Abuja (Federal Ministry of Power Report) – In the efforts to stabilize and improve on power generation, the Nigerian Government is considering a fast way of solving the problem of lingering power supply shortage in the country through embedded power. While speaking at a recent parley with newsmen, the Minister of Power, Chinedu Nebo (Prof) said that even farmers can benefit from embedded power. Adding, less emphasis would be on the national grid, while small clusters of end-users and industries located in the same area can have power distributed to them from the excess produced in their localities. Chinedu…
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ABUJA (Women Affairs Ministry Report) – The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Zainab Maina has charged women across the country to vote candidates that will promote their welfare and touch their lives positively. Zainab Maina stated this in Abuja while speaking at the National Training Workshop on ‘Voter Education for Women,’ organised by her Ministry in partnership with the UNDP-managed Democratic Governance for Development (DGD). She stressed the need for women to participate effectively in the forthcoming elections by first getting their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and urged them to vote wisely. According to her, the present administration…
Abuja (National Planning Commission Report) – The Minister / Deputy Chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman (Dr) has posited that overall development remains the surest way to achieving an all-inclusive growth, saying a social protection policy for the downtrodden is underway. The Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Abdulrahman A. Abdulrauf in a statement released recently said that the National Planning Commission Minister while featuring on ‘Good Morning Nigeria,’ a breakfast show on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in Abuja noted that the Goodluck Jonathan administration has lately allocated N2 billion to each state of…
For the records: There was an investigative forensic audit done by PwC into the allegations of unremitted funds into the Federation Accounts by the NNPC for the period January, 2012 to July, 2013.The following are therefore, the highlights of the investigative forensic audit done by PwC on 05 February 2015. This extract was signed by Ukura T. Samuel, JP, OFR, FCA, the Auditor General for the Federation. Based on the work conducted by PwC, their conclusions are as follows; • Total gross revenues generated from FGN crude oil liftings was $69.34 billion and NOT $67 billion as earlier stated by…
(Report from National Planning Commission)- The Minister /Deputy Chairman National Planning Commission, Dr. Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman has disclosed that the Idu rail project in Abuja has generated 5,000 jobs and will also create millions of jobs when fully operational. The Minister made this disclosure during an inspection tour of some selected Sure-P supported projects in FCT on Wednesday. He was also at a health facility in Dutse Alhaji in Bwari Area Council. “The railway project is a phenomenal initiative. The project has created already 5,000 jobs. You will see jobs in millions when the project is…
(Report from Office of the Head, Civil Service of the Federation)- Following recent developments in the International oil market which has affected the revenue stream of Government, Government has said that it will introduce a number of cost-saving measures. In a Circular entitled: “Restrictions on Foreign Trainings and International Travels by Public Servants”, issued from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi said there is embargo on foreign trainings and international…
(Report from Ministry of Environment, Abuja)- Minister of Environment, Mrs. Laurentia Mallam has called for assistance from World Bank and environment development partners on healthy environment in Nigeria. The Minister made this call recently in Abuja during an interactive meeting organized by World Bank and other environment partners. Mrs. Mallam enjoined the environment development partners to pay greater attention to issues of climate change in 2015 since the government cannot tackle it alone. The Minister solicited for intervention funds to enable the country tackle her environmental challenges. She commended the World Bank for provision of funds in…
ABUJA (Environmental Health Officers Council Report) – The Executive Secretary of the National University Commission (NUC), Julius Okojie (Prof) has called for improved publicity for the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON). Julius Okojie (Prof), who made the assertion recently when the board and staff of the Council led by the Chairman, Oladapo Afolabi (Prof) paid a courtesy visit on the Commission in Abuja advised the Council to run a programme on the broadcast media as well as produce more jingles for people to know and feel the impact of the organisation. He expressed the NUC’s readiness to…
Abuja (OHCSF Report) – The Nigerian Government has reiterated the necessity of introducing more stringent measures towards protecting data integrity on the IPPIS platform saying it will ensure that Officers in the Federal Public Service are not able to manipulate their records In a Circular titled: “Incessant Requests for Change of Employee Date of Birth and Date of First Appointment on the IPPIS Platform,” issued from his Office and sent to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi observed with serious concern the incessant requests for…
(Report from Ministry of Science and Technology, Abuja)- Federal Ministry of Science and Technology took a quantum leap towards having a transparent and robust electoral process that will ensure a non-violent 2015 polls, when it organized a two-day conference on Technology and Electoral Process for its staff and officials of the seventeen Agencies under its supervision, with the view, to equipping them with the requisite skills in the application of technology-based solutions in the conduct of credible elections. While speaking at the two day capacity development conference supported by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with the theme: “Enhancing the…