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Gombe Gov Hails President Buhari Over Appointment Of Dr. Dahiru As Pioneer DG, National Council On Climate Change
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya ( Dan Majen Gombe) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for demonstrating commitment towards getting Nigeria achieve a net zero emission by 2060 in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement which is a legally binding international treaty on Climate Change.
The Governor also hailed the President for appointing Dr. Salisu Dahiru ( Dan Masanin Keffi) as Pioneer Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change charged with the responsibility to drive implementation of the Nigeria’s Climate Change Agenda.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya, in a statement, described the appointment of Dr. Dahiru by Mr. President as a well deserved one considering his pedigree as a thorough-bred environmental resources management expert, forester, seasoned academic and highly cerebral figure with impeccable footprints in the Climate Change policy drive and implementation at both national and international levels.
Governor Inuwa recalled Dr. Dahiru’s role as the pioneer lead of Nigeria’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Programme and as the country’s lead negotiator for the Agriculture, Forest and Other Land Use, AFOLU, sector under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, noting that in both assignments, the new DG had distinguished himself and proven his worth.
He expressed confidence that the Dan Masanin Keffi will pilot the affairs of the National Climate Change Council considering his experience and remarkable trajectory as the National Project Coordinator for the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, (NEWMAP) and the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscape (ACReSAL) Project, both financed by the World Bank and both of which Gombe State has since alligned with.
The Governor, on behalf of the Government and people of Gombe state, congratulated the new national climate change helmsman for being found worthy to superintend over this critical Council, urging him to bring to bear his wealth of experience in the task of developing a carbon market framework and a National Adaptation Plan, which will be in line with the aspirations of the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions NDC.
He assured him of the support, solidarity and partnership of the Government and good people of Gombe state as he takes on the new task.
THE Federal Government has approved free internet services worth N24.2 billion naira at 20 selected airports, 43 universities and six markets across the country.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Pantami, disclosed this after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday
Pantami said that the airports were selected from the six geo-political zones.
“Certain intervention projects are going to be implemented by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Communications Commission of providing Internet in 20 selected airports in Nigeria and higher institutions of learning and also some markets to support micro small and medium enterprises.
“In each geopolitical zone, you have around three airports. In the South-West, we have Lagos and Ondo. For the South-East, we have Anambra and Enugu.
“For the South-South, we have Port Harcourt and Akwa Ibom. For the North-Central we have Abuja and Ilorin. In the North-West, we have Kano, Sokoto and Kebbi. For the North-East we have Yola, Maiduguri and Gombe.”
The minister said the markets and 43 institutions which include universities and polytechnics were also drawn from the six geopolitical zones, adding that it will ease e-learning in schools and also enhance the transition to a cashless economy.
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved the appointment of six new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service
The appointments followed after a recent conducted selection process.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF),Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, made this known in a statement by Mohammed Ahmed, Director of Communications of the Office of the HOCSF,
The appointees and their states of origin are Esuabana Asanye (Cross River), Mahmud Kambari (Borno), Richard Pheelangwah (Taraba), Lamuwa Ibrahim (Gombe), Yakubu Kofar-Mata (Kano) and Oloruntola Michael (Ogun).
The Department of State Security Service has said that the plot to Instal interim government was real
DSS noted that the plot was “by some key players” to install an interim government and stop Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being inaugurated as president.
A statement on Wednesday, by Peter Afunanya, the public relations officer of the secret police, said: “The Department of State Services (DSS) has identified some key players in the plot for an Interim Government in Nigeria.
“The Service considers the plot, being pursued by these entrenched interests, as not only an aberration but a mischievous way to set aside the constitution and undermine civil rule as well as plunge the country into an avoidable crisis.
“The illegality is totally unacceptable in a democracy and to the peace loving Nigerians. This is even more so that the machination is taking place after the peaceful conduct of the elections in most parts of the country.”
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