FG
set to train 100,000 farmers on cocoa expansion system
As part of Federal Government’s drive to sustain its agricultural
transformation agenda (ATA), especially on cocoa production, processing and
marketing, it has resolved to train 100,000 cocoa farmers on cocoa expansion
system and strengthen 100 farmer groups through the support of Cocoa Livelihood
Programme of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF).
The initiative, which was introduced as a follow-up to the
production of 3.6 million hybrid pods set to be distributed free of charge to
farmers and investors, would professionalise cocoa production and build the
producers’ capacity in good agricultural practices, business and
entrepreneurial skills and aid farmer groups and cooperatives.
Published
on Monday, 17th September, 2012 in The Guardian Newspaper
How
Abia plans 4,000 jobs through mega farms
Abia State is regarded as the food basket of the South East
geopolitical zone. The state has a highly diversified agro-ecological
condition, which makes the production of a wide-range of agricultural products
possible.
The state produces cash crops such as cocoa, rubber, cashew, palm oil, rice, maize and cassava in commercial quantities.
The state produces cash crops such as cocoa, rubber, cashew, palm oil, rice, maize and cassava in commercial quantities.
Agriculture is one of the most potentially viable sectors of the
state’s economy, particularly in terms of its employment generation potentials
as well as its contribution to the state’s internally generated revenue (IGR).
Published
on Monday, 17th September, 2012 in The Guardian Newspaper
World
Bank resumes funding of HIV/AIDS programme in A/Ibom
The World Bank is set to resume funding of HIV/AIDS intervention
programme in Akwa Ibom State five years after it withheld support demanding the
transformation of the state action committee into an agency as one of the
conditions for continued assistance.
The state House of Assembly has since passed a bill establishing
the state agency for the control of HIV/AIDS though it has yet to be signed
into law by Governor Godswill Akpabio, but officials are optimistic that it
would soon become law adding that the World Bank has given indications of
resuming funding to the state.
Published
on Monday, 17th September, 2012 in ThisDay Newspaper
Cameroon
dam water destroys 49 communities in C’River
Over 49 coastal communities in seven local
governments in Cross River State have been destroyed in the last one week by
water from the Lagdo Dam, Cameroon.
A similar discharge of water from the dam destroyed
communities in Adamawa State in August.
Hundreds of houses were also swept away by floods in
Yala, Ogoja, Ikom, Obubra, Abi, Biase and Odukpani in Cross River.
Published
on Monday, 17th September, 2012 in The Punch Newspaper
Ekiti
to build mega hotel in Ikogosi
Ekiti State Government has said it is planning to
build a three-star hotel at the Ikogosi Warm Springs to boost the capacity of
the tourist resort to generate fund.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Tourism, Mr.
Segun Ologunleko, who said this at a press conference in Ado-Ekiti on Friday,
said the state government had acquired 116 hectares of land around the site for
the construction of the hotel which would begin in the second phase of the
development of the site.
Published
on Monday, 17th September, 2012 in The Punch Newspaper
NLNG
Train 7 to attract N1.89tn FDI
Nigeria will attract fresh Foreign Direct Investment
worth $12bn (N1.89tn) within the next four years through the proposed Train 7
of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas project.
The project is also expected to generate additional
$3bn revenue for the Federal Government annually and create about 13,000 new
jobs.
Published
on Tuesday, 18th September, 2012 in The Punch Newspaper
Coin
dispensing ATMs coming – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will
facilitate the introduction of Automated Teller Machines that can dispense
coins to encourage the citizens imbibe the culture of spending them.
The Head of Shared Services, CBN, Mr. Chidi Umeano,
told the News Agency
of Nigeria on Monday
in Lagos that the plan was in tune with the currency restructuring exercise.
Published
on Tuesday, 18th September, 2012 in The Punch Newspaper
MoneyGram
CSR Initiative Supports Schools
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative in
Nigeria, MoneyGram International has concluded arrangements to launch the 2012
edition of its ‘Gear Up for School’ consumer reward programme.
According to a statement issued by the company, through the CSR
initiative, MoneyGram would distribute learning materials to thousands of
public school students drawn from the South-west and South-south regions of the
country.
Published
on Wednesday, 19th September, 2012 in BusinessDay Newspaper
Experts
take renewable energy to front burner
The search for sustainable energy development took a centre stage
at a workshop organised by Environmental right Action/Friends of the Earth
Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) in Benin, as industry experts canvassed for renewable
sources of energy.
The need for renewable energy for the country is now being placed
at the front burner, as experts, at the Community Energy Access Training
Workshop, which was organised by Environmental Right Action/Friends of the
Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), posited that there is no other better way to tackle
Nigeria’s energy crisis.
Published
on Wednesday, 19th September, 2012 in BusinessDay Newspaper
World
Bank resumes funding of HIV/AIDS programme in A/Ibom
The World Bank is set to resume funding of HIV/AIDS intervention
programme in Akwa Ibom State five years after it withheld support demanding the
transformation of the state action committee into an agency as one of the
conditions for continued assistance.
The state House of Assembly has since passed a bill establishing
the state agency for the control of HIV/AIDS though it has yet to be signed
into law by Governor Godswill Akpabio, but officials are optimistic that it
would soon become law adding that the World Bank has given indications of
resuming funding to the state.
Published
on Wednesday, 19th September, 2012 in BusinessDay Newspaper
Group
advocates increased funding for malaria, others
The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and
Development has asked Bayelsa State Government to increase its budget for
malaria, tuberculosis, physically-challenged persons and HIV/AIDS.
The centre, which organised a training on budget
advocacy in Yenagoa, also requested incremental budgeting for women, children,
the elderly and the youths.
Published
on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 in BusinessDay Newspaper
Agric
trade group seeks reviews of GES
The Agricultural Trade Group has
advised the Federal Government to fine-tune the implementation of the
Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) under its Agricultural Transformation Agenda.
Members of the group told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that the review was necessary because commercial farmers were not benefiting from the scheme.
Published on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
Members of the group told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that the review was necessary because commercial farmers were not benefiting from the scheme.
Published on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
Terrorism,
a threat to economy, says ICSAN President
THE President of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), Teslim Olatunde Busari, has described
terrorism or any form of insurgency as a threat to the growth and development
of the country’s economy.
Busari stated this in Lagos while speaking with newsmen on the
yearly Conference and Award Dinner of the Institute slated for September
27 and 28 in Abuja.
Published
on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
Artequick
promises 24-hr treatment for malaria, elimination in 20 years
CHINESE researchers say with Artequick, a fixed-dose combination
of artemisinin and piperaquine, malaria can be effectively treated within 24
hours and possibly eliminated from human population in 20 years.
Clinical trails of Artequick presented, to the media, last week in
Lagos by the General Manager of Artepharm Company Limited, China, Dr. Pan
Longhua, concluded that Artequick is an ideal drug for the treatment of
malaria, especially for drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum.
Published
on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
Global fund adopts new funding model for greater impact
A new model unveiled by the Board of the Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) will focus on making greater
impacts in countries where the Fund operate.
The new funding model is expected to change the way implementers
apply for financing, get approval of their proposals and then manage their
grants. Countries are now to be grouped in bands, which will enable the Fund to
ensure focus is placed on countries with the highest disease burden and least
ability to pay, among other factors.
Published
on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
NEMA
DG, doctors urge state govts on disaster management plan
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and doctors in the
country have urged state governments and general public on improved disaster
management plan and awareness.
Assessing the state of emergency preparedness in the country, NEMA
blamed poor emergency response to disaster on inadequate planning and awareness
among the public.
Published
on Thursday, 20th September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
Govt to
involve 1m youths in agric
Efforts by the Federal Government to involve youths in
commercial agriculture yesterday received a major boost as it unfolded plans to
engage one million of them in it.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, explained that the government would collaborate with the
36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to empower 10,000 youths in
each state. The youths are also expected to employ three more persons.
Published
on Friday, 21st September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
How to grow
agric sector’s potential, by Minister
Collaborative initiatives by the public and private sectors of the
economy could lift the fortunes of the agricultural sector as a mega-earning
industry for the nation.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi
Adeshina, who stated this Abuja on Wednesday, pointed out the agricultural
sector could have its growth potential lifted to $263 billion by 2030, from the
present $99 billion.
Published on Friday,
21st September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
President insensitiveness
for comments on subsidy protest
Action Congress of Nigeria has accused President Goodluck Jonathan
of insensitivity to the suffering of the masses.
The party, which reacted to the President’s condemnation of the
January fuel price hike protests, stated this in a statement on Thursday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
Published
on Friday, 21st September, 2012 in Guardian Newspaper
ITF
trains 140,000 in vocational skills
The Industrial Training Fund said on Wednesday in Abeokuta that it
had trained over 140,000 Nigerians in various technical skills since the
beginning of this year.
It
said that the people trained so far represented part of its target to train
250,000 Nigerians in different employable skills by the end of 2012.
Published
on Friday, 21st September, 2012 in Punch Newspaper
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