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  • Sokoto Government To Better Up Lives Of Rural Women Through Women Affairs Ministry

    Sokoto Government To Better Up Lives Of Rural Women Through Women Affairs Ministry

    By Muhammad Ibrahim,Sokoto

    The state Commissioner for Women and Children Affa]rs, Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar made this known during the 100 days of governor Ahmad Aliyu.

    This was when the Commissioner led a team of women to a symposium organized in honor of the governor for great stides during the short 100 days he has led the state that ended on Wednesday the 20th of September 2023.

    Hajiya Hadiza laid down to womenfolks in the state that the state government through her Ministry would introduce different skill acquisition prigrammes that would the lives of women in both urban and rural areas.

    She averred that in this state,many women will be engaged in economic activities thereby giving birth to better economic policies and mass participation saying gender education forster political developments, the political atmosphere of a developed society must be based on democracy.

    This is participation by the majority through representation. This spirit does not exist in Nigeria because there is no clean representation in the government. Only one gender is actively represented in the government, the other gender or to be more precise, females do not have representatives in the government because of the restricted access to education which they suffer. Women have today, very little to contribute in government. The reverse would have no doubt been the case if females enjoy similar access to education like the males, it will quite be a different story if women are given education to stimulate and motivate female’s right from the grassroots to ensure their participation in power structures and decision making bodies.

  • Sokoto Government Provides Basic Needs To Its People


    By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto

    Dated back to the existence of humanity on earth, water, roads, sanity among others has served as the basic needs. From time immemorial, man needs comfort among which the above mentioned took the lead.

    In this interview with APC ranking supporter in the person of Bashar Abubakar who is the spokesperson to Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko and has these to say:

    The simple question is whether the state government under the leadership of Governor Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto has within 50 days of leadership perform as expected.

    Excerpts=Alhamdullahi ! Alhamdullahi things are taken shape in Sokoto state as APC government under the leadership of Dr. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto FCNA has solved water supply problem, which the people of Sokoto, for months has been facing the problem as the Jerrican of water was bought for #200 during the past administration but, alhamdullahi now that has become history, water supply are being enjoyed almost frequently in the metropolis.

    Similarly, governor Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto set-up sanitation committee with the aim to evacuating the heaps of refused dumped in many parts of the metropolisand thej state in general in which the committee was under watchful eyes of Alh. Umaru kwabo AA Jarman Sokoto.

    Achievements were recorded on that aspect as on daily basis, Refuse are being evacuated as part of plan to make Sokoto one of the best sanitized city in the country.

    Ahmad Sokoto also approved payment of monthly stipend to people leaving with disabilities in the state as their #6,500 was restored which the immediate past government stopped paying without any explanations.

    “We paid Chief Imams, their Deputies and Azhans their monthly allowances, we have embarked on township Road projects at areas like Sahara, Abarshi, Danchadi, Hospital and Isa roads among others.

    “We launched immunization program to cater for the healthcare of children at 0-5 years to ensure healthy society in sokoto state”, stated Bashar.

    All these among many others were recorded within 50 days by the government of Dr. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto which has already set the ball rolling.

  • Sokoto Government Commended For Providing Generator To Specialists Hospital

    Sokoto Government Commended For Providing Generator To Specialists Hospital

    By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto

    The state government has been commended for providing new generator to Specialist hospital, Sokoto.

    The commendation was made today by the acting Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Health Alhaji Nasiru Bello Mutassibi during a routine inspection visit to the hospital.

    The acting Permanent Secretary pointed out that the state government gesture to the hospital has clearly demonstrated its commitment to rejuvenating the health sector in the state.

    He further praised the present administration in the state for restoring the payment of monthly cash allocation to the hospital which would no doubt enhance the efficient running the affairs of the hospital.

    Alhaji Nasiru Mutassibi also thanked the state governor Dr Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto for his resolve to connect the hospital with Solar power.

    The acting Permanent Secretary also today led members of the management of the ministry on inspection visit to the Erosion prone areas at Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital, Sokoto where he assured that the ministry would collaborate with relevant ministries with a view to proffering lasting solution to the problem.

    In their separate remarks the Cheif medical directors of Specialist Hospital Dr Bello Umar Tambuwal and that of Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital Dr Bello Lawal thanked the acting Permanent Secretary for the visit and concern to improvement of the hospitals.

    The release by the Information Officer of the Ministry,Nura Bello Maikwanci also said the acting Permanent Secretary was accompanied on the visit by the Director Medical Services Dr Muhammadu Shuaibu Gobir, Director Health Planning research and statistics Alhaji Abubakar A Danmafara, Director Pharmaceutical services Pharm Musa Hamisu and other senior staff of the ministry.

  • NEMA Hands Over Relief Material Worth Millions Of Naira To Sokoto Government

    NEMA Hands Over Relief Material Worth Millions Of Naira To Sokoto Government

    By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto

    The relief materials worth millions of naira including 166 metric tones of maize (3,320 bags of 50kg), 142 metric tones of sorghum ( 2,840 bags of 50kg), 62.5 metric tones of millet (1.250 bags of 50kg) were handed over to the Sokoto State Government through the office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Mainasara Ahmad who doubles as the Chairman of the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Sokoto.

    Gani Abdullahi further explained that, while recieving the items on behalf of the Sokoto State Government from the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Secretary to the State State Government Sokoto, Alhaji Mainasara commended the effort of the Federal Government Of Nigeria for the gesture and relief intervention to persons in need in Sokoto State.

    While handing over the materials, the Director-General, Alhaji Mustapha Habib Ahmed appealed to the Sokoto State Government to set up Local Emergency Management Committee (LEMC) in all the 23 LGAs of Sokoto State.

    Alhaji Habib Ahmed also requested the Sokoto State Government to graciously support NEMA by allocating a suitable office accommodation and warehouse to the Sokoto Operation Office of the Agency which according to him will boost the task of the Agency in the state.

    The event was officially organized and coordinated by Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) through the office of the Director-General; Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA, Alhaji Nasir Alhaji Aliyu in collaboration with NEMA at national level through the office of Head of operation Sokoto, Kebbi And Zamfara States Zonal Office, Alhaji Aliyu Shehu Kafin-Dangi.

    Personalities who graced the brief ceremony commended Federal Government and pledged for more support in this period of hardship.

  • Sokoto Government To Commence Mining Of Mineral Resources

    Sokoto Government To Commence Mining Of Mineral Resources

    By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto

    ……obtains 35 mining licences for the purpose

    Mineral resources as has been known is a source of income,offers labour work to teeming youths and as well generate global recognition from developed countries worldwide.

    It was against this backdrop the Sokoto state government has acquired 35 mining licenses to facilitate extraction of solid minerals in various parts of the state.

    Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state disclosed this while receiving the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, who paid him a traditional Sallah homage at the Government Lodge 1, Sokoto.

    According to him, the licenses are solely owned by Sokoto state government under the aegis of Sokoto Investment Company (SOIC) for the mining of gold and silver among other natural resources, since the state is blessed with abundant natural resources.

    Tambuwal also added that the effort is part of the strategies being put place for the state to generate more revenue into its coffers, stressing that anybody wishing to partner with the state government could do so.

    The governor further explained that the reason behind the transfer of the Sokoto Central Market to SOIC is to upgrade the activities of the market to a modern one with a view to generating more revenue.

    He decried the current rent fees being paid by the traders, which he said, from January to date, is less than N100 million; with only N12 million generated in January while in June only N7 million was generated.

    In comparison to this dismal income from the market, the state, explained the Governor, is spending over N100 million monthly on the treatment of portable drinking water supplied to the people.

    This makes it imperative, he noted, for the state government to provide more ways and strategies of generating incomes so as to have more revenues, assuring that, nonetheless, the state government, in the nearest future, will stand on its feet.

    On agriculture, he said the state government in collaboration with security agencies, is making frantic efforts in order to provide enough security to farmers in the state with a view to enable them perfom their farming activity without hitch.

    While commenting on the ongoing projects being undertaken by the state government, the governor assured that the projects will be completed before the end of his tenure.

    He thanked the Sultanate Council for the support and cooperation being given to his administration, its policies and programmes.

    In his address, Sultan Abubakar said they were at the Government Lodge to pay traditional Sallah homage in order to continue strengthening the cordial working relationship between Sultanate Council and the state the government.

    The Sultan commended the government for the projects being executed and called on politicians to respect people’s interest and desist from using boys for criminal activities to their benefits during the electioneering campaign and election of 2023.

    The Sultan called on the youth not to allow any politician to use them to perpetrate criminal activities, just as he urged the leaders to fear Allah while discharging their duties.

    The Sultan advised the state government to provide and reserve food items in case of any emergency, so that it could get what to give out at subsidized rate to the people.

  • Sokoto Government To Commission 1,500 Sokoto University Teaching Hospital

    Sokoto Government To Commission 1,500 Sokoto University Teaching Hospital

    By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto

    In few months the new 1,500-bed capacity Sokoto State University Teaching Hospital (SOSUTH) is expected, upon take off, to avail the global medical industry with wide ranging and complex medical services.

    Among these, enumerates the state Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, would be those on organ transplants, open heart surgery, laser surgery and urology.

    The release by the governor’s media aide, Bello Muhammad further said in order to achieve this objective and more, the state has entered into a partnership with two firms: Samir Hani Group and Teoment Nigeria Limited.

    Conducting executives of the companies around the premises of the multi-billion edifice in the state capital, Gov. Tambuwal explained that the areas of collaboration between the state government and the companies include those of supply and installation of medical equipment such as: MRI,CT scan, heart/lung and laser machines in the hospital.

    The compact on equipment, added the Governor also encompass the provision of other high-end state of the art medical gadgets to the hospital, just as the training of staff of the university is also envisaged by the government.

    The hospital is billed for commissioning in December, 2022.

  • Sokoto Government Opens Weekly Markets, Distribute Relief Materials To IDPs

    Sokoto Government Opens Weekly Markets, Distribute Relief Materials To IDPs

    By Muhammad Ibrahim,Sokoto

    Sokoto state government has announced the opening of all weekly market hitherto shut the markets following the recommendation of the state security council order to forestall violence occasioned by bandits attacks in parts of the state.

    Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal relaxed the restriction on Monday while distributing relief materials to IDPs at the Masallaci Gongono in Tangaza local government area, as contained in a release by his media aide, Muhammad Bello.

    According to Tambuwal, the reopening of the markets is as a result of the improvement of the security in the areas affected. Meanwhile, the governor has again reiterated the state government resolve on the banning of self acclaimed security agents (Yan Sa Kai).

    He stated that anybody wishing to contribute to ensuring security should join the vigilante group which is recommended and lawfully recognized by the state government and security agencies.

    He also charged people of the state to be vigilant at all time while running their businesses and daily activities; and report any suspicious behavior or criminals to the security agents.

    He assured the people of the area that the state government will not relent in its efforts at taking various measures aimed at protecting the lives and property of the citizenry.

    While commiserating with the IDPs, Gov Tambuwal urged them to intensify prayers for the overcoming of the security challenges in the state.

    In his address the chairman of Tangaza local government area, Bashir Salihu Kalenjeni said there are about 7000 IDPs situated in different locations across the area.

    He thanked the state government for the quick intervention in supporting the IDPs and also commended it for its collaboration with security agencies in addressing the security challenges in the state.

    Items distributed to the IDPs include: bags of rice, millet, Garri. blankets, mats, buckets among others.

  • AFDB And Sokoto Government On Feasibility Of Raising Ranches, Grazing Reserves In Sokoto

    AFDB And Sokoto Government On Feasibility Of Raising Ranches, Grazing Reserves In Sokoto

    By Muhammad Goronyo,Sokoto
    Sokoto state government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are working closely towards the feasibility of raising ranches and grazing reserves in parts of the state so as to improve livestock farming and curtail the preponderance of banditry and sundry crimes arising therefrom.
    Muhammad Bello in a statement said this was part of the take-always from a meeting Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state and a team of his Commissioners had with the management of the AfDB, led by the  President of its President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, in the bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
    According to the state Commissioner for Animal Health, Prof. Abdulkadir Junaidu, the move is in furtherance of the state government’s ongoing efforts to achieve the same goal.
    Prof. Junaidu, who also briefed the AfDB management team during the Abidjan meeting, said the thrust towards the realization of this objective with the support of the continental bank would entail a public-private partnerships that will enhance achievement of the set goals.
    These, he explains, includes the monitoring and and improvement of the health of both the livestock and pastoralists to stem the tide of the escalation of zoonotic diseases akin to the one that heralded COVID-19 outbreak and others worldwide.
    The Commissioner also intimated that the Sokoto state government also deliberated on cattle breeding program, artificial insemination and embryonic transfer as well as pasture development with the AfDB team.
    More of the issues discussed are: the preservation and enhancement of the breeding of the Sokoto Red goat (listed among global goat breeds known as farm animals of domestic goat (Capra hircus) and small ruminants species), and other livestock for the production of meat and dairy; and, the involvement of women in the whole gamut of these enterprises.
  • Sokoto Reduces Out Of School Children By Half

    Sokoto Reduces Out Of School Children By Half

    By Muhammad Goronyo, Sokoto 

    … counts Sultan committee gains on Education Intervention 

    Sokoto state government has in the last two years halved the number of out of school children (OOSC) in the state, said the state Commissioner of Information Bajini Galadanci in a release.

    Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto  state made this known at a one day basic education development diaologue and the way forward organised by the state consultative committee on education development held at the International Conference Center, Kasarawa in the state metropolis.

    According to him, his administration’s declaration of emergency in the education sector at its inception and the conscientious work of the consultative committee led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has started yielding result as the number of OOSC, which between 2019/2020 was about 1.2 million, is now about 572,000.

    This, he explained, means that over 600,000 children are now enrolled in schools.

    ”We must ensure that every child in Sokoto state goes back to school, is enrolled, enlisted and remain in school until the completion of his education,” he said

    The governor also explained that the state government needs a lot of funding for the building of school infrastructure, payment of salary and provision of school materials among others.

    On the need for the provision of Computer Based Test (CBT) centres, the governor assured that very soon the state government will provide them in schools where there are none.

    He appealed to the organized private sector to support government’s effort towards resuscitating and sustaining the development of basic education in the state.

    He said education is the collective responsibility of all because government alone can not do it, hence the need for more support from the private sector towards ensuring the younger ones get qualitative education.

    He stressed that educational development is key to the existence of the citizenry, especially now that “we are battling the challenges of insecurity and so many others. Without qualitative education, we can not overcome them.”

    In his remarks, the chairman of the Sokoto state consultative committee on education, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, said the committee has constructed many schools across the state .

    He explained that in all the schools computer laboratories equipped with the laptops and other information technology gadgets were provided to boost the children ability to learn computer at the basic level of their studies.

    The Sultan also said very soon the committee will liase with  businessmen, banks and other wealthy individuals in order to discuss the way forward on strengthening the activities of the committee without total dependence on government.

    An overview of the committee’s achievements indicates that 100 integrated schools, 4 primary schools, and six junior secondary schools have been completed. Equally, two senior secondary schools were renovated at Sanyinna and Rabah towns while seven junior secondary schools are under currently under construction.

  • Gov Bala Fires 21 Commissioners, other Political Appointees

    Gov Bala Fires 21 Commissioners, other Political Appointees

    Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief of Staff and all commissioners in the State.

    This followed the immediate dissolution of the State Executive Council (SEC) as contained in a press release made available to DAILY POST, signed by the Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado.

    According to the Governor’s media aide, the dissolution also affected all Special Advisers, except the Special Adviser Security; Special Adviser National and State Assembly Liaison; Special Adviser Social Investment and Special Adviser Media and Publicity.

    “His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State Sen. Bala A. Mohammed CON (Kauran Bauchi) has approved with immediate effect the dissolution of members of the State Executive Council and other political appointees that include, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the Chief of Staff (COS) Government House,” Gidado stated.

    He added that all commissioners are to handover the affairs of their ministries to their respective Permanent Secretaries, “while the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the Chief of Staff (COS) Government House and other affected Special Advisers are to handover to the most senior Permanent Secretary in the Government House who is equally directed to take inventory of government property”.

    Gidado further stated that Governor Mohammed wished the affected appointees the very best in their future endeavours.

    “His Excellency, Governor Bala Mohammed while thanking the affected political appointees for their meritorious service to the State, wished them the very best in their future endeavours,” Gidado stated.