The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, announced the gift of a house and the sum of N1 million to an outstanding Biology Teacher in the state, Mrs. Benedicta Idele, who emerged as the first runner-up in the 2020 Maltina Teacher of the Year Award. Obaseki made the...
Challenges leadership of Nigerian Legionnaires to use part of realised funds to leave legacy Governor of Rivers State, Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON has stressed the need for the Federal Government not to abandon its responsibility of catering to the welfare of men and officers of the...
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has emphasised the importance of training and retraining of teachers, insisting that the quality of teachers and teaching invariably rub off on pupils. The governor said it was for that reason that his administration established a world-class Teachers Continuous Training Institute, TCTI, in...
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo on Friday presented a budget estimate of Four Hundred and Eighty-three billion, one hundred and seventy-three million, three hundred and seven thousand, ninety-six naira (N483,173, 307,096.00) for 2022 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for consideration. He said the policy thrusts for...
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has explained that only a courageous person with the capacity and vision to salvage the country will be supported to fly the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election. He clarified that although the party is yet...
Not less than 500 informal businesses in Edo State run by widows have received grants to boost their business ventures. The cash transfer to the widows is coordinated by the Edo State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Office. The grant, according to the focal person, Edo SDGs, Eire. Ifueko Alufohai, was donated...
Governor Udom Emmanuel wants foreign companies to set up their production plants in Akwa Ibom State to localise the production of medical consumables. Governor Emmanuel made the advocacy while receiving a donation of medical consumables to the state government by a Japanese based organisation, Saraya Japan in collaboration with Junior...
infrastructure, education, health top priorities The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, presented a N214.2 billion budget to the Edo State House of Assembly, for the 2022 fiscal year, representing a 32.96 percent increase from the N161.1 budgeted for the year 2021. Obaseki, who presented the budget to...
factory to be supported by over 2000 smallholder farmers The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has tasked youths to embrace opportunities in the agriculture value chain by deploying innovative ideas to initiate and develop agribusiness projects. Obaseki made the submission after commissioning a 5,400mt per annum cashew processing factory,...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said approval for any new campus of the Nigerian Law School in the country should be based on needs assessment and not on political sentiment. He noted that with the paucity of funds being allocated to the Nigerian Law School by the Federal...