He said that the essence of the meeting was to review, amend and validate the programmes that WAHO would undertake in the coming year.
“Over the next three days, we will present some activities undertaken so far by WAHO during the year 2021 and our plans and programmes for 2022.
“We will engage all of you on the development of WAHO’s Strategic Plan for the next five to 10 years,” he said.
The Guardian says that in apparent display of fault lines set to define the fierce contest for the 2023 presidential election, the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF), yesterday, rose from its emergency meeting held in Kaduna State to carpet the position of their Southern counterparts that power must shift to the south, saying it is against the spirit and letter of the Constitution.
It also said it is sub-judice to act on the controversial Value Added Tax (VAT) while the case between Rivers State and the Federal Government is before the Supreme Court but went ahead to offer its position.
On open grazing, it called on the Federal Government to expedite action on the National Livestock Transformation Programme (NLTP).
Those in attendance include the governors of Katsina, Sokoto, Kaduna, Borno, Nasarawa, Jigawa and Gombe. The governors of Niger, Kogi, Benue, Zamfara and Taraba states were represented by their deputies.
It also said it is sub-judice to act on the controversial Value Added Tax (VAT) while the case between Rivers State and the Federal Government is before the Supreme Court but went ahead to offer its position.
On open grazing, it called on the Federal Government to expedite action on the National Livestock Transformation Programme (NLTP).
The Punch reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s eNaira website has gone live ahead of October 1 official launch. According to the website, www.enaira.com ,
“eNaira is a CB -issued digital currency that provides a unique form of money denominated in Naira.”
The CBN stated that eNaira would serve as both a medium of exchange and a store of value, offering better payment prospects in retail transactions when compared to cash payments.
It added that eNaira had an exclusive operational structure that was both remarkable and nothing like other forms of central bank money.
“There are several benefits from a central bank-issued digital currency in Nigeria, and this cuts across different sectors of, and concerns of the economy,” it stated.
According to the CBN, the eNaira app would feature and reflect brand values centered around ease of use and efficiency while bearing in mind security. “We have developed this App with a deeper understanding of customers, what they value, their abilities and also their limitations,” it stated.
ThisDay says that the Chairman of Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL), Mr. Kola Balogun, has called for the decentralisation of the single national grid system, arguing that it is no longer efficient and sustainable.
Balogun advised the new Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, to chart a new roadmap to address the generation, distribution and transmission challenges in the power sector, calling on the minister to engage in consultation with stakeholders and come up with a comprehensive roadmap that will transform the sector.
He gave the advice at a session with journalists in Lagos, saying there was need for a roadmap that would clearly define the goals of the power sector after seven years of privatisation without achieving the desired results.
Balogun said: “Why do we continue to have a single grid that binds all of us together? We need to separate it in such a way that any state or local government can go into power generation and distribution to people within its area.
“If the power being generated is not enough, they can even buy from the national grid. So, power generation and distribution should be removed from the exclusive list and moved to the concurrent list.
The Sun reports that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has estimated that the nation would require about $10 billion annually to fix the nation’s dilapidated infrastructure to rejuvenate the economy.
Emefiele, who stated this in his address at the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) 2021 annual conference and 30th anniversary celebration at the weekend in Lagos, noted that the current level of infrastructure deficit remained a major constraint to economic development and attainment of average growth rate of 5 to 7 percent required to boost productivity and sustainable growth for businesses.
Emefiele, represented by Osita Nwanisobi, the Director of Corporate Communications Department of the apex bank, said while the country’s infrastructure deficit was estimated to be about 1.2 percent of GDP, it is projected that the Federal Government needs to commit about $10 billion annually to address the nation’s infrastructural deficit.
The newspaper says that the Chairman of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, has said the recent endorsement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by African countries would impart positively on the agricultural sector and trade on the African continent.
Ighodalo said this in Lagos while addressing participants at the opening of the 4th edition of the Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) hosted by the bank, in collaboration with Saro Africa, AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited, Leadway Assurance, Agriculture and African Finance Consultants (AFC), Young Africa Works (MasterCard), Stears, Thrive Agric and Nestle.
The annual agro summit was rounded up yesterday. He noted that, “it is unacceptable and ironic for Africa to lack home grown agricultural produce and have food insecurity in the midst of so much fertile and arable land across the continent.”
According to him, when Sterling Bank started the ASA four years ago, it was conceived as a powerful advocacy platform to provide solutions towards rebuilding and transforming the agriculture sector into a resilience growth driver.
