Sokoto gov promises to support traders, artisans
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Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has said his administration will soon start supporting businessmen with financial support in order to boost their business.
He gave the assurance in Sokoto on Saturday while receiving an ‘Award of Excellence’ presented to him by the Zumunta Furniture Kofar Taramniya.
Aliyu said that the financial support is geared towards boosting trade and commerce for the socio-economic growth of the state.
The governor further said revamping the economy of the state is one of his administration’s nine-point agenda aimed at reducing redundancy, idleness as well as youth restrictiveness.
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Tackle hunger, Osun APC chieftain tells Tinubu
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently tackle hunger and starvation ravaging the country to save the masses and provide them decent living.
Oyintiloye, while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, Osun State capital, said that Nigerians were hungry and living below the poverty line.
The APC chieftain said that due to the prevailing harsh economy in the country, many households were finding it difficult to have three square meals.
Lagos issues 48-hour eviction notice to property owners blocking drainage channel
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The Lagos State Government has issued a 48-hour vacation notice to squatters and owners of illegal structures along the Gbagada-Bariga drainage channel.
The announcement was made by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, via a post on social media platform, X on Sunday.
Wahab explained that the drainage channel, which serves to deflood the Bariga, Gbagada, Sholuyi downstream communities, and other environs, has been blocked by squatters and obstructive structures.
Flooding: Lagos issues 48-hour quit notice to property owners blocking drainage channel
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The Lagos State Government has given a 48-hour vacation notice to squatters and owners of illegal structures along Gbagada-Bariga drainage channel.
The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a post on X.com on Sunday.
Wahab added that the channel has been blocked by squatters who live there and property owners who built structures that obstruct the flow of water, which also contributed to the flooding in the area.