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LEA scribe tasks parents, NGOs on provision of facilities in Gwas

The education secretary in charge of Local Education Authority, LEA, in Gwagwalada area council, Hajiya Safiya Tukura, has tasked parents, corporate organization and non-governmental organisation, NGOs, to complement government in the provision of facilities in primary schools in the area. 

FCTA to strengthen safety around schools

The FCT Administration has said it is working to strengthen measures that will promote safety on the roads around schools in the FCT as well as reduce road casualties to make the city a model for road safety in the country. 

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, [...]

SEB cooperative to pay WAEC fees for 124 indigent students

 The FCT Secondary Education Board, SEB, Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society has concluded plans to pay West African Examination Council, WAEC, fees for some identified less privileged senior secondary students in FCT public schools as part of its social responsibility. 

Specifical [...]

Health workers donate food, drugs to IDPs in Durumi

As part of activities to mark the 40th anniversary of  Medical and Health Workers' Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, the union, last week, donated food items and drugs to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in Durumi, Abuja, 

Speaking at the event, MHWUN national president, Comra [...]

Buhari has laid foundation for national development - FCT minister

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called on Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid, saying the president has laid the solid foundations that will take the country to the next level. 

Bello, who spoke when the Buhari Contin [...]

Bello canvasses 5yrs moratorium on strikes by labour

 Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, has pleaded with labour unions to place a 5-year moratorium on strikes and all forms of industrial action.

The minister made the plea in Abuja when the Association of Resident Doctors, FCTA chapter, as well as the FCT Chapte [...]

SEB tasks principals on reappraisal of standard

The management of FCT Secondary Education Board led by Hon Yahaya Muhammad has called on the 62 senior secondary school principals to re-appraise their performance as schools embarked on first term holiday. 

Speaking during a meeting with the school heads, the board chairman said as the fi [...]

Candido commissions microfinance bank

As part of efforts to boost small scale businesses, the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, Hon. Adamu Candido, last week commissioned the AMAC microfinance bank. 

He said that the objective of the financial institution is to open a new door of opportunities to th [...]