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Adamawa
The Adamawa State Commissioner for Health, Dr Fatima
Abubakar, has promised to use her experience in the private sector to improve the state’s health sector.
Abubakar gave the assurance in Yola yesterday while addressing staff of the ministry on her assumption of office.
Abubakar, a daughter of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, said she had been informed about staff constraints and shortage of skilled manpower in the ministry.
She gave assurance that her office would collaborate with development partners to address such inherent challenges confronting the sector.
“I have been briefed by the Permanent Secretary on some challenges being faced by the ministry.
“These challenges include dilapidated and ill-equipped health infrastructure across the state.
Benue
The Speaker, Benue State House of Assembly, Mr Terkimbi
Ikyange, has assured the people of the state that the current assembly would produce quality legislation that would enhance quality healthcare delivery in the state.
Ikyange gave the assurance yesterday while interacting with heads of both federal and state governments owned health institutions in the state.
He stated that the assembly through its legislation and oversight function would ensure that health providers in the state deliver effective, efficient and timely services to the people.
He stressed that the assembly would not accept anything short of quality health delivery, adding that a healthy nation is a wealthy one.
FCT
An Abuja-based Pharmacist, Mr Osa Egwebe, has advised
against indiscriminate use of herbal medicines, saying the action can cause liver cirrhosis.
Egwebe said in an interview with newsmen in Abuja that some herbal medicines in use in Nigeria were not scientifically tested.
According to him, herbal drugs just like other medicines if not clinically tested, can be potentially poisonous and harmful to the body.
Egwebe said if drugs were not clinically assessed, they had a high risk of causing adverse reactions.
He said consuming such drugs was harmful to the body as the practice posed the risk of toxicity to the kidney, liver and other organs.
Gombe
Seven United Nations (UN) agencies on Monday
promised to support Gombe State in addressing its challenges to enable it move forward.
Madam Ratidzai Ndhlovu, United Nations Funds for Population Activities (UNFPA) Resident Representative in Nigeria, made the pledge on behalf of other agencies during a meeting of the agencies in Gombe.
“I wish to reiterate the commitment of the seven UN agencies, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, UNHCR, UNDP, IOM and OCHA to support Gombe in addressing the humanitarian crisis in the state,” she said.
According to her, the UN agencies will facilitate effective growth and empowerment of all citizens, by ensuring that the state reaped from areas it had comparative advantage.
Jigawa
The Jigawa State Government has disbursed more than
N3.3 million to 249 persons affected by flood disaster in Guri Local Government Area of the state.
The Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Alhaji Babandi Sale, made this known, when he visited the affected families at Musari village in Guri.
Sale said that the amount was distributed to families whose houses were ravaged by flood in the area.
He explained that some 60 families received N20, 000 each, while 186 other victims were given N10, 000 each.
Sale added that the state government had also donated N30,000 to families of one person, who lost his life in the disaster.
Kaduna
The Council of Imams and Ulama in Kaduna State, says
the effort by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in recovering stolen wealth from past corrupt officials, was commendable.
The resolution was passed in Kaduna after the council’s annual conference.
The Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Baban Tuni and the Secretary-General Yusuf Arrigasyyu, presented the resolution.
Kano
A former Councillor in Wudil Local Government in Kano
State, Alhaji Salisu Utai, has advised Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to resuscitate the various irrigation sites located in different parts of the state.
Speaking to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday, Utai said rehabilitating the irrigation sites was necessary in order to create job opportunities for the teeming number of unemployed persons in the state, especially rural dwellers.
Kogi
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kogi State has
demanded the immediate payment of N32 billion salary arrears owed teachers in public primary schools in the state.
The state NUT Chairman, Mr. Suleiman Abdullahi, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Lokoja yesterday.
Abdullahi said that N23 billion was the outstanding arrears of the new minimum wage, while N8.7 billion was unpaid leave grants for four years.
The NUT chairman decried the development, and said that it was already taking a heavy toll on the education sector.
Kwara
A Zoologist at the University of Ilorin, Prof Uade
Ugbomoiko, has cautioned people to beware of contacting pubic lice through sexual intercourse.
Ugbomoiko gave the advice in an interview with newsmen in Ilorin yesterday.
He explained that contagious parasite such as Amoebae, Trichomonas, Giardia, Scabies and Pubic lice were parasites contacted through sexual process.
“Pubic lice are parasitic insects found primarily in the public or genital area of human beings and this pubic lice is found worldwide and occurs in all races, ethnic groups, and all levels of the society,” he said.
Lagos
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), has commended
President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing its member, Mr. Babachir Lawal, as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
This is contained in a statement issued by NCS President, Prof. Adesola Aderounmu, in Lagos yesterday.
It stated that Lawal, an engineer, was a committed member of the society and a professional to the core.
The statement stated that that SGF had immense experience in the private and public sectors before he established his own consulting firm in 1990.
Nasarawa
The traditional ruler of Agwada Community, Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, has urged farmers and herdsmen in the community to ensure continued peaceful co-existence and not to disrupt the farming season.
He said that peaceful co-existence between farmers in the area and Fulani herdsmen will go a long way to boost food production in the state.
Sadiq, who is the Osu Agada, told newsmen in Agwada, Kokona Local Government Area on Tuesday that the people were mainly farmers and herdsmen.
He said their continued peaceful co-existence would boost their farming activities to the benefit of the state.
Ondo
The Provost of Adeyemi College of Education, Prof.
Olukoya Ogen, Ondo State, has assured its graduates that steps are being taken for their mobilisation for National Youth Service Corps.
Ogen made the promise when he addressed the graduates who gathered at the gate of the institution in Ondo recently.
“The management of the college will do everything possible to find solution to the problem.’’
He commended the students for their peaceful conduct and urged them to exercise patience while effort was being made to address the situation.
Oyo
Some aggrieved pensioners of Union Bank Plc have
appealed to stakeholders in the industry to prevail on the bank to complete the actuarial valuation of its pension legacy assets.
The Coordinator, Mr. Augustine Onun, Aggrieved Pensioners of Union Bank Plc, Ibadan Zone made the appeal in an interview with newsmen in Ibadan.
Onun said that their members had been facing serious financial challenges due to the slashed monthly pension allegedly caused by the bank’s inaction on the valuation of its pension legacy assets.
Plateau
The National President of Government Secondary School,
Shendam, Old Students Association, Mr. Philip Gompang, has blamed the infrastructural decay in secondary schools in Plateau on government’s takeover of schools.
He told newsmen in Jos that the facilities in the schools were not maintained after the takeover.
Gompang said that most of the schools did not cultivate a maintenance culture after they were taken over by the government.
He also said that the standard of education in the state consequently fell as most public schools did not have the enabling environment to impart knowledge to students.
“How can you teach effectively when your buildings are dilapidated, your roof leaks and there are no library materials or computer facilities?
“The standard of education must surely decline, “ he said.
Nation
Gombe Opens Bid For Construction Of Three-Arm Zone Project
Gombe State Ministry of Works, Housing and Transportation has opened bids for the construction of three arms zone complexes within the Gombe Capital Special Development Zone which held at the Ministry’s conference hall.
Speaking while presiding over the bid opening proceedings, the Commissioner, Engr. . Usman Maijama’a Kallamu assured the bidders that the bid opening would be carried out using procurement process which is based on specific regulations that are credible, fair, and transparent.
The Commissioner, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alh. Idris Yambiu Buba said that the Ministry will continue to align itself for optimal results in the implementation of government policies and projects in line with Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s commitment to bringing development to the State.
While assuring the bidders of a transparent process, the SSA to the Governor on Special Project, Arch. Yakubu Mamman thanked Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for his foresight in infrastructural development of the State, adding that government is committed to ensuring that all bidders had an equal chance to participate and compete based on merit to maintain standards and specifications.
Nation
Gov Mbah Signs Bill To Establish Teaching Hospital In Enugu
Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, yesterday, signed the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS) Teaching Hospital Bill 2024 into Law, promising to expedite action to actualise the teaching hospital immediately to provide quality training and healthcare services in the Enugu North part of the State and the State in general.
Mbah, while commending the Enugu State House of Assembly for accelerating action on the processing and passage of the Executive Bill, said that establishing SUMAS Teaching Hospital was in line with his manifesto.
He said, “What we have done by signing into law the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences Teaching Hospital Bill is that we now have in place a legal framework to immediately begin to put in place all that is required to upgrade SUMAS to a teaching hospital. This is part of our campaign promises and we are committed to delivering on that expeditiously.
“We believe that the importance and significance of siting a teaching hospital in our Enugu North zone can never be lost on us. So, we are not going to spend any time in making sure that everything that is necessary and required to upgrade and get the teaching hospital operational is put in place. With this Law, we are going to redouble our commitment and our efforts to achieve that.”
He assured the Governing Council and the Management of SUMAS of his continued support, adding that his administration would equally be counting on their pedigree and contacts to bring the teaching hospital to fruition in record time.
“We are going to continue to support you and we are also going to continue to count on your experience, network, and profile in raising resources to actualize the project.
“This year alone, we are going to spend 33 per cent of our budget on education. This underscores the importance of education to this administration. So, be sure to come to us whenever there is a need. We are going to support you because we are interested in education and we are investing heavily in it,” he said.
On his part, the Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. Uchenna Ugwu, who also spoke at the Bill signing witnessed by the Chairman of SUMAS Governing Council, Msgr. Obiora Ike, and the Vice Chancellor, Prof. James Ogbonna, and top hierarchies of the institution, commended Governor Mbah’s speed and faithfulness in delivering on his campaign promises. He assured that the House of Assembly was ever ready to fast-track every executive bill that would impact positively on the state and its people.
“We promised we are going to support this administration by doing our job expeditiously to ensure that there is no delay in your delivery of democracy dividends to our people. Therefore, the SUMAS Teaching Hospital Bill received expedited hearing and today you have the signing of the bill into law,” he stated.
Nation
Ododo Applauds Security Agencies Over Rescue Of 43 Bus Passengers
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has applauded security agencies in the State for their efforts in the rescue of 43 bus passengers.
The Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Ismaila Isah disclosed this in a statement yesterday.
The statement noted that the governor welcomed the news of the release of the abducted bus passengers in Okehi Local Government Area of the State and called for sustained collaboration between security agencies and local communities to improve intelligence gathering and prevent crime and criminality in all parts of the state.
Ododo commended the caretaker chairman of Okehi LGA, Mr Amoka Eneji, the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Professional Hunters, Ebira Local Hunters Group and other security agencies for their intervention, which led to the rescue of the passengers who were abducted outside the state.
“Governor Ododo also commends the response of security agencies to the robbery incidence in Felele area of Lokoja and called for more urgency in addressing cases of insecurity in any part of the state.
“The Governor reassured the people of the state that his administration will not relent in its efforts in deploying maximum resources to ensure that all communities in the state remain unsafe for criminal elements.”
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