Nigerian filmmaker cum actress, Funke Akindele has no doubt set a huge milestone that would be a herculean task for any Nigerian filmmaker to break.

The movie star who made history last month as the first Nigerian filmmaker to gross over a billion in cinema, hasn’t held back on her record-breaking achievement.

In a fresh update, A Tribe Called Judah has grossed over N1.4 billion in about ten weeks following its debut on December 15, 2023, as it maintains its record of the highest-grossing Nigerian movie ever. The movie has no doubt become the favorite of many, both at home and abroad.

Reacting to her achievement on X, Funke Akindele wrote:

“Thank you!!! To all the young ladies out there, just know that you can also achieve success. Remain focused and keep working hard.????????????????.”

Also sharing the good news, Film One, expressed gratitude to Nigerians and West Africans for making the movie Number One.

“We are grateful for the record-breaking journey of #ATribeCalledJudah – Nigeria and West Africa’s #1 movie!

Thanks for making it the biggest film for Funke Akindele, the top Nollywood, and the ultimate cinematic triumph of 2023/2024

This movie is distributed by @filmoneng”.

Funke Akindele’s movies, A Tribe Called Judah, Battle On Buka Street, and Omo Ghetto The Saga are respectively the highest-grossing Nollywood films of all time.

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has lamented that only about 5% of Nigerians have more than N500,000 in their bank accounts.

Edun said it is not acceptable that the wealth of the nation is concentrated in the hands of a few while the majority languish in poverty.

Speaking during an interview with Channels TV, the Minister said the administration of President Bola Tinubu is working hard to address this imbalance in which just a few elites have the advantage over the majority of others.

Edun stressed that part of the moves to correct the imbalance, which has been on for about eight years, is the various economic reforms introduced by the current administration.

The minister said that the reforms are corrective measures to mop up the liquidity in the economy that is not tied to production or supply of goods and services, adding that these imbalances only benefit a few people in the economy.

“There has been an effort to ensure that the people’s money is not in the hands of a few. And on that point, I must emphasize that when we talk about the last eight years before Mr. President came to power, there was this liquidity built up.

“The Issue was that the funds were going to a few. Only about 5% of the population have bank accounts that have more than half a million in them. So, the majority was left out for eight years. They are on the sidelines while a small minority enjoyed.

“That is the major correction being made by Mr. President now. That is the major microeconomic reforms that have put in place.

“So therefore, government revenue that was outside the federal government consolidated revenue funds have been brought back to the government funds,” Edun said.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Amb. Mumuni Abayomi has advised thought leaders and elder statesmen to refrain from making statements that could provoke the populace, especially at a time when the federal government is working to address economic and security issues in the country.

Mumuni emphasized that the leaders should instead inspire their people with courage and hope.

In a statement issued on Friday, February 23, by his media aide Rasheed Abubakar, the APC chieftain said: “Unfortunately, what we have seen in recent times is that key figures and elder statesmen in the country throw caution to the winds to make statements capable of inciting the people. If this country should burn down, we have no other place to call our own.”

Mumuni acknowledged that there are economic and security challenges in the country, noting that President Bola Tinubu is also aware and making spirited efforts to address them.

He said: “Inasmuch as I understand the plights and frustrations of our citizens on economic and security challenges bedevilling the country, our elder statesmen must be careful not to utter statements that can be misread by some people as a motivation to cause anarchy and unrest. We will all come out of these difficult times.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as we can all see, is making frantic efforts to solve the challenges. Our thought leaders and elders should be torchbearers of hope, courage and resilience. They should advise and work with the government on measures to tackle the challenges.”

Mumuni, a former gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Lagos State, said the security situation of the country is improving, charging the various security agencies to maintain their offensive against criminals and terrorists.

He stated: “We have seen how the strategies on security have improved recently. It shows responsibility on the part of the government. We have witnessed a clampdown on bandit leaders, kidnapping kingpins, terrorists and other criminal gangs. Our security agencies should maintain this energy and prevent criminals from having a foothold in our communities.

“I believe things would ultimately shape up, even on economy. More policies and measures are now being considered by the federal government to tackle the situation. On security, Mr. President has approved increasing the numerical strength of forest rangers and training them so that they can keep forests and borders safe. He has also finally agreed to work with various organs of government to bring state police.

“On the economy, the federal government has also met with various stakeholders to arrest the increasing prices of goods and services. The meeting with cement producers in the country ended with great resolutions.

“The government is also taking the battle to fifth columnists who are trying hard to sabotage its reform efforts. The withheld salaries of ASUU has been paid, and the President has directed the civil service to treat issues of workers’ welfare with dispatch. We should expect more policies and directives that will bring relief to the people.”

Meanwhile, Mumuni charged the people to also hold their state governors to account, noting they are closer to them.

He added: “The monthly FAAC allocation to states has increased dramatically. The people should hold their state governors to account for what they are doing with the funds.

“The state government is closer to the people than the federal government and their interventions will go a long way to bring relief to the people in these difficult times.

“It is surprising that while some state governors have risen up to the occasion, majority of them have been docile. The people should ask questions from the governors too.”

The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has declared that he will contest in the forthcoming state gubernatorial election, scheduled for November 16, 2024.

Naija News reports that Aiyedatiwa made this known on Friday while featuring on TVC news, shortly after the remains of the immediate Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, was buried.

Recall that Aiyedatiwa was, on December 27, 2023, sworn in as governor of the state following the death of Akeredolu after a prolonged illness.

The remains of the former governor was interred at his country home in Owo, in the Owo council area of the state, on Friday amidst tears and political associates who had attended the event.

Speaking after the burial, Aiyedatiwa said he would run for the governorship election, stressing that nobody wants to be governor for one year.

He said, “I will be running. I’m already a sitting governor and let me say this, nobody wants to be governor for one year. Give me what the Constitution allows me to do.

“At least, let me also have the chance of running for one more time.”

One of the victims abducted from the Kuduru community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has been killed by bandits.

Naija News reports that the bandits who abducted the seven persons, on December 28, 2023, including a pregnant woman, also threatened to kill the remaining captives if the N290 million ransom is not raised.

A community source who spoke with Daily Post disclosed that the bandits broke the news of the execution of Olayinka Ogunyemi, a civil engineer, on Friday, after members of the families of the hostages failed to pay the N290 million demanded.

The source said they threatened to kill the remaining captives, including one-and-a-half-year-old boy, two siblings, a pregnant woman and two men.

He gave the names of those being held as Godwin Rachel Adeoye, Godwin Dominic, Austin Buremo, Hassan Usman, Hassan Faosiya and Bako Azeez.

The source said, “They called us yesterday that they have killed Engineer Olayinka Ogunyemi. They told us that they will kill the rest if we don’t bring N290 million.

“We have already paid N23 million and sent food and other items they demanded, but none of our people have been released.

“We are scared and helpless now that they will not kill the pregnant woman and her child, the two siblings and the two men.

“We are appealing to the federal government, the police and the army to step up efforts to rescue our people because their abductors said Nigeria has offended them and they would retaliate.”

The manager of Nottingham Forest, Nuno Espirito Santos has revealed that Super Eagles of Nigeria defender, Ola Aina, played the 2023 AFCON final with an injury.

Ola Aina was one of the Super Eagles of Nigeria players who played virtually all the games in the 2023 AFCON.

Aina was seen as the Eagles’ best player in the tournament but played below expectation in most parts of the 2023 AFCON final against the hosts, Ivory Coast, on February 11, 2023.

Due to his slow form of play, the Ivorians enjoyed their time in the game as they defeated the Super Eagles 2-1 to win their fourth AFCON.

Ahead of Nottingham Forest vs Aston Villa Premier League game at 4 p.m. later today, February 24, coach Nuno Espirito Santos revealed that Ola Aina sustained the injury during the 2023 AFCON semi-final clash against South Africa.

The semi-final clash ended in a 1-1 draw and was decided by penalties in which Aina missed his kick. But Nigeria went on to win the shootout with a 4-2 scoreline.

Due to the injury, Aina who was highly criticized for his poor performance in the 2023 AFCON final, has not been available for Nottingham Forest since the tournament ended.

Espirito Santo said: “Ola got injured in the semi-final and played the final with an injury, he tried but didn’t really play in the final.

“Ibrahim, the same, he was struggling since he was there at the AFCON.

“So the three of them (Ola, Willy, Ibrahim) are not available for this match, which is bad for us. We don’t have a date for their return.”

Dear Readers 

This weekend marks a year since Nigerians went to the polls to vote in the new administration led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Like most things in Nigeria, the process was very contended, highly divisive, rowdy and very improvable; that is all done now anyway. I am tempted to say I dare anyone to come out to say that they truly suspected, imagined or let alone warned anybody that a year from 25th February, 2023, one GBP will be worth over N2000, one US dollar will be worth over N1750, that a litre of petrol will cost over N550 or that a bag of rice will cost over N65,000 in a situation wherein the felt inflation seems way higher than the reported inflation. If such people exist, they should come forward to receive prizes for their scientific ability to predict government and market or deliverance from witchcraft. 

Let us face it, neither the most adherent supporters of the President and his party nor his fiercest opponents can truly say they knew things would be this tough by today. 

As with lovers that approach their beloved with passion and hope, those that wish Asiwaju well and are happy with his victory and believe in him, the first reaction is surprise and confusion, then silence, for as hopefuls they are confused and dumbfounded at the harsh way things currently stand. As with those forced to coexist, there is little time for surprise, the first reaction is anger and a desire to mock, expose and fight. The reaction of citizens that feel forced to coexist with a leader is very similar to the passengers of a commercial vehicle in Lagos: in times of crisis there is no empathy for the driver or conductor, what erupts is a sense of suspicion, anger and the desire to ensure that the culprit does not get away with an inch. 

Of all the difficulties that the country is facing however the most pervasive and uniting is that of hunger. The hunger is due to the inability of people to put food on their tables or just on their plates. Whilst economists ponder and argue if the inability to get food is caused mainly by scarcity of food that stems from low production or mainly by increase in cost of production and distribution that translates into increase in price, normal citizens are just hungry and angry. The anger that comes with hunger is a very well treated link in popular literature. For all, let us remember the 17th Century maxim made popular in our times by Bob Marley with his warning that “a hungry man is an angry man”. Also widely known are some effects of hunger like violence, crime, sins and even cannibalism. 

What is less discussed is the link between hunger and some non-violent perhaps even non-criminal acts but that are nonetheless acts and pronunciations that are at odds with reality and expectations. Genius or psychotic come to mind. 

Hunger or fear of hunger must have been what led some people to believe and try to make others believe that Mohammed Umaru Bago, the Governor of Niger State, ordered that food stuff produced in the state should not be allowed to leave the state. Without hunger in the land, I am assuming that most will quickly see that no Governor can order such in a country with a common currency, national parliament, common law and most importantly wherein States go to the Federal Government to receive money for sustenance. I even heard some normally sane and even informed people propose some kind of retaliatory measures. Signs of the time….

Also worthy of mention is the happy portion of the society that in what appears to be some sort of newly acquired sadomasochistic taste claim to be happy that the country is going through hard times. These are people who with no trace of irony but with palpable sardonic presentation claim to be pleased that people are suffering. Some of the people in this category have gone to the point of saying they want to see more hunger in the land. There is a video making the rounds on social media, it is the video of some happy men with no food but with lots of drinks chanting “Jagaban you’re good for us / Who God has made king/Nobody can take it from them”. To each their own….

In the middle of all these, senior citizens of the country, organised and presented as the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), are threatening to come out naked to show Nigerians how they have gone mad from hunger. Their national President, Godwin Abumisi, used a prepared text to warn the world that Nigerian Senior Citizens are ready to come out naked to the butt to demonstrate their discontent with the state of affairs in general and also their non-inclusion in the minimum wage committee. I am assuming that their protest will be a peaceful one since the NUP President’s only concern seems to be that they might be arrested for coming out hungrily and nakedly. 

For the records, the first set of people to shout they are hungry were the people of Lagos who while being arranged by the police in a way that they will not disturb the jolly ride of the President and his visitors with their own existence shouted “we are hungry”. I am happy to observe that Lagos legislators have requested that members of the executive meet to discuss plans for this season of hunger. 

There have also been some people who, though adults and with a voice on social media, have gone on to question the rising price of locally made products like catfish and garri, asking if these have anything to do with the dollar and concluding that traders are just evil unpatriotic Nigerians. It is safe to assume that to such people macroeconomics was an optional accessory in life until hunger made them think they should have on opinion of it.  

Elsewhere, in the north of the country, some people are intercepting trailer loads of food items destined for a neighbouring country. Ordinarily, trailer loads of food items leaving Nigeria would be praised as export, as a source of forex generation and a symbol of much hoped diversification from crude oil dependency and mono export economy, some patriots would even have boasted that Nigeria is feeding other countries. At times like this however, export is seen as sabotage and even criminal. Hunger is indeed not only bad for the tummy but it is clearly also bad for the mind. 

We have also seen normally taciturn traditional and political leaders warning us that this particular hunger might not end well for the president and country. To these newly found voices, many are quick to respond that these leaders were inaudible during the lacklustre years of the administration led by their fellow northerners. Hunger aside, the responders pointing fingers at those that were mute when things were going bad during the Buhari years should be careful because a full list of hitherto muted voices will include many of those currently in power, starting from our darling President Tinubu. 

Join me if you can on X @anthonykila to continue these conversations. 

. Prof. Kila is Institute Director at CIAPS: www.ciaps.org.

Ministries, Departments and Agencies, (MDAs) of government in the state working with Development Partners should synergise with the State Economic Team towards harmonising programmes, projects and activities for the benefit of people across the state.

Ogun State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Olaolu Olabimtan, who stated this during a Stakeholders Engagement on Development Partners, at the Conference Room of the Ministry in Abeokuta, added that there was need for the MDAs to cultivate an open channel of communication with the Department of Development Partners Coordination under his Ministry for proper and effective coordination of activities.

Mr. Olabimtan explained that the meeting was deliberate and targeted at addressing noticeable gaps affecting the implementation of services to the people, ensure that political heads and accounting officers were abreast of project objectives, towards actualising the partnership goals.   

He urged participants to ensure that outlined programmes and projects of their respective agencies were incorporated into the Medium Term Sectoral Strategy (MTSS) and yearly budget, restating the need for agencies to have a clear understanding of the prospect list of their MDAs.

The Commissioner said they should endeavour to make projects initiated conform with laid down guidelines, stating that some of the challenges identified including, underreporting and duplication of efforts, uncaptured partners, poor budget performance, lack of alignment, among others would be addressed for effective service delivery.

Contributing, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Dada, said the meeting was to synergise with the heads of MDAs in charting a course for a successful outcome of goals, highlighting the benefits of the partnership to include, improved governance, provision of technical assistance and financial support, diversification of resources, social impact and so on.

Also speaking, Senior Special Adviser to the Governor on Development Partner Coordination, Mr. Lanre Adenekan described the meeting as a mechanism for effective coordination of development partners' projects across the state, assuring that the projects would have a direct impact on the people.

Earlier, the Director, Development Partners Coordination, Mrs. Funmilayo Tade revealed that the department coordinates project information and communication, monitors how Development Partners support is being utilised by the government while ensuring efficient and effective utilisation of existing support, among others.

The Ogun State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Olaolu Olabimtan addressing Political heads and Accounting Officers of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA's) at a Stakeholders' engagement meeting on Development Partners, held at the Conference Room of the Ministry in Abeokuta.

The Zone ‘B” Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted two Niger Republic-bound trucks loaded with grains, a  PREMIUM TIMES report said.

In the last few days, officials of the NCS intercepted grains being taken to Niger Republic in Katsina, Sokoto, Kano and Jigawa states.

PREMIUM TIMES said it gathered through a service intelligence report that the two trucks were intercepted on Thursday around 1pm by Kebbi and Kangiwa/Argungu Natsini “FOU roving team.”

Grains in the two trucks include maize, millet and beans, according to the report.

“Two canters loaded with grains, comprises maize, millet and beans going to Niger Republic were also intercepted. Both vehicles were taken to Customs House in Kebbi,” part of the report reads.

According to another memo seen by PREMIUM TIMES, the FOU Zone ‘B’ Kaduna has deployed more officers in its area of responsibility to ensure there is no movement of goods or people in and out of the country.

The memo, prepared by S. M. Mansur, the Unit’s staff officer, was approved by Wasa Chedi, the zonal comptroller.

“All borders in our Area of Responsibility under Zone ‘B’ remained closed pending federal government’s directives. All officers in charge should ensure that nothing goes out or comes in, including grains of all sorts,” the memo read.

Mansur warned officers in charge of units to ensure compliance as “any breach of this instruction, the O/C will be held responsible.”

Back story

Following the 2023 coup that ousted Mohamed Bazoum as president of Niger Republic, Nigeria shut its land borders with the country and cut its electricity supply as part of sanctions against the military junta.

Security has been intensified on the borders and around border communities, especially in the North where Nigeria shares expansive borders with Niger Republic, covering Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno states.

In recent months, Nigerians have been grappling with inflation and economic hardship being exacerbated by the removal of fuel subsidy and floating of the naira last year.

The prices of foodstuffs and other commodities have been soaring, weakening the already fragile economy of the country.

The Customs Service said it intended to intensify surveillance to stop grains from being taken out of the country, which it said was aggravating the hard economic situation.

About 15 trucks of grain were intercepted in Sokoto State on Sunday, while 50 more were intercepted in Zamfara State on Monday and four intercepted in Kano State, also on Sunday.

Customs sells 25kg rice at N10,000

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the sale of seized bags of rice to the public at the cost of N10,000 per 25kg.

The comptroller-general of the NCS, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, said the process for the sale of the food items had been done, such that a form with all the details of the applicant, including the National Identification Number (NIN), would be submitted and a bar code generated for the collection of the commodity.

Adeniyi stated that 10 registration points would be opened for members of the public, with a view to easing the purchase process.

He said the move to sell the seized items was to crash the price of food items and shore up the value of the naira.

He warned against the resale of purchased rice, adding that anybody caught reselling will be arrested and possibly prosecuted.

Daily Trust Saturday reports that thousands of people stormed one of the facilities belonging to the Service on Harvey Road at the Yaba area of Lagos to buy bags of rice.

Some of the beneficiaries who spoke to our correspondent thanked the Service for coming to their aid at a time they felt all hopes had been lost.

A petty trader who identified herself as Shade Tajudeen, said the price of rice in the market had made the items far from the reach of the downtrodden masses.

Another beneficiary, Chika Maduka, said the rice would go a long way in easing the suffering and hardship brought on common Nigerians as a result of food scarcity.

CBN slashes Customs duty rate to N1,488

In an action that appeared to have resulted from the call in a Daily Trust editorial of Thursday, 22nd February, 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in the official foreign exchange window on Friday,  slashed the exchange rate for computing Customs duties to N1,488.

The Customs duty rate was reviewed downwards from N1, 605.82/$ to N1, 488.896/$ yesterday,  according to information on the official trade portal of the Nigeria Customs Service. That cut rrepresented a reduction of about 7.3 per cent.

Still, on November 14, 2023, the rate was adjusted to N783.174/$, and in December, it was adjusted to N951.941/$. On February 2, it was moved to N1,356.883/$ and on February 3, it was moved to N1,413.62/$. Later this month, it was adjusted to N1,417.635/$ then N1,493.23/$ and ultimately to N1604.08.

Yesterday’s cut in the rate comes as some sort of relief to importers who have been battling high duty rates, which results in higher prices of items when they reach their final consumers.

[DailyTrust]

Residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, are helpless over the soaring cost of rent in the nation’s capital.

This is as some house owners in the capital city blame the high cost of building materials for the troubling situation.

Some landlords complained that while the cost of erecting a new building in Abuja has gone over 200 percent from what it used to be some months ago, maintaining the old ones is no less a task.

According to them, materials used for the construction, development, and maintenance of buildings were no longer affordable in Nigeria.

A building goes through maintenance throughout its lifespan and some landlords say it is no longer an easy task.

A check by DAILY POST at different markets where building materials are sold within Abuja, showed that major materials such as, sand, cement, granite, concrete, wood, Plaster of Paris, POP, glass, paint and plumbing materials are now beyond the reach of the ordinary man.

A 50kg bag of cement, for instance, is now sold for N15, 000 and above which is more than three times what it was sold just some weeks back.

Nigerian infrastructure development and economic growth are significantly influenced by the building and construction industry.

Cement is an essential ingredient in the construction of buildings, but DAILY POST understands that many buildings under construction have been abandoned by the owners due to the high cost of this material which now ranges from N10,000 to N15,000 per 50kg, depending on the product.

Flexible binding wires in Nigeria now sell between N8000 to N12,000 while a 10 kg roll costs between N85,500 to N125,000.

A bundle of solid binding wire ranges from N12,500 to N13,800, and a 10kg coil costs between N69,000 and N72,000.

For tiles, 30 × 30 ‌ranges from N12,500 to N13,500; 40 x 40 ranges from N12,400 to N13,800; 30 x 60 ranges from N12,700 to N13,000 while 60 × 60 ‌ ranges from N14,700 to N16,000.

Vitrified tiles within the range of 300×300 pack costs N9000-10,000 while 450×450 pack costs N10,100-12, 500

So are the prices of Polished Porcelain, Steel Rod, Concrete or Granite, Sands

Building Blocks, Laterite, Roofing Sheets, Woods In Nigeria, Woods, windows, Doors, etc, all on the high side.

Mr Jov Richard, who owns a 16-bedroom apartment at Gudu District of the FCT, told DAILY POST that the question of why rent is skyrocketing should not come into play since everyone is already aware of the economic situation in the country.

According to Jov, a Tiv native, “This question shouldn’t be asked at all. Who is not seeing what is happening? How much do you buy a bag of cement today? How much was the nails when I built my house? Do you know how much a block is sold today?

“Please go to the nearest block industry and ask. Have you tried to buy tiles or sand? I wanted to start developing my piece of land in Kuje but had to stop immediately when I heard the current price of cement. Anybody you see building a house now is a politician. So, this question has answered itself.”

Also speaking to DAILY POST on the subject matter, National President of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN, Mr. Aliyu Wamakko, blamed the high cost of building materials for the sky-rocking rent in Abuja.

He said, “You see, the high rise in price of everything, including commodities and rent is what we are experiencing now because of the economic downturn. You need to understand that. How can you now sell a bag of cement for N22,000 and expect an affordable rent? So, it is something you cannot even comprehend.

“The high rise of building materials’ price is the cause of the situation. Do you know that some house rents are being paid in dollars? And how much is a dollar to naira now? The exchange rate is what is now adding another problem to the rent issue. Some of the apartments you see are paid in dollars. And the forex is fluctuating to a terrible stage.

“So these are some of the reasons the house rent goes up. And to add to that, there is a lot of house deficit in the country which we feel this government should do something to ameliorate that issue.

“You could remember we have insurgency, banditry and natural disaster like the floods and all these are issues that encourage the house rent to move up.

“Also, these issues are connected to the subsidy removal and it is unfortunate that the government did not prepare well before taking the decision.

“Look at the salary of the workers, N30,000 (minimum wage). How much are they selling a bag of rice? So you should understand. You have house rent to pay, you have feeding, transport, school fees for your children and you need to cloth yourself. How do you think it is possible?

“I call on you people to ask the country, both Christians and Muslims to keep praying for the stability of our country. That is the only way out. For now, nobody can tell you ‘this is the way out.”

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Director of Press, Tony Ogunleye had earlier told DAILY POST that there’s no law in Nigeria regulating how much a landlord decides to collect as rent.

He insisted that rent has always been on the high in Abuja.

According to him, “Abuja rent has always been high when you compare to places like Lagos and Port Harcourt; it is not something that started today.”

Speaking on unoccupied buildings around the FCT, Ogunleye said that “owners of those empty buildings you see are conducting themselves within the law. They have not gone against the law of the land.

“As far as they are paying their ground rent. Someone can build 10 houses and decides to leave them empty, it’s nobody’s business. They don’t have anything to worry about as much as they are complying with what the government demands of them.”

[DailyPost]