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Invest More In Child Nutrition, UNICEF To Policy Makers

November 8, 2019 1:28 pm

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has called for behavioural change among policy makers and families across South-South and South East zones in order to win the fight against malnutrition.

Rivers Field Officer for UNICEF, Dr. Guy Yogo, made the call in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, yesterday, at a workshop on nutrition.

Yogo lamented that Nigeria was still battling the issue of stunted children, saying, “fighting malnutrition calls for a holistic approach from individuals, families and government.

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African leaders to invest $1 trillion on infrastructure

August 26, 2019 9:41 am

African nations are targeting to invest $1 trillion over the next 10 years to bridge the worrisome infrastructure gap on the continent.

This is as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service

(FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler revealed that effective 2020, Nigerian banks will commence charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on local and foreign transactions.

The infrastructure funding, which will spring from a plethora of onshore and offshore investors will see the continent extracting its Value Added Tax (VAT) from the investments to address other concerns.

The Executive Secretary, African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF), Mr Logan Wort made the …