2022 BUDGET SPEECH: Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja, Thursday, October 7, 2021. PROTOCOLS It is my great pleasure to be here once again to present the 2022 Federal Budget Proposals to this distinguished…
The Presidency says a total of 15 projects, spread across the six geo-political zones of the country, are to be financed with more than $4 billion from multilateral institutions. The loan is under the 2018-2021 medium term (rolling) external borrowing plan. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, the Minister, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, the Executive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Olusegun Awolowo and the Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba are billed to speak at the 1st…
In a significant tweet at exactly 3.29 pm (Nigerian time), Monday, February 15, 2021, the headquarters of the World Tade Organisation (WTO) announced the confirmation of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as Director General of the global trade body, ending months of anxiety and high-wire international politics on the sensitive issue. In…
PRESS STATEMENT: Contract Files Takeover by Forensic Auditors As part of the on-going Forensic Audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, the lead consultants, Olumuyiwa Basiru & Co. will tomorrow (Thursday) takeover all original contract files relating to projects and programmes awarded by the NDDC between 2001 and 2019, as directed by President Muhammadu…
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has presented his 2021 budget, which he tags Budget of Blush and Bliss. The governor said the state government has estimated to spend N277,708,783,550 in 2021. Alongside his deputy, Prof ivara Esu and members of his cabinet, Gov Ayade presented the budget to the State House of Assembly…
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2021 budget proposal of N13.08trillion to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president, who was accompanied by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some cabinet members and presidential aides, arrived the premises of NASS at about 11.03p.m. He explained that…
A Don at the department of Economics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University,(NAU), Awka Anambra state Prof.Uche Nwogwugwu has called on Federal government to totally ease the two months old national lockdown in Nigeria to allow economic recoveryNwogwugwu made the call in an interview with journalists in Awka on Tuesday.According to him,partial easing of the lockdown as announced…
Adesina fights back, still in charge •Responds to his ’16 sins’ allegations Jude Johnson The embattled president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr. Akinwumi Adesina , is fighting back against allegations of corruption and favouritism levelled against him and has pledged to continue working towards his mandate. This is coming as his second term…
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the revised 2020 budget proposal to the National Assembly for consideration and approval. The new fiscal document was delivered to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, by the presidential aide on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, at the National Assembly on Wednesday. The budget is being reviewed following the crash…
