The Niger State Government has on Friday earmarked N28.2 million to combat the spread of the Convid-19 (Coronavirus).
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The Niger State Government has been hailed for scaling up the budgetary provisions from N80 million in 2017 to N210 million in 2020.
Briefing newsmen, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ibrahim Makun Sidi, said the deceased, a truck driver (name withheld), had never left Nigeria in more than 12 months, adding: “The deceased could not have contacted the disease.
The beggars, who are mainly groups of Almajiris, were seen at strategic places begging for alms in Suleja, Minna, Kotangora and other major towns of the state on Monday
The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Matane, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Saturday
The directive was contained in statement jointly signed by Yakubu Garba, Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress, and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Yunusa Tanimu, and made available to newsmen in Minna
The Niger State Government on Tuesday said it has placed surveillance systems to arrest pipeline vandals and illegal water operators so as to attain its mandate of ensuring adequate supply of potable water across the state.
The Niger government says it has paid N200 million to National Examination Council to ensure the release of results of 30,000 students being withheld by the examination body.
The Niger State Government has complied with the directives of the National Financial Intelligent Unit on direct allocation to local government areas in the state by augmenting the payments of salaries with N600 million.
As part of efforts address the high level of congestion of prisons across the state, the Niger State Government has set up a committee to look into ways of decongesting the prisons and improve the facilities.
The Niger State Government has warned people living and farming around flood-prone areas to move away from such places to avoid flooding.
The Niger State Government has called for continued support to genuine private sector investment in Nigeria to drive the national economy.
Despite warnings on the danger of illegal felling of trees, the Niger State Government on Monday said it has lost over 60 per cent of its forest to illegal timber operators.
The Project Director of the Centre for Communication and Reproductive Health Services PACFaH at Scale, Dr. Aliyu Yabagi Shehu, has tasked the Niger State Government to be open with the health budget.
There is tension in the Niger State Government House over alleged misappropriation, gross misconduct and fraudulent diversion of N600 million by principal officers to the Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello.
The Niger government on Friday said that it has spent N32.35billion on infrastructure, education, health and other socio-economic projects in the state between 2015 and 2018.
The Niger government on Tuesday said that it would collaborate with the Federal Government to rehabilitate both federal and state roads to boost socio-economic activities in the state.
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger on Tuesday disclosed that his administration had spent close to N4 billion on maintenance of the Minna-Suleja road.
The Niger State Government has approved the payment of domestic servant allowances for teachers on Grade Levels 15 and above.
The Niger State Government is spending about N2 billion on the reconstruction of the 84km Minna-Bida Road, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, has said