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NIGERIAN GOVERNORS FORUM CALLS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL AGRIC ZONES TO ATTRACT $4BILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENTS

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said that the establishment of Special Agro-processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria has the potential of attracting between one to four billion dollars investments into the country.

The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ekiti, KAYODE FAYEMI, disclosed this while briefing newsmen after the forum’s 4th meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.

Mr. FAYEMI explained that all states were potential beneficiaries of the SAPZs initiative, which would bring together the farming and the processing community.

They also agreed to do everything to ensure effective polio immunisation in their states to prevent a re-emergence of the disease in the country to ensure that Nigeria is certified polio-free by the World Health Organisation.

The meeting comes hours after President MUHAMMADU BUHARI inaugurated his cabinet and assigned portfolio to ministers at a ceremony, which was attended by governors and other top government officials.

The new ministers, who pledged to deliver on their assigned mandates, also sought co-operation from workers to meet their targets, top of which is budget submission.

August 21, 2019 President Buhari Assigns Portfolios to Newly Sworn in Ministers

President Buhari Assigns Portfolios to Newly Sworn in Ministers

The Presidency has this afternoon released a list of Newly Sworn-in Ministers and their respective Portfolios in the new National Executive council.

1 Uchechukwu Samson Ogah (Abia) – Minister of State Mines And Steel.

2. Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa) – Minister of FCT

3. God’swill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) – Minister of Niger delta

4. Dr Chris Ngige (Anambra ) – Minister of Labour and Environment

5. Sharon Ikeazu (Anambra) – Minister of State Environment

6. Adamu Adamu – Bauchi, Education

7. Amb Maryam Katagum – Bauchi, Industry, Trade and Investment, State

8. Timipre Silva – Bayelsa, Petroleum, State

9. Sen. George Akume – Benue, Special Duties

10. Mustapha Baba Shehuri – Borno, Agriculture, State

11. Godwin Jedi-Agba – Cross River, Power, State

12. Festus Keyamo – Delta, Niger Delta, State

13. Ogbonnaya Onu – Ebonyi, Science and Technology

14. Dr. Osagie Ehanire – Edo, Health

15. Clement Ikanade Agba – Edo, Budget and National Planning, State

16) Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo – Ekiti, Industry, Trade and Investment

17) Geoffrey Onyeama – Enugu, Foreign Affairs

18)Dr. Ali Isa Pantami – Gombe, Communication

19) Emeka Nwajuba – Imo, Education, State

20) Suleiman Adamu – Jigawa, Water Resources

21 Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed – Kaduna, Finance, Budget and National Planning

22) Dr. Mohammad Mahmoud – Kaduna, Environment

23) Mohammed Sabo Nanono – Kano, Agriculture

24) Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd) – Kano, Defence

25) Hadi Sirika – Katsina, Aviation

26) Abubakar Malami – Kebbi, HAGF and Minister of Justice

27) Ramatu Tijani Aliyu – Kogi, FCT, State

28) Lai Mohammed – Kwara, Information and Culture

29) Gbemisola Saraki – Kwara, Transportation, State

30) Babatunde Raji Fashola – Lagos, Works and Housing

31) Adeleke Mamora – Lagos, Health, State

32) Mohammed A. Abdullahi – Nasarawa, Science & Tech, State

33) Amb. Zubairu Dada – Niger, Foreign Affairs, State

34) Olamilekan Adegbite – Ogun, Mines & Steel Devpt

35) Sen. Omotayo Alasuadura – Ondo, Labour, State

36) Rauf Aregbesola – Osun, Interior

37) Sunday Dare – Oyo, Youth and Sports

38) Dame Pauline Tallen – Plateau, Women Affairs

39) Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers, Transportation

40) Mohammed Maigari Dangyadi – Sokoto, Police Affairs

41. Engr. Sale Mamman – Taraba, Power

42) Abubakar D. Aliyu – Yobe, Works and Housing, State

43) Sadiya Umar Faruk – Zamfara, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development

NNPC Selects 15 Oil Companies To Supply 14 Billion Litres Of Petrol

Fifteen local and international oil companies have been selected by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to supply 14 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol.

This is happening under the 2019/2020 Direct Sale of Crude Oil and Direct Purchase of Petroleum Products contracts.

About 132 firms had submitted bids for the project, where over 14 cargoes of crude are to be supplied to Europe and other nations for refining.

The corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, in a statement yesterday, said the one-year contracts run from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.

August 19, 2019 Akwa Ibom State Government To Upgrade Former Technical College, Ikot Ada Idem

Akwa Ibom State Government To Upgrade Former Technical College, Ikot Ada Idem

Akwa Ibom State government says it will upgrade and convert the former Technical College, Ikot Ada Idem in Ibiono Ubom Local Government Area to a modern Skills Acquisition Centre to train people on entrepreneurial skills.

The state Governor, Mr UDOM EMMANUEL made this disclosure during the August Edition of Government House Prayer meeting held at the Latter House Chapel, Government House, Uyo, on the theme “And God Said”.

Mr EMMANUEL also hinted that as part of efforts to address the dearth of skilled manpower in the state through appropriate curriculum development, an education summit has been scheduled for the Fifth and Sixth of September later in the year.

The governor, who explained that lack of qualified manpower among indigenes of the state in the aviation sector was the reason why the state owned Airline, Ibom Air is dominated by non-indigenes, emphasized that his administration is poised to train people of the state to address the imbalance.

To this end, Mr. EMMANUEL has urged Akwa Ibom State citizens to avail themselves of the training programmes offered by the state administration to enable them take up Career as Pilots, Aeronautic Engineers and other professionals in the state owned Airline.

The Governor declared that 1st of September this year has been set aside for special prayers and fasting for Akwa Ibom State preparatory to the 31st anniversary of the state creation.

He hinted that as part of the anniversary celebration, the state will play host to Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO who will be on hand to commission some laudable projects executed by the state administration, which include Kings Flour Mill, Ekim Power Station , Plywood Industry and other road projects executed across the state.

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