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FG to offer 25,000 free cataract surgeries nationwide by 2027
He said funding for the programme had already been provided in the 2025 and 2026 federal budgets, with implementation expected ...
Tag: productivity
The federalism that promotes productivity (1), By Dipo Baruwa
Development does not begin with money alone. It begins with the allocation of authority and responsibility. Authority creates the space ...
FEC approves N215bn for CNG buses, $900 million agriculture financing – Minister
The Federal Executive Council approved a series of financing packages for transportation, agriculture, power, infrastructure and small businesses as part ...
Dry Season: Lawal distributes fertilisers, farm inputs to Zamfara farmers
The governor further urged Zamfara farmers to make the most of this opportunity and use the inputs wisely.
Inequality threatening global progress on social justice – ILO warns
The report revealed that 71 per cent of a worker’s earnings is still determined by circumstances of birth, such as ...
INTERVIEW: What Nigerians should expect at NIM conference and after – Registrar
The Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) will host its 64th Annual Conference, drawing over 3,000 participants. In this interview, Registrar ...
Jigawa rolls out bio-fortified seeds to strengthen nutrition, climate-resilient farming
The initiative, flagged off in Dutse, aligns with Governor Namadi’s 12-point agenda and reaffirms his administration’s commitment to enhancing food ...
Katsina gov launches 20,000 metric tons of fertiliser for wet season farming
Governor Radda revealed that farmers will have access to high-quality fertiliser at subsidised rates of N20,000 per bag, which will ...
Choices, not chance: Why China is rich, and Nigeria is poor, By Dakuku Peterside
Policy consistency is the first, and perhaps most underrated, source of that divergence. Beijing’s five-year plans differed in detail but ...
The minimum wage issue: Numbers vs value, By Dakuku Peterside
Productivity and added value creation should be a significant consideration among many bases for ascribing monetary wage increases, not just ...
Economic Hardship: National Assembly promises to intervene as protesters storm Abuja
NLC had scheduled 27 and 28 February to protest against hunger and economic hardship occasioned by some policies of the ...
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Enugu begins physical verification of local government staff
A government official said the exercise is meant to help fish out “ghost workers” in the public service.
If Lee Kuan Yew was a Nigerian, By ‘Tope Fasua
We have to be worried that we are not producing much in tangible terms. We import our food, our technology ...
Driven by faithfulness (3), By Ayo Akerele
God wants us to start and end our journey here on earth as faithful servants. And the greatest achievement of ...
Diversity, inclusion and accelerated productivity (3), By Adeoye Abodunrin
...building an environment to help employees thrive is an essential business practice that organisations should prioritise because when employees feel ...
Nigeria’s industrial bank, BOI, disburses N36.82 billion in 9 months
“N2.9 billion loan was disbursed by the Solid Mineral Group (of the bank)."
Nigeria reiterates commitment to increased productivity in agriculture
The National Council of Agriculture meeting held in Abeokuta. The Federal Government has said it is committed to ensuring increased ...
