The Chairman of the NDLEA, retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, revealed this to State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the agency at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday
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The UNICEF Country Representative, Mr Peter Hawkins, while speaking during the inauguration of the South West Traditional Leaders’ Committee on Primary Health Care Delivery set up by the Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with National Primary Health Care Development Board urged the government to do more and make healthcare services available and accessible to the citizens.
The president stated this in a congratulatory message released by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja to mark Shettima’s 55th birthday, on Thursday.
He also cautioned the government against molesting or punishing retired Navy Commodore Kunle Olawunmi for alleging cover-up by the government of some high profile politicians behind the raging insurgency and banditry in the country.
The statement explained that the decision was part of the resolutions reached at the 16th meeting of the CECPC in Abuja
Governor Samuel Ortom in several publications had attacked the president, describing him as the worse when it comes to security due to the rising state of insecurity in Nigeria and Benue especially.
Inaugurating the third board of the NSIA in Abuja, the President reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to implementing long-term projects and programmes that create jobs for Nigerians.
“I am happy to formally welcome you. I certainly wish you the best of luck. I’m anxious for your success, and will closely follow,” he said.
Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, noted in a statement that Trabelsi first served in the past for five years as an officer, came back later to serve as Ambassador for another five years, “and now describes himself as “a lover of Nigeria and her people.”
We the stakeholders of the Benue State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are alarmed at the lonesome bitter and sustained campaign of calumny launched by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on the person and office of our President, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.
The president, who stated this at the inauguration of the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, assured that the Jubilee Fellows Programme would further consolidate on the success recorded.
Datong was kidnapped when the marauders, last Tuesday, invaded the country’s foremost military institution, the Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka, Kaduna, killing two officers – identified as Lieutenant Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronkwo.
“The death of Abdulkareem is another tragic chapter in our current security challenges, but I reassure Nigerians that my commitment to protect the lives and property of all Nigerians remains unwavering,” the president said, according to a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu.
The former governor of Benue State made the call at a press conference in Abuja on Monday.
The president gave the assurance in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, on Sunday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Elem died on Aug. 14 when his car plunged into an un-reclaimed mining pit at Enyigba community in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state.
The President’s condolence message was passed on by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Saturday.
Speaking at the opening session of a one-day meeting on improving primary healthcare delivery attended by Commissioners of Health and Executive Secretaries of the Primary Healthcare Development Agencies (PHCDAs) from 22 states governed by All Progressives Congress (APC), the Governor said more attention ought to go into primary healthcare because of its significance for the society.
Buhari, who doubles as the Minister for Petroleum Resources, said: “I am pleased to announce the declaration of Profit after Tax of N287 billion in Year 2020 by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The President, who reacted to Tuesday’s attack on the NDA’s permanent facility in Afaka, Kaduna State during which some personnel serving within the institution were killed, however, vowed that the victims of the attack would not die in vain.