Tag: Gombe state

Gombe Governor Calls For Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Reconstruction Of Gombe-Bauchi Road To Permanently Address Recurrent Road Washouts, Collapse of Bridges

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…Laments slow pace of ongoing repair work, tasks contractor to speed up, make road motorable within days …Vows to escalate the matter to president tinubu for urgent intervention Umar Kaltungo Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya (CON) and Chairman of the Nothern Governors’ Forum, (NGF) has called on the Federal Government to take urgent measures to permanently solve thie recurrent problem of collapsed bridges and road washouts along Gombe-Bauchi road. These issues, he noted, have rendered the road unsafe and impassable for travelers in the North- East. The road connects Bauchi, Gombe,…

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Kaduna, Gombe, others become HYPPADEC member States

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The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, (HYPPADEC), has announced the admission of Kaduna, Nasarawa, Taraba and Gombe into the membership of the Commission. The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Abubakar Yelwa, disclosed this at a 5-day capacity building workshop on social standards executive short course held in Kaduna yesterday. The workshop was themed: ‘Social Standard Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes Necessary for Effective Community Engagement and Sustainable Rural Development’. It was organised by the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi’s Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Centre of Excellence,…

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Gombe APC expels Senator, Rep. for anti-party activities

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Gombe State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expelled two of its members for allegedly working against the party’s interest during the 2023 general elections. The chapter announced the expulsion of Senator Bulus Amos, who represents Gombe-South Senatorial district and a House of Representatives member representing Yamaltu/Deba Federal Constituency, Yunusa Abubakar, yesterday.  The State chairman of the APC, Muhammad Kaka, who made the announcement, said the lawmakers’ dismissal was informed by the gravity of their actions. The lawmakers had earlier been suspended by their executive wards on April…

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2023: Atiku vows to ensure economic stability for Nigeria, at his campaign in Gombe

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Umar Kaltungo The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar (GCON), today in Gombe promised to ensure economic stability if elected the president in the forthcoming election. Addressing a mammoth crowd of cheering party chieftains and supporters who trooped out in Gombe Township Stadium, the former vice-president promised to work for the economic development and stability of the country. He assured the people of Gombe that his government will revive the dilapidated Daɗin-Kowa Dam and appealed to the indigenes of the state to give him the opportunity…

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Governor Inuwa launches 40 new buses for Gombe Line, new mega schools, NUJ, Gombe students’ association

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…Vows to holistically turn around socio-economic fortunes of Gombe Umar Kaltungo Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has commissioned forty brand new buses as part of his administration’s commitment to providing affordable, convenient and reliable means of transportation to the citizens of Gombe State. 30 of the buses were deployed to the fleet of the State Transport Service, popularly known as Gombe Line, 5 buses to the five newly established Mega Schools and two ambulances to hospitals in order to help them address their essential mobility needs while similar gestures…

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Open Governance: Gombe State moves from 11th position in 2021 to 7th on 2022 Transparency and Integrity Index

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Umar Kaltungo Gombe State has moved four places, from 11th position in 2021 to 7th in 2022, in the Transparency and Integrity Index released earlier this month by the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch, (CeFTIW). According to the Centre, the annual Transparency & Integrity Index is aimed at promoting transparency, monitoring public sector expenditure and strengthening the integrity mechanisms of public institutions. In the exercise, the Centre used data available from official websites of state governments and federal MDAs to establish the extent of institutions’ disclosure of vital…

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Health: Gombe Specialist Hospital Accredited For Postgraduate Training On Obstetrics, Gynecology, Others

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Umar Kaltungo The Specialist Hospital, Gombe, in Gombe State, has got accreditation for postgraduate training in obstetrics/ gynecology and family medicine by the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the West African College of Surgeons. With this development, the Gombe Specialist Hospital has now become the first state-owned hospital in the North-East region to achieve this milestone. The representatives of the two colleges were very impressed with what they saw in the hospital and lauded the State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, for providing state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment necessary for…

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Gombe: Governor Inuwa visits NALDA Office in Abuja, Assures of Sustained Partnership to Boost Wheat Production, Agric Value-Chain

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Umar Kaltungo Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, says his administration remains committed towards strengthening the existing partnership between Gombe State and the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, (NALDA), in order to boost the agricultural value-chain in the State. The Governor stated this while answering questions from journalists shortly after visiting the Director-General of NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, in his office in Abuja to discuss issues that are beneficial to Gombe State. Governor Inuwa observed that the partnership between the Gombe State Government and NALDA in the area of wheat…

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Ramadan: Governor Inuwa Orders Distribution Of Thousands Of Bags, Cartons Of Food Items

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Umar Kaltungo Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has approved the immediate distribution of food items to individuals, groups and associations across the 114 wards of the State as part of the government’s Ramadan relief package. Items to be distributed include 25,000 bags of sugar, 15,000 bags of rice, 15,000 gallons of cooking oil as well as 15,000 cartons each of Spaghetti pasta and Tomato paste respectively. This humanitarian gesture by Governor Inuwa is aimed at providing succour, especially to the less privileged persons in the society in the holy…

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Gombe: Governor Inuwa Yahaya Grants Approval For Recruitment of 1,000 Fresh Teachers

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..Okays Transfer of 288 Teachers From SUBEB To Secondary Schools, Technical Colleges Umar Kaltungo Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya (Dan Majen Gombe), has granted approval for the recruitment of 1,000 fresh teachers by Gombe State Teachers’ Service Commission, (TSC), as part of efforts towards consolidating on the objectives of his declaration of a ‘state of emergency’ on education. This development was made known by the Chairman of the Teachers’ Service Commission, Mrs. Na’omi Philip Maiguwa. She said the Governor’s approval was as a result of his genuine concern over…

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