From Danjuma Labiru Bolari, Gombe Gombe state government has been called upon by the civil society -scaling up nutrition in Nigeria CS-SUNN to increase budgetary allocation for Nutrition against 15 per cent national interest. The executive secretary of the association Sunday Okoronkwo made this call during an advocacy to the Executive secretary of the Primary Health care development agency Gombe State Dr Abdurrahaman Shu’aibu, where he appealed to him to assist in pushing it to the government. Okoronkwo who was represented by the program officer Ambrose Evhoesor, said CS-SUNN has tried to see that budget allocation for Nutrition in the…
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From Musa Muhammad Kutama, Calabar The Cross River State House of Assembly has on Thursday passed the Budget Estimates and Supplementary Appropriation Bill 2024. The new Budget size is 437,876,029,437.51 ( Four hundred and Thirty-seven Billion, Eight Hundred and Seventy-Six Million, twenty-nine thousand, four hundred and thirty-seven naira, fifty-one kobo. The breakdown of the budget size indicates that N151, 684,649,487.66 is for Personnel/Overhead Cost, N283,333,644,824.34 for Capital Expenditure and N2,857,735,125.51 is for Statutory Expenditure. The passage of the Appropriation Bill followed the adoption and approval of the recommendation of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation. The Finance and Appropriation…
By Usman Usman Garba Kano State Ministry of Education has embarked on a Media tour to strengthen cordial working relationships with media organizations across the state. The State Commissioner of Education Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa alongside some staff of the ministry visited the management of some media stations to discuss issues regarding educational development and seek their support to address problems of education in Kano. In his separate speech during the visit to Radio Kano, Nasara Radio and Freedom Radio, Umar Doguwa revealed that the stage at which the present administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf found the education sector…
From Maawuya Bala Idris, Katsina A Katsina-based non-governmental organisation, Gwagware Foundation has announced a plan to launch an educational support programme for out-of-school children. The Triumph learnt that the programme is to enrol over 1,000 children in school. The Chairman of the Foundation, Yusuf Aliyu Musawa revealed this at a meeting with local government liaison officers, coordinators and executives of the foundation. Musawa explained that the programme will assist the out-of-school children with educational materials. “The programme will extend support to the parents of these children, ensuring they have the necessary resources to keep their children in school,” he said.…
By Rabiu Sanusi The Interim Management Officer of Ungogo Local Government, Alhaji Sani Abdu Ungogo, has inaugurated a new committee dedicated to the distribution of fertilizers and the promotion of a tree-planting campaign. At the event which was held at the local government secretariat, the Interim Management Officer said that the initiative aims to support local agriculture and enhance environmental conservation efforts in the region. Abdu Ungogo further explained that the move is marking a significant step towards sustainable development and agricultural productivity in Ungogo Local Government. He tasked the committee to ensure fair and efficient distribution of fertilizers to…
From Atiku Sarki, Abuja The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has expressed fears over the off-cycle Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States. The INEC Chairman made the fear on Thursday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on INEC with other Commissioners and observed that apart from a strain on state facilities, there is also the issue of governors using the power of incumbency to the detriment of other opposition parties and their candidates. Speaking specifically on Edo state, Prof. Yakubu noted that despite the challenge of flooding, there is also…
From Atiku Sarki, Abuja Mr Tunji Bello officially assumed his role as the Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) today Thursday 25th July 2024. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja indicating that Mr Bello brings a wealth of experience to the FCCPC, and the Commission is confident he will be a strong advocate for fair competition and consumer protection in Nigeria. According to the statement, Mr Bello was welcomed to the Commission by Dr Adamu Abdullahi, the Executive Commissioner of Operations, and Mr Kola Alabi, the…
From Umar Danladi Ado, Sokoto The United Nations International Children’s Education Funds(UNICEF), says Nigeria is leading the 60.5 million Sub-Saharan African statistical chart record of Out of out-of-school children taking 10 million of the population. The Sokoto state UNICEF Education Field Officer, Beatrice Sababa said in Sokoto on Wednesday at a UNICEF and SUBEB organised media interactive session. The statistics further said that 1 in 3 of Nigeria’s children population is out of school. At least 8 North states have taken more than half of the Out of out-of-school children population. The affected states include Kano, Kebbi, Yobe, Katsina, Sokoto,…
From Atiku Sarki, Abuja The Defence Head Quarters has confirmed that the operational activities by the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the last week across the country have neutralized 106 terrorists, arrested 164 suspects and rescued 103 kidnapped hostages. The military troops also arrested 32 perpetrators of oil theft and denied them of estimated sum of seven hundred and ninety-three million five hundred and thirty-six thousand naira (N793,536,000.00). Briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja on the ongoing operational activities by the Armed Forces of Nigeria, the Director, of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba said that as of 25th…
By Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu The Kulen Allah Cattles Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) commends Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State for agricultural empowerment programmes. In a statement signed and sent by Hon Khalid Muhammad Bello the national president of the Association made available to newsmen in Damaturu said that the association expressed its deepest appreciation to the Executive Governor of Yobe State, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, CON, for his generous distribution to 5,340 farmers and ruminants women in the State. According to him, this initiative is part of an agricultural empowerment scheme providing three ruminants to ten beneficiaries in…