Tag: SDG
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Abuja woman drags ex-SDGs financial director, deputy to court for accusing her of leaking classified documents to EFCC
A federal civil servant working at the Sustainable Development Goals Office, Mrs Aisha Al-Amin, has filed a defamation suit at the Upper Area Court, Gudu, Abuja, against a retired Director of Finance and Account, Mr Sani Muhammad. Mrs Aisha Al-Amin also dragged the retired deputy director, Mr Ayeni Richard, to court for alleged criminal defamation…
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Nigeria’s SDG status and insurance ahead 2023
The World Bank SDGs’ and ranking of countries with highest and lowest contributions of the insurance sector to SDG goals’ attainment provided the focus of this article and the near pyrrhic this-is-it for me and my country. On the first glance of this ranking, it looked like Nigeria sits atop the international ranking and I…
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Gov. Bello of Niger sacks DG SDGs over lack of reforms
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has approved the immediate termination of the appointment of the Director-General, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Alhaji Abdullahi Arah. This was stated in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Ahmed Matane, on Saturday in Minna. “The removal of the director-general is to facilitate, accelerated implementation…
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No N23Bn missing in SDGs office, NASS clears Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire of budget padding
The National assembly through the House Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has cleared Victoria Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) of Financial Impropriety. In a statement signed the Chairman of the House Committee on SDGs, Mr Rotimi Agunsoye, he declared it was untrue that the…
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Fed Govt, states sign MoU on SDGs
The Federal Government has said it had signed a conditional grant with state governments through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also said plans were underway to align indicators of the global goals into the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Technical Advisor in the Office of the…
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FG to establish Presidential Council for SDGs
The Federal Government says it will establish a Presidential Council for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to provide high-level policy guidance, leadership and direction for the realisation of SDG targets. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, made this known at the ongoing United Nations High-Level Political Forum in New York,…