By Abdallah el-Kurebe Oil is described as ‘Black Gold’ while Cotton is ‘White Gold’. While Nigeria is blessed with both, the former is threatening the nation’s economic strength while there are glittering economic opportunities in the later. From a population of 4.4 billion people in 1980, the world dwindling economies is being further threatened with a population explosion of 7.1 billion, presently. More so, the World Bank and FAO report reveals that arable land is declining – from 0.4 hectares in 1961 to a projected less than 0.13 hectares per person in 2050, thereby creating a damning gap of economic…
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Agroforestry: African Agric Ministers Need To Own Orphan Crops By Abdallah el-Kurebe As the African Plant Breeding Academy (AfPBA) graduates the first batch of plant breeders, at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Kenya, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has suggested that there is the need for the Ministers of Agriculture in Africa to own orphan crops. Speaking at the end of a six weeks training of 21 scientists from 2leven countries and 19 institutions, Director of NEPAD’s African Biosafety Network of Expertise, Dr. Diran Makinde who represented NEPAD CEO Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki stated…
NACOTAN urges NASS to pass the biosafety law before 2015 elections By Abdallah el-Kurebe The President of National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN), Alhaji Hamma Ali Kwajaffa has called on the National Assembly to speed up the passage of Biosafety Bill before the 2015 general elections. He made the appeal in Abuja at the Cotton Value Chain Forum organised by Monsanto Seed Company and NACOTAN on Monday. The theme of the Forum is “Positioning Nigeria’s Cotton Industry Value Chain for Economic Transformation.” Kwajaffa observed that looking at Burkina Faso’s agriculture sector, which has been dominated by the cotton segment, “Nigeria…
I’ll Use Agriculture To Fight Poverty – Says Amb. Wali By Abdallah el-Kurebe The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Amb. Abdallah Wali has said that if elected as governor of the state in 2015, he will use agriculture to fight poverty. Speaking with Journalists in Sokoto on Saturday, he said that agriculture would be his main focus of developing the state as well as reverse the trend where Sokoto is regarded as one of the poorest states in Nigeria. “Ninety percent of our land is arable. Goronyo dam can be fully put to use…
Polio Eradication: JAP calls for upward review of funds to LGAs By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Journalists Against Poliomyelitis and for Immunization (JAP), Sokoto state chapter has called on government and other donor agencies in the state to consider an upward review of funds meant for Immunization Plus Days (IPDs), especially in Very High Risk local government areas. The called was made during JAP’s one-day orientation meeting with officials of UNICEF and Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (SPHDA) for December round of IPDs. In a communique signed by the state coordinator, Abdallah el-Kurebe and issued in Sokoto on Thursday, the…
WHO provides vaccines, pluses for December NIPDs in Sokoto By Abdallah el-Kurebe The World Health Organization (WHO) is to provide adequate vaccines and incentives in order to ensure success of the December round of the National Polio Immunization Plus Days (NIPDs) in the 23 local governments of Sokoto State. State Coordinator of the Organization, Dr. Isyaku Ayodeji said during a one-day orientation session organised for the members of Journalists Against Poliomyelitis (JAP) in Sokoto on Wednesday that “WHO will provide the local government areas with the polio vaccines and incentives that include sweets, indomie noodles and others.” he call on…
Sokoto HIV/AIDs workers get reward By Abdallah el-Kurebe Volunteers in the fight against HIV/AIDs in Sokoto state have been honoured by Sokoto State government. The volunteers include trackers, data entry clerks, testing and counselling officers who worked with the USAID-backed Management Sciences for Health (MSH), an NGO for a one-year contract that ended this year. Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Buhari Bello Kware presented them with certificates of award at a ceremony in Sokoto on Monday. The commissioner stated that HIV/AIDs still posed threat to lives even with the emergence…
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Biotech Communication: The role of Collaboration Between Journalists and Scientists By Abdallah el-Kurebe Biotechnology is one subject, which understanding by the generality of the people (except scientists), is shrouded by mix reactions. The misunderstanding of biotech creates the need for its proper communication so that people would understand the role it plays in development, generally. However, since. scientists do not have the skills to communicate biotechnology, journalists readily situate themselves for the job. Biotechnology is an evolving field of technology especially in Nigeria, the reason that the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) found it necessary to train journalists and agricultural…
FG safeguards environment with 24 regulations – NESREA By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Federal government of Nigeria has introduced 24 environmental regulations aimed at adopting sustainable environment good practices, which are now in force. Sokoto state Coordinator of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Alhaji Jubril Inuwa disclosed this in Wamakko on Wednesday. Inuwa who spoke at the flag-off of Security Awareness, Early Warning Signs and Environmental Sustainability Sensitization programme organized by the State Office of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), also said that the regulations were aimed at providing legal frameworks for the adoption of sustainable and…