The Provost Federal College of Education Katsina, Dr. Aliyu Idris Funtua, on Monday, congratulated the Governor-elect of Katsina, Alh Dr. Dikko Umar Radda (Gwagwaran) Katsina, on his victory in the General Elections on March 18th, 2023.
He assured Dikko that the management and staff of the college, including himself would support his administration.
He commended INEC for conducting free, fair and credible election and equally Nigerians for the peaceful and transparent outcome of the elections, which he said, demonstrates that the democratic process, values and principles remain the best way for the people to select their leaders and hold them accountable.
Provost congratulatory message is contained in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in Katsina.
He also saluted President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Aminu Bello Masari for “their statesmanship and exemplary leadership to the people of Katsina and Nigeria in the past Eight years and the profound legacies of their administration on Security, Agriculture, infrastructure, and education, as well as strong influence, and support of the rule of law. He added
The Executive Chairman Guri Local Government area of Jigawa State, Hon Musa Shuaibu Muhammad Guri, on Monday, congratulated the Governor-elect of Jigawa, Alh Umar Namadi, on his victory in the General Elections on March 18th, 2023.
He assured Namadi that the people of Guri Local Government, including himself and all stakeholders would support his administration.
He commended INEC for conducting free, fair and credible election and equally Nigerians for the peaceful and transparent outcome of the elections, which he said, demonstrates that the democratic process, values and principles remain the best way for the people to select their leaders and hold them accountable.
Guri’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Abubakar Musa.
While wishing former Governor of Lagos a successful inauguration and tenure in office, Hon Musa Shuaibu Guri said he looks forward to more fruitful and robust engagements between the Legislative and the Executive arms of Government on shared priorities such as enhancing peace and security on the Country , democracy, and greater economic prosperity and social development.
He also saluted President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar for “their statesmanship and exemplary leadership to the people of Jigawa and Nigeria in the past Eight years and the profound legacies of their administration on Security, Agriculture, infrastructure, and education, as well as strong influence, and support of the rule of law. He added
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and in Kaduna State, Comrade Musa Mohammed (Moonlight), has explained why he is supporting the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Uba Sani, in the rescheduled governorship election in the state.
He hinged his decision in the fact that Uba Sani is better placed to lead kaduna on the path of development and growth.
According to Comrade Mohammed, his main concern is the development of the state, and Uba Sani know-how to advance the fortunes of the state for the better.
He said the APC candidate had proven track record of performance from his days in the Senate.
He said the candidate’s public sector experience as a legislator gave him an edge over the other candidates, adding that such experience would come handy at “these trying times.”
Comrade Mohammed opined that Uba Sani facilitated employment of many youths, attracted projects including healthcare centres, schools, empowerment etc, to his senatorial zone, at the Red chamber of the National Assembly.
He said, “He had also provided a lot of Constituency projects across the 7 local governments area under his senatorial zone, even those outside his constituency also benefited from his representation.
“On personal ground, he has given scholarships to students across the state and free healthcare services to people from his senatorial district.
“If someone can do these much as a Senator, just imagine what he will do when elected as the governor.”
He further said that the UBA SANI also has advantage of youth being in his early 40s, adding that he has the right mental ability to stimulate youth-centered activities that would curtain restiveness in the state.
He urged all the people of Kaduna state who are eligible to vote, should vote for Senator Uba Sani and all APC candidates on Saturday, 18th March 2023.
The gubernatorial candidate of All Progressives Congress APC, in Kaduna state will beat all other contending parties with wide margin in the upcoming 2023 governatorial election in the state.
Comrade Musa Mohammed, a Supporter of Senator Uba Sani, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday.
He said the party, based on plans and indicators on ground will win at both the gubernatorial and state assembly level with overwhelming votes, including the Hon. Isah Ashiru Kudan of PDP in the state,
“Ashiru Kudan is from Kaduna, a former member of both state and national assembly. He will get some votes but APC will defeat him in the gubernatorial race, and will defeat all other political parties by God’s grace.
“We are saying, we are going to have a wide margin in the coming election.
He explained that indicators on the ground have placed the leading opposition in the state, the PDP, in third place position in the coming elections.
“I want to assure you that the PDP will be surprised on Saturday 11th March 2023 gubernatorial and state assembly elections,” he said.
He said the Governorship candidate of the APC in Kaduna state, Sen. Uba Sani is receiving increasing acceptance and support from indigens within and outside the state as the Campaign continues, especially from professionals who have made inputs and fine tuned manifestoes of the party in the state.
“People are accepting him because they see him as more matured, composed, very humble and highly experienced person, especially as a former SSA on public affairs to former president Obasonjo, former Special adviser Political to governator of Kaduna State Malam Nasiru El-Rufai and serving Senator.
“On personal ground, he has given scholarships to students across the state and free healthcare services to people from his senatorial district.
“People feel he can rightly stir affairs of the state.
“Uba Sani’s campaign is hinged on continuity having worked with Governor Nasiru El-Rufai for years,” he said.
President-elect, Bola Tinubu has moved into the defense house in Abuja.
President Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu Moves Into Defence House, In Maitama, Abuja Where He Will Spend The Next Months Before Moving Into Presidential Villa.
Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate won in Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC, as the winner of Saturday’s presidential election.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu defeated 17 other candidates who took part in the election. He scored a total of 8,794,726 votes, the highest of all the candidates, thus meeting the first constitutional requirement to be declared the winner.
He also scored over 25 per cent of the votes cast in 30 states, more than the 24 states constitutionally required.
INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, who announced the final results in the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja, said Atiku Abubakar of the PDP came second in the election.
Atiku polled a total of 6,984,520 votes in the election.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party came third in the election with a total of 6,101,533 votes while Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP came fourth with 1,496,687 votes.
Mr Yakubu said a Certificate of Return for the President and Vice President will be presented by 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the National Collation Centre.
Only the top four candidates won the presidential election in at least one state. Each of Messrs Tinubu, Atiku and Obi won in 12 states while Mr Kwankwaso won only in Kano.
However, winning a majority of states is not a requirement for a candidate to be declared the winner of the election.
Senator Uba Sani the All Progressive Congress (APC) governatorial candidate in kaduna state, congratulated Bola Tinubu.
“I, Senator Uba Sani, the Governatorial candidate of APC in Kaduna State, heartily congratulate the newly elected Nigerian president Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on your overwhelming victory in the just concluded presidential election,” Uba Sani said.
He assured Tinubu that the people of Kaduna state, including himself and all stakeholders would support his administration.
The Senator equally commended INEC for conducting free and fair election, which he described as a fair process.
Uba Sani encourage all APC members in Kaduna state to come together to support him in the forthcoming governatorial election and the state assembly elections for a victorious.
“There is no doubt that Senator Asiwaju Tinubu possesses the requisite experience and political sagacity which will make him to take nigeria to greater heights”.
According to him, the President’s selfless disposition and leadership have provided solution that strengthen the party which firmly brought Tinubu victory at the polls.
Uba Sani we pledge to continue to support Tinubu and APC at all times.
Bola Tinubu won the election in Rivers, Borno, Jigawa, Zamfara, Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Niger, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Oyo and Ogun states.
Atiku won in Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Kaduna, Gombe, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa and Taraba states. He also won in Osun, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states.
Mr Obi won in Edo, Cross River, Delta, Lagos, FCT, Plateau, Imo, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Anambra, Abia and Enugu states.
A member of All Progressive Congress (APC) and ident Supporter of Gubernatorial candidate in kaduna state, Comrade Musa Mohammed has expressed confidence that the Governorship Candidate of the APC Senator Uba Sani will be governor of Kaduna State.
Mohammed stated this on Thursday during a meeting with Political writers and other civil society organizations in Kaduna ahead of the general elections.
He said the massive support by the people of Kaduna State is enough for Uba Sani to be Governor.
“The acceptability of Uba Sani and Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe is a clear indication that APC will win kaduna State.
“Our ward-to ward Campaign has witnessed tremendous support across the state and we are optimistic that we will be victorious at the end of the 2023 governorship election in Kaduna State.
“We have other governorship candidates but the most accepted candidate is Uba Sani.
“His name is a household name and he is known for his antecedents.
“He is experienced enough to be our governor together with his running mate as our deputy governor.
“The combination of Uba Sani and Hadiza Sabuwa is what the people of Kaduna State need for the new kaduna we have been talking about.” he said
The Administration of Dr. Yusuf Idris, Provost College of Health Sciences and Technology Tsafe, Zamfara State has been described so far as a success story.
The college is a foremost College of Health Sciences and Technology, which has been at the forefront in the training of health Practitioners for this country and the West African sub region, established since 2001 that the college was established with just few hundreds of students, Opened with only six (6) departments.
The college offer various health related courses.
The institution has now gone so far that as of today the yearly enrollment is over 3000 students, and the annual turnover of graduating students is over 1,200. This shows that the college has transformed tremendously.
The present Administration under the able leadership of Dr. Yusuf Idris, the development so far had brought glory to the college making it to be rated amongst the leading colleges of health sciences and technology within the country.
The provost lauded the Founding fathers of the college, Government of Zamfara state under the able leadership of His Excellency Dr. Muhammad Bello Matawalle, Philanthropist among others for their financial support to the college.
On assuming duty, the provost Dr. Yusuf Idris,he began by appreciating the efforts and contributions of his predecessors who laid the foundation stone of the institution.
This he did by thorough study of the available records at his disposal and physical inspection of existant policies, programs and structures in the college that gave him full insight and sense of direction of how to move the institution to another level of development.
It was from there he identified the most important and urgent needs of the college of health sciences and technology Tsafe.
This he did by thorough study of the available records at his disposal and physical inspection of existant policies, programs and structures in the college that gave him full insight and sense of direction of how to move the medical centre to another level of development.
Our findings revealed that soon the college will attract international partners for exchange programmes, through which its staff and students will be exposed, to best practices as done in other parts of the world.
The Impact made by the Provost Sr. Idris and his management team, Has Kept the collegeThriving.
The institution has continued to thrive because of the impact that the institution has had on its immediate community, Zamfara State and the nation at large.
The visiting journalists has rated the institution as one of the best in the country and belonging to the highest echelons of health institutions in Nigeria, describing its existence so far as a success story.
The College fosters achievement in all areas of study.
The provost and his management team are focused and dedicated to achieving and establishing relationships of lasting consequence between students and their lecturers.
offered interdisciplinary education and academic mentoring. Foster relationships between people from different backgrounds and enable students to explore diversity in a setting that is socially relaxed but academically intense. Also encourage personal and social responsibility by creating opportunities for students to share their learning with the community and to make meaningful contributions. Decent hostel accommodation is available the students .
The provost said that, “Our vision is to be one of the best, dynamic and leading Colleges of Health Sciences and Technology in Nigeria and at the global level as well. To compare favourably in standard and academic training of middle level health professionals in Nigeria and beyond”.
“We are determined to have set of students with ICT skills. All our students are trained on computer application, Internet services and usage. We believe this will enhance their core academic values. With a Computer Lab equipped with hundreds of Laptop computers, with our functional E-library and qualified tutors, our students’ ICT training is on the right track”.
In his effort to apply the best of his ability to reposition and improve the performance of this institution, the Provost Dr. Idris was able to record numerous achievements:
NBTE accreditation of three (3) programs and presentation of the college to the TETFUND by NBTE for intervention.
Follow-up for TETFUND intervention is quite in progress.
Gaining approval for increasing the number of students enrollment in CHEW, JCHEW and establishment of National Diploma in community Health Technology with a leverage to run two streams (40×2 =80 students) in addition to the CHEW &JCHEW.
Actualizing the use of course registration forms for students, mandating proper carryover and spill over in the college for the first time.
Introduction of exam result scripts moderation and bating by both QAC and academic board Committee before finally adopting and approving the result.
Introduction of medical examination among fresh students for infectious diseases prior to confirmation of admission (HIV, Hepatitis etc).
Establishing alternative laboratory for the national diploma in nutrition & dietetics program, pending the construction of new laboratory by the state government.
Regulation of all students rented houses in the town under the school domain to avoid security challenges is on process.
Re-accreditation of the following programmes with their regulatory bodies, i.e
Community health
Dental surgery -Medical laboratory technician almost concluded (awaiting for the accreditation team).
Pharmacy technician almost concluded. (Awaiting for the accreditation team)
Inclusion of the college in the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) brochure and henceforth any candidate seeking for admission into the college for National Diploma programme must present his/her result.
Ladoke Akintola University of technology (LAUTECH), Kwara state university Malete (KWASU) and University of Ibadan (UI) have approved CHST Tsafe as study centre for health related programmes for degree Award.
The college has signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) with university of Jos (UNIJOS), Plateau state to serve as a SIWES centre for CHST Tsafe students.
Production and distribution of high contact surface and hand rub sanitizers to MDA’s as Contribution to the state government in the contolof covid 19. Renovation of all female hostels and procurement of mattresses, pillows & beds to each student.
-Completion and furnishing of PHC tutors office complex.
-Construction of phantom Head Laboratory for school of Dental Health Science.
-Establishment and furnishing of Audio-visual and Technical drawing rooms for effective training.
-On-going construction of Exams and record unit.
-Full accreditation of Environmental Health Technology by WAHEB for the first time ever in the college.
-Re-accreditation of School of Community Health by Community Health Registration Board of Nigeria.
-Re-accreditation of School of Dental Health Sciences for National Diploma and Higher National Diploma on Dental Health Therapy.
-Full payment of accreditation fees to pharmacist council of Nigeria and Medical Laboratory Councils of Nigeria, and attaining 90% preparation for the up-coming reaccraditation of the programs.
-The College has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria to serve a SIWES centre for students of ND Biomedical engineering.
-Renovation of water tanks and as well as reticulation to various points in the college.
-Upgrading of College Admission/ Registration portal.
-Upgrading and Rehabilitation of two(2) Laboratories up to standard and procurement of equipments for school of medical Laboratory in preparation to Reaccraditation of Medical Laboratory Technician.
-Facility visit by TET-Fund for intervention.
-Introduction of full Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) system of payments to avoid any leakages or financial/misappropriation.
-Provision of mobile police outpost attached to the College to checkmate any security challenges.
-Installation of Twenty Nine(29) Numbers of Solar powered Electrification poles.
The National President of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Titus Audu Amba, has described Christmas as a period of peace, were mankind should love one another.
Titus Amba disclosed this during an award presentation bestowed on him by the West Africa Educational Reporters in Kaduna on Sunday.
The NUT national President urged both Christian’s and Muslims to unite and forget their differences, in the interest of growth of the nation.
He appealed for peaceful conduct of the 2023 general election, and hoped that people will come out and elect credible leader.
The NUT President expressed his gratitude to the organizers of the awards and commend the West Africa Educational Reporters for choosen him for such an award. He described the award as a testimony of the selfless work which is collective by the Nigerian Union of Teachers.
Comrade Amba dedicated the award to the entire family of the NUT.
Earlier, presenting the award, the leader of the West Africa Educational Reporters, Comrade Musa Mohammed said the West Africa Educational Reporters bestowed awards on those that make appreciable impact in various sector across West Africa region.
He said, Comrade Audu Amba is a visionary leader and an icon par excellence.
“This award is an important recognition of the efforts and commitment of the NUT President” he added.
The Executive Chairman of Tarauni local government area of kano state Hon. Abubakar Zakari (Habu P.A), has bagged Arewa Media Practitioners awards for his invaluable recognition to good governance and outstanding role and contribution towards development of Tarauni local government area.
The award conferred on him, are amongst the best and most recognised local government chairman from 2021/2022; According to the National President Arewa media Comrade Musa Mohammed, the awards were conferred on him to encourage him to do more for the people and also encourage him to remain focused, while he discharges his duties as leader of his local government. “The annual event of the arewa media Practitioners onours different personalities across Nigeria.
Responding, the Executive chairman of Tarauni local government area able re-presented by his vice chairman Hon. Barr. Nasiru A. Shuaibu, expressed his gratitude to the organizers of the awards and commend the Arewa Media Practitioners for choosen his Boss Hon. Abubakar Zakari for such an award. He described the award as a testimony of the selfless work which is collective by the entire staff of the local government..
says the administration of Abubakar Zakari is committed in providing desired projects to his people.
Earlier, the secretary of the local government area Alhaji Muhammad Kani Kademi appreciates the noble presentation to his Boss Hon. Abubakar Zakari by the Arewa Media Practitioners as laudable, and indeed an encouragement, to justify further the award.
The secretary believed that the award bestowed on the chairman is significant.
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