Lagos Govt Orders Environmental Bodies To Halt Production, Distribution of Single-Use Plastics

” These SUPs and styrofoam products often clog drainage channels and canals in Lagos.” The Lagos Government has ordered two agencies to clamp down on all the single -use plastics production companies and distribution outlets for Styrofoam in the state,  to prevent further distributions. Tokunbo Wahab, the State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, disclosed…

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Nigeria: House C’ttee Orders Ministry of Industry To Refund N75bn Unuse Covid-19 Fund To Federation Account

▪︎Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment A House of Representatives / Public Accounts Committee has ordered the ministries of Health and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment to refund unutilised funds meant to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The committee gave the order today, during its investigative hearing stating that…

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Industry Minister Under Pressure To Pay N75bn Presidential Loan

▪︎Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, tour Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, yesterday. Stakeholders in the manufacturing sector are pressuring Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, to pay the N75 billion for 75 industries Presidential loan . They made the demand when the Minister toured some leading manufacturing…

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