Tag: Senator Victor Umeh

Senator Victor Umeh Empowers 520 Constituents with Modern Agricultural Inputs to Boost Food Security

Emporium Reporters

By James Isaac, Abuja   In a major stride toward agricultural development and poverty reduction, Senator (Dr.) Victor C. Umeh, representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, has trained and empowered 520 constituents with modern agricultural inputs and equipment.   The empowerment initiative, which took place in the senatorial district, is part of the senator’s broader plan to promote food security and self-sufficiency through sustainable agricultural practices. Senator Umeh, who also chairs the Senate Committee on National Population and National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), was accompanied by former Labour Party presidential candidate,…

Re: Redeployment of Senator Victor Umeh, a necessary change for diaspora, By Emmy Ekong

Emporium Reporters

Barely 24 hours after the redeployment of Sen. Victor Umeh from the Senate Committee Chairman on Diaspora and Non-Govermental Organizations (NGOs), Hon. Kenneth Gbandi, a man renowned for not seeing anything good in Nigeria and Nigerians, has taken to town again in his usual stock in trade of running down achievers and compatriots as if he has no other job, which, in fairness, he does not. So, may be he has created an oversight function for himself to keep him busy, albeit a very mischievous one.   This time around,…

Senate asks FG to suspend TCN Tender for World Bank funded NMMP Phase 2 …… As Sen Umeh makes case for Local manufacturers

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The Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday urged Federal Government to immediately suspend the TCN Tender for world Bank funded NMMP Phase 2 in order to undertake comprehensive review of the procurement criteria to prioritize local manufacturing and assembling in line with Local Content and Backward Integrated Policy that catalyzed local capacity building, employment generation and economic growth for Nigeria and The Senate unanimously ordered the Transmission Company of Nigeria and other stakeholders to negotiate and engage the African Export-Import Bank(AFREXIM)and the African Development Bank (AFDB)for alternative Loan if World Bank loan…