The management of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has refused to back down over claims that International Oil Companies (IOCs) are frustrating its quest to purchase crude feedstock for the Dangote refinery.
The operators of the 650, 000 barrels per day refinery are insisting that IOCs are frustrating its quest to purchase crude oil due to overpricing.
The company was reacting to a claim by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) that IOCs were not frustrating the refinery.
The Chief Executive of the NUPRC, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, had in a statement said the IOCs are willing to sell to Dangote Refinery.
He said: “No producer is refusing to make crude available to the Dangote refinery.”
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However, in a counter statement on Wednesday, the Vice-President of Oil and Gas at DIL, Devakumar Edwin, said the implementation of the Domestic Crude Supply Obligation (DCSO) guidelines would allow the refinery to deal directly with companies producing crude oil in Nigeria.
He said: “Aside from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), to date, we have only purchased crude directly from one other local producer (Sapetro). All other producers refer us to their international trading arms.
“These international trading arms are non-value adding middlemen who sit abroad and earn margin from crude being produced and consumed in Nigeria. They are not bound by Nigerian laws and do not pay tax in Nigeria on the unjustifiable margin they earn.
“The trading arm of one of the IOCs refused to sell to us directly and asked us to find a middleman who would buy from them and then sell to us at a margin. We dialogued with them for 9 months and in the end, we had to escalate to NUPRC who helped resolve the situation.
“When we entered the market to purchase our crude requirement for August, the international trading arms told us that they had entered their Nigerian cargoes into a Pertamina (the Indonesia National Oil Company) tender, and we had to wait for the tender to conclude to see what is still available.”
By: Babajide Okeowo
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Dangote Refinery insists IOCs frustrating crude purchase
Trump’s running mate pledges ‘new path’ at Republican convention
Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick J.D. Vance lit up the Republican National Convention Wednesday with a speech leaning heavily on his personal story as he sought to connect his turbulent upbringing with the hardships faced by millions of Americans.
In his first speech since being tapped as Trump’s vice presidential nominee on Monday, Vance offered a powerful account of growing up poor in Ohio, with no father at home and a mother hooked on drugs.
He urged voters to “choose a new path” as he accepted his nomination, telling the crowd: “The people who govern this country have failed and failed again.”
The story will be familiar to readers of his best-selling memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” an account of his Appalachian family and modest beginnings that gave a voice to rural, working-class resentment in left-behind America.
But it was his first real introduction to many tuning in at home and the Trump campaign is banking on the address chiming with blue-collar voters in the swing states key to winning November’s election rematch against President Joe Biden.
Vance touched on trade, foreign policy and the drug epidemic — and on Trump’s policies for addressing them — but he devoted much of the speech to his own experiences.
He emphasised his background as a former Marine, making him the first veteran on a major party ticket since John McCain ran for president in 2008.
– Big moment –
The one-term senator, who will be just 40 on inauguration day, would be the third-youngest vice president in history — and one of the least experienced — if 78-year-old Trump defeats Biden.
His effusive praise of Trump is in marked contrast to the hostility he voiced as he toured television studios in 2016 with a book to sell.
Vance was an uncompromising “Never Trumper” at the time of his new boss’s election win in 2016, labeling the populist, hard-right tycoon “a moral disaster” and comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
He reinvented himself when he entered politics and ultimately won Trump’s endorsement in the 2022 Ohio Senate race.
Vance has since grown into cheerleader-in-chief for Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda and isolationist foreign policy — notably including opposition to US support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
Even before his big moment, Vance was a hit with the party faithful in Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum arena.
They rewarded him with boisterous applause as he arrived with his wife, Usha, on the opening day Monday to take his place with the Trump family in the front row.
While Vance reinforces Trump’s appeal to the hardline base, he offers little chance of broadening the tent to more moderate voters and women.
He is further to the right than Trump on some issues including abortion, where he embraces calls for federal legislation.
– Ultra-loyal –
Some 50,000 Republicans have descended on the shores of Lake Michigan for the four-day convention, which came with the country reeling from the botched attempt by a gunman to assassinate Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
The attack — which killed one bystander and left the ex-president with a bloodied ear — has dominated proceedings, with the opening day’s highlight an appearance from a defiant Trump sporting a bandage on his right ear.
The Republican convention has emphasized party unity behind Trump, banishing the torrent of scandals that range from his role in attempts to overturn the 2020 election to his criminal conviction in a New York court this May.
However, Trump’s once ultra-loyal vice president from 2016-2020, Mike Pence, has refused to give his endorsement and was not at the convention.
And while Trump has been calling for unity, Vance is one of the most partisan and divisive members of Congress.
He immediately claimed after the shooting that Democrats’ rhetoric had “led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”
Trump is set to formally accept his party’s nomination with the hotly anticipated keynote address on Thursday.
Earlier in the day Vance saluted Trump’s bravery in remarks at a finance event — his first campaign stop as Trump’s running mate — and assailed Biden as a failed leader.
“Let’s get rid of him,” he said, “and let’s bring Donald Trump back to the White House.”
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Three arrested over motorcyclist’s death in Delta
The Delta State Police Command has arrested three suspects allegedly connected to the murder of a motorcyclist in Agbarho, Ughelli North Area of the State.
This was confirmed by the State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, during a telephone interview with our correspondent on Wednesday.
According Metro gathered from a source who pleaded anonymity on Wednesday that the motorcyclist was allegedly murdered by the local vigilantes and thrown into a soakaway after his encounter with them.
The PPRO said the three suspects were arrested on July 11, and the motorcycle of the deceased was recovered from the suspects. He said that an investigation had commenced into the case and they would be charged in court after its conclusion.
“The suspects are, Emmanuel Godwin, 16; Engineer Michael Obebeju, 39; and Sunday, another resident in that area, 30.
“The suspects were arrested July 11. We recovered the motorcycle from the suspects. His body was recovered from a well in Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The evidence against them is apparent.”
They have not confessed yet but an investigation is ongoing”, Edafe said.
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Lagos extends amnesty for buildings lacking permits
The Lagos State Government has extended the provision of amnesty for owners and developers of existing buildings without planning approvals in the state by three months.
The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, disclosed this in Ikeja on Wednesday.
He said, “Considering the high rate of applications since the beginning of the amnesty programme, the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the extension of the programme by another three months, starting from August 1, 2024, to the end of October 2024 to allow more people to benefit from it.”
In April, the Lagos State Government announced the provision of an amnesty period of 90 days, beginning from May 2 to July 30, 2024, to allow owners and developers of existing structures to obtain planning permits without payment of statutory penal fees, which erecting buildings without approvals would have attracted.
In addition to the waiver of penal fees, the programme also comes with a discount for payments completed within 10 working days during the amnesty period.
To access the amnesty programme, an applicant is expected to submit some documents for assessment through the district offices of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority in the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State.
The applicant is to also submit the documents to the Electronic Planning Permit Office at the LASPPPA headquarters in Ikeja. The documents include the title document or proof of ownership, survey plan, as-built architectural drawings, and structural, electrical, and mechanical drawings (where applicable).
Other documents to be submitted for assessment are the non-destructive integrity test report (where applicable), letter of structural stability and indemnity (where applicable), land use planning analysis report, evidence of tax compliance, and other supporting documents (where applicable).
The current administration instituted the amnesty programme to cushion the effect of the current economic hardship on the built environment and equally enhance compliance with physical planning regulations to guarantee a livable, organised, orderly and sustainable built environment.
401 Osun LG caretaker excos resign over S’Court judgment
Following last week’s Supreme Court judgment granting local government autonomy, the 401 chairmen and members of the caretaker committees running the 62 local governments and council development areas in Osun State tendered their resignations on Wednesday.
The Caretaker Chairman of Odo-Otin Local Government Area, Okuku, Adewale Adeyinka, said he quit office out of “respect for our democratic principles.”
His resignation letter dated July 17, 2024 was addressed to Governor Ademola Adeleke.
Adeyinka said, “It is with a sense of duty and respect for our democratic principles that I write to tender my resignation from my position as Chairman of the Caretaker Committee for Odo-Otin Local Government, effective immediately.
“As I move on to pursue further opportunities to serve my people, I want to assure you that the good work we have started will not end. I remain committed to supporting the growth and development of Odo-Otin Local Government in any capacity I can.”
The Supreme Court had in its judgment barred governors from appointing caretaker committess to run local governments.
The apex court said only duly elected officials can run LGs, adding that any LG being run by caretakers should have their allocation from the Federation Account withheld.
Speaking with The According on Wednesday, the immediate-past Chairman of the Osun State chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, Mr. Sarafadeen Awotunde, said all the 69 caretaker chairmen and 332 members in Osun State had resigned.
Asked to confirm the resignation of the 332 caretaker members and that of chairmen, Awotunde said, “Since we already called them caretaker, I don’t think there is any appropriate word to use than that they resigned. Nobody sacked them.
“Caretakers have temporary time to spend. It means their time is over. If you look at it critically, you will see that the Supreme Court has given a verdict. So whatever is called caretaker now is illegal. So, there is nothing like a caretaker in Nigeria again.”
In Osun State, there are 30 Local Government Areas, 32 Local Council Development Authorities, six Area Councils and one Administrative Office.
The last set of caretaker committee chairmen and members were appointed by Adeleke in August 2023 and their tenure of office was extended by six months in February 2024.
Their tenure was supposed to end in August but they tendered their resignation prematurely.
When contacted, the Osun State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. Kolapo Alimi, confirmed the resignation of the LG caretakers.
He said, “We have been receiving resignation letters. Those who resigned did so to be eligible for the party primary, preparatory for the local government elections coming up next year.
“The Electoral Act has made it mandatory for whoever will participate in party’s primary to resign from political office first.”
Doctor-patient ratio worsening over japa, NMA laments
The Nigerian Medical Association, on Wednesday, lamented the worsening doctor-patient ratio in the country fuelled by the continued exodus of doctors abroad – a trend now commonly known as japa.
Speaking at an interactive session with the media in Abuja on Wednesday, the NMA President, Prof Bala Audu, pointed out that Nigeria’s doctor-patient ratio had dwindled to about 1,000 per cent less than what the World Health Organisation recommended.
“The doctor-patient ratio is about 1,000 per cent less than what the World Health Organisation recommended. Recently, there was a medical school that graduated its medical students, and I think they did a survey and asked the new graduates if they would stay or prefer to leave. Your guess is as good as mine. It’s something that is worsening, but it is something that we can mitigate.
“And I think that is the essence of such interactive forums, not to keep crying about our problems, but to profile solutions to these problems,” Audu stated.
Many Nigerian healthcare workers leave the country for greener pastures, leaving their colleagues to contend with additional workload and extended call hours.
The push factors, according to them, are inadequate equipment, worsening insecurity, poor working conditions, and poor salary structure.
Data from the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria showed that about 1,056 consultants left the country to seek greener pastures between 2019 and 2023.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors also revealed that over 900 of its members left for Europe between January and September 2023.
“The issues that will prevent doctors, and nurses from leaving this country include improving their well-being. It’s more than just their take-home package, their take-home package is important because they also need to have health care, they also need to educate their children, and so on. And if another person is providing a better opportunity, there is a tendency for them to take that option,” the NMA President said on Wednesday.
He stressed the need for an improved and friendly working environment for doctors to discourage emigration.
“There have been situations of attack on health care providers, especially by the people who take patients to hospitals, probably because one or other things are not available, and everybody is charged up and angry, and you get attacked. The facilities also need to be improved.
“Housing is also one of the requirements, especially for internship training. By regulation, for you to have quality training for House Officers, they must be housed within the hospital because they need to be available at all times. You hear very much about the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. The residency training implies that they should live within the hospital, which means there has to be provision of accommodation for them.
“We train these people with a lot of money. This country invests so much in training every doctor, nurse, dentist, and other healthcare provider, but how many of them do we take up after they graduate, despite the challenges we have in terms of the demand power for health? So if we don’t employ them early enough, somebody else will come and employ them and take them outside this country,” Audu said.
In May, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, said the enrollment quota in medical, nursing, and other health professional schools had been increased from 28,000 to 64,000 yearly.
Pate stated that the increase in the enrollment quota was one of the steps the government was taking to mitigate the Japa conundrum in the health sector.
The NMA President, however, noted that there was a need to improve the training facilities.
“If you are previously admitting 200 medical students each year, now you want to admit 400 medical students each year, then you have to double the accommodation, you have to double the facilities for their training if you are to maintain the quality of their training.
“So these are the areas that we are having discussions with the government to ensure that those areas are improved so that we continue to produce high-quality health professionals, not just for Nigeria but for the rest of the world,” he added.
Reduced cost of governance will boost infrastructure provision
A system that has plunged us into this mess cannot bring us back from the brink. It cannot be business as usual if we want to get out of the woods. So far, no political party has given a policy thrust that will bring us back from the precipice that is staring us in the face, and those who feel they are doing the right thing may be offering derisory plans while thinking they are doing us favour. There must be a paradigm shift in the system which the politicians cannot provide on their own as their motives put their interests above those of the collective. There must be a system that is fair and equitable to all concerned and meets the global standard of cost control in governance. Now a solution proffers itself.
The political elite is the bane of the worsening situation in the country. As good as they may be individually, it would seem that they always conspire against the rest of us when they come together to play politics and are put in charge of the affairs of the country. This is when they treat the rest of us as fools, they lose their sense of humanity while they engage in the primitive acquisition of wealth, inanities, waste, profligacy, frivolous and ill-conceived projects, misapplication of resources, compromised institutions and appointments that are more or less sinecure, and pay total disregard to service to the nation, democratic governance and collective national interests.
The reasons are not farfetched: the general feudalistic background of the political elite has been unduly buoyed by the autocratic tendencies of the erstwhile military whom they replace. So, at the point where proper resource management and sense of proportion should have come into play as in developed democracies, our politicians display a total lack of integrity and sense of social justice but instead display “what is in it for me” or such primordial and parochial tendencies. The political class and their pliant compatriots in the civil service conveniently omitted to restore the checks and balances in governance when the military left the stage. As a result, what we now have is a cosmetic change from military to civil rule- a mere change from khaki to agbada- with a total lack of fiscal discipline that is expected in a working democracy.
It would appear that rather than focus on service to the nation, the political class is focused on the treasury and power for their selfish ends. They venture into politics with the mindsets of men/women out to reap the highest possible dividends from their investments. Therefore, the booties after winning elections, and not service to fatherland, in my opinion, remain the motivating factors in most cases. This is the genesis of our problems. It is evident that if money and power continue to be the motivating factor, things will continue to get worse. Something has to change as we cannot be doing things the same way and expect different results.
The politicians are at the end of their tethers. So instead of coming up with workable solutions, they engage in the blame game, passing the buck without taking the faintest glimpse at the mirror. But the truth is that the political elite, being bereft of integrity, brought about this mess through their acts of omission and or commission. Only statesmen- politicians imbued with integrity and desire for social justice- can devise and implement a system that will take us out of the present mess. But no one can give what he does not have, hence the need to help politicians to help themselves and follow the advice of William Shakespeare: “Assume a virtue if you have it not” –the need to devise a cost-of-governance model that will serve as a thermostat to direct/regulate the cost of governance in line with the available resources, and the level of development of the nation.
In deriving a formula in this regard, a realistic view must be taken of the country’s resources and not based on the mistaken assumption that Nigeria is the giant of Africa. It must also be noted that governance is a common service which features in every country, even if its cost is relative to its resources/size and level of development. The system whereby over 70 per cent of our resources are being squandered on cost of governance is unwieldy and that is why everything is going downhill. There must be a paradigm shift in the system that turns politics and governance into business ventures.
I give the government or political party an option out of three systems designed as a means of planning for development and achieving the desired goal of cost-effective cum cost-efficient governance. The first system is that the cost of governance should be equal to or less than 30 per cent of the country’s resources for the period. This will leave 70 per cent for other commitments- education, health, infrastructure etc.
Learning from others is the second system. It will be wise counsel for the giant to go to the ants, learn their ways and be wise. When Nigeria became independent, we were at par, or even better off economically, than some countries then classified as third world/developing countries. Examples of such countries are Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. These countries have left us behind and are now proudly referred to as Asian Tigers. We can copy the consumption pattern that catapulted them out of the rung of the underdevelopment class.
The third system is to derive another (if different from the aforesuggested) which must take cognisance of the fact that this country is the poverty capital of the world and all the indices of development put Nigeria at the last rung. Consider the absurdity that the poverty capital of the world is paying the highest remuneration to its legislators or the president or ministers of the poorest nation when compared with the richest nations. The point being made here is that the consumption pattern must be based on objective realities.
The success of Nigeria is our collective desire, but we cannot achieve this if we continue to leave politics to the politicians. It is my considered opinion that we can contribute our quota by considering and applying this as a verifiable and veritable chink in the armour of the giant that Nigeria’s problems have become. In other words, when the cost of governance is streamlined as suggested, everything will fall into place. Conversely, the longer this is ignored, we should expect from our leaders more actions that are less altruistic.
INEC warns election observers against rules violation
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, warned election observer groups that their accreditation for the Edo and Ondo governorship polls could be revoked anytime if found violating its code of conduct.
The According reported on Monday that a total of 134 international and local observer groups were accredited by INEC.
The classification of the accredited groups showed that 28 are gender-based, three represent persons with disability, 8 are faith-based, 10 international and over 100 others working in areas relevant to the functions of the commission.
Speaking at a training session for election observers in Abuja, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Election and Party Monitoring Committee, Sam Olumekun, said for the groups to retain their accreditations they must adhere to the rules.
He said, “As accredited Observer Groups, you will be allowed access to observe all the election processes as outlined in the commission’s Reviewed Regulations and Guidelines for the conduct of elections available at the INEC website.
“I need to, however, bring to your attention that your accreditation may be withdrawn at any stage of the election process if it is established that your organisation is violating the Code of Conduct for observers as contained in the Guidelines for Election Observation available on INEC website.
Again, you are to be reminded that the accreditation of your organisation to observe the elections is without financial obligations on the commission.”
Olumekun urged them to pay attention to monitoring the integrity of the elections.
“While there are quite a number of trustworthy, honest, objective, hardworking and credible observer groups in the country who have contributed greatly to deepening democracy and the electoral process in Nigeria over the years, there are still others who have continued to display laxity about election observation and have cared less about the integrity of the entire process,” he said.
Acting Director of Election and Party Monitoring, Hauwa Habib, urged the groups to update their records with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
Habib said, “The commission’s process of selection and registration of observers is strictly on the provision that the organisation is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as trustees whose areas include covering elections and the registered 134 of you here have passed the test.
“From the records available to us at the commission it is noticed that some of you will need to update your records with the CAC. The importance of observers as stakeholders in the development of election processes and procedures and we urge your group leaders to select observers who are interested in the job and properly trained to ensure that their observation and reporting are in line with the guidelines of the commission.”
Stakeholders demand 10% benefit for solid minerals host communities
Stakeholders in the solid minerals sector have called for the payment of 10 per cent benefits to host communities as part of measures to build an environment that would ensure peaceful coexistence between miners and indigenes.
This is just as they proposed a 10-year renewable mining lease instead of the 25 years as captured in Section 66 of the Solid Minerals Mining Act 2007.
These demands were tabled for deliberations on Wednesday at the public hearing of repeal and enactment of a bill titled, “Nigeria Mineral Development Company Limited (Establishment) Bill 2023,” organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals.
Speaking at the hearing, a representative of Renevlyn Development Initiative, Tobias Lengs, lamented the health risk of mining activities owing to environmental degradation and the lack of proper care for miners in host communities.
He said, “We suggest an upward review of the extraction net value revenue that goes to the Community Development Association. 10 per cent is recommended and this should be reviewed periodically.
“The duration of a mining lease is 25 years and shall be renewable every 24 years as captured in Section 66 of the Solid Minerals Act. The 25-year mining lease arrangement is too long and leaves room for operators to get away with impunity at a huge cost to the nation. Instead, a 10-year mining lease is proposed to compel operators to be more responsive and accountable for their actions.
“The community development agreement should be flexible to allow the host community to determine exactly what they want to use the funds for without tying it to a particular line item. Their needs may change depending on the situation, hence the agreement details should not be open-ended.”
The representatives of the Environmental Defenders Network and the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency faulted the bill on the ground, saying that it gave too much power to the minister.
“The bill gives too much power to the minister. Other ministries relevant to the subject including the Ministry of Environment should be involved,” they said.
Ms Lumun Feese, who represented the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, stated that despite enacting new laws to sanitise the sector, not much has been achieved concerning revenue to the government and improved standard of living for Nigerians.
“The mining sector’s impact on the economy remains suboptimal, hovering below one per cent of Gross Domestic Product by 2015. In 2016, the government approved an industry roadmap aimed at enhancing the sector’s role as an economic driver, targeting a three per cent GDP contribution by 2025,” he said.
He commended the committee for initiating the bills to address the staggering decline of mining, even as he called on the Federal Government to make deliberate efforts to promote good governance in the sector.
“This call is similar to the government’s successful approach in the oil and gas sector demonstrated through the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021 to implement the Nigerian oil and gas policy. The PIA overhauled the institutional, legal, and regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry, establishing two regulatory agencies and fully commercialising the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.”
In his opening address, the Chairman of the committee and member representing Karu/Keffi/Kokona Federal Constituency, Nasarawa State, Jonathan Gbefwi, said the proposed law would go a long way to sanitise the industry.
“We need a heavy rod in the mining sector. We need a vehicle where the government can be a player in the mining sector; a situation where five per cent of whatever is extracted will be given to host communities. If this is achieved, Nigeria will experience astronomical growth.”
Kogi receives 500,000 anthrax vaccine doses
The Kogi State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, on Wednesday, took delivery of 500,000 doses of Anthrax vaccine towards the protection of the animal population in the state.
The vaccines were provided by the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project and delivered by its National Project Coordinator, Mr. Abubakar Sanusi.
Nigeria had mid last year recorded an outbreak of anthrax, with cases reported in Niger and Lagos states.
Anthrax is a deadly zoonotic disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium, Bacillus anthracis, which mainly affects animals.
Human beings can become infected with anthrax through contact with an infected animal alive or dead as well as by inhaling spores.
The symptoms of anthrax can range from a skin ulcer with a dark scab to difficulty breathing and critically infected animals have blood oozing out of their body orifices, such as the nose and anus.
Sanusi, who was welcomed by the Kogi State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Timothy Ojomah, emphasized that “This delivery is part of L-PRES’s ongoing efforts to enhance animal health services in Kogi State.”
He highlighted the critical role of vaccination in preventing the spread of anthrax and safeguarding livestock, which in turn supports the livelihoods of farmers and boosts the local economy.
The commissioner expressed profound appreciation for the delivery, acknowledging the impact such support has on the state’s agricultural sector.
Ojomah noted that the provision of the vaccine was timely and essential for the prevention of anthrax outbreaks, which pose a significant threat to livestock and public health.
He outlined the need for ongoing collaboration and resource allocation to ensure the robustness of Kogi State’s veterinary services.
In addition to the vaccine delivery, the visit of the National Project Coordinator also included the inspection of the completed cold chain storage facility and laboratory within the ministry’s complex.
“These state-of-the-art facilities are critical for the effective storage and analysis of vaccines and other veterinary supplies, ensuring that they remain potent and safe for use,” he said.
The cold chain storage facility is equipped with advanced refrigeration systems designed to maintain vaccines at optimal temperatures, while the laboratory is fitted with modern diagnostic equipment to support comprehensive animal health assessments.