Mrs Mary Afan, the President, Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) says Nigeria may not end hunger by 2025, if it does not invest massively in boosting agricultural production. Afan made this known on Saturday in Abuja on the sidelines of Non-State Actors Step Down training on post 3rd Biennial Review report (BR) organised by ActionAid. Afan identified areas of investment to boost food production to include provision of farm inputs, grains or seedlings and fertiliser to small scale women farmers at a subsidised rate. She noted that ending hunger by 2025 was one of the seven areas…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Initiative to benefit 20 million African farmers, who will receive certified seed and technology to rapidly produce 38 million tons of food ASHENEWS – May 21, 2022: The board of directors of African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Friday, approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis. The Russia-Ukraine war has disrupted food supplies and Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons of food, especially wheat, maize, and soybeans imported from both countries. As a result, African farmers urgently need high-quality seeds and inputs before the planting season begins…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Bello has reshuffled his cabinet 24 hours after he swore in seven new Commissioners as members of the state executive council. The governor also approved the creation of new ministry of Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs to be headed by Mr Emmanuel Umar as well as redeployed three commissioners to other ministries. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the Niger State Government Ahmed Ibrahim Matane on Friday, said Bello assigned portfolios to the seven newly inaugurated commissioners. “Those affected are Al Zakari Abubakar who moved from ministry of Finance to that of…
Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has spent a total of N719,913,227 million for the scholarship of 245 national and international students across 11 national and international universities within seven years in the Hallowed Chamber. Check out the executive summary of school fees, monthly allowances, medical nd Para-Medical allowances of the sponsored students as at April 2022. According to the table of executive summary, the fully paid expenses by universities are as follows: University of Lahore in Pakistan – N163,076,727 Maryam Abacha University, Maradi in Niger Republic – N161,960,000 ISFOP University in Benin Republic – N96,340,000 Crown Hill University, Ilorin Kwara State…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has presented the North West University Sokoto, one of the 12 private universities recently approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) with a provisional license to commence its academic activities. Presenting the licence to the proprietor of the institution and Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum Senator, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu said the establishment of private universities came at the right time when the nation is in dire need of more educational institutions. He said the approval of university by FEC in April showed federal government’s commitment towards providing sound…
Ms Nardos Bekele-Thomas has assumed office as the new Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Department Agency-New Partnership for African Development (AUDA-NEPAD). Her appointment was endorsed by the African Union Heads of State and Government during the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) held Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2022. She is the first woman to lead the African Union’s development agency. The former Head and Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in South Africa, Bekele-Thomas succeeds Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, assumed office on May 1 and the handover retreat was convened in Johannesburg, which took place…
Sokoto state governor and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the appointment of Prince Daniel as spokesperson for his Presidential Campaigns. This is contained in a statement by the Tambuwal Campaign Organization (TCO), Nicholas Msheliza on Tuesday. Prince Daniel is a multi-award winning Broadcaster, a United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace, an International Conference Speaker and a Silver Mic Member of the Black Speakers Network (BSN), USA. He is also an Associate Member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), member Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN) and Screen Writers Guild of Nigeria…
Former Sokoto state commissioner for Finance, Abdussamad Dasuki has formally handed over the ministry to the Permanent Secretary, Dahiru Balarabe Abbas. Dasuki who took over the Ministry in 2019, had earlier tendered his resignation in March in compliance with the Electoral Act. The former commissioner recently returned from a foreign trip to formally hand over the affairs of the Ministry to the permanent secretary. At a brief handover ceremony, the former commissioner extolled governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s sterling leadership, which has placed Sokoto in good stead for rapid growth and development. Dasuki, who is the Santuraki of Sokoto, said with…
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice will hold an International Conference from May 9 to May 12 in Praia, Cape Verde, on strengthening regional integration with the implementation of an effective justice system. The four-day conference will be jointly hosted by the government of Cape Verde, with the theme “ECOWAS Integration model: the legal implications of Regionalism, Sovereignty and Supranationalism.” A panel of discussants consisting of jurists and scholars from ECOWAS Member States, ECOWAS Institutions, International Organisations, are expected interrogate various aspects of the ECOWAS integration model under the seven sub-themes of the conference. Attaining the ECOWAS vision 2020, intergovernmentalism,…
Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has described the administration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as delusive, deceptive and clueless. The governor was responding to journalists’ questions when he paid Sallah homage to his Sokoto state counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal at his private residence on Monday. Mohammed, who said he was in Sokoto for normal traditional homage to Tambuwal and Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, also described the APC as arbitrary and subjective. He added that though the PDP aspirants are 17 in number, whoever wins primary election would be supported by all others. “The feelers and chances for the PDP…