Surprisingly, N6,671,810,092,564 (out of the N8,447,887,443,379), representing approximately 71.98% of the total ‘Development Capital Allocation’, NASS “assigned to initiatives that are either elusive in terms of traceability or encumbered by significant accountability constraints”.
Author: Abdoulaye Kay
Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua (born 4 August 1964) is a Nigerian politician and retired military officer who is the senator representing Katsina Central senatorial district since 2023. He is a brother of former Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and former de facto vice president General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua.
“All Senators have N200 million as constituency projects but I am a leader, that’s the difference. 10 of us are leaders including the ones in the opposition. They get more than the floor members, it’s normal.
“The situation stems from a combination of factors, including logistical hurdles, supply chain disruptions, and funding constraints,” she lamented.
“But we are also one of the highest consumers, producing 5.2M Metric Tonnes of dried cowpeas annually and consuming 3.6M Metric Tonne,” she said.
ASHENEWS reports that a WHO report as showing how gender inequalities in health and care work negatively impact women, health systems and health outcomes. The report titled “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work”, which was released on Wednesday, said the outlines, under investment in health systems, resulted in a vicious cycle of unpaid health and care work lowering women’s participation in paid labour markets, harming women’s economic empowerment and promoting gender inequalities. It said that women comprised 67 per cent of the paid global health and care workforce, yet they face…
“We are very alarmed about forthcoming reductions in funding activities for some organisations amid global cuts to humanitarian assistance” says MSF country representative Dr Simba Tirima.
The money was taken from the CBN vault in the name of mobilizing international observers for the 2023 general elections “and allegedly shared with the top Officials of the State House, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and others.
Seplat Energy JV/ NNPC E&P Limited on Wednesday disclosed that it had undertaken more than 90,000 eye surgeries in the last 12 years in its host communities of Edo, Delta, and Imo states. The Base Manager of the Western Asset at Seplat Energy, Mr. Emmanuel Otokhine made this known during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Seplat/NNPC E&P Limited “Eye Can See” programme at the Oba’s Palace in Benin. Otokhine said the initiative was part of Seplat’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme in areas where it operated. He said that the programme was designed to provide eye care, visual aid,…
It all appears that the suspended Senator Abdul Ningi is not alone in the N3.7 trillion budget padding allegation, as a civil society organization (CSO) focused on the Nigerian budget and public data, BudgIT, has confirmed the gap in the 2024 budget presented to the National Assembly (NASS). The Director and co-founder of BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, who made the confirmation in an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, said that Ningi was right if he posited that there was no detailed allocation for N3.7 trillion in the 2024 budget. ASHENEWS recalls that Ningi, who had alleged that N3.7 trillion padded the…