PROMAD Infotech Foundation, under its social accountability and service delivery initiative Follow The Projects, proudly announces a new project in Nasarawa State. The project, Strengthening Participation, Accountability and Transparency in States Capital Project (SPATS) is a landmark initiative that aims to foster civic participation and empower young people with social accountability skills to demand participatory and accountable governance within the state. The project, supported through WYDE Civic Engagement Project by the Kofi Annan Foundation (KAF); European Partnership for Democracy (EPD); Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD); the Oslo Center and funded by the European Union (EU) is designed to improve project…
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On the 21st of July 2024, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) in partnership with the Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Research and Training organized a one-day stakeholders’ forum on the challenges face by people living with disabilities in writing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The forum was attended by different representatives of the associations of people with disabilities i.e. Hearing Impairment, Vision Impairment, Physically Challenged, Albinism and People with Spinal Cord Injuries. Others include Nura Iro Ma’aji, Senior Special Advisor to Kano State Governor on Students Matters, Yusuf Ibrahim Sharada, Senior Special Advisor to Kano State Governor on…
The Kano State House of Assembly (KNHA) has organized a two-day workshop for legislative aides as part of its efforts to improve service delivery. The training, which involves over 50 legislative aides, focuses on explaining their duties, responsibilities, and limitations in order to enhance their individual performance and, consequently, the overall performance of the Kano Assembly. During the opening ceremony the speaker of the Kano house of assembly Alhaji Jibril Ismail Falgore, stated that the training aims to build the capacity of legislative aides for better service to their principals. He also emphasized the importance of capacity building for all…
Sani Haruna The Zamfara state government has visited 19 emirates to prepare for this year’s annual state Qur’anic recitation competition. Alhaji Ahmad Garba Yandi, who is the State Commissioner for Local Government and also the Chairman of the Musabaqa Committee, revealed this in an interview with reporters in Gusau, the state capital. He mentioned that preparations for the competition are at an advanced stage and that the committee has conducted tours to all emirates to ensure the smooth conduct of the event in the state as part of its preparations to conduct the competition without any hitch. The Committee Chairman…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has reaffirmed the determination of his administration in curtailing the menace of political thuggery and other related social vices in the state. The Governor States this when he received the Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero who paid Sallah Homage to the Governor at Government House Kano. He said since assumption in office barely 10 months ago his administration has embarked on massive campaign against political thuggery. The governor noted that over two hundred political thugs, and phone thefts who have been apprehended by the Kano Command of the Nigeria Police have…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has implored African nations to unite in addressing climate change and social impact challenges facing the continent. He called on leaders of the continent to work together in developing sustainable practices and protecting ecosystems as a means of securing a greener future and springboard for the continent’s overall development and progress in the face of existential climate realities. Speaking on Thursday during the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2024 in Lagos, VP Shettima, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, stressed…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged Nigeria’s National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) to immediately ban a new movie that it claims portrays Muslim women in a negative light. The film, recently unveiled by actress Nancy Isime, depicts women in purdah committing crimes such as bank robbery while armed with dangerous weapons. In a statement released on July 25, 2024, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Executive Director of MURIC, described the film as “Islamophobia taken to the highest level” and “satanic, repugnant and provocative.” Akintola accused the film of aiming to “portray Muslim women as criminals with a violent proclivity”…
Kano State Government has approved Friday 26th and Saturday 27th July 2024 as the date for the commencement of 3rd term vacation to all Day and Boarding Public/Private Primary and Post Primary Schools in the state. Therefore, Parents/ Guardians of Pupils and Students in the Boarding schools are to convey their wards home by the early hours of Saturday 27th July 2024. A statement Issued by the Director of Public Enlightenment of the State Ministry of Education Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru announced that Boarding Schools Pupils and Students are to resume back to their respective Schools on Sunday 8th September 2024…
Khadijah Aliyu UNAIDS says in 2023, adolescent girls and young women accounted for 19% of all new HIV infections in west and central Africa (WCA). The regional director Berthilde Gahongayire highlighted that, the region has recorded huge progress in access to treatment. “Today, 81% of people living with HIV know their status, 76% of those receiving antiretroviral treatment and 70% have a suppressed viral load” She however stressed that, countries such as Burundi and the DRC are on the verge of achieving the 95-95-95 targets for HIV testing and treatment . “Paediatric HIV is an absolute priority in the region,…
Khadijah Aliyu The Chief of Field Office for UNICEF in Kano, Mr. Rahma Rihood Muhammad Farah, has announced plans to recruit 5,500 Volunteer Community Mobilizers (VCMs) in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa to combat the spread of type 2 poliovirus (cVPV2). Mr. Rahma Farah made this announcement during a Volunteer Community Mobilizers VCM expansion training held in the Ungoggo local government area of Kano. He mentioned that in order to expand the network of volunteers in the three states, 2,108 individuals have been newly recruited and are currently undergoing training, and an additional 3,400 will be engaged in the second phase.…