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Kano State trains 520 drug revolving fund operators

Zainab Sa'id
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Kano State has approved the training of 520 Health facility Drug Revolving Fund (DRF) operators in order to increase access to quality and affordable medicines in all the Primary Health Centres across the 44 local Government areas in the state.

This was stated by the Executive Secretary State Primary Health care Management Board Dr Tijjani Hussain while declaring a 4-day capacity building workshop organised by the Board for the health facility Drug Revolving Operators at the six local government areas zonal offices of the Board.

The Executive Secretary, represented by the Director Pharmaceutical Department of the Board, Pharmacist Abdul’aziz Hamisu maintained that the training of the personal will fill the existing gap for that personnel who were not trained.

“It will also increase their capacity and job performance as well as to ensure that the teeming populace was protected from fake and substandard drugs and Medical Consumables,” said Hamisu.

He, therefore, urged the participants to make judicious use of what they have acquired during the workshop.

In his remark, the Zonal Director Nasarawa Zone, Abubakar S. Abdul commended the Board for its efforts in training and retraining of staff in order to make them more productive.

He then assured for their continued support for the success of the workshop at all the zonal offices of the Board.

 

Zainab Sa’id

Nigeria becomes official GITEX partner

Zainab Sa'id
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Nigeria has been officially incorporated as a partner of the Gulf Information Technology and Exhibition (GITEX) by the Dubai World Trade Centre, organiser of the event.

This is as a result of the country’s participation in seven consecutive editions of the Gulf Information Technology and Exhibition, (GITEX).

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, who leads the Nigerian delegation, disclosed this while declaring the Nigerian pavilion open on behalf of the President Muhammadu Buhari.

GITEX is an annual consumer computer, information technology, and electronics show, conference and exhibition that takes place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

The event is the biggest Information Technology show in Asia, the Middle East and Africa with over 1200 innovative technology enterprises and startup with over 60 countries comprising various government establishments participating.

The minister who was highly delighted over the development said: “I am glad that Nigeria has been incorporated into the official partners of Dubai World Trade Centre organiser of GITEX. It is highly commendable that we are now part and parcel of the event.”

Dr Pantami further stated that the nation’s participation at the annual global event is to cross-fertilize ideas and technological innovations that will facilitate the implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy, (NEDPS) plans of the government which was launched in 2019.

“As we can see, participation is all about the cross-fertilization of innovations and ideas; we are not here to participate just to see what is taken place rather ensure that we get more investors that are willing to invest in Nigeria and secondly bro get technological transferred ideas and innovations,” The Minister noted.

The Minister who recalled that the nation’s participation in the last edition was a huge success by the winning of the first price by a Nigerian on Artificial Intelligence category was is hopeful that Nigeria startups at this year event would perform far better.

Dr Pantami noted that active participation and attendance at of Nigeria’s delegates at conferences and seminar would be beneficial to the nation’s digital economy agenda.

“Whatever we learnt from here or ideas we shared with others are going to be beneficial to our country; you may recall that we have developed National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NEDPS) for Digital Nigeria which has eight pillars and I do know that our participation here will facilitate the implementation of all the eight pillars,” Pantami maintained.

The Minister declared that the NEDPS and the National Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship Policy, for which work has reached an advanced stage, are two prerequisites to building an indigenous digital economy for a digital Nigeria which would ensure attainment of digital innovation and indigenous digital entrepreneurship.

 

Zainab Sa’id

Presidency happy with bye-election results

Zainab Sa'id
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The Presidency has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of bye-election held at the weekend on various constituencies across the country.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement said:

“Results coming from the states of the long list of the bye-elections show definitely that our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), remains the chosen party of Nigerians.

“We do not take this confidence of the people for granted and we will not fail them.

“Nigerians who appreciate the efforts of the administration in making life better for all citizens, especially under an economy facing the severest test from the global Coronavirus pandemic will not be disappointed.”

Shehu expressed the Presidency’s appreciation to both Nigerians and the leadership of the governing party.

“We thank them immensely for their trust in the party and government.

“We equally thank the Interim Management Committee of the party under the capable leadership of His Excellency Mai Mala Buni, the Governor of Yobe State, the Progressive Governors Forum under Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, all our governors, parliamentarians, state, local government and ward level APC chapters and the entire ranks of the membership for this brave and impressionable performance.

‘While congratulating the successful candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari, in particular, is very pleased with the election outcomes and urges the party to uphold the spirit of hard work, unity, progress, cooperation that forms the bedrock of these victories,” he said.

 

Zainab Sa’id

Kebbi State Governor pledges more support for farmers

Zainab Sa'id
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The Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has pledged the commitment of the state government to providing wheat and rice farmers in the state with the desired support for wet and dry season farming.

Governor Bagudu affirmed this while playing host to members of Gendi-Gendi Rice Farmers Association, Birnin Kebbi who were at the Government House to solicit for material support to embark on dry-season farming.

According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Kebbi Government House, Abubakar Dakingari, the Governor welcomed the action by the association to approach the Government for help.

He announced that very soon the state government would begin disbursement of necessary assistance to farmers affected by recent flooding in the state including the provision of agricultural input.

Governor Bagudu re-echoed his advice to youth and farmers to always approach the state government for support through groups and associations for easy accessibility.

Earlier, the leader of the Gendi-Gendi farmers association, Alhaji Dan-Alhaji, said members of the group have taken up farming diligently cultivating wheat and rice fields away from political thuggery.

Dan Alhaji, on behalf of the group and youth, requested the governor to assist farmers with fertilizer, water-pumping machine, pesticides, herbicides, and other agricultural implements at a subsidized rate to maximizing production.

The Chairman commended Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu for his encouragement, support and good counselling which motivated them to embark on the production of rice and other crops, assuring him of their unflinching support to his administration.

In a related development, the Kebbi State Governor has also tasked parents and guardians to enrol their children and wards into school to acquire religious and western education.

 

Zainab Sa’id

Brexit stalemate: UK, EU resume negotiations

Ugo Okoro
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British negotiators arrived in Brussels on Sunday for a last-ditch attempt to strike a Brexit trade deal with the European Union and avert a stalemate at the end of the year.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke on the phone,  and instructed their teams to resume talks after they were paused a day earlier due to an impasse over three key issues.

In a joint statement after their call, Johnson and von der Leyen said that no agreement was feasible if significant differences on fishing, fair competition and ways to solve future disputes were not resolved.

Since Britain formally left the EU on Jan. 31, negotiators have missed a series of deadlines to reach a deal with the world’s largest trading bloc before a status-quo transition period ends on Dec. 31.

Britain’s chief negotiator David Frost told reporters after arriving in Brussels on Sunday that his team would be working very hard to try to get a deal.

EU negotiator Michel Barnier had been expected to brief member states’ ambassadors to Brussels on the state of play on Sunday but that meeting was postponed to Monday morning.

Experts have warned that a no-deal scenario would cause huge long-term disruption to the British economy.

British farming minister George Eustice said the country had done a huge amount of preparation for a no-deal and was ready to go through with such a scenario.

Even if an agreement is clinched before 2021, there will still be major disruption to the movement of goods and people because Britain will sit outside the single market and customs union of the 27-nation EU.

 

PDP wins Cross River by-elections

Ugo Okoro
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won the North senatorial district and Obudu constituency by-elections in Cross River State, south-south Nigeria.

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday declared the political party candidates for the two legislative seats winners of the by-elections, which was held on Saturday.

Professor Ameh Akoh, the Collation Officer for the North senatorial district by-election, said the PDP candidate, Dr. Stephen Odey scored 129,207 votes to emerge winner against 8 others.

Dr. Stephen Odey the PDP candidate for Cross River North senatorial district

Professor Akoh, who is of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University in Ebonyi State, said the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Joe Agi, scored 19,165, while Gregory Agam of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, emerged third with 388 votes.

He stated, “The PDP candidate having scored the highest number of votes cast is hereby declared winner in line with electoral guidelines”.

Similarly, Mrs Maria Akwaji of the PDP has also been declared winner of the Obudu state constituency by-election.

Akwaji polled a total of 32,166 votes to defeat Dr. Godwin Agbor of the APC, who scored 3,546 votes to place second.

Maria Akwaji is the wife of the former lawmaker and member representing Obudu state constituency in the Cross River House of Assembly, Late Goodwin Akwaji, who died in July during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Professor Abel Ezeoha, the Returning Officer for the Obudu state constituency by-election stated, “Having scored the highest votes cast, I hereby declare Maria Akwaji of the Peoples Democratic Party elected for the Obudu State House of Assembly by-election”.

Ezeoha said other political parties such as AAC polled 51, ADC 204, APC 3, APM got 71, while NNDP HAD 76.

He pegged the total votes cast at 36,619, total valid votes was 36,114 and rejected votes 505.

Peaceful exercise

Meanwhile, Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner Information and Voter Education at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Saturday’s by-election in Cross River State.

Okoye, who addressed some journalists in Ogoja town shortly after monitoring the voting exercise in Ogoja and Bekwara local government areas in Cross River north, described the process as peaceful.

According to him, “I am satisfied with the way the process is going on in all the areas visited and from reports received from other centre, the election is going well”.

“The voters are made to observe Covid-19 protocols by ensuring social distancing as well as wearing face masks,” he noted.

He further attributed the peaceful conduct of the elections to the physical presence of the Cross River Police Commissioner and top officers as well as the synergy amongst the security agencies.

 

 

Kano State receives water use licenses from Management Commission

Nnenna Okoronkwo
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The Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission, NIWRMC, has granted six water use licenses to the Kano State Water Board, North-west Nigeria.

The Water Use Licenses are for official extraction of water and to help in the expansion of the water wells to improve on the water supply to Nigeria Bottling Company from the Challawa Plant in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria.

The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of NIWRMC, Mr Magashi Umar Bashir when presenting the licenses in Abuja said that the Commission has the mandate for the issuance of Licenses and the regulation of water resources in Nigeria.

Magashi also stated that licensing of various water users is necessary and important to the nation at a time like this when the Government was up- scaling revenue generation and job creation among others.

While receiving the licenses the Managing Director, Kano State Water Board, Dr Garba Kofar-Wambai commended the Nigerian Government and the Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission for the great honour done to the people of Kano State by giving official permission to use water for their operations.

Dr Kofar-Wambai also stated that they will adhere strictly to the Terms and Conditions attached to the Licenses which are derived from the Water Resources Act CAP W2, LFN 2004.

Suzan O

 

Abuja Set For National Tourism Transport Summit December 7

Nnenna Okoronkwo
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Arrangements have been concluded by the Inter-Ministerial Organising Committee of the National Tourism Transportation Summit and Expo approved by the Federal Government in the drive to reposition the economy.

The approval for collaboration between the relevant ministries and their agencies, non-government and private stakeholders is to promote tourism and transportation owing to the great significance of mobility and connectivity to the national economic growth and development.

According to a release by National President ITPN/ Chairman MOC, ITTS&E 2020, Chief Abiodun Odusanwo, the 2020 edition of the summit and expo which is the third edition but was billed to hold in April this year, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is now rescheduled to hold December Monday 7 and Tuesday 8, 2020 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

The event, with theme repositioning tourism and transportation connectivity and mobility to revitalise the economy, is coming on the heels of the dwindling fortunes of the global economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic with tourism and transportation industries being the hardest hit, is therefore expected to leverage on efforts by the Federal Government of Nigeria to revitalise the national economy.

It will be recalled that ministries and agencies of both sectors in the country have successfully hosted two editions of the summit in 2018 and 2019 based on the premise that tourism and transportation connectivity are critical issues relating to bridging the policies of both sectors while reaffirming the need for developing programmes of inter-ministerial cooperation between bodies responsible for tourism and transportation as well as other lined MDAs with both direct and indirect linkages so as to improve and strengthen the basic conditions for the sustainable development of the national economy.

It is expected that the Presidency will be leading on the policy direction of the Federal government, while the mass transportation will be led by the Ministers of Transportation and of Aviation, and the Minister for Information and Culture will be the Chief Tourism Host leading the tourism and cultural sector.

Other sessions of the summit will include keynote presentations from captains of industry, international organizations, and agencies under the federal ministries of transportation, information, and culture as well as critical lined MDAs in the tourism transportation value chains of the national economy.

The exhibition, B2B, and G2B sessions will expose attendees to a plethora of public-private partnership investment opportunities in the transportation and tourism public sectors and of companies showcasing their products and services.

It will also provide a rare opportunity for high-level government officials to discuss and get insight from both domestic and international investors fostering joint ventures, domestic and foreign direct investments.

Participants at the two-day events will be drawn from major key players and stakeholders in the transportation and tourism sectors from the international community in critical areas such as the air transportation; i.e. airlines, tour and travel operators, administrators of the aviation industry; the maritime industry which includes sea transport, boats and sea cruising operators; Road Transportation including major transport owners, car hire services, AIB, NCAT, NITT, FAAN, NIMASA, NURTW, RTEAN, Road Traffic and Safety Agencies including the FRSC, NPF,  NSCDC, Motor Insurance Companies; State Transport Ministries and Agencies; rail transport services.

Others are operators of the Tourism and Hospitality industry including tourism resort operators, National Parks Services, NIHOTOUR, NTDC, NCMM; state tourism ministries and boards, festivals and tourism events managers; hoteliers, restaurants and fast-food operators; conferences and events managers; as well as service providers in the banking, oil and gas industries.

Experts and professionals are drawn from the academia, as well as key players and stakeholders in the industries will deliver healthy and thought-provoking papers on carefully selected sub-themes of the Summit which includes: Tourism in a Hyper Connection World: Making Technology Work for the Tourism and Transportations Sectors; Potentialities of Developing Regional Inter-Connectivity in Africa; Inter-Modal Connectivity, Traveller’s Safety and Security; Development of Critical Infrastructure and the Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria-The Case of Tourism and Transportation Industries and Building Capacity for Global Best Practice in the Tourism and Transportation Sectors, among others.

The events offer a unique opportunity for policymakers, regulators, entrepreneurs, key players in both the tourism and transport sectors of the economy, investors, numerous esteemed customers and the general public estimated at 5,000 to engage in an all-participatory discourse aimed at chatting the desired synergy, collaboration and connective inter-play between the two sectors for maximum economic benefits of the country.

Kwara Speaker charges Police to be proactive and people-friendly 

Nnenna Okoronkwo
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The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Engineer Yakubu Danladi Salihu has implored officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force to be proactive and people friendly in the conduct of the business of protection of lives and properties of Nigerians.

He gave the charge at the  State House of Assembly complex during the ceremonial decoration of promoted officers of the Police attached to the  Assembly.

In a statement issued by his Special Assistant, Media, Ibrahim Sheriff, the speaker congratulated the newly promoted officers.

“We appreciate your hard work and commitment, we are very glad to associate with you,” he added.

Danladi, therefore, implored them to continue to be the touted people’s friend, in the face of the present security challenges in the Country stressing that they must be proactive in protecting lives and properties anywhere they find themselves to justify the confidence reposed in them by the Federal Government.

Fourteen officers of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Kwara State House of Assembly, including Orderly to the Speaker were promoted to Inspector rank, while two others were promoted to the rank of Sergent.

Suzan O

Nigerian Government to revive Power Projects in Abia State

Nnenna Okoronkwo
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The Nigerian Government is working out strategies to reactivate and complete three major Power projects located in Abia Northern senatorial district in the first quarter of next year.

Minister of Power, Engr Sale Mamman who gave the assurance said that the 2×30/40MVA substations 132 KVA transmission lines, which are located in Arochukwu, Ohafia and Ubur-Ihechiowa were awarded since 2001 but abandoned more than ten years ago at about ninety-five per cent completion.

Mamman during an inspection visit to the three projects expressed disbelief that such projects would be abandoned at such levels, pledged that the contracts would be reviewed and rewarded for immediate completion.

Engr Sale Mamman noted that the Power projects were of immense importance to the people because they would not only boost their electricity supply but give room for expansion to cover the entire Abia Senatorial district.

The Minister who was accompanied on the inspection by Senator Orji Uzo Kalu of Abia North addressed crowds at the project locations that their long wait was over.

Both Senators Kalu and leaders of the host communities expressed appreciation for the Minister’s visit.

Suzan O

 

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