Engineers kick against non-utilisation of indigenous experts, corruption
NIGERIA can only attain economic and industrial development like China and other developed countries when the Nigerian Government begins to involve indigenous engineers in running the country’s economy. Besides, the government must also kick out corruption in the system.
28,000 Nigerian communities move to stop open defecation by 2018
SIX Nigerian states covering 28,000 communities are set to become free of open defecation activities by end of 2018. This is the expectation as the states, Katsina, Bauchi, Benue, Jigawa, Kaduna and Zamfara embark on “Sanitation, Hygiene and Water in Nigeria, SHAWN” project – Phase2 on the National Environmental Sanitation Day.
NEITI sets 2015 target for audit automation project
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said the transparency watchdog is set to implement its audit automation in 2015, to achieve reliable and efficient results.
Senate lauds Schneider Electric’s development initiative
Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management has been commended by Nigeria’s National Assembly for its efforts towards developing sustainable manpower for the nation’s power sector.
Banks cautious over investing in solid minerals —NGSA
FOLLOWING poor interests expressed by investors to invest in the solid minerals sector, banks in Nigeria have been cautious over funding investments in the sector.
Chevron partners Bayelsa Govt on HIV/AIDS
Attempt by the Bayelsa State Government to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in the state has received a boost as the Nigerian unit of America’s oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL, has donated about $1.7million to battle the scourge in the predominantly riverine state.
FG boosts miners’ confidence with geosciences lab
THE federal government recently gave a boost to miners’ confidence with the re-launch and sensitisation workshop on the existence of the Nigeria Geosciences Research Laboratory, NGRL, Kaduna
Build more IPPs, FG urged
The federal government has been told that building of more independent power plants, IPPs, would solve Nigeria’s power challenges as well as provide the much needed support for economic growth, and guarantee returns on investments.
Health professionals seek effective regulation on ultrasound use
With rising incidence of misdiagnosis, health professionals have called for effective regulation that will provide a national framework on the use of ultrasound even as they appealed to the Federal Government to urgently reduce the import duty on medical equipment.
PENGASSAN warns against exploitative employment
PETROLEUM and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has put the government and employers in the sector on notice that it will not hesitate to shut down the Petroleum Industry, should the emerging employment policy in the sector be found to be exploitative with the tendency to degrade jobs.
