The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that it had earmarked a total of N15 billion to fund the implementation of Financing Safe Schools Initiative this year. The Ministry of Information and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning made this disclosure after a press briefing by the National Coordinator on Safe Schools Initiative […]
State Governors in Nigeria are set to discuss how to empower the citizens with latest telecoms technologies as they partake in the maiden edition of Broadband Technical Awareness Forum for Governors (BTAF) organized by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and slated for Thursday in Abuja. The programme with the theme “State Broadband Coordinating Councils: Potentials and […]
The 36 State Governments in Nigeria have filed a suit at the Supreme Court against the Federal Government over its alleged failure to remit funds and other recovered assets into the federation account. The suit dated March 9, 2021 with number SC/395/2021 was filed on June 16, 2021 on behalf of the plaintiffs and has […]
State governors on Thursday expressed support for the Finance Bill, which seeks to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from five per cent to 7.5 per cent, among other revenue generation and fiscal proposals. The Vice-chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), Aminu Tambuwal, gave the governors’ position on the proposed hike of the VAT rate […]