Minister of state, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has threatened to resign his appointment if the 774.000 jobs approved by President Muhammadu Buhari under the special public works programme of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) for the unskilled rural persons is hijack by politicians. The pilot scheme was approved to be implemented in five local government areas in eight Read More
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pledged its support for Kaduna state government’s integration of HIV services with nutrition programmes for improved outcome. UNICEF Kaduna Nutrition Specialist, Mrs Chinwe Ezeife, made this known in Kaduna on Saturday, during the training of 60 health workers, on integration of paediatric HIV counselling and testing with Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) Read More
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in collaboration with Islamic Development Bank is to train NAHCON staff on capacity building. The decision was reached at a meeting between representatives of the commission and that of IDB at the bank’s headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This was according to NAHCON deputy director information and publications media division, Fatima Muhammed Mustapha, Read More
Artisans, micro and small scale traders in Nigeria have been called upon to show concern over what is happening in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. A nongovernmental organisation, NGO, Entrepreneurship Initiative for African Youth, (EIFAY), made the call at a one-day capacity building workshop, Tuesday in Enugu, tagged, “Building the Capacity of Artisans, Micro and Small Scale Traders Read More
Following rising cases of insecurity witnessed across the country and poor leadership qualities, management, banking and financial consultants, Muregi Associates, have held a two-day capacity building workshop for more than 35 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The two-day capacity-building workshop held Thursday and Friday at the headquarters of the NSCDC in Abuja, with theme “effective Read More
To be skilful is to be creative, artistic and inventive. A skilful person is indeed a resourceful person. These are parts of the initiatives, Business Women Networking Limited (BWNL) brings together for teeming youth and women to be self reliant and empowered. ADEOLA TUKURU reports. Through skill acquisition, individuals, communities, and countries can create a more prosperous future. Moreover, it Read More
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since the 1990s, has expanded its involvement in community-based activities beyond just sports to include participation in other areas, particularly agriculture, education and others. DAVID AGBA reports. Capacity building Like other major monetary regulators in the world, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased its presence in the areas of capacity building programmes, Read More
As part of efforts to improve the capacity of its personnel, the Nigerian Army, under its present leadership, has trained over 223 officers and soldiers in various military training institutions in Bangladesh. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, disclosed this Tuesday when he played host to Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Shameen Ashan, at the Army Headquarters, Read More
Last week in Abuja from Monday to Friday, the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) organised workshop for Ugandan parliamentarians on capacity building for opposition members. Taiye Odewale reports. Why the workshop The workshop was aimed at strengthening the capacities of the opposition in parliament as a way of deepening the practice of democracy in Africa not only set Read More
As part of effort to eradicate youth restiveness and unemployment in Kogi state, the member representing Okene/Ogori-Magongo federal constituency in Kogi state, Hon. Tijani Ahmed Damisa has again sponsored a five-day capacity building programme in poultry value chain for over 50 unemployed youths and women in the constituency. The training programme which was held at the Afirms hotel in Okene Read More
UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, in collaboration with BauchiState Basic Education Board (SUBEB), is to train 120 youths drawn from14 states and FCT in advocacy capacity building. The UNICEF Field Office Chief Bhanu Pathak, announced this developmentin Bauchi at the opening session of a three-day capacity buildingworkshop on advocacy at Zaranda Hotel, Bauchi. Pathak, represented by UNICEF educationist, Hajiya Mairama Read More
Connected Development (CODE) an NGO has organised a one day training workshop for Borno state ‘chapter champions’ with the support from Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). The training which held on Thursday was to strengthen the capacity of the participants to track Government spending on projects as provided in the budgets for the grassroots communities. One of the Read More
UBEC recently meets with training institutions, to improve mechanisms for capacity building of UBE teachers, UJI ABDULLAHI ILIYASU reports. Cluster Schools Model The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and selected training institutions that are implementing the Cluster Schools Model (CSM) of the capacity building of teachers and managers have pledged their commitment to improved teacher development processes in the basic Read More
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) commissioned an ultra-modern Phase ll office complex and state-of-art Raw Materials Resource Centre to create more jobs and income for the nation. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu said the federal government is doing everything possible to ensure that every Nigerian is proud of the country by providing creative Read More
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman has commended Tin Can Island Container Terminal (TICT) for training the first set of female crane operators in the country. The five female crane operators – Oni Taiwo Omotayo; Tina Onwudiwe; Adewale Adegoroye; Adeniran Maltida and Ajayi Oluwaseun – are the first set of women to be trained in heavy Read More
A nongovernmental organization, Global Rights, has held a two-day training workshop for journalists across the country on Business and Human Rights reporting. The two-day training workshop held in Abuja on April 29- 30, this year, attracted more than thirty journalists across the print, electronic and online media. Facilitators in the workshop were drawn from seasoned journalists and public officials, including Read More
The FCT FADAMA III Acting Project Cordinator, Rotimi Ajayi has said his coordinating office has successfully implemented a total number of 128 Subprojects For Fadama User Groups (FUG) and Fadama Community Associations (FCA) under parent project of Fadama III Project which includes infrastructure, Agro-processing, Livestock,Fisheries crop production as well as capacity building training and advisory services to participating farmers. Ajayi Read More
Copyright © 2020 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes