DSS says it has no official twitter handle – TheNigerialawyer

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday said it did not
own, use or operate any official twitter handles and therefore,
urged Nigerians to disregard twitter messages linked to the
service.

The Public Relations Officer of the service, Dr Peter Afunanya,
disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.

He said the attention of the service had been drawn to messages
on social media, claimed to have emanated from the official twitter
handles of of the service.

“The Service, therefore, disowns the ones, notably DSS 255 and
DSS_NG_, currently in circulation.

“These twitter handles which also bear the Service’s symbols are
not only fake but designed by their creators to deceive, misinform
and defraud unsuspecting persons.

“It is also believed that such handles were desperately created
by subversive elements to spread fake news and falsehood,” he
said.

Afunanya, therefore, urged the public to disregard the twitter
handles and any message(s) emanating from them.

He, however, added that a detailed investigation had begun to
ensure that the suspects were apprehended and prosecuted.

(NAN)

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Aisha Buhari advocates for more Funding, Political Will
to end TB

First Lady of Nigeria and Global TB Ambassador, Dr. Aisha Buhari
has called for more funding to Fast track efforts to end
Tuberculosis. She made the call during the UN High Level Meeting on
Tuberculosis at the UN Headquarters, New York on Sunday, 22
September, 2019..

She challenged leaders to increase political Commitment and be
accountable to their promises of increasing resources and
supporting effective and sustainable partnerships to end TB.

She was represented at the meeting by Dr. Hajo Sani, Senior
Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria.

The meeting was aimed at promoting multi-sectoral Action to take
forward the Commitments made last year at the United Nations High
Level Meeting on Tuberculosis.

Mrs. Buhari made reference to the last meeting of African First
Ladies alongside the African Union General Assembly in Addis Ababa,
where she made it clear that TB should be integrated in the fight
against HIV/AIDS as that will harmonize plans and actions relating
to the two related killer diseases.

“As a Global TB Champion and Ambassador, I have used my position
as the First Lady to promote TB among stakeholders in different
sectors, with support from Stop TB Partnership Nigeria and working
with wives of state governors.”

She called on governments, United Nations agencies, development
partners, academic and research institutions, civil society, media,
celebrities, patients and survivors, private sector to close ranks
and ensure the implementation of the commitments made at the last
meeting.

Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros
Ghabreyesus in his speech delivered by Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, Deputy
Director-General, confirmed that successes are being recorded in
the fight against TB, but called on stakeholders to advance action
and accelerate progress made so far.

He spoke extensively on the Multisectoral Action Framework (MAF
-TB), which  aims to support effective accountability of
governments and all stakeholders, at global, regional and country
levels, in order to accelerate progress to end the tuberculosis
epidemic. The Framework, he further said is aligned fully
with the End TB Strategy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.

He said now is the moment for action and the time to
deliver.

The meeting was jointly organized by the Russian Federation and
World Health Organization and was attended by UN agencies, civil
society representatives and funding institutions as well as
delegations from Russia, South Africa, Vietnam, Japan, Uganda,
Zambia, Chad, Oman and Barbuda and Nigeria.

Suleiman Haruna

Director of Information

to First Lady of Nigeria

State House

Abuja