Dr Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu, wife of Kebbi state governor has launched a training program for healthcare providers in the state on appropriate care and support for Gender-based Violence (GBV) survivors. The training supported by the USAID Integrated Health Program (IHP), will build the capacity of front line healthcare workers to prevent and respond to GBV in every primary healthcare center (PHC) across the state. Dr Bagudu represented by the former Executive Secretary Secondary Schools Management Board and Chairperson High Level Women Advocacy, Asmau Alkali said at the event on Wednesday in Birnin Kebbi, that the training will strengthen the capacity of frontline…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the Government of Senegal, through the Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) and Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Semences du Sénégal (UNIS), have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at improving agricultural productivity in the West African nation. The partnership targets priority crops such as rice, maize, groundnuts, and cassava that the government is working on to improve its productivity amidst vulnerabilities of climate change. Speaking at the opening of a one-day high-level roundtable in Dakar (July 7) on Innovative and Economically Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Transformation, Dr Moussa Baldé, Minister for Agriculture and…
Almost half of Australians are living with a chronic health condition, a report has said. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) on Thursday published its latest two-yearly report on the nation’s health. It found that the life expectancy rate at birth increased to 83.0 years in 2020, or the sixth-highest rate among the 38 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries. However, with people living longer the number of Australians with at least one chronic health condition such as diabetes, cancer or mental conditions has increased to 11.6 million, or 47 per cent of the population.…
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…
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…