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Buhari Voices Concern Over Desert Encroachment

December 6, 2019 11:49 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern about desertification engendered by climate change that is having effect on families as their farm lands shrink in size.

He called for action to address this global threat while receiving the Letter of Credence of the High Commissioner of Australia to Nigeria, Mrs. Claire Ireland, yesterday in Abuja.

In a State House statement, the President lamented that the vagaries of the weather was posing greater risks for the future.

He said the global attention on taming the effects of climate change was important, noting that population had been on the increase in Nigeria, and …

NFF Commends Minister Over Concern In Poor Runs

November 20, 2019 5:22 am

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has hailed the move of the Minister of Sports, Mr. Sunday Akin Dare to request for a report on the performances of the various National Teams in recent weeks, just as the football governing –body submitted the requested report on Monday.

“It was a good move by the Minister to request for the report. As he said, there has to be stock taking and after that, accountability. The NFF is enamoured by the move and we have submitted the requested report.

“For us, there is nothing to hide. We have detailed all the issues and …

Concern Mounts Over States’ Fiscal Sustainability – Lee

October 24, 2019 2:43 pm

Only three states can survive without federal funds, says BudgIT report

World Bank’s Senior Economist, Yue Man Lee, Wednesday raised the alarm that the fiscal capacity of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has declined while their fiscal sustainability risks have also increased.

While pointing out that the states’ revenues have largely underperformed, she stressed that the recent growth in non-oil revenues particularly Value Added Tax (VAT) was not enough to offset the drop in statutory transfers.

This is coming as a new report has revealed that only Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom …

Poor development in Sahel Region gives concern to UN

July 2, 2019 12:05 pm

The United Nations Economic Commission (ECA) has expressed concern over the poor state of development in the Sahel region, including Nigeria.

In a statement on Tuesday by the ECA, the acting Director of the ECA Sub-Regional Office for West Africa, Mr Bakary Dosso said this in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso at a dialogue on the Sahel 2043 Prospective Study.

Dosso said the overall goal of the UN Support Plan for the Sahel, targets 10 countries namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.

He said the goal is to scale up efforts to accelerate shared …