The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has disbursed N3.72 billion to the six Area Councils, teachers and pension scheme as statutory allocation for the month of April. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, said during the 189th Joint Account Allocation Committee (JAAC), in Abuja on Friday, that the amount was 47 per cent less than the N6.32 billion disbursed in March. A breakdown of the figure shows that N1.24 billion was shared to the six area councils, while N2.49 billion was allocated to teachers and pension scheme. Out of the N1.24 billion allocated to the area councils, the…
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The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu says the Federal Government will bridge electricity gap by providing 10 million meters to consumers in the next five years. Adelabu said this in Abuja on Friday, during the ministerial briefing on the performance of President Bola Tinubu’s administration in the last one year. He said that the provision of the meters, under the Presidential Metering Initiative, would close the meter gap and reduce estimated billing. The minister said that the initiative was scheduled to provide two million meters per annum in the next five years to improve sector liquidity and limit estimated…
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigerian Army has expressed commitment to improving the welfare of its personnel.
The Federal government of Nigeria, has called on Nigerian businesses and manufacturers to take advantage of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalism Scheme (ETLS) treaty to boost the country’s export basket. The Minister of External Affairs, Maitama Tuggar, said this in his message to a one-day Sensitization Workshop on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) in Awka, the capital of Anambra on Friday. The workshop was themed “Exploring the Benefit of ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme in the Region. Tuga was represented by Director of International Organisations in the ministry, Amb. Obinna Onuwu. He said the essence of the workshop was to bring…
The Task Shifting and Task Sharing Policy Coordinator for IntegratE Project, Mrs Esther Yonah, says at least 41,000 rural women in Nasarawa State have adopted family planning. Yonah, who is also the Head of Gender, Adolescent, School Health Services and Elderly Care in the state Ministry of Health, said this during the state IntegratE Mid-Project Dissemination meeting in Lafia on Friday. The meeting was held by the state Ministry of Health, Nasarawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, in collaboration with the Society for Family Health (SFH) – lead implementing partner of the project. IntegratE Project is an initiative funded by…
Germany’s health minister Karl Lauterbach plans to introduce stricter rules to curb the sale of nitrous oxide, sometimes known as laughing gas, especially to young people. The laughing gas, which is used in medicine as an anaesthetic and for pain reduction, has become a popular party drug among young people in Germany. The sale and
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of a litre of kerosene increased from N1,354.40 recorded in March 2024 to N1,439.64 in April 2024. The Bureau said this in its Kerosene Price Watch for April 2024, released in Abuja on Friday. It said the April price of N1,439.64 represented a 6.29 per cent increase compared to what was obtained in March 2024 at N1,354.40. The report said the average price per litre of kerosene increased on a year-on-year basis by 24.04 per cent from N1,160.67 recorded in April 2023 to N1,439.64 in April 2024. On state…
The Chief Executive Officer of Adicare Rehabilitation Home, an NGO, Mrs Veronica Ezeh has called for serious sensitisation of Nigerians on mental health to avoid unnecessary stigmatisation.
Some aquaculture experts have advised farmers to adequately harness the potential of the Catfish value chain for increased productivity and profitability.
The House of Representatives Committee on the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has frowned at the failure of NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, to implement its resolution on sachet alcohol.