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By Francis Sardauna The federal government has announced the engagement of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to checkmate any fraud in its ongoing Social Investment Programmes across the country. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, unveiled this to journalists Thursday in Katsina during the training of 117 independent monitors ...

LISTEN FEB 18, 2021 Sarah Adwoa Safo, the Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, says if given the nod, she will engage further consultations on whether or not men should be granted paternity leave to assist their wives. She said it was not out of place for men or husbands to go on paternity leave since it existed in other jurisdictions, including Israel. However, there should be proper consultations so that it does not create an avenue for some men or husbands to ab...

  Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo, Minister Designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, was on Wednesday spared a marathon grilling by the Appointments Committee of Parliament because she had to attend to her baby. "Well not keep you here to deprive your baby," Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Munkata, Minority Chief Whip, said. Minority Leader supported the position of the Chief Whip, saying, "Ill not depart from the path he has chosen." As she answered questions from the members of the Committee which...

705 The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ms Sarah Adwoa Safo, says if given the nod, she will engage further consultations on whether or not men should be granted paternity leave to assist their wives. She said it was not out of place for men or husbands to go on paternity leave since it existed in other jurisdictions, including Israel. However, there should be proper consultations so that it does not create an avenue for some men or husbands to abuse the privileg...

NSIP: Be diligent in your responsibilities, FG charges independent monitors On Kindly Share This Story: The Representative of the Hon Minister, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Barr. Maymuna Idris (middle, standing), Executive Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Special Duties, Barr. Bridget Anyafulu (left), and the State Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Chris Anyabuine, at the flag off of Training/Onboarding of Independen...

Biden asked to endorse Okonjo-Iweala for WTO top job as Myung-Hee withdraws Published US president, Joe Biden, has been asked to endorse former Nigeria Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the World Trade Organization (WTO) top job, Bloomberg reports. Dozens of former US government officials have urged Biden to endorse Okonjo-Iweala, after the Trump administration blocked her selection. The opposition halted the selection process because WTO decisions are made on the basis of a consensus ...

TODAY February 4, 2021 The Federal Government has begun the training of 5,000 independent monitors for the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) to supervise the activities in the programmes and beneficiaries across the country. Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, at the inaugural ceremony on Thursday in Abuja said the NSIP was created by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016. The NSIP include N-POWER, National Home-Grown Sch...

Vanguard News FG engages EFCC, ICPC, others to stem corruption in NSIP programme On By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The federal government said, Thursday, that it had engaged the services of its security and anti-corruption agencies to stem corruption in the National Social Investment Programme, NSIP. To this end, it has warned those entrusted with items for the beneficiaries of the scheme to be wary of their conduct so as not to fall prey to the wrong arm of the law. The social intervention progra...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Top executive Andy Jassy has been confirmed the successor. Bezos, founder of Amazon in 1994, is transmuting to the board chairman. Jassy joined Amazon in 1997. He has led the Web Services cloud team since its inception. AWS drives much of Amazon’s profit. “I’m excited to announce that this Q3 I’ll transition to Executive Chair of the Amazon Board and Andy Jassy will become CEO,” Bezos said in a letter to employees. “Andy is well known inside the company ...

300,000 Metric Tons of Maize to Flood Market Soon to Save Jobs in Poultry Sector 300,000 Metric Tons of Maize to Flood Market Soon to Save Jobs in Poultry Sector In February, not less than 300,000 metric tons of maize will be released into the Nigerian market by strategic anchors under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). This good news is coming as the Western Nigeria’s wing of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) is calling on the government to intervene in...