Development

Development

  • Water Projects: FG assures UNIDO of adequate collaboration

    The Honourable Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr. Prof. Joseph Terlumun Utsev has assured the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) of the Federal Government’s readiness to collaborate and provide technical and infrastructural support for the success of UNIDO’s projects in the water sector. The Minister gave the assurance when he received the National Programme Officer of UNIDO, Dr Osu…

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  • FG orders 10,000 tractors as Deutsch Bank pours €995m into 774 LGs agric hubs 

    The Federal Government has signed an agreement with the Brazilian Government and German Deutsch Bank Group as financiers of a facility of 995 million euros for the Green Imperative Programme. The programme will provide mechanization hubs across the 774 local government areas in Nigeria when implemented, Minister of Agriculture and food security, Abubakar Kyari said in Minna Tuesday. “A memorandum…

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  • How Ewekoro LGA made Ogun first in non-oil revenue generation, Gov. Abiodun

    Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The presence of limestone in large quantities in Ewekoro Local Government is responsible for Ogun State contributing 36 out of the 38 per cent of revenue generated into the non-oil sector coffers of the Federal Government, Governor Dapo Abiodun has said. The governor made this known at the palace of the Olu of Itoriland, Oba Abdul-Fatai Akorede…

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  • Electricity: We are addressing the underlying problems, says Adelabu

    The strategy adopted in solving the electricity challenges in Nigeria calls for going beyond temporary fixes to addressing the underlying problems, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said. He made this clear at a recent meeting with members of the Forum of Commissioners of Energy in Nigeria.  The Minister disclosed that now that there is a diagnosis and a…

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  • Youth Development: Minister charges corps members on new skills

    The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Ayodele Olawande has charged corps members to equip themselves with market-driven skills while serving the country to secure their future The Minister gave the charge while on a working visit to the Asaya National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), orientation camp, Kabba, Kogi state.  He noted that acquiring new skills will  empower them…

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  • Subsidy removal challenging but necessary for long-term prosperity, says Tinubu

    The decision to remove the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) was challenging but premised on the need to ensure Nigeria’s long-term energy security and economic prosperity, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said. President Tinubu stated this on Tuesday in his keynote address at the opening of the 7th Nigerian International Energy Summit (NIES) at the Banquet Hall of the…

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  • NASENI

    Senate Commends NASENI on accelerated technology transfer

    The Senate Committee on National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has commended the Agency for championing local content development of Solar-Powered smart irrigation, tricycles, electric motorbikes and others with accelerated technology transfer. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on NASENI, Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi, who led other members of the Committee on the oversight function visit to NASENI…

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  • Light Up Nigeria: A much-expected solution to power supply, says Shettima

    Vice President Kashim Shettima has officially launched the Light Up Nigeria, South East Initiative in Enugu, describing it as the much-expected solution to the power supply deficit that has undermined the nation’s economy and industrialisation. He said the Light Up Nigeria Project, which is part of the priorities set by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revamp the nation’s economy and…

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    Shettima to flag off ‘Light up South-east’ initiative, 181-megawatt Abia Power plant

    Vice President Kashim Shettima will launch the Light Up South East Initiative to accelerate power supply in industrial clusters in the region.  The event to be held in Enugu, the Enugu State capital, on Monday is a part of the ongoing efforts to improve energy supply to industrial clusters across the country.  The project, a collaboration between the Niger Delta…

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  • Climate Change: FG tasks stakeholders on efficient resource allocation

    The Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, has called for efficiency in the allocation of resources to tackle the effects of climate change. He said this at an Inter-Ministerial Committee Meeting on Climate Change/Green Bond in Abuja. Salako said there is a need to understand the magnitude of the economic, social and ecological challenges confronting the country due…

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