The Honorable Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line in January. The Minister stated that the official date for the inauguration of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line is yet to be announced. The Minister stated this in response to complains from officials of APM Terminals in which they disclosed that there are obstacles on the rail track. In his words Mr Rotimi Amaechi noted that the actual date is yet to be picked: “That date is very important to me because there is no going back on…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has given directives to Deposit Money Banks to close International Money Transfer Operators’ naira account. This was stated in a circular recently released by the Apex bank, wherein operational guidelines in respect of ‘Receipt of diaspora remittances’, was given to all Deposit Money Banks. The circular which was signed by the director, banking supervision department; and director, payments system management department; stated that Deposit Money Banks are to close all naira accounts for International Money Transfer Operators. This is coming after a circular earlier released mandating beneficiaries of diaspora remittances to be received in foreign…
Sokoto State government is set to distribute anti-malaria drugs and mosquito net to hospitals and health centres in the state. In furtherance of this, the Sokoto State government has reportedly obtained 1.5 million anti malaria drugs for onward distribution to the hospitals and health centres in the state. The anti-malaria medicines which was received by the State Malaria Elimination Agency alongside 50,000 units of Insecticide treated mosquito nets is to be distributed freely to public health facilities across the 23 local government areas in the state. In his remarks the Sokoto State Commissioner of health, Dr Muhammed Ali Inname, who…
The Management of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas led by the Managing Director, Mr Tony Attah has reportedly paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva and the Group Managing Director of NNPC Mr. Mele Kyari. The management which was led by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tony Attah, presented its World Liquefied Natural Gas Summit award of the Most Outstanding Contribution in the Industry to the NNPC boss. During the visit the NLNG chief executive officer, Mr TonyAttah stated that World Liquefied Natural Gas Virtual Summit Award was reveals Nigeria’s commitment…
The Sokoto State Ministry of Health has following the presentation of it’s 2021 budget before the Sokoto State House of assembly defended it’s budget before the house. The Commissioner of Health Dr. Muhammad Ali Inname alongside the Permanent secretary of the health ministry in the state, Abubakar Muhammad Mni and chief Executives of the ministry went to defend the 2021 budget before the state house of assembly. It was earlier recalled that the Sokoto State Governor Hon. Aminu Tambuwal had earlier presented a budget of #176 Billion for 2021 and the health sector is to get #17Billion which is 17%…
The Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire was present at the COVID19 Ministerial Coordinating Committee Meeting On Health of the Economic Community of West African States. The Minister while speaking stated that “we have worked hard to flatten the curve of the pandemic in our region. Dr Ehanire stated that ECOWAS member states have also benefitted from the West African Health Organization’s support efforts in conjunction with technical & financial partners. Dr Ehanire reiterated that Nigeria has dialogued stakeholders to follow measures aimed at curtailing the spread of the pandemic. In his words “We have engaged relevant sectors, stakeholders &…
An organization, ‘Plan International Nigeria’, has in their capacity as a co-partner in Sokoto State has donated copies of data reporting tools to the State Ministry of Health, Sokoto, in their bid to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the state. The data reporting tools was donated to the Sokoto State Ministry of Health, by ‘Plan International Nigeria’ under the ” SHOW PROJECT”. The data reporting tools was presented to Sokoto State by the program manager of the; Plan International Nigeria’ SHOW PROJECT, Malam Abdulaziz Jumare, who was duly accompanied byMalam Adamu Umar Maiakwai, the State Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator…
The Sokoto State Ministry of Health has announcedt the State Contributory Health Care Management Agency (SOCHEMA) had collaborated with USAID Integrated Health Program Sokoto and organized a two days workshop in accredited health facilities in the Sokoto State. While commenting on the initiative, the Special Adviser to the Sokoto State Governor on State Contributory Health Care Management Agency, Dr. Amamatu Yusuf appreciated the organizers, co partners and stakeholders for organizing the programme. She thereby used the opportunity to urge participants to pay more attention and learn from the facilitators. The workshops is engendered at equipping the participants with knowledge on…
Following a courtesy call by the Board of Management & Management of the University College Hospital Ibadan to the Olokuku of Okuku Land, Oba Samuel Abioye, the hospital has commenced the rehabilitation of the health centre in Okuku land, Osun State. The chairman Board of Management and management of the University College Hospital Ibadan, Alhaji Ibrahim Bako has therefore led the board to inspect the comprehensive health centre which is under reconstruction to see what has been done so far. The Chief Medical Director of UCH Ibadan, Professor Jesse Otegbayo, stated that the management of the hospital is bent on…
The University of Ibadan has reportedly closed down it’s health centre, Jaja Clinic after one of it’s patient tested positive to coronavirus. This was disclosed by the Director of Public Communication at the university, Mr Olatunji Oladejo, who satated that the health centre had been decontaminated and closed down subject to recommendation of the Oyo State Emergency Operations Centre. Mr Olatunji Oladejo noted that the health centre will be closed down for the next seven days stating that before the health centre can be reopened subject to review by the Oyo State Emergency Operations Centre. He stated that the Oyo…