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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in partnership with the Attorney General Alliance Africa (AGA-Africa) will train law enforcement agencies, lawyers and the public on prevention of Ponzi scheme frauds in the country. A statement issued by a joint committee of SEC and AGA-Africa on Sunday indicated that the two-day webinar training with the title […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday hinged Nigeria’s exit from economic recession on the gains from its ongoing economic diversification agenda, particularly the value addition from the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP). The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, made this known while chatting with State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive […]
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Thursday during its Virtual Conference meeting disclosed that the three tiers of government shared the sum of N640.310 billion as federation allocations for the month of January, 2021. Out of the amount, inclusive cost of collection to NCS, DPR and FIRS, the Federal Government received N226.998 billion, the […]
Most analysts in the nation’s economic space have endorsed the just enacted Finance Act 2020 in view of its great potential to transform the nation’s economy and reposition it on the path of sustainable growth in the years ahead. The support was confirmed in a survey by leading professional services firm, PwC Nigeria, during its […]
The Federal Government has disbursed another tranche of performance-based grants to states in the sum of N123.348 billion (USD324.6million) under its States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed this in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Director of Press […]
PAN Nigeria Limited and other local automobile assemblers have called on the Federal Government to urgently reconsider the tariff regime on imported vehicles into the country in order to safe local assembly plants from collapsing. The major local vehicle assembler made the appeal on Tuesday following the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval of the new […]
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Tuesday said that the Federal Government spent a total of N1.80 trillion on capital projects in the 2020 fiscal year, The Minister, who made this disclosure on during the public presentation of the 2021 approved budget at the virtual presentation said the amount spent […]
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), on Wednesday after the end of its meeting chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed, disclosed that the three tiers of government shared a total sum of N601.110 billion from the federation account revenue accruals in November, 2020. Out of […]
The Federal Government has rated the Nigerian economic performance high despite contracting by -3.62% (year-on-year) in the third quarter of 2020, the worst recession recorded in over 30 years. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, gave this rating on Monday in Abuja at the 26 edition of the Nigerian Economy […]
The Nigerian Government is seeking National Assembly approval for $1.2 billion loan from Brazilian Government to fund some areas of the agriculture value chain, Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, hinted on Tuesday in Abuja during the ministry’s budget defence. The minister told the House of Representative Committee on Finance that the Federal Government was also making […]