The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed that the cardinal point of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration is to provide affordable healthcare delivery services at the primary level. Dr. Ehanire made the disclosure when he paid a working visit to the Federal Staff Hospital, Jabi in Abuja. The Minister after being taken round the hospital complex by the management of the hospital led by its Managing Director Chinwe Igwilo said that the primary focus of health givers should be the patients, saying without them the hospital will be just an ordinary building. Ehanire also said that the era whereby patients are…
Author: Alaba Rotimi
The Federal Government of Nigerian has expressed its readiness to partner with the Spanish Government to develop water and irrigation infrastructures in the country. The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu disclosed this on Monday 14th of December, 2015 when he received a delegation from the Spanish Mission to Nigeria, led by the Deputy Head of Mission, Ignacio Garcia in his office. Engr. Adamu said that the possible areas of collaboration would include: water supply, irrigation, capacity building and dam safety as well as improving the performance of the River Basin Development Authorities (RBDs). He also urged the Deputy Head of…
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire was recently honoured to a grand reception by the Otaru of Auchi kingdom, Haliru Momoh, who is the Ikelebe III at his palace in recognition of the Minister’s contribution to installing the Government of President Muhammadu Buhari in the country. While speaking at the event, Dr. Ehanire commended President Buhari for appreciating his sterling qualities by appointing him to work in his cabinet as Minister of State for Health, lamenting the dilapidating status of the General Hospital in Auchi and describing it a dead end since there are no Doctors and Nurses there.…
Nigeria government is set to examine the role and status of River Basin Development Authorities with a view to improve on their performances. This is to make them meet up with the demands of the new Agricultural Agenda of the present administration. The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu made this known over the weekend in Abuja, while declaring open a 3-day retreat organized by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for all Directors in the Ministry as well as Managing Directors of River Basin Development Authorities and Heads of Agencies under the Ministry. Suleiman Adamu emphasized that the…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday December 14, 2015 inspected the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) transmission room which was gutted by fire on Sunday afternoon December 13, 2015. The Minister, who was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Ayo Adesugba to a tour round the burnt facility was conducted round place by the NTA Director-General (DG), Sola Omole. While briefing the Minister at the scene after the inspection, Sola Omole informed Journalists that the incident only slightly disrupted the operations of the station, adding that it came back on air shortly after the incidence.…
Professor Oshita O Oshita said that the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has developed blueprints which may be used in solving the conflicts bedeviling various parts of the country. Prof. Oshita, who is the Director–General (DG) of IPCR, disclosed this while playing host to the students of Conflict Management and Peace Studies of Plateau State Polytechnic at the IPCR Complex in Abuja said that studies have shown that every segment of the country has its peculiar nature of conflict and that there are ways which such conflicts could be resolved. Prof. Oshita reiterated that the IPCR has also developed…
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has issued a circular on the guidelines regarding budgeting, revenue and expenditure aimed at ensuring that federal government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) remit revenue and generate operating surpluses which by law ought to be credited as Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). According to the report from the Publicity Department of the Federal Ministry of Finance recently, the circular is aimed at compelling Boards and Agencies which currently operate outside budgetary control to comply with the law. The report also noted that Section 22(2) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) lists agencies, including: NPA,…
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, in Abuja, has assured foreign investors willing to do business in Nigeria of a conducive working environment. He gave the assurance while addressing the Management of a Japanese company, Koica at the conference room of the Ministry. Shittu said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is interested in attracting foreign investments into the country, adding that the era of impunity in business transaction is gone. The minister averred that the Japanese company can engage in business worth over $200m (Two Hundred Million Dollars). He also inferred that it is incumbent on them to respect the laws of the land,…
The Minister of Health, Dr. Isaac Adewole, said that President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government is set to tackle the issue of maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria. He disclosed this at the 2015 Family Planning Consultative Stakeholders forum in Abuja. The Minister also stated that the Nigerian Government has made concerted efforts since the late 1980s to improve access to family planning and other life saving maternal and reproductive health commodities and service, in order to reduce the burden of maternal, child morbidity and mortality. He further said that the government is making efforts in its bid to promote, increase access to…
Peace Corp of Nigeria has been commended by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, for being a foremost youth organization in the country, devoted to inculcating noble virtues of peace, discipline, patriotism and selfless service in youths. He also noted that such public spirited activities have endeared the association to Nigerians and non-Nigerians. Dalung gave the commendation in Abuja after being conferred with the prestigious honorary COMMANDER OF PEACE when the national peace delegates paid him a courtesy call in his office. The Minister urged Nigerians to learn to embrace peace and dispense justice to all men and…