The management and staff of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), have developed strategies to generate N60 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) target for 2021. The Executive Chairman of KADIRS, Dr Zaid Abubakar made this known in an interview on Saturday, at the end of a two-day meeting in Zaria to develop the strategies. Abubakar said Governor Nasir El-Rufai has directed KADIRS to ensure that the IGR for 2021 was higher than the allocation to the state from the Federation Account. He said that the state government had pegged…
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WHO designates 2021 as Year of Health and Care Workers
The WHO has designated 2021 as the International Year of Health and Care Workers (YHCW). It said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday that delegates at the World Health Assembly (WHA), its decision-making body, recognised the dedication and sacrifices of the millions of health and care workers at the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Member states and non-state actors, in unison, spoke to the critical role of health and care workers in ensuring our health and prosperity. “They emphasised the urgency and imperative to address persistent health…
Read MorePort Harcourt – Maiduguri narrow gauge railway reconstruction to begin 2021
The reconstruction and rehabilitation of Port Harcourt – Maiduguri; Eastern narrow gauge railway, is to start in 2021, says Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi. He said this during the 2021 budget defence of the ministry’s estimates before the Joint Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives held in Abuja on Friday. Amaechi said that the rehabilitation of the gauge was part of priority projects of the Federal Government to achieve intermodal transportation to enhance economic growth. He also mentioned the construction of the central railway from Itakpe to Abuja and…
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