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The Nigerian government has expressed its willingness to partner with the British Government in tackling unemployment and creating job opportunities for young persons in the country. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, with the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams. PHOTO: NAN The Minister of State for  Labour  and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, stated this when the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. “We are ready to collaborate with our partners all over the world to open up avenues for job creation. We are open to all kinds of suggestions and levels of co-operation,” he said. He disclosed that the Government has opened up other sectors as part of efforts to diversify the economy from oil, which would, in turn, create room for employment. According to him, part of the efforts of Government to diversify the economy and boost job creation...
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Lokoja: Agonising tales from 46-Year-Old Kabba -Ilorin road

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Kabba -Ilorin Road On Thursday, November 15, 2018, the Okun people in Kogi State and the Ekiti/Igbomina in Kwara State woke up to the latest version of the decades-long promises, which they have heard severally- the award of contract for the rehabilitation of the Lokoja-Kabba-Egbe-Ilorin Road. This time around, the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government approved a total of N57.56b for the completion of the road project, which links many towns and villages across three states, including Kogi and Kwara. The approval for the contract award was given a day earlier by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), at a meeting presided over by Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Speaking after the meeting, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, said he presented two memoranda for a cost revision of the Ilorin-Omuaran-Kabba Road, which links Kwara and Kogi states, which was previously awarded in the sum of N13. 541b, in 2013. Fashola said: “So we now have a...