Death threatens patients as a result of strike in Zamfara state.
Watch the following video clip and see how patients seeking treatment at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital Gusau, but unable to access proper health care due to the strike action embarked upon by the Joint Labour Union of almost one week.
Rice , Rice , Rice Everywhere , Except My State!
By Salis Muhammad Moriki It is part of this government's policy to diversify our "too much import dependent" economy to be able to be food sufficient and save huge amount of our forex spent in importation for other development activities in the country. And in its efforts to diversify Nigeria's economy, the federal government has encouraged more state governments and their people to invest more in agriculture, especially rice production. The federal government has given out huge amount of money to states for distributions to farmers in that area, especially those states with farming history and otherwise. Nigeria is one of the largest rice importing country in the world. It is said that in the last five years, Nigeria imported about 17 million tone, thereby spends about $1.8 billion annually on rice importation which is not favourable to Nigerian export/import index. But according to the United Nations Foods and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Nigeria importe...
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