By Suleiman Yakubu

A Minna-based businessman, Alhaji Hassan Usman Shiroro, has commended the Etsu Nupe and Chairman Council of Traditional Rulers in Niger State, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, for the conferment of Turakin Nupe on Farmer Governor Mohammed Umar Bago.
He stated that the title of Turakin Nupe conferred on the governor by the Etsu Nupe could best be described as a well-deserved title in view of the unprecedented transformation the state is presently witnessing under the leadership of Farmer Governor, Hon. Mohammed Umar Bago within the past seven months.
Alhaji Hassan Usman Shiroro made the commendation while speaking in an interview with Newsline online in Minna, stating that the title will spur the governor to further embark on more developmental projects that will improve the well-being of the state.
According to him, Etsu Nupe has made the right choice by seeing the governor worthy of conferring the Turakin title on him, stressing that the monarch has really proved that he is in tune with the reality of the transformation and New Niger Agenda of the Governor Mohammed Umar Bago administration.
Speaking further, Hassan Shiroro noted that the aggressive transformation of Niger State within just seven months in office has raised the hope of the people of the state of witnessing more developmental projects across the state before the end of the first four years of his administration.
He called on the people of the state to pray for the governor in his determination to give the state capital a new look through his new Niger and transformation agenda, emphasising that under the governor it will be reckoned with as a state of green economy as the governor dreams.
Alhaji Hassan Shiroro, while calling on members of the executive of the state to rally around the governor in his developmental strides, told them to be upright in their respective responsibilities.
He is of the opinion that Governor Umar Bago is committed to making Niger State compete with other states within the first four years of his administration, ensuring that with the support and cooperation of the people of the state, he will improve the infrastructure of the state under his first four years.

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The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the School Feeding Programme, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, has said that the programme is undergoing some structural reorganisation for the sake of sustainability.
Dr. Adeniji made this disclosure when she was received on a courtesy visit by the Deputy Governor of Niger State, Comrade Yakubu Garba, on behalf of Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, in his office on Tuesday.
She noted that for everything in life, there are always some challenges, and the school feeding programmeme is not an exception. But the beautiful part of it was that her office was trying to streamline and ensure that the programmeme runs seamlessly, as the president was so passionate about it.
"Mr. President is passionate about the programmeme; he is passionate about the Nigerian children, and right now steps and initiatives have been taken to ensure that the programmeme comes back on board and is in full swing," she explained.
Adeniji added that they were doing everything possible to ensure that the programme this time around has the sustainability to surpass this present administration for many years to come.
She also revealed that she and her team were in the state on solidarity and to familiarise themselves with the people of Niger State, explaining that the school feeding programmeme is a programmeme where every Nigerian child has access to a nutritious meal a day.
The school feeding programme boss added that they were in the state to preach the good gospel of the programme to ensure that every stakeholder in the programmeme was carried along and understood the objectives of the programme.
She equally appealed to all stakeholders to be part of the programme to ensure that it was smooth in such a way that its sustainability would continue to be there for years.
Responding, the governor described the school feeding programme as very vital to the state and that the government was very passionate about it as it is not a new programme in the state.
He advised that we must think and act as Nigerians to change the narratives, adding that to make the programme a successful one, we must not compromise, and described the programme in Niger State as a success story.
While appreciating the SSA to President Tinubu and her team for the visit, he assured them of making a move to upgrade the programme from primary 1-3 to at least primary 4.