Persons With Disabilities Should Constitute 5% Of Public Office Workforce In Nigeria-Okpeh

ENUGU — A Disability Rights Advocate, Mr. Bizibrains Okpeh, has called for deliberate efforts towards the implementation of the National Disability Act for the benefits of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). He also urged states that are yet to domesticate the National Disability Act, including Enugu State, to do so to guarantee the rights and welfare of PWDs within the states. Okpeh stated this in Enugu on Monday while presenting a paper on domestication and implementation...

Committee Recommends Refuse Disposal And Evacuation Timing In Enugu State

ENUGU — An ad-hoc committee on Extortion and multiple collections of levies in Enugu Urban Local Government Areas and other connected matters report propose that time are fixed for residents’ refuse disposal and its subsequent evacuation. Presenting the report at the floor of the Enugu State House of Assembly, the Committee Chairman Chinedu Nwamba, member representing Nsukka East Constituency said that after careful consideration and deliberations, the committee members came up with a resolution that...

Police Free 47 Inmates At Illegal Rehabilitation Centre In Kano

KANO — Police in Kano have raided an illegal rehabilitation centre located at Na’ibawa quarters of Tarauni Local Government Area and freed 47 inmates. Recall that the Kano state government had in November 2019 banned the operation of illegal rehabilitation centres across the state.   Police spokesperson in Kano Abdullahi Kiyawa in a statement issued on Friday said the victims suffered various degrees of injury due to torture and abuse. The statement read in part:...

Lagos, Oyo States Are Epicentres Of Drug Abuse-NDLEA Boss

LAGOS — Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, (retd), Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Lagos and Oyo states as epicentres of drug abuse in the country. At a public lecture organised by United Action for Change (UAC), in Lagos, Marwa said not less than 14.3 million Nigerians abuse drugs, with the South West zone recording the highest prevalence. The NDLEA boss said most of the abusers first started at the age of...

Prof. Ifeoma Okoye Advocates Early Detection Of Cancer And Lifestyle Modification

ENUGU — Professor Ifeoma Okoye on Tuesday enjoined all women to be boobs vigilant as early detection of cancer saves lives; cancer is not a death sentence. Prof. Okoye, founder of Breast Without Spot, BWS, a non-governmental organization said this in an Educational and awareness creation meeting organized by BWS initiative and Bringing Back Beauty project, BBB, in collaboration with Oncology Center University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, in Enugu State. The 3days program dedicated...

ALDIN Calls On States To Domesticate Disability Law

ENUGU — The Association of Lawyers with Disabilities in Nigeria, ALDIN, has raised concern over the failure of many state governments to domesticate the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018. Mr. Yusuf Iyodo, Director of Media and Publicity of ALDIN disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu. Iyodo said that domestication had become necessary following the increasing number of Persons Living With Disabilities, PLWD, in the country. “PLWD suffer all manner...

Cholera Claims 2,791 Lives In 28 States, Federal Capital Territory- NCDC

ABUJA — The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu said cholera had claimed 2, 791 lives across 28 states and the Federal Capital Territory since the beginning of 2021. Ihekweazu listed affected states to include  Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti, Enugu, FCT, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Rivers and Zamfara. He told newsmen in Abuja that...

Prof. Eya Advocates For Good Parenting In Curbing Child Abuse At Fr. Ugwuanyi Book Launch

ENUGU — An academic scholar, Prof. Regina Eya, has expressed the need for young people to be educated and exposed on the act of good parenting. Eya argued that educating young people on the act of parenting would go a long way in reducing the incidences of child abuse, which is prevalent in society. She made this submission in Enugu on Thursday during the presentation and launch of a book titled Psychological Interpretation of Child...

Inner Wheel Mulls Medical Care for Indigent Nigerians

LAGOS — The Lagos Inner Wheel Club has called for the provision of adequate and quality medical care to indigent Nigerians. It also said that the well being of the less privileged would top its projects for the year 2021/2022, in order to curb the prevalence of common diseases amongst the less privileged Nigerians. The District 912 Chairman, Mrs. Adefunke Shinaba, who spoke to  the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos State on Tuesday said...

Seven Health Workers Diverts 5,450 Insecticides Treated Nets In Gombe

GOMBE — Seven employees of Kwami and Billiri Local Government Primary Healthcare Departments in Gombe State have diverted 5,450 Insecticides Treated Nets (ITNs) meant for free distribution in their communities. The free distribution of the nets as part of the state government effort with support from Global Fund, the Catholic Relief Services, and the National Malaria Elimination Programme to fight malaria disease in the state. Dr. Habu Dahiru, Commissioner for Health in Gombe State while...

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