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ONE Campaign urges World Bank President to prioritise reforms for sustainable finance access in vulnerable countries

By Editor August 5, 2023 104

  As World Bank President, Ajay Banga, embarks on a three-day visit to Nigeria, The ONE Campaign calls on him to prioritise and implement critical reforms to enhance access to sustainable finance for vulnerable countries, particularly in Africa. The unprecedented global challenges, including conflict, climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic crises, Continue Reading

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COVID-19: Nigerian farmers yet to recover from impact of pandemic

By Editor November 1, 2022 160 Post a comment

By Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji While public attention on the COVID-19 pandemic has decreased, its impact on local farmers persists. Now farmers are struggling against heavy inflation to recover their businesses, attract customers, and regain their lost footing. La’ah Dauda is the President of the Progressives’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society in Zamaru-Kataf. Continue Reading

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Debt-servicing may affect COVID-19 financing in 2022

By Editor November 1, 2022 183 0

By Theophilus Abbah and Daniel Adaji Capital expenditure for COVID-19 in Nigeria’s 2022 annual budget looks slow to be released, 10 months into the year, data from the Open Treasury Portal (OTP) suggests. The OTP is a repository of the Federal Government’s expenditure. It shows that the last release for capital expenditure for COVID-19 was […]Continue Reading

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Report: 34 States fail to meet the 15% adequate health funding benchmark between 2020 and 2022

By Editor October 5, 2022 142 0

Nigeria’s health budget as a percentage of the total budget is declining Public health allocations by state governments per person have fallen from $10.8 per person in 2020 to $8.5 per person in 2022 By Daniel Adaji Federal and several state governments in Nigeria continue to fall short of the 15 percent continental health funding […]Continue Reading

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Nigeria will Save N2 trillion from Malaria Elimination – Buhari

By Editor August 16, 2022 102 0

By Daniel Adaji President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC), projecting that the successful implementation of the Council’s agenda and savings from the estimated economic burden of the disease would save Nigeria about N687 billion in 2022 and N2 trillion by 2030. The President told the 16-member Council headed by […]Continue Reading