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Nickname. Father of Empowerment. Abiola Peter Makinde born (16 August 1973) is a financial management expert and politician. He is a member of Nigeria Federal House of Representatives holding assignment for Ondo East/Ondo West federal constituency of Nigeria's western state of Ondo. [1] In 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Makinde ...
Coordinates efforts to tackle the challenges of infrastructural development, environment protection and youth empowerment in the Niger Delta: nigerdelta.gov.ng/ Petroleum Resources: Regulates upstream production and downstream distribution of petroleum products: petroleumresources.gov.ng/ Archived 2022-10-31 at the Wayback Machine: Power
Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation ( WOTCLEF) is an anti-human trafficking organization that attempts to stop human trafficking and child labour in Nigeria. WOTCLEF's areas of focus are human trafficking, child labour, abuse of the rights of women and children and HIV/AIDS. The organization played a role in establishing ...
Betta Chimaobim Edu (born 27 October 1986) [1] is a Nigerian politician. She served as national women leader of All Progressive Congress. [2] She was Cross River State Commissioner for Health until her resignation in 2022. [3] She was also National Chairman of the Nigeria Health Commissioners Forum. [4] [5] [6]
Kayo-Kayo festival is an annual religious and cultural state festival celebrated by the descendants of Oba Kosoko for the historical arrival of King Kosoko to Epe in the year 1851. Kayo-Kayo which literary means “eating to satisfaction” is known with the Epe community of Lagos State. [1] [2] [3]
Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens.
Poverty in Nigeria. Nigeria had one of the world's highest economic growth rates, averaging 7.4% according to the Nigeria economic report that was released in July 2019 by the World Bank. [1] Following the oil price collapse in 2014–2016, combined with negative production shocks, the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate dropped to 2.7% in ...
20. Deaths. 8. Cases of the Ebola virus disease in Nigeria were reported in 2014 as a small part of the epidemic of Ebola virus disease (commonly known as "Ebola") which originated in Guinea that represented the first outbreak of the disease in a West African country. Previous outbreaks had been confined to countries in Central Africa.