The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) as part of deliberate measures to address the worsening poverty in the country. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting. The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the First Lady Conference Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The approved NPRGS was submitted to the Federal Executive Council by Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC). “The Presidential Economic Advisory Council had some weeks back submitted…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has barred Maxicare Company (Nigeria) Ltd. from conducting business with it for the next three years. The bank said on its website on Wednesday that the debarment, for engaging in “collusive and fraudulent practices” during a business tender, took effect from Feb. 23. It stated that the infringement was committed under the Transport Facilitation Programme for the Bamenda-Mamfe-Abakaliki-Enugu Road Corridor connecting Cameroon and Nigeria. The bank added that an investigation by AfDB’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Maxicare engaged in collusive and fraudulent practices during the tender for the construction of weigh stations…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved an augmentation of N665 million for the procurement of poultry equipment for displaced poultry farmers in Borno, Yobe, Plateau and Zamfara. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, disclosed this when she briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja on Wednesday. “Today, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development presented a memo to Council on behalf of National Emergency Management Agency seeking the approval of Council for the revised estimated cost and augmentation…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Office for West Africa and Sahel (UNOWAS) have solicited the support of the Nigerian Army for their regional stabilisation programme. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Wednesday said the calls were made during courtesy on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru by the organisations. Yerima said the UNDP delegation was led by its Resident Representative Mohamed Yahya, while the UNOWAS delegation was led by its Senior Political Officer Williams Liforgo in separate visits on Tuesday. The UNDP Resident Representative Yahya said…
The National Coordinator, Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), Salisu Mohammed says the lifeline of the project has been extended by two years. Mohammed disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu during a retreat organised by the Anambra state Ministry of Environment under the NEWMAP. The NEWMAP is a tripartite eight-year project between the World Bank, Federal government and participating state governments. It is aimed at addressing the Nigerian gully erosion crisis in Southern Nigeria and land degradation in Northern Nigeria on a multi-dimensional scale. Mohammed said that NEWMAP was initially predicated on a $500 million loan for the participating…
The Senate has passed the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Amendment Bill. This followed the adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions at plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the report, Sen. Uba Sani, Chairman of the Committee, said the committee engaged stakeholders including AMCON, Ministries of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) before arriving at its conclusion. He said the stakeholders in their submissions suggested that AMCON be empowered to take possession, manage, sell, transfer and assign property used as security for eligible…
A Sokoto-based Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Sa’ar Mata Foundation on Tuesday, distributed rice to 1,000 indigent persons across three local government areas of the state. The foundation also distributed Join Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms to 50 students, to them further their studies at various higher schools of learning in the country. Inaugurating the distribution, the founder, Barrister Sa’adatu Muhammad said that the gesture was part of the annual activities of the foundation to ease the hardship of indigent persons in the state. “This is part of our activity during the period of Ramadan, to support less privileged persons…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Total Upstream Nigeria Limited and their partners have donated a medical oxygen plant to the Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos. The plant was inaugurated on Wednesday by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu said one of the most outstanding lessons from the coronavirus pandemic was the need to build stronger and more resilient healthcare systems that would stand the test of time and also lead to improved patient care. “The provision of quality healthcare that guarantees comfort and longevity is a fundamental pillar of our T.H.E.M.E.S developmental agenda. “We will continue to implement…
Sierra Leone has expressed gratitude to Nigeria and some other West African countries as it marked its 60th anniversary of Independence. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo represented Nigeria at Sierra Leone’s 6oth Independence celebration held on April 27 in Freetown. Speaking before several other West African leaders including Osinbajo, the President of Sierra Leone, Julius Bio, mentioned how Nigeria and other countries in the sub-region have been helpful in the course of the peace and development…
The UK Minister for Africa, James Duddridge has blamed the insecurity challenges being faced by some African countries to the effects of climate change. The minister said in Abuja on Wednesday that the main crux of the insecurity borders more on lack of arable land and water occasioned by the effects of climate change. According to him, these issues which are linked to climate change will be elaborated on during the Glasgow Climate Change Conference 2021, tagged COP26. Duddridge said that from the herders’ crisis in Nigeria or Sahel to other crisis, a common denominator was lack of arable lands…