Day: May 21, 2024

Tetfund pledges support for MOUAU agribusiness Centre

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Mandy Park The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFUND), Arch Sonny Echonu has pledged fund’s assistance towards promoting and strengthening the Agribusiness Incubation Centre at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. He said he was impressed with the progress made by the Centre in so short a time and therefore deserved to be assisted by Tetfund to flourish and perform better. Arch Echonu spoke on Tuesday when the Vice Chancellor of MOUAU, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe led his management team on a courtesy visit on the Executive Secretary…

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CAPPA, HOMEF condemn planned exit of Shell without cleanup… reject divesting by shell

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Mandy Park Civil society organizations, specifically, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) have condemned the latest move by oil giant, Shell to exit the country and at the same time planning to divest its operation without cleaning up the Niger Delta environment and paying relevant compensations. The groups said they would stop at nothing to ensure that Shell and other oil companies including Chevron are made to pay for all the environmental damages done to the oil communities as well as health…

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It’s wrong to deny diaspora Nigerians right to vote–Dr. Anthony Ubani… urges stakeholders to raise voice in advocacy

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.Mandy Park Executive Director, FixPolitics, Dr Anthony Ubani has said that denying Nigerians living outside the country the right to vote and have a say in the governance of their country is inconsistent with democratic ethos and universal trends in the global community of nations. He charged Nigerians to raise their voices in advocacy, as majority of African countries have already instituted Diaspora voting. Ubani was speaking at a media chat with select journalists in Lagos on Sunday, calling on all stakeholders – civil society organizations, lawmakers, politicians, political parties…

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