The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Health Care Development Agency (NHCDA) to enforce the mandatory diphtheria immunisation, testing and treatment at all healthcare centres in all the 774 local government areas in the country. The House also directed the Federal Ministry of Information and National …

All the 774 Local Government Councils are to open dedicated accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the direct disbursement of allocations to them from the Federation Account, the Association of Local Governments (ALGON) said on Sunday. ALGON National President, Bello Lawal Yandaki said the opening of the account is critical to the implementation of the Supreme Court …