Govt signs new agreement with UN
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday signed an agreement with United Nations (UN) agencies. Tambuwal pledged increased governmental collaborations with UN agencies on enhancing peoples’ lives and environmental development in the state. Tambuwal made the commitment when he signed an agreement for “Spotlight Initiative’’, a UN project to eliminate violence against women and girls on Monday in Sokoto, NAN reports. He said that his administration, since inception, had prioritised education in recognition of its status on facilitating empowerment where it declared state of emergency in the sector. He stressed that the efforts yielded positive impacts on enrollment, retention and completion as well as on infrastructural development. According to him, more subsidies, incentives and other support are provided to encourage small scale and large scale farmers across the state. He called for separation between the office of Attorney-General of the Federat...