PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to coordinate the deployment of a national plan to address the issue of out-of-school children in the country. The President gave the directive while inaugurating the 18-member Presidential Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme, ASP, co-chaired by the Ministers […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged the Federal Government’s commitment to protecting children from sexual violence, domestic abuse and exploitation. Buhari’s pledge in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday comes as Nigeria joins the international community to celebrate the Day of the African Child. The President also reiterated that the […]Read More
The Federal Government on Tuesday declared that it was working hard to come out with a policy that would limit the number of children that a mother could have in Nigeria. It stated that traditional rulers and other leaders across the country were being engaged as regards this, adding that the move was aimed at […]Read More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Coordinator in Cross River, Dr Thompson Igbu, says Nigeria will be polio free by August 2018. Dr Igbu made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a workshop on integrated disease surveillance and response on Wednesday in Calabar. “Nigeria would have been 24 months […]Read More
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