President Goodluck Jonathan has declared open the 1st International Palm Produce Conference (IPPC) in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State with a call on stakeholders in the sector to explore available investment opportunities in the palm produce industry in Nigeria. The 3-Day conference which was jointly organized by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with the National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) has as its theme: “Investment in Oil Palm and Its Derivatives – A Panacea for Economic Growth and Sustenance.”In his address read by the Minister of…
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The Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo has directed the new management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company to speedily implement the targeted 24 hour un-interrupted power distribution plan to enable replication in other major cities across the country. Chinedu Nebo also enjoined the new team to brace up to the challenge by ensuring optimum use of old and new facilities, in order to improve the quality and quantity of electricity available to users in the Federal Capital Territory. In his speech at the commissioning of a two-type x 15MVA substation recently, being one of the many National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) injection sub-stations…
The 4th Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture in the D-8, the organization for cooperation among Eight Developing Countries of the world to promote the socio- economic development of member – countries has been scheduled to begin in Abuja on Wednesday December 4, 2013.The organization was established to enhance cooperation in the economic sector through sharing of expertise to improve the proportion of its member-countries in the global economy. In accordance to current demands, its scope of cooperation has been expanded to create new opportunities in trade relations as well as other major sectors.Other objectives of the organization also entail…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan has identified the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) as an important institution in the building and strengthening of the culture of peace in Africa, saying peace is essential for meaningful development in the continent. Patience Jonathan stated this recently when she received in audience the First Lady of South Sudan, Mary Ayen Mayardit in the State House, Abuja. Adding, the Peace Mission has the mandate of conflict prevention and management as well as making, keeping and building peace through civil, humanitarian and diplomatic action among others. While highlighting the negative consequences of the absence of…
Nigeria’s success story with the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) in the Agricultural Sector has been lauded by agricultural experts from Tanzania, expressing the willingness to understudy the scheme so as to replicate it in their country. Members of the Team of Experts, Damian Gabagambi and Chaboba Nkangwa, who arrived Abuja on Wednesday November 27, 2013 on a visit to the Agriculture Ministry informed the Permanent Secretary as well as the Director of Fertilizer, Akinbolawa Osho and others that the Tanzanian Central Government has sent them to understudy the operational modalities of the GES. The experts averred that they are to understudy the…
The Federal government has declared that the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin) initiative of the present administration has lived up to expectation having created over 26,000 direct jobs in the six geo-political zones in the one year of its operation. Speaking at the inauguration of the third phase of YouWin recently, President Goodluck Jonathan noted that the programme which was borne out of his administration’s desire to reduce the alarming level of youth unemployment in the country has served as vehicle for empowering young entrepreneurs who have in turn become employers of labour. President Jonathan after inspecting the products displayed…
The Nigerian Government has directed the Vice Chancellors of federal universities under siege by the current strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to immediately re-open for academic and allied activities. The directive has also instructed them to ensure that staffs who resume for work are provided with the enabling environment to carry out their lawful duties. The Supervising Minister of Education, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, who conveyed the instructions during the Press Conference which held on Thursday, 28th of November, 2013 in Abuja, noted that any academic staff who fails to resume on or before the 4th of December,…
Nigeria’s Vice President, Mohammed Namadi Sambo has called for increased synergy between the Nigerian and Brazilian business community to engender growth and economic development in the two countries. The Vice President made this call at the 4th Nigeria-Brazil Business and Investment Forum (NBBIF) which held at the Copacabana Palace Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as part of the activities of the Nigeria-Brazil Bi-National Commission Meeting. Namadi Sambo who noted the long standing relations between the two countries indicated that the Nigerian business community is desirous of collaborating with their Brazilian counterparts for the mutual benefits of both countries, particularly regarding the partnership…
The wife of Nigerian President, Patience Jonathan has advised the nation’s youth to take advantage of the knowledge and wisdom of respected elders as role models and emulate their sterling virtues.
She made the remark on Saturday November 15, 2013 at the funeral service of Late Okoronkwo Ezekiel Ihejirika which took place in Ovim, Abia State; saying he was a disciplinarian, community leader, bridge builder, lover of peace, man of great wisdom and humility.
The First Lady particularly eulogised late Ihejirika’s great sense of enterprise as well as his visionary qualities and observed that he lived a very successful life, leaving behind him enviable legacies. She offered prayers to God for the family of the deceased as well as the community.
In his remarks on the occasion, President Goodluck Jonathan paid glowing tribute to late Okoronkwo Ihejirika. The President who was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Ayim Pius affirmed that during his lifetime the late Ihejirika was dedicated to the service of his community and humanity.
Speaking earlier, the Governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji noted that Abia State joins the people of Elu Obayi, Ovim in Isuikwuato Local Government Area to mourn and celebrate a great patriarch from a renown linage. The funeral was attended by dignitaries and people in and outside Ovim community.
The Chairman, Nigeria–China Business Council, Chief Jacob Wood has pointed out that Nigeria has potentials to developed its infrastructure and improve its industrial base for the welfare of her citizens. He made the remarks over dinner hosted in honour of the members of the Nigeria-China Business Council in Beijing, China. The Chairman said that with hard work, diligent and honesty on the part of both private and public sectors Nigeria will overcome the problem of infrastructural deficit and unemployment. He recalled his first visit to Lagos, 30 years ago which availed him of the opportunity to see a bridge for…
The effort of the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation at developing the sector in order that it may compete favourably with its counterparts in other parts of the world, thereby contributing to increased foreign earnings, promote national and international integration, has been successful so far in the last two years of the transformation administration of President Goodluck Jonathan. This assertion was made by the Minister for Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Chief Edem Duke at the ongoing Ministerial Platform organized by the Federal Ministry of Information, where Ministers of the federation has been giving the score card…