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Vice President, Kashim Shettima, speaking at the 2024 Bankers’ Committee annual retreat in Abuja on Friday asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and commercial banks to address the lingering issues of cash scarcity and exploitative charges by the point-of-sale (POS) operators, which have been a source of frustration for Nigerians.
President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of chief executive officers for the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI) and the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD).
A public accountability platform, Tracka, tracked that Kebbi state government budgeted N100million to empower less privileged but according to Tracka, projects tracked showed that only sixty persons were empowered with sewing machines and grinding machines from the N100million allocation for Kebbi South senatorial district.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has claimed that 76 percent of individuals who encountered bribery requests in the Northwest region resisted recording highest refusal rate among Nigeria’s geopolitical zones as an indication of growing resistance to bribery in the region, while 70 per cent of Nigerians who were approached for a bribe in 2023 refused to comply nationwide.
Our country is seen as the giant of Africa in trade, commerce and culture but now bears another title, the emerging epicentre of lifestyle diseases as traditional eating patterns give way to fast food, and custom practices yield to sedentary routines, Nigeria is topping the charts for lifestyle-related diseases.
