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…
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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…
Welcoming Smart Villages Initiative to Africa By Abdallah el-Kurebe “Aid cannot achieve the end of poverty – ‘only homegrown development based on the dynamism of individuals and firms in free markets can do that.” – A former World Bank economist. Electricity is development. It is something without which development is a mirage. Very many African villages lack electricity because all African countries cannot provide this essential commodity for use by rural dwellers. Over the years, such countries especially those without hydro dams, have concentrated electrification in urban areas. Only a very few have used the option of other energy sources…
How Biotech Can Guarantee Improved Yields By Abdallah el-Kurebe The introduction of biotechnology in agriculture is globally met with opponents’ criticisms of genetically-modified (GM) crops. They argue that the crops do not increase more yields than non-GM crops. However, the proponents of such crops see it otherwise. They posit that biotechnology guarantees improved yields. But how? In agriculture, desirable crop characteristics are known as traits and one of the most important traits in crop characteristics, is yield. Improving crop yield could be accomplished through biotechnology in addition to plant breeding. When biotechnology is applied on crops, it guarantees higher yields…
Nigeria, two other countries lead in research funding By Abdallah el-Kurebe A report released on Wednesday by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has that although public research spending across the Sub-Saharan Africa has grown by more than 30 percent in real terms, from $1.2 billion in 2000 to $1.7 billion in 2011, African states should Double agriculture research spending. It said that of this new growth in research funding, Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya had contributed by half. “Sub-Saharan Africa needs to double its investment in agricultural research to meet the challenges of high population growth, climate change…
Acute Malnutrition: 910 children die, 46,687 treated By Abdallah el-Kurebe Acute malnutrition in Sokoto state has claimed lives of a total of 910 children while 46,687 were treated in nine local government areas (LGAs). The Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme has been in operation in the nine LGAs since 2010. The CMAM report, presented at a campaign launched by the Sokoto state Nutrition Officer, Alhaji Mohammed Hamza Ali reveals that a total of 141,086 were identified, 82,051 admitted and 11,098 defaulted of Acute Malnutrition in Binji, Gudu, Gada, Goronyo, Illela, Tangaza, Wamakko, Sabon-Birni and Sokoto South local government…