Tag: Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq
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FG begins disbursement N130m grant to vulnerable persons
The Federal Government has began the disbursement of N130 million grant to 6,511 vulnerable persons in the 34 local government areas of Katsina State on Thursday. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, flagged off the disbursement. She said beneficiaries were selected through the Grant for Vulnerable Groups (GVG) programme…
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FG moves to declare Day for Senior Citizens
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has given assurance that a special national day for senior citizens would be declared soon. Farouq gave the assurance when the management team of the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC) led by its Director-General, Dr Emem Omokaro paid her a visit…
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School feeding: FG to enrol additional 5m pupils by 2023 – Minister
Hajiya Sadiya Umar- Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says the Federal Government will enrol about five million pupils into the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) by 2023. Farouq made the disclosure during a stakeholders meeting for the enumeration of beneficiaries and scaling up of the NHGSFP in Zamfara.…
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Giving unemployed Nigerians N10-N20k for two months cannot take them from poverty, Senate tells Buhari’s minister
The Senate Committee on Special Duties, on Thursday, asked the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, to explain how N32.4billion allocated to her Ministry for palliatives meant to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was being spent. Farouq however explained to the senate committee that only N2.4billion…
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Diversion of N2.67bn school feeding fund: ICPC clears air on Minister’s involvement
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has opened up on the purported involvement of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq on the diversion of the N2.67 billion school feeding funds. ICPC had reported that N2,67 billion meant for secondary school students in Federal boarding schools…
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Alleged diversion of N2.6bn school feeding funds: Buhari’s minister speaks
The Minister of of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has challenged the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offence Commission, ICPC to publish the names of persons, federal colleges and school heads responsible for alleged diversion of N2.72b budgeted for School feeding during COVID-19 lockdown to private accounts. The Minister…
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Buhari’s Minister marries Chief of Air Staff secretly in Abuja
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has reportedly married Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the Chief of Air Staff in Abuja. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that the wedding is coming a year after the minister was rumoured to have married President Muhammadu Buhari. According to a report by Daily Trust,…