However, when this reporter visited Kwara, the location of the milk processing factory in January 2024, she found abandoned poultry in its stead. The once-promising infrastructure intended for dairy production now lay idle, its machinery left to neglect and rot.
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“…I felt sick and went to the health outpost here in the community but met nobody to attend to me.”
The 2024 budgetary provision for the health sector in the state has been jacked up to 15%,
Flooding along the banks of River Benue has brought yearly disasters to the people of Benue State in north-central Nigeria, especially to the residents of Makurdi, Tarka, and Otukpo Local Government Areas of the state.
However, the construction of the Cancer Screening Centre was not completed due to delay in the payment of outstanding fees as agreed by the contractor and the Benue State Government.
“At a point, I felt as if I was at the end of my life; the ordeal is better imagined than experienced,” she said.
Makurdi residents, the Benue state capital, is at risk of an epidemic outbreak due to poor waste management in the metropolis. This is in spite of the millions approved for environmental improvement by the Benue State government.
South Africa’s recognition of Sign language as an official language sets a progressive example, but across the continent, acknowledgement, training, and standards for sign language interpretation remain varied and insufficient even in countries where Sign language is officially recognized.
The bill was initiated by Barnabas Gemade, who at that time served as a senator representing Benue North-East senatorial district (Zone A) of Benue State.
Converting books into accessible digital formats for blind and visually impaired people is illegal in Nigeria. They want to change that.
