By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has assured residents of the territory that the authorities are working tirelessly to ensure the safety and security of all residents. The Minister gave this assurance when she visited the scene of Monday bomb explosion that...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has urged 290 FCT Pilgrims to remember that pilgrimage is neither a jamboree nor tourism, but a spiritual call to strengthen one’s faith to attain a new level of spirituality and responsibility. Mahmoud stated this at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has commended the Renewed Hope Initiative Elderly Support Scheme (RHIESS) of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for its impactful service to the elderly in society. The minister made this commendation at the second edition of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has disbursed $25,000.00 each to ten communities that have qualified for the pilot stage of the Community Revolving Fund (CRF) through their respective Community Revolving Fund Management Committees. Mahmoud also flagged off the distribution of water pumping...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has callled on government at all levels, private investors, and stakeholders to invest in film, noting that investment in the sector was notjust an economic decision but a cultural imperative. The minister gave this charge at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of elevation of the China-Nigeria relation to a more comprehensive strategic partnership, the Hunan Province and the Federal Capital Territory Administration have expressed commitment to strengthen cooperation in urban development, cultural education, tourism, environment amongst other areas of interest. The FCT Minister...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has identified the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as a cornerstone of national integration and development since its inception in 1973. A statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media, Austine Elemue, said the Minister made...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts to tackle the surge of cardiac arrest, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has flagged off a Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Centres in the nation’s capital city. The minister performed the flag off on the occasion of the Bring...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As parts of measure to curb the increasing cases of gender based violence in the nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has taken the campaign to the six area councils in the Territory. Speaking at the sensitization workshop for desk officers in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has declared that within the first year of the current administration in the FCT, the Fadama CARES programme has disbursed grants to a total of 9,170 beneficiaries. The minister who made this declaration at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja As the Federation Capital Territory Administration celebrates 33 retired management staff, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has emphasised the administration’s commitment in ensuring that the welfare of all staff is topmost. The minister who made this commitment at the grand reception in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has kicked off the distribution of approximately 900 metric tonnes of 30 trucks of assorted fertilizers to farmers in the territory. At the flag off ceremony held in Abuja, the minister revealed that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pledged its commitment to providing all that is required through the relevant Secretariat, Departments and Agencies of the FCT Administration, to boost food production and national food security. FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, gave...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has called on the FCT Primary Health Care Board to put in place precautionary measures to guard against the outbreak of cholera epidemic that has ravaged some states in Nigeria. The minister made this...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts in ensuring the well-being and protection of every child within nation’s capital, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has inaugurated the FCT At-Risk Children Implementation Committee. While inaugurating the committee on Monday in Abuja, the minister described...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N3,724,055,993.78 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of April, 2024. The amount represents a decrease of approximately 47 percent when compared to N6,316,621,045.37...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As the world commemorates the 2024 World Family Doctors’ Day, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmou , has called on Nigerians to adopt a healthy living condition. The Minister also urged Nigerians to collectively invest more in afforestation and discourage deforestation,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N6,316,621,045.37 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of March, 2024. The amount represent geometric increase of approximately 40 percent when compared to N3,938,092,102.92 billion...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the N1.15 trillion 2024 proposed FCT Statutory Budget was designed to transform the capital city and rural communities. Wike stated this when he appeared before the Senate and House Committees on FCT, to defend the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N4,439,259,692.78 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of January, 2024. The amount represent a slight decline when compared to N4,816,227,915.56 billion shared in...