"ENUGU GOVERNMENT HAS VOTED N10B FOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING PROGRAMME THAT WOULD SEE THE STATE ASSEMBLE VEHICLES" -CHRIS-ROBERT OZONGWU. ( PHOTO).

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 "Enugu government has voted N10b for vehicle manufacturing programme that would see the state assemble vehicles" -Chris-Robert Ozongwu Enugu state Commissioner for budget and planning Chris-Robert Ozongwu has said that the government had voted N10b for vehicle manufacturing programme that would see the state assemble vehicles. 2,100 taxis are expected to be assembled for the administration’s youth empowerment scheme and the Distress Response Squad, DRS, the state’s special police unit. He also said that the government was confident that the 2026 budget would outperform the 2025 budget, adding that Governor Peter Mbah runs the state with a private sector mentality. He also said that the allocation of 51.1 per cent and 40.1 per cent of the total budget to the economic sector and social sector, respectively, underscored the administration’s commitment to private sector-driven economic growth and human development. "Human life is one of improvements. We achieved about 85 pe...

LAGOS STATE MIDWIVES DEMONSTRATED IN FRONT OF THE GOVT HOUSE TODAY,OVER 20 MONTHS SALARY ARREARS.

                  Today monday,some midwives in Lagos state stormed the Lagos state Governor's office and the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest the refusal of the Lagos State Government to pay them their 20 months salary arrears.Armed with placards,the midwives under the aegis of Midwives Services Scheme,MSS,expressed their displeasure over the non payment of their entitlements since January 2013 to date.Some of the placards carried by the women reads ''Reduced Maternal and Child Mortaliry,midwife is the answer,pay us our allowances'',''MSS midwives demanded payment of salaries,Jan-December 2013 and Jan-December 2015'',Governor Ambode,Pay MSS allowances'',''MSS midwives,no pay,no work,Gov.Ambode please pay our salaries''.Mrs Beatrice Iioegbunam,spokesperson for the protesters stated that they were employed by the federal government in 2010 to work under the Millennium Development Goals,MDGs to help to reduce maternal and child mortality in the villages.According to her,their salaries are paid by the three tiers of government in a ratio of,FG N40,000,State,N37,500 while the the local governments beefs it up with some stipends as it suits them.''Most of us were posted into the rural areas and we have to travel about 119 km to get to where i work,in rural setting.There is no electricity and we did deliveries touching lives to ensure that mortality rate is reduced in the village ad for us sorry we have no money.So,we are fed up,hence we came here''.

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