CSR News Summary Issue 27

Cross River Riot Act over housing, fuel stations

Determined to ensure probity and due process, Cross River State government has warned against fraudulent activities in housing development and the indiscriminate siting of filing stations in the state.

The Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr. Raphael Uche, who issued the warning in Calabar recently, pointed out that the state government was not happy with the unsatisfactory level at which some civil servants in the state handled housing development issues.

Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Wednesday, August 22nd 2012

NASENI, Malaysian Universities to collaborate on research, development

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has commenced discussions with universities and research organizations in Malaysia to promote science, technology and innovation in Nigeria.

Acting Director General of NASENI, Dr. Mohammed Haruna, who spoke with the Guardian in Abuja that his team is interesting in learning how Malaysia science and technology agencies are spearheading advances in science, engineering and technology.

Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Wednesday, August 22^nd 2012

SON to enforce ISO26000 Standard in Nigeria

The Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Joseph Odumodu, has said the ISO 26000 guide may soon become an enforceable standard in Nigeria. He made this known at the ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility Nigeria Adoption Process in Abuja yesterday.

At the ISO/SON International workshop for the ISO 26000 Guidance Standard on Social Responsibility, Odumodu also stated that the time has come for Nigeria to experience the application of standards in daily organisational procedures and practices.

Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, August 23^rd 2012

Ondo disburses N1b to entrepreneurs

The Ondo State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Tayo Akinjomo says the state government has so far disbursed the sum of N1 billion to Small and Medium scale Entrepreneurs.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on Saturday that the aim of this was to generate wealth and alleviate poverty in the state. The commissioner said it was the wish of the state governor that all applicants be given the loan without any delay.

Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, August 23^rd 2012

Controversy trails ban on women studying nuclear physics, others

IRAN'S decision to forbid women from studying dozens of subjects including nuclear physics and oil engineering threatens to wipe out one of the last vestiges of gender equality in the country, a Nobel Peace laureate, Shirin Ebadi, has said.

The Islamic Republic's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology has barred women in 36 universities from 77 fields of study, according to state-run media including the Mehr news agency. Female students learned of the curbs when they received their registration letters in recent weeks.

Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, August 23^rd 2012

Coca-Cola partners women journalists on healthy living

As part of its commitment to promote sustainable communities and an active healthy population, the nation’s premium beverage giant, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, is partnering the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) in the celebration of this year’s  “NAWOJ Family Week”; an initiative aimed at enlightening women and the general public on the importance of strong family ties and active healthy living in nation building.

The NAWOJ Family Week commenced on Monday, August 13, 2012, with a six-kilometre walk from the Ikeja Local Government Council at the beginning of Obafemi Awolowo Way in Ikeja, Lagos, to the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs & Poverty Alleviation, Alausa, Ikeja.

Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, August 23^rd 2012

Ebonyi treats 79 women with uterine prolapse

Seventy nine women drawn across the federation and the three geo-political zones of Ebonyi State with uterine prolapse were discharged from the National Fistula Centre Abakaliki having been treated free.

Two more medical doctors were engaged by the centre to assist in the repair of the women. 

Published in The Nation Newspaper, on Friday, August 24^th 2012

Shell plans $3.5b gas plant in Imo State

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has concluded plans to build a $3.5b gas plant in Imo State.

Disclosing this to Governor Okorocha at Government House in Owerri recently, the management of SPDC led by the Managing Director, Mr Mutiu Summonu, said the Assa-North, Ohaji-South gas supply project is in line with the local gas content policy of the Federal Government to boost power generation in the country.

Published in The Nation Newspaper, on Friday, August 24^th 2012