Visakhapatnam: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has decided to leverage the programme run by United Nation Development Programme (UNDP), in association with the Government of India, to take up Covid-19 prevention and control measures in the city.
GVMC will conduct decentralised activities at the ward level involving ward corporators, secretariats, the community and other stakeholders under the initiative. GVMC mayor G Hari Venkata Kumari has requested corporators to get involved with the programme which may help them deal with the present or future emergencies.
Civic body officials say that the activities will include: preparation of staff communication plan, capacity building among ward secretariat staff and health workers, and institutional strengthening. Standard operating procedures for the city operations centre and the smart city mission would be reviewed and revised and hygiene initiatives will be taken up at the community level. Community resilience
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Kano was the only Nigeria city alongside Accra, Ghana; Kampala, Uganda; Mutare, Zimbabwe; and Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, picked after series of examination and screening.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar, said that Kano participated in two topics: “reducing waste generation and improving waste management” as well as “building urban resilience in slums and informal settlements”.
The letter reminded the governor that the programme demanded residents to submit what it termed “Innovative Solutions” to three complex urban challenges.
When submissions were collected, the letter says, “Under your supportive leadership, Kano truly showcased its talent, innovation and dedication in submitting over 50 dynamic ideas.”
The New Zealand government says it was not been involved in drafting the Police Bill. New Zealand high commissioner Jonathan Curr on social media said they were not involved in drafting or developing the Police Bill. Curr said they are engaged in a four-year strengthening programme with the Fiji Police Force to improve policing and support Fiji to meet international human rights obligations. He said a component of the aid programme was to support public consultations on the draft Police Bill, led by the Ministry of Defence and National Security. “We are providing support to the ministry in their public consultation in the bill. This is such an important piece of legislation that needs to be consulted with Fiji’s citizens.”