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  • Osinbajo meets presidential task force on food security

    Osinbajo meets presidential task force on food security

    Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday met behind closed doors with members of the presidential task force on the rising cost of food items in the country.

    The meeting, which took place at Aguda House, the official residence of the acting president, was attended by all members of the group, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the setting up of the task force as part of efforts to enhance food security in the country.

    The task force is to urgently consider measures that would ensure a steady flow of farm produce to the market and reverse recent price increases.

    It also has the responsibility of exploring strategies toward ensuring availability and affordability of food items to Nigerians.

    The group, expected to submit its interim reports on February 8, has the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh; Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and Minister of Industry, Trade and Development, Dr. Okey Enelamah, as members.

    Other members of the team are – the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi; Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige.

  • FEC okays N1.735bn for Sabke Dam project

    The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N1.735 billion for completion of the water supply project in Sabke Dam in Katsina State

    The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.

    He also disclosed that the Council considered memo for the upgrade of some software for the operations of National Pension Commission (PENCOM), and memo to provide information system for the mining sector.

    He said: “We presented two memos.  One had to do with the completion of the water supply project in Sabke Dam in Katsina State at the cost of N1.735 billion. This is an abandoned project and in line with the current government’s commitment to complete ongoing and abandoned projects as much as possible that the continuation and completion of this project was approved.

    “Council approved outlined business case for the concessioning of the Gurara 30 megawatt hydro power plant which is supposed to fit into the industrial area of Kaduna city.”

    The minister also disclosed that he inherited 117 ongoing and abandoned projects when he assumed office in November 2015.

    Adamu said he inherited debt profile of N89 billion comprising claims by contractors.

    He added that N250 billon is needed to complete the 117 ongoing projects.

     

     

  • FG finalizes national database on water supply, sanitation

    Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, said at the weekend that the Federal Government was finalizing updates of the national database on water supply and sanitation for all states in Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory.

    Adamu said the finalized database would contain household survey on access to water supply and sanitation across the country.

    The minister said this in Abuja during a workshop on the third national urban water sector reform project launch and state water agencies performance assessment.

    He said: “Our ministry is currently finalising the update of the national database on water supply and sanitation facilities, as well as household survey on access to water supply and sanitation.

    “These pools of data will be hosted in the National Water Resources Data Bank that will serve as a repository of data and information for all water resources in our ministry.

    “It is my hope that the performance data of water agencies will also come into the databank and I wish to assure stakeholders in the sector that we will make efforts to strengthen and sustain this initiative.”

    The minister explained that the National Water Sector Reform Project was designed not only to fix water infrastructure in the country but also to fix the institutions and people that were in-charge of them.

    “This is because we need to assist our water agencies to get out of their stagnation cycle of poor services, dissatisfied customers, low revenue, weak finances, neglect of maintenance and assets deterioration,” he added.

    Earlier in her address, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs. Rabi Jimeta, said adequate collection of information would afford the various water agencies the opportunity to ascertain their strengths and weaknesses.