In a momentous step forward, the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Capital Territory Administration, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Medicaid Cancer Foundation, and City Cancer Challenge Foundation (C/Can) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to address the acute cancer burden in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration has established Disaster Marshals to efficiently handle emergencies at the community level across the vast 8,000 square kilometers of the FCT
The Commandant of the National Defence College, Rear Admiral OM Olotu, has expressed appreciation to the FCT Administration for its support to the College over the years since its relocation to the Federal Capital Territory.
To ensure that deductions from the payroll of workers are timely remitted to the third-party beneficiaries, the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA has flagged off the auditing of the remittance of statutory and non-statutory deductions from the payroll of workers from year 2010 to 2022.
Expressing deep concern over the detrimental impact of illegal mining activities on the socio-economic development of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Engr. Omoniyi Olaloye, the Director of the Department of Solid Minerals and Allied Matters in the FCT Administration, has emphasized the need for a robust collaboration between the Department and key stakeholders, including the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).
After President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared a State of Emergency on Food Security, the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have taken action to participate in a program aimed at subsidizing essential food items in the Territory.
As of Monday, July 17, 2023, a total of 1,212 pilgrims from the FCT contingent who participated in the 2023 Muslim Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have safely returned to Nigeria.
While appreciating his colleagues who served during the birth of the 4th Republic in 1999, President Tinubu appealed for more patience from Nigerians, saying the government would increase efforts to alleviate the pains of the subsidy removal and speed up the process.
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has responded to reports of diphtheria cases in Lagos and Kano States and is monitoring the situation in Osun and Yobe States where cases are now being picked up.