Lagos launches state-wide education needs assessment Six-week exercise to guide infrastructure Over 200 assessors deployed The Lagos State Government has officially launched a major needs assessment project aimed at generating reliable data to improve the quality of basic education and inform policy reforms. The initiative targets 1,238 public primary schools, vocational centers, and local government … Read more
Kaduna Assembly commits to programme-based budgeting for 2026. UNICEF conducts training to enhance lawmakers’ budgeting skills. Focus on child development sectors: education, health, water, and social protection. The Kaduna State House of Assembly has announced plans to implement programme-based budgeting in the 2026 fiscal year to better address citizens’ needs. According to Eko Hot Blog, … Read more
The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Kwarra, has revealed plans to conduct Nigeria’s long-awaited Population and Housing Census in 2025, marking nearly two decades since the last census was conducted in 2006. Kwarra made the announcement during the 2024 anniversary of the Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development, … Read more
Seventeen months into his administration, President Bola Tinubu has yet to announce a date for Nigeria’s much-anticipated National Population and Housing Census, causing growing concern among stakeholders over the potential impact on national planning and governance. This delay follows the indefinite postponement of the 2023 census by former President Muhammadu Buhari, leaving the responsibility to … Read more
The Nigerian Government has published the budget performance report for President Bola Tinubu’s first quarter. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Government has published the budget performance report for the first quarter of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, covering June to September 2023. According to SaharaReporters, no budget performance reports had been published since President Tinubu … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, said the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi by the Senate has not addressed vital issues in the allegation of the lawmaker. Obi stated this in a statement via his X handle on Wednesday. According to him, the fuss over the alleged N3 … Read more