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FG Set to Address Food Export Irregularities, Others—-The Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, have collaborated to tackle irregularities in food export system.

The collaboration is also expected to encourage efforts to unlock healthcare value chain for effective transformation.

Dr Jumoke Oduwole, the Minister of Industry,  Trade and Investment,  made this known on Wednesday in Abuja.

Oduwole spoje while receiving Dr Muhammad Pate, the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, who was on a curtesy visit to her office.

Also on the  curtesy visit was the  Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two ministries with their management, met to address some issues on irregularities on exportation of food, areas on unlocking healthcare and other important issues.

Pate said that the issues have been lingering between the ministries and needed to be tackled effectively.

He said that the issues were important to the two ministries, adding that the effort was to support President Bola Tinubu in his agenda towards transforming the country.

“This meeting is bringing two sectors that are ordinarily not closely connected.  But there are specific things that have prompted to reach out, which has to do with the exportation of food and its regulation.

“The second element is the role of the regulatory body, NAFDAC, in constraining or enabling the trade that we have across various borders.

“The third issue is the regulatory function links to our efforts to unlock the healthcare value chain.

“These are issues that have been lingering, and I though we should use this opportunity to come together since we are all on the same team,” he said.

The minister said that the determination was to ensure that Nigeria achieved greatly in those areas in the long run.

Oduwole, while responding, said that both ministries would start working on areas of unlocking healthcare value chain.

She said that the issues were very vital and required effective measures to be tackled.

“I was briefed about the draft policy and medical devices of syringe and needles manufacturing in Nigeria.

“We have to identify the areas and resolutions, and to identify areas of the ministry’s concern on the draft policy document,  and were we supposed to emit in further meeting with my ministry.

“The meetimg is to discuss how to deliberate on the merit and demerit of the policy, as well as the issues of manufacturing.

” They are indeed under the eight point agenda of Mr President,” she said.

The NAFDAC D-G  said that Nigerians needed to change their mindsets in the area of exportation of goods, adding that those regulatory agencies should regulate effectively.

According to her, the effort will help to avoid  the embarrassment of rejection of our goods.

Earlier, Mr Temiloluwa Oluokun, Technical Aide to industry,  trade and investment ministry, mentioned some of the issues lingering in the ministry.

According to him, one of the issues from the regulatory reform programme was the denomination of permit fees in Naira.

“Some elements of those fees are not denominated in local currency.

“It is good to progressively shifting all the fees  to the local currency to protect our exporters from exchange rate all together,” he said.

Oluokun said that another recurring issue thatrequired  urgent attention was the time line for processing certificate and private sectorparticipationt.

“The recommendations are clear to revisit the export regulation 2024 with very wide industry consultation to balance oversight with efficiency all together, ” he said.

Mr Dafang Sule, Director, Federal Produce Inspectorate Service, appealed to the health ministry to assist in training some officers on the use of equipment to address the persistence pesticide residues in sesame seeds.

NAN reports that after long deliberation, the two ministries agreed that a team would be set up to address the issues discussed.

They said the team would schedule  a  meetimg  soon to check and revisit the issues for final resolution.

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Mojisola Meranda Speaks On Resigning As Lagos Assembly Speaker Amid Crisis

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Mojisola Meranda Speaks On Resigning As Lagos Assembly Speaker Amid Crisis—-Mojisola Meranda a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, has refuted claims of her resignation, dismissing the rumors amid the ongoing leadership crisis in the Assembly.

Speculation surged on Monday following a forceful invasion of the Assembly complex by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police.

According to reports, security forces stormed the premises in the early hours, sealing the offices of Speaker Meranda, her deputy, and the clerk.

Speaking to Punch, the Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, denounced the reports of her resignation as “a lie from the pit of hell.” He reaffirmed that Meranda remains committed to her role despite mounting pressure.

The crisis, which began with the removal of former Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, intensified when security personnel occupied the Assembly on Monday, further escalating tensions among lawmakers and staff.

Reacting to the situation, Ajiboye stated, “It is a lie from the pit of hell. If she had resigned, would she come back to sit at the plenary today?”

Meanwhile, a member of the Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Muraina Taiwo, acknowledged that the crisis had spiraled beyond the council’s ability to manage, calling for President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.

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JUST IN: Pan Niger Delta Forum leader, Edwin Clark Is Dead

Thecloudngr gathered that the elder statesman died at the age of 97.

The former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader’s death was confirmed in a statement by a representative of the family, Prof. C. C. Clark, on Tuesday.

In a statement, the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta state, said the ex-senator died on Monday, February 17.

He was 97 years of age.

Until his passing, Clark was the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF).

His political career began in 1953 when he was elected councillor of Bomadi in Delta state. Clark would later join the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC) political party.

He served as Midwestern commissioner of education and later finance between 1966 and 1975.

He pitched tent with the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in the second republic and was treasurer of the party in the old Bendel state.

The outspoken Ijaw leader and critic was senator for three months in 1983 during the Shehu Shagari administration.

Clark spent the rest of his life advocating for development of the Niger Delta region.

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