As many as four lions have escaped from a popular park in South Africa, causing a lot of tension in the area. South African rangers on Monday continued searching for four male lions that escaped from the country’s flagship Kruger National Park, a spokesman for the national wildlife parks said. According to NAN, the SANParks spokesperson William Mabasa said that the lions were seen near a road a few kilometres from the park. It was not known how the lions got out of the park, most of which is fenced. The Tourism and Parks Agency of Mpumalanga province, where part of the Kruger Park is located, said it was helping rangers and police in their search. “We urge the communities to be alert and inform us of any sightings,’’ said Johannes Nobunga, chief executive officer of the agency. “The terrain in which the search is being conducted poses some challenges for the team, however we will continue to work with farm owners and the community in the area to provide us with any informat...
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has disclosed that federal government is currently recruiting 7,500 graduates as Community Tax Liaison Officers (CTLOs) to raise tax awareness among citizens. According to her, the recruits would be expected to go to schools, churches, mosques, markets and other social places to educate people on the tax system and let them know their obligations. She made this known in Abuja at a joint press briefing with the Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, BabaTunde Fowler, on Thursday. Adeosun said that through this initiative, the government is expected to increase the number of taxpayers by 35 percent; ie from 14 million to about 17 million in two years. The Finance Minister added that graduates of accounting, economics, mathematics and other relevant courses would be given priority under the programme. She, however, encouraged other intelligent graduates interested in a career in tax administration to apply as the government planned to...
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