Aso Villa Reads for Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021
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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has announced the setting up of a $20million loan scheme to support women in business especially in the oil and gas sector. Executive Secretary of the Board, Engr. Simbi Wabote, stated this at a virtual roundtable by the Diversity Sectoral Working Group (SWG) of the Nigerian Content Consultative Forum (NCCF). In his remarks, Wabote stated that the mandate of the Board has always been the need to promote local content in every sphere of the oil and gas sector. [Leadership]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to establish a fully-integrated Chemical Laboratory in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, to combat the scourge of illegal oil bunkering in the South South zone. This was disclosed by the Port Harcourt zonal head of the commission, Chief Detective Superintendent (CDS) Aliyu Naibi. EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, quoted Naibi as saying the issue of illegal oil bunkering is rampant in the Niger Delta region and the EFCC had been relying on the Department of Petroleum Resources for product analysis in the investigation of such cases. [Leadership]
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has embarked on training of 100 youths in Kwara State on sustainable agricultural production and business enhancement scheme to stem the tide of the unemployment rate in the country. Speaking at a one-day orientation and commencement of skills impartation on the programme in Ilorin on Tuesday, the NDE director-general, Mallam Abubakar Fikpo, who was represented by Mrs Blessing Onwa, said that the programme would enable the youth to think out of the box and start their own enterprises. The director-general, who said that the beneficiaries would be trained on animal and crop production as well as other agricultural schemes for three months, added that the youth would be posted to farms closer to their areas for practical experience. [Tribune]
The Federal Government said it will create almost one million new jobs with the second rollout of Digital Switch Over (DSO) which will start from April 29 in Lagos State. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the disclosure. The minister said while the rollout will start in Lagos o April 29, it will be rolled out in Kano on June 3, and Rivers on July 8, to be followed with Yobe on July 15 and Gombe on Aug 12. He said the ministry had taken some steps to create the enabling environment for the DSO to succeed, for local content to thrive, for indigenous producers to be more engaged and for the local advertising market to grow. [Daily Times]
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