Didier Drogba, a former Chelsea player, has hailed Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala.
He extended his congratulations to Osimhen and Oshoala for their triumph at the Confederation of African Football Awards 2023.
Drogba made this known on his Instagram page on Tuesday, December 12.
He wrote: “Long live the new King and Queen of Africa @victorosimhen9 @asisat_oshoala @caf_online
Congratulations my Nigerian People, we are waiting for you in January @afcon_2023″
Beginning in 2024, candidates for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Direct Entry examination will undergo cognitive and verbal reasoning tests, according to the board.
This was revealed by JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, during a virtual meeting with the commissioners of education in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
A special bulletin released by the Board on Monday quoted him as saying, “As from 2024, JAMB will conduct Aptitude Test for all Direct Entry candidates to assess their academic potential or career suitability, as well as their mental or physical capacity.
“It is an intelligent test that will measure the candidate’s current cognitive skills and will not be the usual subjects such as Mathematics, Chemistry, Government, or Physics.”
The aptitude test would include verbal, abstract, mechanical and numerical reasoning, data checking and work sampling, according to the registrar.
The participants were also informed by the registrar that “only JAMB offices nationwide will be able to register for the Direct Entry”.
He said all DE candidates would have to provide the following at the time of registration: Registration/Matriculation Number of the previous school attended; subject of qualification; awarding institution; institution attended; year of graduation as well as admission letter, where necessary.
President Jonathan administration, are alleged to be concession for N20million each.
The Minister however in his response , assured the lawmakers that all issues raised are being addressed and would be decisively addressed in the 2024 fiscal year.
Kyari said food security is the number one out of the 8- point agenda of President Bola Tinubu administration and that the Ministry has repositioned it self for actualization of the agenda.
According to him , some of the action plans already being implemented to ensure food security in the country aside securing of the farmlands by security agencies are ”certification of available planting materials for some food security crops in readiness for dry season farming.
“Reviewing the mechanisms and processes for delivering fertilizers and agro pesticides input to farmers under a transparent and accountable regime.
“Fast-track the take off and operations of the National Agricultural Development fund.
“Implement a joint action plan with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to unlock the huge irrigation potentials of the River Basins Development Authorities and other flood plains in the country to guarantee all year round food production etc.”
He earlier in his submission told the committee members that for the 2024 fiscal year, a total of N362.940billion was earmarked for the sector out of which n124.1billion is for the Ministry.
The breakdown of the N124.1billion according to him, shows that N10.6billion is for personnel cost, N1.34billion for overhead and N112.497billion for capital expenditure
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