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Key issues in Nigeria's new National Health Insurance Authority Act
WEBJun 20, 2022 · ON May 19, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Health Insurance Authority Bill (2022) into law. The ICIR’s Marcus Fatunmole x-rays the law vis a vis the current state of health insurance coverage in the country while highlighting what could be contentious sections of the new law, written in 10 parts and 60 sections.
Simon Ekpa declares 2 weeks sit-at-home in South-East
WEBJul 11, 2023 · FINLAND-BASED pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, has announced that there will be a two-week sit-at-home in Nigeria’s South-East region from July 31.
Niger state approves N25bn for payment of pensions, gratuities
WEBJun 5, 2024 · By Hamzat Ibrahim ABAGA. BARELY four months after an ICIR-funded investigation titled “Left to suffer: Retirees live in penury aa Niger government defaults on benefits” revealed how the Niger State government failed to pay retirees their retirement benefits, the state Governor Umar Bago on May 29 approved the immediate release of N25 billion for the payment of outstanding pensions and ...
Responsibilities of the Federal, State and local governments
WEBApr 30, 2022 · LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The local government is the government tier that caters to the people in the grassroots. These local governments are headed by council officials, and their responsibilities include making law to address the issues of their locality.
50% debt finance for Dangote refinery - icirnigeria.org
WEBMay 22, 2023 · At full capacity, it can meet 100 per cent of home requirements of all refined products, as well as meet export targets. The refinery was designed to process 100 per cent Nigerian crude, with flexibility to process other varieties of crude, including many of the African crudes, some of the middle eastern crudes, and the United States light tight oil.
Four doctors to 10,000 population, Nigeria's highest in two …
WEBMar 17, 2022 · The WHO’s data capture countries’ ratio of available doctors to 10,000 people in each nation. Mauritius (27 doctors in 2020), Tunisia (13 in 2017), Cape Verde (eight in 2018), South Africa and Egypt (seven each in 2019), Gabon (six in 2018) have more doctors to attend to their populations than Nigeria.
How elections are conducted in Nigeria
WEBJan 12, 2023 · The process of conducting elections in Nigeria is governed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act. Nigeria operates a presidential system of government, and as such, presidential and parliamentary elections are held separately but simultaneously.
Buhari says PIA his greatest achievement - icirnigeria.org
WEBApr 19, 2023 · “The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) was immediately transformed to a limited liability, the NNPC Ltd., with a new brand identity, and it is on course to becoming the biggest, most capitalised and most profitable company in the whole of Africa,” the President said.
NNPC closes $3.15 billion deal with Sterling Oil to boost crude ...
WEBJul 24, 2019 · THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Tuesday closed a $3.15 billion deal with Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited, SEEPCO, to develop the country’s oil and gas reserves from Oil Mining Lease, OML 13, it revealed in a Twitter post.. The Group Managing Director, GMD, of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, in his statement described the funding arrangement as “a ...