In its quest to make sure that all the stakeholders of the Drugs Revolving Fund (DRF) scheme are abreast with its revised operational guidelines, the State Sustainable Health Commodity Supply (SHCSS) Committee organized a three-day orientation to its members and facility DRF operators in primary and secondary health facilities. The main objective of the exercise is to keep the stakeholders well informed about the nitty-gritty of the contents of the document for the effective running of DRF in the facilities operating the scheme for efficient service delivery. Speaking, the Chairman of the Committee and also the Director Pharmaceutical Services of…
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Shehu Wada Sagagi, Chief of Staff to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, has taken legal action against the Northern Youth Merger Group, a platform under All Progressives Congress (APC), over the allegations of palliative diversion levelled against him. Sagagi, chieftain of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), also dragged before the Kano state high court the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC); Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command; and one Hon. Musa Mujahid Zaitawa. SIMILAR: Sagagi Dismisses APC’s Claims as Baseless Politically Motivated Recall that the APC Northern youth had filed a petition before EFCC accusing Sagagi of diversion of Federal Government…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says 362 vulnerable Communities across 14 local governments in Kano State are probable at high risk of flooding. The Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar, made the disclosure at a one-day stakeholders meeting on Solid Waste Management and Flood Preparedness: Downscaling 2024 Flood Early Warning Strategies for Grassroots Action. Represented by NEMA Territorial Coordinator Kano Office, Dr. Nurudeen Abdullahi said the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) AFO has predicted a population of 3,749,200 are at risk of flooding. She listed the local governments to include Rimin Gado, Tofa, Kabo, Madobi, Garun Malam, Bebeji, Rano, Dawakin…
Aliyu Salisu Muhammad The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Kano state government KNSG have put modalities in place aimed at addressing anemia among pregnant women in the state. The UNICEF Kano Field Office Nutrition Specialist, Oluniyi Oyedokun, revealed this in his opening remarks during the opening ceremony of a two-day stakeholders inception meeting on the scale-up of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) in Kano state. Oluniyi, however, described MMS as an essential and effective intervention for anemia reduction and improved pregnancy outcomes. READ ALSO: UNICEF Calls for Bold Climate Action to Safeguard Children’s Future The nutrition specialist emphasized the…
Kano state government KNSG says it has provided 6,000 free delivery kits to pregnant women monthly across government facilities. The state commissioner for health Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf made the indication during an inspection visit to Hasiya Bayero paediatric hospital Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital and Nuhu Bamalli maternity hospital, as part of activities to celebrate the present administration under Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf one year in office. According to him, the free delivery packs contains sanitary pads, surgical gloves, disinfectant, clamp and other relevant items. He stressed that the state also provided the necessary drugs and consumables for free cesarean…
Khadijah Aliyu Nigeria Climate Change: The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has called on leaders, governments and the private sector to deliver urgent and bold climate action which upholds the right of every child to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said according to a new analysis extreme heat is increasing, disrupting children’s health, well-being and daily Routines. The statement urged countries to reduce emissions and fulfil ambitious international sustainability and climate change agreements to get rising temperatures under control. READ ALSO: UNICEF KNSG Collaborate to Address Anemia In Pregnant Women “Protect the lives,…
Ibrahim Sulaiman Zaria: The Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CeFTIW) has trained selected Legal Practitioners and journalists to build a network that would promote transparency, accountability and good governance at the sub-national level. Executive Director of the Centre, Dr. Yakubu on Wednesday in Zaria, explained that the training was hinged on the judgment of the Supreme Court on the financial autonomy of Local governments. The executive director said the judgment hints at an urgent need to sensitize stakeholders such as Lawyers and Journalists on accountability measures to be used towards strengthening transparency and good governance at the local…
Chief of staff to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf,Alhaji Shehu Wada Sagagi has described the accusation levelled against him by APC Chairman Abdullahi Abbas on alleged diversion of palliatives as baseless, misleading, and politically motivated. Sagagi in a signed statement that was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Kano said, the antic deployed by the opposition party in the state was a “desperate attempt to tarnish his image in the eyes of right-thinking Nigerians, and a calculated attempt to discredit the NNPP government’s efforts in supporting the people of Kano state. According to Wada Sagagi, the APC’s claims of palliative…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The National Assembly had in June approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial officers at the federal and state levels. This followed the consideration and adoption of an executive bill transmitted by the President which sought to prescribe improved salaries and allowances as well as other fringe benefits for judicial officers and workers. The executive bill forwarded by…
President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated 30 hybrid Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered buses with the capacity to transport 3,000 passengers. The locally-manufactured buses were donated to the federal government by the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Speaking at the inauguration, the President said utilizing natural gas to power the nation’s transportation industry would reduce transportation costs, enhance productivity, and save the nation trillions of naira spent on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gas Oil (AGO). RELATED: Full Text Of Broadcast By President Tinubu On Nationwide…