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November 25, 2022 Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health Set to Begin Distribution of Insecticide Treated Nets in December.

Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health Set to Begin Distribution of Insecticide Treated Nets in December.

AKWA IBOM’s MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO BEGIN INSECTICIDE TREATED NET DISTRIBUTION IN DECEMBER.
In Furtherance to the aim of achieving a malaria free society, the Akwa Ibom state government is set to kick start the 2022 mass Insecticide Treated Net (ITNs) campaigns on Decemeber 16, 2022.
Statistics presented by the NDHS show that the prevalence of the deadly malaria disease in children in the state declined to 23.2 percent, following a quadrennial consistency in the Mass net distribution campaigns and strict adherence to its use.
Akwa Ibom state government through the state Ministry of Health and in collaboration with Implementing partners will distribute over 3.7million Insecticide Treated Nets to households this Year.
The Ministry of Health has also trained health workers while putting all the necessary indices in place to properly monitor households billed to benefit from the Net distribution campaign.
This report by our correspondent, GLORY SILAS highlights plans for the mass campaign season.

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November 23, 2022 FC ONE Rocket Returns to the NNL After Slot Exchange with Kun Khalifa

FC ONE Rocket Returns to the NNL After Slot Exchange with Kun Khalifa

The management of Akwa Ibom state based FC ONE Rockets have confirmed they will play in the 2022/2023 Nigeria National League season following a slot exchange with Kun Khalifat FC.

In a statement released by Management of FC ONE Rockets on Tuesday November 22, the Rockets revealed that Imo state based Kun Khalifat FC have transferred their NNL slot to them with all conditions for the exchange fulfilled and the league board duly communicated.

The Statement read in full;

” We can confirm today that after an agreement by both parties as signed on November 18, 2022, Kun Khalifat FC, Owerri, Imo State have transferred their NNL slot to FC ONE Rockets.

All conditions for the exchange have been met, and the Nigeria National League board has been duly communicated.

FC ONE Rockets finished third from bottom in Southern Conference Group B2 last season and were confirmed relegated.

With the new development, Kun Khalifat will play in the Nationwide League One (NLO) next season, while FC ONE Rockets will feature in the Nigeria National League (NNL)“

General Managers of both sides, Michael Chukwudi Amaefula (Kun Khalifat FC), and Ubong Essien (FC ONE Rockets) have put pen to paper on the joint agreement sent to the NNL.

November 22, 2022 Qatar 2022 World Cup: Teams Score 14 goals in 2 Days of Action

Qatar 2022 World Cup: Teams Score 14 goals in 2 Days of Action

The FIFA 2022 World cup is well underway in the oil rich nation of Qatar and the entire world is following keenly. The Hosts; Qatar were defeated by Ecuador in the opening encounter to set the tone, while England opened the floodgates by putting 6 goals past Iran who could only reply with 2 of theirs. Africa’s hope; Senegal conceded 2 late goals in the hands of Netherlands.

The First draw of the tournament was witnessed between Wales and The USA as they shared the spoils in their group B encounter.

November 22, 2022 Police Raise Alarm Over Budgetary Slash of Operational Cost

Police Raise Alarm Over Budgetary Slash of Operational Cost

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has raised an alarm over the 2023 budget proposal presented by the Police to the National Assembly. Appearing before the Joint Committee on Police Affairs, the police chief said: “The overhead cost estimate as computed under the envelope budgetary system is grossly inadequate to meet the operational, logistics and administrative requirements of the force in the year 2023.” The IGP noted: “as at today, the force has a fleet of 13,935 vehicles and 1,520 motorcycles nationwide. The minimum cost implications for fuelling for the sustenance of minimal patrol operations per year of these patrol assets is N34,099,946,150.00.”

He went on: “Similarly, the monthly minimum maintenance cost for the operations of the fleet of operational vehicles and motorcycles of the force is computed at N8,258,580,000.00.” Considering the proposed budget, the IGP said: “Going by the above computation, the entire sum of N33, 653,116,116.00 that is being projected for all subheads in the overhead cost for police formations and the 36 state commands and the FCT in the 2023 budget is not even enough to provide minimal fuelling and maintenance cost for police operational vehicles/motorcycles for seven months.”

While we acknowledge that the nation is facing paucity of funds, we urge for adequate funding of the police by the executive and legislative arms of the government. To subject police to the so-called envelope budgetary style, renders the force grossly inefficient. Instead, there should be a deliberate effort to deal with the challenges of the force systematically. Perhaps, the example of Lagos State government, which has a well-structured security trust fund, could be helpful.

A better option is to decentralise the police, so the federating units would share in the funding, as practiced in federations across the world. It is strange that though touted as a federal system of government, Nigeria has one unified police authority. Of course, some states have been forced by the inefficiency arising from the poor funding to provide equipment and other resources, to augment the federal police. Such states would commit more funds if the police force is constitutionally decentralised.

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