By Tina George, Minna The Niger state government has been paying salaries and emoluments to 333 certified dead civil servants for the past two years, investigation has revealed. The state Civil Service Screening Committee set up by the state government to verify the workers on its payroll, made the disclosure in Minna on Thursday. Ashenewsdaily reported barely a week ago that a fake commissioner has been on the payroll of the state government and 80 civil servants were dismissed for fraudulent activities by the committee. The Chairman of the Committee, Engineer Ibrahim Panti, who disclosed this in a radio interview,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Governor Aminu Tambuwal has appealed to the National Hajj Commission, NAHCON, to review the subsisting airlifting policy with a view to giving more consideration to local airliners. The governor made the plea when he received the Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Zikirullah Hassan and his team at Government House, Sokoto on Thursday. Observing that the existing policy at a point almost discouraged local airliners from operating, Tambuwal suggested that NAHCON should encourage them to improve on their modus operandi by measuring up to international visa standard. ”We know there have been challenges but encourage them to do better so that…
In his quest to reposition the economy of Sokoto state, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has set up an Ease-of-Doing-Business Council, EODBC, in the state. The governor made the announcement while commissioning a One-Stop-Shop on ease of doing business, EODB, in Sokoto on Thursday. According to him, the EODBC, which will be chaired by him, is in adoption of the recommendations of the National Economic Council, NEC, and would meet monthly and brief the State Economic Council, SEC, quarterly. Tambuwal also directed the state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Bashir Jegawa, to serve as the State Reform Champion on EODB and “will…
Sokoto state government has handed stern warning against education secretaries found to be wanting in the discharge of their duties. The Chairman of State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Alhaji Shuaibu Gwanda Gobir said this at the inauguration of State and Local Government BESDA Monitoring Teams, held in the auditorium of Sultan Maccido Institute for Qur’an and General Studies. In a statement by spokesperson of the Board, Abbas Tukur Sanyinna made available to Ashenewsonline on Thursday, Gobir said the warning became necessary because some education secretaries were sabotaging the efforts of government in improving basin education in the state. He expressed…
The Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami on Thursday, launched the central database, explaining that it will promote transparency as well as accountability of recovered stolen assets. The AGF, in his speech made available to Ashenewsonline , said the database will also help in coordination of assets recovered by anti-graft agencies as well as create a synergy among relevant agencies for the purpose of assets recovery and management. He added that it will build transparency and accountability of assets recovered within and outside Nigeria. “The central database is a product of…
By Rakiya A. Muhammad A mood of despondency sets in as Mallam Abdullah surveys the devastation to his farmlands. The 56-year-old farmer lost all 13 farms to flood in Taloka village, Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state Northwest Nigeria. Investments in rice, millet and pepper worth millions of Naira went down the drain. Torrential rains had led to significant flooding, causing widespread destruction to farmlands in the locality where the majority rely on agriculture for their sustenance and income. Abdullahi is among thousands of farmers across Sokoto state hard hit by the flood that was recorded in virtually all…
The Zone 4 Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has commenced ‘Operation Road Sanitizer’, aimed at ensuring sanity on the roads from 18th to 30th September, 2020. According to a statement by the Acting Zonal Public Education Officer, DRC Terry Hoomlong made available to Ashenewsonline on Thursday, quoted the Zonal Commanding Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal, Kayode Olagunju, mni, as saying that the operation will tackle many areas of traffic offences. “The operation will enforce critical offences such as use of phone while driving, dangerous driving, overloading, speed limit violation and driving with worn out tyres. …
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that Nigeria will within the limits of resources do her best to support the consolidation of democracy in West African countries. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari stated this when he hosted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso, who was on a one-day official visit to Nigeria, on Thursday. He said: “We are keeping tabs on situations in countries that have elections ahead. “We know the countries that are calm and the ones where there have been unfortunate casualties.…
Today, Sokoto State moved up another notch in opening up its economy to its people, the nation and the world at large, by commissioning the One-Stop-Shop, under the Ease of Doing Business Program. One Stop Shop brings together under one roof, sharing the same space, all the State and Federal agencies, “involved in regulatory, certification, registration and revenue generation”, Governor of the State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal told the gathering at the venue of the event. He explained that the move is intended to “help business men and women to navigate these agencies, to seek for information, advisory services, registration/renewal of…
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof Itse Sagay, has raised alarm against the proposed bill to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, act. Recall that the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami disclosed that the Federal Executive Council, FEC, had approved the establishment of Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Agency, to be charged with proper coordination of all recovered looted assets. He also said that the FEC had approved transmission of a “Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Agency Bill,” to the National Assembly,…