Aso Villa Reads for Monday, Apr. 26, 2021
Every day, we bring you the best stories that the Media is reporting about the Government of Nigeria
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has obtained licences for 24 newly recruited air traffic control officers from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Organisation after undergoing the necessary training and examination on Aerodrome and Approach Control. The new air traffic controllers are currently being posted to strategic aerodromes in the country, NAMA said in a statement on Monday, adding that the deployment will boost capacity and efficiency of air traffic management in Nigeria.[Punch]
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Mariam Katagum, has restated the federal government’s commitment to supporting the operations of women-owned micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Speaking when she received a delegation of the Federation of Women Associations in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (FEDWIM) led by its National Coordinator, Mrs. Anne Ugbo, on a courtesy visit in Abuja, the minister said Nigeria’s female entrepreneurs, through their ingenuity have always contributed their quota to national economy. [This Day]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has reversed the revocation of four Oil Mining Licences (OML) by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and restored their leases to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Buhari’s action, which was made known on Friday in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled ‘President Buhari restores ownership of OML 123, others to NNPC’, affected OMLs 123, 124, 126 and 137. Shehu disclosed that Buhari had directed the DPR to retract the letter of revocation of the leases while directing the NNPC to utilise contractual provisions to resolve issues in line with the extant provisions of the Production Sharing Contract arrangement between the corporation and Addax, a Chinese firm. [Business Day]
In view of the many complaints of difficulty by applicants in obtaining the Nigerian passport from the Nigerian Immigration Service, the Federal Government has assured on a new regime of passport processing and issuance starting from June 1, 2021. Rauf Aregbesola, minister of Interior, announced the new regime on Friday during a meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Immigration Service, all passport control officers in Nigeria and Immigration Attachés around the world in his office in Abuja.[Business Day]
National Information Technology Development Agency’s (NITDA) dogged passion for ICT development in Nigeria over the years, has contributed to the increase in the Gross Domestic Product, (GDP) and ignited job and wealth creations in the country, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami FNCS FBCS FIIM, has said. Dr Pantami who expressed his utmost delight to be part of the success story of the Agency, notes that it has done tremendously well even as he says that he was satisfied with the laudable achievements the Agency has been able to record in its 20 years existence. While lauding the IT Project Clearance, the Agency activated from its mandate in 2016, Dr Pantami stated that the initiative alone has helped the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to combat corruption in the area of IT projects. [Leadership]
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