Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 12th March 2020
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Thursday 12th March 2020 on some of the nation newspapers .
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FIRS to MDAs: Stop spending govt revenues
Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Muhammad Nami, has admonished revenue generating Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to stop spending revenues collected on behalf of the Federal Government for themselves. Doing so, Nami said, is inimical to national development. According to Nami, the global best practices is for all MDAs to remit all collected government revenues to the Federation Accounts from where they are disbursed back to the MDAs through budgetary allocations as provided for in the national, state and local government development plans. Nami gave the advice…
Polytechnics not fulfilling their mandate, says Aregbesola
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday said that institutions providing technical education in the country were not meeting the expectations required of them because such institutions have placed premium on the theoretical rather than the practical and technical. Delivering the 27th Convocation Lecture of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, yesterday, the former governor of Osun State said such institutions had abandoned the mandate for which they were established. The lecture was titled; “Technical Education as a Sure Path to Fulfilling Nigeria’s Historic Role.” He said: “According to the Federal…
AK-SACA laments poor funding since inception
The Community Advisory Committee (CACom), a subsidiary of the Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/ AIDS Services (SIDHAS), has declared that the success story in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the state is hampered by nonrelease of budgeted funds by the state government since the inception of the Akwa Ibom State Agency for the Control of Aids (AK-SACA) to tackle the epidemic, except in 2018 under Governor Udom Emmanuel’s administration. This was revealed during a review meeting of CACom executives and Coordinators in Uyo. According to the report of the committee…
Edo: Obaseki, Oshiomhole’s supporters trade words over plot to sack national chair
Factional leaders of the All Progressives Congress and members of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) yesterday accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of allegedly engaging in desperate moves to secure the party’s ticket for second term ahead of the September 19 governorship election in the state. Publicity Secretary of the APC faction in the state, Chris Azebamwan, who stated this at a press conference in Benin, the state capital, blamed the governor of using various organs of the party to achieve his desperation’ for a second term in office. He…
NIWA to reduce carnage on Calabar waterways –MD
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has expressed the determination to reduce the rate of accidents along the Calabar waterways by ensuring that boat operators are properly registered with the authority. The authority’s Managing Director, Mr. George Moghalu, disclosed this yesterday during his interaction with stakeholders in the maritime industry at the NIWA Area Office in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Reacting to the call by the stakeholders that the authority should fashion out ways of reducing the rate of accident on the waterways between Calabar- Oron and Ibeno in…
Okowa: Delta school sports festival for future champions
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday described the ‘Greater Delta Games,’ tagged: “School Sports Festival” as a search for the making of future champions for the state and the country in general. The governor, who noted those that emerge as winners would metamorphosise to become the nation’s future of athletes, said the state had performed creditably well at the National Sports Festival since 1999 by topping the medal table. While expressing delight yesterday at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, the state capital, venue of the grand finale of the festival,…
Rivers: We’ll save our environment despite menace of oil theft
The Rivers State Government has vowed to sustain its fight against crude oil theft and artisanal refining, which it described as a serious threat to the environment and the people. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Harry Banigo, who stated this at a stakeholders’ consultative engagement on Modular Refineries at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, noted that despite the activities of oil thieves and artisanal refiners, the state would adopt different approach in handling the situation. According to her, the state government under Governor Nyesom Wike had…
Makinde: Oyo’ll be known for good governance throughout my tenure
Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said that the state would be known for good governance all through his tenure. Makinde, who stated this while addressing members of his Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) during a stakeholders’ meeting of the party at its state secretariat, Molete, Ibadan, added that his administration was bent on delivering good governance to the people of the state. At the meeting were Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Bisi Ilaka; Deputy Chief of Staff, Hon. Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola; Special Adviser on…
Examination malpractice retarding nation’s growth –Don
A Professor of Education from the University of Ibadan (UI), Irene Adetimirin, yesterday admonished students against indulging in examination malpractice in order to pass, describing it as a cankerworm that had dwarfed the growth and development of the country. Speaking as a keynote speaker at the education transformation advocacy on examination malpractices organised by the Concerned Parents and Educators Initiative (CPEI) at Immanuel Grammar School, Orita UI, Ibadan, Adetimirin said that examination malpractice was an evil act which had affected learners as well as their rate of development. She said:…
Lassa fever: Lagos to fumigate 27 colleges, abattoirs, others
Lagos State Government yesterday said that it would begin an eightweek massive fumigation of no fewer than 27 model colleges with hostel facilities, abattoirs and slaughter houses, agricultural produce markets as well as regular markets in the state. Speaking on measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state, Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, said that fumigation exercise was aimed at preventing outbreak and spread of Lassa fever in Lagos. According to him, no fewer than 27 model colleges in the state would be fumigated in the exercise…
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