By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Federal Government has said it is set to commence the disbursement of loans to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by January 2024. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and MSMEs, Office of the Vice-President, Mr...
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to covert the 50 billion naira budgeted for student loan scheme to grants. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, cited the burden of paying back...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has appealed to the Federal Government to ensure an upward review of the budgetary provisions for education in the 2024 appropriation bill before the National Assembly. ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, said this at a news conference, ahead of the union’s...
The Federal Government has partnered the private sector to bridge the 29 million dollars procurement funding gap for family planning commodities to reduce maternal mortality. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, said this during a High Level Private Sector Forum on Family Planning...
The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on failed Nkwelle-Nsugbe-Umueri-Aguleri federal road in Anambra. “CLO is making passionate and life- saving appeal to President Bola Tinubu; Minister of Work, Chief David Umahi and Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance...
Disney Nwanne Foundation urges FG to reconstitute the Board of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
Disney Nwanne Foundation urges FG to reconstitute the Board of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
Disney Nwanne Foundation, a patients’ rights advocacy non- profit organisation has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently reconstitute the board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). The MDCN is responsible for regulating the practice of medicine and dentistry in Nigeria, and its board has been...
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has restated the association’s resolve to negotiate with the Federal Government on issues instead of embarking on strike. Mr Lucky Osesua, the National Chairman of PTD, gave the assurance at a news briefing on Wednesday on the crisis rocking the association through its...
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action in the payment of workers salary delisted by Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). ASCSN National President, Mr Etim Okon, stated this at a news conference on Tuesday in...
The Federal Government has suspended Mr Balogun Tajudeen, the Acting Director, Admin, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun state over his involvement in a job racketeering saga in the institution. The Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms Patricia Deworitshe, disclosed this in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged to improve the quality of education and foster intellectual growth across the country. The president, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, stated this on Saturday during the 24th Combined Convocation ceremony of University...
The Federal Government has announced the reversal of the implementation of payment of 40 per cent of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from Nigerian universities to the government. President Bola Tinubu made the announcement at the 75th Anniversary and 2023 Convocation ceremonies of the University of Ibadan on Tuesday....
Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) declares that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government. It is this primary purpose that provides the basis for approbation of and association with government by the...
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to upgrade the Eastern Rail Line from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, from narrow to standard gauge. This followed the adoption of a motion by Sen. Victor Umeh( APGA-Anambra) and co-sponsored by 31 other senators at plenary. Moving the motion, Umeh said...
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The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, says the Federal Government has achieved a lot in the fight against oil theft. Matawalle, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja, said that many practical gains had been recorded in the resolve to end...
Bank of Industry (BOI) has said it would close the financial gap, build stronger climate commitments and tap into the potential of renewable energy, partnerships and collaboration. The Managing Director. Bank of Industry (BOI), Dr Olasupo Olusi made this known on Thursday in Abuja. Olusi spoke...
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), evacuated 161 Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya on Tuesday. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya stated in Abuja that the Voluntary Humanitarian Repatriation (VHR) exercise was to ensure that...
As part of deliberate and conscious effort to raise funds for the development of critical infrastructure projects countrywide, the federal government has initiated plans to expand its revenue net to drag in expatriates into it. The revenue system that has been perfected by the Ministry of Interior and the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Federal Government has said that it had perfected plans to close a section of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos for five weeks comprehensive repairs. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, said in a statement on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Federal Government has the soon-to-be resuscitated National Home Grown School Feeding Programme will cater for over 10 million pupils across the country. Senior Special Assistant to the President on school feeding programme, Dr Yetunde Adeniji, disclosed this in a statement...