Economy
Jigawa Women Receive 264 Goats For Empowerment In Birniwa
Jigawa Women Receive 264 Goats For Empowerment In Birniwa
Jigawa women receive 264 goats for empowerment in Birniwa. Each of the beneficiaries will receive two she-goats and one he-goat.
The Birniwa local council of Jigawa has empowered 88 women in the area with 264 goats.
Fahad Muhammad, the council’s spokesman, said this in a statement.
Mr Muhammad said Governor Umar Namadi launched the distribution exercise in Birniwa on Monday.
He explained that the governor lauded the council chairman, Mallam Shehu, for emulating his administration’s Goat Rearing Scheme.
The governor said that his administration had conducted various empowerment programmes that supported the teeming youth and women groups across the state.
Mr Namadi noted that the programmes had improved the residents’ living standards.
“My administration has introduced rice cultivation programmes on 100 hectares of land in the state’s 27 local government areas. Under this scheme, several youths in each council area have been engaged to produce the rice.
“Furthermore, my administration, through the ministry of agriculture, is committed to providing adequate and subsidised farming inputs to farmers in the state,” the governor said.
In his remarks, the council chairman, Mr Shehu, said a total of 264 goats were distributed to 88 women selected from the 11 wards of the area.
Goats market
While urging the beneficiaries to take good care of the goats to enhance their economic well-being, the chairman also thanked the governor for his approval of the programme.
Mr Shehu further thanked the governor for approving his other programmes to empower women groups in the area.
Earlier, the council’s head of the agriculture department, Muhammed Aminu, said each of the beneficiaries would receive two she-goat and one he-goat to rear.
Mr Aminu added that the council had arranged for a team of mobile veterinary workers to supervise the goats’ care and keep them healthy.
Some of the beneficiaries, Dija Aminu and Alhajeti Umaru thanked the council for the gesture and promised to take care of the goats.
Tension As Another Explosion Rocks Pipeline in Rivers
A second major pipeline explosion has rocked the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State, occurring just hours after a similar incident in Bodo, Gokana LGA.
The latest explosion struck a manifold connecting a federal pipeline in the Okwawriwa area on Tuesday morning, sending massive flames into the sky and raising fresh concerns about the safety of oil facilities in the region.
Another Explosion Rocks Pipeline
Another Explosion Rocks Pipeline in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State.
Pipeline Explosion Rocks Rivers Community
Pipeline explosion rocks Rivers community. An explosion has occurred in Bodo Community, Gokana Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State on Tuesday.
A resident of Bodo, reported that the blast took place on an onshore pipeline near the starting point of the Bodo-Bonny road.
He suggested that the explosion was likely an act of sabotage. He noted that it has not yet been linked to recent political tensions in Rivers State.
Explosion
While the connection to political threats remains uncertain, the residents believe that if left unchecked, the incident could embolden others and potentially reignite unrest in the Niger Delta.
Authorities have not commented on the incident.
UniCal Setup 25 Year Plan Ro Strengthen Workforce, Curriculum
UniCal setup 25 year plan to strengthen workforce, curriculum. The University of Calabar says it has developed a 25-year plan to strengthen its workforce and curriculum.
Florence Obi, vice-chancellor of the institution, disclosed this on Tuesday in Calabar during an interaction with the media.
The media interaction is part of activities lined up for the 50th anniversary of the institution and the 37th convocation ceremony.
Ms Obi noted that paucity of funds was a major challenge for any public university, adding that it was the reason for the increase in money paid by students.
She explained that this would enable management to meet the increasing cost of running the institution.
“The federal government pays our personnel costs. They don’t give us money to run the university. In fact, UniCal receives N13 million monthly as subvention which does not cover our electricity bill before solar was introduced.
UniCal Setup 25 Year Plan
The vice-chancellor noted that they could not continue running the institution as an on-campus programme alone and said with 50,000 Open and Distant Learning Programme students, the university would have enough money to maintain facilities.
She appealed to the media to help the institution sell its Open and Distant Learning Programme, noting that the graduates also enjoy the benefit of the on-campus students, such as the one-year National Youth Service Corps.
Ms Obi, the 11th VC of UniCal and the first female to hold the position, was appointed on September 10, 2020, and her tenure will expire in September 2025.
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