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  • Agm 2013: Atqnews.com partners Nanta

    Atqnews.com, the online travel news portal, will partner the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agents (NANTA) for its 2013 annual general meeting,taking place in Lagos from April 18 as its online media partner.

    NANTA is the largest travel association in West Africa with over 1,000 members all around Nigeria. With Alhaji Aminu Agoha as its president, NANTA is at the forefront of growing the travel and tourism business in Nigeria.

    Promising a worthwhile event, the National Publicity Secretary, Mrs Ngozi Ngoka of Zigonia Travels, said: “There will be an overwhelming and fantastic representation by all travel professionals in Nigeria, especially the airlines beyond what NANTA has had in the past”.

    The partnership will see Atqnews.com propagating NANTA and its AGM to its subscribers globally. According to the publisher of Atqnews.com, Mr Ikechi Uko, “this is the first partnership we are doing in Nigeria. Already we have such partnerships with Zambia and UNWTO programmes in Africa”.

    Atqnews.com , a member of Travel Media Group, is the online platform for African Travel Quarterly (ATQ), the first travel magazine in West Africa which solely focuses on travel and tourism issues.

    Atqnews.com features reports that cover a wide range of topics within the travel and tourism sectors which are intended for an ever-increasing and passionate audience of readers and travellers from all over the world.

    Our reports and stories come from a multitude of professional travel and tourism journalists, experts and enthusiastic contributors who focus on travel corporations, tour organizations and business events and news that relate to our areas of focus; forecasts, market and political analysis which observe developments and in the areas of travel, transport and tourism from a global perspective, and the impact of these on the economies of countries in creating employment, appreciating nature’s blessing on mankind and the need for their preservation for posterity. ATQnews.com specializes on news about Africa and Travels with one of the largest databases of Travel professionals in West Africa. It is your most reliable source of African Travel news.

  • NLC partners developer on N960b housing units

    The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in corroboration with a private property developer, Kriston Lally, will develop housing estates of $6 billion (about N960 billion) for its members across the country.

    An agreement on this was signed in Abuja at the weekend.

    NLC Acting President, Comrade Promise Adewusi, and the Group Executive Vice-Chairman of Kriston Lally EPC, Mr. Mustapha Madawaki, launched the partnership.

    Adewusi explained that under the plan, affordable housing units would be provided for about 8 million willing NLC members.

    He said: “We, as a labour movement, are worried about the 40 million housing deficit that exists in the country, as revealed by a United Nations (UN) study. This collaboration with Kriston Lally Nigeria Limited is to ensure that a good number of our members have decent roofs over their heads.

    “The project is expected to cost about $6billion or N960billion. We consider the two per cent interest rate of the total amount of the property, which will be spread over 15 years, as very attractive and well below what is obtainable in the mortgage environment.”

    The NLC chief said the step would prove wrong the notion that trade unionists were only known for making trouble and calling members for strikes.

    He explained that the NLC piece of land in Nasarawa State and in other states would be used for the project.

    According to him, the congress will reach out to other state governments to acquire land for the project, where it did not have land.

    The Group Executive Vice-Chairman of Kriston Lally EPC, Mustapha Madawaki, said the housing units would include bungalows, two and three bedrooms, while the estates would include construction of a four-star hotel with a 180-guests room capacity.

    He said: “The opportunity is open to any member of the NLC. Beneficiaries are expected to pay a minimum 10 per cent of the cost and pay the rest over 15 years. All interested persons should do is to pay at any branch of Zenith Bank and we will take over the process from there.”

  • Japan partners Lagos to fight maternal/child mortality

    The Japanese Government has given the Lagos State Government medical equipment to fight maternal and child mortality.

    The state government will today begin Town Hall meetings in the councils to sensitise people at the grassroots on how to reduce maternal and child mortality.

    The Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Mr. Ryuichi Shoji, led a delegation to the Ministry of Health, Alausa, and presented the equipment to the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris.

    Shoji said the gesture was to improve maternal and child health in Lagos State.

    He said: “Looking at the situation of maternal and child health in Nigeria, it is worrisome that the mortality rate is very high, due to lack of health care facilities, medical equipment and medical practitioners.

    “We wish to help remedy this situation by partnering Nigerians and the efforts of the Lagos State Ministry of Health in tackling these issues are notable.

    “The agreement we are signing today is to provide medical equipment, such as delivery beds and ECG machines, which measure the rate and regularity of heartbeats to 10 PHC among the 57 flagship PHC in Lagos State. I hope that this project will reduce maternal and child mortality rate.”

    Idris thanked them and said the gesture would benefit the people.

    He said at the Town Hall meetings, the people would be informed of the facilities available for expectant mothers in government hospitals before and after child birth.

    The commissioner said: “A major cause of high maternal mortality is lack of information. Many people do not recognise the danger signs of pregnancy and are not aware of the facilities provided by the government.

    “At the meetings, expectant and nursing mothers will have access to the two booklets launched by the governor last year to promote mother and child health.

    “The booklets are free and are in government hospitals. They contain information on the growth pattern of the child from birth to age five, as well as nutrition.”

  • Arik partners NAWOJ on skill training

    Members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) have completed a week-long training in London designed to broaden their horizons and hone their skills.

    Arik Air had partnered the association by facilitating their trip to and fro the United Kingdom (UK) with a 50 per cent rebate on tickets to all the journalists who attended the training.

    The airline’s spokesman, Mr Banji Ola, said Arik is a progressive airline that is always ready to assist workers to build their capacities.

    Held at the Goldsmith International Business School in London, the training had to do with writing for the web and effective news gathering from the web.It was organised by NAWOJ Lagos State Chapter. Classes were facilitated by several veteran journalists, including Audrey Laurencelle, Sala Kamkosi Banda and Ladi Tokosi.

    Participants took time off classes to visit the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Dalhatu Tafida, who commended NAWOJ for seeking to improve the abilities of its members.

    He said:“Most of the time, when you see Nigerians here, they are sponsored, but you sponsored yourselves to London, the home of journalism.’’

    Led by Chair of NAWOJ, Lagos State Chapter, Dupe Olaoye-Osinkolu of The Nation, the 28-woman team included members from both the print and electronic media.

     

  • Oyo partners UI on quality assurance

    Oyo partners UI on quality assurance

    The Oyo State Government has signed an agreement with the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan (UI) to strengthen the inspection of curriculum delivery in public primary and secondary schools in the state.

    The partnership, which will see members of the faculty conduct independent inspection of teachers in the discharge of their duties, is expected to improve quality assurance in public schools in the state.

    Governor Abiola Ajimobi explained that the new initiative was among several taken by his administration to redress the abysmal failure of public school pupils in public examinations.

    “The recurring abysmal failure of Oyo State students in pre-tertiary institutions public examinations has continuously called for credible and laudable intervention to halt the ugly trend,” he said.

    The governor further explained that the poor state of education in the state necessitated the education summit held last year during which stakeholders came up with ideas to rescue the situation.

    At the summit, Ajimobi said participants agreed that poor delivery of curriculum, among other factors, was a major cause of the mass failure in public examinations in Oyo State. “This, therefore, called for a review of our school monitoring and inspection, the result of which led to the collaboration.”

    The university is expected to re-orientate teachers to develop a more positive attitude to their job, enhance teaching skills, improve performance of students in public examinations as well as submit reports of their inspection to the Commissioner for Education.

    Through the partnership, the state hopes to measure the pedagogical skills of the teachers in delivering the curriculum and enhance rigorous supervision and monitoring of academic activities.

    The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Adetokunbo Fayokun, described the collaboration as historical.

    Explaining the rationale behind the collaboration, she said: “The need to collaborate with the University of Ibadan became apparently essential when it dawned all stakeholders that there was need to improve productivity by way of developing an achievement tracking mechanism in our bid to reform the sector as a tool to open up the state for holistic development since education remains the veritable tool for development.”

    The state had moved up from its 32nd to 23rd position in the last Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) due to improved facilities and extra-mural classes conducted for students.

     

  • Lagos Photo partners World Press Photo

    LagosPhoto, the first and only international arts festival of photography in Nigeria, has entered into a three-year partnership with World Press Photo, to bring the worldwide competition of photojournalism and documentary photography to Lagos.

    The judging process for World Press Photo which began on February 2 will end on February 14. Organisers of the LagosPhoto said they are proud Lagos is on World Press Photo’s list of major international cities.

    This year’s edition of LagosPhoto will open in October, with expansion of its size and scope.

    Founded in 1955, World Press Photo is known as the leading international contest of visual journalism internationally. World Press Photo’s aims include supporting professional press photography on a wide international scale, to stimulate developments in photojournalism, encourage the transfer of knowledge, help develop high professional standards in photojournalism and promote free and unrestricted exchange of information.

    World Press Photo organises educational projects throughout the world: seminars, workshops and the annual Joop Swart Master class. Each year, distinguished juries of photography professionals announce prizes for winning photographs, which are assembled as an exhibition and travelled to over 45 countries over the course of the year.

    As the largest and most prestigious international photography contest, the World Press Photo exhibition reaches an audience of over two million people annually.

    Launched in 2010, LagosPhoto is an annual photography festival held in Lagos, with events including exhibitions, workshops, and large-scale outdoor prints throughout the city with the aim of reclaiming public spaces and engaging the general public with multifaceted stories of Africa. LagosPhoto presents a contemporary and historical visual essay of the continent to both a local and global audience. In its fourth edition, LagosPhoto 2013 will open in October, ever-expanding its size and scope.

    The 56th World Press Photo Contest will be chaired by Gary Knight, the founder of VII Photo Agency, widely considered a leading photography agency worldwide.

  • Omotola partners Akon on new album

    CURRENTLY neck deep in works on her next album; Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has revealed that she is working with Akon on her forthcoming collection of songs.

    The mother of four said in an interview recently that she is working with two producers who are signed to Konvict Music label owned by American vocalist, Akon .

    “I am currently working with Grammy award winning producers Kendrick Dean and Verse Simmonds who are both on Konvict Music and we are looking to feature a special guest artiste on one of the songs on the album.” She said.

    It would be recalled that Omotola released her first album titled Gba on October 2, 2005 and ever since, fans have been expecting another album from the screen goddess, even though her debut album didn’t turn out a commercial success.

    Fans of the actress appear to be waiting for what many consider a beautiful prospect from her recent deal with Konvict Music to rub off positively on her fledgling music career.

  • Abia partners MTN on health

    The Abia State government will partner with MTN Nigeria to develop mobile rural clinic across the 17 local government areas of the state.

    The state Commissioner for Health,Dr Okechukwu Ogah, made this known while declaring open the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) 2012 Physician Week in Umuahia.

    Ogah said that the scheme would be launched by the Governor Theodore Orji, before the end of the year.

    “Under the scheme, MTN would take up 18 Model PHC in the six local governments and run them efficiently for us for a given period of time.

    “We are also partnering with national health insurance in the development of community health insurance scheme,’’ Ogah said.

    He said that a pilot scheme of the health insurance programmes would start with some communities in Ohafia, Osisioma and Ukwa East local government areas.

    Ogah said that the state was almost in the final stage of sealing a deal with the National Health Insurance Scheme for Abia civil servants to key into NHIS, adding that Orji would sign the MOU with NHIS.

    The commissioner, who reviewed government’s effort at boosting the primary, secondary and tertiary health system called on doctors to share the vision of government in moving the sector forward.