By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency has revealed that it has set up a disciplinary panel to investigate and punish health workers who are found to not be at their duty post and those who charge more than the prescribed amount for deliveries within facilities. The Director-General of the
By Marcus Fatunmole, The ICIR President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Federal Ministry of Health to track the utilization of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). The President gave the order during the week at a two-day Ministerial retreat in Abuja through a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi
Listen To The Report In this investigation, THE INFORMANT247’S YEMI SODEEQ who visited the indoor sports hall of the Kwara State Stadium in Ilorin, writes that despite the release of over N72 million for its renovation, the old sporting facility is in shambles, housing reptiles and downsizing the momentum of sporting men and women who
By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji Listen To The Report This investigation by Elijah Akoji uncovers how a Federal Government agency awarded N56 million borehole project for communities in Jigawa State which was never executed despite the release of funds. Between 2018 and 2019, payment made by the Border Community Development Agency (BCDA) has shown that over
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River representative of Sermatech Nigeria limited, handling the dualization of Calabar-Itu road, Mr. Ento Edako says community members should be blamed for the deliance in the job delivery. The project which is now funded by NNPC extends from Oku-Iboku in Akwa Ibom State to the Odukpani power plant in Cross River
By David Hundeyin, West Africa Weekly A terrifying inside account of a secret alliance between Amnesty International Nigeria and the DSS On September 10, 2019, Kehinde Dada and Joseph Okonofua died at the hands of Nigerian Police. The two 23 year-olds were caught up in the violent response of Police officers to a student protest in the
By Henry Umoru, Vanguard News Nigeria The Senate has summoned the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, over contracts scam put at N100 billion. Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State-led Senate Committee on Public Accounts that is probing the NDDC, said it will personalize any refund that would be traceable to
By Henry Umoru, Vanguard News Nigeria The Senate has raised the alarm on how the management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid retired generals for regional security surveillance of the agency’s projects without evidence of service delivery. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts uncovered