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The COVID-19 pandemic has served to save the Nigerian state of Niger N300 million (US$0.73 million), as the state paid for no outbound medical tourism in 2020.
According to the Niger State Commissioner for Health, Niger State saved over N300 million (US$0.73 million) that would have been spent on medical tourism in 2020.  Estimates of the cost of outbound medical tourism to the country overall vary from US$400 million to US$2 billion.
Niger State has spent the savings on reviving the medical system, in an attempt to reduce future outbound medical travel costs. The Niger State Commissioner made the problem very clear; âIn the Niger State Ministry of Health, we are trying to kill medical tourism abroad because if we do not kill it, it will kill the Ministry of Health. This is because the money taken for medical assistance abroad is taken from our overheads. It is horrible and has put the health sector in an emergency state. While domestic medical touris
Public secondary schools in Niger to reopen Monday
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Niger State Ministry of Education Commissioner of Education, has directed the closure of all Public Secondary Schools for two weeks commencing from Friday, March 12th to Friday, March 26th, 2021.
The State Commissioner of Education, Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin Salihu, gave the directive in a statement issued by the Information Officer of the ministry, Mallam Jibrin Usman Kodo, a copy of which was made available to the Nigerian Tribune on Thursday in Minna,
The statement added that the directive was given by the commissioner during an emergency consultative meeting with the leadership of the association of the Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Association of Model Islamic Schools (AMIS), Executive Chairman, Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), Heads of Education Agencies, Directors of the Ministry and other stakeholders of the Education sector in the State.
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NECO seizes results of over 30,000 students in Niger over N1bn debt
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By Wole Mosadomi
For failure to pay examination fees of its students National Examination Council, NECO, has withheld results of the over 30,000 students of Niger State.
Following this development, affected students risk forfeiting their admissions into higher institutions for one or more years.
Vanguard gathered that the lean purse of the state government has hindered the release of funds to pay fees leading to the huge debt.