FG vows to track monies released for BHCPF implementation in North-West
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FG vows to track monies released for BHCPF implementation in North-West

The federal government has vowed to track all monies released for the implementation of Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in its new 2.0 Guidelines.Dr. Oreshoremi Ogbe, the Ministerial Oversight Committee (MOC) Secretary, stated this at the onboarding of State Oversight Committees (SOCs) from the North-West zone held in Zaria, Kaduna State. He expressed concern that the 2023 BHCPF Audit Report showed persistent accountability issues, stressing the need for stricter oversight to ensure funds released reach the citizens in dire need. SPONSOR AD Dr. Ogbe assured that the Federal Government would follow due process to ensure that monies earmarked for the implementation of BHCPF benefit the most vulnerable layer of the society. PDP crisis: Wike’s men suspend Damagum, hail verdict against convention We don’t tolerate religious persecution in Nigeria, Tinubu replies Trump According to him, Guideline 2.0, recently inaugurated...
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Don Raises Alarm Over Mismanagement Of Forest Resources, Reckless Devt Of Housing Estates
Science & Technology

Don Raises Alarm Over Mismanagement Of Forest Resources, Reckless Devt Of Housing Estates

A Professor of Forest Inventory and Ecology at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Victor Adekunle, has raised the alarm on the uncontrolled exploitation of the countrys forests resources through extraction of timber and non-timber forest products, farming, mining, and other human activity especially reckless development of housing estates, which may endanger the life and growth of such forests. Professor Adekunle gave the submission while delivering the 186th inaugural lecture of the institution recently. Speaking on the topic: ” The Nigerian Unprotected Protected Areas: Forest Conservation and Assessment, the Condito Sine Qua Non”, he canvassed the enforcement of Protected Areas, PAs, tracks of forest land demarcated as reserved areas, and proper regulation of forest preservation. He stated that natural resources such as forests are indispensable...
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