ECOWAS DONTES NINE HUNDRED AND SIX THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED AND TWO FIVE ($906,205) DOLLARS FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO NIGERIA

The Economic Community of West Africa States has donated Nine Hundred and six thousand, two hundred and two five ($906,205) dollars for Humanitarian Response to affected Populations for Post 2022 Flood Disaster, Food and Nutrition Assistance to Support the Vulnerable People in Northern Nigeria. ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs, Professor Fatou Sow Sarr, stated during the flagging meeting of implementation fund in Abuja. Professor Sow-sarr explain that additional one million dollars ($1000,000) will also be given to support and stabilize the victims of 2023 violence in Nigeria. She said, “Both funds are intended to assist the populations…

Reps Ask Airlines To Refund N4bn COVID-19 Funds

The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has issued a one-week deadline to all private airline operators in the country to account for the sum of N4bn given to them by the Federal Government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic or refund same in the absence of justifiable evidence of how the amount was spent. The committee, chaired by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party from Osun State, Bamidele Salam, issued the ultimatum on Friday at the resumed investigative hearing into the alleged mismanagement of the COVID-19 intervention funds by ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The PUNCH…