General News
FG to eradicate malaria in 2013
By Eno Brown
The Federal Government is envisaging that by 2013, malaria will no longer be a major public health problem as families will have universal access to prevention and treatment.
This was made known by the Federal Ministry of Health through a document prepared by the National Malaria Control Programme tagged, A Roadmap for malaria control in Nigeria: strategic plan 2009-2013. Read the rest of this entry
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AKSG signs MOU to take-over Ituk Mbang Hospital
The Akwa Ibom State Government is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Methodist Church Nigeria (MCN) for the take-over of the Methodist Hospital, Ituk Mbang, Uruan, from the church within the next two weeks.
The State Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, announced this on Thursday when he received the Methodist Bishop of Adadia, Rt. Rev. Etim Ekong, and some officials of the church on a courtesy call on him. Read the rest of this entry
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AKSG Sets Aside N15b for Industrial fund
The Akwa Ibom State Government has set aside a 15 Billion Naira industrial fund in the 2012 Budget to provide soft loans for local entrepreneurs who may wish to set up industries through Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework. Read the rest of this entry
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Ajimobi promises to tackle unemployment in Oyo
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has promised that his administration would continue to tackle the problem of youth unemployment bedeviling the state.
The governor gave the promise while declaring open a two-week induction programme for the first batch of the 20,000 youths recently employed under the Youth Empowerment Scheme of Oyo State (YES-O) at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Iseyin. Read the rest of this entry
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How church neglects responsibility in governance-Leader AKHA
By our Reporter
The leader of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Okpolupm Ette has described as what he referred to as neglect and lack of taking responsibility in determining who leads the country, Nigeria by religious leaders and attributed some of the current political problem in the country to failure in the part of the religious leaders. Read the rest of this entry
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