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Tambuwal Wants NNPC to Explore Oil in Sokoto Basin

…As Baru Assures of adequate fuel Supply Sokoto State Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has appealed to the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to activate oil and gas exploration campaign in the Sokoto Inland Sedimentary Basin with a view to establishing...

“Nigeria Can Tackle Recession with Improved IGR”

Sokoto State commissioner for budget and economic planning Bala Kokani says many Nigerians are unwilling to pay taxes and revenues, stressing that improved internal revenue generation by the three tiers of government is key to taking Nigeria out of recession. He stated this at a...

Dangote to Launch 25,000ha Rice Project in Sokoto

Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is set to launch on Wednesday 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower programme in Sokoto. The project is expected to provide hundreds of thousands of employment opportunities for inhabitants of the rural communities, according to a press release from...

Tambuwal Assents to 2017 Appropriation Bill, Promises Better Budget Performance

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Friday night signed the 2017 Appropriation Bill into law, promising that this year's budget would perform better than the previous year. Presenting the N204,288,000,000 billion estimates to the Governor at the Government House for assent, Speaker of the...

Sokoto To Access Kuwaiti $1bn Development Fund

As part of efforts to boost educational, cultural and business ties with the State of Kuwait, Sokoto state government says it is making concerted efforts to benefit from the Arab country’s $1billion development fund set aside for intervention in critical social sectors in Sub...

Sokoto To Provide 1,000 Hectares For Grazing Reserve

  About 1000 hectares of land is to be provided by the Sokoto State Government for the creation of grazing reserves for herders. “A properly-structured and well-managed grazing reserve will improve the well-being of our cattle. With it, we can monitor what they eat and correctly...