferences of opinion existed.

Professor Akinyemi said
Nigeria would~do. its best to
facilitate their work within the
resources available to it.

“Mr. President has-already in-
dicated that priority is to be given
to creating an atmosphere con-
ducive to investments and
creating job opportunities,’ he
said, .

NIGERIA



IPRS+SSA+85«103
24 October 1985

GHANA

MEASURES TAKEN TO END WASTE, CORRUPTION AT GHANAIR
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 25 Sep 85 ppl, 4

[Text] The reconstituted board of directors of Ghana Airways Corporation
(Ghanair) has taken a number of measures aimed at ‘eliminating waste and mal~
practices within the corporation and increasing its profitability.

Ghanair is owed #118 million by individuals, private companies, corporations
and government organisations. As such, no more credit will be allowed and
debtors will be discouraged from doing new business with the corporation, even
if they are prepared to pay cash, until they have paid their debts.

Ghanair staffs entitlement to free or reduced-cost tickets for themselves,
their family and relations has been abused in the past. Not only did such
tickets get into wrong hands, but they blocked seats which would otherwise
have brought profit to the nation by fare-paying passengers.

Staff concessions on excess baggage and freight have also occupied an exces-
sive amount of cargo space which would otherwise have earned money for
Ghanair.

Statistics indicate that if all Ghanair staff made use of all the ticket con-
cessions to which they are entitled under their conditions of employment on
European flights alone, their annual demand could theoretically total 65,076
tickets, representing over 242 full flights of the DC 10 aircraft, worth
¢4.7 billion in revenue. In fact, this exceeds the actual flights by almost
two and a half times.

If internal, West Coast and other Ghanair flights are included, together with
freight and excess baggage concessions, staff requirements could theoretically
total facilities worth ¢7.9 billion plus £1.6 million. Even assuming that
staff only utilize 10 per cent of their entitlements, the government stands
to lose £466 million and £156,000 which, with a total staff of 1,983, works
out to approximately ¢238,000 per staff member.

Recognising that the current conditions of service means that staff are en-

titled to bankrupt the corporation, the board has found it necessary to step
in to regulate the use of facilities by staff.

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24 October 1985

IVORY COAST

CPC MESSAGE TO PDCI CONGRESS IN ABIDJAN
AB091455 Abidjan Domestic Service in French 1050 GMT 9 Oct 85

[Message from the CPC to the Eighth Congress of the Democratic Party of the
Ivory Coast in Abidjan on 9 October; read in Mandarin by Liu Tianfu, member

of the CPC Central Advisory Commission, with subsequent translation into French
--live]

[Text] Your Excellency the respected President Felix Houphouet-Boigny, honor-
able invitees, and dear brothers and members of the congress: Our delegation,
which has been mandated by the CPC Central Committee, has the greatest honor

to be invited to attend the Eighth Congress of the Democratic Party of the Ivory
Coast [PDCI] which has a historic significance. I sincerely wish that the
Eighth Congress of your party will be crowned with full success. Please allow
me now to read the message addressed to the Eighth Congress of the PDCI by the
CPC Central Committee.

[Message] To the Eighth Congress of the PDCI: On the occasion of the solemn
session of the Eighth Congress of the PDCI, we are anxious to convey our warm
and fraternal congratu tions to you and through you to all the members of the
PDCI-RDA [Democratic Party of the Ivory Coast-African Democratic Rally] and the
Ivorian people. The Ivorian people are a hard-working and courageous people who
have a glorious tradition of anti-imperialist struggle. Under the leadership
of the PDCI-RDA headed by President Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the Ivorian people
conducted relentless struggles in order to win national independence and these
struggles were finally crowned with victory. After independence and thanks to
your efforts, many successes were achieved in the fields of the safeguarding of
national independence, defense of state sovereignty, development of the national
economy and culture as well as in other fields.

We are convinced that your congress, which is of great significance, will surely
give an impetus to the task of construction of your country and to the continued
improvement of ‘the material and cultural conditions of life of your people. We
greatly appreciate the fact that as far as external affairs are concerned, your
party--which is faithful to the policy of friendship and good neighborliness--

is attached to the strengthening of solidarity among the Third World peoples and
to the changing of the unjust international economic order and that it is

opposed to the use of force. It thus brings its beneficial contribution to the
promotion of the unity of the African countries and to the cause of the safeguard-
ing of world peace.

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ZIMBABWE

SWEDISH AID AIMS -TO INCREASE LIVING STANDARDS OF POOREST
Harare THE HERALD in English 30 Sep 85 p 3

[Text] The primary objective of Swedish aid to Zimbabwe is to help the
country raise the living standards of the poorest sections of the popula-
tion, Mr Carl Tham, director general of Swedish International Develop~
ment Authority said speaking of the Herald when he arrived in Harare
yesterday.

"We support the Government's efforts to develop Zimbabwe on the lines of
growth with equity with special reference to the rural areas and to the
poor groups in those areas. Our programme of assistance is in line with
the Government's policy of increasing the standard of life for the
poorest groups in the country," Mr Tham said.

To achieve this objective, Mr Tham said, Swedish aid is forcused on
education, especially primary education, and on the health sector,
Sweden. has been involved in an extensive effort to build primary schools,
refurbish existing ones, as well as supplying educational materials and
equipment and training teachers.

In the health sector, aid has gone into building and equipping health
stations and training the staff to run the new facilities.

Mr Tham is on a four-day visit to Zimbabwe for discussions with Government
officials and to familiarise himself with some of the Sida projects

in the country. He will also attend a meeting of Side economists who
work in different parts of Africa who are in Harare “to compare notes"

on the countries problems.

Asked if aid to developing countries was an issue in the Swedish elections
that were held two weeks ago, Mr Tham said the great majority of Swedish
people support aid, especially aid for African countries.

An opinion poll conducted recently showed that about 80 percent of

Swedish people are in favour of continued financial support to developing
countries, he said.

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BRIGADIER ADOMOKAI ASSUMES 1ST MECHANIZED DIVISION COMMAND ;

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 26 Sep 85 p 7

Lrext]

THE new General Officer
Commanding 1 Mechanized
Division, Brigadier Igezonya

Peter Adomokai, has assumed.

duties. He formally took over
the command and ad-
ministrative duties of the divi-
sion on Monday.

Brigadier Adomokai_ suc-
ceeded Brigadier Dla Oni, now
Director of Joint Services,
Ministry of Defence, Lagos.

Brigadier Adomokai was
the Director of Army Staff
Duties and Plans and Chair-
man Special Tribunal,
Kaduna Zone.

He attended his cadetship
course at Haile Selassie 1
Military Academy in
Ethiopia, after which he was

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51

commissioned as a second
Lieutenant in the army on Oc-
tober 12, 1965. °

He had attended courses in
Nigeria and overseas, in 1967
he went to the United States of
America to read Internal
Defence and Development. _

He went back on a tactical
course at Adfance Infantry
and Air-Borne Officers Course
between’ 1974 and 1975.

He also attended Command
and Staff College Jaji in 1976
and the senior executive
course at the Nigerian In-
stitute of Policy and Strategic
Studies at Kuru, Jos. .

Brigadier Adomokai is mar-
ried with children.

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JPRS=SSA¥85+103
24 October 1985

GHANA

"EXERCISE HOT FOOT' ENDS
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 23 Sep 85 p 8
[Article by Joe Bradford Nyinah, Akim Achiase]

[Text] The Ghana Armed Forces will not waver whenever its ability is called
to test, the Commander of the First Infantry Brigade, Col. D. L. K. Klutse,
stressed at the weekend.

He however, called for discipline within the forces since without it "the
armed forces is a glorified mob organisation."

The commander was speaking at the end of the eighteen-hour "Exercise Hot
Foot" organised at the Jungle Warfare School, (JWS) at Achiase.

The exercise which involved 11 kilometres of jungle navigation and 13 kilo-
metres endurance of rugged walk and obstacle crossing was won by the Two
Brigade Group from Kumasi led by Major Steve Boateng.

The competitors also included the Number One Brigade, the Airforce, Navy and
the Ministry of Defence (MOD) headquarters who followed the Two Brigade in
that order.

Col Klutse congratulated the winners and wished them the best of luck in
next year's competition.

He appealed to all officers and training institutions to plan towards an im-
proved and successful exercise next year.

The exercise began at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday when the five groups were dropped
at their five starting points between Aboabo and Asubua with a kilometre
distance between each starting point.

The groups were required to harbour at 5.30 p.m. and continue at 4.30 a.m.
the next day.

The First Brigade group was the first to get to the check point arriving
at 9.45 a.m. on Friday, the Ghana Navy appeared at 9.55 a.m.

But the seamen had to be at the fourth position because they refused to
harbour at 5.30 p.m. as the instruction required.

The Second Brigade won a gold trophy as the prize.

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SWAZILAND

BRIEFS

GAZETTE CHANGES LIQOQQ STATUS--The Supreme Council of State is now going to be
addressed simply as Liqoqo. This amendment is contained in a government gazette
issued yesterday. According to the gazette, by definition, Liqoqo means a
council whose function is to advise the king and which shall consist of mem
bers appointed by the king to hold office at his pleasure in accordance with
such terms and: conditions, including emoluments and allowances, as he may de-
termine. The government gazette also states that if the regent is for any
reason unable to perform the functions of her office, a person shall be
appointed according to Swazi law and custom to.perform her functions during
such inability. In the King's Proclamation Amendment Decree 1982 it was
Liqoqo which.was empowered to appoint the authorized person to execute the
duties of the king during his absence. [Text] [Mbabane Domestic Service in
English 1600 GMT 11 Oct 85 MB]

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138


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NIGERIA

UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
Unemployment Reduced in Rural Areas

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 27 Sep 85 p 13

[Brticle by Suleiman Dangana/

Lrext]

A NATIONAL labour survey
released by the Federal Ministry
of Labour has shown that farm-
ing has reduced the number of
unemployed persons in the rural
areas of the country.

Briefing the Minister of
Labour, Rear Admiral Patrick
Koshoni in Lagos on Wednesday,
the Assistant Chief Labour Of-
ficer (Statistics) Alhaji L. A.
Fusasi, said available statistics
indicated that there has been a
decrease from 4.6 in 1984 to 3.0
per cent in 1985, the number: of
unemployed persons in rural
areas.

He told the minister that the
improvement in the rain fall in
various parts of the country
made the unemployed persons
took to farming in rural areas.

He, however, said that the
number of unemployed in urban
towns was on the increase.

The chief labour officer said
statistics has shown that the
unemployed persons in urban
cities rose from 7.8 in 1984 to 9.7
per cent in 1985, an increase of 2
per cent, he added.

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Earlier, the Minister of labour
has directed the officials of the
Trade Testing Centre in Lagos to
work out a new method of assess-
ing candidates,

He said it was unfair for the for-
tune of candiates to be determin-
ed by one examiner alone.

The minister said the practice
whereby one examiner assess
candidates could be abused.

Rear Admiral Koshoni also
directed the training centre toen-
sure that training programmes
cover how candidates could goon
self-employ.

He commended workers for
strifing hard in the area of self
amploy.

At the National Productivity
Centre, the minister was told to
ensure that each state in the
federation gets productivity cen-
tre.

Only productivity committees
exist in states as at now.

The existence of productivity
centres in states, the minister
was further told, would check
factories productivity.


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24 October 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

BRIEFS

SUPPLEMENT TO USSR ACCORD--A supplement to the cooperation accord between
Mozambique and the Soviet Union was signed in Maputo today. Under the terms
of the supplement, the Soviet State Committee for Vocational and Technical
Education will send experts and equipment to 11 technical schools in Mozam-
bique. The signing of the supplement comes at the end of the visit to Mozam-
bique by (Tamara Dlazak), deputy chairman of the USSR State Committee for
Vocational and Technical Education. [Summary] [Maputo Domestic Service in
Portuguese 1030 GMT 11 Oct 85 MB]

TEACHERS' MEETING--The Southern African teachers regional conference has
approved solidarity motions with the ANC of South Africa, SWAPO, and the
Frontline States and a final motion of gratitude to the people and government
of the People's Republic of Mozambique for the excellent hospitality extended
to the guests to the meeting. The motions were approved at the closing session
held today in Maputo. [Text] [Maputo Domestic Service in Portuguese 1700 GMT
11 Oct 85 MB]

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38


OIL SPILLAGES

Enugu DAILY STAR in English 20 Sep 85 p 1

JPRS“SSA~85~103
24 October 1985

Spillage Reported in Bendel State

[Article by Vincent Ogbunisi]

[Text]

ANOTHER oil spillage has
occurred in the country,
injuring a primary school girl,
and damaging food crops and
fish ponds estimated to. cost
‘1.5 million,

The spillage took place at
Owevwe-Agbarha in’ Ughelli
Local Government Area of
Bendel State.

According to sources, the oil
spilled from the Erima Station
of the Shell Petroleum Corpo-
ration into the hinterland,
contaminating rivers and fish
ponds as well as destroying

.farmiands,

The sources said that a nine-
year-old primary’ school girl,
Miss Love Olomurhire, who
allegedly took bath with the
contaminated water, caught
fire and sustained severe burns.

The father of the girl who
confirined the —_ tragedy,
explained that after the bath,
she went to a fire-side to warm
herself, but suddenly caught
fire and was rushed to Kowa
Clinic in Ughelli, where, she is
currently receiving treatment.

The médical director of the
hospital, Dr S.U. Odjoh,
described the fire incident as,
“full darkness burns of 15 per.
cent body area’’, but noted that

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the victim was responding to
treatment.

Speaking on behalf of the
community, the secretary of
the town’s union, Chief A.P.
Emunotor, lamented that the
community’s farms, covering
about, 250 acres of cultivated
cassava and yams farms, fish-
ing ponds, and cash
estimated to cost N1.5 million,
have been damaged.

Chief Emunotor added that
the people were now living in
fear of impending famine.

He. said that the Shell
Development Company had
inspected the affected areas,
but regretted that it has done
nothing by way of aid to the
inhabitants.

None of the officials of the
company contacted agreed to
talk on the issue.

It would be recalled that in

January 1980, Texaco off-

shore oil rig exploded and
several barrels of oil gushed
into the sea and penetrated into
the hinterland, destroying
food crops and endangering
lives.

Singe then, the coastal
communities in Niger Delta
have been witnessing series of
oil spillage.

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24 October 1985

BABANGIDA ORDERS STRICTER SCREENING OF EXPATRIATE QUOTA

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 25 Sep 85 p 16

[Brticle by Nkem Agetua7

Giext]

PRESIDENT Ibrahim Baban-
gida has directed that applica-
tions for expatriate quota be
strictly screened to ensure that
no expatriate was employed at
the expense of qualified
Nigerians.

Major-General Babangida told
a delegation’ of the Nigeria
Labour Congress at Dodan Bar-
racks, Lagos on Monday that the
government would provide
a list of exclusive posts for
Nigerians.

He said the federal government
would also ensure strict com-
pliance with agreements which
provided for training of
Nigerians for eventual take over
of jobs from expatriates.

resident Babangida assured
that there would be constant
monitoring of the private sector
to ensure that there was no abuse

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in expatriate employment prac-
tice,

He added that the penalty for
any breach. in the expatriate
quota employment was going to
be strictly enforced.

General Babangida said the
government was determined to
streamline the procedure’ for in-
vestments to create an al-
mosphere that would be more
conducive to creation of more

jobs. .
He said that job seekers with
the necessary skills and capacity
would be encouraged to set up
businesses of theirown. |”
General Babangida also said
that opportunities for training
and ski development would be
offered to those without skills by
intensifying the activities of ex-
isting vocational institutions.

NIGERIA


Spillage Reported in Kaduna State

Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 18 Sep 85 p 1

[Text]

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'HE Petroleum Resour-

ces Minister, Professor
Tam David-West arrived
Kaduna State on Mondav
amidst growing anxiety
over reported cases of oil
leakage in the Kachia Local

Government area of the ~

state.

Speculations were’ rife
around NNPC cicies on
Monday that the minister's
visit had to do with
leakages of crude oil into
River Romi which passes
behind the Kaduna

Investigations at the week:

and revealed that, so far, a

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have been affected by the
spillage,

A farmer at Kachia who
pleaded not to be cuoted
told the Daily Times that
NNPC officials had
Promised them that any.
damages to their crops
would be adequately
compensated.

Other farmers spoke of
oily and greasy layers of,
suostances being noticed
‘on the river and its benks,

This is the first time an oil
feakage would be reported
in the northern part of the
country.

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POLICE ARREST 136, RELEASE 17
MB041545 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1543 GMT 4 Oct 85

[Text]

JPRS*SSA~85+103
24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

Pretoria 4 October SAPA--Police said today 136 more people had been

arrested and 17 released in the past week under the emergency regulations,
bringing to a total of 693 the number of people still in detention in terms

of the 22 July proclamation.

According to the lists released weekly by police in Pretoria, 3084 of the 3777

people arrested had been freed.

A police unrest situation report earlier today said, however, that 1067 people
were still being held in terms of the emergency regulations while 3760 had been
released.

The names of those detained in the past week are:

Name

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
ll.
12.
13,
14,
15.
16.
17.
18.
19,
20.
21.

William Manye

K. Goula
Michael Mzotheyn
(illegible)
Lucky Mathethe
Johannes Olifant
Stanley Makgothi
L. Mojikwe
William Myungi
Gladman Nemje
Michael Maswaud
Albert Mill
Wellington Msutu
D. Hodi

Nkosu Gunu
Singkele Acienne
Patrick Mgexana
Phillip Lam
Frick Mgxekana
Vincent Gogela
Gladman Ngindana

Magisterial District

Vanderbijlpark
Vanderbijlpark
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Randburg
Vanderbijlpart
Johannesburg
Bathurst

Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth

115



126. (illegible-female) Port Elizabeth

127. ...Ndlovu Port Elizabeth
128. (illegible) Port Elizabeth.
[No number 129 as received]

130. (illegible) Port Elizabeth
131. Myushe Monde Port Elizabeth
132. (illegible) Port Elizabeth
133. (illegible) Port Elizabeth
134. ...Nkothedo Port Elizabeth
135. (illegible) Fort Beaufort
136. ...Motana Fort Beaufort

Those released were:

1, A.S. Sebako Randfontein
2. N. Kosi Randfontein
3. N. Seepolle Randfontein
4. A.P, Morake Randfontein
5. M. Sepotokele Randfontein
6. B. Magatusi Randfontein
7. A. Ntsele Randfontein
8. M. Sejeke Randfontein
9. T.J, Makinia Randfontein
10. P. Ntshingila Randfontein
11. L.0. Sethole Randfontein
12. J.M. Morare Randfontein
13, P.E. Khoza Randfontein
14, R.F. Nobadule Randfontein
15. S.M. Molebeleli Randfontein
16. P.J. Magalefa Randfontein
17. P. Thlapane Randfontein

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GHANA

FRENCH LOAN GRANTED FOR TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 24 Sep 85 p 1

[Text] Ghana is to receive a loan of one hundred million French Francs,
about (#668 million) from the French Public Agency for Development under the
Economic Recovery Programme.

The amount’ which is to be channeled through Caisse Contrale De Cooperation
Economique (Central Bank for Economic Co-operation), will be disbursed by
the Ghana National Investment Bank.

An agreement to that effect was signed yesterday by Dr Kwesi Botchwey, Secre-
tary for Finance and Economic Planning, who signed for Ghana, while Mr
Olivier Beugnot, a Director of Caisse Centrale based in Lome, Togo, initiall-
ed for the agency.

Under the agreement, 34 million French Francs will be utilised by the Posts
and Telecommunications Corporation (P & T), Electricity Corporation--12 mil-
lion French Francs, Ministry of Industries, Science and Technology--20 mil-
lion French Francs, and the Ministry of Transport and Communications-~30
million French Francs. : '

The P & T Corporation will utilise its share of the loan to procure telephone
wires, tools and teleprinter terminals, while the Electricity Corporation
will use its loan for transformers, meters, frames’ and vehicles.

The Ministry of Industries, Science and Technology will utilise its loan for
the importation of intermediate products and spares for the private sector,
while the Ministry of Transport and Communications will use its share to im-
port new vehicles and spares.

Dr Botchwey hoped the agreement which is the first between Ghana and the
agency would mark an important stage in relations between Ghana and the
agency.

He also hoped the loan would help improve essential services.
Replying, Mr Beugnot said he was happy the agency has been able to fulfil

the promise it made during the 1984 Paris Donors Conference to participate
in Ghana's Economic Recovery Programme.

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24 October 1985

and Bulgaria fell from $11,2 mil-
lion in 1983 to some $6,3 million
in 1984, according to the Minis-
try of Trade and Commerce.
Press reports last week, quoting
Bulgaria’s ambassador to Zim-
babwe, Mr Christo Kolev, stated
that Zimbabwe's exports to that |
country had gone up by 15% dur-
ing the second half of 1984, over the
same period in 1983. Hl
No specific figures were availa- |
ble at the time. However, figures |
since released by the ministry indi- ‘
cate that while Zimbabwe's exports
to Bulgaria over the full 12 months
of 1983 topped $10,5 million, the
corresponding figure for 1984 was
only about $1,4 million.
Zimbabwe's imports from Bul-
garia in 1983 amounted to $612 707
and in 1984, to some $4,9 million.
Total trade in 1983 was therefore
$11,2 million. In 1984 it was $6,3
million. i

|
Mr Kolev explained that the 1983.

figure for Zimbabwean exports was
artificially high, in that it includes
a large, trilateral barter deal involv-
ing tobacco. The ministry’s figures
indicate that Zimbabwe exported
flue-cured tobacco valued at $10,4
million to Bulgaria that year.

Other exports were: Asbestos
fibre ($98 010), leather ($77 381),
iron, steel, pipes, tubes and fittings
($613), and unclassified postal
packages ($1 000).

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was not direct Zimbabwe/Bulgaria
trade. When we talk about total
trade, we talk about bilateral trade,
not three-cornered deals like this”.

This is evident in the figures for
exports to Bulgaria in 1984, when
Zimbabwe's sales of flue-cured

tobacco to that country amounted to
only $455 027. Other exports in
1984 were: Raw coffee ($669 552),
other brands of manufactured tobac-
co ($10 830), asbestos ($124 524),
leather ($122 286) and something
described as ‘‘settlers and
emigrants’” ($1 000).

A LITTLE MACHINERY

‘Mr Kolev said that while Bulgaria
imports mainly primary and semi-
processed goods from Zimbabwe,
Zimbabwe buys’ mainly grain,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics
and a little’ machinery from
Bulgaria.

In 1983 the main item on Zim-
babwe’s import list was calculating

machines ($300 000). Others in--

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ZIMBABWE
WIDE RANGE OF COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO BULGARIA
Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 20 Sep 85 p 9
[Text]
‘TOTAL trade between Zimbabwe Said Mr Kolev: “That barter deal | cluded sodium compounds

' ($224 965), sodium cyanide
($53 348), chemicals ($13 946),
ctude minerals ($10 847), manufac-
tured tobacco ($11), and writing
paper, electric cable, books,
newspapers and printed music.

Zimbabwe's major import from
Bulgaria in 1984 was wheat ($4,3
million). Boiler tubes and spares
($345 242), potassium cyanide
($156 187), . sodium -xanthate
($63 658) and sodium carbonate
($22 885), were other large
imports.

Small amounts of tetracycline,
drilling machines, milling

" machines, and medical equipment
make up the rest of Zimbabwe's im-
port list for 1984.



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ANGOLA

U.S. ROLE AS GUIDE OF IMPERIALIST OFFENSIVE VIEWED
MB091655 Luanda Domestic Service in Protuguese 1200 GMT 9 Oct 85
[ANGOP editorial "Reason Is On Our Side"]

[Text] As the national and international public already knows, the Pretoria
regime has chosen to heighten tension in Southern Africa in recent days,

thus fulfilling the present general imperialist strategy, a strategy that also
extends to Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia.

As is always the case, Western observers have not provided us with the reasons
behind the present South African aggression against the People's Republic of
Angola, the Israeli terrorist raid on the PLO installations in Tunisia, or the
camouflaged replacement of Pol Pot form the command of armed bandits appointed
by imperialism to make Kampuchea its battlefield, because in so doing they
would be recognizing the rights of the so-called Third World's peoples to self-
determination. This is contrary to the designs nourished by the bourgeoisie
reigning in their countries. Hence, it is not surprising that most Western
information organs have deliberately ignored the true objectives of the spon-
sors of the widely publicized world congress of anticommunist gangs, which was
held precisely on U.S. territory, where the government is by far the greatest
promoter of state terrorism. -In the capitalist press, the reports and commen-
taries on the issue were so cleverly written that they did not arouse the sus-
picion of complicity.

Even at this period, however, much was being said about the repeal of Clark
Amendment, which limited the ability to supply the world counterrevolution
with equipment for their bandit actions inside sovereign and internationally
recognized countries. We are not naive and for this reason we are able to con-
clude that the United States, as it has historically demonstrated, will always
curse the liberty of peoples. In other words, as far as we are concerned and
at this particularly period, there is no confusion in our definition of the
enemy and through whom he acts.

Suddenly, in Western capitals the ringleaders of the armed gangsters hegan to
reveal, without fear or apprehension, the sources of their supplies, while
Botha was relatively more at ease in his threats against the sovereignty of
the People's Republic of Angola. He was obviously more sure of the support
from his rearguard. We are thus forced to pose an inevitable and necessary



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24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

NATAL NEWSPAPERS TO BE TAKEN OVER BY JOINT COMPANY
MB031531 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1529 GMT 3 Oct 85

[Text] Durban 3 October SAPA--Natal's two main daily newspapers, the NATAL
MERCURY and the DAILY NEWS, are to be taken over by a new company formed jointly
by their present owners from 1 November.

This was announced in Durban today by Mr David Robinson, managing director of
Robinson: and Company, and Mr H.W. Miller, executive chairman of the Argus Com-
pany.

Robinson and Company and the Argus Company will form a joint company, Natal
Newspapers. (PTY) Ltd, which will own, print and publish the DAILY NEWS, the
NATAL MERCURY, SUNDAY TRIBUNE, ILANGA and POST NATAL.

The continued editorial independence of the newspapers will be assured by the
provision that Robinson and Company will continue to appoint the editor of the
NATAL MERCURY, while the Argus board will continue to appoint the editors of
the Argus newspapers.

The competition, board was consulted by both parties, and has approved the new
arrangement, subject to Robinson and Company continuing to appoint the editor
of the NATAL MERCURY and determining editorial policy.

The minister of home affairs has approved the arrangement.

Mr Robinson said: “I was happy to conclude an agreement which ensured the
continued independent, voice of the NATAL MERCURY in the Province of Natal. As
one of few independent daily newspapers left in the country, it is becoming
increasingly difficult to find the resources to keep the NATAL MERCURY viable.

"The cost of capital equipment is becoming exorbitant, and we are at a stage
where we need to upgrade in several important areas, in fact, in which the
DAILY NEWS has just spent millions of rands and has spare capacity.

"Also, there. will be nationalisation and merging of functions in the commercial
areas, which will result in considerable cost savings. The present standard of
service to advertisers and readers will be sustained. As far as advertising
rates are concerned, all newspapers will continue to be competitive in their
existing markets.

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--The state should be subject to the law.

--The government should respect the rights of the individual and provide effec-
tive means for their safeguarding.

--Judges should be guided by the rule of law, protect and enforce it without
fear or favour and resist any encroachment by government on their impartiality
or so-called independence as judges.

--Legal practitioners should preserve the independence of their profession,
assert the right of the individual under the rule of lew and insist that every
accused is accorded a fair trial. On the dynamic aspect, we should know that
legal and political rights have very little meaning or relevance for those who
are deprived of such basic needs as food, housing, employment and education...

"We again know that fundamental rights such as, for example, those of associa-
tion, speech, assembly and so on cannot be absolute or without limitation
‘because, as is happening in this coumtry, the rights may be used not for creat-
ing opinion in order to turn out the government by lawful means, put to per-
suade small (ethnic) minorities to use force to coerce the rest of the popula-
tion. :

"In their extreme meaning, therefore, these rights conflict with the fundamental
requirement of public order, national emergencies and the limitations upon the
rights of individuals which would not be permissible in ordinary times. The
dynamic aspect of the rule of law therefore seeks to establish economic, social,
educational and cultural conditions conducive with the dignity of the human
person and under which his legitimate aspirations and dignity may be realised.

“The government has tried since 1980, through its development programmes, to
uphold this dynamic aspect of the rule of law, without which we could not have
meaningfully talked about the static aspect, because there would be no rights
to safeguard. In fact, socialism places more emphasis on this dynamic aspect
of the rule of law. ©

"Me thorough-going government programmes of upholding and realising social
and educational conditions are being tampered with and retarded by minority
parties who should be doing their best to save these conditions so that the
rule of law can be upheld to the letter for their own benefit.

"Reonomic, social, cultural and educational developments cannot viably take
place in such an atmosphere. Who then is against the rule of law? What should
the government do? What should the leaders of these minority parties do?

"Mme government does not think that wiping them out is the right method although
it is the easiest and most effective one in that you both eliminate the vermin
and protect the rights of the majority at the same time. The socialist govermn-
ment of Zimbebwe should continue to try to safeguard the rights of individuals
and maintain the static aspect of the rule of law, allow dissent and open debate
on issues like socialism...

Socialist Zimbabwe is committed to the maintenance of the rule of law and will
only resort to extraordinary other options sparingly, when it has to, as the

exigencies of the situation dictate. All this boils down to the fact that there
will be no meaningful development uless the rule of law in Zimbabwe is maintained.

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The Prime Minister later presented a prize to Cde Amos Mupfumira of
Hurungwe who was declared the 1985 Communal Cotton Grower of the Year.

Runners-up were Cde Jairos Gwatidzo of Kadoma, Cde Ruso Chakanvuka of
Gokwe and Cde C. M. Magurange of Gokwe.

The prizes were provided by Shell Chemicals.

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BABANGIDA ADVISES MINISTERS OF THEIR ROLE

Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 17 Sep 85 p 5

JPRS*SSA“85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

[Text of address by Major-General Ibrahim Babangida, President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of
Nigeria on the occasion of the swearing-in of the National Council of

Ministers on 12 Sep 85]

Members of the AFRC, :
. Members of thé National Council ,

of Ministers, |

Ladies and gentlemen. '

I congratulate most warmly
the distinguished Nigerians who |
have been appointed as members |
.of the National Council of;
Ministers by the Armed Forces: |
Ruling Council. .

In the twenty-five years of our ;
existence as<a nation, we have |
made many mistakes and missed |,
many y erent ea iiteathe ou a
gountry great — ically an
seondeicn Throughout ‘these
years, no government has sat
down and reflected on what are
the causes of our problems asa
people and as a country. It is
about time we did that. Essential- ;
ly, Nigerians cherish their
freedom and fundamental human
rights. However, we have since |.

- the seventies, been under the illu-
sion of thinking big and pursuing
every aspect of our endeavour in
a big way.

We tend to be suspicious of one |
another and always try to blame 1
others for our mistake. i

Tribalism, sectionalism and {
nepotism have been institu-:
fionalised and the elite atnong us !
have taken advantage of the:
situation to the detriment of the |
ordinary people of this country. It|
is our ‘duty to reverse the trend |

now. :

Your appointment as ministers
has been based purely on your
rsonal merit, You have not
en selected to represent your
state of origin or any group in-
terest. As leaders who are en-
trusted to run the affairs of
fovernment in’ the country, let
whole country-be our consti-.
tuency.

Let us resolve that we are in
government to serve and not to be
served. Let us conduct ourselves
in such a way that the average
Nigerian will be proud to raise
his head: anywhere in the world

» and say that I am proud to be a

‘Nigerian. Let our different:
religious, tribal and cultural
backgrounds be our strength, not
, 4 source of weakness.

The minister has a dual role to
perform. He is the political head
and Chief Executive of his

“ministry and directly answerable
to the president for all the ac-
tivities of his ministry. He also’;
shares. collective responsibility
with other members for the deci-:,
sions and action of the Nationa 4

Council of Ministers. “" a

The task of a-minister is ar-
quous and difficult. But our Civil

ice. in spite of its obviou:
shortcomings, is still strong and <
resilient enough to serve as a’
‘useful tool in fulfilling your
leadershi Tole and sustai ining
the activities hécessary for na-
tional survival in these trying}
fimes. You-should be able to:

“draw on the experience and‘ol
dectivity of the ‘higher civil ser-,
vice in this regar or .

40

There can be no doubt about
. your superior position as the
minister in your ministry. But
you are expected to exercise your
immense powers in full consulta-
tion with your permanent
‘secretary. The permanent
: Secretary as your chief adviser
and the accounting officer must
' be taken into absolute confidence
for effectiveness and achieve-
ment in the ministry. In order to
guard against the creation of

livided loyalty, ministers should
not deal directly with officers
working under ‘the permanent
|seeretary. On his own part, the_

permanent secretary must, at all
times, keep his minister informed
of whatever is happening in the
ministry. In particular, r=
manent Secretary stould not bye-
ss his minister by tal lic:
sues directly to "thee
authorities,
Apart from developing a
health: working relat ionship
with the civil servants, every
minister should re-examine not
only the objectives, Policies and
Programmes of his.ministry but
| also the method of implementa:
tion for enhanced efficiency and
quicker results, Yndue delay in
: the implementation of program-
mes had been partly responsible
for under-achievement in the past.
,it was not unusual for contract
{eosts to escalate to double their .
(Original values because of delays



Industry Minister Opens Sugar Refinery's Bone Charcoal Factory
(THE HERALD, 26 Sep 85) Tene eee eee e ence cece nsec eeeens

Nkala Sets 25~Year Police Service Limit
(THE HERALD, 23 Sep 85) Perce renee eee e eee eeeeenseesnes

Mugabe Pays Tribute to Communal Farmers
(THE HERALD, 28 Sep 85) Teme eee eee reece cree nen eneeeene

Communal Farming Development Widens
(THE HERALD, 27 Sep 85) SOO remem erence ee eee eenseneeece

Wide Range of Commodities Exported to Bulgaria
(THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE, 20 Sep 85) Penne cece eee receeeneae

Swedish Aid Aims To Increase Living Standards of Poorest
(THE HERALD, 30 Sep 85) OOOO meee eee e ees eeeeenceneeeceens

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[Sixishe] That is incorrect. It is the responsibility of each candidate at
his constituency to go around the constituency personally, and knock at doors
and seek supporters who will in fact be his witnesses, 500 witnesses, and those
who support him will sign on a piece of paper in their homes.

[Mense] But it is not correct that these 500 supporters would have to be on
the electoral roll?

[Sixishe] Precisely, it is quite correct.

[Mense] The opposition parties say that they were not given a chance to see the
full electoral list, even when they did see them.

{[Sixishe] That.is not true, because the lists were available in all-60 consti-
tuencies, What I can tell you is that the opposition parties are going around
making all these accusations simply because they noticed a long time ago that
they would get no support. May I ask Mr (Mense) why for example--taking into
account their accusations, assuming that they are correct--why is it up till
nomination day that they did not submit one single candidate to the electoral
office? One should be talking about. withdrawal of candidates as a result of
chicanery on the part of the government. One should be talking of withdrawal
or candidates as a résult of harassment by government, right? But there is no
question of withdrawal of candidates. In fact, what appears to have happened
is that they did not even register one single candidate,

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JPRS+SSA+85+103
24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

REPORTER DISCUSSES BOTHA'S FIRST YEAR AS PRESIDENT

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 15 Sep 85 p 16‘

[Text]

: Yesterday marked Pieter.

; Willem Botha’s first year"
as President. And -
that, his critics hold, Is
about all that can be said
of his tenure. John
MacLennan reports.

THERE'S real concern among the,
technocrats who oil the wheels of |
Government that President Botha
has lost his touch completely, if ©
not his grip as well.

The most trenchant evidence to
support them is his reaction to

itics of his Durban speech,
when he had an audience seldom
accorded a leader. ;

The speech, the bellicose
manner in which he delivered it ‘|
and the lack of answers he

rovided to the waiting world ~
ve led directly toUS and ©
European sanctions and a crisis,
in the economy. “|

President Botha, according to.
informed sources, has operated ::
for some time in something ‘|
approaching a vacuum. He was

solely responsible for writing his.

jpeech and not even Mr Chris.”
Heunis, Minister of Constitutional
‘Development and Planning, was ,
able to consult him on the
,content,

Even when the bombshells of
criticism exploded around him
President Botha refused to be- |
concerned. His view was that
people would come around once
-they had studied the speech in
‘some depth. ot

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"It was only when he was vi-
‘sited by a delegation to discuss
the country’s economic plight *
that the full enormity of his
failure came home to him.

Senior officials are also high-
ly critical of the level of exper-
tisé being shown not only by
. President Botha, but by almost
the entire Cabinet, in coming up
‘with solutions and far-sighted °
policies aimed at promoting °

Peimhere are no contingency
plans. The Government has used
up its acceptable options,” I was

stands by his assessment that it
is a stark and sombre fact that
President Botha has lost touch
‘and cannot cope. “He has opened:
the door of reform but he doesn’t
seem able to move through it
;himself,” he said this week.
Various developments, such as
‘the newly announced common

‘citizenship dispensation, indicated

“we have got rid of the dream of
apartheid. But we are still stuck
‘with the reality.” '

Dr Hermann Giliomee, of the
‘Department of Political Studies
at the University of Cape Town,.'
said the country was going
through a very bad spell because
President Botha is “finding a
conflict inside himself between .
being an Afrikaner Nationalist
‘and a white technocrat.

“He has never been able to

i create a new alternative ideology
which could bind people across

In the meantime Dr Stabbert 7.

~~ Sources said President Botha ~
was bitter over the lack of Sup:
; port he had received here ai
' abroad for his reform efforts. He
, continually compared his efforts
with those of his predecessors and
f questioned why they had not
‘ received similar criticism in view
of their lack of movement.
» He has already been dumped
; a8 a leader, it seems, by many
of the heavyweights in the
business community.

Professor Alf Stadler, who
heads the Department of Political

" Studies at the University of the
Witwatersrand, takes the view
that the Government has created
the mechanics to provide change,
but does not have the political
will to use it.

He identified the solution to the
country’s plight as universal

; Suffrage and the removal of
every statute that discriminates
on grounds of colour.

But there was no clear attempt
to address these problems. “The
Government has no will. It is only
reacting to a series of forces it
cannot control and it doesn’t
seem able to take the initiative.”

Sources feel President Botha
; Will continue to do things “his”
‘way until calling an election
anytime after October next year.
‘He will present his efforts to the
electorate in the form of a
referendum asking for a “yes” or
“no” on reform.

He hopes to achieve a major
victory and bow out as an elder
statesman leaving his successor
to take the next steps. And the
man they tip to do the job is Dr

‘ colour lines... he has lost his grip Gerrit Viljoen, Minister of

and he will go within a year.”

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" Education and Development Aid.


MARKET WOMEN PROTEST REVENUE COLLECTION SYSTEM

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 21 Sep 85 p 1

[Article by Akwele Ajavon]

[Text]

cso:

MARKET women
throughout the country
yesterday registered
their dissatisfaction

’ with the system of reve-

nue collection in the
markets. They protest-
ed particularly at what
they called “exhorbi-
tant” taxes and tolls le-
vied on them by the city
and local councils.

According to them, they
are made to pay €300
monthly as rent for their
stalls in addition to duty
tolls of £20.

Their representatives
converged on the Accra
Community, Centre to
participate in a meeting
called by the All Women's
Association of Ghana
(AWAG) to dispel rumours
about government plans to
impose €12,000 income tax
annually on traders in the
markets.

The meeting also sought
to collect basic informa-
tion on the business activi-
ties of market women to
enable the Central Reve-
nue Department to deter-

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mine their tax liabilities.

Mrs Aanaa Enin PNDC
thember told the meetin;
that the government hac
no intention of imposing
€12,000 income tax an-
nually on traders, She also
assured the women that
steps would. be taken to
ensure that they pay the
proper taxes.

Explaining the need for
income earners to meet
their tax obligations, she
said “for the nation to de-
velop and progress, people
who earn income above a
certain level are obliged to

pay tax”.

Mrs Enin advised the
various leaders to record
the names of market wo-
men and all the taxes and
tolls they pay to facilitate
the assessment of their tax.

A call by the Principal
Inspector of Taxes in
charge of traders, Mr So-
lomon. Tawiah Otoo, to
traders in all the markets
to pay a registration fee of
2,500 to the Central Re-
venue Department was re-
jected by the meeting
which said members were
already over-burdened
with the payment of taxes.

JPRS*SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

GHANA


JPRS#8844854103
24 October 1985

BOTSWANA

BRIEFS

CONCERN OVER LOSS OF WORKERS--There is growing concern in Botswana over the
“prain drain" to neighbouring Bophuthatswana. While the number of people
involved may not be great by South African standards, the loss of even a single
engineer hurts a small developing country like Botswana. Evidence of the
Government's concern came with a statement by the Commissioner of Labour, Mr
Klaas Motshedisi, that the loss of highly-skilled manpower to Bophuthatswana
was "unhealthy." Officials believe that the reason for this is that
Bophuthatswana pays better salaries. Recent losses have included two medical
doctors, two engineers, a eologist, an architect, a university lecturer and a
number of teachers. ext Johannesburg THE STAR in English 3 Oct 85 Pp Wf

CSO: 3400/156


Divisional Breakup of NNPC Announced
(DAILY TIMES, 19 Sep 85) .rsseseccceverercvvereeceenscens

76

David-West Calls for Private Industry To Absorb Petrochemical Products

(NEW NIGERIAN, 20 Sep 85) .csesseeseaees

Gulf Discovers New Oil Field
(BUSINESS TIMES, 23 Sep 85) wssscecesscnceectetecesseenes

Oil Spillages
(Various sources, various dateS) ..ssseeeeeeeduceeeseeees

. Spillage Reported in Bendel State, by Vincent Ogbunisi
Spillage Reported in Kaduna State

Annual Inflation Declines to. 24 Percent ved
(Ngozi Ikeano; BUSINESS TIMES, 23 Sep 85) ..s.csseeeeeee>

Planning Minister Lists Economic Stabilization Requirements
(NEW NIGERIAN, 27 Sep 85) sscessccecsecvccsceesseesnceeee

Unemployment Figures
(Various sources, various dateS) ...seeseeeeeevecereecees

Unemployment Reduced in Rural Areas, by Suleiman Dangana
Unemployment Increasing in Urban Areas

Job Redundancies Announced in Niger State
(Olu Omole; NEW NIGERIAN, 20 Sep [:) cc

From Uralmash to Ajaokuta: Steel Factory Progress
(Uri Cron; DAILY TIMES, 19 Sep 85) ....seeeeeserceseeeees

Railway Corporation Losing Out to Private Transporters :
(Funmi Jolaosho; DAILY TIMES, 20 Sep 85) ...+.ssseeeeeeee

Government Loses Millions on Port Delays
(Martins Nwanne; DAILY TIMES, 27 Sep 85) ...+sereeereeeee

Fuel Shortage: Hinders Goods Discharge at Ports»
(DAILY TIMES, 17 Sep 85) ssccceseecceeeneccereneeceeseees

Function, Status of Commodity Boards Discussed
(Kingsley Kubeyinje; DAILY TIMES, 20, 21 Sep 85) ..sseeee

86 Percent Rural Households Engage in Crop Farming
(Ola Jones; NEW NIGERIAN, 24 Sep 85) ..ssseeesereeeeecees

Flight Services Between Kaduna, Zaria Planned
(Matthew Onwudinjo; NEW NIGERIAN, 24 Sep B5) saceeeecenee

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JPRS“SSA*85+103
24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

NEED TO REWRITE NATION'S HISTORY GAINING STRENGTH
Cape Town WEEKEND ARGUS in English 21 Sep 85 p 10 .
{Article by Frans Esterhuyse]

[Excerpt]

‘OVES to rewrite South
African history may
now gather momen-

tum after the Government’s
apparent acceptance of the
need for a new history relevant
to all race groups. .
Teachers and historians say a major
obstacle is resistance from education au-
thorities to the introduction of adequately
revised history textbooks in schools.
Current versions, said to be riddled
with racial and ideological bias, have
been found to be repugnant to coloured
and black people, for example, and out of
touch with reality as perceived by them.
Some teachers believe that in the pre-
sent climate of reform the time has come
for the Government to take the initiative
to ensure a more balanced history, accep-
table to all groups. .
Monopolies alleged to exist in the pre-"
sent system for selecting and approving
,school textbooks should broken, they »
say. ’ eee
Over the years various projects have
been undertaken to revise history books,’
but authors and publishers have come up '
against stone-wall resistance from the au- .
thorities when it came to seeking official ;
acceptance. BM

126

Urgent need
An indication that official attitudes
may be softening came in the Govern-
ment’s approving response to some of the
recent findings of the Human Sciences
Research Council’s investigating commit-
tee on intergroup relations.

The committee found there was “an ur-
ent need” for a comprehensive general
istory of South Africa in which the roles

of all the groups were reflected in “an ob-

_Jective, balanced manner.”

Education should aim at cultivating
better understanding between groups, the

‘committee said.

The Government’s response, as outlined
in a statement from President P W Bo-
tha, was that “negative attitudes and neg-
ative stereotyping” were unacceptable.

The statement said that “in concur-
rence with what was said in the report”
history written on a basis of’ prejudice
and presenting groups as stereotypes or
portraying past events “from a certain
angle only” was harmful to intergroup re-
lations.

Move slowly

The scientific validity of all prescribed
study material was, therefore, subject to
constant criticial evaluation.


JPRS“SSA+85+103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

BRIEFS

MILITARY DELEGATION TO ITALY--The Chief of Air Staff » Air Vice Marshal
Ibrahim Alfa, accompnaied by three other senior officers left Lagos
yesterday on a five-day official visit to Italy. The visit was at the
invitation of the Italian Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal B. Cottone
who was in Nigeria last April to attend the Nigeria Air Force (NAF)
day and 21st anniversary celebrations. In Italy, the Chief of the
Air Staff would pay courtesy calls on top Italian military officers
and visit a number of places which include the Aeritawia and Aero-
macchi plants, aircraft manufacturers and some Italian Air Force
installations. [Text] [Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 17 Sep 85 p'13]

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JPRS«SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERTA

UKIWE CLARIFIES ROLE OF IMF PANEL
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 26 Sep 85 p 1

[Rext] The presidential committee on the IMF has not taken over the role of
the Federal Ministry of Finance.

The ministry remains the accredited government agency for negotiations with
the IMF.

Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, Chief of General Staff, yesterday said: "Your respon-
sibility is quite distinct from those of the Federal Ministry of Finance,
which remains the accredited government agency for negotiations with the IMF."

He was clearing the air on the misinterpretation of the role of the committee
by the foreign press.

Commodore Ukiwe told members of the committee while swearing them in, that
negotiations with the IMF were still solely the responsibility of the Ministry
of Finance.

He told the members that with the interest nationally generated by the issue,
the task facing them was enormous.

Explaining the committee's terms of reference, Commodore Ukiwe, said that it
was their responsibility to stimulate enough debate to ensure that the Nigenan
public was fully aware of the merits and demerits of the loan.

He said the committee would have to evaluate the various shades of opinions
that would emerge on the issue bearing in mind the overall interest of the
country.

Commodore Ukiwe said that the committee would be expected to advise government
on the appropriate course of action to "achieve a meaningful restructuring and
revamping of the economy for a sustained economic growth in the medium term.

He urged the committee members to be ready to suggest possible options or
alternative solutions to Nigeria's present economic problems.

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JPRS+SSA=85~103
24 October 1985

GHANA

JUNIOR RANKS TO SIT ON ARMY DISCIPLINARY BOARDS
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 24 Sep 85 pp 1, 5
[Article by George Amosah]

[Text] Junior ranks within the Ghana Armed Forces can now sit on disci-
plinary boards within the Forces.

Under PNDC Law 63, cases involving subordinate officers or men below the
rank of Warrant Officer (WO) in the Ghana Armed Forces will now be judged
by disciplinary boards consisting of two officers and three men from the
other ranks.

And where the accused is a Warrant Officer, the Commanding Officer will sit
on the case with two other Warrant Officers instead of two officers.

According to the Director of the Ghana Armed Forces Legal Services (DLS),
Colonel Alexander B. Donkor, Law 63 changes the previous arrangement under
which only officers appointed by Unit Commanding Officers sat on disciplin-
ary court panels.

Colonel Donkor said yesterday that the law removes a potential source of
tension within the Armed Forces because a major grievance among the junior
ranks was that the composition of disciplinary courts enable officers to
victimise the other ranks.

Colonel Donkor said the new law is being put into effect in fulfilment of
the PNDC's desire to obtain grassroot participation in decision making.

With immediate effect, therefore, he said, investigation and trial of cases
would no longer be conducted by Commanding Officers or delegated officers
alone. In all cases, he said, a disciplinary board of two officers and
three men would be appointed to investigate, try and punish service offend-
ers.

Law 63 further directs that decisions of disciplinary boards should be by
a simple majority of the members of the boards.

Colonel Donkor explained that the new law affects only service tribunals and
does not change the structure of military court martials except that where
an accused is from the ranks, two men would be added to the panel of officers
to conduct the trial.

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JPRS*SSA+85~103
24 October 1985

SWAZILAND

NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE
MB081758 Mbabane Television Service in English 1630 GMT 8 Oct 85

[Text] The commissioner of police, Mr Sandile Mdziniso, says he is determined
to promote greater cooperation and understanding between the police force and
the media in Swaziland. Addressing his first press conference since his appoint-
ment as new police commissioner, Mr Mdziniso told newsmen ‘he would soon be hold-
ing regular press meetings with newsmen at police headquarters on specific days
of the week. George Mabuza interviewed Mr Mdziniso shortly before he addressed
a meeting of senior police officers this morning.

[Begin video recording] [Mabuza] Mr Commissioner, how do you as new police
commissioner intend to improve relations between the police force, the press and
the media in Swaziland?

[Mdziniso] After consultation with all the parties concerned, it would be very,
very desirable if closer communications and closer links with the press could
be established. As I have just said, it is an exercise that would have to be
embarked upon by all parties concerned. Say, for instance, if a date could be
set aside for the press to come to police headquarters to find out what we have
for the press.

[Mabuza] Why do you think this is important, Mr Commissioner?

[Mdziniso] This is very, very important because the police force is a public
service, so it has to be properly accountable for all its actions to the public
being served, so that whatsoever line of policing this country is being taken
by the police, it is commensurate to the public need for policing this country,
or else how are we going to know that we are doing a service desirable to the
public. [sentence as heard]

[Unidentified speaker] So how would you comment on the politicians who are
asking the police force to further their own political ends?

[Mdziniso] If that is happening in Swaziland--fortunately I am not aware of
that, but it is a possibility that the police force might be used by certain
political bodies or political figures for their own ends--that would be terri-
bly wrong. I would appeal that the police force be left alone to try and render
a meaningful service to the public and that is our job, full stop. Politicians
should look after themselves. They should fight their own political wars and
leave the police to do their job. [end recording]

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They expressed support of the struggle of the Namibian people, ‘lead by the
SWAPO, for the country's independence. They confirmed that: the Namibian issue
should be settled in accordance with the resolution No 435 of the UN Security
Council. They condemed the Pretoria regime's provisional measures and the
establishment of a puppet government in Namibia. Connecting the Namibian issue
with the withdrawal of Cuban internationalist troops from Angola is considered
an open intervention in the internal policy of the People's Republic of Angola.

Pal Losonczi spoke appreciatively of the international activity'of Angola, of
its manysided assistance for the just struggle of the South African independent
movements. He stressed the importance of the Angolan contribution to the accom
plishment of the goals of the non-aligned movement, the improvement of the in-
ternational atmosphere and the maintenance of world peace.

The parties expressed anxiety over developments in the Middle East, and took a
stand for the assurance of the inaleniable rights of the Palestinian people,
including an independent ‘and sovereign statehood. They urged an early conven-
ing of an international conference with the participation of all parties con-
cerned for the settlement of problems in the region.

The parties expressed their intention to support the implementation of the re-
solutions from.the Seventh Foreign Ministerial Conference in Luanda. They em-
phasized that the non-aligned movement plays an important part in the peoples’
struggle against imperialism, colonialism, racism, and racial ‘discrimination,
in the maintenance of international Peace, the settlement of regional conflicts
and the establishment of a new just world economic order.

The parties highly appreciated the results of the present visit, and expressed
their conviction that the friendly and cooperative relations of the two peoples,
parties and governments will further strengthen to the benefit of peace and
progress.

Pal. Losonczi invited Jose Eduardo dos Santos, also on behalf of Janos Kadar,
for an official friendly visit to the Hungarian People's Republic. The invita-
tion was accepted with thanks.

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24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

AFRIKAANS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COMPARES POORLY WITH COUNTERPARTS

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 14 Sep 85 p 11

[Article by Hannes de Wet]

Researchers at Afrikaans uni-

The Universities of Cape
[Excerpt] versities perform poorly in com- ‘Town and thre University of the
parison with their colleagues at Witwatersrand clearly emerged
English universities when as the leaders in local research.
judged by international : stan- Afrikaans universities in gener-
dards. al performed poorly.

This has emerged from an According to the latest evalu-
evaluation done by the Council ations, the University of Cape
for Scientific and Industrial Re- Town qualified in 13 cases for
search (CSIR). category A and in 38 for cat-

The problem with Afrikaans egory B. Wits’s figures for A and
universities, says’ Professor B were 12 and 41.

Jack de Wet of the CSIR, is that The statistics for Afrikaans
they have “too much in-breed- universities showed a. marked
ing”. Competition’ for academic contrast:

posts is limited to Afrikaans- @ University of Pretoria: two
speaking people only. in A and seven in B.

Professor de Wet is adviser to @ University of Stellenbosch:
the general management of the one in A and eight in B.

CSIR on grants for research. @ Rand Afrikaans University:

In an interview in the latest two in A and six in B.
edition of Die Suid-Afrikaan, @ University of Potchefstroom:
he speaks frankly about the two in A and 7 in B.
shortcomings of Afrikaans uni- Professor de Wet believes that
versities. Afrikaans universities _ will

Professor de Wet was. a key -change their policies of appoint-
figure in the setting up of a new ing only Afrikaans-speaking lec-
system through which the CSIR turers. ;
would award grants for re- Afrikaans rectors in general
search in future. ‘ have responded favourably to a

Researchers, to be considere suggestion by Professor de Wet
for grants, will have to submit that they will have to open their
their work for evaluation, using ranks in-order to get the best
international norms. yeople. . .

The tentative results of the
first evaluations were recently
made public. |

“And it presented quite a dif-
ferent view of the fragmented
world of universities where in-
breeding and insulated smug-
hess are so common,” writes

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24 October 1985

GHANA

MOHAMMED ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAM GAINS, LIQUIDITY
Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 26 Sep 85 pp 1, 4
[Article by Rosemary Ardayfio]

[Text] The Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) launched by the PNDC, has
helped to remove a number of bottlenecks that hampered production in the
system.

It has gone along way in providing the necessary framework and incentives
for economic growth.

Dr Alhassan Mohammed, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana who made these
pronouncements, admitted however that a lot remains to be done in the years
ahead to consolidate and increase the gains that have already been achieved.

"The challenge to move forward in progress and development is the challenge
of our generation."

The’ Deputy Governor was speaking at a seminar on "Ghana's Liquidity Problem"
organised by the International Association of Students of Economics and
Management (AIESEC) in Accra last Tuesday.

He spoke on the theme "The Liquidity Problem and the Banking System" and
defined. liquidity to include not only the freely spendable assets called
money, but also the case with which any other asset may be converted into
money.

In a sense, he said, the liquidity problem has always existed in Chana, at
least, at the level of the individual and it is generally held that the
dimensions of the problem are so wide that major governmental action is re-
quired to remedy the situation.

Perhaps, he noted, the major cause of the current liquidity crisis was the
general increases in prices arising partly from the massive adjustment in
the exchange rate of the cedi in October, 1983.

The situation, Dr Mohammed further stated, is the price Ghana had to pay for

years of neglect and lack-lustre management policies in various sectors of
the country's economy in the past.

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At the time of filing this report, the ship had discharged about 19,000 tonnes
of rice. ‘

There are several other such vessels which have spent over four months at the
ports and are yet to finish discharging their goods.

They include M.V. Damoda Tasaka which berthed on May 2; M.V. Akrata which
berthed on April 10; M. V. Ouranio Toxo which berted on June 26 3 M. V. Lorenzo
which berthed on June 25 and M. V. Morning Glory which berthed on May 23.
Several of the ships' agents spoken to, said apart from delays in physical.

discharge of the imports, their ships also encounter the problem of irregular
bunkerage which results in ships being "shut dom" until bunkered.

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"The pattern of editorial independence with joint operating arrangements is a
common and successful one in the United States.

In Natal, the two major daily newspapers, both of them established more than a
century ago, will now have a sounder financial base to ensure that they con-
tinue serving the public, in their own distinctive ways, as’ they have done in
the past."

Mr Miller said: "We are very happy indeed to have reached this arrangement
with Robinson and company, so that the NATAL MERCURY will continue its inde-
pendent voice in Natal.

"The directors of the new company appointed by Robinson and Company will be
Mr D.L. Robinson, Mr M.D. Mackenzie and Mr. J.G. King. The Argus directors on
the six-man board will be Mr P.W. Mclean, Mr H.W. Miller and Mr J.G. Feather-
stone. Mr Mclean, who is managing director of the Argus newspaper division,
will be chairman of Natal Newspapers, Mr Featherstone, now general manager of
Argus in Durban, will be managing director, and Mr Robinson, deputy managing
director.

"The editors remain Mr James Mcmillam of the NATAL MERCURY, Mr Michael Green of
the DAILY NEWS, Mr Ian Wyllie of SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Mr Obed Dunene of ILANGA and
Mr Dennis Pather of POST NATAL."

Mr Miller added that further information, as required by the Johannesburg Stock
Exchange, will be published by the Argus Company in the near future.

He said it was envisaged that the MERCURY would, in the next 18 months to 2
years, be moved to the DAILY NEWS building and the MERCURY building, owned by
Robinson and Co, may be sold.

"In Natal, the two major daily newspapers, both of them established more than
a century ago, will now have a sounder financial base to ensure that they will

continue serving the public, in their respective ways, as they have done in the
past," said Mr Robinson.

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Unemployment Increasing in Urban Areas 24 October 1985

Lagos. DAILY TIMES in English 26 Sep 85 p 12

[fext7 Unemployment rate in the country's urban areas has been risen from
7.3 percent in 1983 to 9.7 percent at June the Minister of Employment, Labour
and Productivity, Rear Admiral Patrick Koshoni, was told yesterday in Lagos.

Briefing the minister which was continuing a tour of establishments under his
Portfolio, Officials of the Federal Statistics Department said, however, that
the unemployment rate in the rural areas dropped from 4.6 percent in 1984 to
3 percent in June this year.

Rear Admiral Koshoni, who later visited the Federal Manpower Training Centre
at Surulere, directed that the leasehold on its office block should not be
renewed.

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24 October 1985

ANGOLA

CAZOMBO BEING REBUILT AFTER UNITA ATTACK
MB140917 Luanda Domestic Service in Portuguese 1200 GMT 13 Oct 85

[Text]! “About 7,000 people’ who had sought refuge in’the bush fleeing from the
murderous claws of the UNITA puppet gangsters have in recent days returned to
Cazombo, ‘the headquarters of the municipality of Alto Zambeze, where our for-
ces recently mounted a vast clean-up operation which climaxed with the freeing
of the residents of the municipality. The mobilization and consciousness-rais+
ing of the residents in order to integrate. them into the productive activities
is the main concern of ‘the local officials engaged in the rapid reconstruction
of the municipality razed to ground by the murderous wrath of the Pretoria
racists.’ Cazombo could 'be compared to a town which has just been hit by a
hurricane since UNITA bandits destroyed everything they found there, Paulo Donge,
the party coordinator and-municipal commissar of Alto Zambeze, pointed out.

He added that foodstuffs, soap, medicines, and clothes were the most needed
basic commodities‘during this initial phase.

In an interview given to the national information media, Major Jose Pedro,
the commander of the 3d Politico-Military Region, described as satisfactory
the results of the operation code-named Second Congress. He also said that
the defense and security forces were presently engaged in a total clean-up
of the gangsters scattered in the area, adding that the operation was a great
success. Maj Jose Pedro said that the Angolan defense and security forces
were determined to continue the fight until they totally defeat the UNITA
puppets and their bosses and restore peace to our country.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

GOVERNMENT LOSES MILLIONS ON PORT DELAYS
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 27 Sep 85 pp 1, 13
[Brticle by Martins Nwanne: "FG Loses Millions on Demurrage"7

[Rext7 The Federal Government has lost millions of naira and will continue
to lose more through avoidable payments of demurrage on chartered vessels
which bring essential commodities, particularly rice, into the country.

The avoidable payments are occasioned by long delays in discharging the goods
and the indiscriminate stealing and pilfering of the scarce commodities at the
ports.

Several ship's officers and oil marketing officials said "there are too many
unnecessary hands involved in the discharge of goods and bunkering of vessels,"

Speaking to the Daily Times, the chief officers of M.V. Akbar, M.V. Lorenzo,
M.V. Alikrator and a shipping agent said long delays in discharging imports,
particularly those brought into the country by chartered vessels, "is a big
drain in your country's lean foreign exchange and it is unfortunate because
your country can least afford waste now."

The chief officers said the involvement of ministries, the NNSL, clearing
agents, NNSC, Customs, NSO and many others in the simple and straightforward
business of discharging rice, makes none of these agencies accept responsibility
for delays, or what can be done to avoid them,"

They suggested that only the necessary agencies and knowledgeable ones in port
and shipping operations, should be involved in the discharge of goods at the
ports.

According to them, "since many of the vessels are on time charter, the govern-
ment is involved in payment of demurrage on these vessels as soon as the time
for the charter elapses."

M. V. Akbar, which is on 110 days time charter, berthed Apapa Port on June 13,
with a rice load of 29,000 meiric tonnes. At a minimum demurrage of 350
dollars a day, by the time the ship finally sails in November, the government
is likely to pay some 315,000 United States dollars, the wmit of currency in
which the demurrage is paid.

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by the government are usually higher than the prices obtainable in the
world market. .

Apart from the problems enumerated above, the pattern of consumption is
also changing. For example, domestic demand for vegetable and palm oil
has outstripped domestic production. Also the local production of rubber
and cotton hardly meets the needs of local tyre and textile factories.
Consequently, some of the boards have nothing to export.

Another problem is that the commodity boards are not profit-oriented and
thus not cost-conscious. The result is that the boards have amassed huge
debts from loans raised through the Central Bank. For example, as at
June 30, 1984, and with the exemption of the Nigerian Cocoa Board, the
other commodity boards have a total outstanding loans of ¥620,440,444

out of the 82,937,656 borrowed from the Central Bank. Of the amount, the
cotton board which received N319,736,206 is owing §133,583,712,

[21 Sep 85 p 3]

[Text] The palm produce board received 527,150,000 and had total out-
standing loan of N328,396,459. . The groundnuts board received 842,168,000
and is owing 416,677,057. The Nigerian grains board received ¥93 million
and is owing 450,967,133. But because the commodity boards have performed
below expectation, some financial experts have suggested that the boards
be re-organised.

They believe that dissolving them will not be in the nation's overall
interest. According to them, the re-organisation will include prunning
down the number of commodities the various boards deal in, since some of
the commodities are not even available for them to buy.

For example, Chief Inang wants only the "important and strategic" agricultural
produce to be bought by the boards. They include cocoa, coffee, groundnut,
rubber palm oil and kernels. He also believes that in order to encourage
initiative and minimise bureaucracy, government representation in the
commodity boards.should be substantially reduced and replaced by farmers

and representatives of successful farmers co-operatives.

Experts also suggest that the composition of the TCPP be reviewed to
exclude representatives of the commodity boards who could however, serve
in advisary capacity Chief Inang wants the role of licensed buying agents
overhauled in view of the wide=spread charges of inefficiency and corrupt
practices evelled against most of them by both farmers and the commodity
boards.

However, the National Union of Public Corporation Employees does not
agree that the success or contribution of the commodity boards should be
judged by the volume of exports they make. According to the union, though
the commodity boards were expected to export, they could do so only after
satisfying domestic needs". "If the boards have been able to supply

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24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

POSSIBLE SCENARIO AFTER BOTHA STEPS DOWN DESCRIBED

- Johannesburg THE. SUNDAY STAR in English 15 Sep 85 p 16'

—

[Text] South Africa’s future Is filled with uncertainty but one fact is beyond dis-
: pute: Mr P W Botha will not be State President forever. However it ha pens, we
will wake up one morning and find he Is no longer in charge. Political Correspon-
dent David Breier takes a look at that day through rose-tinted binoculars and
thinks of some things that could happen without actually solving all our political
problems (or perhaps only a few of them), . ‘ :

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MR BALTHAZAR John Vorster, a big team and so little talent. {_ Something Will be found for Mr
:whom some of us actually . Ws red pen does a merry dance, | Barend du Plessis, although
thought was a bit of areformist,, —_* down the Cabinet list. One or two | f nance may bea bit over his
shad togo. °° : | Vimay be spared. Perhaps Mr Chris _-head, specially with the rand
‘wotenalongeame Mr Pieter“,  Heunls. He tried tobe State worth 12 American cents, :
Willem Botha. We allhadno ‘|: President too, but lost by afew '. ' He is appointed special Cabinet
doubt he was a reformist: Now ‘votes. It will be churlish to drop”) i Tepresentative/trou eshooter 4
Some are not so sure. ~" ._ hit. Maybe make him Minister of , with a brief to carry the Message
When Mr Botha goes, the: * Transport or Posts and fig ‘of Reform around the world and
National Party parliamentary —- —_*" Telecommunications? a rebu a South Africa s.
caucus will meet to choose his.” * "Mr Pik Botha puts up sucha; international image.
successor. ~  § good show on American TV. ‘ Then President Viljoen decides
Of course, they could choose Dr: Shouldn’t we make him Ambas- ; 01a really radical move. Ql
Van Zyl Slabbert, Chief Gatsha +: sador to Washington? On second , He feels quite sympathetic to A
Buthelezi or Bishop Desmond thoughts he can stay onas the ic dea of bringing people from .":!
Tutu, But that would be going too} Minister of Foreign Affairs if he .| on 7 ae le party an even
‘far even for a political fantasy, 4 7 promises to unwind alittle, °  .' outside Parliament into a
iwhich this is. 7 3 8°" Mr FW de Klerk is another | Government of National Unity.
So let’s assume they choose Dr “who wanted to be President. The | Dr Sal bert always sald the 's
"Gerrit Viljoen, the best of the }- Transvaal farmers like him so C2! binet ac ed talent. Why not
, NP’s paltry political talent, #-what about making him Minister, give t im his chance toprovehe _—
: Blinking owlishly through his :) “of Agriculture? +r ean do better’ , ot
spectacles, Dr Viljoen addresses’. Mr Louis le Grange? The po- .!:|.._ President Viljoen’s secretary
the nation on TV. He dissects the {| {tice like him so much, he would : gets Dr Slabbert on the line, and
state of the nation in his usual.” | make an excellent head of ‘|’; the President makes him an offer
precise donnish manner. ~ ; security police.’ * : of a Cabinet post. voy
~_ And slowly it dawns on us that }.”* Mr Rajbansi and Mr : “Was that really a statement
this is really the statement of L-Hendrickse? Mr Heunis would of intent you made the other
intent we have been waiting for. ¥ never forgive him if he got ridof .| - night?” Dr Slabbert asks the :
Like Mr Botha before him, he is) them. ..--;| President.
a little short on detail. Having thrown away the ' “I stated what I intended, so
But he has made the statement =” deadwood, President Viljoen will || I suppose that’s a statement of
of intent that Dr Slabbert and’ = {have to build up his smaller, ‘-““| intent,” says the President
Chief Buthelezi have waited for. | © Tore efficient Cabinet. slightly irritated. Maybe this
| President Viljoen’s first task is § He will soon realise that to rely Slabbert chap isn’t so bright after
; to appoint his own Cabinet. He "ou the meagre talent available in . all, he thinks.
looks at Mr Botha’s bloated “| 7 4° the NP will be condemning the : -, “Then I'm with you,” says Dr
21-man Cabinet with a sigh, Such j country to further misrule. ~ Slabbert. “When can I begin?”.


JPRS+SSA*85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

TIMES INVESTIGATION. REVEALS SERTOUS BRAIN DRAIN
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 20 Sep 85 p 24
[article by Femi Ajayi]

[Text] Some Nigerian technologists and scientists are leaving the country
in large numbers to seek employment in technologically advanced countries.

Investigations showed that engineers in nuclear, aeronautical, and
automobile engineering; geophysicists and material scientists are the
most involved in’ the mass movement of Nigerian intellectuals to overseas
countries.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Times, the secretary-general of

the Nigerian Soctety of Engineers (NSE), Professor R. I. Salawu, pes
associated the development with the lack of relevant employment opportunities
in the’ country.

He said: "What is the business of a nuclear engineer in a country that
has not gone nuclear?" -

He said that nuclear engineering was introduced in some Nigerian
Universities in the middle of the seventies when Nigeria thought of
building nuclear reactors as a first step to going nuclear, ‘The plan,
he said, was phased out for undisclosed reasons. :
According to Professor Salawu, the delay in the nuclear programme,
was due to lack of a blueprint for development.

Successive governments, he said, had always been in a hurry to cancel
the programmes of preceding governments while rushing into new ones
without prior feasibility studies.

Professor Salawu explained that a blueprint for development could spell
out technological goals which successive governments, military or
civilian, would follow.’ He said "only the ardent patriots can be expected
to stay around when relevant job opportunities do not exist".

The Nigerian economy of today is mainly distributive, with little-or

no emphasis on. manufacturing so that most people trained in actual
production may not fit in, he added.

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“If the issue is seen through the
mirror of micro-economics, ac-
ceptance of the loan may look
alright, but if you reflect on
Nigerian case study, you may
find that rejection of the offer is
presently more advantageous"’.
he explained.

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24 October 1985

GHANA

REGIONAL SECRETARIES CONFERENCE OPENS IN CAPE COAST

Accra GHANAIAN TIMES in English 27 Sep 85 pp 1, 3

[Article by J.W. Dadson, Cape Coast]

[Text]

E 18th session of the quarterly
conference of Regional Secretaries
opened here yesterday.

In his opening address, Lt-Col E. A.
Baidoo, Central Regional Secretary and
current chairman of.the conference,
asked the Secretaries to take stock of |
their performance to see how far they
had been, meeting the critical issues
facing the people,

He asked his coljJeagues to take a
qualitative look at their regional econo.
mies and find solutions that could make
it possible for the people to enjoy what
the PNDC aspired for them,

The basic challenge
which needed attention
and solution, he said, was
how, as_ political heads,
they could harness the hu-
man and material resour-
ces in their regions to pro.
vide basic needs such as
food, shelter and clothing.

Constantly, he. urged,

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10

the question which Secre-
taries could be asking
themselves is, what sort
of strategies could be
adopted “to motivate our
farmers and fishermen to
produce more food".

A way out, he suggest-
ed, was to create support
service for farmers’ and
fishermen to increase pro-
duction, and ensure that
the system of distribution
of inputs in the rural areas
functioned effectively.

Another issue of con-
cern, he noted, was the
provision of housing units
to meet the pockets of all
workers.

The Secretaries later
visited Ameen Sangari
Soap Factory, Saltpond
Ceramics and victims of
the recent Ekotsi-Bogyano
accident.


JPRS*SSA+85+103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

FUEL SHORTAGE HINDERS GOODS DISCHARGE AT PORTS
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 17 Sep 85 p 13

[Text] Some of the ships which brought scarce commodities into the
country some months ago are yet to fully discharge their consignments
at the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports because of shortage of fuel.

At the Apapa port, two vessels, M.V. Lorenzo and M.V. Alikrator, lost
between the, 36 working days while awaiting bunkerage.

The situation was so bad that M.V. Lorenzo shut down completely and
meals for. the crew and sailors on board the vessel were cooked on the
ship's deck until she was "given an emergency fuel supply of 25 tonnes
last Thursday.

The ship which berthed on. June 25, had as at the weekend, a total of
80,500 bags of rice yet to be discharged, according to the chief officer
of the vessel.

M.V. Alikrator, which berthed on July.17, could not discharge the
remaining 1,500 tonnes of rice because of lack of fuel.

In answer to a question, the chief officer of. the vessel said: "T do not
know what is responsible for. the lack of bunker here. I am new in the
vessel, so go and ask the Nigerian National Shipping Line Limited."

The public relations officer of the Nigerian National Shipping Line Limited,
Mr. Willie Nwokedi, refused to accept responsibility on behalf of his
company for none supply of bunker to rice vessels at the ports.

He said: "The Nigerian National Shipping Line is only responsible for
ensuring that the rice ordered by the Federal Government arrives safely
in the country."

We do not have anything to do with the running of the chartered vessels
and the delays in cargo discharge cannot be attributed to us either," He
referred the Daily Times to Ashave Far East Line Limited. _

Ashave Far East Line Limited, on its part, also refused to accept respon~
sibility for the none bunkering of the rice or any other vessels at the
ports.

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In order to curtail excessive loss of revenue, therefore, Ghanair staff may
only apply for tickets to travel when their leave has been approved, and new
check-in procedures will ensure that the person travelling on such a ticket
is actually the member of staff to whom it was issued. A temporary ban has
been placed on ticket concessions for relatives of staff.

Travel abroad by staff on duty has been reduced'to the barest minimum, since
it has been found that duty travels are often not strictly necessary.

Unauthorised loans to staff, whether by I0Us or through the practice of ob-
taining tickets on credit for members of the public, have been abolished, and
all outstanding unauthorised loans are being retrieved. Loans may now only
be granted through proper applications following the laid-down regulations.

Another cause of loss of revenue to Ghana Airways Corporation has been the
fraudulent filling of tickets by some sales personnel... For example, the pages
of the ticket which go to the auditor and the office manager are filled in
for a short journey, costing for example, ¢8,000 but the pages given to the
customer may read Accra-London-Accra, costing approximately ¢78,000.

The salesman hands 8,000 to his office and since this agrees with the office
portion of the ticket, he is not queried. Meanwhile, he pockets the balance
of ¢70,000.

Similar tricks can ‘be used to collect foreign exchange where customers make
bookings using a foreign airline, or to help customers to obtain tickets
acceptable by foreign airlines without paying in foreign exchange.

In such cases, the fraud would not be detected until Ghanair received a bill
from the foreign airline some months later.

New procedures have been implemented to block the opportunities for such
frauds, making it impossible for Ghanair tickets. to be used for travel on
other airlines without satisfying the proper regulations.

Among other measures, the information on a passenger's ticket will be com-
pared by computer with the information on the financial and audit department's
pages, and if there is any difference, the booking will be automatically re-
jected.

The efficiency of the Revenue Accounts department will be improved by the
introduction of a microfilm storage system for accountable documents, which
will save time and space, and also save foreign currency by speeding up debit
notes between airlines.

The board has directed that no overbooking should be permitted, despite the
recent explanation by the management that this is normal practice. Any pas-
sengers above the number of seats on the flight should be on the waiting
list. New check-in procedures are being worked out to simplify the departure
of passengers.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

WATHANAFA APPOINTED PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
Kaduna NEW NIGERIAN in English 26 Sep 85 p 9
[Brticle by Nkem Agetua/

[Text] Mr. Hamidu Wathanafa has been appointed Principal Secretary to the
President and Commander in Chief. :

Mr. Wathanafa, 38, attended Government College, Keffi from 1963-1968, and holds
a B, Se (government) 1973 and masters in public administration (1979) from
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

He joined the defunct North Eastern State civil service as an administrative
officer Grade VIII in 1974 and became secretary, North East Tenders Board in
1975. In 1976, he was appointed secretary, Borno State Executive Council,

and became deputy permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, -Borno i
State in 1979. In 1980, he became Principal Inspector, NYSC, Borno State. i

Mr. Wathanafa was appointed Administrative Secretary in the office of the Borno
State Head of Service from 1981 to 1983 and moved to State House, Marina ’

Iagos as deputy secretary from 1984 +il1 his now appointment.

He is married with three children. His hobbies are lawm tennis and hunting.

Mr. Hamidu Wathanafa has resumed duty and would be sworn in at a date to be
announced.

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

RAILWAY CORPORATION LOSING OUT TO PRIVATE TRANSPORTERS
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 20 Sep 85 p 24
{Article by: Funmi Jolaosho]

[Text] The Nigerian Railway Corporation lost about 415 million to private
transporters between 1982 and 1984.

Sources at the corporation attributed the loss to lack of attention for the
corporation by successive governments and shortage of spare parts.

According to our source, the drop in revenue from freight between 1982 and
1984 was. due mainly to non-participation of Railways in the transportation
of Presidential task force on rice to parts of the country. "Not a single
tonne of rice was conveyed by Railways," the source added.

The Central Bank had in its 1984 report on low revenue from freight services
stated that "rail haulage has tended to become less important as a means of
evacuating export produce to ports because of the expansion in the road
network in recent years."

According to the 1983 revenue and capital estimates of the Federal
Government, Nigeria Railways had a budget of N146,450 million while
Federal highways had €860,150 million.

Confirming the decline, in revenue the N.R.C. chief public relations officer,
Mr. Idress Abdul-Azeez said that the corporation received its major supply
of spare parts last in 1976. He said there was however a slight supply
between 1979 and 1982. "This was because supply of spare parts was part of
the corporation's contract with the Railway Indian Transport Economic
Services."

Mr. Azeez however, said that the corporation now manufactures 20 to 30 per
cent of spare parts on diesel locomotive engines and 50 per cent of parts
requirement for wagons and coaches.

Also commenting on the corporation's loss of revenue, the national president

of the Nigerian Union of Railwaymen, Mr. Godwin Omoruyi-Ero said that only
revenue from freight can sustain the corporation. He said that the

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REDUCTION IN SMUGGLING ON EASTERN BORDER WITH TOGO

Accra PEOPLE'S DAILY GRAPHIC in English 23 Sep 85 p 5

[Article by Wendy Asiama]

[Text]

SMUGGLING of goods
along the country’s ea-
stern border with Togo
has reduced conside-
rably.

This is the result of a
new strategy being evolv-
ed by security personnel
manning border posts in
the Volta Region. espe-
cially Aflao and Kpoglo to
wage war against smuggl-
ing until the canker is
brought under control.

Major G. K, Lumor,
Commanding Officer in
charge of the Aflao Border
Post who announced this
in an interview said plans
are being worked out to
plug loopholes in the pre-
sent system of distributing
petroleum products in the
district to cut down the
incidence of smuggling of
the products.

e' Commanding Offic-
er attributed the situation
to the high prices of petro-
leum products in Togo but
said that the. situation is

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not very alarming.

On the smuggling of
other items, he indicated
that the smuggtin of food
items has subsided due to
the abundance of staple
foods in both countries.

Asked what has been the
state of both passenger and
vehicular traffic between
Aflao and Togo these days,
Major Lumor said they are
no more heavy as it was in

revious times and attri-

uted the cause to the fact
that travellers no longer
ply between Ghana and
Togo for goods, Another
reason, he said was the
closure of the Sogakope
bridge.

On revenue collection,
Mr J. A. Ojoh, principal
inspector of Customs at
Aflao said revenue collec-
tion has gone down consi-
derably but with the new
increases in duties it is
hoped revenue would pick
up.

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¥°" Professor Basil 1é Cordeur, head of the
history department at the University of
Cape Town, said the Government seem
to move slowly in such matters.
Schools were still using all the old text-
' books and he had so far seen no sign of a
' change. Now syllabuses would have to be
changed.

Earlier this year, in an address to the
South African Historical Society, Profes-
sor Le Cordeur said South African history
needed to be rewritten.

‘An essential part of a “new” history
would be the incorporation of a black na-
tionalist perspective. Without the black
contribution an essential dimension of
South African history would be missing.

Professor Hermann .Giliomee, of the
department of political studies at UCT,
said that until now the current version of
South African history had been an instru-
ment of white ideology.

Revised books

This kind of history was also being
dished out to black schools under a sys-
tem of manipulating the black textbook
market.

Professor Giliomee is one of the con-
tributors to part of a series of revised his-
tory books jesigned for schools and now
being prepared under the editorship of Mr
Peter Kallaway, a senior lecturer in the
education department of UCT.

‘A leading South African educationist,
Dr Franz Auerbach of Johannesburg, said
the time was certainly ripe for the intro-
duction of a. new history of South Africa.

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he two main facets of this issue’
should be kept separate. These were first-:
ly the process of having South African‘

_history rewritten and, secondly, the me-
chanics of having new textbooks ap-
| proved for schools.

Not only was there a need for rewriting
history, but the separate compartments in
which South Africa’s young people found
themselves as a result of the apartheid
system had to be broken down.

In 1971, Dr Auerbach produced South
Africa’s first school textbook on racial at-
titudes — The ABC of Race — but it was
not accepted by the Government's educa-
tion authorities.

No demand

A revised version of the book, which
was also translated into Afrikaans under
the title Ras, Beskawing en Vooroordeel
(Race, Civilisation an Prejudice) was
used by the South African Institute of
Race Relations in 1976 in a major cam-
paign aimed at eliminating race preju-
dice among white schoolchildren.

Dr Auerbach said this week there had
been virtually no demand for his book —
it had apparently not been approved by
the authorities.

It contained a mass of details designed
to explode such ideas as:

@ The existence of a “white ¢lvilisa-
tion”. (Western civilisation, he argued,
was based on hundreds of inventions
made by people of different races all over
the world.) .

@ That there are inferior and superior
races; “4 .



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24 October 1985

GHANA

NEW INVESTMENT CODE DEMONSTRATES EXTERNAL INVESTMENT CONCERN

Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in English 27 Sep 85 p 4

[Text]

TO ACHIEVE recovery, the
government, in its own words, is
taking realistic steps to make
Ghana’s economic environment
more competitive for investment
and to achieve this it is necessary
to establish a stable institutional
framework within which investors
may operate.

To oversee the encouragement
and approval of external invest-
ment, the government is to creaté
a Ghana Investment Centre (GIC),
which, among other responsibilities,
is empowered to grant approval for
the establishment of enterprises un-
der thecode. The GIC will also
identify specific projects and invite
interested investors for the im-
plementation of these schemes. It
will also liaise between investors
and ministries, government depart-
ments, agencies, institutional
lenders and other authorities con-
cerned with investment.

The new law identifies priority
areas of investment, and for each
area lays down a list of applicable
incentives and benefits.

For agriculture, including serv-
ices, the Ghana government guaran-

tees land use for the project, per- ;

mission for importing essential plant

and machinery (which is exempt

from payment of customs import
duties), and a corporate income tax.
rate of 45%. we

The following allowances and
deductions aré available:

(a) Depreciation or capital al-
Jowance on plant and machinery
to the extent of 100% in the ‘year
of investment;

(b) Investment allowance of 10%;

(c) In the case of tree crops and

- livestock excluding pouiltry, an in-
come tax rebate of 75% in the first

year, 50% in the second year ant”
25% in the third year. Staff on the
farms are exempt from the pay-
ment of income tax relating to fur-
nished accommodation.
Manufacturing industries are
those defined as producing goods
for export that predominantly use
local raw materials and produce
agricultural equipment, machinery,
spare parts and machine tools.
Incentives and benefits for these
industries are permission for im-
porting machinery (which is exempt
from customs excise duties), and an
investment allowance of 7,5% and
depreciation or capital allowance of
40% in the year of investment, and
20% in subsequent years.
Businesses involving any real es-
tate development, road construc-
tion, and other building industries
which may be specified, are also
given permission to import
machinery and equipment free of
customs import duties. An invest-
ment allowance of 7,5% per year is
also made available, together with
an exemption of staff from income
tax on accommodation provided on
building or construction sites. A
depreciationyor capital allowance of
50% in the year of investment and
25% in subsequent years is allowed.
* Tourism enterprises are also en-
couraged, such as the provision of
hotel accommodation, provided
these are net foreign-exchange earn-
ers. These enterprises are exempt
from customs import duties on
plant, machinery and equipment,
and enjoy a depreciation or capital
allowance on plant and machinery
of 50% in the year of investment
and 25% in subsequent years, and
on buildings 20% in the year of in-
vestment and 10% in subsequent
years. They are also exempt trom
taxes and rates on building proper-

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ties for a period of up to three years,
and enjoy an investment allowance
of 7,5% per year.

In addition to these benefits and
incentives, any enterprise with pri-
ority status which undertakes or
supports scientific research in
Ghana, approved by the Centre, is
allowed to fully deduct the research

* capital expenditure.

The Ghana government has also

* vallowed further -reductions of in-

come tax for enterprises situated in
selected area. These range from a
reduction of 15% of income tax
payable to 40%. The eniployment
of Ghanaian labour in preference to
imported machinery also attracts a
further list of income-tax rebates.
To encourage export industries,
the enterprises earning foreign ex-
change are permitted to retain, in an
external account, a portion of their
earnings to acquire spare parts and
other inputs. When an enterprise is
a net foreign-exchange earner, it
may retain at least 25% of its
foreign-exchange earnings for ac-
quiring machinery and plant, raw
materials, debt servicing, profit and
dividend payments and remittances.
The Ghana government has
adopted a generous approach to the
remittability of earnings, and an ap-
proved enterprise is guaranteed freé
transferability through the Bank of
Ghana (or in the case of a net
foreign-exchange earning enter-
prise, through its ¢xternal account),
of dividends or net profits attributa-
ble to the investment of:
(a) freely convertible currency,
(b) payments in respect of loan ser-

~_yvicing on foreign loans,

(c) fees and charges for technology
transfer agreements, and

(d) the remittance of foreign capi-
tal in the event of sale or
liquidation,



DOGONYARO SAYS RELEASED POLITICAL DETAINEES TO BE MONITORED

Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 19 Sep 85 p 15

[Text]

HE General Officer

Commanding GOC 3
Armoured Division of” the
Nigerian Army, Brigadier
Joshua Dogonyaro, has
spoken of the need to
monitor the activities of
released political detainees.

He told the Bauchi State
governor, Lt. Col. Chris
Garuba when he called or
him at the government house
‘on Monday, that he should as
much as possible discourage.
unnecessary jubilation and
utterances from such
released detainees which he
said could jeopardize the
much desired peace

"We need peace at this
time,” Brigadier Dogonyaro
said, and warned that
anything which could disrupt
the peace of the country
should ba nipped in the bud.

The GOC said he hoped”
that with his experience, the
governor would handle the
affairs of the state, in
accordance with the nolicies
of the Federal Military
Government.

Responding, Lt. Col. Chris

.Garuba assured the GOC that

he would continue to foster
cordial relationship already
existing between the army
and the civilians,

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24 October 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

SCRAPPING OF PASS SYSTEM WILL NOT MEAN INVASION BY SQUATTERS

Johannesburg. THE SUNDAY STAR in English 15 Sep 85 p 16"

{Article by John MacLennan]

[Text]

‘The President’s Council report -

on Urbanisation Strategy this;
week recommended the i
scrapping of influx control and
the pass system — two facts of
life for blacks under National
Party Governments which have
probably done more than any
other to cause anger and racial
friction,

print takes care of that. John
Maclennan reports. .

q
‘YOU find the nitty gritty in the errata’

-sheet for Chapter Nine, :

This spells out under what conditions an
expected human wave of anywhere’ be-
between one-and three-million blacks will be
allowed to trek to white areas in search of;
work, This is the closest estimate officials’
can provide on what might be expected in.
the next 15 years. ° 4

They may only live on “approved sites”;
and the abandonment of influx control will:
be done. “in accordance with the demands.
of good order”. “

If masses of people start putting up shan-;
ties on sites which are not approved they:
will merely be prosecuted in terms of the’
Squatters Act. And as Dr Dries Oosthuizen,

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“chairman of the committee whichTM
- produced the report, was able to

remark with some satisfaction‘:
“That applies to’ everybody.

- Blacks and whites. There is no

- discrimination.” _
There might be rio old-style dis-°

crimination, but the committee

reduced a blueprint which is
eavy on evidence: gathered as ©
’ far afield as Brazil and Indonesia «

But whites are not going to be and extraordinarily light on ans- ;
swamped in the cities b: wers to such important questions _
‘unemployed squatters. The fine as to where the job-seekers will
. work and live.

In parts. the report reflects
facts and sentiments which would
do the Black Sash proud and
would in the past have been ham-~
mered by the Government as
woolly headed do-goodery. It ably
identifies the major problems ;

which ean be expected when the °
Egates are opened — urban popula-"!
-tion growth, employment and |
‘ housing — but only provides spec- *
-ulative answers for this: great
- leap in the dark.
‘This is what it has to say about.
_ urbanisation, for example: “It is:
recommended that future urban- {
isation be dealt with as far as !
possible in such a way that the
advantages of urbanisation are ;
exploited as effectively as possi- ~
ble and the problems are kept to
a minimum.”
* ‘And housing: “There should be
‘a housing strategy that will help
to ease the chronic overcrowding,
especially in black urban areas,
as quickly as possible.”



Victoria NATION in English

[Text]

THE East Coast dredger,
the Marco Polo, is ex-
pected to finish reclaim-
ing eight hectares of new
land for a modern fishing
port today, a mere 13
days after it started work.

It will then move to the south
of Mahé Quay to reclaim
another 16.5 hectares for com-
mercial port and industrial
development.

Last night the dredger was
halfway into the yacht basin
where it was expected to’
deepen the area opposite
where the Lady Esme used to
berth and where National
Youth Service boats load and
unload. Earlier, workmen had
installed the dredger’s huge dis-
charge pipe across the Long
Pier road to allow the giant
machine to pump the material
dug up from the floor of the

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which will carry rocks and
aggregate to the construction
sites at the two ports when the
civil contractor, John How-
ards, starts work. This will save
the present east coast road
from being damaged by the 10-
tonne lorries and the conges-
tion that these vehicles would
cause.

New Fuel Pipeline

3 Sep 85 pp 1, 10

yacht basin just east of Ile
Hodoul into the area already
reclaimed north of the Long
Pier.

While the northern sea front
of the already reclaimed land
will be used by industrial tuna
vessels and inter-island schoon-
ers, the southern edge of the
Long Pier from the present
inter-island quay to the spot
that was expected to be
dredged last night will berth
and serve the demersal fleet.

The dredger started work 12
days ago and until Saturday it
deepened the approaches to
the future tuna port by digging
up the sea bed off the navy base
and depositing the crushed
coral and sand in the large area
now reclaimed.

On Saturday, _ having
deepened the area north and
northeast of the Long Pier to at
least 7.5 metres, enough to
safely take modern tuna and

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even larger vessels in future,
the Marco Polo moved to the
entrance of the yacht basin be-
tween the present inter-island
quay and the northern tip of the
Mahé Quay at the commercial
port.

Until yesterday evening, the
dredger’s discharge pipe coiled
round the tip of the Long Pier
to come ashore at the navy base
like a giant floating umbilical
cord. Because of this, all tuna
‘transhipments and inter-island
activities at the end of the pier
had to be temporarily shifted to
the New Port.

The deepening of the en-
trance to the yacht basin also
clears the way for the laying of
a submarine pipeline that will
deliver fuel from the Seychelles
Petroleum Company (Sepec)
depot at the New Port to boats
in the fishing port.


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the parastatal farm was even too much for the ducks--2,363 drowned. The
1'Union Estate spokesman had said on Sunday morning that with floods on La
Digue two feet (60 cm) deep in places, the rain had also taken a heavy toll
of small farms, destroying crops and drowning livestock. Strangely enough,
agricultural officer Gerald Chetty reported relatively little damage on
Praslin after a preliminary survey of farms on the island. However, one
blocker at Anse Kerlan lost almost his entire crop of tomatoes and beans when
a drain at the airstrip got blocked and overflowed. But on Mahe, reporters
who went round the island over the past two days found that while most farm-
ers in the hills escaped relatively lightly, losses on some low-lying para-
statal, cooperative and private farms were heavy. [Excerpt] [Victoria
NATION in English 4 Sep 85 pp 1, 2]

WATER PIPELINE PROJECT--The R150-million scheme involves building a 600,000
kilolitre dam at Baie Lazare to serve some 18,000 people south of Pointe au
Sel on the east coast and Anse Boileau on the west by 1990. It is the second
largest construction project in the country after the East Coast scheme.

The design stage of the project was launched last July and at present staff
from the Survey Division are working out the best routes for the future pipe-
line. This preliminary survey, which also involves Water Authority staff,
includes site investigations, drilling and other work as well as surveying.
A Water Authority spokesman said yesterday it would take over a year before
the preliminary survey is completed and actual pipe laying starts. Construc-
tion is expected to take around two-and-a-half years. [Excerpt] [Victoria
NATION in English 3 Sep 85 p 10]

TOURISM PROFIT INCREASES--Tourism had brought in R167 million by the end of
June, contributing 57 per cent of the country's current account receipts

for the first half of 1985. The figure is a 19 per cent rise on the same
period last year. There was also an 18 per cent increase in the number of
visitors arriving from abroad by June 1985 when 35,515 people had disembark-
ed on these shores. Meanwhile, the latest tourism statistics show that
47,334 visitors had arrived in Seychelles by August 25. This was a 17 per
cent increase on the same period last year. Over 35,300 or three quarters
of them were Europeans. The top markets were France with 8,124 visitors,
that is 23 per cent of the Europeans and 17 percent of the total, Italy with
7,931, the UK and Eire with.6,206, West Germany with 6,078, Switzerland with
3,348, and Japan with 2,923. The Italians were up 76 per cent, the Japanese
by a third, West Germany and the UK and Eire by 21. per cent each and France
by 14 per cent. Visitors from Switzerland were down 10 per cent. The big-
gest increase was one of 259 per cent in visitors from the Netherlands which
shot up from 156 last year to 560 in to the same period this year. The big-
gest drop, of 44 per cent, was in visitors from South Africa, down 2,335 in
1984 to 1,316 by August 25 this year. [Text] [Victoria NATION in English

31 Aug 85 p 2]

USSR DONATES MORE FUEL--Another 1,000 tonnes of diesel fuel from the Soviet
Union have been delivered to Seychelles as a donation to the country's
fisheries and EEZ protection duties. The fuel was pumped into the govern-
ment's storage tanks on Ste Anne earlier this week by the tanker 'Alexeevka'

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Manager Says Aminu Kano Airport Unsafe

(Yusuf Ozi Usman; NEW NIGERIAN, 25 Sep 85) ...cececceceeee

North, South Not Linked to Television Authority
(Gausu Ahmed; SUNDAY NEW NIGERIAN, 22 Sep

New Satellite Links To Improve TV Reception
(Daniel Tifato; NEW NIGERIAN, 17 Sep 85)

Briefs
Military Delegation to Italy

SEYCHELLES

Economic Gains in Second Quarter
(NATION, 30 Aug 85) ....cccecccecceeceees

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Dredging Reclaims Land for Construction of New Port

(NATION, 3, 11 Sep 85) .....ccceeeeseceee

Extent of Operations
New Fuel Pipeline

Briefs
Chinese Women's Delegation
Rain Destroys Crops
Water Pipeline Project
Tourism Profit Increases
USSR Donates More Fuel
Indian Ocean Islands Games
RIS-TV Coverage Extended

SOUTH AFRICA

Possible Scenario After Botha Steps Down Described

(THE SUNDAY STAR, 15 Sep 85) ..cccsseceee

Reporter Discusses Botha's First Year as President

(THE SUNDAY STAR, 15 Sep 85) .....eecevee

Police Arrest 136, Release 17
(SAPA, 4 Oct 85) ..ecseccsceccccnceeceees

Fourteen Thousand Held Before Emergency Declared
(Luke Zeeman; THE SUNDAY STAR, 15 Sep 85)

Fourteen Die in Custody Since Start of Unrest
(Arlene Getz; THE SUNDAY STAR, 15 Sep 85)

SADF Fights To Clear Name
(Arlene Getz; THE SUNDAY STAR, 15 Sep 85)

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FROM URALMASH TO AJAOKUTA:

STEEL FACTORY PROGRESS

Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 19 Sep 85 p 5

[Article by:

[Excerpts] ss flying the Soviet fi

Uri Cron]

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24 October 1985

NIGERIA

lag have frequented the port city of Warri

in the past few years. Sea-going vessels bring equipment for the

-Ajaokuta St
Tropical Ai

assistance. Port cranes u
Converter equipment, units and

‘machines and various units for

People do not know where.

giant steel mills in Ajaokuta.

The

Uralmash is not an
ordinary plant: . it
fathered almost all iron
and steel mills in the
USSR. Apart from
metallurgical units, it
-puts out unique press-
forging and other
equipment for heavy
engineering enterprises,
walking and opencast
‘excavators and various
types of drilling rigs.

The Bhilai and Bokaro
steel works .of India are,
known today throughout
the world’, says Yevgeni
Varnachev. ‘Complete:
shops for them were made
at_the ‘Uraimash plant
‘india’ first heavy machine-
building plant to produce its

own metallurgical
equipment was built at
Ranchi on the basis of
technology worked out by
the Urals plant and with its
assistance.

It 1s noteworthy that all
‘steel plants built in India
with Soviet assistance have
become a good production
base not only for treining
indian engineers and
skilled — metal-makers,
Today, future metallurgists
from = many developing
jcountries, including those
(rom Nigeria, learn there to

ke steal.

Apart. from india, blast
furnace, rolling and
sintering equipment made
at the Uraimash plant are
‘successfully operating at
the metallurgical centres in

, which is under constr
inload many-

G-Rajar (Algeria), Hetwari
(Egypt), Isfahan (Iran),
Iskenderun (Turkey) : the
steel plant in Karachi,
Pakistan. In addition to
‘metallurgical complexes,
the Uraimash plant supplies
the developing countries
with opencast colliery
excavators, ore rock
crushers, drilling complexes
which have for a number of
years made a good

in Guinea, Bangladesh,
Zambia, Iraq, Mali,
Mozambique, _ Ethiopia,
Ubya, Syria and many
other countries,

“We are fulfilling today
the biggest order for
Nigeria,” says the plant's
director. The metallurgical
‘complex in Ajaokuta, now
under construction, has
already received our:

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eel! Compiex to be ‘the biggest iron and steel works in
‘uction in Nigeria with Soviet
‘tonne crates with blast furnace and
mechanisms for rolling mills, sintering
primary processing of iron ore. Many.
all these equipment come from for the

city of Sverdlovsk, a large industrial city of the Soviet Union is
located many thousand kilometres aw:
forest-covered Ural mountains which
Heavy En
Soviet Unior

ay from Nigeria, among the
divide| Eurdpe and Asia. The Ural
gineering = Works — or Uralmash as it is known in the
in, has been operating there for over 50 years.

equipment for a sintering
machine and blast furnace
with a capacity of 200
cum. After the

‘worked out by the scientists
of the Uraimash plant, our
neighbour — the
Yuzhnouralsk heavy
machine-building plant —

shop of

The assembly
the Uralmash plant is now
‘making preparations for.
dispatching the cast
signment of units and
mechanisms for the tolling

‘700’ which will

Produce rolled stock much
Needed for the construction
of dwellings and blocks of
new plants, motor and
railway bridges. It may be
recalled that the two rolling.



Dear brothers, China and Ivroy Coast have had the same historic past. Today,
they are facing the common task of developing their economy and of building
their own countries. This is a solid basis on which our relations of friend-
ship and cooperation can be developed. We are convinced that thanks to our
concerted efforts, the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two
parties, the two countries, and the two peoples of China and ‘Ivory Coast will
be further developed.

May the Eighth Congress of the PDCI be crowned with complete success!

[Signed] The CPC Central Committee, 9 October 1985.

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"I think there is in Sweden, as in other Scandinavian countries, some
feeling of an obligation to support developing countries as solidarity
with nations which are less fortunate. We are indeed wealthy and we
can consequently do this without any problem.

"This assistance programme has the support of a hugh majority of the
population. We have regular opinion polls every year to see if there is
any change in support for the assistance programme and a surprisingly
firm majority of around 75 to 80 percent of the population is in favour
of continued assistance to developing countries."

Mr Tham said he did not think there was any danger of Zimbabwe becoming
dependent on aid and therefore becoming paralysed when foreign aid dried
up. Aid becomes a trap only when it is badly co-ordinated, but in
Zimbabwe the Government "has a firm control" of the aid coming in and how
it is used, he said.

"Planned aid may be effective and in the interest of a developing country
but of course it is just one part, and a modest part, of the factors
which create development -- but it can help and it may be useful."

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FOURTEEN THOUSAND HELD BEFORE EMERGENCY DECLARED

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR in English 15 Sep 85 p 4

{Article by Luke Zeeman]

[Text]

cso:

THE full extent of the violence
that has swept South Africa in
the past year was revealed this
‘week by Police Ministr
spokesman: Colonel Leon Mel-
let, who said more than 14000

eople had been arrested be!

ore the State of Emergency;
Was declared.

The arrests were for various,
offences related to the unrest.

“Many of the 14000 have,
been convicted of criminal of-|
fences, as in the case where a’
young child died after a_car'
was stoned on the Reef,” Colo-,
\nel Mellet said.

Since the Emergency ‘was!
‘declared, a further 2 000 people.
had been detained but many of;
these had been released. |

More than 700 policemen had
been injured — about 360.
seriously — and the homes of
more than a 100 policemen had,
been burned down. **

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‘Before the State of Emér-:

gency,was declared, Colonel
Mellet wrote an article that
has only now been published in.
“Woord en Daad”, organ of the’
‘Afrikaans Reformist-churches.

cin ithe claimed the unrest
was part of an organised revolt
iby the ANC and its affiliates.

He Said their supporters had
been instructed to attack ‘poli-
‘cemen, committ sabotage, and
to try to make the black popu-
lation ungovernable. .

In the same magazine, Pro-
fessor J H van Wyk of Ham-
manskraal said South African
society “has overnight turned
‘ {nto a smouldering volcano”.

} “It is naive to still ask how
we can prevent a revolution.
: The question now is ‘how do we

‘sutvive it, in this early
phase’?”

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JPRS*SSA+85~103
24 October 1985

NIGERIA

FUNCTION, STATUS OF COMMODITY BOARDS DISCUSSED
Lagos DAILY TIMES in English 20, 21 Sep 85
[Article by Kingsley Kubeyinje]

[20 Sep 85 p 3]

[Text] Nigeria's commodity boards were established by Decree 29 of 1977
to carry out the functions of the state marketing boards. The decree
requires the commodity boards to "secure the most favourable arrangements
for the purchase and sale of relevant commodities, to stabilise producer
prices and promote the development and rehabilitation of producing areas
and to ensure that adequate supply of inputs such as fertilisers, sprayers,
and chemicals are made available to farmers in order to enhance their
productivity and earning capacity."

In all, seven commodity boards were established. They are the Nigerian
Cotton Board, Nigerian Groundnuts Boards, Nigerian Grains Board, Nigerfan
Palm Product Board, Nigerian Rubber Board, Nigerian Cocoa Board and
Nigerian Tuber and Root Crops Board. The Tuber and Root Crops Board

was dissolved in 1979 because of its inability to generate sufficient
activities. In its place, the National Root and Tuber Company was
established.

But over the years, have the six commodity boards achieved their objectives
of increasing agricultural production as well as improving both the

earnings and welfare of farmers? According to Chief Emmanuel Inang,

assistant director of research, Central Bank of Nigeria, the role of the
commodity boards is reflected in their marketing activities, the effectiveness
of which is determined by the volume of agricultural produce they buy

yearly.

Statistics have, however, shown that the volume of agricultural produce the
boards buy has been dwindling since 1974. For example, the volume of
cocoa bought by the cocoa board dropped from 240,000 tonnes. in 1974 to
only 115,000 tonnes in 1983. The quantity of palm kernels bought by the
board dropped from ‘310,000 tonnes to 154,000 tonnes during the same period,
while groundnuts dropped from 114,000 to merely 2,500 tonnes in 1982,

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24 October 1985

LIBERIA

BRIEFS

ELECTION BOYCOTT THREATENED--The. Liberian Unification Party, LUP, today became
the third political party that has threatened to boycott the forthcoming gen~
eral elections if Secom [Special Elections Commission] failed to follow the
laws to the letter. The chairman of the National Democratic Party of Liberia,
Mr Keikura Kpoto, reacting to a statement by the standard bearer of the Liber-
ian Action Party, Mr Jackson Doe, that they would boycott the elections if
denied representation at the counting of the ballots and if the voters regis—
tration list is not published. [sentence as heard] Speaking at a political
rally on Wednesday in Kakata, Margibi County, Mr Kpoto said LAP wants to boy—
cott the elections because they have no oné to vote for them. He said that if
LAP boycotts the forthcoming elections, the National Democratic Party of
Liberia will go [words indistinct]. [Text] [Monrovia Radio ELWA in English
1710 GMT 26 Sep 85 AB]

MONROVIA TEACHERS STRIKE--Hundreds of public school teachers in the Monrovia
area yesterday boycotted classes in demand of their July and August salary
arrears. The teachers’ demands also include the 1984-85 fiscal year transpor-
tation allowance. According to today's edition of the FOOTPRINIS newspaper,
shortly after the boycott yesterday morning, a position statement signed by

12 officials of the National Union of Liberian Teachers, NULT, was read to
nearly 100 representatives of the teachers. The statement was read to the
teachers by the president of the Union, Mr [name indistinct] at the head-
quarters of the union in Jallah Town. The teachers were quoted in the state
ment by the paper as saying there can be no education in any nation without
qualified teachers, and there can be no successful teaching without attractive
and regularly paid salaries and suitable conditions of service for teachers.
The statement added that the teachers have observed on many occasions the
failure to recognize their importance in national development, as evidenced
by treatment given them as regards the conditions of service. [Excerpts]
[Monrovia Radio ELWA in English 2000 GMT 1 Oct 85 AB]

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