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  Media Executives and Environmentalists at the event By EDDY OCHIGBO, I n a renewed move to make residents more environment friendly and halt the fast changing climate - largely due to negative human activities - a Kaduna-based outfit, Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF), during the week trained Journalists and critical stakeholders on specialized environment reporting; disaster risk reduction with special emphasis on disaster management, to augment and stimulate participation in mitigating climate change. AMDF's Deputy Executive Director Sekyen Dadik, while outlining the strategies of her organization to carry all and sundry along in the campaign to mitigate climate change lamented: "No doubt, the Earth’s climate has always been changing, but because of human activities it is now changing faster than it has for thousands of years. This climate change is here to stay, and it will affect all of our lives and nearly every aspect of society, from our health and foods supp

                                                                   By EDDY OCHIGBO L ack of efficient and prudent treasury management in the country have been identified as the source of fraud and sharp practices in nation's public and private sector. Dropping the hint during a breakfast meeting with Correspondents in Kaduna during the week, the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Treasury Management of Nigeria, Mr Adedoyin Olumide, reiterated that poor treasury management remains the bane of public and private finance utilization in the country, calling for greater synergy among all professionals in accounting, banking and finance. He disclosed that the Chartered Institution of Treasury Management (CITM) - which recently secured presidential assent for the Act establishing the institute after waiting in the wings for more than a decade - is currently working round the clock to come up with innovations that would add value to public and private sector reform