The Borno Ministry of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning on Thursday organised a townhall meeting for public input on 2022 budget. Welcoming the participants, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Maryam Shehu said the development was part of many reforms being undertaken by Gov. Babagana Zulum’s administration to make the budget process transparent and in tune with global best practice. “It is also in line with the policy thrust of the present administration which emphasises transparency, accountability and sustainability. “Gone are the days when budgets are done without recourse or consultation with the people the government is expected to serve,”…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Kaduna state government has directed public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to resume on Sept. 12 for First Term, 2021/2022 academic session. The Director-General, Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance, Umma Ahmed issued the order in the State’s 2021/2022 School’s Calendar for primary and secondary schools, made available to journalists in Kaduna on Thursday. According to her, the First Term will run from Sept. 12 to Dec. 17; Second Term, Jan. 9, 2022, to April 8, 2022; and Third Term, Aug. 6, 2022, to Sept. 3, 2022. “All public and private basic and post basic schools…
…Get commendation from Pro-Chancellor The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing council, Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA , Amb Godknows Igali has asserted that the institution is blessed with crop of excellent scientists able to hold their own anywhere in the world. He made the remark while interacting with winners of the 2020 TETFUND National Research Foundation NRF from the University during a reception for them on the side-line of the Statutory meeting of the Council on Tuesday September 7, 2021. In the 2020 result just released by the NRF, the Obafemi Awolowo University won the highest number of grants followed by the University…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday said only two of its eight demands have so far been met by the Federal Government in the last nine months. The Ibadan Zone of the union made this known in a statement after its meeting at the Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso chaired by its Coordinator in LAUTECH, Prof. Oyebamiji Oyegoke. Others in attendance were: the Chairpersons from University of Ibadan, Prof. Ayo Akinwole; UNILORIN, Prof. Moyosore Ajao; LAUTECH, Dr Biodun Olaniran and KWASU, Dr Shehu Salau. Oyegoke said in the statement that strike was “a ticking bomb” and fear that…
The nation’s bourse extended losing streak to four consecutive trading sessions on Thursday with the All-Share Index contracting further by 0.01 per cent on sustained sell-offs of banking stocks. The performance was buoyed by investors’ profit-taking sentiments in all the major sectors except oil & gas stocks. Specifically, the All-Share Index shed 3.19 points or 0.01 per cent to close at 39,201.33 in contrast with 39,204.52 achieved on Wednesday. Consequently, month-to-date and year-to-date losses stood at 0.1 per cent and 2.7 per cent, respectively. Similarly, the market capitalisation inched lower by N2 billion or 0.01 per cent to close at…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will want to be remembered as the president who stabilised Nigeria in the areas of security, economic prosperity and triumph over corruption. The president stated this at a townhall meeting with South East leaders during his one-day official visit to Imo on Thursday. According to him, with less than two years left in his eight-year tenure as president, security still remains a major priority for his administration. “If there is no security, there is nothing anyone can do no matter how much you try or the initiative you have. ‘‘Security is number one priority and…
The Peoples Democratic Party has announced Adamawa Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri as Chairman of its 2021 National Convention Organising Committee and his Enugu counterpart, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as Chairman of the Zoning Committee. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the resolutions of the PDP National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Thursday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said that the NEC met to further discuss critical issues concerning the party. He said that the NEC at the meeting approved the composition of its national convention planning committee as well as the zoning committee to zone National…
…The adoption of improved agricultural technologies and innovations key to enhancing productivity and livelihood of farmers Establishing an enabling environment with appropriate policies, regulations, institutions, and markets to drive the adoption of innovations is key to building agricultural resilience in Africa, said Dr. Canisius Kanangire, the Executive Director of AATF during the 11th African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) virtual Summit 2021. Speaking during a panel session on Resilience and Adaptation, Dr. Kanangire stated that it is also critical to encourage creation of enduring public-private partnerships to facilitate platforms through which technology and accompanying knowledge can be transferred to farmers. The panel session highlighted global experiences…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has called on the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, to make MultiChoice act on an agreement entered into over non inclusion of Northern-based television stations on the DSTV platform. The request is contained in a letter dated 2nd September, 2021 and addressed to the Director General of the Commission through the Director, Investigation & Enforcement, Gloria Makinde and signed by the spokesperson of the groups, a copy of which was made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday. The letter captioned “Follow up on our meeting with you and officials of MultiChoice Nigeria”, recalled details of the…
The federal government says it will not allow any group or persons to impede smooth conduct of elections in the country. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno stated this at the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting, organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja on Thursday, Monguno, represented by Mr Sanusi Galadima said that the government would not abdicate its constitutional responsibility of securing lives and property. “With the prevalence of security threats occasioned by different dissident separatist groups in the Southern region of the country, who are bent on scuttling efforts of government…