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The leader of the Igbo people in Adamawa, "Igwe'' Godwin Omenaka, Eze Igbo III, urged his people in Yola on Wednesday to continue living in peace with their host communities.
Speaking to the Nigerian News Agency , he noted that peace is the foundation of progress and unity.
He praised Governor Ahmadu Fintiri for his administration's giant strides in security and infrastructure and for bringing non-indigenous people into government activities that he said had given non-indigenous people a sense of belonging.
“This stance will further stimulate and motivate non-indigenous people to contribute more to the development of the state because we are also bona fide citizens of the state,” he said.
The leader said that the Igbo, as a community, are always ready and willing to participate in events organized to improve the life and well-being of the common man.
Omenaka asked its members to ensure they vote for deserving candidates in the 2023 general election without overriding sentiments or considerations.
The Igbo community in Adamawa recently celebrated the 2022 New Yam festival in Yola in a ceremony that drew hundreds of supporters from the state and beyond.
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Yola, November 15, 2022 The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), through the Animal Husbandry Department, distributed jenneys and breeding fees to small donkey breeders in Adamawa on Tuesday.
During the presentation, the Deputy Director of FMARD Animal Husbandry Services, Abuja, Mr. Eleojo Ako, said that the idea was to promote the production of donkeys and prevent their extinction in the country.
According to him, the ministry established the donkey value chain department with the idea of increasing production.
He added that the idea of providing donkeys was that they would multiply in the coming years.
Ako said donkeys are more profitable than cows and are becoming internationally recognized, hence the need for beneficiaries to manage them well.
He said that their commitment would help them multiply and increase their income.
In his remarks, Alhaji Umar Daware, Agriculture Commissioner of Adamawa, praised the effort of the Federal Government in its agricultural policies and programs.
Azura's representative, Director of Agriculture, Daware said that such empowerment was in line with Governor Ahmadu Fintiri's administration on empowering and promoting agricultural activities in the state.
He claimed to have a synergy with the State Donkey Value Chain Association to be more successful.
Alhaji Abubakar Kagu, national president of the Donkey Value Chain Association, said the gesture would help prevent the possible extinction of donkeys in the country.
He called on stakeholders, traditional leaders and government at all levels to emulate federal government donkeys to rural farmers to boost production of the animals.
He advised the beneficiaries to take good care of the donkeys as the association would not tolerate selling them.
According to him, the association has implemented measures to monitor the beneficiaries, to ensure that the distributed donkeys are alive and in good physical shape.
Ms. Eldina Halilu, who spoke on behalf of the beneficiaries, thanked the federal government for the gesture.
She said that the donkeys were of great value in her life, especially to help transport water, agricultural products and carry loads to the markets, among others.
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The United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM-UN), and other stakeholders, have concluded rounds of meetings on an initiative geared towards finding lasting solutions to conflicts in Adamawa.
The final meeting on the project tagged: “Contributing to the Mitigation of Conflict over Natural Resources between Farmers and Headers Communities in Adamawa State, Nigeria (COMITAS)”, ended at a meeting on Wednesday, in Abuja.
COMITAS is being implemented in five local government areas (LGAs), of the state, including Demsa, Girei, Numan, Lamurde, and Mayo Belwa.
The News Agency of Nigeria , reports that it is the final project steering committee meeting to reflect on the achievements of IOM-UN, and other stakeholders since the project started two years ago.
Speaking at the meeting, the Chief of Mission (A.
I), IOM-UN Migration, Prestage Murima, represented by Amos Nderi, project manager COMITAS, said the project had achieved its aim.
Murima said COMITAS had proffered solutions to the ongoing crisis between farmers and herders, and had also strengthened traditional conflict resolution through various mechanisms.
“I am happy to report that the consortium has indeed succeeded in completing its activities and in meeting its objectives.
“The project implementation has continued to engage all stakeholders, which include the government, agencies, leaders, and the affected communities, to provide the right solution,” she said.
Murima noted that amongst the achievements of COMITAS was the establishment of the Transhumance Information Management system by IOM, that covered 51 communities in the five LGAs.
“Over this period, the system received 2,206 early warning alerts that assisted communities in early response.
“In addition, IOM conducted 11 policy dialogues that were attended by over 400 community members and local government officials, as part of the project’s objective of building trust between the communities and authorities.
“The peace platforms established by the consortium during the project conducted over 300 meetings and dialogues which helped in building the social cohesion between farmer and herder communities in Adamawa State.
“The consortium conducted over 42 Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) trainings and established the Adamawa Forum for Farmers and Herders Relations (AFFHAR).
“It also worked with the media in peace messaging, that were all aimed at making a positive contribution to building sustainable peace,
“The project also conducted trainings on topics such as Interest Based Negotiation (IBN), as part of efforts to build the capacities and local authorities in natural resource management,” she said.
She also added that the consortium implemented Quick Impact Projects (QIPs), in communities that included provision of solar-powered motorised boreholes, and tree planting campaigns.
According to her, all these are efforts aimed at contributing to sustainable natural resource management and climate change adaptation.
“Also, social cohesion and natural resource management initiatives that will help in mitigating the conflicts between the farmer and herder communities.
“We are grateful to the European Union and the Nigerian Government, for their continued support in this very important initiative,” Murima said.
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri, represented by Usman Diyajo, Commissioner for Livestock and Agriculture of the State, expressed appreciation to the EU, IOM, Mercy Corps and Search for Common Grounds, for carrying out the projects in his state.
“We deeply appreciate the support of the European Union and the implementing partners for the work they are doing in the state.
“As a government, we are aware that many factors contribute to farmers-herders conflict, such as competition over natural resources, climate change, environmental issues, population growth, land issues, stock routes, etc.
“Adamawa State Government is committed to ensuring peace in the state, and we welcome such initiatives that proffer solutions to farmers-headers crisis, and we have worked together with three implementing partners to achieve the objective of the projects.
According to the governor, the initiative has produced a positive impact on the communities in the state.
“We are grateful to all the stakeholders for their involvement in these projects.
“We also hope that the collaboration will continue because the project is aligned to the policies and priorities of Adamawa State Government, as well as the needs of communities affected by headers conflict,” Fintiri said.
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The management of Adamawa Sunshine Transport Board (ASSTB) has called on federal and state governments to declare emergency in the road transport sector of the nation.
Muhammed Tukur -Abbo, the board General Manager gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola on Wednesday.
He said the call became necessary and imperative, considering that about 85 per cent of Nigerians used roads to transport themselves from one place to another.
According to him, Nigerians are more of using vehicles, motor cycles, bicycles and other related means of transportation to travel and in the movement of goods and services.
He lamented that a reasonable percentage of existing federal and state roads in some parts of the country were in bad shapes waiting for rehabilitation or total reconstruction.
He, however, lauded the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in rejuvenating the rail transport sector through construction of many Kilometres of rail lines and procurement of sophisticated trains.
He noted with dismay the current price of fuel, especially diseal which had made maintenance and road transportation activities difficult, especially transportation of spare parts and other essential consumables within the country.
The manager sought for Federal Government’s intervention like it did in the aviation industry, by reintroducing mass transit system and palliative measures to cushion the hardship being experienced by pasengers.
He lauded the efforts of Gov Ahmadu Fintiri for constructing and rehabilitating numerous roads connecting urban and rural communities in the state.
He said the board was expecting additional fleet of vehicles from the state government to complement the existing number of vehicles in the agency.
” We will allocate those vehicles to our qualified drivers for inter state transportation.
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The Adamawa chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Wokers (NURTW) has warned against operating illegal motor parks across the 21 existing Local Government Areas in the state.
Alhaji Umar Babba, the State Chairman of the union, gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola on Tuesday.
He described the rampant instances of operating illegal and unregistered motor parks as a serious threat to the security of lives and property of passengers and the drivers.
“We would collaborate with relevant athourities to ensure that violators were brought to book for appropriate sanctions,” he said.
He said the union recently engaged in sensitisation campaigns across all its 80 registered branches on the need to guard against operation of illegal motor parks and the imperative for adhering to the use of passenger manifest.
According to him, the union is expecting delivery of 150 brand new vehicles from the state government, to be distributed to deserving members as soft loan, saying this was part of Gov Ahmadu Fintiri’s administration to empower them.
“We have about 80,000 registered members across the state and we closely monitor their activities daily, ” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state chapter of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) had equally called on the state and federal governments to fix the highways in the state.
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Ms Ulla Mueller, the Resident Representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA Nigeria) has lauded Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa over ongoing efforts toward advancing the rights of women and girls.
She made the commendation when she paid a courtesy visit to the governor on Wednesday in Yola.
She said that her mission to Yola, along with her team, is to accelerate the Call to Action to end Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
According to her, the team include members of the Strategic Task Team of the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies.
She added that the team has series of activities aimed at exploring the contextual factors that propell GBV, and to galvanise effective prevention and response actions in programming.
Mueller stated that the Call to Action is a multi-stakeholder initiative introduced globally in 2013.
She added that Nigeria implemented its pilot roadmap from 2018-2021 and the current revitalisation of the Call to Action is gaining momentum to ensure and enhance protection from GBV in emergencies with extension to development settings.
UNFPA Nigeria Country Rep., Ulla Mueller and team pay
courtesy visit to Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, Oct. 26, 2022
Responding, Fintiri thanked the team for the visit, assured of his administration’s readiness to continue to protect women and girls, as well as intensify efforts toward ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the state.
He wished the team successful deliberations.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the team consists of the Danish Ambassador to Nigeria, Sune Krogstrup; the Resident Representative of UNFPA Nigeria, Ms Ulla Mueller and the Humanitarian Programme Manager of the Norwegian Embassy, Trygve Aurdal-Vold.
Other are Mrs Yewande Gbola-Awopetu, Head of SGBV and Gender Unit, Federal Ministry of Justice,
Chairman, National NGO Forum in the Northeast, Amb. Ahmed Shehu, Deputy Director, INGO Forum, Yasmine Chawaf and Carla Baumann Greiber, Deputy Head of Humanitarian Department, Denmark Foreign Affairs and Team Leader for the Humanitarian Team, Copenhagen.
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Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa says his administration has built six cottage hospitals, with more than 40 primary health care (PHC) facilities also remodeled and renovated in the state.
The governor made this known at the “Adamawa Physicians’ Week 2022,” organised by Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Yola on Tuesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the theme of the event was: “Nigeria’s Healthcare Delivery System and 2023 Democratic Transition: A Time to Change the Narrative.
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Fintiri, who was represented by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Abdullahi Isa, said that the medical equipment for the facilities had already started arriving from the United States of America.
According to him, his interest in healthcare delivery has also encouraged some partners to do more for the state.
NMA Chairman in the state, Dr Solomon Bulus, lauded the government for the infrastructural development recorded in the state and called for more, especially in the area of health workers’ welfare.
He decried the shortage of manpower and the challenges being faced by health workers in the country generally, adding: “doctors are being underpaid, overworked and targeted by kidnappers.
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Bulus called for the review of doctors’ salary structure, which, he said, had been overdue since 2014.
He also urged Nigerians to intervene over the review of the new salary structure in order to improve the welfare of health workers.
Speaking, Dr Hayatu Ahmad, a Consultant Peadiatrician at Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Bauchi State, decried the challenges of manpower in the health sector.
He particularly cited a state with seven general hospitals but without medical doctors to provide the needed services.
Ahmad, who stated that World Health Organisation (WHO) had recommended one doctor to 1,000 patients, urged governments at all levels to do the needful in order to salvage the situation.
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Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA) said it had distributed relief items donated by the Federal Government to most flood-affected Local Government Areas of the state.
Dr Suleiman Muhammad, Executive Secretary of the agency, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Yola.
NAN recalls that the Federal Government had on Oct. 13, handed over the items to the state government for distribution to victims of recent floods in the state.
The items included 1,400 bags of maize; 1,400 bags of beans; 1,400 bags of rice; 75 cartoons of tin tomatoes; 75 bags of salt; 1,000 cartons of seasoning cubes; and 75 gallons of 20 litres vegetable oil.
Others were 1,000 pieces of children wear, 1,000 pieces of women’s wear, 1,000 pieces of men’s wear, 1,000 pieces of mosquito nets, 600 cartons of toilet soap, 8,000 pieces of mats and 2,500 pieces of guinea brocade.
Suleiman said that the items were successfully distributed to the most affected LGAs, based on the level of devastation.
“Based on the directives of Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri, we have handed over the items to council chairmen and the local emergency committees for distribution to victims at the local level.
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“Our staff are also monitoring the exercise at the local level to ensure that it reaches the beneficiaries,” he said.
Mr Joshua Bangi, Vice Chairman, Yola North Local Government Area, confirmed to NAN that the items had been received.
Bangi who is also the Chairman, Local Emergency Committee in the council, assured the government of judicious distribution to the victims within the week.
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The Adamawa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated its Presidential and Governorship campaign council for 2023 general election.
Speaking at the ceremony on Monday in Yola, Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri charged the council to ensure grassroots mobilisation of the electorate to ensure the victory for the party in the poll.
“Give me your trust, once again and I promise you more actions and not mere words.
“ We are today inaugurating a loaded 871-man Campaign Council.
“This high-powered Council will be chaired by no other person than my humble self to give it the drive and leadership it disserves, considering that we have as a Presidential Candidate, one of our illustrious sons – Atiku Abubakar.
“Heading the campaign management team is Mr Awwal Tukur who is the Director General while Chief Felix Tangwami, will serve as Deputy Director General Southern Senatorial zone among others,” he said.
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The Federal Government on Thursday presented relief items to the Adamawa Government for distribution to victims of recent flood in the state.
Presenting the items in Yola, Mr Mustapha Ahmed, the Director General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the items provided would bring succour to the affected persons, and not for compensation.
Ahmed, who was represented by Mr Mohammed Kanar, NEMA’s Deputy Director, Human Resource, said the items included 10kg of 1,400 bags of maize; 1,400 bags of beans; 1,400 bags of rice; 75 cartoons of tin tomatoes; 75 bags of salt; 1,000 cartons of seasoning cubes; and 75 kegs of 20 litres of vegetable oil.
Others were 1,000 pieces of children wear, 1,000 pieces of women’s wear, 1,000 pieces of men’s wear, 1,000 pieces of mosquito nets, 600 cartons of toilet soap, 8,000 pieces of mats and 2,500 pieces of guinea brocade.
He added that more interventions are also expected from the federal government to ease the hardship faced by the victims.
Receiving the items, Alhaji Bashir Ahmad, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), appreciated the federal government gesture.
The SSG assured that the items would be immediately distributed to the victims without delay.
Dr Suleiman Muhammad, the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), confirmed that the flood had claimed 51 lives while 71 sustained injuries.
He added that over 171,000 properties were affected, over 10,000 persons displaced and over 80,000 hectares of farm lands destroyed by the flood across the 21 local government areas of the state.
According to him, the agency have been directed by Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri to commence distribution of the items.
He added that the state government too had earlier distributed some relief items for the second time, but more assistance was needed because of the high number of the affected persons.
“We are now going to start the distribution today as directed by the state governor to reduce the hardship faced by the victims,” he said.
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