Tag: DEVELOPMENT

President Tinubu restates commitment to security, development

Aminu Imam
Tinubu restates commitment

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring the safety of the lives and property of Nigerians, as part of efforts to fast-track national development. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated this in Bida, Niger state, at the weekend, during an interactive session of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Niger-South senatorial district (Zone A), as well as the inauguration of the Campaign Council for the November 1 local government council election in the state. Idris, who doubles as the chairman of the APC Campaign Council…

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North’s Poor Devt. Indices: “Take responsibility, collectively come-up with prompt solution to address challenges” – Gov. Uba Sani urges Northern leaders

Aminu Imam
Gov. Uba Sani

Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has lamented that insecurity has retarded developments in critical sectors in the North, noting that the region faces an existential threat. Speaking when the leadership of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), paid him a courtesy visit on Monday at the Government House, Kaduna, the governor lamented that poverty and insecurity were the biggest challenges facing the country, adding that the challenges remained the major sources of worry for political leaders in the country. Sanu said, It is clear that Northern Nigeria faces an existential threat.…

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Northeast: Group tasks Shettima, Govs, on innovation to restore region

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The North East Development Association (NEDA) has called on stakeholders in the Northeast especially Vice President Kashim Shettima, Governors and legislators to come up with sustainable innovations for the restoration of the region. The Secretary General of NEDA, Bitako Umar, made the call on behalf of the association during a news conference tagged` `Conference on Politics and Development in the Northeast Sub-region on Tuesday in Abuja. Umar said that NEDA as an advocacy and socio-cultural group serving as the mouth piece of the sub-region, met and reviewed the political trends…

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Leadership, insecurity, poverty, others stalling Nigerias development – ACF

Aminu Imam

The Arewa Consultative Forum, (ACF), has said leadership, insecurity, poverty, unemployment and marginalization among other challenges have been stalling Nigerias development. ACF Chairman, Gabriel Aduku, in an issued statement to commemorate the World Peace Day Celebration, noted that without peace, Nigeria cannot achieve any meaningful development. According to him, The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely, failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land or climate or water or air or anything else. The Nigerian problem is…

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AfDB grants Uganda $0.5 million for petroleum-sector development

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Uganda have signed a grant agreement, worth US$500,000, for the financing of Ugandas oil-sector, Micro-, Small- and Medium- Enterprises (MSMEs). The grant is geared towards boosting business linkages on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Technical Assistance project, the bank said. The projects overall objective is to help develop capacity of local Ugandan MSMEs along the East African crude oil pipeline. This will be done by enabling them to access new market opportunities, and building linkages with larger, national, regional and…

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Defence Minister pledges sustained funding for military industrial complex, leverage on research, development

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), has promised to sustain funding of the Military Industrial Complex, Kaduna, towards enabling it to perform its statutory mandate through research and development. The Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mr Mohammad Abdulkadri, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Magashi gave the assurance when the Executive Secretary Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Prof. Sulaiman Bogoro led members of the Defence and Security Sub-Committee for the proposed establishment of the National Research and Development Foundation (NRDF)…

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