The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has warned state governments, local government areas and community leaders especially in Anambra, Delta, Cross River, Rivers and Bayelsa states, of the impending floods in the coming…
Amid aviation fuel scarcity, NEMA resumes air ambulance services
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has resumed its air ambulance operations after successfully embarking on routine maintenance and completion of all civil aviation requirements. The resumption is coming on the heels of the global shortage of Jet-A1 fuel even…
Malnutrition: Poorest households in Zamfara, Katsina and Borno to get N27k monthly from ECOWAS fund
The federal government has deployed a humanitarian fund of $1 million received from the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) to help avert malnutrition and food insecurity in northern Nigeria. In a press release on Thursday, the federal government…
Yobe: Humanitarian Minister condoles with market fire victims
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has sympathized with victims of the fire incident that razed the Central market, Nguru, in Yobe State. In a statement by the Special Assistant on Media, Nneka…
FG to begin N-Knowledge programme in the 6 geo-politcal zones
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has announced the commencement of the N-Power, N-Knowledge programme in the six geo-political zones including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. She made the announcement in a…
FG begins payment of outstanding allowances to 14,021 Batch A and B N-Power enrollees
The federal government, Friday, said that it has started payment of outstanding allowances to 14,021 N-Power enrollees in the first and second batches (Batch A and B). Government explained that the development followed the overcoming of payment system challenges faced…
5 key things to note about N-Power Batch C
Following the onboarding of 510,000 N-Power beneficiaries in the 36 states and the FCT and flagging-off of N-Power Batch C on Monday, August 23, 2021 by Sadiya Umar Farouq, Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, we…
FG launches GEEP 2.0 as Umar Farouq calls on vulnerable Nigerians to take interest-free loans
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has called on vulnerable Nigerians to come forward and receive interest-free loans under the just launched Government Enterprise Empowerment Programme, GEEP 2.0 At the unveiling held at…
FG to prosecute rape, gender-based violence offenders
The federal government has said that it will deal decisively with all perpetrators of rape and other gender-based violence in the country. The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osibanjo, made this known at the official launch of USAID’s Momentum Country and…
FG commissions 46 NSIP Independent Monitors in Ebonyi State
Forty-six Independent Monitors for the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) in the Southeast Thursday received engagement letters and monitoring devices in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, reiterated the commitment…