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We have moved over 10 Million Nigerians out of poverty – Min. Of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma

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Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, has said that the Buhari-led government has moved 10 million Nigerians out of poverty. Udoma stated this while speaking on arrangements for the 24th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#24) held at the conference room of the ministry in Abuja today Tuesday September 18th.

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He said federal government had taken steps to move over 10 million Nigerians from poverty to prosperity as one of the key priorities of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP by investing in the people.

According to Udoma, the government had provided 8.96million school children under the Home Grown School Feeding Programme; over 297,000 poor and vulnerable Nigerians supported with cash transfer of N5,000 successfully disbursed more than 308,000 loans of N50,000 and above under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) and 200,000 Young Unemployed Graduates Empowered through the N-Power scheme , while over 308,000 had been selected for consideration for the second batch.

‘‘We have taken steps towards moving our people from Poverty to prosperity. Indeed, one of the key priorities of the ERGP is investing in our people. That objective has been behind many Government programmes, particularly the Social Investment Programme. Under this programme, we have empowered millions of Nigerian youths, women and children. To combat hunger and achieve food security, we have raised capital provisions for agriculture from N8.8billion in 2015 to N149.2billion in the 2018 budget.

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Over N82billion has been disbursed as credit to more than 350,000 farmers under the Anchor Borrowers’ programme. 14 moribund fertilizer blending plants have been revitalized through the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI), with a total capacity of 2.3million metric tons of NPK fertilizer. Nigeria’s milled rice production has increased by about 60% and since 2016 eight new rice mills have been brought into production” he said

 

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Nigerian Prophet, Tomi Arayomi Heals Man Who Has Been Deaf For 47 Years (VIDEO)

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Popular Nigerian prophet and founder of Rig Nation, Tomi Arayomi has healed an ex-naval officer who has been deaf for 47 years.

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In a video shared on the prophet’s social media page, the ex-naval officer was seen jubilating after he was miraculously healed by God through the hands of Prophet Tomi Arayomi.

The Ex-naval officer confirmed that he had been deaf during his navy days in 1977 and couldn’t hear with one of his ears until God healed him through the ministry of Prophet Tomi Arayomi.

In the video, he was asked to cover the good ear with his finger to further confirm that he could properly hear with the previously bad one and once again, he heard everything that was said clearly.

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World Malaria Day 2024: Moment of Excitements and Gratitude as Shalina Gives Back to the Society

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It was a moment of great excitement and gratitude, as a leading multinational pharmaceutical company in Nigeria, Shalina Healthcare marked this year’s World Malaria Day with a variety of events to create awareness about the deadly disease and at the same time use the opportunity to give back to the people. The WMD activities powered by Shal’Artem, (a brand of Antimalaria from Shalina Healthcare) Commenced at Campos Mini Stadium, Lagos Island on April 21st and ended at Ayangburen Market, Sabo, Ikorodu; Lagos on Thursday 25th 2024.

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Speaking on the main concept of the activities, Mr Chiuba Nwaosu, the Marketing Manager, Shalina Healthcare said; “the brands effort was to accelerate the fight against Malaria to a new level via infusing Sport, entertainment, Sanitation, Free test & treatment exercise to raise awareness about malaria.

The football match,  titled “Join the Cast”  with Shal’Artem as official antimalarial, and Rear Admiral Anakwe as the Special Guest of Honor, also had active participation of some top Nigerian celebrities and entertainers like Frank Idoho, Ali Baba, I Go Save, Akpororo amongst others.”

This was followed by a wide scale Free Clean up exercise across 3 Markets in Ikorodu Lagos (Sabo, Alison & Ladega) to emphasis the importance of a clean environment to prevent the breeding of Mosquitoes.

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The exercise ended with free malaria testing & prompt treatment of positive cases with Shal’Artem. Over 300 ecstatic market men, Women, Children & Artisans received free gifts at the end of the screening exercise.

The brand gesture is a commitment to ensuring that every Nigerian has a right to quality, affordable & accessible healthcare.

Appreciating the company, the Iyaloja of Ayangburen Market, Sabo, Ikorodu, Alhaja Mutiat Abeni Ojulari said, “Shalina has done greatly with this gesture. The free drugs and medical tests are very necessary in this time. We are very grateful to them for thinking about us. I pray that God will bless the company and everyone involved.”

 

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The Many Lies Of EFCC Against Kogi Ex-Governor, Yahaya Bello Exposed

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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) under the leadership of Olanipekun Olukoyede has taken a different dimension that can be best described as the ‘lowest low’ since the commission came into existence.

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Under the leadership of Olanipekun Olukoyode, EFCC, a commission that should serve the interest of every Nigerian has been turned to a weapon of destruction probably under the influence of some individuals who want to get back at their opponents.

 

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The emergence of EFCC was to basically go after economic and financial crimes within the provision of the law but nowadays, what we see the commission do is totally against the law.

 

In the case of the former governor of Kogi state, EFCC has turned itself to a ‘court of law’ by making unfounded allegations against His Excellency, Yahaya Bello who has served the people of Kogi state wholeheartedly in the last eight years.

 

The commission alleged that the former governor mismanaged about N80 Billion meant for the state in 2016 but according to figures obtained from BudgIT, the state only got N31.98bn allocation all through the year so how on earth did the EFCC arrive at N80 Billion?

 

It’s either the EFCC is intentionally lying against Yahaya Bello or staffers of the commission saddled with the responsibility of getting facts and figures is doing a shabby job and in addition, there was never a year throughout his tenure that Yahaya Bello didn’t commission projects equivalent to the allocation received.

 

As if that wasn’t enough, the EFCC boss alleged that Yahaya Bello paid the school fees of his children from the coffers of the Kogi state government in advance because he was leaving office. This is not just ridiculous but embarrassing because Yahaya Bello that we know is one who was well to do before he become governor of Kogi state.

 

Yahaha Bello has been paying the school fees of his children, they have always attended the school in question so what would it cost him to continue paying even after government? The commission should be aware that the former Kogi state governor is not one of those politicians who don’t have a life beyond politics therefore making an assertion that he paid some money because he was leaving government is null and void.

 

As a lawyer that Olukoyode is, he should know too well that such statement is defamatory and as long as it hasn’t been confirmed by the court, making such a defamatory statement isn’t acceptable and he is culpable in all of these.

 

At the moment, the EFCC boss has been charged to court for contempt and he will most likely be jailed if he is found guilty; this could have been avoided if he chose to work within the provision of the law but for reasons best known to him, he decided to take it personal and now, he may need to pay with his freedom.

 

However, the EFCC as a commission has a history of making unfounded allegations against personalities only to backtrack after discovering the truth. A similar situation happened during the commission’s scuffle for Otunba Gbenga Daniel when he was accused of N60 billion misappropriations but in the end, they changed it to N200 million.

 

This is also a reason the commission always loses court cases because there isn’t always enough proof to substantiate claims against victims.

 

We can only hope the EFCC turns a new leaf because if the commission continues on this trajectory, the federal government will be making more enemies than friends.

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