L-R– Former President Olusegun Obasanjo; Dr Kenton Dashiell, IITA Dep. DG, Partnerships for Delivery; and Prof Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health during the Nigeria Zero Hunger Meeting at IITA Ibadan…on Friday By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan on Friday held a stakeholders meeting in order to draw a roadmap to end hunger in Nigeria by the year 2030. The Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategy meeting, which received support from the World Food Program, was organized in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) that seeks to end hunger by…
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Textile materials By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has joined a league of other GMO advocates to support the production of genetically modified, also known as Bt Cotton in Nigeria. In a letter to the Country Representative of Monsanto, a global seed company, signed by the Director General of the Council, Dr. Hussaini Ibrahim stated that it was concerned with the current dwindling status of cotton production in Nigeria. RMRDC, which is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, noted that the textile sector had stabilized Nigeria’s economy when it was…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Towards realizing the rights of children and women to survival, development, protection and participation, Sokoto State Government and UNICEF have signed a joint annual work plan for the year 2016. The work plan, which is drawn to cover health, nutrition, education, water, sanitation and hygiene, is estimated to gulp the sum of N2.09 billion. According to the plan, improvement of access to and use of high-quality and high-impact health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions by children and women, would be achieved. In addition, it would improve access to quality basic education by the most vulnerable boys…
Deputy Senate Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah Donates 47 Multi-purpose Farming Implement to Farmers in Seven LGAs of His Senatorial zone of Kebbi State Display of the farming implement Displaying Use of Hand Tiller
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto state government has concluded plans to convert the state-owned Amanawa Leprosarium to a full-fledged hospital for infectious diseases. Governor Aminu Tambuwal made the disclosure in Sokoto on Wednesday while addressing stakeholders on health at the ongoing 56th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). According to him, approval has been given to upgrade to premier health institutions, one hospital in each of the three senatorial districts of Sokoto state, while two general hospitals would be renovated. Additionally, the state government had earlier plan to establish cardiac and renal centers to ease the hardship of transporting…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe As Malaria Day is being celebrated globally, the government of Nigeria has assured that the Buhari administration would strive to ensure that malaria was exterminated from the country from the 2025, five years ahead of the global target of 2030. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole Folorunsho spoke in Sokoto on Monday at one of the events to mark Malaria Day celebration. He added that the Federal Government was also working to ensure that no Nigerian died of malaria or malaria-related illness from the year 2020. Speaking also, governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto said that the…
Internally Displaced Persons By Abdallah el-Kurebe The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that a total of 1,934,765 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were currently living in formal and satellite camps as well as host communities as a result of insurgency in Northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi and Adamawa states. The Yola Camp Coordinator, Sa’ad Bello disclosed this when, on behalf of the Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi, took the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samanthan Power round the facilities at Malkohi IDP Camp in Yola, Adamawa State at the weekend. According to…
Rice farm in Kebbi state By Abdallah el-Kurebe As the Federal Government Anchor Borrowers programme on rice farming in Kebbi State progresses, the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority (SRRBDA) and Labana Farms have began joint mobilization of farmers for large scale rice farming in the State. The partnership is aimed at mobilizing individual rice farmers and cooperate organizations to support the utilization of 15,000 hectares of uncultivated virgin Fadama land along the Niger valley for rice farming in Bagudo, Koko-Besse, Shanga, Suru and Yauri local governments areas. The project manager of Niger Valley Projects of the SRRBDA, Alhaji…
A typical rain storm By Abdallah el-Kurebe Heavy downpour and windstorm has destroyed up to 300 houses in Kebbe town, headquarters of Kebbe local government of Sokoto State. Acting chairman of the local government, Mustapha Maishanu. told newsmen in Sokoto on Friday that the incident which occurred recently, rendered up to 500 people homeless and were being accommodated in the 30-housing units, schools, other public buildings or with relatives. According to him, “A delegation of the state government, officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and those of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) have visited scenes of the…
Coca-Cola drinks • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), along with other organisations from across the world, urges Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to stop marketing sugared drinks to children • The group asks for responsible action from the companies, specifically in view of their growing focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) like India • Highlights role of sugar sweetened beverages in growing obesity, type-2 diabetes, heart disease and limited ability of LMICs to tackle huge health and economic burden due to such diseases New Delhi, April 22, 2016: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) along with health groups from across the…