BREAKING: FG Suspends Taxes On Importation Of Food Commodities

The federal government has announced the suspension of duties, tariffs, and taxes on the importation of maize, husked brown rice, and wheat. Eko Hot Blog reports that this suspension also applies to cowpeas, making these goods cheaper to import. In a statement issued on Monday by Abubakar Kyari, minister of agriculture and food security, the … Read more

Tunji Alausa Visits UCH As FG Sets Up Committee To Grant Waivers For Health Workers’ Employment

Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, at UCH, Ibadan

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government has set up a committee to address the issue of accumulated waiver request for employment of health workers in the various hospitals across the country to improve healthcare delivery. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this known when he paid a … Read more

FG Approves Recruitment Of 200 Medical Staff At Federal Medical Centre Ogun

FG Approves Recruitment

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has approved the recruitment of 200 medical and clinical staff at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The recruitment, it was gathered, is part of the government’s efforts to replace health workers who have migrated to foreign nations from the FMC in Abeokuta in recent … Read more

FG Yet To Release Withheld Salaries Of University Lecturers – Report

ASUU Student Loan Grants

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has yet to release the withheld salaries of university lecturers, workers, and other employees of federal polytechnics and colleges of education despite the waiver granted by the President, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu in October approved a partial waiver of the no-work-no-pay order on striking members of the Academic … Read more