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NSGF Chairman, Inuwa Yahaya Receives Northern Governors’ Wives, Calls for Intensified Development Efforts Amidst Regional Challenges
The Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and Governor of Gombe State, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, CON, has advocated for intensified efforts in education, healthcare, and human capital development through entrepreneurship and skill acquisition in advancing the living standards and prosperity of the region.
The Governor made the call while receiving members of the 19 Northern Governors’ Wives Forum, NGWF on a courtesy visit at the Government House, Gombe.
He acknowledged the numerous challenges facing the northern region which hinder its progress, stressing the importance of collaboration between NSGF and NGWF in overcoming these challenges.
Governor Inuwa expressed specific concern about the alarming rate of out-of-school children in the North and its negative impact on socioeconomic development.
“It is unfortunate that our region has the highest rate of out-of-school children. Our people are yet to embrace the global development agenda”, he lamented, emphasizing the critical role of education in fostering the needed change.
“Nothing happens without education; no development occurs without it. Education brings development, changes the tide, and improves lives. It even helps feed people through modernization and allows us to understand the dictates of our religion.”, he noted.
Shifting the focus to national stability, the NSGF Chairman pointed out that Northern Nigeria’s size and population make it crucial for national peace. He warned that insecurity and other problems in the North are capable of destabilising the entire country and spreading turmoil throughout West Africa.
Governor Inuwa also highlighted the threats posed by drug and narcotic abuse, illegal arms possession, and the specific security challenges faced by different states which include insurgency, banditry and kidnapping, and ethno-religious crises.
He urged leaders at all levels and stakeholders to confront these challenges head-on.
The Gombe Governor noted the important role the Governors’ spouses can play in uplifting the lives of the people especially in the areas of women empowerment and fostering good governance, assuring them of his support in that regard.
“As Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, I assure you of my support and that of other Governors, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Through Mr. President’s ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’, we are reviving hope and encouraging collaboration for a better Nigeria.
Earlier speaking, Gombe States First Lady, Hajiya Asma’u Inuwa Yahaya who doubled as the Chairperson of the Northern Governors’ Wives Forum said the governor’s wives were in Gombe for their quarterly meeting in their efforts to complement their husbands in promoting socio-economic development in their respective states and the northern region in general.
Dr Asma’u Yahaya explained that their engagement in Gombe will focus on women empowerment, drug and substance abuse and the menace of out-of-school-children which are among the major issues stunting development in the region.
She commended the support they get from the Northern Governors’ under the leadership of Governor Inuwa Yahaya.
Ismaila Uba Misilli
Director-General
( Press Affairs)
Government House
Gombe
Anambra State Govt. Rescues 13 Children From Traffickers, Arrests Suspects
By OCHA Brigade Media
13 children have been rescued from suspected child traffickers in Otolo Nnewi by a joint taskforce of Operation Clean And Healthy Anambra, OCHA Brigade and Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs.
The joint taskforce also confiscated fake documents that aided the trafficking.
The children were found malnourished and have been denied education.
Report say that the trafficker adopts and sold children to people from different parts of the country.
The suspected trafficker, Angela Okechukwu and her collaborators were also arrested.
Speaking, the Managing Director of OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere who frowned at the poor health condition the children who are aged between two and twelve years are subjected to, assured that the state government will continue to crack down on all sorts of illegality and warning all criminal minded individuals to relocate from the state or face the full wrath of the law.
Some of the residents of the community, Ikechukwu Nnabuike and Ifechukwu Okoro recalled several interventions they had made against the woman but fell on deaf ears and appreciated the state government for the rapid intervention to end the unlawful act.
The Ooni of Ife, His Royal Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Monday, 16 December 2024, paid a familiarisation visit to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Abuja.
In a statement signed on 16 December 2024 by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Customs Tarvershima Ansha, the monarch was warmly received by the Customs Area Controller, (CAC) Comptroller Olu Adebisi, whom he commended for his outstanding contributions to the Service. The Ooni stated that the purpose of his visit was to assess the progress of one of their own and expressed satisfaction with Adebisi’s achievements.
Speaking during the visit, Comptroller Adebisi expressed gratitude for the Ooni’s recognition, describing the visit as a significant morale booster. He encouraged other traditional rulers to emulate the Ooni by supporting and motivating their subjects in national service. “On behalf of the Officers and Men of Nigeria Customs Service, FCT Area Command, I want to thank you for this visit” Adebisi stated
The statement noted that before departing, the Ooni offered royal blessings to the officers, urging them to remain diligent in their duties for the greater good of the nation.
According to statement, the visit highlights the Nigeria Customs Service’s commitment to fostering collaboration, in line with one of the policy thrusts of Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi.
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