Professor Garba Sharubutu, the Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), granted an exclusive interview to Abdallah…
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In this exclusive interview with ASHENEWS, the Chief Organizer of the Minna Fashion Show, Mrs Ezekiel Elizabeth Ebele shares insights on the inspiration behind the event
Some people went the extra mile to stop me by using religion to instigate people against my candidacy. I was called names like “Kafira,” “Shaitan,” “Anti-Islamic Agenda,” and “Divorcee.”
A Physician with Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Dr Fahad Lawal has lamented the local burden of tuberculosis in Sokoto state
They wrote to us and said they want a new tariff because dollar has changed and so on and so forth. For a week in the whole of July of last year, we held rate case hearings which is in line with international best practices. We invited consumers to discuss the proposal by the DisCos.
“Science has a global face and language. At the national level, scientists must demystify science beyond the region. In addition, researchers have a responsibility to assist humanity in making informed decisions and choices toward food safety, health matters, the environment and climate change, businesses, research, and development.”
So, we all pay subsidies and that is what the President removed. So, instead of going to these private pockets, Nigerian private pockets, the oil magnates, those who operate the industry, the President harvested the money and ploughed it into the treasury of the government. And that’s why most states are getting twice or even three times of what they used to get. So, you can see that money has gone into state treasuries, local government treasuries and also the national treasury and this money hitherto was going into private pockets. That’s the explanation I wanted every Nigerian to understand. But the subsidy regime now we are paying it’s still there. It may not be adequate, probably if it had been adequate, maybe the prices would have been forced down, but that which was removed was the one that was stolen money.
There is near-universal global public support for climate action, yet people systematically underestimate the commitment of their peers, according to a new study.
As the world’s leading environmental authority, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) helps countries implement a suite of global accords to tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.
The Country Director, Agricultural and Construction Equipment Division, Tata Africa Services Nigeria , Engr. Chijioke Okoli, says the failure of successive administrations to priorities mechanization is a key reason the country’s agriculture is underperforming despite the much talked about potentials of the sector.