December 18 – 24, 2023 2024 Budget: Nigeria Increases Immunisation Fund but Yet to Release 2023 Allocation – Premium Times A review of the 2024 budget, tagged ‘Budget of Renewed Hope’, shows that about N137 billion was allocated to immunisation programmes including counterpart funding, procurement of Routine Immunisation (RI) vaccines, devices, operational cost, and distribution…
December 4 – 10, 2023 Nigerian Prisons spend more on feeding dogs than inmates – CG – African Health Report The Controller General of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nabab, has said it spends N750 per day to feed an inmate and N800 daily on feeding a dog in its service. Read more 2. Army…
November 27 – December 3, 2023 Six Million More Nigerians to fall into Starvation as Food Crisis Worsens – African Health Report The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Agribusinesses and Productivity Enhancement (SSAP), Kingsley Uzoma, has predicted that the number of Nigerians facing food insecurity is set to reach a staggering 94.5 million…
