Tag: FG
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Conditional Cash Transfer: FG sacks 2 contractors over delay in disbursement
The Federal Government has terminated the contracts of two Payment Service Providers (PSP) for failure to meet up with the contractual agreement to commence Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) to beneficiaries in four states. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday signed by her…
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COVID-19: FG attributes slow space of testing to PCR machines
The Federal Government, says the slow rollout of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test Results is due to a combination of stringent rules aimed at ensuring its reliability. Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, the Minister for States, Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), made this disclosure on Sunrise Daily, Channels Television, on Wednesday in Abuja. Mamora…
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Palliatives: Olurode urges FG to involve researchers in reaching many people
A Sociologist, Prof. Lai Olurode, on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to involve Social Science Researchers (SSR) in the distribution of foods and other palliatives during the two weeks extension of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Olurode, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos, told our correspondent in Lagos that when these researchers were…
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FAKE NEWS ALERT: FG is notpaying Nigerians N30,000 for ‘coronavirus relief’
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says the report that Nigerians with bank verification number (BVN) will be given N30,000 as relief fund is false. The report, which went viral on Friday, said Adesina issued a statement to that effect. READ ALSO: Dangote tests negative for coronavirus, to build 600-bed isolation center in Kano The said amount was…
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COVID-19: NGO tasks FG, states on almajiris, vulnerable children
The Centre for Media Advocacy for Mother and Child (CAMAC), an NGO, has called on the Federal and State Governments to take steps toward preventing the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) among Almajiris and other vulnerable children in the country. CAMAC Executive Director, Mr Alex Uanbgaoje, said in a statement in Kaduna on Tuesday that government…
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Strike: ASUU, FG reaches concrete proposals
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has reached concrete proposals with the Federal Government on the ongoing warning strike embarked upon by the union. Mr Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President said this in Abuja while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door reconciliatory meeting at the Ministry of Labour and Employment.…
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FG postpones Edo 2020, as coronavirus claims another sports casualty
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the postponement of the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) tagged “Edo 2020’’ as a precautionary move against the spread of COVID-19. The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, announced this on Tuesday via his Twitter handle. ALSO READ:Road Crashes: FRSC sensitises worshipers on safety tips in Taraba “President…
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FG suspends plans to borrow $22.7bn
…Commodities market to be used to diversify economy — Osinbajo The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Monday, disclosed that the Federal Government has suspended its $22.7 billion external borrowing plans due to current realities in the global economic landscape. Speaking in Abuja, at the 2020 International Conference on the Nigerian Commodities Market, organized by…
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FG to curb sale of tickets at railway stations
…declares rail infrastructure devt, national priority The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission, ICRC, Friday, said it has engaged private sector operators to deploy electronic ticketing solution for the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, to cut down on the purchase tickets at train stations. There have been several calls by passengers and patrons of the rail services in…
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FG calls for tolerance, peaceful coexistence among Nigerians
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has urged Nigerians to love, tolerate and live peacefully with one another. Tallen made the call on Thursday in Abuja, at the 5th International Conference on Love and Tolerance: tagged “Countering Violent Extremism for Peaceful Coexistence” organised by UFUK Dialogue, a Non-Governmental Organisation. The…