The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says it disbursed N975 billion to Nigerian wheat farmers to ensure set-reliance to fight food security in the 2021/2022 season. The governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emiefele, represented by the Jigawa State Branch Controller, Saadatu Inuwa disclosed this at the celebration of ‘Brawn Day’ and inauguration of the 2021/2022 wheat harvesting period, at Gabarin village of Ringim local government the state. “Since the introduction of the national agricultural policy under the president Muhammad Buhari mantra of ‘We must Produce what we eat and we must eat what we produced’ the CBN has distributed…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Sokoto state governor and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Aminu Tambuwal has debunked reports attributed to him that the South South region cannot produce resident of the country. Tambuwal denied the report on ChannelsTV’s Politics Today programme monitored on Tuesday. Asked on the allegation that he ran imbalance committees when he was Speaker at the House of Representatives, Tambuwal challenged those to prove their allegations. “Before I answer that, I read an online report that I said the South South cannot produce the President of Nigeria. I didn’t say that. Rather, I said in 2011 I supported…
Sokoto state governor and ace presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Aminu Tambuwal has said that the party is not considering zoning of the presidency to a particular region of the country in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The chairman of the PDP governors’ forum spoke to newsmen after his separate meetings with the former military president, Ibrahim Babangida and former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar in their residences in Minna. According to Tambuwal, zoning of presidency had never been the main issue in any political party in the country since 1979. “The main issue has been that…
Frontline Nigerian presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2023 general elections and Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal says he is offering the country his Pan-Nigerian content and competence in his quest for coveted seat. He has also advised members of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), to first clinch the position of president of the country in the forthcoming election in 2023 before deciding on allocation of important positions to deserving members. Tambuwal was speaking with former presiding officers of states House of Assembly and House of Representatives, at the ballroom of the Fraser Suites in Abuja on Tuesday, in continuation of his…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Kebbi state governor, Abubakar Bagudu inaugurated the disbursement of empowerment grant to 3,746 women beneficiaries with a view to improve their livelihoods. The women, operating under “Women Affinity Groups”, are benefiting from the Nigeria For Women Project, which is funded by the state and federal governments, as well the World Bank. The captured Kebbi women will receive an average of N26,000 from the total grant of N96,413,190 for 823 beneficiaries in Maiyama, 1,876 in Argungu and 1,047 Ngaski local governments of the state. The governor explained that the women project attracts $15 million to be implemented in…
Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis has urged Parliamentarians across the globe to focus on tackling climate change the challenges through the various interventions they carry-out in their countries and constituencies. The Speaker made the call on Monday while delivering his address at the 144th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Bali, Indonesia. The Communications Directorate of the ECOWAS Parliament in a statement issued on Monday stated that the 144th IPU Assembly is with the theme: Getting to Zero: Mobilizing Parliaments to Act on Climate Change. Tunis said that it is important that sector of the economy incorporate this phenomenon in its…
The National Universities Commission, NUC, on Monday, presented a certificate of recognition to the Shehu Shagari University of Education, SSUE, as the first discipline-based tertiary institution of its kind in the entire northern region of the country. ASHENEWS recalls that the state governor Aminu Tambuwal had upgraded the Shehu Shagari College of Education, SSCOE, to a full-fledged university of education with bias for entrepreneurship development. The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed confirmed the recognition of the varsity when Tambuwal led the management board of the university to present strategic documents of the institution to the Commission in…
Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal has said that Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari is ‘ignorant’ of and lacks the capacity to govern the country. Tambuwal made the comment when he visited the Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Secretariat to solicit support for his presidential ambitions in 2023 on Saturday. “The president doesn’t understand Nigeria and the dynamics of modern governance. “And we need, for us to really address the challenges of Nigeria’s situation today, have at the top of the leadership of this country someone that understands Nigeria itself. “Someone that can reach out and consult and build consensus on…
By Bashir Rabe Mani Sen. Sani Musa, a National Chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has pledged to restore Nigeria’s glorious days and take her back to the prosperous years, if elected. Musa, who represents Niger East Senatorial District in the Senate, made the pledge after picking his registration form as a contestant for the coveted APC Chairmanship position scheduled for the elective convention on March 26. A statement issued by his Media Adviser, Nasir Mohammed in Abuja on Wednesday said that Musa spoke in a chat with journalists shortly after purchasing his form. Mohammed said that the aspirant…
A 2019 governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Mohammed Ajia has said he is ready to make himself available to serve his people in 2023. Ajia disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking in Ilorin at an event organized to commemorate the birthday ceremony of a Special Assistant to Kwara state governor, Musbau Esinrogunjo. He commended the leadership of the PDP in the state for ceding the 2023 gubernatorial ticket to Kwara North. He, however, urged the region to take advantage of the opportunity and mobilize the people to return to the party. Ajia warned “should the…