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Abdullahi Shugaba
Immunisation
Dutse March 2, 2017 (NAN) Buji Local Government Area of Jigawa has immunised 41, 800 children against poliomyelitis between Feb.24 and 28.

The Manager, National Programme on Immunisation (NPI), Buji Local Government, Alhaji Abdulhammid Kudai, disclosed while addressing newsmen in Dutse on Thursday.

Kudai noted that parents had turned up en masse and presented their children for the immunisation in the recent exercise

He pledged that the council will not relent in its efforts to ensure that every child in the area is immunised against the wild virus.

The manager thanked traditional rulers and religious leaders in the area for their support to the officials of NPI.

Kudai advised those that did not present their children in the last round to please do so in the upcoming one.

He described the immunisation in Buji Local Government as successful and hitch free. (NAN)
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FRSC

By Abdullahi Shugaba

Dutse, Marc h 1 2017 (NAN) The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Jigawa, Mr Angus Ibezim, has solicited the support of the media in the campaign on road safety.

Ibezim made the call when he received members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by its Chairman, Malam Sunusi Madobi, in his office in Dutse on Wednesday.

He said that the campaign against road accident was not the responsibility of the FRSC alone but a collective effort which they needed the media to also assist.

According to him, we wants the media to collaborate with the corps to educate and enlighten motorists on the importance of the speed limit device to curtail road accidents.

Ibezim said the Corps had proposed to the state government to provide road signs and speed breakers at strategic locations to replace the ones mounted in towns and villages around the state.

The Chairman of the NUJ, Madobi had commended efforts of the corps for reducing accident rate in the state.

Madobi pledged the support and cooperation of the union to the corps in its efforts to educate Nigerians to obey traffic rules and regulation. (NAN)

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Shares

Dutse, Feb, 27 2017 (NAN) Alhaji Halliru Sa’id, Managing Director of Jigawa State Investment and Property Company (JSIPC)  said on Monday that the company had N1billion shares in other companies across the nation.

Sa’id told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that apart from the shares, the company had a lot of landed assets in Kaduna and Dutse.

According to him, the present administration in the state  has pledged to create a conducive environment for investors willing to invest in the state.

He said that JSIPC was a stake holder in the implementation committee of the Jigawa, Kano, Katsina and Niger Republic Trade Corridor.

The Director  explained that the corridor was aimed at promoting socio-economic and cultural relationship between Niger Republic and the three states as well as Nigeria in general (NAN)

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Jigawa Govt. dissolves Council of Islamic Ulama

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By Abdullahi Shugaba
Termination
Dutse, Feb. 27, 2017 (NAN) The Jigawa Government on Monday dissolved the Council of Ulama (Islamic clerics) in the state.

The dissolution was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Government, Alhaji Adamu  Fanini, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse.

Fanini explained that government dissolved the council following the expiration of the tenure of the members.

The government directed them to immediately handover all government property in their possession to the Director of Religious Affairs in the office of the Secretary to the State Government.

The also government commended the outgoing members of the ulama for their contribution toward the propagation of Islamic religion and promotion of peace and unity among the people. (NAN)
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37 Jigawa students on overseas scholarship will graduate in July – Board

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Scholarship
By Abdullahi Shugaba
Dutse, Feb. 24, 2017 (NAN) Alhaji Babandi Abubakar, Executive Secretary, Jigawa Scholarship Board, on Friday said that 37 out of its 215 students studying abroad would graduate in July.

Babandi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that those due for graduation included medical doctors, engineers, computer scientists and others from natural and social sciences.

“We are satisfied that the students are doing well and have concentrated on their studies.

“Since their departure abroad, the government has not received any complaints of indiscipline from the countries in which they are studying,’’ Babandi said.

 According to him, the state government has clearly warned that any student found wanting would be withdrawn back home.

The executive secretary said the state government projected to spend N913 million on the students’ tuition, accommodation, feeding, and project defence, among others.

Babandi commended Gov. Muhammadu Badaru for releasing N427 million to settle the students scholarship liabilities for 2012, 2013 and 2014. (NAN)
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Faction
By Abdullahi Shugaba
Dutse, Feb. 23, 2017 (NAN) The Jigawa Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will not identify with neither the party’s Sen. Ahmed Makarfi faction nor Sen. Ali Modu-Sheriff faction.

The state`s PDP Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Aminu Jahun, said in Dutse on Thursday that the state will not support any division of the party in the state or at the national level.

Jahun said that the current misunderstanding between the two factions was one of the beauties of democracy.

According to him, “by God`s grace everything will be resolved amicably. We are not happy with what is happening in our party.”

He said that the PDP will win the Chairmanship and Councillorship seats in the forthcoming local government election in the state.

Jahun called on the people to turn out en masse and vote for the party in the local government polls in order to enjoy the dividends of democracy. (NAN)
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By Abdullahi Shugaba

Prisons

Dutse, Feb. 22, 2017 ( NAN) Alhaji Magaji Abdullahi, former comptroller in charge of administration at the Kaduna zonal office of the Nigeria Prison Service, has been posted to head the Jigawa command of the service.

A statement by the public relations office of the service in Dutse, indicated that Abdullahi joined the service in 1989 as ASP and had headed various commands before his deployment to the zonal office.

The statement, signed by Adam Bello, a Chief Public Relations Officer, said that Abdullahi would take over from Alhaji Abubakar Garba, currently on course at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS)  Kuru, near Jos. (NAN)

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Investigation

By Abdullahi Shugaba

Dutse, Feb. 19, 2017 (NAN) The Agriculture and Allied Employees Union of Nigeria (AAEUN) says it supports the decision by the  Federal Government to investigate how benefiting state governments spent the bailout funds given to them.

The President of AAEUN, Mr Simon Anchaver, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Dutse during the Union’s 3^rd National Quadrennial Conference.

Anchaver said that despite the bailout funds given to  states to enable them meet their financial obligations, especially payment of workers’ salaries, some of them still owed workers salary arrears.

He said this was “unfortunate and unacceptable”, adding that any Governor that could not pay workers at the end of every month, should resign.

“We strongly support Federal Government’s decision to set up an audit committee to investigate how state governments spent the bailout funds given to them.

“It is unfortunate and unacceptable for governors to owe workers their salaries. We therefore call on states to look for means to pay workers as at when due, to avoid industrial unrest,” he said.

The Union leader decried the delay by government to constitute a tripartite committee for the review of minimum wage.

Anchaver said that the demand for a minimum wage of N56,000 by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, was informed by cost of goods and services.

According to him, the best way to stimulate the economy is through improved wages for the working class.

“We urge government to set in motion, necessary machinery for upward review of the minimum wage as a matter of priority, to motivate workers for efficient oiling of the wheels of nation building.

“The current N18.000 minimum wage for workers was approved in 2011; today, it is nothing to write home about,” he added.

Anchaver commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the recovery of millions of Naira and other currencies stolen by some people.

He called on all foreign allies of Nigerian to assist the country recover its stolen funds lodged in their banks.

He also urged the country’s anti-graft agencies to intensify efforts at recovering all monies stolen from the national treasury. (NAN)
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Quacks

By Abdullahi Shugaba

Dutse, Jan 19, 2017 (NAN) The Chairman of the Jigawa Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Malam Sunusi Madobi, on Sunday vowed to check the activities of ‘quacks’ parading themselves as journalists in the state.

Madobi told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that the council would not fold its arms and allow people that did not belong to the profession smear the image of genuine journalists.

“As professional and industrial union coordinating the affairs of journalists in the state, we will not allow any body to engage in any act that could dent the image of our profession’’

He therefore advised those that were not having the requisite qualification to practice the profession, to leave the state or risk being handed over to the appropriate authorities.

He also urged qualified journalists to ensure that they balanced their reports and lived up to the ethics of the profession.

He pledged that the council would do its best to improve the welfare of its members. (NAN).

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Support

Written by Abdullahi Shugaba

Dutse, Feb. 28, 2017 (NAN) The Minister of Labour and Employment, Mr Chris Ngige, has charged the Agriculture and Allied Employees’ Union of Nigeria (AAEUN) to support the Buhari-led administration in its bid to rejuvenate the economy.

Ngige stated this at the 3^rd National Quadrennial Delegates’ Conference of AAEUN in Dutse on Saturday.

According to him, the Federal Government (FG), under President Muhammadu Buhari, is committed to creating jobs for the teeming unemployed through agriculture.

“We are also concerned with good governance and increased productivity in the work places.

“We believe this could only be achieved through social dialogue among social partners who are the catalyst for maintenance of industrial peace and harmony in work places.

“This will, in turn, lead to increase in productivity; a sine qua non for socio-economic growth of the country,” he said.

Ngige said that the frequent mobilisation of union members for protests and strikes had become antiquated; a weapon of trade unionism he described as inimical to the growth of the economy.

He, therefore, charged the members to always use social dialogue in pressing home their demands, instead of being confrontational.

While giving his welcome address, Governor Muhammad Baderu of Jigawa said the conference was an opportunity for members, as professionals, to assess his achievements, particularly in relation to agriculture.

Baderu, represented by his deputy, Ibrahim Hassan, said AAEUN could use the opportunity to assess the support given by the state government to agriculture, not as a tradition or a social sector, but as a business.

The governor described agriculture as the only business capable of helping the country to diversify its economy, reduce dependence on food importation, create jobs and revive the rural areas.

Earlier in his speech, the union’s National President, Mr Simon Anchaver, called on Nigerians to see agriculture as a way out of the present frustration being faced by the people due to the economic challenges.

Anchaver commended the Jigawa governor for the supply and distribution of Bio-fortified varieties of seeds to farmers, the distribution of motorcycles to extension workers and the procurement of fertilisers to farmers.

He also appreciated the state government for its cluster farming programme, rice farming project and the prompt payment of salaries and pension to serving and retired civil servants respectively, amongst others.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the national conference had in attendance delegates from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). (NAN)

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