The NPC Chairman, Alhaji Nasir Kwarra, who led the organisation’s management team, made the request during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju-Kennedy Ohanenye.
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has sought the support of the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to establish a Directorate of Women Affairs in the FCT Administration.
A source close to the commission said she arrived at the Abuja Zonal Command of the Commission on invitation at 12pm.
Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, unveiled it during the third annual forum of the Women, Peace and Security Sector Reference Group in Abuja.
In a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari said late Mukhtar left behind an indelible contribution to law and to the finance world and would always be remembered for his bullish outlook.
The guardian, a microbiologist, poured hot water on the house help’s buttocks in Vom, Jos, the Plateau State capital.
The Minister, in a statement, said she decided to withdraw from the race, mindful of the accomplishments and progress recorded under her stewardship at the Ministry of Women Affairs.
The development was made known in a statement by the spokesman of the Ministry of Women Affairs, Olujimi Oyetomi.
The Minister was speaking at a news conference Friday, in Abuja, in the wake of recent cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the country.
The Minister’s visit, on Wednesday, took place in Baba’s office at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Tallen made the declaration at an event to mark the Sir David Osunde Foundation’s 30th Anniversary in Abuja.
The Minister gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists at a world press conference.
The President spoke when he received in audience the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen in State House, Abuja.
They were presented to the governor in Maiduguri by the Commissioner of Women Affairs, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo.
She said a bill to create 37 seats in the Senate and 74 in the House of Representatives for women had already passed second reading in the lower legislative chamber.
Tallen disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Organisation for Migration, saying she had personally visited the girls in school.
Tallen made the call on Thursday at the 2020 Annual Women’s Conference organised by Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria Project and 100 Women Lobby Group supported by Global Affairs Canada and Actionaid Nigeria.
Jummai Mohammed, Director, Child and Focal Officer, Online Sexual Exploitation in the ministry, disclosed this at a webinar in Abuja on Friday.
Tallen made her stand public during the Flag-off of the National Cooking Gas and Tree Planting project held in Girei town, headquarter of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, on Friday.
The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has appointed the Editor of Encomium magazine, Tolani Abati, as his Chief Press Secretary, The Pledge Online is reporting.