The Chairman PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday said current efforts at restructuring Nigeria would not achieve success if not channeled through the amendments of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly. Tambulwa, the Governor of Sokoto State was quoted as saying this while speaking at the opening plenary of the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit tagged: “Building partnerships for resilience” in Abuja. In a statement issued by the governor’s Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Abubakar Shekara, he said the nation must avoid a repeat of the mistake of 2015 when a robust attempt by the House of Representatives to amend…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Sokoto state government has sought extended partnership with the federal government and the Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), to harness renewable energy for the improvement of power supply in the state and other scientific undertakings therein. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state made the request when he received the Minister of State for Power, Engr Sale Mamman, his entourage and some university dons as well as stakeholders in the state. The governor, who specifically asked “for greater collaboration” with UDUS and the Federal Ministry of Power, expressed gratitude to the federal government and the ministry for their successive efforts to…
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has commended the efforts of the Victims Support Fund (VSF) Taskforce on COVID-19, for its emergency programme to cushion the effects of the pandemic on the lives of Nigerians. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State, Mary Noel-Berje made available to AsheNews on Monday, Sani Bello made the commendation when he received members of the taskforce on a courtesy visit at the Government House in Minna, the state capital. The Governor said the intervention would help in addressing some of the challenges the people are faced…
The Federal government and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) say a national summit to boost the nation’s cassava production in underway. Mr Garba Bala, National Programme Coordinator of FGN/IFAD-VCDP, said this at the inauguration of a cassava bulky centre and solar-powered borehole at Uli, Ihiala local government area of Anambra on Saturday. Bala has inaugurated similar projects at Ogbaru, Awka North and Anambra East local government areas of the state. “We are having problem with cassava off-taking unlike in the rice value chain where we have achieved a lot,” he said. Bala said that…
A U.S. federal court on Saturday evening dismissed President Donald Trump’s suit that sought to cancel millions of mail-in votes in the November 3 election in Pennsylvania. This is yet another major blow to efforts by Trump to have the presidential election results invalidated in battleground states where he lost. His legal team, led by former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, had approached the Middle District Court of Pennsylvania alleging that 1.5 million mail-in votes in the state were illegally counted. Giuliani had alleged that the president’s poll watchers were not allowed to observe the counting of mail-in ballots. That,…
A total of 11 kidnap victims were on Saturday night rescued from their abductors by officials of the Zamfara government, a statement issued by Jamilu Iliyasu, the Press Secretary to Governor Bello Muhammad, has said. Iliyasu said the unconditional release of the victims, who hail from Bukkuyum local government area of the state, followed the ‘carrot and stick’ approach initiated by Muhammad. ‘Carrot and stick’ is a metaphor for the use of a combination of reward and punishment to induce a desired behavior. Iliyasu explained that government officials started negotiations with the bandits immediately they received distress calls that the…
One of Africa’s leading food processing and agribusiness companies, Nigerian based Dantata Foods and Allied Products Company Limited, has partnered with a UK based innovative and Agric-technology firm, RegenFarm Limited in collaboration with the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office of the British government under its Agricultural sector intervention (LINKS Project). A statement by the General Manager, Corporate Services of Dantata Foods and Allied Products Company Limited, Sanusi Bature on Saturday, said “the tripartite partnership is aimed at increasing quality food production, enhancing export opportunities of Nigeria’s agricultural commodities and improve soil fertility, nutrients content and organic matter. “A technology platform…
The deputy governor of Sokoto state, Manir Dan’iya has said that the current administration, under the leadership of Aminu Tambuwal, is a clear departure from past governments since the creation of the state 43 years ago. Dan’Iya stated this when he received members of the Advocacy for the Empowerment of Nigerian Women Initiative (AENWI) in his office on Thursday. He told the group which honored him with the ‘Integrity & Peace Award 2020’, that women inclusion in governance is a ‘grand style’ cultivated by Tambuwal. “It is clear without contention that under Tambuwal, women in this state have enjoyed his…
Today, I offer a short tribute to our great comrade, friend and compatriot Yima Sen, who was buried last weekend. Yima was an elegant person, soft spoken, polite, open to dialogue and always ready for a debate. He was also always firm and clear in his progressive beliefs, ideologically sharp, deeply cultured in Marxist theory and always ready to engage not just in theoretical postulations but grounding evolving struggles in theory and practice that serve to elucidate the best pathway to progress. It is this life-long engagement in theory and practice, in seeking deeper understanding of on-going struggles and in…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for its leaders to enable them to address the numerous challenges facing the country. Abubakar spoke at the inauguration of a new Mosque donated by the Qatar Foundation to the community of Rijiyar Kade in Kware local government area of Sokoto State on Thursday. The Sultan said that Nigerians needed to support its leaders with fervent prayers and to remain patient as the country’s challenges are being addressed. “As leaders we are aware of all the hardship the people are facing. However, I want to…