Aso Villa Reads for Tuesday, Mar. 09, 2021
Every day, we bring you the best stories that the Media is reporting about the Government of Nigeria
The opening ceremony for the training of 1,110 agriculture extension agents in all 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory commenced on Monday. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, inaugurated the exercise at the headquarters of the States’ Agricultural Development Projects in Abuja. He said 30 extension agents were being trained by the Federal Government to realise the country’s agricultural goals.[Punch]
The Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Mr. Wamkele Mene, has commended efforts of Nigeria’s government to establish trade remedy authorities that would investigate and address issues of origin and prevent dumping under the implementation of the AfCFTA agreement. “Nigeria is at the advance stage of establishing a trade recovery remedy authority and this is a very positive step.”[This Day]
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Governing Council has approved 96 new Nigerian Industrial Standards for national use. The standards cut across chemical technology, electrical/electronics, food/agriculture, textile/leather and services.[Guardian]
The Federal Government, Monday, disclosed moves to increase agricultural extension workforce to 75, 000 along various value chains towards efficient food production and self-sufficiency in line with global best practices. This was made known by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Nanono, while flagging off the training of extension agents in the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, holding in all the 37 Headquarters of the States’ Agricultural Development Projects, ADPs.[Vanguard]
The federal government will extend all needed support to Ahmadu Bello University for sports development in the premier institution. The minister of youth and sports development, Mr. Sunday Dare, disclosed.[Leadership]
The Federal Government, on Monday, disclosed that it has set up a Task Force on the implementation of the Autogas programme, just as it urged National Assembly to ensure passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by April 2021. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, gave the charge in Abuja, at the public hearing on the ‘Inclusion of gas terms in production sharing contracts,’[Tribune]
Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has assured that the Federal Government will partner the Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, on the production of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. He gave the assurance while receiving in audience the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Osman Aras.[The Nation]
The Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) is contributing 11 structures for the upgrade of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Yola to a teaching hospital. The FMC Yola has been identified for an upgrade as the teaching hospital for the Moddibo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH) Yola, which has gone far in processes for conversion to a conventional university complete with a medical degree programme.[The Nation]
The Federal Government is working towards the establishment of specialized courts and judicial divisions that will focus on sexual and gender-based violence (GBV). The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN made this known while speaking at a virtual session on `Special Event on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism’.[Daily Times]
Today being the 9th day of March, 2021 we are at the threshold of another major milestone in our determined quest as a nation to attain full recovery of all looted assets, prevent abuse of recovered assets and also to ensure optimal utilization of such recovered assets for the benefit of our deserving citizens.[Aso Rock Villa]
