By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The USAID Nigeria Health Workforce Management Activity, has donated learning and skills laboratory equipment to three health training institutions in Bauchi state. Aimed at strengthening pre-service health system, the equipment was presented at the Aliko Dangote College of Nursing Sciences Bauchi on Wednesday. The benefiting institutions are Aliko Dangote College of Nursing Sciences Bauchi; Bill and Melinda Gates College of Health Technology Ningi and the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi. The State Coordinator of USAID Nigeria Health Workforce Management Activity, Roberts Nature said the project is aimed to strengthen pre-service health system and improve quality…
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By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has commenced a one week training for 150 Bauchi youths scavengers on waste management. The training with theme: “Efficient Waste Management Practices and A-Z of Recycling” is taking place at River Edge Hotel Bauchi. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the workshop, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Environment, Suleiman M. Babaji said the training shows the commission’s commitment to secure a sustainable environment not only for present generations but also for the future ones. He added that the training which is anchored on waste management will help the youths…
Niger state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammed Umaru Bago has picked the state chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Yakubu Garba as his running mate. Bago made the announcement through his Twitter handle @HonBago on Monday. “I am delighted to announce Comrade Yakubu Garba, the Chairman of Niger State Chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), as the Deputy Governorship candidate of our party, APC in the 2023 elections. “I appreciate the stakeholders, members of our party and the people of Niger East Senatorial Zone for presenting their illustrious son as my running mate. “A greater Niger…
The Chairman of Wood Expo Nigeria (WEN) Synergies, Danny Sokari-George has said the country’s 25 million trees planting target is achievable, especially if stakeholders are involved in the programme. Speaking at the pre-event press conference for 2022 Wood Expo Nigeria Synergies, organised to create awareness for the event schedule for Landmark Event Centre in Lagos between 7th and 10th November, 2022, the Chairman expressed his organisation’s willingness to participate. According to him, in order to birth the 25 million trees across the country, WEN Synergies will partner state governments in the effort and engage the youths to create jobs from…
Nigeria has pledged commitment to reducing marine plastic pollution from land-based sources and activities. President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Saturday, gave the assurance in a speech delivered on his behalf by the Minister of State for Environment Sharon Ikeazor at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, in Lisbon. While highlighting Nigeria’s effort at ensuring the health and sustainability of oceans, seas and marine resources, the president said that a national policy on plastic pollution and the road map on tackling solid and plastic waste management had been formulated and established. Buhari, who lauded the…
The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) N600 million integrated poultry farm at Amoyo in the Ifelodun local government area of Kwara would formally commence operations on July 21. Unilorin secured a facility from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to establish a commercial poultry farm to boost the production of eggs and chicken. A statement by the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, quoted the Chairman, Steering Committee of the Poultry Farm project, Prof. Mikhail Buhari, as saying that the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, is expected to inaugurate the ground-breaking project. Buhari, who is also the university’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, said…
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, says the ministry will support the North East livestock sub sector with about 2 million free vaccines. Abubakar made this known in a statement by Mr Mohammed Gana, Information Officer in the ministry on Friday in Abuja. He said this at the 2022 Nationwide Free Mass Vaccination Campaign against Transboundary Animal Diseases in Dadinkowa, Yamaltu Deba local government area of Gombe state. The minister was represented at the event by Dr Maimuna Habib, the Director, Federal Department of Veterinary and Pest Control and Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria. He said…
The Coca Cola company and its partner, Medshare, in collaboration with federal government, on Friday donated equipment worth N3 billion to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano under the Safe Birth Initiative (SBI). The equipment and supplies were formally unveiled and handed over at a special event held at the Hospital in Kano. At the handover ceremony, the Managing Director of Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Alfred Olajide, said the initiative was aimed at improving maternal outcomes and reducing child mortality incidents. “The Safe Birth Initiative is a part of the company’s wellbeing programme, to support the efforts of the government in reducing…
Mr Tobias John, a public health expert, on Friday warned that malaria might lead to Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) if left untreated. John, who is the Northeast Zonal Coordinator of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) gave the warning in an interview in Gombe. He said that the warning was imperative in view of the dearth of proper awareness about malaria and the different health complications that untreated malaria could lead to. He said that malaria was sensitive to human health in view of the series of health complications that were related to the disease and its…
The partnership between Oxford Biomedica and AstraZeneca to produce vaccines against COVID-19 will continue for another three years, according to a new deal between the two firms. The new agreement represented an expansion of the original agreement announced between the two companies in September 2020. As part of the original commitment, Oxford Biomedica expected to complete the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines at its Oxbox facility in the last quarter of 2022. Terms of the original agreement was inclusive of revenues for batches already manufactured in the first half of 2022. The Oxford Biomedica expected to recognise aggregate revenues of about 30 million…