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Nigeria’s Biosafety Agency Funding Challenge Nigeria’s Biosafety Agency Funding Challenge The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), an agency under the Federal Ministry of Environment, was established in 2015 with the mandate to provide regulatory framework, institutional and administrative mechanism for safety measures in the application of modern biotechnology in Nigeria, thereby preventing any adverse effect on human health, animals, plants, and environment. According to the Act e...

The financial records were sent to the Senate and House of Representatives’ Committees on Public Accounts. The report showed that N16.9bn was approved in the 2020 budget, N32.5bn from the COVID-19 Special Account/Levy; while N34.5bn was to be funded through donations from public and private sectors. The audit report on the emergency response programme revealed that out of the N83.9bn appropriated, N63.797bn had been disbursed to implementing agencies and other entities as well as states at th...

Share The House of Representatives is expected to commence an investigation into the N83.9 billion appropriated for the response to COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020 Appropriation Act. According to financial records obtained by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation (oAuGF) and transmitted to the Senate and House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts, the sum of N16.9 billion was approved in the 2020 budget, N32.5 billion from the COVID-19 Special Account/Levy and N34.5 bi...

Luxury apartment complex along Carlisle Pike gets approval from township commissioners Updated Jan 31, 2021; Facebook Share The Hampden Township Board of Commissioners have approved the final development plan for the Hampden Terminal Apartments. The Thursday night vote gives Wormleysburg-based developer, Integrated Development Partners the green light to go ahead with plans to build luxury apartments along the Carlisle Pike in Hampden Township. The development will include three apartment buil...

Demolition set to begin on most of what remains of Phillipsburg Mall Updated Jan 29, 2021; Posted Jan 29, 2021 The entrance to the former Sears inside the Phillipsburg Mall is blocked off as the one-time anchor is demolished in August 2019.Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com Facebook Share Demolition is scheduled to begin within the next couple of weeks on the remaining structure of the Phillipsburg Mall, a spokeswoman for ownership/management confirmed Friday. The full tear-down of the ma...

Jan 29, 2021 A 64-story tower planned for a site overlooking Lady Bird Lake would be Austins second tallest high-rise. The developer says the cost to build the tower in the Rainey Street District on the southeast side of downtown would be about $540 million, including acquisition of the land. M2 Development Partners is targeting April 2022 for the groundbreaking, and said the towers name will be announced in the weeks ahead. The towers expected opening date is the third quarter of 2025. Phot...

A high-end hotel is part of a $535 million project slated for SoBro. According to a release, the mixed-use building to house the luxury hotel and high-end condominiums as well as an accompanying apartment structure will sit on a six-parcel property with a main address of 401-417 Seventh Ave. S. at the Korean Veterans Boulevard Roundabout. The site has been eyed for a tower since at least 2017. The release notes the buildings will offer a collective 1.2 million square feet, 240 luxury hotel room...

Over 2.6 million people in need of food assistance in Malawi Format LILONGWE – The Government of Malawi, together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Development Partners have teamed up to provide food and cash assistance to over 2.6 million people facing severe food insecurity in Malawi during the current lean season. The Government, through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) in collaboration with its humanitarian partners, has facilitated the developmen...

Liberia: President George Weah’s Fourth Annual Message to the 54th Legislature Liberia: President George Weah’s Fourth Annual Message to the 54th Legislature Mr. Speaker; Honorable Members of the Legislature; Your Honor the Chief Justice, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and Members of the Judiciary; The Dean and Members of the Cabinet and other Government Officials; The Doyen, Excellencies and Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps; His Excellency, the Special Representative o...