A group under the name, National Association of N-Power Volunteers, has accused Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, of holding on to their January pay. There are at least 500,000 volunteers of the N-Power scheme, a component of the National Social Investment Programmes (N-SIP), who get stipends every month, according to the federal government. In a [...]
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PERSON OF THE YEAR: HAJIYA SADIYA UMAR FAROUQ On a daily basis, almost every news outlet in Nigeria shows the image of one particular confident and mysterious woman or news of her Ministry. The images shows a poised woman conservatively and religiously dressed in the traditional Hausa/Fulani attire, her gaze steady, her face soft and her demeanor determined. It is Hajiya Sadiya [...]
Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, says over 40 million Nigerians are unemployed. Farouq spoke when she appeared before the house committee on women affairs and social development to defend the ministry's 2020 budget proposal. She listed the agencies under the ministry's supervision as the National Commission for Refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons (NCR), the [...]
Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, was at the scene of the fire outbreak in Onitsha, Anambra state, on Friday. A tanker laden with petroleum products had fallen into a ditch and spilled its contents, resulting in an explosion on Wednesday. The fire razed structures, including shops, on Upper Iweka road and at Ochanja market in [...]
Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, has taken charge of the social investment programmes (SIP). Ahead of this, Farouq met with Maryam Uwais, special adviser to the president on social investment, on Monday. Until recently, the SIP was being coordinated by the office of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. But in his Independence Day broadcast, Buhari had announced that the [...]
A video in circulation showing Aisha Buhari in distress purportedly for being locked up in an apartment at the presidential villa after she returned to the country on Thursday is fake. The first lady has not returned from the UK, TheCable can report. The video, though undated, is an old recording. A wild rumour of President Muhammadu Buhari taking a second wife has [...]
A video being circulated as the pre-wedding party of Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, was recorded on September 14 when her family and friends held a party to celebrate her appointment. Farouq was commissioned as the head of the new ministry on August 21. She had tweeted about the event on September 15, according to [...]
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