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The Federal Government has stopped giving grants to youths, instead, they will be giving revolving loans.
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, stated this in Awka, the Anambra State capital at the end of a two-day workshop organised by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan in conjunction with the National Root Crops Research Institute Umudike/International Fund for Agricultural Development.
The workshop was titled “Challenges and opportunities for rural youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A mixed-method study to inform policy and development programmes.”
The Minister who alleged that most of the grants given to the youths were misappropriated and in some cases squandered, said “With this we have decided that there would be no more grants to the youths, instead they shall be given loans that they will repay after an agreed period so that others will benefit from the same scheme.
Anambra community women protest, allege official land-grabbing
Tony Okafor, Awka
Scores of women from Umueri in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Monday, protested against what they called forceful takeover of their land by the state government on the pretext of building an airport.
They accused Governor Willie Obiano and government officials of partitioning their land for personal use and gain.
The women, who marched round the airport premises singing and making unprintable remarks about the governor, also made bonfires on the airport road.
They vowed to resist any attempt by the government and its agents to deprive their children of their inheritance.
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No fewer than 10 states have not conducted elections into local governments despite the absence of elected officers in the councils.
Investigations on Monday showed that some of the local governments were being administered by caretaker committees constituted by state governors.
This contradicts a 2016 judgment of the Supreme Court, which voided laws enacted by state Houses of Assembly that empowered governors to sack elected local government chairmen and councillors and replace them with caretaker committees.
Findings showed that states, which had yet to conduct local government elections despite the expiration of elected officers’ tenures included Ogun, Katsina Anambra, Kwara, Osun, Zamfara and Sokoto.
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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, has commenced an advanced diploma course in native medicine.
The Special Adviser to the Anambra State Governor, Mr Willie Obiano, on medicine and herbal practice, Dr Onyekachi Ibezim, disclosed this at a press conference in Awka.
He said the development was part of the efforts of the state government to advance and harmonise herbal medical practice in the state.
He added that the entry qualification for the advanced diploma course would be a first degree in any field of study.
He said he was working with two professors of pharmacy as technical advisers.
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Tony Okafor, Awka
THE National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Oye, has revealed that the party has engaged in prayers to seek divine guidance in the choice of the standard bearer for the Anambra State Governorship Election, scheduled for November 6, 2021.
Oye said this while speaking to journalists, in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday.
He said, “We follow the INEC timetable. INEC said from June10 to July 3, you should be able to conduct your primaries and produce a candidate and that is what we are going to work with. Every other thing is speculation.