The President stated this in his address to the nation in Abuja on Monday to mark the beginning of 2018
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The President, who stated this in a nationwide broadcast in Abuja on Monday to mark the New Year, attributed the hardships to the activities of few but heartless individuals working within the nation’s oil and gas sector
In his New Year message made available to the press on Sunday, Obi urged Nigerians and the country’s leaders to focus their energy on improving the economy.
Oni, who is the Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, was among the 209 board chairmen and 1,258 board members appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 29, 2017.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that many filling stations in the commercial city have shut down with the exception of the NNPC Mega station at Hotoro area and the few stations owned by a popular marketer, AA Rano.
The Edo North coordinator of AFAN, Alhaji Abdullahi Oshiobugie, made this appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Sunday.
Soyinka said this in a statement on Saturday
According to Osinbajo’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the 10 modular refineries were located in five out of the nine states in the Niger Delta region
Fadeyibi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Saturday that it was disturbing that despite efforts to improve on power supply, some unpatriotic individuals were still engaging in condemnable acts of energy theft and meter by-pass.
He said: “It has always been my unflinching stance that Government must strive at all times to encourage, rather than stifle, entrepreneurship, as this is the only way to grow the country’s economy. I, therefore, passionately appeal to Government at all levels to actively support Innoson Motors and other indigenous manufacturers by meaningfully patronising them.
The exchange in a statement signed by Olumide Orojimi, the Head, Corporate Communications, said the composition of these indices would be announced in January, after the completion of the year-end review and index rebalancing exercise.
While commending the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers Programme, he advised government at all levels to create the enabling environment for sustained rice production in the country.
Oladipupo, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Osogbo on Saturday, said only 30 per cent of expected cocoa production was achieved by farmers in the state in 2017.
Baru had last week said the NNPC was paying N26 on a litre of fuel to bridge the gap in the difference between the N145 approved as pump price and the landing cost of N171
Obaseki had on November 29 presented a budget proposal of N146.6 billion, made up of N66.7 billion recurrent and N79.8 billion capital expenditures to the legislature for consideration.
Baru, who said this to newsmen after a tour of some filling stations in Abuja, added that 1,733 trucks left various depots to various destinations nationwide to ease the fuel situation.
Baru, who disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Friday, reiterated NNPC’s position to ensure the pump price of fuel was maintained at the current official price of N145 per litre.
According to the report, the drop in prices of oil in the international market from $101.91 in 2014 to $52.16 in 2015 is a major factor.
In its 2018 Economic Outlook released on Friday in Lagos, the LCCI also forecast an inflation rate of 13 per cent for the country next year.
The three men were apprehended in the late hours of December 21, 2017 at Abiola Street, Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos, while reconnecting customers of Ikeja Electric who had been disconnected following outstanding bills owed the Disco.