Author: Olusegun Oshin

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Nutrition
By Abdullahi Shugaba
Dutse, Oct. 31, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency has pledged to improve the nutritional status of 50 per cent of the population of the state by 2021.

The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Kabiru Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday that it had started imparting excellent nutrition knowledge and practice on the people.

Ibrahim said that with support from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), a three-day workshop was recently organised in Kano for officials in ministries, departments and agencies to facilitate better nutrition and diet for families.

He explained that the aim of the workshop was to promote and strengthen research, monitoring and evaluation of food and nutrition programmes.

He said that the training was also to strengthen systems for providing early warning and information on food and nutrition situation in the country.

The secretary further said that the systems were to ensure access to nutrition by creating a sensitive social protection mechanism for vulnerable groups among others. (NAN)
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Jigawa Revenue Board is determined to increase IGR – Chairman.

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Revenue
Dutse, Oct. 27, 2016 (NAN) The Chairman of Jigawa Revenue Board, Alhaji Ibrahim Sani, on Thursday said that the board was set to increase the state internally generated revenue in view of dwindling federal allocations.

Sani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that the state government was looking inward to raise revenue to meet its socio-economic responsibilities to the people.

He said that the board had blocked all channels of revenue leakages.

The chairman said that since his appointment a year ago, there had been significant improvement in revenue collection in the state.

Sani advised people and companies in the state to ensure that they collected original receipts for fees and other levies paid to government. (NAN)
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Revenue

By Abdullahi Ishaq

Dutse, Oct. 27, 2016 (NAN) The Chairman, Jigawa Revenue Board, Alhaji Ibrahim Sani, says the board is making concerted efforts to increase its revenue generation.

Sani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Thursday that the reduction in funds allocation to the state from the Federal Government made it necessary for the state government to redouble efforts at boosting its internally generated revenue.

The chairman said the board had blocked all channels through which public funds were diverted to private coffers.

He stated that there has been marked improvement in the internally generated revenue of the state since his appointment about a year ago.

He advised people of the state to always ask for genuine receipts each time they made revenue payments. (NAN)
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Pension

By Abdullahi Shugaba

Dutse, Oct 14 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Government has paid the sum of N665.8 million to 462 workers who retired from service in September as their gratuity.

The Executive Secretary of the State and Local Government Contributory Pension Board, Alhaji Adamu Suleiman, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Friday.

Adamu explained that 378 of the figure that reached the mandatory retirement period collected N548 million while 68 people that died in active service but did not reach the mandatory period got the sum of NIO7.5 million.

He further stated that 15 persons that died but reached the mandatory period of retirement got N9.5 million and one person who served and did not reach the the retirement period, got N37,198 as their gratuity.

Adamu said that the board had issued cheques to all the  beneficiaries, adding that the state contributory Pension Board did not waste time in paying all retired civil servants their benefits.

Adamu said the organisation was one of the best in the country in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.

He commended the state governor for his concern for the welfare of civil servants through prompt payment of their salaries, gratuity and pension immediately after retirement (NAN)

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Safiyanu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Thursday that his association condemned corruption in all its ramification, and urged the Federal Government to punish the givers and takers of bribe.

He said that as professionals, they had taken judicial oath to uphold the rule of the law and defend the constitution of the country and not to engage in anything that was not good for the society.

The president of the association advised the Federal Government to consider the doctrine of separation of powers in the constitution and the independence of the judiciary to enable judiciary function efficiently and effectively.

According to him, the judiciary does not have full autonomy and is under-funded because it is still getting it’s statutory allocation from the executive.

Safiyanu said if there was full separation of powers, the judiciary would not act on anybody’s script.

On the crackdown on some judges across the nation by the Department of State Service (DSS), he said proper channels and procedures were not followed during their arrest and the search on their houses.

Safiyanu explained that there was a laid down procedure if any judge was found wanting whereby such judge would be reported to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for investigation and prosecution.

“For instance, it is just similar to the military, they are court martialed if they are found guilty of any offence before they are handed over to conventional court for final judgment.

“For our senior colleagues, the right steps were not adhered in their arrest because the NJC is the constituted body that is saddled with powers to recruit, promote and fire any erring judge of supreme court and even hand him over to the appropriate body for further action.” he added  (NAN)
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Edited by Razak Owolabi//Felix Nwadioha