The out-going Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dauda Kigbu has formally handed over the affairs of the ministry to his successor, Abdulkadir Musa enjoining the senior management staff to extend the high level support and cooperation offered earlier to him. While welcoming the new Permanent Secretary at the event which held in the Ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, Dauda Kigbu briefed him about the structure and mandate of the ministry as well as current initiatives like the auto policy, 24 hours business registration, the sugar policy, the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan (NIPR), the National…
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Labaran Maku has appealed to the Eggon ethnic group in Nassarawa State to genuinely pursue the course of peaceful co-existence with other tribes in the State for development to take place in their community. He made the appeal in Abuja during the inauguration of the executive committee of the Abuja Chapter of Eggon Youth Movement; adding that the youth in particular should be modest in their utterances, generous in spirit, friendly to all, seek and pursue peace sincerely from their hearts. “We must acknowledge that violence does not do well to anyone. It destroys, it does not build. We must…
“The Nigerian Government has disbursed the sum of N3.6 billion to the National Agricultural Mechanisation Transformation Agenda, a public private partnership scheme towards addressing the low level of penetration of mechanised agricultural practise in the country,” the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwunmi Adesina revealed this recently in Abuja.The Minister, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ibukun Odusote in a keynote address delivered during an interactive session with agricultural transformation intervention partners at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel stated that the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration did embarked on the scheme to address the low level mechanisation…
(VP Office Reports) – The Nigerian Government has established a Power Sector Investment Fund to enable players in the industry access cheap funds for long term development in the power sector. President Goodluck Jonathan represented by Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo said this during the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Power Sector and Infrastructure Financing at the State House, Abuja recently. Adding, only 55% of the Nigerian population has access to electricity presently and this arises mainly from the fact that Nigeria’s per capita electricity generation is relatively one of the lowest in global terms. According to him, the financial…
Education Ministry Reports Ten Nigerian Universities have been offered grants of about $8 million US Dollars each for research and related activities under the World Bank- supported Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) project.The ten universities were out of the eighteen selected for the African Centres of Excellence from the West and Central African Sub-region, whose proposals were successful in the final selection process carried out at the ACE Project Steering Committee meeting held in Dakar, Senegal on October 28, 2013. This was disclosed when a team comprising World Bank officials and representatives of the benefiting institutions led by the Executive…
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan has on Tuesday February 11, 2014 launched the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan and the National Enterprise Development Programme (NIRP) to bring a new era to industrial, micro, small and medium enterprises development in Nigeria. Speaking during the launch in Abuja, President Jonathan described the NIRP as the most ambitious and comprehensive roadmap for transforming the nation’s industrial landscape, boosting skills development and enhancing job creation as well as conserving foreign exchange. He said: “The NIRP is the flagship industrialisation programme ever embarked upon by this country. It will fast-track industrialisation, accelerate inclusive economic growth, job creation,…
The Supervising Minister of Education, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has said that the present administration’s Transformation Agenda places priority on the promotion of technical and vocational education as well as training at all levels of the education system since these hold the key to the eradication of poverty in Nigeria. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike stated this at the grand finale of the 2013 National Students Vocational Skills Competition for Federal Science and Technical Colleges, organized by the Department of Technology and Science Education of the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja on Thursday February 13, 2014. The Minister, who was represented at…
Four persons have been relieved of their appointments in the Federal Executive Council in Nigeria. The affected persons include Princess Stella Oduah who was till the announcement of the removal, the Aviation Minister; Godsday Orubebe, who was the Niger-Delta Minister, and retired Capt. Caleb Olubolade, who was the Police Affairs Minister. Also removed, was Yerima Ngama, who was the Minister of State for Finance. According to Mr. Labaran Maku, Nigeria’s Information Minister, the Minister of State for Trade and Investments, Mr. Samuel Ortom will take charge of the Ministry of Aviation, Mr. Darius Isiaku will oversee affairs at the…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji has announced the creation of two new departments in some strategic Ministries in the Federal Civil Service. These are the Department of Reform Coordination and Service Improvement and a General Services Department. The Head of Service announced this at the interactive session with Directors of Administration in the Federal Civil Service held on Monday, 10th February, 2014 at the auditorium of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja. The Head of Service explained that the creation of these new Departments was in line with the efforts being…
Water Resources Reports The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Reng Ochekpe has assured the communities around the Kashimbila buffer dam of adequate compensation for their land before the completion of the project. The Minister gave the assurance to the community lately while inspecting the dam site in Kashimbila,Takum Local Government on the fringe of the Cameroun border; indicating that the Kashimbila buffer dam is purposed to mitigate the disaster which may occur to Nigerians as a result of break out from Lake Nyos in Cameroun. Sarah Ochekpe expressed appreciation to the communities for their support through permission for use of…