Anytime we attend foreign conferences, you know, we hear other countries tell the amount of gas released into the atmosphere, but we guess. But from today, we will not guess, we will give the correct amount, because of this tracker.
Kidnap and release
On 3 October 2016, Lawrencia and her 73-year-old husband, Pius Mallam, were kidnapped in Jere, along the Kaduna-Abuja expresaway. [12] They, however, regained their freedom about 48 hours after the incident. [8]
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Lawrencia Laraba-Mallam | |
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| Minister of Environment | |
| In office 5 March 2014 –29 May 2015 |