Author: Abubakar Yusuf

Imaan: Advancing the Rights of Children and Women By Abubakar Yusuf

Abubakar Yusuf

The rights and privileges of children remain crucial to the survival and progress of any nation, especially as children are the leaders of tomorrow. These rights cannot be overlooked in any serious development agenda.   Just a few months into her appointment as Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, has taken decisive steps to prioritise the welfare of children and women across various sectors.   From the protection of their rights to ensuring their inclusion in key socio-economic programs, the Minister is aligning her efforts with both domestic and…

Children’s Day: Orelope-Adefulire urges leaders to tackle illiteracy, promote peace and child welfare

Abubakar Yusuf

As Nigeria joined the global community to mark the 2025 edition of Children’s Day, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAP-SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has called on leaders at all levels to take decisive actions to break the cycle of illiteracy, promote peace, and provide a safe and enabling environment for children across the country.   In a statement signed by her Special Assistant on Media, Publicity and Strategic Communications, Desmond Utomwen, the presidential aide stressed that the well-being of Nigerian children remains a central…

FG Commissions 10 Landmark Projects at UATH, urges other Teaching Hospitals to emulate

Abubakar Yusuf

The Federal Government has commissioned ten major infrastructural projects at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, as part of efforts to reposition the nation’s healthcare system under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. President Tinubu, represented at the event on Thursday by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, reiterated his administration’s commitment to improving access to quality healthcare services for all Nigerians. He commended the Chief Medical Director of UATH, Professor Bisala Ahmed Ekele, for championing the health sector transformation at…

Wike’s Resolution of Perennial Water Scarcity in FCT, By Abubakar Yusuf

Abubakar Yusuf

In the last three decades , since the movement of the federal capital territory FCT to Abuja , the network of water supply to the nation’s city has not improved, particularly in the area of expansion beyond the city centre to the area councils.   In the same vein , the carrying capacity of the nation’s city in the area of consumption of water on a daily basis has expanded beyond the initial configuration , hence creating rooms for epileptic water reticulation and in some instances water scarcity in the…

Saviour Enyiekere : Hitting the Ground Running at NASC, BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

Abubakar Yusuf

History was made again today at the National Assembly Service Commission NASC as the newly appointed as Executive Chairman,Dr Saviour Enyiekere and his Commissioners, was sworn in by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential villa to signify the beginning of another five years journey for the new management of the Commission.   Dr Enyiekere who was appointed along with his 12 commissioners representing the six geopolitical zones on 20th, February, 2025, assumed duty on 5th, May, 2025 few months after their appointment after been taking oath office.   He…

Wike’s Genuine Land Reformation, Reclamation, Recovery In FCT, By Abubakar Yusuf.

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Over the decades , the administration of Lands in the nation’s city and area councils has been characterised with series of sharp practices, corruption, fake allocation, encroachments, double allocations among many others from the FCT allocation to area councils allocations, creating so many crises that involved even the officials of both FCT and area councils.   These ugly development spanned for over two decades and since the movement of the FCT from Lagos to Abuja does not augur well for the development of Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja and had…

Jubilation in Port Harcourt as 500 Women receive SDGs/RHI Empowerment Support

Abubakar Yusuf

It was a moment of joy and celebration in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as 500 women across the 23 Local Government Areas benefitted from a major empowerment programme jointly organised by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) and the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), the humanitarian platform of the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.   The initiative, part of a nationwide programme, is in line with Nigeria’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 1 (No Poverty), Goal…

Nigeria validates 2025 VNR on SDGs, launches progress report and inclusive Data Plan ….. UN, NGF, Stakeholders back Evidence-Based Approach to 2030 Agenda

Abubakar Yusuf

Nigeria has officially validated its 2025 Voluntary National Review (VNR) report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while also launching the 2024 SDGs Progress Report and the Inclusive Data Charter (IDC) Action Plan, signaling a renewed national commitment to accelerating sustainable development ahead of the 2030 deadline. The validation event, held in Abuja, brought together top government officials, development partners, civil society actors, academia, and representatives of vulnerable groups in a demonstration of inclusive governance. Speaking at the event, Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila emphasized…

FRC; Deploying Controls, Regulations to Achieve 2020-2030 SDGs, By Abubakar Yusuf

Abubakar Yusuf

In line with the decade of action , realizing SDGs 2020-2030 agenda, the mission and vision of government agencies, parastatals and departments must be in tandem with the present realities. Therefore, efforts by the Financial Reporting Council, FRC to implement the already reviewed annual fee due for over two years cannot be over emphasized. The challenges posed and identified by Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), as the umbrella body of companies operating in Nigeria may be normal and usual resistance to positive changes, posed by such bodies in the development,…

Wike’s Strides at Curbing Rural -Urban Migration in FCT, By Abubakar Yusuf

Abubakar Yusuf

The quest to turn the nations city into a new look not minding the city centre and area council is becoming a reality going by the efforts of the Minister of FCT, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to circulate infrastructural development among many others to ensure all areas surrounding the FCT are developed to modern and modest standards. This included the six area councils of Gwagwalada, Kwali , Abaji , AMAC, Kuje and Bwari which included so many villages and hamlet yearning to be open up or desiring development in all…