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Safety: Kwara Gov Pledges Quality Fire Services

8Aug

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Environment, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Safety: Kwara Gov Pledges Quality Fire Services

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said the country’s internal security partly depends on the premium placed on effective fire service delivery, pledging to make such service a priority of his government. AbdulRazaq disclosed this at the 10th National Council Conference on Fire in Ilorin, saying everybody has a responsibility to prevent fire disasters in view of its ugly consequences. "Equally, fire service delivery is a vital component of internal security. The issue of safety of life and property is therefore occupying a major place in the programmes of our government,” “Our government takes fire prevention and fire fighting seriously. This is because we are quite aware of the devastating result of fire disasters, which, in most cases, destroy properties and w...

Opinion: The Revolution will not be Televised by Femi Aribisala

8Aug

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News, Nigeria

Opinion: The Revolution will not be Televised by Femi Aribisala

In Nigeria, things have surely fallen apart and the center can no longer hold. It is no longer conjectural; Nigeria is at war. In July 2019 alone, some 282 of our citizens were gunned down or violently killed. If they are not killed by marauding herdsmen, bandits and kidnappers, they are killed by our own government turning on Nigerians guns procured to defend Nigerians. The nation is no longer at ease. No one is abstracted from the on-going carnage. In July, the largest casualties were from the homestead of the president in Katsina. 80 persons were reportedly killed there in July, with Borno coming a close second with 75 dead. Foreign governments are warning their citizens that Nigeria is now a no-go country. Those who want to do business in Anglophone West Africa now seek ...

Eid-el- Kabir: LAWMA Urges Lagosians on Proper Waste Disposal

7Aug

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Environment, Lifestyle, News, Nigeria

Eid-el- Kabir: LAWMA Urges Lagosians on Proper Waste Disposal

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Wednesday urged residents to properly dispose of their domestic wastes during and after the forth-coming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The Assistant Director, Public Affairs of LAWMA, Mrs. Folashade Kadiri, disclosed this in a statement that adequate measures had been put in place to ensure that the celebration was observed in a filth-free environment, as waste evacuators have been mandated to work round the clock to clean up the city. The statement noted LAWMA’s resolve to stamp out all forms of improper waste disposal in the metropolis, which has resulted in environmental degradation, calling on residents to patronize only their assigned PSP operators. According to Mrs. Kadiri, toll-free lines had been made available to the public, f...

Kwara Donates Land for Federal Fire Service School, Regional Office

7Aug

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Environment, News, Nigeria

Kwara Donates Land for Federal Fire Service School, Regional Office

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has agreed to allocate land for the establishment of the proposed Federal Fire Training School and regional office for the north central to be sighted in Ilorin, the state capital. In a statement released by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor on Wednesday said additional fire service stations would be established in the northern senatorial district to complement the ones in Ilorin, in the central, and those in Omu Aran and Offa in the south. The Governor announced these on Tuesday when the Comptroller General of the Federal Fire Service Dr Liman Ibrahim paid a courtesy visit on him as part of the ongoing 10th national council on fire hosted by the Kwara State Government. AbdulRazaq said the government would also embark ...

Lagos State: Sanwo-Olu Promise to Achieve Universal Health Coverage

7Aug

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Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Lagos State: Sanwo-Olu Promise to Achieve Universal Health Coverage

Lagos State Government has reemphasized its commitment to strengthening public health research and boosting the capacity of healthcare workers towards achieving the Item 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this on Wednesday at the yearly symposium of the African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth) where he assured the audience of his administration’s willingness to pursue actions and policy frameworks that’ll help the state improve on universal health coverage indices. The week-long event with the theme: “Strengthening Health Research Education and Service Delivery for Achieving SDGs in Africa”, was held at the Lagos Continental Hotel on Victoria Island, Lagos. The participants comprised health researchers, policymake...

Development: Reps Member Harps on Payment of Tax

7Aug

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Economy, Finance, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

Development: Reps Member Harps on Payment of Tax

A member, House of Representatives, Hon. Jide Jimoh on Wednesday called on the corporate organizations, business groups and Nigerians to pay tax for the development of the Local governments in the country. Jimoh, representing Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency made the call in Lagos during Yaba LCDA 2019 Business Summit tagged: "Inter-Personal Relationship Between Local Government and The Corporate Bodies". He said that funds generated from the payment of taxes would be channeled to the development of the local government. According to him, without funding, there cannot be establishment of structures and capital projects. People must pay taxes, rates and levies to the local government which will help in developing the local council. He commended the initiatives of the council ...

We’ll Partner with EFCC to Recover Looted Funds in Kwara: AbdulRazaq

6Aug

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Corruption, Crime, Economy, News, Nigeria

We’ll Partner with EFCC to Recover Looted Funds in Kwara: AbdulRazaq

.... Laments diversion of N2bn SME funds Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said his administration would partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to combat graft, including recovering funds looted from the state treasury. AbdulRazaq said corruption had almost crippled Kwara when he took over on May 29, lamenting how the N2bn the state accessed to boost small scale businesses was diverted and shared by some persons. According to the Governor, this meant that the state government would now have N35m deducted from its account every month. “I got a letter (last week) from the Federal Ministry of Finance saying they will now deduct N35m every month from our account because the state government, a few years ago, took N2bn for small and mediu...

Eid-el-Kabir: Lagos Begins Sales of Lake Rice for Eid Celebration

5Aug

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Lagos News, Life, Lifestyle, News, Nigeria, Religion

Eid-el-Kabir: Lagos Begins Sales of Lake Rice for Eid Celebration

The Lagos State Government has commenced the sales of Lake Rice at various outlets across the State in preparation for the coming Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Olayiwole Onasanya disclosed that Lake Rice is available for sale at sales centres across the State including the Agricultural Development Authority Complex, Oko-Oba; Lagos State Agriculture Inputs Supply Authority (LAISA), Ojo and the Blue Roof at LTV Complex, Agidingbi, Ikeja. Onasanya also outlined other centres where the products are obtainable such as Temu Farm Service Center, Epe; Odogunyan Farm Service Center, Ikorodu; Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere; Ministry of Agriculture Area Office, Ajah and Mobolaji Johnson Sports Center, Rowe Park at Yaba. He revealed that the...

LASG Warns Residents Against Alteration of Approved Designs

5Aug

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Environment, Lagos News, News, Nigeria

LASG Warns Residents Against Alteration of Approved Designs

Lagos State Government has issued a warning to the residents of state-owned housing Estates to desist from modifying the approved designs of structures within their environment. The Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Housing, Mr. Wasiu Akewusola gave the warning on Monday during a meeting with the representatives of the Residents Association of Abraham Adesanya Estate at the State Secretariat, Alausa. He said "It is in the best interest of all residents of government-owned estates to stop alteration of structures of buildings in government-owned estates. Such alterations or reconstructing include restyling, an extension of, and additions to existing facilities and in some extreme cases increase in levels of buildings". Akewusola observed that these alterations are deviat...

We are Looking at the Possibility of Starting the Kwara Version of Trader-Moni – AbdulRazaq

2Aug

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Economy, Employment, Finance, News, Nigeria

We are Looking at the Possibility of Starting the Kwara Version of Trader-Moni – AbdulRazaq

The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has affirmed his position to understudy the TraderMoni programme of the Federal Government to extend soft loans to traders in Kwara version to reduce mass poverty. This contained in a statement by his spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye while the governor visited the Abuja headquarters of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), the implementers of the TraderMoni initiative, with the aim to replicate same in Kwara State. GEEP, which is supervised by the Bank of Industry, is one of the four sub-programmes of the National Social Investment Office (NSIO). The statement said the visit was for AbdulRazaq to discuss partnership with GEEP handlers on how Kwarans can further access the micro loans and lift thousands of people out of ...