Sanitation: Lagos suspends restriction order for NECO
Lagos State Govern-ment has suspended the restriction order on movement for the monthly sanitation exercise on October 30 and November 27, to allow for free movement of examination materials, invigilators and the students that will be partaking in the November/ December 2010 National Examination Council, NECO, examinations.
NASB tasked on international reporting standard
The management of Nigerian Accounting Standards Board (NASB) has been called upon to work assiduously to achieve Nigeria’s convergence with international financial reporting standard within the time frame set for it.
Minister rates Agric research institutes’ performance average
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Prof. Sheikh Abdullah, says the performance of Agricultural research institutes in the country has been average.
Private sector tractor scheme gets Kaduna commendation
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Ibrahim Ramalan Giwa has recommended the PrOpCom’s Tractor Intervention leasing scheme as a model private sector initiative that stakeholders in the agricultural sector should adopt to achieve the goal of creating better access to agricultural machines to farmers and increased food production.
Govt policies on rice do not encourage local production’
Dr. Abdullahi Adamu is an administrator, politician, a lawyer and a farmer. The immediate past Governor of Nasarawa State is today the Chairman, Board of Trustees, National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria (NFAN) as well as the National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN).
Doctors’ strike cripples Ogun hospitals
GOVERNMENT health care system in Ogun State was, today, paralyzed as medical doctors in the state under the aegis of the Nigeria Medical Association [NMA] members began an indefinite strike .
