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Refugee Commission Boss Appeals for More Funding

Refugee Commission Boss Appeals for More Funding
The Honourable Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Senator Basheer Garba Mohammed (Lado) has appealed to the House of Representatives committee on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and humanitarian matters, to use its legislative power to get more funding for the commission.
The Commissioner made the appeal during the budget defence by the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced on Thursday.
According to Senator Mohammed, the Commission is faced with myriads of challenges which can be surmounted with the lawmalers support.
“The most critical of the challenges is paucity of funds to run our activities, and I wish to humbly crave the indulgence of this Honourable Committee to use its legislative powers to ensure increase in funding for the Commission”, he added.
“The Commission has been working assiduously to ensure the implementation of its mandate, and has of recent recorded achievements and landmarks which are geared towards ameliorating the living conditions of our citizens displaced by the activities of Boko Haram, Banditry and common natural disasters”.
The commissioner had earlier stated that the sum of N5.7bn was appropriated for the agency as capital and recurrent expenditure in 2020, adding that the amount represents 36.5% increase from 2019.
He further said overhead was N29m, just as he disclosed that the commission just awarded contracts due to the delay occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic. He said out of the total sum, only N4.2m for overhead has been released so far while the sum of N2.1bn was approved for zonal intervention (constituency) projects for lawmakers.
The chairman of the comittee, Hon Muhammad Jega commended the commission for a comprehesive budget defense as the commission solocited0 the committee’s comtinued support in helping the commission make life better for displaced persons.
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How Govt’s House Lafia runs on almost 24hrs generator, by Gov Sule

How Govt’s House Lafia runs on almost 24hrs generator, by Gov Sule
From Daniel Abel, Lafia
Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, has expressed dismay over the epileptic power in the State that has even forced the Govetnment House, Lafia to be on 24hour generator.
This he said is occasioned by avoidable delays in the completion of the 330 KV power sub station in Akurba.
In his words,
“The Government House is on generator for almost 24 hours. It does not make sense, especially at a period like this when people should be saving.
The Governor expressed the displeasure shortly after inspecting progress of work at the site of the project, on Wednesday.
Engineer Sule was particular about the poor handling of the project by contractors, as he vowed to intervene by meeting with all parties concerned to achieve speedy completion of the project.
In a chat with journalists at the site of the project, the Governor lamented over the power situation, especially in Lafia, the state capital, where residents enjoy only 1-2 hours of electricity daily, with residents left to depend on generators for power.
“A state like Nasarawa should be saving money, not wasting money on diesel and then generating power from a source that is even unhealthy even to the human body,” he stated.
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Zamfara government debunks reports that abducted students have regained freedom

Zamfara government debunks reports that abducted students have regained freedom
Zamfara State Government has indicated that the over 300 Students kidnapped by Bandits are still in the den of their abductors.
Press Secretary to the Governor, Jamilu Magaji, debunked some online media reports that claimed the female students of Government Girls Science Secondary School, Jangebe have regained freedom.
He stated: “Governor Bello Matawalle and his aides have been been having sleepless nights since Friday when the girls were abducted by gunmen.
He said they have been working round the clock, making frantic efforts that will lead to the safe release of the victims.
He expressed dismay that that some persons, who do not know the details of the situation, will try to further hurt the victims’ parents, government and security by ridiculing the effort with falsehood.
“The state government will come immediately and happily inform the world as soon as the girls are released.”
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Marketers allay fears over fuel scarcity, ask Nigerians to stop panic buying

Marketers allay fears over fuel scarcity, ask Nigerians to stop panic buying
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has allayed apprehension among Nigerians who may be planning to hoard the Premium Motor Spirit.
The Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Yakubu
on Sunday spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as long fuel queues were noticed at filling stations in many states and Abuja.
It was observed that some filling stations are reluctant dispense the PMS they have in stock to motorists while some have run out of supply.
Yakubu said the price of crude oil has gone up and affected the price of products.
The spokesman assured that PMS would soon be available in excess as loading had already commenced at depots.
“The government and marketers are doing everything possible to ensure that the products are available in every filling station within a few days starting from today,” he said
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