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Parliament gives go-ahead to €672.5 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility

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  • Biggest building block of the Next Generation EU stimulus package
  • €672.5 billion in grants and loans to curb the effects of the pandemic
  • Funds will support key policy areas such as green transition, digital transformation, crisis preparedness as well as children and youth
  • Respect for rule of law and the EU’s fundamental values a prerequisite to receive funding

On Wednesday, Parliament approved the Recovery and Resilience Facility, designed to help EU countries tackle the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The regulation on the objectives, financing and rules for accessing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) was adopted with 582 votes in favour, 40 against and 69 abstentions. The RRF is the biggest building block of the €750 billion Next Generation EU recovery package.

Curbing the effects of pandemic

€672.5 billion in grants and loans will be available to finance national measures designed to alleviate the economic and social consequences of the pandemic. Related projects that began on or after 1 February 2020 can be financed by the RRF, too. The funding will be available for three years and EU governments can request up to 13% pre-financing for their recovery and resilience plans.

Eligibility to receive funding

To be eligible for financing, national recovery and resilience plans must focus on key EU policy areas – the green transition including biodiversity, digital transformation, economic cohesion and competitiveness, and social and territorial cohesion. Those that focus on how institutions react to crisis and supporting them to prepare for it, as well as policies for children and youth, including education and skills, are also eligible for financing.

Each plan has to dedicate at least 37% of its budget to climate and at least 20% to digital actions. They should have a lasting impact in both social and economic terms, include comprehensive reforms and a robust investment package, and must not significantly harm environmental objectives.

The regulation also stipulates that only member states committed to respecting the rule of law and the European Union’s fundamental values can receive money from the RRF.

Dialogue and transparency

To discuss the state of the EU recovery and how the targets and milestones have been implemented by member states, the European Commission, which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the RRF, may be asked to appear before Parliament’s relevant committees every two months. The Commission will also make an integrated information and monitoring system available to the member states to provide comparable information on how funds are being used.

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Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO), one of the lead MEPs involved in the negotiations said during the debate on Tuesday: “Today’s vote means that money will go to people and regions affected by the pandemic, that support is coming to fight this crisis and to build our strength to overcome future challenges. The RRF will help to modernise our economies and to make them cleaner and greener. We have set the rules on how to spend the money but left them flexible enough to meet the different needs of member states. Finally, this money must not be used for ordinary budgetary expenditures but for investment and reforms.”

Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&D, ES), one of the lead negotiators said: “The RRF is the correct response to the impact of the virus. It has two aims: in the short-term, to recover by supporting gross national income (GNI), investments and households. In the long-term, this money is going to bring about change and progress to meet our digital and climate goals. We will ensure that the measures will alleviate poverty and unemployment, and will take into account the gender dimension of this crisis. Our health systems will also become more resilient”.

Dragoș PÎSLARU (Renew, RO), one of the lead MEPs involved, said: “Europe’s destiny is in our hands. We have a duty to deliver recovery and resilience to our youth and children, who will be at the centre of the recovery. One of the RRF’s six pillars is dedicated especially to them, which means investing in education, reforming with them in mind and doing our bit for youth to help them get the skills they will need. We do not want the next generation to be a lockdown generation”.

Next steps


Once Council has also formally approved the regulation, it will enter into force one day after its publication in the Official Journal of the EU.

Circular economy: MEPs call for tighter EU consumption and recycling rules | News | European Parliament

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FROM THE FIELD: Teaching Chad’s scientists of the future

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FROM THE FIELD: Teaching Chad’s scientists of the future

A pilot study in the city of Bol in Chad, which has suffered the effects of cross-border terrorism over many years, has shown that the provision of simple science-focused materials like a compass or protractor (which measures angles) is making a  big difference to both teachers and pupils in one of the poorest parts of the Central African country.

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Two young students in Bol, Chad show their work on a blackboard at school. UNICEF/Frank Dejongh

Ten teachers and 775 students, half of whom are girls, have received the supplies so far and it’s hoped eventually more than 12,000 will benefit.

Ahead of International Day of Women and Girls in Science marked annually on 11 February read more here about Chad’s future scientists.

Read more stories here from Education Cannot Wait.

“Participation is the key”: Bahá’í Chair tackles food security

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Researchers and practitioners gather to explore insights into the complex and multidimensional challenges related to the availability of and access to food.

INDORE, India — The Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development at Devi Ahilya University, Indore, recently held a seminar on food security and nutrition, an issue that has come to the fore across diverse social discourses globally and in India during the pandemic.

“This seminar aims to bring academics and practitioners together, in an atmosphere that does not reinforce divisions of ‘us’ and ‘them’, so that participants can examine some of the underlying causes of food insecurity and malnutrition,” says Arash Fazli, Assistant Professor and Head of the Bahá’í Chair.

This is the most recent in a series of gatherings the Chair has organized on issues related to urban migration, education, and gender equality that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

Among the topics discussed by participants was the impact of agricultural policies and market forces on agrobiodiversity. Attendees noted that a major challenge caused by policies that promote monocropping is that farmers tend to focus on cash crops to the exclusion of edible plants that provide a rich source of nutrients and have been part of a region’s diet. As a result, foods that are locally grown have become expensive and less accessible for the masses.

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Participants at a seminar on food security and nutrition held recently by the Bahá’í Chair for Studies in Development at Devi Ahilya University, Indore. Left to right, top row: Arash Fazli, Assistant Professor and Head of the Bahá’í Chair; Dipa Sinha, a professor at Ambedkar University, Delhi; Vandana Prasad of the Public Health Research Network. Bottom row: Richa Kumar, professor of sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; Rohini Mukherjee of Naandi foundation.

Speaking about the limitations of a purely centralized approach to agricultural policies, Vandana Prasad of the Public Health Research Network said: “Are we… [dictating] what every single village is going to eat? Participatory work is a starting point for all programs and policies, which means not setting things in stone at a central level. … Decentralization is the key.”

Richa Kumar, a professor of sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, highlighted that the participation of local communities should extend to knowledge generation. “What you will produce and consume in Bikaner,” she said, “is very different from what you will produce and consume in Bengal. You need to empower, build capacity at the local level to do the research to support the farmers…”

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Photograph taken before the current health crisis. Participants in the seminar noted that a major challenge caused by policies that promote monocropping is that farmers tend to focus on cash crops to the exclusion of edible plants that provide a rich source of nutrients and have been part of a region’s diet.

Beyond economic factors and the need for decentralization of decision-making, participants looked at links between gender disparities and the causes of hunger and malnutrition. A paper prepared by the Chair and discussed at the gathering says in part: “Women face disparities in the form of educational neglect, lack of reproductive choice and inadequate nutrition from childhood which perpetuates an intergenerational cycle of malnutrition. … Under-nourished women, in all likelihood, become under-nourished mothers.”

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Photograph taken before the current health crisis. The Bahá’í community of India has been involved for years in efforts to develop local agriculture as a means for addressing social and economic challenges. Seen here, participants of the Bahá’í-inspired Preparation for Social Action Program in India study techniques for local agriculture.

Rohini Mukherjee of Naandi foundation said, “There are many surveys, including our own, that have shown that the more years of schooling a mother has, the less likely her child is to be malnourished.”

Addressing the challenges women face in accessing education, however, would not on its own resolve the issue of malnutrition, noted participants. Dipa Sinha, a professor at Ambedkar University, Delhi, stated: “Malnutrition is multidimensional and there are so many factors that go into it–the role of gender, women’s empowerment, education, and livelihood.”

“In these seminars we try to explore the fundamentals, which at their heart are moral issues,” says Dr. Fazli. “Such discussions are often neglected or deemed too idealistic because of a lack of recognition that the underlying nature of society is spiritual, a reality that is true for all human beings and gives local communities and individuals capacity to handle their affairs.

COVID-19 ‘extremely unlikely’ to have come from a lab, experts say

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COVID-19 ‘extremely unlikely’ to have come from a lab, experts say

Dr. Peter Ben Embarek from the World Health Organization (WHO) was speaking during a press conference in Wuhan, China, at the end of a four-week mission to the city where the new coronavirus first emerged in December 2019. 

“Our initial findings suggest that the introduction through an intermediary host species is the most likely pathway and one that will require more studies and more specific targeted research”, he said. 

Joint expert team 

The international team convened by WHO consisted of 17 Chinese experts and an equal number of counterparts from other nations, looking at three areas: epidemiology, molecular research and animal and environment. 

They visited hospitals and other sites in Wuhan, including the Huanan Market where the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first detected, and identified four main hypotheses of how it could have been transmitted to humans. 

“However, the findings suggest that the laboratory incident hypothesis is extremely unlikely to explain introduction of the virus into the human population, and therefore is not a hypothesis that implies to suggest future studies into our work, to support our future work, into the understanding of the origin of the virus”, Dr. Embarek said. 

Frozen food link? 

While ongoing research continues to suggest that bats are a natural reservoir for the new coronavirus, Dr, Embarek ruled out the possibility in Wuhan, as the city is not near to any environments where these animals are found. 

One hypothesis suggests the virus could have come through the food chain, as frozen products can provide a surface for transmission. 

Dr. Embarek said frozen animal products, mainly seafood, were sold at Huanan Market, along with products made from wild and farmed animals, some of which came from other parts of China or were imported.  

“So, there is the potential to continue to follow this lead and further look at the supply chain and animals that were supplied to the markets in frozen and other processed and semi-processed form, or raw form”, he said. 

Virus circulating elsewhere earlier 

It has been nearly a year since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and as of Tuesday, there were more than 106 million cases worldwide, including some 2.3 million deaths. 

The investigations conducted in Wuhan will lay the groundwork for virus origin tracing elsewhere, according to the team’s Chinese lead, Dr. Liang Wannian. 

He said their review of unpublished studies suggests the virus was circulating earlier in other regions. 

“These studies from different countries suggests SARS-CoV-2 circulation preceding the initial detection of cases by several weeks”, said Dr. Liang, speaking through an interpreter. 

“Some of the suspected positive samples were detected even earlier than the first case reported. This indicates the possibility of the missed reported circulation in other regions.” 

Dr. Liang added that research also found “no indication” of virus transmission in Wuhan in the period before December 2019. 

Stateless baby’s citizenship fight to be heard by top EU court

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By Emma Batha

London – A baby left without a nationality after she was born in Spain to a same-sex couple from Bulgaria and Gibraltar is at the centre of a test case to be heard by the European Union’s top court on Tuesday.

Lawyers say Bulgaria has put one-year-old “Baby S” at risk of prolonged statelessness after refusing to provide a birth certificate and citizenship because of discrimination towards her parents’ sexual orientation.

The hearing at the Luxembourg-based court is being seen as an important test case for many other so-called “rainbow families” in Europe who face similar dilemmas.

Experts on statelessness say if “Baby S” cannot acquire citizenship she may not be able to go to school, access healthcare and state benefits, or get jobs later in life.

5 Black sci-fi and fantasy books to read

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5 Black sci-fi and fantasy books to read

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February 9, 2021 | 10:34 AM

Black people are in the future. They are in the past too, and not always dedicated by the narrative of slavery and colonization. Science fiction and fantasy books helped me to see this. I discovered Tananarive Due’s novel “My Soul to Keep” when I was casually browsing at a used bookstore.

As a teenager, I read mostly sci-fi and fantasy books by white writers, and when I picked up Due’s novel, I was stunned to see that a Black writer was a part of the genre. I bought the novel, and stayed awake reading the book that night. “My Soul to Keep” is about a group of immortals from Lalibela, Ethiopia. The novel removes the white predatory gaze of Africa, and invites readers to employ a radical imagination about the continent’s past and its future. For the first time in literature I saw Africa without the gaze of subjectivity. The next day, I returned to the same bookstore to purchase Due’s second book “The Living Blood.” Due’s novels not only inspired me to travel to Africa, but showed me the magic and importance of seeing oneself in books. Black sci-fi and fantasy books compels us to employ a radical imagination when viewing our history, present, and future.

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These stories are “against the status quo,” author of “The Lesson” and forthcoming “No God, No Monsters” Cadwell Turnbull recently told me. “We are looking at the steps needed to change society because imagination is part of the journey in creating better futures.”

I spoke with Turnbull, along with fantasy writer LaShawn M. Wanaka and Silver Unicorn Bookstore’s Kyra Wilson Cook for their book recommendations. Ahead, they share five Black sci-fi and fantasy books to read.

“The Unbroken” by C.L. Clark

Coming out in March, Wanaka highly praised the debut novel from author C.L. Clark. The novel deals with the effects of colonization on two people: Touraine, the one who was captured, and Luca, the one in power. Touraine was stolen as a child from her country and she was placed into the army where her own culture was beaten out of her. As she becomes older, she begins working as a personal assistant for Luca who wants to end the conflict between the two nations. Touraine has to protect the empire that captured her and at the same time, she has to keep her own people as second class citizens. Wanaka said, “This novel was gut wrenching. It shows that reconciliation is a messy process and in order for it to happen, both parties must be on equal standing.”

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“Elysium” by Jennifer Marie Brissett

Wanaka loves this novel by Brissett. As soon as we started talking about it, she rushed to her bookshelf to pick out the book. “Elysium” is a tale about a catastrophe that has happened and only the people with dark skin were able to survive. It tells the story of a survivor who finds out about her history. “What drew me to this novel is the unconventional storytelling — it’s scientific and very heartful. It’s a different spin on reading sci-fi fiction,” Wanaka said. “This book made me smile and it’s one of those gorgeous reads that teaches you to discover yourself, your purpose, your community in a very scientific way.”

“A Song Below Water” by Bethany C. Morrow

This young adult novel that came out during the Black Lives Matter protests centers its theme around the power of the Black woman’s voice. Wanaka said of the modern fantasy novel, “The whole book is like a love letter to the Black girl experience set in a contemporary fantasy world where pixies and gargoyles are real.” The story also highlights an older generation that can’t speak about traumatic events from the past. In addition to an unbeatable combo of protests, play-sisters, and proms, Wanaka said, “It’s got BLACK GIRL MERMAIDS!”

“Midnight Robber” by Nalo Hopkinson

This “superhero origin story,” according to Turnbull, is a coming of age novel that blends Caribbean folklore with high-concept science fiction, and tells a story of overcoming trauma through heroism. A young woman named Tan-Tan finds power through embodying a mythic figure from Caribbean folklore, the Midnight Robber. Tan-Tan uses this identity to right wrongs, but also to cope with her own difficult and traumatic experiences. “I recommend it for the inventiveness of the narrative, especially because it does such a fantastic job of pushing the language conventions of fiction—and science fiction in particular,” Turnbull said. Hopkinson made linguistic choices that made “Midnight Robber” a joy to read for Turnbull. The author uses “Caribbean vernacular like a knife, telling a compelling story through vibrant language,” he said. “Hopkinson plays a lot with language and her characters are constantly code switching in their Caribbean dialect which feels very comfortable and approachable.”

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“The Dreamblood Duology” by N.K. Jemisin

“The Dreamblood Duology,” which includes two novels, “The Killing Moon” and “The Shadowed Sun,” is a work that should be better known, according to Kyra Wilson Cook. “I want to uplift ‘The Dreamblood Duology’ because it’s a beautiful work and not too many people talk about it.” This novel is about priesthood whose main character, Ehiru, known as a “Gatherer,” shows his new disciples the ropes, gathering dreamblood and influencing how people dream. According to Wilson Cook, this complex tale “forces readers to ask the question: Is the priesthood good or evil?” Wilson Cook wants the reader to dive into this “phenomenal” read. “It’s fun, different and full of intrigue.”

Join the Boston.com Book Club’s next discussion: “Riot Baby” with author Tochi Onyebuchi

“Riot Baby” is a 2020 science fiction novel by Massachusetts-born Tochi Onyebuchi. In his first novel for adults, Onyebuchi’s “Riot Baby” explores a dystopian reality of Black America exploring race, justice, and resistance.

Join us on Wednesday, February 24 at 6 p.m. with Onyebuchi and moderator Meg Wasmer, co-owner/operator of Copper Dog Books in Beverly.

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Buddhist Times News – Saffron-robed monks among thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar

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Buddhist Times News – Saffron-robed monks among thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta leader has called on the public to prioritise facts and not feelings, and said an election would be held and power handed to the winning party, in a rare national address, as anti-coup protests took place nationwide on the third day in a row.
Thousands of anti-coup protesters marched in towns and cities across Myanmar on Monday, witnesses said, demonstrating for a third straight day against the military’s removal and detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi a week ago.
Calls to join protests and to back a campaign of civil disobedience have grown louder and more organised since last Monday’s coup, which drew widespread international condemnation.

In the biggest city of Yangon, a group of saffron-robed monks marched in the vanguard of Monday’s protest with workers and students. They flew multicoloured Buddhist flags alongside red banners in the colour of Ms Suu Kyi’s National league for Democracy (NLD), witnesses said.

“Release Our Leaders, Respect Our Votes, Reject Military Coup,” said one sign. Other signs read “Save democracy” and “Say No to Dictatorship”. Many protesters wore black.

Police in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw used water cannon against protesters on Monday, video from the scene showed.

Police fired the water cannon in brief bursts against a group of the thousands of protesters who had gathered in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw on Monday. Video from the scene showed some protesters appeared to have been hurt when they were knocked to the ground.

Police appeared to stop using the water cannon after protesters appealed to them, but the demonstration continued.

Protests that swept the country on Sunday were the biggest since the “Saffron Revolution” led by Buddhist monks in 2007 that helped prompt democratic reforms that were upended by the Feb. 1 coup.

“Marchers from every corner of Yangon, please come out peacefully and join the people’s meeting,” activist Ei Thinzar Maung urged followers on Facebook, using VPN networks to rally protesters despite a junta attempt to ban the social media network.

Protesters attempt to block riot police arriving to form a barricade outside Yangon City Hall on the weekend – GettyThousands marched in the coastal city of Dawei, in the southeast, and in the Kachin state capital in the far north, where they were dressed head to toe in black.

So far gatherings have been peaceful, unlike bloody crackdowns during previous widespread protests in 1988 and 2007. A convoy of military trucks was seen passing into Yangon late on Sunday, raising fears that could change.

Myanmar’s generals have justified the coup by claiming fraud in last November’s elections, which the NLD won in a landslide.

The junta has proclaimed a one-year state of emergency, and promised to then hold fresh elections, without offering any precise time frame.

The coup has triggered widespread international condemnation, although neighbouring China has declined to criticise the generals.

US President Joe Biden has been leading the calls for the generals to relinquish power.

Pope Francis on Sunday also expressed “solidarity with the people of Myanmar,” urging the army to work towards “democratic coexistence.”

Britain and the European Union requested on Monday that the United Nations Human Rights Council hold a special session in response to the ongoing political crisis.

The call comes came a week after Myanmar’s generals conducted a coup in the country.

source  –  Reuters

Preliminary round results and fallout

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Preliminary round results and fallout

With much enthusiasm and excitement, more than 60 thousand Tibetans in over 30 countries took part in the preliminary round of elections to choose their new leader known as Sikyong and the members of the exile Tibetan Parliament.

The results will be announced by the Election Commission through a press conference tomorrow (Monday 8 February) at 11am IST.

For the Sikyong results, the Election Commission will announce Penpa Tsering as leading in the first round with close to 24 thousand votes, followed by Kaydor Aukatsang securing close to 14,000 votes. Gyari Dolma trailed Kaydor with a difference of around 700 votes, leaving her out of the race for Sikyong.

A total of about 60 thousand exile Tibetans cast their votes in the elections, which also chose candidates for the 45 members of the exile Tibetan Parliament.

Of the members of Parliament, five incumbent and five new from the younger generation are expected for each of the three provinces. The two incumbent representatives from North/South America have been voted out, to be replaced with two new representatives. In Europe, a veteran member who was ousted in April of last year has been elected to be representative again, along with a fresh representative. Australasia will also see a new representative.

Those who could be candidates will be declared on 21 March, with two contestants for the post of Sikyong, and more than 90 candidates (along with some volunteer candidates) for members of Parliament. There will be time for about a month for those in the list to withdraw their names, so that the final list could be drawn.

The final round of voting will be held on 11 April, and the official results will announced on 20 May. The new members of the Parliament will take their oath of office on 28 May, and the new Sikyong will likely be sworn-in in the following days.

Everyone commended the smooth and peaceful conclusion of the preliminary round of voting. However there were a few incidents of malfunctions.

The counting in Bodh Gaya took place the next day on the 5th January, but the election rule 34 (6)(a) has it that there wouldn’t be any counting in the 24 hours following an election.

There was re-voting for about 30 people at a polling station in Ladakh following a complaint that someone helping another voter had written the name of his choice rather than what the person wanted.

Tibet Sun has learned that the complainant was an election staff, who asked the voter for whom he was voting. Upon learning whom this voter was favouring, the staff checked his ballot paper and found out that the helper had written a different person’s name.

Following the row, all 30-something people there were asked to re-cast their votes, which is not according to the rules.

Explaining this issue, the Speaker Pema Jungney said that the re-poll has infringed the election rules. He said that the matter should have been investigated and the wrongdoer should have been punished.

Jungney also added that the election staff have no right to ask who someone was voting for, nor to check the ballot paper of any voter. He said that the staff member had also violated election rules by this behaviour.

In Sataun settlement, the results have not been made public at all. According to election rule 34(6)(a), the results need to be made public within 24 hours of the counting. Tibet Sun’s attempts on clarification didn’t convince the Regional Election Commissioner of the settlement.

The Chief Election Commissioner remained unapproachable throughout the election process. Tibet Sun then approached the secretary of the Election Commission, Tenzin Norbu, about the Sataun REC not making the results public, Norbu supported the action of the REC Sataun, and insisted that it was not required to make the results public. “To make it public is not mentioned in the rules,” said Norbu.

Pema Jungney said that to say it is not required to announce results publicly is distortion of the rules. “It is clearly mentioned in the rules that election results should be made public, within 24 hours of the counting” he said.

Perhaps the most serious gaffe in this election was the Election Commission;s appointment of Assistant Regional Election Commissions, rather than Regional Election Commissions (REC), in countries outside India, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Australia, Europe, and North/South America have only one REC each. All the Representatives are RECs in these countries.

Election rule 12 mandates that the EC appoint RECs at all the regional election committees. The Regional Election Commissioner could be a CTA employee, or, in the absence of a CTA employee, any reliable local resident could be appointed Regional Election Commissioner.

Without the Regional Election Commissioner, counting cannot take place, but in all the polling locations in Australia, Europe, and North/South America, counting took place with the Assistant Regional Election Commission.

Bagudu engages traditional, religion leaders on Kebbi’s cancer programme

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Bagudu engages traditional, religion leaders on Kebbi’s cancer programme

By Ahmed Idris Birnin Kebbi

Determined to create awareness on the danger of cancer disease in the state, Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, has said that he has engaged traditional and religious leaders on the cancer awareness programme of the state.

Bagudu, who stated this yesterday at Government House, Birnin Kebbi, while receiving the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who was on an assessment and inspection tour of the state’s cancer treatment centres, adding that his administration had been committed to the development of the diseases and health sectors at large.

He said Kebbi State shared borders with two countries, which gave it more courage to establish medical tourism. “We do supported some sick people from the neighbouring countries on healthcare service delivery, we thank the Federal Ministry of Health for rating Kebbi State as one of the best in terms of cancer programme” he added.


In his remarks, the Minister of Health, who was represented by Dr. Uche Nwokun, a consultant Haematologists, National Cancer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, said their aim of visiting was to access and inspect the two centres in the state.

He commended the efforts of the Kebbi State governor for contributing immensely to the development of the health sector in the state, assuring him of their support and love towards eradicating the disease.

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