FG Takes Over Revenue Management Of NNPC, Customs, FIRS, NCC, Others
The Federal Government on Tuesday moved to boost its resources by directly taking over control of revenue management of its 10 most lucrative Enterprises. The 10 government-owned enterprises (GOE) named in the first phase of the initiative are Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)...
Labour Rejects Harbour, Ports Bill
The two in-house unions in the nation’s maritime industry have rejected the Ports and Harbour Bill at the National Assembly, seeking to repeal the Act that sets up the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. The unions are the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies, SSASCGOC, NPA, branch. They warned that the...
Hardship Comment: APC Governors Caution PDP Against Inciting Nigerians Against Govt
The Progressive Governors’ Forum has cautioned their counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against utterances and actions capable of inciting the masses against the Federal Government. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma said the economic and security challenges confronting the nation needed a...
Rising Cost Of Food Items Pushes 7 Million Persons Into Poverty In Nigeria — World Bank
High inflation driven by soaring food prices has pushed seven million Nigerians into poverty, the World Bank said. In a new report, it commended Nigeria for buttressing its economy from fallout from the coronavirus pandemic but called for urgent measures to brake inflation and protect livelihoods. A major crude exporter, Africa’s largest and most populous economy again slipped into a recession...
Obaseki plunges Edo into foreign debt with no result to show, DMO reports says
A report from Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has shown that Edo State sunk into scary levels of foreign debt under the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki. According to the data, Edo State has a foreign debt profile of $276.25m representing 6.53 per cent of the sub-national foreign debt portfolio, a figure second only to Lagos State. In spite of this...
Smuggling Responsible For High Cost Of Rice, Says Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday, said smuggling is responsible for the rising cost of rice in the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, the Minister said smuggling is affecting the market and hurting the citizens. “Unfortunately there is a lot of distortion and the distortion is arising from...
Ikpeazu Delivers Abia 2021 Proposed Budget Of 131 Billion Naira
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has just delivered the 2021 Appropriation Bill to the State House of Assembly. The 2021 Appropriation Bill is a total of One Hundred and Thirty-One Billion, Eight Hundred and Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Twenty Naira only (=N=131,815,753,720.00). Recurrent Expenditure is Sixty Two Billion, Six Hundred and Twenty Four Million, Five Hundred and...
Senate Approves Buhari’s $6.1 Billion Loan
The Senate on Wednesday approved a loan request of $6.1 billion by President Muhammadu Buhari, ABN TV reports. The $6.1 billion which is about N2.343trillion was approved following the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts at plenary. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Clifford Ordia, presented the report. President Buhari had in May, asked...
FG: Fuel Subsidy Removal Saved Nigeria $84bn, Funded Major Infrastructure Projects
The Federal Government has declared that President Bola Tinubu’s removal of the petrol subsidy has ended a massive financial drain that cost Nigeria over $84 billion and enabled the funding of 40 key road projects within two years. This was revealed in a policy document titled “Two Years Later: Key Benefits of Subsidy Removal”, released by the National Orientation Agency...
Naira Appreciated To N1,535/$ In Parallel Market
The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,535 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,525 per dollar on Monday. But the Naira appreciated to N1,485.05 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). Data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, showed that the exchange rate for the naira fell to N1,485.05 per dollar from N1,495 per dollar on...
