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...
Nigeria’s Debt Stock Hits ₦39.6 Trillion In 11 Months
Nigeria’s total debt stock rose from N32.9tn as of December 2020 to N39.6tn in November 2021. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, in her presentation of the 2022 approved budget, disclosed that the government borrowed N6.7tn between January and November 2021, according to a copy of the presentation obtained by our correspondent. The new borrowing in...
BUA Chairman, Alhaji Abdulsamad Vows Not To Increase Products’ Price During Ramadan
The Chairman, BUA Group of Companies, Alhaji Abdulsamad Isyaku Rabiu, has promised Nigerians that the company will not increase the price of its products now or during the upcoming Ramadan period. BUA’s representative in the northern region, Alhaji Muhammadu Adakawa, disclosed this during a press briefing held in Kano to address the recent increase of prices of products by some...
How Nigeria Spent N896.7bn On Debt Servicing In Q1’22
Nigeria spent N896.7 billion on domestic and foreign debt servicing in the first quarter of 2022, Q1’22 , representing a 12 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline from N1.02 trillion spent in the corresponding period of 2021. In its External and Domes...
Tinubu Can’t Make Dollar, Naira Value Equivalent — Former Minister
A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien has faulted the claim by the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he would bring the naira at par with the dollar ...
President Buhari Seeks Fresh $5.513bn Loan
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has written to the House of Representatives to request for the approval of fresh external borrowings totalling $5.513bn. Buhari, in the letter read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Thursday, said the funds were for 2020 budget deficit, financing of critical projects, and some states of the federation. The President...
Budget Deficit May Trigger Fresh Recession – Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed
With the deficit financing of the revised N10.509 trillion 2020 budget rising from N1.847 trillion to N4.563 trillion, the economy might be heading for another recession, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has warned. She expressed the fear yesterday in Abuja during a session with the Senate Committee on Finance where heads of revenue-generating agencies made...
MDAs Failed To Remit N1.2 Trillion – Fiscal Commission Says
The non-remittance of revenue by most ministries, departments and agencies of government to the Consolidated Revenue Funds of the Federal Government is currently N1.2tn, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission said on Monday. Fiscal Responsibility Commission is responsible for mobilising funds from government-owned organisations through the payment of operating surplus to finance the government’s budget. The Acting Chairman of FRC, Victor Muruako, said...
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Debt Rises By N2.3trn, Hits N31trn – DMO
The Debt Management Office on Wednesday released Nigeria’s total public debt stock as of June 30, 2020, and put the country’s entire debt at N31trn, indicating an increase of N2.38trn within a space of three months. Nigeria’s total public debt stock includes the debt stock of the Federal Government, the 36 states, and the Federal Capital Territory. Just as the country’s...
Naira Plunges To 475 As Dollar Demand Rises
The naira weakened further on Monday, trading at 475 to the United States dollar in the parallel market amid a rise in demand for the greenback. The local currency, which has come under pressure in recent days, fell to 470 per dollar on Friday from 468 on Thursday. The naira was trading at 462-463 at the unofficial market at the...
